New-York tribune., 1903-02-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Bennett Burleigh has some good stories of the
ways of native slgnalrnen at Berbera. The single
official at Bulbar vas lately invited by signal TO
breakfast on a coasting steamer. Having looked
up the code book he ordered his native servant
to signal back the letters u H d. which signAed
II am coming But the genial Somali, to whom
one thing Is as another reversed the letters, and
the signal read III j. which conveys the in
formation, of Importance in the engine room, MY
stuffing glands out OF order" II was natural
that a man in such state Of congestion was not
expected when he turned up for breakfast. after
all.
CLEAR THROUGH THE CALENDAR.
'Tis winter, and the air is chill
'Tis showing on the distant hill
second more; you smile because
The is shining and it thaws
minute hence disturbs your cas-.
1t changes and begins TO freeze
1t stands an icy mass and then
1t settles down to thaw again.
You've gone. while one short hours passed by
-washington Star.
Some interesting anecdotes and gossip. new and
old, of the law courts given in The English
Illustrated Magazine The writer of the article
Mr. A J. Hughes. present in court when
a juror who opened the ball by saying. This case
my lord, really lies in a nutshell" received the
reply, You crack it then" There have been times
when clever witnesses have got the better of
counsel in a skirmish of words. When the farrier
was asked where he got his knowledge of the
mares age from, he said, From the mares own
mouth. sir Irish lawyers generally endowed
by Dame Nature with quick wits. Among them
ALL perhaps. Curran held the palm for Hghtness
and vivacity- When some told him that no
student should be called to the bar who did not
possess landed estate of his own. he retorted:
How many acres make wiseacre?" But it
was a Scotsman, appropriately enough Lord
Brougham. who, seeing his horses take fright.
yelled to the coachman, Drive into something
cheap
Young man" said the Rev. Goodman. some day
you'll bring your fathers gray hairs in sorrow to
No dangsr,~ replied young Rakely; he hasn't
Ole Standard and lines.
The pains of being dignitary in an ancient
country with tradition of spendor is illustrated
by this anecdote from India. II is related that the
Vicercy's eye lighted one day upon dish at which
he gazed for d moment with incredulity. What Is
this?" he demanded at last. 4 trembling retainer
gasped that it rice pudding No less a person.
age than the NiCeroys consort had ordered the
humble pudding which eminent statesmen may be
eating at their clubs with undisguised enjoy
ment any day of the Parliamentary session. But
the Viceroy frowned. Take it away" he said
Never let me see such thing again. This ia
how the Orient differs from the Occident. Rice
pudding might have ruined the dignity of the Vice
regal table in native opinion.
All Gone.-'Did Johnson's purchase include also
any
goodwill 1t. 1t Il coal dealer that johnson
bought out"-(SyraCuse Herald
The cheapest method OF transportation in the
world is that by Chinese junks that are dragged up
and down their winding rivers by strings sweat
ing men who paid only eight cents a day for
their work. and have TO pay their board out of
that small Next in cheapness to transporta-
ton by junk is transportation by camel train This
method is used in distributing coal Great num-
hers of Mongolian camels. led by a string through
their pierced noses and tied TO the other each
carrying two bags of coal strung across their backs
between the humps. 10 be winding their
way from the coal mines TO the larger cities in
Ncrthern China, and covering with their swinging
steps about twenty miles day.
STILL ANOTHER REMINDER.
Lives of poets all remind us
As journey way.
If want to may grind
Something like this every day.
-tChicago Tribune.
wife concocted biscuit
Her husba nd, too fearful 10 riSCut
Caught IL on his pate
W'Nnn swift from his plate
lie siyly attempted TO whiscuit.
Judge.