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v'J- jV- THE NATICfNAL TRIBUNE: WASHIDIGTOf . ., THUBSMY, AUGUST 27, 18?; ?. T.'V3135! WEEK IN WASHINGTON. CI7ntay. Arc. 1G. Washington was treated to a liridsc-juinping sensation to-day. Mrs. Marcia A. Hopkins, a Treasury Department Clerk, intend mis to end her life becauso of various troubles that beset her, climbed over ihera'tl at the side of the AqnsdnctJBridgo, and. swinging clear, dropped 75 foot into tho -water below. When she strtick the water Bomr bovs who wero fn bathing observed her. Walter Friday struck out to rescue her. To reach-the drovrnins woman bo had to swim about To yards: He was so persistent that fmc finally submitted and allowed hfm to assist her- She could not swini, and in a moment more would have gone to the bot tom. There arc none about Gcorcetown among thee who have spent tiicTr whole lives upon the river who would daro attempt what she fo ncces-funy accomplished. The jump was discussed ail" day long by the river men. They accounted for her safety flight tlirooch tho air bv the fact that her dress eased the fall. iloxnAT, Arc 37 Reports reached hero from Buenos Ayrcs to the effect that au American Byndfcito'has offered the Argentine Republic $150,000,000 in silver in exchange Jot $100, 600.000 in bonds, payable in gold, at 4 per cent, interest, with one-half per cent, added as a sinking fund. Tho offer of the Ameri cans Ts said to be a cart of tho general plan by which Argentina is seeking to go from a paper to a specie basis. Tho plan contem plates that-each of the new silver dollars shall take up two of the -paper dollars. It is said that the market value of Argentine 4 per cent, gold bonds is such that the transaction would prove a profitable one for the Ameri cans, while its incidental effect would be to dispose of a considerable supply of the sur plus silver of the United States. Coneul- Gencral James II. ilulligan, at Apia, Samoa, made a voluminous report to the State De partment upon the government of the islands by the United States, Great Britain and Ger many under the Berlin treaty; This treaty; 2Ir. Mulligan concludes, was a Mistake, and to maintain it is to persjst in a mistake. As to the Government of "Samoa he says: "A recognized and reigning Iviug is dependent for his support on tho voluntary contribu tions the charity, In fact of that portion of his family or tribe who nd here to him, whileforeignofiieersofhisGoverninentenjoy salaries from his revenues far in ezce83- o the value of services performed. All the machinery of Government perhaps it is not too much to say of several Governments is in active operation within the precincts of this little town. The guns of great ten-oi-war, year in and year oat, frown mniuously upon "the shore in support of the Government and the law winch does not existwithia their cffectivi range, and yet an offender witkin a half dozen uiiles of the seat f so Bsay au thorities defies the processes of the court. In the meantime no cleariug is made; no piaritatiou is extended. The country, which, at best, under its many disadvaatages, needs all thestimulusof peace, all the security that Government can assure, visibly languishes. There is no immigration, influx of capital, or suggestion of enterprise. All wait for the abrogation of tho treaty, as they and their fathers waited for its coming." Tuesday, Aug. ia The French people, who Jiave for so long imposed upon a credulous AmcrlcitrpuHrc-byahrpping back to them as the finest of French products, Maine herring and Southern cottonseed oil, in the shape of sardines and olive oil, are now suffering from a counter imposition, which Is brought to light by United States Consul Germain, at Zurich. In tho course of a report to the State Department on the subject of American dried fruits in Switzerland, he speaks of the success that has attended the introduction in France last -season -of Califoraia prases, and then, Joliow-aigout.tiie prospect thai opened up, he says tho French receivers ere arrang ing to have all such fruit packed is cases similar to those used in France aad bearing French marks,,so that the goods may be sold to the retailer jis French fruit. Wednesday, A UG. 19. I twas annouaced at the State Department that the Spauisk Govern ment is preparing a claim for heavy daa ages, to bo presented to tho United Stales on ac count of the numerous expeditions alleged to have gone from our shores to the relief of the Cuban insurgents, and in support of its claim to reparation intends to invoke the precedent established by the United States against Great Britain in the celebrated Ala- hama'cTaims awards made by the Geneva" arbitration tribunal. Government officers received copies of a report to the Spanish -r .r-.. J l. I- 11 )-:,.- . r.L XjeauuJi. uhuv uy aw icai uiu, ". m derou Carlisle, whosays large sums of Money for the insurrectionists have been collected; insurgents have active agents in various parts of IhoUnited States; the revolutionary party of Cuba, in the United States has com mnnicaticn with the insurgents is Cabar it has acquired the ownership or control of various vessels ; it has purchased large quan tities of arms and ammunition, and has suc cessfully scut off a number of military expe ditious and enterprises from the territory of tke United States. TiicnsuAY, Aug. 20. Gen. John M". Schofield Garrison, Kcgular Army and Navy Union, held a Carapfiro to-night. Business was hur ried through and the hall tas turned over to the Entertainment Committee, of which Comrade Nelson K. High is Chairman. Com rade Daniel O. Drcnnan took charge ef the announcements. Among those who assisted we jo Mr. H. Cosgrove, pianist; Comrade High, bftigs and sword exercises; J.Tiernan, Eongs; Mr. Cropley, songs; Daniel O. Dreu nan. recitation; Sir. Melcbior, song; Mrs. Browning dance, which was tapecially en joyed. Comrade Cosgrove followed with a song; Comrade Grccnhalge gave a humorous experience; Comrade John Johnson favored the audience by a song, followed by Comrade Drumniond, whose experience with bis mule was most laughable. Comrade Jrcll gave a bong. Bcfreshments were served. Fjhihy, AUG. 2L F. Z. Booker, Secretary of the Pupal Legation, confirmed the rumor that Father Martinelli will succeed Cardinal Sa tolli as delegate here. Father Martinelli on Au.23will be consecrated Archbishop of a titnlarsee.alwaysa preliminary step in send ing a diplomat of high rank. lie will sail from Gen oh about tho first week in Septem ber. Cardinal Satolli expects to leave Amer ica the early part of October. Father Sebas tian Martincll! comes from a distinguished family of Tuscany. He was born in Lucca, in the Piovinre of Santa Ana, on Aug. 19. IBS5. He 5b, therefore, 58 years old. His family lias contributed a number of ecclesi astics to the Chnrch of Home. Father Marti uelii enjoys the advantages of being thor oughly familiar with the American plan of Government, and being able to speak the English language- Satukday, Auc. 22. The Internal Be venue statement for July shows the total receipts 1 for that month to have been $14.2oS,G82, as compared with $13,579,0(10 for July, 1693. Tho receipts for July, 1E9G, and tho increases and decreases as compared with July last year aro civen as follows: Spirits, $7.751.456 increaseT $644,093; tobacco, $2,453,443 de crease $103,222; fermented liquors, $3,890. 347 increase, $222,561; oleomargarine. $128. 250 decrease, $27,097; miscellaneous, $30, 183 mcrea&c, $3,227. The principal incrcaso for the month is from whisky, which shews n gain of$S20,132. Tho receipts from retail liquor dealt' is' licences fell off $173,216, and from manufactured tobacco, $150,658. CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS. The Democratic Populist and Silver Head quarters are all now ander one roof in this city, in the building that was once Worraley's Hotel. This building is a monument to the istellf- gence, industry and thrift of a colored man, 1 who, from Lnmble beginnings, amassed a hand some fortune. There lssomctinug oi me irony of fato in the passing of his property into the Headquarters for a crusade of unthrift and repudiation. It has como at last. Tho announcement is authoritatively made that Secretary Jloko Smith's resignation lias been tendered the President, and accepted to dato from Sept. 1. This ovent will be everywhere accepted as having a much deeper significance than tho re tirements of Gibiiict officials have generally had. It is tho first tiuio in the history of the country that a member of tho Cabinet has been forced out because of his support of tho ticket nominated by tho party which elected the Piesidcnt This is merely of his torical interest, however, and of little practical importance. The practical import ance lies in its being a demonstration of tho Administration's activo hostility to the faction which seized the party's inacltinciy at Chicago. Mr. Smith's resignation gives distinct warning to tho whole army of ofiice-holders, and it conns at a timely stage of the campaign. His case is a peculiar one. He has been a strong advocate of Sound Money, and was deeply disappointed when the majority of the Convention at Chicago went harloting off after the heresies of Populism. For awhile he could not make up his mind to follow them. But ho is ambitious of further political honors, and his State is unequivocally for Free Silver. He found that out when ho went homo and tried-lo stay the tide. He has also a valuable newspaper property in the At lanta JowrnalT which would be terribly injured if it did not promptly move into tho populaT current. Do yielded to tho force of circum stances, his paper finally came out for Bryan and the Chicago platform, and then he got over the fence onto the Free Silver side. This com pelled his retirement from the Cabinet. The correspondence between the President and Mr. Smith has not been made public, and probably will not be, for it is said that much of It would not be pleasant reading for those with whom Mr. Smith has decided to cast his lot. It con tains, however, cordial expressions of mutual esteem between tho President and Secretary, and sincere regret that political exigencies force them to take different paths. Since the abovo was written the entirely un expected announcement has come from Gray Gables that ex-Gov. Francis, of Missouri, has been appointed Secretary of tho Interior, to succeed Mr. Smith, and will assume the place immediately upon Mr. Smith's retirement. Ex-Got. D. R. Francis was born at Richmond, Ky., Oct. 1, 1S30. His father removed to St. Louis, and young Francis entered a commis sion bouse as clerk. He went into business for himself oh attaining manhood, and became very wealthy, Luildiug up one of the largest grain commission houses In tho West. He took an iu tercet in politics, and in 1335 was elected Mayor of S Louis, and in 1588 Gov ernor of Missouri. It is known that Mr. Cleveland considered him for the Cabinet at the outset of his Administration, but reasons dictated that tho appointment should not be made. Mr. Francis wns a leader of the Sound Mosey forces from Missouri at the Chicago Convention, and went down to defeat with them. He is more than a millionaire, lives in line style, and is quite a social lion at St. Louis. The Republican Congressional Committee is very busy just now. It can hardly supply tho demand for literaturo fast enough. Chairman Babcock said the other day that the committee was is daily receipt of information tcudiug to show the successful work of the committee in seeding out literature. Do says that the reports show the people are very anxious to read the documents, which are having good effea in arming tho Eepublicans so that they caa meet all argument oi tuo democrats. ftnv nkiMtf ' Itn clfil ie ri At en Til llfVl f A m'lI'A VUL WLl-ll, MW 0IU .Jv.awvwt .MMWt .w M.au proselytes in sending out tho literature, but to arm our own people, so that they may be in formed and ready iu argument. One man writes me that he has distributed 300 docu ments we sent him, and that theso documents have won over 60 voters to tho Bcpublicau cause," -k Mr. Bryan, the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, in a letter to the District Demo cratic Central Committee, says: "I will stop in Washington on my way from the South to New England. I cannot fix the date, but I hope it will not bo long after Sept. 20." Tho District Democracy will arrange to give him a big re ception when he comes here. A ratification meeting will bo held, and it is expected that large crowds will attend from Maryland aud Virginia. Convention Hall or Baseball Park will be engaged. LoaisGathmann,aCliicagoastrouomcr, iu this city now, made an interesting discovery last week. It was that of a satellite crossing the disc of the sun. Tim is said to bo the first in stance in which such a body has been known to cross the sun. According to Mr. Gathmauu the satellite took eiht seconds in its passage. Its distance frcm the earth is unknown, but A (ft Pistols and Pestles. The duelling pistol now occupies its proper place, in the museum, of the collector of relics of barbarism. The pistol ought to have beside it the pestle that turned out pills like bullets, to be shot like bullots at the target of tho liver. But the pestle is still in evidence, aud will be, probably, .until everybody has tested tho virtue of Ayer's sugar coated pills. They treat the liver as a friend, not as an tnemy. Instead of driving it, they coax it. They are compounded on the theory that the liver does its work thoroughly and faithfully under obstructing conditions, and if the obstructions are removed, the liver will do its daily duty. "When your liver wants help, get ,rthe pill that will Ayer's Cathartic Pills. Mm) w Mmmm& probably about 1,00 miles, and not over 5.000 miles at thevotttside, tho bqdy-doubtless bciiiR about 40 or 45 feet ia diameter. It is the theory of tho observers thatit is one of tho several scores of EateUitcs that are revolving about tho earth. Washington people have been considerably interested in tho trill hero of a gasoline motor car for street railway. Thero arc a number of gasolino motors, but of different types, in use in London,I)resden,Cloyden, and Nassau, and they have proved very satisfactory. A enrfousr thing about the motor tried hero is that the machin ery is constantly in motion, whether the motor is moving or nok When tho motor is at a stand, therfly-wheel revolves as rapidly as when making 10 miles an hoar. Tho cngino is operated by a wheel similar to tho old-fashioned brake-whcol. . By turning this wheel to tho riht, the power is applied, and the ma chinery started. When the wheel is turned to tho left, it shuts off the power and at the samo time puts on tho brakes. Gasoline is one of the coming motivo powers for rapid transit in cities of tfeis country, Preparations are now being mado to reccivo Li Dung Chang, the Chinese Statesman and Special Ambassador, on Aug. 2& At that time he will arrive inHew York. Maj.-Gen. Thomas II. Rugcr, United States Army, commanding the Dopartmcnt of tho E.ist, who has been designated by the President to act as his repre sentative, will meet him on his arrival and escort him with a detachment of tho 6th U. S. Cav. to tho Waldorf Hotel, where he will re main during his stay in New York as tho guest of the Nation. The State Department will bo represented by W. W. Itockliill, First Assistant Secretary of State. Gen. Rugcr will attend tho Viceroy during his sojouru in this country and be in charge of all arrangements pertaining to his visit. The President of the United States, who i3 to bo in the city as the guest of ex-Secretary of tho Navy Wm. C. Whitney, will rcceivo the Special Ambassador at tho lattor's residence on the following day. tho Secretary of tho Treasury, the Secretary of War and possibly other members of his Cabinet being presont. A plan of entertainnieut has been laid out for the week ho will spend in New York. A stop of a day will bo mado in Philadelphia. On Friday'and Saturday of next week tho Vice roy will bo in Washington, and on Sunday at Niagara Falls, where the statesman will bo met by representatives oftho Canadian Govern ment, who will escort him to Vancouver, from which port he sails for home. ' . Tho State Department flatly contradicts all rumors or reports that Miuistcr Terrell has re signed or contemplates resigning. From a warm personal friend of Mr. Terrell's in this city it ia learned that the Minister, when he was hero two mouths ago, expressed himself as entirely satisfied with his post, in spite of the controversies with the missionaries, and ho was especially gratified at the hearty commenda tion which ho had won by his course from President Cleveland and Secretary of Stato Oluoy. How hard a boy tries to get hurt! Riding out on the Ninth street electrical road the other evening, I saw a little imp of a boy dabh into the track on a bicycle, wheel, and ride ahead of tho cars: on the slot, making faces at the motorman, who was yelling- and swearing at him to get out of the way, and keeping this up for several blocks. The " fun " of this Was, that on the slightest stoppage of his wheel, or j his being thrown off, he could not help being mangled and probably killed. Thero was no use stopping the car to catch aud punish the little rascal, for he could scud out of reach at once. Senator Faulkner had something pertinent to say about Bryan recently: "There is ono great trouble with Bryan," 6aid he ; " ho likes to talk, aud in my opinion talks too much. Ho should bo kept quiet until tho campaign opens, aud then should not be allowed to speak with out preparation. His speeches arc not up to the standard of his Chicago speech, aud will not be unless he is given ample opportunity to prepare himself, aud I have noticed consider able criticism upon some of his off-hand efforts. His enemies arc on his trail, and they are ever ready to pick up aud make use of auy silly or injudicious remark he may chance to let fail. His play now is to remain silent and bottle up some of the personal joy he feels at being selected as the candidate of his party." A Washington music dealer said the other day that about all the music being published this season was campaign songs. They were coming iu by the dozen every day. Then he continued: ''But there is not much profit in them for the publishers. What ultorior motives the authors may have, and whether the glory they get out of tho songs or the staud-iu they secure with tho candidates profits them much, I do not know. But certainly, out of all tho campaign songs we havo published ami I have been in this business since boyhood lean recall only one which sold well; That wa3 during the Blaine campaign, and it was entitled "Follow Where the White Plume Waves." The word wero by Edward M. Taber, who skillfully adapted tho nom-de-plume of the candidate, aud the music was by John Philip Sousu. Liko all of Sousa's music, it had a catchy refrain, which any crowd could learn in a little while, and it fairly set the Blaine meetings wild. We had a great sale for that piece, until after elec tion, of course, bat it is the only campaign song within my memory which was a great success." The new one-dollar silver certificates turned out from tho Treasury a few days ago have been severely criticised by artist aud others because of their alleged lack of beauty both iu workmanship aud design. If tho work of the engraver on the new certificate fs to be accept ed as correct, Miss Columbia must go down to history and fume as a left-handed maiden. In ill 9 ill tho engraving she ii shown, with her right arm about the form of Che vigorous and manly llguro representing Youth, and with her left arm extended with index finger paiiitinfr to tho Constitution. The new certificates have been declared inartistic bv-tho rosthotic por tion of tho public, and will now probably bo condemned by the defenders of tho American type of physiognomy and auatomy. J Secretaries Carlisle hnd Lnmonfr visited tho President at Gray Gables last week. It is de nied that the meeting was by appointment or had any political significance. n.wi QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL. Tho President Promotes Col. Sawtelle to Geiil!:Uc!ielder'4 Place. Tho President has filled tho vacancy made by tho retirement of Qnartermaster-Generai Batchclder by the promotion of Col. Charles G. S.iwtolle, the next in rank. Gen. Sawtelle was appointed to West Point from Maine, and graduated in 1854, when ho wai commissioned a Sceond'Lieutcuaut in tho 2d U. S. Ho be came a Gnptnin and A, Q. M., May 17,. 1861, and was assigned to tho Army of the Potomac, lie becamo successively Chief Quartermaster. Sec ond Corps; Chief Quartermaster, Bight Grand Division, Army of tho Potomac, and of tho Cavalry Corps; Assistant Chief Quartermaster, Army of the Potomac; Chief Quartermaster of tho Cavalry Bureau; Chief Quartermaster Untied States forces on tho Bio Grande, Tex., to April 30, 18G1; in charge of transports and supplies for Gen. Banks's army in the field iu Louisinna to June 6, 1SC1; Chief Quartermas ter Military Division West Mississippi, June 6, 1864, to June 2. 1S65; of tho Military Division oi the Southwest to July 17, 1805; of the De partmentof the Gulf and Tilth Military Dis trict to August, 1867. Gen. Sawtelle will retire from the Active List of the Army in May, 1893. DEATH OF A FAMOUS HOST. John F. Chnmberlin, whose name has been a by-word as one of the greatest '"mine hosts" in Ayierica, died at Saratogn, N. Y.. on Sunday last, Chaniberlin was born iu Massachusetts iu September, lfc30. He grew rich iu tho hotel business, and wa3 proprietor of celebrated club houses in St. Louis and New York. Cbamber liu always hail tho faculty of gathering about him men of hizh social standing and great in fluence, especially ia fWasllftigton. Ho knew thousands of people. Ho could tell good stories by tho hour, and his stock of reminiscences was unlimited. He gathered about his board tho noblest and wittiest spirits in America. To them he gave dinners that were poems, and in the art of entertaining splendidly no man of tli ia age has ever proved hhnsulf John Chani berlin's equal. His strong personal friends wero legion. Boscoo Conkling loved him as a brother, and he was only one of many. His death were soro tiding to Secretary Lamonr, Gen. Miles, John W. Mackejj, Thomas P.Ochil tree, William F. Cody,eHerfry Watterson, and aihnndred more of equal fanc Ho was always well received at the White House. No one in Washington gave suckfelahorate dinners as Johu Cliamberlin, and the beauty of his din ners was there was always enough and plenty to spare. He was a man without education, but of remarkable intelligence, most kiudly in disposition, with a profuse generosity that literally ran to riot. During 'the Congress ional sessions there wasMiownore social, place hero after dark than Chamberlin's, and no place where more prominent men of the coun try gathered. , ARMY AND NAVY. Lieur Mo3S, 25th Inf., nud eight soldiers, heavily accoutered and carrying four daysr ra tions, last week covored tho distance between Forts Missoula and Harrison. Mont., 132 miles, including the passage of Itocky Bauge, in 22 hours on bicycles. Tho heaviest wheel, with pack and rider, weighed 272 pounds; lightest, 202 pounds; averago weight, 210. This is the first detachment put on the road by the United States Army, to test the practicability of the bicycle as a machine for military purposes in a mountain country. The tour entered upon covers 1,000 miles, including a round of the National Park, return to this point, run to Fort Assiuiiboino. northern Montana, and back bv wav of Fort Harrison to Fort Missouht. " Col. William V,. Hughes, in charge of the Quartermaster's Depot at Baltimore, will be re relieved from duty there on Oct. 13 and placed on the Botircd List by operation of the age limit. Col. Hughes has recently been pro moted by the advancement of Col. Sawtelle to be Brigadier-General, and is the junior oflicer at present of his grade. The detail at Balti more is considered desirable by Army officers, aud there will no doubt be a lively competi tion for tho vacancy. Col. Hughe3 is a native of Tennessee, from which Stato he was np poiutod to the Military Academy, July, 1832, and was graduated four years later and ap pointed a Second Lieutenant of Infantry. Ho was made a Captain and Assistant Quartermas ter during tho war, and saw much active serv ice. Iu 187fi ho becamo a Major of his corps, and on July 10, 1S00. a Lieutenant-Colonel. " The Medical Hospital Corps at Fort Biloy, Kan., has been abandoned by Surg.-Gen. Stern berg, who lately made au inspection of that institution. Forty youug meu were under in struction there for the duties of hospital stew ards, the intention being to send them to Posts west of the Mississippi Efver, where their services micht ho needed It was found, how ever, that Fort Eiley was too remote from most of the military stations In tho West, aud very few of tho students wore assigned to duty en account of the excessive cost of transportation from that station to other points whero they were needed. Dr. Sternberg has, therefore, designated a post in each of tho Western Mili tary Departments, whero a smaller class will bo maintained and will be able to furnish tho ex pert aid which is required. The Army Medical Dopartmont will make a trial of the Bcrtillon system of identification. It is on tho suggestion of an Army Surgeon, who believes tho method is an improvement over tho present practice of keeping track of deserters and other uhdeliWlblo characters who may attempt to ro-euter the Army, recently mentioned in theso columns. The Army Sur geons, however, do not,boliove the French sys tem wiiyiean improvement over the prevailing practice. J ncy rear mat tno iiauimy oi enur is greater, especially whero there is so much likelihood of carelessness of operators. Tho War Department, however, has sent to Piiria for n set of the Bcrtillon instruments, aud a thorough exumiuatiQu will bo mado into tho system. . ; Sceno from liojjmlh'd Brush. A capital story is told of a bravo and dis tinguished officer, who at ouc time com manded the Poonah Diviajon. His Lordship was noted for his hobbies, ouc of which was amateur gardeuiugfitf iteam of which he worked off by vigorajigly encouraging sol diers' gardens in thesfalion, say the Phila delphia American. n " ' To please the General, Thomas Atkins was often oidcrcd ou fatigue duty of a gardening nature, and many silent prayers were often offered up for the-Gcueral, which, if answer ed, would certainly not make a place for him in heaven. One morning early the General was taking a stroll in mnlti when he saw three or our private soldiers raking about the compound. Much pleased, he remarked : "Well, men, nice thing gardening is, isnrt it? I see yon are taking- ma interest in It" " Do wer indeed," growled one of them in reply. ''That's all yon know. We've got an old fool of a General heic who is mad on gardening, aud we are sent here ou fatigue to scrape this gravel about, in ease he should pass this way." Tableau! SsB wF irSj 0S nv 91 4 t The BettertHalf. urAipn-HArn r&RW. When we Inst trod there paths, howbarethe place Slnco then the pfxfcM have been mnklng lnce. Clfnton ScaHard in. LippincotC$. In an old copy of Judge, in a verse of comply monfc to Mrs- Langtry, there is so dainty a definition of her fairness that I copy the last two lines: "Gossip enn neither make- nor mar Tli6 rose, fair woman, lliat you are." "The rose, fair woman, that you are," is an r oxquisitelyprctty line, to my mind. It Is wondorful what some women will find in a little excursion -r the quality of observing quickly and remembering vividly iacdntiuually being pointed out to us as a happy one, but some times there is extraordinary aptitude for Feeing and remembering faults. One woman, who took a little sea trip, visited in Philadel phia for a few day?, then stopped at a cousin's farm for a week's rest on tho way home, re ported : "Oh, yes, wo had a good cnougn time in Philadelphia. On tho boat I was afraid all tho timo that the baby would fall overboard. It was cool enough, of course; we all caught terrible colds. Then when wo got to Phila delphia Mr. Thompson's friends wero all very polite, but the nights were so hot that we had to sleep right iu the window, and all three of us got terrible colds in our nosc3. In the coun trywell I thank the Lord I'm away from the country the butter was oil; they never had auy Ico,and the musketocs bit us all so that tho baby looks exactly like a weather map, and ho was afraid of the chickens, so ho would not play outdoors without mo, and hencver had but one glass of milk all tho time that he was there, becauso the flies wero so bad thatthc cows were milked after dark to get rid of them, and of course that was too late for tho baby to havo milk, aud other limes it wasn't fresh ; and it's so hot at home I don't know exactly what we will do." Foreigners still complain that tho American woman has an unpleasant Voice. This is par ticularly lamentable, inasmuch as it is, to a certain extent, a matter of habit either to speak gently and clearly or to whine, or twang, or rasp out tones. Wo try to excuse ourselves by poking tho fault off on tho climate, but that won't do. Our voices aro larpoly unpleasant because we mako them 60. Two good voice qualities every woman, may have gentleness aud clearness if she will buti have a care. Another unpleasant habit' that our women aro prono to indulge themselves In Is to speak way up in the head and throat, a habit that results in thin tones exceedingly trying to tho folk3 around. We bear frequently in newspapers about girls and their "chatelaines," aud the little silver trinkets that they carry'at tho belt. Now, as a matter of fact, very few girrs carry chatc Ininca? it is not at all a "swaL'Sier" thius to do. - Jewelers offer all sorts of dainty contrivances powder puffs, nail files, looking-glasses, tiny comb3, and other littlo toilet articles for chate laines. Now, every ladylike girl knows that she makes her toilet once for all in her own nr.m. Htnh nnwilorinfT attend! lit? to llCr nails. Pand fixing her hair aro operations to bo per formed in private. To carry toilet implements about with her in her walks is exceedingly ill bred. Sometimes girls who aro going on long bicycle rides, or aro out for all-day picnic3, or for a day's outing, are liable to need freshening up a bit during tho day. They can carry a comb, and a tiny square of chamois well pow dered, and then in a few minutes, away from the crowd, they cau "fix" themselves up a bit, and be better-tempered for it, hot they will make no parado of their toilet affairs. To carry toilet articles conspicuously, dangling at one's belt, suggestive of their continual need and use, ia abominable. The Summer boy, If he be small enough to wear kilts, has a sailor suit of heavy duck or denim, made with wide collar. The surplice folds are stylish for late Sum mer and early Autumn wedding gowns. Tho pretty crossing folds aro very demure aud graceful, aud can bo arranged either for a high or low-necked frock. mm Basques aro coming, into favor again after a year or two of round waists and coats. Tho stout woman will rejoice, and tho slender ono will be true to tho old styles, so becoming to her. D.ilnty wrappers aud tea-gowns aro mado with tho outside goods Rathered very full over a neatly-fitted lining. Some women mako the mistako of thinking because a gown is loose, its fit does not need careful consideration. In no gown does an ill-fitting collar, crooked shoulder-scams, or bungling nudcr-arm seams, look worse than in a tea-gown. Sashes are fashionable again, and tho girl who has been hoarding a beauty for three or four years can rejoice over her sisters, who cut theirs up for waiscoats, Bofa-cushion covers or. sachets. Mohair braid is quite as muck liked now adays for skirt-binding as velveteen. It is a wise woman who shrinks tho braid before put ting it on, however, and who bastes it on before sewing it down fust.. Braiding will be one of the Autumn fancies, according to all reports. Waistcoats, waists, aud capes will all be decorated in this fashion. A Maine woman is making a success in run ning a Bbiuglo miir. She Inherited the busi ness from hor father, and has had uo trouble in keeping it up. i v Tho littTo Summer girl wears frocks very much liko thoso slio woro last year, nnd her Autnmn and Winter frocl:3 will not differ very much, despito tho statements always mado that tho styles for little girls follow closely thoso for tho mothers. Tho simplest frocks aro always the most fashionablo for children. A frock, hanging fnlL from a short, rounded, pointed, or straight yoke, with a frill over the shoulders and another at tho throat, and with rather full sleeves, gathered into a ruffled wristband, is always graceful and pretty for a little giri, and it 13 a style tunc can dc used for muslins, wa3h-si ks, or for soft cash tncro, tho cashmero having frills of silk. A pretty fancy in arranging the-stmt I girl's hair is to tio the short locks away from tho brow3at tho temples with ribbons. Tho ribbons are tied in little square bows. The hair is caught loosely enough to ho soft and pretty about the face, and yet securely enough to keep it out of the eyes. A great many mothers make the mis take of allowing the little- girls to have very long bangs. Any child looks prettier to have the bangs cut qui to short and well away from the temples. In Lippvicolt's for September there is a very clever article contrasting tho heroine of tho past with tho modern product. Iu one point at least tho modern heroine is not so truly ro mantic, aud that Is as to her hair and 'tis a pity 'tis so. "Bccontly thero has Been a change. Tho heroine's hair does" not come down as fre quently as in the past.. After giving tho sub ject serious thought, I havo come to the con clusion that this is due notso much to'the pres ent low price- of hair-pins, which place3 them within the reach of all, as to the fashion of wearing thrhair that hasprevailod during. the last few years. Imagine bowthe-heroine would look with a wavy section on either side of her head and her back hair as straight as a Japanese doll's! Nowadays her tresses content them selves with rippling back from hot shell-like ears, while the wind Iift3 tho light curls from her white brow, or caresses astray lock thatha3 falleB lovingly against hersuowy neck." Lady Henry Somerset, Miss Willard's temper anco friend, is planning a model settlement for women inebriates. Sho proposes to estab lish, them in-comfortable little cottages, and to treat them as patients rather than as criminals. They are to have light work to do chicken raising, bee-keeping, dairy workr and other tasks. Each woman 13 to be charged $1.25 a week for her living, and each is to be paid a fair sum for her work, and whatever she re ceives above the $1.2J Is to be her own. The conditions of life aro to be as healthful as mod ern ideas of hygiene, diet, and sanitation can make them, and there will bo resident physi cians to attend them in sickness. Cheerful entertainments have been planned for, so that there may be play as well as work as a part of the reform. Elsie Pomekoy McEhrot. The monument to Jeff Davis. Editor National TKijjrjyz: What strange anomalies are presented to- us at the present time. While the people of this country denounce Gen. Weylec for the atrocities which are enacted fu Cuba under his rule, a part of ouc people eulogize and erect monuments to the memory of a man who was even worse than Gen. Weyler, aud under whose Administration the most in human, cruelties- were committed, which even put the Iuquisition to shame. This man, represented by some of the people of the United States as a martyr to a lost cause, and of whom they seem to be proud, is Jefferson Davis, aud if cruelties and atroc ities perpetrated by a man, and which couTd have been prevented, constitute virtues, Jef ferson Davis, like Nero of oldrwill live in the memory of the people forever. While I believe that there is no ill-feeling between the men in blue and those who wore the gray, I also know that wrath and Indigna tion, often overcomes Northern veterans when they remember the sufferings tbey had to endure in Southern prisons, and the men who were t&er cause of It, and a drum head court-martial, with a verdict " to be shot," would have been, aud always will be, a more fitting tribute to such men than the erection of monuments. FAppenzelleb, Adjutant, Po3fc 334, Le Eaysville, N. Y. -An Aristocratic Club. IQalignauVs Messenger In the United States it is-not- nnnsnal to say that there iff no aristocracy. There Is. Perhaps, lor the most part, it is imported. At all events there is now nr New York a decidedly aristocratic German club. The tie which binds the members of this club together fs misfortune. Without a single exception its membcra have been at one time or another officers in the German army or navy, or have held high govern mental positions. Gambling, duelling-, or some other scandal has caused' their exile. Most people enn recall the gambling scandal which occurred ial803"at Hanover. In con sequence of that scandal 52 officers were stripped of their rank" and exiled. Three gentlemen mado their headquarters at Ifo boken, aud they formed the nucleus of the present club, which has grown to great pro portions. It will also be recalled that last January the Kaiser ordered that the rolls be purged of such of the officers who had got hopelessly entangled with the money lending sharks; As a result, 40 youug nobles landed in New York the latter part of the month of January, and were fondly received by their fellow-officers, who had been previously banished. This shows a good feeling among the.Gerniau officers who get into trouble. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,. When she was a Ciitld, she cried for Castorhu When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. Ilfea tuo had CMkkea,ai gave them, Castoria. j'j I ft AN OPEN LETTER. What Mrs. L E. Bresme Saya ta American Women. Spcalts of Her Melancholy Conditio After the Birth of Her Child. J" r,I feel as if I was doing an in justice to my suirering sisters if- I did not tell what Lydia- E. Pinkham'a Veg-etable Com pound has done a& for me, and its worth to the world. "From the birthofmy child until he was louryears old, Iwas in poor health, but feel injr con vinced that half of th& ailments of women were imagined or else culti vated, X fought , against my bad feel ings, until Iwas obliged to frive up. IVIy disease baffled the best doctors. . K X was nervous, hysterical ; my head ached with such a terrible burning sensation on the top, and felt as if a band was drawn tightly above my brow; inflammationof thestomach,no appetite, nausea at the sighF'of food, indigestion, constipation, bladder and kidney troubles, palpitation of the -heart, attacks of melancholia, would occur without any provocation what- ever, numbness of the limbs, threaten ing paralysis, and loss of memory to such an extent that X feared aberration of the mind. "A friend advised Lydia E.Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, and spoke in glowing terms of what it had done for her. " I began its use and gained rapidly. Now I am. a living advertisement of its merits. I had not used it a yearwhea I was the envy of the whole townr for my rosyr dimpled, girlish, looks and perfect health. "Xrecommend it to all women. I find. a great advantage in being able to say, it is by a woman's hands this great boon is given to women. All honpr to the name of Lydia E, Pinkham ; wido . success to the Vegetable Compound. , - " Yours in Health, MeS. I. E. Bees erE, Herculaneum, Jefferson Co., Mov" ? WHAT LINE made the rate one cent per mile to St. Paul for the Thirtieth Annual Encampment G. A. R.? WHAT LINE alone gfantttfcfa efceturiK limit of thirty days on all tickets to the next Encampment at St. Paul ? WHAT LINE deserves the united sup-rT port of all the members of the Grand Army and their hosts of friends?, WHAT LINE will you patronize? Under these circumstances, other things being equals surely it will be the. Chicago Great Maple Western railway. Leaf Route F. H. LORD, General Passenger and 'ticket Agent, Chicago. and Head Noises roliOTed by uslaa WOm'iCanm gewaeEar ftinw, Hew scientiUainveatfon- different from nllnthpr davlcfla. Thao&Ivsafo. ialrapto, comfortable asd Iflm'slbl jgarunm in urawona. aeips was 'medical akUlfaila. No wire or stein attachment; "Writo tor pamphlet, WILSON EAR DRUM CO., ma (S03 TrastBtrrainllItSjb Mention Tlie National Trlbuna. BRASS BAND I Instruments, Drums, Uniforms, Equip- mre fn 1- T?fl Tl r?C n n A DniTIT Cami- LOW- cst prices cverquoted. Fine Catalog, 400 illustrations, vimtcarree'. ugives nanu MusicJcInstrucuonsforAmateur Bands. LlYOS St MALI, SOlWabaslilYe.rCkragfc. Mention The "National Tribune. WANTED ADDRESSES. TVTAXTED If thw ts reiul by Gcorse TUghmair, or V by any of the former acquaintances of the Itta Alexander Spurrier, Co. A, 12th Pa., oc Co. G, KM Pa., please at oncu communicate with hU luoiherv Mrs. Mary SDiirrier, CIS Te itli street nortlieas , Washing ton, D. C, or with Geo. E. Lemon, Washington D. C IXTANTKtV-By David Takin. President, AssocJa- V tioir or Hurvivorsr Xtesiilar iir'iii", Fourteenth Corps, IJM Mann street, Columbus. O The addresa of all comrades who served in the 15th, 16th, 13th, Wth I. S.. and Uattery H, 5th TJ. & Art., known as the Uesulor 3Jri:;are, Fourteenth Corps, who have- not received onx circular of July 1', ISac, to sond their address to me. We-are about to puaush. a history or our brigade, and want alt comrades to have a copy. 734-21- TO the surviving members of the 11th Pa. Cay-., and nil others Interested. As many of you as-will pur chase a history of the above-named regiment.ir pnp IHhed, will please signify your intention by notify ra J). S. ORCL'TT; Secretary nth Pa. Cav. Association, St. Charles Hotel, Tittsbur?, Pa. "VET" VSTKD To hear from, soldiers who knew my V fiuher, rsaae Ellsworth, Cou G, 7th Mo. Cav. II was Iir the service atHarrisonville. Mo., In 1852, 13. Chambers Ellsworth, Box 170, Pvn3ylvania, Losa County, O. 78 it WVNTED The addresses of comrades who served on U. S. Gunboat Carondelet from September, 1S02, to September, 18GX Heary C. Funk, 912 Tenne see street Lawrence, Kaa. Tm-m v3 i f L'-zm v if M ifit IP sssS "" i iss lb I ) ' II I I I Umr V' M- SJtk JittV ifi i ri irnm inttW ' poatuoa mi -'mi wWk Mm $ vw rT ,j- a-sy iu J,.. w" --rf; &"!. --&V- I'ZS'Vz.S $v -? . -