New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-21
CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY

rest and uneasIncss Of intense Anxiety mas
given place to placid contentment and satisiac-
tion. which are shown in many and various ways
II Is pleasant to sec Tie President these days
ard To rotc the buoyant look upon his race the
look Of man who has come successfully
through a great crisis 1t is Interesting too'
to observe the pride on the faces 81 those WHO
happen 10 meet the President when ne goes 'oi
his daily drive or walk the expressions OF APP
probation the silent applause that follows nm
Everywhere that in a different country ana
with a different race would find more demon
straiiye manner Of expression. But the hani' Oh
scIrc.ustrajnt is not the least admirable IF the
Arclo-Saxon character aud the sympathy be
tween Tho Executive ana the people is evident
Tho declaration 4 peace has not stopper the
nj srnage Of cranks and supplemented r'olie
t. tn. Executive Mansion. and there IS hardly
a dav when The dOorkecrers do not nave seN-
cral " these gentry 10 deal with An Oh gen
tl..oon with long. white hair ard lettering
s,.rs whose mind hai become totally abs"F'''
t., consideration II the war h"bbl"d up tn"
Wilt. House steps the other day ara DEMANDED
n conference with the President 1t made no
Ci..r.nc. t. him that peace had been rStan-
us,,.d. II, wanted to talk with the Command
p,r,o Eican rarnpaiCn All efforts 20 satisfy
him through interviews with subordnat's
failed lie was a Colonel in the Army he de-
c,ared and he knew the President wanted To
see him.
When asked for a proof of his title he prouilS
orened his waistcoat. displaying belt II was
nm Old Old belt: not Army but Navy
belt. a souvenir Of the dead confederncy. The
Allhaml
fought four years for the lost Gauss" and had
dreamed himself into the belief that he was
now defending the Gag u his reunited country.
Not the least troublesome callers On the
President are the souvenir hunters. In the
early part Of last week an innocenty dcmentcd
pcreon vert To- the White House and asked for
a plant from the grounds. His oag"rncss 10
procure on. was pitful. Nothing else would
satisfy him. He wanted n plant from the
Presidents garden to plant in his plot At the
cemetery. ana nc would not go until one WAS
given him. He announced firmly thor" was TO
harm ir him. but he insisted on having the
plant. The chief gardener finally gay" him an
Old colewort. and the venerable crank went
forth on his way rejoicing.
The value Of the y ray in surgery. while it
has perhaps not yet reached its full useful
ness. cannot be- Ov"rostifnltcd. II is said that
b. per cent OF the amputa;!ons were saved N
The last in Indii by its employment. and
the cc,nt war has further demonstrated It's
help:ulncss to the physician. Or. William VI.
Gray. microscolst II the Army Medical Nh
scum. who had charge Of the ray apparatus
OF the hospital ship Relief. was in town last
week ard spoke mos, Interestingly II ms work.
lie regards its greatest value to be- IN dag
noso the eXisi"nc" absence .; fractures In
number Of doubtful cases In which IT VAS
Necessary to depend exclusively IN tins
source. with The AID 81 the skiAeraph. indeed.
II is almost impossible to make mistake Il
is also he said. potent help whore fractures
are near the Large joints ia asccrtaining II ,hc
fracture extends into the JOINT ana In showing
the displacement II fragments IN ruushot
fractures II tn" cxtr"mitcs enabling The sur
geons t. resort 10 Timely measures 10 prevent
vicious Unions.
The cases ~ some sergeant majors belonging
to one Of the Western regiments have occupied
the attention Of num'ro officials recently AMI
the accounts II tn pnyIuaster IN whose roster
the names IF th"s" officers appeared and who
paid them their salaries. have been held NJ be-
cause II decision Of Controller Of ia. Treas
ury that there IS no law authorizing IN" enlist
n.ent of these men, and that they hav" accord
tngly no legal right to be paid from the funds %
the War Department