New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-14

New-z.aland offers s. 900 for a practical plan Of
exterminatng rabbits, and some humane people IN
the colony are denouncing the authorities for thus
encouraging cruelty to animals. They want to know
~ the rabbit hasn't much right to the country
man.
Restrictive of Conversation.-"No," she answered,
But" argued the other woman, ne makes you
think Of many things to say while he Is playing"
them"-(Detrot Tribune.
In st. Petersburg every bicyclist Is obliged .
have affixed to the back Of the machine metal
pate, on which the registered number Is displayed
IN figures large enough to be legble from con-
siderable distance.
POSTER ROMANCE
She posed within poster gown
A poster background wiggled down
Into poster sea-
mustered up poster smile
And said: "0h. aueere rest, lass ASH.
II you decide 1t worth your wnns
Our troth shall come to pass
She viewed me with poster frown
And cried: 1T cannot be
You nave no weird. grotesque renown-
Too plain you are Tor me.
wildly dashed upon my Wheel
/ scorched 1t here and there,
Coided. spilled, and with squeal
heard my garments tear
All mud ard blood and rags ride
To her who did me fling
She dropped upon my neck and signed:
~" "'" -(Chicago Record
Travelling churches are to be established on the
Trans-siberian Railway, which passes through
many desert tracts. where neither village nor
church can be met with for mics Cars ht'ed up
for divine service will be attached TO the trains for
the benefit OF the officials.
Mrs Grimes-And % your husband died quite
Mrs Blaker-Yes there never was any dily-deI.
lying about John. He was so punctuai' you KNOW
thing 10 do he Gid II at once. I never expect 10
get another husband ike John-tBoston Tran
Script.
The Commercial Association. Of Pendleton, Ore.
has offered prize of $3.50 for method OF inocula-
ting squirrels with some contagious fatal disease
So numerous have the squirrels become in that part
of the country that many farmers are threatened
with bankruptcy on account OF their depredatons.
On the Safe sde-student-Then how much does
the Ta s@lt FITS To MARKS IIF cas-"
Taor-A hundred marks-only IN that case YOU
wifi have TO pay half on the nail.-(Lnzgauer bote
The Toronto Mail and Empire publishes some
verses emitted Canada 10 Olney," by James Il
Kenway OF no 2sl Broadway. in this city. IN which
the American Secretary OF State Is thus held up u
the gaze of Canadians
We see him lift aloft his hand.
Forgive them, Lord. who love land.
So far away as Britain is.
Mr. Kenway then speaks of his sres. who even
said - uugrateful slaves without much a.
'Thank'ee' they'd rather rot in British graves than
prosper with the Yankee" Then. apparently adj
dressing poor Secretary Olney, the poet thus con-
cludes:
And. sad to say. In spite OF all
Your warning and your wa!.fng.
Canadians do not heed your call
The Yankee cause IS falling.
Txxx and ma
To that We set no bar. sir;
But lose our glorious hag-Oh. no!
We're better as we are, SIT!
II IS all very fine. but somehow other Secretary
Olne,'s audacous attempt to deprive Canada OF It's
nag does not seem have attracted the attention OF
anybody in this country but Mr. Kenway.
old IS s h soM Sar hd1ss
unlike their descendants. and could on compulsion
grind out pun with due elaboraton: IN :, 'ss,
Essex County town the other day. the counsel
O the IL On this sna s TS. Iss
said: And we lie on this side ,hrymaa es now how
are We to tell which Is the best larr "-(soston
Transcript.
A man Of this city who owns stock IN thres
cotton mills In North and South Carolina says 'has
his dividends from two Of the three mills nave oeen
IS and % per cent The third mil has earnea "
per cent all OF which has been put into an eniarse
ment and Improvement OF the plant, tho stockho"'
ers receiving paid-up stock for the same
Payment in Kind-Rhyming poets often schieys
poet Is reduced to the manufacturing OF advertising
for hH Bne1sd for Which Of he paid
kind in proportion TO the merit OF ,ne ~ N:
mnf S!aer Of s'X NE ne
That * not up to much a., saa ta anyhowr
at Ina sSa. n fstfr a sSal q ns'A'S anu ="
The Association for the Preservation OF virgins
Antiquities since its organization In 1889. mas pur.
chased the old powder magazine In WiiIiamso"Is'
which Is now being converted into museum io'
Colonial relies the home OF the mother OF Washins
ton In Fredericksburg, and the historic homo VI
General Nelson in Yorktown 1t now desires 10 pul'
chase the site Of the ancient House OF bursesses'
Williamsburg, In which the assemblies that soverneo
the colonies met after the seat Of government was
removed from jamestown. In $685. and to erect upon
II n simple stone engraved with the names OF the
eighty nine members OF the Assembly who. under
the leadership OF such men Peyton Randolph.
Robert Carter Nicholas. Richard Henry Lee, hch'
ard Bland. Patrick Henry Thomas jefferson ana
George Washington. fired the torch Of patriotism
and freedom.
What He Would Do.-she (biddins him good.nisht
as the clock strikes l2-I hate TO have you 60 FREQ
He-It won't be for long. darling.
She-Yes. know; but Il Is so dark.
Helm not afraid Of the dark. darling.
She-I know you are not; in fact. you seem to prefS
II when you call on me.
Howell, uOn you, also!
She-Of course l do; but Fred. there are 80 many
footpads on the street at night that I'm afra0
something might happen to you.
He-Oh! I'm not afraid.
She-Have you pistol?
He-No not even q cane.
she--suppose a bad man should stop you while %
your way home; what would you do? . m A.,
He (bravely)-What would do? Well III seu
you what I would do. darling: would run'-'0A"
Francisco Wave.
PRAISE FROM SIR HUBERT.
From Tho New-York Sun. March H.