New-York tribune., 1901-10-11
THE TALK OF THE D4T.

The discovery OF the remains Of nine American
soldiers on the battlefield OF Lundy's Lane. Canada.
has furnished opportunity for pleasant act of
courtesy toward the United States on the part OF
the Dominion of Canada The remains are TO be
relnterred by the side of Captain Hull another
American killed In this battle. According to
official report 10 the State Department. made by
Consul Brush. at Niagara Falls the ceremony will
occur tomorrow. and the Lundys Lane Historical
Society OF Canada. the Niagara Falls Historical
Society the 44th Battalion of Canada and m
pany of the 14th United States Infantry will take
part in the exercises.
Marcus a. Hanna; of Ohio. and Marcus A
ing Ing Each had heard Of the other and they had
a most enjoyable chat The Maine namesake & of
Portland Advertiser. and a member of the South
Portland city government-tKennebec (MeD
Journal.
No fewer than 1,1OO pears have been gathered
from Jargonee pear tree in the garden of Borth-
wick Manse. Gorebridge, England The tree was
planted forty-eiSht years ago and has been pruned
and tended for forty-one years by the Rev Walter
Waddell who has been the incumbent of the parish
during that period. 1t is trained against wes,
wall The present crop is the largest it has ever
borne The average weight of the pears is three
the pound.
The first time ever saw President Roosevelt"
was civil sesvce commssioneT MAS MAS @nfR saGFRbs me-
an o Mr oacSns Sas ys9
Civil Service question When / reached the gentle
soon Mr Roosevelt walked in He came 1oG to e pre1 an
gave me warm handshake. and went right 10
my young friend you represent the paper you do
The editor of your paper is an infamous scouGdrei
he, ne Is but ! know You can't help it, All heaven
he Is BE good enough to tell him / said this
Know and III % he he best e me c%n Mha5 bv 9g wish 70
then. after delivering himself his private opinion
wished the word he said id to o. me ss w ss't5 to
-CTroy Press. - '-
The following incident is reported from one Of The
public schools In the poorer section of Boston:
Say. teacher. here's tuberose / brought Won
said a smudged face youngster the other day.
And beamng her thanks she asked him where
ne got 1t.
'Oh. say dat easy" he replied IT po- II
Off dead lady"
How do you know he loves you?" said u,s.
Cayenne. S"'u MISS
He writes such beautiful letters"
washington Star -
paper was read at the recent meeting OF the
British Association in Glasgow which bore tbe
remarkable title. The Frequency and Pgmenta-
toh Naiue or Surnames of School Children in East
Aberdeenshre.' The author had found os . -
suit OF long and careful fact gathering In his
district of Scotland. that surnames and co,,
pleNlon go together to remarkable degree Among
the most frequent OF the names in the territory
ne mad discovered. Whyte. oddly enough was
particularly dark IN coloring So were the sur
names oil Crukshank, Stephen and Paterson. On
the other hand, Wallaces Frase-s Grants and
Parks were blond. Robertsons and Gordons were
dark Persons named Scott, Grant or Thomson
were most likely TO be red headed whereas mem
oers OF the Johnston. Walker. Forbes Burnett
and Watson families had the least percentage of
red in their coloring
How do the people in your neighborhocd like freq
rural delivery? wrote the Congressman who had
been instrumental in having il established i'm that
particular locality. " ''
They like IL we'll" wrote his Influential con
sttuent in reply that they don't come 10 town for
their mail half as much they used to do and
my trade has fallen on % cent. You've had the
darn you!"-(Chicago Tribune e'