New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-21
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES
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WHEN IT WILL BE PROPER TO LICK
VVOMAN-Tbe appearance of new eight cent
STAMP bearing the head Of Martha Washington, the
first instance OF the use OF a woman head on a
stamp called forth the following explanation from
q wag in the Postofice Department:
IT'S never been done before said he. because
soeopIe are SO sensitive about licking woman.
9e Ses6 gc 81 to be one Of the best ever
IN the department It SHOWS Ine hf1 a0 1 n the
Washington. encrcIed by %I SSL aIg 5as tn
lower corners the dates OF her olIth a4 f 1rI
i722 and 1882. The stamp viii be sent out LOT clfcu
iation on December /
A MODERN DIoGENEs LOOKING FOR
C5ERMs.-If a person had wandered into the APP,
tol about midnight one evening recently he would
have discovered stout, good looking young man
carving a lantern and peering into the numerous
,oolEs and crannies Of the stately old pile, and
z.,opId have been impressed with the idea that ne
had found a modern Diogenes. The inference "oulu
have been incorrect however, for the searcher was
Elliott Wood the superintendent OF the CAPi'oi,
engaged in his annual hunt for willy oacllh anu
elusive germs Only few know the scientlhc care
.vercised by M Wood over the health OF the
statesmen who spend their winters IN the CapITi:
Livery year 1890 terminating apparatus Of
me building. When the doors are c4ose9 LoI -
night sterilized gelatine plates are exPosSo ma
later submitted to the most searching exam 6e
under powerful microscope Cultures esq are 40 not
ri IN sIspicous specimens. and those Whlcn az ~
Yield readily to ident6caton are injected INTO In, me
Ee.iS TTted On develop the disease for which the
1ncrobe stands. and thus indicate me proper
4tIIs and ryphoid have been among those dis
eSyers9 t IA rhe is ihe ventiiating work.
ing now that known noXious ggIH iSoesibIe of
this year although some pal5h ,t,a been duiv
sdentifcation discovered ano haT lf Yor The
INJECTED into the innocent i've STOCK Nsp' ''
purpose
prroc%TTTO% FOR THE MARINES.-Cohslu-
~ oon+er,ure as to the probable name OF lhe
80 horse purchased for the President THIS wen -
befnE in6ulged in here The new steeu = go
>. mate for the pair secured by FreslueI4' 49,,
-ysl+ last wear. These horses were named -
and General Difference TO the ~" tpa1 an appro-
gra.G defence II Is suggested ma a. zT5rj-a
pirate name f9T tn The glory Of that corps, WHICH
has endure - many 7aGq5Iaferdite soldier and
sailor too has been recaIlea- e+fone If value.
r. o9sc;6ing this delicate point but Marine seems u
have the hrSt can.
,,oR,zAN ON ENGLISH COTTON NEEDS =
The exclusive account given ny me IIto o-ab
eso~,s made by = Manchester syndicate 10 es'au
~ oryon culture in British colonies caled iol III
the following comment from Senator MORGAN
day:
All that our English friends need to o a6Ta9 aEe
10 assure me TecC - fbe CuIf Stream and the APP
oaIarhian Mountains II they can pGl Gi-e - eve
and the oLhGr pae1 s az thing out Of them Serious
~ do not think the South has any TeoS9 70 70 rs
I'm the CUT Of Mexico with warm rams eh5 a.
tSbe secret Of the success Of cotton IN me 0oISI
In the years CT the Civil War niliLloaS Iarfs Of
@oee- The cultivation Of cotton IN otneI al 80
the globe The money and many Tal1a 3e ~ re
we're wasted in the attempt without n
Sults
A GENERATION SEEKING FOR ol0r>'-
,,47,.1s ~ the District Of Columbia are wrestling
.4.b the same problenn of dishguring advertise
-. ete-ns which has troubled the authorizes %
1zevv-yo-lz In order to suppress the genera ii-'
-. =. daring hillboards in vacant lots, ne"
s,,u nesting law was framed which proVlueu ula'
1osfora signs could be posted in vacant ioI ~
consent of the neighboring residents must De
secured. II not dlincuII maze -
bou,a5 N secure this permission The people hau
sloe1,a' Nd 70 the signs. and when the auNeI-
4ieire neople requested their signatures $50
them willingly enough Al hIsL lhe "a iyvsstigate5
them, but found they were rf the new law
forced therefore. by the terms o. he
SUNRISE is expressed by me oILlcals' 'e.o,rLl1-
s,1egiDed that pubic sentiment was tlo
aroused the question As II II - I,lerTiear while
re vacant Iot-rernains with the aoNeItIsl, ~
ne friends of the agitation against slsLls -
experience and will be able TO make eooI "7 - "
when they frame another oi4i
MEMORY OF JOHN BROWN RECALLED
rr,e funeral of Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Shepherd 10
5az recalls rhe events that centred around John
Brown At Barper's Ferry forty-three years ago
Mrs sbepherd was the wife of Haywood Shephero
,be kes1per of the station gate at HarpeTs Ferry
sn 1874 II will be remembered that Haywood Shep-
herd WAS the first man killed by John Brown ana
MS men His refusal 10 give up the keys
lied in his being shot Shephefo was . LIt
1en+ fcIlre al FIarper's Ferry and Winchester, "a
TJe ves buried at the latter place ana plDlc
bonors we're given to him by the STATE OF NI-
--,rs his funeral being attended by oeta chrnent
OF militia. He was tail black man VIZ 80 Ii
African features He was much respected TOT ilis
loyalty to duty. which CHARACTERISTIC Ie1 ~ --i7
sIntirnely death