New-York tribune., 1905-04-13
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

On the day of a Chinese marriage unlimited
friends and neighbors. perfect strangers.
are allowed to come in 10 the BRIDE and they
may make any remark about her. to her, they
please Sometimes things rude and disgusting are
said To try her temper man will say. Fetch
your husband cup OF tea" II she does so. all
will say. jeeringy. What an obedient wife you
are"' If she sulks and does not do she is told.
they remark. That is a pretty vixen with which
to begin married life! We cannot congratulate you
on that tartar and other words to a similar effect
Then the poor thing is made TO stand upon in
verted cup TO show how small her feet.
YE TABARD INNE.
Q.amente OF We innkeeper)
Alias! ye Tabard lime Is now bankrupt
Atte which which ye b9okie Pilgrims oft have supped:
Full vel, l wot. in Master Chaucere day
Too many irons in ye Tabard fire.
Ye Tabard coffee potte We Tabard chair.
Ye Iabard soape, ye Tabard underwear,
Ye Tabard toothwash and We Ta6ard pile
Ye Tsbard shoe. ye Tabard cotton socIe.
V V Tsbord Ia ai hair hair tonnick. ye Tabard tea.
Ye Tabard breakfast foode. We Tabard screen,
Ye Tahard booke. We Tabard magazine
Ss and ys TG@a TaSar fSh
Td s,n6G "dsIhodlkins t @ i, and by my troth
Ye famous welle OF English undefyled
Is boarded upPe, ye crystal waters ryled.
Receivers hands now work ye famous pumpe:
Alias! ye Tabard lime has gon-ne bumpe.
Because woodpeckers and yellowhammers honey
combed many of the timbers in the county bridge
across Eagle Creek. four miles southwest OF Hart
ford the County Commissioners have condemned
the bridge unsafe
Kelly's status.-"Oi was at wake lasht night
''whoi Kelly was tn loife av tn wake; he was
the corpse."-(Puck-
James H. O'Brien, the wealthy California miner
was standing the steps OF San Francisco hotel
when a seedy citizen came and hailed him: 'GIullo
Jim. How are ye? Mr.. O'8ren at first did not
know the man. and thinking the stranger was a
professional begger. no said: WHO the dickens
are your You don't know me. eh?' said the
dilapidated party. Say. Jim; was quarts o wine
when you were pints o. beer The rich man by
this time had recognized friend OF former days.
and satisfactory interview followed
CUPID DEFEATED.
A half repentant bachelor. with quite pile OF
Dropped in. one day. beside the way. and bought
Arrived at homs-romantic joy:-he wond'ringIy
note deep hidden in the hOse-rrOm some fair
hand. no doubt
I'm twenty years OF age" IL read. land called a
With You ia like to corresponding you will never
My object matrimony is. and yours. hope the
II you'll address me. I'll respond" And then she
On fire with hope, the oacheIor that very evening
And folded his epistle with a kiss inside the note
Sly Cupid had him in his mesh-nO very clever
For. after all. quite foolish is a half repsntant
bach.
But. oh. how sheepish did he feel. when from the
This answer came. to quench his fame: IAN old
Alas '"' twas forty years ago planned that fond
Defeated by a heartless wretch who wouldn't ad-
-CPrinter's Ink
The new orchid which the Royal Agrcult-
u,ol soclety's Order OF Merit for Lord Tanker
vile in London the other day is named the Brasso-
cat.Icya -dgbyano schroderae-tankervilie II Is de-
scr,bed as having "a delicate blush tint" No won
dar .avs THE London News" Its feelings must
he even more poignant than those OF the pre-
historic pachyderm Of whom 1t has been sung:
There once an icthyoSaurus.
Who lived when the earth was all po-us;
Fu tainted with shame
When q heard hts name.
Ana he died several ages before US
7, ia reported that several French dealers have
-onertlv visited America 20 purchase stock for an
u,gotor farm which they purpose starting I'm the
,tb or France Alligator skin has become so
ttgbIv prized throughout France that the animal
,Iers believe II will pay we'll 20 raise the alllga-
tors on this the first farm OF its kind In the world
Nyot long ago President Loubet received present
30 hunting suit OF alligator skin. This is said 20
he growing scarcer yearly and there Is always
rrsat demand for Il for boots. shoes handbags
.o-4soItoa and t0r~N