New-York tribune., 1908-01-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Now. my children, what is an absolute necessity
Boy-A famiiy.-Harper's weekly.
Abdul IIauid. the Sultan of Turkey. who has an
official income of about 100000 year. has long
been depositng his savings with the Bank OF
France The same institution is likewise honored
with the patronage OF King George of Greece ana
King Leopold. The Gar has preferred TO keep MS
ready cash In tho vaults of the Bank of England
where 1t is said, he has at his command sl6,"O.o"
in Russian gold. The gold deposited by these mon
archs unlike other funds which come into the
hanks never goes out again into circulation unless
it be by express command Of the royal deposl'or. 1t
is locked up like much coal or powder penang
the day that it may be useful
IT thought you said this going to be a hard
well" answered the professional prophet. it
is-hard to guess '-Washington Star
Consul Gracey writes from Tsingtau that 1t is
reported that, according to the wishes or Viceroy
Chang Chitung. college Of medicine Is about 10
be opened at the Chinese capital Preliminary
plans include the following measures: "As the
school is to afford the highest medical training for
Tho Young men of the entire empire. it shall not
employ men its faculty who do not come Win
the highest possible recommendations. In accord
ance with Chinese ideas the course Is to be DIVIDED
into three years of old Chinese medical practice
and six wears OF modern Western training. AT the
end of these nine years there Is to be thorough
examination and then three more years Of study
and trial practice shall be demanded before the
students shall be qualified doctors. This exam'na-
ton must also be passed by people who are now
practising on certificates from existing medical
schools No one who does not hold a literary rank
0, a fixed grade (Chu yen) shall be allowed to take
these examinations regardless of where he
studied"
Teacher-If 1 cut an apple into sixteen parts,
what will each part be?
Little Annie Rooney-Teacher. pefllin!-Puck.
The ..Neue Freie Presse" Cvienna) correspondent
e+ innsbruck writes: "A crime with funny end
was perpetrated near this place few days ago.
A nostal officer who was out shooting at Zirl lost
a case containing two valuable guns He suspect
ed A young cutters assistant who acted as driver
The mans home in Mittenwad, the Ba
varan line searched. the guns were found
there and the was arrested, tried and found
e1,iltv After all this the Austrian official asked
to have his guns returned but was told that this
could not be done. The thief had smuggled them
across the line and having been taken they be-
came the property of the government The postal
officer Is suing for the return of his property,
but has been told that even II he should recover
them he would have TO pay high tax TO thu
Austrian customs authorities to get them across
the border. Both ways he loses and the poor
Observation-Disclosures man who appro-
prated theni-is in Jail.
rs Foliansbee a good lawyer"
He must be He was in the Legislature three
terms and helped TO pass more .nan egnty laws
that the courts have declared UNCONSTITUTIONAL -
Chicago Record Herald
A New York business man obtained a position
for his son in a large commercial concern at a
nominal salary. He wanted the boy to become ac-
ouainted with routine office work and to learn self
reliance few days ago, after three weeks OF
work which the boy said he liked first rate" he
was told that he discharged, the reason given
to the father in a note which was carried home
was HE has well developed case OF 'what5
When he has been cured send him back, for we
like him." In further explanation to the father the
merchant said that the boy had the exasperating
habit of asking "whatT' whenever anything was
asked OF him This not because the boys
hearing was defective, but because he was slave
to "a habit which a tax on patience, and pre-
cIuded prompt attention orders. This is durable
In a bow ] know, and I sure that when you
inform me that q cure has been effected and
ask YOU TO send John back here he will not say
'what?' "
Iiicks-What makes old Colonel Bourbon, of Ken
tucky. act so peculiarly since Christmas?
Wicks-Oh, the flask that his cousin from Massa-
chusettS sent him for present was only pint siZa
-SomerYille Journal.