New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-08
SPRING SIGNS

The Tbe air s,ri H snsSrS gTes T,i @9d md
Ills pennies the happy child
Through ali its maynard kinks and loops
The little brook il gurglins,
The haplcss farmers chicken coops
The tramp again Is burglng.
The skies above our favored land
Are quite screnely blue;
Al qf@Sna A saSS;' ' AtchS S62F'" grand
indianapolis Journal
The first number Of The Atlantis" the only
newspaper published In Greek in this country has
appeared. The paper VIII give special attention
to the publication of archaeological news. progress
of the excavations now under way in Greece by
the different schools At Athens and new discoveries.
smiles.-Mrs GayglrI-Wha do you think? Mr.
TWiggs took Mabel and me for sisters.
Mrs. Bitters-Well. my opinion il that he should
lose time before consulting hrst-c,ass ocllist.
--tthicago Inter ocean.
A number Of twenty-f,ur-hour cock faces are to
be seen in store windows in town. They are not
rs popular. here however. as in Europe. on most
os them the hours from l 10 y a m. are printed
in Roman numerals and from - to q in
rel ink in Arabic figures. in circle inside
or outside the ordinary one II j. claimed. a
c0mmon-sense feature Of the clock face, that II Is
especially adapted for the use of those who are
often at a loss to know whether 1905 in a timetable
means morning or afternoon. II would seem as
though the astronomical method Of marking the
hours would good a purpose. BY this
system. 1905 could have other meaning than
afternoon the day begins at midnight. the first
morning hour not being marked until sixty minutes
have passed. any subdivision OF that hour being
preixed by cipher. 005 90. etc.
Easily Satished-EXcited Iaxyer-What? Send
this man to prison lor fifteen years. Il is shame
and an outrage. Why. ne man viii be dead before
Judge--Oh. well in that case We will try 70 he
satisfied with the seven years ami haf-CIndian-
apols Journal.
According TO recent Issue OF The London and
China Telegraph" the cotton interest in Japan Is
going ahead in a most remarkable wa. In 1858 the
production Of cotton yarns in Japan was less than
l0co.OoO pounds weight. In 1892 had risen more
than 100000 pounds This result is due Of course.
10 the cheapness Of labor In Japan. when renders
the cost OF production even Joss :har in India The
figures form a striking comm entary N The demand
among English operatives for shorter hours and
larger wages In face Of such competition. Ianca-
shire will be harder put to it than ever.
How nicely BilIaI and his wife get along~
Yes; Their tastes are similar. yon see They both
fond of company. II" finds Ii at the
club and she At home in his abgence."-(l'cston
Transcript.
\ "Troy Times" gossiper tells Of Kentucky
named Youmans. whose front name is Z. Pluri-
bus He is known Bus" loumans. The Incl
dent recalls the story of Mr. Rose. who named
his daughter Wild. That very pretty
ceit. but when she grew 20 maturity she married
combination less satisfactory to the parent. There
is a family named llaskins in Tompkins County
who named the eldest Socrates" pronoun-
cling the word with the accent on the second syl-
liable. that II rhymed excellentv with saleratus
The gentleman still lives and is known 'Scrate"
instead OF Sock he ought 10 be. recent
poet succeeded in making the name "Percles"
rhyme with pickles.
After II, 'Mischianza,". the famous farewell
banquet given in Philadelphia, May S lbs in
honor of Sir William Howe. then commander-:n-
chief OF the British armies In America the Ill
starred Major Andre handed TO Peggy chew.
whose knight he was, pamphlet concerning me
fate This faded and yellow parchment written
more than 100 years ago. has just been published
for the first time by 'Peggys granddaughter,
sophie Howard Ward. Mrs Ward publishes also
an epigram written by Andre in merry MOOD after
seeing Peggy" in the garden % Cliveden through
the branches OF a tree. Here Is the last stahZa:
But had the tree of knowledge doomed
Its branches by much fruit perfuned,
As here enchants my VIEW
What mortal Adams taste could oIaiiIe'
Who would not die TO eat the same
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