Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1897, Page 14

14 SOUTHERN HISTORY Annual Meeting of the Association Bearing That Name. TOPICS OF THE SEVERAL PAPERS READ Unpublished Letter From the Late Harriet Beecher Stowe. THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS —--- + The Southern History Association held its second annual meeting last evening at Columbian University, when several papers of great interest were read. Officers for the ensuing year were elected. The meeting was called to order by Dr. J. L. M. Curry, in the absence of the presi- dent, ex-Postmaster General Wilson. Dr. Colyer Merriwether, secretary of the asso- ciation, made his annual report. He sald three quarterly magazines had been pub- lished by the association, making 336 pages of historical matter which had been pre- served. The association, he said, had no dett . Prof. W. M. Baskervill of the Vanderbilt University, who was to read a paper on “Southern Literature of the Last Decade,” and Prof. T. P, Harrison of Davidson Col- lege, wh paper was on “The Journal of Peletiah Webster,” were absent, but they had sent their papers, which “will be pub- lished in the association's magazine. The first paper read was by Dr. Stephen B. Weeks of this city, whose subject was ‘Mrs. Stowe’s Reasons for Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” introducing an unpublished letter written by Mrs. Stowe to Daniel R. Good- loe, who published the “Abolitionist” in North Carolina. a number of years before the war. Dr. Weeks said that the south- ern people, for more than sixty years of the history of the republic, had done more to advance the cause of emancipation than had the north. During this period, he said, nearly all the leaders in the south favored doing away with slavery, though they dif- fered in regard to the method by which it should be accomplished. The ‘under- ground railroad,” he said, had been put in effect in 1819 by southern Quakers. Mrs. Stowe's Letter. ‘He ther presented the following hitherto unpublished letter, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to Mr. Goodloe, as stated, in the foregoing: “ANDOVER, February 9, “Mr. Goodloe: “Dear Sir: The more I think of your un- dertaking the more I am interested in it. It has been my earnest desire to address myself to southern minds, for 1 have al- Ways believed that there was, slumbering at the south, energy enough to reform its s could it only be aroused. t has seemed to me that many who have attacked the system have not under- stood the southern character, nor appre- ciated what ‘s really good in it. I think have, at least I have tried--luring this whole investigation—to balance nry mind by keeping before it the most agrezal:lc pat- terns of southern life and character. While at the south i am regarded with so much bitterness as their accuser at tac bar of the world, I am sure I have every dispo- sition m heart to be their advocate that is, in ali things whic ere defer : seems to me that tru'y noble ovght to consider that which refuses to defend their faults, but tather treats them as excreseences which ought to be severed, and what is true of individuals is true of countries. “I respect and admire the true, chivalric, noble ideal of the southern man, and there- fere, more indignant reprobate all that which is no part of him, being the result of an unnatural institution, and therein, I think, show myself more fully a friend than those who undertake to defend faults and all. “The same is true of my country. I fix my heart on the bright ideal of America as she should be, and therefore condemn unsparingly that part of her course anc conduct which is unworthy of this ideal. If I did not think there was good erovgh In America and good enovgh in tlie south to bear this sifting process I would rot think either of them worth living for. Tries to Make a Distinction. “I have endeavored, both in my story and in this key which is to follow, to sep- arate the system from the men, but 1 cannot hope, after all, that such a dread- ful set of facts as the latter book contains can be spread before the world without exciting some reaction. I cannot hope to be regarded as a friend, and must comfort myself with the simple pleasure of feeling friendly. “It certainly cannot be agreeable to have such things brought out about one’s coun- try, and J, as an American, expect to feel very unpleasantly about it when I get to Europe, but then I do not see any way that a cancer can be cut out without giv- ing pain, and I am ready to suffer my part of the disgrace as an American, in the hope of getting rid of it the quicker. One thing is certain, that so far as I made impressions in England, they have been favorable to individual slave holders, though so very adverse to the system. “Many of my correspondents have told me this, and in my expected visit to Eng- land and the continent, it will be my ef- fort to do this still farther. The very deep- est and highest class of minds in England, such men as Bishop, Whetely, Lord Den- man, the Earls of Shaftesbury and Car- lisle, Arthur Helps, Charles Kingsley and others are feeling very deeply upon this subject. Their feelings resemble those of a brother or friend, who see in some friend or brother, otherwise highly esteemed, some course of conduct which they think is fraught with the gravest consequences, so that while uncertain how to speak they can scarce forbear speaking. I have been ninds best friendship in correspondence with them, and know how deeply they feel. They feel that the honor of Christianity is involved in They feel, moreover, that the very safcty and permanency of American institutions is involved in it, and they are men who would deprecate an evil to this country as an evil to their own. The Moral Influence. “The influence of such men, when fully in possession of the facts of thé case, will form a background of moral influence which I think will be very valuable to you south- ern reformers. For example, the city of Charleston is in perfect state of blockade as to the admission of any discussion from the northern free states, and yet I saw ad- vertised by a bookseller there all the lead- ing English reviews, each one of which has had within a few months a very decided article upon slavery. The one in Black- wood, I think, has a good many valuable statistics. ‘Now, one of my objects In England and the continent {s to put this class of minds in a position to understand the efforts made by such men as Cassius Clay and yourself, not that I consider you as coming at all under the same category as to character, but you are each endeavoring, in your own characteristic manner, to effect a similar objec “There is, besides all this, in England some considerable well-meaning but ill- guided enthusiasm on this subject, which these men could qualify and guide. So far from the slavery question separating the two countries, I think that the wise and good in England, who really love and ad- mire our institutions, and who, being neith- er northern nor southern, are therefore dis- interested advisers, may be a material as- sistance to us. They supply that public gentiment which we want here in America, and which slavery has vitiated, both north and south, so that, like a vitiated atmos- phere to the lungs, it is no longer capable of supporting healthy moral action. Reference to Mr. Si mer. “Are you acquainted with Hon. Charles Sumner? If you are, I would like very well to have him see this note, as it will explain to him more fully my objects, about which he seemed to have some solicitude. As to all this little flutter of crimination and re- crimination between England and about slavery and the state of the poor in England, I fancy it will do good on both sides. It will not hurt.our respectable sis- ter, iy Spe os = on that her geen keeping open to investigation, as w &s ours, and the only way that truth ever comes out is by this of sifting. The discussion will undoubtedly Strengthen the hands of those who are seeking to elevate the lower classes of and so good will be done all around. It so happened that the letter of the ladies of England was suggested by the very man who has always been a leader in all efforts for the good of the working classes—that is, Lord Shaftes- /ury. “I must say how much I am delighted with your articles in the Era. me of your statistics will be of great value to me. When you get through would it not be well to have the articles published in pamphiet form? I should like to have several num- ters to take to England with me, and place in the hands of leading men there. I think it not unlikely I may get subscribers for your paper among them. I should like to hear in your next what prospects you have of support and encouragement from south- crn subscribers. “TI will now close this very long note, with best wishes for your success. “Very truly, yours, “H. B. STOWE.” Camp Jackson Massacre. Rev. Dr. P. D. Stephenson of Woodstock, Va., read a paper, entitled “A Boy’s Ac- count of ‘The Camp Jackson Massacre,’ ” which took piace on the outskirts of St. Louis, Mo., May 10, 1861. Dr. Stephenson said while other massacres, in which very few people had been killed or wounded had attracted wide attention, the Camp Jack- son episode, he was surprised to find, had been passed over almost unnoticed, al- though it had resulted in nearly 100’ per- sons being killed and wounded. Dr. Steph- enson was a boy of fifteen when this thrill- ing incident occurred. He had gone out to the camp and saw a small boy pitch a clump of dirt that struck an officer's leg. He did not think there was any special in- tent in the incident, but it was seen, and the officer whirled his horse around, utter- ing an exclamation that was interpreted by the men as an order to fire, and a volley was sent into the midst of the crowd of men, women and children gathered there. The people rushed to get out of the way of further firing, but they were inclosed by columns of soldiers, and sevérat volleys were fired into them. Gen. Marcus J. Wright read a paper, en- titled “Some Account of the Transfer of the Territory of Louisiana From France to the United States.” Gen. Wright read orig- inal documents, giving an account of ob- jections to this transfer made by Spain, who had several years previously ceded the territory to France, and he showed efforts that were begun in the United States to raise troops in case the transfer should precipitate a war with Spain. The last paper read was by Dr. B. W. Arnold of Front Royal, Va., whose theme was “Virginia Women in the Civil War.” Dr. Arnold detailed the q@iaracter of life led by southern women previous te the war. He thought it was not fair to make a subdivision of one class there as the “poor whites,” but had divided those usual- ly so denominated into the “deserving poor” and “poor whites,” on2 an industri- ous class and the other thriftless. Dr. Arnold sald it had been charged on the part of some people in the north that southern women did not look after the com- fort of southern soldiers as did the women of the north, but he recounted the hard- ships undergone by women of the south and the contrivances they resorted to in erder to live and get supplies for the sol- diers, and said there was no ground for the charge of neglect on their part. He spoke of the great charges in the life of southern women, which had been brought about by the war, the new conditions calling women into industrial pursuits, which were former- ty looked upon as degrading. Now, he said, girls of all classes do not consider it de- grading for them to earn their living. Election of Officers. The papers were discussed briefly. Officers for the ensuing years were elected as fol- lows: President, Dr. J. L. M. Curry; vice presidents, Gen. M. C. Butler, Gen. M. J. Wright, John R. Procter, Thomas Nelson Page, Prof. Woodrow Wilson and Senator E. C. Waithall; secretary and treasurer, Dr. Colyer Meriweather; advisory council, Prof. Wm. L. Wilson, Prof. K. P. Battle, Col. R. A. Brock, T. L. Cole, Dr. Chas. W. Dabney, Prof. R. Heath Dabney, Prof. John R. Ficklen, Judge C. W. Raines of Texas, Prof. Chas. Lee Smith of Missouri, Prof. W. C. Stubbs of Louisiana, Reuben G. Thwaites of Wisconsin, Dr. Stephen B. Weeks of North Carolina, Thomas M. Owen of Alabama, Prof. H. Schoenfeld of Columbian University and Prof. Lucian Johnston of the Catholic University. - BICYCLE RATLWA P KATAHDIN. Wire Heng on ‘Trees Instend of a Very Rough Corduroy Road. From the Bestom Globe. : A bicycle railroad to Mt. Katahdin is the novel ventufe In which Col. Simon B. Gates of Presque Isle will engage. Col. Gates is an ex-member of the Maine legislature, is a wealthy man and owns hotels at Presque Isle, at Winn ard at the Hunt farm on the east branch of the Penobscot river. It is from the latter place that he proposes to run his bicycle railroad. The Hunt farm is seven miles from the railroad and is reached by a rough road that plunges straight through the forest from Stacyville. From the Hunt farm to Mt. Katahdin the distance is about twenty miles, through unbroken woods. There is a tote road that winds through these woods, but it can be called a road only by courtesy. It is an unbroken suc- cession of muck holes and dilapidated cor- duroy, along which two strong horses can barely drag a buckboard. It really forms a considerable feat of endurance for tourists to ride in over the rcad, for the horses can move only at a walk, and every few feet the buckboard goes bumping over stumps that no one has thought it necessary to remove. In times past this route was the most practicable one, for tourists used to make Patten the “jumping-off place.” But now that the new railroad has been put throygh a great deal of the travel goes:up by the water way via North Twin, Ambejejus and Pamedumcook lakes, thence into the west branch. De eee Mr. Gates expects by the establishment of his bicycle railroad to again bring travel around to the east branch route. The railroad will go over the woods, not through them. A wire will be fastened to the tall trees along the way, extended at the end of stoutly braced arms. On this wire will run the wheels of the bicycle railroad. om As to the means of propulsion, Col. Gates is still in doubt; he is studying into the matter. He has thought that the best way would be to have individual conveyances— that is to say, merely a seat and a lug- gage carrier, swung from the wheels on the wire. Were this light apparatus fitted with treadle power an ordinarily athletic man or woman would haveono difficulty in wheeling along on the wire.” 5 At the base of the mountain proper would be the end of a cable, to which the bicyclist could fasten his car and thus be drawn to the summit. It is needless to mention the fact that in making the descent, and: the return trip the traveler would require noth- ing except a brake and a set of steady nerves. Col. Gates will have two wires—one for the return and one for the passage up, in order that there may be no chance for col- lisions. The promoter thinks that perhaps in- stead of foot power bicycle motor carriages will be more desirable, for a party of five or six can be taken along, baggage and all. With this novel wire road in operation @ person could leave Bangor in the morn- ing and arrive at Katahdin early in the afternoon. The trip now requires several days and is extremely fatiguing. AS soon as the railrcad is in operation Col. Gates will erect a hotel on the sum- mit of the mountain. = ——+e+—____ Practical Missionary Work. From the Boston Transcript. Five hundred invitations were sent out for a novel reception by the Wisconsin Au- dubon Society a while ago. One of the dt rectors lent a large, handsome house, and six milliners were invited to send hats showing no egrets or birds. Ostrich plumes, quills and cocks’ tails were admitted. THE EVENING STAR FLORIDA FEATURE Rapid Recuperation of the Stato From the Disastrous Freezes. OUTLOOK FOR ORANGES AND TOBACCO Characteristics of the State Cap- ital and Surbunding Country. pe es INTERESTING INCIDENTS Special Correspondence of The Evcning Star, TALLAHASSEE, Fla., December 18, 1897. The number of Pullmans attached to the train which bere me to the land of con- stant bloom, oranges and the fragrant pine evidenced that the tide of tourists southward has already set in, anticipating the hegira which veually follows the holi- days. For so early in the season the travel is said to be exceptional, and is another proof that we must be riding the wave of prosperity, so long predicted. Many of our fellow travel2rs were destined for Charles- ton as a “stop over,” but the majority were bound for Florida, whose attractions increase from year to year with the enter- prise which caters to the sybaritic Ameri- can by affording him fresh opportunities for the indulgence of his varying fancies, and new food for the gratification of his ever-palling taste for novelty and excite- ment. Leaving Washington on a flying train, we play Bo-peep with the Potomac until we reach Quantico, glimpses of the river here and there offering charming vistas as we glide ever the smooth roadbed and rush onward in luxurious comfort. What a contrast to the ante-bellum “Or- ange and Alexandria!" You think of its rumbling old cars, which ‘jostled one’s bones over the stones” iike the pauper’s hearse, and thank your stars that they are one of the mcmories of the past. Alexan- dria always reminds ine of the “Orange and Alexandria,” because Alexandria changeth not. She fs one of the colonial dames and a whole chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, wrapping herself in her ancient prestige and jointing the finger of scorn at the new woman over the river. A ride of twenty-one hours brings us to Jacksonville, and here we begin to feel that winter is a myth, and, like the ghost in Hamlet, will only make occasional interrup- tiens. Roses greet us, the japonica’s white bloom glistens amid its dark green foliage, the air is redolent of spring, but the native is shivering. The morning was frosty, so the parlor fires were glowing, and we were ushered into a chamber with a crackling flame climbing the wide chimney. The warmth and fragrance of the burning pine knots were cheerfully appreciated, not be- cause we of a higher latitude were cold, but for its poetry; the reminiscences it awak- ened of kindred flames long since expired in childhood’s home. The lavish expendi- ture of fuel in this land, where the frost seldom pinches, ts a sad comment@ry on the lack of it where the piercing blasts treeze the souls out of the fireless poor at our own doors. Recuperating Rapidly. < Florida is recuperating rapidly from the blight which prostrated her three years ago. The orange crop this year amounted to 600,000 boxes, against 140,000 last year and nothing the year previous. An equal per- centage of improvement will bring a yield next year of nearly, if not quite, 2,000,000 boxes, and this prospect is already greasing the wheels of enterprise. The growing interest of Florida, however, is tobacco. Until this season scarcely more than an experiment, it is now an assured industry; its cultivation bidding fair to dis- place that of cotton. The small farmers have given up all hope of any improve- ment in the price of the latter product, which has lost not only its original prestige but has fallen so low in the commercial scale that not even the McKinley bill dared lift it to industrial recognition. Jacksonville is the great distributing point for the throng of tourists who seek health, pleasure or business chances in the various sections of the state. a Serving the Syndicates. Most of those on pleasure bent wend their way southward, while business carries many westward, where the cotton, tobacco and lumber interests center. This section of the state is penetrated by the Florida Central, in local parlance the “F. C. and P.” In traveling one is my: tified by the variations in the alphabet pos- sible to railroad lingo, and puzzled to un- derstand it when it greets the ear. Leav- ‘ng Jacksonville we enter the great pine belt. Here and there we encounter long trains burdened with logs and lumber; saw mills at intervals hum and buzz, noisy with the energy that reduces the forest to its subservient purposes. Further on bundles of sugar cane, decorating the porches of Ethiopean habitations, remind us that here 1s another source of wealth and profit, not to the bone and sinew worn out in its pro- duction, but to the trust and the syndi- cate. The latter is the great octopus in this country, grasping everything in its far-reaching tentacles. The small farmer or planter is its victim. To dispose of his crop he yields to the syndicate. They fix the rate and sometimes the weight. I was told today of a farmer who carried, as he thought, 2,000 pounds of tobacco to “the syndicate,” and was paid for 1,100 pounds, their estimate; so that at $12.50 per hun- dredweight he netted a disappointment of $100, and this is an every-day tale. Cotton only brings 4 cents a pound this year, and the very cotton ties seem to grin through their clasping teeth at the white staple, as if exulting that they are not among the royal unprotected. Little has been offered to entice the pleasure seekers to this section of the state, which was the Mecca of the early aristo- cratic settler, many of whom hailed from Vinginia, and’ we find greeting us along the railroad as we wend our way to the capital of the state Monticello, Madison, Ligo and other familiar names. Near Tallahassee one of the sors-in-law of Jefferson pos- sessed manorial acres, and we remem- bered that it was at Ligo, one of the Jef- ferson-Randolph estates of Albemarle coun- ty, Va., that Stockton, while loafing and erjoying his soul, wrote “The Lady and the Tiger.” It was quite a surprise to find this part of the state so decidedly hilly, as if the Alieghanies were stretching out their feet to lave them in the gulf. Attractions of Tallahassee. Tallahassee, like Rome, sits upon several, if not seven hills. Her capitol, surround- ed by majestic oaks, which give way here and there to groups of shrubbery and flow- ering portieres, boasts a Partheonic por- tico. It is the center of an aggregation of villas—lovely homes enshrined in blooming grounds. The legislature meets but once in two years, and in June. Expressing surprise that they should meet in summicr, I was told aia tne, Sempereture S very sant throughou e year, the breezes ora the not ‘Gistant gulf modifying the heat of summer. It was here that Achille Murat found a home in his exile when the blazing meteor of the Napoleonic dynasty had run its course. Here his bones rest, and the pil- im to his tomb meditates on the muta- there is no limit to the accommodations for those who seek health end repose, for, as the corteous coachman who acted as my guide, informed me, “Dey all takes board- to the owners of the ea gate at all the. stations: Their habitats dot the espe ioes ey Mre Reka mot help,” as r enjoying the ;dolce far. foe indolent leisure. They fairly swarntion the streets of ‘Tallu- gazing at the Christmas attrac- tons. They are alf mor® or less engaged in agriculture, and lob wll fed end comfort= ably clothed, but the unction of, dla ta’ greeted me with 22 Vanects gow at tin’ your titles. all The quaint fwith its suggestive- Ress amused me; But @id not wile the re- luctant dime-from dts résting place. |} Advantages t® Agriculturaliats. ‘Judging from ay drive in the environs there is everythiag ih the surrounding country-to invite agri¢ulturists: from’ the north to invest: their industry and enter- prise. New and progressive methods of farming are all that is needed to develop the possibilities of its soil. Tobacco, sald to be equal to the best Cuban, can be suc- cessfully cultivated. Cigarettes and cigar manufactories have 5 beem: established at Quincy and other points, sand it is only a Question of time when the: Floridian prod- uct will rival that of Havana. The prospect ef Florida becoming the Italy of America grows every. year more encouraging, and those whose lives are passed here claim that the climate is pleas- ant threughout the year, the nights being always cool. And it is ‘also claimed that longevity is the rule and not the exception, in other words, they don’t die here, but dry up and blow away. MARY E. CROMWELL. - ae Comets in 1898, From the London Globe. Next year quite a bevy of theve cosmical wanderers are timed to appear in our skies. The Pors:Winnecke comet should open the list by appearing in April, after‘an absence of about five and. one-half years. In May the celebrated Encke comet is: due: This comet has a period of only three and one- fourth years; and its frequent reappearance has been the means of astronomers discov- ering @ great deal: about comets and their wanderings ‘through space. In June we should have two of these cosmical visitors —Swift’s. and. Wolfe's comets, the former after an-absence of six years: and the lat- ter a trifle longer. Temple's comet com- pletes the visitors’ list by arriving in Sep- tember. These comets are alt regular visit- ors, whose periods are so well known that their arsivals may.be timed almost to the hour. Others,-no doubt, will -atrive, but they will.doubtless be casuals, of whose an- tecedents. nothing is known, and- most of them such small fry as only to catch the attention of the most assiduous observers. There is one other comet whose visit falls due in November, 1898, but this poor body went to pieces fifty years ago. This comet in known as Biela’s, and has not been seen since 1852, although it ought to have re- turned half a dozen times sinte then. It began to divide in 1846, and on fts next and last appearance 1,250,000 miles separated its parts. It was this comet which an as- tronomer predicted would approach within 20,000 miles of the earth's path on its visit in 1832, and so accurately was this predic- tion made that its fulfillment was consum- mated within twelve hours of the time fcretold. The near approach of this comet to the earth's orbit caused a considerable amount of consternation throughtout the country. Nor was the excitement greatly allayed by the assurance that the earth would not reach that portion of its course which the comet approached so closely for at least a month afte However, nothing very serious kapperted»iand'the public mind reassumed its wontéd calm;. °!: Although Bigla’s teontet snot likely to appear, there will doubtless be seen. about November 26 or 27 # slower of meteors as- sociated with the @rbit of the lost comet. This shower regulérly returns at: periods coincident with the tintés at which:the par- ent comet would have airrived had it main- tained its coherency. ~ Sea A Letter, Thati Gées the Rounds. From the Worcester (Mase) Gazztte. Probably no lette®.in the whole world in all tine has been traveling for:so long as that of the class of :’44 of Yale College. Some fifty years age sdme of the members undertook to keep @ letter circulating, each man receiving. .it a@difte whatever he con- sidered would interest’ the others, and when the epistle got around'to him agin removing his previous effort and replacing it with a new one. So the letter went on its endless way, year after year, and today it is still moving, telling to the aged men who are left of. the.ctass of ’44 what their fellows are doing, of their successes and disapointments, -of deaths, “too often, as the class dwiniles away Before the ruth- less hand of time. Not all the survivors are members of the chain,’ bttt the letter writers are so: well distributed that al- most all of the class mates are heard from and hear of the news contained in the letter. At present the-letter makés a long jour- ney in the interval between its arrivals to any. one man... A Worcester member is John A. Dana. He has just received the regretful comments of his classmates at the death of their old friend at college, Col. John W. Wetherell, with comments on the newspaper. biography which Mr. Dana _ had inclosed at his last sending. The letter had gone from Worcester to Lee, Mass.; thence to Chicago, to Minne- apolis, to Pasadena, Cal.; Birmingham, Ala.; Cape May and another New Jersey town; Plantville, Conn.; Pittsfield, Somer- ville and back to Worcestér. ——_+e+_ The Bulgarians. From Longman’s Magazine. Since 1877 the country has been at peace, save for a few trifling frontier disturb- ances, and a generation of young men has grown up who never have seen a shot fired in anger. Moreover, the old cause of anger against the Turk has been removed, for it is no longer Turkish soil that Mon- tenegro covets. Yet the old men who stride up and down the street of Cettinje in gorgeous raiment, their silken belts bristiing with pistol and knife, -stiil talk of nothing but the good old times when the man who wanted money or armes had only to cross the frontier into Albania and take them; and they still pray that they may have a chance of striking another blow. All the men, young and old, are organiz- ed and armed as soldiers; no man ever leaves his house without a loaded pistol in his belt; in fact, the uniform consists of the pistol and the red cap bearing the prince’s initial. For the rest, all wear much the same costume—viz., a tight red or green jacket, cunningly embroidered by an Albanian tajlor and often adorned with gold buttons, loose blue knickerbockers, white gaiters and sheepskin sandals and @ bright silk sash wound round and rovnd the waist to support the leather cartridge bag, the pistol and the yataghan; over all, for full dress,-a long tunic of white or green, and in wet or cold weather a nar- row plaid thrown across the shoulders. A man going on a jourfey always corries his rifle, as well, sluag across his back; but times have chakge@ since a man tiving near the frontier mever left his house for work or play withowt hfs loaded musket. End of an @ldi‘London Inn. From the London Mall. The old Greyhoufd im Dulwich village is now actually close@; @hd in a very short time one .of Lond@n’s: oldest and most famous hostelries Wilk be razed to the ground. . ‘ The removal of thé. Greyhound means the advent of the: that it will be course, it was the adjacent Dulwich gal- be "London, ‘published in “New Wore the Dul lew Greyhound ia mentioned as the lucky home of these masterpieces, whereas, as a mat- ter of fact, they were only placed there for a few nights. The error, however, put many a bright penny into the pocket of “mine host.” ————+e+-___ Petrified Body of a Woman. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, _ Oscar. Cobb and John Shackelford, while hunting on Dr. F. Shackelford’s farm, near Fayetteville, Mo., in Hazel township, this ccunty, yesterday discovered the body of a Petrified woman. While traversing a smail ravine one of the boys found under the roots of a tree, where the water had hol- lewed out the bank, what he suppored to be human feet. On investigation he dis- covered that they were solid stone, and at- tached to some unyielding substance. Se- curing assistance, the boys returned, and the tree and earth removed, exposing the body of a nude woman in a per“ect state of petrifaction. The discovery was taken to Fayetteville, where it was measured and welghed and viewed by hundreds of people. The mold is that of a voluptous woman, five and one-half feet high, and the weight 265 pounds. The features are perfect, face rourd and full, and, it is claimed, could be-easily recognized if any one were living today who had known her in life. Dr. Shackelford has owned the farm for fifty years, and no one was ever buried near that spot. The tree growing immediately over the body, however, places the date of the burial at some remote period in the settlement of the county, if not prior to our present civilization. Those who have inspected the petrifaction criti- cally say that it is not an Indian. The only abrasions or marks on the body are a hole in the right side and a protruding ar- row head on the left, indicating that death resulted from the wounds. Several citizens frem this city have viewed the body, and claim that it is as perfect as the work of a sculptcr, the toes and finger nails being as distinct as those of a living person. It will be brought to this city and placed on exhibition. o+—____. Lost an Eye Without Much Pain. From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. A Springfield oculist tells a curious story which illustrates how the total destruction cf a nerve sometimes saves much pain in an accident. A boy came into his office one day and asked him to remove some dust that had got into one of his eyes. The doctor looked at the organ, and was star- tled to find that the eyeball was broken in and totally destroyed. The boy said that he had been walking on the street, and a wagon passed close to him. He felt some dust get into his cye, he said, and not be- ing able to get it out went to the oculist. The dust did not hurt him, but he couldn’t see very well. The oculist made a thorough examination of the eye, and inside the eye- ball found the knot which had come off the end of a whiplash. It was found that the driver of the wagon had cracked a long whip, so that the knot struck the boy in the eye, imbedding the knot in the ball, where it broke off. The boy at the time felt no other sensation than what a speck of dust or a cinder might have made. ———_+e+____ AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c. Today. Thomas J. Owen, Auct., 913 F st. n.w.—Trustees’ sale of dwelling No. 210 Ward place, on Friday, Dec. 31, at 4 o'clock p.m. Louis H. Meyers and Victor Anderson, trustees. C. G. Sloan & Co., Aucts., 1407 G st. n.w.— ety sale of dwelling No. 1109 14th st. n.w., on Friday, Dec. 31, at 4 o'clock p.m. Michael J. Cclbert, trustee. ~~ AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYs. ©. G. SLOAN & CO. jouer: Auctioneers, 1407 G st. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUSBLE UNIMPR ED PROPERTY ON NEW YORK AY! NORTHWEST. LOT. 30, SQUARE 10, BET. CAPT AD 18ST STREETS NORTHWEST. ne By virtue of a certain deed of trust dated Dec. 5, 3894, and duly recorded in Liber 2185, folio 66 et seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the parties -ne- cured thereby, we will sell at public auction, in front of the premises, cn THURSL J. ‘ THIRTEENTH, 1898, at FOUR O'CLOG oy following described Jand and premises, situate in. the city of Washington, in the District of Co- lumbia, and designated as‘and being lot numbered. in Frederick Bates and Kate’ E. Lau- ritzen’s subdivision of lots in square numbered six hundred and nineteen (619), as said subdivision is fecorded in Boos W. I. M., page 157, in the office rveyor of the District of Columbia. One-third cash, balance in one and two years, with interest from day of sale at 6 per cent ber annum, payable *:mi-annuslly, and secured by old, A deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A ‘deposit of $100 ill be required at the time of sale. All convey- ancing and recording at cost of the ‘purchaser. Terms to be complied with in fifteen days from the day of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell ‘at risk and cost of the defaulting Purchaser, after due notice of such resale, pub- ished in ‘some Washington newspaper. CHAS. C._GLOV! JAMES 31. de31-dts TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE JMPROVED PROPERTY IN LE DROIT Pan EING THE TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLING NUM- BER 238 OAK STREET NORTHWEST, By virtue of a certain deed of trust, dated Oc- tober 21, 1893, and duly recorded in’ Liber No. 1854, folio 322 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia,’ and at the request of the arty secured thereby, I will offer for sale at pub ie auction, in front’ of the premises, on TUES. DAY, JANUARY ELEVENTH, PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. scribed land and premises, situate in the District of Columbia, and designated as lot number twenty- five (25), In'George W. Barry's subdivision of lots in block number tea (10), Le Droit Park, as per plat recorded in Liber County No. 8, folic 140, of the records of the office of the surveyor of ‘the District of Columbia, together with the improve- ments thereon, consisting of a two-story brick dwelling, being number 238 Oak street northwest. Terms’ of sale: One-third cash, balance in one (2) and two (2) years, with interest at six per cent per annum, and secured by a deed of trust on the pt id, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. Terms to be coniplied with in ten days from day of sale, otherwise the trustee re- serves the right to resell at risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after due notice of such resale published in some Washington newspaper. A deposit of $190 will be required at time of sale. Conveyancing and recording at the cost of the purchaser. WALTER V. R. BERRY, Surviving Trustee, de31-d&ds _Fendail bidg., No. 344 D st. n.w. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF A TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE, NO. 1504 CAROLINE. STREET NORTHWEST. By virtue of a deed of trust, duly recorded in Liber No. 1549, folio 41 et seq., one of the land records for the District of igued surviving trustee will offer for sale, by public auction, N AY, THIRD DAY of JANUAIY, O'CLOCK P.M., the following de- sixty-one (61) of Diller B. Groff’s subdivision of Oise sauars numbered one hundred. and ninety (280), as said subdivision 1s recorded in the sur- veyor's office of the District of Columbia in Liber No, 10, folle 23, together with all the improve- ents, rights, ete. Mgurmne! “Oug-thira cash, the balance in one and two years, with interest’ from the of sale at six per cent per annum, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at the option of Surviving Trustee. THOMAS DOWLING & CO., AUCTIONEERS. VALUABLE ANT, BE- 3640, STEES’ SALE OF SEVEN BRICK HOUSES IN MOUNT oy t fra 3 I ; i i AUCTION SALES. FUTURE Dara AUCTION SALES. a 4 < FUTUME DAYs, RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. eo SALB OF A TWO-STORY FRAME HOU! NO. 127 K STREET NORTHWEST. im square five and fifty. & front of 14 92-100 feet on K street rms: One-third cash, the balance in one and two years, with interest from the day of sale at 6 per cent per annum, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or ell cash, at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $100 required upon accept- ance of bid. If the terms of sale are not complied with im fifteen days from the day of sale the trustees reserve the right tc resell the roperty at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser after five days’ advertisement of such resale in some Bewspaper published in Washington, D. C. AL conveyancing, etc., at the cost of the purchaser, CHARLES H. CRAGIN, Tru: tee, WILTON J. LAMBERT, frustes”” IN J. . Trustee, no4-d&ds . 410 Sth st. nw. C>Defaalt having been made by the purchaser at the above sale. the property will be again offered for sale at said purchaser's cost and risk on FRI- DAY, THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEM- FER, 1897, AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., in front of the premises. CHARLES H. CRAGIN, Trustee, 321 st. nw. WILTON J. LAMBERT, Trustee, de24-6t 410 Sth st. nw. SYTHE ABOVE s: IS POSTPONED ON account of the rain until TUESDAY, FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 1898, at the same hour and place, CHARLI H. CRAG W'LTON J. LAMBER' Trustee. Trustee. de31-d&ebs RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS, TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED ,PROPERTY, BEING LOT 24, SQUARE 568. Under and by virtue of a certain deed of trust to the undersigned. bearing date July 1, 1895, and recorded i biber No. 2055, folio 78 et seq., of the Jand records of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured thereby,” we will offer for sale, in front of the premises, on WED- NESDAY. the FIFTH DAY of JANUARY, 1898, at FOUR O'CLOCK, the following described prop: erty, vi Tot numbered 24, In Margaret O. 2 Degge: bdlvision of lots in square numbered per plat recorded in L W. K., folio 568, 325, of the records of the office of the District of Columbia, with buildin Provements thereon, being No. 516 2d st. n. Terms: Sold subject to a deed of trust for $7,000, balance. over and above said trust, carb. A deposit of $100 required at time of sale. Con: Veyancing and recording at purchaser's cost. FREDERICK G. AUKAM, ‘Trustee. SAMUEL J. FISHEL, Trustee. de81-d& Abs os THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F or cf TEEN Bs THE TAVISTOCK Al 710 : N.W. By vinta at ac ertain deed of trust, June ‘the 8th. 1807, and @uly recorded in No. 2227. folio 169’ et seq.. one of the land tec- ords of the District of Columbia, and at the re- quest of the party secured thereby. the under- signed trustees will sell at public auction, in front ot the premises, on THURSDAY, JANUARY THIRTEENTH, 1898, at HAL ST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. the following described land ond premises, situate in the city of Washing‘on, J trict of Columbla, and designated 2s and ‘being all those parts of ‘original lots numbered one and two in square numbered five hundred and twenty- nine (529), contained within the followi: and bounds, viz.: Beginning for the sane street one hundred feet north of the son Terms: Sold subject to a prior decd of trust cf $17.000, due in June, 1900, balance over and above said trust, cash.’ A deposit of $500 requived at time of sale, Conveyancing and recording at purchaser's cost. Terms of sale to be complied with within fifteen days from day of wale, or the trustees reserve the right to the property at the risk and cost of defaulting purcnaser. after five days’ previous advertising in some newspaier published in Washington, D.C. JOHN TAYLOK ARMS, Trustee. de31-d& SAMUEL A. DRURY, Trustee. DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. ED ON THE SOUTH SID) AVENUE BEfWEEN NORTH CAPITOL ANI FIRST STREETS NORTHWEST. THE DUSES WILL BE OFFERED SEI AND THE SALE PRESENTS A CHANCE TO SECURE A BARGAIN. By virtue (of a deed of trust dated the 27th day of 4 recor a notes secured thereby, We will offer separately at public auction, in front of the respective premises, o8 MONDAY the THIRD -D. EGINNID DAY of JANUARY, A.D. ING AT HALF-PAST SHREE O'CLOCK P. e follow- ing described land and premises, ate in the city ot Washingtoa, District of Columbia, and des- ted as aud being lots numbered ninety-three (93), nimety-four (94), ninety-five (95), ninety-six (98), ninety-seven (97), ninety-eight (28), ninety- ine ($8), one hundred '(100), one hundred’ and one (101), ome hundred and two (102), one hundred and three (103), one hundred and four (104) and one bundied and tive (105), in James H. Meriwether's subdivision of lets in square numbered six hundred and fourteen (614), as said subdivision is recorded in the office of the surveyor of the District of Co- page 6, together with the im- lumbia in Book 22, provements thereon. ‘Terms of sale: One-fourth of the purchase mouey to be pafd fn cash and the balance to be paid 10 four equal {nstallments, respectively, in one, two, three and fou. years frm date of gale, secured ‘by a deed of trast upon the property sold, with inter- «at, payable semi- iy, (at the rate of 6 per cent per annum until paid,’ or all cash, at the op- tion of the perchaser. A ‘deposit of $200 will cequized ou each lot at the time it is knock down. Sale to be closed in fifteen days from di of scle, otherwise the property will be resold the risk and .ost >f defaulting purchaser after fir days" advertisement in zome paper published ij Washingtou, v. v. Conveyanclug at cost of chaser, LOUIS D. WINE, Trustee, CLARENCE B. RHEEM. ‘Trus: de23-dtv 916 F C. G. SLOAN & CU., AUCTION! TRUSTEFS' SALE TATE ON E VE: 4 ions of a certain deed of rded in Liber 2175, folio 11, of the land records of the District of Columbia, and by direc-, ton of the holder of the note secured thereby, t undersigned, trustees, will sell, at public auctia in front of’ the premises, on ‘THURSDAY, JA UARY SIXTH, 1898, AT’ FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Part of original lot numbered two (2), in_squi humbered three hundred and fifty-three (353), the city of Washington, D. C., beginning on street 25 feet east of ‘the southwest corner the lot, and running east 74 feet 10% inches: north 9) feet; west 74 feet 10% inches; south 90 feet to the point of beginning. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase price in cash, and the balance in one and two sears, with interest from the day of sale; the deferred Payments to be secured on the property sold, or the purchaser may pay all cash, at his option.” “A deposit of $200 will be required he time of with in fifteen days the right is reserved to resell at the risk and cust of the defaulting purcbaser. M. J. GRIFPITH, Trustee. de25-dts W. B. ROBISON, Trustee. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. STREET SOUTHWEST. By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, prssed in equity cause trustee will sell, at note Be, K P.M., the follow- described real estate, situate in’ the city of shington, District of Columbia, and described ing Ww as parts of lots numbered thirteen (13) and four- teen (14) in square numbered six bundred and forty-two, beginng for the seme at a running east (19) feet; thence south ninety-two (92) feet; thence West nineteen (19) feet; thence north ninety-two (82) feet to tbe place of beginning, together with all improvements, rights, etc. ‘Terms: One-third cAsb. balance tn one aud two rs, with interest from sale, at six or by deed of trust on ‘THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. N.W. OF IM! [PROVED PROPERTY, ST., MT. PLEASANT. in et seq., one of the Columbia, Ea ©. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 @ TRUSTEES’ SALI MENT HOU: AND OF A VALUARLE APART. ON 8 ST. B RENN. My ‘H ST. NORTHWEST, Wasi: via, and at we will premiges, SUARY TENTH, 1898, at HALE: ic auction, in front of th INDAY, JAN! PART FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. oreietes aan average bea Ml that certain plece or parcel pt feet @ inches, together with all Fasbington, in the ir, its, rights, ete. = iS aod distingatshed twenty eight (28), ig Bera W Clark's subdivision of certain in’square numbered one hundred and fifty-four per plet recorded in the office of the sur- the District of Coluatla, Liber contained within the following mete veyor 20, bounds, vix.: Beginning for the same on h of “S" street north, at the northwest cores said lot £8, and running thence along «aid street twenty-two (22) feet; thence b cighty (80) feet to the rear line of said lot; th west twenty-two (22) feet, and thence north eighty ($0) feet to the line of said street and place of hegine ning, together with the brick apartment bousd therein, Terms: All cash, past due taxes and expenses of this sale, of which $250 will be required when (he 8 atruck of. The terms resell the property at the faulting purchaser or = s they may de ing, recording and arial fees at pure J. TAYLOR ELLYSON CHANNING M. BOLTON Z ___ Truste , AUCTIONEERS, TWO-STORY prick SET NEAR O —~ decree of the Supreme Court of just Ry_virtu a the District of GC uumbered 18712 sell, at public DAY of JANU ., A. at FOUR CLOCK P.M. in front of the premises,~that piece or par- cel of ground situate in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and known nd bein, part of original lot 20 in square 652. contained within the following metes and bounds: Hegin- ning for the same on Half (1%) street at the north. said lot, running thence south alon, street twenty feet (20°); thence west red and seventy-three fect n inches ( thence north twenty feet (20'); thence eni hundred and seventy-three feet (173° 7") to the line of said street and pl beginning, together with the improvements at the option of the A deposit of $100 required at time of veyaneing, etc... at purchaser's cost. Terma of sale to be complied with in ten days from day of sale, otherwise trustee reserves the right roperty nt the risk user, after five days" resale in’ some newspaper . D.C. s ished in Washing- POOLE, Trustee, VALU ROIT ENUE NORTHWEST. @ of a certain deed of trust dated April and duly -ecorded in Liber No. 1908, folly T Doar} ‘ . AT q . the fliowing described land and premises, situate in the city of Washington, Tis- trict of Columbia, and designated as and being lots numbered , Brown & five 45), oa Book 8, pag 85. surveyor's office of the District of Colum Terms. One-third cash, balance in one (1) and two (2) years, with interest at six (6) per cent pec annum, jayable semi-aunually, and secured by deed of trust ob the property suld, or all cash, at the purchaser or purchasers. be required at the time ncing and iecurding at t tion cf the $100. will 1 con cost of the parchaser.| ‘Terms to pe complied with in fifteen (15) days from the day of wale, otherwise the trus- tees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser or pur- chasers, after five days’ notice of such resale in some Washington newspaper. SAMUEL H. WALKE M.CHAEL L WELLE ‘ ‘Trustecs, DUN AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF T AND ATTRACT- IVE PAREESTORY NT BRICK DW! LL MOVER 3 N THE SOUTH- F EWESTY-PIFTH AND dated the 12th dav nd recorded among the land in Liber request of we will premises, DAY, THE Fi UARY 1898, at HALF PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M following described real estate, situate in the of Washington, District of Columbia, to wit: Ail that certain piece or parcel of land ‘and premises known and distinguished us and being lot wumbered fifty-two (52), in Barr and Sanner's suixtivision of lot oumtered thirty (30), of Pacific P. Mullet subdivision in square numbered fourteen (14), 1 the District of Columbia, toge with the Improvements thereon. Terms of sale: One-fourth of the purchase money to be paid in cash, and the balance to be paid in four cqual instalments, respectively, in one, two, three und four years from date of sale, secured by a deed of trust upon the property sold, with inter. est thereon, payabl semi-annually, at’ the rate of six per cent per annum until paid, or at the option of the purchaser. A will be required at tie 5 closed within fifteen days from day of sale, other- Wieo (the prope.ty will be resold, at the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser, ufter five duys’ adver- tisement in some paper published in the city of Washington, D. C. Conveyancing at the cost of purchaser, ICUIS D. WINE, Trustee, CLARENCE B. RHEEM, ‘Trustee, oi F s @e21-4k4s 2 THOS. J. OWE! TRUSTEES’ So ip , Auctioneer, 913 F st. n.w, SALE OF THE THREF-STORY BRICK DWELLING NO. 1117 U STREPL NORTHWEST. By virtue of a deed of trost duly recorded in Liber 1896, folio 78 et seq.. one of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the ‘party secure! thereby,’ the undersigned. trus- tees will sell at public auction, ip front of the premises, one FRIDAY, ARY SEVENTH, Jad 1898, AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, lot 17, in James H. Meriwether's subdivision of jots in square 304, as per plat recorded in Liber No. 20, folio 1, of the records of the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia. Terms: Sold subject to a prior deed of trust for $3,000 and accrued interest; balance. over. and bove said trust, om arth cash, balance in one und two years, with interest, secured by a deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash. at the option of the A “deporit of $100 required at time cf Conveyancing and ree col at purchaser's cost. = MAHLON ASHFORD, SAML. a. DRURY, ‘Trustees, | de2t-d&ds DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTION TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IVE MEN TREMISES “815 FOURTH ST EAsT. By virtue of a deed of trust dated the i2th day of December, 1882, and recorded stnong the: leek records ef the District of Columbia, in Liber No. 1753, follo 370 et seq., and at the ‘request of tho holders of the notes secured thereby, we will offer public auction in front of the premises on WEDNESDA THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1898, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, following described real estate, situate in tl of Washington, District of Columbia, to-wit: that certain piece or parcel of land’ and kcown and distinguished as and being 1 bered seventy (70), of Barr and Sanner's subdi- vision of lots in square uumbered eight hundred and “elghit (808) r plat recorded in book 20, folio 35, of the records of the surveser's office of the District of Columbia, together with the lus provements thereon. Terms of sale: One-fourth of the purcha to be id in cash and the balance to four efual installments, respectively in one, three and four years from date of sale, secured by a deed of trust’upon the property sold, with inter- est thereon payable emi-annually at the rate of six per cent per annum until paid, or all casb, at the “ptioa wer. A ‘deposit of $290 will be required at the time of sale. Sai closed within fifteen days from day of sale, wise the property will be resold at the cost, of defaulting purchaser aft e vertiseinent in biished in ti sy of ncing at the cost of sone paper pul Washington, D.C. “Conve: en = CLARENCE 3B. RUEEM, ‘Trustees—O16 F st. n.w. de21-déeds THOMAS DOWLING & CO., Aucts., 612 E st. n.w. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED Pi » BEING NO. 1229 FIFTRENTIC STREET NORTHWEST, SOUTHEAST COR- NEAR SCOTT CIRCLE, IM. X MODERN deed of trust date December 1, i folio 368 et of Colum- joney feet : 354) a g i} § } Ey E FEE el F | fs iu i itt £3 |