New-York tribune., 1906-04-05

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utteranee deserving place beside Csesars dispatch
Napoleons Egyptian speech and other like MILL
tary brevities. General Nogi about 70 send a
regiment to certain death against 1OS-AIetre HILL
He said to its colonel: Your regiment Is the first
IN all this worldV' General" replied the orncer
gravely. 'it VIII be the first In the other!'
THE GIRL-CHILD
Course we'd figured boy-chid. same as people
Baby girls is Jest tn uselessest they is or ever
Helpless when they're kids. an helpless when
they're middle aged er old
AL Il H. fs%Iiy s6d turns O'F''0'eF fF tn eve lamb IN
Dassent ever pop tn question even though she's
Has Z set an wait till some one labels 'er his
Ylt it wan't a. boy by gracious. when it come. tn
But we've kind o. got notion that we'n keep It.
any way.
Course twas dretful disappintin that she couldn't
been boy,
sparkiin' tears o Joy; '''
stin, she's small an mighty dawnoey. an she cud-
With 'er fists like velvet rosebuds an her teenty
Clingin' cost Jest like tn tendrils OF tn mornin
As 1t chambers up tn porch posts on piece o.
She do'no but what she's welcome as tn flowers
So we've somehow got tn notion that well keep er
any way.
Then, agin I thought O. mother-she was onct a
Amt no teiiin' jest which oyster is tn one that
Who could tell when she was little that she'd grow
L be great
An would make my dear old daddy such a stIddy
Then III one that lays an snuggles with that bran
Would my life be worth tn lvin' If it hadn't been
She was Jest pink an helpless as this new one
So it's middlin easy guessin' that we'll keep er.
Strickland W. Gillian in The Reader.
Egg gatherers OF the Scottish Island of st. KiIda
prize ropes of human hair. Ropes vary in length
some being forty TO fifty feet long. Such a rope is
q brides dover To manufacture II is the work NJ
years. but the st. Kildan girl saves her hair comb
ngs religiously A curiosity collector who visited
the island short time ago wished TO buy fine
specimen OF hair rope. but the NO0 offered was
refused.
Parson-Do you take this woman for better or for
Bridegroom-Well ! can't exactly saw Her nao
pie think It's for better but mine think it's for
worse.-Life
Somebody played joke Speaker Cannon the
other day. according "The Springfield Repub-
ncan." When the Speaker sat down at his desk
he found slip OF paper asking him TO call up
number so-and-so on the phone. He did as re-
quested. saying. do you want me?' II don't
know came back the answer. Well I haven't
time TO be foolng around here; do you want me?"
insisted the Speaker. Who are YOU ANYWAY" -"
This is the government hospital for the insane 8"
was the reply; IF you think you ought to be here
why. come along"
The buxom maid had been limiting that she dtd
not think much of working out, and this i'm con
junction with the nightly appearance of a ratber
sheepish young man. caused her mistress much
Martha l. # possible that you are thinking OF
''Yesm," admitted Martha bIushing
Not . that young fellow who has been calling on
Yes m he's the ONE
But you have known him only a fauy dave
Ihree weeks come Thursday corra~tsj SIar,h,
DO you mink that - long enough 10 EnoUt -
man nan, DeIore taxing such an important step?''
We'll answered Martha, with spIrit ;,atr,. =,
IL ne was some new feller. He's we'll rscor1nna..
s9i perfectly lovely girl know was enpagad 20
MIN Tor long while"-Everybody's MaEa2i5e ~
Delegate Rodney Of New Mexico tall. -, -,
anazement OF a ranchman when he first .,
linotype machine at work. After staring a. a. a.,
while the ranchman said Great scott, 80
that the most intelligent machine YOU ever savs
Why it's plumb human" Finally overco,,o ~,
his admiration. he took on his hat made q IT,
bow 70 the complicated mechanism and said. ..Y
surely would admire Mr.. Machine n vo, an
would come out and take drink with me
mundi mean? ' "''nsi' gloria
Il dont know exactly. but il prob,hl,. t
something To DO with the fact that rbe ,o,,,cS
meets on Monday nights and always has tbiD
70 say ABOUT the tranEit 0uestion'-Chica so Rscs