New-York tribune., 1903-01-18
TIE TALK of THE DAY.

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columns Of The Liverpool Daily POST problem
which may be without interest to Americans.
Il am in Liverpool since MONTH writes the
French gentleman. ''and I saw many things the
which stupefy. but of these this most amaze
On your tramcars me writes Passengers are re-
quested not TO board or leave the while in
ton. Board 1 comprehend not. My friend say
it is 'aborder, to go on ship. therefore. de-
manded not to go and not go off while in
motion How that be? 1 thousand pas
sengers since four weeks go and off a car but
they all go while in motion Shall one expIicate
how passengers while not in motion have a power
to go and off the carr"
THE OLD. COFFEE POT
I want TO hear the simmer
Of the old coffee pot;
] want to hear it hummin
Wa9f Ta9f ts to see sstfRR the g29d Ts6oT and 4ss hot
Like incense in the room,
AF4 FIs1[, 41af cor63r ABOUT ri+b a+fllins Isrfn,
oh. it isn't very often
That feller gets the best;
But 3s when he, he does tfY ,,s its like Whit
It's hcIdks like Irnl1,n rqSh Of esid siPdringtirne
A-iIlin' you with dreams of what
The harvest time II yield.
love the smell of roses
Along about in June;
AT6 T3 a4 aIm6st aans ana 2ffund fnns. and listen
That nothin else has got
Are the odor and the simmer
-Gohn W. Fellows, in The Dillon CEyo) Double
Jack
The Duke of Devonshire possesses as an heirloom
Claude Lorraines Book of Truth" which is said
TO be one CT the rarest and most valuable books in
Europe. 1t Is, at any rate, worth six times
much the famous 'Nazarin' Bible, the most
costly book in the British Museum. The late Duke
refused 100000 for it.
She Furnished Bulletins" Their marriage was
a surprise, wasn't it?''
Wpn al b,,fT
her friends were expecting it.''-(Brooklyn Life.
The report OF the life saving service shows that
there were 5SS accidents to registered vessels in
this country last year. Out of 23424 persons in
danger, only nineteen in all were lost and the
property loss about S2,S000OO. There are 272
life saving stations, of which 195 are on the At
lantic and Gulf coasts, sixty on the Great Lakes
and sixteen on the Pacific Coast. The cost Of
maintaining the service was I65oOOo.
Defned-She-Dear. YOU have crushed and al
most suffocated me. What kind of hug do you
Gife iUs-
American tourists abroad often comment upon
the literal translation into English of notices in
foreign languages. The we'll meant efforts of land
lords and others to convey. in the language of the
visitor, the meaning of the native, often produce
laughable results. Washington citizen found this
notice posted in his in the Alpine hotel:
NGisters, the venerable voyagers are earnestly re-
sun rise for the color changes"
The Lndsoors Record adds another TO the corn
huskins stories floating over Kansas. Lew Rass-
musSon shucked 4.J0D bushels fer one man His
average 115 bushels day. He took care Of
his team did his own hauling and shcvelIed
ali the into cribs without assistance "Rass-
mussoE is undoubtedly the fastest husker we have
any straight report on" says The Record a
els day but they have TO lay off for three days
afterward to get over IL. This man goes right on
day after day. and does it easily."-(Kansas City
Journal.
The inhabitants of the outlying district OF the
town of Beziers. In France. have decided to organ
ze vigilance service of night watchmen who
will have to see that the doors of the houses are
closed after 10 O'Clock cry the hours and weather
escort beated inhabitants TO their homes and
wake those who wish to be called early The
guardians will also be responsible for houses con-
fded to their charge during tine absence of the
tenants In cases of fire they will summon the
fire brigade and inform the landlord
Mrs. Flanagan: 1 want pair of shoes for my
boy
Salesman: French kid. ma'am?
mo. sir. Irish "-(Schoolmaster.