New-York tribune., 1891-05-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


sNearly six years ago. says "The Portland Cic.)
Press Captain J. b. Eaton, Of Harrington, brought
from the Straits Of Sunda colony OF Java spsrrows
The colony numbered nearly forty songsters but not
wtstanding the precautions that have been taken to
preserve them the Maine climate has proved TOO rig
orous for the birds, and they continued to dwindIs
awov until the colony was reduced to two. This
spring one of the remaining pair saccumbed.'
A Terror Stricken Novitiate.-Frlend (previous to
initiation ceremonies in the Goat Bunting brothernoodl
Il am sorry there SO many candidates. ahead. ~
viii be very late, a. m' ~ h@S'' Oeiore VIC se'
Noyitiate-Myl Myi ,u,.
that the trials OF our initiation are many ana appaIn
but don't lose your sefcootrol DON'T ueeonle ~r"H
srkeH why you are an Ii Of %Ss my Tws
would do II IL got home 50 late-9Good news
A sunday-school convention that met at Lockpon
last week decided that the novels OF f. Z. koe are
unfit for circulation among Sunday -schooi cinian %
This will be surprise TO every who has read thess
novels for they are nothing II not highly moral
A SPRING PERENNIAL.
From Puck.
Polyxena Maa Mintha, child Of parents rent wel-'ooo'
And they took a neat suburban villa by the souhuhs
nsrs ibev subsequently raised an interesting family
There would Polyxena nger, when her husband every
Sought his aourishng helmet business, on the Apoi
lOnian Way
There would pOlySena iinseF' looking somewhat '''
On the baro and clayey courtyard, where the grass
On the hare white marble benches on the vases hold
ing up, o,.,,,, o,,,, .,,n.
TiM She longed for leaves and blossoms-as most
TIL teg cen the lob Of waterng-wth passion pure
and strong.
There, one day there came pedler from Phoenic'"s
with large vocabulary and manner firm yet bland
In his hand bulb he carried SLEEK anu s"'n'' P'''
Called he said. the Mlthridatc sempiensl phyllimao
Retter known in common parlance as tie fIOhS i"u
And he thus described It's gories Poyxcna looted and
aTbis extremely hardy annual plant OF odor sweet
And it frequently attains height OF forty seven leet
Blooms profusely all the Summer, bearing mowers 7"
Pink and blue and white and purple, dotted DER witt
cboneIns into fruit whose flavor can remotely be do
BY the statements that they beat the nectar that the
In tho Fail the bulbs dividing so increase and multiply
As hope you" here she checked him" may observe
To expor this plant is treason by Phoeniclas stern
escaped with half a-dozen-you may buy the last
No one Else can get another-Anatola next door
Offered twenty dIachmas for -it Is yours ioF twenty
Poyxena bought the treasure from her small domesue
anu ''0 H'-'1 He will reappear moro.
Polyxena nursed her treasure with woman's tende'
watered weeded fortified it, watching for its flower
Leaves appeared, tall, graceful sender-Polyxena
glowed with pride ,-..
Then came Mopsidos scoGer and exhumed the plant
ALI along he'd been as nasty a can some
Raised it to his Grecian nostrils-blt it-OOked OPS
"'''' moment wise:
Then he said, 1t is an onion" Tears bcdimmed tw'
pairs OF eyes.
This was down in Attlca, many, many many years ago.
Earth has long assimated all who played this play oi
But today whereer the gay suburban brings his youth
As temporary measure-then 10 settle down for life
on the rolling hills OF Jersey, on Westchesters fertile
Where the light mosquito buzzes, where Malaria.
vibrant refgns, .,..e
At Josephs on. the Hudson at Bohunkus the sea-
Annually Is enacted this distressing tragedee-
And as long as women are women, peders pedlers'
It will be-
Emperor williams recent statement as to who 10
master in Germany impels "The London Times" TO
observe: "If Machiaven TO write in these days
of monarchIcal responsibility he would probably make
his ideal Prince a deafmute'
Important II True.-The most precious wine In tho
world is that contained in cask named the Rose
Rhine wine, from the year 1853, and the cask Is re-
plenished by degrees, whenever wine Is drawn, with
Carefully washed and dried gravel II is never sold
but destined exclusively for the sick OF Bremen, who
receive very small quantity on production OF a doc
tors certificate. At present the supposed value OF this
UNIQUE wine has so Increased thaC bottle containing
eight glasses would cost IL, 100000 marks glassfu
2y0OO0OO and a drop 2,346 marks.-(Cincinnau Tines
Star.
Professor Momerie puts himself on record in the
April Contemporary" saying that tho Church OF
England has no liberation for divergent views, and In
"The Forum as saying that the Church of England
tolerates everything The professor must be In
queer state of mind.
"NOW LAY NE DOWN TO SLEEP"
The fire upon the hearth is low,
And there Is stiffness everywhere;
Like troubled spirits, here and there,
The freight shadows futtering 60
And as the shadows round me creep,
childish treble breaks the gloom.
And softly from the further room
Comes Now Lay me down TO Sleep
And somehow, with that little prayer
And that sweet treble in ears.
NY thought goes back to distant years
And fingers with dear one there;
And as / hear the chld's amen,
My mothers faith comes back 10 me-
CrOuched at her side l seem to be,
And mother holds my hands again.
oh for an hour in that dear placel
Oh for the peace of that dear tmei
oh for that childish trust sublime
oh for n glimpse Of mothers face
Yet, as the shadows round me creep,
a. ,nf 10 In oolap