The National tribune., 1907-10-10

there was constant effort being made |
to induce youngsters not II study. There
are so many divefSionS'0f one kind and
another. and it all ENDS in smattering
of lot Of things and nothing well
learned AS for the "fsaternities," they
are productive of no good whatever to
the younger pupils. and may be produc-
tive of much thatyis bad; II young men
and young women get it into their heads
that they are notfbeing treated properly
by the teacher. frat society may
join issue and make all sorts and con-
of it all. anyh wv? The boy and girl
while in school Should find comrade-
ship inspiration and INCENTIVE to ambi-
ton in the home,i AT. least wait until
the home ties are dissolved before
taking to CLUB" life, which in itself is
absolutely destructive of home influ-
ences, or perhaps it would be better to
say that the club comes in to take the
place of h ome influences that are lack
ing.
Mrs Washington Romaine Mich DIS
and Charles Emory Smith, editor of the
Philadelphia Press. Postmaster-General
in. President McKinley's Cabinet. and
Minister to Russia under President Ben
jamin Harrison. were married last
week.
Acting under orders issued by Secre-
tary of the Navy Metcalf the League
Island Navy Yard, at Philadelphia, il
rushing work on the fur battleships
there, so that they may accompany the
Atlantic fleet. which is to make the 49,
000-mile journey to the Pacific Coast.
The orders are positive that the battle
ships must be ready for sea duty by
Dec. Is.
The vessels that will be fitted out for
the trip are the Georgia, Maine. Kansas
and Kearsarge, four of the most power
full and formidable of the countrys sea
fighters. The Georgia and Kansas have
already arrived at the yard, and the
other two are due on Oct. ..
The Government has been active in
obtaining the coal the big fleet will use.
Thousands of tons have been loaded in
the last month. Golfers carry the coal
to Pensac ola, Fla, whence it is trans
ferred to st. Thomas, where the Gov
ernment has cOaling station.
"Few people know that there are
thriving cotton mills in Canada" re-
marked A. o. Dawson, a manufacturer
of cotton goods, who was in the city last
week to attend the convention of the
National Cotton Manufacturers Asso-
citation.
I'm both Ontario and Quebec we have
several large spinning establishments,
Mr. DAVIS IN continued. These get their
raw material entirely from the South
ern part of the United States paving
no more for it than do the New Eng
land mills. The rate on the long haul
to Montreal Is not cent more than
that from Southern points to Boston.
We have an advantage in the chea pnesS
of our labor, which is as efficient in this
line as is II be found anywhere. Cotton
l.. 1nr he IL h., iisa-
BILE. We train mill hands in our fac
tories, only to see them go 10 some other
point. 1t is the same elsewhere. The
cheapness of the labor is caused by the
lower cost of living. Most of oar prod
uct is sold in Australia and New Zea-
land. and there again we get an adj
vantage. because .ge can get thru ship
ments quicker than the New England
mills-30 days from, Montreal u sgd
ney-and have the preference when we
get there becatise one British colony
will always burnfroEr another if the
price is not higher
q have beent9 In the marble business
more than 80 years. and l am familiar
with most of the deposits in the United
States" declared Benjamin F. Thatcher,
IF New York. who has been in Wash
ington on business. Air. Thatcher is the
owner of marble qpfrries in various
parts of the country, and speaks with
authority "EvhFee marble does not ex-
ist anywhere elserin as large quantities
as it does at Marble, Colo. The deposit
is 240 feet thick, and extends for a
mile. Our quarres are open 240 feet
upon the deposit, and we are produce
ing fine. sound; white marble. 1 be-
lieve we are the only quarry in the
United States which can produce a
light-veined white marble in the sizes
required for mon oiith columns for GER
tain work The analysis of our marble
shows it to be 99.T2 per cent calcium
carbonate, which makes it a true mar
BILE. The crystalliZatOn is fine and hard,
and it viii absorb practically no mois-
ture. The exposed lodges of the quarry
show practically no disintegration, and
one-sixteenth of an inch from the sur
face shows no discoloration."
An interesting struggle for the POST
mastership of the House of Representa-
tives. made vacant by the death of Jo-
seph G. McElroy, the late Postmaster,
is now On With a single exception, the
candidates for the place are Ohi pans.
BY common consent, since the organiZa-
lion of the House under what is known
as the hog combine the Office Of
Postmaster has gone to Ohio. and the
Ohio members are assuming, notwith-
standing the retirement of Gen. Grosve-
nor, that this place still bel l1ngs TO that
delegation
The occasion of the dedication of the
Mckinley Monument at Canton, last
week, afforded an opportunity for the
members of the Ohio delegation to take
this matter up for consideration, but it
is understood that NJ conclusion was
reached. The candidates who so far
pe.,.