The National tribune., 1903-07-30
NATIONAL WASHINGTON D. c. THURSDAY JULY 80 1908

past three years for - her husband, who
runs a bakery. y.
There mnst be aaeak of degeneracy
in John Groves composition. He is 16
years old and is employed at the Capitol
as messenger boy. From pure cussed-
ness enc day last week. he climbed up on
the statues of webst&k and Stark, placed
in Statuary Hall by New Hampshire.
and that Of Collamer. of Vermont. and
filled the eyes and noses of the marble
figures with putty. The youth says that
he did it Just to see how they would look
without eyes and noses. 1t is feared that
the oil from the putty will ruin the mar
BILE. The statues cost about $4,000
couldn't pay for the buttons on the coat
of one of the figures. and yet if the oil
has penetrated the marble. the statues
will have TO be replaced. What that boys
needs is n good vigorous father and a
leather strap.
Mr. Bistow, Fourth Assistant Post
master General. has issued an order that
rural free delivery routes must have at
least 100 letter boxes. and should have
mt least 1000 pieces of mail delivered n
month to justify establishing or maintain
ing. 1t is said that there is conSterna-
ton in many of the Western States over
this, and that Gen. RriStow and his order
have been pretty vigorously denounced.
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson
has just returned from an extended trip
through Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota. and South Dakota. and he re-
ports the corn in Il very backward state
because of the cool weather. He thinks
there may be an average crop if the
weather warns up appreciably. The grass
crop bids fair to be the finest ever made.
in his opinion. The cool weather has also
been very favorable TO 1he growth of
wheat, oats. and barley. He thinks the
farmers of the country have good deal
to congratulate themselves on.
Secretary Wilson says that the coun-
try has been paying out SS,0OO.O00 an
nually for macaroni. but that this will be
changed this year, as we are growing stIf-
ficient macaroni wheat to keep all that
money at home.
A negro. J. II. Haywood. of Pensacola,
Fla, will contribute curious instrument
of torture TO the Worlds FAIR collection.
1t is n relic of the Spanish regime ia the
Louisiana Purchase Territory. and was
purchased by him of Louisiana negro
about ten years ago This reminder of an
America Spanish Inqusition is Il form Of
cape. or hood constructed of strips of
wrought iron and made To fit closely about
n persons head A prominent feature of
its construction is an iron tongue. Or gag,
which. when the hood is locked upon the
victims head. fits into his mouth. hold
ing the tongue down and making ii i'm
possible for the wearcr TO either spcal; or
make any kind of audible noise. The iron
4. Al
front part and when placed upon the vic
TINS head, can be closed and fastened by
a lock on the back The iron strips of
which it is composed are riveted together,
and it is altogether a neat piece of black
sInithing for the crude methods prevailing
at the time it was made.
The Department of Agriculture is try
ing to find some meIhody. of keeping the
foot-and-mouth disease from being i'm
ported into the United States. The recent
outbreak in New England cost the Gov
erEment $2J0.GOO. AID could haze been
avoided. so the SECRETARY Of Agriculture
believes. if we could check the impsrta-
ton of the disease. Itrexists in South
America and Europe. from which we i'm
port wool and hides in large quantities.
The ConSuls of the various shipping
points have been ordered to have all hides
and wool shipped into this country disin-
fected, but this has not been n blooming
success by any means, and the fOot-and-
mouth disease gets in despite the order.
Other countries pay very little attention
to the disease. which makes it much har-
der for this country to keep clear of it. 1t
could be prevented entirely il care was
taken to stamp out the disease on the
first appearance.
Maj. Thomas Hudson Mckee, 1st W.
Va. and who is now serving as Journal
Clerk of the House of Representatives,,
left Washington July 20 for San Fran
cisco. with his wife. They will spend two
weeks in Colorado.