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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
POLITE SHERIFF,
A Hanging That Was Conducted I'm
der Rules of Society.

1.-THE most polite man / ever knew"
said ]. D. Evans of Mississippi to a Star
writer. twas a colored man down in my
county. He belonged before the war to
Col. White. one of the most cultured and
polished gentlemen In the south. During
reconstruction days, Tom was elected
sheriff, and the first year he held the Of
fee white man was sentenced to be
hanged. 1 knew the doomed prisoner. and
at his request was with him several hours
day for the last week Of his life.
THE sheriff came in the first time I was
there, and, addressing the prisoner, said:
''Scuse me, Marster Bob. 1 jess come fur
jess a little advice. Yo see we ain neither
OBJ us as used ter ceremonious occasions OBJ
dis kim an 1 jess wants ter know how
yo' would like ter hab de gallows, facin'
de sun or de oder wayI
THE prisoner told him to have his face
away from the sun.
Thank yo', Mars Bob. I'll done hab it
dat way. We don wan to make no eX-
positions oh oursefs by not dom what is
propah on SIGH events.
Upon the next occasion, the sheriff came
in:
q" Mars Bob scuse me one moment, gem
man. l jess wants ter hab yo' show me
once mo- how you done tie dat knot. Mos
curiosest knot 1 cher seed
Upon the morning of the fated day, as
I went in, the sheriff had the doomed
mans foot thrown over a chair and was
backing his boot, the other one having
already been polished. 'Mawnin', sab,
he said to me, Mars Bob jess gittn'
ready. 1 done borrered suit an neck
! tie from de cunnel an jess slickin i'm
up. Den l gifts inter my own dress suit
dat had made puppus, an Marse Bob.
an me, we gwine ter be de bes' dressed OBJ
| anybody
"Arrayed in full evening dress, the con-
he Sfa ted he
scaffold when the time came. All right
now, Mars Bob said the sheriff, as he
adjusted the cap. ''Scuse me. sab, jess a
minute and he touched the fatal spring"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
PUT IN JAIL.
An Attorneys Peculiar Predicament
in a Mountain Justice Trial.

An Attorneys Peculiar Predicament
in Mountain Justice Trial.
Il was imprisoned in a stable once"
said well-knowu attorney to a Star
writer. Il had been retained to recover a
DINA. The mule had been taken from my
client and 1 obtained a writ of replevin,
under which the sheriff turned the animal
over to me. He was placed in a log
stable until the case could be tried the
next morning. Court convened about sun
rise, under a big oak tree, and the mule
was sent for, but the brute had escaped
and could r OF be found
"'Cou't will come to order said the JUS
tice, AN es the critter is gone, the red
headed lawyer'l take his place, bein' as
he was the las one tibet he'd i'm in
charge
THE trial progressed and judgment was
rendered in favor of my client for the
mule, but in the absence of the property,
the justice said:
The mule was with hundred dollars,
render judgment agin i'm for hundred
dollars an costs, an the sheriff II imprison
i'm till the cost are paid
"Of course the proceedings were illegal,
but as 1 did not have enough money in
my pockets to pay the costs, l was lock-
ed up in the log stable until 1 could send
thirty miles over the mountains and get
the cash All day long 1 staid in the i'm
promptu Jail, and as it grew dark my
thoughts were not of a pleasant nature.
Suddenly nose stuck threw the chinks
1t was the lost mule. and 1 have never
been glad to see any living creature as
l was to greet that long-eared representa-
tive of the equine race. 1 succeeded in
making the owner of the stable hear me,
and in few minutes the mule had taken
my place in the stable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
RATHER EMBARRASSING,
An Absent-Mtnded Minister Gets Him.
self Into Predicameut

A well-known Washington minister told
good story to representative of The Star.
I'm country circuit in Virginia." he SAID,
1t was the custom to wear weekday shoes
and stockings to church because the dust
would get them soilsd. Sunday footgear
was carried along in the hands of the wear.
ers, and when the church was reached a
chanse was effected. One of the ablest
ministers in the conference preached at
the church, and being told of the Gus tom
and having some distance to walk from
where he was being entertained, adopted
the same method. One Of the leading char
acteristics of the minister was his absent
mlndedness, and thrns.ing his hosiery In
his pocket he mounted the pulpit. When
in the middle of his discourse he drew out
what he thought was his handkerchief and
after wiping his brow laid the article down
on the pulpit, when to his DISNEY ana the
amusement of the congre ga ton he discover
ed that it was the pair OF extra socks .hat
he had worn to church. He completed his
sermon, but 1t was the last time he ever con-
formed to that particular custom Of the
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
A MOURNFUL WHISTLE.
The Engineers Story of LOSS of Life
Tint Ii Commemorntes.

The Engineers Story of LOSS of Life
Tint Ii Commemorntes.
did you notice that peculiar whistler"
asked the section foreman who was re-
turning to his homo in Wilmington.
There did not appear to be anything un-
usual about it to the ear of The Star man,
and he asked in what way it differed from
other signals.
We'll, it was made in an open part of
the road, not near a town or crossing and
vas sort of mournful. There is story
that goes with that whistle. Jim Watson,
the engineer Of this train. ever since the
night his engine crushed out life at that
spot has made that signal when he goes
by there. 1t was on foggy night, as
have heard Jim say, and the headlight only
showed a big white bank of mist which he
couldn't see through
He had an uneasy feeling like men have
sometimes when something disastrous is
going to happen, and that made him I'M
usually alert 1t was on part of the
road where the trains scheduled up to
a high rate Of speed and Jim had her going
at a lively pace. The feeling that there
was hing wrong could not be shaken
off and he cursed the fog that shut out
the track ahead.
Suddenly a figure shot into the light.
Jim saw for an instant her eyes full Of
terror and then the train swept on with
horrible persistence
Jim slowed up and went back. He and
the fireman threw what was left of the
COW off the track. The owner of the an
imal afterward sued the company for dam
ages and Jim had to pay $2s for 1t. He
never did like to part with his money and
the incident made such an impression on
him that every time he passes the spot
where the death occurred he blows a low.
mournful whistle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07

She is a very affable woman. and she
would invariably say the right thing at the
right place if she were not near sighted
Il see." she said, as she entered the
drawing room of her friend, that you have
caught the annual craze"
ITO what do YOU refer?"
1.-The rage for chrysanthemums. And
that one which you have tossed SO care
lessly into the corner is one of the biggest
and most beautiful I ever saw. What an
eNqustely odd color!'
Yes" was the reply. ITS beautiful and
1 prize 1t very highly. Only 1t isn't a
chrysanthemum. It's my skye-terrier TAX
ing a nap"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
A Day Dream.

Singing in the twilight gray
Came Il memory one day.
Muttercd melody and rhyme
Just solg of summertime
Half discerned and iistaIilv
Droned drowsy honey bee:
Daisies meath the spell again
Curtis sled to the sun and rain.
And the cricket chirpcd in slee
At the ants staid industry,
And the COW bells low refrain
Tinklcd softly DER the plain.
Singing IN the twilight gray
How our fond decisions Stray'
How the pleasures once so dca,
Vanish when We view them nearS
For, alas, wake to find
That the honey bee SO kind
Was the huzZing from afar
or Il ploddin: trolley car.
"Chirphg crickets' wheels.
Cow belis''-'tis the gong that pealsi
That's the way that they're undone
Just when folks arc having fun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07

story, here in Washington. 1t is not niue n
of love story, but it is doing very well
for a nerveleSS animal OF steel. The lady
resides in Georgetown and the young man
on Capitol Hill. Their two hearts for some
reason ceased to beat as one and each vowed
that the other should henceforth be no more
than a stranger The miles of asphalt be-
tween Georgetown and the Hill should d.
vide them irrevocably. And the distance is
not so trifling as 1t may at first seem, when
it is remembered that the light snow which
whitened the banks of the Eastern branch
this week was not seen on the shores of
Rock creek. Possibly 1t was to help her
forget her young sorrow that she got a
bicycle. One of the best places in the city
for the novice is the space just in front of
the Capitol. There may be executed all the
incidental and accidental curves which at
tach to the early career of the cyclist She
went there one moonlight night and was
beginning to feel well pleased with her
progress when, against the disc of the full
moon, doomed up another bicycle rider. She
was anxious to be exclusive as possible,
but the wheel rushed from her companions
and the black object materialiZed into a
man, leaning over wheel which he had
just dismounted. The more she tried to
avoid it the more powerfully was she drawn
toward her victim. Her bicycle described
one mad semi-circle after an other and then
came the crash. She landed in the arms of
the Georgetown young man. also tyro with
the bicycle. from whom she had meant TO
part forever. The excitement Of the catas-
trophe made her forget her anger, and she
said. oh George!'
And he said, "Oh, Clarav
And the organist Of a pretty, UNCOVERED
Georgetown church is keeping in practice
with the Mendessohn wedding march in
the belief that it will come in handy very
soon. The mystical and romantic aver that
it was destiny; that the affinity between
these two young souls was so powerful that
she rushed against her own will to meet
him. But on the other hand. bicycle dealers
say that a wheel has trick of acting just
that way in the hands of any beginner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
A Luxury of Travel,

He had been standing on the curb stone
for twenty minutes or more watching the
cable cars ply up and down. His manners
and attire both indicated that be had seen
better days. He had surely not seen worse.
The tatters in his coat told of excursions
unhindered by barbed-wire fences, and the
grease spots on his pantaloons betrayed an
intimate acquaintance with the under
mechanism of freight car. After a mo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
A NEW CANE.
Theater GOers Will No Longer Have
to Go Out Between Acts.

10 % OUt NttSVCeh NCIS.
A newly elected member of Congress
from the west has cane that will inaug-
urate a fashion. 1t looks like an ordinary
gold-headed cane. rather larger than is
fashionable. But upon close acquaintance
there are some peculiarities developed that
will serve to make it very popular. BY
simply unscrewing the head a little a tube
about the size of a straw appears and by
placing this IN the mouth and meditatively
resting the lips against the head of the
cane, all desire to go cut between the acts
is taken away and the worst case of thirst
that ever troubled a theatergoer can be
appeased. 1t is probable that the cane
habit will develop into a fad with attend
ants at the theaters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07

When hang up my stockings,
Oh, wouldn't 1 just laugh
If l could be provided with
Four legs like giraffe!
And when the turkey feast comes nigh
As 1t is coming now,
/ can't help wishing that 1 had
Four stomachs, like COW.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
Navigation Closed.

Navigation in Lake Ontario is closed. the
Centurion. bound for Buffalo. being the last
vessel to leave Fort William, Ont. She car
ries large cargo Of wheat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07

simply and therefore indellibly imprest
My latest portry is as follows:
Oh, Belva Lockwood. she
Rides on tricycle..
And Speaker Reed you'll sometimes see
Out on bicycle
But Arthur P.
German, He
Didn't get thing this fall but an icicle,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07

Violnist tproudly)-''The instrument I
shall use at your house tomorrow evening.
mein herr, is over two hundred years olt."
Parvenu-"Oh, never mind that. 1t is
good enough. No one will know the diff
ference"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
X X
The Dul-Rul of POhick.

Among the poetesses of the period one
who should not be overlooked is cores
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
BITS FROM THE BY-WAYS
A Reunion.

as the bicycle has
been POLITICALLY term
ed, is the creature of
a practical age and
not one about which
the romantic fancy
loves to linger. 1t
has the hurry-up
spirit of the age. 1t
suggests a time when
people take their rec
reation at top-speed
and on the shortest
possible notice. Yet.
the wheel has it's love
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07

pondent, q lady who
proclaimS h e r s e | t
THE Bul-bul Of Po-
hick." She has two
faculties which COM
mend her as a lyric
aspirant. She is brief
and she Is self-critic-
al. Concerning her
composition she says:
Il have often wrote
portry and the piece
l send here with is,
to my thinking, the
finest 1 have yet did.
1t Is not a near SEN
shus fancy, but an
Immortal root h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07

the wheel has its love
The National tribune., 1895-01-17
AGRICULTURAL ESTIMATES.

The estimates of the area, product, and value,
by States aud Territories, of the cereal crops,
together with those of hay, potatoes, and to-
bacco. have been completed by the Statistician
of the Agricultural Department, and are pre-
scented rs follows:
The corn crop of 1894, in rate Of yield, is
one of the lowest on record. In the past Ii
years the yield per acre of bat one year,
namely, 1881, was lower.
Severe drouth and dry winds in a few OF
the principal corn-producing States reduced
the area harvested for its grain value to g.
$50. 900 from the $4,000, 600 acres planted.
The product garnered is ], 212, 40, 900 bush
els, having estimate farm value of Soo4,-
$4,000.
The wheat crop is above an average one in
yield per acre. The entire product for the
country is 400 267, 4l6 bushels, which is below
the average for the five years 1890 to 1874,
inclusive The farm value of the crop Is
1928 800, OPS
The estimates for oats are: Area, %, 3.553
acres; product. CO.. 0S6, 92S; value, $214 Sl6920;
yield per acre, 245 bushels. Rye: Area,
19i4TS0 acres; product, 26,727,6l5 bushels;
value, 3.39I.476 Barley: Area, 3.170.6O2
acres; product. g., 400, I65 bushels; value, S21,
134127. Buck wheat: 7S9,232 acres; product,
- Cos. 200 bushels; value, $7O40,239. Pota-
toes: Area, 2737.973 acres: product, 10. 7S7.-
33S bushels; value, SOL. 526,7S7. Hay: Area,
4S, 32l, 272 acres; product, 54,S74, 40S tons;
value, S46S, 1921. Tobacco: Area, 523. Oh
acres; product, 4O667s. 1886 pounds; value, $2T,
T60 739
The National tribune., 1895-01-17
MEDALS OF HONOR.

Medals of honor in the name of Congress
have been awarded as follows:
William III. Ward. Captain Co. p, 47th Ohio
for gallantry in leading an assault upon Con-
federate battery a Vicksburg. the night OF
May 3, 1863
Louis ;. Wisner. Captain, Co. K, I24th n. Y,
for voluntarily exposing himself to save his com
mand at the battle OF Spottsylvauia, Va, May
IL, 1864.
Carlos II. Rich, First Sergeant, Co. d. 18th
VT, for conspicuous gsllantry in saving the
Ire of an officer of his regiment at the battle
of the Wilderness, May 3. 1864.
James K. Sturgeon, private, Co. L, 46th Ohio,
for bravery in advancing beyond the lne.of-
battle and with three comrades capturing %
prisoners at the battle Of kenesaw Mountain,
June Is. 1864
William II. Wilmington, of Jackson, Mich,
Brevet Brigadier- General, in voluntarily re-
naming on the field under heavy fire at Bull
Rum July, 1861. TO aid his superior officer, Gen.
O. b. Wilcox, resulting in the capture of both
officers
julius c. Longbein Co. B. 9th n. Y. Hawkins
Zouaves. in voluntarily going to the aid of a
wounded officer under heavy fire at the battle
of Camden, n. C.. April. 1862.
Francis HI. Goodall, First Sergeant, 18th n.
H., for most conspicuous gallantry displayed by
him AZ the battle of Fredericksburg Va, Dec.
-. 1862. When his regiment was ordered to
fall back to the city, this non commissioned
officer voluntarily remained behind under
heavy fire. bringing wounded comrade within
the Federal lines.
The National tribune., 1895-01-17
SOME ARMY CHANGES.
Retirements and Promotions to Take Place
During the Coming TweIvemonth.

Retirements and Promotions t0 Take Place
During the Coming TweIvemonth.
During this year there will retire two Major
Generals, two Chiefs of Staff Corps, with the
rank of Brigadier- General. three Colonels OF
the line, two Lieutenant Colonies, and seven
inferior officers. The promotion of two Briga-
der-Genersls, the award of four stars in line
and staff. and the promotions to five commands
of regiments and to nine staff Colouelcies, with
steps upward in lower grades, make up good
prospect of advancement resulting from this
source. taken with the other customary deple-
tions of the active list.
OF course, Gen. Sehofeld retires Sept. %, to
be succeeded, almost beyond doubt, by Gen.
Miles IA Commander of the Army. Gen. Nc
Cook is the other retiring NajOr-General. aud
it is expected will be succeeded by Gen Ruger
Gen. Merritt will become a Major-General.
Col. w. r. Shafter, 1st Inf. retiring in 1899;
Col. III. C. Merriam, 9TH Inf, retiring in 1901 !;
Col. 2. K. Bliss. oath Inf, retiring in 1899: Col
T. M. Anderson, 14th Inf. retiring in 1900
Col. Z. +. Townsend, 18th Inf, retiring in 1897 !;
Col. r. E. A. Crofton, 18th Inf, retiring in 1898
Col. J. L. Wade, 5th Cav, retiring in 1907; Col
G. f. Compton, 4th Cav, retiring in 1900 Col.
L. e. Mason, Sd Inf, retiring next May, and
Col. ii. w. ClossoD, 4th Art, retiring in 1896
and others, are candidates for the stars
Gen. Casey, Chief of Engineers. and Gen.
Smith, Paymaster-G General, will retire, to be
succeeded in their respective corps The three
line Colonies who retire are Col. Swaine. 22d
Inf, Jan. 21; Col. Livingston, Sd Art, Feb. ~
and Col. Mason. Sd Inf, May 81. Their places
will be filled by seniority promotion. The other
line officers retiring for age are Cspts. Lahn
TisdalI, and Crandall, of the infantry, and Elt-
ing, of the cavalry. In the staff many distin-
gushed officers will retire.
The National tribune., 1895-01-17
WHAT WOMAN can no,

want my lady friends to know of the field now
o)en for them. In the past months we have made
profit OF 1907 02 after paying all expenses AL sales
have been made at home, not having canvassed any
NJ official duties calling me away most of tho time,
left the Dish Washer business In we's control with
the above results The business is rapidly increasing
and will continue to grow until every family has CHI
max Dish Washer. Not day passes but what sell
o re or two, and some dayS fifteen or twenty Dish
Washers It's elsy selling " INT everybody wants buy.
You can wash and dry the Dishes perfectly in min
ues For full particulars address the Climax Mfg Co..
Columbus Ohio Get sample Washer, and you can't
help but make money. They only cost So You may lust
as we'll be making S5 day to be doing nothing
Mention The National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1895-01-17
THE NAVAL WAR RECORDS.

The 10000 copies of the Naval War Records,
which have been in preparation so long. are
now ready for distribution. Each Senator gets
"a copies, and each Representative 10 for dis
tribution among his constituents, and the SEQ
rotary OF the Navy gets l,04S copies for dis
tribution among the officers OF the Navy and
contributors to the work. 1t is intended that
The National tribune., 1895-01-17
TO CoDiFY PENSION LAWS.

REPRESENTATIVE Martin, Chairman OF The
House Committee on Invalid Pensions, has
secured the passage of a bill in the House en-
bodying the codifcation of the pension acts,
which is one project most desired by the PEN
sion Bureau. The codification has been COM
piled by I. F. Denny and b. S. Parter, two ex-
perts, who are detailed by the Pension Com
missioner for special service with the House
Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Since 1873. when the statistics at large were
combined with the Revised Statutes, the pen
sion laws have been among the most difficult
of any class on the statute books to sift and
determine. To learn the final word on any
feature of the pension laws it is necessary to
search in the Revised Statutes, but the new
codifcation gives the whole body of law in con-
else aud MISUNDERSTANDING form.
The National tribune., 1895-01-17

Slruie may Dc Oh VelVet, more or SATIN, or OF
the same silk as the costume, if absolute sim.
plicity be desired. The long. plain skirt is
gracefully hung over severely gored lining.
60
A recent discovery in science that is being
hailed gladly is cure for diphthera. 1t seems
to promise wonderful results with that dreadful
disease. 1t is already being successfully used
in Paris and New York, and is saving great
per cent. of the children on whom it has been
tried. 1t is meteorological discovery. The
remedy is called "anti-t0xine." If the disease
germs or bacteria of dipbtheria once find lodg-
ment in the throat Of child. they generate
toxine; that is, poison that causes the dis
ease. These bacteria will produce this toxine
or poison if put in a broth and will multiply
very rapidly. Their artificial cultivation is
not difficult. This toxine. if introduc into
an organism by incubation will produce the
disease in mild form, as vaccination does small
pox. But this is not the way it is used. There
is moro indirect method. By continually in.
creasiDg the doses or inoculations finally the
blood can be made positively immune to the
poison Of the disease. horse is thus treated
until he can take large doses Of this toxins
without hurting bim--until he is practically
diphtheria proof. Then if a vein OF this ami
NAL be opened and some blood withdrawn and
;his injected into tho blood of another animal
or person, he, too, will become proof against the
disease. Even If the organism have already
taken in the disease germs. this incubation is
within reasonable limits effective, and many
very severe cases are cured in this manner.
1t is as yet in a certain sense an experiment
only. The value and power of the remedy
seem to have been proven sufficiently, but it
is as yet too new to be well Established or WELL
known. Its use a cure for Group is also be-
ing experimental upon. IL it be all that it
seems to be there will be many thankful
mothers the world over who know what
terrible thing diphtheria is. and who would save
their little ones from its touch
ELSIE PoMERoY hCELRoY.