New-York tribune., 1904-08-25

The little Jap ne pegs away
lies always going right ahead,
lie doesn't stop to rest or sleep
Ana foc-Iesirt stil day by day
Tho little Jnp he pegs away.
The little Jap he doesn't talk
Nor diagram with pen chalk
How certain forts his men win gain.
Instead, he .Foves his breath and strength
Have feucd the grsly giants stalk
The little Jap he doesn't talk.
The uttle Jan he doesn't braF
or nadly masticate the rag
He doesn't gloat Ger fallen foe
l,ntil that Zoe is lying low
But marshals silently his clans
The little Jap he doesn't bras,
The little Jap he doesn't walt
And SIT around and rail At fate.
Wyha,eyer,s in The way ,,,I Of him, him.
lie knows such things aren't any use.
He's busy early. busy late
The little Jap he doesn't wait
The little Jap thus teaches YOU
Aud teaches other people. too
That 'tisn't wise 20 jag or hTag
or mouth the mas,icative rag,
or wait or murmur or complain,
But just 10 work. come sun or rain.
Less thcorizing more OF DO
The little Jap man teaches you.
Baltimore American.
The Marquis OF AngIeseys auction sale developed
his wardrobe consisted of 227 suits. 36e
smoking suits. kits. l42 pairs OF boots and Slip
pers, 80 pairs Of paiamas and other articles Of
clothing too tedious 20 mention. Notwithstanding
this extensive wardrobe It Is probable that the
quis. like Miss Flora McF'limsey. OF Madison
Square" often sighed because he had nothing
wear"
waiter, II this is your Rhine wine It never saw
sporting Times
Nothing about sawmiIl goes to waste these
days. Ten years ago the sawmr owners would
pile their sawduste until they had n large heap.
and then they would burn 1t. getting return
whatever. The most OF them now have Dutch ovens
for drying the dust, and they burn It in their fur
naces. making the refuse pay for the operation.
stm others have established paper mills. AMI use
their sawdust for making paper. In the olden
days great logs taken and squared and the
slabs were thrown away Now a very thin slice
Is taken off. Then n board is sawed and edged.
and in that way hardly perceptibe fraction is lost
with the bark. and the bark has its uses.
BALLADE OF THE HOP.
There's hop at the Inn tonight;
suppose I'm obliged 10 go;
To decline would be scarce polite
How wish could dodge It, though
l abhor the fantastic toe,
And the glare Of the room and tho heat;
If Ia only gone fishing with Pete!
1t Is bound to be hot an right;
About eighty or ninety or so;.
And thereH be an abundance OF light
Frantic fans will be waved In a row.
AS make a mad rush for seat
I exaggerate matters? No, no!
If I'd only gone fishing with Pete!
You gamble he's happy tonight:
Back In Maine In his camp there with Joe.
Or some other old guide red or white,
Leagues away from this section of show.
/ supposed she would be here-But mol
She is going. she writes. to retreat
With her mother to Scotland-Heghoi
II I'd only gone fishing with Petei
They're beginning, hear them. below;
| can hear the slip-slide or their feet
I'm typical donkey. know
If ia only gone fishing with Petei
-(Puck.
Fifteen twenty years the Western metrop-
oils boasting proudly that other city In
the world could compare with Chicago in the num-
ber height and size OF It's skyscrapers. But now
every visitor to Gotham from the shore of Lake
Michigan confesses that New-York is ahead of
the enterprsing Occidental community In towering
structures of huge proportions With regard 70
population. our Illinois friends are claiming :,
tota, of two millions OF people for their busy town
but an official census carefully complied would
probably reduce that aggregate by great many
thousands.
she-You looked SO sheepish when you proposed
to
He-And you looked so wolhss when you accepted