The National tribune., 1908-09-10

to perform non-military duties that l. IS
understood the reports from department.
commanders will this year devote con-
siderable space to the advisability OF
having a general service corps. 1t is
appreciated that If any attempt at or
namentntion is to be SYSTEMATICALLY
maintained at Army posts, in order toI
give them a well-kept appearance, the
soldier should be relieved of such work
and civilian labor employed for the pur-
pose. The grounds Immediately sur
rounding the quarters, barracks and
storehouses and the parade field Tor
drills and military exercises should, 1t
is thought, be the limit to be cared Tor
by the manual labor of the soldier. Thel
efficiency of the Army would be mate
rally improved by confining the sol
dier's work at military posts to strictly
military duties and having manual laDor
performed by a service corps.
In a show window in Washington Isl
an odd-looking garment. A card at
tached to the garment reads:
1.-The owner of this unique garment
is a well-known traveller and explorer,
and was the first white person who ever
visited or was seen by the tribe of In
dams who made it in their settlement
in the extreme northern part of Labra-
dor.
Those who know how difficult it is
to shoot a loon will appreciate the fact
that it took those Indians great many
years-probably more than hundred,
perhaps several hundred-to collect the
365 breasts of which this coat is made.
They cherished it as their most valuable
possession, looking upon it with super
stitiouS awe. and no member or the
tribe, excepting the high priestess or
the chief, was ever permitted to wear it.
ION her departure from Labrador
| ,.e,tz II xin rNriT tDCC
treasure should be accepted as gift
by their white visitor. who before send
ing it to the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington, where it will probably be
placed permanently, has generously
! loaned it to the manufacturers of Soro-
sis shoes. for exhibition in their shops"
The pitcher very often goes to the
cistern to get broken. Abernathy, the
wolf catcher, has at last had vengeance
| for his wolf sins meted out to him in a
summary fashion. While teaching some
hunters to catch gray wolves alive with
their hands, down near Lawton, Okla,
the other day, Abernathy was badly
| bitten by one of the biggest gray wolves
ever seen in that section. 1t weighed
! 125 pounds. John r. Abernathy is
United States Marshal by appointment
| of President Roosevelt, whose hunting
companion he has been many times,
and it is said that he is to go with the
president on his African trip after big
| game.
/ -
First Lieut. Russell T. Hazard. of
the 7th Inf, has been retired from the
i Army without pensionable status. An
| Army Retiring Board found that he was
i incapacitated for active service ION ac-
J count of disability which is not the re-
j suit of any incident of the service"
This action ends case which has
4 been bothering the Army for many
months. Hazard had some matrimo-
nial mix-ups, and he was accused of in
discriminate borrowing transactions
which finally led to his being sent to the
General Hospital at San Francisco foI
an examination into his sanity as q
result of which he is now dropped from
, the Army rolls.
4 Souvenir collectors have ruined this
monument to Daniel Boone at Frank.
. fort, KY, as they are running the Wash
ington Monument, and others where
they have the chance. Proper punish
ment for the souvenir collector would
, be to take her or him, when detected
, into court, where finger should be ex.
tracted for every souvenir collected. i
might be barbarous treatment in thu
, eyes of the ultra-refined, but it would
save our monuments from the vandal.
|
Up to the beginning of the presen
fiscal year, July 1, according to informa
: ton given out by the Isthmian Cana
Commission, there has been expended
: upon the Panama Canal a total of $76,
047,062.72.
OF this total S30,104,095 was expend
> ed III construction and engineering work
s31, ,099,309 went into plant, $6,925, 81
:, was spent on sanitation, s5,770,750 wa
II devoted to municipal improvements, an,
$2,146,996 was the cost Of the civil ad
:. ministration.
Catholics of Washington, particular
of ST. Paul's and st. Matthew's Parishes
!, were greatly elated to hear of the ap
!, pointment of the Rev. Father James F
y Mackin and the Rev. Father T. S. Lee
: of st. Paurs and st. Matthews Parishe!
e as Monsignors.
:, !, Father Lee is at present in Rome
- having gone there with Cardinal Git
bons
Father Lee has been at the head {
st. Matthew's Parish for 10 years. l
1898 he came to Washington from tn
!, Cathedral, in Baltimore. Father LIE
~ was born in Maryland, so years ago, an
began his study for the priesthood whe
: he was young man.
Father Mackin has been in Washing
ton since 1885, when he was sent hei
to organize and build st. Paurs Churcl
He has fathered it and seen it groy
IL until to-day it is one of the largest an
= most exclusive parishes in the Nations
SC Capital. AS result of his efforts S
lPauPs Church is known thruout II
East Until the recent canon of tt
le Pope on the subject went into effect
Paurs had one of the finest mixed choi
De in the country. The church edifice
es one of the finest in the city.
ri Father Mackin was born in Baltimol
Is, in 1888, and received his early educ;
lg ton in that city. In his youth he wei
t. to sea. and followed a sailors life f.
ng several years. In 1863 he entered
to Charles's Seminary to prepare for Il
tn priesthood. He entered st. Mary's
is, 1864, and four years later was o
Sc dained.
)n Several years ago the honor of b
in coming a Monsignor was rendered Fat
Is. er Mackin, but he declined it, sayiI
Il. that he preferred to remain plain Fat
er er Mackin.
lis .
Senator David b. Hill, who has ju
ed returned from a visit to former "Bos
er Croker, at his Irish estates, was met
ny his arrival in this country with t
vn statement that his friends wished
he give him the Democratic nomination
IL Governor of New York.
nd IT am out of it, replied Mr.. Hi
ed Just say that am out of it. To-morrC
;, will be my 65th birthday. On that d.
ny four years ago 1 announced my retir
AIT ment from active politics forever. L
&C. us talk about something else. 1 had
fine visit with Richard Croker in II