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Mems ReieGS.

The resolution OF Judge Drake, declaring Ro
man Catholic baptism invalid, raised a storm
OF adverse opinion I'm the Presbyterian general
assembly at Cincinnati yesterday.
Kay =. Hathaway, city editor of the Toledo,
O., Democrat, was tarred and feathered yester-
day by some young men whom he had charged
with the ruin of young married woman.
Ieenler won the three mile rowing race at
New Orleans yesterday. beating Gaudaur Lee,
Hosmer, Mckay, Peterson, Griffin, and Glover,
in 2o:o1l minutes.
The Maryland Jockey club yesterday elected
the following officers: President, Oden Bowie:
iirst vice president, Washington Booth; second
vice president Edward Lloyd: treasurer, II. q
Hall; secretary, Charles Wheatley.
Poupdmaker. the northwestern Indian chief
who led Riels savage allies, has sent r letter
TO Gen. Middleton Offering To surrender uncop-
ditionaly.
Gideon A. Bedient, a farmer or Steuben
county. y. n, yesterday Identified the b.,dy %
the young woman who committed suicide at
the Grand Union hotel, n. ", as that OF his
daughter Hattie.
DIR. n. l.. Buck. a prominent phys.c an OF
Oakland, CAL, was shot dead on his doorsteps
Sunday night by Henry f. Prindle, who de-
clared that Buck had taken improper liberties
with his wife,
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ATTEMPTED To JUMP FROM THE BIC BRIDGE
Gustav Ffeischer, a German, who could speak
no English, attempted to jump of the BROOKLYN
bridge yesterday afternoon, but WAS caught BY
"A policeman just he was climbing over tho
railing. lie Is 30 years of age, has q wife and
attempted 10 Kill himself
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THOMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.
nUNCANsoN BROS. Auctoneers

nUNCANSON BROS, Auctloneers.
FINE BUILDING LOT ON COLUMBIA HEIGHTS,
ONROANOkESTREkT NEA K FOURTEENTH
GROUNDS
On FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY TWENTY sse
OF the premises, As
LOT g. BLOCK 81,
Of Columbia Heights,
fronting 80 feet Roanoke street between 18th and
14th streets (mOrth side.
This property is wei located. streets laid out and
one OF the finest building sites In the suburbs street
cars pass within iIaf square.
Terms: One-third cash: balance one, two and four
years With SIX per cent interest. deposit of 500
required ut sale Couveyancing &c, at purchasers
cost.
my26d DUNCANSON BROS. Aucts
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REPORTED ARRIVAL OF CHoLERA.-t IA re-
ported that the dominion government have
been notified oftwo cases OF cholera having ap-
peared ON an mward-bound vessel, and that tile
patients have been landed At the Crosse Isle
quarantine station.
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TNHOMAS BOWLING, Auctloneer.

CHOICE LOT OF THE FINEST EVER Ell DOM
IN ROSES OF EXTRA LARGE SIZE, GROW
ING IN POTS, READY FOR PIONEERING.
ALSO,
PALMS AND OTHER DECORATIVE PLANTS
SUITABLE FOR VASES CENTER OF BEDS
&C. FROM THE WELL-KNOWN NURSERY
OF MR. JOHN SAUL, AT AUCTION
On THURSDAY MORNING, MAY TWENTY
EIGHTH. 1885, at ELEVEN O'CLOCK, at my :uc-
ton rooms. shall Sell large collection of above
Plants, all OF them choice specimens. my2J-.,t
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THE PRESIDENT MAY SPEND DECORATION
DAY IN NEW YoRK-The indications now are
that the President will be Able to spend Decora-
zion day In New York.
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DJ-NCANSON BROS Auctioneers ap:aI3tlw eds
TI>RUSTEE'S SALE OF LAND AND VALUABLE
i MILL SITE IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY


II u + + \,
rARYLAND.
BY direction of the Trustees of the Bank Of 49,
Washington, District of Columbia will offer for ifh
sale ON the premises, at the junction of Sligo
Branch with tn" Sligo Mill road, on TUESDAY, MAY
TWENTI-SlNTH, 1883, at FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ,
at public auction part of tract fland, known the
Carroll Tract. Sligo Mill road, in Prince George
county. Maryland, dis tanJ about seven miles from
Washington and adjoining the lands of Robert Brown
W. II. Clarke, George W. Rigs and others and
tanning about one hundred and twentyfour and halt
acres of land, together with valuable mill site
Sligo RranCh. formerly in successful operation.
Part of the brick walls of the old mill in a good
state Of preservation Is standing the material
could be used In the reconstruction of the mill.
Terms of sale one-half cash: balance inf six and
twelve months secured by deed of the prem
lses sold with interest at six per per pay
able senliannualy. or ali cash at tine option of pur
CHASER \ deposit of $3.50 will be required when the
property X sold. If terms OF sale not complied
with within fifteen days from day of sale property
viii be resOd at the risk and of defiuting pur
chaser. All conreyancing at the of the purchaser
TilbS. l.. WAGGAMAN. Auctioneer,
my19-dSds OF l. street.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The New York stock Market.

The following are the opening and 300 pm prices
ofthe New York Stock market to-day. reported by
special wire TO H. II. Dodge, $50 18th street:
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THE TORN NOTE OF Miss MADISON 10 Gu.
vERIUS.-ln the Cluverius trial In Richmond
late yesterday the prosecution closed its case.
Judge Atkins finally decided to admit the torn
note sent by Miss Madison to Cluverius. It read:
I'll be there As soon AS possible; % do not wait
for me-" There was no signature, but it was
addressed to b J. Cluverius.
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GREAT IRON STRIKE PRoBABLE.-Thc
scale conference at Pittsburg of the iron manu-.
iacturers and the Amalgamated Association
has unexpectedly broken up In Disagreement.
There 10 now every prospect OF u strixe, involy-
ing 100000 men, on June Ist
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WALTER F. ScHUCKEEs, of Illinois, has been
appointed superintendent of buildings In the
Pension Office at q salary OF 81 ,4OO.
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myl6-dG1is THOMAS DOWNING Auct

MISERABLE DWELLING On CORCURAN
- STREET, BETWEEN THIRTEENTH AND
FOURTEENTH STREETS NORTHWEST
The owner having To move about the lst of 800
June, the dwelling and premises, No. 1910 Cor .n9H
coran street, VIII be offered for sale auction A..
WEDNESDAY. MAY TWENTY-SEVENIu
1885. at FIVE O'CLOCK T.. NJ.
Lot :SOXyO feet, terraced front and side lawn
House three-StOry and basement, eleven rooms bath
room and cellar, bay windows front and east
plumbing in perfect order.
Brick stable and an extra carriage house.
Ts rms: Onethrd cash. balance In and two wears
or changed To suit purchaser.
n,yZi-dSdS TIIOS. BOWLING, Anctioneer
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by VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE CIRCUIT
- Court of Westmoreland county. Nirginia.r -
dered on the l4th day Of April 1855 i'll The chan s
Gerry cause Of John T. Hammond vs. J.D.P. Burn A..
side and wife, the undersigned commissioner, thereby
appointed. VIII offer for sale at public auction
TUESDAY. THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JUNE,
1883, AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON on
the premises at Colonial Beach in said county Lots
Nos. 1.6, IL. 1913 and 1914 i'll Colonial Beach
gether with all the buildings and mproven there
on The buildings and improvements comprise one
twostory and attic dwelling house. ON the river 'front.'
one stable with coachnan's room adjoining. Lots en-
closed by paling fence. y very desirable summer
residence
Terms of sale. Onehaf of the purchase money to he
paid i'll cash the day and at the time sale and he
residue Oh credit OF twelve months from tav of
sale To be evidenced and secured by the bond of the
purchaser with good personal security. bearing six
per cent interest from the day of sale the title TO
be retained until the purchase money and interest is
paid III iu Conveyancng at the cost of til" purchaser.
GEORGE \. MESHBACU.
Commissioner of sale
STATE Of Virginia, County u Wst80retuni. 10 ,rit:
l, ]. Warren HUT, Clerk of the Circuit Court Of
the County of WeStnorcLand, do certify that George
"A MuShbach the commissioner of sale in the chancery
suit of John Il. Hammond vs.. j. o. =. Burnside ana
wife, depending I'm said court, has executed bond il,
tn. penalty of 900 90, with approved sccurv con
decree Of April IA, 1885. in said suit.
Test ]. WARREN HUT Clerk
May list, 1880. my26law4w
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AUCTION SALES.
EITGRE DAYS.
OUNCaNsON BROS. Aucuoneers.

EXECUTORS SALE OF FRAME DWELLING, No
ct'.i STREET NpRTHWEST.
On Tit f;SUiG AFTERNOON. NAY 80
TWENTl -EiGHTH. 1Ss3, at UALF-PASr g. a
FIVE OCLpCk, viii offer for sac. in from. H..
ofthe premises.
PART OF LOT No. ], SQUARE Ao3,
fronting ~ GIL feet street. with depth OF 30
feet improved by weIbuilt tlreestory Frame
DIV eliinE.
Will he sold subject q trust of 50 900. dated De
cember l2th, 1853, for three years ut SIN per cent
Interest. Ieiy able quarterly
Terms: oEe-haf cash: balance i'm year. note "a
bear interest and to be secured by deed of trust all
cash, at option of purchaser A deposit of sic o
required at sale COnveyancng, &c, at purchasers
cost.
my2-sd l. l.. JOHNSON. Executor.
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THE TERRIBLE PLYMOUTH PLAGuE,-ap
analysis OF two jugs OF water taken from the
that both the waters were bad. The number OF
cases OF fever since the epidemic started ioots
up 9O5, with a total OF 55 deaths -Four more
deaths occurred at Plymouth last evening and
several new cases We're reported.
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.

(NHANCERY SALE OF FINE THREE STORY
- AND BASEMENT BRICK DWELLING, NO
1928 NINETEENTH STREET NORTHWEST,
NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE
BY virtue of decree of the Supreme Court Of -
the District ofColurnba, holding Especial term SH
in Equity Court passed in cause Hubbard against SA
tirosSmann No g2.4 Doc "a. will sell at public auc
uen, in ffoht of the premises, on the TWENTY.
SIX DAY OF NAY, A. ID. 1885, AT HALF-PAST
FIVE O'CLOCK p NJ all that certain piece parcel of
land and premises known and described the ground
plat plan of the city of Washington District Of Co
Iumba and being lot numbered tifty-four f5I}, OF
ThOInaSSunderlanG subdivision of square numbered
hundred and fifteen 1i5), recorded in the Of
flee of the surveyor of the District of Columbia in Ii
Der ten lO), Folio fifty-three 49, together with all
the improvements. &c. thereon. consisting of fine
we'll built three-story and basement Brick Dwelling
with modern convenlences The said property being
subject deed OF trust, which there is about
$500 unpaid
Terms: 0nethird ia cash; balance in equal install
menjS. In one and two years. the notes of the pur-
chaser with interest 1T six cent per to be
given for the deferred payments. said notes to be
cured by deed of trust on the property sold deposit
Of $3.50 TO be- made the time the property is knocked
down Terms of sale TO he complied with in ten days.
All conveyaHcing nj the cost OF the purchaser.
CHARLES JAM ES BELL. Trustee,
1437 Pennsylvania ave,
V0shQgflu.
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.UNCANsoN BROS. AuctIoneers.

STOCK OF DRY GOODS. CLOTHING. NOTIONS
MEMS, WGMENS AND CIILDRENS BOOTS
AND SHOES.
$50 MEMS. BOYS AND CFILDREN'S STRAW
ANDFELT HATS ASSORTED KINDS, STYLES
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3tt l''N-
IN THURSDAY MORNING. MAY

IN ny $500 hpiNN1-N''. hA W - =
EIGHTH, at TEN O'CLOCK, We Will sell within orr
salesrOOns. 9Th and ID streets northwest, large and
varied assortment of the above goods. which the
attention of the trade and private buyers is respect
fully called pav2J-;st
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wv III 4 TIT E Eel
WV Hi HI Il + ZEE
PPf + Y Y Nm Nm EER ssss
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WE HAVE SEVERAL DOZEN FINE WHITE
PLUMEs, WHICH WE WISH TO DISPOSE OF
AND WE HAVE MARKED THEM DOWN so
TENTIoN. THERE ARE THREE QUALITIES.
AND THE FOLLOWING IS THE REGULAR
PRICE. AS WELL AS THE REDUCED PRICE:
REGULAR $1.9s PLUMES REDUCED TO 81 AS
REGULAR s29s PLUMEs REDUCED TO So %
REGULAR ss.es PLUMEs REDUCED TO SO IS.
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STE1NwAy Pianos.
The Best in the World. Together with large as
sGrtnent of other Pianos constantly hand, at the
Music Store Of EDWARD r. DROOP,
Partner fthe late w q. METZEROTr IL co,
921 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
Sole Agent Tor Steinway Il Sons, Gabler Grove
steen. Wheelock. Marshall, Wendell and other p
mh2O
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BASE BALL YEsrERDAY.-At Trenton-Treu.
ton, z; National, p AT observation-disclosures, L, Boa
ton, o. At Observation-Disclosures, 3; Detroit
1. AT New fork-New York, IL: St Louis o
At Lancaster, Pa.-Lancaster, 3; Wiln.ington.2
At Newark, n. Newark, Z; Norfolk, 8. Al
MISUNDERSTANDING, q; baltimore, 3. Al Gin,
cinnati-lIncinnati,e :: Athletic 2
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'FIICC---4~- I.UUIS]Hitt
DUNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers. m
THOMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.

IMPROVED PROPERTY ON BEALE STREET
BETWEEN MONROE AND NORTH STREETS,
GEORGETOWN. AT AUCTION.
On MONDAY. JUNE FIRST, 1885, SIX
O'CLOCK. will SELL in front of the premises Lot IS.
in square o. fronting al feet on the north side Of
Beae street, by depth of 100 feet, improved by two
tWO-StOry Frame Houses and Frame Stables.
Terms: 0ne-half cash; balance i'll six and twelve
with interest secured by deed of trust the
property Sold all cash, at the option OF the pur-
chaser deposit of $50 required at the time of sale
niy26- dStiS THOMAS DOW Wing Auctioueer.
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vINHOMAS DOWNING Auctloneer.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF THE ENTIRE
CONTENTS OF THE WORMLEY HOTEL
STABLES.

STABLES,
Embracing
FIFTEEN HORSES (SOME OF THEM SPLEEN
DID ANIMALS3 THREE LANDAUS; Two
SOlPELETTES; TWO CLARA Noes: ONE
BERLIN, ONETCART: ONE NICTORIA: once
SPRING BAROCClIE: SIX-PASSENGER HO-
TEL COACH: ONE MARK Er WAGON: THREE
SLEI HIS; NINE SETS DOUBLE HARNESS.
tTHE MOST OF IT VERY EXPENSIVE AND
IN GOOD GoNDITIONl SITS OF COUPE
HARNESS, ROBES, BLANKETS, WHIPS. To-
GETHER WITH THE GENERAL. PARA
PIiERNALIA OF THIS LARGE ESTABLISH
MENT
On TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE SECOND
$3.50, commencing at ELEVEN O'CLOCK. I shall
sell by order of the Orphans Court Stables in alley
bounded by and X and 9th and 10th streets north
west known as the Wormley Stabies.a!l the stock
OF Horses, carriages, Harness and other articles.
ms Is hne opportunity to class outfits
as MI Wurmley was always noted for his Sly lisIl
Horses and Carriages.
Many OF the Carriages and Harness were purchased
at the sales of Foreign Ministers and people of note
ana are OF the finest character. The list of Horses
represent as fine stock be found anywhere and
Is considered one OF the best equipped Stables il,
Washington.
Property can be seen and examined any time prior
to sale. W. H. A. Woi,GIES
ny26-dts Administrator.
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AUCTION SALES.
"EEKS & CO., Auctioneera

u
sToCK OF DRY GOODS FANCY GOODS, &C., AT
No. 1l44 7TH STREET, AT AUCTION;
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, MAY TWENTY
SIXTH, COMMENCING AT TEN An. IN THE
STOCK WILL BE FOUND so DOZ. CORsETs, ALL
SIZES; SPANISH LACES, 1000 PIECES RIB
B0NS; BLACK XELXETEEN, 800 boz ASSoRT-
KINDS, HOSIERY, WASH NET, BuGLE TRIM
Mines, &C. WITH 4 GREAT MANY ARTICLES
TOO NUMEROUS TOMENTION IN AN ADVER-
TISEMENT SALE WIrHOT RESERVE 1t
7NHoMAs BOWLING Auctioneer.
$4,000
MANUFACTURERS SALE OF FIRSTCLAsS
CIGARS
On FRIDAY, MAY TWENTY-NINTH.1 1885, at
TWELVE O'CLOCK. at my auction rooms. shall
sell fine line of Cigars. being part of the stock Of
factory closing up business Following are the differ
ent BRANDS
10000 f. a. Poe.
10000 La Flora.
10000 Orole.
$4,000 Baltimore Beauty.
1000 Ouintette
10000 Picking.
The attention of the trade and private buyersf s
directed TO this SALE it is seldom such goods sold
al auction. THOMAS BOWLING.
my26-;5t Auctioneer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-19

A Chap Who is Afflicted with Theories
Regarding the Proper Way to Promote
Longevity.
The health crank is man who is
soreIy afflicted with chronic theories
regarding the proper way to promote
longevity. He lives, eats, works and
sleeps, and bores people according to
certain rules that be has adopted for
his guidance and their annoyance He
is sick half his days from the effects Of
what he eats and drinks, and from the
exercise which he takes to encourage
his health, while he shortens the lives
OF his friends by urging them to become
cranks, even as he is a crank
He is never free from some infirmity.
and If he could acquire two inirmities
at once, his dream OF Heaven is almost
realized. As soon as he gets one weak
part of his system renovated, some
other part breaks down, and be has to
90 to work at that. It may be men
toned incidentally that he never does
anything for his head, which is the
weakest part about him. His blood
troubles him much. He drinks acidu-
lous beverages to make him thin, and
lies on his back, with his head toward
the north, to make it circulate proper
ly. When he imagines that his liver is
acting in reprehensible manner, he
stimulates it, or props it up, with q
horseback ride before breakfast; and if
his stomach does not perform its func-
tons with accuracy and dispatch, he
floods it with cold water before going to
bed, OF irrigates it with seidlitz powder
the moment he gets up in the morning.
He is always doing or taking some
thing to head off some infrmity.
Anticipated ills trouble him most.
His favorite maxim is that about the
ounce of prevention and the pound
| and a half of cure. When he is not en-
gagged in fortifying his system with
| Graham bread or oat meal, he is de-
veloping some weak muscle with dumb
| bells or trying to create an appetite
by saving half cord of wood before
the dew is off the grass. He wears
cork soles in his shoes, claiming that
| they act as rheumatism insulators. He
| is very regular in his habits. He cuts
| his hair according to the season, cleans
his teeth by the almanac and takes ex-
ercise by the clock. He is very fond
| OF explaining now much phosphorus
there is in corn, fat producing qualities
in cheese and saccharine matter in
wheat.
His talk at table is about the adul-
| iteration of food, and he makes his
| friends nervous and sick by telling them
of the dreadful things that golden
syrup and butter and beer are made of,
and of the gloomy effect that hard
boiled eggs have on the digestive or
| gans of the idiot who eats them. He
keeps himself sick trying to get well,
wretched in efforts to attain ease, and
goes down into an early grave from the
effects of trying to lengthen his days.
To sum all up, he is crank and a
concentrated nuisance, with the re-
deeming feature, however, that he pun
| ishes himself more than he does any.
body else.-Tszas SJEngs.
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DIR. WILLIAMS
100000 :5: Z; $; s 5 55: :: e:

yaiue, thatw+ at once bring you in more mon
~ faster than anything else III America. All
sAout the 5000. 600 in presents with each box.
.aents wanted everywhere, of either sex, Of all
s.@es for all the time or spare time only TO work
fs,r us at their own homes. Fortunes for all
workers absolutely assured Don't delay II
HALLErT & co, Portland, Maine
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NEW MEAT MARKET.

Jos Linden wishes to inform his friends
g4at he has opened a meat market on
lain Street, just west of ]. Malloy S
-aure. where he keeps on hand choice
~rf'ply of meats, and everything ia the
J.ss'cher line. He sells at retail and
,',-hesale prices, and guarantees to salts
B. al who trade with him. Farmers
:, ing livestock to sell will find him the
.atlt man to sell 10.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-19
GENERAL GRANT,
How He Came to be Appointed to the Wcss
Point Military School.

How He Came to be Appointed to tho wcst
Point Military School.
Following is an account of young
Grants appointment to West Point:
''My father received letter from the
Hon. Thomas Morris, the United States
Senator from Ohio. When he read it
he said to me: Ulysses, believe you
are going to receive the appointment
"FWhat appointments I inquired.
"'To West Point. I have applied
for it.
"But I won't CO. said. He said he
thought would, and thought so too,
if he did. really had no objection to
going to West Point, except that ] had
very exalted idea of the requirements
necessary to get through. I did not be-
lieve possessed them, and could not
bear the idea of failing. There had
been four boys from our village. or it's
immediate neighborhood, who had
graduated, and never failure of any
one appointed from Georgetown, ex-
cept in the case of one whose place I
was to take. He was a son of DR..
Bailey, our nearest and most intimate
neighbor. Young Bailey had heen
appointed in 1887. Finding before the
January examination following that
he could not pass, he resigned and
went to private school and remained
there until the following year, when
he was reappointed. But before the
next examination he was dismissed.
DR.. Bailey was proud and sensitive
man, and felt the failure of his son so
keenly that he forbade his return home.
During my first years encampment
General Scott visited West Point and
reviewed the cadets. With his COM
handing figure, his quite colossal
size and snowy uniform, | thought
him the finest specimen of
manhood L ever beheld, and the
most to be envied. / could never
resemble him in appearance, but / be-
lieve | did have presentiment for a
moment that some day should occupy
his place on review, although l had no
intention then of remaining in the
army.
The next summer, Martin Van Blu
rem, then President of the United States,
visited West Point and reviewed the
cadets. But he did not impress me
with the awe that Scott inspired. In
fact, regarded General Scott and Cap
tain G. A. Smith, the Commandant of
Cadets, as the two men most to be en-
We'd by the Nation. | was impatient
to get on my uniform and see how it
looked, besides probably wanting my
old schoolmates, and particularly the
girls, to see me in it. But the conceit
was knocked out of me by two little
circumstances that happened soon after
the arrival of the clothes, and which
gave me a distaste for military uniform
that / never recovered from.
"Soon after the arrival of the suit |
donned it and put off for Cincinnati on
horseback. While was riding along
a street of that city, imagining that
everyone was looking at me with
feeling akin to mine when | first saw
General Scott, little urchin, bare
headed, barefooted, with dirty and
ragged pants, held up single 'gallows'
that's what suspenders were called
then-and shirt that had not seen a
washtup for weeks, turned to me and
cried out: Soldier, will you work?
No, stree, I'll sell my shirt first. ~
From General Grants Personal Ne
nlOirS
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-07-09

THE results of the late Philadelphia
Press prize polls are not without inter-
est. There were 1865 ballots cast. Har-
riet Beecher Stowe was voted the best
story writer, receiving one more vote
than E. P. Roe; "Evangeline," the best
poem; Daniel Webster the greatest
American orator, and James g. Blaine,
the greatest American statesman. On
this last question, Grover Cleveland re-
ceived one vote. One man voted for
'Papas pants will soon fit brother" as
the best poem; for offensive partisan
ship as the greatest invention of the age,
and matrimony as the lest state to live
in. Another thought Rev. Dr. Burchard
the greatest American orator and the
manufacture of taffy, the greatest in
vention of the age.