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The Washington times., 1905-12-24

ped and greeted He was born in seot-
land, but though he was early trans
planted to England he has never a.
CURED any measure of the saving eraca
or humor- He started in business in
Liverpool as a cotton broker In ISS0 ara
so thoroughly mastered the WAYS ~
mammon that he was able To ratfra
over score CT years ago with al in
come OF something like $780, 900 a wear
Then he got astride OF his hobbv-so-
claI purtty-and has been riding it hard
ever since He was elected TO parIia-
inent from Flintshire. in North Wales. in
1880, ana has succeeded in retaining his
seat at each subsequent election
Occasionally. with apocalyptic veba,,-
ence that consorts III with his pinin,
and Querulous voice, he treats the bo,,as
of commons to his views on modern a..
cadence Though he boasts that he has
never entered the doors Of a theater In
his life, that fact did not deter him a
Few years ago. from embarking on ths
stormy sea OF dramatic criticism ana
urging parliament TO put a stop TO such
plays as "Zaza" and THE Cav LORD
QueX.' 1t proved a good advertisement
for them As president of the Purity
Society. IL has been Mr. Smiths fate
10 study more impure literature than
any other man in England He is down
on gambling, Of course, though the firm
he founded speculates freely in futures.
Despite mis- great wealth he is a man
OF frugal habits. In town he occupies a
queer little residence in Cowley street
near the houses Of parliament His two
sisters keep house for him there with
the aid OF only one servant The create,
part of his income he expends on
schemes for staving on that inevitable
evil day when society will plunge head.
long TO perditiOn.
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mustache. And he turned up hss
nose in a manner not at all hattering
to me-
Entirely he asked suddenly.
Entirely / replied. and I carry
my all with me-
Who are you, them he demand
ed. still regarding me.
A man All trash is man and
vice versa. 1 once understood per-
fectly the art of speaking in aphor-
ism.
Very wise said the inspector.
without removing his eyes from me.
We are also educated people
said Jashka modestly. You will find
US entirely congenial. Simple people.
but without any understanding. And
we, too, dislike various luxurious
furniture. OF what use is it. any,
way? A man doesn't sit on a chair
with his face. You ought to enter
into a close friendship with u.s.
Y said the inspector. He had
suddenly sobered up.
Yes. you. We will disclose such
secrets to you tomorrow.
Hand me my coatl' the inspector
suddenly commanded Jashka and
sprang to his feet And he stood
very firmly on his feet.
Where do you want to go?' I
asked.
'Where?'
He looked at me timidly with his
big, calf-like eyes and began to shud-
de-.
"I?. Home,'
Il looked at his face that had
grown haggard and said no more.
Fate has provided for every kind
of cattle stall conformable to it's
nature. And no matter how the cat
tie may lunge out with its hind feet.
1t will get to it's place-Ha, ha, hal
And so the inspector left us and
then we heard him yelling with
might and main for flacre."
Ny companion lapsed into silence
and began to drink the vodka in meas
ured drafts. After he had emptied
the glass he began to whistle and
thrum upon the table with his
fnger..
We'll, and what happened then?"
| asked.
Then? Nothing. Were you ex-
Pecting something else?"
'Yes-The feast y
"oh, yes There was a feast-I
forgot to tell you that the inspector
made a present of his purse to Jash-
ka. Ii contained twenty-six roubles
and some kopeks. Surely there was
a feast
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"Smash 1t, " Suggests JaShka.

oh. The dullness of their souls
makes these people horrifying. All
are Emphatic, giant-like, immense;
and even their words are as heavy
as stOnes-heavy enough to crush a
person. Whenever they visit me I
feel as if l was being surrounded
by bricks to be immured. l hate
them. But | cannot drive them out
and that is why am afraid of them.
1t is not | who attract them.
am a disgruntled, taciturn man. They
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The Bio Mans Complaint.

well, so, we run and suddenly We
see ahead of us a man. He walks
and tOtters, apparently drunk
Jashka nudges me and whispers:
Get on to his fur
''To meet a person wrapped in a
fur mantle is agreeable, you know,
for the reason that a fur mantle has
no buttons and is very easily slip
ped off. And so we get up close be-
hind this fellow and find-the fell
low is broad-shouldered and Of
prodigious size. He grumbles about
something. We ponder.
Suddenly he stops, so quickly
that our noses barely escape strik-
ing against his back He stands
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Declares LoW-Necked Dresses
the Cause Of Moral Deprayity

London, Dec. 16
TF THE Bishop OF London had not
sat upon him hard at a recent
i meeting Of the Society for the Pro-
motion of Public Morality, we should
have heard from the lips OF Samuel
Smith, NJ P, a scathing denunciat!on
of low-necked dresses as promoters of
moral depravity. He thinks that they
should be prohibited by act of parlia-
ment. But because their gracious majes-
ties Insist on a generous display Of
feminine charms at their court fuac-
tions, the loyal bishop vetoed the sub
ject. fearing that discussion upon It
might involve their sacred persons in
hostile criticism. But nobody ever sue
ceeded in suppressing Samuel Smith. NJ.
p, lonS- He is sure to find an oppor-
tunity soon 10 ventilate his views on the
pernicious influence Of decOlIete dresses.
1t viii make no difference. No woman
wiz stop wearing them because Samuel
Smith, NJ. p, objects. Nor will his en-
thusiasm be one whit diminished in con-
sequence Popular approval or disap-
proval counts for nothing with him.. He
is convinced that society needs lot of
reforming. particularly in this modern
Babylon. and that it is his chief mis-
sion TO reform it.
He is a tall, spare man. slightly bent
with the burden of his sixty-nine years.
He wears a long. stragSling beard Of
yellOwish gray color, and his hair IS
iron gray. His eyes are large and blue,
and his face. wears an habitual express
sion of the profOundest melancholy, due
to his conviction that things generally
are going 10 the "demnition bow-wOws."
Absorbed in his gloomy thoughts he
walks along the street with such an air
Of abstraction that he rarely notices q
passing friend until he is actually stop
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IAN rights reserved.I

nee l sat with some
A a sort of a fellow In g
IS tavern, and, out Of
lonesomeness, invited
him to tell me an
episode out of his life story.
He was an incredibly shabby and
wornout piece of humanity. He
looked as if he had been com
PEELED all his life long to wedge
himself through narrow places and
rub against corners everywhere with
his body, wherefore his clothes got
to be rags and his body vanished
somewhither as if he had been
snatched from a bone factory.
He was thin, angular, and com
pletely bald. Not single hair grew
on his head. The cheeks were ca
daverous, the cheek bones formed
two acute angles, and the skin was
so tightly stretched over them that
it shone while on all the rest of the
face it was zigzagged with wrinkles.
But his eyes were bold and
shrewd; the cucumber-like long nose
jerked constantly in an ironical man
ner; and the speech of this man
flowed smoothly out of his mouth,
which was half-concealed by hard,
red mustache. 1t struck me that his
life must be very interesting
you Want 10 hear my bbiog-
raphy?" he asked me hoarsely. Eyes.
of course, will have to tell so long
as you treat me. But the entire
story-that is scarcely practicable. l
have lived through an immensely
long lifei 1t would be tedious to lis
ten to it all, and not at all enter
tanning to tell it. But bit Of It, an
anecdote or so-that's better. Do
you care for it? All right, But
you'll order more vodka for the
trouble? For, you know, sometimes
it's just as disagreeable, perhaps, for
man to dive into the past as to
climb down into a sewer.
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SupDiieS for q HoHdag.

"A ham, please!' shouted Jashka,
pushing himself through the crowd.
Show me ham, not large, but good.
l beg your pardon, you jostled me.
too. I am well aware of who is un-
mannerly, but l know also that 1t Is
impossible to be very courteous
here Surely l can't help if it is un-
comfortably narrow in here. What
l touch your pocket? That was your
hand that met mine as it crept into
my coat pocket. l buy for money,
you too; so we both have an eqaul
right
"Jashka comported himself in the
store as if he intended buying a
whole consignment of hams, say 300
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"M Trash Is Man. +"

understand perfectly what the
matter is | said to the inspector.
You? Who are your he asked
L am also a person who was
once orderly | replied. 4, too, have
enjoyed the charm of an undisturb-
ed peaceful life. /, too, was elbowed
out OF life by trif1es. They elbowed.
they jostled out my soul and all that
was in me. / longed as you long
now. | took TO drink and became a
drunkard-I have the honor to in
troduce myself
The inspector stared at me and
regarded me a long time, benevo-
lently in solemn silence. Then I
saw how his thick. red lips began to
culver disgustedly beneath the bushy
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
>MXIM GORKY

come solely for the purpose of sitting
on my furniture. But one can't
throw out the furniture, either. NV
wife loves it. Ny wife also exists
only for the sake of the furniture
By heaven She herself has became
woodenl'
The inspector laughed, his back
leaning against the wall. And Jash-
ka to whom this lamentation Of the
inspector had probably become tedi-
Gus, took advantage of the oppor-
tunity to say:
" If your highness had only smash
ed this furniture to bits on the wo-
man.
Well? And then?
That is-you see, all at once
out with it
You fool.'
He shook his intoxicated head.
and then let 1t sink upon his breast
and said, simply:
1T is awfully repulsive to me.
Oh, how lonely 1 am. Tomorrow is
the holiday, but l cannot. l cannot
be home; l can absolutely not!'
Remain our guest for awhile
suggested Jashka.
Your guest?'
The inspector looked about. Our
small quarters were saturated
through and through with smoke
and dirt.
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a ham. 90. but that Will come high,
won't it? Do you know what they're
selling att
Il did not know, but l knew the
intrinsic value of ham, and we de-
cided TO procure one. We deter
mined upon entering the store in
which we saw the most people
Things are bound to be good-a
store which is narrowed by lot Of
purchasers-ergo, as the Romans
used to say, one can choose there
according to ones taste.
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Mooked bg Neatness of Home.

AT my home he continued,
everything is conducted in the most
orderly manner and it is awful dis
agreeable to live in so orderly a
fashion. Everything is placed and
hung once for all, and everything is
so rooted to its place that not even
an earthquake would be able to
transpose all these chairs, pictures,
etageres. They have become rooted
into the floor and into the soul of my
wife. They, these wooden, mani
mate things, have grown into our
lives and l myself can no longer live
without them.
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One gets so habituated to all
this wooden trash as to become
wooden, too. You get accustomed to
it all, cherish it, pity 1.-THE evil
one take it all: 1t grows and crowds
you. it crowds the air out of the
room and does not allow you to
breathe freely.
And now this army of customs
has decked itself out as a holiday,
has made itself fair and attractive
and resplendent. 1t is repuIsively
resplendent. II mocks me.
" Yes, it knows; once 1 had three
pieces in all, pallet, chair and a
table. And her portrait was there,
too. Now have a hundred articles
OF furniture; they demand that peo-
pie sit upon them who are worthy
of their price. Well, then. there
come people of wealth to me to sit
on them.'
The inspector drank a glass Of
vodka and then continued:
" Those are all very decent peo-
pie, half-dead people, pious cattle,
brought up on the sweet grasses of
the meadows of Russian literature.
" 1 feel unspeakably lonesome in
their company. The odor of their
conversation asphyxiates me. l al
ready know everything that they
can possibly tell me; and | also
know that they can do nothing to
become more animated and interest
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
The Bald Man, StoYg.

This little tale will hardly seem
important enough to be available for
your literary purposes. But It is TO
mel like II. The matter, If you
will please observe, is very simple
and consists Of the following:
"Once--one Christmas eve 1t was
-we-my comrade, Jashka Show
and had been stuck in the street
ali day. We had offered our services
to ladies to carry their parcels. But
the ladies had turned deaf ears to
us. They entered their carriages and
drove oft-from which you can Judge
that neither Of us was lucky.
I'VE also begged, and in this way
got together something; 1. twenty
nine kopelzs, of which a ten-kopek
piece given to me by a gentleman on
the steps Of the Circuit Court, turned
out TO be counterfeit; and Jashka-
In other respects also a much more
talented fellow than had become
truly rich man by evening. He had
eleven roubles and 76 kopeks.
This amount he said had been
given TO him IN a lump by some
lady; and this lady was at the same
time magnanimous enough to pre-
sent TO him not only the money but
likewise the purse and the handker-
chief TO boot.
That is apt to happen now and
then, you know, Sometimes a per-
son gets into such condition out Of
sheer kindness that he acts as If he
wasn't just all right and wanted to
squeeze you to death only to get rid
of you.
when Jashka told me about the
truly Christian conduct of this lady,
he kept looking around furtively for
some reason or other No doubt he
wanted to thank the good soul once
more for HIS rich present, and he
kept urging me, quicker, quicker!'
we ran anyway as fast as we
could. With all my being, with
every particle Of my frozen body, 1
hurried to get into a warm place.
The wind howled It whirled the
snow up from the sidewalk and
hurled 1t down from the roofs. Cold.
piercing thorns flew about and
lodged in the collar. The face was
scraped as with knives and so frozen
was my neck that It seemed to be
rs thin as a fnegr, threatening TO
snap of at any careless movement.
kept constantly burying it between
the shoulders for fear of losing my
head. Neither of US was clad ac-
cording to the season, but Jashka
felt warm on account Of happiness,
while l felt still colder on account
Of envy.
I'm not. n z1ow. a lucky fellow
-s-devil take me- Only once in all
my ~ [se Eas a samoveT pre-
sentez 20 me, and even that was
full Of boiling water, and so l scald-
ed my leg while running with it,
and had 10 spend ten days in the
prison hospital until / was healed.
And another time-but that's an
other matter.
well, then, Jashka and / were
running along the street. and as be
ran he said:
We're going to celebrate the
holiday magnifcentlyl Well pay
the room rent. Here you are, you
old beldamei You bet. A quart of
vodka. And how would ham go
with It? HIM, Not at all SO bad,
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Of them. Aud / ayailed myself Of
the confusion and, in my own mod
est way, appropriated a box Of mar
malade, bottle of olive oil, and two
big, boiled sausages.
Well, now we viii, indeed, have
holiday rejoiced Jashka, It's go
ing TO be a feast for fair.'
"He leaped as he walked and snuff
fed audibIy with his porte cochere'
as we used TO call his thick, broad
nose. And his gray little eyes were
resplendent with JOY. I too felt glad.
ITO eat palatably now and then is
a great pleasure for little people.
And so, sir, we keep moving
toward our lodging, driven forward
by the storm and wind. At the time
we were residing in a cellar room
on the outskirts Of the city, in the
home Of a godfearing old woman.
peddler in the vegetable mart. Those
regions were always lonely and de-
serted. In winter there wasn't
soul 70 be met on the streets after 6
in the evening. And if any form did
show itself, It most indubitably car
ried its heart in its' soles.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24

DO you know, sir, there is a
nervous sickness called ST Vitus'
dance? Well, there are people whose
conscience suffers with a sickness
just like it, And 1 recognized that
the inspector was one of those.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-12
Stocks and Bonds.

New York, Sept 1.-THE stock
market remained under the shadow
of the money situation today The in
Anence was mostly sentimental as
there was littIc disturbance of loans
and no notable change in the rate for
money. The principal event of the
day in the worlds money market was
the advance in the official discount
of the Imperial Bank OF Germany
from 3 to per cent 1t was gener-
ally expected that after the rise in
the Bank of England rate the German
institution would raise the rate. but
the advance OF a full one per cent
was not fully expected. The ~ idenC
is movement in the international
contest for funds now developing be-
tween the worlds money markets.
The week opens with d further
large absorption by the sub-Treasury
and all reports point to the continued
activity of business in all lines and
the enormous movement of grain and
merchandise over the railroads. The
drain of currency to the interior is
certain therefore to continue for sew
eral weeks yet. 1t was this discour-
aging prospect which carried prices
0ownwards through early dealings to-
day, The lack of urgency in the SELL
ing and some very large individual
buying of few stocks of an impress
sive character held the bears in check
and the market set about a dull re-
covery about midway of the session.
The government crop report had its
part in this, the condition both of
corn and spring wheat being regarded
as fully holding the previous prom
ise Some positive strength in Cana
dian Pacific, ST. Paul. and Smelling
and a notable absorption OF Erie had
a strong sympathetic effect on the
recovery. Prices were carried gener-
ally above Saturday night, and the
closing. while slightly Irregular, was at
a higher level.
Bonds were easy. Total sales <par
value) $1,625,000.
U. S. bonds were all unchanged on
CALL
Total sales of stocks Gel. 400 shares,
including Copper 42.500; Smelling 26,-
200; Atchison 10000; A. C. L., 1900.
Brooklyn Transit 1900; Canadian
Pacific 1920; st. Paul 27,20G; {. and
o.. 500; Erie 100000; Louisville aid
Nashville $500; Norfolk and Western
2.200; Norfolk and Western preferred
100: Tennessee Coal 1900: Union Pa
cific 1900 Steel 44.100; Steel pre-
ferred 22.200; -Carolian Chem
ical Company 500; Virginia Carolina
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-12
TIE ~\R HEELS STUCK.
General ECIe Talks OF the Desperate
i ish. at Cold Harbor.

In his correspondence, Col. f. A.
Olds gives this brief recollection of
General Hoke, who could write a great
story Of the war If he would do so:
~ hat grand old soldier, General
Robert +. Hokc, was chatting a day
or so ago on the street with Col. Will
liam n. Burgwyn and spoke as he sell
dom does about his wartime expert
enceS. The general is one of those
practical Americans who live in the
present and yet know a vast deal
about the past. He spoke of General
Grants desperate thrce-day attack on
the Confed crate lines at Cold Harbor;
an attack so desperate that finally, as
General Grant himself reported to the
President, and also said i'm his history,
his men refused to advance upon the
deadly rifles Of the men in grey Cen
eral HCkc s2id that he knew Grant
would mako an awful sacrifice there.
as 10 did, brt Fo6e walked along his
lines, held by his brave North Caro-
linians. and told them to stick to their
post, and that If they only did so the
other side would go; that it was a
case Of ono side or the other giving
way and that he wanted his men to
stay right there. 1t is needless to say
they stuck. General Grant never
passed that line
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-12
THE JORDAN PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
Desirable Building Lots on Hargett
and Swain Streets

Pursuant to a decree entered il
Wake Superior Court on July 10, 1905
in the case of Sophia p. Busbee, ct ais
vs.. A. II. Green ct al, the undersigned
will sell at public auction on the prem
Uses on MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1905
at II o'clock A. M, the lot of land
known as tie -. +. Jordan place. or
the corner of East Hargett and Swain
streets in the city of Raleigh, in tbs
following lots or parcels:
l lot on the corner of Hargett and
Swain streets fronting 81 feet on Har.
gett street and $50 feet on Swain
street.
2 lots each fronting SIS feet on Har-
Sett street and running back $50 feet
lots each fronting IS feet on Swair
street and running back 173 feet.
The above lots will be sold separate
~ and then as d whole.
The dwelling and outhOuses on saio
premises will be sold separately. The
dwelling is substantial 10-roon
building, in fairly sound condition, suit
able for re-modeling.
Plat of said lots can be seen at the
office of Busbee and Busbee, attorneys
303 Fayetteville street.
Terms of sale One-third cash, bal
ance in and IL months with interes
from date of sale.
PERRIN BUSBEE, Commissioners
This August 80. 1905.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-12
Opening. Highest. Closing. Lo'

Cash quota ions were as follows
| Fl'ur endy.i winter pa mt 1904 20
straights 3,SoGS,1S, bakers $40 $50, wheat No
pso@ Ne. aso@o7S, No. 2 2 red se@Sl cr.
81 d)....., o d feeling arley 1908, fair u
hoice 1alting 43a47, flax eed No. 1850
No. North western ILL prime rim time = ~
lard per- per- 100 lbs. 1850, short 1s e'T r'b
| (loos.1 $50 SIS, dry sailed houldcrs 'hoxed
......, short Gear sides (boyei) S.87l,09 IL
whsikey basis of high Trade wines 1.29, ciovo'
cont,a act grade HOO
New York Provisions.
| New York, Sept. .1t.-Flour dull, winte.
en o a1sa = o 10 assa
Rye -four steady, fair to good, 3.S0a4 90
choice TO fancy4S0a4.90.
| Buckwneat flour nominal, 200@210
Corn meal firm, yell W coarse, 100, kiln
Rye easy, No. 2 Western 63h.
Barley d II, feeding Az, mating 5S@6S.
September 87is, December 88ls.
Corn easy, NJ. Z. coz Sc t. SoK.
Oats easy, mixed 2Ou29I.
Beef quiet, tamil li.S0@i2oo., packet IL 0Oa
1885, mess 10.00@ 10. so, beef hams IL 01d22OO.
Cut meats steady, picked Lelles 9zt01l
picked shoulders 7e7 :, picked hams 1OqiiH,
steady, continent 8.36 compound N6.
Pork easy, family 1850 1880, short clear
IS 0061650 mess Is. 50Gn16. So
Tallow tead (s2 perpkg) ~, ountry do
~.
Rosin steady strained common to good 3.6S.
Thrpe tine easy, $685..
Rice rrm, dom site tar 10 extra, 3H@51a.
Molasses ste.dy, New Orleans open hettle
6 ,od to chO ce 29035.
Coffee spot rio steady, No. 7fnvoice 81, mild
quiet, cOrdava 10013.
sugar raw steady fair renning 3N, cent
tr,fugsl W teal mo'asses $50 3H
refined steady. "oniectio'er', 4, SIS, mo-
SIS cui ,at 600 crushed $50, po~uored $40
~. iulalef $50 cubes SIS
Butter unset crean,oi, common To extra.
II 9201z. s1tLe dairy 20, western factory is 117%
Cheese nrm. sG..c, iuii 1ream SIN VII o.
Eggs s eady Western best 2l14, state dairy
and Penn. nearby fancy sele ..-u white rs r.
Potatoes finn, Loag Island, 12s91.75, J,r-
Sey1.50 LIS, jersey su eets 50f(6i.00.
South 100 a .37 d. yellow 1SO9212
Peanuts, quiet, Isncy naIiu-p,cKed S46A
other domestic 3MM 81.
Cabbage firm. Wakefield per 100. 800 q 3 Rs
fiat Dutch 400GS.00, nearby 75fGd1.00.
COtUon ~ sie1ln 70 Liserpoo II IS.
Cotton seed Oh market was steady
"nlR 81 prime winter yellow 81 80.
Baltimore Provisions.
Baltimore. Sept. H. Flour quiet; winter
natents 410G43 80, spring pduen,e SIS $50 ex "a
ABS
" heat ca v. spot contract s1%a q. spot No Z
red western $1,000, Aug. S0i., southern 10y
sample 60d82H.
Corn We TX not and August 594, Southern
white corn 6006f.
Oats firmer, See whits 2sH@A No. 3, ..,,...
Butter firm, fancy Imitation 1920 dc
creamery u % do ladle IS 10 store r"uked
Is II
EAss lower, q
Cheese hrin. large 124, small 1212 me.
1uIu 12%
snge. steady. coarse granuls,ed s45 ane
64s.