New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15
THE NoRsK NIGHTINGALE.

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THE NoRsK NIGHTINGALE
Oar ban a man named William Tell
Who ban a qyite guide shot;
Ay bet yu ven he tax nice aim
Az s.p pose he h hunting every day
And killing lots of game;
Eff he ban missing such a chance
Ay tenk it ban shame
Some fallers yump on him Won day
h And 1T taking kim b R ak % have a1I to pay
Sax t'ousand dollars pail .o,,s,nd hons.,
Yee whiz!, say Ten cabts sax '0uSanu ''''''
BeR 80 Big 6Ss iron i@&A fence ea 1>'''
Den Olaf Gessler say TO him.
Bill yu ban qyite I guide S6 shot cbanc,
Yure son ban purity brave young KID
W. Az Ia, tai w. ;ro on - the So dead odn ,boo,
Dis apple of his head"
I'VE usaIemr' say Bill. "ef you
skol give me drenk of book
Ay bet you can shoot dis fruit
But ef ay shoot tn low. val den
Ysst s!destep qvick, by heck
OF arrows in yure neck!"
So Olaf frame 1t op for Bill
And Bill he tax guide aim .
And shoot AT little Yimmie's block
Ay tai yu. he ban game.
A And D Vim SH Vent t back g G school, G
And tai him April fool!',
In the course OF a marriage notice for ROB"
Ganord and Miss Stella Cole. the Editor OF THE
Minneapolis (Kan) Messenger gives the bride
this cheerful little send-off Stella is talented
and clever girl, and. like most of Minneapolis
cherished daughters. not much for quantity. but
whole lot quality for she isn't much bigger than
a pint OF cider"
The Nerve OF Them-Mrs Newlyriche-wen. of
Mr. NowiyrIche-what is IT. Hannah,
Mrs Newyrche1Them poor hTSt cousins OF your,
ancestors mat you We EOt.-NGuCH
CAUSE
Mr.. Crow" said his mate,
whats tho racket great
In that field by the woods. over yonder.
Many crows all around.
Have 1ocked TO that ground.
Are they holding caucus" wonder7"
He replied: Mrs. Crow.
That cannot be So;
And regarded his partner with scorn.
As he said with u drawl.
ITS no caucus at all:
1t is only corner in corn"
E T. DRAKE.
Bursley-He claims to be related to you and says
Ffioyd-The mans fool. -. -.
That may be mere coincidence'-(Suar, Set
The Rev V h. Carroll. a Southern clergyman.
tells the following story: We we're driving out
one Sunday from Decatur when we came upon a
negro with a club in his hama and freshly killed
'possum on his shoulder. We stopped to examine
his prize and the colonel said:
My friend, do you know 1T is SundayT
'Sartin boss
Are you religious man.?
- are. Use list on my way home from church
land what sort Of religion have you got that
permits you TO go hunting on Sunday
Religion? Region?' queried the man. he
held the 'possum up with one hand and scratched
his head with tho other Does you 'spect any
black man In Alabama IS gwine to tie hisself TO
any religion dat lows 'possum to walk right
across the road ahead OF him an git away free7
No sahl A religion which won't bend little
when a fat 'possum heads you off couldn't be
Established round we're by all the preachers in tho
universe "
In a Phoenix Courtroom.-The District Attorney
said it was nothing to him If the defendant waived
h Rrv own he erro Py' of it's rights " not
Mr.. Lyman pointed out that the Territory need
appear within the jurisdiction OF the District At
could not be bound not TO die before they might
be needed If witness dies he Is out OF my
That depends on where he goes" replied Mr..
Lyman.-(Arizona Republican
some interesting experiments have Just been con-
Quoted at Bienne. France for testing the practical
utility of captive military balloons against infantry
or machine gun fire. The Paris correspondent OF
.-rhe Newcastle Chronicle states that at a height
of eight hundred yards a few rifle voeys suficed
to shatter the balloon. the range, IL should be
stated being known in advance. AT an unknown
than twenty-five trial shots were needed to fix the
range 1t only the sixty-fourth voIley that hit
the balloon without. however. doing It any an
parent damage The experiments are regarded "a
showing that rife fire is not very effective even
against captive balloons. ut uncertain ranges and
stin less so against balloons that not captive
THE NEW RUSSIAN HYMN
CAS- sung regularly at Port Arthur)
Oh say can you by the dawn's early light
What so proudly hailed at the twilight's last
beaming?
No your highness. I can't; for some time In the
night,
1t ran foul of 4 mine and It's long past redeemng.
Giant powders red flare.
Iron filings to spare
Then up went battleship high In the air;
And the mines of Port Arthur.
Oh, long may they ho-oat!
! repOr-r-rt-
Had destroyed-d-the wrong-boat-t-t-t!
-CPuck.
Among the aphorisms which have been produced
by prize contest In THE Westminster Gazette"
tho following may be mentioned: There is no God
but gold. and infinite Is it's profit; "Au is
not sold that glitters": a "Reminiscences of Lamb
is found in "Only good men die" and another
tributor says. "A paradox is only platitude in
fancy dress"
Would Have Borne 1t Alone.--J. Arson Bond
Would you have loved had been poor?
In blissful ignorance of the fact-(Smart Set