The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-14
RANDOM NOTES.

tne city look so thrifty. Weather suits them un-
commonly, you see. We are on sort Of border line
between northern and southern trees Some Of both
regions are native here
"what have become the insects that were eating
up the elms9 Are they disappcaring9 and why9"
Yes, they are going. sparrows. I'm defender
OF the sparrow. They are great insect destfoyefs.
They cat mp the eggs and larvw. They are getting
the best OF the fight at last. DO YOU observe how
clean OF insects all our trees arec Remember how
numerous those caterpilars used to be that were al
ways dropping down on our coats. Our trees both
In streets and parks, never looked so thrifty and free
from leafeating pests now, and hold that this Ia
the work OF the despised sparrows.'
Gen. A. j. Warner, the originator of the new idea
about cessation Of the coinage Of silver IA man of
great persistence. He began his talk about silver
several years ago. and his constituents have some
times complained that he has neglected them for
his hobby.
asked him las, week when he first thought OF his
present scheme. lie said:
"I saw last winter that there must be more time
devoted to the subject than was then possible.
made up my mind that II must be worked up during
vacation and that considerable number OF members
must be committed TO It berore the opening OF Con-
gress. SO went at 1. and formulated my notions
and they have been before more than forty OF the
leading members OF Congress- already. hoped TO
get along little farther before II was published but
no real harm has been done. believe II will be
ador,cd nv Copuress
uTbe far, n, \, 10 we c,,no, do bo,, ,,o ,,.,ros.
we oouId !, our clerks were in svmna,hy ,r,,n ,sa
orace.r said ono of tho now comr,ss,onors -, ,sa
Interior Department yesterday. "This Department
is full OF spies, and we never know when anything
is going to be given awav"
"Whv sre those s,,,o. mn, mn, an, 90 r,..o,
"oh. thew will no in ,mo 7 snnnose Tn,s ,m,.
has po mower a, tho, t,rd 4, !, hoa +, ,rn,,s r,,
them ali ant ,mmed,a,e,v von,d ra,,a, hav. PHI a,
A In, ~ pe,v and ,r,o ,,ar oor,, 10 ,sa a.,
once w,,hou, d,c,cni,x won" ~ '"'
Ihone M, n come h,ct anal, rr,r p.,o,,,,. ;,
said Ranresen,a,,,o AZ . Eoran -, os,o na,ar.
leaving for home last week
"You have things abon, as vou var, ,,sr, Il, r,rr
district ,hen9r
yves. things are pre,,v we'll se,,,ed ,,ero 1,h,r.
know who viii ,ot o,i ,ha n,a,os a., -,
script of nv novel and oe,tna !, ro.av ,or ,ha
printer, Wv
"Wbere do Won exnec, IN oo,-
"Not decided vet. last simmer ,ve ,ve,, IN ,,,o
Northern Canada richt near nm dson,s par op, ,.o
found II hotter there than onvvbere We ever ,r,sS
to spend the summer. we NAV s,av n, ~ near
Cleveland.
II has been hinted in some of the Western paners
that Senator Payne did about as much as he coud
law Secretary Of the NAVY and that he went abroad
SO as not to be importuned by Ohio ONCE seekers
asked gentleman from New York IL this was true.
He said:
"By no means. think Senator Payne had almost
nothing to do with W. C. wh,tnev po,po into tho
Cabinet. He was put there BY MIR. cleveland him.
self. He had been a special friend and adm,rer =,
whitney,s for wears and was bonnd IN have hin, -
ait is really the best place in the world tn studv
character said a Representative who had in.,
come ont Of the crowd at Secretary Jamar,s of,ce
man makes an effort to appear at his hest and he
generally appears at his worst Inever saw any.
thing like it. 1t is worse than the crowd struoon.
to get to the ticket-wapon of a countrv c,rcps Rnt
the Secretary ia a Democrat pure and simn,e and ha
listens patiently to all who GOMEZ
zone of the best things nv examination int, TIM
subject of bogus butter has DONE said DR. Thomaa
Taylor the microscopist of the auricu,pro, nonor,
ment .is the driving of all the yenders or moor INT
terrified and some Of them have confeased thot IN.
STUFF they sold was the vorst NJ miytpres IaYroc,
to keen careful record NJ nj, the anavses rnaso
and in fortbcominu renort IN the nanor,,nan, 7
shall give the hest breeds of catt,e for i,r and ~,
localities from which the he's, hu,ter s rana,rad
uThe pub,ic in yenera, seen, IN bayo ,r, ANAL,
idea how many on,ces have changed hands dnr,nn
the past three months. }, said Annontment T,,ars
Higgins. uThere have been q great monv thor.ana
Democrats mt I'm and as manv Thousand Ronrh,,
cana mt outn Nr"''''
"Will there he anv snec,a, enarture a, tho an, q,
this month pr
"Why shouId there bepr
"oh, 1t is the end of the fiscal wear. Won know
"Yes. 7 know II ia hut We are moyin, o,onn os
fas, as we know how al, rho while ana csnno. sas
why there should he anv difference then,
"Postmaster General yi,as ia nm bapJ verv
promptIv at o O'Clock everv morn,pg ;, aa,d ono y,
bis assist,nts vesterdav uErom ,hot ,,na an ,,on
he ia crowded with cal,ers some n, them havo -
story as long ma vour arm and i, dom, amann, - :,
much when II stoId such peonle seem IN ,h,ns thai
the more Of the secretarvs time ,hav CON ,asa
there are a great many who ca,, in tho, ,yav ny
would much better have n,ed their nsners and
walked away They tire evervhodv nm, +,
"when doctors disagree with drnupls,s the npb,,c
gets the benefit of the quarrel. So IL annears I'm
BROOKLYN, where the drnpuists has cut into tho
dOctOrB DraCtice until doctor I'm rayan1o
bis drugs about with MIN and req ths ,rod,c,no
for his patients instead of leaving the cusomarv
scrpton This ia very satIsfactorv IN tho no,,ort h
now fares az we'll at the of d,c,or
as he would IL treated bv a bomponath,s, a grest
share of whose popuarity. nv the wav NAV he ow,n1
TO the fact that hs pat,ents are aaved tho S
an interm,nabe druu biI, in addition IN tho nhvs,
ones and supply their natents. for the comnonndor
of prescriptions and soda.water onIv e,,siS in
citv and ia an unknown character in rnrai ,,,a 49,
movement which tends IN sunnIv medicine ,o n a,oy
person without separate CHARGE for 4, ia in occora
with feeling deem rooted I'm buman na,nro ona
lin no o,r.oa.on 49,, .a.,. -, ~ "
"hi ue ooifespon"iney popular VINO mas not 1elt
certain conviction that the construction OF society
ought to be remodeled 30 that the druppis sbould nav
=. =, -, ".,n. ~. ~. .as .,s Iauseou' LiiA'uIes'
al wrong that one shouia nave the dlsagreea-
BILE duty OF paying for medicine It Ia sufficiently
dsapreeable to have to swallow H. Ietus hone that
tho cuvtom n, doc,or. ~, ,rIn, ,,r ,hoi - , -
49,. ~ ~ - -, ~ .' ,'"k w '"e' Wv" PeScHP'
tions VIII reach this city.
II is a Measure TO note that some of the ,ead,no
drv ooods ,ne,ch.r,. ~ Na.y vorr h.u. aaa,sss -.
give their employees q half holiday on Saturdays
during the summer, though, owing TO the fact tnat
Saturday ia the great shopplng day Of the week ana
,ba, ,,raa, rn,nhora ~ ,vano o,rnnrs do ,ha,r h
ha' s.oa' hun"oin vi wage earncfs uo their Duylng
Satufuay evening, the closing cannot be made gen.
eral. Indeed, II the clerks need half holiday It
would he bet,er IN take II I'm tho middle n, tho oar