New-York tribune., 1903-02-18
A COCKNEY OMAR.


omar is gone. and so is many
AS took their pleasure gnderFsan Tad the befor
You read this verse-before the verse is done
Now. omar was man that understood.
And did not grouse, but saw the truth OF IRE.
And full well that simple things are good.
AS friends, and 'ealth a glass OF wine, a VIE
So must old that Fftz who loved I'm well.
Done i'm wrong for do not believe -
An iding place you'll shortly ave to leave.
It do not 'appen; days may old a lot
And any moment bring change OF luck;
With this ere blueing everything you've got
In wild spree will not ave no truck
Omar was right, my friend and so am I;
Go slow joy, and, knowing you must die,
-Qondon Express
1t is just 118 years since the first nfeboat was
launched Lionel Lukin, coach builder. of Long
Acre. was the inventor.
One hundred years ago there were thirty life
boats stationed the different coasts Of Britain
The Roval National Lifeboat Institution was
founded in 1875 Since that day it has saved forty
four thousand persons from watery graves. In 1913
a lfeboat capsized on the Herd Sands, and twenty
out of crew of twenty-four were drowned
This accident caused the Duke of Northumber-
land offer 100 guineas for the best lfeboat sub
mitted in open competition James Beechtrg, OF
Great Yarmouth won the prize.
In 1SS3 and again in 1887 prizes for the best life
boat were offered; but it seems impossible ever
TO design a boat capable of withstanding all the
risks of a tempestuous sea.
At small wayside station woman gave up a
Said the Collector. thoughtfuiiy: "A bit big for half
ticket amt he ?? Maybe he. he IS - said the wq ba
he left home. Yours is a slow line.'-Qondon
Globe
While France is aghast at the increasing ravages
Of alcoholism among all classes of the population,
and in spite of the official report of the Academy
of he ion Of he
Minister of the Interior. containing list of the
poisonous essences used in the manufacture Of
liqueurs, NJ. Duclaux. ii director of the Pasteur
Institute. comes out with an article favoring the
alimentary properties Of alcohol. and saying that
a litre of wine twelve fifteen liqueur glasses
of spirits drunk daily beneficial rather than
Injurious So the Gallo doctors disagree. and the
nation meanwhile wonders why its population is
stationary diminishing.
Mrs. smith-we missed you much at our
Mrs Jones-And I was so vexed when couldn't
come! You see, our cook had company unexpect-
edly and she needed us to fill out the card tables
Detroit Journal
To broaden the field of feminine occupation is
evidently an active principle in Seattle. where two
women burglars have just robbed In her own house
one of their carrying off $1,000 and odd
trinketry. and ably squaring the local police
that so far no trace of them has been discovered.
Westward the star of female enterprise takes its
way; though it has got to the limit of the
continent 1t will probably allay its glowing axle
in the Pacific waters and take a rest, which it
needs almost urgently the public.
The physicians holding a consultation be-
side the cot of the man supposed to have appendi-
citis concealed about his person
II believe said of the surgeons. that We
should wait and let him get stronger before cutting
into him.
ply. the patient turned his head and remarked
feebly:
What do you take fora cheese ?"-(Balti-
more American
''Thc Arbeitz Markt Correspondent" a Saxon
trade paper of much authority, says that as a
type of the depressed industrial condition OF
Germany the situation at ChemnitZ noted centre
of machinery manufacture. where 1900 men are
ordinarily employed. may example.
Of this large number only small proportion
can now find work. and it is stated as a further
all but a few work only eight hours a day In
many establishments men employed only as
orders are received. and this uncertainty has
caused the average earnings OF operators who
formerly received much IS % marks a
week TO fail as low u marks and even less
The journal says it is not alone the Saxon in
dustries which thus Frustrated. but the
Rhine and Westphalia centres of production the
same conditions prevail. Everywhere there are
constant dismissals of workmen and reduction
OF the hours of work.
your worrying. What brought about the change?
Todd tcheerfullyb- My troubles more real than
they used to be.-t4ife.