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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-30
PAYING THE PIPER.

Samuel H. Clark is young man 10 whom practical
joking Is both food aud drink. Al least such was his
disposition until officer OF the law ruthlessly turned
his thoughts in graver direction by arrcstipg him.
The joke which caused tho yoong mans downfall
which had promised to yield unlimited iun.
In November last he became possessed OF fre
key. To call out the FIRE engines and witness their
discomlt urc when they found that nrs
existed was sport OF tne richest kind
II TO Dir. Clark almost de-splitling.
How many times no treated himself TO this enilysn.
Ing un IS not accurately known but was sufficiently
often 10 causc tho Fire Department to losc It's usual
piacidity VI temper The Commissioners SAID that II
was getting HOMOGENEOUS and they asked the ponce to
put stop ~ THIS request wus unknown 70 Mr.
Clark, and In his bllssu ignorance he continued tho
sport AZ such times As tho nuinor seized him. Quo
day he called In friend, William AcCabc TO see tno
fun, but serious MISTAKE occurred. After the alarm
had been sounded there came IN now on double
quick, not the engines, with ringing OF bells and
bschng OF smoke, but SOLITARY policeman
swinging ciut. He rushed at the jokers
and lnade them prisoners inasmuch, however,
McCabe was not caught the Act Clark being Tho
acknowledged cuiprit, the former suDscQue ntly
released. Yesterday Clark tried IN tho Court Of
Special Sessions anu OF the win McCabe,
who admitted that he also had frequently INDUCED in
the sport OF calling out tho nrcmcn The Court SEN
fenced Clark to three months imprisonment In tho
Peniiontiary and ordered complaint to De made
against hcCabe and that worthy was held in $500 ball
fort finl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-30
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

Register Fitch has received report from Mr. John
j. Kavanagh, the assignee OF Flint Co, BANKERS OF
No SO Broadway, in which he says tho condition o.
the FIRMS estate is subject 10 tho decision OF the
United States Court as to whether certain mortgages
held by them skull DO maintained. Tho failure Was
caused by the bankruptcy or d. Kregh Co., OF Chi
cago. and tho liabilities OF Flint Co. consist almost
wholly Of acceptauces Of modation paper drawn
by Kregh Co., 10 which cages upon real
estate In Chicago were given and received. These
mortgages attacked by, the assignee OF Kriegh
Co. as being invalid; II they should be decided
there are no other any considerable amount
or value. He IS advised by counsel in New York and
Chicago that tho mortgages arc good ana they are
50 DECIDED II IS believed that tho property on which
they hrc placed Is OF much than 81 icent value
To pay all the indebtedness ot Flint Co.
AT u meeting OF the creditors Of Alexander Moo.
Stetson Prince r. Stetson late propretors OF tue
Astor House, held NJ tho office Of Register Fitch,
schedules were presented showing liabilities OF $50 900
aud assets. Samuel G. Hach was elected assignee
Harry Rosenthai dealer in la6ies' furnishing goods
at No. 345 Grand street., who madc IN assignment on
Thursday Tor tue benefit oil his creditors has lAbli
ties amounting 10 about $50 Ooo while his assets Will
not exceed $4,000.
At a meeting Of tho creditors Of Adam Keim dealer
in wines at No. IS Buwery, held ~ the Once OF Dir.
Jonn $. Graber No 29l broadway, an otter Tor SET
Element fifteen cents the dollar, In notes AZ four,
cisht and twelve months, WAS accepted
Jacob Cohen, politician, has been adudicated an in
voluntary bankrupt on tho petition OF his creditors,
TO take further proceedings Tho claims vi The pc
titioung creditors IRE the following :-Raph Moss,
So $780, David Moss So 297 30; Hill e. Lewis, 81 500
Lyman Israel, 81, 500: Bernard Peyser, $475 3D. HIS
debts were manly contracted IN the reai estate bus
Among the failures caused by tho enforcement OF
the Excise law IL THAT oil l. - NJ lsraeis, who kept
room ana cigar store adjoining Waliack'a
Theatre Their nabintics amount TO SO, 096 % the
nominal asseis amount 10 3y 81 anu the real asseu
are valued NJ $l.U0a.
the failure OF NJ. d. Myers Co, deaiorx in gonllo-
men "a n IA m N 10 ma
not anticipated by tho trade. A. a meeting OF tho
creditors statement OF the condition OF the hrm was
subintted, accompanied by an offer from tho firm TO
settle a. nifty cents ON the dollar rhis accepted
by nearly all the creditors present and effort Is
being made 10 obtain the signatures oil tho ROMA ming
creditvrr The liabilities are stated At about sl5 0O0
Charles H. DsWoIic, manufacturer OF furniture, at
No SO Elizabeth street. who Jailed last wock has lia-
DIlties amounting 10 $3.50 63 ana assets valued 1t
5000 81.
Tho assignments OF Henry Charles Hocrle to William
r. Hotimcr ana oil james Crugswc veil TO Joseph Bssick
wore yesterday filed In the County Clerks once.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-30
A CONTESTED ELECTION.

A contested election in Essex county, N. j., was
commenced yesterday before Judge John H. Msckcr.
Master Ia Chancery and Judge OF tho Court OF Com
mon Pleas. Charles Marsh, democrat, contests tho
election OF Alexander NJ. Phillips, republican. in the
Third Assembly district the Eighth Of Newark,
BeIcviuc and Franklin townships. The Board OF
Canvasscrs (repuDiicanI gave Phillips the certil-
cate, stating that no had twelve majority in
the district Marsh contests on tue grounds
OF maiconduct, fraud, intimidation and error
in the Franklin township poll He alleges that
moro than sufficient illegal votos were received and
legal votes rejected TO have largely changed tue lace
OF the record. Tho hrst struggle was upon breaking
the seal Of tho returns In the hands OF tho Deputy
County Clerk. IL was decided In favor Of Marsh and
the seal was broken aud tho returns produced. Atcr
the taking Of some unimportant testimony tho matter
adjourned TIL Monday. Mr. Marsh expresses con-
ndcnce that ho has sure case. lie claims 10 have
votca.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-30
The CIGAKMAKERS.


The mass meeting OF tho striking cigarmakers a
Cooper Institute on Friday evening produced no
tceabc Influence upon tho manufacturers yesterday.
Tho factories were st we'll supplied with competent
workrncD straiton Storm's on Pearl street. being
iuii Of aclys hands Quo OF arm stated that they
bad ali the hands they wanted; that no applicants,
whether union or on-union, could get work At any
wages similar reply received IRON other iacto-
RES. IN employers seem determined TO get nd or
the Bohemian eiemcnt--thc most powerful one Ia the
pending strikv-by abolsnine the tenement house or
family working systom The strikers declare that me
strike will continue until they are Victorious"
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-09-15

8eioe purpen nun 3uu, Gore Derta:-'
tteiIt nnb erlitten bie aere6te Straft
unter 3etGen aufrtGtteer Neue.
Grtf mad Der 6inridtune rrurDe bas
8e5eimnib .beS 3ettelS aufgefldrt. Sc
aab Nnrreos. Der bereits btfannte
Sne@t ces Dfarres. ein braper unD
fluaer, aber iebr sur6t1ames Wenl6,
letnsm 6errn nunmebr @ntl&lnB iiber
ben bteber unerfldsliden nmhanb NIT
BEN Yaptere.
Nn pemielben Na6mtttaee, no Ger
Woro beBanaen poreeu. bate Ct .i6
betmltd con Der NrEeit sre9eslulihen,
un1 auf benz unfern bsineIi6en Meiers
tofe letn Brdutden ~ teiuhen. unter
Weges b5rte CT Stimmen, Strett unp
8siGrei, Ct l6lih fI6 bintsr rem
@sfrlppe ldngs Der Strase ndber, 70
oaS er Ales ieten uno b5ren fonnte,
uno mar pun N~uaenseuee Ger erdblts
den 1bat. Nber c: bate niht ben
Nutb, fi6 ~ seteen uuo Dem usberfale
lenen iu 6tlfe su ellen. Gr febrte
Abencs mad psm Y%farrbofe ausdf.
auBer ith Dor bsfttser 8epeeunB unr
unlhIIifle, mas Ct ~ than babe. Ga
be9e8nete tbm Der pfarrer, pte TN GIN
gauge bieier GrsatIuns erwdbnt wOrs
Den.
Na& 5aule 9etcmmen, innt CT lang,
nab. GinsstbetlS betBt i'm lstn Sc;
rt1en cas Derbreden aneebsn, anoern:
tbetlS feblt inn Der Wutb unb ote Gnt.
l6lOhenbett, ole R!daer onfautreten
enpli6 fnno CT Elm WittsI.
st bel<sBt auf etnen 3etteI BET
lbatbefano Su fdretben unb in cos
BUD ieines perm 3u leaen.
9aum wur pieler ispo6 tn bic Sir
de eeaonRen, als ben Rnedt idon aud
riefer Iuewra reut. Rann ntdt lstn
5anei6rtft etfannt uno er auna 3eue
mfg aufesforDert rerpen go miro CT
als etnsiser 3euge eein aneefsbsne'
Wtrtbe ~aegsnibet befeben Mie mir
er ben Wcrp bepeiien fbnnen, peun {
CUR unterfuGune fommt?
Da TIN nun btefs uno rc5 amber
BeoenfIidfettsn dnefi9ten, bsndBte 6
ote 3eit ess Witta9smablss, um BEL
3ettel wteper su e%ntfsrneu, unc eli
petbes 9latt papier an Gle Steue 4,
fbieben.
Gr fOnnts eaa uEl 70 lei@ter tbur
pa er ieIbf In Der Rtrd,e oepslen pa
unp eeieben bate, na6 Niemano al
letn Der cen 3ets! 0elelen bette.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-09-15
Cine rdtbfeIbafte &riminal9e'
fbicbte.

Sn stnem Der reisenbfen D6sfer bee
ltetrtlbsn @ebtreelanbes stns be,
@turrsr at. etneu, @65nen Sommeraben:
ee IN ben Bergen lpa;ieren. Doe
BUD, eas CT In Der 6ano bteIt, battle
TIN 3u srnfem Nadfnne1 eebra6t,
eetlt1 60 Uar bic beiltee S@rift, aus
wel6er ct mebrere SteIlsn sur mOrBteen
yreet9t aussera9t bate. @us letnsu
Veeanfen purbe Ct our6 eie SnsGts
une Ndsos aufsefbrt. pel@e pom bsr
Arbstt i'm naben @aIce mad BEN
ytartbcfe aurfidfebrten.
Nobeem er ibren aGtunosSOQen
@rue auf cas GyeunpIi6Re erpteosrt
bate, blteb er sinsn ausenblif iteben,
urH etnsu Na@3aelsr su errpartsu, pe1sn
Mnsleben TIN ibsrralGte.
Go mar bits iein feiBieer SneGt.
Namens anorsas, etn trdfttesr Bur-
lbe, INNER Der erffe an Der arbeit, ret
esste BET Der Rube, fets nett urp ieIbh
fcr8fdltss auassOeen - NOR CT cod
Brauttsam bon elmer bsr braoffen Dtrs
men tn Dprfe, paber ftrts bemibt fbr
10 9efauen-uup beute2 Der 8uriGe
mar ia sar nt&t 10 ertennen! DIE
4letper binSen tbm Serrrabrlpet BON
2eibe, pte BON, lansen Giesert swtl9en
@efrtppe 3erfnittert unp tn luprb>
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-09-15

g5tepubi mir fetntspee5 70 S~eraanben nerben wu1en,
ais unteriG dBtea mir bel Rranftettsn drstlider Seiitunp
ben pr SteImsbr anempfeblen, 70 etbt IS bod satlreide
Tdqe, In benen Ct re1sr rDtbt9 NOD leiGt III bnben TIT.
Cine NIT stnen umtakenben 9ausrtitteI, re rs &pffet,
tsr's Mtasenbitttres III. ausserifets 8an,tite BETS.
cine mebtstatf6e 3uRu6t, fe fir BITE meufen ~ylptbfdle
Scenes a6ts 9 tdrfunes- uub gesslunssmtttel brinst tets
5eiluns unb ptrD bel S&pd&e, unperOault6fsit, yeber=
fDruns, usreaeGradeisfett bs Stublsanses, 3art> uab
ttsmus unb @i6t, unD bel Dielen anberen tdaTs DUrfOms
mepbe Qetlea prn Nutprttdten anenpfobled. Gs rpttet
Wealelfeber aus unO perbitet lie, ltnbert Gdpernuts,
tbut benz ~pCr3ettigen @erfaa Gtntalt unb trdfttgt bic gter<
pea. unb Nusfelsepebe. S6laf, gerbauune unb Mppe.
tit uerben babur6 b~tf6rbert, un0 SUR lleberptnbuae her
tplstn BON Gri4Epfuns uab SlpBfeaurs III Is duserf
nublt@. TX
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-09-15

So mar In elmer rrunberl&5rer
Gtrrnenna6t aIS cine Netbe bsrsoe.
Iiher Noesn aus Ger weiten unterfabrt
oss S6lO6ss reute. UNA bic 9evtpsiv
auf rsn SubnbUf ~ fIbren. Gtt
Iraueraswdnpsr Gcnfarsen's rrarsu
70 rs@t Elm 8ilb tbrer 0~emItbsftm,
muug; G~Onfansen's berS mar oOu
2rausr tisf unFcrt. 6unrerte Don
Wsnl6en parer au 8abnbOfe ueriam'
melt, oils Der grtrosus pom rannsn
fubr ; fetn Auee bIteb in jsnem Ncs
n,snte truden, fetn 0emItb unerl6It>
teri ; ia 8tsIs meinten, Das 2ano lei
nun lstnss S6uBeneeIs beraubt wpr>
ben.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-09-15

uMas Mum Du In ben, fremcen
2anre ouein NIT elmer f6weren Srans
fen tbun 2" bate CT eeiu9t. Ausin ea
4nno Don ibren Bitten nt6t abltse, 10
eab er enpIiG nod, feute aber pic BE-
rinsuna rub ptfa rus 3teI ibrsr 3siis
1ein fpue. bort ppbute Gin ibn
betonntsr TrofsGOr, pslder ben betcsr
Trausn m5sIt&erpetle etne StdBe istr
tonnte.
Sarab nor nit cieieui pIan sufrte'
ren. ptla, laBte man, babe Elm eutsa
2lima. uno auserpem f6ten IS III
mSaI,6 !; Spu rort aus NIT Sobanu ;u:
Gammen 3u fcmmen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-15
Gen. Sheridan's Opinion Of Returning
Board Wells.

lOficial Letter from Gen. Sheridan to Secretary
Stanton. June 3. 1867, explaining why he re-
moved Wells from the Governorship of Louis
lana.
After the adjournment of the Legislature,
the Governor of the State appointed a board
of his own in violation of this act lone ap-
pointing a board to disburse 81. 200 900 for
repairs OF the ~leveesl, and made the &C
acknowledgement in person that his object was
to disburse the money in the interest of his
own party by securing for it the yo,e OF the
employees at the time of the election. The
board continued in office, but the Legisla-
ture refused to turn over to the Governors
board, n each side appealed to me to sus-
tain it. which l would not do. The ques-
ton must then have gone to the courts,
which, according to the Governors judg-
ment when he was appealing to me to be
cision. Meantime the State was overflow
ed. The levee boards were tied
up by political machinery, and
nothing was done to relieve the
poor people, now fed by the charity of the
Government and charitable associations Of
the North. l say now, unequiVocally. that
Gov. Wells is a political trickster and a dis
honest man. / have seen him myself, when
/ first came to this command, turn out all
Of the Union men who had supported the
Government, and put in their stead rebel
soldiers, some of whom had not yet dropped
their gray uniform. / have seen him again,
during the July riot of 1866, skulk away
where 1 could not find him to give him a
guard, instead Of coming out as a manly
representative of the State and joining these
who were preserving the peace. 1 have
watched him since, and his conduct has been
as sinuous as the mark left in the ust by
the movement of a snake. l say again that
he is dishonest, and dishonesty is more than
must be expected of me.
From a Letter at the same time to Gen. Grant.
He has embarrassed me very much since
I came into command by his subterfuge and
| political chicanery. This necessary act will
be approved by every class and shade of po-
litical opinion here. He has not one friend
| who is an honest man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-15

"Give me 100000 Treasury notes to
count, and watch closely, and you will
find only $4,000 when l return them.''
"Signor," responded Webster, with
animation, "there is nc chance; there
are here better magicians than you ;
they would not leave $4,000 after their
counting"
A journalist, formerly of Chicago,
is afflicted with ~stammering, and also
with the ambition to excel as a dramat-
ic writer. A New York manager re-
Gently consented to hear him read a
short farce, the sole condition being
that the reading should not occupy
more time than the manager did in
smoking the cigar he had just lighted.
Away they started, the one in no less
hurry than the other, and the reading
and smoking were concluded together.
Of course, the questions was immedi-
ately put: "What do you think of it?"
"Well," replied the manager, cit is
not a bad idea. Father, mother, lover,
daughter, all suffering, will have a
novel effect" The journalist ~furiously
exclaimed: "They d-d-don't st-st-
stammer; it's only my misfortune"
"Oh, then, it isn't funny at all. Sorry
| can't accept it."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-15
The Louisiana Revelations.

TFrom the New York Graphic-Republican.l
The Louisiana case looks black. There is
no Disgusting the fact that the recent devel-
opments throw a terrible suspicion over the
action of the Louisiana Returning Board,
and seriously involve a number OF men
whom the country has tried hard to think
we'll of. II the statements made before the
Congressional committees within a week,
with, the confirmatory evidence of such doc
uments as the altered returns Of Vernon
Parish. are not satisfactorily explained or
proved to be false, it would be the height
Of madness to count the electoral vote of
Louisiana for Mr.. Hayes; and Mr.. Hayes is
not the man the American people have
taken him to be if he would consent to take
the Presidency under the shadow of such
gigantic frauds. These statements must be
cleared out Oh the way or the vote OF that
State is lost To the Republicans, and if it is
not counted for Tilden it will add weight to
the moral presumption that he is entitled
to the office.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-15
An Aged Couples Sad Fate.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Steiner, IN elder
ly couple, lived near Union Mills, Car
roll County, Md. Their granddaughter,
Miss Louise Sterner, aged Is, lived with
them. On Sunday, the 14th inst, Miss
Sterner, went away to attend church,
returning on the following day. On
reaching the house she discovered the
body of her grandmother lying les the
barn, half buried in the snow. She
alarmed the neighborhoed andlhurried
back to the spot. Mr.. Steiner was found
lying behind a fireless stove with a pill
low under his head, laboring under q
stroke of paralysis and stiffened with
the cold. The neighbors did all in their
power to make aim comfortable, and
sent immediatelyfor medical assistance,
but death ensued the following Tues
day. He was insensible when found
and remained SO up to the time he died.
It seems that Mr.. Sterner was first
taken sick, for Mrs. Sterner had clutch
ed in her hand a dinner-horn, with
which it is supposed she vas in the act
Of alarming her neighbors when she
fell. Her death is attributed to heart
disease, though it is not improbable
that, being very much frightened, she
tainted, and was frozen to death. Both
were between 70 and Is years of age.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-15
The

Professor A. Graham Bell, of Boston,
has given further tests this week Of his
wonderful and valuable invention, the
telephone. On Wednesday evening
Professor Bell, in the presence of a
large company, held vocal converse
ton by the wires with Mr.. Watson at
Maiden, six miles distant. Mr.. Wat
sons voice was heard By all in the room,
wen when he spoke in a whisper, six
miles off. The persons addressed re-
piled to Mr.. Watson, and he was not
only able to distinguish one voice from
another, but even to call by name a
q friend as soon as he spoke at Boston.
The account says:
"At length the company were re-
quested to remain quiet while a lady at
the other other conveyed to them the
sweet strains of music. The assemblage
t%hereupon listened with wrapt attention
while a young lady commenced singing
"The Last Rose of Summer" The
effect was simply charming. Possess
of exquisite sweetness, the sounds pen
trated into the Boston end of the tele-
phone with a distinctness equal to that
attainable in the more distant parts of
a large concert-room, and a unanimous
vote of thanks was sent by the handy
little instrument which had procured
for the assemblage SO agreeable an
hour"
This implies such a revolution as to
be almost incredible, but it is so abund-
antly attested that it is impossiblue to
doubt. What a future does this open
to prime dome !-Graphic.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-15
School and Church.

The Catholic Directory" for
io7 reports that the number of Catho-
nc churches in this country is 1922; OF
priests, 5,297. The estimated Catho-
lie population is 5000. 0O0.
The Rev. DR.. Patton, of Chicago,
and the Rev. DR.. Speer, of Brooklyn,
advocate the abolition of all devotional
Sfercises in public schools as contrary
:" justice. polity, and law.
"A new departure is reported in the
lutheran Church in the State of South
SaroIna. A daughter of the Rev. G.
=; bernheim has preached a number
gladly.
The Methodists of Boston are
Iooat to build a church in that city
T1Tafge enough to seat $500 persons,
ne seats are to be graded as in an
aniphitheater," and two galleries will
ing.
.c-Ihe Rev. DR.. Lovick Pierce, Of
lueorgla, has been the oldest living
xeacher of the Methodist Episcopa,
fnhurch in this country since the death
" VI Father Behm. He is now so years
u age, and preached only the Other
Jay Tor his son, Bishop Pierce.
,ICLarges of ~inefficiency and extrav.
!Isance are made in the Indiana Legis
azure against the State University, tina
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-15
Fishing for Chickens.

A man living next to the jail in Mid
dletown a short time ago missed several
of his chickens very mysteriously. Re-
Gently some prisoners liberated from
the jail explained the matter. The
chickens came into the jail yard to pick
up the crumbs that came from the Jail
BIRDS table. The prisoners saw them,
and their table not being usually over
stocked with poultry, they got a fish
hook and line, baited the hook with a
tempting bait, watched for their ap-
p~earance, and when a chicken took it
drew the bird in through the window
CRATES, dressed and cooked it, and made
a good meal at their neighbours ex'
pense.-RarJord Post.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-15
Beautiful Women that no Longer Rule
i'm Washington.

One year ago Mrs. Belknap was the
toast. Every night and every morning
we read anew of the brightness of her
face, the marvels of her dresses, the
number of her shoes. She read so much
about the splendors of her beauty and
the wonders of her toilet that she grew
to believe herself to be a little above
any of her earthly sisters. In three
years she was utterly transformed from
a gentle, subdued looking widow to an
airy, supercilious woman of fashion.
When Senator Christiancy married a
little girl who counted scrip in the
Treasury, the society leaders" met
and debated whether they should re-
ceive her or not. She entered their en-
chanted circle as if by fire. She was by
no means unanimously received, nor in
any way warmly welcomed. Nobody
tabooed her so positively and utterly as
Mrs. Belknap. She, the daughter of a
country doctor, vas not willing to re-
ceive on equal terms the little Coun-
tess" of " Scrip" suddenly elevated to
the dignity of a Senator's wife. This
was but one year ago.
Yet already we have ceased altogeth-
er to hear of Mrs. Belknap's dresses.
She lives at the Arlington, and no doubt
keeps still her near personal friends
but she is no longer the fashion. No
body cares whether her shoes are ones
Of tens.
Just the same the gay thron G rolls
up to the door of the Secretary of
War; but his name is Don Cameron.
He has a daughter, tall, strong, dark
and beautiful. She O is the toast.
So also is the daughter-in-law of the
Acknowledgement, The bride of a week.
She is a blonde of blondes-blue-eyed
and lovely in an azure dress. The
whole world of fashion is rushing to
gaze upon her at the Ebbitt House.
Every week we read that the most bril-
liant receptions of the season are those
of Mrs. Taft.
1t seems but yesterday that the whole
world was flowing into the house of the
Attorney-General whose name was Will
liams. What sumptuous feasts were
those in the lew house into which the
beautiful woman had put her very life.
Amid costly hangings and azure-satin
furniture, dressed like q Peri, this beau
tiful Sultana stirred her famous
'spunch" for the feasting and dancing
crowds who packed her house. She
| stirs it still in the same house, no doubt,
for her individual friends; but the
crowds for the Attorney-General's all
rush to the Ebbitt House, and Mrs.
Taft answer just as well as Mrs. Will
liams the beautiful-albeit she stirs no
no toddy.-NeW York Independent.