The National tribune., 1910-03-10

In tbe center there is picture of scales
of Justice over which is the legend.
Votes for Women" On each side OF
the stamp is the name of one OF the
four States in which woman suffrage
has succeeded-Idaho, Wyoming, Utah
and Colorado.
The special stamps when pasted On
the envelope horizontally may easily be
taken for special delivery stamps. Post
master-General Hitchcock said there
had been a great deal of confusion In
the Stamping Department over these
stamps, and that while he does not
want to suppress them entirely, that
they should be placed on the back OF
the envelope rather than on the frcnt.
This is the chief objection the Post
Office authorities have against the
stamps-that people will stick them on
the face of the envelope and then lor-
get to put on postage stamp. Nheh
the postage stamp is missing 1t is neces-
sary to put a due stamp on the letter
| and make collection at the end of Its
| destination. All of this, of course
causes extra work. 1t will probably emu
| in an order to place these stamps on
the back of the envelopes, ana noun
cation that unless so adjusted the let
ters will go to the Dead Letter ONCE
Nov il is an Englishman who is to
receiye a gold medal Sir Ernest Fl.
Shackleton. the Antarctic explorer, who
is going to deliver lecture IN TINS
! country, will arrive some time IN the
latter part of March, and will be accom-
panied by Lady Shackleton. IheN viii
be the guests of Embassador and Mrs.
Bryce at Washington. Before the eN-
Dlorer leaves Washington he Will re-
| ceiye from President Taft the gold
medal of the National Geographic So
| ciety.
| While in New York Sir Ernest will be
presented with the gold medal of the
| American Geographical Society 0f New
York. On Tuesday, March 20, he VIII
give his first American lecture in Car
negie Hall.
A good many people are asking why
not make Mat Henson Rear-Admiral
or a Commander or something quite as
good. and the suggestion was published
by H. c. Smith, President of the Afro
American League and proprietor of the
weekly newspaper in Cleveland. lie is
one of the active negro Republicans ol
Cleveland, and has served in the LcSis-
lature. Mat Henson, it will be remem-
bered, is the negro who accompanied
. the explorer, Peary, on his trip To the
North. Representative Loud, of Michl'
gan, who is the author of a DILL to re-
tire Peary with a rank equivalent to
!
nuity of $4,000, has received letter
with the pertinent question of why Mat
Henson, who accompanied Peary on bis
trips, has not as good a right to Rear
iAdmiralship as Mr.. Peary.
President Taft is going to make st
Patrick Days speech in Chicago. ano
there are going TO be great doings wher
he does it. Among other unique fca'
lures of the speaking will be earpe
of the "rale old Sod" which has beer
shipped directly from Queenstown, Ire
land. This grass has been decked WIZ
the shamrock, and will be spread upoi
: the platform upon which the Presiden
is to stand while speaking. 1t viii Dc
mighty uncomfortable to stand on JUS
} the same.
: Washington was shocked to leari
last week that Jose Domingo de OPAL
dia, President of Panama, had died o
t heart disease Senior Obaidia was a
5 one time Representative of Panama il
Washington, and was very gentleman
l ly gentleman whom everybody hked.
l William B. Jennison, the only Demo
z crat in the House from Iowa, has an
lnounced that he will not be candidat
for reelection. He liz the man VIII
= beat "Old Pete Hepburn" in the distrlc
t, which he had for so many years repre-
e sented in Congress. This is Mr.. Jeni
d sons first term, and he gives i'll healt
: as his excuse. There is a great hi
|, guess abroad, however, that the distric
/. that elected Jepison will go back int
l. the Republican fold again. Out of
tt total of 41.0OO votes Jenison receive
h only 80 plurality.
'e Mrs. Cynthia Bright Case is dead. Sh
e was one of the famous army nurses, an
n was born in Paynesville, O., in 1872
y She was highly educated and travele
l. much abroad. She was a great Shal
l. sperian scholar, and her home imm
il dIately following the war was the eel
n ter of the literary spirits of the Capita
Of She was 80 years old, and an inmate
ne the Home for Incurables at the time
.ic her death. Interment was in Arlingto
ne The Civil Service Commission is G
e. periencing a good deal of trouble
er meeting the demand for teachers in q
Indian Service. While women teache
lin the Indian schools are needed, Il
n greatest demand is for married ma
of teachers to take charge of the d
al lschools The latter are usually paid 5
,ic la month for 10 months of the schc
d. Iyear, which begins Sept. 1. The wife
* 1.-THE teacher may be appointed hous
of keeper at $40 a month. so the combin
of salaries amount to $50 month. Qua
U.s. ters are provided at the school. L
ty. examination for teachers will be ne