New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An Oklahoma City man says: Fifty thousand
visitors will attend the second annual reunion of
Roosevelt's Rough Riders in Oklahoma City in
July. There will be politics in tho gathering.
The reunion however will serve to advertise the
city The 10Th Kansas, General Funstons old regi-
ment. will be strong drawing card General Joe
Wheeler has also promised to attend An elab-
crate programme has been arranged There VIII be
a reproduction of the charge on San Juan Hill.
There will be other features of as much interest.
We expect a great crowd from the East. feel
safe in saying that there has never been such an
array of good things will be served out at this
reunion.
The famous "Thad" stevens had a colored ser
want in Washington named Matilda who one Morn
have you broken now y9u oe black Gi9t
'Taint de nI Foth Commandment. Dress de Lawd"
-(San Francisco Argonaut.
The head of the Methodist Book Concern in Chi
cago and the janitor of the Book Concern Building
are delegates to the Methodist General Conference
I'D give five years of my life to get out of this
scrape." said the prisoner at the bar
IN let you out with three" said the Judge as
he passed sentence.-(Green Bag
A correspondent of The Boston Transcript tells
of a town IN Maine. having a population of two
thousand in which there fourteen churches, each
organization having a meeting house and all but
OF them supporting 70 regular services. These
churches, on the average raise little more than
$500 a year for the preacher. and gets more
than $780, and but two approach that figure. There
are six denominations. and three of these have
three churches each in town He tells of another
town, in Nebraska, with less than three thousand
inhabitants, that has thirteen churches. each with
q settled minister. and one of those churches
ceved $3.50 year for several years in missionary
aid from funds raised mostly in the city churches
IN the East
writer-But you promised me regular rates
There were over three thousand words In that
Publisher-Yes. know; but there were so many
word and" for instance. occurring in the first
page no less than seventy-five times-(Boston
Transcript.
Some temperance people Of Boston consider
ing the feasibility OF establishing n hospital in
Boston in which no alcoholic medicines shall be
used. They say that the Temperance Hospital of
London established in 1873. and the Temperance
Hospital of Chicago established in 1884, have been
successful in their treatment Of patients and their
death rate Is lower than that OF the ordinary hos
pitals
Mike, II amt doin' nothn' at present / am SIM
~ WAITING for WHAT"
Fur desc trusts to realize de I peril der wealth Is
dey'n go lookin' around fur some one to dump de
hams an not charge we a cent "-(Washington
An enterpriSlng Phlladelphla restaurant proprie-
tor hung out large blackboard sign the other
day with the following announcement: you can't
beat our 10 cent dinners" This sign proved to be
a good drawing card until young man OF humor-
Gus turn OF mind came along The latter, seeing
the sign, stopped and after scrutinizng It closely
smiled one of those smiles which bode no one any
good. He waited until of the employees were
watching. and, taking out his handkerchief, he
erased the letter - from the word beat The
transformation was complete and II until
crowd had collected that the proprietor OF the
restaurant discovered why there larger
crowd outside than inside.
Occasion for Comment.-"why do you consider
him such a remarkable man?"
He has been in politics good many years and
hasn't yet been mentioned for Vice-President."-
Chicago Post.
Two years ago Louis Patnaud resigned his place
as assistant postmaster of Everett, Wash. TO try
his fortune In the Klondke. Three Of his friends
made up $500 as a "grubstake'' for him. No word
came from the recipient until he returned to Ev-
erett a week ago. when he divided sll 900 among
the three friends who had helped him.
There's been quite change in old Backbiss,
hasn't there7
How so?"
HE has taken to riding wheel"
Il can't that that's any change. He'll stu
continue to run down his neighbors -(Philadelphia
Record