New-York tribune., 1900-12-10
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

"a good many typical American hoboes drift
down TO Central America" business man
quoted by '"rhe New-Orleans Times Democrat"
"and one good thing about II IS that they never
get back again. The country seems 20 suit them
up 70 the hilt I have been watching the tramp
travel for several years. and iG has Afforded me
considerable amusement. Some OF them scrape up
enough money 10 pay for deck passage. but most
Of them either stow away go down as roust-
abouts When they land, they generally drift
little distance into the Interior and that settles IT.
In Nicaragua and Costa Rica especially life Is very
easy for an able bodied who has aversion
to working and Is not very particular about his
surroundings. All he has do is to marry a native
woman and settle down in some little banana or
coeoanut grove for the balance OF his days. To my
certain knowledge that is exactly what has been
done by a large number Of Weary Willies from the
United States"
Of rGh can tsks S pSshaE mot Ing %h
% don't 4. sSS o. 3Ss shs
capitalist who died suddenly last week left his safe
inG eS To open aad it. Il looks ~eTy much as i
the dead man took the combination with him
cleveland Plain Dealer.
THE Army and Navy Journal tells this story
about the late DIR. Lewis A Sayre. OF this city:
when a young medical student at the College OF
Physicians and Surgeons In New-York one OF ths
operating physicians was about to cut on an Irish
mans leg. but before beginning the operation gave
Irishman lay the operating table In full posses
sion of his faculties. and he listened 70 the dis
course he grew whittier and whittier. Finally he
Jumped from the operating table crying. Get me
me breeches, be COB: I'll die with me leg on" And
with that he cut OF the room. DR. Sayre found
him several days later with his knee badly swollen
The young doctor promptly cut open the knee, but
saved the leg. One day he had no lint 10 bind the
wound. so he used the tow stufing sticking out
Of an old horsehair sofa. When he called again he
found the wound so much improved that ne rea-
soned that tow, dipped IN Peruvian balsam. would
not only disinfect wound, but would keep II free
| from, nus This was the foundation Of of the
most satisfactory successes he ever had in surgery
| II was the means Of introducing into the Army the
| use of tarred hemp. or oakum, as dressing for
wounds"
rs YOUR son pursuing the usual studiesT' in
9oeyyss 9eyss answered Farmer Corntosse: he's still
pursuin em. an trSm what KIN ne1r Si5aSS5
Star.
A recent number Of The Railway Journal con-
| tains a story Of railway ticket which took
| sudden Journey it's own account
AS the northbound train on the Colorado and
| southern road passed of the stations passen-
| ger in a forward raised window. and in an
instant his tckSt was oloWh from MS hAhus out OA
| doors
| The passenger naturally gave 1t up for lost and
| was very much surprised when the baggagemaster
/ handed II 70 him a little while later.
| II appears that when the ticket few through the
| window a southbound train was passing. The
| ton of that train. which was moving at a rapid
rate drew the ticket along with II. and IL
| passed the rear end Of the northbound train It
/ blew into the door OF the smoking car. There II
was found by the baggagemaste-,
His One Regret-fWhat you grumbling
| about?'s demanded His Satanic Majesty. We've
got lots OF people here quite as good as you. who
are perfectly satisfied -
| "Oh don't mind being here; IT'S very interest
ing place" replied the eminent explorer. but what
jars me Is that can't go back and lecture about
| it."-(Philadelphia Press.
Parson Helton. an oldtime Baptist preacher OF
| Tennessee. had eighteen sons. sixteen OF whom
were in the Union Army and two In the Con-
| federate
When the old minister had reached his eighty
eighth year some who did not know about his
sons views asked him where his sympathies lay
during the
My sympathies with the Union by fourteen
majority" said the old
Last Sunday wamego preacher began a series
% OF hye t, sermoas M which ne has gwen the altera
and Prayer" But still there In no Kansas
preacher who can nail attention did that
Ellsworth pastor yho discoursed from the text,
Have You Seen the ElephantY'-(ha City
Journal --.-s l-,a...