The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-08-20
c. THURSDAY AUGUST 20 1908

very shortly. He sat directly in fror
of his mother. and in lieu of somethin
else to busy himself with drew from h
pocket a bunch of punk sticks an
lighted them. The smell of. the thine
drew the attention of everybody.
was rot till Mrs. Roosevelt felt all eve
turned upon herself that she realize
what Archie was doing At her biddin
he put out the fire in the punk stick
but 1t was too late: everybody had rec
ognized him by that time.
The American Red Cross Society ha
Just opened a tuberculosis day camp o
the grounds of the Tuberculosis Hospi
tai Accommodations are provided 70
II patients.
The day-camp idea originated 1
Germany. Patients report to the cam
at $3.50 O'Clock each morning, and re
ceive breakfast of milk and eggs
Ihey also undergo a physical examina
tion- At noon they have a substantial
dlnner, and before they leave for thei
homes late in the afternoon they hay
another lunch. Systematic exercise /
on the program, and invalid chairs ar
provided for resting in the open air
Patients are kept in the open air al
the time. The camp is in charge of ;
oih thc klS1tl0l
Nurses Society.
The flag of the United States Con.
sulate at Tabriz, Persia, has been sho
down by loyalists, according to a dis.
patch received at the State Department
from American Consul Doty at tha
place The Consul also reports that 6
man standing near the door of tn.
Consular Office was wounded.
The shooting is now stated to have
been an incident of the disturbance.
which have been going on at Tabriz 70,
some time, and in both cases to have
been accidental and unintentional.
Former United States Senator Roce,
Q. Mills left Corsicana last week TO,
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, fol
a surgical operation
Former Senator Mills was a poo,
man wnen he left the Senate. His oil
discoveries on his Navarro County
lands have since made him independ-
emily wealthy, but his health has failed
and he is miserable. The operation
has left him weak, but it is thought he
VIII recover in spite of his &c years.
from Summer vacation, If not with
at least with bad malaria or
disorders.
This is often caused by impure wa
ter. and it is well, especially in going
into the country, where wells are used.
to know a few simple tests by which
The condition of the water can be told.
About the simplest is one that is well
known, called the Hirsch test. Buy a
pint bottle Of clear glass. preferably
With glass stopper. Fill it two-thirds
.ull with water, to which is added a
half teaspoonful of graduated sugar.
Cork the bottle tightly and stand in
he light in warm room for 4S hours
f at the end of that time the water is
LOUDLY or milky looking, it is unfit for
Use.
Representative Joseph G.. Cannon has
,een renominated for the United States
House of Representatives. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Cannon Is Speak
r of the House.
The War Department has Just been
obliged to add heavily to the burden
# one of its veteran officers, now re-
ired- The veteran is Gen. Wardwell.
ged Sc. who has just undergone an
peration for cancer. His wife. many
ears his Junior, has been declared an
leper, and this has driven her
insane. The General, to keep his wife
With him, stole her from where she
fas confined in Tombstone, and car
led her up into the mountains, where
he has gone violently insane. She has
D be chained to her bedstead. Gen.
Vardwell is i'll from his operation and
are, and is unable to do anything for
is wife. Appeal was made to the War
Department to have Mrs Wardwell
70 ba toll
he reply has been sent that the United
tates Government has no control at
II over the island, and could not de-
ort one of its own citizens. anyhow
he situation is pathetic in the extreme.
he aged veteran refuses to leave his
life, and the probability is that both
ill die.
A petition will be presented to Gov.
,ibbey asking him to pardon Albert
ole, a brother of Mrs. Wardwell, who
serving a six years term in prison at
una, in order that he may care for
ne aged couple.
The statistics of tobacco smoking
lone in Washington are rather start
ng. Washington's tobacco bill is !
100000 a month. A cigar is lighted |
! Washington every second that the |
lock ticks off. A total of 2,750.000 |
gars is smoked every month. Added |
, this consumption bill is LOO. 900
garets and more than 100000 pounds |
tobacco. If all the cigars consumed |
! Washington in month were rolled |
ito one it would be a smoking PROPOSE
on SIS feet long and seven feet in
iameter. Washington is city of
and thinkers are smokers"
Now. did you ever hear of anything
beat this. Roosevelt got so cross and |
1ntrary that he had to have quarters
Y himself, and when corns and ingrow-
lg toe nails added to his crossness and
,arishness surgeon had to be sent for,
nd the gentleman, trimmed up, be-
anne fit for association with his kind
ice more To be sure, however Roose-
slt is just gigantic bear in the Wash
Igton Zoo. He is SO big that when he
ets to suffering there is a great deal
him to ache. He had horrible corns
n his feet, and his toe halls had grown
till they caused him torture He was
hog-tied," then "doped," and while in
lat condition the corns We're trimmed
ld the nails cut. Roosevelt is now a
Apply bear and sportive as ever.
Admiral Pillsbury, Chief of the Bu-
,au of Navigation, Navy Department.
as received from the navy yard about
dozen board slabs, each painted diff
rent shade of gray as a preliminary
Shibit for experiment in the matter of
Ie color of vessels of the Navy in peace.
Gray may become a successor of white
a peace color, but if so it will only be
tier a long series of experiments to
atermine whether the change is desir-
Die, and, if SO, from which of the many
hints of view.
And now the perfection Of torpedoes
SO great that the Navy Department
i'll soon have to coat the keels of bat