New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-25
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say good word for his Panama Canal.
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A pair of venerable twins held family re-
cepton In Nashua, N. H., last Monday. IL was thelr
eghtieth birthday they have both been married twice,
both are now widows both in vigorous health and
both upon decade In the cheerful expeca
ton OF living TO tho end Of IT, Among the friends VINO
called to congstuste them was their Drotnsr oanuci
Richie Of Nashua. who is eightytw0 years Ola
A French physician loved neighbor named
Navarro, and a delicate compliment likely TO capt.
vate her fancy and propate her father, he gave 10
queur which he had compounded especially to SUIT inc
taste Of ladies the euphonious Of "Nayarrne Tue
scheme worked admirably. and ere long tho lover Iot
himself an accepted suor, and, moreover growing rieh
from sales OF hs inamoratas sake. But mhhcO's
Journalist got hold Of this romantic love story. and by
t-na'ured comments thereupon largely Teuucea , NY
doctors profits An action for defamation went aSahst
the plaintiff who is likely 10 lose all the dement's OI LIS
Ingenuity, including his prospective wile
At the meeting in Philadelphia on Monday
evening, in the interest OF Hampton Institute, Senator
awey, OF Connecticut, introduced his speech upon the
importance Of the work In progress In Hampton as Iot
lows: "The Indian Is with us-abDut 26l,OOO Of him
he has been with from the beginning, and we haven't
made much of a success OF him. The solution OF the
problem which his presence presents Is one OF the TASKS
which the Almighty has laid upon and 1t Is stu un
solved Unsettled questions have respect for the re-
pose Of mankind We said beautiful things about
equal rights back there when the Declaration Of lndc
pcndence was signed, bat when IL was proposed 10 ap
ply them to the negro many disposed to say We
didn't mean him. And when got the negro question
disposed OF we thought he Almighty would lei us on
but now he Chnaman is bothcring us-hough many OF
us were inclined to say on. Lord didn't mean that
anu always with us is the unsettled problem Ol
the Indian"
For some time Texas has been rejoicing Ill
he possession OF what declared to be the oldest
biscuit in the cOuntrya biscuit which soldier carried
home from the war in his pocket. Twenty years dld
seem toerabe age for any article Of food but 1t Is
never safe to boast OF antiquity until Boston has
been heard from. True to her fame Boston now steps
sningly forward with two biscuits which were
brought to this country in 1880 by Robert Pierce ana
Ann his wife in the good ship Mary and john CAPTAIN
squeb. In 1910 Robert Pierce built the hOuse which one
Of his descendants occupies, and which has never
been owned occupied by any but bis male descend
ants and Is believed to be OF the oldest dwelling
houses in the limits OF Boston lSee Memorial HIS
tory of Boston, vol L. page 43l The bread spoken OF
appears to be made from oatmeal and Is MS dry
aud hard wood that there il why t may
Last $50 years longer II has never been out OF the
house except on two occasions, when M. Everett
delivered his the settlement Of Dorchester IN
1859 Isee Edward Everctts works ill., page 323l. ana
once en- IL was placed in loan collection on Beacon
ST. IN 1876 Il has been carefully guarded with several
articlcs Of furniture, cane. etc. handed down from
father son. but allowed to be taken from the
house, except as above mentioned