New-York tribune., 1902-12-22
NOTES OF THE CAPITAL.
Washington. Deoenbe- .,

washington. december u.
A REMEDY FOR DEMOCRATIC MOUTH
,,1sFAsE"-For many months Uncle Joe" Can
-, has been annoyed by wrangling Democrat
bose voice is raised every conceivable oc
eon TO the detriment of the work of the House
rna other day Uncle joe got his chance .o
.-,te back He came into the House while .ha
dIscussion about bin TO stamp out the foot and
nSi9oes this bill cure the mouth disease. inor;red
Uncle joe Of company of statesmen near him
Wen then" replied Mr. Cannon. wit, 2 vvav.
~ his hand toward the volube Southern Demo-
crzt II am for It
PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGE TO JACoR A
PISS MOTHER--Christrnas joy was sent 70 tbe
.sr away Danish village Of Ribe which Jacob A
prs has made familiar the American nuhlic IN
,be story Of The Making of American" by
President Roosevelt Mr.. Riis breakfasted with
the President Saturday morning and during the
meal mentioned the fact that his mother now oyer
eighty years IF age, was seriously i'll. and that he
did not know how soon he might be called home to
T,enrnark Then the President called for a sheet of
nsper and forthwith wrote the following message:
White House, Washington. December 90 1902.
Your son is breakfasting with We send you
0"i THEODORE AND EDITH ROOSEVELT.
"1 DO not believe will be called back to my old
home very soon now" said Mr.. Riis in telling Of
q be United States and of its present head ner
there, and when that dear old mother of mine gets
that cable from the President of the United States
expect she will get right out of bed, cured, and
az least ten years longer
A MATTER FOR THE oCULIST-Like several
other members of the House. notably Uncle Joe'
Cannon. Carter Glass. the member from Tir-
ginia is a long-suffering victim of his Pun
after pun haS been showered upon him. The
clerks at the desk the most fragrant offenders
When the roll called the other day on Mr.
Richardson's motion to recommit the Philippine
tariff bill with instructions. the reading clerk
Aye, answsTed Mr. Glass. quickly. with a
AYE" repeated another OF the clerks. for the
instruction OF the tallyman.
That's wrong" exclaimed another clerk There
Is not glass eye in this House.
historic CHRONOMETERS.-On of the most
interesting collections at the Naval Observatory
q number Of battered and weather worn cfronome-
ters with which many historic memories are as
sociated. Among them the first American chro-
norneter purchased by the navy, the one which
was used by De Long board the Jeanette. lost
IN the Arctic Ocean and recovered by Melville;
another which was recovered on board the Florida
the Wachusett; another from the Vandalia lost in
a hurricane at Samoa; the chronometer of the
Polaris lost in the Arctic, buried for four years
in the snow. and then recovered and returned by
Captain Mares res OF the Br1tisn Navy; the chronoIao
damaged on board the Juniata. off the coast of
Japan.
CARRYING INVASION TO EXTREMES-In the
last year Of the most manifest phases Of the
American invasion has been the increasing trade
in boots and shoes made in the United States There
has. indeed. been a great increase in the sale of
Continental footwear well of American, in the
last five years In 1901 the total importations
s. 4545 increase of s1.2N.055 IN year. and Of
nearly 100 per cent in five years The following
figures show how the trade in American boots and
shoes has grown in the United Kingdom: In 1897
the value of importations S405 in 1885, $780,
$50: in 1899 S7S2330 in 1900 s005325. and in 1901,
s202SzI5 In Liverpool alone there four shops
that sell American boots and shoes exclusively and
half dozen others that make a speciality of them.
The importations for 1902 will probably show an in
crease 1901. but meeting of the English
manufacturers few days ago il was announced
that within a recent period the fmportations had
fallen off