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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

We believe the time has come when the
District Commissioners should purchase
school textbooks at wholesale prices and
sell them to parents at cost. The yearly
tax for school books, sold as they are, at ex-
orbitaut profits, ia very onerous one.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

put in his place. Not knowing - investigated
the charges, and found that up TO the time he
entered the Government service he was one OF the
most rampant Democrats that ever lived. The
gentleman who made the charge did ~ on the hcar-
say statements Of the fellow who wanted IS
place. And this is bu, sample OF what is being
done every day."
The present House OF Representatives seems TO
grudgc every dollar spent in this District Thcllulc
II has done for the District was for the convenience
OF It's own members as the new Library building Is
for their accommodation more than for that OF the
public at large or the people OF the District And
the Library bill is the only measure OF substantial
interest TO the District that the House has passed.
An analysis OF the vote by which the Library bill
was passed VIII show, too that the socaed leaders
OF the majority In that body opposed to IT, In.
deed they expressed surprise at Its passage, and
openly said that ifthey had supposed the measure
was so strong they woud have contrived means to
defeat 1t.
one class OF economists is against erecting any
more buildings for Government use In the District
for years to This class propose to put addi.
tional stories on the Pension ONCE building, the
Post ONCE building and crowd the clerks together.
Another class Of economists who are forced to admit
that more public buildings are necessary are 10
favor of cheap s structures OF brick and mortar Of
the Megs style OF architecture. still another class
little more advanced, believe that any new build.
ings should be erected on Government parks. A
goodly number OF these parsimonlous gentlemen
| will be left at home. But the leaders will all come
back. And the worst Of It Ia that they will consider
their reelection an indorsement OF this pretense
| Of economy. Fortunately the Senate is differently
constituted, and Democrats and Republicans alike
stand ready to do what s necessary for Government
| improvements In the District.
The Texas delegation Is In hurry to get home
and lasso some OF the Primaries All OF the present
members Of the House from that State are candi-
dates for election with salary, mileage stationery
account and other perquisites, except Governor
Trockmorton and MIR. Miller All the rest are un-
easy. Judge Reagan trusts to luck good deal, as
he has never failed to hold ONCE since he reached
his majority. But he has rival who thinks he can
get away with the nomination. Mr.. Mills, who has
q Congressional record second to none In constant
and earnest attention to business Is not sure OF
nomination. MIR. Wellborn has Lieutenant Governor
Gibbs as contestant, and the Governor is on the
ground setting up the pins, Mr.. Wellborn is natu-
rally anxious to get home and do some primary
| tranguation. Culberson Is also In danger, but he
will pull through As for Messrs. Jones, Stewart,
and Latham no one can tell what the result will be-
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

This has been poor session of Congress for
speculator in District franchises. The gas
spectators fell into their own trap, and the
cable railroad men clogged the wheels Of
District legislation to no purpose.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01
geal estate aaeuts.
JAMES II. MARI,

AMES IL. MARI,
q REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT,
936 street N. W., Washington, ID. G.
MONEY LOANED.-LOans OF any amount made
on approved Real Estate security, and delay will
occur on my part when loan liz accepted.
MONEY lNVESTED.-An experience OF eight
years In the Real Estate business has given me such
knowledge of the values Of property that persons
desiring to loan money will lind II TO their advantage
To call on me. When loans are made by me 1t will
be my duty TO see that taxes AMI Insurance are paid
AMI II desired Will collect the Interest As IL natures
without cost to the party loauinK.
PROPERTY SOLD.-PersOnS placing property In
my hands for sale may feel assured that their inter-
eat will be protected to the hest Of my ability Each
piece OF property placed with me Will he advertised
wlhont cost 70 the owner, provided the price asked
Ii not excessive.
PROPERTY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS owners desr-
ing to sell quickly, AMI will, for that purpose offer
their property at bargain, may ind purchaser by
addressing me.
PROPERTY EXCHANGED.-The exchanging Of
property VIII form an Important branch OF my bnsi.
neaa, aud VIII receive my special attention.
HOUSES RENTED AND REN rs COLLECTED.-
MY facilities for renting houses and collecting rents
are unsurpassed. Houses In my charge will be lib
orally advertised at my expense, and prompt remit
tance Will be made OF all rents collected.
FIRE observation-disclosures the ROya,
FIRE INSURANCE Company, whose assets are $40 OdO,.
umO, can confidently offer Insurers absolute ndem.
nifty In case OF nre. This Company does not exact
sixty days In which to pay loss, hut pays promptly
upon adjustment, anu that without discount
JAMES II. MARI,
ocll-ly3 N.ate Of Dnvall Marr.)
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

"rhe remains VI your brother-in-law are 10 be
shipped kast, are they not7"
"Yes,.we expect them TO arrive Monday, and the
obseqnies will take place on Wednesday,
"Iiaye you thought OF an epliaph on his tomb
st0ne?n
'.Yesi we shall inscrIbe simpy, he wore plug
hat In Nevada
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

There was the usual annual deficiency for
the expenses of United States courts, and
innumerabls witnesses as we'll as employees
had to go without pay, until the deficiency
slowly fought its way through Congress. II
will be the same next year. The appropria-
tions for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1887, will prove insufficient to run the
courts. This is called economy" In the
case of an individual It would be called dis.
honesty.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

GENERAL STEVENSON has some 2. 900 scaps hang
Ing on bis lodge pole. Some OF them are squaw
scalps but the majority belong 10 brave bucks, who
died In the war paint OF "onensiye partlsanship."
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

Those must be India-rubber iules of the
Senate which allow an amendment to a def
cheney bill providing for the payment of
years unearned salary to the heirs of a de-
funct legislator, and at the same time forbid
an amendment providing for the usual extra
months pay for living legislative employees.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

WHILE Fushimi Ia here we might get his Interest
with the Mikado 10 loan us a war r-vessel or two.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

Fairbanks Post No. II, Grand Army oft
Republic, has passed a resolution instructing
the Senators and Representatives from Mich
igan to vote for the passage Of the bill grant.
ing pension TO Cornelia r. .schenck, ,notwith-
standing the veto of the President. In the
old days OF the Republic, when the doctrine
Of State rights prevailed in their broadcast con-
struction, 1t was mooted point whether IL
was the duty Of Senator to obey the in
struc,ions Of the State Legislature which
created him, while 1t was universally con-
ceded that a Representative was not bound
by any such instructions. But the spectacle
of few citizens gathering together and sin
"structing" Senators and Representatives is
reserved for the one hundred and tenth year
Of the Independence Of the United States. II
Is by just such folies as these that the
Grand Army Of the Republic brings into dis.
credit an organization composed of men who
really deserve all, and more than all, that
the country can give them.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

The Lincoln-Grant memorial bridge meets
with universal favor. It has been popular
from the first inception of the idea. 1t com
bines the useful with the beautiful and the
sentimental. The movement will result in
giving us one bridge that will not be dis
grace to the country and the Capital.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

IT Is rumored that Roscoe Conkling has been Of
fered $1,000 10 write book. Great Scott What
Interesting reading It would he
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

As none of the appropriations for enter
tanning the nations guests-freign and
domestic-on the occasion of the dedication
of the Bartholdi Statue, can be spent in
drinks, New York will have to raise some
money for the occasion. As the commercial
metropolis is already behind some $3.50, 900
on the Grant Monument scheme, and an I'M
determined amount behind in the proposed
memorial to highlands "Grand old man." it
is expected the guests will have dry time
of it.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

It looks as II there was a big job in the
Fortifcstion bill as reconstructed by the
Joint efforts Of the Senate Committees ON
see the big guns built at the Washington
Navy Yard. II the Government cannot con-
struct its own guns, 1t certainly ought to
begin to try. But the fact Is they can bs
constructed more scomically and with better
satisfaction at the Washington Navy Yard
than anywhere else in this country. This
has been proven by all the testimony that
has been taken by committees and commits
sions.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

While We are heartily in favor of the Rock
Creek Park, we think II Is also time that more
attention was given TO the system OF parks
south of the Avenue, stretching from Seven.
teenth street to the Capitol grounds. These
parks should be ornamented in the most
approved modern style with shrubs and
flowers, and laid out with drives. So ar
ranged, they would be the most attractive
feature of the city. Their ornamentation so
far has proceeded without any fixed plan,
each one being arranged on some separate
plan, or being neglected altogether. While
we are striving for the acquisition Of a park
in the northwest section, We should not for
get the capabilities Of the system of parks
in the very centre of the city. This system
ought also to be enlarged while ground is
cheap. The space between the Observatory
and the White Lot ought to be at once con-
demned, also strip between Reservation II
and the Botanical Gardens, aud the whole
united by drives and property improved
upon a general and comprehensive plan.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01
BOOKS WORTH 81.

aRRAT PENNSYLVANIA RoUTR
Ds4sHE s6EaE.Y .TYFAMcK, sTEEE BALLS, "a spLENbID
IN EFFECI JULY ii, iss6
Trains leaye % washington, from station, corner OF
For pittsburg and the Wesl, Chicago Limited E, +.
Press o. Palace sleeping Cars, ~ 900 q. M daily
with Sleeping Cars from Harrisburg 10 cinciinai,'.
and Hotel Car to ~. Louis; daily, except Saturday
e GnieaSo with Sleeping Car Altoona 70 Chicago
Sleeping Cars Washington to Gnlaaxo ana Iar1a MIh
nnrg g TO Cleveland, connecting at Harrisburg with
vile and st. Louis. Pacific Express, 10 D. m. day
for To- Pll,shnrg and the wesi with through Sleeper
bALTiMoaE aasl; AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
ags sps Erie, \, cananda,gns Rochester buffalo, Nj
Fssss say q i1sse osSs.s4 Saturday with
ror W,i,iilamspoTi, Lock Haven, and klmTa 81 90
New sstssp. seSsp sa% sanSsy iss kast 1s
tio n ~ nna ii'sop D. m On Sunday, q. M 3, Alb,
limited Express Of Pullman Parlor Cars. s..o q
m; and 100 p m daily, except sunday.
xor Boston without change, s.Oo >. m. every day.
meet Al Jersey City with 6oats Of Brooilsn Xnne9
anording direct transfer to Fulton street. svodins
ror philadelphia 10, land Ii Am, y, 4i6, tOO 10,
sna sna 10, On sunday a. m y 4.ib, 600, TO-
nmitsa Express, $40 a. IN. and a.so p. IN. daily
except sunday.
,sS e. nsDis s a. ~. ss 49, @ ~ T. s ana
m ON SUNDAY, 300, 800, and iiOOa M, 3, Ais, 30,
Ito, ~, aud III 40 p. III.
ror pope's Greek Lane, 7.ib q. M. and 40 p. 10.
T6i Annapolis, lis .. IN. and isos ana avs
p. ~ daily, except Sunday. sundayB, v a. IN. anu
ALEXANDRIA AND FRaDRRIoKsBrEa RAIL.
WAY AND AND WASHINGTON
YoI Alexandria soo 1905 sgs, 10 90 and 1, .sss. No..
sO6, 70, 4ab, COL 500, and 1871 p. IN. On SUNDAY
a. 9, 90 y y;ss, and 10 90 q M, and 800 p. m.
FOR kichmond and the South, 900 and 10 co o. u
daily. and 4.so p. IN. daily, eAcepi sunday.
Trainsleaye Alexandria for Washington, s.t6, 500.
1000, and TO- 10 a. m, 300 s23, 10, T06, and iOay
day a. 500 and 1910 a. m; los, and iOa2 p.
Tickets aud Information at the once northes,t
eorner OF Thirteenth street and
aud at the station, where orders can be left for th
,hecking OF baggaget TO destination from hotels and
oHARLEs Y. PUGH, General Manager.
y. u. WOOp. .aoniysl Pa1aenser Issnt
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

" Mexico wants TO nghI we can whip her easily
enough, unless she should borrow a navy.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

When the Hon. Benton McMillin, in a
speech of eleven lines, moved the non-cur-
renee of the House in the Senate amend
ment TO the River and IIarbor bill, pro-
viding for the Potomac Flats, he based his
argument against the appropriation on the
ground that the Expenditure is to be made
"above the Long Bridge, where navigation
''of the river is utterly impossible" Now
as every one who knows anything about the
Potomac River is aware of the fact that the
main channel Of the river is OH the Virginia
side and leads to the ancient port of George.
town, either the honorable member from
Carthage is guilty Of the most lamsntabls
and inexcusable Ignorance, or he undertook
to mislead members of the House who ought
to have known better. The fact is that
Washington is not now and never has been
port Of entry. That honor is reserved to
Georgetown. 1t ia pity that members of
Congress from Carthage and other high.
sounding localities were not required to pass
some sort of civil service examination before
being clothed with the supreme power of
legislating; in that case gentlemen of greater
capacity or culture might be chosen, capable,
at least, Of learning where the channel of
the Potomac was, after seven years. service
in Congress.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01
WAR MEMORIES.

The Defense OF "The Anelc"-At spottsyIsapia, Va
A Heroic DAYS Work By the Fourth brigade,
Second Division OF the sixth Army Corps, Under
Gen. Edwards.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

The action of the House in culling down
the appropriation for reconstructing the
American Navy TO the pitiful sum of % ,5O0,-
600 is a confession that that body cannot
rise beyond the petty parsimony practiced
for so many years when the Democratic
party was the minority party. When, as
was alleged on every stump, the Republican
Administration was squanderinz money by
the tens of millions in rebuilding worthless
vessels of long abandoned type, it was we'll
to hold the purse-strings tight. Now the
Democratic party goes before the country
with the admission that We have no Navy
and ought to have one. and yet, while ap-
propriating hundreds of millions for other
objects, 1t can only give three and half
millions to build up a Navy. At this rate
adopted will become obsolete before the full
number of vessela proposed for our Navy shall
have been completed. This Is not the way
that ante be'ium Democratic majOritiss dealt
with such questions. One of the chief
glories of the Democratic party was its fear.
lsss and vigorous trsatm snt of question, re-.
lating to our foreign intercourse: its greatest
achievements We're the extensions OF terri.
tory to the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific
Ocean. 1t was then the strongest advocate
OF every improvement in naval Architecture
and coast armament, and the friend as we'll
of the proper organization and expansion Of
the Army. The rank and file of the party
think to-day as they did then. II ia the So
called leaders, who shunt the train on to
the side track of parsimony, under the mis-
taken idea that skim milk economy Ia q
popular party cry. As long as there is a
surplus in the Treasury, aud ths reduction
Of taxation is prevented by the combination
Of Democratic and Republican protsctionists,
there is no good reason why expenditures
which all admit are necessary should not
be made. Spend the money on national
objects Of necessity, instead of wrangling
about the maximum and minimum of the
surplus that should be kept idle in the
Treasury.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

There is great deal Of loose talk about
there being big job in the proposed pur-
chase Of three houses on street and New
Jersey avenue belonging to Benjamin +.
Butler. The price set upon them by the
Senate was s275, 900. The Government now
tai Of $6, 600. 1t would. therefore, be econ.
omy to purchase the three houses. as the
Coast Survey now rents one at the price abo vs
named, and also another building at SIC, 500
per year, while both the Coast Survey and
the Geological Bureau (Which pays 500, 900
per annum rent for the Hooe buiding) could
be accommodated in the three Butler houses.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

The Library site jury, it is said, will get
through the condemnation Of property for
that purpose this week. OF course no one
can say what their figures will bs. If their
awards, together with those OF the former
jury which have been accepted. 60 beyond
the limit of $3.50, 900 fixed in the bill, some
of the propsrty-ownsrs may have to wait for
their money until Congress passes def
cheney bill. This need not, however, inter-
fere with the work of commencing the new
building, for which the additional sum of
100000 has been appropriated.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

In the distribution of the District fund for
the relief of the poor the physicians get the
lions share, S. 5,2s0, while something over
$3,500 goes to the druggists, making $3.50
for drugs and doctors out of an allotment of
$l4,520. The small balance left of this
amount, viz: s5,740, is split up into frac-
tional amounts to be used by seven different
agencies. Inasmuch as the doctors and
drug stores get nearly two-thirds of the
amount, it is in order to ask what allotment
is made for the undertakersS
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

Some time since The HERALD predicted that
great many hotel proprletors who were advertising
that the President ana Mrs, Cleveland would spend
the summer with them would be disappointed, and
that the Presidential household would go to the
Adirondack Mountains l understand now that THE
HERALD was correct, and that the trip TO the Adj
rOniacks has been determined on.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

II is striking indication Of the great fu-
ture in store tor Washington, that while the
price Of real estate in other cities is not ad-
vancing rapidly, nor holding its own, In fact,
yet In Washington prices are stiff, and hold
ers Of real estate are in no hurry to part
with It. While fns buildings are in course
Of erection in the central parts OF the city,
magnificent residences are going up in the
northwestern section great number Of
smaller houses in the eastern section, aud
che boom in suburban property 10 reparka-
able. cTokkers who predieated q fail in
District property when Cleveland was
elected have seen good cause to change
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01
FORT WILLIAM HENRY HOTEL
LAKE GEORGE, NY.

MIR. Il. f. Roessie will be assisted in the manage
ment of the above hotel by Mr.. Daniel Gale, for
merly proprietor and later Of the Buckingham, NJ
Y, and requot House, New London, Conn. Mr.
Gale will he at the Buckingham, Fifth Avenue, New
York, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Of
each week, when he will be pleased to show plans
of rooms and make terms for the season of 1886.
ap25.tf3
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

Tie friends OF The Hennepin Canal were very sore
last week over the treatment Of their pet project by
the House. They threatened, TO use mild language
TO keep Congress here "tll sheol fr0ze over" II It
failed 10 provide for this great waterway The body
OF old Father iennepn Is said 10 have turned over
In its grave In utter adherence OF the euss words
nsed by that neree and nery Burioso, Springer ana
the no less irate and lrrasclbe Murphy. liza canal
Is not river and harbOr what Ia II? This was the
burden OF their song. hut they failed to convince
the House, not because the canal scheme IL not OF
Infinitely more Importance than the numerous mil
streams and trout creeks provided for In the b hut
because members who had secured their share OF
the spolls for their districts did not want endan
ger the bili by making II too heavy.
"Ofall the River and Harb0r bills that have been
dlvlsed by the ingenuity OF logr1lling committees"
said member to me on Tuesday last. "this years
bill isthe worst II true II provides for the
great rivers and harbors, hut II Ia full OF schemes
and Jobs, and the amount OF money that Will he
wasted under its provisions, az 1t ever becomes
law) upon unnecessary improvements Is estimated
u tSooo,ooo Ia II not great commentary upon the
selnshness OF representative Legislative bodes that
they should pinch other branches OF the service and
be 30 bonniful In these matters OF purely local
cern :"
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-01

Gen. George b. Mcclellans Memoirs, edited by
Mr.. William c. Prime, Will appear this fall-a book
that VIII be read with Interest by every American
soldier.