The National tribune., 1909-08-19

habit of spending at least part of his
vacation in the Rocky Mountains, and
the way he can climb thd rocky slopes
is enough to make mari half his age
look in wonder
Uncle Tom, of "Uncle Toms Cabin"
fame, was sold at the Cfurt House at
Washington, Marion County, KY, that
was struck by lightning And destroyed
last Friday. The building was erected
in 1894, and the sale of the aged negro
at this place gave Harriet Beecher
Stowe the foundation forl,her story.
Stephen Schwartz, of SAspinwall, is
considered by his sometime friends as
very mean man. Stephen was a little
piece ahead of cloud of dust, which
was moving toward Pittspurg ahead OF
I a mob of angry men thd last time he
was seen. Schwartz KEEPS bees, and
few DAYS ago one of his syyarms entered
an empty beer keg. He put a plug In
the keg, and then he thought of clever
| idea which he thought would make him
a great deal of fun. After plugging the
bees up good and tight ne telephoned
| to some of his friends that he had
nice cool keg of beer on tap, and would
like to have them come down back OF
the town and help him get away with
it. 1t is needless to say that his frlends
responded with alacrity to get to that
vicinity, and they brought cups and
stems and stood around the keg IN
eager anticipation. Stephen pulled the
plug out of the keg, and then excused
himself In about two seconds several
gallons of mad bees began to tumble
out of the bunghole, and they went FOR
the thirsty men in very deliberate
| and business-like manner. They were
| mad thru and thru, and when they nao
| finished the men were all pufed up, out
not from pride or vanity. They swoTe
eternal vengeance on Schwartz, ana
then began the race.
Metaphorically speaking. his constt-
| uents in South Carolina are wlping up
| the floor with Senator Benjamin Ryan
Tillman. They had not heard him say
much during the recent tariff discussion,
and they want to know why. When the
bill was dragging its weary length along
the special session he was either absent
or was so quiet that no one knew that
| he was in this part of the country. NOW
and then he would break out and try 10
cut short long speech of the disputa-
Il ltious statesmen in order to hurry things
along and get the bill out of the way.
| During the whole proceeding there was
| scarcely one outbreak of the typical
i Tillman sort. The latter part of the
lsession found Tillman away from WASH
lington, and he is freely criticized for
this The fact of the matter is. Senator
Tillman was the most anxious man IN
this Congress to get away. He has any
number of Chautauqua dates to fill, and
the more lectures he can give this SUM
mer the more of the filthy lucre" will
go to the Golfers of Benjamin.
If may not be generally known that
Secretary Nagel, of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, who intends to
make recommendations for some very
radical changes in the immigration
laws, especially in reference to the Jap
anese and Chinese. is Texan by birth
| He left that region rather hurriedly
during the civil war, because things
lwere too hot and strenuous down there
for one of his kind. He left his home
lin 1868, and went to Mexico. Afterward
he made his way to New York, and
! from there to st. Louis, where the
| Southern sentiment was not SO marked,
| for Mr.. Nagel was thoroly in sympathy
with the North. Mr.. Nagel is said to
| be one of the ablest men in the Cabinet.
Aside from having received good edu-
cation in this country he studied at the
University of Berlin. He is member
of the ST. Louis Law School Faculty
and a member of the Board of Direc-
| tors of the st. Louis Museum of Fine
!
ested.
Lieut. Edward H. Shackleton, the
English explorer who went farthest
to the South, and was within 100 miles
| of the South pole, is to come to America
and lecture, regardless of the action of
the British Government which reim-
| bursed him for his expenditures in his
recent expedition. The American lee
ture tour is to help Shackleton repay
the $4,000 deficit caused by the trip.
which cost more than 100000.
The deposed Sultan Abdul Harnid OF
Turkey Is said to be at the point of
death as the result of a severe attack
of angina pectoris. Surgeons from
Constantinople are at Salonica, where
an operation will be performed. Abdul
| is confined in the palace prison ON the
outskirts of the city. He has been a
very sick man ever since he was SO
| roughly handled when the young Turks
captured Constantinople. but it isi only
in the last few days that his condition
has become alarming.
Vice President Sherman's first session
of Congress as the presiding officer OF
the Senate is acknowledged by everyone
4 TO have been success. His attendance
/ has been regular. he has quickly
grasped the difficult Senate rules, and
tne way 10 keep inc business
Just before adjourning the Senate re-
Gently he said:
Senators, / desire you to accept my
grateful thanks for the courtesy saown.
the good will manifested for ard the
kindness extended to me, regardless of
party, which have made my services
here not a task, but a constant pleas
ure."
Orville Wright and his sister. Kath-
crime, are on their way to Germany
where they have gone to demonstrate
the aeroplane at Fegelhof. Mr.. Wright
says:
When get thru in Germany 1t is
possible that we may go back to Eng
land and from there TO Spain. That
depends upon how long 1t takes me to
finish and later developments. l do
not think 1t would be possible for either
my brother or myself to take part in
the Hudson Fulton celebration at New
York this Fall. i will not be back in
time- and Wilbur will be too busy This
is matter of sincere regret to me, be-
cause we are very much interested
Among other things, we have been
working upon several devices to obtain
automatic stability. We realize that il
we can make the aeroplane balance
automatically in the air while in fight
it will be very important step forward
J The device which the English have
been making so much pother about Is
an old contrivance, with which we
planned 10 get automatic stability a:
long as five or six years ago. That was
before anybody believed that even fly