New-York tribune., 1908-09-28
THE TALK Of THE DAY

The death Of James ". Paul, the Philadeipna
banker. recalls this story which he told at FhH-
adelphia club long ago. ! was gong NOME on
,,eb- late and saw a who had eVldehuy
looked too deep into the cup making Iraluc Ou'
unsuccessful efforts to open door WIN d La'ei
Rev After looking him few minutes de-
cided to help the man. who was not SO far gone aS
70 have forgotten his politeness, for before etee
the house through the door which succeeoeu III
onenins he asked my name and thanked me- l
ra5as =, nv vrav but had gone only few
stems when I heard some call Mt Paul. MI
Fsult' ! turned and there was my friend OF the
latchkey coming toward me with unsteaoy sdI''
When he reached me he put one hand anection-
atev on my shoulder, and. looking me In the face'
said: Say did you ever get an answer 70 thar
long letter you wrote to the Thessalonians;
Mrs Hix-I don't take any stock in Snese s5s tal'H
cures brought about by the laying F on OF bn of the
Mrs Dix-Well do; cured my oji nttte ooS u ''0
cigarette habit that way.-London opinion
..You may be interested TO know, said J. j.
Reward of the Cape-to-Cairo telegraph construc-
,ion staff in an interview with a representative
Of THE Cape Argus that cannibalism still sur
wives and IS 10 my knowledge. practlsed Oy the
CbfEanda dwelling along the ZanDesi ana ShlIe
rivers A case came TO my notice last year Ihe
bodv Of a celebrated hunter. who had succumoed
10 fever was exhtrned and devoured At one i'm
portant centre of Shire the cemetery has TO De
guarded 10 prevent the natives devouring tne new"
" buried bodies. As far as know. cannioaEsrn IS
v70rr1 o.
which am acquainted. The natives who devour
our dead believe that il they eat the body OF a
European they will acquire his Intelligence Just as
thew eat the heart of Hon because tney oelieVe
they will gain the courage Of the lion The Ma1nn-
u,a of the Tanganyika. regard the lion as sacred
ga beIia,-ing implicitly in the transnnigration OF
the soul believe that the spirit OF dead chief
enters into the body of a lion or python Those
animals are therefore taboo unless they kill man,
when the taboo is withdrawn.
He Cboastingly)-It takes six generations to make
sbe. Ccaiyj~Yes and what pity that It only
takes one generation TO u1rnake hlrn!-ChlcaSo
News.
King Edwards present Of a gold mounted
n1aIacca cane TO Winston Churchill reminds a
writer in 'pThe Dundee Advertiser that his mai
es+v is a great connoisseur in walking sticks and
possesses a fine collection both at Buckingham
Palace and Windsor. Among them Is one espe-
cially made for him by the late Sir George Di5bs.
who acquired unusual skill in the construction OF
sticks pipes dolls and other things while serv-
ing period OF detention in Australia FOR con-
tempt of court This particular stick is made
from rare wood found in the Never-Never re-
gfon known as Ringijji- Perhaps however, the
most historic stick IN the royal collection is one
fashioned out Of a branch Of the Boscobel oak
into which Charles II climbed to escape Crom-
wells men at the close of the battle Of Worces-
ter. Queen Victoria during the later years Of
her life always made use of this stick, and in
idol from Seringapatam mounted as a handle
CalIer-So sorry to hear of your motor accident
Enthusiastic Motorist-Oh, thanks. it's moth
ing. Expect TO live through many more
Caller-Oh, I trust not!-Tit-Bits-
In connection with review Of Joseph c. Lin
coins novel of which Captain "Cy' Whitaker. Of
Cape Cod. isthe hero. writer in The Nebraska
State Journal bewails the passing Of the Yam
kee Like his predecessor. the American Indian,
the original stock Of the first white settlers in
New England is passing. with this difference.
that while the Indian eliminated. the Yankee
is being absorbed The day is not far distant
which will mark the last of the real Yankees
writes the critic. Comparing the Indians and
the Yankees. he says that each race centred
finally in a small district, and what the terri
tory where King Philip mads his last stand was
to the red man Cape Cod is to the Yankee
What kind of man would you like for a hus-
band?"
"Oh. either a bachelor a wfdower. I'm not
particular which ''-Ptck-Ale-Up