Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1884, Page 2

i THE EVENIN S or 6.80 ff G STAR: WASHINGTON, | Bax al é . 1884—DOUBLE CITY AND DISTRICT. IMPROVING THE CITY. Handsome Buildings to be Erected this Season. aTON REAL ESTATE— | _ | te agent, in answer | wth of East Washing- | Northeast st six months, taken | » per cent, and in some p d Mr. Walker has tn- | tain invest- | * is more certain. Some tock market t of the Z going nthat in nt season there will be some hundreds + built. Some of those interested in the northwest now seeing that provements are i property there. One thing which | ore retarded the Improv of the Capitol bas been t =, kc. If the bil completion age is passed a y applied to that section, property would ofore. whenever we made improve- have been obliged to put in the sew- cur OWn expense; sometimes one man erage for a neighborhood, | zation of the expense. own a private indi- sewer two squares aud then the iderscould take the benefit of it at his When this sewer bill is applied to that there will then be first class houses Tam building six fine houses on reets northeast, | 1 on to them for I believe '¥ will from this time rise in that see- 3 200 When there are as e house adv: t at coed fi. trequently the case, Washington is being xee for dwel Asa Stanton Flace sold ot now be purchased . JAMES A. TATT, speaking of East Washington real estate, said he would not be surprised if at least three bun- houses were built in that section of during the present season. There was | 1aud, he sald, for houses, especially sachusetts and Pennsylvania ave- houses were rented long before they The houses being built were of a and were making Capitol bill and shington more attract Property dchances | eight, ten and ht the authori- ally in the way The streets that had veen paved been rapidly built up. It was trae in this city ‘ . that the private improvements fol- | ublie Improvements, and It was folly | to wait untlilastreet was built up before im- | He instanced a case on Massachu- | Where the mere improvement of a servation had increased the | NEW HOUSE. cting a large resi- wecticut avenue and be an ornament to the will be an irrezular t plate glass, n inarbie. The walls | dwith this material. | will be 19 by 21, will be with mantel and slde- s of carved wood he general finish of yuse. The hall, which will be very handsomely finished | in mai A double staircase of cherry at the nd leads te the upper stories. The | parlor will be 16 feet, and the dining room Il b; the first floor there will be an un- us ze pantry, 9 by 12 feet, and all the facilitics of this kid have been specially pro- Vided for. The contract for erecting this house | acwarded to Messrs. well-known bui are the archite angley & Gettin- | Messrs. Gray & | The cost will be SEO. W. COOK'S RESIDENCE. eis now belng con- pared by 9 Dr. Geo. It ts situated on the south side of fing up Iwith @ e triinted with brown The first floor will library and hand- in form, with a al china cabl- there will n staircase, t of the house. b wood-work. tial manner. Mr. W. | The cost will be ‘S Rouse. jardner ts about to erect a fine nd basement dwelling on 14th, S northwest. The size vund plan, The house front. flat mansard roof ate, brick and iron cor- | d by furnace. The cost NOTES. house Is being | nbush, on Rhode th and 17th streets, at aD and E streets, built on Prince street, be- 1 North Capitol streets, by Mr. Fat a cust of $1,000. story how ing erected on n 6th and 7th streets, by wn Rt A Cost of $5,100. ardner is building two two- 2th street, between Boundary at a cost of 21.200. 2 on, agent, is about to erect | yand basement dwelling, on I street, and 19h streets northwest. This 3 by 5¥ feet, with pressed brick front, fren cornices, and one bay window three stories high. The cost will be $14,000. -————.-_ ‘The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad. FACTS FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT. The arnual report of President Bowie, of the Baltimore and Potomac R. R. Co., shows total expenses $500,291.68; expenses of the Washing- ton Une, 3742,749.54, an increase of $14,158.49. The Increase of expertses was due to work on Gwynn’s Falls bridge and for renewing equip- ment of locomotives and passenger coaches, for which no charges were made during the corresponding period of 1883. There was charged to coustruction account $215.415.13 for Work done on the second track to Washimgton, on the Gwyun’s Falls bridge, new freight yard, and bridye in Washington, ete. The repairs ac. count was charged with $63,028.90, principally for block signal towers, stor ments along The number of one mile was 21,247, 82.691. The numb rht over both the d Pope's Creek lines was large, nd ali wese carried at w less cost than hereto- ie. OUT-DOOR PASTIMES, Boating Events on the Potomac—The Base Hall World, &c. Boating. ‘There was a very Interesting shell race on the Potomac last evening between three picked four-oared crews. The course was from a point opposite the club house around the plers of the aqueduct and return. The crews were Light- welghts, Maryland shore—Yarrow, stroke; Omley, Doty and Wooten. Doyles, center post- tlon—Rogers, stroke; Doyle, Antisell and Dixon; and Richmond, Virginia shore—Nordzy, stroke; Lecher, Douglass and Cornwell. Captain Warden | was the starter, and at the word the Dosle crew {took the water first. followed by the Light- weights and the Richmonds. They kept pretty close together, the Lightweights hugging, their shore. The Doyles were first around the pier, tiowed by the Lightweights. Both the leading crews ela little wild coming home, and a fonl was just missed. The Doyle crew finished first,and the Lightweights should have been second, but the rudder broke and they ran clear over to Analostan Island and then stopped, the Richmonds crossing the line ahead of them. The winners were presented with handsome club badges. The race was followed by the first rezular hop of the season in the commodious boat house. There was a good attendance, and the evening was a very pleasant one. There will be an interesting single scull race onthe 18th between Kearney, Fisher, Nordzy and Smithson, of the Potomacs, to decide the club entry for the Norfolk regatta. Kearney seems to be the favorite, although Smithson is a dark horse that has lots of stay in him. Nordzy | rowed avery game race for the District prize last fall. and may surprise a good many this year. He is in fine condition. The Columbias are out in force every evening, and they are getting a number of new and likely men in trim for the coming races. The race between their senior crew and the Poto- inacs this year will be a sight well worth seeing. If both crews go to Norfolk on the 4th of July, a number of Washingtonians will accompany them. to finish. Base Ball. The Nationals played another strong game yesterday, and for the second time defeated the Keystones. The score was 7 to 5. The new men on the nine seem to be decided acquisi- tions and to materially strengthen the team. Alberts, the new short-stop, made his appear- ance yesterday and did well. With a new pitcher and catcher, which Manager Scanlon wHi secure, the nine will be able to give any of their competitors all they want to capture @ game. The Nationals leave to-morrow for a two weeks’ trip, playing in Philadelphia on Mon- day. he Columbus nine took thelr revenge for | their defeat on Decoration day, and captured two games trom the Washingtons this week. Thursday's game was characterized by hard hit- ting o1 the part of the visitors and unusual weakness at the bat of the home nine. They were utterly unable to hit Mountain's pitching. The Washingtons occasionally play a remarka- bly strong game, both In theficid and at the bat. Their games have always been won from the start. In a tight place there 1s generally a weak- ening In some place In the nine, and away goes the chance for victory. The Washingtens cross bats with the Toledo nine this aiternoon. ‘The following is the relative standing of the clubs of the different associations: LEAGUE. . Lost. 6 6 New York... 10 Buffalo... Wt AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Won. Lost. Louisville....20 6 Cincinnati. Metropolitan.18 8 Brooklyn. 16°10 Allegheny 6 10 Toledo... 15 10 — Indianapolis..5 11 Washington..4 20 TON ASSOCIATION. LEAGUE, Lost. 10 is 1 10 ¢ well-known ler, situated at est, between the Ave- has been completed and turned. over to the owners by Messrs. Deering & Johnson, contrac- tors, in forty working days. The conttaet price for the building was 212,000, and the only stipu- lation—“Do it as quick as you can!” The building is tiree stories In height, each story being 55 by 100 feet. ‘The lower fioor is to be used as press room and Job room, with sufll- cient space for choice scientific works, the print- ing of which Messrs. Judd & Detweiler claim a specialty for this continent. owning about five hundred matrices for extra sorts that they say ho other printing office in America can supply. Mr. George H. Judd will have charge of the Job room, Mr. J. R. Bain of the scientifle work, and Mr. John C. Detweiler of the press room. The boiler room is located in the basement | With 14-inch brick walls, and concrete base, so } that all danger from fire is avoided. The boller, supplied by Messrs. Pettit & Dripps, is of rolled steel, capable of bearing 200 pounds pressure to the square Inch as a working power, and 500 pounds asa testing pressure; from this boiler the engine in the pres room wiil be run, and the whole building heated. The second story will be used for the main ahd have room for 90 composi- having a full supply of light and air, there being 26 windows in the room. Mr. MeNelr, a well-known printer, will have room, with Mr. Fr . F. Det- stant. ia ‘The third floor, haying the same room as the il be used at p tasa bindery ‘oom for the many yaluable stereo- that the firm constantly have on use in their work. n elevator will run from the first floor to the third to move the paper and formsto their respective places. y THE 5 EASON under F at will be given to Blackis- n’s Island to-morrow. The Jane Moseley at 8:30 a.m. and returns at 10 p.m. The will be under the supervision of Abner, and the music directed by Webe THe First OF ES OF Exctnsions by the aturday Evening club will ve given on the Mary Washington. The steamer leaves at 6:30 nid Teturns at 11, Tue STEAM Packet EXcEtsion makes regu- | lar trips to Great Fails on Sundaya, Tuesdays and Fridays. Tue Mary Wasiixctox makes en excarsion to Occoquan falls every Wednesday, gnd to Mar- shall hail every Saturday. Tae SteaMweR Concoran commences her San- Gay trips on to-morro: > NATIONAL THEATE! “Adrienne Leconyreur” will be presented here on June 18th, for the eft of the confederate scldiers’ home. Miss ine Grey will appear as Adrienne, assisted etollowingstrong cast: Princess de Bouillon, Miss Rose Wheeler; Qmchesse de Mirepoi: id Mademoiselle Jucenot, Miss Hodkin: Michon- “rypti Palmoni; Maurice, Count de Saze, Mr. P. Erdman: Prince de Eouillon, M James A. Mahoney; Abbe de Cleazewi inauit, Mr. Selgnelay Elio in W. Palinoni. Call boy, usher, ete., iis. Stage manager, Mr. John Mase ‘The Sad Story of the Dude and Padine. Written for Tie EVENING Stan, ‘ A dude and a dudine sallied forth And turned their horses towards the north, And set out to have an “awful good ume.” "Twas a holiday and the day was tne, She wore @ beaver shiny and new, He wore a derby as big as two, His pants were as tight as tight could be, Her habit so small 1t was hard to see, He carried a cane and she a whip, And off they went on a “mashing” trip. ‘They rode to places too many to tell, And some remarked they rode quite well But, alas! for the dude's and the dudine’s pride There came a sad ending to this gay ride, ‘The shoe was put on the horse all wrong, And I guess you suspect the end of my song, He put his foot on a rolling stone— And the dude was left in glory alone, ‘The dudine lay by her horse’s side, And, “alast for my hat,” she mournfully cried. But she gained her seat and rode away ‘To be heard no more of from that to this day, MORALS. L ‘Young gentlemen, all, when you wish to ride Don't take « maiden you want for a bride, For you may not be as huppy as he, Nor as lucky as our dudine, you sea, ta And here fs a moral to ail dudines, Whiten T hope they'll follow "till out of thelr teens: Doz’t wear a hat so immensely tall ‘Tat "twill be first to hit when you get a fall RLB It will be a terrific struggle from start | LIGHT-FINGERED LADIES, A Storekeeper’s Experience With Fash- ionable Shoplifters, LADY CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE TO BE WATCHED— KLEPTOMANIA AMONG WOMEN OF SOCIAL STAND- ING—LACES, STOCKINGS AND OTHER GOODS AB- STRACTED FROM THE COUNTERS — EXPOSURE AVOIDED BY PAYING FOR STOLEN GooDs. “Lifters? Yes, there are lots of them. We can't tell how much we lose in a year from shop- |qifting,” said an Avenue merchant the other day as he leaned carelessly against the counter, his restless black eyes watching every one and everything in the store with the keenness of a detective. ‘“Kleptomania they call it where |tashionable women are caught with bolts of | lace, handkerchiefs, collars and the like smug- | gled under their wraps.” “Do you meet with cases of that kin ‘Star with astonishment. Many,” was the reply. “There are women in the highest walks of life in this city who are practical shop-lifters. They say it is a disease | when they are caucht, but I don’t believe that. | One woman I caught stealing some lace, how- | ever, swore that it was an affliction that she could not control, and offered to bring her fam- lly physician to prove it. But I don't put an: faith in it. They have a propensity to steal an they do it rather than buy. Some of these wo- men are from the first families in the city; have wealth, and would pay out almost any amount | ot money to avoid exposure, yet they will steal, | and we have to forbid them the store. Some of them are very cléver thieves.” “How do you catch them?” asked THE Star. “We are always on the lookout. and most of the sales-girls are very sharp. Then, too, we get to know their ways so well that we recog- nize then very readily. When a woman is very loquacious and affable and keeps her eyes watch- tully on yours while talking, averting them only cecasionally to take a hasty glance at the arti- | cles about her, she’s a person to be watched. It don't make any difference how handsomely she's dressed or whose wife she is, we have to keep aneye on her. Of course we never let them know we suspect them, but {t’s seldom they get away with anything when once we have marked them thus. When we once catch them we gen- erally take them up stairs and search them, and having settled the thing upon them we make them pay for what they took and warn them never to come In the store again. I suppose there are a great many whom we never catch. But our girls are trained to be quick and clever, and they are not apt to let any one get ahead of them. Some of them it would be next to impossible for any one to steal from—they are always watching, and neverseem to be. Girls of this kind are of course in great demand, and their wages are regulated by their cleverness. There’s a girl,” he added, pointing to a strawberry blonde with a pretty, bright face. “She's the sharpest girl In the store. She's always pleasant with the customers, never appearing to be suspicious or watchful, but there is very little she does not see. A very stylishly dreased lady—the wife of a navy officer—came in here the other day. She had every mark of a lady about her, and was the last person in the world you would suspect of being a shoplifter. But she had not been in the store long, looking over a pile of fine collars, when that girl gave mea sign and told me that the customer had some- thing in her pocket that she had not bought. Before we could secure her she got out of the store, but we followed her close without attract- ing her attention, and she went into the store next door, and taking the collar out of her pocket pretended she wanted to match it, then asked the clerk to wrap it up. Just then she was told that she was wanted in here, and she returned without protest, but before doing so she slipped the collar over to her maid, who was accompanying her, They were both brought in here, and she paid for the collar after receiy- ingalecture, and being warned not to come into the store again. She is a woman of high social position, but is probably pretty well known by the merchants in the city by this time. There are any number of just such’ cases, though, of course, the majorty of the shoplifters are pro- fessionals. One woman, who is pretty well known to us now, (she lives in a fine house), stole a pair of stock The sales-girl saw her tuck them up under her basque, and invited her | upstairs, and on the way up she tried to throw | them away. There are lots of these cases, and It is hard to teli what to do. I suppose we should | expose them, but It's hard to do, as many ot them are from familles who would be crushed by an exposure of anything of the kind. Then, too, the articles are too smail to prosecute for, and we prefer to settle the matter at once. Whenever we catch any one stealing, no matter Who it is, we settle with her and show her out.” asked as Don’t Gamble in Stocks. | Written for Tar Eve: Don't camble tn stock On many a bright rosy morn; Do what you may, you'll be pnt on the shelf— Come out the small end of the horn, I tackled K. T., and purchased Erie ‘The morning I first got to town: But now, I can see my fond prophesy— ‘The one to go up went right down, I then struck Lake Shore, and old Baltimore ‘That was rated fine as old gold; With calls by the score and margins for more, 1 found in the end I was sold. I then tried W. U. and sound C., B., Q; Sold “short” and went “long” on O. Tay Had “puts” on U. P. and “calls” on 8. E., And “straddled” the market with glee, I waited to see the rise in U. P., ‘The long wished for bulge tn 0. T., But ‘twix you ana me the “bears” made me flee And got all I dropped in U. P. Tcaught a great haul at last in St. Paul And played 1t according to Hoyle With Brokers and “Bears” who brought all my cares And robbed me ence more tn crude ol! I tried wheat and lard, also Grant & Ward, With contracts procured on the sl In “short” and “long” grain they gi And profits were ali in my eye, jed it myself, Til say to the “boys,” don’t court “tuture” Joys, And wish to be happy in life— So keep out to-day, let stocks run away And give your “collat” to your wife, ‘Thus take my advice without any price, *Twill serve you in famine and fame, For soon you will find the fool's left behiuc. ‘That tackles another man’s game! —Joan A. Joven. ——_—__—_—es___ THE YELLOWSTONE PARK. Secectary Teller Takes the Comfort of V ps to Secure tors. As the season for visiting the Yellowstone National Park is about to open, Secretary Tel- ler has addressed a letter to the superintendent. ofthe park, directing him to report whether the hotel companies have made provision for open- ing their hotels and accommodating visitors. The Secretary says in his letter: “Much complaint has been made that parties in the park have been claiming exclusive rights and privileges. I call your attention to the fact that no parties have been granted exclu- sive privileges, as such grants are not only con- trary to the policy of tie department, but con- trary to law and contrary to the express terms oftheir leases or permits. It is not the policy of the government to fill the park with settlers, but to allow a sufficient number of hotels to be established to accommodate the visiting public. This also applies to the carrying of passengers; you will allow all persons residing outside of the park who wish to carry passengers through the park to do sc, requiring from them obser- vance ofall the rules adopted for the preserva- tion of the park and the game therein. Parties desiring to erect permanent buildings for any purpose, must apply to the department for per- ssion to do so. You should promptly report all lations by the hotel companies or others having permiesion to remain tu the park, of the law or rules adopted by the department. Com- plane has been made that the hotel companies Introduced into the park last seasona great number of cattle and horses not inten for the beneflt of the visiting public. The hotel company is by the terms of its lease only al- lowec to keep within the pee & sufficient num- ber of cows to provide milk for the use of tho hotel, and such a number of horses as will ac- commodate the traveling public wishing to hire the same. Should the hotel company or any other company or persons, attempt under cover of a lease to graze cattle or horses within the park otherwise than above will at once take steps to have such stock re- moved, and report to the department.” —————6. A Shower Meteeric Stone. From the Dakots Elizzard, For several daysthe people ofthe city of Bismarck have been wondering what it is that pounds and pegs and cracks against the windows of their houses and stores. The tap- ping, as of some one gently rapping, had the familiar sound of the aucienttick-tack. By close obseryation it was ascertained that the sub- stance which occasionally rapped against the glass was meteoric stone. Small pieces were picked up and were found to be fragments of stoue. $s A church in Connecticut by resolntion forbids its members to drink intoxicating liquors, ex- plicitly excepting hard cider. . - ABD'S STRANGE LIFE. His Persistent Pursuit of 31 the Love of Geld, Grew Upe: His Philanthropic Schemes Developed at the Close of Hts Life—An_Intcrest= ing Address by Mir. Jos. M. Wilson. Yo Last week, when the bust of Stephen Girard was presented to the High school, Mr. Joseph M. Wilson, in beljalt of the donor, Mr. Alfred S. Gillett, of Philadelphia, made a very interesting address. He sketched Girard’s infancy, spent in Bordeaux. The misery of exacting poverty was aguravated in hig case by the loss of his right eye, which subjected him to the Jibes and Jeers of his vagabond companions, He ran away from his miserable home when about ten years old, shipped as a cabin boy for the West Indies, thence to New York, where, among seafaring men he found a friend with whom he sailed out of that port, ‘He early proved him- self,” said Mr.,Wilson,,.‘worthy of the triend- ship shown him, commpnding himself by indus- try, fidelity and temperance. He was soon pro- moted to be a mate, then to be the captain of a stvall vessel making voyages to New Orleans and other ports along the coast. acted to the satisfaction of his employers and consiznees. In 1769 he removed to Philadel- phia, where, in a very humble way, he strove to make a living by dealing in goods of interest to seafaring men. Even then, though but nine- teen years of age, he was a plain and PLODDING MAN OF BUSINESS, careful, prudent, and temperate. ‘The impending revolution, which soon ripened Into war, broke up his business, and when the British captured Philadelphia he retreated up the river, settling in Mount Holly, New Jersey, where he continued in a small way his business, to which he now added that of buying and sell- ing on commission, his means of travel being by asmall sloop. He returned to Philadelphia in 1779. The war had left the city desolate. Regular business was disrupted, wild specula- tion prevailed, and in the struggle many went under. Girard was enabled, In 1780, to reopen his coasting trade with New Orleans and Saint Domingo, which proved to be lucrative. his commercial knowledge enabling him to extend his operations and double his gains, and, though slowly, was surely increasing in wealth; and as the result of an inventory. taken about 1790, he was shown to be worth $30,000. He was now the owner of two vessels, his West India trade was eminently successful, and his riches grew apace. His close attendance to busiuess was abundantly rewarded, and “how to make money and keep it” became the darling ambl- tlon of his life, and an all-absorhing passion. In 1812 he established the Girard bank, and during the war with Great Britain which soon followed he had opportunities to Increase his hoard, which were utilized, not in the line of mere speculation, but in open, straightforward transactions. His hundreds had become thous- ands, and these were swelling into the vast pro- portion of millions. HIS ALL-ABSORBING AMBITION, whetted into keenness by his great success, had but one object, the acquisition ot wealth; in this pursuit he turned neither to the right nor the left. ‘This one thing I do,” was his Paul-like motto. He luyested in all kinds of enterprises, ad- ventures both by sea and land, inreal estate as well as marine, in his own as well as in foreign countries@and every enterprise as by the touch of Midas turned into gold. And thus the years came and Went; he passed three score and ten triumphantly. Even disease seemed to spare him, as though in sympathy with his great destiny, which in the providence of God he was preparing, himself to accomplish. Others had risen -and Fallen with varying for- tune, but she, though fickle with others, was true to him. “Thus, step by step, with measured tread and slow” he went up and up in the financial scale, reaching a given point ef success. The ascent Was aguin begun, nottitfully, norspasmodically, but like A F “The wolf's long gallop which can tire ‘The hound’s deep hate, the hunter's tire,” and zealousy, as thoughapurred by necessity. In his pursuit he ever pnesented a self-willed, self-poised, Independeute and uncompromising spirit. He was ancutter stranger to. sentiment; the dogmatic and overbearing habits of the mariner stuck by him. He was a taciturn man, self-reliant, domihant. free from visibie emo- tion, unimpassionéd, col, callous, no fondness for literature, no pexard for art, no respecter of persons, no consideratioy for the gentle aineni- ties of social life. , A RECHUSE, keeping himself and his own thoughts intact amid the hurly-burly of commeretal life and the storms of financial crises, as mysterious as the guif stream in the middle of the dark Atlantic. To such an extent did this love of money grow upon himthat the people deemed him sordid and ayarictous, but this impelling pursuit was but a means to the end, end that end shrouded within the inmost recesses of his brain and heart, far trom the gaze of men. Eighty years were fully rounded, and the time had come for Girard to “set his house In order,” and that he did arrange it wisely and well warrants us in placing his bust in this Washington High school for the admiration and emulation of the rising generations who aretocome and go in this grand educational establishment—this crowning glory of the public school system of the capital of the nation. Mr. Wilson, in conclusion, referred to the final lifting of the vell which had so carefully concealed the prime object of his life when Girard revealed the plan of the Girard college which he proposed to found. He gave also a brief sketch of the great good that has resulted from the endowment of the college and the re- cent introduction in it of industrial educatioa. iGSTON VERDICT. xpinnation by One of the Jurors— the Jury Regarded ns the Pive otal Point in the Case—Where the Prosecution Failed, To the Editor of THe There seems to be no little diversity of opin- ion regarding the propriety of bringing in a ver- dict of not guilty (virtually justifiable homicide) by the Jury in the Langston trial. Likewise no little criticism, principally derogatory to the honesty, integrity and good sense ot the Jury- men, has been and is now being indulged in. Most persons who speak thusly of the jurymen and the verdict did not hear the testimony, the prayers of the defense, nor the charge of the court, or, at best, but little “of them, and are, therefore, not capable ot judging correctly or justly of the merits ot the case as presented to ‘the jury; and those who heard or read in the daily papers the evidence are not tully Justified in coming to a definite and fixed conclusion of the guilt or innocence of Lungston based there- upon. There was one element in the case fully and well developed for the defense and supported by the prayers of tne defendant, which in turn was reinfurced by the charge to the jury by the court. That element was the well defined good character and reputation set up by the defense and maintained by their testimony, unimpeached and unbroken by the prosecution. It was with- inthe reach of the prosecution to have broken down this good character set up by the defense. It should have been done, and had It been done in all probability there would haye been a con- viction at least of manslaughter. ‘The establishment of such a good character and lamblike reputation by thedefense, unimpeached bytestimony on behalfof the prosecution worked wonders in the jury box, : The position of the prosecution on this one point struck the most of the jurymen go forcibly that it went a great way towards making up a verdict of acquittal. It may have seemed to the prosecu- tion amatter of very little significance, but in the eyes and hearts of some of the jurymen it assumed such proportions as to be the pivotal point upon which the cake turned. And this Wasa position welland soundly taken, too, for such was the ruling of the court and the pray- ers of the defense touching the same, that it was in fact the very point in the case upon which the decision turnejl. For it was espe- cially the prayer of ‘the défense and so charged by the court that the jury should consider the idiosyncrasies of a ter setup by defense, so as to say whether defendant being of this peculiar lamblike ayo on was not reasonably of the opinion that he was in danger ot losing or receiving great bodily injury at the hands of Williams and the crowd which was said to have pressed forward when Williams went towards the defendant, Williams and the crowd taking defendant to bea white man. It ‘was expressly ruled that the jury should not draw conclusions from having mentally put He always | Imay add that upon the very frst vote there was a very large majority in favor of acquittal, and so the vote stood up to 10 o'clock, when the others consented to agree to averdict of ac- quittal. There is no doubt that there should be | achange in our jury system and in the manner of presenting cages tothe Jury. As they now | stand, it is almost next to Impossible to find | twelve men who agree on the first bailot. Even | simple cases must be made out unusually strong | to secure a verdict of conviction on the first | | ballot. The Juries, although generally consist- | | ing of men who persist in viewing things in a | | ¥rong light, are not entirely and generally to diame tor the numerous hung juries and ae- | guittals. The lawyers are ina great measure accountable for the detects in the verdicts of juries. It issimply a matter of impossibility to t twelve men who will agree npon a ver- | diet in any Intricate case. The lawyers com- | | mence the difficulty by lengthy, unintelligible | arzuments and numierous irrelevant citations, | which, in turn, is-followed by a laborious charge | by the Judge, adding coal to the fire of mystifi- cation burning in the bosoms or the wearied,worn- out Jury—which, in the main, ts composed of men who have no reasoning faculty, and are | totally unit for the duties which necessarily de- volve upon them—one part carried away by sen- | timent, another by prejudice, another looking continually on the wrong side of the evidence | andincapable of taking a discriminating com- | mon-sense view of the case. Of the men who sit on juries but a very small portion look the | matter square in the face and judge according- ly. Then there comesin the worst of all classes— those who vote as the foreman votes, oras the majority vote. ONE oF THE LaNcston JurY. aes: = AN ANCIENT VOLUME, Senater Hampton's Curious Old Book, | Printed in 1429, A Star reporter was shown to-day an ancient book, a rare and curious volume, which belongs | to Senator Hampton. The book was printed in 1429, about twenty years after the discovery of the art of printing, by the celebrated Nicholas | Jensen, in Venice. It isa sort of digest of the Bible, and is printed in very black type, some- thing after the order of German text, but not quite so plain. It !sin Latin. The Initial letter | to each paragraph fs an flluminated capital, and the illumination was all done by hand. The title has been lost, but one of the original covers. of | parchment, remains. This book has been turned over to Librarian Spofford for his examination. Senator Hampton owns a very valuable library, which contains many rare works. pacity Our Various Bank Robbers, From the Philadelphia Ledger. One man who robbed a bank has been promptly arrested and held for trial. He wasa burglar and the bank was a depository of a child’s savings. It ia safe to say that he will be at work in the penitentiary before some of his to steal are eyen called toaccount for their violations of law. ge ‘The Late A. T. Stewart's Will. AN ADJUDGED LUNATIC TRYING TO REOPEN A LONG DISCONTINUED CONTEST. In the sult now pending in the United States | courts by Alexander Stewart, of Cavendish, Vt., against ex-Judge Hilton, a postponement has been ordered for the purpose of giving the de- fendant more time to put in an answer. The plaintiff, an adjudged lunatic, through his guar- dian, Benjamin F. Wheeden, alleges that he Is a relative of the late Alexander 1. Stewart, the millionaire. He brought sult in 1878 to break A. T. Stewart's will. it1s also alleged that he was kept for eight months at the Metropolitan hotel, in this city, when he was induced to dis- continue the suit. In consideration he was to receive $100,000 and a well-stocked farm in Ver- mont and various other valuable considerations. Judge Hilton, he claims, failed to fulfil this agreement, and now he seeks to have the dis- contiuance of the suit set aside. Determined to End His Life. Salisbury, Md., special to Baltimore American, Augustus Hall, a young farmer living about six miles from this place, attempted suicide Monday night by cutting his throat with a razor. This isthe third attempt he has made to | take his life within a week. The first was on | Thursday night, when he set flre to his father's barn and crawledin the loft. When the fire got warm, Hall's courage failed him, and he es- eaped, but the barn and all other outbuildings | were burned. The next day he jumped into a ; Mill pond, but was rescued by some men who | Were passing. Hall is still alive, but his condi- tion Is critical. ——_—_—_—_+e+____ Something About Bananas. From a New York Tribune Interview. It is'astontshing how little is known of bana- nas, considering the extent to which they are eaten. We get at this market every week an average of 30,000 bunches. From Florida? Not asingle one. Why, Florida only raises enough bananas for home consumption. All these yel- low ones we get from Central America, princi- pally from Aspinwall. Those big, fat, red fel- lows are from Cuba. Plantains? Oh, no, that’s a general mistake. Plantains are only edible when cooked; they are more vegetable than fruit. You didn’t know there were one hundred and fifty distinct varieties of bananas, did you? The frult comes to us quite green, but In the summer will ripen in one or two days. Cool weather compels us to use artificial treatment, and we hang them ina close room and apply heat. Now, that green bunch will not be ripe under four days. With the bananas, we import, duty free,"a good many foreign inhabitants, See that [exhibiting asnake a yard long). I took him alive from a bunch. And this spider came in another, bringing her nest with her. It contains a hundred eggs. She has come to a cold climate to hatch. I found a tarantula the other day—horrible thing, too. That green bunch goes to Cincinnati to-night. It will be good and ripe In three days. Women as Telephonists, From the Pall Mall Gazette, Three years ago the United Telephone com- j pany began to employ women, “chiefly for reasons of economy,” we learn, but besides this | there are other advantages. Ifa boy 14 years old is employed asa telephonist his voice will betore long become hoarse and indistinct; with a girl this is not the case. The female voice is always clearer, andaseclear yolce (vesides a good ear) is one of the chief requirements of a telephonist. women are naturally preferred. They are admitted at the age of 16, the majority ot those at present employed by the United Telephone company being between the ages of 16 and 22. From the number of two, with whomthe experiment was begun, they have risen to over a hundred, who perform thelr duties to the sat- isfaction of the company. Preference Is given to the daughters of professional men; this, how- ever. Is no strict rule. Thereare no preliminary examinations to be passed before admittance into the telephone office. The different ranks are the clerk in charge, who has the supervision otaroom, in which are employed from six to fifteen clerks; the deputy of the clerk in charge, the first and second class operator, and the learner. According to these ranks the pay- ment varies; asarule, however, 11s. .to 168. is the weekly pay, which sometimes rises to 1£, and in rare cases to 25s. The hours of work are from 9 till 6 or 10 to 7, respectively. No case of illness has occurred on the staff since the com- mencement of the work; the general state of heaith is also satisfactory, and Mrs. Merlin, the lady superintendent ofthe whole staff, is ot opinion that the girls areon an average well satisfied with their situation and fond of the work. It is perhaps a disadvantage that tele- phonists have to talk all day long; but this,very fact Is said to prevent them from indulging in disputes and gossip and makes their work com- paratively quiet—a pot upon which some sub- scribers to the exchange have been known to entertain a different opinion. The aspect of a telephone office is curious enough to an out- sider. A number of young pins sitting before a cupboard-like structure into the ay ares of which they are busily chattering, hol in the meanwhile an instrument like an ear-trumpet to their heads, would appear ridiculous eno were it not well known how indispensable telephone has become to civilization. eee Killed by the Firemen. THE FATE OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE BALTIMORE DISASTER. The body of James Kelly, one of the clerks fellow operators who did not have to break in \ THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, { its Fall Text as Unanimously Adopted at the Chicago Convention. THE TARIFF—LABOR INTERESTS—CIVIL SERVICE REFORM—FOREIGN POLICY —sOUTHERN oUT- RAGES, ETC. The following is the full text of the resolutions unanimously adopted by the national republican convention at Chicago: The republicans of the United States, in con- vention assembled, renew their allegiance tothe prinelpies upon which they have triumphed in Six successive presidential elections, and con- gratulate the American people on the attain- ment of So many results in legislation and ad- ministration by which the republican party has, | after saving the Union, done so much to render {ts institutions Just, equal and be safecuard of liberty and the embodiment of the best thought and highest purposes of our clti- zens. The republican party has gained its strength by quick and faithful response to the demauds of the people for the freedom and the equality of all men; tor a united nation, the rights of all citizens; for the elevation of labor; for an honest currency; for purity in | legislation, and for integrity and accountability | in all departinents of the government, and it | accepts anew the duty of leading in the work of progress and reform. We lament the death of President Garfield, whose sound statesmanship, long conspictous in Congress, gave promise of a strong and suc- cessful administration, a eer full lized | during the short period of his office as lent | of the United States. His distinguished success in war and in peace has endeared him to the hearts of the American people. In the administration of President Arthur we recognize a wise, conservativeand patriotic pol- icy, under which the country has been blessed | with remarkable prosperity, and we believe his | eminent services are ent! to and will receive the hearty approval of every citizen. It is the first duty of a good government to protect the | rights and promote the interests of its own | people; the largest diversity of industry is most | productive of general prosperity and of the com- | fort and independence of the people. THE TARIFF PLANK. We, therefore, demand that the imposition of | duties on foreign imports shall be made, not for “revenue only” but that, in raising the requi- site revenues for the government, such duties | shall be so levied as to afford security to our di. versified jadustries and protection to the rights and wages of the laborer, to the end that active and Intelligent labor as well as capital. may have | its just reward, and the laboring man his fuil | share in the national prosperity. Against the so-called economical system of the democratic party, which would degrade our labor to the foreign standard, we enter our earnest protest; the democratic party has tailed completely to relieve the people of the burden of unnecessary taxation by a wise reduction of the surplus. The republican party pledges itself to correct the inequalities of the tariff and to reduce the surplus, not by the viclous and indiscriminate Process of horizontal reduction, but by such methods as will relieve the taxpayer without injuring the iaborer or the great productive interests of tne country. We recognize the importance of sheep hus- bandry in the United States, the serious lepres- sion which tt !s now experiencing and the dan- ger threatening its future prosperity; and we, therefore, respect the demands of the repre- | sentatives of this important agricultural interest | for a readjustment of duty upon foreign wool, in view that such industry shall have full and adequate protection. We have always recommended the best money known to the civilized world, and we urge that aneffort bemade to unite all commercial na- tions in the establishment of the international standard, which shall fix for all the relative value of oid and silver coinage. The regulation of commerce with foreign na- tions and between the states is one of the most important prerogatives of the general goyern- ment, and the republican party distinctly an- nounees its purpose to support such legislation 48 will fully and efficiently carry out the cunsti- tutional power of Congress over inter-state com- merce. The principle ot the public regulation of railway corporations is a wise and salutary one for the protection of all classes of the peo- | ple, and we favor legislation that shail prevent unjust discrimination and excessive charges for transportation, and that shall secure to the peo- ple and to the railroads alike the fair and equal protection of the laws. e PROTECTION TO Lanor. uring | bureau of labor, the enforcement of the eight- hour law, a wise and judicious system of gen- eral education by adequate appropriation trom the national revenues wherever the same is needed. We believe that everywhere the protection to a citizen of American birth must be secured to | citizens by American adoption, aud we favor the settlement of uational differences by inter- uational arbitration. The repabican, party, having Its birth in a | hatred of slave labor and in a desire that all men may be free and equal, is unalterably opposed to placing our workingmen in competition with any form of servile labor, whether at home or abroad. In this spirit we denounce the im- portation of contract labor, whether from Eu- Tope or Asia, as an offense against the spirit of American institutions, and we pledge ourselves to sustain the present law restricting Chinese immigration, and to provide such turther legis- lation as is necessary to carry out its purposes. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. The reform of the civil service, auspiclously begun under republican administration, should be completed by the further extension of the re- form system already established by law—to all the grades of the service to which it is applica- ble. The epirit and purpose of the reform should be observed inall executive appointments, and all laws at variance with the objects of ex- isting reformed legislation should be repealed, to the end that the dangers of free institutions which lurk in the power of official patronage may be wisely and effectively avoided. ‘The public lands are a heritage ot tlie people ofthe United States and should bereserved as far as possible for small holdings by actual set- tlers. We are opposed to the acquisition of large tracts of these lands by corporations or individuals, oy where such holdings are in the hands of non-resident aliens, and we will endeavor to obtain such legislation as will tend to correct this evil. We demand of Congress the speedy forfeiture ofall land grants which have lapsed by reason of non-compliance with acts of incorporation, in allcases where there has been no attempt in good faith to perform the conditions of such nts. - The grateful thanks of the American people are due to the Union soldiers and sailors of the late war, and the republican party stands pledged ‘to suitable pensions to all who were disabled and forthe widows and orphans of those who died in the war. The republican party pledges itself to the repeal of the limita- tion contained in the arrears act of 1879, 80 that all invalid soldiers shall share alike, and their pensions shall begin with the date of disability or discharge and not withthe date ot the appli- cation. REGARDING A FOREIGN POLICY. ‘The republican party favors a policy which shall keep us from entangling alliances with foreign nations, and which shall give the right to expect that foreign nations shall refrain from meddling in America, and the policy which seeks peace can trade with all powers, but especially with those of the western hemisphere. We de- mand the restoration of our navy to its old-time strength and efficiency, that it may in any sea pee the rights of American citizens and the interest of American commerce, and we call upon Congress to remove .the burdens under which American shipping has been depressed, so that it may again be tgue that we have acom- merce which leaves no sea unexplored, and a navy which takes no law from superior force. solved, That appointments by the President to offices in the territories should be made from the bona fide citizens and residents of the terri- tories wherein they are to serve. That it isthe duty of Congress to enact such lawsas shall promptly and effectually m polygamy within our vorce the political fro DENOUNCING SOUTHERN OUTRAGES. who was killed in the fall of the Hooper build-| The people of the United States in their or- Ing, in Baltimore, on Friday, was unearthed | ganized capacity constitute a nation and not a We favor the establishment of a national | whatever race and coior, the fuli complete Tecognition, possession ana exercise of all civil and political rights. panne AS TO THE TITLE “PLUMNED KNIGHT, How It Came to be Applied to Blaine. For the benefit of the curious we publish the part of Robert G. Ingersoli’s speech nominating Mr. Blaine in the Cincinnati convention of 1876, in which the words were first uttered: Our country, crowned with the vast and mare vVelous achievements of Its first century, asks for & Man worthy of the past and proph of her future; asks for aman whe has the sudacity of genius [applause]; aske for a man who is the € adest combination of heart, consclence and brain beneath the flag. [Applause.} That man is Jam Applause.} For therepub- lican hi 5 intrepid maa there can be no such thing as defeat. [Applause.} This is a grand year—a year filled with the recollection ofthe Revolution [applause]; filled with proud aud tender memories of the sacred past; filled | with the legends of liberty—a year in which the sons of freedom will drink froin the fountain of enthusiasm [applause]: a year in which the peo- ple call fora man who bas preserved in Congress What our soldiers won upon the feild [cheers]; @ Fear In which we call for the man who has torn from the throat of treason the tongue of slander {applause}; aman that has snatched the mask mocracy from the hideous face of rebellion; | a man who, like an intellectual athiete, stood in the arena of debate, challenged all comers, and who up to the present moment isa totabstranger to defeat. [A pplanse | tke an armed warrior, like a plumed kaight, James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the American Congress and threw his shining lance full aud fair against the brazen forehead of every defamer of this coun- try and maligner of its honor. For the repub- lican party to desert that gallant man now isas though an army should desert tneir general upon the field of battie, [Cheers] James G. Bigine is now and has been for years the bearer of the sacred standard of the republic. (Cheers;] Teall it sacred, because no human belng can stand beneath ‘its folds without becoming and without remaining free. [Cheers.] Gentlemen of the convention, In the name of the great republic, the only republic that ever existed upon this earth; in the nace of all her defenders and of all her supporters; in the name of all her soldiers living; In the name of all her soldiers who have died upon the field of battle, and In the name of those that perished in t skeleton clutches of famine at Andersonville and Libby {cheers}, whose suftering he 80 elo- quently remembers, Lllinols nominates for the next President of this country that prince of parlimentarians, that leader of leaders, James G. Blaine. [Loud and protracted cheers.} - <2 A Widow's Death-Bed Confession. ACCUSING HER MOTHER OF MURDERING BER HUS- BAND ELEVEN YEAS AGO, A press dispatch from Chillicothe, Ohio, May 31, says: In 1872 Henry Somerset, of this city, was fatally stabbed at night near his home, but crawled to his door and was taken in by his wife. Circumstances at that time pointed to Vaientine Weis, a butcher, as the murderer. Weis was arrested, tried, and convicted of mur- der in the second degree, but owing to some irregularity the supreme court reversed the decision, and a new trial was granted. His case was carried from term to term, and finally nolled because of certain doubts that existed as to his guilt. Somerset's wife, whose maiden name was Minnie Scharff, on Thursday last made @ death-bed confession, and charged that her be Mrs. Mary Scharff, murdered her hus- band, Henry Somerset, and that she saw the deed done. She said that the cause was Jeal- ousy on the part of the mother. Circumstances | Now remembered strongly tend to corroborate the confession. Mrs. Scharf was arrested yes terday, and will have a preliminary hearing on Monday. ee Killed on His Way to Church, A terrible scene was enacted in Wirt county, West Va., Sunday, almost in front of a Method- ist meeting-house, between John Thompson and Chas. M. Boggs, farmers, in which the latter was killed. A feud has existed for years be- tween the two families over some land adjoin- ing the two estates which ts claimed by both families. Some days ago unknown persons tore down a lot of the Koggs fence. The Thompsons were blamed. Sunday, while both men were on their y to church, the men met almost in front the meeting-house. Boggs charged Thompson with destroying the fence. This led to @ quarrel. in which Boggs made a feint to | draw his pistol, whereupon Thompson felled him with his whip, fracturing bis skull. Boggs died three hours later, and Thompson escaped. A Methodist Ministers Hard Luck. From the Chicago Tribune. The Rey. Dr. Goodwin, of Quincy, Tll., was a delegate to the Methodist Episcopal conference at Philadelphia, and left home with a draft on the Marine Bank of New York, because he thought it more conventent than currency. Be- fore his pocket money was exhausted the Ma- rine bank had suspended. He returned the draft to Quincy tor better funds and received @ check on the Metropolitan bank of New York, but the day of its arrival the Metropolitan closed its doors. Not discouraged up to that point, Dr. Goodwin again returned this check to the Quincy bank, but bythe time it reached his home the Quincy concern had collapsed, and the minister found bimeelt penniless in a strange pee @ The facts were laid betore a gentleman, and money enough to take him home was ad- vanced. ne Women as Druggists. From the San Francisco Call, In the general enlargement of woman's sphere of employment the dispensing of drugs sug- gests Itself to us as a pursuit admirably adapted to the sex’s capabilities. The practice of phar- macy require little in the way of physicat strength, and certainly woman's capacity for re- ceiving the necessary preliminary instractions Is quite as great as the average drag clerk's, while her superior delicacy of touch and dex- terity of hand would be of great advantage in the nicer duties ot the position. As to the com- parative probability of her substituting mor- phine where quinine 8 prescribed it would be diMicult to predict, vut as a precautionary measure it might be well to admit to position’ |. only such applicants as a certain degree of age and unattractiveness preclude from probable disturbance of the afections. —___-. —____ She Twigged. From the Toledo Blade. He called at the house and asked if she had any carpets to beat, adding that he had beon in the business over twenty years. “How much to beat the parlor carpet?” she asked. “One dollar.” “Why, that’s awful! There wasa man here yesterday who offered to do the Job for 50 cents.’ “Exactly, madam, but how was he prepared?” “He had a club in his hand.” “I presume so. He Intended to take the car- pet out on a vacant Jot, didn't he?” “Yes, sir. Our yard is too small you know.” “Exactly. That is a Tapestry Brussels carpet. It is badly worn. It has numerous holes in It. He would make a great show in getting it out and in there. Out on the lot he would give you away to every one who asked who the carpet Yelonged to. is that the way to do a job of this sort?” “How do you do it?” “I take the carpet out through the alley. I wheel it home. I beat ina yard enrrounded by a high board tence, and while I am returning it, all nicely rolled up and covered with a cloth, if any one asks me what J have Ireply that it is a velvet carpet for No. 224 Blank-st. If no one asks me any questions I call at the houses on either side of you and ask if they have ordered anew Wilton. They watch me and see me come inhere. Madam, in the language of the Greek, do you twig?” le was given the job. THERE 18 4 GLeaM or Hope for those who want to go to Europe without the ocean Jour- It is proposed that a railroad shall be con- structed along the Pacific coast to the cxiremity traffic on this line might not at present themselves in m’s place, but to draw| Sunday. It was conclusively by the | mere confederacy of states. The national gov- ated conclusions from putting Langston himself in | physielsns that Kelly was Killed by the feemes ernment is supreme within the sphere of its na-| SvcrPoneds sould fycare, noticeauly fa thes wae the position he was said to have been, who were tearing déwn the walls of the ruined but the < Still, the scheme is as promis- as he was, of the said timid, lamblike n | building and not by the original disaster. The | tonal duty, States have reserved rights epee rer athe ger at sy te it tr fetal ai ep | theo anche‘ bonis “na | uate ruc tsetse ata aay ence the beliet ing of the afor lamblike dis; e ir care, 80 Jules Verne is making a business. tition) isa neared the shots, that he was ta his chest was an enormous which had re- | harmony of our system of government may be | in his yacht to ety! Bone, danger of life or great bodily injury. Had this | m: in position on an upper until nd the Union inviolate. The} Maita, the Ionian islands, , Naples character and disposition, as set up by the de-| twenty hours after the disaster. This beam the of our upon] Rome. The . fense, and of necessity accepted rae the jury—| firemen di in tearing down the of a free been broken—and It easily might have been ac- | and it fell with » terrible crash. It was this} honest count and @ correct cording to authentic and reliable sources of in- | that caused Kelly's death nd all doubt, as | denounce the fraud formation—I reiterate that Langston would at | the doctors are positive that he did not sustain | practiced by the democratic least have been convicted of manslaughter or | original Jojaries save the crushing of his foot by | states, by which the will of roter the jury been hung up until discharged by the | the safe yr. A singular fact in connection | feated, as dangerous to the ion at L nee | court. | Most people forget, or are ignorant of | with the case 1s that a sister of Kelly was on the | institutions, and we solemnly arraign the demo- by the uy oft 1 ‘drown: the fact that the jury is sworn to render a ver-| scene of the disaster Saturday, imploring the | cratic party as being the guilty recipient of the = pote t while assisting dict according to the evidence as presented to | firemen to make hastesin rescuing her brother. | fruit of such fraud and violence. ew swam the them to fet on it, and which ever side sets up the stronger case | She was wild with grief, and stated positively | We extend to the republicans ot the south, brute was only one ee of course secures the favorable verdict. Whether | that she was sure her brother was in the of thelr former party affiliations, our | caped. it, in enlity, be Fight Fade ore ruins. Her Singular premonition proved to be | cordial sympathy, and pate them = most Pager maheysongeiisegh ie = boreadranced it is the ve according to the evidence | correct. ere is no doi now that seven men | earnest prom passage euch Prices Saetlkay brought before the men sitting as a jury. | were killed by the wreck, Jegislation as will secure te every citizen. of | cent to large consumers. me