New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


President Taft has issued proclamation
throwing open to settlement the Fort Berth
old Indian Reservation in North Dakota.
Registration will begin on August IA at
Minot, ~ d. The land subject TO home
stead entry will approximate $4,000 acres
1t will be subject to settlement under Unit
ed States homestead laws. The land has
been appraised at prices ranging from 81 0o
10 Sc an acre. Any American citizen or
alien who has declared his intention or be
coming such and who has not already ex-
erc,sed his homestead right or who Is not
already the owner of more than l6O acres
stead at this opening.
Eye say ye haven't TRAVELLED Eastern m
teen miles an hour" said the constable
"and yet this here speed register o yourh
p'ints TO forty-three.' ..,,.
That isn't speed register. sir; that's my
gas meter, showing how much gasolene We
consumed since leaving home. Harper
Weekly.
Gardens and trees about the home not
only help to beautify the city, but they
are also OF great importance as educational
factors" saws the city forester OF Chi
cago. Dr. FROST. "They improve sanitary
conditions increase the value OF real es-
tate. strengthen home ties and stimulate
civic pride. Wherever you hnd nome
where grass. flowers and vegetables nave
taken the place Of cinders, tin cans ana
rubbish, there. l am sure, you VIII nhd d
happy family, a successful father con-
tented mother and well behaved children.
Gardens are practical, simple 10 make ana
intensely fascinating TO those VINO start
the work. And oftentimes one garden VIII
result IN the ultimate Identification OF a
whole community"
Some say there IS sucker born every
II don't know anything about that" re-
sponded the eminent trust magnate
cater to ultimate consumers ana the birtn
rate Is very satisfactory as 10 lHeh' -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
.eThe Lancet" in its Issue OF last week,
found some encouraging things about the
coronation crowds 20 talk about. There
was notable absence Of accidents. 1t
saws. and eases Of oVer-induigence IN
alcohol were extremely rare. At eight
London police courts total Of less than
three hundred charges described as arising
out of tho coronation were heard. large
proportion Of which were Of drunkenness
the majority Of the defendants In these
beina women. on such occasions excite
mont accounts for good deal and those Of
both sexes who behaved foolishly In their
cups were certainly inconspicuous. Here
comparison with the festive occasions or
twenty or more years ago shows a marked
Improvement in manners IN the present
generation"
''Whv don't you stop begging and look
for work." demanded the deliver into
social problems. why should give up a
sure thing for an uncertainty demanded
the beggar.-Philadelphia Record
Some excitement was caused carly yes
terday morning by the strange demoanor
Of an elderly woman who was a passenger
on a crowded car on which the passengers
from n New Jersey suburban train reached
the Hudson Terminal. In the elevator from
the train shed TO the platform she chung TO
tho little boy who accompanied her and
trembled so violently that she had 20 be
assisted into the car. She crouched in the
seat when the train started. and those
near 10 her heard the little boy say re-
peatedly: "Its ell right, grandma; It's all
right" I'm n consoling way In the New
York station she was taken TO bench,
where she wept Historically. People gath
cred about. thinking she was III. The little
boy, with one hand laid sympathet!cally
on the old lady's shoulder, explained:
She'll be all right; she was never In these
cars before" Were your" man asked
''Why, no: but don't care"
"Bliggins IS one OF those people who hunt
for trouble"
Yves Can't keep his eyes of the Their
Observation-Disclosures Star.