Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1892, Page 8

—_— > any A go THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C.. SATURDAY, “NOVEMBER 5, 1892—-SIXTEEN PAGES. i one nent conversion from Cleve- hand Harrison, that of Max Adler, a corset manufacturer in’ this city, has been ‘The drift of conversions i largely in favor of the democrats. It may be added also that the democrats expect to be favored by the absence of intimidation, and the use, for the first time in a presidential eleetion, of the secret ballot law. REPUBLICAN ADVANTAGES, On the other hand the republicans have the very decided advantage of a superior organiza- tion, of greater resources and of fighting with s united front, broken only, and to a small ex- tent, by the contention within their ranks be- tween Hawley and Bulkeley for the United States senatorship. They will defer their fight for the spoils until sure of the spoils. They have made a remarkably efficient and close can- ‘vase of the state and base their claims of vie~ tory on the promise of that canvass. But the fy in the ointment is the uncertainty this vear how will vote. & republican Seite stan catae @lectoral ticket announces that he is to vote for Cleveland it worries the managers to know how many more there are with a like though un- spoken intention. CLEVELAND BY A SMALL MAJORITY. ‘The best calculation that your correspondent ean come at is that the democrats will carry the state for Cleveland by a small plorality, but the margin is too small to encourage the chancing of any money upon the result. The democrats Bust comtest every inch of the ground. It ie frankly acknowledged that the democrats cannot elect their state ticket. ‘Their candidate for governor will lead Cleveland in the polling, Because of the constitutional iseuss growing out of the vet unsettled state election two yearnago, bat he cannot get the majority over all other candidates necessary for election. The demo- PROBABLE DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS. After acareful survey of the field it appears fairly certain that Cleveland will carry this state By say 10,000 majority and the democratic state ticket by say 15,000. The legisiature will be tolerably close, as special efforts have from the first been made by t! Dine to get a majority, but appear to have the inside track. CONGRESSIONAL CLAIIS. ‘The republican managers were asked today what they expected to do in the matter of Con- Sressmen. They replied that they proposed to carry the second, fifth, eighth and ninth dis- tricts. They concede the democrats the third, sixth and seventh and say the populists may earry the first and fourth, where there isfusion. | ‘The democrats say they will certainly carry all the districts eave the fifth and cighth, where they admit the election will be very close. They | think they will get those districts also. The third party leaders will not say a word to any { newspaper man. They simply refuse to speak’ or to make any estimate. Of course, this is their first campaign and they are ignorant aa |to such matters. They grently exaggerate | their chances in the general talk in their papers | and their chairman appears to have given the republican chairman very fanciful figures, fadging from what the latter told me. —chemgematngre stir ll The feeling against the chief supervisor of | elections, A. W. Shaffer, has risen to an unpre- cedented height, and the state courts will make matters very lively for him. He violated th law by arresting State Registrar Reid. Now Reid mes bim for $10,000 damages. Shaffer | and both his supervisors, George W. Shearin and Alex. Robbins, wore today arrested for vio- | lation of the state law. Their arrests were made upon the decision of the state attorney general. ‘There will now, it Is belicved, be a confict be: | tween the federal and state authority. The peopie here appear_to be determined to main- tain the latter. To show the state of feelingagninst the super- the democrats erate do not despair, however. of seeing Morris | the next governor. ‘In the failure of the people | to elect the state officers are chosen by the gen- | eral amembly. Democratic hope of having a majority m that body, against the system of | legislative representation which gives the little | Tepublican towns the same representation ax the | democratic cities, and against the combined | of Hawley and of Bulkeley for the United States senatorship. would be chimerical were it | Rot for the possible effect of the local constitu- | tional issue and the posible effect of action fahen by the prohibitioniste THE PROMIBITIONTSTR. Hitherto the probibitionists have not nomi- nated legislative candidates, their votes gen-| erally going to the republican candidate. This | year they threaten to rn legislative candidates | in about half of the towns in the state. Their reason is their opposition to Morgan G. Bulke- | ley. They charge that Mr. Bulkeley, through Riis infuence with the liquor license boards in the several counties, is using the liquor vote to advance bis political interests, and they de-| che to vote for any legislative candidate who | might vote tosend Mr. Bulkeley to the United States Senate. Where the prohibitionists , do not nominate legislative eandidates they will be more likely to vote for the democratic than for the republican candidates. ‘The republican majority on joint ballot in ‘the present general assembly is only six. When it is remembered that more than twenty of the bliean representatives were chosen by pli- zalitiee of lees than twenty the threatened poll- ing of a large part of the expected probibition | vote of 5,000 against republicen legislative can- | didates becomes a serious menace to republican | control of the legislature. The republican | claim on that score is attested by their phenome- | nal efforts in the little tow: their almost frantic appeals to the little cdmmunities to pro- | tect themselves against the alleged threat of | domination by the cities. The fight | the legisinture is an uphill one for the demo- erate, but they have a better chance to capture if than they have bad in years THE CONGRESSIONAL OCTLOOR. | Of the four congressional districts in the Wate, the second is reliably demoeratic and the | third reliably republican. The fourth. now | ted by = democrat, De Forest, has been bw pee for years. It has been demo- | eratic one term and republican another, like a fester board. Miles, who was beaten two years | by De Forest, is again the republican can- | ‘The growth of the democratic vote in is expected to defeat him by a small ‘The doubtful district in the state is first, now represented by Sperry, demo- erat. The district bas never been carried by the democrats in 1 presidential year, and the republicans are confident of capturing it this time. Their candidate, Gate Treasurer Henry, 1s not as strong @ candidate as was Simonds, who was beaten by two years ago by over 600. Two thiat, however, Simonds carried @utrict by nearly 900.’ The republicans Fely on gains from the tobacco growers to give the district. The democrats assert. on other hand, that Sperry lost the tobacco two years ago, and that he will gain the of republicans who do not like Henry Because of his holding on to the office of state feeasurer for two years after the term for which be was chosen, and becanse of his reten-| tion in the office of treasurer of a clerk who is | fan ex-confederate soldier. The fight in the | que is a hot one, with the chances favoring | republicans. ———<___ NOKTH CAROLINA. 1 fitf Whe Bitter Feeling on All Sides Grows More onae. Correspondence «f The Frening Star. } Race: jovember 4, 1892. | ‘The political situation in this state grows Positively dramatic. One sensation follows snother. The republican-populist fusion is followed by the Gideonite exposures, this by the arrest of a.state election registrar by @ United States chief supervisor of elections, and following on the heels of this comes the arrest | of Shaffer himself under the state law. Last of all come the sudden outburst of republican en- thusiasm for the state ticket and a desperate attempt at the rally of forces and the address of Alliance Manager Tillman. waraing alliance men against the force bili and the republican } A REPUBLICAN ADDRESS. Hundreds of thousands of copies of an ad- Ghess to the republicans of North Carolina | were issued yesterday by State Chairman It is headed “The Republican State ‘Tieket im the Field to Stay,” and is as follows: “The democrats of this state, knowing that | ‘they ere beaten, have combined with treacher- om mpublicans sod amine every precinct in the state on election day the mfemous falsebood that the withdrawn. Hi i ff [ ° ¥ a i | ® fF to win. Be- sunset on No- | it from a reliable re- | cordially the state and | ry regular republican | test of loyalty. Work | ‘worked before for the repub: Guard as best you car of the democratic party. republican vote for ticket, and I say to fidence, knowing that my reasone that without the democrats the ma- republican state and national ‘arolina will not be less than circulated by « tn falee- i i # i H ih a 5 i i ET | re] work, work for the re Dtate and national tickets. We will win.” ‘THE PezZLING rLEMENTs. Tn this eiection the puzzling elements are the f i i visors and deputy marshals a leading demo- cratic paper says today: “If any citizen of North Carolina invokes United States marshals the polls he will by 40 infamous an act pro- | claim himself » traifor to his state, and will de- serve and receive the execrations of his fellow | citizens.” There is also a call for a public nounce Shaffer's putters 3 met! All this matter, it is claimed, bi democratic votes. A FUSIONIST EXPLANATION. The fusionist organ today says in reply toa question as to why it recommended the retire- ment of the republican nominees for Congress | in some districts and not in others: “We will give candid answer. The candidacy of the | republicans in the first, third, fourth and sixth | districts would have elected the democratic | candidates in those districts and therefore we | urged and insisted on their withdrawal. i “The candidacy of Lindea: and Brown will contribute the republican candidates in the fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth districts: and inasmuch a the | republican and people's parties are making | common cause against the democratic party we | do not desire that any people's party candidate | shall retire where bis candidacy will contribute to demoeratic defeat.” | AN ATTACK ON THE THIRD PARTY. Today there is a new development. The state negro organ attacks the third party. It | says: The so-called third party, with its declar- ations of principles, is a dangerous element and ought to be crushed, ally, out of ex- | istence. They as a part opposed to free | schools, and while perhaps they do not say why | we do declare and challenge a denial that they | are sirictly opposed to etucating the negro— | | meeting to de- - Shuford, Patton | » the election of | by the free school system—they want him kept in ignotance-total darknessthat they may | never become eligible to places of honor and trust. | If the third party succeeds in North Carolina the Australian method of voting will become a Jaw, an unt white and colored men who may aid this third party in getting into power will reap the reward of their duplicity, when, alas! it will be too late. Kemember our warning. and if the black days should come, by your help, you can only lay the blame at your ‘own door. We do unhesitatingly declare that the third party is the most dangerous organ zation against true liberty that was ever hatched from the egg of iniquity. A NEW OHIO DISTRICT. | Ticket is Being Very Closely Fought—Two Conflicting Estimates. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Berrame, Onto, Nov. 4, 1892. ‘The campaign in this, the sixteenth, congres- sional district is drawing toa close with both sides more than usually firm and assured of success. The candidates are Col. Christian L. Poorman, repub!ican; Albert J. Pearson, demo- erat; John B. Francc, populist, and Hiram Cope, prohibitionist. This is a new district, created by the last republican legislature, but the counties com-| posing it have been together before under other | gerrymanders,and itis supposed togive arepub- liean majority of about 1,500. Col. Poorma now secretary of state by appointment of Gov. McKinley. He has beena candidate for Con- gress, either in nomination or before conven- tion, twelve times, bat he was never | elected but once. His repnblican record | is somewhat clouded, he having run for Congress on the same ticket with Horace Greeley in 1572. A very severe fizht was made | on him before the nominating convention by a | | large section of his own party. the episode of | 1872 being the chief argument used 3 ‘The prospects of his election, however, seem to be very good, though the majority will not be the normal republican majority o: the distr | Mr. Pearson wasa member of the last Con-| gress, but was elected in a democratic distri | an equal chance with Poorman +o far as the dier vote is concerned, both hay ith honor in the Union army. France and Cope have neither of them made any very energetic fight for votes and neither is likely to poll more than the strength of his | party. Populists and probibitionists are both | ecarce in # district and will not cut any im- portant figure in the election. TWO CONFLICTING ESTIMATES. Both Poorman and Pearson have made estimates of the result. and have given them publicity, but the figures bear evidence of hav- ing been created for the purpose of boosting up their tive followers. Poorman’s claims on majorities are as follows: Belmont county, 600 republican- Carroll, 700 republican; Har- ison, 700 republican: Jefferson, 1,300 repub! jean; Monroe, 1,800 demoeratic; him a plurality of figures arc: Belmont, 200 republican; Car- roll, 400 republican: Harrison, 500 republican. | Jefferson, 1,200 republican; Monroe, 2.450 dem- ocratic; giving Pearson a plurality of 150. It | Will be seen that Pearson only figures for him- self a very small margin and unless he has been extremely careful there is no hope for him. On the other hand Poorman’s figures are undoubt- edly high for the republican counties and low for Mouroe. The indications at this time are very good for Poorman’s election by a major- ity somewhere in the neighborhood of one thou- sand or ably less. democrats are san- | guine of their ability to greatly reduce the re-| | publican majority and have been working most zealously and effectively. 1 is! rather interesting incident in genmection | Lis campaign is conten- | Zon of Col WA. Taylor, democratic candi- date for secretary of state, that Col. Poorman, being secretary of state and ex-officio commis- | sioner of elections, cannot, while holding such | | office, be a candidate for any office before the | | people. for the reason that as election commis- | sioner he is called upon to pass upon his own republican-populist com- | order in which the nominations of the "8 | candidates for judges of the supreme court state committee requested State Secretary Brown to so group the democratic and populist electors that the names of the four populists | indorsed by the democats should follow the | names of the five straight democratic electors. | Secretary Brown declined to do so, alleging | that if “he did he would have to change the party were made, a proceeding which the clet- tion law expressly forbids. Thedemocrats then appealed to the district court of Ramsey county for a mandamus, but the court decided it had no jurisdiction. There the matter rests, but it is understood that the proceedings may be used in the future as the basis of a contest in cate the republican electoral ticket is elected. POPULIST-DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS. The four populist electors indorsed by the democrats are William Meighen of Forestville, Fillmore county; A. L. Stromberg ‘of Forest Lake, Washington county; James Dillon of the city of St. Paul; Rev. A. H. Holloway of Sabin, Clay county. All four were democrats up to 1390. Meighen is an ex-state senator, popular and is believed to be a clean, honest man. A. L. Stromberg is a Scandinavian and is sec retary of the Farmers’ Allinnce. He is » shrewd, cautious man, not a strong or out- ken partisan, and has hitherto voted the lemocratic presidential ticket. James Dilloh has always been known as an Irish democrat of & pronounced type. He isa man obstinate in convictions, possessing meager education, and has no particular standing or popularity. Rev.A.H. Holloway is a Congregational minister who is engaged in farming. Until 1884 he was republican. He voted for Cleveland in 1884 nd 1888. He is held in considerable esteem by the farmers of the Red River valley. The four may be regarded as rather commonplace individuals who have not achieved any great Prominence politically and against whose char- ‘acters nothing has been said. Another feature of the democratic-people’s Patty movement is their combination in the legislative districts which seriously threatens the re-election of Senator Cushman K. Davis. The democratic legislative candidates are re- ceiving the indorsement, where possible, of the Populists, and in some cases democratic eandi- tes are being ,withdrawn after an assurance has been given by the populist candidates that they will vote with the democratsforUnited States Se As a similar fusion of the democrats and alliance in 1890 left the republicane with only 69 votes on a joint ballot in the legislature out of a total vote of the branches of 164 the present combination, although not ax extensive ‘as in 1890. is a serious menace to the republi- cans and threatens the defeat of Davis, PROBABLE DEFFAT OF REPUBLICAN JUDGES. A third feature of the fusion is the threat- ened defeat of the republican candidates for judges of the supreme court. The repul nominated Vanderburgh. republican; Dickin- son, republican, and Mitchell, democrat, in the belief that the democrats would accept the con- cession of Mitchell and indorse the republican nominees, as in former years. The democrats, however, nominated Mitchell, democrat; Buck, and Canty, democrat, The people's ted Canty, democrat; Buck, demo- erat, and Davison, populist. ‘The republican politicians concede the elec- tion of the four populist clectors indorsed by the democrats. “They think they may control the legislature and have ten majority on the joint ballot. They fear that the republican The lists of each dey's registration are at ‘once placed in your hands and you mast bare long since ‘our work of s completed y« pec | It has frequently ba |, however, that toed ld — = = legal ‘tion until election day, and as we are informed, have held the 80 arrested until the clection was over, thereb: fern jmoore ad his vote, ere though entitl to cast it, As you can just as well execute your warrants for illogal registration now as on election day we have to request that you will forthwith is- sue and execute any warrants you may intend to issue for registration in order that the elector, if entitied to his discharge, shall re- ceive the same in time to cast his vote. Assuming that the intent of the law under which youact was not tointerfere with thelawful Voters, but to punish and restrain illegal voting, we take it for granted that you will co-operate with us in determining all such questions in ad- vance of the day of election, and that you will therefore comply with our request. In this connection we call your attention to the decision rendered by the United States circuit court for the southern district of New York in the matter of Spooner, reported in volume 9, Abbot's New Cases, 481, in which case it was held by Judges Blatchford and Choate that it is an offense with the United States Revised Statutes, section 5515, if an election officer in- tentionaily delays executing a warrant for the arrest of one charged with illegal registration until election day in order to prevent his vot- ing, and also that it is equally so to threaten arrest for the purpose of deterring from voting. ‘The opinion of Judge Choate in that case is couched in the following language: “Purposely omitting to serve warrants until election day for the pu: of preventing peo- ple from voting would be a breach of duty on the part of chief supervisor or the deputy marshal.” a And we further quote from the opinion of Mr, Justice Blatchford the following language: “It makes no difference whether this marshal had these warrants or not, it is just as much an offense for him to threaten to arrest people on election day to prevent their voting as it would be to keep back warrant and execute it on that day for that object. “We (referring to himself, Mr. Justice Blatchford and his associate, Judge Choate) both agree that where a man can be arrested before election day as well as not he ought to be so arrested. If there is any delay in ar- resting him, where he could have been arrested before that day, it must be presumed to be for the purpose of preventing him from voting and consequently unlawful.” Respectfully yours, David Leventritt, Henry D. Hotchkiss, David McClure, John M. Bowers, Charles H. Knox, committee on behalf of the democratic party for the city and county of New York. SWEARING IN DEPUTIES. Sheriff John J. Gorman has begun the work of swearing in a corps of special deputies in the case of emergencies. “I have received no official communications,” said Mr. Gorman, “but from what I have read I believe that the situation warrants me in making preparations to maintain the public peace. Tam responsible to the state for the Peace of this county, and I will see to it that the peace is preserved. The police will be on special duty, and I therefore think that more will be defeated. They claim the election of five republican electors and the whole state ticket. Democratic managers believe the popu- list vote will be so large and will so undermine the republican vote that the demoeratie ticket, presidential, state and legislative, will be suc- cessful. The populist leaders are making the claim that they will poll a much larger vote than did the alliance state ticket in 1590, and they are sanguine of success for their whole ticket. The uncertainty as to the effects of the operation of the new election law and the confused political situation make the managers of all parties chary of predicting or giving out estimates, ‘There is no fusion in the congressional die- triets, and the probabilities are that three democrats, three republicans and one people's party candidate will be eiected. — LAW AND THE MARSHALS. THE United States District Attorney Mitchell of jew York Gives His Views. The following has been sent out in New York: “Orrice oF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR Tux Sourarns Disrurct or New Yor, “New Yous, Nov. 3, 1892. “To John W. Jacobus, United States Marshal, and John L Davenport, Chief United States Inspector of Elections: “Sirs: Wm. Sheeban, chairman democratic campaign committee, has called on democrats to enforce the law. ‘Mr. Sheehan declares, first, no federal super- visor can go behind the guard rail. This is not the law. ‘The law directs supervisors to take such sition, whether before or behind the ballot Eozes, ta will in thot judgment best enable them to form their duties. “The law reads as follows (U. 8. Revised Statutes, section 2017): ‘The supervisors of election are required to attend at all times and places for holding elections for representatives or delegates to Congress and for counting the votes cast at such elections to be and remain where the bailot boxes are kept at all times after the polls are open until every vote east at such time and place shall be counted, and to personally inapect and scrutinize from time to time and at all times on the day of election the manner in which the voting is done.’ “Section 2019 reads as follows: ‘The better to enable the supervisors of election in the dis- charge of their duties they are directed, on the day of election, to take, occupy and remain in such position from time to time, whether be- fore or behind the ballot boxes, as will, in their judgment, best enable them to see each per- | son offering to vote, and as will best conduce to | their seratinizing the manner in which the Voting is being conducted.’ “Mir. Sheen further declares: ““Beeond. United States marshals have no more right than any other voter to be within the guard rail of tie polling places.’ “This is not the law. In any case in which the supervisors of election may call a United States marshal to support and protect them be- hind the guard rail or in any other position, whether before or behind the ballot boxes, which they may, in their judgment, have taken and be occupying. the United States Revised | Statutes (section 2022) reads as follows: “The marehal and his general deputiesand such special deputies su ‘and pro- tect the supervisors of election in the discharge of their duties,” “The foregoing extracts from the statutes are quoted for the sole purpose of calling your at- tention to the law as advertised by Mr. Sheehan and do not include all the duties and powers conferred by law upon the federal supervisors and marshals, each one of whom will acquaint himself with the provisions of the election laws of the United States, and especially with sec- tions 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2024 of the UA Revided Bintaten. sn the restive: ‘Especial attention is cal mente of section 2018, which reads as follows: “To the end that each candidate for the office of Representative or delegate iu Congress may obtain the benefit of every vote for him cast the supervisors of election are, and ench of them ix, required to maily scrutinize, count and canvass each ballot in their election district or voting precinct cast, whatever may be the indorsement on the ballot or in whatever box it may have been placed or be found. “Will you kindly instract each supervisor of election ‘and deputy marshal that whenever there is any conflict between the law of the United States and the law of the state the law of the United States is jount’ “You will also inform all such super- deputies are’ needed. I will appoint every re- spectable person who applies to me who is properly recommended. If a sufficient number of persons do not, apply and P think that a renter force is needed f will exercise the power the law gives me and order the assembling of a posse comitatus.” GOV. PFLOWER'S PROCLAMATION, Gov. Flower yesterday afternoon issued a proclamation saying: I call upon the ‘people of this state to see that the clection in this commonwealth shall be an honest one. Recent enactments by the legislature have imposed almost every powible safeguard around. the sanctity of the bailot. The honor of our state and our love for American institutions demand that every citizen should obey these laws and look to their enforcement. The right of challenge, exercised intelli- gently and fearlesely, supplies to every citizen @weapon of defense aguinst corruption and will greatly awsist in frightening dishonest voters from the polls T call upon all election officers, all district at- torneys, all sheriffs and peace officers to see that the laws of the state are rigidly enforced, to the end that good order may prevail at the polls and the right of honest franchise be sacredly guarded, and I give warning that all failures on the part of such public officers to discharge their duties in the complete enforce- ment of the laws shall be considered sufficient cause for their removal, ———_+e+—____ Ned Christie, the Qutlaw, Killed. Ned Christie, the notorious outlaw, who killed Dan Maples, a U. 8. officiaf” a year ago, is dead. He was surrounded about daylight Thursday by sixteen deputy U. 8. marshals led by Dick Branteand T. G. White. The pres- ence of the officers. was unknown to Christie until sunrise, when one of his companions came out of the cabin where Christie had fortified himeelf. He was ordered to surrender, but the only reply wasa shower of bullets, none of which took effect. The fire was returned and he was severely wounded. He managed to get back into the house, however. ‘Then began an all-day’s battle, in which neither side suffered any damage. Later in the evening the officers resorted to dynamite and succeeded in blowing down part of the house and setting fire to the ruins. While the blaze was at its fiercest Christie was seen to emerge from under the floor and start to run, bat was ordered to halt. He did not stop and was riddled with bullets, mutilating him ter bly and knocking him down. He tried to re- gain his feet, but another volley settled him. The officers then turned their attention to the burning building and discovered Charlie Hare trying to escape. He was terribly burned, but was able torun. He was arrested. The body of Wolf, who had been wounded early, was burned to a crisp in the building, which was entirely cousumed. The females of the Christie family were allowed to retreat at the beginning One year ago the officers at- of the fight. tempted to make a prisoner of Christie, but were obliged to abandon the attempt, not being acquainted with the location of the place. ——_—__ 6s ‘The Lead Lining of a Tea Chest. From the St. Louis Globe-Demorrat. It is often said that tea chests are lined with tinfoil, but just as there ieno lead ina lead pencil so there is no tin in this tinfoil. The thin lining consists of lead, and is said to be the purest lead that can be found. Among the countless undeveloped resources of the Celes- tial empire is a supply of lead which would yield millions annually if properly worked, and from the inexhaustible supply the Chinese take what they need for making linings for tea chesta. ‘The lead is melted in sinall vessels and poured out while hot. Before it has time to cool it is pressed intoa sort of mold, and when enough ‘squares have been produced they are soldered together, and the*sheot thus formed is placed in the chest asa lining. ‘Then the top layer of lead is soldered on, and all possibility of the tea losing strength on the voyage isatan end. The lead is so pure and the solder used is so fine that the lining of an empty chest is worth much more than the chest itself, and is in great de- mand for making the best quality of solder. How the smooth tin-like appearance can be pro- duced without the aid of polishing or other machinery would be a mystery, were it not for the fact that the native Chinaman is even more industrious and ingenious when at home than hen he has spent a few yeare in this count ind begun to entertain hopes of decent bee Opes pay visors of election and deputy marshals that the United States intends to carry out the provie- ions of section 2019 of the United States Revised @hird party and the negro vote. There bas been ¢leetion. No action has been taken in the mat- | Statutes and to see that every © persistent effort to outwit the democrats and ‘to do this some leading republicans pretended in order to support the drew some follow- first made some democrats believe I =f fin | r f is F i H i ll il iH | : | ii f { l il H s j H | t H § a | | | also | eligibility being brought before the house of ter and Col. Poorman’s only reply is that a man who knows so little about matters gen- erally will make a very poor secretary of state. Col. Taylor's point is thought by democrats generaliy to be well taken, and there is a pos- | sibility of the question of Col. Poorman's sepresentatives im case it is democratic. i FUSION IN MINNESOTA. supervisor of clection and every deputy marsbal, if requested to support him by such supervisor of election, shall be allowed to take any position behind the guard rail he aes ft on election dar, and that Sny person interfering with them in any way ‘while they are in the performance of their duty behind the guard rail i1 polling 2 election dat can. at_ once, be arrested without The Possinle Results of the Populist-Demo- cratic Combination. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Sr. Pan, November 3, 1890. In Minnesota the democrats have withdrawn four of their nine presidential electors and ir- dorsed four of the | action was taken | 0. Chairman Lewis Baker of the democratic of the United ‘States in and for the Southern District of New York.” ‘TAMMANY'S PLANS. ‘The committee of lawyers appointed by Tam- People’s party electors. This | many Hall to take action against Federal Super- by the democratic state cen- | visor Davenport prepared a letter to be sent to tral committee and was announced on October | Davenport. Following is the letter: & ———— MONTGOMERY COUNTY. News Notes From Rockville and Its Vicinity. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Rockviix, Nov. 8, 1892, Mrs. Maus, the wife of Assistant Surgeon L. M. Maus, U. 8. A., arrived here yesterday ona visit to relatives and friends. In the case of Albert B. Bibb, executor, agt. z. Adams Judge Vinson of the circuit court Ins filed an order refusing the application for a receiver and dissolving the injunction. An undivided one-third interest in Capitol View Park has been sold by A. R. Harr to Wm. M. Clayton for $20,000. Messrs, Richard Poole, Franklin Mace, Allen Reed and Wm. H. Dickerson were today se- lected as jurors for November term of the circuit court in place of Geo. D. Jones, Frank Hi. Ertter, Benj. D. Canby and Wm. T. Jones of W., excused by the court, The third quarterly mecting for Rockville cireuit M. E. Church South will be held at Po- tomac Seturday and Sunday, November 12 and 13, Some days ago a violent assault was com- mitted on Mr. Perry G. Etchison, an aged citi- zen of Damascus district, by John J. Mullinix, A. D. Mullinix and a German laborer in their employ. The accused parties had a hearing before Justice Kinsey, when J, J. Mullinix and the German were held to bail in the sum of #100 each and J. D. Muilinix in the sum of $500. Mr. Etchison, who is eighty-four years of age, ‘was so badly injured that his friends are doubt: fal of his recovery. A demacratie, meeting Will be held at Gzoat Falls Saturday night, which will be addressed by Mesers. 8. C. Jones and H. M. Talbott. The last rally of the Germantown Demo- cratic Campaign Club will take piace on Mon- day night uext. The meeting will be addressed by Messrs. Philip D. Laird, H. M. Talbott and others, Specimen Australian ballots are being dis- tributed throughout the county, so that voters may become accustomed to marking them Properly before the day of election. ir. Stephen B. Lyddane is now engaged in removing the old buildings from a lot recently purchased by him on the main street of this town preparatory to the erection of a fine brick building, 40x56 feet and two stores high. The first floor will be used asa store room and the second for offices. LAUREL. A Contract to Be Made to Light the Town With Electricity. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Lavnet, Mp., November 4, 1892. The elty council met in the city hall last night for the transaction of regular business and for the reception of bids for lighting the town, the matter having been postponed to that time at the request of some of the leading citizens, as stated in Tux Stan. There was a full attendance of the members of the council, and Mayor Charles H. Stanley was also present, Representatives. of electric light and gas companies were present to pre- sent the advantages of their respective lights and to submit bids, The gas people submitted a bid of $10 per light for gas lamps of twenty-four candle power, and an opinion that 100 lights would be sufficient. The gas bidders did not receive much encouragement from the council com- mittee on lights and soon retired. The council had virtually agreed that they were committed by the vote of the people to the procurement of electric lights or none, and were soon satisfied that arc lights were tco ex- pensive, and were, therefore, compelled toagree upon incandescant electric lights as the only acceptable ones procurable. After considering the several bids submitted then and before this meeting the committee, which was composed of Mayor Stanley and Councilmen C. W. Bond, Joseph A. Miles and Edward Phelps, agreed to report for accept- ance the bid of ‘T. W. Kloman as the cheap- est and best offered, and the report of the com- mittee was adopted and the bid of Mr. Kioman unanimously accepted by the council. Mr. Kloman’s proposition is to erect and maintain for five years 100 incandescent clec- trie lights of thirty-two candle power each for $12 per lamp per year, the lamps to burn till 1 o'clock a.m., aud if they burn all night then the town is to pay him $15 per light per year, and all additional lights ordered by the town are to be furnished at the same price. The work is to be completed within sixty days from the signing of the contract und the contract is to be signed not later than the 15th instant. The bid of Mr. Kloman recites that he has made a careful survey of the town and an ex- ‘amination of the town map, and he is satisfied the 100 lights will light the whole town. A re- quest for a further postponement of the matter was presented to a member of the committee, bat so much delay had been endured by the council and people that it was thonght best to conclude the matter at once. The law forbids the making of any contract that does not require the whole town to be lighted; and while the bid accepted does not specify this in explicit terms the contract yet to be drawn will provide for it in terms that cannot be misunderstood, and the mayor will see that the contract is fully carried out in this respect before the tax is levied to pay the ex- pense. Your correspondent learned from the gentle- man who asked for the postponement last night that the bid he proposed to submit was to fur- nish 150 incandescent lights of the same candle power for $1,200 per year. This is one-half more light than is agreed to be flrnished in the bid accepted. ‘The gentleman also says he is satisfied that 100 lights will not give sufficient light to comply wiih the law. The people are much rejoiced that the streets are to be lighted, and feel satisfied that if the contract is not signed for the complete lighting of the town the gentlemen who now propose to furnish 150 lights for the same money will be given a chance to make the contract. NOTES. Mra, Thomas N. Young clipped and fell yes- terday morning as she was going ont of the house and suffered severe injury. It was at first thought she had broken an arm, but Drs. Snowden and Cronmiller, who attended her, pronounce it only sprained. Mr. 8. P. Keller is quite ill athis home on Washington avenue. Mr. Schooley received a telegram an- nouneing that his mother, who is quite an elderly lady, was critically ill at ber residence in Howard county, and immediately started to tee her. A gentleman is in town now who says he con- siders Laurel one of the best places in the atate for real estate investment, and he says he will soon commence the erection of thirty or forty small cottages, which he will rent or sell to working people on weekly or monthly pay- mente. The city council at its session last night passed an ordinance for the laying of a plank sidewalk on Taibott avenue from Washington avenue to Ist street at the joint cxpense of the town and the owners of the abuttiag E property. SAM. pee eee ‘Congressman Allen’s Funny Story. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat “There are quite a number of citizens here from the south, but I am the only prominent man I have seen from our section,” said Con- gressman John Allen of Mississippi. ‘You re- member the reply of » man who, when asked who were present at a certain mecting, ‘Myself and several other prominent persons,” was what wae 1 ma You, see. wflering, from a eprain . Igot it running so for Con- grees in my district, Really, this campaign of education on the tariff is not altogether encour- aging. The other day I tried to show one of my colored constituents the error of the repub- Kean policy of protection. He works for about $8.0 mon! ‘Hiram,’ said I, ‘what did you pay for that knife you've got in your hand?” cents,’ he anid. ‘Well, don't you know,’ I said, ‘that if it wasn't for the tariff you could have got it for 3% cents" tani sald he, what do I care for a quar- SITTING AT THE DOOR. Types of Men Met at Government Buildings. DEPARTMENT MESSENGERS. =e ‘Those Who Fill the Dignity of the Position and Those Who Perform Their Duties Under Protest—The Watchman’s Existence Not Supposed to Be a Happy One. a PHILOSPHER WHO likes to study types re- marked to the writer of Tur Stan the other day that the finest type there is in Washington the department messen- ger. Having occasion to go tothe government buildings often this gentleman has had a chance to observe the watchmen and measen- gers, and he declares that he never gets tiredof studying them. Here are a few of the types he described: The first one is the messenger who is im? gust confided to him. not trifle or be trifled with. When official mail corridor to the department post office. He read the addresses. The letters.are to high fanction- aries, perhaps. If anything should happen to them what calamity might not occur? The high-sounding title, ‘the honorable, the secre- tary of ——.” sinks into the messenger’s soul and he looks like an honorable secretary bim- self. Who wrote the letter? What does that matter? If it were not for him the great man to whom it is addressed would not receive it. What would all the letters of Christendom amount to if there were no_messengers to carry them to the post office? “The poor man goes to the post office and the whole world runs on his errand” isa wise enough saving, but the de- partment official writes his letters and tosses them into basket, and they would never be- come a part of the nation’s mail matter if it wasn't for the department messenger. And when this messenger is given a batch of official documents to carry to some one whose business itis to sign them he walks with the air of one who has the weight of great affairs to bear. He rarely laughs, but sometimes in his lighter moments he consents to smile at a good joke, proxideditis rendered respectablebyage. When ¢ sits at his post waiting tobe rung for hiseoun- tenance wears an expression of sober contem- plation, When the bell rings he does not jump up in gpseemly haste, but he answers the sum- mons With proper dignity. Who was the man before he took up the cares of official life? Where did he come from and what did he do? He was either a small farmer or a small trades- man, or, if he came from one of the large cities, he was one of the janitor class. He was never a day laborer. he al had_a taste for public life, and before he came to Washington e was a citizen of a certain amount ot fluence. To be a messenger in one of the de- partments at Washington was always the acme of this good citizen's ambition, and having finally attained it he never goes backward. but dies a department messenger. He is nearly al- ways married and has a comfortable little home and is proud of his wife and children. He dresees wearing a biack broadcloth frock coat. He hs anilk hat which he sports on occasions of un- usual ceremony, and he is apt to be the fortn- nate possessor of n walking stick which some patron gave him, and. if vou ask him where he got it,he will unfold the story with great elaboration of detail. He may rave a little out of his small salary: at any rate he lives better and owes less than the young clerks in his de- partment who have nobody to take care of in the world but themaclves and twice as much money to do it with. ANOTHER TYPE, But this is not the only type of department messenger. and it will be interesting to examine another. This one is the man whose life has been a failure. He always reminds you of the venerable department joke about the man who came to Washington to for a cabinet Position und ended by making a pitiful appeal fora suit of old clothes. This messenger has fared better than that, for he has been for- tunate enough to get a place which enables him to buy the suit of old clothes, But he is a messenger because he can't get anything else, and he doesn’t like it. He was a ician at home and worked among the “boys” in his local elections. He thinks he performed serviers to his party that deserve recognition, and he armed himself with a batch of letters of recom= mendation from other local politicians and came to Washington. But here he found among the pensers of official patronage a strange degree of ignorance. His Senators had actually never ‘dof Jacob Cohen of the first ward, and ew very little about Pat Mahony, the distinguiched alderman of the second ward. Of the applicant's own services of how he passed around the tickets ai the exciting election when Bob Johnson carried his assembly district; of those two speeches he made to fifty-three men, two women and four boys: of his pecuniary sacrifices when he set the | beer up for the doubtful voters—of all of these important circumstances he finds rn ignorance that is truly surprising. But he is persistent in urging his claims, and finally being offered a mesvenger’s place he is compelled to take it. He throws no enthusiasm into the lance of his duties, but_he goes on hi and does what he is told todo. He is an om- ivorous newspaper reader and he likes to talk sbut his knowledge on the subject be- ing limited to an acquaintanceship with the political conditions which prevail in the first ‘ward of his city he cannot be said to be an in- teresting man even when conversing upon his favorite topic. Perhaps, in writing to “the boys,” this meskenger represents his official functions as being a little more important than they really are, avd when one of the boys comes to Washington the messenger is decidedly chagrined at being discovered sitting in the hallway waiting for a summons to carry a message. He feels that his proper functions should be the manipulation of great political forces, However, he is a pretty goof sort of fellow if you take him in the right way, and, as he has very little to do, he does it fairly well. THE AVERAGE WATCHMAN. But, if he has very little to do, just consider the position of a department watchman! There he sits and sits and sits. All that he has to do is to watch, but as hostile armies bave never but once invaded the government ings, on which occasion the watchmen found it conveni- ent to be on leave, there is practically nothing for the watchman todo. Of course, he is a very necessary safeguard against anything hap- pening, but his existence cannot be ahappy one, for nothing ever does happen. Sometimes a stranger asks him a question and then he takes as long as posaible to reply. He has also some sort of report to make to the tain of the captain of the watch, but that is Under the circumstances and considering the nature of their duties it is surprising what an efficient body of men department watchmen are. They might go to sleep on duty or they might get up ‘and walk out in search of a variety to. the mo- notony of life or they might arrest somebody merely to illustrate their raison d'etre, but they do none of these things. ‘Theirs is a’ posi- tion of masterly inactivity that deserves more credit than it receives. Of course, the night watchman bas « harder time than the day watch- man? He must make a very vigorous effort to avoid fallingasleep. Fancy how must be in one of t government ings at night, All da it teoms with people and work and , and at night not a soul is there but the few disconsolate watchmen. The To return to the messengers, a type that must not be overlooked is what may be termed the Pressed with a sense of the importance of the | He is elderly and will | is given tohim he bears it prondly along the | respectably, and on Sundays he goes to church | There is ae cemen citeer wig bo cheat consi | i tes whenever he thinks he can do so , or spend his time and money vainly try- | Aud That is Why ing to play pool. It takes a tolorably rich man to play this game, for in the course of one evening © man plays away the price of a shirt haps, or, at any rate, of a patr of cke..! tis poe to say that when there is a reduc- tion in the force this YOURE messenger is put out and has to hustle for bis living. . There are such things as women meseet in some of the dopartiments, and they do well, They do not relish the work, but they are not asiiamed of it and they want the money that they get. It ix strange theta man should re- | quire more money to live upon than a woman, Dut it is true that they nearly always receive higher pay for the same work. Women mes- sengers ate as yet rare, but they are becoming more common every year. If any one would take the trouble to count up the total sum of money paid by the govern- ment in salaries to messengers every year he would be startled at the largeness ofghe amount. Chief messengers get $540 a year, assistan’ $720, and most of the messengers rank as li borers on the roils and get $600. Then there are watchmen at rates about dqual to mossen- gers’ and pages at £39a month. If one man had every year a salary eqnal to that of all the government's messengers he would be richer than James Gordon Bennett and not quite as well off as Jay Gould. > KITING DRAFTS. How to Become a Napoleon of Finance on No Capital at All. se OU HAVE could lend me?” said the shabby man with a six days’ growth of beard. “Why, certainly, old fellow,’ friend, handing overa bank note. | the matter? But what is The last time we met you seemed on the flood tide of prosperity.” “So I wae,” replied the other sadly. “Unfor- tunately, my business has gone to smash irre- trievably “What was it?” “Oh, it was something in a sort of specula- tive line, very light and profitable so long as it lasted. strictly in confidence. My occupation was “hat is known as ‘kiting drafts.’ ”” “What on earth is that?” “Well, it is something in the way of finan- ciering—a method of making money by theory rather than practice. Had it not been for an persons with whom I had business relations I might still be deing very well. The basis of the whole business is credit, withont which the world could not get along and would have to come toa standstill. To begin with, let as say that I borrow $100." “Yes, that’s easy enough so far.” ficult part of the whole performance. Once baving obtained the £100 the rest is easy enough. Igive my note for the amount at sixty days. Now, von know that I live in Balti- more and that until recently I was employed in ong of the departments.” ‘es, certainly.” ‘-On that point the speculative plan hinges to acertainextent. Just before the note comes due I make a draft in Washington on myself in Baltimore at ten days’ sight for an amount sufficient to cover the note and interest. This the note.” clear as mud.” ‘ow, you observe that I have got the note ont of the way. All Ihave to do is to pay the draft ten But a day or two be it become i re on myself in Washington for a sum large enough to cover the first draft. This second draft | have dis- counted, paying ghe first draft, and I am not obliged to pay the second draft until ten days later. Ipay it by drawing from Washington on mrself in Balt d “But vou can't keep that up indefinitely.” “On the contrary, that was my modest effort. It goes without saying that so long as I could keep the thing going on that plan I need never pay the original 2100. Obviously, I would be that inuch ahead on the speculatio: But you couldn't live on that very long.” to repeat the thing again and again, and «0 multiply my operations indefinitely. 4s my notes and drafts were always promptly paid when they feli due my credit was neces Sarily first-rate. All I needed was credit to conduct a speculative business such as I de- scribe. Beginning in every case by borrowing asum of money on my note, I could pay up and yet retain the money for an endless period by kiting drafts to cover it back and forth be- tween Washington and Baltimore. I did not need to borrow the cash from any bank, which would have required an indorser. I got all the money I required from two or three friends in sums of $100 or $200. ‘The notes I gave them were always paid, with interest, so that they lent me the same amounts again and again, and Iwas thus enabled each time to start a series of drafts.” “That was certainly a great scheme.” “Immense. Why, my dear sir, I had drafts flying so thick between here and Baltimore that f must have added considerably to the banking business between the two cities, My desk at the department was covered every morning with letters from the banks contain- ing notifications, T began to feel like a veritable Napoleon of finance. the oc- cupation engrossed so much of my attention that I had very little time to devote to my of- fice duties. Consequently, somewhat to’ my surprise, I found myself suddenly bounced one fine day - would Bot have mattered much, my speculative scheme being in such a prosper. ons way, only that during the same week my Baltumore bank.for some unaccountable reason, | refused to discount one of my draft. I could not procure the money otherwise at short no- tice, and the result was that my entire «pecula- tion fell to pieces. My eredit vanished and my drafts were protested by the score. At present several actions at law are threatening me in Baltimore, and that ia the reason why Iam in Washington, Much obliged to you for the #10, old man.” a He Tried to Save His Brother. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “Thave seen a great many men killed,” said | Burke McMahon at the Southern. “I was with old Pap Thomas at Chickamauga when his corps stood like a rock for the flower of the confed- eracy to beat and break upon, and with Grant when he burled his columns at the impregnable heights of Vicksburg. I have seen command- ing officers torn to pieces with a shell and beardless boys dead on the battlefield with their mother's picture pressed to their cold lips, but I never had anything affect me like the death of couple of young railroad men in Texas seven or cight years ago. I was riding on the engine of a fast passenger train, and at Waco the en- gincer got oylers to look out for a brakeman who was misting from the freight we were fol- lowing. He was supposed to have fallen be- tween the cars of his train. ‘My brother is braking on that train; I wonder if it can be him? said the fireman. while you stand on the and. watch out.” replied the engineer. jreman took hi | Post in front and we pulied ont. We had just i well under Wax when the fireman gave signal to st: ‘engineer | air brakes. ‘They failed to othe and we were on a down grade and could not stop. The missing brakeman was lying on the track, badly mangled, but conscious. He raised his hand and franticall coraeee mereen sain, bis tes great iron machine went Upon him ata rate of twenty milns on hour. j jreman cast one despairing at engineer, then ig in front of the pilot and | hufled his wounded brother off the track. Bat | he was not quick enotgh to save himself. The | engine caught bim and crached both legs off at the hips. As we picked him up he said, with » smile: ‘It's no use, bovs; I'm done for. I saved Ned.’ We laid them down in the | bengegn cnr side by side, Ned put outa feeble and ped that of his brother. ‘I've got my time, old fellow,’ he said. “Here, too, Ned we'll make the run to the next world together, was the ‘and holding euch other by the Band they died without another word.” “In a Guilt Frame.” T GOT AN X THAT YOU | replied his | I don't mind telimg you about it, | unjustified lack of confidence on the part of | industries | draft I have discounted and with the money Ij “Of course not. But it was possible for me | Inastauch | ‘TH keep up steam | = SHE DIDWT KNow, , Tompkyns te Com fined to the House. CHAPTER 1. I EFORE MES. SNOOZLEBY TOMPKYNS makes another expedition after eutuma Jeaves she will take @ lesson or two in botanical woience. Nhe came home one afternoon last week with, © double armfal of beantifal plants and flowers. How she managed to carry suche quantity was amazing. They Milled the available vases and jugs up- stairs and down and made the drawing room, ining room and library lovely with their bril- Lant colors, Among other things she had gath- ered a bunch of violets. Just think of itt | Real violets on November 1! Surely such «pring flowers do not usnally grow at this ereson of the year. Perhaps the recent warm weather ts ry table for the phenomenon. Mrs. Tompkyms informed her husband that | she had gathered all this vegetal loveliness in the woods not far from the electric road that leads to Chevy Chase. CHAPTER I. Two days later Mr. Tompkyns rose from hie bed in the morning with a queer sensation, He | put his hand to one side of his face and found that it was enormously swollen, One of his | eves was nearly closed and he felt, ashe exe | pressed it, “extremely bunged.” If he hed been out with the bors the night before he might have imagined that he bad had an en- | counter with a cabman or had fallen against @ | lamp post, but, as a matter of fact, be had spent the evening soberly at home and had gone to F early. neozieby, my darling’ exclaimed his wife when she beheld bim. matter with rou?” “Lwish I knew, my treasure,” replied Mr. Tompkyns, trying to smile as he gazed at him- self in the glass. But the effort was « dismal | failure, because he could only do it on ome fide. the other side of his face being too much swollen. reg bat de gon think it can be?” asked Mra ‘ompkyns, “horrified. “Your appearance is perfectly dreadful.” “1 quite agree with yon, my dear, her spouse, continuing to gaze upon hie dis | torted image inthe mirror. Then he reflectively: “I guess it if some new kind | disense, i always get em as quickly as they are discovered.” must send for the doctor,” suggested Mrs. Tompkyns. “Decidedly,” he assented. CHAPTER UL “Mr. Tompkyns,” said the doctor, after mak- | ing a brief examination, “have you been out im the woods lately?” | “Not 1,” replied the patient, “but Mra, Tompkyns bas been. She gathered a lot of | autumn leaves and things, There are some of them in thore vases on the mantelpiece,” |, “Ab, indeed!” said the doctor, putting om his spectacles and approaching & mantel- wat you plucked these, ‘On the way to Chevy Chase,” answered Mra, Tompkyns. “Are they not beautiful?” | “Very pretty indeed,” responded the doetor, gravely. “Permit me compliment you on your task. Here we have in this vase what I Tecognize at once asthe Thus venenata, and in | this other receptacle L observe some bunches of the rhus toxicodendron.” “How nice to know the botanical names!” cried Mrs. Tompkyns. “But have they no Ea- lish names? ‘Ob, yes, madam,” said the doctor. “Tue | thus toxicodendron is the poison ivy, and the Thus venenata is the poison oak. They are ac- countable for the condition of your husband at | present. He will have to stay in the house for three or four days. I will write a preseript | A simple solution of boracic acid and rosewater to bathe the face with, and see that it is kept tied up with a silk handkerchief to prevent cold. | It is fortunate for you, madam, that you are ‘one of those persons who are not #1 he to of poisoning, else you also would be | this speci: | suffering.” CHAPTER IV. “Snoozle, my darling, ean you forgive me?” “Willinely, my treasure, on one condition— that you will not go botanizing again until you have learned something of the business.” > | LITTLE EXASPERATIONS. More or Less Clever Catches in Promuncla- tion and young and very smest man who was inclined tonir his knowledge of the languages a little beyond what she felt that modesty required. She therefore said to him, with an air of defer- ence to his superior attainments: “You area Latin scholar. I wish you would tell me how to pronounce the word ‘so-met-i- mes.” The vouth, with an air of kindly patronage, i I have got met the word in my ding, but Ishould have no hesitation t should be pronounced ‘so-met- four syllables, the accent nk you for telling me,” replied the girl, demurely. have always heard it pro- nounced sometimes, but if you say the other way that must be right.” This is similar to the perhaps familiar catch | of the pronunciation of *bac-kne-he,” which | will often surprise the uninitiated by proving | to be only backache. It also reminds one of» | question printed some vears since as to the way of spelling ““need”—to need bread. The aver- age person will reply, ‘“k-n-o-a-d, of course,” but the answer will be: “That is the way to spell knead dough, but not to need bread.” A young lady recently misled « family ine | most heartless way. She remarked: “I hada letter today, suggested mamma, suggested p “fea,” = fa,” ventured various | voices. | Lily, who was much engaged with her French | lessons just then, suggested “tout,” and T. in derision improved upon that with ‘tueue, | deca with “qneue.” “All wrong,” exclaimed the young lady, when the alphabet and their ingenuity were well ex- hausted. Just then Teddy, who had been soberly ab- | sorbed in his bread and honey and who was in his first term at school and wrestling with the | problem of words in two letters, raised his head and with an air of decision and importance wely spelled, ““T-o, to.” | cles” eried ‘the young Indy with « peal of wughter. “Why,” exclaimed the others, in dismayed chorus, “that is the right way to «pel at. “Exactly,” she replied, and that is the way my correspondent spelled it. You de not T correspond with persons who cannot «pel “to’ correctly, do you?” Condemned to Death Thrice, From the London Daily ¥; Hans Nielsen of Copenhagen has had the probably unique experience of being sentenced to death three times, Such is the lenity of Danish law, or rather the indisposition of the | authorities to proceed to extreme measures, FE i i | : F & +3 g, F af i 4 ga Flt ie i