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Jta..Jh.'si4&-- i, ..-j .. l.i ,,&&&& f"it.it.fcjnHtwiiWfij. re.Jttt!iMaS:Sr --; -jwwurawftuJwM wwifawpawsMW THE TVABlIlJNGTON OKl'lMP, MONDAY EVENING, .APRIL L2 JU iWio. r i K W, w. I'M- . r t m V' I iI' f ..f 1? ''J' i'f ?., .f ilM ! I fir H7!, - w ! 7 . . d WASH LNUTON C'ltlTICJ EUERV GUENINC JlY TUB WASHINGTON UUiriU C ANN, HALLI'.r K1LI10UHN, 1'mstunNT. -H3 D STREET NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D. C. TKKM8 OP BUBSOMPriON. By mall (postoge prepaid), 1 yoar S3 00 " " " 1 month M Carriers In thoolty. 1 month 34 Address THE CitlTIC, !3 D Street, Washington, D. V. WASHINGTON. APIUL. 21, 1800. CITY rOSTOl'FICK HITC. A singular fatality seems to attend all efforts made to secure an adequate building for the city postofllce. Thu want of such a building Is universally admitted and the pressing need for it lina been long felt. Numerous endeavors have been made from time to time to obtain justice for the Capital of tbo nation in this matter, but hitherto without success. The lack of success has not always been owing to Congressional indilfercnco. In many instances it has been due to the clashing interests of real estate factions and to the jealousies of the proprietors of eli gible site?. "When, thercfoie, Iho picscut Concress took the matter up in earnest, and when the House passed a bill for the erection of a postolllce at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Ninth street, Tun Cnnir, though hardly ap proving of the location , lejoiced at what seemed u final settlement of the site question. It earnestly insisted, however, that eutllcicnt ground room should be obtained, and that no site should be accepted which had not space enough for the erection of a building Tfhlch fhould be equal to the postil wants of tho cil for at least half a cen tury to come. Now, It Eeems that Postmaster lloss insists that not less than (10.000 squat o feet arc requisite for the present needs of tho business of his otllcc, of which at the very least '.20,000 should be on the ground floor. It has been ascer tained that the site at Pennsylvania ave nuts and Ninth sttect nlToids only a spacuof 11,000 squaie feet. It is ac cordingly not to be woudered at, that ILc Senate Committee in charge of the iratttr, on receiving this information witbdicw Its favorable report and de clared the pioposcd site wholly inade quate. "While this incident shows that the Senate is more careful in its legislation than the House, it is greatly to botc grctted that carelessness in obtaining information In the first place should have once more retarded and jeopar. "larr"" ,5l nccon,P",1iracnt of tills p-grcntly-needed public impiovement. All wo can do in the circumstances is to hope that Congress will proceed without delay to select some other eligible and adequate site for an edifice to accom modate the postal necessities of the Government and the city. At tho same timo It cannot be denied that the rejec tion of the proposed site for the present relegates the postofllce question to the rather unhopeful -position which it for merly occupied. "While this is much to be regretted, the fact hhould stimu late our influential citizens to renewed endeavors for proper and speedy action in the matter. WOItKlM GlltVS IN COUNCIL. Tlio "Working Girls' Convention held In Now York last week was almost iti teiesting and unique event, by teason "both of its practical character and its peculiar educational influence. In many respects it is tho most remarkable de velopment thus far made in connection with the labor movements of this cen tury; not so much on account of its present magnitude, but rather because of what it suggests in the woy of in dustrial, social, belf-depcndcnt and self cultured progress, and tho hopefulness in regard to the future condition of tho working classes which its singular suc cess is lilted to inspire. That so many hundreds of girls and women, representing thousands upon thousands of other girls and women, and coming from all sorts of homes and occupations, extending from Maine to California and from Pittsburg to Mon trcal, should meet together to discuss Mich topics as that convention dis cussed is a fact in itself sufUclently striking. But that, witk no previous knowledge or training in that direction, they should have shown such a genius for co-operation and organization as that convention revealed may bo ic garded as one of tho most surprising as well as promising indications of our lime. Theie was no tendency manifested to I'efend the faults of women workers tind almost less to uphold the old theory of woman's dependence and special desert. Tho papers which aroused tho moEt general enthusiasm were of the most practical character. Thoy fear lessly told tho truth about working girls and their employets, and tho points which were of greatest interest to the delegates of the vatious clubs and asso ciations represented' had reference to such subjects as "Ileuefit Schemes," ""What "Working Girls Owe Ono Another?" "Conscience In "Women's "Work" and ""Womanhood No Kvcttso for Failure." The sentiment of thu convention was against strikes, against foreign labor, and in favor of everything, as JIlss Dodge said, "tending to dovclop, not only better workers, but higher typos of dnughtcis, sisters, wives, mothers, companions and friends." The clubs evidently givo a foremost placo to edu cation. They establish libraries and form classes for study. One of tho features of thu convention was "com pilations,'' containing briefest state ments of Individual opinions in some of tho clubs on disputed questions, which had been previously debated. Thescwlons of tho convention were .-.., i l;y.,tl-l witf-M model1) of public meetings. All tho business was conducted with punc tuality and promptitude, nnd thu pro gramme ngrecd upon was strictly ad hered to. This was doubtless in n groat degreo owing to the nbilliy which Miss Podgo displayed lis presiding olllcur, hut tho fact Is nevertheless a complete answer to thoso who object, that women have no fitness for the transaction of tho business of public assemblies'. In deed this lady who, while herself pos f csslng immense wealth and occupying a high social position, has devoted nil her tlmu nnd energy to helping work lug girls to. self-help, not only was the efficient cause of tho aueccs of tho convention but she has mado herself thu Inspiration and guide of n unique movement which is spreading all over the land, which is being adopted abroad nnd which is suro to liu pro ductive of the most benetlcent result. A NBIV MA.IOK-OENfclnr. The President, in sinning, on Satur day, the bill retiring General Fremont ns aIajor General of the United States Army, completed a dilatory net of jus tice to one of tho most illustrious citl yens of tho Republic. When ono thinks of tho exploits of Premont between 1813 nnd 1848 exploits so hardily and bravely performed, whereby the vast Western Territory of tho country was dlfcovorcd, ns It were, and tho imme diate possession of an Occidental Em pire rendered possible It will seem strange that such immense pub lic services should have gone so long without substantial recognition, Tho facts of his subsequent career can only add to the wonder in the case. In 18ofl lie wns the standard-boaror of the Republican party, when first or ganized for national ends, nnd though ho was defeated, the splendid campaign in which he led gavo assuranco of tho subsequent successes of Lincoln and Grant. On tho breaking out of the war he was one of tho first officers in the field, anil ho was both courageous in battle and wise in council. Tho old soldier Is now in his 78th year and will henceforth have the satis faction of knowing that his country acknowledges his worth as an explorer, pioneer, soldier, statesman and patriot, and Is willing to do something, how ever tardily, to smooth tho experiences of his declining years. Tin: cox uuloriiss The tributes which were delivered in tho J louse on Saturday to tho worth and fume of one of the ablest, most widely known and most popular of American Mattsn eu in recent times, were worthy of tho occasion. Addnsses at such times are apt to verge on extravagant ai.d often mennincless laudation. But those who spoke on Saturday hi eulogy I of Air. Cox seemed tovlowith each other in truthfully expressing from dif ferent standpoints their varying but just estimates of a man to whoso many sided nature it is difficult to do justice. Mr. Breckinridge truly said that the eulogies uttered formed a mosaic por trait drawn by various bands. Each speaker drew the particular feature he best remembered. Tho portraiture thus obtained could not fall to be in many respects faithful, nnd whilo it is true that few public men could have stood such a test, it is Mr. Cox's crowning praise that it required just such varied appreciation to npproaeh to anything like fidelity in the description of his life and character. As a fact, his was, In many respects, a separate and unique personality. Many men in public life are able, but, with Mr. Cox's ability was blended an all-winning geniality, which permitted tlo full exercise of bis powers without producing any rancor. Ho was a scholar without pedantry, a profound student without dullness, a man of in tellect without conceit, .nis political partisanship crow out of intenso con viction, yet It was always oxerclscd without unfairness or intolerance. Ho was a patriot, yet his public servlco whs not dissipated into mere generali ties, but, perhaps, beyond that of any of his contemporaries, sought to effect, through special legislation, the benefit of special classes, and even individuals needing special help and philanthropic consideration, Thus the eulogies of Saturday had to mako reference to the varied virtues of the patriot, tho scholar, the humorist, tho orator and tho philanthropist. 'I I !!.. AHOMSII THK bKOKKT SKSSION. Mr. Dolph forced a vote on hisresolu tion to punish certain newspaper men for contempt of the Senate because they would not disclose the sources of their information in regard to executive ses sions. The vote stood 2!1 for and 03 against tho lcsolutlon. It Is believed th at this Is tho end of this very ridiculous farco, except as tho ridicule It has brought upon the secret executive ses sion tends to bring about the abolition of this relic of an ignorant and semi civilitd age. The Senate should be able to blast the bonds of this absurd custom, and tho Senators should be neither dilatory nor bleit In so doing. a woman's vinns or jibs. Along with many other well known literary women. Mrs. FraDk LesllQ was tempted to publish a roply to the query, ""What should I do wero I man?" ! Among othor things, sho said that wcte j she a man she would mako love to two I or three women in a manner less coarse aud commonplace than men maku it. . This hlalement was held in somo I quart3 to trench upon tho domain of ! propiiety. And now Mrs. Leslie finds I that sho has to come forward to ex- i plain. Her explanation is that she was I thinking of different women for differ ent times and of the vnryliig modes of manifesting admiration nt different periods. Uut, shu adds rather hope lessly, that after all if she becamo a man sho would ptobably sink to the level of other men In these matters, and "would, as. they almost universally do, 'make lovo' to as innny women at a time" as sho could get to listen to her; and sho indicates that "a being with a woman's intuitions, delicacy aud adap tlvcncss, combined with a man's fiee doni, opportunities and aggressiveness, would ho quite too blight and good for human nature's dally food." "Wcdonot quite understand tho ex planation, but we hasten to assure Mrs. Leslie that, contrary to her supposition. JfW it Is now tho invariable and universal prnctlec of men, when "making lovo," to do so but to ono woman nt a time. Mrs. Leslie says she despairs of "con vincing man that there aro about him points susceptible of improvement." Wo agree with her vluw of man's gen eral incorrlalhlllty. Hut tho point to which shu has rufcrred doiw not coma within lis scope. Ho simply doesn't dolt. It in a sTitAj.aB cntouMBTANcn, yet It Is nevertheless true, that somo of tho hard fights of the late war aru already comparatively forgotten. Few now, except those who participated in the battle, remember the vletory gained by General Schnflo'd over llool at Frank lin, Tonn., In November. 1801. Yet it wa ono of tho most fiercely contested battles of the war. General Scliofl ilil wiis moving toward Nashvillo to re inforce Thomas, when Hood attempted to prevent him. Splendid fighting qualities were shown on both sides, and the memory of tho buttle has been re cently revived by Dr. II. M. Field's description of it (In his "Bright Sklos nnd Earl; Shadows"), as told on the spot by a Confederate who was in tho light. . To-day Mduat Halstkad, late of the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette, as sumes editorial control of tho Brooklyn Standard-Union, with a view to mnko it a great nnd triumphant Republican organ. Tho "Field Marshal's" recent successes in Ohio have not been specially conspicuous, but no ono doubts that if his discretion and temper wero equal to his ability the Standard Union would speedily bo found In the front rnnk of inlluentinl newspapers, and tho chuco of Republicanism would receive substantial aid from Mr. Hnl stcad's work in Brooklyn. The sri.iiNDiD reception accorded on Salmday to Stanley, tbo explorer, at Brussels, by tho Belgians and King Leopold, suggests that the great traveler knows as much about the extreme ex periences of human life ns any man living. Fancy a man struggling for months and years with tho discomforts and dangers of nn African jungle and being then transferred to tho luxury of a king's palace and the pomp of a royal reception. The President of tho French 111 public has been successfully "swinging round the circle." Uonow proposes to visit Corsica and win tho hearts of tho vendetta-loving but Bonapartlst island erc. So It le already given out that It was the President's famous grandfather, M. Carnot, that had Bonaparte ap pointed general of tho army of Italy. It is very evident that President Carnot knows a thing or two about practical politics. TllKFltENCH Govkuxment Is said to have successfully tried a torpedo boat that can remain under water twenty four hours and be handled during that time with perfect ease. If any dis covery, even npprnaching to this has been mnde, it will at once appear that iron-clad fleets havo had their day, for not even the largest cruisor would bo safe in tho neighborhood of a torpedo boat that could bo easily aud definitely sailed in tho water beneath her. The New York World's practical re traction yesterday of tho infamous so called interview with ox-1'rcsidout Cleveland, which it had. published, brlng3 Into prominent notice the sheer and utter indecency of somo of the methods of metropolitan journalism. Tne World, in effect, confesses Itself a "fakir," nnd the unmitleatcd malignity of tho Now York Sun, when In oppo sition, Is a disease of long standing. - m i The statement is going the rounds that Grant's personal memoirs no longer command a remunerative sale, probably because tho market has been glutted. A revival of Grant literature is prom ised for next year, however, when, Mrs. Grant will publish the memplrs of her husband from her standpoint. ' i m ''I- It is raid that the bill for the consus enumeration of the Chineso was de feated In the Senate because the Chi nese look so much alike that its pro visions CQukl.not be successfully carried out except upon the solo condition that Speaker Heed should do the counting. IlEKEitnixa to tiie separation of Shortstop Ward from his wife, known on the stage as Helen Dauvray, some one bus been clever enough to remark that tho noted bascballist carries his professional aptitude into tho matrimo nial field, STATESMEN SKETCHED. In the current number of thu "Illus tiatcd American" Qrlbayedoff has a number of pen-and-ink sketches which hit off to a nicety the peculiarity of poso and gesture of our Washington statesmen. There is Wade Hampton, whito whiskered and content; Frank Iliscock in his Ins-.test po3o; Senator Reagan, with that dumpy, argumenta tive finger; tho thin, hard hand of Sen tor Sherman in discussion; Ingalls cracking his finger joints in scornful derision of his opponent s argument, and tho benign expression of Senator Sawyer, caught during his afternoon nap. In the Houso tho portraits of Itcado, McKlnley and others aro equally good, but tho peculiar uxcellonco of these two pages lies in tho skill of thu artist In catching many of tho peculiari ties which are distinctive of tho men, A breezy article by Blakeley Hall ac companies these illustrations. BEYOND THE TIDE When the day iakes, with my waking eyes I sco tlii-e uvcr, mln days of old, Musing by tho sea; love's last surprise Of radiant Unlit iiilnirlliicr with tho i?old Of tliiui) own tieesos a dream of beauty, Not for carcsstB, O child of ditty, But for now dawlngs yutto ho. And at tho uoon-tfde hour, lite aglow With myriad forms otipleiidor, wave on waui In strong, prcpotua! motion bending lour Its crested, crowned brow as ft would eravo To Kiss th fuut, or win from thee one gau Of eyes as sweet, us blue as hoaren'g nuzo Thy face outslilnctli all tbo day's .Mid at tho tlmo of twHulit, all the hilln Aglow with tender glory, while the tlrst bravo star Would touch tho roseatu cloudlets, and the thrills Of day's last whisperings, as of lore afar Fill all tho world with drtums; close bj thy side I hit again, and heaven opens wide Her gates to hlisa beyond tho tide IK. J?, Tliornein Mtfadtlpm Tlwi, THE SOCIAL WORLD. Tuesday cvcnlmi tho Hon. Hoswell P. Flower of New York, upon lnvlta Hon of Mr. and Mn John Joy Kdsnn, will toeelve at their residence thu offl ctrBoftlie IlotiKeopathlc Hospital and also the Ladled Aid nnd Sustaining members. Mr Flower has been elected president of tin National Hotmcopathlc Hospllnl Association ntid has accepted. Mrs. Cleveland arrived on Saturday at tho Brighton Hotel, Atlantic City, whero she will remain for a short time as tbo guest of Mrs. Macalister Laugh ton, Ensign It. 11. Drtshlcld, U. S. N., has relumed to Annnpolls after a visit to Washington. Tho marrlngo of Mr. Ynlco, son of thu late Senator Yuleo of Florida, to Miss Murray of Now York will take placo in that city nn Tuesday, Mrs. Davids of Wyoming, who has been snendlnir some weeks in thectv with her dauchtur, Mrs. Joseph N. Caty, will rtturn nn Wednesday to her homo In the Went. Miss Margaret Johnson, whose cluver poems and drawings ure so well known to the readers of juvenile publications, will return in n few days to her home in New York after a week's visit to Mr. and Mrs. Polndexter. Tbo marrlngo of Miss Fair, daughter or Kcnator .lames (j. Jbulr, to. ,Mr. Ilerr man Oelrlchs will take placo June 8. Dr. Washington Matthews, U. B. A., who has been stationed in Washington for somo years past, on duty in the Surgeon-General's Office, has bcon de tached from duly here nud ordered to Fort W locate, N. M. A brilliant reception was given by Mrs. General Mahono nt her residenco on Market street, Petersburg, Friday nlcbt, in compliment to Miss Sherman, daughter of Senator Sherman, who has been a guest in tho Genernl's family for several weeks. Tho company preseut was n fashionable one, embracing the elite of the city. Among tho ladte3 present from a distance were Miss uamcron and Miss i'otts nt Kicnraomi, Miss Baldwin of Louisville and others. The table-spread wns superb aud the occasion, in all respcctB, delightful aud enjoyable. Tho" Duchess of Marlborouch, in re sponse to a cablegram from her lulge loul nnd master, sailed for Europe last week, the latter days of hor stay in New York having been enlivened by a series of farewell dinners and lunch cons. On tho deck of the Mnjestlo she held quite a levee beforo sailing, in sharp contrast to which ovation of At tention from New Yorkers is tho ntti tndo assumed by her relatives. Mrs. Price, her mother, did not even see her once during her stay, as sho started on a Mexican trip only a lew days before her daughter's arrival in this country. Miss Leitcr is in New York, where, in ( ompauy with a party of friends, sho rode on horseback to tho first of the subscription teas at Hotel Claremont, In Itivirside Park, on Thursday. Among tho most notable of tho throng of elegant turnouts on that occasion was the"" vehicle driven by Mrs. Freijeiic Neilson, half "Victor! i, half laudau, so dtepthat only the bonds of the occu pants showed above tho sides, painted to fcimilato basket work. In the first arrondissement of Paris a petition is being extensively sluned in favor of a proposal for reviving the de parted glories of the Palais Royal. A crystal palace of iron and glass, with gigantic dome, has been desigucd by M. Martin Ginouvicr, who desires to eicct it on tho spot now occupied by tho fountain. Within the structure will bu an auditorium for concerts, and at nicht the fountain will bo illuml- i natcd. On tho exterior of the circular I building will be balconies overlooking l the garden, forming a sort of cafe, res taurant, reading room and winter garden oomuineu. A splcnd Idly designed album is soon to bo presented to M. Pasteur by his admirers in this country and Great Britain. Among tho signers of and artistic contributors to tho dedicatory , part of tho album aro tho names of many ot mo proiessors ot me universi ties of Oxford, Cambridgo (England), Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cambridgo (U. S. A.) "San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, etc., and notubly thoso of Professor Max Miller, Mr. Gladstone, Professor Huxley. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mr. Rider Haggard, Sir Joseph Lister, Sir Frederick Leighton, Mr. and Mrs. Alma Tadema, Mr. Felix Moschelcs, Sir Douglas Powell and Sir Noel Paton. PERSONAL. W. P. Barnaurd, Vogelcuzang; Charles R.Allison, New York; C. J Barton and wife. Boston, and Fcnner j Harris, Milwaukee, are among tho Langham arrivals to-day. Mr Morell Mackenzie has gone to Italy for a month's holiday. Gcnoral Miles is considered tho handsomest officer In the Unlten Statc3 Army. King Humbert of Italy drinks whisky and water with his dinner for dyspepsia. William E. Gladstone says that ho has given up forever his old occupation of trcc-f clllng. Idlewlld, on the Hudson, formetly the homo of N. P. Willis, has just been sold, and will be utllied for a privato lunatic asylum. "1 own twenty thousand hectares of forest," fatd Princo Bismarck to Jules Simon, "and I plant more trees than I cut down." Bismarck is nover so happy as when ho is treo-plantlug. Dr. nelcn L. Webster of Lynn, Mass., who has been called to a chair at Vas sar, Is ono of three women In America who have received tho degree of Ph, D. from the University of Zurich. Piince Bismarck has 108 decorations. Fourteen are set In diamonds of great value. Ho belongs to no English or der. Tho late Car of Russia gave him the Order of St. Andrew, the most im portant in Ilusstu. Bismarck's diamond star belonging to this order is wortli $150,000. James Payne, the English novelist, has written about forty novels and overy word of tho maniiBciipt is in his own handwriting. He will have nothing to do with stenoctaphers nnd typewriters. He sleeps ten hourB out of tho twenty four, spending tho lemalndcr In reading and writing, Correspondents who claim that Em peror William of Germany proposes toasts In bumpers of champagne do not seem to know that tho Emporor never drinks French wine. Tho buverago which they take for champigno Is really sparkling hock. Tho Emperor usually drinks either Rhine wine or Moselle. Tho Duchess of Westminster, whoso husband is the richest man in Eugland, finds herself unahlo to give $100 a year for live years toward a scholarship at tho Femalo School of Art, Loudon. Sho writes that sho "lias so many claims" upon hor that when she sub scribed to tho fund sho did not know that it was to run llvo ycais. News from Thu naguu shows that tho King of Holland Is In u condition which may lead to ills death at tiny mo ment. I'very preparation has beou made in anticipation of ids majesty's demise, Qucun Emma transacts all state business. Tho king is really an Imbecile and his physicians aro aston ished that ho should hae survived so long. JUANAOEU imi.y at woit4im. How iiltrmirtfir Vnt rd Who Attoinptod to Dlntuth Ills Devotions. from lh Suiitav ItaalJ. August Augmtln Dalyl Yes, it was he. That square-crowned, rare old hat, thoso baggy trousers, those expansive feet above nil, that Imprtsslvo pose of deep abstraction, Ihot mjstic, eerie, awful air of self convicted genius It could ho nonoolse. Solitary ns becaina his illustrtousncss nesB he stood in an attitude of reverential, almost prayerful contemplation, ro poslug his crooked nnd eminent elbows tin tho breast-high guard rill which tuns lnuiid behind thu ultimate row of Feats on the orchesttu floor of tho Na tional Theatre. His Jovian jaw wa9 flimly jet soltly set; thu westerly ole vntlon of his fncu was eloquent with all tho surface symptoms of gentlo rev erie nnd two diiys' neglect of his razor; and 1 1 oin beneath his arching brows shot stiigewnrd thnso beams Of beauti ful inciindescent luminosity which even In states of partlul Intellectual coma still gleam In tho eyes of transcondeut genius. A momunt two moments passed, and still tho great man stood thcte silent, moveless, far-withdrawn into the Innermost penetralia of his own sublimely concentrated consciousness. Then n change came o'er tho contour of his countenance. Tbo set of his Jovian juw almost Imperceptibly soft ened, his classic chin dropped down a sixteenth of an inch nearer his neglige necktie, nud a faint wave of mild emo tion undulated backward nmong tho roots of tho two days' stubble on his cheek and broke nguitist the outer reef lets of bis ear. As It passed, this wave of emotion swept before It all thorough sand-ridges of expression and left be hind only tho subdued serenity of wor ship and of prayer. Mr. Daly was deeply moved. Tho contemplation of ihe splendor of his own work, tho con cretion of his own genius In tho abso lute artistic perfection ot tho porlorm once then going forward on the stage had overcome him as he gazed, and ho worshipped humbly nt his own shrino. It wns a beautiful and a touching sight, und thu Sunday Herald reporter who saw it felt that life was indeed worth livincr; that whether hodrowanannrox- Imatton ptizu this month or noMiehad not lived in vain. But as tho rcpoitcr gazed ho was filled with nameless terror. He had come to Interview Mr. Daly, and his sensitive soul recoiled in panic from the thought of breaking In upon those Impromptu religious exercises which ho was witnessing at a respectful dis tance. How could ho ever dare to draw nearer that august Augustln presence and drag down from its Hima layan heights of worship or haul up from its abysmal abysses of contempla tion that transcendent spirit? Tho re porter had talked familiarly with fiend tors, judges, statesmen, great and small, bo had shaken bands with General Grant; hu Had traveled in the same Pullman car with Russell Harrison; he had mingled cigarette smolto with Charlie Iloyt, and ho had drunk over the same bar with Ihe author of "Listen to My Tiduof Woe," but never before had he felt that senBe of cone ncss nboutthc regions of the diaphragm, that utter collapse nf courage which now assailed him. But ho remembered the stern mandate of his editor, and he resolved at least to attempt tho dis charge of his dutv, even ir he per IshiiT. Respectfully he approached and in soft, flattering accents whispered in the nigh ear of Mr. Daly the object of his mission. The gicat head slowly turned ; tho luminous eyes gazed with mild reproach Into tho reporter's; then tho great head turned away again. Once raoro tho reporter broko the awful 6ilcncc. Tho great head slowly shook, and from tho depths of somo enchanted cavo these sounds welled up: "Ah, no, it cannot be. You know not whnt you ask. I havo never, at home, or abroad, consented to talk to an interviewer. In my wisdom I havo not deemed it best." Then with a sound ilko tho noise of a Watorbury watch that has bust its mainspring, tho reporter could hear Mr. Daly withdraw into himself, and there after silence fell about him like a mountain dew, so thick nnd chill that the reporter hastily took two five-grain qulnino capsules to ward off' a cold. He essayed to speak again in the dulcet accents of persuasion, but he saw that Mr. Daly was so lost in contemplation of the glories of his own handiwork upon tho stago that it would bo an easier task to find Silcott than to find him. THE PETTY HUMORISTS. It Is observable that tho most con spicuous trait of a railroad war Is the cu t rate. I V iladelph ia Press. When boys are little, it's a ''penny, me," but when they aro big, it's it penny nnte. Youngstown Telegram. Thoso fellows who dote on their girls sometimes find matrimony a powerful antidote. llinghamton Leader. It is not exorcise in a gymnasium that mokes a man tough. It s tho society he inns in. JYcr Orleans l'icttyuue.' Mr. Funnybags says he carries a square umbrella because it would not bo sale to leave it round, Los Angela lift'. A man with a pinchbeck watch called It Faith, because It was without works, and therelorc dead. 1'eeas Sifting. It bus been decided legally that a morrlauo by telephone is binding. Hence the increased necessity for elec trical sparkarresteis. Baltimore Auier- I do not like a triolet 8o tilled with senseless repetition; Ho short It Is, small pay you got, I do not like a triolet, And nover wrote a good ono yot, Which Is, for mu, a gro.it admission. I do not like a tilolct So flllrd wllb ecnselefH repetition. -Pack. Blinks What soitof comic papers do they have over in Europe.' Jinks Excellent. Blinks Aro tho jokes like ouisr Jinks Exactly. 'Satno jokes, In fact, only a mouth older. Xeto York Wechlg. SAMUEL J. RANDALL. llnndall, thu stanch nnd true, now feels no pain; Closed Is a lifts without repioaeh or foar, Which taught tlut Itlght, the endless light to gain, railing or coiKoieiliig otlll uiiut perse vere. Our Ilondnll dead' How hard to reallo, When men of noblest nature pass away, That death can eomo to quench their soul ful eyes, And leave their work unllnlshed I u their . day! Ahd who will wear tho niautlo Haudall leaves? Who, who will hear tho burden ho lays down? What hand will gather In Its ripened sheaves, Aud noma tbo golden train othlgh re nown? William i: Tgnun. 1 nrf j-A-t uouki risr-tv 'riin-Fvoi:. How h l'lignitci'iii OitiMnUoeper Oli tnlnpil 'Hint llllo Count PttiionroRtro, a promlnont Spanish nobleman, has just died in Madrid, The stoiy of hU title is told in the Jfoutclle lletue Internationale: Charles V. wai a uroat huntor. Una day, while parttidge shooting, he was accompanied by a gamekeeper, who joined In tho sport. The sorvants of his majesty wero loaded with game, when a partridge arosu under tho feet of tho two sportsmen. Two shots wont off simultaneously. Tho partridge. (iroppcu. "Who killed that bird?" said the king to tho gamekeeper. "I did." was the reply. "You lie. you scoundrel." satd tho king, in a rage. Thereupon tin guard unceremoni ously slugged His Majesty. The first movement of Chnrles was to try to kill him, but fortunately his gun was un loaded. Then bis second and moro successful effort was to save tho man from the fury of hlx attendants, and to send him off to prison, with the recom mendation to prepare for death, re marking also that his nifeuso was all tho more atrocious because ho could not say that he really did not Ho, inas much as it was doubtful who shot the bird. "I havo no doubt about It sire," re plied tho prisoner. "Permit mo to ex amine the bird." Tho king ordered the partrlilgo to bo brought to him, and, after having ex amined it, thu guard affirmed that it was ho who shot It, because It was hit by a bullet, and hu hnd used bullets all day long, whllu thu king U'cd shot. A further examination of too dead par tridge by tho king and his attendants proved that thu gamu- keeper was cor rect. The King was sorry, but he neverthe less sent thu prisoner to Madrid, where ho was placed in tho cell of offondors condemned to death. At tho last mo ment the King promised him pardon if ho would repent, hut the guard refused. Charles ordered tho gamekeeper to bo brought into his presence, and again asked him If he repented. "Sire," replied thu guard, "If I had a thousand lives, and your Majesty should tell mo a tnnuanu times, without rea son, that I lied, a thousand times I would punch your Majesty In tho nose, and a thousand times I would go quietly to execution." "And you would thus bo a loss to my reign I" exclaimed the king. "Would that I were surrounded by men like you I I not only pardon you, but I attach yon to my person and mako you Count of Punourostro (Flst-in-thc-Face.)" In 1523 the title was formally bestowed upon tho new count, and, until bis death, he was ono of the most faithful vassals of Charles V. Wliut Spimtor Ho Mi-ati? Fiom tht Mooth'ttd Xews, Wc have personally known o United States Senator doing just what Eastman charges, but we did not suppose any editor living was mean enough to do such a thing. Again wo nro unahlo to bellevo that Major Newsnn has stated plainly or otherwise that ho will bo satisfied with nothing short of a "$5,000 job." Major Nowson is nne nf nature's noblemen, and ho would not take so mean an advantago of the cordial In dorsement of tho Editorial Association as to assume such a hoggish position. I'ropliotB or Destruction, t'lem ihe l'lthlmrg Diivatch, Tho prophets of destruction aie nu merous nowaday. Tho California doom (sealers have allotted destruction to San Francisco, Mllwaukco and Chicago, aud now Schweinfurth has delivered over tho city of Rockford, III., to bo swal lowed up. The sin of Rockford, in ad dition to tho usual human peccadilloes, is in failing to bclicvo in Schweinfurth. It Is Not llyelison. Fivm tht Kew Yorl Critic. I am happy to bo ablo to assure my readers that tho "I" In Ibsen is "short." The name Is not pronounced "Ibc-sen." For this statement I have tho authority of Professor Boycsen, who has known bis fellow-countryman for many years. March April May Aro tbo best months In tbo year in which to purify your blood. Daring tho Ions, cold Winter the blood becomes thin and Impure, tho body becomes weak and tired, tho appo tlte may bo lost and Just now tho systom craves tho aid of arollablo modlolno, Iluod'n Barsaparllla is peculiarly adapted to purify and onrloh tho blood, to croato a Rood appe tite and to ovorcomo that tired foollnc. It Increases In popularity ovory year, for It is tho Ideal sprlns medicine. "My hoalth was Tory poor last spring, and seeing an adrcrtlsomont of Hood's Sarsapa rllla I thought I would try It. It has worked wonders for mo, as it has built my systom np. I havo taken four bottles and am on tho fifth. I reeommend it to ray acquaintance-!." Joun Mattiikws, Oswego N.Y. "X tako Hood's Sarsaparllla as a spring tonlo and I rooommend it to all who havo that tired fooling." O. PAiiELKE,3ri IlrUIgost., Brooklyn, N. Y. T II, Ho suro to get only Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. 81; six for 83. Propaiod only by C.I. HOOD & CO.. I.owoll, 3Iusi. 100 Dosi-.s Unci Iloltur WATCHES. I W, BALT BRO. k CO. IlOTlViiuaylvniilu.VK'., Call attention to their stock of Watches comprising all the most desirable movements' and styles of casing, from the lenvest price for which a re liable lime-keeper can be bought to the most expensire. These watches bear our firm name and are fully guaranteed. American W a It ham Watches of all grades UNDUKTAKUIt. J V.TU.IAM LEB' " (Successor to Henry IWa Sons), -TT3srr3n n a? .a. Kim KB TENN. AVENUE N. W HoatU tilde. Branch office, 433 Maryland avo. s. w. FllOM MB. T. E. ROESSLE, rnopniKToa ov The Arlington. "The ArtLKOTON," Washington, D. C, March 0, 1890. My DeauDji. LianTniu,: It gives me great pleasure to state that you cffcctctl a remarlcahlo euro of deafness and discharge from tho ears In tho caso of my cousin, Marcus O. 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