The National tribune., 1908-09-17


country last Winter she made a speech
at a large banquet at which Mrs. Hum
phrey Ward also spoke. Our papers IN
giving an account of the event spoke OF
the Duchess as being at ease, and OF
making a very good speech, but did not
give her any particular praise Tor It's
matter. However, if the Duchess knows
what she wants to say, be her theme
and language ever so simple, and can
say it convincingly and easily, making
her meaning perfectly plain, she is a
good speaker, and if in addition to THIS
she has graceful way of expressing
herself and a pleasing personality, sne
has all the gifts of the gods as far as
oratory is concerned.
The son of a veteran, J. A Justice, OF
Fitzgerald, Ga, was in Washington thus
week, while on a business trip North
and East, and called on The National
Tribune. He was much pleased with
the very comprehensive story of his
home town in last weeks issue of The
National Tribune The building up Of
a community of over 5000 people, with
an assessed valuation of $3.500,0O0, is
the record of a town started by North
ern Union veterans in Georgia pine
forest II years ago. Mr.. Justice voiced
the long-settled conviction of The Ma
tional Tribune that there is room in The
South for other towns like Fitzgerald
to be built up by veterans, their sons,
sons-in-law and grandsons. The cl1m-
ate is not as exacting. and a living Is
much easier made in the South than in
the North. Mr. Justice says he knows
of dozens of veterans in Fitzgerald WHO
have taken a new lease of life by locat-
ing in the genial climate of the South.
His father served in a Michigan regi-
ment, and now lives at Fitzgerald, this
son having been a Fitzgerald pioneer.
A notable citizen of st. Louis passed
away Aug 81, in the death of Isaac III.
Sturgeon. Mr.. Sturgeon, who was
known as 1.-The grand old man of St
Louis" was in his S7th year, and first
came to National notice in 1861 as the
United States Sub-Treasurer at st.
Louis. He had a large amount of god
on hand, and, fearing from the disturb
ed conditions in the city that it was IN
danger, asked for guards, and COM
pany of Regulars was sent him from
Jefferson Barracks. This threw St.
Louis into the widest excitement, the
Seces5ionists claiming that it was in
tended to overcome the people. Mr..
Sturgeon was appointed first by Presi-
dent Pierce, re-appointed by Buchanan,
and then became agent of the Govern
ment to supervise the subsidized rail-
ways. President Grant appointed him
Revenue Collector, and he was contin-
ualIy in office under all of Grants sue
cessors until 1893, when he was elected
Comptroller of the city of st. Louis.
In politics he had been Douglas DEM
ocrat, and consequently sided strongly
with the Union party in Missouri, and
helped much to save the State to the
Union
There seems to be no doubt of the
haf 10 o. 0npan
not a favorite with her subjects. 1t is
said that she has taken no pains what
| ever to learn to speak the beautiful
| Spanish language, and in consequence is
| net able to carry on a satisfactory con-
versation with the high dignitaries
/ around the court, and that when she
| appears in public she looks neither To
the right nor left, making no attempt
| to return salutes. At the time the little
heir to the throne was born friction
arose between the English and Spanish
| doctors, and from that time the Queens
! unpopularity has increased. The Queens
mother wanted an English wet nurse
for the baby, but Alfonso, knowing well
| how his people would look upon any
such radical deviation from the old
Spanish custom, stood firm, and de-
| clared that none but Spanish woman
should nurse a child of his. Lately the
| King has ordered that only Spanish
shall be spoken at court, which looks
as IL he felt that some conciliatory
measure was necessary to counteract the
| feeling aroused by the young Queens
| Indifference, or, worse yet, her dislike
I of the country, its customs and the
people with whom she has chosen tc
cast her lot. The King seems to be very
! fond of his royal spouse, and deeply
i deplores the unfortunate state of af.
fairs. Queen Victoria of Spain is a very
young and inexperienced woman, ant
some excuse can be made for her OF
that score, but it is difficult to under
stand how a girl brought up as sensibl,
as it is believed she has been, and with
such an excellent example as Queer
4 Alexandra before her should be sc
lacking in tact and diplomacy, to sa.
the least. She cannot have the propel
feeling for her husband to conduct her
self in manner so inimical to his in
terests. 1t certainly looks as if he die
not have much influence over her, ant
as If she lacked a proper conception o
; the high part fate has assigned to her
as well as that nobility of characte
which a Queen should possess.
dyspeptic. whose own diet consist
Of little milk with graham crackers
!, has a curious way Of enjoying himself
When he feels the need of real goo
/ time he stands and watches crowd q
\ negros eating their noon-day meal No
long ago, while so engaged. he was par
ticularly fascinated by one burly AfTi
can, who devoured two gigantic sand
witches made of hunks of bread betweel
5 which were thick junks of boiled sal
] pork. 1t took the negro about two min
utes TO dispose of these sandwiches, an
he still looked hungry, so the dyspepti
asked him IL he thought he could pu
. away any more. The negro thought h
could, and was given money to buy
! couple of extra ones, which the whit
!. man also watched him devour with tn
same fascination. 1t seemed incredbl
,, ,, to him that two human stomachs coul
be so different, and this gastronomi
;. feet of the negro. in his eyes weird an
. uncanny, awakened much the same GU
', riosity and interest that the prestidigi
= tator does by his marvellous tricks.
g Is told of another man, a noted wit an
|, good liver, who had by indiscreet eatin
4 and drinking quite ruined his stomac
. and could consequently digest nOthin
= but frozen things, his principal articl
- of diet being ice cream. He would s
: and talk by the hour of past Lucullu.
- like feasts of which he had been an al
- preciative partaker. and every littl
- while would order one himself in h
!, own home, composed of the riches
% most indigestible of dishes and II
. choicest of wines, and invite his frien,
:, TO enjoy it, He would sit at the tab
~ with his dish of ice cream, while steve
:, terrapin, richly dressed vegetables. sa
j, ads, fiaky pastries. wines and all thi
N goes to make up a feast of this XII
were spread before him, and watch the
disappear down the mouths of h
| fria viii evident eDinVnnenf