New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
YHE TALK or THE DAY.

Josef Baicr. "A glass cutter, Of Munich,
after many years Of patient toll, has sue
ceeded In putting together timeplece
whose every wheel and screw. with the
frame and each OF the three covers. Is made
OF glass No other material has been used
In It's construction. except for the springs.
which are Of the ordinary make. AS a
timekeeper, Baiers masterpiece Is said 10
be absolutely accurate. Its dimensions arc
% by Slk inches.
Il wouldn't want To teach school these
days / watched school teacher one day
not so long ago. She showed one class
how 10 whistle then she did some rapid
fire crayon work, modelled In clay and
played on the violin"
well, what about TT"
Seems TO me that a girl with all those
accomplishments could do better In vaude-
ville."-Louisville Courler-Journal.
PURIFYING THE SENATE.
III costs 50 TO battle n Senstor.-Senator John
Sharp williams. OF Mississippi
II isn't a question OF how much II costs
To properly battle a Scion
on the Senate side Of the Capitol
That the Senate should take a poll oil,
But, rather. when one considers tho case
With every detail which precede5 II.
As far as the public may come TO know,
It's a question OF how much he needs IT,
w. J. HAMPTON.
New Yorker tat country hoteD-Any body
here that plays poker?
Clerk-Plenty OF EMF you don't mind
lending EN- dollar or two to start with
Life.
It's an Ill wind that blows nobody good"
A Skowhegan correspondent OF THE Lewis-
ton Journal reports that the BARRIERS
about town are the latest benefciaries of
the new direct primary law. No would-be
statesman. according to current reports,
now thinks OF shaving himself, while the
demand for shampoos, messages, hair
trimmings and other tonsorial accessories
has increased wonderfully. II is even
claimed that one candidate while making
n vigorous canvass Of the electorate last
Saturday ran the BARRIERS entire gamut by
easy steps, taken one at each shop, and in
order to complete the round got shaved
second time. The barber was wise to the
situation all right. but went through all
the motions and pocketed the 10 cents extra
tip without cracking a smile. The real
joke materialized when the barber informed
uHNonltn CUSTOMER tndI nc ndu
rolled with the opposite party from that
OF the candidate"
Salvation Army officer was taking up
collection In the street. One man was
heard 10 say. as he dropped in dino.
Here's 10 cents for the grafters.
You don't believe there's any graft IN
the Salvation Army" quickly rejoined the
woman.
How do you know the man asked her.
Because YOU would be In the army your
self II you did, was the sharp reply. And
the man had the grace-and the humor-to
laugh.-Youth's Companion,
A letter from Prague In a Vienna paper
says that Tolstoy's The Light Shines in
the Darkness" will not be seen in that city
or anywhere in the empire because OF the
action OF the board OF censors The army
is spoken OF IN disrespectfuI manner. and
this. together with scene In which the
hero is shown going through the grewsomo
forms of admission into an insane asylum
caused the censors 10 decide against the
play" The letter adds: The book has
been given over TO q translator. who IS pre-