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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-30

The Fastest TRAINS IN AMERrcA.-The Balti-
more and Ohio railroad continues to operate
the fastest trains in America over its line be-
tween Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton.
year ago and that they have been running un-
interruptedly ever since indicates that they
have met with public favor and have come to
stay. They are equipped with handsome day
coaches and Pullmans latest creations in the
out saying that the track is necessarily superb
in order TO admit of the high and uniform rate
of speed which has been SO successfully MAIN
tanned
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The Empress and Minister Phelps.

Berlin Special to the New York World.
Saturday night the Empress Augusta gave a
special reception to Mr.. Phelps, the United
States minister, in the presence of her full
court Countess Perponcher, the first lady of
honor, attended the empress, and Count Mes
selrode, assisted by Baron Won Eude, made the
presentation. The empress, in the course of a
cordial conversation with Mr.. Phelps, ex-
pressed her lifelong interest in American af-
fairs and her great desire that the people of
the United States should use their immense re-
sources always in the interest of the peace of
the world.
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GRATEFUL-COMFORTING.
EPPS'S COCOA
BREAKFAST.

"Bya thorough knowledge of the natural laws which
govern the operations OF digestion and nutrition and
b. careful application Of the hne properties Of we'll
selected Cocoa. Mr. Epps has provided breakfast
tables with delicately favored beverage which may
save US many heavy doctors bills. 1t 10 b. the judi
cious Of such articles Of diet that constitution
may be gradually built ny until strong enough to
sist every tendency to disease Hundreds Of subtle
naladies floating around ready to attack wher
ever there is weak point. We may escape many ,
fatal shaft by keepng ourselves well fortified with
pure blood and properly nourished frame."-cWl
IN half-po tins by grocers. labeled thus:
JAMES EPPS CO., homeopathic Chenists
au17-sam&tu London. England
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CITY AND DISTRICT.

- No city in the world is so thoroughly
covered by the circulation Of q single news
paper ss is the city of Washington by that Of
The EVENING STAR. It reaches all readers in
the city and vicinity. 1t s,oears to its circ'ila-
tom No other Washington paper has yet done
xb;a
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A New Government for India.

The native congress at Bombay has agreed
upon aplan Of political organization for India,
which is to be presented to parliament. The
essential features are that there shall be q
popular electoral or representative body formed
upon the basis Of twelve members for every
million of the population, this great body to
be controlled by an inner one formed of
selected persons from its own members, and an
imperial council constituted upon the basis Of
one member for every five million of the popu-
lation. Provincial councils are also proposed.
Mr.. Bradlaugh will frame the bill and intro
duce it into parliament
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Carnegie's Puddlers Strike,

A dispatch from Pittsburg says: Carnegie's
lower Union iron mills are closed down on ac-
count of strike of the puddlers. They refuse
to work the iron furnished by the firm, claim
ing that the material was too strong. Pending
a settlement OF the trouble extensive improve
ments will be made, and the mills will not re-
sumo until some time in January. About $50
men are idle,
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Pari. Special to the NY. World, December 20.
While Prince Hatfield and his bride, for
merly known as Miss Huntington, were spend
ing their honeymoon in Rome special detec-
tive was constantly on duty before the Hotel
Quirinale. The prince learned that while in
Naples that a former amour, who had gone to
London and there threatened to make scene
at the wedding, was pursuing him over the
continent, bent upon making trouble. To
throw her off the track the prince changed his
plans and went from Naples directly to Rome,
though he had all his letters addressed to
Genoa, to be forwarded thence to Brussels
The ruse succeeded and at last accounts the
woman was in Brussels looking for him
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GREAr Syndicate SALE

GREAr SYNDICATE SALE
OLA
QUARTER OF MILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF FINE TAILoR-MADR
CLOTHING.
FOR MEN. BOYS AND CHILDREN. MORE
CROWDED THAN EVER TANNED
TO THE DOORS.
PLEASE CALL AS EARLY IN THE DAY AS POS
sIBLE AND WE WILL BE ABLE To GIVE YOU
THE BETTER ATTENTION.
IN THE LARGE FoUR-sToRY BRICK BUILDING,
COR. 9TH AND SIS. N. W.
Three Of the largest Wholesale clothing houses in this
country have their surplus stock amount
Tslor-inade Suits and Overcoats Tor Men, Boys and
ChdTen Entire assortment at retail 1t SO cents on
these goods are manufactured for the finest trade.
and viii be sold at 81 cents the dollar ofmanufact-
uing cost. loo many goods on hand is the reason
for this wonde. full sacIlnce. Manufacturers must
bosu bankrupt stock OF shoddy trash, but honest
and Is q ready Cash taies % %orsh Of
Mems Heavy Double Breasted Wooden Suits. s5.a5;
Mems good. Honest woOlen Pants s3c
Mems Winter Overcoats. s3 o.; worth $40.
Men, Mem. s San. s s,. 81 wI5,s si
BSs s; c6ae6s and %ssos s2s7
Children's Suits, sl2O; worth "a.
Children's suits. : 80; worth s..
Shildren's Cvercoats, l35; worth "a
these prices don't represent the cost Of labor in
making these goods. They are honest. clean made
garments and bear the labels OF the best makers
this country There Will also be sod elegant Bust
ness aud ID ess suits Tor Gentlemen at &415, ST 90
ARD Ss75 actually aud honestly worth BIS, s2U and
SO; no shop-Worn truck but clean, good and honor
allie cloth y good enough Tor milonaire to wear.
II We uont show you every article advertise we
Will pay your fare for 80 miles, will pay you
to come 100 miles to attend this uni recedened sale
This sale IL conducted by the leaaing wholesale
clothing houses of this country and responsible
every statement made in this advertisement DON'T
HESITATE; DON'T DELAY. First come nrst choice.
1900 Mems Oyercoats, S2.6 90. 1000 Mems Heavy
Atwood, Fannel-lined Oyercosts, 1915.
Sc 9th and E. large four-story brick building
dl7
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A COlOred BOnaparte Going to Prison.

A COlored BOnaparte Going to Prison.
A suspicious character arrested in Whining
ton, Del, week ago proves to be William H.
Bonaparte, who escaped from Hampton, Va,
Jail on October 81, where he was confined pre-
paratory to be taken to the penitentary at
Richmond to serve five years term for alb
Quoting thirteen-year-old girl. Bonaparte is
very light mulatto and easily passes for a
white man. He is intelligent. well educated
and said to be an orator of considerable power
He abducted the thirteen year-od girl on jan
uary 5. Four DAYS previous TO that he made q
mastery Grafton on the emancipation procla-
nation anniversary at Hampton. He WAS ar
rested, tried and convicted on January 81, and
sentenced to five years Imprisonment. His
lawyers made every effort to save him, but
higher courts sustained the decision. Bona
parte was for some years assistant editor of the
Boston Adoocnte. He will be taken back to
Virginia as soon as requisition papers are OBJ
tanned.
A Neat and Appropriate Name For est. -
From the Philadelphia ress
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Port Royal Sold to an English Synd

Port Royal Sold to an English Syndicate
1t is reported at Augusta. Ga, that Port
Royal, S. c., which has the finest harbor on the
Atlantic coast has been sold to an English syn
dictate. 1t is generally known that English
capitalists have been for several years negotlat
ing for the purchase Of this town, but for some
unknown reason the sale was never consum-
mated. A cablegram was received at Augusta
Saturday by Superintendent Hugh Dempsey of
the Southern express company from Mr.. JAS
Flynn. the head Of the English capitalists, and
from the message, Dempsey says, he has every
reason to believe that the sale has been closed
and payment arranged for. The syndicate in
tend developing the natural resources which
this destined great city possesses. The price
paid cannot be learned
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RAILROADS.
BArrrxonn An OHro R,nnoap.

sche,iuls IN eject i,sce inter -. 1850.
Leave from station c,rDer Of New yoFunI
syenus and n strpet
For Chioaso and North~esI Ne-tfbulsd Lknzts1
exlress daily 4 90 n M s.,..~. q 20 n M
for SineinI.ti. 81 Louis and Indisaspolia szprso
efrny. 3 ~ = d IL 80 p ma -. $500
~ flNsosrt aud OleveiAnd. Netubuled i4msS
shtress dsaly II 20 =: m and esrrcss = .4opm
~ ~ ~ AAs ON ana Loce seoons 10 SOA
for 1HS n' ~. s,so M dAy. ~. -. , an . "a
s;s9, s;so :t5, Il 900. ~ 90 IS minutes. ~
s2s i-Jyo -SSo ~ nhutss,o k22 nhh 6Ss
io.Sn - ~ 40. o ;So, ~ s;lO. .NS svS
go = 80 An. 1900 l45 nlnutesl slA soX
a.o9 I'D an ~ 10, 30 500 os<e ss~
- ~ s sas "a ~ m -. -. v-,sx-
raore b1Sa u ~ ~ cen - sen ne S.,a
NJ .I N M s.sv u ~; l..i~ TO- - &C
$40 III SO n M. e'So ~nA' i'Ae' s.~S> 49,
Tr.ins iesxs n.l,,,oo-, e. u,..A.-.- - A.
5.lu 6.Sn q "a .sr : toI ssnans .on wess ey9
1918 an: ~ 90 ~. az 6;VS S-S3 ~ a IA
Lila 8 on n .,lo AN s,io - al "a S.OSS n I'd
los and .oo n M ~. = ~ : 80 sso
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DRUNKENNESS. Oh THE LIQUOR HABIT,
Positively Cured by administering Dr.. Haines'
GOLDEN SPFCIFIQ

can be given in cup Of coffee or tea or in articles
Ct food without the knowledge Of PATIENT II s nb.
solutely harmless. and VIII effect . permanent and
speedy cure whether the patient moderate drinker
or an alcoholic wreck. 1T NEVER FAILS Over
100000 drunksrds have been made temperate men
who have taken Golden specific In their coes withou,
their knowledge, and to-day believe they quit drink.
ing Of ilss own 1ree WILL 4epassb0ak Of particulars
free.
8. +. WARE. under Ehhftt Homo
mhll-eol46t
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APOLLO.
THR ExERa1zER.

This DEVELOPER of MOMENTUM proved q success
By actual test ON . FRICTION BRAkE. II came out
times ahead In power developed. Tested In Caan-
Gen. NJ.
The ENERGIZHR can be operated by Electricity,
Gas Engine steam Engine Is great means u
ecoEOnr VI fuel Order and estimates Address
AMERICAN ENRRGIzER MFG CO.. dimisedJ
delO-Ims GOT Iouisiansays.
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PooK RuBpEn Goops


Best Of all for Christmas, Just received fresh from
our factory, those Velvet finished Circulars with
Aona'. Hoods and Hish Collars. guaranteed water
A full line Of GOODYEAR STRIPE Peasants Irish
PEASANTS, Princess Newm9rkets and Lsngtrys, all Of
hue quality and thoroughly waterproof, AZ lowest
Iossible price Fnsst quality Ciots surface Water
tgre and Pure Rubber Coats. RUBBER BOOTS and
eAOES that are VI equaled for wear.
GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY.
800 9th II. n
NELVfIIE LlNDSAl, MANAGE. d e-3In
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DIAMONDS, JEwELRY, WATCHES
FRENCH MARBLE AND ONYX CLOCKS
ONYX TABLES
BRoNZEs. PIANO LAMPS,
STERLING SILVER AND sILyER-PLATEp
NOVELTIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
NEW AND UNIQUE DESIGNS IN
UNBRELLAS
The LARGEST STOCK OF OPERA GLASSES
EVER SHOWN IN WASHINGTON.
FRANK n. LEWIS.
JEwELER AND sILvERsMITH.
1215 PENNA AVE
Established 1870 a.
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a p D L LO.

A Pc l. Lo.
An persons desiring to have Pure,
Healthy, PslAtable and Stimulating
Drink with thsir Christmas and New
Years table should not fail To send for
acase Of this nne Beer
APOLLO.
Anew and special brewing Of the BAR
THOLOMAY BREWING Co.
ROCHESTER,, NY
Price. s1.50 per case Of two dozen
pints. delivered 70 any part Of the city.
sos 18th ST. NV.
TELEPHONE AL.
nc7-3n APOLLO.
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This Was Written In New York.

From Truth.
Traveler-"Why do you charge SO much more
for tickets from Chicago to New York than
from New York to Chicago?"
Ticket Agent - "Have you ever been in
Chicago?'
Traveler-"No."
Ticket Agent-"Well, you will find it worth
twice as much to get away from Chicago a. it
il to 60 there"
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SUGGESTIONS To CHR1srMAs BUYERS
CHRISTMAS CALENDARS,
CARDS, BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
Prayer Books, Hymnals Bibles. Ask for Little Maids,
The Rivals, On the Weather Bow, Fac-smiles Of
AQusrelles, Classic Tales, Weird lid Bits Standard
Works, Poets Novels and Tales.
EXCELSIOR DIARIES 1890
Silver Mounted Card Cases and Pocket Books,
Leather Folios Pen KNIVES and Scissors Stationery
speciality Visiting Gard Plates engraved 70 order.
LONDON NEWS. GRAPHIC, YULE TIDE AND
HOLLY LEAVES.
Christmas Booklets, Photograph Frsmes Paper
Knives and Letter Openers.
JUVENILE BOOKS SPECIALITY
ROBERT +. MILLER,
no4-3m $50 18th ST., Corcorsn Building
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SHOULDER CArEs
Another supply Of shoulder Capes received today In
sealskin. Persian, Black and Gray AstsschAn, and
Monkey: al - reduced pricea
wILIETT RUOFF,
ao-lm HAtters and Fuxriers bO5 Pa svA
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LADIES' GOODS.


r AIDES DESIRING FINE PORTRAITS MADE OF
~ their dear friends can examine specimens now on
exhibition the rooms Of Mrs BELLE REM, Artist,
81 18th st. NV. Satisfaction guaranteed. dl0-lm'
XNONDERS FOR CHRISTMAsl WONDERS FOR
w Ladies and Children Fancy Paper Toys, Studies
Gold Paint, Tree Ornaments, silk transfers, japanese
J. JAY GoULD's Wonder Store. Al and 4ls 9Th St
oc2-3m'
A CCoRDEoN SKIRTS AND CAPEs DONE AT
IA Simon's Plating Establishment, 722 E. Baltimore
St, baltimore, Md, Branch office standard NJ. office,
900 st. NV. Masonic Templel. " Washington, DC
iw.y. ,p oI TseS 81 s.,u oOmDuE
MILE. N. J. PRANDL
1929 ST. NV. Mrs. Harrisonal
Importer Of
Hairdressins.
n19-2m' Shsmpooine.
SEALsKIN GARMENTS DYED AND ALTERED
- into Newest Styles New Seal Garments made to
order by the MISSES CUNNINGHAM, Practical Fur
rlers, l3lO sth St NV, between n. and D. see-om
IRENCH DYEING. SECURING AND RYCLRAN-
Il ING ESTABLISHMENT, l205 New York ava
non. Plush, Velvet and Evening Dresses. ANTON
AND CAkOLINE LLhCh. formerly with A. Fischer
and Mason iriese. Paris. ls2l
A NTON FISCHER'S DRY CLEANING ESTAB-
"A LlSHMkNT AND DYE WORKS, 800 @ ST.N.w.
LADIES' and Gents Garments of all kinds cleaned and
Dyed without being ripped. Ladies' Evening Dresses
aspecialy lhlrty,nve years experience. Prices mod
A LL-WooL GARMENTS, MADE UP OR RIPPED.
a FISCHER,
sl4 e06 g st. n. ".
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OCEAN STEAMERS.
SHokSk S SSS5E n L Pr 95kS;;oYn..m

| fAst kxpress steanaerL
| To Southampton Qondon. hsyreL nrsms9
Alsr: Me- Ned. 't %.d Rn fSa s w wsa; 'fn
Jan -, an, Sale. We'd Jan. ~. pm kmA
Il Sat, heb. 1, pm
Comfortable sIate rooms, excellent tshlA iuxprseu
| saloon appointments prices; LIST csban- SIS aud
AZ sallt: steersse low raSsA Appy 70 q D. Dko0k
i 9x5 Penn. d2b
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A Neat and Appropriate Name For SIT. 81
From the Philadelphia Iress
The influenza should be called ''the snizzard y
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This Wasn't.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
An old Londoner is delighted with New Yor
the past week. He says to reporter: "You 'ay
beastly climate ERE a. rule. Hits enoug
to kill 'orse, don't you know. But tn
weather we ave been 'aying during the pa,
few days Is delightful. The fog is glorious
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Henry Saxon, who made some sarcastic re-
mark about the quality of music furnished for
. country dance near Columbia, Sc, Christ
mas night, was killed by Willis Glass, the musi-
clan, who escaped.
Mary Lombard and Celia King, who with
eighty other women are employed in the rag
Locks, Conn, have the smallpox. There ia
great fear Of an epidemic.
Marcel Bernier died at his home at New
Aukum Prairie, Lewis county, Washington
Friday aged si1ty-nine. He was the first white
child born in Washington then Oregon terri
tory.
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

Two NORFOLK AND FORT MONROE
Il 1HE POPULAR ROUTE
The OLD fAkORITE S1EAAkR GEORGE LEARY.
Appointments frst-ei.ss Table uneioelisd st.ss
rooms large, comfortsble and heated by steam foits
and attentive officers. Thorough discipline.
From 7th-street wharf MONDAYS. MEDNESDAY0
4 he only steamer landing 1t Boston wharf, Norfolk
and the only line having exclusive connection with
Tickets and rooms at 6lS ana 1851 Pennsy ivsnia
ave. Haweys, 10th and u. and knox's kxpress.
who Will check baggage from hotels and private rsua-
dences. Telephone No. 1853.
MIG MN. p WEIGH. supt and Gen. AT
n ORFOLK, FORTRESS MONROE AND THI
1883. Steamer Lady the Lake having REPAIRED
aud newly furnished viii leave sixtb-street wharf
terminus 9TH and 9Th street cars, at pm, tuesday,
Thursday and sunday. Returning. leave Clydes
wharf. Norfolk, foot Madison ST. Close connections
for New York, Philadelphia and North aud south For
and res srdns freight can q
hart Telephone Call -. Also b. and D. Ilckss
Oftces, 61S aud ISL Pa ave. and Hawley's kxprusn
INLAND AND SEABoAkD COAsTlNG COMPANY
MID
MOUNT VERNON
steamer ". W. coRooRAN, Can't L l. Blas>
leaves 9TH st. wharf daily texcept Sunday MOUND
vernon. leaving II ~ am. Reaching soous
$3.50 pm. Fare round uip. 81. iLciualnS ndnnsaAoa
" grounds and naAnslon- sslo
LOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGe
II NEw IRON sTEAAkh ~MAkEFIEIDs
Leaves 9TH street wharf on MONDAYS, THUkSDAYD
spd SATSh .oA IN hesarn,ns ~ .sp y
Landings NoInini Greek Va, 81 Clelnspa nsy
ana Leonsrdtown, Md Connects with y aud q, y ~ q
shepherds. See schedule. JOAN n kA1S0xT1. "A
CIV. RIDLEY. Manager. tsx5
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GRAsD HoLrDAr DIspLAr

Sc 9th and E large four-story brick building
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-28
SHE WROTE q POEM.
rt Was Real Poetry, Too, Although IT
Didn't KlNmr.

In attendance at one of the Indianapolis
ward schools is little colored girl nine
years Old. She is miserable, indeed, for at
homo she is il-treated and the shoes she
wears, and often the clothes, are supplied
BY the teachers or some Of her clas snates
There Is a tender poetic vein in her make
up, and it found vent in a composition. The
teacher took little pansy plant TO school
one day and told the pupils Of tie flower
Two days after she asked them 10 write a
poem OF 1t and gave them the privilege Of
having the pansy talk and tell the story. and
this according 10 the indianapolis Journal
is what the little girl wrote. the word pansy
in the copy beng the only one oIgnifed
with capital:
al am only Pansy. ny home IS in a 1T
tie brown house / sleep in ny little brown
house all winter, and | am now going TO
open my eyes and look about. GIVE me
sonc rain, sky. want 10 look out Of my
window and see what is going on asked,
so the sky gave nc some water and I began
20 CLIMB 20 the window. az last / got up
there and ] open nay eyes. oh what wou-
deTful world I seen when birds saag songs
10 ne, and grasshoppers kissed me, and
dance with me. and crcakcts smiled At me
and had pretty green dress. there was
trees that grow over me aud the wind famed
me. the sgn smiled Al me, and little chll-
drCu smeiIed ne one bright morning me and
the grasshoppers had party he would play
with me and a naughty boy pick me UP and
tore nc Up and l died and that was the last
Of Psnsy"
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-28
why Young Women Should Never Writ,
Letters to Married Mon.

why Young Women Should Never Write
Letters to Married Mon.
A habit very common with a number OF
our thoughtless young ladies, who do great
many things quietly which they would not
like 70 have known at home-a habit de-
serving Of tho strongest condemnation-ss
that OF promiscuous correspondence with
gentlemen, whether the gentleman be mar
ried or single.
The young ladies who find pleasure in this
habit, says Harper's Bazer, use their pens
on any pretext that tarns ups and some
times on no prctext at all We arc not
really sure that thus does not come less un-
DER the head of an undesirable habit than
a sin, for there is an indelicacy about it
quite amounting 70 irnmodesty, OF which no
girl who desires the respect of others will
be guilty.
These young lettcr-writers however gen
orally get fit reward for their thought
lessness or their cuipabllity. II their cor
respondent Is man Of systematic habits,
their letters are docketed and ucketed,
and his clerks have much OF a laugh
over them as chey wish; and II be is not
systematic man then those letters are at the
mercy OF any and every one who chooses to
waste time in reading them. II their cor
Respondent " f1stTNltl man Lnen Dos
session of their letters, even of the most
trivial kind, places the writers II disad
vantage Sooner or later the letters fall
INTO the hands of hrs wife, who reads the
fohy OF the wicsedness with clear eyes, and
holds the writer not only in contempt, but
IN her power.
No young girl can be sure that her corre-
spondent IS not merely amusing himself
with her; and it rs often tho case that her
letters are unwelcome and n nuisance, and
he does not check them and does reply TO
them, not from interest in her, but merely
manly chivalry. When the writer has re
covered from her folly. or forgotten about
her idleness, there IL the letter ready 10
rise, like an awful betrsying ghost, after
she herself has possibly undergone a
change, that VIII make her face burn.
branded with shame, should the letter ever
chance to confront her, or perhaps even the
memory of It, Her motive may have been
al innocence az the time, but IL is left for
ever under doubt, and. in fact. except IN
the baldest business affair, there can be no
excuse, and, therefore, no innocence, in the
matter OF young girls writing letters 10
any man not her personal relative or guard
ian, for about most OF these letters there is
an unmaideniness almost amounting 10 IN
decency, and IN the end her correspondent
himself never thinks other than hight OF her
on account OF them
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-28
THEY MEANT TO KILL.
How Two Men Fought for . Lady and
Neither Got Her.


Something like fifty years ago two young
men, one a lawyer and the other doctor,
loved the same girl in the town Of Grand
Gulf, Miss, says the San Francisco Chron-
icle. Both could not have her, and neither
could live without her. II was 10 be n duel
70 the death. There was no insult TO be
avenged by a discharge OF firearms, no
stain on a reputation TO be wiped out by q
few drops OF blood. The lawyer said it
was TO be duel a routrance. The ar
ran ngenents for a massacre were complete
The principals were armed with rifles. re-
volvers and bowie knives. They had more
confidence in the continuation OF their hate
than in the accuracy of their aim. The
rifles were to be discharged first at twenty
PAGES. If neither combstant was killed
they were TO advance, firing their revolvers
at will, and il they still lived the battle was
10 be continued with the knives.
1t was early morning when the party of
four men, principals and seconds, LETT the
little town Of Grand Gulf and sought a
grove a few miles distant. No effort at
reconciliation was made; no time was lost
In the pre.iminaries. The men were placed
the word given TO fire, and the rifles
echoed the signal. The lawyer stumbled
forward and fell, blood streaming from his
mouth. He was unconscious when has
second raised him, and IL was found that
the bullet had entered one cheek. torn
away a section of the jaw, and had made
its exit through the other side of the face
There was no more fighting, although the
doctor gave his opponent more than tho
time allowed by the Marquis Of Queens
berry rules.
The craftsmanship OF the physician cid
not win the young lady. Some talk was
made about the fight, and she was removed
to another part Of the State. The LAWYER
recovered and went 10 Holly Springs, where
he became an Episcopal minister.