New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-22
THE SCORCHER.
He tumbled from his weary wheel.

He tumbled from his weary wheel.
Then stood as though he joyed to feel
His feet on earth once more, 49,,
And as he mopped his rumpled head
His face was wreathed in smiles;
II did a hundred m!les!'
"A hundred milesr' I cried. "Ah. thinh
The reedy streams where cattle drink.
The meadows rich and green.
Through lofty woodland alses?"
He shook his head. 81 cannot say;
did a hundred mes!
what hamlets saw your swift tires spinf
All, how l envy you!
To lose the city's dust and din.
Beneath the heavens blue;
To get a breath OF country air.
To lean DER rustic stiles"
He only said, THE roads were fair; ,-r.
l did hundred miles.'-tCmcaso 4i""~
The removal OF the Library OF Congress from '.'
Capitol to the new building will begin this "esA
For the present 10000 volumes are to be stored !"
the room TO be used by Mr.. Spofford In the oase'
ment OF the building Almost year VIII " me-.
sary. 1t is said, to remove all the DOCKS o"".u :,
the Government. About seventy thousand 'o'u',ss
will be left at the Capitol as reference hU'"y oa
members Of Congress. There are more tnah "''''
books In the collection.
Modined.--A.-I assure you the dogdali I,x de.
lightful you must have found them d. Inv
shore. II, ..asoss.
d.
days!'-(Fliegende Blaetter
The Board OF Health has done the right thlns
ordering inspections to be made OF the mn" a n,
candy sold In the small stores located near scn0
houses which are much patronized by the So So.
children Hitherto the force at the disposal Vi ~,
Health Board has not been SUFFICIENT 10 e"
the work OF inspection TO be undertaken
work OF no little Importance, as the heai'"
thousands OF children may be impaired by the 49,.
tbaso
have a little money 10 spend.
Wayside Philologist.-The crusty Janitor m"
Don't you see that sign he said. pointing 70 m
the framed inscription: "Loafers Not Aho"e' w
''Et you think we're loafers becuz we'rs tr yynI,
to sit some bread an butter Win Ill.,, H., No his
greasy coat collar with a lofty air, you u w.
understand the durrivat!on OF the word VIZ"
With a parting look OF scorn he strobe away f0r
lowed by Tufold Knutt-(Exchange
Chicago after all is to have tower higher man
that built by Einel II is to shoot up III" ie,'
into the air. and TO cost $4,000. Many p~or
In the Western city said 10 be much happ'e'
since the decision as to the tower was reached
Professor Runnebaum. OF Berlin sen ,,rb Sy re-
sources OF our Pacific coast, expresses u saws
ment at the waste he witnessed there. h hs IN.
cutting and conhagrations While the e.. ses Srov
the Americans are sweeping away not Sny y,x S
mature trees, but the sapngs which are tne - Il
full heritage Of future generations: III noth'nsy YOU
done by your Government In his opinion lrm.py 10
may live 70 see lumber shipped from Germs"S1 re.
Puget Sound" When the professor was III asrs.
gon and Washington the whole coast w au,rmous
ened with smoke from fires devouring eho His
tracts OF timber unsurpassed in the woria, he
remark that the life Of the forests Is the mS ls1
people Ia no flourish of rhetoric II Is verIh. -
Of nature, but trned with ignored ~ W.
America. -Y(New-O Orleans Plcayune