The National tribune., 1897-04-08

half in diameter Several Of tho guests who
are seasoned smokers. like Mr.. Gage and Mr..
Bliss, Mr.. Hanna. and Col. Herrick, Of Cleve-
land, undertook to smoke them, aud said that
their flavor was the finest they had ever tasted
in a cigar but one would last whole evening,
and they did not havc time to smoke more than
hallway up before they were called to rcJoln
the ladies. These cigars were part OF an in-
voice made to order for the Emperor OF Austria,
who likes his cigars long. fat and strong. aud
pays $40 box containing only 10 cigars or 81
cigar. The tobacco is OF the finest quality to
be obtained in Cuba. The cigars are made
with unusual care, and there is as much to-
bacco in 10 of them as in box containing 100
ordinary sized cigars The President received
these through a friend who happened to have
been visiting in Cuba. and was asked By the
manufacturer to bring them to him.
X
There are several crack chess players among
the members of the House and they are in-
teresting themselves in game for which they
have accepted challenge from the chess play
ers of the British House Of Commons. Hen
derson, of Iowa. is quite chess expert aud SO
is Pearson, of North Carolina. who plays at the
Metropolitan Club, aud can hold his own in
any tournament. Shannon. of New of York !;
Wheeler, of Alabama; De Armond, of Missouri;
Swanson, of Virginia, and Cousins, OF Iowa,
are the others who will make up the team of
seven, with substitutes in Meyer, of Louisiana; !;
Williams, of Mississippi; Foote, of New York !;
Parker, Of New Jersey, and Beach, of Ohio.
"When the challenge first came," said Mr..
Pearson, I wrote to Mr.. Henniker Heaton,
who is the member for Canterbury, aud who
sent the challenge, intimating that the House
of Representatives would accept. / received a
cablegram from Mr.. Heaton expressing his
thanks. saying that he had written, and adding
that the House of Commons is very pleased.
You know, over there they have room set
apart for the chess players of the House, SO that
when the debates are dull they can have some
thing with which to entertain themselves. So
/ expect the Britishers who are picked out to
meet US will be expert players.
The new Pension Commissioner, Col. II.
Clay Evans, is a large boned, well-muscled
man, with healthy complexion. His hair is
rich brown. He parts it almost in the mid
dle but to the left. and then combs the sections
well down on the forehead, and just as they
get close to the eyebrows he alter their course
and turns them abruptly back toward the tenn
Piles. He wears a woll-cropped goatee, which
tends to sharpen up the severe squaren ess of
his jaw. He has brown eyes, with black and
yellow in them. and at times they appear to be
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standing collar, we'll open at the throat and
turned down at the ends, a black silk cravat,
and black worsted Prince Albert coat.
NEW NOMINEES.
Among the nominations sent to the Senate
last week were:
Andrew d. White, Of New York, to be AM
bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the United States to Germany; William F.
Draper, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plonipotentiary of the
United States to Italy; Chandler Hale. of
Maine, to be Secretary Of the Embassy of the
United States at Rome, Italy; Samuel l..
Gracey of Massachusetts,, Consul of the United
States at Fuchan, China; Anson Burlingame
johnson, of Colorado. Consul of the United
States at Annoy, China.
Benjamin Buttcrworth, of Ohio, to be Com.
missioner of Patents.
Oliver L. Spaulding of Michigan. to be As
sistaut Secretary of the Treasury; VIM. B.
Howell, Of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secre.
tary of the Treasury.
Binger Hermann. of Oregon, Commissioners of
the General Land Office.
Ernst G. Timme. of Wisconsin. Auditor for
the State and other Departments (Fifth
Auditory.
Edgar Thomson Scott. of Pennsylvania. Sec.
ond Secretary of the Embassy Of the United
States at Paris.
Joseph L. Bristow, of Kansas. Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General.
Frank w. Palmer, Of Illinois, to be Public
Printer.
Alexander NJ. Thackara, of Pennsylvania, to
be Consul of the United States at Havrc
France.