New-York tribune., 1901-05-07
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

writer in "Ainslee's Magazine tells this story:
"Our government allowed several transports with
returning volunteers 10 stop at Yokohama, and so
hundreds Of American soldiers visited that city
and Toxic. One of them hired a bicycle. and was
taking ride about the streets OF Yokohama when
he down an elderly japanese man. The sol
dier rang his bell several times. but the Japanese
apparently paid attention TO it. and the Ameri-
can found himself promptly arrested and taken TO
court where he fined 10 yen (s5) He protested
that he had done everything possible to avert the
accident. and asked why the made no at
tempt to get out of the way. The policeman then
told him that the man blind. The soldier
looked dazed for a minute, then felt in his pocket
and brought out ten dollar bill. Here, he said.
it's the last I've got, but he have it, and he
turned it to the blind man. The japanese
were deeply touched and that same day delega-
tion of policemen hunted up the soldier and gave
him back his fine
We've got poets in this neighborhood.' said
uptown druggist to one OF his regulars
Hired girl from some place came in here this
And what did you give her?''
A chance to go back and find out what she
And what was it?''
Chloride of nme."-(DetroIt Free Press
Kansas paper recently had an obituary notice
in which occurred the following passage "As the
shades of night descended he blew \rippIingIy
the smooth bosom Of the dark river. across the
mystic plains and soughing woods and into the
jasper walls of paradise-a gentle zephyr"
Il say. scribbler.'' said sappy. how on earth
do you think up all these chawacters you wite
n oh t take them from real life replied serib
character of 'Woodby Britten.' who is always
saying dooced' this and 'doOced that. Now, that's
a. fellow know very WELL but he doesn't know
"oh, come now. l say. How dooced clevah of
you Dooced stupid of him. though"'-(CathOlic
Standard and Times
The late Bishop Stubbs, OF Oxford was once wor-
ried by fussy woman. who demanded information
from him on all possible and impossible subjects.
and who finally asked where she should go TO in
tour through Palestine.
ITO Jericho madam" was the Bishops reply
Doctor" said LII Hung Chang. have you got
the list Of symptoms all prepared"'
ci,yy?' '"s' "''y s" u '''1'1' uprising HI ''''
any demands for anybody's yellow jacket. pea
cock feather life?'
Nothing strenuous in that way"
Anybody trying TO interview me for publica-
No one, Such efforts thoroughly discour-
well if you that's the case I guess I'll
begin 10 convalesce. e."-(Washington Star
Recent experiments by railway officials in Berne
with automatic ticket machine. invented by a
Swiss. have given entire satisfaction. says Berne
correspondent. The machine is similar the or
binary automatic machines. but the glass cases
contain the tickets which printed the
names of the stations and the price OF the ticket
BY dropping in the right and pulling a
handle the ticket is set free The machinery is so
well constructed that insufficient sum or any
base coins will not work the spring and there is
no danger Of the purchaser losing the whole
As a sergeant was bawling his orders in
barracks in Dublin and watching the line of feet
as the new recruits endeavored TO obey the word
OF command, he found his astonshment that
one pair Of feet more noticeable on account OF
their extra large size, never turned. Without
taking his eyes of those feet the sergeant ba wIed
out second order: About face He could see
that all the feet except those he watched turned
IN obedience. Rushing UP to the owner a little
fellow he seized him by the shoulder. shouting:
Why don't YOU turn with the rest?''
Il did, replied the trembling recruit
You did, eh? Well, l watched your feet and
they never moved"
It's the boots they gave me- sir" sa;d the poor
fellow They're so large that when turn my
feet turn inside OF them. m."-( London Answers.