The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-02-07
PERSONS AND THINGS.

PERSONS AND THINGS.
Editor fin4et "a attct Editor Dofsheipdet with
heavy club.
Mr. Pulitzer, IN his sworn answer 10 the Grace
oel suit, gives the mayor his coup de grace.
Col. Donavin has moved at last on the enemy's
works at Columbus primed, cooked, and loaded for
the fray.
Representatives Reed, OF Maine, and LcuttIt, OF
California, were once respectively school.teacher
and blacksmith in the same California village.
The art Of photoerapty = nsaslng yapld strides.
h aecsnt ~, ng IRE was as p ha,ns
OF the Ere itself
In Huuand a woman Is rated at ten cows, but II
must always be taken into account that the cows
there are allowed TO run wild, and have little or
no commercial value. e.. -r.t. ,.
The Northeast has imported Tobogganing from
Canada, and now ST. Paul, Mimi, has erected an ice
palace after the Toronto model This Ia about all
get-du'y free-from across the border.
Mrs. Frances Bodgson Burnett, who was obliged
to leave Washington TO secure the absolute quiet her
physician commands, is still living at Lynn, Mass,
but Is rapidly recovering her health, and is begin
ming again to write serial stories.-M y. World
Speaking OF and to Boston audiences the Rev.
Joseph Cook says: 1--WE are the most drunken race
on this pianet.n The Rev. Cook should go to Port
Misrepresentation Portland-Nhere. tbe "most
drunken race on this planet has plenty X soseer.
Ing room.
The snews Of war which enabled parnel to con-
duct his canvass at the polls and consolidate his
followers in Parliament was largely furnished by
New Workers OF Irish birth or sympathy. The
Parne parliamentary fund was purely American
Institution.
sardou's great play Of "Anselma,' dramatzed by
Leander Richardson, Esq, has been purchased by
Lillian Spencer, Of Ptsburg, and viii be produced
next season in all the leading cities by the best
company that can be got together manager by
Daniel Shelby, Esq, OF Chicago.
We are delighted to learn from the Posi-. Dispatch
that Congressman o'Neill, Of the Eighth District,
wears an IS silk hat In Washington. Until very re.
Gently coonskin cap was considered the proper
thing In headgear for Missouri Congressman In or
Out Of Westinghouse Louis Gtobe-Democrat.
on purchasing some real estate in Washington
lately, Justice Horace Gray, Of the Surrefie Court
sent d note to tho lawyer who was preparing the
transfer papers, saying 81 shall refuse 70 accept any
deed which describes me as being 'of Washington
p c. am sof Boston, Massachusetts" And the
deed was thus made out.
The cutlery Of the dairy interest against artificial
butter is rising to caihor. The general consump.
ton Of butter is decreasing. People are eating dry
bread for fear Of greasing II tinawares with coun.
sale Of countcrfcits under their proper name TIC
deal In oeomargarlne under the name Of butter is
criminal fraud. To put 1t on the market under It's
own name Is commercial enterprise. The law
should Keep the two separate.-dUd California.
kilograms are now jumped from moving trains tc
telegraph wires On poles and thence to the station
airy telegraph ofrlces, as was successfully demon
strated on Monday on the Staten Island Railroad
Some twenty or thirty persons participated in tnt
experiment, among the number being Thomas A
| ventlon. MIR. Edison, IN commenting upon the feat
said lie Thought he could communicate with ships a
sea twenty-five miles apart In clear weather withou
| wire.
The sad fate OF Congressional humorlsts is thu
bewailed by the Chicago M,rs: "There are no pro
| fessional humorists In Congress this session. Ton
Reed, of Maine, comes as near being one as states
| man Of his avordupois could. The three great Con
gressional humorists were sam Cox, Proctor Knott
| and Jim Beforehand see what they have come to
Belford Is hustllng for law business on the streets o
Denver, Cox is salaaming to Mahometan despo
and dreaming his soul away In the enervatlDg ut
mosphere of the Bosphorus, and Knott is Issuing no
| tary commissions and pardonnR negroes out Of thu
Kentucky Penitentiary."
Miss Mather, whatever else may be said of her
has the sensblity and passion of true actress
When she undertakes to manifest love ithas thro
in 1t, and her hatred flashes with an earnesness tina
makes us forget stimulation. It ia this one quality o
belng In earnest that distinguishes her from most
her sister actresses who are ASSUMING similar roles
d se as os
has played Lady Macbeth aud Juliet, THUS touchln,
both extremes OF the legitimate orbit, and winning
the thoughtful attention Of criticism as few acresse
sonal devices. The public know absolutely nothing
| OF her except as an actrcss.--N. y. World.
| Col. Tom Howard, OF Atlanta, who is in Washing
ton as Senator Colqut's private secretary, said re
| Gently: 81 shall never lose the impression which
JOHN Z. Breckenridge made ON me the only time
ever saw him. i was boy and was peeping at the
big men In Washington. One day was introduced
to MIR. Breckinridge. He was, / think, the finest
specimen OF physical manhood ever saw, bu
there was one thing about him which impressed MI
most Of all. II was his ewn dlreful eye. lie had al
eye IKE a rattlesnake.n "What do you mean
rattesnake's eye? If you have not, do so the mex
chance you get. 1t Is a wonderful! thing. 1t seem:
TO be looking into eternity, and Is as clear as an
silver moon you ever saw
Very few people know that there sits in Congress
man who once ran against Grover Cleveland TO
the position of sheriff of Erie County, New York
and although beaten by him at the time, he filed hi
unexpired term and Is now a member of Congress
while his successful rival is President. The mem
with pleasant face and quick, active step and man
ner. He Is Republican, but that does not proven
him from being on good terms with President Cleve
he called at the White House and jokingly remarke,
to Mr.. Cleveland: "You see am following you
First you beat for sheriff. fell into your shoe
when you became mayor. Look out perhaps tn
same good luck may follow me now that am her
with you IN Washlngten.' The President smile
fngton special 10 Indianapolis journal.
The McCulloch Monument Committee have sen
out circulars asking subscriptions for the fund, II
which they say: "The committee have adopted
design In the simple style of the Roman republic
1t is proposed to construct crypt for the remains
and the superstructure will he Of granite thiry-tw
feet high, surmoun,ed by statue of Fame Tn
open arch will cover statue of our friend in bronze
heroic size, In the character of Virginius, elevate
upon a pedestal five feet high. In Difference to tn
wishes of the family and the strongly espresso
public opinion 1t has been decided to erect tn
monument In this city. The cost Of the same vii
hn fQ fntf
this should be borne alone by the loving friends O
whom no one had more, as last tribute to one o
the most genial OF men, and to that end this appea
IL sent TO you for a contribution hitting your abt
to give.'
heard OF an amusing incident to-day in con
nection with this Pan Electric Telephone business
Young Rogers, as is known, was the electrician Of
the House. The company was in such straits at al
times that 1t disposed Of Its shares whenever 1t say
an opportunity for doing 80. Thus 1t happened tina
attained the dignity of Stockholders In the concern
Among these was man whose duty 1t was to take car
Of Rogers's room. He was good fellow, a devou
hilarious moods he stumbled one day into Rogers
room, which was always full of coils OF wire used b.
the eeclrican IN his experiments and for repairs
he had seen Rogers experiment only a short tim
before, he began by .sprinkling water upon 1t an,
would insure the success of the Pan Electric scheme
Imagine his CONSERVATION when he found out tn
next day that what he mad expended his blessing Of
was Western Union wire and not Pan Electric prop
erty at all. TO this day the poor man is firmly con
WINGED that the ill-luck which has attended tn,
enterprise is due to his mistake, and that II he ha,
blessed the right coil Pan-Electric stock would b
quoted at a premium and he he living on his div
dends In some line house In the fashionable quartz
| OF Washington. instead of sweeping as he now doc
and running pyramids for living Washington Coz
respondent n. y: Tribune.
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