The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
SHERMAN CLOSET SKELETON
Elevated Railway Journal

SHERMAN CLOSET SKELETON
 Elevated Railway Journal
 General W. T. Sherman IS said to be a kind father and loving husband as rule, but there is lndubitably d skeleton Tn the closet of the marital branch of the sherman family. whatever may be the office secrets of the financial branch. The dissension alluded io IS between husband and wife. IL Is weil-known tha, the gen erals estimable lady IS a Roman 1a,ho- lie of the most rigorous riiuahs,Ic stamp. and could she have her secret wish the infallibility Of the present pope would be universally conceded, and the potential
 fly of the papal see would be tempora- rlly supreme on the other hand, while the great military leader k not relig- ionist of the bigoted purtanieal s,npe, he Is nevertheless d pronounced Protest ant. In his customary equable moods and these prevail when the general IS himself-hc Is of q most liberal character and the union between his wife and him self IS veritable evangelical alliance beautiful 10 consider.
 IL is only when the general accepts one of the many invitations, of which he IS the constant recipient from innumerable veteran organizations. that Mrs. sherman realizes the value of the maxim, In tune of peace prepare for war" When the general tags ou, in soldier clothes. and leaves his plain but comfortable residen, on Garrison avenue m St. Louis and takes up the line of march for a grand army camp-hre. Mrs. sherman retires ,o a secluded little interior abutting on her boudoir. built as miniature imitation ei the Sls,ne chapel. and on her pended knees, with streaming eyes. awaits the dolorous end.
 AboH pin. an unsteady tramp from the direction of Oliye street indloa a,es that the eonauefiTs hero comes back to his domestic barracks. froianins the pre- cincts of my lady's chamber with the smoke from the butt of Clara ei'uVia that never paid any duty the general enters. A dim light from silver lamp. in which burns a periumed oil. above the entrance to the miniature chapel. pervades the abode of luxury. But the captain of tens of thousands scorns such softer ln- fiuences. for rather would he tha, he biv- ouacked in the brambly W lderness. and could get full redemption for the whole family on his own chosen plan. Noaght Is heard but the low sobs of the pa,Ien, martyr within. who kneels beneath an array of wax tapers in nickel plated can delabra. and awaits the moment when her riiualis;ic predilec,ions and her husbands oussed contrariness will bind her on the rack.
 ' Looky here, how once frall m goin' to make you give me rest on this idola rous racket. cos that's all call IT,
 ".No~. William Tecumseh, you quit, Is the fearful response.
 Dld you ever know me 10 quit when started in on racket woman: No. never: Moses getting away with ,ha, ls-karat calf Tn the wilderness aint a marker 10 me as an idol smasher,- and the boss soldier of these United States tears the chapel hxings fore and aft. rntil the floor $ s,rewn with shrines. censers, rosaries. crucihxes, pictures of the sacred heart. ves,ments, and all the other incl- dental paraphernalia of the devou.. When he gets through, the chapel looks like steamers cabin after she has weaihered a typhoon. and the general goes 10 bed in his boots and grand army hat and smiles while he dreams about All he cherry-lipped veterans daughters he has been oseulating.
 When General Sherman arises the mex, morning and his good and patient wife hangs him over the edge of the bath tab and turns the shower bath on his head and he goes up to his fzyorlte drug store on Easton avenue and gets . bracer. he repen,s The general reflects what good wife she has been 10 him. and wha, a hard thing I, would be for the Pitches fl I, got out. so he smooths II over and con- dudes 10 shake hands over the ohasn.
 In furtheTance of this grand scheme, he goes down 10 Catholic publishing house, and blows ln about s5o for illuminated missais, croziers. true cross sleeve buttons. cedar of Lebanon glove boxes. and no end of St. Peter and Holy Mother ehro- mos, and little tn crucihxes. Then. while Mrs. Sherman has gone over to confession, he hides around and hangs them up with his own loving hands
 The following paragraph has obtained considerable press currency:
 < Mrs. Sherman, the wife of General Sherman. has organized a club Tn ot. Louis for the study of philosophy from Roman Catholic standpoint. Tecumseh has not joined yet.r
 Well, when the last religious war in