New-York tribune., 1905-01-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
The following from swinburne's "ode to
Russia" published in 1890. recalled by recent
events They Were written of Alexander, the
father of Nicholas. and said to have lost SWIM
burne the Laureateship:
God man be swift hope sickens with delay;
Smite and send him bowling down his fatners
Fall o fire Of heaven and smite as fire from hell
Halls wherein mems torturers, crowned and COVER
These that crouch and shrink and shuddsr. girt
These that reign, and dare not trust one trembling
These omnipotent. whom terror curbs and & drives @
These whose breath sheds poison worse than
These Whose reign is ruin. these whose word is
These whose will turns heaven to hell. and day to
These, IL Gods hand smite not, how shall mans
So from hearts by horror withered as by fire
t4s af bd sbe OF asrnsss bte lit for DEATH
Bid the lips whose breath was doom yield up their
Down the way Of Cars awhile in vein deferred.
Bid the Second Alexander light the Third
How for shame shall men rebuke them? How
Blame. whose fathers died. and slew. to leave
We. though all the world cry out upon them.
Were our strife as theirs. we could not strike
Could not cover. and could not kiss the hands that
Could not meet them armed in sunlit battles
Dark as fear and red as hate though morning rise,
Life it is that conquers; death II is that dies
An excited military looking entered the edit
oriaI sanctum of THE Odessa CMo) Democrat"
claiming: THAT notice of my death is false, sir. 1
will horsewhip you within inch your life, SIR
If you don't apologize in your next issue" The
editor inserted the following the next day: I'VE
gret extremely to announce that the paragraph
which stated that Major Blazer was dead is with
foundation"
He Still Wonders.-Finnegan-O yis. Oi can
tn distance ay a & shtarr. its weight and dinsity
is, how tn divvle do they know its name-(Puck
An Odessa CNdo) man found it necessary a few
days ago TO lay aside his good clothes and put on
dirty ragged suit and help clean up the ma
chinery in his place Of business. Then he went
home. and he entered the front gate he met
tramp coming out The tramp mistook him for
of his kind. and. If THE Democrat reports
the truth, said: There's no to go in there
pard; that's the meapest white woman living"
ROMANCE IN COLD STORAGE.
A simple simple country girl was she.
And bring sweetheart back to me-"
Into the wide. wide world it went.
Upon its shell the message plain.
The maiden waited. waited on,
With throbbing heart-but hope was vain
months,
a year. another year rolled by
Alas! lover Ventured
To dry the teardrops in her eye.
Sad at her easement in the night
20 voiceIess moon, dost thou behold
Somewhere. my true afinity?"
Somewhere indeed there was a man
Whom fate had made for her TO own:
Somewhere. and waiting for the egg.
lie led his loveess life alone.
The years sped on till gray and bent
She looked adown the road one day.
And, trembling saw an aged man
Approaching slowly on the way.
His locks were white. his shoulders bowed.
She looked and in her faded cheeks
The blush Of roses glowed again
Twas he her lover. come at last!
Are you Miss Mary Jones. prayi
found your name upon an egg
bought in market yesterday.
Cheated Of youthful life and love-
Kept parted till the journeys end.
The evening of their wasted day
Together now they sadly spend.
0. Egg Trust cold. how many crimes
Are done in thy disgraceful name:
Gaze; gaze upon thy cruel cruel work
-(Newark News.
Germany is the largest potato producing country
in the world. According to a report of the German
Ministry OF Agriculture. the German potato pro-
duction last year amounted to S6OOO0.o00 cent?
weights. Next came Russia, with 510Ocoooo CEN
tIweights; Austria Hungary with 2sO 100000 cent?
weights and then France with 100000 900 cent?
weights. The United Kingdom produced n4.O0o0Oo
centiweights OF potatoes last year. and the United
States only 100000 centiweights. Germany ac-
cording to the above report. produces. If Russia is
not taken into consideration. moro potatoes than
the rest OF Europe.
Secret OF His Suceess-The merobe gets there
by sticking to his feed.-(Breckenridge News.
Luther Burbank the California horticuIturist.
whose experiments In the improvement of fruits
and creation OF new flowers and fruits have made
him famous has received many offers from per-
sons In England. France and even In South Amer
ica 20 purchase his wonderful creation the So
called fadeless flower. Some OF the purchasers
wish 10 buy IL with reference TO its use I'm mill
linerv and others a novelty of a mar
katable value. but far Mr.. Burbank refuses to
sell H. despite liberal offers His custom Is never 10
hermit one of his creations his hands untu
he has made 1t nearly perfect a possible Fort
unately owing to the wise generosity OF the Car
negje institution he will be able continue this
noliev and to Withstand the temptation 10 mart
with his products dntil they are ready for gen
eral
What do you think posterity viii say about
.sWeli' answered Senator Sorghum, At am nor
afraid OF what posterity will say. People who ara
mean enough to talk about man behind his hack
never WELD much Observation-Disclosures Star.