New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-09


The bar furnishes some happy examples OF mixed
metaphor such as this aquatic opening; rhese
gentlemen have fshed about until they have found
a mares nest. and that they hang their bih-
The latest addition 20 this class Of mixed utter
ance comes from a detective agency whicn states
that it's officers Thought they had a good ciew'
but IL exploded"
It's Purport.-"what does that expert WITNESSES
evidence go 20 shown" inquired the man who was
trying to understand the trial. ..,s ,,,,, 20
tafner'' answered the lawyer.-Washington Star
LA Prensa." the famous newspaper Of Buenos
Ayres has building surmounted by a golden statue
OF a young woman It also has a 5000 horsepower
steam siren. When there is big news. an appalling
disaster whoop. goes the siren. "a deuce OF a
row. writes correspondent, "up and down the
scale, defiant shrek, gurging groan. for vary
Ing period, according 70 the Importance Of the
event. the hOrrid din resounds throughout the CITY,
The local government exacts fine for this per-
tormance-sloo minute. believe. with a minimum
OF Soo-and IL the fine is not paid the nail the
charge is double. when IS sent TO OPP
crate the screecher another is with 500 bill
to the courts The next operation Is 70 drape the
young lady's statue. with red velvet in case OF q
catastrophe. with Grape In the event of death.
All this causes the most extraordinary sensation.
IL IS OF course. only on great occasions that this
takes place I heard the siren so the other after
for the first time when the news came
through from San Francisco. Within few minutes
the Avenida in the neighborhood Of the Prensa
Office, and even the Plaza Mayo. packed with
excited crowd. awaiting the circulation OF the
news. The evening papers followed suit. in feeble
style. by letting Off bombs and for the OF the
afternoon the town was perfect pandemoniurn."
CHLoE's REVENGE
IA contemporary states that in many parts
pailkmaids are being replaced by male labor.1
AS strayed through the meadows one morn.
Where the kline wandered lazily by.
I found sitting under thorn,
Young Chloe with tears in her eye.
''What ails you sweet Chloe?' I cried.
"Belike It's for StrephOn you sob?
Has he stolen away from your side7''
Hes stolen, she answered, my job.
''I used to awake like bird,
And cheerfuly shoulder my pail;
So 1 sit by this thorn and I wall
But why. gentle Chloe. be vexed?
There's a way OF escape from your cares;
II men have your labors annexed
You must try and appropriate theirs.
"since your sex is now making things hum.
doctor or clerk TO become.
Or something that's outside the pail
Dry those eyes that with weeping are dim.
You viii take ali the shine out OF him.
When they've made you full suffrasetteH
london Tribune
The men who borrow the paper are the great
worry Of the country editors life They move the
thus: There few scoundrels in Pollock who
do not subscribe for this paper. who do all they
20 injure u.s. but the devils always bor-
rowing e. II it were not like shooting mice with
canister, we would turn the muzzle of our gun on
them. exposing the critters but they are too
small. too SMALL
One Mans misunderstanding was it that
said: Let me make the songs OF a nation, and I
care ,s not who makes It's laws?
was wise guy, all right.
BrOwn-Because IL Is possible TO evade the laws
but one can't get away from the sOngs-especially
when they become popular!-ChicagO News.
On Salt River. Ariz., there is in course Of con-
structOn what is said to be the highest dam in
the world When it is completed in 1908 Roosevelt,
the town on the site. will be 172 feet below the
level Of the water II is anticipated that the head
obtained will be the Of securing abundant
power A temporary power plant. cement mill.
ice plant lighting plant and Sawmill have been
completed. A telephone line has been installed TO
the head works Of the power canal. eighteen miles
above Roosevelt, and extended in the other direc-
ton to the site of the great dam, which is thirty
miles from Phoenix.
=, Diplomacy, The Friend-was Mrs. Heviwaite
r. The Art tpo a. yes managed to make her
Brooklyn Life
A new method of itinerant preaching has been
tried in France. Pastor Deattre. from ROanne Gre
formed church,, in company with Pastor SaintOn
Of the Baptist Church in Paris visited with an eu-
tomobile the departments of Loire, Rhoue Alter
Saone ct Loire, within a radius of about ninety
miles Pastor Delattre writes; During nearly two
months, from our automobile. have been able
to preach the gospel market places, from fair to
fair distributing thousands Of tracts and selling no
less than $500 copies of the New Testament"
AID MYRTILLAM
Myrtilla, though I'd love TO have
You with me all the summer through
To nave you stay upon the Az
Enue;
Although III miss you. and although
! need you through the summer day,
] feel you really have to go
Away
To seashore. valley. island. glen;
To breathe the raTest mountain air;
Go south, north, east, west-O go an
Ywhere.
For summer bards must write a lot
OF 20 how dull the town and drear,
Since you. Myrtilla, you not,
Not here
Itaque qua ita stint
CTranSlated: Since these things are sol,
something i