The National tribune., 1907-04-04


colored man and at the same tables.
In addition to the indignation that had
already been aroused. the proximity of
the coiored man with the white archi-
tectS caused the others to meet among
themselves, with the result of a petit
ton being circulated requesting Secre-
tary Cortelyou to take some action.
One naughty Virginian has resigned
-conditionally. He says that if the
negro goes, then he is willing to come
back and sit at his old desk. But that
if the gentleman of color remains. then
he goes. 1t is said that the President
will have to take a hand in quellins
the incipient uprising of the blue bloods
in the Architects offices. Well, well.
Senator Overman North Carolina)
declared after a recent visit to the
White House that 'Trenching on the
rights of States is growing to be dan
gerous thing. and hope to see it stop
When the States are deprived of the
rights given them by the Constitution,
paternalism and the death of the Re-
public will follow"
Mr.. Overman is not unfriendly to the
railroads. He was one of the Senators
who voted against Senator Hans
brough's motion to take up the bill in
the closing hours of the last session,
which had already passed the House,
applying the anti-smoke law to the
District of Columbia.
Senator Bailey has sold his Kentucky
farm, the one which lies near Lexing-
ton and which was formerly the home
of James Lane Allen, the novelist. The
farm was named Meadow HILL and con-
sisted of 100 acres, valued at $500 an
acre. The purchasers We're Rear-Ad-
miral TODD. Z. S. N, and a Mr.. A. B.
Blitz. The farm was auctioned off.
"Git a-plenty while yer gittin."
Richard Reid Rogers. general counsel
for the Isthmian Canal Commission,
who went to Panama with Secretary
Taft and his party will investigate the
titles to the three rocky islands in Pan
anna harbor. and recommend what steps
shall be taken for their acquisition by
the United States
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
is using one of the islands, having store
houses and shops there. and claims title
to the property. The Panama Railway
has also been making use of some of
the property.
These islands were included in the
transfer of property to the United States
by the Panama Republic. and are held
to be part of the Canal Zone. The title
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
is questioned by the Commission. This
title is said to date back more than so
years, but there is some doubt as to
the original transfer of the property by
Spain.
The Canal Commission is anxious to
gain control of the islands and settle all
dispute as TO their ownership. because
of their strategic position and the de-
STABILITY Of one of the Islands as a To-
cation for a quarantine station.
Sculptors and artists are not always
to blame that the work they do does not
turn out speaking" likeness. of which
the story of the monument to John
Howard Payne is proof
Near the entrance of beautiful Oak
Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. where re-
poses the dust of James G. Blaine. Ed
ward NJ. Stanton and other great Amer
leans, stands a fine statue Of John
Payne. author of Home, Sweet
Home" The bringing home of the re-
mains of this famous American, who
died at his post in Africa generations
ago, when he was serving there as
United States Consul. was the occasion
Of great National function more than
20 years ago. The late William Cor
coran, the Washington banker and phil
penses, and also paid for the monu-
ment and statue of Payne which mark
his resting place In Oak Hill. The
sculptor who executed the life-size
statue had palmed off on him as a pic
ture of John Howard Payne the photo
graph of man whose face was COM
pletely covered with luxuriant growth
of whiskers. Accordingly he faithfully
reproduced the whiskers in marble
Soon after the statue was set up in Oak
Hill it was discovered that John Howard
Payne had never worn heard. The
sculptor. enraged and undaunted, pro-
ceeded forthwith to ch!sel the whiskers
of Of the marble image of the INN ortal
author Of Home Sweet Home" so that
to-day the visitor to Icorgetown's his
toric old cemetery behoids the classic
face in marble Of John Howard Payne
sans whiskers except for a mustache.
A curiosity in globes" has been
placed in the Congressional Library
have outdone the world on
portable bath tubs and clothes wiring
ers, but il has remained for an English
man to get ahead of them this time by
inventins portable globe. the object
in question being of English patent and
make.
The globe. showing all the continents,
oceans seas. islands and rivers Of this
sphere. is perfect In every re-
spect. made of strong. untearable silk
and paper and mounted on a long UNI
brella-like handle, which, like the lat
ter. can be Opened or "shut" by
means of much the same kind of spring
as one finds on parasols This portable
globe Is designed for explorers and
travellers. and on being opened can be
hung up In the explorers tent, handle
like an umbrella depending
from i1aberdasher's sign.
According to the Department of Com
merce and Labor, the United States is a
sweet country. More sugar was con-
here last year than ever before
and the consumption is steadily increas-
ing. 1t Is the largest sugar-consumingI
IL: the world. The country is
indebted to Cuba for its largest supply,
the product of that island consumed biz
the United States almost doubling the
domestic output. Nearly all is cane
sugar. The value of sugar imported in
1908 far exceeds that of any previous
year.
The United States Is increasing stead
lily and rapidly in its consumption of
sugar, and importatiOns have doubled
in the last 20 years. while the popula-
ton meantime increased but so per
cent. The United States is the largest
The average consumption for each in
dividual in 1904 was about Is pounds
The United States consumes about one
fourth of the sugar production of the
world. Nearly all the sugar brought
into this iS