The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-14
MANNING In WASHING Ton
BUT HAS NOT YET TAKEN Pos
SESSION OF
The Treasury-The Late Chief JUS.
tice Chase's Remains En- Route
to Cincinnati.
ESPECIAL TO TIE APpEAL.l

WASHINGTON, October 13.-Wm.
King, of Bangor, Me-, has been sp-
pointed fireman at the White Hou
at a salary of SSe4 per year, to succeed
Sandy Herbert who died few months
ago. King is a hus.liEg Demo crat and
has been here for six months waiting
for place. He was booked tor the
place Ct fireman at the Postofhca
Department, but grew verv tired
waiting for that position. King is
from Congressman Boutelle's town and
has fought the statesman OF the
PenoE scot up and down and scioss the
Fourth District for many years with
out SUCCESS. "Why," exclaimed King,
Gin one campaign we looked up Capt.
Boutelle's record and found that he had
killed a man with a marlin spike
while aboard ship, away back in the
fifies. At considerable expense we
sent to England and OBJ aimed COM
plete evidence of the act and death OF
the man, who YVES al English sailor.
We then printed a good many thou
sand circulars tetting forth all the
dreadful fats and distributed them
broadcast through the towns. A wall
went up from the people, and Boutelle
was elected by handsome majority"
King is hsrd filter and has aided
in keeping down the Republican ma
ority in Maine.
A tour through the basement of the
White House where King reigns is
equal to visit 10 the catacombs. One
can easily get lost in the great halle.
nooks, corners aud corridors. Dire city
under the main entrance King runs
hot air engine during tle day to pump
water for the elevator. In another
room there is small gas engine used
for pumping water for general do
nestle proposes. This engine drives
the yellow Potomac water through a
bone filter and turns it out in limpid
purity for Ms. Clevssnd's snowy
white skin. On the south side is the
extensive Sc of furnace heaters for
warm ng the great building by hot
air. PILED up ia The large bins near
by is erough anthracite to start coal
yard. The kalse mined walls AMI well
swept fic ors give an air OF neatuess 10
the whole basement. No malaria can
generate there; the air is sweet aud
dry. On the left is large bathroom
for white servants and another for
colored elp.
President Cleveland never intarferes
with things below stairs, and Fireman
King is basement sovereign, except
that bis domain ends at the kitchen
door, where the cook is undisputt d.
There are employees who have been
at the White House since Filmore's
time, and they say Mr.. Cleveland
gives lets troub than any other &C.
cupant Of Che executive mansion.
Congressman Curtin, OF Pennsyl-
vania, one OF the most pictur, sque
figures in the House, is to retire from
political life. He is engaged in
writing b,ok to cover our political
history during the war period. The
venerable war Governor is sixty-eight
years old, but is possessed of great
amount OF vim. His daughter, Miss
Katie Curtin, is affianoed to Mr.. Bur-
nett, of Florida.
Mr.. Nicolas Tarstinof, of Russia, is
here studying our system of common
schools, which DO not exist in the
Cars realm. He warmly approves OF
our plan of coeducation of the sexes,
and declsr 6 that the average intelli-
gence in the United Statesis the high
est in the world. He is from the
province of Georgia, south OF the
Caucasus mountains, the cradle Of the
wo Id, notedin times ralt for its beau
tiful women. Mr.. Taia'inoff, however,
declares that Georgia girls of Today ara
80 attractive as their sisters of Amer
d. II L.
products of the Russian Georgia, and
the kerosene trade of that province is
rapidly revolutioniziDg the CONNER
cial world. Cotton ia raised in large
quantities clear down 10 the foot OF
Mount Anarat, on the southern border
OF the province.