New-York tribune., 1910-09-06
THE TALK Or THE DAY.

Writing from German Africa, a European
tourist saws: We found here in the dense
forest. among people who know nothing of
modern scientific discoveries or of time and
labor saving invention. d good and practlcal
wireless telephone. The natives have tor
purposes of ceremony, peaceful and war
like. drums of various dimensions made OF
wood, and these, when beaten, emit SOUNDS
Of about an octave in range. Aside from
the ceremonies the drums are used also
7e means Of communication, and the man
ner Of striking. the number of strokes, the
DauSes etc, make up words and sentences
which are readily understood for miles
around We had proof of it one day.
Our caravan was ready to start when our
head servant stopped suddenly in his work,
listened intentIy and then gave unmis-
taxable signs of pleasure. We learned
ister that the indistinct sounds conveyed
70 him the news that boy had been born
10 his brother in a neighbering village
E1o5bz-That'g great chorus they have
in the new show at the Hoity Toghty The
atre.
a success before the curtain had gone up
two -PI1iladelphia Record.
Under the headline "Pious Cheese" the
..Frankflrter II. Presse" quotes letter
which is being sent out by the head of
RELIGIOUS community offering for sale pure
cheese made by the pure hands of repent
ant women at our home in x. Every
purchaser of twenty kiIos or more will be
credited with a memorial mass, which we
will celebrate at our chapel on the death
of the purchaser Retail customers will
receive with each purchase a prayer cou-
y.-ha five of prf n II
by the same person they will he exchanged
for a mass coupon. As it is made in our
home by women of scrupulous cleanliness
our cheese is of incompatible quality. and
10 taste it means to buy it
We'll. well! According to the census re
port. Kalamazoo continues to grow
so il does. You can't always tell how
things are going to turn out ] once knew
a man named Snigss who had quite sue
CeSsfUI Career.'-Birmingham Age-Herald.
In an article en- the business of Eastern
Europe, a British consular officer stationed
at Kertch says: There can he no doubt
that one of the weak points in English
commercial education is the want of thor
0ugh instruction in modern languages; a
fact which impresses itself on any one who
resides in Eastern Europe, where every one
with any pretension to education speaks
at least two languages besides his own.
The Greeks especially are good lnguists,
and their reputation as astute business
men is well known: they have a large
share Of the shipping business in the Azov
and Crimean ports. The key to successful
commercial dealings is to know the Ian
guaGc. ana this l. by no means an insur-
mountabie difficulty" The writer says that
time spent in trying to learn the Russian. j.
language away from that country is wasted
and advises those who intend to do bust
ness there to go to Russia and live where
the temptation to speak English is small.
II would Ike to ask you one more ques-
ton said the youth.
Let Il come" rejoined the home grown
philosopher,
'.Wnen," quoted the youth, would you
say that d man has achieved greatness"
''When he deserves his own opinion of
himself" answered the home grown phi
osopheT.-C'hicago News.
on his return from an outing IN Maine
New York merchant showed among his
souvenirs of the trip a transfer slip issued
by d trolley line IN Portland which bears
on the reverse side an Illustrated advertise
Inent for cement burial Vaults i have The
Tribune paragraph telling of the sign