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WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS.
From tho New York Herald.
In beginning the hnal argument for the gov.
eminent In the star route trial yesterday Mr.
Merrick conceded q truth of the sentiments
expressed by Col. Ingersoll in closing his pa
thetic appeal for Dorsey, that '.nothing is SO
profoundly sad as the wreck of Q human beings
nothing is SO profoundly mournful as q home
covered with shame"
Like all criminal lawyers. who never fail ia
make this stereotyped appeal to the sympathies
of the jury, Mr.. Ingersoll assumed that the jury
would be wholly responsible for the sad conse.
quences that verdict of guilty would bring
upon the accused and their families. But Mr..
Merrick talked more senslbly when he declared
that the responsibility rests, not with the jury
which renders the verdict but with the men
charged with committing the crimes.
THE INNOCENT FAMILY ARGUMENT.
From the Philadelphis Times.
Col. IngersOll having exhausted the tear.
fountains Of the jury and the lady spectators
Mr.. Merrick very properly reminds the jury that
this case should be determined by the law and
evidence. and not by sympathy. 1t is, no DOUBT,
very hard for an innocent family to be disgraced
by criminal husband, but the husband should
think OF that before committing the crime. II
the innocence of the family is to be invoked to
shield the criminal. every culprit in the country
vii! be inclined to try the experiment of pro-
viding himself with the innocent family as the
best means OF avoiding justice. If the evidence
convicts these men of guilt, they should be pro.
nounced guilty by the jury. II not. they should
be acquitted The innocent family argument
should not have feathers weight.
WHAT COL. BOB's ORATORY HAS NOT DONE.
From the Boston Herald.
1ngersOlPs dOQuence has created the impres.
sion at Washington that the star route conspi-
rators will at least escape conviction. Col.
Bobs oratOry, whatever may be said of it, has
not altered or effaced the main facts, abund-
antly proved by oral and documentary, inter-
nal and external. evidence-that contracts were
taken expressly to be ''expedited;" that they
were given increased service and extravagantly
increased pay as soon as they came into the
rings hands, and that the government was
swindled out Of large sums Of money by these
transactions. If the jury is chung" it will be
due to the mental or moral obtuseness of its
dissenting members, or to the use of money,
not to IngersOlrs elOquence.
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The Cat and the Scorpion.

1K0Iit tIIc ' II'sIH!a EHtefprlSe.
James Clark. who is prospecting out on Cedar
Hill, found scorpion In a pile of waste rock.
He thought it would be good idea to take the
creature home and have some fun with his cat
At the first pass the scorpion planted it's singer
in the end Of the cats nose. Pussy wanted no
more scorpion. She went off and lay as though
dead tor about ten hours. Finally she came up.
but was very groggy Oh her pins. Her hair
stood the wrong way, and there was no specu-
lation in her eyes. When again brought face to
face with the scopion she made big tall. and
went up the size of the house to a safe roost in
the loft
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The Only Fault With a Palace Car.
From Peck's Milwaukee Sun.

From Peck's Milwaukee Sun.
''Oh, don't kick on the accommodations in q
sleeping car, and it is cheap enough" said the
travelling man with bad cold. II have heard
jokes million times about sleeping car pillows
getting lost in mans ear, but l always found
the pillows big enough. l have heard people
complain about blankets being too short at
both ends, but the blankets are all right. and
you can get an extra one or dozen by asking
for them.
what kick against is Pullman's using q
colored man for a thermometer In car. He
takes cOlored man who has been brought up
car up north here. and the human barometer
VIII make the temperature of the car as near
That Of New Orleans as possible. He will get
the heat up to hundred, and we thrash around
ana KICK of the clothes and roast, and that coli
ored man sits by the stove with the fever and
ague. You tell him to open a ventilator, and
ne goes and opens the draft of the stove"
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A u A R D.
1882 Pennsy,vanla avenue.

A CARD.
would respectfully announce to my friends and the
public generally that, having leased the entire building
nue. formerly The Star ofice), 1 have now far
greater facilities for conducting the auction business
than heretofore The building has front of so feet on
pennsylvania avenue by depth Of l25 feet thereby
giving one grand salesroom of fifty feet front ON the
second noor Is large room having same frontage as
lower noor which specially arranged and planned for
the sale OF Works OF Art and Books and is cspabe OF
comfortably seating two hundred peope; in fact it ia
the only in the city that has eeparate
saeSrooms Tor the accommodation of all classes of
goods 1t commands 80 much space within doors that
sales can always be conducted without regard to
weather The upper portion Of the building contains
70 rooms which are used for storage purposes which
1t has been specially arranged and is naturally great
to the public. There is in the rear
OF the building large court open space which will
6e used Tor the sale of Horses and Carragee the whole
ments in the country.
Special attention given to the sale Of Real Estate.
Liberal advances made on cons9nments. Appraise-
ments made; Libraries and Works O: Art Cataiogued
and arranged for sale.
Having had experience of twenty five years in the
business and with the assistance of NJ b. xtimer who
VIII attend personally to the fine art saes
ana thoroughly competent corps of assistants feel
connuent q giving perfect satisfaction Ia business
tnat may be Entrusted in my hands,
thanking the public for their past patronaQe and
ASKING continuance OF the same, am very RESPECT
fully. " ' f'
ap2o-lm THOMAS BOWLING.
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One More Unfortunate.
From the Brooklyn EAGLE,

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
They bore him to his mother and he lay
Upon her lap till noon. unconscious yet,
Ill. little face Was pale AMI cold as clay,
His tiny hanii was clenched, his eyes were set
The anguished mOvher wept to see him lie
AS tho his spirit from this world had flel,
And many sob suppressed, and heartfelt Sigh,
Ana lad him gently On his little bed.
The feeble thrOb5ing OF his little heart alone
BIZ nope revive within that mothers breast,
AND I'D her eyes iOnu expectation shOne,
AS she with lips and hands her boy caressed.
20 tell me-. dearest, speak," the mother cried.
''Tell mother, darling, what bafeu her pet"-
AM languldly the darling" thus replied
10 mamma, dear, / smoked cigarettel"
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PHGBE CozzENs SUES ACIIENr.-Ph9be Coz
suit through her ATTORNEYS in that cltv AGAINST
george !: Sch9fel, prominent society man,
Ior VI ,0OO fees alleged to be due for her ser.
vices In settling breach of promise suit brought
last year by Martha R. Prescott, Of Boston. Mass.
against the gentleman named. 'soA 'A''
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
THE BETHANY FREE KINDER.
GARTEN.


70 tie Editor of The EVENING STAR:
OF the charities Of Washington it may be said
sthey are without observation" The Injunction
not to let the right hand know what the left
hand does, Is SO literally fulfilled that the work.
ing hand Is often In danger of failing for want
Of support from the hand Of affluence and infiu-
ence This fact is illustrated In the history of
the Bethany Free Kindergarten of this city
which has just closed it annual session. The
character and purposes of the work give it a
strong claim upon the sympathies of an inteIli-
gent and prosperous community. 1t seeks to
overcome evil by preventing its development in
Children in their most susceptible years. and to
fOrestall poverty By training children tor useful
activities. Wherever the principles Of FrCrbe
are understood and his methods conscientiously
followed. there. II is allowed, the system is
wonderfully fruitful in good results Almost
every city in our land has made some provision
for extending the blessings of the kindergarten
&c tie children over whom hang the perils Of
want. neglect and vice.
Fer two years the Frsebel Society Of Washing
Ton maintained the Bethany Free Kindergarten.
but found itself unable to continue to pay a
regular salary to- teachers. At the besiGnin.. of
tile present year the fortunes Of the little cater
pIiae were at a low ebb The society renewed
fa efforts and secured the valuable cooperation
OF Mrs. Anna Is. Ogden. q distinguished kinder
gartner, who. assisted by a member of her train
Ing class. conducted the school gratuitously
during the whole year. the only condition being
tiat ~ ShOutu pC transported ITALY 10 O2EHtUi
kindergarten hall. This involved immediate
outlay of money. and Mrs. Sara A. Spencer.
whose energy in the use of means is rot less
than her devotion to the care OF helpless little
ones being member of the FrGbel Society and
also secretary of the fifth subdivision of Associ-
ated Charities, appealed the matter to
The latter organization. which promptly
responded with substantial aid, and
90 the little school was preserved.
Those who saw the motley group of little ones
at the opening Of the session. and the same
company on tine last day, can bear witness to
the great good which has been accomplished.
Disorder, duness. Indifference. ugly passions.
had given place to order, docility. attention. in
tellisence and the gracious manifestations of
artiesS. loving childhood. power had been
operating there which society cannot afford to
lose, and We cannot repress the hope that dti-
ring the summer interreglum the Frnabel SOci-
ety will gather up its forces and he ready for
The work of another year, with Increased MEN,
bership and ample funds and that the services
OF those ladies' who have shown such power in
transforming childhood will again be brought to
bear upon the little ones in our midst.
A. T. S.
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A Clear Oversight.

That was pathetic picture which Ingersoll
drew of Dorsey's and Brady's 'ruined homes"
But they should have thought ofthat when they
combined to feather their nest by plucking the
public goose.
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MISS ANNIE X. HUMPHREY.

MISS ANNIE X. HUMPHREY,
$50 TENTH STREET NORTHWEST.
nakee CObSETS to order in style and una1eraa
and guaran tees perfect fit and comfort. ~
HER SPECIALTIES ARE
French Hand made Underclothing. Mortno una.~vs~
. and finest Imported Hosiery '' W.
fIench Corsets and Bustles The ..Hercues" Snp-
porting Corset. for which Miss III. is special AGENT
and 81 Corset, her own make. that for the price
cannot be surpassed.
N.B.-French German and Spenieh sposen IS
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A NTON FISHER.
- CHEMICAL DRY CLEANING ESTABrIsR.
MENT COG street northwest. Thirty years expert
ence AIDES and Gentlemen's Garnlenta also IraDa
wells aGes etc are perfectly cleaned by this superior
Of j. DeSmedt official Chemist OF the District of ca
iGibla: Your chemicals are Of the most efectusi ma
tGle ana harmless, and your perfect machinery Is MOI
SURPASSED in Paris. New York elsewhere Notice
Grease spots guaranteed to be thoroughly removed au20
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Serious Fun for a Party of Methods,
Students.

There was great excitement among the stu
dents of the Methodist college in Delaware,
Ohio, day or two ago, over the arrival of De-
tective Morris from Columbus, who proposed to
arrest number Of students and prosecute them
to the fullest extent of the law. Some DAYS ago
party Of students led cow, blindfolded. into
the. private room Of President Payne, in the
college building, and locked it in. When the
pPesident returned he found his room scene of
oo0fusion and ruin. His bookcase, pictures.
stAtaes chandeliers and carpets were damaged
Sr destroyed. The faculty held a meeting and
determined to arrest and prosecute the offend.
sspzi About forty students were summoned to
sppear before the faculty and answer charges of
drunkenness and billiard playing. 1t is said
fully twenty students will be expelled and half
dozen arrested for the COW outrage.
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To the Editor Of the EVENING STAR:
The interesting description Of the Soldiers
Home. in Saturdays STAR, inspires one with a
desire to visit this national park during the
charming months of May and June The drive
o. four miles is easily accomplished by those
Who have horses and vehicles of any kind. The
elegant establishments and fine turnouts of our
wealthy citizens roll through the park gates
every tine day. aud find the beauties of nature
and art combined. as they are at the Central
Park, New York city. But unlike that grand
boulevard there are no facilities for the citizen
who owns no prancing steed to enjoy its beau
Ties Park carriages. holding eight or ten per
kOns. stand 1T the gate Of Central Park and for
25 cents one can be driven through the shaded
lAbyrinthine roads. making a circuit of the park
the Elevated railroad taking him back to the
city center.
The 7th street cars here now extend to the
entrance of the Soldiers Home. Will not some
enterprisino citizen start line of rOckaways or
light carriages that will give hundreds and
thousands of our people untold pleasure and q
Rev lease of life? Pecuniary success will re-
ward the enterprise. Those whose duties con-
nne them to the city during the summer will
Hook forward to a weekly glimpse of Paradise
1n this national garden of Eden from which
they are now a. much excluded as though an
angel with flaming sword guarded the entrance
ONE OF THE SrAY-AT-HOME CLUB
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ITO MAKE ROOM FOR OTHER GOODS.
WE ARE CLOSING OUT AT LOW Prices
A lot OF odds and ends in the way of Portable and
Brick Set RANGES. A few Second hand RANGES
and LATROBES to sell cheap
EDWARD CAvERLY CO.,
mh243m 1925 New York avenue.
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BOOKS. &c.

NV Books
Life of VIM Cullen Bryant, 2vols.. Goodwin, :poeme
Criminal Law, rols. tStephens,; Letters and Memo
res OF Jane Welsh Carlisle. roude) Correspondence
OF Wealth. sturtevsnt Ramples in Wonderland SStsn.
ey) heal Acorn. tMcElroy) selections Poetry a
Robt. Browning; Story of Meicent tMadoc); Mr..
Isaacs Crawford; Da ect Taes. Bronner) Colonels
Daughter, tking), Wron1ed Wife, (Flemming):
Peck. Bad Boy and his Pa The Toto. a dream a
Wealth, Withington) 265 Choice Receipts collected BY
the Ladies OF Trinity Church; Coltone General Alta
new edition. w. II. MORRISON,
epS as Pennsylvania avenue.
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Give the sBOys a show.

20 the Editor Of the THE EvxNING STAR:
The complaints Of Sufferer ct al. seem to
have had the effect not only of stopping boys
from playing base ball in the streets but the
police have even gone SO far as to stop BOYS
from playing base bail on very large vacant
lot In my nei@hborhcOd. This. it seems to ne.
is very unjust and oppressive. The game on
this lot, Us on all ordinarily sized lots In this
city. is entirely harmless and should be freely
permitted. as it not only affords great enjoy
ment 70 the boys. but promotes their health
and makes them strong and active, as all Amer
lean boys should be.
Perhaps the delicate Sufferer ct al. will saw
let the boys 20 where they wont offend our deli
cate ears with their happy ordinations. and in
anticipation Of this proposition l will say that
In the majority of Instances boys who have large
vacant lots near by would have to- go so far that
By the time they reach a place to suit the ideas
OF the sufferer" ct al Of they could be suited
a, ali in this particularly it would be too late to
play What az" The boys to do for proper exer-
else and enjoyment?
Finally. would like to state that sound
healthy and accomplishing persons are. as a
general rule. more valuable to community
than those OF the delicate complaining kind.
am not q bail-player. but an
ADVOCATE OF HEALTH
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NDERWEAR!-DOUG 9TH AND r
~ STREETS.-The business i'm this deparfm MT hsv.
Ing been lar in excess of expectations sale win
u, continued ant further notice. Each iay we win
offer different but decided bargains and will On
THURSDAY begin with 200 dozen more of thoee thor.
oughy made and trimmed CHEMiSE AND DRAW.
at 70 cents each. The best chemse ever for
the price We have 30 dozen French Castor 8 button
length. Mousquetare Gloves, at 81 per pair reguIsT
price 81 So 100 dozen schopper's best quality in
per pair Another so dozen Of those ~ Thread ChiIS.
rens Stockings just in 100 dozen Misses Hoee AT 9Tk
cents or three pair for 81 former price 80 oents 70
cents according to size. NV
f23 DOUGLA ASS 9th and F street.
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THE GREAT TROUBLE IN BOTH THE OLD
Il line and ordinary Assessment Companies il the
constant as years on. Of the HEALTHY
members; BY the plan adopted by the MUTUAL RE
SERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION this great diff
Guilty IN the way OF permanent and safe Life
1s overcome. The members likely to keep up
their payments than any other plan. Once 1909
street. I. y. KNIGHT, Manager. my23-6m
SH0ULD YOU DESIRE LOw-PRICED BOYS
- SUIT call at
6ELBY'S.
1914 and 1915 Pennsylvania avenue.
eaior Suits from 81. 80 up.
Cashmere Suits from 81. 10 up.
Better quality Suits from 81 MP.
Boys Linen suits, age to 10, 81. Is 40.
Boys Linen Suits. age Is to IL. 81. so up.
prices. myiI
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Concerning the Soldiers Home.
To thsEditor of THE EVENING STAR:
COf NIL no HoNE

SOLDIERS HOME.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., May %, 1888
notice an account of the Soldiers Home,
near this city, in your issue of the Goth instant,
and find points greatly exaggerated while
there are seteral important items narrowed to
shocking misrepresentation.
You say. "They are allowed 81 and a pound
OF tobacco month (Or its equivalent In
money!" No such thing. And 1.-The rum
shops and low denS i'm the vicinity of the Home
Will not receive the encouragement that they
did when the pensioners had their stipend from
The government to squander there" Allow me
20 Inform you there are not above ten per cent
OF the inmates drinking men. and none of them
drunkards- Their behavior in all respects will
compare with their fellOw-men in other commu-
mites.
The law enacted by the Twenty-seventh Con-
gress. transferring the pensions to the treas
urer OF the Home. was. to say the least unjust
legislation. and could not have been agreed to
fairly discussed by any just body of men
But We know how it was lObbied and the con-
Duct OF the men misrepresented. There are
men here able to conduct the brain work of our
government. besides fight for it again if
need be. as they have done; and the intel
ns.ence OF the majority of them will vie in apti-
tude for reading English literature with others
1.-The disagreement is smOothed over" We are
eontented for awhile to know that the New
York Herald has Sent broadcast to the reading
world what that disagreement was about in
part; and had the honorable gentlemen forming
the senatorial committee tn investigate the
affairs OF this estate not smOothed over the mat
Ter, several ether gentlemen would have suf-
fered suitably for the way they squandered the
abundant stipend funds of the home. We are
glad. however. our good governor made his
point against the old commissioners. The only
mistake the General made was to chum in with
those petty folk in regard to pensions. Let it
be clearly understood that this is no place of
charity: nor shall we submit to it being ruled as
military barracks or place for paupers. The
regular army are willing to maintain the place
as 1t should be, no matter if it takes twenty
times more than the amount assessed and to
give those who choose 20 leave the Home enough
u live On-nOt the starving amount of SO per
month.
AN INNATE OF OVER TWENTY YEARS SERVICE.
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COW prayed for the happiness OF the newly.
crowned pair, and then the cathedral rang with
shouts of Long live the emperor" This was
taken up by those outside, and the shouting
was repeated by tens of thousands.
1.-THE LORDS ANOINTED"
At the gate of the sanctuary the metropolitan
Of NOvgOrOd anOinted the emperor, exclaiming:
'BehOld the seal Of the Holy Ghost Nav II
keep thee ever holy" The empress was then
anOinted; the royal pair partOOk Of the sacra-
ment, and left the cathedral wearing their
crowns and imperial nantes. After PRAYER
in the cathedral of Michael the Archangel. they
returned to the palace. escorted by procession
which. augmented by the gorgeous state car
riages. presented grander spectacle than the
escort to the cathedral.
THE IMPERIAL BANQUET.
At $3.50 p. m. the imperial banquet began the
emperor and empress, still wearing their
crowns, being seated at separate tables.
on thrones Of unequal height Appro:
pirate toasts were drank, and each was followed
by salutes Of artillery. At 6p. m. the car is
sued his manifesto. The weather was fine
throughout the day, and everything passed off
DRAFTED by banQuets and feasts that will be kent
up until the 18th Of June.
BRIEF HISTORICAL REVIEW.
1t has been one thousand and twenty years
since the Slav tribes, occupying Russia growing
weary Of the perfect freedom they enjoyed, sent
deputation beyond the sea with an invitation
to the northern princes, Sour land IL
large and rich, but disOrderly. Rule over u.s. "
Burik, prince of the Rus tribe accepted the
invitation. He gave his new realm the name OF
his own tribe, Rus, and thus it became Russia,
In the ten and One-fifth centuries Russia has
mad. including the present car, eighty crown
bearers and as A rule they have wriffon <bo;,
history in the blood and oppression of their sub
jects
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-19

IT was generally believed that when Hon. James Gilfllan, resigned the office of Treasurer Of the United States that he did so to accept position ID the Mutual Trust Company of New York, a position of less responsibility, but one winch paid larger salary. Other gen tlemeut prominent in financial and busi- ness circles ioined NIT. Gillian, and became dir ctors in the Mutual Trust Company. But a three weeks service as president has convinced MT. Gillian and his friends that the Mutual Trust Company is not exactly what they wanted. The stock of the company is mostly represented by Sidney DeKay as trustee, and Mir. Giifllan could not find out who were the actual stockholders, so he and his friends with drew from the company. Mir. Gilhllan has since accepted the presidency of a bronze manufacturing company which has an office in New York and operates extensive foundries for the manufacture Of bronze under French patent.