The Washington critic., 1889-04-30
THE TOWNS PHOTOGRAPH.

certain postmastcrs, now being heard In
the Court of Claims, Illustrates the fact
often commented upon that the United
States is ono of the worst debtors man
can possibly have. Under the law,
| postmastcrs whose business has In
creased 80 rs to iill certain conditions
are entitled to an increase of compcnsa-
| ton. Instead of being able to go and
obtain their money without delay, as
they could in an ordinary business
transaction, they are obliged to go into
court, incur the expense of attorneys
| fees and suffer numerous vcxatious de-
lays and hindrances. Every few weeks
the local authorities have brought to
their attention some old broken-down
man or some aged widow who came to
| Washington TO obtain money due from
the Government and who find them.
selves without even the means to take
them back home They know that the
money Is due under the law and think
that by coming and applying for il per.
sonally they can get II as they would at
bank or business house. Their
misconception of the Governments
methods causes numerous respectable
people not only to waste their time and
money but TO be thrown for time being
upon public charity.
#%s
Yesterday afternoon Secretary Blaine
might have been seen enjoying the fine
weather in his carriage. II Is the first
time that he has vcntured from his ho-
tel recently and accompanied by his
wife he appeared to enjoy his airing
quite as much as the clerk who is out
n G,,,1a,r .xn,,re,,.,, x,,g, k;r II
When he returned to the Nornandie
his manner and appearance gave visible
evidence of the beneficial effects of the
ride. His health Is so much improved
that his physician thinks there is no
further necessity for his remaining at
the hotel, and has given his permission
for him to go into active business in his
Office.
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The evanesccnt character of fame Is
illustrated in the case of Marion ID.
Newman (known by several romantic
aliases. A few weeks ago he was the
object of unlimited attention among the
ladies and the subject of columns of
comment in the daily newspapers. Now
he sits in the Jail comparatively I'M
known, and the admirers of his amorous
escapades pass his career urnoticed and
turn to their old ragged edged copy of
Don Juan. As q breaker of feminine
hearts, winner Of affection, regardless
of age or matrimonial condition, Mr..
Newman has a record that is seldom
beaten. He has been charged with
bigamy and has brought CONSERVATION
TO the hearts of numerous young women
who have answered his advertisements
in the newspapers. AT present he is en-
gagged In cultivating q handsome set of
Prince OF Wales whiskers which change
his appearance to surprising extent
and which will put him in trim for con
quests ad libitum when he gets out of
the penitcntiary
#*#
Miss Lydia Thompson under the es-
cort of her manager, Mr. +. Hutchin-
son, and number Of her company,
paid visit to the Monument yesterday.
Mr.. Harry Starr, one of the comedians,
who holds the championship belt of
England as sprinter, was with the
party. On wager with Mr. Louis
Kellcher, also comedian of the com
pany, Mr.. Starr bet that he could beat
the elevator to the top of the Monu-
ment. After Miss Thompson, Messrs.
Hutchinson, Kellcher and several others
were in the elevator the word was given
and the lift started. Mr.. Starr also
started UP the S75 steps The plucky
little comedian kept even with the car
when he made grand spurt and
reached the top ten seconds in advance
of the party. He said that he never
| climbed so many stairs before in his
! life and he wouldn't do it again for
something pretty.
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7. J. Trodden of the Howard House,
the drum major of the National Guard
band, accompanied the Washington
| Light Infantry to New York. Mr.
Trodden will remain over in Brooklyn
to visit some of his old friends. Mr..
reporter, said: "Thirty years ago
Fifth New York Heavy Artillery. Af-
ter the war | settled in Washington,
where I've been ever since. ! was one
of the five newsboys to sell the Brooklyn
Eagle when that paper was first started.
The paper was very small, about the
size of the original CRITIc. The office
was down on Fulton street, near Fulton
Ferry. Il was one of the first carriers,
and delivered the Eagles to the Four
teenth Brooklyn before their departure
for the war. l also delivered the paper
to the same regiment on their return
from the first battle of Manassas. OF
| that fine body of men only about $50
came back from that engagement. l
suppose will find it somewhat difficult
to recognize any of the old fellows con-
nected with the Eagle, but am going
to make the effort. imagine that al
though the place will appear strange to
me will be able to find the old land
marks"
| Colonel Crounse, the enterprising cor
| respondent of the New York World, has
| just returned to Washington after a
nine.days' trip from Mount Vernon to
New York, going over the same ground
G., Washington went over one hundred
years before. Colonel Crounse was ac-
companled by Artist Hopkins, q young
man who was born with little hatchet
In his mouth, but he spat II out early.
Illustrated articles from the two trav-
elers appeared each day in the World as
they journeyed along, feature of their
trip, which bulged out considerably
beyond George Washington style of
travel. The Colonel's we'll known
truthfulncss beamed and scintillated in
every line he wrote, and some Of Hop
kins, sketches of old houses were so
natural they had to be propped up in the
paper with italic slugs. The voyage
was not made entirely upon bed of
| roses the livery rigs which theY hired