New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

DR. woodrow Wilson. the president Of Princs'on.
saunterins down shady lane one day ~ .n'
early summer when he met a tall. handsome youe'-
This youth had Just bean graduated lie was Poot
but Intelligent In all his courses no had taA'..
honors. and IN athletics also great honors nau
been his. We'll Smith," said DR.. Wilson, 'tnfoush
at last chr Yes air." said the youns man.
smiling and blushing And now. what arc you
going dof' II hardly know yet. sir; have n4n
two onors." '-Two7 Wonderful" Yes. sir. one
Is from scientific society. offering me sscre-
tsryship at IS week. and the other 10 rom a
baseball masnate. Offering me Eve years con-
tract TO pitch at 5000 season"
always saying check. check chscE feel as II HE
"eEf lTTs sas 81 ihf. YOU don, CIV. m. COMO
thing shall have TO pawn pawn: pawn, a ana its
ALLY Sleeper.
In a recent discussion on Juvenile crime Charles
Richmond Henderson. professor OF sociology. told
a story OF younsstsr who was asked whether ne
knew the meaning Of degeneration" Yes. re-
sponded the lad. "Is means to be born again
And would you Ike 20 be born sgainr he was
asked mo, street exclaimed thu boy: I'm too
much afraid Of being born girl"
'RAsTUs IN AUTUMN.
Hit n1out be All am Iackin' IN dem signs ub sper-
Dat yoh eeny mos dtskivver IN an ones niEyah's
When 'elar der ain pleasuh IN de autumn
time 10 me
LAX de dream ub big fat 'possum hsnsin' In Dc
'simmon tree.
Yoh may tink dat Ah'n on cultured an An don
Fo de poekry ub natuh an ee nyst'ry IN De ais
when An swan dat Aim a-,'inkin. as de fros gifts
Dat it's ssttin' nigh to poah chops an to sweet
ertater time
Now. dey tell me autum's hnss' time ell De Eollin'
All know dat All is happy when All feel HIT cresptn'
Fo' dey aim no wuk fer 'Rastus-put de ole mule
An bring on dat drowsy reelin' boootn' rru nah
The Bentztown Bard. IN The Baltimore American
There il a ulant native OF Borneo. which Is
known as the clock plant The name IS derived
from the action OF the suns rays on the leaves.
which three IN numbers large one extendinS
forward. with two small ones at the base pointing
Sideways These. coming in contact with the rays
Of the sun. oscillate like the pendulum OF CLOCK
the larger leaf moving upward and downward
going 10 IT'S full length every forty-hve minutes
the smaller leaves moving toward the larger COM
plotting the distance forward and backward every
forty-hve minutes. thus resembling the hour and
minute hands OF clock
Paying your debts is an expensive way Of getting
commercial credit. but, unless you are rieh. us
about the only way.-Puck.
Untn the time Of Peter the Great the Alsutian
Islands were unknown- The Russian monarch.
consumed with curiosity 70 the distance between
Asia and America. started. in lI25 the first OF the
expeditions that at last revealed those haunts Of
the bear. the beaver. the ermne and the seal But
Captain Cook told more about the islands than did
all the Russian explorers before him
SEASIDE ROMANCE
She was good looking and well bred;
We met within boarding house
saved her from a danger dread.
To Wit. mouse.
She nnurmured "Oh how brave Of your
u made me feel all cold and hot
Upon the spot.
We eycled solfed. and rode. and noted
thought Il bliss 9ds without III. 1o alley g:0,.,
And her more coy.
We wandered By the = mo Sn sea;
And so did she
And s thsnxsh. how the memory ungers'-
And gave her dainty little fingers
gentle squeeze.
hO Os vd mgTmuTsd Dear love YOU
BE true for eyeG'
HsF 5. v %SsB wR anF s9. Ss ss be-
I really can't. because already
I am engaged"
A H. c.. IN London Tribune
An Irishman defined tho human head as "a
Dubious excrescence. OF special use to many as a
peg for hanging hat On-as BARRIERS block for
supporting wigs-ss a target for shooting at when
rendered conspicuous by a shining helmet-as a
snufhox a chatterbox-as a machine for fitting
into a halter guilotlne-as a receptacle for
freaks fancies foIies. passions preiudices predi-
lections-for anything. IN short. but brains"
Needless Alarm.-''wai. a minute till get my
clothes on" came shrilI voice from the back end
OF the cable
All the strapholders turned their heads as one
man.
1t was a small boy striving drag or the hamper
containing his mothers washins-Judgs.