The National tribune., 1899-09-21

keolth would improve so as to permit his
return to Paterson;
| Gen. Henry Heth, who commanded a
division in Lees army. and brought or
| the battle of Gettysburg by advancing
into the village in search of shoes for his
division, has been lying at deaths dool
for several days at his home 1906 G. street
northwest His disease began with al
attack OF grip last December, and ther
paralysis followed. Gen. Heth was q
classmate of Gems. Gibbon, Griffin, Viele
and Ayres, and lifelong friend OF Gen
Gram. He was employed for some years
in the Bureau of Publication of the Records
| of the Rebellion.
A new species Of crank appeared in
| the city last week in the shape of Young
woman from Connecticut who had snent ali
| her money to come hither to see the Greek
Slave in the Corcoran Gallery. She was
| much disappointed to find the gallery
closed, and her condition was such tha,
| the police took charge of her, and finally
sent her back home. telling her that the
| original Greek Slave was not there. merely
| a plaster cast. Whether it was ustifiable
| to them to tell falsehood, even to an in.
| sane woman, is question that may be
| discussed.
Even millions of wealth will not save
| oLC iIoh EOOLu9 years ago u
| fortune-teller told Mrs r. II. Townsend, OF
Philadelphia,-the daughter and heiress OF
Col. Tom" Scott. of the Pennsylvania Rail.
road,-that she must never live In a per
| fectly new house, or she would die within
six months. Consequently, Mrs. Town.
send, who Is coming to Washington to
| lanch her daughter into society, has bought
comparatively. old house, near Dupont
Circle, and is going to rebuild it into the
| most magnificent residence in the city.
| Her bedroom, dressing-room, bathroom,
| and boudoir will be in the old house. and
| so defeat the hoo-doo. Around this she will
| expend 100000 in building a mansion,
| which will be marvel of size. style, and
| luxury. 1t will be only a few doors from
the house now occupied by Mrs. U. S.
Grant.
Prince David Kawannanankoa, Of Ha-
wall, pure Kanaka, and cousin of the de-
posed Queen, was in Washington last week.
He says that the islands are getting along
very well indeed, and the Dole Government
| Is doing the best it can, according to its
| fashion. but the people want to be admitted
| as Territory, and have a Governor sent
them from here, who will not be mixed in
any local factions.
Gen. Clark E. Carr, late Minister to Dem
mark, came to Washington last week to in
vite the President to visit Galesburg, Oct 7,
and the President and Postmaster-G eneral
promised to go.
Following up the National meeting in
this city, the Spanish War Veterans of the
District of Columbia have already or
ganized three Camps: Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, Richard j. Harden and Surgeon
Gibbs Camps. Richard J. Harden was the
only District officer who lost his life in
Cuba. Surgeon Gibbs Camp will be made
nj
make a Department of the District of Co
lumbia, and it is thought that Col. M.
Emmett Urell will be chosen Department
Commander. He is Colonel of regi-
ment of the District National Guard. and
was Major of the 1st D. C. He is Past
Commander of the Department of the Poto-
mac, GAR.
Commissary-Gen. Egan is still on deck
to the extent of regularly drawing his
$500 year, and doing no work for it.
He has been approached with view of Sc
curing his retirement, and giving the rank
and emoluments to Col. Weston, who is now
doing the work on a Coloners pay. But
as this would involve a reduction of Egan's
pay TO three-quarters, or S4,125 a wear. a
loss Of S6,S75 for the five years yet remain
ing to him on the active list, he naturally
tells them to go to. He knows good thing
when he has it, and does not propose to give
it up.
The examinations in Washington for
clerks in the Census Bureau will close this
week, but may be resumed next year. So
far /, ,420 have been examined, of whom 700
passed. After closing here the examiners
Will go TO Lansing. Mich, where the last
four days OF September will be spent in
examining applicants from that section,
From Michigan the board goes to Cincin
matt, where examinations will be held from
Oct. 3 to the 18th; from there to Chicago for
nearly two weeks, closing Nov 1; then fol-
lowing st; Paul, Nov: 3 to IL; Omaha. Nov.
ID to %; st. Louis, Nov. % to Dec. 5: New
Orleans, Dec. 8 to 16, and Atlanta from
Dec. 10 to 26. So far Director Merriam has
steadfaStly refused to make any appoinf-
ments without examination. But few
appointments comparatively have been
made SO far. 1t is expected that about
1,OO0 will be made in the Winter and Snring
and others follow as fast as thew are needed
1t is supposed that about 5000 will be en-
ployed a large majority Of whom will he
women. The work on the Census building
is going forward actively, and if will he
ready for occupancy shortly after New
Years.
o. P. Austin, Chief of the Bureau of
Statistics, announces some important
changes in the arrangement of the Monthly
Summary of Commerce and Finance. he
ginning with the first volume of the fiscal
year 1899-1900. By this. certain informa
tion which seems likely to be useful to the
producers, manufacturers, and importers
of the United States is brought to the OPEN
ing pages of the volume with the purpose of
making them readily accessible to all while
the tables which are each month consulted
by those interested are transferred to other
pages in the belief that they will be equally
accessible to those regularly consulting
them after their new location is established.
SO
There come times when even the most
good-natured and obliging people, those
who bravely believe in helping their fellow
men, must feel that there are certain hope
lessly helpless, born-to-be unsuccessful
members OF the human society, and that per-
haps it would be as well to let tbs law of the
survival of the fittest take it's stern course.
The story is told by helpful woman of her
helpless friend, once a beauty and belle. a
nice enough woman. but total fail
ure as q wage earner-one who can
never keep situation, no matter how
pleasant and comfortable, that is kindly
secured for her. After letting opportunity
after opportunity slip through her fingers.
her last tale of woe concerns the loss of 500
that she somehow had saved. She thought
to invest her money luckily, and heap profit
after profit upon it, so she answered the
alluring advertisement of a clairvoyant.
She had to pay so cents before she could
enter the mystic halls, and as soon as the
learned what sort of advice was
wished, a further charge Of 81 was de-
because financial affairs were So
much more difficult to arrange than ordi-
nary ones. This was paid, and she began !