The National tribune., 1906-08-16

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see it. Well. If his ideas of beauty"
are measured by the physical charms of
his wife We are glad he does not count
American women beautiful.
It apparently makes a difference
whose horned critter does the goring
and whose male creature gets gored,
don't you know. There is an outcry
against the American Consul at Kehl.
Germany. on the ground that in one of
his consular reports. published In Wash
| ington and sent throughout the country
he stated that there are appalling adul-
| terations of food in his region. The
newspapers urge the Government to de-
| mand the recall of the Consul, whose
| report is declared a libel on Germany.
OF course, everything about the State
Department in Washington went right
| straight up in the air when this cable
gram was handed in, until Mr.. Britain.
our Consul at Kehl, was able to make
good. and then it was found that in the
report which he had sent in of the per-
| fectly vile condition of packing-houses
in Germany he had added nothing of his
own, but simply quoted from the Ger
| man press, so we will not apologize to
Germany for lese majestie-just yet al
ready.
Washington has a typhoid-fever epi-
demic, there is no doubt about that
Last year typhoid was dangerously prev
alent, and 1t was said that it was be-
cause we had to drink Potomac water,
which great many physicians declared
| empha ticaily was unfit for man or beast
unstrained and unfiltered. Just at that
time we were spending a million or two
in putting in the most extensive and
most expensive fltering beds in the
country. and all the scientists said that
as soon as we got Potomac water fill
tered we would be all right. Well, the
filtered water came and so did the ty-
phold fever. It keeps on coming. worse
and worse. and now scientists have to
turn elsewhere than to the water supply
for a reason. They say now that 1t Is
flies, which breed in stable manure and
filth, which bring typhoid. An Agrtcul-
tural sharp, who has been investigating,
says:
Careful examination has determined
that one of the most prolific breeding
places for flies Is the refuse from sta
bIes. If this Is allowed to remain around
flies that deposit their eggs on 1t. These
deposits soon hatch and send many
more flies abroad to carry on the work
of spreading the typhoid germs"
That sounds very plausible. and prob
ably this Is one real source of danger.
As matter Of fact, filthy outhouses
and sinking stables are about as much
a menace to health and happiness as
packing-houses. Anything that breeds
bad odors. flies and vermin is menace
to health.
If Congress gets around the President
II has got to sit up nights Joseph Buck
lin Bishop. the former Press Agent Of
the Isthmian Canal Commission, whose
nomination as a member of the Com
mission failed to receive confirmation
by the Senate, was recently elected by
the Com mission as Secretary, at a salary
of $4,000 a year. Mr.. Bishop Is now
on the Isthmus with the other members
Of the Commission, and his election as
Secretary gives him $500 more year
than IL he had received the coveted
place as member Of the Commission.
The salaries of the other members of
the Commission are $500 year. The
appointment of Mr.. Bishop as Press
Agent" and his salary Of $4,000 arous-
ed great deal of criticism, and Con-
gress refused to allow him the salary
1t was generally thought that his salary
had been cut to $4,000 a year, but 1t
was found that his new position OF Sec
retary carried with 1t the same remun-
GRAFTON he had previously received as
Press Agent" When Congress refused
to confirm him as a member Of the
Commission there was a great deal Of
conjecture as to whether the Canal
Commission would again elect him as
Secretary.
Ferdinand Weller, Chief OF the Loan
Division, Treasury Department, died
Aug g. He was born in Treves, Prus-
sia. in 1886. but came with his family
to this country in 1856, settling at Buf-
falo. He enlisted In the 10th n. Y. in
1861. After serving throughout the war
he was appointed clerk in the Surgeon
Generals Office, and In 1867 vent to the
Treasury Department. where he was
promoted to Chief of Division In 1884.
News comes from Lake Tahoe that
Bourke Cochran Is seriously Ill of heart
failure. A short time ago Mr.. Cochran
left San Francisco for Tohoe with a
party, one member of which was Miss
Annie Ide, the daughter Of the former
Governor-General Of the Philippines. to
whom he is betrothed. Unaccustomed
exercise In the high altitude in which
the lake is situated brought on danger
Gus cardiac weakness. to which Cock
ran has long been subject. His physi-
clans fear complications, which may
prove dangerous, as he is SO years old
and not in a good physical condition.
Miss Ide remains at the patients side,
and nurses him with the greatest care.
Good news for sick Cinnamon. Dried
lizards can be imported free of duty,
according to the decision of the courts
against the grasping Treasury Depart
ment. Dried lizards are principally used
in a syrup compounded for sick China
men. It is one Of the standard medi-
cines of the Chinese. and Is held In the
greatest esteem. Some time ago a guam
tity of dried lizards was received in New
York by Wing On Wo, who contended
that they should not pay duty. coming
under the heading Of drugs. The Treas
ury officials held that the lizards should
pay 10 per cent ad yalorem as an un-
enumerated manufactured article. Wing
On Wo took the case to the courts and
won out. It is stated that not large
quantity of lizards comes to the United
States. They are dried in China, al
though American lizards, properly
dried, are held to have just as good
medicinal effect. The Chinaman, how
ever. is willing to pay more money for
the imported article. Some time ago
the customs authorities of the Treasury
had a clash with a Chinese importing
house in New York over dried birds
nests, but succeeded in winning that
case.
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