New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-23

Gadzooks-I hear that Old Rounder was shot last
night.
zounds-I shouldn't wonder II ne was When
saw him. early in the evening he was halt-shot
CUBAN HAMMOCK SONG.
See w softly swaying
Meath the shady trees.
Leaves above us playing
cd IL the Sa Ssn'hlfi b 9sfF'e'
That's the song We sing:
While the shadows come and so.
And the breezes softly blow.
Cuba. Cuba Iibre!
Singing as we swing
Bless us this Is pleasant.
Neither thought nor care:
In the drowsy air.
Yanks can DO the scrapp'ns-
We prefer our Mapping
Through tho drows y day.
Cuba. cuba LihreN
That's tho song We sing.
Eating while swing I'm line
Yankee rations-they are nne
Cuba, cuba Llbre,
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bishop r. D Huntington (EpiscopaD. OF Central
New York. IL evidently not in sympahy with ritual
ism lie says: For ritual OF imitators fancy per
formers decorators posture masters and factionsts
Of allen terms and phrases full ot parade and con-
tumacy. 1t is hard. II mus, be hard. to feel any
thing hut pityiag disrespcct. Considering the
sanc,ities they triAe with. |. for one. shall not
wonder II they are rdiculed. An effort here or
there 10 exalt the adoption Of any of the various
points Of a richer eucharlstic worship into cult
by itself IS Of course. unscientinc as II Is un-
scripturak unapostolicol and uncatholic"
A Unstable Innovation. The hoy who gets up
the war bulletins was working with speed which
showed that he realized an eager public was wat-
ing on his Efforts He FELT his responsihi,,es:s
mesa under his practlsed hands. and every now and
then he drew herk and contempated ms WORK
H., a.. Of Ia. %
carping tendencies passed. sncer came upon ms
countcnance and the boy onticps,ed the criticism
which was obviously under way with the inquiry;
well. what's the matter with it?"
Look Mt the spelling"
But tho word spain, Soc how you have d..
yad H. AZ the END Of one a n snd ana SeaSh
OF the first principles % English VIII be tolerated.
1G 10 n mnk the u PS + s' vocal
the word liz egitimatcy monosyllable.
and IL then Ty stody procecded with his stamping
Aren't You going to change IL
"Rut II is pnpably wrong"
Not these days The way things are s9lng now
around anywhere washington Star.
Here Is n story that the late Frederick Douglass
used to tell about himself says THE Buffalo EN-
press" once when he was In Dublin he felt very
lonesome. lie was wandering about the streets
when he was attracted by two viollns In the win
dow OF n second hand dealer. Frederick entered
and asked the price OF one Of the instruments.
give shilngs sor." said the Irish dca er.
Frederick tuned the violin and began to play
Rocky Road to Dublin" soon the proprietors
wife heard the music and entered the rear door
Then Frederick started In on The Irish Washer
woman" and the couple began 10 dance for dear
life when the music and dancing stopped Fred
erck rendered the dealer i've shillings. but his per-
formance Oh the violin had greatly enhanced It's
value In the mird OF the storekeeper. and as he
hurried away pace of security he exclaimed
"If n black nagur can git sich chunes out Of that
fiddle I'll never sell II at any price. bcgorrah!'
Decadcnce-B lufrers-Ain't It sad to think OF the
decadence OF manly sport In this country?
Stuffers-I hadn't heard OF any decadence. We
still have football baseball
Runcrs- Say, You don't call baseball manly
sport any more. do your why, they Amt even Al.
loved 10 swear.-(Cincinnati Enquirer.
A member OF the volksraad OF the Orange Free
State South Africa. recommends Sunday observ-
ance as an effectual cure for the rinderpest. Re-
Gently In the course OF the debates on the new
Sunday Observance Act OF that State, he assured
the members that II they only passed a stringent
Sabbath law "rinderpcst and all other plaques
would vanish. and the land would be one flowing
with milk and honey" The new act, by the way
prohibits goods trains except perishab!es. pleas
ure trains and all games the latter under penalty
OF $50 one month"
Which.-Watts-B Briggs Is either the yainest or the
most modest man among my acquaintances: can't
decide which
Potts-What is the matter with Briggs?
He says he knows more about his business than
he does about how to conduct the war."-Qndian-