New-York tribune., 1905-08-30


little wire cages for grasshopper1 The insect is
regarded as lucky and II one can be kept alivs in
the cage for month II is believed ths year will be
prosperous The superstition arose from this in
cident: cardinal Of the Medici family invited a
bishop to dine with him in his gardsn. The cardinal
handed the bishop a glass OF win6. A grasshopper
fell from tree into the wine anz the bishoe did
not drink It. The wine was afterwar6 found to
have been poisoned
DIFFERENCE IN SENTIMENT
He beside her on a Moon-lit Beach
rya In CON common parIa1ce she was called Peach
And read to her this charming little Speech.
"A Book Of Verses underneath the Bougk,
A Jug OF Wine. Loaf Of Bread-ani Thou
BESIDE me me singing in the Wilderness.
on. Wilderness were Paradise enowf'
Twas later in the Summer Season when
They read the Persian Rubaiyat again.
He read the Verse for Tilted Summer Men:
There was Door to which found no Key.
sowa Was t5 aeii through which might not ses
There waS-and then no more of Thee and Ne"
-(Puck-
The words morning and moon" once had shift
ing stgnihcations. It usual in England to apply
morning to the time before dinner So long ago
as Aprh ID. 1885, The Hull Advert err gave the in
formation that "the Duke Of Devonshire took a
morning ride before dinner yesterday at o'ooc n,
the afternoon" And this was a correct use OF the
word except that before dinner would saar,
supeFnuous Noon once meant the ninth hour
that is p M. at which time the "nones.. vvars
recited IN the Roman Catholic Church
IA w. Melingt9n boy who was drilling class Of play
properly - - lSIcH
Lift your right legr' he called Lift your right
81, Things @ went very well until Patsy Hennessy for
clad In trousers like those Of the how neI 70 0e
who was obedent in holding up his right leg. -''ii
Pat Hennesy called You're hoiding Iih G0 aD na bo6
legs."-(Wellington (Kan) Mail up oo'n
Some howlers Of British schooIboys follow. n
What are the functions OF the skin? A-To pra
vent US looking raw. Q.-What is the masculine
OF Sultana? A--Raisin. Q.-Give the comparative
and superlative of Ill. A-Positive ILL., comparative
worse superlative dead A boy asked the feminine
OF hero gave the answer, "shero." Q.-What grows
In cornfelds7 A--Corn. sir. Q.-Name some kinds of
corn. A--Acorns. Second boy-Cornfowers Third
boy-Mixtura Q.-What do you know about the Isle
OF Man? A--The cats theirs don't wear tails sir
Teacher-Thomas Beckett although his father
and mother We're poor. yet be became great man.
when little fellow chimes in. Cos he eat a lot
sir"
Just the Thing looking for kind Of
-CTown and Country.
A good deal of beer is drank in Munich at all
times, but during a recent hot wave the thirsty
inhabitants made record. The heat lasted a week
During this time S5OOOO gallons beer were drank
two and one-half gallons for every man. woman
and child in the city.
THE GARDEN CURE
[According to Amateur Gardening we have at
hand a remedy for all troubles. if we only knew it.
All have to do is to open doors and live In
our gardens.I
o sweet II is. when sorrow wrings the hair
Musing to wander in my garden fair
And gently sniff the balmy Brixton air.
love the ivy green that chambers there
The wayWard bed Of red nasturtumS where
The anxious snail constructs his private lair
Deftlv disposed among the lines that bear
motley wealth OF new mown underwear.
The passion hower unfolds her blossoms rare
OF cast-off bootlets, a dismembered chair.
With other trifes that the neighbors spare
And there's my rockery and rustic stair
Where poppies bloom, and wallhOwers debonair
And amorous their tender VOWS declare.
Whom brick in hand, at dead o'night TO scare.
Doth the bosom of load OF care
Lor! how the whistlng soap-dsh makes them sweari
Let others yield TO Towns pretentious snare.
Not though their homes abut on Bulgrave Squnrei
Punch.
Edward Everett Hale in the little magazine OF
his Lend-a-Hand Clubs. says that John Hay once
said TO him. I'VE play (diplomatic) cards as
well can. but like TO play them with the
faces up"
That Was An-"what is the matter with him?
Is he all bad?'
Dear me- no. But his bad traits happen DO
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