Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-09-18
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Washington, Sept. II, 1886.
Dizziness has been reigning in VI ash
ington since the adjOurnmen Of Con-
gress and the departure of the Presi-
dent. The EXODUS to the mountains
and sea shore has, this year, been
greater than usual. Those who leave
Washington at the beginning Of the
warm season and do not return until
after the frost fail to see the Capital
City in her lOVeliest aspect. The tenn
perature mere during the summer
months Is quite as cool as In the far
higher ATTITUDES. The streets with
their smooth surfaces shaded by over
tapping branches Of trees, form beauti-
full vistas, at the ends Of which may be
seen a cool fountain or a majestic satue
All unsightly objects are hidden by a
luXuuence Of verdure unparalleled in
any other city of this size. The parks,
for whose beauty Washington is IA
nous, are a delight to the eve with
their many cOlOred dOWes and shrubs
and altogether one wonders where a
pleasanter place could be found to
spend the summer. Already a few ia
mil2r faces on the street indicate the
return Of some of the old habitudes.
The President is expected to be at his
post again In about a week. 1t is still
debated question whether Secretary
Manning will able and willing to re-
sume his duties.
The crank has not felt it his fashion
able duty to leave Washington during
the summer months. The other day q
gOOd-lOOking, well dressed gentleman
walked with an imposing air into the
White House. On being asked his
name and bushes, he answered haugh-
Ff1Vr al "a Of A un
l desire that thirty millions Of money
shall be Immediately brought me from
yOnder building-pOintin5 toward the
Treasury. The door keeper, with
mock Obeisance, and protesting allegi-
auce, persuaded his Majesty TO enter a
carriage and he was quietly driven to the
insane asylum. There he should be
placed in company with another crank,
who has been there for several years 4,
and whose claims are even more extern
siYe than the WOuld-be Emperor. He
believes that he is the Monarch of the
World, and unlike the respondent Al
eXander the Great, he does not weep
/ for others worlds to conquer.
The employees at the White House
are very busily engaged just now get
| ting the mansion ready for occupancy.
Every summer during the Presidents
vacation it undergOes a thorough clean
| inc. All carpets are rolled up, the
window curtains and draperies taken
down, and chaos and the chamber
maids reign. The woodwork in the
house is being painted and regilded,
| both in the private and public apart
ments. Then there are to be some
changes in the furniture, the wear and
tear OF which, in the rooms open to the
public necessitates frequent renewal.
Everything will be complete and the
entire house in order by the time Mr..
and Mrs Cleveland return, though it
is not probable that they will occupy it
at present, as their county home is
also rapidly nearing completion and it
was the Presidents original intention
to spend the rest Of the hot sesOn there.
Mr.. Bayard is the only cabinet officer
IN the city AZ present. Mr.. Lamar IS
in Vermont writing a speech, it is said,
to deliver at the unwilling Of a statue
of John G. Calhoun in Charleston.
The statue will be unveiled provided
any sold ground can be found for it.
What a spectacle and what a theme for
the poet, the historian and the moral
ist A bronze Calhoun looking on the
skeleton, RUNS and pulseless heart Of
/ secession, amid sulphurOus fumes and
/ internal perturbation,
The Secretary of war has not been in
/ the city for weeks, Adjutant General
| Drum has been acting secretary.
/ There is great rejoicing at the wal de-
/ partment over the capture of GerimO
and his band of red anarchists. 1t is
/ said at the war department that they
will hang. Indeed they ought to hang.
/ This refined and civilized means Of eX-
| has te rrOrs for the untutOred savage
hat mere familiar shooting cannot
equal. To die like a Christian male
factor, without benefit of clergy, fills
the mind of poor 10 with unhOwlable
horror, and turns the sweet memory OF
Drained babies and tortured, disembOw-
eled women TO ashes in his mouth. BY
all means let them hang, Ond let Con
| gress honor General Miles and Captain
/ LaWtOn with a vote of thanks.