Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1886, Page 2

CITY A D_ DISTRIC! THE MODERN SABBATH. A Woman's Movement Favor of the Fourth Commandment. WHAT AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THR “STAR” MEANS— AN APPEAL MADE TO CLERGYMEN—EFFORTS IN BE- WALY OF THE PHYSICAL AS WELL aS THE MORAL ‘WELL-BEING OF THE TOILERS. SIX DAYS SHALT THOU LABOR, AND all thy wor ih day to keep it hol ‘Memember the Sabbath day to keep itholy.. ‘The above apearing tn the spectal notices in the advertising columns of Tux Star was made the subject of an interesting conversation which a ‘Sran reporter had recently with Mra. La Fetra, the president of the Women’s Christian Temper- ‘ance union. “You know, or perhaps you don't,” ehave in our ualon a de- department of Sabbath ob- im fs to secure @ more general Observance of the Sabbath. “No,” she veplied, in response to a question, “perhaps in thts city the Sabbath 1s not disre- ‘to the extent that it is im other large cities Which might be mentioned, Dut still there is a it deal to be done in the way of calling atten- m to the violation of law and the laxness in this respect, Which seems to be increasing instead of Giminishing. This part of the work Is under the eMcient direction of Mrs. M. J. Rush, who had the notice inserted in Tux Stak to which you have galled my attention. She hoped in this way to Dring the matter to the n¢ eral way and asa snppi tare being made. As an illustration of our mode of work here is an appeal to Christian miu- Asters, Which has been sent out very generally.” AN APPEAL TO MINISTERS. ‘Mrs. La Fetra handed to the reporter the fol- lowing printed circular: “Dear Brother: The department of Sabbath ob- servance of the Woman's National Christian Tem- erance Union, aims to arouse the public intellect ‘and conscience by presenting through leaflets, articles, Band of Hope teachings, petitions Bocorporations, ete., the religious, scienfine and other reasons for hailowing the Lord’s Day. It ‘also upon its members the duty of seif-ex- amination, to see whether their own Uves accord ‘With the Word of the Lord in the matter. mean of securing desired resuits, an appeal will de issued to the clergy throughout the land, that Sermons Dearing especially on this subject be ched during the coming month of April, from Biepuipiss or ali denominstions.accordgng to tuis uniiorm effort, we call your attention to. this matter, hoping that we shall get an aflimative answer, aud thereby strengthen the chain which go sacrediy Dinds all lovers of onr Christian Sab- Bath togethe: “The appesi referred to In the circular,” she con- Sioned, “Pas already been sent o nd I have no @oubt but that the « ergymen have acted upon our ion, The idea ts 10t to establish a Puritan Sebvath, although that extreme is not so bad as the extreme laxness with wiich the modern Sab- ath 1s observed. But we act in the interest ot the Welfare of mankind as well as the rt As a body, the Womans’ Christian ‘em Union is opposed to Sabbath railway travel, and hope to see the day when the trains ‘Will dot be Tin on that day, and when the em- es can enjoy one day of ‘rest in the week as ag others of the totlers. We want further, to see the laws already enacted in regard to the Sab- ath enforced, That 1s not the case in tais city. ‘are kept open, although that 1s contrary to the Jaw. Of course, when I say that the saloons are open, Ido "not mean that all the doors and are as open ason week days, for such is the case, But everybody Knows tat the side are kept open and therets no dificuity about — the city. This vio- the law ought to be stopped, and can Teadily be stop} if only the authorities will the proper measures.” “Then, again,” she continued, “yon see the stores open in all parts of the city, and in te HH ay. gradual ‘opening of the provision, grocery ‘the | i ‘Want to Keep open on that day, but simply ‘other storekeeper Keeps his place competition of business compels Every rairosd train that 19 Tun, that 13 opened, compels @ large num- le to work on that day instead of resting, [ a id € 2 Fan ui asa rule they no laboring man or any person who has for others who can afford to oppose a for a better observance of the Sabbath. igsomething that grows and there ts no tel- ‘when it may threaten the day of rest of all ‘vast of the employed. The interests of and public morals are alike in peril this sort ought to command jon of ali whether they are relizious ‘whether they are temperance people in the interests of the people. The what it can to improve matters and the subject, it 1s hoped that a public it. Will be en that will be sufficiently toensure at least_a more perfect outward of the Sabbath. ‘The srteet_ car em- have no Sabbath and when tired, nature @ day for est, they are obliged to take 1t jut pay. There is uo telling when we will all the situation of these men unless a halt 1s cay Ly He F a 4 2. 3 ql 3, a He Hi in WINE AT THE COMMUMION TABLE. ‘The reporter would have concluded that the in- terview was over at this point, for Mrs. LaFetra is ‘& busy woman and she began to show signs that abe had wasted enough time talking, when her own affairs demanded attention. However, the ‘ion, because he it was true’ as reported Ghat the union was agitating the subject of having ‘Unfermented wine for communion use. “There ts nothing parciculariy new tn that,” said Mrs. LaFetra, Yor some time. Ivts one of the incidents of our Semperance work. We found that it was a great Yemptation to reformed men to take fermented | ‘Wine at communion. The oid appetite was aroused the use of unfermented wine, whic of grapes with a littie = ‘tight cans like preserved fruft. The churches Gradually were convinced that this was the course, and now I suppose that three- Of thé churches in thls District use the wnfermented Wine. There 1s objection made to Mine of this kind on the ground that tt 18 not scriptural, but I believe % Churches Who hold to ‘The Steam Railway Nuisance. ‘Fe the Editor of Tax Evesrxo Star: ‘Having just read the report ia your paper of the atew and to make a suggestion or two your columns on this subject, one of interest to residents of this quarter, from it 1s impossible to enter the city in any ‘Without crossing the track of a steam Failroad. Why is it that two great railway com- who purchase their road bed for tuousands is simply the ar, and put up in miles across the country must receive pubilc | Bounty as impecunious beggars the moment the ross the boundary of the capital of the natiout Why should any property be yicen by the govern- ment to corporations who-e sole purpose is to money? Why should any st ton De perm, Cncm*tne These those for which the city was laid ou! 2 suggest an easy and spendy sulution of the vexed Let both companies be required to ‘Vacate all avenues, streets and public reservation topurchase their right ot questions: Such ground as they may need for a nd t0 crows ail avenues and. ‘Ani ve orbeiow their ade. the rai ies should claim t arry Out thts plan, ich is tertainly the ideal one, an unjust outlay Of money would be required of them, let a com to determine wilat propor- 0 be paid by puiy provided ‘would, of scheme, gourse, be in In the humbie j Would be wise Written for Tux Evexixa Dear Sleep, thon art sm ‘The old sweet wel My broken wys of hope, while at thy knee L quite forvet nye to be. And when I feel t brow and bend ‘Fo kiss mine eyes, [love to put any Into thine own—to feel that thou art ‘Tonestie closely to thy peaceful breast and hear thy lullaby about thst land Suny of so softly, where there is no tear And where the weary are for aye at ux HENRY Boxen. —=_—. ‘The Danger of Dust. Prom the Loudon Lancet. Darkness, dampness and dust are potent agenctes Of disease. Everybody recognizes this; but how Many fall to adopt I's precepts. If where be s Mons in stone, surely the summer dust and its @angers would prove a fruitiul subject for medical iscourse. There is as 4 difference between London and country dust as there 1s between the corresponding mud=, Pulverized matter would be jess enough if it were deprived of its puysical perty of ready difusion. ‘The atmosphere 15 A and swartus with particular matter of bighly complex nature. “Its cliet peril to ving beings in the ongunic constituents. Largely this Qrganic material consists of minute Torus of life Ma state of latency, only waiting fora spell of Beat and moisture and 4 cavorabie amountot orit awaken it into activity. The suigdividuals’ in every class of society, including the are ui Calculated "to diminish, but rather 10 sug. Ment, the amount of organic mayer in our w mosphere, ‘Mucus, saliva and nude nown as “matter,” must be dischary: wouth and nostrils to the extent of many gallons daily, and not a Iittie of this comes trom infective ities the candy Stores. What is to pre- | ‘stores on that day? Very | ‘the stores are not opened because the pro- | don’t receive any more money. | swe have been advorating that | way come | ity | J ie ‘fhe Cummings-Hall Kaleidoscope. HOW LAMBS ARE SHORN IN WALL STRERT—CLUBS AND THEIR PECULIARITIES—THE STEWART ESTATE, AND WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH IT, ETC., ETC. Special Correspondence of Tur EVENING Star. ‘New Youx, Dec. 17, 1886. SECRETS OF SPECULATION. “Tips” on Wall street and in mining stocks have been unusually plentiful within the last three weeks, You frequently get’ them from close ‘and intimate friends, who really fancy that they have & good thing and desire to share it with you. In nine cases out of ten they injure instead of benefit thetr friends, and are themselves rippled. On the morning of December 5th I got a tip from a brother Journalist, a true and tried friend, It wasa little Up given in the fullness of is heart and with the generous desire to do me good. “Do you want to make a little money?” he asked, “How?” I inquired, “Mining stock,” he whispered, without raising his exes ‘he proot sueet over whick ho wes posing. what feterTguerted. Tancuge “Sutro Tunnel,” he at you to buy it; but if you've got a little money lying around loose you can’t invest it better. You don’t want to rush in with your but quietly put out a few hundreds and rake in what you put out, It’s a sure thing.” low do you know?” I persisted, ‘ll tell you in confidence,” he answered, “but it must go no further. So and so (mentioning the Dame Of an officer of the company) is my most particular friend. We were schoolmates. are driving up the Comstock leads, and it’s on the cards to force up Sutro With it. By investing $500 now you can treble it ina week. No margin busi- ness, You know, but. buy the shares outright. Tl stake aT life on my friend. I've told nobody but you, and I shail tell nobody eise. If you want any, jump in on the instant. There's no time to think over it, I’ve just bought 1,200 shares ot the stock at49. You can’t afford todelay. It has gone up to 50 by this time. It will certainly be 60 when the board closes, and it will probably reach 150 by next Saturday.” Here my friend rammed his hand into his over- coat pocket and exhibited a disheveled sheat of shares. Their color recalled the golden locks of a blonde. “There’s mine,” he id, the sheaf over my head. “You have the'tip as straight as lhave it. Buy a thousand shares—they won't cost you $600—and you can sell them for $1,500 inside of seven days Put them into your desk and hold on to them until 1 the cue to sell.” ‘They were not bought. I received too many such tips in my day. But I watched the market, On the very afternoon of the day he bought his ‘stock It was quoted at 42. On Monday it was sold at 40, on Tuesday at 30, on W y at 36, on ‘Thursday at and on Friday and Saturday at 30, It ts just as apt to run down to5 as itis to run up to 150. Of course the sinall investors are ho on to their stock, eagerly awaiting the turn, THEY MIGHT BSTTER HAVE BOUGHT CHIPS IN A FARO BANK, for then they could have seen how they lost their money, and the chances for winning would have been on the very verge of even, Five years ago I had a tip on Memphis and Charleston. It came from the experienced finan- cial editor of a daily republican newspaper. We had worked and chummed together from boyhood. Brothers could not have thought more of each other. One aiternoon I recetved a letter from him urging me to raise $1,000 .and buy Memphis and Charleston railroad stock for a rise, The money Was to serve as a margin. He assured me that he had invested nearly all that he was worth in it, “I am on the inside,” he wrote, “and I will stake my life on the result.” Knowing the man so well I borrowed $1,000. On my way toa broker I dropped into my friend’s office in Wall street. "He reassured me of the cer- tainty of the investment. ‘English capitalists are going to lease the road for ninety-nine years,” he said. “The stock is now selling at 42." When the news about the Englishmen crops out it will go up among the 80's. It's the only sure chance That J ever had in my life. Ivs just like picking up money.” ‘On the suggestion that it was barely ble ‘that he might be mistaken with rard to the Eng- lishman, he continu ht but] saw the check for the Purchase money. "it was drawn for §3,000,- | 000, and it will be cashed to-morrow. I had the check right here on this hand,” he said, slapping is right palm with his left. Noman could be more Sure of an event. The check had been shown him, he assured me, out of | good will and gratitude By a man who Was in- lebted to him for many a newspaper favor. In- Buenced by his confidence, I hesitated no longer. I went to a broker who Was a warm personal friend. He had never seen me dabbling in Wall street before. “What brings you here now?” he ‘He was a member of my Masonic lodge, anda Worthy member. He heard the whole story, and shook bis head. “J’ll not buy the stock for you,” be said. “My knowledge and my judgment forbid. It’s quoted at 42 to-day. ‘That’sthe highest it will ever go, tn my opinion. " The British syndicate is ‘A GHOST STORY—TAFFY FOR FLATS. Go back to your desk and keep reporting dog fights and murder trials, for you're out of place in Wall street. You are” worse than an idiot playing with electricity.” The $1,000 ‘was returned. The market was watched Dy me as closely as a cat watches a ground bird. ‘The broker's prediction was fulfilled. The stock went down like a coi A two days my margin would have been wiped out. Within five days the stock had touched 13. The Ananclal editor lost $5,000—money sadly missed. by his widow and children two years afterwards. ‘More than one man in this city, by the relation of similar incidents, might shed ‘a lurid lighton the crop of tips now ready for the sickle. The warm air from the mining and stock boards has ripened them like cotton balls. ‘Those worth plek- ‘ny ww and far between. Even these are ‘ly picked, however. Of the score or more tips red mic in’a lifetime, only two were of intrinsic worth. One Was the’ offspring of Uncle Rufus Hatci:, when arrayed in all the panoply of bis financial glory. He quietly advis me one day to wut im avings into Pacific ermanent investment. The stock was then selling at 13. Fancying that I knew Rufus better ti knew me, I thanked him and took are not to make the venture. Had I followed his advice I might have been worth as much as Joe Howard, Jr, and George Alfred Townsend. As it islam worth no more than Uncle Rufus. A second golden tip was given by Alden Stock- ‘Wellin the flush days of Pacific Mall, In return for @ fancied service he advised the purchase of the stock. “Hold it until 1 reaches 65,” sald he, “and then sell 1t.” Cautiousness ‘overbalanced recklessness, as usual. The investment was not made. Pacific Mail Went up to 67 within tour days, and’ then fell with a crash that buried in its ruins Stockwell and all his friends. THR UNION CLUB. ‘The eyes of all clutdom are fastened longingly on the white marble mansion of the late Mrs. Stewart. Her husband was once a member of the Union, and opinion is rife in that august home of all that is dashing and brilliant in swelldom, that Sf Mrs. Stewart had been alive toher opportunities | she would have left her house tothe club. It would make a great club house. The first floor ts entirely | of marbie and the windows are so large, commo- | dious and expansive that they coui brobably frame more over-ied and apoplectic Union Ch faces than any other windows in town. Rich old burgundy, underdone gamé and long | Rours at the festive Yoard have established a cer | tain Unt of face and heaviness of eye indelibly as sociated with the Union Club. ‘The contrast be- | Oween this rosy color and the pallid and white | Surroundings of the Stewart mansion would be | touching tn the extreme. ‘The Union 1s unques- tonably the wealthiest club in town, and if its treasury can sustain a loss of a hundred thousand | a year, from the peculations of servants, it-can certainly afford & betier club-house than it now owns, | The Unton by the way, bids fair to become what may be cailed a news centre. In time the morn FS Will Send there just as they send to polle» headquarters for sensational items, It 13 not the fault of the Union that it gets Into the papers so often. Its members are all prominent in the social or Dnancial world, and if any sort of a Tow occurs in the club-house it must of necessity involve the names of men known everywhere 11 | New York, If two ramous milifouaires have an in- Significant squabble in the Union Club it 1s of more interest to nany newspapers and newspaper’ readers than a doubie murder ‘on the east side of town. THE MANHATTAN CLUB 1s also credited with having an eye on the Stewart mansion. ‘The present home of the Manhattan 1s so far down town Ubat its memben: are becoming dissatisfied, and as the club is enormously wealthy it feels Laat 1 can afford even so preventious 4 house us that Which belonged to the dry-goods rinee. P'Per contra to What I sald above, T hada talk this, morning with a man Whois connected in an ad- luiulstraulve capacity with ‘THE STRWART ESTATR. He sald that ali the talk about clubs buying the Stewart house was premature, as it will be sev- eral years before the house 1s disposed of. The heirs of the estate have, quietly come to an agreement to allow Judge Hilton to reapportion the second half of the property, as Mrs, stewart displayed favoriusm and did considerable injus- Uce im disposing of Unis portion of her fortune. ‘This action on the part of her heirs is another Very striking proof of the confidence people place in ‘a much “abused man, tor the arrangement practically places eight ‘mflifon doilars in the hands of Judge Hilton fur distribution among the helrs. “In edition to this it may be remem- bered that the other portion of the estate—also consisting Of eight milion dollars—is left. in trust with Hilton. ‘The only restriction is that he shall fuish thé tmprovements in the Garden City schools, and divide the residuum among the heirs, As Ule tinprovements Will NOt cost $500,- 000, it leaves the additional sum of §7,500,000 1h > Hilton’s hands. ‘In the disposal’ of this he has to consult nothing but his own discretion. It ts questionable if so imuch power was ever be- fore piaced in the hands of a single man, ‘This is at the time of year when CLUBS ARE AT THEIR BEST, and it fs instructive to glanceover thefeld. ‘The Surprise of the day isthe University, which from being a quiet and unostentatious sort of a club, Sources; while we venture to think that the bulk woomed lead weit With the dust of our streets and | Yaar up tuto 4 leading FOUTS Te ae seems, not unlikely, consumption 45 | misdon of ladies Into their clul at sti] largely caused by “germs,” tien a very ready lated hours, and giving a series of balls during Pen Bay be advocated concerning the mode 18 | winter season. Guly the gradteteret mn eamount of tischier that the sbakiug of mats | RUMBEr of colleges are el aking ‘and horsey ack ee. ee da io eee is, eatly | New York men, but it has had the effect ce aeace a oo eee Goch tam ene ep | ing tothe University a nutaber of staunch ante, ‘to speak, ved their death biow while inspir- | srcatial ci who work harmon forthetr ing, ai unconscious of harm, sowe of the clouds of | Chup. ‘The result ts a degree of success Which was Gast that always a ‘unlooked for a year ‘The abatement danger ‘There is never any talk about ‘THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, as tt 1s managed after the manner of @ conserva. Uve banking-house, the details of which are jeal- ously guarded from the public eye, 1s essentially a club of men Of fashion, and now that soctety is in swing for the senso! exbocker is a 10 ook up. it is lished in New York on & permanent vaste ot men prominent in the arts and after the style of the Bohemian club, of San Fraticisco, ‘oF the Savage club, of Londons Amos J. CUMMINGS AND BLAKELY Hatl. ——— a ‘STRONG GROUND TAKEN IN FAVOR OF THE HONEST PAY- ‘MENT OF THE STATE DEBT—THE FAILURE TO SETTLE ‘The Woodlawn Farmers’ Club met at Medway, Rear Woodlawn, on the 11th of December, Presi- dent Pierson in the chair. An article in Farm and handed the secretary and read, pointing out de- fect#in the management of the Farmers’ Assem- bly and the remedy. Some discussion was had on ‘te subject, and the opinion prevailed that it ‘Would be difficult to make the organization effec tive for any real good to the mass of farmers; but that a thorough interchange of views through the medium of the agricultural journsis would be more to the purpose. ‘The report of the committee appointed at Inst meeting to prepare resolutions in reference to the State debt was read by C. Lukens, and in the dis- cussion of the same he gave his views at further length in favor of an honest settlement of the debt, reviewing what had been set forth in the and w ‘the great necessity of pt Sasol Sets eee, ree ‘Was working injury to the whole people. It was now twenty-seven years since he it in Virginia, and had much in improve- ments, while 1t would not now cost, ff sold, ‘Major Hine gave his position on the debt ques- tion, which, he said, was an extreme one, and he Supposed would stir'up opeom ‘but found that the tide was with him. He said the only way to pay the debt was to pay it, From the statements ‘With which the newspapers had been ot late, it Was quite ‘evident that state could settle her indebtedness without difficulty, if an honest and determined effort was made to do so. A large amount of delinquent taxes had been re- mitted, which was wrong in principle and unjust those who bad paid their taxes; and too much money had been appropriated for unwise and use- Jess purposes. ‘There was a general expression, and all who ke Were Substantialiy in accord, so the report of the committee was, with a few minor changes, et Sine “str. Bresident and members of the Woodlawn, Fannérs’ club: Before giving to this club the reso- Tutions we were appol inted to prepare upon the question under consideration, viz: the state debt, We wish to offer a few Unoughts concerning it. First, that the present condition of the state debt ts dofng the state more harm at the present time than any other other subject that, can be named. It keeps the capitalist from developing the rich mineral deposits that are to be found in'such_pro- fusion all over our state, It is in the way of ‘the manufacturer, for the reason that it will act 83 a clog on every effort he may put forth, It hinders the agriculturist from ‘coming to invest in our vacant lands, for he knows full well it is Hen on every foot of property he may purchase and every improvement he may make either as-a necessity or for the purpose of making his home comfortable and attractive He will be assessed its full value and then taxed a sum that will amount to almost a fair rent for that which he has already paid for; and still further it has a paralyzing effect upon ‘all classes of people and Uponevery industry that is carried on in the State unless we should except the “partisan politt- cian.” Also, wherever Virginia is ken Of it is with that degree of contempt that fs hard for any one, having a reasonable amount of pride for either the state of their birth or adoption, to bear. Now we do honestly as:~rt as our belief ‘that the quickest, way to retrieve our lost credit 1s to make @ most, favorable terins with our creditors that circumstance will admit of, and pay honestly and Promptly what may be upon to bring about this very much to be destred condition of affairs. Therefore, it is resolved, That we ask the co-operatisn of all lovers of honesty and pros- Perity in demanding of those chargable with the matter a prompt settlement of the state debt, and that there shail be no more doubt about accom- Plishing what we demand at their hands, We ask that they shall appoint a state equaliza- tion board to regulate real estate assessments be- tween counties, and have our taxes promptly col- lected within the year for which they are levied. ‘We also insist that they shall come down to strictly business principles; that they shall be more chary in their appropriations and expenditures, After giving liberally for state commissioner of agricul- ture, let appropriations in that line cease; at least, until the state isin better condition figan- cially. Give nothing to colleges under the pretext of educating practical farmers, tor under the present system that is alla humbug. If you want poe farmers give them some of Our vacant lands and compel them to make a lit on itor starve. Give nothing to agricultural fairs, either state or county. If they cannot be made self- | Supporting they are certainly of no value to the Workingmen of a bankrupt state; and last but not least, we think our state officials might receive smaller Salaries and Stilt consider themselves well aid, particularly it we may use the tax-paying Rirmers income asa standard. Legislators give car. Be honest and Just before you are extrava- gant with our hard-earned means.” ‘The question of sending a delegate to the meet- ing at Charlottesville on the 13th Instant being brought up, it was decided instead that a copy of the Of the committee on the subject or the State debt should be sent to that body. ‘There Was no report from the critical commit tee, as the weather had been bad and the ground covered with snow. ‘The next meeting will be at Lewis Gillingham’s on the 8th of January. Critical cominittee, John Ballenger, James Hunter, jr., and Courtland Lukens, ee ‘The Mount Vernon Silver. HOW IT WAS SAVED THROUGH THE WAR, To the Editor of the EVENING STAR. o In the momentous occurrences of war there are often striking events of a minor nature that, when discovered by the future histortan, serve to give us a personal interest in the times and afford a relief from the description of battles and tales of terror and suffering. If not authenticated, how- ever, they become so dimmed by tradition as to be valueless. Accurate verstons are proportion ately valuable. One has been given to me by an actor, and as tt relates to what would be of almost universal interest, I send {t to your paper for pres ervation. I heard It from his lips on @ beautiful Summer afternoon on the spot where the events occurred. The “Blue Ridge” seemed slumberti in the hazy distance,the peuceful valleys stretc! in “pensive quietness between,” as if hurtit shell and screaming ball had never disturbed their harmony. My host's place was one of the historic family homes of Virginia, where « and plenty” and warm hearted hospitality had rej soon to be replaced by the tramping of horses clanking of sabres; the lawn was to know & darker ue than that of the grass; charred timber ave evidence thatthe “livid glare of war” had jashed on tangled shrubbery and desolated flelds. In the opening days of the war (1861) John Au- gustine Washington ‘was living’ In Fauquier county. He was the former proprietor of Mount Nernon and heir to the family plate, “Having lim. ited means and oppressed by the care and expense entailed upon him as owner of Mount Vernon, with the constant stream of visitors and the constant claims upon his hospitality, he lace to the Ladies’ Mt. Vernon since kept the house and grounds in’ repair and thrown them open to the public. sr. Wash ington entered the service of the confederacy and the overseer in charge of his affairs became very uneasy about the historic silver under his unton troops were already in the Wrote to my friend, wlio, he knew, had. beet pointed executor of his (Mr. Washington's) will case Of death, that he could no have Orit. He was told to send it to Kisloch, the seer, dence of my friend, and in afew days ah ox cart a large box. "The anaidus quaraee Get Pees a Xe jous quest Sented 1selt was wat todo witha ae ates BS die of the night the host und his son, unknown 10 of the Hon, Which any living being, arose and, removi the silver, from the box, pu it in five ‘gusuo sacks, oa considerable dimculty they tiku manneer wach it up intoa are) in. the old-fashionéd_garde1 distance from the Selig: eibowered in’ over trees. Next they filled the box with corn cobs front the stable, packing them fa igh and nailing the box back ‘avelanc bee al Bag from whence it came, with a message that the silver would not. be sere at Kinloch, as ‘soldiers were camped near by. Father and son alone knew of the deception and of the hiding place, ‘The servants were told’ that Dredg pu ‘and ‘that those trom spctor other lace muse be used When ‘needed. There, oa dt he four years of civil sia It quietly reste troops Divouactd around & ‘decayed that weight and restored to the owner had given to geuthe,chuiaren oom my dear, Radi ned ‘He--¥e 1 suppose that’s so, and yet money isn’t ie cece eee bow euent ents. have ae ae sis anbigh as gvaer- HOW MEMBERS LIVE. Congresemen who Try to Get Along on ‘Their Salaries. \WORKING AMONG NEWSBOYS. ‘What the Newsboys’ and Children’s Ald Seciety Has Been Doing. ‘EXPERIENCE OF A LADY AMONG THE BOYS—THE DE- PRAVITY GUE FOUND AMONG COLORED BOYS—PRO- ‘VIDING COUNTRY BOMES AND REGULAR EMFLOY- ‘MENT FoR BOYS ‘MEMUEES WHO KEEP ‘Wao Mark- ‘TAIN ESTABLISHMENTS—LIVING IN ROOMB AND O- TELS—A SOBER AND ROONOMICAL OUSE—GRREM- ‘BACKERS WHO SAVED MONEY. Old Capitol officials say that this is'the soberest And least extravagant House that has ever assem. ‘Died in Washington. Members are not wo much given to late suppers, and there have been no ‘@runken men on the floor. For years past night ‘sessions have been looked upon as orgies. At the all-night session that closed the first year of the At @ recent meeting of the Newsboys’ and Chil- Gren’s Ald society Mra, K. B. Barlow read a report the Work of the society trom May 24th, of the-present year, to October Sist. The paper said that the writer “finds that many of the news- boys have comfortable homes, and are partly, and some of them entirely, self-supporting, while others are very needy. Many of them attend the public ‘schools during the day, and sell the evening papers, making from $1.50 to $2 per-week. The money 18 sometimes given to their mothers, and helps to clothe them, and is sometimes only made for ‘spending’ money, a Jarge portion of which I fear helps to support the of penuriousness, as have existed at odd times, {hi "House tries'to uve within its means Tes dificult for a member of to live in’ re- Spectabie style and not spend every cent of nis salary of $5,000. economical man, with s in no way éxtravagant 1s Mr. Bland. the fact our- selves to close the door to error 18 to open. one to right, we have not only tried to keep busy, but have, whenever opportunity offered, en- Geavorod to ameliorate their condition when they had improper surroundings. SENDING BOYS TO THE COUNTRY. A. B., age 14, we found selling intoxicating @rink behind his father's bar, and offered him a place in an office, where he remained till the office closed, and then went back to his father’s busi- ess, “We went there and offered him a second Place, but his father wanted to keep him at home, 4nd he is still there. Another boy, C. D., We sent to the country, to get him away from tle wicked influence of ‘in intemperate father, who kept a Testaurant also, and had the boy help him. An- other boy, E. F., we sent inthe country also, He had a good father but no mother, and had learned bad habits trom improper associates, which we hoped to break up by sending him away. DEPRAVITY AMONG COLORED BOYS. ‘We have also provided country homes tor several other poor white boys, and some colored boys also. We find, however, a strong and growing dislike among the colored boys to leave the city; cheap laces Of amusement and pool-rooms afford an rresistible attraction to this class, and, indeed, I know of no work of greater importance than this among the colored youths, or one that calls for more ‘earnest, prayerful, persistent labor. Many Ne of their misfortunes. ai ma want of early ne Coline ye training to industrial habits. ‘These, however, baby in the members’ gallery. Again’ she | seem to be quite a secondary ep ripboree an conquered the cravings of its juvenile appeaite in | uth a forgotten principle; ‘while falsehood and the rotunda, About Uat Ume another green-| tert have joined hands ana found thelr legit. backer, this one from the southwest, found a | fmniar with talscheed shee tee lose ee Place down in the southern part of the ‘eity, near | JAmiilar with falsehood that they no longer fear the old canal somewhere, where he had to pay but | This with whet seen an a ee pet ‘twenty dollars per month for rooms, board and at- raf Se Deve Spuise Os tendance. ‘There are hone Of these rigid ceono. | tude among them, makes it a serious question to mists in ‘this Congress. Even Mr. Holman, who | ‘Se Who are endcavoring to raise their standard has made such a reputation for his economy ofthe | Of Morality. | Circumstances we know have largely Public moneys boards with bis family at & hotel, | hq ‘encouraged tne tho aay one ees Where his expenses cannot be small. ‘which seems to be the mainspring of their trouble. CLUBBING TOGETHER. A strict compulsoty training to industrial habits, Some of the members who have not thelr such a8 are given ih the manufactories, would, we families with them club together in pairs, Two | Delléve, be a great help to what seems an urgent to ke out of debt when they have no private means to help out. their salaries, Some of the members, of course, fare wealthy, living in thelr own, houses at grea expense and entering fully into fashionable Wash- Angton life with all that implies, These are but few, and they spend the amount of their yearly Salaries several times over. ECONOMICAL GREENBACKERS. Indays gone by there have been men in the House who have disregarded all conventionalities, and set at it to save their salaries. Members of the greenback party have always been consplc- uous for this. few years ago there was a green- backer from the far west who 18 said to have set. at defiance all the world, and lived in Washington for two years at an expense of only $800 per year. He had a wife and several children, rented a litule house out beyond the Boundary somewhere and economized at every point. Neither he nor his Virginia members have a suite of rooms between | ™iesity, Viz. an indus STA a are eaI ‘them, and for the suite with board, pay $55 each. | ued, “have received me kindly and encou: Members generally find that their board and Tooms cost for themselves alone from $60 to $200 dv ep notably Lansburgh & Bro., who promised to us when they could,” and they have kept their Per month. They have opportunity to spend | word by taking six of our boys; some of the other much beaildes if they have a mind to, in theaters, | stores have evidently considered me a beggariy embers ha’ drives and dinners. One thing contend With is that women who have rooms to Tent expect to get more for them from a Congress- man. One of the New Jersey delegations got the better of these speculative landladies by senting himself a8 a gpvernment employe, as he conceived himself to be. In this way he got his, rooms at the price paid by ordinary folks and found himself very comfortably fixed. ‘The aver- age landlady, however, can tell an M,C. on sight and would not be victimized by any subterfuge of this sort. Members who have their families find it much cheaper to keep house. Mr. Glover, who has no family, adopts nufsance that they Were very glad to get rid of by an easily forgotten promise. Gne of the six boys referr utter disregard for their word, and a general un- truthfulness seems to pervade this whole class to an‘blarming extent, Indeed, 1t seems that famtl- larity with thts sin has made them cease to think iu wrong. Some of the boys are doing well. I had the pleasure of being present at the promotion of one of them, G. H., who was called up and re- ‘by an advance in wages, “have been very sorry, indeed,” Mrs. Barlow is Plan, not, however, | says, “to turn away some of the homeless, friend- lor economy's sake, as he lives alone’ in a fing | jess boyx, white and colored, who-come to’ me for house on Connecticut avenue. aid. Oné lute white boy walked twenty-five MEMBERS WHO KEEP HOUSE. iniles to get here; was brought to the office by one of our boys who picked him up on the street tired and hungry. When I started out with him, hop- Ing to get some employmenu for him, I noticed that he was not steady on his feet, and asking why, he safd ‘he had had nothing to’ eat for sone ‘ume; maybe that was it.’ I took him to a restau- Tant, gave him something to eat, and as I had no other shelter for such cases, sent him to the sia- {ion house for the night. Colored boys have come to mein the same way. The last one I sent to the country, as I happened to have an order for a boy atthe Ume. There have been many discouraging circumstances attending the work, and months ave sometimes intervened before iinal arrange. ments for the disposition of the children could made. ‘The case of the — children, six in number, began in July, and though I nade every possible effort in their behalf, they were not. provided with homes tll October. ‘The eldest daughter, in the mean. time, ran away from home and gave us a great dp of trouble and anxiety. ‘A PATHETIC DEATH SCENE. I regretted exceedingly to write “Died” October 21 beneath the name of Danfel Madison, my most efficient helper among the colored boys, Ihave called on him very often for assistance, and he never failed to respond; was one of the few who kept lis word with me.’ I visited him during his long itiness, and at my last. visit, found. him fealiv's door. SUM hé whispered, ‘Iam so glad you came! Twas golng to try to write y but Iam so weak Feannot oven tall but can’t you trust. our 3 trust Him, I know He'll care ‘caute in a Weak voice, and Inever heard hin speai again. A committee of two boys very soon re- ported his death at the oftce. <n An Able Financier. Frou the Philadelphia Chronicle Herald. “Mary,” said an economical Philadelphia hus- band, “I want tomake you aChristmas present this year, but I really don't know what to get. guess I'll postpone 1t until next year and then get something nice.” “John, you said that, last year.” “Really now, did i? Well that proves that I never forget you.” “But, John you may be dead by next year.” “Why, taat’s true, and if I don't waste any money dh Christmas presents you'll be soumuch tie better off. ‘Really, Mary, I'm glad to see you look at matters in such’a sensible ight.” eerie Elaborateiy Mixed. From the Philadelphia Telegraph. 2 ‘This is the way It looked after the election to an eloquent orator of San Francisco: “Gentlemen,” he said, “the renown of this glorious victory will re-echo ih golden letters through the corridors of the river of tme.” soil ee SS A Long Ride on Horseback. From the Nashville American, Dec. 13. A young man who 1s making a long and novel trip om horseback came into the city a few days since. His name 1s Obrien Atchison, and he 13 from Detroit, Mich., from which point he started six weeks ago. He is a student, and has been in bad health for some time from hard study. Some one to him the fdea of making a journey wo Fi fon horseback, and he resolved to carey There are only about thirty meinvers who keep house. W. L. Scott lives in considerable style in ‘one of those handsome stone houses on K street, near 17th, built by ex-Gov. Shepherd. In hisearlier career Mf. 8. 8. Cox lived in a very modest sult of rooms, near the Capitol. Later he lived in hisown house, on Dupont circle, which he sold for $50,000 cash just before he went to Turkey. He is now at the Riggs, but expects to build a home near the one he sold. Mr. Mitchell keeps a fine establish- ment on papens circle, and lives very expensively, the size of his salary a8 a Col an not being taken into consideration, as is very wealthy. The New York and New land mén generall Doarg at one or the other of the first-class hotels. Ben. Butterworth keeps house in Le Droit park. Campbell, of Ohio, keeps house on Connecticut avenue. Senator-Elect Daniel keeps house in the fashionable northwest. The Speaker always boards at the Riggs, and Morrison 1s at’ Willard’s every session, Mr. Randall keeps house on Capitol Hill. So do Messrs, Bart Dunnandc. R. Breckint Messrs, Burleigh, Curtin, Fisher, Eustace, Gil James, Ketcham, Wilson, Stone,’ of Missouri, a Swope, ull have éstablishments with home’com- forts around them. Perry Belmont, like Mr. Glover, has the comforts of a house of his own, without the pees ofa family. His house is in the fashionable part of the city, on Rhode Island avenue, at the corner of 17th. Davenport keeps | house also. Pindar, Matson, Singleton, Springer, Viele, Thomas B. Ward, Weliborn, Cutcheon, Gay and Lanham, are happy in home comforts. “Most, if not all, of the other members live tn rooms or at. some of the many hotels. Koomsare thé rule, & nee < Walking to His Grave. JOHN SNIDER'S TRAMP OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ‘MILES. A telegram to the New York Herald from Wabash, Ind., December 12, says 8 John Snider, Indiana’s walking man: Snider lives one mile south of Mill Grove, asmall station on the Pan Handle railway, in the eastern part of Blackford county. Your correspondent found him industri- ously performing his heel and toe act. His home 1s a one-story log cabin located in the center of an acre lot which is enclosed by a shabby rafl fence. Around the house a beaten path, worn fully five Inches below the surface, int veg the route pursued by Snider in his weary and almost ceaseless tramp. To vary the monotony of his travels Snider has two other promenades, both in the rear of the dwelling, circular in form and ninety feet in diameter. During the past three months Snider has walked incessantly out of doors, through rafn, sleet and snow, but, as the exposure had beguh to tell on him, his relatives fitted up roomin the cabin for His pedestrian exercises. SEIZED WITH SPASMODIC TWITCHING. ‘Two years ago last April Snider, then @ robust man of fifty-four, while at work ina field, was seized with a spasmodic twitching of his arms and bands and severe cramping of the muscles of the body, He was incapacited for labor of any kind, and the physician summoned pronounced the case @ most serious One. After a few days of suffering all symptoms of nervous derangement, peared, and for a week Snider was apparently as. Well as ever. Then the muscular convulsions again manifested themselves, but this time in the legs. He lost control of both legs, and the pro. y to walk, which will eventually carry Bar to the grave, topk complete possession of him, | out the idea. He is taking everything leisurely, and with the exteption of about four tonnes aaa ing eighteen to twenty-tive miles a Gay and isd Gay, from 2 to 5 a. m. he 1s constantly on his feet | fen having lots of fun. He stopped in Nashrwille Snider ts a tian of dark compleaton, withisn uour: | fo Tea awhile, Today ne will eaume is Journey : in tron: ray beard and short gray hair, His countenance Igad ot bugs. ‘a wed broneed by conetan cxposuty to eun and rain, gepepes an 1e ines of care on face ve ‘to thi ty ni he fully appreciates the magnitude of his mistor, Has place whore she altos welt; tune. Living in the same cabin with Snider are ‘And he wanted some as his Wife and five children, two sons ‘and three Wold be ind ee eee ot daughters, who support themselves by laboring on fo seteven a bight. faris in the neighborhood. x je had served in a cavalry corps, EATING AS HE WALKS. ‘In the war for the Union, he sworps, At five o'clock in the morning, after a. ot Siag,the Bret in each fe fiche And slaughtered foes by ‘ecorps. to his appeals for a pensic | ny bik Srey And tts woos were to Tumerous to mension. duce hin to remain quiet, but he immediately be | yu, bara Zoubt; came frantic, and wit’ tears in his eyes the cre et the ore went aaoeae to be released or he would die. Bo soited raised Wien sous Baldor was Pisced in the state asylum at Indian: ‘That for some time to cum apolts for a brief time, but was returned ‘by ihe] | Would Keep him, and then he went oubt, authorities tnere, prinounced, barmnless and 1n- hind sad tule about bis pecullar afMiiction, and oo ext morning, Sie couse wes explsignel! rather averse to newspaper notoriety, “The pghas wasted ome Walker stated that he could not possibly control} se hab isce'sf the Dimself, and that, his physicians liad informed Boston Courter. eu Snider began ‘Lis. tramp he eaeea es | row ‘The bad blood existing Ww ramp he wi 106 Resewrs rae Lie — blood Dance ct sapertuousiesh.” fis musics sae mae pian ne PS Gow of Richmond, Vas which and frm. Pfinst “weeks culminated. We in an SNORING ON HIS TRIP, At times Snider sleeps as he walks, and for an ‘hour, guided by relatives, he around the cirele snoring loudly, and ‘upon a1 he runs at a eg gait. for owes to himself,” as he says. no pain ‘contented while in motion, = “br, Davidson of city, Who 1s Snider's and ‘case, the Herald it that while re to has been discharged for falsehood. An | { | | Home grounds, | class of; SOME REAL ESTATE TALK. Eckingten, the Famous Country Resi- dence of Mr. Gales, THR MOVEMENT IN PROPERTY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CITY—SOMETHING THAT 4 REPRESENTA- TIVE COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS CAN DOTO sBTANCR “Eckington,” as the countsy home of the late Joseph Gales, the senior ember of the firm of Gales & Seaton, publishers of the National Intel- ligencer, Was known, has been sold by a Fécent decree of the District court. Mr. George Trucs dell ts the purchaser, he having paid $50,000 for the eighty-seven acres which 1s comprised within this tract, The sale, of course, includes the house, where, for many years, the genial hospl- tality of Mr. Gales attracted the best people of the city. ‘The exterior of the house isnot pretentious, but, on the contrary, is very plain. It is, however, near the house which were used for servants’ guarrers. The house will not be torn dows, and for the it at least one of the famous houses: for which this city ts noted will remain as & landmark and as a reminder of former days. Mr. Gales died about the breaking out of the war, and the place has not been kept up. Foy a num: ber ‘@ summer E surrounded was for a long time the choice tocalittes in city. On doth sides, for some ‘Was devoted to private these places are still kept uj Chief Justice Chase lived, is in 804s the old place formerly occupied by Catitsle r the past twenty years, however, the locality has witnessed few the gradual decay and deterioration of ‘coun. try homes. ‘The march of improvements seemed to have abandoned this section, and the prop. erty has practically been out of the marki ‘This 1s attributed to many causes, mainly, how- ever, to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, which has also affected in the same way the property within ‘THE NORTHEASTERN LIMITS of the city. Within the past few years the growth. of the city has made itself felt in this vicinity, and in spite of disadvantages, the unimproved land within the bounds of the city and alsothe prop- erty outside has come into demanc. Improve- ments are gradually transforming the wastes and cominons into well-built’ streets, and now this 1 uence is being felt beyond the boundary. ‘Truesdell Intends to subdivide the property as a8 possible in accordance with the streets of U city and place the lots on the market, Mr. James L. Barbour and others, who own the land to the West of Lincoln avenue, also propose to place their proberty on the market, and the remainder of the land lying between Le Droit park and kendall n, along the edge of the city’s bounds, now eld in small lots, Will no doubt come into the market in the same way. While all this land may not be subdivided and built up at once, still it is lain that in the near future the needsof the grow- ing city will cover this vacant ground with houses, From 7th street west the northern bounds of the city are already subdivided, and now the move. ment, begun along Kock creek and advanctt ‘some distance from the city limits, is also exte1 ng east. It will be remembered by readers of THE star that this fall Mr. B. H. Warder purchased th tract of land containing 43 acres known as Whitney Close. “This land Iles east. of the 7th street road, adjoining the Soldiers Home and on the north and south side of Whitney avenue a ae roe to _ is Pro} to lay is grount out in villa sites. Directly north of this land is a farm, and beyond the latter ls the place of Mar- shali Brown, containing 183 acres, which has been recently purchased by a syndicate for subdiviston and sale. ‘The tendency in this direction of recent investments is still more clearly shown in the large transfers of property along the line of the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Six miles from the city, on this road, is the station formerly known as Brightwe now Takoma Park, a flourishing settlement of Washington people. The Park contains some 1,000 Acres. Farther up the road 1s Forest Glen, where a tract of land was purchased last summer by a company of gentlemen in this city, Who are now erecUng a large hotel. Above Knowles, which is the next station, another Washington company | has purchased recenUy some 500 ucres along the Mne of the railroad, which they intend to call Garrett. ‘They also propose to erect cottages there and encourage others to do thesame. Washington Grove, still farther along the road, where annual camp-meetings are heid, is really a iittle village Where people live the greater part of the summer. In tact, all along this raliroad there are Washing- ton pedpie who occupy their own houses, DISTRICT INTERESTS OF GENERAL IMPORTANCE. ‘The formation of a representative committee ot citizens to represent the interests of the District betore Congress 1s the subject of more or less con- versation among the eltizens, especially in view of the recent meeting that was held for that purpose. Some citizens with whom a Stak reporter has talked seem to be disinclined to take any stich @ movement, because of the attitude of a persons wiiom they characterize as trre- sponsible. “The purpose of such a committee, as I understand ff,” suid a well-known citizen, “is motto advance any speculative schemes, whether in land or otherwise, nor is It to act in the interests of any one section. I have reached this conclusion from conversation with gentlemen who were in- strumental in calling the meeting which was held last Week. ‘There are various matters which af- ~, | fect vitally the interests of the people of this en- | tire District which ought to be urged upon the at- tention of Conggges. allude, for example, to tho condition of ouP@testamentary laws. ‘To explain what I mean I will mention a few incongruities of these laws, Ifa inan lving in Baltimore, tor Ip- Stance, and owning property in this city, should die, having made a will which 1s accordh lavs of Maryland, his heirs would find that bis property in this city would be intestate, ‘They would be compelled to proceed in regard to his District property in ‘the same way as if he had left no will, although his devises may have included his property here. But legal proceedings would have to be instituted, an éx- ecutor appointed with his 5 per cent couimission and a saie effected, and the heirs floally would re- celve thelr shire in the property, leas some 25 per cent, which these proceedings 'would prot cost: Congress ought toenact a law Dy whi wills made in any Part of the country, accoi to the laws in force at the place where the w Was made, should be operative in this District, ‘Then take the case of aman Who owns proj and fsa resident here. He maxes a wil, which, asa ruie, men are ot very much inclined to dd, and sf he should acquire property afver the date Of the Will, that property would be tntestate, although his will might in words cover all his roperty of which he should die possessed. ‘The Twas it now stands makes it necessary for a tan to make a new will every time he acquires Dloce of property. ‘The iate Mr. Geonge W. Riges, aithouga he left a will also left a large amount his property intestate in this way. You can read- fly see Uhat this is an important matter requiring the atvention of Co ston there 1s the law Telative to property for whic! wher appears. Enclosed possession for a period of wwenty years, Unless an infant. hetr appears, 1s necessary Betore ‘title can be aca I Ulink that the time should be shortened. Besides property held by a tax title can be claimed by the owner, and if the taxes have been paid by the holder of the title, the owner can take possession without paying & cent of the back taxes. “You can readily see,” he continued, “that tt is ‘ot necessary for a committee in representing the a new interests of the District to have anything to do with jobs or private and speculative and wo my know! that was the purpose in the movement started for the organization of a com- mittee. Ifthere is any object other than con- serving the general and public interests of the District, 1 for one would have nothing to do with committee.” —-—_. Im Pursuit of a Miscreant, SEARCHING JERSEY WOODS FOR THE A3SALLANT OF A ‘WOMAN. All the able-bodied men of Silver Lake, N.J. & small hamlet on the outskirts of Montclair, were scouring the woods yesterday in search of a man who tried to assault a woman and made advances toa young girl late on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Agnes Cowan on that day started to walk to the residence of Mrs. Robert McQuinn, her mother, ‘on Bloomfield avenue, near Suaish’ Pond. Was almost dark when she AE . ‘aldo of" tne” e reece , ' 3 i pepe : H Le iv H 5 f H by Hdd 8 E ct | eS i! § i { i 5 3 i iF i lf il i i f j ‘ : iy i it 3 LH but is | | pleas court here to-day. In 1884 H. P. Weddell, a tn | A bevy of Sunday school girls were singing a song With the refrain “Cast thy Bread upon the Waters,” as a Star reporter was walking in East Washington recently. As the reporter stopped to lsten, an elderly gentleman, reputed to be one of ‘the wealthy residents of tnat section, stopped also. ‘When the girls stopped singing the elderly gentio- man remarked to the reporter, “That 1s a sweet Uttle Sunday school song, and I love to hear tt, for T have found that there is more truth than poetry init,” “Indeed!” exclaimed the reporter. “Perhaps Joa Wont object to telling me why you so adinire <1 am ” sald the old citizen, “when I find an rata to tell my experi- ence. to a long story short. You remember once 1 was an encereaber. 3 tom menced business nO cay in ‘con ‘Menced on credit. I had some grave yard lots best, but I Was struggling along, generall Soo Ge eae eae im walked im. "Trove and ested, "Well, yrhat can Tdo for your’ are jou Mr. fell,’ continued he, ‘I'm ‘a troubles ‘boy im, said’ that he had been recom- & humane man, that his boy was le funeral, ‘but he had not a knew when he would have him,” said the ex-undertaker,“that calling my assistants, 't sent 's to prepare the body. taste in the Selection of & ci ‘tw attend it,” On going tothe T found that his family lot was nd the title was in the name of anotber branch of the family, so I had to furnish hima site in one of my lots. “The poor boy Was put away in @ much better manner than he expected, although had he been able he would probably have spared 0 expense, as he seemed to be very fond of the boy. You see by this incident that the cemetery sites came in handy. All this 1 did cheertully, paying ct out pocket, ving he Old gentleman ever was able that he would Day | ill, and if he continued poor the expense Would not ruin me. The day following the funeral | ‘the old gentleman came to the store and thanked | me for What I had done, and as he left he said, “I | don’t know wheu I can pay you, for 1 see mo pros. | =D Whatever; but if lever get any money the iM will be ‘or God knows when that will | be, I don't.” I told him not to trouble himself. The vld man promised to call and #0 in a few da: after, during my absence, he came in dru and Kicked up a row with ‘one of my assistants | and was driven out. ‘The following day I met him | on the street and he apologized for his conduct, | saying that he was heartily ashamed to have treated me 0. He said that he was 90 despondent that he sometimes felt lke never attempting to Rot aP. (Tchad not always been that way with im he sad, and he believed if he had his own he Would be wéll fixed. ‘What do you mean by hat ing your own?’ I asked him, and he ‘Once our folks owned considerable and | although some of it has been built Some | 4s in the handsof real estate people I have no recol. | jection of our folks’ selling it.” I then told him | that he might see my lawyer (giving him a card), and ask him to look into the matter, and if I could | be of any further help to him w let me| ariytn the tall Twas surprise 8 Feal estate agent, who Olcred me & ‘sum fora lot now im the fashionable northwest | section. J answered: ‘My friend, you must have | ;, 1 Own no property there.” ‘I | ou do, and several lots besides the one I | real estate man. J told him I/ the matter and he could call | t to my lawyer and learned that had placed his business in his hands of ground was sulin the old man, | over a square ind Was still in the old man, | | and hous in possession claimed ft through old ta Utles; that he had opened a dence with ‘and the result was that a compromise ‘n made with the old mun, who recovered sev- eral thousand doliars from one firm and deeds for geveral lots from another, and that the old man had insisted on five or six of the lots being con- veyed tome, and he had then fixed himself up and gone onatrip. Thusit was with me, ‘the bread Cast upon the waters’ has been aD! . Ihave told this to many of my friends and I hope they will proxe by it. You know now why Iap- preciate that little Sunday school song.” ee Sued by His Sons. ‘EL P. WEDDELL CHARGED WITH FRAUD TO THE AMOUNT ‘oF $500,000. j A telegram from Cleveland, Ohio, December 13, | ‘says: A suit involving $500,000 and possessed of some pecullar features was brought inthecommon wealthy banker and owner of the Weddell house, failed for $2,000,000. His sons, Lawrence and Frank, now sue their father so the of the for 750 esi ad ask Yo have that amount ticluacd is che | Habilities of the estate. Their story briefty told ts deeded to his two infant sons. Lateron he pulled out | of the difficulty and was again reckoned as a mill- | jonaire. When the bays became of age, in 1881, | {heir father perstaded them to deed the property | back to him, on the plea of making a more equal ‘one part Of the real estate having in- creased in value more than the other. He prom- ised to turn over to each an amount equal to halt the value of the whole property so transferred. | Before Mr. Weddell fultilied his disaster | again overtook him, and all hts ry went into | the hands of an assignee. ‘The two sons, there. | fore, bring ult for $233,730 each, as represent the Amount they charge as fra itientiy obtained from them by their tather. assignee Webster says that if unmolested the estate will pay every | creditor dollar for dollar and leave $500,000 be- sides, He indignantly denounces this suit as a Scheme On the part of the sons to rob their father in his old age. Weddell some me ago marred a second Ume, and this mari being distasteful to his children caused a rupuure, cooesneemeseet ~ em Act noes dainty seed each morn ihe water pure in cryatal vase— le Unfit ‘ada not in the airy. faruished, chill, and only wide. KIND OF FOOD. ‘The tramps’ insurrection at the Lancaster, Pa., workhouse is at an end, the men ‘work at i HL sant i ‘Dr. Ey t iI Bi i i fF i ‘already’ 1m process of, ‘geen are good education—thst one " it : A i i h | site fnthe sixth row of chairs in THE PRINCE AND THE ROBBERS, A Story that suggests the Arabian Nights, From the 8t, Jumea Garetts. On the side of the high road to Shiraz, thirty miles before the city is reached, gotng north, stands avare pole. This marks the place where the body of Sergeant Collins was found after Lis murder. Sergeant Collins was an inspector of the tele. Sraph line, @ man of great personal bravery. Ac- companied by is Wife, two servants and two muleteers, he started on his inspection duty. Col- Uns was handily couvalescent from a fever attac when be started, and he had no chotoe iu travel- ing but to He on a mattress Qung on a loaded mula, Atearty dawn one Jaden! cried, “Sahib, they ave bioee yteerSad Pes looking the sergeant saw ‘some ined 1m front who were covering him with their guns, AU ‘Ube same moment these men, bia 10 dis Dest shot io bis revolver ring as Gr twice. in, came, and Collins Was hit in two. places, Deing Instantaneous After beating the body with their irop-beaded sticks, the ‘Ditnded and carried off the wife ‘and f mitted suicide to avoid capture; froma gunshot wound apparentiy iuMcted try Collins, “But the Persiad: ues, though they had got the criminals in Jail, seemed very loth to Ait Ruan, G28 your agent, at Shira sucseeden nm, ©. 8. L., our aly in goading the Tiince Governor, Hi. iM. ilee Sultan, into trying the e "pt no witness of the murder. ant Was de his wife and bis two servants had been fright Out of their wits, and the muleteer declared that he could remember nothing. The Ziles-Sultan, finding that the English minister would notremain Satished, ordered the robbers to be brought before him. ‘The prince-governor himself embodied the law, Haifa dozen courtiers lolled against the wall, their arms respectfully crossed upon their DreaSt. Seated ona silk mattress ina corner of the room, his back supported by # gold-embrold- ered cushion, the Young prince twiddied his mus tache or plaved With the jeweled hilt of his saber, or toved ‘with the buckle of priceless brilliamts which formed the central ormunent of als palm leather waist Delt. ‘The three men Were dressed as villagers usudlly are, in tall feit caps and long felt coats. When they were hustied into the tall of audience they Were still heavily ironed, for these men sre ofteh desperate criminals, and would not besttam €or a moment to murder their Jailer if Uey Though they would thereby secure a chance ot te entering the ruyal presence they bow itmatt to the ground. “Salaam !” they shout in a kind ofchorus; Your villager or Urtbesman never speaks, he always shouts, “How do you like sour says the prince, nodding to them with a stile. tn reply The bandits assert thelr innocence, calling ab every sentence uj Heaven he Prophet. “Are we not haftnless tribesmen, we who live im your foyal highness’ sladow? May We be” your sacrifice?” ‘The prince still smiles blandiy. “Ah, my frieuds”'says he, “l, too, am a Mussulman, We are all Mussuimamd here; and—and, in fact—an unbellever mote OF less doesn’t much matter. 1 have truly done & good deed, “I shal! not really punish but rewand you. That you killed the Feringht there is, of conrse, no doubt; and so I must punish you nouule nally.” What I propose to do 4s to cut off a jolut of One finger ot each of You. But what is that? Nothing. Your dresses of honor are ready. You ‘Will put them on and will be Instantly liberated. And now, my children,” says the stalling “prin “tell me All about it, How did you manage it, eh? ‘The astonished prisoners received tis speech with a burst of joy. All shouting at once, they hastened to give the prince full particulars. “The European red Owice from oue ‘pistol may we be Your sacrifice!—and then we all fired in on him. He was but a European. your shadow never be less! W. @ncy of your royal highness! “May We be your sxc ce!” ‘The smile faded from the face of the young rince-governor, his likeness to the Shab, father, becomihg very apparent as his counte- hance darkened into ferocity. He had got at Ue truth, and, without more ado, nodded with iets sigaiticance 10 is Chet of he bash, a Dlack-bearded map, who stood behind the criminals. ‘The prisoners were removed; they were hurried into the publicaquare tn which’ the palace stands, and there thelr ciroats Were cut. ‘The bodies lay exposed tll sunset, a terror to evil-doers, ————_—.e9—___ ‘They Saw the Ballet. . EIGHT CHICAGO MINISTERS IX THE FRONT SEATe A limited number of clengymen and the repre sentation of “Galatea” and the “Bal Costume” by ‘the National Opera company were the attractions and one and their names are: ‘The Rev. Calvin 8. Blackwell, fof the Christian church. ‘The Rev, J. E. rector of St. Thomas’ al church. ‘The Charles H. Bixby, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church. ‘The Rev. John Rushton, rector ‘Christ's church, Woodlawn. Pastor Harunan, of the Evangelical Lutheran church, Felsenthal. Rabbi Morden. ‘The Kev, Henry Perry. ‘The clergymen didn't seem to mind it at more ‘Were looking at them that stage. When the curtain rose on the“! ume.” “Mr. Blackwell raised his head much the Rabbi #88 cEacl é and fixed his eyes isenthal, Who was i ‘here 1s fothing immoral about it,” Paster Hartman said aflabiy, and without » “a6 is an old story with me,” “I see nothing immoral in tt,” said Rector Bixby, “nothing that auy pure-minded person can také 2 pn epainges fo ‘that it “was very beautiful,” and “all = THERE 18 NO TROUBLE IN THE NATIONAL OPERA ‘COMPANY. A Chicago @ispatch last night says that as far as can be ascertained the reports of trouble im the ballet of Lhe National Opera company, BOW per A Long Telegraph From the Buffalo Courier, Deo. 14. “T’ve heard all the stories Of long telegraph ain cuits,” said a Postal telegraph operator last even- ing, ‘and in my tme I've worked some prevty long ones myself, but I never heard of anything that ‘equaled one we had this afternoon. Our peopleare ‘bullding a line from the terminus of the Canadian Pacific t ‘Frisco, and I heard %; Henry Rosener bis OMice, No. 187 osener was at New Westininsier, which ts op the Pacific coast just Opposite Vancouver Island, so they were talkt with President Chandieriu roadway, New York. Mr.