New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-11
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

..-rbe Rochester Post-Express" recalls the s'ot'
OF a colored waiter in a hotel in San FTahclso' 80
handed an Englishman table d'hote ine" ~ .et
gentleman In question did not care lot s,.
dinner and selected what he wanted iou - -,
keer for de tab dote dinnah, then. sab! saiI ~. -.
waiter ct told you what wanted" returned -,
Englishman. You want dat OF de tab oo'e
oueried the darky. II don't care suppos a.,
Just as you like only be certain that 80 .,
seTVeu sab" replied the waiter. "ef you want II
off de tab dote you has have It all zap uo.0
can't be selected from. sab! Tab dote Is F''"o-
an means jest de whole hog. sah!
WIZ what's the white stuff on your shoulder?
HusbandChalk, from biliaTS cue cue f you use chalk
{ msek EGsSn ''"'' ~
..rbe Natal Witness" says that Mrs. Weir one
Of the Red Cross nurses was giving peer tea ~
wounded Dutchman in Maritzburg. when she re-
ceived severe kick in the back from one VI @
enemy's ambulance attendants. NO explaha uO''
was offered of this cowardly and brutal assaul.'
but Mrs. Weir puts the charitable
upon 1t that the hospital orderly imagined Sh0 was
poisoning his countryman
LAS I understand it," says Mrs Canaan by I'm, me
wireless telegraph system the messages 30 ''s
through the air we breathe ~, c.zzar,
Then person who has just filed message ss IN IA
the telegraph office may swallow MS own " -
his way home. ''-CHarpers Bazaar
London
the rendering of Long Tom in the Deoats as
.Tom-Lom' a correspondent reminds US that
French harbor officials not only almost lnVariao.y
refer to yacht yack, but geherdnS W.
the word so. apparently under the idea tha' TINS -
its correct English form. One could, OF course.
multiply instances 'ad nauseam' of French want OF
accuracy-the hig lif the strug-for-hfeur ana nun
dreds of others which constantly appear even IN
papers which profess TO be accurate
Carrie-Ten me- Kate. how was 1t you ola not
Kafe9 HE told me was the only woman he ever
loved II man VIII lie 20 you ftTwsrd gD1Boston
Transcript.
The following IS taken from hotel advertise
ment in The Calcutta Times. Gentlemen VINO
come In hotel not say anything about ther IhealS
they will be charged for. and II they shouu say
beforehand that they are going out TO DreaAlaS'
or dinner etc and If they say that they not nave
anything to eat they will be charged, ana II not
so they will not be charged. or unless theS Oilns
II to the notice of the manager OF the Place' anu
should they want TO say anything they must order
the manager for one, not any one else, and unless
thew bring not 1t TO notice Of the manager they
will be charged for the least things according 10
the hotel rate and no fuss will be allowed AFTER
ward about it.
THE MASTERS FRIEND.
The master must to a distant land.
With foreign foe to hght
And the masters wife was glad OF IT.
And Ri| came anne ' to him with a fearful face
begged of him TO stay,
But the masters hound was sorry,
And ii went and hid 1t away.
The masters ship from the harbor's mouth.
Beat the stormy sea; 49,. -,
And his wife stayed late at my lady oaH'
Th9g said sbe heard 7doqe W ff delight iMfl
But She could not sleep for the masters hound,
For it howled through the livelong night
The master died-he was shot to death
In that land beyond the sea
And they brought his body home. to lie
bJ-f he
And made believe she cried,
But the masters hound stayed by his grave
Till 1t starved to death-and died.
Two little London girls who had been sent by the
kindness of the wears wife have "a happy day
in the country" nsrrating their experiences on
their return said:
"Oh, yes, num- we did ave Apply day. We see
two pigs killed and gentleman buried"
Jewett-Cutter has terribly cadaverous appear
ance. He is not possessed Of what would be cassed
Morton~on the contrary his is regular Ratchet
! prldes himself upon IT, and for good reason. A
| fasso was thrown over his head by a cowboy out
cut the rope and so saved his lfe-(Boston Trans
| crpt.
| The Chicago Northwestern University (Methodist
asks for 81 10000 the $50 100000 which the Meth
odist Church proposes 10 raise as twentieth CEN
fury offering.
Little Phyllis was visiting her grandma the other
gay anp bed FOR several minutes been looking
very earnestly at her grandmother she asked: Are
S3 YES her grandmother answered. Il suppose
1 am"
oh no; 1 hope you are not going to die for
We'll" the little one emphaticalIy exclaimed. II
don't want to die even when it is yet."-(Chicago