The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-05-31

tcct tncm from decay ana OemOHt1On.
Mr.. ]. I. WhittemOre was made Gus
todian. While making some improve
ments around his own house lately. Mr..
Whittemore discovered the imprint on
one Of the blocks or large bricks Of the
ruins, and sent q cast of the find to
Washington. together with g. small col
lection of other relics, Including q black
lava image OF mountain sheep, recOg-
nized by Washington chronological spe-
cialists as remarkably peculiar in treat
ment and workmanship.
The ruins were already old and de-
serted when first encountered by the
now, other architectural remains re-
ferable to the same civilization as that
which produced the Casa Grande had
been reduced by the decay of centuries
to mere shapeless mounds. All that IS
known of the people is what recent ex-
plOratiOn. still in progress, has disclos-
ed. These explorations show the ruins
and the extinct race to be one of the
most remarkable in the country. They
indicate a very populous, very indus
triOus. very artful Nation, which had a
highiy-developed system Of irrigation
and navigation canals, having a total
of hundreds of miles in linear extent.
They had been projected with the ac-
curacy Of modern civil engineering,
were constructed of fire-baked blocks,
and had regular engagements to per-
NIT the passing Of boats.
Mrs. Roosevelt will remain in the
city until the President can go to Oys-
ter Bay, and that will not be until Con-
gress adjourns.
"When?'
Oh. we'll, now. don't ask impertiucnt
questions. Congress will adjourn when
ii gets good and ready and not before.
The Roosevelt children will go to Oys-
ter Bay about June Z. 1t Is very prob
able that the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt will go to their Virginia cottage
for the weekend each week after the
warm weather sets in. If they do not
fly or in the Sylph for q breath o. salt
sea air.
Here is story they tell on Quentin
Roosevelt. the Presidents youngest
hopeful, who is a regular Buster Brown.
If you did but know 1t. The teacher
was trying to impress on her pupils the
values and in5uriousness Of certain foods
and drinks and wanted to find out how
many Of the kidiets INDUCED in coffee.
Just few hands went up in reply to
this question. Then she tackled them
on tea. half dozen or 50 INDUCED In
tea. Just then she was called from the
room. Here was where Quentin got in
his work. He waltzed himself up to the
platform and said: Now, all you kids
who drink champagne stand on your
heads!"
A striking illustration Of the superior
endurance OF modern artillery. using
smokeiess powder, as compared with
guns which burned the old brown DOW
der. Is Afforded by two vulcanite casts
received at the Ordnance Bureau of the
War Department. showing the interior
OF two 12-inch guns. The first fl that
Of a piece which had been fired ESQ
times with brown powder and was then
Iefned. The bore Of the gun was 80
deeply pitted that the cast resembled
the bark OF the toughest Of old oak
trees. and the cavities were deep enough
TO contain walnuts. and the rif1inR had
completely disappeared. The second
cast was made from a gun which had
been fired 200 times with smokeIess
powder. There was some erosion. but
not enough to destroy the lands Of the
rfning. and the interior was fairly
smooth. The gun had been ordered re-
lined. however. because much more i'm
portance fs now attached to q smooth
bore than formerly The cost Of q 12-
inch piece Is more than $4,000.
President Roosevelt h greatly DE-
pleased over the action Of the senate
Committee on Interoceanic Canals In de-
Gliding to recommend the sea-level type
for the Panama Canal He said that
should Congress adopt the sea-level
canal bill 1t would throw everything into
chaos and probably postpone the con-
struction OF the canal for q quarter Of a
century.
Speaker Cannon has acquired almost
everything now but cabin and a noun
tain spring from the Carolinas. The
very last present was a god" The
Yankees call the thing "go'ud." West
erners who never see IT. but know the
value OF the letters OF the alphabet, call
II as 1t Is spelled, a ''gourd." The gourd
comes from South Carolina, and is sure
a sight. 1t will hold two gallons Of
well. we will say fluid" and Uncle Joe
can put In it what he likes SO long as he
has no spring to hang 1t up by. 1t has
handle nearly three feet long, and is
altogether just about the finest specimen
OF gourd. Burned into the gourd IS
the inscription. With which to drink
from the Fountain Of Immortal Youth.
To Uncle Joe on his 10th birthday"
Vice President Fairbanks was attend
ing Methodist Conference down In
In 1t he made the following allusion to
muck raking":
We should beware OF the blightinS
effects OF hysteria. We should avoid Il
In either the enactment Of our laws or
In their enforcement. Our interests are
too mighty and our destiny too great to
give ourselves over to the unthinkine.
TO the opportunist. to those who take no
thought OF to-day and tomorrow. We
nave attained to the leadership OF the
world because We have been a great.
ieVel-headed. conservative people: be-
cause we have deliberated upon the
great questions Of humanity, of trade
and commerce.; because we have mas
tered them"
Among the Kaiser's guests during the
yachting week at Kiel at the end of
June will be Mr.. and Mrs Nicholas
Longworfh and ambassador Charlie
magne Tower.
For number OF years the Post Office
Department has endeavOred to impress
upon the public the importance Of exer-
cfsing care In writing addresses on let
ters, ETC.. sent through the mails. AL
though this campaign of education has
been effective In a measure, the fact
that more than IL 900. 600 pieces of nm
delivered matter were handled in the
Division OF Dead Letters during the year
1905 indicates that there il still consid-
cradle PeleSgnasS In thfs rocneox