Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1893, Page 3

—— THY“ EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©, 8. THE NEW CABINET., Interesting Gossip as to Some of Mr. Cleveland’s Official Household. PERSONAL cH ARACTERISTICS. — Qualities That Have Aided in Their Mental | ‘and Political Development—Stories About and Associations—Incidents in the Careers of Gresham, Lamont and Bissell. —_—-—__ a = Fea atts timate fo ens, | oes eee ae eae Mao Col Bn pended eealin we ART_NOTES. | Soraere Bees ont ctenvasiore to change. imately ml dl — “Well,” he remarked in his quist manner, “I | gation mid today: THE PRINTED PAGE. printin India ink such lines as will reproduce | ‘The Society of Washington Artiste is arrang- | of contrast with the art cf other think that 1s, perhaps, true; but 1t seemed to FITNESS YOR THE PLACE SELECTED. the likeness, “The sext step ie to solu- ing for an exhibition of work by its members, ‘hich le distinctly American.—tbat is to say. me that, as political fame is so fleeting. I should | wy pejniee in Wilson's appoiatmoat and I . tion of bichloride of mereury to the drawing to. 1 \) poy 9a nemgte "lie, the work of serious and in’ like to gather something more substantial.” ppoiatmen: ae A + | bleach out all the photograph between the ought to and doubtless will commen interpret American character as they under- Haines Cunningham, the well-known Albany | Jolce again in the fact that he is to be appointed | Latest Fads in the Art Preservative jince. leaving bleck Ona white ground. ®if to the favor of the public, as well for the gtand it, and portray Amerioan scenert as they ks | Post Ge a correspondent, who worked with Lamont in bis | Imaster General and not Attorney General. ‘Then take another glass negative of black object it has in view as for tho artistic at- see it with their owneves, and in their own | early reportorial days, said not long ago: “*La- | Of all men that I know I think that Mr. Bissell of All Arts, line picture of the exact size the engraving is to tractions’ it will present. The idea, as at WAY, Without servile regard for the traditions mont was one of the hardest men to judge that | ix best fitted to be Postmaster General and of be, and after it coat it with transparent Present entertained, is for the membership, and methods of foreign school. It might | | Lever knew. In appearance prosaic, he was in | all offices that I know the postmaster generai- rubber cement. is joins with the lodion ~. suffer by comparison, it is true, but it would [Copsrieht 180.) by Mr. Cleveland whom he bas chosen as members of his cabinet causes a strong interest to attach to the person- ality of these gentle- men. are already well known to the people of Wasb- ington, but the position that they now occupy in the public eye @rouses afresh interest in all that pertains to | now, them. WALTER Q. GRESHAM. ‘The Man Who Will Be Mr. Cleveland's Sec- retary of State. No figure belonging to the coming adminis- tration will attract more attention than that of Judge Gresham, Mr. Cleveland's Secretary of State. Not that it isan unfamiliar figure, for Mr. Gresham has been before the country Prominently for many years. But Mr. Gresham is the most unique of the members named by ‘Mr. Cleveland for his official family, coming as he does so fresh from the republican party and from the candidacy for its bighest honors, Among the oldest friend« whom Judge Gresham has in Washington is Mr. O. O. Stealey of the Courier-Journal. Thad very agreeable chat With Mr. Stealey = few nights ago about the coming Secretary of State. names of the gentlemen up ab | that Ww | in his band. “Hello, Dan! You're a nice fellow! }eried. “I thought you | personal business in town. “Ihave known Judge Gresham for a long Mr. Steniey indiana ¢ t, where he resided. for first intimate acquaint- ance with him began in 1370. It was in that Year that be made hi_ memorable fight for Con- | & as the rey candidate against | Mic ©. Kerr, afterward Speaker of the House of Repre-entatives, perhaps the most exeitm al canvasses made 1 in 1870 the war that noted political was largely democ lemocratic counties being Gresham led a forlorn hope fe a rattling fight for terest m the a memb ona of Liberty and a rebel Gen. art. He charged Kerr h had been arranged. I remem- ber one of the meeting= of the campaign vividly it were yenterday. ING TO A DEMOCRATIC CROWD. little village in Clark county The place of meeting was to be in a schocl house, the capacity of which would not exceed 00 men. The hour set for the meeting was 7:30 in the evening. A few minutes however, the janitor sur- Tendered the key to the democratic mavagers and in less than ten minutes the little school house was packed with a mob of democrats. Gre-hom rovle up to the door in a wagon about 730. He was then. a» now, a fine soldierly looking man and atiracted a great deal of at- tention. He was helped from his carriage, for at that time he used crutches, | as be wounds fn the . His friends surrounded him and told him of what the ‘copperhead: had done. He replied: “All right. I didn't come here to talk to republicans anyhow. Nothing could please me better than such & good opportunity to deliver a good republican speech toa democratic crowd.’ With this he made his way through the crowd into the room, where be was received with hoots and yells of “Hurrah for Kerr’ front the assembled demo- grate, Tt was perhaps ten minutes before Gresham was allowed to proceed with bis speech, so noisy were the demonstrations against him. He stood up, however, leaning on bis crnteb, and finaily was allowed to make his speech. Hix manner was so captivating that he soon canght the crowd. and he de-| Hivered one of the best and gamest political speeches lever heard. He went for Kerr sav- agely. denouncing him in the most vigorous and emphatic language. Mr. Kerr followed, Dut ashe was @ poor declaimer and a rather timid man he did not succeed in arousing mnch enthusiam even among his friends. The meet- | ing was quite an exciting one, aud when it ad- fourned the democrats were quite dispirited. ‘Only « few more joint discussions were held, as it was evident that the friends of Kerr did see how any good results could follow from a canvass of the kind, Although Kerr waselected by very nearly the usual democratic majority, | will the democrats acknowledged that Gresham had made one of the best campaigns ever made for the republicans in that Gibraltar of rock- ribbed democracy. BIS ASSOCIATIONS MOSTLY AMONG DEMOCRATS. of Gen. Gresham in Indiana were mostly among democrats. Some of his! most intimate and boon companions were of the Strongest of democ ats The democrats there = sort of liked the man, notwithstanding differed #0 widely in politic | | theta wondered then. as they have often won- dered such a democratic man seem- ingly in ail bis tastes and babite could be « member, of the republican party. Judge Gr&bkam married from a democratic family. his brothe: Jadge Gresham visits his olf home in Harrison county, Ind. about twice » vear. His mother. though qui fs still Livin: nd is stili able to atten: the bouseh: work She is always del: to see her bow “W: iariy known at home. to his every will ted ” as be is so well and famil- She insists on attending nt during his stay with her and low NO one to prepare ing for his meals but herself. Judge Gri always likes ton bout bis visits te bie mother and dweils Epon the loving and devoted attentivus of the lady. “Judge Greenam when Postmaster General and Secretary of the Treasury under Arthur was the most popular of any cabint officer that Bas been in Washington in my day. He did Rot allow visitors to cool their heels in ante Fooms, bat always iad them show ediately to his presence unless he was really engaged ee important matters, and then those who called were told so in such a nice way that they were convinced of the fact. He treated eve: Dody courteously and genteely and was kind to all with whom be necessarily came in contact. “Ihave lived in the was in 3 a ceived his deporition pap _ tors ling still ran high in | Bont was back st of the northern states, | Pleasantly unassumin attracted a great 89% back sooner Gresham took , Snal business. of the Knights of the W* shown at the thougi the abler man of made governor. bh for Gresham in. a joint Yatious newspaper representatives at the capi- “respondent, came in as usual on th ussiou had been advertived to other reporters were working and scribbled | “What news hi’ | a pause of rome mint | plied: | Into some other offi | friends and placed himself under obligations to the credit with the lesser politicians of being @ reality a model of euergy. He made a personal | frend of every man he met. studying bim until he knew his faculty of pleasing men was remarkable and by his tact and jovial heartiness be became very popular. He would sit in hia sent in the reporters’ row and look over the faces buck of the railing. then remark somewhat nonchalantly: ‘There's L—— | from Genesee county. He's down here for such & bill? and it would prove to be #0.” Lamout never made a business of reportin, that is, he never made ita routine work. In jepartments in the state iy tour. He wouldstart out other reporters, but he always finiched ut two hours after they had left the ws instead of rushing in and asking bar for items, he would secure a private audience with the official from whom he was seeking information and sit down and chat with him for sometimes half an hour. It finally grew tobe u standing joke among the other 7 ress representatives that if a department was United Staten differs from that of a district Some of them | Tur closed to them it was “because Lamont was | ide."* One of the best points in Lamont’s character during bis carly career was the entire absence | of anything like consequentiality or display He was as cool and as imperturbable in carry ing out any plan or commission then a he is BOUNCING A SHERIFF. One day during Gov. Robinson's administra- tion Lamont, then about twenty-nine years old, strolled into the assembly and took his usual | seat among tho reporters. It was then abon| ll o'clock. He worked steadily until near! when he turned to one of Bis co-workers a: nd said: “I say, H—, I have a littte business of a personal character to attend to today. I wis! you would look oat for the Argus for me. you?” All right,” was the reply. About 2 o'clock that afternoon the man who had promised to do hi« work met Lamont bur- rying toward the railroad station with a bug ship is best fitted to Mr. Bissell. In the prac- tice of his profession he has bad entire charge of the affairs of very Iarge corporations, for which hie firm was the legal adviser. He has had charge of making enormous railroad, steamboat and other corporation contracts, He bas advised presidents of corporations on matters of the greatest moment and his advice has proved in every instance that of a keen and far-sighted business man as well as of al headed lawyer. The practice of his profession | h him but little into the courts. It nyolved him but very littie iy the prepara- tion of cases or in the annoyances of the petty details which make up the professional life of the average lawyer. Mr. Bisselt is a man of | large ideas and best fitted to cope with large enterprises and. Undertakings. ft all my ex: | periénce with him I have never known him to make a mistake, |. “As Attorney General Mr. Bissell would have | to cope with all the details which he loathes. ‘The position of the Attorney General of the attorney of the state of New York only in scope | and extent of work. Ax Attorney General Mr. Bissell would have been an irritated and ha- rassed man, engaged in an irritating and uncon- genial uccupation. As Postmaster General he Will be in hiselement. He will have themaking of enormous contracts for the railroad and steamship services, contracts for stationery postage stamps an which call for the attention of a man of ‘just his inteliectual trend. Only those who imper- fectly:know Mr. Bisel will regret that he is to be at the head of the Post Ofice Department and not the Department of Justice.” WAS NOT NEGLECTED FIGHT YEARS AGO. Thin will doubtless explain to many whom it | surprised at tho time it was announced Mr. Cleveland's action in choosing his old law part- ner to be Postmaster General. It is suid, too, | by those who know that the popular impressio: that Mr. Bissell was neglected by Mr. Cleveland | og his first administration is a mistake. | 1 believe that Mr. Bissell could have had owt any cabinet position that he wanted | Well, that’s all right.” rejoined Lamont, without relaxing his sprinting gait. “It's out of town, vouxee. I'll be back tomorrow. At 2:30 Lamont leftgAlbany; at $ o'clock he New York: at {he had delivered to Hu- bert O. Thompson hix cotomission wx sheriff, and shortly after midnight he war one party that broke into the shoriff # office at the ty hall and took possession of it. When the deposed sheriff (Gumbleton of the elly ring) arrived tho next mo fre “clock —almost was known in the street—La- t bis work im the legislature, ax but alsoas uncom: cative, as before. The only direct way in whic he connected himself with the matter was when he said to the friend who bad worked for him: “Well. realty, H——, yon know I couldn't have id Yet attended to that ‘per- before the m This same lack of desir to achieve notoriety ime of his appointment as secretary to Mr. Cleveland when the It was then the cust. tol to gather at the telegraph office and there write the story of the day for their paners Lamont, who was then the New York Sun co night in table where the question. He sat down at the away fora little while in silence. Finally the iajority of the writers fini-hed their work an went away; but one remained with him. He looked up after a time and said, qnizzically: you got tonight, Dan, that makes you so quict: aavthing important?* “Weil. nothing exceedingly starting.” Ta- mont answered, continning to write: but, after he looked up and said,much as he might have spoken of the con- dition of the weather: “Well, old fellow, I guess that you can announce that Lam to be military secret: ~ Lamont’s name having been mentioned for | Private secretary the other correspondent said, “Is that to which Lamont laconicallv re- “Yer, that’s all at present. Imay tarn And he did. HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH MR. TILDEY. His friendship with Mr. Tilden gave Lamont ‘power behind the throne,” and there is no| doubt that his influence was not overrated; but it is not known that he need, much less abused, it, He asked for no political positions for hi no one. Personally Lamont made friends of every one be met with one exception. Gov. Hoffman, when he went ont of office a wrecked politician, was very bitter in his denanciation of Lamont. According to Hoffman's story, Lamont, who | Was studying at Union College, in Schenectady, | was very much pressed for funds to continue | his education. He appealed to Ed. Apgur, then Hoffmau’s pardon clerk, for assistance. aud through him secured an introduction to Gov. | Hoffman. When the governor had heard bis | story he obtained for him the appointment of | deputy clerk in the assembiy. With the money | he earned there he managed to finish bis college | career. “And,” said Gov. Hoffman, telling the | story to an intimate friend, “the first political thing he did was to join my enemies in their onslaught on me. Whether this story is true or not, it is certain 4 Lamont allied his fortunes with Hoff- man he, too, would have been. loat in the ob- {livion which engulfed all of Hoffman's fol- j lowers. GoD FORTUNE HAS NOT CHANGED WIM. When Lamont became private secretary to Gov. Cleveland bis unexpected good fortune | never se med to change in the least bis sunny dispovition and his general good will toward | his formor fellow workers and the politicians of ali clawes with whom he came in contact. The dependence which Mr. Cleveland placed in him | was always asonrce of surprise tothe many who visited the executive camber. Two- thirds of all the governor's visitors were re- ferred to Lamont for their answers, and. in fact, a large majority of those who called cal business never canght even u gi Mr. Cleveland. The many minor politic from the upper counties were often much sur. prised at the familiarity which Mr. Cleveland showed both with them and with the affairs of their counties. Mr. Cleveland was not mach of ® peliticiap at that time. The explanation of , his great and suddenly acquired versatility in state politics was this: Col. Lamont, who had a | wonderful familiarity with county’ politicians. occupied a desk very near that of thi governor. When a card brought in_La- mont would take it and read the name. Then, turning to the “Gov: | ernor, here is Charlie So-and-so. He's clerk of | the county committee in—— county. He is in- terested in Jersey cows up there. Just pump him about his dairy and you'll xoon catch him.” The governor would follow this advice, with what success is atte-ted by the great number of friends he made in central New York. It was always believed at Albany that Lamont furnisted much of the diction for Gov. Cleve- {land's messages ad public papers. It is cer- After he left the department he would saunter | up F street and frequently drop into the basi ness places of acquaintances and spend as long @ time as be coud in pleasant converse. When not engaged at home by social duties of even- ings he would often come down town and drop fm on his friends to hear what was going on. Among the places that he visited quite fre- quently were the newspaper offices, where he we. loom Gresham to Washington the first cabinet officer | of President Cleveland ina source of pleasure to many who have the pleasure of an ac- quaintance with the able and distinguished gentiewan. He is a hale-fellow-well-met, and one of the few men in public life whe carries bis heart on is sleeve.” D LAMONT. Something About the Man Who Will Sue- ceed Mr. Elkins. Correspondence of The Frening Star. eee Aupany, Feb. 24, 1898. While to the politicians of the state “Dan Lamont” was known from hix connection with the polities of Cortland county from before the time he could vote, he was but little known fm Albany until bix active connection with the Albany 4rgvs. His leap into journalism in i} 1887 was as great a surprise to thovs who knew | him & were the many political moves he bas made. He had been deputy clerk in the as- sembiy of the state twice, chief clerk in the state department under John Bigelow. secre- fm the convention that nominated Tilden. Le could have had almost any polisical office be wanted in 1476, and yet in 1837 he dropped everything to become the legislative reporter ef the Albany Argus. -y of the state committee and a shining light . | tain that if Lamont’s views bad ever been pub- lished Gov. Cleveland's messages were pretty are to agree with them. G@. E.G. S. BISSELL, He Will Control the Destinies of the Post Office Department. | Speetal Correspondence of The Frenine Star. ‘The return of Gen. | Burrato, February 24, 1898. Picture to yourself a man of heroic propor- tions, tall above the average and proportion- ately heavier. clean shaven, with bright kindly eyes and a plearant and genial manner, and you ll have made s mental photograph of Mr. Wilson Shannon Bissell, President Cleve- land's announced choice for the office of Post- master General. Mr. Bissell has been a marked personality in Buffalo’s social and profesmonal world for the last two decades, and in all the many associa- tions he bas formed, with all sorts and condi- tions of men, it may be said with absolute trath (and a strange truth to be told in con- nection with @ positive character) he has made no enemies. Usually a man who possesses no enemies has a similar lack of friends, This bas not been the case with Mr. Bisel, Considerable astonishment was aroused in Buffalo by the announcement that the Presi- dent-elect had named Mr. Bissell to be Post- master General instead of Attorney General, and a recent issue of the Evening News, ap- proving the appointment editor disap- ‘oved of the post for which Mr. Bissell bad slated, taking the ground that it would weem as if Mr. ‘s reputation in the law would have better fitted to be the chief legal adviser of the nation than to be its chief postmaster. The editorial, however, was based ‘ome misapprehension of the facts, for ore who | with eight years ago. ‘rom his boyhood Mr. Bissell has trained | ig men. His axsociates in earls life were men older than he and never of minor abilities. | His closest friends were such men as Millard HOW CUTS ARE MADE. ‘The Wonderful Machine That Sets Type—| ‘The Stereotyping Process as Used by The | Star—Methods of Reproducing Pictures. —.—___ The membets of the Columbian Engineering Society on Wednesday last were highly enter- tained as well as instructed by listening tos carefully prepared address from Mr. W. X. Stevens on some of the modern methods ured in printing and in the reproduction of pic- tures as well as the printed page. Mr. Stevens said in part: “There are three general classes of printing. The relief type, in which the characters to be printed stand out from the surrounding blank space; intaglio, in which the characters are depressed or cut below the gen- ral wurface of the plate ax in copper and steel plate engravings, and lithography, which de- pends on chemical affinities and repulsions for its peculiarity. Thave here a common rubber stamp of a kind familiar to all. Now, though stamps of simi- lar kind have existed for 4,000 years, it is within thirty years that they came into general use, nd why? For two réaso because th stamps were formerly of rigid material and it was difficult to use them so squarely as to print a fair impression; and, secondly, use the printer's {uk would dry up, become atieky and il the type, so that such stamps were only used by postmasters and others who could give them daily attention, The discovery of India rubber overcame the first trouble py making the ty; #0 elastic that one part of the face will yield intil all the face touches the paper, thas pro- ducing a fair imprint in the hands of any one. And the aniline dyes or inks overcame the other ebjection by their property of remaining in- detinitely without evaporation or.drsing up. Movable types for printing have an interest- ing bixtory, but let us look at them as we find ‘They are nicked on the underside, printer can fecl which side up the jetters go without stopping to look at them. Fillmore, son of the President of the United States; John G. Millburn, a lawyer of recog- | nized power and culture; Franklin D. Locke, | the Tender of the anti«napper movement in this part of the «tate and father of the Syracnse convention; Senator D. H. McMillan, and last, but uot least, Grover Cleveland. Most of these yeu were bachelors and more than one of them | upied rooms with Mr. Bissell in the famous Weed” block in Buffalo, where he now hus offices, On the third floor of this building for tinny years were Mr. Cleveland's private apart- | ments, | Mr. Bissell was accounted a confirmed bachelor, but a few years ago be followed the example of Mr. Cleveland and beeame a Bene- dict. He married a charming Iady—Miss Louise Fowler Sturges of Geneva—who has been very popular in social Bnffulo since she came to live here. The Bissell home has been since ber advent the abode of ‘a generons cul- ture and a perfect hospitality. Mr. Bissell is a confirmed ‘cigarette smoker. He emokes only the imported Russian or Turk- | bartele, I visited him once in his hand- | some home. Ffound bim in his Ibrary sit- ting in hie shirt sleeves with one sleeve rolled up to bis shoulder, dixclosing an arm of ‘Titanic proportions. "tn bis chubby hand wae the inevitable cigarette. A KINDLY MAN AND A GOOD LAWYER. Jobn G. Milburn said to. me this afternoon: “Wilson 8 Bissell is one of the kindliest of men, as well as one of the best lawyers it has ever been my privilege to know. It had always been a source of wonder to me up to # certain | time why Mr. Bissell never tried any cases in court. Tasked him about it one day. ‘The rearon, Milburn,’ said be, ‘is simply that Ido not like the court practice of the law. I would rather be known as an office thin asa trial Inwyer: not because I am particularly modest, but for th. very good reason that I much pre- fer it. My instincts are entirely against the court part of oir profession. I would rather unravel a corporation tangle for a week than go into court fora day, and I think that I would do it a great deal cheaper. ‘That ix why I atick to my hole in the wall and pore over my ers.” “it isa strange thing.” continaed Mr. Mil- burn, “that in all my experience with Mr. Bissell I never heard him speak directly ill of any man, and itis perhaps equally strange, since humanity fs asa rule ungrateful, that I never heard any one speak ill of Mr. Bissell. His nature is pure gold, without an ounce of alloy. He is one of the noblest men I know. CLEVELAND'S PRIVATE SECRETARY, He is to Be Henry T. Thurber, One of Don Dickinson's Law Partners, Henry T. Thurber of Detroit, one of the law partners of Don M. Dickinson, received a | telegram yesterday offering him the private secretaryship to President-elect Cleveland. He has signified his intention of accepting the ap- pointment. Itcame to Mr. Thurber without rolcitation on the part of himself or friends. Mr. Cleveland bad known him for years, He has been with Mr. Dickinson as a law student | cumulated a modest fortune and is in receipt of a professional income of from €10,000 to $15,000 a year, Mr. Thurber comes of a long line of demo- cratic ancestors. His father was the Inte Jeffer- son G. ‘Taurber, ex-speaker of the Michigan house and for many years one of the promment figures in the party in that «tate. His bro ber iy the distingmshed Rev. Dr. Thurber of Paris, France. He ix a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he was a classmate and friend min T, Cable of Illinois, hax a wide zaistance with public men ’ throughout the country and is accomplished by study and travel. pee SILVER LETTER. MR. HARRITY He Denies That Cleveland Had Anything to Do With It, Chairman Harrity of the democratic national committee when asked yesterday in Philadel- phia as to the natures of the replies received to his letter onthe Sherman silver purchase act, replied that he would have to decline to-go into detail on the matter at present. He admitted that he bas recceived many answers, and that ®: a rule men havo uot hesitated to declare what their position is or is likely to be as to the act, Many are squarely in favor of its repeal, some are in favor of its repeal in a modified way, and others are opposed to its repeal. / Mr. Harrity remarked that letter was sent out to members of the national commit- tee and democratic state chairmen on hix own | responsibility and the suggestion that it was done at Mr. Cleveland's request is without foundation, It was issued with a view to learning as far as practicable the position of democratic rej | sentatives upon a question the final disposition of which méans much to the country, as it does to the democratic party. 5 ee. . WRAPPING THE THROAT. A Doctor Says It Causes Rather Than Pre- vents Troubles. “There lias been a great increase in throat troubles this winter in Washington,” said » | well-known physician to Tux Stan representa- | tive in an uptown hotel, “and I attribute it not | to climatic causes, out mainly to the habit men j have of bundling their throats in silk and | woolen scarfs. “‘It has been a great fad this winter for gen- tlemen, es; y among the young swell con- tingent, to wear these throat protectors upon any and all occasions and in all weathers. During the recent warm spell they obtained | just a» much as when the thermometer was be- low the freezing point. - “The throat is very sensitive. Perhaps in | very cold, windy weather it is well to protect if, but to bundle it up just because it is the aye jor is wrong. If the scarfs are removed, even | few hours, irritation and tion set in |and a partner for eighteen years, bas ac- | Makes the ty They are Gret set up in lines in an instrument called a stick, which is fixed at the exact width | of the column, and quads and. spaces, which | are short blanks of different thicknesses, are used to fill the tick so as to squeeze the type all in tightly, and that in called justifying. Line after line’ ix thus set up until the is full and then the compositor deftly takes out the whole bunch of type and places them oh an imposing stone, where they are. arranged in ; columns to be surrounded by an iron frame and be tightly wedged, #o that the, whole form, rep- resenting a side of @ newspaper or a number of. pages of a book, may be placedupon. the press, where ink is mechanically rolled upon the faces cf the type. Then a sheet of paper is pressed on them and the result you all know. A PRINTING MACHINE, Teuppose that most of you are familiar with these details, but I have touched upon them in order that you may appreciate the merits of a wonderful machine —the Alden typesetting machine— which I had the pleasure of seeing in the New York Zribune office in 1875. It is about as large ax acommon dining table when reduced to acircular form. Rudial grooves or boxer, each about a foot, long, are located around three-quarters of the table to hold the type standidg face up: the a's in one groove, the b's in another and so on, each groove hav- ing a spring which proses all the types in it toward the common center. Within the circle of these type boxes is a smaller table mounted on a vertical «baft and abont two feet aeross, having sets of nippers or fingers all around it dapted to catch the type while the table re- volves rapidly. ‘The type for this machine must be peculiarly nicked on one side, ne, for example, an “a” may buveone nick,a ‘b” two nicks, a “e” three nicks, a “d” @ space and a nick, &c. Now you see thas witll five nicks 120 | different arrangements may be made, according to the rule of permutation, so tha: 10 different sorts, or about three different cases of type, ould beindexed, The statiohary table in front is prepared to receive in one place a column of yesterday's type for distribution and to receive in another piace the type now to be set. ‘The machine may be started and it will tribute a column of type to their own boxes and the quads and spaces to a single box without any attention. ‘The operator may go away and it at work and it will distribute line after until the column is gone, At any time, er the machine is distributing or not, the operator may proceed to strike the keys and the type called for will be set up in the new column. ‘The operator may strike sixty keys before the first letter arrives. If he is a rapid worker he may stop awhile, and when he begins again the types will come along in order as though there had been no i most wonderiul of all, the distribute an old column and set a new one at the same time. If any letter be calied for that is in the revolving fingers to be distribuied that letter will pass its box and come back to the new column. Alden, the inventor of this machine, spent many years upon it and was cailed insane. ‘Atter bis ded bis brother spent over a muillion dollars in efforts to perfect it, ‘The Alden machine was superseded by n ma- chine working on a nmpler principle and it is now before the public, called the linotype. It on the spot when required. ‘The operator works ata keyboard. and every type called for is instantly cast from a pot of melted type metal and set up in column. and after the type has been used the whole may be meited over and be cast again by this machine cheaper than it can be distributed. So the types when made are not worth saving. Exch little type is a most exquisite picce of exact workmanship, wich sides perfectly parallel, otherwise they could not be held togetier in the forms, und the full form presents an exactly flat or plane surface. THE STEREOTYPING PROCESS, Well, after all the trouble has been taken to set up the type they are not used for printing with ink at all, Let me explain. After the type for a pnge are set up in the usual manera mat- ix inforced upon it by a powerful press; the tmatrix being thick payer in.» soft pulpy con- dition receives every impression to the very let detail of punctuation, and ix then quickly dried. ‘Then this matrix is laid into a hollow iron half cylinder and a frame about as thick as my finger is placed upon jts edge; then thi frame ix covered in with an iron cylinder exactly the size of the press cylinder. Then melted type metal 13 poured onto the matrix until the apace is entirely filled between it and the cylinder, thus casting every letter and en- graving all in one stereotype, ready to be fe sis tened upon the press eylinder for service. exhibit is a portion of such hus been used by Tae Eve prefented to me for your benefit by the editor of Tue Stan. Thus you see that e not used to print with, but they are set up and used only to produce ‘one paper matrix, like this, which may be used for today’s service, then it may be stored away for another cast of a stereotype, either fiat or cylindrical, if it should ever be needed, the stereotype used to- day being melted over tomorrow. Just think of the saving. Th the old style the printer was obliged to keep tons of type metal stored away in stereotypes for any paper or book that must be reprinted ata future time. Now he only keeps these light inexpensive shects of pasteboard. In two hours’ time a large office will set up @ of type, impress the matrix, cast the stereotypes and begin delivering a six- teen-page paper printed at the rate of 20,000 an hour. it, of course, all but the one pape in question was stereotvped before the closing rush began. ONE ISSUE OF THE STAR. Have you any idea of the magnitude of this bustmess done by the printers? Every Satur- day's issue of Tux Evexixo Stax alone takes a strip of ps over three-fourths of a yard wide and sixty-five and five-eighths miles long. If the lines of one such twenty- issue were straightened out the single line of printing would reach twenty times around the\world. Aliowing forty-five letters to a line, } alli w- ing one yard as the average distance which the com "s band mores {o set each. type, that hand travels eight hundred and eighteen miles in setting up one such paper. * | and our biils'are increased. It is like wearing | am overcoat one day and leaving it off the next, or wearing heavy ching when the temperature makes it unuecessary. Unless throat is very woak it is poor policy to wrap it up.” AS A NERVE TONIC it This p! » Washington ATURDAY, : RUARY 25, + 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. and forms a tough film, which may be sepa- rated from the glass by soaking in water. These delicate films which I now show you are samples after service. The film is now to be floated upon water and then taken out the other side up by @ glass under it. and then the air bubbles are carefully brushed out and the plate is dried the film adheres to it like this one and it is ready for use. The film is thus separated from the glass for the purpose of inverting it, When the picture was taken it was a negative and it would print a posit but we want our zine plate to be a negative, so we invert the film on the glass. Thus you see we can print with this film to read either forward or backward. Now coat the zinc plate in dark room with sensitized-albunien, ary it, place the negative over it in a close printing frame, bri: it out and expore it to sunligh into the dark and roll the whole plate with printers’ iuk, making it all black. ‘Then im- meree it in water and all tl tion of the it albumen unaffected by light will be dissolved away with the ink thereon, leaving the lines standing in relief. ‘This is ‘the great seoret of photo-relief printing iu all ite branches, Please Temember the action of light on the sensitized albumen makes it insoluble, while that portion between the lines being unaffected readily dis- solves away, leaving the lines standing in relief. But as yet the fines are not high enough to print sharp and fair, eo wecut away the blank space between by etching with acid as follow ‘The plate is first to be varnished on its back and edges to protect those parts and then it ie dipped into weak nitric acid for three minutes. ‘The ink which was rolled upon the plate before the gelatine was dissolved away now protects es from the acid by its greasy repulaon. late which I show you has been once etched, but it is not deep enough. Then why did we not keep it in the acid longer and etch it deeper? Because after the acid passes the protected surface it will eat into the sides of the lines and destroy them. Now we want to protect the sides of the ines so we can etch deeper between them, but how can we varnish thousands of little ues not higher than thick paper and not varnish the spaces between? By applying a finely powdered dry regin, such as shellac, with the plate #lanting one way it banks up (that side of all the lines, then heat the plate until the shellac melts and forme Avarnish just where it had lodged and we have varnished one side of all the standing Mnes, Then we cool the plate and turn it on the opposite edge and apply more dry powder and again melt it. and thus we have varnished the two sides of all lines running one way on the plate. But lines run in all directions, to we must treat the plate in the same manner from each ride edge in order to insure varnishing both sides of every line. We cannot varnish two sides of any line at once because the light brnsh or tuft of cotton with which the powder iw applied would only pile up powder at one fideo a line while pulling ft away from the other side. Now we dip the varnished plate a second time in acid and leave it three minutes for the second biting. Then we ugain wash and dry it and repeat the four-mded varnishing, and then give ita final dip in the acid for the last etching. TRE CU! READY FOR USE. ‘This second plate has had the three etchings, but all the broad spaces must be cut still deeper and it is done mechanically, by tha routing machine as shown in all this region. | Now the plate is to be fastened upon a block of wood like this.to make it type-high, and then it is ready for service and it may be uscd alone to print with direct, or it may be bound into a form with type to make a matrix with, In reproducing anything from an ink print there ix no hand drawing necessary, because the type and engravings are alrqgdy in lines, Valuable books, which are not copyrighted, and some bovks like old copies ot Websier's Dic- tionary, on which the copyright has expired, are now reproduced by this zine process, six or eight pagey at one print, without the expense of setting type, so that a dictionary which used to cost #14 may now be bought for less than $3. But that is not the latest edition. These plates, films and prints were kindly loaned to me by Mr. Maurice Joyce of this city. and he has taken pains to show mo many of these de- tails for your entertainment. He is the inven- tor and’ proprietor of the kaolatype process, Which is the first successfal method ever used to make pictures no quickly as to be printed in connoction with type in a daily paper. It fret appegred in illustrating the Washington Critic in 1877, and itis still the quickest method known for that kind of work. The steps are as follows: Plates like this of various sizes are kept on hand. ‘this plate is first coated with kaolin about one-twen- tieth of an inch thick. Now, with a sharp point the artist draws the picture through the coat- ing. ‘The steel plate 1s too hard to be scratched and is perfectly fat and true. No: melted type metal directly onto this pictured plate and ihe engraving is a finished stereot ready to print with. You draw it positive and the stereotype cast into it is, of couree, a nega- tive which will print positives. ‘The kaolin or potters’ clay may be made thick or thin as re- quired. Suppose we have a photograph on common silvered peper to copy. We merely fasten it over a plate thus prepared, then mark the outlines and shading with a pencil directly on the face of the picture and the kaolin re- crives the impression through the paper. ‘Then, with she steel point we trace the lines down onto the plate and the work is done, ready to pour stereotype metal upon. Supposing we don't like our work we may rub it over thus, filling up the lines we have made, and then draw over the same place .again. ‘Ihix may be done a number of times without damaging the groundwork of kaolin. ‘Ihe plate be Teadily cleaned after service and then be re- couted, pens Ean A PKODUCE EXCHANGE, Preliminary Steps Taken Toward Its Forma- tion Last Night. Last evening at No. 910 Pennsylvania avenue a meeting of prodace dealers was heid for the purpose of effecting an organization to be known as the Washington Produce Exchange. ‘There was a large attendance und most of the principal produce houses were reprosented. Mr. O. O. Spicer was selected to act as tempor- ary chairman and in opening the meeting he said that under the growing interests of the city he thought it absolutely necessary that there should be a produce exchange organized. Mr. W. G. Carter was chosen secretary and Mr. L. P. Krey treasurer. No definite action was taken concerning the objects of the organization and upon motion of Mr. Hillman a committee of nine was selected to ‘reports plan of organization and make nominations for officers of the exchange. ‘Those selected asmembers of the committee were Chairman Spicer. J. F. Saum, E. i. Chamberlain, Joseph Hillman, ‘Millard Price, J. 3. Redman, J. H. Wallerstein, Taylor Wade and J. T. Varnell. Among the houses represented were W. W. Hough & Son, O. O. Spicer, Roth & Ge: Golden, Love & Ci rey, Price & Co., J. 8. Redman & Co.,N. ‘Tt. Redman & Co., R.A. Wheeler & Co.,’ Kelly & Chamberlain, “Hend- tickson & Co., A. F. King-ley & Son, Witkins & Co., Adams & Brawner, Hl. C. Coburn, Waller- stein Bros., Loving & 'Hamuer, Jas. F. Oyster, . D. Daly, T. O. Varnell (Armour & Co.), C.E. Lyman (Swift & Co.),Bulien & McKeever,Scha- fer & Cleary, G. K. Andrews & Co., Compton Bros., Brown Bros., G. ‘Taylor Wade, W. 0. Shreove & Sons, N. "A. Poole, W. ©. Drury & Co., W. 8. Anderson & Co., Wiilis Worster. Hill. man & Co., Durand Bros, & Merrick, Kingsl Bros. Creamery Co.. J. F. Saum & Co., Alvin Price & Co., John A. Davie & Sons, L. M.Cook, Harris, Anderson & Co.. Wm. James & Son; W. 8. Hoge & Bros., Mathewson & Co., Rico | Bros.,'T. A. Dennison & Co., D. ©. Thomas & Co, and Marmaduke & Titus, Following the business meeting those in at- tendance enjoyed a dinner spread in an_adjoip- ing hall, and several mmbers of the Virginia Democratic Club, which meets in the sume buulding, accepted an invitation to the dinner. Etate H. 8. Nyman has bought of T. H. Gaither for $21,000 subs 63 and 64, square 153—each 25 by 120 feet on New Ham; avenue between ey and 8 street northwest. Early has purchased for $15,000 of Henrietta M. Dwight sub)62, square 11125 feet on Connecticut avenue and 653¢ feet on Q street C.M. Te has bought of W. H. Lawsen ‘owson 2 for @15,000 sub 80, ‘212-22 feet front on N between 14th and 15th streets northwest. Jobn Eaton bas for $5,802 of the Heal Estate Company subs $3 to 35, yuare 1035—each front on East Cap- ‘etwoon 15th end \4sh siroote onat perenne some thirty or more in number, to send in Tepresentative canvases for the dixplay, which are to be sold,—the proceeds of sale, together h the society proposes es- ing. with the view of eventually erecting suitable building for studios, exhibition room . That a movement like this ought to be en- couraged everybody who is anybody must ad- mit, 4 Itappears that the bronze statne of Presi- dent, Arthur, exéeuted on @ commission from 4 number of bis New York friends by Ephraim Keyser, the Baltimore sculptor, to which refer- ence was made in this column a couple of weeks ago, is not to beset up in Central Park after ing | all,aswas intended by the dono: A report then take it | pi a eg cong Miron | from the advisory art commission, of which Mr. | Henry G, Marquand, the well-known connois- |seur and collector, is chnirman, advised the | Park board against ite acceptance on the ground | that “it is not equal to the average of sculpture |4n Central Park,” which is about as revere a | thing as need be said. After some discussion in the board the report was approved, and the tatue was rejected. What will be done with it now is not yet decided. As there is no reason to doubt either the capacity_or fairness of the commission, the action of the park board would seem to be abundantly warranted, for the sculpture in the lot. It is a pity, by the war, that the jury sitting in this case did not enter upon ite duties atan earlier day,—early enough, for example, to have passed "upon the atrocious effigy of Bolivar on horseback set up a few years ago in Central Park, which is so bad that it makes ery other equestrian statue in the country « work of high art by comparison, This statue of Bolivar, like that of Arthur, Was the gift of some patriotic admirers of their of art, as is too often the case, Greeks bearing presents were to be feared, your public spirited art-giver is to “be even more drended,--as m rule. Of course, there are bright and shining exceptions here and ther: but the paintings and sculptures so ostenta~ tiously presented to public institutions. munic- ipalities, etc.. are apt to be of a character and quality that the authorities would never think of acquirimg by purchase. It may seem gracious on their part to deeline offerings *hus voluntarily mad t they do weil to bear in kindly-dispored donor has feelings. ‘Those who are in of opening the art gulleries of the Chicago Exposition on Sund may tke courage from the headway the move- ment is making in England, where reforms travel ata erail’s pace. The London county council hax been advised by its committee on general purposes that 1! Bethnal Green musenms shall be o; ened on Sunday, with the proviso that no emp be required to work more than six days in th | week. This recommendation is an immeiiate effect of the good results obtained in Liverpool and elsewhere in Great Britain by the Sunday opening of varions local museums. Thousan of persons who otherwise would be bi employed on Sunday avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded to see the works of art, oe It is not often that one can see in one visit 80 choice a ax the two collections now on view at the V. Fischer art store. The Rookwood pottery exhibit is, alike in form, color, and decorations, a delight to all lovers of ceramics, and the water color and biack and. white drawings by Mr. Rufus F. Zogbaum are still more attractive in their way. As a delineator of military and naval subjects and hunting scenes Mr. has probably no equal in this coun’ and not best. From their themes most attention from arm who are free in and navy officers praise of their fidelity to. na of life. A number of them were p: first day they were exposed. ta a the walis of some of the best houses in the city. os an equal reputation us engineer, ontractor, fifty-three pictures in fifty seventeen of tho-# pictures were sold in New York for $6,000 immediately after being put on exhibition,” ‘This extraordin well for Mr. Smith s bank hardly fail to be bad in the reputation as an artist, an man working at that p: either his subject or him.elf; and this partic- ular performance can hardiy fail to suggest count, but at ean ad for the artist's for art as well, the feeling uf the artist, . bas painted a Like Pall M ess of mier.” When a conservative per finds any:hing to approve in 4 or any other art than be near at band. the American Water Color Society, now open in New York, though Holmes and De Lancy Gill, who are prime favorites there, sent nothing this year, Miss Bertha Perrie comes out strong- | est, no less than nine of her drawings having been accepted. Several of them are placed “on the line,” and one was marked “sold at once. Moser has four, one of which, “A September Moonrise,” was’ sold for $123. Howard Hel- mick has two. Miss Tappan likewise has two, one of which was promptly sold, and Hobart Nichols aud E. J. Smith have one each. Both of the Inst two named are exceptionally good. Under the ttle of, “An American Venice,’ Mr. Nichols gives a peetically rendered glimpse of the canal in Georgetown, near the aqueduct bridge. The other is @ simple but cle Painted bit of still lite. esate! * An example of strong drawing, combined called Reverie, by Macdonald, on view in tho ment of using s rich old gold as the back- ground for a blond figure, clad in pure white, Was a sontewhat hazardous one, but the result fully justified the risk. The effect is simply | superb. especially when viewed from a litte distance, A new departure in the matter of locating equestrian statues is to be made in that of Gen eral Hancock, tor which Elwell the sculptor _B&conspicuous place in « populous city, as is usually the cage with such memorials, it is to be | proportion.’ Whe soulptor bas | sitea place marked by aslab as the * point reached in the charge troops, und Hancock is to 2. Considerable fault is found by the artists of ‘New York with the composition of lected in that city to pass upon the paint | intended tor the Chicago exhibition, The ground of complaint is that the jury is #0 con- stivuted that only pictures painted by young men. in the style of the modern French school ‘will have consideration in making selections, apd the charge’ is made that number of the older artists.whd have'won distinction abroad ‘as well as in this country have becn treated not only with scant courtesy but contemptuously by the committes, or by Mr. W. M. Chase, eg de vein ern in the ‘men Srehinking end Getnge Coriin: ii ‘sures by artists | to form the nucleus of | Park is, with a fow notable exceptions, a sorry | hero, whose liberality exceeded their knowledge | In fact, if the | mind that a long-suffering public as well asa | South Kensington and | many superiors anywhere, and some Of the | drawing: here shown represent him at his very naturally win ture, while their artistic merit commends them } to the favor of connoisseurs in whatever walk chased the after the close of the exhibition they will bé found on Hopkinson Smith, who seems to be enjoying painter, author and reader, is quoted as saying that when he was last in Venice he “finished and v record epeake No © can do justice to the apprehension that the emrit of the con- tractor Lad for the time being go: the Letter of An American artist, Mr. McLure Hamilton, \dstone, which the i Gazelte says “is by all odds the best of the unending series of portraits of the Pre- tt of the British islands it may weil be thought that the millenium must te Washington water coloristsare pretty well rep- resented in the twenty-sixth annual exhibition of with a remarkablecolor scheme, is the picture Fischer window on 15th street. The experi- at least have the merit of being the real thing, and not the imitation or echo of something that may or may not #tand the test of time, Mr. Dunbar the sculptor will shortly com- mence modeling a figure of the inte Senator Kenna, with the hope of securing the commis- sion for the statue of that gentleman which is to be one of the contributions of the state of West Virginia to the ball of statuary in the na- tional capitol building, for the execution of which the legislature of that state recently made ‘en appropriation of five thousand dollar, 5 | | Mr. W. T. Mathews, whose studio is in the Corcoran building, has ready for shipment five paintings as bis contribution to the fine arts department of the Chicago exposition. The most important of the group is recently Painted portrait of Governor MeKinley, of Ohio, Two are portraits of young ladies, one the spirited likeness of a child, the fifth being an ideal subject, entitled “Cupid and Payobe.” All the portraits are painted from life, without reliance upon the doubtful aid of photography, which is becoming too much the usage nowa- dave, and that of Gor. McKinley is particularly sure to attract attention. It represents bim in full life size, three-quarter length, seated in = comfortable arm chair, and is alike admirable in color, modeling and pose. It is ultimately intended for a place in the state house at Co- lumbus, which will thus bave a complete collection of portraita of the governors of the state, from the first down to the present in- cumbent of the office, —oo—____ BROOKLAND. Mies Mary E. Owens of Philadelphia has been Visiting Miss Lillie E. Stelio of Sargent road. Miss Janie Brown of Stotts is the guest of Miss Minnie Greenlees of Cuckold’s Delight. Miss Alice Hamilton of Terra Cotta paida short visit to the Misses Lynch of Brookland recently. Mra. Bowman and Miss Nettie Cashell were the recent guests of Mr. and Mra. William Reiser. Mr. and Mrs, Sickels are enjoving a visit from | their daughter, Mrs. A. H. Chamberlain of St. Paul, Minn, Mrs. J. ©. Quackenbush and son of George- town, with Mra. 8. F. Johnston of Philadelphia, have been «pending some time with Mr. and | Mrs. J. H. Norton, Miss Daisy Norton has just returned from | Georgetown. Mr. Harry Keefer and Mra. Joseph Phillips Tere the recent guests of Mr. and Mra W. Hi, Vite. |. Mr. and Mrs. William Reisser have been over | to Baltimore to see Miss Julia Keiser, who is serion-ly fll. The Brookland Whist Club has discontinued its meetings until after Lent. Mr—Samuel Cense losta valuable borse a few g been taken *uddenly wick while he was on bis way to Washington, The “Baby Cleveland Club” is the latent ad- dition to the social organizations of Brookland. It ts composed of some of the younger members of the community and beid its first meeting for the election of officers at the residence of Mr. Larner on Fort street. ‘The lecture by the Rev. Ewing 0. Tade on the wonderful Yosemite valley of Calif I lustrated by beautiful stereopticon riew: be held in the Bapti-t Church on Tuesday even- ing. February 28. at 7:30 p.m. On the 2ist of February seventr-two years ago Mr. P. H. Johnston of Brookland was bo: in the city of Lelwick. in tbe Shetland Ielands, o% the coast of Scotland, the most nortuerly land in the united kingdom. Embracing a sea- | faring life, the year 1549 found bim as mate of | 8 vessel sailing from Dominica, in the West In- | dies, On the same vessel as @ passenger was Mise Jeannie Hosie, who had left her native town of Glaxgow, in Scotland, and had been domiciled for three years in Dominica. The good ehip was bound for Philadelphia, and in March, | 1850, at the famous Mariner's Bethel in that ogbaum | quaint old Quaker town Mate Johnston and | | Miss Howi ro married. Mr. Johnston en- reantile pursuits in Philadelphia j and celebrated bis silver wedding anniversary in that city, but im 1892 purchased a | home on Dover street, Brookland, and on the [evening of the 2ist instant was agreeably sur- ‘prised by having namber of his friends call | to help him celebrate the rounding off of his more than = score and tea hearty yours. Mosie and cheer i despite elements without, A "refreshment" table, a birthday cake bearing the legend of the day, received due attention, and the guest of honor in his own house reahzed that he was very happy in the land of his adoption. | Mr. John-ton is as active as any of the young men, and last summer “went aloft” with the best of them to help fit up the Kearsarge on the White Lot. Among those present at the birthday celebration were Mr. and Mra. Rob- bing, Mr and Mra. G. E. Boggs, Mr. and Mra. Lewis Paxton, Mr. Clement | Rockhill, Miss Ashton, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. | Johnston, Misses Ruth and Rachel Johnston and Master Willie Robbins. a TAKOMA PARK. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Garrett entertained Miss Garrett of Washington and Mrs. Mabel Childs of Takome at dinner on the 23d to cele- brate the birthday of the latter. Mrs, Losekam returned to Baltimore Friday evening from a brief visit to her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Parsons. iss Raby and Miss Dickey of Mt. Pleasant, D. C., are visiting Miss Danforth in her Takoma home. Miss Ross returned to Asbury Park, N. J., today. Miss Thomas of Asbury will remain in Takoma indefinitely a guest at Mr. Henry Gar- rett’s on Oak avenue. Mrs. H. T. Doyle left Wednesday for New York; she will visit Philadelphia on her return. Mrs. Gen. Clark, with Misses Clark, will remove to Hotel Takoma | about May 1. Miss Julia Rock of Northwest Washington entertained some friends at luncheon Friday in honor of Miss Stella Bennett and Miss C. M. Summy of Takoma. Some ten or twelve lots in the park changed wners this week, in each instance the new owner intending to build a residence. The | principal transfers were on Maple and Carroll | avenues. Owing to the inclement weather on the 224 the trial trip of the electric cars on the 7th street road was not attempted. Mrs. de Mitkiewicz leaves many friends in Takoma who will mourn her early death. She was for several months a resident with her family. Her noble traite of character and dis- position had endeared her to ali whose privilege it was to know her. eee CASHIER REDWINE CAUGHT. Atlanta Stirred Up Over the Suicide Result- ing From His Devaleation. Lewis Redwine, the defaulting cashier of the Gate City National Bank, who absconded with | lo refuses to talk and has no money with him. The surprise following the defalcation of Redwine and the closing of the Gate City Ne- tional Bank has paled into insignificance beside hhas the commission, Instead of being erested | Sc Cobb. He bad always been especially promi- ‘ nent asa leader in the south’s most exclusive set. He wasa leader in everything, a great athlete and a brilliant lawyer,who was regarded | in Georgia. "A yont aps be iarried Mies Sarah Franeis Grant,s noted belle and beauty, the daughter of a very wealthy man. Jackson was » warm personal friend of wine, and seemed to brooding troubles. All day he E i Hi fi i i ul | | | E | if i ik | | i ; rf | i t I ston, Mra. Spline | or daughters, the | ‘There {+ a eweet, subtle, eupernal, seductive charm sbout the little peanut. Thrones may totter, great political parties disintegrate, the geogra;hical map of Europe change, bloody wars rage and woman #uffrage come, but the bold of the little peanut upon the hearts of the great American people can never be dislodged. Life would indeed be » dreary waste, unrealized mbitions doubly bitter, circuses « forlora failure and the occupation of the olive-shinned son of funny climes gone were it not for the little peanct. “Toan't talk jitics because my side isn't tn it this year,” «nid genial Judge D. Romeell, ex-Congressman from North Carolina, at the ditt, “but I will talk peanuts I love pea- nuts. Yes, 1 suppose pretty much everybody else does, too, But it scarcely pare to raise them down our way. My «tate is the home of the peanut, But now Tennessee and Virginia have gone so extensively into the business that they bave cut into our iudustry seriously. They Taine @ larger, bat of course, not so Gnely favored nut as we do, The peannt grows op Hight, sands soil not worth mack for anything money However, the reputation of Americans as peanut eaters must and shall be waintained. even if we have to grow peanute out of pure patriotiem and philantbrophy.” “I don’t think there will be accommodating the crowds at the world’s fair im my city,” said Potter Palmer of Chicago at the Arlington. “We have been building largely im anticipation of the influx of people. Fiat houses by the mile bave gone up. These will be need as hotels during the season and will be changed into apartment houses when the fair is ove “The districts reached by the Milinoie Central, the cable and elevated care are territorially v large. Thousands of private families will throw a thetr houses, to may nothing of the many who will rely upon roomera. No, there need be no apprehensions on this score. There is an impression, especially in New York, that the People are to be robbed by hotel keepers and Others. leannot of course peak for all, but several of the large hotels will not raise rates. It would be very detrimental to the fair and also to Chicago to have onle rema: way upon this assumption, and | believe that the feeling has been unnecessarily magnitied. Astout gentleman with flowing gray beard sat in the lobby of the Rigge last evening talk- ing witha friend. Hix name is T. W. Phillips, and he will represent the twenty-fifth congres- sional district of Pennsylvania im the next House. This is Mr. Phillips’ first entrance into the | Political arena as a public official, though he bas always been prominent in republic | toe in his district. Mr. | n poli- Phillips hails from Newcastle, Laurence county, and he #ucceeds Mr. Gillespie. He is a banker and is largely interested in oil, there being many petroleum aud gas wells in his district, J. C. MeDearman, Congressman-elect from nth congressional district of i alo make bis im a in the next House. He, t hax never before held public office and succesds Representative Pierce. who is ow serving his third term. Mr. McDearman is one of the most prominent lawyers in bis district, which borders the Mississippi in the southwestern part of the state. Mr. McDearman's district is also largely agricultural, though Trenton, his home, and Union City and Humboldt are manufacturing centers, ‘oyan, ® popular young man from Shelbyville, Kv., is in Washington, the owe r of an indorsement from the ore bis state for a foreign mission. Mr. Govan a painter and « forcible orator, weil knows on the stump of husstate. He is known from one end of its confines to the other as the “painter orator.” “The time bas gone b; the republican lesJer of lington, “in the state of ‘Becessary to go down on your knees to Mr. Hill ina political sexse. The democratic parsy ts bound to goto pieces, not to disintegrate, but toseparate, The eplit may become a repetition of the old barn barners and bunkers, cae can, tell better three months after Mr. veland’s inauguration how things will There bas been a great dealeaid in the papers about Tammany 'saffection for Mr. Clevelandand ndonment of Mr. Hill. How deep this love is and its sincerity will depend upon the distri bution of the loaves and the fishes. Tammany sense of gratitude will lie in the realization of future expectations. Its lovalty to the admin- istration pon the distribution of patronage. ant clement, » beck number before election in Tammany's eyes, is now in the front. Thev were antagonistic then, and in the scramble for patronage and recogni- tion which is now to come there will ensuee fight which will result in a split.” Ex-Congreseman E. P. Allen of Ypsilanti, Mich., was a busy man last evening at the Ne- tional shaking hands with the Detroit delege- tion of city fathers, Mr. Allen served two terms in the House, isa lawyer and much im- terested in educational matters. In discussing | the Ann Arbor University he said: “The university is the pride of the state, ‘There is at presenta bill pending before the legislature appropriating one-fifth of a mill om every dollar received by taxation for an annual appropriation for the college, which will give it an income of about $300,000, It is already the greatest university in America and will be- come one of the greatest in the world. Over 3,000 students are on its rolls, among which are over 300 from fifteen foreign’ countries, some hailing from old England, while manvare frou South and Central America and the West Indien There is a large attendance of Canndi- ans, and students from the south and west, ine ad.of being sent to Yale and Harvard and other eastern colleges, go to Michigan. The course of study is enlarged and the standard of admission raised. ‘There are 600 law students, the law college of which Judge Cooley was xo being the foremost of all the col- noon a gentleman dressed with scrapulous neatness ina black broadcloth Prince Albert coat paused a moment before the picture of Pocahontas. Perbaps the Indian figures called up memories of days spent in the saddie scout- ing on the plains, of hunting the buffalo and the Indian, and of many an escape from @ hostile’s bullet and keen-edged scalping kuife. The long locks, however, that bung over Col. William F. Cody's shoulders, now streaked with siiver, were ordained to add to his strikingly turesque figure rather than ornament tof = Cotanche warrior. Though it is many years eince “Buffalo Bill” first became prominent asascout and Indiao fighter, bis form is as evect and muscular, his eye as bright Col. Cody devotes his spare time to eltppi coupons from his government bonds ‘instead of tting the beadgear and hair of the untamed fivage: snd rests serenely spon ka vellaareed es STRANDING OF THE HOWE. ‘A Severe Rebuke for Vice Admiral Heary Fairfax. A sensation bas been caused in English naval circles by the non-concurrence of the lords of aye