New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-06
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

declaration?
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.
The following vaedictory recently appeared in an
Indian Territory paper: with this issue The
Herald-Banner folds It's lily white hands upon its
bosom and turns its pink toes TO the daisies, and
Mi!burn. I. T.. L. S. A. is without paper having
witnessed the death OF II has cost the present
firm 1858 to advertise the town the beautiful blue
and fertile soils and We now throw up the sponge
and vacate 20 make room for another sucker Ia.
ia au revoir. goodby. We are going 10 do some
thing for you that tho devil VIII never do-that Is.
leave you
TO OUR FRIEND THE ENEMY
thou whose brown and ample bulk delights
And makes dyspeptic uHcles dream at nights
or imps and things:
We little heed. who hail with loud applause
The liquid IRE that round about thee glides.
In our insdes.
For To- thou ar; Plumpuddngl and the rest,
Tho Christmas tree the cracker and the wait
Thine awesome state.
TWey r .a r fq22s f Sss sse Gyf4tos sake
And ladies'. If they're suPersti,ious. take
a hot miuce pie.
But thou art food for gods: The appointed hour
walls Calls US as 70 q sac5hG;a! East
Three helps at least.
in a
And sun baked wanderers beyond the sea.
Inquire for thee.
None is so wholly destitute but som.
Kind Providence preserves him In its care.
Giving him duff whereout the casual plum
Peeps unaware
Draymen remove their boots and with profound
Contentmont sit al home and watch thee boil;
Their lives no longer seem changeless round
OF swipes and toll
And even Robert whom at night hear
FIJI F0gi4f the pavement a With lbs far auns feet
Deserts his beat.
Men say thy form some hish romance cOnceais,
We little know. nor do we raise fuss:
Appeals TO US.
And 20 We cherish thee, the emblem blest
OF YuIe.ile fun and seasonable mirth
Though all too apt 10 lie upon the chest
And swell the girth.
IT, 1ar we ole wh9 how PaTtoko with seo
Long life to thee!
Punch
'TIarper's Weekly says that Great Britain pro-
vides the worlds largest marNo: for motor cars
The great majority or these machines come from
the Continent the importation figures for last wear
being $500 valued at s523ONO: for the current
year the figures have Increased to $3.50 cars.
amounting in value TO 5000 600 1t is said that most
OF the expense is a matter % wages as the raw
ma teria of the machines is OF little comparative
value.
The Friend--Never mind. old man. So long as
you retain your sense OF touch you'll be all right
Judge.
Secretary Hay has in his possession the Panaman
hag in which wrapped Panama's treaty with
the United States It's trip from Washington to
the isthmus and back again. The flag was pre-
scented to him by Minister Bunau-VarIlla- Who
himself kept the American fag. which was also
wrapped about the treaty.
Financial ics.-Bubbiestock-Do Won tbirl,
w Gi, p CAB able TO ao2t all Of the new issue?
Of water Broollyn Ltfe
For ouanah. IN intelligent and popular comancbs
chief. the cattiemoa around Fort Worth, Tex
built house ana furnished 1t. They were rail
puzzled when he told them that the first article o.,
furniture he wanted was roller desk. What can
You do with a roller desk Quanah?' they said
You can't write
'Oh. I want en- said Quanah You see
open desk an 7 sit down in my chair. an I NUT
my Feet up on desk, an 1 light my seegar an
hor newspaper up front o me. like this-sab.3
Then white man como in. an he knock a. door
an he say, Quanah. wan talk L Won 4 MINNIE I,
And turn 'roun in my chair an pun lot o. smoke
N his face. an say: 60 way! ve'v bpsv
tdayv"
hope all tho little girls in my class love God?
S7IuEday School Teacher-Thats right Eva Now
Eva BTown-Got to.-(Lippincott's Magazine.
congressman Gibson. OF Tennessee. has n voice
which plays most ncOnvenient tricks on Its owner
ut times. In the middle OF really good oratorica,
Hght or at similarly inopportune time II viii get
clogged for some moments. much to the ANNOYANCE
OF the pudgy little man from the moonshine noun
talns- The other day he sailing along I'm
hne shape discussing the tariff. Said he: "vvhv
tariffs ure like a pair Of suspenders sometimes
tight and sometimes loose. but Uncle Sam needs
them just the same to keep up his Right here
the voice or Henry Richard Gibson struck a high
treble note, hared and stopped short. His vocal
chords failed TO vibrate ana produce sound Those
or the members WHO were not In agonies OF silent
laughter breathed hard, wondering whether the
speaker meant to say trousers" 'pantaloons ;.
pants. or "overals." Mr.. Gibson finally recovered
his voice and said. running expenses" The words
which followed were drowned in q mighty roar
and Speaker Cannon smiling grimly. made no ef-
fort TO suppress it,
The Criminal Observation-Disclosures heard ahopt
the escaping criminal who stepped on a slot ma
chine and got a weigh?
Mack-Ses. that's old
blackwell, even the bloodhounds couldn,t cat
his ceut.-tYale Record. 90