New-York tribune., 1903-06-01
NATIONAL NOTES

| couple OF cowboys sitting a campfire
! in the West swapping anecdotes
Mr. Muir told of encounter with a polar bear
| IN the Arctic Circle Mr. Burroughs had had sew
wounded wildcat in the Scrras. One of the states
men had participated In a whale hunt in the Pacific
near Point Lobos. Both of the cowboys had
! beasts and Indians The Presidents "reminiscences
| included encounter with mountain lion. ride
| on on runaway bronco and conflict with a grlzzly.
0he ht OF the statesmen in the party man OF m1Sn zen
ay, aplliy, Vouchsafed no stories Come. ', sald th
! President. tell of your experiences.
Mr. President friends" replied the lawmaker.
| my career. Lions. Indians. bears and wild horses
! nave never come across my path am undenianiy
n tenderfOot. In fact. have never been astride a
nose Of any description in my fe but e he aooed
! SECRETARY SHAW OBEYED.-Secretary Shaw
| is convinced of the absolute dependence on his
subordinates of government official who must
sign thousands of official papers every day without
stopping to examine into their merits. and in proof
of this proposition tells this story:
The other day" he says Il was signing papers
at rapid rate. Like the who steadily feeds
the grain into the of thrashing machine,
my messenger stood at his post Of duty and shufied
| forward the mass of papers. one by one. blottfng
| them on the return trip. Suddenly halted
| had caught glimpse of some words that held my
attention. and 1 adjusted my glasses for a closer
and mentally noted that the schedule allowed no
| stops way stations. What's this anyway"
understand. He couldn't conceive why should
to t0R e 70 in he nuP Ta BESIDES they part
and parcel of line of documents that; IKE the
| Mr.. Secretary?' said the messenger. was won
derng what this document meant III replied; Fdn mo-
the adeS his TsR5 itR Ra1a Ss
adjoining thumb poised like an arm akirnbo
d6n enns M % der ad er dGf
secretary in voice that brooked no interruption
| but yo puts yo name right dar sub.
Il signed and paused no more
THE SUNNY soUTH-senator Proctor, Of Yer
mont, was inquirfng of Fourth Assistant Postmas-
| ter General Bristow the other day regarding the
| standing of a protege whom Mr.. Proctor recently
! induced benevolent Uncle Sam to appoint post
| office inspector The appointee is a smart Yankee,
with all the faculties of observation proverbialy
inherent in the puritanical people who live among
| the green hills OF the North.
Your man is doing splendid work." remarked
the lank Kansan. who has proved the Hawkshaw
YES, replied the Senator and / knew right t
other day ne From the fTozen North to the sunny
South is @ far cry but the 1 first thing r y9n be ot
dismal spots in the region below tne
abea b S some @TG}f thngs ne there q nag Ike the he
wrote and the sky effects obsepya PIE ron doTn 1lS
| here to remind me of Vermont are the grave
| stones. "
| A UTILITARIAN OFFICE SEEKER-Pension
| Commissioner Ware says he originally had heart
|
| getting calloused aspirants for Office The
| average bump of ambition to fill a niche in the
government service, with salary IN inverse ratlo
| to the size of the niche, is of large sized va
! rIety" saws the Commissioner. 1T is an old story
that in the popular mind the country editor is the
only in the community who doesn't know how
| to run the paper. and the sentiment prevails
| as to the public Office be it however small or
| large It seems Colonel Ware caught what he
| calls "a feetng gem of thought In the form OF
| an application the other day. 1t was from vet
| eran, and the chrography was as bad as the or
| biography This is what the veteran wrote:
Now you or the comeseniT @ Of OPS penseps sen f to
! no pensen jus now can clurk O. K but
hem sR ss roh snd snd 2az @
Keape them from loafeinge. whesperin in ofes ours
also fact ak janeter or supervisor seelnee all
| thing gone rite
| THE ROOT OF EVII.-Charles Hallam Keep the
new Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury, has been
very much amused at of the published reports
which stated that he is multi millionaire.
"I don't know why they call rich man, he
| said recently but of course, what constitutes
wealth for constitutes financial struggle
for another. That reminds me of a rich Partisan
| banker who as the result of unfortunate invest
| ments, was reduced to 10000 francs He was so
overwhelmed by his loss and the apparent hopeless
ness of the situation that he grew desperate and
blew his brains This sum of 10000 francs then
fe as egasy to the banhers bro br9ther her Tho W e4d had
| a pauper and beggar The sudden possession, OF
fortune' overturned his rea son and in a moment Of
| insane delirium he leaped into the Seine and was
Mr.. Keep who sworn in on Wednesday as the the
to OF Snep} MfIn the k ssstan Of
! the Treasury In Buffalo he also director Of
and interested in investments but he laughingy
! disclaims fellowship with millionaires
| ADEE NO FOOLISH VIRGIN.-It is an old
| truism that diplomat the careful of men,
and Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee has
| proved that he is no exception. Mr. Adee is not
diplomat r the strctest sense hut he has for years
been conspicuous in the department that has to do
| with the diplomacy of the nation. He is an en-
thusfastc Cycier, rides great deal, and even took
| his wheel abroad win him one summer. Now. Mr.
| Adee believes in equippng wheel with all Of its
proper accountrements, and his carefulness in this
respect is remarkable. His wheel in front of
his house night and some passersby stopped TO
| struck them particularly about the machine was
| fork Inquiry showed that not content win meet
ing with the police requirements that every wheel
| resolved to make douby sure of being on the right
side of the law and had nad secoha placed R ander
| that flashes two lights it cavorts about town
| A REBEL Notwithstanding Thespians who
occasionally have to dodge substantial expressions
| of dispeasure of audiences will sympathize with
the claim of a veteran which has Just reached the
Pension Bureau It is story of domestic infelicity
and opens up field of vengeance for those VINO
keep in touch with poultry products The claim Is
made in letter that indicates lack of familiarity
with the three Rs. and it contains this brief sue
c,nct nronosition from battle SCARED servitor
| of his country:
| eg wen / cam bak from the frunt The eg was
| throde the eg. She war reoel-
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