New-York tribune., 1899-05-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

John E. Ingoldsby Of the Utah battery. In the
Philippines in letter his mother thus describes
his escape from the hospital In order to go TO the
front and fight:
when sneaked out Of the hospital. l wasn't
missed for long time In fact. until just the other
day and when they did find 1t out they raised the
dickens with me. They fined me $l2. because they
lost that much by my not drawing my ratons' ana
the captain said he sorry 10 say that wouid
get no credit my discharge for lighting oattles
when I was supposed to be In the hospital he SAID
he'd try TO fix It up so would get the credit but 1t
was doubtful II he could He said that II had
leg shot off could never have q pension. He IS
a good man. but the doctor
However. am still fighting. and am glad OF H.
for it had stayed In that hospital when the rest
OF the boys were enjoying themselves would surely
have died II that didn't kill me- the doctor would
There was another fellow did the same thing l
did and he got the same fine. He was great deal
sicker than l. and soon as we got away IRON,
the doctor and his dope We got well in no time
II has been proposed to turn the Montezuma
Hotel at Las Vegas Hot Springs Into sanitarlum
orn t0r aro he Phppines and those that
scattered among the hospitals throughout tne cou
the miasma Of Cuba. There is no better cure for
malaria than the cool, dry air OF New Mexico, ana
tho properties Of the hot springs at Las vegas are
specific for all maara pSisOns and for
sm nT two In bandaes 5hs o ree hundred
a little alteration they might be cohsldeaatpdd ntdd e 70
larp Government
turn the abandoned barracks at Fort stanton on
tSe santa Fe i!na. about one hundred miles south
OF ,niS s'' but It is long from the
railroad and inconvenient to reach Inc oMfroad Mrcd
and scheme IS now on foot to equip 1t with cleo
trc-cars-(Chicago Record
Frederick schlehuber. of Chicago has hled an
applIcation In the Circuit Court. asking that ne e
granted permission TO change his name 10 rreu-
erick Schley No cause was assignee III the pe
Af me-
favorite theory advanced was that the victories y.
Admiral schley had so affected the Imagination OF
the petitioner that he sought TO adopt the name ol
the illustrious sailor.
Tho original OF the character OF David Harum;
in the novel OF the same name has been dentiheai
Homer % and a noted character in Central New,
York. He prominent In business ana soT,a nsa Of
the passages in the book. A correspondent writ
Ing from Binghamton relates many amusing stores
about him one OF which runs as follows II was
David Hannum that exploited the famous Cardiff
giant rst he owned the curosy In parnen HS
but he soon bought Hull out. and II was ne i tnai
did most Of the show business %n hscss sne Known
it was while he was travelling around the country
shewng he a 'ns WAS c%tH' We @ One day dapper
young man entered a PASSENGER car OF the Deia a.
We'll niied but there was one seat occupied by
short thlckset. rather uncouth man, VINO managed
to spread himself over nearly the whole seat Co
Ing up to him the young man ordered him to sit
along and give the newcomey part of the seat.
Something in the manner In Which the order was
given did not suit the older man. and he refused
to ssir sss here do YOU know who am? inquired the
young man irrltated at the Others obstlnacy.
My name Is Sloan. and my father Is president OF
See here. young man, do you know who ann
who did not stir an inch he spoke. MY name Is
Dave Hannum. and I'm the father OF the Cardiff
giant "-(Troy Times
San Francisco newspaper man tells this story
about one Of PATHS visits to that city: THE diva
stepped from the train. and. after inhang a lung
ful OF fog remarked: Oh this is heaven! All
my troubles are paid fort Thank heaven. l
breathe the air OF San Francisco once aganr
This was all very sweet In the high-prlced canary
bird and the newspaper boys were all delighted.
However, II only n short time before went
down to the train TO meet Patti at Salt Lake
City. She was descending from her car. and
her feet touched the ground she exclaimed:
Thank heaven | breathe the air Of Salt Lake
City once more All my troubles are paid for!
oh. this is heavenr The newspaper boys all
delighted with her As for myself. both OF
these occasions / was delighted aso-wth the
diva's lovely hypocrisy that accursed sin which
the poet tells us takes the best In.
thought Patti much OF an actress. but changed
my mind in this respect after witnessing these two
exhibitions"
Young @ makes y0I naughty SO
fasSer Why yoa sse gives me penny
every time | promise to be good" replied the
youngster. "and she never asks TO promise 10
be good until have been naughty."-(Chicago Post
In some parts OF Italy bleeding Is stil considered
a sovereign for all kinds OF sickness A story
is told OF mother who protested against the bleed
ing of her sick child The doctor assured her that
more application OF the cups would insure re-
covery. but when he came the next morning he
found the child dead. Madam" said the doctor
'be comforted by knowing that your child died
cured"
Isn't McCorkle awfully thin since his RETURN
Yes. DO you know what they call his valet at
the cub?
mo"
They call him the valet Of the shadow."-(Clevs-
Land Plain Dealer