New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-11
THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.

A city we'll named Of magnificent distance;
OF sunshine and Moonlight whose subtitle insistance Is
Bask in our radiance BE luled by our breere"
White temples and pOrtlcOes cleaning mid groves;
Where nymphs glide and smile as though quite IN
The home Of the Muses., the Graces the Loves;
The centre Of r9n 2s defE se preala
Where gather the clans whose only reliance is
CS 5s the S SSS 1 t GSwB b Ts It's
Sails on its course all unveXed by simoons;
Ger Se:U veivety Streets like venetian isgOons;
town where from nothlng whatever they bar women,
From riding bicycle-tending bar
Ex.coohs queen sOciey-ladies are charwomeu
For such the plain facts as too often they are.
s E6o %'e eSser r once aTG ene to shame
Tho heeicrb quite certain Of getting his cOnsulatA
T Tfsn m MoTS S l5Hs on Cushions Of ease
And St mankind in general a 90 As yon please.
city in short OF most strange Inconsistencies:
A citv however, whose piece de resistance Is
Thls--'tis tho best and the falrest Of all -
-(Waslhngton Posi-
II IS said that in the services of the English Church
the Prince Of Wales has been prayed for eoooooooo
times. The fgur may not be exactly accurate ou'
will co. The use of this special prayer suggests to
@The New-Yori Observer" story about little girl
who asked why the Prince was particularly excluded
IN II. Her mistake was due to tho clergymans pro-
nuncation of "Awbert Edward which she took TO
mean " all but Edward, Prince OF Naies'
Martyr to Duty-Mother (suspiciousyl-f yea
haven't been in swimming how DID yonr hsH so' ~
Little Dicls-rhats perspirationIrnnin' away from
bad boys who wanted me 20 dlsobey You an go III
swimmin' -(Street &c smiths Good News
The SEVENTEEN anniversary of the birth Of Robert
schweichel the German novelist and Journalist and
president of the German Union Of Authors. was ceie'
brated with appropriate ceremonies recently in Berlin
Few writer's more popular in Germany than
"Schwechel, the optimist" The society Of which he
is the head made him present Of a considerable sum
of money-sufdcent to make him free from pecunary
care for the rest of his life.
Robert BeclS. If Dahlonega, wanted TO get married,
but his finances were 20 low that he could not parade
the necessary 81 80. His brotherlh-aw VINO 10
thirty five years Old went ont on the public squaeI
mounted dry goods box, made such strong appoII
that the crowd Clipped in the necessary money ana
Robert and Nancy Jahe Higgins were married satur'
day-(Savdnnah News.
"In BRAZIL says traveller. "rats arc very trou-
besome and TO rid their houses OF the pests the IN
habtants resort to a peculiar method. The gooa,
small species Of boa, is reared expressly for the pur
pose and the serpents many Of them fifteen feet IN
length and about five inches thick. sold in tho
markets of the principal towns. The Snake is harm
less aud slow Of movement during the day, but ~
night when the household is deep in sumber. the ex
termlnator gets in his work. His method Of killing
rat is to catch it by the nape Of the neck and crush
the cervca vertebra. The serpent like dog IN TINS
country soon becomes accustomed TO It's masters
house. and II carried away to distance will find ia
way back
Man of Experence.-Rural Youth-Whats them
things called
Dcaler-These are bicycles.
I've seen ZEN, but ! couldn't think of the name.
I'd like ride one.'
can yOu ride 4 bcrclc!r
"Of course. NuthIn Ter do but sit on top an WORK
the wheels that's all, amt II -
"Y,s but YOU are apt 10 fall at FIRST. -, .
"S'pose | do. Can't do more than hit the ground
can IN
"Then what's to hurt ?"
YOu might come down hard, you know
But It's only the grOund-no knives or things Ike
that on the thing Is thee -
"Oh no" -, -
Nuthn' to worry 'bsut then. I've druv a hay
rake r-lStreet d smiths Good News.