New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-26

For many years the Canadian Pacific Railway hss
been trying to lure colonists into tho Northwestern
Provinces of Canada, but with little Success largo
percentage of those who have gone out to these Prov.
inces have come over TO the United States
Engiishmcn who have been deludcd into settling
I'm the Northwest Territory frequently write indignant
letters TO the English papers. 90 hen' says ono Of
these colonsts they advise people 10 go up to tho
Northwest Manitoba or Hudson Bay District they arc
simply sending people to their doom unless they have
money help themselves WITH
In the absence Of tho hotel clerk, one Of tho At.
taches OF the house at summer resort was detailed 10
SIg be out stem SG on w "a Chicken cd in Batter
broad grin lighted up the face OF each guest Who sue
other delcacles Tor the morning meal, chicken fried
and battered. '-(Boson Commercial Bulletin.
Ncw-York Boy-Ma, when will my whooping cough
get better,
Mothcr-oh when the leaves begin to fall
"Then, ma, let go out now and shake the tree
In front of our house y
have in mind young man now working In =
public Office for salary that Is certainly less ihan
300 per month. lie is member Of an old family
a well connected young lady who was blessed with
numerous relatives unbiessed with worldly store On
Of blind generosity ana sincere truthflness decided
bis wife every thnS he owned She thereupon assumed
bosc With her relatives, cut of her husbands re-
sources completely, and now he works Tor living.
ee e but. rs he said to day: II is pretty
tough to have to wah co. mt ron sSch eana
mornings, for have been refused even that atom Of
the competence that parted Win 50 ircey'-A
II YOU remark that the hot weather always makes
rou transnre profusey the chances that some
win take YOU I'D for an incorrect use OF the word
transpircn But As a matter Of fact, you Will be
using the word in strict accordance with Weosters
definition of It, Men who know this are winning
wagcrs on their knowledge every day.
The following problem in arithmctlc-not aisebra-
may interest commercial readers:
b owes $500, which he Is unable 70 pay at once
But A is willing TO give him year TO clear u on; on
condition that pay now part Of the principal OF
the year the rate Of per cent p per ann ar Mt,
accepts these terms, and pays down S1oo par p,h-
end of the year In order to wipe out the indeocdne
The cynical bachelor is at It again. NOW he says
no can prove by statistics that two wives cope 10 ono
| husband that three widows remarry to one Whoever,
and that scventenths Of the engagements which arc
broken are broken by women Now let us near iro'n
| a cynical old maid these and other questions
In one of the huge volumes of the Social Science
Convention in tho list Of CORE sponding menpcs
saw David Dudley f cid, Rhode Island New oth Ua
our calling the attention of the secretary OF large
eeemosy nary establishment In London to IT, ard say
ing Rhode Island IS not part of New-fork he re.
Piled su p . ws''ea So Ot' docs Tho
important state Of Connecticut thai hed me das
| BIe5s my soul what a country !'-Christisn AdVo-
cate
1t is well worth going to a popular summer resort
to sec the airy way in which IS young man can wear
| so blazcr.'
A Youthful Joker copied one of Keas's short poeTi
and sent It to Chicagos leading literary weekly, VIZ
a note stating that il was his first effort. Inc edlts
returned It With the information that the poem Wy
| practice he might write something Sood enough iT
| publlcation.-(NorristownH Herald.
j BAREKNEED.
/, "a romantic cliff the shores OF Buzzard's Bay,
N which, with the ncehboring beach and the srouIsi-
Marine artist Il. swain Clifford The name has been
! rec tnty changed NonquitP where General sher-
| dan awaits life or death, the case may be. Tho
! foIIoN Ng lines were written on the spot)
Soft is fte swell of the musical sea,
| As rpSlc by ripple. and wave by wave,
n rises ana. falls on the sandy lea,
And the high, bold rocks its waters lave.
Nothing IS heard but the rising tide,
And the winds that sweep DER the bays fous
Tho d5ltsI.s ships Ger the white foam gdo,
And inc nearer ones at anchor rest.
peacef,Il and calm is this beautiful scene,
This Navc-wa he'd spot on the sandy shorcy
My,iads OF ages shall intervene,
And these waves Will dash as they dashed OF yora
The nations will live out their htful life,
RE swell OF humanity rise and fall,
Oblivion brood DER the worlds wild strife,
Empires emerge from their weary thrall
Rut tbcse waves Of the bay will still roll OH.
These rocks resist with delant VIII;
A tbousand years Will have come and gone, 1000
But The sea shaft ring out It's brave notes s1HS
| Truth like the sea. can never die:
It's pillows will dash on humaniiys shote;
us echoes from wave-top to wave-top reply,
And the tide of its waters shall ceaseLneycr mora
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