New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-26
TIE WHEELNAN.

and Stripes many and important
THE wHEELMAN
when the apple trees are PINK with bloom.
And the dgswood bougis arc white,
And every little budding leaf
win dew Is fresh and, and bright ,5
Begin TO shyly steal.
Then / up at early dawn.
And of upon my wheel
\ spylg O; violet in my cap.
a song upon my lip,
sec the ribbon u the road
There health IN every baiiny breeze.
IA, And oh, Oh what what ioy 70 feel ,,,..
When riding ou wheel
Not always do spin alone
By fields and gardens say.
one morning fair CHANGED 10 meet
a dainty form IN gray.
Her dancing. eyes reveal
A-autter from her wheel
We stop beside n messy rock
7s mere f5d n9% " foS Sry y5sy h sP5tlS
Is goblet for a king
We rest upon a feruy bank.
Win 49d g 5Ga[f simple tIRi sni2 2'S Come
To those who ride wheel
when purple grapes perfume the air
Ana starry nights are still and cold.
And birds begin TO flock,
And autumn giIds the smoky hills.
And tandem We VIII ride through life
-Csiinna Irving. in Leslis's Weekly.
whether or not Japan lacks swear words. The
Europeans constant use Of them. according 20 The
London Chronicle" has so impressed tho japanese
hat they call foreign sailors 'Damyoureyes san"
San OF course. IS the Inevitable hOnoridc the for
mer word IS onomatopoeto. In the same way the
call foreign dogs "kami" This IS the japanese
version OF the Come here" which English and
American visitors IN Yokohama are always shout
ing 10 their straying dogs.
During Richard Mansheld's preparation OF Ivan
sumo on old acquaintance came suddenly upon the
actor taking a morning walk and plunging along
deep Thought. 1t was good time for an ordinary
enough Tor the individual in question. and he paid
the penalty % too much cordiality at the wrong
ing ono WHAT'S going on7. exclaimed the actor,
And he did-(San Francisco Argonaut
in tho state museum at Raleigh. y C.. Is fas
that was carried In the first battle OF tho Civil
War II IS known as the ''Bethel' flag. because Il
was borne hy the Buncombe rfemen I'm the battle
Of Bethel. fought IN Virginia. June 10. lS6l 1t was
made by the women Of Ashevilo and presented 20
the company. which belonged TO the lst North
Carolina Regiment and which lost the first Con-
federate killed in that battle. Henry ~ Wyatt
'.rd be willing 10 work fifteen hours a day FOR
you. darling" he aTdeUtly pleaded
for Ter papa a walking delesate--(IoWn ana
Country.
..The Washington star has cuIIed from The
Postal Guide a list of some Of the curiously named
postonlces. Here are few; Tub. Penn. Robbers
Roost. I. T: Bird In Hand. Penn; Lamedeer.
Mont. Popcorn. Ind; Why Not Ky; Hat of. Ga;
sopchoppy, Flal Jugtown, n. c.: sevenstars.
Penn. Fearnot. Penn; Judytown. w. Va; Pig.
Ky: Goodnight. ny.
THE AuCROBE VICTIM
He lived I'm daily dread or il.
Such awful things they said OF Il.
All night he lay and dreamed Of it;
So very much. there seemed Of IL
1t filled the very air
It poisoned all the food he ate.
So in a fearful mood he ate.
To drink he was afraid.
\ very frugal fare he took;
The very utmost care he took
The horror to evade.
40 wonder that II frightened him.
For some had enlightened him
With pictures on the screen.
II was a fenrsome sight to see
creepy Ga ewsome fright to
That microoo was I ween.
And so what with the dread o, It
And what the doctors said OF Il.
He feared To draw his breath.
Is really not surprising it
Quite made him welcome death.
-(ChcagO Daily News.
The Russian hopesthat Chinese robber hands may
be so alarmed by tho appearance Of mysterious
monsters OF armed trains upon the railroad lines
in Manchuria that they will take flight In Wild
est alarm and never approach the steel roadways
again gives the impression Of being somewhat
oversangune. The Chinese freebooter OF to-day IS
less easily stanpeded by strange sights and
than his ancestors were.
Breaking tho Nevrs-Newly Afhanced One-May
be your mamma, Tommy
TOMMY shouldl like IT, but you must ask
pape--Guneh-