The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-24
TAMPERING WITH TRIPLES.
LIFE.s BAREFOOT TIME.

The paths Of our fancy are paths that our
feet knew
Ere they knew augh9 OF shoes or the
treadmill OF toll.
But bare and all rosy they trsmped In
the sweet dew,
And carried us far from lies hurry
and MOL
All about the old home. the trees bend
ing above It,
Down the shadow hecked way past this
evergreen trees.
Pack, back, goes our mem'ryl All, the
old home! we love III
No hopes Of tine future yield pleasures
like thesel
Just to walk down the paths that encircle
the old home;
Just to mock the birds whistle that
sings overhead:
Just ito feel the old longing wherever
your feet roam,
TIL Fancy walks backward by Memory
led.
And tne old trees arch over, the paths
stretch before you,
The old scenes. the old home, are with
you again!
All the things THAT in boytnood just
seemed to adore you.
bring you back ooyhoods pleasures,
forgetting it's pain.
But it's memiry remains! We may live
again never.
The days of our boyhood, llfes bare
Footed time;
Though the memry is ours that no tim,
may discover,
We are dragged farther yet at each
evenings decline
Farther on. farther on! All, there is ne
retracing
The steps we are taking away from oul
youth!
Tho memry smiles fondly each treasur,
replacing,
They're but baubles of fancy and mocl
at the truth!
Our life was beaker with love over.
Drumming,
Deep, deep rang om cheer as we tip.
tood 10 quaf.
Now the dregs hut remain and our ole
eyes are dlmming.
And the old friends have left who re-
echoed our laugh;
Here's a toast In the dregs, to the pleas.
ures we've known then:
Up. UP with LIES beakerl TO boy
hoods delight!
To father! to mo,her whose hearts wer,
our own then!
To the paths of our youth, and our OLE
home, good might!
4 r =
Seventy-one Chicagoans were mad,
members of the Legion Of Honor il
France during the exposition. 1t Il
thought that the Chicago city council
will pass bill making French the of
fetal municipal language.
49,
An exchange says the great middl,
class is athrst for information on how
TO keep "a horse. Our contemporary i,
wrong. What the great middle class de-
sires to know is how to acquire an auto
mobile.
A school OF tgpnotism advertises u
| teach one the elusive science and so per
feet him that he can hypnotic himsel
to such a state OF innocuous desuetud,
that he may have a horse stand on hi
stomach without injury. They presuma
bly, teach one the benefit to be derived
from holding an equine in such position
At least they should do so. for 1t is no
apparent.
TAe strawberry, luscious fruit. hath com,
To give our souls delight;
But the box is very shallow.
And the price is out of sight.
The rudy, juicy, tempting ones!
Down in your pantaloons
You reach to feel If you've the price,
Then murmur, pass the prunes.''
A woman has been arrested at Akron
Ohio ON the charge OF eating gems sh,
perhaps mistook them for dessert. Obi
people are used to living high,
We've smiles for him who had the sens
! To place winning bet,
And uaught but jollies for the man
Whose horse is running yet.
So " you'd MIN the plaudits loud
or all your kith and kin.
| Two things Observable not get broke,
And always bet to win.
/ II she would win and keen her hus
hands love, woman must be thre
things. However. II she Is a good cool
she can omit the other two.
| The man who lives within his wage
Aud never's known to fail.
May never cut mighty swath.
But he1l keep out Of Jail.
~
Chicago has 10000 miles OF telephen
wire within her limits. she also has al
accomplished -puller for every mill
( OF It.
| And go tbs manly that cadets
! Eliminate the weak.
by simply doing them to death
/ Or "hazlng," SO to speak.
N you'd SON one whom you loved,