New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A reunion or the republican party ana veterans
Of 1855 is to he held in Pittsburg PENN January
% under the auspices OF the National Fremont
Association
New Breed-Dog Fancier-Yes. madam. have
all kinds Of dogs here. Is there any particular
breed you wish?
Old Lady (who reads the papers)-Oh. anything
that's fashionable. Iemme see an ocean grey
hound.-New-Ysrk Weekly.
A. A. Lesueur. Secretary of State OF Missouri.
says: Missouri enjoys the proud distinction of hav
ing the largest available public school fund OF any
State In the American Union This fund is divided
follows: Common school fund. S.l4l .53s u; State
Seminary fund. si.229 26O %; permanent county,
township and district school fund s.92692 80; total
permanent school fund.- sl2 2s3, 4sl 49,
Jones had been quite ILL., One day tho doctor
called and found him in n bathtub
why. man. are you crazy? You must be anxious
"No, | amt" protested poor Jones; but didn't
you say that yolr last medicine was to be taken in
water?"-(Answers.
The handsome special number Of THE Los
Angeles Times" issued New Years Day, is
another evidence OF the prosperity that has come
to that ably conducted journal 1t contains special
articles OF great interest about the industries and
resources Of Los Angeles and Southern California.
In the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS some little boy
kindly give a more modern version OF the saying
that there is rose without a thorn?
Fiddsy-Dey Is no push widout a knocker-tind-
annapolis Journal
The following notice IS published In several Kan
sas country papers: Corn is legal tender. We have
a large amount due on subscription. We will allow
20 cents a bushel for on both old and new sub
scriptions. Bring on your corn" One paper in
Northern Kansas has been forced to build several
cribs q result of this notice.
Bobby doesn't seem happy even with all those
so have noticed What's the matter. Bobby"
IVY. got new ice skates an a sled an dunno
Free Press
THE Key West Equato Democrat" says that
during the last seven weeks twenty-five war cor
respondents have left New York for the insurgent
camp but not one of them has arrived there; yet
some OF them writing letters from the rebel
camp while they incog.' in Key West or hav-
Ing good time. in perfect security on some OF the
adjacent keys" Either THE Equator Democrat"
Is romancng or the correspondents are
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, former premier Of
the Australian colony OF NGtora WAS once made
on a public occasion presented himself to Sir
government Office after a campaign in which there
had been questionable lie electoral practices
Three of them" answered the man with a wink
that was Impossible TO misunderstand-( )
Weekly.
In commenting or Mayor Hoopers new appoint
Of that city says: "As the eye along the list
II is evident there Is not the slightest occasion
70 ask any question about the politics OF these per-
sons When you President Gilman down for
the Twelfth Ward, you don't ask whether he is 4
Democrat or a Republican. any more than you
would ask who Is his tailor or shoemaker. All you
want to know is will he accept? Professor Shehoe.
and Dr. Lillian Welsh. and Mr. Gail and Mr. Hutz-
Ter and the rest OF them were evidently chosen,
strange a II may seem. simply because the Mayor
thought the schools would benefit by having such
men and women In charge of them
General Horace Porter In the January Century"
tells this anecdote OF General Grant: "A drum
corps In passing caught sight OF the General and
at once struck up then popular negro camp meet
ing air. Every one began to laugh, and Rawlns
cried: Good for the drummers. What's the fun?
inquired the General Why. was the reply they
are playing, "An't | glad 10 get out OF de wilder
ness!'' The General smiled at the ready wit OF
the musicians. and said: We'll. with me a musical
Joke always requires explanation. know only two
tunes One Is Yankee Doodle" and the other
isn't" The late George W. Childs In his autobog-
different form. He heard II from Grant some years
the General was accustomed 10 say that the only
tunes he knew were two: "One IL Hall TO the
Chief and the other isn't" General Porters
"reminiscences shows that Grant probably originated
this pleasantly AT an early age. and carried II
through life. adapting II to circumstances as ne
moved from obscuriy - fams.-lspringneld Ne
publican