The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-04-10

WASHINGTON, March 20, 1856.
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The President continues to give
Il banquet each Thursday to pla-
toon of Congress, Senators and
members. At these dinners political
subjects are never touched upon,
but there is a great deal Of jovial e,
entertaining conversation. Politi-
cal friends and foes are mixed up
indiscriminately, and the President
is enabled to become better
acquainted with men whom he
needs to know.
Mr.. Cleveland took a day "off"
last week, and joined some Albany
friends at Magnolia, Maryland.
His absence was criticised a little
on account of the illness of Sccre-
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 present
prostration from hard work and no
exercise.
1t is thought here that Mr.. Man
ming will never again resume his
duties as head of the Treasury
Department. The strain has been
too great for him, and he will
scarcely dare to return to his post.
a fatality seems to lurk over the
Treasury. For twenty years Sec
retaries, one after another, have
fallen sick, whether from their
arduous duties, the unsanitary con-
dition of the building, or its prox-
unity to the Potomac Flats.
The main feature of interest on
the social calendar of this week is
Mi-Careme at Mrs. Whitney's on
Thursday evening 1t is for the
benefit of the news boys lodging
house. This will be 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. AS there is no difficulty in
selling the tickets for each of these
benefits, however, the presumption
is that the prices are not too high.
The tickets for the Mi-Careme cost
50 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 So, So and -.
Rev. DIR. Milburn, the blind Chap
lain of the House of Representa-
tives, whose prayers are just now
creating sensation, is a remark
able man in more than one re espect.
He can give more accurate descrip-
tons of Westminster Abbey, Co
logne 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
mountainous declivities of the Sier-
ras and of the Rocky Mountains
and the picturesque beauties OF the
Blue Ridge with force and vigor
combined with accuracy rarely
equaled, even by writer's who still
retain their sight.
His first invocation in the House
that attracted notice was a vigorous
denunciation Of stock gambling.
Next morning he denounced blood
and pomp in a striking way, speak
ing of the fable of the blood
Norman, Guelph and Gibellinc.
Then he cast his previous utter
ances into the shade by referring
to the present labor troubles in
such a manner as to call forth from
Representative that it was AN
"incendiary speech"
DIR. Milburn, on hearing this,
said he had no desire to make
speeches before Congress, that he
was more conservative than incen-
diary. He believed, however, that
PRAYER was a statement of our
needs to God. ~ have been struck