New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-13
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met pretty maiden
Whose eye were wet and red;
I sought To lend her sympathy.
And tcndory sad
pray tell me of your trouble
That may help you bear it;
Some heavy sorrow weighs you down
And ., | fain would share 1t.
Son friend perchanc;G d has left YOU
You look back through the mist of tears
At happy moments fed;
or has some deceived you
oh. let M know his name, that
May meet him in Il duel!
She took her little 'kerchicf
And wipnd her tears away.
And then. AZ stood waiting, she
At length contrived TO say:
'T'vc lost DO fred. dor have
Bet eddy gay decciver;
The trouble with be- is that
-~(Clcvcland Leader
Or Kochs cure for the rinderpest by incubation.
from which so much expected. has proved
virtually failure. a letter from Pretoria to one
of the Munich medical papers says that 1t had the
advantage of every test but the pest attacked the
inoculated cattle as freely as those not SO pro-
tectcd.
Like Ills Fathcr.-T PAX my child to be good"
",Thars entirely wrong" replied the second good
father MY child has TO be good for nothing -
detroit Free Press
7, ia hoped that while Mrs Lease is running for
housemaid's knee And I'm passing it is also OH
served that as madam wants To be in office. IT may
he I'm order now for the little Leases to put up
ticket Of their own for a new mamma.
So Dusty-"That ClamhaKe country
''Clondykc. auntie"
Must be "A desperately dirty place
what makes you think so. aunt,e"
why everybody who gets there goes right to
washin. "-tCleve.and Pain Dealer
The appearance Of 81 United States gold piece
at the Sub-Treasury in Cincinnati recently caused
considerable surprise. When the attention of K.
T. Preston the Director OF the Mint in Washing
ton was called 10 It, he explained the appearance
of the odd coin follows: This coin was simply
an experimental piece. and there were only about
four hundred and fifty of them minted They
never became legal tender and few persons even
remember OF their mintage. During the MYTH
Congress William Wheeler Rubbell imporuned
members to issue series OF coins of his design
ing which became known as the goloid dollars. be-
cause of having percentage of gold In their com
positIon III. suggestions to the composition OF
these coins as we'll the design for the dies,
were finally accepted by the Committee on Coinage.
Weight. and Measures. and favorable report
the scheme made TO the House by Alexander
stephens. The proposition to coin limited number
of these pieces was put into the form of a joint
resolution and In that shape passed the House or
Repr, sentatives and subsequently adopted by
the Senate. As before stated. only limited num-
Der were struck OF and these did not get into gem
eral circulation The joint resolution provided that
members OF Congress who so desired could pur-
chase samples OF the new coins at about their cost
price and In consequence the greater part of the
issue was bought in before the general public even
became aware OF the existence of such coins. The
experiment did not therefore. prove TO be catch
ing with the public the designer anticipated.
and the Government abandoned the goloid dollars
and the 81 gold piece. AT very rare intervals 81
god piece hobs up serenely. entailing great deal
of explanation and correspondence on the part OF
the officials OF the Mint Bureau.
A small boy the Rev DR.. l.ambuth relates
teased his father for a watch I'LL he was forbidden
To mention the matter again. Al family prayers
nexf morning when asked for his Scripture verse.
the youngster repeated. What l say unto YOU
say unto all-watch. '-iChautauQua Assembly Her.
aid ..- .,.-