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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

Is an article on "The White Feather" in which
the Saturday Reuie,o bitterly comments on the
British surrender TO Russia as shown by the Afghan
Blue Books, 1t has good word for diplomat long a
resident Of Washington, saying: "The dispatches
Of Sir Edward Thornton form, indeed, the only por
tion OF Its contents which, as 1t seems TO u.s. any
ordinary Englishman, not being party politician,
can read without feelings of bitter shame. our Am
bassador at st. Petersburg appears TO have acted
with spirit and energy throughout; and his descrip.
ton Of KomaroIs pretext for attackingthe Afghans
as 'un enfantillage was the iruest word spoken
throughout the controversy
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21
Marie Louise In 1871.


What surprises me most in her conversation was
hcT remarkable f0rgetfulnehs OF Paris aud her life
and existence In France. She asked me what had
become Of the Pantheon, and, soon aferward, what
was the metropolitan church OF Parts. Tue family
OF Napoleon seemed 10 be unknown personages
when one spoke 10 her about them. Even those
who had been attached 10 her service were 80 COM
peely forgotten that she asked questions as 10 their
appearance, their beauty, their intelligence. In q
late conversation she said 10 me, referring 70 the
time she had spent In Paris; "All have hitherto
been very happy here, and lhe mrs! period OF my
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

MORNING JOURNAL Of this city lately furnished q
delightful addition TO the list of newspaper oddities
in reporting sad accident, when 1t declared that
Mr.. A. A. Hayes afer his fall from the steps at 17l
Rhode Island avenue)"was carried into his home.
where he is quite comfortable, but suffering great
pain This faculty OF being quite comfortable
while suffering great pain certainly doubedscounts
the jolllty of Mark Tapley and must be the very
triumph OF the philosophic mind. on the same
prcclpe Kaiser Wilhelm felt even luxurious while
enduring his recent attack OF neuralgia and General
Grants physicians use cocaine simply to prevent
their patient feeling too comfortable of times
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

at any time. You see when things get a little dull
the Indian agents get up war;"
HOW do they do thatln
"Well there's always plenty OF haif-breed bucks
lyin' round camp, and when supplies come little
slow from the Government or there is any Rrumbllng
the agent suggests to the bucks that they 20 out and
attack settler or two, Kill some women and chill
drcn, and burn some cabins. Then the agent sends
word to Washington that the Indians are on the war
pain. Plenty OF supplies are forthcoming. The
Army moves In that direction to put down the Indian
rising and the agent has an excellent chance TO
stea-
"You ought to see the Secretary OF the Interior.
"0h, reckon he understands 1t ail II he didn't he
would hardly listen TO q fellow like me-"
The crowd at Secretary tamar's ONCE on FORE
moons don't seem to let up bit. ON Friday It was
the largest have yet seen. The once was so full
that 1t was impossible to elbow your way inside the
door, and the people who were waiting to get into
the door had actually formed In line as you see them
before the box-onice at a theatre on nights when
there Ia some big attraction. once In while some
one would finish his Interview, and then there would
he slight stepping forward OF the line and then q
long period OF waiting again. II may be fun for the
line but 1t Is death to the Secretary.
az can't answer near all the questions that are
asked In our civil service examinations, and feel
certain that neither Commissioners Eaton or Greg
ory can do so. Why there were plenty OF them
printed last year that can't even read. to say moth
| ing about anything more
The speaker was Civil Service Commissioner
| Thoman, and he spoke in explanation Of what he
considered misapprehenson OF the scope and
| work OF the commission.
| I" How does that come about?'
"In this way: Take for instance the questions
submitted to candidates for positions In the Patent
ONCE. They are prepared by Professor Baird, and
are. OF course, quite technical Then those Of the
Signal Service have difficult mathematical expires
sions and those for diplomatic positions require an
active knowle dye Of foreign languages. make nc
pretensons in this direction, and could do nothing
with any questions In those lines"
"Tve spent about thirty days in ALL said Ap
pointnent Clerk Higgins, of the Treasury Depart
| ment, yesterday, answering questions to one ant
another about appointments Now am done. The
| President and the Secretary are sending for paper
every day and deciding cases all the time, AMI
propose to have things In shape to send them rlgh,
along. We are doing an awful sight Of business a
this Office, and have to economixe oil we cam"
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

THOSE who would view the Washington Monu-
ment Alright should gaze upon 1t In the morning
twilight For brief space Just before A. NJ. II
looks as the earliest rays OF the sun strike u like the
traditional pillar Of fire which are told guided the
children OF Israel out OF the wilderness. From
4:so at this season until after the sun Is far above
the horizon the Monument on clear morning is o
splendid spectacle, changing its hues with the ad-
yancing day.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

OUR charitably disposed people ough, not to for
get the Central Dspensary and Emergency Hospital,
on Tenth street, where few self-denyng physicians
and ladies aud gentlemen are unostentatiously doing
their humane work day after day and week after
week upon very narrow means. Not day passes
that cases Of real suffering are not relieved at this
place. and Its WORK and needs ought to be remem-
bered by the people of Washington.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21
PRINTING A SPECIALITY
pRoPosALs FOR COAL FOR THE NAVY.

NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND REcRuITIKG,
WASHINGTON, June II, 1885.
SEALED PROPOSALS, Indorsed Proposals for
Coal" will be received at this Bureau until ~ NJ.
July 25 1885, Tor the delivery OF Anthracite Broken
Coal, Tor steamer use, at the several Navy Yards
and Stations, az follows:
At Navy Yard, Boston, 5000 tons.
At Navy Yard, New York, 1900 TONS
At Navy Yard, League Island, 500 tons.
At Navy Yard, Washington, 900 tons.
At Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1000 tons.
At Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1000 TONS
At Naval station, Key West, 1900 tons.
The Coal 10 be Of the best quality, uniform In
character, selected free from all Impurities, and sub
ject TO inspection at point OF delivery by the In
spector designated for the purpose, who shall have
the right Of peremptory rejection should the Coal
not he OF the proper quality.
The Goals to be delivered at the points named,
on the wharf or In carts furnished by the Govern
ent, at such times prior 10 the lst Of October next
as the Bureau may designate and TO be paid for at
weight OF Navy Yard scales, at the rate OF 2.24o
pounds TO the ton.
Separate bids will be made for the Coal required at
each Navy Yard and will be awarded separately.
Bids Will only be received from bOna.tde dealers
In or miners OF Coal, and the right is reserved to
reject any or all bids that may not be deemed ad-
vantageous to the Government.
Irresponsible security will be required for the faith
ful performance OF contract, In conformity with
stipulaons the blank form OF offer, TO be had on
WIS. sCHLEY,
1e2l-it0 Chief Of bureau
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

NAVAL OFFICERS returning from the Isthmus and
letters from those there in the opinion that
the Lesseps Canal will never be completed by the
present company, and some believe the collapse
will come in a few months. According TO all ac-
counts there has been great extravaganza and most
of the money has already been spent while the most
difficult and costly part Of the work remains to be
done. AS an Illustration Of the absurd salaries paid
to favortes, some officers Of the Marine Corps say
they were handsomely entertained by an ofiicial
who drew $3.50 q month for taking the state Of the
thermeneter and barometer at his station twice a
day, and who had absolutely no other duties to per.
form
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21
zadies' Goods.
NEW FRENCH SATTEENs
sEAToN PERRY,

SEATON PERRY,
SUCCESSOR TO PERRY h BROTHER,
Has Just received 80 pieces OF New and Choice
styles In French Satteens.
owing to the great demand and scarcity Of these
goods In neat designs this lot will soon be sold and
cannot be duplicated, consequently an carly inspeo-
ton Is advised.
NEW TuETED sCoTcB zEPnyRs. IN CHOICE
IMMENSE ASSORTMENT OF ANpERsoN,s
SCOTCH GlNGHAMS IN PLAIN, CHECKED,
STRIPED, AND SIDE-BAND COMBINATIONS
PLAIN AND STRIPED LORRAINE CREPES, at
20c. reduced from 2bc.
100 PIECES NEW AND DESIRABLE STYLES
IN PRINTED BAT1sTEs. at1sc yard; reduced
from SC.
NEW BMIrIsm AND FRENCH WHITE GOODS
LkRaE sToCk OF 'f PRINTED PURE LINEN
LAWNS, at 2oc, 2,c., sIAc.,
BATISTE ROBES, from IS to 800.
NOVELTIES in EMBROIDERED AND PRINT
ED INDIA PONgEE ROBES.
"SpECIAL IAL ATTRACTIONS" IN CHINA AND
SUMMER SILKS.
EXTRA GOOD VALUES IN BLACK AND COL
OKED GROS.GRA1NS, SURAHS, AND SATIN
KHADAMES FROM 15c. TO $3.50
NOvELTlES in SILK, CHUDDA, AND CASH
MERE SHAwLS.
W- PLAIN FIGURES AND CORRECT PRICES.
sEATON PERRY,
Perry BuildingJ
Established 1s4o.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

A CORRESPONDENT having two weeks ago tele-
graphed to the New York paper he represents that
Washington so hot and dirty that every one
was fleeing from 1t, and that it was especially OBJ
noxous in its odors. the following extract from a
private letter written by New York lady on the
very day his despatch (Which she had not seen) was
published, becomes opportune to publish here.
She writes, speaking of herself and two grown
| daughters: "Since our visit to Washington we are
| "not happy in New York, and do not know what
tive are going to do about 1t. My husband says our
| disgust for New York will wear away, but do not
| "believe 1t. 1t was so lovely, clean, and sweet
| "smelng in Washington, while New York is the
Ureyerse,'
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

In the Treasury, custom house abuses
grown SO venerable that they have al
most ceased to seem like frauds have been
attacked. Extensive systems Of undervalua-
tion have been broken up and there can be
no doubt that when Secretary Manning and
his able Assistant Secretary, Mr.. Fairchild
fairly get hold Of the reins the customs revs.
nues will be considerably increased to the
advantage of those honest importers who had
almost been driven out of the business, SO
universal had the system of undervaluation
become.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

The appointment of Hon. George A. Jenks
as Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and
his assignment to the special charge of prose-
cutting all cases for the forfeiture of land
grants, shows that this work is to be under
taken in earnest. Mr.. Jenks's reputation as
a lawyer while he served as member of the
House Judiciary Committee was second to
none. and not one of the arguments before
the Electoral Commission was more highly
commended. If the railroads are able to
keep their unearned lands it will be the
fault of the ill-considered acts of Congress,
and not through any lack of ability or vigi-
lance in Democratic Administration.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21
FOR STONE WORK.

ENGINEER OFFICE WAsHIsGT0s MONUMENT,
WAsHIEGTOE, ID. o., June 10, 1889.
| SEALED PROPOSALS Tor lifting and securing
Stone Slabs In the interior walls OF the Washington
M0nument In this city Will be received at this ofce
until 10 ON June 25, 1885, aud opened immediately
| thereafter In presence of bidders
Specifications, general Instructions 10 bidders, and
blank forms Of proposal will be furnished on appll-
| cation to this olfice
THOMAS LINCOLN CASEY,
| Colonel, Corps Of Engineers,
jeii-2b Engineer In Charge.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

SINCE Sir Thomas watkin cannot connect England
and France with his Channel Tunnel, British engl-
neers have conceived a scheme for submarine
tunnel to connect Ireland and Scotland. 1t is pro-
posed to run this tunnel under the sea bottom be-
tween Portpatrick and Donaghadce, and the total
cost OF it is estimated at thirty million dollars, the
distance from shore to shore being twenty miles,
and the greatest depth of water $50 feet. Since the
project was mooted 1t has been asked why the pro-
moters do not go still farther north and make the
passage across Lough Foyle from Fair Head to the
Null of Cantyre, where the distance is only eleven
miles and the maximum depth 4s6 feet. Either tun-
mel would not only revoutionize traffic between
ireland and Great Britain, but also Transatlantic
trade, mails, and passenger service. The scheme
also has advocates who think would do more than
anything else to end the Irish troubles.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21
pRoPosALs FOR CUT GRANITE.

OFFICE or BUILDING ron STATR,
WAN, AND NAVY DEPARTMEsis,
WAbiiik0Toh, ID. O., June 10, 1855.
SEALED PROPOSALS. for furnishing, cutting,
and delivering all the Granite required two wind
ing sialrways, IT. west wing of the Building for
state, War, aud Navy departments, ln this city will
DC received az this oiice until ~ M. July TO- 1885,
and opened immediately thereafter IN presence OF
bidders.
Specifications, general instructions to bidders, and
blank forms of proposal Will be furnished to pro-
prietoIs Of established granite works, on application
THoS. LINCOLN CASEY,
jeli-2tO Colonel, Corps of Engineers.
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
There is too much danger that in the dis

There is too much danger that in the dis
cussion Of appointments to Office sight will
be lost Of the great reform work which this
Democratic Administration is steadily and
effectively performing. The frantic efforts
of the Jay Gould clique just after the elec.
tion TO reverse the verdict showed that TO
them the inauguration of Cleveland meant
that the day of reckoning was at hand. Nor
has the promise of reform been belied.
Though less than three months in office, and
laboring under great disadvantages, the
public plunderers are being attacked and
routed at every point. Stealing Of the pub
lie domain has been to a considerable extent
stopped, though much remains to be done.
Secretary Lamar has proved the worst enemy
the railway land-grabbers have ever met,
and he has had the earnest support of Gene
raj Sparks. 1t is safe to say that no more
unearned grants will be patented TO the
railroad monopolists, and that as much as
possible of the land already stolen in one
way or another will be recovered and thrown
open for settlement. The great Maxwell
grant is only one of a series of enormous
frauds which have been perpetrated through
collusion between the claimants, the terrific.
rial land officers, and the rings of Depart
ment officials. There is every reason to
hope that this whole system of plundering
will now be broken up.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

The extraordinary condition of things dis
closed in the Department of Agriculture is
evidence enough that change was needed
in the Executive branch of the Government.
There are doubtless other ssmi-indepenient
bureaux, where investigation would reveal,
If not actual corruption, at least such a
laxity of discipline aud looseness of expendi-
ture that retrenchments could easily be
effected.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

Commissioner Atkins is carefully and
patiently at work with the Indian Bureau,
and though he is reticent as to his movements,
probably from fear that his plans for uproot-
ing corruption in that branch will be de-
feated, or that knowledge of them will en-
able the rings to throw obstacles in his way,
enough is known to jdstify the assertion
that this Augean stable OF rascality is about
to be cleaned out.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

WHEN will our tramway companies adopt the
cable system? The peculiarity of Washington is
that large part Of the travel Is east and west. and
as there is strong feeling against having our
streets torn up to lay tracks, the two east and
west lines one of them bob-tail concern, and which
not really competitive with each other since they
occupy different territory, have a monopoly of the
traic which Is only allevated to some extent by the
Herdics. The slow pull up Capitol Hill behind
painting horses is a nuisance that would be done
away with by the cable system. The cable roads In
San Francisco are said to be great success. They
up hill and down. sometimes at angle Of forty
five degrees, with perfect ease and great rapidity
and security. The cars are some OF them fifty or
sixty feet in length They can increase decrease
the speed through their clutch oD the cable, and
when they come to a clear space they shoot ahead
with great rapidy. Something OF this kind is what
need on the long stretch from Georgetown to the
Navy Yard
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

ALL who have heard Congressmans constitu-
ens, especially those who are strangers in the city
talk about I" Ny Member" with very significant
emphasis on the possessive pronoun, and who have
listened to the tales OF the astounding demands
these constituents make on their Congressman for
everything from public documents, Seeds invitations
to parties and cerkships to funds to help them on
their way home when they must go, can appreciate
the sentiment Of the following lines written on
ing the Democratic Congressman, unused to being
delayed In Washington during the recess, working
harder here for their friends and neighbors than
ever before:
Who is II that a stranger needs
For all from Attic salt to seeds?
NJ member.
And II he falls in any
To send him cards or find him place
The voter VOWS hel make him face
November.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

Secretary Whitney is steadily gaining in
public estimation. Both the Nav and the
country must be thankful that he has acted
with such, business-like caution in dealing
with John Roach about the Dolphin. The
case is bad enough at best, but it is far bet
ter that such failure as the Dolphin ap-
pears to be should be discovered before she
is finally accepted than that her faults
should be discovered after she ia entirely of
the hands of the contractor. Unfortunate it
is, of course, that Mr. Roach has any ground
for claiming that the worthlessness of the
Dolphin is the fault Of the plans and not Of
his method of construction. But when a
man Of the standing as ship-builder which
Mr.. Roach claims sets up such a theory as
that to get rid Of the responsibility for his
failure he is simply pleading the baby act.
1t is greatly to be hoped that the Attorney
General will find that Mr.. Roach ia pecu.
niarily as he is morally responsible for his
failure to produce a servicsable and sea.
worthy vessel.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21
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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21

The comments which some Of Mr.. John
Roach's defenders make upon the Secretarys
action and the newspaper criticisms upon
the Dolphin are singularly wide of the
mark. They attribute the fault found with
the Dolphin simply TO desire to punish
Roach for his Republicanism and to throw
discredit upon the late Administration.
Such notion is puerile to the last degree.
Nothing could have done more to smooth Mr..
Secretary Whitney's path in his new office
than TO have the cruisers building by Mr..
Roach turn out we'll. Had the Dolphin
proved what 1t was expected to be, and been
followed by an equal degree of success in the
larger and more important cruisers, there
would haye been no difficulty in obtaining
respectable appropriations from Congress to
continue the great work of rebuilding the
Navy. Had Mr.. Roach proved that steel
war-ships of the best pattern can be pro-
duced in America he would nave commanded
the plaudits of he whole country. He had
only to make his loud promises good to conf-
mand the praises of the press and the
gratitude Of the Navy. That this has not
been the result Of his contract in the Dol
phin case, and that there is increasing dis
trust and suspicion of Mr.. Roach and his
methods, and fear that the Chicago and other
vessels in his hands will also prove failures
is the fault OF no one but Mr.. Roach himself
The singular snarl in which the parlia.
mentary government of the British Empire
Is involved does not speak we'll for the pa
triotisn Of Mr.. Gladstone and his colleagues
Coming into power with an almost unprecs
dented majority, they have..so conducted af
fairs that this great majority will no Longer
support their measures. Yet while resign
ing office they seem determined TO preyen
the opposition from taking up the task u
which they have confessed themselves in
adequate. Whether party spirit rum
30 high in England that this dog the
manger policy can succeed remains TO b
seen. Not TO give the Conservative Ministry
which Is confessedly only temporary ex
pedient, fair chance TO carry on the gov
ernment until new House Of Commons ca
be chosen will be for Mr.. Gladstone and hi
frionds 10 adopt tactics very similar to thos
Of the Irish obstrlotiyes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-06-20
SHIPPING NOTES.

The schooner Felix sailed on June 18th for San
Francisco.
The Hawaiian schooner Jennie Walker is in the
stream undergoing craving.
The Oceanic steamship Alameda is due next
Monday from san Francisco.
The schooner Leahi brought 500 bags sugar and
80 hides from Hanalei on June 18th.
The bark Oriente discharged cases machinery,
each averaging y tons, on June 10Th.
The schooner Josephine brought I79 bags rice,
and the sIoop KahihlanI 300 bags rice from EVA
on June 18th.
The steamer Waimanalo brought 600 bags sugar
from Waimanalo on June 18th.
The bark Cafbarien bas been moved near the P.
NJ s. 5. IS wharf. She received sugar from the
steamer Waimanalo on June 18th.
The Hawaiian schooner Mana, under command
of Captain A. Lowell, viii sail for the South Seas
about the latter end of this month.
Two natives employed the bark Oriente had
their knees and feet fractured by box. which fell
10Th instant.
The American three-masted schooner Vesta,
Captain J. Fisher, VIII sail to-day in ballast for
Port Townsend. She finished ischarging her
lumber on June 18th.
The steamer w. c. Hall brought 4,53S bags
sugar, 46 bags ava, bags coffee, G. packages
ramie u hides . horses, packages goat skins and
III packages sundres from windward ports
Purser Simonson reports very rough weather.