The National tribune., 1908-07-09

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,nteer rnaiman+ w 800 the Mat,o W.,
20 pitaI in rasnnnsa 40 NJ t 1880 Nmd :,
Eort Snmter 'i'S '''s 'i'
..rhe niebt of our orr;,,,, g., 1v.sh-
ippton my reriment b;ro,,anLna IN the
Senate Chamber AS the Colonel 7 was
entitled to tbe hest hunk and nassed
the night i'm the nras;ding ofTicer,s
chair"
81 think - said Mr. Frye with , smile
chat in tho circunstancas ,,o,, arc on i,
titled to ali the privileges of an ex-pre-
siding officer of the Federal Senate as
long as Won live"
Not long ago q little girl. Miss Alice
WALL of Salt Lake CITY. was brought
to call on the President. She is only
10 years old, but she has the diplomacy
of 100. She has long been an adrnirer
of the President, and when she was at
last presented to him she looked up at
him with her big brown eyes wide open,
and said a little timidly:
81 think you are a fine President"
Naturally, so fine a compliment won
the President Immediately He laughed
in a boyish fashion, and reaching over
to the bouquet on his office table, he
pulieu OUT IL great ndlI-Opcneu req rose
of exquisite fragrance, and after re-
moving all the thorns, presented 1t to
the little lady with thanks for her
complimentary opinion of him.
The manifold wrinkles of red tape
got q twist and a jar the other day from
a man who applied to the Civil Service
Commission for a place as janitor in a
little post office in an Ohio town. The
sioners a blank to be filled out as usual.
He didn't like the questions; at least he
thought them irrelevant. He did not
answer them as the Commission thought
he should so they were sent back to
him. He returned them with the fol-
lowing comment:
II will return these papers corrected
as far as / know. 1 will say also the
names 1 furnished as vouchers didn't
all they know. but if that amt enough
1 can send back East and get vouchers
for all my life.
County, Ohio, the 18th day of April
(have forgotten the hour, 1855, am So
years six months 16 days old. My!
father was born on the 31st day of De-
1917, in Guernsey County, Ohio
He is 80 years 10 months and ii days
Diu. MY was DOIH EoOulH
Acworth, Mass, A. d. 1868; have for
gotten the month and day. He had "a
children, Is boys and nine girls. He is
dead now His father my great-grand- |
father. was born in Londonderry, Ire
land: don't know the date. He was one |
of triplets. three boys being born at |
once. I don't know whether he was
first, second or third at that birth, but |
I think I could find out if necessary. |
butI will say that if the Mosaic account |
is true I suppose l am descended from
old Adam: if Darwin's descent of mani
IS true I don't know what the devil I |
lid spring from, but taking it altogeth-
er, / think I am eligible to act as jani-
tor for the United States post office
here. provided the duties of that office
cont require more than scrubbing
foors washing windows, cleaning spit
.oons or building fires. or whatever it
S; at least, l could try, and if 1 found
myself not capable I could resign Yours
Enlistment in the United States Army
will hereafter mean entrance into the
world of good form" The raw recruit
will now receive from Uncle Sam, in
edition to his uniform, a full equip
mont OF toilet articles. and Beau Brum-
Is there are enlisted men in the ARMY
or the order which provides the men
With the kit" of toilet articles has run
he gantIet of judicial construction and
las been sustained. This is what the
delighted recipient of Uncle Sans de-
to "tidy up'' will get in adj
Iition to his regular outfit:
Razor. hair brushes, a tooth brush,
having brushes. shoe brushes, comb,
,olish for black shoes and polish forl
an shoes. two towels, toilet soap, a
rhisls broom. and last. but not least,
no Uhousevife
This article IS Identified by the odd
ashioned with what a generation or
yo ago was called a "huzzy," and is a
eat. little case containing thread. nee
les buttons and patches. Every SOL
fs....-, o...a..ol ,,oroo fto- e. bo q, rorno
,easure his own tailor. and the "house-
,jfe' Is to furnish him with an incen-
i've for mendinp and darniug his CLOTH
,o and SUMMING missing buttons.
. Joanuir Nabuco. brazilian Embas-t
ador. has received a letter from Rio del
aneiro relating a pretty incident
,hich occurred there several weeks ago
+ the visit of the American battleship !
oct AT one of the parties given tol
40 American officers Sonora RosaIina
oelho Jisboa the nine-year-oId 6aueh- 7
.r Of q Brazilian Senator recited Long
.IIow,s noem oThe Arrow and the
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