New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-11
THE TALK or THE DAY.
THE CATALO.

THE CATALO.
The camel may speak IN accents quite meek con-
corning the hump he must wear;
And the mule may bray through the rveions day
OF the burdens men mako him bear;
Yet camels camels. and mules are mules. and
they have great cause for woe:
But have a grief that Is past relief Men have
named the Catalo
I'm part Bison part Bos. With pride I'd toss my
head meath my family tree.
II from dawn TO dark I were rot thu mark for
scholarly comment and slee.
"Catalo ah yesi Bubalus guess has been crossed
with the ox-yet no!
Upon second thought he's Fart sheep. vot, Gs
the first OF his name must show
Next man will opine that certainly swine were my
ancestors. Thus all day
I'm a thing OF Jest for the worst and best. who
may happen 10 pass my way.
Some day I'll arise and half paralyzs certain
young fellow l know
Who presented m. with the potpourri sppsllatiOn
OF Catalo.
The peeutante-I think shs's Just as pretty
The waiinower.-Most girls sre.-Detrois Free
Press.
In one OF the States OF the Union in 1850 tbs
death rate In OF tuberculosis Of tho lungs
was 80 TO every ten thousand OF the population.
Forty-two years later Il had been Iessened more
than per cent. and had fallen I5.s IN thou
sand There was genuine progress OF real value
A gentleman. travelling under the seat on ths
Great Eastern Railway had the bad luck to be n
his bad luck end here. He could rot resist giving
knew where his fellow travellers were aImost
frightened out OF their wits. ResuIt-cass before
took from Doncaster. AS the train was moving
Taking a hasty look around. he said ''Cientlemen.
I rely upon your honor and forthwith dved under
the seat-(Sporting Times
All sorts OF records are shattered IN thes. pro-
gressivs days. those OF coinage IN United
States mnts. Think OF total OF "a 500 500 OF gold
coined IN place in a couple of months a weight
OF 10 tonsI That's light total for the imagina-
ton grapple with
ALL CORRECT
An antiseptio baby lived on antiseptic milk;
His clothes were antiseptc. made OF antissptio
In sntiseptic carriages he rode with time to spare
And though upon this mundane sphere he did not
They placed him in an antiseptic coffin when he
-CSmart Set
Only a saucer remains OF the porcelain set pre-
scented in 1883 to Martha Washington. This is care
fully preserved in the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington. In the centre appears the monogram
OF M. and W. for Martha and Washington. and
about the edge is the name OF every State which
was then in the Union.
Nine men out O. ter said Uncle Eoen. hon
es'ly thinks DER msfortunes il OWN to luck
DER successes personal smahtness. "-(washing-
ton Star.
Since immigration 70 the United States wa, first
recorded officially. twenty-five millions OF souls
have increase the population OF this repub-
lie Five millions have crossed the from Ger
many and four millions from Ireland How large
a part in national life they have taken.
how much they have done for the development of
American prosperity
THE WISE GNOIE.
Within a deep and darksome wood there lived a
learned gnOme.
And In an ancient saucepan he made his COSBY
home.
HIS name was so impressive IL filed every ono
with
Twas Diomed Diogenes Demcsthenes de Graw.
ing birds
Would stop and listen eagerly to Diomed's wiss
words
Ono day two little jub-jub birds were walking by
They paused and said: "oh. DEEMED. do teach US
something pray.
LAY. ay." the ancient gnome replied now listen
we'll you two;
bit OF information will gladly give to you
YOn Ustrous luminary-empyrean queen of night
Our Hbratory, vibratory. lunar satellite.
That rotatory orb revolving round our sphers
terrene,
Is but coagulated eurds. tnsed chromium beryl-
liner
Although a bit bewildered the juo-jub birds said
oh
oh. thank you dear Diosenes: that's what
-Carolyn Wells In ST. Nicholas