New-York tribune., 1903-04-24
DANCE TIME

DANCE TINE.
It's live in a very wise Town
They read, they write, they read all day
AS orchard trees may growl
Said II was young thing then,
II Rf R not t8Osn spend gGngg nun ttIe t. ife thus:
There's much I'd rather do
"Td rather far be red and white.
% stupid Pt n5Da f0k boo to Sse for little bookvor,
To eat them leisurely.
when learning makes you white and red,
And fresh as west winds blow
may spend and candle light
To learn what they all know.
"But oh the wise in this wise Town
They have longer prime,
And there are fewer wise men now
Than Once Upon Time"
Josephine Preston Peabody. in Harper's Maga-
zine.
The prize cat story Of the young century comes
from Syracuse. A grocery man recently gave a
brewer an old cat and four kittens day old. The
brewer took the lot and locked them up in his
brewery for the night. When the grocer came
downstairs the next morning ne found the cat and
her four kittens asleep on his doorstep The
brewery was four miles away, and the kittens too
young walk more than a few steps, so the old
cat had carried each one In her mouth four miles.
Remarkable Dog story.-Dr. Murray Of Carroll
ton, tells the following remarkable story 70 the
Republican-Record' about his dog. He insists the
an sfdavit with it: "A short While ago some
boys from Mr., Murray's neghborhood went to
Near the springs the dog discovered three little little
dead "gs ying 5d IN a dtGe laid afS fSem ne out IN
He tried several to get hold OF al three PIE
each effort He left them lying the bank and
was gone quite while, and when he came BACK
bos he had on tbe eround ns he peIed pigs
at q time dronDed them into the oucket. picheu
triumph Several of the neighbors, say they saw
the dog passing with bucket IN MS noun 64t
CKansas City journal.
When the late General Macdonald last visited
his relatives in Scotland he wore very curious
watch The curiosity did not lie in the watch itself,
which was Of large size. but IN the glass which
was rough and thick but served It's purpose as
we'll as another Macdonald was very proud Of this
glass and told its story with much circumstance
One day during the soudan campaign he had broken
the original glass. and was puzzled to find SUBJ
stitute for It n the desert. At last. however, he
smashed a tumbler- The bottom he ground on a
stone until it was fine enough. and the size he
shsped until 1t fitted tightly into the setting. And
so good was the handwork that It lasted until
he returned home. He never had 1t removed
customer-I want ton of coal.
Dealer-Yes. sir. What size! ,, -. , r.,
like to have a two thousand pound ton--(Chtcago
Daily News.
A Paris correspondent paints picture Of NJ
Jaures the Socialist deputy who has caused re-
opening Of the Dreyfus case.
His speeches are sometimes too long His
trousers are invariably too short
He looks exactly like Lambeth carpenter and
when he speaks reminds strongly Of John
Burns but John Burns with the learned polish OF
q Morley or a Balfour. though the force of the
platform speaker never leaves him. and. like John
Burns again. each point is emphasized by the dash
of clenched fist into the open palm Of an extended
hand John Burns. however, dresses plainly and
neatly and IN this NJ. Jaures differs greatly from
him.
.Jaures before he speaks and Jaures in the trib-
une Of the Chamber or upon the platform are two
different men In silence he IS squat, uncouth, and
i'll dressed; when he begins to speak the golden elo-
ouence soon dispels the rough exterior from our
imagination We forget the absurd looking figure
in the short and greasy frock coat from which
button usually is missing in a prominent position
the vrinked trousers, ugly boots and the half but
toned waistcoat we not take the slightest notice
of his general appearance Of unkemptness. for
Jaures. when he speaks. has the great power which
thrills each single item in audience of thousands
and compels the moments silence at the end before
the cheering bursts.
He was born at Abb (the glassworkers' coun-
try) in Auvergne. and his delight is now to get
away from Paris and spend few days there
among the dusty tree bordered streets of his small
native town When a mere schoolboy he was fond
OF making speeches. and friend and contemporary
of his at school has told me how the awkward
looking lad whose clothes would never tit him even
then once held the saunterers upon the Place Abb
mute and entranced for two long hours while he
discoursed to them about the rights of man. On
the occasion this first public speech of his Jaures
was thirteen, and he severely thrashed when
he got home for being late for supper"
DO you think that people appreciate art in this
Certainly" answered Mrs. Cumrox. Everybody
gets Interested as soon you tell 'em how much
a masterpiece cost."-(Washirgton Star.