New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-01
RONDMEN FREE.

BoNDMEN FREE
os that Of the believing that
kindness reforms were accustomed to ease Tor dsy
They ercuses and roamed about the streets at
s Sat garden parties ris e9nvi6 aily y Chronicle
ALI 1.-The calendar OF crime I have studied In my
AS burglar fairly in the know;
I have cracked unnumDered cribs. not to mention
eaa ts f sss On ss brand of
have noted how the Portland johnny grubs.
Far too well I know the sizes OF the heIpngs at
And rye criticised the menu of the Scrubs
In word, claim to pose as a gentleman who
And h5a esay It Is sss s a point
Our benighted system miserably fails;
All my infant aspiration for cultured education
All Ideals that p4Rderedb in 1ba my Das have been
1t is Prison IN that has made me what I
But in Jackson. U. s. A. they've very different
There the warders all are courteous and bland;
There the convict is content for he's treated IKE
they feed him on the S Of the bsI sn Snnea
There instead OF cruel 'hey nave pinned
There are dances where the dresses dream;
There are charming aiming little dinners for the unre-
There are ices. there Strawberries and cream
And If prison. 1T may. grows at times bit too
If You find yourself becoming overstout,
You have only to suggest YOU would Ike a chanSe
And the warders in an instant let you out.
When I think about the porridge have lived upon
And the life that have led at Holloway.
Well. I've had sufficient. thank ee! am on to De
And I'm making tracks for Jackson U S. A.
punch
motor car wild boar and Bavarian official
red tape have produced farcical complication.
Frau Senger- Bettaque the Bavarian singer. was
driving her automobile when a boar charged. with
fatal results to tsolf and much damage to the car.
The singer but slightly hurt. Now Frau
senger- Bettaque has received bill for Is marks
from the posta! administration for teegral pole
broken in tho upset. and another for 80 marks
from the authorities for the dead boar. She
has countered upon her official tormentors by
bringing action for injuries to herself. for an
account of doctor and for cost Of repairs to her
motor
Rudolph san Paeha has nte fSs ssss an
fighting has gone to pieces SO 10 speaA II L!
fight he b Fye BEING an dea Ru!
Rebellion, which once ''the correct thing and
s sns rase m npo Vulgar braW Socially
revolution has gone out. like ping-pong and the
According DR.. hansen $4,000 electors. about 90
per cent of the total in the country voted recently
on the question of Norwegian Independence. The
liberaity of the railways contributed to this re-
suit Free tickets were issued to all ap
plicants willing to sign declaration that they were
proceeding to polling place. This is a striking
instance of generosity the part OF the Nor
wegian railways. which. however. have long been
noted for their nberality in the matter OF free
passes Until recently the list of persons entitled
travel for nothing included not only government
officials and members Of the Storthing, but also
journalists and persons their way to deliver
lectures at workmen's Institutes. Some of these
privileges have now been withdrawn. but provision
is still made for granting reduced fares to poor
children travelling to schools OF going on a coun-
try holiday.
GREATEST IN PEACE.
Great in the wiles of workmanship art thou,
o little Island Empire Of the East
Great in the art of war-we but now
Thy people flock to death as TO a feast
But in the splendid magnanimity
Which marked thy course when many men be-
Thy foes swift ruin in proximity
Thy GROWING victory thou hast achieved.
The fox shows cunning. though his heart be base:
Brute beasts great in battle. unto DEATH
The savage meets his foeman face to face
And spurns surrender with his final breath
Only great men show mercy when the foe
Lies bruised and bleeding; when the battle tide
To themward seems directing all its flow
When Mercy rules triumphant over Pride
baltimore American.
Professor Reuleaux. who died in Berlin recently
Is said to have originated the phrase. Cheap and
ugly" or. II is commonly quoted In
this country. cheap and nasty" He was the
OF the Berlin Academy OF Commerce. and
to this country in 1876 head OF the German
jury on the German exhibits at the Philadelphia
exhibition in 1876. He used the phrase in his off,
cial report to describe some Of the exhibits.
Up in a room that's the Skies
Down by the oceans FOAM
lis tnen were prone TO realize
The blessings OF a home.
-Oouisvilis Courisr-Journal