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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
DIR. Ford Thompson Poisoned,

DR.. J. Ford Thompson is lying seriously
i'll at his residence. on 18th street, Of
blcod-poisoning. While performing sur
gical operation last Thursday morning he
pricked his finger with a-needle. He
thought nothing of the matter at the time,
but yesterday symptoms -of blood poison
ing made their appearance, and today he Is
quite sick. 1t is thought stfiat- ne VIII re-
cover. however, unless an unlooked-for
change for the worse Should take place
About two years ago DR.. Thompson was
made critically i'll as the result :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
The Entrance Into the "zoo.v

Ahe GAerunce AntO. tue "AOO.
Judge Bowler, CONTROLLED Of the treasury,
has Informed the secretary Of the Smith
sonian Institution that hi is authorized to
utilize the appropriation bf $1,000 for con-
tinuing the entrance into the Geological
Park from WoodIey lane and opening a
driveway into the park from that entrance,
that he is to regard as a part of the park
for that purpose the tract of land dedicated
by Mr.. H. P. Waggaman as an addition to
the park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
Uncle Jerry's Silver Wedding Ami
versary Made . Great Event.

Uncle Jerry's Silver Wedding Annf-
versary Made Great Event.
Uncle Jerry" the stalwart colored jani-
tor of the Executive Mansion, is probably
the proudest and happiest man in the
world today. He and his estimable help
meet celebrated the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary Of their wedding last evening. and re-
ceived great and unlooked-for honors. Re-
membranes In silver were showered upon
them by high and low, and the wedding re-
ception was a distinguished success, both
in point of attendance and enjoyment
Jerry" is a great favorite in high official
circles, and is known personally to all who
have been near the throne of power since
Gen. Grants time. It was then that Jerry
first began to look after presidential fires
and to raise and lower the national colors
over the White House at sunset and sun
rise whenever the President was at home
Among those who attended the reception
last evening were Postmaster General and
Mrs Bissell, Secretary and Mrs. Lamont
and their children, Private Secretary and
Mrs. Thurber and their children and many
other officials. 1t was held at the family
residence, 1880 Madison street. The Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland were unable to at
tend. They sent a dozen solid silver spoons
in a handsome velvet case Mrs. u. &.
Grant sent a handsome silver butter knife
and her daughter. Mrs. Sartoris. a silver
sugar spoon. Other presents were: Mr. and
Mrs. Bissell. cream pitcher; Secretary
and Mrs. Carlisle. a sugar dish; Secretary
and Mrs. Lamont ten silver dollars; Mr.
and MRS Coleman, pepper and salt canis-
ter; Mr.. Letter, ten dollars in silver; Miss
Letter, dozen spoons; Miss ]. Thurber
cream pitcher; Mr. and Mrs. Thurber, a
dozen silver forks; Mr. and Mrs. Sanger
pepper and salt canisters: Col. ]. M VII
son. silver lamp. etc. Jerry is other
wise Mr.. Jerry Smith, although not gener-
ally known by that dignified cognomen. He
Is Mark Tapley In temperament and a
Chesterfield in politeness. and last night
he and his wife bore their honors with be-
coming grace and dignity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
Evangelist Earle Dead.

NEWTON, Mass. March 3O.-Rev A. B.
Earle, DID,, the noted evangelist, died to-
day. He was eighty-three years old and
had been engaged in evangelical work for
more than forty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
RuMoRED ACTION ny THE COURT.

Ffve Supreme Court JUstfces Said to
Be Against the Income Tax Law.
A widely published runor says the Su-
preme Court justices have balloted on the
income tax cases. and five of the eight who
heard the arguments consider the law sub
stantially unconstitutional These are
Justices Harlan, shiras, Gray, Field and
Brown, while Chief Justice Fuller and
Justices Brewer and White are believed to
be in favor of sustaining the law. Justice
Jackson is absent on account Of sickness.
The report thus far rests on nothing but
hearsay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
BRISTOL, Tenn, March 3O.-J. B. Ar
rants and Lee Richards of Bluff City,
Tenn, have been convicted at Blountville
of murder and will serve life sentences in
the penitentiary. In October 1894 they
murdered VIII Richards, a cousin OF Lee,
for his money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
General Foreign News.


BERLIN, March 3O.-The reichstag COM
mittee having charge of the anti-revolu-
ton bill has adopted. by vote Of II tc 8.
the entire bill, with the amendments
ogreed upon on the second reading Of that
measure.
PARIS, March 30.-The Figaro announces
that the government of Paraguay has
withdrawn the exequateur of the French
consul on the ground that he melted col
onists to leave the country, without pre-
vicusly repaying the government advances
made to these colonists. The French gov
ernment has retaliated by withdrawing
the exequateurs of all the Paraguayan
cCnSulS.
MESSINA, Sicily, March 3O-The British
steamers Alwach and Brindurn have been
in COLI ,ion outside the harbor. Alwach
" as sunk. Brindurn, which was on her
way from Toulon to the Island of Mada-
gssoar, with troops and munitions Of war,
YVES seriously damaged, but was able to
make the harbor.
LONDON, March 30.-Baron Alcester
Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, G.
C. By is dead, aged seyenty-four years.
He commanded the naval force Of Great
Britain in Egypt In 1882 for which he re-
ceived peerage and grant Of $4,000.
LIVERPOOL. March 30.-A recount Of
the actual stock of cotton shows o de-
crease in the total amount Of 81, 100 babes,
and In Americans Of 81. .S37 bales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
Depositors VIII Lose Little.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BRISTOL. Tenn, March 3O.-The Bristol
Bank and Trust Company has gone to the
wall for the second time. All the money
deposited yesterday will be recovered. Be-
sides that not more than 500 was on de-
post.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16
Pussy Fond OF Swimming.

There is in the Philadelphia Zoo a
little house, near that occupied by the
reptiles, which is one of the most in
ter esting and yet least frequented,
probably, of the buildings. One of the
curious animals in 1t is cat. 1t doesn t
seem to be a particularly wonderful
cat, but, according to the Press, it is.
Perhaps no animal is as much afraid
of water as a feline, unless it is a
school boy. Yet this cat in the Zoo
delights in water. 1t can swim like a
dog and dive like professional diver.
II in its wild state while it went swim
ming along stream, it spied fish
darting along underneath it, splash the
cat would go head first after the fleeing
fish and soon emerge with it in its
mouth. Then it would swim to the
bank, climb up tree and make a cold
lunch of the fish. When it was thro'
it would pick its teeth with the bones
and go swimming out for more. This
cat rejoices in the name of Felix. 1t
lives on flesh principally, although it
has degenerated 10 such an extent that
it will eat other things. Felix has a
yearning for rain. One day there was
leak in the roof over the cage next to
his and the rain came down on his fell
low captve's back. This animal howl
ed, because it objected to being in a
perpetual shower bath, and Felix was
mad because he thought he was being
unjustly Disseminated against. He
hurled himself against the bars Of his
neighbor's cage and called for blood.
The other occupants of the building
were surprised. They took sides with
one or the other and joined in the
howls of protest.
The keepers did not know what was
the matter at first. Finally they saw
Felix trying to get his tail wet in his
neighbours cage, and then they COM
pretended. But instead of changing
the cage SO that both would be salts
fed they stopped up the leak. Felix
Is mild sort of an animal, and when
he is not trying to drown himself he
crawls up in a heap and sleeps. He
came from Africa originally, where il
is said he was the champion long
distance swimmer of the neighborhood.
His only rival choked on fish bone at
banquet one day, and thus gave him
a clear title to first place.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16

dividing ridge, to the line that divides
the two States of North and South
Carolina"
In April, in the year 1888, the Assem-
bly, of North Carolina, in the plenttude
of their sovereign power, at times not
less dictatorial than any other sovereign
power upon earth, assigned for the fu-
ture, new boundaries to the Cherokees,
intending to appropriate all those lands
not included within them, for redemp-
tion of their public debt, and to satisfy
the claims which the officers and SOL
diers had upon them. These boundaries
they thus defined: beginning on the
Tennessee, where the southern bound
airy of North Carolina intersects the
same, nearest to the Chicamauga Towns;
thence up the middle of the Tennessee
and Holston, to the middle of the
French Broad river, which is not to in
clude any island or islands in said
river, to the mouth of Big Pigeon river;
thence up the same to the head thereof
thence along the dividing ridge between
the waters of Pigeon river and Tuck
asejah river, to the southern boundary
of North Carolina. All other lands
claimed, whether by Cherokees or
Chickasaws, they included, either in
the bounds of the entry office to be kept
for the sale of lands by Jno. Armstrong,
or of the Office opened for surveying
and granting the lands promised to the
officers and soldiers, or of the county
offices selling and entering lands. The
boundaries for the military lands they
established as follows: beginning at
the Virginia line, where the Cumber-
land river intersects the same, thence
south fifty five miles; thence west to
the Tennessee river; thence down the
Tennessee to the Virginia line; thence
with the said line, east to the begin
ming" The bounds of John Arm
strong's office were: beginning in the
line which divides Virginia and North
Carolina, at point due norGh of the
mouth of Cloud 8 Creek running thence
west to the Mississippi; thence down
that river to the thirty fifth degree of
north latitude; thence due east until it
strikes the Appalachian Mountains;
thence with the Appalachian Noun
tains, to the ridge that divides the
waters of French Broad river, and the
waters Of Nolachucky river; and with
that ridge, till it strikes the line estab-
lished in TIT, and described in the act
of 177S," as before stated.
Continued next week.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16
Late Literary Notes.

An old fashioned sea story full of in
terest and adventure, with a strong
love motive, is begun by w. Clark
Russell in the January Cosmopolitan.
Ouida succeeds Froude, Gosse, Lang
and other distinguished writers with
an instalment of the "Great Passions
of History" series, which has been ap.
pearing in The Cosmopolitan. A dis
cushion is arouced by Edward Box g
article on 1.-THE Young Man and The
Church" which will consume tons of
ink before it is settled. Just preceding
the famous Charcot's death he prepared
an article for The Cosmopolitan on
Pasteur,to be published after Pasteur' 8
death. But Charcot has died first, and
80 with the consent of Charcot's execu-
tors, the article is given now. The
present Theatrical Season in New
York" iscritically considered by James
s. Metcalfe, editor of Life, and there
are stories by Tourgee, Howells and
the famous French writer, Fran col
Coppee.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16

The Delineator for February is the
Midwinter Number, and the contents
bear out the promise of tn , publishers
that the magazine for 1895 will be more
interesting than ever. In the front
of the book is the new Delineator
March, by Monroe H. Rosenfeld, which
is immensely effective and sure to be-
come popular. There is an illustrated
articles on Church Fairs full of practi-
cal suggestions, and another descrip-
tive of picturesque Flag Fete, suitable
for Washington's Birthday entertain
ment at Schools and Academies. There
is Good Night Drill, also for child
rem, and two delightful entertainments
for the elders, called A Flower Party
and A Valentine Masquerade. Mrs.
Carrie NJ. Knapp writes of Laundry
Work as an Employment for Women,
and Ada Tying Griswold describes A
Girls Life and Work at the University
of Wisconsin. Some most attractive
favors for the German are shown in
Crepe and Tissue Papers, and new de-.
signs are illus trated and described in
Venetian Iron Work. The sixth paper
on The kindergarten introduces some
fascinating work for little hands. For
the Housewife there is Seasonable
Cookery, Hints on Serving Fruits and
the continuation of the articles on The
Home. The chapter on The Treatment
of the Eyes and Ears will be of value
to all who read it if its precepts are
followed; the flower lover will find
something of interest in Floral Work
for Midwinter, the Tea Table Gossip is
as entertaing as ever, and The.Newest
Books are reviewed. The Fancy Work
department is usually attractive in this
number, and there are papers on Gro
cheting, Hairpin Work, Knitting, Net
ting, etc. ....- .,5'
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16
UNCLE SAM'S UNEARNED INCOME.
Derived From POStOfllce Remittances
That Have Never Been Claimed.

Recently the assistant Treasurer of
the United States at New Yerk City
has turned into the Postoffice Depart
ment fund the sum of 81 300, 900, which
has been accumulating in the sub treas
ury during the last thirty years from
the funds paid to the money order post
offices for remittances which have
never been claimed. Old money or
ders are presented at the Postoffice De-
partment almost every day, but the
amount of the unpaid money order
fund increases constantly, and, accord
ing to Harper's Weekly, there is no
likelihood that any part of the 81, ,3O0,-
600 will be claimed by its owners. In
fact, every year from $50, 900 to $780,
600 is added to the fund, which repre-.
resents carelessness or neglect. This is
only one source of unearned income
which the Government has. The Post.
office Department furnishes another in
the stamps which are destroyed from
year to year without cancellation or
are bought by collectors. The value
of stamps is represented in the service
which it will never be called upon to
perform. So common a source of in
come is the sale of stamps to collectors
that it is said that some small govern :
ments have issued stamps intended
mainly as source of income. Many
Central American republics issue
stamps of new design every year. The
Republic of Liberia, it is said, issues
stamps more for an income to be de.
rived from sales to stamp collectors
than for postal purposes. The Treasury
Department has large source of in
come in the issue of bonds and bank
notes. There is no doubt that of the
700, ,OOO, 900 worth of bends just issued
some proportion will never be presented.
There is more than a million of dollars
in the Treasury today due to holders of
Government bonds. There are millions
of dollars of United States notes mark
ed on the Treasury1s books as not re.
deemed which will never be presented. :.
Most of this money has been destroyed.
Occasionally some of it appears and is
presented for redemption, but each
year The fund grows larger. As to the
amount represented in unpaid claims
or supplies that is something which
could hardly be computed. 1t often
takes the lifetime of not only the
claimant, but the generation coming
after him to reach a settlement with
the dilatory Congress.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16
A Free Lunch Plot.

Excuse me-" said the seedy man,
siding up to the we'll dressed citizen,
"if l don't mistake, you are going into
the saloon to buy drink or cigar OF
somethingp"
VI am going to buy myself drink, y
answered the citizen, with an accent
on the pronoun.
"Oh, l didn't want to brace you fol-
no BALL What want you to do is to
take this here nickel and ask me to
have beer with you."
'I-I don t quite catch on"
"I'll tell you. If 1 60 in and drink
with fine, well fixed man like your.
self, kin afterward stand there and
stow away all the lunch want to. II
l 60 in lookin as do. with my little
old nickel, I'd get throwed out before
l had chance to take more than foul
or five forkfuls of the beans and a sand
wich or two."
The deal was made. = Cincinnati
Tribune.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16
-. The Alleged Pension Frauds. =

In his annual message to Congress
in 1868, President Cleveland declared
that thousands of eighborhoods have
their we'll known fraudulent pension
ers, and recent developments estab-
lish appalling conspiracies to accom-
plish pension frauds" This grave
charge was attended by the dropping
of. several thousands of names from
the pension rolls, without giving the
accused parties any opportunity of de-
fense. Then a corps of over fifty
special examiners was appointed, at an
expense of $40O,0OO year, to make
thorough investigation of FALL cases of
alleged or suspected. fraud, and this
work was performed during the past
year, and the result is presented in the
report of the Pension Commissioner.
Nearly 5000. cases were examined,
and 399 persons were recommended for
prosecution, of whom 1914 were con-
victed. The persons convicted includ-
ed twenty notaries, thirty two attor-
neys and thirty seven witnesses, and
eighteen impersonators of claimants
and eleven impostors were discovered.
But of soldiers and soldiers widows
only thirty nine were found to be
guilty of fraud upon the Government.
That is to say, in list of 966, 900 pen
sioners only one in about %, 900 turned
out to be dishonest, and this is all the
basis there was for Mr.. Cleveland's g as
sertion that thousands of neighbor-
hoods have their well known fraudu-
lent pensioners.
These statistics deserve careful at
tention, and should have the effect of
putting stop to reckless Democratic
talk about the abuses of the pension
system. The pension frauds are mostly
perpetrated by claim agents and per-
sons who were never in the army. 1t
is not by the men who fought for the
country that the Government is robbed
in this relation. The instances are
very scarce in which a soldier gets q
pension without deserving it. This is
the testimony of experts appointed by
Democratic administration to make
rigid investigation of the matter.
The cases of fraud discovered are so
few, comparatively speaking, that they
do not have any serious significance.
Instead of thousands of such cases, as
claimed by the President, his agents
have not been able to find quite forty
in all. This is really splendid vindi-
cation of the integrity of the pension
ers as class. 1t shows that the pen.
sion roll is not in need of that 'puIg-
ing" about which the Democrats have
SO much to say. The money voted for
the relief of disabled and dependent
Union soldiers is honestly applied, and
the country has every reason to be
satisfied on that point. Nobody favors
the granting of pensions on illegal OF
insufficient grounds, and there is really
no foundation for the charge that pen
sions are or have been thus granted
Globe Democrat
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16

cents can buy the equivalent of hy-
gienic summers breakfast and still
have eight cents left. At the old price
of five cents glass he would have
nothing left. Now he can ride all over
town on the elevated for half of it, and
when he gets tired of changing off at
the stations where the up and down
trains meet, can refresh himself with
three glasses more of milk, or else he
can buy a glass of milk for eight other
people who need it, or he can buy five
buns for three cents and have five
glasses of milk, or he can have two
macaroons for cent, drink four glasses
of milk, and can top it off with pen
ny glass of ice cream.
The possibilities of ten cents in this
town, as the penny milk and coffee
booths have shown, are simply amaz.
ing, and everyl ody who wants to do a
kind and helping thing will make him
self familiar with the addresses of both
kinds.-New York Press.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16

Mamma-You must be very careful
The doctor says your system is all up
set.
Little Dot-I guess it is. My foot's
asleep. Folks must be awfully upset
wen they goes to sleep at the wrong end
Good News.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16
Possibilities OF Ten Cents.

Consider, If you please, the practical
difference between ten cents and two
cents, as Nathan Straus demonstrates
it daily at his sterilized milk booths,
where you can buy a glass of cool
milk for one cent, A man for two
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16

Mrs. Benedict-Now what would you
do, Mr.. De Batch, if you had baby
that cried for the moonp
De Batch (grimly y)-I'd do the next
best thing for him, madam, I'd make
him see stars.-Newton Herald.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16
Mrs. Knervz rang the bell for the do

meStlc.
Nora" she said. when the kitchen
lady appeared, "I'll feed the canary
myself after this. The doctor says
must take more exercise. Chicago
Tribune
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16
The New Year

finds Hood 8 Sarsaparilla leading every
thing in the way of medicines in three
important particulars, namely: Hood 8
Sarsaparilla has /, the largest sale in
world 1t accomplishes 9, the greatest
cures in the world. 1t has 8, the larg-
est laboratory in the world. What
more can be saidY Hoods Sarsaparilla
has merit; is peculiar to itself, and
most of all, Hoods Sarsaparilla cures.
If you are sick it is the medicine for.
you to take.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16

Cobble-I kissed Miss Palisade four
times last night.
Stone-That accounts for what she
said
Cobble-What was thatg
Stone She said she had an unusual
ly quiet evening.-Clothier and Furn-
isher.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16

DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16

DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair, San Francisco.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16

The u. S. Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to su otherR
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-12-19
Senators Approve 1t.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Following are
a few of the many opinions in the same
line expressed by United States sena-
tors:
Senator Davis, republican member of
the committee on foreign relations-"I
think the president has risen to an op-
portunity such as has not been presented
to any president in many years. In
language of great--dignity, power and ac-
curacy, he has stated the Monroe doc
trine as understood by the American
people for 20 year"
Senator Gorman-'tIt is a warlike
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-12-19
The Sensation it Created Not
Yet Subsiding.
AMERICANS PLEASED WITH IT
Comment OF English Papers-The Views
of a Number OfAmerican Gov
ernOrs-SenatOrs Who
Approve it.

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-In spite of the
prominence all the newspapers give
President Cleveland's message to
congress on the Venezuelan boundary
question, the general public refuses to
get excited, or even interested. Those
who read the correspondence resent
President Cleveland's attitude, but al
most the invariable answer received to
inquiries for an expression of opinion is,
"What is it all about, anyway?''
The message, however, was being used
on the stock exchange to hammer Amer
lean securitles. Consols declined, but
there was no excitement. One news
paper remarked:
"The Yankee jobbers are the only per-