The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-21
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.

WASHINGTON, D. G. March 18th 1878.
Congress gladdened the hearts of many
needy ones by the passage of the act
granting pensions to soldiers and sailors
of the war of 1912 and their widows.
This act embraces officers, enlisted or
drafted men in the military or naval SER
vice who served fourteen days or were in
any engagements and hoHorably dis
charged. Pensions may be paid to the
surviving widows of all such persons pro-
vided that it shall cease when they marry
again. The act also provides for the re-
instatement upon the rolls of all persons
who served in the war 1879 or any of the
Indian wars, whose names were stricken
from such rolls because of their partici.
patton in the rebellion. The surviving
widows of all such persons are entitled to
pensions under the act.
The Burchard Savings bill seems to
meet with great favor and the Senate has
passed WalIace's bill for long bond for
the investment for savings. These bills
look to the same end-a convenient and
safe investment of the small savings of
the people of the United States in govern
ment securities.
The question of relieving the publishers
of newspapers from the bewildering and
onerus tax under the presest law is now
occupying the attention of the Post Office
committee and the unjust discrimination
In previous acts is likely to be wiped
out
uah'9mniissSiiapeE Le Ruc !dpas great diff i
fitness for the place lie is trying to fill
In the agricultural department. His
schemes for raising tea, dates, figs &C.,
are accepted by the PRESS with all sorts
of suggestions for adding to the products
of the country. One paper advises the
planting of large areas to chewing gum;
another wants the Dismal Swamp pur
chased and utilized for the production of
bon -bons and advises the commissioner to
purchase from abroad q supply of the
best bon-bon seed. Yet another points
cut that while common dates may be well
enough, our soil and institutions are bet
ter adapted to the growtll'of candy dates.
Again the question is raised whether our
lie Due is any relation to ''Le Petit Due"
the great hit OF the Paris comic operette
season.
A suit is in progress at Alexandria, Va.
brought by son Of Robert E. Lee, against
tho IIp,tod Ctofoc ~ ro,oyo.tl A rY:,~4<..
estate which was bought in by the gov
ernment during the rebellion under d.
rect tax sale. Think of It'll sixteen thous-
and braves lie there entombed, men who
dared TO do and die, and over the entrance
to this city Of the dead the passing stran-
ger reads,
''on Fame's eternal camping ground, their silent
tents are spread.
And glory guards the sacred round the Bivouac
Of the dead.
hrs. Carline s. Brooks, the butter
sculptor of the Centennial, is in town
seeking to "bust" Congressman in the
same oleaginous matcria: and selling pho
tographs Of her most celebrated pieces,
with view to obtaining funds TO enable
her to work in the more enduring marble.
This lady is genius in her way, as every
one who saw her Dreaming Iolantlle,
can testify. The tools used in modelling
that beautiful. face expressing. the pa
tient serenity of thesblind-were common
butler paddles, cedar sticks. broom straws
and camel's-hair pencils. Years ago she