The National tribune., 1891-06-18

the Bureau. From what j know OF the case
think he was right; and, what is Of much
more consequence, the Secretary, after care
fully considering all the facts in the case, de-
cided that he was right The charges brought
against the Captain in regard 20 the purchase
Of material were frivolous, and even those who
brought the charges made little effort TO sus-
tain them.
Lafayette Post. GAR, Of New York City,
Of which Gen. Bussey aud Gen. A. w. Greedy
are members, have appointed those comrades
committee to call on the President and invite
him TO be guest Of the Post on June 25, when
il will entertain Knsley Post Of Boston, with
a banquet, and an excursion 10 West Point on
a Hudson River steamer
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THE FLOWERS IN THE TREASURY GRoUNDs'
The surplus ills
With coin and bills,
The Nations Treasury-boxeS.
IN grounds outside,
With floral pride
Bloom roses, pinlzs aud phloNes.
Uncle SANS thrifty,
Peuurious and shifty-
Hoards dollars with care
Give scents free as air.
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Very many Of the shade-trees along the
streets now wear a comical-lo looking collar OF
cotton batting, about eight feet from the
ground, and held in place by turn or two Of
wire. This is intended to check the upward
march Of the voracious caterpillar toward his
anticipated banquet Of green leaves on the
branches Of the trees.
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Brevet Brig. Gen. Roger Q. Mills late Of the
so-called C. S. A., remarks patronizingly that
Bynum, Of Indiana, is very good man and a
sound Democrat, and would make n good
Speaker for some future Congress, but not for
the Fifty-hrst.
Gen Noble bcstows plying how-tired-you-
malze-me smile Oh the reporters who ask him
II lie intends 70 leave the Interior Department
for foreign mission.
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The constant and apparently-incurablet ten
doncy Of Washington hotel and boarding house
keepers to adopt English names for their hos
telries makes the average American very much
fatgued. 1t never seems 10 occur 10 any Of
them what 8 wealth Of euphonious American
names we have which would look particularly
well on a sign and letter-head. Instead, they
follow the fashion set by the ex-butlers Of the
English aristOcracy in New York, and dub
their places with some hackneyed English title
The leading hotels Of the city, il is true, still
wear the names given before the Anglomaniac
fashion set in. The historic Wilards bears
the name Of the Yankee brothers who were the
leading Bonifaces "afo' an endu'in' de war"
The National and Metropolitan, though they
have lost much OF their old-time glory, are still
the favorite stopping-placcs for large mass Of
visitors, particularly those from the South.
The Ebbitt owned by one Of tie Wizards
caters particularly 10 tho Army and Navy Gus
tom. Wormley's bearing the name Of the
shrewd old mulatto, and admirable caterer Of
whom Chas. Sumner and other New England
men were 50 fond, has It's own peculiar clientele
The Arlington, though an English name Of evil
reputation, has become thoroughly American
lied, and given good associations. After you
leave these you encounter a nearly-unending
succession Of WORKOUT English names like the
Windsor, the Buckingham, the Richmond, the
Strathmore, the Albion, the Clarendon, the
Duubart0n, the St. James, the Portland, the
Auburn, etc Vice President Morton named
his hotel the shoreham, which has an English
sound, but is redeemed by being the name Of
the Vermont village in which the proprietor
was born. la Aormandie is French, and the
| Arno Italian, which lie a grateful variation
/ from the hackneyed English, but purely
American names would have been much more
attractive for those fne hotels. We should
certainly see purely National names in the
/ National Capital, and anything else is an
1 oaeuse 10 good taste.
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have been much interested 10 the mortuary