Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1891, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, MARCH™%, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. HISTORIC PORTRAITS. Counterfeit Presentments of Men Em- inent in Civil and Military Life, A NOTABLE COLLECTION. Presidents and Their Cabinet Officers, Gen- erals and Their Subordinates, Senators and Representatives, Poets and Men of Letters, Editors and Eminent Civilians, ‘Written for The Evening Star. NY ONE ENTERING MR. BRADY'S GAL- +& lery finds himself face to face with the portraits of the long line of Presidents from John Quincy Adams down to the present day. ‘The few who remember them can enjoy ® re- trospect which they cannot find elsewhere. With the Presidents are also their cabinets and Senators and Representatives, judges of the Supreme Court from John Marshall through the long years of succession to the present day. Heroes of the three wars, military and naval: foreign representatives from every court with whom we hold friendly relations; leading editors of the country and those whose literary fame has shed such luster on America; pvets, painters, sculptors; in fact, every celebrity of the past and present generation looks down from those walls upon those who visit there. ‘You question the fact that these men of the Jong ago had given to Mr. Brady sittings, as he stands beside you relating with wonderful incidents of each and all of them as in review before them. B. Brady was a student of Prof. Morse of telegraphic fame, who was in Paris when Da- known his discovery and returnee traiture. sonian Institution. try somewhere of disolving vie th whom discussed the crude ideas subsequently developed in the di In conversations with Mr. Brady I foun: much of interest in bis recollec menof the past and of the ladies whose faces lenc h attraction to his gallery that I concluded your reaciers would be pleased to hear some of the many instances which he retains so vividly in his memory of those eminent sitters whose “counterfeit presentments” have outlived so ‘many memories of them. SOME NOTABLE LADIES. ‘The long list of those men of the past wonld find more space than I claim, and so I will makes beginning with the ladies, and first Mra. Alexander Hamilton, who at the age of biuety-three gave Mr. Brady a sitting, and his picture of her represents her at that advanced ‘age full of life, with eyes hardly dimmed by the many years they had looked upon this world, her costume a relic of that past, on her head plain cap close fitted to her smail head. Her conversation was, Mr. Brady says, exceedingly fnteresting, and she loaned Mr. Brady the famed miniature of her illus husband on ivory, in profile, which is to be found on the sreasary notes. On one of her visite she was nied by Mra. Gen. McComb, of whom Brady obtained a very fine picture, and spied for her s picture of her husband, who was so well known here. In striking contrast Mrs. Hamilton Mr. Brady's picture of Mrs. Madison stands pre- Dagnerre visited thi at 1830 and exhibited aseries eminent Ai 1 made but little inroad on her face, and where it had touched it the trace was carefally obliterated. Mr. Brady eays he never saw so deli d smooth a cheek on a lady anywhere e retained that evidence af early days to the very last years of her life. The indies who g1 y's gallery came ima later gener: nd will find dhronological order if Taz Stan will ady relates with remark r on the daguerreo- type, as this was years b the photograph fiad “been applied to gi 1. these pictures were taken in HENRY CLAY'S SITTING. Mr. Clay was always a very dificult subject to obtain a sitting of, but Mr. Brady invoked the aid of Mr. Clay's personal friends, all of nd Moves H. Grin- for the sitting of Mr. jay and as near as possible the wd which followed Mr. Clay, men of that day filled Broad- minced that Mr. there about 12 M clock. Mr. Clay ot come any nearer Mr. Brady s gallery than the city hall, where he was teken posession of by the aldermen, and in the “tea T 3 it was called, he received the thousands who thronged the city park to greet him. At last the word came that Mr. * | injure Gen. Gran the most remarkable he ever saw seen the camera—it was startling. Mr. coed . ag of Mr. Calhoun for a small picture for « child to be put in alocket. He was then boarding at Miss Cochrane’ the Ebbitt House, and took a fancy to, and she ture, and he mad grat 4 the best and purest men this duced, and Mr. Peter Harvey, in his of Mr. Webster, says, not ‘long bef: | death, he asked Mr. Webster who greatest man he had | met in publio | after a few moments’ pause he said: €. Calhoun. He was one of the best ever knew and one of the longest headed.” GEN. GRANT'S FIRST SITTING. When Gen. Grant came to Washington to take command of the army Mr. Brady says Mr. Hanscomb, Mr. Crounce and some other gentle- men of the came to him and said Gen. Grant would arrive at a certain hour Brady if he could hit | time no one had scen him here. of the train Mr. Brady some pictures he had seen, as correspondence with Gen. havi picture of the gencral when he reached ington. No one there aa he iutvodaced:Bimea as the general had no a eerie they put him and Gen. Rawlings and, taking another, led ounce his coming. he had Mr. Brady said to him, “General, the to obtain your portrait is so universal I hope you will favor me with a sitting as early as y conveniently. Gen. Grant “ "he would come” tomorzow, but could’ not” Sx any hour, but said he would come. Mr. Brady waited anxiously wit his operators pre to take every view | of him possible, and it was not until 4 o'clock | that he arrived at the gallery, and with him came Mr. Stanton. It was. gro late and the light losing its brightness every minute almost, but as the plates had been —— the general went at once to the skyligh ‘t room. The shade there had been darkened by a mat- ting thrown over it, but, as the light was none through the ekylight, and the thick fell all around Gen. Grant, who sat unmoved, while Mr. Stanton grew wi sheet, and grasping Brady by the arm, after they found the general was unharmed, said: “Not a word about this, Brady; not » word. The papers will say it was designedly done to rad perfectly FENINMORE COOPER GOT MAD. Mr. Brady's experience with James Fennimore Cooper was one of some interest. An assistant had obtained Mr. Cooper's reluctant consent to sit for a picture, and while posing and pre- paring the plate, which then required some time, he thought to make himself ble to Mir. Cooper by talking to him. was at the time when Mr. Cooper had had some trou- ble with his publisher, Mr. Scribner, and this person expressed his view of the affair in sym- pathy with Mr. Cooper, who jumped up from the chair and rushed foun the gallery. He re- fased for years to sit for a picture. Some years after Mr. Brady, with a letter from Mr. Bryant, called on him at Bixby's Hotel, then corner of Park place and Broadway, expecting a refusal, but determined to use ali his powers of persuasion to secure a picture of him. ‘Yo his astonishment he was received very kindly; said he would dress and go with him immediately. The very fine picture of him Mr. Brady has on his walls is the result of that sitting. 5 ‘He was not so fortunate with Washington Irv- ing, however, and could only get oneaittingfrom him. Itis an admirable picture ofhim, though. He would come into the gallery generally with Mr. Putnam, about dusk, when too late to sit. igar A. Poo came into the gallery with Mr. Ross Wallace, the poet, one day, and was intro- duced to Mr. , Who invited him to sit for a picture, but he declined, said he would come some other time, made an’ excuse for his but Mr. Wallace insisted that he should sit then, andjafter some hesitation he sat for the admirable icture inthe gallery. John Howard Payne was quent visitor and Mr. Brady obtained several sittings from him. Mr. Brady was then about publishing the gallery of illustrious Americans, and had engaged Howard Payne to write the etches to accompany each portrait, but be- fore the work was begun he received the a] pointment as consul to Tunis and went abroea. Mir. Payne was for seyeral months a resident of ee nd boarded at the ite Riggs’ Bank.and wrote u 2 ‘and literary articles for the National Intelligencer. The very fine picture of Albert Gallatin was taken here when he was a very old man whose quiet manner was most im- pressive. GEN. LEE TAKEN IN RICHMOND. Mr. Brady regarded the highest compli- ment he had received in his profession was when Gen. Lee consented to sit for him the day after his arrival in Richmond after the surrender at Appomattox. The city was full of people who had come to see Gen. Lee, but through the kindly offices of Gen. Robt. Ould and the then recorder of Richmond, whosename had escaped Mr. Brady's memory, Gen. Lee gave him one hour, and during that time he wat posed for a dozen pictures or more. Mr. jr Brady was to come to the “tea room” and there take Mr. Clay's pic- hering up his instraments and ors. with the aid of the police eir way through the dense crowd head of the room and almost og of cigar smoke. TI feeling, he fearing ihat the joud of smoke might interfere with his picture. Mr. Clay re- lially and said, “Weil, here rady posed him as well as he such circumstances and thus took ture of him, but subsequently ob- tained a sitting at the New York Hotel in ® wore favorable light and surroundings and it was the recognized portrait of Mr. Clay and the one from which the portrait im the Capitol was painted by Darby. Mr. Clay was very much opposed to sitting for his por- trait at any time. Admiral Nicholson related to me his meeting Mr. Clay and at his request ac- compauying him to give a half hour's sitting to was on the cor whose name he could not remember. It was not long before his death. We it required @ good deal of diplomacy and influence to obtain sit- tings from the eminent men of that day, for when in New York they were in the hands of municipal committees or their political friends. DANIEL WEBSTER'S COMPLACENCY. Mr. Webster's sitting well illustrates how such matters were arranged in those days. Hw wast the Astor House with his old friend, Chacies Stetson, sr.,who had promised Mr Brady to arrange for the sitting, but as he could fix no howz, the day being named, he was toegnal from a window on the Vesey str si te of the Astor when they were ready to come. The “lookout,” posted in Brady's gallery, an- nounced their coming, and Mr. Brady prepared to meet them. He sare Mr. Webster was one of the most agreeable and courtly sitters he e had. When he entered the gallery he said: em here, air! I am ciay in the hands of the potter; do with me as you please, {fam at your service, sir! And for nearly two hours be posed as Mr. suggested, never for a moment exhibiting the slizhtestimpaticnce, and loft the gallery with the same courtly manner be bad entered. Turning to » splendid picture of Col. Ben- ten, taken in the prime of life, and a magniti- cent specimen of stately manhood he was, Brady said this, too, was taken in New Y 1944. Col. Benton was there eng: presidential canvass of that year a: : waited on him with influential friends and ob- tained luis promise to visit the gallery. An unpleasant contretemps disturbed Col. Benton's sitting, but did not effect his agree- able manner. ‘The shade which was hung over- bead to control the light, and which was raised or lowered by pulleys, had been fixed in posi- tion, and Mr. Brady ‘had gone into the rear dark room to obtain the plate, when « crash | heard, and Col. Benton sliouted, “Brady, The shade, which was composed of tissue paper, had fallen, and Col. Benton's head had gone through the paper and the frame was resting on his soulders when Mr. Brady seat, and the pic- bears every evidence of his kindly nature. SEVERAL PICTURES OF CALHOUN. Mr. Brady has several pictures of Mr. Cal- oun, and I can vouch, as many of our ol were being prepared she to explain the process. He | groupe—with McClella: bah baad ax 2 nes during i ut Peony “Shed ogee the yy desired and the pictures obtained of him are among the best in the gallery. Some time ago T met my old friend Wm. Swinton, the and in the course of conversation I asked him, as he was telling us of having visited Gen. Lee at the university, what he thought of Gen. Lee. He said anbesitatingly he was the great- est man he had ever met. He said he impressed him with awe. Mr. Swinton bad gone to see him on some business connected with his his- tory and Gen. Lee said to him. “I do not talk of the war,” Mr. Swinton, “but if you ask me any {questionsI wilianswer themif I deem it proper. No question was asked to which the did not respond fully, and from that interview Mr. Swinton obtained very valuable information. ADMIRADLE PICTURES OF GEN. SCOTT. Mr. Brady has some admirable pictures of Gen. Scott. One, a very fine one, was taken on the porch of the house just above the War De- rtment, now gone, where the general had his Eaqueion le te comssusted by bie cat and is in fall uniform, andit is remarkablefrom the fact it was the last time he appeared in uni- form, as he soon after. When Mr. Brown obtained the order for the statue of Gen. Seott in Scott Square in this city he en- gaged Mr. Brady to take several pictures of the general. One of them was of the general stripped to the waist, and while undergoing that operation at the hands of his valet he ointed out to Mr. Brady @ very bad scar on Eivahoulder where be been wounded at “Lundy's Lane.” Several pictures were taken of the general while thus disrobed, and then he was taken in full uniform and Mr. de- clares he felt some apprehension that his sky- light was not high enough, he towered so much above any one who had been in the gallery be- Mr. Brady said while he was with the general making these pictures and the general in bis “undress uniform” the message came that Mrs. Fanny Kemble and Rev. Dr. Bellows were in the gallery. Mr. Brady had beer im! for a long while to get a picture of Mrs. Kemble and Dr. Bellows, whose guest she was, had brought her tothe gallery, as he had promi but with Gen. Scott shouting, “Brady, don't leave me,” | he could only look over the’ banisters and sce his long-sought sitter go out and was never able to obtain a picture of her. 00D LIKENESSES OF LIXCOLN. The pictures of Mr. Lincoln taken by Mr. Brady are all very good and convey a perfect image of him. The first one he took of him, however, he regards as his best. It was on the occasion’ of his visit to New York during his first candidacy for the presidency. Mr. Brady recognized the dificult task to make Mr. Lin- coln impressive. His low shirt collar, rang’ making a most excellent picture of him, and it was on this occesion he made his celebrated speech in the Cooper Union, whieh made him President. He has taken Mr. Lincola in many i . with Grant and with oth i familiar of him is with his little son “Tad,” whose loss cost him so much pain. Mr. Brady's picture of Gen. Jackson was taken at the Hermitage not before his death. Mr. Van Baren sat for at New York, after he had left the course. He came to ble siorm with his son never broke an engagement if it to keep it. The picture of Mr. Marcy, tures, for he has several of triumphs of the art, were retired to private, lite. wa iG cabinet refused to sit a ing, iG not very gentle manner, he bed no tim, aed r. ve cabinet of Mr. sad i not given it much thought, but most lucid manner the whoie i i i hi too bright, Mr. Brady ordered one of his men | G por-| to remove the matting, and in doing so he fell . One day partment of State “Do you think you could find me @ man who can go to En et tt Mr. Marey, for the Mr. Marcy subsoqi Ject in sending Dr. Young. The department had obtained information of a serious plot to nssas- sinate the emperor and the letter sent commu- nicated Third. this knowledge to Napoleon the DISTINGUISHED EDITORS PHOTOGRAPHED. Mr. Brady's collection contains no more in- teresting pictures than those of the distin- guished editors of the country. They are nearly all here—those who for so many years directed the politics of the country in the da of the old whig and democratic’ party. Mr. Gales, who had as great a reluctance to sitting fora ‘picture as any oneI ever knew, was captured by Mr. Brady, and Mr. Seaton, too, who gave him several sittings. Mr. Brady says when Mr. Blair came in to sit for the last picture he took of him Judge Montgomery Blair was with himand they met at the gallery Jud: and Mr. Cushing and for an hour they discussed the great men ranged on the walls of the gal- Jory, some in serious manner and others in jest and joke, and they all sat for pictures that day. Mr. jy said old Father Hitchie was one of the most agreeable “sitters,” full of humor and pleasantry, talking almost incessantly. Here “in his habit as he lived” stands John ©. Rives. Perfect in position and expression. Itis justas I have seen a thousand times. jeorge D. Prontice, Henry J. Raymond, Horace Greeley, James G, Bennett, sr., and the younger Bonnett, whon « boy of seventeen, in the group of the editorial staif of the Herald; Charles A. Dana, when a young man with dark hair and beard, and again as one of the siaff of the Tribune with Greeley, Ripley, Gay, W1 andothers. I could’ extend’ this’ list until the crack of doom. Here I find Col. Jack Hayes and Ben. McCullough, almost forgotten heroes. Mr. Brady says that Jack Hayes came in to “sit” with Col. Bailie Peyton of Tennossee, aname that conjures up the pest when the mhig party was in the ascendant the Na- tional Intelligencer was its organ. During the administration of Mr. Buchanan Col. Ben. Me- Cullough wasn frequent visitor to the White House, where he was a favorite, and one of the imperial photographs taken of him at that time was for Mr. Buchanan. THE POET-HERO, THEODORE O'HARA. Brady calls my attention to another poet- hero, Col. Theodore O'Hara, whose immortal verses, the “Bivouac of the Dead,” will carry his name down the corridors of time. He was then in his young manhood, had won his spurs on the ficld'and had given to the world those lines which will never die. Over each national cemetery they are cutin granite, those two lines from his great poem: “And glory guards with solemn round ‘The bivouac of the dead.” He was here soon after the Mexican war and I think had some governmental p: afterward opened a law office, practic e departments. He was ono of that genial set which added so much brilliance to the social fe of Washington; one of Albert Pike's ds, nearly all of whom have passed away, leaving the old general still with us. How Jong we may hope to have him we cannot say can only hope. I have left Col. Jack Hayes and Bailie Peyton in Mr. Brady's hands while I ndered off. The picture of Col. Jack Hayes alls the long ago and the hosts of those who were with him here, none of them I can re- member remain. sight of his well-ro- membered face recalls a story Judge Beil of Texas related of Col. Hayes as occurring at Monterey when the army was making she attack on that city. HOW THE BISHOP'S PALACE WAS TAKEN. Judge Bell was with Col. Hayes and his regiment of Texas rangers and Gen. Worth was about to atiack the “Bishop's Palace,” ® strongly-fortified position, ono of the outposts. Gen. Worth ordered Col. Hayos to move with his regiment and a regi- ment of Maryland troops under Col. Jeniffer, a West Point graduate, to the rear of the pal- ace, and when the firing began in front that was to be his signal for attacking the palace in the rear. The regiments took their position and Col. Jeniffer asked Col. Hayes if he would make the attack by column. Col. Hayes dic not understand the military terms and said he would think of it. Soon after Col. Jeniffer said: Col. Haves, 8.” Still Col. he would and again returned and said: “Probably, Col. Hayes, you will move en echelon.” This was too much for Jack Hayes, and he replied “Col. Jeniffer, when I hear the gun, Iwill tell the boys to take the d— ing and they'll do it.” Judge Bell said soon came the signal and Col. Hayes’ order to attack would not be found in Hardie or Upton, for he shouted “Go for them boys,” and they went, and in a few minutes the capture was made. Jou F. Corte. a Admired the Wrong Man, From the Detroit Free Press. “Ob, girls! but I had such a funny experience on a cross-town car afew mornings ago,” re- marked an extremely voluble and decidedly “fetching” miss of seventeen or eighteen sum- mers toa party of young lady friends yester- day afternoon. “You see, it was this way: I had been over to Aunt Em's, on 8th street, for dinner, and about 1:30 left auntie’s, walked to Michigan avenue and boarded a car, intend- img to ride out as far as Chene street. I had no sooner settled myself in a seat than I glanced around the car, thinking that I might see some one I knew, but I didn’t. Right op- posite me, however, sat two men 0 close to- gether that the thought occurred to me you must certainly be véry fond of each other. One of the nen was large, smooth-faced aud very though his eyes seemed ing, not only in the ear, but on the street as well. The other man was rather slender, very genteel, and, if Iam any jurige, handsome as picture, His hair, was lack and curly,and he wore the cutest little mustache I have seen in months. And what do the impudent fellow, he smiled and made eyes a: Mamma is always telling me that I am a regular little flirt, and that I ought to have better sense, but, ‘pon my word, I never intentionally encouraged strangers’ at- tentions to an unlady-like extent. Nevertheless, there was something about that slender_young mau that caused me to believe him ail right,even though inclined to fall in love with pretty faces, and I indicated to him by the expression of my countenance that I was notaltogether displeased with his admiring glances. Without a word being spoken we had a charming tete-a-tete, and at tue time the young man’s companion looked as solemn as could be and didn’t appear to notice us Gradually our car had worked its way down town. We had crossed Woodward avenue, through Monroe avenue and Randolph street and were jogging along Gratiot avenue. At Raynor street the car stopped and the two men opposite me got up and walked out of the car. To my utter horror and confu- sion—really I thought I should faint away—I saw that-the right wrist of my hand- some young admirer was handcuffed to the large man's wrist. As the two were stepping off the car platform the large men —I'm sure he’s a mean old thing—looked at the conductor and winked so hard that he wrinkled up the whole side of his face. Boiling with rage at being made fun of, I demanded of the conduc- tor, ‘Who are those men, sir?” “ ‘Detective Tom Lally and a housebreaker that he's to police court, mum,’ he re- PeNOh-b-b? said I, “and depend, ae ; me i the reat of hat afterucon war the most Semure von well fomale in all the county of Wayne. 7 ® ‘Ah, indeed, but $e Nonid look Jost an cal i Glass houses didirt thro stones" i : Col. Berret went in the De- and Mr. Marcy said to him: uth shut, so the M Herald nd. juently told Col. Berret the ob- YARNS ABOUT DUCKS. ‘The Close of the Shooting Season—Stories ‘Told Around the Fire. Cove, \NLY THREE MORE DAYS REMAIN OF ‘the ducking season of 1890-91. Iam loath to put away my gun, for even now as I look out the window of the cabin the fists are literally covered with ducks. It seemsa pity that so much sport as we have had during the last two weeks should be brought to sclose. All the winter ducks have been scarce, but during the last fortnight there has been sport enough down here to suit any one. Never in my recol- lection, and I bave gunned here for six years, have Iseen ducks so plentiful They are not predominate backs hereabouts. All of our shooting lately has been from sink boxes and point blinds. The latter we find the bettor at this season of the year, for the ducks are feeding close in. This isa bad sign. It shows that they are look- ing for fish and when a duck eats fish for break- fast, dinner and supper he gotea fish flavor himself which is not very agreeable. However, the season for fish has quite severe thus far and it is not likely the ducks will get ‘‘fishy”” before the season closes. Last night we gav big dinner and had three or four old pot hunters with us. All of them were as hungry as the proverbial hunter and by the time they had finished eating the larder was in a depleted condition. We all drew our chairs up about the fire and after the pipes had been freshly oaded the story telling began, Old Bill Foster was the first to tella story. He laid down his pipe and taking a generous ‘‘chaw” of tobacco, announced between several expectorations, which threatened to put the fire out, that he wasa goin’ to tella story ‘bout a duck a: snake. ‘BILL FOSTER’S STORY. He said: “Tt happened back thar in the 70's. Twas summat of a boozer them days, an’ when Isced the sight as I'm goin’ to tell yer "bout gosh durn my gallowses ef I didn't think I had um. I was cuttin’ wood in a swamp all b; myself “one mornin” when, sudden’ like, T thought I heerd a mallard quack, but didn’t pay no attention to it, thinkin’ perhaps I was a reamin’. Putty soon I heerd it agin. Now the swamp warn't fur from the river, and, thinks I, maybe that’s a duck, and just then he quacked agin—jest luck quacks when he's in trouble. So I run over in the direction of the noise. The quacking was a foin’ on terrible, and all of « sudden like it jushed. shed on, howsomever, and thar in a little clearin’,’ jest in front of me, I seed the duck. He looked like he had his head in a tree stump, and, thinks I, » chip- munk’sgot that mallard sure, and I'll soon have ‘em both. I grabbed the duck by the leg, when durnmy picteref I didn't eee the hole whar the duck’s head was move, a pair of shinin’ black eyes seemed to come out of giareat me. Idrapped the duck and run like the devil. I kinder eased up, howsomever, and began to think that I had'‘em. But no, my head was clar as that drinkin’ water. S80 made up my mind to go back and see what it war. ‘Takin’ a rail moved back. When I got up to the log I found it had moved and was a movin’ right along. All of a sudden I discov- ered it was the most powerful black swamp snake that I ever seed. Icrept up behind him. He had the mallard ail but swallowed. him acrack over the head and his jaws flew open like a muskrat hole. Out come the mal- lard, and before I could say Jack Robinson he wasup an’ gone. The snake he drew hisself w in'a.coil and 1 moved out. I nover went back in them woods agin.” A SNAKE AND TURTLE STORY. “Pre got a tale as might interest you fellers, talking "bout snakes,” said Howard. “Last summer down here I killed a black snake thir- teen feet long on the river shore. He was tor- rible fat, and after he was dead I noticed there was something a movin’ inside of him. Pretty soon out crawled a little tarrapin from between his jaws. Four more followed and then I cut him open. What do you think was inside of him? Two more turtles and eight turtle eggs. ‘The black rascal had robbed a turtle’s nest and blamed my buttons if they hadn't hatched in- side of him.” That was the last story. “It was too severe,” as one of the hunters remarked as he left the cabin. C ——_——_ DIAL TRICKS AND CATCHES, How to Tell Any Number Thought of From One to Twelve. Did you evor try to call off the numerals on the face of your watch without looking at it? If not, you will be surprised to learn how difi- cult it is to do it correctly. ‘The other night a gentleman, under the in- spiration of a modest wager made by a friend, attempted the feat. This is the result of his effor “First,” he said, “there is one I, one: two IL, two; three IIL., three; IV., four; V. five; VL, six; VIL, seven; VIIL, eight; IX, nine; X., ten; XL, eleven; XII, twelve. There, what's the matter with that?” “Nothing,” was the rejoindor, “except that ‘ou are not only wrong, but very far from ing right at your watch and satisfy urself. y Out came the timepiece and this is the way it looked: a tame “Well, I declare,” he exclaimed, “this is revelation to me. ‘Why, I thought there were only Roman numerals {o indicate the hours, and the fact that there were second hands on the face never entered my head, that little dial, of course, wiping out the VL, which I thought was there. Yes, [lost tho money squarely.” “que CHARMED CIRCLE.” One of the most simple yet puzzling tricks which may be illustrated by the same figures is called “The Charmed Circle.” It is some- times known as “The Mind Reader.” All the paraphernalia required is a sheet of paper and a pencil. On the paper make a circle of figures in'dinl siyle. The trick is to tell any number in the circle thought of by another person. This is how it is done: After a number has been selected by your friend ask him to add one to it when you strike the paper. ‘Then you continue striking and he counting until twenty is reached. Then you will beon the number he has chosen. Care must be taken, however, in hitting the figures to be sure that on the ‘eighth stroke you touch twelve, and then movearound the circle to the left, touching each number in regular order. It is an unfailing source of mystifying amusement. it can be made more confusing by dis- tributing the first seven strokes around the circle promiscuously, but do not fail to touch twelve on the eighth and proceed as directed. Speaker Elder of tho Kansas house of represen- | C°UF*8° tatives, is not only # politician of the newschool, but is quite unique in his method of speech. ‘The other day, when he became entangled in a meeb of rules, he cut himself clear by ex- “Damn the rules! I declare the motion car the hole and | he LOUIS cyR. shoulders. 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Conr., Boston ji pimples, blackheads, red, rough, and oily skin and hands are Bad Complexions, Prevented and cured by that greatest of all Skin Purifiers and Beautifiers, the celebrated Cuticura Soap. Incomparably superior to all other skin and com- Plexion soaps, while rivolling in delicacy and surpassing in parity the most expensive of toilet and mursery soaps. The oniy medicated toilet soap, ard the only preventive of inflammation and clogging of the pores, the cause of most complexional disfigurations. Price, SALES. TION. ADDY, REAL esTATe AND LOAN oF wv. VALUABLE UXIMPROVE: REAL. BST, ed ii Se tha OF R Bitte berg FIMST STREET NORTHW bet AT AUCTION aA ON. AST 3 ERNOON, APRIL TIED, LNB + We Will offer for salem frowt of NT_OF SUR LOT 11. SUB Lor 12, ARE et oe Terms: One-third cash, balance in one and two Bian irora day of eae, secured torn Seed ud rust oh tho Ram ‘ot aa mt “of trast on # old. or all Seah. at “a opti (THOMAS DOWLING & SON, Auctioneers EXECUTORS’ SALE. We are anthoriznd by the executors of the late orze Bancroft to sell_at auction, om TUESI MAMCH GHIRTY FIRST, 1001, at ONE O'CLOCK P.M. ot My. Boncrott's stable, in the rear of his late ne > hat H street north weet ne Bay Horwen, Sve and six yeare old. ack Horse ‘One Hsrowshain, made by Brewster, One Lantan. Une Vietoria vable Harness (ome new). Ninuele Harness on. DAY THOMAS DOWLING & SON, Aucts. (THOMAS DOWLING & SON, Auctionsers. CATALOGUE SALE OF MISCELLANEOUS AND LAW BOOKS, SCLUDING THE LAW LIBRARY OF THE LATE F. W. JONES, Place at our auct «cu rooms, TH STREET AND PENNSYLNANIA AVE NUE, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MARCH THIRTIETE AND THIRTY. FIRST, 1801, AT SEVEN Real Pstate Broker. BUILDING LOT ON TWEN. T NOKCHWEST BETWEEN Ke TE THE RESIDENCE OF SEN. with any remarkable weight-lifting ability. He has several brothers who are only ordinary men in the matter of strength. ‘The remarkable thing about Cyr's ance is that he uses no harness. “In New York lew York THREE VERY confidently expects to lift 4,500 pounds before tires. pis 28 e ret For tw Cyr has abstained from the use of liquor snd tobscco., This, he says, has. ine creased his lifting ability 700 pounds. "He eats five or six pounds of meat a day, and double board. Cyr's last and greatest lift 3,993 pounds. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES APRIL SECOND, for sale, th frout « LATIMER & sLoan, 1400 G subs 14 and 15 of Pays | should FUTURE DAYs. Auctioneers, » near U. S. Treasury. ALUABLE BUILDING LOTS 0) SIDE BULL Ns ETS NORTHEAST AT AUCTION. ESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL EIGHTH, E O'CLOCK, in front 6f the premises, we westerly 18 ieet front of sub Sand aor tt 5 FUTURE DAYS. L¢™. & SLOAN, Auctioneers, 1409 G SPECIAL SALE OF HOUSEFULNISH: y. THE SOUTH BEL AVENUE. STRI frontage of 18, 1 valuable property of investors, Ata recent exhibition given by Cyr in Lew- | by adeed iston, Me.. he picked upa of flour with one hand and pnt it on his shoulder asif it were a bundle of cotton batting. With one finger he raised two great” dumbbel man weighing 160 pounds upon them, the total the property wi lis with a Evening Star of th Di R & SLOAN, Auctioneers. weight being 516 pounds. "Ho lifted the bells ‘and the man about two feet from the floor with the forefinger of his right hand only. He jug- gled a 35-pound cannon ball as if it were b His great foat of the evening was in hoisting, by his famous upward back lift, a platform weighing 261 pounds, upon which stood twenty men whose combined weight, with that of the platform, was 3,790 pounds. He also did an oquilibrist act with Mrs. Cyr, in which he balanced her clinging to a ladder supported Cyr was recently presented with a handsome championship belt by the citizens of Montreal. ———_-e- —____ THE NOMINEE WAS OUT. And His Wife Did Not Think He Would Come Back to Accept. From the Detrott Free Press. A woman was in charge of s saloon on Rus- sell street the other day when a man entered, looked around for the husband and, finding the coast clear, tenderly observed: ‘Madam, I have been appointed a committee to wait upon your husband.” Yes.” RATCLIFFE, DARE & C1 1022 OWING TO MY EARL Thave determined to dispose of well: pose of my large and well-as- ORIENTAL RUGS, ©. By PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDERS, aT MY ‘Auctioneers. street n.w., nesr U.S. Treasury. ait cash ATIMEK & SLOAN, Auctioneers ORIENTAL ART EXTRAORDINARY. HOMAS DOWLING & BON, Auctioneers. ‘Connecticut avenue northwest. VERY VALUABLE PROi DEPARTURE FOR MY| LARGE Inox RON ¥ ANNUAL TOUR THROUGH THE ORIENT res A THE CORNER OF OHIO CANAL Al EORGETON ‘OF AUCT THE OW! At 28 RETIRIN 103 e ARPETS, HANGINGS, EMBROIDERIES, &e., EDN QCLOCK, om the préniscs, that. ‘y fron 20 tet on the Chiesa} a canal and 168.6 feet ou sith 5 ‘and sul on AL: eG Ree BOLLE. Bi Txt LATHES, POUND) Baru Noar a naire 5 ND A TERIAL NOT MENTIONED. ‘Terms: One-fourt: cash, balance one,two and with ec # deed of trust, the tine of CONSISTING ORIENTAL ART GALLERIES, LEM No. 1022 CONNECTICUT AVENUE N.W. years, jOUR, and on’ MONDAY! posit of €100 at is, WEI ‘OF EACH WEEK’ aT ERTY, IMPROVED BY RY “AND MACH INE THE CHESA. ND THIRTETH ‘ON three | Ade- TWELVE « a NUM ‘ NS AND ~ WASH ESDAY. APRIL FIRST, AT FOUR ery valuable prop- | se Peake ama ‘Cine Feet, iiup roved Dy a Very imdry shops. bach Louse Will be off am of wale: One-third Cs) of id Bove a EVEN Aa ‘HOMAS DOWLING & SON, ‘THREE P.M. UNTIL ALL I8 SOLD. mh26-dte Auctioncers, OPENING EXHIBITION LATIMER & SLOAN. Auctioneers SATURDAY, MARCH TWENTY-FIRST, and EACH 1409 G sf., near US. ‘Treasury. TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY DURING THE PROGRESS OF MI TH SALE ESD est sents ee aS POST OFFICE . ~ deotded ‘mbi27-6t Importer. ee = i J)UNCANSON BROS. Auctioneers. ~_ Ae7OtS NEAR UNITED STATES CAPITOL, Be “And I believe it is usual on occasions of this pe ee a = koe iheliyein foc, et up th drinks" | RPh chat ae J “Yes,” she replied, as she went on with her | DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 1801, at FIV K knitting, “but you had better see my husband.” “Oh, Certainiy, where can he be found?” “about six out on the Center Line ardiye he's out there in a buryizg ground. ; he’s out a He's been out there seven years.” ‘Ab{ Teo. And in that is to retire as grace! asabone. The committee retires.” pi : pe ES States Capitol and investors. rerms: One-third ‘ments at one and two HIGHLY VALUABLE IMPROVED CORNER PROP- El TH o 1 raster, AMAL sree norLuWwent t9-THE ABOVE SALES ARE PosTP vunt of the rain until WEDNESD FIRST, 2801, sane nour and pace CH. WILL TA Msc mh? ¥. EDMONSTX 17 and’20, 2) det on iunmediate vicinity of the United should attract the attention of Feats, patente bear 8 por cent it: percent in semi-annually, and to be secured by ‘option of ‘each lot at UARE 53 B Street ands depth Te mh27-deds of Reese Evans. ——__—+e+______ 4 BAD BOY FKOM BROOKLYN. He Made Trouble by Being Too Obliging for an Unappreciative World. From the Chicago Post. “Talk about Chicago boys being tough,” ex- claimed a man at the club, “they raise a variety of boys in Brooklyn that beats the native pro- duct all hollow. Up at my house I've got « ten- year-old nephew who lives in the city of churches. He arrived here Sunday night and early Monday morning he took stroll down Park avenue to see what the town looked like. Pretty soon he came to # house where some one had died, and black crape was tied to the door bell. Willie looked earnestly at it, came to the conclusion that it didn’t harmonize with the style of architectare, untied it and carried it off. When he came back it was draped artis- tically on his left arm. “Tuesday morning he saw a sign on the front door of a house in the neighborhood. The sign said: ‘Bell broken. Please knock.’ Willie is an accommodating youngster, 20 what does he do but go up the steps and knock like thunder. A woman came in response to his summons and asked him what he wanted. «+ ‘What do I want!” exclaimed Willie, indig- panty. ‘Thats a nice question for you to ask | ‘ou put up a sign asking nock, an: wher a kid is polite enough to do it you ank him what he wants! They wouldn't do that way in Brooklyn, you bet yourlife.’ _intamap teste z et eee me sight of "my family ng fo oath ob ue nerves me that [have to ‘to face them.” Eve in a Now Light. ‘PHOMAS DOWLING & SON, Auchoneers SALE HOUSE to front of the premises on MOND: GF APRIL. U8UL, the followin in the city of Washington, di gome oor ahd ea Pi a fo east Tovfeet and dn tithstrect,containine 11,0o squareteet of eround, by several frame and brick vullduncs: itywul dret be offered as.a whole and if not sold will ‘TO CLOSE AN ESTATE. AT AUCTION OF VERY VALUABLE IM- PROVED AND UNIMPROVED REAL ESTATE SITUATED ON THE NORTHEAST AAD SOUTHEAST CORNERS OF ELEVENTH AND C STREETS NORTHWEST, IMMEDIATELY OPPOSITE THE PROPOSED | POST OFFICE | ap SITE, CONSISTIRG OF KEUNAN'S THEATER AND OTHER BRICK AND FRAME BUILD- ALSO No. 906 ELEVENTH STREET WEST BETWEEN I AND K STREETS. At tho request of the parties interested and in order settle the affairs of an estate 1 will sell at auction in AX, the SIXTH DAY described real estate ‘District of Columbia, to- ibered the depth of orizinat ket tered three hunSred aad ay in square numbered Phtse lots and tof Jot are situated at_the south- corner of 11tl C streets northwest, frontine hon Usti jo feet and 8 inches will seli orizinal lots num- two (2), in squsrenumbered ranine (48.) Said are situated ‘sub lot fronts 24 Ht DAY OF APRIL, UR O'CLOCK P.M., the premises, part ‘of Wee i a e ial H F £ B HE 28, SEEEE f : ‘THE JAPANESE OBJECTS OF ART. AT THE HOUBS OF ELEVEN A. M. AND THREE PM ‘Six pair of magnificent Satsuma Vases still remain to be sold; also 40 pieces of Hand~arved Japanese ‘vories; also, * offered will BIDDER. to keep up my deed in ‘trust dated February Q March 16. 1M], in Liter No. 1 the sol <jenctibwed teal entate, be numbered 4 in square i, becuning 1 * = Ibslance in equal im- i At Sx, Crise and. lehtern sont, sith Interest at the rate uf U percent pur cupunn from of ss secured by deed of trust. 4 " Cwelve ie. With inten days trom day of sale served to reseli the property at te risk and cost of the - | detauitne purchaser conveyancing a mii7-ates EDWIN SUPHERLAND,} Trustees, ‘HE ABOVE SALP IS POSTPONED ON AG count of the inclement weather until WEDNESDAX, APLGL PHOT, JST, af Se hou aid place, OLE, : EDWIN SUTHLRLAND,5 Trustees. _RATCLIFFE, DAKK& OO. Aucts. inh24-d&ds ABLE IMPROVED Be ‘EST, Ere in Laver west of thee , I will sell at public dines. on MONDAY AT HALE-PAST the folowing-described real Washington, District uf Co- Trou the south west corner ot the. thence north tem (10) feet nine re ven (ea to the place of beginning, With all the improvements, easeuents,ruclits, Drivileces and appt 10 toe’ aaine belonging OF per cent per annum, payable seiui-ann be secured bya deed of trust i § 4 frou day of sale. on trostee to resell the Property at the rak and cost of tune Purchaser after five days’ advertisment. All conveyancing amd “Oru at purchaser's cust BUME R. TRACY, mhI8Akds DUNCANSON BROS. "TRUSTEES SaLn op PROPE EXNSYLVANIA . Trustee. factioneers, eantorn twenty ue fort one depth (ereot of lot nui Ruubered seventy -Lve fweyanrne, we. et pare $250 required at time of muses Sich in Atieen days, otlierwise the’ Tusht to Teel! at Fish and cost of defaustin Purchases, ogy Siverfnent in nome nevepaper Pub Manet ANERCE A; BRANDENBURG, Trostes, CHARLES F. DUNCANSON BROS. “r PR EAT. A PaaS ‘ ' ' ‘ f F nichts enn sittinens