New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

recent visitor to Constantinople reports
custom OF the Turks which G deal OF
trouble and confusion. This is the Turkish system
OF reckoning time. Turk holds that the day
begins exactly at sunset: o. that time he sets his
clocks and watches at tho hour OF twelve As the
sun has the same habits in presiding over Turkey
that he exercises with regard to other localities It
may easily be that this system OF reckoning
time necessitates setting the clocks every day II
appears that watch which could run for weeks
without gaining or losing minute would be OF
special value 20 a Turk.
First Cab Drver.-Are you going 10 the Peris
second Dtto-No bloomin' fear: yer don't ketch
me paying my bob to the blokes wot insults my
suverin!-Gudy.
When Jim Bridger tho famous scout OF the
plains, old. he thought he would like retire
from the somewhat arduous life OF a pIainsman
and settle down to the OF the East-which
meant to him Missouri So he used his best en-
deavor 10 find competent man to take his place
and went back 10 Missouri. a year or two passed
and one day Captain Russell, the commandant OF
the post which Bridger had left. surprised 70
SEQ the old scout heave In sight. When he came
In, the captain asked:
We'll Bridger what brings you back here?"
Captain" said Brdger. II want to go back to
scouting again"
Indeed? Why. thought you had settled down
in the East for the rest of your hfe!"
We'll. cap'n, I'll tell you how It Is. I went back
TO old Missouri, and If you'll believe IT, they've
got n railroad station within ten mile o. the old
pace-yes. sir a railroad station And what's
more. they've got a ranch in every four mile
I tell you what. cap'n the air amt pure down
there no more"'
is that possble7 But thought you'd like the
good things TO eat they have down there-you like
good things TO eat, l remember"
Good things 10 eat! Why. cap'n. didn't have
Drilled beaver tail the whole time there!'
Enterprise.'I tell you. Blackie is an energetic.
up-to-date managing EDITOR
Sent the office boy around to all the photo
picture or Confucius '-tCleveland Plain Dealer
THE Eldorado (KanD Republican" tells Of the
finding that place of a large land tortoise
which bore on its back the inscription ~ NJ P
1906" The letters says The Republican. prob
ably stand for zebulon NJ. Pike, the for whom
Pixies Peak is named The tortoise must there
fore. be at least ninety-four years old. Where he
came from or how he got here is beyond con-
lecture. The old Cherokee trail crosses the river
mile below town. and the tortoise was probably
marked by Pike some of his associates when
they crossed the plains from Louisiana to the
mountains that year"
Supply and Demand-Pedler-An tins na,ano
Housekeeper dndignantly)-Those tins you sold
me last week have all gone to pieces.
by this time.-(New-York Weekly.
81 am not prepared TO state that the dead can
come TO life" said II. r. Peters. to the nosegay
man of The Philadelphia Record" but the ex-
perience of friend of mine in a PENNSYLVANIA
German town recently would seem 10 incline one
that way In the town where he was visiting he
became acquainted with the local undertaken and
in that way enabled to be present at the
funeral of young woman who had expired from
shock at seeing her husband fail from a load of
hay. He not hurt ALL but she was to
all intents and purposes as dead the proverbiaI
door nail The body laid in the parlor and
all the relatives and friends had assembled TO pay
their last respects to the dead. AS is customary
in that locality. a big funeral dinner was served
In the midst of the meal the parlOr door opened
and in walked the corpse II didn't take a minute
TO clear the room, leaving the intruder from the
spirit world In sole possession. The undertaken
finally plucked UP courage return the dining
room, and found his subject enjoying a hearty
meal after her enforced fast Her first question
was, Was Jake hurt much" "
A Slight Inaccuracy.-" said the little
girl her eyes wide with excitement. Il do believe
the minister told story
Why, the idea" said her mother You don't
know what you saying"
But do, mamma. l heard papa ask him how
long he had worn chin whiskers; and he said he
had worn them all his Indianapolis Press.