Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-16

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MRS Grant has concluded +bot !,
~ not for the present, at least nnb
"reminiscences of Gen. Grant y
Pon winch she has been WORKING for
'lle Time past When she started nnon
ie papers it was her purpose to first
we 'hem to a popular magazine ard
ieu TO be issued in book form cb.
ow declares that she will NOT allow =
ne OF what she has written to no r,,+
ITO type. She says that she will COM
lo'0 ner work 40 record to be kept bv
er children, and mass of material
men would in any event have bean
lthheld and her manuscript hoor
rinted has been added to the written
lapters, and the whole matter will he
iIiied over to one of the sons for safe
eepIng. All of Gen. Grants love lot
us ana the most valuable comments on
lie war are embodied in the mann
ilpt' Mrs. Grant will impose no re-
'rlctlon upon her children as to the dis
osltlon OF the material after her death
Ut While she lives it is settled that the
uoilc Will not have her "Reminis-
9nces."
So accustomed do senators become n
)onglng on the government that some
mes they store their household goods.
lciuding baby carriages and children,s
lcycles, in the capitol corridors. Two
three years ago a senator left Wash
lgton on protracted trip without SUD-
lying his wife with money for house
mt. She was after a time ordered to
AGATE the house or the furniture would
placed IN the street. To avoid the
andal OF this she had the goods stored
way in the basement of the senate wing
the capitol until her husband re-
irned. This same senator had con
ant habit OF refusing to pay for the
ostage stamps that he bought at the
nate postoffice, until an order was is
led prohibiting the employees from
listing him for a cents worth Of any
ling.
At last one of the managers of thea
rs proposes to have something to say
TO the character of the visiting com
lnies. He owns a new temple of Thes-
S at Worcester, Mass, and instead of
ltagonizing the clergy and their con-
legations he proposes to make them
iendly. He writes to the booking
sencies in New York City that they
ED calculate upon sending no 'leg
lows (Which, being interpreted, means
avs in which tights are needlcsslv
0rn) to his house. Even in cases of
}aFas and dramas, wherein the women
ay legitimately expose their neither
nbs," as the Minnesota bill expresses
he stipulates that the hosiery must
of a plain black or dark color, $50
at nakedness shall not be simulated -
Marriages are concluded in "an origi-
Il manner" among the convicts on the
land OF Sagalien, as the st. Peters
lrg papers report. When party OF
1n,.'e convicts arrive the men are given
half holi3ay and taken to a park where
icy meet the newcomers. A general in
lection Of brides then takes place. In
/ hour or so the guards cali time. The
en- must then come up to the officer il
)mmand and point out the woman they
ave selected. If the women are salts.
ed the bonds are tied then and there
two or more men happen to choose the
me woman, the officer awards her tC
e one whose conduct is the best.
During the recent visit of Jay Gould
New York, and his daughter to Wash
gton City they were taken through
le treasury building, and, of course
to the honeymoon. There, as i
b sual, the guide gave them the oppOr
nifty OF holding $1,OO0OO0 in thei
inds. As Miss Gould held the none,
ne Hibernian guide, who had H.
ca who the visitors were, remarked
Och, Miss, if yez only owned til
ikes av that now, yez wouldn't b
slin' to worry about where yez woul
getting your sphring wraps at ahl, a
A."
There are not many men who. even i
lese DAYS of self-made men, have mad
ar themselves a record or place sue
Mr.. Stetson s, the halter. He bega
it'll all the rest of them at the bottom
nd not only rose to the highest rounc
ut extended the ladder and climbed o
ito new places. twas characterize
llng for him to do when, in his old e'
lblishment, his landlord refused
AXE needed alterations to give hir
nom, he built on another story at hi
N expense. He is DOW worth mill
rs.
i tie theme OF the Pope's forthcon
Q encvclical be, as stated, that religlo
the basis of good government, his he
ness is simply simplifying though
it'll which Washington's farewell al
-ess has familiarized the America
eople. "Of all the dispositions an
ablts which lead to political prosper
v" says that document, religion an
oralitv are indispensable supports
ne mere politician, equally with the pi
Ill. -or,,aot op1 obaYiS