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THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTO ‘ D. C.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1890—TEN PAGES, . PARIS, 1878, W. BAKER & CO.’S Breakfast Cocoa Is absolutel; and tis jee No Chemicais ve used im its preparation. It has more = three times the strength of Cocos mixed with Starch, Anowroot or Sugar, ay ee iran ch een ae Scictlon sonrting: coeagaoting Rae SILY Diesen, and admirably adapted for iprasds as well as persons ia health, Sold by Grocers everywhere. & CO., Dorchester, Masa, W. BAKER mew 117) THE ONLY Perfect Substitute for Mother's Milk. INVALUABLE im CHCLERA INFANTUM ano TEETHING. A quickly sesimilated Food for DYSPEPTICS, CONSUMPTIVES, CONVALESCENTS. A PERFECT NUTRIENT inall wasting diseases REQUIRES NO COOKING. KEEPS IN ALL CLIMATES, for our book." The Care and Feedi SEND intanes.” called tree to nny sdtseoa eo DOLIBER-GOODALE CO., Boston, Mase. end’ T've come to day with you. Some fow have abused me be- cause they would not Boed my ples to READ DIRECTIONS. But the majority of you have been kind and attentive weady to LISTEN sxD LEARN, and for their sake forgivethe inconside- rato few, and repeat “PLL STAY AND YOU, ONE AND ALL, WILL STAND BY Wolf's ACME Blacking net perfect Diacking for men, women and ehil- res of tne enlightened sentary. WOLFF & RANDOLPH, Philada, CTR . | BEECH PILLS OW A WERK STOMAGH. 2scts. a Box OF ALL DRUCCISTS. Er Sey ‘Wases & Con, FINE SHOES, 929 F STREET N.W., BET. 9TH AND 10TH. OPEN 7 AM. CLOSE AT 9 P.M Feltimore Store, 4 and 6 West Baltimore st. Faltimore, Diaxosps, Warcurs Axp Jewerny SOLD ON EASY WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS. Washington people are not slow in taking advantage cial BARGAINS offered by the CREDIT HOUSE of | souts and a good deal of the standing room in Clus 515 7TH ST. N.W. Last week we offered Watches CHEAPER on CREDIT i be bought elsewhere for cesh,and many edgrest BAKGAINS. ‘Thi K. SOLID GOLD HEAVY-CASED D MOVEMENT, warrauted for We offer LADIES’ SOLID GOLD on is directed to the bargains ord Department. You can Studs at $19, €21, $41, 846, has you wish to go. THESE WORTH fully 50 per cont more than we $11, 816, $19, 24. and upwai THINKING of BUYING a King it witl MINE these GOODS. compar: ES with those sold else- where aud we will ¢ e you that you can SAVE ¥ by DEALING with us. We carry in stock » I line of Silver Ware and tue miscellaneous goods usually found in jewelry stores. Remember, these Js are SOLD on EASY WEEKLY or MONTHLY BHENTS, a0 haser on the FIRST PAYMENT you have the use GOUDS WHILE you are PAYING for them, er you want to buy or not. w THE JAMES POWERS CO., 615 7TH ST. N.W., UP STAIRS, Open every evemms. 020 Txer Lor Wan ‘The war is lone since over and Grasty bas grown to te smansince the smoke of cannon darkened the t know whoGrasty ts, where he does Business aud what he sells and that you can save huney by Viaiting Lis extenpive double stores’ the ‘here is not much use in writing Distory, &c., so faras 364 are concerned, and I doubt if you hnow the waris over. Grasty las eeu Lere about siz months apd more Teoyle have discussed luun,and more probably cussed Duwi, than any other business imam in the city. who buy bave discussed hus exceedingly low wad those who sell Lave cussed his very small Frouis, Nobody ever heard of a Decorated Dinner Set for $7.08, English Toilet Set, @1.98: six Tumblers, : CurpetTacks, le. 8 box; Padded Carpet Lining, 5. solid Cak Chamber $16.05; Plush oF loth Parlor Suite, €27.50; Oak Sideboard, 50, &e. Best Cane Seat Chairs, Imitation Walnut, Solid Old Chasre, 87c.; Full-size Carpet Seat c. USe., Ke, UBL Grasty came. If you want Carpets, Ou Cloths Furniture, China, Gisss, Tin ‘Ware, &.. don't buy until you have been to 1510-12 7th st, noW.,and Sebed tosee Grasty, See what you cv do, Dou't doubs till you try, WHITE MAN AND NEGRO, A Characteristic Speech by Hon. Fred Douglass, ; THE RELATION OF THE RACES HIS TOPIC—MIXED MARRIAGES AND OTHER QUESTIONS DISCUSSED— SENATOR INGALLS CRITICISED—PRAISE FOR THE PRESIDENT. Three thousand people occupied allof the the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church last night for the purpose of hearing the Hon. Fred Douglass discuss “The Race Problem.” The vast ma- jority of the great audience was colored, but the Caucasian race was represented to such an extent as to give the multitude » sort of a Pepper-and-salt appearance not often seen in these somewhat southern latitudes, The John M. Cook orchestra, Maj. Fleetwood wielding the baton, was engaged in rendering an overture when the gentlemen who were to occupy seats on the platform entered. An outburst of applause almost drowned the in- strumental harmony as the orator, with Perry Carson and John H. Smythe on either hand, took the seat allotted him. Others on the platform were Wm. H. Smith, Dr. C. B. Pur- vis, John F. Cook, Re’ Han W. Bruce of Rochester, N. Storum of the Bethel Li Association, under the auspices of which the address was delivered. Secretary Goorge W. Jackson and Corresponding Secretary H. Douglass sat within the rail and almost im- mediately benoath the reading desk. THE OPENING PROCEEDINGS, During the opening prayer, which was deliv- ered by Rev. Dr. Handy, reference was male to Fred Doug!ass as “our foromost citizen.” A selection by tho orchestra followed the invoca- tion, and when Secretary Jackson had read the minutes of the last meeting a collection was taken up. There was a far-away look in a great many eyes while the baskets were in cir- culation, and lots of people looked so stolidly indifferent that it was not difficult to imagine them sightless deaf mutes; some of them must have been practicing that trick for years, First among the speeches was the one by President Storum, who welcomed everyone to the first meeting in the tenth year of the Bethel Association's existence, He spoke brieflly but eulogistically of Douglass, and his casual mention of Lincoln brought forth im- mense applause, Mr. Storum was satisfied that the American poople had struggied for years with the race problem, and all their efforts had been to the end “‘how not to solve it.” Ex-Minister to Liberia John H. Smyth was introduced, and he, after saying a number of pleasant things about “the sage of Anacostia” — as he termed him—introduced the orator to the audience amid long-continued applause. MR. DOUGLASS SAYS THERE 18 NO RACE PROBLEM. For some little time Mr. Douglass spoke of the Bethel Association and its work, and when that had been dispoved of to the satisfaction of himself and the gratification of the member- ship he plunged boldly into his subject by denying at the very outset that there was any such thing before the American people asa race problem. He insisted that things be called by their right names, and then instanced the value of truth. When it was considered how important truth was asa foundation for everything that was good and lasting, it was strange that error should co frequently obtain and prevail. One of the most serious of these errors sprung from misstatements which had been made ae to the existing relations between men of different races. He objected with em- phasis to the statement that the relations be- tween the white man and the negro constituted aproblem. Although a rose would doubtless smell as sweet by any other name, that afforded no excuse for misnaming things. The slave- owners of thirty years ago did their utmost to make slavery less odious by referring to it as “our domestic institution” or “our social sys- tem.” Emancipation was made to look dan- gerous when it was called an experiment. That was wrong. Slavery was the experiment; lib- erty was the normal condition of mankind. “THE NEGROES WERE THE CAUSE OF THE WAR,” said Mr. Douglass, quoting President Lincoln, “and straightway the Yankees in the army along the Potomac began to kick the negroes, the Irish in New York to killthem. These acts were due to the misuse of words—words in which there was no truth. It was the other fellows who caused the war.” This statement was received with laughter and then Mr. Dou; lass went on to explain how dangerous it was to give a dog a bad name and how that it was scarcely less dangerous to do the same thing by acause, Half truths were complained of; th eet and wholesoine truth being used as the sugar coating covering a bitter lie. The devil was much less dangerous as a roaring lion than whea he appeared in the guise of an angel of light. XO REST FOR THE NEGRO, “The American people,” said Mr. Douglass, when his preliminary homily was over, “gen- erally manage to keep the negro’s brain busy with problems. When hesolves one and lies down to repose another one is invented and placed before him. ‘There may be rest for the weary (dubiously) somewhere, ‘but there is no rest for the negro here.’ There are problems for him to solve, All his work seems to be the solving of problems.” Two hundred and ten years ago the problem was a religious one. the question arising being, “Ought the negro to be baptized with water and admitted to membership in the Christian church?” That was a tremendous problem at that time. It touched THE MONEY NERVE OF THE CHRISTIANS of the period because their wealth was largely invested in human flesh and blood, If a negro was a Christian he-could not at the same time be a heathen, and therefore could not be treated as a heathen; therefore the proposition to baptize him was a monstrous one when looked at from the slaveholder’s standpoint. That (siege was solved by a Dr. Godwin. He said that baptism would not destroy the market value of the negro nor revoke the authority of the master. It was « very convenient solution. It divided the negro in two, His soul belonged to the Lord, while his body beionged to his master; there was nothing left for himself. According to the Godwin theory baptism freed the negro from the bondage of the devil, but eft him secure in the bondage of his master. It was strange, Mr. Douglass said, that these things did uot drive the negro to infidelity; but they didnot. The negro believed that half a loaf was better than no bread. He could pray jast as ferventiy jor the scoundrel who tore his flesh ashe could for the very best friend he bad in the world. MR. DOUGLASS AND THE LADY. The substance of a controversy which took place between the speaker and a lady was then related, Mr. Douglass arguing that there was no moral quality in color, and asserting that to call sin black was to stigmatize the entire negro race, to which the lady responded, com- pletely upsetting his argument, that ‘darkness was the absence of light,” and that there con- sequently was a moral quality in color, THE MARRIAGE PROBLEM, Another of the problems which had vexed the negro was “could a negro contract a legal marriage?” This wasa problem in which the white man of the south was much interested. If those whom God had joined together could not be put asunder at the master’s will then uo man could sell « wife from he: husband. The southert tion of this was the decision that ® master had a right to buy and sell whom he pleased. ‘fhe effects of this solution were yet to be seen. ‘The negro, bound by no moral or legal code, took to hitaself the freedom of the bei of the field and the fowls of the air. The results might be secu any day in and around the Police Court, Fortuuately this problem had been unsolved by the peopie of the United States. Auother problem was should the negro havea right to biblical assistance on his way to heaven. ‘The sobthern members. as usual. decided against the black man. They mado it a crime, punishable by banishment, imprisonment, stripes. and in some instaaces death for any one to teach a negro to search the Scriptures, NEGROES 48 SOLDIERS. Still another problem was, could the negro be made a soldier? That was a serious prob- fem for the country. It was a matter of Union or no Union, of life or death, for at one time all the men and all the material available were needed to keep the nation alive. In consider- ing hap capa ap the nation strangely shut its eyes to the fact that the negro had already fought bravely. He was no coward. The first blood that spurted on the soil of Massachusetts in defense of this country, in the defense of our liberty, was the life current of a negro, [Applause]. Despite the commenda- tion of Old Hiekory for the fighting negro of 1812 it was said in 1861 that the negro would run atthe sight of awhip and faster at the aight of ag Time and nts showed. Fort W: Vicksburg, Petersburg, Rich- mond and a host of others rise up ‘make » cloud of witnesses to the bravery of the negro. PRAISE FOR PETE Jackson, The negro s coward? There was s man swag- gering through this country challenging the world to stand before him for five minutes {great laughter] and there was found but one man who could back him down; that was Pete Jackson. epplause and | tleman, “Ab, snother problem; that, too, had been solved. But the test lem was whether the negro could safely be made free. He was free, Free tonight. ‘Did you hear the music of the orches| There was some colored biood in are playing down a popular prejedicn, are ja ou poet pao le that whatever other a do _ can do.” ‘errible consequences were slavery was abolished, more rice, no more ur. The war made short work of that problem. ‘That sterling old Roman, Ben Butler, with his cocked eyo, saw further than most men of histime. He mado the negro@ contraband. Lincoln made him free and U. 8. Grant made him a citizen, THE PROBLEM OF ToDax, The present proposition—the problem (7) of today—was to have the negro lose by the friond- ship of north and south what he gained by the enmity of the two sections. With its usual cun- ning the south has made a portion of the north believe it is struggling with great problem, some great difficulty, in the getting rid of which they need the nd ory of the nation of the whole world. it was deceit. The real juestion was had this nation advanced so far that it would carry out the Constitution of the United States. The true problem was not the negro, but the nation, ABSURDITY OF TALK ABOUT NEGRO SUPREMANCY. The speaker then called attention Yo the fact that this agitation came from the men who were really responsible for the war; from the men who, armed, surround the ballot boxes | and dictate votes. The improbability of negro | supremacy was then discussed and laughed at as an apparent absurdity. “The eaglo soaring to the sun,” said Mr. Douglass, “with eye un- dimmed and wing: untired, screaming with fright at the sight of a bluckbird ,was no more absurd than the scare about negrosupremacy.” It was an old worn-out pair of trousers and an old hat—bell crowned and of the last century— hung out ina field where there was nei eorn nor crows. [Laughter.] IGNORANCE OF THE NEGRO, The southern states must not complain of the ignorance of the negro; they had fostered ignorance, had compelled it and they must stand it now until the negrocould be educated. Some little time was devoted to Senator Butler and hie negro emigration proposition and the | declaration made that the negro could not be compelled to go—the day of the whip had passed. The south was not afraid of the negro; it feared the party that freed the negro—the re- publican party. If the negro would only | espouse the cause of his old masters the problem would cease to annoy. There really was no probiem; the war settied that beyond cavil. ‘hat do you continue to bark at that hole for?’ THE QUESTION OF RACE. INTERMARRIAGE was touched upon at longth and of this Mr. Douglass said, ‘Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” That was not a problem. Indi- vidual preferences and influences would sot- tle the relations between the races, “The two races,” said the spenker, “started out side by side 200 years ago. Thero was all black on one side and all white on the other. Now, who can account for”—— and Mr. Doug- lass bowed to the audience, the majority of which had mixed blood in its veins. There was a big laugh. Senator Ingalls was then anathematized, words to that effect, for his expressions on the race question, Mr. Douglass calling him the slayer of the reputations of a million of respect- able colored people. It was not true that the mixed race inherited the worst elements of both races, Senator Ingails, on the floor of the Senate, had a great advantage, and the meanness of his attack could only be measured by the greatness of that advantage. If it was true that the negro inherited the qualities of his progenitors then portions of the character of George Washington might be found in this city, and it was not matter for conjecture that somewhere in the streets or alleys of the national capital could be found those who had inherited by descent qualities of godlike Daniel Webster. (Laughter.] “Suppose there should be mixed marriages,” said tho orator, “it would be nobody's busines: except that of the individuals thetnselvos.” [Applause.} SENATOR QUAY AND THE ELECTION BILL. After paying some attention to political con- ditions in Mis: ippi Mr. Douglass said that the colored race was much disappointed at the non-action of the Fifty-first Congress on the federal election bill, He spoke of Senator Quay as not of another type than Sumner and ‘Lhaddeus Stevens and Ben Wade—s Pennsyl- vania politician—and was evidently grieved because Mr. Quay had sacrificed the election bill to aid the tariff. The failure of the Blair bill was another source of regret, but he believed both those measures would be revived, and at this an- nouncement there was much applause. WHAT'S THE’ MATTER WITH HARRISON? Mr. Douglass said he had a good deal of faith in President Harrison, He had done more for the colored people than any President since Grant. “What's the matter with Harrison?’ ho shouted, and as the vast assembiage laughed loudly the speaker shouted the familiar re- sponse: “He's all right!” ‘Somebody will say,” continued the old gen- because he sent you to Hayti,’ No. I wish he would take mo back, It's because he has gone to the verge of con- stitutional power to nd support the negro.” “It may be eaid,” said Mr. Douglass in con- clusion, “‘as has been said, that Iam growing old, and am easily satisfied with things as they are, When our young men shall have worked and waited for victory as long as I have worked and waited, they will not only learn to havo patience with the men opposed to them, but with me also for having patience with such. I have seen dark hours in my life, and I havo seen the darkness gradually disappearing and the light gradually increasing. One by one I have seen obstacles removed, errors corrected, prejudices softened, proscriptions relinquished, and my people advancing in all the elements that go to make up the sum of general welfare, And remember that God reigns in eter | and that whatever de! whatever disappoint- ments and discouragements may come, truth, justice, liberty and humanity will ultimately prevail.” You men to ensue if No more cotton, no Ys TH OURTS, Cnrasat Covnt— Chief Justice Bingham, Yesterday — Bud Warner, housebreaking; verdict guilty. not guilty withdrawn and plea of guilty of manslaughter entered, John Burke, house- breaking; discharged from jail for good cou- uct. Equrry Count—-Judge Bradley. Yesterday—Martain ngt. Martin; C. A. Bran- denbury appointed trustee of sale, —————— Calhoun’s Confidence in Himself. Country Parson in Hittsburg Dispatch. John C, Calhoun was often laughed at while studying in Yale College. His intense and de- termined application made him the subject of butt and ridicule. Said he: “I am compelled to make the most of my time thatI may acquit myself creditably while in Congress.” A loud guffaw followed this specch. Calhoun turned upon his fellow students and replied: “Do you Noubt it? I assure you that if I were not convinced of my ability to reach the na- tional capital as _a Representative within the ext three years I would leave college this very . | What did Calhoun accomplish? In 1804 he | Was graduated with the highest honors. Said | President Dwight: “That young man has talent | enough to be President of the United States.” In 1511 he was elected to Congress, He rap- idly passed up the ladder of fame, and was pro- | moted to Secretary of War in Monroe's cabinet, | was Vice President of the United States, mem- | ber of the Senate, where, stricken with sick- | ness, he was carried to his lodgings and died in the prime of bis usefulness, Mr. Webster's estimate of the man placed him in the very frout rank of statesmanship. Judged from the light of today be made many mistakes, but who will dare to say that in Calhoun deter- mination and self-reliance were not fully il- lustrated and exemplified? His course was far better than loafing on the ragged edge of some golden opportunity waiting for “influence” to lift him into position. Miss Maggie O'Brien, a highly sensitive girl living in North Adams, Mass., been in a state of trance for several days from having taken vegetable gas at a dentist's office, Baltimore society crowded ths d stand of Oriole Park yesterday again, the occasion being the second mee! of the Montreal and Druid Incrosse teams, ‘The Druids put up a strong gume and forced the issue to a tie. The third annual session of the Protestant Episcopal missionary council began in Trinity church, ee he esterday with # sermon ih y Rev. Jose chard of img hia. wey window-glass factory in Findlay, Ohio, FI con! e uct lass, a trust window Win. Briggs, murder; plea of | INSPECTING STEAMBOATS, How Uncle Sam Looked Uut for the Lives of Passengers During the Year. Inspector General Dumont of the steamboat inspection service has made a report to the Secretary of the Treasury of the operations of that service during the fiscal year ended June 380 last. The following is a recapitulation: Total number of vessels inspected, 7,068; total net tonnage of vessels inspected, 1,390,389.55; total number of officers licensed, 33,237; in- crease in number of vessels inspected over pre- ceding year, 338; increase in tonnage of ves- sels inspected, 74,953.48; inerease in number of officers licensed, 1,615. During the year there were 1,783 applicants for pilot’s license, of which number 1,738 passed a successful exam- ination for color blindness, and forty-four were rejected, or 2.46 per cent of the whole number. uring the year there were 34 accidents, re- sulting in the loss of 245 lives, a decrease of 56 ‘ag compared with the preceding year. Seven- teen of the accidents resulted from collisions and 102 of the lives 1o3t were by drowning. Of the number of lives lost 65 were passengers and 180 were officers and persons employed on the steamers. It is estimated that fully 500,000,000 passengers were carried on steam vessels during the fiscal year. Geu, Dumont says the expe- tienes of the past years shows the truth of his assertion in a former anrual report that “no mode of travel at the present day, whether by railway, horse car, carriage or even the com- mon farm wagon presents so low a percentago of accidents as travel by steam vessel,” The total number of foreign vessels inspected during the year was 256,and 1,817 termediate examinations of foreign steamers were made for the purpose of ascertaining if all the re- quirements of the law were complied with. Comparative statements are given showing an average annua! 09 of expenses, or a total for the fourteen y if $126,390.60, the real saving, based upon the average ox- pense per steamer, aggregating €897,463.40, or an average annual saving of $28,390.24. The number of steamers inspected in the fourteen years preceding the present adminis- tration of the inspection service was 41,796, or early average of 2,985. Total loss of lite on m vessels in same period was 8,073, or a yearly average of 576. Annual number of pas- sengers carried (estimated) 115,000,000. For the fiscal years 1877 to 1890, inclusive, fourteen years, there were inspected 75,420 ainers, Or an annual average of 5,387 steam- era, with a total loss of life of 3,096 persons, or an annual average loss of 221. The averago number of passengers carried annually was 475,000,000 (estimated). The total number of steamers inspected in the beginning and termi- nal. years of the first fourteen years was 933 and 3,947, respectively, while the number of vessels at the beginning and terminal years of the second period of fourteen years was 4,061 and 7,068, respectively, STATISTICS OF SIGNATURE, How People Sign Their Business and Social Correspondence, From the Writer. Afriond of mine always used to crowd just as much as he could on the last page of every letter he wrote, 80 that at the bottom he might have left only just room enough for his name. ‘Thus he avoided the use of any complimentary phrase that to him was meaningless, and to the receiver of tho lotter might moan more or less than the writer would wish. I have often seen him painfully wrestling with his imagina- tion or his memory for ideas or facts enough to make ink and paper come out even. Surely his method of getting over the difficulty is awkward, to say the least, If the ending hap- pened to come naturally in the middle of the page, it would be better right there to omit the distasteful phraso than to take your own time and that of your seader with needless sentences, added merely “to fit.” Custom, however, prescribes that all letter writers shall at the end say something polite to their correspondents, even though the body of the letter coutains the most caustic sort of a Scotch blessing. No doubt, too, there are shades of meaning in the many forms that this politencss assum‘ You will seldom find a man who always sigus his name with the same phrase in front of it, there being usually an attempt to make the phrase accord, at least to some extent, with the nature of the of the epistle, It would at first seem hard, then, to learn from any given body of corre- spondence the comparative degrees of popu- larity that these phrases possess, but, curious to try it, lexamined three hundred of my old letters, a handred and fifty purely business let- ters, and an equal number of a general nature from friends and acquaintances, none from rel- atives, and all from different ‘persons, Here are the statistics; Miscel- Business. lancous, Total. Yotrs Truly... 3 8 Very Truly You 1 3 F Yours Very Tru: 2 Yours F i 1 1 1 1 1 incere.y ¥, Yours Sincerely. Your Fricnd. = Yours Fraternally Yours Cordial! very Sincerely. Yours Most Kes; Very Respectfully At Your Service, SOOTOOS SH mH mp MECCCOOCOCEMERUCHHEROUR Oa Hh hep pM OOCCM MORROW AIIM TETON Ht st RSRORERERE RENE NE RS EMO ROS CeO 150 150 300 One notable feature of this table is the scarcity of the signatures « ell-nigh uni- wl a century ago, such as “Your Obedient +” of which I found but two instances in 300 letters. **Your Humble Servant” seems to lave departed this life. Can this be due to the distaste Americans have for even the semblance of servility? “Yours Truly,” trite, common place, as de- void of meaning as two words can be, yct holds the lead in favor to an extent not to be won- dered at in business letters, but something surprising in letters of friendship, where an expression of feeling is not out of place. “Very Respectfully” and “Yours Respectfully” are suitable when the person to receive the letter is much older than the sender, or by reason of his position deserves some marked expression of deference, but the phrases are too often used without regard to their significance. ‘There is also a common habit of shortening the word “Respectfully” into “Resp.” or even “Res.,” though it wouldseem that if aman deserves respect, dignity would call for some- ing more than a bob-tail fashion of giving it. “Yours, otc.,” seems a half-hearted, lazy sort of signature; a zigzag lino would’ mean as much and be easier to make. [t has not even the slight merit of “In haste” or ‘Hastily,” which atleast serve as an apology for bad wrting. As faras simplicity goes, “Yours” is infinitely preferable, and, indeed, is the best way tosay something without meaning any- thing—best” because the shorter the useless formula the better. Yet perhaps these and all the rest of the phrases cited convey im- pressions to other minds different from’ those they give mo, Did you ever chance to try to prove, philosophically or mathematically or in &ny other way, that any given word means ox- actly the same thing to anybody else that it means to you? Try itand then you will, with me, coase to prescribe how others shall’ sign themselves and be content with following your own fancy, ————+ee____ Knee Breeches and Silk Stonk!ngs, ‘From the Boston Advertiser. And so knee breeches and silk stockings are to be the fashion for full-dress occasions in England this winter. And why not im America as well? Long have gentlemen in society strug- gled to be allowed to make some distinction be- tween their own dress and that of the waiters, But fashion or custom is inexorable. A yen or two ago a — sensible society lady in New York gave a bail, at which the gentiemen were requested to appear in variously colored gar- ments, The result was charming, a revival ot the days of Louis and of the Charies's, But the fashion thus sot, or attempted to be dress occasions would be taste and could but be cntarerahly, perpired by. ibs ladies, Tho revival of the il stockings and breeches in Engtish ‘8 fore- Tanner of some encti revolution we of this country are sentible in the matter of summer attiro; should we QUANTRELL, THE GUERRILLA, The Story of His Escape in a Coffin and Subsequent Career. A few days since an account was published, which has been spread all over the country, stating that Qnantrell, the famous guerrilla, who was wounded in a skirmish in Kentucky, brought to Louisville, placed in a hospital, where he is generally conceded to have died, did not die there, but escaped by some means and died oniy a short time ago near Birming- bam, Ala, The Courier-Journal says: This story was generally regarded as akin to those published occasionally about Wilkes Booth and, aside from the interest with which such sketches are usually read, excited no great amount of comment save among men who were actively engaged in the stirring events of the war. One of these having read of the decease of the alleged Quantrell in Alabama, dropped a line to the Courier-Journal, in which he said that he had facts in regard to the great guer- rilla which he would communicate if it was thought they would prove of interest. This gentleman is Col. Henry H. McDougall, at Present located at 228 5th street. To him a Courier-Journal reporter went and received his statement. “I have seen the statement in regard to Quantrell’s death near Birmingham. I cannot say whether it was Quantrell or not, but I do know that he did not die at the time his death was supposed to have occurred. [knew Quant- rell well and I saw and conversed with him late as 1868, when he was with me four days at | Jacksonport, Ark.” “What kind of « lookimg man was he?” @ “The descriptions usually published of him are not correct. He is described as having a black beard and black hair and eyes. He was & manof about five feet eleven inches in height, with what might be called a sandy beard and moustache—not red—with hair of the same color, and clear blue eyes. His beard was coarse and not very long. He was of rather slender build, but all muscle, as quick as lightning and ‘as cool as a man could possibly His face was thin, and he had a long, sharp nose. “The first time I mot him was in 1862, when he came tomy camp, He was with me four days at that time and took part in two little fights. Quautrell was not his name. His name was Chas, Hart, and he went to Missouri and Kansas from Maryland, His reasons for being out there in the confederate army he gavo to me at the time I speak of. His brother had been in Kansas for some time and had been invoived in tho famous border war, during which—in 1859 or 3860—he was killed by Col. Jim Lane's mon, It was to avenge that brother's death that Chas. Hart, or Quantrell, was fighting. “There was a man named Quantrell engaged in that same border war. He also was killed by Lane's men in 1859 or 1860. He lived on the Wyandotte reservation, Ittwas doubtless his name that Charles Hart took when he began his work of vengeance, Van Dorn took nearly all tho’ confederate troops east of the Mississippi river. I was leit in command of the troops that remained in north Arkansas and south Missouri, operating against the federal wagon trains principally, from Rolla, Mo., to Batesville, Ark., and be- tween Rolla and Springfield, Mo. My regiment was reorganized in 1864 and placed in Jack- man’s brigade of Gen. J. 0. Shelby’s division, with which we remained till the ciose of the war, “It was in 1862, as I stated, that I became acquainted with Quantrell. I'saw him soveral times in 1864. After the battle of Glasgow, Mo., in 1864, while my regiment was encamped on the north side of the Missouri, Quantrell came tome and wanted me to take the regi- ment and go with him on a raid up on the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad. I declined, He then wanted me to let Capt. Tom Lenox of my command take his company and go with him, but 1 declined that also, He then went away. “*Y saw Quantrell again in the winter of 1864, jet before he crossed over into Kentucky. I eard that at or near Smiley'’s—I think that’s the name, but I am not sure—nearly all his company were killed, Quantrell himself being wounded. Quantrell himself afterward told | me the story of that affair. He said, to the best of my recollection, that, when surrounded in the barn, he undertook to cut his way out. There were two men with him when he rode at the gate, One of these was killed and Quan- trell was ehot off his horse, falling among the mud and slush of the barn yard, He was cov- ered with mud and blood and the federals did not recognize him, but supposed the man who was killed was him. Quantrell was brought to Louisville. “The manner in which he escaped was this: “He was a Catholic, and was in the hands of two Catholic nurses, whether male or female I do not know, butin the course of time a fellow risoner died and was placed in a coffin for rial, That night, before the corpse was re- moved, the coffin was opened and Quantrell was placed in it, while the dead man. was put in his bed. In this he was assisted by the nurses, When the coffin was taken out it was placed in the hands of southern sympathizers, the guerrilla was released and straightway sent ‘off to Canada. After remaining there a short time he went to Guatemala, thence to Califor- nia, and thence back to Missouri, In Califor- nia he made his home a portion of the time with a Mr. e San Joaquin river, who now lives in San Sabo county, lexas. He returned overland to Platte county, Mo., and thence went to Jacksonport, Ark. He found that I was living there, and sent for me. As you may imagine, I was very much sur- prised to see him, He remained in Jackson- port several days, and during that time I con- cenled him in the ante-room of a Masonic lodge. Four other persons not necessary to name knew of his presence there. The county was full of Clayton's militia at the time, and it would not do for Quantrell to be scen,” Quan- trell did not consider the location healthy for him, and so struck out for Texas, I advised him that he could not pursue his plan of stock farming anywhere around there, as he said be wanted to do. “I heard of Quantrell frequontly for the next two years, but finally lost trace of him, My latest information was thut he had gone back to Guatemala and settled in the town of Flores, on Lake Peton. It was during his y at Jacksonport that he gave me is account of his escape from Louisville and his subsequent wanderings. The last I heard from him was in 1872. As I stated, this story, told by Quantrell himself—or Hart, if you choose to call him so— cun be substantiated by men whom it is not necessary to name. I knew Quantrell well and cannot be mistaken in his identity. Whether the man who died near Birmingham was he or not, cannot say, but tho description suits the guerrilla better than any I have secu.” — +60 The Boy Got It. From the New York Sun. It was in a passenger coach on the Delaware and Lackawanna road, A woman who had a seat alone had a covered basket on the other half of it. Across from her was a mother and her boy, the latter about eight years of age. He had been asleep, but awoke just as the woman with the basket got comfortably seated. For about two minutes ho wondered over the contents and then he settled down to the be- lief that the basket held half a peck of fried cakes, The thought made him hungry and he whispered to his mother: **Ma! ma! I want it!” She was leaning against the window, and leep, and she made no reply. ay I want it!” exclaimed the lad, ‘es, Charley,” she sleepily replied, 'm hungry!” 68, “Will she care?” No answer. “I say, will she caro!” “Don’t bother mamma now, dear.” “But can I get it?” “T_1 guess 80.” Ths owner of the basket was looking out of the window. The boy watched her for two or three minutes and then carefully ——— out of his seat to the one in rear of hers, From that pout he could reach the basket, and he lost no j time. A peg held the cover in place and he drew it out and carefully pushed his hand under the lid. It was only fairly in the basket when there was a spit and a hiss, followed by a wild yell from the boy, and next inetant a thumping big tomeat, which had nearly bitten 8 finger off, nee out of the basket upon the boy's head. It stayed long cnough to draw blood from half a dozen scratches, and then bounded to the floor, ran down the aisle and leaped out of anopen winduw. The boy's yells roused the car in an instant and his mother soon had hin in her arms. It took several minutes to éxplain the situation, and then the woman with the basket added: “I was a-takin’ that erty, to my sister Mary. So it was my basket wanted, eh: heard him teasin’ and teasin’, and his eaid he could have it, and I to swam he got it and all there was in In 1862, when Gen. | DUPLICATE BELL PUNCHES, How Street Car Companies Are Robbed in the West. ‘From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Some time ago streot car companies in dif- ferent parts of the country became aware thgt they were being systematically swindled. It was discovered that a fraud was being per- petrated in Cincinnati and many of the larger cities, Detectives have been working on the matter for many weoks and it seemed impos- sible to discover how the scheme was worked. “Spotters” reported that the conductors’ punches rang for every fare, The plan was dis- closed yesterday when an important arrest was made in San Francisco, The prisoner is Wm. Robertson, who made his headquarters at Den- ver. The scheme was to rent bell punches,and the conductor could fix the company’s punch just as he wished. Wm. Robertson is a Missourian and acted as agent in introducing the punches. He made a confession implicating Patrick Kellum of Deu- ver as his principal. According to his story Kellum secured Beadle & Meeker's punchos from the manufacturers and his scheme was to hire out the genuine registers for $10 a week each. The conductor, by using a double regis- try and an extra slip, could embezzle without fear of detection, Kellum told Robertson that | ha had fourteen registers hired out in Kans | City and a dozen in Denver, bringing in a reve- | nue of $260 per week, while the conductors made much more. He gave Robertson full in- structions how to work the scheme. Kelium | Said that he had these punches rented in Chi- cago, Cincinnati and St. Louis, and he assured Robertson that as they were genuine the com- panics could és ———se90 THE END OF THE WORLD, A Vivid Scientific Picture of the Final Catastrophe. From Longman's Magazine. The noble in Orion, Saturn and the moon are indeed suggestive of change—types, they may be called, of the first stage, the middle and the last that matter passes through in the long process of the evolution of worlds, And, of ail changes, that change has most interest for use whicp affects our own planet, | the earth; it has reached a later stage than | Saturn, though not so late a stage as the moor, but only in long ages and by minute effects will further changes be noticed. Ages hence it may be discovered that there is some slight change in the earth's orbit; or Mercury, yet nearer to the sun than we, may be seen to pursue a smaller orbit than new, and the terrible fact may come home to man that we are drawing nearer to the sun. Time goes on, and the tropics become too hot for exist- ence, and colder regions find a welcome change to warmth, Ago by age goes by, and the end is, visibly, no no: rer; but the figures of astronomers only too surely tell their tale, Now the tropics are an impassable desert and all the life on the globe congregates around the poles; Spain has lost her vineyards and the Alps their snow; England is a burning desert and Greenland teems with the vegetation of the tropics; in smailer and smaller circles the inhabitants gather round the poles, “But,” to quote the words of Mr. Keighticy Miller, “the narrowed limits of the habitable earth can no longer support this vast increase of population, and famine begins to mow down its victims by millions, “Now, indoed, the end of all life on the earth draws on apace. * * * The hoat and drought become more and more insupportable; rain and dew fali no longer. Ali springs of water fall, and the rivers dwindle down to streamilets, and trickle slowly over their stony beds, and now scarcity of water is added to scarcity of food. Those who escape from the amine perish by thfe drought,and those who escape from the drought are re- | served fora fate more awful yet. For a time the fewremaining inhabitants are partially screened from the overwhelming power of the sun by a dense canopy of clouds formed by the evaporation of every lake and sea. ‘But soon the sun scorches up these vavor banks, and dissipates them into space as fast as they can form. Then the fiery orb shines out in unutterable splendor without the slightest cloud wreath to interpose between himself and his victims. Then the last denizens of the world are stricken down and consumed; the last traces of orgenic life are biotted from its surface,” ———__—_—____. Two Jolly Rides, From the Boston Transcript Why is it that some boys belonging to the nicest sort of people will persist, in spite of the choicest influences and the most persistent efforts to guard them from the vulgar, in acting precisely as if they did not belong to nice people at ali? There are such, and they are a dreadful trial to their parents. An actual cuse in point is that of young Arthur Swellby, fifteen years old, of Beverly and the Back Bay, who was completely missing all the other after- noon, after school, and turned up at about 7 —— in a very dingy and disreputable condi- jon. “Where have you been, Arthur?” “Cambridge,” said the boy. “Did you walk?” “Walk? Hum! Guess not, I rode over on @ will cart and came back on a hearse!” aes A Noble Charity. From the Boston Post, He must indeed be souliess who can read without a thrill of pleasure the straightforward and unaffected report of the New York Triune’s frosh air fund for the past season. The con- tributors numbered 1,225, aud the beneficia- ries, all of them poor children under twelve years of age, 11,193, the total cost to the fund being a little less than $€24.000, or a fraction over $2 for each child, All the onerous work of selecting the children, arranging for their trips and for entertainment by kind-hearted people in the country, all the caro that these ittle ones, unused to travel and to the restraint which their safety made necessary—all these services wore rendered gratuitously and gladly by people who remained in New York through the sweltering heat of summer and worked early and that these poor children, whose “homes” are in the tenement houses of New York, might each have two weeks of country life and be returned safely to their parents. To the thousand and odd contributors whose gifts made all this pos- sible gencrous thanks are due, but to those un- selfish workers who had the heart to conceive, the head to plan and the perseverance to carry out the details of this most excellent charity, men and women who seek no notoriety and will accept no compensation, the highest meed of praise is due, Nor must it be forgotten that the good country people who entertained these little guests, not merely lodging and feeding them, generally without charge, but caring for themas well, and putting themeelves to many annoyances and inconveniences on their ac- count, were as truly “contributors to the fund” as were thoge of ample means who contributed actual mouey. ————+e5+—____ The McKinley Bill Again, From the Detroit Free Press. A citizen of Cass avenue stood at his gate the other day and offered boy ten cents to rake the leaves off his lawn. The lad said he hadn't time, and the citizen was about to go for a rake and take hold of the work himself when ® man came along with a big sack and asked: “Would you object to my carrying off these leaves?” “What for?” “To bed oa fager-se {Hm Make good bedding?” “Then you can have’em fora have advanced 50 per cent this Leaves ta ——ror-—____—_ Dom Pedro at Versailles. From the London Daily Promsxext Awoxo Ova List Or = SOUVENIRS For this week are two lots of OVEROOATS, Bine and Black Beaver. Regular retail price S18, They go at €8.26 FOR THIS WEEK ONLY, allfall SOUVENIR, No 2. FULL DRESS COATS AND VESTS, (SILK LINING) Recular retail price 20, They goat $10.75 FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. SEE THESE | It will require no guessing to arrive at aconclusion. The mere siglt of them will convince you that they are of a rare and radicel species, being absolutely SEEDLESS—SKEDY GARMENTS are net in demand among our patrona, SOUVENIR, No. & MEN'S HEAVY PLAID OVERCOATS. Regular retail price $5.75, They go at $275 FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. ba!—Laugh on, “*Langh and grow fat." ud, apd the world lauchs with you ; ep, aud you weep alone.” However you may ridicule the price—the garmens1® an excellent one. Au examination of which will tam Fidiculeinto amazement. SOUVENIR, No.& ‘WOODSTOCK CASSIMERE SUITS FOR MEN. Regular retail price #10. They goat @6.50 A SUIR, FOR THIS WEEK ONLY, SOUVENIR, No. 5. BOYS’ OVERCOATS WITH CAPES, Regular retail price $4. They goat $2 A GARMENT FOR THIS WEEK ONLY, SOUVENIR, No. @ BOYS’ SUITS. Sizes 4 to 14 years. Regular retail price @2.50, They go at ASUIT FOR THIS WEEK ONLY, We are Manufacturers and Retailers of Fine Kea@y- made Clothing for all Mankind—The Farmer, the Gurduer, the Merchant, the Mechanic, the Professional 1 all other Men and Boys, too, We clothe omfortably, stylishly, aud even elegantly, at prices which are asurprise to the very humblest of owr patroms, Such is our business and we meau to STICK To IT, SOUVENIR WEEK. SOUVENIR WEEK. SOUVENIR WEEK. 8% Beginning MONDAY, October 20, at 7am, and ending SATURDAY, October 25, at 1] pangs VICTOR E. ADLER'S Ten Per Cent Ciothing House, Hate, Caps aud Gentlemen's } urnishing Goods, 927 and v2! st. u.W., cor. Massachusetts ave, STRICTLY ONE PRICE, Open Saturday until 11 p.m 020 Foasrene CARPETS. DRAPERIES, POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS HAVE FOR CENTURIES LABORED TO AMELIORATE THE CONDITION OF MANKIND, BUT TO NO PUREOSE, BECAUSE THEIR IDEAS WERE NOT PRACTICAL STATESMEN HAVE LEGISLATED IN BEHALF OF THE WAGE EARNER AND DEMAGOGUES HAVE DISCLAIMED, FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH ENDS, AGAINST THE INJUSTICE OF CAPITAL WITH A LIKE RESULT, OUR EQUITABLE CREDIT SYSTEM, TAKING AMERICAN MANHOOD AB IT EXISTS, CARRIES THE BLESSINGS OF COMFORT AND HAPPINESS INTO THE MIDST OF THE HOME, GIVING EACH ROUSEKEEPER FULL USE AND ENJOYMENT OF EVERY PLEASURE, TAKING IN RETURN HEB PROMISE OF PAYMENT BY THE WEEK OR MONTH, THE GREATER PORTION OF THE BURDEN BEING UPON Us. OUR CONFIDENCE IN TRE PUBLIC HONOR 18 UNLIMITED AND WE CHEERFULLY EXTEND THE BENEFITS OF OUR SYSTEM TO ALL RE- LIABLE HOUSEKEEPERS, TRUSTING TO THEIR HONOR FOR REMUNERATION, 48 AGREED UPON, HOUSE & HERRMANN, 921-023 7TH ST. N.W. 00304 ox om cer as cams? as 08 ca JOHN RUDDEN, 930 AND 932 SEVENTH 8T. K.W. ‘Announces « Full Line of Oak, Walnut and Sixteenth Century Bed Room Suites; Also Parlor Suites in Rug, Plush and Haireloth, A special feature of this display will be found in big 635 PARLOR SUITES ‘These Suites consist of seven pieces, and the supply, bas hardly been able to meet the demand. Afeware Row on bend and first callers will obtain » bargaim they will never regret, Sideboards, Wardrobes, Hat Racks and » variety of ‘Fancy Chairs and Rockers will also be found. ‘The stock of Carpets, in Velvet, Body Brussels and ‘Tapestry, embrace the newest dosigns in thie depart ‘ment, and the prices will not be equaled in any house in town, All Carpets made and laid without charge t par ‘ehavers. Stoves, Heaters and anges in every variety and at lowest prices, ‘The special pride of this establishment bes bees ‘that it has always met the wants of its patrons in the selection of ite goods, in ite prices and particularly im ite convenient credit system. Thousands ef@pouse- ‘Keepers have availed themselves of the opportunities afforded for furnishing their bomeson s email cmb Payment and easy weekly or monthly terms for the balarce, Thousands more may do likewise by pu» chasing at the mammoth Credit and Cash: FURNITURE, CARPET AND STOVE STORES OD JOHN RUDDER, 930 AND 932 7TH ST. 5.W. Rolie Ae kere 255

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