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ES LIaD185*LI AS IT LOOKS IN WASHINGTON. Xr. Caldwell to Get a Foreign Mission Editor Gonzales Wants to Go to Shanghai, China. LSpecial to Columbia Journal.1 WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14.-Cal Caughman emphasizes in lan-guage that can't be transmitted by telegraph that he is still a reformer. He says he has always been and is not a backslider. His chances for reading clerk are grow ing. PERRY BACKED BY CONSERVATIVES. Nearly all the conservative support has rallied to Perry for Collector. Not withstanding this, your correspondent can say with emphasis that Perry will not be appointed. It is rumored here that Tompkins will witladraw and that the Tillmanites will solidly support Mc Calla. The fight is between MeCalla and McMaster. EARLE SAID TO BE IN THE LEAD. Earle is considered far in the lead for District Attorney. Hemadeafineim pression on Cleveland, and the Presi dent spoke of him in the highest terms. Elliott possibly runs second, but Doug las stands high, and is backed ty strong 0 support. The race is really between these three. THE MARSF \LSHIP RACE. In the marshalship conundrum, Pope, Donaldson :and Mauldin are even up, and fighting hard. FOREIGN MISSION APPLICANTS. Caldwell will get a foreign mission, taut not to Italy. The Hon. John Bacon has withdrawn his application for his old place and will apply for nothing. N. G. Gonzales is here explaining to the President why he ought to go as consul to Shanghai, China. Irby is fighting him because he says it will hurt Governor Tillman if Gonzales leaves the State. The Hon. J. C. Hemphill will not be minister to England. Ex-Congressman Hemphill will get the place of Associate Justice of the Su preme Court of the District of Colum bia. Bachman will likely be postmaster -in Columbia. Pope returned home this morning. MORE NEWS OF THE SAME SORT. LSpecial to Augusta Chronicle.] WASHINGTON, March 15.-It has circulated through several of the South Carolina newspapers that even if Mr. Cleveland nominated Gen. Earle for Distfict Attorney the Senate would not confirm the appointment. Gen. Earle called on Senator 'Butler this morning and asked him if he insnired or was authority for such a statement. Sena tor Butler informed him that not only was the report untrue, but to show his admiration of him as a man thorough ly qualified for the position, he would take pleasure in giving him a letter of reeommendation, and did so. Thus another newspaper canard is nailed. Senator Irby called with Gen. Earle at the White House and the two had a long talk with Mr. Cleveland. They seem thoroughly satisfied. It appears to-night that Gen. Earle will be Dis trict Attorney, Mr. Pope Marshal and Mr. Lipscomb Collector of Internal Revenue. It is freely predicted by prominent Carolinians that if Gen. Earle is de feated for District A ttorney the Reform faction will take him up as their can didate for Governor. Dr. Pope returns to South Carolina to-morrow. He says he does not pro pose to go on the Richmond and Dan ville -because it does not pay its taxes. STILLa CALLING AT TH E WHITE HOUSE. [Special to News and Courier.j WASHINGTON, March 16.-South Carolina was well represented among the President's callers to-day. Senator Butler was the first arrival. He had an appointment to meet Gen. Wade SHampton with Mr. N. G. Gonzales, of Columbia, who is an aspirant for an appointment in the consular service. While waiting their arrival Senator * Butler had a short conversation with * the President on South Carolina mat * ters generally, and the President ex pressed a desire to tallk further with Senator Butler on the subject. They will renew the subject to-morrow after noon. When Gen. Hampton arrived, with Mr. Gonzales Senator Butler had' gone to the Capital. The President received Gen. Hampton and Mr. Gon-1 *zales, and the latter was given an op portunity to express his desires, and * his suggestions will receive due con sideration. Ex-Representative Hemphill called to introduce Mr. W. R. Davie, who is being urged by many of the best peo pie in South Carolina for the marshal ship. Ths President, as has been stated before in athiese dispatches, in formed' Mr. Davie that no action would be taken in the South Carolina matters until he receives certain information which has been promised from a friend ly source. A rumor was in circulation here to day among South Carolinians to the s' - e-Tect that the President has decided to appoint Ex-Attorney General Earle district attorney. The report is sup posed to have originated from the fact that Senator Irby and Mr. Earle saw the President yesterday. Senator But - ler and those who consulted the Presi dent to-day say the report has no foundation whatever. A CONSERVATIVE CONVERT. [Special to the Augusta Chronicle.] WVASHINGTON, March 16.-Cal Caugh . man. reading clerk of the South Caro lina senate, and heretofore a strong Tillmnanite, comes out to-night boldly He has written a long communication, which will appear in one of the South Carolina papers in a few days. He is now a candidate for reading clerk of the United States Senate, with a good chance for the appointment. THE PRIVATE SOLDIER. His Memory to be Honored with a Monu ment in Richmond-Help the Cause! In behalf of the monument to the Private Soldier and Sailor of the Con federate States, whose valor and devo tion have won alike.the undying grati tude of our people and the admiration of the world; and in behalf, of the Memorial Museum to be established in the mansion occupied by President Davis as long as the Confederacy last ed, this appeal is made, to which every citizen of the Southern States is ear nestly asked to give sympathy and support. It is designed that the monument shall speak for each State of the Con federacy, of its sacred love and rever ence for the dead, the name of each State graven on the stones forming the majestic column upon which will stand the stalwart figure of the Confederate Private; and in the museum, where one may learn the true story of that dire stuggle, and imbibe the spirit of that self-pacrifice-which gladly gave its all at the call of duty, it is intended to assign a room to each State (bearing its name), in which shall be placed the sacred relies of the glorious past; and that-it shall also be represented on the Board of Managers by a lady regent from that State. Throughout the South there are many patriotic monuments erected to the memory of the gallant leaders of the Confederacy, but none to the heroic private, who won its glorious victories and bore the severest hardships. These memorials are to commemorate the virtues of all the heroes from all the Southern States. Perhaps no one spot so speaks of the people of the Confederacy, or is more associated with their 'unparalleled heroism, than Richmond, the Capital, on whose most lofty bill, overlooking those fields once drenched with the blood of the soldier from every State, and that on-sweeping river, so gallant ly defended by the intrepid sailor, it should be our pride and glory to rear this unique monument-the combined offering'of love and gratitude from the entire Southern people. . And' serely within the walls where-,io often gath ered the valiant men and true'Aftese lasting memorials of the 'noble sons and daughters of all the South should be sacredly guarded, that the Past may be ever held in honored remembrance, and our children's children may learn "How sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong." To this end there will shortly be held in the city of Richmond a Memorial Bazaar. In it there will be a table, or tent, for each State, bearing its name, shield, colors, and motto; and it is ear nestly desired that each State shall assist its own table with contributions of all kinds. This bazaar will be un der the auspices of the Memorial Asso tions and Confederate Camps, and direct appeals will soon be sent out byd them to enlist the active co-operation of those who never failed to honor what now is only a memory dear to every heart-the cause they believed to be right. THE DATE FIXED FOB THE BAZAAR. The Ladies' Hollywood Memorial Association, aided by the Junior Holly wood, the Oakwood and Hebrew Me morial Associations, and all the Con federate Veteran Camps, of Richmond, will hold a bazaar, beginning on April 11, 1893, for the benefit of the monu ment now being raised to the Private Soldier and Sailor of the Confederacy, and for the Confederate Museum, to be established in the house in which President Davis resided during the war. This house having been given to the ladies by the city of Richmond, tbey ask the help of every man, wo man and child, in order that the entire South may share in the honor of erect ing these two monuments. Each Confederate State willi be repre sented by a table bearing its name, shield, and colors, and articles received will be given to the table which may be designated by the donor. It is befitting that to the dauntless chieftain and his heroic followers these two monuments be raised in the Capital of the Confederacy, the one spot which can never lose its identity with the cause for which they struggled and died. Money and articles, small and large, for table or restaurant, for use or beauty, should be addressed to "Me morial Bazaar," Richmond, Va. All packages'forwarded free by the Southern and Adams Express Com anies. Name and residence of the consignee should be in the corner, but not given as part of the address. THE LADIES' MEMORIAL ASSOCIA TION AND THE CONFEDERATE VET ERAN CAMPS OF RICHMOND, By MRs. LIZZIE CARY DANIEL, Corresponding Secretary. T710 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. Rich, Red Blood As naturally results from taking Hood's Sarsaparilla as personal cleanliness re suits from free use of soap and water. This great purifier thoroughly expels scrofula, salt rheum and all other im purities and builds up every organ of the body. Now is the time to take it. The highest praise has been won by HOOD's PILIU for their easy, yet effi ient action. Sold by all druggists. P-ice 05 cents. OUR WOMEN IN THE WAR. A True Story of the Heroine of Confederate Point-How a Brave Little Puritan Wife Proved her Devotion to her Southern Husband. [Southern Historical Papers.1 In the fall of 1857 a lovely Puritan maiden, still in her teens, was married in Grace Church, Providence, Rhode Island, to a Virginia youth just passed his majority, who brought her to his home in Norfolk, a typical ancestral homestead, where beside the "white folks" there-wai quite a colony of fami ly servants, from the pickaninny just able to crawl to the old gray-headed mammy who had nursed "ole massa." She soon became enamored of her surroundings and charmed with the devotion of her colored maid, whose sole duty it was to wait upon her young misses. When the John Brown raid burst upon the South, and her hus band was ordered to Harper's Ferry, there was not a more indignant matron in all Virginia, and when at last seces sion came, the South did not contain a more enthusiasticlittle rebel. On the 15th of May, 1862, a few days after the surrender of Norfolk to the Federals, by her father-in-law, then mayor, amid the excitement attending a captured city; her son Willie was born. Cut off from her husband and subjected to the privations and annoy ances incident to a subjugated com munity, her father insisted upon her coming with her children to his home in Providence; hut notwithstanding she was in a luxurious home, with all that parental love could do for her, she preferred to leave all these comforts to share with her husband the dangers and privatiaus of the South. She vain ly tried to persuade Stanton, Secretary of War, to let her and her three chil dren with a nurse return to the South; finally he consented to let her go by flag of truce from Washington to City Point, but without a nurse, and, as she was unable to manage three little ones, she left the youngest with his grand parents, and with two others bravely set out for Dixie. The generous outfit of every description which was pre pared for the journey and which was carried to the place of embarkation was ruthlessly cast aside by the inspectors on the wharf, and no tears or entreaties or offers of reward by the parents availed to pass anything save a scanty supply of clothing and other necessar ies. Arriving in the South, the brave young mother .refused the proffer of a beautiful home in Wilmington, the occupancy of'the grand old mansion at "Orton," on the Cape Fear River, but insisted upon taking up her abode with her 'children and their colored nurse in the upper room of a pilot's house, where they lived until the sol diers of the garrison built her a cottage one mile north of Fort Fisher on the Atlantic beach. In both of these homes she was occasionally exposed to the shot and shell fired from blockaders at belated blockade runners. It was a quaint abode, constructed in most primitive style with three rooms around one big chimney, in which North Carolina pine knots sup plied ht and light on winter nights. This cage became historic and was famed the frugal but lempting meals which its charming hostess would prepare for her distinguished guests. Besides the many illustrious Confederate army and navy officers who were delighted to find this bit of sunshiny civilization on the wild sandy beach, ensconced among the sand dunes and straggling pines and blackjack, many celebrated English naval officers enjoyed its hospitality under assumed names; Roberts, afterwards the renow ned Hobar. Pasha, who commanded the Turkish navy; Murray, now. Ad miral Aynsley, long since retired, after having been rapidly promoted for gal lantry and meritorious services in the British navy; the brave and unfortu nate Burgoyne, who went down in the British ironclad Captain in the Bay of Biscay, and the chivalrous Hewitt, who won the Victoria cross in the Crimea and was -knighted for his ser vices as ambassador to King John of Abyssinia, and who, after commanding the Queen's yacht died lamented as Admiral Hewitt. Besides these, there were many genial and gallant mer chant captains, among them Halpin, who afterwards commanded the Great Eastern while laying ocean cables, and famous war correspondents, the Hon. Francis C. Lawley, M. P., correspon dent of the London Times, and Frank Vizitelli, of the London Illustrated News, afterwards murdered in the Soudan. Nor must the handsome and plucky Tom Taylor be forgotten, purser of the Banshee and Night Hawk, who, by his coolness and daring, es caped with a boat's crew from the hands of the Feder als after capture off the fort, and who was en deared to the children as the "Santa Claus'' of the war. At first the little Confederate was satisfied with pork and potatoes, corn bread and rye coffee, with sorghum sweetening, but after the blockade runners made her acquaintance, the impoverished store-room was soon filled to overflowing, notwithstanding her heavy requisitions on it for the post hospital, the sick and wounded soldiers and sailors always being a sub ject of her tenderest solicitude and often the hardiworked and poorly-fed colored hands blessed the little lady of the cottage for a tempting treat. Full of stirring events were the two years passed in the cottage on Confe derate Point. The- dro.wning of Mrs. Rose Greenough, the famous Confede rate spy, off Fort Fisher, and the find ug of her body, which was tenderly waves, half dead, of Prof. Holcombe and his restoration, were incidents never to be forgotten. Her fox hunting with horse and hounds, the narrow escapes of friendly vessels, the fights over blockade runners driven ashore, the execution of deserters, and the loss uf an infant son, whose little spirit went out with the tide one sad sum mer night, all contributed to the reality of this romantic life. When Porter's fleet appeared off Fort Fisher, December, 1864, it was storm bound for several days, and the little family with their household goods were sent across the river to "Orton," before Butlei's powdership blew up. After tl,e Christmas victory over Porter and Butler, the little heroine insisted upon coming back to her cottage, although her husband had procured a home of refuge in Cumber land County. Gen. Whiting protested against her running the risk, for on dark nights her husband could not leavel the fort, but she said, "if the firing beanae too hot she would run behind the sand hills as she had done before," and come she would. The fleet reappeared unexpectedly on the night of the 12th of January, 1865. It was a dark night, and when the lights of the fleet were reported her husband sent a courier sto the cot tage to instruct her to pack up quickly and be prepared to leave with children and nurse as soon as he could come to bid them good-bye. The garrison barge with a trusted crew was stationed at Craig's Landing, near the cottage. After midnight, when all necessary or ders were given for the coming attack, the Colonel mounted his horse and rode to the cottage, but all was dark and silent. He found the message had been delivered, but his brave wife had been so undisturbed by the news that she had fallen asleep, and no preparations for a retreat had been made. Precious hours had been lost, and as the fleet would soon be shelling the beach, and her husband have to return to the fort, he hurried them into the boat as soon as dressed, with only what could be gathered up hastily, leaving dresses, toys and household articles to fall into the hands of the foe. Among the arti cles left was a writing desk, with the following unfinished letter, which after many years has been returned. It is such a touching picture of those old Confederate days that consent has been given to its publication: "THE CoTTAGE," Jan. 9, 1865. My Own Dear Par.ents: Iknow you have-heen- -anxious enough abbut us all, knowing what a'terrible bombard ment we have had, but I am glad that I can relieve your minds on our behalf and tell you we are all safe and well, through a most merciful and kind Providence. God was with us from the first, and our trust was so firm in Him that I can truly say that both Will and I "feared no evil." I stayed in my comfortable little home until the fleet appeared, when I packed, up and went across the river to a large but empty house, of which I took possession; a terrible gale camne on, which delayed the attack for several days, but Saturday it came at last in all its fury; I could see it plainly from where I was, I had very powerful glasses, and sat on a stile out doors all day watching it-an awful but magnifi cent sight. I kept up very bravely (for you know I am brave, and would, if I thought I could, whip Porter and Butler myself,) until the last gun had ceased and it began to get dark and still. I was over come at last and laid my head on the the:fence and cried for the first and last time during it all. I then got my carriage and rode to a fort near by to learn the news, but my heart failed as I approached it, and I returned to the house and waited a dispatch, which I r eceived about 11 o'clock, saying all was well. I was quite touched with a little incident which occurred during the day; the little ones looked very grave and thoughtful; at last Dick came to me in the midst of the roaring and awful thundering and said: "Mam ma, I want to pray to God for my papa." He knelt down and said his little earnest prayer; then jumped up, exclaiming and dancing about: "Oh, sister, I am so glad! I am so glad! now God will keep care of my papa!" The shelling was even more terrific on Sunday, and I, not knowing how long it might continue, concluded to go to Fayetteville, and started Sunday noon in a small steamer, with the sick and wounded, to Wilmington, where I was obliged, to stay for several days in great suspense, not able to get away and not able to hear directly from Will, as the enemy had cut the wires-and then a martyr to all kinds of rumors -one day I heard that Will had lost a leg, etc, etc, but I steadfastly made up my mind to give no credit to anythiing bad. At last I heard again that we had driven our persecutors off, and I re turned again to the place where I went first, and the next day Will came over for me and took me to the fort, which I rode all over on horseback, but we did not move over for nearly a week. The fort was strewn with missiles of all kinds; it seemed a perfect miracle how any escaped; the immense works were literally skinned of their turf, but not injured in the slightest; not a bomb proof or a magazine-and there are more than one-touched; the magazine the enemy thought they had destroyed was only a caisson; the men had very comfortable quarters in the fort-pretty little whitewashed houses-but the shells soon set fire to them, making a large fire and dense smoke, but the works are good for dozens of sieges plenty of everything; particularly plenty of the greatest essential-bravE hears.u bnelhovred Gen. Whiting was present, but gave up the whole com mand to Will, to whom lie now. gives, as is due, the whole credit of building and defending his post, and has urged his promotion to brigadier general, which will doubtless be received soon, thongh Vpither of us really care for it. We expect the Armada again, and will give him a warmer reception nexi time. The fort, expecting a longei time of it, was reserving their heavies1 fire for nearer quarters. Butler's "gal. lant troops" came right under one sid( of the fort, but our grape and canistez soon drove them off, and not Porter' shell, which did not happen to be fall. ing that way at that time; they left their traces sufficiently next morning. The "gallant fellow" who stole the horse from the inside of the fort was doubtless so scared he didn't know much where he was. The true state ment of the thing is. that an officer, unauthorized by Will or the general, sent a courier outside the fort with a message to some troops outside, and soon after he left the fort was attacked and killed by a Yankee sharpshooter hidden undera bridge. The poor body fell and the horse was taken, and the flag spoken of, in the same way, was shot from the parapet and blew outside, when it was taken. When any of them see the inside of the fort they will never live to tell the tale. Ah, mother! you all, at home peace fully, do not know the misery of being driven from home by a miserable cruel enemy! 'Tis a gad sight to see the sick and aged turned out in the cold to seek a shelter. I cannot speak feelingly be cause of any experience myself, as God is so good to us, and has so favored us with life, health and means, and my dear, good husband has provided me a comfortable home in the interior, where I can be safe. Will has worried so much about you, dear mother, thinking you would be so anxious about us. He often exclaims when reading some of the lying ac counts: "How that will worry ma!" How is my darling Willie? We do so want to see our boy. I- think Will will have to send for him in the spring. Kiss the-dear one a dozen of times for his father and mother. Though it was a very unpleasant Christmas to me,- still the little ones enjoyed theirs. Will had imported.a crowd of toys for them and they are as happy as possible with them. I have not heard from my dear home since last August., and you can imagine how very anxious I am to bear, parti cularly of dear sister,Ria. Is she with George? Do write of all the dear ones I love so much. How I would love to see you all, so much, and home! I forgot to tell you of the casualties in the fight. Ours were only three killed; about sixty wounded; they were all. LONG-LIVED mEN. Presidents of the United States to Rave Found the OfBee a Healthy Occupation. LCincinnati Tribune.] The following table, giving their ages at the date of their death, of those who have served as President of the United States, shows that they have been long-lived men. The youngest to die were Garfield, who was assassinated at the age of 51, and Lincoln at 56. George Washington, 67. John Adams, 91. Thomas Jefferson, 83.. James Madison, .85. James Monroe, 73. John Quincy Adams, 81. Andrew Jackson, 78. -Martin Van Buren, 80. William H. Harrison, 63. John Tyler, 72. James K. Polk, 54. Zachary Taylor, 66. Millard Fillmore, 74. Frankliai Pierce, 65. James Buchanan, 77. A braham Lincoln, 56. Andrew Johnson, 67. Ulysses S. Grant, 63. Rutherford B. Hayes, 71. Jam"s A. Garfield, 51. Chester A. Arthur, 56. Grover Cleveland is living at the age of 56 and Benjamin Harrison at 59. William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, AI,raham Lincoln and James A. Garfield died while in office. John Adams lived 26 years after leaving the office, Martin Van Buren 22 years, and John Quincy Adams 20 years. The Christian and the Gentleman. LBoston Journa.1 T wo Biddeford clerg3 men who had never before chanced to meet were re. cently introduced by a mutual friend. One is much inore liberal in his reli gious views than the other, and it is re lated that the latter, when presented to the former, extended the following greeting: "Glad to meet you, Mr.--, as a gentleman, but not as a Christian." To this the other responded: "I ana sure I am glad to meet you, Mr. as a Christian, but not as gentleman.' No Wonder. Sbe: "Really, now, aren't you a mar ried man ?" He: "No. Why ?" She: "Oh, you have such a settled look." He: "Yes; I've been refuased by thir teen girls." To prevent -the hardening of the sub cutaneous tissues of the scal p and the obliteration of the hair follicles, whici cause baldness, use Hall's Hair Re newer. NO FUSS AND FEATHERS. How Secretary Gresham Took the Oath c Office. LFrom the Chicago News-Record.] Judge Gresham repaired to the Stat department about 3 o'clock. The offl cials had not expected him, and ther was considerable agitation over his in forwal arrival. Official red tape i very abundant in the State department and the swearing in of a new Secretar, is usually attended with all manner o ostentatious formality. It was expecte< that Judge Gresham would keep uj the record. The officials had got read, to receive him tomorrow morning They intended to assemble all thi heads of bureaus, assistant secretaries and high officers. Then a venerabl, Bible was to be produced, and a depart ment relic, who has a record of "swear ing in twelve Secretaries," was to ad minister the oath. But Judge Gr,sham made shor work of all this programme. He walket into the Secretary's office recently va cated by Mr. Foster and temporaril3 occupied by Acting Secretary Whar ton. Assistant Secretary Adee hap pened to be near and dropped in. Bul there was no time for assembling thf heads of bureaus and bringing fortl the venerable Bible and venerablo swearer-in. "Oh, any notary public will do t< administer the oath," said Judge Gres ham. "He is just as fully qualified a any other officer." Col. Cook, one of the White Hous( executive staff, who happened to bi present, was a notary public, so th ceremony proceeded without any fur ther formality. Judge Gresham raise his right hand and repeated the oatl after the notary public. Jefferson's Story of the Nemination. [From the Boston Journal.] Speaking of the Clevelands remind one of the story which Crane, theactor told of the receuipt of the news of th nomination at Gray Gables. Crane chanced to be speaking of great stage effects and of the proneness which at old actor had to see the dramatic side of everything that "Joe" Jefferson had told him, and he related the following indident: "Cleveland, 'in company with Jeffer, son and 'Billy' Russell, sat in the study at Gray Gables awaiting. the result ol the convention. There7 was a large window .in the room,' er d a desk wa near it. Cleveland sat. at that desh facing the window, the shade of whick was up all night. Jefferson sat at one side and Russell at the other. All night Cleveland was as calm as hi companions were anxious. The onl5 other occupant was Charlie Jefferson, who sat at the other side of the room. 'I tell you,' said Jefferson, relating the scene, 'it was impressive to see that big man sitting there like a statue and all his ambition at stake. It was 4 o'clocl when the news came that the nomina tion had been made by acclamation.] leaned forward on one side of the table and Russell on the other, and just a we shobk hands the first ray of sun rising out of the sea, fell full on Mr Cleveland's fice. I have never beer more moved, more impressed than] was as I looked at the sun-lighted face of that man of destiny. No dramatic climax ever so stirred me. I cannol tell of it now without feeling agair some of the thrill that went througi me." Composed While Walking. [Mr. Haynes in Lippincott's.] Paul H. Haynes' favorite habits o composition were to pace back ani forth between-the standing desk in hi; study and the bookshelves in thb library, or beneath the trees surround ing Copse hill, if the weather was fav orable, and with pencil and volume ii hand to jot down on a flyleaf the firs: revision of a poem or as much of it at the duration of the creative moot would allow. Sometimes he wrot< while taking a leisurely horseback ride around the house or through the woods, sometimes while sitting in hil armchair of Georgia pine, but generall3 with greater ease while walking. This was especially true during the early ani middle periods of his life, when h. found it irksome to sit down for an.3 length of time and never seemed t< weary of those meditative walks. I have known him to compoi' the last line or the intermediate part of poem before the beginning. Whei completed, however, what reade: would have doubted that it came int being consecutively? Occasienally the choice phrasing of;a thought that.had baffied him for day would visit him in sleep. My mothe; told me that he awoke one night (hi had been very busy preparing hi: Savannah sesqui-centen nial ode) fron tranquil slumber and said suddenly "Mius, at last in sleep the though which has eluded me for days has bee; captured!" Covers a Multitude of Sins. Biggs: "You say your wife alway pins a flower on your coat before yo leave home ?" "Yes, she has for a month." "No, it's because she never can re member to sew on~the button." Ayer's Cherry Pectoral possesses poi erful healing qualities, which manifee themselves whenever this remedy employed in cold.s, coughs, throat c lung troubles. Its anodyne and es pec orant effects are prom.ptly realized.I is a chemical success and a medical tri nmph. THE BIG MAN OF THE CABINET. if Mr. Bissell Fills the Chair of Hip Pre decessor and Completely Overflows It. [From the Baltimore American.] e WASHINGTON, March 14.-On' the . scales, Mr. Bissell is undoubtedly the e greatest Postmaster-General the coun . try has ever had. He is considerably a over six feet perpendicular, ad his horizontal measurements have so far been withheld from the public. Un f fortunately for hi:n he found on his arrival at the Post Office Department that he not only filled the chair of his predecessor, but considerably over flowed it. In fact, the office chair occupied by Mr. Wanamaker, although of the ordinary size, was found so in a conveniently small for Mr. Bsssell that he immediately secured a requisition . for a new chair to be built for him ac . cording to specifications furnished by him. The new piece of office furniture is to be made of heavy quartered oak, thirty inches across the seat, supported on straight legs three by four inches, weighing about as much as the heavy . mahogany desk before him. It is not the sort of a chair that one would twirl carelessly about while engaged in idle conversation, and will not be in any dan ger from the petty thieves of the depart ments, who carry away towels and soap and such like articles. It will, how ever, be a great cwnfort for Mr. Bissell, who up to the present time has pre ferred standing to confining himself to the narrow bounds of the chair of his predecessor. Attar of Roses, and How it Is Made. [Kew Bulletin.] It is well known that the great cen tre of the production of attar, or otto, of roses occupies the northern portion of the old Turkish province of Eastern Roumelia. The cultivation of roses for this purpose is, however, limited to the southern slopes of the Great-Balkans, as the flowers are nowhere produced successfully on the North. The distillation of the petals is carried on in a very primitive manner with a copper still of the simplest construe tion. The first runnings are returned to the still, and the second are received into glass flasks, where they are liept for a day or two at a cool temperature, to allow the oil to rise to the surface. From the latter it is skimmed by a small tin pipette, or funnel, with a long slender handle attached toAhe top and a very small aperture af the lower pointed end. This funnel is not more than I inch diameter at the widest part, so that it is easily inverted into the flask and plunged below between the oily layer and the water. It is then at once brought up and it brings with It a portion the oily stratum with a small of quantity of water. The water escapes through a small hole at the bottom, while the oil or otto is emptied into the collecting flasks for exportatiom. The commercial attar Is transferred to flat circular zinc receptacles known as "coppers," which are carefully sewn up in white felt and sealed with the ex porter's stamp, the brand being also stencilled on the felt outside. Two of these coppers, one covered with the felt and the other without, are contained in the Museums of Economic Botany at Kew, and to these Messrs. Pierre and Lubin have noiw courteously added a specimen of the pipette or funnel for the purpose of making -the collection more complete. 'As regards the identification of the plants cultivated for attar of roses, it may be useful to mention that in 1874 the late Mr. Daniel Hanbury, F. R. S., presented to the Kew Herbarium spe ci mens of "roses cultivated on the slopes of the Balkans for the .production of attar of roses," received from Mr. Vice Consul Dupuis of Adrianople. These contained specimens of two species, a red rose (R. Alba Damareend Miller), and a whbite rose (R. Alba L.) Neither of these is known in a wild state, and there can be little doubt that both are hyt-rids between R. Gallica and R. camina. Who Makes the Paper? 'IVho is dot dot gets der news, SDon't have time to get der blues, And generally drinks, schmokes und chews ? Dot's der Reporter ? Who is dot dot uses der "blue," Marks der copy through und through, Und tells der boys, "Do as I do?" Dot's der City Editor. r Who is dot dot curses der vires, Likes good news, but hates der fires, Und has no use for any liars ?~ Dot's der Telegraph Editor. SWho is dot dot knows it all, rHas every one at his beck und call, SUnd doesn't feel der least bit small? SDot's der Managing Editor. ,Who is dot dot sets der type, t Has a nose dot's fully ripe, i Und schmokes a nasty stinkin' pipe ? Dot's der Printer. Whbo is dot dot makes men schvear, UJnd would do it if they did but dare a Climb his frame and pull his hair? 2Dot's der Proofreader. Who is dot dot cashes "strings," Pays der bills und oder things ! Makes der boys all feflike kings ? Dot's der Cashier. -Journalist. t The trouble with most cough medi 'S cines is that they spoil the appetite, r weakon digestion, and create bile. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, on the con t trary, while it gives immediate relief, assists rather than impairs the a'isimi lative process. THIRD PARrYISM RUN MAD. A North Carolina Preacher Forced to Be sign Because he Complimented a Democratic Speech. (Newton Enterprise.] We have just heard of a case of Third party politics 'run to seed. At the July court Rev. Oa H. Bernheim heard Mason and Robbins Speak. After the speaking one of the members of his St. Timothy congregation asked him what he thought of the speakirj. He made some complimentary remark about it, which made the man, who was a Weaverite, very angry. A short time after that a congregational meet. ing was held in the church to discuss the unpardonable sin of their pastor in endorsing Democratic speeches. Sev eral other meetings were held to try the pastor, to which he was not invited, but finally he was invited to the church to stand-a trial. Several of the mem bers stated that they had nothing per sonaMy against him, but finally one stated that all they had against him was "politics." Whereupon Mr. Bern heim very properly broke up the meet ing by saying he would have nothing to do with discussing politics in the house of the Lord, and mixing politics and church matters. At another meet ing at which he was not present they passed a resolution asking the pastor's resignation, and it has been tendered. This action is on a par with the prac tice last fall of holding political;speak ings in the churches, and deserves the condemnation of all Christian people. But if the St. Timothy congregation is looking for a Third party pastor, they will have to leave the Lutheran Church, or go along way off to find one. We doubt if even Kansas could furnish a Third party Lutheran preacher. Chief Justice Fuller Writes a Love letter. [Washington Post.] A few days ago having occasion to consult his physician, Chief Justice Fuller concluded, instead of sending for him, to enjoy the short walk to his residence, and, perhaps, a social little chat as well in the latter's library. The 4. door was opened for him by a new man, who,after informing him that the doc tor was out, but left word hp would shortly return, asked the Chief Justice Into the library to wait. Wholly unaware of the exalted posi tion in legal circles held by the quiet gentleman with a kindly gleam in his eyes, the man soon presented several sheets of ruled paper, a stamped en velope, pen and Inkstand to the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice looked up inquiringly at the man who, in evident embarrassment, stood before him hold ing the literary tools. Bashfully tripping his words over each other as he stated the case, the man proffered -the request that the visitor, while waiting for the doctor's ' return, employ himself 1n' writing a love letter, as though ardently desiring to commoilcate with his sweetheart, the poor fellow being deterred from doing so by his lack of knowledge in the atof penmanship. Without hesitation, as though that was the one business of his life,s the Chief Justice at onec acquiesced and settled down to the composition of what was undoubtedly the most unique love letter ever penned by his hand. Our Debt to Science. IFrom the Kansas City Times.] In a recent work on criminology the learned Investigator says that out of ninety-eight young men criminals 44 per cent, did not blush when examined. Of 122 female criminals 81 per cent. did not blush. If our novels are to keep up with science they must change their indicia of emotion. It must he the men who blush and the other- sex whose sensitiveness must not be a reg ular feature. Leander blushes as he declares himself or is suddenly brought up against a sentimental outcrop. But. Hero takes It calmly. The scientist also notices that women blush about the ears rather than on the cheek. This also requires a change in the novels. It is a pointer, 'too, for the ladies' man who is watching for signs that he is making an impression. If he fastexs his gaze upon the left ear he may see something that will tell him he may consider himself happy. Science is gradually getting there and we shall soon know it all. Not Labelled. It was the morning of Mr. McSwat's birth-day. As he came down to break fast Mrs. McSwat waylaid him in the family sitting room, led him to the door of a closet, opened it, and pointed to two gorgeous garments hanging from the hooks inside. "I made themn myself, Billiger," she said "as a little surprise for you. One of them is a dressing gown and the other is a night shirt. How do you like them?" "They are simply magnificent, Lo belia," replied Mr. Meswat, gazing at them In mingled admiration and awe. "Made them yourself?" "Every stitch. Glad you like them, Billiger." "Like them?" he echoed. "They overwhelm me. Would you mind tell ing me, Lobelia, which-hum--which is the dressing gown and which is the night shirt?" Georgia Fensions Her Veterans. ATLANTA, March 15.--Georgia began paying pensions to-day to 3,200 vet erans and widows. The latter will get $60 a year, and the veterans will be pad according to a sliding scale.