The evening times., 1896-10-17
The Lounger.

| II MoNG the prominent Ia wyers who have
been brought 10 This city by the sit
tings of the Supreme Court OF the
United Statesis E. X. Foster of North FIori
da, who has engaged rooms 1T tiie 81
James. The case which he pleads before
the Supreme Bench will necessitatc his
presence in Washington for some little time,
after which he Will return To his practice
| au home
| Mr.. Foster said that his section OF the
| State counted itself extremely fortunate in
| the fact that 1t entirely escaped the ,icvas-
| tatins breath Of the tropical storm which
swept along the Atlantic coast two weeks
ago.
The fury of the wind was spent in the
southwestern portion OF the State Here
| the damage done by the storm was ines
timable and no one who has not passed
through the country can form the slight
est idea of the horrors of it--whole TO WINS
without shelter. whole plantations with
out vestige of crop remaining
This section OF the State s the Center
OF the cotton and turpentine production,
both of which are entirely prostrated
Groves upon groves Of pine trees Were felIed
by the great blow, and many acres which
the cotton plant, the ground now lies as
bare before the eye of the spectator as
if il had bsen burned away.
The suffering among the inhabitants
has been by this time almos wholly allayed.
As she has always done in the past, when
similar troubles arose, Florida has shown
that she can take care Of her unfortunates.
Wien the appeal for aid was sounded in the
daily n1ncrS contributions Of money and
offers of help came pouring in from every
par tof the cunharmedsections, ,andtcmporary
relief was very soon afforded the sufferers.
In the time which has since elapsed this
work of relief has been made permanent,
SD that those who have been stricken will
have the means Of living until they can
can bring matters to some shape, when they
can again live upon their products.
HVERYBoDY who has been in Washing
L. tonany time at all knows Capt Blake,
who has been making trips TO Mount
Vernon and Marshall Hall since a Tune
much further back than the memories OF the
present generation can reach
The captain is firmly fixed in his belief
that Mckinley VIII be the next occupant of
the Presidential chair. and last uight, in
the lobby OF the National Hotel, he told an
anecdote TO show that this belief extends to
some places where it is rot generally be- |
leved TO exist
He said that he was in his office at the |
wharf Of the Manchester when Il gentleman |
came up to the ticket window and asked for |
Two tickets to Mount Vernon. In paying |
for them lie took out about half Il dozen |
$40 gold pieces, and selecting one threw it |
On the counter
The ticket sellers eyes began TO bulge out,
for of late gold coins have not been nuiner-
used to them that he turned the coin over
TO the captain To SEE If IL were counterfeit.
Tie latter came forward and gave the
:cnilem an his change, at the same time ask
ing him in Il ocular manner why he did
not board his galdlike the rest Of the people.
The stranger, however, took the remark
seriously. and ans wered:
Well. SIR. out in Nevada, where come |
rom, | got the iGea that Bryan was going
10 win, so ! began saving up all the gold
hat | could get hold OF. IN order 10 be on
iand when the premium on gold should be
IigiI enough.
But my trip through the East has
Knocked all that nonsense out of my head.
have been in almost every State in the
: Mon. and from the observations which
gathered 1 regard the election Of the Re
'ubl!can gold ticket as a dead certainty. |
SOL have given over adding to my little
'iie OF geld, and instead am spending the
elbow fellows as fast as get to them