The National tribune., 1903-02-19

Alexis Vassilgevich Batine, A. B. and
"a. NJ, a native Russian, especially versed
in Slavic literature and at one time Asso-
ciate Librarian in the Leland Stanford
University, has been appointed as cata-
logger in the Library of Congress.
Prof. G. c. Maynard, Department of
Technology, has just received through the
Patent Office what is supposed to be the
first gun ever made by an Indian. This
gun is of a most peculiar design, but is
complete and efficient in every respect Ii
comes from Solola, full-blood Cherokee.
who lives in Qualla Town, n. &. Salola
has come to be the chief mechanic of his
nation, and. considering the fact that the
Indian was practically uneducated ana
self-taught, Prof. Maynard thinks his at
tainment most remarkable.
Down in Georgia, where everything goes
one way, the election laws are KIND Oh
ro-as-yor-plea se-any -old-way. Representa-
tive Maddox, of Georgia, says that ms
State has been more conservative thah
any other State in making changes III any
of her laws.
with the exception of requirement
for registration" he says, eve have prac.
tically the same election laws we had a
100 years ago There is no such thing
as an official ballot Each party has ITS
own tickets printed, and they are voted
in the open. Any man Is privileged 10 run
for office who wants to. All that Is neces
sary for him to do is to have his tickets
printed and pass them around. III lie can
get sufficient number OF people 10 !ote
for him he will be elected. We believe
that by this method we obtain pure"
election than by the Australian baliot sss
nln0finn
Georgia than in almost any other State
of the Union.''
Here is an item which should make ma, E, al, an
get right up and howl, yet who shall say
the Librarian of Congress is not dong MS
Christian duty on one day III the seven.
How would it do for him 10 exercise arbi-
trary Judgment and refuse fiction to these
kids at all times? When parents or natur
al guardians are blind to the TACT that
their charges are feeding on mental pois-
on, somebody must assume the authoflt!
to check the growth of vitlated tastes.
The Librarians report says that )ur-
ing the year 1902 over 40 per cent OF the
books supplied to readers in the main
reading room of the Library OF congress
related to history, science, belles-letters.
and political science. Fiction found only
II per cent, but since the Library has
been open on Sundays, the main reading
room has been crowded with boys ana
girls calling for fiction, and as there was
greater demand for it than any other
books, and for lack of room serious read
ers were turned away, the Librarian has
issued an order that no juvenile fiction
shall be sent out on Sundays"
It is said that the President has de-
cided to appoint upon the Commission 70
IL, 1aeI
Secretary of War Eiihu Root. Senator
Lodge, Of Massachusetts, and Senator
Turner. OF Washington. Turner Is
Democrat: the other two Republicans.
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Miss Root left
Washington last Monday for New Orleans
and the Mardi Gras festivities Their
stateroem in the handsome Pullman they
occupied when they left Washington was
upholstered i'll white satin, and great
bouquet of pink roses stood upon the table
The young ladies were accompanied by
time socially while i'll the South. Some
ill-mannered aristocrats down there. who
seem to feel not very secure IN their so
cial position, hence are dreadfully afraic
they will get lowered in social prestige
in some manner, have threatened all sorts
of nasty reyenges on these two very girl
ish young ladies, and it is not at all i'm
probable that the newspapers that cater
TO this class of people Will soon be filled
with rubbish about our two bright North
ern girls. Just the same, the real SIMON
pure" aristocrats will see that the young
ladies have the very best time IN the
locker, and some day their pretty South
. ern girls will come to the White House
and have the time of their lives.
The Houston CTexas) women seem new
er to have learned the homely old saying,
"Never look a gift horse in the mouth. v
While it is uncomfortable that Mrs. Roose-
welt ever sent the kindergarten Fair wom-
en- of that town ''piece of hemstitched cot
ton" for handkerchief, it is probably true
Mrs. Roosevelt is asked TO donate ON an
average of 100 handkerchiefs n week to
charitable purposes. and each case is as
meritorious as the Houston case. She has
been responding TO these calls tor period
of three years, and these blooded women
of Texas reNthe flrst to kick on the Guai
lty or the CT linen. POSSIBLY MIS-
Roosevelt ought to stop al her society
functions and SIT herself down to embroid'
er and work handkerchiefs, but 1t is no,
at all likely that she VIII. She mas a
larger work IN lie 10 perform imam fr1tter'
ing 1t away on embroidery and lace max.
ing: MIS-: Roosevelt Is also 100 well bred
70 nave gwen utterahce 10 the sentiments
Wnlch zen from the hps OF the iadIes VI
VINO criticiZeo The snt WhIch Mrs. hooSe
reIt sect ihein. III nrs: Jeh DaVis, VINO
nVes on inc sweet cnarlty OF me south
MeIe caI!en upon 10 sHe hal'uherciiei