New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
THE PHILIPPINES.


THE PHILIPPINES.
Haul down the flag? Not while heroic deeds
Not while our Motherland in sorrow bleeds
For ner brave sons. VINO nailed it to the mast
Can you forget that wondrous morn in May
Forget the jungle war, when day by day.,
Our lads were found. in ambush foully siainf
Haul down the flag? Not while children sleep
In darksome fens beneath the tropic trees
Not while their likelihood seals our pledge 10 keep
Those summer isles amid the sapphire seas
Under the palms the crowding schools appear,
While DER the Philippines sweet freedom relgns;
T6e brigbt starred emblem OF mans broken
chains?
Haul down the flag? That day would close with woe.
The rule Of peace and md Justice st end in shame
That some vain chief an empire might proclaim
The smiling fields once more would flow with red.
The ruth Of war the h9 APP o NaeyS e gend
And pestlence its grisly presence lend
Haul down the flag? Men died to nail It fast.
The nation now has voiced its sovereign will:
There TIL the end OF time doth dawn at last,
oiS'i 0eA- 0-1 LOUIS SVERRE AMONsoN.
Discipline Is severe in the German army. and the
treatment of rrivates Is sometimes unjustifahle
At Dessau q sergeant who had been drinking to
excess insulted young women who were es-
corted by a couple of IN the ranks. The pri-
Yates protested to the minor officer. who drew his
sword and attacked them. In his drunkenness
wounding one Of the girls. In the affray which fol-
lowed the sergeant disarmed and feled to the
floor All three were put on trial The sergeant
was sentenced to prison for five months. While the
unfortunate privates We're condemned to five years
behind the bar at hard labor We're dismissed from
the service and were deprived OF their civil rights
Service as a private in army so regulated can
not be a Of pride in time of peace
Wandering AinstreA musician !,t2l, out OF work
II few cords in the woodshed. suppose you FAVOR
''P@rd6n the pTonunciaton madam" replied the
bright tramp, but Chopin is not popular with me-"
philadelphia Ledger.
Apropos Of electioneering customs. some one has
extracted from William Cowper's letters a descrip-
ton of the methods of eighteenth century can
didate we were sitting yesterday at dinner
writes Cowper, the two ladies and myself, very
composedly, and without the least apprehension OF
any such intrusion in our snug parlor, one lady
knitting, the other netting. and the gentleman
winding wOrsted. Suddenly, to our unspeakable
surprise, e mob appeared before the window; a
smart tap heard at the door, the boys hallood
and the maid announced Mr. Grenvi!le. Candidates
are creatures not very susceptible OF a1rOnt. and
would rather, l suppose. climb in at the window
than be absolutely excluded. In q minute the yard
the kitchen and the paror were filled. Mr.. GTen-
VILE advancing toward lac. shook by the hand
with degree of cOrdiality that extremely
ducing. AS soon he and as many more as could
find chairs seated, he began open the in
tent of his visit 1 told him 1 had no vote. for
which he readily gave credit. I assured him
had influence which he not equally inclined
to believe. Thus ended the conference. Mr.
GrenviIe squeezed my hand again, kissed the ladies'
and withdrew. He kissed likewise the maid in the
kitchen. and seemed upon the whole a most loving
kissing. kind hearted gentleman"
THE BURIAL OF LOVE
How shall We bury the old love?
with bitter tears and deep signing;
For oh; it's scarcely a cold love.
And long and hard was its dying.
Twas born In the time of roses
Itself the fairest of bowers,
And winter, pluckng his posies.
Stu spared that blossom of ours.
Deep in the earth 1t was rooted.
But still il looked to the sky:
II budded. blossomed and fruited.
And then II had to die.
We follow with reverence and SLOWLY
The seraph who deigns to bear it.
And has promised In ground more holy
Than any OF earths TO inter it.
But ah! to bury the old love
1t stngs the heart with signing;
And all the dreams dying
IF. B. Money-Coutt in The Sphere
The great Simplon tunnel under the Alps con-
sists IN reality Of two tunnels tubes. the object
being by this form of construction TO provide for
ventilation. the trains in ePch tube moving only
one way and thus acting a piston in forcing out
dead air and sucking in fresh supplies. Fans are
also used, and by these means it is expected that
the tunnel will be perfectly ventilated Similar
plans are being carried out by the Pennsylvania
railroad tunnel under the Hudson. These arc facts
that may have important bearing in solving
the problem Of ventilation in the subway II prob
ably would be possible. at comparatively small ex-
pense to make partitions between the various lines
in the tunnel and thus make them ventIlating
tubes Reinforced by electric fans these plans
ought to solve the air problem cf the subway.
Clara-We girls are getting up a secret society
OD1ecty