Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-07
Gen. Gordan-s Paper sfeney.


Guhai letter TO London naiy Chronicle.
The mahdi. when Khartotm fell, secured the
whole o. Gen. Gor6on's papers, together With
large number OF sank notes issued by the gallant
defender Of khartoum. These we are informed
he Is now taking steps % negotiate, ana obtalu
much-needed ready cash 10y discounting them
As Gen. Gordon pledged England's word to
redeem them, IL will require some ingenuity &C
defeat the mahdts object. Indeed, IL viii be
next TO impossible TO detect the notes which the
nlahdi has red and those which have been cir
culaied bona tide by Gen. Gordon himself espe
ciadly ase documents are in the False Prophets
hands. Many of the people nom Khartoum
VINO came here in Gordon's steamers holc
These roles, which they obtained in a perfectly
legitimate manner. aud such claims as their
can scarcely be overlooked. Many natives
moreover, who months ago held friendly anc
trading relations with khartoum, haze these
pieces az paper, and they viii certainly look foi
thelr redemrdo Many nj the notes have been
oou@At 10y the officers here al p far higher rate
IMAM Their nominal Waite. a tS...yn.i,to 81 She
nero WHO i gone. Another relic OF The gallant
dtIenS" 81 khaftoum. however Is even more
sought after than the bank notes and that j. the
Rddeh medals which Gen. Gordon olaered to be
St t, ana distributed 10 every man. woman and
clllId III Inc beleaguercd city. in token OF the
I bravery they had displayed. several OF these
nedaiN We're IN posse sSion ~ Gordon men but
officers but by the men too that they are NOW
AT = premium, and al such "A prelniuin too that
an offer of their weight in gold. Rails To induce
The lucky owners TO part with thela."
Some BOstaG Lawyers Incomes
From the Boston >Untay Globe
There's Judge Hoar. / suppose he muSf havs
an income from his legal practice that amounts
10 al least $4,000 a year, easy. lie is some
what of an old fogy in the matter OF charging.
He is a very light charger. Indeed, he is too
old-fashioned altogether for his own good. lie
is probably rs able juriSt ever lived in
Massachusetts, yes. or ia New England and Is
by All odds the s,hlest man at the bar now I
liar
many corporations 90 To him tor opinions when
they don't really need them. Judge Hears
opinions are not cheap ia any other way,
though, and you can pin your laith 10 them
every time.
Judge William Russell. of Boston. also finds
fortune friendly To him don know whether
or net good luck ever threw her puoVerhlal old
slipper at the judge. but guess she hits him
with about Ss5o.oDo every year. He can buy
new shoes instead Of the ''old slippers"
The venerable sidney Bartlett. the Nestor nj
this hlI. used to make over 100000 year
though IL Was not all derived from ltS purely
law practice. shol Ia say that NJ least half %.
IL came Out of what !light Dc ."nncD nlS lurelg
ptote,s'"pal business, ana he halanc" nom his
investments, mostl! in laIituadiug. lie is
81. coo. 900.
Peleg W. Chandler used Ia have a goods lied
law practice. too. probably aNeracitg over
Soo.ooU = wear. n" a. NOT 80 attt-g I'D ilt prn-
leSSion. foI he must ba aboul ,.i.-lti ,,:.t- "a
now. still hE-pN -haf .sut.. al Ih, l,.t,!iis
lawyer hrTeaboli .e-s i.i .in u!rit t3.i- it.ni
legal matters. III s'l. JaIkcr e. chandler,
COO 20 $4,000 Ec7. fiedu'.'at - lntoo,uit
much. hWf N"U y.,.v that tl"-v y - ara ,.allcd
''nIl"t llWt-"r~ rrh fHp D.ses hat make tie
mo~t. 81 cpn~"i.3- io,IH. advice. etc.
lE"i ,.cr" sC'i.r -. ~nattuciS. who used 10
%" Cn.aolor's ta'Iuar. guess ne rtuSf do A
law bjisii's> i S-91.uoo wear. besides saakIng
a good many "Ni; dollars ia railroads. lie ID
;@iriS it1 now. ,'na a.. a.. an excellent Income.
Ste COS: ftor Weigh. IN. Gold
A QUFTP STONY ATas~r A WOMAN WHO LIyEs
- 1III TON 3. az AMERICAN FLAG.
From the I1cspu >:.tr.
Mrs. jesus Castro, an aged Mexican lady. now
residing at American Flag. m the santa Gait
lima mountains, is perhaps Tho only woman
who literally speaking, ever cost her husband
her weight ~ gold 1t i said that in the early
gold-djgging days Of California She Was a resi-
dent OF sonora. ia which state she was born and
grew 10 womaUnoud. When about the age of
seventeen Iato.ual uaclc, bur few years her
senior. returned with his companions. gold.
laden. from the II Dorado OF the west and be-
came desperately cralngrcd of her. He sought
hcr mana IA m3rfl9-e ana N.I~ accepted, but
the church refused. because Of tie near relation
snip existing between them, 10 SolcEnIZe the
marriage.
Persuasion being in vain, he tried the power
Of gold 4" win the church his way. and sue
ceedei only by the payment of her weight IN
gold she at The time weighed III pounds.
and against her i'm Tn" scales thc differing dust
was >hoveled. Her itiiianced husband sin had
sufficient OF this world goods u provide a
comfortable home and they were mari led.
They lived happily together and sine bore to her
husband eleven children. IN he course of years
he died ana she married again. Mr. Castro being
her second husband. The above il 4 fact and
not fiction, as living witnesses can prove