The National tribune., 1909-04-01

'leper," has concluded to give up, ans
will raise garden. He has kicked
constantly since people began to lie
him alone In the first bloom of th'
find he was a regular first pager" fol
the press. and reporters simply campet
on his trail. After he got to be a. loat
for the District, and the good people
of the city concluded that a man VIII;
was getting $75 a month pension wa
doing reasonably well, and that theI
could make better use of the money II
children's banks than by giving it Il
people who wanted new silk dresses ant
red velvet furniture. they also let early
alone, and then he began to fuss. Lep
rosy was all right while he was in tn,
limeIight. but all wrong when he foun,
that leprosy per Sc was no particular
attraction He got lonesome, and want
ed to make people believe that he haC
cnly the loathsome disease he had con
tracted by an immoral life. They be
lieve it all right, and that makes then
let him alone more than ever. Early
has asked for garden seeds, and viii
raise his own garden truck. Early ant
his wife occupy the same house, bu
there is no communicating door, anG
they are not permitted to live together
\ guard is Oh duty at the house all the
time. In the Summer it will not be sc
lonely for either him or his wife, fol-
they can sit out in the yard and talk tc
each other. The wife has been let Sc.
verely alone also. for it is thought thai
she may have contracted the disease
which will show some time or another
Now, did you ever hear of anything
to beat this:
To preserve a souvenir of President
Taft's Virginia campaign, Mrs. Laura
Dispman Withers. of Wallace, Va. has
purchased the table upon which ne
spoke to Bristol and Tennessee voters
and on the table left the imprint of his
foot. Mrs. Withers will keep the table
to go down to posterity along with the
Washington chairs, Lincoln rails and
the chair used by Gen. Grant at Chatta-
nOoga.
3 The table. which is a stout one, bears
very plainly the scratches made by the
these marks will be preserved; no paint
brush will ever cover them
Secretary Of State Knox has named
his son, Reed Knox, as his confidential
secretary.
The United States Supreme Court has
awarded to the State of Kansas title to
Goose Island, in the Missouri River, be-
tween Kansas City, Kan, and Kansas
City, Mo. claimed by both States.
Both States claiming jurisdiction, sew
eral gambling establishments were set
up on the island, in defiance of the
laws of each, and Missouri brought suit
to settle the question. The court held
that it was evident from the debates
in Congress that the western boundary
Of Missouri went only to the Missouri
River and Goose Island therefore came
under the jurisdiction of Kansas.
Heroes are of all ages. The other
day little bit of a girl, Clara Margarie
Buscher, tumbled into the lake out at
the Soldiers Home, and a 13-year-old
BOY, Mylon Rosche, Immediately jumped
N after her and pulled her out. Clara
IS only six years old, and AIylon is not
-ery big. He had to swim for it, too,
out he got the kiddie out, and walked
ler two blocks to her home in hurry.
Then he went home with chattering
eeth to change his clothes. Had his
mother not seen his condition the fam
~ would not have known how brave
he little fellow was. He went to school
IN Monday, but created such excite
nent that the teacher had to give him
| holiday before she could get the pu-
'ils down to books. Mylon stands
,ood show for q Carnegie medal.
An sure. Mike, there's thruble and
more thruble. The Ancient Order of
concluded Il year or so ago
hat they wanted statue of Comino-
lore Barry somewhere in Washington,
md besieged Congress to that effect.
Congress granted the request, and a
was formed. Then the A
}. II. wanted an Irish sculptor, and this
yas granted by the Commission. At
east, the sculptor who got the job is
FAMED O'COnnor, and that might be
Irish, now, mightn't it? But
,lory be, When the Commission ac-
eptcd the design of O'Connor, and he
,egan to develop that same, 1t didn't
uit. Sorry bit would it do, accord
ng to the A. o. II. 1t is more Irish
han American, is that statue. Heroic
n size, with very good picture of the
Commodore, it yet has friezes and
hings on it in Kettle, and it--well, it
imply doesn't suit the A. o. H., and
he Commission has called a halt, and
las told O'Connor that the statue must
De Americanized to very much larger
.xtent than now appears. The statue
s to stand on the west side of Franklin
Park when completed.
Gov. Curry, OF New Mexico. has re-
Rough Rider. and was appointed Gov
,rnor of New Mexico by President
Roosevelt, this being his particular rec
That was in 1907. Since
hen Gov. Curry has been stirring the
up, SO to speak. He spent
good deal of time and money in coming
70 Washington to forward the State
lood BILL and he wanted to spend some
more of both. Secretary Ballinger, of
he Interior Department. may have been
classmate of Secretary Garfield, but
lie is a different kind of a man. He
lid not accede to Gov. Curry's desire
o come to Washington and order him
here, which, of course, would mean
hat the Government would pay his way
lere and back and all his legitimate
expenses, since he would be acting on
order. Noap. Secretary Ballinger just
said to Gov. Curry, You stay on your
Jwn reservation and camp in your own
little wicky-up." And then the Santa
f'e Democrat took the matter up, and
made some fun of Gov. Curry Where
Ipon Gov Curry licked the stuffin' out
)f the editor of the Santa Fe Democrat,
and then wired his resignation to the
President. 1t was accepted at once.
rhe next Territorial Governor of New
Mexico will not be a Rough Rider
Later, Gov. Curry has withdrawn the
and some more things are
likely to happen.
Down in Mississippi they have been
planning to give silver service to the
Dig warship of that name when it is
The original idea and plans
we're to place the face of De Soto on
his silver with an appropriate inscrip-
ton. Since President Roosevelt or
Tered the name of Jeff Davis restored