New-York tribune., 1903-04-27
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES
q washington. April g.

ak a story that illustrates the State pride that
,-,Ils the average citizen Several travelling men
Gathered in hotel and they fell to discussing their
,enecfive habitats Il from the greatest COM
,onu-ealth Of the world said one OF them. Il am
[on, the centre Of the universe. the headquarters
- the moneyed interests of the country. the home
of tie greatest aggregatons Of capital the world
,os ever known I am from the State that rules the
s, Of the country and furnishes the brains of the
7-ri,ed States. without it the United States would
rsle into insignihcance 1 am from the empire
ere3snty. the great state OF New-hork Where are
YOU from2
Il an from the greatest State in the country"
repIied the person addressed. 'New-Yorlz is all
-srb- IN its way. hut II doesn't weigh much without
nv state 10 give it being. New-York would not he
on the map without the my State gives to
keen it going. the actual bone and sinew Of bust
ness the plain. hard material for its capitalstic
7erprses and the fuel for running the industries it
dominates. New-York would not he grease spot
,, The map II il were not for the steel. iron and
coal for the railroads which my State furnishes
NeH-York NAV do fairly well. but ii couldn't be
really great without the products of the great Key
stone Of the Union. Pennsylvania. Where are you
<rom9" To the next
7 am from the best commonwealth in the whole
vide world" responded the third. Pennsylvania
Is pretty good in some respects and is New
York bat I am from the greatest section on the
Lords foostool I from the State that raises
raopie that know how to do things, that furnishes
more good Presidents to the nation than any other
IN the aggregation. [ from the great State Of
ohio. Where are you from?" to the next one
We'll" replied the fourth traveller. all three Of
YOU need not feel like apologizing for your dom-
Giles, but they are not up to my State by a good
long ways None of your States could get along
without food The industries of the country would
1anguish every line Of human endeavor would cease
and the world would he at a standstill and the
,aople thereof nassed into region beyond where
If We know not. Why? Simply because the work
crs are she real spinal column Of every enterprise.
and the human mechanisms that operate great in
dustries must have food The people in every
square inch CT the United States domain, and the
entire world well. dependent the food
supplying resources Of the earth, pabulum from
the agricultural districts 1 from the State that
raises more grain the square inch than any other
spot on the earth and If il wasn't for my State the
t & 81 Ihe 2 states wgga ne P,I Ta 10 tbe h
! am from Arkansas replied the last one or the
16resfenneiv toward the rest Of the group land
don't any one Of you dare say word ag'in her
John BURROUGHS ON RACE SUICIDE
shortly hefore starting with the President on his
Western tour John Burroughs, the naturalist,
called TO see some his old friends in the Treas
l~y Department. where he was formerly employed
The poet-scientist. who is bachelor. was ami
ably asSailed by his one-time colleagues. and one
suggested that perhaps in an cutting with the
5rsIdent disegsio & e of 5scG if sulcoe "ooo ieau
The eminent student and writer smiled One
failed TO impress me. and that is that that stalk
eyed cr1lsIacean fIcmaruS Anlercanus. tle 1 h5T
dred thousand offspring in single season
A POINT OF EQUALITY.-The National Acad-
envy Of Sciences which convened in Washington
last week exclusive body. enrolling less than
one hundred in its membership. The American
So-i=tv for the Advancement Of Science, which
held It's annual meeting few weeks ago, is very
large association with a membership of nearly
four thousand. An officer of the latter organization
was speaking banteringiy TO Professor Ira D. Rem
ser in regard to the academy's thin roll Of mem
hers.
In defending the society of which he had just
been elected president DR.. Remsen was reminded
% story Of Western railroad 1t w was ;dIf a at1q
sought an exchange of passes with one OF thc
f Tsijroad in reTy pointed that inasmuch as
his road owned TWO thousand mics OF TRACK ~
Tnele lensh % ,-et,rned the little roads presi-
cn that line is not 50 lSng fs as yqgTs at # oGs IS
lei ne call your attention 20 the Iae' "ia' - -
KHox. As : RECORD BREAKER.-The trust
busting achievement Of the Attorney General Is
nor his first a1.nearance in holding the reins in
record sunihiIating operation. nor his proudest In
Ihar line
lust after he came TO Washington at The soci-
+aticn Of President Mckinley TO give his legal tai
e7rs 70 the gov ernment. he made flying visit to
his PitJsburg home. While there a friend told him
Of a span of horses which were TO be sold at auc-
tion. and which. if the descriptive circular came
ANYTHING "A legal brief in accuracy. were
r7~jzes When the Attorney General got back
hs desk he thought about what his friend had said
about the horses. He telegTarhed him TO take
look a the team before The sale. try them. drive
Them up to locomotives. troev cars. steam rollers
and automobiles and test their gentleness. well
their mettle in every way, and then make
report The report came. II simply said that the
circular had not told half that could be said in
praise { the pair The wires kept busy with
price suggestions until the Attorney General finally
agreed IL pay a. high As SIO5eo for the team. He
got the pair for lust a thousand less than this
however. and they the finest team in Washing
ton Al the present time While speeding the pair
the gentlemen's track i'm Pittsburg one day
after TINS Nr. Knox Teined Them up by the start
ire post and remarked TO a score Of his friends
vfs Y ere tber,. that if there was any one present
VINO thought he could drive the team tina: morning
Ie would get down from The box for he believed
they could heat the worlds team record that
ing Drive them yourself, The chorus that
went up and M Knox. who is declared TO be as
held on him About half way around one of the
horses broke into a gaIiop He got the animal
hack into her gait and kept right under the
wire FOR the second mile When he got into the
the crowd At the finish They frantically
aad un5cr the wire and hats went Up and a chorus
- wells echoed after the flying little Attorney
General Tho mile had beer trotted in 20s clipping
record
when the decision in the Northern Securities case
out his team and himself long drive
behind his record breaking span.
SIRE CURE FOR INsoAfNIA-A certain gov
ernment official after suffering for days and nights
p ith Insomnia. went TO of Washinstons promi-
''ent physicians and related his troubles THAT
Is very EASY said the doctor. Il fix you up in
jiay-+ He wrote ! prescription folded st. and
his Patient started. much relieved. drug store.
ON his way he happened to read the prescription
j said, Join the Cosmos Club But the strangest
Is yet =, come. After thinking the matter over he
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