Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1893, Page 3

— SOCIAL MATTERS. ‘The Cadinet Receptions Yesterday—Dances, ‘Teas and Other Entertainments — Personals. The cabinet receptions yesterday afternoon tthe visiting world in great force. Joomy and cold outside there was uo | . Je cheer that making the | we the houses were softly | uarned on the hearths and | agreeable women to extend a| to tempt nll to protract the visit fashionable iimit. | © of the Secretary of State the | ms. library and dining room were | { with familiar faces. Mre. Foster's | in Warhington ix so large that she ner the same disadv were Mra. L green silk: Mra. Miss May Williams, Mise McMillan aud Mist Stevens. At the prettily Inid tea table Miss Lia Thompson presided, while the other Y Indies took turns serving boul) it the © em of the table. Secretary Foster came in when the reception was at its height and en- dover! a chat with pany friends | and Mise Foster had an especially at-| © reception. The married dauehter of the house, the wife of Dr. Myers of Fostoria, of a eabinet reception. 2 were all decked ost of the callers knew | n was particularly lively | wore a trained gown Mrs. Myers sore a rose trimmings and Miss Fos- white «ik with a worth. Mra. Extes | yathwaite, Mrs. Harter, Mrs. | an Ohio | arable of Teonessee, who made each visitor the happier for going there. j Mra. Wilmerding had. ae usual, a crowded | She was handsomely gowned in| In her receiving party were Mra. | | ik, Mrs. Bace Mrs. John Gray Foster, + Raymond and Miss Field, a young | ‘of the hostess, who is making her a| se ‘ea room visitors found Miss ¢ and Miss Jackson presiding at the | Mise Rusk extended a cordial wel- aliers yesterday. The ‘ired m an_ olive brocade Miss Rusk wore bly { «darker shade. skirts of white 4 youll and a stylish jacket of mate sik. te the coterie of agreeable Indies assisting were Mra. William E. Curtis, | Mre. Eiward T. Platt, Willard Warner and | tea table Miss Sher- | Mies Alice Kiddie. Atti man and Mise Proctor were vis-a-vis and Miss Moc a Mise Terrell ass! her sisters. aal, a delightful reception. were crowded until night fell. y of flowers decorating the 1 in the hallway, where a bright fire the hearth. n refreshment table was | At the back of the drawing room | i brewed and ponred cups of Rus- | Noble wore « gown of rose gf * bad assisting her a niece, § of Chicago, a young and attractive ©. Mreand Mise Shields, the wife and hier of the assistant attorney general, very tly helped to entertain the callers. another debt of gratitude to Mrs. e, for last night she gave a very weil-at- for the young friends of her ‘onveniently an even- | Mr Senator and Mrs. Brice dinner party. The it of honor. The Tracy. Mrs. Wil- irs. Bugher, Sir Eugene Hale, i Lady Panneefote, Representative Hitt. Senator and Mra. Wolcott, Mra. | Griswold, Senator and Mra. Cameron, Mr. Mr. Grinnell, Mise Pendleton’ and | Mra. George S. Willetts of Chicago. The ta- Die hac « centerpiece of long-stemmed Ameri- ean beauties Mra. and the Misses Seawell gave a charming cnoon at their home on O assisting were Mra. Fred- Miss Cabell, Mra. Francis Hodg- nd Miss Cuthbert. Senator and Mra Sanders of Montana have | located for the winter at the Irvington, on K | street. The Senator is at present in Montana, | bat will join his family in a few days. | Miss Phoebe Couzins of St. Louis is located at the Irvington, 1416 K street, for the winter. Miss Annie Tarpin gave a progressive euchre party Tuesday evening. The head prizes were won by Mise Smith ant Mr. Cornelius T. Belt and the “consolation” prize by Mr. Fenton . Among those present were Mr. and . S$. Renick, Mr. Miles Renwick, Mr. and T. Belt, Mrs. « Tongines and ¢ W S. Hardesty, J. T. ngs. cilian minister and Mra. de Men- agave adinner party last night in honor of the Secretary of State and Mra. Foster and had the members of the special Brazilian com- p Baron Andrada, Gen. de Castro Cer- x Mr. wr. . Dr. 3 and Mrs. Wiliam Ivine of New York and the members of the Lrazilian legation to meet them. The | floral decorations were in the Brazilian colors. | Mre is rapidly regaining her be put during this week. ' Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Barney gave a young peo- | ie" i They have cards out | jor a di 1 Mrs. Marvin and the Misses Marvin | of New York are at 1726 Massachusetts avenue Mr. nee Leopold of Isenburg. | me here on Monday to attend the dinner by Mr. and Mra. James F. Barbour, | 4 that afternoon on the Countess Faterhazy. | Prince leenburg i* the son of the Archduchess | and nephew of the Grand Duke of | cy Hayes, were 5 o'clock at St. | ews Chnrch by Rev. T. J. Kervick. Mr. Y Hare started at once for a bridal | th. nok place yesterday afternoon at . the couple being Mise adv and "Mr. Thomas H. Tomlin- Father O'Connor officiated. Miss | wiv, sister of the bride, was brides- | maid and Mr. Frank Barns was groomsman. After the ceremony they proceeded to their future home, No. 953 26th street northwest, | where a reception followed for their relatives | and « fow intimate friends. The bride received Many presenta, Mrs. €. T. Sampson and Miss Maude Clisbee | Will not be at home on Friday, the 13th. | of the National Hotel will receive x. January 16, from 4 to7. Mra. cnnemee, Mra. D. G. Turner, M Barwig, Mrs. Miller, Miss Mil Miss Adelle Enloe, Mrs. Amerman, Mre Turner of New York. as- Lawter of Connecticut, Mrs. Sisted by Owen and the Misses Parrett. Mra Mrs. Charles E. Foster will be at home the | Femaining Mondays in January at 1017 16th | Btrret. Mra Chas. E. Gibbs and Miss Gibbs will be at home Wednesdays during January and Feb- Fuary at 1111 Kbode Island avenue. | Mrs. Jackson will be at be nary and February at 1224 | tion of the 20th. She will bave Miss | ‘ower of Baltimore with her this week. | Mrs. and Mise Payne, 2215 Washington circle, | Will pot receive on Friday . but will | be at home the following Fridays in Janua Mes Wm. H. Barnes of Le Droit Park will | moth home Taursdavs in January, but the iret two Thursdays in February Mrs. Tateno, the wife of the Japanese minis- ter, wul be at home to visitorson Tuesdays in danvary Mrs. N. Devendorf will be at home with Mra. M. M. Parker the remaining Tuesdays in Jan- uy Mrs. George E. Gilliland, who bas been pending the holidays with friends in Obio, has Teturned to the city and i at La Normandie for | the remainder of the winter. Mrs. Charles Gibson will receive this after- fRoon at the Shoreham from 3 to 6. Representative Enloe and wife, BA. Enloe, J, and Mise Enloo arrived in the city this ‘week from Teonessee. They are located at the | National for the season. Mise Enioe is a debu- | fante this winter and an attractive type of a goathern girl. ‘The reception of “The Wocers'™ Social Club qwas the occasion of « large gathering at the G. A. K Hall last evening. “The ball wes hand. gemely decorated and a fine supper was served. through, approved by the Commissioners ia that of ail who wish to improve themselves in graphic practice or become members of the as- sociation. c | witness, told bis side of the affair. {Wolice Court. There were jneon The wives of the Representatives at Willard’s will hold their first reception Friday, Jane wary 20. Mra."Dr. George F. Washburne of Chicago is Visiting Mrs. Secretary Noble. She is a niece of Mra. Noble and is a delegate from the Woman's Club to get the world’s Columbian exposition opened on Sundays. “Yes; he couldn't get along without them. They assure him that he isn't forgetting to breathe.” “Will yon elope with “What is your incom bree thousand a sear.” Harold. If you had five thousand I only three I'm afraid mamma wouldn't like it.” “Doan model yob life aftah de toboggan,” said Uncle Eben. “It doan pay ter go toilin’ up de path ob repentance des foh de sake ob a smooth swif” backslide.” A stock. To her, the fairest in the play Choice buds he brings in aweet array, But bliss from pain can never be Fr ‘The big doorkeeper sho uts to say, “You feller wid de big bouquet Kin leave it here wid we! pie “The air seems fresher in winter than it does in summer.” “Yes. It's kept on ice most of the time, you know.” “I know now why they call this falling weather,” said the man who had just struck a | slippery spot in the pavement. DFSOLATION. Gone. gone! ‘The house is filled with gloom; ‘The sunshine halts outside the blinds, And only darkness loves the room To which her way no more she finds, Oh, world of weariness and woe, A moment since so free from pain! We dream of bliss and wake to know The serrant girl has left again. “Is that your daughter making all that noise, Mra. Clanty’ “My daughter, oid have you to know, Mrs. Halleran, is cultivatin’ her voice.” “Cultivatin’ her voice, is it, Mra. Clanty? It's meself that ud loike to compliment her on the the Misses Hal-| big crop ebe is gettin’.” Ss -o- Liquor © IN ANACOSTIA. A Wholesale License Slipped Through, but is Held Up. The publication in Tax Stan of yesterday nk | Concerning the probable action of the Commis- ra, | sioners with relation to the liquor saloons in Anacostia had a startling effect upon the ap-| plicants | were all on hand at the Commissioners’ | office striving to have their respective ap- plications for liquor licenses approved. .Y of them were accompanied by their friends, and several of them had attorneys to help mat- in that section. This morning they any ters along. It was developed that an application for a} qholesale icensein that section has slipped it Richard E. Lanahan, Good Hope road. Commissioner Douglass, however, at once notified the license clerk to hold the license up until the whole matter has been disposed of. The liquor men are working like Trojans to have this license issue. One of | them in conversation with a Star reporter to- day said: “I cannot see what good the Commis- sioners hope to accomplish by refusing to license saloons in Anacostia. One thing is cer- tain, whether they are licensed or not they will continue to sell just the same.” > ‘The Stenographers’ Club Lectures. The Washington Stenographers’ Association have completed arrangements fora series of lectures for the seasou of 1393. ‘The first in the series will be delivered by Mr. David Wolfe Brown, senior member of the corps of official reporters of the House of Representatives, in the parlors of the National Academy of F Arts, No. 804 E street northwest, on Saturday, lth instant, at 8 o'clock p.m. The subject of Mr. Brown's address will be ‘“Hindrance to Speed in Stenography.” Owing to the many requests from outside stenographers for ad- mirsion it has been decided to extend a general invitation to all members of the profession. The practice and reading rooms of the Stenographers’ Association are permanently lo- cated at 1321 F street northwest and are open to all persons interested in shorthand. Any of the officers of the club will be plensed to meet steno- > The Case Dismissed. ‘The ease of Philip Maloney, the grocer at the corner of 21st and E streets charged with using & meat cleaver on William Norton's neck sev- | eral days ago, as published in Tae Stax at the time, was heard in the Police Court today. Norton. who said he had been arrested many times, told the court that he went into the de- fendant’s grocery store and asked for a pint of hisky. After filling the bottle M: Maloney poured the contents back into the barrel and | turned upon him. “Had you been drinking?” inquired Lawyer ington No, sir. ‘Was Mr. Maloney sober?” Xo, sir; he was as drunk as a biled owl.” Witness denied that he struck Mr. Maloney. ‘The defendant, who was the only otherjeye- He «aid that Norton assauited him with the bottie and he ex- hibited sears on bis face which he said resuited from the blows inflicted by Norton. He said he acted in self-lefense. Norton said that Maloney’s face was bruised during the Christmas holidays, but Mr. Car- Fington showed that bis client's face was not bruised until the conflict with Norton. Mr. Carrington argued that the government had failed to make out acase against his clients, and the judge was of the same opinion. The charge was therefore dismissed, > — ‘The Trinity Charch Damage Suit. In the Court in General Term today, before Chief Justice Bingham and Justices Hagner and Bradley, the case of Harriet J. Woods against the vestry of ‘Trinity parish was argued. This is a suit for damages received by a shutter fall- ing during » storm May 26, 1883, from one of the towers of Trinity Church, 3d and C streets northwest, and inflicting such injuries as to cause paralysis, and in the court below a ver- dict was found for plaiutiff for $20,000. The case comes Up on exceptions, the defendants claiming that the verdict was excessive; that the jury allowed their feelings to sway them; misconduct of a juror in stating toa fellow Juror during the trial that the defendants opght to be made to pay heavy damages, and that the neglect to have the shutter properly fastened was chargeable to a contractor. Messrs. Sheil- abarger & Wilson and Mr. Fay appear for plaintiff and Messrs. IK. Perry.and W. E. yy for defendante, > Another Term in Jail. James Temple, the young negro who has spent several years in jail, was released only a short time ago and today he appeared in the three charges against him. It appeared that soon after Jim got out of prison the weather was cold and he needed some covering both in the nature of an overcoat and bed clothing. He went to South Washington on a stealing expedition, the officers suppose, because he was not known in that locality. Three stores were Visited by him, and he secured an overcoat, a pair of blankets anda quilt. He got hard up and attempted to sell the overcoat. ‘That was what got him in trouble. When be a in court he protested his innocence and said that he always plead guilty if be really was It, “Twas sent down once last spring when I was not guilty,” he said, “and I'm not gailty this time.” . ‘The judge, who was well acquainted with the Prisoner, said he knew of no way to keep him a other oo by seuding to and a sentence ‘ix months was imposed of the three cases. ——__ Ald for the Poor. Mr. N. A. Poole gave the Associated Chari- ties eighty sacks of flour for the benefit of the poor. ONLY FOURTEEN PRISONERS. A Light Reception in Judge Kimball's Court ‘This Morning. ‘The enew was eo deep this morning that the horses attached to the “Black Maria” had to exert themselves to draw the public vehicle through the streets. Fortunately the police had had but little oceasion to make arrests dur- ing the night, and there were only fourteen prisoners in allto be hauled, less than an aver- age of two. prisoners for each precinct. Sev- | eral of the victims were glad of an opportunity | to keep in out of the snow, while there were others who would willingly have shoveled snow | all day for their liberty. one intoxicated prisoner in the ball's court at 9 o'clock he thought he was per- fectiy sober and had been #o all night. John | Gleason was his name and the charge against him was disorderly conduct. “Tain' "he muttered, and after Po- licoman Byer had given testimony Gleason stepped forward and made | intoxicated m: | policeman “Who did?” arked the judge. “Two colored men.” “How is that?” asked the court of the off- cer pyofieet McNamara and myself arrested sim. “That only shows how drunk he was,” said the judge. and he imposed an $8 fine. John Waiker said he was guilty of « charge of disorderly conduct, and not having $5 stepped back. THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS. “Me and the sergeant arrested this man,” said Policeman Brennan, when Mike Broderick and the officer charged him with vagrancy. All the policeman could say was that complaints of | the man’s begging on Pennsylvania avenue bad been made to bim and he arrested him. “Does he belong here?” | “T believe not.” | “i've been here since September,’ | rupted the prisoner. “I get a pension of $12 a | month and when I earn nothing more I manage i | iter- to live on that.” “But you were drank Iast night?” queried the cour! “Yes, your honor. A very little beer gets the better of me and I took a little beer last night, It was tho first time in séven years that I was intoxicated and Iam thoroughly ashamed of my- self. I suppose I did something that I would not have done had I been sober.” ‘Len s man gets drunk,” said the judge, ¢ will often do things that he would not do when sober. Being as this is the first time you have ‘been’ here I will take your personal onda, “Thanks, your honor, very much,” said the | prisoner, as he walked out of court, Arion Horsman, the Virginian who was re- leased two days ago on a charge of vagrancy upon a promise to return to the old dominion, came in again this morning. Hg had been drunk as usual and when he went in a house in South Washington and was ordered out because he was drunk he became troublesome and was arrested by Policeman Geghan. “I plead guilty and ask the mercy of the court. That is all Tean say,” was the prisoner's response when arraigned, “T can say nothing else,” he added. | Judge Kimball reminded him of his broken promise and gave him sixty days on the farm. An able-bodied colored woman, whose name was given as Ellenora Jones, was in the dock for vagrancy. ‘Testimony was given to show | that the woman had beenin the habitof getting intoxicated and talking to men on the street, several times. “I have been living in the ‘Di teen years.” said the woman, “and this is the first time I have ever been arrested and brought to court in life. “In consideration of this being your first offense,” said the judge, “I will make a short term of imprisonment’ for you. Bonds or thirty days.” Next came Enoch Baker, a young colored | man, who would rather live in the work honse than at his parents’ home. The reason he ob- | jeets to living with his parents is because they live to the country, where the work is too hard for him. He was given a home on the farm for sixty days, ‘The last one in the procession was a little woman who answered the name Kate Reagan, alias Maroney, and she said “guilty.” ‘The charge agaitist her was disorderly conduct, and she went down in default of fine. pariah The Rock Creek Problem. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Much has been said in Taz Stan (thanks to your great interest in the welfare of the Dis- trict) about the frightful eondition of Rock creek, but not enough if our citizens do not ¢ | now rise en masse and demand that immediate steps be taken to place it in perfect sanitary condition, 'e have suffered long. and now with pros- | pective cholera in this country next summer the present outlook is distressing. This matter affects the whole District, not any | one section of it, and it needs no prophet to | foretell that if the plague reaches us next year | with the creek in its present condition the re- sult will be so disastrous that all business inter- esta here will be paralyzed for years to com Instant action is imperative. Now as to the gineering features of the work it seems a little unfortunate that there should be a disposition to spend so much upon separating the sewer matter from the stream of Rock ereek itself. ‘This featuré is positively necessary in European | countries, where the rivers are so small, but here, where our Potomac has water enough | its flow to make haif a dozen such streams qi the Seine where it runs through Paris, I submit it is not necessary. : | Freshet bed. Freshet bed. | [tise sslec ie} Say, 20 feet wide. The above diagram shows a plan by which if the sewers were aliowed to remain and flow | in the low water bed there would certainly be ample current to wash the contents of the whole into the Potomae river. This plan exactly reprosents nature's course | in all the rivers of our middle states, and any | width couhi by it be provided for the freshet | bed which our engineers might deem amply | suflicient. | Atali events let us have at least one section, | say from Massnchusetts avenue to N street, built at once, which could not cost over $600,- 000, and leave the other for future legislation. | Here let us say that as far as the dam across the mouth of Rock creek is concerned there need be no trouble about acquiring sufficient | water way through that for both the creek and canal with its boats, as the canal still owns some 1,000 feet in width of the territory form- | erly occupied by the canal basin, over which | thousands of our citizens still having skated | when boys. One hundred feet of this 1,000 could, at small cost, be acquired for the passage | of the creek either by condemnation or agree- meut with the eanal company. | All that is needed therefore is immediate | action in order to have this worst section, from | Massachusetts avenue to N street, between | walls,.before hot weather. These walls can be | placed and used as part of the plan and after- | ward arched. As soon as the walls are in place, they now are at James Creek canal, a cai | boat or seow run back and forth several times | a week, together with the use of disinfectants, keep off all fear of Rock creek being a forcing ground for cholera germs. Let us add. that the mere removing of the dam would only expose to the rays of the sun the bed of the creek with its spongy soil holding the accumu- lation of years. Senato? McMillan could gain a warm in the hearts of every citizen, as well of the Dis- trict as of the United States, by having their capita) freed from this impending danger by fathering or putting through this Rock Dill at once. Wasmincton axp GEORGETOWN. ‘The Record of Deaths. During the twenty-four hours ending at noon today burial permits were issued from the health office for the following: White—Benjamin F. Butler, 74 years; John E. Kenna, 44 years; Henrietta Heitmuller, Xe Colored—Annie Brown, 67 5 Ez Adam, 29 years; Harry Dorsey” 24 ponrys Anne J. Washington, 3 Amands Bébwo, 1 month; Ruby Powell, a ‘The Current Topic Club. ‘The regular meeting of the Current Topic Club was held last evening. Among the features ‘of the evening were «vocal solo by Mise M. Smi4f,a mandolin and piano duet by Mr. De “and when be appeared'in Judge Kim- | appeared for trial. Mike was drunk last night | and the officers had had occasion to warn her | ie THE EVENING STAR: WASHING’ | politan car was sidetracked in the | ductor were disconsolately standing ‘ IN THE SNOW STORM. Amusing Sconce and tislogues. in the Streets This Morning. 3 A heavy snow storm like this morning's makes not only a radical change in the city's appear- ance, but necessarily in the daily ts of its people, and the pulsation of , traffic and business. Amusing street scenes and incidents abound. Every body is in a hurry and in excellent good humor. Shouts resound on the still air, the soft, white blanket beneath the horses’ feet making the contact of their iron-sliod hoofs in- audible. The merry jingle of the sleigh bells | rings out tunefully, mingling with the gay laughter from the depths of furs and robes. At the corner of 14th and F streets a Metro- gutter. The horses were blanketed and the driver and con- on the front platform. ‘What's the matter?” shouted the driver of an up car. in in the gooseneck broken,” replied the driver of the sidetracked car. “What's the matter?” shouted two minutes later the driver of a down car. * “Pin in the gooseneck broken,” was the answer. ““Fo' God, dat's a job in itself,” said a man who was cleaning the sidewalk. “Dat same question an’ anewer has bin goin’ on all de bon aes “Stonishin’ how curious some folks First came the big scraper dtawn by six steaming, smoking, perspiring horses on the G street line. ‘Then followed the revolving sweeper drawn by four horses that sent the snow flying. There were three men on each | per eritable snow men so white were heir forms. Thoy wero stamping their feet, swinging their arms, and, though they must have been very cold, they laughed and chaffed one another. “Lots of fun!” shouted one to a policeman, Tho returned the salutation with like good amor. A gentleman enveloped in a fur-lined cont ducked his ears in the warm collar and shook his head wonderingly. “I should feel_more like cursing and com- mitting suicide,” he said to his companion, ‘than laughing and being gay under such hard: 'No sich cole as disin Noo 'Leans, sah; dis be tryin’ when youse ain't used it. “Thank you, ons.”” See man's feet were ewabbed in gunny- sacks, garments weré so ragged that one marveled that they held together at all, but his honest old face shone like a polished stove lid, and the dime was forthooming. “How much yer gettin, Teddie?” yelled one street urchin to the other who was cleaning a walk on 12th street. “Twenty cents," replied Teddy joyfully. 've made 80 cents—-whoop la!” “Tt’ean outrage,” said a man on Pennsylva- nia avenue, “that the street car companies are allowed to scatter salt on the whole length of their tracks. It is prohibited in most cities.” HE THOUGHT IT WAS AX AVALANCHE. That's because he was underneath. Tho man on the balcony of a Pennsylvania avenue jewelry store peered over the rail anxiously. The man on the pavement was trying to get some of the snow out of bis neck, and was shaking his fist at the head over the rail. d, boss,” shouted the head, “I ‘deed I didn’t, boas.” re running along H Suddenly the little feliow's heels went atreet. out from under him and he landed witha bump on the back of his head. It hurt. “Don't cry, Archie,” said the sister in sooth- ing tones, as she lifted the little codger to h feet and wiped the tears away that were rolling down the red apple cheeks and which the little fellow manfully tried to withhold. ‘Don't cry in a lovely snow storm like this, Archie, dear,” she repeated, and off they trotted again like two colts, dragging their sleigh behind them. “You're in a hurry,— you!” angrily shouted aman at the corner of 14th street and New York avenue to another figure enveloped ina huge ulster and big gloves. “Look out where you're going! ‘Beg pardon,” hurriedly apologized the other, ‘but I'm on my way to the stable for my sleigh. Lord, what a day for a ride, eh?” ‘This is the first heavy snowstorm, and, in fact, about the first snow I've seen nearer than a high mountain top in five years,” said a gen- tleman from the tropics, surve; Lafe Park and the White House grounds, pictu in their downy garments, “and I must say that I like it.” THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW. It Seriously Interfered With the Street Car Traffic All Through the District. The prediction in Taz Stan of yesterday by the weather bureau that today would bring warmer weather anda snow storm was a cor- rect one and the officials of the bureau state that the fall of snow was the heaviest seen here for several years. It centered last night in West Virginia and gradually took southeasterly and northeasterly courses, spreading over North Carolina, Maryland and the District of Columbia, Pennylvania, New York and all of New England. There was very little wind and the thermometer did not fall greatly except in sporadic instances, but it will be colder tomor- row all over the middle Atlantic and New Eng- land states. COLDEST IN VERMONT TODAY. The coldest place in the country this morn- ing was Northville, Vt., where the thermometer registered twenty degrees below zero. Moorehead, N. D., came next with ten degrees below. The thermometer at other laces registered as follows: Bis- marck, N. D., 8 below; Chicago, 4 abovi York, 6 above: Philadelphia, 10 abov ington, 16 above: Boston, zero; Portland, Me., 4 above; Pittsburg, Pa., 8 above; St. Louis, 14 above; Cincinnati, 8 above. STREET CAR TRAFFIC INTERFERED WITH. As is invariably the case here, ‘the heavy fall of snow seriously interfered with the street railroad lines and made well-observed schedules practically impossible. The cable roads prob- ably experienced less difficulty than the others. In the case of those who depend upon the much maligned car horse the teams were doubled up and for a while less cars run. ‘The storm naturally interfered somewhat with the steam railroads running into the city, but to no great extent. The G street branch of the Eck- ington road was abandoned and the troliey cars made very irregular trips. ‘The storm also caused some additional suffer- ing among the poor, although it on the other hand gave needed and engerly sought employ- ment to many, who toiled all day long in re- moving the snow from streets and sidewalks. {also afforded very fair slelghing, atid it is safeto say thatevery one who possessed a sleigh and the required motive power, or who could borrow one, or possessed an’ income princely enough to hire one, enjoyed the éport. RELIEF FOR THE POOR, While the snow storm this morning increased suffering among the poor it also had the effect of giving many laborers employment and af- fording ‘them temporary relief. Many early morning visitors appeared today &t the various police stations to ask for food or fael, while many of the unfortunate ones were looking for clothing or money with which to pay their rent. Chief Clerk Syivester, who flas charge of the fund, received a number of contributions . From Mr. J. B. Craile, the pension at- torney at No. 108 C street, he received an order for ten tons of coal and 1,000 loaves of bread, which will be distributed’ among the several Precincts. Maj. Thomas M. Gale sent ‘@ check for $75 and some fuel. Mt. E. F. and Mr. John B. Scott each sent $25. Mr. W. D. Rudy sent $5; Dr. X., $5, and al. Miss ‘Nixon of 920 P street sent an accep’ donation in the form of large bundle of Pep. pn an order ona grocery store for $5 worth of food. Mr. Charles Schneider and Mr. A. Raeder each sent twenty-five loaves of pecs RE He Was Found Guilty. In the Criminal Court, Justice McComas, this morning Alfred Brown, a voung colored man, was placed on trial for an assault and battery with intent to commit rape on the per- son of Catherine Harrison, a white infant child of two years, on October 17 last, Mr. Niles g for the defendant. Avetatsa of gaily notice of motion for new trial FOR A GREAT SHIP Convention in This City. PROMOTERS OF THE PROJECTED CANAL BETWEEN ‘THE ATLANTIC AND THE GREAT LAKES—THE WORK OF ORGANIZING THE CONVENTION AT ‘THE ARLINGTON. This morning there asspmbled in the banquet hall of the Arlington Hotel about one hundred ‘men representing the boards of trade and other commercial bodies of the country, who meet in pursuance toacall for a national ship canal Convention issued on the 23d of last month by the chamber of commerce of Duluth, Minn. The purpose of the convention is to secure the (passage by Congress of = bill appro- priat ego one for toe survey of a route fora Proposed deep water ship canal connecting the great Inkes and the Atlantic. The call for the convention sets forth that from a military point of view itisof the utmost importance that this* connection should be made through American territory, but no decisive action looking to the construction of such a canal has ever been taken. During the past year, how- ever, public attention has been sharply drawn to the matter by the controversy between the mente of the United States and the inion of Canada over the discriminat- ing tolls levied by the Iatter upon American commerce passing through the Welland canal, and the passage of _ a Seon greece imposi ing upon 2 pre sven peti wags grote ay Seoroor yor} from s position which is mani- festly in violation of treaty stipulations, the dominion government is hastening by ever: means in its power the enlargement of the St. Lawrence canals and the construction of a Canadian canal at the Sault, with the evi- dent intention of presently closing the Welland and St. Lawrence canals to American commerce, either directly or by the imposition of prohibitive tolls. The people of the United States are thus brought face to face with the fact that within five years at most the merchant ships of Canada, and British men-of- war as well, will have an dpen ocean ‘and the lakes, whil canal with but six feet of water will constitute the only water way between Lakes Erie and Ontario,or between. the great lakes and the sea, for both the commerce and the navy that sails beneath the American flag. All commercial associations, including indus- trial unions and farmers’ organizations, and also ull incorporated municipalities, were in- vited to appoint each five delegates to this convention, and the governor of each state was invited by special communication to attend the convention and to appoint five citizens of his state as delegates at large. ORGANIZING THE CONVENTION. The convention was called to order at 11:30 by Secretary S. A. Thompson of the Duluth QMinn.) chamber of commerce, who read the call for the convention and called for nomina- tions for temporary chairman. Mr. Wheeler thereupon nominated Maj. M. R. Baldwin, president of the Duluth chamber of commerce and member-elect to the Fifty- third Congress from the sixth Minnesota dis- tri Maj. Baldwin was unanimously elected, and in returning his thanks for the honor conferred upon him said that he would depart from the usual custom of pre-iding officers in delivering a lengthy address and merely state the neces- sity of the canal froma locai standpoint. He remarked that Duluth was for a time perhaps best known here as Proctor Knott's “zenith city of the great unsalted sea.” But it was more than that now, and Duluth would have the canal if it had to provide the necessary $100,000.000, yet it did seem that Congress’ could’ well afford to ap- propriate a sum sufficient to make the necessary surveys for the proposed canal. Duluth was the point of delivery of a country producing annually 150,000,000 bushels of wheat and 5,000,000 barrels of flour, and by the construction of the canal the producer would receive an advance of at least 10 cents on each bushel. On the motion of Mr. Davenport of Pennsyl- vania Mr. 8. A. Thompson of Duluth was elected temporary secretary. A COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. After the following committee on credentials had been appointed the convention adjourned until 2 o'clock to await the report of the com- mittee—S. A. Davenport, Pennsylvani Wheeler, New York; Thomas Canfield.. Minne- sota; Antonio Joseph, New Mexico, and Harri- son Allen, North Dakota, There will be a meeting this evening at 8 o'clock, which will be public in its character. SaaS. BS Negro or Afro-American. To the Faitor of The Evening Star: Tfind on reading this evening's Star you have hada communication from a fastidious and hyperentical, as well as anonymous mem- ber of our much mixed race variety, who’ ob- fects to being called negro, colored or Afro- American,and makes my use of the first of these terms (in an address before the Second Baptist Church Lyceum) the basis of said com- munication. Your correspondent asks: “Is not ‘American’ good enough and sufficiently comprehensive to embrace all of our population?” and forthwith proceeds to show it is not by using the word “colored” four times to designate the partic- ular branch of the heterogeneous American family to which he belongs and about which he is writing. He disclaims ‘‘any advocacy of the word ‘colored’ (which he uses twice with and twice without quotation marks), though the last named is, I think, most sensible of all and sanctioned by long usage in “There would be just as much common sense,” says he, ‘tin striving to make the na- tional designation of the people of England ‘white’ instead of English as in trying to per- manently fasten the name negro on one-eighth of the American people.” He fails to see in this a knockdown argument against the use of the word “‘colored” also, for a majority of this it illions are black, not A “from niger means He is willing we should uso the term ‘African because “it means something,” forget- ting we are no more Africans, pure and simple, than we are negroes—one means that portion of the black race directly from Africa, while the other designates the black race wherever found. ‘The writer of this is not a atickler for race names. She uses them interchangeably because the American people know just whoare meant by the use of any of them. ‘She knows it is not our name so much as our actions which shall dignify and ennoble us. She knows also that there are two ways by which prejudice against a name is uprooted. One is by giving a person or raceanew name of dignity, which is used on all occasions, and thus made popular; the other is by making the name given you one of dignity and honor, as did the Christians, Meth- odists, Puritans, &c. Of the two methods I ‘more often choose the latter, as there has never been a time when I was ashamed of being iden- tified with the black race. With Shak re, I believe ‘a rose by any other name would smell ag sweet,” and acetate much to be done to waste time in clamor about those things which do not of themselves make for themselves the truest progress. But your correspondent of yesterday sneers at the ‘‘elf-constituted leaders and poorly educated and badly informed journalists who cially careful toproy eth Vetere # history,he knows that “negro” wera race designation bet of them all. Said to Be 110 Years Old. Andrew Lingham, colored, who died at Ben- terday afternoon from James’ M. E. 12, 1898-TEN PAGES. ning Sunday and whose funeral took place yes- | look Chapel, Secretary Rusk has sent a special commie- sioner to Copenhaegn for the of inves- | tigating and reporting upon the dairy industry of Denmark, a country which he regards as the most advanced in dairy production of any in | the world. The man selected for this important | commission is Mr. C. C. Geotgeson} professor | of agriculture at the Kansas State Agriculrural at Manhattan. Prof. Georgeson, though | weitizen of the United States for many years, is himself a Dane by birth ang education, and has, therefore, special advantages for conduct- ing an investigation in his native land, and is regarded as in many other respects thoroughly | well equipped for a mission of this description. | He is a graduate of the Agricultural College of | Michigan, at Lansing. He sailed | steamship Adriatic on Wednesday, and Secre- | tary Reik anticipates « repors fross him which be specially valuable and instructive to tho dairymen of this countr; ‘The New York and European Investment and ‘Trust Company has filed articles of incorpora- | tion in the county clerk's office at Newark, N. J. William Brown, William I. Masken and ©. M. Wriker of yw York, Warner Miller of Herkimer, N. ¥., George P. Sheldon | of Greenwich, Conn., and John W. Taylor of | Newark are named as directors. The company | aime at the control of the commerce and cus- | toms revenues of San Domingo. The debt of | the republic is now in the hands of a man who holds a lien on the customs and duties for its | payment in yearly installments. The company Proposes to purchase the bonds. ous se Interior Department Changes. Land Office—Promotions: Hen: ford. New York, from principal examiner, $2,000, to chief of division, $2,000; William G. Webster, Iowa, clerk, $1,200, to $1,400; Ada B. J. Farrar, District of Columbia, clerk, £1,000, to $1,200; Lafayette M. Hershaw, Georgia, copyist, $900, to clerk, $1,000; James X, Mock, lowa, transcriber, $600, to copyist, Geological survey—Resignations: Joseph P. Iddings, New Jersey, geologist, $2,000: K. Lee Longstreet, Georgia, topographer, $1.400. Pension office—Appointments: Julius J. Chil; coat, Mississippi: Eden P. Clayton, District of Columbia; Mins Jenny Hardy, Wisconsin; copy ists, $900. Promotions: James F. Chestnut, South Carolina, clerk, $1,200 to_ $1,400: Juli Lemkowitz, Georgia, Joseph W. ‘Ellis, New York, clerks, $1,000 ‘to $1,200; ‘Miss Louise Durkee, New York, Mrs. Fannie M. Reed, Iowa, copyists, $900, to clerks, $ sess An Eight-Hour Application Deni ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has denied the | application to have the provisions of the eight- hour law extended to laborers employed in the subtreasury at Boston. ‘Thic is in pursuance with the opinion of the Attorney General that this law applies only to persons employed in the actual construction of public works and that it does not apply to laborers employed in public buildings. Sees! ‘The New Immigration Cirev!: The proposed new circular of regulations to govern immigration is still before Premdent Harrison for his consideration. The circular as srepared contains some additional restric- fons furnished by the marine hospital service at the suggestion of Congressmen and others. ‘The circular does away with the twenty-day detention clause in the regulations now in force, substituting in lieu thereof a seven-day quarantine on the other side of the water, in- spection under consular authority before sail- ing and rigid examination en route. ‘The conviction is growing in official circles that President Harrison is not inclined to aban- don the twenty-day detention on arrival in this country for any or all of the foregoing precau- tions, and that unless some such provision is included the new circular will not be issued. somite Sy esamderies FINNY'S TOBOGGAN SLIDE. ‘When Snow Fatled He Sto! Tub of Butter to Make the Going Good. From the New York Sun. There is a low, sloping roof near where nine- year-old Jimmy Walsh lives at 515 Washington street. When the snow fell on the roof Jimmy invited his friend Alphonse Costello, who is two years older than he, to come over and slide. They slid—on barrel staves—and said it was “out of sight.” Young Costello, who is known to the other members of the “! Home” gang of Washington street as is of a reflective turn of mind. “Jimmy,” said he, “this snow’s goin’ ter melt. Inever seen snow yet wot didn't melt jist when yer didn't wanter have it. Wot th’ Il good Il our slide be then?” Jimmy didn’t know. “Well, I'll tell yer, then,” pursued Finn: “Wot's ‘the matter wid butter fer a sli Grease up your roof an’ yer pants and there yer is.” The ideas of the “Happy Homes” regarding the ownership and acquirement of property are vague, On the day following that on which Finny's brilliant idea struck him a tub of butter Was stolen from a delivery wagon standing on Washington street. The man in charge of the wagon informed the police that just before the butter was stolen he had seen Jegged Eyetalian an’ a rid-headed half a size bigger foolin’ around the place.” Jimmy and Finny were arrested. They denied the robbery, but, alas! their trousers were but- tered. Moreover, they were buttered in the place where it would do the most good in re- ducing friction to a minimum when sliding. ‘The boys were taken to Jefferson Market court. where Judge Ryan was on the bench. When they saw him the boys’ knees shook. “Hully sufferin’, smokin’ gee!” stuttered Jimmy. “It's his whiskerenes,” Justice Ryan looked at the two boys. “You, boy with the black eve, have you ever been ar- rested before?” said he. “On'y oncet, yer honor,” replied Finny, meekly. “I was up before yer honor. It was when Jim Shea's oyster scow was broke into las’ summer, yer honor. I happened to be in swimmin’ there an’ the cop nabbed me. I was honorably discharged by yer honor.” Agent peed 3 tee Gerry Society inter- posed to remark that the oyster scow in tion was robbed at midnight, when Costello or any other boy was not likely to be in swim- ming, und, moreover, that Costello was arrested scow and was let off merely on account of his youth, Justice Ryan then expressed a desire to know where and under what circum- stances he had experienced the pleasure of Jimmy Walsh's acquaintence. “Twasn’t my fault, yer honor,” whimpered Jimmy. “How'd I know th’ priest was comin’ along just then; wot did dey leave th’ bloomin’ tin wash boiler in th’ winder fer; how'n bell ¢'d I tell th’ bleedin’ boiler was goin’ t’ smash hts jaw w'en it fell out; did I know I was goin’ ter trip up an’ fall agin it? Judge, criss-cross m’ heart, s’ help me Gawd, I never touched th’ damn boil xplained Denbert, pew amass batiec eet of equator ie street at a priest who was passing by and hit him on the head. That was about two months ago. He was he said it was an accident.” Did you steal this butter?” asked Justice 0, sir,” said both boys at once. “Some bigger fellers swiped it. ‘Then they done us dirt by puttin’ it on our pantees.” “Well, you're hard characters, anyway,” said the justice. “I'll commit you both ‘to the Catholic Protectory.” The “Poor Man’s Belt.”” From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Few geographies méntion the district in the south known as the “Poor Man's Belt.” It isa tract of country generally very sandy and pro- dueing little timber save the long-leafed pine. It begins not far south of Richmond, Va., and ‘extends along the Atlantic and gulf coaste into al i f | | z t i at ee if | | what was once the first ward. Michael was a agni: good penman and was able to make a good’ Has Got Him Into Trouble. Michael O'Toole, « young man who bas been living bere only a few years, became acquainted with Mr. John Noonan, a well-to-do citizen of counterfeit of Mr. Noonan’s signature. He made iM TELL JIM. Representatives of Commercial Bodies in| A Special Commissioner Sent Abroad by|A Young Man Whose Skill With a Pen | The Pretty Typewriter Has Her Troubles Like the Rest of Us. “Aud what did you say?” inquired the «lim “I told him that T would never tolerate it answered the stout gir! determinedly. “It is just like my case,” sighed the slim girl jradly. “Men think we are devoid of feeling. | several of them on checks, which he succeeded | Yesterday morning be came down to the office | than €@100 from the bank, and this morning | | officer enys that there is also another case of | on the, in getting cashed at Riggs & Co.'s bank. He was detected after he had drawn more he was arrested by Detective Wheeler. The forgers against O'Toole, as he having written the ns izen toa check for $48. Michael admitted his guilt. He bad bonght some new clothes with part of the money and had squandered the balance of it. The officer found him in the “Limited” saloon on 13th street and locked him up. He will be given a hearing in Judge Miller's court tomorrow morning. charged with of # Georgetown cit- atte SEI ALEXANDRIA, A RAILWAY accipext, Intelligence was received here this morning of a railway accident at 6:30 this morning on the Virginia Midland railroad at Rapidan sta- | tion, A freight train of the Chesapeake and Obio railroad ran intoa Midland freight train and injured three men—Engineer Wright, iremen Hughes and Brakeman Harney: of the Chesapeake and Obio road, who reside: the upper country. Six or eight cars were thrown from the track and two of them wrecked. No fatal result is expected from the wounds of the injured men. FIRE OX LOWER WOLTE sTREET. A fire yesterday afternoon burned out the rear of a row of four frame dwellings on Wolfe street between Lee and Potomac streets. The houses were occupied by Mr. Wm. Liovd Jobn Robey, Peter Francie and Walter Dyer dare owned by Mesera. E. Francis, B.A. kin, Wm. Lioyd and L. Gentzberger. The buildings were saved with some ditticulty by the firemen. The loss, about $800, is covered by insurance. vores, Ata pleasant concert at the Catholic Lyceum Hall tonight Washington talent will be largel represented. Mr. Frank Reeside, Mise Mollie Wright and other Washingtonians will appear. ‘The Church Students’ Missionary Association of the Virginia Theological Seminary is now holding its annual session at the theological seminary near this city. Tho business consixts of reports on the work and devotional exercises, THE SMOKERS’ HEART. It is Aroused by Physical as Well as by Emo- tional Causes, “My heart,” said a well-known official in th: geological survey this morning, “has heaps of fun all by itself. It plays foot ball, billiards sulting me. Sometimes the left ventricle in- dulges ma pugilistic encounter with the right auricle, undercuts, cros-counters and slashes in the most reckless manner possible, “The doctor says ['vegot a ‘bad smokers’ heart,’ and that if I don’t stop smoking at once Vil drop dend some day while running for a car. Thus farI have proved him an accom- plished fabricator. I continue to draw my salary warrants regularly.” “You will find the physician's word verified some day,” remarked an army sw overheard the official’ comment. *« quite the fad now for a man to brag of his ‘smokers heart.’ Tobacco, ax everybody knows, is a nar- cotic poison. The blood absorbs the’ nicotine and the muscular wails of the heart are dilated or thinned, producing hypertrophy or enlarge- ment. The muscles becoming weakened by the poison, the heart, which in a healthy state is as tough as a pine knot, and must necessarily be to perform the great labor demanded of it, fails to perform its functions properiy, valvular irreg- ularity and mitral murmur set in and some day there is a collapse, Nicotine is a direct cardiac poison.” “Smokers and coffee drinkers have, asa rale, high puises. Iam inclined to think that a low pulse is the safest and indicative of long life; I mean an abnormally low pulse. I know of #ev- eral instances, one in particular, of a lady of eighty-three whore pulse all her life was never above 52. This aged lady runs upstairs. “The smoker puffs a dozen cigars a day, dis- poses of one and a half dozen cups of coffee, eate hearty dinners that distend the stomach, excite the nerves and the heart mpathet- ically affected. Generally, the intermitting, throbbing and palpitation’ is sympathetic and functional, however, and not organic.” “Every man who is conscious of any heart affection other than emotional wants to «top the use of tobacco andcoffeeatonce. Every cigar he smokes ix a spike in his coffin lid. If hecan con- trol his appetite to from one to three extra mild cigars « day. porbape a tobacco ‘fiend’ to whom the weed is more than life may be permitted to indulge. Coffee is one of the most violent cardiac stimulants and nerve excitants and is bad for persons who have heart troubles or nervous diseases.” CROKER AND HILL ARE “OUT.” The Tammany Chief, It is Rumored, Has Quarreled With the Senator. Men are whispering the startling ramor to each other in Albany tonight, says a special to the New York Herald, that “Bose” Croker and Senator Hill are ‘‘out.” The special goes on to say: The caustic crit- icista made by the Tammany leader on the Sen- ator’s presence and action during the meeting It is asserted that Mr. Croker repeated his condemnation to several political friends at the governor's reception and said bluntly that Hill had done the democratic party a deadly injury. However this may be, it is certain that the machine :nagnates have had a serious difference among themselves. A prominent democratic Senator today said boldly that the leaders ob- jected to the interference of Senator Hill in their plans and resented his coming here to ran thingy according to his own rule or ruin ideas, His neglect to consult with his former asso- ciates in party management was looked upon as an insult, It was not considered wise policy to treat Gov. Flower as aman of secondary im- portance in the presence of democrats from all over the state. ‘The governor's position and well-known am- ditions make him a man whose good will isto be desired by the machine and whose ideas it can- not well afford to despise. “Look at the condition of things today,” said the Senator, “‘and you can readilly see that Croker, McLaughlin, Murphy and Shechan are the ‘big four’ of the party. HILL NEEDS ASSISTANCE. “In this legislature Mr. Hill cannot control a single senatorial vote without their assistance. Nor do I think he can control more than half a dozen members of atsembly. His own county of Chemuny mn “Lam certain,” be continued, "that Mr; Cro- ker has been thoroughly incensed by Senator Murphy will side with the Tammany leader. Every! knows that would be itis he can safely do.” of Mr. Croker ow Sar ten secon Senator Hill dict, but is likely to go no one cares to pre- it is taken for granted among the big combination & [re i ni di ! i N fis I E F ie it & 3 Hl fre! | | the get the for and lawn tennis all alone, never thinking ofcon- } of the electoral college has not been forgotten. | ten hours late, When I ai wo minutes late he makes as much fuss as if he had ewallowed his toothpick. “But, ob! what a hilarions, joyous jag be \ bus attire looked as if he bad just stepped @ bandbox. Men alwars try to brace up the morning after, my brother Jack interrupted the | stout girl, with a well-posted air. | “Bat his eves-two great round barnt holes inanarmy blanket, I beard bim tell Jim that his tongue had a coating on it thick enough ta nt potatoes and rich enough to grow goose- cries, There were thirty-nine letters to be answered. too, dear. One was in a equa perfumed envelope, which he hastily. jammed in his inside pocket his wife couldnt have ‘written bim so early, could she?” She might,” said’ the stout girl reflectively, “They say wives sometimes write their bus bands notes to remind them of daily commie | sions.” § |, “And then bis hands trembled dreadfully. beard him tell Jim that he was shaking likee suspension bridge while ¢wenty freight trains were going over it at full specd. He was ter- ribly muddied, too. «Was he reaily muddled? girl interestediy. | “Awfully! He conld scarcely intelligently answer the correspon: n ness of the day piled up handie it at all—he was in a terrible stew heard him tel! Jim that bis bead inquired the stout | the cable power bouse fly wheel and oe around forty times fr He leaned t head constantly on 4 1 heard him j tell Jim that it was as bot as the blasts of the hottest and biggest {urn well, vou know what he said--and was thi « like the triple n-screw Atlantic liner was the joinder of the stont girl “Oh, he doesn’t deserve any sympathy,” aid the shim girl sharply offered him my eym- pathy—all the good it did. I ventured in my jest tones Are you feeling very unwell, Mr. Pre mium/ sympathetic re jo vou think the brate said?” hat?” aid the stout girl expectantly. “ "Miss Poundthekeva, just suppose you mind your business, will you?” I couldn't think of Fepenring the drenifully wicked adjective be ured “The wretch!” “afterward heard him tell Jim that the English language was inadequate to express enth part of his emotion, «o | partially forgave am. When 2 o'clock came ef with a bang, with a lot of untinssh it. heard him tell Jim that while was all rigit gene green, gogele-evyed, Chinese dragon-joss conflagration if the Capitol burned down — home to bed. Then he gav ing and work to keep me. bi saying that he expected it at 9 o'e morning, *-What aid trpewriter I auld discharge you didn’t tell him that to his you?” cried the stout girl, appre- admitted the slim girl, besitatingly, ‘but I said it just assoon as he got out hearing.” A COLLE PRANK, A Man Who Has Debts is Moch Startled by & Mock Attachment. From the Boston "7 A rather good has just leaked out con- cerning a promiuent senior. Mr. — came home to his room one night about 1 e'clock, after a weary night of dancing. and prepared to week sweet slumber on his downy couch, But, alas! the door would not open. He amined it only to find that it was firmly closed With a staple, chain and padlock, and the whole ornamented with a big red seal and the motto: “Attached for debt by the sheriff of Middlesex county.” Now, the said Mr. —— had a few debts, more or less pressing, so he never stopped to doubts the genuineness of the execution or think of the illegality of it—if, indeed, he knew, having fortunately never before experienced the of an attachment it rushed off to « friend's to narrate his woes. The friend, a conspirator, did afl be could to increase Mr.——"s tribula- tions under the pretense of condolence and sympathy, promising to get him out of it, if Possible, though he said it was probable Mr. might have to stay in his dress suit for a day or two, Next morning Mr. —- went to hia | room again to reconnoiter, and this time found the door open. Rejoiced and surprised he walked in, but stopped in consternation when he saw a burl; looking ruffian seated in his best chair smoking his best pipe. It was « “keeper” whom the conspirators had hired to continue the Joke, The “keeper” refused to let Mr. in the room and would not let bim even change bis clothes. “Everything's got to stay just where | it is, See?" said he.and Mr. —— argued im | vain. But as the day was cold and bis cont waa | thin the “keeper” consented to let him change it for an ulster, “‘cause it's worth "bout as much, I guess.” But when Mr. smoke the ruffian was was compelled to see his choice pipes at the tender mercies of the ever. Mr.—— began to make inquiries and | the more be inquired the greate plexity, until suddenly at the end light broke upon him and be rushed t for vengeance. But there was no “k there. Moreover there was no friend when the victim of the jok was in vain. — before long: however. heacknowledged ths joke and now is cudgeling his brains for a euit- able way of “getting even.” A CARDINAL'S JOKE. Contempt ef Court Where the Court Didn't See It. From the Halifox Mail Wher Cardinal Gibb ons was bishop of Rich- mond, Va.,he happened to be the defendan relation to some church property. When called to the witness stand the plain= tiffs lawyer, a distinguished legal luminary, after vain endeavors to involve the witness im contradictions, struck upon a plan which be thought would annoy the bishop. upon questioned the right of Dr. the title of bishop of Richmond, and called on him to prove his claim to the office. The defendant's counsel, says the Catholie News, of course objected to this as 1 it but the bishop, with a quict amile.said he would comply with the request if allowed half an hour to produce the necessary papera. This being allowed, the bishop left the court room and re- turned in twenty minutes with a docement which be te read with great soiem- nity, all the more solemn as the war in Latin. The plaintiff's lawyer pretended to take notes, industriously bowing his bead once in while as if in acquiescence, and seeming per- fectly convinced at the end. When the reading was finished be announced that the papal bulls just read were perfect at the same § = Pets E ag g fis i SE