New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-06
TILE PICKPOCKET.

THE PICKPOCKET.
Dear she sobbed, tmidIy sho was BRIDE, ,a
My pocket has been picked !" Without WORD
(She was bridel, he never once demufred
But from his pocket took, nor even sighed
crisp new BILL and asked What Was Vas 70 dear
(she brdc
Only ten!' with pretty blush she cried
But looked 50 sweet that joyfully he laid
The twenty In her hand, and thought he paid
Small price for her quick klssshe was bride
Then turned. but low whisper met his ear:
Perhaps perhaps ought 10 tell you, dear
(she was bfide
Her voice sank lower still: she family sighed,
And sought for words she could not seem TO find :;
Al last: Twas who picked 1t do you mind! %
OF course he didn't mind Cshe was bride
But thought 1t such a pretty little trick,
He laid down twenty more for her to pick.
She a bride.
-(Aiicc Wellington Rollins, in Timea
What's the matter with the literary men of New
York! asks patriotic citizen. Oh, they're I'll write
Extra, Extra Hazardous Peterby-I suppose you
have rates for different lines Of business $780,.
for 1000 IS the lowest and twenty the highest
The latter IS for those engaged in extra hazardous
business. What are you In
Pe,erby-I am Just now engaged in taking po
lcal straws railroad trains
Agent shall have 10 charge you $40.-(Judge
About $4,000 women of Boston have registered
I'm order thar they may vote the school question at
the coming election. AS they about equally III
vlded between Catholic and Protestant it is sup
posed that their voting will materially affect the result
Lively Campaign Note-we no grdge to
Colonel Hastings because he cufed
In the corridor of the Town Hall. We had proved
him liar. a swindler and an abScOnder. and he had
10 cuff to save his reputation. The Colonel is now
seeking the nomination for Sheriff, and is promising in
appropriation of $3.50. 900 TO build a public building
We actuated only by the kin6est motives when
saw that the Colonel Is a blooming deceiver He can
10 moro secure a dollar from Uncle Sam than
borrow one of the hinges from the gates of heaven.
All the influence he has in this world of sin ard sorrow
&c Dpa1 IN no Rod ifs N a
reprobates. not be deceived in the casoroi voice
OF the Colonel-(Arizona Howler.
In a letter to Washington correspondent received
a few days ago, General Harrison assuages the for
mcT's Indignation the circulation OF the dollar
a day. falsehood by the Democratic organs in this
professcdy educational" campaign By saying Has
Il occurred to you that. in this matter about which
you express surprise, Democratic friends only
Illustrating that which has many illustrations in
their management namely, their low estimate Of the
intclllgenc of our pcOple?'
The Greatest Thing in Grain structure-Chcago
Mdn-Very lnc very fine, indeed! This corn palace
Is really beautiful.
Sioux city Man-You haven't anything like 1t in
Chicago Man-No, not exacly-nothlng IN corn. but
we have architect there named Hutch, who's
built just one corner in wheat that knocks this thing
OF yours sllly-(Omaha World
Chicago poets who arc trying to find word that
viii rhyme with " Old Hutch have thus far only
struck on the phrase None such' But they think
It will do.
And do You receive large salary ~ asked the
searchcr after information Of the busy bartender.
Wcl.7 replied the knight Of the beer pump, set
ting out half a dozen fOamng glasses. Il draw tho
pay Of a hundred men daly."-(Boston Transcript
The types made "1he Boston Pilot the other
day speak OF the present Pope Leo NIL 1t IS sup
posed that when John Boyle OReilly the mis-
take he at once ceased writing poetry in order to IN
aGlse In sUme remarks in prose
Those Big Oners.-Snap Actor have called, sir,
10 ask YOU insert n line To the effect that have
Just refused offer Of $500 week
Accommodating EdItor-With pleasure Is there
anything else can do for you, sir,
That's all, unless you have spare dime about
you."( Philadelphia Record
writer in The Boston Saturday Evening Gazette-
makes a plea for what he calls "Angosania"
The fact he says, that an English pason could
come 10 America TO play cricket without losing caste
IS an illustration OF the fact that thcre Is real love
of and wise appreciation Of the fundamental laws of
control as the first necessities, and in the OF
youth, the absolutely essential necessities That IS
anclosana this Is tho feature of English life that Is
worth our while to keep in minds
4 Domestic Philosopher. THAT girl Is GER
lainly a desperate nrt, aud | wouldn't trust hcr !;
but II you dreadfuy IN love why don'p
you take chanres and marry her
BlInks-Wouldn't do old fellow, the risk is too
great shel break the heart Of any man sho mar
rcs.
"No; but Fli walt Until She rnarries some one