New-York tribune., 1902-02-21


He's OF tyrants resister,
Though he may not speak in Trafalgar Square.
or wed his deceased wifes sister
Where's my silk hat?"
Your silk hat? Oh. yes; George took It to put
on the snow he made"
The thunder he did
yes: isn't II nice that he entertain himself
so easily-'-tCleveland Plain Dealer.
Everybody who comes 20 Rome" says William
+. Curtis in The Chicago Record Herald" must
expect to be swindled and disappointed. There are
many illusions. and you Will be greatly disappointed
when YOU approach them and they fade away. You
viii be swindled by shopkeepers. hackmen pedlers
and everybody that you have anything do with
and the begEars will annoy you with their per
sistence Ike the fatirs and flower girls that follow
YOU upon tho street. but all this is a part OF the
experience OF everybody who comes here; only such
annoyances are greater in Rome than in most other
places Begging is n profession. as in every other
Italian city, and the profits much larger. be
cause there are more strangers TO appeal to. None
but inexperienced beEEars ever approach "A native
Roman, because they know IT is useless but they
save all their energy and pathos for strangers.
particularly Americans and English. whom they
follow with the greatest persistence"
The a were f,lS both her d friends Of
as she Yo9 looks s9'nN asked ne that she Is as old
she tries not to look IT." replied she so she
must be Feminine perspicacity transCends
culine reasoning Indianapolis News.
A new religious sect has started in Russia called
PodpOnild. which signifies "Dweers under the
Earth" They pledge themselves to care for all
fugitives from justice, vagabonds. deserters from
the army and other miserable beings, whom they
hide away in cefts holes in rocks. Those among
their own people who fall sick treated in the
same way. but left without food drink Of
any kind. Every three days they visit the
sick. Should any be dead they buried secretly.
but not before the corpses baptized and have
received new name in order that the soul may
appear spotless before the throne of heaven.
Mrs Borden-I notice you got n new suit Of
The Boarder-Yes hut they're too loose
well You can send them back and get that
i've got a better scheme. I'm going to look up
a good boarding e.'-(Philadelphia Record
reservist was invauded home from South
Africa and had to leave his kit behind. The ques-
ton then arose to whether his kit should be
sent on to him or sold. AS he would have had to
pay its carriage home he decided. after some cor
respondence. in favor of the latter alternative In
due course he received the proceeds of the sale.
consisting Of penny stamp. accompanied by re-
quest for an immediate acknowledgment
Now then cried the deep voiced woman. what
has made female suffrage possibe?"
Male sufferance replied the rude man. who had
The late D. De Forrest Douglass of Springfield
Mass. who originated the manufactur of wooden
legs just before the Civil War. was particular
about his dress" says The Republican, "and IT is
said that he wrought his artificial legs wearing as
neat and careful raiment as he wore in public. His
was a most Cordldl ana gentle nature, and he
interesting talker. Naturally he had pride in his
own special invention, which has been Of so great
Importance. One of his favorite stories was Of the
tramp tree This a red willow which sprung
from the staff of tramp whom the Shakers of
Somers gave a meal He stuck his willow stick al
the edge Of a brook, and there it took root and
grew to a lusty tree which Mr.. Douglass bought
and used in his making of legs. He had been
curious 10 follow the fortunes of this tree and
used 10 say that IT had the genius of the tramp
himself for IL was walking over great part
of the earth-in Australia, in India and as well
over much Of the United States"
He swore he'd never ride in an automobile hut
got him into one yesterday" said the road racer
Got into yours did he?" o''
NO Mine ran into him, but II was an automobiIA
ambulance that took him '-(Philadelphia
Press. 'Piiia
An Irish pro-Boer paper declares that even when |
the English have killed the last Boer the valiant |
burghers Will continue 10 fight against the on !
pressor of their country
ttau seen Ihere.-Sunday School Teacher-And |
" ~"heh belllah cut Samsons hair he became mild as
derstand that, Tommy? ~ ~" UNI
Iommy-Well, / know IL makes YER fesI aw,,l |
ehameo O. yerself when yer mother cuts Yer hair
-Qhiladelphia Press. ' 'o' haii'