Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1898, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, £68254" > SEES, = 17 who came in, slowly followed by his wife and three or four childr>n. When they had spent a quarter of .an hour fitting and pricing a pair of echoes for “Ed’ard,” the woman put them down, sighed, and walked teward the door. “They could not afford | THEY WERE BRAVE shot I fell backwards, my sword dropped from my hand,- and a moment later. a singting. sensation passed through my ly. “Did you faint?” I asked. “No, my fecling was that of great weak- SOFTLY AS HE ACROSS THE BORDER Cy Warman’s Impressions of Our Ca- nadian Neighbors. WRECKED MY TRUNK. ple but broad statement that ‘Two have gone ion here within the past twen- y years, but the depositors were paid in A president or stockholder is respons- of his stock. @ man wilifully wrecks a bank and = in the park behind the best while the depositors go to 9sts in the cap- the country that produce: t that ecntrols it. THEY KEEP SUNDAY VERY STRICTLY A choice cut of beef Sa Much Like New Englanders in Their Ideas and Habits. —_—__+—_—_. WINTER A STERN REALITY town in the t wo things I have erved in Canadian grass lawns; second, the fine church build- I put the home f ior and religious train’ n, at a mother and that brings me back to the saw four boys—young men they were. begins the edu Written for The Evening Star. REMBLING, take my pen in hand write of Canada noon, and somehow the sight reminded me of the groups of negroes that 1 used see poking round the Potomac, squatting now and then for a quiet game of “craps,” and I wondered what these young fellows The worst I had accused them of in my mind was of having been swimming in the Thames passed me I saw tha a morocco-bound the Canadia Christian people, o” store by it,” and y the stranger to put ail his chips on that Not long ago a great French critic break- fasted in New York, lunched in Philadel- phia, dined in Baiti- had been about. but when they t one of them carried under his arm. s as a whole are good “put a power t I would not advi impressions people of the United States in Washing- Having cut a The Servant Girl Question. In England the servant girl asks how you allow. Here the first question is, “How many nights ou! if you say she can’t always go to early mass she crosses herself, or if she be of another faith she'll hang her head and sigh, and say she can't miss Sunday school, she must go to church Sunday evenings. And such long services! Why, sometimes they won't get home till But, with all their good- ness, many of them do not scruple to ob- lai money under false pretenses. etend to be servants when they are not. he willing ones are often unable to boil water without burning it, and the unwilling They are as bad as ours. Winter is a stern reality here, but men who have lived long in this clime say they like it. In winter they have a “charity” and free wood those who can’t buy, and so they know that assurance makes people careless about providing for In one town an alderman de- clared that the man who had the contract to furnish wood to the poor was giving them rotten birch. The contractor sued the When the case was tried the alderman proved that the wood was not only rotten, but that {t was short measure zorner of Canada, beginning at Windsor ind ending at Niagara, and vice versa, and having had the additional experience of a summer in Ontario, I ought (if 1 had the same ability) to be as competent to say what they do and how they do it in the dominion as the Parisian editor was to the people and things of the United States. It seems to me that if the “impression” of a traveler is ever of interest to the aver- age reader it must he his first impression, for, in a little «while, we become accus- tomed to strange tribes and their ways are much beer money and, above all, almost midnight: * said the eminent journalist referrea to, “to write down my im- pressions, for in a fortnight—in a month— they will be gone.” I recall now the first thing that attracted my attention upon entering Canada for the first time was that the station employes in Detroit were singing “After the Ball,” and nadian car hand who was tap- ping trucks for the Grand Trunk was hum- is delivered to themselves. From Greenland’s icy mountains, From India’s coral strands. Coming back from New York I heard them whistling the same tune in Buffalo that I had heard in Detroit, and at St. Thomas a man was singing softly, as he wrecked my trunk: days are gliding pilgrim stranger, Would net detain them as they fly— These hours of toil and danger. He could not have had reference to his Job, for he was taking no more chances He simply: sang what was in his mind, and I could not help thinking that these songs were the result of en- there is very little poverty Even the poorest scarcely know what it is to be poor. Indeed, there is little excuse for a man or woman who can work. If you want a man to chore about your place you must pay $1.25 a and good domestics are as scarce I know of no place is so oppressed by “labor.” I ought to explain that you are a capitalist here, as in the United States, the moment you hire a tent and employ one Indian. Holidays are almost as numerous here as in England, where I have seen the banks closed for four days at a stretch: and you are nobody unless you “vacate” in sum- mer. The banker and the barber, the tailor pewriter, the preacher and the all have their two weeks’ va- ly believe that there are peo- id “out” in summer at the wood in winter. as pie in the Klondike. where “capital” than I was. in a Canadian magazine not long ago, said the people of canada were more God-fearing, Sabbath- observing—in short, they wre “holier than I wish he had left that for me to say. It would look better here, part of it, at least, than it looked cver the signature 1 dislike to see a man so and the ty; ple who woul risk of burning charity That's my “impression.” great many pacing horse: id bearded men in Canada. dians do not dress es * in the same walks cn th: modest American fits in ica without being eith «cmbarrassed. On Market Day. Every agricultural town has its market days—Tuesday: days. Of course, Saturday 1s the big day, when all the country folk who have any- thing to seil come to town. During the morning the market space is crowded, and when they have sold out streets, fill carry home wha The Canadians “rote a beautiful poem, of a Canadian. ecek sure of him: Sunday in the Country. One Sunday morning, while out for the Uttle run that I always like to take before sitting to a sermon, I saw a woman and a boy seated by the roadside, minding their cows in the grassy lane, and wondered that they should be there so early, for the sun Was just peeping over the hedge. As I passed, the woman, placing a finger on the open page that she was reading, looked up Sabbath-breaking bike, that was as good for m>, out there in the glow and glory of God's morning, as the green grass was for her horned cows. She Was reading the Bible to her boy. An hour later, when I leaned my wheel against a my neighbor, who had b>en reading this same tree, stretched himself and remarked that he weuld like also to go out into the country, but the ears didn't run Sundays (he worked hard all the week), and he could not afford stylishly” as men @ Other side do. A this part of Amer- er conspicuous or and = Satur- and frowned on the they swarm the shops and t they need for the house. with a recurring their beautiful snow, and y half the poets and para- the dominion have taken a Briton living. { fare, who am not great— Bible under since that da graphers in out-of the greatest Then how shall I not even British? After all, the people of C: like the people of th astly more Iil England than the are like the people of Louisi It struck me that he had more sense than the men who make some of the Canadian - they have a “bread in a lot of Canadian towns that says every leaf must weigh two pounds, and the resvit is that the bakers haul the when it is only haif cooked, for fear of having it too light; for, r will confiscate the gives the people good It’s not my busi- , of course, and I'm not complaining— t eat it—but I'm writing my impres- ‘anada are very e United States. ike the people of New New England lana, Texas or or example, bread out of the o Five years ago one heard a great deal of talk about States. There is very little of that talk » and there should be less. as good a government as there fs on earth, ‘Then why should they themselves into the open arms of politicians of the big republic? _ Lord knows, we ‘have ail handle. A few narrow-minded Canadians, whose knowledge of the United States ends at Detroit, Cleveland or Buffalo, affect to despise us, and a few “rustlers” on our side want to burn “U.S.” on the flank of the dominion, but the great mass of mind- your-business men on both sides want things to go on as they are. Look at this man Laurier! I want to know if h2 would suffer by comparison if stacked up with the President of the Unit- ed States. You may say-he’s French, Brit- ish, what you will, he’s full of the stuff that makes a good American. ht and indigestt except the English. that the value of a be fixed by legisla- ians could do it. cen make bread by law, suppress the Sun- day paper and the poor man’s carriage— the trolley—erd more. pint bottle hold nearly a quart. empty seven Kentucky half pints into it You can’t do that They have made a makirg it full. a Kertuckian. They have a vast amount of respect for After their religion the Canadian law seems to be the Canadian’s long suit, and I am only giving the condensed testi- mony of a number of the people of the do- minion when I say they do not trust each other, as a rule, in a business way, but want it “in black and white.” High Regard for Law. They have that high regard for law that is English. A man who respects the law is But he’s off other eminent personages don’t make a country. It is the man in the field, who brings the wheat to the mill; the farmer and his wife who stand all day in the market place in the sun and rain (“All the winds of Canada call the ploughing rain”) such expensive shoes,” she said. “Well, lady,” sald the old salesman, ear- . “they’ ain't no place you can ‘git a better boot than this fur sixty cents.” She “lowed” she could, but finally bought the shoes. ee 1 ‘Then the farmer began the work of s2- $ lecting a pair for himseif, and here is ER'SN, where the frank, innocent, child-talk took GEN, JOE WHEEL ARROW ESCAP! ES place. The old’ salesman’ slid the ladder along the wall, hesitated, drummed upon a shoe box with the ends of his fingers, turned suddenly to the customer and asked: “Do you want ’em for best?” “Well—at first—yes, then aft2r, of course, Tl take ‘em fur every day.” * CY WARMAN. Padt : , but 1 retained i . rh Rome Famons Fallils” Men Who | os, bet 1 isied comers at Have Faved Death, know, in command cf my demi-brigade, consisting of the 9th Kentucky, the 79th How Two Noted Generals Felt When They-Were Shot. ——— A YARN FOR HUNTERS. Stories of Game Raised a Man From His Death Bed. From the Chicago Record. right, 1898, by Frank G. Carpenter.) Dr. Trabish, with his instruments and | Written for The Evening Star. his little bottles of powders and liquids, eae FROM THE A STORY OF BEN —— WADE usually made the Hoback basin region once Capitol to the treas- @ month. When he approached the shack ury the other day in of the Archers on this November day he a street car which felt some misgivings, for everything seemed contained five noted so still and quiet. Mrs. Archer opened the public men who have door to him and answered his query of faced death. One was greeting in a sorrowful voice. General Joe Wheeler, “I don’t understand why he shouldn't the famous cavalry have quite recovered by this time,” said the leader of the south- Eeeentenel ret this cared doctor. “Did you give him the drops regu- ern confederacy, who | ty the rear? erhere ahoatcennceeamninee larly?” p does not weigh more | me, and upon my asking him whether I ‘ but a bear come.” than 100 pounds, but | was going to dic, he said that if the bullet cmiest day ctenyeu left. Lias was lyin’ b who had seventeen Bedaei nen pipe snucenaral eTaeee there what you call speechless, an’ un— horses shot under | aiiy he paralysed. That night 1 was cor. un—" rim during his military service. Another | ried to Atlanta, and later on jolted in a g sunconscious. .xes, he was pretty low | was Senator Daniel, who served in the | hospital train to Chattanooga, and thence , but s oS 7 e} 7 2 4 ini: e] ia. y wou ales D1 OCHe was lyin’ there, when Ben Giddings | ©o™federate army of northern Virginia and Eieronvian/ olene ee eee cole in’an’ fold about seein’ a wear’ up| 7" lett for dead omrthe ‘hattlefield.and | oy since: then. .Sinerin Genel tetien near the Umber line. Next I knowed Lias | Who limps today from the terrible wounds if once told me that he believed if President had his gun down an’ was streakin’ up the} he then received. A third was General | Garfield’s wound had been left alone, as Cc. F. Manderson. jana and the 19th Ohio, and we were ‘sing the enemies’ works. As I fell, some of the men ran out and bore me back to the line. They stretched a blanket be- mountain half dressed. Said no bear was | Joe Hawley, whore famous military record | mine was, he probably might have recov. goin’ to take advantage of his bein’ sick |1. ynown to all, and a fourth wae Justice | ered-” that a i? s an’ come foolin’ ‘round the house He got the bear, but three men had d him in bed on account of his crazi- for five days.” Naturally, with such exposure—” He'd just about come to his sense, when Asheroft, who come down to set up with him, told me about seein’ elk tracks by the erick. Ashcroft spoke soft an’ low an’ didn’t mean no harm, but Lias heard him in his sleep and riz up an’ throwed bed- Brown of the Supreme Court, while the Gen. Alger’s Escape. the general of the army, Nelson | Gen. Russell A. Alger, now Secretary of who has fought in front of every | War, had a number of narrow escapes kind of a weapon, from the cannon of | during his service. One of his most des- our civil war to the Winchester rifles and te engagements was at Booneville, tomahawks of the Indians $ It was shortly after Tae Wikeciew'aiaavcoinre: his appointment as Secretary of War that x he told me the story of his engagement. General Wheeler’ hada ‘moat exciting | Tt nas never been publisaed, but 1 think clothes all over the house; knocked Ash- | Service throughout the war. He has told | my memory will erable me to give it sub- croft down an’ pushed me away as easy | me how his horses were shot under him stantially as he told it to me. Said he: as though I was some kind of a thing on | again and again, and how he escaped with- |“ was captain at the time, under Col dunes: When ‘hel cot. thaty gunllanyewentl|[ecnrenure aigeenn We cee eee etee| eniieherinane as commeeniie een out on a run. Had just his shirt on.” one NIUEY. i Aiways rode at | tcgether about 8) men and were at Boon “Good land! Why, that was enough to| the head of his troops. Of ali the com- | ville, when about 4,000 confederates under kill him, with snow eight inches deep,” manders under Jefferson Davis he stuck | Gen. Chalmers attacked us. The evening “At least a foot deep. Ashcroft an’ three | Closest to him. He was with Davis when | before the battle, I remember, I did not men hunted him all that day an’ night.| the cabinet moved from Richmond to | feel at all well. I was suffering from He'd followed that elk over nigh the Te- | Cokesborough, N. C., and he then had | jaundice and was as yellow as saffron. tons. He was plumb dead when they brung | eight brigades of cavalry. He told Davis | was lying down in my tent when Sheedan him back, but the elk was dead, too.” that the soldiers considered the war was | came in. He was th “What!” Lias dead? 1 thought" over, and that he had trouble in holding | he had the same nabits “He was dead then, but he come to next | his troops together. Davis did not agree | displayed. He was, you know, very quict day an’ went out of his head ag’in an’ then | With him, and he ordered 16,000 horse | and backward, except when'a possible stretched out, an’ we all thought he was | Shoes sent there to cauip his troops for fight was at hand. ‘Then his whole nature really gone. ‘The boys come to watch with | flight through the south. A short time | scemed to change. His eyes would fash. him ‘an’ plan his funeral, an’ whilst they | later, however, when he got ready to fiy, | He would become profane, and would ase was talkin’ Ed Groby said Harvey Wade | Wheeler was about the only commander | expressions which he never uttered In Lis had told some one who had told him that | Who could get soldiers to go with him, and | quieter moments. He asked me how I Seven mountain sheep had been noticed up | t was little General Joe who followed the | wits. T replicd that I did not fecl well, but nigh the tip of the Thumb, sixteen miles | Confederate president with a troop of 500 | that T could do anything he wanted done. away. ‘They ain't been no mountain sheep | men. Davis and his cabinet soon saw, | “Well,” said he, ‘I do want a job done nigh these parts for ten years. A hunter | however, that their hope was a forlorn | Gen. Chalmers is ¢ pming against us with like Lias is—a man so set heart an’ soul ris army. He fs almost upon us now, and Would foller mountain sheep fer hundreds = we must stampede him. I want you to of miles.” take all the men you can get and auietly “I know. They are great game.” Boe apa back of cas rebel 5 and with. “They are, sure. Well, doctor, w! So) BOUT ATONE MW, ‘ou to charge Groby said them words there comer ies into them yith a yell and knock h— out of of quiver of Lias’ body an’ he opened ma them. We will hear your yell and will eyes an’ looked around. I knowed what charge at them in front at the same time.’ Was comin’ an’ run fer the rife; Bue ee After a few words further we shook Was too quick. ‘Woman! he yelled aun’ hands, Col. Sheridan saying he thought EON Coo seat in ae it might probably be for the last time. I at mountain sincep." He had the rifle an’ called my men together. We were about was outside un’ a mile away, I guess, afore & hundred in ail. We went around them scared men knowed what was up. through the woods and got behind the con- He was gone three days. ‘They brune. hig federates, and then made a dash right up home yistiddy. ‘There he ia ig these the road, which was filled with them, Tie doctor went into the other room of Terrific Loss. the shack and looked at the thin, wasted “We gave a yellas we charged. We had form before him. He looked at the most notable of all the Teton and Hoback hunt- Bot ane wooee abte gidespof the rosa! ard the cheer went up from us all as we ers. He looked at the man whose fame extended from the Wind River mountans galloped down on the surprised confederates, We went so fast that in passing between to Pocatello. He looked, however, at a Se SS cHisan eee ouaeee me?” he inquired, two ‘confederates I remember I had both enti $ my knees skinned. We lost half our force The patient smiled back a weak recogni- within less than two minutes, but the rush a and surprise was such that we stampeded the rebels and went almost through them. In the meantime Sheridan had attacked in front and was forcing them in the back. We could see them coming and I ordered my men to turn and retreat, as I saw we were being swallowed up by the men com- ing toward us. The road was filled, and we had to go into the woods to get out of the way. My horse carried me against the limb of a tree, which caught me in the ribs, twisting and breaking my left leg. I had no use of that leg for the next ten years, but it is now ail right again. The blow knocked me off my horse, and as I stood there, I received several thrusts of the rebel soldiers going past me. I was a fairly good swordsman, however, and par- ried them. Then I noted an old tree with some grape vines about it. I threw myself down into the vines and fainted. I must have lain there an hour, for when I came to there was no one in sight. It was very quiet. I dragged myself slowly up and crawled along to the road. I was stag- gering down this when I saw some cav- alry coming. I thought it might perhaps be the rebels, so I hid behind a tree. As they came nearer, however, 1 saw théy were our troops. It was the 2d Iowa. I came out, and as the men saw me they gave a cheer. They carried me back to camp, and after a time I got well again. It was that battle that made Sheridan a brigadier general, and it was upon his recommendation for my services in it that I was promoted to be major, and later on made licutenant colonel of the 6th Michi- gan Cavalry.” Secretary Sherman’s Nerve. Secretary Sherman has never been in the army, but had he entered the service he would undoubtedly have shown as much bravery as did his famous brother, the general. He has never been afraid of dan- ger. During his first days in Congress, now almost forty years ago, he went out to Kansas to take testimony in the congres- sional investigation of the Kansas-Nebras- ka troubles. The western frontier was then filled with ruffians. Assassinations were frequent, and Congressman Sherman Was again and again threatened with death. He told me once that the committee often found warnings, the paper above which was ornamented with coffins and pictures of skulls and crogs-bones. Now and then the witnesses swore vociferously at the con- gressman and nearly every other man had @ revolver at his belt. When Sherman re- Gen, Joe Wheeler. ‘tie one, and they sent orders to Wheeler to thought you'd be well’us ¢ ovit you | disband his troops and take care of him- hadn't expoued yoursele goer YO" | seit, “this Wheeler did ana-a shore tne A film seemed to gather over the eyes of | later_was captured by’ the Union. troops the mountain man. ‘Then came ho ian, | and was sent with Jefferson Davis north strength. He rose in bed and seeps, to prison. Alexander Stephens and Post- “Doc, them mountain shee korpciaeas- | Master General Reagan were taken with ure twenty-two inches. Ain't another pair | Mim, and on the way north General Wheel- like "em ever been took in these parts. I | ¢T S@¥8 that Stephens thought he was go- RIGLHHIeen Oro ce * Tl ing to sure death. He said as much to Thai he fells bark deen: General Wheeler, and the general replied, 5 “Well, Mr. Stephens, if this is to be your fate, ‘what must be that of President The Terriers Mistake. Davis?” Alexander Stephens raised his From the Philadelphia Record. hands and replied, “Oh, don't speak of " ide that; his fate is too horrible to consider.” ‘ ao me get eee pointed a strong moral| General Wheeler sald he had no idea he Place on Chestnut street on Saturday] would be killed, and the way he joked afternoon. The street was thronged with | about the matter of their joint imprison. Promenaders, and the magnificent St. Ber-] ment horrified Alexander Stephens. nard dog which a young woman was lead- ing attracted much attention. Near 13th street the woman entered a store, leaving the dog outside. The dog was such a mag- nificent beast that several people stopped ir. admiration, and the dog actually seemed to smile at the attention he was receiving. About this tinte two giddy youths, who} gerend himself. You have read how he ac- were followed by a mischievous fox terrier, | cepted challenges to fight duels, and at came along and paused to see what was | one time demanded that the duel should be attracting the throng. The terrier, which | fought in a room twenty feet square, and was jut a mite beside the St. Bernard,| that himself and his opponent were to be rushed in and began snarling at the big] armed with Colt's revolvers and bowle dog. The noble-looking beast paid not the | knives, and you have also heard how one slightest attention, and the youths audibly | of his deadly enemies was killed when he commented on the big one’s cowardice. | was just about to shoot the aged justice a When the terrier began snapping at his] few years ago. Justice Brewer, who, by feet, however, the big one gravely raised | the way, is a cousin of Justice Field, faced one paw and pushed his tormentor away. | death when he was a boy, in Asia Minor, This angered the terrier, and its anger was | going with his missionary father among fed by the youths, who told “Jip,” as they | the chclera patients, and no one can look at called hi to go in and “shake the big] the heavy iron jaw of Justice Brown and coward.” ip” went in and set his teeth | suspect him of cowardice. Think of the in the St. Bernard’s leg. Suddenly the big| nerve of a man who, when awaked from dog lost its forbearance, and in a thrice} his sleep, saw a burglar with face mask- Jip was in its massive jaws. There was a| ed, standing beside him. The burglar had cruching sound, a couple of shakes and | 2 pistol in one hand and a dark lantern in “Jip” was cast aside dead. The St. Ber-| the other. The lantern cast its rays on the nard then resumed his place unconcernedly, | awakened man's face, as he looked into and the young men gathered up their dead| the muzzle of the pistol, and heard the terrier and went off to make complaint at | burglar exclaim that if he would give him the city hall. the keys of his safe and his wife's dia- monds, he would not make noise enough to awake a baby. “All right,” said Justice Brown, for it was his head that was looking out of the nightcap on the pillow. pa cate that ue put his hand under his head, as if to ge ee Se redbenrlt the | the keys, but instead pulled out @. revolver, Oldham union have recently been discuss- and, as quick as thought, sent a bullet ing a proposal to discontinue the allowance | through the man. The burglar dashed out of half a pint of beer daily to about thirty of the room sna down the scales; the judge . vere | following and firing at almost every step. Sere CaS Th Catan ceee i | Atl ine: bottom of ne: atairs: the. bargioy oe recone eee fe allowances, It | turned and returned the fire, and there the being alleged that some paupers purchased | two men stood firing at each other until tha others’ share. One member of the|their revolvers were empty. The noise beard stated that beer had changed hands | brought in the ‘police and the neighbors, at 3d per gill. The allowance was stopped | but in the meahtime the burglar had es- on Thursday, and in consequence a great | caped. Later on he Was captured, but he number of the inmates affected went “on | was so badly wounded that I am told he strike; poles is to say) thay left the work | lived but 2 short time. heuse simultaneously. There -are, how- How It Feels to Be Shot. ever, signs of the malcontents giving way, | | AREA ap ES one or two having already been read- mitted. have been wounded in battle, and I have asked several of them how they felt when the ball went into them. One of these men }was Gen. Nelson Miles. He told me that the ‘flesh wounds hehad received he had hardly felt until some time after, but “Why on earth did you act so foolish? I ees. Brave Judges. Every dne knows of the narrow escapes of Justice Stephen J. Field. You have read how, when he was 2 young man in California, he carried a revolver in his pocket and practiced at a mark, shooting through his clothes, in order to be able to see. Paupers on a Strike. From the Londen Telegraph. A strike of a novel kind is just now in Ben. Wade. would die. ‘The ba truck ing off into the body Herre oa his hip. Nine | turned to Washington he had a chance to “were taken out, but one | show his nerve. One of the southern m a fet, ate time he was shot in | bers remarked one day, while Sherman the neck, and a third time in the shoulder, = the bullet first striking the edge of the | wes blade of his sword, and being cut in two by the blade, one half of the ball going. — day he mission in St. Cyprian’s Church Palm Sun- Indian missions was taken in all the Cath- olic churches of this city Sunday last. A letter from the v dian territory states that “as a general rule the Indien and colored missions are missions without local bishop and priest must do it all. Too often the priest goes around from house to house and is glad to have a little sacristy ard a bed to call his own. When he has a couple of rooms he deems himself a prince.” vention of Union, which will be held in Washington this summer, efforts will be made to have a number of priests appointed as chaplains in the army. It is claimed that by reason of there being such a disproportion be- tween the number of Catholic and Protest- ant chaplains Catholic soldiers are deprived of spiritual adviser class in St. Augustine's Church the instant. year: Stewards, T. B. Stahi, Theo. Snit- fin, W. I. Clifford, E. R. Berkeley, R. Downs, W. F. Dove, J. E. Bright, L. Weber, J. Webb, J. K. MeCathran and Dr. I. W. Hodges; recording steward, T. B. Stahl: district steward, T. B. Stahl: trus- tees for Trinity, F. A. Belt, T. E. Trazzare, M. Otterbeck, A. A. Chapin, T. B. Stahl, W. C. Peake, A. Kirby, L. Fugitt and F. Mathis, C. W. Trazzere and Clarence Beck, Officers of Trinity Sunday school—G. R. Cook, superintendent: ant superintendent; R. E. Cook, secretary J. Moffatt, treasurer; H. E. Belt, precen- tor: Miss Mamie Berkeley, organist; Frank Jost, librarian. Officers of Tenth Street Sunday school—R..W. Dvnn, superinten- dent; Clarence Beck, secretary; Miss Mat- tle Bennett, organist. Er yorth Le, ie of- ficers—R. first vice president; Mrs. E. D. Huntley, second vice president; Mrs. K. L. Middle- tcn, third vice president; E. R. Berkele: fourth vice president; M. Otterback, treas- vrer; C. W. Trazzare, of the church, Prof. R. R. Strattan. Or- ganist, Prof. J. A. Shade. From the London Mxil. Paris exposition a novelty called the mare- orama, which will give visitors the illusion of a voyage by steamer from Marseilles to giers, Naples, Venice, Alexandria and HE CHEATED AT CARDS ence said that he never felt cooler in his life than when he walked up to the Capitol the next morning with a pistol in his pocket and his hand on the trigger. He had made up his mind that if Wright approached him that day in @ manner to justify it, he would shoot him dead. He did not see Wright until he left the Capitol that evening. As he went down the steps to go home, Wright came out and passed down the opposite side. Sherman had a friend with him and Wright was likewise accompanied by a triend. Sherman kept his hand on his pistol and his eye on Wright as he walked down the steps. Wright saw that Sherman Meant business and he walked on without doing anything. He served for some time in Congress, but he never again called Sherman a Nar. Story of Ben Wade. Sherman's action as regards Wright was according to the same policy pursued by many of the northern congre: en just be- fore the war. Sectional feeling was so Keen that duels were talked of most every day and the man who could be bulldozed had no peace whatever. Some of the south- ern fire eaters seemed to take pleasure in trying to intimidate their fellows, and among these was Bob Toombs of Georgia Toombs found his match, however, in Ben Wade. The late Edwin Cowle editor of the Cleveland Leader, and ut friend of Wade, told me the story. Said he “Ben Wade once took occasion to abus 1 The Punishment Meted Cut to a Dishonest Student, An Incident That Occurred a Number of Years Ago at the University of Vv ‘inia. “Talking about poker,” said a middle- aged man to a coterie at Chamberlin’s the other night, “reminds me of something that occurred about twenty years ago at the University of Virginia. That was about the liveliest epoch in the history of the university since the war, or, for that mat- ter, of that before it, when the life led by the students is taken into consideration There was a big crowd of devil-may-care young men there, most of them with plenty of money, and they made Charlottesville aud surrounding Albemarle fairly bum. These kindred spirits formed a society, which took the name of ‘Eli Bananas. He the speaker smiled at evidently —— in a sp Toombs sent one « amusing reminiscences. “There is no tell- fs friends to W with a view to arrang- | ing what the ‘Eli Bananas’ didn’t do. For ing for a duel. friend said: “I am re- | the quintessence of mischief and eet ip . Senator Ww de, that Sena- | they vock t laurels, There was nothing tor Toombs considers the language you us gownright bad about them, but their antics thaw ect, STOss insult to him. He demands | were awful. Fant were the tricks that you make a retraction or abide by the played and grotesque their jokes. Be- consequenc: Ben Wade looked the mesenger in the eye, and then coolly replied: “My dear sir, I want Toombs to challenge me. We northerners have held a consulta- tion about the bullying action of you south- erners. We have decided to kill off four or five of you, and 1 have pic prone to poker, and it was customary down there for th players to assemble at this or that stu- dent’s room. That brings me to my story One coterie of poker players sons of some of the bes into it was in- 1 gut old | troduced a young Virginian who was gifted Toombs as my man. You may tell Toombs “Srebrtce i eenne rected co to send In his chall I shall, of cours with many attractive traits apparent! whose antecedents were not partic ly brilliant. I'M call him Dick Lurk, but that Wasn't his nam pons, and —— m i] y old rifle and lay Toombs out the first crack.’ “General Too! although he w s not used to the rifle, ae ee an expert with the pistol, the final ex: h along and the challenge not sent.” in the on ge Was not sent.” e sprin; arters to FRANK G. CARPENTER. | aimself on East Lawn. ntiy the ———— r began to be pi vely in IN THE CHURCHES room. When the 1 pro- pitious, the word would be passed around at supper that “three Kentuck’ would be ia order, ard at 8 e’clock or thereabouts the p semble at Lurk’s. Lurk’s siupendous. He won a game was pretty stiff, his winnings were substantial. It was noticed atter while that he always passed out when somebody particuld hand on somebody else's deal, but t hand when there were against each other on his own somebody noticed that the ways broken on the hi new decks of cards provided each night before the game began, and that Lurk in Gealing always closely scrutinized the cards them out. “At last, one night, the son of a famous confederate general, who now lives in Bal- timore, became convinced that Lurk was cheating. Picking up the deck that Lurk had just dealt, and out of waich he had got a hand with four queens against an ace full held by a young Kentuckian, the young man said quietly: “ ‘Some one is cheating at this Lurk, I think it’s you.’ S t the University of Virginia such a if improved, meant some- body's death to a certainty, and in an in- stant the party was on its feet. “Just wait a minute, gentlemen,’ said the accuser, quietly, fe bee watching this man. Let some one examine the bac! of these cards with this magnifying glass. “The Kentuckian took the glass and closely scanned the geometrical designs on the backs of the cards. ““By Caesar card is distinctly by the other players qui truth of this. “There was a consultation over what should be done with Lurk, who stood with head hung down, overwhelmed with the proof against him. It was decided that he was not worth calling out, as he was not a gentleman, and the verdict was that he should make restitution of all the money he had won since his participation in the games and suffer ostracism in the univer- sity. He was compelled to sit down and write out a check for all the money he had won, the memorandum books of the other players showing the amounts they had lost at various times, and he was kept under surveillance until the Charlottesville bank, in which he kept a heavy account, opened next morning. One of the party rode down to Charlottesville and cashed the check and then the sentence of ostracism went into effect. “That fellow had the unheard of effrontery to remain at the university until the finals were completed. He was there six weeks. No student, or professor, or servant, or townsman, no man or woman, white or biack, spoke to him or took any notice of him. “He attended the final bails and no one recognized him. Me was not quizzed in a lecture room or addressed by a pro- fessor. Still he r>mained until the unive sity closed for the session, but he might as well have been in the middle of the Sa- hara desert so far as intercourse with peo- ple was conc2rned.” eee, MULES FROM THE MINES. Mrs. Anna Day, widow of Rev. Dr. Day, Lutheran minister, is about to return to tLe Muhienberg Mission in West Africa. Mrs. Day is an experienced missionary, ard will be employed after reaching her destination in the capacity cf household superintendent of the general residence of the missionaries, She formerly spent ten years in Muhlenberg, laboring among the natives. Mrs. Day will be accompa- nied by Misses Augusta V. Schaefer, who bas been in charge of the Deaconess Home in Baltimore, and Miss Van Leer, a graduate of the New Jersey Normal School. Miss Van Leer will have charge of a gi school and will be assisted by M Schaefer. Christian Endeavorers, according to a let- ter received in Washington from one of the leading officers, are about to new lines of work. The let have no new polic watchword would rather be, “ for the new way.’ A foremost pi banners must still be given to the watch- word, ‘Le y to the local church.” “This new movement stands for the serv- ice of Christ through the service of the old church which He himself established. Other professedly Christian movements may criticise and decry this sacred institu- tion and its ministers, but Christian En- deavor will unceasingly manifest its loyal- ty to the church. Nor shall we cease to pray and work for a revival of the work of God in all the churche “We notice with considerable satisfaction that many of our local unions, with the full consent of the pastors and churches concerned, are arranging united missions, and that in other places local unions are organizing special series of evangelistic meetings. This leads us to urge that care- ful attention should be given to certain great truths bearing ugon success in these evangelistic efforts. There would be enor- mous force in a church every member of which is faithful to every known duty, but there are probably few such churche Additional officers of the Holy Name So- ciety of St. Dominic’s Church have been appointed as follows: Consultors, Messrs. Rernard Leonard, James O'Donnell, Lanigan and Robert O'Net i Michael Shugrue; novice. Francis P. Shee- y. and sacristen, Thom The Redemptorist Fathers will open 2 ame, and, Our old work ce on our day and continue for two weeks. A large e of candidates will be confirmed by Bishop Curtis May 8. A meeting for the organization in this city of a branch of the Young Men's In- stitute will be held tomorrow evening at the rooms of the Catholic Club, No. sto ist street northwest. The parent organiza ticn was formed in San Francisco in ISS! The present government of the order com- prehends first a supreme council with abso- lute legislative and judicial power; and. second, a poard of directors which is the gcverning body when the supreme council is not in session. The commitiee on arbitration 1s its judi- cial body. It is claimed that the Young Men's Institute where practically estab- lished does more for the Catholic youth than any other organization outside of the church itself. A collection for the benefit of negro and Antics of Those That Are Brought Up to Daylight. From the New Lexington Tribune. The superintendent of the Sweet Springs mine undertook a thorough renovation of the mine the day after the miners went out on the strike, and the first step pre- paratory to a general cleaning up was to remove the mules from the underground stables and put them out on pasture. Some of them had not been out of the mine for months, a number had been be- low the surface for two or three years, and one had not seen the sun shine for seven years—as long as Jacob served for Leah. They were led from the mine, twenty- seven patient creatures, and turned loose in Morrison's pasture field. They stood about close together, knee-deep in the lush, green grass and sweet red clover, with drooping heads and eyes half closed, as though dazed by their sudden change of circumstances. At last as the sun drop- ped down behind Bowman's hill one gray old veteran threw up his head and sniffed at the fine fragrant air blowing down the valley, and in a moment a litUe movement went through the whoie group. The old leader wheeled about sharply, took a long look at the clear sky above, the brawling little brook chattering over the stones, the grass and the trees, then he threw up his head, stiffened his tail and sent forth a prolonged, penetrating, stri- dent hee-haw-aw-aw, which woke the echoes over on Maple ridge, and with an awkward lumbering bound he started down the long slope. In an instant the whole mass had separated and was in motion. ear apostolic of the In- resources. The It is undecstood that at the annual con- the Young Mer’s Catholic about four-fifths of the Cardinal Gibbons will confirm a The following officers have been elected Trinity M.E. Church for the ensuing a i Such renning, racing, kicking and jump- Fee De Se Den eee aliseion. | ing were never before seen. Stn knees, W. W. Bennett, D. W.’ Russell, W. M. | dim eyes and spavined joints were all for- gotten in the pure enjoyment of out of doors. They brayed and beliowed, ran and kicked, stopped for breath, then began again. The whole village gathered at the fence to see the fun. The men and boys laughed and shouted, the babies crowed and one or two women cried a little, for there were sores and lameness and weakness in plenty. When night fell they were still rolling about and racing, forgetful of the hunger and thirst that might be satisfied by the running stream and the grass. Old Mrs. Bascom, who lives at the edge of the pasture field, was wakened in the dark hours toward morning by the rapid rush of hoofs thundering down the hillside, and turning over on her pillow she mur- mured drowsily: “Dear Lord, who would a-thought that any livin’ critter would be thankful for nothin’ but air T. B. Stahl, assist- E. Cook, president; H. Belt, » secretary. Chorister —eoo— Yet Another, 8 i : There ts said to be in preparation for the with calls at Tangier, Al- Smyrna. They will be standing on the | soldiers receive cigars can mail let- «& reasonably safe citizen; but above him is| that make a country great. ba Pie Manderson was a mere | and did not know what he wes saying. As steamer, which will appear to be in the ters without stamps, ai i ete, Sen- the man whose word is law. Away out in Honest and Unassuming. boy when he went into-the army, but he | he Freeney oa ney bo Saves Piva Ss ein a — Fon oy Booval ator Raue declares in the Radical that ft-is the hoary hills of the wild, wild west—the| Some of th:se farmer people are as hon Fas one Of the bravest of ghd participated | of wefers and threw it in Wright's face, | ne aut br them think the ship is | owing to these clubs that clericaliem, ts lawless west, as It 1s sometimes called—if a} est and quaint as Quakers, end as guileless in gue A) Be & ee Datties: He was ter- | Wright tried to draw his pistol to shoot mcving,-the principle being the same as | ™aking such man said: “I will be here at dusk tomorrow | as children. Poor, onaaee army. > If the farmer is Sherman, but the members of Congress | that which makes railway passengers in a to ‘elp you open prayer meeting or hold| cece neither to parade or Glegulse’ his alles ‘south of Atlanta, ime wound belng | sbout hii ‘prevented him from doing eo. train think they are in motion | - ee ee up the stage,” he would be there. He re- I wis! : very “much like that caused - the | Every one ted @ duel as the outcome |when anotker train passes. The voyage spected nis promise, which is finer a thous- | POVerty- in I could reproduce @ scene death of t Garfield. In chatting | of this and Sherman was called | of the steamer will be diversified by var- | rrem Puck. and times than to do a thing because the | that took placa in a shoe shop one day in a . } with Gen. at Omaha the other Teen, bat cme ot te aris an snemmbers and igus soeties, such $8 mosting = Seat Ot war- Irene—She seems to have very lttle inr law compels you to do it. ~| & Canadian town. To make it plain, you} ‘You'needn’t be frightened, sweetheart, | day, I him how he felt when: the | esked whet he if he were chal- ee ee aa fluence with her husband. Among their best laws are the laws gov- should bave @ picture of the bent, gray-| He won't hurt you, See, he's wagging his ball struck: him.: He replied: “I felt as | lenged: replied that he was not a duel- etc., rnp h mon tengey wed ? erning their banking system. Their banks salesman, who went forward rub-| tail! : __| though a red-hot cannon ball: had sone ist, but, that if Wright attacked him, he ge gh pee le ag pe Xe | him t pli mylar phos ano bing his hands es. they were cold,| “Yes, ‘me. Still it was only.@ minie | should beware of the consequences. The ae on Ues are. This subject may be bowing and beaming on the big farmer! end I'm afraid of!"'—Punch. it had struck my spine. As I was | Secretary of State is a good shot, and he dances country. | But that isn't the h I see, grandpa. ——