The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-07-30

mincemeat, Jelly. jams, catsup, pre-
serves. etc. which cannot be preserved
and offered to the consumer in perfect
condition without the aid of any chem
ical personalities.
If a bill introduced in the closing
days of the last session of Congress by
Representative Mccall, of Massachu-
sets. passes at the next session. as 1t is
understood it doubtless Will, the Ma
tional Capital will have a memorial to
Abraham Lincoln matching in dignity
the monument it now possesses in honor
of Washington. The idea that finds
most favor for the memorial is an arch
Provision is made in the bill for the
purchase of the land lying between the
Capitol and Union Station, $3.50, 00C
being. asked for this purpose, while ar
additional s1,000,000 is desired for q
suitable monument or monumental me-
mortal to Lincoln, to be placed some
where in the land to be acquired.
The report of the receipts and ex.
penditures of the Post Office Depart
ment for the quarter ended March 81
1908, shows total receipts to have been
S49,227,631, and total expenditures
ISL, S62,107, making an excess of ex-
penditures during the quarter of ST.
634,476.
Receipts are principally represented
by the sale of postage stamps, stamped
envelopes, postal cards, etc, $44,521,-
232. Second-class postage was S1,716,-
075: third and fourth-class postage
s1,011, 494; revenue from money order
business, s93S.S6 box rents and branch
offices, $95S,621
The larger items of expenditures are:
Railroad transportation, s1O,971 ,307;
rural delivery service, SS,509,669; city
delivery service, s6,467,694; railway
mail service, s4,273,2O9.
According to printers and compositors
in the Government Printing Office, color
blindness is resulting from the intense
rays of the recently installed mercury
yapor lights in the composing rooms,
and Public Printer Leech is engaged in
giving the matter his personal atten-
ton. .
When the new building was first oc-
cupied the incandescent system was
said to have been near perfection.
Twelve thousand globes were available,
each of which could be perfectly adj
justed to suit the needs of the user
With the installation of the new sys-
tenn, the employees say, the light is so
intense that they are unable to distin-
guish colors, as well as being unable
to direct the light to the point desired.
The new light. it is declared. turns the
vari-colored paper in use in the De-
partment a dozen different colors a
minute. SO far as the cyesight of the
compositors is concerned.
A newspaper came out with the glar-
ing headline, Mrs. Taft at Work Cut
ting Speech" and then went en- to state
that the wife of Secretary Taft was
|,
The newspaper writer or hcadliner
evidently does not know either the late
Secretary of War nor his wife. Mrs.
Taft Is pretty good politician I'M
doubtedly, but she is not mixing to that
extent, and don't you believe it.
We shall see no more in future Con-
least not in the 61st-the
picturesque features of John Wesley
Gaines. of Tennessee. John Wesley has
been defeated for the nomination, so
he has, and Congress will be sorry and
lonesome. John Wesley Gaines was
strenuous, in season and mostly out of
season. He talked n lot on every sub
Jet, and il you listened you were sure
to be enlightened. He is handsome.
with a name of almost snow-white hair.
which curlS artistically when he lets it
grow a little, and is a great beau"
among the women. Yes, he will be a
distinct loss.
An absurd story that the Govern
nent was wanting to hire several thou
sand BARRIERS. more or less, to go on
indian reservations to shave and hairi
tut the redskins. has been proved q
ranard. Anybody who thinks could
nave known that it was Few Indians
nave any beard at all. Most of the In
lians wear long hair, and do so be-
;ause of the customs and caste Of the
ribe. They would not cut their locks
,ff for anything. When they don civ
lized dress the long hair usually comes
,ff. but that is usually done in school.
The older ones cling to the long locks. |
The Indians have a theory that cutting
he hair weakens the physical powers, |
md they never take half the delight in |
calping short-haired man. One rea-
on why hunters and trappers of old
vore long hair was because the Indians
'elieved that a man who wore short
lair was coward.
Second Lieut.. Logan Tucker, of the
darine Corps, who has been on duty |
t Guantanamo, Cuba, is said to have
zen selected for appointment as Cap
ain and Assistant Quartermaster in his
orps to fill the one existing vacancy
n that grade. Lieut.. Tucker will be
ntitled to promotion to First Lieuten-
mt after passing the required exam
nation, and will not be eligible for ap-
ointment to the Quartermaster's De-
artment until he receives his commits
ion as First Lieutenant, as the law
estricts appointments to the staff of
he Marine Corps to the same grades
r to the next lower grade, respec-
vely.
Lieut.. Tucker Is the grandson of Gen
ohm A. Logan, his mother being Mrs
Jolly Tucker, who has recently figured
L the newspapers as a would-be d.
orcee, and as making remarkably
cree statements about her husband,
oil. Tucker.
The recent celebration of the 47thl
of the battle of Bull Run,
ED at Providence, WIS made doubIyl
lgnificant to the veterans of the 1stI
;. /. l.. A. by the presentation tc thel
tate of a piece of ordnance said to be
he only one which was saved from the
pening battle with the Confederate
)rces on the occasion of the first bat
e of the war.
The cannon has been in the posses
on of William Sprague, the War Gov
rnOr of the State, since the battle, and
as duly turned over to the State with
ceremonies, and will here
fter grace a prominent spot on thel
tate House grounds.
Following the ceremonies the remain
lg members of the battery held theirl
nnual outing. Gov. Sprague, unfor-
inately, could not be present at the
A r. Rice, chief operator, and his