The Washington critic., 1886-08-06
w ASH1NGTON CRITIC
WASHINGTON, AUGUST 8, 1885.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


Return Jonathan, says the Chicag)
Mall They are the clerk Of the Su
premo Court of the District of Colum-
bia, u venerable and learned man,
whose recreation consists in researches
in the Sanscrit and other ancient litera-
ture; his son, the deputy clerk, per-
feet duplication of the father, except
In the profundity Of his studies, (which
are largely directed to sizing up living
men and keeping track of fees and
legal papers; and last so far as heard
from, comes Turney, or No. 3. He lisa
very bright young man, who, like the
uncle, the engineer of the Southern
Maryland Railroad has adopted civil
out with the Topolobampo railroa1
surveying expedition, OF which the
late Colonel Won Motz was chief,
and is now seeing Mexico
and showing the natives of that
benighted country what railroad en-.
ginering is There Is no known rcla.
tionship between this family and that
of Montgomery G. Mcigs. ex.Quarter-
master. General, U. S. A., whose daugh.
ter has just married Archibald Forbes,
the Scotch. English war correspondent.
Archibald Forbes met his bride In
Rome. He came over to this country
to lecture and continue the courtship
three or four years ago. The marriage
was then fixed for n year later. But
when the bridegroom presented him.
self at the prospective father.in-law's
house the stern old Spartan became
dissatisfied with his daughters choice.
The young man had acquired habits
since leaving the tented field for the
lecture bureau which met with the vet.
eran's most vigorous disapproval. He
smoked cigarettes, laid abed late and
was dyspeptic. No soldiers daughter,
or at least that soldiers daughter,
should marry n valetudnarian. Forbes
was sent home to reform his habits
and health. That he did so effectually
the late ceremony, with the old gentle.
mans fullest consent, shows.
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Says the Philadelphia Times. "Mr.
Tilden had magnificent greenhouse,
the admiration and wonder of all who
see 1t. Rare orchids and ferns and
tropical flowers bloom the season
round. In beautiful mirror lake ".
der the roof In the greenhouse bloc :
the celebrated Victoria Regina, an l.
mense water flower and native of tII
Amazon Valley. Two weeks ago t,i
Sage invited number of friends )
see one of the Victoria flowers bloom.
fI'i11nn ho1 actNpiul,i,pr .
of knowledge concerning plants al
their culture. 1t was his habit withiL
the past few months to walk through
as 1t were, with his flowers. The gar
dener was always pleased with Mr..
Tilden's visits and knew that he would
give him friendly word before he de-
parted. Often he would sit down in q
shady nook near some rare plant and
gaze in admiration at its loveliness.
The gardener, who is an educated Ger
man, said to writer who visited Grey
stone recently: Mr.. Tilden is one of
the kindest and most lovable men that
] have ever met, particularly good to
all those who work for him. -
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81 have been in Congress ten years" Z"
said veteran Member of the House to
the Washington correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitutions, "and never be.
fore saw such a crop of candidates for
Congress as we have now. They are
in both parties and in every section of
the country. never saw the like.
You can hardly find Member on
either side of the House who will not tell
you that they are pressing him at home.
In the present House there are 13j
new Members. | would not be sur
prised TO see still larger number of
new Members in the next House. I'll
tell you the politicians are making a
break for Congress all over the coun.
try" What is the reason for this
unusual number of candidates."
asked. "Thc principal reason is the
patriotic desire which Is widespread
among the politicians to serve their
country in Congress at 81, 900 year.
Then it is the election in the middle of
the presidential term. The absence of
an overshadowing national election
gives opportunity for livelier local con-
tests. Democratic congressman are
largely affected by the question of pa
tronage. They have aroused opposi-
ton in some instances because of the
appointments they have procured for
constituents. and In other instances
they are opposed because of appoint
ments they have failed to secure. Be
sides this, new issues are springing up
and becoming potent in our politics.
The labor agitation has resulted in
Bringing out number of candidates fOl
O. neress. Some of them are regularly
nominated by labor organizations, and
others are demngOgucs who have ap'
pointed themselves the champions OF
labor. The prohibition question is
getting mixed up with politics, cspeci
ally in the West. In Missouri it may
generate several strong candidates for
Congress. 1t is pcrpleXlng both parties
in Iowa. In Pennsylvania much de-
Iends on what the prohibitionists do
and in New Jersey with popular
leader, General Fisle, they are com
plicating things so that nobody can
forsee the result, / have never seen
such an active congressional campaign
at this stage, or one so badly mixed
Look out for many surprises on the
first Tuesday In next November"
South Washington.
The funeral of Mrs. Gertrude Prues,
took place this morning NJ st. Dominic,
Church The interment was at Mount Oh
iyet.
The Zion Baptist suuday-schonl ha
elected the following officers for the eusu
Ing gyrar W. j, Howard superintendent
Miss NJ. J.. Jordan, assistant; Mr.. S. Y. Mi
ner, secretary; Mrs NJ. l.. Whales, as ST.
aGl; Mr.. j, IL. Brooks, librarian; Miss A
Bland aud james smilcr, assistants; Ben
jamin j. Hart, corrtctOr; Professor K. j
Daniels, orgauist; W. j. Howard, Josial
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