New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-02
A MODERN LUC.rER

1.-THE ennanations of Mays human body
S Pas s s2ee Rs RH 9G n9y
preston. Deed red passion.-Mrs, Northesk wilson,
You'll never shine among your, fellow-men,'
My master oft would say, with gloomy brow.
1t troubled me. for 1 believed him then
And would 90et that adw he G8&a ms EP
With brilliant pyrotechnical displays
When mostened towels my throbbng brain as
whea I for long have toilsd. in dTear futiity'
To write Punch" for tnI3e historic page
I find each finger CLEAN with rays whose hue
Rivals the armament in purest blue
When Pegasus to lofty heights would rise.
Vague Iurrinosities from out mine eyes
And saSs pr oTsnss P SooTed Spires
with Ellrnmerings kindred to St Elmo's Area
And when write. with swift yI and f0oile PEN
Haios Of paIest green surround me then,
n s9tt. s" forth SRag a nd ns sn'
Like some gigantic animated sQulo'
IT'S done, and I have sent my away,
SAVE r9e that mGFif S GinH atfuly ana gray
The Editors acceptance while l wait
By Jovs! I bet I'll make the landscape rsdl
Miss Emma Hersey relates in 1.-THE London Spec
tator'' q story of Lord Liverpool who was travel
hing tncoEnito with her father. After breakfasting
at a hotel IN London the Prime Minister ordered
his valet q raw Sussex youth. to clear the table
and pack everything in a portmanteau BY this
order of course. meant Lord LiVerpoofs letters
and papers But the youth took 1t to include the
silver teapot and spoons. When Lord Liverpool
was driving down Oxford-st cry OF Stop thief"
was raised and the landlord Of the hotel arrived in
hot pursuit There in the street the Prime Minister
had the modification OF having his luggage opened
and in it was found the plate Never would the
statesman laugh the episode years after, so
great was that the story might get into the
newspapers.
.I,r soaIp that reporter" growled old Weston
Nurox over the morning paper.
had ber copng out RECEPTION the hight before Il
thought he wrote me up real nice
in m2tssia an that reminds me too much o. the
-CPhiIadelphia Press
Former Congressman H. st. George Tucker, OF
Virginia, according to Tho Buffalo Commercial"
tells a story of a Virginian who had been indulgng
too freely in the flowing bowl and who had become
overconndent OF his own greatness. Looking around
at his companions the Virginian boosted. Gentle
men, lick any man in Richmond" Nobody
took up the challenge and the Virginian returned
to the charge. Gentlemen" he said. II lick
any in the whole State OF Virginia The
words hardly uttered. the narrator said be-
fore tall. lean, sinewy from the western part
of the State gave the boaster thrust that sent
him sprawlng the floor. Like Owen Wister's
nameless hero. this Virgnian had sense OF hui
NOR. and as he picked himself up he turned the
group and drawled, Gentlemen I'm ready to ac-
knowledge that kivered too much territory"
Labor4ns Under Literary Observation-Disclosures An
Fait-Dd you enjoy Mr.. Henry James's lecture on
Mrs Distract On a mysterious whisper)-I wish
knew.-(Life
Colonel sidney G. Cooke local manager Of tha
Leavenworth CKan.) Soldiers Home according to
The Times" of that city, probably is the only
man in the world who ever sneezed a bullet out Of
his head. He badly wounded at the battle Of
the Wilderness Confederate bullet having pene-
ated bra He Wac talrar
to Andersonvie. after having his wound dre,,.d
by doctor. who did not attempt to extract thu
bullet Cooke recovered. and the lead In his ..nog-
gin did not bother him at all Ono day he com
menced TO sneeze. and he nearly sneezed himself
to death He sneezed for ten days With tn. last
sneeze came the bullet.
BulgsEnL{yIsssn ,oI} you ever
is atheist. and believe he is.
that Ra 6os IKE to go so far as that but
a superior being. clown and Country.
England is said 10 have originated the postmark
The first used in London in 1860 1t was a
simple affair consisting small circle divided
into parts. In the top portion were two letters
indicating the month. while in the lower half the
day OF the month shown, No endeavor was
made to denote the year and It is only by the
dates OF the letters which the mark impressed
that ii Is possible to fix the date Of its use.
kind amiable industrious and generous man. and
prepare him for the ordeal OF making him go
ders him easy to handle. Gently detach him from
all old friends and acquaintance and remove any
him OF his latchkey and throw handful Of
mother-in-law in me house. Shred him OF all OF
put as much love into the heart as it win hold add
an ocean OF sympathy, a word OF tenderness, a
pound OF forbearance and q ton or Of PATIENCE
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