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The Banner-Democrat., 1892-12-10
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Mrs. M-"Bridget wants to 20 to
the plum bers' picnic tomorrow" Mr..
-"Hcavens! thought plumbers
had one perpetual picnicr'
-Lucie-"Ne made ringing speech
last night, mommer." Mommer-"Um
JUMP" Lucie-"Yes. He asked me
to be his wife."-Jcwclers Circular.
Young Mrs. Fitts-"Are these pool
rooms some sort Of bathing arrange
ment, dear?" Mr.. Fitts-''No They
only clean fellows pockets. Indian
apolis Journal
They Are No Suckers
He called them specified beauties" and
He fshed till day was done;
His tackle cost . fortune and
He never caught one
Detroit Free Press
Van Arndt-'sShe told me it was her
first year out" Maid Marian-"Why,
she's been out four seasons" Van A
"Ah, well, she counts four seasons to
the year, / suppose. Kate Fields
Washington.
-"I see that O'Grogan has got him a
coat of ar-r-ms since he was appointed
dep'ty sheriff" 'sThe dhirty aristocratl
Vance he was glad enough to 60 out in
his shirt-sleeves wild the rest Of U.S.
Chicago News
May tdisdainfully)-"Nc; don't
think ever could love man." Frank
(brightening up,-ssThat's only another
proof OF the similarity Of our tastes,
darling. don't believe l ever could,
either. IN. Y. Herald
Physician Ito patientl Your case
is very serious one, and think = con-
sultation had better be held" Patient
(too i'll to care about anything)-"very
well, doctor; have as many accomplices
as you like. .-Demorest's Magazine
"A military captain, dcsirous of in
spring q soldier with patriotic senti-
ments, asked him the following ques-
tion: what would you think II you
saw banner waving over the field Of
battle?" II should think the wind waa
blowing" was the mans reply.-Ls
Margherita.
-"I heard your father express very
liberal view, said one youth to another.
HE said that If you played cards at al,
he wanted you to play at home . Eyes.
That's simple enough He gives me my
allowance on the first Of the month,
and wins the most of it back on the sec
ond Washington Star
The earl Of Balcarres had field o1
turnips upon which he prided himself :
good deal. He once surprised an old
woman busily employed in filing sack
with his favorites- After giving her a
hearty scolding, to which she replied
only by the silent eloquence of repeated
courtesies. he was walking away, when
the woman called after him: "Eh, my
lord, the bags unco' heavy. Would ye
be sac kind as to help me on to my back
wi it?"-which he did forthwith, when
the cnlprit decamped with prafuss
Ahauks
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story. After q moments hesitauon
our entertainer resumed his seat and
remarked: "Well, gentlemen, my
stocks about run out, and this is not
good tale to go to bed on, but here
goes:
I'm 1861, my uncle, Benjamin Rich
ley, was tried, found guilty and SEN
fenced TO thirty years in the pentten-
tiary. The alleged crime was murder;
the victim one of his farm hands.
BENJAMIN Richley was wealthy
farmer, and bis farm was located IN
what is now suburb of St Louis. He
was widower with one daughter who
was, SO to speak, the apple OF the old
mans eye. He had no other relations,
or If he had, did not recognize them.
The old gentleman was known to pos
sess an ungovernable temper when
aroused, and was also noted as being an
honorable, Just man.
Adjoining the farm lived John
Hiram, who had two sons, one named
John, q weak-wittcd young man, and
Reginald, an older brother, who lived.
IL was said, by his wits in the adjoining
city. The younger brother was occa-
sionally employed by my uncle to do
odd jobs around the farm, and was at
such times q source of unccasing worry
to my energetic uncle, owing to his in
dolent habits.
Reginald, the ne'er-do-well chap,
fell in love with Lucy Richley, and OF
course when the old gentleman heard
of his wooing, he few into one Of his
white heat passions and threw the
young man out of his house bodily.
Naturally, man like Reginald Hiram
would get even eventually, although no
one ever heard him boast OF such y re-
solve.
"The following day my uncle, while
passing through the garden, saw John
sitting in fence corner idly cracking
nuts with a stone. The irascible gen.
tleman again few into a rage, and,
upon receiving an impudent retort,
reached for hoe lying near by, and in
his blind rage struck him repeatedly
with the iron blade. The man stag
rered back step or two, uttered q
strange cry, then dashed over the fence
and made for the cover of the woods
not far distant.
"a day passed, then q week, and q
vain search ensued for the missing
John Hiram. No one had seen him since
the day of the trouble, and no one had
witnessed the little scrimmage. Ny
uncle bitterly repented his foolish pas
sion and personally exerted strenuous
efforts to find the missing man.
1.-Two weeks had gone and still NO
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PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL.

John L Blair, of Blairsville, N. J.,
IS reported to be worth all the way
from ESQ, 600, 900 to 500. 0oO, 900. He has
never sold share of stock in any enter
prise with which he has been associat-
ed, and has money invested in scores of
railroads. some of which he absolutely
controla
Rev. Samuel Wakefield, DID,, LII.
D., and wife, of Latrobe, Pa. are a
very remarkable couple. He is "a years
old and his wife is but few years his
Junior. They were married seventy-one
years ago and have ten children living.
No death has occurred in the family for
sixty-one years.
Capt. Thomas J. Spencer, late Of
the United States army, and now en-
ptoyed in the pension Office at Washing
ton had as varied an experience during
the war, probably, as any other union
soldier. He was present in forty-fve
battles, was captured three times, and
escaped twice. and saw the inside OF
seven confederate prisons
Some people are too trusting for
this world. At recent trial the pris-
oner entered plea OF mot guilty.
when one of the jury put on his hat
and started for the door,. The Judge
called him back and informed him that
he could not leave until the case was
tried a'sTried!" cried the juror; why,
he acknowledges that he is not gull tyr
"A shrewd scheme to make tardy
subscribers pay up has been invented
by western editor. Whenever delin-
quent subscriber is mentioned in his
paper, the name is inverted. Here is
an example,: ''ssuor uqoc and his wife
are spending few days in Chicago" ;"
As all the readers know what this
means, the shamed subscriber hastens
to have his name appear right side UP.
An affecting incident was witnessed
ut concert in Vienna. A lady had
just performed piece on the piano.
composed by resident of the city, and
was enthusiastically applauded- She
bowed repeatedly, and then rushed of
the stage, to return presently, leading
the composer forward. He kissed his
hand when the fresh applause greeted
him and pointed to the lady, intimating
that to her the credit was due. He
could not see the audience, for he is
blind.
"A well-dressed stranger, accompan-
led by boy. entered hat store in
Frankfort, Germany, and after a time
the man was fitted to hat Looking
in the glass he said to the youngster:
"How do look in this hat?' Like a
THEIR promptly responded the lad.
The man angrilv darted toward him,
but the lad fed from the store, pursued
by the man. The shopkeeper thought
it all very funny until their long abb
sence made him realize that he had been
robbed.
Russell Sage has for some years
been in the habit Of giving five dollars
once q year to friend Of his boyhood
days. This year, when the pensioner
made his annual visit, Mr.. Sage was
unable to find five dollars in his roll Of
bills, and was on the point Of putting
his old friend of. when the latter ex-
claimed: ''But am in more desperate
need of money than ever before, Mr..
Sage. Why not give me one Of those
ten dollar bills?" "Well, / never
thought of that" replied Mr.. Sage, In
matter-of-fact way; ''here, you take
this ten-dollars and give me . receipt
for two years"
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without touching it. Ton of MS In this
field. Not a crowd; just company.
Into the road at that corner, think; 1t
looks like gate there. Chained? Then
OF here to the left Give him time.
Over now! Across the road. What not
do it? Now again--there! that was
more like it.
A lady down! But she's up again.
Not hurt.
And SO on, and so on, for about four
miles, when, If Plate holds out we'll
and doesn't come to any grief, the ex.
hilarated reader finds himself in com.
pany with dozen other men in q
meadow on the Gencsee fats, close by
q bend in the river. The hounds are
painting and horses are streaming with
sweat
1t is fun to watch the field come strag-
Cling in from various. directions, singly
and in twos and thrces. Some were
outrun; some got lost. The least delay
in draghunt is fatal for after the
hounds once get well started the scent
keeps getting fresher, and there are no
checks to speak Of to give the field .
chance to catch mp.
Once out of earshot of the hounds
the rider is ont of the race, and the best
he can hope to do is to find the pack
again at the finish Presently the car
riages come streaming across the fields
from the road, and within half an hour
after the finish the crowd is reasonably
complete again.
When the horses have had sufficient
breathing space, the whole assemblage
moves in scattering procession through
several adjoining fields and wood lots
and sees cover drawn. The cover is
a swampy-looking wood lot, thickly
grown up with underbrush.
The master and hounds go in and
quickly disappear, and the whip posts
himself at a distant corner But very
soon they come into hearing. They
have found, aud are telling about it. A
riders uplifted arm warns back the
field. The cry is coming towards MS.
The hounds will come out yonder, and
we are not to get there first and head
them OF.
There's the fox! There he goes! And
look! the pack after him. all together,
scudding over that green knoll for dear
life. That's sight worth coming furi
After them now. Plate! No, not across
that wheat field, but around it Yon-
der scuds our friend, the Batavia finau.
cier, galloping ahead to open . gate for
his little girls. Let us go that way.
Plate, and-Jeminy! That was one Of
the little girls that went by!
Through a gate, across a railroad,
over board fence, through wood
ffencel, up hill (fence), across a feld
with the hounds in sight and . fox in
expectation. Then (fence) down steep
gully, turn at the bottom of it. and up
presently to baffied pack smiling at a
hole in the ground.
The fox has got to earth and will do
to chase another day. We are his debit
ors, for he has given us a pretty good
hunting picture aud run that was fun
while it LASTED. 1t has not been long
in the telling, but the afternoon is
gone, and there is only about time
enough left to get back to the Home
stead library, and discourse there lit
tie while and swap experiences before
separating. Edward S. Martin, in
Harper's Weekly.
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THE DRUMMER'S STORY.
n Thrilling Account of an In
justice Done His Uncle.

E was avoluble
drummer from
st. Louis; we
were an inter-
ested' party of
listeners in the
smoking room
of q Pullman
sleeper en- route
for Chicago,
and when he
pulled out his
watch and re-
marked: Good
night. 0e n
tlemen," we
begged him to
stay and tell
lust one more
The Banner-Democrat., 1892-12-10
THE CAR HORSE.

His Intellixeace Il Not to BE Gauged ny
Appearances.
The patient car horse, trudging along
the street with his jangling bell, does
not seem to be very intelligent ami
NAL, and few people credit him with
any ideas above oats. The truth is,
however, that these horses are really
very bright as a rule, and, speaking
comparatively, know their business as
well as the man who has the reinS
A writer who was interested in the
subject stood on the front platform of a
car and asked the driver about the mat
ter.
"They know lot" was the drivers
answer to the question, land under
stand just what's wanted of them.
When the horses hear the bell rung by
the conductor they know it means to
stop, and they stop at the right corner
without my using the reins at all ]
never have to put on the brake unless
there's grade of some kind or the car
has good headway. The horses know
that when the bell is rung twice they
are to start, and they need no word
from me to make them go ahead. They
look out for passengers, too, and when
they see lady waving her hand they
come to a standstill, without my both
ering in the least; but they don't stop
for men, as a rule, because the
men do not make any motion. Horses
that have been on cars some time are
up to all the tricks, and you can trust
them Here's an instance now" con-
tinued the driver. "That lady waiting
just ahead is on the wrong corner,
cause we can't stop the car SO as to
block the cross street Now watch the
horses"
The writer did as he was told. The
horses noticed the woman waving, bat
they kept right on until the street was
crossed, and then they slowed mp,
without any word or sign from the
driver.
There said the driver, triumphant-
Iy, as he turned the brake in order to
stop the car. don't you see the horses
know what they are doing? Both Of
them have been ON the line some time,
and they don't give the drivers any
trouble at all. They know just where
the men who water them are stationed
along the route; and while one is
drinking the other never interferes, be-
cause he knows his turn is coming
right away. They're smart, they are,
even if they amt anything but horses"
Further Investigation proved that
what the driver said was true. After
that one feels some interest in the hard
working, patient animal that il not
mere machine. .-Harper's Young People.
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"What sort Of a baby is your new
brother, Abner?"
.Ol,. he's just like my other new
brother. Couldn't tell 'em apart, If II
wasn't that his name is differeut."--
Harpr's Young People
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Ir chic.xe.

Sxipley-See that woman talking to
Major Brassey? She and are engaged.
Ripley-Engaged, you idiot? Why
that's your wife.
Slxiplcy-I know it-but we are en-
gagged TO be divorced
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lis there much Wt1er in the cistern,
Biddy?" inquired "a gentleman Of his
Irish servant. ut is full on the bot
tom, sir. but there's none on the top" !"
said Diddy
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AnacOstio Notes.

Capt D. L. Pitcher has been granted lieu
tenants pension Of SIS per month for wounds
received at Cold Harbor while lieutenant in
the eighth New York heavy artillery. 1t was
only shortly after his recovery from these
wounds that he was promoted to captain Of
battery NJ Of the same regiment.
Mrs. E. Wilkerson and Miss Carrie Brent,
both Of Baltimore, are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Marden King.
The Jolly Ten Croquet Club will adopt con-
stitution and bylaws Wednesday evening.
The temperance tent has been pitched at the
intersection of Minnesota avenue and Harrison
street. 1t will be dedicated Wednesday night.
Mrs. J. Walton Barclay left last evening for
her home at Norfolk, Va.
II was not the Marine Band drum corps that
made martial music here yesterday, but the
National Guard drum corps.
Judge Armstrong returned this morning.
Mrs. Armstrong h improving at Belleville,
Essex county, NY.
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Gen. Greedy No Longer the Weather Prophet.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
In an article in Saturdays STAR entitled
"Fads Of Great Men," by W. A. Croffut, came
upon the startling announcement that "Gen.
Greedy has been kept pretty lively producing
the different kinds of disagreeable weather we
have had this spring."
desire to inform Mr.. Croffut and score or
two Of other correspondents that it is now pre-
cisely eleven months since Gen. Greedy has
manufactured any weather, Prof. Mark w. Har-
rington having been appointed chief Of the
weather bureau July 1, 1891. Gen. Greedy is
still chief signal officer, having remained in
charge Of the military signaling, which was for
merly part of the work carried on in the
building at oath and NJ streets; but that build
ing having been turned over to Prof. Harring-
ton and his assistants, Gen. Greedy took possess
sion Of new headquarters over the West End
National Bank. His duties are now entirely
military and with the making Of the weather,
either good or bad, he has absolutely nothing to
do. It is time that the newspapers should
make themselves acquainted with these facts.
T. NJ. J..
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FUTURE DAYS.
nUNcANsON BROS. Aucts.. 9th and d Sta. nv.
TRUSTEES SALE OF BRICK DWELLING AND
LOT, No. 1..21 UNION STREET. BETWEEN N
AND AND E0uR;AND-A-HALF AND SIXTH

By virtue q deed Of trust. duly recorded In Lber
No. 1897, folio 7S ct seq. one Of the land records Of
the District q Collmbs we viii sell st public
ton on FRIDAY. the TENTH DAY OF JUNE A. D.
1892. at HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK p. NJ. in front
Of the premises the following described land and prem
ses situate and being in the city OF Washington the
District Of Columbia. and known and distngui.hed
part Of lot thirty-sx (36) In square i've hundred
and two t5o2), beginning for the same It point ON
Union street fourteen feet south from the northeast
Of said lot and running thence south fourteen
feet SIX inches #. Gin }; thence west hundred
and feet eleven inches 101 IT, IL in. J.; thence
north fourteen feet six inches "a f. Sin and thence
east hundred and feet eleven inches (l01 IT,
~ In TO the place Of beginning. t,gether With the
improvements, Ways, easements, rights, privileges
wise appertaining.
Terms: Ons-third Of purchase money TN cash bal.
ance IN two equal instsllments ct one and two yeaa
notes TO given bearing 0per cent annum interest
from Day q sale payable ssmiannualy and to b
Onion q 81 s 81
tune Of sale. oonyeyancine kc., ct pvrchase.s COST
tEqstsss rsssrss fes reht e real. TIE opes = tie
dsyy edvertilsme1t such rssale in som6 psWspapsr
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THEY HoNoRKD LOGAN.
Touching Ceremony Mt the Tomb Of thu
Dead States man and Soldier.

Touching Ceremony Mt the Tomb Of thu
Dead States man and Soldier.
beautiful and touching ceremony occurred
yesterday afternoon at $50 at the mortuary
chapel in the Soldiers Home cemetery WHERE
reposes the body Of Gen. John A
Logan. Several hundred people, in
GLIDING men who followed Gen. Logan
in battle and men who had known and loved
revered his memory, gathered at the chapel to
lay floral tribute upon the cssket containing
the remains Of their chieftain and to hear words
Of praise and affection for him spoken by sin
cere lips.
Mrs. Logan graced the assemblage with he,
presence.
The exercises were conducted by Logan
Camp, Sons of Veterans, who annually make
their pilgrimage to their commanders tomb
Sons of Veterans, Capt G. 7. Conrad
commanding; the Logan guard Of honor,
Capt. John Van Doran commanding
John A. Logan Command, No. 2, U.V.U:, Col.
VIM. Irving commanding; John A. Logan
Post, No. Is, GAR, of Anacostia, Col. Jas.
Dony commanding; the Logan Invincibles Of
Baltimore, Capt. Frank Duhurst commanding;
Camp No. IS Of the Union Veteran Legion Gre
Gently organized, Col. G. c. Kniffin commanding,
anu the DllnOls hepuDucan AsSOc1atlOn, capt.
W. NJ. Meredith, president. The organizations
met first on the main floor Of fhe pension office
building, where luncheon was served, and then
proceeded by the electric cars to the Soldiers
Home and through the grounds to the ceme-
terry.
CEREMONIES AT THE CHAPEL.
The interior of the chapel was one solid mass Of
flowers, walls and ceiling alike. The flag
draped casket looked like mound Of roses,
and the entrance to the chapel was festooned
with flags and flowers. The decoration was
conducted by Mrs. Electa E. Smith.
The memorial services began with prayer by
Rev. Benjamin Swallow, after which Mr.. Luther
B. Noyes Of Wisconsin read an original poem
and the Farragut octet sang q selection. Ad-
dresses were made by Capt. E. H. Mckee, Gen.
Veazey, Controller Matthews and Gen. Green
B. Raum. Mrs. Electa Smith presented a floral
offering from the Women's Relief Corps and
Mr.. Geo. A. Gilliland read an original poem.
The committee in charge Of the ceremonies
was as follows: Gen. Green B. Raum, Gen.
Palmer, Col. Meredith, Controller Matthews,
Col. o. P. Hallam, William C. Carroll,
volunteer aid-de-camp to Gen. Logan;
NJ. B. Bailey, Gilbert c. Kniffen,
Mrs. Electa E. Smith, Daniel A. Ray, DR.. Jno.
X. Boude, Capt. VIM. B. Pratt, aid-de-camp to
Gen. Logan; Jno. L. Nichols, J. D. Vernay,
Jno. NJ. Welty. F. D. Stephenson, G. G. Mason,
s. K. Cunningham and Geo. G. Ross.
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RATcLIFFE. DARR CO.. Aucts.. eeo Pa. AZ. NV

X A1CLAfF1s OAnn w., Aucts. w Pa. ~. NV.
EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEES SALE OF vALU.
ABLE THREEzSTORY AND CELLAR BAY
STREET NORTHMEsT, BY Auction =
On TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE SEVENTH
1892, AT HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK. win sell By
public auction. In front Of the premises,
LOT NO. 10.
SQUARE NO. A1.
Fronting "a feet 10th street west with depth of
50 feet 9inches and improved by an elegant three
story and cellar baywndow pressed brick house con.
tanning 10 rooms, bath and all modern tmprovements
This property II nicely located in good neighbor-
hood convenient TO several lines Of cars and within
few minutes Of the business center.
Terms Of sale Onefonrth cash. the residue In three
equal tnstaments ct two and three years, evt-
denced BY the notes OF the purchaser bearing interest
sale payable ssnlsnnuslly. and secured b dsed q
chssers option. Terms to be compiled With IN nftsen
days from day Of sale otherwise reserve the right
70 resell at the risk and cost Of the dsfaulttng
chaser aatsr ave days q ouch EsSss ip
some nevspeper published in WashinFtqn. D. @. a
depositof 3200reQuirsd 1t the time II sals All
rsysncins. recording. kc e the eesf g the pur-
nysoaAas xsssas.s md fsu;isss.
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nUNCANsoN BROS. Auct,oneers.

TRUSTEES, SALE OF NEW THREE-sToRY AND
215 STREET NORTHWEST.
By virtue Of deed Of trust duly recorded in I.ber
No. 12S folio s3 ct seq. of the land records of
the District of Columbia. and al the request of the
parties secured thereby We will sell in front OF the
gTeNHklses. on TdH,EsPAsH The sE NE DAY OF
lowing real estate, situate in the city of WASHINGTON
and District of Columbia and known and designated
part of original lot numbered 3D. in square
south Of square numbered hve hundred and seventy
two ,I) commencing for the same On the south line
OF said square at point two hundred and ten C210l
feet west Of the southeast of said square, and
running thence north fifty -four and ninety-tve one
hundredths (54 90 feet; thence southesstery nine
teen and twenty-five one hundredths U9 2oD feet
thence south hfty-one and eighty one hundredths
Of said street nineteen 9 feet 20 the place Of begin
ming. together with all the improvements, ways
rights easements. privileges and purtenances TO the
same belonging or in wise appertaining the said
sale to be made at the risk and cost Of the defautin
purchaser sale Of the said premises under the said
deed OF trust aforesaid made the 18th day of De-
Mari.
Terms of sale: One-third cash. balance in two equal
ipstaments, payable in and two years. the said
day Of sale, with per cent interest, payable semi
annually. and to be secured by deed OF trust the
property sold. all cash, 1t the option of the pur-
chaser: Conveyancing, &C.. At purchasers cost. A
deposit Of $500 viii be required At the time Of sale
tees reservins the right in of default in comp-
ance with the terms within such time 70 resell the
property at the risk and OF the defauitin pur-
chaser after not less than nve days advertisement Of
such resale In some published in the city Of
THOMAS G. PEARSALL.l r~r....
my.l0dkds tCIIFFORD Z. SMITH. 4 ArusteeA