Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1888, Page 7

6 SUB-INSPECTOR O'BRIEN. Examined by the Military Court of In- quiry. HE ADMITS THAT HE ACTED AS TIME-KEEPER FOR THE CONTRACTORS AND RECEIVED PAY FROM THEM FOR HIS SERVICES AT THE RATE OF ONE DOLLAR PER DAY. Jerry Morton, colored, was the first witness before the military court of inquiry investigat- ing the aqueduct tunnel after the noon recess yesterday. He is laborer, and was employed im 1886 as a cement carrier in the aqueduct tunnel. During the present year he had mixed cement at Champlain avenue shaft. He only worked there for four or five days. Colonel Kirlin instructed him as to the propor- tions of sand and cement. He told him to put three barrels of sand to three bags of cement. He always used the same quan- tities. Witness said he was so rushed that at times he had to send the mortar to the bottom of the shaft before it had been properly mixed. He frequently asked Mr. Palmer, one of the sub-contractors, to give him some one to assist him. but there was no help given him. INSPECTOR O'BRIEN ON THE WITNESS STAND. ‘The next witness was accorded more atten- tion than the court was in the habit of giving witneases,and when he entered the room he was i i It was Thomas Lieut. Davis customary Oath, and t hen OBrien went on to state what his work had been previous to June 7 last, when he Was appointed as i tor in the tunnel by Lieutenant Townsend. His first work was in Champlain avenue east, and about 700 feet was done under his supervi- sion. It commenced about 300 feet east of the shaft. Then he went to Howard Univer- sity and began about 300 feet west of the shaft, and continued for 250 feet east. From there be went back to Champlain ave- nue east and inspected about 75 feet. Then he returned to Howard University and finished up a tity of work near the shaft. Witness re- ceived biz instructions as to duty from Col. Kir- lin, but he was not provided with a copy of the ifications, Witness carried out the instruc- tions to the best of his ability. He stood up on the scaffold and _ watched both bricklayers and packers. The packers laid the stone in courses and mortar was laid on each course of stone. It was the invariable rule that no more than one bay should be keyed up before the packers were wed to do their work. It was POSSIBLE FOR THE PACKERS TO LEAVE HOLLOW SPACES im their work, because the inspector could not, always see them. Witness said the smoke often prevented him from seeing the packers when they were » fcet distant. When- ever he looked at the packing it appeared tobe all right, He did not think he could tell, from the distance by which he was separated from the whether the work was being properly Kone. Dol. Kirlin ordered witness © sort out stone, and that sometimes took him away from inspection. There was Ro contractor's foreman resent where | witness was at work. He did not know who was foreman. There were places in Howard University shaft where the PACKING OVER THE KEY WAS DRY. He permitted that when mortar was scarce. Witness said that he took the workmen's time in Howard University shaft. He had heard Con- tractor Palmer tell the men to hurry their work up. The contractors paid witness for acting as time keeper. They paid him a dollar a day. He never received any other recompense than that. Witness could not account for the vacant spaces which had been discovered in work inspected by him. He could not al- ways see how the packing was being done, but he did not report his inability to see the packer. He could almost always get to within 43¢ feet of the packer. It was ‘ible for an entire center, or two or three centers, to be without Lace | over the key without wit- ness being aware of it. O'BRIEN CROSS-EXAMINED. On cross-examination by Capt. Chester wit- ness said that he had no suspicion at any time that bad work was being done. He did notreport tothe chief it tor that he had allowed certain king to go in without cement, Witness had ce employed as an inspector for a couple of days when he became timekee; tractors. Col. Kirlin consent ment, and said it was NO MORE THAN THE OTHER MEN WERE DOING. Mr. Palmer made the proposition to witness. The contractor’s paymaster or Mr. Palmer handed him the money when the other men received their wages. Cross-examined by Lieyt. Townsend, witness related the conversation which took place at the time when he agreed to act as time-keeper. Witness had asked Palmer to send a foreman to the place where he was inspecting, and both Pal- mer and Kirlin said that witness could perform the duties of foreman. Witness construed Col. Kirlin’s suggestion into an order, and from that time until he was discharged acted as fore- man and timekeeper. Traitorous Characteristics. ‘VERY FEW MEN SUCCEED IN ENTIRELY DISGUIS- ING THEIR PERSONALITIES. ‘From the London Standard. Men betray their real characters in a thou- sand different ways. The professors of the art of delineating dispositions do so in various fashions. One artist will undertake to describe character from the examination of a photo- graph; another reads indications of tastes and feelings in handwriting; nay, an American savant has recently announced that much may be learned regarding a man by observing how he wears his boots. Every one has some small peculiarities, which, to the accurate observer, may furnish a clew to his disposition. There have been manifold instances of strange and inconvenient resemblances between men, lead- ing to cases of “mistaken identity,” and yet probably in every instance there was some trifling and overlooked personal trait which distinguished one Dromio from the other. If alike in features they differed in dispositions, It is difficult, if not impossible, to stifle the manifestations of personal traits. Countenance or voice may be trained and disguised, but a man’s identity will reveal itself in some ges- ture, or glance, or trifling action, which be- trays his real self to the accurate observer. Authors, of all people, find it difficult to con- ceal their identity. ae Hans Anderson re- marks, every author some peculiarity of style, which, even if he publishes cue enables those who know his works to cry out, . he is again!” To persons who have risen im life the trifing peculiarities acquired im their i sphere become sore trials when they themselves are translated to aloftier position. They are always obliged to be on their guard against some familiar phrase, some trick or gesture which betrays their plebeian antecedents. Seldom can the influences of early life be wholly eradicated. Of all the : ristics, those which mark social posi- tion are the most difficult to eradicate, Fight Against Telegraph Poles. BALTIMORE CITY ENTERS SUIT TO TEST THE MAT- TER IN THE COURTS. The Baltimore American of this morning says: The city will takea hand in the fight against the superabundance of poles, which has caused such objection among the business men and citizens generally. Under the act of as- sembly of 1886, prohibiting any electric light company, except those then in operation, from erecting any new poles, the right to do so will be tested in the courts. This step has been under consideration for some time, and as far back as last summer _— Latrobe instructed City Solicitor Carter to look carefully into the matter and see what companies weregiot en- titled to such right. Complaints were con- stantly being made that \ = rapid increase of these poles constituted a Serious interruption to business and interfered greatly with the fire ent. Mr. Carter gave the subject his close attention, and concluded t as far as he was able to ascertain one of the corporations not x for the con- to the arrange- HI Le H Fer pie a Pel bE i e ° h HF A WEEK AFTER THE ELECTION. Congratulations Still Pouring in on Har- There were about 1,500 letters, besides a great many newspapers, in President-e lect Harrison's mail yesterday. An express wagon was used to haul the load to the house. By official returns Mr. Cleveland’s majority in Georgia is 60,003. Official returns for Pennsylvania show a ma- jority for Harrison of 79,779, Mr. Mudd, the republican candidate for Con- gress in the fifth Maryland district, will ask for ® mandamus to compel the governor to issue to him the certificate of election: He claims a majority of six votes over Compton, democrat. Compton claims his election by 7 votes. A paper is being signed by prominent busi- ness men at Birmingham, Ala., advising Presi- dent-elect Harrison that he will after the 4th of March have an*oppertunity to put an end to sectionalism, and urging him to appoint good officials in the south and to give to the south liberal and enlightened treatment. The leading republican campaign a will meet at a banquet at Delmonico’s Wednes- day evening. Chauncey M. Depew is to pre- side, and Col. W. W. Dudley, President Foster, of the republican league; Whitelaw Reid and others are on the reception committee. Among the akers announced are Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Col. Elliot F. Shepard, Robert P. Porter, Gen. George A. Sheridan and Rev. R. 8. McArthur. Hon. L. P. Morton and Hon. Warner Miller are expected to be present. About 25,000 republicans d at Brook- lyn last night in honor of the election of Har- rison and Morton, Georgia Wedding Fees. From the Brunswick Appeal. The Rev. J. B. McGehee once married a cou- ple and two chickens was the fee. The groom had tied the chickens behind the parlor door before the arrival of the minister, and after the ceremony he pulled forward the door and pointed behind it with the remark: “Here's Pen’ pay.” Some time ago the Rev. H. R. elder married a couple and was rewarded with three stalks of sugar cane. In these two instances the marrying business was a failure for the minister, wisther it was with the par- ties or not. It would be unfair to expect. when a $5 man marries a $7 girl, that the groom should give $20 to the officiating minister; still, are people in better circumstances as consider- ate as they should be of the pay to which a minister is ‘ly entitled who tak long ride on a cold day to accommodate a loving couple? a An Elector of 1840 Again Chosen. From the Boston Journal. The presidential electors chosen in New Hampshire are the Hon. George W. Nesmith, LL.D., of Franklin; Charles D. McDuffie, of Manchester; Col. Charles 8. Whitehose, of Rochester, and Frank Cofran, of Carroll. It is a singular fact that Judge Nesmith was a Harrison elector in New Hampshire in 1840. Novelties in Jewelry. From the Jewelers’ Keview, Nov. 10. Grouse claws mounted in silver are being worn as brooches. Enamel violets, with diamond centers, are seen in lace pins. Children’s bib pins in Roman gold, with small juvenile heads, are neat, Silver rings set with diamonds and other precious stones are all the rage out west. A delicate spray of purple lilacs, with dia- mond centers, forms a very pretty breastpin. Hairpins with amber shell heads set in with knots of small diamonds are now worn, New lockets of polished gold have their sur- face delicately traced with enamel lines. Diamonds of rich yellow, cinnamon, and pink tints are very much sought after just now. Two interlocked hearts mounted with pearls on a knife-edge setting is a late acquisition to lace-pin novelties. A large silver locket, having in the center an emerald surrounded with distaonds, is recent importation. large opaque sapphire of a single star pat- tern, and smoky gray in color, is a magnificent necklace pendant. Novelties for the holidays include napkin rings in the form of massive gold band brace- lets with buckle clasps. Anew queen chain hasas a pendant a small gold flask down which runs a row of diamonds and rubies diagonally. Two pigeons, with their beaks clinched and the bodies formed of garnet clusters, is a hair- pin head of recent manufacture. Antique sleeve buttons of dull gold with the inner part formed of small Grecian squares and the corners ribbed are a novelty. A slender gold thread one-haif inch long, sus- pended from the ears and knotted at the end with small pink pearls, is a startling innovation in ear ornaments. Something out of the common in breastpins isa knife-edge bar upon which are two dia- mond-studded kittens facing each other and playfully disporting with a pearl. ag Scenes at a Whist Table. From Time. “Whose deal is it?” “Who dealt last?” “You; don’t you?” “I don’t know.” “Oh, it's Mr. B's deal,” “Why, so it is.” “What's trumps?” “Diamonds.” “Diamonds? Well, if Iain’t got the awfullest hand.” “Well, I just haven't got a thin; “T never did have quite such awful luck.” “Whose play is it?” “Let me see, what's tramps?” how stupid of me to forget.” your play.” is it? What led?” “Spades.” “Let me see, now—um—um—spades led and diamonds are trum “Hurry and play. “Oh! if you didn't have ten trumps.”” “Who took that trick?” “You mean thing.” “O-o-oh! if you didn’t make four! You're horrid! Whose deal is it?” ‘Then they say it all over again. ee = Exorep 1x Boy's Ciorutxe.—Gertie Blake, a thirteen-year-old git, of Newb rt, Mass., has been missing from her home since last Fri- day, and in a letter to a bosom friend she con- fesses that she eloped with a business man more than forty years of age, who is also missing. The = stated that she joined her lover in Bos- ton, donned boy’s clothing and cut off her hair in order to conceal her sex. She is rather large for her age, is decidedly pretty and well- developed, and has been just wild enough to make her attractive to the gay young men of this town. She has been living with her grand- mother, whom she has constantly deceived by pretending to go to prayer-meeting, when in reality she has been on larks with the boys, Exrorcep Hen Invitation witH 4 REvoLvER. In Baltimore yesterday Bernard N. Schillan at- tempted an assault on'a colored domestic in the employ of Mr. N. W. Matthews. He in- quired at the door if the girl wanted a broken pane in the cellar window replaced. ‘The girl said she would ask Mrs. Matthews and turned to go back into the house. Schillan followed her and when they reached the kitchen put his arms around the girl and threw her upon a table. The girl’s cries alarmed Mrs. Matthews, and be- fore the man could escape she appeared upon the scene and invited the ruffiian to take a seat. She insisted upon him doing so with a 38-caliber revolver. When Schillan gazed into the cold barrel of the pistol and the resolute Poche type fee eee to sit hata — ie key seat until a man arriv. took him into ‘custody. —————2ee—_____ YeLtow Fever Nores,—At Jacksonville, Fla., there were thirty new cases of EVENING TWINKLES. Familiarity has never bred contempt for a million of Representative Cannon is one of the big mentioned in connection with the next pad sons shij ‘Hvangelist Pentecost is meet with great snecees in England. It seems to be the day of Pentecost. The wife who sews on buttons is better than the one who plays , sings, paints, or speaks all the Not much is heard the internal revenue officials in North Carolina and Tennes- see. fenton agp oni eae 0 The smallest trick of the Washington lend- lady 1s to clog the burners in her boarders’ rooms with asbestos in order to save gas. In India Se 22,134 people were killed by snakes. This should bea ye bg er those who sometimes have snakes in their ts, A seventy-year-old rode horseback 16 miles the other day to pay a $50 note. Here a man would go further to avoid paying one. A barber who has been in the business for sixty years says he has cut the hair of 200,000 men and se He ought to be rich for there's millions in tt. The French minister of education has issued # paper in favor of athletic exercises. He had better buy the Washington base ball club to practice with, San Diego, Cal., raised a watermelon weigh- be) 80 earn If a Virginia fom ld get hold of that watermelon he would bef wi to die afterward. | Shakespeare is to be translated into Chinese for the instruction of the yor emperor. His first question to his tutor probably be “What tea chest thou?” A Mrs. Hirsh in Texas recently gave birth to six children. She will have to sing “Hirsh my baby,” with six variations. Marri: is cer- tainly not a failure in the Hirsh family. The French fete will prosecute a Paris cle ac} for ridiculing the army. Suppose the United States should undertake to prose- cute all the papers which have made fun of the — nav; be gaan Angle worm croquettes and cho chew- ing tobacco are tail to be among kg set forth by the king of Siam to a Pittsburg ay who was recently his guestat dinner. She ie she guessed she would refrain from eating ese. An up-town New York candy store attracts attention by having a good-looking young fel- low pull taffy in the window. He throws three or four yards of India rubber sweetness about in a manner that always procures hima knot of spectators. The heirs of Colonel Nicholas, who lived in Reading during the revolutionary war and fur- nished flour to the Continental army, are going to prosecute the government to recover $40,000 A pb to be due for flour. This seems a par- alle oon to Mark Twai celebrated beef con- trac A story is told of the Rev. Phillips Brooks that when at arecent gathering a gentleman yolunteered to help him on with his overcoat, he exclaimed, ‘ait until Iam sixty before you do that.” Ifa beautiful girl had proffered er assistance would the distinguished divine have told her to wait? Not much. Little Ola was being put to bed, and as usual her mother waited to hear her say her prayers before bidding her good night. To her sur- prise she did not say them. “Ola, my dear, say your prayers,” said her mother. “Iam not going to say my prayers,” was the reply. “W not?” asked the astonished parent. say your prayers, papa don't say his, and as for praying for the whole family any longer, 1 t do it.” A little boy had disobeyed his mother, andin giving an explanation of his conduct she had reason to think he was misrepresenting things, “Are you telling me the truth?” she asked. “Yes, Tam telling you the truth.” “But how do I know what you say is so?” “Go and see God and ask Him.” “I can’t go to see God and ask Him.” “Yes you can, mamma.” ‘How?" inquired his mother. “Eat green grapes,” was the laconic reply. A Broad Hint. From Fleigeude Blatter. During a ball, a lady discovered, sitting with a dreamy, far-away gaze. To her a gentleman from whom she had long received marked ad- vances: “You must surely be thinking of your future handsome husband?” Lady—“-Ah, Mr. N., you seem to have a good opinion of yourself!” ‘rowds. soe The Danger o! From the Boston Home Journal. A crowd is an aggregation of individuals; a mob isacrowd under excitement. Both the crowd and the mob are monsters, the one cogent the other rampant. The interchange of id and of personality is nowhere so ap- parent as in a crowd, and the illustrations which crowds daily afford of this interchange should be sufficient to make meta- physicians or psychologists of all man- ind. A crowd does not consist of many detached personalities, but of one great personality. “The mob will frequently lo things which no one of its members would perform in his individual capacity. The ques- tion has already arisen in the minds of many, if men influence each other when brought almost in actual contact, do they not do so in a measure even at a distance, mentally as well as physically? Of course the merest scientific tyro knows that he himself is literally and act- ually holding the planet Mars in its orbit, and that if it were possible for him to release that hold, the pave Mars would change its orbit. The crowd is a curious beast. more sensi- tive, more inflammable, more easily thrilled than the highest organized individual. With it thought, purpose and emotion do not flow in a steady stream, but burst geyser-like on the slightest provocation. Asa single spark may kindle a fire that may burn a city, so may an incendiary work whispered in a crowd become a battle cry that leads a mob to the massacre of hundreds, Mobs differ. but they differ only as monsters differ. The mob on the Parisian boulevard is one thing, that at Trafalgar square another, that at Astor place still another, while the Chicago mob and the Baltimore mob bear no more resemblance to any of the foregoing than they do to each other. ‘The one point they all have in common is that they are monsters. The crowd is as much a monster as a mob— but it is a monster asleep. The mob of un- couth, unlettered cowboys that lynch a horse- thief, and the crowd of infuriate though learned religious bigots that vivisect an Hypa- tia, have one and the same anitaus—the grati fication of the blood-hunger of the composit beast of which each individual of them isa member. It is never safe to consider a crowd as capable only of such acts as its individual members are capable of. Under a crowd of saints nature may put the addition line and sum up as a total a monster at which Satan stands appalled. In the crowd at rest, as in the beast at rest, selfish- ness and self-preservation predominate. Inthe mob when riotous, as with the beast when en- ed, these become secon: considerations, mh needs but a partisan torchlight onstrate the selfishness of crowds. Men stand in their tracks as if they were rooted to mother earth. They yield an h to no passer-by. They are husbands, they are fathers, yet the: forget their gallantry to ladies and their kind- ness to the little ones. Aman in a horse-car will often yield his seat to a lady, but a man in @ crowd—a dense election crowd—will not even allow a lady to pass him. Nor is this done ina way to conceal his intentions. He plants his , looks unl ly at the si ly and says as plainly as looks can say, “ Phe little matter is — a tour de force.” Out- side of a crowd these brutes are who would cut the acquaintance of any man whom they found measuring strength with a frail woman in such a despicable spirit. But your quiet, gentlemanly, unobtrusive man at the fireside, or the club man, may become the paw of the mob. He acts and knows low fe Iipn- reported for the twenty-four Rous ending 002—“hot what he does, he is but the arm wielded by three.—At Decatur, Ala, there was a white frost yesterday morning, with ice in many laces. Five new cases fe Pesaro tet yesterday, sah samy sefegses have returned. —————~eo—___. Currie Faeiout Rates East axp West.— A serious freight war has broken out cat and west. The New York Central has inaugurated awar pair ie amr The road made a decided cut without apparent other lines quickly met it Indications saci wt veliest fights Monday morning an- per cent on freight to St. Panh to mee ame | the conglomerate intellect, purpose and pas- — which dwell in that hydra-headed monster called a mob. Crowds are danger spots, for wherever there is a crowd there is the material for ariot. It needs but alittle excitement, a | were commit tty broil, the news of some outrage, or Ferednetion of some seditious spirit, to leaven boy sont into a seething, frothing, annibilat- mob. Ki i Fy & ; t} ; if gf A A if i peas or a presidential election bulletin crowd to dem- | tal EARLY OVERLAND TELEGRAPHY. and ‘odes in the Lives of Ploneer Operators. From the San Francisco mocking laugh over the troubles which in‘ business between important centers in the early days of the telegraph. About 1865 the best talent of the Pacific coast was nonplussed over a break in the line between Virginia City and San Fran- cisco. The wire carried the stock quotations, and the market was prostrated by the failure to hear from the mines. Stations were a long way apart, 70 miles frequently intervening be- tween operators, ‘Bell was superinten- dent of tho mountain division, where grades were so heavy that linemen had to clamber up the hills by a hand-over-hand process, An in- spection did not disclose the break. Another lineman was sent, and hegeturned with the news that the wire was allright. Three aays had elapsed without a message between the two feverish markets of Nevada and California, and speculators surmised that some one was Playing crooked. Then Frank Bell got mad. le swore that he would go over the line him- self and examine every inch of wire. Then he sailed forth with blood in his eye and a couple of six-shooters in his belt. He fared no better than his predecessors, although he stuck to his resolution to inspect every inch of that wire. Once only did he falter. The wire was stretched across the top of a high hill where it d behind a tree. He could see both ends eld taut, but not satisfied, he scaled the cliff, climbed in behind the tree and found the break. The wire which ot en had been joimed by some one who a piece of hay rope, thus effectually breaking the circuit. The air was sulphurous about this time and the superintendent wore himself out apostrophiz- the man who had done the job. jothing was heard of the break until one if during the following summer, when Frank Be! was out making certain repairs, teamster pulled up his mules on the roadbelow and shouted to Rell: “Say, you telegraph feller,” he yelled, “I guess you owe me a drink.” “Not by a — sight,” was the positive re- joinder, a “Yes, you do,” came back from the mule whacker, “I found your ——old line down here last winter and I tied it = for you.” “Then you are the blasted fool I've been looking for,” replied Bell, who began to get pot Noi the recollection as he started down the uff, The teamster saw there was something he could not understand and lit out without delay, The Los Angeles circuit of the Southern Overland became interrupted in ’65. Linemen who were sent out returned, stating that they could not repair the break without a lot of sup- plies. Abouta mile of wire and poles had as completely disappeared as though they had been swallowed up by the earth. No trace could be found of the missing material and the line was reconstructed. Afterward a detective was engaged to solve the mystery. He worked for three weeks on the case, exploring a coun- try that was a mere desert. He was despondent and about to abandon all further search when he ran across the material in question. He was stopping over night at asmall ranch which was surrounded by a neat wire fence. Barbed wire was unknown and the ranchman was taxed with stealing the Overland line. The old set- tler, who had built a first-class corral at little cost, admitted the impeachment. “Yes,” he said, ‘I've been living here nigh onto three years, and have watched that durned old line. I never saw anything go over and thought no one was using it.” The settler was honest, andafter reading him a lecture on the invisible nature of electricit; the detective reported. No prosecution fol- lowed, On the San Joaquin trail the daring engi- neers who had climbed crag and precipice to stretch their wires were outwitted iy the long- horned Spanish cattle that grazed in the valley. No timber graced the country, and flies were troublesome. The cattle were tormented by these winged pests, and to get rid of them crowded to the telegraph line. They would rub against the eres and paw the earth away from the base. Heavy poles would be worn out ina few months, causing frequent interrup- tions. The line could not be fenced in and it would not pay tohire vaqueros to drive away the stock. One of those brilliant ideas that change the fate of nations suggested a cure for the evil. Spikes were driven inthe poles and the ends sharpened so as to tickle the thick hide of the steers and keep them away from their daily pleasure. The theory was good, but it failed in practice. ‘The cattle actually ap- eciated the change and brought all ‘their Coca companions from 20 miles to enjoy the rickly sensation produced by the invention. fter this twice as many poles were needed and the spike feature was abandoned. Dave Williams was the smartest telegrapher of the day. Quick-witted and fertile in ¢ pedients, he ran up to Virginia City in when the mining world was lying awake nights expecting to hear the decision in the famous Chollar and Wide West claims. Whichever way the judgment went meant a fortune for the first man who got the news. Williams boldly entered the office at’ Virginia City and openly engaged the three wires running to San ‘rancisco by filing a copy of a newspaper for transmission. The court was tardy, and the newspaper was exhausted before the decision was announced. over the counter, telling the office staff to grind out on that on their three wires. Agents of brokers who had been sent to Virginia City on the same mission tumbled to the deal to shut them out, and induced the manager to wire to headquarters for special instructions. ‘The question of priority on three wires was raised, and the president wired back that priority could only be claimed on a single wire and not oyer the whole system, Williams was knocked out, but fortune favored him by delay- ing the decision for several days. Hastily collect- ing a camping outfit and hiring & wagon the lucky operator started for the brush, where hs cuncenioa titessit oh & spot convenient to the telegraph line. ‘The wire was tapped and a receiver and trans- mitter cut into the circuit. In this way Wil- liams learned everything that passed over the wires, Nothing interested him until one day the electric spark flashed the news of the de- cision. A week’s vigil had almost exhausted the patience of the desperate schemer. His acute ear detected the first announcement, and instantl, cmaing the wire he broke the cir- cuit, peat he cutting in, he took up the stor and sent an opposite decision through. cipher was to apprise his confederates in San Francisco what way to buy. The wes swindle fortunately was frustrated by Mr. Yountz, who was chief operator in this city. He detected Williams’ characteristic style in the sending, and knowing that Williams was not supposed to be handling a key in Virginia City, he ordered the bogus and cipher dispatches to be ope His ma icion ere seoupari con- firmed by Virginia City m eginning to arrive from the regular pert . The facts, embracing the language of both dispatches, were compared over the wire and the fraud ex- ‘is ended Williams’ connection with e telegraph system of the Pacific slope. His lents were diverted to stock-jobbing, in which he realized and dissipated several fortunes, A View of Gen. Wolseley. Gen. Beauregard in New Orleans Times-Democrat. Gen. Wolseley impressed me most favorably, He has the appearance of « thorough soldier, is of medium size, compactly built and evi- dently of great activity. His manners are ex tremely cordial and pleasing, but he is withal very dignified. He has fine conversational wers, and his narratives of operarions in Berpt were highly instructive and interesting. see, with « brillent oye ond hats taoeing oe gray, which he wears rathor short “He Seo find enough to extend to usa letter of intro- duction to the [3 of the tower of London, which place we visited a few days a Sot not eret = = e gent commanding ne sent but he left orders with one of his subor- dinates to accom: us and show us every- thing worth seeing. We spent peers five hours examining fortress where so meas enaieel deeds in history Williams then passed a Bible | COMMODORE PORTER’S WOOING. He was Not to be Bluffed by the Young . Lady’s Brother. From Harper's Bazar. Commodore Porter, the father of the pres- ent admiral, had a most romantic marriage. He made a reputation at the age of 26, and had become a commander after only eight years of service. He had shown himself a brave man in our war with Tripoli, had been imprisoned and was now back in the United States on service at the navy yard at Wash- Here he met a retty youn; indy Mise Evelina Anierson, the daughter of a_wealt from When thy Pennsylvania. eon aig ap laying with a |, for ug] e Was Le bragpde was only fifteen years of age. He fell in love a at first sight and asl her hand, and was- referred by Commodore to Mr. Anderson, her father, who was at home at Chester, Pa. Commodore Porter hur- ried at once to Chester, but the family had of his coming and were prepared flat refusal. They did not con- poor naval officer, a suitable match for their daughter, and Miss Anderson's brother was deputed to receive the audacious suitor and give him his walking papers. When Porter made his appearance he was shown into the parlor, where yor Anderson met him and asked him his business in a freezing tone. Commander Porter replied that he wished to see Mr. William Anderson in relation to his daughter, and he could not communicate what he had to say to any one else but him. “Sir,” said the brother, *‘you have come on a fool's errand. My father cannot see you and you cannot marry my sister or be connected With this family.” The commander jumped from his chair, his eyes flashing fire. “Sir!” he exclaimed, “you are meddling in a matter that does not con- cern you. I came here to marry your sister. I did not come to marry 7%; and —— you,if you do not leave the room I will throw you ‘out of the window!” ¥ The young gentleman was quite taken aback. He sought his father, and told him that there was a piratical-looking man down stairs who insisted npon marrying his sister. He wascer- tain that the man would cut everybody's throat if he did not get her, and he washed his hands of the matter. The result was that after a week's acquaintance all the family took a great liking to the would-be bridegroom, and the re- quired consent was given to the mar The two were married on May 10, 1808, and Mr. An- derson gave them a very handsome residence on the banks of the Delaware as a wedding present. This house, though erected in 1721, is still standing, and its massive stone walls are in good preservation. It-is in the possession of the family to-day. STARTLING STATEMENTS FROM AN ENGLISH CLER- GYMAN, From the New York Tribune. Canon Isaac Taylor, of the English church, is courageous man. A little more than a year ago he read a telling paper before the English church congress, in which he took the ground that the religion of Islam is not only eqnal to Christianity in some respects, but is far better suited to the needs and capacities of many peo- les in Asia and Africa. Now his article, enti- led “The Great Missionary Failure,” in The Fortnightly Review, is likely to attracteven more attention than his paper of last year. The most important point which he makes is that at its present rate of progress Christianity can never hope to overtake heathenism. Esti- mating the excess of births over deaths in Asia and Africa as 11,000,000 a year. and the annual increase of Chris' as 60.000, it would take the missionary societies 183 years to overtake one year's increase in the heathen population. This seems hopeless enough if statistics only are to be the test of success or failure in religt- ous propagandism. But Canon Taylor must aware that the great amajerlty of Christi would not concede this. Even if the statistic were more hopeless than he makes them ont to be, Christians generally would still believe in missions—if for no other reason than that they react beneficially upon those who promote them. The canon then adduces some figures that will doubtless startle the practical British reader whoghappens to be a supporter of the Church Missionary Society. It seems that ac- cording to official reports the 424 agents of this society in Ceylon spent a little more than 855,000 last year in making -190 converts out of a population of nearly three million. And as there were 380 relapses from Christianity the same year this great expenditure counted for less than nothing. The same thing was true, in a measure, of China, Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine. Moreover, the converts which are made in these.countries at a cost of from $300 to $500 are, in many cases, no credit to the religion whose claims they acknowledge, As an illustration of this, we are told of a robber who promisad to abstain from robbing for ten days, and of a quarrel which broke out among the natives of the nominally Christian village. in which the vic- | tors cooked and ate the vanquished. In order to make good reports to the home societies such unworthy men and women among their | converts—a fact which minimizes still more the small showing made by modern missions. It must not be supposed, however, that Canon Taylor is a disbeliever in missions. On the contrary, he believes that they may be made | a great success if the missionaries would only |show a larger degree of sympathy with the | and make an honest effort to understand their | point of view. He also believes that mission- aries should. as far as possible, live like the | natives. “The goods, his dress, his food, should be the same as the natives. European missionaries fail be- cause they attempt to make Asiatics or Africans into middle-class English Philistines. Islam succeeds better than christianity. largely be- cause it leaves the people undisturbed in all the | outward circumstances of their lives, It has | been well said that the teachers who would a al successfully to Asiatics or Africans should eas unlike as possible to English rectors or dissenting ministers.” The canon here seems to touch the root of the Range If Christian missions are a fail- ure, as, in the light of these facts, we must con- fess them to be, it is due almost entirely to our faulty methods of prosecuting them. ‘Certain it is that the eet religion which conquered oe of Rome and of the north hes in it y enough of vitality to displace the moribund religions of the east. But we must remember that the Oriental can neither under- stand nor appreciate the religious ideals of the Angelican or American Christian. And to im- pose such ideals upon him seems to be not only foolish but unjust. in view of the fact that Christianity was originally an Oriental religion, and should therefore revert to its primitive form when brought back to the east. dtc tadaten “acdc Almost an Abduction. A YOUNG MAN ATTEMPTS TO CARRY OFF HIS SWEET- HEART FROM A CONVENT. A St. Augustine special to the New York Her- ald says: ‘The placid life of the sisters who oc- cupy the Convent of St. Joseph, in this city, was rudely disturbed this morning by a roman- tic episode. Asa bevy of girls were wending their way from the convent to the cathedr: under the protecting care of fourteen sisters < oe containing two young men drove up. One of the occupants of the carriage, a stalwart young man, jum) out and, one of the young ladies, attempted to place her in the car- riage. The sisters, with loud outcries, rushed to the rescue, surrounded the couple, and eventually succeeded in preventing the ab- duction, In the meantime a crowd gathered. The oth man had thted and taken heels, gad, that his bold scheme had faile: e adventurous man the carriage, whi d his horses before a 4 could. be raised returned and his ‘confidence, and armed with a — is Fond ie might havo beca enccesefl ——_ 00 His Royal Highness On the Road. erat li | missionaries are altogether too eager to enrol | | natives whom they are trying to evangelize, | ‘ preacher's hut,” he says, “his | HOUSEFURNISHIN Cooxme Br Gus A full line of GAS COOKING STOVES (On band and for sale WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. mb31 Canrers: Caren Cima: We are daily receiving our Fall supply of BIGELOW, LOWELL & HARTFORD WILTON CARPETS, BODY RUGS, MATS, CURTAINS, and DRAPINGS in great variety. An inspection of our stock is solicited. SOD. NSP Fe HEATING STOVE, RANGE or J. B. 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For Philadelpiva, 7-20, 9:00. 11:00, avd 11-40 2 0, 6:00. 10:00, and 11°30 p.m. On Sun: 00, i, 0am. 2 00, 4:10, 6:00. 10 aud a. Lituited Express, all Parlor Cars, 4m. week-Gaysand 3 4B an. dally. with Dining am. 250, 11 A 73.00, 3:45 pn. 40pm. daity, and 9:00 am. 12:05 and 4:40 pt Sunday. Sundays, 9:00 a m, AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL- ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON 0:42 p.m Tickets and information at the office, northeast cor- ner of 13th street and Pennsylvania avenue, and at the station, where orders can be left for the checking of bai and residen: to destination from hotels ces. ‘CHAS. E. PUGH, J. R WOOD, Generai M. _{no2} Gen. Pas. Agent. ALTIMORE OHIO RATLROAD. Schedule in effect Nov. Ist, 1888. ve Washington from station corner of New Jersey avenue and C st. For Chicago Northwest, vestibuled limited ex- press, daily, 10:55 a.m. ; express, 9:15 p.m. ou Cinciinati and Si. Louis, express, ditly, 3 and :45 p.m. ttsburg and Cleveland. vestil limited ex- press, daily, 10:55 a.m., and ex ‘or Lexii c j 45, | ee 6:40 and 8:30am, 12:10 and 4.35 ‘or Aunapolis, 6:40 an | pam. On Sundays, 8:30am, Leave An- es re » 12:05, 4:10, pam. ‘Sundays, ‘Stati more, 5:00, 6:40, 8:30 P.m. ’ On Sundays, 4:30 a. n., For Stations on’ the Metro} | mf p.m. for principal 30 and + Bote a intern ints, t9:00 a L: O, “4:40, *5 235, T1121 = For Boyd's and intermediate stations, +7-00 p.m, $10:00 p.m. Church trains leave Washington on Sunday only at es stopping at all stations on Metropolitan ach. For Frederick, 10:10 am., 13:00, 14:35, 15:30 m, “Sundays, 1:15 p.m. ates For Haxerstown, 10:10 a.m., and 5-30 p.m. ‘Trains arrive from Chicago daily 7:20 ath, and 5:15 P.m.; from Cincinnati and St. Louis 6:20am. and 1:55 pan.; from Pittsburg daily am, 5:15 | pam. ‘rom Philadelphia, Chester and Wilmington, 2: | 7:10 and 9 65 pa. stip and (O-ae en = rly From Singerly and intermediate ‘points north of | Baltimore, 10 Am. daily, aud 12-1 am, Sundays only. at 6.2 110 ‘30'and 11 Except Sundays. "Daily, §Sundays only. for and checked at hotels and repi- i called dences on orders left at ticket offices, 619 and 1361 | WM CLEMEN CHAS. O. SCULL, Sl Gen Mamone, Gen. Pass. Agent, PEDMONT ATR LINES j Schedule in effect September 30th, 1888. 8:30 A. M.—E. Dail 30 East Tenn. [ail y for Warrenton, ‘harlottesville, Lynchburg, and Stations | betwee Alexandrigand Lynchivune, Hoaboke, Bristol, ‘noxville, Home, Calera, ‘Montgomery, and, ‘New Jeans,” Paliman Sleeper Washinatca to'New Orleans. 11:24 A M.—Fast Mail Daily for. Warrenton, Char- lottesville, Gordonsville, Stations Ches. & Ohio’ Route, Lynchbur, Rocky Mount, Dan Stations ‘be: tween Lynchburg and Danville, Greensboro, Charlotte, Columbia, » A: rt ugusta, Atlan 3 ham, Montgomery, New Orleans, Texas ama Pullinan Sleeper New York to Montgomery in_connec- Slee) Montgomery [man J y to New Or- or a ae Re ‘sburg, and Shrav. v1 to Columbia and Augusta. “Solid trains Washi to Auanta. Does not connect for C&O. route points Strasburg and intermedi: 5:30 P. M.—Western Express Paliman’ Sleepers and Solid Washington im Slee Louisville; siso for Lynchburg, Bristol, Chattanooga, Memphis, Little Rock, and yuth points. = = iman Sleepers: ‘Washington to mt change. 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