New-York tribune., 1902-12-26


her tltlc TO lasting remembrance and gratitude
Those who knew her and loved her are to meet
Monday. December q. at No. % Beacon-st.. Bos-
ton, TO consult together about the nature of the
memorial President Eliot OF Harvard Will pre-
side. The invitations to the meeting have been
issued by Mrs. Charles W. Eliot Miss Elya H.
Young and Lewis Kennedy Morse.
THE ZOO RACE
The animals thought they would have race;
The Monkey was referee;
1t was his nature to be.
The Camel got hump on himself:
The Tser stood @ 'n on for beast t Of fs hs stripe
The Elephant took his Trunk along.
-rLn In f fase he won won the prize - ,,
Some spotted the Leopard for winner sure;
The old chose the Gnu;
While those who leap to conclusions quick
The Ostrich piuIned himself on his speed:
The Hippopotamus blew his own horn.
But the Giraffe, he won by a neck
baltimore American
It is interesting tc know that Oklahoma with
its possibilities OF Statehood, is known locally
THE Land Of the Fan Cod Just why the ad-
jectye is not apparent, in fact is puzzling that
a number of correspondents are concerned about
the question. The Governor habitually uses the
phrase. but writer says: Governor Ferguson
is not alone in his habitual OF this phrase for
every OF the Territory's governors. from Steele
nearly every other citizen Of the Territory. But
whether or not one of the Governors. or any other
citizen has understood Just what is meant I am
In doubt
The BacheIor-I wonder why those fats are not
supplied with warp water PIPES like the others?
The Bacheior-Does that make difference
The Benedict-Yes: when man is married his
wife generally keeps him I'm hot water."-(Pha-
delphia Record
The weaving OF stone into material for clothing
the making OF flexible and lasting granite trousers
black marble coats and fancy onyx waistcoats
may be possibility OF the future. the weavers
Already curtains made of asbestos and cloth
manufactured from chalk. while certain spinner
has an armchair covered with a soft and silky
fabric of Titan red which he toilsonely out
of rock-red shell
She-Tave you heard the news? McSoomon Is TO
marry again, the fourth time I believe.
HeV6es I've heard @ an9ut ts oo IT. Beats @ all hoy the
times its old books or piay,bls and sometimes it's
to be wives.-(Boston Transcript.
Female suffrage sometimes leads to amusing mis-
takes. A candidate at a recent election In Aus
tralia, where the women have votes. tells a story
in this connection. The constituency was a sea-
port town. and of the burning issues before the
electors was the question of berthage rates. a
woman voter TO him and asked whether
he in favor of imposing these berthage rates,
because If he she would take good care that
neither Ter husband nor herself would vote for
him. A little discussion OF the matter revealed the
fact that the under the impression
that the question of berthage rates related to 4
poll babies That candidate now doubts
whether the average female voter is not under n
deluson. or. perhaps. say. spell.
Automobile Proverbs-"To auto be autoed
that is the question An auto in the hand is
worth two in the repair shop He who autoes
and rides away Will live to auto another day"
Run over others as they would you-and
do il first. ITO have raced and lost is better than
not TO have raced at al.'-(Maryville Ckan) Trib-
une.
The shortest railroad in Missouri is the Rock
Port. Langdon and Northern. whose line extends
from Rock Port to Langdon, a distance of eight |
miles Even the natives unable to take II
seriously, and they irreverently call the one
engine that pulls its trains a peanut roaster"
Last week the engine was laid up for REPAIRS and |
as the roads were muddy. the peanut roaster' !
was missed. AS might have been expected an ed |
itor. who Is a director In this shortest of short
lines took advantage of the opportunity to point
a moral Much sport is made of the peanut |
roastsr,'" he observes but 1t is q great incon-
when 1t doesn't run"
'I .e,.'t doubt but that tina readir' of it's ALI /
right, said the customer, but IT amt book I'm
iookin' for-the cover don't suit me-"
kindly describe just the book you're after?'
We'll. to be plain with you, want a book that'u |
DO to put in a handsome new houser'-(Atanta |
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