New-York tribune., 1905-04-11
LINES ON A PRIMROSE.


I sing the primrose, apt to stir
Emotion in the minor poet,
Through woods and places where they grow IL
Oft In some dim, sequestered nook
Which very few have cast their eye on
II glows with yellowish tint. though not
So yellow the dandelion.
Shy plant with vernal grace endued
Ny solitary walk to cheer,
At sight Of thee my eyes exude
Faint traces of the unbidden tear.
I note thee with kind of awe;
A solemn JOY my spirit fills;
The sheep-or were they dafodis?
Rattle primrose. that forsaken dies
(TO quote phrase intact from Miton)
Thy brief effulgence typites
What sand our highest hopes are built on.
The promise Of thy nascent bloom.
Is taken BY untimeiy doom,
Blasted by Aqutlo and Eurus.
If brooks with hidden truth be packed,
If in each stone-portentOUs fact
little sermon. ambushed, turks;
Thou. too. art fraught with silent speech,
And mutely eloquent thy fate is;
Thine. too, consumptive flower, to teach
striking moral lesson-gratis!
The oldest lawsuit in North Carolina is now be-
ing finally settled 1t is that OF the Eastern band
Of Cherokee Indians against W. H. Thomas and
others. involving a great many thousand acres of
land and also other interests. Thomas was fo~
some years before the Civil War the chief of the
Eastern band. and raised legion of troops from
among his Cherokees, which was in the Confederate te
service being one of the North Carolina regiments
The case began in 1867, in the federal court for
the Western North Carolina District. and since
that date more than ninety attorneys have been
employed. Every lawyer who was first employed
has died.
TIc Knew-A teacher in a Boston public scboo,
was seeking to give her bows a definite idea of
of one on the blackboard Taking some red cto
she drew fiery flames pouring from mrnft of
the volcano. and when the drawing done she
Can any of You tell me what that looks ukeq.
One boy Immediately held up his hand, and the
Well Joey. you may tell us"
1T looks like HI. ma am" replied Joey with
startling ITomptnes3.-tLfe.
During Governor Rollins's administration a rep
resentatve of the legislature Of New Hampshire
from one of rural districts the northern sec
ton OF the State was presented to the Governor
for the first time. Being somewhat unfamiliar &C
cording TO "The Boston Herald with state
House etiquette he addressed his exceuency as
''most high"
The Governor informed the gentleman from the
rural district that there but most high
He who had made everything from nothing"
Well Governor" replied the country legislator
"IH give you credit for making a justice OF the
peace out OF n man up in my town that is about
as near TO nothing as ever walked on two legs
Chicago IS a big place full of people & smoak
and dirt & trubble. II is bounded on nue sida bV,
Milwaukee and on all the other sides by parts Of
chicago which are as bad az the middle part
chicago is nice place for yu to go when you
haven't got Ruher heels because il wa think WI
are going to fall down sumhOdy will te sure to
hold Won up l thought OF this joak myself
1 heard about "A little boy who was going TO
move to chicago and he saying his prayers
ana no said Goodhuy Lord we are going 20 chicago
and / gues he rite. that's all know about
Chicago It amt much.-tLitte Bob in The Mil
waukee Sentinel.
The way OF the masher is difficult In Berlin
A special bureau Of detectives looks after him
1t is their duty to protect women obliged 10 be
on the streets alone During the last six months
they have arrested l5S men.
COLLEGE HUMOR.
Willie saw some dynamite;
Couldn't understand IL quite:
Curiosity never pays;
IL Tained While seven days.
-lPrlneeton Tiger.