The National tribune., 1908-07-09

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of that will keep flesh down. and he
isn't fond of starving. Secretary TAT:
| Is a pretty good walker. tho he never
tries to keep up with the President and
he rides horseback. These exercises
bring him back home with a ravenous
appetite. so he has to eat. Representa-
tive Sherman will come very near to
weighing 200 pounds, and he also does
not look his weight He is big-boned
| and big-bodied, and his flesh is very
| evenly distributed. He is well named
by his confreres Sunny jim" His full
name is James Schoolcraft Sherman,
but Jim is his name to his friends.
He is quite near-sighted and wears
glasses with bows, behind which his
clear, dark eyes twinkle with merrime ut
a good deal of the time. He can be
very stern at will, but his natural tenn
| permanent is simply sunny" He hates
clouds and gloom, and likes to see
everybody happy.
| The public probably does not realize
the benefit it is deriving from the. oper-
alton of the pure-food law, which is
administered by the Department of
Agriculture.
| Inspectors in all the principal cities
of the United States are constantly on
the lookout for meats and meat prod
ucts that are thought to be below the
standard, or to contain adulterants of
an injurious nature. Samples of all
such products are secured and forward
| ed to Washington for chemical anaiy-
! sis by the biochemic division OF the
Bureau of Animal Industry
An average of 40 samples of such
articles are received daily for inspec-
ton. The percentage of reflections has
constantly decreased under the opera
lions of the law, which has resulted in
a better grade of meats being placed
on the markets, until very small per-
centage of the samples sent in are con-
demned.
1t is the opinion of the officials of the
Department that the law has worked
wonders as a deterrent, and that pack
ers and others have found it eXpedientI
to improve the quality of the goods
placed on the market The recent chem
ical ANALYSES show a great improve
ment in the prepared meats, and that
preservativesco wholesome or HARM
less nature are being substituted for the
cheaper and more inferior grades.
The Society for the Prevention of
Sickness, which for the past seven years
has constantly agitated the milk ques-
ton, and in its Sunday bulletins warned
against the dangers of raw milk.
has commenced the publication of
its annual advice for the treatment
of Summer diarrhea among infants. |
This dreaded sickness, which more than
any other swells the mortality among
children under two years of age, is |
caused by germ which dwells in the |
intestines and thrives on fresh cows
milk
The mode of treatment recommend
ed by the society consists in stopping
giving the child fresh milk. Introducing
a small quantity of calomel, which kills
the germs, and of feeding the child on
rice water sweetened with condensed
milk until the attack has passed.
The society warns against a regular
diet on condensed milk because cx-
perience has shown that this otherwise
food. if given constantly and
to the exclusion of other nutriment, may
cause scurvy in child.
Here is a story that they are telling
on Justice John Marshall Harlan. 1t
may not be so, but 1t is pretty good as
illustrative of what the giant of a JUS
tee could do if he liked to try it on:
Not long ago Justice Harlan having
an important decision to write, remained
at home, andCgave strict orders that
he was not to be disturbed. Justice
Harlan writes out all of his opinions in
long hand, and then dictates from the
to a typewriter. He had
barely got settled comfortably at his
1esk. in his study, on the second floor,
on the day in question, when there
came a particularly vigorous ring at
he door bell.
1t was a book agent, one of the red
haired variety that are apparently i'm
nuhe to rebuffs. The agent would not
re denied, and showed his way into the
hall. He had work of such trans
Importance that Justice Har-
an. no matter what orders he had /
given about not being disturbed, would
consider it a favor TO look at.
Young man." shouted the book s.,
lgent, in loud voice. you will be in |,
LANCER of losing your job if you do nos !.
how me up to Judge Harlan at once"
At this juncture the tall figure of
Justice Harlan appeared at the head d
If the stairs. He was attired in long,
oose-fitting dressing gown, which made !
lin look like a veritable giant indeed.
William" said the venerable jurist, !,
n stentorian tones. SHOW the brazen-
Y internal scoundrel up to me. If you !
annot handle him. / wiiIi''
The persistent book agent made a
TASTY getaway, apparently thoroly =
frightened for once. :
Taft is no mascot That's patent. c
lie went to see the boat race betweenl
he 'varsities of Harvard and Yale, and I
Dotted TO beat the band for his alma !
mater, Yale, and Yale's stroke spilled
ver in dead faint just at the most in
pportune time, and Yale lost out.
What is 1t that can travel faster than r
locomotive. and smash all speed rec
rds? A homing pigeon, and the pretty
reature was bred here in Washington. :
he pigeons, 30 in number, were loosed =
{ Napanee, Ind, and in exactly IL ;,
ours and 33 minutes flew into their =
ages here in Washington. or, rather. !
his particular one did, and the others
anne shortly afterward The distance :
counted to he 500 miles on an air IL
me. The exact figures are sos miles,
4 500 minutes, a record never made
efore.
The story that Cleveland died a moor I
IAN is stated by his closest friends TO
e untrue. He has left enough for hisi i
amily to be reared in comfort. He II
fit four children. Esther. Marion, o
.ichard Folsom and Francis Grover. p
/ is recalled now that when Richard >
olson was born. and the country had b
ecided that he would surely be named 81
Grover for his distinguished father, o
Irs. Cleveland said emphaticaliy that q
here would never be another "Grover II
leveland." and the boy was named for A
NO grandfathers. Then the other little 81
I'd came. and he was named Grover, IT
fter aIl-Francis Grover for his moth Il
r and his father.
Physicians are advising people to be
cry careful about eating uncookedl
-uit that is over two dayS old Indeed In