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At the White House Elijah Halford familiariy
called Lie. presides now over the side door"
Mr.. Halford is specially agreeable TO everybody
who comes up against him in public business.
and probably exerts an influence on appoint
ments quite as great as Lamont's. But it Is a
different influence, just as Halford and Lamont
are different The hoOsier secretary does not
ask himself every half minute what the political
effect of every pen stroke in the days business
Is to be. He is industrious to fault, putting
nights and days into his work for his chief
without stint or thought Of personal sacrifice.
He is, too. thoughtful and religiously minded
man, who stops now and then to think how he
can do more good in one way than another.
To his credit is the fact that the caricatures Of
the day pass him by. He cares little for fame,
and his duty to his old friend and townsmau,
the President. is his chief ambition for the
time that now is. His salary is the highest of
any paid private secretary-S5. 0O0-which is
augmented by some indefinite sum from the
Presidents pocket. What 1t is only Halford
and Harrison know, for the President is both
liberal and unostentatioua
PRIVATE SECRETARY La DOW.
The Oldest Of cabinet private secretaries in
service is Cd. LsDow of the Agricultural De-
partment. II Dickens were alive now and
among Us to know what this great American
republic really is he could find no better BIRDS
eye realization Of its extent and business than
to spend a few hours in the big agricultural
building and take observations for a chapter
that he could head up as a Day with LaDow."
Sitting on his leathered settee David Copper
held would see about Q o'clock little brown
eyed man step nimbly into the Office and glide
across the room &c n row of telegraph instru-
ments. With click and thump here and
there he has found whether the rest of the
government is up and ready for business. Then
be turns round, and, like a thousand other
handsome men in this great government, faces
. pretty typewriter at the other side OF his
broad fiat desk. Although himself an expert
letter writer, stenographer, typewriter and
telegrapher. Mr.. LaDow has to have more
hands than his own two to do the work Of his
very important office.
Miss -, please remind me Of Prot. At
waters letter about pear scab."
Business has begun.
John, take these hams-no, they are ruta-
bagas-to Prof. Wiley. Tell him to analyze
them or eat them. don't care which"
Five times day the mail wagons dump onto
Che private secretary specimen beets. cabbages.
parsnips, rutabagas, potatoes squashes and
various other products OF husbapdry. Some
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THE DuCHESsE DUES
Sketch of the Interesting Woman Whe
Gave Boulanger S60o,OOO.
From the New York Sun

From the New York Sun
The recent lifting Of the curtain from Bou-
langism in France has revealed no more inter-
estng figure on the bizarre stage behind il than
that OF the Duchesse DUE born and bred
aristocra., of fine education, wide social sxpe-
rience and immense wealth. she became infat-
uated with an adventurous soldier, who had
not the courage 10 meet the destiny he had him.
self conjured up.
The Duchesse Dues is the great grand
daughter of Nine. Cliquot. whose name has
been carried over the world on quart bottles
with gided nocks. She is a fervent Roman
Catholic and an enthusiastic phianthropist Yet
she is fond OF society and is famous CONVEX
sationalist. Her salon has been one OF the
most celebrated in France. She 10 a splendid
horsewoman and in season devotes most OF her
time TO hunting at Bonnelles near Rambouillet,
where FOR $3.50 q year she has rented the
privilege Of shooting in the royal forest.
She was more than millionaire before she
met Boulanger and is yet very wealthy. Her
infatnaton for the Jersey general and her en-
thusiasm IN the cause Of the royalIsts cost her
S6O0OO0 which she dirCcted should be used
to defray tie expenses OF Boulangist candi-
dates. Through her Louise Michel was influ-
enced 10 secure the support OF the anarchists
for Boulang.sm. She first met the little an
archist at the bedside of the dying woman. She
wac httracVeu bF tne tenuernees OF the lOrlorn
little womans heart and subsequently, called on
her. The sequel of this curious relationship
came when Boulanger presented himself for
election on January "a, 1853.
IL do not love your BoulHnger," Louise
Michel then wrote to the duchesse, 'but for
your sake Will not attack him. On the con-
trary he will have tho suffrages of my friends :"
The duchosses affection for Gen. Boulanger
is supposed 10 have sprung from her confidence
in his personal courage. few months ago
she had in her salon the busts Of Boulanger and
the Due d'Orleans. side by SIDE Her son OBJ
jected to the str king incongruity OF this
rangement She reelected q moment, then
summoned a servant. and said: Take away the
bust OF n. lie Due d'orleans and place IL in the
laundry"
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FOOD FOR CHINESE SMELLS.
Beef, Pork and Mutton, and MOI
Cats and Dogs-How They buy IL.


a. ONE LADIES from China three n
~ number, were buying provisions from
nh market east Of Dupont Circle the
~ fother morning. Evidently they we're
not marketing in 9 general way for the
legation household from which they came, be-
cause each of them selected only the particular
things that she herself liked An American
woman picks out what her husband Ikea but
this was different They teetered about the
shop on their little feet pecking peach here,
chop there, or q bunch OF grapes from
another spot, until their purchases we're In This
way completed.
1t Is the way they always DO" said the
butcher. The gentlemen OF the legation
market in the same manner, each taking Whist
he prefers for himself They never ash fos
dogs or rats; the dog eaten in China Is an sdi-
BILE variety OF the beast Pork chops are Q
favorite article OF diet at the legation"
This, by the way, is interesting confrms-
ton OF Charles Lambs essay.
II was found necessary BY the ladies 10 hold
on TO the butchers fixtures here aud there fog
support while they toddled about gathering
what they wanted into heaps on the counter
Apparently il was q novel sort OF amuse meut
20 them. for they did a great deal Of giggling
over II. They are doing their best 20 learn
now 70 Walk, but they Ind 10 difficult Their
feet having been tortured into mere stumps,
they can only balance along carefully
on their strolls abroad. Usually they
are accompanied on such elcursions by
two or three Of the men, who keep at some dis.
lance. however. They wear dresses OF very
dark materials, purple and black. 90 ss to be
as inconspicuous rs possible. People IN shs
neighborhood Of Dupont Circle are much IN
terestcd IN the pedestrian efforts of these east
ern femalcs.whose Gripping was not originally
designed, as 10 commonly supposed, TO indicate
| that they should be elegantly idle. but 20 pre-
vent them from getting away, the notion being
that the wife ought TO be the sure property Of
her husband
The feet OF these three Chinese women are
very small, but they are not envied by the
| girls in the vicinity OF Dupont Circle, who say
that they do not look like feet at ALL but simply
| as II they were ankles shod with little dolls
| shoes.
Members OF the Chinese legation household
buy their provisions each for himself or herself
because il is their custom that al hours for re-
freshment each shall be supplied with what
ever be or she individually desires. Thus, il
one wishes veal outlets and another ham and
eggs the order is filed from the kitchen just
as If the establishment were . club In this
way. by extending the same method 10 drinks,
an ideal home life may be established
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9 tudy law, but kept on doing newspaper work
n local way for the Cambridge Tribune and
on to the Globe staff and abandoned all thought
Of the law. He became night editor and state
house reporter and spent four years making q
valuable acquaintance among public men. In
1887 he came to Washington as private secre-
tary to Henry Cabot Lodge. The following spring
he went to New York and during the summer
devoted himself to political correspondence
from Indianapolis for New York and Boston
papers. In January. 1889, he came to Wash
ington as correspondent for the Boston ADDER
tser. Last November he was invited into the
Post Office Depar tmen mt by Mr.. Wanamaker. He
has there shown how well n newspaper man is
adapted to official life. He has the room form
erly occupied by the Postmaster General and
he receives and entertains aud assists official
and unofficial callers there in style that makes
him master Of the situation. To Mr.. Wanna
maker he is invaluable both for his quick sense
of the right thing in routine work aud for his
wide knowledge OF public men. No other de-
partment in the government Is SO close to the
politician and the people as Mr.. Wanamaker's
and he needs man just like Gushing to keep
step to the music of the times In person
Gushing is short, broad shouldered and attn
letlc. His face is smooth and usually lighted
up by the mirthful beginning OF smile. As a
writer he il graphic and witty. while his knowl-
edge OF men and affairs is both extensive and
accurate. He is more than a routine assistant
to the Postmaster General and gives good deal
of his time to booking up on questions of i'm
portance to the department, such as postal
telegraphy, penny postage, foreign mails and
all that.
1t would surprise the country to learn how
much OF the craftsmanship evolved from the vari-
GUS departments really comes from the keen
witted private secretary Intellectually alert to
seize the opportunities that will make good
record for his chief. 1t is through just such
young men as Messrs. Hendley. LsDow Cush-
ing and the rest that progressive ideas in public
business are brought to the front. They stand
where they can see what is wanted; they have
the good name and fame OF their respective
cabinet ministers at heart and they use their
influence honestly and effectively. Their inn
press on passing affairs may not make them
famous any more than scores Of private secre-
taries of presidents and cabinet ministers be-
fore them achieved fame, but while they are in
the swim they have the fun and lots Of hard
work and the satisfaction Of being on the in
side of the government. The pay Of these
private secretaries is very low. 1t ranges from
1000 to 400. and then, in the case Of Mr..
Halford, jump up to $4,000. Any one of them
works hard or harder than member OF
Congress and the pay ought to be somewhere
near the same.
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this manscl is hung with sof. red velours from

this mantcl 10 hung with soft red velours from
ceiling TO low broad seat which extends from
the mantel on one side Of the hall to a bay
window on the next at about the Same dis
lance. The seat is cushioned and balanced
with the same velours with large loose pill
lows covered with silk in brocHded designs
On the velours wall hanging, which 10 in large
plaits 10 single picture, water-color por-
trait, considerably less than life size, in gold
Florentine frame. This .bit" is only one ef-
fective corner Of the Same beautiful hall in
which is the upholstered piano. which was illus
trated in Attractive Homes few weeks ago.
NOVEL SITTING ROOM SHELLY.
novel idea heard of tho other day is a
narrow shelf running all around sitting room.
on which new photographs, a few books here
and there and any ornaments suitable for the
room. vases, &c. 1t was about four feet from
the floor and OF wood to match whatever was
used in the room. 1t can be used with or with
out dado or wainscot, though l think either
would add to the shelf, which is after all only
an elaboration OF chair rail. In a very pretty
dining room once saw which was very small
likewise. high oak wanscoting was sur
mounted by narrow shelf with tiny molding
on the outer edge, and on this were plates of all
kinds, curious and pretty, all around the room
They we're decorative in the extreme, and
where space for china cabinets could not be
spared served to display china which 9th T.
wise must have been hidden away in a closet
Any one OK two odd wall spaces in dining
room could be arranged in this way, SO as to be
an addition In identifying tho room.
PRETTY CORNER DIvAN
has wooden arm on the shorter OF the un-
equal ends and above this the wall space is
covered for some four feet high with some
fabric or leather and above that is a narrow
shelf just the same length, on which are orua-
ments. On the leather panel below are pict-
ures which are too small, perhaps, to show off
on larger surface and one or two plaques
This breaks upA wall space that may be monot-
onously long and in some places is a good ar
rangement
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Content.
Everything pleased my neiGhbor Jim.
When it rained
He never complained,
But said wet weather suited him.
"Iheres never too much rain for me,
And this Is something like" said he.
When earth was dry as a powder mill,
He did not sigh
Because II was dry,
But said il he could have his will
1t would be his chief, supreme delight
To live where the sun shone day and night
When winter came. with IL snow and ice,
He did not scold
Because it was cold,
But said: Snow this Is real nice;
il ever from homo I'm forced to so,
I'll move up north with the EsQuimau."
A cyclone whirled along its track;
And did him harm
1t broke his arm,
And stripped the coat from of his back:
"AndI would give another limb
To see such Q blow again" said Jim.
And when at length his years were told,
And his body bent
And his strength all spent
And Jim was very weak and old.
"Ilong have wanted to know" he said,
"How 1t feels to de-" and Jim was dead.
The angel of death had summoned him
To heaven. Orwell,
cannot tell;
And, cold or hot, 1t nattered not
Il was to him the long sought spot.
%. p. PKARR1.
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He DYED Her Poodle.

In the "Sovereigns Of Europe series Of
sketches published in the Leisure Hour, an
amusing anecdote is told Of the royal family Of
Italy. 1t appears that Queen Margherita was
anxious that Umberto, her royal consort. should
follow the example Of his father and the fash
Ion common among elderly Piedmontese OFF,
GERS and dye his hair, which has become quite
white. Her pleadings were in vain. Umberto
10 an honest nature that does not love these
subterfuges. So the queen had recourse to
stratagem. She caused q quantity of fine hair
dye to be sent from Paris and put in the king
dressing room, together with directions for its
use, making. however, no allusion to the sub
ject. The king. too, said nothing, though he
could not fail to see the pigments. Now, the
queen has large white poodle Of which she is
very fond. What was her horror q few days
later to see her pet come running into her
boudoir with his snowy locks OF the deepest
black hue. King Umberto had expended the
dyes upon changing the color Of the poodle 3
hair. From that day forth the subject of hair
dyeing was dropped between the royal couple.
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Fashionable In Spite of HimsslS
An luyocation.
From Life


From binding task and daily care set free,
From our own selves desiring most releasA
o kindly nature We have come TO theei
Give us thy peacei
From empty shows that have no power 10 bloaa
From the sweet lost illusions of our youth,
We come 70 learn of thee thy steadfastneas-
Thy changeless truth.
Each spring thy shining buttsrcups unfold
Through al the years they vary not In huQ
Thy violets have their fragrance Of old
Their faithful blue
st,ll are thy cowslip blossoms meekly bowed
Thy wilding rose Displays ih golden heart
Thy oitngtne voodbins grown not ss1d end proud
To stand apart
etlu DO thy beeches and thy OAKS :, read forsA
Their nsw-clad giant branches % ne sky;
Thy birds repeat each weil-knovn song a nkr0,
Or plaintive cry.
Such were my beauties IN crestion's prtne
And stu, though ell unchanging, shey orS -
Nay We, o Nature. simple or sublime,
sAse shee. b Guol
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lOW MANY housekeepers in
Washington who do some
sweeping themselves or have
other people to do it for
them ever take the trouble to
consider how . broom is
made2 To begin with, the
sticks mostly come from
Michigan. They are made
Of Eastwood or maple, which
grow plentifully in that state
and afford q material that
combines the advantages Of
ightness and strength. The
wood is turned with lathes
into broomsticks, with q hole
through each end--ona ~
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aptitude for dispatching executive business
rapidly and smoothly. so that he lifts from his
chiefs shoulders what would be for him ter
rible burden of responsibility. Mr.. Hendley
was born in Cincinnati, where his child
hood was spent, and in 1881 came with his
parents to Washington. For q time he attended
Columbian College in this city. Entering on
departmental life for a few months he was
employed in the office of the Secretary Of the
Interior and in 1876 was secretary to the In
dian commission which visited all the Sioux
Indians and negotiated treaty for the relin-
quishment Of the Black Hills. At the beginning
of the Hayes administration he went to the
White House in clerical capacity and soon
thereafter was appointed executive clerk.
This position he held for twelve years, contin-
uing throughout four administrations Dur.
ing all this time he was in close relations with
the Presidents private secretary and handled
and disposed of in great measure the Presl-
dents business and social mail. When Mrs.
Cleveland was first lady her invitations we're
addressed in Mr.. Hendley's graceful penman-
manship. Upon the advent Of the present ad-
ministrstion Mr.. Hendey left the White House
to accept his present place, which brought to
him q larger compensation and broader field
OF usefulness. His long experience with SINH
lar work at the Executive Mansion fits him for
the duties OF private secretary, and he has
proved himself capable, and possesses qualities
which make his services very valuable to Mr..
Window, whose confidence he enjoys and with
whom he is on terms Of intimacy.
MARSHAL CUSHING.
John Wanamaker's co-aborer is Marshal
Cushing, editor of the Politician, the good
natured little comic republican organ. He Is
n Harvard man, who during his college career
displayed passion for newspaper work, be-
coming first freshman editor Of the Harvard
Echo the first college daily at Cambridge, and
afterward secretary of the board of editors Of
the Harvard Advocate, one of the brightest and
best known of all college publications in this
country. Graduating in 1883 he began to
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courts of the District. In 1883 he became pri-
vate secretary to Congressman Robert r. Hit
Mr.. Blaine's warm friend, and through his
suggestion in 1885 he was employed by Mr..
Blaine as a stenographer. Mr.. Dent contin-
ued with Mr.. Blaine during the preparation of
the second volume Of his Twenty Years of
Congress" and also during the compilation by
Mr.. Blaine of his speeches and addresses. In
1867, while up in Maine, Dent became Off
cial reporter OF the Maine house Of representa-
tives. When Mr.. Blaine entered the State De-
partment he appointed Mr. Dent as his stenog-
rapher Mr.. Sherman being his private secre-
tary. Upon Mr.. Sherman's appointment as
consul at Liverpool MIR. Dent succeeded him
held ever since.
MR. RAYMOND.
Henry Warren Raymond, private secretary
to the Secretary of the Navy, is the only living
son of the late Henry J. Raymond, founder
and editor of the New York Times. Mr.. Ray
mond was born in New York city September TO-
1S4S. When eleven years old he was taken to
Europe with his family and studied there for
the next three years in different schools in
France and Germany. Returning home about
the time of the outbreak of the war, and being
too young to enter the military service, he OBJ
tanned a place on the sanitary commission
steamer Daniel Webster as assistant to Dr.
Grimes and was afterward transferred to the
transport Arago, acting as captains clerk. AS
a boy Mr.. Raymond had been interested in the
publication of boys paper, The Preside. but
his first profitable newspaper work was a
letter written home describing an attack
on Fort Sumter, which his father
without his knowledge published in
the Times and for which, to his surprise, he re-
ceived a check for SIS. After that Mr.. Ray
mond wrote several letters from the south and
then went to Middletown, Conn, to prepare for
Yale College, from which he graduated in 1869
Mr.. Raymond was always fond Of athletic
sports. While in Paris boy he took the
first prize in fencing at the school where he
was studying and IN college took the first prize
in broadsword in a class of 100. Mr. Raymond
also pulled bow oar in one of his class crews
until obliged to give up by a severe attack OF
typhoid fever. Mr.. Raymond took eight prizes
for literary work during his college course
and the degree of AN. in 1872 He
went to California for the New York Times
ON the first through train and subsequently
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Shocking Cruelty to a Horse.

Charles F. Bates OF New York city was ar
rested Wednesday charged with cruelty to q
horse in Newport recently. While Mr.. and
Mrs. Bates were in New York city about Octo-
Der /, according to the story told in Newport,
young Mr.. Bates vent driving with one of his
faith ers horses. 1t baked and he is said to
have poured alcohol on the horses hind quar-.
tiers and set fire to il The maddsned
horse dashed the vehicle againssa lamp post.
Young Mr.. Bates denies that there ID anything
serious IN the charge. His father said that Il
might be that the young man had poured .
little kerosene on the horses tail and set the
kerosene on fire, but really the horse vas mot
much injured.
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From Puck.

s'why Boys Leave the Farm" il the title Of
an address recently delivered on agriculture.
Without having heard the address We presume
It's because they can't take il with them
Great harrington Nesoa
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visitor-"Who ID that crazy fooi?" Host
HE 10 not Q crazy fool. He u merely ecoen-
tic" Visitos-"Rich, eh2"-Good Gsos.
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vidual responsibility is TO look after ONCE
business. Secretary Window has in Mr.. Chas.
NJ. Hendley an ideal right-hand man. In the
first place he knows every prominent man in
the United States. Besides this he has an
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has also been connected with the New York
Tribune bureau at Washington for nearly nine
years. A part Of his duties while private Sec
rotary to the commissioners has been to report
conventions held either under the auspices of
the department or called in the interest of sub
1ects which the department was investigating
and he has reported many such. 1t ia needless
to say his relations with his chief perhaps as
close. intimate and confidential as those of any
private secretary in the government.
Mr.. BLAINE's RIGHT HAND MAN.
IL there is any private secretary in Wash
ington who has a pleasant berth it is Louis A.
Dent, who has for several years been Mr.
Blsines right hand. He is the youngest Of
all the secretaries to the cabinet. having been
born Just as Mr.. Blaine was looking after his
first reelection to Congress. Mr.. Dent has
lived nearly all his life in Washington. where
his father, Gen. Dent, came to reside after the
war. At the age Of seventeen Dent became
stenographer to the auditor of the Supreme
Court OF the District of Columbia, and for five
long, weary years he was a reporter in the law
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THE WEEK IN NEW YORK.
Topics Of Interest in the Big City on
Manhattan Island

SWELL SUICIDES BECOMING coMNoy-A MILLION
CHECKS DAY-cLxvxLASD KEEPING N Touch
WITH THE President MAKERs-MANsFIELp
AND THE DRAMA OF LIFE-LocAL PoLIrIos