Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-22
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

ry a dollars worth of Stock said Post
master Hesing of the exposition city to a
party of friends at the Arlington. Not
long ago it sent out no less than 100000 cir
culars through the mails to prospective
customers. 1t is merely a purchasing
agency for persons living outside of the
city who need articles and do not find it
convenient to buy them in person. The
concern will buy anything for anybody ac-
cording to well arranged system All the
customer has to do is to send a descrip-
ton Of the article wanted and the amount
he is willing to pay for it. and it is gotten
by an agent of the establishment and ship
ped to him at once. Suppose, for instance.
man in a remote town wants an ever
coat of blue cloth. with a velvet collar, for
which he will pay $40. He sends his breast
ard waist measurement and the money to
the firm and in twenty minutes after his
order is received the coat is bought and
packed up and at the freight or express
office No charge is made to the customer,
as the firm has an arrangement with nu-
merous retail mercantile establishments by
W hich 1T gets a certain discount off from
the market prices, and in this way makes
heavy profits. I have been told that the
discount ranges all the way from to 10
per cent. so it is easy to see how remuncra-
tive the business is Absolute honesty
oharacterizes all it's dealings, and, conse-
quently, very few articles are returned by
customers as unsatisfactory"
mo one can even family understand the
deplorable condition Of the people in the
newly settled sections of Nebraska" said
A. r. LOOMS Of Omaha, at the National
last night. without personal inspection of
it. Our firm sold a quantity of farming
machinery to farmers in fourteen fifteen
rev counties last year, and as there were
were no regular payments made l was sent
there to make inquiries. / came away sick
at heart. For the last three years every
crop failed. The settlers sold some of their
cattle to buy seed the first year; sold the
rest to get it the second and then mort
gagged everything they possessed for the
means to put in and cultivate the third
This failed worse than the others. Hun
dreds of families We're on the verge of
starvation, and only managing to subsist
on Indian biscuits, kind of root that
grows on the prairies. l tell you the desc
latioE and misery was appalling to contem-
plate, and 1 never want to have such an
experience again.
"a Richmond electrical genius has pat
ented a contrivance that will inspire much
delightful satisfaction among the stay-at-
home fans when their base ball club is
playing away from home" said Andrew
Carter Of Virginia at the Riggs House yes
terday. You have frequently seen, no
doubt, the crowds that hang around bulle-
tin boards in large cities, watching the
progress of the game the local team is
playing elsewhere. By the new invention
such persons will be enabled to see the
game as 1t is played. just as though it was
instantly reproduced by a kaleidoscope. The
apparatus consists of a steel board about
ten feet square, inclined at an angle, with
both teams on it represented by miniature
figures ten inches high. By an ingenious
applica ton of electricity the movements of
q pXactlV
actions of the players and it's claimed that
the ball will be in evidence as well. Several
credible persons, who have seen the affair
in operation. have informed me that 1t
does all these wonderful things with per-
feet fidelity
1.-The McCoy-Hatfield feud has broken out
again along the Tug river, in West Vir-
ginia," said S. L. Mahaffey of Huntington.
land there is no telling how much blood
will be spilled. Tug river is the dividing
line between Kentucky and West Virginia,
and the town of Matewan, in the latter
state, is on it's banks. The McCoyS live on
the other side, and three of them We're
once tied UP in the woods there and shot
to death. The Hatfields live on the Mate
wan side. and about three weeks ago
Frank Phillips, who is now leader of the
Mccoy fac ton. having married the girl
that Johnson Hatfield stole from her fam
ily-an act that led to a great deal of kill
ing-came over to Matewan and was found
shot and badly wounded OF course his
condition was ascribed to the Hatfields, and
the McCoys are making vigorous prepara-
tons for revenge. There's bound to be
trouble of the worst sort, and no doubt
additions will be made to the list of TWEEN
ty-four dead men who have already lost
their lives in the feud.'
Il was down in Gotham, Va, recently"
said Joseph Logan an insurance man from
Ial at ba 1ac iobt
settling up some losses, and 1 saw Mrs
Amelie R,ves Chanler in all the glory of
a northern winter day. The weather was
extremely cold and the snow was hard and
packed, making the sleighng as excellent
as l have ever seen it in higher attitudes
Mrs. Chanler was staying, l was told, at
her fathers estate, Castle Hill She came
Into Gotham driving a pair of half-wild
thoroughbred bays TO fine sleigh. The
team didn't seem to like the cold at ALL
and when it was brought to a stop there
was mighty plunging and paving. and
some of those standing by feared the
sleigh would be overturned. But Mrs
Chanler knew what she was about, and sat
up with firm grasp on the rens until the
horses evidently wore out her patience, fer
she took up the whip and gave them three
OF four sharp cuts that brought them to
their senses in short order Then she
jumped out, leaving the team unattended
Her husband is an idol of the Gotham
people. Grace Church, the Episcopal place
OF worship there, was lately burned, en-
failing a loss of $4,000, but. thanks to
Mr. Chanler, there was an insurance of
$4,000 on it, which he had carried on his
own personal responsibility for several
years"
There is one thing l wish you newspa-
per fellows would agitate," said r. e.
Roberts of Salina, Kan, at Wizards yes
terday, and that is fair reduction of the
rates now charged on sleeping cars. The
present tariff is simply outrageous, and
nothing more nor less than an imposition
on the travelling public compelled TO use
them. ! can go 10 the best European hotel
in this country and get a good comfortable
room for $50 a day, and yet l am COM
PEELED to pay anywhere from 81 to s.!
night for a close shelf-like compartment
on the side of a badly ventilated box, SIM
ply because great monopoly has con-
tracts with railroads not enterpriSing
enough to run sleeping cars of their own.
States should pass some laws remedying
this evil and if reputable newspapers would
join in crusade against it there is no
doubt that some very Salutary reform
could be reached. So boom the idea and
every traveller in the states will call you
blessed
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