New-York tribune., 1906-05-10

Would WOefuIly wish they naQ ne er Deeu DOtu
Twenty!
II twenty maids loved twenty
And the came not TO WOO,
How many brides in the briefest while
Would bring to the altar those men, and smile
At the neat Job carried through?
Brooklyn Life.
Collectors OF picture postcards will be interested
in the Inauguration card Of the Simplon Tunnel
On the one side is design showing Labor pointing
the way to Commerce and Agriculture. On the adj
dress side is a freize bearing laureated head and
the inscription 'In lahore pax" In the lower part
of the freize are the words. Inauguration Of the
SimplOn." OF this card five hundred thousand cop
les viii be struck. and the block then destroyed
An Editors Reply.-''Why. didn't you retaliate
II didn't know him. and it is our rule not to pay
any attention to anonymous contributions The
Bohemian.
The Oldest architectural ruins in the world are
believed to be the rock temples at IpsampOOl.
on the Nile in Nubia. One Of the ancient temples
consists of fourteen apartments hewn out OF solid
stone. The largest single stone used in this work
is one which forms a veranda-lke projection along
one side of the main temple 1t is 81 feet long, %
broad and 17-one account says 19-feet thick.
This colossal stone is supported by two rows Of
massive square pillars, four in each row and each
30 feet hign To each OF these pillars is attached a
colossal figure Of human being. reaching from
floor to roof In front Of the main temple seated
being each 65 feet high. The ruins are supposed to
be four thousand years old.
DARWINIAN SUSPICION
like when riding in the car
To see the stout conductor man
Stretch forth his arms to grasp the bar,
And lift himself across the span
like to clutch the strap and cling
I've learned to do 1t now with ease
When round some sudden curve swing.
It's. most as good as trapeze.
And that is why often think
Some able bodied chimpanzee
Related TO the missing link
Is capering in my family tree.
Washington Star.
There calamity of the vesuvian eruption
which was not chronicled. at least, by cable That
is the extinction Of the NeapOltan oyster. The
Bay OF Naples produced an oyster esteemed by
epicures the choicest in all Italy For the pres
ent at least. the NeapOlitan oyster is an extinct
species According to Professor Doru. director Of
the aquarium OF Naples. the ashes from the vol
cano falling in the bay have covered the bottom
to such depth that every oyster In the beds was
smothered and the beds themselves hopelesslv
buried.
AS Narrated by SurvivOr.-''The most remark
Was saying. was given by a retiring Snowman
The only square meal you ever had, perhaps
suggested SsSs the man with the white spot IN his
asked the man with the baggy kneed trousers. I'm
order to make the number OF guests fourteen2"
supper. said the hrst speaker, paying attention
10 the Interruptions. "He said there would be the
usual large cold bottle and small hot bird. When
we sat down at the table and the beverages were
brought on"
what were the beverages7 demanded the 9TH
ers, with one voice.
"a small cold bottle OF beer at each plate And
when the cover was lifted from the dish in the
centre Of the table found the bird to be-
well, what the bird2''
"a large, hot. juicy young ostrich. with enough
meat on It FOR regiment give you my word.
gentlemen-
''Oh. shuckS!'
Then they rose as man and elected him. He
had told the biggest he.-ChicagO Tribune