New-York tribune., 1902-08-01
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

vernon Barracks, AIabana, IN 1888. lie ndd Deen
at the post long time, and had grown gray in
the service having honorable record In the
Mexican War, and the officers at Mount Vernon
asked the quartermaster general to retain him till
the end of his days This application. signed by
William A Kobbe. then a artillery lieutenant, and
indorsed by dozen proper military authorities.
including General Hancock and General Sherman.
is record at Washington. How the white
mules record grew in honor with successive in
dorsements may be from the commanding gen.
erals letter:
Il have seen that mule. and. whether true or
false. the soldiers believe It left at the Big
Spring where Mount Vernon Barracks now are at
the time General Jackson's army camped there.
about 1890. Tradition says 1t once sorrel,
but now 1t is white from
THE quartermasters department will be charge
able with ingrautude II that mule is sold the
care and maintenance Of it thrown the char
table officers OF the post advise that it be kept
in the department. fed and maintained till death.
"W. T. SHERMAN.
'P. S. think that mule at Fort Morgan.
Mobile Point when was there in 1872
wv. T s."
The Secretary of War finally directed that this
mule be kept and well cared for at public ex-
pense. as long as he lives.
The Real Thing-Is this your writing?" asked
the merchant as he glanced over written list OF
NO replied Mr. Meeker. my wife wrote the
Wen. she certainly knows how to handle pen.'
said the merchant. Her diction is absolutely per-
feet
yes. I suppose her dction's all right" replied
Meeker. with e deep sigh: but it's nothing when
Here is a unique announcement OF candidacy for
office. which appears in The Kiows (Kan) Sig
nar'
in announcing myself candidate for Reg
lister OF Deeds for kiowa County. subject TO tho
decision OF the Republican County Convention in
September. do not do It at the earnest request OF
a large number of my friends nor has there been
q delega ton OF the D-Omiuaut citizens
county waited on me. and drank my whiskey and
smoked my cigars. and urgently requested to
allow my 10 come before the convention
candidate. believing that the only who
could be elected-none OF this has happened I have
worked IT up myself. In fact. it is self-made
boom. I am getting a little too old TO farm, and
a little too ambitious to be thrown in the waste
basket. and would like couple OF years Office
rest. Just TO how loafing around the county
seat feels TO an old man. d. E. WINTERS"
Rreyity,-"DO you think that brevity is the soul
We'll, answered the man who is always think
brightest poets indicate that they were very short
-(Washington Star
"The St Joseph CIo) Gazette" makes Mayor
Borden. of that city. in his welcoming speech 10
the delegates to the Democratic State Convention.
say that he welcomed the Democrats OF the State
in the of all our citizens regardless of Demo
cratic Affections" The ST. Louis Globe Demo
crat'' says that it is zone of the wittiest typo
STdpnlcdl errors we nave ever seen
All He Wanted to Know.-"My dear" he said
Ven" she returned with some asperity.
orfT m be- is 5qst Tb fhng nv to know in
What is t?' she asked.
'SS a 90d od m0ff a ysbf hd a
to me?'-(Chicago Post
A recent traveller on the Niger writes: ST was
anxious to buy fruit from native woman
who came down = the ship, and to this end pro-
hapA of Lob I ba5
from England. I first showed her five, then
six. seven and eight, but she pushed them all aside
in most unceremonious manner. More by way OF
joke than anything else then produced a three
penny piece, which she at accepted giving
me in return just twice much 1 had asked
for my eight coppers also discovered that she
had great partiaty for white glass bottles I
happened to have about half dozen empty soda
water bottles. for which she gave me the same
number of eggs. 1 afterward found that any white
glass bottle had this purchasing power all over
Nigeria. The natives send them TO Bida where
they melted and made into rings about three
four inches in diameter. be worn either as
armlets or anklets'
oPE ore begeon nTrb qgl5s old and sum
Has .d1 dWndled die y,sq,s SO that 1;a, he's become
-Philadelphia Press
James Cahill. OF Virginia. is probably the only
person in the United States who has in regular
upon his farm elephant which is used for
farm work. With the swaying beast hitched up TO
plough he can turn ground than any of his
neighbors with a team of horses, and when IL
comes TO hauling logs the elephant will walk awav
with ease with logs which the best teams OF his
neighbors cannot move The elephant eats little
more than horse and does many times the work
of one. is gentle and docile and little trouble and
Mr.. Cahili is more than pleased with his experi-
ment. MIR. Cahill bought the elephant from d
stranded circus proprietor.
Damp in Maine.-Tak about forethougbt,
George Turner knew what he was about when hs
purchased a canoe. He is daily drilling his hiraS
help in padding and throwing spear and when
asked why the other evening he said: II exnAct
TO have my potatoes dug that way."-(Aroostook
Republican.
Speaking OF cool summers, a correspondent of
The Boston Herald notes that in the summer of
1876 planting and harvesting all over New-Ensland
went almost to naught. and there was great suf-
fering for want of sufficient food Snow and ice
IN various parts of New-Engand were reportAa
during June and parts OF July The year 1916 was
called 1.-The year without a summer" and also
Eighteen hundred and starve- -to-death"
You say the evening wore What did it wear?''
why, the close or day, of fcourse."-(JJnyersity
of Minnesota Punch Bowl