New-York tribune., 1905-02-18

don this month is a reply to young poet who
wrote asking Browning's advice about publishing
a volume of poems. The reply. in part, is as fol-
lows, and may a useful purpose to young
almost sad TO that I should be imagined Of
authority in this kind, who for years could not
get a line printed except at my expense. and
1 began half a century ago or more"
MY PIPE IS OUT
Ny Pipe is out: the woTldamy 'bacey n pS popSch--
shake it till its lank rides sag and slouch,
Yet all it yields me doesn't count for much.
At length, its dustings settled In the bowl
A germ of genius blaze with which my soul
May fire the fruits of groupings patient, blind
No match is there; the last one had struck
To boil the pot Of hunger in my home
To kindle torches or dlssembled pluck
And guide some brothers footsteps as they roam.
My pipe is out; puff at it in vain
No taste warmth--no winking glow see!
Whence then the longed-for solace for my pain
That's mocking at the helplessness of meY
-CThe Reader Magazine.
Discussing the strike on political grounds of the
members of the ST. Petersburg bar, The Law
Tines recalls strike, professional grounds. of
the members Of the Irish bar. owing to an insult
offered by John Scott. Earl of Clonmell. who
Chief Justice of Ireland from 1884 to 1873, to counsel
practising before him, which resented by the
in its collective capacity. The judges sat. but
no counsel appeared; the attorneys all vanished
and their lordships had the court to themselves.
nell published very ample apology in the news
paers. and. with excellent address, made it appear
as If written on the evening of the offence, and
therefore voluntary
As stranger in Philadelphia was much amused
6 Dy % be o2G instead 81 Igs was see
buy flowers off me- the youthful street venders.
lady evidently unused to housekeeping approached
69 Gh to crf make apa baoh ey a e it OF a
neck?" NO, ma am, was the solemn reply. as
'ye git it off that mon."-(Presbyterian.
Sioux Indian in South Dakota. according to
THE Buffalo Commercial" invited Senator Kit
fridge. of that State to the wedding of his daugh-
ter Senator Kttrdge was unable to be present at
the nuptial event. but the Indian laconically de-
scribed the affair subsequently illustrate what
the Senator had missed -Four dogs" said Poor
Lo land plenty of pie
WHEN YOU CARE FOR A Girl.
An gee amt il funny thet life seems seen sO So new
'N'' Nv when You care for for ii'l' girl s'e"'
An, then you don't care to be stayin' out late
an your or nome goa aways is soYer an straight
When You care for girl
Never before had you owned clothes brush.
No longer @ az you ,,t say & to the married man Tush
When you care for girl!
My how you hated to carry a shawl!
tart 10 haxx
When you care for girl!
Flowers were things that you'd never prefer;
Now every rosebud reminds you o her.
Yes, things they Is amt like things as they were
When you care for a grill
-(Smart Set.
A North Carolina lawyer trying case before
a jury, being counsel for the prisoner a man
charged with making mountain dew The judge
was very hard him and the jury brought in a
verdict of guilty. The lawyer moved for new
toll iI16o piaI
The court and the jury think the prisoner a knave
and a fool" After moments silence the lawyer
answered: The prisoner wishes me 10 say that he
is perfectly satisfied he has been tried by court
and jury of his peers"
DR.. Bailey docking at thermometer)-Huu-m
don't like your temperature.
Sick Student-Then why did you take it?-(Har-
ward Lampoon
Western paper prints the following as a speech
delivered by Indian chief: "A that the red man
is to-day he owes to the paleface. We have been
so benevolently assimated that ono measIv gov
ernment agent couli round up and herd a whole
Indian reservation. The paleface lobster gives us
a bottle Of whiskey with string tied to it, And
the string reaches to the federal courtroom where
we lie around for a couple of weehs while the wit
nesses cashing in their pay vouchers Then
We walk home in a snowstorm The sun of thA
red man is setting in the West Soon will his
copper colored tribes be assimilated by the con
per trusts, and he will be extinct. You NAV nut
him In a bicycle suit and tan shoes but he will
continue TO yearn for planked muskrat ana Ia
maica ginger His days numbered For a few
years he may powwow with the smooth govern
ment commissioner but he s fading AWAY and
YOU can see his finish have spoken"
A Reuter- cable from Washington states that ..the
House of Representatives Committee on Interstate
and Foregn Commeree & has suth9rized a favorable
Commission. and placing the work OF constructing
the canal entirely IN he Mn hands 5 OF the President
One Mann bill?-(Punch.