The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-02-21
PERSONS AND THINGS.

As Congressman Reed takes on more adpose he
loses that resemblance to the God-like bard Of
Avon which his admirers delight to contemplate.
"what did she wear ?" asked lady, referring to
lady devoted to the nudity craze" "oh, said the
one to whom the question was nut, "she had on one
OF those pneumonia Venus costumes, you know.'-
". y. Man.
A woman in Bohemia was lately sentenced TO i'm
prisonment for ten days for forgery because she
changed her physicians prescription calling for 100
grammes OF morphine so that 1t read 6.20 grammes.
II is said that no similar case has ever appeared on
the Court records Of the United States or England.
Governor Seymour's aversion to display extended
to the erection OF snowy monuments. Acting In ac-
cord with MS views, he selected and paid for his
monument some ten years ago. 1t lies where he
found 1t, in the town of Remsen, oneida County,
and consists of boulder Of native granite. 81 feet
long, feet wide, and IN feet thick.
Mr.. Carl Schurz has given up Journalism, stopped
lecturing intermltted pianopaylng, and is now en-
gagged In wrecklng railroads. He has been acting
now for some time chairman OF the committee for
"reorganzlng"-that is the Wall street poridnce--
the Buffalo New York and Western Railroad on the
basis Of anew issue OF thirty millions Of dollars OF
bonds and like amount of stock.
The Grand Army Encampment at Scranton at its re-
cent session declared favor Of increasing widows
pensions from eight to twelve dollars per month, hut
against propositions looking to an increase Of pen
sons and the distribution of public lands to soldiers
AS members OF the grand army Of taxpayers the
soldiers Of the Civil War recognize the unexampled
efforts Of the Government to care for them and the
impropriety Of adding to the load already borne.
1n his message to the Legislature, Mr.. David b.
Hi Governor, by the grace Of God and the votes of
New York Democrats, thus places the seal upon the
st tat a q tn Ao
Chief Executive of the State during the critical
period in its history he was earnest In his defense Of
the Union and loyal to the cause Of the Constitution,
and at the same time was bold and fearless in the
protection Of every just right of the honorable cti-
zen and jealous IN the maintenance Of the sacred
honor and credit Of the state.'
'Taklng the greatest depth of the ocean as I'VE
miles and the height of the highest mountain as i've
miles above the level of the sea- says the Engineer
''and remembering that the globe itself has a
diameter of 5000 miles, the comparative insgnia-
canoe of all the surface inequalities of the earth is
at once forced attention, but 1t is better
II we take circle sixty feet In diameter, having
on Its surface depression OF one inch, or globe
one foot in diameter with groove on its surface
one-sixtieth of inch in depth, which would repre-
sent on a true scale the greatest inequality Of
mountain height and ocean deep on the surface OF
the earth.'
The Berlin correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
gives the following account Of Minister Pendletons
fret reception at the German capital. Even at this
distance one can almost hear the popping of the
champagne corks. The reputation of Mr.. Pendleton
and his family for hospitality, culture, and social
graces was so high that all members of the Ameri
can colony had looked forward to the event with
pleasant expectancy. Mr.. Pendleton's house is a
handsome one, and the spacious reception-rooms or
the second floor are furnished ina thoroughly home:
like American manner In the dining saloon there
was abundant cheer, both to eat and to drink and
would hardly dare to tell how freely the champagne
flowed. Nor the tpplers all of the sterner sex
noticed many ladies emptying glass after glass
Among them was one, distinguished as probably the
most beautifu-and most thrsty--American girl In
Berlin. She belongs to New York family. II is
related that at public banquet last fall she drank
30 much champagne as to become decidedly frsky
and talkative, and when the toast of "The En-
peror" was offered made herself 30 conspicuousy
demonstratve that she had TO be called to order and
asked to keep quiet. The incident created some
little scandal at the time and supposed the young
lady would either leave Berlin or swear of. Ap.
pareny she decided to do neither, for here she
again, as bright and beautiful as ever, with a train
of admirers, and drinking the sparkling wine as
freely as ever, though happily with no bad results
Gen. Golf, of West Virginia, now serving his sec.
ond term In Congress, is the hero OF war romance
Wnlcn the New f0rk Congressional interviewer Tor
the World thus relates: "At a skirmish at Moor.
field, Hardy County, he was captured and taken to
Richmond. While Goff was still held as a prisoner
Of war Maj. Armsby, one Of his neghbors, who had
Joined the Confederate side, captured within the
Union lines, tried as spy, convicted, and sentenced
to death. When this news reached the Confederate
headquarters they Immediately sent word II Armsby
was executed that Gof would be taken and shot In
retaliation. Meantime Col was placed In solitary
confinement to await the answer from the Union
headquarters delay of several weeks followed
Shortly afterwards Gon and Armsby were ex.
changed. A year later Armsby was captured again
and in the vicinity OF Grafton, Gofis house. The
neghbors knowing the suffering Armsby had ind.
rectly caused GoG were greatly increased at him.
mob gathered to lynch him. The Jail was broken
open and Armsby was being dragged through the
streets, when GoG, who had happened to be home
on visit, met the mob. Learning the cause OF the
excitement he made his WY through the crowd and
laying his hand on Armsby's shoulders, said: INC
friend Of mine will harm hair on this mans head
He was simply doing soldiers duty and is entitled to
all the rights of prisoner of a war; The mob cooled
of and Armsby was led back to prison. Gof had
saved his life. Armsby never forgot 1t, and after
the war, when Gof became a candidate for Governor
OF West Virginia on the Republican ticket, Armsby
although Democrat. stumped the State for him.
Go received the largest vote ever cast for Repub
lcan Gubernatorial candidate In the State. He has
since been elected 10 Congress from Democratic
district"