Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1882, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR? WASHINGTON ‘WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1882—DOUBLE SHEET. down into the woods. A rope was quickly brought, and as the smoke of the burning cabii HOUSES FOR WINTER. The Story of a Hecent Kentucky | floated through the trees it touched and moved | The Invariable Sweeping Ont at th: Lynching. SHE CAMPBELLS AND THE SULLIVANS—THE MID- SIGHT FORAYS OF THE FEMALE DESPERADO— AN ILLICIT LOVE AND A TIGHTENING NOOSE. A special dispatch to the Louisville Commer- €ial tells the strange story of iswiess love and lawless hate which is connected with the hang- ing of Mary Sullivan on the 29th of September. In Caldwell county, Ky., there lived on the bot- toms of the Tradewater river two families des- tined to most terrible ends—the Campbells, Reilly, J. B. and Bud; and the Sullivans, Tom and his sister Mary. They were considered Neither better nor worse than those about them. ‘They were ignorant and rather shiftless, but so were many others in the neighborhood. Soon, however, the country people round about be- gan to say strange things of the girl, Mary Sul- livan. She was a bright. quick girl of twenty, with light hair, Nght blue eyes. and a little above the medium in size. No man for miles about could outlift her. With gun or pistol she was a dead shot. On horseback there Wasn't a boy in the county who could ride faster over rougher country. or who dared to it half the dare-devil pranks that y constantly delighted in. She rode a horse like EC at her limbs were ex. thereby. Mary had lost all sense of gir- eacy. and haif the young menof the borhood openly boasted that she had bes- i her favors on them. The effect of all | this in a quiet country neighborhood can hardly | be imagined. Mary Suilivan’s name became the | by-word for all tl s infamons, and the staid | country matrons lulled their babies to sleep | softhe horrivle Mary and her mid- | and crimes. Then rumor turned to other things. Mary was seen often with the Campbell boys, and once or twice she was seen with themand her brother late at night, dash- ing at her usual breakneck speed’ over the country roads. About this time the most daring robberies began to be committed in of the county. Farmers found pen night after night. S res were broken into and robbed, and, to say, no one knew who committed the crime. One old farmer began to talk very freely, saying he recognized Mary Sullivan at the head “ampbeils break into his smokehouse A day or so atterwards Mary galloped up to his house, called him out, and asked him what he meant by saying what he did. “Did you see me and the Campbelis at your smokehouse?” asked she. at the same time pulling a big navy revolver and shoving it under his nose. The old man stammered out an apolozy and was never after- ward heard to say a word against the Campbells. ong the most bitter denouncers of the gang Was an old man named Felkers, who lived a few i ¥ from them on the Tradewater. One ht, just three years ago, two men, afterward discovered to be Tom Sullivan and Reilly Camp- bell, rode up to old man Felkers’, took him and his old wife out and beat them severely. They then rode off. This affair caused the most In- tense excitement. A mob was hurriedly organ- ized. and some forty men rode over to the Camp- bells’. Mary Sullivan had in some way heard that they were coming several hours before- hand. She and her brother Tom went over to the little log hut of the Campbells and barri- caded themselves. When the mobcameupthey demanded the instant surrender of the whole gang. Mary yelled out tauntingly, “Come on and get us, you cowardly dogs” Fire was | opened by the mob, and the Campbells and Sul- livans promptly returned it. After a little the | 1 made It so hot for the mob that it had The only man hurt in the melee was 2 sullivan, who was shot in the breast, but who soon recovered. A TOUCH OF LOVE. . The gang became more bold after this, and | Fobberies became more frequent. At this time | ‘an event happened whieh was destined to cause the entire tuetion of the band. Mary Sul- | livan met Crockett Jenkins. The meeting itself | was romantic enough to merit its being told. Mary was riding along the Tradewater one spring day two years ago, when she saw a man on the other side preparing to come over. The Water was deep. the little river having been Faised by frequent rains, and she yelled over to him not to attempt tocross there. He either did not hear her or paid no attention, for he Plunged his horse In. The current was too strong for the horse, and he soon threw his rider of and tried to save himeelf. Then with his heavy winter clothes on Jenkins would most certainly have been drowned but for Mary's dashing on into the stream with her horse and reseuing him at the peril of her iife. She brought the man up to her brother Tom's to let him dry his clothes. A mutual admiration soon sprung up, which quickly | Warmed into love. From that time on Mary Sullivan and Crockett Jenkins were warm lovers. Jenkins, who lved some miles away, moved over to Sullivan’s, and the illicit love of the twe was the talk of the county. From that time onthe gang had no more faithful follower than Crockett Jenkins. About a month ago, however, Jenkins tired of Mary, and began pay- ing his attentions to another woman. For some time Mary was ignorant of what was going on, | but when she heard it her Jealous hate was ter- rible. ‘1 will kill Crockett Jenkins if he dare: to betray me,” she had said to more than one. At length the storm burst. Qne night about a@ month ago mary accused Crockett of his infi- delity. He laughe! at her. She was too ex- to get her pistol. but sprang at his throat. strugie followed, and Mary would have stran- dhim then and there but for interference. Crockett left the house. Some time before this the band moved up from Tradewater bottom | and had, hired a little grocery some four miles away on a public road leading to Princeton. A day or so after the fuss between Mary and ett, a crowd of men from Princeton were : by the little grocery, all drinking very . When one of them in a moment of reek- ess, fired off his pistol. The Campbells, thinking the mob was on them again. rushed out of the grocery and began firing. The men returned the shots and then galloped on to town. i A NCE TAKEN. This created another tempest of excitement, and the next day a mob was got tozether to ex- terminate the npbells. The robbing had con. without intermission, and did much to } » the people. The next night forty men, to the teeth, with masks on their fac and hatred in their hearts, swept down the road toward the little log cabin where the Campbella kept their grocery. The leaders were picked ™men, and they were followed by some of the most desperate men of the county. It was re- solved to do no half work this time, but to make a sure job of it. Ata dead gallop they Tushed up to the house and in an instant it was surrounded. The forty men sat on their horses like stautes, and each man with a shot- gun in his hand, the hammer raised, finger on trigger, ready for work. In the be use was a family named McMurtry. an old man and some small children. The only other inmates were Reilly Campbell and his brother Bud. The leader of the mob called out to the MeMur- trys to leays the house, which they instantly did. standing out in the woods shivering and wniting for what horror they hardly knew. Pre- parations were instantly made by the two men in the house for a fight tothe death. Quarter ‘was neither asked nor given. The opened fire, and the Campbells answered them. Then the firing came fierce and fast. Balls rattled against the walls of the old log cabin like hail. ‘The two men opened little port holes and an- swered as best they could. A groan and mnt- tered curse came from the outside, and a little group hurried a man off in theirarms. It was | Hice Johnson, a well-to-do, respectable farmer. | He had a ball through his breast, and bled to death out on the road with the pistol balls ‘flying over his head, singing his requiem. The: = gee cme from within, and Reilly Campbell fell in a pool of blood at his brothe er’s feet—a corpse. But Bud stood to his guns, doggedly firing away into the night whenever he saw the flash of an enemy's gun. How long this wild warfare might have Tasted no man knows. But Bud's ammunition the dangling body of Bud Campoell. MARY AND HER LOVER. A night or so later some men returning from a visit to a neighbor's thought they heard a man’s voice pleading with some one for mercy They were not positive, but thought the person addressed was called “Mary.” The next day the lifeless body of Crockett Jenkins was found swinging from the limb of a giant oak at the top of @ tall hill. The moral proof that Mary Sullivan committed the crime, assisted by her mother and sister, seems to be conclusive; but there was no positive proof. And so when Mary and her mother and sister were arrested nothing could be done to them. They were all discharged, and when Mary went back home she found death's head notices glaring at her, warning her to leave the neighborhood. All the rest of her friends were either dead or wounded or had left. Bud Campbell was dead; Reilly Campbeli was dead; Crockett Jenkins was dead: her brother Tom had gone away to recover from his wound, which had begun to trouble him again, her mother and sister had fled, she was an outcast and alone. But in spite of all this the woman's indomitable courage never failed her. She went off to make arrange- ments about selling some cows, primed and oiled her pistols and then wrote defiant notes to her enemies. On the 29th of September she rode over to farmer Hubbell’s and asked for jodg- ing for the night. She had her little five- year-old child with her. About 10 o'clock a i »the door. Her usual pru- ms to have deserted her. She did not even take her pistol, which for five years had never left her hand day nor night. ~ She reached the door, opened it and peered out. The night was dark and windy. Heavy, rainy clouds hid everything, and she failed to see the five men with pistols in their hands, standing within a few feet of her. She opened the door epped out. Three strong pair of arms d out from the darkness,and in an instant she was whi away out to the public road. She knew what fate lay in store for her, but uttered neither threats nor entreaty. She said never a word, but walked along quietly with her captors. ’ They bound her arms and feet, and, tos: her over a horse as though she were a meal-sack, they joined the mob which was waiting for them on the road. They rode on till Mary recognized with a thrill of horror that they were approaching the place where Jenkins was hung. They halted under the very tree, and the leader, taking a rope from behind it, solemnly fastened the noose about the woman's neck. She never flinched. They took her off the horse, dragged her to the foot of the tree, threw the rope over the same limb from which Crockett Jenkins had dangled a week before, ani drew the woman up. A con- vulsive, horrible shudder ran through her frame, but she spoke never a word. The wind moaned dismatly through the branches of the wood, hades ara to the trees as it went that a woman’s body, cold and stiff in death, was swinging from the tallest branch of. the old oak tree. ——_—_~-e-_____ A TERRIBLE POWER, The Force of the Current in an Elec- tric Light Cable — A Dangerous Thing. A prominent electrician has given a reporter of the Philadelphia Bulletin some interesting in- formation “The brash company,” said he, “have forty lights ona circuit. The electricity producing the fortieth light has been forced through the other thirty-nine. Each light requires forty-six volts—which in electricity 1s synonymous with steam pressure in a boiler—and _ there are thus in acircuit 1,840 volts; a terrific force; which should not be permitted. A thousand volts of electricity will Killa man instantaneously. It would require much less than a thousand volts by this system, because the current goes in waves, and every interruption causes a shock. The effect upon the body is to rupture the blood sels and decompose the blood. The English Parliament has passed a law that no wire car- rying more than 300 volts can be placed in a bh and some such law is needed here.” “Is there an T aside from the handling of uninsulated wires?” asked the reporter. “Plenty of other danger,” was the response. “ For instance, 1 should not be surprised to see some of our firemen have a lively time some day. Let one of these wires, with its terrific current, foul a telephone wire on the roof of a burning building. or even an exposed gas-pipe, with its ground connections, and supposing the fireman who holds tie nozzle is standing on wet ground. If the stream from hishose should strike this wire, a circuit would be formed and he would experience a terrible shock. If a wire should be upon atin roof, a man who made use of an iron railing in coming out of a scuttle would close the circuit and experience a shock.” “Electricity,” he continued, “‘as generated in this system might be used with frightful effect as a derensive measure in time of war. Suppose Thad in atort a steam fire engine with a hose that would throw a stream of water a quarter of an inch in diameter 300 feet. Now, if 1 had one end of a Brush machine grounded and the other end connected with the water passing through the hose the very instant tne stream of water strack a line of troops that were advanc- ing to attack the fort it would kill them. The stream would then be really a flexible electric wire and asit swept along the line of men it would mow them down like grass. If a thous- and men were to march up in a solid body they would ail be killed inten seconds. It would be absolutely Impossible to take the fort. It could be used with equally terrible effect in naval warfare. As soon as you make war so de- structive as that, however, civilization will do away with i ——_—_—-e.___ Defense of the Modest Wolf. The French Chambers having voted a sum of 20,000 for the extirpation of wolves, M. Charles Monselet, in L’Erenement, has under- taken the defense of that modest and much maligned animal as follows: “The wolf is a calumniated animal. He is pensive, haughty, prudent and retiring. He keeps his own com- pany, aloof from man, because he knows that he is a victim of prejudiceand that his manners are not attractive. He is not a flatterer, like the dog, nor is he a stupid slave like the ass. With great good sense he understands that he is not fitted to shine in society, to amuse an audience like a monkey or to impress it like the elephant. He is misanthrepic, but who shall blame him? He is reproached with a partiality for spring lamb. Ip tie first place, he likes It. Vainiy shall a whole faculty of philosophers counsel him to adopt a vegetable diet; for all reply he wil point to the teeth given him by all-wiee Nature. We, too, like spring lamb, and we have the Innocent young of the sheep butchered by licensed siaughterers and ex- posed for sale ata mercenary price. The wolf, unable to buy, has to kill for himself, and this he does In person, after a hundred hesitations, and when finpelled by the pangs of famine. “Hunger,” says the proverb, ‘brings the wolf out of the wood,’ and this saying, extorted from the reluctant conscience of man, conveys the highest praise of the wolf, implying a mental le, @ previous repugnance. Being unable to deal with the butcher and opposed the exactions of middle-men, the wolf has to address himself in personto thelamb. He transacts his busi- ness with celerity, his good breeding making him averse to causing public scandal. As for the lamb, destined to be eaten anyhow, it can make very little difference to him how he is ex- terminated; indeed, it is altogether probable that if the lamb’s tastes could be ascertained it would be found that he prefers the healthful ex- citement of death by the wolf’s Jaws to the. te- bere and debasing formalities of the slaughter- jouse.”” ‘Teo Much Will Power. From the Detroit Free Press. Three or four citizens were the other day hay- in regard to will power, and there was one of the group who dared to go far enough to assert End of the Summer Season. DISINFECTANTS AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST MA- LARIA—THE DANGER LURKING IN DAMP HOUSES —CARPETS AND RUGS—HINTS FOR WINTER FUR- NISHING. From the Philadelphia Press. House cleaning in the fall, although much less prominence is given to it, Is fully as important as house cleaning in the spring, especially when, as is often the case in town, the house has been closed for thesummer. The use of disinfectants is then necessary, and sweeping, dusting, scrnb- bing and whitewashing are imperatively called for. It isa well-known fact that malaria is more active In the early fall than at any other season, even in the dog days. There Is in the alr an ex- cess of moisture, and this, with heat, are the exact elements necessary for decomposition. Mephitic taints are slower in coming to a head, so to speak, and so linger longer about the house. Besides, in our furnace-heated houses, the frost has no chance to kill poisonous germs and when the fires are started they rise on the hot air, carrying the seeds of disease and death into par- lorand bed-chamber. Therefore,it whitewashing isdone but once a year, the fall rather than the spring shouid be the time selected,andevery nook and corner of the cellar should be well white- washed. A strong solution of copperas is excel- lent for pouring down sinks and water- closets, while chloride of lime should be used for sprinkling in back yards and damp corners. Concentrated lye or’a strong solution of potash will often clear a stopped pipe by eating away the obstruction. It is, however, useless wh much grease has accumulated, since it merely converts it into soap and so hardens it. These accumulations are more frequent than one is apt to suppose and some- times clog the drain pipes by degress until at last a space of several feet is filled. To clear this but the aid of the plumber is necessary, but it may be prevented by occasionally, say once a week. flushing the pipe with hot water. Beds should be cleaned, mattresses sunned, and blankets and quilts, which have been packed away, taken out and weil aired to rid them of the odor of camphor or tar paper. Strong spirits of ammonia injected by means of a small glass syringe into every crevice of the bedstead will effectually dislodge any unpleasant occupants, and <' suid be supplemented by a liberal dusting with sect powder, Where carpets have been left on the floor, give them a thorough sweeping either with a new broom, or better still, a patent carpet sweeper. Where this last is used, it will be necessary to use a dust brush and pan for the corners. If any signs of moths are detected, turn back the edges of the carpet and sprinkle insect powder thickly under them—this will probably check their ravages. Steam cleaning Is, however, the only certain method of destroying them. CARPETS AND RUGS. It 1s a mooted question whether matting should be taken up and laid away or left on the floor under the carpet. Under an ingrain the seams in the matting undoubtedly wear the carpet, unless three or more thicknesses of paper are laid between them. Tapestry and Brussels carpeting are but little affected by the matting, which undoubtedly keeps better upon the floor. Indeed, if it is left down and covered with coarse brown wrapping paper, such as grocers use, put between it and the carpet, it will be found nicely cleaned by spring, We have found stains which resisted all other applications disappear entirely under such treatment. Carpets which have been laid away for the summer should be carefully examined before putting down, and it the moths have invaded them should be at once sent to the steam- cleaners. Ingraln carpets may be nicely mended by slipping a patch under the hole and pasting patch and carpet together with stiff flour paste, taking care that the figures match, and ironing with a hot iron to make the edges lie staooth and adhere properly. ‘The popular fancy for rugs and mats is an eco- nomical one. since it renders it easy to hide any worn or faded spots in the carpet under their friendly shelter. A faded carpet may often be much fresh- ened, by washing with beef s gali and water— one part of gall to three of cold water. Rub this into the carpet either with a clean flannel or soft brush; rinse the lather off with cold water and rub the carpet dry with a soft cloth. If there are any very dirty places wash- them. with gall only. It will be wise'to sfeak for’ the gall a few days before it isneeded. Light col- ored Brussels or velvet carpets may be dyed to form the center of a large rug, or for a carpet with bright border. Dyeing will expose any n places mercilessly, for the carpet must necessarily be dyed all one color; but where the carpet is a good one, and the light color is objected to, the experiment will probably prove satisfactory in the highest degree, giving an en- tirely new effect, well suited to the fashion of the day. Stained floors, with large rugs in the center of the room, grow constantly in favor, and some handsome new houses have floors of costly woods, highly polished fur the purpose. Ele- vant Turkish and Persian rugs are used on these, but the fashion obtains also in cheaper fabrics, and ingrain end tapestry rubs are shown in abundance at the carpet stores, along with the pretty Smyrna rugs which imitate the Oriental Carpets. OILED FLOORS. If the floor is to be shellacked, a painter will do it tora few dollars, and it is best to employ his services. It is, however, quite easy to oil the floor yourself. Get boiled linseed oil, two quarts or so, for a small room—more for a large one—three ‘quarts being the average quan- tity. With this mix a very little spirits of turpentine to make it dry quickly, and a littie bnrnt lenna =or = Spanis! brown for coloring. as you prefer walnut or mahogany color. Heat your oil boiling hot and apply it with a soft brush or a mop, heating more as it becomes cool or is used uj The heat will make the oil penetrate the wood much bet- ter than if it were cold. Do two planks at a time and be careful to apply the oil with the grain of the wood. When the floor is dry polish it well with a dry-rubbing brush and wax. Of course the floor must be scrubbed clean bciore the work of oiliag is begun, The following recipe comes from Enztand, where stained floors have been in use for centuries: ‘Put one ounce Yandyke brown in oil, three ounces pearlash and two drachms dragon’s into an earthenware vessel; pour on these one quart boiling water and stir with a plece of wood (a wooden spoon might answer). The boards snould be smoothed and pana paneled and any cracks filled up with plaster of Paris. Take a stiff brush, dip in the stain and rub in well. Rub the floor the way of the grain, a small piece at atime. By rub- bing in more in one place than another, an ap- pearance of graining is more apparent. Whea quite dry, size the rds with glue size made by boiling glue in water, and brushing it in the boards hot. This dry, the boards should be pa- pered smooth and varnished with brown hard varnish or oak varnish. The brown varnish wears better and dries quicker. Thin it with a little French poltsh. This wilt stain either cak bod eee according to the intensity of the stain.” Stained floors for halls, with a strip of car- peting through the center, are considered very Stylish, and are certainly very economical. The stairs on each side of stair carpeting should be stained to match. An excellent furniture polish is made of spirits of turpentine aud linseed oil in equal parts. Apply with a flannel cloth, and polish off with a chamois skin. Before using the pons wash the furniture with either white ‘astile or with Frank Siddall’s soap, and wipe if steels, such as knives, fire-irons, stair rods, ete., have become rusted oll them with coal oil, and leave for a day or two. Then wipe off the-oil and polish with emery powder or tripolo. Clothes which are to be laid away for ing a confab at the east entrance of the City Hai, the winter should be washed and rough dried, but neither starched nor ironed. They should be slightly blued in order to preserve the color. Starch has a tendency not onl; ‘THE LASE.maIvs CLUB. abe: Organizati in Philadelphi: Am OrMnlch is Foarly Extincte ee From the Philadelphis The death of Robert Riddle of No. 1837 Han- over street on Sunday leaves but four survivors of the original Man's Club of this city, which was organized with fifteen members thirty years ago. Mr, Riddle was the president of the club, which was organized by the follow- ing members of the Vigilant Fire company: James Gallaway, William Riddle, Robert Riddle, W. ¥. Owens, W. Kucher, William Wilkison, Anthony White, W.C. Fry, James Hennessey, Theodore Wilson, John H. McIiwain, George K. Meliwain, John Roy and Theodore Adams, the last four being the only survivors. It was agreed when the club was organized that on Jan. 2 of each year the members should all at- tend a supper, and that a regular organization should be maintained until the death of all the members, the last survivor to take the club ef- fects to his home as 8 memento, Through thirty years this agreement has been kept. At each supper plateg were laid for all ofthe dead members, and each was toasted in turn. On Jan. 2, 1882, there were eleven empty chairs at the table. Mr. Riddle, who has just died, presided, and a wager was made that he would, as had all of the presidents of the club, die before the other members. A president will have to be elected on Jan. 2next. In view of the fate of ‘the presidents of the club, candi- dates for the position are backward ‘In an- nouncing themselves. ——<$<o.___ Prithee Madam, Prithee madam, what are you, ‘That you accept with scorning Love that 1s honorable, true, And constant, night and morning, Exacting tt as Beauty’s due? Beauty lures, but love must bind, And beauty’s long unkindnes: Although that love were ten ti Cures him of his blindness, Gives him back his lucid mind. bina, Though love, it seems, less pleases you ‘Than admiration endless, You'll find in such a retinue Much that fs cold and friendless, Flatterers many, lovers few. With these I neither sigh nor weep, I only give you warning, ‘That for the future you must keep For some one else your scorning; Tm sick of 1. Good morning! J.B. SELEIRE. ———_—-e-—___ Blooming Prosperity. From the Evansville Argus. A tew days ago a drummer tor one of our wholesale houses was traveling in a buggy along @ country road in Arkansas, when he came upon a tall, roughly-dressed man, sitting upon a rail fence, whittling. With a sociable “good morn- ing” the traveler drew up his horse and asked: “Is that your fleld of corn over there?” “Wal, I calkilate I'll freeze onto a right smart sheer of it. I’m working the piece on sheers.” “Looks like a fine crop.” “Tt does.” “TI presume you are figuring on great pros perity in future, such immense crops indicating plenty for all.” “Prosperity? Stranger, that hain’t no name fur the cycione that’s agoin’ to hit this settle- ment atween the eyes this season. A tornado mout come jist now an’ land eyery durned bit o° grain in the county over into Tennessee, and yit the smiles o’ contentment ’d never shift off’n our faces!” “Some unexpected good luck has befallen you,” the tourist replied. “That's the play to at-yty. We're gettin’ our slice o’ the millennium oway ahead o’ the advertised date. Fust, ol’ Zack Bolton up an’ died last month. an’ thar’ hasn't been a ear o* corn or a side o’ bacon missed in the community since we tumbled the dirt on topo’ him Then Wash Tompkins, the boss ol’ sledge player, got sent to state prison for horse stealin’, ‘thus givin’ us poor players a show fur our pile; then aaky, the saloon keeper up at the forks 0’ the d, dropped down to ten centsa drink fu whisky, an’ said he'd take corn same as cas! then my ol’ woman ran off with a Yankee sewin’ machine peddler, an’ my darter Sal got religion an’ joined Mt. Zion church, an’ if bloomin’ pros- perity ain’t a hangin’ over the neighborhood ’'m a gilt-edged liar from the Red River swamps. ‘Got any sweet tobacker about you?” ——__-o-_____ How Brother Parsons Was Discour- aged. : From the Hollidayaburg Standard. A farmer belonging to a certain religious de- nomination in [Illinois called upon his clergy- man to ask the good man if he really believed that prayers were answered. “‘Of course I do,” ful observation. ‘‘Haye you any thing on your mind, Brother Parsons?” “I have.” ‘Have prayed in all earsostness7” “Ihave.” “And often?” “Yes—every day and twice a day.” “And that prayer has not been answered?” “No.” “Well, perhaps I had better pray for What shall I ask for your in your nae?” “I don’t want to be ahog. you know,” said the brother, “but if you area mind to pray that wheat jumps to $2.15 per bushel by the first of September, I'll bring down a bushel of potatoes next time Icome. I’ve wrestled and -struggl and hung on till I've got a sore throat and am clean discouraged. 9. —___ Pink-Eye in Horses, y. C. E. Page writes to the editor of the Bos- ton Medica) and Surgical Journal as tollows: The custom of working or exercising horses directly after eating ; of feeding them directly atter hard work and before they are thoroughly rested baiting at noon when both these violations of a Ratural law are committed—these are the pre- disposing causes of pink-eye, and of most dis- eases that afllict cur horses. Keep the horses quiet, éry, warm and in a pure atmosphere. The nearer out-door air the better, and stop his feed entirely at the first symptom of disease and he will speedily recover. As prevention is better than cure, horsemen will do well to heed the hint here given and keep their creatures from contracting this or any other ailment. It has been demonstrated in tens of thousands of ¢ases, in family life, that two meais are not only ample for the har@est and most exhausting labors, physical and mental, but altogether best. The same thing has been fully proved in hundreds of instances with horses, and has never in a single instance failed, after a fair trial, to work the best results. An hour's rest at noon Is vastly more restor- ing to a tired animal, whether horse or man, than a meal of any sort, although the latter ma; prove more stimulating. The morning m given, if possible, early enough for partial stomach digestion before the muscular and ner- vous system are called into active play; the night meal offered long enough after work to insure a rested condition of the body; a diet Mberal enough but never excessive—thisis the law and gospel for hygienic diet for either man or beast. If it be objected that these conditions cannot always be fully met in this active; work- 4-day world, I reply, let us meet them as nearly as possible, We «an, of course, do no more than this; but we can come nearer to the mark on the two-meaksystem than on three. I have never tried to fatten my horses, for I long ago learned that fat is disease; but I have al- ways found that if a:horse does solid work enough he will be fairly plump if she has two sufficient meals. Muscle is the product of work and food; fat may be faid on by food alone. But for perfect health and immunity fron. disease restriction of exercisé must be met by restric- tion in diet. Horses reqaire more food in cold than in warm weather if performing the same labor. In case of a warm >spell in winter I re- duce thetr feed, more or less, according to cir- was the reply. “Well, I dunno,” was the doubt- | d | acid and acetate of potash. By varying his Substitutions by Some Dishonest Chemists. CITRATE OF MAGNESIA MADE FROM EPSOM BALTS —SOPA WATER SIRUPS PROM FUSIL OIL AND CITRIC ACID—-AN OCULIST'S EXPERIENCE. From the Philadelphia Press. “You ask me to tell you some of the adul- terations and substitutions that are made by some dishonest and unscrupulous draggists,” sald Mr. Malcomson, a retired pharmacist yes- terday, “‘and I might, Yankee like, ask you to tell me some that they don’t make. There is nothing within the range of human knowledge in the way of drugs that can not be adal- terated, and there is scarcely a drug that has not a substitute that will defy any- thing but a practical eye or the test of a chemi- cal analysis. Under the present system of carry- ing on the business there is nothing like a fair competition, The fact is that chemical science has taken such mighty strides that the art of substituting is now as familiar to certain grades of druggists as the simplest formulas in the books. These, I hope and believe, are few and far between, and yet there are enough of them to injure the trade and the repu- tation of honest dealers, and to perplex and worry the physicians. Among a certain class of people, not the very poor es- pecially, there is a rage for cheapness, of which the charlatans of the drug trade have not been slow to take advantage. With these people to be well served {8 to be cheaply served, and they go home chuckling to themselyes when they have saved a penny or two, never thinking that perhaps their search after economy would re- sult eventually in a loss both of money and health. Sometimes, just before I retired from business, a man would come into.my office and ask: “What would you fill this bottle with laud- anum for?” “Seventy-five cents,” I would an- swer. “Oh, I can get it filled for thirty-five cents.” I never argued the point, but lef him get his laudanum as cheaply as he could. All I knew was that I could not sell It for that price. Probably he got It of less than half strength. STORES TO AVOID. “My experience of drug stores leads me to believe that those which are always selling out and changing hands had better be avoided. The odds are tlt their stocks are never complete, and that their ability to fill even ordinary pre- scriptions is far below par. You remember Saw- yer, late Nocemorf, in the Pickwick papers,don't You, and the rows of empty drawers with thelr gilt labels? Well, there are some of that sort, I have no doubt, in this city. Young men, fresh from the schools of pharmacy, want to startin life for themselves, and most generally begin on 8 capital ludicrously disproportioned to their wants. A drug-store is not like agrocery. It needs finer and more elaborate fittings, and thus by the time the young man has made his shop presentable, his money is so nearly exhausted that he can buy little or no stock, Then his temptations begin. He is dealing mostly with ignorant people, and seeing how easily he can impose upon them, he does it persistently, and soon becomes an adept in adulteration and sub- stitution. Meanwhile, the honest druggist in the same neighborhood suffers. To put up good drugs he must charge good prices. But he | lives in spite of his cheaper fellow-tradesman, | for somehow the people sooner or later discover that he sells what they call for. Then the am- | bitious, but cheap. young druggist puts up his shutters and decamps. COMMON ADULTERATIONS. “Once in a while one feels like taking a bottle of citrate of magnesia, and it is a good thing if one buys it at.the right place. But it is not pleasant to know that some of the draggists | make It out of epsom salts, which can be bought | fora meretrifie. The process is a very simple | one. They dissolve the salts in water, add a | little citric acid to give the necessary sour taste, | and throw in the bicarbonate of potassium to | produce eftervescence. There youare! a prime | article of citrate of magnesia; and I will venture | to say that this decoction is daily palmed off on the public by men who would disdain to pick | our pocket. I don’t know that there is any tremendous profit in this preparation, for most of those who use it get it from druggists of | established reputation; but I am certain that it is quite extensively made. SODA-WATER SIRUPS. “One of the commonest and most profitable of the tricks practieed by the druggists is the mar ufacture of so-called fruit sirups from acids. Vanilla you will generally find pretty pure, for it is hard to imitate. and raspberry, olraw: berry, pineapple and lemon are also generally pure, although citric acid makes a very good imitation of lemon sirup. Ginger 1s also genu- |Ine, possibly because it is cheaper to use the |Yoot than to imitate it peculiar pungency. | Orgeat and nectar are two of the most popular sirups, and yet it is safe to say that inthe | majority of Instances they are made. not from | the kernel of the bitter and sweet almond, as | they should be, but .from the. oll of almond, which contains a considerable infusion of prus- sic or hydrocyanic acid. I de not say that these | Sirups are highly injurious—in fact, I do not think they are—I only mention them to show the ease with which flavors are imitated. “Pineapple, banana, pear, apple, strawberry | and raspberry sirups can be very readily made | from the artificial fruit essence, which is com- posed of a combination of fusil oil, sulphuric proportions, the clever manipulator produces the sirup he requires, and so skillful has he be- come that he can, at will, give his sirup the flavor of the Bergamot or Jargonelle pear, the sweet taste of the strawberry, or the slight and peculiar acid of the pineapple. There is, in fact, | no end to his ingenuity. AN OCULIST’S EXPERIENCE. igitalis, made from the foxglove,” said an enlist, ‘is used as a heart sedative, but instead fef making it by infusion of the leaves of the plant, in which the full power and freshness of the remedy are preserved, some druggists make it from the extract. This is sometimes, however, the fault of the patient, who dislikes to wait tor the hour or more that the making of the intusion requires. When I have to prescribe podophyllin fine resin of the May apple), which is used as @ cathartic as well as @ liver stimulant, I always write for an eighth of a grain if [ know that the patient patronizes a first- class druggist. If,on the other hand, I know that he gets hia di from a druggist who is not. ery Al, I double the amount. The powder of podophyllin ig less expensive than the resin, and not so effective, and is often sub- stituted for it. Chlorine water, which is largely used, should have a strong odor, but it is served without any odor at all. It should always be fresh, and [am careful in prescribing AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. —— + ~ oo THIS AFTERNOON, MAS DOWLING, Auctonser. TRUSTEES’ SALE poy meee ABLE IMPROVED Virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the, ‘of Columbia, in Equity cause N 7,736, the un as, Trustees, will offer for ha ‘at public aui in front ines, and Shuma meena eats aa! ing real sufuate 1m the. Gh of, Columbia — On WEDNESDAY, the EIGHTEENTH DAY OF O0- FOBER, 1862, at FOUR O'CLOCK P.M..lot ve juare numbered seven hundred S56): ta iter, Lots numbered one 1) and two (2), in square numbered eight hundred and two (8425: and immediately thereafter, Lot num- in square pumbered ten hundred and Sosa)" DAY: the NINETER: Y OF 00- HURSDAY, ENTH DA TOBER. 1882, AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., Lot numbered by the decree: One-fourth payable, reapectively. at aix, twelve ‘able, ely. at six, twelve from day ———, with purchase 10! qual ihatalmenta, teen mom tho rely of ass property; or all in at the option of the purchaser. Should said terme not be complied with with: one week ‘rom of sale, ropert, Tesold at ans cont of defaulting purcheser, after. Sve daye notice of ie. A deposit of $56 will be required upon the such saie. sale of each of said lots, All conveyancing at purcha- en's expense. BODOLPHE CLAUGHTON, xe Louisiana avenue, WM. R WOuDWARD, ; ‘Trustees. 452 Louisiana aventio, oct-d&ds THIS EVENING. FOLEY, Anctioncer, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION, 5,000 U! REDEEMED PLEDGES, AT THE NATION LOAN OFFICE, 1007 SEVENTH STRE! NORTHWEST, COMMENCING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH, vEN P.M., AND WILL CONTINUE U SOLD, CONSISTING OF LADIES’ AND Gi TLEMEN’S SUPERIOR CLOTHING. BED CLOTHL MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES, DIAMONDS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING —Comprising a fine assortment of Frock, Sack and Cutaway, Dress aud Business Coats of the finest materials, made in the latest styles, Gents’ Underwear, LADIES: CLOTHING—Comprises a, superi of Silk, ‘Merino, Qashmere, Alpaca, ico and other Dresses and Dress jor agsort- Deiaine, Patterns, SHAWLS, CLOAKS AND SACQURS — Paisley, Broche, Crape, Thibet and Fancy Shawis, Ch Caseiméere, and Cloaks. DIAMONDS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY—Boli- taire and Cluster Diamond Pins, Studs and Ear pions er Waid Slowey Casio ant sa nite vor Wal . jewelry, Ca and ot Les, Bax’ ake MISCELLANEOUS GOODS-—Piated Ware, Biblos, Books, Tools, Musical Instruments, Mirrors, ‘kc. BED ge oe al BOOTS AND ee oe 3 iketa, Bheets, Bolsters, Palio Table otha, Sct Men's, Women's and ‘Children's = "2 Parties having Goods deposited will please take notice. 826-1 FOLEY, Auctioneer TO-MORROW. 1HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ALE OF ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD TFURNITUKE, SUPEIH OANDELAI NAS, CAD. INET PIANOFORTE, &c., &0. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER NINE- TRENT, 1580, at TEN O CLOCK, wrihitrand in ieee of my spacious auction rooms, I shall sell « choice col- lection of Household Effects, comprisins in part— One Rosewood Case Cabinet (Emerson) Pisnoforte (a One dlegant Gilt Frame. French Plate, Mantle Mirror One fine Walnut and @Mi French Plate Mantel Mirror. — ‘Two very largo and handsome Gilt Frame x. Plate irrors. Qne medium Gilt Frame, French Plate Pier Mirror. Five very fize Walnut and Gilt Frame, French Plate irror ‘Pic One eiogant Patior Suite, upholstered in raw silk and lush, air Cloth and other Parlor Suites, One elegant set of Candelabras with over 300 cut crystal pendants, ndanta. Haridsomely upholstered Rockin and Easy Chairs, panies. Several Superior Oil Paintings. Very elegant hand-carved solid Walnut Sideboard. Very fine and largo pillar Extension Dining Table, Very handsome sold walnut serving table. Solid walnut Side Table w carved feet. Tr. merngaici Suites. Very handsome walnut Hair Mattresses, is Carpets. Elexant Toilet Ware, togetuer with @ general sssort- Ei ‘other gov o16-3t 5000 THOMAS DOWLING, Auct. 5) LEY, Auctioneer. it to know who the druggist is who puts it up. More than once I have prescribed boracic acid as an astringent, but have found itto the pupil like ea na I do not know what was ties tree ae it in icy I open many raggists look upon asa sn betitute for Boracto acd. — Dr. Oscar H. Allis sald he had no doubt that there wes some substitution and adulteration of drugs among dealers in certain portions of the city, especially in those where the people were forced by poverty to consult economy. In his practice, however, he had never chanced to meet with any such cases. Thishe attributed to pal recat panes _ reapreaties Te- gard ing patients as the per pee at which to have their prescriptions filled, le never recommended any apecial druggist, but always made it a point to see that the tient went to a ible and trastworthy dealez He though that the exposures by the Press would be of benefit, not only to the public, but to draggists and spe ipsa Sut was of — that the majority were ‘TRI 17th, 1877, and mains ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF Ti rie ROMER gt et tog FURNITURE MANUFACTURER. eng TRONS OA MORNING, OO OLE NESE: TEEN TE, and AT TEN O'CLOCK A.M., and T iN FRIDAY MORNING, sane hour and place, sf sto 639 ‘venue, between 6th and 7th, "The goods are as follows: 40 Walnut Chamber ML tot alain 10 Fine Parlor Sets, carved, in silk, velvet and rust 26 Sideboards, in walnut and poplar, marble A lot of Bedstoads, Bureans, Washatands, Cribs in walnut and BALANCE OF can be examined by a cabinet- as Tam determined to have itin oned. want of the this toc! be fo:get time and place of sold withont reserve. Don't DAY, ATTEN O'CLOCK A.M., OCTO- cENTH. 639 avenue, "between invited, FOLEY, Auctioneer. BUILDING LOTS ON E AND THIRD STREE’ Equity Cause Ni NCERY SALE OF ARYLAND AVENU! ‘a decree. : One-quarter cash; balance in six, eighteen months; notes to bear six and to with in ten days, otherw: ‘rrustoey n days, otherwise the Trust rht to resell the property at risk an cost of the defaulting purchaser, aiter civins five days’ lle otice of jfuch Tessie in’ some newspaper Ub- lished in Washinftor, D.C Conveyancing and record: ing at purchazc's cost. “A deporit of §50 on each lot. SIDNEY T. THOMA: No, 452 D street northwest, | reostees, ©. C. COLE, 402 6th northwest. DUNCANSON BROS,, a1 twelve and cent interest remines Bol be compli reserve the 06-d&ds JD UNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, OF BRICK STORES, Noss OL AND OS DRIDOM STREDE GEORGETOWN, D.C. TUESDA\ AFTERNOON, 1882, iC SALE OF DESIRABLE Bi PuE PPR et alia TO AND WEST ON LINCO! i. M. BAl ios a T. COLDWELL, Auctioneer. {USTEES SALE OF VER! THR Ba trae ce TWEEN L AND M STLEETS NORTHWEST. Yirtue of a deed of to dated ‘tn liber ). fe ‘of the sere ere ‘one of - the re will Jang and by direation of cumstances, fuel consumed. as surelyas Ido the amount of Talso adopt the same prin- TO} Hy, Osea a x 4 X-8IX1H, 1882, (53) fe. __FUTURRE Days. “THE IMPERIAL BOTEL FRONTING PENNSYLVANL TWEEN THIRTEENTH AND covering most of the jet, aud vicinity of the President's # 1d Treasury departments, re tele: facing P ivanta, pus and public park; accesible ‘to all ntneet ‘This property belongin« to a non-resident 1s the couse of sale: it payne npleniid interest; one of the B portunities off bere for in’ is suitable for any purpose, the ‘ahington, being between the Houne. rms: One-third cash; balance fn five, ten and Mf 3, with 6 per cent interest, payable semu-am- , NOtes to be kecured by deed of trust on preminas of the whole of balance of purchase moncy cam £6 Years, at 6 per cont interest per annum, payer archiamee, i « toption of TENT NA: Attorney for Owners TRUSTEE’S SALE ©) On FRIDAY AFT ABLE CORNER TWEN, TIETH, at FIVE O' Fr RNOON, OCTOBER in front of the poem frumt, dited Ni . Terms: “One-fourth cash; the rem twelve and eighteen months,” with 8 deed of trust on the premises. cont of the purchaser. at the time of sale. 09-008: Cou A deposit of $50 GEO. H. B. WHITE, Trustes, Auctioneers. or rater-story MM BRICK DWELL NIH STRELT TS NoRTHW 4 tu Liber is of the District. ion on MON, KD DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D. 1 P.M., in front of thé premises, 08 01 i ware num ered three hundred ) Beginning at a point on the line strevt weet, distant eizhteen (18) feet south from \e northeastern corner of said | ‘west thirty (30 ft.) feet, thence ot (3 ft.) feet, thence west maixty-xeven ( (3in.) inches, to the rear line of said lot, thence south Bincteen (19 ft.) feet «ix (6 in.) inchon. thence ead ninety-nine( 9 ft, feet teu and one-halt (10% in. )inches to maid «treet, and thence north along said strect t ue 21 ft.3 feet to the place of Leinning. |The ern three (3 ft.) feot front by thirty (30 ft.) feet in thereof to be used a8 an aliey-way, iu common with adjoining part of said lot, together with all the im- provements, ways, easements, rights, pri appurtenances to the same belouging ‘or in any appertaining. ‘erms: One-third cash, balance in cppand two reams of 101 notes to bear interest and to be secured by Teseli atter giving five newspaper pul ‘ob eokda 1HOMAS DOWLING, Auctionser, EOE aN OF PT Ae NL SS SECOND SiREETs WEST. By virtue of a deed of trust, dated the 27th of Soveaiber, A. D. 1876, so 9 eri a Sy eraar aero DAY, 1 IXiH Day oF OcTU) 1882, AT HALF ve ~PA! FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., of lot numbered (2) two, In square numbered (680) five hundret and eighty, situated in the city of Wash District of Columbia, according to the publie thereof, beginning for the xame at polut op street nine 31-100 fest east of the southwest corner, said lot two, and runuing thence eastwardly on a line of D street thirtecn 85-100 feet; thence nt at ri icien to D street one hundred f thence weet on the north Line af ald 100 feet, aud thence wouth im a n line one hundred feet, more or leas, to the begins together with the improvements, et cetera, as in sud deed mentioned. To be svid subject to taxes “Terms of sale: One-third of the purch ‘Terme of sale: rd of tt inchase theeapenserof sale in canh, and the residue ih mk amd twelve months, with interest at six per cent. per annum, to be secured on the property sold; oF all cash, at purchaser's option. -“Conveyauciug aud recording a8 PUTNAM COE TONY HYDE, 013-4kds THOS. RYDE. *} Trustees, B. AUTHORITY OF A DE PASSED BY Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as an Equity Court, in cause No. 4,000, TLS ey public auction. cn the preamieos ci TWENTY-FIEST DA PCroBen A. Dp. 1882, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P. ML, all of a lange unimproved lot, located on the east ide of Ment, being ot No: Br unsyuare No” 308, fie west, being lot No. et 0. jdder for cash. bic MARY J. RYE, Guardian. 09-10t EP 1h eineet southweat, HOS. J. FISHER & CO., Heal Estate Auctioneers. Coaporay SALE OF YALt (West) bet Whee Rare dy Biren i purchase £ tote paidin equal) ¥ woutle from. - terest from day of sale, for to «ive 1 nctew (with oe tx fp or purchasers can pay all purchase money day of sale or on ratification thereof by the court. 7 sgreneny fe ‘convey’ proper . Adeposit of on will be required when the to the purchaser. ‘The terme rust be complied with within ten days from day OF property will be re-advertised and sold et ris! purchaser. All conve) ancing st cost chaser. ‘ MARTIN F. MORRIS, nw. 306, WILLIAM J. MIL 436 or of property sold knocked down 010-2&ds IHOMAS J. FISHER & CO. TRUSTEES! BALE OF THE PREM AS “'FOUD'S OPERA HOSE.” By virtueof a decd of trast, dated the 7th Any of Noveusber, A. D. 1872, and recorded in Liber No. ‘ 701, folio Tol, one of the jead records of the ‘columbia, and hy there! AY OF Ni B O'CLOCK in the afternoon, ““ull of lot bered 1 (one) and the east haif of lot 2 (two), in square numbered 351 (three hundred and eighty-one), in the Gv Of Wastuington, District of Colum, according te fhe original plat or plan of aaidgcity, said cast beif of Jot two fronting fifty feeton north « and twenty- three feet six inches on Louisiana avenne, pith allan monet” improvements," et cetera, as leed mentioned. ‘Terme of wale: $20,000, with cont interest frome, April 27th, 1582, till paid, sud the empeonaset tooapiy cash; and the resid. al sums. inone and two © re asgeasments due, and purchaser's cost. A. HYD! “ ou-akds Citas. Me MATTHEWS, {Trustees for Other Auctions See sth Page. ————— HE PUBLIC 18 REQUESTED CARE FULLY THEME TO BE DRAWS S2- CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000, TICKETS ONLY $5. SHAKES IN conveyancing: = vote tte an part of the 3d D.. ig ‘ever voted on and endorsed by the «= ORLE: ‘TUESDAY. 2. 14, 1982— 150th Monthly ‘ a suo Toangeinent of pede Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD, of Louisiaa®, and Ga TUBAL A. EARLY, of Vi ‘Who manage all the ai to yellow, but mice are much Mr. Gladstone, preparatory to & great effort, that aman of strong will power er SS ciple in my own diet. ‘The result is that neither ave out and his shots became less frequent. he mob closed nou him. Thirty-nine to one, surely it was madness to resist longer. Bud did Tesist, however. and barricading doors and win- dows he stood ready with a clubbed gun in hand to defend his life to the last. Suddenly he began to smeil smoke about him. There was smoke all around him, and it seemed to be issu- ing from everyw! . There was an ominous crackle in the air, the sound of fire eating away at dried wood. Then he knew the horror of his denser, he could hardiy grepe around the room. ‘The blaze was leaping up around him like a mad wolf. The roof was amass of fire. Then the door was burst open, and out of the fire and the blinding smoke that man couid not breathe and live out of this very mouth of hell stag- gered a man with singed clothes and grimy tace the end of a gun. at him, but he fell #0 anxious to pull person to him at a distance of 100 feet. “Try it—try it!” exclaimed one whose faith was very slight. don’t say that Ican do it, because I may not have the strength of will.” ‘Well, there's aman down by the gate who is looking up and down as if undecided. Bend your will on him and see if you can draw him this way.” “Til try It, just to please .” replied the. vocate, and fe fastened he ge bon the oa clenched his hands and forth a mi, effort. The man at the He looked across at the street, then up at the hall. “Tl be Ifyou aren't doing it!” whis- iD. pered one of tl The advocat: himself for a greater effort, and the man at the gate left his place and walked straignt towards building. Head- vanced like one in a dream,and not a man dared move a hand. He came closer and closer, and as he reached the steps he & paper from pocket, held it up to tl the 5 power, also to rot white cloth, an more apt to cut linens which are starched. Buntings, wool grenadines and light woolens of every lone epee which are to be packed away, legates Fisainp oe, Gee baga = camphor, to keep them from the moths, whic! tn furnace-heated houses often remain active throughout the whole winter. The English custom of laying dried rose leaves. or springs of lavender aniong linens 1s am exceedingly nice one. my ‘animals nor myself are ever for one cient —— > — Either a Racer or a Car Horse. ‘From the Brooklyn Eagle, In the circuit court yesterday, betore Judge Pratt and a jury, Thomas Coxhead sued the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island railroad com- Pany to recover @250 for a broken wagon. He peti aera ead Aa 1e Wr ago toan ance society in England. Mr.Giadstone meanandl tionably, save in temper, one of the soberst and eye Ba wn 1 AMputed to : 3 eet Terms: aot x ure otal.