The National tribune., 1908-08-27

There are some people who move il
good society and yet might be declared
ghouls. The Postofiice Department
here in Washington has been obliged
to inform some people in Hopkinsvile
Ky, that their ideas of art trench 81
nearly on the Internal that printed
specimens of this same art cannot be
sent thru the mails
Postmaster Breathitt was officially
informed that post cards mailed out OF
Hopkinsville and other towns recently
showing the four bodies of negroes
lynched at Russellville, Aug. 1, should
not have been allowed to pass tru Un-
Gle Sans hands. The post cards show
ed a grewsome view of four men strung
up to tree and were genuine repro
ductions.
Now can anybody imagine anything
more lamentable than the condition ot
mind that people who would pay good
money for such horrible things to
send to their friends? Really, what
Hopkinsville, Ky, seems to need is q
missionary, or a regiment of them.
A woman. in Washington tried to
commit suicide the other day by swal-
lowing nitric acid. One would think
that death, if sought at all, would be
selected thru a painless route. The
wOnan's life was saved because as
soon as she began to suffer she began
to scream. She said she wouldn't have
tried it had she known it would be
so painful.
An Englishman is visiting in Wash
ington. He is Prof Stewart Mccall,
head of one of the English Depart
ments in British Central Africa.
He is doing some talking about the
things he sees here. and. we'll now,
maybe he knows what he is talking
about, You know.
Yes, L like Americans first rate" he
said. but there are some customs here
that l never could get used to. 1 don't
see how you Americans drink iced tea.
To me it is an abomination. Too strong?
No. indeed, just the opposite little
hot water with a few tea leaves in it
and left to cool and then iced. We
don't use much ice in England, you
know. Water there is delightfully."- cool
naturally. But iced tea, We wouldn't
think of drinking such stuff. l haven't
had a good cup of hot tea since L have
been in Washington.
But your whole system of eating is
different. You have too many side
dishes. In England our meals are al
ways substantial affairs-soup, fish. per-
haps an entree, beef, or other kind of
meat, and pudding. We have no side
dishes like you have here-no mix
lures of food.
Another thing that has struck me
forcibly in America is the great number
of travelling men. While travelling in
the South L met scores of these com
mercial drummers,' L believe you call
them We don't have them on the
other side. Business there is done
largely by correspondence
'-oh, we may be regarded as slow,
but We know how to enjoy life in
England, There is too much of rush
here. You have no time to rest, and
things are only half baked. 1 like
your cities, but. after all. for real enjoy
ment, for place to spend money and
get the value for it. there is no
spot in all the world like London.
Mind YOU, don't say it is the best place |
to make money. but to spend it and
enjoy life"
Rear Admiral Caspar Frederick
Goodrich became Senior Rear-Admiral
in the Navy, heading the list of Rear
Admirals when Admiral Evans retired, !
and ranking second to Admiral DeEyey.
who will head the list for the rest of
his life. thru special act of Congress.
Admiral Goodrich is now command
ant of the Brooklyn navy yard, N Y, !
and is the last remaining officer of the
Navy on the active list who has seen
civil war service. His service was
brief but notable, and he marks the
line between the commonly termed
'.sea Captains of the old school, and
the present DAY men.
He distinguished himself in the Span
ish war and gained wide reputation
as sea fighter
Admiral Goodrich was but II years
old when he was graduated from the
Naval Academy and assigned TO duty
On the Madecodian, which was bound i
Inv, <.f no..
down the Confederate commerce de-
stroyers Florida and Tallahassee.
In the Spring of 1898 he was placed
In command of the cruisers St Louis
and Newark, and sent on the work of
scouting and cable cutting along the |
Cuban coast. He also organized the |
Coast Signal Service. which was to be |
used in giving an alarm by the naval
militia should the Spaniards invade
the coast.
At daylight on May IS he performed
his remarkable feat of cutting the ca
BILE from Santiago TO Jamaica and
Hayti, and with his small guns actual I,
1y succeeded In silencing two of the |
most obstreperous Spanish shore bait
teries that kept up a continuous fire |
upon him. With his ship Admiral |!
Goodrich was also one of the scouts |
who located and followed Cervers's
fleet
The task of landing an army of
1900 men also fell to him, and with |
out lighters he successfully accom- i
plished this feat, landing the men,
stores and equipage in five days.
He will retire next January.
Sometimes snakes are real things to
a man. and one of the keepers in the
Washington Zoo found this out the
other day. He was feeding the rattle
snakes. and a diamond" rattler bit
him on the hand The man stuck the
bitten spot in his mouth in an instant
and began to suck the virus. while at
the same time he ran for help. His
hand and arm swelled enormously in a
few moments, and tho five surgeons
were at work on him I'm an hour his
case became almost hopeless. There
was no snake toxine in this town, and
the surgeons in charge wired immc-
tiiately TO New York City for some
which was rushed thru by express and
administered as soon as it arrived. Its
effect was almost instaEtaneously noted
and in a few hours the patient was
easier. but he was not out of danger
for about As hours, and 1t is said that
his suffering was something horrible.
He has not been permitted to see any
but his physicians, as IL is feared that
the least excitement might lead to COL
lapse.
Prominent physicians have called at