The National tribune., 1910-06-23

men and women He says that they
can gather these this way easier thar
any other Mr.. Kestner declares thai
| nearly all countries that boast postage
stamps place upon them nowadays very
good likenesses of the rulers or of per.
sonages who have figured largely ir
their history. The trend toward thi,
has been very rapid since the art Of
postage stamp making got above the
stage OF crudity. Most people are well
aware of the number of historic per-
sons whose faces are borne by the Ma
tons postage stamps. The first one to
be SO honored was George Washington.
The Washington stickers appeared in
1847, and not long afterward a stamp
with the face of Franklin was brought
out. No additions were made to the
list for IA years. Then a Thomas JEFF
ferson stamp appeared, and soon after
Lincoln and Andrew Jackson were hon
ored. Within the next 10 years the
list was gradually increased by the in
PRODUCTION of stamps bearing the fea-
lures of Clay, Webster, Stanton. Gen.
Scott, Hamilton and Commodore Perry.
Taylor was given place among them
in 1875.
Not long after Garfield was assas-
sinated," added Mr. Kestner, his like
ness was place1 in the stamp picture
gallery. President Grants was added
III IoJU, ana tHeIt dppehTtu dl the SdHle
time a picture of Gen. VIM. T. Sher-
man. Closely following came stamps
showing Madison and John Marshall,
and later President Harrison, L. r.
Livingston of Louisiana purchase fame;
Monroe, Seward and Mckinley last The
stamp bearing the countenance of Mar
tha Washington made its first appear
ance in 1902 Stamps put out by the
Confederate States bore pictures Of
President Jefferson Davis, Thomas JEFF
ferson, Andrew Jackson, Washington
and John c. Calhoun"
Gen. Eugene A. Carr, U. S. Army,
retired. and the oldest living graduate
of West Point, of the class of 1876, and
one of the most famous of our old In
dian fighters. was injured in New York
last week while lodging an automobile.
Gen. Carr was to have been the guest
of honor of the annual meeting of the
graduates Of the United States Military
Academy, but his injuries prevented his
appearance. While the injury in itself
is not dangerous. the severe shaking
up that the old General got was.
Now. what do you think of this? Up
in Pittsburg a Rev. DIR. Wallace Walsh
of Dundee. Scotland, delivered an ad-
dress to 500 ministers of the United
Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal
Ministerial Association last week, and
he banged our soldiers over the head
in this way:
The soldier is a back number in
Lying is part of the entire mill
tary system
Some soldiers who spy would do
credit to Ananias.'
Our religion is a religion OF mercy
the last thing soldier thinks of
IND
of barrack life in cOnscript countries
are causing many soldiers to commit
suicide to escape the horrors of their
1t is not so. and the reverend gentle
man knew II was not so when he made
the statement: that is. speaking of the
American soldier as a whole If the
Scotch soldier or the English soldier
has degenerated to this. II is something
new to us. The Regular Army man"
has Just about as much sentiment in his
soul as 1t Is possible to get into one
mans body. and as for his being merci- |
full, 1t would be impossible to strike the |
same number OF men in any one organ
Zation from whom you could obtain |
cleaner-cut Justice or more real mercy
than you could from soldiers in our
Regular military institutions. There |
are corrupting and degrading influences
and these sometimes show |
up appaliingly even In church organiza-
ions. but no minister has the temerity |
% get up and howl like that and con-
1emn religion because one or a half a |
1ozen professional religionists go
astray. The city of Washington is pref
~ well acquainted with both the Army
and Naval arms of the service and from
young and old men wearing the uni
form of the United States Government
you will get quicker and more sympa-
ity han ,ryin
tenths of the John Ward preachers"
The Rev. Mr.. Walsh, from Dundee,
Scotland, does not know us very well |
In all probability. and he has got an
other guess coming.
The Census Bureau reports are some
times pretty startling. For instance, |
last year there were more than II ,OOO,- |
100000 conversations over the tele- !
phone wires Just think of all those |
'hellos." with the accent on the first |
syllable, at the rate of millions day. |
That the telephone business has out
stripped the telegraph is shown by the |
figures. which state that out of the |
| 100000 miles of wire In use SO per |
cent was for telephone and IL per cent |
FOR telegraph.
The name of the Presidents latest |
and biggest saddle horse is "Starett."
He stands 16 hands high and weighs |
l,2S0 pounds.
The United States Senate is "ferninst'' |
the proposition to elect members by |
iirect vote. The Senate put to sleep |
without voting on it the Owen resolu-
ion directing the Committee on Elec- |
ions to report on the opening of the |
lext session of Congress the proposed |
to the Constitution for the
election of the United States Senators |
Dy the direct vote OF the people The |
Senate voted on this proposition some
iority black eye at that time, and it |
has not grown to love the idea bit
better. Senator Hepburn, of Idaho,
in a speech that the adoption |
,f the proposed amendment would be |
destructive to the smaller States.
Mrs. Sherman, wife of the Vice Pres |
dent. has been i'll at her home in this |
city for some days, but is now i'm
proved. Her sister, Mrs De Long, of
Utica. has come from Itica to remain |
With Mrs. Sherman until she is well. |
Mrs. Sherman has been going the pace |
n her official society duties and has |
simply overworked herself.
Zia Pasha. the new ambassador to |
he United States from Turkey, has ar
lived and presented his credentials to
President Taft
II looks a good deal as tho we are |
going to have it, whether we wanted |
{ or not-the statue of Jeff Davis |
College. of Richmond, Va.
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