The National tribune., 1904-09-01

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Those who are fond of fishing have beer
complaining bitterly that the waters Of
the Potomac River were being polluted 81
badly that the fish were dying. The Com
missioners set to work to find out the cause
of the trouble. and discovered that the
washing of the cloths used IN the press
work at the Bureau of Printing and En-
craving. and the throwing into the sewers
of acids and inks from the same source
was causing the devastation among the
finny tribes.
The National Zoo here in Washington
has the largest herd of elk in continent
i'm the world At present there are 36 in
the herd and there are IL baby elks. all oil
which came this Summer. All but two oil
three of the babies will be traded for other
animals to enrich the Zoo. None of them
can be sold, but they can be exchanged fol
other creatures of which the Zoo is short
The life of an elk is not long, from Ii to
IL years only.
The Christian Endeavorers tried to ge,
the Navy Department to declare against
wine for christening the Connecticut. which
will leave the ways next month some time
Acting Secretary Darling replied that a
time-honored custom would not be broken
aud ended his letter with the following:
bottle of wine upon the Connecticut can
injure her as battleship or work the
slightest injury to any man: and as an
example it seems to me that the cause OF
temperance would be better served ii more
of the worlds product of wine were spilled
overheard to wash the hullS of battleships.
Finally, permit me to suggest that you and
the 3,MOOO people you represent ought
to find comfort in the thought that wine
thus expended can neither imperil the soul
nor contribute TO the cup of human sor-
row."
The remains of the late Col. French. File
Clerk of the lower House of Congress. who
died in Germany short time ago. will be
brought to this country and cremated.
Harry Sythe Cummings, of Baltimore,
who seconded the nomination of Roosevelt
at the Chicago Convention. was given a
banquet by his colored confreres in Wash
ington last week. In responding to toast
he said:
without Theodore Roosevelt as Presi..
dent of the United States that dark cloud
which threatens desolation to the colored
race would be without a silver lining.
President Roosevelt is the charm for every
woe as far as the cOlored man is concerned
to-day"
Of all the idiotic canards that have been
uttered about Miss Alice Roosevelt, that
story about her wearing garter snake for
necklace is the most vicious. Miss RoOse-
Welt is not a freak. She is just a sweet,
girly girl. She is dainty as piece of
Dresden china. very athletic, extremely
natural. and abhOrs anything that would
stamp her as abnormal in any way. She
is such a sensible little woman that, even
if she were inclined to practical jokes,
which she isn't, she would not wear a snake
for a necklace because of her father, whom
H. Ill c,I -hovr, ho Hna co.
tion would hurt dreadfully. Roosevelt is a
man. and he can stand all the hard knocks
given. and return them with interest. 1t is
mean, low-down ''po' white Ornery,' how
ever, to tell such outrageous lies on q
charming young girl whose position is at
best torment, for, do what she will, she
is the daughter of her father, and must
live in 1.-THE white light that beats upon a
throne just as long as that father lives in
the White House. 1t is her desire to get
away from some of the awful notoriety
which leads Miss Alice to spend most of
her time away from Washington.
The President is back at Sycamore Hill
again. and it is safe to say that he enjoys
the life there much better than anywhere
else on earth.
Champ Clark, Representative in the
lower House of Congress from Missouri
has been giving the Chautauqua Circuit a
whirl as one of the star orators. Champ
can talk like tornado and, like the wind
TANNER. he doesn't much care what he
says when he gets warmed up. His meta
phOrs are usually warm ones, and many OF
his statements smell of sulphur and things
especially when he gets started on politics
He was up in New Albany. Ind, the other
day. where he and Charley Landis were
slated to speak from the same platform
one after the other. Lands coming first
Now. Charley Lands is little the smooth
est talker in Congress; he just is that. Hi
has pleasing way with him, keen wit
and deep strain of fine humor. YOU'D
like to hear him talk. no matter what the
of in chunks. so many words TO chunk
and sized off with a swing of brawny
hand and arm. He speaks in a kind oil
laborious. steam-exhaust sort of fashion
and though usually picturesque in delivery
his friends can always be sure that before
he gets through there is going to be some
thing that they will wish he had not said.
Well. at the New Albany speaking
Lands held the platform first, and some
smart Alec in the audience asked him
where's Bill Taylor!' Quick as fash
is going to stay there until he gets justice =
That was meat and drink for Clark. Al
soon as he got the platform, he lit into
Taylor, calling the Ex-Governor of Ken
lucky an assassin and charged that thu
Republicans were protecting a man whG
should be hanged. The Republicans want
to rule this country by assassination" he
said in conclusion:
Out of the crowd there came a voice
"That's not true, You are a liar.'
OF course, Mr. Clark was not lookins
for so brave a denial of his atrocious as
sertion. and he flew the track in a minut,
with piece of swagger that he ought tt
have been above, considering the high plac,
in which he sits. IF the man who jus
called me a liar will meet me outside o.
the park when ! finish my speech, I'll Gu
his throat from ear to ear" he yelled
Now. isn't that pretty thing TO have come
in Chautauqua lecture! But the funn,
part came after. The man met Clark, o.
tried to. but he had leaked out of the land
scape. He was only in the throat-cuttini
business for print
1t has just come out, accidentally, tina
Senator Fairbanks. Vice-Presidential can
didate on the Republican ticket, tried t,
20 into the Spanish-American war. III
rendered his resignation "a n United State