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The Washington times., 1894-06-17
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[BY JOHN KESDRIcK BAYGs.1


There is one thing never could quite un.
der5;and about men," said Caddy Barlow one
evening at the Eaters. rs the cigars were
passed around the table. land that is their
alleged bushiulness when il comes to the
point of asking women to marry them. In
Tact. don't believe that any of that bashful-
dess exists. 1t never bothered ne any,
'ilumphi' calculated Hawkins 'sYou?
Why should it have troubled you? You are
bachelor"
what of that?' asked Valentine. ~ have
known cases where bachelors proposed to
girls
Indeed. yes" put in Mr.. Bouverie. "In
fact l have 1ancied i'll Christian countries
single men did all of it, 1t is only the Turk
who asks young woman to marry him
while he is already benedict
''Of course said Jackson, with twinkle
IN his eye.
i've proposed 10 n dozen girls" said Bar
low. yaingloriousy. Il don't think month
goes by that don't do it, and I've never been
nervous but once"
when was that?" asked Mr.. Bouverie,
with 4 glance Of nstonishment at Caddy, who,
as ;s seeker after matrimonial blessedness,
appeared 10 him to be something extraordi-
mary.
''.About six weeks ago." said Caddy, calmly,
after sippinS his liquor. Il proposed to
ioyciy 6iri. She was rich, beautiful, and
- 'AOnsi l" NH nusoaDu WILL iauShter
INSIDE OF six months. placed my hand at
hfr disposal, and, by Jove much TO my sur
Prise, She SEEMED 10 take me seriously. 1
never underwent such nervous strain in my
life. and think if She had kept me waiting
for reius:l more than week l should have
gone mad"
''shc refused you. then?" asked Valentine.
''Nos--lhit she didn't want to. As soon as
] saw that she WAS beginning to approve of
proposition. | pat out TO my sisters house and
begged hcr 10 call on the young woman and
tea her that the whole family was much up-
Set hv KY extravagance and tende1y 10
gaming. told her to paint my character in
q dark colors Us she could. so that my un-
happy proposal would be scorned"
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queer thing about Wall street. You can drop
either way. up or down. I found Peters
working hard as usual over an invincible
cigar, and in moment 1, too, was at work
upon similar cigar, after lighting whicn
said had Just seen Carraway, who had given
me the hint which was responsible for my
call
".Poor Carrawayr sighed Peters.
"'Why poor?' asked. He has this worlds
goods in great plenty, and seems to me to
lead a pleasant life.'
"'That's true,' said Peters. He's got cash
enough and horses enough. but he hasn't got
spunk enough. If he hadn't had a rich father
the chances are he'd have made something
OF himself. As it is, he's never had to have
spunk to get along with, and now when he
does need a little he finds It about the only
thing in the world he hasn't got
"'Why does he need spunk?' asked. You
don't want him to go into some dead-sure
speculation. such as extracting salt from the
ocean and underselling the miners. do you?'
"'Not at ALL laughed Peters, 'though
am much obliged to you for the suggestion.
There might be money in the salt, and as for
water, we stock exchange fellows have a re-
markable penchant for that-that is, for
stocks, not beverage. The spunk that Car
raway needs is OF the sort that keeps great
muscular man from quailing before the blue
eyes of weak little woman. Carraway's in
love, and when be thinks Of it it gives him
something very like heart failure.
Miss Ayres? Or has he got over that I
asked, for had heard several times from no
less q person than Carraway himself that
Alice Ayres was the only woman that had
ever existed in the world except Carraway's
maternal ancestors, and that even they,
judged, were at a slight disadvantage when
compared to the present Mrs. Carraway
"'Oh, it's Miss Ayres still, and must forever
be- said Peters. She is all he thinks OF, and
he has reason to believe that she recalls him
two or three times n day, and yet he hasn't
the courage to propose. He just told me that
life would be blank to him If he lost her,
and yet the poor craven is afraid to try to
win her. That is, rs he puts 1t, every time
he goes to see her he can't for the life OF him
say what he wants to say, simply scause he's
afraid to do it. / told him It wasn't fair to
Alice to hold of much longer, because there
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raway.' said I, so nervous myself that I
doubted IL Carravay could have outdone me.
81 didn't hear was the reply.
az am George Carraway.' repeated. i
-er-I have something want to say to you.
81 suppose you have she replied, with a
merry laugh. 4 never thought any one called
any one up on the telephone unless he had
something he wished to say
Precisely said /, giving Peters back
ward kick, he was so persistentin asking what
she was saying now. 'But-er-whatI l wanted
to say was something might not have a
chance to say tonight when call-you know
you always have SO many people around, and
one never gets an opportunity; so-er-so
thought I'd ring you up and say what I-er-
/ wanted to say
"'Whats that? was the answer.
"'Oh. Lordr ! murmured softly. couldn't
think Of repeating remark like that again,
SO simply plunged in. 'Iwanted to ask you,
Alice. if-if you wouldn't-if you wouldn't
promote me. I'm tired Of being a-er-a
brother to you, and-and I'd like very much
to be something else. Something nearer,
dearer In short, IL wish you'd-you'd
marry me-
"'I never heard Of such thing" came the
indignant answer over the wire. Over the
telephone. Why, Mr.. Carraway. don't know
what to say to such proceeding
'''Say yes. answered.
"'1'li do nothing OF the sort. Will say one
thing. however. And that is no. No, nor
"And then heard the click OF the receiver
RS it was hastily hung up on the telephone at
the other end OF the wire, and knew by that
the interview was over.
".Well?' said Peters, as turned away. All
O.K?'
"'Not by long shot, answered. She's
rejected US
"'Nor cried Peters, his face the picture Of
dismay. I wish it had been. 1t isn't us-it's
Carraway!'
I'VE gazed at each other In despair for a
moment or two, and then grabbing our hats
we rushed off to find Carraway and tell him
what we had done. 1t was awful. think I
would rather have gone to Jail than tell Car
raway, but there was nothing else 10 be done.
But our search for him was unavRiling. We
caught sight Of him but once, and that was Q
few minutes after leaving his lodgings,
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the way you people in this country let cor
poratioHs manage your private business af-
fairs but when you get down to putting the
affairs of your heart into their keeping it
strikes me you have reached the limit
Il agree with you entirely Mr.. Bouverie."
said JemmiSon, with chuckle. 1T woald
indeed be beyond the limit, / think, to have a
United States lovemaking company limited,
the duties Of which should consist of wooing
and proposing to woman in behalf of a
bashful subscriber. 1t would require great
deal more soul thar corporations are popu-
larry supposed to have to do tho work prop
erly, and am afraid that if the plan ever be-
came general one our nation would lapse
into a nation of spinsters OF both sexes 1t
was not a syndicate Of the corporate kind,
however, to which l referred. 1t was a syn
dfcate OF Carraway's most intimate friends
that took the matter in hand for him and
pushed 1t through to success. The way OF it
was this.
"One afternoon about six months before
Cnrraway and Miss Ayres were married I
happened to be passing through Wall street,
when met Carraway. hadn't seen him for
several months, so l stopped and spoke to
him. He seemed glad enough to see me, but
all the time l noticed that he was looking
trifie careworn and preoccupied in manner.
After desultory chat with him for two or
three minutes he told me that he had just
come from Bob Peters Office. Peters, Mr..
Bouverie. is one of our little band Of jolly
good fellows, who''--
''He expected to be here tonight" inter-
ruptsd Jackson, 'but this little furry on the
street has been too much for him. He was
long on Cordage."
"Poor calfr' sighed Valentine "Too much
rope-same result. am afraid"
''Yes. but Peters stands coed deal of hang
ing. He's regular cat for dying" said
Jemmison; land what am going to tell you
will show in measure why-it will show you
what treasury Of resource Peters is. As 1
said. Carraway told me that he had just come
from Peters office, and rs hadn't seen Peters
for some time l thought I'd drop in. So. say
ing good by to Carraway, dropped up to the
seventh story of the Mills building
"Thats great kind Of drop" said Haw-
kins.
''Yes," said Jemmison, dryly. "That's the
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THE NEW BRIDGE.
Something About the Structure that viii
Span the Hudson River.

Something About the Structure that Will
Span the Hudson River.
The bill signed by the President is the Sec
ond bill for a New York and New Jersey
bridge which has passed Congress. says the
New York Tribune. The first bill was vetoed
early in the present session. The present bill
which has now become a law provides that
the bridge shall be placed somewhere between
Fifty-ninth and Sixty-ninth streets. The
place, length Of span (Which must not be less
than 1000 feet, height OF structure, situation
and character OF approaches. in fact, the en-
tire plans for the bridge, must meet the ap-
proval OF the Secretary OF Waf The Presi-
dent is to appoint commission of engineers,
one OF whom shall be United States army
engineer. to prepare plans and to report to
the Secretary of War.
Any railroad on either side Of the Harlem
river will be permitted to connect its lines
with the terminals Of the bridge, and all such
roads will have equal rights OF travel. The
placing of all approaches on the New York
side must meet the approval OF the sinking
fund commissioners.
On the acceptance of the plans by the Secre-
tary Of War the company which agrees to the
terms must submit drawings within one year
and must begin construction within one year
after the plans are approved. The company
must spend not less than S250, 900 upon con-
struction in the first year and $1,000, 900 each
year thereafter. The bridge must be COM
pleted in ten years.
At the Office OF the New York and New Jer-
sey Bridge Company. No. 2l4 Broadway, it
was said yesterday that the estimated cost OF
the bridge including approaches was s4O.-
0G0. 900. A suspended cantiIever bridge is in
prospect, $50 feet above high water. or Is feet
higher than the Brooklyn bridge. 1t will con-
tain six tracks, and will be used for railroad
purposes only. i union station will be built
somewhere in the district bounded by Seventh
and Eighth avenues and Forty-second and
Forty-fourth streets.
John B. Kerr is president of the company
which proposes to build the bridge. He is
vice president Of the New York, Ontario and
Western railroad
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92o F St. N. w.
GENTLEMAN FORTUNE TELLER.
Who AdvcItiscs Himself by Box Parties
and Other Gaictics.

Who AdycftiScS Himself by BOX PaTties
and Other Gaictics.
self-Gdvertising fortune teller, who has
recently afforded the nimble-witted reporters
a good deal o. amusement, has been promi-
nent figure around New York all Winter.
SAYS the New York sun. He is a thin, cadav-
erous-looking man, and he wears huge
shock o. black and white hair down over his
left eye from Il lofty forehead in an altogether
Unprecedented and startling, fashion.
As fortune teller he has done thriving
trade among impress!onable and silly women
for months. He has attracted attention by
charging i've times as much rs any other for
tune teller. and advertises himself by posing
in = ldEguisMng position in the boxes at the
theasers on first nights, when he Is always
accompanied 10y a crowd Of four or five rather
dowdy-!ooAigg women. The fortune teller,
who evidently affects 4 resemblance TO Mr..
Henry irving. poses among the women and
gazes peEsively al the audience between the
acts If he recognizes any woman in the
BODY of the house he invariably goes to her
seat and greets her cordially. AS a rule II is
u cause of some embarrassment on the part
of tie woman who does not wish her husband
to kaow that she has consulted the fortune
teller about tae color of the eyes of her second
busbopi
The Washington times., 1894-06-17

It's an Ill Puff That Blows Nonody Good.
Banks-Rivers, would you mind giving
me one Of your cigars?
Rivers-I shall be delighted, old fellow.
Such n request, coming from a man as fasti-
dious as you are, is a compliment.
Banks-One will do. Thanks. I want to
smoke it when the assessor calls on me-
Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1894-06-17
Cinnamon Roses.

Ii is but n break in the Woodland
This wall OF yOaEg popular incloses;
There is not 4 trace Of q dwelling
Save only these cinnamon roses
a glow like a cloud OF the morning,
Zach bloom with its heart hidden gold;
The dear threshold flowers of New England
Dur gTandaoihers cherished of old.
All sweet with their fragrance the south wind
swGys softly the 5oughs 10 and fro:
1--WE planted those flowers" low whisper
Floats down from the dim long ago.
Who were they? We know not; the wildwood
The place with It's green wall incloses;
i home that has vanished forever,
SIN lives in its cinnamon roses
Marion Douglas
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-23

G. l.. CulpcpTer TO Jonn =. ana II. II.
HARDWOOD. interest I'm assets ~. firm Of
Harwood Bros. q Co, and especially IN
~ feet on west side ~. James street near
Tin. lots ana . IL; block 36, Barton
Heights. : acres on i.ades' Mile road and
property elsewhere. 500.
William IL. Taylor Co Samuel Jacobs.
% feet on south aide Clay street near
Third. subject 10 dtci OF trust for $3SI5,
5000
Mary a. Morton's trustee 20 W. =.
Mcdowell. s'i9 feet on Reservoir street
northwest corner Cary, NNG.
John Barth 20 the LATHE Sisters OF the
Poor. In Richmond. 20 feet on east side
Cherry street near Spring, - feet on same
near same. and p feet on an alley be-
tween Spring. Albemarle. Laurel. end
Cherry streets.
Henrico: atlantic and Virginia Fertil-
izlng Company TO Sulphur Mines Com
pany $40 acres on Powhatan street, 81.
IL. w. Barnett and wife To- Lewis Ginter.
10 $40 acres on Brook turnpike, in ex-
change for other property and $500.
Henry Boiling and wife TO H. F. Turner,
interest In GO feet on north side Newburn
street. and $50 feet on north side Selden
street. s.
a. j. Chewing. T.. S. Rose and their
wives TO Mary r.. Washer. % feet on
north side Louisiana street near Erin.
$500.
Lewis GInter 10 II. w. Barnett, 200 feet
on east side Chamberlayne avenue In ex-
change for other property.
John +. Ramsay 20 George o. Hall. 20
feet on east side Meade street near Win
der $50.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-23
THEY WILL PLAY BALL TODAY.
Richmond College Spiders to Meet Lehigh-
y.IoUniversjty Game To- Morrow.

The baseball game to-day between the
crack mines OF the Lehigh U'a) lniver-
sity and Richmond College promises TO
be an interesting event, and as the OPEN
ing game Of the season, Will no doubt
be largely attended.
This is the first visit Of the LehiSh team
T. Richmond. Lowe, OF the Boston League
club. has been training them for several
weeks. and they come here to tackle the
College spiders after carrying out
schedule including games with the wash
ington Young Mems Christian Association
team and University OF Virginia. The
Richmond boys have been in active
trimming for a month on their new grounds
and show up In splendid form in their
new suits. Their team contains SIX OF
the members Of last years summer team,
and they are in addition strengthened
by AGREE, who played short-stop on the
Danville team last year; Harrison, who
PLAYS left field; Turner, another outfelder
and Johnson, one of the Catchers. The
pitchers are Anthony and Nelson. They
will be caught by +. Duke ana Johnson.
Anthony and Nelson VIII alternate be
tween pitch and first base; w. Duke VIII
play second; Acree short-stOp. and Phil
lips will cover third. 1t is thought TO
be q team of good batters as well as good
players, and the chances are about even
for d victory over Lehigh. This being
the first time they have met a northern
team. the college boys are ON their met
tie. and expect TO play the game Of their
lives.
VARSITY" BOYS AND YALE.
Society Is all agog over the game OF
ball to be played at Island Park Satur-
day between the University OF Virginia
and Yale University, and 1t safe TO pre-
dict that If the weather is propitious one
of the largest fashionable audiences ever
gathered there will grace the occasion
with their presence.
Captain George Ainslie, who has charge
of the arrangements here, has received
roster of the Yale team. Following are
the players and their positions:
Greenway. Murphy, and George, catch
ers: Carter Trudeau, Gunther, and kea-
ton. pitchers; Quimby, short-stop; Ste
phenson, first base; Rustin, second base;
Arbuthurt. third base and Case, Speer.
and Reddington in the field.
The nine will travel In their private
hotel-car. and will arrive in Richmond to-
night They will live on their car. The
Virginia boys will reach Richmond to-
morrow morning.
ABOUT THE HOME TEAMS.
Captain Tim West, of the Richmond
Club, has signed Sin or MS players, ana
expects TO close negotiations with the
rest tomorrow. He declines to state who
his players are until after he has signed
the entire nine.
Work on the park corner of Main and
Vine streets, will begin Monday. and Mr..
Bradley, who has the matter in charge.
expects to have it completed by April
10th.
The Richmond Club will play the Rich
mond College nine two games early in
April.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-23
virginia News Items.

T. H. Donnelly. who fell on brpttn
sid..vaIk I'm Roanoke, last July, breaking
n leg and sued the city for 500, was
awarded $50 damages by jury
Coruoral Cruett, OF the Roanoke Light
Inrantrv won the gold medal in a COM
nctitiva drill to determ who was the
best-drilled member OF TIE company.
The house of j. y. England, farmer
living near Stuart Draft Augusta couh-
". was burned at an early hour luesday
morning with all ita contents including
about $3.50 i'm money. The family barely
ESCAPED IN. their night robes. There was
no insurance either on the building or
contents.
Mrs. Catherine BIaRemore. a well-knOwh
lady. who lived near Stuarts DRAFT. Au-
eiIsta county. died some time during
Monday night. \ llttle j-y%ar-old niece
was sleeping with her. and when relI-
tive came to inquire as To
the old lady'S condition, the
child coolly told him she thought
her aunt was dead. She had slept part
Of the night with the corpse. and hah arisen
and calmly dr,ssel, alone ia the room
with the dead.
A Jury was secured yester day at New
Castle I'm the case OF ex-Principal X. c.
HdrtShorn, on inc ~" '@''l' iHrh'
School. charged with eb1rtion and murder
District-Attorney T. 1oiy opened for H..
prosecution. and MIS- rIaggie Robinson
!, was placed on the stand. and told Of how
her unfortunate sister Aida had met
Professor Hartshorn. and all the partlcu-
lars Of the crime for which he was ar
rested She told Of Or. Camphalfs con-
uection with tho alleged criminal opera
ton. Campbell Is now in the West,
having fled 10 cyadc punishment.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-23
Pcrsonals and Briefa.

The NEWMARKET Democratic Club will
hold a meeting tonight.
Mr.. Charles T. Johnson, Of Raleigh, N.
C., was in the city yesterday.
Captain G. r. Warren, of Grimes Bat
terry. Portsmouth, was in the city yes
tcrday.
Mrs. J. W Tyler, who has been ex-
tremely i'll for the past month, is con-
valescent.
Stringfellow, are at the Caldwell. in Biz
mingham, Ala.
Mr.. Frederick Bauer still continues
very III at his residence, No. 9l7 west
Marshall street.
Miss Edna VI. Hazelgrove, of Hazeldell,
IS visiting Miss Carrie Parsely, No. li3
west Marshall street.
Mrs. John y. Norton, OF Washington,
u. g.. is the guest of her niece, Mrs.
John X. Mason, 100 west Grace.
siding in Charleston. :. c., for the past
morning
Mr.. O. s. Walden has been elected
representative from Eagle Tribe to the
State Council Of the Improved order Of
Red Men.
Miss Cora b. Lambeth. of Raleigh. y.
c.. and Master Ernest ". Lambeth. Of
Washington. ID. c.. are visiting then
cousin, Miss Annie -. Lambeth, Of this
city.
\ regular meeting of the Union Demo-
cratic club and Scouts will be held i'm
Powell's Hall tonight at O'clock at
which there will be- the candidates foi
municipal offices.
Mr.. II. Writ Brown, of Waco. Texas,
is registered at the Exchange Hotel He
is on visit 10 relatives AMI friends in
this. his native state after an absence OF
nearly TWO years.
Mr.. O. H. Cox, the officer who came
down from Baltimore after John Britt
alias Albert Lodge. who recently escaped
from the Baltimore House of Refuge,
returned yesterday with his prisoner.
a picked Richmond base ball team will
go 10 Ashland next Monday to play
game Of ball, and there will be contest
either in Petersburg or here between the
i.l'HlIloilh 'DiltNt anu NbChdur lily
mines.
Two negro men were arrested and
locked up in the First Station yesterday
morning. charged with being suspicious
characters. They had four chickens.
which were identified by Sarah Pettis,
negro woman, as her property.
The members OF the Young Mems
Christian Association BOat-CIub are busy
putting their bOat-house in order for the
coming season. Plans are being made by
which new boats will be added. and ex-
tensiye improvements made about the
building.
\ gentleman from near Keysville, who
was in the city day or two ago. says
that there IL no question that gold i'm con-
siderable quantities has been found In
that section, and that an old man in the
vicinity has for years made living for
himself and family by gathering up
the stray nuggets.
While Mr.. \. w. Robertson, one Of the
workmen at the Allegheny Box-WOrks.
sixth and Byrd STREETS. was saving some
plank yesterday morning his right hand
slipped, and was quite badly cut The
ambulance was called. AMI the doctor
gave the necessary attention. Mr.. Robert.
sOn was unable to continue work. and
was sent home.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-23
Death of Mrs. May.

Mrs. Mary cambridge May. widow Of
Major John Pegram May. OF
Petersburg, died yesterday after an illness
OF few days. I'm Ashland, at the resi-
dence Of her sOn-in-law, Powhatan
Breeder. Deceased was woman Of
beautiful Christian character. tender, AZ
fectionate. cheerful. and devoted to her
family and friends.
The funeral will take place at Grace
Episcopal church at O'Clock this after
noon, the remains arriving at Elba by
2:3S p. NJ. train from the North via the
Richmond, fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad. The following is a list OF pail
bearers, who will assemble at the resi-
dence Of a. j. Watkins. +0i east Grace
street, at o'clock l.. NJ. Friday and so
thence 10 Elba:
ActiYe-Thomas POindexter. Smith
Brockenbrough, James II. Chenery J0r-
don Leake, y. Talley. Henry Watkins,
j. NJ. Molly. and Charles Watkins.
Honorary-Henry G.. Cannon. Adolph
Dill, X. G.. Pegram. W. II. +. Morris.
Or. Henry G. Scott, \. j. Watkins,
John H. Powell, and John K. Cary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-23
SHOCKED BY ELECTRICITY.
Effects Of Wednesdays Storm In Piftsyi-
yania-Dan,ilIe's Democratic Nominees.

DANVILLE, VA, March 2.-(Special)-
Information has been received that see
we're electrical storm passed over the Cas-
cad, section Of this county "Wednesday
morning. There were seven discharges Of
electricity, accompanied by terrific peals
OF thunder. During the storm the house
Of Mr. u. H. Hanks was struck by a
bolt. and his daughter, Miss Alice Hanks,
was severely shocked. and rendered un-
conscious. She was in that condition up
10 the hour of noon to-day. Mr.. b. L.
Dodson, who lives at Bachelors Han
also received a severe shock. He has a
wire fence around his place. with one
end fastened 10 a tree a half mile distant
from his house. Just az Mr.. Dodson was
going through his yard gate, he touched
the wire at the gate-pOst, ana at that
instant the lightning struck the tree;
the fluid running along the wire and
knocking Mr.. Dodson TO the ground.
Happily he sustained no serious in
juries.
The primary election for city officers
was held here to-day, and everything
passed off quietly. II was family tussle,
and a large vote was polled. There was
considerable scratching, mostly of those
candidates who had no opposition.