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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
BOOKS IND AUTHORS.

PASSION. By @. We're TYLER. Among the
latest aspirants for literary honors is Mrs. We're
Tyler, wife of DIR. Lachlin Tyler, the youngest
son of the ex-President. During the last decade
Mrs Tyler has been well known in the society of
the National Capital. Two or three years ago
her husband accepted position as doctor to a
mining company in West Virginia, and his wife
found herself transplsnted from the excitement
of society life here to the solitude and monotony
of rough mining camp In the Allegheny Noun
tains. Cut off from the world, Mrs. Tyler found
consolation in herself. Her maiden novel,
Passion" has just been published. The scene
is laid in Washington The heroine is young
widow, beautiful. rich, charming and childless.
She finds her coll is stuffed with sawdust, and.
jaded and ennuied with easy conQuests, she
sighs for new sensation. She longs for an
affinity, and she finds one, at least temporarily,
in misanthropic musician. He lives in an at
tic, and is described as "a miserable, dirty
tramp, who isolates himself" Being q great
genius, he is by turns god and a madman,
saint and q sensuallst. The heroine has fine
voice. and having heard Of the musical mon-
strosity, she hunts him out and engages him to
teach her to sing in his choir. At seven every
evening she meets him alone in the choir. 1t
was the old tale of Parthenia charming Ingo-
mar. The harmonic Diogenes falls madly in
love with his pupil, who, swept away by his
ardor, meets emotion with emotion and hysteria
with Mysteries. The outre organist runs
through the whole gamut of love. He is by
turns a Hyperion and a Satyr. The heroine
matches him in every flight for "a time, but
when the novelty wanes Passion pals; she
wearies of his Vulcan-like caresses, and dis
cards him. What was but an episode in her
life was an epoch in his, and-the reader can
read the sequel for herself or himself The
work. while crude in some respects, shows
marks of force and power. The authoress pos
sesses undoubted talent, wields clever pen,
and is never dull.
Worthington Company, New York, announce
for immediate publication Adventures on the
Mosquito Shore" by E. G. Squier with seventy
spirited wood and photogravure illustrations.
A book of travels written by the daring Ameri-
can explorer and naturalist, E. G. Squier, at one
time United States Minister to the Central
American States the author of Nicaragua"
Peru" and other renowned books.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
OXFORD WON 1T.
The Grandest Race Rowed on the River
Thames in Many Years.

Thames in Many Years.
LONDON, March 21.-The forty y-eighth of
the famous boat races between the eight-oared
crews of Oxford and Cambridge Universities
was decided this morning. 1t was won by
quarter of length by Oxford. The time of
the Oxford crew was twenty-five minutes.
The race was over the usual course, which
starts at point about 100 yards above Put
ney bridge near London, and finishes about
the same distance above the Ship Inn at Mort
Lake. The course, as most oarsmen know, is
somewhat like an ''S' in shape. The dis
tance is about At miles. Although thousands
of persons witnessed the race, as a whole the
attendance was not equal to that of former
years, owing to the early hour at which the
race was rowed and to the prevalence of
sleet storm in the forenoon and bitter cold
weather.
Calamity, coolly, without an outward sign
of exhaustion, the contesting crews tugged at
their oars with the utmost brilliancy and
nerve. The struggle in the last quarter of
mile of the course was simply magnificent.
Oxford had all the work she could do cut out
for her as the boats rounded the Barnes Bend
of the river. Cambridge was rowing pluckily
and with plenty of strength, but Oxford
passed over the line first by quarter of a
length, amid intense, almost indescribable
excitement, winning the grandest race rowed
on the river Thames in many years. The bet
ing nominally was 3 to ! on Oxford.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
CoM'R GRoFFs RESIGNATION

Accepted Promptly by The President in
Difference to Mr.. GrOff's Wishes.
The correspondence between Hon. Lewis
Croft, Commissioner of the General Land
Office, and President Harrison, relative to the
resignation of the former, was given out for
publication last night. The Presidents let
ter, dated the 10Th instant, promptly accept
ing the resignation, is as follows:
SIR: Yor letter of the 11th ultimo, rendering
your resignation of the Office of Commissioner
of the General Land Office, to take effect not
later than the 18th instant, has been received.
After our recent interview, in which you ex-
planned to me how imperatively your health
required an early discharge from official re-
sponsibility, have concluded to accept your
resignation without waiting the selection of
your successor. | cannot permit our official
relations to be severed without expressing to
you my high appreciation of the faithful, dill
gent. and intelligent manner in which you
have discharged your duties. Hoping that you
may find restored health in the rest you anti
cipate am
Very respectfully yours.
BENZ. HARRISON.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
PERSONALS.

Mr.. John G. Slater, president of the Capital
Trust Company is confined to his house with q
severe cold
Mr.. Percy II. Towson, of Upperyille. Va,
who is visiting his brother, Mr.. A. S Towson,
of this city, VIII leave Monday for Laramie,
Wyo., TO accept position with Mr.. James II.
ToWsOn.
Hon. John W. Foster, formerly United States
Minister to Spain, and James G. Blaine, Jr,
arrived at Paris early yesterday. They paid
visit to United states Minister Reid, with
whom they breaktasted. They subsequently
started for Madrid.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
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INFLUENZA ALMOST EPIDEMIC
Doctors and Druggists Are Very Busy in
Consequence.

DOCTORS ana druggists Are Very Busy in
Consequence.
"Hundreds Of people are complaining of
symptoms resembling those of the grip" said
a physician to a SUNDAY HERALD man, "and
many Insist that it was genuine grip that
racked their bodies, but as matter of fact it
has been nothing more than influenza This
disease has been prevalent throughout this
and other cities for some time and has broken
out here in almost epidemic form. Nine out
of every ten cases under treatment at present
are the result of this trouble, and so far from
diminishing the influenza is gaining fresh
victims each day. The continuation of our
remarkable bad weather has been chiefly in
strumental in bringing this about"
A druggist stated that most of the prescrip-
tons filled and demands for medicine made
recently were for remedies acting upon in
fuenZa, nasal, and bronchial troubles.
sit has been busy season, indeed, for the
druggists" said he, ''and man is kept hust-
ling to attend to the enormously increased
business the present epidemic has brought
about. Nearly every large drug dealer has
had to employ extra help, and there will be
plenty of cash jingling in their pockets before
it lets up"
The sick leaves in the various departments
are increasing daily, and most of the excuses
are for extra heavy colds, influenza, or grip.
In the public schools there is much larger
per cent. of absentees than during the last
three months, and most of the trouble is the
influenza
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
Rough on the Contractors.

The police are constantly receiving reports
of losses of lamps left out by contractors of
buildings to notify pedestrians of distractions
in the street. In several cases where contrac-
tors have been arrested for failure to have
lights on distractions, they have sworn that
the lamps were placed on the distractions
and stolen during the night. One prominent
contractor now building at Sixteenth and l.
streets has lost ten lamps within the past
three weeks. The law says light must be
kept on all building material left in the streets,
and if some protection is not given the con-
tractors they will have to place watchmen
around each lamp to protect 1t.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
american Artists Honored.

LONDON, March 2l.-The American artists
in Paris have been officially invited to partici-
pate as a distinct body in the coming Berlin
Art Exhibition. The American ale the only
group of foreign artists who have been thus
honored by the authorities at Berlin. After
some consultation and delberation the Ameri-
can artists in Paris, with one or two exceptions
will send specimens of their work to the Berlin
exhibition. 1t is expected there will be a
exhibited upon the occasion mentioned.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
..rhe Herald" in Alexandria.

The long-predicted and well-deserved boom
has at last struck Alexandra. Her capital
lists, business men, and citizens generally are
fully aroused to the great possibilities OF
their city as manufacturing and commercial
centre and as place of residence, and they
are taking all necessary steps to bring her ad-
vantages to the attention of the country.
The HERALD wants to do what it
can to help the good work along,
and hereafter will devote every week
a considerable amount of space to Alexan-
dria business and general news. 1t will
try to cover the field fully in hopes to secure
the cooperation of the people of Alexandra
in its efforts. All items of Alexandria news
will be gladly received at this Office Arrange
ments have been made with Mr.. Cox, the
newsdealer, corner of King and Washington
streets, Alexandria, by which THE HERALD
will be delivered to all parts of the city early
every Sunday morning. Subscriptions should
be left wi tn Mr.. Cox.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
Fatal hallway Accident.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 21.-Train No. l,
passenger, south bound on the Louisville
& Nashville, due to leave here at 2:45 p. M,
jumped the track on the connection between
Brook and Floyd streets, the engine going at
a good rate of speed and for fifty feet it
plowed the ground. The engineer, George
Burgess, was killed instantly and his body
was badly mangled. Fireman Erskine was
fatally injured. None of the passengers We're
injured.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
Secretary Proctor's Denial.

New ORLEANS, March 21.-Hon. Redfeld
Proctor, Secretary of War, arrived here last
night. To-day in conversation with an AS
sociated Press reporter Secretary Proctor, in
answer to a question concerning the report
recently published to the effect that the rumor
was current that he would, at an early day
probably retire from the Cabinet, said: "If L
had any idea of withdrawing from the Cabinet
| should certainly not take this trip"
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
Germany's Exhibits at our Big Fair

BERLIN, March 2l.-Mr. Leffler, the Chi
cago Fair Commissioner, is now in this city
making arrangements for Germany's exhibits
In the Columbian Exposition. He is reeeiV-
ing very encouraging reports from all sides,
and there is a great desire manifested on the
part of traders and manufacturers everywhere
to send specimens of their goods to America.
Edwin Clapp's fine shoes National Hotel
Shoe Store, under National Hotel
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
He Stole Bernhardrs Wigs

Detective Nation arrested William Clarke
yesterday for the larceny of lot of goods
belonging to Sara BeInhardt. The man Sc
cured lot of wigs and other traps to the
value of SIS. Clarke wasa clerk in law
Office until recently.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
ANOTHER sHIPWRECK.

6WeuIsh SNIP EOUHuefeu anu OdTTIeU
Down Fourteen of Her Crew.
LONDON, March 2l.-The Swedish ship
Senator Weber, Captain Winck, which sailed
March for Rio Janeiro, was caught off the
over England. She was dismasted and sprung
aleak, and when the gale subsidized was found
to be in sinking condition. On the eleventh
instant the Senator Weber foundered, car
rying down with her fourteen of her crew.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22
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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22

Almost every Senatorial election held in
these latter days seems to give rise to scan
dal calculated to intensity the fast-growing
dissatisfaction and disgust of'the people with
the present methods of choosing United States
Senators. In New York, in Kansas, in the
Dakotas, in Idaho, in Illinois, and the past
week in California the Senatorial elections
have been attended with rumors of direct and
specific charges of bribery, chicanery, corrup-
tion, and the use of various illegitimate in
fluences to secure the choice of different can
didates. The deadlocks between the sup
porters OF rival candidates where the State
legislatures were almost evenly divided be-
tween the parties or factions have also added
to the public dissatisfaction, and it is likely,
when opportunity offers to secure an express
sion Of feeling from the people on the question,
that it will be found the movement for direct
popular voting for Senators has obtained
thousands of adherents because of the scandals.
The millionaires who crowd the Senate have
have no business there. They could never
have been elected on a popular vote. The
people distrust them and they have good
reason for their distrust. 1t is travesty on
the American idea of government that one
great branch of the National Legislature
should be drifting more ana more every year
under the influence and control of great cor
porations and many millionaires, who to-day
embody the element in society most danger
Gus to true democracy
Another leading actor in the great drama OF
the War of Secession disappeared with the
death last night of Gen. Joseph e. Johnston.
He possessed in high degree all the qualities
which 20 TO make the great soldier, and al
though he had lived the allotted span, his
death will be mourned with profound sorrow
by those who fought against him as well as
those who fought with him.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22

and broadening its scope as opportunity
offers and as experience shows to be de-
sirable.
Although the law prohibiting the selling OF
cigarettes to boys under sixteen years of age
smacks of paternalism, it is evident that it
may be made to accomplish some good If
carefully administered Granted that legisla-
ton of this character is ever wise. Congress
did well in visiting the penalty on those who
sell cigarettes to boys instead of on the boys
themselves. The latter cannot, as rule, be
expected to appreciate the great injury which
cigarette smoking, or smoking of any kind, is
likely to do them. 1t is utterly unreasonable
to expect that they should regard as es-
pecially vicious a practice which they see their
fathers and brothers indulging in hourly with
out reproach; and for the Flaw to punish them
because, overcome by the natural curiosity
and initiative proclivities of youth, they
Weld to the desire to see what tobacco smok
ing is like, would be in the last degree un-
wise and dangerous. To fine and imprison
mere children, as was suggested should be
done by one of our judges the other day,
would do infinitely more damage to their
morals than cigarette smoking is likely to do
to their physique. The law should never in
terfere with children in manner to super
ssde the parent except in the most extreme
cases. Whatever safeguards it can throw
around the child and the youth without di-
rectly laying its hands upon them and famil-
iarizing them with the idea of arrest, well and
good Anything further than this must be at
tended with deplorable consequences.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22

The readers of THE HERALD will this morn
ing find heir paper enlarged to twenty-four
pages, the eight additional pages being given
up to the real estate and building interests OF
the city. These interests claim the attention
of very large percen tage of the people OF
Washington, either directly or indirectly,
and it is the intention of the paper to
do all in it's power to advance them.
large amount of space will be given
each week to all phases of the up
building of the city, and everything relating
to it will be gladly received and given place
in the real estate supplement. The readers
and advertising patrons of the paper are re-
ouested to send in items of all sorts relating
to the real estate and building interests and
those who are actively engaged in them. Inc
first issue of the real estate supplement this
week will be found to contain large amount
of interesting and valua BILE matter. The
future issues it is Intended to make even
more varied and comprehensive, improving
and broadening its scope as opportunity
offers and as experience shows to be de-
sirable.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-03

what time it was, the proper form for
his reply was, "Half-past 2, sir, thank
you"
The constitutional maxim, "The king
can do no har1n," might, in Chinese
official language, be translated, 1.-THE
emperor can do nothing that is not be-
nevolent."
An amusing incident occurred not
long ago in connection with a Manchu
officer of high rank, Wulahsich-ungah,
the president of the board of ceremonies
This gentleman returned thanks for the
honor of having been invited to sacri-
fetal feast by the emperor, and the next
day a terrible snubbing was admins
tered to him.
1t appears that the emperor had not
invited him at all, and was much aston
ished.
''His name," says the decree, "does
not appear in the list of guests approved
by us, and in thus thanking us he has
been guilty of great piece of careless
ness.
The committee of the board of punish
ments allotted a penalty to poor Wulah-
sich-ungah, who should, according to
etiquette, have been grateful for that
also, though his thanks are not recorded.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-03
Another Lot RECEIVED.

Mullen, Bluett & Co. announce the arrival OF
three large cases of those celebrated perfect
fitting white shirts, sold only by them at 9oc
They are bargains,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-03
Variations of the Compass.

Why the magnetic needle points north
ward has never been satisfactorily de-
termined, but what perplexes and puz-
zles scientists most is its persistent varia-
tions. By observations in Paris it was
found that in 1851 the magnetic needle
varied 2 degs. and 80 minis. to the west;
in 1865, less than 200 years later, 1S degs.
and 30 minis. to the west In London,
between 1880 and 1892, the needle varied
from 10 degs. Is minis. east to degs.
west. In Dakota tho average variation
is 13 degs and so minis. east; in Mime
sofa II degs. east, while in Montana it
it is 20 degs. east 1t does not point due
north except in few localities, and at
no place does it continue to point with a
given angular distance from the north
for any stated length of time.
In many places it changes secularly,
annually, diurnally and hourly, and is,
besides, further subject to fluctuations
reducible to no method Of tabulation.
In the vicinity of iron in any shape, or
of magnetic sands. it is detected toward
the material attracting it. The needle
has been known to vary 5 degs. in a dis
tance of one mile, and l deg. and so
minis. in two hours when left stationary
in certain locality. Louis Re-
public,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-03
The Shortstop.

The baseball field is not the place
where one looks for literary wit, yet
now and then it happens that good pat
saying is heard there which shows not
only readiness but familiarity with lit
eratture.
It was on an occasion when college
nine was playing the nine from fitting
school, and the shortstop of the latter
was an absurdly tall and thin fellow
named Brown, apparently some ten
years older than the boys with whom he
was associated. He played very badly,
mufing and fumbling, until it was sug-
gested that he was only put on the nine
for the joke of having SO long man as
shortstop.
He is like the Ancient Mariner" one
of the college nine said; ''he is long and
lank and Brown"
''He is more like the Ancient Mariner, -
quickly and wittily returned the friend
to whom the remark was made, "be-
cause he stoppeth one of three. -
Youths Companion.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-03
Character at the Table.

At a grand hotel in Italy guest had
arrived who made great display of
wealth, and of whom none could learn
anything. At the table d'hote one day,
helping himself to an olive with his fork,
it was decided hs was only a com
mon plebeian, for olives are handled only
with the fingers among civilized people
throughout Christendom. Table man.
ners at many of our best hotels in our
principal cities invariably shock the
sensibilities of those accustomed to the
graces of polite society. 1t is conceded
that there is an exhilaration in the at
mosphere of Paris, of Vienna and OF
Berlin that draws out any refinement
one may have in his or her nature, and
elevates to higher plane than ever be-
fore experienced Cor. Boston Tran
script
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-03
Pensions for Judicial Services.

J There are number of notabilities
who are enjoying pension for judicial
services in England. The Earl of Sell
borne and Lord Herschell receive each
ca, 900 a year as ex-lord chancellors, but
sit with the lord chancellor and the
lords of appeal in ordinary for judicial
business. Lord Blackburn, many years
a judge of the queens bench division
and for eleven years lord of appeal, en-
joys an allowance of e3,750. The pen
sion usually granted to a puisne judge
ON retirement after not less than fifteen
years services is e3, 3,500.-London Tit
Rifa
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-03
Abuse of the Dog.

l was on steamer going to Norfolk.
1 had a young Layerack gyp, which
consigned to waiter to take care of for
me. That night just before retiring l
hunted her out and found her tied to a
block at the extreme bow of the steamer,
right between the two hawser holes,
through which the anchor chains run.
The orifice was as large as stovepipe,
and as it was blowing a gale outside, a
current of air as strong as that of blast
furnace rushed in and blew every hair
of the dog upright. The poor brute was
actually numb, and I am certain she
would have died that night had l not
rescued her and placed her in e sheltered
warm spot. Weeks Sport.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-03
Remarkable Facts.

Heart disease is usually supposed to be incur
able, but when properly treated large proper
ton of cases can be cured. Thus Mrs. Elmira
Hatch, of Elkhart, Ind, and Mrs. Mary l..
Baker, of Ovid, Mich, were cured alter surfer
ing 20 years S, C. Linburger, druggist at san
cured the former, ''worked wonders for his
wife" Levi Logan, of Buchanan, Mich who
had heart disease for 80 years, says two bottles
New Heart Cure is sold and guaranteed by all
druggists Book of wonderful testimonials free
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-03
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Los Angeles, Cal.