The Washington critic., 1886-07-30
w WASHINGTON CRITIC
WASHINGTON, JULY 80, 1885.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


lately saw Roscoe Conkling on a
Broadway street.car comments at some
length upon the sensation the ex-Sena-
tor created. Somewhere along the
street, says tho correspondent, q man
climbing aboard saw Conkling, and
pointing him out to the conductor said
admiringly: "IIe's the boss ~ Two
blocks below another new passenger
told the conductor, in confidential
tone, that he'd got "the biggest head In
New York aboard this trip, now you
hear me |" And on the next block
little messenger boy, standing on tip
toe, saw the top of the great mans
head, and exclaimed to the newsboy
who was stealing ride: "Ah, say;
there's Roscoe Conkling on the cars
He's the man that lays 'cm all out -
Few have any idea how thoroughly
Conlsling has become identified with
New York, or how familiar and pop.
ular he has become with the public
of the metropolis. No figure Is bet
ter known on the streets, in the
cars or among men generally than the
otulWultJ OhO VI VIZ
ex-senator from Utica, once known as
the exemplar of all that was naughty
and overbearing. Whether 1t be that
his old reputation did him injustice, or
that in his present private life he Is
affable and easily approachablc. he
picks up acquaintance easily about
the court rooms and law offices, and
takes pains to remember them when he
meets them. Newspaper men like to
be assigned to interview him. lie will
tell them little to print, but much for
their enjoyment or ediHcation. He is
marvelously good talker on every SUBJ
ject under the sun, except politics-that,
he declares he knows nothing about
and wishes he knew less.
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A fashionable belle has returned to
Washington from abroad, says the
Boston 7'rdreller's correspondent, with
the startling information that the style
In dogs has been changed in London.
A year ago or more it was the correct
thing to be seen with a tremendous
mastiff or st. Bernard, but now tickle
fashion has relegated~ these noble
animals to the stable, and, according
to this authority, tiny black and tan
is the rage. The smaller the dog the
more fashionable you are. Some of the
ladies here have become possessed of
specimens so small that they are able
to wear silver bangles, which being out
of date, make snowy collars. 1t is ey-
pected that the dog fancicrs will make
good thing out Of this new craze,
which will enable them to make money
and at the same time find an outlet for
many cast-oif bangle.
~
"What are the prospects as to cholera
this summer asked the Times Star
correspondent of an official of the Ma
rine Hospital Service, which organiza-
ton has had charge of the work of
preventing the Introduction of conta-
gious and infectious diseases during the
past few years. II do not think we
are likely to have much trouble with it
this season." he said. "You see there
is but one summer month left now, and
although there has been recent out
break of cholera in Italy, the chances
are that we shall be able to prevent its
uTTlVul utTc. on luklun SlGDS
in that direction then?' Eyes. We
are arranging for the appointment of in
spectors at various ports abroad to in
spect passengers and freighls intended
for this country, and prevent the ship.
ment there of anything that can posi-
bly, bring the disease. The Consular
service operates very happily with us
and we are enabled to keep pretty well
posted whenever any disease of this
nature breaks out in any part of the
world and TO act promptly" GLOW
about yellow fever?" II do not see any
prospects now Of any trouble in this di-
rection this season. There have been
some cases, of course, down in the Cen
trail American countries and in that III.
rection, for there is always more or less
of II there in summer, but with the
precautions that we are able to take,
we think there is good reason to hope
that we may prevent the introduction
of the disease into this country this
summer"
~
81 see," says Carpenter in one of
his New York letters to the Cleveland
Plaindealer, chat the papers are print
ing descriptions Of new invention for
telegraphing pictures for illustration
and 1t is said that the invention is that
Of an Englishman named Glenn. Mr..
Glenn's invention is by no means new,
and as long ago as 1880 Mr.. Stephen
ii. Horgan, the then Photographic edi.
tor of the New York GlUphic, in
vented and used process of picture
chart telegraph by which he was en-
abled to give an accurate picture Of a
boat race on the Thames, near London,
within a few hours of the time At
which the race was rowed, The race
cane off at l p. m. in London aud
the pictures of 1t were in the 12;3u
edition of the GyQphic. The difference
in time sutliced to receive the
cablegram Of twenty words required tC
explain by the chart the different posi-
tons of the boats and to get up the
cuts. 1t was the quickest piece of thl,
kind Of work yet done and | doubt il
it has since been rivaled. This Mr.
Horgan who invented this process is
one of the brightest of the art news
paper men of New York. He ha,
charge OF the illustrated department OF
the American Press Association, ant
he can write ms well as sketch ant
photograph. He began life rs pho
tographer and was Il travelling pho
tographer when one day amoa came Il
to have his picture taken. lie took |
and noticed that the man looked at /
very critically and that he seemed t,
be very inquisitlvc about his instrumen
and his use Of chemicals When h
saw the finished photograph he CAV
Mr. Ilorgan his address and told hin