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more than $11, 900, and now at the
close he finds himself going back to
his Virginia home almost a bankrupt
He sees that he is destined to be
pinched for the rest Of his life. but
he does not yet realize that he will
have to sell his magnificent library to
congress for a song, or that his estate
will eventually be disposed of by lot
terry that enough may be gotten to sup
port his children.
MORE WHITE HOUSE GHOSTS.
The next party that comes is littlo
old fellow with jolly young wife, who
makes the White house ring with the
fun which goes on about her It Is
pretty Dolly Madison in her high tur-
ban cap and her sober old husband,
who is tied to her apron strings. Then
GENES Monroe and John Quincy Adams
and behind them I see the handsome
and stately Andrew Jackson, with his
cavalier ways. Then there is the foxy
Van Buren, with his hair combed just
so and looking as though he had come
from a band box, and bluff Gen. Har-
rison, who used to go in and out Of
that door carrying a market basket,
for he liked to select his dinners him
self. There is the Roman-nosed Tyler
who had more fights with congress
than Cleveland, and bluff old Zach
Taylor, who died in the White house
There are Fillmore and Pierce, and the
pompous Buchanan, and, greatest OF
all, there is Abraham Lincoln. Then
come the presidents of more recent
days, and as they pass before us the
tragedies and comedies of twenty-fOur
lives are played over again as we look.
WHITE HOUSE TRAGEDIES.
The front door Of the White house!
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biggest feasts. L venture, were often
the donation parties. Mckinley had to
skirmish for his rations while he was
in the army, and, when ne was teach
ing country school, he got a salary
Of $25 a month and boarded round.
Andy Johnsons empty stomach tapped
against his backbone many a time be-
fore he filled it with the rich things
Of the White house kitchens, and Ben
Harrison lived in narrow quarters at
Washington boarding houses, even
when he was a United States SEN
ator. None Of the presidents, I VEN
ture, had softer beds at home than
they got in the White house. Those
used now are Of the finest hair resting
on springs which give at every turn
Of the body. The old bedsteads of ma
hogany, which 1 have been told were
dangerously alive ait times with unmen-
tionable insects, have long since been
displaced by bedsteads Of brass, and
the White house today is as clean as
a pin and as comfortable as any home
of the country: Mrs. Harrison was a
splendid housekeeper, and SO is Mrs.
Cleveland. Mrs. Cleveland, I am told,
watches everything about the executive
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a sentence and turned deadly pale. Half a
dozen of the actors nearest her rushed for
ward to support her, but before they reached
her side she fell heavily backward and
dropped senseless to the stage The curtain
was hastily rung down and Augustus Cook
who plays Napoleon, explained the trouble to
the audience. The actress is suffering her
physician declared from overwork Her
condition is not alarming.
The Last Stroke" tha new Cuban play
which received It's first production in ST. Paul
and which attracted so much attention during
It's long and successful run in New York
last season, will be seen in this city the week
OF Jan. IL. Its theme-the Cuban fight for
freedom-is just now an exceedingly popular
one, and it has furnished the author with
good material for strong play. It's long runs
in New York last season and its more recent
success at the Boston theater stamp 1t as a
success. The play is picturesquely staged.
If arrangements can be made Piner's de-
hghtful comedy, Sweet Lavender will be
produced here during the summer by Ben
Johnson and Walter Hale. They intend Civ
Ing two subscription performances, assisted
by Miss Catherine Everts, Herschel NAVAL
and a number of other people prominent in
local dramatic circles. The second perform
ance will consist of double BILL when Hon
or Bound" and "A Night Or, will be revived.
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copyrighted, 1897 by Frank G. Carpenter)
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Have spent
some time this week getting informa-
ton about President McKinley's new
nome. l have had photographer with
me in the White house, and have gone
over the different rooms almost with a
tape line to let you know how your
new ruler is to be housed. The White
mouse has been greatly changed within
the past few years. All kinds of i'm
proVements have been made, and the
white hair of John Quincy Adams
ghost must rise in holy horror as he
looks at the extravagant furnishings.
Mrs. President Harrison expended
something like $50, 900 on improvements,
and number of changes have been
made by Mrs. Cleveland. The Harri-
sons spent lot on the kitchen. When
they came in the basement was full of
rats. One kitchen floor had been laid
on top Of another, and they were all
rotten. Mrs. Harrison ordered the
wooden floors taken out and had the
ground covered with concrete. Upon
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mors. BIam Stoker, Sir Henry Irving's
manager, recently took occasion to
deny that the condition of Miss Terry
health was in the least serious or like
ly to become SO, but the London Mail
chronicles the fact that the actress was
compelled to undergo several operations
during the run Of Cymbeline, recently
ended at the Lyceum.
Manager Pitou will start the road
tour Of The Cherry Pickers" Jan. 25.
He will send the play out with the
same fine cast and elaborate equip
ment of scenery that has won so much
praise for it in New York.
F. Marion Crawford has dramatized
his novel, Or. Claudius," and it will
be produced in New York early in
March
Joseph jefferson says of high hats In
the theater that they are good back
grounds for the women's faces, but
poor fairgrounds for comedy" ec-
Sarah Bsrnhardt Is at work upon a
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The attraction at the Metropolitan
opera house for three nights and Sat
urday matinee, beginning Thursday,
Jan. 81, will be that delightful picture
Of New England life, Neil Burgess
County Fair" This comedy drama, in
it's revised form, is said to be better
than ever.
Kathryn Kidder. the actress, tainted upon
the stage at the Columbia theater, Chicago
last Wednesday night. 1t was during one of
the greatest scenes in Madame Sans-Gene,"
when Miss Kidder stopped in the middle of
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cost $4,000, 900, and 1t Is described as
having been wonderfully beautiful 1t /
was, however, not much larger than a !
chair. visited the room where 1t stood
during my stay in Delhi some years
ago. The throne room was, I venture, 4
not as large as this White house vesti-
bule, and here, instead of a chair OF
jewels, there is a whole wall made
OF bits Of glass and costly stone put to-
gether in the form Of a magnificent
mosaic. 1t has not cost as many thou
sand dollars as the peacock throne cost
millions, but when the electric lights 7
shine behind 1T, 1t is, l venture, far
more beautiful. 1t is in this vestibule
that the Marine band, dressed in their
gorgeous red uniforms, with their
brazen instruments shining like so
much gold, play at the presidents re-
cepuons, and over this mosaic floor
step the diplomats Of all the nations
Of the world clad in their gold lace.
the gay uniformed officers Of our army
ana navy and the powdered and be-
Jeweled throng which makes up what
Is known az Washington society
You will go TO the left through this
Yestibule to reach the second floor of
the White house, where the offices are.
If you have business with President
Mckinley, but if you wish to see Mrs.
Mckinley and are so fortunate as to
be a friend of the family, you will be
taken right across the vestibule, and
a door in that wonderful wall will open
for you and admit you to the parlors
Of the White house. At the presidents
evening receptions the rooms to the
left of the White house will be fitted
up with shelves, where the hats and
coats Of the men can be put away,
while the wraps of the ladies will be
stored for the time in the state dining
room.
IN THE BLUE ROOM
1t will be in the blue room that
President Mckinley will receive az
such times. This has been the custom
from time immemOrial, and it will NOT
be changed. I doubt however.
whether Mrs. Mckinley will be able to
be with him. She is not at all strong.
and she could not stand the wear and
tear of an evening reception. 1t took
all of Mrs Clevelands vitality to en-
able her to carry out her part during
her first years in the White house. I
know of receptions at which she shook
hands with at least 5000 people, and
at which ii seemed to me she gave a
smile to ach one and not two alike.
Frank G. Carpenter
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THE CAVE OF ALADDIN.

If you are so fortunate as to pass
this inspection, you will see the doors
open inward and a moment later will
find yourself standing in what might
be called a very cave of Aladdin.
Columns have been written about the
east room and the wonders Of the par
lcrs Of the White house. The most
beautiful part of the whole building to
my mind is this great vestibule walls
covered with the coat Of arms OF the
United States, its floor OF many colored
tiles and the jeweled wall which sepa-
rates it from the corridor opening into
the blue room, the red room and the
green room beyond One of the great
monarchs of India made a throne OF
gold, the back of which was set with
jewels to represent the feathers and
cclors Of the peacock's tail. The throne
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The WHITE HOUSE in 1897.
Fvelfiundred New and Cosby About President
MCKiney's New Home

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hoops PILLS ara the fayorite family
cathhrtfc,2 easy to take, easy IN effect. a5;.
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Orr M tiolaI Gallery or Stnis,ary.
Il 49, baltimore Herald e b S4t1STF

tits the custom Of Congress- to . provide
from time to time, memorials in!the Shape
nation and oeeo "a SO SCR EEssSI
occasona lS's some 9ns1qsth aEte promptea ~
qc,ap sense OF gratitude to one Of its citi-s
zens, has asked the! government to receive
pr 1hs Nd men similarly dla ,I honored
a kind Of Pantheon, in the halls Of which
are erected enduring nlernentoes tfof fha
Those who haye been
disputablee claim 10 the distinction. con-
cerning them no differences Of opinion
the moving, crowds In the Capitol rotundn
anq elsewhere truly represent what is
n9blGst d ana p best in the life of the nation
Congress to protect the gallery, against
unworthy or less inspiring accessions The
contemplation the sending Of statue Of
Brigham Young. There IRE excellent rca-
AS a pioneer, in building up waste places
and making them BLOSSOM like the rose,
he had few equals. Yet it was not as g.
zation that he sought distinction He ac-
qutrcd notorlcty as the apostle of O. new
nntagonized the institution upon which SO.
ciety, rests and substituted for, It that
which Is dehas Ing an Sna tdis;graing to Wo,
wilderness. only after it had been made
plain to him that his teachings, put into
effect, would not be tolerated III settled
communities. il 1889 ..
Other men Of doubtful morals who ac-
hieved grea tncSs never attempted to eX-
cuse their delinquencies; Brigham Young
endeavcred to throw around them the
mantle of religious and legal sanction. He
Isl remembered not as the builder OF u
State, but as the eXpounder of faith that
Is offensive TO modern thought. and prac-
ticed nowhere upon the earth except In
barbarous or semi-barbarous countries.
Tc give him Il place in Statuary Hall
would be equivalent to All endorsement
Of poygamy, which Congress is hardly
willing to do tlE
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Saved by u Woman.

You all remember the reign OF terror
LOT which the hMollies down in the min
ing regions of Pennsylvania Were re-
sponsible = unused the detective who al
ways smokes 4 Well-seasoned dudeen.in
preference 10 q cigar says the Detroit
free Pfess was with the Pinkertons
then, and young hand at the business.
but they thought we'll enough of me TO
send me among those blood-thirs.y vii
lalns as assistant to sharp old vete-
tougher organization on earth than
those same Mollies. and was just fool
lsh enough TO rejoice at having 4
chance among them
My part was to mingle with the men,
drink at the same bars, fight when the
rough code OF the Mollies required a
night get the reputation OF bad one
and work my way into society. I did it
and became full-nedged member Of
the merciless gang. at last was select
ed with two others to kill q mine fore
man who had refused to comply with
a demand made by the societ,. got
enough whiskey into the men TO put
them to sleep, warned the foreman, and
,hen reported TO the members Of my
Dranch that our proposed victim did
not put IN an appearance at our usual
haunts
THAT night The wife Of the log cabin
hotel and saloon keeper where 7 made
headquarters gave me q WHISPERED
warning IN return for those little courte-
sies which woman appreciates, no mat
ter what her station in life. 7 was sus-
pected or treachery and was to be put
Out or the way. AS stole from the
shanty that night 4 man sneaked behind
me with a knife and that woman laid
MIN out with a bung-starter just as
ne was about to make the lunge. We
iled together ! never knew until we got
INTO court that she was hired on the
Job just as | was. Then we went into
partnership" .!.itr.E I##..,E 81 lI.r
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he thought Of, the decision 81 the court
VIII 1t the regarded as sound and just :?
There is no doubt at all that ills sound
from the illegal point OF View If, the court
Or last fesort.fn the State is to be ac-
cepted as an authority. but, what will
the girls think Of ft?. They are plainly
told that no matter how much a man
may flint with them and even though be
may display evidence,of natrimonla l in
tention, they cannot sue him unless
there be what is equivalent to an ex-
press contract. There must, in the Ian
guage Of the court be "a meeting Of the
minds" Of the contracting parties. Nee
essarlly the quality OF mind is involved
and to certain extent also the social
customs Of the neighborhood where the
Irritation Or courtship occurs. Mr.. Cur
tiss did his counting in q country town.
He never stayed IN the parlor later than
IL O'Clock, but the frequency Of his visits
made amends FOR The comparatively
early hour of his departure.
We suppose that in a country town II
O'Clock would be considered quite late.
And while we do not propose to insti-
tute comparison as to the relative merits
OF city and country social customs. we
feel ourselves at liberty to say that II
O'Clock III numerous instances is an hour
that taxes the intellectual and emotional
energies OF both parties to the bargain
It is to be noted that the Court. Of APP
peals does not specify the precise hour
ait which the young maniis expected to
reach for his hat. There is. so to speak,
call And he may 'tlirt as desperately as
he wants so long as there Is mo evil
dence Of an express CONTRACT =. .t
We do not desire to be ungalant,a but
we must say that the explicit is much
more satisfactory than the ambiguous.
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Town OF SUF h +. K

7 d g. r
this afternoon to their home in Lewis
Ton. N. G.. having concluded u visit to
Suffolk relatives.
The Franklin kildees have been doing
time IN q gymnasium this winter. and
are now In the pink Of condition. II is
said that Mills arm is all right again.
Inc March term of Isle Of Wight
Court VIII be convened next Monday
Farmers say the abundance OF rain is
delaying their operations. They are late
in planting potatoes.
MISS Alice Phillips left tonight for a
visit TO friends in Washington, D. c.
Councilman w. N. NIcAngc has been
on q Trip IN North Carolina this week.
Mr.. A. A. Riddick is making ready 10
move his insurance office to the office of
the Postal Telegraph company.
Mrs Hattie a. Green will soon open a
variety store at No. s Main street.
Mrs. Lewis Hornthall, or Plymouth.
n. G., Is the guest Of her sister, Mrs.
James c. Bell.
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No Room for Doubt.

Proof, yes overwhelming proof can
be furnished Of the excellent curative
qualities of !Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup.
II caught q cold which led to cough,
and pain i'll the chest. (pneumonia?) II
bought Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup, and
after taking one bottle Of it, the cough
began TO disappear; when I finished
taking the second bottle I was cured.
tiustay Thnrmastcr, 40 Hickory ST..
Cleveland,O.' DR., Bulls Cough Syrup
costs but IS cents. Take only Bulls.
CANNON'S PHARMACY, 1870 Butte street.
ALFRED T: WEST. ZIG Main st.
ATLANTIC CITY DRUG
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Friday u lucky Day.

To the Editor OF the Brooklyn Eagle:
We have heard SO much about the mys-
tic number seven being both lucky and
unlucky, kindly gives both sides Of the
argument. Also, state why Friday is
considered by some to be Il lucky day.
OLD SUBSCRIBERS.
Observation-Disclosures. 500 b. c., said
that the number seven belonged espe-
cially to sacred things. The Jews con-
Sidered it the perfect number If our
correspondent will examine the Bible
he will find very frequent reference
made to Seven" AS to the lucl1iness
OF otherwise of the number, that may be
based. SO far as argument goes. on the
foundations we have named. There was
an old Irish manuscript from which it
appears that the good luck followed the
due observance of the twelve golden Fri
days OF the year. This document gives
the following asursnnce: a,t
whatsoever faSteth. on the Golden Fri
days and eats but one meal of bread
and water each Friday, and prays de-
Toutly' on each of them days asc follow
eth shall have five gifts First, he shall
not die sudden death, nor shall lie die
without the holy rites of the church.
nor The devil will have power over him.
lie shall see the glorious Virgin Mary
with his own corporal eyes before his
death; he shall see our Lord Jesus
Christ on the cross forty days before
his death.
Then to support the claim OF Friday
being Il lucky day in the United States
brewer quotes from the Norfolk (Va.)
Beacon the following:
/ On Friday, August 81 1892, Columbus
sailed on his great voyage Of discovery
On Friday, October ~, 1892, he first dis
covered land. On Friday, January 4,
l493. he sailed on his return voyage to
Spain. On Friday, March II, 1493, he ar
rived at PaloS III safety. On Friday
November %. 1893, he arrived ut His
PAMELA in his second voyage to Amer
lea. On Friday, June Is, 1894, he dis
covered the continent Of America On
Friday. March 5, 1i96. Henry VIII gave
.Iohn Cabot his commission. On Friday,
september Z, 1868, Melcndez founded ST
augustine. the Oldest town in the
United States. On Friday, November
III, 1870, The Mayilower with the pilgrim
fathers, made the harbor OF Province
Town On Friday, December % 1920
the pilgrim fathers landed at PLYMOUTH
Rock. On Friday. February, % 1882,
George Washington was born. On Fri
day, June l6, 1915, Bunker Hill was seiz
ed and fortified. On Friday, October II.
lfff, the surrender of Saratoga was
made. On Friday. September %. 1880,
the treason Of Arnold was laid bare. On
Friday, Septemher ~, 1881, was the sur
render OF Yorktown. On Friday, July
4, lT6, motion was made by John
Adams that the United States are and
ought to be independent. The Great
Eastern sailed from Valencia on Fri
day. July l3, 1866, and landed safely at
HeartS Content, N. r., with the cable,
Friday o.
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FUNERAL CART. SCOTT,
"A Large COncOurse Of Friends l5nn,D-
ton sn,I PlqcblrS Notes.

Hampton, Va, Feb. 25.-(Specfan-
Inc funeral Of Capt. J. w. Scott, who
died at his home, in the West End.
Wednesday night, took place from the
this afternoon. Notwithstanding the
steady rain. which lasted all day, the
attendance was very large, n number Of
those present being from Norfolk and
other nearby towns, in which Captain
scott %, was as well known and popular as
ne was IN his own city. The exercises
at the church were conducted by the
Key. Or. A. 3. Woodfin, the pastor, as
sisted by the Rev. G. B. Bryan, rector
or st. Johns Episcopal church, and
We're very impressive. Or. Woodfin's re-
MARKS n1,. touched every, heart, and when
Meet One Another Again. there was
nardly Il dry eye in the congregation.
~ the grave, in the Episcopal Cemetery,
me service was necessarily brief. Prayer
ny me Rev. Mr.. Bryan was followed by
y me singing Of Good Night, but not
Scott was at rest. Numerous and costly
iiorai tributes were sent to the resi-
dence this morning, the most noted OF
which was q full rugged brig. the token
OF Saptain Scots son and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. w. w. Scott Misses Rachel
and Helen Scott, granddauEhters of the
deceased, sent q very handsome pillar
a large anchor In the chain Of which
Droken link appeared, came from the
Virginia Pilots Association II was the
work OF 4 Norfolk florist. A very pretty
tribute In the shape OF a large cross
was sent by Mrs w. T.. Lawson, while
Mr.. and Mrs Jesse Sheets and Mr.! w.
II. Kimberly, the wellknown Old Point
merchant. testified to their affection for
Captain Scott with handsome floral
Wreathes. Boquets were sent by Mrs
II. u. Reed, Mr.. W J. Francis, OF Rich
monr; MIR. Frank Guy and Mrs. J. T.
Winfield. Mr.. John Watson sent a
pretty floral mound; The following gen
tlemen acted as pall-bearers: Capt o.
-. Edwards OF Norfolk; Capt. John
Drew and Thomas Stanworth, OF the
Pilots Association, and Messrs. Joseph
;2lanEhter Robert Francis and w. T..
Lawson.
The funeral OF Mr.. Robert Massen-
'burg, whose death occurred last even
at $3.50 O'Clock. 1t will be attended by
members Of Kecoughtan Lodge No. 90
Is. Of p, and by delegations from the
Grand Army Of the Republic, Masonic
fraternity and the local Fire Depart
,lment. meeting Of the nrcmen will be
held tonight to make arrangements for
the funeral. Mr.. AIassenburE was one
or the most popular citizens OF t[amp-
ton. Iis long Illness and his hard fight
for life stirred the sympathy Of hun
dfedS Of people.
The dancing class of Capt. Tip Hope
passed a pleasant evening at the Acad-
emy last night. Nearly q hundred
young people. members Of the class and
their friends, were present.
An interesting case, In which several
prominent Ihoebus women will appear
is docketed for hearing in Justice
Houchins' Court at o'clock tomorrow
morning.