Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1895, Page 8

bi THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. AND SONS, 3» MOSES F Street Corner Eleventh. Storaze Warehouse, 224 near M. ORIENTAL R=-U=G-S. $30,000 Worth On Consignment. ‘The sale, which began 1 fever a success. "Tis quite urt to Suspect these choice fruits of the Icom. Every square and Strip is to be sold at what it will feteh apt to rule low all *hrongh the sal it's an umloubted chance to acqnire some rh bargain in Rugs or Carpets. Sale ends Saturday night, Oct. 26. AS we are offering these goods on a very small connission om their cost we are Ovilged to sell them for cash or on pre- sentation of Dill wh are given or you are known to us, Dut two pieces at a time during the sale to select from. ocl7 Just the skirt for cycling ness when riding—and walking off the wheel, We make them to order. “OWEN,” TheTailor, 423 11 th Street. 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ELECTRIC LIGHTING CO., B13 14th st. ‘Phone 7 2027-200 Banquet Piano L p Fiano aim ps. ONYX TABLES. GAS And ad Tleaters. Plumbing and Heating. S. S. SHEDD & BRO., 432 oth St. N.W. oclt-214 Purify And Enrich Your Blcod By Taking YER’S Sarsaparilla. It was the Only Sarsaparilla admitted At World’s Fair. AYER'’S PILLS for the Liver. iv THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE and use that ofl and well-tried remedy, Mra, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the guin, allays a ‘in, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for iarrhoen. 28 cents a bottle. sel0-ly DYSPEPSIA IN TTS WORST FORMS will yield the use of Carter's Little Nerve Pills, aided Carter's Little Liver Pills. “They not ¢nly relieve Brestnt distress, but strengthen the stomach and gestive apparatus. to by Craig & Harding, 13th & F Sts, 2 GRAND VALUES. Have a little patience with us, as the delivery wagons are running way Into the night to get the goods out. Glad you appreciate our beautiful new furnt- ture and the extraordinarily low price Here are two special values not possible to equal in America: $13.50 Cabinets, $7.25. ** Exquisite Selected Natural Curly Bireh ** Music Cabinets, plano polish, 5 finished * © shelves and carved door. This Is a lovely plece of furniture and fully worth $13.50— . in fact, we have the same Cabinets in * ¢ * * the imitation mahogany finish for $13.50. THESE, $7.25. Parlor Suites, $14.75. Of all this beautiful array of magnif- cent Parlor Suites we cull out this to illustrate our low prices: Handsome 3-piece French Divan Parlor Suites, richly upholstered In silk tapest: satin damask and silk brocatelle. Such a suite a few years ago sold for $25. THESE, $14.75. CRAIG & HARDING, Cor. 13th & F Sts. se5-3, 90 Time and Trouble You Take Or would take In clearing LACE CURTAINS ought to be worth more to you than the stall price we charge for the work, We'll do them alr jest. th up to look their leust {nJury to fabrics—no matter how fra Wagon enlls. Anton Fischer, 906 G St., cee PROCESS DYEING AND CLEAN. £ THE NEW ILLUMINANT— Best and Cheapest— Acetylene Gas. Light. Heat. Power. May be seen every evening at S19 17th st. nw. ocl5-6t* Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, the world-re- nowned South American appetizer and invigorator, cures dyspepsia, diarrhoea, fever and agu IT WILL BE A CARNIVAL. Cheering Outlook for the Columbia Athletic Club Entertainment. The entertainment which will be given by the Columbia Athletic Club at its club house on G street, from December 4 to December 14 next, was formally christened Tuesday night at a fully attended meeting of the executive committee having arrange- ments in charge. All sorts of new-fangled and catchy appellations were suggested for the occasion, but the committee unani- mously decided that “carnival” would be the most appropriate name for it, and “‘car- nival” it will be in every sense of the word. The chairmen of the subcommittees al- ready appointed reported progress ifftheir respective departments and a new commit- tee was formed to have charge of badges and tickets, consisting of Alexander Shaw, chairman; Dorsey Brown, W. M. Dove, E. M. Harmon and Charles H. Baker. It was reported unofficially that the mem- bers of the committee on donations and subscription were meeting with gratifying indications of a general substantial sup- port from :nerchants and business men as well as private citizens throughout the District. This committee will meet tomorrow evening at the club house and definitely arrange the duties of each member. Many suggestions haye been made as to how the city might be best canvassed, and it is probable that the usual division into sec- tions, each of which to be devoted to a member, will not be followed in the pres- ent instance, but a plan adopted by which the committeemen will be enabled to see those merchants und others with whom they are best acquainted. A report was also received from the committee on dec- orations and an elaborate system of elec- trical and floral display was indicated. The authority of the privilege committee was oxtended so as to give it the complete control of the various booths and the erec- tion of each. Applications have already been received from a number of outside firms, as well as these engaged in business in this city for space in which to make exhibits during the progress of the carnival. The Marine Band will be engaged to furnish the music for the carnival and unique entertainments are already being arranged to be given each night In the gymnasium. President Alexander Grant occupied the chair Tuesday night with Mr. Geo. E. Emmons as secre- tary. The board of governors of the club also met Tuesday night and decided to waive the imitiation fee for admission to mem- bership in the club from now until No- vember 1, making the only payment re- quired from new members three months" dues in advance. The board also decided to turn the entire club house over to the executive committee during the period the carnival will continue. will be held every Satur- fter unti! the carnival and programs rendered the The press com- * has been called by Chairman Hibbs meet at the club house this after- to noon at 4:15 o'clock, and a full attendance is desired tor purposes of organization, and the transaction of important business. It will be then settled in ail probability whether a daily paper will be published by the club during the carnival. The donation committee and the committee on privileges and on decorations will meet tomorrow. ‘The creditors of the Columbia Athletic Club met the financial committee of the organization last night at the club house and a conference was held, the result of which was extremely gratifying. Those holding the obligations of the club showed generous liberality in agreeing to terms ofa nt, and at the concluston of the meeting It was believed that the re- ceipts of the carnival would totally wipe out the floating indebtedness of the or- ganization, About ninety per cent of the creditors were present at last night's meet- ing, and all of them were ready to meet ths committee more than half way in the settiement of the questions under consider- ation. There will be another meeting of GS financial committee next Wednesday might 1. 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CHAPTER X.—A WIFE'S TORTURE. “Mrs. Warren,” replied Golding suavely, “the question hardly needs an answer, when you remember my deep interest in Freeman, and my anxiety about him.” “I can understand your coming to see him even at tnis hour,” said Mrs. Warren, doubtfully, “but to come in by stealth—” “Mrs, Warrea!” interrupted Golding re- proachfully, and he pointed to the open doors. “What could be more inviting? I hesitated to disturb you, seeing that you were getting much needed rest.” “But,” persisted Mrs. Warren, doing something there. I have a right to know what, and you have no right to ‘ake offense." “I take none,” he responded coolly. “I was doing something here, and you shall be satisfied.” He crossed the room end closed both the outer door and the door opening from the hall into the chamber. “Now, then, he said as he returned, “I was searching my friend's clothing for clues as to his disposition of his property, which is of great value. In the event of She Had Risen and Was Pointing to the Door. nis death, his friends, and especially his partners, have the right to know about that, and if he should recover it would be an aid to him that I should be aware of nis recent actions.” “You puzzle and confuse me,” sald Mrs. ‘Warren, nd I don’t think yoy are doing what is right.” “That's frank and honest at all events,” exclaimed Golding, smiling. “I don’t know what you mean by Mr. Dutton’s property. I have no reason to suppose he has any, or that you have a right to touch it. He is in my care now, and I demand that you put back what you have taken from his pockets.” “These?” and Golding held up the bunch of keys. “They are all I took, as you can see for yourself, if you care to search his Fockets now. “Of course, I shouldn't do that! Even if I were to do so, how should I know what you had taken and what you hadn't?” ‘Your husband could tell you.” ‘My husband!” “Yes. He went through Freeman's pockets last evening, and only stopped when I came in unexpectedly.” “I do not believe yor “Ask him.” ~ Golding spoke with such calm assurance that Mrs. Warren was staggered. Might it be possible that her husband, in his anx- ety to keep concealed the secret that they both shared, had searched Dutton’s ‘cloth- ing for any poss:ble evidence of it? What evidence could there be? Her face, hag- gard with anxiety and the long night watching, grew paler as she remembered that there might be just the evidence that she and her husband feared in Dutton's possession. If so, she prayed God that Mr. Warren had found it. Then all might be well, unless this man knew! “Mr. Warren had powerful reasons for examining my friend’ssclothing, madam,”" remarked Golding, after a pause. “What do you an?" she asked, faintly, as she sank inte a chair. “1 might ask you, Mrs. Warren, why your husband went up the mountain last evening—before you went up, I mean? “I sent him,” she replied, “to induce Mr. Dutton to come to our house.” “Yes? Then what induced him to—let us limit it to the setting of the cabin on fire’ “That is an infamous lie, Mr. Golding exclalmed Mrs. Warren, starting from her chair. “I shail call him to answer you as you_deserve.”” “One moment,” said Golding, with perfect eplomb—it was so easy to keep his temper when the subject of his attack was a wo- mzen—“I wouldn't call hiro just yet. He and I have talked this over. I think he understands me. Let me, if for no more than the sake of argument, withdraw the implied charge which you so loyally resent. There are some things that you'd better say to your husband, and I would like to sug- gest what they are.” ‘Mrs. Warren looked at her visitor with painful doubt. Should she listen to him? She dared not leave him in the room with Dutton; she dared ngk-refuse to hear him. “Your hints,” she @@ld, “are the cruelest torture. Say what you know like a man and spare me this uncertainty.” “IJ don’t wish to inflict pain upon you, Mrs. Warren, but, on the contrary, show you a way to avoid it.” He watted an instant, as if the further to secure her attention, and then proceeded: “There is a past, Mrs. Warren, in which you and your husband and Freeman were involved which it is mightily to your in- terest to cover over." Mrs. Warren looked at him with stony eyes. “It was in the hope of effectually conceal- ing this past that your husband went up the mountain last night.” “But not to injure htm,” she whispered, with a frightened glance at the bed. “Very well; let us say that he set forth with peaceful intentions. Who knows, save himself and that unfortunate man on the bed, how those intentions held when he reached the cabin and found Freeman in a defenseless position; asleep, maybe, or with muitierer and a coward as well, Warren, in agony; “he is neither.” “I have the best of reasons for knowing that he is no coward when it comes to meeting an enemy in a fight. I know him as a good soldier, but think of the motive, Mrs. Warren, the fearful motive which might have prompted him to deal violently with Freeman and destroy him.” Mrs. Warren trembled with terror as Golding went on remorselessly, pausing frequently to allow her to interpose a word, as he hoped she would. “Let us suppose these two men met face to face. There were hot words, a quarrel, Freeman may have been the aggressor, Mr, Warren may have acted wholly in self-defense, and having so acted he may have believed that he had killed Freeman. What more natural, then, than that he should promptly set the cabin afire in order to destroy all evidence of his—misfortune, and at the same time destroy all chance of this secret of yours coming to light?” “What can you expect me to say,” ed Mrs. Warren in a-choking voice, “ horrible fiction? I don’t belleve a word of “Will nothing force her to speak of that secret?” thought Golding, beginning to de- spair of torturing her into some tangible admission. ‘Why can't I remember all that Freeman told me? What is the name that escapes mg? If I could recall that, the rest would probably follow in a flash! Aloud he said: “The world may be made to believe it, Mrs. Warren. The world will take even then a charitable view of the event, for if the motive with which Mr. Warren went up the mountain were known, would not everybody jump to the conclusion that your husband would be the aggressor?” “Mr. Golding,” she answered, “what can you hope to gain by inflicting me in this way? I refuse to discuss my husband's motives, for I know them to be pure and honorable. What are yours?" “Mine, Mrs. Warren-?" he returned, feel- ing rot a little nonplussed by her impreg- nable silence on the one point he was using to force her to concessions that he had come to demand. “You infer that I have a purpose in thus speaking of painful top- ics. Indeed, I have. You refused to let me sit by my friend’s bedside. That is one purpose, but that is only the means to an end. Mrs. Warrep, Freeman Dutton and I are partners in the possession of some of the most valuable diamonds the world ever knew. Never mind how it happens that Freeman had them all in his keeping. That was the fact. If he were conscious, he would tell me where they are or what he did with them. I must know about them, That needs no argument. I believe he car- ried with him some of the most valuable The President Ben; the President. stones when he vent uy the mountain. They are of such beant¥.2rd value that no mortal could fail to he tempted . by them. Suppose Mr. Warren had come upon Freeman unobserved while he was inspect- ing his stock—' = “Now you make my husband a thief!” cried Mrs. Werren, her loyal resentment mounting to genuine anger. “I will have no further talk with you.” “No,” said Golding rising, “but you will talk with your hushand. I was going to suggest what you should say to him, but I don’t think I need to.” Mrs. Warren had risen and was pointing toward the docr. “I go,” continued Golding, “but in the memorable words of Catiline, I return, and when I come’—well, Mrs. Warren, I think ycu will let me sit by my friend’s side for the purpose of getting some ink- ling as to his disposition of my property. Remember, whatever you tell your hus- tand, that there are two ways in which I may be of use—o1 damage to you. I can bring ne charge st him as to the affair on the mountain, and | can say noth- ing about that motive, that unhappy past, that actuates you both.” He went to the door, and when he had opened It part way he turned again. “I think, Mrs. Warren,” he said, “that your husband really knows a great deal about those diamonds. I have no animosit: toward him. I simply want my rroperty Mrs. Warren was standing with her back to him, and as she did not move, he Mae out and closed both doors behind im. For several minutes she stood there, and when Elsie came in she threw her arms about her daughter’s neck and wept like a child. The girl could only surmise her mother’s trouble, but she neefed not to know the causes to comfort her and weep with ker. The relief of tears had become a neces- sity to-Mrs. Warren. Had she been alone she might have held them back and so suf- fered unspeakable enguish. Elsie’s timely arrival gave her rew strength and clearer thought, while it did not diminish the ter- rible burden upon her heart. “Can't you tell me, mamma,” asked Elsie at last, “what it is that makes you suffer 80?” “No, dear, not now. You mustn’t ask me. Get the breakfast ready, and when your father comes in ask him to see me.” Elsie regretfully went to the kitchen, feeling a burden an her own heart that thoughts of her love failed to lighten. She hoped for Will's early call, for he had Promised to look in before he went to work. His presence might at least make her happy for the moment. After she had been busy awhile she lae- gan to wonder why her father did not come into the shed that adjoined the kitchen with the morning’s milking. That was his custom, and it was past the hour for this part of his work. She went to a window that looked out upon the barn. Midway in the farm yard she saw him seated on a log. Two brim- ming pails of milk were on the ground be- fcre him. He held something in his left hand, which he was. examining closely while he ecraped it gently with a steel file. “Papa!” called Elsie from the kitchen He Held Something in His Left Hand. door, “what in the world are you doing? Your milk will turn if you don’t look out.”” Mr. Warren looked up with a start and hastily thrust what he had been examin- ing into his vocket. Then he took up his pails and went to the shed. “Mamma wants to see you,” said Elsie. “What were you looking at just now?” “She's in the spare room, I suppcse,"” re- turned her father, setting down his pails and going into the house. He passed through the kitchen without answering Elsie’s question, and she noticed it, but she did not at the moment connect it with the trouble which both her parents were trying to keep fron’ her knowledge. “Did you send for me, Martha?” asked Mr. Warren. es, Nicholas,” and his wife spoke calm- , but earnestly. “That Mr. Golding has been here.” “This morning?” he demanded in aston- ishiment. “Yes. He went away a few minutes ago. We must take some very decided step, Nicholas. He knows all.” ‘ Mr. Warren was speechless with wonder and consternation. “He didn’t say so in so many words,’ continued Mrs. Warren, “but he intimated plainly enough that he knew what he was talking abcut. I suppose Freeman must have told him.” “Likely enough," muttered Mr. Warren. “He's a cruel man, Nicholas, heartlessly cruel. There is nothing he would stcp at to attain his ends.” oT him. suppose rot. I got the same opinion of ‘hen, don't you see that we must yleld to him in some degree? Oh, Nicholas! if there is anything you know that he wants 1 him, won't you tell him?” returned Mr. Warren, uneasily, “what could there be? I never saw him before last night.” Mrs. Warren, sensitive, as are all women, felt in thus the very evasion that her hus- band was trying to mask from her. Her eyes filled with tears. “What is this he says about Freeman's diamonds?" she asked, appealingly. “Diamonds!” gasped Mr. Warren. “Why, what do you mean? What has he said, anyway? I didn’t hear him.” “Don't keep anything from me, dear,” she pleaded. “Are we not sharing the same trouble? Are We not both liable to make mistakes when it is so terribly hard to de- cide what is right? Let me snow if you have done anything that you think may be a mistake. I can’t help you, husband.” “I don’t know that I have made a mis- take exactly,” he replied, stifling the pro- tests of his conscience and the cries of his heart, too, for this was the first instance in which he had refused his wife his whole contidence. “Don’t you know anything about the dia- monds?” she asked with painful insistence. “Golding has told me about them if that can be called knowing.” “Husband, you are keeping something back from me! Oh! this isn’t right or wise, Nicholas. He has told me what he will do. By threats and hints he has made his pur- pose clearer than if he had plainly declared that he would charge you with—with at. tempted murder, Nicholas. Think of it! Not that you could not disprove the charge, for nobody will believe you guilty unless— unless, as he says, he tells our story and shows the motive that might have led rou——" YQirs, Warren's voice faltered, her words were becoming incoherent, and she checked herself with a dry sob. Her husband heard again the doctor's warning words. He could see clearly enough the situation into which he was being driven, and he realized, too, in a way, the hold that the diamond fever was getting upon him. He felt of the pebble in his pocket and longed to hur! it far from him, where no search would ever disclose its existence. But what could he do? What could he tell this man Golding to persuade him to depart or purchase his silence. Would this one stone, which might prove to be valueless, be an inducement? On the contrary, the fact becoming known, ever to Golding alone, that it had ‘ween taken from Dutton’s pocket, would be suggestive of other wrongdoing, would support other suspicion, to use the doctor’s words, would convince Golding if not all the world, that he, Warren, knew the whereabouts of the— Dutton stirred restlessly and began to mutter. Husband and wife drew near and bent over him. “The president, Ben, the president,” came indistinctly from his clenched teeth. (To be continued tomorrow.) —__ Speed Trial of the Katahdin. At the request of President Hyde of thé Bath iron works, the Navy Department has orderel that the speed trial of the ram Katahdin bee run over the New London course in Long Island sound. The original plan was to have the trial over part of the Cape Ann-Cape Porpoise couse, over which the Indiana will be run. But as this course is very much exposed and is likely to be rough at this season, and as the Katahdin being designated for a harbor boat could not maintain high speed against head seas, the department has consented to have her run over the smoother sound course. This will be seventeen knots long, and the vessel must cover it in an hour. The trial will probably take place week’ after next. ——____- e-______ Convention of Carriage Builders. ‘The annual convention of the Carriage Builders’ National Association convened at Cleveland Tuesday, with an attendance estimated at over 2,000. It includes nearly all the prominent manufacturers. FOR INDIGESTION Use Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. Dr. W. 0. Hoyt, Rome, Ga., says: “I have found it both an agreeable and useful remedy in many cases of indigestion and also in nervous troubles, attended with sleeplessness aud a feeling of exbiustion.”” = SECRET INSPECTION How It Has Worked in Regard to the Letter Carriers, AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE SERVICE First Assistant Postmaster General Jones Talks Freely. NO POLITICS INVOLVED ————— Mr. Frank Jones, first assistant postmas- ter general, has been making a great im- provement in the letter carrier service. To accomplish this ir.spectors have been sent to different cities (without noilce, of course, to the loc] postmasters or to the letter carriers), who have made reports to the Post Office Department as to the work of these carriers, and especially as to their neglect of duty. The latest action which Mr. Jones has taken in this matter is to write letters to 176 letter carriers in the city of Chicago, notifying them that re- ports have been made against them which deserve their consideration. This action is a sensaticn in that city, for neither Post- master Hesing nor the letter carriers knew that they were under any special scrutiny of the Post Office Depertment. What the Letters Mean. “The fact that I have written 176 letters to Chicago letter carriers with regard to alleged delinquencies on their part,” said Assistant Postmaster General Jones, “does not mean that all of these men have been dismissed. I established a rule soon after entering upon the duties of this office that no carrier should be dismissed from the service without having had laid before him a copy of the charges against him, and that he should also te given an opportunity to reply to such charges. That rule was 60 satisfactory to.the letter carriers that they passed a resolution in their annual conven- tion at Cleveland approving it. I have, in pursusnce of that policy, written to all the letter carsiers in Chicago against whom charges have been reported by my secret agents of reglect of duty or other violation of the regulations, stating what the charges against them are and asking them to make explanations. In cases where cx- planations are satisfactcry there will. be no action. In other ceses it may be-necessary to make suspensions, ard perhaps in some of the more aggravated instances dismiss- als will follow.” Charges of a Varied Character. “What are the charges against these men, Mr. Jones?” “They are of a varied character, and none of them will be made public so far as individuals are concerned. Nor will the names of the men to whom these letters have been written be given to the press. In a general way, the charges cover loiter- ing, drinking while on duty and the falsifi- cation of records. An act was passed by a recent Congress, as is well understood, for- bidding carriers from making over time. Prior to the passage’ of that act carriers had been ;ermitted to make over time, and claims for over time amounting to one and a half million dollars have already been filed. The Court of Claims has already al- lowed these claims to the amount of nine hundred thousard dollars, so that it was important to prevent, if possible, the mak- ing of over time, and to see to it also that the carriers should utilize the eight hours of their day to the best advantage.” The Work of a Carricr. “The work of the carrier,” continued Mr. Jones, “‘is first to ‘route up’ his mail. That is, he tgkes the mail for his route which he finds upon his desk, and arranges it in its proper order, so that he can the most expedi- tlously and accurately distribute it. A little more than two hours of the eight hours is allowed for this purpose. To be accurate, the time actually allowed for this work is two hours and twenty-five minutes. “The remainder of the time is set apart for the distribution of the mails on their route. I found that carriers would probably not oc- cupy all of that time in the actual distribu- tion of the mails, and that they did not need to consume as much as they reported in work inside the office. So, in the belief that a given territory should be covered by a jess number of men, if they used their time prop- erly and to the best advantage, I began to send out some time ago secret agents to in- quire into their work. Before doing so I arranged a system by which the agents could be assigned to different routes and be in- structed to note the time that each letter carrier began work, when he stopped work and what he did while engaged in his duties. The purpose of this inspection was to enable the department to ascertain what time was actually consumed in the distribution of ‘he mail and whether any more‘or any less time could be profitably employed than that which was provided in the regular schedule. The business of the inspector was simply to ob- serve the movements of the carrier to whom they were assigned and to see that they spent no unnecessary time talking to the People on the street, in entering saloons or drinking while on duty, and, in short, whether they could cover a larger field rea- sonably well during the hours for which they were paid. Inc‘dentally, the inspectors were also to observe the personal habits of the carriers, to ascertain whether they violated any of the rules of the department, which are very strict, while on duty and whether they loitered or committed any other act in violation of the department regulations. The main object of the inspection was to deter- mine whether a given field could not be cov- ered by a less number of carriers.” Result of the Inspection. “And what {is the result, Mr. Jones, of these inquiries?” “If you ask about Chicago, I cannot answer very definitely, except to say that of the 1,050 men employed there, 176 have been reported to the department as violat- ing in some way the post office regula- tions. Possibly some of the charges are on account of the personal habits of the car- riers. But a large portion of the charges refer to the amount of time consumed in the actual delivery of the mails. I may sey, In a general way, in answer to the in- quiry as to what has been accomplished, that in cities where the inspecfion has been carried out we have been able to make a large reduction in the force. In Philadel- phia, for instance, our agents have looked over the field thoroughly, and their work has been carefully inspected by the de- partment. The result is that it was found practicable to reduce the force there 126 men, which was a saving to the govern- ment of more than $100,000 per annum. And we have not found any complaints from that city since that time that this action has reduced the value of the Phila- deiphia letter carrier force, or rendered it less efficient in any way. The people of that city get the same number of collec- tions and deliveries each day that they did before, and the work of the carriers has been in no way injured. Of the 126 men who were removed from the Philadelphia force, about twenty were dismissed. The other 106 were simply dropped from the foree because their services were not need- ed, and were placed on what we call the substitute list, so that they can take their chances in obtaining employment as sub- stitutes.” No Question of Politics. “In these dismissals, Mr. Jones, was the question of personal politics of the letter cerriers taken into consideration?” “No; not in the slightest. Our secret agents knew nothing of the men whose movements they were directed to observe. Nor did they know anything about them except the number which designates each letter carrier, which he constantly carries on his cap. In point of fact, I find that among the dismissals there have been a greater number of democrats than of re- publicans.” “Are you able to determine yet how much of a reduction you wiH be likely to make in the Chicago force by reason of the re- cent inspection?” “No. It is not Improbable that some cf the 176 men to whom these letters have been written may be removed as the re- sult, unless they shall be able to make a satisfactory explanation of theso charges which the inspector has made again: them. But how large a reduction in general force shall be practicable by reason ef this Inspection I cannot say. I have found, however, in very many cases, that the men are able to cover very much more territory than is now the case under the eight-hour system, and it would not be surprising that as the result of this in- vestigation in Chicago there should be some reductions of the total number of men employed in that city. That has been thé experience in consequence of the re- suit of the inspection of letter carriers in other cities.” ae DR. BLYDEN ON THE NEGRO. He Talks to the Bethel Association About the Future of the Race. Rev. Dr. Blyden, the Liberian minister to England, lectured Tuesday night before the Bethel Literary Historical Association at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church upon the subject of “The Future of the Negro.” Dr. Blyden chose for his text the prophecy of Noah. I consider it one of the most striking features of American social life,” said Dr. Blyden, “and no doubt something of a drawback: to literary and scientific free- dom in this country, that the question of race forms so prominent an element in nearly all thoughts and nearly all actions. It seems to have colored the whole life of what may be called distinctively Amert can literature. It is forced on the ccn: eration of the foreigner as soon as he ar- rives in the country. In the north it is discussed from the standpoint of theory and hypothesis; in the south it is forced upon the people as a fact intimately asso- ciated with their daily life, having its menacing as well as its hopeful aspects. To the negro traveler from abroad the sub- ject presents many painful aspects, and he, far more than the European visitor, 1s confronted with the necessity of studying it in all its bearings, since he observes that the difficulties which beset the path- way of members of his race arise largely from the conviction of the dominant class that the negro belongs to an essentially and perpetually inferior race.” The Curse of Ham. Dr. Blyden then proceeded into a discussion of the chapter in Genesis where Noah pronounces a curse upon Ham, and according to the Latin translation, dooms him to be the servant of his brethren. Dr. Blyden quoted other translations of this chapter, which, he said, threw a different light upon the matter. “It may be that Noah, in his momentary indignation and in his human weakness and infirmity. from which the narrative shows he was not free, intended in his heart some sort of subjection as a punishment to Ham for bis want of fillal respect; some sort of in- feriority or degradation; and all through the ages human interpreters of the pas- scge have expounded it in sympathy with a short-sighted feeling of the mortified and hum liated patriarch, and in modern times have seen in it a justification for the en- slavement and oppression of tfie African. But the higher and improved conception of mankind as to the character of God and His relation to the creatures has rejected such interpretation of the passage, and has scught, in the spirit of really higher criti- jem, the teachings of Christ to break eve: bond and let the oppressed go free. Stil there is somehow a lingering feeling among Christians, and it may be Jews, and un- fortunately among some negroes, that per- haps after all the present condition of the African in his ancestral country and in the lands of his exile is to be ettributed to the curse of Noah, “There are visions in some of the ne- groes of this country of a great temporal empire to be established in Africa. I be- lieve in a future negro empire in Africa, but it will not be political. It will be of that higher kind which will be more last- ing than the great temporal kingdoms of the past whose names are forgotten. A Consolatory Truth. “There is this consolatory truth for the race whose lot is not to wield a scepter of empire, that it is to those who serve that belongs the blessing of ultimate precedence, ‘He who would be chief let him become your servant, but he that takes the sword shall "perish by the sword.’ The qualities that have distinguished Japhet are tem- porary, that is great faith in himself and in his destiny. The quality that has mark- ed the history of Shem ts hope, that is more enduring. But the quality which Ham kas exhibited in the work that is assigned him is the most enduring of all—love. The great apostle of the Gentiles, after enumeratin various gifts and talents, says: “And yet show unto you a more excellent way. Though I speak with the tongues of man and of angels and have not love, I am be- come as sounding brass or a tinkling cym- bal. And though I have the gift of proph- ecy and understand all mystery and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.” “Those who object to the idea of race environments and race work, are those who have not studied God's work in the light of His providence, or God’s providence in the light of His word. The negro is here to exemplify that side of God's being which the Anglo-Saxon, with the terrible destiny of rule and conquest upon him, cannot do. He, from his very circumstances, his call- ing, his work, is incapable of continuous and irrepressible love. He can only for- give seven times. The negro’s spirit is a boundless one in that. direction, He can afford to forgive not only seven times, but seventy times seven. So he can understand that large teaching of love which Christ so impressively taught and exemplified in His fe.” —_-—_ ‘Women and the Whipping Post. To the Editor of The Evening Star: In all the arguments pro and con about the whipping post I believe no woman's voice has been heard, either from the new woman or the old. Certainly there is no one whom it more concerns, especially the wife, who can be made to suffer even werse treatment ‘than blows from a hus- band who is brutal enough to assault her, Aside from that there is a moral aspect to the question regarding both husband and wife which is nearly lost eight of. The object of punishment is, or should be, not orly deterrent, but remedial, and we are also bound to consider its moral effect on the community, its educating influence on the rising generation. Nothing that tends to degrade the individual can have an ele- vating effect on the masses. We all know the stigma formerly resting on the “. bird,” as he was called, and the difficulty with which he won his way back to re- spectability, or even to the means of ob- taining a livelihood, until the rising phil- arthropy of the age, rec him as a man and a brother, sought to restore him to his manhood. There is something so repulsive in the very sound of the whipping pest that has grown up with us from our childhood, sug- gestive of ear croppings and the pillory, and more recently the barbarism of slavery, that it is impossible to forget it in its as- scciation with the culprit. He returns to bis home thirsting for revenge, to his wife. whose fondest anticipations in life have all been blighted, still legally bound to him as hor husband. there to reise a progeny in- heriting his own brutal instincts. No such cure for wife beaters. We are supposed to live in an age when all these barbarous agencies are relegated to the past, and the fact that they are not Is a reflection on our own civilization, or the lack of it. Charles Sumner once said that the hu- Ynanities are not solitary. It may also be said that the inhumanities are not solitary. “When the war was over” and the nation was scarcely through applauding those pacific words of Gen. Grant, “Let us have peace,” up springs the military spirit with a force hitherto unknown tn this country, building warships, cultivating a love for the arts of war in the minds of our youth, and most surprising of all, carrying this training into our Sunday schools, in utter violation of every precept of the beatitudes as they fell from the lips of Jesus. Another demoralizing tendency of the times is the introduction of vivisection into our public schools, the thirst for science overstepping the bounds of the moral law. Legions of societies springing up on the cone side for the practice of that love whose omnipotent sway embraces the redemption of the world, on the other the abnormal instincts of human nature cropping out in new forms, requiring constant vigilance to discern between the good intention and the sinister motives which are too often com- bined In the same cause. The world is arried forward by its sinners as well as its saints, and whoever undertakes to define the line between the sinrer and the saint will find himself In a greater muddle than What to do with the garbage, or to settle the silver question, The man who in a drunken frenzy ts his wife may be a better man In the eyes of an unerri judge than the man who sold him the liquor. It was the testimony of one of your remonstrants that the majority of ‘ito beaters are crazed with liquor, sug- esting the first step to be done—abolish the saloon. If we could form any concep- ticn of a drunkard’s remorse, we should say that Is enough punishment for him. ‘Then we will find a better agency than the whipping post for what is left. S. E. W.