The National tribune., 1897-10-21
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

The Department of Agriculture is making
effort to inforce the law against the adul-
teration Of food sand drugs. The Secretary has
sent out request to the press of the country
asking cooperation on the part Of publishers
in the interest Of public good. The Secretary
desires that any citizen living in any place in
the country who has positive knowledge of the
adulteration of any article of food or drug
should notify the Department at Washington,
d. e., and especially requests that sare bo
taken to send only such information as can be
thoroughly substansated, and nos submit
theories or rumors This is a matter which
seems to commend itself to all honorable
people.
An order whose caass was n somerespect
humorous wens forth q shors time ago from tho
Postofiee Department. As a result, minors
can q longer rent letter boxes in postofices.
The point is that the Governments does not
wish TO be party to the secret correspondence
Of caIow ycush and maidens that might be
carried on N the safety Of letter box; vealy
love affairs are not to be encouraged, and the
Department. found that there were lots of silly
maidsns and wislie-boys who took ad vantage OF
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good order, and many fond mother may be
thankful for it.
Two views as TO the coming session Of Con-
gress by members thereof rather interest
ing, expressing, as they do, entirely different
ideas Senator C. d. Clark, of Wyoming, said
to reporter last week: 81 think the coming
session will be long one. There are great
many things of Importance to consider, and it
will take time for their discussion. The none
tary problem is with US, of course, and that
cannot be disposed of in day. Then, our for.
eign relations will need good biz of straight
ening out. The Cuban question. the annexa-
tion of Hawaii, conventions about reciprocity,
and so on, will evoke lots of talk. There is
need, too. in my opinion, of wise bankrupt
law. Honest men who meet with reverses in
business should have chance to start afresh,
and from every part of the country comes up
desire for the enactment of such measure"
Representative James w. Wadsworth, OF she
3Oth New York District, said in an interview
last week that he knew of nothing to really
warrants an extended session of Congress.
''The shorter the time Congress sits" he said.
"the better it will be for the country. which is
now recuperasing so rapidly from the long era
| of depression. There are no measures of great
urgsacy regarding which extended delibera-
| tion is necessary. ! do not think that the dog
| days of 1898 will find the Congress of the
! United States grinding out legislation in WASH
| ington."
| Rather unique enterprise was successfully
| com pleted last week by religious folk, the SUM-
| day. school Association Of the District It was
| q religious census and in few days the min
! listers of the denominations in the city will
| know how many persons within their various
parishes are of their respective faiths, yet DO
| not attend church, well as many other
things of value for future work. There were
about 1000 professed Christians. men and
women, in this work of ensus-taking. Some
wens into the houses of the rich, others into
the houses of the poor. The down-trodden
and the disreputsble families each received q
visit, and from most quarters came story Of
cheerful welcome and freedom in imparting
| the desired information. An invitation was
given to each person to attend shureh at any
chosen edifce. There were many odd expert
| ences and one of the queer phases of the CEN
sus- stalking was thu appearance among the
workers of two Chinese Christians, who went
into the Celestial quarters.
The new Minister from Haiti, Jacques Nico-
las Leger, has established his residence here.
He is fine looking colored man of about SO
years, and his manners are cultivated. He is a
descendant Of the negroes who fought in the
insurrection that gave Haiti her freedom at the
begina nj ng of the century.