New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-02
81 WE ORION OLD.

4 broken toy: "A task that held away
y,ainus child heart from an hour oil pay
tanglr lesson. tui Of tangled thought
homc,cl boy senior go~ned ana Wis
s'mp9 Of ne FSd ~D "ytr 70 f5ld .' WI ''''
The world all action and reality
We grow Old
wedding and a tender wifc's carss;
pmttlns babe the parents HE 10 bless
4 home Of JOYS and cares ih clual Iat''
\ dl,nry Watching with heavy heart
And deaths dread angel knocking at the gate
And hop, and Gcur rage. G Ser Hn ,o'''" wait
4 new made grave and then brave return
TO where the Hrs Of nfe triumphant burn
~ we grow Old
\ fortune and generous need cf fame,
OR d,r,.Nl ruin and furnished nam"
\ slipping OH Of week and month and year
T,,tcr and f,tcr the close draws near
4 crlcf today and with 10 morrow's Hsht
A pleasure that transforms the sulleh hlsh'
From lead TO god
4 chilling winter ~ mohanging storm
4 spftng rcpicte with dawns ana sunsets "a'"-
We grow Old
oJ 10 ourselves but children yet TO be
In the strange cities Of eternity. ,,..,,,
at costs inst 20 cents 10 stop train' SAYS a
.,pdnctor in The Cincinnati Tines star And Tor
that reason the average comnu,cr train does not pay
mining expenses. TAX" our llne out rs iar rs
sharon for instance. II is just about sixteen miles
from the city and Is the sixteenth stop mr n com
mn
IN cont. a mile. The average comnu'er rate Is
two thirls OF cent mile. 50 you see TO pay the cost
., canning trains alone must carry about 100
messenger, over every mile. Then there are the other
regular running expenses. Tie engine consumes III
extra half ton Of coal every time we stop nj "ano Ut
I'm. grade above sharon. ! tell you, wien inquire
up the running expenses OF one Of these trains con
gratuate myself that am Oh salary and DO not
own nilroad.'
several men talking OF Supersutions SO nlilon
mnr, an classes Of people. As matter OF cOurSe, one
I, thr Things touched upon was the supposedly M'ai
nnmbrr thirteen. An old coorcd man VINO happenen
tn Ln WITHIN hearing distance felt moved TO remark
=. wants 10 tell YOU gcm'mcn. not to make nun o
da, thirteen business. ain't superhslns put
dun do dat and | hope to die II pretty nearly every
one OF dem ain't dead and buried MS heaters
EXPRESSED surprise his remarkable statement ana
sled fr particulars Well, some of them got
allied and one thing an another and some jest
rachelY died But dcy Is pretty nearly al! sTmS
,0ciaSnt cccnrio Now, lemme see. Been about
Unity year since the war. Amt itl We'll. spec
out But It makes ME feel about n uneasy rs though
1t was only yesterday. "-(Chcaeo Times.
IIcnry Bcsuden. n retired business man OF 'ihch'
natl, gives five cents TO the conductor every time
he rides In passenger elevator. lie says 'he
convenience is worth an extra payment besides "h''h
he likes to reward the and courtesy OF the boy
n man who runs the elevator.
ON the United states side of tho line Mt Nognles:
Ar. eggs have been rendered dear by the new tariff
upon them, nasmuch the hens or that region arc
chiefly owned on tho Mexican side and fed with
cheap Mexican grain. A shrewd Yankee recently
arrived there md he convinced TINT MS oPpor-
tuny law in the high price OF eggs, so he erected
large henhonse exactly across the boundary line:
AZ the United States end he provided nests, and at
The other end he fed his hens with lowpriccd Mexl-
can grain The hens ate the grain In Mexico, and
then walked across the line Into the United states
IN law their eggs The transaction was perfectly
honest. for the Yankee smugged neither grain nor
eggs lie Is making money fast.-lPhiladelphia
Ledgers