The National tribune., 1904-06-23
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yp The yonng man ts smngy ai went s to Ss wo sa
this wheel" or words to that effect. and
then with bang he yanked another
crank. and declared ''there is the result!'
showing the paper.
'Of what?" asked the official who had
given the figures.
The answer to the problem" declared
the young man airily.
"Oh. no, it isn't" replied the official.
The young man insisted that it was,
but said that he was willing to have it
tested by 'hand work." so at it went all
the officials present. All got the same
answer. and it was something over 1000
600 less than the machine had made it.
The young man gathered up his machine
and sloped.
The American Cross of Honor. COM
posed of persons who have received the
LifeSaving Medal of Honor from the
United States Government, have just Civ
en- President Roosevelt and Andrew Car
negie honorary memberships in the Or
ganization.
They are treating Miss Anthony as
though she was a scion of royalty over in
Europe. There was reception in Berlin
the other day in which the Countess Won
was assisted by her husband. Count Won
Buelow. When Miss Anthony was pres
ented, the Count calamity kissed her hand. !.
One can just hear Miss Anthony say, as
she eolors up like .,,e a girl, for she bushes
kissed by man, I'd rather he would kiss
my hand than my mouth" But don't you
get TO thinking that Miss Anthony never
had chance to be kissed by q man.
Miss Anthony had lot of lovers in her
youth. She did, indeed. And they wrote
her very loverlike letters.
The flag of the "Lost Cause has been
more or less in evidence ever since it went
down to defeat at Appomattox. but it is
getting to be more" right straight along.
Time was when it was used sparingly in
decorations. and newspaper correspondents
were strictly enjOined to keep stories of
its exploitation out of the newspapers. 1t
Is Haunted on every occasion now. and the
Children OF the public schools OF the South
are taught to reverence it above every ban
ner on earth. The rather startling in
formation has come to the Confederate
Camps and their Auxiliaries in Washing
ton. however, that for more than 40 years
now they have been worshiping the wrong
kind of banner. The Confederate Vet
erans III National Encampment assembled
mulgated the fact that the flag of the Con-
federacy was not OblOng with diagonal
crosses from corner to corner, but that il
was square. The very funniest part of all
this IS, however. that they, the Confed-
crate Veterans. charge that Northern his
mistake which they have been hugging
to their bosoms for 10 these 10 Years
they say that our artists have always
depicted the rebel flag as oblong, and no.
BODY down South has ever had the am
oitlon or energy to correct the mistake, ND
ao.S - l.: Il
tie OF its history is known went down to
defeat. -
Secretary Hays order has gone forth.
and no more will the inscriptions Omitted
States Embassy" and "United States
and Consular seals and in other places
where they formerly stood. In their place
on all the new record books and seals
VIII appear the words american Em-
nassy and American Consulate" and
American Consular Agency" There is
dignity and simplicity about the term
American" that the Secretary likes. and.
besides. there are several United States';
aside from the United States Of America,
a 1act which leads to a great deal of con-
fusion In foreign countries.
Ex-Governor Black. of New York. will
nominate President Roosevelt. In that
connection the names of silver-tongued
orators who have nominated Republican
candidates for the Presidency will not be
without interest. Senator Foraker n0mi-
mated President Mckinley at st. Louis.
ana also four years later at PHILADELPHIA.
when one of the seconding speeches was
by Mr. Roosevelt, now President. Rich
ard W.: Thompson, of Terre Haute.
former Secretary of the Navy, and a ven.
erab!e hgure in HOOsier politics now gono
to his reward, put the name of BENJAMIN
Harrison IN nomination at MinneapOl in
lSJ2. He made but brief speech but
at Chicago. four years before that. Gen
Harrison was presented for the nomina.
tion by Gov. Albert G. Porter, of Indiana
in an elaborate effort
When Blaine was nominated at Cb;cao oo
In 1854, Maine, although State of many
fluent orators. put forth no native sons
but selected Judge William Fl. West of
Ohio, who had been delegate to tho
Chicago Convention Of 1860 that nomi-
mated Lincoln. Norman b. Judd, of Illi-
n0is, nominated Mr. Lincoln in 1890
Simon Cameron, OF Pennsylvania. pro-
posed his nomination in 1864 through n
resolution. Grant was nominated in 1868
by Gen. John A. Logan, but i'm a simple
motion and not in nominating speech.
which came into fashion later Senator
Colom. OF Illinois, presented Grants
ton OF 1872. Gov. Edward F. Moves. Of
Ohio. nominated President Hayes. Gen
Garfield was not named by any orator for
President in the Convention of 1890 on
the original call of States, his name hay-
ing been taken up later, but he was him
sell one OF the nominating orators and put
John Sherman before the Convention.
The President and Mrs Roosevelt have
in every way possible encouraged actors
| and actresses. They are devoted "frst
nighters," and often have the .Stars''
| OF great plays to luncheon or dinner. The
President very often extends an invita-
ton to whole theatrical companies to visit
the White House, and at such a time the
President and Mrs Roosevelt always de-
scend to the East Room and receive the
guests, who are always presented in due
| form.
A life-siZe~ statue of Dr. BENJAMIN
Rush. an eminent physician. who was one
of the signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, was unvaied a week ago. 1t
stands in the grounds of the United States
Naval Bureau of Hygiene and Naval
Medical School. The statue was pre-
sented by the members Of the American
Medical Association. and they attended
the dedication. The dedica ton speech was
made by the President Of the Medical AS