THINGS HE DIDN'T KNOW.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 27, 2 April 1907, Page 6

THINGS HE DIDN'T KNOW.

How the Countryman Interviewed - the Smart Young City Chap—c «tiU a Little He Could Learn i It was a tiny village up the state, and among the people gathered around the stove in the ''hotel" office for the regular evening session was one young fellow, a visitor from the city, whose, clothes were so correct as to be almost beyond the point of good taste, and who showed by his conversation that there was nothing in city life he didn't know all about, says the Philadelphia Record. The young fellow talked a long monologue loaded with sophistication, and showing every now and then a covert sneer for the ignorance and awkwardness of the country-bred person. But he was listened to with much politeness, and even interest, until he seemed to have talked himself out. When he paused at last a little dried-up fellow, with sufficient wrinkles in his face to suggest the map of the theater of war between Russia and Japan, said: "Wall, stranger, that's all right about the city, but how many teeth has a cow?" "I can't say," said the city youth, looking around to see if ho was being "guyed." "Huh! Well, why is the front wheels of a wagon smaller than the hind ones?" i "I give that up, too." "How long does it take a hog to hatoh out its young?" I "Hatch? I never knew.'' ! "Whioh end ot a horse gets up first?" , > i "I—l never saw it Happen." ' By this time the spectators of the cross-examination had drawn olose with interest. "Wall," said the man of wrinkles, "I suppose it's all right for you to run around the city, 'cause* there the police can take keer of yer, but before yer come to the country agin yer wanter git some one thet'a got the time to teach yer, so'a yer can learn a thing or two." American Cash That Goes Abroad. That Americans contribute in no inconsiderable degree to the material prosperity of Europe is evidenced by the number of tourists from this country that annually cross the Atlantic. The Statistical Abstract of the United States for 1903 casts some interesting light on this matter. According to the Statistical Abstract 188,211 cabin passengers were oarried away from United States ports during 1008. The showing is impressive, however, as giving a slight idea of the amount of 'American money that annually flndß its way into European coffers. While the expenditures are aa varied as the number of tourists, a conservative estimate places the average sum for each at f7OO. This being the case, it will be seen that upward of ftlOO,000,000 is thus spent annually by 'Amerioans.—Detroit Free Press. f"" ~') The Jfaok Tai\ ! firown, broad-s hould ere d, round-faced, merry fellows, the 'Japanese seamen, though squat and short in stature, are decidedly a pleasant-looking and intelligent lot. Dressed navy fashion, silk neckerchief and all complete, When on shore leave they are usually under the charge of a petty officer, who is held responsible for their behavior and due return to the ship. Respectful, polite, and sober, they are popular .with everyone in the place. And never does one hear of their overstaying their leave and being taken aboard by the police—a not Infrequent occurrence when the uhips of other powera are in port. —Detroit Free Prosa. Poea for Nearly a Century. Kver since the fall of Napoleon momentous rivalry between England and Russia has grown. Whether right or wrong in her policy, England has never failed in a crisis to attack Russian interests. It was so in the group of questions affecting Turkey and Russia's desire to reach the sea by way of Constantinople.. And now that the Slav has finally reached the Pacific where ice doe's not seal up his commercial and naval outlet several months of the year, he confronts the same foe. Wherever he turns, he meets England—in Turkey, in China, in Thibet, in Persia, everywhere—Springfield (M|si.) Republican, lt

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