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Evening star., 1896-01-11
NO SEEDS, NO LOYALTY.
A Man Who Had a Longing for MelO-
dramatic Farming.

dramatic FARMING.
From the Nebraska State Journal.
We recently sent to Secretary Morton a
politely worded letter asking him to send
us all the seeds the government can spare,
as We contemplate engaging in melodra-
matte farming in the suburbs of Beatrice
next year. Mr.. Morton replied promptly
saying that the darned old government. has
gone out of the business of distributing
seeds gratuitously, the Attorney General
having explained the law on the subject.
We have always been a loyal citizen,
paying taxes cheerfully and refraining from
personal violence when the assessor came
around, but We withdraw our allegiance
and will boom anarchy in its worst form If
the woIperjawed administration can't af-
ford to send US a few lneasly old eowcum-
ber seeds in the hour of oul greatest need.
If :he Agricultural Department isn't going
to supply honest husbandmen with seeds,
what is it there for? To issue a dry-as-dust
an ornamental member Of his cabinet? To
pay meat Inspectors who wouldn't know a
dead horse from wheelharrow? To issue
charts predicting rain where dry weather
is a sure thing and explaining why the
guess of the day before was so wide of the
mark?
We sincerely hope that this country will
come to ir with England, if for no other
reason than to see the Agricultural Depart
n1ent building blown off the map.
Evening star., 1896-01-11
From the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
Tempering saws is an elaborate process,
and none but the best workmen are en-
ployed. Instead of being hardened by dip
ping the red-hot saw in water, compost
ton of whale or some other animal Oil and
tallow is used. Sometimes rosin, pitch or
turpentine is mixed with the tallow and oil.
The oil and tallow give the) steel strength
and toughness, and hesrosin, pitch or tur-
pentine break up the scale made by the heat,
or, as it is called, makes "the scale strike
The saw is carefully heated in furnace
which gives every part of the thin metal an
even heat. Then the blade 10 dipped in the
hardening mixture, and kept there until it
is as cool as the compositions When taken
from the oil and tallow mixture the Oil is
removed by scraping, and the blade is fur
ther cleaned with sawdust.
When the steel is bright,'ethe temper is
drawn. This is done in several ways: By
laying it in muffle until the proper color
comes, by reheating the blade in a frame
which stretches it so that the blade will not
warp and by heating it between dies which
hold the blade fiat d
Evening star., 1896-01-11
EXASPERATED MIR. JAMESON,
If Was III In Spanish, All Right. hut
He Objected to Ridicule.

If j Was II In Spanish. All Right. hut
He Objected to Ridicule.
From the Albuquerque News.
Five Chicagoans arrived 1T Albuquerque.
N. NJ, one day late in August. They were
taken in charge by Frank Blake, a Chi
cago boy, who has lived in the west for
some years, and We're soon shown all the
sights of the quaint old town. AS they
walked along the principal street Mr.. Jami-
son looked up at a building and remarked:
EEL tornado Hotel; nice building"
YES" said Blake but you must pro-
nounce it right. 1t is Ell Tornado in the
Spanish tongue. ] is always H out here"
THAT so?' answered Jamison. Funny
custom. What's this church here-the
Cathedral of San Juan?' San Huan," cor
rected Blake Mr.. Jamison looked panied,
but accepted the correction. moment
later he broke out again. whats this;
La Jolla?" La Holla.' spoke the ready
mentor by his side, and Jamison's eyes be-
gan to roll. So it went through the whole
town. Blake corrected Jamison at every
turn. When they all got back to the hotel
Jamison had strange, drawn expression
on his face, bat nobody paid much atten-
ton to him. He went into the dining room
and called a waiter.
Bring me-" said Mr.. Jamiscn, in slow,
measured accents, some fricasseed hack
rabbit. with apple belly, and let me have
mint hulep before the meat, please"
The waiter stared at him, and somebody
at the next table snickered. That was the
last straw The Chicago man sprang to
Lis feet, ablaze with indignation. "By
hingor' he thundered, what hackass dares
criticise my Spanish hargon? By the great
humping Hudas! I'm Him Hamison of
Hackson boulevard. and I'll give some of
you fellows swift holt in the haw in four
seconds! Oh, yes, I suppose You think this
is higantic hoke, but don't. You're hav-
ing lots of hoy with me, but I'll come over
there and holm in this hovial hamboree in
in about half nifty if you don't quit your
New Hersey. If my friend Horge Henny
Of the Marquette Club was here, we'd do
some hugglng with you hackals, and don't
you forget it"
Here the walters and the rest Of the Chi
cago delegation dragged Mr. Jamison away.
He recovered under careful nursing, but
made all haste to get out of New Mexico
as soon as he could catch train.
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A LIVELY sEANCE IN PARIS. \.
Spirits the Faithful Thought, hut tn,
Authorities Differed.

From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
A few days ago lady, who was absorbed
in the mysteries of occultism, invited Sc
lect circle of friends to come to her fat, on
the Rue Breda, and form a mystic circle to
invoke the spirits of the departed. The mys-
tic circle assembled, and the seance seemed
to promise great things. The floors creaked
and groaned, extraordinary noises were
heard on every side, and suddenly a sound
like the report of a cannon was heard, and
before the assembly had time to comment
on the extraordinary animation of their
spirit friends, the flooring on one side of the
room sank in with crack, carrying the
piano and some of the furniture two floors
down into the cellar.
1t was early in the evening happily, SO no
one was crushed in the bed room Immediate
ly underneath, and as the rest of the floor
ing held good, the spiritualistic investigators
got out safely with undignified haste and
the lottery house is being guarded by the
police to prevent people from rsking their
precious lives by entering ii. Some ardent
believers declare that the spirits showed
their strength by demolishing the premises,
but the municipal authorities, more pro-
saically, are going to sue the architect and
landlord for not keeping the house i'm proper
repair. The person most to be pitied in the
matter is the lady whose drawing room fur
niture got SO entangled with the contents of
her wine cellar to render both quite use.
less henceforward.
Evening star., 1896-01-11

fty, 1t was surprising how meager was the
generals knowledge of books and how
ignorant he was as to matters of literature
He then referred to dinner which he had
attended at which he had sat next to the
general and had asked him simple ques-
tions about books to which he did not
seem to understand how to answer 1 re-
member that dinner very we'll and Gen.
Grants remarks to me upon his return
from 1t. He said complainingly: why Is
1t that can never have any fun at a din
ner? At this dinner from which l have
just come they wanted to do me great
honor, as they always do, and they seated
me next the greatest man at the table.
This was the president of Harvard Col
lege. l saw that If l engaged in conversa-
ton with him I would probably spend the
whole evening discussing subjects as dry
as dust. and concluded that 1 would not
stand it and that l would have a good
time like the rest of the fellows. Shortly
after we sat down the president turned to
me and asked me some questions regard
ing Napier's PeninSular War. 1 looked as
though knew nothing about any peninsula
war. 1 answered something. but my an
swer was evidently not satisfactory, for
the president did rot bother me again for
fifteen minutes When he next turned to
me it was with question about one of
Dickens novels. l looked very blank at
this, and answered in such way as to
make him believe 1 had never heard of
Dickens. The result was that he left me
alone for the rest of the evening, and /
really had good time. 1 suppose. however,
that have ruined my reputation with him.
But you ought not t. do such things,
Ulys,' said I. 1t gives people bad i'm
preston of you, and they think you don't
know anything
I don't care replied the general That
man was only book worm, anyhow, and
did not want to talk books
"As to Napier's Peninsular War;" contin-
ued Mrs. Grant, Il doubt whether the
learned President was nearly so we'll post
ed upon it as the general. I remember
that he read this during the earlier days of
our marriage and not only read it, but
Evening star., 1896-01-11

general and were invited to dine with her.
replied Mrs. Grant. when we arrived at
the castle suite Of rooms was placed at our
disposal, consisting of bed rooms, dressing
rooms and parlor. When we were pre-
sented to the queen, her majesty first spoke
for short time to General Grant, and then
addressed her conversation to me. We had
only few words together. She said she
had had the pleasure of meeting my little
daughter Nellie during her stay in Europe
some years before, and I replied, saying
that my daughter had been so much pleased
with her kind reception that she had be-
come one of her loyal subjects by marriage.
The queen said she was glad of this and
with few other platitudes, the conversa-
ton terminated.
Jesse Grant and the Queens Dinner.
BY the way, Mrs Grant. what is the
true story as to the presence OF Jesse at
that dinner? You have seen the stories
which were published some time ago. which
stated that he refused to remain at the din
Eer unless he could sit down at her majes-
tvs tabie?"
"Yes, 1 have heard the stories," replied
Mrs. Grant They were not true stories,
ana L was very sorry to see them published.
The truth is that Jesses conduct there, as
1t has always been elsewhere. was that of
gentleman. He was treated like a gen.
tieman everywhere in England, and there
was no intention whatever by the English
TO slight hin there or anywhere. The mat
ter arose through misunderstanding, to
put 1t mildly, OH the part of Mr.. Badeau.
Jesse did not want to go to the dinner at
all. He had an invitation that evening to
attend big ball in London, where there
were lot Of young people, and when the
invitation came he told his father and my
self that he did not want to go. We were
very anxious, however, that he should have
all the advantages of our tour, and we
thought 1t would be a pleasant thing for
him to remember in after life that he had
had such an experience My children were
all very obedient, and when 1 told Jesse
that 1 would like to have him so he at
tend the dinner. Shortly after we had ar
rived at Windsor castle and while we were
resting In our rooms there, Mr. Badaau
came in very much excited. He said to the
general that he had been told that himself
Evening star., 1896-01-11
Weight and Quality Unimpaired.


A man at one of the hotels the other
night told an interesting story of how the
freighters in the far west used to supply
themselves with whisky. He said that some
years ago when all freight on the frontiers
was hauled in wagons. he happened to
make trip of several hundred miles with
a train Of wagons carrying merchandise to
remote stations. Nearly every wagon con-
tanned one or more barrels of whisky
The first night out / noticed" said he
great activity around the whisky barrels.
The wagons each had a hatchet and a
gimlet. They would knock up a hoop bore
hole, draw all the whisky they wanted
then put about as much fine gravel in the
barrel as they had drawn out whisky,
drive plug in the hole and put the hoop
back in place.
Il learned afterward that the barrels
were weighed and the whisky tested be-
fore it was turned over to the freighters,
and that when it arrived at its destination
it was again weighed and tested. The
gravel supplied the weight and bulk and
the quality remained the same and this
was why it was used instead of water to
supply the place of what had been taken
OUT
Evening star., 1896-01-11
The NOiseless Rubber Tire.

'The number of rubber tires in use on car
riages," said an observer, appears to be all
the time increasing. Oftener and oftener
row up town, especially at night, when car
riages largely predominate and the sound
of them is not blended as it may be by day
with the sound of many other vehicles. you
hear the clatter of horses hoofs, but not
the old-time accompanying rattle of wheels.
The cab or carriage has rubber tires. i am
not so sure that like this. / always did
like the sound of well-built carriage, with
everything about it keyed up snugly; no
rattling or play anywhere, but with every
thing fitting nicely, and the carriage rum
ming easily and smoothly. The wheels Of
such a vehicle make music on the street
pavement. ] think like that sound better
than 1 do the noiselessness of the rubber
tires"
Evening star., 1896-01-11

which she, in connection with many others
who know what Col. Grant is doing, thinks
is hardly appreciated bJhhdIrepublic. The
truth, as learned from well-posted outside
Col Grant is one of the hardest workers on
the police force. Many Of the lines of policy
and some of the best movements that have
been been. made &C In connection with the improve
were suggested by him. and a great part of
the active work Of the board is done by him.
Mrs. Grant tells me that Col Fred
grows 81 @ more like his fathF every year
evidently believes, inherited much Of his
fathers ability. IL I
Evening star., 1896-01-11

would interrupt him by telling him gossip
and stories, and, perhaps, asking him ques-
tions. He would stand it for a while. but
at the third or fourth interruption he
would sometimes say, Julia, you must
really not talk to me now. 1 have very
important paper which am writing, and
can't do 1t If you interrupt me- Then he
would go to work again, and in about half
an hour I would forget about what he had
said, and would burst out with 'Ulys, don't
you know that and would go on with
another story. He would listen until got
through and then go back to his writing.
He made few corrections in what he wrote,
and he was thoroughly well posted on al
most everything"
How Mrs. Grant Overcame the Cen
erals Retfcence.
'Was ne much Of talker?' I asked.
eyes," replied Mrs. Grant, 'he could talk
very we'll if he wished to, though it was
often hard to get him to talk. He seldom
spoke about the war. and there were some
subjects which he would never take up of
his own accord. He would never allow me,
however, to make misstatement If he
could help 1t, and I often got him to talk
ing about certain things by Intentionally
stating them In way which 1 knew was
not correct, whereupon the general would
look at me in despairing way and say:
Now. Now. Julia, l think you are mistaken
about that, you have 1t all wrong. 1t was
this way He would then go on to tell
the true story of the matter in all its de-
tails. He grew interested as he talked.
His face lighted up at such times, and he
expressed himself in good language. He
was very well read man, and during most
of his life he was a hard student"
The True Story of the Harvard Dinner
THAT is different from the idea generally
held" said I.
Eyes. I know 1t is," was the reply, "but
many ideas are held concerning Gen.
Grant which are not the true ones. I re-
member one instance in particular which
shows how such stories sometimes arise.
1t is in connection with the statements
made some time ago by the president of
Harvard College to his pupils in lecture.
in which he referred to Gen. Grant, and
said that, great as he was in natural abil-
Evening star., 1896-01-11

made copious notes from it. He was well
posted on all military works and upon all
kinds of literature. Why, he has read
thousands of pages aloud to me. My eyes
Rave never been very strong, and during
the greater part of our life he read for
hours to me every evening. While we were
at Galera he read all the speeches in Con-
gress from both sides, and 1 was, perhaps,
as well posted on public questions at that
time as any woman in the country. His
reading covered a wide range. 1t embraced
all the great histories. He has read most
of the novels OF Dickens and Thackeray
aloud to me, and 1 doubt whether there
vas better read public man in the United
States than he was"
Gen. Grants Tomb.
The conversation here turned to the gen
erals death, and I asked Mrs. Grant
whether, having now moved to Washing
ton, she would not prefer to have him
buried at Arlington rather than at New
York. She replied that she did not wish
any change made. She said she could go
to New York to visit his grave, and that
she hoped his resting place would never be
changed. She then told me how she hap
Fer ed to come to Washington, saying that
she had not intended selling her New York
house, but that being told tnat purchaser
wanted 1t, in order to save discussion she
had fixed a price upon it SO high that she
did not think any one would take it. She
had asked $130OOO for it. To her surprise
tElS Oner was accepted, and she had to let
the house go. In the meantime Mrs. Sar-
tcrfs came over to this country, and she
wished to live at Washington. Mrs. Grant
had found that the climate Of New York
was such that she could not live there but
few months in the year. and she had
hence bought the house in which she is
now living. She told me that she liked
Washington very much, that some of the
Ileasantest days of her life had been spent
here and that she had regretted much
when Gen. Grants presidential term had
come to an end and she had to leave.
Col. Fred Grant and the Reforms at
New York.
In closing my interview I asked Mrs.
Grant something about her sons. She told
me that Jesse and Ulysses, jr., are doing we'll
in San Diego, where they are largely in
terested in real estate, and are aiding in
building up that city, which they believe
will be one of the greatest on the Pacific
slope. She is much interested in Col. Fred
Evening star., 1896-01-11
1t Wears on,

From the Chicago Post.
so you've been admitted to the bar, have
you?" said the old cynic, pleasantly.
Il have" replied the young man, proudly
Feel little backward and diffident at
first, i suppose?'
"A little"
'Of course; but it'll wear off. You'll be
calling yourself judge inside of thirty days.
They all do that now."
Evening star., 1896-01-11
Force of Habit.
lMass.l Journal.

From the Sorhbridge (Mass) Journal.
Bicycle Manufacturer-'Where am II"
Nearest Angel-"Why, this is heaven.
Isn't it delightful?'
Bicycle Manufacturer-'Yes, indeed. It's
very pleasant. But, I say Cooking about
critically, you ought to have better roads,"
Evening star., 1896-01-11
He Had Been.

From the indianapolis Journal.
Miss Cushion, captain, were you ever
boarded by a pirate?"
Captain Storms-"Yes. He charged me
s11 day for a hall room on the fourth
floor"
Evening star., 1896-01-11
Not a Great Deal.

From the Detroit News-Tribune.
I'm engaged to three just at present"
she said. Yes A good deal on hand? Oh,
no. Not nearly as much as I have had.
There is but one diamond in this lot"
Upon rough estimate she would put the
aggregate value at SiJ0
Evening star., 1896-01-11

RS. GEN. GRANT
is leaGing a retired
life here at Wash
ington. Her home is
the mansion of Sena-
tor Edmunds, for
which she paid
$50, 200 some months
ago. 1t is a COM
Portable brick house
Of perhaps fifteen
rooms, located in one
of the most fashion,
able parts of the
city. 1t was built by
Evening star., 1896-01-11
BUBBLES OR MEDALS

"Best sarsapari1las." When you think of it, how
contradictory that term is. For there be only
ONE best i'm amything-one best sarsaparilIa, as
there is ONE highest mountain, ONE longest river,
deepest ocean. And that best sarsaparilla is --9
-. There's the rub. You measure mountain
height and ocean depth but how test sarsaparilla?
You COULD III YOU chemists. BUT then do YOU
need to test it? The Worlds Fair Committee tested
it-and thoroughly. They went behind the label ON
the BOTTLE What did this sarsaparilla test result
Every make of sarsaparilla shut out of the Fair
EXCEPT AYERS. So lit was that Ayers was the
only sarsapari!la admitted to the Worlds Fair.
The committee found it the best They had mo room
for anything that was mot the best. And as the
} best, Ayers Sarsaparilla received the medal and
awards due its merits. Remember the word "best"
is bubble amy breath blow; but there are pins
to prick such bubbles Those others are blowing
more "best sarsapara" bubbles since the WORLDS
Fair pricked the old ONES: True but Ayers sarsa=
parilla has the medal. The pin that scratches the
medal proves it gold The pin that pricks the bubble
proves it wind: We point to medals, mot bubbles,
when we say: The best sarsaparilla is Ayers.
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Interesting Chat With the Widow
of the Great Soldier.
he WROTE THE State PAPERS HIMSELF
Amusing Account of His Interview
With a College President.


Copyright, 1895. by Frank G. carpenter3
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-17

Scene Warlfke About the Brown
Works at Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, o., July 16.-The scene
around the Brown Hosting and Con-
vey1ng Works this morning was a de-
cidely martial one. Companys F. l..
and l, of the Fifth regiment were en-
camped near the works, and the blue
coated sentries paced back and forward
on beats which extended in every dir
ection The strikers and their sympathi-
zers collected in crowds and 1eered the
soldiers from a safe distance, but any
attempt on the part Of the men to ap-
proach near the works was promptly
met by pointed bayonets. Later mob
OF several thousand congregated in
Hamilton street, short distance from
the works, and numerically 1eered the
soldiers. 1t was dispersed by the police
without any Eeing injured
The motormen on the Cleveland City
railway, whose st. Clair street line runs
near the Brown Works, refused to carry
nonunion men this morning One mo-
torman left his car when a policeman
attempted to put nonunion man
aboard, and told the patrolman to run
the car himself. The policeman and his
man left the car and walked to the
works.
The attitude of the strikers and their
sympathizers is one of extreme bitter
ness, and the authorities express much
anxiety over the situation,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-17
MINNEAPOLIS RINGS WITH THE
SHOUTS OF THE WHITE METAL
MEN.
ENTHUSIASM IN ABUNDANCE.
CONVENTION DECLARES ITSELF
STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF LIND
FOR GOVERNOR. e"
ADOPTS A SILVER PLATFORM
Congressman Towne, Frank Nye,
John Day Smith and Others
Do Some Speilbinding.


Shades Of great men dead and gone
were invoked necessarily at the silver
convention held yesterday in Mime
apolis, to win applause and inspire the
adherents of the new crusade.
And John Lind was named as the
choice of the silver men for governor.
Bryan and Sewall were also indorsed,
and the delegates to st. Louis were in
structed to vote for an Endorsement
Lieut.. Gov. Frank A. Day was the
parliamentary boss OF the convention.
William Jennings Bryan was
it's god, while Abraham Lincoln
was dragged in to serve as
It's saint and exemplar. It's or
ators were Frank M. Nye, Charles
A. Towne and John Lind. They were
backed up and supported by the lesser
silver stars, like ReY. Mr.. Rutleff, OF
Glencoe; John Day Smith, Alphonso
Barto, Robert L. Johns, j. E. Childs
C. P. Aldrich, Francis H. Clark and
others.
The resolution indorsing John LIND