New-York tribune., 1891-12-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY

Some person with passion for facts. no ma,ts,
what sort, recently asked american Notes ara
Queries, what diseases the American Presidents ded
Of and this was the answer: Washington's fatal
illness was due to cold caught while riding about
his farm in a sleet storm. John Adams's complaint
was old age that of Jefferson, chronic darrhoea dus
IN excessive drinking OF the waters Of White suphn,
snnnes Va: Madison and Monroe, old age; John
Quincy Adams, paralysis; Andrew Jackson. conmmp
ton and dropsy; Van Buren. asthma and cstarrh:
william Henry Harrison, pleurisy, the result Of cola
caught Mt his inauguration; Tyler. unknown; Polk
cholera; Taylor. cholera morbus. caused By the ex.
cessve drinking of ice-water followed by the imih.
crate eating OF cherries Fillmore, paralysis Pierce
dropsy, and Buchanan, rheumatic gout. The remain.
ing diseases are fresh in mind, Andrew Johnson's
having been due TO paralysis. IL Is noticeable tAs
colds and bronchial affections played large par,
efectually refutlng the fallacy that Noniy cod'
a matter Of triAing concern.
Inquistus-Father, do notes have whisksni
InonistIsLThen why did you tell mother abou,
as this Boston properl' asked benishted View.
Yorker who was wandering about the other day b
the outskirts OF Boston my dear sir. all Boston Il
uroper., was the severely digniHed reply of the oA
Athenian whom he accosted.
A clergyman, not long since, observed horss
,och1g osng upon him broken winded horse for sound
one. Tho parson, taking the gentleman aside. toA
Ths @ Gentleman &c declined the purchase and the Jockey
quite neitled, observed: ,... ror r,..., A.
TO see you privately interfere In bargains between
man and man in this way
you ought to have been last Sunday, you might have
AeatWW q Wbere ,.n was thatas inquired the jockey.
In the State prison." returned the cergyman-AN
gonaut
After all It seems that the National Republican Con.
vention will not be held west of the Mississippi foa
the hall in which it is TO be held is on the east bank
Of that river.
centIeman,s servant called at the doctors.
"Please, sir, will you come at once TO my master
b,s Clothes on and hurried of to see his patient
aWhat is the matterr he inquired ,r,. .,.
want a fourth man here to take hand at rub.
ber'-(Concordia.
T. ,s said that Senator Plumb subscribed 10 every
newspaper IN Kansas, and there are about 500 d
them, and that he devoted about two hours every
forenoon to reading them. lie was once quoted "a
saying
,he leaders. the makers OF public sentiment. They
are are nearer TO the people than any oher papers.
Ihr edos HlR seS wt e 'f TeR oah q their aq readers
my private letters from all parts OF the state ana
tSe peopIe Of Kansas are thinking and talking about
feel the pulse Of the people aRa ,a aEs s4.eeDss es
temperature | AMI amazed 700, at ule e1cehencs
of our county papers. Tile majority Of them arc
carefully. atly edited. They nor only print the new.
OF the neghborhoOd, but have opinions which hnd
II worth my while to read and renect upon. gs
no better return for any Of the money which !
spend than for that which pay out for the local
newspapers Of my Stae.
Lord Randolph Churchill IS writing letters about his
hunting trip in Africa for big newspaper syndicate
and IL lust makes the readers OF "The Cahoou
Parayzer, feel too big for anything when they SEQ
IL announced that Lord Randy is engaged as " tho
special correspondent OF The Paralyzer"
He-Thou art gem for which would vain be the
setting! 49,
He-No, but my fathers fortune Is .
She-You may set me.-Dcweler's Circular
The suggestion CT our ncighbor The sum- that the
name OF this. town lie changed to "NorA' Goes nos
seem TO have met with that enthusiastic recepuon
that is usually accorded to its suggestions We fe@
Nork, Is not I'm It. so far NewI0rk Is eoneerneds
and we doubt II even our luminous contempon0
would be willing to appear - The Nork SUM- AM
then tlank of an orator at great crisis In tho
Nations life getting up and telling us TO remember
that we are "Norkers," and to act accordingly
Why, we would get a bigger roasting than We now
give TO the citizens OF Oshkosh or Kalamazoo.
Trials OF Suburban Lifc-Mrs. sSuburb-oh. nv dear,
that magnificent watchdog you brought nome yes'cr
Mr. Subnrb-Ehl Did he break the clalnl
NO but an ugly looking tramp came around ana
acted terribly that let the dog loose buy nsied
of tearing the tramp TO pieces, hc went on with Mn
boSsse SEs' h% dnaIs Sio ' WeeEy Y '