New-York tribune., 1903-06-29

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that famous scout hunter with stories Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's early days on the Western cattle
nIafns "A very rough but efficient cowboy was
Sheriff at that time a country not far from
RooseveIt's ranch.' said Buffalo Bill fnlS o.
! dcer among other good deeds. succeeded In run
ming down and catching very desperate oancie
and murderer. who duly tried and sentenced 70
be hanged AS you are aware. 1t Is customary IN
uany parts of the United States for the Sheriff TO
issue a limited number of invitations to an exec1-
! ton. called in the West 'necktie party Tns
Sheriff Of whom speak was not inclined 70 90 AnS
| more writing than he Obliged to- and his N
! vftations wcre verbal and Of nature not very
| complimentary to the condemned man he desireo
invite the new arrival IN that secuon. Lneooofs
cattle pIincher and mustang and who. In ad
dition to these dstingpl9snng 9 Jrsts' Scston @ Ths
Sheriff therefore made an exception 20 ms TUE,
inaon an1 E5ie to omit no civy due the attansnts
and antecedents Of the nsW Srr1valc 5It DesS
Sir: Mr. - viii be hanged by the neck until
DEAD in vt5 s 10 aten %e use Of the
cordially Colonel Cody explained by SAYING IL
! to saying what he meant
| HELLO. HEAvENP'-secretary Shaw. who s
lust back at his desk from round OF visits 10 DIS
old neighbors in Iowa. has goodnaturedly tried TO
fmpart some of the pleasantries oc his trip 20 Of
fcials of his department who had to stay at homo
and work while he roTnped with the President ms
Secretary visited college president VINO Is also
reverend" and was invited to stay for supper
| with the doctor and his family A telephone had
just been added to the Injuries OF the housenoid'
and the aged preacher was at the moment some
what wrought up in effort 70 communicate with
! a nearby town He had sat at the telephons desk
with the receiver his held IN place by rest.
ing his elbow on tne 4h aPe f ana oefbn Ike ffee
minutes In the mean time his wife had been urg-
ing nInl table 10 Ths he nay did He sat down.
and the family composed itself for the usual grace
his hand to his head and. greatly to the surprise
and horror of the family. he calculated In sub
dued tone. Hello
SLOW MILLS OF THE GODs-Ctvl Service ex-
aminations sometimes disclose exceptional
amount of talent and knowledge among the appli-
cants. fact it has been surprise to officials to
find with what readiness the severest examinations
| are successfully passed by hundreds OF young men
| and women In one instance 1t was found that a
Young man conspicuously successful IN his papers
was taking examinations Just for mental recrea-
/ tfon'' ard with wish to secure position Even
after one gained high percentage IN Civil Ser
| vice tests he or she may wait a ions time before
| securing work A young from a Southern
State some time ago in Washington qualified IN an
examination for messenger in the Treasury Depart
| ment He got tired waiting for the job. and re-
| turned to native State where he sought EN-
ploy1nent securing a humble POSITION Win a 9ls
for work soon attracted the attention OF hls EN-
/ ployers and was promoted New responslplute5
| was rapid He introduced methods in the
business which netted a iiTef a1Ii h4 time he vas a.
made general manager at salary OF sloVs a year:
In his ambitious and successful activities ne forgoT
all about the fact that he was still on the federal
| governments eligible messenger list one day not
fngfon addressed to him came TO his desk The let
vacancy at 5000 a year He replied that inasmuch
as he was gett4g + gfed in gytng II T5 even
for the honor Of service under the government OF
| the United States
| GLORIOUS CELEBRATION PossIBLE-Ths
| pension agency at New-York City will disburss
100000 in pensions the Fourth OF July on which
the quarterly pension payment day falls at a tnird
| Of the pension agencies of the country. This
amount will form part Of total Of sl21S5ooo which
| will be dsbursed by Uncle Sam for pensions on
| that date. the Secretary OF the Interior having
| made a requisition the Treasury for thas
amount. The amounts to other agencies whers
veterans their dependents and their survivors, VII
tom $4,000: Chicago. 81 10000 philadelphia. 800
Tg; Wasb1rfon s August Me- $4,000: CoiGm.
/ bus. Ohio. $175.000 Concord N II. Sl0VUy: pes
apoIis 100000: Knoxville Tenn. $4,000 Lousvles
s5ooo Milwaukee SSSSogc an9 d3peks' tbs 6r1
it won't be Uncle Sans fault
| ST GEORGE UP TO DATE-The Treasury De-
partment has just issued important ruling which
would seem to indicate that Secretary Shaw has
undertak ken the role of St George The circular pro-
ceeds TO state for the instruction of customs col
| lectors what shall considered ''regalia' and
what shall not ''regaIia' proper is allowed 10
come in free OF duty under the Dingley Tariff law
But here is monster which is specifically enurner-
ated as not to be allowed to into any port OF
the United States unless the full tariff rates are
paid = & GrIsIh fh intify tbe dragon il is Stated
IQl- - Ul ~, - o-,Ifas fo- snrrarcs it vriiI
be undoubtedly for the purpose OF being used at re-
ligouS festivals. and in such case II VIII De com
posed Of paper. silk. metal glass. feathers tnssJ,
goat hair etc While there are many othsr tninsS
enumerated among articles whlcn are not not, re- re-
kept by port officials for the Chinese dragon than
/ for anything else
PECUNIARY vIsIBILITY.-Dr. Benjamin !ds
Wheeler president of the University Of California.
when a guest at the White House last week told
an interesting story in regard TO Dr. Joseph Le
Conte who was a world authority the science
of vision. He illustrating how to detect the
blind spot in the human eve. Taking two CONS
the great naturalist placed one in each hand before
him on the table Look at both OF these steadily
he said. and gradually move them IN opposite
/ directions. Presently they VIII pass oeyono tne
range of vision That is due 20 the oind spot
Continue the movement and the cons VIII soon re
added DR. Wheeler saws that the Young men and
women OF his class should experiment FOR them,
Dr lie Ccnte. use some object other than CONS,
for some people have no blind spot for money
PUNCHES OR SHAKESe-whne entertaining
Minister Powell CLAYTON and another citizen from
the United States recently. President Diaz spoke OF
the great amount of United states capital invested
in his country. I'VE seek said he bind the
two republics together in bond of International
financial interests Our people have awakened TO
the value of what you call the American INVASION
We welcome IL. and this sentiment is not by any
means confined 70 the men IN high places IN
Mexico" AS Illustration OF this statement.
President Dtaz cited the progress made in the man
ner OF conducting hotels in that country. AT
time many or the hostlertes- he said were un-
deniably far behind the times but OF late improve
ments patterned upon the system of hotel manage
ment in the United states had been introduced.
Recently" said the President. sminsly. 7 heard