The National tribune., 1903-08-06

purchased country. home up in Pennsyl
yania. While the I'D km is beautiful one
and any man might be proud to own it
the Attorney-Genersl mas already mum
ber of Summer RESIDENCES and was no
suffering for another. Tit there is a bi
of sentiment connected With the pHrchas
of this one. The farm is about one mil,
from Valley Forge. Dfring the Revolu
ton it was part of thes land upon whicl
the Continental Army encamped. and Gen
Knox. who had his headquarters wher,
the present house stands. was an ances
tor of Attorney General Knox. 1t wa.
this fact which led the Attorney Genera
to purchase the farm. 1t is a matter o.
history that Gen. Knox, senior, then no
so very old, however. brought his young
bride to spend the Winter on the Brown
farm, as the land was then known.
Representative Gillett, of Massa
chusetts, was thrown from his automo
bile at Wilbraham last Saturday and was
seriously though not dangerously hurt
The front axle of the machine broke anG
threw him over the dashboard.
Exporters of foods into the United
States will now begin to feel the effect OF
the pure-fOod law. Cargoes of food which
are now bound for the United States
ports are to be held up by the Govern
ment until The Agricultural Department,
can test them for. and see if they are bar.
red out by, the law under the provisions
against the admission of impure, adulter-
ated and mislabeed foods. If these cargoes
are impure they will not be admitted, but
sent back.
The torpedo boat Winslow ran into the
yacht Clytie in Newport harbor the other
day. and just naturally knocked the toy
galley west Very naturally, also, the
owner of the yacht complained to the Gov
ernment of this nnseemly conduct on the
part of little cid Government torpedo
boat. The Commander of the Winslow
says in his report of the collision that the
harbor was SO full of craft that it was
almost impossible to get through them.
The Winslow was about 10 run aground,
and to avoid that catastrophe, the Com
mander of the Winslow chose what he
considered the least of two evils and ran
the Clytie down. The torpedo boat was
the owner Of the Clytie for the damage
done.
Gen. Shafter is reported as saying that
Gen. Miles didn't have to take his spec
tacular ride of 80 miles; that he could
have secured the information he desired
without taking it at all. Gen. Shafter
might have gone further and said that
Gen. Miles could have made most of the
trip by round about rail- and with no dis
comfort at all. But Gen. Shafter isn't
built on the same lines as Gen Miles,
The General of the Army is
a fine military figure, tall and ruggedly
built. while Gen. Shafter is exactly the
In for l. CT
the bill for fat men and men who sleep
O. nights" What would be a severe punish
ment to him was probably splendid out
ing for Gen. Miles. Gen. Miles loves horse.
and never feels better than when astride q
big prancing beauty. Then, there was senti-
ment in the ride he took. Gen. Miles had
''soldiered" all over that country. He had
hunted Indians and they had hunted him
from the Bad Lands to- the Pan Handle.
1t must have been Il trip full of pleasant
to Gen. Miles. because since he
had gone to that country young Colonel
nearly 40 years had intetvened, and after
a stubborn fight with the West Pointers.
who never saw anything good in an officer
who had not learned to belt on his saber,
md tie his yellow silk. sash with West
very highest military position in the Army.
It was reminiscent trip. exactly like
those which Sherman and Sheridan took
when long past the supposed age for such
pleasure.
Of course, it was bound to come some
1ay-a tunnel under Behring'S Straits, and
t is now on the way. That is, the effort
o excavate such tunnel is now being
discussed, and petition is said to be on
he way to the Interior Department which
Will lay the whole scheme before the
United States. The Trans-Alaskan-S
lerian Railway Company is the title of
he company which wants to undertake the
'tupendous task Of tunneing under Ber-
ng's Straits. It is said that they have
;apital to carry out their scheme if all
,ther things are equal. The part that the
United States Government will play in
he business is to grant permission for
he company named to lay railroad tracks
n the Territory of Alaska.
There are some things that are hard
o understand, and the jolly jack tars in
he Navy Yard shops in Philadelphia have
un up against that kind of thing They
Ike rag time music. 1t has been de-
,ided officially that hereafter the Marine
Sand and the band ON the training ship
lancaster must play no more rag time
music. 1t takes the minds of the men
rom their work." explained an officer in
,harge, "and they want to drop every
hing and dance. They do jigs and cake
walks, and lots Of time is lost"
The Commissioners of the District of
Columbia have at last come to the con
fusion that killing dog by cutting off
IN inch of his tail each day till the ears
re reached is painful proposition to
ncounter. Day by day little things are
ropplng out which show that the District |
Government has been prolific graft for
verybody who had any pull, and that the |
way things are going there is likely to |
re very searching Congressional inyesti- |
alton. In view of what is certain to |
ONE, Commissioner Macfarland, Presi- |
ent Of fhe Board, who has been some
what censured for not looking into the
district affairs and finding out whether |
hings were going properly, throws an an
hor to windward and has asked that a
ull and searching investigation be insti-
uted into every department of the Dis
rlct, with view to their improvement,
ither by action Of the Commissioners or
y action of Congress"
An IL amt come none too soon neither"
an elderly cOlored man who has
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