New-York tribune., 1900-05-30
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

l.. H. Hemenway. alumni secretary OF the Burr
and Burton Seminary. of Manchester. VT. writes
to The Tribune to announce that the sixty-seventh
anniversary of that institution will be celebrated
by general reunion of students on June q. For
mer students who have not received personal COM
munications from Mr.. Hemenway requested to
write to him.
Sorry Her I4ot.-"How awfully dull Eve must
have been in Eden with no clothes to wear"
cise."-(Brooklyn Lite
Chicago girl writes to a friend about her hero
who is soldier in the Philippines. She says: II
got letter from -. He is getting along splendid
He has been assigned to the guardhouse for five
days. Says it is pretty hot place; but then. you
know. he never shrinks from his duty Ma ard
are naturally proud to hear of his promotion"
Mutual Observation-Disclosures say the filter agent
threw magnfed pictures of microbes a screen?
Penn-Yes. and 1t made cold chills pass
Penn-Why another agent came around and sold
me box of quinine pils.-(Chicago News.
funeral on the instalrnent plan is one of the
latest luxuries offered citizens of Chicago policy
will cost just $50 and will secure a SO funeral
whenever any OF the family endowed re-
quires post-morteun offices. The policy will be
made out with the names of the entire family OF
which a member is the purchaser, and any
of the appointed may enjoy the pleasure of policy
funeral
Crazy to Expect It.--Harduppe-s old fellow.
Riggs-A hundred what?
Harduppe-A hundred dollars. /
Riggs-oh, stop your Joking.
serious in my life. I'm broke,
cracSed.-(Catholic Standard and Times.
F. NJ. Spawn. nineteen years old. school
teacher of Alto Pass. ILL.,. has exploded all physo
logical theories regarding the capacity of the
human stomach by eating and drinking in one
evening in addition to his regular supper, one can
Of tomatoes, Of peas. of sardnes
seven glasses CT soda water and two quart bottles
Of temperance drinks. This is only Of many
like achievements by which he has astonished his
acquaintances.
n:p The six a Smith brGthers Of St Mary all hale and
photographer named Smith, did the work. Their
seven years of age, A 4. Smith seventy-fve. a. J.
Smith seventy-two. H. b Smith sixty-eight D NJ.
cnnau Enquirer.
Agricultural Museum of the University OF Illinois
brought to light the old yoke made by Abraham
Lincoln. and presented to the University in the
early seventies. BY order of President Draper
the yoke inclosed in glass topped case. made
of boards from the old Lincoln home at Spring
field.
1t is known that the gift was presented to the
Board of Trustees between 1910 and 1872. but all
knowledge of the donor. save that he men,
Der of the body. has been lost. Along with him
has gone the certificate vouching for the authen-
ITCHY of the gift, and the letter containing
count of it's manufacture
Professor T. ]. Burrill, who vas a member of
the Board which received the relic says the yoke
was made by Lincoln when he a farm near
Decatur For several years it was in service about
the Lincoln homestead. Finally it passed into the
hands of member OF the Board of Trustees Of the
university and he presented it to the institution
The new rsI reporter was covering his first assign
where things are generally quiet. He hadn't un-
earthed ear: any crime. and when he came to the sta
about given up hope. Anything going on?' he
carefully over the slate and shook his head. T As
the new reporter reached the door he was called
got shot to-day" The newspaper man pulled out
his notebook. Did. eh?'' he exclaimed. Where
ave, said the sergeant .'Kiiled?'' NO; he wasn't
Coming his way after all lace How did hf Il hapeen
he asked Well" said the sergeant. ''as near as
this stoTe ~Sch St he
drfted out into the Philadelphia Record
The University of Chicago has received a curious
old document. which is relic of the early his
tory OF Tennessee. P B. Mayheld a lawyer of
Cleveland, Tenn, was asked recently to look over
some old papers of Thomas H. Galloway OF that
place, and IN his search found document signed
by Galloway and John Howard Payne the writer
or Home, Sweet Home" The paper signed
in 1Si2 and the witness Samuel Colt the in
ventor of the famous Colts revolver
The document shows that Payne. who was at
that time American Consul to Tunis was to re-
ceive one-ffth OF the profits made off certain
parcel OF land which he sell In England
Germany and other European countries. The land
was the Ocee land district. which ceded to the
United States by the Cherokee Indians in 1885, and
In turn given to the State of Tennessee by the
Government. The State OF Tennessee gave out
the land in grants. and Galloway received the
major portion of it for services rendered.
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