Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1892, Page 9

THE CHAIN B RIDG IN '61. A CAMP OF °61 Where the Washington Light In- fantry Did Duty. THE OLD CHAIN BRIDGE. ‘arly War Scenes Near Washington—Bat- tery Martin Scott and Its Three Big Guns— Incidents of Army Life—How the Late Dr. Bliss Got Into a Predicament. ee pes OTWITHSTANDING after season, and the once formidable piles of earth have now become crumbling mounds, carpeted with rank growths of tall grasses and trailing vines, and the rifle pits, ready at any time in those four yegrs of strife to be filled with thousands of determined armed men in uniforms of blue, have been converted by na- tare into courses of shallow little streams, form- ing at present but slight obstacles to the eager charge of those with no more hostile intent than to raid the chestnut or persimmon trees growing on the paths the sentinols used to tread. At the Chain bridge, which was a very im- portant place during the wur, a few traces still Temain to tell of the industry of the hundreds Of soldiers who were gathered there to guard that point. The graceful iron structure now © Chain bridge looks bat little h spanned the river in the time of Inter period succumbed to estuctive force of one of the great floods of the Potomac. Theold structure waz built of ‘wood something in the style of the present iron trengthened with great arches of wood ng from pierto pier. It had a much pearance than the bridge of today, which was due to the large size of the timbers it w: to use in its construction. On each side of the crowed wood work of the bridge oper. for the use of foot passengers, the floor- ig Sas extended out some distance ‘and pro- a the vided with a strong wooden railing built in wath the e: iors, same which support the bridge of today. THE LIGHT INFANTRY ON DUTY. About the event of summer, 1861, the mem- bers of company A of the old Washington Light Infantry assembled in the armory on the mull. the building now used by the fish com- o which they had been summoned to foramarch to the Little Falls with battalion, a number of whom had been em- ployed in the navy yard and well undertood the handling of these instruments of destrac- tion. As a graceful compliment to the amiable innkeeper and his family at the Virginia end of the bridge these cannons were named b; the soldiers ‘Casey, “Mrs. Casey” ‘and “Bri it,” respectively.’ Often wo jeepy Wilend, efter ax unesaslly busy night, ber awakened from his prolonged slumber in the morning by the deep bass notes of “Mra, Casey of the fort” after many an unsuccessful attempt on the part oi the original Mrs. Casey to bring him out of dreamland. Below the bluff on a level with the road were two more cannons, Ordinary field piccos they were, and placed in convenient za ms for covering the ¥ bridge. "Today near the inn om the Virginia shore may be seon the remains of a stone building. Before the war this was used as a paper mill, but at the time of ‘the occupation of this region by the soldiers it was unoccupied. Frequent practice with the big guns of the fort on the walls of BATTERY MARTIN SCOTT. this building as targets produced the present ruin, reminder of the lessons of these first volunteers in their study of heavy artillery. On what was afterward regarded by the soldiers as state occasion President Lincoln, in a visit to the camp, sighted and fired one ‘of the great guns at an object on the opposite side of the river. Another gala day at the encampment was the Fourth of July. The Conduit and Canal roads were thi all day long by hoste of the city people to see their soldier friends. Company the District battalion was 9 particular center of attraction. Their indy admirers selected Independence day as the most appropriate one to present this company, which was formerly known as the Waskingon Zouaves, with «fine American flag and a set of guidons. { QOULD NOT PASS THE LINES. While’ the immediate presence of the enemy was not exactly felt at this encampment the discipline maintained here and also at the other fortifcetions in and around the District was of a very strict character. It was as difficult to pass through thelaesof these troops at this time ‘as it was to cross the picket lines of the army pcs yp later in the war. = ance of mil Tegelations was wi shown in an experi: amet eared Washington's former oe stil high in rank, were return- their camp, having been out on to get to their own quarters, their regiment stationed next to the | Washington troops, it was necessary to pass through the lines picketed that night by_mem- bers of company A of the District battalion. ing one night to leave. In order WILLIAM WGARRAHAN a Claimant. His LONG AND BITTER FIGHT. The Story of the Career of the Great |, i ¢ fi FE F F ‘The Case at Length Referred to the Court of | han hime! Ciaims—Characteristics of the Man by One ‘Who Knew Him—Cyrus W. Field’s Collec- tion of Medals and Paintings. ‘Written for The Evening Star. HE SCENE IN THE hall of the House of Rep- resentatives on Monday last was a tribute to she indomitable will and honest endeavor through years of perse- cution of the well- known William MeGar- face and genial manner have for years been familiar to visitors to the Capitol. Unani- mous tonsent had been given to the con- sideration of the bill roported from the com- mittee on mines by Marcus A. Smith of Arizona, and the final action, calling the yeas and nayeon the bill, resulted in its passage, Applause from the floor of the House followed the announcement of the Speaker that the bill had passed, and members rushed to the lobby fo Mr. McGarrahan and found him surrounded y friends, grasping his hands and pouring apne it ye Gat congratulations The long fight had ended and the victory was won after years of defeat and disappointment. The “‘Claimant,” ag he wagealled, was known here, except by the few friends who had stuck to him through all those years, only as the Mo- Garrchan of the colebrated case, which will go down in legislative history as ono of the most remarkable on its pages. Ihave known Mr. McGarrahan since the first day be came to Washington, nearly forty years ago, to substan- tiate his claim to the celebrated “Rancho Pa- noche Grande,” and in all these years, amid | promised success and painful defoat, the samo placid fa0e, 40 full of the kindost expressions, remained unchanged. He was a man with agrievance who never talked of it, unless he was asked; and the history told in his honest, straightforward manner earried conviction with it, M’GARRAHAN'S EARLY LIFE. William MeGarrahan was bora in Ennis Killen, County Formanagh, in the north of Ireland, in October, 1828. His family had been extensive landholders, but at the time of his birth were only in moderate circumstances, Ie spent his youth in Sligo with an uncle, and until Ms death attending © private, school, sad on the death of his uncle began business as grocer and wine dealer and was for some years success- fal in amassing a competence. He very early took part in the cause of Ireland and when barely seventeen wasn delogate with the mayor, alderman and other distinguished citizens to sent the city of Sligo at the national cere- jonies at Dublin, May, 1845, to celebrate the iberation of 0" seven martyr WILLIAM M’GARRAHAN. rahan, whose pleasant | ‘You kept Mr. Beck out “- bed an ‘until nearly 2 o'cl “Oh! no,” said Mac., “I left at 10 o'clock.” “Yes, but he sat up writing a speech in favor ot your bill to be delivered in the House to- day,” and from that time until his death he was MeGarraban's friend and earnest supporter. ANOTHER KIND OF A MAX. In contrast to this incident of the infler- ible ideas of justice which ruled the ao- tions of the distinguished Kentuckian is that of another Representative from a western state who went to his grave in the full odor of dem- ceratic sanctity and_was duly canonized in the faith of his party. He was MoGarrahan's friend after a thorough investigation of the case, and on the evening of a certain day, Just before the favorable was made by tho. ju committee of the House on the bill, Mr. Mc- Garrahan saw him, and he told him he had pre- pared a speech in favor of the bill. Very soon after, when the bill was before the House, he Tose and attacked the bill viciously. ‘The magic wand had brushed the scales from his eyes which covered them when he favored McGarra- han’s bill. John Morrisey had met MeGarra- han while he was a member of the House and was anxious to support his bill, but wanted some information, for Morrisey never cast a voto without understanding the enso and Mo- Garrahan referred him to his friend alluded to above, who satisfied Morrisey of the justice of the claim and secured his vote. the change took place, and the gentleman roversed all he told Morrisey, his astonishment was ex- preseed pretty freely. This is only one of s number of instances where potent influence was exorcised in estranging friends from MoGar- rahan and making them enem! TUE AMOUNT IX DISPUTE. Well, the long-talked-of bill has gone before & tribunal for adjudication. As usual, the amount involved is grossly exaggerated. Mr. Chipman, in the debate on the bill, in reply to Mr. Holman, said the amount of indemnity was about 200,000, as he had been informed. The caso goes gbefore the new court of land claims, and ‘here will be determined the whole matter involved, and either party have | the tight of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, and until all these legal proceed- ings are ended, and we know from time imme- morial what ‘the law'sg@elay” is, no estimate of the value involved can be made, But the bill has passed, and a vindication of an honest claimant has resulted, and Iam yet to meet a singlo individual who does not’ rejoice at the vindication of a man whose life here, amid all n faith in his ultimate triumph. He has outlived 1 bis persecutors and many of his devoted friends, and now with a Senate's unanimous indorsement of the justice he has so long sought and a two-thirds vote of the House of Repre- sentatives in his favor he has had glory enough to repay the sufferings and privations of years. CYRUS FIELD'S MEDALS AND PAINTINGS. Since the death of Mr. Cyrus Field it has been disclosed by Gen. de Cesnola, the director of the Metropolitan Muscum of Art, that Mr. Field, several months ago, just before going to hiscountry seat, where he died, gave his col- lection of medals and paintings relating to the laying of the Atlantic cable to the museum of art. They have been locked up ina safe there for some time and the painting have been hung. Mr. Field said to Gen. de Cesnola that he long contemplated this presentation and felt the time had come to make it. The collection consists of various medals and tokens re- ceived from governments, states and societios. The great at perricay to Mr. Field by Con- gress in 1867 and which I remember to have seen at the time and subsequently at Mr. Field's house in Grammercy Park, isa real work of jers to guard the Chain bridge and the aj roaches to the eapital at the District end of It. is was Capt. Lem. Towers’ original company, which had @ne. together with 1 in the city, such efficient the river and in guarding other com- | The party halted asthey approached the senti- jl ube demanded the countersign as usual, but the word he received did not bring the desired berty to the group before him. ‘What it did corporal of the iad his men, who, hastil; oBcasion were Henry Grattan, Smith O’Brien, Thomas Francis Meagher, ‘Thomas Deven Reilly and Thomas D'Arcy ‘McGee. When, in 1848, the French revolution resulted in ‘the overthrow of the monarchy, a mass meeting was held in Sligo ard an addtess adopted con- rt and at the time was regarded as the finest specimen of medallurgy ever produced in this country. It is very large, weighing in value 2387 in gold. With itis the certificate of the vote of thanks from Congress, which waa pre- sented with the medal, That is handsomely en- graved on the finest parchment in colors. The sand other plnces of im- ihe very beginning of hostilities states. With a baggage train of laden wagons this company started though, was t guard ly Tesponding to the long-drawn cali summoning them to the distant post, were surprised to find confront- ing the determined-looking sontinel a thor oughly disgusted but still good-humored gratulating France on the establishment of a republic. Young McGarraban, then under twenty years of age, Mayor Verdon and Alder- man O'Donovan were elected to present the cross of the Order of Saint Mauritius, conferred on Mr. Field by the King of Italy, and the cer- tificate and grand prize of the Paris exposition ¥ and marched to the bridge anal rad. In those old times | assemblage of wuletted officers. | Ex- planations availed of nothing. The corporal address to the French republican government. During the repeal agitation McGarrahan, of 1967. ‘The handsome gold box pre- serited to Mr. Field by people of New York. One of the interes articles when the stre and roads in the city and sab- urbs were the e unpaved condition a ; litely convinced the distinguished little party Eeloce hin tet ther password was wrong, despite his years, took a prominent part, and when the division came between O'Connell in the collection is the large tankard rain was always welcome to settle the dust, but on this particular day the rain came down in such torrents that it made some of the men think, short as the journey was, it Would have been as pleasant to have gone through the Potomac itself. Clambering up the steep biusf that overlooks the river at the District end of the bridge the place of encamp- Mment wax reached, but the marching was not qui ied. There it was so overgrown with tall grass that in order to pitch the tenta, hav- thes or other such cutting imple- essary to form the men in com- hay m march and counter marchabout the field until the grass iden down. This n od of mowing such a rain storm prompted an attack on a neighbort of cord wood, which was g and drying out the thoroughly ho though feeling very un- ai DING FORTIFICATIONS. the encampment of this | Alexander of the engineer corps, i the defenses of the city, arrived swith his officers and laid out | »r the fortification afterward known | ott. The volunteer soldiers | to with pick, apade and bar- erection of ‘the earthworks, 1 on the arrival of some city, and finally com- ¢ was had from a brigade | yA range for the guns fort. Before this company A t ‘y had cut with much toil @ way inthe rocks and slopes of the ading from the site of the camp down road below, which proved after- great convenience to the soldiers gf gl the different encampmente near the ridge. trict troops that were on duty pany A of the Infantry were nion Ktifles, the Washington acompany of Georgetown men pt. Hollingsworth, who afterward had * Vernonestate. These four of company A to command The Georgetown men heid the outposts, as it were, at the approaches to the bridge on the Virginia side of “the Poto- mac while the attention of the men from the eredon the bridge and the sur- mtryon the District side of the ‘he Michigan brigade before spoken of, which also did ample service in seeing that no belligerent southerner should cross the bri was composed of the first, second and iiEd regiments. To all of these troops there were added early in the summer more volunteers from the north until a great stretch of fields were dotted with the white canvas tents of the army. Immediately over the first pier from the Vir- nia *horg, extending entirely wcroas the ridge jutting out some distance beyond e railingy of the side footways, stp 9 @ stairway was provided extending down from ‘this barricade to the rock-covered ground un- der the bridge, where the retreating soldiers Would be out of range of the fire from the fort which would have been directed on the It was tho general opinion, that @ re- treat down that stairway would have been at- tended with more disastrous results to those seeking cover than the enemy could have ac- complished with their leaden mimalea, THREE Bro aUxs. Inside the fort there were mounted heavy seacoast defense guns, which (@manned at Gret by members of the Wi if 8 bal | they could not gain access to their camp and until matters were cleared up satisfactorily the guard tent would be their resting place, and to | that they were marched. An immediate inquiry disclosed the fact that Dr. Bliss and his friends had used the countersign which was given for that night to the brigade of Michigan troops, bus it was an incorrect one, their commanding officer having inadvertently given out the wrong word from a list he had containing the counte! for several days. Of course officers id in the guard tent were released the moment this mistake had been explained, while around the camp of the Michi- ganders an untimely guard mount was made all along the lines. The northwesterners for the rest of that night were extra vigilant in their wateh in the hopes of securing some unwary Washingtonian as a guest for guard tent, WHEN JOHNNY CAME MARCHING HOME. But such a little matter as that of course did not create any genuine resentful feeling in the Michigan camp toward the Washingtonians, whom the former heid in the hi; it esteem. As un exemplification of this friendship existing between the different commands, when the term of service of company A of the Washing- ton battalion expired, on July 10, which was before the expiration of the terms of service of any of the other companies (it being the first in service), ite march from the field of encam; ment toward home was mede something on the order of a triumphal procession. The bands of the Michigun regiments in turn preceded the little bee ed in ite march to the end of their lunes, while the Maseachusetts troops when their carp was reached had their band awaiting to do escort duty also, and to further the compli- ment and make it gay for their Washington | comrades sent the musicians all the way down the Conduit road to the city limita. The time soon came after this when th | other soldiars had to leave the biuffs and the | rushing waters of the upper Potomac for the | batdefields of ——- but their places were | quickly taken by others, and at all times during | She war the nhlte tents of the constantly ar- riving volunteers were seen pitched on these hills near the bric ——_. juggier’s Trick. From the Sen Francisco Call The wonderful feats of East Indian jugglers have formed the theme of many a letter from travelers in the orient, but none are more sur- prising than that for which an old sea dog, now a natives came aboard at Madras, he says. They | rere, fageler and his assistant. After they had performed a number of minor feats and gathered quite a crowd around them they called for a sack and a piece of rail cloth. ‘These having been provided the chief juggler Pit wpararsy Lert prcioreale it overboard, where, to ae pebeper ates eee itt E and his whig followers and the “young Ire- Iqnd” party the future claimant seceded with “young Ireland,” under D'Arcy McGee, who Toposed him member of ‘the Irish con- Fedgration, the parliament of the arty. He continued’ an active member of this until it was disbanded, in 1848, when most of those with whom he acied had been seized government. Soon after the writ of habeas corpus was euspended and McGarrahan’s house was searched for arms and 8 £500 was puton D'Arcy Medion penalty of fourteen years’ imprisonment for any one who harbored or assisted him, but Me- raban sheltered McGee until he could es- cape from the country. CAME TO AMERICA IN 1849, McGarrahan then sold out his extensive ard prosperous business and property and followed his companions to America, arriving here in March, 1849. After residence of some months in the east and New Orleans he determined to make California his home,where he arrived in Oc- tober, 1849. He invested his capital in his former business and in 1853 he was one of the leading merchants on the Pacific coast. He returned to Ireland in that year and in Dublin was en- tertained by Charles Gavan Duffy and John Neil McKenna, both since knighted and mem- bers of the British parliament. After an ex- tended visit to the continent he returned to California in 1354, resumed business and pur- chased a ranch in San Jose valley, which he stocked with the first improved herd in the state. About this timo he purchased from Gomez the Mexican title to the Rancho Panoche | Grande, and with it came ull his trouble and such an experience of the devious methods of litigation as was never known in this coun- try. From that time, December, 1857, Mr. M Garrahan’s history is conspicuously of record in the courts of California, the Supreme Court of the United States, the Interior Department and Congress to the present day, THE REPORT ON THE CLAIM. ‘The report of the committee on mines, which reported the bill, sa “4. ‘Thut the proof of a legal grant from the Mexican government to Gomez and transfer of title to McGarrahan are clearly and indispute- bly shown, “2. That the district court of the United States for the southern district of California confirmed the grant. > B. Smith, Secretary of considera- irmed the gra “8. That Hon. C the Interior, after examination and tion of the case, ordered a patent to be issued to Mr. McGarrahan. “4. ‘That Mr. Usher, the successor in office of Mr. Smith, similarly decided. “8, That Mr. Lincoln signed the patent and subsequently, upon full inquiry, decided the grant to be genuine and ordered the delivery of patent to Mr. MeGarraban.” Yet such was the power und wealth of the New Idria Company, which had possession of the property and ‘were drawing millions in quicksilver from it, that none of these patents reached McGarrahan, but were withheld, de- spite law and authority. A mandate of the Su- reme Court of the United States putting Me- Qectaben fn possession of his property was not found on the records of the court in California and the records were subsequently mutilated to cover and conceal such mandate. first counsel. tou ‘Mr. Lincoln to issue the patent in 1868, and it was issued, but not to Met DProveiled oer the executive ‘sod the Becretacy over the executive of the Interior. gi $ i oA y | paintings are and sentenced to banishment by the British | | filled the leading of silver and oak, the gift to Mr. Field of the men working in Central Park, fragments of the Atlantic cable and many relics of that great achievement of Mr. Field. There are six large oil paintings and forty-six water colors illus- trative of the laying of the Atlantic cable. The t Inachinery employed. in this. great work, the engineers, the electricians and Mr, Field him- self. One of the series represents the scene on board the vessel just after the broken cable bad been picked up and a m sent by it and received through it from Ifeland. Mr. Field's portrait, painted by Mr. Huntington, is in colleetion. On the day of Mr. Field’s funeral the stores at Tarrytown were closed and the whole town and the neighbors of Mr. Field, with whom he wag very popular, attended the funeral. The improvements’ on his country seat were | very extensive, the pay roll amounting to €7,000 a week. His considerate kindness to the men won their gratitude. He was very indulgent, and during the heated terms while this work was con- tinued made the men quit work in the hottest part of the day. There where he lived and was in constant view of his neighborhood his mem- ory will be cherished most warmly. HARRY EDWARDS’ ENTOMOLOGICAL COLLECTION. ‘The Metropolitan Museum of Art at New York is to secure the entomological collection of the late well-known actor, Harry Edwards,whose life was devoted to that branch of natural his- tory., Mr. Edwards began this study and tho collection he left behind him at a very carly age and pursued it with industry and énthusi- asm to the end of his life. The’ collection he left was one of the most extensive and complete in the country, and, with one or two exceptions, in the world,’ ‘In early life Mr. Edwards went to Australia to join a brother there and led for some years a ranch life. During that period he made a very complete collection of the insects of that remarkable country. His collection numbered 250,000 specimens, 400 of which are not to be found in any other collections, His adopting the a8 & profession was the result of an accident. ‘He was in Melbourne and had obtained some local renown as an amateur, and in the absence of an important actor the man- ager besought him to take the part of the ab- sent one. He consented and for some time at that theater. On the arrival of the act the ment he relinquished ‘the position, but the audience insisted on having Edwards, His suo- cess induced him to become an actor jand an ex- cellent one he was. country, while engaged in his never failed to add to his collection. C. Prime says of this collection: “It is one of the best in the country and can only be str- passed by that of the Britism Museam, and is with skill, education and ability.” | £7 Mr. Edwards had commenced a catak = collection, but died before 4 CONFUSION OF NAMES. Gen. Beale told me of an incident, which was amusing, from the error consequent upon a similarity of names. Gen. Bosle's brother-in- Jaw, whose recent death was so deeply Jamented, has the same name as the actor of was AT RDA, JULY Where the Aristocrats of the World: of Knaves Are Found. CRIME OF HIGH DEGREE. Broadway = Chosen Promenade for High Grade Thieves—Bank Robbers at the Top ‘tion,on sporting topics chiefly. No men in New York are better dressed than they nor enter- tain a greater respect for themselves apparently. With the gamblers and ‘other persons about town who got their living at the expense of the community they are apt to be on terms of hail- fellow acquaintanceship, their actual ocoupa- tion being known with certainty to few besides the police detectives, who make no attempt to interfere with thom so long as they are not down on Mr. Byrnes’ list as “wanted.” THE CREAM OF TRE PROFESSION. These men represent the cream of thefr pro- fession, finding always their headquarters and favorite haunts in New York. They devote their attention to such higher branches of their ‘ial pursuit as swindling in a large way and e robbing of banks. In their business the lines are ly drawn respecting the kinds of criminality in which a gentleman properly For example, the self-re- specting bank burglar or ‘bank’ sneak” would never think of cracking a safe inastore. His enterprises aro always conducted on a superid® scale, requiring great ingenuity and daring, and with the expectation of gains inproportion. A single stroke, involving perhaps months of preparation -and a large outlay of money, may produce a fortune. At police headquarters is preserved a tin box which once held $216,000, the proceeds of the Concord Bank robbery in 1866, found buried with its precious contents seven fect below the bed. of ‘Delaware river, where it was hidden at low tide. A robber arrested fora orime like that takes pride in the exploit, whereas he would be horribly ashamed to be caught picking pockets. ORIMIXAL souvENIRS. Abig room at police headquarters is filled with an extraordinary collection of criminal souvenirs, Among the most horrible of them iso photograph of the reassembled remains, minus the head, of Henry Bolles, who was dis- membered and packed in atrunk by the fero- cfous Capt. Unger. There isa bomb which blew out the front ofastore on Grand street some time ago, supposed to have been loaded and planted by advocates of the early closing move- ment, to which the shop in question had refused to subscribe. An infernal machine is exhibited which was found on a shelf in a great Broadway Gry goods establishment, presumably put there by a discharged employe. | It was a box 60 con- trived that the opening of it by any one who might chance to find it would release a spring, strike a row of matches, ignite gunpowder a: scatter broken glass, scrap iron and. nails in all directions, ‘THE WHARF BATS’ AUGER. Another curiosity is a huge auger of the kind with which the river thieves called ‘wharf rate” bore upward from beneath a dock igto tieroes of sugar. Of course the sugar runs out and it is carried away, the theft being only dis- covered when the tierces are moved and found to be empty. ‘There is also a great iron syringe such as burglars formerly employed to injec! powder into a safe for the purpose of ‘blot itup. But that method is now out of date, superior mechanical processes having been de- vised for accomplishing the same result with greater quickness and less noise. Most “impressive 1s the array of liter- ally hundreds of pistols and knives, every one of which has done to death a human being.” Appropriately accompanying these are the black caps and nooses of rope which have been worn by executed murderers. during the last twenty yeara, each ticketed with the name of the wearer. Of card sharpers’ im nts, urgiars’ tools, sandbags, brass knuckles, counterfeit plates and other such of wickedness there is no end. IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS, ‘The chief inspector of police was asked yes- terday if there was any prospect that the an- thropometric system of measuring criminals for the purpose, of identifieation would be re. His in ve Said he: “It is too elaborate and complicated, We arrive at the same result more easily and by the | Comparatively simplo means. The anthropo- metric system, on which the French 0 much, may be very useful for the study of the physlolocical petuliarities of criminals, but it of very little practical service. On thing they do over_ there which might be imita ere with advantage—that is, in photographing an offender they take both the full face and the Profle which is very readily donein, single portrait by causing the subject to sit by a mir- Tor that is inclined at the proper angle. “Our aystem for identifying criminals is en- tirely satisfactory,” he continued. “In this cabinet of drawers, cach of which is numbered, we have 20,000 portrajts. On the back of each picture is a detailed description of the indi- vidual, For example, here is a likqness of the bogus “Lord” Beresford, who fecently awindled 80 many people by means of his aristocratic retensions, even so worldly wise ‘a person as ir. Richard K. Fox cashing his draft for $1,000. Another rich man, from whom he secured w li amount, declared ‘that he was glad to get off 80 cheap, inasmuch as his daughter had acknowl- her intention to marry the alleged noble- man, saying coolly that he the man to reverse of his carte de visi the inscriptiom ‘Walter 8. Beroaf Lord Beresford; crime, forgery and swindli residence, England; age, thirty-three; white; height, tive feet eight inches; wei 147 pounds; hair, light brown; eyes, blue; nose, ; complexion, fair; has stro accent.” With that deseri; we have all the material that is Mr. Beresford’s ideg record is inclosed in'an envelope readily ferred tofrom an index. With ‘all the ather ‘on our list the arrangement is the WHERE CRIMINALS ARE Garzsr. imagine that they sre much safer out of the country than in it, whereas the fact is quite the SWELL . CRIMINALS. | like | of one of these tusks was brough Ttise curious “fact that criminals usually | « ie ii i ; A detective of long : percentage of ell crises were ox~ Posed by fe indscrest touguce of women, wna teapele Lol to fatally commit the men. in whom they are often boasting Ted explelis of thelr loners ‘AUNTS OF THE LOWER CLASS. f if et ik F i i i g Ff i af fal iia id h wrong. of offenders —S It is said that the whole of this tulent business, which extends its ramifi- cations all over the country. is conducted by « single gang in'New York city. The principal money backers gang EME PR A SURPRISED CONFEDERATE, He Expected to Have to Pay Several Hun- “ dred Dollars for = Glass of Beer. “I see some people are crying for lots of greenbacks,” said a well4mown business man the other day, ashe motioned the white-aproned attendant to perform some jugglery with lot of empty glasses, “Some of us, however, have seen the time when lots of paper money did not mean any startling amount of wealth. I was young fellow during the war and served throughout in the confederate cavalry. Near the close of the war we would very often have our pockets stuffed with confederate notes, which might have been of some use as ballast, but were of little or no availability when itcame to buying anything. I have paid anywhere from #50 to $200 for a glass of beer or a drink of whisky. I remember at the close of the war, in company with another youth as young and as green as myself, I succeeded in getting through into Washington, where my mother lived. We reached her home without a ‘cent even of confederate scrip, and that night ‘as we started out to see what’ the city looked like my mother gave me a $5 United States note. We had been so accustomed to the worthless confederate notes that we had no possible idea of the value of a real greenback, and I remember thinking that the family must be getting pretty poor when €5 was all that could be raised for an evening’s amusement. Tell | beautiful scenery. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Crxcrxxatt, Onto, July 18, 1892. Leaving Washington by way of the Chesea- peake and Ohio railroad we soon reached some of the memorable battlefields of the rebellion, and to one familiar with and having a part in ‘hat memorable struggle they never lose their interest, But even Manassas has lost all of its wartime spirit, and Bull run is nowhere to be seen save and we find our attention fastened upon that new but thrifty little town, Basic City, which, with all of its mills, new houses and manufac turing endeavor, strongly of the “new south,” found, however, in reality only occasionally in the southern states. But now the most won je.have visited about of the scenery from the Atlantic to the Pacific, but nowhere have we ever seen landscape or mountain scenery surpassing in real beauty that of the Blue Ridge and Alleghany moun- tains, NEW SCENERY, NEW BEAUTIES. Commencing the ascent of the Blue Ridge we begin to appreciate the wonderful seenery that God has placed in the midst of this country for us toadmire, At every step new scenery, now Deantnes aris and new thoughts are’ a and as we take a glance of the beaut — Just before entering the tunnel thro which we to the other side everybody in the car wlth rapture exclaims, “How beeutt- ful.” As we out of the tunnel to the west side of the Blue Ridge there is spread at our fect the great valley of Vi section of 5 ‘The valley cromed and then begins the difficull of climbing into the bosom of the Allegbanies' North mountain, Buffalo and Panther Gaps are passed, and in a little while We find ourselves at Clifton Forge, the place where Jackson river has cut its way through the mountains, on either ride of which yatural arches have been formed which are really among. the most remarkable phenomena to be seen on this continent. Proceeding on we soon reach Covington, and now we find ourselves in the heart of the great Alleghanies, and now com- mence the ascent of the principal ranges. up and still up we go. The pondrous engine pu and blows and pants, the scenery is now wild and startling, the gorges deep, and we cross Jerry's run at an altitude of 185 feet above the water. Everywhere around us stand out in bold relief against the sky the enountain peaks. | As far as the eve extends the mountain scenery is wild and beautiful. How it docs TT. to us that the hand of a Great God only cot have such scenes, and finally we stop and ‘The Student and the Waitress and the Beer Munich letter to Chicae) Times. ‘The German waitress is almost always an at- tractive young woman, with full figure, fresh featuresand symmetrical shoulders, though un- assuming and always deferential manners. She bas rather rough hands and somewhat large feet. She wears no dainty little cap, as does the English waitress, but her hair ix remarkable for its neatness and becoming dress. She bes always an immaculately clean apron,with « but- tonhole bouquet, and though her wardrobe does not include « gown nor extravagant laced lined she manages to ay neat and tasty and almost alpays with « ing waist, iy on nights off or when guine to the But thongh she is not so well off in this world’s goods as is her sister in the coffee and cake rooms in America, she is the sul ot more romance than a dozen French, and American wnitremes, Lieutenants «mile on her, solid uniformed ment offictals make love to her and artiste draw delightfully Pretty misrepresentations of her for the comie weeklies, Yes,even my friend, the old and far-famed traveler, Dr. Blum of Vienna, does not hesitate to ante up when in her company during the leisure hours. Her name isc upon the desks of the university lecture rooms. All sorts of proper and im- verses are written al it her by ga Teal im fancy caps and top boots. Littis sketches of her face adorn odd nooks and corners all over the university buildings, and not infrequently the freshman in his long “schlafrock” and pipe will cheek or do someting more demonstrative. The waitross shows her appreciation of all this attention ah erous measu ovcamional ng. Every He alwave gets | Waitress has ber pet «tndent. the coziest corner of the | finest bit of liv w Tangled steak. special beer mug as well a face, and the moment he appears she has it filled well up above the int mark of the tmpe- Tial government. She swoctens each mug of deer for him by taking the first «ip from. it, She chats with him about university matters while he cate. She learns in just which duel be got the soar over hin | » laid open his What kind of a ‘stroke nipped off the missing piece of his nose and when that big chunk was cut out of hix chi knows bis intention to step on the t champion of th | swordsman of the Suevian ducling corps or to | call the p of the Sason dueling corpse It isa long day for her whe b = | field of honor. however, battered, ag : strong of iodoform anc ba is just as proud of him asa woman can be of a man. On her night off, which eomos only once in two weeks, she slips away to a oo It had been some little time since either of us had been able to taste a glass of beer, and after consultation we resolved that a glass of beer we would have even if we had to shoot to getit. We were both armed with big revolvers and were used to tak- ing pretty desperate chances. It was, then, with blood ix our eyes that we entered a restaurant on the avenue and called for two — of . gotit and drank it and then pre- pared for war. Both of us drew our revolvers, although we kept them down out of sight I then threw the @5 note on | the counter with the firm expectation that a demand would be made for €100 or $200 more. out of the door. T shall never forget my utter amazemeng when the bartender calmly swept my @5_in and threw out $4.80 ir change. We did not stop to find out whether he had made a mistake or was clean crazy, but gathered the change and put a few squares between us and the bar in case of possible pursuit. After some time we gathered courage to try the experiment once more, and tho ame result following it dawned on us that we were existing under a new state of affairs. I don’t think an; thing ever brought the realization of the diff ence between the sections so home to me as the discovery that night that in the north a man could get a glass of beer for 10 cents.” p ah wa ‘Was Adam a Giant? ‘From the 8t. Lyuis (Mo.) Republic. T have often wondered where M. Henrion, the French savant, got his data for the curious speculations he gives as to the height and other proportions of Adam and Eve. In his remarkable work, “The Degeneration of the Human Race,” published in 1718, the learned academician gravely informs his readers that Adam was 123 feet and 9 inches in it, pas ~ while his disobedient consort was but a Lis feet from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head. Of course all who have read very exten- sively of Talmudic literature, or even Baring- Gould's “Legends of the Patriarch Prophets” remember the wonderful stories told of how Adain was made; of his gigantic size, and how, after the fall, his stature was reduced several miles by the offended God himself. ‘The Tal- mud has this to say so tall that he stood with feet on earth and head in heaven until God pressed him down at the time of the fall.” Rabbi Jhuda says that when he lay on the earth “his body completely rE To judge h Another Talmudic story says: “To ow Jong he was, understand that hia body atfetcned from one end of the earth tothe other. and it takes a man 500 years to walk that distance. The angels were awed with wonder when they saw that gigantic human being and bowed be- fore him. crying, ‘Holy, holy, holy.’ ‘Then God hhis size by cutting off great chunks of flesh.” ‘These are all absurd legendary stories, of course, but where did Henrion get his figures for the 128-foot calculation mentioned in the opening? eo Mammoths From Under London. From London Nature. Dr. Henry Hicks, F, BR. 8., bas announced in the Times that during some recent excavations in Endsleigh street, N. W., in connection with the deepening of the main sewer, the workmen came upon the remains of a mammoth and other prehistoric animals atadepth of about twenty-two feet from the.susface. In the cen- tral excavation, near the north end of the street, two large tusks of uammoth were met with lying near , with other bones balcnahtgts Gaslnes taieat’ aneets 5 of robably be at least nine or ten feet. In another ex: ion on the west side of the street, at a ce of about fifteen feet from the above mentioned, the lower jaw and other bones of a mammoth were discovered at about the same reverse, An offender who goes abroad is much more likely to excite observation than mained here, simply ‘rounder’ of my town afew weeks ago,” John A. Holliday of Troy, N. Y., at the Lin- dell, “‘and I yas startled and shocked at what Our plan was to cover the bartender and back | jy of Adam's height: “He was | beer find ourselves at that celebrated spot in the his- tory of southern chivalry, White Sulphur Springs, nestling in the center of the white sulphur basin, said to be 2,000 feet above the sea, A SMALL BUT SOMETIMES ANGRY RIVER. But we hurry on and soon behold « beautiful, | *! quiet, lovable little etream and we are told that it is the Greenbrier river, and rushing in the F. F.V. train we soon puss between the Green- brier and great Fiat Top mountains and rash out into the canyons of the “New river,” which said stream and surroun ‘suggest tornadoes and enything but peace and quiet. This river said to be the one thing this region of country which the native never tries to control or “swear by,” for itis said that it is just as likely to be turbulent in tas in stormy weather. Of this we know not, but we can testify that we have seen it behave badly, and for many, many miles the cars run along its banks but perhaps a Sane feet above its angry current. Beneat we behold the wild, rushing, angry waters and above the castellated cliffs and rocks make a scene of rare wildness and startling beauty, We love to behold, yet dread its awfulness. When we reach the Kanawha Falls we behold one of the most beautiful scenes along the line. The beautiful waters leaping over the-fails are dashed into spray, which forms a veilof rare beauty and colors. Once beholding we will never forget these falls. Rushing on the fast-flying train speeds us on and we pass Portsmouth, Maysville, . Ky., and reach Cincinnati, Ohio, where we pre- pare to spend the Sabbath day. A CINCINNATI SUNDAY. Early in the day we heard o fire alarm, and seeing that our friends paid no attention to it we quietly observed, that we supposed that the beer flowed so freely that it was not quite sible to get up muchof a fire, and our as quietly observed ‘*That's a fact.” Then I je inquiry and was surprised to learn that in this city on the Sabbath day every offi- cer of the police force able to bear arms was on duty all aay. pe they had found this neces- sary in order take care of that portion of the population who voted the wet ticket on election days and spend their Sabbaths in the lens, which we saw wide m all long. I wonder how long the will submit to this Nee method of id ‘ing the Sabbath? Today we have spent ing over the city. The Academy of Fine Arts isa credit to the city. The animals in the Zoological Garden are very fine specimens, Their College of Music is one of the finest in the country and just what Washington a Their water here is quite equal, in thickness, to our Potomac water in its best state. It is taken from the Ohio river just above the city, carried into a reservoir und without being filtered is distributed through the city. The “Eden Park” is beautiful, but quite un- like that Eden the picture of which we have so often ween. Ik in vain for Adam and Eve, but I finally found Miss or Mrs. Eve in the Acadamy of Fine Arts, in the stati thereof, in a meditative mood, having covered that she had got to move into new quarters. Oak Hill is a beautiful part of the city, where regide the rich and cultured citizens it i Hi F ; & [et ii tail if i i lf sa) pa HOW SENATOR BECK Ws CAUGHT. * The late Senator Beck met McGarrahan while he was before the committee of the Honse and said Tam I cannot your bill, but the T have ‘from the counsel of the other side has sat- iafied me.” a Fey i * il i i ' hy i tf Hi l i é § i fi 8 Ey ef at if i ry i i E f i i ay fe Hi} f F, te sBis lk Ht i rin f i tal bee te the eaburbe wh do you wish extra etadiee which will keep you in tha school reem Hill him for dinner and a botth 4 dinner and the Dright spots ia stolid and commonplace. short skirts, Liue stockings, red shoes, t, often wi m and a little gypay cap with | bells. On her wrists are broad, cheap bangles and bracelets, In her eare are big, gaudy earrings. Altogether she looks as if she had just out of a chorus of the “Bohemian Girl” or ra Diavolo.” She becomes remarkably agile in her movements, too, during carnival times, Every one is #o anxious to drink all the beer be can before the gay semson clores, and tosqueese | her bedizened arms, and to slip bis arm surrep- titiously around her slender waist, that she must be phenomenally active in distributing | beer mugs and love pats, She has toattend a | great many fancy dross balls also during the | carnival. “If she is released from duty at mid- night she hurries int waltz down to the quadrille. She waltzes with the Herr Lieutenant, in civil, out for a lark, and the Herr Student, out on principle. She drinks punch with the ours of from the city opera house and own employer. Four or dancing and Grinking make her tired sche and her head swim. She hurries toward daybreak, takes a nap for three or four hours, then jumps into her carnival costume again and begins serving beer, end pufich and exchanging love pats with Yorite customers again. German lan: that two carniv ® year would kill waitress. every She gets ridiculously mall wages for fourteen or fifteen hours each day. -— = a hicur wr working cactus. A Eisky Story of Western Misadventare Told . by the Colonel. From the Louisville Courier-Journal, “Halt! What's that?” said our leader in « sharp whisper. It was a clear moonlight night in the extreme southwest of Mexico. I was visiting « friend who conducted e large Tanch and hacienda there. A local revolt had just been quelled in the neighborhood and a spirit of lawlessness still pervaded the atmosphere. Only the night be- fore my friend had been fired upon and one of his storehouses robbed by a band of Indians some fifteen or twenty strong. Early in the morning four of us, under the leadership of our host, had set out upon the track of the robbers, ‘We were well mounted aud, resting only a fe hours at noon, had followed hard after them till nearly mi t. If we met them in a fair field we could drive them into quarters like cows toa pen, but we had no mind to run into a trap in dark with five against fifteen, benoe | | | THE THIEVES. see you without knowi of you, and I'll have time.” ‘hen i [ i i i i €