New-York tribune., 1903-04-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

At q dinner of Federated Women in st. Paul one
of the gentle sex responded. is not unusual on
such occasions to the toast, '"rhe Ideal Man,
feminine equivalent to the hearty masculine 1.-THE
Ladies-God Bless 'Em!'; not so generous anu
universal but the women seem to prefer TO keep
within the limits OF their individual experiences
and not to toast the whole sex This speaker
wished to honor man; she said so. and uttered
these compliments: "Man is too capable. He IS
the paragon of animals. On his ground he
surpasses the lion In magnanirnity, the fox In
acumen the parrot in repartee. the monkey in
versatility, the ant in thrift the fish in self
control the spider in all that goes to make up a
valued member of society. dare say that, II all
the facts were known man is more OF an abso-
lutte success than the muleI' Did the lady think
there was kick coming? II is not clear whether
the alusion was to the mules hrmness of mind
or OF heel
Of foreigners who fail to understand English in
the police court correspondent tells the following
chinaman preserved a brick wall cou9tenence,
s tbe se2 @ sgd tae ee osFs
one-ee poundee," said the warder. The Chinaman
Tprog eeef the n Wsn counsel ooE a here
qnoh he the says Eotsd oned TGt got t9 s Ray
man; he only say one pound."-Qondon Globe.
THE NEW BATTLE HYMN.
Again is heard the crying of the children in the
night.
They praying to the Father to defend their
lawful right;
They are praying Him for justice swift against
illegal might.
Their race Is marching
These children of the nation growing
wise and strong
They have suffered long IN silence under selfish
Southern wrong;
But they know that rank injustice has been meted
to them long.
Their race is marching
Their rights by constitution have been q,libbled
quite away,
The ballot taken from them they ne'er
have fair play;
They're accused and without trial are strung up"
the selfsame day,
But their race is marching on.
It's Lynch 'emi Lynch 'em! Lynch 'ern, There's
no law for black here"'
Tar and feather shoot and burn 'em. there is
nobody to fear!
'~This is the white mans country. and no nigger's
wanted near!"
But their race is marching on.
Gods eye doth aye behold them. there's "color
Iine' on high,
His ear is open to them. He hears every sob and
cry;
He sits in righteous Judgment, Every soul that
sins shall die
Their race is marching on
The mills of gods grind slowly, but they grind
It cost million lives more TO make the shackles
fall;
Twill cost million lives again. the wormwood
and the gall.
Their race is marching on
April Is, 1903 TOWNSEND ALLEN.
sister is out! WnI you tell her called?
Eioise-Why. I did!-Puck.
punch" has discovered the following reference
&c golf In Virgil: ''Miscueruntque herbas ct non
innoxla verba.-Georgics 8. 2s3.'
Addition to Slang vocabulary.-A new word in
college slang has appeared at Yale. very apt
I'D to date undergraduates with increasing fire.
quency. It is said to have been first used by bee
man who knew something about words. saws stung
IS the past tense OF the trapsitlye verb sting and
TO goad. to incite TO pluck out Another authority
says to sting is TO affect with sharp sensation
al interesting information is added that the sting
itself is the modified ovipositor Of aculeate hy-
Now the Yale use of this past tense of the verb
sting has ali these meanings and more 1t ap-
peaIs TO a universal feeling. apparently, and has
applications without limit An undergraduate IS
no orser stuck fqr dlnner sea- or al the pay
"stung' by the professor for his recitation and
loan to his ciassmats: a subscription for .SThe
News and so on without end. If the word takes
hard IN me oP me pdr S viii be one 'g nnennr
sing.-(Yae Alumni Weekly.
Brooklyn is getting in the world. In 1902 more
than forty miles OF modern pavements put
under contract while the totu of the previous
four years less than thrty-eight and the aver
age price a square yard for asphalt paving
reduced from 81 SO 1901 TO 81 70 in the follow
ing Brooklyn now has 45s miles of paved streets.
a larger number than the Borough of Manhattan
includes and forty-seven miles OF eobblestone road
ways in Kings County were relaid In 1904