Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1897, Page 15

THOUSAND ISLAND HOUSE,|A VARIED ALEXANDRIA BAY, N. Y., WILL“ OPEN JUNE 26, 1807. 0. G STAPLES, Proprietor. Diagram may be seen at the Riggs House and rooms engaged. . AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. En H Wiiliam kK. Ran . to me directed, I] bare s«2 dar ution all the right, title, citim. interest and cs’ at and in equity of s:id William KE. Ramsay, defendant, in | n.w., and I ATH ‘DAY 0} LOCK A. ¥ so selzed and taken into exect- uction, to the highest bidder, for CHAS. A. DARLING, Constable, Washington, D. C., June 4, 1 RATCLI SUTTON & CO., Auctioneers. VALUABLE REAL ESTATE O} EAST CAPITOL STREET, ONE SQUARE FROM THE CAPITOL, IMPROVED BY BRICK HOUSE, NO. 122, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION IN FRONT OF THE PREMISES, ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE SIXTEENTH,AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Terms stated at the time of sale. $200 deposit on acceptance of bid. JeSdecls RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., Aucts. RATLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE OF THE PERSONAL ESTATE OF THE LATE PATRICK BREN- NAN, NO. 1824 L STREET NORTHWEST, WHICH COM- PRISES HORSES, LANDAU NEW HEARSE, HARNESS, EFE€. virtui of an order of the Supreme Court of of Columbia, holding a special term | vart, the undersigned i. ya THURSDAY. TE: + the entire personal est. an, to which [invite get WILLIS 8. Hi Administrate PER, 913 FST. NW. Very valuable and desir- able improved real estate | eral THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIC | Palms C. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 @ ST. rm SALE OF A VALUABLE TWO-STORY MENT BRICK DWELLING, KNOWN 3 NO. 911 NORTH CAROLINA ' AVENUE QUTHES By virtue of a certain deed of trust, dated the twenty-first day of February, duly re- corded in Tiber 1795, folio 72 et seq., one of the land records for the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured thereby,’ we will sell at blie auction in front of the premises, on THURSDAY, JUNE SEVENTEENTH, 1897, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., the following deacribed land and premizey, situate In the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and designated as and being Part of lot sixtcen (16), in square 943, beginning at the northwest corner of sald lot and running thence southeasterly 87 feet 7 inches, thence north- easterly to public alley, and again beginning at the northwest corner of said lot, running northeaster! along the line of North Carolina avenue sixteen (16) feet elght (8) inches, thence southeasterly on a line parallel with the west line of lot 16 to public alley, together with the improvements, consisting of a two-story and hasement brick dwelling, known 33 911 North Carolina avenue southeast. Terms of sale: One- a cash, one and two years, with interest at » balance in the rate of 6 per cent per annum, parable semi-annually, and secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $100 Fequired at time of sale. All conveyancing and recording at purchaser's cost. If terms of sale ar not complied with within ten days from day of sale the trustees reserve the right to resell the property te the itsk ard cost of the defaulting purchaser after dre notice of such resale published in some Washington newspaper. GEO. H. B. WHITE, HENRY M. BAKER, Jed-d&eds ‘Trustees. EXCHANGE AUCTION HOUSE, 1331, 1833 H ST. N. W. ULAR SALES OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS EXERY THURSDAY AT TEN O'CLOOK. HORS! CAI IAGES, HARNESS, Bt AT TWELVE a =) THOS. J. OWEN, Auctioneer. Je5-10t J. P. HORBAC! WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Al EXECUTORS’ SALE OF A LARGE AND WE! ASSORTED STOCK OF PLANTS AND HOUSE STOCK OF THE LATE JOH. We wills pablic auction, SDAY, sias, eraniums nolia, Grandi Flora, and other plants. Florists and dealers will give this sale special attention, a§ the stock will be sold in lots to suit the ‘trade. le positive. re POAT C. SAUL, WILLIAM J. SAUL, Exedutors. ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucts, AN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. a aoa a of ee en oe MILLARD ermont avenue. and | = BEE WEE Ste STRENEEL 12th st: tt : bei By vite Pe Saree ase cel base nied ike th streets n.w., TIDY | twenty-thira day of January, 1893, und duly re- conte in Liber No. 1771, folio 277 et seq., brick residence and store No. 1700 Vermont ave., At Auction. of the land ree-ds and at the request of the Premises, 01 for the Distr party secured thereby, we will sell, at public auction, in front of the FRIDAY, JUNE EIGHTEENTH, 1897, the following described AT FIVE ¢ ; * jana and premises, situaz= in the District of Co- OCLGre uA, JUNE TENTH, 1807, at FIVE | iumbia, and designated as lot 67, in H. A. Wil tr the premiges date 15. omer. wil | tard’s ‘subdivision of square 151, as. per pint re- fag arp rl eee jed_in Liber R. W., folio 122, of the records of : ches on Ve avenue, 1; niches om 12th street Poe ae yea: G2 | the ‘oMce Of the surveyor of the District of OD to 12th street) of 55 M4 feet, improved by store and S-room ‘dweiling, with cellar. ‘This is one of the most desirable pieces of prop. erty im the northwest section of the city, und should command the attentia of all partics in- terested in real estate. One-third cash, balance in one and two years, with interest at 6 per cent per annum, se- cured by 2 deed of trust on the property, sold. ‘or ait qasb. at the option of the purchaser. A deposit o it. . containing 3,; = —— See at tim sale. Ses eccatie canes soit A THo: RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., Auctioneers. By virtue of a deed of trust dated J. 14, A.D. 1843, and duly recorded in Liber No. 1764, at of the land records of the District of we will sell at bie auction, in front on THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH A.D. 1897, AT THREB O'CLOC! at certain piece of land and prem{s: Vashingten, District of Conveyancing all situate tm the city of lumbia, designated as the west twelve (12) feet (fronting I street south), by depth of 16.33 fect vd forty 40}, in Charles Geasford's square No. 767, as per plat 20, folio 53, of the records of the ‘yor of the District of Columbia. day of sale, pay: ed of trust upon the all tsb, at the option of the All conveyancing and cost. $. SWORMSTEDT, Trustee. -AYLOR ARMS, ‘Trustee. AUCTIONEERS. BLE BUSINESS PROPERTY ¢ REET NORTHWEST, OPLOS AKKET. BEING PREM sale. ae . = RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO. SAL a decree of #1 of the District of Columbia, No. 18243, on the 26th’ d outing him receiver th we of a certain deed from Pete Charles W. Leannarda, and wives, the 26th day of Muy, A.D. 1897, public auction, in front of 1 on THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENT!I JUNE, A.D. 1897) AT HALF: all, that ‘pi Ising and being'in the city of Columbia, und oT and by Dufty ux ‘: “PAST FOL or parcel of lam Washington, Distri, described in square 461, in sul the Leirs of Willan: vof, as per plat ri corded in Liber W. K., of Ho 141, of the su Feyor's office of the District of Columbia, same improved by brick building used for business pur- poses, and sold subject to a deed of trust thereon secaring American Secnrity and Trust Com- pany in the sum of $6,500, dated the 18th day of Janus: 1807, and ‘payable in three years te thereof, ‘with interest at six per ceut ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, and balance there- of in one and two years, with interest from dax of ele. A osit of $250 will be red at time of sale. Tins of sale to be complied with within ten days from day of sale. or property to Fesold at risk and cost of defaulting 1 Se Ghts ee DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS, TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUAPLE REAL ESTATE ON NEBRASKA AVENUE, OR LOUGHBO! OUGiH RAD, NEAR TNE AMERICAN EUSITY iT) By virtue of a deed of trust, dated 11th Novem- ber, 180), ami recorded in Liter No. 1582, foto 489, of the land re-ords for bia, we will sell, at on THUL AD. 1 . M., the “parcel of land, si in the District of Columb’ a ited as part of the whole tract of land eslied “Grassland,” and ited as lot Bumercd cleven (11) on sale map therot mad by Templeman and Shipley, covtaining twenty (20) ce (3) roods and twenty (20) perches, ex- o) acres two (2) rods and thirty-thrwe lumbla. ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in one and two years, with tnterest at the rate of six per cert, payable semi-annually, and secnred by deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A ‘deposit of $100 required at time of sale. All ‘and recording at purchaser's coat. sale are not complied with within ten days from day of sale, the trustees reserve the right to resell the Property at the risk and cost of the defaulting pur- ebaser, after due notice of such resale published in some Wai on newspaper. EDWARD J. STELLWAGEN, Trustee, 1324 F st. nw, THOMAS M. GALE, ee For Other Auctions See HISTORIC BATTLE GROUNDS. Strategic Points Used by the Ancients and Moderns. From the New York Tires. It is in a theater of old wars and amid scenes made familiar to all the world through classic story that the Turk and the Greek are contending. Pharsalos, to which the Crown Prince Constantine has retreated from Larissa, is the ancient Pharsalia in name, but not in site, lying some eight miles to the south- west of the battle ground where Julius Cae- sar overcame Pompey in 48 B. C. Pompey’s troops on that occasion retreated to Laris- fa, reversing the movement made by the ; Greek troops on Friday. Edhem Pasha invaded Greece by the very pass through which Xerxes led his immense Persian army in 480 B C. Milouna pass is that pass “by Petra, Pythium and Oloo- | son,” referred to by Grote and mentioned by Livy. The Greeks had expected Xerxes to enter the Thessalian plain by the way of the vale of Tempe, between Olympus and Ossa, and they occupied that pass. But when the Macedonian king privately sent them word that Xerxes was to come by the other pass, west of Olympus, they gave up the plan of meeting him on their northern frontier. If they had made a stand egainst him in Milouna pass they might have kept him out of their country and have saved Athens, just as Constantine would have averted all danger to Greece if he had been able to keep Edhem Pasha north of the mountains. Since he has let Larissa go so cheaply it is not likely that in his weaker position at Pharsalgs he will offer an effective resist- ance to Edhem. But this time there will be no Thermopylae. In the first place, the road the victorious Turks will take toward Athens, if the fortunes of war allow them to take any, does not run through the fa- mous pass where Leonidas and his 300 Spartans held out so valiantly against Xerxes. From Zeitun to the west of the Malic gulf, a government road runs di- rectly to Athens. But what is more to the point, there is no longer a pass at Thermo- — As Herodotus describes it, there was arely room for a wagon road between Mount Oeta and the shore of the gulf, so that but three or four of Leonidas’ Spartans could fight abreast. In 2300 years the al- luvial deposit brought down by the Sper- chefos has filled in the gulf far from the ancient shore, so that a broad marsh is now seen where Leonidas kept the pass. The hot springs which gave the place the name of the “hot gates” still flow, how- ever. The changed shore line and the con- THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1897-88 PAGES. HISTORY The Eighth Street Synagegue oon - to Be Torn Down. ONCE FT WAS AN ARMY HOSPITAL Before That Presbyterians and Methodists Worshiped In It. NEW TEMPLE PLANNED Though not a very old structure, the building used by the Washington Hebrew ecngregation for a third of a century, on 8th street between H and I streets north- west, which is to be torn down next week for the new temple, has an interesting local history. Probably there cannot be found in the District another building with such a unique history. It has been in its day the spiritual home for the diciples of Calvin and the followers of Wesley; a school for ‘The Present Synagogue. young boys and girls, the scene of the work of the disciples of Esculapius, and for years the temple or house of prayer of the sons of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The site was a part of the estate of Gen. John P. Van Ness, who married Miss Marcia Burns, daughter of that Davy Burns who owned a great part of what is now Washington. Gen. Van Ness was a member of Congress from New York, mayor of Washington and for many years president of the Bank of the Metropolis. He probably owned more real estate in the District than any other single person, and was not loth to give away a lot of ground for a good purpose, usually stipulating that it should be improved. The selection of this site, parts of lots 9 and 10, square 404, for a house of worship was made by the Presbyterians. Shortiy after the federal city was laid out Pres- byterian worship was established here. A number of the workmen engaged on the public buildings held services in the car- penter shop ured by the mechanics en- gaged in work on the President’s House. They went from there to a small frame chapel near the corner of lvth and F streets, and subsequently “The Little White Church,’’ on uth Capitol street, was occupid till the removal in 1827 to 4% between C and D streets northwest—the present First Church. The next organizi- tion was what was afterward known as the “Old F Street Church” (now Willard Hall), over which Rev. Dr. Laurie pre- sided fer years. Col. Michael Nourse, Jas. Cleary and ‘cthers formed the congrega- tion in 1803 and until 1807 worshiped in tae treasury building, then known as the cast erecutive buiiding, which in 1814 was destroyed by the British. The congrega- tion was for twenty years connected with the Associate Reformed Church, but united with the presbytery of the District of Co- lumbia in 1823. Prior to this (in 1820) the Second Presbyterian Church (now the New York Avenue Church) was. formed, and first worshiped in the Navy Department building. From this the Fourth Church was formed, and it located in 1828 on 9th abcve G street, opposite the present -site. Rev. Dr. Danforth was the first pastor and the original name was the Central ChurcH. A Church Separation. If is to the F Street Church that the 8th street site owes its dedication to religious purposes. The church of Dr. Laurie was in the 40's composed of a large and in- fluential membership. Rev. Dr. Septimus Tustin had been assisting Dr. Laurie since 1839, and @ portion of the time was also chaplain of the United States Senate. In 1845 the congregation called as an assist- ant pastor Rev. Ninian Bannatyne. Some of Dr. Tustin's friends considered that he was not appreciated as he deserved, and some families withdrew. These, under the lead of Dr. Tustin, formed a new society. Among those who withdrew and formed this society were Col. Lund Washington, Charles L. Coltman and Joseph Down- ing, who were the trustees and elders. Gen. Van Ness promised, by a memoran- dum made June 1,, 1845, to deed the site to the proper officers when the church had been erected. The name Central was adopted (the Fourth Church having drop- ped the name) and the church erected, principally through the efforts and liber- ality of Mr. Coltman. It was not many months before regular Old Synagogue. preaching services were held, Dr. Tustin being the pastor. Prof. Hersey established a private school in the basement rooms, which he conducted till_ 1850, and among the pupils recalled are Rev. G. V. Leech (of Grace M. B. Church), Peyton Scriv- ener, Alex. Mitchell, Zach Downing, Joseph Fletcher, Theo. Mitchell and Henry Zim- merman. At that time all the city north of G, west of 4th and east of 13th or 14th was known as the Northern Liberties, and al- though the improvement was slow (scarce- ly half the building sites in the vicinity of the site i even a fence), the church people had entered the field. The Episcopalians had erected the Church of the Ascension on the south side of H street between 9th and 10th streets, where the Georgetown Medical School now stands; the Lutherans what is now St. Paul's, at llth and H, and the Fourth Presbyterian had been in existence fifteen years near 9th and G streets: Yet this little band haa such faith in the growth of that part of the city that they located their house of worship ir what then appeared to many @ field of but little promise. The patent office building had drawn some settlers around it, and there was demand for homes by government employes and the working- men in the neighborhood. Above K street the Methodists had lIccated McKendree Church on Massachusetts avenue near 9th street, and this, like the original Presby- terian congregation, held its first services in a carpenter shop—that of the late Jona- than T. Walker, at the northwest corner oe ann = Tochediel tad she immediate ne! hood most prominent object was the pottery at Sth and I streets—the Kilns at times emitting flame and smoke within a few yards of the pulpit on which the minister pictured the wrath to come. South of the church was the residence of Mr. Thomas B. and Eoponta that of Mr. Isaac both ting H streot, but the the square opposite was unimproved. ‘Tustin’s OVER-EXERTION OF BRAIN OR BODY. ‘Take Horsford’s Acid It 1 a wholesome tonic for nerves. Wwondectally quick tm its esta =” “3 cannot be dawbted. The son of Mr. Colt- man, Rev. Robert Cottman, is now @ mfs- sionary to the: Imilians in New ‘Mexico. ‘When the corporation established ten pri- mary schoolsiin addition to the four dis- trict schools #2 :lt##, two were located in the basemen$crooms of the church, and from 1849 till thenwar Messrs. Joho Fill, Samuel Kelluc Mra R. M. Ogden, Misses Emily Billings Lissie Parsons and others tavght thems: © a! The Methodists Take It. Im 1861 the,congregation of Dr. Tustin thought best tp disband and sell the edifica. The diviston ‘having taken place in the M. E. Churchi which led to the establish- ment of the;M, E. Church South, some of the members had withdrawn from the half-dozen old: chusches. These under the lead of Rev.*Chatles A. Davis, a well- -known local nijnisttr, who had joined. the new connection, formed a little society. They in June, 1851, purchased the building for $3,650. Among them were Messrs. H. F. Zimmerman, Alpheus Edwards, Jackson Edmonston, Josiah Melvin, Bertha Baker, James T. Crump, W. S. Clary and F. A. Tucker. The authorities of the church took charge under especial care, the bishops from time to time visiting and encouraging the one church here and stationed here Some of the most efficient ministers. Among the pastors of this church up to 1860 were Rev. Messrs. Rosser, Blackwell, Duncan, Granbyry (now bishop) and Dog- gett. As there were here many southern families 1t is not surprising that the church became a popular one, and soon was regarded as one of importance. Then was the rivalry with the mother church, especially with Wesley,.from whence most of tho original members had come. Prof. Dante! led the Wesley choir and Capt. F. A. Tucker the Southern. .T.. Jeff Magru- der, a favorite with the young people, con- ducted the Wesley Sunday school, and Mr. H. F. Zimmerman that of the Southern Church. The consequence was that the latter was a live organization. Captain Tucker took fully two years building up his choir, and it became noted as one of the finest volunteer choirs in Washington. In 1860 there was an accession of thirty or forty members from Wesley, including Messrs. T. Jeff Magruder, John C. McKel- den, Prof. Daniel and Rev. J. Wesley Bote- ler. Rev. Mr. Proctor had been sent here, ‘and during the year there was quite a stir in the choir and Sunday school, Prof. Danial taking Captain Tucker's place, and Mr. Magruder that of Mr. Zimmerman. Prior to this so rapidly had the congrega- tion grown that a new church edifice was brojected. A site at the northwest corner of 9th and E streets was selected, a build- ing committee, with Mr. W. T. Smithson, chairman, appointed, and the foundation laid, but nothing further was done. It is uot surprising that among the at- tendants were some of the leading men of the country, especially during the sessions of Congress. When a representative, Pres- ident Johnson was frequently an attend- ant, Howell Cobb and occcasionally the cabinet officers, and on a few occasions President Pierce also worshiped there. A Good Story. The following amusipg account of one of President, Pierce's visits is recalled. The President had been invited to attend the re- opening of the church. As he entered the church Mr. Alfred Russell advanced down the aisle to meet him and escort him to the pew especially reserved for his use. Just behind the President advancing up the aisle was Mrs. Jesse Wilson, then a young and handsome woman, all unconscious of the distinguished gentleman before her. As the President was about to enter his pew he perceived a lady close on his heels, and as the pews were.all well occupied, he quickly turned about,/and with a polite inclination of his body and g directing wave of his hand ushered ,her;into his pew. As the President was ugaccompanied by any member of his family, she was of course mistaken for his wife, and all eyes were focused_on » Darticularly the female ones. There she cat during the entire ser- vice, blissfully,ignorant of her distingulsn- ed fellow occupant,.of the pew, wondering and wondering;wha@t made the people 1ook at her so, never, she afterward deciarea, being so stared at in her life. When the facts were m4tle known to her it afforded tnuch amusement, ‘and it was commented on as an illustratiop of the refined gallan- try of the President. Southern ,{Sympathies, When Mr. Broctop was returned to the charge in-1861phe feund that many of his flock were of his political as well as re- ligious bias, fot! some’were wearing the ro- settes so indicatitig, -Of course, the Union- ists Hoticed this indiscretion, and when Mr. Proctor a few months after went south there was much feeling expressed. Though without a shepherd some faithfully con- tinued worship, local mintsters presiding and regular prayer meetings being held. The attendance rapidly dezresed, for it re- quired seme courage at times to even per- form church duty. They, however, heid the fort untit the government took posses- sion of the building. When in the summer of 1862 the govern- ment required more hospital accommo- dations, the building, with the neighboring Fourth Church and Ascension _build- ings, was pressed into service. Dr. J. Ford Thompson, as acting assisting sur- eon, took charge, and it was fitted up for the reception of the sick and wounded, about eighty beds being its capacity. It was, however, not used long for such pur- poses, for there were buildings then in the course of erection, and the following sum- nier it was vacated by the government. Dr. Dale, new deceased, was stationed in this hospital, and among the attendants was a young Israelite, Simon Stern, who was of the congregation that subsequently occupied the building. Thus the disciples of Esculapius followed those of Calvin and Wesley. The M. EB. Church South members had in the meantime secured possession of a mis- sion originally started by Wesley Church members on P between lth and 15th streets and kept up an organization, standing the test of walking under the United States flag hoisted over the door. From this they went to a new frame church on M between 9th and 10th streets, to which Rev. W. V. Tudor was appointed in 1864, and here again was the flag test epplied. From this in a few years they removed to what is now known as the Mt. Vernon M. BE. Church South. Becomes a Synagogue. The present owners of the site (the Hebrews, like some of the church organi- zations in the early days of the District, had little to build upon. It is said that early in the 50's some of the fatth held meetings ir the first ward. It was not, how- ever, till early in 1855 that the organization now in existence had a beginning. Then Henry King, jr., H. Strasberger, Z. Stras- berger and half a dosen others engaged a room on Pennsylvania avenue between 34 and 4% streets, where prayers were regu- larly offered. Others came tn, and as the band grew in size the quarters were chang- ed to rooms on 10th street above KE, 4th between D and E, 9th and D streets, and in 1860 to Finkma: Hall, D street west of 12th. In 1855 they secured the of an act of incorporation granting them like privileges with other congregations, Larger quarters having Become necessary, the Southern Methodist Church was in August, 1868, purchased $8, members at twét Wate were: I. L. Blout, H S._ Mishmen, a H. Ho 8. Herman, G. Lansburgh, W. rasberger, Strasberger, ‘M. Obhen, L. Barr, iinger, S. N. Meyer, M. Op- ‘Adler, A. ‘8. Solo- jegel of New York, and E. Ka tion is growi acre farm maintained for discharged con- victs. Fifteen ex-conviets are now labor- TET : Ip ' Hl BRIGHT RED BERRIE: Something About the Earliest Palate Ticklers of the Year. GREAT INCREASE IN THE INDUSTRY Large Profits That Are Made From Strawberry Growing. A FAVORED SECTION Along about the first of May the streets of Washington begin to echo with a cheer- ing and palate-inspiring cry, “Strorbrys!” “Strorbrys!” “Strorbrys!” Housewives hurry to their windows and servants move about with surprising alacrity, expecting directions from above stairs te “go out and call that man.” That man is usually an illy-dressed, unshaven, shambling. indi- vidual, who has°a horse in similar need of repair and a wagon worse off than elther. He has perhaps a pair of dimiru- tive boxes in his hand, which are bareiy filled with the little red berries so dear to the public in gentle springtime. “Yes'm,” says the man to the lady of the house. “They are fresh and sound. Right from Nor’ Carolina, mum. Picked yistiddy, mum. Yes’m, thutty cents a box is high, but th’ season's early, mum. An’ yer never see no finer berries "n these here; now, did yer, mum. You'd hafter pay forty cents down ter market, an’ not git ‘em half as good. Yes'm, I will let fo’ boxes go fur er dollar, but they cost more’n that in Nor’ Carolina, an’ that's a fact.” The housewife puts a dollar gingerly in the outstretched hand ani <ecelves and hands to her waiting servant four “short” boxes of strawberries, holding altogether about three quarts. There are some mis- givings, to be sure, when the berries are being “capped,” but one or two of them squeezed between the teeth banish this sort of thing, and when dinner and John and the children come together the feast is sufficient to put everybody at ease. Where They Are Grown. The North Carolina berries are the first to be sold on the streets in Washington, and they always bring good prices, though, of course, they diminish considerably from the figures quoted above. There are earlier berries sold in the markets, which are grown in Florida and South Carolina, and later ones, sold everywhere, that come from Virginia and the vicinity of Washington it- self, but the first big supply comes from the old north state, and it is not too much to say that most of the berrries that are sold at prices which put them within reach of what is known as the general public in Baltimore and Philadelphia at an eariy date in the year come from the same state. The strawberry industry in North Carolina has reached amazing proportions in a com- paratively brief time, and the general bus- iness of raising “truck,” as fresh vegetables are termed, has kept rapid pace with it. Fortunes are being made at the business, employment is given to thousands and rall- roads are tried to their freight-carrying capacities transporting the products to the north. Southeastern Virginia, eastern North Carolina and eastern South Carolina have long been regarded as presenting oppor- tunities for becoming the greatest fruit, berry ard vegetable-producing section in the country. For years Charleston and Norfolk were the greatest “trucking” cen- ters in the country, but now Wilmington ‘s pushing then for supremacy, and between that point and Goldsboro’ the recent de- velopment has been remarkable, particu- larly in the culture of strawberries. And the most remarkable thing about it is that the land which is proving so fecund for the purpose is largely what is known as worn- out cotton land. An Idea of the Profits. An instance of this is quoted freely by North Carolinians, among many others, A man bought fourteen years ago a worn-out cotton farm of 75 acres, 43 of which were cleared. It was without fences and the buildings were in decay. With this farm and $1,000 he began truck farming, making strawberries his principal crop. His net cash receipts from strawberries grown on 30 acres of the land last year were $14,000, and this year he will do equally as well when the returns are all in. It is said to cost $100 an acre, or at times $125, to culti- vate an acre of strawberries and to pay for their picking, packing and shipping. An easy calculation based on the highest fig- ures will show a profit of $345 an acre. The berry industry between Wilmington and Goldsboro" may be gained from a report made to 1 Star reporter the other day by Mr. H. W. Emerson, the general freight “a passenger agent of the Atlantic Coast ine. “It was only about five or six years ago that they undertook to raise strawberries in that section for shipment to eastern markets. In 1895 our line shipped 73.67 crates, thirty quarts to the crate. In 18%} the shipments increased to 111,057 crates. This year we will ship over 150,000 crates. The shippig season began in earnest April 15 and was over about May 23. The ber- ries are handled both by express and in refrigerator cars. Many of them went to the larger western towns, such as Chicago, Cincinrati, Cleveland and Detroit, and all important eastern cities, as well as to a number of points tn Canada. There were about 2,000 acres pianted in strawberries down in that immediate section this sea- son, and they have also commenced grow- ing them at Chadbourn, North Carolina, and Florence and Sumter, South Carolina. About four thousand crates were shipped from the new fields this season. “A great many foreigners have been at- tracted to the trucking section of the south, ard have made successful moves from the start. Two young Frenchmen who went into the business of raising asparagus down near Charleston, close to the coast, have over 400 acres devoted to the crop, and each season ship over 100,000 packages to northern markets. To the farmers who are eking out a precarious existence raising so- called staple crops the opportunities not only in the southern coast country, but all through the south, seem to be abundant, and it is rather difficult to understand why they do not endeavor to take advantage of them.” —.>—_—_ FOUND THE COLONEL SANE. Veteran George Hilton Had Long-Lost Comrades on a Jury. From the Chicago Tribune. OM, blind and forsaken, a man sat in the county court yesterday and begged for his rights. In order to secure a portion of the pension the government had given him for sacrificing his sight in its defense his rela- tives had caused him to be declared insane and incarcerated in the insane ward of a soldiers’ home. But justice came to Col. George Hilton yesterday, and brought with it two old comrades of the blind soldier. The court room was the scene of the two strange re- unions. In one case the men haf been sep- arated in the heat of battle and had thought each other dead; in the other case it was a reunion of two old cronies who had drifted so far apart they lost all trace of each other. The two strange meetings not only brought joy to the veteran for the finding of his friends, but was the means of restoring him to the rights he asked for. Col. Hilton was led into Judge Donnelly’s court by a boy. Attorney Jonn S. Good- win made a statement of the case. He said the veteran had been receiving a pension of $72 a month. His wife, the lawyer de- clared, had, out of pure spite, caused him to be confined in an asylum for the insane, and then had succeeded in having the pen- sion stopped. But after a year the old man, through his friends, was released from the mad house and his pension was restored. His wife received $275, but de- clared she must also have $20 a month. This the old veteran refused. Then she began proceedings in the same court which had previgusly found her husband insane to have him again confined in the ylum. Old Col. Hilton, the lawyer continued, said he was afraid of the court, and so left the state, coming to Chicago and taking up his residence here. In spite of the fact that he did not appear before the original court, the veteran had been found of un- sound mind, and had been again remanded to the violent insane ward of the Dayton Soldiers’ Home, while his wife's attorney was made his guardian and empowered to bandle all his affairs. ‘The veteran asked that the Chicago judge and jury inquire dnto his state of mind, and if they found him sane and cap- able of managing his own affairs that they should save hfm from the asylum and give him what was his own. The case yesterday proceeded slowly. A jury of twelve good men and true was found, and Col. Hilton was put on the stand, and, with his sightlees eyes staring straight before him, told the story of his wrongs. He was describing how he re- ceived the injury that the doctors thought was the beginning of his blindness. “It was at the siege of Vicksburg,” said the old soldier. “I was in command of 200 men that day. I remember it well; for it was the Fourth of July. We were acting as skirmishers. My men were spread out along a road for almost half a mile, when an orderly galloped up and said’ General Grant and his staff were approaching. He told me to assemble my company and sa- lute the general. I gave the command, my men hastily rallied on‘a hill, and we saluted as the general and his staff hur- ried past. The day was frightfully hot, and just as I lowered my sword after present- ing I was sunstruck and was carried to the rear.” One of the jurors had risen to his feet while this story was being told. “Col. Hil- ton,” he said, “this was on that road which 4 NORTH CAROLINA FIELD. prices he received ran from 65 cents a quart, for the earliest berries to 12 cents at the close of the season. The crop is a very interesting one to raise, and in the section alluded to is seldom materially injured by frost. The season opens about April 10, and #erries are shipped until after May 15, giving over a month of activity. A Pieturesque Sight. A strawberry field in picking time is one of the most picturesque sights. In the large patches, such as those shown in the illustrations, there are scores of negroes, big and little of both sexes, engaged in deftly removing the ripe berries from the plants. The berries are picked directly into are being con- stantly made up and sent north to the cities, as far north as Hoston and as far west as Detroit. These trains run on ran over a high hill, which was hotter than a oven, wasn’t it?” “Yes,” replied the veteran. “But how do you know?” “Because I was there,” said the juror. -*I was one-of your mien, colonel. I saw you fall and saw you carried back. I know you were a brave soldier, and I say,” out of the jury box, and shaking his cld commander’s hand, “that it is a shame the you will do what he can to help you.” ‘The juror went back to the box and an- other juror arose and asked: “Col. Hilton, Gen. Grant rode a little black horse that day, and rode like the Wind, didn’t he?” ‘Why, yes, of course. ‘I know,” went on the juror, “ you have told me about that day a hun- times. Don’t you know me, colonel?” “What,” said the veteran, “is that you, Van? weave course, that’s Van Dien, and » “E. B. Van ell street," as he “It is Van, and what he can for you, | right here,” said the veteran's counsel with > a smile, “but we will go on and present some of our evidence.” Two doctors testified they had examined the colonel and found him fectly sane, and then, without leaving ir seats, the: jurors returned a verdict ing the old veteran to be of sound care for himself outside of an asylum. Judge Donnelly will not sign the papers until next Saturday, out of courtesy to the Ohio court that found Col. Hilton insane, , and with which Judge Donnelly will t municate at once. He will sign the decree, — Lowever, in time to allow the old veteran himself, and not the guardian named by the wife, to draw the first installment of the monthly allowance made since the pen-~ sion was restored. So the colonel is happy. With his two new-found friends yesterday he revived memories of other days. He was glad his future was assured, in spite of his blind eyes, and that he would not have to go back to the asylum at Dayton. “I might not get out so easily again,” he said, “and if I did I could not always count on finding two comrades on the jury if I tried to escape being sent back.”” The first time the colonel was Mberated from the asylum was through the good of- fices of John Sherman of Ohio. The sena- tor brought the case before Gov. McKinley, who investigated Col. Hilton's charges against the surgeon in charge of the in- sane ward at the Dayton Home, with the result that the surgeon was removed. ———_~+e-_____ A YOUTH’S , ADVENTURES. Which, Whether Trath or Fiction, Are Interesting. From the London News. When riding in the tram car through the wildest parts of Peckham Rye, writes a contributor to the London News, with a friend—we were bound on a journalistic er=' rand—a bronzed young man of marine ap- pearance jumped into the car, and at once recognized my companion. Before we had gone very far I was deep in one of the odd- est family histories. This new arrival, it seems, when a boy of fourteen, had been Possessed by the fear of consumption, that fell disease Having carried off his brother and threatening his father and mother. Accordingly, he read every book that he could lay his hands on dealing with the subject, and, as the result of his reading, ran away to Bournemouth to be near the pin Having no funds, he engaged him- f to a local fishmonger, carrylag his master's fish to the various customers. ‘When the day's work was done, he shoul- dered a hammock which he had brought with him and camped among some of those pines for which that southern health resort is famous, One night a gentleman, sauntering along smoking a cigar, noticed him, and, being emazed at this “al fresco” bed, entered into conversation with him. “Why, I know who you are,” exclaimed the con- sumptive youth at last. “You're Mr. Louis Stevenson—the man who wrote “Treasure Island.’ “How do you know?” said the gentiem: “Because I deliver you fish. You live at Skerryvore.” “So 1 do,” re- plied Stevenson, for he it was, sure enough. “But you don’t talk like a fishmonger’s bo: 0 more I do,” replied the boy, and then poured his strange secret into the novelist's ear, which was sympathetic enough, you may be sure. The result of this odd meet- ing was an invitation to breakfast. “Oh, and I did eat,” said the young man—he told the story so loudly that the whole train laughed. “And the servants couldn't make it out at all, to see the distinguished author entertaining the fishmonger’s boy. “Then he went to Paris, and I never saw him again for a jong while.” The pines not preving strong cnough, the strange youth was seized with a yearning for the scent of the cucalyptus, and persuaded his friends to send him to sea. When he reached Syd- ney he sold his outfit and ran away into the bush, and lived in the open with euca- iyptus galore. Thence, after many adven tures, he sailed for the south seas, and abode by reef and palm for many a long year. One day, when cruising as super- argo among the Gilbert Islands (1 think) a European swell in beautiful white ducks, a great red sash and a spreading panama hat with a peacock’s feather in it, came aboard the schooner. “Good morning, Mr. Steven- son,” said the supercago. Mr. Stevenson looked, and wondered who knew him in these far-off seas. “I don’t know you,” he said, shaking his head. “But I know you. Don't you remember the fishmonger’s boy who ate such a big breakfast at Skerry- vore?” “So Ido. Well, the world is small, indeed.” And no doubt the two had pegs and tiffin (or whatever they call such things in the islands) together. What a strange, small world it is, indeed. Well, one suc- cumbed to the dread disease—the other is as hearty a fellow as eVer I saw. It was a quaint, grim fancy to go dodging phthisis all over the world! sees wigs se eS AT THE MOTHERS’ CONVENTION, It Took a Notary to Tell Who Were Delegates. From the Chicago Post. : ‘The presiding officer of the mothers’ con- vention looked decidedly uncomfortable, and coughed in a deprecatory sort of way behind her hand as she looked over the assemblage. Then, instead o? calling the convention to order, she sat down and en- tered into an animated conversation with two or three of the other officers. It was evident that they were endeavoring to con- vince her of her duty in the premises and that she did not wish to be convinced. Finally, however, she sighed, bowed to their will and rose again. “Ladies,” she said, and she looked rather sharply at a little"group near the door, “as you all know, presumably, this is a mothers’ convention, and while it is not absolutely essential that every one here shall be or have been a mother, it is hignly important, in order that there may be per fect freedom of debate in the matter of th training of children, that there should at least be a remote possibility that every one here-may be a mother ut some future time.” She paused and looked a little more un- comfortable than before. 5 “Heretofore,” she went on at last, “this matter has been easily settled to the satis- faction of all concerned, and at the con- clusion of roll call we have entered into * @ discussion of the danger of tutti fruttt when given to children at improper times without the slightest fear that our deliber- ations might be affording amusement to some one who, on account of sex, really had no right to be present. It was, I may say, a comparatively simple matter to dis- tinguish those who were entitled to be pres- ent from those who were not.” There was another brief interval of si- lence, during which every woman in the place looked suspiciously at every other woman. “Today, however,” she continued, “in view of the fact that jt is sometimes dif- ficult to distinguish bloomers from the trousers of a golf sult, and that the eye can no longer be relied upon, we have de- cided to call in a notary and let all women in bifurcated costumes swear themselves into the convention, which will be such a manly way of doing things that it really ought to flatter them.’ A monumert is to be erected at Antie- tam station, wholly composed of cannon Set on end in cast-iron sockets. QUANTA © | N A Perfect \ /nfant Food I