New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-11
THE MODEST COMPETENCY.


OF those ancient piles with lightning rods would
certainly give them odd appearance
THE MODEST COMPETENCY.
A modest competency-that was all he craved at
When he mad gained it he would cease to fret or
three thousand yearly-that assured without a
lapse Tor all his days,
And he would bid his cares farewell to loiter In
earths pleasant ways.
At thirty-ive he struggled still. and still his goal
With fifteen thousand yearly he would gladly quit
- the game, he said
He had no selfish wish to pile up heaps of wealth
A modest oompetency-that was all he cared to
When he was forty-eight he wished to leave the
With fifty thousand yearly he would Danish
A modest competency-that was stu the distant
With nifty thousand yearly he would deem his lot
a happy lot
At sixty-hve he struggled on and bruised and bat
tered other men;
with contentment then. nave 'ileu MIN
WITH ha such modest income fixed for all tho days
ia seek the quiet, peaceful ways nor care who
At eighty. toothless wrinl,led grim. he struggled
in the market place;
His hands, somehow. mad turned to claws. which
~ he would lace and tnterace.
WIN put million yearly T. he said, would quit
seeking
-(Chicaso Record Herald
a Minnesota Justice OF peace recently rendered
a decision that a certain national bank note was
outlaVed Such bill cannot constitute a good
Iender Tor a debt, after six years from its date
The opinion Of the learned justice states that tba
law Is to the effect that demand must be made
within six years in order to preserve a cause oF
acuon on demand note: that the bank note is q
demand note. and in the absence of proof that nav,
thereof ever
the note is outlawed.
Circumstance Alter Cases-"Every bousekeeDar
must realize. said Ms Prm, that cleanliness is
"she b 10 1nns t niess replied Mrs PoDey
Inc me hoTSe men she realizes it's next mposs-
A London life insurance company recently got This
letter from bereaved widow: L take pleasure in
informing you of the death of my husband who
was assured in your company. Please send me
papers quick, so can prove he is dead"
"Rozhdestvensky has cleared for action b,, throw
ing 4Xero9ard al unnecessary woodwork" reports
heads once more!-(PUnch
Prominent residents Of Massachusetts ,ro,7tr,
Governor Douglas and Patrick a Collins Nfavor of
Boston are taking steps to preserve the house Of
Paul Revere in North Square. the old North
Church, in Boston, from which he started on his
night ride to the countryside wav I'd 70 Con
cord and Lexington. April 10. 1775 The place was
about to be torn down, but a number of citizens
have undertaken the task OF raising $1,000 to buv
the property. 1t will be put in good condition. re-
stored 10 It's Colonial dignity and preserved as a
Revolutionary relic.
Really. think your son is a genius ooh DONE
say that! We have been hoping all along that he
may grow UP TO be a good sensible man and finally
Herald - ''S''eSS -'Oii'aso record
Senator Beveridge. according TO THE Buffalo
Commercial" was describing a precocious little
girl she showed her precocity the other day"
he said. by a question that she asked me- 1t was
clever question. It was the question of a MISC
gynist and cynic. had said to her. in the course
of examination IN mental arithmetic: How old
would a person be who born in 1867? She
smiled and asked: Was the person a man or a
woman "
Defined. Gladys-I call It an automobile engage
Maude-What's an automobile engagement7
Gtadys-0ne that starts off all right but nobodys
going--Oife. MY -
The Western Electrician" says it would be- in
struot1ve to know what lessons Mayor Dunno ex-
poets to learn from the visit of the chief of the
Glasgow tramway system. 1t says It can hardly
be the gospel Of double decked cars for the people
OF Chicago would not have these cumbersome We
hcles. The two story cars would lend themselves
but poorly to the quick sharp operation which the
business OF Chicago demands, The crowding OF the
rush hours. with the difficulty OF collecting fares
and stops at every street intersection. the low
headway of some OF the elevated railway crossings
in Chicago and the climate OF the city are other
reasons fOrbidding the Of the Glasgow type OF
car. Nor it be the system OF fares
used in Glasgow which should be an example to
Chicago. The five cent fare tends TO quicker op-
Grafton and is great Incentive TO the workingmen
to live IN healthful suburbs. This sociological
poet OF the fare question is an important one and
not to be disregarded in consideration of the sub
icct at large
Those Indefatgable Japs--Tom-I observed a
statement in this mornings paper to the erect
that Duke Knowsk announces that Russia has
long 10 settle with Japan
Harry-Yes and 1t looks like q running account
at that.-GLAfe.