New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The late Senator Vest. OF Missouri used to tell
story of good luck and hard luck without a
terpart. according to THE Buffalo Commercial
One day. while he a member Of the Confed-
crate Congress. he lost months pay somewhere on
tho streets of Richmond. Just the IN
Scripture who piece OF silver called together
her friends and neighbors and sought diligently
til she found 1t. he called his friends and with
them on what seemed a hopeless search through the
snow covered. dimly lighted streets Of Richmond
The chances q thousand to against
We hadn't been out fifteen minutes when
young lieutenant in our party stopped down and
picked up my lost roll I in high Elee. and
wanted to treat. We piloted 20 a cafe. which.
pending some repairs. had ladder OF about
dozen rungs instead OF stairs We all climbed mp.
considering 1t a great lark, all the while talking
about what lucky fellow the young lieutenant
was. and predicting great things for him. AS We
climbed down again the young lieutenant fell from
the ladder and broke his neck
SHATTERED ILLUSION
lsaggss,sd By re views Of Times correspondent
the cult Of the Edeweissl
On everything poetic
~ 9uF . moq Pss i 9os,s as sEsGs, ho
Destructive to Romance.
But though Romance IS dying.
Like everything that's nice
Around the Edeweiss.
Twas plucked I deemed by lovers,
Who braYed the Alpine SHOWS.
And hung for weeks from icy peaks.
They cared not though beneath them
There yawned drop of miles
And Won their iadys smiles.
But now it seems that perls
Need not be- faced at all:
You only need TO buy the seed.
The price OF which is small;
ANA IN the heart or London.
You plant in earth your pennywOrth.
And then-well. there you are!
Oh ''Times's' correspondent
You might have spared us this
We did not know that this was so.
II further revelations
You chance TO have in store,
BE generous please and and spare spare us these
Punch
The Southern Railway south OF Washington has
iust put it's first instament of new passenger
engines OF The Pacific type each Weighing
$500 pounds. 175 tons. They have six drivers
two trailers. and two pairs OF pony trucks. each
driver being 72 inches in diameter. These monster
locomotives are Il feet long and carry steam
pressure of 22i pounds. 60 pounds than ordi-
nary engines When pushed they can go hun
dred miles an hour. but only expected to make
that high rate Of speed holiday and spectacular
occasions.
Painfully DeaeleIHt;m,I vas going to send my son
that II was a first class educational institution"
''whys nc =, according to this report IL needs
about 10000 before IT can even begin TO do the
Out near Kansas City lives patriarchaI Indian
Il9 years old II his record is straight and II looks
better than most tales Of aboriginal longevity In
1911 he one Of the emissaries of Tecumseh In
his negotiations with the British and he fought
with General Jackson in Florida In 1917. Wherever
there was war going on he got into II II he could
one side or the Other-it didn't much matter
whch--and when civil contest broke out he
enlisted In the Indian Home Guards in Kansas
pledged not to leave the State except in case OF
invasion. and was mustered out In a year on ae-
count of old and disability. He is still able TO
sit up. take three meals day and draw his pen
sion. He is either the oldest Indian in the country
draws the long bow OF his forefathers 10 better
purpose than any OF them.
During recent Baptist convention held IN
strolled down 10 the Battery one morning TO take
negro was sitting on the seawaI fishine DE- Dr.
Greene watched the lone fisherman. and finally
tween a toad ana q catfish
What kind Of a fish is that old mann" inquired
'Dey calls it de Baptist fish replied the fisher
Why do they call 1t the Baptist hshT' asked
Because dey spoil so soon after dey comes outen
de water" answered the acknowledgements
The Grand Turk keeps his money TO sit on and
is such poor pay, to the bodyguard within his
palace. that they revoted the other day and other
troops had TO be called in suhdue them. When
a bakers dozen or so had been killed. including
the Sultans aide-de-camp and the commander OF
the palace fire brigade II was considered good do
nestle economy 20 pay off the mnlcontents and
establish a new force in their place. The Der
liner Tagebatt says that the incident greatly dis
composed the Sultan. and he would have worn a
simpieton's turban il It hadn't.
A Part Never Us the whole.-'.NIost divorces are
caused sy yer. very common mistake.
MANY. a man in love only with a dinpIs or a
curl makes tho mistake OF marrying thu whole
Gfrl."-(IAfa