New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-27
GOSSIP FROM THE OAPITAL
O." RETRENCHMENT" ONCE NORE-SENAToRS
AS srORY-TELLERs-NIT O-GLYCERINE.

AS STORY-TELLERS-NlIR O-GL1 CEhINE'
rrrcu THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TIE TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, May 26.-The chef whose
achievements the Diplomatic Corps. the Judges oil the
Supreme Court, the Cabinet Senators and Representa-
tives extol under Mr. Arthurs Administra
tion has been discharged and his place filled by oman
Bridget forget which This is an era OF Reform ana
Retrenchnent The dismissal Of the French COOK from
the White House and the advent OF posSum
or "praties" II properly advertised III the Au-
mnisraton organs, ought to be worth Se'er"i
thousand votes at least 1t should not DC LOT
gotten however that the retrencbment will he o
saving entirely to the Presidents private pocket ana
will benefit in any whatever the public treasury
II be is disposed employ French cook the President
must pay the services of that artist ont OF his own
pocket Fontin Mr.. Arhur's ehef, am told received
81 500 year-f the figure is put too low, nope
Monsieur Fontin will not write letter to The Editor
interchangeable Bridget Dinah, as the Court journal
AT the Capital informs its readers Will receive hui 81 20
| a day.
While am on the subject OF retrenchment cannot 40
better than raier to the uniavorable comments one
hears on many sides Secretary Endicoirs luNurl
on. mode Of travelling lie went ou West about week
ago ostensly Tor the purpose of inspecting the military
| prisons at Leavenworth and other places. Accounts
VIII ch have reached the Capital make mention OF special
cars. receptions. dinners and what not IL Is not so
very long that such expeditions were denounced by
Democratic newspapers "junkettng trips Where Is
| their fiery real nowl And what will they say when
1
Secretary Bayard is reported now that he tends
doing starts Washington In special ram 10 VSlt
Missouri and receive the homage OF his admirers ree
scented so ably the Chicago convention OF last year
by six votes Against such extravaganza they cannot
hope to set the Jeersonian simplicity Of the Secretary
of the Interior who rides about the streets here on
borrowed horse or that Of the Attorney General who Is
steadfast in his refusal don cawhammer" suit on
occasions when ordinary people think 1t appropriate 10
wear
South Carolina Democrat who is an applicant FOR
post-ofce sent his the Posmaster-General To-
day Ii had nothing the scriptnral reference
Philippians with chapter I'm verse which reads mot
because desire gift, but desire fruit that may
abound account" copy of the Revised Edition
of the New Testament with tin backs aud pewter clasps
was mailed TO the patriot
Nobody suspected Senator Hoar having much
appreciation OF the udicrOus Among the solemn he Is
the most solemn The Senate has among It's members
large number OF good story-teers but Their efforts upon
the MASSACHUSETTS, have for the most part br en-
lit vain. lie likes 10 entertain ms rlends, sara one oi
his colleagues To to-day by relating funny Incidents
now and then, hut he would spou the most lauEhane
story ever known IN the telling oil IT. As 'ucoI"'H[
by the way Mr. Vance OF North Carolina. taxes inc
lead among his colleagues Senator Issl follows g3d
second. Then comes MI Palmer OF michighh anu Ht.
Jones. OF Nevada. The latter Is lnnitable ~ Ms
mining His greatest rival in this particular
field Is Senator Bowen, OF Colorado VINO VINO VIII zen
the excruciaiugly funny things win Tue same eA
pressonless face that he assumes when holding ihI
hand III game OF poker Mr. fNdtts i',ir a so
teller is national In certain directions ne mas no sn
but his forte really consists IN singing. Nou must
have heard him sing The Two Gronadiers, OF some
when the bottle has gone rounds and cigars have
beer ghted-to appreciate the Connecticut senator =
genius.
Iattended the other day Some experiments made in
dischargine from ordinary cannon shells charged
with ntro-gyccrne The trials took place near spot
on the Potomac River a few miles above Ge0rgetOWn
Several foreign Governments were represented 10y ihef
military aud naval attaches. They were All Keen Oh
| servers OF what going on and took copon' notes
In respect the experiment WAS failure Inc taIgt
used was an old quarry the side of the river opposite
] dinicuit al the di-tlurc-l COO yarls-tO tell
! after a shell had sutk exactly Whist was
damage done by the explosion aLd what was que 10
previous explosions by the quarrymen The great thing
however 10 show that the shel-WhichD ny the way
be safely got Of the cannon without exploding H.
| This It considerable enough To allow TO be DONE
though noticed that the spectators and inc men seIn
ing the retired To safe distance OF several nun
bred yards and hid De Iees WINE tne GsHno" VA,
being fired OIL Win the aid OF an elfetI.o p1t-
terry. Even then. pieces OF stone, weighing IN
some instances several Pa.ion wcre hurled
back through the tree underneath which the spec
yards asked Of the attaches what they Thought
OF the experiments. The use OF high explosives hau
one who seemed to express the opinion Of the party,
In It's infancy. at least rs lar as their appcaton III
modern warfare is concerned. The handling OF nitro
giycerine or dynamite shells il altogether dangerous
don't think that they VIII ever he available III tc he
where they have 10 be transported oyer rough road
by conclusion. In forts and on board OF rhps u - oi
course different There tney could be stored III coma
atiyeIy safe places inclined TO think more OF Lieu
tenant Zainskis airgun than OF this process o. hIg OH
higbexnIOsive shells By the former method "A good
deal of be danger OF the shell exploding before leaves
the cannon Is ayerted." The captain OF the RUSSIAN
streok was one OF the most interested spec
ators Captain Kane naval ataehe Of the British lie
cation stranle TO say was absent Lieutenant Makoto
I'M the service Of the Mikado, did not seem much
Chinese warrior, standing feet and inches III MS ie
slippers and wearing formidable pair OF spcctacles
arrived on the ground after last shell had been fired
He looked defiance. however at me %
French Republic. who calamity wished the CeleS'a
champion cordial " Bon JOUR"