The National tribune., 1907-02-28

would shine in Podunk, possibly in
Harlem, ana undoubtedly have got to
make some kind of a stagger at ''sls-
siety' in Washington, or go to the wall
but to call this p ,litical pot pourri $50
ciety" is nonsense.
A letter came thru the Washington
Post Office the other day addressed t.
Uncle Joe, care Uncle Sam, Washing
ton, d. CT
The Post Office authorities were never
in doubt for a moment to whom the
card was intended. This was what was
on it:
Dear Uncle Joe: My minor toe in
the left row fairly aches with the de-
sire that you will use your big influence
to curb both trusts and trustees. while
saving as much time and money as you
can during this short session. May your
arm be both heightened and strength
ened as the session shortens. Please
give us fewer battle ships and railroad
wrecks. smaller salaries and mileage
bills, briefer Congressional Records,
more postal routes, parcels post, and
1-cent letter postage, to atone for time
wasted on the Brownsville affair, and
you will win fame as you deserve, not
only in Illinois, but in Ohio"
Loaded with a crowd of laughing and
shouting schoolboys, guests of Archie
and Quentin Roosevelt. the big White
House sleigh broke down just as it
passed the west entrance to the Execu-
tive Grounds, the day of the big snow.
The accident. however. was not of a
serious nature, and in less than an hour
the party was able to continue on its
journey of fun.
,Il 4 -s<rl, frnv
was taken from its quarters in the Ex-
ecutive stables yesterday for the first
time in two years. Scarcely hundred
yards from the stables, behind a team
Of prancing bays. the tongue of the
sleigh pulled out The interruption to
the ride did not dismay the youngsters.
AS the men, summoned from the sta
bIes, worked to repair the damage, the
boys played in the snow and threw
snowbails at the workers. When they
started out again Archie and one of his
friends rode on a sled attached to the
sleigh from DehiI.d.
The Japanese usually are of such
short stature that when Mr.. Kumajl
Oshina, Superintendent-Ge of Po-
lice of the Government of Formosa, ap-
peared in Washington, nobody could
forbear gazing at him on account Of his
six feet of altitude.
He is the tallest Jap 1 ever saw
was said repeatedly. Mr.. Oshima
proved as good humored as he was
lofty.
81 came to the United States to find
out how your police departments are
conducted, but 1 have been cabled to
return home Immediately, and hence
will have no time for investigation.
have been in FOrmosa for the past
eleven years When I first went there
the island was overrun with robbers
but we have about rid the country OF
them The only difficulty now Is with
the fierce and savage mountain tribes
of the interior. Their subjugation Is
no easy task. They live in remote Sec
tions, where no roads have ever been
operate. These wild men do not know
what fear is. and will fight to the last
ditch. They look on every stranger as
an enemy, and for that reason the
Government will not allow any one to
go into their territory without written
permit"
"The average citizen Of the United
States seems TO have consumed one-hal1
his own weight in sugar in the yeaI
just ended" says a statement issued
partment of Commerce and Labor. The
average per capita consumption was
76 pounds. The amount of sugar con-
sumed was 6,5O6,000,0G0, at cost ci
over $500, 100000.
OF this enormous consumption one
fifth was produced in this country, an
other one-fifth was imported from our
island possessions. and the remaining
or 3.S64.665,661 pounds
from foreign countries.
OF the production of sugar in the
United States last year little less than
one-half was from cane and a little
more than one-half from beets. The
quantity of beet sugar entering into
American consumption was 672. 900, ,00C
pounds, showing remarkable increase
1t is not often that Vice President
Fairbanks INDUCES in humor, altho he
possesses good fund of it, as those
who know him well can testify. not
withstandine his reputation for cold
ness, which Is really undeserved In his
quiet. dry way Mr.. Fairbanks caused
several Senators to come near to VIC
laiing the rules by laughing In open
Senate the other day.
There was some confusion over 6
vote on the point of order made by the
Senator from Kansas, Mr.. Curtis.
"If / vote no now" said Mr.. Cul-
berson, of Texas, ''can 1 vote aye on
the amendment when it comes uE
later"
Yes said Mr. Fairbanks. blandly
unless the Senator changes his mind
in the meantime"
Mr.. Culberson sank back into his
seat He had not received exactly the
answer he expected.
G. NJ. Oyerstreet, father of Congress
man Jesse Oyerstreet, of the Seventh
Indiana Congressional District. died -
his home in Franklin. Ind, last week
He was 81 years old. and was for many
years a leading attorney of that State
He was a veteran of the civil war and
former member of the State Senate.
Ex-senator Stewart, formerly "Sen-
ator Santa Claus" is again rich man
He left the Senate many hundreds o!
thousands poorer than he was when he
came in, and because he could no long
er afford 10 play" he went back tc
his law practise, hoping to make iiv.
ing at that, but found it uphill work n,
his age. He had given up mining ven
lures, but held stock in q mine which
suddenly leapt into fame as one of the
richest in tTe West, and his stock ha.
netted him about 100000, witt. more
in sight. Everybody who knows the ole
Senator will be glad. He used his money
wisely, and helped the deserving poor
and was always jolly old soul.
The British Embassy at Washington
is now the best paid post in the British