Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1895, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 22, FOURTH OF JULY Some of the New Daring in Color and Noise. THE SMALL BOY'S PROSPECT Many Ingenious and Attractive New Creations This Year. FIRECRACKERS ARE CHEAP Maybe the small boy will not have a good time in about a week and a half—twelve days, to be precise, and in a matter of this kind it is well to be precise. Millions of dollars have been invested on the prospect of this good time, and millions of httle boy hearts are thumping against many more millions of little boy ribs at the thought of what is in happy store for them in the fire- works store. It is the Fourth of July that 1s coming, and the small boy is waiting and ready for it. His hoarded cents are also waiting and ready—ever so ready—and if tomorrow morning he could wake up and find that the calendar had fallen over itself and knocked out a matter of ten or -welve days, wouldn't he be a glad boy! No matter how ready the boy is, the fire- works dealer is also ready. He has known that this thing was coming. He always knows it, and he has got what the small boy wants, and lots of it. Last week twelve big ships reached this country from Hong Kong loaded dewn with firecrackers. They carried 8,000,000 packages. In each package there are sixty-four firecrackers. That makes 512,000,000 firecrackers. To render this vast prospect of joy more com- Pprehensible, remember that a firecracker is two inches long, and if these 8,000,000 packs were laid out in one continuous line, as the small boy would be glad to have them laid, it would make a line 16,161 ZZ The Bicycle. and it would reach more than around the world. Emerson's shot would be nowhere in comparison. And _firecracke: are to be cheap this year. What cost 5 cents at retail hereto- fore can now be bought for 3. This is due to the new traiff law. The old duty under the McKinley law was 8 cents a pound, which made the extra cest of an eight-pound box! containing sixty-four packs of firecrackers, 64 cents. Under the Wilson law the duty is 50 per cent ad valorem, and amounts to about 20 cents a box. This affects only imported goods, of course, and our home-made fireworks will cost as much as ever this year. But the fact that firecrackers are to be cheaper than ever before will probably develop large increases of gunpowder patriotism all over the country and make this a Fourth of July long to be remembered. The poor- est little boy in the land can have his fire- crackers this year, and more fortunaie ones can have twice as many as heretofore. There are few new thirgs brought out in the way of heavy fireworks this year. Among them Is probably the biggest at- tempt ever made in the way of cannon There is a giant cracker now n inches long. The dealers are al- » them or to sell them, and they will not sell them to boys unless they are accompanied by their parents or some responsible person, or have a permit in writing. One of these crackers contains powder enough to break the glass front of a store if set off at the curb, and It is only safe to explode thom out in some open Space where the concussion can do no harm to adjoining buildings. Faney Fireworks. The list of new things in fancy fireworks this year presents an interesting lot of mames. There are Ferris wheels, electric fans, trolley wheels, electric bicycles, Brooklyn bridges, little Vesuviuses and big Vesuviuses, torbullions, several new kinds of “chasers” and Japanese bombs. An un- usually good thing is the parachute rocket, which floats a number of small lights by little parachutes. Another pleasing device is the dragon rocket, which lets loose, up ‘about 500 feet, a swarm of dragon-like ser- mts that wind in and about each other ‘or quite a time, until they disappear. Some of the old set pieces appear now under new names, and many of them are modified in their colors so as to produce new and pleasing effects. Of the cheaper new things Is the silver geyser, the electric light, trolley wheel, beehives, gas wells, yellow jackets and grasshoppers, all of which are sold for from 1 to 5 cents each. One of the new big things to be seen In this country for the first time in this year of grace is the Chinese mandarin. This is an old piece of fireworks in China, where it h aml-relirio harentar is supposed to exorcise e Tt is com- miles long, half 1 spirits. Japanese Animals. be off thousands of little variegated lights, ving in every direction, shoot in and out through the general explosion. Another unique novelty is the silver birch tree, which is about seventy-five feet high and branches out like a huge, majestic monarch of the forest. Among the prettiest things nowadays are the flying pigeons, which are of beautiful colors and ff. me of them, 300 feet back and forth on wires. The Japanese day fire- works are in demand this year, and the animal or menagerie pieces are likely to be as great a feature as ever. ‘To those who want to have a program of their own, fireworks are nowadays put up ecial lots and collections, at fixed Here, for instance, is an as- sorted collectio: put_up in a neat box, which costs $ Twenty-four colored ball size, 48 cents; 12 colored mall size, 36 12 colored 4-ball size, 6 colored 48 cents; 6 colored 2 sky rockets, candles, 6-ball size, candles, 8-ball size, 2 sky rockets, 2 ounce, 6 sky rockets, 3 ounce, 48 cents; 3 sky rockets, 4 ounce, 48 cents; 36 blue lights, ex. large, 60 cents; 6 flower pots, 4 inch, 42 cents; 12 natural gas wells, $1.60; 6 Chinese sprays, St cents; 24 Chinese punk, 24 cents. Total $8.50. Here is an exhibition collection for $2 12 colored candles, large, 6-ball size; 6 ex- hibition candles, S-ball; 6 colored star rock- ets, 4-ounce; 6 colored star rockets, 6- ounce; 6 colored star rockets, S-ounce; 1 Chinese fiyer wheel, large; 1 colored verti- cal wheel, 8-inch; 2 colored triangle wheels, 1-4 pound; 1 colored triangle wheel, 1-2 pound; 1 colored triangle wheel, 1 poun| 8 flower pots, with handles, 6-inch; 3 Ben- gal illuminating lights, 1-4 pound; 2 cans red fire, 1-4 pound; 1 can green fire, 1-4 pound; 1 can blue fire, 1-4 pound; 1 mine of colored stars, No. 5; 1 mine of serpents, No. 6; 1 colored saucisson, small; 1 bundle punk; 1 case. Assortments are made up to cost all sums up to $1,000, ———_ ___ A KENTUCKY ESTIMATE. It Was Based oa the Size of a Drink of Whisky. “About a year ago,” said Representative Marsh Arnold of Missouri to a Star writer, “I had some business at a little town in Kentucky; really a little city. I arrived on Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morn- ing, as I started into the office of the very quiet hotel at which I was putting up, I was accosted by a dignified, gray-haired gentleman; one of the sure-enough old Kentucky school. As I came into the room he lifted his hat in a formal but pleasant way. This is Col. Arnold, I believe,” he said; ‘Col. Arnold, my name is Dexter, sir; Col. Dexter. I nave no purpose particularly in calling on you, sir; except that I saw your name on the hotel book, and knowing you to be a stranger, I was afraid you might find the town a little dull. So I determined, sir, to put myself at your command, and see if I couldn't do something to ent-rtain you. I've lived here all my life; w s born here, sir; everybody knows Col. Dex er; and if you would like to walk about 2nd look* at our old town, sir, perhaps I might be able to point out something which would interest you.” “This all seemed highly nove tinued Mr. Arnold, “to be thus waited on by a leading citizen who was willing to charge himself with the task of entertain- ing me during my séay. But one look in the innocent and high-bred countenance of Col. Dexter showed me that Re was en- tirely sincere. I told him, therefore, that I would like to walk about a bit, and see something of the place. “It was too early for church and the streets were all but deserted as Col. Dex- ter and I left the hotel. As we walked along he pointed out the court house and told me stories of the lawyers, and-the horses and the feuds,political and personal, and was very agreeable. We had not pro- ceeded far when he turned to me and said in an experimental tone: ‘Of course, Col. Arnold,not knowing just your habits in that regard, it is impos- sible for me to tell whether you ever drink as early as this, sir But should you do so, sir, my office is near at hand, and I’ve some old whisky there, sir, which I keep for myself and my very particular friends. Shall we se ito my office, sir?” “I said ‘yes’ without a hitch. Col. Dex- ter was so polite as to be almost peculiar, and I had heard that these Kentuckians were great men of thesduel. I didn’t care to risk hurting his feelings. He might re- sent it. So we steered without hesitation for Col. Dexter's law office. “He gave me an ordinary water glass and a bottle, and I procesded to pour. The size of the glass and the deep silence of the colonel as I tipped the flask led me to be- lieve that I was in a town of big drinks. I Iways act like a Roman while in Rome, so illed out a liberal libation. Indeed, the lass was fairly half full. As the colonel made neither word nor sign, I filed the in the glass away in my stomach, and tried to do it without wink or grimace. I aimed to make an impression on my host, and, again, I didn’t know just what sort of ton he'd take as an insult to his hos- pitality. “Will you have some water, sir?’ asked Col. Dexter, in a tone of polite solicitude. “But I was out for a record, and declined, with the observation that water spoiled li- quor as good as that. The colonel was ra- diant, and while I noticed that he took a much more modest drink than I, it was clear I had climbed to the very heights in his estimation. This shone forth as we stepped into the street. A dignified old gentleman was walking over the way. My Tew admirer at once called to him. “Good morning, Col. Spencer,’ he sald. And then, without pausing a moment, ‘Couldn’t you step over just a moment, Col. Spencer? I want to make you acquainted with one of my best friends, sir. Col. Ar- nold, allow me to present to you Col. Spen- cer. I want you to know each other, gen- tlemen. You will like Col. Spencer, Col. Arnold, and Col. Spencer, Col. Arnold, when you know him, sir, will be one of your dearest friends. I just saw Col. Ar- nold take the biggest’ drink of liquor with- out sugar or water, sir, I ever saw taken con- in my life, sir;’ and Col. Dexter rang out the words like a herald proclaiming my nobility. “Tt seemed sufficient, however,” concluded Mr. Arnold. ‘Col. Spencer and I shook hands while Col. Dexter beamed. I never put in a pleasanter two days in my life than I did in that little Kentucky town. I often recall Col. Dexter as one-with the true flavor of old Kentucky.” gee American Business Week. From the American Economist. To the city of Springfield, Mass., belongs the credit of having an American week, when all the stores are decorated with American goods only, all the product and labor of Americans being placed on view, with the idea of enticing customers to purchase only American. goods. This is an excellent idea for more reasons than one, and it has already spread to other places. If successfully carried out, it wiil not only help the immediate sale of our own pro- ducts and manufactures, but it should tend to create a lively subsequent demand for the same goods. In very many reatil stores it is regarded as quite the proper thing to sell American goods as if they were of foreign manufacture, and their proper dis- play upon their own merit will afford cus- tomers an opportunity of learning that they have not been in the habit of buying some- thing that Was English, French or German. All honor to Springfield for its idea. Let us have an American week in every city, town and village in the United States.’ Show American goods, buy American goods, wear American goods and eat American’ food. ‘The first week in July, with its day of na- tional independence, would be a fitting and a proper time for the occasion. os To Hear the Telephone. From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Manager Fowler of the telephone ex-- change, Ashland, Ky., has devised an in- genious attachment for telephones, to be used in factories and shops where the amount of noise makes it almost impossible to hear the call bell of the instrument. It consists of a steam whistle, which is turned on by ‘means of a lever operated by magnetism. When the instrument is called from the exchange, the bell rings as usual, and,by the electric current passing through a magnet, a weight is released which pulls the lever to the whistle. Once started, the wh ie keeps up its shrill note until some one answegs the call and turns off the steam ich is done by simply yeplacing the weight. One of these atta: seen is being placed at the local steel plant, an- other at the tannery, and several more will probably be installed in sawmilis and sim- ilar establishments, NOT ACANDIDATE Senator Allison on the Disappoint- ments of the White House. SOME INTERESTING REMINISCENCES Senator Gear Says That Allison is lowa’s Presidential Candidate. CABINET PLACES REFUSED (Copyrighted by Frank G. Carpenter, 1895.) SPENT AN EVEN- ing not long ago with Senator William B. Allison. He lives on Vermont avenue, within three min- utes’ walk of the White House, in one of the most fashion- able parts of the city. The houses about his Washing- ton home are com- paratively new, but 4 nearly every one of them has a famous resident, and each of the older places has had its history. Just above Is the red brick house which Justin S. Morrill, the oldest man in the United States Senate, has occupied for years. Just below is the big brick in which Secretary Charles Foster lived when he was carry- ing the burden of the United States treas- ury and a secret load of personal financial ruin through the smiles and quirks of Washington society. Across the way, on the corner of 14th street, is the old home of Gen. Bob Schenck, now changed into a fiat, with a flower store and a wine shop in the basement. In the block below lives Senator McMillan of Michigan, in an $80,- 0¢0 brick mansion, and around the corner on Massachusetts avenue are the houses of a baker's dozen of Supreme Court jus- ‘tices,, famous Senators and rich literary men. Senator Allison’s house is one of the plainest of the neighborhood. It is a white three-story brick, built in the conventional style, with a big parlor in, the front, a li- brary at the back and a dining room where in the rear. It is well furnish its walls are covered with choice engrav- ings and good paintings. It was in the.library that I met the Sena- tor. He is one of the healthiest looking men in public life. He is now sixty but he fs in splendid condition, both physic- ally and intellectually, and I might also say psychically. He has always cultivated looking at matters in a common-sense, con- servative way, and while he has been a hard worker and a fairly good liver, his life has been an even one, and he has not allowed the chase for the dollar nor the ambitions of politics to contract and dis- tort his soul. He is clear headed and clean. Always well dressed, he makes you think of a New York club man or banker rather than of the average American statesman. His black clothes are weli cut, and the linen of his shirt and his broad expansive collar, which exceeds even that of William M. Evarts in size, is of the finest material and as white as the driven snow. His hair within the last year has perceptibly whitened, and it is fast becoming iron gray. His eye, however, is bright, and the rosy corpuscles that shine through his fair skin show that his blood is full of iron. He has a strong face. His foréhead is very broad and above the average height. His nose {s large, and his mouth and lower jaw are indicative of determination and will. He is a good story teller, and he has a hearty laugh. His voice is deep and strong. His words come slowly, but he sel- dom makes a mistake, and the sentences of his private conversation are almost as rounded as those which he delivers on the flo6r of the Senate. He was sitting at a table with a box of cigars and a pile of papers beside him when I called, and he smoked as he talked. Valuable Historical Papers. As I looked at the papers I thought of a call which I recently made on Senator John Sherman, whom I found working over the manuscripts of his past, and I asked Senator Allison what had been his habit in regard to keeping papers and data con- cerning the historic events of which he has formed so great a part. He replied that he had preserved some letters, but that he had never kept a daily journal. “I am sorry,” said he. “that I have never kept a diary. I have kept papers some- what, and I have a large amount of cor- respor dence scattered through my boxes. I may write my memoirs in my old age. I imagine it would be rather pleasant work. My attention was called to it by the recent death of my colleague, Senator Wilson. I had to write something concerning him, and it was in doing this that the past came up before me. For thirty years back I have known every man who has been con- nected with our public affairs. I have known the inside of things, and the mo- tives of our great men. I have been, as It were, behind the scenes, and there are many things that have never been pub- lished which it seems to me would make interesting reading. I am, not thinking of writing now, and I don’t know that I ever will write. But the task strikes me asa pleasant one.” The Convention of 1860. “Tell me, Senator, about your first con- nection with politics. “I can give you my first political office,” replied Senator Allison. “It was as one of the tally secretaries of the cdnvention of 1860, which nominated President Lincoln. I was born and educated, you know, in Ohio, and after my graduation at ‘the Western Reserve College, I began the prac- tice of the law at the little town of Ash- land, somewhere near the center of the state. It is just about fifteen miles from Mansfield, whence John Sherman comes, and where the late Samuel J. Kirk- weod used to practice law Hefore he went to Iowa. Towa, you know, is settled large- ly by Ohio people, and after I had prac- ticed law for a time at Ashland I got the western fever and went out there. This was in 1857. I was republican in my ten- dencies, and though I was practicing law I was much interested in politics, and I was made one of the delegates to this con- vention in 1860. “For sgme reason or other, they made me one of the tally clerks. I sat right in front of George Ashmun of Massachusetts, who was the president of the convention, and I believe that I gave to him the first news of Lincoln's nomination. I kept footing up the figures as they came in, and some time before the members of the convention were aware of the fact I saw that Lincoln would be elected, and I turned about and told Mr. Ashmun the fact. A few moments later the convention realized it, and then ensued one of the most wonderful scenes of our history. The convention was held in the old Wigwam in Chicago, and there were about ten thousand people present. When the vote was announced a scream went up from thousands of throats, and fully cne thousand hats were thrown into the air. It rained hats for several minutes after the announcement, and I can still see the hats rising and falling. The people lost control of themselves, and I have often wondered what became of those hats, for there was not much possibility of recovering your hat in a mob like that.’ How He Came to Congress. “How did you happen to come to Con- gress, Senator?” “Weill,” replied Senator Allison, “that is 1895—TWENTY PAGES. something of a story. I don’t think I was ambitious to be a politician. I certainly made no effort to secure my first nomina- tion, and it came about indirectly through the influence and prestige which I acquired by being the friend pf Samuel J. Kirk- wood, who was then governor of Iowa.. As soon as he was elected he put me on his staff, and at the outbreak of the war he directed me to raise.some regiments for the army. My territory: Was north Lowa, and I had organized three regiments along in 1861, when I was nm sick, and for’ a year I was unable to do anything. As soon as I recovered Gov. Kirkwood put me again at work, and I raised tiiree more regiments, or six regiments im,alk, This was in 1862, and it was just about the time of nomi- nating members of Congress. The candi- date’ for the nominatioh of the republican party from our cotnty was an extremely radical man. He wanted slavery abolished at once, and wanted the President to adopt the most extreme measures as to the car- rying on of the war. I was a little more conservative, and the large conservative element of the district made me their can- didate. The result was that I was romi- nated, and the opposing democratic candi- date was an editor, who was then in jail on. account of disloyalty. He had been or- dered there by Secretary Stanton, and the issue was a straight one of for the Union or against it. Voting Iowa Soldicrs tn the Field. “You can hardly imagine today the situa- tion in 1862-63," Senator Allison con<inued. “The democratic party was strong, and the republican party had been depleted by the volunteers for the war, which had, you know, been called for again and again. “In organizing my regiments for the army, I noted that nine-tenths of them were re- publicans, and in looking over the con- gressional field I found that if all these votes were to be lost, I would probably be @eteated. The men were to go away to the field in a few days. If I could have their votes, I would be elected. How to get them I did not know. I worried over the matter, and finally decided that if their votes could be taken in the field, it would save not only this congressional district to the republican party, but others in different parts of Iowa. It was then a recess of the legislature, however, and such a measure would re- avire legislative action. I concluded to go to Gov. Kirkwood and get him to call an extra session. I did so, spending all the night on the train to go from Dubuque to Davenport. There was no direct road then, and I had to go out into Illinois and there cornect with’ the C. B. and Q. and come back. I presented the situation to the gov- ernor. I told him that it was certain that Wilson could not be elected, and that I doubted whether I could be, but that my chances were better than his. Gov. Kirk- weod did not think the matter so serious at first, but upon my showing him the real status of affairs, he said that if I would go and get a letter from Senator Grimes ad- vising the matter, he would call the extra] session. Kirkwood had a great respect for Grimes’ judgment. I then went to see Grimes. He lived at Burlington, and I walked from the train to his house. I was told he was down in the city. I looked him up and found him ina grocery store owned by a young man named Gear, the same young man who has just been elected from my state to take Wilson’s place in the United States Senate. Well, I presented the situation to Senator Grimes. He laughed t first, but I soon showed him that I was ht, and he said: “Well, if that is so, and I think it is, we will certainly lose two districts in Congress if the governor does not call an extra ses- sion. If I ‘were him, I would not hesitate & moment. I would not only call a session, But I would make this the basis of the call.” “Here I saw my chanee, and said: “Gov. Kirkwood sent me to you to find out what you thonghti about the matter, and to bring him an answer. Now, if you think that there should,be an extra session, he would like to know ‘it, and I would like to carry him a note from you saying so.’ “Senator Grimes theni'gave me a note to Gov. Kirkwood, stating that I had called upon him about the:matter, and that I was very much alarmed over the situation. In this nete he wrote about as follows: ‘I am more sanguine as to the patriotism of the people of Iowa than Allison, but I think that the situation is such that an extra session of the legislature ought to be call- ed upon this question: The expenses of such a meeting will be bagatelle in com- parison with the great issues involygd.’ “I took this note back to Gov. Kirkwood. He called a meeting of 'the legislature, and our soldiers were voted in the field. We sent, I think, three commissioners, and their votes were taken and returned, and through this we got a republican délega- tion from Towa in Congress, and I was o' of the members. Soon after this, I think, said Senator Allison, “the other states of the north adopted the same rule as to tak- ing the votes of the soldiers in the field, but I believe that Iowa was the first to at- tempt this, and that I may, to a certain extent, be called the author of the move- ment. At any rate, it was through this that I came to Congress, and I have been here, with the exception of the twa years between 1871 and 1872, from that time to this.” ‘ Does Public Life Pay? “Tt is nearly thirty-three years since you were first elected, Senator. That is a full generation. Now, look back, will you, over your career. Do you think {t has paid you to be a public man?” “I don't know,” replied Senator Allison, reflectively. “I have thought of it many times, and I have sometimes decided that it has not. It has been pleasant in many ways, but it has often seemed to me that it would have been better for me had I closed my public career with my term in the House. There is really a great deal of hard work connected with Congress, and my life in the Senate has been one of hard work and much worry. When I left the House in 1871, twenty-four years ago, I was, you might say, at the beginning of my prime. Had I dropped politics and devoted myself to my profession of the law I would cer- tainiy be a much richer man than I am today. I:think, perhaps, I would have been happier.” The Presidency. “Still, Senator, you have had all that pub- lic life gives to any one, with the exception of the presidency, and you may have that.” “But I am not a candidate for the presi- dency,” replied Senator Allison. “No! No! Not in any sense of the word! I have never looked upon the White House as many other public men do. I doubt much con- cerning the happiness that is supposed to come with the presidential office. I have known many Presidents. I have been ac- quainted with them before they went into office, and have known them after they came out. I have seen them go into the White House happy and proud in their power and in their possibilities of accom- plishing great things. I have seen them come out disappointed and disguested. I do not know that I would care for the presi- dency if I could have it. It is certainly not a place that I would strive for. I am in the Senate now, and I feel that my state will probably keep me there as long as I desire to stay. My experience there is worth something. I hardly feel that my work is ended yet, and the presidential position should be for the rounding out of one’s career. The ex-President has no place to fill in our political activity, and, with the single exception, perhaps, of John Quincy Adams, there are none of our Presi- dents who have accomplished’ much of statesmanship after they have left the White House. It is the general idea that the President should be a dignified monu- ment of that which has been, and in a cer- tain sense this Is right.” - No Second Term. “But many Presidents have had second terms,” said I. “I do not believe in that at all,” replied Senator Allison. “A President should not be re-elected, and it would be better for the country if this was a thoroughly un- derstood fact. We are always bound to be governed by one of three great parties. The President is the choice of one of these parties, and the man who strives for re- election is tempted to use the machinery of the office for his own personal ends. In justice to his party and to the country I do not think that a President can be a can- didate for a second term.” The Republican Outlook. “Speaking of parties, Senator, what ts the outlook of the republican party to- day? Is it healthy?" “I think it is in a perfectly healthy con- dition,” replied Senator Allison, “and I think there is no doubt as to what it will do in the coming presidential campaign. It will be united and I do not believe that there is any doubt as to its success.”” “Do you not think there will soon be a change of parties in the United Stat Are not the east and the west drifting apart? Wiil we not have a party of the and the w - replied Senator Alli- ic the republican son. ‘Th; parties will of the United States for years to come. They may change to a certain extent their issues from time to time. But the main lines of division will be the same.” The Silver Question. “How about the silver question? What do you. think of this little yellow book which is known as ‘Coin’s Financial School?” “I have read it,” replied Senator Allison. “It is an interesting book and it is creat- ing something of a sensation in the west. It is full of half truths. It is not a fair book, by any means, and it will not bear investigation. The last chapter, in which it pretends to state how we could maintain our gold with the free coinage of silver independent of similar action on the part of the nations of Europe, fails utterly, and the author goes off into a denunciation of England and the English to blind his read- ers as to the weakness of his argument. As to the silver movement in the west, I think the force of it is somewhat exag- gerated. The people of the United States will not act hastily about such an im- portant matter, and the bimetallism which we want is one which shall be reached through international agreement.” In speaking further about silver the Sen- ator referred to the speeches which he had made during the present year and stated that they contained his exact position as to silver and gold. His talk, however, was more of a personal chat than an interview for publication, and the part of it relating to himself was most interesting. Why Senator Allison Refused ‘Treasury. Referring to his modest statement about the presidency, Senator Allison’s conduct in the past has shown that he has again and again refused high offices, and I be- lieve that the bee of official ambition buzzes less closely about him than about any other public man_now named as a presidential candidate. He has several times refused to go into the cabinet. Garfield at one time offered him the portfolio of the Interior, and at another, I am told, he intended to give him the Treasury Department. He re- fused to take the portfolio of the Treasury upon the organization of President Harri- son's cabinet. During my talk with him I asked him why he had so persistently re- fused to leave the Senate for the cabinet. He replied that his duty to his state and his friends at the times these positions were offered him demanded such an action and that he did not regret the having done things which he could not help. He did not want the Interior Department, and it was through his influence that Gen. Garfield gave that position to Samuel J. Kirkwood. At the time that Harrison offered to make him Secretary of the Treasury Gen. Clark- son was spoken of for a cabinet position, and Mr. Allison would not accept a position which was likely to cause trouble in his own party, especially when the people of his state felt that he ought to remain in the Senate. Gear on Allison. In closing this article I would state that whether Allison wants to be a presidential candidate or not there is no doubt but that Iowa will present his name in the next nauonal convention. After leaving him I crossed the street to the Portland Flats and called upon Iowa’s new Senator, Gov. Gear. I told him of the above remark of Senator Allison and he replied: “I believe Senator Allison is honest in his statement that he has no presidential ambitions. That will not affect Iowa, however. It will surely present his name to the con- vention, and it seems to me that he stands as good a chance to be the next President as any man in the United States. He ccmes from the right part of the country— the west. He is right on all questions, and he has proved himself a safe, congervative and at the same time able statesman.” “But, Senator Gear,” said I, “it is sald that Allison is too conservative. He is charged with being always on the fence, and his opponents say that he is afraid.” “That is not true,” said Senator Gear. “There is nothing of the coward about Al- lison. He is cautious, but not cowardly. He has a stiff backbone in him, and when the occasion demands he always shows that he has convictions and the courage to support them. There is no man in the United States better fitted by his wide ex- perience and by his dealing with public affairs to be President of the United States. For the past thirty-two years he has been in public life. He knows the country, its needs and its men. He is now sixty-six years old, but he does not look to be more than fifty-six, and he is in prime physical ccndition.” ANK G. CARPENTER. —____+- e+ _____ MOUNTAINS AND SEASIDE. the Resorts Where One Can Find Comfort and Pleasure. At this season of the year, when the mercury in the thermometer tries to stand on its head and kick its heels high up in the bulb, and when all the weather bureau can promise is “slight changes in temperature,” it is a pleasant task to read over the advertisements of summer resorts and to plan for one’s summer vacation. One thinks at once of cool waters and waving trees, good country board and dips in the bracing surf. It is pleasant to think of places remote from asphalt, where low- ing herds wind slowly o’er the iea or where the breaking waves dash high on a stern and rock-bound coast. It is said that a lerger proportion of people in Washington go away for a summer outing than is true of any other city. For such as these the summer resort columns insThe Star are invaluable, for they are full of suggestions for those who are in doubt as to just where to go. A few hints of the sort follow: On the Potomac and comparatively near the city is the Potomac Hotel, St. George's Island, Md., which opens next Tuesday. ‘Phe terms are reasonable enough, the ac- commodations excellent, while the place offers all the attractions of an outing on the water, and there is music and dancing of evenings, The island is easily reached by means of the river steamers Potomac, Sue or Arrowsmith. Less than two hours by rail from Wash- ington, surrounded by green trees und shaded lawns, stands the Glencoe Springs Hotel, Glencoe, Md., which ought to be particularly attractive to Washington peo- ple. The house is lighted with gas and fitted with all modern improvements and supplied with pure mountain spring water. I. F. Graham is the proprietor. A good wine needs no bush, and so At- lantic City has charms so well known to Washingtonians that it is not necessary to refer to them at length. The Metropolitan, kept by M. C. Andrews, at Massachusetts and Atlantic avenues, offers excellent ac- commodations, with complete sanitary ar- rangements and proximity to warm baths and inlet. Paul Steinhagen, the proprietor of the Columbia Hotel, Missouri avenue and the beach, Atlantic City, is running a strictly first-class hostelry at reasonble rates and would be glad to hear from Washington people as to terms and quarters. Bew’s Hotel, Illinois avenue and the beach, occupies one of the finest locations at Atlantic City, with modern appoint- ments, including an elevator, with hot and cold sea water baths in the house. Richard Bew, proprietor, offers perfect service for the summer. One of the leading hotels of Ocean Grove, N. J., is the Majestic. The house has just been finished, and is complete in every par- ticular. It is most advantageously situated on the beach. The hotel opens June 25, All Washingtonians are familiar with Ocean City, Md. It is so easy of access that it is especially to be desired by resi- dents hereabouts. The Atlantic Hotel there is one of the best appointed hotels in the country, and now enters upon its fourth season. If you contemplate a trip com- municate with the Hotel Page, this city, or T. L. Page, Ocean City. Leonardtown, with its salt-water bathing, fishing and crabbing, is only a short dis- tance from this city, and the hotel there, under the proprietorship of Herbert F. Moore, is noted for its fine table. The hotel is situated near the beach, and offers many inducements to those who are in search of rest. The Kee Mar summer resort, situated at Hagerstown, Md., opened fts doors June 20 under auspicious circumstances. The house is weil appointed throughout, and everything is first-class. Address Charles Webb for terms. ‘The fifteenth season of the Victoria Hotel at Asbury Park has commenced. Mrs. S, Kemper, the proprietress, offers reduced rates until July 1. This hotel has many friends in Washington, and no doubt they will be seen there this summer. Among the well-kept houses at Atlantic City is the Fortesque House, delightfully situated at the corner of Arkanses avenue and the ocean. It is one of the nearest houses to the beach, and offers epetial in- ducements. A ess J. Fortesque, the pro- grietor, for terms. Messrs. Chambers & Haoper announce the opening of the Irvington Hotel, at At- ‘ eseseses eo 6 = 1895. OF SSS SSSSE69 E06 THE LAS! WEEK mniversary Sales. 4 GH THE Will Commencing Monday I Off the Regular marked prices of my entire stock of GOLD, SILVER " =--AND-=-= DIAMONDS. Until Saturday Night Only. Take O 0 SOSDIDODHOSHSTSSSOOSSHOSH SOTO Y Silver. SILVER PRESENTS FOR WEDDINGS, &e., ORNAMENTS, OSODOOS SSS SS OOO DOS ON SOS SS OOOOGOTOOSO SIO HOOOOGHSO ben RINGS, . TIARAS, ~ Sia ens PLATE, PENDANTS, LOCKETS, CREAMERS AND SUGAR SEES STARS, sex, BOWLS, “| stubs, WREATHS, BELT BUCKLES, LINKS, AIGRETTES, erations BRACELETS, EARRINGS, MOUNTED BRUSHES, raeonn GARTER BUCKLES, BROOCHES, &e., &e. = &e., &e. | &e., &e. Gold. GOLD PRESENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION: SET AND UNSET | Diamcnds. ENGAGEMENT RINGS, VOOSTOS SOSSSSSOSOSOSOSOTOS @SSESSOOOOG C. H. DAVISON, 105 F St. N.W. PSOQVOOGSSIOSO lantic City. This house is one of the fa- vorite resorts, and has a wide reputation for its “table and general appointments. Write for terms. At Ocean Grove, that beautiful and pleas- ant summer resort, the El] Dorado Hotel bas opened for the season. This house is known among hotel men and its patrons as a first-class hostelry, and those who contemplate the seashore trip would do well to drop Mrs. A. Loomis a line for particulars and rates. Few hotels are better known than Con- gress Hall, Atlantic City. Its well-known location and the advantages it offers its patrons are too numerous to mention, Since last season it has been thoroughly over- hauled, and when its doors aro thrown open on the 29th of this month guests will mark some handsome ‘mprovements. “he same old management which has contribut- ed so materially to the comfort of the guests in the past will have charge this season. Upon application to R. Hamilton all information will be furnished. No place in Ocean Grove, N. J# offers more attractions to the fortunate summer sojourner at the breezy ‘seaside than the Ocean House, most eligibly located within one minute of the Auditorium and three minutes of the ocean. Right on the brink of the ocean and only forty-five minutes’ ride from New York is Long Beach, than which there is no more attractive resort on the entire coast of the Atlantic. The hotel has been elegantly refitted throughout, so that it lacks absolutely nothing necessary for the comfort and convenience of its guests. It has just opened for the season. For terms, &c., apply to Thomas H. Brush at 45 Broadway, New York. Congress Hall, Cape May, stands first among the seaside caravanseries of the world, and it offers peculiar attractions to residents of this city, for the reason that it is under the capable management of a fellow-townsman, Mr. P. H. S. Cake of the Hotel Normandie. The hotel is in first- class condition and its sanitary arrange- ments are unexcelled. Special rates are offered for this season, which opens on the 29th instant. As a pleasant health resort at all times, but especially in the summer, there is no better place in the country than Howard's Lick White Sulphur Springs, in Hardy county, W. Va. Situated 2,000 feet above sea level, surrounded by glorious scenery, with a most salubrious climate, averaging 50 degrees, even in midsummer, it has every advantage for persons in_search of health, rest and recreation. The attractions at a hotel have more than a little to do with the pleasure of a visit to the seashore. Manager J. W. Calla- way of the Rudolph, at Atlantic City, an- nounces that an orchestra will be con- stantly in attendance at his new house, which will open for the season about July 1. There are accommodations for 400, the rooms are efi suite and, as an additional feature, late dinners are provided for those so desirous. s A country, retreat near the mountains and in a healthy country, yet but one-half a mile from the depot, with two daily mails, fine water, a large pavilion and tele- phone to the depot is indéed a rarity. Par- ties in search of such a resort would do well to address William H. Hibbs, the pro- prietor of the Silcott Springs Inn, at Sil- cott Springs, Loudoun county, Va. Ocean City, Md. is a well-known and deservedly popular seaside resort, being particularly attractive to Washingtonians, because it is but a short run from this city. A prominent hostelry is the Con- gress Hall. It will reopen July 1, under the old and successful management and at very reasonable rates. The proprietor is James Z. Powell. Many persons prefer the mountains to the seashore, and the attention of such is call- ed to the Hotel Essick, Highland Park, Pa. This resort is said to be 2,500 feet above the sea level in the cool, dry and bracing air of the Alieghenies. H. M. Essick, M. D., the proprietor, will send descriptive cireu- lars on application. Reduced retes for June are offered by Marshall, Tillotson & Co., proprietors of the Berkshire Inn, Atlantic City. The hotel is delightfully situated on Virginia avenue, near the beach, and the table and appointments are stated to be first class, Additional information may be obtained at the Oxford, this city, ‘An elegant house with a large piazza, spacious grcunds, and excellently located near the beach, is the Wister Cottage, 16 South Rhode Island avenue, Atlantic City. The proprietor is a Washingtonian. Situated at the extreme ocean end of Kentucky avenue, Atlantic City, vided with elevator, sun parlors and all modern conveniences, is the popular Hotel Berkeley. The proprietors, James and George Bew, have greatly improved the hotel since last season, and persons in- tending to spend a week or a month by the briny deep would not be amiss in se- curing rates from the management. “The Alvin,” at Colonial Beach, is direct- ly on the water front, with beautiful grounds and new pavilion. The cuisine is first class, and no liquors are sold in the house. Piney Point Hotel was opened for the season on the 15th. The place is noted as having the finest salt water bathing on the Potomac, being near the Chesapeake Bay, There is a flowing artesian well on the premises, and the amusements provided by the 1 Proprletors, include musio, dancing, owling, liard and 1 tables, fishing and crabbing. sie: ned carne: Within 100 feet of the water, at Rebo- both Beach, is the Douglass House, which is now open. The beach offers good bath- ing, boating, fishing and gunning. The Plimhimmon has just been completed at Ocean City, Md. It is directly on the ocean front and modern in every particular, AES B. and 0. Surgeons, The B. and O. Association of Raflway Sur- geons, which has been in session in Cum- berland, Md., for the past two days, ad- Journed Thursday evening after selecting Pittsburg, Pa, as the next place for the annual meeting. The entire Party, consist- ing of the following surgeons and wives, Spent yesterday here in sight seeing. The party comprised Dr. M. L Love and wife, Shelby, Ohio; Dx A. HL Myers and wife, Scotdale, Pay Dn J, Scheridan and wife, Johnstown, Pa} Dn H. G. Tucker, Cromwell, Ind.; Dr. B. Bto- fen and wife, Bellville, Ohio; Dr. J. C. Yarne and wife, Lo: 3 Kurtz and Wife, Chicago; Dee TE Sie and wife, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Doctor 8, S._ Good, Meyersdale, Penn. sylvania; Dr David Gilmer and daugh. ter, Rockwood, Pa.; Dr. W. O. Bryant and Wife, Findeyville, Pa.; Dr, Geo. A. Stiger and daughter, Cameron, W. Va.; Dr. T. K. Shields and family, Dr, R, B. Short and wife, Wellsford, Ind.; Dr, J. D. Arche and Wife, Holgate, Ohio; Dr. A. G Henry and wife, North Baltimore; Dr. 0. fonroe and wife, Smith Station, Ohio; Dr, G. VW Clemson ‘and 1 Wite, Thoraville, Ohio; Dr. J. Leatherman and wife aha ‘atid ates Miss Lairmors, Kirksville, Ohio; Dr, J, e Nora ponies Dr, J... Geyer and witc Dr. 5. i. 8; Cumberland; Dr, Webster, Chicago, aan 4, B. Robb of the Times, Cumberland. ——.__ School Laws in the States. The bureau of education is making a compilation of the school laws of various states. It will show that the regulations as to appointment and qualification of teachers and their methods of teaching vary greatly in the different sections of the country. Some difficulty has been met by the bureau in obtaining the state statutes, and in many cases they have been bought soe from the states, Tho compilation probably will be published next autumn, and after publication in the an- nual report of the commissioner of educa- tion, may be issued in a separate edition of 20,000 copies, —____e-_____. Coming Treasury Changes. As previously stated in The Star, Mr. Scott Nesbitt, chief clerk of the internal revenue bureau, is to be made chief of the appointment division of the Treasury De« partment, to succeed Maj. Krets, appoint- ed superintendent of ¢he Philadelphia mint, and Mr. E. C, Johnson, chief of the abol- ished income tax division, is to succeed Mr. Nesbitt as chief clerk of the internal reve- nue bureau. These changes will take efe fect on the Ist proximo, ———+o+_____ Industrial Schools in Great Britain. Consul General Collins at London fur- nishes the State Department with the amounts contributed during 1894 by the government of Great Britain to industrial and reformatory schools, as follows dustrial schools, $922,510; day industrial schools, $37,227; truant schools, $35,707; ree formatories, $353,641,