New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A German newspaper recently published an ac-
count Of London dog show and mentioned the
prices at which Of the prize specimens were
held by their owners. Lady Hollands little Jap
anese spaniel" said the correspondent could not
he purchased for 10000 marks. and no one could
put a price on Queen Alexandra's prize greyhound
There are IN fact, hundreds Of animals on view
any OF which Is worth a fortune" few days
after the article was published a peasant went to
the newspaper Office with "A large shaggy mongrel
and asked 10 see the man who wrote about the
dogs. He is in England the man was told
We'll" he said. possibly you tell me what
this animal is worth. My wife to keep
him. hut II dogs are valuable I am willing to
part with Hans" The publisher smiled and told
the man that his dog not Of the valuable kind
Not? Not valuable Two years ago. when my
wife and | were both in the fields hired
woman loft the children alone. and while she
gone the house took fire. This dog ran in and
carried down the little and chased the others
out. He saved them all. and YOU say he's not
valua bic What has the 9oOo0-mark dog done"
Probably nothing was the answer. but he is
perfectly bred and beautiful Now understand
said the peasant: great family and fine clothes
just like mobiles. Come Hans,''
Yes she keeps all her money in of her
Then she hasn't saved much"
she's Boston girl isn't she?'-CleveIand Plain
Dealer.
A Smyrna journal publishes an article concerning
a plan irrigate the plain of Konia in Asia Minor
of which the following. from United States Consul
Harris. is a translation I'm part
For some time a scheme has been under CON
sderation for reclaiming the plain of Konia. and
there a reasonable prospect that the
work will he carried into execution. The irrigatng
water will be supplied by the lake of Bey-Chehir.
which is situated hundred miles west of the
city Of konia. Two small streams. Bey-t ,hehir-
Souyou and TcharChamha- -SOuyou. which carry off
the overflow of the Iak". will he canalized for a
distance of ninety miles. canal OF nineteen
miles will be built around the low and marshy dis
trict of Karaviran, known under tho name of
Sogla-Gheul. Another canal of twelve miles will
unite the above mentioned rivers at the narrow
gorge Of Vakova Several dams three large res
ervoirs. aqueduct. well as countless small
canals will have be constructed for the distrbu
ton OF the irrigatng waters Ii is calculated that
l@2oO of soil will thus be opened to cuItva-
ton. When comparing this area with other we'll
watered regions Of the empire. 1t has been esti-
mated that the grain producing soil thus reclaimed
will increase the output by twenty thousand car
loads
southernerAft all, the Civil War was fought
over a very small matter
Nprthern-HoW'S that II involved the Union
,outhcrncr-No Just a little matter of spelling.
the United States of America or the United states
Of America.-I-iplincotts
News comes that another European capital. tbis
time Berlin. is about be converted to the Ameri
can ShyScldpeI- over theIe lhe name for il is
''cloudscratcher. For years il has been held an
abomination in the eyes of German architects
partly, perhaps. because 1t is distinctly American
creation. Now, dissenter appears among their
own leading lights. Herr Franz Jaffe royal archi-
tectural councillor to this country TO invest,-
gate building methods. On his return he made an
eloquent defence of "coudscratchers and aIread,
ms Views have dspelled many OF the objections
Herr Jaffe told how twenty-story building OF the
steel and hollow tile type. is built In ten months
by Americans, while in Germany 1t takes lust as
long to of six stories. Proof of the in
dest-uctibnity OF the high buildings will tend TO
encourage Berlin 10 initiate New York in elevating
rs skyua
Did she marry her husband To reform h m
4 guess so. and she reformed him. all right
Why. he drinks like a fish,"
Il know IL, but he didn't use to before she mar
ried him. Houston Post.