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. 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1886 186 1886 1886 1886 188; 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 ' 1884 1885 1886 1886 o s 1 84 IRA MYERS. 1s8 1i00 1 1, 1884 188 1884 E. G. MALAY. 1886 O8 I E 1884 1884 1886 1 6` o 1884 18841884 1884 1884 1884 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1€8& s 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1886 1886 1886 1F861886 1H86 SGreat Falls Lumber Company r ANUFACTURE AND KEEP IN STOCK ALL KLNDS OF Rough AND DRESSED Lumber, e DRESSED IFINISHING LUMBER AND MATCHED FLOORING LATH AND SHINGLES. All Kinds of Moulding. Orders Filled Direct From the Saw if Desired. 1881 Great Falls Planing Mill, 488D Windows, Doors, & Hardware, Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Flooring and Siding,. Lime, Cement and Building Material. Ts.as. 7egn.er, - - ageRnt Thos. 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