davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
Church igglers.

We commend the following from
Rev. Joseph Parker of London:
Giggling in church is a constant
nuisance, and l hope that if the fol-
lowing paragraph should meet the
eye of any guilty parties it will do
them good; that they may see how
ridiculous they appear to others.
While the giggler is a pest, ] do
not know that the whisperer is
much or any better. 1t is astonish-
ing how some people can chatter
through an entire service. How
ever, here is the paragraph, which
| clip from an American paper.
Giggling is described in the die
tionary as the act of laughing
with short catches of BREATH" as
laughing idly, tittering, grin
ming" 1t is silly and childish
enough anywhere, but in church
it is abominabte, yet there is no
place where giggling is more COM
AiOll. IL is tldbuIdl LII SCuOOi- x Ills,
but when met in young women of
nineteen or twenty it is unpardon
able, 1t is frequently character
lstic of young men with incipient
mustaches, who think they quail
ty themselves for manhood by af-
tecting contempt for what their ell
ders revere. They giggle at any
thing. If they catch the eye of
any acquaintance they giggle; if a
woman rises too soon for hymn
they giggle; if a baby cries they
giggle; if some one drops a book
they giggle, if the clergyman coughs
they giggle; if the plate is handed
70 some one who puts nothing in it
they giggle; if some one near theGl
Angs out or repeats the responses
ouder they giggle; if the choir
makes a mistake they giggle. In
act, nothing is too small or inslg-
lnlcant to arrest their notice and
produce a giggle.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
Nightly in de Grass.
UNCLE JIM's BAPTIST REVIVAL HYMN,

Solo
Sins boosters crowed, Ole Masser's rix.
De sleepin' time is pas;
Wake up dem lazy Baptissis,
Chortts-Dey's mi9htiiy in de grass, grass.
Deg's saightiiy in de grass.
Ole Masser's blowed de mornin' horn.
He's blowed powerful bias,
Q Baptis', come, come hoe de corn,
fou's nightly IN de grass.
De th'dis' teams done hitched; o fool.
De days a-breakin' fas',
Gear up dat lean ole Baptis' mule,
Dey's mishti,y in dc grass.
De workmen's few an mons'rous slow,
De cotton's sheddin' fas'
Whoop! look, ies look at de Baptis' row!
HITS nightly in de grass.
De iaybird squeal to de mockin' bird, "Stop
Dom gimme none o. yo' sass;
Better sing one song for de Baptis' crop,
Dey's mi9htily IL, de grass"
An de ole crow croak ;"Do'n' work, no. no y
But de fiei' lark say, "Yaas, yaas;
An spec you mighty glad, you debblish
crow,
Dat de Bdptissis's in dc grass.
Lord, thunder us up to de ploughin' match;
Lord, peerten de hoein' fas';
Yea, Lord, hab mussy on de Bsptis' patch,
Dey's nightly in dc grass, grass,
Dep's nightly in de grass.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
Artemus Ward ON Preachers.

Show me a place where there
isn't any meetin'- house and where
a preacher is never seen, and Ill
show you place where old hats air
stuffed into broken windows, where
the children air dirty and ragged,
where gates have no hinges, where
women air slip-shod, and where
maps Of the DEVILS wild land air
painted on mems shirt busoms
with tobacco joocel That's what
I'll show you. Let US consider
what the preachers do for us be-
fore we aboose them. - -4rtensuS
Ward.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
Laurel Fork & Sand Hill Railroad.

w. Va. TrnnsPOrtatiOn Co., lessee.
VOLCANO, w. Va, May a. 1880.
ON an after this date trains Will run As
Ofollows:
No. leaves Volcano Mt 9:l5am, connecting
with Express mail West.
No. leaves Laurel Fork junction at 10 .leam,
No. leaves Volcano at 5 pm, connecting
with Express mail East.
No. leaves Laurel Fork June. Mt 6:l5pm,
Extraordinarily mornings only. Leaves
Volcano at :40am. Leaves l.. +. Junction IA
S.25am.
No. 2 win wait 80 minutes for delayed Ex--
press from the East.
No. 4 will walt hour for deayed Express
from the West.
NJ. c. c. CHURCH, Secretary.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
w. G. T. e.
"FoR GoD AND HOME AND NATIVE
LAND"
National Won,an'S Christian Temper
dnce Union.

prestdenat-MIss FRANCES E. WILLARD, of
Illinois; with Miss ANNA GORDON, Private
secretary.
corresponding Secretary-Mrs. c. B. Buell., So
Bibe House, N. Y.
Recording Secretdry-Mrs. Mary A. Wood
bridge, Ravenna, o.
Assistant Recording Secretary-Mrs. l.. NJ. n.
stevens, Stroudwater, Me.
Treasurer-Mrs. Esther Pugh, 1861 Walnut
street, Cincinnati,O o.
southern Secreta,y-Mrs. G. L. Mcleod, 2S7
uosher street, Baltimore, Md.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
West Virginia ". c. Z. y.

President MISS A. TAYLOR, Wheeling, w.
Va.
Corresponding Secretory-Mrs. ]. B. Thomp-
son, Grafton.
Recording Secretdry-Mrs. S. S. Rooten,
grafton.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30

preside1at-AIRS GEORGE LOOMS.
Wee Presidents
Mrs S, T. Stapleton, Mrs. J. II. Spence,
Miss Annie Taylor, Mrs. ". B. Caswell,
Mrs l.. n. Logan Mrs. r. L. Kendall.
Mrs Ralph Covert, Mrs. Josephine Robb
Recording Secretary-Mrs. o. G. Scofield.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. c. d. Mer-
rick.
TredSlt1er-Mrs. r. A. Tones.
Petersburg Young Ladies' c. T. U.
President-MISs CARRIE SCoFIELD.
Vice Presidents
Miss Bette Devol, Miss Eva V. Johnson.
Miss Annie Ebert, Miss Lulu Gilbert.
Superintendent-Mrs. H. X. Jones,
Secretdry-Miss Flora Cooper.
TredSurer-Miss Maud Kendall.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30

Consider how much more you
suffer from your anger and grief,
than from those things for which
YOU are angry and grieved.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
Cincinnati, Washington l. Balti-
more Railroad.

TN effect March II, 1888. The Quickest
j. Time and Fewest Changes, to all points
West and Northwest.
The popular line to st. Louis, Chicago, om-
aha and Kansas City.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30

Reliable Business Houses Of
THE CITY OF WHEELING. ". VA.
BOOKS, STATIONERY AND
IL FANCY GooDS-JoHN w. HEISKELL.
q Twelfth street.
NLOTHIERS, WHOLESALE
~ NJ. GUTMAN & CO., corner of Main and
Twelfth streets.
GROCERS, WHOLESALE j
" Neill, w. Dillingham;, s, II. Crayton,J
McClure-NEILL & ELLINGHAM
GRAIN, FLOUR, FEED, Ballet
" HAY, STRAW, &c.--J. NJ. CLoUSToN,
1928 South street. See advertisement.
IEWELER-JOHN A. LASH
u Corner Main and Eleventh streets.
American gold and silver watches a speciality.
NATIONAL BUSINESS COL
~ LEGE-For particulars address j. NJ.
FRAsHER & CO., Wheeling, w. Va
OPTICIAN-T.J.CARTWRIGHT,
" 1907 Main street. Fine Cutlery,
ments, &C.
DORK PACKER AND CURER
Il of the celebrated Chester Meats-D. c.
LIST, JR. See advertisement.
DOPE, TWINE, GUM AND LEA
IVTHER BETTING. CHAS. IL. BERRY,
Wheeling, VIVA.
NINNERS-G. w. JOHNSON'S
l. SONS, 1910 Main street, manufacturers
and Wholesale dealers in Tin, Copper, Sheet
Iron, &C, and Timers Stock.
HARPER & BRO. HATTERS,
IlWholesale and Retail, 1901 and ll0l Main
Street, Wheeling, W. va.
MONUMENTS. NEAR STONE
M BRIDGE, Wheeling, w. Va. VIII guar
antee good work at the very lowest prices.
CARROLL 4 BRO.
RAVENSWOOD BUSINESS HOUSES.
DEAL ESTATE AGENT.-T.
III II. b. LEMLEY.
A TTORNEY-AT-LAW AND So
ALICITOR-In Chancery.-N. c. PRICKITT.
Collections speciality.
VETERINARY PHYSICIAN,
' Surgeon and Practical Horse-shoer-Prof.
]. C. Archer. Special attention to Diseases of
the Horses Foot and to shoeing Lame horses.
RUGGIES, SPRING WAGONS
Dand First-class Farm Wagons-D. p.
HUFF, Manufacturer. All work and mate
rial warranted first-class.
HUNTINGTON BUSINESS HOUSES.
CLOTHING = GENTS FURN-
FISHING Goods, Hats and Caps, Trunks, &C.
J. H. CAMMACK Il CO., Sd Avenue.
FURNITURE, COFFINS AND
IL Caskets, Picture Frames, &c. W. II. ii.
HolIswade. Sd Avenue.
NROCER-J. N. POTTS. I'D AV-
W enue and Sth Street
PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK AND
Il VIEWS of all sizes. II you wish any good
work, write. GEO. w. KIRK.
STOVES, TINWARE, HOUSE
bFurnishing Goods, &c. A. +. Southwortb
&Bros., Sd Avenue. Roofing Guttering and
Spoutinga speciality.
4 WIN NAV IOR AMI DO ILDEh---
oDealer in Builders Material. A.B.Palme.
Sd Avenue.
+ H. FERGUSON, ATTORNEY
- AT-LAW, Charleston, w. Va.
g c.. BURDETT, ATTORNEY.
NJ ATLAW; ONCE opposite Court House,
Upstairs, Charleston, W. Va.
TAS. r. MIDDLETON, ATTOR-
~ NEY-AT-LAW,N Notary Public, u. 8. Com
missioner, Real Estate and Insurance Agent,
Office, Bank Building, Capitol street, Up
Stairs, Charleston, w. Va.
DIR. w. III. RAVENSCKAFT.
OFFICE:-Academy of Music Building.
BiSZantZ'S Hotel,
FRANK B. BTSZANTX,
PrOp'r.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30
Cleveland L. Marietta Railroad
and Connections.

In effect Sunday, Nov. 18th, 1882
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-30

Stop on signal. -
Nos. / and and No. 0 east OF ChiIlicothe.
stop at all stations. H If n
Train 30 viii carry passengers be-
tween Chillicothe and Park ersburg.
Trains Mes. 80 and 30 Will carry passengers
between Athens and Chillicothe.
Trains Nos, and have Palace cars To
Cincinnati and st. Louis without change.
Trainn No. has Palace Cars 80 Cincinnati.
NO trains on Hil1sboro or Portsmouth,
branches on Sunday.
THOs. p. BARRY, GenI Pass. d Ticket Ag't
j. Il. ROSE, Nj. Oft.
JOHN ADAIR, Agent. aH o
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-06-26
snrembnr9er Gazette.

Nein! rief Marielle, Der bas @einer
nabe fam, IS 1T unnObtis; i9 mill MIDI
mebr NIT Germ BON 9acujan ipreden.
gIande itanb auf unb iiel ibr INN Der
gals.
Siebit On, fubr fe in ibrem iusenb:
li6sn Mutbmiaen fort, @aes bas 1T MIDI
nOtbis. Sic ieete fid wieberum rnb idrief
NIT einisen 6ebertri9en:
8elu9 uns bod beute! 8lan6e.
sic faltete bas papier unb i9rieb biz
4Srefe:
Gin ben 6errn @rafen pom Qacusan aui
Dem S9loiie bu Grail.
Marisls iaste li6elnS: 60 lit es gut
i9 banfe Dir, Slande. gber slaubit On,
baB CT fommen pirb2
Oapon bin i9 feit iiberSeust, antwortete
lire S9weiter nit einem sewiien Stols.
MarieIe fiiBte ie unS cling in ben Gar.
ten. Der grief uurSe bur6 einen reiten.
BEN Soten uon Gopal aus beiorst. Oas
SdloB 9acusan's war mir cine Stunbs
SSe9s eHlIeIHl.
Den sansen Gag iiber war Marielle in
@soanfen periunten uno ~trauriser als ges
wSbnIi6. Baron b'9luausour iu9te uers
seblid, ibr elm sd9eln gu entloden. Sebes
Mal wenn Marieae bic @lofe bes Saupts
portalss ani6lagen bSrte, er3itterte fie.
Man bate sIauben %fOnnen, iie fir6te iid
nun Dor BEN, ben iie 10 iebnIidit berbeises
wiini9t' bate.
Der Srsmbe, welber bic @lode geso9en
bate, frat elm. @s war 0acu3an nidt;
Mariele atbmete wieber auf unb besann
Die Minuten 81 sdblen. Oils iie enbe
lid in Der 9fQee pon Weitem ben galopp
bes BferScs 9~acu;an's erfannte, IieB ie iid
auf cine &%aienbanf nieber, udbrenb ie
Die fleinen Sdnbe auf ibr bebenbes 9era
preBte.
Gs muB iein! f~ilterte ie Dor iid BIN,
i'd MID es!
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-06-26
XII.
Sire Sbeen.

XIX Spuitc lput pttSuo vNuitt ptH utttil
0u6en bes Barfes pom Nopal peri6wuns
ben. Der @inb erftarb i'm Qaubmerf Scr
8aume unb @eitrduds. Stia mar es in
ben lansen unS oben Maeen. @raf Seins
rid pom 9aeusan sins nit Srdulein pom
Nopal IN ben sriinen 9aubsdnsem auf unb
ab.
Gum eriten Wsal befonSen iid Beibe al>
lein. Qacusan s~itterte Dor innerer GREE
suns unb uermodte faum gu ipreden. Gin
DON Suan war bieier tapfere unb idone
SoISat ni9t; aber Don Suan ielbit miirbe
fur1tiam serpeien iein, ruenn er einmal in
~ieinsn, 2eben aufridtis seliebt bate.
YIan6e bate fie bis in cine auee bes
Yarfes bssleitet unb mar bann entfioben,
I'M bic geioen allein gu laiien.
Serr @raf, iaste enblid Mariells be-
berSt, i9 bin es seweier, Die Blan9e bal,
gu idreiben.
9acn;an antportete fidts.
SD babe 8lande sebsten, Sbnsn gu
idreiben, fubr Mariele fort, neil i'd sic
UNI cine @efdaisfeit gu bitten babe.
Qaeusan usrneiste iid. Traulein pom
@opal peiB, baB i'd gang ;u ibrer gerfiis
suns itebe, erpioerte er.
Marisls fanb, SaB Ser @raf elm uoQsns
better @belmann iei.
Wenn sic nnr SIREN Wuni9 dubern
woQten -, bemertte 9acn;an.
0ad einisem 3Oserm besamn Marieae:
!6err @raf, i9 nil ni9t periu9en, meis
men S9ritt por Sbnsn gu snti9uIbisen ;
i9 babe gertrausn an Sbnen. Sie miiiisn
mid beute glbenb mad &snnss besleiten.
e~aeu;an erwieberte raid:
G,emiB, id werbe sic beslsiten, mein
Srdulein.
sic werben wobl nod msbr tbun, fub,
Marielle fort, Siewerben mid 81 einemiene,
&ranfen mitnebmsn, welde Sic itets be-
luden.
@el9e &ranfen2 fraste Der @rai per:
wunbert.
sic wiien iebr gut, wouon i'd iprs9e, per:
istte Sas iunse Map9en.
0ieies Mal uerdnberte ii9 Sas @eiidt
Qacu3an's.
Die Yeit 1T anitedenb, marnte er, mo-.
fir er ieood uon MarieQe bur9 cine per:
wsiisnbe Miene seitraft wurbe.
llnb sic, Ssrr @raf, trotsn bieier Gin,
itsduns tdsIid perieste Sas 6rduIein.
Oas 1T etpas anbsrss, entsesnete 9aeu.
gan, beiIen Gimme wieoer isinen @iqer
cine i6mersli6s Setonnns annnabm /; abe,
Sic!
Warisue mar iidtlid erregt. SD oanfe
Sbnen, iaste ie, Obme gu wiien, mas is
iprad.
9acusan ma9te cine bebenflide Miene.
Sntereiiiren sic iid pisaeidt fir Gina
Sisier llnsIadliden? fraste er ididtern.
Nein !. usrIeste Marielle.
gtber marum psrlansep sic bann, iie 81
iebeas
Oas iunss Mdb@em wanste ii3 ab uns
idwirs.
SD bite sic initdnbisit, Senfen sic bod
barber nad, mas ie p%erlansenl ieste
0raf 9einrid binSu.
Gabrielle ieSo6 antuortete: Serr @rai
BON Qaeusan, i9 pia es Nun eimmal =
Qacusan bstra6tete ie nit einem fold
melandolii6en Slid, baB Marielle wieSer.
bolt ibrs glusen nieoeri9lus. Ste iinb SIS
nisin, mein 6rduIein, unb Hiemano bat
Sbnen bis iett ben @eboriam peuueisert.
slber absslebsn pon Der @efabr Der 9lns
iteduns, Der sic bel einem iol6en Se'
Jude ausssiest iino, wifien sic Senn,
wel9' fur6tbaren ginbuld sic empfinoen
wsrOen, wel6' iar9terli9en S9auper.. e
Mariele idieu mssSulois gu wsrben.
9acusan srfaBte ibre Sano unb iu6te mel.
ter auf fie einsuwirfen eritere ieood
wieberbOIte in taltem unb sebisterii4em
Gone:
SD wia es!
Ser graf perbeuste fia bis gu ibrsl
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-06-26
SaS
%gebeimmibDOae st9loB.

uopeIIe BON g TeuaI.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-06-26

beito idwd6er murbe bic GIamme, baber
man nur nnbeutlid ieben fonnte. Mm @ae
gen angelanst, faderte iebo9 bic 6lamme,
piebersbea auf. Mariele itieB einen Sdrei
bes Gntleten5 aus.
Die beiben Wasen paren bis obsn nit
9ei6en angefIlt. SIS war bieies Die
traurise Grmte bss bertiscn Ibenbs.
9ier! rief Der Mann nit Der Sadel,
wdbrenb ct auf einen Ropf seists, Der iiber
ben 8asen beraussins, bier lit SOiette bu
Sour, bic quite 5rau.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-06-26

usbsrauin allen Up 0tsei.m ,a sabem.
Milford chronicle., 1883-11-02

GEnDET Can be read only by those holding key!
O@yn6 Capable OF endless changes. For s9in,
RRFnHRERTn pie directions send 36c. LORAM
Whl ING AsCOTT, Wateryille, Conn.
NT0 week Sl2 day at home easily made. Costly
Dlh Outfit free. Address TAuE Co, Augusta Ne:
Good Pay for Agents. 500 10 5000 per
mo, made selling our fine Books and Bibles.
Milford chronicle., 1883-11-02
Ontrages in Port au Prince.

A correspondent at Port au Prince
sends the following:
"On Saturday, September %, at eleven
a. m, a cry was heard, Revolution 7
Revolution 7 1t was then discovered
that the General of the ACCOMPLISHMENT,
Penor, was shot. Five minutes after
ward fire was put to all the leading mer-
camille houses. Many of the freproof
buildings stood the fire. When that
was discovered the rabble resorted to
digging out the doors, windows and
walls, quitting the stores and placing fire
to them.
''Port au Prince may well be said to
be in ashes. The greatest CONSERVATION
prevailed. Bunting of all nationalities
was Immediately hoisted at the several
consulates and private houses. The fire
lasted until Monday morning, the oath.
"The English, French and Spanish
war ships, very fortunately for the for
eigners, were in port, and the men of
retrospective ships were landed. Thanks
to the determined steps Of the represen-
tatives Of these nations their efforts re-
suited in somewhat establishing order.
A great many foreigners were roughly
handled and in many cases shot. A few
Englishman and one Cuban were brutal
lyshot and several wounded. The coun-
try was entirely given up, it is said, by
the President for pillage and arson.
"The Secretary of the United States
Legation, Nh. Eugene V. Garrido,
charged by the Vice-Consul-G General,
DIR. John B. Terres, to procure a flag for
his protection, left the Legation for that
purpose. While returning, enveloped
in the Stars and Stripes, and when not
over one hundred yards from the Con-
sulate, he was shot at by some thirty or
more men who were stationed at his door.
The Secretary was compelled to retreat
to a friends residence close by, when a
bullet came pretty near carrying away
both. When he could manage to get !
out he found his residence reduced to |
ashes and all he possessed gone. On |
Sunday at about two p. m. the unfortu-
nate Secretary was at the door of the |
Legation receiving some of the poor
families that were burned out, an act en-
tirely charitable and humane, when he |
was menaced and roughly handled by a |
mob who used bayOnets and cutlasses.
Milford chronicle., 1883-11-02
The Fathers Search.

No sadder story was ever told in the
pages Of romance than that of the cruel
abduction of little Charlie Ross and the
wanderings of the unhappy father, who
has been dragging his sorrows about
from place to place for nine weary years
in a vain search for his lost child. Every
new clue, while it brings with it hope,
tears open the wounds of the parents
heart and they bleed afresh. Every new
disappointment recalls the anguish of
the first wretched hours of bereavement.
Now the search leads to the far West,
where a brother of Mosher, the supposed
abductor of the child, was recently
lynched for murder. Before he died he
dropped hints prompting the belief that
Charlie had been carried out to Wyom-
ing Territory, and the father hastens to
Cheyenne to investigate the story. We
fear the search is destined to end as so
many others have done before it.
If the child could be found and re-
stored to his parent all the world would
rejoice. Every heart would breathe a
silent prayer Of thanlfulness and joy.
But even then there would be touch Of
sadness mingled with the bliss Of re-
union. Poor Charlie when stolen from
his parents was a little four-year-old
prattler, with bright eyes and golden
hair and merry laugh. The father will
never again take the lost child to his
heart as he was in those days. To wholly
heal the wounds he has receivedit would
be necessary TO set back the hand of
time to enable him to fondle with the
golden locks-to hear the childish voice
lisp its joy-to kiss the fresh young lips
as they used to be kissed in the happy
days before the terrible sorrow fell upon
the family circle. This can never be.
Little Charlie is gone forever. The
child If found will be a lad OF thirteen
or fourteen years, tried by adversely,
probably without memory of his past
those who have suffered such
anguish for his loss. No; there can be
no thorough healing Of the parents sor-
row in this sad case. But every heart
will send up a sincere wish that he may
discover his son and that his weary
search may at last be succeeded by such
happiness as he can yet enjoy.-NeaO
York World.
Milford chronicle., 1883-11-02

A PIT1FUn TRAeEDY.-It will be re-
membered that Mrs. May Roper,
daughter of 'Jenny June" Croly, and
wife of Lieut.. Roper, Of the navy, died
during the summer in Maine, whittier
her parents had taken her to prolong her
life. Her husband was in command Of
a ship on the coast of China, and for a
month affectonate letters, two or three
week, continued to come from him to
her. The day the cables brought him
news of her death he was ordered with
the ship to the South Pacific Mrs.
Roper was not only intelligent and gifted
in many ways, but she was a most Joy
GUS and sunny-hearted little lady, and
her death seems pityful tragedy,
Milford chronicle., 1883-11-02
Dishonest Pension Claim Agents.

District Attorney Corkhill in Wash
ington has written a letter to Secretary
Teller on the fraudulent transactions of
certain pension claim agents, in which
he proposes to make a thorough inves-
tigation Of the charges made by those
who have been the sufferers. He says
he has become satisfied that the Grand
Jury Of the District should give these
complaints a thorough investigation, so
that innocent men may not be subject
to unjust imputations and the guilty
may be brought to answer them. He
thinks the character of the enormous
frauds which are being perpetrated upon
applicants for pensions by certain claim
agents of Washington will. if the ale
cations made are sustained by the evi-
dence, surprise the public. In conclud-
ing the letter the District Attorney
says
''The persons defrauded are poor
and comparatively helpless and form
class to whom the country owes special
protection. If the representations made
to me concerning the devices used to de-
fraud them of their little earnings are
true, they rival in cunning the artifces
of the most experienced swindlers who
practice three-card monte and similar
games. If nothing else were accon1-
plished by the investigation it would at
least warn soldiers and their widows and
orphans of their danger and prevent in
future their being swindled of their
money, and it will vindicate honest
agents from unjust suspicion"