Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1894, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR eat PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. THE STAR SUILDINGS, no ca ‘Avenue, corner 11th St. by Evening Star N Company, = & EAUFFMANR, Pres New York Office, 08 Potter Building, ————— ‘Tre Evexixe STAR is served to snbseribers in the city by carriers, on their own serount, at 10 cents month. | Copies af the counter Tanada—postage prepaid—5O cents per SATURDAY QuINTUPLE SHEET StaR $1.00 per year; with forelen postame added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C. as second-class matl matter. ) 2-11 mai) subscriptions must be paid in advance. Kates of advertising made known on application’ Part 3. Che Fp ening Star. Pages 17-20. FORT MYER AS IT IS NOW. ean = OLD AND NEW POST At Fort Myer, the Only Cavalry Station of the East. BRAVE TROOPERS AT HOM They Are Not Show Soldiers, But Old Campaigners, READY FOR ACTION ANY TIME —acenee shore of the Potomac, within a half mile of the river bank and upon a ridge eleva- tion of about two hundred feet, stands Fort Myer, like a Jone sentinel on watch over the national cap- ital, whose white dome is plainly in view four miles away. Though its present military establish- ment Is of recent creation, constituting the one single United States cavalry station east of the Mississippi river, the “post” itself, as it is styled in nfilitary parlance, is simply an improved or renovated old one, and the only remaining garrisoned site of that his- toric cordon of defensive earthworks, which, at the close of the civil war, made Washing- ton one of the most impregnable fortified cities in the world. Originally constructed in the spring of 1863, it was named Fort Whipple, in hon- or of the gallant Maj. Gen. Whipple, who died that year from wounds received at the battle of Chancellorsville—a fitting name for what was regarded as one of the strongest and most important defenses around Wash- ington. Indeed, at the time of its comple- tion, it was recorded as one of the most beautiful specimens of field engineering of @ semi-permanent nature, and yet, aside from being a model structure,- its impor- tance was magniiied by reason of its com- manding position with respect to other forts, military roads, approaches, &c. But like most of the old fortifications that encircled the capital during the rebellion, Fort Whipple's embankments crumbled away in time and were leveled, so that now little or nothing remains to mark the old line of its walls and parapets, once bristling with defiant guns. In the closing years of the sixties, in deference, doubtless, to its recognized strategic importance, plans were inaugur- ated for perpetuating its site, by making it @ permanent military post, and gradual im- provements continued till 1872, when a school of instruction for officers and men of the United States signal corps was estab- Ushed, the reservation limits being extend- ed, by order of the Secretary of War, to in- clude all that part of Arlington estate out- N THE VIRGINIA of Mackenzie, Crook and Miles, in their tire- less wars against the hostile Indians, and even then Lawton had just successfully completed one of the most noted marches on record—a march of over 2200 miles, across the burning sands and sharp-edged boulders of the Mexican border—a march in pursuit of the murderous Apache chiefs, Geronimo and Natchez, who were followed night and day by a small band of shoeless and coatless infautrymen and dismounted cavalfymen. By an interesting coincidence, hardly had the Apache tribe been removed frem Arizona to their Florida prison, when Lawton and his gallant troopers landed in Washington, still showing signs of the hardship and exposure of that remarkable campaign. In less than two years Lawton was made an ctor general in the army, but his old troop, toRether with Andcrso of the sixth, stayed at Myer until 171. when their four years’ tour being completed they were repl d by three other troops from the west, one each of the first, eighth and pinth cavalry--the latter a colored troop—with Lieut. Col. Giy V. Henry, sev- enth cavalry, in command of the post. In the following spring, Capt. Bell's troop of the renowned seventh (Custer’s old reg! ment) was added to the Fort Myer garr son. The idea was also seriously enter- tained of placing there three of the newly created troops of Indian soldiers, so to exhibit the three races of men in the ranks of our army, but the plan never ma- terialized. The Officers’ Quarters. The post is so situated that no photo- graphic bird's eye view of its entirety can well be taken. Owing to its gradual en- largement and diversion from original pur- poses, it is not laid out according to those orthodox plans which govern at most army posts, and there is no level view of the whole post. For example, the original line of officers’ quarters adjoining the com- mander’s house faces toward the city, ex- tending along the ridge, which makes a rapid decline of 150 feet into a sandy hol- low, while other officers’ quarters of more recent constru@&tion flank the headquarters ‘ballding at right angle to the. main ap- proach, and face the post parade, which at Fort Myer is in rear of the commander's house. ‘ Its avenues and streets are sharply lined its arbor foliage is all that could be ex- pected in the few years of its transition from an armed bomb-proof into a beautiful modern barrack garrison: its officers’ quar- ters are among the coziest and most com- fortable in the army, and the picturesque beauty of Its 186 acres of area makes it one of the mest attractive and delightful military posts in the country. The Commanding Officer's Quarters. The commuznding officer's quarters, pretty as they appeur, are but iittle superior to those of the company officers. There is a fiction of military law which prescribes the meager allotment of one room and a kitch- en for subaltern officers, two rooms and a kitchen for captains, ete., but in times of peace the obsolete rule is, very properly, never enforced, indeed, never theught of j household dragoon guards of WASHINGTON, D. ©., SATURDAY, Garrison Life. The routine garrison life of soldiery at Fort Myer, as elsewhere, differs one season, from another. In the delightful spring and autumn days there -is greatest activity, with sometimes two drills a day and bat- talion parade every evening except Satur- days and Sundays. On Sundays, nowadays, the soldier is not required to do any unnec- essary military duty, and even Saturdays are regarded as sort of garrison holidays after the regulation Saturday inspection is concluded. In the pleasanter months these weekly inspections, like most garri- son formations, are by battalion, but in winter they « by company, when, of course, the parade effect is lacking. During spring, summer and fall the troops are ma- neuvered daily, Saturday and Sunday ex- cepted, on the spacious drill grounds ad- joining the post proper, and well might the hundreds of people who drive out to witness the military evolutions of the command . Olicer Quarters. there be increased to thousands, for Col. Henry is justly reputed to be one of the best commanders and tield drill masters in the army, und no squadron in the service can excel his troopers in field or parade tactics. The Riding Hat. Indeed, visitors need not wait for the sunny days of milder seasons to find inter- est in the soldier life at Fort Myer. Al- though outdoor drills and parades are no longer in order, the immense brick riding hall, in a remote corner of the post, is the scene daily of all the intricacies of mounted drill as well as rarest feats of cavalry horsemanship. Truly it may be said that the modern cavalryman must no longer be erly a good saddle rider. He must be complete master of his horse, with absolute control of his own equilibrium, and, at the same time, be fearless in whatever pertains to equestrianism, fully able to take care of himself and horse anywhere and every- where alone, He is practiced bareback on the dead level heats, and must jump hur- dles of varying heights, singly and in fla- tcon fronts, with saddle and without, when negligenc® or lack of skill might tend to stampede a troop at the cost of his own fe. Expert Horsemanship. Fresh Stories About Two Famous Republican Presidents, POLITICAL DESIRES FOR 1896. Harrison’s Law Lectures and What Mr. Michener Says About Them. GEN. GARFIELD AS A STUDENT Written for The Evening Star. X-PRESIDENT HAR- rison has put an im- mense amount of time on the lectures which he is to de- liver before the Stan ford University, He has devoted all of his leisure to the work and has worked the lectures out from original sources, so that they will prob- ably be a valuable contribution to legal fence. I met last night General Mich- ener, who was to a large extent President Harrison's political manager, and who is ene of his closest and most confidential friends. I asked him whether it was true that Harrison hoped jto be renominated as a candidate for the Deeastenes in 1896. He replied, “I personally know that there is nothing in that story. President Harrison dees not want to be renominated, and there is no organized movement among his friends pointing toward his nomination, and in fact he has told me that he would not run, Just after the election of 182 he began to get letters from all parts of the country proposing that he be a candidate in 1896. These letters increased as his term approached its close, and he had many callers, who urged the same thing. He dis- courdged them all, and he seldom discussed the matter. I remember two interviews that I had with him in the White House during February of last year. These were tong and confidential, and in one of them -I began to speak of the general sentiment in favor of his nomination. He shook his head positively as I mentioned the matter, and I could see from his features how much he resented the idea as I went on. But I said, ‘General, however little you may care to think of another nomination it ought Talking on this subject an army officer, | Certainly to be a great personal gratifica- who was a frequent visitor to the English | tion to you to know that the people appre- Tattersall show at the world’s fair in Chi- | ciate your administration and that they are cago, declared the other day that the troops | @0Xious to see you again in the White at Fort Myer could do anything and every- | House.” thing that the Englishmen palmed off on the fair goers as peculiar to their own superior skill. “Why,” said he, “every well-drilled cavalry troop in the service can “President Harrison replied: “As to the personal gratification, I feel that most deep- ly, but as to the thought of becoming again a candidate for the presidency, I do not harbor it for a moment. It is contrary to do all that the English did and more, too— | ll my inclinations, and when I leave the all, at any rate. .excepting the ‘pegging,’ which our men have never practiced. Continuing, he said there was not a large cavalry post in the country where feats Troop Barracks. of horsemanship equal and superior to those seen at the Tattersall and Wild West shows at Chicago could not be witnessed without the charge of admission fees. At Fort Myer, for example, seats are arranged in the upper galleries of the riding hall for the accommodation of lookers-on, and it is no uncommon experience there for white and colored troopers to ride ing on their shoulders or heads, or with cavalry-booted feet on the slick bare backs of their horses, according as the license of the occasion warrants; and, in fact, to cut up all sorts of monkey capers, which the officers good-naturedly allow, if only to show how easy the circus tricks of horsemen and riders. Azide, however, from whatever special feature of merit may be ciaimed for the cavalry at Fort Myer and elsewhere, it certainly affords righteous pride to the community in a general way. Crown heads in the foreign world gather around them inherited pres- tige, gaudily equipped in ail the fantasies of colored cloth and dazzling bullion, but White House I expect to say good-bye to w/it- forever. My life in it has not been a happy one. It has been filled with care and the greatest scrrows that have come to me have falien upon me since I entered these doors. My associations with it are not happy ones and I want to retire for good from its cares and worries and troubles. I have no idea that I will ever be a candidate for the presidency again, and 1 do not desire it.’ In Civil Life, “What has Gen. Harrison done since the close of his term?” said I. “He has been practicing law. He “lately argued a big case in Indianapolis, and he is doing considerable office business in the way of counselling, ete. He is ene of the ablest lawyers of the country, and he is very fond of the practice. He finds the preparation of his law lectures a much bigser job than he anticipated, but he is going into the matter thoroughly, and their delivering will be quite an event in the legal world.” “How many lectures are there?” “I do not know, and I don't know that the numbe=> was fixed, but I unde: expects to go west some time in February to deliver them. fi “L suppose he gets'a good price for the work?" said I. “Yes,” replied Gen. Michener, “there is no doubt about that. Ido not think he would have promised to give them if he did not. He has never said anything to me, howeve-, about his compensation for them, and I don’t knew what the amount is. His lec- tures will certainly be valuable. Garfield's Character. Speaking of unknown great papers of stand he| FEBRUARY 10, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. sured. Want advertisements will =; be received up to noon of the day, Ati. ©f publication, precedence being: >, - i given to those first received, _ iat? ident at the Baltimore and Potomac depot. He had planned to have killed him at the church the Sunday before, but Mrs. Gar- field was sick and the President wanted to get her out of the city. She was ill during the latter part of that week, and it was thought she could not be moved. She grew much better, however, Sunday morning, and the President decided to take her away. For this reason he was not at church on the following Sunday. “Then Guiteau decided to perform his bloody deed on the Sunday ‘following. The President came back to the White House. Toward the last of the week the report got out that he intenjed to leave Washington for Long Branch on Saturday. Guiteau saw that he could not reach him on Sunday and he decided to kill him at the depot. Had Gartield gone to church the first Sun- day, or had Ghiteau waited, I don't see how he could possibly have helped Filling Garfield instantly.” Judge Black and His Shirts. ‘The conversation here turned to Judge Jeremiah Black of Pennsylvania, who was also one of Dr. Power's parishioners. Dr. Power said: “f regard Jeremiah Black as one of the greatest men who ever lived. He was a mun of wonderful information and great brain power. He was a thoroughly well- read man, and he quoted a great deal from Shakespeare and the Bible, He seemed to know these two books by heart, and his contact with them formed a large part of Judge Blak ewas a his intellectual life. most charming talker, and he could enter- tain you for hours in telling his experiences with public men and matters. He had ideas of his own, and he was never any- thing but interesting. Hg was one of the most absent-minded men I known. One story Mrs. Black vouches for as authentic in regard to him. She said that she was in the custom of put- ting up Judge Black's clothes for him whenever he went away. In fact, she at- tended to his clothes entirely, buying new ones when the old ones began to grow shabby, and replacing the old suit with a fresh one, while the judge was in bed. She said the judge did not seem to realize when he changed his clothes, and that on a cer- tain campaign tour which he took she put up a bag for him, in which there were a half dozen new shirts. When he had re- turned from the trip she examined the bag and found it empty. She said, ‘Why, judge, where are your shirts “He replied, ‘I don’t know; aren't they there?” “ ‘No,’ she said. ‘Your valise has none in it, and when you left here you had half a dozen.” “ “I don’t know what became of them,” safd Judge Black.’ But that night upon his disrobing for bed she found that the whole six shirts were on the judge's person. This is _a most remarkable story,” concluded the parson, “but I have no doubt of it’s truth, as it was, as I told you, Mrs. Black herself who gave it to me. It is evident that the honorable judge did not wear night shirts, or he must have put them on over the ones he used during the day. Garfield and Sherma . Speaking of Garfield, the question as to whether he was true or false to Sherman at the convention which nominated him" is yet unsettled in many minis. I in- terviewed Gen. Garfield the night before he was nominated. The rumor of his possible choice was then in the air. I was corre- spondent of his chief newspaper organ, the Cleveland Leader, and I asked him if it was true that the Ohio vote might leave Sherman and come to him on the day fol- lowing. He put his arm around my neck and said in emphatic tones: “My boy, that question is almost an impertinent one, but I have heard of the rumor before and I as- sure-you it is false. I will be a villain if I prove false to Sherman, whom I have come here to support, and you can report to your people that there ts nothing in the story and that we are for Sherman to the last. I had an interview the other day with Col. W. C. Cooper of Mount Vernon, Ohio, who was six years in Congress and who was one of the chief friends and workers of Senator Sherman at the convention of 1880. During the talk the subject of Gar- ig fidelity came up and Col. Cooper sai “I Know that the nomination came to Gen. Garfield without his seeking. He vot- ed for Sherman to the last and he labored for him until he became convinced that either Grant or Blaine would be nominated. He did not think that Grant could be elected for a third term, and when he saw there was no chance for Sherman he was anxious to see Blaine chosen. It was his feeling on Friday morning when he went to the convention away f2om which he came as a nominec for the presidency that the Sherman men should go to Blaine, and I had a talk with him just before he started for the convention, which may be an im- portant contribution to the unwritten his- tory of that time.” Vhat was that, general?" said I. It was at the Grand Pacific Hotel. I was just starting for the hall when Garfield came up to me, and laying his hand on my shoulder asked me what situation. I replied that I could see noth- ing in it for us, and that I feared Grant would be nominated before the night of the morrow.” Yes,” replied Gen. Garfield, ‘you are right; unless we do something, unless we quit our foolish wasting of our votes upon our candidate, whose nomination we can now see impossible, I predict that Grant will be nominated, ‘not tomorrow, but. be- today have ever I thought of the} THE CAPITOL POLICE A Little Army That Guards the Building and Grounds. THE WAY If IS ORGANIZED Not Enough’ Men to Care for a Big Crowd. SOME RECENT EXPERIENCES T IS NOT EVERY city that has two police forces. Wash- ington in this respect is unique. To be sure, there are some folks who are of the opin- jon that one police force is enough, and more than enough, but when the force is 80 good as is that of Washington there can really be no harm in wanting and in having two. It is an old-fashioned be- lief that when a thing is good more of it is better. Time has been, however, when these two police forcés were as oil and water, and would not mix, even after the most persistent shaking. The lines of their relative jurisdictions were so strictly drawn as to cause confusion, and in some cases trouble. This day, however, has passed, and today the metropolitans and the Capi- tols are one unitéd brotherhood, joined to preserve the peace and to look as pretty as possible. The present Capitol police force is prob- ably the most efficient that has ever been organized within the walls of the great white building on the hill. “Such an occa- sion, though, as that of the close of the tariff debate in the House, when all of Washington poured into the House to hear the speeches and to see the voting on the tariff bill, demonstrates that there is sad need of more men on this little squad of peace officers. A brief glance at the fig- ures in the case will suffice to demonstrate the truth of this statement. Capt. A. P. Garden. The present force consists of a captain, three Heutenants, twenty-four privates and eight watchmen. Of the two dozen privates on the regular force two are in the dome and one in the Maltby building, leaving but twenty-one for patrol duty. These are di- vided into three watches of eight hours each, so that the watch consists theoretic- ally of seven men. As the men are given fifty days’ leave during the year, the offi- cers do not count on but an average of five men on a watch as a rule. Sometimes when there is an epidemic of sickness, as during the prevalence of the grip in this city several years ago, the force is reduced to four men on a watch. - The inadequacy of this force is shown in the relative fact that there are thirtecn en- trance and exit doors in the building,besides the other points where guards are really necessary. In this calculation it will be noticed that no consideration has been given to the eight watchmen. These are, in reality, policemen, wearing the same uniform, but drawing less pay, and put on the rolls for the very reason that‘there is not prevision enouga for the ‘proper guarding of the butiding. These men are divided around the property as follows: One is at the Maltby House, —_———— s has succeeded in making of it @ model of discipline and efficiency. Capt. Garden is a stout, good-looking ; man, with a pleasant face and a brisk, * bright manner, He steps quickly and is | ever active in his duties. Since he was ; Siven his shoulder straps he has endeavored to secure a better discipline the members of his force, and without ] harsh or uselessly strict he has managed to | bring about many little reforms that tended to make the force more efficient all points. One of his efforts has been keep the men on duty in the rotunda sitting about at the four points of pass and lourging in conversation each other or with friends who might dropped in to spend a leisure hour This had become first a habit and custom, and it was hard to guardians of the great building that could do more effective work, when there was a crowd, by moving about among the people. geted is sh Hil : gate in the great inverted cup, keeping the | groups of sight-seers unconsciously in tion and preventing the guides from grows ing too enthusiastic in their rival efforts to | secure custom. Then, too, the effect upon the visitor is much more appropriate. may be more comfortable for the police- man to sit at his post, but it certainly does not look very business-like. Another of Capt. Garden's efforts has been to bring order out of the chaos that. existed on the hack stands on the east front’ of the Capitol. The Jehus who congregate on the two squares of Belgian block are not over careful of utr behavior at their best moments, and they have been gradually’ going to seed, moraily, of late, until at the beginning of the special session in August they were more like tmhabitants of an Sane asylum than peaceful drivers of antl- quated horse flesh. The mere appearance of an individual on any of the steps of the F great danger of locked wheels, and those drivers who had not essayed the race ing in encouragement, until there was a fect pandemoniu: A few judicious arrests have had the of showing the drivers that they can just as much money, and more, being orderly and systematic in their prise, and today the old order of things changed. The men take turns to go chances and there are no longer exhibitions of the ancient chariot races on the plaza of the east front. Capt. Garden's good work at the is thought to be due to the fact that has had considerable experience in the line of the preservation of the peace before he came to hington. He was born and raised in Wheeling, W. Va., where he spent most of his life, up to last August, when he received an appointment as @ messenger in the Senate under Col. Bright. Four or five years previous to his here he had served as deputy to the aberitt of Ohio county, of which Wheeling is seat. The service in that part of the try is particularly hard and trying proved an. excellent training for tain, for he,is perfectly well with the diversities and arts of His appointment as captain was expected by him, and he was astonished when Col. Bright told fine morning in September, that been promoted. Capt. Garden is aided by three i They are of the same grade of rank and pay, and serve on the different watches in. command of the squads. The eldest of these in point of service is Lieut. D. B. Bradley, who has been on the Capitol force for many years. He knows every nook and cranny of the vast butiding, and is well acquainted with the characters of the folks who the place. Next in point of service is fe James Byrne, who has been on the force . two years, and the most recent ment is Lieut. M. J. Watkins, who his straps within a few months. ; Night duty in the Capitol is not pleasant. There is a bareness, a gruesome chill alout | the marble floors and walls and the vast | distances that give a man shivers of ner-« vousness. There are many corners where the light never penetrates, even in the a time, and at night these are “bogyish.” Away down in the crypt the vaults beneath that curious place spots where even the policemen do not to go without companions, Of course is nothing there, but a man always better when there is some one along to share a darkness that seems to have and substance and life. One of Capt. Garden's first achievements Hi Hi ae5@ F : ial; é i i f § #F il Hy trust to hearsay, but to investigate for, himself. So one night he slipped out of” his house at about 2 o'clock, in his citizen's clothes, and walked over to the Capitol, = few blocks away. Going to one of the doors that he knew to be kept unlocked turned the knob and walked in, The light was dim, and the interior at first was « haze before the half-blinded eyes of the nocturnal visitor. In a moment, howevef,” he had grown accustomed to the light, and his ears tried to trace out a curious sound ) that came rolling from the depths beyond. It was a low, rumbling, roaring sound, of @ subdued softness. It did not seem to come from any one spot, but to emanate from all, the surrounding walls. Soon the had secured his bearings and, softly walk- ing on his tiptoes, he followed the vibra two are in the grounds, two on the House| tions. A few st ; j 2 a . \ eps away, behind a FORT WHIPPLE. 1873 here at Washington is a battalion of vet. | famous men recalls a chat I had the other I, what can we do? I don’t | floor, one on the Senate floor, one in the}sat the policeman on duty at that > 872. erans who came straight from western | night with the Rev. Dr. Powe:, who was! See how we can leave Sherman. W 1 " j 7 is is at hat | dome and one in the crypt. They are all on| His head was tilted back, his mouth was, — = ——" Ki i i oe ee Or: Moante without pretension, | James A. Gartields pastor during a great wre? iin ae mee Ga-fiela?” duty in the day. In this way the regular| Pe", and from its depths issued the cavern) side the walls of the adjoining National| save by those inexorable papas of mar- | and siathee: he. ingie Sounds stables" | part of his congressional career, and who | delegation shold wetting, uink the Ohio | force is eked out, but even then it te ex | OUR Foar. pocatiend mares ts geare’ away thelr Geushtors’ ines | as quickly in pluce at Myeracite tee ey | Wes acting as such at the time when, Pres: PSteSienah ta Rest and agree to impos. |£efded as tnbufficient. Hence a movement| The man was asleep at bis post. The school of signal service instruction | the improved system of military post ad- | that’ would prick thelr horses along Penn. | Me that some of the best things that Ga his shame, and then we should work and pg yt Med theeutne | and saw the same cavernous opening of te accomplished good work“and did more per-| ministration, as long as there ure qu Ivania. avenue ‘en route to. the. cavairy- | feld eve: uttered were Ss re tat Lime PERE mea This nomination lies be- | "Fortunately Col. Wm. @. Moore, the or, | mouth, and witnessed the same surrender haps than any other agency toward further-| enough to go around, each offic man's modern goal of merit Sot Behl rad. a lecture JOR “RIE Oe Rehione ee Pihaaed beliane ieee UCtHS of the ieyei |Perintendent of the city police force, is nog|t2 the sleep. god. Two other posts were ed 2 e house, but when | Magnificer ey appear on gala parade = es of Evhesus, : eee © repub- ye ) the ing the plans and purposes of the lamented | Cor gp emcee house, but wh istheyr CONE Lneie cee | WHICH purpessed In, Giotion, chomete ng [cena Ot Ohio pret eee nud T feel it ry [Only friendiy, but eager to help the Capitol | visited oo. way, es at the! Myer for making the signal corps what it 18| seniors take choice in the ord : streets in dashy gold Bat ened met ot ts, Dublic speeches® Ott duty, to represent them In voting for | free, a0 the DALTONS ee nen eel Reatcating ‘is -stapn. the aeons a today—one of the most efficient and useful} and juniors “doubl ” : yellow-irimmed uniforms, they can | But there#were no reporters pzesent, and | #ltme’s nomination j two bands of patrolmen Over questions of tw j an ors “double up.” It so happens, 4 . ‘an qu | Orig sid had i ee ‘. rhe > . ter y and jurisdictios the sleepers, one by one, and, sharply auxiliaries of the federel military. For a| however, that most of the dovbling up is | che irom the city soldier into the cam- | Se a ely paces aap gy eal . = % ha ae. tage A eee Doceibes Goll Eieare has | M™anding them, ordered them. to Report long time it was the center of all that per-| dene Ly bachelor otticers, who, witht 1 eagain, Indeed. If an unde edition of Garfleld’s works, “Gacleld a, Si, Me. Senator,” jatd'T, “who'wilt ina [Seat mega’ to tne teomeerne Rae ee eal tae eee ee the police board. ‘The tained to military signaling, and was the | £74 (0 rank rule, Chivalrousiy shr a, ete Caen coe antite, at ut this time in Congress,” said Dr. Power, | Susurate Such a movement in ou brethren of the United States, “During the | Pits were taken’ aback. They reported m cradle in which was nurtured the weather | within fi minutes after 4 » had made a great study of the discoy-| U9"? T am sur r chairman, night sessions of the Senate in the silver de-| the —- and the boa = ner warn — bureau, whose good work of storm fore-} more admired because many military buche- ceived, be ddted and m inted | *ries of Schlieman and others, and he illus-| Dennison, will not.” | bate last fall there wef six men from the pong ete wen pergedice tlre tn caste has, heen of such, Secaleulali pubic | lors lack Ie In pant op ves een Siwn up inline in front-of the White | (ated | bis peewins maps which Were| “I presume not,” he replied, “but Cooper, |etePelitan foree on duty, and while the » there has b B Bo snoosi ‘ | lence, huwe officer: ers ready to receive orders either Ccomwchig i be . loquent | you could and © lo and convenience. foo rs id their comforts orga “ —— o Garfield much of a student?" er of the national committee | ——- 7 ure all the enjc b ose occu- | Soldiers, but experienced m veteran | ? | ea Bene = j During the fourteen years of its contin-| pants who remember dave ween ge Boots | Commanders, whe Washington for | » he was an indefatigable qtudent,” | 44 Sherman's neightx Steel Corsets and a Dynamo Resulte@ Pigg payin per erence Rem clay route feemiad aract or ated te | nl well-enteen feat ane ee eee tot | ceptied. De Power. as always pipiliickiy responded. “I do not fee! au- in Some Remarkable Deviations. ments were made from time to time to ac-| tary house on the western frontier. live in memory forever afterward as the | (Ins Something to his stock of knowledge, | thorized to do anything of the kind, and countmodate the officers and enilsted men of | vo one green spot in their whole field of cav-|#d he had his Information so classifted | Surely will not undertake it, but you as | ee Lt 2 Cae eee corps, and, as bel i eng a 3 Reheat - jut a moment's notice de took notes of can 00 it; . vor y became one of the most picturesque subur- But the improved accommodations are its Secial Attractions, [everything he read, and filed these away | ,,G@ttield shook his head and answered, cork leg worn by the man at the wheel, Cee eee eee ee ee neta, OF | Sot colilina? te the wunctérs of citicers The} yrou a social standpoint fic post of Fort| in pigeon holes, He could post himself up| °° n't; 1 am handicapped, 1 cucht | comet the eet Soe, oe $F rcecie ee ne sat teteat than | eaitited men’s barracks are large and care-|atyer, like tne navy yard and Washington |!" @ short time on any subject which had | 2Ot to be here and said so to Mes herman, strand near Bar Fvtet, Labo ite, i Gung oo — = te ieiillien ee tec} . and the interior equipments are eal- | jar, perry inept ices anya peda as s nt | Mterested him in times pa nd his mind | PUt he insisted on my coming anc present- | tember last, with a loss to the underwrite In February, . in recog: | Meat Wis tektelr! Gs Rd ee M very seca unet| was such an analytic one that his thoughts | N& his name, so I came and dil than when | Jers of upward of $20,009, recalls to the distinguished achievements of the lamented . € old worn-out theory | to Washington society. ba 8, of ’ B a il tha 4 | ri head of the signal service corps, the name of | that to make good soldiers required hard : arracks, of came out in rounded periods and as a al ree wan = ‘And which you | Milwaukee Wisconsin a similar circum aaaaie) capchar aa hese oe H en nt, ee nate | course, are right in town 1 seem nearer, } harmonious whole. He had always some | did mos! magnificent 1 interrupted. | stance. According to the narrator, on the post was change 1, by, general orders of | Leds, hand-to-mouth eating, and various | but: the gréadly tmotae ndition of the| line of study entirely apart from his work “Thank you," said he. tipping Me eens | of the trips or the fine steel steamer This was not through lessening respect | °tler practices pecullar to primitive man. | streets and bridge and ccecthnt roads on| i Congress. He was fond of the classics | Continued, “but since I have been "her talia down Lake Huron the past seasom, : Paes . | Nowadays, the prevailing theory of the| the Virginia side of the ot make Fort | 2% he kept up his studies of Greek and | there has been just enough of this foolish the second mate ‘reported to Capt. Allen | muetimane aectae ne bahar A side 0 river make Fort! Latin throughout his life. Ee reviewed le | talk about thy nomination which was | | that the compass had suddenly gone ze “ bie as either the arsenal or | college studies while he was in Congress, |24¥thing but nonsense, that Ehave becom. | wrong; that the nedle would swing three or gard for the general hygier c sub | = 5 r ‘al hygiene o} | nd the soctety.folks of the city | and when he got especially tired of the pro. | Subject of criticism’ and suspicion et four points to the right or left at inters the ‘personal health of the men, and the | are fast finding this out. | ceedings of the House he used to some- . would like to, T can do nothing.” | vals, and that because of these erratia: general comfort of the rank and file. Pro On ‘Thursday morning, as described in| times take up a Latin book and read it. 1 aid 1, “even if Sherman sh movements it had become utterly imposst- {ef military exercise, it is believed, will de-|The Star, quite large numb remember one day when an especially | Withdraw, we cannot cast the vote of ble to steer @ course—in fact, he had lest! f wetegl ail nacemtasy taliece- acta ahs on aan | tedious debate wax going on he decided to | Solidly for I » Governor Dennison has | j track of the course of the steamer alto’ due mi . ssh surepphpieesiancecnaee | Sink Tele dabs flys: see how many verses of Horace he could | Pebeatedly s me that when it came to | | wether. Capt. Allen accompanied the mate Bete cee eno Eaaranen, | nk Eee Coys Ovee te os i. <| write from memory. He wrote out five, and | choice bet jrant and Blaine he was | to the pilot house and found matters just without resorting to a system that would | {he *peclal drill. ‘The visi nense riding hai | When he got home ‘that night he compared | fF Grant, and there are others of the sume | as they had been reported. Besides the | Perpetuate in the barrack reom of the whose etrchen arena was the scene of vari.) Mi8 manuscript with the original, and he | min Or ee : r j man at the wheel two lady dier the hardships of field service F ons of , ee wen} feund that he had not made a single mis-| ,,"1 know it,” s Garfield. “Warner were in the pilot house when Capt. Allen, Front of Barracks. | tinuing in that Mi ances “Ste oem oe Fe s proudest: sec | take in writing them. He was a charming | Bateman said -thi ing with a great entered. Turning to them after meditating” nemory of the gallant hero of Chan-| pooperty due te fee ert repose wifich is | Barnum’s or | Forepaug came to horsenars| talker, was full of ideas, oath that he would never vote for Blaine.” | for 2 moment, he asked if they wore steel ». inasmuch as one of the largest | PfOPerly due to fighting mien, the discom- | Shy Gites Gre aad TO eee | fond oF talig! of lteretae! j By this time we had reached the build- Capttet ¥ corsets. A reply in the affirmative led to @ ost Important military posts on the forts and physical strain incident to active | shevcy mot ene oF UR Bae ney - ha ecininae oe ting in which the convention met, and as | further question as to where they had been,? frontier, in Arizona, was already | war times. Paes iy dees tn ine sense SiC eden snrmcag ln cagen {we entered the door Garfield drew a Icng | tariff bill was attracting crowds of the!and this elicited the information that the, designated “Fort Whipple apa sol Eppes, Came pan Whether he be tonarek arin, the World.” | «rt is not generally known how near Pres-j breath and said, (ilere we are, and unless | otherwise unemployed to the Capitol, night | ladies had paid a visit te the engine room’ As a Cavalry Station. | eis - * be op its own “troop Paiake * Briti - a’ chman, | sigent Garfleld came to being shot in our|I am mistaken, Grant will be nominated |and day, there were four city policemen on | and that while there the engineer had af-¢ Regpaiioede ne ary..| Darrac stables : Heo camped eo i ai Y omic utdo. little church on Ve=mont avenue,”continued | before we adjourn, and we will lose the | duty in the grounds after dark, two on at a/ forded them an opportunity to inspect the ly. in 1886, the school of signal serv-| that at as elsewhe There are now thirteen officers station % pa cheepied > | Presidential election and lose the state | watch, from 6 to midnight and from then on} dynamo which supplied the electric lights tructioa having been abolished | — conducted sparately for .— post, — : Ltn Gee eat eatin Dr. daa le a Samp e church | electio in Ohio. | in the morning. of the steam That settles it: you must suant to an act of ¢ ress of that year, | ‘ts ob hoses. The troopets have their | With the prospect of anoth: For anor be | every Sunday, and frequently to prayer} 1 am certai that at that time Garfield | ‘The grounds of the Capitol have always get out of h * next greeted the ears of) the idea was conceived of establishing in forcona rary r club rooms and enough | ne sssigne , roe atte oe Fil) meeting. On Sundays he had a seat near| Was not even thinking of his own nomi- | been poorly patrolled, and the park has at | ihe ladice se Allen opened the pilot- ee Poors) papper ig enjoy, in a healthful and pleasing es fa ; order | the ‘pulpit on the right as you go in. His/ ation, that he believed that either Grant | times been a rendezvous for’ dansesoss | ae ee ee ee ane eee ee they vicinity ef Washington a cavalry sta-| manner, all the comforts of what? r Soe g al Ctemearay inumebeonia Ace re the order | Pa oe at aaa ne usual. | 0? Blaine would be nominated, and was ex- | caaraciers. were walking back to the cabin in a maze tion—the only purely cavalry station in| doubtedly. one of the most complete f the day at Fort Myer, but it is eee Ne ees * thar ai, | ceedingly anxious for Blaine’s nomination | A great deal: has b-en done during the | of surprt: and astonishment et Capte the east—where some of the selected hard- | i averitary stations—just such | toed plans are in progress for dancing re-| ly gat in the end of the pew, so that his! and desired to vote for it, although he ton, past few monthg toward making the little | Allen's exhibit, of bluff, sailor-like authors worked troopers of army could be | # Station or haven of merited rest as hard- | CePtions, the principal one cf which will be| head leaning against the window casing | himself nominatel within’ hee than two) army that guards the Capitol as effective | ity, that com) ha tebdaes las aie cee in | Worked cavalrymen should be allowed to | Ziven immediately after the Lenten season, extended out for some distance in front (Of | hours from that time = possible, thoough the determination of | business again and showed the man at the in r ition of heroic services in {| im turn every four years. , Sor; | in honor of of| the glass panes, is window was so lo- "RANK Cc ITE e re me place we - _ “ om “ise Ace following year, | dream of ihe most visionary dragoon ——— he CEGA GORE ISS ee ithe] Ezom a society Journal de futuro: = consists of the architect of the Capitol, Mr. |mamo. had. magnetized steel caunabs Jers ee etured anything like tion near . One Requisite L: oa gener nd ok into | e defendant, beautifully gowned in | Clark, Col. Bright, the sergeant-at s of|worn by the | nd that the corsets Lawtor ph shington. Accustomed ar} ne church. It was not more ‘than waist | cream satin with garniture of pearls, en- | ~ a ol ip Aasuns so gh Pee . - _ - ton. tome: een t | Is, the Senate, and Col. Snow, the sergeant-at- | became responsil the crazy race the tw die his horse and move From Puck. high, and it was Guiteau’s intention to have! tered “the court room leaning upon’ her arms of the House. They lect all th | peed! . jorse E = io aes ante el ae r rela | pater p jarms e the mem- | needle of the compass ran as the wearers ce in command | tice on an expedition. presumably of a few Wigg Picea 3 ee regard et White-Wings peas ee fot i rags “an ra ine noe | ee arm, while the plaintiff waited at ee ot one force, and devise regulations for | moved to and fro in the pilot house. put which might last several months | #8 a professional or amate F con Have can ee their gu On the 1th of last Sep- —_—__-e2-—__ 3 op was pe-| in the field, the cavairyman had conceived | Futlites—Most decidedly an amateur: I Gules. prergi mesos ney hurch and} w Saget garni pit was ibe tery ee wre mer ant elected Mr. A. P. Gar-| He—“Do you t in such a thing es cull aD y Ss past he is pla he west nt, im the roughest re- | don’t understand that she has even applied me rel shor raecy Wii sal ae, a len captain of the force. They gave the] love at sight Certainly, A tad been ohe of the sturdiest leutenants gions of the west, until the souenese 2 : s app looked over the situation some weeks | cuff buttons in the shape of fern leave: y ch y . . — ats gio st, ui e wow of for a divorce. ; AP ea new chief authority to go ahead and put | hasty dve over impertes prior to the time at which he shot the Pres-! Puck. the force in the best possible shape, and be tions.” —Bosion