The National tribune., 1910-04-14


art says that Mary Adams was pupil
of the old Mccormick School during
the year 1870 in the primary class
taught by Miss Louise +. Hopkins. Gu
riosity is rife as to how the medal came
to be in a garden in Manassas, Va, and
those who found it are wondering what
has become of Mary Adams. The Gus
tom of giving honor medals has long
ceased.
Robert E. Peary, the polar explorer,
says that he is positively thru with
polar explorations for all time.
Brig.-Gen. John L. Tiernon died in
Buffalo last week, and his body was
brought to Washington for interment in
Arlington Cemetery. Gen. Tiernon was
born in Indiana in January. 1871, and
served thru the civil war. HI 1901 he
became a Colonel in the Coast Artil-
lery. Just previous to his retirement
he was appointed L rigadier-General
after 40 years service.
President Taft ana his Cabinet are
much pleased over the condition of the
Government finances, the receipts from
customs and from internal revenue both
promising to reach and probably even
exceed the estimates for the current
fiscal year The monthly Treasury state
ments issued recently show that the
customs receipts for March, S33.722,-
6S9, were the largest by about $4,000
600 for any month since the now tariff
law went into effect, while the internal
revenue receipts thus far during 1910
have been SIS, 900. 900 more than dur
ing the corresponding period of 1909.
The United States las gone into the
business of swapping ougs. We have
got a whole stack of various kinds of
bugs that we don't want, but that are
wanted in other countries to prey upon
other bugs Likewise there are lots of
bugs in other countries that We can
make good use of in this country. The
idea is to Introduce parasites and preda-
tory insects which will prey upon de-
Structiye species common to this coun-
try. Foreign parasites have been i'm
ported to fight the gypsy moth in Mas
sachusetts, which is just about to clean
out most of our forest trees, including
our splendid Boston elms. Last year it
is stated that II species Of foreign para
sites We're introduced into various parts
of the country, each for the purpose OF
destroying native insects which prey
upon some form of plant life. The mul-
berry tree, which seemed doomed to
destruction in Italy, is recovering under
American WHICH dtAdChS
the mulberry blight. Our ladybird bee
ties are exterminating the mealy bug III
the region of Malaga in Spain, and
parasites of scale insects sent to Peru
by the Department of Agriculture are
producing excellent results. The Amer
lean bumblebee has been sent to the
Philippines, where il is working to fer
tilize clover.
30 M
lucky, declares that the outlook Cor the
Democratic Party in Delaware was new
er as bright as at the present .iInc. Is
he a prophet?
Mrs. Taft has a new secretary, whose
name is Mary cambridge Spears. Miss
Spears is something under 80, and was
born in Halifax. y. c., receiving her
early education in iler home town. She
was appointed to position in the War
Department several years ago, and has
remained there ever since up until her
selection by Mrs. TAFT as secretary.
Miss Spears is scion OF the Buckner
and Danridge families of Virginia, Ken
lucky and Mississippi, and is & very
bright young lady. Her room is on the
south side of the r1anSion, With b,g,
sunny windows from which she has
magnificent view of the White Lot, the
Monument Grounds and the Potomac
River in the distance.
Former President Roosevelt is mighty
glad to get back on earth again, hut he
is. still responding to the call of the
wild He has accepted an invitation to
attend the celebration of Frontier Day
at Cheyenne, Wyo., during the last week
of August, in accordance with plans he
made before he went to Africa.
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Roosevelt might forget the engagement.
so he cabled him recently asking
whether he could attend the celebration
during the last week of August or the
first week of September. He received
a reply accepting for the earlier date.
Private elevators are very fashionable
among the Government officials. The
first of these constructed was for The
members of the Supreme Court of the
United States. A little bandbox of an
elevator in hand-wrought iron was built
for the stately wearers CT the black
silk Mother Hubbards, and no plebeian
foot is ever planted inside that eleva-
tor Then the United States Senators
decided that they wanted lift of their
own and so undertook to transform
one of the public elevators into a Sena-
torial elevator, but without much sue
cess at present, as when the Senatorial
three rings is given and the elevator
dashes from one floor 10 another it is
often found that it is not a Senator who
is waiting for the elevator, and a very
heated argument then usually ensues.
which very often ends in the person
refusing to be elected and compelling
the elevator operator to carry him to
where he wants to go. The House of
Representatives have fitted up an ele-
vator which is for members of Congress
alone, ana they station policemen to
keep that particular portion of the cor
ridor clear. Now two more new private
elevators have been installed. These
are just for two men alone. One OF
them is for Secretary MacVeagh and
the other is for Postmaster-G General
Hitchcock.
Mr.. MacVeagh, who often is hurried
| ly summoned to the White House by
the President for conferences, has
found that by using the elevators at the
command of the other officials of the
building he often loses much time.
The new elevator is of the most i'm
proved type. A small anteroom on the
basement floor contains the bottom OF
the shaft. The walls of the room hide
it from the general public, and the
man in charge consequently will not bt
! forced to direct would-be passengers tC
other elevators. The shaft has no open
ing on the first floor, and makes its frs
stop on the floor of the Secretary's
office. The elevator for Postmaster.
General Hitchcock is of the same type
and it is all ''his'n."
Representative Longworth declare.
that biS iob Of holding down the Fire