The Washington critic., 1886-02-11

and ivory y-tintcd satin, and exquisite in
workmanship, having been painted
expressly for the collection of the en-
press by celebrated pupil OF Wat
teau. Thus has II passed, and without
social dcClension, from one dis
tinguished owner TO another, for Ma
poleon III. In the court life of France
could never have reigned more loftily
or with noblcr grace than does Miss
Page in the most brilliant salons of
America.
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"Will the bill increasing the pension
of widows of soldiers to $12 per month
pass the Senator" was asked of Il
prominet Democratic Member of the
House by the correspondent of the
Cincinnati Times Star. "Undoubt.
edly," he answered. II voted against
the bill in the House, but / will be
pretty well satisfied If the Senate
merely accepts this one and passes it
without saying any more about It,"
"What do you mean by that?' "I
mean that the great danger is that
much broader scheme may be adopted
in its stead,a plan by which arrears will
be opened to n great many more than
are affected by the present law. 1t was
only because the passage of this meas
ure would kill off Browns bill remov-
ing the limitations for filing claims and
extending them back indefinitely that
the present bill was passed by the
House. The fact is a good many
of the Members are crazy on the
pension question. They are lot
of fellows who didn't 30 to the
war and are ashamed of it,
and are willing TO do their share of the
fighting now by voting three hundred
millions year out of the public treas.
ury in general pension bill. They
will swamp the country financially il
they do it, that's alp lie reached up
to the coat rack and took down his
overcoat and held 1t out to your cor
respondent to help him on with 1t.
I'm little awkward on account of
this arm" he said as he glanced at one
arm which seemed to be a little shorter
than the other. Whats the matter
with IT." was the qucried response
Ball through it on the battle field"
he replied, scntentiously, "had four
inches of bone cut out, that's all"
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Says Washington correspondent of
the Boston Eeoning Record, referring
to various oddities in Congress: "John
ID. White of kentucky was as uncom-
| Portable parsonage to get along with
as Belford was amusing. White rep.
resented part Of the mountain region of
his State, and was wild against River
and Harbor bills and firm advocate
of prohibition and female suffrage.
| And he was persistent. l have seen
the whole House trying to howl him
down. and he seemed to enjoy it. Time
and again the Speaker was obliged to
order him into his seat he was snubbed
and slighted, but it never seemed to
worry him. He accepted kicks and
cuffs, speaking in free way, as If he
liked them. His slim figure and
snappy black eye made the perfect pic
ture of fanatic. But he was no
fanatic so far as any great principle
trary' person, and there is no place
where a party Of that kind can make
himself more conspicuous than in the
| IoWCl Vi SOhSlC5os w ultt
knew enough about the rules to keep
when 1t was impossible for the whole
! house to suppress him. All that could
be done was to let him wear himself
out. White is rich, and something of
a scholar. But 1t removed terribly
irritating member when he was sent
back to, private life. Somebody once
asked White how he ever happened to
come to Congress. With grave sim.
plicity he answered. 81 suppose my
friends thought would do them more
good here than at home" 1t went the
rounds of the Capitol. as very good
presentation of the matter.
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A correspondent of the Nashville
Amcrican was recently at Greenville
Tenn, and thus writes of his visit tc
the grave of Andrew johnson 1t is a
lovely afternoon. The monument, OBJ
servable from the railroad, is about
twenty five feet high, Of very white
marble, and mounted on splendid gran
ite. The two base blocks, six by two
feet, are wide enough apart for the
graves of Mr.. Johnson and his wife
between, and capped by a large granite
block with ornamental finish, the arch
being about three feet high. A carved
flag, the stars and stripes, is as If thrown
over the top, and on 1t stands an eagle
looking away to the south, with look
of animation as if to dart to some dc
fense. There hangs from belt to the
marble scroll, in which is engraved
Constitution of the United States. y
A little below this and at the top oi
the inscription tablet, is an open book
with hand on one of the pages. The
tablet is divided by joint and on the
left are these words "Andrew John
son, Seventeenth President of the
United States, born December 30, 1903
died July 81, 1876. His faith ir
the people never wavered." To The
right is his wife's name and age Sht
was two years younger and died few
months after his death. Immediately
in front of the monument and between
it and the gate, to circular iron fence
inclosing space about thirteen feet il
diameter, there is marble roof on foul
marble columns, erected by his wife
to the memory of Andrew Johnson, jr
who died in 1879, 26 years of age. Or
either side of it are two marble urns
while to the left are two graves, sid'
by side, with marble curbing and heat
pieces inscribed as follows; "Rober
johnson, colonel, First Tennessee Cav
airy, died April %, 1860, aged 81
years, and Charles johnson, surgeon
United States Volunteers, died April 4
1868, aged 33 years." The only othe
grave is that Of Mary johnson Stover
under rustic cross, born in 1882, ant
died in 1883.
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