Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1883, Page 2

CITY AND/DISTRIOT. “INSANITY as /A DEFENSE FOR District Upon The address of United States District Attorney George B. Corkhill upon “Insanity as a Defense for Crime” before the Medico-Legal Society of New York has attracted much attention, espect- ally the concluding portion, as follows: “it isthe most astounding fact In the whole history of the ministration of criminal juris- udence, that within the past few years, nur- lured by the vagaries and senseless theories of medical men on the subject, and supported by the testimony of so-called experts, almost every criminal, when arraigned, offers insanity as his defe assured that he wil! have the assistance and support of eminent medical authors and ex- perts. And. as aconsequence, we have had just as many different kinds of insanity as we had crimes, The murderer was afticted with homicidal or Paroxysmal insanity; tne thief was a kleptoma- hac; the incendiary was a pvromaniac; the @ruukard was . dypsomaniae; the | bur- glar and the ravisner had emotional and tempo- Fary insanity, and these afflicted criminals were to be pitied rather than punished. But there is a class well known and recog- Dized in every community, who by. their erratic character, their vanity, their egotistie declara- tion, crowd themselves into every association, and by thelr arrogant assumption become prom: Inent; they are not always men who wear long hair, nor women who wear short hair. 1 know no peculiar trade mark by which they can be at ance detected, but they are everywhere. You have them in your society unless the press mis- Teports some of your discussions. They are doctors without "patients, lawyers without clients, and ministers without parishes; wita- out ever having done an honest day’s toll, they crowd themselves into labor and trade organi- zations, and assume to be representative men: they are the most earnest In temperance and Feiigious organizations; they clamor for post- tion In every enterpri: public ‘refurmatior they denounce vice on every public occasion, they say long prayers and affect great pi rtue, and yet they are the true representative traitors, Murderers, thieves, ravishers and scoundrels of communities, and when one of them commits a e race of vagabonds Join in the clamor for their exemption from punishment on the ground of i There has been a word coined of late these people, and they are 4 They figure Tw of eriminals charged with all and it isto them belongs the ht upon the plea of Insanity as a defense fer crime, with them jadgment and ex- ecution shouid be swift, sure and certain, for the escape of one of these men encourages the entire class to go on committing crimes for like Notoriety and like exemption. They well know they commit crime and deserve punishment, and when the knife of justice falls upon one of their number, it strikes them with horror, but to every honest citizen it isa glad announce- ment. that the law is supreme, and that its exe- cution cannot be avoided by a miserable scoundrel clatming he was a crank. Nothing can be more slightly defined than the Hine of demarcation between sanity and insan- ity. Physicians and lawyers have vexed them- selves with attempts at definition tn a case where definition is impossible, as well said bya writer on this subject. There has never yet been given to the world anything in the shape of a formula upon this subject, which may not be torn to shreds in five minutes by any ordin- ary logician. Make the definition too narrow, it becomes meaningless; make it too wide, the whole human race are involved in the drag-net. In strictness, we are all mad when we give way to ‘ion, to prejudice, to vice. to vanity; out ifall ¢ passionate, prejudiced, vicious and vain peo- ple in this world are to be locked up as luna- tics, who Is to keep the key of the asylum? As was very fairly observed. however, by @ learned Baron of the Exehejuer, when he was pressed by this argument, if being all madmen, we m under such untoward circu must be a kind Treugh understanding as to the forms of lunacy which t be tolerated. We will not int Te with the spendthritt, who is flinging his patrimony away upon swindlers, hariots, and blacklezs, until ne has denuded himself of nstances. There to say to his brother madman, the wiser, who pinches his belly to swell the Dalance at his banker's—being 78 years of age and, without farlly—but if he refuse to pay taxes society will not accept his monomania as pleadable In bar. Society must be protected, human life must be safe, property must be secure, and the law must punish those who violate the sacred Fights of each citizen to life aud property; to do this with even justice it will not do to per- mit accriminal on account of the vagaries of | @0 unbalanced intellect or moral nature, to es eape punishment: if the disease of insanity freally exists, then let that question be de- termined, not that he may escape punishment, but that the punishment may be tempered in accord with his physical and mental condi- 2. The subject of the best methods of determin- {main what cases and under what circumstances ‘and in what manner fnsanity may be pleaded a defense of crime is one deserving the careful attention of all. If what I have hastily said ‘will attract your attention to the investigation of the subject and Its importance I aball have accomplished all that I could reasonably, under the circumstances, expect.” Road Rights of the Bicyc! To the Editor of Taz EvENine STAR. = Owners of bicycles who, as spring approaches, seek relaxation from their labore at the close of the day upon the country roads, are often will- faily annoyed and occasionally forced into dan- gerous positions by the reckless drivers of fast horses. The claim of these men, wnen they go go far as to give areason for their conduct, is that the bicycle has no right upon the highway, and therefore should be driven out. Upon Several occasions I have myself been warned to get out of the way by persons coming from be- Bind at high speed, when there was ample room for three teams to pass me abreast, and twice << escaped accident by yielding the whole Now. riders of the bicycle are gentlemen, and, Whether members of ciubs or not, obey a set of riding rules which are as weil understood as the Tules of the road among horsemen. Some of these rules are wade purely in the interest of Rorse moners, and which bicyclers are under no legal or moral obligation to obey, but do so from courtesy and because they are gentlemen. The most important of these is to dismount when- ever a horse that the rider is passing shows | itive fright, and bicyclers generally are nowt to respect It. I have seen fifteen mem- ders of a club—some of them men thirty-five years of age—aismount and drag thelr wheels ‘of trom the highway to please an old country farmer. whose horse was restive, and who feared to drive by. ‘The bicyclers of Washington are not boys, but @larce percentaye of them are grown mea— . lawyers, scientific men, business men, men of leisure—and a goodly proportion, men of families and fathers of haif-grown children. Many have abundant means to own and keep horses if they wish, but prefer the bicycle as of superior advantages In the way of > and € own both horse and bicyele. a Known and respected in the ‘A they live, and as long as selve entlemen, obey business while y have as sure a highways as the owners of thing hes-to go through a stare fore It becomes fairly established; and the prejutice against the bieycie in the minds of the few arises mainly from the fact that some hors tened by it. The un- it ce—often denunciatory— the fact that horses shy at a hundred other things every day, which are Fegarded as a matter of course. Then there are Many horses #0 nervous and “skittish” that they will shy at anvthing, from a piece of paper to a—I will say a darkey with a wheelbarrow— for while [ pause to think of a suitable object trained horses on the public highway, therefore, may expect them to be frightened, not only at bicycles, but at any untamillar object that pre- sents itselt. In aride of seven miles, outside the city limits, a few evenings since, | made it a point to notice cases of fright, with the follow- ing results:—At a peatowl in the roadway four horses showed considerable fright, (how many more atter I passed I will not attempt to sys ata * mud-puddle”.one horse shied; at a dog that had been following a ‘fast team,” anoth horse sprang to the side of the road as the an- imal darted under his nose; another horse and driver seemed to be having a misunderstanding, but I was too far in the rear to ascertain the cause of the trouble; and @ single horse was trlghtened at the bicycle. I hi No one curse the peafowl, threaten to kill the dog (and all dogs), or find fault with the District Commis- sioners for not filling up the puddie, and in this instance the last-nam itlieman had nothing to say agalnat the bicycle. But during the same evening another driver, who came up behind the writer at break neck speed, and whose horse showed no fright whatever, was exceedingly uncomplimentary in his remarks, accompanying them with threats—made to a third person—to ‘split open” something or somebody in a not far remote future. It is this class of men that I would remind. what they know already—that public highw: are built and maintained, not for the use ofa few horse owners who may wish to employ them as arace course in defiance of the law, but for thewhole public. Andregarding the baat open threat—which, translated into polite English, means to purposely drive an unreasoning but powerful animal, attached to a vehicle, upon a man lawfully and quietly propelling another ve- hicle, (with the possiblity of maiming him for life three times out of five)—the suggestion will be passed over with this simple comment: That the laws regulating sach aggravated cases of “assault” are too ciearly defined to admit of any arguinent; and that, morally, there can be no more cowardly and contemptible action, unless it ie striking 8 man in the dark. Further, men whose prejudices carry them ao far, are danger- ous membera of any community, and bicycle clubs and riders should secure their names and preserve them for future reference. The gentlemen of the bicycle offer no threats; they oniy ask to belet alone in the peaceable en- Joyment of their rights, but when those rights are infringed upon they have the same recourse to the law enjoyed by other citizens, and when a rider, who obeys the road rules and acts as a gentleman, fs willfully thrown and injured by the action of another man. there is not a court in the tand but will sustain him in his rights, and case after case can be cited in Eng- land and in our own country which have been so decided. As a closing comment on this prejudice, I will say that in civilized Europe, generally, bicyclers arelet alone, but that in southern Italy, where a large proportion of the population are either bandits or beggars, a man on a wheel sometimes rough, . RD. “RAGS, BONES AND OLD IRON.” The Junk Business Demoralized by the Tariff Law—Men Thrown Out of Employment—A Glutted Market. A Stak reporter, recently passing the junk es- tablishment of Mr. E. G. Wheeler, on B and 7th streets, was somewhat surprised to see his three-story warehouse stored full of rags and paper in bajes, and to learn that Mr. Wheeler had in this house probably $10,000 invested in this stock, and that the market for it was flat and inactive. HARD TIMES FOR RAG GATHERERS. “There was a good demand for this stook,” sald Mr. Wheeler, ‘till a few months ago, but the tariff bill has played hobs with the business. Some of the gatherers with push-cart and | wagon have been known to make, frequently, from $2 to $8 per day, and, at times, nearly 84, but the majority of those in the business now find it difficult to make more than $4 to 85 per week.” x “How many are there in the business of gath- ering in the District?" asked the reporter. “& few months ago,” said Mr. Wheeler, { “counting those who run wagons, there were Perhaps 300 men employed, but now 1:0 will | about strike the number. They were abie to | Pay, afew months ago, for rags, 2i¢ cents per | pound. and, for paper, 3 to 814 cents, but now they cannot afford more than 1 and 13g cents for rags and 134 to 2 fer paper.” “Then many of the gatherers are unem- | ployed, and thoge in the business are not doing | well?” said THe Star reporter. | “Fortunately,” said Mr. Wheeler, “there has been a demand for laborers ion the railroads building in Maryland. Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia, and many of these poor people (nearly all of them colored) got to work Gn these roads or at the fishing shores. If all were gathering they could not earn more than their bread, to say nothing of butter.” EXTENT OF THE RAG AND OLD PAPER BUSINESS. “What is the extent of this tag and paper business?” asked the reporter. “You would hardly believe it,” sald Mr. Wheeler, ‘but last year we shipped over 1,250,000 pounds, and it is safe to cay that over 2,000,000 pounds were shipped from here. This has been @ good market for rags and paper, much of it coming from the adjoining counties of Maryland and Virginia, and coe far as Lynchburg. The business has heretdfore fur- nished the means of subsistence to many who would have otherwise become a charge on the ublic. The demand for the stock Is now so ight that the business may be said to have nearly collapsed.” “ Now for the cause, Mr, Wheeler?” THE TARIFF. BILL AND JUTE DEMORALIZE THE TRADE. “Yes. The operation of the tariffhas much to do with it. Some of the mills have already closed. The introduction of jute and wood pulp in the manofacture of paper has much to do with the decline in rags. Then, this pulp is free of duty, and the crop of jute from the East Indies is large. The jute is made into manilla paper, some of it into writing paper after having under- gone bleaching. Foreign vessels coming here for grain are enabled to bring the jute here at wopld not be brought here, and te-day we would there Is literally ne cemand for them. What Faitors" closings, which brought 193a14 sume, is owing to the wool crop being hoary per ton easily a few months since, we have diffi- business ts dull. To the Editor of Taz Evasrxe Stan. says :—“It is evident that the rules were drafted ment, apparently, that could practically tend to was passed by Congress, seen, to say that vacancies in the positions of strikes me, that this means that all of the good | wire-pullers of members of Congress and the INTERIOR. I was standing in front of the Hotel Bruns- the bare expense of loading and unloading. If not have such a tremendous stock o! here. makes matters worse {s that woolen rags are de- per pound a tew weeks ago, are hard to work Iron is also down, and in wrought scrap iron culty to work it offnow at $18 to $20 ton. that the ———-e-____ An editorial in Tue Srar of last Friday, with a sincere purpose of keeping politics out this end is specifically laid down,” &¢., &c. it but the commissioners have taken it upon them— chiet clerk, chief of division, &c., &c., can be | salaried places In the executive departments of relatives and personal friends of the heads of ——_——---____ A Dude’s Diamond and Bonc Button. wick this morning, conversing with several to name, a horse is prancing before such a one in the street in front of my window. Read what an eminent aut: sat Dh en laws says upon this subject in the W’ 2 “°K ho drt hon bis wery man who drives a hore ir or yy the hichw: Sood aims ‘iaaie view ofboth the he Belly tralned anisms ris len must por the highway, and’ all cd sied, if hefe Tr cecanson for yieldiiu, to man. The ‘man om Devpeiled f Sexy bela 2 rd.) This te the funde, principle, which is as autent as the body ch right to © 4 to tam away, Buuch, “A's bores objects: ant wey? push Shandcart and F draw = baby -eacrinaey and G march a. bri playing, down the and H haul s elst! ud 9 on’ to the end of the alphas ia hhores must taxes cace of tuemarives can. Now, of ail file var ons objects wh ch shy Plesele is the quictest, tbs obstructive and dcugervus, and to ff soonest and ‘eatient. 7 Of horses do not shy at it we had ovr own shipping so much of this stuff Why, I have 200 bales ready for shipment, but the market has gone to pleces. cents off at from more than 7 to Scents. This, I the market ts demoralized. While we got $27 So you see that it isnot alone in rags Defect im the Civil Service Bules, om the subject of the civil service rules, of the examinations, and that every require- This might have been the case if the law, os had been adhered to, selves, whether lawfully or not remains to be filled without competitive examinations; and, it | the government are to be filled by the political the departments. Don't you think so? From Freund's Daily, New York. members of the coaching club, when the gentle As he turned his back on us to look at the coach clock we were struck with astonishment to see a large diamond button glistening above his coat collar and above his necktle. 1 investigated the “subject” and found that the collar was buttoned with s “six for five cents” button and the diamond was above the real “‘tasten- er” for effect. What next. dition. Hehad fore he a) his Lifeless CBAMMING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Whe is Responsible? ‘To the Editor of Tax Evanrse Stam: “E.G. B,” in his article in Tae Star lately anent the problem, ‘Who is responsible for the cramming in ourpubiic schools?” is undoubtedly sound &s to his facts as far as he goes, but stops short of the whole evidence. In addition to those he enumerates there is another cause, more potent, perhaps, than all therest, embodied in the fact (which must be patent to every Intel- ligent mind Investigating the subject) that the end and aim of instruction to-day is in the se- curing of high percentages. With the drawbacks E.G.R. instances this object cannot be reached by the average teacher with the average school without cramming, and conscious that her pro- fessional value is by this standard, (all asservations of the higher powers to the con- trary notwithstanding) she faithfally and per- severiugly- crams from September until June. Here in the will aver, ‘The super- intendent emphatically and persistently reminds the teachers that a high percentage is no? the end and aim of their work.” Good! Then what means that formidable bulletin boardin the main hall of our representative school bulld- ing. whereon is annually placarded the'rank of each school in the city attained in the spelling contests, as shown by. ? And, further, if this ts not the standard why the “Annual Re- port,” in which is faithfully chronicled the stand- ing of each teacher in the corps, as indicated by the percentage reached by the school at the June examination? The truth Is there 1s no consist- ency inthe matter. The aforesaid powers hold up with one hand fo the gaze of an approving public the legend, “Death to high pe 18 at the same time with the other pointing out to the band of patient toilers behind them that soothing bulletin and that hope-inspiring ‘An- nual Report.” J.B. H. ——_+o-____ The Children’s Country Home.” To the Editor of Tax Evenmxe Star. : We are very grateful for the money thus sent through the generous columns of Tas Stak for the Children’s Country Heme. This sensi- ble charity must appeal to all kind hearts, and 80 we expect to receive liberal help from those in our city who areable and willing to give feeble, wasted and sickly children a breath of sweet, fresh, country air during the sweltering months. of summer. The “Home” has been rented, and is now being repaired. It 1s out beyond Plerce’s mill, and beautifully situated. How the wan and wistful bairns can romp and run, roll in the clover, swing under the big trees, drink sweet milk, and play all day.. What a little bit of heaven it will be forthem. How the poison in their blood will have to give place to whole- some, clean, pure life. The color will come back to their faded cheeks, and they will love God for His goodness in spreading out the fields, and in allowing them Just s wee taste of their green freshness. Last week two good, kind “sisters” came down from Baltimoreto look at the work andto decide whether or no they would assume charge over it. They belong to the Episcopal Parish of Mt. Calvary In Baltimore, and are of the ‘All Saints” order in London. They have had large experi- ence in nursing the sick and intraining child- ren. They do not work for money, but for Christ's sake and for His little ones. You could not help loving them, they are so gentle and generous, and sensible and holy. The young ladies drove them out to the “Home,” and they carefully inspected it, and made practical sug- gertione about its arrangement and adaptation for the summer's work. They seemed to be much pleased, and went back to Baltimore to re- port their impressions. How fortunate it will be to have such careful and devoted women in charge of such work, and how conscientiously and graciously they will nurse and watch over the children. This work is purely unsectarian. it benefactors are of all religions, and when ap- ‘ How thie successful Papers of the | Her Firet Mecting with Gov. Sprague of Country Have Boom Built Up. KATE CHASE'S ROMANCE. Bhede Island. Ove, Boston Herald. es CLaveianp, 0., May 14, 1888.—“Did_ you know that it was in this town that Kate Chase The retirement of the Jay Gould management | “04 Gov. Spragne first met?” asked Col. Dick of the New York: Worid is another impressive | Parsons, toying idly with an after dinner cigar, lesson of the fmpotence of money in utilizing’ 84 We éat to-day in the cosy library of his home Journalism for its pwn aims and purposes. When | ©D Prospect street. “Yes, sir, I introduced Jay Gout and i millions & hundred millions, he committed the common error of less shrewd men of riches, in assuming that he could command politics, trade and speculation by: buying newspapers. He saw how great newspapers controlled public affairs; how their honest and intelligent admonitions mself the possessor of a few | them myself, and they fell in love with each Fears ago, with all the shrewd- | Other right off It was at the time of the un- ness that he has exhibited in his gigantic specu- | Velling of the Perry monument down tn the lations, which have multiplied his gains to an | Park early in the war. Gov. Chase and his family always stopped at my house when In Cleveland, and was visiting us then. Over there,” pointing to a leather covered eas) chair inthe corner, “is where Gov. Chase to sit, in the same chair and on the same spot ‘and the room overhead he used to occupy e have always called It ‘the Governor's room. conserved legitimate business; how -gambling | It was in that chair that he decided to speculators were awed by the wholesome criti-| the'ehief justiceshi cisms of fearless editors, and he was’ weak sipaen to belleve that if he could Horas ae leading newspapers, he could cont bot! - tics and business, aie at His first venture was in the purectiaseof the: New York Tribune. He paid $510,000 fora bare majority of the stock, and imagined that the influence of his New York journal wonld be potent under his control as it had been under! Greeley’s fearless, rugged integrity. _ The resalt was Just the reverse of Mr. Gould’s expecta- tions. The Leateod ceased to pay dividends when he became its owner, and continued unprofita- ble ae a full decade, when it Mehta to popular respect and prosperit: ir. Gould's. retirement. Mr. Whitelaw Reld, with all his, eminent capabilities as a journalist, and with all the prestige of the great journal tounded by tlie! greatest of American journalists, could not make! the Tribune prosper while a speculative million- aire was its reputed owner. Nor was Mr. Gould | content with owning the Tribune. He evidently planned the control of the politics of both par- ties and the business of a continent. Hé next bought the New York World, then bought the Denyer News, then made a big but unsuccessful bid for the Chicago Tribune; but the more he multiplied his newspapers, the more he was criticised and the less people read or respected his journals. He has finally learned the lesson that money cannot make successtul or influen- tial newspapers, and he has wieely closed out his adil it with other bad speculations. There has been quite a millicn wasted by men Possessing more money than wisdom to ‘build up a rival to the Publio Ledger in this city. It has generally been the vain attempt of money: to, command the power of Journalism, and the result has been uniform failure. Journal after journal has risen and fallen, and the is more prosperous and influential to-day than ever before in its long history, and the efforts of money to supplant it have perished like tracks in the sand. In like manner, millions have been wasted by men of money to supplant the New York Herald. Offended wealth has time and again Tesotved to have its own organ, its own news- paper, its own social articles to advance the shoddyite, and its own money reports to bull or bear stocks as the Interests -of the gambler de- manded; but the money of the man of money vanished, and In the fullness of time his news- paper vanighed also. And what is true of the New York Herald'and the Philadelphia 7, is equally true in fiearly every city of the Union, Money is ever repeating the blunder of assuming that it can’controi public opinion and the chan- nels of trade by the prostitution of pupiic Journals to 'pnbii¢ deception, and it doubtless will continge to display its singular weakness by continuing to buy or start pewspapers to languish or die unlamented. The succéssful public journals of the country have been’ started, as arule, without money. The Ledger was founded by three workingmen, | whose capital consisted of their intelligence and industry, and they thus founded, without capi- tal, a newspaper property that would be cheap plications for admission to its charity are made, | at three millions. The ress was started by the question as to sect, or denomination, or | Colonel Forney when he had no capital, and he j; made its grandest success with little financial church will not be asked, unless it be to keer a record that will show how large and liberal and absolutely untrammelled in this respect the! ‘-Home” must be. The rector of St, Johu's Parish has been honored by being chosen presi- dent of the “Home,” and many of the lady man- agers are in this Parish, where, of course, It originated, But it must be distinctly understood that it is not a Parochial institution, and that it doea not at all look to or depend upon the people of that church for its support. THe EVENING Stan has kindly and nobly given it a helping hand, and this feature is import- larg | ant to be appreciated, as It would hardly endorse or attempt to sustain'a purely sectarian or indi- vidual venture. Another week, and we will tell you more about the development of the charity. = The Mansard Monstrosity Proposed for the Smithsonian. To the Editor of the Evexrxe Stan: It is stated by authority that a “mansard roof” is to be put on the east end of the Smith- sonlan bullding. Is there not public spirit enough in the city to save our only beautiful building from such desecration? If room is Wanted can it not be had in.some other way? Will not citizens express their mind? There must be many to agree with K Street. ——_—$-o-_____ HOW GOULD BOUGHE TOM SCOrT our, Writing His Check For $2,400,000 on a Moments Notice for the Texas Paci- fic Railroad, ‘From the Philadelphia Press. In the interview with Mr. Gould, which was copied in the Press of yesterday from the New York World, Mr. Gould was made to say he bought the Texas and Pacifio road trom Col. Scott in 1878 or 1879. The facts in the case are given as follows by a Philadelphian cognizant ot all the circumstances: Mr. Gould had a small interest in the Texas and Pacific, which he bought of Col. Scott after their interview in Switzerland, in 1879, and was made a director. When Col. Scott returned he détermined to build the road, and his idea was toask the government to guarantees a 5 per cent bond to raise the ns fands. A promi- nent banker, then and now on 8d street, told Col. Scott that if such a course were pursued the newspapers would charge that he had bought the bill throngh Co1 After de- berat®n the whole plan was ed, and Col. Scott determined not to ask Congress for a cent. Work was immediately begun on the road, and it was determined to push it to one perio A number of leading gentlemen, luding Mr. Gould, were still interested in a small way, and means desired for the construction of the road were raised. In April, 1881, Mr. Gould, Mr. Sage, General and other New Yorkers arrived in this elty to attend a meeting of the directors at the office of the company, which, it was supposed, would transact merely routine business. The meeting was to take pee at 11 o’clock a. m., and Mr. Gould and Mr. Sage came into Mr. Scott's private office in the Pennsylvania Rall- road building for the purpose of having a pre- Uminery talk on the future policy of the road, there being some points of difference between Messrs. Gould and Scott. During the conversa- tion the difference, which wag amicable, rather widened, and finaliy Col. Scott said positively he could not ree to Mr. Gould’s policy, and that he would rather sell ont. ‘What will you sell tor?” asked Mr. Gould. Col, Scott promptly named his figures, and Jay Gould wrote his check for #2,400,000, and became the possessor of the controlof the Texas and Pacific railroad company. The gentlemen then went into the room where the other directors were assembled, and the resignation of Col. Scott was tendered. This was the first notice to them that the sale had taken place. The whole transaction did not occupy one hour, and neither gentleman had any previous idea that thesale would occar, The incident Is a foreldle illustration of the aptitude of Mr. Gould and Col. Scott for romptly SraneOe weleey affairs of business. ere was never a time when Col. Scott’s mind was pins on this famous aS orgs he was ly very weak from disease which ended his lite a year later, How te Measure Fert. Exchange. From an . {nthe English army shoe*stores scrupulous attention is shown to shape and make in con- formity with high surgical authority. The inner line of the boot is made straight, so that aid. The Times was founded only elght years ago with a nominal capital, and it has long been paying thrice government interest on a million. He came here one night, and we talked it all , the reasons for, an against his acceptance. [thought he ought to take it. We sat up late, but before he went to bed his decision was reached, and the next day in this room he wrote out his - Gar- ‘Tleté eame.here the second day after his nomi- ‘nation. ‘He sat in the governor's chair for ap hour or two taiking about the nomination, ant feeling pretty biue that day. Then he opened his mail and answered a lot of dispatches from | that table. About Kate Chase? Oh, yes; well, the Perry ceremonies lasted over several days, ending with a ball at the Kennard House. My wite and: Kate and I drove down in my car- Flagu. We had hardly entered the hall when we met Sprague. I presented him to the ladies. He and Kate went off togetler, and for the rest of the evening whenever we saw ‘one of them we were pretty sure to see the other. It was a case of mutual and instant infatuation; and no wonder. Khode Island had sent a deputation to share in the celebration,be- cause Parsons, of my family, by the way, and who was Perry's right hand man in the fight on the lake, was a Rhode Islander. Sprague was attended by his full staff and a governor's guard of about 100, with a fine band of music. They made a gorgeous display and stunning impres- He was the only man in black clothes in the whole party, and; being young and hand- some and splendidly surrounded, he seemed ex- actly suited to Kate's brilliancy and beauty, for she was not only the most brilliant girl but the most brilliant woman I ever met. Her yivaclous manner and graceful figure, clear complexion, chestnat-hair and expressive eyes command- ed every one’s admiration. So was it ® wonder they took to each other? I remember very well how, when ft was getting late that night and we wanted to go home, Kate ‘came over to us with Sprague and persuaded us tostay longer. I believe the celebration ended with the ball. Ican’tremember whether Sprague called here before he left for home, but in any event he went to Washington the next winter. Kate was living there. They met again, and within a year of their introduction were mar- vied. I believe that, meanwhile, Sprague he- came «interested in a widow, who afterward married here and lived in the big house on Euclid avenue, now owned bythe Union club. But when Sprague and Kate met again the oldflame was fanned. He forgot the widow, and a wed- ding seon followed. They came here on thelr bridal trip, and, of course, had ‘the Governor's room.’ I don’t know much of the early period of their married life, because soonafter the wedding f went as consul to Rio de Janeiro, and aidn't hear about them, but some years before pub- lcity was given to their relation. Kate’s friends knew that it had been a hasty and mistaken marriage. Sprague’s dissipated habits, how- ever varled, were not all that made them un- happy. The truth was they were not of con- genial temperament or disposition. As far back as 1878 or 1879 Kate informed me that their relations for two years had been of the most distant character, and long betore that they had ceased to be attractive to each other. It was sad, indeed, that one so well fitted to make home a paradise should haye found it a pur- gatory, and, while all her friends deplored. the misfortune, it was but natural that we should have been gratified when at last the certainty MITCHELL MIZZLES OUT. The Beston Gelinh too Much for the Bridsh David. ‘From the New York World. Time—Midday. Scene—The Ashland House in 4th avenue. The’ Man—A monstrous fellow, In peajacket and silk hat, with the shoulders of Hercules and the thighs of Milo; a handsome Animal, with blear eyes, hair dishevelled and thick of speech. Half a dozen friends are pilot- tng the monster to a bedroom. He growls in a deep bass of resentment at the injury they are doing him! Once or twice he takes savage Clutches of « pilot's coat-collar and lifts him off his feet every time. The monster is savagely playful. The monster is, obviously, half drunk. Great concern on the part of the convoy of friends. Mach fearful amusement on the part ofthe lookers on. The man, John L. Sullivan, oe from —— red ao mergayees q itchell, ally im a friends, backers, bottle holders ran renee lately arrived 1rom everywhere. Time—Midday. Scene—The St. Clair House, The Man—A smooth-faced boy with apple cheeks, clear gray eyes, a dainty mouth, sharp, irregular nose, straight forehead and stout English down to his upper lip; Irish below it. He is so unpretentious and commonplace that he is mistaken for a newly landed London shop- man—perhaps from the Borough. He wears ready-made clothing tht fit him ridiculously ill. In front he looks raw and undeveloped. _As he turns his back, big patches ot muscle come into Play over his shoulder-blades and transmit their sinewy undulations below his waist. A very stout, strong young man of the English provin- cial upper lower-class, Charles Mitchell by name, taking a light roast-beef lunch betore meeting in battle, at 9 o'clock in the evening, Mr. John L. Sullivan, of Boston. THE TRAGEDY. So early as 7 o'clock all the approaches of that property of the Rey. Dr. Corey which is known to the sporting world as the Garden were rife with a mixed mob. Three-fifths of the eddying and surging crowd was made up of very young men of slender build and well dressed. Another fifth was supplied by the senior clubs, and the last fifth came hot and strong from Blackguardom. Nail kegs and planks bristling with spikes made amends, in the way of sitting accommo- dations, for the paucity of chairs, and Mr. Chas. A. Dana, looking like Homer, at one end. and Mr. Roscoe Conkling, looking like a faded cari- cature of himself, at the other, lent the newspa- per row their antipodal dignity. Judge Gard- her, almost as ugly and twice ‘as benevolent as the other Greek, Socrates, infused into the com- position a mild judicial flavor, while the young primroses and cowslips of the rural spring their representative in Mr. Perkins, of Glencove. It was mutely observed by some of the newspa- pe men that Mr. Conkling and Mr. Dana were for at least ten minutes elbow to elbow, silently gazing in opposite directions. That Capt. Wil- liams toyed with his celebrated weapon of of- fense in the immediate rear of both the distin- guished gentlemen was remarked as a fact not altogether without significance. It boots little to tell of the preliminary duels, They were soon over, and, as a rule. without interest. The two boys Kelly and Murphy,were the only really clever sparrers of the evening, Fiddler Neary, veteran as he !s, coming in for decided and contemptuous’ hissing. The youngsters, however, rattled each other fairly and danced over the stage like game-cocks. Then there came an interval that seemed end- leas. Then followed the stamping of perhaps fifteen thousand feet. Then a swellin; voices. Then a yell, ten thousan strong, and then a quick upheaval of Captain Williams and the bound into the ring of a huge creature, naked to the waist, with enormous thews, his hair in hiseyes and a strange leer upon his face. The aspect of the giant, totter- ing as he smiled vaguely here and there, com- pelled a sud¢en silence. Next came a murmur of astonished voices. Then the giant, still smiling vaguely, sank into his chair so hard that the very scaffold creaked. Another roar, another yell, and hi me shouted like a thun- der peal, and a thick-set lad, with heaving The New York Herald was started without capi- tal. Mr. Bennett was its solo editor. reporter, business man and salesman,and now five milliong would not buy it. ‘The Tribune was started in like manner by Mr. Greeley, and he died leay- ing it worth a million. The Stn was founded by Mr. Beach without capital, and was mate the most prosperous penny paper in the country, as it 1s now the most prosperous two cent journal. The Baltimore Sun was the creation of the Pi adelphia Ledger men, and its venerable proprie. tor, the surviving partner of the old firm of Swain, Abel & Simmons, is a millionaire outside of his more than million newspaper property. The only profitable journal that Washington has known Since the war is Tie Stan, and it was the creation of brain and muscle—not of money. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, the model provincial daily of the country, as well as the | most successful, was built up irom an obscure weekly, solely by the patient industry and mas- | Sermon, which treated of the Inability of finite terly ability of the late Mr. Bowles. i | appeared of her release from a mismated alli- anee. The mistake was discovered and the end foreshadowed long before Conkling appeared upon the scene in any capacity.” SERS THE EXISTE: OF GOD, Mr. Beecher Baptizing Twenty-two Children and Preaching on ton. From the New York Times, May Lith, There was a fine display of flowers In Ply- mouth Church yesterday morning. and Henry Ward Beecher baptized twenty-two children and babies before preaching the sermon. Among those who listened to him was ex-Congressman the Rev. J. Hyatt Smith. In the course of his minds to know and understand God, Mr. While it is true that some worthy journals | Beecher said that to-day the existence of God have perisned for want of money, It is certain: true that many more journals of once accredited influence have perished by money possessing and perverting them to the use of the jobber | ing down of arguments to prove the existence and re- | of God into the court of human criticlam was and speculator. With universal schools quited industry which m: the newspaper a welcome visitor in almost every home, and with intelligence so widely diffused as to regulate the power of newspapers soiely by their integ- rity and enterprise, it is simply impossible for money to create successful journalism. It can make speculations successful or dis astrous; it can control the corrupt political elements of the country; it can buy the venal newspaper and thus make readers cease to buy it; but when money attempts to control politics or trade by controlling public Journals, however able and successtul such journals m: be when they become the prey ot the speculator, the decline and tall of the money-clogzed news- paper is inevitable. Journalism is now the eat teacher of the people; the office of public journalist is the highest trust in a free govern- ment, and money is as powerless to create pros- perous and potential newspapers as it is to create vital plety in churches. Money is an im- portant servant of journalism, but 4ournalism Is the one profession In which money can never be master. ——__+-o-_____ Cant Get Rid of "Em, From the Detroit Free Press. A Woodward avenue business man, who had been greatly annoyed by children calling and asking for cards, hung up asign in the store reading: “‘We have no cards to give away.” It wasn’t two hours before a little girl came in and | fro’ said: “Please, mister. how many cards will you sell me for a nickel?” Then the man tore down the card and replaced it by one reading: “No cardg here.” This was a bluff for three or four children, but one soon dropped in who réad the sign and inquired: “I suppose you keep ’em all down at the other store, don't'you ?” Some onethen suggested that the word “here” be rubbed out to thake the sign cover the whote case. This was done yesterday, and it wasn’t ten minutes before a man turned in from the street and said: ‘ell, that “What's that?” « “Why, getting tmarried without making a eat row qyver it.) I see you didn’t send out any cards, and I admire your judgment. Marry a widow, djd youg” The sign, was at once pulled down, and the beleaguered man began work on one reading - “Inquire Next Dogr.” He thinks that will hit the case plumb Genter, but it won't be two hours before Soine-one will come along aud call oul if this store #8'to rent what's the use of n- quiring next door? What's the ) price, and what repairs the lord make ?’ A Swrntier’s Love Arrams.—A romance has come to the surface in connection with the arrest of the alleged New Yorker, Dinsmore, who has succeeded in swindling Milwaukee firms to the amount of severai thousand dollars. He is a very me man, ab- "it 28 and claims that his New York relativesare . ry aristocratic. His appearance indicates that he is not an ordi- nary swindler. He went to Milwaukee about two noe 5 a ger made the acqaaint- mane ol aiveey some named Miss Dera Lehman. e result was that be married to the young most heartbroken over the happy outcome. ~*~ 'y | and the Divine nature were apparently of more | | interest out ot the pulptt than in it. The bring- apt to make men doubtful that God really ex- isted. Tt was safer, generally, not to-try to prove that God existed, but to take it for granted. Yet it was not fair to let it be said that God’s existence would not stand the test of reason. Both athetam and agnosticism were very mis- | chievous, and agnosticism, although much more amiable than atheism, was quite as dangerous. | Many men sentimentally accepted God, dut sclentifically they were forced to say “We don't know.” It was a matter of grave doubt, they said, whether all the phenomena of naturecould not be accounted for by eecondary causes. Mr. Beecher sald he admired the writings of Huxley, Spencer, Tyndall, Darwin and other investiga- tors, and these men were certainly entitled to credit for honestly searching after trath, bat in | all points he could not agree with them. He was | Inoculated with the doctrine of evolution, Mr. Beecher continued, more than forty years ago. He found that doctrine in the Bible, and when he found that it had been preached by scientific mon he gladly accepted it. He held it to-day with greater strength than ever. It was going to give Christianity atpower it never be- fore It let in @ flood of light on man: otherwise obscure things. This age was m indebted to Herbert Spencer for his presenta- tion of the history of creation, but Mr. Reechar could not with tits agnosticts: that tended to aut things ¥ m ing elements, were did the force that inheres in naturai ia«s come from? Where did the elements themselves come from? Admitting that the creation as it stood now was not that which sprang up at the word of God; admitting that everything sprang from something preceding, and that from something preceding, acd so on and on for ages and ages, until the very lowest elements were reached, where did those element get their power to evolve? Did the whole creation spring from absolute nothing? Did natural law produce nae Was nothing more powerful than some- ing A good deal of the difficulty which turned men towafd scientific agnosticism, Mr. Beecher went on, was the over-confidence and itive- ness of theology. Theological teachers had been supremely conceited in their knowledge of God. Oue would think they knew all about God's na- ture and allabout creation. The Scriptures, however, were very modest asto God. Every- where they made the declaration that God was unknown and unknowable. Nowhere did they teach that our knowledge of God could be ab- solute. The scope and grandeur of God were great for our limited faculties. When we were told that God was infinite, we could not know what infinity was. God could not be bound by man. In conclusion, Mr. Beecher pointed out that only by. moral intuition could tite existence of God known, and this moral intuition did not need to be und: to be accepted, Foreign Beer. ‘From an Exchange. Most of the so-called foreign lager sold in this country is said to be made here. The demand is of comparatively recent growth. A shrewd importer, noting the success which Evolue |. breast, dazed face and roving eyes clambered upon the stage. The disparity of the two fig- ures was instantly obvious. It was Goliath, beatning with the self-satisfaction that strong drink generates, and David, half-frightened out of his life, but desperately resolved to die game at the hands of the Philistine. Mitchell looked ing but his adversary and shifted in hair like a boy waiting his turn to be d. Sullivan, on the other hand, seemed truzgling with a horrible drowsiness, and ute snapped his eyes, as if he were to keep awake. ying hi Then came the mufiied cry of “Time!” and then the two came together, Mitchell with his teeth set rushing into what/he too clearly felt was an unequal fray, Suilivan stagzering and with palling onset, the giant hurled him over | ropes Into the audience, | hemmed tn by | have rent the alr. swaying and radiating a brandy-orn good na- ture. So stupid was the giant at first and so farious the onsiaucht of the lad that Sullivan reeled two or three times like a hard-hit bul- lock, almost justifying the erroneous interence that he was severely sinitten by Mitchell's blows. So when each went to his corner the mistaken ones sent up a huge cry of “Mitchell” that did a good deal to wake the giant and revive his faint- ing wits. In the second round the lad’s ruddy face had got its color back and his flanks heaved less fearfully. The giant, still drowsy, still beaming, still tottering, met him with a clamsy rush. They came crashing to; er. Three or tour hits and David smote Gollath so flerce and so straight a blow that the Philistine from Boston fell with a Sk thud upon the stage. Such a yell ot delight shook the rafters of the Garden that Sulli- van immediately began to wake. The vague we'idering eyes grew steadfast. The enormous muscles began to swell as if with rage of their own. | He shook the hatroff his forehead. He ground his teeth. His mighty shoulders rose and tell and he beganto strike in earnest—bear- ing his boyish adversary to the ro} and heay- ing him at intervals half across the stage. As the monster to wake to fury, the bo; grew more and more frightened. A look of in- creasing terror occupied his frank you! . The pathos of his touched who saw It without knowing what it was. His at- tack lost its force. His wrists shivered in de- livering his blows. He tailed to hit higher than his enemy's ribs. He was clearly out-fought as well ey ute and or mapa engines of his foe grew more more in their play his own force to coieans recede and dwindle. And an & if the ring had been Romans a cry of “Habet!” would The third round was painful. It showed a continuing ebb of hope and strength and gnerey on one side, a flood of passion and fatelli- gence and ferocity on the other. The two were cruelly uneven when cet si and when Captain Williams sprang—himeelf an athlete—between the pair at the end of the third heat the disparity was something hideous. Sullivan in a few seconds, rubbed vigi his satellites. became once more good- and, staggering across the stage, put out his great hand for his ad ’s. The two hesl- tated a moment, a great lump that 10,000 men saw, rising in his reddened throat, and then slowly put iorth his own. There were red lacerations on his neck and arm to show where the giant had borne him to the ro} and his eyes were bloodshot and tearful. en, as the cries of the fickle mob hailed the smiling, sway- ing conqueror, glistening w.th beads of sweat, the vanquished lad from England stolg from the stage and vanished to join the shi ed Pro- cession of John L. Sullivan's “knocked out.’ wegen cera . ‘The Maple. First thou to garnish April with thy ruby fringes, saa a aern Son: ay November days, “Ing’s mptive on thy crimson signi ing Vand winter tarries tilt thy leaf decays. = "Neath the broad splendor of thy verdant summer branches, Lies cool repose, and sun-forget"ing ease, And music, from the wind—that idly chances Tohaunt tiy boughs—and honey-cumbered Summer's videtté, warding the sinister approaches aiiih hich old winter covers hia retreat, And wild flowers blossom grateful at thy feet. ‘No muteness thine,but rife with subtle: ff} ning Dion ran 10, and then sto) ts | the string. He was then only 16 points behind, A SUBPRISE AT BILLIARDs. Defeated im the Game of VETERAN JOSEPH DION'S GREAT UP-RILL GAWe AND BRILLIANT VICTORT. ‘From the New York Sun. The cushion carrom tournament im whidh Maurice Vignanx, Jacob Schaefer, William Sex+ ton, Maurice Daly, Joseph Dion, Eugene Carter, and Thomas Wallace are pitted against ead other, began in Tammany hall last evening. The games are 500 points up, on a 434 by 9 Collender table. The prizes are a gold and silver billiard table, 9 by 18 inches, and $1,200 cash to first man, $800 to second, $500 to third, @300 te fourth, and $200 to fifth. There is much ation among billtard mea ‘as to who wili come to the front in this tour hey, the compact table and uncertainties of the game rendering the final result perplexingly doubtful. The opening contest was between Vignan the French champion, and Dion, winner of t cushion-carrom tournament in Cooper institute, November, 1881. The hall was well filled wheh Messrs. Vignaux and Dion appeared at 8:10. Mr. Budd Scofield acted asmarkersandreferee. Dion led off withthe white ball, making one point. Vignaux failed to count. The first double figures were made by Dion in the fifth innings; where a ran of 18 gave him a total Of 19; against 7 for Vignaux. Dion made doubles of 10 twice, up te the ff teenth ining, the score standing Sto 32 in favor. Vignaux took a sip of amber. quid from a phial before using hie cue in bis fifteenth inning. His face, rendered pale by his late sickness, assumed a reddish tinge when faced the field of greenagain. By fine open corner play and subtle draw-shots he clicked 40 points, following In. the next Inning with 19. Dion doubled again with 12 in the twentieth ! ning, Vignaux making 5, which sent his score up to an even 100, an average of 5. Dion had 73 buttons to his cred So far there was little excitement, but the players were greeted with liberal applause on the achievement of difficult shots, Dion made ® brilliant twice-around-the-table shot In his ‘twenty-second inning, ending with a run of 27. This gave him 100, with his opponent only 7 points in the lead, Viguaux gathered 14 In twenty-second Inning. and by beautiful play im the twenty-fourth added 41 to his String, step- ping back on a rather difficult bank shot.’ This sent Dion 55 points to the rear. Vignaux made his second hundred in eeenes | eight tunings, averaging 1234. He had resum: we old form. Dion was 56 points away at this time. Vignaux jogged steadily ahead of Dion in the 300th block. A run of 19 in the forty-second inning sent the French champion up to 306. Dion was resting at his 211th mile post Slow play was the featare In the 400th wg thie Vignaex Vignaux requiring seventeen innings to through {t. Dion crept up a few points in block, The score at the end of the fifty-ninth inning was 408 to 328 in favor of Vignaux. Dion turned into his 500th block In the 75th inning, with a run of 16. He followed this with ® run of 20, making his score 429. He was slowly creeping te 3 to his opponent, being less than ‘50 points = 1 Bipples ot sumone “fan to creep throt the as Vignaux off in his play and Dion strengthened. The veteran pli very or receiving rounds of applause at each difficult shot. At this of the game Dion made 57 tn 7 innings, whil Vignaux scored 9 points only. In the 83d in- to look at Trudging uphill gamely and ily, he ran his 500 polats out, and won the game in the 85th inniny The veteran was applauded to the echo at the finish. His friends nearly twisted, his hand off by thelr vigorous congratulations. ———___-9-__—* THE BALDEST Ty, ‘What a Chicago Scalp Surgeon Says of Her Business. From the Chicago News. “Do you know there are more bald heads {@ Chicago than any place I have ever been in, and, I believe, than In any city in the United States?” queried Mrs. McGlashan, scalp surgeon, yester- day. “There are numerous reasons for thia,” she continued, “prominent among which are fast living and dissipation, excitement, worry, indoor work, and the excessive use of tobacco.” 0 you mean to say that smoking causes the hair to fall out?” “Just exactly. It is exceedingly injurious, not to the hair alone, or course, but to the whole body, drying up the blood, aud thus sap- ping away the very life of the hair. rat question I ask a male patient is, ‘Do jou smoke?” “What do you consider the most fruitful source of bald heads?” “The barbers! the barbers! Only stick to them long enough, and I don’t care how fine @ head of hair tang’ they will ruin it. if a wish to the departure of your Treases, aa y ‘yes,’ every time your tonsorial artist asks you if you will ‘have a littie tonic on your head, or will take a shampoo.’ The last- mentioned is sure death to the hair, for some of them usea@ preparation, the Ingredients of brag epapclaererr ges end — oil. Now, the hair isa more like @ grapevine than anything else it can be compared to. The ammonia in time sucks out all the life-giving power, leaving it deadened and faded, and after such a wash has been applied, if you examine one of the hairs under a microscope you will see that the oily substance in the center has been entirely dried out. Then your barber, when your bair commences to fall out from the nt doses of poison applied, recommends cutting tt close, oreven shaving the head en- trely.' “That certainly is beneficial?” “Beneficial? Why, don't you know if you cut & grapevine close to the ground it will die, but that occasional ing isgood? The same truth applies to But itisfar better never to cut it at all.” “You do not advise all the young men to cul- tivate Byronic locke?” 5; but my tients’ hair. one it off, thinking chet fer ferable. 1 take a lighted , and, gathor- ing up ® combful of hair, run fire along the it off evenly, and T assure you ft The reply came with a hearty Jaugh. “There ate not. You see you are not posted. I treat ——— women for bald heads as I do men. ‘ell, I don’t know as I have hardly hedas many who were glassy bald, but 34 ai treatment, and in a oved from her scalp sites many of which a quarter of an inch long.” Do the Parasites cause other diseases than those of the scalp?” “In my opinion they certainly do. A diseased head of kind will develop other ailmenta, for the is a sensitive organ.” ‘Whe Frost That Killed the Peaches. From tur Burlincton Hawkey “There will be no peaches this year, by the way. Frost killed them all. Every last solitary peach,” the man onthe box remarked, with a pathetic Inflection in his voice. “Which frost?” savagely demanded the tet serted. a0 gente gt the brake- jana the maa on the wood-box bowed bs bead Seen ot Sod," bool, a foe crop on the Huds. Ive myself, before I 4 - 7