New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

II Is fortunate for the public that funny
papers are. once in while. unconsc!ously funny.
otherwise their readers would Fare rather badly.
IIere, for instance. "a Life" printing n cartoon on
ia hrst page the obvious intention OF which Is to
throw rdlcue and dscrcdit tho so-called I'M
pcr.ai" policy OF acquiring territory. while II
has IN tho same issue another cartoon IN which that
policy appears TO be regarded with sympathy.
When Ccrvera len Cape vcrd no said Il go to
meet the enemy" II looks though he
would be the enemys meat-(Chicaso Dispatch.
Southern paper having remarked that the
South would probably refuse TO countenance tho
playing Of Marching Through Georgia" In spite OF
the present era OF good feeling. The Louisville
Courer-Journal" says: Not much are We going TO
taboo Marching Through Georgia in this war. II
Is one OF the finest martial airs this country has
produced and. iko Dixie It now belongs TO
all Americans"
THE OLD ARMY HARDTACK.
How dear to my heart are tho wartime merentos.
I've cherished In mem'ry o; sorrows and joys,
In the days when | tramped through the dust OF
or splsshed through It's mud with the rest OF the
There's a rusty old sabre mover Will part with.
faded old cap and a Jacket Of blue,
Some squares Of the hardtack al, had to chewl
Tho ison-bound hardtack,
Tho moss covered haritack,
The old army bareback we all had to chew,
There was bareback from wars Of pnst generation.
witch remained unconsumcd ti about GO.
WAS marked Vera cruz or was lettcrcd .B. On
What triumph vas this for the skill OF the baker
But It could not resist tho assaults Of grinders.
The grinders had in the days OF our youth.
The The 1879 Rrnl he ra h, bareback
The old army bareback atc in youth
Oh, youth can make feasts Of the coarsest OF
And never again shall we veterans feel
sucn a zcst In lives way back In the 'e1s.
When bareback sutiicec 70 create ''square" meal
Though now We may dine AT more sumptuous
tables,
Wed gladly exchongc all The daintles they weld
That seasoned the hsrdtack we ate in the field.
The iron-cnd bareback,
The old army bareback We ate in tho field
-(Charles Il. Sprague, In The Mail and Express.
when the riots broke out In Milan recently the
coInpositors OF the "Correra della Sera' were UNI
ablo to reach the Office and In order TO All up the
editor obliged 10 a long article IN type
titled "Tho Reform OF Architecture" II cut A
strange figure beside the graphic accounts OF the
disturbances then going on. Stranger still than the
publication OF the article the action Of n VOL
known Mlaneso artist. who went TO the Office next
day while the crack OF the soldiers -incs could stil
be heard In the neiFhborhood o discuss the IDEAS
on architecture expressed In the article and to ask
permission TO write reply. Tho difficulties OF pub
licatlon Increased by degrees. Tho supply Of paper
began to run out. gas vas lacking for the engine
which drives the printing machines, and the work
who remained in the printing room received
notice from the rioters TO cease work out OF SYM
pathy with tho employed by the "Secolo"
and Italia del Popoo." which had been sup
pressed by the authorities However. the "Corrlcrc
della Sera oyercamo all these difficulties. thanks
to the loyalty OF It's workmen.
Clara-AIost wonderful feats George can do
Cora-What do you mean?
why no said was all the world 10 him. and he
often puts his about the earth - Yonktr RI
Statesman