The National tribune., 1906-01-18

provide for an International exposition
of arts, industries. manufactures. and
the products of the soil, mine. forest,
and sea at San Francisco in 1913 to cell
citrate the 4O0th anniversary of the
discovery of the Pacific Ocean by Vasco
Nunez Balboa. An appropriation of
100000 by the Government is pro-
vided for in the bill. which also in
cludes q naval review in San Francisco
Bay Sept 25. 1918.
After all, what better memorial
could be erected to the name of a truly
great man than that which the Jews
of America and Great Britain have
erected to the memory of the late Sec
rotary OF State. John Hay? 1t is not
of brick or marble, Or bronze or stone.
1t does not rear a meaningless head
into the cold blue sky, or shrek it's
purpose into the ears and eyes Of all
corners, but gently. like the cooling dew
from heaven, 1T will steal into the calm
er, gentler moments of men and wom-
en-. and insensibly they will be in
fiuenced by its power. The knowledge
of this memorial came to Mrs. Clara
Hay, wife Of the late Secretary of
State, in an address signed by 1858
Jews in England and in this country.
In 1t Mr.. Hays services to the Jewish
people are set forth, including the note
of September, 1902. to the powers, sig
natory to the Berlin Treaty of 1878,
asking them to compel Roumania to
observe article A Of the treaty, which
provides for liberty of conscience.
A portion of the address reads: "In
the pressure and the stress Of this busy
age, even the greatest benefactors of
mankind are soon forgotten: but Israel,
who has suffered through the long GEN.
turtles, never fails to remember deeds
of kindness and Righteousness wrought
in her behalf. Therefore, the Kaddish
prayer, which 60 rabbis recited in
Cleveland in honor of the memory of
John Hay on July 3. 1905. while his
mortal remains were being borne to
their last resting place. will be per-
adopted by the synagogue,
both in this country and beyond the
seas, as a part of our divine service on
our days of Judgment and Atonement,
when, according to the teachings of
our faith. the books of account are
opened before the Lord"
Charles d. Walcott, Director of the
United States Geological Survey. has
received a diploma and gold medal
from the Lewis and Clark Exposition
at Portland, Ore, for cooperative work
between the Survey and the Exposition
in developing and exhibiting methods
of successfully concentrating the black
50 nds of the Pacific slope. 1t has long
been known that the heavy sands col
lected in the sluice boxes of placer
mines contained, besides gold and
plantinum, many other minerals that
are valuable for industrial purposes,
but up to last Summer no efficient
method had been devised for extract
ing these minerals. The Geological
Survey began an exhaustive examna-
ton of this subject which resulted in
showing that these valuable minerals
could be obtained at more than 1000
localities. The survey also collected va
rious kinds of concentrating machinery
and devised practical method for
the values contained in the
sand. AS a result of the experiments
made, hundreds of placer mines are
now in successful operation which
formerly could not be worked with
profit. The commemorative diploma
and medal awarded to the Survey are
tributes to this work.
OF all the funny things. The Com
of the District of Columbia
got a letter the other day which lays
pike since the explosion of the G. W.
cherry-tree incident. A man. one Lue
Ruiz, from Van Buren,, Ark, wrote
asking just where is the spot on the
Potomac River that George Washing
ton threw a silver dollar further than
any one else" He said he knew that
1t occurred in Washington, d. c., but
wanted to know just where. That is
as bad as the little boy in the Sunday
School class who seemed to be very in
different to Biblical teaching, and the
teacher said, gently, Johnny, didn't
you know that Jesus died for you?"
To which the youngster replied in gen.
uine surprise. Why no! 1 didn't even
know he was sick"
There il an old story which is located
at Fredericksburg. 1t is said, in the
century-old tales Of that place, that
Washington once stood on one shore
of the Rappahannock River, down
there. and threw silver dollar across
to the other shore, which as a matter
of fact. it would have been a physical
impossibility to do. The story is also
laid at Mount Vernon, where the Poto-
mac River is one mile wide
On visit to Mount Vernon, in COM
pany with the late William NJ. Evarts,
then Attorney-General, Lord Chief
Justice Coleridge, of England, express
cd doubt as to the correctness of this
story on account of the great width
OF the river, and Mr.. Evarts then made
his famous witticism, But you must
remember, my Lord, that dollar went
farther in those days"
Mr.. Ruiz inclosed a stamped en-
velope with his inquiry
When the President sat on the men,
bers of the Cabinet and told them to
keep their mouths Shu-un-weli YES
closed, don't you know, he made the
Washington correspondents pretty hot
under the collar. The regular Wash
ington Correspondent is gentleman
He can take his seat at the council
table Of the wisest I'm this land or any
other and hold his own. In many in
stances he Will distance all the others
and give them points that make them
open their eyes. This has to be- A
Washington Correspondent has got to
know geography, ancient history and
modern; he must have q smatterine
knowledge of -, and know all about
oratory and old orators, as well as the
new: he must be able to compute the
exact second that an occultation of
heavenly bodies will occur, for he NAV
have 10 give some celebrated astronom-
er swipe, and he must know as much
or more than Major-General Of the
Army or the Admiral of the Navy be-
cause 1T Will be his business to handle
both during his newspaper service i'm
Washington. and there must be no
weak places in his armor when he
tackles our military, be it on land or
on sea. He must be q canal builder
and the things he does not know about