The National tribune., 1909-09-23

Senator Frank p. Flint of California,
had a somewhat painful experience in
California last week. He was camping
out among the cliffs near The coast
with Clifford Pinchot and some other
companions, and in trying to make a
short cut to camp after being separated
from his friends for few hours he
got lost. Just plain lost, you know.
Then he tried to climb a rocky cliff to
make some observation, and a clump
of chaparral to which he was clinging
gave way. and he tumbled down among
the rocks in a ravine. spraining his
ankle badly. He spent the whole after
noon in crawling and squirming thru
the woods. Being unable to walk a
step. he threaded h $ way to the sea
thru the deep ravine into which he had
fallen. when he was able to hail a
passing fishing boat. and was rescued
just at nightfall. Now, there is plot
for Il great romance.
President Taft was. So years old last
Wednesday, Sept. Is. He appears to
be starting off on his Western trip with
all the enthusiasm of a small boy whose
vacation has just begun. His words
and actions during the coming, tour
will be awaited with the keenest inter-
est all over the country.
Representative Denny. of Maryland
is mourning the loss by fire of his an
cestral home near White Post. Clarke
County. Va.
Mrs. Denny, his mother. who is about
S5 years old, was rescued and carried
TO the home of DR.. w. r. Stuart. near
by Some of the Old-time furniture was
saved. The loss amounts to $4,000, and
is partly covered by insurance.
The house was a large wooden struc-
ture of colon al architecture, and was
built during Lord FairfaX's time by
John Meade It was more than 175
years old, and was situated within a
stones throw of Greenway Court, the
home of Lord Fairfax.
Announcement has been made at the
State Department that Spencer Eddy,
United States Aiin!Ster to Roumania,
Servia and Bulgaria. had rendered his
resignation. Mr Eddy retires on ac-
count of the ili-heaIth of his wife. who
was NJ IS Sprcr tu:v. daughter of the
late Claus Sprerksfs.
Mr.. Eddy's sister is the wife of Sen
atOr Reveridge # Indiana. He was
appointed TO the Diplomatic Service
from Illinois. and after serving as Sec
retary of the Legation at Berlin he was
made United States Minister to the
Argentine Republic. and later trans
Mrs. l. z. Letter has gone TO London
to visit her daughter. the Countess of
Suffolk. and her rev grandson. another
Count to the Letter family.
Kat" is the rrF,-st beverage. and it
is being maae res@, for the entertain
ment of ex-Pr-sii-rt Roosevelt when he
reaches a certain section of Africa.
where he is going % shoot white ele-
plants. 1t s said 10 IL strenuous" all
right, and gOss right straight home,
but the man WHO iu4ia.fses I too copious-
ly won't. He VIII want to wander and
will see strauge lands. and have numer-
Gus quaint and weird experiences along
about the third drink time. Four drinks
will make him shoot nfs wife and five
forswcdr his couattt- and home. Incl
dentaily, former President Roosevelt
does not drink.
Inasmuch as Col Theodore Roose-
Welt is at present ls.rassiGg the nervous
fauna of Africa. Cen. Albert ATyer of
the War Department took a sly little
rap at him The other day when he re-
ported that the Is-sasuS Roosevelt rid
ing test did not amount to anything
as q test of cfIiners' efficiency. He criti-
cises the idea gi so miles on horseback
with d caustic comment that is painful.
Other than She, hlag the nervous SyS-
TENS of nice old Generals and making
q slit ng posture "ut Il the realm Of
comprehensi Gen. Iyer does not see
what effect the treatment has. His re-
port was submitted to the Secretary of
War.
Tho really funny thing about that
Roosevelt order is that the former Pres
ident ought to have taken riding les
sons himself He couldn't look the
horseman for sour apples. His legs
were short, and he threw himself
around in his saddle like bag of meal.
Oh. he could ride all ghti Yes. in
deedy. he could stick on like a cookie
burr; but he rode like he walks, all
oyer. Every muscle. every joint in his
body was brought .nto play either afoOt
or horseback. Former President RoOsc-
welt was graceful only when standing
still.
Beeknan Winthrop. Acting Secretary
OF the Navy. has made public the fol-
lowing orGer fer Sunday observance in
the Navy:
TO the end that Sunday may be
generally observed as day of rest on
board ship, il is directed that the duty
required of officers and men on that
day be reduced to the minimum con-
sistent with the requirements of the
service.
The commanding officers inspection
OF ship and crew shall not be held on
Sunday. The inspection of the ship
shall De held on any other day of the
week As may be most eXpedient, and
the inspection of the crew on Saturday
before noon, If circumstances permit;
if not, as soon after the dinner hour as
practicable"
Even the Civil Service Commission
runs up against its own rules some
times. A joint communication from
the Treasury Department and the Civil
Seryic" Commission has been forward
ed to the President. requesting that the
employees of the leprosy Investigating
station at Hawaii be exempted from
the Civil Service regulations governing
The classification of Government en-
ployes
This move has been necessitated by
the difficulty experienced in finding any
one who is willing TO stand a long Civil
Service examination for a position at
tended by so much risk as is the in
Vestigation of the dread disease
new station is shortly to be opened
on the island of Molokai, Hawaii,
where. under the direction of the Ma
rine Hospital Service, an exhaustive
study OF leprosy in all its forms will be
conducted
The chief difficulty now confronting
the officials of the Hospital Service il
the gathering of a suitable staff, and il
is thought that the exemption from the
regular classifications of these employees
will lead many to apply for positions
,bn uouId othpru-iSp he unwilling IN