New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-30
FIRST NIGHT BOOERs.

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time in this fashion,
FIRST NIGHT BooERs.
TT have doubt whatever. said Mr.: Tree Yesterday
afternoon that there is certain seot,Sn OF young men
tenton Of booing the play and the payers'l
I met a calm. determined youth.
His eyes filled with Joy:
What makes you look so pleased?" asked;
Has any body left you wealth??
If so. how much. and who7"
He answered. No it isn't that.
Tonight I'm going to boo"
ct am" said he, "a simple man.
I my daily bread
BY toll of hand and sweat OF brow.
My life is hard. my earnings small,
Ny pleasures are but few,
But chief among them / would place
Tho liberty to boo
'rPerched high within the gallery
My pleasant trade ply.
I care not though the Stalls may laugh,
Nor whether they may cry:
or laugh the evening through:
Whateer emotion may feel
vent 1t In a boo" -CLondon Globe
An engineer named Knorr a German who has
become a naturalized Russian. built four OF the
great bridges on the Trans-Siberian Railway incud
ing the big Yenisei and Obi bridges which cost re-
spectively. s35o0oo and 81 100000 They were great
engineering feats. and brought him international
fame in his profession. But he pursued by
a curious fatality A writer in 1T. 4. t. says:
He had daughters. who famous In Russia
for their beauty. and whom he loved dearly. Just
after his first bridge completed one OF them
died; and each of his three succeeding bridges
was built. another died. He would not build
fifth bridge
at the on s 81 6 any
times proved itself brave and efficient in TING OF
useless Suh like SO much Treasure oced in vault
There has been no wreck. The sea has been kind
habits Of life. and the Idle crew had given the
visitors much TO joke about. Their satircal
comments
drills of the crew were part of the entertainment
pulled out the brass cannon, shot rope over a
mast Which a set up 5o on IA point b OF
buoy. The small boys of the place were glad to
this sefons 't drill 9 required By law was pretty
holiday sport. One rainy day, at the appointed
summer boaTders on the hotel veranda waited in
vain for the exhibition which should vary . the
over to tho quarters of the crew to learn the
u say. aren't you going to practise to-day"
Then the brave lifesaver, hero Of many rough
seas. made an explanatory gesture toward the
What in this rain?"-CYouth's Companion.
feature of low street life in Toxic is the ''ku-
isha," or doctor. who applies small pads
made Of certain dried herbs to the skim then setting
them alight the ensuing blsters being supposed TO
be most effective a cure for various ailments
Among the doctors remedies too. are rhinoceros
pills. warranted a sure for tightness OF the
chest. gnashing OF the teeth and depression OF
spirits and 'furidashi' popular remedy for
coughs and colds which is said to expel the devils
and promote circulation; while musk pills are pre-
scribed infable cure for every i'll. from a
red to sickness.
Hcks-I understand that YOU have had tele-
phone put in your house Mrs. Wcks must find it
Wicks-Yes: but she doesn't like it half as we'll
as she thought she would You see when she Is
using it she has to listen half the time,-(Somer-
Vile Journal.
blind man named Green made curious defence
at Birmingham, England. to charge Of smashing
plate glass window worth lis. He had been blind
he said. for seven years On the night in question
he cried for assistance to cross the road, but no
one came. Then he heard some one at distance
and struck at what used when he could see. be
boards surrounding waste ground. He was astound-
ed when he heard the sound of broken glass. The
jury acquitted him and he was discharged.
SANTA CLAUS.
With childish hH faith sublime.
To hear his sleigh bells chime
Beside the door on christmas Eve
To feed the prancing dancing steeds
That sped him on his way.
I%Sf ;tS sda him =; t to5ly man sP,,.
And cheeks, so fat that when he laughed
A heart ha TT that at oyernowed With low.
And on his back a buging pack
Brimful Of gorgeous toys.
II children OF a larger growth
Could have a Christmas tree
From Father Time. gift alone
Would tie enough for me
Let others take the gems and gold
And trifes light and vain,
But give back old belief
In Santa Claus again! -NIre
With a trolley towing plant established on the
banks OF the Nile 20 draw dahabIyehs to and
fro the modernzation OF Egypt may be con-
sidered as tolerably complete The forty centuries
which as Napoleon told his soldiers stood on the
summit OF the Pyramid looking at them as they
marched past are. doubt still there keepns
their long vigil. but whatever may have zone bv
beneath them. they have never yet looked forth