Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1895, Page 13

_THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. 13 BEFORE THEY WERE MARRIED. BY. HENRYC.PARKERs AUTHOR OF "SCORNED TOTHE END? “ARBITRATION & C3 CONDITIONS OF THE STAR’S 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 st 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 wil! be divided equally. 2. Should The Star fail to receive a solu- tion that is complete and absolutely correct in all its details, the $250 in gold will be al- lotted to the twenty-nine readers whose ex- planation shat! come nearest to the true lution of the mystery according to thi r i Percentage of merit, and the money will be divided as follows: Ist Prize 24 Prize. fd Prize 4th Prize. “ 25 Prizes of $5 each. 29 Prizes; aggregating. The first prize of $50 wi explanation which comes nearest to true solution; the second prize of $37.50 to the ‘person sendirg the explanation next nearest, and so on, for the third and fourth the prizes. The remaining twenty-five prizes of $5 cach will be awarded to the persons sending the twenty-five explanations next Nearest to the fourth prize, as the judges May determine their mer: The Star is pre-cminently a family Newspaper and its datly installment of a high grade serial story is a feature intended to especially commend it to the home circle. ‘To emphasize—and advertise—the ‘act that The Star is a newspaper peculiarly suitable 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. Ail may read; but only women and girls may guess—and win the gold. “Before They Were Married” will continue in daily instaliments until Saturday, Decem- ber 7, on which date all but the final chapzer will have been published. 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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 sompeti- tion. While only women and gi may guess and win the prizes, they can receive help as to their guess from any member of their family or from all the family. ee SIXTH INSTALLMENT. CHAPTER VI—THE DOCTOR'S SPORT. It was because Mr. Philbrick had gore fishing in the vicinity of Fairview that the doctor left the carricge and turned back. He suspected that angling was a mere pretext for some ulierior purpose, what, he could not imagine. He could hardly have told wry he suspected the man, and that he was influenced by intuitive distrust, ‘Was another cause for irritation, for the doctor took pride in being a man of science, end as he hat2d mysteries, he scorned to be influenced by anything that did not pro- ceed from or appeal directly to reason. ‘The trouble with Dr. Williams was that he was exactly like other men In most re- spects, and that he had not yet grown old enough to know it. It is a rare man in whom reason maintains an uninterrupted “The window was rnised a few inches.” domination, a rarer still who is utterly un- moved by impulses arising from Instinct. Mr. prick tried the front door of Prof. Drummond's house and found it lock- ed. He stood, arms akimbo, looking at it and then wert leisurely to the | He | e any of them, for he | could see that they were fastened. Pres- ently he descended the steps and disap- | peared beneath the piazza in the direction of the basement door. Dr. Williams’ mind was in,a tumult. He lay there in the grass on the top of the knoll trying to make up his mind what he ought to do. The thing that had formed | itself in his thoughts as a vague possibili i had happened. Mr. Philbrick had taken ad- | vantage of the expected absence of all oc- cupants from Fairview to go into the house. or, at least, to try to get in. That he was | Jed to this course could be for no other | reason than that he was determined to urravel the mystery of the recent tragedy. It mattered nothing that there was no ap- Parent reason for his making an investi- ation. He had denied that he was per- sonally acquainted with Starkweather, but that may have been a lie. The fact’ was beyond doubt that he hoped by a search ‘within the house to find a clue to the cause of death, some clue, that meant, to the guilt of Prof. Drummond. The doctor t made in all sincerity jousness that it might tainty that Prof. Drum- He said to nimself tmat promise was made as much on t as on account of the young ced for it. He declared to himself that he was bound in honor not only to her, but to his own self-respect to keep that promise, ro matter what might be the end of hls investigation, And he would Keep that promise—but that did not mean that he was to permit another and a stranger to dclve into the same ter- rible secret. It was one thing to assure himself if the facts so warranted that the professor had been guilty of the great- est crime recognized by man's laws, and ercther thing to proclaim it. With this reflec the all-com- pelling influence of his love for Louise, and he recalled how he had had more insight into the mystery than any other man in Belmont; how for the sake of his love he had endeavored to disarm his first suspic- nd t at might seem like ence of guilt to the unthinkir He that soned the vi the professor, fea af the exact truth were ed Starkweather acciden 1 that f the consequences wa, had invent might nm of an excited current, if the com- | t it, than that g et i not be agcomplished If this r were permitted to make an iny n with a ho: mind, with preja- fees ag: the suspected man, with the | power to distort every appearance into a| certainty of guilt. If the truth must be) found, and it must be, it should be found 3 , and known only to ssibilty that Mr. | to accomplish as $ unwittingly ful- Much as him: | about, fill Amelia's desire for the truth, -he doc- tor came to an end of his hurried nd con- fused reasoning, and rose from the grass determined to go at once to Fairview, and by one means or another prevent Mr. Phil- brick from learning anything to Professor Drummond's disadvantage. The doctor did not go directly across the flelds to the house by the river. He re- turned to the road, feeling that it would be better, if possible, to avoid any open an- tagonism to Mr. Philbrick, and to that end he wished his return to Fairview to appear to be casual and ordinary. The angler had gone beneath the piazza, and had disap- peared from the doctor’s view as soon as he was within the shadow of the structure. Without reflecting that although everything beneath the piazza was invisible from the knoll, all the country between Fairview and Belmont would be in plain sight to anybody Standing under the structure, Dr. Williams hurried down to the road with no attempt to conceal his presence. When he reached the road he was again at a point where the building was invisible, and it was not until he had walked for a half minute or more that he again saw it. Mr. Philbrick was still out’of sigh the doctor wondered if he had effec: entrance by means of a basement door or w:ndow. With growing anxiety he hurried on. Arrived at the steps, he hesitated an instant and then went beneath. ‘The angler was not there, neither in front of the house, nor at the narrow, short strip of rock that lay, between the foundation walls and the water, on the river side. A basement window looked out upon the river. It was open a few-inches. The doctor went to the extreme end of the strip of rock. Be- yend that the foundation walls rose direct- ly from the river. He braced himseif against the building and found that it was possible to lay one hand on the windew ledge. It was, therefore, possible for an athletic man to enter the house by way of this win- dow, but not even so slender a man as Mr. Fhilbrick could have crowded through the narrow opening made by the partly raised window. “He may have lowered it after getting In- side,” thought the doctor, and in the same instant it occurred to him to wonder wheth- er Mr. Philbrick had wet his feet while dangling from the window ledge before passing through. If he had, the tloor with- in would be marked by his tracks. The doctor was tempted to try to follow the invader by the same route, but in the s:me brief moment while he was debating the matter his attention was attracted by a musical plunk! as of some small object fall- ing into the water behind him. Turning he saw a slender line extending above the piazza into the stream. With a hot sense of confusion and dis- ecmfiture he retraced his way cautiously to the piazza steps and mounted. He then strolled with a fine assumption of indi‘fer- ence to the river side, and there, pictur- esquely huddled upon the piazza rail, with his heeis caught against the posts, his head down between his shoulders, his eyes plac- idly observing the bobbing of his float, sat Mr. Philbrick. There was a short pipe in his mouth, his fisherman's basket lay on the piazza back of him, and his sensitive rod quivered with the vibration caused by the current. Dr. Williams walked on slowly and sat down on the rail, back to the stream, rear the angler. Mr. Philbrick never moved. “Just had a promising bite,” he mur- mured, between his teeth, for he kept his Upon the Piazza Rail. grip on the pipe. “Guess you scared him away.” He spoke as unconcerneiily as if the doc- tor were his companion for a day's sport, | and had been with him almost uninterrupt- edly sald the doctor. ever mind, he'll come again if he’s anything like the perch I used to catch when I was a boy.” The float continued to dance prettily on the wavelets, and for several seconds the doctor kept his head turned toward the stream, watching the line with disquieting fas tion. was at a loss what to y id grimly to his determina- ave Fairview until the pro- or and his family had returned. Puh! ah!" puffed Mr. Philbrick, in a vigoro! or to inspire his pipe with more y, doctor, hold my line a minute, My confounded pipe don’t draw.” Without waiting for assent he hitched around on the rail, still clinging by his heels, and put the rod in the doctor’s hands. Dr. Williams resented the familiar- ity of the action, but, utterly unprepared for it and feeling himselfet disadvantage, he held the rod as requested. He heartily wished that the rod had accidentally drop- ped into the river during the transfer, but once it was in his grip he would have been but half a man had he let go. It was a beautiful specimen of the angler’s outfit— light, sensitive and strong; and as he felt its tiny vibrations Dr. Williams actually wished that he were fishing himself. It brought back the careless joys of his boy- hood, and he was conscious of envying the man who sat near him digging at his pipe with a pocket knife, muttering half serious, half comic objurgations on the comfort- giving article. Suddenly the doctor wheeled about and stood up. There is no sense in holding a rod with one’s back to the stream. If one must have a rod in his unwilling hands he might as well go the whole business and atiend to it.The float was away under water, and when it bobbed out of sight the doctor had felt that thrilling quiver along the pole than which there is nothing to stir a man’s blood more keenly unless it be the gentle pressure of a maiden’s hand. Mr. Philbrick stopped digging his pipe and looked on interestedly. The reel was clicking merrily as the doctor wound and wound, watching the water where the line shot back and forth, and feeling the steady tug of Mister Fish as he was drawn nearer and nearer the surface. They caught a flashing glimpse of his scaly body as_he turned frantically beneath the water. The doctor's forehead moistened with glorious excitement. “It’s a dandy, Doc.!” exclaimed Mr. Phil- brick, dropping knife and pipe and getting down from the rail, ‘swing him close in and I'll help you land him!” All thought of resentment had vanished from the doctor’s mind. The tragedy of human life disappeared in the struggle to overcome and destroy that inferior life in the river. Intent upon this purpose, the doc- tor swung the pole carefully about until it was parallel with the piazza. Then Mr. Philbrick laid hold of the line and drew up @ great perch, such a prize as any angler would be proud to lay on top of his basket to exhibit to admiring eyes on his way home. “By jove! what luck you have, doctor,” said Mr. Philbrick, “that’s four ttres bet- ter than anything I’ve got so far.” “He Is a good one,” admitted the doctor, half ashamed of himself now that the ex- citement was over, and regretting the feeling cf comradeship that the event call- ed forth. Mr. Vhilbrick seemed to feel that the most cordial relations had been established and as he unhooked the perch and rebait- ed the hook, he chattered away in sports- manlike fashion, congratulating Dr. Wil- liams and even suggesting a day’s sport together. “Throw in again, doctor?” he said in a tone that took it for granted that the doc- tor would gladly accept the opportunity. “No, thank you,” replied the doctor awkwardly, “fix your pipe and fish for yourself. I don’t care for it.” “T hate to discredit a man,” laughed the angler, ‘but I could swear that you were a genuine fisherman by the way you man- aged that fellow.” ‘The doctor was silent for a moment, while Mr. Philbrick resumed work upon his pipe. Then he said: “Mr. Philbrick, it is hard for me to dis- guise my real feelings, or to be anything “Lost his footing and went down.” but frank. I may as well tell you that I came back here because I saw you trying to get into the house.” “Did you?” responded the angler, blowing through his pipe to find whether it were clear; “it was a good deal of troubie, but you had some sport out of it, didn't you?" Dr. Williams shut his jaws together to repress his anger, that flamed quickly at this mau’s insolent indifference. He suc- ceeded in asking with calmness: “Why did you try to open the front door Mr. Philbrick looked up with an amused smile. ‘See here,” he said rising, and he led the way to the front door. “It has a Yale lock, you see,” he continued pointing to it; “well, when the family had gone to the funeral I thought it wouid do no harm to drop my line from the piazza. I'm not acquainted with the Drummonds, and as a request from a stranger might not be wel- come, I concluded to sh here without ask- ing permission. So I trot‘ed up. I saw that the lock had not caught. The door evidently needs planing, for it took quite a jerk to pull it to. I regretted it as soon as I had done so. Mr. Philbrick gazed at the doctor with an ingenuous emile. “Wh; asked the doctor. “I knew you'd ask. Because I wanted a chair to sit on while fishing and I thought it would do no harm to borrow one. I had spoiled my opportunity for comfort. All the windows were fastened, I had locked my- self out, and when I explored below the piazza I found I couldn’t get in there, either. Of course it was unmanly to think of such a thing, but there would have been no harm done, would ther “Perhaps not,"’ answered the doctor, some- what confused by the man’s imperturbable frankness, “‘but it hardly seems to me the part of a gentleman to invade a stranger's house.”” Mr. Philbrick looked solemn. “Well,” he said, with a sigh, “you speak doubtless as a friend of the family, and so I apologize. I will withdraw. I presume you will have no objection to my casting in from the top of the ledge at the back?” “I disclaim any right to object,” responded the doctor, stiffly, and he turned away to conceal the fiush that he felt on his face. Mr. Philbrick slowly gathered up his traps and went around the house. The doctor sat on the steps and waited until the pro- fessor and the young ladies came home. Once or twice he went to the river side of the piazza and saw Mr. Philbrick’s rod project- ing from the ledge at the end of the house. The professor was surprised to see the doctor. “TI thought,” said the latter, “that Miss Willis might be in need of some restorative.” “No,” said Amelia, “I am better, thank you.” The professor drove around to the stable without unlocking the door, and while waiting for him the doctor and the young ladies strolled to the river side of the pi- azza. “Look there!’’ cried Louise, clutching at the doctor’s arm. She pointed to the ledge. Mr. Philbrick had crept so far along its steep side in his eagerness for sport, that he had come to a place directly over the water, and just as Louise spoke, he lost his footing and went down. As he slipped he sprang as well as he coud away from the rock in order to avoid bruises, and fell with a loud splash into the stream. (To be continued tomorrow.) aS British Army Pensions. From the London Echo. ‘The ordinary pension to the widow of a lieutenant in the army Is £40, and £10 for each child. A captain’s widow has £50, and £12 for each child; a lieutenant colonel’s widow, £0, and £16 for each child; a gen- eral’s widow, £120, and £20 for each chi If death is directly traced to fatigue, pri tion or exposure, the pe i much agai if the officer killed in action, or dies of wounds within twelve months of the battle, the pensions are doubled. The ordinary | pensions are not granted if the officer was twenty-five years older than his wife Met the Gentleman, From the Chicago Record. “Hi, there, kid, what’s yer name?” “Don't kno* . “Why don’t you know? “Ma got married again yistiddy.” MURDEROUS TRACKS The Blood of Manyi Victims Cries Out Against Grade Crossings. =—00 REPORT 10 THE HOARD OF TRADE Remedies Propesed to Render the Streets Sate. ot RECENT REGULATIONS —_+—_—_. The report made by the board of trade committee on steam railroads for the re- cent annual meeting, but not printed in time to be placed in full before the meet- ing, was an up-to-date dccument on the subject of grade crossings. It even in- cluded as an appendix an account taken from The Star of the 9th instant of the killing of Ollie Dade at the New Jersey avenue crossing of the Baltimore and Po- tomac road. The committee comprises the following as members: Frank Hume, chair- man; T. A. Lambert, secretary; C. B. Church, M. M. Parker, E. Francis Riggs, Saml. W. Curriden and J. Harrison Johnson. The report said: “The committee beg leave to press anew upon the attention of the board of trade the need which exists for securing the abolition of road and street crossings at grade by steam railroads within the limits of the District of Colum- bia. If illustration bé needed to emphasize this requirement the committee feel that they have only to point to the almost daily record of appalling accidents at street and road intersections which is furnished by the columns of the local press."” A statement is given as furnished by the municipal authorities of casualties, fatal and otherwise, at grade crossings in Wash- ington during the past three years. ‘The following recapitulation of the list is given: Baltimore and Potomac Railroad. Killed. Injured. ew J seceee 7 40. 7 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. ‘Killed Wnjured. Pees 5 7 6 1 wv an- says the re- port, ‘were attributable to the homicidal tendencies or to the indifference even of an individual or of any determinate number of individuals, what bound could be set to the execration with which he or they would be visited by every organ of public opin- ion throughout the land? What would it matter if the author or authors of such calamities were recognized as, in all other respects, useful and desirable citizens?” The report declares, after setting forth the gravity of the evif{ that happily means are at hand for the safe use and employ- ment of the steam raflroads within the Dis- trict. Remedies Proposed. “It is our duty as citizens,” the report continues, ‘‘never to;weary in the good work of securing such legislation as shall make the recurrence of any one of this long list of outrages impossible. This can only be done by,securing the abolition of railway crossings at grade and the substi- tution therefor of elevated or depressed tracks. “Of the two methods just mentioned for removing the existing evil your. committee, efter careful consideration, incline to favor the elevation of traeks in the mode adopted at Bet » L.e., upon masonry arches. The question of contributing ratably to the ex- pense of such track separation is a purely economic one and addresses itself to the railroad management on the one hand and the trustees of the people—the Commis- sioners—on the other. With us the present concern is not so much how the proposed reform shall be effected as that it shall be effected, and effected with the least pos- sible delay consistent with the proper exe- eution of the wor! To this consummation we are urged not less by memory of the un- timely dead and ht of the mutilated survivors than by the sacred duty that we owe to the men, women and children whom we are permitted to represent and who are not the less entitled to demand of us a strict performance of our trust because the trust itself is voluntary. “It is proper, in conclusion, to observe that the Commi:sioners are fully alive to the pressing need which the existing situation of the railroad tracks exhibits. Their pow- ers, however, are limited in this regard to the sphere cf police administration. In the exercise of these powers they have recent- ly required the momentary stopping of all trains at the intersection of streets tray- ersed by municipal tramways. This, how- ever, is but a partial correction of the evil complained of. Besides the risk ef occa- sional disobedience by irresponsible agents, the requirement is confined to a few cross- ings, and leaves a large number in popu- lous districts at the mercy of the steam railroads. The danger, if lessened, fs not measurably diminished. The lives of the citizens are still at the mercy of corporate regulation. Money Against Life. “The consideration of pecuniary expendi- ture is still permitted to outweigh regard for God-given life. The deadly grade cross- ing is yet permitted to remain a menace to the citizen and a reproach to the munici- pality. “Should the regulation be amended so as to embrace all grade crossings within the municipal limits, it would justly respond to the prayerful wishes of the people. In this connection it may be proper for this com- mittee to express its unqualified approval of the co-operative efforts which have been made during the past year by the several citizens’ associations to hasten the abate- ment of the grade-crossing nuisance. “When the subversion of Carthage was demanded for the develcpment cf Roman greatness the inflexible Cato silenced op- pesing counsels and the vcice of expedi- ency by the repetition, in season and out of sesson, of the ery, ‘Dilenda est Car- thaga.’ ‘Le: Carthage be destroyed.’ With this cry he woke the echoes of the senate chamber and filled the reluctant ears of those whe would have postponed the period of national advancement. In the end he was successful. We are armed with a better cause. Shall we prove Jess per- sistent in its advocacy? Let us, then, be- siege the lobes and the committee rooms of Congress with the cry, ‘Let grade cross- ings within the Distri¢t of Columbia be abolished.’ “And let us not be.silerced until the salu- tary prayer which js embodied in this cry. shall be heard and ‘this greatest of all im- pediments to our muni@ipel advancement be finally and fcr ali time removed.” CRAZ. How Inovations Such as the Bicycle Are Received invAristocratic Circles. From the Boston Transeript. { A New York inventor’has constructed a compass which is regulated by a chemical that he claims will not be affected by the magnetic forces on board the ship, but will be keenly sensitive to the most minute symptoms of any other magnetic influence exerted at a distance of from fifty feet to perhaps two miles—an iron ship, for in- stance, without such a magnetic influence. This compass when brought under mag- netic influence oscillates one-eighth of an inch, so the inventor claims. When so af- fected the metal connections on the rim of the dial plate will close the circuit, causing bells to ring in the engine room, as well as in the pilot house and on the bridge. Magnet coils will be placed on the upper deck. The coils are of soft iron bars ten feet long and twelve inches wide. Miles of insulated wire are wound around these bars, which are connected by tout strip of metal. Wires run to the ship’s dynamos from the positive and negative points of these coils. When the dynamos are run- ning the strength of these coils will be felt for some distance on the chemically pre- pared comp: Under the laws which gov- ern the present system of adjustment the ship's ordinary compass can be so regulated as to be uninfluenced by the heavy coil at- traction. KARL I. The King of Roumania and His Purveyor. How the Appointment Came About, and Who Received It, A Deserved Honor Most Fittingly Bestowed. The selection of a purveyor to a European Court is something far out of the ordinary. The person selected secures the berth s@lely on the |. ground of individual merit; politics and favoritism have no place what- ever in the selection. This was the point with Karl I, King of Roumania, who, in the case of JOHANN HOFF, made the award, after the most careful con- sideration, and with a thorough knowledge of the merits of the ap- pointee. Here is a copy of the official docu- ment accompanying the award: “In consideration of the excellent merit of your MALT PREPARA- TION, and your well-deserved repu- tation, I herewith appoint you as purveyor to the Court of Roumania. “(Signed by) “PHILIPESCO, “Court Marshal.” Be sure you ask for the GENU- INE JOHANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT. Avoid all imitations. THINGS HEARD AND SEEN A reminiscence of Rev. Dr. Collins, well known by the Methodists of Washington and throughout Virginia and Maryland, was told to me by a minister who knew him. Dr. Collins was one of the most eloquent men in the United States. So eloquent that an attorney with a large practice once offered him $10,000 a year to plead cases, the attor- ney preparing them. At one time he was in debt, being notoriously a poor manager, and when he went to conference borrowed $10 to pay $10 he owed. On his way to the hotel frcm the church he met a beggar and gave the mendicant the bill he had just borrowed. Finally his debts became so embarrassing that he accepted a department clerkship in Washington until he saved enough to pay his obligations, and then renewed his min- istry. ee 8 ee There is a new patent medicine for elderly people very extensively advertised. An agent for the manufacturers was in a lead- ing drug store when a lady entered who is no longer young, but is still single, and with the aid of bright colors and complexion powders, supposes she obliterates the traces of the years. As soon as she entered the store the agent showed her a bottle of his remedy and extolled its merits, dwelling par- ticularly upon its being valuable for people who had gone beyond middle age. The drug- gist tried to catch his eye and warn the young man, but too late. The lady angrily turned and left the store, and the agent was paralyzed with astonishment that he had offended her. The druggist was indig- nant that a customer had been insulted, but that feeling gave place to amusement that evening when a brother of the young lady purchased a bottle of that particular com- pound—she had kept the circular. eof ee . I was talking to a veterinary surgeon who makes a specialty of dogs and cats, and learned something about the latter animal that I never knew. Now that cats have become a fad, the information is of value. He says that the feline race, instead of having less affection than dogs for human beings, have more. Not only do they be- come strongly attached to places, as is @eneraliy known, but to persons. Deaths trom homesickness are very common among cats, and, of course, thjs ailment is incur- able, and not only do they die because re- moved from the localities they love, but frequently the result of separation from people they are attached to proves fatal A cat is not a friend to every person it al- lows to stroke it. A cat makes few friend: and those are very strong ones. It may live with a family for years and be thor- oughly domesticated and yet have no love for the people. But when a cat really loves its master or mistress, separation will fre- quently cause the death of the animal, while a dog will become used to new mas- ters. © * «te ce I met a mean man on a sleeper coming into Washington. I was in the smoking compartment, and he took a drink, offering his flask then to a friend. It was empty, and the mean man apologized. The friend ppezred and returned with a flask of his own, from which the mean man drank freely. ‘They talked for some time, mean- hile taking several drinks, and finally the friend retired. Then it Was the man’s meanness asserted itself. Producing the flesk from which others could not drink, he regaled himself, and I noticed that in’ad- dition to taking off the top he pressed a spring in the neck of the flask. It had plenty in it for him, but none for his friends, who were not acquainted with the combination, and he was thus enabled to secure a reputation for liberality and access to the flasks of his friends without cost to himself. ee es ee One of the most dejected looking men I ever saw was at the Ebbitt House last night. For five days he had been without means to buy a cigar or even get shaved. I had a slight acquaintance with him and he told me the story of his troubles. He said: “I came here to visit the city, ex- pecting to go to New York on business, but I cannot get away. I had a good deal of money and took the precaution to put $1,000 in the form of a New York draft, leaving myself what I thought would be enough. I have the draft, but am out of casi, and for five days, I have watched the papers hoping to see that some one I know is in the city, but in vain. I cannot even send a letter to tell how I am situated and set morey. No one will cash the draft, or even loan me enough money on it to get me to New York, where I could send back and gt it, for the reason I cannot be iden- tified. I have very little baggage and am afraid to ask the hotel clerks for fear they will be suspicious of me and make me leave without any place to go. The banks won't touch it, and I haven't a friend. 1 gener- ally smoke constantly, but I cannot get a cigar. My beard is five days old, my linen is all at the laundry and I can’t get it, be- cause it is impossible to raise half a dollar. I have no business here ard just walk the streets or visit the hotels hoping that I may find a friend.” I happened to go fish- ing once with a bank cashier, who fortu- nately remembered me, and as my acquaint- ance put a fat roll of bills in his pocket, he grasped me by both hands, thanked me with a voice full of emotion and started for the nearest barber shop. oe ° said a 6th-street “Good night, doctor, lady, as the medical man was leaving her door last night, after a visit to her sick child. As sh2 spoke a crash was heard in the hall behind her, and a hodful of coal was scattered over the floor. “Merey! what in the world is the matter?” she exclaimed, as she saw the servant fly ing out of the back door. “Come back, Hannah,” she called, after the retreating colored girl. But Hannah wouldn't come back; and a few minutes later she was telling her friends down the alley what a “narrer "scape" she had from the “night doctor.” A Good Mlustration. From the Tacoma News. Teacher—“You say the tendency of heat is to expand and increase, and of cold to con- tract and lessen. Can you give some famil- iar illustration of these effects?” Bright Pupil—‘The population of our sea- side resorts,” In children’s clothing prices. to paying. OUQSOOSSOO EE something don’t buy. shoes. 2 4 20 ng suits. OD off” buttons. i) —y. saw. ESSCCSCOSLS SOSSSSSESSSG 006 Mothers!--We've Struck — The “Happy Medium” If you want the low priced-“good - for-nothing”-shoddy. sort of children’s clothing that it’s a positive waste of money to buy—don’t come here for it—but if you want the well- made—clean-fitting—treliable—“last-a-long-time” kind—you can find it here—and for less money than you’ve been used Bring the boys in tomorrow—if we don’t save you Everything they wear from head to foot — excepting for several styles of neat— good-wearing — school Double breasted jacket—and pants have double knees and seat—and patent “never-come- for beautifully made blue chinchilla reefers. Have deep sailor collar—iined with all-wool cassimere— are strictly all wool and fast color — and look as nice and wear as well as the best $5.00 one you ever EISEMAN BROS., Cor. 7th & E Sts. N. W. No Branch Store in Washington. SSOSSS OHSSS0SS 09609 @ @ @ G ‘Take elevator to 2d floor. eeeooooeegosececoeoeonce WITH THE BROWNIE MAN. Palmer Cox, the Children’s Friend, Talks About the Spirits. Palmer Cox, the “Brownie” man, whose name is a household word, is at the Arling- ton Hotel. He is a tall, broad-shouldered man, over six feet in height, with a humor- ous, twinkling biue eye, indicative of the inexhaustible furd of humor that has found expression in the mirth-provoking adven- tures of the Brownie band. He has a calm, collected manner, as thouga he ap- preciated the responsibility of providing for the restless sprites who are continually getting into difficulties, from which he must extricate them. “Has your literary and artistic work, Mr, Cox, been only confined to the Brownies?” asked a representative of ‘The Star. “Oh, no,” said Mr. Cox, “when I first came to New York I did a great deal of work in other directions of a comic rature, using animals as the principal characters, which were dressed grotesquely, and talk- ed and acted like human beings. These pictures and verses that I did attracted attention in England, as well as in this ccuntry, and brought me many an order from publishing houses in London and else- where. Then came “The Brownies” upon the scene, and their popularity became such as to drive everything else from my mind. How the Brownies Came. “How long have the Brownies been in existence, and how did you happen to think of them?” “My. first Brownie story was written and illustrated about thirteen years ago. It oc- curred to me that Brownies, who, accord- ing to an old Scotch tradition, delight in barmless pranks and healthful deeds, would be a good medium through which to convey my fugitive thovghts and fancies. Accordingly, the first Brownie story was written, and its reception from the public was such as to at once convince me that my life work lay in the Brownies. Since that time over a hundred Brownie stories have been writt2n, embellished with thou- sands of illustrations, which have all been collected and put forth in book form.” Always About Him. “The Brownies, then, must seem very real to you,” said The Star man. Mr. Cox gave a peculiar smile, as he re- plied: “There is very little time, except when I am asleep, that they are not in my thoughts. The Brownles have almost be- come a part of me. When I walk the busy streets they seem to be nattering all zround me. When I am in the cars they are scuf- fling for seats beride me; even when in the house of worship cn Sunday it is sometimes difficult for me to keep them from crowding | the pew or stilling their chatter so that I may get the full benefit of the minister's sermon.” “In what other ways beside your books have you placed the Brownies before the public?” “In almost every conceivable shape and form. Within the last six months, ever since the success of the Brownies on the stage, applications for the right to use the Brownie designs, which are all copyrighted and pateniod, have poured in upon me from manufacturers in all parts of the country, and many valuable contracts have been made. The Brownies have been utilized in rugs, wall paper, stat perfumery, dolls, handkerchiefs, jewelry, glass ware and china, and in many other. ways, and from the sale of all these I receive a roy- alty. A short time since I was at a din- ner in Brooklyn, where the ice cream was served in the shape of Brownies, with va- nilla breeches, chocolate jackets and stra’ berry heads. "There were Brownie cases as well, and the cream, of course, was eaten with a Brownie spoon. “But the stage!” exclaimed Mr. Cox, his face lighting up with pleasure, “is the crowning triumph of the Brownies. The perfomance is a magnificently mounted scenic spectacle, with all the elements that compose a successful burlesque or ex- travaganza.” _————_—_ HE WAS THERE. But He Had Evidently Forgotten Some Details Which Are Now History. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Yes, I was at Chickamauga,” said the robust man, as he mopped an imaginary tear from the corner of one eye, “and we had a hot time of it, too—” “Whom did you serve under?” eagerly asked the young history student. “My commander, ye mean? Grant, of course—” “But Grant wasn’t In command at Chick—" “Who? Grant? Did I say Grant? I meant Sherman, of course. Glorious old Bill—” “But Sherman didn’t reach Chickamauga until the fight on Mission Ridge.” “Who didn’t?” “Sherman.” “Who said anything about Sherman? Did I say Sherman? Q-o-o-h! You mean at the time of Chickamauga. I belonged to Sheridan’s cavalry. Thought I said Sheri- dan.” “But Sheridan commanded a division of infantry at that time.” “Look here, youngster, you're getting too smart. You've studied your fool fake books till you think you know more about the war than a man who was in it. Why, you young rascal, I was one of the first men out!” And the smart Aleck youngster was ready to believe he was. oo “Blanket Men.” From the Topeka, Kan., Journal. A lady, lately of Topeka, writes from her new home in El Red, California, to a friend here: “There is a class of men here called *Blank- et Men.’ They go around the country in crowds and herds, each one carrying his roll of blankets, sleeping anywhere. They beg from house to house something to eat. They work a few days at a time and then go and sit in front of a salcon until their money is gone. When Sunday comes they go to a stream and wash their clothes. It is just dreadful to think men can get so low. I never thought there was any good in the Coxey movement until now; he was the means of getting a large number of these men out of the state. “They say that ifornia is the only state where they live in that way. We ask them sometimes how they can forget their homes in the east and live like animais. ‘They say, ‘Oh, it’s the climate!’ There are hun- dreds and hundreds of these men wandering from one part of the state to another, They beg for bread and work for whisky.” GREAT RANGE OF THE DROUGHT. It Has Cansed Great Disaster in Mi Parts of the World. From the New York Sun. The long drought which has caused so much inconvenience and damage this fall seems to have prevailed all round the world, if not in every part of it. Europe has experienced it almost equally with this country, and in Australia it has been, if anything, more severe than here. So great was the distress in New South Wales that the government appointed a Sunday in September as a day of prayer for rain, and special services in accord with the proclamation were held in all the churches of every denomination in Sydney and throughout the province. The drought occurred, of course, in the antipodean spring, and greatly retarded planting operations, as well as doing great general damage. In many districts the grass was literally burned ‘off the baked earth, and the mortality among stock was great. The railway trains carried supplies of water from lakes and rivers to all stricken points along the lines, selling it at the rate of 25 cents a thousand gallons. The water supply of many towns entirely failed, the inconvenience experienced was everywhere acute, and many agriculturists were ruined. When the last mail left, some four weeks ego, the drought was un- broken in many districts. All through our own south the drought has been remarkable In its length, and some odd situations have occurred. In Kentucky the beds of many streams that have never before been dry are now full of dust, the mud having become baked hard and then broken by the wind. It is a queer sight to see clouds of dust blowing up from the rivers and creeks, or what used to be rivers and creeks. At Union- town, Ky., the Ohio is so low that an cld coal vein under the river bed is being worked, and thousands of bushels of coal were being taken out daily at last ac- counts. In many places along the Ohio, Mississippi and other streams old wrecks have been uncovered by the lowering of the water, and the residents along the banks have recovered lots of more or less valuable cargo and junk. At Milton, Ky., there is a big sandbar on which many a big barge of coal has struck and foundered. This bar was entirely uncovered recently, and the people living nearby went to work with ordinary field plows and turned up tons of coal. In Maine and other eastern states the drought has been very severe. Mills of all kinds have had to shut down, towns have been left in darkness for many days be- cause of insufficient water for running the electric light works, and the agriculturist and the average citizen have suffered dreadfully. Wells and creeks that have never before known to be dry have heen dry for weeks now. Among other things the ice crop promises to be short, because lots of lakes have gone almost dry, and there is no water to freeze. These general conditions have existed all over the continent, and in the northwest the situation is as bad as in the east and south. The Columbia river is lower than ever before known, and on many smaller streams navigation has been suspended be- cause of low water. Navigation is suffer- ing from the drought in two ways in the Puget Sound region. Not only is the water so low in the rivers that the steamboats can’t get up or down, but the woods, dried up like tinder by the drought, are burning in every direction, and the whole sound country is covered with dense smoke. The steamboats and other vessels have to keep their fos horns and bells going all the time, and there are numerous cases of collision and of boats running aground. But one or two showers have fallen in that region since last June. In some parts of the country the drought has been partially broken, but in most places the distress is as severe as ever. Alaska seems to have escaped the general Gryness. According to all accounts Alaska is usually one of the wettest regions on earth, and the drought has not affected it appreciably. Mr. Martin W. Gorman, a well-krown botanist of Oregon, spent the summer traveling over Alaska, and says that an average of half a dozen fine days in a month was the usual thing. During August and September he only experienced five fine days. ee es THE PORT KENNEDY CAVE. Results of Dr. Cope’s Exploration: During the Past Summer. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Prof. Cope gave last evening before the Academy of Natural Sciences a preliminary report on the results of the exploration by the academy during the past summer of the cave at Port Kennedy, near Valley Forge. ‘The cave seems to be in a fissure of lime- stone, overlaid with red sandstone. It was discovered in 1870, when, after a blasting, a portion of its contents was exposed and ex- amined by Prof. Cope, who then described forty species of animals found in it. About thirty feet have so far been examined, and the bottom is not yet in sight. The fur- ther down the diggings are made, the rich- er the find. On a base of clay, strata of vegetable matter, charred earth, wood and leaves, lie strata of crushed bones, powder- ed very fine, forming almost a meal. The number of species so far discovered is forty-three, some of which have not been previously determined. The bones are those of tortoise, snake, birds, sloths, hoofed mammals and carnivora. Among the last are found the skunk, bear, four species of cat family, including jaguar and tiger. The teeth of several mastodons were found, but no traces ef elephant. Very many epeci- mens of jaws of the tapir were disrovered, as were also the remains of extinct species of horses, differing considerably from the present horse. Two specimens of teeth of a peccary and ore of an animal probi mbling the South American Hama w: ewilse taken from the cave. The tiger tooth ts very interesting from the fact that, while the genus appears in the caves of Europe, it has not been found before in America. One of the species of b resembles the existing black bear, while the other Is similar to a rare species found in the Andes and California caves, and is not related to any form now exist- ing in North America. No remains of man have thus far been found. aa see Looked Best in a Subdued Light. Somerville Journal. Is this Miss Wallace that I am tonight a pretty girl?” , that’s a matter of opinion. own idea is that she is much more likely to get engaged on a moonlight buggy ride than at a fashionable ball”