The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-12
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

WISE HND vi HEN w lCEs
The story of Geperal Gresham's first
entry into civic life is thus told: 1t was
during the early part of General Grants
first term that an Indiana Republican was
ut the White House when the president in
qured: "Is there Il man In your state by
the name of Gresham, who was in the
army?' Yes" was the reply. II remem.
Der him very WELL" said the president,
adding, with rising infection. "He can
have anything l can give him." A few
days afterward Il telegram was sent to
Gresham by President Grant, asking him
If he would accept the United States dis
trict judgeshp, the president having
learned meantime that Gresham was q
good lawyer. Not soul recommended the
appointment.
THE SUMMER GIRL:
When tenderer zephyrs breathe soft DER
the plain,
When frost-frighted verdure takes cour-
age again,
The work-a-day season, the hustle and
whr
Give way to our dreams Of the sweet sum-
mer girl
VIII she travel in boomers and ride on a
bike?
VIII she put on mans collars, his nectie
and vest,
His hat and his coat. not to mention the
rest?"
They say you are tickle; perhaps 1t is
true;
But in this we are certain, oh, fair one, of
you:
With June you will greet us, sweep and
swirl
OF beauty and laces, the same summer
girl. washington Star.
Eddie Walk Is given as authority for the
following story which is now going the
rounds: "a Hebrew merchant failed, and
promptly summoned his creditors, whom
he gathered into n room. Gentlemen he
said, every dollar owe in the world is to
you. / have gathered you here with the
hope Of arriving at an understanding. /
can't pay you dollar; l haven't penny
in the world. But, gentlemen, to satisfy
you, am willing to cut myself into twen-
ty-five pieces and give each man a piece
Cut away said an Irishman from the
nerve Dan Hart, in the Wilkes-Barre
Leader.
oh, you who have been fishing will indorse
me when / say
That it always is the biggest fish you
catch that gets away;
'Tis even SO in other things-yes, In our
The biggest boon Is some elusive never
We angle for the honors and the sweets
of human life,
Like fishermen, we brave the seas that
roll in endless strife;
And then at last, when all Is done, and
we are spent and gray,
We own the biggest fish we've caught are
those that got away.
Eugene Field.
Dave Boone says he went into restau-
rant in New Orleans and ordered poachcd
eggs on toast the eggs broken. What
Was his horror to hear the waiter give the
following order: adam and Eve on a
raft. Wreck EN-" The Trilby craze,
however, goes this story one better. A
man recently went into a restaurant and
PIX 5 Ieet WIN IndSHeu pOtdtoeS.
Imagine his surprise to hear the waiter
shout: "Trilby for one, Little Billee on the
side. Dan Hart, in Wilkes-Barre Leader.
NO DOUBT:
Mrs. Newlywed-"Oh. John, the baby
has swallowed the tape measure, and I'm
sure he's dying" Mr.. Newlywed-"Dying
by inches, suppose" - Philadelphia
Record.
MOTHERS OF GREAT MEN:
Chopin's mother was as delicate as him
self.
Gounod's mother was fond Of painting
and music.
John Quincy Adams said: "All that I
am my mother made me-
Spohrs mother was an excellent Judge
of music, but no musician.
Raleigh said that he owed all his polite
ness of department to his mother.
Milton's letters often alluded to his mo-
ther in the most affectionate terms.
Wordsworth's mother had a character
as peculiar as that of her gifted son.
Mahomet revered his mother and incul-
Gated similar reverence in his teachings
Sydney Smiths mother was a clever
conversationalist and very quick ut repair
tee.
Won Ranle's mother was literary and
the author of several essays and other
works.
Hayden dedicated one Of his most i'm
portant instrumental compositions to his
mother.
The mother OF Lord CORVALLIS did not
at first favor the idea of n military career
for her son.
One Of the few redeeming traits in the
character Of Henry VIII was his respect
for his mother.
Gibbons mother was passionately fond
of reading and encouraged her son to fol-
low her example.
Mozarts mother was a delicate, spirit
uelle creature, who. 1t Is said, seemed
more soul than body.
Coleridge reverenced his mother. He
once said: "a mother Is a mother still,
the hollest thing alive"
Roebuck said that the sweetest part OF
his life was his early childhood. Heaven
is at the feet of a mother"
1t Ia said that the mother of Charles
Darwin had decided taste for all
branches of natural history.
Weber, the musical composer, had n
musical mother, who found pleasure In