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A MAN FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS.
Strange Experience Of q Woman who
Kept Grocery in Kansas City.

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1t transpires that Frank Gray, a real
estate dealer and grocer who formerly
kept a saloon here and has been known
to the business fraternity for two years,
is woman. 1t is alleged that she has
Dlasqueraded as man for fifteen years.
Her experience has been varied and
unique. When she ran saloon and
dressed in male attire she drank at the
bar with nearly all the men about town
and heard them gossip about woman
and affairs in general which do not al
ways reach feminine ears. Her voice
was SO masculine that no one suspected
her. On one occasion she very nearly
got into trouble because of a fancy she
took to a married woman. L. w. Fos-
ter, piano tuner, and his wife boarded
at the same house with Gray, as the
feminine saloon keeper was called, and
Foster became insanely jealous over the
attentions which Gray paid to Mrs.
Foster. He went SO far as to write his
wife's father at Chicago about the scan
dial and threatened to get divorce.
Gray became involved in Lawsuit,
however. and the startling discovery
was made that Gray was a woman
named Mary B. Walcot5. This reyela-
tion was followed by others, and it is
finally learned that Mrs. Walcott had a
married daughter living in this city.
The discovery is said to have been
made by private detective who
received pointer" FROM her son-in-
law. Under the name of Gray she ran
a grocery for some time at the corner Of
Seventh and Wyando5te streets. She
then began to speculate in real estate
and showed good judgment and acquir-
ed much money. During her residence
here she made frequent visits to Col
ambus, Ohio. and then always wore
clothing becoming her sex. BY con-
slant shaving she. baa..sasescded. il. |
raising !itss sg;s:a:Ise. =;
St: Pan! :gsuaa FAIR. :. II
]: 1ie. Francs tai; ir:asE Of ii4:psfs,!
shial schools 81 St. Louis IS parish, st.
Paul. opened successfully in Market
1all last Wednesday night. The tables
md booths present neat and tasty
appearance, and the ladies in charge
Ire severely testing the generosity of
heir many admirers. Tonight windsl
Up the joyous fete.
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LUCKY IN THEIR OLD DAYS.
Two Pennsylvanians Find Themselves Heirs
to PROPERTY Worth S2,OOO,OOO,

Two pennsYlVan1anS End themselves HEIRS
to Property Worth 100000.
About the year 1920, there lived at
Cameron Mills, Thompsontown Pa, a
family named Smith. There were two
sons and two daughters. The girls
We're married, one to man Ramed
Briggs who settled on farm about two
miles above Thompsonyille, In Juniata
County She and her husband died and
the soledescendant of the family is Miss
Mary Briggs. sixty years old and IN
married, who resides in the parental
homestead The other sister married
Thomas Thompson and lived in New
Cumberland. They had son whom
they named Thomas Thompson, who
now resides at Newport, Perry County,
and be is the only surviving offspring
of the union The two Smith boys,
brothers of the girls. named John and
James, went West, and for fifty years
had been accommodating wealth IN cattle
and mustangs. Little communication
was had between the branches OF the
Smith, Thompson and Briggs families
n latter years
a few days ago Miss Troup. cousin
from the Western States, paid visit
to Newport with her friends, among
whom was relative of Mr.. Thomas
Thompson. Miss Troup announced
that the Smith brothers had died four
months ago on one OF their Western
ranches, leaving property valued at
s.. 600 900. Investigation shows that
Miss Briggs and Nj. Thompson nephew
and niece of John and james Smith.
are the heirs and they will get million
each. Mr. Thompson. is hearty at
eighty-six. and remembers when Gen.
Simon Cameron and the Two brothers
first arrived IN Harrisburg. He had
lived IN the city all his life. He has ae-
CURED d comfortable sum Of money
some years ago. and placed it in the
Bridge Bank at Harrisburg at s. per
cent. The bank failed. Tie legal steps
70 establish the claim of the heirs. viii
be taken at once.
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DEATH OF JOHN MCCULLOUGH.
sorrowfIl End Of Brilliant Career. His
tory Of His Last Illness

John Mccullough, the actor, died at
his residence in Philadelphia, on Sun
day, November s, at five minutes past
l o'clock. Mr.. Mccullough s death, al
though not entirely unexpected, occur
red quite suddenly, andwas due, as DR.
Hugo Engel says, to an affection Of the
brain caused by blood poisoning. Dr.
Engel asserts that Mccullough was not
insane and thatit was a mistake to have
placed him in the Bloomington Insane
Asylum where he was confined num-
Der OF weeks. His falling mental pow
ers were first noticed in the early part
of January, 1884, and In April Of that
year be made q lamentable failure of
"Othellon in Washington. After that
his ailment manifested itself at various
times in the loss of memory, the prompt
er at times being obliged to follow him
about tie stage: !. In III a.hessnn1ner Of 1884
ne spent some time nj Carlsbad, Ger
many. Returning to tShis country IN
August, he played a five nights engage
ment in Milwaukee. Thence he
to Chicago, where he az FED
stage for tbs last time in his life on the
night of September %, 1884, i'll the char
acter of Spartacus in the Gladiator"
His condition that night was so bad
that the curtain was rung down at the
end of the second act From that time
he has grown worse until death, occa-
sionally mending slightly, but at all
times his condition was considered
hopeless by his friends.
Heswas brought to Philadelphia Octo-
Der Is, just two weeks before his death
and taken to the residence of his fam
lily, where he died. At that time he
recognized no one, not even his wife
or his two sons, and had no control of
his muscles, except little over those Of
his right arm. He regained the use of
his limbs slowly and in few days was
able to raise himself to a sitting posi-
ton. he continued in about this same
condition until he died.
Mr. Mccullough was born in Color
ian county Antrim, Ireland, November
p, 1888, being almost fifty-two Years OF
age He came to America in 1916
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CATHOLIC music, IN THE WEST.
SEND FOR CATALOGUES.
GABLER PIANOS

OF these superb instruments. of which our
house alone has sold nearly 1000 IN Dakota ana
Minnesota, il IS unnecessary for us TO speak
throughout the United States they are re-
aowned for there sterling qualities and u,,nues-
tiouahla reliability. For these reasons and on
account of their medium price. we find them
extensively used in educational INSTITUTIONS
among which are the following
ST. Josephs Academy, Locust street pi,fIa
st. Francis Academy, Loretto. Pa. Sisters OF
the holy Child, Lower Derby, Sisters OF Mercy
sotun oia street. Phila. sisters Of the Sacred
Heart. St. Pauis Church. Sisters OF Mert.y
Spring Garden street. PhiIa., St Michael,s a cs.-
denny. n. Second street, Phiia. Sisters of Mercy
Lebanon Phila.; ST. Xavier academy Lat robe.
Sharon Academy. Darby Road Sisters of the
immaculate Heart Frankfort street. st Anf1e's
convent. Richmond, St. Patrfck,s Academy,
Locust street, Phila-, ST. Maryss Convent Pitts
burg, Sisters of MercF. N i1th street, phiia
Sisters Of St. Anne. Richmond: Sisters Of ST
Joseph. Front street Phila; Sisters of the Sacred
Heart. South Chester; ST. John school house
Manayunk. Sisters Of Notre Dame. Written.
house square: St MARI s school. Camden. Nj
sisters of ST Joseph. Camden. n. j.; ST. Pat
rex Academy. LocusT street. Phila. st JOS
eph hospital. Grand avenue. Phiia
These are bat q few OF rha many hundred
schools. Academies and Churches that have
purchased, AMI are using the GABIsER
We cordially invite you 10 cali or write Us for
Catalogues. Prices and Terms.
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Mr.. Depew's Last Cigar,

The Hon. Chauneey M. Depew was in
Albany attending the meeting of the
New Z orlS Central stockholders. Meet
ing friend, the tender of a Cigar to
Mr.. Depew called an interesting remin-
iscence, which we give in Mr.. Depew's
words: II was a confirmed smoker,
smoking twenty cigars a day up to about
a dozen years ago, when [ gave up the
habit. [ now do not use tobacco.
Twelve or thirteen years ago found
myself suffering from indigestion, with
wakeful fits at night, NERVOUSNESS and
inability to submit to much
strain. ! was in Albany
ana bought n. i@.ses sssyyatsi Y7 VS.
was walking lip Isrosldway, and at Ii 8
corner of State streetI took the cigar
out Of my mouth and locked atsiit.
had smoked about an inch Of lit. A.
thought struck me. had Deen reading
a German savant's book on the unhealtll-s
fulness Of the use OF tobacco b q locked
at my cigar and said: our asSsce res
sponsible for this mischief I threw
that Partaga into the gutter and resoAy-
ed not to smoke again. For six months
] suffered t. e torrents Of the damned.
[ wanted to smoke, but resoiutely re-
fused. My appetite meanwhile was
growing better, my sleep was growing
sounder, and ] could do more work. I
did not smoke up to two or three years
ago. After had worked for seventeen
hours continuously one day, late at
night thought ! would try a cigar as
a soothing influence. j lit a.cigar 1t
was delicious. ! enjoyed the aroma of
the smoke and the pleasue of the cigar
more than ! can say. The next day |
smoked four and then two Hound the
use of tobacco was affecting my physi-
cal system and | stopped it entirely and
have not commenced again and prob
ably never shall.
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An Extraordinary Kind of Book.

IN the agricultural department of a
library of Warenstein, near Cassel, Ger
many, may be seen a most novel collec-
ton Of books. At first glance they APP
pear like rough blocks of wood, but on
closer examination it is found that each
is a complete history of the tree it repre-
sents. AT the back OF the book the
bark has been removed from space
large enough to admit the scientific and
the common name Of the tree as title
One side is formed from the split wood
Of the tree showing its grain and natur-
al fracture; the other shows the wood
when worked mooth and vanished.
One end shows the grain as left by the
saw, the other the finely polished wood,
On opening the book one finds the
fruit, seeds, leaves, and other products
OF the tree, the moss which grows upon
its trunk, and the insects which feed
upon the various parts Of the tree 70
all this is added a Well-printed descrip-
ton of the b; bits, usual location, and
manner of growth Of the tree all form
ing a complete history of each kind Of
timber represented, and each in form
readily understood. Journal.
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Ward Hungers for Better Fare.

Ferdinand Ward was looking badly
on Sunday, and trembling as though he
had chill. Toa reporter he said: Zone
thing is certain, and that is that l will
notlive to serve out my term unless get
something that can eat and work that
/ can do. Keeper Scripture, who has
charge of the shop where work is very
harsh to me. If | stop moment to rest
he yells out to me not to loaf. 1t hurts
me mere than can express to have peo-
Tlots Of money. When
Tie money had in
eno mIue wos4u WAS eighty UoIfars. I
sold my watch that cost $3.50 for 500,
and that made up the sum that was
found in my possession. Ny wife has a
very small income, not enough to sup
port her, and SO she is going to live with
my brother think Holt ought to re-
cover all the money Warner got from
the firm. In my statement with Davies
/ charge Warner with having received
$3.50 900, because this is all that / could
prove, but he really received more than
81 900 600. -
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W. ]. DYER & BRO.

is s 80 EAST THIRD STREET, ST. PAUL.
AND
10 & 40 sTooLLET AVE-. MINNEAPOLIS.
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Waste Paper that Isn't Waited.

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Down in the h4senent Of the United
States Treasury department is a room
III which about a dozen girls sit and
sort over the waste paper which has ac-
cumulated from the work Of the 900
clerks in the rooms above. All of the
waste paper OF the department is trans
ferred to their room by the sweepers at
the close of the each day. Then the
girls go over it carefully piece bypiece,
and they frequently make very yaIsi-
able discoveries. Not long ago $4,000
worth Of bonds were found in a waste
paper basket in the office of the Comp
troller OF the currency, and there was a
great howl about it at the time, but in
the end nobody was punished for the
gross carelessness. But such Large
sums as this seldom find their way into
the sorting room. The principal dis
coyeries are peDholders and stationery
which have been accidentally dropped
into the waste basket. Sometimes a
valuable disappears in an ura-
accountable manner from the files Of
the department. The rooms are ran
sacked, and everybody connected with
the division becomes well-nigh crazy.
As q last resort, the waste paper room
is appealed to. In nine chances ont OF
ten, if the paper has been disposed Of
in that way, the girls will find il. They
have become remarkably expere ID sort-
ing over this rubbish. a girl vii take
q mess Of it In her hands, and In less
time than it takes to tell it her sharp
eyes will have seen the different pieces,
and if there is q scrap fflas looks as
5iohsi i 1aight be valuable il il care
ally laid aside for future examination.
Experience has convinced the e sasys
officials Ihat these girls annually save
many times their salarie 10 tie gov
,rnment. The sale Of the waste paper
one Of considerable Importance, ana
ne revenue each year iss b, the course
II business turned back Ia I'll, tho e
Try, where It properl 4 belongs. B J.
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StaInNay, Weber, Behr Bros,
AND
GABLER PIANOS,
AND THE
Mason I Es'alIa and shaai.gs' Organs,

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nearly every one to purchase an ins rumeut on
payments as easy renting.
FOURTH-Our range of prices from $50 to
500 on All Organ, and from sos to 81. 600 on q
Piano, thus atfording "a opportunity for
choice between the lowest aud the highest
FlFTH-Our stock OF EVERYTHING IN
THE MUSIC LINE, from the smallest musical
instrument TO Grand Piano.
We carry the most complete stock of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-09
THE FLATS IMPROVEMENT.
Col. Hams RepOrt-The Striking of
Gas-PrOgress OF the Dredging.

Col. Hams, in his report to the chief of en-
gineers OF the operations for the improvement
of the Potomac river during November, states
that the dredging of the Washington and Vir-
ginia channels, above and below Long bridge
was continued with three hydraulic dredges
The dredge Atlanta, hired by the hour, worked
nearly two hundred hours in forming the en-
bankment along the margin OF section I, and
the hired dredge Alaska worked in forming
embankment on the southeast margin of the
tidal reservoir The study Of plans for inlet
gates for the tidal reservoir was taken up dur
ing the month, and, with a view to determin-
ing the kind of foundation necessary, an ex-
animation was made. Behring'S were made to a
depth Of seventy feet without finding sufficient
stability to rest the desired structure without a
pile foundation. Even this may prove made
Quate, for at various depths gas In considerable
Quantities was found. At depth OF sixty-five
feet the pressure was sufficient to drive the
sand pump from the pipe to a height of fifteen
feet. The pressure was not continuous, but
gradually subsidized after the first tapping. In
execution Of the project aimed at by the whole
improvement = channel has been dredged from
GiesbOro' Point to Georgetown 800 feet wide
and 20 feet deep, and is now being still further
widened. The channel along the city front,
which is to be widened and deepened, has had
about 507, 900 cutie yards of material dredged
from 1t. OF the Il, OO0, 900 cubic yards Of mate
rial required to fill the fats to proper height
about 3,127 cubic yards has been deposited.
1t Is proposed to. continue dredging In both
channels and depositing material during De-
Cemher
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Beethoyen's sixth Concerto Found
EXCITEMENT IN WALL STREET.
Wild Scene in the Lake Shore Corner
mt the Opening at the heard Wander.
h:it Shares Generally Depressed, hut
Confidence Soon Restored.

New York, Dec. a.-Brokers and operators
arrived nj their Offices at an unusually early
hour this morning. There WAS anxiety ever,-
where 10 know what the stock market wo,.lt
do at the opening. but "A confident tone was Oh
serNahle i'm rcariy every instance where opin-
ions were expires, ed, and the London quo.n-
t1onS which werC here hail ar hour before ;hs
opening OF the stock Exchange. were reassur-
ing. ON the board a dense crowd of brokei
stood i'm the Lake Shore corner awaiting tis
iali OF the chairnaa'S gaNe!. whcn IL came
IL was followed by Wild excitement fpr u
few minutes, and SirUg'l. between thu>s
who had orders 10 clos out. their accounts TT
The opening and others Wilo were there to SUI
port the market or buy upon the assumption
that the opening figure. would be the loVr-I.
In other parts al tae rooia IL" crowd Was les
pressing ana the excitement rot greater tnan u
often witnessed "a; the %, ming al ;he board.
The opening quotation fsi- i.akc shore was -,
but the nc II sale repn,ted WAS NJ S5ls aud IA,
next nj S5a.. Tie dealings wrr.. i'm large blocss
OF $50 to ., 900 shares. and for a short time 81
ferent prices were ruling ~ he Same lime an,
Opening figure reported for Lake III mar 81
decline of per cent ir"m ia. ai'lE's cosiil
f2ure New York Central Tns OF "a. AMI
Jersey Central III. The ret ~ Tire list SHOWED
declines ranging from J =. TO H. per cent. 4,
the early dealings Lake SHOE sold between =
and sas4, and later IN lie hrsi honr touche
S6is- The excitement IN tie Lake shore crout
soon subsidized, and tae whole market al.
vaneed rom IN. : I. l Der cent bHt thes, Sans
O'Clock the market * active and rather h.aN
at figures ge3ers.!iy iii;ic above opcnias
prices. rhe marset has been very actIv..
throughout the hoar, villa the heaviest fradia.
in Lake Shore, ~. Paul ana Western Union.
EXCITEMENT AT TIE OPENING ~ LoNDoS.
LONDON. Dee. 9.-The death o. Mr.. Wander
bilt had a depressing effect American secu -
tiles at the stcci> exchange. At the o;ens,l.
the American list showed "A decline OF \ o. !,
per cent compared with the closing pri,ts
last evening. At i2::so O'CLOCK New York Gene
trail WAS quoted AT l3G1 decline oI la frt IA
yesterdays closing uGCtttion. The STOCK mar
kct in ihe earlier hours OF In. day excited.
and there were wild fluctuations in the prio.
of American securities. since the receipt of
the opening prices in New York there has been
general advance. Low-priccd stocks arc
strong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-09
Civil Service and the Tariff.
VIEWS OF REPRESENTATIVE HOLMAN.

Representative Holman, Of Indiana, says he
thinks there will probably be some legislation
concerning the civil service reform law. The
letter of the law viii not be changed, he thinks,
from what It now is, but that the disposition
will be to make the operation Of the Service
conform to the law, and not to the win Of the
commission. He thinks there Is disposition,
however, toswait and see what the present COM
mission does. He says there Is no objection 70
the law far a. It 10 limited in Its operation to
the regulation OF the appointment of clerks In
the classified service upon their merit But the
attempt on the part Of the commission to
60 beyond the law and try TO prevent
dismissals, and to NEEDLE with matter outside
Of their authority win be rebuked, and they
will probably % restricted to the authority
Mr.. Holman, waking on the tariff question,
said he thought there would be an attempt ct
ageneral reylsaon q the tarifz, and the duty
Will probably be taken on sugar. But II the
estimates are to ~ 1o11oWoa In making appro-
h tss &c can e made th ,a
the estimates are IL excess Of what l.
made ID the revenue, the Appropriateness will
have 70 be kept down 70 the bese of strict
economy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-09
TWO BURGLARS HANGED.
Double Execution at Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE, y. G., Dee. 2-Nelson Stewart
and Anderson Davis, colored, convicted ~
burglary, were hanged within the Jail enclocs-
ure in this city this forenoon. The drop fell at
] ] o'clocis and BaVis' neck WAS broken by the
fail. As the trap WIS sprung, the moose AIoun 4
Stewards neck slipped thai the knot rested
eulatioa. Davis died i'm 10 minutes aud
Stewart IN lUl2 minutes. both men
mounted the gtllows with steady step
and exhibited no emotion. They baGe tho,
present farewell, and said they were going %
heaven. They were attended IN the last hours
b. Rev. Father Gross, IL the Catholic church.
On the night o. the 2lsi OF -, Jtcmber last these
two men entered tine Residence o. =. q. StIicl-
land and stole therefrom certain articles ~
household furniture aud wearing apparel. They
were tried and sentenced IL be hanged Noyeus
Der 25tiI. Under North Carolina law, murder,
arson, rape and burglary are capital crimes.
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The Oklahoma Boomers.

CAPT. COUCH, THE LEADER, WRITES A LETTER
TO SECRETARY LAMAR.
Capt Couch, who it was reported some time
ago, was leading q company OF settlers into Ok
iahoma, has written letter to the Secretary of
the Interior from Winfield, Kan, under date
Of, November 21st, in which he states that when
he visited Oklahoma, in the latter part OF Octo-
Der, he found that not more than ten per cent
OF his colony were on the reservation. He
found that nearly all OF the cattlemen who
have occupied the country for years past are
still in occupation and that none have been re-
moved since the Presidents proclamation Of
March 18th. He says that they have made
preparations for the winter, putting up thous-
ands OF tons of hay, and 'they make no hesita-
ton In saying that they are assured by the au-
not be molested. In addition TO those
who have been there for years, other
cattlemen from the Cheyenne and Ara
pahoe reservations and nom Texas have also
told by Lieut. James, U. s. A, who came with q
detachment OF troops 20 arrest him, that IL ap-
peared that persons engaged In the business Of
stock raising were recognized AS legal occupants
Of the country, as his Instructions were to ar
rest NO one engaged in that business. Capt
Couch states that he Was assured by the Secre-
tary last spring that the richest corporation
would receive no more favor from the admins
presses his surprise to md this state or affairs
reversed. He thinks that the only way to
peaceably settle this question: - to either throw
the whole country open 20 keettlement Ct an
eettlen from that country.
The Interior department oficials state that
the orders are thatevery one should be removed
from Oklahoma, and the latest rep0rts from the
War department. are 10 the ef1eet that al the
boomers are out Of the country, and that all the
cattle with the exception of some 1000 are also
gone and those remaining are ON the move.