New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-23


OF nie well spent and the CONSEQUENCES OF duty par
formed usher us into grander cates where the refrain
Of nugels is hushed IN the song OF eternity.
AFTER THE BALL.
Til, music has died away, -
Its rhJ Tim has ceased TO thrill;
But cchOug notes d,lry
Are loud n my fancy stlL.
Tue ring OF that wait2quadrillo,
Like lullaby song Of Old.
Il suundug atresh III NY drow'y ear
And Wheeling before my eyes. appear .
With gracrfuueSs timed 10 the haunting slrah'
Gav ribhpn bright Jewel and gorgeous train--
vision OF silk and gold.
Fair faces with joy rerlcte.
ON muscular shoulders lean;
Feet dantily sanda.ed teet
Coqucttshy dart between;
White skilts but At moments seen,
YctIayi,n Ia brief display.
Go saucy Ivy with their wanton sweep
Like patches of foam on the stormy deep
Aud iamciful columns retreat advance
And minglc again IN the fairy dance,
SO Wild In my brain to-day.
Stay. resonant music loud,
Noi sweet ~ n cridlt-S"hg;,
Nor vanish. o phantom crowd
Who gracefully mOv" along.
SIN closer around me thrOngi
Forever fain would Keep
Your beauty 10 compass the mysuc DcI
Where rryerirs nestle and dcams are bred.
Draw nearer aud emtcr my closing eyes.
That e. sed they may SEE yU of s Hauh "r'So
IA l.. Kaulin san Francisco Wasp.
Tl, Smiths is the name OF paper published by
tbe smiths Publishing Company, OF Richmond Mch
n ia entirely family AFFAIR." every ohl anu "rtco III II
.l,tipp TO persons bearing tho name Of Smith. Tho
pubshers are confident that they viii make fortune II
thew can induce all tho Smiths the country to sub
scribe.
The Popc has forbidden dance mdslc in churches.
Tho poli,ical gag Three Acres and a Cow" has
craotcd great deal of fun IN the English elections.
uere ia n stanza from campaign song In reference
toit:
0 Acres three. o happy Acres three!
Promised TO me.
n wander where exactly you VIII be,
NV Acres threrD
When Church Is uisendowed. OF course you'll be
Tithe free. my three.
Rich loan choose nigh To NY house and handy
(lHt smiths be saudy.)
Then you will be, ~ am well assured
Richly manured
Then why are you but three on, why not -FOUR,
Or i've, or mOroi
q Govt O Cow. that promised art TO all
Nv orators that every district slunp.
~ free the rus tics from the landlords thrall;
Arr thou the same old Cow that once dii Jump
over the moon for much fear somehow
That thou may'st prove all mOOnshihe' Omy cow
Pastor Downs has been indicted. They do that much
Utah.
A good story about that eternal duel" question in
France comes bordeaux Three years asO young
navy ntIcrr having uunrreled with corn merchant OF
the town club sent his seconds on me Following iay
=, Grntiem,h" said the corn merchant, " am quite
milling tn nght duel with the lieutenant but do not
think that our risks equal. lie Is bachelor and
Lnve rec children. When he has three children shall
be nj his III sposa" Lieutenant CarjhZae obstinate
A barber OF the nnlghborhood hat pretty daughirr.
lie immediately courtrd her, obtained her parents con
sent and married. her IN October. 1882. Ten months
later he presented with boy, and IN 1854 the
young officer blessed with adaugh At last, TO
his great JOY. third child WAS born three months ago
lie lost no time. Taking his first two child en- In his
arms and ordering the nurse IL follow him with tho
baby, he called the corn merchant Well" he said
to him IN triumphant tone we can fight now, have