New-York tribune., 1905-07-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

There has recently been revival of the old con-
brought up in the Roman Catholic faith Arch
bishop Ireland. according to 1.-The Springfield Re-
publican" has, however. put a Quietus on the dis
cussion by a statement Of what the old missionary
Father st. Cyr, told him years ago Lincoln's
father and stepmother were both Catholics. though
how they became so is not clear. Father St Cyr
said mass many times at their house. but the old
missionary declared emphatically that the boy
Abraham never had been and never was a Cath
elic
A Natural Question.--Mr .Corrigan-How much
d yez charge fer pullin' teet'?
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The Gard OF Thanks" so popular among pa
irons of country newspapers. has been put to a
new use. A Maysville (Kan.) man. who has just
recovered from a few days illness. publishes a
card thanking his friends for their 'solicitude.'
INDEPENDENCE DAY"
"a memory Of July the Fourth)
Euphemial Had the Fates designed
To weave mortal webs in one;
Had Love. notoriously blind,
Not let his bandage come undone;
trembe to think
tP* How my Y. carsfP with yours yours united tI
And been irrevocably blghted.
We met My caIIow heart embraced
What regarded sign
OF dawning literary taste
Fit to respond, almost. to mine;
The tact q said) the intuition
That apprehends poets hump
During the pangs of composition.
You may have had. don't suggest
That youthful judgment read you wrong;
You would, no doubt, have done your best
Rather my is leveled at
The hollow hopes lover nurses
Who dreams that such a type that
Would tend to lubricate his verses.
I'm wiser now. I've to know
The kind that holds your writing hand
SmOOthS
Poor darling! How | understand!'
CTheir minds are built with this hiatus)
How one revolts from sympathy
When wrestling with a rhyme-affiatus.
Well we'll Euphemia, am weaned
From what was once poignant pain;
The broker from Mincing Lane;
He won YOU: yI:,I hand. good honest soul.
And II 1t still persists in stroking t.-.
His habby paw, OF polished poll ga ,,-~v'-
doubt II that disturbs his broking
why have these thoughts Just now occurredr'
1t is July the Fourth. my dear.
The day on which he spoke the word
Into your pink and willinP ear;
A free-born Yank across the tide who
Keeps up his Independence Day
With purer. holier Joy than do.
AS appears from a report from Ottawa, Mr. Rider
Haggard. who recently visited tho United States
and Canada on tour Of inspection OF various
colonies, such as that OF the Salvation Army and
others. preferred request to the Dominion Par
lament for ten townships OF land. or about $4,000
acres. TO be appropriated for a settlement funds
for the settlement in its initial stages to be sup
Piled by the British government. Premier Laurier
has expressed himself In favor of the grant, on
condition that the laws of the Dominion are COM
piled with. Should the experiment be successful
II is probable that other grants win be asked for
and that thus the movement of crowded city popu-
ladons TO the lands will be begun.
Mr.. TT think shall give up my business. my
dear. I might as well have some enjoyment out
OF my money.
Mrs. T.-Ohi not yet, Samuel But when one Of
Us dies intend TO give up housekeeping and a