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PERSONAL.

Vim. F. Whitfield is at oakland
Mrs X. S. Wood is at SaybroOl Conn.
Mrs A. NJ. Gibson is at the Oakland hotel.
Maj. l., s. Rabbit, u S, A.. is at the Ebbitt.
b. II. Bartol, Philadelphia is at wormley's,
Mrs. D. Wolfe Brown is at Ocean Grove, MI.
Capt. J. W. White, u. S. X. NJ, is at the Ebbitt.
Hon. b. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, is at the
Ebbtt.
J. II. Boutelle, Y. S. @. S. and II. G. Ross, u S. N,
are ut the Ebblt.
Postmaster General Gresham left Washington
yesterday flr New York,
W. II. Taylor California, and ]. ]. Doran, Phila-
delphia, are ut lhe Riggs.
Secretary Lincoln LEFT last evening for New
York, to be absent several days.
D. c. de Moraes and wife, Brazil, and J. D.
Early, lndiann are at tho Arlington.
Hon W. W. Ker, Of Philadelphia, special counsel
in the star route cases, Is at the Ebbiu.
Dr.J.R. Knapp and wife, New Orleans, and
Mace MOultOn, Delaware, are at the Riggs,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Willard arc at their
beautiful and historic house at Nantucket for the
summer
Senator John Sherman arrived in the city yes.
terduy, and will be at his residence here for sew
eral days.
John NJ. Dummy, Dolaware Frank d. Carpenter.
Colorado, aud r. p. Coughlin, Cincinnati, are at
the ST. Mare.
j.. W, Allen, Mrs. VIM. H. Hahn and family, A
W. Bright, aud J. f. de Hamil are at the Atlantic
hotel, Ocean City, Md.
S. L. Wegand. Philadelphia J. f. Lawrence st
Louis; A. r. Jewett, Cleveland, and J, ]. Pierson,
New York, are at the National.
A dispatch from Warm Springs, Va, announces
| the serious illness with apoplexy OF Judge Alber
| ID. Robinson, of Vermont, an attache OF the de-
partment of Justice in this city
G. f. Gee, Ashtabula, Ohio; G. J. X. Ingram
| Alabama; G, W. Michael, Oberlin, ohio; Z. T. 7
Hammond, r. d. Jones, Maryland, and A. i, Belt
! Mississippi, are at the ST. James.
Hons. James II. Hart, Salt Lake, Utah. ], II
Eddy Cole, A. d. Wilt Dayton, ohioi II. q
Humphrey, Hudson, Wis; Ira Mahew, Detroit
Mich, and +, W. Smith, Lexington, KY, are a
| the Ebbitt.
Louis r. Clements, esq, deputy collector 0
customs for the port Of Georgetown, left the cit!
yesterday for the north for his health, which ha
been somewhat impaired of late. He will spenC
the major portion OF his leave at Moncton, Nd
Messrs. Conrad Kaufman and W. l.. Riley
members OF the Columbia Fishing club, left tn
city sunday afternoon per steamer Sue, for Nun
dy's Point Va, TO select site for the erection o
portable house for theIconyenience Of the elu
upon their usual September trips,
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DESTROYED by EIrc.

BERLIN, ONT, July 9.--The telegraph Of
flee and the store of James Laggie, in the vii
lage of Winterboure, were burned to-day. The
loss is $4,000.
RED Wing, MINI, July 9.--Odd Fellows
hall and two adjoining buildings were de-
stroycd by fire last night. Loss S25,000 in
surance, $4,000.
SALEM, MASS, July "a fire this morning
gutted building on Essex street. owned by
the Jewett heirs, and occupied by number
Of business firms. The losses aggregate $l2,-
600; partially insured.
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A Chinese Reprobate,

New York, July 9.-Wing Sing, a Chinese
laundrymeu, was arrested to-day on the
charge of onticing Mary GSl, II years old,
into his laundry and there assaulting her.
He was remandcd for examination until the
girl is able to appear against him. He was
once before arrested on a charge of trying to
induce young girl to smoke opium, but was
then discharged for lack of evidence.
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A ThioTLvnched,

BATON ROUGE, La, July 0,-Henderson
Lee, colored thief who was being conveyed d
to Monroe by two officers, was taken from
them as they were in a wood near that place
this morning and hanged to a tree. The
officers and prisoner had taken refuge in the
woods over night from severe storm which
overlook them yesterday afternoon.
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Oregon Forests in Flames.

PORTLAND, oREG., July 9.-Tremendous
forest fires are raging south of Kalama. Six
miles of railway and two locomotives have
been destroyed at the Oak Point lodging
camp. The losses reported up to this morn
ing are estimated at 100000. Tho flames ex.
tend for miles and are so fierce that it is un'
safe to attempt TO investigate losses. 1t is be
lieved the fires will continue until rain falls
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A Robust Indictment.

PITTsRURG, July 9,--rho grand jury this
afternoon returned true bills against Archi-
bald II. Rowand, clerk of the county court,
on two indictments charging him with mis-
dcmcanor in office. The indictments contain
sixty-nino counts, alleging that fines were
collected when none had been imposed and
that Rowand failed to account for large sums
collected
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Thc pcnn.yIyamin Conyent,on.

HARRisBuRG, PA July 0.-Not more than
twenty delegates to the republican state con-
venton, which will assemble hore on We'd
neaday, have arrived. The convention prom
ises to be lively, but the indications tonight
are that the ticket has been made up, and
that Niles, Of Tioga, will bo nominated for
auditor general, and Alciose of Berks, for
trlu.lrnr.
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The TulIupOOsa.

BosToN July 0,-Thc Tallapoosa, Lieut.. ].
f, Berry in command arrived at the navy
yard here to-day from New York. She had
ON board the chief of the bureau OF navigation,
Comd'r. j. q. Walker and fumily, who left by
rail for Portsmouth. The Tallapoosa brought
stores and supplies, and will remain until
Secretary Chandler orders her elsewhere, as
he intends using her himself.
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Creek Indians.

The delegates of the Creek Indian nation
had conference with Indian Commissioner
Price yesterday in regard to the troubles be-
tween the Checota and Spioche factions in
the Creek nation. They will have con-
ference with Secretary Teller to-day on the
same subject.
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hoy Overheard.

WAsHINGToN, n. c., July 9.-Near here
to-day, AS the steamer Edgecombe was going
down the river with an excursion party, Clay
Litchheld, boy years of age jumped over
hoard, Several men sprang in after him, but
the boy was beaten to death by the wheels,
and tho persons who tried the rescue were
only saved with great difficulty.
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Chess, Checker, and Whist Club.

Chess, Checker, and Whist Club.
The regular meeting of the above club will
be hold this evening at their rooms in st,
Cloud building. AS business of importance
will be brought before the meeting large
attendance is earnestly requested The club
rooms are open every evening, and all in
terested in the above games are cordially
welcomed
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ercised and conditioned TO trot with st.
Julien in Chicago this month. MIR. w. Jor-
dan, the owner, announced to-day that the
race was of, and that Clingstone will remain
here.
NEW York, July 9.--The Brighton Beach
races have been postponed until the eleventh
instant.
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
OF
PIANOS AND ORGANS.

At the trustees sale on the 10TH of MAY of the
assets of the late firm OF Blackmar. Ebling & Co.
agents for the Chlckering Piano In Baltimore, pur
chased some magnificent bargains in new and second
hand Pianos and Organs AS / crowded for
room before making this purchase, find myself now
compelled to sell these goods at rlaing advance.
have no room to store them. l will sell for ten
days bran new square pianos for sl6O. worth $500
uprishts for s75 worth $780, square grand pianos for
$780, worth s6O0 organs for $50, worth $780, &c.
7octave Square Pianos, used as low s65 octave
for $40. These instruments are made by the best
known firms in the business and fully warranted
People of good countenance can purchase of us on
monthly payments For further particulars call on
CTIAJHTGEY j. REED,
4ss SEVENTH STREET N. W.,
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A BIcYcIe Rnce.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, July Oh, w. Higham,
the English bicyclist defeated John s. Prince,
the American champion, in q twenty mile
bicycle race here to-day. Time, III. ON.
h73s
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nImtinY NJ Montreal.

MONTREAL, July "a mutiny occurred
among the men aboard the steamship Auger-
head to-day through drink. Three rioters
were arrested.
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Clingstone-st. JuIien Race on.

CLEVELAND, July 9,-owing to cracked
beel, which was developed after his engage
ment, Clingstone could not be propeIlY ex'
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S1eh S9ubIitatious.

NEW BOOKS
Mr.. Isaacs (cloth), by F. Marion Crawford
Heart OF steel, By Christian Reed.
Fanchette. Round Robin Series"
Siege OF London, &c, by Henry James, JE
Story OF Melicent by FRyr Modoc
Red Acorn, by John McEroy.
Wronged Wife, by May Agnes Fleming.
Marked In Haste
story of Carnival. Leisure Hour Series"
History People United States, by John Bach Nc.
Castee.
Cities OF southern Italy and Sicily, by A. ]. C. Hare
Harris's Christianity and Civil Society.
Pecks Bad Boy.
Ewes Daughters; or, Common Sense for Maid,
Wife, and Mother, by Marion Harland. Il am glad
TO see that your counsel to your sex Ia marked by dis
creton and based on knowledge of the complex ele.
ments of the problem you have TO deal with. 1t Is
needed and Will be useful, especially coming from
oliver Wendell Holmes, NJ. D., Boston.
The Sources of English Words and Phrases by Ro-
get. Plain. also with Patent Index.
Coltons General Atlas, New Revised Edition:
G. A. WHITAKER,
OIL Pennsylvania avenue (Vernon Row.
and g3i ID street northwest.
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ST. JAMES EIOTEI,
ION THE EUROPEAN PLANl
Corner sixth Street and Penna. Avenua.
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A Cure at Last.

Apply by the little
finger into the nostrils
by absorption II effect
ually cleanses the ma.
sal passages ofcatnrrh.
nj virus, causing
healthy secretiona II
allays inilam nation.
-. aEtl,a haaA srnp, uA
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
ATHEISTS RULED OUT OF COURT.

Judge Briggs of Philadelphia, in a
comprehensive opinion delivered
lately, ruled that atheists and all
others who do not believe in a
Divine being and Divine rewards and
punishments are incompetent as wit.
nesses, The question was brought
up on motion for new trial in q
suit, the ground for the motion being
that Judge Briggs had admitted the
testimony of Robert Becker, who said
that, although he believed in the Gre
ator of the universe and in supreme
power which would punish him here
for false swearing, he did not believe
in God as commonly understood by
the people, nor in a personal God,
nor in God as an entity. There was
no other evidence in support of the
objection to the witness. In his opin-
ion, Judge Briggs said that it was
with some doubt that he admitted
the witness. After quoting authori-
ties he continued.
1T follows that the faith of a wit
ness should be religious belief Of
some kind in the existence of an
omniscient being, who will reward
and punish either here or here
after for good and evil deeds.
A belief in a power as exhibited
by the forces of nature, and
call it supreme and yet ignore that
that power is the handiwork of the
omniscient and omnipotent God, is
totally insufficient to meet the laws
requirements. Nor is any advance
gained by asserting that he who vio-
lates the law of nature will be pun
ished, for admittedly such punish
ment will follow with unerring GER
tainty. If one jump overheard in
mid ocean, or thrust his hand into q
raging fire, or violate any law of his
natural existence, he would be imme-
diately punished just in proportion
that he violates these natural laws.
A belief in such a punishment is not
a belief in Divine punishment, and
clearly insufficient to render one en-.
tertaining it competent to testify un-
der our law. While the witness said
he believed in supreme power that
would punish him here for false
swearing, he would not say that
he believed tnat power was Divine,
and he totally denied the person
ality of God and of God as generally
understood by people. With such
belief how can he be said to be in
fear of Divine punishment for testify
ing falsely? His belief being de.
fective in this respect. it falls short
OF one of the legal requirements which
is indispensable to exist to entitle
him to be examined as a witness in
the courts of this State. It follows
that l erred in receiving his testimony,
and that a new trial should be or
dered."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
EACH MOTHER LOWS 1HE BEsr

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"hl'e III! iainiiil" lies here on inA arm.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
OLD HICKORY'S WIFE.

When Gen. Jackson was a candi
date for the Presidency, in 1928, not
only did the party opposed to him
abuse him for his public acts, which,
If unconstitutional or violent, were a
legitimate subject for reprobation,
but they DETAINED the character of his
wife. On one occasion a newspaper
published in Nashville was placed
upon the Generals table. He glanced
over it, and his eyes fell upon an ar
ticle in which the character of Mrs.
Jackson was violently assailed. So
oOoii 90 ~ n'',t ivou ~ LU oUuu IvI LIS
trusty old servant, Dunwoodie.
Saddle my horse" said he to him.
in a whisper, 'and put my holsters
on him"
Mrs. Jackson watched him, and
though she heard not word she saw
mischief in his eyes. The General
went out after a few moments, when
she took up the paper and understood
everything. She ran out to tho south
gate ct the Hermitage, by which the
General would have to pass. She had
not been there more than few sec
onds before the General rode up with
the countenance of madman. She
placed herself before the horse, and
cried out:
oh, General, don't go to Nashville! {!
Let that poor editor live"
Let me alone" he replied: show
came you to know what 1 was going
for?"
She answered: Il saw it in the
paper after you went out put up your
horse and go back
He replied furiously: But 1 will go
get out of my way"
Instead of this she grasped his
bride with both hands.
He cried to her: Il say let 60 my
horse. The villain that reviles my
wife shall not liver'
She grasped the reins the tighter
and began to expostulate with him,
saying that she was the one who
ought to be angry, but that she for
gave her prosecutors from the bottom
of her heart, and prayed for them
that he should forgive if he hoped to
be forgiven, At last, by reasoning,
her cntreaties and her tears, she so
worked upon her husband that he
seemed Modified to certain extent.
She wound up by saying:
No, General, you shall not take
the life of my reviler-you dare not
do it; for it is written, vengeance is
mine: will repay, saith the Lordr ="
The iron nerved hero gave way be-
fore the pleading of his beloved wife,
and replied:
Il yield to you; but had it not been
for you and the words of the Al
mighty, the wretch should not have
lived an hour"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
CHAINED TO A WALL.

He is chained to the wall in the
prison of Porto Ferralo. No Jail is
more dreaded by the convicts than
this of Elba; nowhere is the chance
of escape more hopeless. He is
chained to the wall, and in the court
yard below him hears the prisoners
at work-the hammer of the carpen-
ters, the bellows of the blacksmiths.
He is chained to the wall, and Just
four years ago he was waiting in the
streets of Naples to see King Hum
bert enter the town with his Queen
and his Prime Minister beside him.
just four years ago, wrapping a strip
Of red cloth about his knife. he leaped
upon the carriage, and Carroll, the
Minister. turning his arm aside,
received wound in the side On
the red cloth was strip of paper:
death to the King. Life to the Uni
versal Republic" To-day Passanante
lies in Porto Ferralo, crouching on a
mattress, chained to the wall
Two wild beasts, barely human, are
chained in cells beside him. One is
Cipriano La Gala, chief of the Gala
brian brigands. Twenty five years
have gone since Cipriano, driven from
the mountains, took refuge in the
Pontitical States; since, fleeing again,
he hid in French vessel, and was
only surrendered by Napoleon III ON
condition that his life should be
spared. Neither by night nor day
during twenty years has he been
released from the chain, and yet
no warden knows hOw-he is king of
the prison, and with a signal COM
mands the implicit obedience of the
convicts. His neighbor is Rossignol,
a Frenchman. Rossignol lived at
Turin, in house beside the Po. He
had pretty sister, and night after
night would send her to the theater
or the opera. So pretty was she that
all the glasses would be turned on
her, and when she had attracted the
attention of some man of substance
she would answer his glances dis
creetly, would draw him slowly after
her from the theater, and would
bring him to the house beside the Po.
There NJ. Rossignol was waiting
behind door. A blow on the head
would suffice for the man of sub
stance. His body was dropped into
the river. Fifteen citizens of Turin
thus came by their end.
Passanante. then, is in pleasant
company. His chain is four feet
long; his cell is three yards wide.
By the dim light of the window he
reads his Bible. This is his sole
occupation. When he came to the
prison he asked for the Bible; he has
since done nothing but read and
mediate. When he sleeps broken
words come from his lips: "God,
Bible, brothers, people, universal
republic" He has no vices. Though
a Neopolitan he has neither gambled
nor drank. He scribbles his creed
on sheets of paper. Il belong to no
Sect" he writes: Il despise the In
ternationale and all who call them
selves communists. My idea is the
universal republic. It is announced
in tho r,rthe ana 1t VIII cOuv...-
Science has decided JnaJ ne IS not
mad; common sense decides that he
is no longer dangerous.
Yet while the other convicts ply
hammer and needle, he lies between
Cipriano, the brigand, and Rossignol,
the assassin. crouching on mattress,
chained to the wall The Hour.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
WHOLE NUMBER 1857.
POINTS as TO Draw POKER"

In reply to a charge that he wa.
addicted to the seductlons of draw
! poker, while serving as an army of
ticer at Prairie du Chen in 1884
Jeff Davis writes that at that early
period draw poker lad not been in
troduced. In order to ascertain the
correctness of this statement re.
porter of the Globe Democrat, on yes
terday. interviewed a number of old
st. Louisans. among them Mr.. James
Ames. Mr.. Ames is thoroughly versed
III the sporting history of the country
and he Is of the opinion that jeff is
right. His first recollection of draw
poker was Ill 1913, at which time it
was quite new game. introduced
only year or two previously. The
game before that was straight
poker which was gradually sup
planted 10y draw" Mr. Ike Tread
way. also an old citizen, and well
qualified to speak on such a subject,
said he thought draw" poker was in
troduced about 30 years ago. He had
known Of the game 30 years. He was
sure that if jeff Davis played poker
III 1881, he played it straight" A
visit to the residence Of Mr.. Henry
Perrltt, for the purpose of obtaining
more definite information on the sub
Ject, disclosed the fact that the old
gentleman. one of the best known and
most thoroughly posted sports of the
" estern country, was lying in bed
almost at tho point of death A stroke
OF paralysis, that affected his throat
and left arm, visited him week ago
last Friday, and he has been able to
speak only at intervals since and to
take no solid food. His mind is wan
derlng, his speech when he does
speaks incoherent, and DIR. Mudd,
who visits him, says that although it
Is possible that his patient may rally
and pull through the present combat
with the grim monster, it would not
be safe to give any odds as to the re-
suit. MIR. Perritt is Is years old. He
was brought to the door of death last
year, but regained sufficient strength
to be able to leave his house. Dur
ing his cOnvalescence he was run over
by horse and buggy, and this time
came very near going across the
threshold of the hereafter. He got
better. however. and was quite hale
and energetic until the present stroke
OF paralysis came. The success of
former bouts with the angel maker
leads his friend to hope that the old
gentleman will not give in this time
either.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
A BREAKFAST BREAK

"les. said the boy, with a vacant
look. Il take no interest in the pleas
ares of the chase any more. though |
did have little quiet fun this morn
ing at the breakfast table. You see
pa Is the contrarlest man ever was.
II | complain that anything at the
table don't taste right, pa says it is all
right. This morning l took the
syrup pitcher and emptied out the
white syrup and put in some cod-liver
OIL that ma is making for her cough.
put some on my pancakes and pre-
tended to taste of it, and told pa the
syrup was soar and not tit to eat. Pa
was mad IN Il second. and he poured
out some on his pancakes and said |
was getting too confounded particu-
lar. He said the syrup w;ts good
enough for him, and he sopped his
pancakes in it and fired some down
his neck. He is gaul darned hypo
critic that's what he is. 1 could see
by his face that the cod-liver oil was
near killing him. but he said the
syrup was all right, and if | didn't
eat mine he'd break my neck; and by
gosh L had to eat it. and pa he guessed
he hadn't got much appetite. and
would just drink cup of coffee and
eat donut. L like to dide. and that
| think makes this disappointment in
love harder to bear But | felt sorry
for ma. Ma amt got very strong
stulnmlck, and when she got some Of
that cot liver oil in her mouth she
went upstairs sickern horse. and pa
had To help her. and she had nooral
gia all the morning. eat pickles to
take the taste out of my mouth, and
then L laid for the hired girls. They
eat too much syrup anyway, and
when they got on to that cod liver OIL
and swallowed it, one of them,
Nlrlsh girl, she got up from the table
and put her hand on her corset and
said 'howly Moses" and went out into
the kitchen looking as pale as ma
does when she has powder on her face,
and the other girl, who is Dutch, she
swalled a pancake, and said Mine
Gott, vas de matter from me- and she
went out and leaned on the coal bin.
Then they talked Irish and Dutch. |
and got clubs and started to look for
me, and l thought would como over
here. The whole family is sick, but |
not from love, like my illness, and |
they will get over it, while l shall fill |
an early grave; but not till l have |
made that girl and the messenger
wish they were dead. Pa and l are |
going to Chicago next week. and III |
bet we'll have some fun Pa says | |
need change of air, and / think he
IS going to try and lose me. It's
cold day when L get left anywhere |
that | can't find my way back. Well. |
good by, old potatoes