davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-22
nUNCANsON BROS. Auct,oneers

nUNCANsON BROS. Auctoneera
TRUSTEES, SALE OF A VALUABLE DWELL
ING HOUSE NO. 11U2 VIRGINIA AVENUE
SOUTHWEST, OPPOSITE THE SMITHSON-
Ian GROUNDS.
By virtue OF deed of trust. dated April l4th s.S
1898 and duly recorded In Liber No. O37 folio :"H
3OZ. ct seq, one OF the land records OF the es1
trict OF Columbia. and by the direction the PAL
thereby secured the undersigned trustees will SELL
public auction, in front of the premises OIL WEDN ES-
DAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF OCIO-
BIER, A. ID. 1885, at FIVE O'CLOCK +. NJ. lot num-
bered nineteen Q9) Of Abram F. Barker's recorded
subdivision of part OF original lot numbered seven
"a, In square numbered three hundred and twenty
five t32o) in the city OF Washington District of Coiun-
ba. ether with i'm prOvements on said lot consist
ing Of a substantial dwelling house.
Terms OF sale: Une-third OF the purchase money in
cash and the balance in equal and
years with interest from day OF sale per per
annum. in crest to be paid semiannualiy to be Sc
cured by first deed of trust the premises sold
all the purchase money be paid In cash. at the op-
tioh ofthe purchaser deposit of 500 be made
al the ime OF SAFE Upon failure to comply with the
terms OF sale within ten days after sale q resale viii
be had after five da Us public notice, the risk and
cost Ct the deau,ting purchaser. All conveyancing
and recording at the purchasers cost
WILLIAM w. BOARMAN,, r
oc15-d&ds GEORGE c. BOARMAN. trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-22
TNHOMAS BOWLING, AuctlOneer.

TTNHOMAS BOWLING, Auctloneer.
TWO BRICK HOUSES ON THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF HALE AND STREETS SOUTH
EAST, AT AUt TON.
On EDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER -
TWENTIETH. 1856, at FOUR O'CLOCK. in s;;fB
front of the premises shall sell one twostory l
and one One-stOry Brick. be removed in ten DAYS
from date OF sale.
Terms cash.
By order of Superintendent Of the Baltimore and
Potomac X r Co. ocl5-4t
&J-THE ABOVE SALE IS UNAVOlDAELY
Poslp oned until SATURDAY, OCTOBER TWENTY
THIRD, 1885, same hour and place. oc2l-2t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-22

AN EMBEZZLING JUSTICE SENTENCED
Charles Orion Stroh, member of the bar and
Justice OF the peace who was convicted last
June OF emDeZZlement OF borough money while
secretary of the Mauch Chunk, Pa boroug n
council, was refused q new trial, and on Mon
day sentenced to pay fine OF $40, the cost of
prosecution, and undergo imprisonment Tor ten
months in the county Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-22
NAr1oSAL MuruAL I1rE
ASSOCIATION,
No 1920 F street, Washington. D. e.
JOHN w. DREW. Agent for District of Columbia.

President. WV. Dudley of Bateman 4 Co. bankers
Vice President, John Ii. Magruder, grocer.
Medical III. eCior, RALPH Walsh. NJ D.
General MaiaseI, frank j. llbbetS.
Treasurer, Gee, Ii. IL White, cs.sleg National Met
Fopolii All bank
sec etary, John 4. Beall. Real Estate. OF Adams 4
Beali.
Counsel, Chaplin Brown
Consulting Actuary, IhaS. 7. WesterheId oc1o-lm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-22

LHDWARU c. TOWNSEND,
II TEACHER OF ELOCUTION.
has Removed TO
Isl 131. 18th street NV
I.NkEBEL INSTITUTE-PRiN CIPALS, MISS ST.
L slE POLLOCK, OF Boston. trained III Gef many,
and Miss L. X. NOERR Graded school. Primary
Advant ed end Kindergarten Departments. German
iree Twelfth year begins september 10Th al lIZ7
10Th ST INV. se3--mS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-22

NJ RS LAURA FLINT AND MRS. MYERS w LII
AVA reopen. on Ucf- 4th, their School for Girls.
Number limit ed to ID. Private lessons after o'clock
70 ooNs requiring special training in Latin or
Mat nemafIcs For circulars address 1874 ST
se25lmH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-22

wv ASHINGTON, D. C.-"THE CEDARS. A
w Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies and
Little Girls. re-Opens OCTOBER lST 1856, Academic
and College preparatory courses Special advantages
win enlarged school and Will add
The advantages OF the school, Number pupils in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-22

MRS. MINIS KINDERGARTEN AND PRE-
WI mary School. 1918 Sunderland Place lone block
south Oh Dupont Circle, opens October T. 1856
for circulars seI-2m*
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-22

IJRIVATE Lessons h EEPING-RAPID
Il calculations and rapid writing . specially.
Terms reasonable
se2-Jm c. +. WOOD. y 9th St ne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-22

MADAME OCTAVIA SEWELL,
N1 l2OS Rhode Island ave-. resumes her lessons In
NOtA and IN,TRU NJ f.NIAL MUSIC and
ITALIAN. Tuscan pronunciation.
Glasses now forming. Oc9-lm*
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
They Knew When to Eat.

While several Kingston, N. Y, men
were conversing the other night regard
ing the intelligence of animals, one man
said that he owned q mule once .hat.
when plowing, recognized the sound OF
the dinner horn. 1t could distinguish
a particular horn from all the other
horns in the neighborhood. Whenever
it heard that horn it would raise its
voice and commence to bray. Another
man said that, once upon a. time, he
owned a. horse on q farm. and the
horse, too, became we'll acquainted
with the sound of the dinner horn,
and, in plowing corn or doing any
other work Of that kind, the driver
would be forced to, stop, unhitch and
take the horse to dinner, for the an
imal would refuse to plow any longer.
No matter how well the horse worked,
making bee line across the fields in
running the plow, it's course would be
for the gate the moment it heard the
horn. "Now, didn't that horse think?
and didn't he reason with himself that
means dinner?'
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
CerebrO-Spinal Meningitis.

One of the few facts we know about
the causes of epidemic cerebro-spinal
meningitis is that its ravages are most
ly confined to the colder portions of
the year. Thus, of 85 epidemics OBJ
served in Europe and the United
States, 33, prevailed in winter, "a in
winter and spring, II in spring, 1 in
spring and summer, 2 in summer, 1
in summer and autumn, in autumn,
l in autumn and winter, 3 in autumn,
winter and spring, and 6 throughout
the year. These statistics show the
influence OF cold in the production of
this disease better than any amount
of reasoning could do. 1t is probable
that the modification in the habits OF
living brought about by the season
have something to do with it's caus-
alton. What relation the peculiar
microbes, found in the diseased struc-
ture after death, have to the disease
is unknown. Most authorities on SAN
itary matters believe that unhealthful
conditions of houses have more to do
with outbreakes OF cerebro-spinal
meningitis than anything else How
ever this may be, reason tells US that
in the presence of such an epidemic all
sanitary precautions should be re-
doubled, for there is no affection known
that is more deadly IN it's lmmedi-
ate effects or more certain to MAIN
or destroy the mind and body OF him
who survives it's first violence.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
Hygiene of Old Age.

The teeth in old age are, of course,
lost, and they should, unless, under
exceptional circumstances, be replaced
by artificial teeth, for the thorough
chewing OF food is even more necessary
in the old than in the young, because
in the old the digestive powers are apt
to fail. With the best artificial teeth
mastication is apt to be imperfectly
performed; hence the food of the aged
should be soft and readily comminut-
ed, and especially should it be of easy
digestion. Very few old people need
stimulating diet; very many are injur-
ed by an excess Of nitrogenous food.
The kidneys, like all other organs, are
feeble, and if meats and other rich
foods are used in excess, they greatly
increase the strain upon these organs.
Milk and milk products or prepara-
tions of breadstulfs cooked with milk
should form a very large proportion OF
the food of the ordinary aged individ-
ual but individual peculiarities differ SO
much that personal medical counsel
should in all cases be taken so that
the diet may be regulated to the
needs of the Individual case. Very
many old people are hurt by the use
OF food in excessive quantity; but lit
tie exercise can be taken, all growth
has ceased, and the bodily furnaces
which make heat are able to destroy
but very little of food fuel Some lit
tie time since l had occasion to lecture
on this subject at the Philadelphia
Hospital, and an assertion that 1
then made that most old people are
more comfortable, enjoy better health.
and probably live longer for the use Of
wine, has met with very severe disap-
probation at the hands of some OF the
profession, whose strong sympathy
with the temperance movement domi-
mates their judgment. No valid rea-
sons have, however, SO far as my judg-
ment goes, been brought forward
to lead me to change my
opinion. In the overfed Ameri-
can people the habitual use of wine
during youthful or middle aye and
vigorous health is, we think, an injury
rather than q good; but when the
powers Of life are failing, when diges-
ton is weak, and the rnultitudinous
small ills OF teebleness perplex and an
noy, one or two glasses of generous
wine at dinner aid digestion, quiet for
the time being much nervous irritation,
and in no way do harm. The sum
total OF ruin wrought by alcohol in
the world is appalling, bat it is not
lessened by our shutting our eyes to
the good that wine properly used may
achieve. When in the aged there is
a distinct failure Of vital power, and
especially OF digestive power, the call
| for the habitual use OF alcoholic
liquors is, in my opinion, imperative.
The danger of the formation OF any
evil habits when man has crossed
the line OF seventy is SO slight that the
most conscientious physician need
not hesitate in recommending the
daily use OF alcoholic beverages to his
patient.-Dr. II. C. Wood, in Annals
Of Hygiene.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
Why he Was Brave.

A great deal has been written about
the charge of the Louisiana Tigers on
some Illinois regiments during the
first day at Shiloh. The thing that I
remember most wildly is an incident
not reported in any record of she bat
tie. When the rebel division to which
the Louisiana Tigers belonged was ca
reering forward on it's charge the mur-
derous fire of our artillery and infan-
try seemed to literally NOW down the
ranks. The gaps were filled several
times, but at last the regiment, bro
ken into small fragments, stopped in
its course and retired.
A single man OF the Louisiana I'll
gers continued to march forward.
He had not during all the terrific con-
hict taken his gun from right shoul-
der shift, and after the others had
been driven back, and while the artil-
lery was playing on the retreating col
umn, this single Confederate soldier
continued to march in straight line
toward the men who were firing at
him. Other men in the act of firing
at us went down.. but this man, with
his gun on his, shoulder, came straight
forward. He marched up until be
stood within few feet OF our first
line, when he CALCULATED in sort O'
drunken wonder: sHello Yanks, what
you all doing heres' We then saw
that this cool representative Of the
Louisiana Tigers was as drunk as q
fool, and that he moved forward me
chanically without any realization o.
the circumstances about him -Chica
go lntsr>O Ocean.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
An Ingerson "Reminiscences.

The Capital gives an interesting ac-
count which it states was obtained
from Ingersoll himself OF the prepera-
tion of that gentleman's remarkable
speech nominating Blaine at Cincin.
natl in 1876. According to the Capt..
tai when Col. Bob went out to Cincln.
natl, accompanied by his brother,
Ebon c., who was then practicing law
In Washington, he had not the slight
est intention of making any speech
whatever in the convention. Two
days before the nominating speeches
were to be made he was asked by
Blaine's friends to make the speech
putting Blaine in nomination. At
first he declined, but finally yielded to
their persuasions. He had two days
to think over the points and prepare
his speech, but Cincinnati was lively in
those days, and when IngersoIl went
to bed at midnight of the second day
he had not written a line. He says
he slept sounlly until about 2 O'Clock
in the morning, when he awoke with
feeling that he had had q nights
rest. His mind was clear, his facul.
ties active. He SAID to himself that
the time had come to prepare that
speech. He got up softly and went III
to the next room, where the gas was
brlsning dimly, dressed, sat down,
closed his eyes and pictured to HIM
ho k,a ~
the next day. He imagined himself
| rising to address it when the state OF
Illinois was called, and then and there
he thought out the speech exactly, he
says, as he delivered it on the next
day. When he had finished it he open
ed his eyes, turned up the gas and
sat down and wrote it out and put
the manuscript in bureau drawer,
turned down the gas, went to bed and
slept the sleep Of contentment.
1t was about 4'oclock when he turn
ed in the second time. 1t was proba.
bly, 8 o'clock when he felt his brother
tugglng at him to get up and go to
work on that speech. The colonel
teased his brother little by pretend
ing great Incidence and indisposition
to get up. After while he saw that
his brother was deeply affected and
he rolled out, dressed and said to
Ebon
"You don't rhink ! have done any.
thing about that speech. do your"
"No," said his brother, Il know
you have not, for you have been out
constantly day and night"
"Well now" said the colonel, "sup.
pose you sit down over there aud lis.
ten to my speech" And standing up
in the opposite corner OF the room he
delivered his speech to his audience of
one just as he delivered it a few hours
later to the great convention. His
brother listened critically at first, and
then, carried away by the colonel elo-
quence, he listened enthusiastically.
AS the colonel drew to close his broth
er rose to his feet and, as the last
sentence fell from his lips, rushed for.
ward and threw his arms around the
colonel's neck, and then they went
down to breakfast.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01

The Carolinas take the lead in the
number of well-to~do negroes. North
Carolina has twenty who arc worth
from $4,000 TO- $50, 900 each. In
South Carolina the negroes own $10,-
100000 worth OF property. In
Charleston fourteen men represent
$780, 600. Thomas r. Smalls is worth
SIS, O.and Charles C. Lesliels worth
$4,000. The family OF Noisettes,
truck farmers, are worth $3.50, 900.
In the city savings banks the negroes
have 1924, ,036.35 on deposit. One
man has over 5000. He recently
bought q $4,000 plantation and
paid s.. 600 in cash. =
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01

prison officials, and there was his de-
scription on the books. The edetective
who arrested him and the Judge who
sentenced him further identified him.
Who, then, was the other Hiram
Weston? Although he left the house
with his dinner pail to go to work he
did not show up at the place, and has
not since been heard from. When
people came to see and talk with the
true Weston many peculiarities were
remembered. He used more oaths
than the other; he had habit OF
splitting as he talked; his voice was
somewhat gruffer; he never stood for
two minutes without hitching up his
trousers, sailor fashion, he acknowl-
edged some small debts, which the
other totally repudiated. The chill
dren had no explanation to offer. as
any affection for them. The stranger
had been more kind, and no sus-
picion of his identity had been
born. The wife was covered with
confusion, but she offered in explana-
tion the fact that Weston had been
absent five months. She had noticed
many changes, but all for the better.
The stranger was not a talkative man,
while her husband was, but she GOT
over this by thinking he had met with
trouble while away. She used some
times to be startled for a moment as
she looked at him, or as he propound-
ed some question which would have
been asked by a stranger, but as Tor
denying that he was her husband, she
had never thought of it One day att
er her fathers family had been to the
house, her mother said:
'Lucy, there is something queer
about Hi. He's either got some
trouble on his mind or else he's going
insane. Didn't you hear him ask
when our barn burned, as if both of
you were not sleeping in our house
that night and he did not discover the
blaze first?"
Who was the second Hiram Weston,
or the man who assumed the name?
The real one was afoundling from New
York city. 1t was not improbable
that he had a twin brother, and that
the stranger was the one. It was pos
sible, too, that the stranger was not
related to him, though his double.
Why he went away as he did was q
further mystery, for he could not
have foreseen that anything was
to happen. But for the evidence in
black and white people would have
believed him ghost. The writer has
no further theories to offer. He has
known Hiram Weston and family ever
since the strange happenings, and Wis
tied them at the depot in st. Thomas
less than month ago. The particu-
lars herein given, strange as they may
read, were gathered from their own
lips, and who can imagine they would
invent such a story? | have simply
suppressed the right name, as Weston
is now a resident of another locality,
and in a place to make gossip an un-
pleasant thing.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
WHOSE CHOICEl

J; Some faces arc supinely fair,
Some sparkling in their Bplendor'
+ Some are demure and debonair,
And some divinely tender.
sSSome win us with one fatal glance,
From eyes too brightly beaming.
es Some smile that smile that brings trance,
Till life is lost in dreaming
il Some fit before us, sweet and gay,
To fill our hearts with laughter;
= Then fade rs fancies fade away,
And leave no achings after.
And some-some faces, sorr ow- kissed,
When holiest thoughts are throngina
: Come back, come always in that mlisl
OF everlasting longing.
:. So faces come and faces go;
Some make existence sweeter
And some, they make life sad, we know,
Yet being sad, completer.
Until one face comes up at last,
(Heaven knows each heart; don't doubt
it,
The Future fades, the Past is past:
We cannot live without it!
We ask not if men call her sweet,
Or fair, or wise or clever:
We ask. we passionately entreat,
"Will you be mine forever?"
Wifred Woollan1, B. A., in Cassell's Fami-
ly Magazine.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
. Examples of Egotism.

In ''self. Consciousness of Noted
Persons" by Justin S. Morrill,, lately
published, Mr.. Morrill, introduces on
]y small proportion, upon which his
book is based-for the reason, posi-.
bly,, that where vanity is recognized
national virtue, il would be inviduous
to make particular selections. Frank
lin is quoted as saying: ~ wish the
out-of-tashion practice fpraising our
selves would, like other old fashions,
come around into fashion again.
but that was a hundred years ago.
Jefferson, like John Adams, put a
high value upon himself, and in an
swer to the question, asked by
himself, whether the world was any
better for his having lived in it, an
swers by a statement in detail of
what he had dOne-as fulsome piece
of self-praise as was ever written.
John Quincy Adams said of one of his
speeches: II can make no use of 1T as
now written, and yet it contains mat
ter to grind up into dust Calhoun's
and Webster's speeches. Webster be-
ing reminded by an opponent at the
bar that he was assailing dictum OF
Lord Camden, turned to the court,
and after paying a high tribute to
Camden's standing as a jurist, simply
added: "But, may tpleasey our hon
or, differ from Lord Camden" In
the preface to his 'Thirty yearsin the
United States senate" Benton says,
referring to the eminent qualifications
of Fox and Macintosh for writ
ing history, as stated by Macau-
ley, ~ can say I have these advan-
tages" Col. Fremont did not marry
his daughter, Jessie Benton, the Sen
ator asserted, but Jessie Benton mar
ried Col. Fremont; and in the notices
of the wedding in the newspapers at
the time, the name ofthelady was put
first. AS an example, not OF vanity,
but of the speakers hope Of intellect
ual immortaiity-with which this re-
view may properly be closed-Mr.
Morrill, cites the question Of Thad.
Stevens to the two stout officers of
the House OF representatives who, in
his last days, used to carry him in a
large armchair afrom his lodgings to
his place in the Capitol: "Who will
be so good to me and take me up
in their strong arms when you two
mighty men are gone?"
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
nervous that Hugh, taking both her
willing hands, asks anxiously, Are

nervous that Hugh, taking both her.
willing hands, asks anxiously, Are
you ill?"
"a little" Mary gasps. Il shall be
better soon. | have been thinking
about a sad story of awoman 1 knew,
and it has overcome me-that is ALL"
And then, fearing he may say the
words she knows must come sooner
or later, she plunges at once into her
confession.
"You have heard. no doubt that
pitiable story of Lady Mary Chet-
wode?''
"I have. l always pitied her."
''Did you? Her sin was very great. ,"
'It was. Therefore the more to be
lamented."
''She was a wretched woman"
"Why, Mary, l thought you were
more charitable. Could you not be
sorry for one who must have suffered
so, much?'
~ could; / am! Ihave been sorry
for her all my life!" cries Mary, pas
sionately.
tThere, that is what I would have ex-
pected of you!" Hugh exclaims, rising
and taking both her hands in his.
expect nothing from me!'' she cries,
excitedly. II am the one black sheep
in your flock! Oh, Hugh, forgive me!
l am that woman!';
There is no answer for a moment
Hugh only clasps her hands the tight.
er, and at last he speaks.
"My love, l have known this ever
since we first met. l stretched out
my hands to help you and they have
guided you straight into my heart
Mary--a heart that shall adore you
while it beats, and has never beaten
for any other. Can you forgive my
not telling you OF this before, an6
come to me, to bless my life by being
my true and faithful wife?"
"Oh, Hugh! my whole life is in your
hands! I love you dearly; but viii
you never have bitter thoughts of me 2
"Mary, you have sweetened all bit
terness by your confession"
And, with hands clasped, these two
gaze into each others eyes, in which
they see love, happiness, and perfect
trust; and for all time they pledg,
themselves to each other.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
HIRAM WESTON'S DOUBLE.

New York Sun.
It has often been said that some.
where in this world every person has
his double. The assertion is too
broad for acceptance, but it is certain
that there are doubles, and that the
close similarity between people has
led to many grave complications. It
is not yet ten years ago that a man
named Hiram Weston, living in q
small town in Ontario, was hired by q
tinsmith to drive peddler's wagon.
He made two trips and started on a
third, but after he had gone two
days the outfit was returned
by q farmer, who said that it
had been left in his barn
yard at night. As Weston was miss
ing, search was at once begun, and it
was finally shown that he had been
seen in company with two strangers
at a railway station, where all had
taken the train for buffalo. AS the
tinsmith had lost nothing he did not
care to follow the case up. 1t was
pretty generally known that Weston
and his wife did not live agreeably,
and although she insisted that he had
met with foul play, and wanted the
search continued, it was soon drop
ped on the idea that he had run away
/ from her. He was little missed by
the community, and when the case
was called up it was universally con-
ceded that he would turn up safe when
he got ready.
One day, five months after his dis
appearance, Weston returned. He
was first seen at the depot by three or
tour citizens who had known him for
ten years. One of these, q Mr. Will