New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-02


thirty minutesl The men who take bread
and butter. with milk and coffee-and there
are thousands who do--use Just ar much
haste-snd how they all live and grow old
and rich and happy is a mystery. But they
do"
oh 7 don't know. How about that fell
low who flung his cheap talk at Ty Cobb
Detroit Free Press.
NO QUARTER.
Rv crook device they've raised the price
OF coal, the bsrons bland,
And ieer and taunt the public. Vaunt
Their tyranny as grand;
They make the plea the sum that We
Must pay just fills tho hole.
They're wrong! rhey try 10 cruelty
Us on a cross of coal.
quarter more on what before
We paid is now the charge.
which will provoke burdened folk
To seize this coal trust large
And choke II iii It's had its MI
OF pain. aud seeks 10 die
Quarter 10 one who gives us none!
NO quarter" IL our cry.
A. w. UTTrNG.
why are Irishmen always laying pare
the wrongs OF their country" asked some
one in the House Of Commons.
Because they want them renIesseo,
Numbered a we'll known Nationalist meni-
Der Tit Bits.
Two men were strolling the street when
one ~ them spied a coin on the sidewalk.
He picked II UP and discovered II to be a
dime But II was bad. Here he said.
generously, TO his companion. you can
have #" Replied the recipient. Thanks.
well get a couple OF high ones with II.
You can pass even wooden money In a
saloon" Forthwith they sauntered 10 "A
bar. The glasses before them. the dime
WAS handed over The bartender took II.
looked AT Il and smiled. NOW" said the
man who had found II. well have one on
me-" Again the glasses were set before
them lie nshcd quarter from his pocket
and paid for the beer. The bartender $
smile broadened. He gave the man his
chanCe-a nickel and the dime he himself
had dis 'overed and dsowned. And the
worst of IL was he couldn't refuse II be-
cause his friend had given 1T over in pay
ment \ LOT OF morals are obvious.
rs that picture one of the old masters
you were telling me about? asked Mr..
Cumrox.
genuine treasure: absolutely authentic.
"Ill buy IT, | already have three just
like II, and somewhere in the bunch I'm
liable to hit the original. '-Washngton
Star.
THE Southern people, as a rule, are the
most hospitsble in the country" said a
drummer who had just returned from a
long trip through some small towns In
Dixie, but occasionally one runs afoul Of
q case that gives him an awful Jolt. had
been travelling for several weeks through
the Cracker district, making my trips
from town 10 town by wagon. I rarely
made any provision for dinner. but would
drop In about meal time at any farmhouse
CHANGED to he passing. usually being In
vited to fall to- and partake Of their sim
pie fare one hot day refined up In front
Of a ramshackle dwelling. My loud Whoa"
brought the entire family TO the door-a
tvpjcai bunch. a man and his wife. half a
dozen children and an equal number OF
long. lean hounds. To my request for food
/ was placed at the family board. The
meal WAS served on oilcloth, and consisted
OF heavy corn bread, buttermilk and some
bilious looking onions. The flies buzzed
about and the mere appearance OF every
thing took away my appetite. / managed
to make a pretence of eating. gulped down
half a glass OF the milk. and then, merely
as a matter OF form, inquired the price.
Judge of my amaZement when the farmer
answered: Wall, / reckon 30 cents would
about cover IT,. Half dollar l blurted
out, Indignantly. Don't get excited,
stranger. | didn't invite yeti was yer
own proposition What could I do under
tho circumstances?'
Diner-Waiter. bring me glass of water.
Waiter-Certainly, sir. but you already
have one glass.
Diner-One is not enough. Get me an
other / want to strengthen this SOUP
Judge
Residents Of the Deerfeld River Valley.
In Vermont. remembering the Austin hor-
ror last year. are worried over the erection
Of a great dam for power purposes above
them in the hills. The dam Is to be one
thousand feet long and hundred or more
high. Governor Mead has become inter-
ested in the matter and has engaged Alfred
Noble, famous New York engineer, to
watch the work and certify to the safety OF
the structure. Mr.. Noble was one OF the
consulting engineers who designed the great
dam at Gatun. on the Panama Canal.
Marks-So your wife is doing her own
cooking? That must save you lot OF
money
Parks-Not at all! Dyspepsia specialists
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