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THE TFLEGF.RAPH AND MESSENGER. FRIDAY. JANUARY 2. 1885.
1 HE JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON.
How It wai Viewed by an Observant Col
ored Scriptural Student.
The Century.
I read considerable to Jim about kings
and dukes and earls and sacb, and bow.
gaudy they dressed and how much style
they put on, and called each other your
majesty and your grace, and your lord-
ihip. and so on, ’stead of mister; and
Jim’s eyes bulged out, and he was inter*
ested. He says:
"I didn't know dey was s } many un um,
I habit beam 'boat none un um skasely,
but ole King Sollermun, onless you counts
dem kings dat’s in a pack of k’yards.
How much do a king git!
‘•Get?” I says; “why. they get a thous
and dollars a month, if they want it; they
can have lust as much as they want;
everything belong* to them.”
"A»n’ dat gay ? Eu what dey got to do,
Hack?"
••Theydon't do nothing! Why, how you
talk! They just set around.”
"No; is dat so?”
• Of course it is. They just S3t aronrd,
except maybe when there’s a war; then
they go to the war. But other times they
i ust lazy around; or go hawking—just
awking and ap 8h! I)’ you hear a
notse?''
We skipped out and looked; hat it warn’t
nothing bat the flatter of a steamboat’s
wheel, away down, coming around the
Quaint; 60 we all come back.
, "Yes,” says I. "and other times, when
things is dull, they fuss with the Parly
ment; and if everybody don’t go just so,
he whacks their beads off. But mostly
tb«v hang round the harem “
’Innn' /
Bonn’ de which ?
"Harem.”
" What’s de harem?’’
"The place where he keeps his wives.
Don't you know about the harem? Solo
mon had one; he had about a million
wive«."
F "Why, yes. dat’s so: I—l’u done forgot
it. A harem’s a bo’dn house. I reck’n.
Mos’ likely dey his rackety times in de
nussery. En I reck’n de wives quarrels
contidable; en dat ’crease de racket. Yit
dey say Srilerruun de wises 1 man dat eber
live. I doau’ take no stock in dat. Ba-
case why ? Would a wise man want to
live in de mids' er such a blimblatnmin’
all de time? No—''deed he wouldn’t. A
wise man *ud takeen bull’ a bller factry:
endrn he could shet down de bller factry
wliPfi Ha mint rot' "
when he want to res'.
"Well, but ho was fho wisest man, any
way; because the widow she told me so,
her own self.”
"I doan' know what de wldder say. he
warn’t no wise man, nattier. He had
scrim er de dad fetchedes’ ways i ever see.
Does you know* 'bout 'dat chile dat he ’uz
gw\ ne to chop in two?”
* Y*s. de widow told me all about it.”
"Well, den l Warn'dat de beatenes' no
tion Id de worl'? You jes’ take en look at
it a minute. Dali's do stump dab, dat’s
one er de women; heah’s you—dat’s de
yu»her one; I’s tiollcriutin; en difh-yer
dollar bill's de chile Bofe u i you claims
it. What does I do? Does I shin aroun’
’morigs’ de neighbors en tine out which
tin yon de bill do b'long to, eu han’ it
over to de right one, all safe en soun,’ ae
Way dat anybody dat had any
umptlon would ? No—I take en whack
S am id ton would? No—I take en whack
e bill in two, en give haf nu it to you, en
dc y uther haf to de yutlier woman. Dat’s
de wav Sollei'mun was gwyne to do wid de
chile? Now, I wants to ask yon, what’s de
use er dat haf a hill?—can’t bny nuth’n
wid it. En what use is a haf a chile ? I
wouldn’t give a dern for a million on um.”
"Bat bang it, Jim, youve clean missed
the point—blame it,- you’ve missed it a
thousand mile.”
"Who? Me? Go’long. Doan'talk to
me 'bout yo’ pints. I reck’n I knows sense
when I sees it; en day ain’ no sense in sich
doin’s os dat. De '’spate warn’t ’bout
half a chile; de 'spate was 'boat a whole
chile; en de nun dat thinks he kin settle a
’spate 'bout a whole chile wid a half a
chile doan’ know enough to come in out’n
de rain. Doan’ talk to me bout Holler*
mun. Hack, I knows hi >* by de back.”
"But. I tell you, you don’t get the
point.”
"Blatuo de pint! I reck’n I knows what
I knows. En mine yon, de real pint is
down fnrder—it’s down deeper. It lays in
de way Sollermua was raised. You take a
man dat’s got on'y one er two chiilen;
is dat tuau gwine to be wasteful n
cbillen? No, he ain't; he can't ’ford it.
He knows bow to value ’em. Bat you take
a man dat’s g it 'bout five million chiilen
ninuiu’ rouiv <!h house, en its difTunt. He
as boon chop a chile in two as a cat. Dey'a
plenty mo’. A chile er two, mo’ or less,
warn’t no consekeos to Sillermun, dad
fetch him 1” Mark Twain.
WEDOED TO HER COACHMAN.
A Distant R tlativn of the Vanderbilts
Imitates Mist MoroalnL
New York World.
The report that Mrs. Emma Britton, the
wealthy widow of the late Abram Britton,
a dau ghter of the aristocratic Yredenburgh
family aud a rel itive by nurriage of the
Vanderbilts, had been married to Thomas
McLiujliliu, h*r twenty -one-year-old
com*.!)nun, has create! a sensation in
Staten Is and.
Tn • Vredanburg homestead Is at Castle-
ton. near the farm the la c Commodore
Vanderbilt bought when he ran a line of
sloops to New B'u iswick. The two old
Knickerbocker families, resident on the
islund since the colonial days, became
c’osely connected by intermarriage.
About twenty years ago Miss E.utna Vre-
detiburgh, young stylish and handsome,
became the wife of Abram Britton. The
husbaud was much olcer than his bride,
but he was very wealthy aud owned vast
tracts of land throughout Richmond coun
ty. Ths Brittons, too, are an old Knicker
bocker family, and the homestead in Cas-
tleton Is one of the finest residences of the
i§Ur..f After Miia Vredenboreh became
Mr.v Won, her husband took her to live
in a - »iegant mansion surrounded by
rasniiti eot grounds, at Clive road and
Bard avenue, not far from the eld home*
stead. There she had everything wealth
could purchase or fancy could dictate.
When Mr. Britton died, he hft his wido *
in full possession of his fortune and free
to divpose of it as she cho-e.
Some months ago Thomas McLaughlin,
A yo mg Irish-American tad, with rosy
cheeks and quiet mauniv, went to work
for her and arove he.* car. Uge. Hoon after
be became ill and he went to his humble
home on the borders of Itocky Hollow on
the Richmond road. Sympathetic Mrs.
Britton, who is now forty years old, went
there to curse him. Some tender scenes
followed and the marriage—the date and
place of which are being kept very quiet—
reanlted. MsLaughlin'a neighbors told a
reporter of the World that the young hus
band was very sl*k, having recently had
two heraorThag«is of the lung*. The newly
married wife pa«aed a 1 her time with him.
trying to make him comfortable aud paid
the bills of the whole family.
The reporter visited the humble abode
Which the former Mrs. Britton had chosen
to exchange for her own palatial domicile.
K«ar it are the big breweries. The groom
was seated beside the kitchen stove, with
his head leaning against the wall. He
wore a blue flannel overfill-1 and had on a
new pair of slippers, with hand-worked
floml patterns. Mr. McLaughlin's face
If B * hm and
sh* bovieh looking. He is thin and his
cheek had a hectic flush. He tried to talk,
but could not speak above a whisper.
Finding cjnveraatioa impossible with the
groom, the reporter asked to see the bride.
"Emma,” he called, and the lady walked
In. She was dressed in a bine check wrap
per and gingham apron. She declined to
make any extended reference to her mar
riage.
•^e are married legally and lawfully,”
■he said. "My family know of the mar
riage. and they are the only persons that I
care for. IX I choee to marry a young man
and lie was poor that is my own affair.”
A member of the Britton family said:
"We are deeply grieved at the action of
unde Abram’s widow, But Emma is old
enough to act upon her Ideas of disci etlon.
Wc only know about the affair from com
mon report. We shall probably take no
pains to inquire Into the event. Iteeema
to interest her new neighbors and friends
more than ns. Wc are not at all acquainted
with her husband, and would not know him
if we met him. It is not likely tha’.hcr
own family feel especially honored by her
HOW GUNCOTTON 13 MADE.
POLITICAL POINTS.
A Visit to the Manufactory at the New
port Torpedo Station.
Nxutobt, R. I„ December 22.—It is not
generally known that there la but one
place In the United States where guncotton
is manufactured, but such is tbe cine. The
navy, np to six months ago, was obliged to
depend upon England for all the guncotton
used. It was decided to erect a manu
factory at the torpelo station in Newport
Harbor, and In due season it was in sue-
cessful operation and is now able to snpply
all that is required for sea-going raen-of-
war and torpedoes. It was
erected under the superintendence of
Professor Whit*, the chemist, at the sta
tion, and of Mr. Angstrom, the civil en
gineer connected with tbe station. The
enterprise is mainly due to the wise fore
thought of CapL T. O. Selfridge, the com
manding officer of the station tor tbe past
four years. In the manufacture of gun
cotton the best cotton waste and the strong
est and purest nitric and sulphuric acids
are used for the explosive. There is only
one manufactory in this country that can
supply the sulphuric acid. The cotton
waste, after it has been hand picked for
the purpose of removing the dii t and grit,
is placed in boiling tanka, where it is al
lowed to remain for four hour-*. It is after
ward subjected to a thorough washing and
is reboiled. This operation removes
all oily matter and leaves tbe cot
ton harsh and stiff'. It is then dried
In rooms heated with the waste air
from a doing box. After undergoing
this treatment the cotton rolls npinto
snarls and bunches, and in order that the
acid may have a freer access to it it is
f iassed through a shredder and converted
nto a fluffy state. It is afterward expoied
in an air-tight box for several hours to a
temperature of 21*0 degrees, which practi
cally deprives it of all moisture. From the
air tight box 11 is removed to the dipping-
room where there are iron troughs filled
with one part nitric acid and two ports sul-
t ihuric acid. Into those troughs the cotton
s placed, one bundle at a time, and al
lowed to remain long enough for it to be
thoroughly soaked. The acid is hand
pressed from the cotton, which L
then placed In covered earthern
jars, where it remains 24 hours undergoing
chemical transformation. In view of the
fact that much heat is evolved during the
chemical reaction, it is found necessary to
place the jars in pots and surround them
with (lowing water, which serves to keep
them cool. Tbe cotton is now nitrated
and is practically gun cotton, but the acid,
still mechanically held, must be wholly
removed or it would be apt to quickly de
teriorate and become extremely danger
ous. The charges, therefore, are taken
one by one and placed i 1 an acid wringer
and plunged in a large tub which is kept
tilled with running water, in which a
large wheel is rapidly turned in order
to subject tho cotton to a thorough
washing. This latter process is continue 1
till no acid is perceptible to the taste. It
is then subjected to a still further wariiin,
is men suojecieu io a sun lurtner wattling
and boiling in an alkaline mixture, this
being necessary in order to remove every
trace of acid. The cotion is now in long
shreds and balls, wtiich can be used or
stored without danger, the processes of
conversion and cleansing being completed,
but for military uso it must be put into a
more compact form. For tills purpose
the gun-cotton in charges of 3'JO pounds
is thrown into a pulping tub,
where, mixed with water, it is ground
by steel cutters into a line pulp. The
grinding and breaking up of ilia cellular
tissue of the cotton has made it more or
less dirty and *it is necessary, therefore, to
expose it, ti frequent washings in the
poaching tubs, from which, after treating
it with lime water to make the moisture
slightly alkaline, it is drawn up into a
large iron tank, where it is f-d to tbe
molds, which, under a moderate pressure,
press the water from the pulp and trim out
cylinders of cotton about 8 inches high
and 3)4 inches in diameter. These cylin
ders are then placed under a hydraulic
C ross, and exposed to a pressure of about
,700 pounds to the square inch or
about eight tons on each. The
cylinders are pressed into hard
cakes or disks, some two inches high and
three and a half inches In diameter, with
a specific gravity a little greater than
water. They are then packed in boxes of
fifty pounds each and kept in magazines
for general uso. Guncotton is, from its
great explosive power and the conditions
of safety attached to its storage, superior
to any other known explosive for naval
warfare.
Since the introduction of guncotton the
gnneotton torpedo system has been intro
duced at the station. These torpedoes
now take the place of the heavy, un wieldly
gnnpowder torpedoes, which, with their
charges, weigh 380 hounds. The guncotton
torpedo only weighs seventy-five pounds.
A Discreditable Evasion.
Mew York Sun.
"Nt-itber House, during the session of
Congress, shall, without the consent of
the other, adjourn fir more thun three
days.”
This command is contained not In any
statuto, but iu die fundamental law of the
Iant—the constitution of the Unittd
States. It sho ild be obeyed and respected
in letter and spirit, We are sorry t« see
that the House cf Representatives has
corns to what is called an understanding
to evade it.
The Senate would not take a holiday re
cess. The House of Representatives want
ed to adjourn until the first Monday in
January. The constitutional provision
which we have quoted prohibited so long
au adjournment without the consent of
the Senate. This could not be obtained.
The House did not venture opemy to dis
regard the constitution, but resorted to
subterfuge. A resolution was adopted to
adjourn three day s, and the un
derstanding is that ou the adjourned day
tbe House will be still further adjourned
for three days, and so on until January 5,
1885, whet business will be resumed.
We do not see how tho members of Con
gress who were parties to this evasion can
reconcile it with tbe oath they have taken
to support the constitution.
It is a leas m iu law-breaking taught by
the national law-maker«.
William M. Evarts Enters the New York
Senatorehlp Raoe.
Albany. N. Y., December 22—Tbe
Evening Journal prints the following let
ter horn William M. Erarta to Senator
James Arkell: "In response to many in
quiries and requests made me from all
parta of the State, I take tbe liberty, in
this form, of making public my readiness
and desire to be comiderel among the
candidates for the election by tbe Legisla
ture as Senator from this State. Iu asking
the favor and support of Republican Sena
tors and Assemblymen for this distin
guished and responsible representation of
this great 8tate in the Senate of the United
ret tale the princip'es of the Republican
party or my own hearty acceptance and
undoubtiug maintenance of thwe princi
ples.
The Republican party, iu its declaration
of its opinions and its purposes, has never
used language obscure, uncertain or
framed in a double sense. The last app?at
of the great political parties to popular
suffrage, especially the political senti
ments and cardinal adjuncts of the Re-
S ub lean party, have been presented to
le country without concealment or dia
simulation.
In this last, as in every earlier struggle
to maintain the supremacy of a Republi
can policy in the government of the coun
try, I have given every aid in my now:
support the policy, doc rines and ca
dates of the Republican party.
The general sense of the Republicans of
this State looks upon the Senatorsbip now
open to election as of unusual importance.
They regard this as important to the great
political and material interests of this
State. Thev regard it as important to tho
whole body and array of Republicans of
the country in the place an * share that a
Senator of this State shall take and main
tain in tbe increasing warfare with the
Democratic party, in which every Repub
lican is enlisted, and which will be per
sisted in until Republican policy and a
Republican statesman shall regain au
thority iu Congress and the Presidency.
In this critical juncture in the affairs of
the country, and in the interest of 'he Re
publican party, I am desirous to fail in no
duty on my part toward toe welfare of the
country and the authority of the Republi
can party in the national government,
which I deem inseparable from that of the
welfare ot the country. I have no doubt
the Legislature will treat the duty before
them with entire devotion to the highest
and best interests involved in the election
of a Senator, and I submit to their judg
ment the quest! m whetherthe.se intents
VAINLY SEEKING AEDAE88.
The Story of a Victim of Federal Office-
Holders.
Washington, Dec. 21.—There is nothing
more melancholy than the consideration
of the case of the average claimant appeal
ing to the government for relief from in
justice. There is a spirit of actual dishon
esty running all through all branches
of the government whenever there arises
anv question of the payment of a claim.
In private life the creditor is sup
posed to occupy the superior position
But when it comes to the business of the
government the situation Is different. To
bave a claim against the government is
enough to reader you an object o! suspi
cion. If you are resolved to collect it,
▼ou are placed at once upon a plane with
burgla 1 s and common highwaymen. E very
demagogue iu Congress always votes
against the payment of any claim. Mem
bers appear desirous of emulating the ex
ample of Turner, of Kentucky, who always
votes against all bills providing for the
payment Of money, even to the regular
appropriation bills.
I have seen a good many claims present
MOVEMENTS Of SUPPORTERS OK THE SEVERAL
CANDIDATES.
New /ork, December 22.—The interests
of President Arthur in the Senatorial con
test were looked after in this city to-day bv
Gen. George H. Sharpe, ex-uonrressma'n
John M. Davy, Congressman Burleigh.
Senator James Otis, Collector Pierce of
Rochester, andex-Smator W. W. Brutnan.
A'l except the latter had a conference at
the Gihey House in the morning, and
went through the list of icgislato-s to see
how they stood. They arrived at the con
clusion that the first point toattend to was
the election of a Sneaker and the defeat of
Mr. Erwin, the Morton candidate. Also,
that the candidates for Senator ag litist
Mr. Morton should be made to understand
that it was for their interests to have some
one other than Mr Erwin elected Speaker
to help their chances.
The rest of tho day was spent In ascer
taining how many votes could be secure 1
for waiter How* for Speaker, so that it
might be determined whether he
could be made the candidate of the pro
posed combinations against Mr. Erwin.
Two votes were found, and the search for
another will be continued.
On the Erwin H. Morton side the leaders
were watching developments and talking
up their candidates. They were all sure
that no combination could be made to de
feat Mr. Erwin, aud that his success
would end Mr. Arthur's chances and leave
the senatorial chances between Morton
and Evajts, or Morton and Hiscock. The
h-tter of Mr. Evarts is a disappointment to
those who have been raising the free trade
charge against tbe President, in that it
does not treat of the tariff and protection
* The Amesthetlo Cocaine.
New York Times.
Dr. William Oliver Moore read a paper
on "The Physiological and Therapeutical
Effects of the Coca Leaf and its Aika’oid”'
last evening, before the County Medical
Society, in the lecture room cf the College
of Physicians and Surgeons. Physiologi
cally, ne spoke of the stimulating and nu
tritive qualities of the plant, which had
been properly called, be thought, the moat
tonic plant of the vegetable world. It
seemed to him strange that it had
been used for several cento-1
ries before Its efficacy as an
atihelle was demonstrated, but having
been demonstrated within a few months,
cocaine had been quickly and generally
adopted by tbe medical aud surgical pro
fession for certain d> licate classes of ail-L
meats, notably affections of tbe eye and
ear. Dr. Moore made several interesting
experiments on himself, hypodermically I
and externally, during the past two
montha, which he explained tn his lectnre.
They had not differed essentially from
other reported tests. Ai instancing the
favor which cocaine at once commanded
beaaid that oat of 147 operations since
October 10, at the Eye amt Ear Iufirmary,|
cocaine was used in 102 cases.
A Channeling Joke..
From the Washington Hatchet.
"Hello, old fellow,” eaid a three dollars-
week funny-man in a patent inside manu
factory to a bald-headed Washington mon
ument joke.
"Hello,” came the heart-rending reply.
“You look blue. Oh, yea, you were call
ed in last week. That’s bad; you’ve teeu
a good friend of mine, and I hate to lose
yoT.”
"That’s not the frouble; I’ve been ex
pecting that, and am prepared ami anx
ious to leave the road, but I'm afraid that
some heartless villain will kidnap me and
send me ont as a Bartholdi statue joke.”
"Ah, ha!”
That was all the funny man said, but
tbe way be hustled that poor old joke
around was a terror. In three minutes he
was scarcely recognisable, tad be wai
then shoved out upon aa afflicted pablic.
Two Kinds of Reform.
New York tun.
There seems to bo some confusion
among our contemporaries as to the re
forms which are hope! for from the ad
ministration of Mr. Cleveland.
One set of thinkers desire administra
tive reform, and the others want civil
service reform, meaning thereby the ex
tended application of tbe principles laid
down iu the Pendleton statute. These
principles aro literary examinations a* the
test of fitness for appointment anti perma
nency of tenure after the man is ap
pointed.
We observe that these two kind* of. re
form do not go together. In fact, they
contradict, prevent and nullify each other.
The essence of administrative ref ;rm is a
universal overhauling and reconstruction
of the executive machinery. In th4 hands
of Mr. Cleveland we all hope anti expect
that ths Presidency will be overhauled and
reconstitute! through tbe introduction of
different principles anti alms in the con
duct of the executive. Next, if adminis
trative reform is to follow, the new Presi
dent must use a free hand and an uure-
laming will in taming oat all the old ten-
outs of office who are not indispensably
neces-ary through peculiar compe
tency and efficiency, aud 1 i flliljg
their places with Democrats who
possess the indispensible qualifica
tions. This is ad ui i List rati ve reform
such as Mr. Tilde l would have carried
through eight years ag», if the people had
not been cheated out of the benefits they
had a right to expe3t fio n his election.
Civii service reform, ou the other hand,
consists in keeping all the office-holders
who are now there excepting only those
against whom some positive misc induct,
neglect, or inadequacy can be clearly
proved, and in filling every place ih at is
vacate.: without regard to the political
sentiments of applicants, anti with regard
atone to th- manner iu which they pass
the literary examinations.
Which cf these two kiuds of reform will
Mr. Cleveland go in for? This is a ques
tion which the people of the country con
template with some interest; and as soon as
his purpose upon the subject is made
irauifest it will be fully reported in the
Hun, which shines for ail.
ed to Congress during the la3t ten years,
but I cannot recall anyone which presents
each a picture of wrong without redress as
a case now pending before the Senate.
The claim is not a Urge one but if the
owner of it is wise, he will spare himself
much sorr -w and expense by ut once giv
ing up nil hope of ever securing justice.
I* shall strip the story jf ail the legal
verbiage aud endless involutions that law
yers love to wind about a case. From the
elaborate and musty records I snail take
only the fact! that are conceded by the
Senate committee on claims without any
regard to party. The name of tbe wretch
ed man who has presumed to ask the gov
ernment to make good to him the injury
it has done him through its agents is Fett-r
Targar na, a Spaniard, and a resident of
New Orleans during the closing days of
the war.
He transacted business in New Orleans
as a shipper and was employed by Gen.
Butler iu carrying supplies. Targarona
was never charged with any sympathy
wi.h the rebels until after the clote of the
war. He owned a steamboat called the
Cipitol. Upon the 31 of July, 186), the
United States District Attorney se-zed the
steamer upon the allegation that it had
been employed for insurrectionary pur
poses. Targarona gave bond for the
steamer, which was appraised at $8,000,
and continued to run the vessel until the
trial for confiscation could take place. But
before the trial .took place the steamer
upon one of he trips ran against a snag
aud was sunk.
Here one might suppose the case would
have ended. But no. Targarona was
sued upon his bond, and upon very flimsy
evidence-evidence that was afterwards
deemed wholly unworthy by the Supremo
Court—the 1 ib. 1 wa9 sustained. The
Spaniard was directed to niAtre the amount
*■1 the value of tin C i pit ol ($8,000) good to
the band ot high wavinen, who, under the
guise of Federal officers, were taking ad
vantage of the loose condition of society
initu-di&tely following the war to enrich
tuemselves.
In order to enforce the judgment ob-
taiued. another steamer, the Live Oak, be
longing to Targarona, was seized and sold
in au trregular manner without any real
authority ot law. The vessel had cost its
owner f2\000. He had expended upon her
$45 000 additional in tho way of improve
ments. The vessel was appraised by tbe
court at a value of $25,000, yet these court
officers sold the vessel at ;iuc ion for $8 •
300. This was applied upon the origina
judgment and costs.
The case was appealed to the Supreme
Court. It promptly decided that there was
no case iu the original instance. It order
ed peremptorily that the first libel should
be dismissed. But where was tbe Span
iard's remedy? He had had in tue first
place a vessel worth $8 000 seized by an
arbitrary act and a vessel worth $40,000
soli to satisfy the claim Here, with costs,
be was out or pocket over $50,0 0 for an
act of in ist outrageous tyranny.
Manifestly he could only go to ^Congress
for relief. It is now nearly twenty years
aince bo was set upon by Federal highway
men, and how is he received by Congress?
It is sst up against him that he should
have known that the attempt to sell the
Live Jak wv» illegal, and that be should
have protested. Not protesting, it is
held that bis silence relieves the
government from all responsibili
ty for the illegal acts of its
agents. Tbe generous committee on
cl si ms offers the poor Spaivard $1,570.85
to pay certain costs, for which it is gravely
thmig'itthe United States is liable, for
these aro the costa incurred by Targarotio
in defending his property from the thiev
ing attack of the Federal office-holders.
The commit ee is further decidedly op
posed to the poor man having hi* case
transferred to the Court of Claims, whe e
there would be a possibility of his getting
his petition for justice settled up in a
basis of legal evidence. It would be
very unreas inable to expect that Con
gress will ever do anything with this case
If the Sruute passes the bill giving the ac
tual co*ts of the defense it cannot be reach
ed in the House.
The real truth is, Congre-s has no busi
ness with the bearing of claims or the pass
ing upon their merits. A general law
should be parsed sending ail claims to the
regular Uuiud States courts. The Court
of Claims her* might be used »s a court
of appeals. Under the present ay stem all
claimants are deni-il the fainUst sem
blance of justice. Tagarono’s case is only
one of many.
street. Gibson, of Louisiana, has a very
large Income from his sugar interests. He
has a handsome house here, in which he
has lived for years. Gorman, of Mary
land, has large railroad interests. He
keeps house. He occupies one of the
handsomest resUences iu Washington.
Groome, of Maryland, is poor. He lives
at a hotel. Hale, of Maine, roust have con
trol of property worth at least $10X1.000. He
rents one .of the largest house* iu tbe city.
Hampton, of South Carolina, is a wealthy
planter, an 1 belongs to a family which has
been rich for many generations. Harris,
of Tennessee, in a man of small means.
He boards. Harrison, of Indiana, has a
good income from his law practice. He
lives in a comfortable rented house. Joe
Hawley, of Connecticut, lives in the most
quiet way. He was in debt when he came
to Congress, and is hardly yet square with
the world. Hill, of Colorado, is a silver
million *ire He hss always li red in one
of the handsomest houses iu Washington,
and his wife has entertained upon the
most liberal scale. She is not here this
winter, and tbe Senator lives at a
hotel. Ingalls, of Kansas, and Jack-
son, of Tennessee, are poor. Jonas, of
Louisiana, has a large iucome and lives
with hit* family in one of the most expen
sive fiats in town. Jones, of Florida, is
poor, and has a family of six motherless
children ou his hands. Jones, of Nevada,
has bis ups and downs. He is a million
aire one week and next week he may have
difficulty in paying his wash bUl. He is
not considered a desirable tenant, as he
has a pnjudice against paying rent. Ken-
oa, of West Virginia, has large coal min
ing interests. Lamar, of Mississippi, is
poor. So are Lipbam. of New Yurie, end
Logan, of Illinois. McMillm, of Minne
sota, is rich.
McPherson, of New Jersey, is a wealthy
man and lives in a very line new house
which he hss just built. Mahone, of Vir
ginia has the reputation of bring worth at
least half a million. Manderson, of Ne
braska, aud Maxey, of Texa*. have small
fortunes. Miller, of California, is a very
rich man and lives in one of the finest
houses on Connecticut aveaae. Miller, of
New York, has a big iucome from his pa
is poor.
So is Morgan, of Alabama. Morrill, of
Vermont, has been a resident of Wash
ington so long that he would be at home
n ovvhcre else. He is a very wealthy man.
He bus lived in bis own house here for at
least ten years. He always entertains
very handsomely. Palmer, of Michigan,
hss an income of at least $20,000 a year.
He is hard at work upon the plans of a
new house. Pike, of New Hampshire, is
Pe idleton, of Ohio, lives in a very
man with at least $75,000 income. Platt,
of Connecticut, is n man of moderate
means. Plumb, of Kansas, must be very
rich. He takes great pains to keep up an
appear »nce of poverty, bat no one behoves
A SENSIBLE CHOICE.
The Advantage of Getting in With the
Evening Newspaper Man.
• Pittsburg Telegraph.
During an excursion from this city,
while at Cleveland, the Kennard House
was crowded, when a druggist appeared
late at night at the hotel office and de
manded! bed. The clerk replied that
there was only two vacant beds In the
house, one wherein was quartered a Pitts
burg morning newspaper man and the
who were with the excursion.
"To tell the truth, they are both pretty
drank, so you may take your choice as to
which room you will sleep in.”
The drnggtit said that he would take
his cnauces with the eveaing newspaper
man, as they excelled the morning mea in
more ways than one, and he would doubt
less be so drunk that ho would lie quiet all
night. He went to bed and was soon
sound asleep. The journalist, however,
awakened about 12 o’clock, and, thinking
it a long time between drinks, dressed him-
seif unconsciously in the druggist’s clothes
and sallied out. Ever and anon he mut
tered, as he treated all present:
"Funniest thing I ever heard of. When
I went to bed last night I only had twenty-
five cents to my name, and now I’ve got
over a hundred dollars (showing a corpu
lent roll of bills), and I’m bound to spend
every cent of it before morning.” He did.
—Prince Albert, of England, will
join the Grenadiers at the clone of bis
studies at the university. The Prince of
Wales has requested that no distinction be
made between Albert’s duties and those of
other officers.
“Boucicault.” according to Mr.
Haworth, "calls Mr. Booth a parrot, says
naworio, -cans air. ttootn a parrot, says
Mr. Barrett is a wooden actor,tnat Mr. Mc
Cullough does not know how to write his
own name, and he even claims to have
made Irving and Joe Jefferson. He says
there are no artists in America, excepting
Clara Morris, who is a very rough dia
mond.”
—Hattie C. Cummings, of Dixie, \V.
T., has addressed the following to the
Waitsburg Times; "I want a man of the
following description: Red hair, blue
eyes; one that has pride enough to dress
—od. bui noi above his means. He must
tall or short, thick or heavy-set man;
small feet; one that does not wear fine
shirts much. He must be good featured,
of light complexion, and one who is not
afrAid to cut too much wood for the cook.
I don't want one that will go to sleep
while at work. I want one that likes to
hoe potatoes, work in the garden and
won't play baseball. If there is any one
of this description please answer through
the Waitsburg Times. No dainty store
clerks need apply.”
bicn tube poor. Pugh, of Alabama, is well
to- 'o. Ransom, of North Carolina, and
Kiddlebergor of Virginia, are poor. Sabin,
of Minnesota, and Saulsbury.of De’aware,
are rich men. Sawyer, of Wiscons’n, Is
worlh at least $4,000,000. He lives in the
o!dCre*swell house. SewoM, of New Jer-
ee/, and Sheffield, of Rhode Island, are
moneyed men. John Sherman is a mil
lionaire. He lives in his o*n house here
and has be -n here eo Ion; that he has lost
all interest in the people of his State, if he
ever had any.
AN AMERICAN RAKE'S FATE.
Washington Lettor to the New York World.
The rich men of the Senate are men
whose fortunes range from a quarter of a
million of dollars to a million nr more
Those below a qua-ter of a million are
singly classed as men who are well t j do.
f do run think that there are a dox-n men
in the wen ate who are obliged to depend
Let ns ran
8am and Joe.
Gath.
"Joe” Brown and "Sam” Randall are
the taro men most fearet In their own
party became they are two of the best
Americans in it. Randall is a little more
Southern than Brown, who is the firat and
I think the on’y Southern man since the
war to announce that he recognized "the
power of New England ideas in a recon
structed republic.” Brown went to school
to the Republican party a while, aud Ran
dall’s father was an old Whig. Toe pecul
iar hospitality of the State sovereignty
idea is the excitement shown in Kentucky
because Randall presumes to visit there
without a*king the Legislature. He is
fetlll nno nf lh>''rnn tin«*’ It imtall
ployed
lag era
craft I
t nimble lingers: Manufactur-
Flre In . Jack Pot.
Buffalo Exprtu.
A pleaunt little game of draw poker
famished amusement to . part* of conge-
nlal bachelor eool, tbe other night. The
b inker kept the money against which
cblpe had been Usned in ■ cigar box
which itoodoo tbe Hour eonrenient to hla
reich. Tbe circulation bad been expanded
to eome |5Cf or W), and this amount In
billi wu in tbe box. A splccdid jack pot
bad joat been disposed of when • ointbody
remarked ■ smell of burning. 'Great Car
I” cried one of tbe players,
nitney'i on fire!” And ao It was.Wi
lighted match bad been carelesel* dropped
Into tbe dgar box, and our eratwblle jovial
party spent tbe rest of the night roefnliy
in trying to piece the charred fragments
together.
upon their salaries for a living. Let ns ran
through the list ulplia illy. Aldrich,
of Rhode Island, is worth about three
quartern of a million of d>dlars. He has
always kept house here, but has not yet
built a residence of hit own AI Lon, of
Iowa, who Is a widower, lives In a house
on Vermont avenne worth with its ground*
about it at least $50,000. He lives there
the greater part of the year, anti
only goes home to Iowa in the
summer time. Hi* firtuoe Is esti
mated from quarter to half a million of
do'Iars. Bavsrd, of Delaware, has lived
in his own house hero for years. It is a
three-storv Mansard brick on Highland
terrace. It is worth $25000. Biyarri’s
fortune is said »o be from $150,000 to 1200,-
000. Beck, oj Kentucky, Is only moder
ately well off He live* in a rented house
ou K street, lllalr of New Hampshire, is
a poor man, but he maaagos to keep h-xts*
in a very elecaat house on Capitol Hill.
Bowen, of Colorado, (s an alleged silver
millionaire. He lives at a hotel. Gov.
Jce Brown,«of Georgia. It many times a
millionaire. M. C. Butler is poor and
boards. Call, of Florida, has bought a
house hero, for which he (aid $25 000, aud
has the reputation of being well-to-do.
Camden, of West Virginia, Is a million
aire. He livea at a hotel. Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, is worth three or four mil
lions. He hai built a house here which
with its lot is worth at leant $100,000.
Cockrell, of Missouri, is a poor man. He
has generally boarded, but thh year he is
plug hod*
London, December 14.—Among the vol
unteers who sailed on the Pembroke Cas
tle for the Fcchuanaland expedition two
weeks ago was a dashing young American,
known as "Dave” Gould. His engage
ment as a member of the force that is
known as the "Broken Brigade” was the
last resort of a man driven desperate » y
his own extravagance and fast life. He
was a characteristic member of the "Brig
ade.” But few of hie broken down com
rades have a history more eventful than
his experiences in London and Paris and
other cities on the continent daring the
past two years. David Gould comes of a
good family. He Is probably not unknown
in New York, since Pauldings, on the
Hudson, is his native plwe. With an
abundance of money, be lived an idle life,
and fitiul'y turned up In Paris five years
ago, where he soon became a prominent
figure in the fast world. He kept tbe
company of fast young Americans, dress-
1 extravagantly, but showed much
tas»e.
Until It was whispered about In Pari
sian sporting circles four months ago that
• ‘Dave’ Gould had gone” nothing partic
ularly dishonorable was known of his ca
reer. Then it became known that tbe
Press Club where he bad bet large sums
sad b')en "done” bv him and gradually it
leaked out that he had s’milar escapades
in tbe French capital. His last days here
were marked sy numerous transactions of
a disreputable character. He was au ad
mirer of Blain- aud his devotion to his
cause brought about hi* downfall.
He borrowed money from every one
a ho would lend him any and lost it stead
ily. Remittances he claimed to be expect
ing never came, and he appeared to nave
been cut off at home. America seemed
no longer to possees any charms to him,
and he made no effort to return home. At
last he became desperate and join
ed his lot with hundreds of
others jnst as detperate as himstif.
‘ ' ' London be lived at tbe
While stopping in L
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e live, (imply. Colquitt, of Oeorgia, 1,
very rich. He live* at a hotel. Conger, of
Michigan, hu a small fortune, and hla wife
ha, more. They have recent 1 * bought a
handsome hou-e near the Fourteenth
Circle. Michigan to them i, but a sum
mer reaort. Callom, nf Illinois, ix poor
and live* at a hold. Neither if the Mus-
■chuetts Senator! cou’d b. called rich
men. Both Hoar and Dawn live in board-
lng-botuee. Dotph, of Oregon, lias the
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ihouund dollar, or more. Edmund,, of
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has lived in hi, own house for yeari, and
is now planning to build a new one mere
in keeping with hie great fortune. Fdr.
of Nevada, baa the credit of being ten
tlmee a millionaire. He livee at • hotel.
Frye, ot Mdne, and Oarland, of Ar-
kansas, ore men of moderate mean,.
They board. George of Miieiadppf, le a
ealthjr planter. ” "~
house i
He lives in'a large
l palatial row on ffoet Capitol
b II nad leached so large an amonnt that
there wa, no alternative but to pay or rtm
away lie offered the explanation that he
woe daily expecting a remittance from
America. Finally he left, giving a check
for the amount of his indebtednn, nn
Browe, Shipley A Co. Payment wax re
fuse.; when presented, the bankers staling
that Gould li td no nmnev there. A month
ago the manager of the Langham was as
tonished to see the man for whom the po
lice had been looting, and who waa sup
posed to have left town, walk Into the ho
tel. He was faultlessly dressed, oa usual,
nud carelessly swinging his cane, be walk
ed up to the maftager, whom he coolly ad
dressed.
The remittance, as he exelalnel, bad
been sent to Morgan’s bank instead of
through Brown, Shipley A Co.'a, and waa
-here deposited. His impudence com
pletely deceived Ilia victim, and when he
offered a check on Morgan’a it waa gladly
accepted. Procuring ion> small article
be had left at the bole' ha cordially shook
handsvrlth his old boat an t departed. The
same answer wu mode to tbe manag- r at
Morgan’s that he had received at the other
hanker s—Gould had no money there.
Other hotel, were systematically awfnd’ed.
among them one at Virginia Water. He
drove there one dey with a splendid eqnip-
age and had tbe best the house afforded.
After remaining there aome time he left
the pair of horses and fine carriage oa se
curity for this debt The owner of the
keeper sent bis check for tbe indebtedntas.
The team wu returned tut payment on
i be cheek was stopped.
Four months ago, and only a few days
before he left Paris, Gould is laid to have
borrowed 3 000 francs from the adminis
tration of the Press Club. With thia ha
won a large sam at the gaming table
Bat be did not repay hia loan nor tbe next
day, after making otber forge winnings.
The director sf the club, mistrusting that
all wa, not right, unt to his hotel, where
he turned that tbe debtor wu Intending
to leave for London that evening. An
employe tracked Goald to “
tnd found him just aa be wu soon leav
ing. Calling him aside-for Goald wu in
conversation with a friend—the employe
f iresented the director's note. Gonld ef-
■
fected to be highly insulted, declaring that
the money bad already been lent to the
dab. Meklng hit epdogire, the men re
tarred totheelubtoffiuf*tbet no money
bed been received end Goald had disap
peared before file duplicity wes made
known.
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