Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1895, Page 8

AND SONS, F Street, Corner Eleventh, Storage Warehouse, 22d° near M. Our stock of Oriental Rugs has not a duplicate hereabouts, and New York itself cannot undersell wr. Our Overstocked Furniture Sale Ends Saturday Night. —There’s a lot to be saved by buyers who are in before then. Every piece of Furniture in the house is reduced right down to its lowest notch. Prices are unparall- eled, and on account of their low- ness we've felt compelled to put THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1895—-TWELVE PAGES. (SXXEEEKEREECEREREEERESESE( DISCOUNT. — This “Retiring Sale” offers a °) —=—— fred opportanlty to proiitably ¢ -— Ey est your surplus money. il \ 20 EE. Off ——— ~uxll Diamonds, Watches, Jew- elry and Sterlirg Silver. et. Off Cent =all Clocks, Bronzes, Statuary, je-a-Brac, &e. J. Karr, wn 945 Pa. Ave. N. W. [RRREREE REE EERE OS ° ve le ORM ROE EW SEO ee PO EOS For Throat And Lung Troubles, Take YER’S Cherry Pectoral Received Highest Awards At World’s Fair. E “CRAIG & HARDING, Fucaiware, ete., 13th and F cts, Chamber & these conditions on the sale: Sale for cash only on or before deliv- ery. After once delivered goods cannot be exchanged and no pleces can be sent ‘on approval. These are a very few of the values: Banquet Lamp, $1.45 with gold base and fount, silver figure of Cupid upholding fount Sideboards. &21 Solid Oak Sideboard. $14 Solid Oak Sideboard. $12 Oak-finish Sideboard. China Closets. % China 01 is $16 Corner China Closet, Extension Tables. $19.50 Massive S 4) Massive 0 Selld Exte Dining Chair: t Dining ‘quartered oak. . imple values ont of the » just received S) dozen. Jolt and Enamel Reception Chalrs. es. We'll sec * them carefully. |* just what kind ¢ Fequire, “Adjust th worn—-WITHOU S—in either EYE- |e SE tors LACLES. McAllister & Co., EXAMINING OPTICTAN: F St... \NECK BOAS. Black ‘THIBET, 114 yds. long. $3.50. Worth $5.00. Genuine Mink Scarfs, $3.00. Worth Parlor Suites. ‘The two grentest features of our busiuess are Parlor Suites and Chamber Sultes. We are told every day that no furniture house in Washington carries so large, to varied or so handsome an asscrtment of member of our firm was 4 ma these goods for many y for their beauty and r sell you an excellent Chamber son! Solid and for the to rell a s we Mmited number of te conelud. hand- some 3-piece Solid Oak Suites, worth $28 and $ 5 $30, for. Eve 21.50 For the above prices there are vedks of various Maho We have even made the cl at the extraordinary low prices we have cul for Parlor Suites. One immense floor loaded with ‘sample’ suites, and a number Hirst tla ploce and hundreds of y additional few dol- of spectals have overtiown to i We are selling an exquisite for $13.65, and Parlor Suite lars up to $250 two d Divan ee ¢ Will sell beautiful telie, at. ik Brocatelle P: tyles, Including a few m: nificent Overstuffed not one of which worth less than $50, for.. HARDING, Furniture, &c., 13th & F Sts. se5-3m,80 ¢PILGRIF, =PAUSE and este $4.50. \FUR CAPES. 10 per cent discount for one day. FURS ALTERED at smail cost. faction guaranteed. Cloaks and Suits made to order. fect fit_guaranteed. Martin Wolf, Formerly with the Hndson Bay Fur Company. 515 LTH ST. We ee Go to Siccardi, Bargains in Hair. Genuine, bona fide bargain prices are prevall- ing Just now. And you can select from che finest féock of Halr and’ Toilet Goods ever shown in Washington. Ns Pal: Royal— Zit ith Ste, Finnerty 1224 Bway, N.Y. ocl2-0m tis A per- [XEReEEEERS weeee weeee MADE AND LAID i¢| pst—-no charge for waste i? in matching figures--no other ie house in the world does as much. ° | R. WE HAVE ADDED line of Solid Mahogany ever brought to Wash: ington—Bed Room Suites, Roe | ers, Chalrs, ete. VERYTHING IS SOLD ON EASY weekly or monthly paynients—no hotes—no interest. Our prices are marked in plain figures—they ‘are lower than the LOWEST cash prices elsewhere. XXKEERRE KS <<xXeEEERER EEE EERE ENE EY ROP IN AND SEE WHAT A complete change has been made in the arrangement of our first floor —see the new line of Brass Beds. eoeeeesveees F YOU ARE LOOKING Handsome Sideboard We have them shapes—and at $9 to $250. FOR A look HERE. in all the new all prices—from ° le . ° HIS IS THE BEST TIME TO select holiday presents—while the stock is complete. We'll store them free of cost. Grogan’s : Mammoth Credit House,; 819-821-823 7TH STREET N.W., BETWEEN H AND I STREETS. bot =PONDER with ¢PATIENCE, the = ¢PATRIOTIC Cestontoateefentontentestertonteete 2. ee = ‘ PROPOSITIONS there PRESENTED. 3 z He is a PATRIOT who makes two ee blades of grass grow where only one + grew before. = He is a PATRIOT who clothes two men z at the usual cost of clothing ONE. a ‘This latter proposition states our case + precisely. F: Men’s Overcoats. $7.50. Usual price, $15. 7 i Men’s Suits. $4, $5.50, $6, $6.48, $7. $10, $12. Multiply by 2 and you get at the prices usually charged. ), $8.75, $9.50, Ten’s Pantaloons. $1.25, $1.60, $2, $2.50, $2.78, $3, $3.50. Special attention ts called to those lines sold by us at $2.50 and $2.78 a pair. It is no exaggeration to say that they cannot be duplicated at less than 100 per cent advance on these prices. a Boys’ Suits. Long Pants, $2.98. We challenge uu to match ‘em for less than’ $6. Others—$4.75, $5, 30, $6. Short Pants—$1, $1.25, $2, $2.50, $3, $5.50. Those at $2 and $2.50 are mar- vels of neatness, cheapness and dura- bility. Boys’ Overcoats. $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4. These are start- ling surprises. ‘They have surprised others. They will surprise you. : Victor E. Adler’s TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE, 927=9 7th St. COR. MASS. AVE. OPEN TILL M. SATURDAYS TILL 11 P.M. nod-100d. = cos \Tired o ‘One Position? A Mark’s Adjustable Chair will afford you luxury and ease; can be adjusted to more than 50 positions Without getting ont of it. 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The Great Commoner From Pennsyl- vanin Was a Good Fighter. From John Sherman's Recollections. Thaddeus Stevens, one of the most re- markable men of the last generation, was born in Vermont near the close of the last century; and was well educated. Me taught school and studied law. He remuved Pennsylvania and there ergaged in tur- bulent politics; serted several years as a member of the stat2 legis!atcre; was elect- ed to Congress in 1848, and served four years. He waS known to be an aggressive whig and a dangerous opponent in debate; was re-elected in 1858 as a republican and at once took the lead in the speakership contest. H's sareasia was keen and merciless. ful member of the com- ter in the field of battle eclusion of the committee. contest arose in the House tee. He wi than in the Il, when any | over bills reported by the committee, he was always ready to defend its action. Though a cynical old bachelor, with a defi rmed foot ond with a bitter tongue for those he disliked, he was always charitable and kind to the poor. He was quiet and impartial in his charity, recognizing no dis- tinction on account of color, bit usually preferring to aid women rather than men. I was often the witness of his charities. He cor.tinued in active public life until his deith cn the 1{th of August, 1868. For some time before his death he was unable to walk up the marble steps of the Capitol and two stout negroes were detailed to carry him up in a chair. On one occasion when safely seated he grimly sall to ee r. Stevens was a brave man. He always fougnt bis fignts to a finish and never asked or gave quarter. When in Doubt, ask for Ayer's Pill IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TE and use that oll and well-tried remedy, Mra, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, xoftens the gum, allays all Pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for larrhoer. 25 cents a bottle. ael0-ly HARRIET HUBBARD AYEI'S RECAMIER CREAM WILL CURE PIMI-LES SAMPLE POST PAID ON RECEIPT OF 25 CTS. 131 West Bist st. - + _Jato-wly. A. LADIES Aft use of Dr. Sie nowned South An errED z BY THE Angostura Bitte » the re- NEW YORK’S BIG FIRE. A Million Dollars’ Damage Done Last Night. A fire started in the Keep shirt factory, at Broadway and Bleecker streets, New York, last night, and is estimated to have done a damage of about $1,000,000. The comparatively new building of the Man- hattan Savings Institution was destr Two other buildings were destroyed and others damaged by fire and w: From the point where the fire was f n, Une flames ran quickly through the building, which exténds from the corner of Crosby and Bleecker streets, through the 150-foot block until it makes the southeast corner of Broadway and Bleecker street. This building was destroyed. From this building the flames got into the structure adjoining on the south, while to north they shot across narrow Bleecker street, caught the enormous build- ing of the Manhattan Savings Institution, the upper stories of which soon crumbled and fell with a crash, while firemen were working on the lower floors. Jacob Adler & Co. control the clothing establishment on the floor where the fire started. Beneath, on the ground floor, facing Broadway, is the Empire State On the upper floors are Lauterback silks, and several like concerns. an hour after the flames were first seen in Crosby street, the building had been demolished, the walls still stood erect, but the apertures where the windows had been showed through them a solid sheet of flame. Notwithstanding the enormous heat, the firemen crowded the building close. From the very first it was seen that the building was doomed, and the only chance was the saving of the near by structures. An especial effort was made on the Bleecker street side to see that the flames did not cross the street to the eight- story Manhattan Bank structure. Fall of the Walls. Suddenly, a few minutes before 9 o'clock, where all had been light for blocks around from the glare of the flames, there came darkness. From the rent wails there came a great black cloud of smoke that blotted oat all light. It hecam pungent In narrow Bleecker street that the fire fighters were forced to run for their lives. Then the high walls parted, seemed to hang in the air for a moment, and fell where a few moments before the firemen had stood. The five-story building to the south caught fire with the falling of the walls, and the firemen’s attention was turned to that. Twenty of them were before this house when an explosion came that shook the building, and every window in the house was blown into the street. Iron shutters were forced from their fastenings, and sent sailing through the air. It was at first thought that firemen had been injured by the wreck of this building, vut when the first shock of the crash was over it was found otherwise. Two men who had stood near by were blown across the street. Both were slightly injurea. How Twelve Men Escaped. The Manhattan building was across the street, and every effort was made to save it, but in vain. Fire Chief Francis J. Reilly and twelve men were in the sixth story of the building, when from above the flames came so rapidly that their escape was cut off. By cutting a hole through the s!de wall to the north the chief and his men escaped. The twelfth fireman, Fitzgerald, crawled along a narrow coping, but be- came so weak that two comrades, Brush and Barnett, had to climb out of a window and lift him along the edge, many feet above the ground, to a window in the adjoining building. Chief Reilly fainted when he reached the street, and was taken to the hospital with kis back injured. Fireman Walsh was overcome by the smoke after rescuing Annie Coon, aged seventy, and five chil- dren from a tenement. There were many narrow escapes and twenty-five firemen in- jured. The Manhattan building was occupied by many concerns. In the building were, among others: Heidelberg & Co., clothing: Ouvebrood Brothers, silks; Guarantee Silk Company; Goldstone & Sternberg, clothing; Northwestern Stone Works; J. M. Van Note, hats, and John A. Flommerfelt & Co. ~ es Written for The Evening Star. A Rondelay. The Bourbon's foot is off thy floor, Maryland, my Maryland! The horseshoe’s nailed above thy door, Maryland, my Maryland! When light comes o'er the Eastern Shore, And hatred ends ia Baltimore, ‘The war is over more and more, Maryland, my Maryland. Hark to a wandering son's Maryland, my Maryland My motber state, thou good old dame, Maryland, my Maryland! Tove thy biscuit all the same, I love thy terrapin and game, Thy better stomach’s In thy name, Maryland, my Maryland! acclaim, I see thou’st fired that Rasin sneak, ™ nd, my Maryland, And Eugene Higgins with his cheek, Maryland, my Maryland; Of Sonny Mann I will not speak, Of Bockman and that other freak Who Gorruandized down Chesapeake, Maryland, my Maryland. My mother state, to be profane (Maryland, my Maryland), Thou hast raised sheol in thy plain, Maryland, my Maryland. Distemper with a stiff refrain Thou chuckest back to Booth and Caim And putt’st an oyster on thy brain, Maryland, my Maryland, ‘Thou good old whig! was it not droll, Maryland, my Maryland— For thy few darkies to pay toll, Maryland, my Maryland? Better some turnip greens and jowl, Better a sugar tongs and bowl, ‘Than crucifixion in a hole, Maryland, my Maryland! Git up and wash and take some sun, Maryland, my Maryland! And give some rowdy man thy gun, Maryland, my Maryland! Let's build some roads on which to run! 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Watching from the edge of the forest, for example, he would have been able to see that Ekle was at home. OT course, he wouldn't go near the cave then, for he undoubtedly saw these officers when they galloped from,Denby in the early morn- \ < § “Chief Williams was down.” utterly cast ing. He'd know that his hiding place had been discovered and was being watched. He did know, as I think, and so he stayed away.’ “The fellow ought to be caught somehow, said Mr. Warren. “He's dangerous to every- body while he’s at large. Have you heard about Golding?” ‘No. What of him? Escaped.” y jinks!" and Martin turned with a low whi tle to his companions. “Escap2d?" repeated Williams in conster- nation. “Why, it can’t be possible.” “It's been a fect since before noon, Mr. Warren. herse. Sam gave chase, of course, not with any hope of catching him, but to send a warning over the county by telegraph. Chief Williams was utterly cast down. Ambition end pride fell together before this blow; for all day long, as the proba- bility of catching Wanga became more and more shadowy, he hai confronted him- self with the thought that at the worst he would have one important prisoner to take home with him, What would Justice Drew and the rest of them say? He cank upon the ground in abject miser. ; “I'm right sorry for you, chief,” said Mr. Warren, kindly; “but I don’t see how "twas your faut. Come in all of you long enough to let wife make you some coffee.” The invitation was a welcome one, and the men accepted it, Williams walking with downeast head and lagging feet. “'Tisn’t my fault!" he exclaimed, ately, when he was in the kitchen the trouble is there’s so much to explain. The judge sending me off in a hurry with- out handcuffs—I was just out of bed, you know, and no lockup in Granite——” Twas my fault,” “I’m just getting tt through my fool nead what was the matter. We never should have used rew clothes line. It’s too stiff to run into tight knots. I'd ought to have thought of that. Then it wouldn't be so difficult for a clever man like Golding to spread his hands and arms just a little, not so much that we'd see while we was ty- ing him, but when he was alone he could wriggle around, you see, until he could draw his arms out—oh, confound it! It's clear as day now!” Williams was tnvigorated but not cheered by the coffee and food with which Mrs. Warren supplied the table bountifully Hav- ing disposed of the body of Sam Meeker by ieaving it in charge of the village car- penter, who served as undertaker on rare oceasions of death in Granite, he started for Denby with a heavy weight of humilia- tion on his heart. Dutton was vastly improved the next morning. He left his bed without assist- ance and walked slowly up and down the front path before breakfast. Elsie unwit- tingly came upon him there when she went out for her own breath of morning air. Her mother had made no allusion to the Interrupted scene with Gran'’pa Kirk. She was certain that a sufficient rebuke had been in her eyes and manner, and that Blsie did not need to be told that she was doing her parents an unfilial injustice by pressing inquiries upon a subject that they were doing all they could to suppress. Mrs. Warren had judged correctly. Elsie was mortified and conscience-stricken, and when she saw Dutton in the front yard she drew back, and would have re-entered the house, but that he spoke to her. “Good morning, little one,” he said, “aren't you going to congratulate me on my improvement.” “I Go, Mr. Dutton, a fluttering heal you so well” she responded, with I am very glad to see said | ‘He skipped on Springer’s | interrupted Martin. | She turned again to go in. “Don’t run away, my dear,” said Dutton pleadingly “it does a broken old chap iike me mcre good than you can think to sec uth about.” ‘I think mamma wants me,” she sald, timidly, “Fa, la! you're afraid of me. Run away, then, if you want to.” “You don't understand,” said Elste, doubt as to what was the right thing to dc It didn’t seem courteous or kind to dese this convalescent when he evidently wished for her company, and yet she would not again displease her mother for anything. I think I understand,” he responded, in a lower tone, for he had come close to her in his slow walking up the path, “they heven’t'told you about me, and I’m’ a mys. terious sort of a bugaboo, who gets every- body into trouble, eh : wagon’ know, sir. “Well, Gen’t torment your pretty head with it. All wili come out well In time. 1 know I have given your people a terrible siiock and brought a lot of trouble alo: with me, but it was more the fault of the diamonds than of my intentions. I meant well, really. You'll sce, little one.” ‘Breakfast is ready," said Mrs. Warren, appearing at the front door. Elsie gave ‘her a frightened look, but there was ro rebuke in her mother’s eyes. They were exceedingly sad, however, ani the sight awoke fresh pangs in the girl's heart. She preceded Dutton into the house, end as he passed Mrs. Warren he sald: ‘She is very beautiful, Martha.” “I don’t thirk you should talk to her,” she answered; “but I canrot tell. I don’t know which way the right lies, except that it must be in some way to shield her.” Patean pore very grave. we tle it over wi Nick s ie ee with Nick some tim After breakfast he sat in the yard long time alone. He asked for no com pany, and it was plain that bis thoughts were sufficient for him. Mrs. Warren occa- sionally went to the front windows and locked out to see if there were anything he needed. Once or twice he saw her and shook his head to signif; vi ome ignify that he wanted Dutton was carrying on an internal de- bate, a very hard t. for arybody, par- ticularly hard for anybody whose mind has not been trained to silent reasoning. Few men can think for a quarter of an hour on one topic, unless the topic te represented ty something before their eyes cr in their hands. Many a writer finds it impossibie to forecast his pages unizss he has a pen in hand. With Dutton there was a vague co: ‘ious: ness that he was making no real progress in solving the provlem with whicn he was trying to struggle. His mind wandered trom it repeatedly, and at length he took from his coat .pocket ihe document that Golding had partially copied as if it would enab‘e him to keep his thoughts in the de* sired channel. He looked the paper over and thrust his right hand into his trouser’s pocket as hé read. Still reading, he withdrew the right bani, shifted the paper, and searched the left pocket. Then an expression of wonder caine over his face. He laid the paper down “You don’t understand.” and plunged both hands into bringing out all the contents, ani coppers, and looking at biankl; ‘Then he nervously searched all the other pockets in his clothes, and went into the spare rcom, looking under tke bed, into vases, on the closet floor, under cushions, ete. At last he spoke to Mrs. Warren and she came in from the kitchen. Martha,” he said, “I miss some keys that I think were in my pocket when I came here—' “Were they on a ring?” ly. Yes, half a dozen, I should say.” ‘Golding took the bunch, Freeman," she said. Why! not yesterday,surely? there wasn’t time—" “No, it was day before yesterday morn- ing while you were unconscious,” and she told him ahout it, touching lightly on the cause of the agitation that drove the theft from her mind until Golding had left the house. “Well, this 1s serious,” said Dutton so- berly, “of course Golding wouldn't have given them up to you, so that needn’t dis- turb you.” “I ought to have spoken of it before,” returned Mrs. Warren, ‘but there was the trouble about Elsie, and Nicholas, and all-—-” his pockets little silver his hands she asked anx- ‘You had plenty to think of,” interrupted Dutton, “you couldn’t have done any dif- ferently or any better. What a woman you are, Martha!” | perfect ccc Mrs. Warren shrank from him as he ex- pressed a compliment more clearly in the Lae of his voice than in the words he used. “Tut, tut!’ he said, gently. “I shan’t say anything worse than that, or anything like it again. I must think what to do about my keys. Where's Nick?” “In the flelds somewhere. him.” Mr. Warren came in promptly. “Well, Dut.,” he said, “are you ready to talk?” “No, Nick,” he answered; I thought I was, but I find that there’s one matter I was going to speak of that’s in doubt, and I shall have to postpone the whole thing. But I'll tell you enough to show you in some respects where I stand.” Mr. Warren sat down with his lips com- pressed and his face drawn in hard lines. “Golding told you something about my diamonds,” began Dutton. “I should think he did; and so did Wan- ga." “You learned something about the Pres- ident, and the fact that that was only the best of many stones in my possession.” Mr. Warren nodded. “We four men were partners,” continued Dutten—“Ben Golding, Sam Meeker, Wan- ga and I Some time, if it will interest you, I will tell you all about our articles of agreement. It was much like a secret seciety, for we were bound by the most terrible oaths, and there were conditions providing that in the event of treachery by any member of the concern his share in our finds in certain fields should be for- feited, and his life also if the others should decide tu take it.” You mean diamond fields, I suppose?” yes, in Africa. We were a tremendously lucky crowd. If we hadn't been we should have hung together better. You see, we got so much wealth in our hands that it gave rise to jealousies, suspicions and eventually to treachery.” “I can quite understand that,” said Mr. Warren, “having observed Golding’s fear- ful mania for the diamonds, and Wanga’s savagery aroused by them, and,” he hes- itated a little, “having had a touch of the fever myself. For the fact is, Dut., while you were unconscious I was powerfully I will send for | tempted to take possession of the Presi- He Thrust Hix Right Hand Into His Trousers Pocket. dent myself, trough I must say for myself that I believed that you were going to die, and my thought or excuse was that 1 didn’t believe Golding had any right to the stone. And now he’s got it.”” “The President?” responded Dutton rather blankly. “Oh, well, there are more, and mighty good ones, too. That was what I was coming to. You see, not to go into the history of our quarrels in Africa, in which i won't deiy that I played my share in jealousy, ard—well, and so forth, you know, these three men supposed I had the whole stock of stones with me. The safest place to keep them when we were in the fields, you knew, was in a man’s pockets. cw, to keep the story down to the shortest possible limi I didn’t bring the stock of diamonds with me at all, except, of course, the President. I deposited them in a safety deposit vault, and Golding has stolen the key to my box.” “Gracious!” exclaimed Mr. Warren, “that too bad. He's got the whole lot, then?” “Not necessarily,” said Dutton, with an inserutable smile. n the first place he may be captured before he gets to New York. In the second, they won’t let him open my box at the deposit vaults. T can’t quite understand how he suspected that I had put the diamonds in such a place, but 1 suppose that in going through my clothes he came across the memorandum that shows that I am a box renter. So, you see, the ore thing for me to do, to hurry to New York as fast as I can and notify the vault people, change my box, or something of the kind. I must start at once.” Mr. Warren was silent a moment. “I see now,” he said, “why they were so persistent in believing that I had the dia- monds. They thought I had robbed you. 1 suppose Golding really believed that I had done for you in the cabin. Yes, if I were in your place and could stand the jcurney I'd go to New York at once. But Dut., you don’t forget that aside from the importance of the diamonds to you there is the other matter that affects me? “No, I don’t forget it. I must get my diamonds first. “You're like yu going to do’ When I have put my diatmonds in safe keeping I sha!l return to Granite—” “Why? Why not clear up this matter now? if it can be cleared,” added Mr. War- ren gloomily. “You must wait for me.” Dutton was not to be shaken in his reso- lution, and Mr. Warren was altogether too depressed to urge his questions with per- sistency. He did ail he could to facilitate Dutton’s departure. After dinner he irove him to the nearest railway station, twenty- five miles away, learning there that Springer had called the evening before and dispatched télegrams relative to Golding. Nothing had been seen or heard of him. e “He'll escape them,” said Dutton, with ‘a shak> of tho head. “I shouldn't be sur- prised if I crossed his tracks in New he rest, then. What are let me go my own way and r Several’ days passed after this and mat- ters in the Warren household had resum- ed much of their former tranquility. To most outward appearances Mr. and Mrs. Warren were as before, but sensitive Elsie could see that the shadow of trouble still hovered heavily over them. Little was said about the events that had stirred them so profoundly, and that little was generally provoked’ by the inquiries of neighbors as to whether anything had been heard of the black man. Springer's horse wes brought home two days after Gold- ing’s départure little the worse apparently for his excursion. The man who restored him had found him grazing by the road- side fifteen miles away, and recognized him, fer the horse was well known in that part of the state. ‘One forenoon Dutton returned. He alight- ed from the carriage in which he had been driven across country from the railroad with a firm step and every indicatien of health. He paid his driver, who promptly turned about and departed. Then he walked up to the front door, where Mr. Warren was silently waiting for him, and said: “Nick, Golding did the trick. away with every stone in the vaul| (To be A New Mystery Story. The mystery story now running in The Star having proved so popular, arrange- ments have been made to follow it with an- other. The new one is “Before They Were Married,” by Henry C. Parker. It is of com- manding interest, and those who read the first chapters will follow it eagerly to the end of the absorbing mystery. The first In- stellment will be published on Saturday, No- vember 9. Two hundred and fifty dollars in gold will be given for a correct solution of the mystery by a woman reader, according to the conditions printed elsewhere. — CLEAN SWEEP IN DETROIT. Mayor Pingree Ran Away Ahead of His Ticket. Detroit has elected the ent 1© republican city ticket and has added two .ldermen to the republican majority in the common council. Mayer Pingree ren ahead of the balance of the city ticket by 1,500 and up- ward. His majority over Goldwater (dem.), acceiding to the offic'al returns, is 1¢ which exczeds Goldwater's total vote over 200. Schmid, clerk; Littlefield, treasure ard the rest of the republican ticket ai elected. The city council will stand 24 re- publicans, 8 democrats. ‘Of the ‘aldermen elected twelve are re- publicans and four democrats. In round numbers the total vote amounted to 31,000, as compared with 43,000 in the city election of two years sgo. Confidence in Pingree’s wirning qualities contributed to the rather light vote. % If? If you want to preserve apples, don't cause a break in the skin. - The germs of decay thrive rapidly there. So the germs of consump- tion find good soil for worl: whenthe fang of thethroat and lungs isb ruised, made raw, or injured by coldsand coughs. Scott’s Emulsion, with hypophosphites, will heal inflamed mucus mem- branes. The time to take it is before serious damage has been done. A So-cent bottle is enough for an or- dinary cold. 50 cents and $1.00 Scorr & Bowns, Chemists, New York. BEFORE THEY WERE MARRIED A New Mystery Story Will Be Starter Next Saturday. Golden Prizes Await Clever Renders. of The Star Who Can Foresee a Literary Climax. Such general interest was manifested from the start in the great mystery story now running in The Star that it has been decided to inaugurate a similar contest, and to this end arrangements have been made for the seria! publication of all but the last chapter of a thrilling tale entitled “Before They Were Mairied,” by Henry C. Parker. In or- der that there should be no useless delay the first installment of the new story will be printed in next Saturday's Star, aithough the final announcement of the result of the competition in the first mystery story con- test will not be announced until the 15th of November. The next to the last installment of “When the War Was Over” will appear in xt Friday’s Star, and thus the new mys- tery will begin to deveiop itself immediately on the heels of the old one. As in the first contest, a prize will be of- fered to the woman reader who submits an accurate solution of the plot, or, In case no one with exactness foretells the climax of the tale, the money, $250 in gold, will be dis- tributed among twenty-nine persons, as set forth below. ‘The conditions of this inter- esting contest are published again today in the following statements that will govern the competition. Conditions of the Great Offer. 1. The Star will pay $250 in gold to the reader from whom it receives by mail, at the publication office, Pennsylvania avenue and 11th street, the complete and absolutely correct solution of ‘Before They Were Mar- ried,” as it shall be disclosed in the final chapter of the story, to be published Satur- day, December 14, in The Star. If two or more complete and absolutely correct solu- tions are received the $250 in gold will be divided equally. 2. Should ‘The Star fail to receive a solu- tion that is complete and absolutely correct in all its details, the $200 in gold will be al- lotted to the twenty-nine readers whose ex- planation shall come nearest to the true so- lution ef the mystery according, to their percentage of merit, and the money will be divided as follow: Ist Prize. 4th Prize. 25 Prizes of $ each. 29 Prizes; aggregating. - The first prize of $0 will be explanation which comes nearest the true solution; the second prize of TH to the person sending the explanation next nearest, and so on, for the third and fourth prizes. ‘The remaining twenty-five pr.zes of $ each will be awarded to the persons send:ng the twenty-five explanations next nearest to the fourth prize, as the judges may determine their merit. 3. The Star is pre-eminently a family to newspaper and its daily installment of a high grade serial story is a feature intended to especial: commend it to the home circle. e—and advertise—the that a newspaper peculiarly svitable for women's reading, the further condition is made that the $250 in prizes shall be paid only for explanations sent in by women and girls. All may read; but only women and is may guess—and win the gold. “Before They Were Married” will continue in daily installments until Saturday, Decem- ber 7, on which date all but the final chapzer will have been published. The :nterval be- tween Saturday, December 7, and Wednes- day, December 11, 6 o'clock p.m., ‘nclusiv will be allowed for forwarding of <uesse: and the final chapter will be published in The Star Saturday, December 14. Under no consideration whatever will guesses be re- ceived from any source and considered prior to Saturday, December 7, or later than 6 o'clock p.m. December 11. For no reason whatever will guesses from any source be re- ceived or considered after 6 o'clock p.m. December 11. Persons who miss the first installments can obtain back numbers at the office of The Star. Rules of the Competition. 1. But one solution can be entered by a reader. 2. All guesses must be sent by mail and in no other way, plainly addressed to “Prize Story Editor,” The Evening Star. 3. Inquiries not considered fully answered here will receive proper attention if address- ed to “Prize Story Editor,” The Evening Star. 4. The $250 will be awarded under thé fore- going general conditions, according to the best judgment of the judges appointed by The Star, and they will have complete con- trol and final decision in all matters relating to the contest. 5. “A complete and correct solution” can be made in the reader’s own language : nd in the number of words necessary for an xbso- lute statement of the reader's guess. It must disclose the mystery and such material facts of the plot revealed in the development of the story as may be deemed necessary by the judges to a clear and full explanation of the mystery, ‘The names and addresses of the winners of the cash prizes will be published in The Star at the earliest date possible after the publication of the final chapter. No condition of subscription to The Even- ing Star is imposed. Guessers must be wo- men and girls and necessarily they must be readers of The Star, but they may read the story in The Star taken by any member of the family and need not be regular subscrib- ers themselves in order to enter the competi- tion. While only women and girls may guess and win the prizes, th help as to their guess from any 7 their family or from all the famil, Goapele ee A City of Bowlers. New York Letter to the Pittsburg Dispateh, The bowling alley is much in evidence here. It has been estimated that there are 65,000 active bowlers within the city, rep- resenting about 2,000 clubs. There are thirty-five tournaments in Brooklyn, thirty. tournaments in this city and suburban New Jersey every winter. prizes amount to $1,000, while the capital invested in alleys, pins and balls foots up $2,000,000, The game is not confined to any one class, although the Germans are {ts chief patrons. Many women also develop muscle by knocking down the ping, and during the season some can be seen almost any day at pl ‘There's big money in the game for the people who are finaneially in- terested, as all the alleys are well patron- ized during the fall and winter. coe ‘aithful to His Agreement. From Town Topics. Harold ‘twickenham—“Mr. here last night. Fiddieback—"“Wes he? | Sai you a quarter if you'll tell m kissed your sister or no! Harold—“I can't do it. “Why not?” Harcld—"She gave me @ half doliar t keep it quiet. Clinger was , Ii give whether he