New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03
THE TALK or THE DAY.

How carefully famous and valuable piece OF
horsefesh IS nursed and qua rded IS told by II. c.
Hersey, trainer OF the great PAGER Dan Patch 1855.
He has a number OF attendants. apd a groom is
with him night and day. the night man sleeping In
his stall "PunctualIy at u. m" says Hersey
each day begins for him. when he is fed exactly
four quarts Of oats. with two tabespoonfls OF stock
food. 4 bucket OF fresh is always at his dis
posaL His meal finished, the stall IS disnfected
and fresh straw put I'm. Dan IS then brushed off,
his bandages. which he always wears. are changed
his hoofs picked and he IS ready for his daily jog
OF five or six miles. weather permitting After his
run he is cooled of and ten pounds of hav -
placed in MS stall At 40 O'Clock his stan is
Strengthened up and another ten pounds OF hay
given him. Al ) o'clock he is fed four quarts of
cooked oats and bran. After this meal he is put
away FOR the night. on the DAYS he goes his ex-
hibition miles Dan is fed four times day getting
an extra meal AT $50 p. m. He is allowed all III,
hay he will eat up to the time ne Is harnessed for
his preparatory three miles. After tho three miles
are run he IS ready for the fast mile"
Conductor" said the Easpng passenger. vainIy
trying TO raise window. there are al least a
billion microbes in this car
pany can" growled the streeicar conduetor We
Tribune.
Can dog climb a tree" asks "The Chicago
News" In answer it prints the following from
correspondent: While a walk on snowsloes in
New Hampshire we tracked a porcilpine n a hal
sam fir in which fl had taken refuge Nv Scottish
terrier climbed the tree. pulling herself up from
branch TO branch 10 height OF about seven feet
whore a space OF hare trunk separated her from
the porcupine. which had watched her progress
with evident alarm. The terrier made several in
enectual attempts to scale the smooth bark ana
finally Jumped down into the snow" And of an
other curious trait the same writer continues:
This little dog and her mate. now dead though
enthusiastic fire worshlppers At home never sat
near tba bOD b',ift at
winter walks but dug holes In the snow az a little
distance. in which they curled themselves up after
the manner Of their primitive ancestors"
- SANDY Pikesz,Lady. 4 yer can't give me nothln
70 eat please give me de part Of yer noospaper dat
mas de news from Congress.
v knG d L LADY ~, my poor man why should
Sandy Pikes-Because mum II contains 60 much
hot air kin keep warm in de blzzard.-Chcago
Vital statistics for Massachusetts for 1895. ius,
Issued show low birth rate and a high death
rate, but an increasing number Of marriages The
number Of births registered in 1905 was x 022 which
shows an increase of eight births over the previous
year The rate the lowest of the e-vaor
periods with one exception 1876 so the previous
fifty years. The number of marriages registered
was 27,1Si which 1871 more than the number
registered I'm 1904, and PA than that OF 1907
and was greater than that of any previous year
since the beginning of registration sixty-four years
ago. The numbee of persons married for each
thousand of the estimated population was Is TO- The
deaths reported were 5O,4S6. 1904 more than the
number reported in 1904 and the greatest number
since registration. except In 1860. 1t was 4Os7 more
than the average mortality Of the twenty Years
ending with 1905. The death rate for the year was
1851 for each 1000 of tho living population On
the divorce question the report says that OF the
whole number of divorces, 2l910 granted in twenty
years. 1904 per cent were granted the complaint
of the wife In 1905 the number of divorces was
1864, which is III less than the number granted I'm
mi in, It,Nt4
ass than the average in twenty years. The ratio
OF divorces to marriages / to us
'Shrude the real estate man. is booming a new
suburban town that's TO be known Jones'
hurst -
We'll. he certainly couldn't have selected more
commonplace name
Yes but he figures that every Jones in the city
will want To be known Mr.. Jones' OF Jones'
hurst Philadelphia Press