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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16
Hsw lie Kept His Gro

From the Saturday Evening Post ....
In the campaign Of 1855 it cane t tbs aitsntioa
Of leading Democrats that unkn xh tfaior In
certain Western State making mighty stir
smoag the people. winning from lie Republicans
the expressive title OF The S.Rged Cat" several
lsttsrs from Den.ocrsts in sei0iaiaE eoaatss werr
so0R resolved, asking that thiz orator be sent 10
them, and testfying the convincing power Of his
srEumeuu- But. according 70 the sInEy Il Is
frsaEsstly related IN Democratic headquarters the
supreme test Of this sDeIlsinders power oys- an
sadieEoe came vheu be addressing lass
meeting IN aensely packed skstiag rink. Ais
ckiegoaz young got out the village Ere engine,
hauled Il In freat % the rink. and pounded It's
soag With yioeace tsat for a moment coszBlstt-
~ Drowned the voice ef The orator Inside the build
iEg Eis audience started To zfampsie. hHE he
checked tie movement -5y commanding gesture
Thsn. placing his isft hand upon Ihs TOP OF hiE
head be shouted
'RiEht here a where the Gre Is. And IL win
not b. PVT until IL has helped 70 light ben2lss
that Sslsblsls NJ. H4saE's s.setIss-''
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16
Het.y Green In a Queer Law Suit.

From New York Letter.
"Hetty Green VS.. an Old Stock Broker
Is the official title of a case on the SUI
preme Courts October calendar Officially
it represents an action brought by Alice
". Ladd. wife of Alfred W. Ladd. to re-
cover stock commissions amounting To
s., 00e, which. the plaintiff claims. is owed
by Mrs. Green 10 her husband The com
missions were earned. IL is claimed. seven
years ago, in 1888. as result OF transac-
ton in Wall street. sir. Ladd. the broker.
is not dead. as an action By his wife
would seem 20 indicate. but he assigned
the case 10 Mrs. Ladd in lsSs. after trying
to settle with Mrs. Green and get his
money outside OF court Mrs Green re,
pudlates The whole thing
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

were out to cut a Seven-FOot Swath
through English Literature from Beowulf
20 Bangs. inclusive. and no petty Jealou-
sizes or Chickering's were 10 stand in the
Way. So while they were at the Meeting
they would pull kittenish Smiles and APP
plaud so as not 10 split the Gloves. Some
times they Kissed. too. but they always
kept their Fingers crossed. OF course,
when they got OF I'm Twos and Threes
they would pull the little Meat-Axes out
of the Reticules and hack a few Mono
grams but that was 10 have been eX-
pected. Everything considered, the Club
was a Tremendous Co AT each session
the Lady President would announce the
Subject for the next Meeting. For in
stance, she would say that Next Week
they would take up Wycliffe. Then every
one would romp Home 10 look in the
Encyclopedia of Authors and find out
who in the world Wycliffe was. On the fol-
lowed Thursday they would have Wyeliffe
down Pat and be Primed for a discussion.
They would talk about Wycliffe as il he
had been down to the House for Tea
every evening that Week. After the Club
had been running for Six Months. ii was
beginning 10 be strong on Dates and
Quotations The Members knew that Mrs.
browning was the wife of Mr. Browning,
that Milton had trouble with his Eyes,
and that Lord Byron wasn't all that he
should have been. to say the Least. They
were beginning TO feel their Intellectual
oats. In the meantime. the Jeweler' $
Wife had designed a Club Badge.
The Club was doing such Notable Work
that some of the Members thought they
ought 10 have d Special Meeting and in
wife the Men. They wanted TO put the
Cap Sheaf on a Profitable Season and at
the same time hand the Merited Rebuke
TO some Of the Husbands and Brothers
who had been making Funny Cracks.
1t was decided to give the Star Pro-
gramme at the Beadle Home and after the
Papers had been read then all the Men
and Five Women who did not hold Office
could ile through the Front Room and
shake Hands with the President, the Vice
President, the Recording Secretary, the
Corresponding Secretary, the Treasurer,
and the Members of the various Commit
tees, all OF whom were to line up and Re-
Ceive.
The Reason the Club decided TO have
the Brain Barbecue at the Beadle Home
was that the Beadles had such beautiful
big Rooms and Double Doors. There was
iltoie OF less quiet Hdfpoon Nork Wnen
The announcement was made. Several of
the Elderly Ones said that Josephine Bea-
ole was not Representative Member of
the Club She was Fair TO look upon, but
she was not pulling very hard for the Up
lifting Of the Sex. II was Suspected that
she came TO the Meetings just to Kill
Time and see what the Others were
Wearing. She refused 10 buckle down to
Literary work, Tor she was a good deal
more interested in the Bachelors who
nlied the Windows Of the new Mems Club
than she was in the Butler who wrote
"Hudibras." So why should she have the
Honor Of entertaining the Club at the An
nual Meeting? Unfortunately, the Mem
bers who had the most Doing under their
comets were not the ones who could
come TO the Front with large Rooms that
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

Is progressive little city claiming
| sbou; twice the Population that the
1 Census Enumerators could uncover
4 there Was a Literary Club u was one
~ those Clubs guaranteed 30 tx you
out with Culture while sou wait Two or
Three Mstrons who we're too Heavy for
Iirht AHusements and not old enough 10
stay At Home ard Knit organized The
Club
Nearly every Woman IN Town rushed 10
zct IN for fear somebody would say she
had Not been Asked.
The club used 10 Round Up once
Week az The Homes OF Members. There
would De a Paper, followed by a Discus
sion. after which somebody would Pour
Tho Organization seemed to Be Win
uer. One thing the Lady Clubbers were
Dead set on They were going 10 have
Harmony with an Upper Case II. They
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16
ORIGIN OF "OixIE'S LAND. {"
This stirring SONG of the Souih Was COM
posed by Daniel Emmett, the Minstrel.

From the Ladies' Home Journal
The r-ginal song. .-Dixies Land" was
composed in 1853 by Daniel Emmett as
''walk-around" for Bryants Ministries.
MIR. Emmett frequently heard toe per-
formers in a circus make the remark, Il
wish i was in Dixie, as soon as the
Northern climate began 10 be too severe
for the tent life which they followed.
This expression suggested the song,
"Dixie's Land" II made a hit at once in
New York. and was speedily carried 10
all parts of the Union Oy numerous bands
of wandering nninstrels. In Tie fall OF
1860 Mrs. John Wood sang il In New Or
leans In the burlescue Of 'Poc1hOntas.
ana before q week had passed the whole
city had taken il up. a New Orleans pub
Usher saw possibilities in the music. and
without the authority OF the composer
had the air haTmOniZed and rearranged,
issuing il with words embOdylng the
strong Southern feeling then existing In
New Orleans.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16
Revered by the Clus.

.'uld be Thrown Together, so the Beadle
ONE got the Great Event
livery one in Town who carried a Pound
?. Social Influence showed up In his or
her Other Clothes. Extra Chairs had 10
be- brought IN and what with the Slnilax
and Club COlors Il was all very swell, and
TIE Maiden In the Lace Mitts who was
going 10 write about II for the Weekly
threw "a couple % Spasms.
The Men we're led ia pulling al the Hal
tefs and with their Ears laid back. After
they got into the Dressing Room they
stuck there until they had to be shooed
out They did not know what they were
Going against, but they had their suspi-
Cons They managed 10 get Rear Seats
- stand along the Walls so that they
could execute the quiet sneak If Things
RDi TOO Literary The Women were TOO
Flushed add Proud 60 Notice.
AZ so ,. N. the Lady President began
10 read fen Pink Thoughts on Nom
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

duct Unbecoming a Member. and jose
phine sent Word to them as follows:
Rats
Then the Men quietly got together and
bought Josephine about d Thousand Dol
lars worth of American Beauty Roses TO
show that they were With her, and then
Homes began to break up, and Somebody
started the Report that any way it was
the Lady Presidents Fault for having
such long ard pokey Essay that wasn't
hers at all, but was Copied out of Club
Paper published in Detroit.
Before the next Meeting there were two
Factions. The Lady President had gone
TO Rest Cure, and the Meeting resolved
itself into Good Cry and General Smash
Up.
Moral: The only literary men are those
who have to work at H.
Copyright. 1900, by Robert Howard Russelll
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16
An Epeeh-maLins Inventisn.

From the Saturday Evening Pest
There seems 10 be IikeIikasd that before Ionz
movahie types for pEiRiing gill be done away win
sltogrther AAd thelf function. hithsn0 regarded As
indispensable in the art. performed BY Ingenious
photographic processes. The hooks q the near fn-
ruFe IL Is predicted. will Dc made By photography
and Il u net improbable that newspapers viii
BE- Issued b. methods IN which the camera an;
dry plate Etl take the place % the font AZ metal
letfers ana tho sisreoJEpe from paper MsIYix
Inventions Of practical character The originator
Of the idea proposes apply the reproduction Of
lssttF-prrss process no, EerY different from that
already uss1 ia gee Mechanical multiplication Of
piet2Ess-
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16
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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

him on the street the other day. Suppos-
ing We meant to insult him, the major
pulled his gun and fired a bullet through
our hat. Explanations and drinks FOL
lowed, and all is serene at this writing.
We believe that what is to harpen will
happen. In other words, We give Lawyer
Dodge due notice that if he brings anoth-
er libel suit against the Kicker, we will
call at his office and make him eat all the
papers in the case. with a few deeds and
bills of sale as a wind up.
We beg pardon of our readers for neg
lecting TO say last week, a la New York
dailies, that our circulation is now three
times as great as al other newspapers in
the known world put together, and that
our advertising has gone up from lines
10 1900 columns. This proves that real
merit and genius are always literally ee-
warded.
The gossip around town that we are
planning $4,000 opera house is au nom
sense. HellsO hall is big enough ana good
enough for the Uncle Toms Cabin
troupes which come this way. and the
spectators on the front seats with their
guns nave also become used to the targets
and the distances.
If any one is curious to know why 7.
Williams left town last Sunday night with
his legs working like piston rods and his
hair on the curl, we can explain that, as
secretary of the vigilance committee, We
had given him warning TO skip or dangla
He decided 10 skip and has probably
reached Utah by this time. j. b. was a
little toe stiff as braggart and a dead
beat.
The rumor that We are looking for an
other political office is true We now
banker to be fish commissioner OF the
Territory, thus giving US five soft snaps.
There Is no cheek about this We are
simply taking care of ourselves as an edi-
tor. What is left after we are provided
for can go to the modest and humble pub
lie.
Some ore has sent us by mail a Kuklux
notice-skuI, crossbones and all-warnIng
US TO get out of Arizona within thirty
days or take the consequences. Please
bring on your consequences We don't
propose To leave this balmy country for
many years to come, and We'll bet 10 10 !
that We add that chaps carcass to the
thirteen others sleeping so quietly in our
private editorial graveyard We are no
buZzsaw. but the man who monkeys with
us has got 10 be chain lightning 10 keep
his health.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

doubt about remaining where there are
evidences % such mighty and unseen
powers. that may az any time crumble Up
the whole underground show and leave
the visitor preserved indefinitely. IS an
interesting fossil for the deiectation OF
some geoIogist Of future ages
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

We understand that certain parties in
this town have written the Postmaster
General that We pl1y poker Yes. we do.
but we play il as editor and not as post
master. and would like TO sit down IN a
game with the P. G. himself If he's ineliu-
ed that way
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

Old Joe Wheeler claims to have seen a
silver tipped bear near Sailor Greek last
Sunday II he is telling the Truth. tran
he struck something at last he couiIn't
ask 10 buy him drink OF whisky or lend
him q quarter
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16
ARIZONA kICkLETS.

Tie vigilance committee over az Lone
Jack seems 10 need an Instructor. L has
hung one man three different times. and
yet he is walking around to-day IT. good
health
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

In accordance with careless habit We
have somehow acquired we spat on Nal
Johnson's boots as we stood talking with
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

The little scrap between our fighting
dog Jim and cur from Rose Hill. whi-a
took place at the Rink Wednesday night.
as advertised, put $50 more in our pocket
toward the project of bringing out a daily
Kicker next year. We own the dog as
an individual and not as an editor. mayer.
postmaster. or State senator.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

Any one who argues that our popularity
as mayor Of this town is on the Wane II
referred to the fact that last week We
had @ss invitations TO take drink Cock
tails show which way the wind blows. and
it's needless to say we accepted them all
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16
A BnlIei Through Our Hat.

him on the street the other day. Suppos-
ing We meant to insult him. the major
pulled his gun and fired a bullet through
our hat. Explanations and drinks FOL
lowed, and all is serene at this writing.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

One OF the most beautiful rooms OF the
series is The Garden OF Eden" where the
white lime formation takes on the form
OF boar frost. 50 delicate that a breath
will almost destroy il; or else IL hangs
from the edges Of the boxwork in clusters
Ike popcorn ana delicate curved petals
like snow flowers. Here. too. is 10 be
found 4Noah's Beard" a swaying mass
of silvery films hanging from a chin
like projection Of stone. high up on the
wall of the chamber.
But as the circus announcer says, the
show is not half over" TIE main trail
through the caves takes one down ana
down TO lower and lower levels. There
IS a ''Corkscrew," Ike that or the famous
Mammoth Cave. that lands one 40 feet
below the surface of the earth. Here the
earth coloring changes 10 deep blue. still
incrusted with the limestone boxwork.
Then there are more immense chambers,
one OF them 30 feet long by 70 feet wide.
with a great Vaulted roof Then, Ike tn.
inferno OF Dante. below the lowest
depths a lower depth yawns 10 receive
YOU" and the explorer drops down a rope
through a hole that is none too large 70
the 5g1-fo0t level, where he lands on a
great black rock. beside which yawns a
Dit Of unmeasurea depth appropriately
named The Inferno" From this point
on il Is d scramble over rocks and be-
tween powders, sometimes on hands and
knees. sometimes fat on the rocks into
more biBe rooms and through places
where all marks of water cutting have
been removed BY some gigantic force.
which has crushed the rocks aud mashed
In the walls. I'll one fself considerable
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19

was fierce one, lasting throughout the
day OF Aug. 10 as the attack began early
IN the morning and blowing up of tha
gates did not occur until nightfau
SERIOUS BUSINESS AHEAD 1
Even with the Chinese capital occupied
by the allied forces, IT is realized thar:
there is still serious business for the
forces inside the city. While they have
preached the outer walls, which encircle
the entire city. yet there are walls with
In walls and IL remains to be seen Wheth-
er an attempt will be to enter the i'm
perial city, forming a distinct section of
Pekin proper. The inner walls are com
oaratvely light. however, not bein,
above twenty feet high, and the military
authorities say they cannot withstand
even light artillery If there was any dis
position to breach them. Moreover as
the allied troops have preached the great
outer wall fifty feet high and far more
formidable than the inner walls, they
would have comparatively little difficulty
in moving where the commanders de-
sired inside the city.
Aside frcm the question of withdrawal
of troops from China there IS the further
question of the withdrawal OF troops
from PekiD. Both of these questions ara
for the present in abeyance. pending
definite news from Gen. Chahee and Min,
lister COnger. Certainly there can be no.
immediate withdrawal from PelIin, and
the government is yet to learn what
plans will be devised for escorting the
legationcrs anG the several thousand na-
tive Christians TO the coast.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
: INV HTENGES MURDER 0F G0EB[L
Caleb Powers Former Republican Secretary of
State Found Guilty Of Completely
The Jury Sentences Him to Imprisonment for
Lile-A Good Deal of Feeling
Over the Result

GEORGETOWN, Ky, Aug. 18-'We,
jury, find the defendant guilty and fix
his punishment at confinement in the
penitentiary for the rest of his natural
life"
This was the wording of the verdict in
the case of Secretary of State Caleb
Powers, charged with being an acces-
sorry before the fact to the murder of
William Gobel The jury retired at
1:32 and returned its verdict at 2:25 hav-
ing been out only ffty-three minutes.
Juror Craig stated afterward that the
verdict could have been returned even
sooner, but considerable time was taken
up in reading the instructions.
The vote in favor Of life sentence
was unanimous
When the jury retired the belief was
general that the jury. would fail to
agree, and in this opinion the defendant
himself was firmly convinced.
When the verdict of guilty was re-
turned, Powers for the first time during
the weary six weeks of the trial be
trayed his feeling. Under all of the
trying incidents of the trial he had main
Iained a changeless expression, the
same whether things were going favor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
sHAHGHAI THE CRUCIAL sror.
London Authorities Inclined to Re-
Heve That Trouble May Ensue. b..

AOhuoh authorities 1nc1neG to Be-
IIeve That Trouble May Ensue.
LONDON, Aug 19-Whatever OF in
terest might gttach to the events report
ed in the nights dispatches Is destroyed
by the capture Of Pekin as most of the
messages relate to matters preceding
and leading up to the capture of the
capital
Gen. Linevitch, commander of the Rus
sian troops in Pc Chi Ii, reports to ST.
Petersburg that on Aug 12 the Chinese
intended to give battle al Che Sin, where
We're concentrated fifty battalions Of the
best Manchu troops commanded bs--GeH.
Tung Fuh Slang, but that losing courage,
they retreated hurriedly, not waiting for
an attack to be made.
The eyes of the world which have
been fixed hitherto on PeIIn, are turning
to Shanghai, where an imbroglio arising
from the jealousy and suspicion OF the
powers will possibly assume shortly a
serious aspect. The British landed
Ghorka and Bombay regiments on Thurs
day or Friday. and the French are hurry
ing l5e0 Tonkin troops there, some OF
whom. are reported to. have arrived al
ready. The situation in the valley of the
Yang Use Kiang at Wa Chang is serious.
Chang Chi Tung's troops mutinied, but
the outbreak was quelled.
Russia's campaign in Manchuria seems
to be progressing satisfactorily. Gen. Or
loft, chief of staff of the Russian forces
in China, reports on Aug IA that he at
tackled the Chinese at Medu Chef on Aug.
y, and subsequently advanced to Yakshis
and captured an abundance of stores. The
Chinese have been gathering In force in
the neighborhood of Kobdo, from which
place the Russian and Tartar residents
have departed -----4.-.
Berlin dispatch dated this Sunday
morning says the German marine bat
talions arrived at Tien Tsin on Thurs
day
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
PROMOTION FOR cm,FFEE.
Gallant officer slntsd for BrIsadIeA
GeneraIshIp.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1S.-The promi-
nencc which Gen. Chaffee has attained
In the China campaign has already start
ed some discussion az 10 q suitable re-
ward 10 him by promotion In the regular
army. There seems to be no ques ton
but that he VIII get the next vacancy
among the brigadier generals OF the reg
ular army and some OF his friends in the
war department talk of sun higher hon
ors Tor him and indicate ;kat II IS quite
possible Ne VIII Lee selected for major
general when the next vaeancy occurred.
il tits was done, he would be promoted
over the heads. OF the present list ef
brigadier generals. Gen. Chaffeo Is now
coloue. OF the Eighth cavalry, but a
majCr general Of volunteers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
CASUALTIES WE'RE HEAVY.
Gen. Iamaguchi Lost 100 Men az
Pekin-AIIIcs Loss Uni1uoIvm.

TOXIC. Aug T.-Gen. Yamagachi wires
from Pekin, under date of Aug. lG, as
follows:
terday opening with artillery on the
eastern side The wall was obstinately
held by the enemy. The Japanese and
Russians were on tho uorthWard Of the
Tung Chow canal. The American and
British were on the south side At night
fall, the japanese blew up the two east
ern gates Of the Tartar City and enter
ed In the meantime, the Americans and
British entered the Chinese city by the
Ting Pieh gates. Detachments OF each
force were sent towards the legations
The parties met near the legations and
opened communication. All the minis
ters and their staffs We're found safe The
japanese loss was over one hundred kill
ed, including three officers. The losses OF
the allies have not been ascertained. -Four
hunlrod Chinese Were Killed -