New-York tribune., 1905-01-05
GAMES AND THE MAN.

to render those who engage in II manly and warike.
sposmen for one esn % hafdg oas: their fishing GfeT
o 6ats If IN Ps o 2a 2t oP0 More
We nursed. till now, the cherished creed
Or do a dashing warrior deed
Save he excelled e. 1,iI,o in manly manly games res
''flnSs rnisss "sr9 sn ocer G could G'5 PLAY EN- anu
"Oh, hasn't he?" says Mr. Graham.
Go mark the Jap. He wades in gore,
He gives. and takes. the shreWdest knocks.
Or ran to earth the ruddy fox;
He laughs to hear the bullets hum,
And yet he never screwed a serum
Or took casual toss at polo.
How he achieves it. who can say:
don't suppose he ever stood
Intent TO grass his huttered prey
Outside pheasant haunted wood;
Yet thus employed or in the
OF armed. ARRAYS with instant rabbits.
Which stamps the man of martial habits
"'Tfs true at times he has his ning
Upon river bank mole,
Trying for fish with baited string
Yet he pursues this gentle art
Rather by way of relaxation
Than prime essential part
OF military education.
He routs the Cossack; yet he spends
No time on racing. or can see
Much merit in school that tends
To feats Cwe're told of chivalry:
c4n ~ you u, c3neeiye tI ttr our soldiers soldier brains
without the Camberiey Staff coreg.7''
Oh Mr.. Graham. you have cleft
This heart in twain by your report:
At worst we had one solaee left
Our manhood's faith in British SPORT
m sp9T1t t1s WAS was no the only thing that mattered;
And now-that last illusions shattered.
-(Punch.
A London editor has received from Berlin a
printed notice of a hair dye described in Eng
lish. Il deliver the hair dye from the fair TO the
deepest dark the Berlin man says. Then with a
Of nd hfcI, ba
commended, he adds: 1T produces a natural color
and is thoroughly injurious"
In the Metropolis-Hypatia was about to be torn
limb lin IF from LIMB It's no & %STSs than going home
Thus she was able TO meet her fate without being
rattled.@Puck.
The builders are at work on a stone viaduct at
Plauen. saxony the River Syria, which con-
tains the longest masonry arch in the world. its
length being 295 feet inches measured horizontally
from base to base. The Luxembourg bridge across
the valley of Petruffe. which was completed few
months ago. has span OF 277 feet. The next longest
masonry arch IS in the United States. near Wash
ngton. and is known the Cabin John Bridge Its
length of span is 22o feet.
RESOLUTIONS
Ten little resolutions all in line,
Good man burns his thuT,h. then there but nine
Nine little resolutions wondering at fate
Ten dollars comes in sight, then there are but
eight.
Eight little resolutions point the way to heaven
Long comes a poker game. then there are but
seven.
Seven little resolutions In a sorry fix
Pretty woman comes along, then there are but six
Six little resolutions trying, hard to thrive.
Long comes 4 horSerace. then there are but five
Five little resolutions only five, no more
keyhole can't be found at oil. then there are hut
four.
Four little resolutions still must pay a fee
Wife makes some inquiry, then there are but three
Three little resolutions looking very blue
Some unheard of circumstance brings them down TO
two
Two little resolutions pondering what's TO be done
Preachers sermon hurts the man, then there is but
One little resolution leaves a month before
Never mind: next New Years Day you make
some more
-(Chicago Record Herald.
Some ambitious silkworms OF the nelghborhood
OF Venice have woven by themselves a ribbon
three wards long and three inches wide. When
they reached the chrysals stage. according 70 The
INDIANAPOLIS News" instead OF weaving round
eoccoons on the twigs prepared for them, they
preferred to travel up and down the smooth upper
side OF a strip of wood nine feet long and three
inches wide Back and forth they went. spinning
their silken web until az last they made beau
tiful ribbon transparent In It's centre and golden
yellow at the heavier edges. Tho scarf Is amaz-
,nxlv strong for a fabric dsicatey woven