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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
.aYssHitGTON, Oct. 30, 1886.
The only episode of the week that vari
ed in President Cleveland's work day life
was his trip to New York and participa
tion in the "Statue of Liberty" celebration.
He was accompanied by his trusted private
secretary, Col. Lamont, and four members
-of his cabinet-secretaries Bayward, Whit
ney, Lamar and postmaster general Vilas.
'The President and Lamont came near be
i.ng left. As the time of departure grew
:limited, the other members of the party
'took their places in the special car and be
ºcame quite impatient at Mr. Cleveland's
'tardiness. Just at the moment for the
train to start, however, he hurriedly enter
ed the car. A number of other official
and also unofficial Washingtonians went
to the unveiling on the presidental train.
Rev. Byron Sunderland, the President's
pastor and the man who performed his
marriage ceremony, has been indulging in
some plain pastoral talk. It was a sharp
reply to a newspaper sensation about dea
con Patterson's removal from office, and
an attempt to make trouble in the presi
'dent's church. The reverend doctor had
been accused of refusing to intercede with
the president inbehalf of this unfortunate
.member of his flock, who was seeking re
innstatement. Thoroughly aroused, the
pastor threw off the garb of theology for a
'time and became an indismtant man of the
world. Said he, "The whole paragraph is
a lie of the first water. The correspond
ents of "the New York World from this
city, from Crawford down, for some cause
or other, have been lying about me and
the church for some time past. This is
o.e of the worst lies they have told yet."
He stated that there was only one grain of
truth mixed with this immense falsehood.
There was such a man as _Mr. Patterson in
his church and he had been dismissed
from the treasury some time ago. But no
party had been to the president about it as
had been alleged and he had heard of no
disaffection among his members. He did
not choose, however, to bandy words with"
such a scandal monger as the New York
World. It and its minions might go on
with their lies. Ie had lived in Washing
ton for nearly thirty-four years and if the
dastardly paper wanted to "chaw" him up
at this late day, it might "chaw."
The Catholics of this city do not like the
Clevelands and their clergy are working
against the administration in a quiet way.
They remember certain obnoxious
portions of Miss Cleveland's book, and
they point to the fact that the president is
the son and also the brother of a Presby
terian clergyman and a regular attendant
of a church in charge of another clergy
man whom they allege is bitterly hostile
to them. The fact that Col. Lamont, the
president's most co'nfide-ntial adviser and
bom friend, i. a loyal conscie=ntious
member of their flock, has not placated
them. They interpolate their sermons
these times. with admonitions to "vote in
telligently and loyally."
The growth of the city has never linen
more rapid than it now is. and any one
who has been absent from here for only a
few months will notice many changes. In
the nortiiwest. the fashionable part of
the city, about three hundred fine houses
have been built since last spring. The
majority of them are owned by wea;lthy
people who intend to make Washington
their winter home and few of them are
for sale.
After the president bought his canutr
place, it was thought there would be a vig
orous rise of real estate in his neighbor
hood, and quite an effort was made to that
end but as yet without much success. ,Most
of the wealthy people who are building
here can go away in the summer, and they
prefer to have their winter homes within
the city limits.
These beautiful autumn days have been
partly employed by -Mrs. Cleveland in
trips out to "Red Top," as the country res
idence has been christened. She is engag
ed in overseeing the decorations there and
in selecting the furnishings. The house
is to contain a medley of souvenirs. The
household furniture of mother Folsom is
to be used, also some of the president's
possessions of his bachelor days, and some
of the wedding presents which they did
not wish should become part. of the white
house furnishings. Among them was a
St( iaway grand piano which has been or
dered to "Red Top."
It is said that when the social season be
gins, Mrs. Cleveland intends to inaugurate
a number of changes in regard to white
house ceremonies.
Two Brave Boys.
Two tright little boys of Baurtow. o the
s:und. have won for themselves the de
served commnenda:tion of their old and
youOng friend-s 1-y a display of courage and
intellig,-nce. -y, the New York Herald.
The h!ole village does nothing but talk
about thel heroism of the youna-aters who
last Sunday saved their fath-r, GeCr e
liahtjens, from death by drowning.
The Lboys are named Walter ad G _:rge
and are respectively 10 and 12 years of age.
The family havs lived in a neat little cot
tage near the waters edge since last year,
and the boys have this summer learned to
swim. Walter, the youngest, is a smart lad,
but in appearance not more than 6. Sun
day morning Mr. Rahtjens went down to
the beach for a bath. He took the boys
with him, and together they divested them
selves of their clothing, leaving it in a boat
which they had hauled off some distance
from land. George took the first header,
and then swam ashore.
Mr. Rahtjens jumped from the boat, but
had no sooner struck the water than he
was seized with a cramp and sank" After
what seemed an interminable period he
rose to the surface. For some reason he
was unable to shout. A second time he
went down and then camle up, and this
time he called lustily for help.
The natural impulse of a small boy
would be to run for help. Not so with the
12-year-old son. Into the water he plung
ed without a moment's hesitation. He
swam to his father who was once more
sinking. Catching him under the chin
with one hand, the little hero put the oth
er around the exhausted man's neck and
kicked with his feet to keep them afloat.
Not far behind them was his brother
George, who struck out from the shore at
the first cry of distress. George took hold
of his father's arm.
Mr. lRahtjcns said he had to exert all his
will power to refrrin from clutching the
boys and dragging them down to their
death.
Not a word was spoken.
Valiant little Walter, with tears coursing
down his cheeks, did his utmost to keep
his father's head above water, while the
elder son. his teeth hard set, struggled vig
orously to tow him ashore.
Mrs. Rantjens was tending the baby in
the parlor when she heard the cry from
her husband. Leaving her child on the
floor, she ran to the shore, and stood wring
ing her hands, terrified beyond speech.
Five minutes dragged their slow length
along before the boys reached land with
their burden. A little famnily thanksgiv
ing took place right there.
The young life-savers have borne their
honors lightly. They seem to think their
deed the most natural one in the world.
For His Mothers Sake.
oer YTork Times: People who crowded
City Hall Park yesterday might have no
ticed an ill-dressed and sad-visaged man
down on the curbstone industriously peck
ing away with a pocket-knife on a piece of
stone. The stone was about six inches
square and the man with the knife was
carving its face. An inscription all pen
ciled out was before him and the first line
of r-aised'letters was complete. The one
word of that first line vai "'Molther.'" l-.e
low it the pencil marks read in- thi's way:
THE OY YOlI LOVYE-)
IRE./I".MEMB!Ell:- YI IU
EVEN IN DIIE DISTItE<.
In coln:non with oiher folks I sto:pei
to look at the oddity of a' tramnp "at work.
ie didn't oibtrude himself, but h- held tt
block of stone so that it was not hard for
p11s<,-.r'- :y to c at.lh the fir.t word "M,,th
er." Anti he wvas willing to t:lk. Ie had
a sad .tor-. le -:as a nice b"ov onc-. lUt
he went to the war, was shot at o-r shot
into at m.st of the praoninent batle -pent
a year or two in rel ,i prisons. went throu gh
hospital tortures, and generally had seen
tough times ever since. There wasn't any
thing partieuhu'ly novel or now in the tale
he told; most tramps have hat similar ox
tperiences, but this individual had testi
mony in that half-carved block f stonei
thas somehow lifted him above the co'm
mon herd.
"My mother died while I was fighting
down South," he said, "and I never hatve
been able to get her a tomb-stone. Three
or four tines I've scraped together almost
enough only to see it s!ip" away from me
before I could use it for the sacred pur
pose of marking her grave. Now I'm
trying to cut just a little bit of a tomb
stone myself. God bless the dear angel's
memory."
The dirty hands of the talker went to
his eyes; no listener could question that he
was much agitated. This is a busy rush
ing, careless town, but men don't cry on
these streets anywhere or anytime without
getting sympathy. And this man in grime
and in rags, with that little bit of human
nature showing in his desire to honor the
mother dead---that fellow's tears moved the
crowd who listened. lie got money a lot
of it.
A healthy man never gets pleasure out
of exciting distrust. But truth is to be
told, and that tramp with his penknife, the
half-carved stone, the sad history and the
sentimental reminiscence-that tramp was
a fraud. But what a clever scheme he
I had! What a student of human: nature he
I was! He was an artist, a genius. And
the old threadbare recitals that other
tramps begging nickles obtrude ulpon us
h-ow paltry and poor they are! If an
American citizen must be humbugged it is
a happy thing, perhaps, to be humbugged
aihtically.
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1881 Great Falls Planing Mill, 488D
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P. ROLFE,
Attornoy-at-Law,
Special attention'given to land entries of all
kinds and to contests in the land office
U S Deputy Mineral Surveyor
Helena and Great Falls
GEO1GE W. TAYLOR.
NOTARY PUBLIC
Special Attention
GiMveo to Rsa! Estate and Land Entries.
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(ABOVE HERALD OFFICE)
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