New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12
INTERCEPTED coREESpoNbENoE.
WORDS THAT FIT THE POLICY.

Washington. d c., Aug. 6.-To Her Majesty VIC
prfa Queen of England, etc. etc. MY Dear euoen'
Your letter of the Goth ult Is received anu oo"'o
duly noted About that tariff reduction, am eiaa
YOU like IT So far as have gone, ana WIZ soo '
those other points arc made all satisfactory nave
spoken to Mr. Mills OF that article you courls aoou'
and he Will see that 1t is worked IN "'s 'i s'.'0
where Ycu ask for a reduction oil MY lci 'en' ''
we win do better ard put It on inc icc ns'' "a"'
YOU TO feel that We willing 10 40 al mat VIC Gan
for British manufacturers. De',''o '"a' '"o 49,.
erclcns Of the two great EnsIishspeaHlng peoples
should be very friendly. "heh 'h'io Is any 'N'''e
Your Majesty wants just mention IT.
40, rIoascd 70 be able to state 10 you tlat our
American eagle IL qhtc well NouGh sun somewhat
nervous II you would restrain your hon rom roar
Ing II would be much better for our eagle as OF istc
,c.rx oven little roar has disturbed him worry much.
H. nssa 70 seem to enjoy 1t every time your animal
,o,rcd lint lately It makes him very uneasy. OF
course however. II your lion wishes TO roar do rot
by any means stop him on our eagles account
think our eagle will do better now that he has
been induced give UP his absurd hact of screaming
4, foreign Powers. especially Your Most Gracious Ma
tc.,y's II was not long ago when he spent most OF
his time up on hts legs walking about stepping
high and with his mouth open back to his scream
ing lie seemed to grow robust ard strong with IT,
but was afraid t undermining his con-
sNtuton and that he would some day
break down, induced him 10 take
up more scdentary occupation. 1t has now been
several years since he has stakcd along the coast and
looked out the water and screamed and carried
and made up faces at some foreign Power Just be-
cause acted cross fired gun at our flag or some
such little trivial matter. consider 1t muoh bet'cr 10
LET such little things pass unnoiccd than 10 nave our
eagle wearing himself out and acting undgniheo af'
Eayard thinks So too SO docs MI PhclPS III
Lowell says he never a man who seemed 10 unuer
stand the of the eagle kind of poultry better nan
do. Mr. Lowell says no thinks II we could sell our
cagle to some marketman. and get good young Ion
with whskcrs on him and a baritone roar that We
would be much better of. He says we have no IDEA
over here how much more pleasant the deep fuii
chest roar of lion is than the harsh, metallic scream
Of an eagle However, our eagle doesn't cream
enough now 10 disturb an infant, or even Nj Lowell
Our eagle used to stay out all night standing on
mountain peak with one cyc open anu ready 10
scream II he thought there was the Toast DANGER p
] and Mr.. Bayard have fixed him up nice quiet hcn
house back Of The Executive Mansion, and he stays
there exclusively now. put up nice round mop
mole for him 10 rcost on and he 10 like it very
much lie stays there in his yard most OF the day
tine too but give him Just little exercise out BACK
Of tho house on the Fourth Of July. with your benign
Majes'ys kind permission, VIII hereafter Walk MN
around Your tIIghncss's birthday instead
Our eagle IS getting quite fat and rather duinpsh
since coopcd him. but II would not, on this account
be- we'll for any hostile nation to presume TO try to I'M
pose on him Let that formidable Power, the tribe OF
Pe1uod Indians, Try TO tramp on his tall II II daIes
i an convinced that to clip one wing ana connhc MN
In yard made out Of lath Is the only way 20 Keep
our eagle fat and plump. This Thing
OF walking around on the rocks dashlng through inc
ocean spray and flying the mountains and above
the clouds all the making great outcIy Is Ia'al
TO putting flesh. 1t may harden the muscles Du'
II makes him squarc-cornered and AWKWARD lou
never saw pretticr fowl 10 look at Than he Is now
lie used TO appear something like game-coch eagle.
f,I att has
many points OF the Shanghai eagle. l have docked
HIS tail the way Mr. Phelps tells ME the horses wear
their tails in Your Maiesty's Kingdom
II would do your heart good 10 him throw back
his head and draw his chin Ike the bass singer
I'm a church choir and try like Your iIghnesSs
beautiful lion 1t doesn't sOuud much lkc roar
however and I'm afraid he never 10 IT, though the
poor bird tries very hard. Mr. BayGrd recently sug
Sesed that he might pick foreign Power with his
long sharp bill day, So saturday HE'D the
ront-a of itand left his claws so he can hang on TO
the roOSt. He has not tried TO fly over the picbct
fence for long time The last time he attempted II,
one wing being clipped, he just Topped round and
round In a circle and 1t didn't amount TO anything
lie seemed 10 think he ought TO get excited over
little pleasantly the part OF our friend, the Dey OF
Morocco, but Gained him
About those gentlemen who you say are thinking
OF establishing those manufactures in Canada,
they do I and Mr. Mills will be only too happy to
take the duty OF the class Of goods they Will turn ont
Until they do so hope Yonr Majesty Will allow US to
keep II on "a believe the goods not at present
produced anywhere in Your Macsty's dOmir!0ns. Any
other reduction you may wish, please menon in your
The folks arc all we'll though Ny. Endcott IS some
what in1spOsed having male the serious mistake OF
10, king al q man 10 whom he had never been intro
duced lie wa completely Frustrated az first bht
after Spending few day in bed and contemplating
an engraving Of his family tree, nc became better
We are having quite pleasant weather though some
storms are reported in The West. soldiers Widows
and orphans continue trouble considerably, ana
Republicans seem much numerous than fonr
wears ago Otherwise VIC are having an enjoyable
season Please be so extremely kind TO give my
regards 70 Your Gracious Majcsty's son, H. r. H.
Albert Edward. Prince of Wales, and believe mo,
most obcdiently, yours, etc, G-K ID