New-York tribune., 1903-07-24
A SONG AGAINST SPEED.

Velocity--its praises ring
That those who race may read
The ecstasies of speed
Some thrills you've you've yU yst 20 RS0safn; sain; 0s
Who loiter in the lane.
None but tt the Ss''Tt weak KID deTide; rid sums
About the countryside!
The swiftest wheel the conquering run
Beside Ms coan5 sedujrfnF M pritTilfFe " fEs .vn
The secret of the hedge.
We wait the poet fred to sing
The snails discreet degrees,
rhapsody Of sauntertng,
Proclairning theirs the baser part
Who consciously forswear
The delicate and gentle art
OF never getting there
To get there frst-'tis time to ring
TT The So kneh tne OF Of &.ta1cf such an aim;
So easily that fame.
To shine highway meteor,
RsxG9TeF Tgfsar bliss Is the 9e Choose Choose before
Repose in Natures lap
Consider, too, how small a thing
The he highest n6 s1oyP speed ed you s1y gain Rn
Around the fastest train:
Think OF the swallow in the air
The salmon @ in the stream
OF parafine and steam.
Most most of ALL when comes the spring;
Again to lay (as now)
On meadow, hin and bough-
Should speeds enchantment lose its poweri
For None who would exceed
My heart Alright can read"
The turnpike from the car to fling,
AS from yacht the sea.
AS aught on land can be;
grant the glory; the romance
suppose Yd 4oi1 that tS Wills the m9tGr pants
-(E. V. Lucas. in The Monthly Review.
cording to The Kansas City Journal" there was
a collision between two freight trains on the
Frisco Railroad. Some cattle one OF the trains
were injured. and the owner of the stock brought
suit for damages. In the petition for Judgment
the plaintiff sets up that "the defendant company
did careiessy and grossly and negligentIy try to
pass two trains Of cars on the same track thus
reciting in earnest that which has been for time
immemorial great railroad joke.
ter said the young man. The old man was a
have been accustoHed?' he asked.-CPuck.
The English papers print Pope Leo.a latest poem
written during his Illness which only couple OF lines
NocCrna Ingemscentis Anims Medtato % fS,gbt
Thoughts of Signing souD the original Is as FOL
lows: - @O'
Fatalis ruit hora, Leo; jam tempus abre est.
Pro merttisque viam carpere perpetuam
Que te sors maneat? Csslum sperare tubeblnt
Largus contulerat quse tibi dona Deus
Aut summse claves immense pondere munus
Tot uhi gestum amos: haec neditare gennens
Qui namque In populis excelso praestat honore
Hei misero! pCenas acrius inde luet
Haze inter trepido dulcls succurrft image
Dulcior atque amino vox sonat alIoouio-
"Quid te tanta premit foTmido sevtque peraet
Quld seriem repetens tristia corde foves7
Christus adest miserans: humin venIamuue roeantt
Erratum, ah hdas! eluet omne tibi"
The English translation is roughly as follows.
The fateful hour Is Fastening on Leo. tis +,r,
now TO depart. and 70 tread the way OF eterrI+v
according to thy deserts.
What fate may await thee? The gifts eonrerra5
On thee by Gods bounty. or the supreme KEYS that
heavy charge borne by thee so many wears ,,,II
bid thee hope for Heaven
Think on this with sighs. For he who atan5.
pre-euhnent In honor among the peoples unhanDv
man! will be punished the more sharply.
But then a sweet vision aids the TREMBLING .oI
and sweeter voice sounds in converse with II
=" Why does such fear oppress thee, and yvbv
recalling thy whole past life in order do-t ,bo,,
cherish sadness in thy heart?
-" Christ is at hand in pity; II thou be humble
md ask forgiveness (oh trust HIND. He viii ptns
put every sim" '''o
Vanity.-Mr. Potts Ito his vrife(-Mv daa- a..
s chilly Fermez la fenetre 'e AT
Ihe visitor (sotto vocel-W Why do YOU ask y,o,,
wife IN French to shut the Window 80 SOuF
Mr.. Potts (ditto)-Because Won ara h.-a y. -
askea her n English she wouldn't do AZ as sha
Non take instructions from me bafore vis5.So St.o
sut " say It IN French she gets up and does a.
y once so as 20 let you that she undarStsn5+
he language.-(Pick- -Me-Uu $50 NA'uoAS Ssahus