Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-15

degree insane: yet he had no feeling such as
mis- sister had for him; he looked upon him as
an unfortunate man. He had never been near
to him. When he talked to his wife she said:
y gu must obey this request: he is nv Younger
brother. have been to him so far as could
he both sister ana a mother Upon that
summons from Washington and that request of
my wife, said Mr.. Scoville. Il came here to
undertake. this defence. and shall stay through
It to the best of my ability"
Mr. ScOville here read letter received by his
wife from her father. 1t was one dated Freeport,
october 81. 1873. and in it the father mentioned
that Charles had been there for a few days. for
the purpose of getting Mr. Adams to loan him
5000. and added. Ito my mind he is fit sub
ject for the lunatc asylum. and if | had the
means to keep him. would send him for a little
while. at least" Mr. Scoville also read an ex-
tract from letter from DR.. Rice, of Wisconsin.
written since DR.. Rice returned home, reassert-
ing his opinion that Guteau was insane Mr..
Scovlle said that the family. If they thought
this man insane, were much to blame for not
committing him to an insane asylum. The
family did not know he was dangerous lunatic.
4 gentleman in the audience. Mr. Scoville said,
had handed up to him suggestion that he
should speak of the matter as to
whether Guteau was shammng. That was
something that could be determined in court.
and he did not think it ought to be mentioned
here.
This whole matter grew out Of politics. 1t
would 90 down to history as fact that the po-
liticai conditions of this country were disturbed.
and that formed a pretext for this act
He said he had called Senator David Davis to
the stand because he knew he was uncOmmit-
ted to either party. In his opinion. the remedy
for the present political dangers was to elect
men to office who were not pledged to reward
all their followers with offices. That was the
simple solution of the trouble How they were
to do it he did not know. The President of the
United States could do a great deal towards
solving this question. He believed they had
good man for President.
In this trial he said it is not Guiteau that is
on trial so much as is some other questions and
some other persons.
THE QUESTION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
is on trial here If that man is found guilty and
hung, anda post norton examination shows that
he is deranged man. in his opinion it wouldbe
almost the last case of capital punishment in
this country. Not Guiteau so much as the
American people were on trial in this case The
question was as to the capability of the Ameri-
can people to sustain the law.
A RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY.
When Mr.. Scoville concluded, Colonel Edward
Daniels, rising in his seat presented the follow
ing, which was adopted by reclamation:
ResOlred, That this audience, without regard to
Their opinions upon the merits of the case, desire
to express their sympathy with the family of the
prisoner on trial, and especially to commend the
good sense and excellent spirit shown by Mr.
George Scoville in conducting the defence
Fashions i'm Furs.
n. Y. Correspondence st. Louis Republican.
One OF the stylish furs of this winter is
made of African monkey skin. This fur has
long, coarse hair that laps over the skin in an
odd but attractive manner. 1t is almost wholly
used for muffs. The other skins used are seals.
beaver, chinchilla. black fox, black marten.
leopard and golden beaver The latter is as
soft as otter. and it is of real golden tint,
making it specially desirable for carriage or
evening wear. The height of the fashionable
Womans desire however, is for a set of real
Russian sable, which costs about 81 900 The
seal hats this year have been ncknamed
portable bath-tubs." The most picturesque of
them is called the coaching hat. 1t inclines to
the Gainesborough shape, although the crown
is somewhat square. 1t is turned up on one
side ami is caught with a bright hued bird
There is growing appreciation for furs. and
they have now taken rank with old laces and
jeWelry. as heirlooms. There is no garment so
economical for woman to possess as line fur
wrap. as it is wOndrOus garb of charity over
costume that is passe. Every woman looks
well in furs For that matter so does every
man. The edict of society since the
days of James Fisk, jr., has prohibited
gentlemen from ,ostentation. else gen.
tlemen would no doubt take to seal-skin
for OvercOats. Ben Butler wears a sealskin
Overcoat that comes to his heels and gives him
the appearance of strange animal escaped
from some menagere. for it is hard to identify
him as one of the human race from his face.
The day of the short clumsy seal Jackets which
made stout women look like efambuIating bar
rels. has gone by The seal coats are now from
81 to 81 inches long. and the simpler they are if
they are good in quality, the better they appear
The lining for fur wraps is composed of whole
squirrels. squirrel backs-which produce an en-
tire gray eifect-or lock squirrels, which are
much liked because they produce lighter eff
feet. The lock squirrel skins are taken from
the under portion of the squirrels body. and
are only joined together with the necessary ex-
actitude in Siberia. Chinchilla probably pro-
duces the most elegant effect as a trimming fur
upon garments of SEAL but as it is not becoming
to all compilations it is rivaled by various bea-
yers. The plucked beaver is soft and very much
like otter; the half-pucked is of deeper hue
and not so soft looking. The other always
beautiful in it's brown tint, is especially attrac-
tive when taken from near the head of the ami
NAL, where it is the ioyeliest silyer-brown imagi-
nable. These animals are found on the Russian
coat. and the variations of hue pervading their
skins make their matching work of art.
Paris Trees.