Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-12
CHANGES ATTHE CAPITOL.
Revolving Views Presented to the Gaze of Wash.
ingtOnians.
Special Correspondence.

Revolving Views Presented to the Gaze of Wash.
ingtOnians.
Special Correspondence.
1t is an arduous round, this political
and social life of the capitol, and every
body knows that the Executive has the
hardest of it. President Arthur has
very direct way of dealing with his call
ers. Any one who has any real business
to transact will never have any difficulty
in securing an interview. From l until
2 p. m. he gives up to unofficial callers.
These visitors are received in the Ii
brary, long, oval-shaped room, west
of the room where the cabinet meetings
are held. One day last week sat in
this library and watched the President
as he passed the callers in review. He
receives them all with great simplicity
and directness. His manner is more
that of man of the world than of pol
itician. He tells
THE PLAIN TRUTH
to his callers. Where he can help he
does. Where no hope can be given, be
tells the disagreeable but wholesome
truth with politeness and kindness
that softens the harshness of refusal.
The President first shakes hands with
the people who come to pay him merely
their respects. Then he walks about
and talks with his business callers, who
He sits down with no one. He walks
up to each with polite question of in
quiry, and for the moment he devotes
his entire attention to the person add
dressed. He has good humor and a
vein of satire in his talk with his visit
ors that gives great variety to the in
terviews. He is always
FAULTLEssLY DRESSED.
The only color in his dark morning
attire is n red rose in his button-hole.
HIS manner is always polite to every
one. He only becomes brusque when a
request made is SO manifestly improper
as to be classed as impertinent
We had scarcely said goodbye to
those swarthy dignitarics with names
longer than yard-stick, who came all
the way from Madagascar to carry back
in their satchels our laws, customs and
civilization, ere fresh party of hon
ored and knighted statesmen under the
lead of General Porfirio Diaz, ex-Presi-
dent of Mexico, swoop down upon us.
General Diaz, who is about fifty years of
age, is descended from the historian and
hero, the celebrated Bernal Diaz.
Whether on the tented field or in the
angry political struggles so constant in
Mexico, General Diaz has always stood
fearlessly in the front rank.
IN THE RAILWAY MOVEMENTS
and in opening up of commercial rela-
tons with the United States, he has been
the acknowledged leader He is es-
teemed everywhere as a worthy sue
cessor of the famed Juarez, and is noted
as the triple founder of the Republic of
Mexico. All plans for entertaining
these distinguished guests were inter-
rupted by the sudden death of Postmas-
ter-General Howe. The Presidential
dinner and the proposed reception to
General Dial and party, by Secretary
Frelinghuysen, were given up. The ma
ton enjoys the high privilege of furnish
ing its type of civilization to people and
nationalities who are describing the
barbaric ideas of darkness and supersti-
ton. Wherever there is people tina:
are struggling to be free, they are
drawn to us by force that is mighty
and all-conquering In the years that
are TO come, our moral and material
forces are to have a mighty influence in
uplifting benighted millions in other
lands.
The National Museum, in this city,
has introduced
A COMPLETE SYSTEM
of electrical apparatus, such as call
bells, burglar alarms, signals, telephones,
electric clocks, etc The building COW
ers two and a half acres of ground, and
the numerous employees scattered
through its various departments makes
it necessary TO utilize these electrical
agencies to their fullest extent. The
use of the telephone enables three mes
sengers to do the work of communicate
ing with employees 700 feet away Wis
itors who spend hours in looking at the
wonders here collected, have little idea
of the number of busy workers who are
deity arranging exhibits of all solts of
specialties in the tiers of rooms in the
pavilion and towers of this marvellous
structure. This museum is soon to be
the most perfect and rarestl IN the world
In an antique furniture store on Ninth
street. there is very ingenious brass
cannon, small but perfectly made. 1t
is q breech-loader. made by we'll
known gunner of the wartime, Fried
erich. II
WILL SHOOT Two-oUNCE BALL
a distance of mile. An ingeniously
arranged hammer, which can be made
to fall by pulling a string at a safe dis
lance from the cannon, is used in dis