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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-23
ABOUT RUSSELL SAGE.

A Generous Deed Mixed Up n Little
With Call Loans.
From the New York Sum-
A well-known Wall street man told this
story at the Windsor Hotel yesterday at
ternoon:
Russell Sage, as we all know, summers
at Lawrence, l.. I. He goes down every
afternoon and returns to New York in the
morning. Not far from his home lives a
family only about well to do. Last sum-
mer aged relative visited this family.
She was in poor health, and Mr.. Sage had
known the family long time, and when
the sick woman came he believed that a
daily drive in the cool of the day would
benefit her. He purchased a fine victoria
and a big bay and sent them to the aged
lady with his compliments. 1t was a gift
outright. but the poor soul was too far
gone. and she died after single drive in
the fine equipage. Mr.. Sage then insisted
that the family accept the equipage. Along
late in the fall, while members of the fami-
ly were out for a drive their victoria was
smashed by collision with the carriage of a
wealthy resident and the horse was killed.
The family waited a reasonable time to
hear from the wealthy resident. No word
came. The head Of the household then
wrote to the wealthy resident, who, by the
way, Is a man of affairs in New York, and
in the letter requested remuneration for
the big bay and the victoria. There was
no response AS a last resort the family
complained to Mr.. Sage.
LET me handle the case?' said Mr..
Sage.
IA few days later the wealthy Lawrence
resident came to the head of the household,
was profuse in his apologies. and ascer-
tanned the value of the smashed-up rig.
Within forty-eight hours a rig similar in
value was sent around. The head of the
household meeting Mr.. Sage asked him
how he brought the wealthy resident to
terms with such alacrity.
oh. easy enough, easy enough repeat
ed MIR. Sage. He banks in my bank. the
Importers and Traders, and I had his
loans called"
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A Good Testimonial.
from Haverbiu n H.. Courier)


Il have had for twenty-seven years past badly
diseased ankle lone. Dr. David Kenncdy's Favor
lite Remedy and his Salt Rheum Cream healed 1t
when all other medicines had failed, and medical
authority had said the limb could never be well
enough to again.
broke out on the ankle bone, and for
ten months the aged writer suffered day and night
beyond the power of words to express. A friend
advised me to try DIR. David Kennedys Favorite
Remedy. 1 had faith that any medicine would
help me, but suffering did 1 thought would
David Kennedys Salt Rheum Cream. used these
medicines but n short time, when my limb began
to heal. 1 will further add among the many medi-
cines l have tried for diseased liver and Kid
reys, has proved helpful to Inc as
Favorite Remedy. By stimulating and strength
ening the enfeebled organs, even the encroaci-
n:ents of advanced age seem to be checked by us
iLvigOrating power
1 nave thoroughly tested its true worth. and
L know whereof 1 affirm, hoping all who read VIII
profit thereby, the aged writer has, by using
DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, been given
very comfortable health fer person seventy
years of age. The Favorite Remedy Is an in
valuable medicine for children as well as adults
and is as safe as it is sure
This testimonial is given from my own expert
cnce of these Invaluable Medicines Mrs. BE-
LINDA HODSDON, Haverhll, n. II. .
No tribute to the efficacy of a medicine could
be greater than these words of Mrs. Hodsdon, who
voluntarily tells the story of her recovery. Thou-
81 nds of men and women whose daily life is max
ing draughts their vitality need Dr.
old to be helped by it. it permanently cures dys-
ptIsia rheulna tism, kidney, liver and urinary
troubles, for the ills peculiar to women 1t has no
equal.
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for my poor family. hope you will excuse
me. 1t is not my fault. But could you,
without MISUNDERSTANDING yourselves, chat
In a slightly lower tone of voice?"
Down stairs the director would ring Tor
the turnkey. THAT Internal uproar mas
begun again! They must be killing some
| one up there in the Grand Tombeau."
NO, Monsieur lie Directeur, the gentle
men are only talking politics.
The Petit Tombeau," Little Tomb" Is
on the same fourth floor. NO luxurieS are
| such as do not wish to entertain or spend
| much money. Its most distinguished in
mate of late years was Jean Larocoue,
professor OF mathematics and Greek IN tne
University of France "a mind of encycio-
pedic tendencies, an undisciplined disciple
of the positive school, strong brain and
| the face of a Diderot. He stayed month
In 1891, went crazy and died in the Blcetre
Hospital.
There are two other celebrated rooms In
this Pavilion des Princes" the "Grande
Siberia and the Little Siberia" both be-
ing So called for their GOODNESS in the Win
ter. The great Siberia is extremely large,
on the fifth floor, with windows all around
it. Half of Paris lies beneath the view of
those who dwell in it. 1t commands full
view of the Jardin des Plantes and the
! Bercy wine exchange with splendid vistas
of Charonne, Belleville, the place d1tal1e,
the Gobelins and Montsouris. Despite
its GOODNESS in the winter, 1t has always
been a favorite cell, not only because OF
its view, but also because its inmates may
chat with fifth floor neighbors of the ad-
joining houses. who make pretty penny
renting out their windows for the purposes
of supplementary interviews to prisoners
friends. From / pm. till pm. the pris-
oners of Sainte-Pelagie have the right to
receive visits in the common 'parlo.r
c'talking place." our own word parlor);
but. in political affairs, ones friends are
sc metimes shy for their own safety; and
this converslng through the window has
been always valued.
STERLING HELLO.
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debtors as the law allows to be incarcerat-
ed, common law offenders having less than
twelve months sentence, those condemned
for frauds on the government monopohes
Of gunpowder, matches and tobacco, and
smugglers. The journalists and public men
are kept apart from these in the Pavilion
des Princes" so called because of the high
quality of those who dwell therein.
The journalist, caricaturist or public man
who comes to this Pavilion of Princes is
Immediately introduced to the director or
his assistant, the inspector. After few
words of welcome the latter begs and
pleads with the prisoner to conform HIM
self to the rules of the house, even to the
slightest details. IT, he says, it is your
destiny to be soon put at liberty, reflect,
please. during these days of your seques-
tration, how useless it will be to recon-
mence the struggle of the earthen pot
against the brazen kettle. The earthen
pot is the prisoner. The brazen kettle is
the administration The inspector then
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POPPING THE QUESTION.
Adventure of a Young Lady With n
LOve-Sick SuftOr.

II once received a proposal Of marriage
under rather extraordinary circumstances,
said a young lady. ut was at hotel In
Chicago 1 had always heard that In the
windy city they were accustomed to do
things in a good deal Of hurry. but the
experience of which l am about to tell you
rather startled me, nevertheless.
81 had strayed into one of the smaller
parlors of the hotel quite idly and was look
ing out of a window, when suddenly man
rushed in His manner and appearance
were somewhat dsordered. and l confess
that 1 felt just a little alarmed. inasmucn
as | was alone. He at once addressed ME
excitedly, saying:
For the last time ask you, will you be
my wife? The train goes in five minutes
II you refuse me now and finally will
take it, My bag is packed and 1 am all ready
to start. What is your reply?
Now, 1 call that rather sudden. I had
never seen the man before in my life. Yet
he insisted on marrying me-. But 1t was
evidently case of mistaken identity.
"'Sir! l said, you are labortns under
mistake l am very sorry
HE did not wait for me to finish, but
with gesture Of despair fled from the
ROOM Much relieved, l sank back into a
chair and pondered upon what had &C.
CURED, wondering who the man was,
whether or not he had fulfilled his threat
of departing by rail- because OF my re1uSal
to return his affection, and who the young
woman for whom he mistook me could
have been. While 1 was still engaged in
these cogitations heard a noise. Looking
I'D beheld once more my love-sick adorer.
He had his handbag in his hand, and his
hat was damned upon the back Of his
head.
Twas that your last word?' he said
hoarsely.
LAS said before--I began; for desir-
ed to explain to him his mistake.
'Spurned! he cried Historically.
Really, you are mistaken attempted
to expostulate.
mo, I'm not! he replied. Tn spurned-
spurned again! Cuss it all! I'm always
getting spurned. And now it's too late for
my train
with this he began to caper madly about
the room, clutching at his hair with one
hand and swinging his handbag with the
other. BY this time 1 was so alarmed
that would have tried to make my escape
but for the fact that he was between me
and the door, But suddenly my rather
window, which opened on a piazza, the
sash being up. That was the last l ever
saw of him.
Later on, however, I learned that he was
an unfortunate gentleman who, having
been on an extended spree, was confined in
a room in an out-of-the-way corner Of the
hotel He was suffering from a mild form
of mania a potu, and somebody was hired
to take care Of him. But the keeper went
to lunch and forgot to lock the door, so
that his charge escaped. The proposal OF
marriage received by me was nothing
more nor less than a bit Of frenzy"
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enabling the animal to madly gallop In
first, to the great financial loss of the pub
lie. That is, in reality, to tho loss of those
bookmakers who were not given the tip.
From this it will be seen that the prac-
tice is prohibited and punished solely In
the interests of the gambling element and
not in the interest of humanity. OF course,
it is not always successful. Very often the
fact that the animal has been dosed Is
discovered before the race, when 1T is pre-
vented from participating. Not infrequent-
ly the race is run before it is discovered.
In such cases If the animal wins bets are
declared off or the race given to the horse
finishing second, the doped winner being
disqualified. The scheme, however, is not
always successful, the animal being beaten
despite the fact that it was dosed. But
the fact remains that 1t is doped or given
the injection for the purpose of increas-
ing it's chances of victory, and that the
racing officials, acting alone in the inter-
ests Of the gambling element. prohibit the
practice and punish the offending owners
or trainers for the sole reason that the
practice Injuries gambling.
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prison fare Is not allowed to come to you
Prisoners of position. with money In their
pockets, may have the doctors prescribe
for them special fare. with delicacies; and
even brandy. fine cigars and liqueurs are
Struggled in without great difficulty; but
nevertheless IL Is not as comfortable as
ones own home as many dainty liver
has discovered. from Madame Roland. in
1898. to the Marquis de Mores. In 1880
The latter lived a gay life here for months
His room was called LIE Grand Tombeau,
the Big Tomb.
All the cells have names. The finest is
the Salon de la Gomme"-as we would say,
1.-The parlor of the upper crust" 1t has two
windows, giving on two different streets.
and 1t has a bath room. In 1884 it was oc-
cupied by Godefroy- Cavaignac. who was a
leader of the republic in 1913. and whose
son is one of the chief republicans Of today.
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EXERCISE FOR BOYS.
How Five Minutes n Day Mny De Pro.
fitably Spent at Athletics.
From Harper's Young People.

from Harper s 1oung teOpe.
Nevertheless, this five-minute exercise is
better than absolutely nothing, and hence
l am going to make a suggestion or two
regarding 1t. If you know any one who
can tell you the "setting-up'' drill prac-
ticed in the navy, get him to show it to
you. and then go through a part or the
whole of that each night and morning. If
you cannot find out what this is make up
a few simple movements for yourself, for
example:
1. Standing erect with heels and knees
together. move the body forward and grad
ually try to touch your fingers to the
ground in front without bending either
knee. This is familiar exercise to all Of
you, but it is a good one nevertheless. This
will do for the back and front leg muscles
Bend forward twenty times, and then take
up the second exercise. 2. Standing with
the legs apart swing from side to SIDE
bending either knee in turn. and touching
the floor first on the right side then on the
left side, being careful, however, to sway
only sidewiae and not forward and back
Do this twenty times and your sides will
ache. 3. Grasp one wrist with the other
hand, holding both across your chest
Then, without letting the elbows go too far
out from the body, pull with all your
strength a steady. long pull, as if trying
to pull your hands apart. Maintain this
Full for a second or two. Then change alb
ruptly, and holding arms and hands In
same position push with all your strength
for the same time Again reverse and pull
and so on forty times-if you can do 1T so
longNand you will soon see how all the
arm and chest muscles begin to ache
Finally, 4. Lie fiat on the floor on your
stomach, and Ike epng your body rigid, push
yourself up with the arms as far as pos
sible OF course nothing must touch the
floor but the palms Of your hands and your
toes Do this twenty times.
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Through Miles of Pipe.

From the Lewiston Cfe) Journal
The human mole is attracting attention
in Brunswick this week. He is the bold
man who is to wriggle through all the
eighteen-inch sewer pipe recently laid in
the village streets and patch up all the
imperfect portions The man will go
through all the pipe to the point Of dis
charge 1t may take three or four weeks.
This pointing of the interior of this dark
cavern is a weird and nerve-trying work
and requires a man of experience. He
has a rubber belt and goes backward. 1t
is damp and close and he carries a little
lamp or torch and a pail Of mortar. An
eighteen-inch pipe will just allow a small
nan to wriggle. He must lie prone and
keep his legs nearly straight. Should any.
thing happen he would be hauled out by
the feet and resuscitated. 1t is a Job no
Brunswick man hankered for.
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Nicely Caught.

From Household Words.
Mr.. Robert Ganthony once asked Mr..
Weldon Grossmith to read play he had
written. Mr. Grossmith took the comedy,
but lost it on his way home. might after
night" he said. Il would meet Ganthony.
and he would ask me how liked his play.
1t was awful. Tho perspiration used to
come out on my forehead. as I'd say some
times 1 hadn't had time to look at 1t yet;
or, again, that the first act was good; later,
that the second wouldn't quite do but
really 1 couldn't stop to explain. So sorry
must catch train! 1 didn't SO much
up new lies appropriate to the case" Some
months passed, and Ganthony still pur-
smith searched his house once more, be-
fore it occurred to him that he might have
left the comedy in his cab going home. He
went down to Scotland Yard and inquired.
ooh. yes" was the reply-"play marked
with Mr.. Ganthony's name sent back to
owner four months ago. as soon as found"
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eyes II is but Jail delivery of the Bastille.
The ancient Bast was a prison for
political offenders. The king and his adj
visers lodged there any one who showed
himself too hostile to them. In July, lIs9.
the people of Paris, after listening to an
excellent discourse by NJ. Camille Des-
rnoulins tore the Bastille open. though
they only found half a dozen prisoners In
It, The Bastille was no more Ana yet. ID
1T92-but three years after-the natlonai
convention turned the convent or Sainte-
Pelagie into another prison for pohtlcdl CT
Tenders The socialists and anarchists OF
today grow very warm on this point. Why,
they ask should a new Bastille have been
built up, to be filled up with honest men
throughout a hundred years or hbefty,
equality. fraternity. and still exist today?
Because when any party has gained pow
err IL seeks to put away the opposition
During the past hundred years some 1000
Journalists and public men have done ac-
tual time In Sainte-Pelagie, not counting
those who ran away. This Is an average
Of twenty n year. Between the years 1870
and 1898 there have been only fifty prfs-
oners, or ten a year The year 1851. when
Louis Napoleon was preparing his coup
d etat WAS particularly rich. there having
been received in twelve months time h3l
prisoners Recollections of such wholesale
measures cause the populace to look with
great dtstrlist on any condemnation to
Sainte- Pelagie.
The prison Of Sainte-Pelagie is situated
IN that old part of Paris where the Jardin
des Plartes still molders, along the south
ern side of the Seine. to the far east. 1t
is composed Of large buildings forming
SQUARE court the buildings of an ancient
refuge for rrpantant Nagdalens before the
revolution. Today but small portion of
Sainte-Pel1gie is given over TO political
offenders. The greater portion Of its space
is taken UP with other prisoners-such
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and may easily become president. In later
years QS9O-1SJD Zevaco. the socialist leader
of university students. and 70 d'Axa, the
anarchist editor, held 1t in turn. 1t has also
held konine, the theatrical manager, hus-
hand OF Jane Hading: Emile Gautier, con-
nected with of the earlier anarchist
plots before the name anarchist was well
known. and now a regular writer on the
Figaro; Jules Guesde. present leader of the
socialists in all France; Lockroy, Victor
Hugos son-in-law; Vacquerie, another of
the Hugo circle. and Villemessant, the
founder of the Figaro.
The Big Tomb is so called because 1t is
a trifie dark. 1t Is a large room, with a
high ceiling, having five tiny windows
through which the daylight triclSleS with
difficulty. These little windows are so high
that in order to see out the prisoner must
stand upon a chair placed on table. Be
sides the Marquis de Mores, the Grand
Tombeau has been occupied by Ranc 0S66-O.
the great friend of Gambetta, and today a
senator and the editor of the Paris news
paper; Yves Guyot QS57), lately minister of
public works: as well as Edmond DrImont,
a few years previous to his late flight into
Belgium. from which he now returns. 1t
was in 1891. At that time Drumont, in his
books and in his Libre Parole, had been at
lacking the ''ploutocrates" with great vigor
and. as a consequence. he was given six
months, as he says, ''for q few words
against the friends of Monsieur lie Baron de
Rothschild." At Sainte-Peagie he came In
contact with group OF imprisoned an
archiStS, to whom he proceeded to do JUS
tice'' in his paper. He said he looked on
them as brave men. During the whole time
of his incarceration Drumont was we'll
treated, having almost any delicacy or
amusement which he might desire. His
editorials, written daily, were transmitted
to his journal unaltered.
The Marquis de Mores $500 filled up the
Grand Tombeau with even greater gayety.
He found such mixed company as Caillava,
Degout. Malato. Valee and Zevaco, an
archists and socialists. and mixed with
them in great fraternity. He had for room
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A GOOD DEFENSE.
How the Clever Counsel Won the
Care for His Client.

Care for His Client.
From Td-Bts.
Mr.. SERGEANT Wilkins once defended o
breach of promise case for a singularly
ugly little man, which case he told the de-
PENDANT, after reading ~ brief, must DO
bounced" through. And the Serjeant did
bounce it through.
Gentlemen of the jury" he said, at the
close of a most ELOQUENT speech. you've
heard the evidence for the plaintiff; and,
gentlemen of the jury, you have admired
that most bewitching lady. the plaintiff
herself. Gentlemen, do you believe that
this enchanting, this fascinating, this cap
tivating, this accomplished lady would,
for one moment, favor the advances or
listen, with anything save Scorn and in
dignation, to the amorous protestations OF
the wretched and repulsive homunculus,
the deformed and degraded defendantT"
His client looked up from the well of the
court and piteously murmured:
Mr.. SERGEANT Wilkins! Oh, Mr.. Ser
jeant Wilkins"
SILENCE, sr!' replied the SERGEANT, in
wrathful undertoHe. "Gentlemen," he
continued, bringing his fist heavily down
on the desk before him, do you think that
this lovely lady, this fair and smiling crea-
ture, would ever have permitted an offer
of marriage to be made to her by this mis-
cradle atom of humanity, this stunted
creature, who would have to stand on
sheet of notepaper to look over twopenceT'
Instant verdict for defendant.
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CUPID AND HIS ARROWS.
His Aim Is True, the Modern Novel to
the Contrary.


the Contrary.
From the St Louis Globe Democrat
Ore of the serious criticisms to be made
upon current fiction is that it disparages
the skill of Cupid as a marksman In the
nest of the stories that are being written
for us in such abundance the bow of the
chubby little cherub is inefSectively bent,
and his arrows go flying hither and thther
without hitting the target. That is to say,
the love making that these busy novellsts
place before us is sadly awkward and I'M
satisfactory. They call it realistic, but in
fact it is contrary to nature and in viola
ton of all established presidents. 1t repre-
sents Cupid as careless fellow, who takes
no pride in his proficiency and feels no
shame because of his failure. His wings
are clipped, his aim is unsteady and his
general success is not greater than that
Of a woman throwing stones at casual
chickens. That is certainly wide depart
ure from his original method Of asserting
himself. and from the examples of his dex-
terity which we find in the works of the
masters Until comparatively recent
time he was always credited with unerring
capacity, and nobody thought of suggest
ing the possibility Of his defeat in any CT
his undertakings. Whenever he came Upon
the scene, he had. his own way. He was
superior to all Otner forces, not even eX-
cepting the most profound wisdom. His
antic disposition frustrated the rules of
Logic, put philosophy aside and laughed
science to Scorn.
1t is difficult to believe that this once po-
tent arbiter of affairs of the heart has for
feited his power and become a confirmed
bungler. On the contrary. it is easier to de-
eide that the novelstS of the period are
misrepresenting him, and that their sort of
love making is spurious and not to be ac-
cepted. They warp and blunt his arrows
in their imaginary reports of his proceed
ings, but they do not convince us that they
tell the truth about him. 1t is our privilege
to entertain the opinion that he is still the
same admirable marksman that he was in
former times, and that there is no good
reason to suppose he will ever lose his SUI
premacy in the sphere of the affec lions.
This view is justified by the fact that hui
man nature in it's fundamental aspect does
not change with the passing of time and
the progress of civilization. That which we
call love is not thing of accident, sub
iect to the f1uctuation of circumstances
but an inherent and irresistible passion,
and it's forms of expression are included in
the fixed scheme of the universe. There is
not a different kind of Cupid for each sue
cessive age, any more than there is differ
ent kind Of armament or a different pro-
cession of seasons. The first pair of lovers
ia duplicated in the latest one, so far as
generalites are concerned, and the novelist
who rejects this truth is not to be trusted.