Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1895, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. qi 13 SENATORIAL WEALTH Not as General as is Popularly Sup- posed. JUS? TWELVE MEN OF MILLIONS ad Something About the Men Who Have Money. HOW THEY ACQUIRED IT ONSIDERABLE interest ts had in the senatorial struggle in Delaware, not only on the part of poli- ticlans, but by the folks who have an idea that the upper house of the national legislature is a sort of club for million- aires. This title has, indeed, been given to the Senate so often that it is very gen- erally accepted as a deserved stigma, and there is the greatest prejudice in existence against the body for that reason. To the Public mind the Senate is an aggregation of seventy or eighty men of great wealth, to whom the salary of the office is but a Picayune, to be spent in the merest frip- pery as a windfall. Nothing could be further from the exact truth. It is difi- cult to count twenty men of affluence in the Senate today, and not more than a dozen millionaires. The great majority of the Senators are dependent almost, if not wholly, upon their compensations received from Uncle Sam. Delaware is the center of attention just now because of the persistent candidacy of J. Edward Addicks for the seat of Sen- ator Higgins, who is stubbornly contesting for re-election. Higgins is a poor man, in comparison with many of his eastern col- leagues, and vastly more so by contrast with Addicks, whose chief fame rests upon the great wealth that he has accumulated | by means of his successful manipulation of the stock of gas companies in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. His foothold in Delaware is of the frailest imaginable de- scription. The story of how he came to be a citizen of the little state, for his present political purposes, is interesting. It appears that when the pantie of 1873 Swept the country Addicks was in a very feir way to become wealthy through the prospective appreciation of the values of large holdings of Philadelpkia real estate. He was on the royal road to rapid fortune and was only prevented by the terrible financial storm that broke in the year men- tioned. Literally everything he had was destroyed. From his position of ease and affluence he suddenly found himself top- pled to probable penury. The fall that de- stroyed his fortunes likewise shecked and shattered his health, until he was threat- ened with softening of the brain. In this lamentable condition he fled from the scene of his ruin and hired a little house down in Delaware, a quiet, retired spot, where he could rest and rally from the blow. His choice of the place was quite accidental, but it now figures largely in the political history of the state, for he has since built there a house, which he selklom occupies, and, it is said, holds onty a tain a political residence in the After recovering his health Addicks to work to repair his fortunes, and efforts were wonderfully successful. He conceived the idea of consolidating the various gas companies of the large cities of the country, and chose Boston as the scene of his first experiment. He managed the scheme so well that he soon extended his operations to other cities, and today he fs one of the weathiest men in the east. He tried the consolidation plan in Chicago, but failed through the counter operations of Millionaire Yerkes. One of Addicks’ peculiarities is that he is ever restless, and cannot endure to abide long in apy one locality. It is a wonder to these whe know’ him that he manages to y in Dover during the prolonged sena- ul struggle. He detests the worry of traveling with baggage, and has reduced the transportation of his person from city to city to an absolute science. The three cities of Boston, New York end Philadel- hia are his favorite resting places, and e travels back and forth between them incessantly, always running by train at night. He ‘has rcoms hired in each of the cities, alweys ready for occupancy, and furnished with complete outfits of clothes of all kinds. He is thus enabledsto travel without giving a thought to the bother of baggage, and, in the old-fashioned phrase, “flies light. ‘This curious man now aspires to be a Senator. Should he succeed he will be the only gain to the party of the millionaires in the Senate, for the other changes that are impending oddly balance each other. For instance, Senator Camden, who is one of the wealthiest men in Congress, will be succeeded by Stephen Elkins, who Is also enormously rich. Both have large holdings in coal lands and railroad stocks, but Mr. Elkins’ wealth is probably more widely dis- tributed than that of Mr. Camden, as he is ve-y largely interested in New York en- terprises. set his oe we we The same thing !s truo of the New Jer- sey seat that Mr. McPherson will vacate im March. He is one of the wealthy men of the Senate, and his establishment here, on Vermont avenue, is very handsome. He made his money in meats, having been ex- tensively engaged in business as a butcher in former years. Like Mr. Addicks, he has made money in gas, being president of a gaslight company in the sixties. Mr. Mc- Pherson will be succeeded’ by Gen. Sewell, who is rich. He has been connected with the Pennsylvinia Ratlrcad Company for years, drawing large fees as its general counsel. In addition, he holds the posi- tion of president or vice president of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company. His wealth will about compensate after March 4 next for the loss of that of Mr. Mc- Pherson in the general cash balance of the Benate. New Jersey has for two years past had @ very wealthy senatorial delegation. Mr. Smith, the junior Senator from the sandy state, ig one of the Millionaires now in tre service. He von- fesses to his afflu- ence in the autobiog- raphy furnished by him to the Congres- sional Dire tor, which he says: is a manufacturer of patent and enameled leather in Newark, and conducts the largest business of the kind in the coun- try." Mr. Smith's wealth has not been publicly — estimated, but it is known to be more than a million. He is one of the quietest and least osten- tatious men in the Senate, his great avoir- dupois making him a sufficient mark for attention without contributing to the effect by flashy clothes. New York has a well averaged pair of Senators. Hill is quite poor in comparison with bis colleague, Murphy, wh has made @ vast fortune from brewing a popular beer, that has given him both fame and money in the empire state. Mr. Hill is, however, a good lawyer, and he has a large practice in Albany. He makes a good liv- ing from his law work, but that income, added to his salary as Senator, does not make him nearly so vulnerable a target for the “inquisitorial tax’ as his colleague will prove to be. Senator McMillan is one of the wealthiest men on the republican side of the cham- ber. No one knows just how much he is worth, and it would probably take a good deal of figuring on the part of this good friend of the District to find out himself. Mr. MeMillan began life humbly, and the great fortune that is now his has all been gathered by the most diligent effort. He is one of the best types to be found today of the successfully self- made man. The great advantage of Senator MeMillan’s financjal system is that he does not pin his faith to any one enterprise, but invests in many concerns, so that nothing short of a fiscal cataclysm would be apt to overthrow him. He is today interested in fifty or sixty different corporations, most of them lo- cated in Michigan, and yet Mr. McMillan has not a dollar invested in lumber land, which {is Michigan’s greatest source of wealth, and which is popularly supposed to be his chief source of revenue. Most of Mr. McMillan’s money has been made in the manufacture of railway cars and steam vessels for the lake trade. While his actual capitalized wealth is much less thar that of several other men in his state, he has probably the largest steady income, for his judicious investments are so well placed as to yield him large annual sums. He is one of the most charitable men in public life, and gives away great amounts each year. Curiously enough, though his bank balances are very large, he is not infrequently obliged to borrow cash in order to meet his charitable obli- gations, which he regards most strictly. de lives well and owns one of the finest homes in this city—on Vermont avenue just south of Thomas Circle. ©. ¢ #3 Ohio has two wealthy Senators. Mr. Sherman has acquired much of his means latterly in Washington, through shrewd operations in real estate, that have not failed to produce increases of capital. His home on K street, recently finished, is a bed aoe ee cS is an evidence of the prosperity that has ¢ cnet come steadily to its But Mr. Sherman’s wealth Is not to be compared with that of his colleague, Sen- ator Calvin S. Brice, who lives in New York and Washington. His home in Ohio he seldom visits, as most of his interests are in the east. Mr. Brice leased the home of the late W. W. Corcoran, at the corner of H street and Connecticut avenue, and has made there one of the most elegant establishments in the District. The hand- somest entertain- ments given in_ the local social world are held here. Mr. Brice is most liberal with his means and proba- bly spends more money than any other man now in_ public lif. He is by far the richest man in the Senate, and, of jcourse, the wealth- dest democrat. He dresses in the latest fashions and devotes ecnsiderable ‘attention to his garments. His crisp, curly hair, dark red in color, is his especial pride, and Dame Gcssip whis- pers that a valet is engaged for the par- ticular care of this portion of the Senator's personal endowment. However that may be, Mr. Brige’s hair is always beautifully curled and ‘arranged. The Senator has a peculiar habit that is characteristic of his nervous temperament. He is obliged to wear eyeglasses in order to read easily, and these hang from his coat lapel by a leng cord. As soon as the Senator settles himself in his seat he unhouks the glasses ard, with a slight circular motion, swings them round znd round until they wind up on his forefinger. Then he reverses the motion, and so unwinds the glasses. This process he repeats over and over, to the danger of the noses of those who may be talking to him. . ee = Pennsylvania also has two senatorial representatives who have great wealth, Quay* and Cameron. Mr. Quay has a quired his money through shrewd specula- tions, ard is ranked quite high among the men of affluence in the Senate, though he may not have a million at present. He is unostentatious and is devoted rather to politics than to finance. His colleague, Don Cameron, is probably the only man in the Senate who inherited his wealth. He was first clerk, then cashier, and finally president of the Middletown National Bank, and the latter position he still holds. He was president of the Northern Central read from 1863 to 1874, when it was bought by the “Pennsy.” The bulk of his wealth came to him from bis father, the late Simon Cameron. This singular exception to the rule points the fact that the Amer- ican Senate is far different from the En- gtsh house of lords, which is filled with hereditary mullfonaire 5 . Over on the republican side sits a man who has become wealthy solely through his great capacity for business. This is Senator Proctor of Vermont, one of the Senators in very easy circumstances. He was appointed, some , years ago, receiver j of a marbie company up in Vermont that had become very much involved finan- cially. Mr. Proctor began at once to re- build the enterprise, and with immediate success. So well did he conduct the af- fairs of the company that he was con- tinued as its receiver for some time, and finally, when all danger was over and the balance sheet was showing gratifying amounts to the credit of the stockholders, they chose Mr. Proctor as their president, which position he still holds. Under his clever management the quarries have been turned into veritable gold mines, and the bank accounts of both the shareholders and Senator Proctor have increased until the latter is now one of the richest men in the New England delegation in Con- gress. Senator Hale has wealth, though most of his financtal fame is reflected from the fortune of his wife, the daughter of the late Zach Chandler of Michigan. Mrs. Chandler’s home at the corner of 16th and K streets is also the home of Senator Hale. The latest New England man to join the ranks of the men of affluence is Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, who has, during the past year or two, reached the million mark. He has made a great deal of meney in street railroads in Providence, and is now the president of the consoli- dated lines of that city, His acquisition of great means has not yet made any appre- ciable difference in his mode of life. The preserft prospect is that one of the millionaires now sitting in the Senate may be retired after the 4th of March. This is Senator Washburn of Minnesota, whose é¢andidacy for re-election is being hotly contested by Gov. Nelson. Political guess- ers here say that Washburn will probably be defeated, though there is no certainty abeut politics, anyhow. Mr. Washburn is classed as one of the richest men on the republican side. He has made great sums in the manufacture of flour, and, accord- ing to the Congressional Directory, has in- terests in the Minneapolis Water Power Company, the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company and the Sault Railway Company. A neighbor of Mr. Washburn, geographi- cally, is Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin. He has, up to a recent time, been classed as a man of millions, but the panic of 1893 has, it is understood, reduced his invest- ments. ee © ew The two Nevada Senators, Jones and Stewart, have also had frequent reverses, and their financial records would some- what resemble the fluctuations of an auto- matic barometer. At present, both are wealthy, and are to be classed among the millionaires. It is thought that Senator Jones, who has transferred many of his interests to New York, has now passed the danger point, and wili probably retain his weaith throughout the remainder of his life. Senator Wolcott of Colorado ts reported to be wealthy, and is known to be owner of considerable mining land ir the west. He lives well, per- haps as well as any other man in_ public life, and fs quite par- ticular about his sur- roundings. He 1s probably the test- dressed man in the Senate, that is to say, he pays more at- tention to his garb than most of his col- Teagues. He is not as quiet in his taste in clothes as Senator Brice, being rather what ts called “sporty” in most of his costumes. He is quite fcnd of swcet- meats, and usually keeps a box of candies in his desk, which he passes around to bis neighbors. oe © @ Few southern men have fortunes. Al- most without exception the Senators from south of the Mason and Dixon’s line are poor in comparison with their northern colleagues. Virginia’s Senators are both lawyers and have some income from other than government sources. Senator Hunton has a lucrative law practice, and Mr. Dan- fel, besides his fees as a lawyer, has a revenue from a volume on a legal subject that is guite an aid. Gen. Gordon of Georgia has some income from his lecture, “The Last Days of the Confederacy.” His colleague, Senator Patrick Walsh, has not accumulated much of the world’s goods in his years of newspaper work, though he is in comfortable circumstances. Mr. Caffery of Louisiana is probably one of the wealth- a south. He is {nterest- ed in large sugar industries in his state, and has a good law practice besides. Sena- tor George of Mississippi is comparatively @ poor man, yet he gives more generously than any of the southern men to charity, particularly to churches. He is constantly sending money home for some such pur- fest men in the far pose. He lives frugally and saves considerable from his salary. Senator Harris has ac- cumulated quite a little fortune, which is mostly invested in his home on Capitol Hill, in this city, and a ranche in Texas. The latter, however, has never been very profitable to him, but rather a_ burden. Neither of the Kentucky men have ac- cumulated much means. Of the two, Judge Lindsay is probably the wealthier, having always had a comfortable law practice. . Senator Gorman is not generally known to be a millionaire, yet the fact is now well established that he has passed the five million mark. This is due to his won- derfully sagacious business sense and his gocd fortune in securing a profitable con- nection with th: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company during the days of its greatest prosperity. The money that he made in his earlier, career has been shrewdly invested in coal and tron lands and in railroad stocks, and he is now well established as a man of large means. . e 8 ee One of the men who will be returned to the Senate for a six years’ term is Mr. Perkins of California, who is one of the wealthiest men in the west. He made his troney in the beginning by fortunate ven- tures in whaling vessels, having been at one time a sailor before the mast. His rapid rise in life has not affected his nat- ural simplicity of manner and delightful geniality. It is related of him that on a trip down the Chesapeake last summer as a guest on a revenue cutter te aston- ished all hands and captured the hearts of the crew of the captain's gig by taking an oar on a trip from the vessel to the shore. His long, practiced .stroke set a pace that the jackies were barely able to equal, and Senator Perkins would be a popular candidate for the presidency among the men of the revenue marine service. The nearest calculation that can be made without intimate knowledge of these men’s financial affairs gives a total of just twelve men of millions in*the Senate to- day. These are Aldrich, Cameron, Jones, MeMillan, Perkins, Proctor and Sherman among the republicans, and Brice, Cam- den, Murphy, Smith and Gorman among the democrats. It might incidentally be noted that none of these is a populist. There are now eighty-six Senators sitting in the chamber, so that these millionaires form but a little over 14 per cent of the total membership. The men of means, not all millionaires, are twenty in number, or a fraction over 23 per cent of the entire body. These figures should, to almost any reader, be convincing proof of the fact that the Senate is not a miilionaire’s club, as it is popularly supposed to be. Se “TEA DRUNKARDS.” Over-Indulgence in the Stimulant Cause Many Human Ills. According to statistics recently furhished te the Medical News by Dr. James Wood of Brooklyn, of all the patients applying for treatment at the chief dispensary of that city no less than 10 per cent are tea drunkards. They are not aware of the fact. Not one asks to be cured of whgt we call theamanta. But the symptoms of their cases point unmistakably to over-indulg- ence in tea, and that presumption, on in- auiry, is confirmed ‘by their confessions. ‘They suffer from headache, vertigo, insom- nia, palpitation of the heart, mental con- fusicn, nightmare, nausea, hallucinations, morbid depression of spirits, and sometimes from suicidal impulses; surely a formidable list of symptoms. The patients are of both sexes and all ages, and confess drinking from a pint and a half to fifteen pints of tea each day. Another interesting fact is that nearly one- third of them cre of Irish birth, and it is safe to assume that of the nearly two- | thirds of American birth a large proportion are of Irish parentage. For in Ireland it- self tea poisoning has long been recognized as a widely prevalent evil, contributing largely to the number of inmates of insane asylums; and here, as most housekeepers know, the most inveterate and inordinate tea drinkers are the domestic servants of Irish origin. It is an interesting ‘question, werthy of investigation, whether this preva- lence of tea intoxication among that race is because they use tea more freely than other pecple, or because their nervous temperament is more susceptible to its ef- fects. It is claimed by various investigators of conditions among the poor that the tea habit is hardly less destructive than the alcohol habit, and that if it continues it will produce quite as disastrous results. In the tenement houses of our great cities, where tafloring, cloakmaking, and that of underwear and other forms of clothing goes on, the smell of coarse tea, simmering in a tin teapot, adds itself always to the stifling closeness and often absolute foul- ness of odors from the narrow rooms. A recent report on the condition of the workers in English slate quarries made by Miss Winifred Ellis makes the same com- plaint. Both the men and the women are inordinate consumers of tea, and the tea- pot appears at every meal, the usual result of “tea dyspepsia” and general anaemia following. Less food is desired where strong tea is used, ard the stimulus makes long continued labor more possible, the imper- fect nutrition of the first case and the ex- haustion of the last Working together to produce the disastrous effects, which only a better wage and its result in a better standard of living can alter. +e+—___. SMART BURGLARS. But They Were Overreached by Two Detectives. Fromethe New York Sun. Paris is laughing over the undoing of two extremely smart burglars. Two de- tectives were in the Rue St. Martin. Their atteation was attracted to a man pushing a large packing case on a cart along the street. The man was apparently talking to himself. They overheard the remark, “Don’t be afraid, old fellow. I will take the shortest cut.” Arriving at the Rue de Bondy, he deposited the packing case in the warehouse of a merchant named Roux. The detectives concealed themselves in the warehouse for the night. About midnight a man issued from the "packing case. He was provided with a set of burglars’ tools, and set to work to demolish the lock of the safe. The operaticn took a long time, but at last the door flew open and the robber filled his pockets with gold and silver. He withdrew once more into the case, which closed upen him. The detectives were in no hurry to hand- cuff the thief, but awaited the return of his confederate. In the morning he pre- sented himself to take away the case and was arrested before entering the ware- house. The detectives placed the case on a hand cart and dragged it to the‘ oifice of the police commissary. On the way_they acted the part uf the accomplice. When the man in the box inquired: “Is that you a detective replied: “Yes, old boy; don't be uneasy, I will take the shortest cut.” Tke ingenious rebber was greatly surprised when he arrived at his destina- tion to find himself in the presenge of a police ccmmissary. ———_+e+___. Frem Life. The Tall Ore—“My doctor assures me that it is conducive to fat.” The Other—‘Mine says I shall soon get thin!” When the hair has fallen out, leaving the head bald, if the scalp 1s not’ shiny, there 1s a chance of regaining the hair by using Hall's Hair Re- newer. ANCIENT MILLAGES Interesting Ruins‘ Visited by Prof. McGee on the Mexican Border. SOME IMPLEMEN'S. AND PONTERY ? A Theory as to the Occupants of These Old Houses. RELICS OF THE PAST a Written for The Evening Star. ROF. McGEE OF the bureau of eth- nology has made a discovery which, it is believed in scientitic circles, will event- ually result in the Most extensive ex- cavation undertaken by American arch- aeologists within many years, It was made during his trip to southern Arizona, from which territory, it will be remembered, he recently returned to Washington laden with interesting in- formation concerning Papago Indians. While traveling through an unfrequented region lying across the boundary line be- tween Arizona and Mexico and south of the land of the Papagoes, Prof. McGee stys he came upon a valley scattered with hundreds of strange mounds, which, upon examination, he found to represent the re- mains of several ancient ruined cities, be- lieved by him to have been built by some umknown natives of that region before the landing of Columbus. The valley in question is a triangular desert, extending from the Gila river on the north to the city of Guaymas, Mexico, on the south, and sloping down from the Sierra Madre range on the east to the Colorado river and the Gulf of California. Since the trip to the southwest was pure- ly ethnological, and since he had neither time nor means to unearth many of these dwellings, Prof. McGee, when interviewed by the writer, said that he was only able to investigate the structures of one of these villages, and those only hastily. This settlement, which, he says, like all of the others, showed no indications of previous investigation, is situated beside the river Aribaca, in Arizona. A plot of the ancient village, which was made from a hurried survey, shows a collection of 118 huts, built on a slight elevation running up from the river bank. ‘ihey are all rather rounded, but without either 5; metry or uniformity of architecture. walls, he says, are of a mixture of small stones and clay, which has hardened in a concrete mass, almost as strong as mod- ern masonry. These structures all differ in size, the smallest meastlring about one foot high by twelve in diareter, and the larg- est five feet high by aBout seventy-five in diameter. They are all scattered careiessly over the ground, without the remains either of streets ot paths leading in any direction. Cutting didgonally across the settlement there runs “a straight trough- ke indention, from 610 to 800 feet in length and about fifteen feet broad, cut into the ground to the depth of a foot. At either end of this is placed a large stone. At first glance” Prof. McGee says hé took this to be a stteet, but on further examination he found no dwellings facing it, except a few which were noticeably the smallest of them 4ll, On this account he takes the structure to be a gaming ground of some kind, elther @ race track or a bowling alley and the stones to be goals or stops. as Implements and Pottery. The most conspicuous feature of the whole ruin, he says, is a broad, elevated depression, originally either oval or crude- ly rectangular, now about fifteen inches deep, fifty feet wide and a hundred feet Jong, and surrounded by a wall, construct- ed similarly to the houses, about two feet in height. This, he says, was formerly either a reservoir or a temple of worship, although indications point more strongly toward tho latter, no sediment having, been found at the bottom. In another section of thi he found a similar inclesur lires of a very poorly const In one corner is a small basin, probably a reservoir. This may have been either an inclosure for animals or an extensive liv- ing epartment for men. Eunning up from the river, and leading to the same town, he also came across a long ditch, about fifteen feet in width. This in all probability was used for leading water Inland. Distributed about the dwellings, he says, he found numerous stone impicments and pottery, but no human remains, although he has no dcubt that hvndreds of skele- tons could have been uneartred had he had time to make diligent search. The stone implements differ but slightly from these of cur other Indian aborigines, but the pottery is of a class characteristic only of the southwest. All of the specimens found were broken into bits, but their parts showed that these early people man- ufactured two kinds of earthenware—one rude and porous, such as the more north- ern Indians used for refrigeration, and the other carefully shaped and highly deco- rated. $ Leaving this village and going further south into Arizona, Prof. McGee says he observed the other mounds, similarly col- lected into villages, and which, if unearth- ed, would doubtless prove even more in- teresting and extensive than those de- scribed. In all of these could be found similar implements and pottery, while the huts themselves varied but little In distri- bution and size, except further down, across the Mexican line, where one settlement had a dominating mound, suggesting a form of government different from that indicated by the small huts in the north. Primitive Irrigntion Methods. On the slope of a mountain in the same valley, in Mexico, he found a peculiar stone wall, built like a fortification and bearing the same indications of age. This, he said, undoubtedlv indicates that the ancient race at one time was at war, and this strife doubtless resulted in its extermina- tion. From all of these scattered ruins Prof. McGee draws many interesting deductions. First, he says they are indicative of a highly domestic and industrious people, al- though later there appears the period of warfare suggested by the wall in the mountains. The geological features of the ccuntry show that:a great transformation has occurred since, nature first threw up the scattered mountains and drew in the scant and shallow rivers. All of the streams found there at the present day run in cross directions to the divides in the mountain ranges, which paths were worn by water at some distant day in the past. The land has tiltedover until it now slopes down toward the gulf, and river on the west, and the streams now follow its direc- tion, although they, are too small to reach the sea. This change, of course, took place many years ago jn .a geologic period, probably prior to the adyent of man. How- ever, the country was Ipft almost a barren desert and its peaple,; coming afterward, settled in spots where they could best util- ize what little water there was to be found. They became a domesti¢., people, and, unlike the roving tribes to,,the north, built perma- nent abodes, and improved the soil by irri- gation. Bast Their irrigation systems, he says, show a higher knowledge of engineering than those now used by the Spaniards in the adjacent territories. The towns were built upon the banks of the rivers, generally below falls or gradual slopes. At high elevations they led the water inland ‘by means of trenches found to give an inclination of about twelve ir.ches to the mile. In this way the water could be brought far inland, and thus they buiit their cities up from the river banks. But the modern Spaniard digs’ his ditches with a fall almost twice as great, and con- sequently can only irrigate half as high above the shore. Importance of the Discovery. As for the pcricd of warfare, Prof. Mc- Gee believes the intruding party to have been the Apache. The domestic race, having been conquered, were forced to mingle with their eggressors, and their cities were final- ly deserted because of the lack of industry manifested by the new rulers. It may be that the two tribes intermarried and that the modern Papagoes are their descend- strange town with the out- ucted square. ants. He characterizes the Papagoes as “the only American Indians. who are any goo@ without being killed,” and believes heir superior traits to have been inherited y these ancient people. The extent of these cities, of course, indicates a tremen- dous population for this section, larger than could possibly be maintained there at the present day. He says it was a great source of regret that he was unable to go into the matter more extensively, for he be- lieves that many more settlements of the kind are to be found even further south, and also over in Lower California and Guardian Angel Island, neither of which places has ever been investigated by archaeologists. Mr. Frank H. Cushing, who spent several years among the Indians of Arizona, fur- ther to the north, and who, it will be re- Mmembered, unearthed several cities and ancient temples once belonging to a neigh- boring tribe, expressed to the writer his be- lief that the discovery made by the south- western expedition is the most important find yet accomplished by American archae- ologists. The ruins in the desert described he believes are far older than any found by him further to the-north. The discovery all the more adds to the theory that the red man entered the western continent from the north. The intellectual scale of the American ‘aborigine, he says, is lowest at the north, and finds its highest point in the Peruvian. The native of the south was of a newer and more experienced generation, and the presence of high civilization in a desert country was the result of the per- manent, domestic lives required there. These ruins are even more interesting, he says, because they help to confirm a story of adventure, which, like the story cf Troy, was long regarded 4s a romance. This story was written by one Verques de Coronada, a Franciscan friar who came to jouth America with the Spaniards about ) years ago, and whose travels were ful- ly described in chronicles still preserved in his native land. In the spring of 1540, ac- compenied by 300 Spanish knights and over a thousand subjects, this priest claims to have marched north, through what is now supposed to have been Central America, and to have reached a land filled with buf- faloes (probably Missouri or Nebraska). He kept a detailed reccrd of every interesting incident of his journey, and in this he has described many ruined cities scattered over various sections, seven of which he called “Cirbola.” Mr. Cushing believes that Coronado must have traversed the same deserted villages visited by Prof. McGee, and says that, when excavated, these ruins will doubtless be found fully described in his ancient chronicles. —_—-_—_ At Gettysburg. I stood today upor the ridge Where once the blue brigades were massed, And gazed across the plain below O’er which the charging column pcesed— That long, low line of gray, flame-tipt, Which still its onward movement kept Until it reached the sandy slope By twice a bundred cannon swept. And saunteri1g downward, somewhat sad, ‘Aimong the stones no longer stained, T halted at a little mound ‘That only the front rani: had gained— Unmarked by flower or exp To show that some regret Remembered him who slept beneath, But half-way hidden by the grass, ¥ found a broken barrel stave— ‘The head-board which some foeman Had kindly placed above his grave; ~ And on one side I traced these words, In letters I could scarce divine: “A rebel, name uaknown, who fell First in the foremost line. No nwre—aad yet what memories Were wakened by that scanty phrase! Again I heard the rallying shout, Again I saw the ranks ablaze; Once more the alr with smoke was thick, The earth Velow with blood was wet, Where, like two serpents, lithe and fierce, ‘The wrestling squadrous inet. ‘The ficld was bare; no grinning skulls Gleamed ghastly In the clear noontide, pr on a hill not far away, The dead were gathered she by side. yet none had touched the little mound; ap by chane or by design, left him where death struck him down, First in the foremost line.’’ And they did well—there let him rest; A fitter spot there could not be. No monument upon the earth, No sepulcher within the sea, teh the tomb that Nature gives— shroud she spreads o'er his remains, ‘The green turf kissed by summer suns And washed by surmer rains. Some comrade, battle-scarred and grim, Vhen years on years have passed away, elling hig children grouped around story of that awful day, not forget to speuk of one Fhose nameless grave 1s glory’s shrine, gallant heart that beat its last irst in the foremost line."” Thi Perchance for him a mother’s soul Sought God upon that bitter night, When first the dirgeful breezes bore Disastrous tidings from the fight; in the autumn twilight gray d cyes, in tearful strain, Gazed Northward very wistfully For one that did not come again. ance for him some fresh young life voarily from week to week, ing against the geawing grief he roses in her check death, with gentle touch, wil in her face, for the roses’ gone, Planted his Mies in their place. God's peace be with thee in thy rest, Lone dweller in a stranger's land And may the inold above thy hi Lie lighter than a sister's hand. On other brows let Fame bestow Her fadeless wreath of laurel-twine; Enough for thee thy epitaph: “Dead in the foremost lin st ——— ee He Invited Ht From Judy. Blinkley was a very mean man. ‘He wasn’t rich, still he wasn’t poor. He enjoyed a good dinner; in fact, he'd enjoyed many—at other people’s expense. Never by any, chance did he invite a friend either to lunch or to dine with him. He had few friends, One called on him one evening to trans- act some business, which, when ended, Blinkley, instead of asking him to stop to dinner, the delicious fumes of which were oozing through the keyhole, asked him to “Have a brandy and soda?” “Thanks; I'd rather have whisky.” “There it is.” “Thanks.” “And the soda or seltzer. have it?” “With my dinner.” And he did. How’'ll you 7] Complimented. From the Detroit Fsee Press, She had married a young naval officer, and was so pleased over it that she had gone with him into a little house on a side street and was running it herself. “Have you any beans?” she inquired of the grocer’s clerk during the first week of her incumbency. “Do you wish navy beans?” he asked po- litely. “Oh, certainly,” she twittered. “How clever of you to guess we weren’t army people!” ‘And the clerk almost choked on the ball of twine he stuck in his mouth to control his emotions. — Very Likely. From the Amusing Journal. When Whistler and Wilde were intimate the artist named a kitten which had been presented to him “Oscar,” as a tribute of affection to the poet. In due time Mrs. Whistler appeared at the studio door one morning and announced: “Dear, what do you think has happened? Oscar has kit- tens!” ¢ “Impossible!” exclaimed the artist; “Os- car is not that kind of a cat.” When, however, he was led to the spot where Oscar was purring over five dimin- utives, he said, “Well, if Oscar has had kittens he must have plagiarized them.” paar een aes Little Joke. A Small Boy’ From the New York Sun. “Pop,” sald little Caleb Penquin, “why are soldiers like rocks?” “Because they stand fast,” said Mr. Pen- quin. “Nope,’”’ said Caleb. “Because they never fly,” said Mr. Pen- quin, “Nope,” said Caleb. “Why is it, then, Caleb?” said Mr. quin. “'Cause they're both drilled,” said little Caleb. Pen- ————__+e+___ Hendicapped for a Reason. From the Detroit Tribune. “Must I,” he whispered, “ask your ma- ma first?” She shock her head. “No,” she-answered, “you did right to ask me first. I am entitled-to that handi- cap on account of ma being’a widow.” FACES AND NATURES Beauty and Lovely Dispositions Are Not Always United. SOME STREET CAR OBSERVATIONS What the World Would Be if the Truth Was Always Told. DEFINITIONS OF LOVE Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. O THOSE THAT are fond of studying human nature the New York elevated trains afford a wide field. I recently rode from Harlem to the Battery in the de- lightful company of - a woman whose writ- ings are a joy to Magazine _ readers, and she told me that she found much of her character ma- terial in the street cars and the elevated trains. Character study has become a sci- ence with her, and now she readily detects —or fancies that she detects—disagreeable traits beneath pretty faces, or lovely na- tures clothed in plain features and shabby gowns. “It interests me,” she said. “Yet I am scmetimes sorry that I have cultivated my discernment, because it takes from me much illusion and, consequently, much pleasure. Now, I suppose you would call the girl opposite us, near the other end of the car, a ‘pretty girl.’” “Oh, decidedly,” I answered, briskly. “She has bright black eyes, a good com- plexion and a perfectly oval face. Besides, she is quietly dressed, and that helps to make her seem pretty. Her hat is not tilted excessively on the side of her head; she does not wear pale, lavender or white kid gloves with striking black stitching on the backs and striking soiled spots on the knuckles, and she has refrained from dis- playizg a bunch of artificial violets on the lapel of her coat. These little straws are wafted by a wind that does not blow over the average street car passenger girl.” “I wish I could see no further than that, said my friend, in a tone hardly compli- mentary to my mental optics. “But to me the bright black eyes set rather close to- gether and the lips inclined to curve in- ward indicate a disposition of petty vin- dictiveness, a nature sensitively alive to offense. I think, too, that she is not a very warm-hearted girl, that she would not foliow a generous impulse, and, therefore, she does not seem pretty to me. I would rather give my love and trust to the freckled, red-haired girl just entering—in spite of the scentless cluster of muslin violets reposing on the revers of her seal- skin jacket.” It Was the Freckled Girl. Iam always willing to bow to experienced practical judgment, but I like better to have absolute proofs of a theory. How- ever, these came to my friend's support as soon even as she could have desired. As the train drew near the shopping and busi- ness districts, it rapidly filled to “stand- ing room only.” At one of the stations a little emigrant woman came in with her arms full of baby. It is not at all comfort- able for an unburdened person to stand in the crowded aisle of a car, but it is quite difficult to hold a limp child and cling to a ceiling strap at the same time. Yet no man sprang to the relief of the little wo- man. The freckled girf cast a bright look up and down the car, as if to say, “I am ready and glad to give up my seat, but perhaps some man claims the privilege.” But no chivalrous knight came to the res- so she gently pulled the thin old faded motioned the shabby mother into her seat, seized the swaying strap and stood during the rest of her journey. She | had, thereafter, no conscious air of a good deed done, only a happy, merry look, as if thoroughly enjoying her rather unusual mode of travel. My pretty girl had merged her “bright black eyes and good complexion” into a contemptuous surprise, which corrobcrated | my clever friend, who said: “You see, my dear, that tastes in dress and tastes in deeds do not always harmon- ize. But when I made a trip recently on the 3d avenue line I had the satisfaction of seeing a beautiful girl, a beautiful cos- tume and a beautiful soul shine out in ccmbination. It was the crowded after- noon hour, when tired laborers, harassed business men and women loaded with shop- ping bundles were going hcme—everyrbody engrossed with his own fatigue or haste. There was one bright passenger, however, a blue-eyed, yellow-haired little girl about two years old. She laughed into the faces nearest her, looking up to them with a happy confidence rare even in angelic ba- bies. The mother’s face had a look of in- tense anxiety, which was accounted for when city hall was reached and she had to make the chinge to the bridge car; for, burdened with the satchels and incum- brances of a long journey, in such a crowd her difficulties were distressing. But, tuck- ing her child under one arm, like a parcel of merchandise, and hugging packages in the other, she gained the platform unaided. no man offering assistance. Among the passengers were two fashionable girls, dressed very quietly, but with the expen- sive simplicity that is the unmistakable stamp of wealth and cultivation of long standing. One of them stepped up to the overlcaded, dowdily dressed mother, and, saying ‘Let me carry the baby for you,’ tcok the child—which was no light one—in her arms and carried it down the long platform into the bridge car. When mother and child had been comfortably settled by the lovely benefactress, who had secured a seat for them, but none for herself, her friend said to her as they stood on the platform: ‘How could sou carry that be- grimed youngster in your arms?” “Well,” she answered reflectively, “I could not see a poor littie woman in such a sorry plight and not help her, and I would rather carry the baby than the bags.” Then she added, with a self-depre- cating lightness which gave just the right glow to her heroism: “Still, if that little girl had not had just such a remarkable rese I believe I should have grabbed the hags instead. But for the first time in my life I was face to face with a baby that had a straight, clear-cut, sensitive, exquisite nose, and I intended to make the most of my opportunity.” Masquerade in the Garb of Truth. “Truthfulness is a very commendable trait, but I am afraid that ‘white les’ must be reckoned among my weaknesses—yes, among my pleasures,” said Miss Hazel Eyes, disconsolately. “Of course, I would prefer to tell the truth; it is simpler. Be- sides, I am almost sure that I would not utter a falsehood to screen myself or in- dulge in a prevarication from a lack of courage to say what I know to be right, even though it seems very unpalatable at the moment. But those girls that plume themselves on ‘speaking their mind,’ that are unbendingly severe in their eandor, that blurt their strict veracity indiscrim- inately, no matter how unkind or how undesirable it may be, have driven me into regarding fibs of courtesy as rather irable little conveniences.” ‘You are not untruthful,” replied Aunt Lois, consolingly. “Let us say, rather, that you have the art of stating the truth in such a gentle, agreeable way that it is somewhat disguised, certainly, “but it frees you from the sin of wantonly hurting sensibilities. That is to say, while having the instinct to be true you have also an instinct which I should be glad to see victorious over truth sometimes—the in- stinct to be kind. The world would be a very disagreeable place if ‘the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth’ was too literally interpreted and _ followed. There would be no disguises for sufferings or for defects; no hopeful words for the dying invalid; no sacrificés of silence to shield the dead; fewer graceful expres- sions of hospitable delight when we arrive as guests, no regrets when we depart, and —picture it—no complimentary remarks for the new baby. “If you will look about the circle of your acquaintances you will find that those who 4ngist upon thrusting truth to the front in its uccompromising baldness are those who DR. SHADE'S DISCOVERY FOR CONSUMPTION CURES ANOTHER PHYSICIAN. HIS GREATFUL TESTIMONY. Eighteen Cases Interviewed and Reported Cured Up to Date. From Washington Times. The interest shown in the Times’ investigation of Dr. Shade’s method of treatment for consumption 4s evidenced by the numerous callers at the Times of- fice in quest of more infurmation bearing on the sub- Ject. To all of these we can only say—bear patiently with us. The Times has unde-taken this arduous task, and, although the work is necessarily slow, it Will be followed to the end, and if by so doing it will benefit only a few of those who are suffering from this dread disease, the Times will have found its enterprise very profitable. Up to this time eighteen cases have been quoted wherein the cures effected have been maryelous in the extreme, Dr. Shade having virtually dragged his patients from the grave and given them a firm foothold on top of mother earth today. However, a case is cited which, if possible, is even more startling than the preceding ones. The subject of this sketch is Dr. Patterson, 52 B street northeast, a professional man, a physician of sixteen years’ standing, a man who thoroughly understood his own illness and who, as he himself remarked when called upon by the ‘Times man, “I am acquainted with the profession. I used my own judgment and made my own selec- tion. I realized the importance of a prompt arrest of the disease, and called upon Dr. Shade at bis office, 1232 14th street northwest, for the relief which I felt confident I should recelve.”” Continu- ing, he said: “I was at my sister's Lome, cn 14th street above Q street, where I was temporarily residing. I had only a short time previoas re- turned from the Pacifie coast, where I had been practicing medicine for more than sixteen years. I was in a pretty bad shape. Being a physician, I could not disgnise this fact from myself. Ordi- narily I should not have called upon another doctor for aid, but I had become so run down that I was absolutely without ambition, and, even though I had had any, I was without the strength necessary, to carry out the plans of my adoption. I had an abscess in my “Hight lung, which on microscopical investigation was found to be tuberculosis. I bed been ill for years before I Gnally broke down. I was a very sick man. I was constantly discharz- ing sputa containing bacilli, forming matter known to the profession as laudable pus. I had heard of Dr. Shade and his treatment some years before, but just at this timc, August 1, 1893, my attention was forcibly brought to him by the wonderful suc- cess in his treatment of W. F. Brown, who, with his wife, was living with my sister at the time. I was not told of this—in cther words, I ¢id not hear of it, bat saw it, and, as you may imagine, it required no other evidence to make me decide upon my course of action. I called upon him. E was dceply interested in the theory he advanced, and, to cut it short, placed myself under his treatment. I remained in bis charge about threo, months, or until I felt in my mind that I was safe, when I, still following Dr. Shade's advice, 2dmin- istered to myself the remedies he had given me. I say unhesitatingiy that I owe my life to him. E felt confident that I could not live long unless the disease was arrested at once, and Dr. Shade did it, that’s all. I am as well today as I ever was, and do not euffer in tle least degree from the experi- ence I had with consumption. J. W. B. it scowl and mutter if they are out of temper; moan and groan if they are ill; never shel- ter themselves or us froin the result of a foolish error; refuse to laugh at our feeble though well-meant little efforts to be amus- ing; express no wish to hear us repeat our last new song or play our favorite noc- turne. We may always appreciate these highly principled people, trust them thor- oughly, and love them a little—perhaps; but we can never enjoy them. “But the girl that is not bound by hard and fast rules, and has tact enough to tell unpleasant truths in a soft-voiced, alleviat- ing way, or deviate from them if they can only wound—she is the girl that is self-for- getful, sympathetic and sunshiny, ready to be easily pleased, and whose companion- ship is always delightful. “Sir Walter Scott has never been regard- ed as a wicked person, yet he believed that there were extenuating circumstances even for the lie direct. When the Waverly novels were first published, anonymously, some one asked Sir Walter, with plain, ill- bred curiosity, if he had written them. ‘No,’ he answered; ‘but if I had, I should say so just the same, because you have no business to ask.” “I think that you, dear, possess the gen- uine inborn gift of tact, an indefinable quality, rare and valuable, which cannot be acquired.. Tact bears no relation to flat- tery—silky, slippery, trumpery, despicable flattery. On the contrary, it soars above with those irnocent, generous, self-sacri- ficing falsehoods which Dickens immortal- ized when he said: ‘There are some false- hoods on which men mount, as on bright wings, to heaven. There are some truths— cold, bitter, taunting truths—tvhich bind men to earth as with leaden chains.’ Definitions of Love. It has recently been asserted that clever girls have become so alarmingly plentiful they are quite a drug in the market. In New York a number of these superabun- dantly able young women have formed a Thirteen Club, and now walk under the club ladder, spill salt, wear green neckties and corsage decorations of peacock feath- ers with a defiance of fate quite superior to the superstitious tremors of their less talented sisters. The club debates, too, are unshackled by legendary dogmas. One of the stimulating “drugs” declares that “Love is an irresistible and aromatic cy- clone.” Another denies this rather remark able statement and says “It is a microbe.” Another gives the opinion that “Love is merely a common sense arrangement, in which a woman gives up her liberty in or- der to make a man happy. These scintillating girls leave us in no doubt as to their cleverness, but, are they, equally charming? : a Clergymen Mustn’t Spit on the Floor. From the Savannon Morning News. A peculiar speech at the opening of the conference was a caution by Bishop Dun- can to those delegates who chew tobacco not to expectorate on the floor or the hand- some new carpet, which has recently been put down. He told them that if they must chew tobacco to go outside, and they vould find a nice, new curbstone and plenty of fresh sand to expectorate upon, or they could bring their cuspidors, and in case of an emergency they could use their hats. "The Rev. J. P. Depars put in a yood werd for the preachers by saying that on Tues- day he was in a railway passenger coach with twenty of them, and not one in the party chewed tobacco. ———_ ++ Compromise. From the Detroit Tribune. Customer—“I want a dress of some neu- tral tint.” Modiste—“But you are a pronounced blonde.” Customer—“Yes, but my cook is a bru- nette.”” PUSH AND CET PUSHED. We are commencing our fifth year in the business of furnishing information and advice for specu- lative traders. 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