The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-06-17

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WASHINGTON, June 15.-Tho little white
stucco cottage In which the President has
taken up his summer quarters at tho Soldiers
Home is perhaps the simplest summer home
Of any distinguished man In this country. 1t
was the original manor house OF the Rigas o.
tats before II was bought as an asylum for
superannuated soldiers. 30 the President
Mvcs In an eight roomed house In summer and
. whitewashed house In winter: for. how
ever much the preparation put on tho White
House may resemble paint II 10 ono Of the
cherished traditions Of Washington that the
White House IL coated with the same print
tive compound which extorted tho admiration
OF the country nfty or sixty yours ago as the
nnest Job OF whitewashing In existence. Attic
Soldiers Homo cottage there are drawing room
dining room. and library on the nrst floor.
1t Ia furnished simply. mostly with odds and
ends from the White House. but is perfectly
tasteful and neat. In the Presidents library
n s q Ss Is @ Dorr 1ns
Of Andrew Jackson. which used TO hang on the
yas Of the Executive Mansion. Up stairs
room in the house. The walls have sSen freshly
with fine trees. so that II tho President Is u
% &c So" Mrs Bs,s q n
isstayfng at the cottage looking after chubby
wsS nsaI sns % tho aSa:s
Unsuitable demand for dole shs gives no
nicsoas custom s now Is. %esrs no aandy Clothes,
has no show tricks. and is brought up most
sensibly and Wholcsomely. She is an agree
sfns,s asf hs been doing his duty man.
listened patiently to large amount Of valedic;;
torian oratory In the past week The colored
men D na% whose defence of the
race was InvOrnbly noticed In The SUN some
time ag? il one OF the leading colored men
here. and u great many sensible. persons think
His tone toward the white. people is entirely
Ssins led like sheep 70 the polls. 49,.
The man who could mike department life
the country an inestimablr service. The Gov:
eminent employees In one breath complain OF
they I are ssv a and they Know Il. and what
eRectacle 1t is-thousands OF young and able
BODIED men WORKING for a pi;,nnse OF which
wGiIs 5000 l. maxniticeat ana chief CLERKS
arc glad tn get u 500: so that department life
they are 80 dreadtuIly Yentee: That Is ihe
something to learn in measuring tapo and ca.
leg. but there is nothing to learn in the work OF
The navy yard employees. those belonging TO
the sit,ndGsd fraternity IRE very Snhappy
yard in this sountrS has suirersS 80 many ro.
litica persecnttons ~ tho Norfolk yard. For a
able yard in the country. 1t was kept idle be-
cause the workmen were nearly all Democrats.
and consequently hard to assess. The alb
Commodore MAYO. who was Chairman OF the
Board. was Mahone's bottle holder, at whose
house Malone stayed during his raid on the
yard who sent his steam launch to meet tho
Senator. and who was as active "a Malone him
sss s. m Malone sent for Nav. CONSTRUCTOR
Varney to come to Commodore Mayo's house.
and and in person MIN niorm"i them that the ret.n.
ton OF their official heads depended upon tut,
aliHg his eommands This aetiSn on .e IN pa at
the bossism OF this country. ,,, A..
The greatest grievance yet laid upon tho
newer coSpiainsd. and which they would hard
Sons,d"r grievance It i tns folly which len
useless. but ridiculous. In the days when the
ssns ss' Gasss that G naval %sSSa"cs nssa n"i
o. men OF Iibs;ral sdueationi An ,sneinesr's
81 French and smilar accom- isSnenS IL not
required. Besides much useless Information
thing. A naval engineer no more needs the
Annapolis than a locomotive engineer needs. a
college education. The same nonsense prevails
TRIMS OF tuo sO-C1lIIeu uhSui ctUbtCuCtOTb
mig relative rank" bestowed uron them,
S onr ss thrs ann built The
nnest shins OF their day; In ls6i they were ere
%Sar sasns ana So on Wiz
whom they had previously been classed. as
sm9ny the s civil officers OF the navy. we're left
Ssr IKE
lous huks bnilt for ships during the last
the serviesable nil - built by the ship carpen
tors OF former day.
the Bureau OF Agricultural Statistics Of the
avs at bs d
ment costs 400 500. and employs % persons
These agricultural c!airyoynnts hc!p the grain
eht 1t Is to :has producers. or tho consumers
either, to know that Dr. Lorinss statstie9n
four or Ave hundred millions OF bushels would
be hard to DISCERN, Yet it takes slO9 800 to get
the guess The Bureau Of Statistics tits proper
all the foreign and Internal commerce OF the
country. costs only about so. 900. The Denar,,
yearly, yet not one farmer in 500 knows thai
there is such department.
When will our public men be ashamed ia
stand as recipients Of charity. hat in hind As
the time approached for Gen. Sheridan to he
hss H %ads sp Of the A
bought him n fine house IN Ehole Island nve.
nue.. They acquitted little Phil VI any doll.
eacy about accepting money ~ II gilt. Blu,
none Of these men has ever been renowned for
his charity betore, The best thing Gen. Sheri;
dan could do would be to decline and rem nd
them that he IL not in want oHpecuniary aid.
The Baltimore and Ohio road promises tina,
when its track to New York 10 com pletpd 1t vii
put a fast train ON that will make tho run from
Washington to New York in Ave hours. This
is glorious news to Washington.
1t Is reported that ono OF the Vanderbits has
been negotiating for properly here a. u winter
residence. Mr.. August Belmont has ALREADY
bought u ilnc house which Perry Belmont vii
occupy next winter.
The bicycle races which occurred on Monda,
and Tuesday we're very successful and inter
ssting. Wash ington is tho bcyclers' heaven
The smooth asphalt roadways are glittering al
DAY with the shining whesis. and, as there /
virtually no right OF way in Washington. ant
people cross tho streets at the imminont peri
OF their lives. the bicyclers have things prett!
much their own way
0RlYE COMPLIClTIONN In IIEH.