The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1897. bIBSON'S » SKIRTS ARE UNSMIRCHED Chief Lees Exposes Another | Fake Durrant Story. ITS AUTHOR IS A MRS. SCHWAITZER Her Tale Sought to Involve the Pastor of Emmanuel | Church. POSITIVE PROOF OF ITS UTTER | UNRELIABILITY. | It Weu!d Seem That Attorney Tubb’s Mouth Has B:en Copyrighted | b7 “The Examiner.” | | FTE T | As deliberate a fake as was ever foisted | upon the readers of a newspaper was that published in the Examiner, purporting to be the discovery of an important new wit- ness in connection with the Emmanuel Baptist Church tragedies. The ‘'gold- brick” yarr is briefly and best told in the | ning sentences of the Examiner's ar- | | ortant witness in the Min- ase was discovered yester- | Schwai She positively | :s that cn April 12, 1895, the day be- | v of Minnie Williams was | manuet Baptist Church, inate girl with the Rev. | the Alameda ferry- | is City."”’ i is alleged to be the | »vered witness’ reasons for not | deh owledge public earlier | ticle says: nformation came to the knowl- | ief of Police and yesterday Scowaitzer and Dr. | 1 of Gibson by Mrs. Schwaitzer in ence of Chief Lees the story con- said, pointing to Dr. Gibson, | hat man; I saw him on the at with Minnie Williams on 1895. Thatis the man.” ing that ail this appar- important testimony is given | ost positiveness, it is known bed on the unsupported | Schwaitzer, though there | e time to confirm or contradict ng statements made by the long- Lees, in most emphatic words and | pronounced the whole story a | . without a fiber of fact init. | t place Chief Lees denied that | tfor the woman, and declares | came 10 his office of ner own ac- afternoon to tell her story. fded that she was examined by him | 1 five hours in relation to whai she | aimed 1o have seen on April 12, 1 made so many contradictory state- ts 10 well-esiablished facts that he | t that her tale was unworihy Vs credence. When she leit d to return to the Chiefs | at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, but | in an appearance at any time | hs most | 10 by a number of people. This is pointed further stated that the | had no communication | lative 1o the woman’s | shed, though Mrs. | zer left his e shortly after 6| was in his cfiice until 11 . M. | arked while speaking of the | ct of the freak enterprise of “My opinion 1s tnat the | 23 set up in type at the time | an was talking to me.” | her long interview with Chief B Wailzer made a statement vas S0 at varian blished beyond was constrai with facts previous- | shadow of doubt | ed to look upon her | being manu ed simply for | pose of distracting Governor; Budd encing the latter in his considera- | 1 the appeal recently made for clem- ency | Atier Mrs. Schwaitzer took ber depart- | Chief Lees’ office Tuesday Detec- nour displayed bhis astuteness by | to wager with his superior that | ler fake story would appear in the Exam- | iner the next morning. Mrs. Schwai!zer's story as told to Chief Lees comprises about 5000 words, and was taken down in shorthand at the time. | She stated that she became acquainted with Minnie Williams in January, 1895. At that time Miss Williams came to her| houze 1o buy some *‘puckages of things.” She afterward visited Miss Williams on business at the latter's home at Mrs. Mor- n’s in Alameda. She called at Mrs. Morgan’s on April 12, 1895, to sce Miss | Williams, and_the door was opened by an old woman. Miss Williams was not at| home. Later in the day she saw Miss Wiiliams on the Alameda boat bound for | gan Francisco in company with a man | whom she described as follo “I shouid judge he was a man who Incked between 30 and 35—may be 40. He was a tall men. He bad on dark clothes and gloves and carried his overcoat on his " He had a telescope basket in his d, which he carried for her. He took | one of his gioves and wore a piain on s little finger, and be had three I thought he was man. He was more than medium little tatler than you (Chief Lees)— 5 feet 11 inches, I should judye. he was speaking I noticed Le bad slim fingers.” Then, in what Chief Lees declares was n attempt (o injure the reputation of the ad girl, Mrs. Schwaiizer stated that Min- nie W ms confided to her a story to the effect that she (Minnie) had been secretly | warried to a man in high position. ontinuing, sne said that Miss Williams the gentleman with her took the a-street car. 2 the preliminary Learine of the ms case it was shown that Durrant and the 1ll-fated girl took a Howard-street car. Further along Mrs. Schwaitzer, referring to the gentleman who ske declared accom- panied Minnie Williams on tbe boat, tad: “The man bad a strange little mo- tion with his head and a very pleasant way of smiling, and I wold know him in a thousand 1f ever I shouid see him again.” In reiating hier personal bistory shesaid 1 this time she worked for a medi- ic company, selling a “female remedy in capsules, a 1onie for young girls.” Her business with Minnie Williams was to sell ber these. Among the ressonssbe ascribed for not conveying her information earlier to the authorities or to Durrant’s parents and friends was her aversion to newspaper no- | toriet | Laughlin and Dr. Gibson, who had heen | Schwaiizar ! Iished acsounts of the various legal pro- | a Mr. Harris and his wife, who also came | methods of the yolice in the matter, and Yet she first poured her peculiar story into the ears of an Examiner re- porter before visiting Chief Lees, fearing evidently that the latter would effectualiy protect her from “newspaper notorieiy.” The story came to the Durrants, she be- lieved, through Harry Morse, who heard it from Mrs. Thrasher, to whom she had told ir. Making another attempt {o describe the man who she said was with Minnie | Williams on the boat, she stated: *His bair was mixed with eray. He was a nice- looking man and looke1 like some profes- sional man. His hair looked like a dirty reddish brown originally. Had a peculiar smile.” As a matter of fzct Dr. Gibson’s hair is biack and curly and without a trace of rav. E When questioned relative to herself she | positively dechined to give her maiden | name, but admitted that she had been em- | ployed as a “'spotter” for the railroad com- | pany. At one time she casually stated that M:nnie Williams had told her something | avout Blanche Lamont, but when ed | to tell what this was, she re’used to say. She tinally said she wauted 10 consult some memorandum first and would re- turn on the morrow to unburden herself of the secret, but her Lo-morrow is yet to come. Shortly before the interview concluded Chief Lees called the following gentlemen into his office: Capta'n Bonen, Detective Byram, Sergeant Moffitt, Officer Me- previously telephoned for. He asked Mrs. if any of these gentlemen | looked like the man she saw on the boat. She looked at them all and picked out i Dr. Gibson as the man who she said looked | like the one she saw on the boat, but she would not say that it was he. Her selec- tion was due, it is claimed, to the scars that showed on Gitson’s neck, and to which reference has been made in the pub- ceedings. % Any one who has ever seen Dr. Gibson w 1l readily notice that Mrs. Schwaitzer's description of him was widely at variance with the facts, so far as height and hair are concernec, Her most conspicuous departure from fact is, however, recorded in the following assertion: “I went about a year ago to Morgan’s. The same old lady came to tte door, and 1 spoke to her about Minnie, and she said the poor INile child had g This The old lady recognz As a matter of fact on the very Minnie Williams was murdered the Mor- gans were preparing to move into the State of Washington and did so shortly tfrom the intrinsic evidence that hwa 1zer's long-deferred and pecu- liar statement bears of being unworthy of credence, according to the opinion’ of Chief Lees there is other evidence to prove that the ma:n assertion of her story—the presence of a gentleman, presumaoly Rey. J. George Gibson, on the boat with Minnie Williams—is false. Before Pastor Gibson left Chief Lees’ office on Tuesday tke latter asked him to forward a statement of his movements on April 12, 1895. This was received by Chief Lees yesterday. It reads as foliows: irst—At the church about 9 o’clock .. 2 Second—At the Young Men’s Chris: tian Association meeting, listening to the Rev. Henry Varley. “Third—Met George King and Mr. Worth, our organist, as 1 was leaving the church, “Fourth—I went off wifh them for a few minutes’ conversation with them. “Fifth—I got Innch at Ruten’s restau- rant, almost opposite where i room. S'xth—Went to my room and rested | till <upper. | “Seventh—Got supper at the same place. | about 6 P. M. ighth—Went from the restaurant to church. Left the church at 7:30. ‘Ninth—1I arrived at Dr. Vogel’s about enth—Left Dr. Vogel’s at 11:15 . M. Sieventh—Three young people saw me home from the Christian Endeavor meet- ing at Dr. Vogel's at 11:15 P. M. “Twelfth—The landlady heard me pass into my room. “Thirteenth—The landlord saw me ome out about 7 o'clock in_the morning. | See CALL of April 1, 1895.] | I write this in a big hurry and hope it | is what you want.” This history of the day as spent by Gib- son is verified by the testimony of others. It was also shown during the hearing of the Minnie Williams case that it was a few minutes of 8 o'clock when the girl left the home of Mrs. A. D. Voy, where she had gone after coming to this side | from Alameda on the fatal 12th of Apuil | 10 g0 to the meeting at Dr. Vogel's. And the fact of Dr. Gibson’s arrival at Vogel's long before that time is positively testified | to z8 being conclusive of Gibson having nothing to do with the killing of the young girl. But there is relinble evidence in the hands of Cbief Lees to absolutely dis. | rove the assertion that Minnie Williams | was accompanied by a gentleman on the | boat while coming from Alameda. i Three persons are ready to testify to | this fact. They have not heretofore | figured in the case at all. One of these is Mrs. Witty, whose hus- | band kept a barver-shop near Gobey’s saloon. She said that she came over on the| evenine of the 12th of April, 1895, on the beat with the Williams girl. She said | bat attracted her to the girl was that she bad a lot of beautiful fowers. Mrs. | Witty leoked at the flowers all the way | ™ coming over. When the Williams girl came off the boat Mrs. Witty keptnext to her all the way out and kept looking at the flowers. There was a young man, small-sized, like Durrant, who seemed to be waiting for Miss Williams, and as the girl got off the boat he stepped up and took off his hat and paused an instant, after which they walked off talking. Mrs. Witty turned to the right, they turned to the leit. Mrs. Winy still foilowed the flow- ers and saw the young man and Miss Williams talking ‘and walking toward tne Howard-street turn-table. The two other witnesses who will testily when called upon to do so that no one ac- companied Miss W,lliams to this City are over on the boat witn the young lady. Detective Harry N. Morse stated that Mr-. Schwaiizer told her tale to him some 1wo vears ugo. His rea<on for not divulg- ing it was because it referred to the Miu- nie Willinni« case and had nothing to do with the Lamont case for which Durrant was underzoing trial. Morse made an insinuation against the said that when the schoolgirls were asked to identify Darrant he was brought into the room " alone,while Mrs. Schwaiizer was asked 10 pick Givson out of five men. Attorney Georze A. A. Tubb, when asked why he put so pointed a question to Clarence Wolt about the thousand lilies, replied: “‘Because I believe that right there lies the base of the whole mystery.” In his desperate endeavor 1o win fame or natoriety in the case, Tubb, perhans fearing 1hat not enough shadow could be cast on Pastor Gibson to gain a commuta- tion oI sentence, has seen E: mer Wolf and secured from him a type-written statement comprisine twelve or fifteen pages explaining bis whereabouts on April 3 and Avril 12, As Wolf has seventy witnesses to ac- count for his whereabouts on the former date ant thirty-six for the latter, Tubb may conclude to_drop him. The potice have bad a similar statement for some time, but have not made its contents pub- lic because they saw vlainly that Wolf had no connection with the css2 in a crim- inal way. Mrs. Schwaitzer stated yesterday that what sbe bad s=aid was true. Sne reit- erated her 1ntention, as stated 1o Chief Lees, to refuse to state what Minnie Wil- litms told her about Blanche Lamont un- il to-day. Pastor Gibson was “out” all day yester- day. At least that was the response given by the servant to ail inquiries as to his whereabouts. He did not even apyear at Church in the evening. A gentleman there, however, said the pastor was feel- ing indisposed and had not left his place of residence all aay. Has No Parsonal Feeling Agalnst Durrant. 'To the Fditor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: In THE CALL Ol & few days ago an ariicle ap- pearad whereln I am quoted as using certain Janguage concerning Theodore Durrant. AsI know that THE CALL does not desire to do me an injustice Ia-k you to correct certaln state- ments attributed to me. Some nights ago dur- ing a general conversation the matter of the Ewmmanuel Church murders was brought up and discussed apnd on that occasion I ex- pressed myself as any man would concernin the viciousness of the crimes. I stated that would not have the least feeling or sentiment were 1 calied upon 1o run a red-not iron through sny mau who would commit such iaboiical crimes. The remark was made in a general way and was not directed personally against Tncodore Durrant. I koow mothing about his case and therefore did not intend to apply my remarks to him. I trust you will publish this brief statement and piace me Tight before the public. Yours respectfully, San Quentin, May 19, 1897. WASHED BY AN EMPEROR. Josoph Bathes the Feet of Twelve Old Men. Recently Emperor Francis Joseph, as usual on Holy Thursday, washed the feet of twelve oid men who dined at the Berg palace in Vienne. There were present, s our correspondent, ten archdukes be- sides the Emperor to remove the dishes, which his Majesty himself placed on the prettily decorated table, only one side of which was occupied. The whole cere- mony, at which the diplomatic corps, AM08 LUNT, Francis i HUGH MeDONNELL 10 BE MARRIED His Bride Wiil Be Miss Annette Lander West of This City. The Ceremony Will Take Place on June 3 m the City of New York. After That They Will Sail for a V.sit to Europ: — Mr. Mec. Donnell’s Successor. The engagement is announced of Miss Annette Lander West of this City and Hugh McDonnell, one of the most exten- sive mining operators on the Pacific Coast. Miss West is the daughter of Mrs. M. L. West and the late Charies H. West, Mr. West was s California pioneer of 7 7, i g Hugh McDonnell and His Bride. pious ladies of the nobility and such of the public as had obtained tickeis were present, is performed with military pre- cision. When the dinner is over and the table removed a long white cloth is laid over the twelve old men’s knees, their feet are bared, and while the court chap- lain reads ti.e chapter of toe day in Latin, the Emperor, attended by two prelates, who carry a golden ewer and basin, pre- pares for the sacred ceremony. At the words, “Et coepit lavare pedes discipu- lorum,’”’ he kneels down before the oldest of the old menj who sits first in the row, ana when the prelate has poured water over his feet the Emperor dries them. He then advances on his knees to the second old man, repeats the action, and =0 on to theend. When he rises to his feet again he washes his hands, and then puts the long string of a bag with thirty silver pieces round each old man’'s neck. The ceremony is then over, and the Emperor, with his court, retires, while the withered old men are taken to carriages waiting for them by the stalwart soldiers of the | bodyguard. Each of the Emperor's guests takes away a large wooden bucket of old-fash- ioned shape, with all 1he dishes of the dinner, the mug, plate and jug. besides a iarge oottle of exquisite wine. During the dinner the dishes were not touched. The twelve old women, whose feet the Em- press used to wash, do not now (says our correspondent) come to the palase, but have their presents sent to their homes. Tne Empress has not performed the cere- mony since 1833. The Emperor, through- out his long reign, has shirked the duty only once, in 1889, after his son’s death. Sir Horace and Lady Rumbold for the first time attended this ceremony this vear, and seemed deeply interested in it. The French and Turkish Embassadors were also present.—London Daily News. . The Best Congratulations. Altogether the best telegram of con- gratulation to Senator-elect Masony of Tllinois, on the occasion of his recens tri- mpb, was this one: “Hurrah for papa!”’ It came from his seven littie children.— Boston Herald. S e . ADVANCES made on_furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan. 1017-1028 Mission. 1850, and renched this State by s voyage around Cape Horn. He was for many years engaged in business in Bun Fran- cisco. The family bas a great many friends and acquaintances here. Mr. McDonnell has been very successful in various mining enterprises here during the past few years. He was formerly a rrominent fizure in connection with iead- ing mines in Colorado and Montana. He is & well-known figure at the Palace Hotel, where he bas made his home for a long time. Mr. McDonnel: has a large acquaintance over tha West. Mrs. West and her daughters left for New York, where the marriage will take place, last nizhit. The ceremony will be solemnized on June 3. Mr. McDonnell himself will not leave here for a few days. On June 9 the bride and croom will sail on the steamer City of Paris for Europe, accompanied by Miss Louise West. As now anticipated, they will stay some time abroad, ting the various cities and Tesorts of greatest interest. Clovelander Who Refused a Crown. In hisaccount of the coronation at Mos- cow, in Harper's for February, Richard Harding Davis ‘says there were enough sioriesabout Princes and other prominent people connected with the event to fill many books. He adds: “More inter- esting to me, perhaps, than all the others was the little herediiary Prince of the little rockbound principality of Montenegro, which Mr. McGahan of Cleveland, Ohio, helped give to one of his relatives; and without heeding the Montenegrins’ cry of ‘Thou hast rid us of kings, be thon king,’ went on to Con- stantinople, where he nursed a friend out of a fever, and died of that same fever at the age of '33. Mr. McGahan of Cleve- A HOT DAY AT City Treasurer Gilpin (whose head resembles Fitzsimmons')—I feel as cool and pleasant as if in a garden. the prayer-meeting hela in; Emmanuel Judge Allen (who rivals Paderowski in growth of hair)—What I land, Ohio, the reporter who been King had be wished if, li now on the hills above the Bosporus, and Skobeleff and the officers of every ship of war in the harbor stood beside the grave when they buried him; and some day his s ory will be told properly, and Americans will visit_his resting-place in his home of exile. I saw several Princes at the coronation who were waiting for crowns; but I saw no Princa like Mec- Gahan, who had refased one.” ————— BETSY BONAPARTE. An 014 Romance Revived by a Recent Wedding. Ninety-three years ago a small French man-of-war, cruising about the North At- lantic, fell in with an English frigate, and ran for shelter to the harbor of New York. Among the officers on board was Jerome Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Napo- leon I, and while the British fleet lay off Sandy Hook waiting for the Frenchman to leave his harbor of refuge young Bonaparte | made himself merry with his Yankee friends and cympathizers, and fell in love with Betsy Patterson, the youngest daugh- ter of a baltimore merchant, who was beautiful and brizht and gay. His atten- tions were so ardent that M. Pichon, the French Consu!-Geueral at New York, thought it necessary to warn him that his brother would not approve his marriage with the daughter of an American mer- chant, and he also notitied Mr. Patterson of the consequences that would likely fol- low such a match. But young Bonararts would heed no admonitions, and Mr. Pat- terson considered his daughter the equal of her royal suitor, whose family had not been many years upon the throne. Tie marriaze took place on Christmas day, 1803, the ceremony being performed by Arcnbishop Carroliof the Catholicehurch. The wrath of Napoleon soon burst upon the young couple. He ordereda Jerome to return to France forthwith, but forbade the “young person,” as he called his brother’s bride, to accompany him. All Frencn vesseis were forbidden to give her transpertation, and she was prohibited 7om landing upon French soil. For several months young Bonaparte defied his brother, but finally saiied for Earope, accompanied by his bride, Being forbidden to land in France, she went 0 | Lendon, where she remained while her | husband visited Paris in hopes of effect- ing a reconciliation. But Napoleon was inexorable, and by a method which was available 10 the royal famiiies of that day the Emperor declared a divorce, and per- suaded his brother to marry the Princess Catherine of Wurtemberg. Napoleon offered Betsey Bonaparte a large sum of money and a pension if she would recog- nize the divorce and discard the name of his family. But she declined to do so, and her claims were the subject of long and tedious diplomatic negotiations. After parting from uim in London she never saw her husband butonce, and then accidentally ia a picture gallery in War- temberg, where she came face to face with bhim and his new wile, terview, but a natural recognition, and Jerome remarked to Catherine, in a tone that was heard by bystanders: “That is my American wife.” A son was born to Botsy Bonaparte while she was waiting for justice in Lon- don. He grew to manhood, inherited the proverty that had been bestowed upon her and married Susan Williams, by whom he had two sons, Jerome and Charles. The latter is a resident of Baltimore, a most eatimable citizen and quite active as a reformer in political affairs. The younger Jerome resides in Washington and married Louise Edgar, a grand- daughter of Daniel Webster. ~His daugh- ter, Louise Eugenia Bonaparte, was married the other day at St. Paul's Church in this city to Count Adam de Moltke Huitteldt of Denmark, whose ac- quaintance she made in Paris, where Count Moltke’s father was for several years the Danish Embassador.—Washing- ton correspondent in Chicago Record. ———————— MADE BY QUEEN BESS. A Book Cover Embroidered by the Royal Fingeis. ‘Why might not expert women—those endowed with needle skill and good taste— try their bands at the embroidering of book covers? Crvril Davenport shows in the Portfolio the most noted uf all em- hroidered book covers, the work of Queen E izabeth. The volume so decorateu was Matthew Parker's “De Antiquitate Bri- tannice Ecclesiz,” and was possibly a presentation copy from the autbor, who, in 1572, was Archbishop of Canterbury. The Queen chose a dark green velvet, for green was a Tudor color, and she e broidered in gold, The design has its pe- culiarities. The ideas conveyed is that of a park, and the queen tries to indicate by a wooden inclosure the name of the au- thor of the volume, Matthew Parker. Decorations of book covers with what is called in heraldry *a canting device” are very old. Thereisa kid of paling run- ning round the four sides of the book cover. ‘There are five deer, and the royal nee- dlewoman has mede them all does. An antlered stag the Queen did not fancy. There are two snakes, possibly a *noli me tangere’’ whiin of the great lady’s. As for flowers, there are many nondescript ones, supposably heartsease, daisies and carna: tions. [tis conventional work. One deer has broken down the paling and the head of the animal browses through ths gap. On the other sida of the book thereare four panels with the Tudor roses. "The embroidery was not the coup d’es- sai of the Queer’s, for when she was 11 years old =he worked u cover for a book, “The Miroir, or Glasse of the Synreful Soul,’” for Queen Catberine Parr. It is in braid work of gold ard silver, embroid- ered on blue silk. E.izabeth’s favorite flower being the hearisease, she em- broidered four of these flowers at the corners. Queen Elizabeth may have been toward the end of her life a hard old woman, but she was a bighly educated one, for, when a child, she had translated the “Miroir, or Giasse,” telling how she did it “out of Yrenche ryme into English prose, joyning the sentences together as well as the acitie of my symple witte and small learn- ing coulde extende themselves.” The dedication 18 pretty. “To our most nob e and virtuous quene Katherin, her humble doughter wisbeth perpetuall'felicitie and everlasting joye.” Elizabeth better educated than most women of ber day, and knew her Latin d Greek, and had the faculty of not for- getting. Hume says that on one occasion the Polish Embassador was apparently wanting 1n respect to her; thereupon she rated him in choice Latin, and when she had finished she turned about to her cour- tiers and sai “g'death, my Lords (for she was addicted to swearing), I have been obliged to scour un my oid Latin that hath long lain rusting.”—New York Times. ————————— Six Kentucky Marriages. At the village of Roley one day not long ago there were six couples the morning there was a triple wedding in the church. In the afternoon three other couples were wedded within an hour of each other at the homes of the respect- ive brides. All six of the couples were entertained at tne home of ‘“Uncle” Bob Tucker, who, af er the different marriages, was closely related to all the principals thereto. Now come some of the singular features of the case. Uncle Bob, be- fore the wedding, had in the lot of twelve individua:s a daughter, a son, three - granddaughters, one niece an. brother and sister, two sisters, two broth- ers, three cousins, two uncles, an aunt, four nieces and two nephews, and yet no one of the tweive persons married any one re‘'ated to him or her seif. Another funny feature is that before the weddings there were two named Hopkins, two Dun- bars, two Chelfs, two Tuckers, two Mec- Whorters, one Pendleton and one Hood. Alter the omelet was done the Dunbars and Hopkinses had zained two; the Pen. dletons, Chelfs and McWhorters had been ‘There was 1o in- | THE EMPORIUM. THE EMPORIUM. at the extremely low price of... two patent clasps, two-tone, | ) % ) ? ) ) KID GLOVLES! Remarkable Bargains We place on Sale Tc-day a Direct Importation of 500 dozen Ladies’ Genuine French Kid Gloves in every imaginable shade and the very newest styles. 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The Emporium. | IR VIR D EZENEZRE) every lady in San Fran- $1.25 A PAIR. $1.50 A PAIR. ? | § % the Hoods had been in- creased by one, and the Tuckers had held their ground. Ever since the wediing day the gossips have heen figuring on the probable kinship between the several briges and grooms and their mutual rela- tive “Uncle Bob Tucker.” — Columbus (Ky.) Spectator. —_———— TRIED HIM FOR A MONTH. Thomas A. Scott’s First Employment by the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1850 the Pennsylvania Railroad was completed to Duncansville on the Alle- gheny Mountains, where connection was made with the Portage Railroad over the mountains. Chief Engineer J. Ed ar Thomson desired a capable man for sta- tion agent at Duncansville and Dr. Given of Columbia recommended Thomas A. Scott, a young man who formerly worked for him. Mr. Thomson telegraphed to Scott to see him in Harrisburg, , The death of President Roberts prompts Me- gargee to tell in the Philadelphia Times the story of the first meeiing of Thomson and Scot, each of whom was afterward pre-ident of the Pennsy.vania Railroad. Tnoason was sitting the next day in his office in Harrisburg when in walked a visitor who was a picture of manly beauty and wore akout him such a breezy air of independence as plainly indicated tbat corporation chieftains bad no terrors for him. His long vellow hair straggled over his shoulders, & wide-brimm -d slouch hat was perched on the back of his head, his pants were tucked in his boots and his hands were exploring the very depths of is pockets. ‘Young man, what do you want?"’ in- quired Engineer Tuotason, looking around and gazing on this picture. I believe you telegraphed for me,” was the response in a very clear but respect- ful tone, but with no nppearance of em- barrassment. “What is your name?”’ “Thomas A. Scott.” «Are you the young man Dr. Given re- commended ?” “Yes, sir,” The chief engineer, after a long and earnes: scrutiny of the long hair, the big bat, the voot-encased pants and the pocket-hidden hands, said suddenly and brazquely, *I don’t think you will suit e “That doesn’'t make a darned bit of difference,” replied the fair young man with the golden locks, not one whic abashed. “I made up my mind to come down here anyway and try you for a month and if I liked you 10 stay and if I didn’t I wowd mighty soon teil you so. Geod-day, sir.”’ “Hold" on, theve,” called out Chief Thomson as the young man was walking from the floor, probably demonstrating more quickness of determination than he ever afterward displayed. “Come back here. I guessl will try you for a month."" And he tried bim for many years after- ward.—Philadelphia Times. ———————— How to Buy Shoes. Dr. Samuel Appleton gives some rules about footwear which every person will derive comfort in heeding: Never wear a shoe that will not allow the great toe to lie in a straight line. Never wear a shoe with a sole narrower than _the outline of the foot traced with a pencil close under the rounding edge. Never wear a shoe that pinches the heel. Never wear a shoe so large in the heel that the foot 1s not kept in place. Never wear a shoe that has depressions in any part of the sole tod-opany jointor bearing below the level plane. Never wear a shoe with the toe turning up very much, as this causes the cords on the upper part of the 1oot to contract. Never wear a shoe that presses up into the hollow of the foot. Never have the top of the boots tight, as it interferes with the action of tne calf muscles, makes one walk badly and spoils the shape of the ankle. Never come trom high heels to low heels at one jump. Never wear one pair of shoes all the time, unless obiigeu to doso. Two pairs of boots worn a day at a time alternately give more service and are much more bealthful. Never wear leather sole linings to stand upon. White cotton driiling or linen is miich better and more healthful Never wear a suort stocking, or one which after being washed is not, at least, one-half inch longer than the toot. Bear in mind that stockings shrink. Be sure that they wiil allow vour toes to spread out at extreme ends, as this keeps the joints in piace and*makes a sirong and at- tractive foot. As to suape of stockings the single digital ur “"one-toe stocking’ is the best. Never think that the feet will grow large from wearing proper shoes. Pinch- ing and distorting makes them grow not oniy large but unsightly. A proper, nat- ura: use of all the muscles makes them compact and attractive.—Health Culture. ————————— He Is a Religious Man. Sir John Lubbock, banker, scientist, es- sayist, member of Parliament, and pos- sessor of no end of honorable degrees and titles, is & profoundly religious man, and devotes oue day in the week to work for his fellow creaturss. There is rcarcaly a exterminated; The fac-simile signature of 2ot T is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. Sunday afternoon or evening when ha cannot be found lecturinz to the poorer classes in London. Tke “‘Surrey side” ix his principal haunt. Without a doubt one of ihe “‘P.easures of Life’’ with him i3 derived from philanthropy. A DIGNIFIED RETORT. How a Bootblack Called Down Pro- fessor Blackie. Blakie often told “on himself’ this anecdo e, which seems to indicate that personalities are not agreeable, even to those who deserve criticism. This genial old professor used to form a very picturesque feature in the Edin- burgh streets. He wasa wiry old patri- arch, with handsome features and hair falling in ringlets about his shoulders; no one who had seen him could possibly for- '%h"fi' h d ne da e was accosted by a v irt little. boatblack with his “Shing dy‘t:uyr boots, sfr " ¢ professor was i Slininess of ihe boy's face - 7 tBe “I don't want a shine, my lad,”" said he; “but if you'll go and wash your face I'll ok, sk, wa thatos 3 0 as e lad’. Then he went' over to meighborios fountain and made his ablutions. Re- turning, he held out his hands for the money. .“Weil, my 1ad,” said the professor, “y;::" have earned your sixpence. Here “I ¢inna want it, auld chap,” ret the boy, with a lordly aiv, “¥e mea keep it and get yer hair cut.”—Youth’s Com panion. e G An Interesting Brief. Collectors of law literature who are in search of that which is interesting as well as instructive shou!d procure from Messrs. Alexander and Green a copy of their brief in the horse and cow case of Guliiver vs. Blauvelt, in which William C. Gulliver, the well-known lawyer, recovered aver- dict of §600 for injuries inflicted upon a saddle horse by a cow said 1o belong to the defendant, which was tethered by a chain on a rural highway in New Jersey. The author of this argument declares therein that the “‘defendant is anxious to bave his cow take her place among the immortals, along with the white heifer lo, beloved by the King of Gods and harried by his queen, and the cow that overleaped the moon’ (presumably in a1 effort 10 join Taurus in Zodiac), and Mrs. 0'Leary’s cow that is said to have over- turned the lamp and started the Chicago fire.” He also sugges's that thedefendant was jealous of Mr. Burgess’ purple cow, and quotes for the benefit of the court the ceiebrated lines: I never saw a purple cow, 1 never hope to see one; But T can tell you anyhow 1'd rather see than be one. The horse that was hurt by the rival of the purple cow was named Robin Hood.— New York Sun. 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