The National tribune., 1908-12-03

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him his passports and tell him to hike.
He hiked right quick, too. That was 70
years ago, and he is forgotten. Ana
now comes q story from London that
brings back more particularly the queer
domestic arrangements of this high
stepping Lord. His estate is being sued
by a young man who claims to be the
son of Lord Sackville-West by a Span
ish dancer. 1t seems that there was
a marriage this time, and the young
man claims to be legitimate. While
Lord Sackville-West was here he was
of course. the topper" in diplomatic
circles, for England was our biggest
sentative. There are tales-but that is
another story, and altogether too sala-
cious for this great family paper.
President Roosevelt, who, however.
will be ex-President then, has accepted
an invitation to speak before the Royal
Geographic Society in April, 1910. And
that might be called engaging some.
since it is quite year and half from
now.
Gov. Albert Cummins, of Iowa, has
at last achieved the United States SEN
atorship from Iowa. He was nominat-
ed at the primaries, and elected by the
Iowa State Legislature last Tuesday.
lie mas DttH 10 years ditti tillS pdl
ticular plum. That isn't so long if
man is young, and, remember, he can
eat on that plum for six long years. 1t
was only last June that the late Sem
ator William B. Allison defeated Gov.
Cummins for the nomination. Senator
Allison died during the Summer, and
that left the field practically open to
Gov. Cummins, who has won, "hands
down. whatever that may mean.
There was time that dates (Phoenix
dactylifera) carried the mind at once
to Oriental countries; to the sandy hills
about Jerusalem; to Arabia, France,
Italy; just think about-well, about
Arizona, now, and add to the ordinary
think another one that conveys the in
formation that in Arizona soil there
in this country among the imports. for
it grows only in African deserts. and
the output is so small that the whole
crop is bought by the rich of France
and England This variety is known
in Africa as the Deglet Moor variety,
and is the king of all the dates. The
Agricultural Department has found that
this particular date can go the Africans
luscious flavor about 10 per cent bet
ter on the arid alkali soils of the
great southwest section of the United
States. These dates are said to be the
color and flavor of honey. Two other
varieties come from the desert of Sa-
hara, and are wonderfully fine. DR..
Galloway, of the Agricultural Depart
ment, is responsible for the introduce
ton of the date, and he is also respon-
sible for our olive and prune orchards.
We had none till he made up his mind
that those fruits could be raised here.
Our exports of these now amount to
millions of money each year.
The President spent this Thanksgiv-
ing at the White House, about the first
one he has remained there to eat. 1t
has been the custom to go to Mrs.
Rooseyeit's Virginia plantation, but the
trip foI various excellent reasons was
not taken this time. The President had
about him only three of his children,
Mrs. Longworth and her husband, Rep
resen.ative Longworth, of Ohio; Ethel
and Quentin. Theodore, Jr., it at New
Haven. Archie is at Groton and Kermit
is at Harvard, and none of them came
home They will all be at the White
House for the Christmas holidays, how
ever. There were no other guests at
the White House table.
In his annual report for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1908, Postmaster
General Meyer gives the total receipts
for the year as s191, 1,47S,663, and eX
penditures $20S, 1886, thereby show
ing a deficit of $16,S73,222, the largest
in the history of the Department, with
an additional loss from fire. burglary
etc, of s37.O56. The deficit of 1863,
it is estimated, again will exceed $751;
100000.
| One day you heal that Ruth Bryan
and her romance are in sad straits,
which only the divorce court can re-
lieve, and then you hear that 1t Is not
| true. Let us trust that it is not true.
and that the runaway match will in the
end prove to be happy, as 1T was in the
beginning. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt
is a pretty headstrong young woman.
and her artist husband is dreamer
and a romancist. One can readily i'm
agine the little riffs that come to make
life miserable to both, but maybe when
they are a little older common sense
will dawn upon both.
Queen Lii Is here, and she is here
with the determination of getting $780,
600 of our good money to support her
the rest of her days. She has mort
gagged her home in Hawaii, and on that
she will get about $4,000 year, and
she says that is all she has in the
| world to live upon. That amount OF
money would easily keep four middle
class American families, and it ought
to keep a woman who is past ~ and
with no social ambitions. 1t is well
known that Mrs. Dominis Is not re-
ceived here in society, and as she is
rather cut in her island home she mus
live quietly, perforce. She is going u
make a personal plea to Congress. II
previous years she tried attorneys, bu
they got a good salary and she got
} nothing.
|
Foster. of Louisiana, has just lost hi
} mother, Mrs. James Foster, at the rip'
age of 92.
Up to the present moment Presiden
Roosevelt has sent IT full-hedged mes
sages to Congress- The coming one
; which II is said will recover the who'll
: range of precious ones, will be the 18th
, with more to follow.
} And Is IT. to be Senator Root afte
! March 4? 1t looks that way now. MI
Plat, wrecked mentally, physically
financially and politically, will retir
s from public notice and position mex
: March. His successor was probiematlca
= a few weeks ago, and now 1t is said tina
n in the interest of party harmony tn
4 field has narrowed to Secretary of Stat
G Root.
h Mr. Taft has received a set of ne'
e golf clubs as present from Georg
e Low, the professional of the BaltusrC
Golf Club. The clubs are made b