The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-12-20
PERSONS AND THINGS.

| The Alabama Claims Commission has been hurry
| ing up Its business since the claimants have been
| providing the funds for payment OF expenses.
| Ferdinand Ward has changed his locality andnot
| his business. He is still engaged in keeping the
books-this time for the Sing Sing contractors
sitka. Alaska, is to have a newspaper. 1t is un-
necessary to add Its sworn circulation will not reach
| the mammoth proportions OF the SUNDAY World
The demand for copies Of the Presidents message
exceeds that for any former Presidential message.
fourth edition has been printed, and nfth is con-
| templacd.
| We thoroughly believe in the efficacy Of trades
unions to advance the interests of labor, but when
comes to boycotting an individual for stopping at
his accustomed hotel 1t Is carrying the matter
too far.
At the Boston dinner to Commissioner Dorman b.
H. Eaton Mr.. James Russell Lowell said he believed
the President ought to "nll the offices as best he
can, with Just reference to his own and the prlnci
pies on which he was elected, with members of his
own party"
The Grant Monument Fund has reached the sum
Of $4,000. As yet no design for the monument has
been adopted. A number have been submitted, but
the committee hesitate as to the policy OF agreeing
upon million dollar structure with but little
per cent. OF the estimated cost In hand.
A New York firm advertise as "Statoncrs TO his
Excellency the President Of the United States.'
This is but silly adoption of the English custom,
the legend Razor manufacturers TO the Queen" II
IL "more honored In the breach than IN the Observ
ance."
Good times are evidently approaching. The i'm
portaions of champagne for the past month show an
enormous Increase Champagne is your true Hnan-
clal barometer. The amount imported indicates the
coming OF prosperity or adversely with greater &C
weather Bureau H foreieiis STORM or calm '"'
The Philadelphia and New York Custom House
officials have decided that Apolllnarls water is du
able as manufactured article. The great Apoli-
nars question was once decided the other way by
Secretary Foger, and 1t is said that the Apollo OF the
American bar-Mr. Roscoe Conkling-nade fee of
$4,000 for securing this decision, overriding az 1t
did previous opinion Of Attorney General Nc
Weigh.
There Is an alarming increase of diphtheria patients
In New York and Its suburbs, and large proportion
of the cases is fatal Localities which are noted for
good drainage and well-constructed houses arc
suffering from the disease, a. well as the crowded
and lily drained sections OF the city. According to
DIR. Maggie, of the New York Bureau Of Vital Stais-
ties the first case of diphtheria reported In the city
was In 1851, since when the increase In the number
OF cases reported annually has been great.
After thorough investigation OF the working of
the prohibory liquor law In Iowa, Hon. NJ. p.
Sutton. strong antl.liquor man and member OF
the Iowa Senate, comes TO the conclusion that local
option and not State prohibition s the for the
statistics more liquor was vended openly In more
places after the passage Of the prohibltory law than
before ana there were se large additional number Of
are that prohibition Is only useful where public
local sentiment sustans 1t, and Injurious where 1t
does not lie now advocates local option and hlgh
license
correspondent Of the Boston Gazette says that
the late Mr. Vanderbilt a devoted friend of Miss
Kellogg. That when the latter was at Saratoga he
was very fond OF spending an evening with his wife
to hear her sing English ballads, unless perhaps
when she took down her banjo from the wall and
he laughed as heartily as child at the Yallcr gal
dressed In blue, which, despite Its frivolous name,
yeTy me9 nss c nm Ian am sae IN saying
to his son Cornelius, who has displayed greater
aptitude for business than any other member OF the
family.
stalk of the creduy Of beevers!" says the
Waterman. SIT il not to be named In the same
day with the creduly Of unbcllevers Here. for in
stance, is the Rev. Minot j. Savage, OF Boston. lie
u IN very misty state Of mind AZ to the nature OF
aa % up hs e@ to any G s
Christianity as commonly understood Is dead beyond
the hope OF resurrection, and says so. But he has
been studying some OF the new 'sciences,' such as
mesmerism, clairvoyance, and telepathy and asserts
that they are no longer questionable but proved
This treatment of evidence is indeed stralnng out
gnat aud swallowing camel"
Ex-Delegate Cannon, whose conviction OF viola.
tion OF the " Edmunds Act " was recently sustained
by the Supreme Court OF the United States. divided
his time between his three wives, Clara, sarah and
Amanda, with the most accurate imparilality. lie
10 arranged the Important matter OF meal-taking as
10 give them each q day In turn. With Clara he
breakiasted, dined, and supped on Mondays and
Thursdays, with Sarah on Tuesdays and Fridays,
and with Amanda on Wednesdays and Saturdays,
while on the Sabbath day he Clara,
withsandlng all this faithful division OF the domestic
duties, so praiseworthy In a deacon OF the Mormon
faith, the ex.honorable gentleman mnst pay his line
and go to jail.
San ordinary looking water color painting Of an
Eastern landscape" says the Pittsburg Despatch,
lis attracting considerable attention In Camden, as
1t was painted by Gen. u. s. Grant In 1913, while he
was at West Point The name OF u. IL. Grant is In
small letters In the left-hand corner. Its owner, w.
H. Rothery, commission merchant OF Camden,
naturally prizes this historical relic and has refused
s5,eoo for II; MIR. Rothery received the painting
from his mother, who was native OF Galena and q
playmate OF Gen. Grants, the General having es-
corted her on East when he entered West Point as
cadet. lie painted the picture while AT West Point
and sent y TO Mrs. Roihery as mcmento OF their
early friendship There ID only one other painting
by Grant known TO be In existence, and that Is In
possession OF Gen. Borey family. The Borey paint
Ing was supposed TO be the only one In existence,
but q. w. Childs, OF the Ledger, when shown Mr.
Rolherys water color, Is said TO have acknowledged
Its genuinencss"