New-York tribune., 1909-06-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

e B. Hale a St Louis negro, declares that after
ten years of effort he has perfected plan 70
coonize 200 900 negroes in Southwest missouri II
has been the dream of Hales life TO establish a
colony for his race that might be self-sup-
porting and independent OF the white man. NOW
he says, his dream is about to be reaIzed- II Is
Hales plan TO build homes for the negroes on
q 900 acres of land in Carter and Butler countess
on which he says his company has an option Ihis
land will be divided into building lots and these
will be sold to negroes for IS down and IS month
One Of the frst improvements TO be made on the
land, Hale says. will be the erection OF a orieA
nIant where material for the negroes homes may
be obtained.
IAN optlmst is one Of them chaps ne ! FusSs; sbst
happens so long IS it don't happen ter him. -7oS-
ton Transcript
A auard on the Third Avenue elevated who has
a fine BARITONE voice attracts much notice by CHI
ing the tatIons in a manner which leaves no
oor, for criticism as to distinctness He not only
enunciates clearly but makes every announcement
a tnv song in which each syllable has It's note
Stations like '3lth street-change here for tne
Long Island Ferry ard "42d street-Grand Central
Station are the more pretentious compositions
and attract the most notice. A passenger rldlhs
In one Of the cars served by the musical guard
Who was pleased with the mans style anu "ho
bad good voice himself jumped from MS seat
as the train neared the City Hall Station yester-
dav and. initiating the guards method. stood near
the door and sang to the notes OF Taps BrooN-
Iyn Rridge-City HaIl-City Hail-Brooklyn Bridge
An ont. Last stop" and in leaving the car with
the smiling passengers said to the astonisheu
guard: Add that TO your repertory
Country Drummer with cigars)-Pardon me;
vIlaxe i1oafer Ctentativeiy)-Yaas; but I hain't
no os,5tr ses Drunmer-Good! In that you.won't
need the match!-Chcago Ne"s-
The suurement which an eIopement holds for
romantic natures is not likely TO be diminished oy
a ruling Of Judge Adams IN the United states
District Court, couple Of days ago tha' 'ie -
rest OF a man for running away with the iady OF
hs choice ls not such serious blot on his record
= - ,-oran, hin, becoming citizen OF the United
states one Of the questions put TO the wouid-oo
voter is Have you ever been arrestedT Rudoipn
Joseph Mailer. who Is an editor' btoPpei anu
paused moment when the query was acoF
- htr, Then he said 10 the Judge, Yes. sir l
was but tha, was long while before came 10
America" The Judge. who appeared somewhat
surprised at the admission. glanced at Clerk Johh
CartvrIxht Of the naturalization bureau. and then
said to Mailer, What was the charge? 1t was
this wav your honor replied Mailer; back IN
Rumania wanted TO marry girl. but her tather
didn't care about me. We thought we could OUT
wit him but he evidently thought We were UP
to something We sloped but were Just married
when I was arrested his complaint. They finally
let me go" We'll" said the Judge, with a smile.
II don't think your being arrested on that charge
serves TO make you undesirable citizen Ap-
plcstion granted
"Say. par
We'll. sonny ,--,.- So,
whIskeyT' -, -....,.-,o
Who cares whether there's any other er not? -
Cleveland Leader.
A record achievement IN the movement OF a
heavy freight train has been accomplished on the
Pennsylvania Railroad between Altoona and Emo
Ia near Harrisburg. Penn. To determine what
could be done in road service. as the result
Of some Of the company's recent expenditures for
improvements. eighty-hve steel gondola cars
loaded with a total OF 445I tons OF coal. were at
tached 10 a freight engine OF the most improved
tvpe The total weight OF the train was 6l5l tons,
and its length from the pilot OF the locomotive TO
the rear platform OF the cabin car was 5000 feet
nearlv three-hfths OF a mile. The run OF approx
matelv lA miles made in hours and Is min
ut.a the average speed OF the train being about
seventeen miles an hour. The company had made
a number OF road tests previously, but this per-
fornanoe surpassed oil others
How do you know Bliggins enjoys troubeF
because he'd rather be the umpire In baseoalt
game than one Of the eplayers-"-Washinston star