Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1887, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, SE __ Ot ee % a ad Sass PTEMBER 10, 1887—DOUBLE SHEET. NEW YORK CHARACTERS. Persons and Thing» Observed aN EX-OPIUM SLAYR's STORY—HOW HE EMANCIPATED MIMSELP WITH THE AID OF BEER—NEW YORK’S tree, FAMOUS DINERS-OUT—WHY LARBY JEROME AND TOM | arenar Williams, Commissioner Hess, Fred Gibts OCHILTRER ARE IN DEMAND. Special Correspondence of Tux EVExtxa Stan. ew YORK, Sept. 9. ‘There are drug stores on lower Broadway which Jo a big business, and espectaily with weary dr ebilitaved men who call at late hours to get some- ‘thing to buoy them up. A physician ts regularly | employed in them to prescribe for people. The places are open every hour of the year. One even- ing several weeks ago a young man, apparently about thirty years old, visited one of these stores, | eautiousiy approached the prescription counter, | and called for ten cents’ worth of guin opium. He | was short and of full habit, but his placid face and | (wembling limbs indicated that he was far from | ‘Realthy. The clerk refused to sell him the drug. | ‘Tne young man took a silver box from his pocket, opened it and showed the clerk a lump of brown | stuff about as large as a chestnut. It was gum | opium. ~You see I am used to taking tt,” said the young man, “but I am pretty near out of it, and I must have some more.” The clerk still declined Yo sell the desired article, saying: “You have | enough there to Kili three men, ‘Throw it away and stop taking it” “Fa give worlas if I could,” said the young man ag he arose and wearily walked out of the store. His eyes were glassy and he walked like one in @ dream. The days and weeks went by and the young man, emaciated and weak, but with clear eyes, entered the same drug store and, recogniz- tng the clerk who had refused to sell_him opium, he shook hands with him and sald: “I thank you for deing me the greatest Kindness of a lifetime when you declined to sell me any more of the drug. ‘I.weni home and resolved to stop taking It. I had Deen a slave to it for ten years. It wasa good Fesolve but It took nerve to carry It out.” “Tell me your experience,” said the clerk, as he took a seat beside the young man. The ‘latter, Who kept nervously moving his hands and feet a3 ~he talked, recited his story of bis struggle as fol- lows: “I have read De Quincy's Confessions of an Opium Eater,” but I never perused the history of a case like min’. ‘Ten years ago I suffered a severe attack of sickness. When I became convalescent 2 Was In such a condition that my family physician had to give me several different prescriptions to Buoy me up. None of them seemed to do me any ood. Finally he prescribed what proved to be & frowntsn, bitter solution. Ivafforded me Instant relief. wre the medicine Was gone I Was called on business. I asked the doctor to give me a prescription for the medicine to take West with me, but he refused to do so, ‘THE OPIUM EATER'S STORY. “4 was surprised, but I indignantly left him and took what remained of the medicine with me to Chicago. Once there I went to a drug-store, owed the druggist the contents of the bottle, Sad asked ‘im fhe could discover the nature of the medicine and put me up some more of it. He smelled and tasted of it and asked me how long I had been taking It. He looked very serious when I told him, and then he said: ‘You evidently do not know what you have been taking. ‘The main ingredient Is oplum, and _you have apparently be- come a victim of the terrible habit of taking the drug.” If the druggist had felled me with a club Would not have been more surprised. I went home ‘and resolved to do without the medicine. All the Ymptoms of the disease which it had beea given > correct returned, and I suffered the tortures of ae damned. I yawned constantly and was una- ve tosieep. Finaily I went to another. ist, old him my condition, and him to sell mé some opium. He did so. T it, and once more I was at peace with all the world. ’ I increased the the’ Great City by Cumming» and Hail, | hh dose until the effects of 1t made my ears feel as if they were about to burst. For five years I made no effort to throw off the terrible yoke of habit that my physician had put about my neck. I slept sparingly in feverish fits, and I ate heartily, but grew more Weak every day. I never shall be able to describe the awful dreams that haunted me during the night. The hailuctnation got a place in my mind that the habit to which I was a Victim Was a great snake cotled about my body and constantly tightening {ts folds. I would dream Uhat the head of the monster was darting back and forth before my face and awake witif a scream. The drug to tell on the action of the heart until I felt a sense of compression about - the chest, I could not reileve myself of the idea that this pressure was due to the clammy embrace of the suake. One night I awoke from my horrid dream to find myself apparently dying. My heart was beating at a terrihe rate, cold sweat stJod out over my face, and I was in a ‘precarious condition. I Look a great dose of the drug, but was unable to retain it. I was like a dismantled and rudderiess Ship at sean a yale. Tealled a doctor, gave him the history of my case, and him’ to relteve me. He gave me some aconite for my heart and some big Valerian plils for my nerves. ‘They had not the slightest effect on me. My heart beat Taster and faster. ‘The big snake was tghtening its embrace. Finally the doctor bared my arm and injected a soiution of morphine into my veins. Tt brought relief, and in @ week I was able to Ieebiy Walk about, but I was obtiged to increase imy allowance of opium to keep and’ soul to- gether. AN AWFUL EXISTENCE. “Then my case assumed a new phase. One night Tawoke from my fearful dream about the snake ‘with a fluttering of the heart. The organ paipi- tated at intervals of five minutes and I sent for the doctor. He told me that I must cease taking the drug oF die. He gave me Dromide of potassium Yo quiet my nerves, but 1t had no effect beyond making me feel as if 1 was going mad. I slyly re- turned to the use of the drug. I kept the sivér box containing It at my bedside. One night I awoke and reached for the box. The nurse had taken it away. No one was awake in the house, Instantly my heart began to beat violently and I was all of a tremble. 1 felt as if I should smother. The snake had Ughtened its folds once more and death seemed imminent. The shipwreeked man on a raft at sea ‘without food or water does not expertence more agony than I did when I round myself without the drug. I called loudly for help. the nurse came, and I bezged him to get me the optum. He had thrown itaway. No drug store was open at that hour of ‘the night, and, as a last resort I searched my pock- ets for a crumb of the drug. I found a morsel, took it_greedily, and managed to exist until morning, When the attendant got me some of the stuf! trout drug store. I rallied and eked out an existence Yor three or four years, but it was an awful exis- tence, I had tried to Keep secret, the fact of my misfortune, but 1 seemed as if everybody had heard of it; for circulars advertising cures for the optus: nablt came pouring in on me trom all over country. HOW WE BROKE THE SPELL. “at length I determined to emancipate myself. ‘My physician said 1t was tmpossibie; I had been ‘wo long in the embrace of the snake. He said that 4t would Kill me to break of at once. I came in here to buy some more of the drug, but you ret Ww sell t to me. Then I went home determined cease taking it. I belleve no mortal ever suffered ‘as I did after waking that resolve. I yawned, the fsa ducts were opened until my eyes swam and sleep was out of the question. My heart paipita- Ted until it seemed about to burst. My appetite, Whick had been so strong while I was a victim of the habit, Was entirely gone, and all the world was, Clouded ) me. ‘The only consolation I had was the seusation that the snake had loosened Its coll. The herve Lonies that I took seemed to make me hover On tue confines of Insanity. At last after two weeks Of agony and siewplessuess a little reer came. I Was able to doze aif an hour ata time andeat allt. Ue, My heart ceased to beat quite as rapidly asit bad done, One night, during a fitful sicep, I dreamed that the bis snake, which had been’ about my Dody for a decade, dropped to the floor, raised Its awrul head and glided out of the room. I awoke ‘With a sensation of terrible physical exhaustior and my Leart Was beating so slowly that it seemed | about to stop. Topened a bottle of beer with a. ng hand and drank two glasses of It. My | began to beat stronger and I dropped into @ sleep for two hours." From that tune on beer © my constant stimulant. The hopsin the have a soothing effect ald there is nothing it for one breaking off trom the oplum. Two ks have elapsed aud now Lam free, ‘The very of the drug makes me sick. Once 1| that [had returned to its use. The door | of my room Was ajar and I dreamed of ‘taking the Hirst morsel of the stuff. I saw that awful snake Thrust his nead into ihe apartment and prepare { spring upon me and again coll about my body. lawose with a scream, and ifI had been at ali | (empted to return to the habit that vision would | have stopped me.” Amos J. CoMauxes, ba LARRY JEROMZ'S GREAT NAME. Larry Jerome ts not eminent in polities or finance, | bas never held @ notable public position and | his wealth is limited, yet when he arrived from | England yesterday the whole town began to gos- Sip, aud to-day there are interviews in the papers ~evllmans in iengta. It would puzzle an outsider to account for Larry Jerome's prominence. No re- and the number of blunders and mistakes that can be traced to his door would have abashed the late Comedian Sothern. Henry J. Bangs, pres- ident of the famous Turtle Club, 13 another ‘mem- leather merchant by di but night his place Isat the end of a Dig table, ‘where he shines. by reason of natural endowments If Ros- coe Conklin, Larry Jerome, Tom _Ochitt and Henry Bangs were to organize a fortnightly dining clu they could make It the success of the Year in clubdom, if they would all agree to be there when the dinner bell rang. BLAKELY Hat. ———— +00 About Natural Gas, ‘THE HISTORY OF ITS DISCOVERY AND ITS MANY USES. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. The earliest use of natural gas on record 18 in China, where for centuries it has been conveyed | through hollow bamboos from fissures in salt mines to the surface for burning purposes. Near the Caspian Sea, in Asia, there are also places where natural gas fs seen to exude from the earth, and a similar phenomenon fs to be seen In the Szal- atua salt mine in Hungary, Natural was first discovered in this country in the neighborhood of Fredonia, Chautauqua County, N. ¥., early in the century.’ Here it was first put to use by some enterprising citizens in the year 1821. A smail well was bored in the village to the depth of 27 feet, and the gus was conducted through pipes to the houses, where it was used for illuminating purposes alone. It ts | sald that in 1824, on the occasion of Lafayette’ Visit, the village was illuminated with natural | gas.’ This well, which was drilled in 1850 to the depth ot only’ seventy feet, continued to supply the village with illuminating gas until the year 1858. It is @ noteworthy fact that although this interesting discovery was widely known it did not lead to any further experiments, either in the neighborhoodor in other places, till fully twenty years after 1821. In the early part of the present century it was found that the wells which were bored “for salt in the Kanawha Valley yielded large quantities of gas. In 1841 this gas was first used “as fuel for bolling the brines obtained from the wells. Neariy all the wells drilled for the purpose of obtainin, petroleum afforded natural gas in abundance; ‘was, In fact, @ considerable inconvenience to those engaged in Sinking the wells, and often a source of serious danger. ° In 1845 a well which was sunk for petroleum at West Bloomfleld, N. Y., struck a flow of natural gas. An effort was made to utilize this, and it was carried in a wooden main to the city of Rochester, a distance of 24 miles, 1 1870, for the purpose of illuminating the city, but thé experiment was a failure. So, tough it was obvious that this gaseous product constituted an inexhaustible supply of excellent Tuel, no attempt Was made to put it to use in manufacture tau during the past decade. In 1873, a well in Arm- strong County, Penn., was so arranged that the gas could be separated trom the water with which it was discharged, and conveyed through pipes to several miles in that vicinity, where it was used in the manufacture of bar-tron. From that time tothe present day the use of natural gas Its in- creased very rapidly. It is estimated that the gas used tn 1486 for heating and illuminating purposes Was equivalent to 3,131,000 tons ot coal, having a value Of $4,857,000." The consumption of gas dur- ing the last ‘calendar year very much exceeded this quantity; the total Value estimated on the basis of the coal which it_has displaced probably amounted to more than $6,000,000. ee w Not Leave the Mormons, A MOTHER REFUSES HER DAUGHTER'S APPEAL AND GOES TO UTAH. ‘The New York World Sept. 9 says the Rev. Thos. D. Drum, a chaplain at Castle Garden, received a telegram Tuesday from the Rev. T. J. Danner, of New Brighton, Pa., asking him to watch for the arrival of Mrs. Barnes, a steerage passenger onthe steamer Wisconsin, from Liverpool. The telegram further stated that Mrs. Barnes was in the hands of the Mormons, and that her daughter was anx- tous to prevent her going to Utah. When the pas- sengers of the Wisconsin arrived, it was found that of the 800 more than halt were Mormons, bound for Utah in charge of President John Isaac Hart, of Ogden, the Mormon missionary. Mrs. Barnes was found among them, and escorted to the immizraat post chaplaincy. It was then learned that the Woman was accompanied by her second husband and two stepdaughters. She 1s a comely and elderly English woman, ap- parently several years younger than her husband. ie embraced the mormon faith twelve years ago, and succeeded in converting Mrs Barnes about two yearsago. Barnes 1s a shoemaker, and both were residents of Manchester. On seeing the tele- gram trom her daughter, Mrs. Barnes sald: “I have not been kidnapped, and am going to Salt Lake City of my own tree will. My husband and two daughters go with me. T Tam twenty- one. I love my daughter with a mother’s devotion, Dut in this I must be actuated not by worldly mo- tives, but adestre to save my soul. I love the Mormon religion and sincerely believe in it. I Would like to see my daughter, but my duty to my husband and to my religious vows compels me Very reluctantly to decline the invitation to go to Pennsylvania.” Under the exhortations of Dr. Kramer, her de- termination forsook her, and large tears trickled down her cheeks. “Yes,” she suddenly exclaimed, “Iam almost inclined to go to see my daughter.” The husband hurriedly whispered sometilag to her which at oxce restored her stoicism, and she reiterated her determination to go to Salt Lake. Barnes appeared to be very much attaghed to the woman, and When asked why he did not wish her to go to see her daughter, he said he knew that if she ever got there she ‘would be persuaded to abandon the Mormon faith. A short time previous to the departure of the Mormon party, Dr. Kramer made another attempt to dissuade Mra’ Barnes, but it was equally unsuccessful. The clei¢yman says that he knows nothing of the case beyond What was stated in the telegram and what the woman told him, The whole party of Mormons, which is the laggest that has arrived here in some months, lett for Utah yesverday afternoon over the Erie. Many of them have friends already settled there. During the voyage one of the party gave birth toa boy. He was iminediately christened Edward Wisconsin. President Hart, who conducts this paity, bas brought over three others nearly of the same size. “During the past eighteen months he has baptized 250 tn the Mormon faith in Engiand. er ‘The Duke Makes Trouble. SOME POINTED KEMARES TO MES. PARAN STEVENS. ‘The Newport News last evening created quite a sensation by printing the following editorial: “t 13 published in many newspapers that Mra. Paran Stevens will reside in Newport no more be cause of newspaper criticisms on the Duke of Marl- borough and herself as his host. This sounds very funny, and the story 1s probably the jnven- {on of some reporter who feels that he 1s noth- ing if not sensational If Mrs. Stevens were to leave Newport on this account where could she go? Certainly not to New York, for the news- Papers in that city have had’ most to say on the subject of which she complains. Boston Would not be congenial, and the distant cities of Chicago and other portions of the West have al- most without exception taken up the charges and Tepeated them frou time to time. For the same Teason there Would be no place for her in Englant where ‘his grace’ 1s sald to be excluded from society. MFS. Stevens and her friends have come here ag summer visitors, and the Newport press has not discussed their characters nor indulged in eriticisms of a personal or private nature. It is not our custom to surpervise the conduct of the guests of the city, nor to label them on arrival as good or bad. And'so the Daily News has practically lett the duke and Mrs. Stevens to themselves and to their own Ways, other than as they appear in the Soctety notes as published from day today. It 4s, therefore, quite amusing to read that the par- Ues eriticlsed propose to turn the cold shoulder on Newport and rush to the embraces of the commu- nities whence come all the woes of which com- plaint is made. “Newport is too big to be in the least linpressed by the threat of any person to | Several gentiemen, including ex-Uni Wage War upon It3 prosperity, and if it be true | that such threats of leaving ‘Newport are made | for Such reasons as are assigned, or for any othe r of this locally famous little ‘group. He Is a DRINKS OF POPULAR PEOPLE. Cups that have Cheered Rulers, Writers, and Actors of Note—Charac- ter Shown by Favorite Tipples. From the London Telegraph. Perhaps one might theorize about character from favorite drinks as much as from “‘palmistry” or handwriting. Let us see: Napoleon had the heart, if ever a man nad, of a despot. He drank strong black coffee, the sultan’s drink, and Cham- Dertin, the rich wine of princes, Cromwell and George of Clarence were both ambitious, with Yery opposite endings. Both loved Maimsey, which, tradition asserts, drowned the latter in the Jewel Tower. Richelieu, the cold, craftyy, calcp- lating cardinal, loved the thin red wine of Medoc. ‘The magnificent and high-spirited monat Henry Vill. and Francis of France, loved what Fallstaffs holds to be so inspiriting—namely, “a good sherris sack.” Edmund Kean’s erratic mag- ificent genius and mad career were nourished on brandy, Which was, indeed, life to the unhappy tragedian. Dogan tells us that after his return, utterly brokeu, in 1827, only constant glasses of “prown brandy, very hot and very strong,” en. polished equable essays Were written on moderate potations of excellent claret. Chas. Lamb, most Perennlally charmning of essavists, was a thérougn ndoner in heart, and his favorite drink was genu- ine London portér. Pitt and Eldon, who repre- sented the older order of things, both loved port, of which the chancellor could drink three bottles, Peter the Great was a genius and equally a bar- Parian, with a fiery temper and unbridied will. We aré not surprised, speaking as theorists, to find that his favorite beverage was brandy with pepper. King John was an unbridled and fiercely cruel tyrant, And if, as G. R. Sims says in one of his stories, a man’s disordered liver can make him @ fiend, what wonder? For King Joh loved draughts of new ale, a surfelt of which, with aches, 18 supposed to have led to his death. Dr. Johnson was strange mixture of torsismn of the ancient eighteenth century school—broad and many-lined knowledge and goodness of heart and lfe—and great nervousness. He loved in modera- tion punch and port wine, and, by his own description, was “a hardened and’ shameless tea Grinker, whose kettle had seldom time to cool” "One cannot theorize about Porson, the famous Greek scholar, who, it 1s sal could “cap” from memory any’ line quot from the three Greek tragedians, :schuylus, Sophocles or Euripides, for he drank anything. In- deed, it is sald, in a lady's absence with the keys, he vowed, much to her husband's annoyance, that she had a private bottle of spirits, and, rummaging about, found one, still more to his friend's annoy~ ance, of which hé drank the contents. He left on the lady's return. Her husband, having mentioned this ina vexed manner, she sald, “Good Heavens! It was the bottle of spirit for the lamp.” Sir Astley Cooper, the great surgeon (who in 1815, received during'the various months of the year £21,000 if fees), and who, slaving at hfs profession iwelve hours dally, std he could digest anything but “sawdust,” rank two tumblers of water at dinner and two glasses—never exceeding them—of port wine afterward. Talleyrand’s cold and dissimu- lating nature was summed up in his advice to his subordinates, “Above all, no zeal!” His favorite tation Was claret” in moderate glasses Henri Quatre, France's favorite monarch, whose chivalrous memory even the flerce republican mobs of 1792 at first respected, loved the wines of Surennes, and never, as a rule, drank anything else. Byron was fond of two very diffarent pota- tions, which, perhaps, one might fancifully say, Were typical of his two styles of poetry—one was hock and soda water, then a very new beverage in England; the other Was gin and water. Frederick the Great, like a good many other persons, had a Particular affection for Tokao. Peter the Great thought Madeira the best of wines, but regarded brandy as superior to all other drinks, Rubens had the strange taste to esteem Marsala the finest of wines, Peet him to gét through his scenes. A ——__+e-_____ ;Assewments for a Campaign Fund. ‘THE CHARGES AGAINST COLLECTOR HILLSMAN. Aspecial to the New York World trom Nash- Ville, Sept. 8, says: There is still considerable ex- eltement over the charges against Collector Hilis- man, of this internal-revenue district, that he had. assessed all his subordinates $5 to $10 each for the anti-probibition campaign fund. The matter fot cut by a private letter from Ed. Wells, a store. eeper at Maxwell, to his mother, in which he says he doesn’t like'to contribute, but supposes he mnust. His mother and father, who are warm pro- hibitionists, sent the letter’ to the newspapers, Wells was interviewed to-day at Maxwell and Telterated all his statements in the letter, giving additional details, Wells sent in his resignation by today’s mail. ———__+e-___ Mr. Powderly’s Circular. SOME RADICAL CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE RULES GOVERNING THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR. General Master Workman Powderly has issued a very mportant circular “to the order every- where,” outlining a new policy, which Mr. Pow- derly recommends should be enacted into a law of the order at the next general assembly. ‘The new scheme ts very comprehensive, but 1s said to be a mere skeleton of a great. plan for govern- ing the order. Mr. Powderly dentes in the strong- est language that he ever said he was “a bitter enemy Of trades unions,” and adds: “Every word dropped from the lps of men who are interested inthe weltare of labor has been distorted and magnified, and has then been carried tn its twisted, derormed Condition to men on the opposite side of the question for the purpose of securing a ‘re- ply? ‘The new plan gives to each trade the right to organize a national trade assembly under the juris- diction of the general assembly. Each national trade assembly to have exclusive control over the aMfairs of Ita trade, without let or hindrance; 20 Jong as the constitution of the general assembly 1s not violated. In matters concerning strikes: No trade local assembly to enter upon one until ail of the assemblies tn the national trade assem- bly have voted on the question and have, by & three-fourths Vote, agreed to render assistance {ihe general laws of the order requiring attempts at arbitration to be observed). State, Territorial, and provincial assemblles to be formed in every Stat@ Territory, and province in the jurisdiction of the order. Whilethe general tenor of the new law ts to separate the trades, 1 still retains the old Knight or Labor idea of centralized mixed assemblies, by compelling the formation of State, Territorial, and Provincial assemblies, State assembltes aré not to have jurisdiction of trade affairs, but are simply to legislate for the good of the order at large in the State, ‘The most radical change ts in the election of delegates to tue general assembly. ‘The delegates are to be elected from the State, ‘Territorial, or provincial assembltes without any Teference to trade districts. The idea 1 to have the general assembly composed of Knights of Labor, pure and simple, and prevent the clashing of delegates elected a3 now from the separate trades, with the narrow interests of their own trade only atheart. In the circular Mr. Powderly also advocates a general benefit association, to be taken up by the entire order. eee A Railroad Sensation, A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGIS- LATURE GOES BACK ON HIS OWN BILL. A decided sensation was caused in the New Hampshire house of representatives ‘Thursday when Representative Hazen, of Whitefield, who introduced the famous Hazen or Boston and Maine Railroad bill, announced that he should vote for the Atherton or Concord Raliroad measure, Mr. Hazen has been until very recently a staunch sup- porter of the Boston and Maine Ratlroad, and in- ‘troduced the now famous Hazen bill. What effect, Lis change of sentiment will have on the result of the railroad controversy 18 problematical. ‘The bond that Mr. Hazen referred to in his statement was for $150,000 and was voluntarily given by States enator Rollins, abd who represent several mil- lous of dollars, to the effect that the Concord | Foad would build an extension from Whitfleld, via of a personal nature, It 1s evident that those who | Jefferson, to Berlin. ‘This would be greatly to the indulge in them utterly fail to appreciate the | situation, It 1s doubtless hard for a woman to be Titicised by the newspapers, but when one ven- ures to go contrary to recognized customs In so- (lal lle of morality she must expect such results to follow.” oo —___ Buried by Strangers, ‘THE MYSTERY WHICH INVESTED A POOR WOMAN WHO WAS ONCE A BALTIMORE BELLE. From the New York Sun. Mrs. Annie L. Rider, who 1s sald to have been a delle of Baltimore in ante-belium days, was buried yesterday from the undertaking rooms of Step Merritt, 210 Eighth avenue, the funeral serv! being read in the presence of half a dozen ladies and gentiemen who had known something of the woman's early life. Her relatives remained away and left the last rites of the dead to the hands of strangers, Indeed, but for the intervention of ‘Superintendent John Bowne of the Mission for the Improvement of the Poor, the boay of the former belle would have gone to the Potter's Field. advantage of Mr. Hazen’s constituents, and when the latter, at a recent meeting, voted almost unan- mously in favor of the Atherton bill, supported by the gentlemen who gave the bond, ‘Mr. Hazen felt At to be hts duty to change his opinion as to the merits of the Tespective measures. Mr. Hazen’s Speech created great excitement, and he was en- thuslastically applauded for his courageousaction. NeXt Week promises to be a decidedly lively one, ‘and hints at Sensational developments are made, se A Pension Swindler Sentenced. ‘A MAN OF MANY ALIASES AND NUMEROUS WIVES. ‘The Pension Office 1s informed that on Tuesday Jeremiah Travis was convicted in the United States District Court at Scranton, Pa., and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for masquerading a8 & special examiner of the Pension Bureau and tak ing fees from pensioners on the pretense that he would have their pensions increased. Fully Pensioners have paid him fees ranging trom $1.50 to $20. His victims were mostly in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, and New Jersey. He has been by turns a doctor and @ clergyman, and was in FRAUDS IN ART. How Great Painters Sometimes Lend or Sell Their Signatures. Paris Letter to Boston Herald. Not very long ago an acquaintance of mine went to one of the best known of the art dealers in this city with acpicture by a tamous artist, a pastel by ‘Degas, showing an English lady leaning over balcony watching a horse race. “Just see to what a point forgeries are carried,” Said my fried, addressing the expert. “Here isa copy of @ Degas which has been offered trmeas an original; confess frankly that even you have been taken in by it.” The dealer examined the work and began to smile, Then, shrugging his ‘shoulders as he handed back the pastel, he sald: “Really, the imitation is as plain as the nose on man’s face, Iought to know something about the original, as it once bel to me.” It was that very original which the dealer had ‘sold a few months Panes that my friend was showing him. At first the victim was rather up- set, but he soon recovered his assurance and tried to cover his defeat with the remark: “Well, the Shrewdest people are sometimes mistaken, you now.” Even connoisseurs have a hard time of it dis- tingutshing the true from the false among the mass of pictures that now flood the market, you have no idea in America of the thousand tricks to which these foreign forgers resort, and it 48 not the forger or countertelter alone who 18 t0 be feared. There are artists who will sign pic- ‘tures they-never painted, and here is an instance in point. Corot was not only agreat artist, but ‘he was alsoa kind-hearted man. One day an ex- upil, who has since made a snug pee by paint- false Corots, went up to him and said: “Ihave not a penny; if you will consent to sign this ttle canvas for’ me, you will save me from Poverty.” ‘The great artist took the canvas, placed it on his easel, added a cow to the landscape and then Wrote his name with a brush and paint in one cor- ner. How would the most skiliful ex that ever lived have set about proving that it Corot Was not genuine? ‘There is in a physician Who makes a specialty of trading in false pictures. He made the acquaintance of a young man of much talent, whose pictures were remarkably Uke those of a celebrated fgure painter, and he closed an arrangement by which, in returd for an allowance of 6,000 francs during’ three years, the Jouune, fellow Was to turn over to him all the lo- ‘tures that he painted during that time. One the doctur called on the famous figure painter and showed him a canvas, “What do you think of it?” he asked. welt 8 excellent, and remarkably ike my own york.” “It cost me 200 francs.” “Well, that was dirt cheap.” “But if you will consent to sis ur name to it ‘I can get 20,000 francs for it, Will you do it?” “Chat would make my signature worth 19,800f. Business 1s business; I'll sign the canvas for 20,000f. cash, andeven then you will begetting the best of me.” ‘The money ens pela, and that pictureis now in the gallery of a rich collector, who paid 32,500f. for it. ‘The widow of a wealthy merchant’ once purchased a panel trom Fromentin for 15,000f., and at her request _he signed on its back an ‘attes- tation of its authenticity. Sot time after that agtist’s death this widow, having pressing need of money, consulted a dealer about selling her panel picture. The man offered to buy. it, and at the ‘same time would so arrange matters that noone could ever know that she had parted with it, And this is what he did. He sawed the panel in two in ‘such @ Way Uhat the back was Peperaved rom the front, and on this back, which bore the att station, @ skillful forgery was ‘painted of the work, while the original Wassold for18,500f, An expert would have found himself nonplussed in elther of these three cases, would he not? The best way to avoid fraud is never to buy pictures from dealers, but only from the painters themselves. Of course ‘this can only be done in the case of living eel ‘and the best thing collectors can do in the case dead ones is to let their works alone. Guy Smith’s Wanderings, BELIEVING HIMBKLP 4 MURDERER FOR RIGHTEEN Ans, YE. ‘The last act of a tragedy begun eighteen years {ago was concluded in the Circuit Court at Bolivar, Tenn., last night, when Guy Smith was acquitted of the charge of murder. On the2d day of Feb- Tuary, 1869, at Saulsbury, Tenn., a little town on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, a younger brother of Smith became involved in a difficulty LES quent Ges r ‘well-to-do nts of the vicinity. Young Smith was get- Ung the worst of the agray, when Guy drew a re- volver and rushed to the rescue. Two pistol shots ang out, and Bowden and Read fel to the ground, shot through the body. ‘Then the man wito hi done the deed to save his brother from the indig- nity of a thrashing threw away his smoking pis- tol, and, boarding a train which was Just moving out from the station near by, was borne away to Chattanooga. By that one act he had forfelted a agora tie: business and the pombaniouahip) of wite, children and friends, and become a fugitive, From Chattanooga he went to St. Louis and Kansas City, and then took refuge on the plains of Montana. There he lived for several years, and by hard work and “taking his own part’ whenever necessary, became a partner in a pros- Perous cattle business, All thistime he went by the name of Robert Brown, He dared not write home, and his family and friends were left in doubt as to whether he was alive or dead. He could not rest content, even with a fortune in view, and finally turned the ranch over to his partner and wandered away to the city of Mexico, ‘There he was recognized by several of his old com- rades in Forrest's calvary, in which command he had risen by gallant conduct on‘the fleld to the rank of colonel. They kept his secret and he em- barked in business there, Fortune favored him Once more, and everything he touched turned to id. He remained in thecity of Mexico six or ight years, and then, overcome by a longing to see is wife and children at all hazards, he started for home. For some reason he dld not carry out this design, but stopped on the way at a farm which he own¢ near Newport, Ark. There he lived until afew weeks ago, When the welcome news came that the two men he had shot were not dead. They had re- covered, aiter a long struggle against the effects of their terrible wounds, and then left the country. AU the Ume of the shooting the grand jury was in session. It was reported to that body that Bow- den and Read had died of their wounds, and an in- dictment was at once found against Smith charg- ing itn with murder in the first degree. Through some oversight this indictment was left standing as originally Grawn, and this fact was reported+o Sunith. But it weighed nothing against his yearn- ing tosee his family and clear bis name. So as 800n as possible after hearing the news he returned. tohisold home. He found the Uttle children he had left eighteen years before now grown to man- ged and Womaniiond. and the handsome young wife a grave and middle-aged matron. His arrivi Was reported to the authorities, and, 1p due time, the trial came of at Bolivar, the county seat of Hardeman County, wherein Saulsbury is also situ- ated. It resulted ‘in the acquital of the accused, as already stated. Col. Smith 13 now a wealthy man, and he hds had enough of wandering. He intends to devote the remalnder of his lite ‘to the domestic duties (oe leasures from which he was 80 long de- ——+o+____ A Perplexing Family. From the Madison (Wis.) Journal, Mr. L. Osborne, of this city, marriea nig grand- father’s second wife, and they havea son. Given thts simple statement anda number of peculiar family retationships may be deduced, For ex- ample, Mr. Osborne 1s @ grandchild of his wife. His son being also a son of his (Osborne's) grand- mother, ts uncle to his own father, Osborne be- comes a brother to his uncles and aunts, and also astepfather to them. ‘The boy, being the child of Osborne as a grandson, {s thereby a great-grand- Son of his own mother, while his tather may Te Joicein the tle of great-grandtather to his own eutid. Thus the boy becomes a granduncie to himseit and his parents’ great-grandchild, Osborne 1s the oy’s father “and great-grandtather at the sume time, and, being the husband or his own grandmother, enjoys the distinction of being’ bis own grandfather as well, Osborne's mother married a man named Blake and his sister married a brother-in-law of her mother, Henry Blake. Osborne's sister becomes a sister tO her own mother. Mrs. Blake, being Osborne's mother, is grandmother to Osborne's son. ‘The latter, however, being ason of the wife of Mra. Blake's father-Ih-law, 1s therefore a brother to his grandmother and granduncleto his grandmother's Sister, the daughter who married Mra. Blake's brother-in-law. “He is also her nephew, as the son of her brother. Osborne is the younger Mes, Blake's grandfather as well as her brother. Thus her nepliew, Osborne's son, becomes uncle to his aunt, Deing’a gon of her grandmother. ‘This series of relationships may be likewise tracea almost in- definitely. ‘The family are happy and contented, and live ‘as pleasantly as though the peculiar family tes were not present, On Henry George’s Theory, From the Nashville American VOLUNTELR OR MAYFLOWER. ‘The Contests for the Honer of Defond- img the America’s Cup. she siiowing axe the dayson which the races for the America’s cup will be sailed, barring un- avoidable accidents to either yacht: First Race—Tuesday, September 27, at 10 a. m. over inside course of New York Yacht Club. Second Race—Thursday, September 29, at 10:30 ‘& m,, 20 miles to windward or leeward and return from Scotland or Sandy Hook lightship, as will be etermined on the morning of the race. ‘Third Race—Saturday, October 1, at 10:30 & m., ‘triangular course of 40 miles, starting at Scotland Lightship, ‘The courses and sailing directions will be the same as those laid down the “trial races.” ‘Should the new sloop Volunteer be chosen to de- fend the cup the public will be assured of an ex- citing and ly-contested race, and if the stars Ber Wi over etna ae no mean adversary. a boat with the Thistte’s record 1 som ot which Americans may well feel proud. sloops Puritan, Priscilla and Atlantic have with- drawn from: ‘pation in the trial races, 80 that the contest for the selection of a competitor for $e Thistle ts narrowed down to the Voluntesr and jow Public interest in the yachts seems to increase asthe time for the race draws near, and every movement of the Scotch cutter, now anchored in New York’s lower harbor, is eagerly watched. The mystery surrounding her hull below the water line adds no Little to the interest manifested on all sides, and furnishes data for many amusing and chaotic theories. In a short time Capt. Barr will be foreed to have his cutter hauled out, for her bottom has become very foul, and the great secret, so carefully guarded’ on both sides of the AUiantic will then be revealed. ‘The interest in the preliminary trial con which are to determine what American yacht shall champion the American cause against the Scotch adversary, is very great. ‘The dates and sailing directions that will govern the contests tor the selection of the best American boat are given Furst Race—Tuesday, September 13, at_10.a.m. over the inside course of the New" York Yacht jursday, September 15, at halt- past 10 am 20. miles to winuward or leeward, and return from Scotland lightship, Third Race—Saturday, Sept. 17, at 10:30 a. m, triangular outside coursé, starting trom Scotiand D. Ngiesldes these dates the America’s cup commtt- tee, If they so elect, have the option ot ordering the stoops to sail also on the 14th, 16th and 18t of September. ‘The yachts entered in these races will assemble in the immediate neighborhood of buoy 18, in the upper bay, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 9:30 a. m., and be at anchor off the government dock in Sandy Hook bay on Thursday, Sept. 15 and 17, at 10 a. m,, in readiness, on signal, to send a boat with the yacht’s representative aboard the judges’ steamer to receive instructions, The rules of the New York Yacht Club, including tme allowance, will govern the racing. In the race over the club course, yachts in start will cross an imaginary line’ drawn from the judges’ steamboat vo buoy No. 18, opposite Owl's lead, L. L; thence (keeping outside of Fort Latay- ette) to and around buoy No. 10, passing to the West and south of it; thence to buoy No. 834, ing south of 1t and north of buoy No.5, off the mouth of Sandy Hook, to and around Sandy Hook lght-ship, turning it from north to east, and then returning over the same course to the westward of the home stake-boat, which will be anchored abreast of and to the eastof buoy No. 15. All yacnts will pass to the eastward ot West Bank uoys Nos. 9, 11, 13, and 15, and to the westward Of red buoys Nos. 1034, 12, 14, and 16, both going and returning, and Keep to the southward of an Imaginary lné drawn between buoys ¥ and 834,00 Filyna’s Knoll, and to the eastward of buoys 1 and 3, on the falsé Hook outside, going and returning In the outside races, at the start and Ol yachts will pass between the judges’ boat and the fhtship, and in the triangular race, in rounding, will keep on the outside of thestakeBoats or buoys ‘used to Mark the course, Inthe windward or leeward race yachts will keep the outer mark on the starboard hand. Buoys displaying red fags will be used to mark the turning points on the outer course, and the Duoys and nov the tugboats will be turned, The tug running off a course will display no flags until she has reached the mark, when she will display the New York Yacht Club flag alone, and keep it flying ap long as she remains at the marks, ee A Posthumous Beard, ‘AN UNDERTAKER SAYS THAT THE WHOLE OF A MAN DOES NOT DIE AT ONCE. From the San Francisco Examiner, “I read in Sunday's Examiner an article headed. ‘having Dead Men,’ copied trom the chicago Inter-Ocean,” said an Oakland undertaker said to have dug deeper into the mysteriesof his profession than most of his melancholy brotherhood. “It describes a barber, who had shaved many corpses, speaking in Jeering words ot an English dude who cautioned him aguinst taking the stubble. off the neck of his defunct relative upwal instead of downward, because the hair woul afterward grow improper. ‘The barber evidently supposed that the beard ceased to grow after a man’s death, but that is not the case at all. If the body is presérved from decay by being buried in an iron, air-tight casket, the beard will not die, but LEAD on growing: Just so long as corruption is avert I do not think that the hair of the head ever increases in length, but you know even in life a man’s locks become scanty, and finally disappers alt ther as he ws old, while his age usually serves to make his beard thicker and longer. Ican vouch for the vitality of the hair that sprouts from the skin. “When the war closed I was an undertaker in Richmond, Va., and I was employed to direct the funeral of a well-known Southern merchant who had freely lavished his large fortune in alding the Confederates in their popelons struggle. He died of something to which the doctors could give no name, but which the family, who were obliged to to the North to enable the sons to earn a liveli- food, aa no hesttation an calling’ a broken heai loyally sacrificed to. the lost cause. He was elderly man, who had always kept his face clean shaved, and after his Goat as) Wen eeerel many years younger than her husbani that a barber should remove tne bristles that had grown upon his skin while he was in the state of Mental indifference toward outward things that is the forerunner of such a death as his. “His face, if I may use the expression, was as smoth as a new-laid egg when he was stretched in acast-tron ofa, which was then hermetically sealed and placed in the family vault, which, after the custom of many Southern people at that, time, was on the plantation owned by the family. ‘Th@remains were the last deposited there, for the estate passed into the hands of str: ‘who, as Was usual on stich occasions, pledge’ themselves toleave the burial ground’ undisturbed and to allow its former owners access to It at all times, «Fifteen years passed away, and the relatives of the dead man, grown rich in the Rast, determined to diynter thé body, remove it to Long Island and bury {tin Greenwood Cemetery. They came to Richmond, where I was still a business in a wretchedly Peduced way, and commissioned me to take the remains from the vault. I did so, and be- fore they Were shipped for the East the widow ex- ressed a desire to look upon the face once more. was satisfied that the body was in good condi- ‘ton, so I removed the lid of the coffin as it lay in my shop, ‘The lady glanced at the contents, and then ina paroxysm of grief and anger, she de- clared that Ihad madea blunder and that the body was not that of her late husband. “Of course I knew I had not committed any error, but I confess that at Orst I was considera bly staggered myself. On the once smooth chin was growing @ snow-white beard that reached almost to the feet and flowed over to the sides of ‘the corpse, filling nearly all the space left in the coffin. ‘The clothes and a score of other evidences convinced the children that they were looking at the remains of their father, but the widow refused to be comforted until the ‘posthumous beard was shaved off, when she at once recognized the face, “phe vody 18 now in a vault at Greenwood, and have nodoubt that aluxurient crop of hair again adorns the face. I have seen many cases of a similar kind, but none in which the growth of the beard was 86 great as in this one.” coe. Copying Human Vices, ‘From the Pall Mall Gazette, Dr. Jainmes, in a memoir sent to the Academie es Setences, states that monkeys, unlike other animals, unless itis the human. animal, readily acquire the habit of taking morphia, ‘When monkeys live with opium smokerg, as they do in Eastern countries, where the habit is more preva- lent than elsewhere, and become ‘accustomed to the medicated atmos; uire a taste for the pipe. One pi oak is said, A Human Electric Battery, ANTON SAVERNE CAN LIGHT BIS LAMP AND HIS PIPE BY SNAPPING HIS FINGRKS, ‘From the Philadelphia News, Anton Saverne, a Belgian cabinct-maker, em- Ployed ata Kensington ship-yard and living all alone in the little frame house 902 Schleswig Street, has the wonderful power of producing elec- tric sparks by rubbing his fingers. Savernets a Uttle, swarthy fellow about forty years old, with ‘bushy head of black hair, keen blue eyes—very Tare among his countrymen—and very smail hands. Hts motions prove that he 1s excessively nervous, and his senses of hearing, sight and Smell, as he assured a reporter of the Daily Ner are unusually acute. His nts still ive on a farm in Belgium, near Brussels, and he 18 e of a famnily of eleven children. tnel BOW Nothow I do it,” he said last evening. as Teporter saw sparks rom Saverne’s rs, The cabinet-maker rubbed his finger-tips diy up and down ‘upon his pantalcons. “Tuen, holdii hands out, with the fingers widely ex- tended, jets of tny yellow flames or long sparks shot out. They seemed propelled by some unseen ished. “the right aand appeared moro earsea \ ay more char; with electricity if the sparksare electric, than the left. ‘The lamp'in Severne’s front room—there are only twoin the house—was Bard out, so that the sparks might be seen‘in all their brililancy, It was a wonderful Again and again did tie bushy headed Belgian rub his fingers and hold them out, while tiny showers of bright sparks darted out as if from toy reworks. “<I Was not always ‘s0,” sald Saverne, lighting the lamp and his black pipe, filled with ‘villainous tobacco, at the same time.’ “When I was sick, ten years it-was said I would die. I lay very weak one it in my father’s house when there came up a storm. Such thunder and lightning I never knew before. And my body had such queer sensations, While I lay, covered up with bed- clothes, my mother sat holding her face in her hands by my side and I seemed to feel a thonsand needles pricking my limbs and chest and the soles of my feet. It was not so painful, for queer thrills came with every prick, and when the thunder rolled away and the rain stopped I rose up, leaned back, and put out my hand to take that of my Hee pies were closed, but I heard her cry, ‘Anton!’ ‘What?’ I gasped, weakly. “Your hand? “I looked at it. The one nearest to her. Tt was aflame. God preserve us. Iwas terrified. My ery brought my father and sisters to the room. They looked at me in horror. I took my other hand from the clothes to rub my right. Sparks shot from the fingers of the left. Soon they died away, but Ihave but to rub my hands as you have seen and the lights come.” ‘Saverne told of the hardships brought upon him by this singularfaculty. The neighboring peasants: in Belgtum avoided hit, and told awful stories of his belng in league with'the devil, Men would not hire him to plough or in harvest time. His own family clung to him, but the farm was small, and he came to U country five years ago. Here he learned the cabinet-making trade and got employ- ment at finishing ship interiors. But, when his companions saw his faculty, or infirmity, they treated him coldly. His ignorant neighbors in Schleswig street regard him as possessed of an evil spirit. Saverne’s electric flagers are the curse of his existence. —— ee. He Made His Moncey Fly. A SON OF BX-CONGRESSMAN BOWNE SPENDS $700,000 IN SEVEN YEARS, ‘The New York Sun says: Lying in a comforta- ble room in the second floor of the United States Hotel in Newark, with his leg broken, is a middie- aged man, who must have had a good deal of fun, such asit was, He has spent a large fortune in ‘seven years, at the rate of $100,000 a year, and Row ,has nothing With which to pay for his board or medical attendance, His name 1s Andrew Bowne, and he says he ts the eldest Son of Obadiah Bowne, once a Congressman from Staten Island, who committed suicide thirteen years ago. Andrew was well known in this city at one time. He lived in grand style at the best hotels. His grandfather bequeatued him property in John street and other parts of the city, to the value of $700,000. He also left him con: siderable property in’ New Jersey, allot which Andrew converted first into cash and then into the highest kind of living. He formed a habit of folng out with a thousand dollars and coming ack with empiy ets two or three times a week. Women would get the greater part of the money, and they always left him in a condition that, rendered him oblivious of where the funds went After dissipating all of his wealth, even to small remnants of property in the clay pits of Middle- sex County, N. J., Bowne drit into Newark, looking like a tramp, in eee for help to Judge Meeker, who was an acquaintance of father, ‘The judge sent him to Mr. C. H. Yatian, the sec- Tetary of the Young Men’s Christian Association, Mr. Yatman fed and clothed him and procured em- ployment for him. Andrew behaved in an exem- plary manner for nine months, and again fell from. grace, When he returned from his spree he was. again set on his feet in clean raiment, and again ‘he fell, This was repeated by the Young Men’s Christian Association and the Bureau of Asso- clated Charities nearly a dozen times, until Bowne Minally drifted away from Newark and found shel- ter with a family at Whippany, Morris County. When sober and well dressed he ‘is rather a fine- ee fellow. He is tall, baid and has broad shoulders, straight limbs and an intelligent coun- tenance, His ull beard Is paged with gray, and his eyesare large and dark. He sald yesterday while lying in bed at the hot “This 1 my own fault. Ihave been on another spree. I went to New York a week ago and re- ceived $100 from the lawyers in a case of which T knew something. peeve me for what informa- ton I gave them, and ed me to stay away from the city. I came to Newark that night, and, after paying some debts, lett $25 with the clerk at the Continental Hotel. That 1s about all thatI can remember until I woke up in this room.” Bowne was taken to the hotel by a cab driver, who subsequently went to the Continental Hotei and got his baggage. Capt. Donovan put Bowne in one of us best rooms, and tried to hd some of hie friends, but discovered that he had none upon Whom he could depend for ald. He will be re- moved to the City Hospital in a day or two. or The Home of the Aryans.. Prof. Max Muller in Good Words. Can We not discover che cradle of our race? I say decidely we cannot. We may guess, with more or less probability, but 1f our guesses are to be submitted to tests of mathematical certainty, not one of them will stand the test. This ought to be understood, and is, in fact, understood among most scholars. Many opinions held with regard to periods of history which are beyond the reach of historical evidence can never be more than Possible or plausible. To demand for them a {ferent character does not stow any critical Sagacity, Dut rather ignorance of the limits of our knowteage. ‘Thus, when we see the Celts driven to the western parts of Europe, pushed forward by Teutonic tribes, and these again pressed hard by Slavonic neighbors, we naturally conclude that the Celts were the first to arrive in Europe, the Germans the second, the Slavs the third. "But there Is no mathematical certainty for this, it is nothing but the result of an historical combina- Uon, andcanneverbe more. Again, if we seo Hellenic civilization extending from Asta Minor to Greece, and from Greece to Italy, and if we find the Italians pressed by successive Inroats trom ‘the north, we are inclined here toadmit a progress of Aryan Speech and thought trom the east to’ the West, and from the north to the south. If, on the contrary, We consider that the Aryan conquerors of India Game clearly from the north along the rivers of the Punjab, while before that time they Inust/have dwelt for a certain period together with the people who became the founders of the first European dialects, we find tt dificult to resist. the conviction that some half-way point from which the northwestern and southeastern tribes could have diverged may mark the original home of the Aryans, ——-e+_____ The King of the Lon Amarchists, ‘From the Pall Mall Gazette. ‘This man 1s one of the most remarkable figures in the anarchist movement. ‘The more one sees of him the more inexplicable and problematic appear Ris position, as well as his views and his charac- ter. One moment he seems to be a man guided by the most ideal, unselfish metives, who 1s the vic- Um of an unfortunate delusion, and the next he appears to be one of the lowest and most unprinci- pled of men. It may be interesting to give a lescription of the man who plays the most im- Portant part among London anarchists, Victor Dave ts forty years old, slight and of mo. dium height; his pale face bears yet the traces of his three years’ imprisonment for high treason in Germany. He wears spectacles, has a reddish beard and fair hair. Hisforehead ts that of aman of mental superiority. * * * Dave has been closely connected with Paris and Brussels anar- chists. Since he has come to London he has be- come connected with the Socialist League. He knows the Itailan anarchists from his travels, and 1s afriend of the Neapolitan, Dr. Merlino, ‘who lives in exile in London. ‘Theonly party whom he Its superior excellence proven in millions of homes ‘acentury. It is used by the Endorsed by the heads of west, Purest, and ouly Baking Powder for more than a quarter of the Great Universities as. thi most Healthfu. 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We only offer such clothing as will prove worthy of confidence, consequently we offer clothing that will be satisfactory to our patrons, ‘We call special attention to our tailoring de- rtment which is filled with a very large and Varied line of Cloths, Diagonals, Corkscrews, itines, Pantaloonings, &e., &e, which we | muuke to order at very short notice, Shirts made wonder, NOAH WALKER & CO, sl Pennsylvania avenue, Now Is Yorr Ovporre ‘NITY TO DRESS HANDSOMELY AT UNPRECEDENTED LOW PRICES. EVERY GARMENT IN OUR HOUSE GUARANTEED TO BE PERFECTION IN FIT, OF DURALLE MATERIAL AND WELL MADE, NO MAT- TER HOW LOW THE PRICE MAY BE. OUR STOCK EMBRACES EVERYTHING USUALLY sOUGET FORIN A FIRST-CLASS CLOTHING HOUSE. IT 18 TO YOUR INTEREST TO PAY USA VISIT. RE- SPECTFUL ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN YOU WHETHER YOU PURCHASE OR NOT. WE FEEL JUSTLY PROUD OF THE DISPLAY OF CLOTHING FOR MEN AND BOYS WE HAVE PLACED BE- FORE THE PEOPLE, AND ESPECIALLY THE LOW PRICES WEARE ENABLED TO SELL THEM FOR, THESE ITEMS ARE OUK SHIBBOLETHEL KILT SUITS FOR Bors. IN THIS LINE OUR VARIETY IS ENDLESS, AND AT SUCH PRICES AS HAVE NEVER BEFORE BEEN KNOWN IN THIS CITY FOR SUCH GOODS, YOUB INTELLIGENCE AND “GOOD JUDGMENT WILL BEAR WITNESS TO THIS FACT. OUR PRICES ARE DISPLAYED ON EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND THEY SPEAK VOLUMES. THE GOLDEN EAGLE CLOTHING 00. #9e0 NO. 400 7TH ST. COR DN. W. A Prince on a has not yet been able to approach are Prince soe Kropotkin and his confederates. It is said that cent arrival has attracted So much attention. | Mrs. Rider died in the lunatic asylum on Hart's | session of a pulpit when he Was arrested at W1 It (Henry George's theory) is the old story of | pamcess JOSEPHA, OF SAXONY, LEAVES HER HUS-| Ki does not trust him, The Irish Fenians Beside him the Siamese Princes, the Duke of Mari- | Island of paralysis on Tuesday. Although she had | barre, Pa., last May. Rev. A. Ratton was bis name | the man whocame home and said to his wife: BAND ARTER BEING GROSSLY INSULTED. and the Spanish anai ‘on the other hand, OAK HALT, noises ad EAE MOM al te tee eld bad aware led ary, qatwen Years, Mrs. | at that tithe; but in the course of iis eventtul ea- | “Biddy, 've joined the lodge, and am golng to have | From the Paris Mornine Neer’ are closely connected with him. His EE nd Bocabilithe fade Out of ight. Larry Jerome dwarfs | Jsder had always velled her past life in mystery. | reer he has Agured at various times as kobert | gsycy ny gees Prince Otto, of Saxony, is certainly a most de- | tic acquirements stand him in good stead in his, Cetaay ibe cxplanation issimples Hers a diner | Quis ts casual rwarks and hints was anything | Kayburn, allen Hatton, Jas Wilson, g. Thomas, | ®000f my own.” ttt, Pate” Ughtful young man. Some eighteen months ago | Cdeavors. He speaksand writes Ger Fall stock is coming in, and the balance of Light- gut, and @ miguty one at that. His presence at a | Known of her early wealth and social standing. | Rev. Juo. Iliff, Col. Bates, Rev. A- Rafton, Capt, a will ye git ns 880 | English, Dutch, ands} andisa gran eights must go at once, ad the following {able insures the success of the entertainment. | How she fell from her high estate was not known, | Jno. A. Moore, Hon. J. A. Bentley, ex-Comimissioner ‘Well, we're going to havea big society and | he married Pretty cousin, Princess Josepha, | gentleman to his lucated com| ns ‘make them go: dane ree Soa Re Nycaxerty sought after on ac- | Put she ty Ustleved to have lost her fortune in cot- | of Pensions, aud abouttwo dozetiother aliases. He | then make them divide all the monet'in therrnns | daughter ot Prince George and niece of the king. up with great respect. His comfortable | "$7.50 Men’s Suits reduced to $5. Het Mee i te lg mae | ager cian Je of a er | Spe ours afeen fag ie Coat | Sf gran su oe Dome Tan tntoS| sary ae tho marrage toveer, tne prin | iat bots Higher ge Mente eter iow dua W. Mackey aid Koscoe Conkling to wander | ‘appare no a a 1e Cor a aptece for us.” te ¥ ™ ‘about te up-town cates for hours ting to fad | Manners were those of lady, and she was familtar | after obtaining their money deserted theae Pana win ¥0 get your $700, Pat, or keep yer. belpcrstakes carder ke ce ‘Woes of the British Mother, is Men's Suits reavess &o . HEGRE Jom Qouileree so as to carry them off | With many parts of the couitry. | When forced to | "| ene sme | if drunk aid not ‘work’ a lick ‘wil the maney's | This 1s how tt happoned. arcane ee Bee BOTING | weds ths Sateribay Review. 18 Men's Suits reduced to $1 dinner. A more beaut! a touc! J sa . some time Rerus.ic, "RIMARIES.—" s is - ‘1 ~4 Tan” these tour geutiemen “around. te fes- | Wcltor for charitable institutions: “She. lived at ba | republlesn” priteerlen toe dees see ane | gon dariin,* crow: busts of his uncleand aunt, the em-| Another hardship in the mother‘slot is the num-| 81°75 Seermieler Conte and Yeats reduced to $1. Bre loud ie would be impossible to | east 10th street for three years, but to the woman | convention occurred throughout New York city ‘what’l 1 you do | Peror and em} of Austria, with cabbage leaves, | ber of pretty American girls that come over here t Blue Flannel Suits reduced to $8.50. Mmagine. I've seen then in the bow defunct | in Whose house she found a home Mrs. Rider never | last night. Among the. well-known persons we. ‘ and pier Andignities, for which hé | and are successful in capturing the prizes that | ,Zrinee Albert Suitareduced to $13, $15, €18, €20 Carieton Club when even the walters were im- | Spoke of her former history. Her husband and | lected are ex-Gov. Cornell, ex-Minister te France his head, “then | Was subsequently placed under arrest tor three | fD4 S10 § and unsuccess. | “Aitack, Drap d’Ete, Mohair Coats and Vesta regard- Pressed DY the air of geuiality and good fellowship | brother called several Umes to see her, but she did | Levi P. Morton, John J. O'Brien, Justice Patterson, months, Said to his guests: “Would ‘they ‘sympathy | less of cost. that hovered over the tabie. Ochiltree was be- | BUt to them. | She sometimes referred to rich | Bernard Bigltn, and Geo. W. Blunt. You not like to see my wifer” ‘They consented vo high, rotund, gieomy, Mery and joyous; Mackey | Tl Sint and "bright-eyed, smiling with intense Smusement; Conkling dignified, but quizateal apd mgt, and Larry Jerome amtable, easy, quick a8 an —————+oe—____ ‘Pants at iges than cost of mantufacture. a Weeacine Tiers ‘What they Would have resented when sober, and | While the present fashion for marrying these fair Soe, Beara ox Tax WHEELING Tyorpmer.—Gov. ‘The Origin of the Fairy Cinderella. a be hae be es, 9 ¥oz Bays 1¢ fo 18_Sulta, reduced trom 85 to 88.50. Beaver, ee. Pa., Wednesday, ‘From London Figaro, young palace, = luced from from Speaking. ae ee incident, said ‘that no | It has bean said that not one sweet girl in50,000 | learning their intention, Passing them, | Dueling Between Women im France. | $10 to ‘Suits reduced from $12 to $7.50. Suits matter what su at repartee, britaming over with infectious | ‘of Grand ‘men | knows she origin friend he his Dack against the door, ‘Paris Dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph. from $15 to $9. fun—in a word, hiinselt. Ue! fame 15 sti night ber they should ‘not Insult the: Fardeen | EBOe oe oa RET habyhood, | Gaba revolver, swore he wood hose thé ‘Aret | Dueling: among weaen threatens ‘to come into ord himself. Gchiitree’s fame 1s the United a ‘and he did not ‘there | Cinderella, A correspondent sends me the follow- One that avtempted vo enter and era east 5 to 13—Jackets. and Pants reduced from ike devoane, be in aborts stows aint tae eases | would be any ‘attempt ‘during the Greed | 1g: “Cinderella's real name was Rhodope, and diving ‘them away, tho was inlet | vouue 2 Paris, and the old practice of demolish- | #3, 64,82 Spends to g2-30. ecko aod Fania Grd living” There aré other men in New York:| vessel, from New York, which he left on the wen | Army Encamy at St. Toor | ee Fears eauiital Reyptian maiden, who lived | ose his own life 1n He Princess. "The | ioSring sho ttaprint nails in pietigeenpleny Full line of FALL OVEROOATS justin. Who are eagerly sougit after on all public occa- Will leave for St. Louis, to attend the encampment, | 670 years before the common era and during the | officer Ly ‘and decorated by the sets ne po Papers a8 | off Hatteras, he found no current, with the water | September 20 of Psammeticus, one of the twelve kings ‘of and Princess has sent him a | rels are to be adjusted, will soon probably be dis- ° ‘0 Limes a Year. ar of them arein politics and others are staid business j 617 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, clear stream near two well hen when not waooping things up at night. Sena- | an eB ee {hat the cruiser Intre- Her suoeg, whieh must have boos ueaenlty ete A Story of Marshal Pelissier, ‘catne taoe 06 face with cach other In the ae baer EA a gern tor 4 Be ‘Captured an ‘schooner of seventeen. HAs Arthur D. Willlains fs oue of the best after-din- eontane ing onthe Dank. An above | From the Parle Morning News, rence Savart, and bystanders were surprised to 2 Samples and sclf-mensurement rules mailed om Ber speakers in New York. He ts a Drilllant law. ong, Shree-mille. Hmit, 0 Campobello Chaweed to catch sight of tho Sieus somias one hear them suddenly begin to objurgate one an- Fey _ e8-thet eS 4 to-day, and took her into port, = ‘application, 20%, & keen political manager, and he speaks with fOneered the eapeain “Gr the ena then for ® tootnsome ‘abit, pounced other in.a vociferous manner of the Mme. a Bieedioner CAR nis apts cap Hey of is his capture to St Andrews, and ne | Unwittingiy played tbe, pars ot tae godmeee iiepostacts wan, however, py aroused 5 every entne Bene, and impetuous facts and clroutnstancse of te ease to eadquar- analy play. Pers ot fairy podmosher, mise isstoner Jacob Hess, who knows everybody New York, is another indefatigable diner A dinner without him 18 cot ¥ tive A friend of Mr. Morosinl sald the other day that 4 soe. officer Was seized. “Fit. 8 at for abe ned net ‘am abortive ‘teen: ” gaia Pelieater, 3 Of defense, but, ‘she had time to ‘and ‘Mrs. Victoria Morosini-Schilling-Hulskam} now and ‘devermined rte Ad ‘Dullet ‘Bear her: ‘and Bac takes neki iner dinse *wrederick obs ins conven aly apd i to eu ry antl wearer of anon, sant ch through a is | gone 7s Nee Your arms in Benes ‘ma manner hardly worchs 1s sarcastically referred to as “the W1 -—New | xingdom in search of the foot that ‘At it, —————$9_____ pag ta Senator,” is the most man I ever York World. ‘The messenger Mnally discovered ted | ‘The Massachusetts ‘declared in | seized by the onlookers and disarmed, a ng.and joking. He spends sahis .A fete in honor of the, Gf, the, Amert- | on the shoe and carried her in ump ee Meme ‘aoe granting muniipal vulrago ts women" Salonga pas caved nse a ‘the tbseranle meena “enjoy bis acquaintance,” Palace, in London, September 17, Franumeciows 2 strengthen the detonses of Halling toees, iment 3 t § i i i i il vee H i