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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
Six Years and No Second Term.


HOW REPRESENTATIVE SPRINGER PROPOSES TO
ELECT PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
Mr. Springer introduced in the House yester-
day joint resolution proposing a constitu-
tional amendment relative to the election of
President and vice-President and representa-
tives in Congress. 1t extends the presidential
term to six years, and makes the President in
eligible for reelection. It abolisnes the elect
oral college, and provides for direct vote of
the people. Each state shall be entitled to as
many votes in the election for President and
Vice-President as there are Senators and repre-
sentatives from such state. All the popular
votes cast in each state are to be aggregated,
and divided by the number of presidential
votes to which the state is entitled, and the
quotient shall be the ratio of a presidential
vote in the state. The whole number of votes
received by such candidate for President shall
then be divided by the ascertained presidential
ratio, and the quotient shall represent the
number of votes to which the respective candi-
dates shall be entitled. The candidate having
the largest fractions shall be entitled to the
odd presidential votes. The bill further pro-
vides for the counting of the votes by a Joint
assembly of the two houses of Congress, and
such regulations are provided as to preclude
the possibility of the result not having been
announced prior to March 4. The term Of rep
resentatives in Congress is extended to three
years. and to expire December 81. Each ses-
sion shall begin on the first Wednesday Of
January in each year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the board of super
vising inspectors of steam vessels will be held
in this city on the 10th inst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

Problems Which Perplex che Senate
Subcommittee. -.r-,

As result of all their work during the holi-
day recess and just before, the Senate finance
committee have agreed to only few verbal
amendments, and are as much perplexed as
they were a month ago. They doubt their
ability to come any nearer harmonizing the
various interests in the bill than they have
already. Yet they are half determined to
yield yet another point. Sugar Is the thing
that now troubles them. Senators Stamford,
Plumb and Ingalls, threaten to resist the reduc-
ton of sugar duty by SO per cent, and the COM
mittee are at loss for the guidance of wis
dom to direct their course along the tangled
way. It is almost certain, however, that they
one cent pound on sugar produced in this
country. But they have not finally
decided upon this course as yet. Their
first proposition, after looking the
whole situation over, was to brave whatever
opposition Ins: may exist ass iq the party lines lines
practically as it now stands. They had not
succeeded in satisfying all their colleagues and
they are little uncertain as to how
serious the opposition of certain republican
Senators will be, but they hoped to be able to
vote down such amendments as may be offered
in antagonism to their general plan, and finally
pass the bill.
IT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENTION
Of the majority of the finance committee to
put on the free list all the carpet woods not
such as might be used in clothing. Mr.. Alli-
son was especially anxious to do this, but
Mr.. Sherman gave them to understand
that if they did so he would not respect the
will of the majority, but would fight the bill as
long as this, to him, Objectionable feature
stood. They were reluctant to yield to
him, but in view of the small majority they
could not afford to defy his opposition
In the same way. to avoid trouble
with him, they were forced to change
the wool schedule so as to increase the duty
by one cent pound on that grade of wool
which is imported for clothing.
This was done just before the bill
in its present form was given to the
public. Whether or not amendments which
would make the bill conform more perfectly
with the desires of the majority of the COM
mittee in this particular could be adopted
is uncertain. But the committee
are determined not to yield to all the 'kickers,"
as they did to Mr.. Sherman.
THEY WILL PROBABLY DECIDE
to give the sugar bounty. but it is not at all
certain that this will relieve them from en-
barrassment. Opposition to the bounty system
may develop before they have got we'll
started on their way, and it may be as annoy
ing as are the demands for the bounty. More
over, this yielding to pressure may encourage
the application of more of it in behalf of other
interests. They are much perplexed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

THE GRANGE AT THE RICHMOND Custom
HoUsE.-The Secretary of the Treasury has
directed Mr.. J. F. Meredith, clerk in the
Richmond, Va, custom-house. to take charge
of the Office pending the appointment of sue
cessor to Collector Russell, who recently
removed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

The prohibitionists of Onancock, Va, have
been before the grand Jury and made strenuous
efforts to have every man indicted who is sus-
pected Of having sold spirituous or malt liquors
for the past three years. Two indictments only
were found
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
The Richmond sails To-day

FoRT MONROE, Va, Jan 3.-The flagship
Richmond got aground yesterday coming down
from Norfolk. She sailed at 3 o'ciock this morn
ing for Montevideo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

At Lowell, Mass, the case of Mrs. Myra Beals,
of Boston, against DR.. Thompson, for alienat-
ing her husbands affection, is reported to have
been settled for 5000. The verdict awarded
plaintiff was $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

Gideon Granger westcott, brother OF ex-
Senator westcott, Of Florida, and father-in-lav
of Judge Drake, Of this city, died in Philadss-
phia yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
THE BLUFFING PUGILIsTs.
kfirain Again Said 60 be willing 20
Fight sullivan for so. 600.

NEw IoRK, Jan. S.--The following dispatch
was received BY Richard X Fox this morning
from ST. Louis: "Kilrsin viii sign articles 10
fight with Jno. L. sullivan for s2C 600 and the
championship OF the world at either Toronto.
Omaha or Montreal Both Mitchell and kilrain
emphstically deny that they have any misun-
derstanding with Mr.. Richard X. Fox"
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The q. S. s. ATLANTA was taken from th'
New York dry dock this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

LONDON, JAN SIT is reported that Lady
Salisbury viii present Mrs. Jos. Chamberlain
to the queen at the first drawing-roon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, S311 1,524; customs. S627, ,632.
THE BOND OFFERINGS TO-DAY aggregated
S479,S00. as follows: Reg. As, S50,00O, at 1273l
reg. 41's, $3.50 000 at 1881; S54. 800, at 1887
$50. .000 at 10816; S25 O0O at 1O815
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No oo23 @ Street Northwest. d12-ln

F., r n T. LEIPOLD, REAL ESTATE AND
49, Insurance Agent, has removed his office to
the Bur her building southwest corner and 18th
sts ". second floor, where he will continue to con-
Cect the cal Estate Business in all its branches.
F. T. ste bnnght and sold, Loans negotiated, Rents
COLI ted psnynce effected in frst-class companies
atNNeSt ties. DO I'm
SPECIAL EsEs Wish TO u dNr9hM sFsss
aod at IN not responsible for any engagements not
mad Ir s1v thronvh me EiBNER, Leader Eib-
neEs ne -stra aII'Am
He INDUSTRIAL SAYINGS ANDLQAN
- ssCciation has removed 70 the BukCHE
bQli' = }0OFstn.w THOS. q. HENSEY,
al u Secretary.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EX-
80 tst.ng between Frederick ROgerson aud =. p
Wright. known as kogerson Co. has bfn dissolved
by Iutua1 consent. Frederick Rogerson will continue
the business It his stand. 9i6 Louisiana ave- n W. and
ne alone vii settle the accounts of the said firm.
1t FREDERICK ROGERSON. y. p. Wight
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

Two cups of sugar, two of flour, two
eggs, one cup of sweet milk two table
spoonfuls of melted butter, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, two te%aspoontuls
of lemon extract.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

clasped brown hands, their wonderful
eyes wide open, the group of sweet faces
all focused close up to the sweet picture
in the redwood frame which he had fash
toned with his own hand; all this-his
reward was nothing: everythingl
As he turned back with a very sad, and
yet light heart, he saw even more men
than ever before passing up and down
and round about. His cabin, as noted
before, stood in a sorto of a~mphitheatre of
hills high up here on this crown of hills,
with the little dense copse where the
grasses were, and the lilies grew for the
centre. Near the depression, overhang-
ing it almost, toward aprecipice of shelly
ing rocks, the trail passed under these
loose rocks. It now seemed to him as If
his cabin was literally surrounded by
armed men. This little circle of hills was
certainly set thick with men-men who
seemed to not be noticing him and yet
clearly were noticing nothing else.
As the artist entered his cabin he
sighed, and he smiled, also. What a
continual contradiction is man, even In
the same breath!
"I must make it certain" he said
firmly, as he turned about in his doorway,
and saw as the twilight faded away the
armed men grow gradually nearer. Then
taking his brush, he wrote in red and in
delable letters back behind the door on
on the smooth surface of one of the red
wood logs:
"Hand to hand. Man to man Equal
and armed only with natures arms we
met. He died for he deserved to die.
J. G."
"ThereI Farla and her old father
shall hold these heights, and keep their
little flock in hand together. There's two
of them only one of rne only half a one
of me, now"
He pitched the brush in a corner. No
more forever. His lip curled scornfully
as he heard the cautious tread of the
girdle of men that was slowly tightening
around the cabin in the darkness without.
His thoughts went back to the old battle
field, and he stood once more by the side
of his dying father. He felt that death
was not far off, and it made him stronger
now, in this trying hour, to know how
Indifferent had been his father at the ap-
proach of death; caring only to be surely
in the path of duty in the end.
He laid some fine splints and knots on
the hearthstone, and there was a cheer
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

not remember, I was there2 You did
marry them; did you not?"
The good man, the brave good man,
understood:
eyes, / remember now. / married
them"
The priest said this solemnly, firmly;
then bowed his head and prayed.
And the angel that bore at that instant
a poor weary soul into heaven paused a
little as it passed in by the way of the re-
cording angel, and rested there for a space,
to hear what the good priest said of the
soul he had borne away. And when the
holy man said, ayes, 1 married Them"
one long, and snow white wing of the
angel reached out, and on and DER the
spotless page that stood against the name
of that priest. And it lay there till the
recording angel had forgotten to write
down the lie that he had uttered.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
CHAPTER XIV.
JOHN GRAY IN MANAoLEs.


The coroner and the coroner's jury nc
longer trampled the pleasant grass down
by the sparkling trout stream. The eere-
monious old humbug had taken up his
dead, and left the sweet landscape to the
squirrel and the piping quail. But some
how the strange men did not melt away
as had been expected. On the contrary,
strange men came and went, up and down
and round about continually. A great
reward had been offered for the murderer,
dead or alive, by the dead mans father,
the millionaire. Silvia and his daughter
kept all this time on the island.
One day a hunter came to the cabin
where Gray was still patiently painting
the dead girls picture He seemed to be
very much of a hunter: too much of a
hunter IN fact. A genuine hunter carries
but light weights here. And then he
stood his gun in the corner, muzzle down;
a most dangerous thing to do, and most
unlike a hunter. Gray smiled family as
he saw all this, but with that mate gentle
ness OF the true gentleman he seemed to
take no notice at all, but quietly reached
the man his little three legged stool, and
went went on with his work. His back
was to the stranger as he wrought. This
seemed to annoy the s~elf-important in
truder, and he left the little seat more
than once, and tried in vain to get a front
view of the artist by pretending to desire
a better look at the work in hand.
How Gray did despise this average
representative of that most ~despicable
class known as detectives; those pitlful,
miserable man hunters, whose only real
place of success is in the dime novel; He
kept his back to the detective for a long
time. At last the conceited fellow seemed
to hit on a splendid idea. Taking up a
small pebble from the moss that lay scat
tered about the doorway, he cried out:
els not this gold? Come here quick
to the door and see!"
Quietly and slowly the artist laid aside
his brush; quietly and slowly he stepped
back into the corner, where stood a little
wash basin, and at last quietly and slowly
came to the door and stood in the full
light before this brilliant detective.
A glance up and down that row of but
tons. "The same!I And one of them
gonel Good! Goodl The reward is
ours!'
In his eagerness to be off, he could
hardly wait to take himself away decently.
"The picture alone is a dead give awayl
To say nothing of the button: jealousy;
jealousy That's why the fool didn't
take the loot. Why, I knowed it was
this fellow from the frstl' And chuck
ling thus to himself the great detective
was gone.
John Gray again took up his brush,
and by sunset the beautiful bit of paint
ing was On its way to the dead girls
mother.
He did not enter, but stood the picture
over inside the gate where were gathered
thechildren. Their glad surprise, their little
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
DROP CAKES.

One cup sugar, n cup sour cream, one
teaspoonful of soda, one-half cup OF cur
rants, one and one-half cups Of flour
favor with nutmeg and cinnamon and
drop from spoon into a buttered pan; bake
in a quick oven.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

full blaze. Closer and closer came til,
clumsy feet without. Then there was
dull thud, a thrustI Onel twol three
four fvel ten At last ten glittering gur
barrels were thrust through the port holes
and four men came crowding in through
the door by the light of the pleasant fire
The wonderful detective headed the four
Gray looked at him a moment, anC
then pointing quietly at the guns, said:
IF those guns are loaded you are put
ting yourself in great peril"
The detective lodged, and called out t.
the men to put down their guns, as be
had captured his prisoner.
"And what is the matter2 What dc
you want?"
"No questions are wanted; we only
want you. Come! Get ready"
81 am ready"
The. detective fumbled at his belt
There was a clink of chains against a pis-
tol, and then the manaclesl He first put
them on both wrists of his serene and
silent prisoner; but finding that he was
absurdly placed by this arrangement, he
took off the manacle from his left hand,
and fastening it to one of his own led the
way out and on hastily down the narrow
trail that led by the rocky precipice above
the Indian we'll. His dozen well armed
men were ordered to follow with drawn
guns at the back of the prisoner.
Rumblel Roll! CrashI Crash again |
Has the o~verhanging precipice broken
loose? Is it the work of an earthquake ?
Rumblel Rumblel Roll! Crash! There
is not a second of cessation.
And not a man is left at the back of
the leader with his prisoner fastened so
fast that he cannot run away with him !;
else he too had been gone. A stone has
struck Gray and he falls down senselegs.
And now suddenly down and out of
the darkness a hand reaches; a heavy
and a terrible hand; a hand as heavy and
as terrible as the terrible rocks that had
tumbled down from the same direction.
The hand is about the throat of the
detective. A man is on his knees, but
there is no time to pray. His neck is
broken; his back is broken and the
manacle is torn from his dead hand with
suc ferocity that the flesh is torn off with
it. And then that dead and bleeding
body is caught up and hurled far away
into the dark arroyo below.
Down deep in the copse by the Indian
well there burned a dim light. The vestal
virgin was there waiting. She knew
what would be done; she knew how we'll
it would be done, and she sat there by
the grass waiting, waiting the rising of
the tide in the we'll with all the calmness
and certainty Of Fate.
Soon there came creeping up through
the way by which John Gray entered the
bowed and huge form of her shaggy
headed father. This time John Gray did
not see the glittering. eyes of the white
bull rise slowly above the snow white rim
of lilies of the Nile. His own eyes were
closed; closed as if in death.
But clearly Farla had not calculated on
this. She had not thought of death COM
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
CHAPTER XIV.
down no. THE BURIED RrvER.

Farla listened; the last faint football of
her father had died away. There was no
sound of any life; no sound save the sharp
cry of the little brown wolf, calling his
shaggy companions down from the crags
of Mount Diablo to the smell of blood.
She looked at the pale, thin face that
lay there on the soft. white gunwale of
the boat in the full and flowing Indian
well. It was hard saying which were
the whittier, the white face of the stricken
man or the soft, white and shaggy skin
on which it rested as it lay there reach
ing up out of the boat
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

ing to him in this form. She threw her
self on her knees as her father laid his
burden at her feet, and thrust her hand
within his blouse. The heart was still
beating!
In gratitude the girl clasped her hands
and prayed. And then she put her right
hand suddenly to her head. All her
plans of hid him away here for the night
in this haunted spot must be changed.
The man must have help. He might die
here. What would be worse than death,
he, in this helpless plight, might again
fall into the hands of his enemies.
No; he could not be left here now. It
would be ~perilous to all concerned: peril
Gus to him, to her, to her father; most of
all and worst of all, p~erilous to her poor
heartbroken old father.
Finally she seemed to have made one
last desperate resolve; so desperate that
she almost Kissed her words through her
snow white teeth as she arose and turned
to her father and said:
clay him in there, in the boat. Lay
him in there; and leave me. You will go
back; go back to our cave on the other
side of the Islands and stay stay, till I
come. Go now and go alone; and stay
till come. Do you hear me, father? Do
you understand
He let his heavy, shaggy head fall above
the pale face, lifted and laid his charge in
the boat, and then heaved a great heart
breaking sigh and turned to go.
"Father! p
He t1rned about hastily, caught her to
his great, true heart and held her for
long, so long. Then he turned, lifted his
head like a lion for a second; bowed his
head low then, and was gone.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
gGEtru.
SIGN LANGUAGE.

They stood beneath the whispering trees;
The birds were all asleep.
And slowly through the tender SKY
The stars began to peep.
The yellow primrose around
Were bursting into bloom;
A question had been asked, and now
He waited for his doom.
A little breeze went by, and kissed
The ~half-averted Geek,
Stirring the ripples of her hair
And still she did not speak;
But toyed with her crimson ran,
Dropping her tender eyes,
Whose lucent, melting depths outVleo
The summers bluest skies.
And vet she did not answer, but
Across her bony face,
Sweet little bushes came and went.
The bunch of creamy lace
She wore npon her bosom rose,
Fiuttered and slowly fell,
While all about the silence lay
Like some mysterious spell.
The tiny blossoms coyly kissed
The borders of her gown.
He took the little, trembling hands
And clasped them in his own,
And on her lips and cheeks n brow
His hot caresses fell,
For though she did not answer him,
He knew that all was well.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

Half-pint oatmeal, n teaspoonful OF
salt; put in twovquart basin, and pour over
it one quart of boiling water; put IN a
steamer and steam two hours. Do not re-
move the cover during that time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

Beat one egg well, add a pint of new
milk. a little salt and graham flour until it
will drop off the spoon nicely. Have ready
four gem pans, well creased and heated.
Bake in a quick ven and send to table
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-03-21
Montana Horses for stree, Cars.

S. S. Huntley, Of the firm of Hunt.
ley & Clark. horse breeders at Toston.
Mont, has just returned from a
lengthy visit to New York, where he
gave much time and attention To the
work OF Montana horses on the street
car lines. He found the drivers uni
versally favored the Montana horse
and that the animals had a wide
spread reputation for good feet and
legs and good lung power. When
shipped from the range before they
are too old they speedily become gentle
and trsctable, but n Of the last things
they learn to do is to drink out OF a
bucket. Mr. Huntley thinks the
street Car companies will look largely
to Montana for their horses In the fu.
ture a. thew are harder and sounder
than any class Of horses they have yet
used.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-03-21
sheridan's Memoirs.

or the three great commanders of
tAe OWL war. Grant, Sherman and
Sheridan. the caree Of Sheridan was
by far the most romantic. We all
know with what interest the whole
country read the Personal Memoirs Of
Grant, and the Personal Memoirs of
Sherman. and we believe that the
Personal Memoirs OF little Philu
will attract equal attention and com.
mand as large q sale. His Memoirs
have the value Of an important histor.
ical production aud the interest of a
great work Of fiction. The book ia
not statistical but full Of personal in
cidents and the wonderful story which
IL tells holds the reader spellboupd,
II is a clear, concise, graphite, and We,
simple account off wonderful life. 7,
IL penned not only because he deslred
TO tell the stoty Of bis life in his ovu
way, but with the hope that his fam.
lily might receive a competency for II,
sale. Coming as this book from ON,
Of Americas greatest and best loved