The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-04-23

Il am fully advised that your retire.
ment from public service is because OF
new responsibilities which you are about
to assume. and while l congratulate YOU
upon this merited recognition, l regret ex-
ceedingly that it should become necessary
for you to sever your connection with the
Department during my incumbency. Our
relations have been more than agreeable;
they have been cordial and pleasant.
You certainly have my best wishes, and /
predict for you Il most successful career
in the field of commercial activity which
you have chosen" ,,
A regular Scrapping match is going on
between the Commissioners of the District
of Columbia and the milk dealers of the
city as to whether the dealers shall or
shall not rinse and clean the milk cans
before returning them to the farmers.
The milkmen say that it will work them
Il great hardship if ther have to clean
out the cans before returning them. and
that the farmers scald and cleanse them
thoroughly before they use them again.
anyhow. The farmers reply that when
the milk is left to dry on the sides and
bottom of the can. that it is almost I'M
possible To get those cans clean. and that
no amount of scalding and steaming will
sweeten them. as long as a tiny bit of
dried milk remains to cOntaminate the
whole. And so it goes.
$, So
Some pathological sharp who represents
one of the milk dealers gave it as his
opinion that the fact of milk souring from
these particles did not hurt the milk in
the least. He said that sour milk was
counted healthy. and that lots of custom
ers took sour milk all the time. He also
hat In
possible for milk to turn putrid and breed
maggots. as had been asserted by Gus
toner who was on the witness stand. He
said that it did not matter getting filth in
the cans: it would all rinse out!
And this man processes to know all
about diseases. their causes, course and
correction. Imagine having man like
that to analyZe the milk that teething
babies. for instance. are obliged to take
for nourishment. If this is the class of
men that milk dealers employ in general
to make tests for them, it is not much
wonder that infant mortality in great
cities. where milk is scarcely fit for
''swill'' by the time it is taken from the
milk train at the city's gates, becomes
appallingly large before the heated term is
at an end.
% A great story was sent out by some
correspondent in Washington on a quiet
day recently about how Admiral Schley
was going on the. lecture platform. The
Admiral gets a little riled when the mat
ter is mentioned to him. Il do not think
l have made a fool of myself at any. stage
of my life" he. said the other day, "and
| have no intention of beginning now.
No lecture platform for me- and so an
other lie is nailed.
We now have Government cable from
San Francisco to the Farallon Islands.
Where are the Faralons! just 81 miles
due west of the entrance to the Golden
Gate. They have been chiefly noted for
being the breeding grounds of sea gulls
and afford millions of eggs for the San
Francisco market. The maritime interests
of San Francisco make Weather Bureau
Station On the Faralons q very valuable
thing, and it has'now been established.
49,. f-.s.x - = ~. 80.
Hereafter the Government will display
storm warnings from its Fafalion station,
and all vessels will report to the station
by signal, and the observer will report
them at once to San Francisco thus an
nouncing arrivals several hours ahead of
the landing. The new. service will permit
weather reports. and the conveyance of
much maritime information important to
passing craft and to San Francisco bust
ness men. '''i
The name of Gen. Corbin was put up at
one of the Washington Clubs by several
of his brother officers who were members.
and some of the prominent citizens of the
District at three different times, and he
has been black-balled each time. This
would never have been known if some of
his friends had not come out and told it,
and endeavOred to "explain how it hap
pened" There are times when a man
wishes to send up along with his petition
to thc throne of grace for defense from
his enemies sort of aJidenda for protec-
ton from his fool friends.
Secretary Of the Treasury Shaw missed
the train the other day when on his way
back to Washington. because he had not
money enough in his pockets to pay his
hotel bill, and the Chicago young woman
who acts as Cashier for Il carayansary
there. turned him down when he offered
her a check for S235. 1t was rather an
embarrassing situation for the big man
who was in a hurry, and there is no know
ing what would have happened if the
Chief Clerk of the hotel had not put in
his appearance about that time.
The Hawaiian Legislature has sent n
petition to the 5Sth Congress to make the
Hawaiian language the official language
so as to allow the use of it in legislative
proceedings. The legislature also asks
that all Hawaiians who can read, write
and speak the Hawaiian language be
qualified for jurors.
Congress ought not TO do anything of
TIE kind. To take such action would be to
make Hawaiian the language to be taught
in the public schools. Hawaii is now a
Territory of the United States, and the
quicker she qualities herself for that hon
Orable position the better. The United
States language is good enough for any
body. 1t would be cruel thing to under
take to suppress the musical language of
the natives of Hawaii, but they can re-
tain their own language while learning
that of better country and language
that in q very short time will be the
diplomatic language of the world
The Pope expresses great pleasure at
receiving from President Roosevelt COPY
Of the Messages of the Presidents.
which he declares he will read with in
terest, and be glad to place with the set
of the Presidents books which were pre-
scented to him last year by Gov. Taft
These are the books which the readers of
| The National Tribune have long ago had