New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-15
A CHANGE OF BASE.

| Upon the garden gate they swung
when EN- NIGHTS Gi were t, warm and fair.
| Her light upon the pair
Tonight among the leahess treec
The autumn wind makes moan,
| The gate Ia swinging In the breeze,
Its rusty hinges grUan;
| And where are now the youth so gay
And maiden dressed in lawn,
Oh, whittier do their footsteps stray
Where have the lovers gone
| Go to the parlor warm. 20 there,
And ask, II you would know,
That dOuble-loaded rocking chai.,
That lamp turned dOwn so low.
-lBOstOn Courier
The Ne~, Orleans Picayne says that tho sugar crop
this year viii be short sweet.
First Miner really think l would go out and try
my luck In those rich mines In Alaska but II costs heap
| of money to sink shaft "
Second Miner Nonsense: you won't want to sink any
shaft the gold is lying right top of tho ground"
"Thats all right, but you forget the snow and ice.
should have to sink my shaft through that"
Boston has begun mako roller skating Kinks
For the six weeks that quaint botanical curl ,sty
"tne Holy Ghost plant has been in bloom in the IIortl
thousan Is. IL comes from Panama and blooms once
year Its flowers white and when fully opened the
delicate and corOa a startling Resemblance
to white dove poised above an altar with Oustretched
wings. It Il looked upon with by the ignorant
in countries who attribute 10 the beautiful flower
qualities OF supernatural rover for good or evil 1t is
considered lucky to have one growing IN the house, and
to he under the direct Of the Deity 70 destroy
have wither and die means misfortune owner
The specimen In tho Park is particularly fine aud
has produced hundreds of flowers this Ph!la-
delphia Tunes.
Husbands: Ny dear you really ought to be happy In
this room; IL Is sixteen feet square"
Wife: And why, pray, should l be hap by In room
because II Is sixteen feet square T.
Husband: Because 1t is much like Heaven. d.
Talmage, you know says that each person will have
room sixteen feet square Heaven"
Vile: IIumph! Much DR.. Talmage knows about it."
scared YOU SOL am sorry. but what
Was "A fellow TO do when you locked lust 80,
WIN your blue eyes tender. your sweet yOcelow,
Yes, lis true, forgot.
You tempted me- Don't deny it, How SOL
lou arc laughing AT me. oh take care. take care
You stu lead on. You're nirt, swear!
les you are, 10 you know.
Well I'm going. Angryl Oh no! but then
I'm sorry you're scared by kiss to-day
And beg your pardon. What's that you say
please To scare you again!"
Florence NJ. King in Boston Courier.
The people of Spain still discussing the question
how tho fodr hundrodta anniversary OF the sailing of
Columbus shall be celebrated In the meanwhile St.
Louis has decided to celebrate tho event by etlaring
that the OF the au publ an ode On
tue fail d; Chicago.
The mischief with the theological stuerts ia tho girls
Girls are god creatures Of lIslye bounty In their
pieces; bal. It IL IN aGdss ut lyle for yshr thepiD-
gil5 t. love L. tca II IL were oot fDr thp yrls
csrlu, t. ont and prach the po0r aud TO work m
homo missionary neh Bat they oDk fJndly mo tHeif
doNnrist rye5-tNo glrS know how o. look down u, tue
rlght noe hiuocke Their hInis, and then vow IL the
s'ars mat tbose silkcn fingers fha never shrve IN
the sudS or iedlcn over asst GhO3a fairy fsct
so'eumeS !" NJ. 7s shsl never tread The thorny paths