Evening star., 1895-04-30
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

"Those who believe that first love is the
| true love and can never wholly die will be
| interested to hear about case that recently
came to happy conclusion up in Fennsyl-
| vania,' said Walter Craig of Philadelphia
at the Riggs House. "Sixty years ago
| Walter Chaplin and Mary Harkness lived
| on adjoining farms in Luzerne county, and
were sweethearts. There had been close in
| timacy between the families, and the pros
| pective union of the young people was
| pleasantly regarded on both sides. Trouble
| arose between their fathers, however, over
| the ownership of a narrow piece OF land,
| and bitter quarrel ensued. The lovers
| took sides, however. much against their
| will. and young Chaplin moved to Ohio,
where he prospered and married. Miss
Mary married also. A couple of years ago
Chapin's wife died, and a year afterward
Mary was left a widow. Last winter
Chaplin came back to revisit his old home
and met his sweetheart of sixty years ago.
In March they were married in Wilkes
barre, the groom being seventy-nine years
| old and his bride two years younger
1.-THE man who originated and successful
ly engineered the escape from Libby prison
In 1864 was shot and killed in Morgantown.
Ky. couple of weeks ago." said D. E.
Herrell of Cincinnati in the Raleigh cafe
| this morning. His name was A. ]. Ham
ilton, and he entered the army early in the
| war member of Kentucky regiment,
of which state he was a native. When he
was captured and sent to Libby he was
major. He had been a master house builder
before the war and was familiar with con-
struction of every sort, and when the
scheme to escape was proposed HamiltonS 8
comrades in confinement laughed at the
idea of getting through the heavy walls.
He went to work. however. and by himself
made the tunnel down through the brick
wall In order to reach the cellar, which be-
came the base of operations and thus fur
nished the key to what became a success
full escape. Hamilton's knowledge made 1t
possible for him to make the hole in the
wall without interfering with the brick on
the outside. which would have led to de-
lection of the plan. He was brave. fear
less and gallant man. and his old comrades
will generally mourn his tragic death"
IT never knew there were any degrees to
woman's anger until one night last win
ter" said Harry Caruth of Kentucky, at
the Riggs House last night. my expert
ence Is necessarily brief and limited, but
all the women I have ever seen lose equi-
librium Of temper have lost it all at once
and got mad when they started out to get
that way all in a minute. One night last
winter there was poker game uptown.
participated in by some well-known public
men and young friend Of mine. At mid
night my friend excused himself. and
man who had been recently married sig
nifled his intention of stopping. too. The
others saw the game would be pretty small
II two players stopped, so they begged the
other man not to go.
Oh. must. he said. My wife will be
hotter than a hornet anyhow, and must
"'Well. II tha"s all that's bothering you
there's no use In your quitting said an old
aSt vi, yt,1 fy, fHA
game. I've been married thirty years. and
can assure you from experience. that by
II o'clock at night a woman gets as mad as
she possibly can get. and a few hours
extra absence on the part Of her husband
makes no difference In the world
This was knock-down argument" con-
cluded Mr.. Caruth, land the other man
continued playing until the game broke
up"
Carl Myers. the balloon maker Of Frank
fort. New York. is engaged just now in
manufacturing balloons for a novel pur-
pose" said Edward Taylor of Troy, at the
Arlington. 'They have been ordered by
shipowners in New York and will be placed
aboard their vessels for use in time Of
shipwreck The crews will not get in the
balloons and sail ashore through air. as
some might imagine The outfit consists of
machine for making hydrogen gas under
pressure, SO arranged that its flow can be
controlled. This gas will be used to initiate
a small balloon Of sufficient size to carry a
line ashore from a threatened ship, by
which a heavier cable can be drawn for
the passage of the crew or goods. Nova
days, when boat Is wrecked and life
saving station is in the neighborhood q
mortar is used by the life savers to shoot a
small line over the vessel by which big
ger rope is stretched afterward. It takes a
good marksman to shoot straight enough
to do this, and then in almost every case
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the line. With the proposed balloons no
apparatus is needed on shore, and the same
wind that Is blowing vessel on the beach
VIII take the balloon to land. Experiments
are to be made in a few weeks and are be-
ing awaited with much interest by those
engaged in coastwise shipping"