New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A former Assistant Secretary OF the Interior who
lives in Washington. bears the same name as poet
who halls from Pennsylvania The eX-ofteial re-
Gently received a letter. which he considers a re-
markable epistle The writer confoundec MIN Win
the roet and wrote:
Dear friend and statesman: rite you the earh-
est DAFT 70 be cind 10 do me a fafor. haf
trtd all cinds OF paten medIsn FOR hart decease en-
avail I read your lttrie poTne on Hart deces be-
Einin
The hart witch sad tuuultus beets.
with throbs Of keenest pain
Wi Oft recover rs defects
Thro' naturs sweat refrane.'
y hat never trid an tnjun doc but hat took all
c.nds OF erts. 7 ask you 10 send me by return
male bottles OF year medsin naturs sweat refTane
Ssa 10 Alex x. c. Postoflce Penn
"P. s. 1 viii sen prise by return male
THE BACHELORS PROTEST.
i1G ,aa, G to s 5eSk n his s lie
VITA that cold mOnumenI o. dead romance
Peace, for You wrors nc: now will diso!Os.
- a ,ale whose dOioroas import gives a claim
have no. feared to toe the beetlIns edge
o. h{ re, 7o ind oi l 9syss
Merely ''0" love Of 'et u4 G5 mario" P'''-
an not proof 70 ccgp.!5''ss, vqrt,n dart;
MS 'n0'0'''y 'n''rs's .; mino ne4''
Far o q IN 6 the ssnsTqs make ay To Of S so.,
AS much as any. and good deal more
Than most.
Ny past IS pefGnef by :. perfect throns
Ago,
With whom It was my dearest wish to Iiye
Ana darhly cynical ALTERNATIVE
and have urged my periodic suit
NCt tVEi~ al | at = Inc my rivpa
Only TO set the Order OF the Boot
Each time
For somehow all with one consent began
To make, excuse: some did not wish to wed:
Some loved me not; some loved Another Man
Some betrayed sorrow, some a paiped surprise,
Two: in tone n" man Of spirit brooks
Had the audocity to C-iticise
And grew weared Of the harsh rebuff.
~ Tine cane when n my bitterness or J. spoke
So. ladies' I am cabined by vow:
But soon the Old Year dies. and with the New
Comes jocund Leap Yg2rrlt ls your turn now
Punch.
The octopus is very largely used as an article OF
food in Southern Italy Its long tentacle4 are cut
transversely that. when served at tahO. they
have the appearance OF rings The fish. when
taken by day. ara Iured from the crevices OF the
rocks by piece OF red fanns ut the end Of a
boo. which they attempt to grasp. and they arc
then speared with trident. At night an iron
cradle with bright fame Of resinous wood is
fixed tho bows of the boat. This attracts the
FISH and leads him TO his doom
Rigid Formahty.-lIrs Van Rennselaer Crurer
tells story of 4 Washington hostess who invited
an attacha Of one Of the foreign legations to dine
but on tho morning Of the appointed Gay Rofe
written by the foreigners valet, was received.
Mr., Plank regrets very much that ne win not
irhf hp is rlH -t H jl.tflal Dl1fo Ie3tr.
Perhaps the greatest practical drawback, Of much
swearing is that oaths. however good and round
they be, lose their effectiveness through frequent
On the famous occasion when Washington
swore, he terrifying TO hear. The Boston
Transcript" thinks honest better than in
growing profanity" In this connection II tells Of
a noted preIate who was once playing golf with
giously. stood looking at the bail for several mo-
ments. After waiting for the Bishop to say some
thing. Mr.. Cheate remarked: Bishop that was
the profanest silence l heard"
An Eye Opener.-'CoIoneI" said the Rev. Y
Boozawoy the morning after" your friends
are growing s0lclJoUs about you. I think it's about
time you had your eyes opened'-
Bright man. exclaimed the Colonel. II was Just
rne."-(Philadelphia Press.
An engineer on the railroad which runs along the
Penobscot River in Maine stopped his express train
the other day because he saw two boys struceIin,
IN the water. who had fallen through the ice while
skating The engineer save the alarm to the
passengers on his train, many got and the
boys were rescued
ANXIOUS Tor Questions.-Littls johnny having
peen hNlted out TO dinner with his mother, was
comlnanced not 70 speak the table. except when
he was asked question and promised 10 o3.y the
command At the table no attention was paid 10
Johnny for a long time. He grew very restless
and his mother could that he having a
hard time to hold in BY and by he could stand
,b NO lohger Mainnar he called out. when are