Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1892, Page 8

8 al THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. ‘SEPTEMBER 3, 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. - — PLUMP GIRLS NEXT. Some Signs That Autumn Fashions Will Favor Them. EMPIRE GOWNS TO BE WORN. ‘The Passing of the Sammer Girl—Changes asthe Autuma Line is Nesred—Some tractive Costumes for the Late Summer—A Pretty Dress for a Child. fascinate the fic This rumor $s to the fect that LENDER FIGURES, ton will, if rumor proves true, disappear from the domain of Queen Faeh- ion ere many moona. At last the dumpy woman fa to have her revenge ] and what an exquisite | thing—for it is #0 protean, so variable in pleasure it will be to her and so changeable in color as to merit the name to seo ber hated rival | of thing—as it appears when it alighte upon shorn of all power to| the empire gown will be the only | Jace yoke is wenr this fall and next | and the bel winter; that the shorter | colored velvet. The sleeves have brackets of the waist the greater the | hold the owner will have upon popular favor; | o¢ that all this talk of long, flowing lines and | shoes m ed e long drawn out will be confined to | seeaa verte pete that the dumpy girl with | have been struck her chubby cheeks and plump figure will aloe | looking at in your own mirror you had been I these many days.” And ways marveling greatly. ate The fourth picture shows you yet another manifestation. This time we lay bold of the form id gronnd and permits you to gaze upon it calmly. For the Arat time vou discover what k1e | its hair is like, and whetber its nails have been throng that frequents | polished, and how it looks in an attitude of re- the gayer walks of life. | pose. The gown worn in is instance is alto- ‘ef. | gether charming and delicate. It is a foulard | of soft ivory. over which some fairy has scat- | tered flowerets as blue as corn flowers. The t around with a lace flounce is fashioned from a bias of amber- | the velvet and lace cuffs. The bottom of the irt is garvitured with three narrow pleatings the material laid on, as indicated. Fan and ‘he At many of the summer resorts this season I the beauty of the costumes worn by littie jens of twelve and fourteen, ho, although still school children, are already be in the mode aad will catch the fiying favor | growing restive over problems that have no hu- of the boar. Weil, we shail ‘Deautics to make an autumn. in October. epigrams and fine sn; on hand for gus But this that woolens will be wor: d to the aweet gone-br and ( me mto favor d, as all signs n 1 in fa th ors count until they bay The king ie not dead ministery © We are still under | the regime of « open air, hence you | will not expect me to utter treasonable words | concerning wraps and autumn gowns. In my {initial illustration you wiil find pictured a very | pretty costume for an afternoon or reception, | made up in a marbled foulard, richly garni-| tured, with Irish ecru guipure forming plus- tron in front. The belt is composed of two broad ribbons hooked together. sleeves are also of the guipure. white. LATE SUMMER. All through September we shall have out- door fetes, for the summer girl will die hard. Bhe has no intention of setting her dainty Tittle shoes up in a line and marking them “Ichabod” before the time comes. souls meet in June ned go through July August together. ‘They are like the hopper—they dread to think of facing wintry blast. the rade gale end ancivil Any ove can be cold. grumpy ar takes the summer girl to follow eum the flowers and sunshine Desntifal in thirty different ways month. 1 take pleasure in showing es she still lives Y Take. for instance, creature a= she ture, wearing an exquisite Of which the overskirt is of emi snow. ing. It Irish guipure. yaiets are of embroidered batiste, the aud the cuffs in guipure. "A white | e trimmed with lace, white hat and ‘white shoes complete » costume which ia, word, s midsummer dream of fleecy clouds, with color enough Sutema is near, and that tones will soon to shor apples » ruddier glow. ere seo. It touk | man interest in them. more than one sammer girl to make a season, | that we have no children in our country, and it may take more than a handful of plump I'm not going to be rash enough to edvise one of my fair readers to onder an empire gown, not unless sbe con- tempister atiending a swell literary reception It doesn't matter so mich where | ol the mistress of a literary salon sets ber waist line, provided be keeps a good supply of pu: cb I can safely eny, plain, that strives for evening thould never be rash in The lower ‘The skirt | material is finished with a rncbe at the bottom. | In this particuiar material the changeab'e colors | ‘were gray and salmon and the marbled markings Tean't | will Summer is such a delight asif it never wonld come agsin. Itistikes beautrful and satisfactory experience of falling in love, where two warm grass- aall of freez~ and be every moves and has her being. the — delightful appears in the second gown red ecru and the under of mauve silk. The former has two insertions and a border of At the waist there is a ribbon belting im the overdress. The corsage at the top has & crossed fichn of plain batiste. The yw that 2 the plums take on a richer purple and the vill, me, | inita place th Foreigners assure us I'm greatly inclined to believe that they are right, especially when I see one of these same school girls, socalied, who would much prefer to a2 w tug of war ora game of foot ball be- tween two sets of college boys than to read how “Horatius kept the bridge in the brave days of hat dry A PRETTY cosTUME. In ms Iast illustration [ present such a child. ister. deep band of the blue material. The roke, belt, broidered. being held in place by the beit. fetching milor suit consisting of white serge waist aud skirt, with pale blue eailor cuffs and seilor hat with blue ribbon. But now comes the original part of the costume. front of the skirta *huge anchor and coiled Tope were embroidered in blue and the effect was-very pleasing. FASHIONS IN HATS. With the very first cool breath of autumn air our thoughts will very naturally turn to the subject of headgear, for nothing goes so quickly out of fashion asa hat. Hence it may be ad- visable to have a word to say right here of the coming style in hats. During October it is quite Lixely that the cloth felts will be very modish, especially in soft shades of light brown end tan. ‘The shapes will run to toques and English country hats. There will be nothing very new about these first comers, for they will | be quite independent of winter ‘styles. ‘They be essentially round hate, qualified to | bridge over the supplemental’ season, with nothing original or fantastic about them. In | late summer hat in black and pearl gray straw, and | trimmed with velvet bands and loops and set off with ostrich tips. Young people who intend doing the supplemental season will lny aside | flowers for fruits and berries, worn wreathwise, | and where feathers are used the popular “feel | ers,"" simulated by cocks feathers, will be sure to hold their place. the lower part of the quill being laid bare and only an oval bit of the ex- tremity coming in sight. ———_+e. ‘The Mont Blane Observatory. From the London Times. It may be remembered that M. Jansen, the well-known director of the Meudon observatory and member of the French Institute, who last year made the ascent of Mont Blanc in order | to examine the practicability of the scheme for | establishing an observatory there, finding that at forty feet below the surface of the snow there was no eolid bed of rock for foundations of a building, conceived the idea of construct- ing one which could be kept in its place by the snow itself. He accordingly formed an associa- tion, to which Prince Roland Bonaparte, M. Leon Say, M. Raphael Bischoffsheim, Count de Grefialhe and Baron de Rothschild were liberal subscribers, and the fands thus obtained were spent in the construction of an observatory, which, after having been put up in the grounds of the Meudon establishment, has been taken to pieces aguin and sent off to Chamounirx, from which place it will be taken up to the summit of the mountain and put together under the supervision of M. Capus, the well-known ex- who accompanied M. Bonvalot in his journey through Central Asia and over the ir into India The new observat the the her bell ina is of timber and is about twenty-five feet in height, being divided into two compartments or stories, surmounted by a square platform, with an iron balustrade and a wooden scaffolding for the reception of the various meteorological instruments. There are several rooms in each compartment or story for the use upon the one side of the director and his staff and == other of tourists and their guides. e two stories com- th each other by means of a spiral staircase, while there is a straight ladder with a trap door giving access to room for the gtides. Ventilation is provided for by means signals when the atmosphere is sufficiently | clear.” All the timber has a thick coat of fire- prcot paint, and each piece of wood is num- 80 a8 to facilitate the observatory’s being easily put together, a work which will be com- | pleteaby the end of September. | Tt remains, of course, to be seen whether the | ‘and | O¥eF $50 a month is in | | | Her costume is very pretty and she wears it) fi with agrace that would do credit to an older | were Itis composed of dark blue and ecru | eniirely reliable and proficient, but he admitted | } linen. At the bottom of the skirt there is a) that he would soouer have a man to do the | | end of the day’s work will a itt eee wet Ser QUEENS OF THE KEY. of Lady Telegraphers. WOMAN’S DOTS AND DASHES. Stories of the Strength and Weaknesses of the Fair Sex in the Telegraph Profession— How a Brave Miss Ransom Saved « Tratn and Passengers. F THE MANY PRO- fessions open to the fair sex there is none that 0 persistently calls for members as that of tel- egraph. There are, of course, many lady tel- egeaph operators, but there is also a constant demand for their serv- ice. It is 9 well-known fact that a lady teleg- rapher can get work even in the dullest times and when the best men in that profes- sion bave been turned away with the notice that work is dull and no new men are wanted. One fact that accounts for this state of affairs is the salaries paid lady operators, For instance, a man pecomes proficient enough to earn €50 a month; a lady becomes equally as adept, but instead of $! e will be given $85 month. Qne of the strange things in connection with the fair sex and telegraphy is the fact that really first-class lady operators can be counted on the | fingers of one's hand, taking the country over. But two ean be recalled who are working on « rese circuit, one little lady ia serving on one of the New England circuits and the other at Co- lumbus, Ohio, on the western circuit. Whether it is a loss of ambition ora loss of the nerve power that accounts for this state of affairs it would be hard to say, but it is nevertheless true that to find a lady telegrapher earning a salary Need a rarity. Many of the champions of the fair sex claim that it is solely the avaricionsness and unfair- ness of the telegraph companies that has brought about this situation of affairs, thoy claiming that an undue advantoge is taken of them owing to thelr general ignorance of the market value of their labor and an absence of | that | deageomagins spirit so characteristic in their brother, who when once he has set seal upon his daily labor aa to ite worth, will generally get it oF refuse to work. Be this as it may, when once a member of the fair sex hns pointed out to her the unfai ness of het remuneration and asked to tal the front nobly. This was demonstrated in the great telegraph strike of 183. In that | struggle the male members of the telegraph | Cided to act. Going down to the river's bank | | fraternity made the fair remuneration of their | She got into a small boat and pushed off, hoping sisters one of the calient points of their griev- ces, and the latter were not slow to appre- ciate ‘the endcavors made in their behalf snd struck in the New York office to a woman, WOMEN NOT FQUAL To MES. In an interview with one of the Western Union telegraph officials recently a Stax re- porter gleaned many things that were of inter. est. This official, in stating hia side of the case. claimed that he has never yet come across a ‘oman that was equal toaman in her same class—-that is, eame class of wages. He said | thate man making $60 month anda woman | in the crowd. making the same, seated at the same table and doing identically the same work, the man at the e 20 per cent more work. The women, this official claimed, lacked stamina and cannot be depended upon to stick to their work likea man. Another thing that ehould be taken into consideration is the lack of responsibility shown by the fair sex. Of course, this is speaking generally. mentioned several that he knew that making good salaries and were work at the same salary. There is a certain collar and lower sleeves are of the ecru em- respect that goes with everything that comes in The puffed sleeves are of the blue. | ‘The blouse buttons on the left side, its folds | by contact with a woman that no doubt is created rashing up to them and with an ejaculation At the came summer resort I noted a very | that is more forcible than elegant order them to rush a message. ‘This can be done with men without harm or remark, but with a woman it collar, sash and long ends of the blue and white | is generally resented and greeted with a stare | and the work done with a queenly precision Across the | that is exasperating to high degree. A woman telegrapher recently wrote to a daily paper saying that the horrid men teleg- raphers are jealous of the owe: y Walker continue to wear her trousers shoved down into her boot tops in an effort to look mesculinely tough after this divine declaration of the peskiness of the “critter” called a man anda telegrapher. Won't this, combined with the scorehing hot weather, drive the entire tel- egraph profession into bathing suits, divorce suits or suicide. whichever suits the location and notions of local propriety?” ‘The men telegraphers have always declared themselves for the women telegraphers—for equal rights and equal salaries, and, failing to secure it, some one of them ‘bas sometimes turned up at an attractive period of the young addition to these cloth felts we shall bave the | woman telegrapher’s career and declared, not his jealousy, but his love, and married the dear thing. The question is, what are the men telegraphers jealous of? ries, for men telegraphers do not want them; not of their high ries, for, to the disay pointment of every telegrapher interested in the welfare of the profession, women telegra- phers do not receive high enough salaries. If the man telegrapher is feaions of anything it is of his profession. He is jealous that the woman telegrapher be paid every cent that she is worth. His voluntary and free recognition of her right to work at tele; ing exceeds that of any member of any other profession in which women compete with men for a liveli- hood. In 1883 men and women telegraphers together joined in a struggle which established this point most emphatically. There was noth- ing mentioned about jealousies then. When the strike ended the men telegraphers everywhere sent the women telegraphers back to the office ahead of themselves and gallantly adopted reso- parnatagbegrmpitadiael sos, provided with positions. A YOUNG WOMAN'S RUSE. ‘They tell a good story on young lady who had just finished a course of study at one of the many colleges that claim to be able to turn out e hers inthree months. She came into the Dig olie, aabod for the chiaf chains and when this gentleman was pointed out, applied tohim for position in the manner that im- plied that he was in the greatest of good luck to be able to employ such an expert telographer. Being s woman, she was of course employed and soon was seated at a table, the instrument on which was connected with one of the local hotel offices. The chief operator had cut in at the switchboard, on her wire. to ascertain what ly never opened her key and the messages coming in bugzing, something so unusual at the hotel that he was putting bis forward and trying to break the ree chiet walked over to the lady's desk and inquired how she was getting slong and wae dazsled by a sweet smile and the te 5 you.” in a dresm. idea of a like thet and breaking was beyond comprehen- half tiicd oat a| ordered to stop the train at all hazards, as | decisive course she bas generally come to. they could not reach her station in time to help — reverence which debara one from | aper | e jean trestle, inch by inch she worked the Not of the low sala- | One of the test drawbacks to ladies be- ‘arvt-olase. telograpbers ies in the fact ‘icerenile providential displayed by wrecked or rescued railroad Piece of Bravery su a ratiroed near Philad ‘coolness phia will match any of them wherein ‘And nerve are co: ‘MISS RANSOM'S HEROIC DEED. Miss Ransom was the telegraph operator and station agent on 2 little road called the Colum- wasn't a spot on tho entire division of foriy miles that it wasn't almost sure denth to the tram hands for a train to leave the rails. Wrecks occurred on an average of once a week and were always followed by several fatelities. The station she was located at was nest im- mense limestone quarries. wherein some half a hundred Italians were employed. About 100 |yards above the station was s hundred-foot trestle spanning a small stream at ordinary times, but on the day in question greatly | swollen and very ewiftas it emptied into the | river at that point. A blast had just been fired of unusuai force and an immense rock landed | directly ou the trestle, tearing it apart in the center, the swift water washing awny the debris and leaving n gap in the rails of abont twenty- five feet. The river waa very high at that point and the smail boata that were handy could not be Propelled against the swift current. ‘The near- | est bridge on the little stream over which the trestle was stretched was some three miles dis- tant. Miss Ransom saw the mischief done by the rock and immediately rushed out and told the superintendent of the Italian gang to send @ man or go himself around the wreck and stop # train that was due from the north in about jhalfan hour. ‘The superintendent was an Ital- | fan, with n smattering of English, but who failed entirely to nee the gravity of the situa. | tion, ‘The only wire that ran along the road had been stretched on the trestle for economy's sake and had been broken with the trestle, 80 that no communication with the north could be had. Miss Ransom tried to tell the Italian the true sitnation, but he only smiled and with a | shrog of his shoulders and a grimmace walked | back into the quarry and resumed his over- seeing. | _ The railroad was very crooked at this point, many sharp curves obstructing a long view | abead, and matters looked very bine for the | train coming south. ‘The employes of the road at the south end had been told over the wire by Mins Ransom the situation, and she had been er. ‘Time for talk was past, and Miss Ransom de- to work her way around the break in the trestle. | | In some way the current pushed her boat in | among some drift wood, and ine twinkle her | | boat was overturned and she was fionndering in | the deep rushing water. Miss Reusom had | learned to swim and managed to reach out and | grasp a heavy jog as it ewept by. With one | armm around this log sbe called for help and at the eame time tried to work herself in toward | | the shore. Soon several Italians came rnnning | | to the rescue, and in a short while Miss Ransom | | was safe on ehore. But the train was «till com- | ing south and nothing had been gained by the | adventure. Miss Ransom was the coolest one It was now too late to senda | man around by the other bridge, and she de- termined to try and cross the smaller stream in some way. Followed by the Italians, they ran up the bank of the little gtream, but nothing could be found on which a crossing could be made. PLUNGED INTO THE STREAM, Miss Ranson hesitated but a minute to ask if any one in the crowd could ewim, and receiv- ing a negative answer decided, with the uid of a plank, to try it again, The Italians in their | impetuons way tried to. persuade her not to | tempt the swollen waters again, but with the decision of a true heroine who realized the danger the on-coming train was in, cautionsiy purhed the plank into the water and with a quick movement followed it, The brave girl had entered the water some distance above the broken trestle in the hope of gaining the oppo- site shore before that point would be reached, as to be carried out into the river meant almost certain death. ‘The Italians encouraged her | with shouts of praise, but endeavor as she would to work her way out of the current in | midstream but little headway was made. | Down stream the brave girl was carried with | awiftness that told plainer than words that | her struggles were fruitless. As she neared the plank over toward the northern side and as she | was within a few feet of that structure she aban- | doned the plank and struck out with one for- lorn hope of reaching it unaided. Her fore- | sight and strength proved stanch qualifications, As she was being carried by the projecting and splintered trestle Miss Ransom gave one last strong sweep of her arms and was enabled to graap a heavy piece of timber. Slomy and laboriously the heroine worked her way out of the water and up through the trestle, as her strength commenced to show signs of waning, and finally reached the top. For only a few seconds did she hesitate, to gasp for breath and regain strength, when she stag- gered to her feet and hurried down the track. Tt was a clore calculation, Miss Ransom had hardly turned the curve when the noise of the ‘on-coming train could be heard and a few sec- onds later dashed into view. The wild gestula- tions of the brave girl caught the attention of the engineer almost instasitly, and brakes were applied, and the train brought to a standstill ght on the curve and in sight of the broken trestle. Withouta quiver in her voice Mise Ransom told the engineer of the mishap, and in a matter-of-fact way, withont any embellish- ments, related her experience in trying to pre- vent the train going through the broken trestle {nto the river. The dozen or so passengers on the train were dumbfounded by the girl's matter- of-fact bravery, and crowded around her and almost bugged ber in their enthusiasm and thankfulness. Did that girl make her mark in the telegraph profession? Not much. She married the engi- neer whose life she had saved. a Woman's Endurance of Pain. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “Women endure painful surgical operations much better than do men,” said Dr. L. M. Britton at the Southern yesterday. “Men will receive frightful wounds without flinching, then act like babies at the sight of the surgeon's knife and needle. As a rulo the most robust nations bear pain with less fortitude than those noted for effeminacy. A native of Bengal will look placidly on while you saw off his leg, while your bold Britisher must have an opiate before getting a tooth pulled. The Mexicans and bans endure pain much better than do the Americans, while Turk will let a surgeon saw him to pieces without raising half the distarb- ance that a big German soldier will over the setting of a broken bone. But for a genuine stoic in the matter of patient long suffering commend me to an Indian who hss not been | used as soon as the armies of the United States | tainted with the white man's civilization. There isuo torture human ingenuity can de- his nerve. vise that will break tava be mach more apt to strike you dumb, at the —Chicago Herald. OFith tougue you sual what you are 1 mad ity ‘not lash | ; L i id Hi THE NINE REASONS. Why the Terms of Surrender Given * Johnston Were Set Aside. SHERMAN AND STANTON. Gen. Sherman's Affront to Secretary Stanton —Mre. Sherman’s Bouquet and Its Signifi- eance— Interesting Facts From Secretary Stamton's Confidential Clerk. Written for The Evening Star. pT WAS DURING GEN. Gen. Johnston surren- dered to him, and Gen. Sherman sent the terms of surrender by sea to Gen. Grant at Washing- ton, whoat once trans- mitted them toSecretary Stanton. The Secretary immediately advised the President, who in coun- cil with his cabinet that night disapproved of the terms, and Gen. Grant | was ordered to Raleigh to assume command, set aside the terms, and give battle. ‘The set ting aside of the terme of surrender was a mo- mentous matter, for it meant a continuance of grim war after perce had been practically at- tained. Some person had to advise the people of the loyal states who were hoping, praying and, waiting for the war to close of this extra- ordinary affair, and Mr. Stanton assumed the responsibility and wrote the “-Nine Reasons” which were to inform people why at that time when peace was in sight and actually attained after four years of appalling war the trace should be ended and the grand army of Sher- man move on to battle. After the lapse of twenty-seven years Mr. Stanton has recently | been denounced in the press for his acts in this matter, and for publishing the “Nine Reasons,” by two eminent and distinguished persons— Lord Wolsley, general in the British army, and by United States Senator John Sherman. THE NINE REASONS. It is in connection with these public denunci- ations that I wish to give to history the facts and circumstances attending the writing and promulgation of the “Nine Reasons.” They were as follows 1. It was ap exercise of an authority not | vested in Gen. Sherman and on its face shows that both he and Johnston knew that Gen.Sher- man had no authority to enter into any such | arrangement. 2. It was a practical acknowledgment of the rebel government, 3. It undertook to re-establish the rebel state governments that had been overthrown at the sacrifice of many thousand loyal lives and an immense treasury and placed the arms and | munitions of war in the hands of the rebels at | their respective state capitals, which might be were disbanded and used to conquer and sub- due the loyal sta 4. By the restoration of rebel authority in their reapective states they would be enabled to re-establish slavery. 5. It might furnish a ground of responsibility for the federal government to pay the rebel | debts and certainly nubject the loyal citizens of rebel states to debts contracted by rebels in the state, 6. It would put in dispute the existence of | ‘To Gen, Grant be wrote, loyal state governments and the new state of | feat Virginia, which had been recognized by | every department of the United Siates govern- ment 7. It practically abolished the confiscation | by Mr. Stanton that he shonld go to Gen. | Gen. Hallec the terms which they baa conditionally Upon had not been approved at ington, and that he was au! to offer him the same terms that I bad given Gen. Lee. Sherman to do thie himeetf. T-4id not wish the }owledge of my presence to army generally so I left it with negotiate the terms of by himself, aud without the enemy knowing that I was anywhere near the field. As soon as possible I started to get away to leave Gen. Sherman quite free and untrammeled. At Goldsborough, on my way beck, I met a mail cont Papers, and I found in them indications of Feet excitement in the north over the terms herman had given Johnston, and hareb orders thathad been promulgated ‘by the President and Secretary of War. I knew that Sherman must see these papers, and I fully realized what great indignation they would cause him, though I do think his feelings would have been more excited than were my own. Bat carried out the instructions that 1 had given him, obtained the ewrender of Johnston's army and settled down into his camp about Raleigh to await final orders.”” CLOSING TRE WAR, Mr. Stanton ma: Gen. Grant with orders and instructions to direct the military movements against Gen. Johnston instead of sending them to Gen. Sherman direct and he made no mistake in ad vising the people what hnd been done with the terms, Having closed the war on the Minsis- sippi Gen. Grant was summoned to Gen, Meade to close the war on the Potomac, and having done this, it was then considered en her. man, as that was the last point of danger in the ending of the war. Gen. Shormag, referring to the coming of Gen. Grant to Raleigh, «nid: “Gen. Grant had orders from the President to direct military movements, and I explained to him the exact position of the troops, and he approved of it 2st emphatically, but he did not relieve me F exprc"s a wish to assume command.” GEN, SHERMAN'S DISPATCHES AND LETTERS, Ina dispatch to Mr. Stanton dated Raleigh, April 15, 1865, before the surrender, Gen, Sher- man saye: Grant gave Gen. Lee and be careful not to complicate any points of civil policy.” In another ‘letter to Mr. Stanton, dated Ra- leigh, April 25, 1865, after him, he “Zadmit my folly in embracing, in a military convention, any civil matter.” At that time Gen. Sherman had not seen the “Nine Reasons” and Mr. Stanton’s bulletins in the newspapers, but after he had, he was over- whelmed with anger at Mr. Stanton and stated: “Had President Lincoln lived I know he would have sustained me; that the terms were not ca- pable of the construction and meaning given them im the ‘Nine Reasons’ and be would stand by the memorandum.” Mr. Stanton was not responsible for and could not control the severe tone of the press against Gen. Sherman's terms, Senator Sherman wrote nton of these terms, under date April : “Lam distressed beyond measure at the terms granted Johnston by Gen, Sherman. They are inadmistible.” NO PREVIOUS CAUSE OF COMPLAINT. Tremember how glad he was when he proposed march tothe sea with his through the enemy"s country. Mr. Stanton was delighted at this bold conception because it meant grim war in its most devastating form, and because for this reason it meant peace the | Sooner. The conditional terms of surrender were | made April 18, and in transmitting them Gen. herman wrote that day to Gen. Grant and to and to the latter he raid referring to the snnction of his terms by the President: “Influence him, if possible, not to vary the terms at all, for I have considered everything.” If you will get the President to simply indorse and commission me to carry out the terms I will follow them to the conclusion.” GEN. HALLECK'S ADVICE, laws und relieved the rebels of every degree, who had slaughtered our people, from all the | pains and penalties for their crimes, | 8. It gave terms that had been deliberately, | repeatedly and solemnly rejected. by President | Lincoln, and better terma than the rebels had | asked in their most prosperous condition. 9. It formed no basis of true aud lasting peaze, but relieved the rebels from the pressure of our victories and left them in condition to renew their efforts to overthrow the United | States government and subdue the loval states | whenever their strength was recruited and any opportunity was offered. CONSIDERING THE TERMS OF SURRENDER, In transmitting the terms of surrender to the | Secretary, Gen. Graut’s letter states that he | thought the dispatches were of such import-| ‘ance that immediate action should be taken on | them by the President in counsel with his | whole cabinet. The Secretary at once went to | see the President, and after his return to the | department he dictated the “‘Nine Reasons.” The cabinet meeting was called for that night, but Mr. Stanton had already determined the orders and the instructions of that cabinet ‘meeting of which he was the master spirit, and was impatient to send them off and to advise the people. It was indeed a momentous and startling mat- ter to Mr. Stanton, ashis great brain took in the | situation, the results and the conséquences of ‘the mistake of Gen. Sherman in the torms he | gave Johnston. To him these terms were inex- | licable. THE ORDERS TO GEN. GRANT. It was about 9 o'clock at night, when Mr. Stanton returned to the War Depart- ment from that cabinet meeting and he at once wrote the order and instructions, and called in Gen. Eckert, now of New York city, from the telegraph room and said to him, ‘Hold the tele- graph offices open until midnight.” Gen. PI Grant then came into the Secretary's room and | after some conversation received from bim the letter of instructions and the orders to go to Raleigh and to take charge of thearmy. In handing Gen. Grant these orders I heard Mr. Stanton tell him that his (the Secretary's) carriage was at the door, and Gen. Grantstarted that night for Raleigh in the steamer which brought the dispatches from Gen. Sherman. I felt that night, from what I saw and heard, and believe now, that Gen. Grant did’ not want to go, and that he felt hurt in having to go. ‘That night after the cabinet meeting Gen. Grant wrote a letter to Gen. Sherman that he had | te; ae, read the bases of agreement and felt satisfied that it could not possibly be approved; that he would give his reasons at another time; that the bases of agreement had been disay proved by President Johnson and his cabinet, ‘and gave orders to Sherman to terminate the truce and resume hostilities against John- aston at the earliest moment. This letter reached Gen. Sherman by the same steamer that carried Gen. Grant, thus showing that Gen. Grant did not expect to go to Tualeigh. HOW THE NEWS SPREAD. The “Nine Reasons” were sent that night to Gen. Dix, at New York, together with a copy of the terms of surrender, for publication. Mr. Stanton had sent bulletins to Gen. Dix of the capture of Richmond, of the assassination of President Lincoln, and of the attempted assas- Sination of Secretary Seward (and his son Frederick and an attendant), and of every im- portant thi bye peo at this time in the capital. In fact all during the war Mr. Stanton was the only person who kept the people in- formed of every important war matter by off- ——— to Gen. Dix. his room in profound thought at the feriss of poose, an Mf they might eons up to trouble ment in the reconstraction of the states in rebellion. short woek of that oabtnet meeting. took u 6 matter snimity vustalned the "Nine Ransons™ ted ition of Mr. Stanton in hates of matters there myself. Of ages 2 and resched there as soon as possible, ’ to Raleigh, where Sher- man was, a5. - Roping to see him even bis army raf weg ence. I I at once went to man's Ch ‘were closeted to- Sa haeree 7 ave ‘him to notify Gen. Johnston that | ord | ing forward, and th pril 21, 1865, | Atthe time the terms were set aside Mr. Stanton sent bulletins to Gen. Dix, giving in- formation from Gen, Halleck, then command- ing at Richmond, which information was that Gen. Sherman, acting upon his truce, had given ders stopping other commanders from push- such orders would open of Davis with a great the way for the esea} | treasure of gold, which, it was stated, he had | taker: from Richmond. "Of thistruce Gen, Hal- leck advired Mr. Stanton that it could only bind Gen, Sherman's own command. Geu. Grant, referring to Gen. Sherman's re- he whole matter, advised him of the It was under this advice of Gen. Halleck that Mr. Stanton’s bulletins were sent to Gen. Dix; that Halleck nad sent to cer- tain commanders not to obey orders from Gen. Sherman and to pay no attention to his truce. In his bulletin giving the “Nine Reasons” Mr. Stanton gave the telegram Presi¢ont Lincoln sent to Gen. Grant to govern his actions in any conference looking to peace. LINCOLN'S TELEGRAM TO GRANT. As that telegram was inspired by Mr. Stanton. it is important to give it here and the cireum- stances under which it was written in order that Mr. Stanton’s actions may be fully under- it was written on the night of March 3, 1865, at the Capitol. where the President and his cabinet were awaiting the passage of the final bills of Congress. A telegram from Gen. | Grant was bronght to the Seeretary of War, in- forming him that Gen. Lee had asked an inter- view for terms of peace. President Lincoln was much delighted and his feelings were mani- fested in intimations of favorable terms to be granted to the conquered rebels, Mr. Stanton, grave and stern, answering raid: “Mr. Presi- dent, tomorrow’ is inauguration day. If you are not to be President of a united and obedi- ent people you had better not be inaugurated, | Your work is already done if any other author- ity than yours is for one moment to be recog- nized, or any terms made that do not siguify | that you are the supreme head of the nation. If generals in fhe field are to negotiate peace or any other chief magistrate is to be acknowl- | edged on this continent then yvouare not needed | and you had betier not take the oath of office.” “Stanton, youare right,” said the President, his whole tone changing. “Let me bave a pen,” and he wrote the following telegram: “The President directs me to say to you that he wishes you to have no conference with Gen. army or on some minor or purely military mat- He instructs me to say that you ure not to decide, discuss or confer upon any political question. Such questions the President holds in his own hands and will submit them to no P- | military conferences or conventions, In the meantime you are to press to the utmost your ye ey Keay re yg The President submitting the paper to Mr. Stanton, asked him to address, daie and sign it. This telegram was published in the newspapers atthe time, but Gen. Sherman complains that be was not advised of it and never saw it until he read Mr. Stanton’s bulletin headed “Official— Sherman's Truce Disregarded.” I think Mr. Stanton afterward regretted the harsh implica- tions in his bulletins against Gen. Sherman, and Ido not think Gen. Sherman deserved them, but he could not be communicated with, excite- ‘ment was great, and Mr. Stanton was so stirred up by Gen. Haileck’s telegrams that he deemed it best to give the people the information he received from Richmond and the probable con- sequences of Gen. Sherman's orders based upon his truce, the terms of which had been set aside. GEN. SAERMAN’S AFFRONT. He wanted to make | stand ‘was after this discussion by the press had quite subsided—a few after the review—that a man came to the srromesning whch ad it to Mr. Stanton, fer Cs ot ak te. He asked me ian's coschmea, be to me, “Say nothing about it, Albert. be meant by this in- pomin gon ak I bave often in after years Laer of this bonquet incident and i i log Es “I Will give the sume torms Ge. | war Department an a tinowber of details of Gen. Sherman’s long telegram of his | Subsequently | Leent | needed no interpreter. ‘the last news- | like the true and loyal soldier that he was he | no mistake in sending | | and on them history will en. Grant had left | | it to bis rooms, on Peunsylvanta avenue oppo- | great army | ability.” Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of Lee's | baj the rarest flowers, und ite silence told the story ot its gentle and mission. It Eeerpeee ite specch was the dol of ; & plea for consideration; a iplomacy save the fit thing st the fit time that steals away ibesting of an affrout. I putit in a tumbler of water intending myself to carry it to Mrs. Stanton, bat [ could no: Gud it after the Secretary bad left for the day. Ido not think be ever spoke of it. The war was over and Mr. Stanton’ ‘Nine had been sustained by the Union peo pie.and by the prese throughout the loyal states, Temember that at that time I undertook to make a scrap book of the editorials of the newspapers which daily came in the mail of the Secretary and this scrap book I afterward car- ried to Mr. Stanton’s house, together with his Private letters which had accumulated in his room, and among them the very letter from Senator Sherman of which I bave spoken. THE SECRETARY'S DEFENSE, The day after the extraordinary affront of Gen, Sherman Mr. Stanton’s manner was quiet and subdued. I never heard him say » word to Y one in defense of his action in the matter, . Grant and Gen. Sherman have given their views of this matter for the historian, but Mr. Stanton has only left the “Nine Reasons” and their indorsement by the press of the loval states at the time. On these must rest his de- fense. They tell the story of his great brair of his energy, of his courage, of his determina- tion, of bis patriotiam and of his power and vigilance to safely direct the closing acts of the freat rebellion. He needs no other defense. They will stand as a monument to bis greatness do him justice. ITARY MATTERS. @ been Gen. Sherman's SEPRMAN IN Mw Whatever may bi errors and mistakes of judgment in statecraft and political matters he never made a mistake orerror of judgment either of omission or of i hin wate conduct of his army in its march to commission in fighting the enemy, a and heroi | the sea and in compelling the surrender of | Johnston's army of 50,000 men show him to have been what he was, the brilliant soldier and patriot, Afterward when Gen. Sherman was in the commission holding their sessions in rooms ad joining and communicating with the Se tary's, Mr. Stanton went into the room of commission and spoke to Gen. Sherman with a cordial greeting and invited nan t come into his room, which he afterw and had « long and friendly talk with the Secre- ta APPROVAL OF HIS COURSE. So far as I know Mr. Stanton asked only once the apprevalof his conduct as Secretary of War and that was of Senator Wade, then chair- | man of the joint committee on the conduct of the war. Afew weeks after the close of the war at night in the War Department Mr. Stan- ton wrote @ letter to Senator Wade and I took site the Metropolitan Hoiel. In that letter he requested the Senator that he would before the final closing of the report on the conduct the war call Gens. Meade and Grant to testi as to the manner be had as Secretary of War Before this Mr. Stanton never had the least | performed his duties in regard to the supply of cause of complaint against Gen, Sherman, and | te armies and the support of the military the | OPerations tnder their charge. Gen. Meade's was: “The management of the War De rtment has been conducted with very great Gen. Grant, who bad been for more than a year the general commanding » State: reply T was a with regard to the conduct of the war in an Particuinr between us since I have been i command.” Gen. Meade had been in Army of the Pototaae since the commencemen of the war. That, nsalready stated, is ail the defense and approval the Secretary of War ever asked after having stood and finally mas- tered the storm, which, howling, assailed the War Department while he was making armies and trying to get them to save from ruin the best country and the best people in all the world. A. E. H, Jomxsox. Washington, August 29, 1592, ——— THE MODERN JULIET'S BED. Much Less Komantic Than the Old One, but Cleaner and More Comfortabic. From the London Standard. Next to chairs and tables. beds are about the most important articles of domestic furniture. The European typs of bed seems to bave got itself fixed at a comparatively eariy date, and it did not change until very late. The theory, apparently, was to make the bed a sort of tent jon against the wi of heaven. The medieval upholsterer knew something about the medieval builder, and realized that when you went to sleep in a room with no paper on the wails,and huge windows which did vot quite fit their frames, or little arrow slits with no glass at all, you wanted something to keep out the draught. Hence the tremendous timber canopy of old bedsteads, and the voluminous cur- tains and hangings in which the whole structure wasenveloped: Long ater there wasany neces- sity for this tent-like arrangement it was kept up for the honor and glory of the thing, so to speak, because there was air of juxary and costliness about these folds and lengths of silk or chintz which made people reluctant to part with them. Even now in France and other parts of the continent they will not willingly give up their elaborately upholstered bedstends for the harsh looking structure of iron bars and brass tubes which is gradually usurping the lace of honor in the rooms of Angio-Saxou- jom. It must be admitted that if the modern British bedstead is, on the whole, cleaner and posi he r, it is certainly Jess romuntic. One hardly likes to fancy Juliet’s bed provided with round brass knobs at the corners for its cole adornment. At any rate the old-fashioned type of bedstead lent itself very well to the ornate artistic treatment, and nothing enn be more Magnificent than tc bedsteads designed for Marie Antoinette and other rent, wdies in the great age of furniture during the latter half of the last century. But that was « period when the sim ‘objects of household use were treated by master hands, and it makes an amateur's month water to look at the pictures in Mr. Litehfield'’s book of Boule cabinets, | Riesener bureaus, Gouthiere writing tables and Chippendale chairs which the workshops of that y period turned out. It is a doubly melan- reflection for the collector of these days that in the earlier portion of the present cen- tury these delightful objects could be purchased almost for a song. splendor of the great decorative period brought with it » reaction. The taste for rococo and “Louis Quinze “Louis Seize” died out so completely that years ago you could buy marqueterie tables | and shell and ormolu cabinets by the best makers for sovereigns, for which you would now have to give hundreds of pounds. But that was in the days before the great re- vival—before everybody had become artistic and esthetic. ——o——— A Troublesome Model. From St. Nicholas. Not long ago I had a nonpareil, or ‘painted finch,” South American bird, from which I a bright little 1 was making a drawing. He wa bird, but certainly was not a gcod model. caught him at work one day “touching up” Grawing I bad just finished. It happened in this way: Iwas called out from the studio to 7 —plunged into the bowl of paint- abs'e bea With wr ‘and tail diesome ing water to be sprayed the aid all paint - tting on the finishing touches, £ ! fH [ t keg OF] E i its F I i it Ha ff it a i Hi a f | agreed | very large bouquet. but its «weet cluster was of Written for the Evenine ®tar CYCLING IN THE COUNTRY. The Sensations a Washington Wheelwomas Caused in the Vilage, BER FIRST COUNTRY RIDE—OLD MAIDS AND TRE | COar pIRAPPRow, came ron cue | NES WASHINGTON PAVEMENTS as FIEWER [wren wm j ecaal | Fo" THE FIRST TIME SINCE BER RE- | | turn from the country they were gliding om their wheels out K street, be and she. | “fam perfectly bappy again,” anid she. | _ With the usual conceit of his sex be supposed this sentiment referred to the renewal of their companionship, and the gratification which be felt at euch an expression on her part was about to find More definite shape than in the look of | matiefaction which ot present enwreatbed his countenance when «he suddenly broke in with: “Don't you think this pavement is delicious?” “The pavement! Ob, ves, the pavement’s all right. Is that what makes you perfestly happy!” | “Certainly. It would make any one happy who had been trying to ride on billy country | roads for two months as [have | YES THE LeAGCRRS WERE IN LOVE WiTs wasm- rxorToN. | “T understand now,” @he went on, serenely oblivious of his disappointment, “why those out | of town people at the July meet looked so we to Washing- ‘Other cities bare ridiculously blissful when they It was the pavement. te in swimming to pud tles searcely longer than themselves, but who have at last discovered wide, deep ‘pond. “They made me smile,” abe conttawed, “when leew detall hours of the with the mereury soar Pp : wterested, for the most € in the world to him, after this wove Indeed, if be had amend one of Mr. Tenny- ‘tawoman he would have it read when be was done with it, POF RE hy lane a tttthe dearer thaw } | So he looked vastly concerned as she pro- | ceeded. | WHERE TREY RIDE ON TRE ALES |) “And it is really fonuy bow « city that bas asphalt will allow its cyclists to ride idewalks, Such ® place always makes me th: | to ta | Lands them the uree, the parents bope will not Gomage one another or « guest. Wh me place ax large as Washing- ton where. ped for «few days this sum- m ae sbort walk it Iv gave one's shocks dodging the y one riding on the Phat reminds me,” said be. with the penalty law before his mind, “that I'd better be lighting oar lamps soon. 4 COUNTRY RIDE. “But I did'nt tell you, did I, of in the country?” iret ride t was certainly absurd. It wasn'ta country town, «uch at you see nears city, with | platted additions, baled hay, « railroad and all that. Such a place wouldn't be surprised to eee | a won a wheel, ax in our long rides we are | always coming across such setlements, But it | was a real coun up 1s and whore evervbody has to have a gur- | den if he expects to have anything to eat, for | though green corn and string Jand then’ be donated through I can't | ket any for money, since there is no railroad to | take anything there. | “it was actually ridiculous what objects of | rivalry these while ins bers than he himself pos- ver the fact wonld really and green as the cucumbers the +e | tie on was the relative stages of their respective ritens.” ut T thought y were going to tell me | about vour ride,” interrapted be of the non- ral tastes etting to it,” replied whe. “I was just ming this to show you what a lot of arage it took to be the first woman to ride a bievele in such a place. But I lay low and chose my time.” she went on, “and one evening just before dusk I stole silently out, and after waiting till all the idiers on the hotel Veranda had gone in for another drink eau- tiourly mounted and started forth, but would you beliewe it, in the twinkling of an eye that hotel porch was full again, beads craned out of the windows of every house, and what wne much worse «line of «mall bors formed in my wake and encouraged me with yells. I kno’ now just how it feels to be the bead of « cirous parade, and I, all this tine between agitation and the unaccustomed roughness of the roads, | was wobbling. r “I was bound I'd keep on, though, now I be@ begun. It was quite a slope from which I | started and I knew that by giving rein to any steed 1d scon outepeed the small boys and get Past the hotel, wisile bevond that lay a lovely stretch of smooth, level road. I was right in my calculations. The small boys, swift a« they are, couldnt catch me, and the hotel loungers could follow me only with their even. 1 felt a slight sinking of the heart, to. be sure, as I passed @ house just bevond the ‘ vhere a pair of prim and aged spinsters dwelt | and wh» at the excitement I caused in the town | had rushed ont to the gate, where they stood, monuments of disapproval, as I fitted | but I kuew that I was riding rather well and | didn’t particularly care for them, but at the foot of the hail that L was descending what do | you think I saw? A GOAT AS AN OBSTACLE. “Now, Ido not seriously mind spinsters or | hotel loangers or wmail boys, b@ I do very | much mind goats, and there at the bottom of the incline, with lowered horns, stood one | awaiting me, Iean't inngine why that hotel | keeper wants to keep the hormd thing, unless it is togivea mountainous effect to the land- seape—he seems to naturally go with the hilis, j | You know—but answay, he docs keep him, and 'y | there he stood at that particular minute to receive me. The hill was #o steep and I | already going so fast that my brake seemed t have small effect. Iwas ®o scared i der that I didn’t fall off, but I didn’t, and kept | on and on and faster and faster, and at last bit the goat directiy between the eves. “Well, at that both the goat cycle very precipi after recovering 5 toward the hotel as be could conveniently 1, while I resumed my wheel and really shame,” said sbe, as Je into that particular pl ery cycle into place, for a two before some one else had im; ican burro, and its awful voice | seemliness’ bad unsettled Stare eere to Token over again like so scarcely was this done when slong 1 my wheel. i Ui ie rE '