New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
Come out, come out, this instant.
Come out. thou venom bite.
And may the cruel bitter
Forever take to flight.


| Ambassadors receive many queer requests in the
| course Of their official duties Here is one sent
10 Mr.. White by Western woman who inclosed
pieces Of linen when he was Minister TO Germany
some twenty years ago: We going 70 give
fair in our church, and l am making an autograph
quilt. 7 want 10 get me the autographs OF the
Emperor and Empress. the Crown Prince and Bis
marck and tell them be careful not to write
too near the edge OF the squares. seam has TO
be allowed for putting them together
No Real GrIevance-Young Wife with a pout-
So am bird" I? You used TO say was an
Young Husbaud-weu, I still give, you credit for
having wings, don't I?-(chicago Tribune.
An incident OF Neapolitan life which sounds as IL
It came from the pages OF Mathde Serao Is related
in the European press The assistiu is sort of
drummer for the weekly lottery, seller OF num-
bers to those who want inspiration in numerical
combinations victim Of the common gambling
mania Of Naples. whose nickname was "Cogi
CogH.' was married to a beautiful young Italian
woman. who hated the lottery her natural
enemy "Cogn Cogli' had been IN the habit OF
buying his numbers from certain assistiti whom
he knew well and whom he invited to dine at his
home The dinner fine" says the assstiti.
land my friends wife was charming After dinner
she says she has a word say 10 Numbers
says l myself. and have dozen ready for her
But sooner do l go to her than am seized, tied
and left naked, all but my trousers. Then the men
(the womans accomplices) dropped burning fat on
my back and in my agony l cried. 37-45-S3 and.
would you believe ali three came out" The
assstit well repaid for his sufterings. however.
for he afterward away with "Cogh Cogli's'
beautiful wife, whose rage against the lottery
appeased, may suppose by finding so simple
way 10 obtain the winning combination!
one of the Victims and We considered him such a
perfect gentleman; he had such a gentle. suave
Proving" remarked the other. that the way Of
Standard and Times)
Lady Florence Dixie. who has written to the
President protesting against the employment OF
child labor, is sister Of the late Marquis of
Queensberry. She was once great hunter
and shot lions in Africa. tigers in India kangaroos
in Australia, but now she foregoes the sport and
earnestly condemns it. Her experience in ostrich
hunting in Patagonia led this change of heart
DR.. Fenton. of Punta Arenas, tells the story OF
her hunt. Ostriches caught by means of a
bolus. or hola, as it is sometimes called-a long
lariat of braided hide with a lump of lead or a
heavy stone at each end The hunter catches 1t in
the middle, whirs ii around his head in the air.
and when 1t has acquired sufficient momentum.
and the bird Is favorably located. he lets go the
Iariat, which. If properly aimed winds itself around
the legs of the ostrich and throws him headlong
upon the sand The hunter then rides up and cuts
the throat Of the bird. ties it until the poems
have plucked It's feathers III the latter it is
released and returns 70 the herd. With good pony
and fair field the sport very exciting. and is
frequently INDUCED in by rhe young of Chill
ana the argentine ftepu9!lc, ana III FORMER days
people sometimes came out from England try It,
like the Marquis and his sister Lady Florence
rode out eagerly in the pampas. but the first time
threw her bola she hit her native guide in the
head with the stone and killed him. That ended
the hunting The grief of the widow of the guide
was assuaged with the gift of ElOO which made
her the most eligible woman in the community.
and she was married Immediately after the funeral.
The Crafty Farmer.-It appears that an old farm
er Houghton owned large pile of small
a IN
he had already got about much work out of his
boys that day they were willing to do espe-
ally IL was nearing the hour for ball game.
The old man was bound 10 have the stones moved.
anyhow, and so. pretending to have discovered a
nest of snakes in the ditch began stonng the place
where the snakes Were alleged TO be. The boys.
less, were now all life and animation. Each threw
stones fast as he could grab them, and the pile
was soon in the ditch There are two morals TO
this story-frst. when you set about killing a snake
throwing stones Is a gladstone occupations second.
in selecting 4 father. be careful not to choose
Iiar-Detgoit Tribune.