New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-27
TIE talk or THE DAY.

william Wilhelm, OF Philadelphia. a baggage
agent on the Pennsylvania Railroad. now seventy
years old has 1ecn in continuous service on the
road since $50 Five years ago he summed up his
travels and was much surprised to find the total
to be 3I2L532 miles. He has lost about three
months since them but has probably travelled
1900 miles additional, making grand total Of
nearly 3.}poo
william Abraham. Welsh member OF the Eng
list Parliament. who formerly worked i'm the pits
and now is radical miners repreSentotive. was
years ago when the guest Of honor was Adelina
Patti Al tie close Of the performance. Win when
she was much pleased. she requested that Abra-
ham might be introduced to her. Naturally quite
proud Of The honor the musical mincr ana M, NJ; a., -
you sing very we'll" And madam" replied
Abraham. with bow. SO do you"'-CTit-Bits.
MANY of the Western papers" says THE Water
bury American" "and some of the Eastern papers
in their Western correspondence. divide the name
Of the new secretary the President in the mid
die and call him j. Addison Porter. Some Of tn"
former have cracked jokes on the secretary basel
on this supposed evidence Of his dudeism. But Mr.
Porter never parts his name in this way. So far
as we know he has never failed to content himself
with initials; or, when there was a reason for
glvirS the name which also that of his father
it's fun significance. to write It out in full John
Addison Porter"
The total amount Of food needed for repair for
much less than Is generally imagined and 1t inn
presses NJ with the truth OF the great surgeon
Aberncthy's saying. that 'one-fourth Of what we
eat keeps us and the other three-fcurths we Keep
at the peril Of our lives IN winter we purn up me
ton. In summer get rid Of II literally at some
extra risk to health. and OF course to life We can
nos burn IT, our vital forces are banked and we
worry the most important working organs with the
extra exertion Of removing what would better
Science Monthly.
Svdo oII Uho hod
papers in Chicago for many years died the other
day He claimed to be a nephew Of Princess Bis
marck and said that he was at one time lieuten-
ant of the Butcher Hussars, stationed at Stolph.
Pomerana- In 1862 he resigned. and. coming to
America Joined the Union Army. and fought
throughout the War OF the Rebellion. lie served ia
the Regular Army seven years. when he dis
charged as an invalid with the rank of sergeant
In a newspaper interview Harry Cocord, who
gorge at Niagara in 1862 says: 1--WE experienced no
extend sg the ropes But finally we succeeded in se5-
ting them from n man named Porter, on the Amer
ica1 side, and went to work" Fancy how this
must sound TO old residents of Niagara Falls,
Happily. Miss Elizabeth Porter. who paralyzed "A
company In Europe by saying simply, In reply TO
inquiry as to whether she had seen the wonder
full Niagara Falls, ,Oh. yes; we own them" did
American side. "-(Bufralo Commercial.
Tho Yale Alumni Weekly" says that the library
OF tho late Germ archaeologist and phologst.
Ernst Curtus OF Berlin. which was presented to
Yale University last fall by J. NJ Sears. II. of
Boston. Mass. has been received by the librarian
OF the University library. and has been found 10
be In excellent condition. careful examination
shows that 1t - in no way disappointing. and that
II makes the Yale collection OF books on Greek
archaeology probably the best in the country.
AT least there Is one thing that can be said in
favor OF the Turks: they highly religious peo-
pie"
oh any that from the way they
hght."-(Indianapolis Journal
Isaac Il. Allen. the negro. OF Boston, who was
elected member OF the Governors Council
thought he would make "A lot OF money by lectur-
ing How Got There In the towns OF Massa-
chusetts lie began with Havorhif. but as the
box receipts footed up only 50 he refused to speak
poor lrishman one day went to the office OF an
Irish bank and asked for change In gold for four
teen fl Bank OF Ireland notes. The cashier at once
replied that the Cavan Bank only oashed It's own
notes
Then would ye gle me Cavan notes for these?"
asked the countryman I'm his simple way
Certainly, said the cashier. handing the four
teen notes desired.
The Irlshman took the Cavan notes but immedi-
ateiy returned them to the official saying:
Would We gle gold for these sir ?'F And IN.
part with the money.-lAnswers