New-York tribune., 1899-12-31
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
THE OLD YEARS LEGACY.

Above the cradle OF the New
The Old Year lowered. taking leave
"Wbat shall leave thee when go?"
He said pure babe sent forth to meet
The soing grinding, weary worid;
What shall lay here at thy feet!
! "I will not leave my mantle gray
Thou hast a new robe, fair and bright
will not leave the griefs and cares
That turned my hair to silver white;
ct will not leave the vows unkept.
The blasted hopes. the useless tears;
! NV wisdom all too dearly bought,
Is far too bitter for thine ears.
But, blotting out the background dark.
The long. sad days OF this, my span,
| I'll leave thee all It's joys to fill
With mem'res sweet the heart Of man.
| Thine be the happiness that's past!
| Thine be the gladness, not the care!
! Earth shall forget my griefs. whose sum.
! With future joys shall not compare.
For now give men double weight
OF glad and happy thoughts, through thee.
| My sombre form fades fast away;
My brightest smiles alone they see.'
! So spoke the Old Year and the New
Flung out across the winter dawn
Dear memories Of yesterday,
The joys filled full, the sorrows gone.
MARGARET DOANE GARDINER
| A Memphis paper tells OF married couple VINO
are In the habit occasionally OF going out at night
10 entertainments and social affairs. and at such
times they make themselves solid with their little
boy by saying that they are going out to see
sick man. One week these social affairs came
pretty frequently. On Monday night they went TO
The theatre and told the lad that they had 10 SIT
I'D with the sick man. Tuesday night they went
out to visit neghbor. and explained that they
were going to give some medicine to the man that
oh fhayn
attend an entertainment. and apologzed to the
Young chap by saying they had to put plaster on
the sick mans back TO draw out the pain. Papa"
asked the youth, "is the sick man in much painT
VERY much my SON" And Is he pretty near
dead?" Yes. he's in bad shape" The lad thought
deeply for a while, and then remarked We'll papa
he can't die any too soon 10 suit me-
Economy-"Please, papa. give me a quarter to
see the biz snake in the menagerie."
Morris my dear, here's. the magnfyIng Ing glass
Go look at an angle worm"-CFliesende Batter
La Presse" Of Montreal the most influential
French Canadian paper, says: I'VE understand the
extreme surprise English fellow citizens must
have experienced more than once on hearing ex-
pressions Of satisfaction at the news or BRUSH
reverse, and yet no one Is more loyal to the Eng
lish Crown more devoted to the Queen, than the
French Canadian people This contradiction Is
easy explain. Many Of our people, without
thinking OF the Consequences Of such tactics, be-
lieved while nwardly regretting these misfortunes
that they thus taking some sort or personal
revenge provoking class or English-Cana-
dams who never lose opportunity of attacking
them OF lowering them OF quizzing them Let us not
forget that In spite OF all the FrenchCanadian has
not conceived for his Anglo-Saxon fellow country
man either hatred or prejudice We appeal to all
those in business without exception; have they ever
noticed that their quality English drove from
their store n single French-Canadian, not only In
the cities, but in the most distant country
parts? We could quote the names Of fifty British
subjects who made their fortunes In centres aoso-
lutey ench-Canadian."
The public schools OF a certain New England city
have recently taken to an exacting form OF ART;
The pupils are placed before model ana toid 10
one day little girl was seated In chair on the
platform, and her classmates were given the usuai
order.
The results varied Some OF the drawings looked
like human being in state OF repose, others IKE
chair and a tiny figure standing In front OF T.
Mary" said the discouraged teacher, didn't
say Draw Amelia as you see her?
We'll is she standing in front OF the chair7"
sitting It,"
Then why didn't you draw her sittng?"
Tears came into the chd's eyes She was mis-
But hadn't got to it," she said. %, was just
going to bend her down when you rang the bell
youths Companion.
Here are some extracts from advertisements in
Oriental papers:
Goods dispatched. expeditiously a cannon
ball"
Parcels done up with such care as loving wife
bestows upon her husband"
I'VE sell paper tough as elephants hide"
The print OF books is clear as crystal the
matter charming a singing girl"
"Cus tomers are treated as politely as by rival
steamship companies"
'Our silks and satlns smooth as lady's
cheek and colored like the rainbow"
"It seems so strange" said the lady who had re-
turned to visit the old scenes again, that your
pected that ne had inclination in that direction
i suppose though. that you have seen IT in him
No" the young, mans mother replied. he
never gave any indication OF it as a boy His
pose scribbled fun OF rhymes He did not lisp In
numbers as we read that other poets did Indeed
could have been found anywhere"
VI That's }, the way he always seemed to When
Well. the first time we noticed it on him was
one day after heavy, sign, which had projected
and struck him on the head. AS soon as he re,
gained consciousness he seemed to be a poet
Chicago Times Herald.
writer In THE Youths Companion" says that
not long ago hawk caught fish In Long Island
Sound. but while flying with It to the woods 10 de-
YOUR II at leisure the fish houndered from the
hawks hold and dropped into a farmers ward
where big mastin was sitting The dog caught
the fish as II came down. and the hawk swooped
after It, but the dog turned and ran into the house
placing his trophy. yet alive at the feet OF his mis-
tress. II proved to be large bluensh. and II was
served UP that night to an appreciative family
The dog ever since has been seen to sit in the
same place at the same time. evidently Impressed
with the belief that his good fortune NAV be re-
peated.
young man in Worcester has invented n ioor,
for weaving straw mating that does su,o, ,u.h ,,h
the the shuttle An ingenious contrvance picks up
q harness the loom draws the afraa e np wa.p as
and down. Most OF the straw mats used IN Apmerp up
China Some OF the finer grades OF matsns coma mms
from India Machine made mats win be a nnoveitv
In this country-lworcester gpy. WA w "o'e"y