New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03
THAT CATCHES HIM.
The pessimist tibet growls thet he
Finds life all dark an holler
IL al'ays mighty quick ter see
The bright side Of n dollar.
-lPhiladelphia Pre-


A capital story has been told by American
missionary who has Just arrived in London from
Corea. The difficulty Of learning tho language of
that country is increased enormously owing to the
large number of words wh-h. with a slight infec-
lion OF the voice. are used and again with
an entirely different meaning. The missionary In
question was preaching TO some natives. and assur-
ing them that unless they repented they would go
to place OF punishment Amusement rather than
terror written the faces OF his Oriental
listeners. Why earth. II they rejected his advice
and refused TO repent. should they be dispatched
10 the local postofilcel On another occasion a
lecture was delivered, in the OF which q
beautiful moral was being drawn from the gay
career of the tiny butterfly which suddenly
cut short in the clutches Of the spider The simile
however. fell somewhat short OF It's intended mean
Ing and it not until the laughter had subsidized
that the lecturer became aware that the victim
which had been foundering amid the dainty silken
threads of tho web a donkey. which In the
Corean language. it appears. is synonymous with
butterfly.
Virginia and the Butler.-she was sweet seven
there surprises in plenty for little Virginia
Nirginia's meals in the old homestead had always
been served by kinky-haired uncle or turbaned
'auntie. and the realm Of white domestics was
as yet unknown to her; Soon after coming to
Dor whose establishment conducted along
smart EP-o-d91te lines altogether foreign to the
little Dixie glrIs home Hfe Now, the most i'm
posing member of the servants stafr in this house
type, from the trim of his mutton chop whiskers
TO the tips Of his polished boots His dignity is
thought it only natural that her small guest should
accept the buffers services at luncheon with shy
NirGnia,s home dinner that the secret OF her tim
idty leaked out. when somebody inquired how she
had enjoyed her luncheon party.
the most beautiful flowers and china and the incest
things ever ate, and the young ladies pretty
dresses and We're kind to me could be; but
she sunk her voice TO a shocked whsper-''they
certainly mean to their father. Why mamma
never let him sit down a minute or eat a bite and
every time the doorben rang the poor man had to
answer it, They may be rich, but don't tell mo
they don't make their father work!-(Harper's
Magazine.
scientist whom she met recently a London
dinner party. Tho scientist narrated In great de-
tail to the girl series of experiments he was
conducting with the microphone. THE micro
phone he explained. 'nagnihes sounds to the
ear as the microscope magnhes objects TO the
eye The footballs of centipede heard through the
microphone resemble tattoo on a kettletrum
The dropping of pin is like the report of q can
non" THAT is very interesting and odd" said
Miss Deacon. This afternoon resumed the
scientist. II caught fly and studied It's note The
note resernbled the neighing OF a horse" Per
haps." said the young girl. at was horseny"
struck in the conversation between three small
Reading boys tie other day. The parts PLAYED by
being, depicted by two of the bows in vivid ooTors
The career of each. it seemed. had been halted by
the latter fact that the lads laid particular stress
The third youth, unable match these recltais
fathers preserved an envious silenc for wbe
and then. net to be outdone. said. disparagingly:
In Jail a long time. and he was never In the army
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