The Dickinson press., 1897-07-17
WASHINGTON LETTER. Il n
xouns Hobart and His xits-seor,s, ee
stswaxt L. odford- Colonial
Hepburn and the 0yolist. d
tspecial SUPERINTENDENT 4

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Especial Correspondence.l
Young Master Hobart, the only son
Df the vice president. and Mrs. Hobart.
Is manly little fellow, who makes
siends without trying. rHe 10 ~ we'll
Known about the senate side Of the cap
kol as his distinguished father. and he
has . delightful fad. Il ID electricity.
The queer instruments in the marble
soom have perfect fascination for him.
md he can read them at glance and
,xplain all about them in scientific
erms. He hovers around them ~ though
sewitched. according to a Post writer,
and he and Mr.. ]. II. Jones, the obliR-
Ing weather bureau man Of the senate
tide, are fast friends. II you want to
win Mr.. Jones, just express an interest
In his weather bureau apparatus. Young
Master Hobart has been very much in
terested in the big kite experiments at
Fort Myer and has piled MI. Jones with
questions till he knows almost a. much
about it theoretically as Mr.. Jones does.
Like all boys, he is fond Of kite flying,
md he said he would give a good deal
10 have kite just like the Fort Myer
one all for himself.
A Diamond oell Kite.
As the weather bureau kite is nine
feet long it would he rather an un-
wieldy toy, but Mr.. Jones set an expert
1t work on kite Of such dimensions as
would be satisfactory for a boy to f1y,
and the completed work has been pre-
rented to Master Hobart. It is Potter
diamond cell kite, made exactly like
The weather bureau kite. only smaller.
It is queer enough looking thing, and
old Ben Franklin would have a spell of
nervous prostration over the posterity
Of the crude affair he used to provoke
Jupiter Pluvius into sloshing around
with thunderbolts which ran down his
wet kite string. But this is an up to
date kite OF the most approved scientific
pattern, and Master Hobart is the en-
Wed Of all when he goes down on the
White lot to test his fine new toy.
Stories Of Minister woodford.
Many stories Of Stewart L. Woodford,
the new minister to Spain, are afloat.
Some Of them 60 to show that the presi-
dents choice is pretty determined sort
Of fellow and knows how to act in an
emergency. The Chisholm murder, in
Kemper county, Miss, many years ago,
was vigorously prosecuted by the fed
sral government, and Woodford was
sent there to assist. The first time he
entered the courtroom he passed down
an aisle lined on both sides with friends
Of the man charged with the murder,
and nearly every man carried shotgun
OF rifle. Woodford did not even change
countenance. Putting down his law
books, he turned and faced the crowd.
Personally" he said, ~ have no
objection to the extensive display Of
firearms which see here today. have
often gazed into the barrels Of guns Of
much larger caliber. However, if this
case is to be tried with shotguns it
might be as we'll to have an understand
Ing in advance"
The sternness Of his face and the
calmness Of his words created wonder
full effect. Although numerous threats
had been made against "the Yankee
lawyer" he was not molested in any
way during the entire time Of the trial.
Colonel Hepburn and the oyelist.
Colonel Pete Hepburn, whose gal
lantry Is Of the old school order, such as
women like to be the recipients of, has
about concluded that the bicycle girl
needs some coaching in what is due
pedestrians. He was meandering across
the street the other evening, dodging
bicycles in front Of him, never dream
ing Of an unwarned attack in the rear,
when something struck him amidships
1000 horsepower and threw him about
30 feet over the pavement, nearly dislo-
eating his neck. When he gathered his
scattered senses and glanced around, he
saw q young lady picking herself ont Of
her bicycle, and before he had regained
the use Of his tongue! the havoc creating
miss had mounted her silent steed and
stolen of into the night. Colonel Hep
burn now contemplates a steel cage
armor or loading himself with dynamite
when he takes his walks abroad.
oorcoran Art Gallery Open Sundays.
"The success Of the Sunday afternoon
opening Of the Corcoran Art gallery has
| done more, /" said a member Of the COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds
/ Of the senate, ''to hasten the Sunday
opening movement along than the years
that the question has been agitated,
and ! am convinced that the next sum
dry civil appropriation bill will have in
1t a clause providing for the opening Of
the National museum on Sunday after
moons at least, even If the longer step
: Of having 1t open the entire day is not
adopted. The opposition to the Sunday
opening has almost entirely died out,
for the success Of the Corooran Art gal
! lery has clearly demonstrated that the
thing is practicable and desirable, and
sensible people are willing that there
shall be a trial. A year will prove
whether the public wants the National
museum open on Sunday or not. The
= movement has been necessarily slow,
q but it has been sure, and think the
National museum will be the best
place to make the experiment.
Letter Whiting oolored Folks.
"Taking the number Of oolored peo
3 pie in this city in comparison with the
! number Of others, - remarked an officia!
, Of the city postoface, "the former writt
and receive more letters in proportion
! to the others than is generally supposed
II is wonderful how colored people en-
Joy writing and receiving letters, ant
many Of them seldom allow day t.
. pass without writing letter. By this
b Of course, mean those who are edu
!, Gated enough to write letters. Thos'
+ who cannot read or write get and sen,
o many letters and manage in variou
!. ways to have their letters written AM
read for them. They will not use post
!" al card under any circumstances. The.
. have an idea that the letter carriers rea,
o all postal cards that 60 through thei
:, hands" CARL SCHoFELD.
q PotIarch.
4 Petrarch lived 20 years. The sol
|, nets to Laura, the only production
l. by which he is now rememberei