The National tribune., 1907-03-14


THE NATIONAL TRIBUNl
leading part In the committee work
there. He also served IN the Confed-
crate Congress. and was one of the
most prominent Democratic figures of
reconstruction days following the war.
The Department of Agriculture has
just issued bulletin in which the pub
lie is duly warned of the danger of
tubero ulosis being communicated to hu-
man beings thru cattle. The bulletin
consists of a report as to certain expert
ments conducted during the past year
by DR.. Z. c. Schroeder and w. E. Cot
ton, of the Experiment Station main
tanned by the Bureau of Animal Indus
try, with hogs and cattle. with a view
to testing the susceptibility of the lungs
to infection with tubercle bacili with
out regard to the point at which the
infectious material enters the human
body"
The results and conclusions reached
by MessrS Schroeder and Cotton are
thus stated:
Tuberculosis material from cattle
has the highest virulence for all tested
species of the mammalian kingdom, to
which man anatOmically and phySioiOg-
ically belongs, and tuberculosis mate
rial from man has lower virulence.
Man is constantly exposed to fresh
tuberculosis material in helpless way
thru his use of dairy products from
tuberculOuS COWS and cows associated
with tuberculous cattle.
The wide use of milk. its rapid dis
tribution because of its perishable char
acter the ease with which it may be
contaminated, all speak for one con-
clusion, namely, that We have no more
active agent than the tuberculous cow
for the increase of tuberculosis among
animals and its persistence among
men,"
Marcus Aurelius Smith, the Delegate
from Arizona, received letter from a
constituent, which reads as follows:
Hon. Mark Smith. Washington, d. c.
Dear Sir: I have voted for you every
time yuve run for Congress, and yu
amt never done nothin' for me yet.
Now. as soon as you get this letter l
want yu to send me them publicashuns
got out by the Government with the
peoples money every day, and which
has the obichuarieS of dead Congress-
men. I'd rather read about dead Con-
gressmen than anything else. Be sure
to send me all yu can get a holt Of"
The Arizona statesman is not certain,
but he thinks what his constituent
wants is copy of the Congressional
Record, SO he can read the speeches
made in eulogy of Congressman who
die In office
''Talk about red tape" said one of
the so young men ordered to take the
examination for admission to the Pay
Corps of the Navy, well, I ran into 1t
with vengeance. First I reported to
the Commandant of the Washington
Navy Yard. He indorsed my papers
and referred me to the President of the
Examining Board. He indorsed the pa
per and referred me to the Recorder
of the Board The latter added his in
dorsement and referred me to the Sur
geon-General of the Navy. whose Office
is in the Navy Department. By him l
was referred back to the President of
the Examining Board, whose Office is in
the Mills Building, and then by him ]
was referred to the senior medical
member of the Board. 1 was then no.
titled to appear before the Medical
Board five days later for physical eX-
animation II I pass that examination
l will be examined mentally and pro-
fessionally by the entire Board. There
were about so candidates who went
thru the same routine as myself. One
young fellow from San Francisco got
disgusted with the whole proceeding,
going back home, as he had already had
all he wanted of military service"
Representative Keifer, of Ohio. car
ries limp which dates from 1865. H.
served all thru the civil war without
injury, and got bullet in his leg after
Lees surrender. In April. 1865, while
scouting at the head of a small column
of cavalry on the outskirts of Rich
mond, he had brush with a wander
ing force Of COnfederates, and would
have been killed had it not been for the
Intervention of the Confederate COM
mander He returned to camp, and
after having his wound dressed got or
ders and reinforcements and started
out agan to look for the enemy. He
found them very near where the first
skirmish occurred, and after a sharp
engagement their commander. Col.
Tucker, surrendered and Gen. Keifer
took his sword When he was elected
to Congress In 1879 he became acquaint-
ed with Representative John Randolph
Tucker, of Virginia, and one day while
they were lunching together related this
incident. Representative Tucker was
very strongly OF the opinion that the
Confederate commander was his broth
er. and, at Cen Keifer's request, ascer-
tanned definitely that such was the case
When the General went home soy the
holiday recess he hunted up the old
sword. brought 1t to Washington with
him. and thru J. Randolph Tucker re-
stored 1t to its original owner.
Archie Roosevelt Is improving in
health. and the little fellow will be all
right again in few days, It Is thought.
He has had a tough pull OF diphtheria,
and the case lloked pretty serious for
time. The little fellow is the most
obstreperous Of all the sons Of the Pres
ident and Is always In evidence. He
roller skates Oh the asphalt walks about
the White House, and not infrequently
makes a dive into the Executive Offices,
takes a whirl around the main Office.
and out again with a VIII )op and a yell,
much to the horror of some Of the WIS.,
itors. He rides his calico" pony all
over the city. his Rough Rider sombrero
Tapping in the breeze and his little legs
done up In kahki leggings just like
dads" He swoops down on his moth
er with a bunch Of dirty-faced little
rascaIs like himself from school, wants
"pie and cheese and cake and lots OF
then races thru the corridors of the
White House playing II spy" golfs IN
the White House grounds. takes a dip
in the big fountain at night In his pa
jamas, and is always doing the thing he