New-York tribune., 1903-02-10

A S'"SNA
received new little girl. said to Lillian her little
daughter: Lillian. auntie has new baby. and
now mamma is the babys aunt Papa IS the
baby's uncle and you are her little cousin
We'll" said Lillian. wonderingly wasn't tnat ar
ranged quck?'
PREDICAMENT.
Mandy's readin' novels now: I don't know what
She minds the advertisements an buys everything
An every now an then she gives me reprovin'
Because I amt more like the hero in the story
I took glance the other day an read q chapter
You must excuse yer Uncle Josh from readn' any
An them there illustrations! Well, my blood, it
To think what should look like If wore that
kind o clothes!
I'm feelin' right discoura life does not possess
I thought it would when I got the mortgage
haven't any taste at ali fur royin and fur strife
I'm sure never called man Varlet in IN my ire
7 know that I would spoil it by laughln' in my
An yet I'm sometimes tempted to lay down the
An try to be a novel hero jest fur Mandy's sake.
-Washington Star.
A writer in THE Outlook describing the people
OF New Mexico says that large portion OF the
Spanish speaking element Is Mexican in its SYM
and are unwilling to learn English Occasionally
there is patriotism TO be found. is shown by this
incident One night stopped at a hut in the
mountains. The two boys of the family had been
to the Presbyterian mission school in Albuquerque
and spoke fairly wai. Finding the house little
United States flag, which they had brought home
I isU!5sed to 1t and said TO the cid man. Amer
icano?" and with great feeling he replied. Oh
mucho Americana"
The Proper Missile.-Judge-And what did you do
Prisoner~Fit him with a piece of curbstone
clown and Country.
A French scientist accounts for the fact that
snakes are seen by those suffering from delirum
tremens as follows: THE minute blood vessels in
the retna of their eyes congested. In this
condition they appear black and projected into
the field of vision. where their movements resemble
the squirrnng of serpents" But the sufferer from
delrium tremens may anything from ants to
elephants, and q is recorded in which the
sufferer marshalled regiments of balloons. Could
these come from notes in Frenchmans eye?
TO THE CLERK OF THE WEATHER.
(By Worm That Has Turned)
Oh, False Official! For some time
Restrained by Jobs well known example,
/ have regarded each new crime
OF yours with patience more than ample.
Your very last vagaries though
Your latest antics atmospherical.
Oh Weather Clerk. most clearly show
Your errors are mucn more than clerical.
Consideration. I'm afraid.
You were resolved to give In
You simply a selection made
OF what nastieSt in your showcase;
And with the spitefll zest of
Who his helpless victims tramples
Poured or us, in mistaken fun.
Your whole confounded lot of samplesi
In future, then. hope you'll change
That silly system altogether,
And for proper spell arrange
OF good old fashioned winter weather.
That we are ready to bespeak
For many very valid reasons;
To get small bits of al! four seasons!
-(Truth
Senator Wark, who is member OF the Canadian
Parliament and who expects this year to attend IN
his legislative duties. he has annually for over
half century. is probably the Oldest legislator In
the world. He is in his one hundredth wear ana
has been OF the legislators for the province or
New-Brunswck for upward of sixty years He was
old man when the provinces were conrederatad
into tho Dominion.
] swore she my queen. and vet
No trace OF joy suffused her face.
She simply answered.: II regret
To say am another's ace
--philadelphia Record