The Washington critic., 1886-02-16

LhglUUu' ADlOpOS OF lnlS scene OC-
cured one day in Drady's Office here
which may be worth mentioning. \
friend came in and said: General
Brady, have you seen George Sheri-
dan of Louisiana" NO." said Brady,
"is he hcrcT' Yes" was the reply;
"ho is dressed in the finest new
clothes of the season, has a plug hat
which shines like new black slate
mantol, and rides about in cabs and
carriages"
"Ah, "rcjoined General Brady; che is
dead broke; | can tell by his actions;
and am sure he will be around here
before the day is over asking me to
lend him some money. That is the
way with these cX Congressman or, in
fact, with any man of very much good
sense. The harder up he is the better
he dresses, and If | wanted to borrow
money would never go after il in rag.
ged clothes"
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In answer TO an inquiry made Of him
the other day by a correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune, whether every.
thing connected with the war was to be
published, Colonel Robert N. Scott of
the War Records Office replied: "By
no means. If we did that we could al.
most say in the words of the evangelist,
The world itself would not contain the
books. AT any rate, it would not be
eXaggeration 10 say that 1t would take
thousands of volumes to contain every.
thing. We expect to print about So.
GOO pages. That will take eighty vol
umes or thereabouts. We arc not half
through yet. Our idea is to publish
everything that is of historical value.
The great mass, of course Is very un.
interesting. But occasionally some
thing exceedingly rich and spicy
is reached. Some things that ap.
pear of small importance now
may prove TO be of great incidental
value in the future. 4" "As YOU 90
through the great mass of documents
do you find many things that are diff.
fcrent from currently reported state
ments of evcnts?' Many such things
occur all the while. 1t is astonishing
how trcachcrous ones memory is when
applied to events that occurred twenty
or twenty-five years ago. This is seen
in the current discussions that are 90.
ing forward all the while in the periodi.
Gals. Men unconsciously add q little
here and subtract little there and
forget good deal more, and, finally.
the thing related bears no sort of sem
blancc to the real thing that happened.
a good illustration of this occurred
only few days ago. An officer of
veraciiy and candor was relating the
part his regiment took in the battle of
Shiloh. When he had finished | in
formed him that his regiment was not
in the battle of Shiloh at all. "What,
not in the battle of Shiloh p he eiacu.
lated You don't mean to say that do
your 81 certainly do | replied
We'll, ] should like to know your
reason for making that statement, said
he. My reason for making it is your
own dispatch, written three days af-
ter the battle, in which you say your
regiment was not in the BATTLE said |.
And | showed him the dispatch. He
adjusted his spectacles, read it over
| several times, and admitted his error.
His story was spoiled, but history was
vindicatcd."
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Mr.. James NJ. Heating, editor of the
Memphis Appoal, is being vigorously
indorsed by his friends for the position
of Public Printer. The Cincinnati
| IimCS-,Star says of him: For about
eight years he followed his avocation,
that of printer, In New York, and
thence went to Louisiana, where he
was State printer at 90 years of age
| From Louisiana he went to Nashville,
where he founded the "book concern,
the largest book publishing house in
| the Southwest. From Nashville he
went to Memphis, and for about thirty
years he has been intimately connected
with the press of Tennessee. He is
now editor of the Memphis Appeal, a
paper which has the strongest hold on
the affections Of the Southwestern peo-
pie, and is one of the most influential
papers in the South. Colonel Keat
ing made q National reputation
during the yellow fever of 1873
and his brave course during thai
period has made him one of the mos
popular figures in cotemporaneou'
journalism. He has been an active
member of the Typographical Union
and Is now an honorary member. HC
has been indorsed for the position ot
Public Printer by about ten Typograph
ical Unions, and his appointment would
be regarded as recognition of tht
workingman element.
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| A treasure in Colonel Jerome Bona
parties house belonging to Nine. Bona
partc is desk of satinwood, whicl
Miss Grundy says was presented to tn
Empress Eugene while in the heigh
of her prosperity by the cholera pa
ticnts whom she had visited in hospi
tails in France. When her effects wer
being sold after her husbands over
throw Mr.. Appleton of Boston bough
this desk in Paris and presented it Il
his cousin, Mrs. Edgar, who has sine,
married Colonel Jerome Bonapartc
Colonel and Nine. Bonaparte vistet
the eX.Empress in England last sum
mer, and have photograph which sh
gave them of herself which shows
still beautiful but pathetically sad face
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The American Hog.
EDITOR CRITIc Bismarck has put his foe
down on American hogs. Now, can't 20