New-York tribune., 1906-08-03

MAKE up our NlnuS; ner Srr1Oent Yell
Is heard among us every day.
Poor Man at present is at bay.
The Suffragette.
In time doubt she'll get her way
,,tnrsY 2Mnen s1at divso VIII pe' mo no man % can 'e
Woman does not deserve, / say,
The Suffrage Yet! Punch.
Justice Brewer. Of the United States Supreme
Court, in lecturing TO his law class at the George
Washington University. told the following story.
according to The Washington Star:
Il knew of a case once where two darkies
swapped mules. One Of them was an old hand
at the business, and in making the trade he repre-
sented his mule 90 be seven years old and told
Of many good traits the animal had not This was
in February. About two months later the other
darky began to realize that he had been VIC
timzed in the bargain and that the beast was
fully twelve years old. So he decided 20 GO back
and tell the swinder he had lied TO him about the
animal However. owing 70 il being the busy sea-
son Of farming he was not able to so until about
the middle OF June. He finally did 60 and told
his man what he thought OF his rascally rnisrep-
reservations about the mule.
" You say said the other fellow, dat when YOU
got de mule in February he was seven years old,
and now it's June and he's twelve years old?'
Yes. do" was the angry response.
- Well sab, time sure do fly"
Good Deal OF Neutrality-suspicious. Knox. at a
reception IN Philadelphia, said of certain speech:
:. good deal OF meaning was subty compressed
IN TeFy F few T words @ It was Like the speech that
d This his aged & man had proposed 10 the young srr
"a few days before the wedding the old man
taxing the hand OF his prospective BRIDE said with
= Dear. do you love for what am, or for
''T love you. dear friend she replied. for what
you VIII be- American Spectator.
An English barrister named FTuddIeston a zen.
eral favOrite at the bar, was the butt Of many
Jokes. great dandy. he always wore a powdered
wig and white kid gloves m court He was some
what egotistcal, and during a general criticism Of
him some one said in his defence: AT all events,
you never hear him speak i'll OF anybody" mo
rejoned Ballantine, a brother barrister "but the
reason is that he speaks of anybody but him
self"
Schoolmaster-"Anon means without a
name Give me a sentence showing you under
Small Boy-Our new baby is anOnymOus-ChumS.
The leader of the savage Hottentots, who have
been giving the Germans OF Southwestern Africa
much trouble OF late has been variously described
by European correspondents. Colonel Won Deiun-
ling spoke Of him time ago In the
Rechstag a thrifty Jew" Macmillan
Harden verihes Won Deimlng's statement in
die Zukunft" He says: The report that the
Hottentot chief is a Jew has been examined and
found correct by an English agent. Lehman Cohn
The Hottentot Jew in question is alleged to be
Abraham Morris. who was born in London and
whose father had previously been a rabbi in the
Province Of POsen. At the age Of tweuty-fOur
Morris ran away from home. went to sea- and three
years later turned up in South Africa Then he
served in several British regiments with honor
and promoted color sergeant in 1860 IN the
course OF his service in the BOer war he won addi-
tional promotions under General Baden Powell. He
is said 10 have made much money which he after
ward lost in reckless gambling His friends LOST
track of him. and he had been given up for dead
until he reappeared as the HOttentOt chief"
Hell thought the author OF this play was famous
for his keen understanding Of the female char
acter? ~
she-Well. do you doubt e.?
He-Of course He has just made his heroine
say that she "@il suffer tn silence '!-I.lGstratel