The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-04-02

The President continues TO give ban
quot each Thursday 10 platoon Of Con
gress. Senators and Members. ut these
dinners political subjects are never touched
upon, but there is a great deal of jovial,
entertaining conversation. Political friends
and foes are mixed up Unfortunately,
and the President is enabled 10 become
better acquainted with men whom he
needs to know.
Mr. Cleveland took a day or last
week. and joined some Albany friends at
Magnolia. Md His absence was criticised
little on account of the illness of Secre-
tary Manning. Others said the President
was quite right in taking some recreation.
If the Secretary of the Treasury had done
likewise, he might have escaped his pres
ent proStration from hard work and no eX-
crcsc 1t is thought here that Mr.. Man
ming will never again resume his duties as
head of the Treasury Department. The
strain las been too great for him, and he
will scarcely dare to return to his post. \
fatality seems 10 lurk over the Treasury.
For twenty years Secretaries, one after
another, have fallen sick. whether from
their onerous duties The unsantary cond-
ton of the building. or its proximity to
the Potomac Flats.
The main feature OF intercston the social
calendar of this week is the M-Caremc at
Mrs. Whituey's on Thursday evening. 1t
is for the benefit Of the News-Boys Lodg
ing House This will he the first large re-
assembling Of the gay world Since Lent
began. Mrs Whitney lends her beautiful
house for the occasion and supplies the
supper and music. so that the total receipts
can be used for the object stated. The
ladies are now planning for two other
charitable entertainments which Will make
heavy demands on the purses of those who
attend them. rs there is no difficulty in
selling the tickets for each Of these bene-
fits. however the presumption is that the
prices are not too high. The tickets for
the Mi-Caremc cost s. each. those for the
Garfield Hospital entertainment to be held
at the Chinese Legation are sold At 3 each
while the Kermess tickets will cost s.. 81
and 50
Rev Dr. Milburn, the blind Chaplain of
the House of Representatives, whose
prayers are just nov creating sensation,
is remarkable man in more than one res
pcct He can give more accurate descrip-
tions of Westminster Abbey. Cologne
Cathedral. Notre Dame, and other Old
World Monuments he has visited, than can
the majority Of those persons who have
not been dependent upon other peoples
eyes and on their sense Of touch He can
describe the rocky outlines and mountain
Gus declivitieS of the Sicrras and of the
Rocky Mountains and picturesque beauties
Of the Blue Ridge with a force and vigor
combined with accuracy rarely cqualed.
even by writers who still retain their sight
His first invocation in the House that at
traeted notice was a vigorous denuneiation
Of stock gambling. Next morning he dc
nounced blood and pomp in a striking way
speaking of the fable of blood-Norman,
Guelpl and Gibellinc, Then he cast lis
previous utterances into the shade by re-
ferring to the present labor troubles in such
a manner as to call forth from ReprcSen-
tative the remark that ii was an "incendi-
airy speech Dir. Milbum. OH hearing this.
said lie had no desire to make speeches be-
fore Congress, that he was more conserva-
tory than incendiary. He believed. how
ever, that prayer was statement Of our
needs to God. II have been struck by the
evils existing in our time, said he and
think am justified in petitionins the
Almighty for their correction" The blind
man gave me little autobiography. He
related how. when he was five years old
a playmate preparing to cast away piece
OF glass. threw back lis hand and acct
IDENTIFY struck him in tine left eye and cut
the ball \ scar appeared and the doctor
in charge attempted to remove it with
nitric acid. which burnt terribly. but
which removed the scar. It appeared
again, however, couple Of weeks LATER
and the doctor wishing to make a neat job
of it, regardless of the boys pratestations
again washed the whole eyebdll with nitric
acid and cllectually destroyed all its sight.
The other through bad treatment also be-
came almost useless, and DR.. AIilbum
passed through his school days and college
life with a shade over his right eye and
his book close up to his face Later he
lost his sight entirely.