The National tribune., 1910-05-26

~Ath'Aeiiiu llGS tlIdlil DtEIl hIN WIN
a headstone. 1t is in Tennessee marble
and about 10 feet high. 1t is simple
marble slab, and beside it is a smaller
marble slab three feet high over the
grave of Ruth Cleveland, the Oldest
daughter of the former President and
Mrs. Cleveland, which has remained
unmarked since her death, Dec. 4, 1902.
The simple inscription of the Cleveland
monument is as follows: Grover Cleve-
land. Born in Caldwell, y. J., March
IS, 1897. Died at Princeton, n. j.,
March "a, 1905" There is no Sugges-
tion whatever that Mr.. Cleveland was
ever President of the United States
both stones were erected at the direc-
ltion of Mrs. Cleveland. who is at pres
lent in Europe educating her children.
Tt is quite against all the rules of
propriety to make a noise in the Unit
ed States Senate even with the little bit
! of an ivory cube which the President
tof the Senate once in awhile touches
gently upon the marble desk to call the
/ attention of the Senators to some little
thing. Senator Chas. Curtis. of Kan
sas, the only aboriginal American who
ever sat in Senatorial chair, was pre-
! siding in the Senate the other day, hav-
ing graduated over there from the
: House. AS is well known. the gaveIs
on the Speakers desk in the House do
splnters them. Even IL they were
made of cast iron they would wear out.
and on Senator Curts'S presiding hangs
a tale Senator Bacon, of Georgia,
grave. dignitied and somewhat dicta
! torial. was trying to address the Senate.
Senator Dillingham;, of Vermont, who
had the bill in charge upon which Sem
etor Bacon was going to speak. was
engaged in conversation with his col
leagues. Senator Kean, of New Jersey,
was also talking to Senator Warren, of
Wyoming. Senator Bacon wanted to
get the attention of the Senator from
Vermont before speaking on his bill,
and hesitated a moment which Sena-
tor Curtis took as sign for him to get
busy. So he began pounding that little
marble cube until the Senate Chamber
fairly rang. By the time he had worn
of little sharp edge the Senator from
vermont sat up and took notice, and
Senator Kean, of New Jersey, woke up
and returned to his seat. Finally Sen
ator Bacon, who was getting pretty hot
under the collar ami pretty red in the
neck and face, managed to make his
voice heard. 'tMr. President" he said, !
Il did not seek the attention of the
Senator from New Jersey. When you
had secured the attention of the Sem |
ator from Vermont / was satisfied and !
was ready to proceed, but you kept on /
banging the gavei so that it was i'm |
BDSSlblS 1Oi lie 10 DtS4i HOW NltIu
the floor" Senator Curtis, who is moth
ing if not polite, with merry twinkle /
in his black eyes, apologfzed for his .
undue eXertiOns with the ivory cube,
and said: The Chair will now come
TO order. The Senator from Georgia is
recognized" But the Senator did not .
accept the recognition. He was mad
clear thru. He hiked himself to the
cloak room, where he remained during
the further discussion of the bill,
which, by the way, wasn't of much con-
sequence, anyhow.
Here is story that they are telling
on Victor Murdock, who in the House /,
of Representatives is known as the
Hon. Victor Murdock, Representative
from Kansas" Victor Murdock. who
is the bellwether of the insurgents had .
a young friend who recently took an .
examination for the Revenue Marine .
Service.
The examination in grammar dwelt /
largely on the feminine of certain .
words, and the applicants were asked .
TO describe their understanding of the
word ''insurgent." Victor was very
much eiated to think that he had .
helped to make the word so prominent. .
'Of course, you gave the proper def .
tnition," he said to his young friend.
Il think l did" responded the boy. 4
Did they ask you to give the femi- 4
nine Of insurgent?'" asked the fiery I
Victor
NO. they did not, and if they had !
couldn't have done so,' said his friend. !
why, that's easy" said Victor THE /
feminine of 'insurgent' is 'suffraget.'" " /
There are some funny people in the |
world. Among these are women to |
whom cats and dogs, parrots and |
mockingbirds are more than creatures
I, lit
Washington, has a bulldog that she
calls Baron Baron is just a pedi-
greed pet. probably was never of any
use to anybody excepting to lick the
hand that fed him, which is. of course,
a little to one who has no time to law
ish affection on children. Baron ac-
companies Mrs. Taylor wherever she
goes. and she spends a great deal of
her time in travel. Baron is now old
and feeble and afflicted with elephant
1asis. In other words, Baron has been
fed too well, and probably has gout
and dropsy. Mrs. Taylor has just re-
turned from abroad, and the story goes
that she came back because she feared
Baron was going to die, and that he
ought to breathe his last on American
Soil. Devotion of this kind to human
beings would help make the world
better.
A very pretty tribute to King Ed
ward VII was sent by the Mount Yer
non ladies Association. 1t was mag
nificent funeral wreath made of the
leaves of the British oak planted by
order of the King at Mount Vernon and
of magnolia leaves from a tree planted
by George Washington when he was
President Of the United States and
from ivy which now grows over his
tomb. The inscription on the wreath
ran as follows:
ITO Her Gracious Majesty, Queen
Alexandra, from the Mount Vernon La
dies Association: This wreath of Eng
lish oak leaves from the tree ordered
planted by King Edward VII when
ington, and of magnolia leaves planted
by Washington, IS presented in evil
Gence of the honor and affection in
which the late King Edward was held
by the Mount Vernon, Ladies' Associa-
ton"
The wreath was sent direct to the
Mother Queen Alexandra.
It IS a well-known fact that former
President Roosevelt has always been
In favor of peace and arbitration, and
that while President he did everything
fn his power to advance both among
the Nations of the earth. In the course
of his lecture on the world movement
at the University of Berlin he emphat-
icaIly declared: Unjust war is 10 be
Hbhored, but woe to the Nation that
dhnE not I ~,