Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1895, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR —_+—_—_— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, the Evening Star Newenaper Compas ta , Seas a Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building, esr ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the eitr by carriers, on their own account. ut 10 cents es postage prevaid 60 cents per menth. Saturday quintupl» Sheet Star, $1.00 per sear; with foreign postaze added, $2.00. (Entered at the Host Office at Washington. D. C., as second-class mail mattec ) HAN mail abscriptioas must be paid in advarce. Rates of advertising made known ov application. Parts, The ay ening Siar. Paste one WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. ———$ Qrinters’ Inf, (fhe fitffe scBooks master of advertising, saps: JE is cfaimed for the Washington Sfar,* and proBabfp trutSfullp cfaimed, Bat no offer newspaper in f6e counfrp goes info so farze a percenfage of aff fhe Souses :(6in a cwonies sO festaly aaah from Be office of puffication. EPWORTH LEAGUE Sixth Anniversary to Be Celebrated at Wesley Chapel. AN ASSOCIATION OF ACTIVE WORKERS The Organization in This City and Its Prosperous Career. SOME LEAGUE LEADERS ‘The Washington District Epworth League will celebrate the sixth anniversary of the general organization at Wesley M. E. Church, 5th and F streets northwest, next Wednsday evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Wm. Burdette Matthews, president of the District League, will preside. Rev. J. O. Knott, pastor of Epworth M. E. Church South, will read the Scripture les- son. The opening prayer will be made by Rev. C. W. Baldwin, D. D., pastor of Wes- ley M. E, Church. There will be a vocal sclo by Mrs. Wm. M. Wishart and a sum- mary report by F, T. Israel, secretary, District League. Rey. L. B. Wilson, D. D., presiding elder, wil] introduce Rev. S. A. Steel, D. D., gen- eral secretary of the Epworth League of the M. E. Church South, who will deliver an address on “The Forward Movement of Methodism.” This meeting promises to eclipse all previous meetings in interest and attendance. It will be a rally of young Methodists in the District. The young people of the Methodist Episcopal Church South have been invited to attend, and a large number have signified their intention of being present. Previcus to the organization of the league five young p2ple’s societies were officially Tecognized by the Methodist Episcopal Church, some of the churches having one or more of these societies. There was, it was thought, a lack of harmony and uni- formity in the work. A call was issued for a conference of these and other organiza- tions of young people to meet to devise some plan by which the work of the young people in the church might be enhanced. On May 14, 1889, representatives of five of these societies assembled in the city of Cleveland, Ohio. After a two days’ con- ference the name and plan of the Epworth League were evolved. It was first and formally adopted as a part of the religious economy of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the general conference in May, 1892. In 184 the M. E. Church South and the Ceradian Methodist Church officially recognized and adopted the Epworth League with similar plans of work. Each chapter has a cabinet, composed of the pastor, president, four vice presidents, secretary and treasurer. Each officer has a committee of from three to five mem- bers to co-operate with him in the work, which is di- vided into the follow- ing departments: Tho department of spirit- ual work, first vice president, chairman, has charge of young people's weekly pray- er meeting, spiritual welfare of members, Christian work among the young, missionary Rev. S. A. Steel. work and open-air meetings. The department of mercy and help, sec- ond vice president, chairman, has charge of ests, temperance work, systematic visitation, t social purity tract aistribution, charities, ané employment bureaus. The department of literary work, the third vice president, chairman, has charge of Bible study, lectures and literary work, lyceums, libraries, educational work, church literature and Epworth League and Chautauqua reading courses. The department of social work, fourth vice president, chairman, has charge of the reception and introduction of members, sccials and social entertainments, music for all meetings, excursions and picnics, seeking new members, badges, etc. The secretary and committee has charge of all records, correspondence with cen- tral cffice, absent members and other chap- ters, historical and other statistics, record . of literary work and notices for local papers, etc. The treasurer looks after regular finances, expenses of departments, collection of dues, teaching systematic giv- Ing, ete. Each member fs assigned to one or more of the above fields of work. ‘The chapters in a presiding elder’s dis- trict compose the district league. District leagues compose conference leagues. Con- ference leagues are formed into general conference distric' fifteen in number, which, in the aggregate, form the general organization. Sixteen of the states have formed state leagues. With this multi- plicity of organization many annual con- ventions are held, rdther than one mam- moth convention, such as that of the Christian Endeavor Society. Washington is in the fourth general conference dis- trict, the annual convention of which meets next Thursday in Philadelphia. Full in- fcrmation concerning this great meeting recently appeared in The Star. An inter- national, inter-Methodist conference of the league is held biennially. It occurs June 27-30 of this year in the city of Chatta- nooga, and promises to eclipse anything of the kind yet held. The official paper of the league is the Epworth Herald. It now has 80,000 subscribers. As an instance of denominational enter- prise, when the missionary treasury of the church was almost depleted the league con- tributed as a special thanksgiving offering $50,000 to assist in tiding over the crisis. The local district league has been par- ticularly active and prosperous during the past year. Meetings of the board of con- trol have been held regularly on the first Wednesday evening of each month. At these meetings plans of work were ar- ranged and symposiums held on some live topic of the league work. Mass meetings were hell each month. These meetings were entirely new in conception and were at- tended with great interest and success. ‘The various chapters are well manned by earnest, conscientious officers. From time to time The Star has published cuts of the presidents of different chapters, together with some sketch of their careers. The following are from the list of those who have not heretofore received such notice. Willlam C. Eldridge, the president of Metropolitan Epworth League Chapter, No. 1372, is a native of central New York, and came to Wast ington in 188+. He Interested himself in the work of the young people of Met- Topelitan M.E.Chur and at one time president of the Wittmore Club. When the m9 augurd tive in the organiza- tlon of the chapter Metropolitan, of Dr WS Eldridge succeeded ident, and during of office Metropolitan Chapter held the first Epworth League oratorical contest in the District. He was one of the organizers of the Washington District Epworth League, and was elected one of the original officers of that organization. In October, 1834, he was again elected vresident of Metropolitan Chapter, and is also assistant superintendent of the Met- ropolitan Sunday school. James H. Allen, the president of H. R. Naylor Chapter, Epworth League, was born in the state of Maryland, May 7, 1873. He came to Washington in 1880, when he united with the Twelfth Street M. E, Sunday school,and was made assistant librarian in 1887. While active in Sun- day school work, it was hot unt!l the lat- ter part of 1892,when he joined the Ep- worth League, that he began to take an active part in church work. He united with the church in January, 1893, was elected treasuier of the league in April, 189%, which office he filled for one year, when he was elected first vice president, and served in this capacity until December, 1894, when he was elected president, w office he now holds. He will repr: Twelfth Street Chapter as one of delegates to the Philadelphia convention. Mrs. A. V. Allen, the president of Fletcher Chapter, | Epworth , League, has been a .member of the Meth- ‘odist Episcopal Church about six- teen years. When the league was organized at Fletcher, May 11, 1893, she was elected ti vice president, which office she filled for about two years, when she was elected president. The chapter has made progress during her term of office, eleven new members having been added to the roll since January. Mrs. Allen will represent Fletcher as one of the delegates at the Philadelphia convention. Woodward was born in Damar- , and spent his early years in He became a member of Meridian Street M. E: Church (the old Sailors’ Bethel) in 18S1. In 1883 he re- moved to this city and joined the Met- ropolitan M. E. Church. In_ 1891 he went to Richmond, Va., where he join- ed Broad Street M. E. Church South, and on returning to this city two years later nited with Epworth M. E. Church South, corner of 7th and A streets northeast. Mr. Woodward has always been identified with active Christian effort in Sunday school, missions, the Y. M. C. A. and temperance work. He is at present a steward of Ep- wortH Church and the president of the Epworth League. . E. Cook, the president of Trinity Chapter, Epworth League, No. 6924, be- came _ associated with Trinity M. E. is Church early in life, \\\ having been convert: \\\ ed in the Sunday \ school October 28, WX 1877, and admitted \ to ‘membership in the church in the following June. He hhas filled the posi- tion of secretary of the Sunday school since 18S, and a church trustee since 1889. He was secre- tary of the Young People’s Union, a soci- ety which rendered the church valuable service, financially and socially, and which was merged into an Spworth League in November, 1891. Mr. Cook has served in the capacity of third vice president and in the department of spiritual work, from which department he was elected to the office of president in 1894. Albert E. Shoema- ker, president of the Tenleytown chapter since its organiza- tion, about a year ago, has been active in the work of his ehurch for twelve years, especially so in its Sunday school \department,of which ne has been superin- tendent for a num- ‘ber of years. Mr. Shoemaker is also an active worker in the progressive temper- ance reform move- ment of today, being a member of the Good emplars and of the Anti-Saloon League of the District of Columbia. He received his education in this city, having taken a full course in the public schools, including the High School, and subsequent- ly entering Georgetown University, gradu- ating with the class of '88. Maving chosen the law as a profession, he took a three years’ course in the law department. D. C. Smithson, the president of the Ep- worth League of Gorsuch M. E. Church, was born in South Washington and attend- ed the Sunday school of Gorsuch when a very small boy. He was secretary of the school for a number of years, and has taken a very active part in training the children for concerts, and has been the leader of the singing in the Sunday school and church for a number of years, In 1882 he united with the church during the pastorate of Rev. E. D. Owen. He join- ed Epworth League of the church when it was organized, on May 7, 1801, and be- came its president last January. —~——_ Journalistic Enterprise. From the London Exchange. What is the most striking instance of journalistic enterprise on record? I fancy it would be hard to beat the following case, which I remember being told me in America: A reporter was dispatched from New York to the distant scene of an exe- cution. On arrival he found that the exe- ecution was fixed for noon—a fixture just an hour too late for him to get off his dis- patch in time. Nothing daunted, he went to the sheriff and implored that official to put the execution forward. The sheriff naturally refused, but was ultimately so far talked round as to promise to authorize the change “if the person chiefly concern- ed made no objection.” The reporter, in accordance with the usual custom in America, was admitted to the condemned cell, where he explained his errand to its occupant. Drinks were freely partaken of, and the reporter made himself so agree- able that the prisoner “was hanged if he minded being hanged an hour before his time to oblige so pleasant a fellow.” The sheriff was as good as his word, and.the reporter got off in good time a full, live and particular account of the execution. Nm 4 From the Indianapolis Journal. “Why don’t you fellows put fenders on your cars?” asked the inquisitive citizen. “You know they would be a good thing.” “We discussed that at a meeting of the board of directors not long ago,” said the magnate, “and we came to the conclusion that if we waited a while perhaps some liniment manufacturer might put them on free for the privilege of having his ad- vertisement on them.” : soe He Made a Mistake. From the New York Herald. “Madam, I am soliciting for home chari- ties. We have hundreds of poor, ragged, vicious children like those at your gate, and”’— “Sir! Those children are mine!” and the slamming of the door could&be heard in the next street. THE NATIONAL GUARD Soldiers Will Give Citizens:a Chance to Shoot. ORGANIZING A RIFLE ASSOCIATION Gen. Ordway Wants a Seventy- Five Fer Cent Camp Attendance. NO MEMORIAL DAY PARADE For many years yast the civilian resi- dents of the District of Columbia have been entirely without a place where those of them who enjoy rifle shooting could in- dulge in that popular and healthful amuse- ment, but if the plans which were outlined at a meeting held Thursday evening achieve expected realization the shortcom- ing will cease to exist. Quite a year ago the primary effort looking toward the or- ganization of a rifle association was made, but the scheme fell to the ground because there was ro rifle range available. From the time when the backstop and targets at the Washington barracks were destroyed by a storm in the latter part of 1893, the District National Guard has been without the facilities for outdoor rifle practice, and so long as that condition continued there was no chance for a rifle association. Now, however, the District National Guard has possession of an admirable rifle range, the capacity of which will be at times greater than the actual needs of the guard de- mand, so the present was believed to be the time to ~evive the association idea and to put some of the best of the suggestions as to that organization on a practical busi- ness basis. In view of the fact that the National Guare controls all the property to be used by the association, it was found necessary to make some sort of a distinc- tion between the military and civilian members, and what appears to be a satis- factory arrangement has been agreed upon by the promoters and by those with whom they consulted. Members of the National Guard who desire to join the association wil! be admitted to all the privileges upon payment of an admission fee of 50 cents and $1 annual dues; civilian members—who are to be.encouraged by a much lower fee than is charged in any rifle association elsewhere—will be required to pay $2.50 for initiation and $5 annual dues. Up to this time there are no statistics upon which to base estimates of the probable numerical strength of this year’s membership, but there is every reason for believing that a large number of Washingtonians who are not at present connected with the Na- tional Guard will soon become members of the association and participate in the weekly shoots whith will take place on the range, or, during the winter, in the gal- lery. It is expected that the sum of money received from admission fees and dues will be in the aggregate sufficient to defray the expenses of operating the range, so that the only cost to each member, aside from the fee and dues, will be the money in- vested in ammunition and car fare. The next meeting of the association is to be held in the lecture room of the brigade armory on the evening of Wednesday, the 29th instant, when the elective officers of the association will be selected. Mean- while, those who were present at the meet- ing Thursday evening will busy themselves in recruiting. Must Toe the Mark. A very considerable percentage of the line officers of the guard are deeply inter- ested just row in figuring out the probable attendance of their respective commands at the brigade encampment. Gen. Ordway said some time ago that the company that bad less than 75 per cent of its member- ship in camp would be mustered out of the guard immediately after the zeturn of the brigade from Fort Washington. This to sume of the loosely-managed companies is a good deal of a surprise, and several offi- cers tcok occasion, in what to them seemed to be an off-hand sort of a way, to make inquiry around headquarters as to the gen- cral’s sincerity. Their investigations must have satisfied them that the general was in earnest, for they have of late been hustling around to see whether there was any pos- sible danger of their respective companies’ percentage falling below the announced mirimum. One or two of the deeply-con- cerned ones belong to companies that a little while ago would have regarded any one as insane who might nave intimated that the District National Guard could get aleng without them, but there now appears to be a general understanding to the effect that Gen, Ordway meant exactly what he said, and that failure to reach the very reasorable standard established by him will result disastrously for those who fail. Among the National Guardsmen who are not in the organization for the humor that may be extracted from it, it is the un- wavering opinion that it would be very much better to have a brigade of less than #® thousand men who can be depended upon to do their whole duty than a brigade of sixteen hundred, in which there is so much of carelessness as is exposed to the public g6ze at times even in the District of Co- lumbia. No Memortlal Day Parade. ‘Whenever the District National Guard could possibly do honor to the Grand Army of the Republic it has always taken ad- vantage of the opportunity, and especially has this been evident on Memorial day. This year, however—unless some of the ccmpanies volunteer—the citizen soldiers of the natioral capital will not be found in the Memorial day parade. The principal reason for their absence Mes in the fact tkat early next month the brigade will go into camp at Fort Washington, and, as a c rsequence, there is disin¢lination on the part of a large proportion of the officers and men to do any voluntary duty at this time. The old soidiers will not, however, lack sui‘ble escort, for the troops of the regular /jrvice stationed at Fort Myer and at the Washington barracks will be in the eclumn {hat will march up Pennsylvania avenue tu the Aqueduct bridge. Gen. Ord- way has expressed himself as regretting very sincerely the condition which renders an escort of any considerable force of Na- ticral Giardsmen almost an impossibility. On the Rifle Range. Prelimiaary survey work on the rifle range is completed and the grass seed, which was planted right-side-up before the rainy season set in, is coming up very satisfactorily. What with plowing, and harrowing, and rolling, the range has been so improved as to be almost unrecognizable by those who knew it only when it was in its naturally rough oondition. When the sod has formed, there will be as fine a stretch of skirmish ground: as can be found on any rifle range. Plans for the installation of targets and for the general equipment of the range are in good shape, and there 1s every reason for believing that by the end of the first week in July every- thing will be ready for the delectation of the anxious “cranks,” who are never hap- pier than when with a loaded gun in their hands they face a target. The original idea as to the arrangement of targets will prevail, so there will be one continuous firing point for the four principal ranges, with room to spare for pistol targets. Notes, rrangements for camp are proceeding satisfactorily. All the needed estimating has been done, and but little in the way of preliminaries remains to be attended to. Quartermaster General Tierney and Major Neumeyer (who, while chief of ordnance, will probably devote himself exclusively to commissary matters) were down at Fort Washington in company with Lieut. 7. S. King Thursday. Surgeon General Henderson has been or- dered to Buffalo as the representative of the District National Guard at the meet- ing of the Association of Military Sur- geons of the United States, to be held in that city next week. Major Henderson, while at Buffalo, will nqt forget to insist upon the meeting in this city in 1897 of the international convention of military surgeors, which means the military sur- geons of the world. W. D. Fales has been nominated as sec- ond lieutenant of the ambulance corps. Cc. Clifford James has been appointed acting second lieutenant company C, third battalion, —_—_.__. IN LOCAL STUDIOS. After a season replete with exhibitions, private views, receptions and studio teas, the artists of Washington are making preparations for departure upon- summer campaigns, to be devoted to the execution of commissions and preparations for the exhibitions to occur next fall and winter. . oe Several little parties have been formed for the purpose of spending a few months traveling through Europe, with sketch and note books. One of these is a trio of young ladies—Miss Minnigerode, Miss Trimble and Miss Helen Smith—who will sail from New York the first week in July, and after studying for a month or six weeks with Chialiva in Ecouen will visit Cologne, Cas- sel, Nuremberg and Munich, journeying up the Rhine and returning to Southampton via Holland and London, starting on their return trip September 15. ate FE. F. Andrews will sail for Europe on the llth of June, following his long-established custom of spending three or four months of each year visiting the art centers abroad, in search of new ideas for further- ing the interests of the Corcoran Art School, of which he has had charge since its organization, and which, during the past two years, has grown. so rapidly both in attendance and proficiency that it now ranks among the best established art insti- tutions in the country. oe . The annual award of the Corcoran gold medal, and the cash prize of $50, given in the protrait class, are highly appreciated incentives toward earnest application, and as with each successive year the compe- tition has grown keener and the standard of work higher, all intermediate classes have been dispensed with, and the work of each student now represents a high degree of artistic merit. This year there are some fifteen competitors for the medal. The award will be made on the 29th instant. ote Having received a number of important commissions tv be executed during the summer, Mr. Brooke has been obliged to postpone his usual trip to Europe until later in t eason, or gossibly until next year. Of late Mr. Brooke's work has at- tracted unusually favorable notice, and the reception and private-view given in his studio last Saturday wap one of the most successful of the season+frem both an ar- tistic and social standpoint, * ae The Society of Washington Artists held its fortnightly meeting last Tuesday even- ing, and after disposing of business mat- ters and a bountiful collation, the twenty- eight members were ‘effectively grouped and photographed by~Mr. Dunbar, presi- dent of the society. One of the most suc- cessful features of the society's winter's assemblages has been the organization of a composition class, each artist illustrating his conception of an announced subject and presenting it at the next meeting for general criticism. Many of the artists de- voted fully as much time and thought to these interpretations as they expended upon more serious work, and in this way the “compositions” frequently assumed the appearance of small sized exhibitions. A series of views—public and private— have been arranged for next year, and the coming season already gives every promise of being filled with interesting and import- ant events in local art ¢ircles, . 0% A. committee of local artists has been appointed by Mr, Horace Bradley of New York for the purpose of selecting paintings to be sent to the Atlanta exposition, repre- sentative of Washington artists. Max Weyl, R. N. Brooke, EB. C. Messer and U. S. J. Dunbar have been appointed. The canvases will be assembled August 1, at which time Mr. Bradley is expected from Europe, where he has been for several months on business connected with the Harpers’ art department, of which he is manager. one Le Grand Johnston has returned from Baltimore, where his exhibition proved the most successful one of the season, and is working on several important commissions, among which are a series of water color paintings. . ete Miss Katharine Chipman has very re- cently completed ore of the most pleasing portrait studies in water color that has been exhibited in the city for some time. Thé subject is Mrs. Hazlett Abbott. ote After a winter of serious work, A. G. Heaton is preparing to spend the heated term in kis summer residence among the mountains near Luray, Va., where, with every facility for comfort and enjoyment, he expects to paint daily from_ nature. During the winter exhibitions Mr. Heaton’s work was very favorably commented upon, particular attention being bestowed upon the portrait of Miss Washington, which was exhibited at the Cosmos. ote Wm. H. Machen ts working on a life-sized portrait of Cardinal Gibbons, who, in full pontifical robes, has already given several sittings to the artist. When completed the canvas, which promises to be highly suc- cessful, will probably be exhibited before its removal to Baltimore. ate Miss S. U. Kelly is preparing for the an- nual exhibition of her pupils’ work, which is to be held at her residence and studio within a few days. Over one hundred can- vases will be shown. ote A series of decorative panels are being completed by Miss Alice Archer Sewall the designs being Cupid-like figures of little children performing on various musical instruments, typical of divine worship. The panels, which have been ordered by Louis Tiffany, are to be inserted in the choir screen of a church now being erected in New York. E&rly next week the panels will be sent there, and Miss Sewall will then continue work upon. the portrait of Mr. Charles .G. Smith’s little daughter, which has already received favorable notice. ~e%e Rudolph Evans, a promising pupil of Mr. Dunbar, is working on a clever portrait bust of Secretary Morton, which will prob- ably be publicly shown when completed. . ote Mr. H. Chadwick Hunter, one of our most talented draughtsmen, has recently completed for Johns Hopkins University a series of pen drawings of scientific interest, which are remarkable for their interpreta- tion of the intricate character and delicacy of detail presented by the various subjects. DOWNINTEXAS After Dinner Chat of the Colony From the Lone Star State. COUNTY TREASURER AS A FINANCIER The Judge’s Joint Debate With a Popu ist. ON THE TURKEY TRACK MESA 0,’* OBSERVED the judge, shaking his’ head disapprov- ingly, “he wasn’t much of a financier; never was.” It was just follow- ing dinner. The Tex- as colony had come together in its usual corner of the hotel for the daily chat and the latest stories from home, and a writer for The Star joined the group. “Who-all is this you're talking about, judge?” asked Representative Gresham. “He's a county treasurer down our wa: replied the judge, “but he doesn’t know as much about finance as a populist. I'll tell you what he did when he was a young man. He was down in Austin, then work- ing by the week. One of those monthly payment folks came along and sold him an $80 watch; $20 down, balance $5 a month. It took Bob’s whole week’s wages—this man’s name is Bob—it took all Bob earned that week to make the first payment, and when he stuck the watch in his pocket and pranced home therewith, he was plumb broke; didn’t have a splinter. Bob's board was due and had to be paid. His landlady was one of thes® earnest per- sons. The way she felt she must have Bob's board; there was no deferring things with her. So after she’d pestered him a bit and convinced him that she and he couldn’t Hve in Austin if that board warn't paid, Bob went down and pawned the watch for $20 and settled up. After that Bob paid $5 a month for the watch and $5 more for interest on the $20. There he was; out $10 a month, and didn’t have any watch, neither. That's the sort of financier Bob was; and now I hear he’s county treasurer.” The Populist were speaking of the populists, interjected Major Joe Sayres. what you hear, do you reckon getting any stronger down our “You judge,” “From they're way?” “J don't know,” replied the judge dublous- ly. “I don’t know, major, but they are. I got a paper from Dallas a spell back, and Tt Was giving reports of some joint debates they were haying between the democrats and the populists over on Sand creek, It went on to tell how one of the Grainger- ford boys had a fist fight with a third party man for mighty near an hour.” “Funny, too,” broke in Representative Paschal, “you read of a heap of fist fights down there and no shootin’ at all. It looks as if things had changed ‘round a heap that way. Five years ago there was plenty of shootin’, but no one ever heard of such brutality as pummeling one another with their fists.” “That's right,” assented Representative Bailey, with a sagacious shake of his |! head, nere’s been a big change. I shouldn’t wonder if the third party was getting pretty strqang in Texas. Do you reckon you'll go into any joint debates next fall, judge?” Debate With the “Stinging Lizard.” “Why, I told the committee not to put me down for none,” said the judge, searching out his chewing tobacco, “but I ain’t ex- pecting they’ll pay much attention to what I say about it. The reason I don’t like joint debates, and especially with the popu- lists, is because a populist has no more respect for a fact than a pig for a promise. He cares mighty little for what you say, and still less for what he says himself. Back in the campaign of '92 I was down for a joint debate with a populist orator over in the Sunflower Bottoms. They called this particular populist “The Stinging Liz- ard,’ and ia “What's a stinging lizard?” asked Terry of Arkansas, who had just come up. “Scorpion,” said Representative Bailey, interjecting the reply to Terry’s question with an air full of irritation at the inter- “Go on, judge.” " continued the judge, ‘they called this populist ‘The Stinging Lizard,’ because his speeches were allowed by good judges to be all sting and p’isen. I didn’t myself notice the sting and p'isen so much as the lies the rascal told. His indifference to facts struck me as his strong suit, and when you would pick him up and correct him he'd sneer at you like a wildcat; and more’n half the crowd would believe he was right and that you were interrupting him frivolously and without cause. On: the oc- casion I'm thinking of I'd made the open- ing speech and he was in the nftddle of his'n. He was stampeding along at what you would call a good road gait, and the truth was standing about as much show with him as a cobweb with a cow. I'd stood a heap of his lying; for to interrupt him only made him worse. But there came a time when he undertook to quote me and I couldn't stand it any longer. “Our good friend, the judge,’ says ‘The Stinging Lizard,’ turning toward me with a grin like a coyote, ‘our good friend, the judge, in his opening remarks has seen fit to say that the river and harbor appropria- tions of the late Congress was over $21,000,- 000,000." “‘Millions,/ I said, correcting him. ‘I said “millions,” not “billions.” ’ “At this ‘The Stinging Lizard’ turns to me with a weary and a patronizing air, as if he was ashamed and Sogry to think I been be guilty of so trivial an interrup- tion. “Well, judge,’ he rejoined, ‘I must say you are certainly getting very sensitive and technical. You said “millions” and I said “billions.” Well, what of it? Will you please explain to the good people what the difference is anyway?’ I could see when ‘The Stinging Lizard’ turned to the crowd again that four-fifths of them thought I was a fool. It’s people like this ‘Stinging Lizard’ man that makes me tired of hold- ing joint debates with the populists.” On Turkey Track Mesa. “Didn't they have a riot over on the Turkey, Track Mesa, judge, at a joint dis- cussion, which you and a populist were engaged in?” asked Representative Bailey. “Well, no,” responded the judge, it wasn’t exactly a riot. You see there wasn’t enough folks in the place to make a riot. It was only a little jimcrow town about the size of Wills Point, where Buck Kil- gore lives.” “No,” continued the judge, “there wasn’t any riot, the time Bailey asked about; nor any joint debate. It was this way: The committee had scheduled a meeting where a populist and I were to talk against each other, and the thing had been advertised far and wide. A local committee had charge of the arrangements; all I had to do was to get together and talk. The local folks had built a big platform, and then they had tried to make a deal with the pupulists to introduce the orators. The democrats wanted to introduce me and the other fellow, too. But the third party men wouldn’t have it. They said: ‘No, you in- troduce your man and we'll heel and handle our man ourselves.’ That's the way they talked; just as if it was a chicken fight. “I was to speak first as usual, and the democrats began to figure on how to get a running start over the third party folks. Talking it over beforehand the democrats sort of allowed it would be a mighty good thing if they could make the third party orator mad before he began. “If we can only pester him and wound his pride or something,’ they sald, ‘end get him angry, the judge can go in and simply leave him on both sides of the road. When he quits, that third party talker will be too dead to skin.’ “Was it this yere Stinging Lizard?" asked Representative Gresham. “No,” replied the judge, “the Stinging Lizard belor ged "way over in the Sun Fiow- er Bottoms. So as I was saying the dem- ocrats sort o’ put it up to make the third party man angry from the jump, and the democrat, who was to introduce me, was told to stir him up and fret him all he could while making his speech about me. Sticring Up the Other Side. “When the timé came we all went over to the platform and climbed up and got seats, while the crowd stood ’round ready to hear what we'd got to say. There were two chairmen, one for me and one for the populist, and these men were to open a way for us with the audience. When ev- erybody was ready my chairman, who was Bob Sedgewick, whispered to me, ‘Now, judge, I’m going to make a little speech, paving the way for you and your talk. In- cidentally I'll stir up this third party man and get him ugly and rattled. Then ail you'll have to do is to wade in and Kill him at your leisure.’ Then Bob turned to the audience. “ ‘Ladies and fellow-citizens,” he began, ‘this is to be a joint debate on the political questions of the day, especially on tariff and silver. The democratic side of the ar- gument will be upheld by the judge here, @ gentleman whose name is a household word in every home in Texas. As a legis- lator he has passed more laws than any- body; as a lawyer he stands without a peer. There isn’t a man in this crowd but what the judge has personally defended and cleared him or some of his relatives in a court of law. The judge will present the democratic side and give you all the pure, limpid Jeffersonian doctrine straight from the jug. The other side will be handled by —what’s your man’s name?’ suddenly asked Bob of the populist chairman. “‘Never you mind,’ says the populist chairman, beginning to bristle a little.“You jist blunder along and introduce your man. That’s all you've got to do. Don’t fret none about us. Well attend to naming our man when the time comes." ‘Oh, well,’ says Bob in a supercilious way, ‘if you're ashamed to name your man all right. Of course it ain't none of my business. Still, I like to see a man come right out with his name, and not go skulk- ing about with no sign up, as if he owed three or four years’ hard labor at Hunts- ville and a reward was offered for his cap- ture. However, that's your lookout; it shorely ain’t no business of mine, and—’ Hotter and Hotter. “ ‘Well, don’t make it none of your busi- ness,’ says the third party chairman, get- ting up. ‘I give you fue warnin’, Bob Sedgewick, I've bent a gun over a man’s head for sayin’ a heap less than you have. And if this yere wasn’t a public occasion, with ladies yere to listen to the talk, you wouldn't have said as much as you have.’ “ ‘No,’ replies Bob, mighty aggravating, ‘I don’t reckon if this wasn’t a public oc- casion, and there wasn’t any people here, I'd said anything at all. However, as you say, I'll bi ‘my man, and you'll in- troduce yours.’ Then, turning to the crowd again, Bob resumed, winking at me to notice how well he was stirring up the third party folks, and’ getting them hot. ‘As I was observing when this person irf- terrupted me,” here Bob pointed at the third party chairman, who was getting uglier every minute, ‘the judge will take up the cudgels for the democrat sxie, and, cn the other hand, you will be talked to by a man whom I don’t know, and whose name his friends, for reasons good and sufficient, no doubt, if we only knew them, are obliged to conceal. I don’t know this man; I don’t much reckon many respectable people do. I don’t even know that he lives in Texas. Maybe he’s some refugee from the Arkan- saw swamps, who, inadvertently, of course, killed some other man’s hawgs; I don’t know.’ Here the third party chairman’s eyes were shining like a cat's. ‘As I say,’ went on Beb, cheerfully, ‘I don’t know any- thing about these matters. I hope the man’s all right. I don’t know what sort of @ speech he'll make, but shorely trust his language will be fit for wimmen and chil- dren to listen to. In fact,’ said Bob, warn- ingly, turning to the third party chairman, who was glaring at him like a mountain lion by then, ‘if his language isn’t such ds our wives, and sisters, and sweethearts can listen to without a blush, I'll not be an- swerable for the consequences. As to the politics of this man who will follow the judge, I know nothing beyond the signifi- cant fact that he ain't a democrat. It seems hard to say it, but I s’pose as he ain’t a democrat he’s a republican. If—’ “But when Bob called the third party man a republican he'd spread it a little too thick. He never got a foot further. The third party chairman hit Bob back of the y’ear, and sent him out into the crowd with @ yell. Then the turmoil became general, and 1 got off the stand and went back over to the tavern. I reckon there was 500 men in the fight before all was over. No, I did not make my speech, neither did the third party man. Bob Sedgewick’s speech wes all there was. I had to leave town at 5 o'clock to keep another appointment that night. The mass meeting was still fighting with itself when I left, and I heard after. ward that both sides lost a few voters be- fore all was ended and done.” See EARNINGS OF LAWYERS. Some Men of the Highest Attainments Do Not Make $250 a Year. From the Westminster Budget. How much do successful barristers make in a year? Some particulars given in the number of London Home for April throw some light on the question. It is common- ly said that Sir Charles Russell never made less than £20,000 or £25,000 per an- num for many years preceding his promo- tion. Large as his income was, there were half a dozer men at the bar running it very close. Both Sir Richard Webster and Sir Ed- ward Clarke are making fully £20,000 a year; and men like Mr. R. B. Finlay, Sir Henry James, Mr. J.T. Murphy, Mr. La son Walton, Mr. Fielding Dickens, Mr. W. Willis, Mr. Cozens Hardy, Mr.’ Graham Hastings, and others, are credited with al- most equally large earnings. But most Q. C.’s are, of course, very much less for- tunate. There are large and small incomes also among the members of the junior bar. Men like Mr. EngHsh Harrison and Mr R. M. Bray are, the writer of ‘the article says, kept actively engaged with good and remunerative work, bringing in from £1,000 to £5,000 a year, but probably half of ‘the men at the junior bar are not making £150 a year, while many men of the highest attainments are not making, and have not made for years past, £50 a year. +o+—___ A Chance Not to Be Lost. From the Indianapol!s Journal. “You look pale,” said the sharp-nosed girl. “I feel pale,” sighed the fluffy girl; “‘but I am happy, anyway. You know that stingy lttle Chollie Tapetie? Well, he did open his heart enough to take me to the food show, and, of course, I sampled the samples. What are samples for? And after I had eaten this and drunk that and the other till I thought I just couldn’t stand any more we started home. Then he thought he saw his chance. So he asked me to have some ice cream.” “And did you accept?” asked the sharp- nosed girl. 5 “Accept? I ate three plates. With cake. And lemonade. They had to call the doctor for me, and papa scolded, oh, awfully, but I made that little wretch spend his money, anyway.” REAL ESTATE GOSSIP The Payment of Taxes by the Owners of Property. GROUND USED FOR CEMETERY PURPOSES About Recent Prices and the Pro- gress in Building. SOME IMPROVEMENTS During the present month the owners cf property pay their tribute to the District revenues in the shape of taxes on the as« sessed value of the property. Owing to the revision of the tuxes which was made dur- ing the past winter, in accordance with a law of Congress, the semi-annual payment, which was due last November was not col« lected, and it was provided that the entire - assessment for the year should be paid this month. Usually the burden is some- what eased, and the amount for the entire year is divided into two parts, one to be paid in May and the other in November, ‘This arrangement is much more convenient to the average taxpayer than the annual payment would be, but there was no ob- jection to the change for this year because of the opportunity it was supposed to gi to the new board of assessors to revise the assessment, which was looked upon as in- equitable. This expectation has not been realized to the extent that was anticipated, and so during the present month property holders are in some cases paying a larger amount in taxes than they did last year on the same property, while others are pay- ing somewhat less. There is always more or less said at the time when taxes on realty are due about the great drain on the cash in circulation, and in bank, which the payment of such a large sum causes. However, while t revenue from this source is being paid inte the treasury, large sums are being ex- pended for public improvements and the expenses of the District government, 80 that to some extent the stream of cash ficwing into the treasury !s balanced by the stream which has an outward flow, and finds its way into general circulation, It is estimated that the revenue from realty texation this year will be something over two millions. It will probably be a smaller amount than was obtained from the same source last year, still the difference is not sufficient to cause any anxiety that the revenues of the District will be inadequate for its needs. Cemeteries in the City. It is announced that no more intermentt will be made in Graceland cemetery, which is a tract of some thirty acres lying a{ the head of Maryland-avenue just beyond the old bounds of the city. The abandon: ment ef this ground for cemetery purposes calls to mind the changes which have~ taken place in and about the city di the past few years. With the exception o} the Congressional cemetery there is now within the terntory onginally laid out ag the city, comprising over seven thousand acres of land, no ground which is devoted to burial purposes. Oak Hill cemetery in Georgetown is still in use, but with this ex- ception all the existing cemeteries are some distance from the old limits of the city. It is within the memory of citizens who are by no means old when there were several cemeteries within the city’s bounds. Such has been the growth of population that it has been found impossible to main- tain these last resting places of the dead, and so they have given way to the needs of the living, and the ground has been ecvered with rows of houses and places of business. Recently a subdivision has been made of the ground known as St. Patrick's cemetery, which, however, had not been in use for years. A Favorable Market. Some of the prices paid at recent auction sales show that there is a demand for property, ang that the prices have not suffered materially during the recent de- pression. The activity in building which’ has been displayed during the present sea- son is looked upon as @ favorable sign. The extent of the building operations ts re- garded as a gauge of the city’s prosperity, and while this is true in only*a limited sense, still the market is favorably affected when a good deal of building is going on. The Building Record. The unsettled state of the weather has had a bad effect upon prospective builders, and during the week ending yesterday but twelve permits for new dwellings were is- sued by the building inspector. The aggre- gate cost of these is estimated at $23,650, divided among the several sections of th¢ city as follows: Northwest, four permits, $7,850; southwest, one permit, $1,000; north< east, one permit, $1,800; southeast, one per- mit, $400, and county, five permits, $12,600, Some New Buildings. H. D. Nichols has had plans prepared for an apartment house to be erected on B street between Ist street and Delaware avenue northeast. He proposes to build ta the height of eight stories, with a front of brownstone and red brick. The front- age will be forty-tive feet and the depth 131. A steel frame construction will be used, with iron staircases and marble tiled floors. Plans for a block of five dwellings to be built by Atkinson & Sherwood on Whitney avenue near 7th street have been prepared by F. G. Atkinson, architect. They will be two stories in height, with basement, 164% by 51 feet, with fronts of light stone and buff brick. B. J. Edwards is building at 1817 Oregon avenue a_ three-story and attic brick dwelling. The house will have a frontage of fifteen feet by a depth of ninety feet. N. T. Haller is the architect. A residence Is to ne erected on 12th street near Iowa circle from plans prepared by A. Goenner, architect. It is to be three stories in height, with a cellar, 34x46 feet, and a front of brown stone and brick. Mrs. Margaret Reagan has had plans pre- pared by N. T. Haller, architect, for a resi- dence to be erected at 624 E street north- east. It is to be three stories in height, with basement, 20x50 feet, and the front will be built of brown stone and pres brick. Two English basement houses are to be erected on Kentucky avenue between A and B streets southeast and on 13th street from plans prepared by H. A. Campbell, architect. They are to be three stories in height, 18x30 feet, with fronts of light stone and press brick. Plans for a dwelling to be erected on Wyoming avenue near Columbia road have heen prepared by Mullet & Co., architects. It is to be three stories in height, with basement, 22x50 feet, and the front will be built of brown stone and brick. Eugene W. Johnson will build a residence on H street between 20th and 2ist streets northwest from plans prepared by R. J. Beall, jr., architect. It is to be three sto~ ries in height, 22x05 feet, and the front will be built of light stone and brick. The same architect has prepared plans for remodeling the building 826 9th street northwest, for Stephen Gatti. The altera- tion will result in a three-story building, the first floor to be arranged for business purposes, and the upper stories for fats. a “There Are Tricks.” From Puck. Visitor. change?” Merchant Prince—“Oh, dear, no! They are connected with the house. They etimu« late trade by struggling with customers who try to approach the bargain counter.’ ‘Are all these ladies waiting for