New-York tribune., 1902-06-28
HIS COURSE IN LETTERS

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HIS COURSE IN LETTERS
The first year of his college course
He won the letters B. b &
To wear upoa his saucy cap
The baseball club right heIder' ne.
sonbo,nore. he next secured
AS tribute to his growing know,edge
Two crossed oars. and the letter n
Tho navy symbols OF his college,
The third year he obtained A. u
Athletic Union: this relates
To skin upon the cinder track .,.
To vaulting and to throwing "elsh'S-
The fourth year faithful to his aim,
Presented to him. with eclat
4 course in letters he pursued
AS college records guarantee,
And who can blame him II. at last.
Ai,' He somehow failed to get A B. =? ,,,.
French writer travelling IN hussih sei'us "o,l,e
n clever mot of 4 Russian Official Inc "ii'el "'9
con,nlainin., of a remarkable and suspicious dela9
G., his mail \ letter sent by him had taken hVe
davs to reach Parisi Pie official said; ne oeiaS
&c denIorabIe 1t is with the police as with the
stomach-when one is aware OF 1t II Is "ofhi'is
badly
The Proper TermMartha the coored washer sshfth
woman, was compiaihins ~ % 'ie'
Hes He " ve'y ~ poly, maa, xey poly He's got
dat exclamatory rheumatism. , ,. .
Won n1ean infiammatory Martha. Exclamatory
is tFeln iss e1ss% answered Martha conviction
'dat's what it is. He hollers all de time, II nr'S
tian Register
.Iondon Health" says that ION some of the Bel
sian railroads smoking compartments are TO De
provided exclusively for women. This result mas
been brought about through young lady hndins
herself object of much protest on her producing
a cigarette in ordinary compartment reserved
for women. The young lady has taken action to
all he Relgau COmpanieS to provide
smoking accommodation for women
TITLED FOLLY.
INr swinburne has been prayed in aid to justify
the title of a story called THE Fangs of Fate'1
AS peruse The Fangs of Fate"
Anrightedy hold my breath
Win lead to The Jaws of Death"
When shall The Lips of Lave
Rtveal '"rhe Nails of Nemesis?
Now fightng war-gTants .z, ,t9qth and 4yl naii'
Suggests at once The Teeth of treason;
a Tail OF Trouble" could not fail
To right through silly season.
7 know 'The Nose of Naughtiness"
Ut off rather fiat. hear.
Though ornamenting prinCeSS)
But who will track THE Feet of Fear?
-(Punch.
The popularity of the snail article of food
IS not confined to Paris but extends throughout
Southern Europe and some parts of Africa Dr
Edrard a French writer In a pamphlet says that
ninety thousand pounds of snails are sent daily to
Paris from the gardens at Poitou, Burgundy. Cham
pacne and Provence Those reared in gardens
fed on aromatic herbs to improve their flavor
Their market price is from francs so centimes to
francs 90 centimes a hundred while those from
the hedges. woods and forests bring only francs
to francs so centimes The proprietor of one
snailery in the vicinity OF Dijon nets 7.OOO
francs annually. The snail is reared and fattened
with great care in cantons of Switzerland as
an article of luxury. and is exported In a picked
state. 1t is also eaten relish and nutritious
article of food in Austria, Spain. Italy and In
some sections of the United States. The Ashantees
and other African tribes smoke them and eat them
as daily food all the year around In Algeria, in
the markets, large heaps of snails sold by the
bushe and the hundred article of food
Vendors hawk them in the streets of Cairo. In
modern Rome fresh gathered snais hawked
by women from door door.
A golfinS magazine tells story of a man who
applied for the secretaryship OF a club.
You understand" said the captain THAT we
want secretary who is thoroughly accustomed to
managing men"
In that case" answered the applicant sadly
Il afraid It's not want. but my wife"
He was bunkered.-(London Globe