New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24

At recent political meeting IN England the
speaker made 5est. and. finding that his audience
had missed the point OF Il. said playfuly: 7 had
hoped, gentlemen, that you would laugh az that"
A plainuive voice came through the silence. Y
laughed, mister" Then everybody did
" .T25d the Landlord come down on your rent2.
Chicago Chronicle.
There ara some optimistic Compartments that are
never overwhelmed by misfortune They are hap
PLY able see how cheir case might have been
worse An Irishman belongs 70 this class. Cas-
sidy had Just been injured IN blast Poor b'yr'
exclaimed OHara consollngIy. " IT'S tough luck 10
have yer hand blowed on" OCH Faith fl might
have been worse" replied Cassidy. Suppose Ord
had me weeks wages in II at the tonne
THE WRECK OF THE RIGSJARIK
The good ship RIgsjarilz went down
While the ocean she foaIned an OUrled.
A IN Lhe caPn an ne crew an your servaat TOO.
But We had a promoter on board by chance
Who gould float most anything
That he had forgotten 10 bring
Al, We all got UP but the cap'u bold
When the morpin' broke the cap'n we spoke.
A-sitLn' as-rtde OF his log,
An we sailed an sailed TILL our whites failed.
An Lh4ngs looked blue 10 me.
Above Us the hue was a painful blue
An parrckkeler SO was the sea,
But Jest as We were about 10 starve
The wind from the E0U'e east r-OUs
An nor'west lgee0 made a choppy sea
Al we lived for a while on chops,
But we sailed an sailed TIL the veal chop failed
~, was lhe second week or the third
An with EN- We killed a 5ira7 7-sa' -''7
Al we sa set an g-. ct ! can taste it now9
For the cap'n had brought with wise forethougnt
A bundle o. railroad stock
An. after a couple o. weeks or more.
IA rhz Ne
An this is a story true,
-(Nsw-Orleans T1rnes-Democrat
BY railway TO the Red Sea" IS soon to BE- an
accomplished fact The line extends from suakt-,
S@1 niles into the interior, crossing the Atbara
twenty miles below its confluence with the Nile
and connects with the Khartour-vVa -FIsIfa vail
way north Of the bridge across the Atbara-
THE NEW SCHOOL
The doctors used 10 bleed MANKIND
For every IL THAI they could and.
SUI no they're wiser so IT'S said
And bleed the pocketbook instead
Saturday Evening Post
The danger Of sending kilograms is show, in
the following story: a member Of Parliamenr
was 10 have made speech al Derbv and bafrg
unable 10 do 50 because the heavy rains ba5 d.
stroyed the branch railway sent a telegram as
follows: Cannot come; wash OUT on line" In
few hours the reply came; Never mind; borrow
shirt"
give his brain total rest 80
She-Did he follow the advice
oh. yes he fell in love life
dispatch in a California paper says that one
OF the heaviest pogonips that has prevailed Az
western Nevada for years has been hanging over
Carson "Pogonip" is the Indian name Tor a ne
culiar fog that occasionally visits rhe Nee
mountain country in the winter months The sr7-
IS ooscured, usually during the entire dav and
sometimes for days, while the air Is Charged ftp -
heavy iog IN which me particles Of snow seem 10
be Tying Although the Temperature NAV nor b.
low intense cold is felt on account OF the ,Ir,sI
humidity that prevails The Indians greatly fas-
'pogonips"
Model Young Man--AIice-Pa was TALKING q 1o,..
young M otCWboy last night, and he SAID maj
ne IL thoroughly trustworthy and honest mat
Kate s. ! mink he is He WOULDN'T even sra.7 o.
kiss.-Souerviue Journal even steal