New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The study OF Latin is 10 be an elective In -
the grammar schools OF Chicago.
An Important Distnctlon.-"I>ook here" said ne
managing editor of New-York paper TINS story"
utterly without foundation VINO wrors seK ago" r..
"A man that We TOOK on apou' d WV" "0O'
p' well I'd speak to him about It, II he dit
accident discharge him. II II Is an ih.er' S '
live him extra pay for n."-(Washngton star
.IIarper's Round Table" gives some extracts from
examination papers recently handed In at Con-
necticut public school: % From what animals w
we get milk? From the camel and the miiKman W
The hen Is covered with feathers. win "ha' u INC
cat covered? The cat IS covered with heas ~ Na'n'
an animal that has four legs and long tan =
MOSQUITO. "a Name two kinds Of nuts. Peanuts ans
for-get-me-nuts.
What Led Up TO the Fight.-Grinnen-You wo ,as'
hardly believe It. but since began taking sw Inn
ming bath at the natatorlum once a Gay nave ~.
BARRETT can easily believe it, You use SOAP
Chicago Tribune.
THE Philadelphia Record" quotes Roxoorouss
man as saying that the outlying portions OF rum
delphia are reverting to condition OF WHO ha'ue
The vacant lots are overgrown win RANK w.
while the streets are covered With tall grass al
fordlng an excellent hiding place FOR game Oh :"
description. on Wednesday night, while tro"ey.
car was bowling down Lyceum-ave.. House sersean.
Lewis Dunlap Of the Manayunk police station spec
an opossum racing down the avenue aiohssue '.'
car Two men who were standing on the platform
gave chase capturing The animal as he was ehm"
Ing a tree In John Schohed's front yard.
And She Believed Hlm.-shexI don't see WY YOU YOU
w keep n on psy'ns pretty 70 fy"t for ' Ave
Hell know they are just as pretty, pvt ,nose id,'t
buy soured fruit just because It cheaper. would
you?-tlndanapolis Journal
THE Chicago News' says that 100 years ase
Dartmouth College consisted OF wooden ou'u'As
100 feet long 80 feet wide and 50 feet hyh rhs-
llsh grammar and arithmetic were text ooone ~
the sophomore year. Princeton the greatest F'e.
by,eran college was huge stone edihee' ~
faculty consisting OF a president, vce-pres'oe"s
"ne professor two masters OF languages as
seventy students Harvard University had 'ouI
brick buildings: the faculty consisted OF Pr'''
dent and six professors. and In us hal's tnro"e
one hundred and thirty TO one hundred ana S'Ay
students Yale boosted OF one brick building snS
a chapel with steepe Us feet hisn'
faculty was a president, a professor OF di'h'v
and three tutors. The greatest Episcopal co'es.
in the United States was William and MaryN
was under royal and State patronage ana VI.
therefore more substantially favored than "'.
OF our American schools. At this time u
In q curious old State report the college w~
building OF three stories. like brick kiih'
had thirty gentlemen students. The s'uue
lodged In dormitores. ate at the commons
diet. Breakfast, a small can OF coffee p''.":
about an ounce OF butter Dinner one pounu :.
meat two potatoes and some vegetables our"'
bread and milk The only unlimited supply ~
nished was cider. which was passed IN
from mouth TO mouth. The days were spoAe" -
as boil day. roast day. stew day. etc
The case of Mr.. Stokes. the Erg.ishman VINO 80
hanged In Congo by the order OF the be1sian
tain Lothaire as guilty OF furnishing a'' %o,s "a
sla We traders and the native enemies OF tne 800 49,
State Ia discussed with great warmth IN tne cs.
pa pers of BEGUN. The most important anu ,ie
widely known OF them. the Independence pe'svh ~.
deals fairly with the question. ana pubhsnss -"
English version Of the cad occurrence IN oIaei,
IL SAYS ITO prove TO the British that the ne's 80
press Is loyal enough 10 let both sides OF tne 80
froyersy be heard and to accept all tesumo.nw
capable OF leading to the discovery OF exact tu'"
Tho Brussels paper publishes the dec;aratohs IA
Mr. Sherratt the brother-inaw OF stokes.
GAYS that his relative was not the man 20 vo" s
the laws Of the Congo State and OF human -
science He adds that Stokes intended 70 re. ..s
soon to Europe but that he delayed his depar.usSS
because one OF his caravans had been paged x "a
robbed OF merchandise to :he amount OF 100
francs. The robbers were probably tnose ns
Arabs Of Kinobage's camp. whose friend ana p" uA
veyor he was accused OF being The arms i sha,r
in their possession. instead OF having been 800 ,
by Stokes. the contrary. had been stoien lis
his pillaGed caravan. according to his o1o'n"
law. Mr. Shesratt