New-York tribune., 1905-01-10

suffrage The negro was unusually intelligent. and
Of the officials said quietly to the Congressman
That's very smart darky. He has answered
every question correctly"
ASK him to explain writ Of certiorar." sug-
gested Mr.. Bankhead.
This done, and the negro. after scratching his
head said: Deed boss. l reckon you done got me-
I doan know what dat is. less'n it's somethn' to
keep niger from votin'."
a DOUBTTNG GENERATION
old myths are doomed without saving clause
The deIaigoIs i have lost fbeir % Sei51Ie Ja
They are simply Solar
In these sad days when idols fall to dust
l can't feel sure Of Caesar or of Nero:
The one may prove dream, the other just
A Culture hero.
Gone is the vision Of an Age Of Gold
Bacon was sha6esPeare-we shall soon be told
That Hogg was Bacon
Tel never lived, although so fondly praised.
Gelert w9s JUST Celtic saint who raised
into wind myt % Wb his mas mage esTSR WHISTLE
And Bishop Hatto with his mice is cast
In tern dismissal.
AZ least. he never said. TIP, Guards and at em!'
Few the historic glories left to u.s.
Though we begat them.
Perhaps St Patrick has no right to live
81. George is sonet2lng typical Of the seasons;
Some cogent reasons.
What is the use of hopes and dreams that move
The earnest soul, in glorys cause enlisted.
Wien F4a l!t future to3s frite3s may arise to prove
-Pan Mall Gazette,
A Crawford County (Kan) newspaper tells OF
two families in which there is no danger of race
suicide. Mr. and Mrs T. Z. Bailey living at Pitts
burg, Kan, have had twenty-three children Of
whom twenty-one are living. The Oldest is thirty
five and the youngest eighteen months. ONLY one
pair of twins in the family and they died
young. Mr. Bailey came to Kansas four years ago
from Danvie. III. Il have family at all" he
said to a reporter, when compared with that Of
my brother. who lives in Franklin. III. He has
thirty-one. Fifteen pairs of twins, all boys and
one daughter go to make up that nNmber"
His Method.-"CuhneI Boozley?" repeated +ba
Lam LANDLORD ord & Of the tavern at Paradise. KY Wen
M sun the Cqh6e 10 say the least about him is one
''Methodical? inquired the patent churn man
aad SUN Rq' RS SeT FS @e 2sefRop R gets drunk b
over to the Cout House and insists upon payin'
ways exactly five of 'em ana they are always
mnan.''-(Puck l''''e- 'e'' ''s'''''i'' ''li
nice little legal puzzle for those who like 10
expend their gray matter gratuitousIy has recently
come into being in Illinois through the instru-
mentality Of train wreck. according to Law
Notes" Mrs. Fannie ConneI. on whose life there
was an Insurance policy in favor OF her husband.
pershed in the disaster along with her husband
decided by the Illinois courts is whether the inslr
ance money shall go the collateral relations OF
the wife 10 those of the husband
NATURES SON.
His the unfettered freedom Of the hills,
His the whole world bounded but by the horizont
His the infinite variety of naturel
His the forest, the stream and the prairie.
His to see the forests stripped for battle with
Grim Winter:
His the tumbed glory Of the autumn!
He leans upon the struggling rail fence.
His eyes sweep the fields and the forests.
His gaze upon the stripped limbs of The treas
"Geei' he sighs. that reminds me! f I had The
price 49,
I'd go ter taown an see that yriety show ter
night"
-GIouston Post.
When Lord Young of the Scottish Court OF So
sious was practising before that court he apDsared
on one occasion before the late Lord Deas who wa
accustomed 10 speak broad Scotch" The printed
tissue" statement OF facts in the case had gos
very dog-eared and dirty from much handling and
Lord Deas holding 1t mp with dlssusted express
sion or his face. exclaimed: ''Maister Young dea
ca that an ishaiy?' Young. throwing up his
hands in affected horror replied Heaven forbid
my lord; | call it issue
Frenzied Fnance.-The Farmer (excitedIv)-sav
Mister Constub6le. I've Jest bin bunkered out Nv
eV'ry durn cent
The Policeman drritably)-Wen don't hoilar 20
me. you come-on amt no magazine publisher, -
lPuck