A HISTORIC CORNER. Occupied Once by Washington's Best Known Hotel. 112 ]n One of It* Itooms Andrew Johnson Took the Oath of Olllcv as President of the Unit ed States. [Special Washington Letter.] THERE is a historic corner on Pennsylvania avenue which is now occupied by a hotel; nnd very few people now living know any thing about the history of the local ity- For many years the building on the corner of Twelfth street and Pennsyl vania avenue was occupied by the pen sion office, nnd then a dry goods and notions store built up a successful busi ness there. Six years ago alterations were made which transformed the building into a hotel and cafe and now additionsliave been built along Twelfth street, completely obliterating all of the landmarks which were so dear to us old-timers. 1 Nearly 20 years ago "Boss" Shep herd. the man cT energy and executive ability who changed the national cap ital from its condition of a sluggard southern town in a mudliole to a na tional city with broad avenues and concreted streets, built upon the cor ner referred to a six-story brick build ing, with mansard roof, and rented it to the government for the use of the pen sion office. It was so occupied until the architectural monstrosity in Judiciary square was completed, in ISBS, and then ■the pension office was removed and the Shepherd building was taken by a pros perous storekeeper. During the civil war the corner was occupied by the best known and most popular hotel in the city, called the Kirkwood house. Members of the cab inet as well as prominent senators and representatives resided at the Kirk wood house, and prominent officers of the federal armies were constantly MESSENGER THORNBY'S JOKE ON GEN. CROSBY. coming and going as guests of the same hotel. Vice President Andrew Johnson was a guest of the Kirkwood house on the night of the tragedy at Ford's the ater, when President Lincoln lost his life by the hand of an assassin. On the following morning it was in the Kirk wood house that Mr. Johnson took the oath of office and became president of the United States. In the spring of 18G4, when the suc cessful general of the Mississippi val ley, U. S. Grant, caine to the national capital to receive from the hands of the president his commission as lieuten ant general of all the armies he was a guest at the Kirkwood house. From time to time Gens. Sherman. Sheridan, Hancock. Logan, Meade and other emi nent military men either had their rooms or took their meals at the Kirk wood house. It was not until several years after the war had closed, when the armies had been disbanded, the carpet-bag period had passed, and the unusual business incident to and de- Vomlent the civil wsr had ceased, that the Kirkwood house, beiiig no ( longer the most popular hostelrie in the city, was closed. During the latter part of March, 18G4, ■while he was planning the offensive campaign which commenced with the battle of the Wilderness on the sth day of the following May, a banquet was given to Gen. Grant in the Kirk wood house, which was followed by a ball, and in the festivities of both events Miss Kate Chase, the accom plished, brilliant and beautiful daugh ter of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, was the social leader. Although the hostelrie hostelrie was a frame build ing of the olden style, it was an excep tionally large and roomy structure for those days. More than 200 men and women of distinction participated in the banquet, and, before the dawn of ,the morrow had dispersed the merry makers, nearly 1,000 of the men and women of notij in those days partici pated in +*, ie terpsicliorean mazes, , many years the best serv an t j n ttie old Kirkwood house was a colored man named George Thorp v jy. He acted as vnlet to C3en. Grant on that occasion and was subsequently detailed to look after the comfort of Vice President Johnson. So it happened that when the old house finally gave way to a more modern structure, Thornby, .through the kind intercession of many men of prominence whom he had served, secured an appointment as messenger in the post office depart ment, when Congressman Tyner, of In diana, was made postmaster general. He remained there until a few years ago, when he died. Thornby was a Tery intelligent fellow and was made mail messenger to the first assistant ;postmaster general. During his lat ter years he took a great deal of pleas ure in telling a story concerning John •Schuyler Crosby, of >7ew York, who was the governor of the territory of Mon tana tor three years and became first assistant postmaster general when Frank Hatton was advanced to the po sition of prjtmaster general. Thornby opened nil the cnveTopM and laid tTi» smaller ones, which ostensibly con tained personal letters, upon the desk of the first assistant postmaster gen eral; but the big official envelopes he distributed to the clerks in charge of the appointments in the different states, and he always did his work in telligently and with good judgment. Gov. Crosby had only been the in cumbent of the office of first assistant postmaster general a few days when he rung his bell, to which Thornby re sponded, and Gov. Crosby said: "I want to know it is tha» opens my letters every day before they are placed on my desk." "That is my work, sir," said Thorn by, bowing and smiling' as one who knows his duty is well performed. "Well, hereafter," said Gov. Crosby, "I do not want anybody to open my mail. Let the mail be placed upon my desk and I will open it myself. I do not wish to have my correspond ence handled in this indiscriminate manner." On the following morning, when Crosby entered his office he was amazed to see it transformed into a general delivery office and mail pack ing establishment. His desk was stacked three feet high with letters of every description, not one of which Thornby had opened. In a little space upon the desk before Crosby's chair were 130 or 200 small envelopes containing letters which might be presumed to be personal, but at least three-fourths of which must have been official. Gov. Crosby was no fool. He simply lacked executive departmental experi ence. He saw at once that the col ored man had a huge joke on him. He rang the bell, and when the polite Thornby appeared, he said: "Thorn by, here is a five-dollar bill which be longs to you. Take all of this stuff off of my desk and say nothing about it to anybody." The faithful and intelligent negro did as requested. Hut the clerks, who had been waiting for their daily work more than two hours that morning, had ascertained the fact that all of their mail was piled upon Crosby's desk, so ITwit Thornby violated 110 con fidence later when he told the story with many a hilarious smile. The old Kirkwood house is mere ly a reminiscence in the national cap ital. Its disappearance was volumi nously commented upon when it was obliterated; and the story of the old hotel is brought vividly to memory by reason of the fact tliat another old hotel, within a block of the treas ury building, has been torn down this summer in order to make room for an immense modern struct are. The old hotel was originally built in 1836, for the use of the post office department. Within five years the Doric columns of the new post oflice department were erected, and the postmaster general took possession thereof. Then it was that the hotel was opened. It has been known by name to all who have visited the na tional capital during the past GO years. It was what the proprietor hoped it would be, as he expressed It with his >'ew England nasal twang, "a very likely tavern." The hotel which will take its place will be a credit to this great and growing city. The department of justice is in tfein porary Quarters because its historic building, opposite the treasury depart ment, has been torn down this sum mer, to make room for another, a bigger and better building. The' old Corcoran art gallery is about to be taken down, in order to make room for a hall of records of the executive departments. lhese are only a few of the im provements which are b&ißg made upon Pennsylvania n\"W JU e; and they have come none too soon. The prin cipal thoroughfare of the national capital has l r ,ng been regarded as the best para',, e ground in the world; but the b'aildingg along that thoroughfare never reflected credit upon the city, nor upon the people of the re public. The improvements briefly out lined here really constitute a great stride in the development of the na tional capital as a modern city. SMITH D. FRT. Perfect. "I wish I were nc-arer perfection," I said, As I sat on the sofa with her; The lamp threw a halo of gold o'er her head, Her breath was like orris and myrrn. That's easy," she said, with a smile In her eye, A trick she had gathered from Venus; And tnen, with a laugh and a fluttering sigh, She cast out the pillow between us. -Puck. No Ajtue Left. Boarder—l hear that there used to be a great deal of fever and ague around here. Host—Yes; but none here now, not a bit. We've all got acclimated.—N. Y. Weekly. liorex Even Hlntaelf. , Belle—ls Chappie tiresome? Flora—Js he? Why, they say ho yawns incessantly when he's alone.— The Smart Set. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER i, 1900. FATTENING CATTLE. Convenient Self-Feeiler Tlint la Sure to Keep All Sc»rtN of Ciiraln from lielnjc \Vlilted. In feeding fattening cattle, there is much waste of grain besides heavy work wher6 it is necessary to keep feeding troughs supplied with grain with the usual method of carrying the grain to tlie troughs when emptied bv the cattle. A method which will keep the troughs supplied and keep the grain from being wasted will rec ommend itself to the feeder of cat tle. A self-feeder, as illustrated, can FEEDING COWS MADE EASY. be made of a size to fill the require ments of the feed lot. The feed trough, b, is at the lower side of the building, under the shed roof, which is merely a continuation of the feed er roof. The upper half of the build ing contains the grain. The floor of the grain bin, a, is built at an angle as shown, so as to slide the grain down to the opening into the trough. This opening extends the whole length of the trough and is about one inch wide—wide enough to allow the cattle to lick out the grain when the pressure above does not force it out. There will be but little of the grain at a time in the trough, but that little will be immediately re placed as soon as eaten. If hogs fol low the feeders, openings can be made to allow them to enter the building under the grain bin. which will make an excellent hog house. The door for shoveling in the grain, c, is on the upper side, just beneath the eaves. Grain can be putin by the wagon load.—J. L. Irwin, in Farm and Home. ADULTERATED FOODS. Arsenica! Ilntter Colum. MIKIIIV In jur iO U M to llenlth, UlNCuvered in Mnn>- iianii>l«a. The Breeders' Gazette has been com piling' some figures from a recent re port of the Ohio dairy and food com missioner and makes the following ex hibit: Of the total of 1,471 samples of food collected in the open market by the Ohio dairy and food commissioner, un der the new pure food law of the state, were found to contain adulterants. In many instances the adulterants were highly injurious antiseptics, and coal tar coloring, which is very detri mental to digestion, was often detect ed. Of 15 samples of coffee only two were pure. One sample contained only seven per cent, coffee, and another none at all, while in no case was there more than 60 per cent, of the real berry present. Of 28 samples of cheese 19 were not pure. In one sample 80 per cent, of cottonseed oil and was found. In a second 80 per cent of for eign fat and in a third no less than 87 per cent, of mixed fats and oils were found. As a rule the filled cheese con tained only 30 per cent, of foreign fat. Of many samples of "pure fruit jam" every one of them was adulterated; all contained salicylic acid, and all were artificially colored. Kaspberry jelly was found to be made of apples and glucose. The commissioner's report is couched in scathing terms, and it is to be hoped that the punishment of the dishopest manufacturers may be made to nt the crime. It is to be noticed that the report for the first time rebukes the use of the present arsenical colors found in but ter, and justly speaks of its true char acter. Presently we shall have more of such reports from other states, and then the country will soon be ripe to demand restrictive legislation. Let the good work continue. Down with arsenical colors! The Lnivna In the Fall. Where the grass is getting thin on the lawn and you want to avoid ploughing it treat it in the fall, after the lawn has become pretty well sat urated with moisture; if not wet then, the following should be done in the spring, although it is best to treat the lawn this fall. Scarify it with a harrow, containing 1 many small teeth, pretty thoroughly. Sow on blue grass and red top, reliarrow lightly and roll. Apply, before the harrowing is done, 100 pounds of dried blood per acre. In the spring sow at the rate of 50 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre some white clover and roll. Dig out the coarser weeds. Should the blue grass and red top seeds on the fall sowing fail add these seeds in the early spring at the time of sowing the clover. The secret of making butter that will keep a long time is having the age of the cream and its temperature right before churning. Set in common tin pans in an ordinary cool cellar, the cream should be skimmed 36 hours from the time it was set, and then kept not longer than four days in cool weather uud two in hot. —National Rural. To cleanse hand towels that may be used by operators in the dairy, boil is sal soda water. A Thnnkfnl Woman. I On September 27, 1000, Mrs. Anna E. I V. Hartley, of 1823 Bay miller Street, Cin -1 cinnati, Ohio, wrote: "My eyes were sore ever since 1 wag eleven years old. My par ents tried everything they- could for me, used all the Eye Doctors and they could not do as much as relieve me. My eyelids at times would have ulcers on them, caus ing terrible pain, so 1 couid neither sleep oor work, and leeches were put on my head and temples to draw the blood away from my eyes. Hut your wonderful Lotion has cured me and I have been well now for more than five years. I am never without it at home and have been recommending it to dozens of sufferers because it cured me, and I cannot thank you too much for what it has done for me." If your druggist does not keep it, send to Solon I'ailmer, 374 Pear! Street, IS'ew York, for sample of Lotion and Lotion Soap. e do a good many needless things just because we suspect somebody thinks we can't.—Puck. Dewarp of Olnlmrnta for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole sys tem when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, ns the damage they will do is often ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and is ta' en inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you g"t the gen uine. It is taken internally, and made in I Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi monials free. Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. There should be less worrying about what the "unseen has in store,"' and more care of the health to be able to do the work it brings to everyone.—Atchison Globe. I.ane's Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head ache. Price '25 and 50c. "Do you believe in luck?" asked Edgely. "Depends on who is dealing," replied Stacker, sagely.—Town Topics. Meat for the Bowel*. Xo matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. 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Everybody knows ihere is no north pole, and yet thir.k cf tiie money and the lives that have been thrown away in order to discover it." Bed ding—"Yes, but think of the time and ef fort wasted in seeking the man or woman who comes up to our ideal! Neither exists, you know."—lloston Transcript. It was the middle of the week when the young man appeared at the oflice to make his excuses ana explanations. "You should have returned from your vacation last Mon day, sir," said the proprietor of the estab lishment. "You were having a good time at that summer resort, 1 suppose, and thought you were entitled to three days of grace?" "N-not exactly," stammered the young man, heightened color. "Laura, sir." —Answers. He was rather a rackety young man and kept very late hours. He was going on a long journey, and on bidding farewell to his beloved he said to her: "Darling, when 1 am far awav, every night I will gaze at yon s'tar and think of thee. Wilt thou, too, gaze at yon star and think of me?" "I will, indeed, dearest," she replied. "If I needed anything to remind me of you I would choose this very star." "Why?" he asked. "Because it is always out so late at night and looks so pale in the morning."—Pick- Me-Up. Ex-President Cleveland is widely cred ited with originating the phrase: "Public office is a public trust." Two years before his death in 1874 Charles Sumner wrote: "The phrase 'Public office is a public trust' has of iate become common property." Dor man B. Eaton said in 1881: "The public of fices are a public trust." Calhoun said in 1835: "The very essence of a free govern ment consists in considering offices as pub lic trusts." Thomas Jefferson said in 1807: "When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself as a public prop erty."—Kansas City Journal. UNIQNMAPE j If you hare been pa>- ~ Ina St to S5 for shoes, Jp- S a trial of XV. L. 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