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with another man who cross-questioned
the salesgirl, and made her tell seven
different stories while NIaude told sew
enteen, am very sure, although she
wouldn't admit it), after which the
older man, who was probably boss
tloorwalker of some kind, went away
and tossed up n cent to sec who was
telling the truth. 1t must have been
an embarrassing position for that coin;
but it evidently came down Maude's
way, for the boss fo.orwallSer returned
and told her to come in next day for
her money.
This story aroused in me all my fero-
cious instincts. II wish I'd come into
that store when they were teasing Won.
Nlaudie," said l. "You'd have seen the
cutters of Sixth avenue run red with
the blood of floorwall<ers"
Then l told her the story of how 1
thrashed Jim Ferguson, Boston tough,
who dared to insult lady in my pres
ence. 1t makes really thrilling mar
rative-as tell it-and it always sur
prises my friends; but not so much as it
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they might be Il little better, and per-
haps not SO good, SO she had decided to
take one pair of each, and the salesg;ri
had been disagreca5lc about it, and had
said something to another salcsgirl
which Maudc couldn't hear-a very i'm
putent thing to do, and it's a wonder
that proprietors of stores permit it-but
Maudc had insisted on being told what
the girl had said, and the girl at last
had confessed that it was this: ''The
parting in the back of Sandy NlcDou-
CALLS hair runs down behind his shirt
collar" Mr.. 'McDougall it appeared.
was another tloorwalller, and not
the one who had subsequently de.
fraudcd Maudc; but, all the same.
it was Il wicked falschood that
the girl told, for Naude was sure that
her remark referred to herself (Maudc!
and not to Mr. McDougall's hair. which
was very handsome hair; and the man
himself looked like u gentleman: and
probably if he had been around later
they never could have treated her so.
However, the girl had insisted that what
she said was: ',rhe parting in the
back -
"Maudc," said I, "what has McDou.
gals back hair to do with Your losing
three dollars and two ccnts?''
Well, ii hadn't anything to do with
It, but Maudc thought it was Il shame
for girls to act that way, when they
might as well be ladyhl<c and make
everybody respect them, instead of act
ing horrid so that everybody would
hate and despisc them. But, ANYHOW.
she got the stockings she wanted, and
gave the girl fvc-dollar bill, and she
said at the time: Now that's five
dollar bill" SO that there wouldn't he
any mistake, but when the change
came bacl; it was only two cents, and
the girl insisted that Maudc had given
her two-dollar bill, in spite of what
Maudc had said, when She knew
perfectly wcll-that the girl did-all
the time that it was five, because Maude
had told her when she laid down the
money to examine carefully in order to
perfectly ascertain that it was not
two. Then Maude had called the floor
walker, and the monkey in vanished
boots had responded instead of the
nice-loolSing Mr.. McDougall; and then
there was q lot of trouble which Maude
related in an hour and seven minutes,
but which the reader will be spared.
Suffice it to say that the Aoorwallscr
went after the three dollars, and
neither of them came back for a long,
long time, while Maudc sat boiling
with righteous indignation, and listen
ing to'the salesgirl who was telling other
salcsgirls how Maude was trying to
"do" the shop out of three dollars.
Finally the Aoorwalker came back
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SEEKING REDRESS.
Fielding Goes to a Big Dry Goods
Store to Make Kiok.
While He Is Getting Back $500 Change
Due Maude. She spont That sum mud
All the Rest of the Money IIe
Had with Him.
lcopyR1our. 1921

lSOf1hlGAIs lcSo
In every one of us there survives q
trace of the old chivalric feeling, an in
heritance IRON the days when hard
, hitting heavywcights of the table
round went forth to redress fair ladies'
wrongs upon sccond-rate caitiffs in the
one hundred and cighteen-pound class
This knightly sentiment has come down
to me from some nicllcl-plated medieval
ancestor; and when Maude told me how
She had been defrauded of three dollars
and two cents in New York dry goods
store, through the Vaccinations of a
hoor-wallSing churl, 1 Immediately
asked how big he was
"lle is little monkey" said Maude,
land he wears patent leather shoes in
the daytime"
"Men like that" said I, "are my
natural food. We will go over there
tomorrow forenoon, and we will have
that floorwalllcr fried Ia Maryland
for lunch"
The details OF this gross outrage, as
obtained them from Maudc, were as
fQllows-at least, they were sometimes
that way and sometimes different, as
would happen in the case of any woman
telling a story three or four hundred
times, SO that her husband would lie
kept awake till half-past three o'clock
IN the morning; but, on the average,
and stripped of those aggravating cir
cumstances which did not appear in the
early editions, they ran thus:
Maude bought two pairs of silk stock
ings which looked very cheap ut ninety
nine cents Il pair when at some other
store they charged dollar for the very
same thing, but in reality the stockings
are practically worthless, being No. 9s
in length, because she made the girl
measure them, and told her then that
she strongly suspected that all was not
we'll with those hose; and when she got
them home and tried them on, sure
enough, it was just as she thought, for
they were plenty long enough, but so
small around the instcp that you could
MT get them onto n lead pencil. and she
thought it was u shame that people
should be allowed to sell such goods.
Why, only the other day
"Maude," said I, "will you kindly
bite off that introduction and tell me
how they got your money!
1t appeared that she had agreed to
take the stockings, and the salesgirl
had prepared to give them to the cash
girl when Maude had discovered another
pair of stockings at the same price, but
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THE BALTIMORE CONFERENCES.
Proceedings OF the Third Day OF the
Great Gathering.

Great Gathering.
FRONT ROYAL, March 23-(SpeciaU-
The devotional exercises OF the confer.
ence of tho Methodist Episcopal Church,
South were conducted by S. w. Haddo.
way with Bishop j. s. Key presiding.
The following were elected to the
doacons' order: Charles NJ Sarvar,
Robert Smith. John c. Hawk, James Fl.
Wills and Oscar W. Lusby.
Kew. b. w. Waters sent q communica-
ton showing the growing condition of
the mission in that country. The con.
terence sentgreetings to Brother Waters
and congratulated him upon the work
done In the Occident. The president OF
the college, DR.. w. w. Smith, addressed
the conference and spoke OF the increase
in ministerial students
The board Of education reported on
tho Randolph Macon College. Roanoke
district reported the largest number of
conversions in it's history, being nearly
300, and that S14, 600 had been expended
in church and parsonage improvements.
The church membership in Roanoke has
reached 1,60O.
Inc memorial was arranged by vote TO
take place on Monday morning at IL
o'clock.
A meeting was held yesterday at Ran
dolph Macon Academy. Addresses were
made by President w. W. Smith, DR..
David Morten and Bishop j. S. Kew.
The college is one of the preparatory
academies to Randolph.M College,
the buildings alone costing $500
woman's college, endowed with
100000, will be erected in Lynchburg
before October l.
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shoulders. o@9K; hams, 1sM@1aA;
middles dull; short clear, ~. Lard
lower; Western steamed closed l1.6O;
city, 1000; option sales none; refined
quiet, weaker; continent, 11.9O; South
America, 1850.
Rosin quiet. steady; strained, common
to good, 14@14H. Turpentine dull,
lower at 34x@35. Rice fairly active,
firm; domestic fair to. extra, 33s@6;
Japan, 4H@5. Molasses firm, nominal;
New Orleans, open kettle good to choice,
fair demand, firm, 30@3S. Peanuts
quiet. firm. Coffee, options opened dull;
closed barely steady, down to up,
March, 1710@172o; May, 10 60; Sep
tember, 16 80.
Sugar raw dull, firm; fair refining, az;
centrifugals, 81; refined active and
higher; No. 6. 3-16@4ss; standard A,
4 13-16@5T. Freights, Liverpool mar.
ket dull, about steady; cotton, 7.o4@
3-32d; grain, Id.
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. Coral and Sponge.

CAPE CHARLES, Va, March "a
While the United States steamer Fish
Hawk was opposite Old Plantation
lighthouse yesterday morning, fishing
In twenty six fathoms of water as an
expegiment to see what kind of fish
could be caught at SO great depth,
Captain Piat5 states that his net be-.
came entangled in and brought to sur.
lace several large pieces OF coral and
also segeral pieces of sponge. 1t is said
this Is the first case on record where
coral and sponge have been found 80 far
north as this.
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lady was carrying and trying to guess
what was inside of it. BY her express
sion judged that she thought The lady
discourteous because She hadn't made q
larger rent in the paper. We reached
the lower floor and struggled for fe;7
minutes with the crowd of women who.
with faces wearing the calm but firm
expression of siXinch riiled cannon.
were walking over one another to their
respective destinations. This was the
sort of spectacle needed. An iron
hardness came to my soul Mrs. Jack
son, thought l, is no better than a
widow at this moment. accostcd a
floorwalllcr.
Where is that man, Jackson?" said I,
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Death of a Noted An.trlan.

VIENNA, March "a DR.. Adolf Fischof
died in Klageefurth last night OF in am
nation of the lungs. He was born in
1916, studied medicine, and had prac-
ticed for several years when the revo-
luton OF 1s4s broke out By his part
in the movement he incurred the dis
pleasure of the government, which he
aggravated in later years by his
pamphlets on "The Solution of the
Hungarian Problem" "Austria and the
Guarantees of Her Integrity" and "The
Reduction Of the Continental Armies
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ABE LINCoLN's CARD.
A Relic Showing the Great Mans
Business Methods.
Tho Pasteboard Used by Abraham Lin
coin After His Return from Con-
gress-Somo Characteristic
Announcements.

Tho business card of Abraham Lin
coin, reproduced here from the Chicago
inter Ocean, was not an advertisement,
but small glazed card, ON which ara
printed his name. business, address and
comments, as reproduced in the fac
smile here presented. The lettering
is plain on the card. and under ITO
whom it may concern" the letters ar,
small and humorously set forth the fol
lowing:
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How to Ten the speed.

There is one way of telling the spcct
OF railway train which old travellers
claim is almost infallible. Every time
the car passes over joint in the track
there is distinct click; count the num-
Der OF these clicks in twenty seconds
and it is said you have the number OF
miles the train is going per hour, as the
length Of the rail Ia uniform. r-t
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Governments Help to Fight Cholera.

LONDON, March 24.--At to DAVIS SEES.
sion of the Association of Chambers of
Commerce of the United Kingdom FRO.
posals were adopted declaring that the
commercial community should be d.
rectly represented in the board of trade.
and that the treasury should contribute
to the support of measures to proven the
Introduction Of cholera into the ports OF
tho kingdom.
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A Fatal Gas Explosion.

PoTTsvILLE, Pa, March 24.-Two
men were killed and four badly, if not
fatally, injured by an explosion of
ga, at the Oakhill colliery near Miner
vile this morning. The fire boss b ad
reported the mino clear OF gas, but the
mon had been working only about half
an hour when the explosion occurred.
The mine is badly wrecked.
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Ey-Mayor Ne,son Convio,.,

CAFE CHARLES, Va. March 24.-
Thomas Nelson. ex-mayor of this CITY,
vas convicted to-day Of embezzlement
and sentenced to Two years in the peni
Tertiary.
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400 ACRES, az MILES BEDFORD
L Nv City and az of Thaxton's.
First-class location, one-third in tim
Der; price, 81, 400. 200 acres, miles
Bedford City, brick house, rooms; ten
ant house, four rooms; large new sta
BILE, tobacco houses, etc., ETC., large
orchard selected fruit; price, 81, 500. a
bargain. N. ID. HAWKINS 81 CO.,
II ~ Bedford City, Va.
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TOR RENT-STORE ROOM, lis
a. Commerce street. Apply ROANOKE
SAVINGS BANK. 90 In
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Miss Irene Todd and Mr.. John +.
Taylor, deputy treasurer OF Augusta
county, we're married near Staunton
yesterday.
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LOST AND FOUND.
BOARDING.

nNEMARRIED COUPLE AND FOUR
~ Young men can get board at a5i
Church st. 325st
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DOARDERS WANTED Ar AZ 7TH
~ avenue, corner Henry street All
modern convenience. 3et3r
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FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT.
n communicating and otherwise, d
% 18th ave. 8. W., near Jefferson st. lit
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TOR SALE, CHEAP-ONE SMALL,
- organ, Estey make; also one chitd's
crib and ono feather bed. 3l5 Com.
MERGE street g. w. 3252t
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PEAUTIFUL HOTEL AND Oh
~ servatory for ront. Tho Rock
ledge Hotel completely furuished) and
the observatory ON the summit OF Mill
Mountain, two and one.half miles from
the Union depot in Roanoke, Va, will
be leased to desirable and experienced
parties For particulars inquire OF
Roanoke Gas and Water Co., Roa noke,
Va sis II.
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FOR RENT,

Q-ROoM HOUSE, WORD STREET,
= modern conveniences, SEQ
0'room house, Campbell ssreot $50.
7'room house, Patterson avenue, SIC.
5-room Cottage, Luck avenue. Si2.
See HARTSOOK, the Renter, les
Jefferson street. 22stf
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THE STUDEBAKER FARM WAC.
u ON. For sale by HUGHES a
OAMP. decs-tf
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Now York Stock Market

New York, March 24.-There was
o complete change in the complexion Of
affairs on the stock exchange to-day.
The bears were inclined to be aggres-
slve early in the day when sharp raid
was made on Sugar, New England
Chicago Gas and few other specialties.
5rhe shares named yielded to 3.6 per
cent, the latter in Sugar, which fell of
from 1921 to 901s. 1t was in this stock
that the bears first met their defeat.
Around par heavy buying orders were
placed ana the result was sharp rally.
In the meantime the street became
imbued with the fact that money was
working toward greater case and that
the gold exports were likely to be much
less than anticipated.
1t was announced that the half million
which had been engaged for shipment
by to- morrow's steamer by Heidelbacb,
lckelheimer & Co. had been Withdrawn.
and that instead of 80, 500, 900 expected
to go forward by next Tuesdays steamer
probably less than half that am cunt will
go. Those and other bull points started
an active buying movement, in which.
commission houses. were conspicuous.
The purchases covered an unusually
wide range and the demand finally be-.
alarm and rushed into cover with tho
result OF making strong to buoyant spec.
ulation. The advance was equal to
los per cent, the latter in Pittsbure
ana Western preferred, which on small
offerings rose to 80.
Lacl awanna rose 2% t, ASK and
the shorts are being badly punished.
Jersey Central sold up 2. There was
lively inqui.ing for other high priced
stocks like Lake Shore, Delaware and
Hudson, and an urgent demand for
Changers. Western Union, Manhattan.
New England and Missouri Pacific,
Among the industrials United States
Rubber led with rise OF 5X per cent.
to 554. General Electric, Edison II.
Illuminating, Whiskey and Lead Wire
to "a per cent. higher, and all were
prominent in the dealings. Sugar also
developed = buyancy near the close and
rose 8 Il from the lowest. The market
left Off strong on advance. Sales listed,
stocks, 100000; unlisted, $4,000.
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POARDERS CAN BE ACCOMMO-
~ dated at 925 South Jefferson street.
All conveniences. 214tf
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TARLE BOARDERS WANTED Ar
h 500 Campbell avenue, W. 3lslw
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Chicago Markets.

cnIcAoo, March "a Leading futures
Evening journal., 1893-04-18
SEVEN YEARS FOR SMITH
Continued From First Page.

passed he expressed himself to his coun-
sci that he could not hear portion Of
the remarks. Mr.. Bird then told him the
sentence.
The Charge of Judge wales.
The Judges charge was as follows:
The charge to which you have
pleaded guilty is very serious one. In
volving a breach Of trust aud the ap
preparation by you Of a large sum Of
money belonging to the bank Of which
you were an officer
'The scheme by which you defrauded
the bank was 50 ingeniously cOntrived
and so skillfully executed as 70 escape
detection for a long series Of years, aud
not until its discovery appeared to be in
evitable did you make an acknowledge
ment Of your guilt
These facts are not referred TO for the
purpose of adding to the distress Of your
present situation but to justify the
penalty which the law imposes upon such
oifenses as the one committed by you.
Your confession, although made after
a long continuance IN wrong doing, will
be taken into consideration in deciding
on your sentence
Your case is very sad one Your
early training, the reputation you had
acquired while yet q young man, for
strict integrity and diligent attention to
business enabled you 10 so entirely gain
the confidence of your fellow officers
that you found it easy to deceive them.
You intelligently and deliberately
contrived your place Of operation and
carried it on until it could be concealt q
no longer.
There would seem to be no palliation
for your conduct during all these years
except such as may be found in the
weakness of humane nature, in the
preseucs Of temptation and in the des
perate hope of avoiding exposure
But when the teachings Of religion
and of morality. and the plain maxium'
of manly wisdom fail to restrain one
of evil doing the penalties Of the Law
constitute the only means for the pro
lection of society, and the efficiency ot
that protection always depends on the
enforcement of the law.
1T has been painful for me to make
these few remarks, but thought it m]
duty to allude to some of the circum
stances surrounding your offense il
order to vindicate the law and with thl
hope that the lesson to be drawn from
your unfortunate example may not b.
wholly lost.
Ten Thousand Dollars and Seven Years
"The sentence Of this court is that yol
pay a fine of SO 600 to the Unitel
States government; and seven years im
prisonment and to be confined until tn
same is passed
After the sentence was passed Marsha
Mahaffy took charge of the prisoner, an'
the persons in the audience filed out.
Evening journal., 1893-04-18
arhe Old Homestend.n -

On next Friday evening Denman
Thompsons masterpiece, "rhe Old
Homestead, " will be the attraction at
the Grand Opera House, presented by
the same company that made such
pronounced hit ON former visits "The
Old Homestead Stands alone in dramatic
composition Il belongs to no class, but is
a type of itself Encouraged by its
almost phenomenal success, many at.
tempts have been made to initiate it, but
so far wit hout success. The usual play
dealing with the type of characters Of
which Joshua Whitcomb is an exponent
mskes of the rural farmer an object Of
scOrn and derision "The Old Home
stead" holds up a character
that all can admire and love, and while
an audience may laugh at the excen
trcities of the honest old New England
farmer, it is kindly laughter and his
friends across the footlights never cease
to respect and esteem him for his good
qualities The Old Homestead double
quartet is again a feature of the play.
The engagement is for two nights and
matinee
Evening journal., 1893-04-18
CAN

Can you fit me in a Suit
like that one in the window,
marked $Io2 This is what
we hear every few minutes in
the day. You would be sur
prised yourself to see the
values we are offering in
Homespuns, Cheviots, I'm
dressed Worsteds, Cassimeres
and numerous other materials
for SIo and $I2, cut in
Double-breasted Coat and
Vest, Round Corner and
Cutaway Coats. We also
have a full line of extra size
in fats and stouts, and we can
also fit the long and slim
youth as well as any ordinary
sized man. In fact, we claim
to keep every size made,
from 2A years of age up.
In our Boys and Children's
Department you will find a
full assortment of everything
of the newest.
Evening journal., 1893-04-18
ntn


BUCKALEW. In this city on the 18Th in
stan. Charles. son # James and Martha
Buckalew, aged "A months
FAUST.-At Ephrata, Lancaster county,
Pa, on April p Frank Faust, formerly OF
WoOddale, Del. a ed ~ years
La RD-At odessa. Del, on Wednesday. the
l2th instant. Victor Lord.
WETTERS.-In stanton, Del on the
i4th instant. Ann MayWetters, aged 80 years.
McKlBBONS.- In this city. on April 18th
1883, IS lille h. son Of Andrew and Katie e..
MclIibhons in his 2nd year and the grandson
of the late John G.. Kennedy.
PLUNKETr.-On the 18th inst. Philip H.,
son of len b.. and the late James A.
T. uukett, aged 20 years.
Relatives aud friends are invited to at
tend the funeral from his lhte residence No,
6B West second street on Thursday morn
ing. April 20. at o'clock. High mass at st.
Peters pro cathedral.
SMITH.-Cn April 12, 1873, Chares William
Smith, onlv son OF William Henry and Mar
garet Carpenter SMITH.
WRIGHTINGTON. Suddenly, in this city.
on the 18th instant, Charles l.. Wrighungton'
/ aged 81 years.
Evening journal., 1893-04-18
MAX EPHlR.AIM,
N, Y. Clothing House.

The tide is flowing our way.
Why shouldn't it?
It'll be flood tide to-day.
Laying aside all clap-trap
and hokus-pokus, we sell
good clothing and the people
know it.
Is it any wonder that the
tide flows our way when we
sell our kind of clothing at
such popular prices?
Take for instance:
Unfinished Worsted Suits
for Men and all-wool and
worsted fabric suita Die for
dress or business, tough for
wear, cut in Round, Square
and Double-breasted Sacks,
$I2 and Sis.
Homespuns ; Light Shades;
very Light Shades; Medium
Shades; Dark Shades; cut in
all styles in about fifty pat
terms, SIS, $40, SI2, $I4 SIS.
Riverside Worsted Suits,
cut in all shapes. Round or
Square Sacks, Cutaways.
About twelve patterns to
choose from.
Coats and Vests, $1l.
Trousers. S4
Suits. $40.
Eight new styles of Little
Boys Suits will be on the
shelves by tonight. They'll
be marked to sell at lower
prices than we could have
bought them a week ago.
Strictly one price and II dis
satisfied with your purchase
we Will return your money.
Evening journal., 1893-04-18
CoIored Man OIurderously Assaulted.

Colored Man nIurderously Assaulted.
William Potter and William A. Bailey,
both colored got into an alterca
tion at Sixth and Church streets
at 1.45 to day Pott u sed a razor
and pen knife ON his oppone Mt Bailey was
stabbed back of the tight shout
der and ust above the heart on the left
side. A deep cash about two inches in
length ia the abdomen. His shirt and
coat were slasbed in several places
Bgiley was taken to the police station
where Dr. Baird dressed the wounds Pot
ter was arrested.