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J0NESB0R0, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY,-NOVEMBER 19, 1885.
VOL. 16, NO. 39.
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EX-SENATOR SHARON.
POINTS IN THE CAREER OF
REMARKABLE MAN.
Early Relations with Ralston, Who Af
terward Became Bli Banking Part
ner How He Beeame a SllTcr
King Through a Rich
"Strike."
Ex-Senator Wm. Sharon, who died
in San Francisco, on Friday, Novem
ber 18, was a native of the State of
Ohio. Ho was born in the little Quaker
settlement of Smlthfleld, in"Easlern Ohio,
near Steubenville. He has relatives of
the same name still living in that part of
the State, where he was tendered a recep
tion a fw years ago by his cousin, Dr.
Sharon, a practicing physician of Steu
benville. ' !
. Senator Sharon's father was a well-to-do
farmer in Smlthfleld, taking his pro
ducts by wagon to Steubenville to. mark
et, where he soon became known as one
of the reliable residents of the county.
Wm. Sharon was born January 9, 1821,
and after some preparatory studies went
to Athens College. Ho did not develop
any remarkable traits at Athens, but
showed some inclination for study, and
when he was through evinced a desire to
study law. The Jefferson county bar at
this time was In the zenith of Its fame
Benjamin Tappan, who afterwards be
came U. 8. Senator, Roswell Marsh, Gen
eral Samuel Stokely, who introduced
John - Sherman into public life as Secre
tary of the Republican Convention at
Baltimore, were among Its members.
George W. McCook and Edwin M. Stan
ton were practicing as partners,, and it
was in Mr. Stanton's office that young
Sharon was admitted as a student with
John II. Miller, who afterward became a
Judge of the Common Pleas Court. It
was curious that while young Sharon was
pouring over his musty law books In the
Steubenville office, Wm. C. Ralston, of
the Farmers' Bank of San Francisco, and
his subsequent partner, was living with
his parents on the West Virginia Pan
handle, not a dozen miles away, and
Samuel Wilson who became the law
partner of Crittenden, the San Francisco
lawyer, shot by Mrs. Fair, was just be
ginning a practice which has since be
come one of the most profitable on the
Pacific coast. Sharon and Ralston might
have met a dozen times in the little coun
. ty town where both their fathers were
probably frequent visitors, but it was not
until young Sharon had abandoned his
Efofesslon and gone to California to seek
is fortune in the gold fields that they
came together. Reaching Sacramento
Sharon opened a store, but accumulated
money so slowly mat a year later uo
. started for Saa-Frrnclaco i'to chance WjWh(rteTWthe cfttt8u i, of annual
ItICk'. ' "" n AutAtiitA nrl U-ta as wall marlroH fla
v. - Hnrn ha" ripened a real estate office.
This he ran with fluctuating results for
fourteen years, , when he made tne ac
- quaintance of the then fortunate Wm. C.
Ralston. Ralston lived at Virginia City,
r.VJNev was manager oi tne wans oi oan
"". Francisco, and was accumulating wealth
'' hand over hand, by advancing money on
loans on mining Btocks. Ralston needed
a sharp, shrewd man at the mines to send
him confidential information. He found
in Sharon the very man he wanted. This
was the first step towards Sharon's colos
sal fortune.
Sharon was among the first to hear of
the rich find in the Crown Point and Be
liever mines. He succeeded in obtaining
control of a large sum of money belong
ing to the Bank of San Francisco, and
when the owners of the mine discovered
their bonanza they took Sharon in their
confidence becauso they hadn't money
enough to open up that bonanza.
John P. Jones, who has made and lost
more fortunes than any other man on the
Pacific Coast, was the mine's manager
when the bonanza was discovered.
One day, In the beginning of 1872, the
wildest excitement broke forth in San
was first nubllclv
known that the Crown Point and Believer
had panned out rich. At the same time
the rich body of ore In the Raymond and
Ely mines was also discovered. From an
aggregate value of $17,000,000 in Janu
nry the silver mines listed on the San
Francisco market ran up to $81,000,000
in May a gain of $64,000,000 In four
months. Sharon was one of the few who
' sold out at tho top of the market. He
cleared within those five months over
$15,000,000 In hard cash, became manag
er of the branch of "The Bank," as It
was called, and at once took rank among
tho San Francisco millionaires, with
Charles Croker, C. P. Huntington, Mark
, Hopkins, Leland Stanford, Jbe railway
kings of the Pacific Coast, and with J.
C. Flood, W. S. O'Brien, John W. Mac
kay, Senator Fair and Lucky Baldwin.
In 1875 Mr. Sharon built tho Palace Ho
tel for Mr. Warren Leland, who is now
in New York. It was constructed to
surpass any hotel in tho world for com
fort, completeness and sumptuousness.
Mr. Leland ran tho house for three years,
but finding It did not pay, turned it over
to Mr. Sharon, who has managed it ever
In 1877 Mr. Sharon purchased his place
nt Belmont. It was here that in October,
1879, he entertained General Grant upon
a scale surpassing anything ever attempt
ed in tills couutry. Mr. Sharon's acquaint
ance with General Grant began in Wash
tngton after Mr. Sharon's election to the
Senate as a Representative from Nevada
In 1875. In the Senate Mr. Sharon was
principally knowu for his absences. He
made about a half dozen speeches, most
ly on tho Bllvcr question, of which he was
an ardeut advocate, and tho record of his
votes is smaller than that of almost any
other Bonator who has sat in that body.
)ja was BpokcQ of as a candidate for re
election upon the expiration of his term
in 1881, but the Republican line of suc
cession was broken by the election of
M James G. Fair, Democrat. Mr. Sharon's
wife died a number of years ago. She
was a devout Catholic. His daughter, a
few years ago, married Sir Thomas lies
keth, of England. She resides In Eng.
Wnil lint is now In this country. Tho
only son. Mr. Frederick Shnron, married
. . ... j t- i i
Miss leVlS, (inuguiur ui uis iiuucr s mu
friend, Lloyd Tevis, who was one of the
pioneers in the express business on this
slope. Mrs. Sharon Is a dashing, beauti
ful woman and married when quite young
Mr. Owen Breckinridge, son of Ken
tucky's brilliant son, General John C.
Breckinridge. Tim marrlago was not a
happy one and a divorce followed.
Mention has besn made of Mr. Sharon s
relations with Sarah, Althea Hill, Sarah
Althea was a woman well known In San
Francisco. She was keen and handsomo,
young and attractive, and fond of the so
ciety of elderly men. She was a deposi
tor In Mr. Sharon's bank. One day In
August, 1880, she met- the millionaire,
who Invited her to call and see him. She
went. The result led to the suit that Is
one of the most celebrated, remarkable
and unique In the history of litigation in
this country. . She swore that Sharon
asked her to become his wife. Sharon
denied it. The trial consumed months.
Witnesses fainted in court, and there
were death-bed confessions, ludicrous
Chinese witnesses, slugging matches un
der the nose of the Judge, interspersed
with an attempt to shoot a lawyer, and
the drawing of a pistol in Argonaut-Cal
ifornian style, by the Judge, to restore
order; searching witnesses for concealed
weapons, and invitations to step outside
and settle disputes, all of which helped
to make up a trial whose sensational and
grotesque features culminated by a 26,000
word decision' from the Judge, who de
clared that Miss Sarah Althea Hill had
been legally married by a contract which
had been signed by both five years ago.
The Judge granted her a divorce and a
division of Senator Sharon's property,
whose value was estimated at $10,000,
000. The counsels' fees amounted to
$100,000. The Court gave Miss Hill
back . alimony at the rate of $5,000 for
thirteen months to be paid pending an
appeal for a new trial. Since then Miss
Hill has been living on the fat of the
land. Cincinnati Commercial Oaiette. '
Indian Summer.
Indian summer, which Is now upon us,
is by many considered the most delight
ful season of the year. The softened
tints of the landscape, beautified by the
blended colors of dying vegetation, are
charming and ravishing to the eye. An
agreeablo haziness pervades tho atmos
phere, tempering the rays of the sun, de
stroying the glnre without lessening its
brightness. This season is a glorious one,
when the physical nature exults in a
Jubilant and abounding vitality. It is a
time of out-door sports and enjoyment,
of rural merriment, nutting parties, corn
husking, pumpkin gatherings, opossum
huntings, leaf Catherines these and
many more delightful sports and recro
ations are peculiar to this season of the
year. It is tho period when the fruits of
tho earth are gathered; it is the culmina
tion Of summer's work and tho realiza
tlon of days of toil. It is the farmer's
holiday when he feels a disposition to re
lax his labors and to join in the festivi
ties of the season. Indians regarded In
dian summer as a gift of their most hon
ored deity, who controlled the southwest
winds, and to whom they believed their
souls would go after death. With them
it was a period of worship and adoration.
The peculiarity of the atmosphere has
been attributed to varioua causes. By
some It is thought to bo , the exhalations
arising from the desiccation of vegetable
matter. Others believe it to be due to
autumnal fires and others to changes
from a rarifled to a denser atmosphere.
currence and it is as well marked as any
other season of the rear. It is the , last
dory of summer before the flowers fade
and the leaves fall and the grass withers.
It is the brilliancy which precedes the
dreariness of winter liko the last glow in
the western sky before the darkness of
night. The trees are preparing to take
in their canvas to withstand tho. winter
storms. Tho glory of the sylvan land
scane will soon disappear and the coun
try places will look dark and dreary
The freshness of spring, the fullness of
autumn depart with this season. A'ath
title American. ;"
Fraud Not Sectional, but Democratic.
There aro thousands of men who have
very recently had their attention called
to this matter (fraud in elections). Be
cause the evil has been confined chiefly to
the. South.: those who would Ignore this
great wrong and danger have labored to
make It appear as a sectional Issue raised
by Republicans. Later developments
have deprived it of Its sectional bearing.
It is now a danger wnerever wemourauo
are in tne ascenaani. no
more flagrant outrages have been pcrpo
tratcd upon suffrage than thoso which
have been brought to light In Chicago
and Cincinnati under tho Harrison and
McLean regimes. In thoso cities the
frauds perpetrated nnd tho violences and
outrages committed by their tools were
as flagrant as any that nave been com
mitted in the South in recent days, while
the election officers and canvassers were
as unscrupulous as they well could be.
Boston Journal (Rep.)
Murder That Will Mot Out.
The small, venomous serpents of Ori
ental countrlos have always been in
vogue as a means of suicide, tho asp of
Cleopatra recurring to every one's memo
ry as a prominent example. In certain
parts of Bengal there 4rsaid to be a race j
of gypsies, one of whom, for a fee, will
furnish a small cobra to any applicant,
"and no questions asked." A man who
desires to commit murder procures ono
of these reptiles and places it within a
bamboo just long enough to let the head
protrude at one end and the tall at the
other. Armed with this deadly weapon
the murderer creeps softly to his enemy's
tent at dead of night, cuts a hole in the
wall and introduces the bamboo. The
tortured reptile, caroless upon whom It
wreaks Its animosity, strikes its fangs In
to the sleeper. Then it is withdrawn and
the assassin steals silently away.
A Clock Wound by the Bun.
Thoro is a clock at Brussels which
comes about as near bolng a perpetual
machine as can be invented, for tho sun
does tho winding. A shaft exposed to
the solar rays causes an up-draught of air
which sou a fan In motion. The fan ac
tuates tho mechanism which raises the
weight of tho clock until it reaches the
top, and then puts a break on the fan un
til the weight has gone down a little,
whon tho fan is again liberated and pro
ceeds to act as before. As long as tho sun
shines frequently enough, and tho ma
chinery does not wear out, the clock Is
S radically a perpetual mottorr machine.
(Uaaukee Sentinel.
Editorial Faith, Hope and Charity.
A well regulated newspaper man must
have faith in his wood pllo. hope in a
bright future and charity that reaches
out beyond delinquent subscribers. Faith,
hope and charity comprise the most diffi
cult tripartito alliance there Is in this
world to keep up with. Baker City(Ore.)
Sage Bruih,
A GRIST OF LATE NEWS.
A CANNIBAL'S TRIAL.
The Colorado Man-Eater to be Retried
Brief History of HU Crime.
The case of Al. Packer, who Is better
known as the "Colorado cannibal," was
acted Upon in the State Supremo Court
yesterday, and tho action of the District
I Court of Hinsdale county was reversed.
Packer was sentenced to be hanged on
May 19, 1883, but his counsel obtained a
stay of the execution on the ground of
the unconstitutionality of the law under
which he was condemned. In the winter
of 1873 Packer and five companions
started overland from Salt Lake to the
San Juan Country in Colorado. The
country was then almost unknown and
the party got lost in the mountains, going
for several days without food. One day,
in his desperation, Packer killed his half
starved companions and then for sixty
days thereafter subsisted on their flesh
Packer dried some of the "meat and
carrying It with him finally reached the
Los Pinos Indian Agency in tho Uncom
pahgre Valley. There he related a story
that his companions and he had become
separated and they had probably reached
some otner settlement, racner Degan to
spend money lavishly, and one day while
drunk, revealed enough to create the
suspicion that all was not right between
Packer and the men who were with him.
General Charles Adams, who was then
Aecnt at Los Pinos. made an investtga-
tion and found the mutilated remains of
tho five men where Packer had left them,
after havlne first denuded them of their
flesh. Packer was placed under arrest
and admitted having killed his compan
ions, but stated that bo Dan been com
ncllcd to In self defense. Ho was con
fined in a rickety log jail at Saguache,
and one day, not many weeks after his
arrest, ho escaped and made his way out
of tho country.
It was nine years before he was heard
of airain and that was when he was ar
rested in Wyoming, whero he was cngag
ed on a ranch. No criminal ever created
so much Interest In Colorado. There was
no difficulty in obtaining proof to con
vict him, and Judge Gerry sentenced him
to death. Within five days of his execu
tion the Supremo Court doctored tho law
under which he was convicted to oc un
constitutional. Almost thrco years have passed and the
Courts have just reached his case again.
His long confinement in jail has broken
down his health, and instead of a fierce
looking man-cater he is in reality a fit
subject for the grave. He will now be
retired under the law for manslaughter,
and if convicted can be sentenced to a
term of ten ycara In tho penitentiary.
Peculiar Surgical Operation.
Kokomo, Ixd., November 11. One of
tho most rcmarkablo and unsuccessful
pcratlons in Btfrgery ever performed-in
this section of country took place In this
city to-day. The circumstances leading
to tho caso are these: On the evening of
the 8th lust, the little five-year-old son of
Mrs. Tlllie Anderson, while at play, pok
ed a ' safoty-pin up ono of its nostrils.
Several unsuccessful efforts were made
to extricate tho pin, and to-day the child
was chloroformed .anditsnose was split
open full length, when it was found that
the pin, in an opened condition, with the
spring end bad passed out of the nostril
and had worked its way into the bead,
and is imbedded back o'f the right eye.
The entire medical skill of a dozen lead
ing physicians of this city was exhausted
tn.ilnv in the fruitless effort to remove
the pin. The little fellow, who is un
usually bright, is having spasms this ev
ening, and will die bcfqrc morning.
An Aeed Woman.( ,B.P1,..rance Ex.
plained,
YonK, Pa., November 12. About a
' vear ag0 a woman nnmcd Rosana Burg,
1 Bg9(i about seventy years, with Henry
Kohlcri ChRrcg Trabcrt and a man nam
cd Daniels came to this place from Ger
many. Tho woman kept houso and tho
men boarded with her. Tho woman was
very delicate, and, it is said, at times was
badly beaten by the men. Last summer
the woman disappeared, the men explain
Ing her absence by saying that she had
returned to Germany. A short while af
terward the men moved out of the house.
The actions of tho men aroused the sus
picion of tho neighbors, and resulted in a
scare ti 01 tne premises mis morning, in
I the cellar tho body of the woman was
found in a shallow crave covered with
ashes. In one of the upper rooms blcod
was found on the floor and wall, all
pointing to foul play. Tho woman was
known to have had $1,000 in her posses
sion beforo she disappeared. Last Sun
day night Kohlcr and- Daniels left for
Sarts unknown. Trnbert was arrested to
ay. A Swamp Angel a Free Bird.
Memphis, Nov. 12. Information was
received hero at an early hour this morn
ing that Martin Mltcholl, better known as
the Swamp Angel, had escaped from tho
Cross county, Arkansas, jail and is onco
more at liberty to deal with his oncmics
as ho sces'fit. Mitchell was sentenced re
cently by tho United States Court, at Lit
tle Rock, to thirty days in jail and allow
ed to chooso tho prison in which he
should bo incarcerated. Ho selected
Cross county, and the sequel Is ho Is now
a free man. Certain Memphlans who
havo been frequently in tho swamps of
Arkansas iu search of gamo will likely
remain on this side of the river until Mr.
Mitchell's ' whereabouts are known.
Mltcholl is charged with having killed no
fewer than seven men during his career,
and ho has sworn vengeance against hnlf
a dozen citizens of Memphis, whom ho
believes caused his recent arrest and con
viction. J
During the next thrco years David
Hill will enact the principal role In a po
litical comedy to bo known as "The Cave
of Adullam." Saul Cleveland will be
tho heavy villain from whom all good
dyod-ln-tho-wool, copper-bottomed Demo
crats will flee. " David will lake them In
to bis cave, and will lead them In their
raids for spoils. As things look now we
i think Saul will havo a hard
time oi it.
David thinks ho it anointed with fresh
oil to be the successor of Saul, while
Saul's Mugwump troops have perished
in the valley of Gohonna, Here endcth
tho first lesson.
COMING WORK OF.OONuRESS.
Opinions of Members on the Silver Ques
tion, Tariff and Spkerhlp.
Louisville, November, 10. The Cou
rier-Journal will publish' to-morrow let
ters from one hundred and sixty members
of Congress, fifty-nine Democrats and
ninety-one Republicans,, in response to
the following four questions sent out by
O. O. Stcaley, Washington correspondent
of the Conrier-Journal: Fjrst, Would you
favor an amendment to pie rules of the
House providing that the general approp
riation bills, except the legislative, sun
dry civil and deficiency bills, shall be
prepared ana controlled nereaucr by the
appropriate standing committees on the
several branches of public service? Sec
ond, Do you favor any change in the laws
govorning silver coinage and silver certi
ficates, and if so, what modification
would you regard as desirable! Third,
To what extent, in your opinion, would a
revision of the tariff and Internal revenue
laws bo desirable at the next session?
Fourth, Who is your choice for the cau
cus nomination for Speaker?
In tho Democratic responses forty sev
en unqualifiedly favor an amendment of
tho rules, live give a quaiincd answer,
four oppose a change and three are non.
committal. To the silver question four
favor legislation, forty-nine oppose and
six are non-committal. To tho third or
tariff reform question fifty-three favor
tariff agitation, three oppose and three
are non-committal, ior Speaker fifty
seven are for Carllse, ' one for Randall
and one non-committal. '
The whole number of Republican
members who responded is ninety-one.
For amending tho rules of tho House
forty-eight unqualifiedly approve, twelve
qualify their answers, nine oppose and
twenty-two are non-committal. Sixty
favor legislation on tho silver question,
sixteen oppose and fifteen are non-committal.
Seventy-fivo oppose tariff legis
lation, four favor it and twelve are non
committal. For Speaker thirty nre for
Frank Hiscock, twcnty-thrcc for Reed, of
Maine, eleven for Governor Long, of
Massachusetts, and twenty-seven are non
committal. Tho Courier-Journal, In summing up
on officers of tho House, names for Speak
er John G. Cnrlisc; Clerk, John H. Clark,
Missouri; Scrgeant-at-Arms, John B.
Loedom, Ohio; Doorkeeper, Samuel Don
elson, Tennessee; Postmaster, Lycurgus
Dalton, Indiana.
A Daslnemi Minister.
The village of Pcnn Yan, N. Y is
just now agitated to its centre over tho
business crookednesses of the Rev. R.
D. Phillips, ono of tho most prominent
Methodist ministers in that part of the
State. ' ' '' . '.
Believing in tho adage that it was well
to be diligent in business as well as fcr
vent in spirit, Mr. Phillips, besides
preaching and doing regular pastoral
work, r.m a urug store, a grocery storo
and a flouring mill. , Everybody thought
wcu oi mm.
Being of tho kindly (tvposition, natural
to most preachers, Mir Phillips gave
large and long credits to his patrons,
and when hard times came and they
could not pay and his creditors were
pressiriir;h'"i for their bills, he forged
severaTx and, though at first help
ed out, -warrants are now sworn out
ngainst him on five distinct charges of
forgery.
It is tho latest illustration of the old
truth, that a man c&nnot servo God and
mammon, in the sense that tho words
were orginally uttered. It was all right
for Par.l to make tents for a living and
preach free. And the man that wants to
do that sort of thing in these days, will
be a hero still. But the person that goes
into tho regular business of money-mnk-ing
had better quit tho pulpit beforo the
need of any cheating comes.
Possible Origin of the I'hrase.
A number of correspondents havo writ
ten to a number of newspapers lately, in
quiring about tho origin of tho phrase
"bloody shirt" so often used in tho po.
litical discussions of tho present day. Wo
know of no better explanation than that
given by Roscoo Conkling in a speech
mado in Now York, September 17, 1880.
Referring to tho "bloody shirt," he said:
"It is a relief to remember that this
phrase, with the thing it means, is no
invention of our politics; It dates back
to Scotland, three centuries ago. After
a massacre in Glenfruin, not so savage as
has stained our annals, 220 widows rode
on whito palfreys to Stirling Tower, bear
ing each on a spear her husband's bloody
shirt. Tho appeal waked Scotland's
slumbering sword, and outlawry and the
block made the name of Glenfruin terri
ble to victorious Clan Alpine, even to the
third and fourth generations."
A Singular Affliction.
Thomas Moore, of Lebanon, Pa., a boy
nine years old, has just bad his jaws un
locked after having been unablo to open
his mouth for ten weeks. Four months
ago he was attacked by what appeared to
be congestion of the Kidneys, ins condi
tion rapidly grew worse and blood poison
set in. The inside coating of tho lad's
mouth sloughed off, a large portion of his
tongifc corroded away, and his caso be
came critical Whon the new tissuo in
side of his mouth began to form, it grow
fast to his gums so that his mouth grad
ually closed aud remained scaled for ten
weeks. Fortunately tho upper Jaw over
lapped tho lower about tho sixteenth of
an inch, and sufficient food was forced
through thp aperture to keep tho boy
alive. The surgical operation wiiereuy
the boy's jnwa!bccame unlocked was per
formed by Dr. J. Ewlng Mcars, of Phila
delphia, and a number of assistants. Tho
boy is resting quietly, and will doubtless
bo restored to perfect health In a few
days. ;
A Kentucky Idyl. '
Louisville, Nov. 12 A year ago
Luther Evans and John Vaughtor quar
reled, and tho latter was seriously shot
and cut by Evans, who was sent . to tho
penitentiary for one year, Evans swore
ho would kill Vaughtcr when ho got his
freedom, aud, meeting him to-day, he
fired twlco at him. Vaughtcr escaped
unhurt, and shot Evans through tho head
and heart, killing him instantly,
Suloide at Chattanooga.
Chattanooga, Nov. 12. H. H. Ham
ilton, a woll-known citizen, committed
suicide at his hotel to night by shooting
himself through tho body. Ho died In
thirty minutes. Tho deed was dono
through melancholy and cxtrome despon-
1 dencv. Ho leaves a wife and ono son
For a number of years he was tho lending
I wholesale liquor merchant oi this city.
SUNDAY IN SING SING.
FERDINAND WARD BEHIND THE
BARS.
Thirteen Hundred Silent Men at Breakfast
How Ward Looks and Acts.
A peaceful Sabbath morning as Ferdi
nand Ward sees the morning light for the
first time In his strong cell at Sing Sing.
Even the cooing of the doves on the huge
gray walls cannot be heard within. Thir
teen hundred tired convicts aro swelling
the matutinal anthem of sleep. But there
is one weary brain that docs not rest, and
ono white, troubled face, with cold, gray
eyes, that does not soften. A narrow
forehead, pinched nose, bloodless lips
and hard, fine lines about the mouth.
Even the stern guard looks in through
the thick Iron bars with pity at the lean,
lonely man sitting on his little cot and
pickiug at his rumpled livery of disgrace.
Now there is a wild tlamor as the pris
on bell is jerked roughly by a keeper.
Hundreds of feet begin to shuffle and
stamp, heavy doors open and shut with
startling accompaniments of chain rat
tling. Suddenly all the cell doors In the
Ave long, gloomy tiers arc Opened and
tue whole thirteen hundred silent men
step out and put their hands on each oth
er's shoulders as they form in line. Ward
is there. He puts tho tips of his long
thin lingers on the back of the sullen man
ahead of him and shivers as ho realizes
that his companion's hands have been
red with human blood.
The Blow march begins, and the sound
us of the washing of the sea in the hours
of the night changes to the tramp of an
army. Ward is at the end of the stove
mounters' gang. If he were in the mid
dle his awkward attempts at the lock-step
would break up the line. Past hundreds
in uurK, yawning ecus lie goes iiiong me
lofty tier and then down, down, down,
four steep flights of iron stairs nnd out
into the open yard with its soft green
lawns and its frownins walls. Ah! It is
good to breathe the open air, to look at
the sky, even If it is dark with clouds
Ward turns his cold gray eyes upward
nnd sighs,
Into the great dim mess room, with its
scores of benches and hundreds oi tin
cuns and platters, the long lines of
speechless prisoners go. At one end of
tho room are the scampering cooks and
at the other is Chief Keeper Connnugh
ton, tall, grim and keen-eyed, with one
baud loving with his chin and the othe
eriisning a heavy black-thorn club. There
is a loud rap and 1,075 men sit down with
a, suddenness that makes Ward's hair
bristle as he stands alone. Then he sits
down slowly and bends slowly over
plate of hash. Daintily, ns if dissecting
the tender flesh of a young partridge, the
whilom millionaire picks at tho substan
tial but depressiugly unheroic food. ;It is
slow work. 'btlt finally tho tin plate is
emptied. Ward reaches for his quart
cup of steaming coffco and takes a gulp,
Then his features writhe as tho plebeian
"bootleg gurgles down 1ns dellcato
throat. Burned . bread mixed 'fltli the
real bean doesn't compare at all with tho
delicious draughts of fragrant Java furn
ished nt Delmonlco's and the Ludlow
Street Jail. Still, coffco is coffee and
hunger Is hunger. Ward chews loath
ingly nt a slice of bread; then ho looks
pleased. Tho bread is sweet and good.
Ho eats another slice, and then ho folds
his hands aud bows his peaked face upon
his breast. All the low-browed, thick
necked ruffians in the room nre glaring
stealthily at him. When Ward becomes
aware of tho battery of glances ho looks
uneasy and passes his hand wearily
across his face.
Two quicjc, hard raps. Everybody is
on his feet and tho line begins to march.
The Roman Catholic wheels out and pro
ceeds to the laundry. All the rest trudgo
slowly up a flight of steps to the Metho
dist Chapel. I ho sound or an organ,
low and sweet, steals softly through the
shadows. Then it breaks out into loud
strains. But all through it is tho sound
of marching men. At tho door of tho
chapel Ward falters. Then ho bends his
head as he enters a long low-celling room
filled with rows of rough wooden benches,
stiff-backed and unpaintcd. At each end
is an immense, picture of the Hudson
river Been through brick arches. It is
the facy of some poor, prison-peut artist.
In tho front of the hall is a platform
surrounded by yellow rails and flanked
by low fences. A palo convict sits at tho
organ and seven other convicts with
viols and clarionets suddenly send a burst
of loud music througn tnu room, wnrd
sits in the mlddlo of a bench thirty feet
from the pulpit with its open Bible. A
burglar rubs elbows with him on one
side and a manslnughtcrcr on the othe
The palo man's eyes wander. The choir
sings "Will Jesus Find Us Watching?"
and six hundred voices roar out tho
words In harmony. W ard Is silent and
trembling. Now thechoir sings. "Why
Do You Walt?" Wardstarta In lustily
in a shrill tenor volco at the beginning of
tho next hymn, nodding his head gently
nnd beating timo with his little foot as ho
sings:
The mistakes of my life have bean many,
The sins of my lift) have been more,
And I scarce can see for my weeping,
liut I'll knock at the open dcor. . -
I know I am weak and sinful,
It comes to nio more and more;
lint when the dour Mavlour shall bid luo
come In,
I'll enter the opon door.
Gray-haired Parson Edgarton utters a
simple sermon, and littlo, jolly Brother
Brown tnlks sense and wrestles vigorous
ly with Satan. Tho choir sings "Walt
lug and Watching for mo," 'and a quar
tet murmurs "Jiiierniiy. ' mo next mo
ment a handsomo young fellow advances
to the front of tho platform and renders
"O Fair Dove! U Fond Dover in a
sweet baritone volco, after which a deep
It's all over and tho long lino marches
down again. - Ward empties his slop
bucket with tho rest, takes his loaf of
bread and three-quart can of apple sauce
on his bent arm and sh utiles bacli to his
lonely cell.
Such was tho fiist Sunday of tho erst
Napoloon of Finance in prison.' When
Keeper Tlcrnan camo around the prisoner
cagcriy asKca about tho prison rules and
wondered how other men stood confine
ment. . "If I havo nothing but prison food
offered to me," ho said bittorly, "I'll
starve."
"Oh, no, you won't" said tho
kind-
hearted keeper; "you'll got fat
on it.
Keep a stout heart and you'll bo all right
yet-
Warden Brush said that Ward would
be treated as an ordinary convict. His
money could not procure him any im
munity from the common lot. Chief
keeper lonnaughton said that Ward
nly weighed 120 pounds when he ar
rived at tho prison, but would weigh at
least 133 pounds within six months.
Ward has been assigned to work on the
second floor of the stove-mounting shop,
his task being to fit the rough casting,
Dciorc nicy are mushed. The worK is
easy and comparatively cleau. Ho will
begin his labor at 1M o'clock in the
morning and end at 4 in the afternoon.
The State will receive 56 cents a day for
his services. N. Y. World.
DEMOCRATIC INTOLERANCE.
The Richmond, Va., Whig Iloyeotted to
Death A Republican Newspaper
Cannot Live In Richmond.
In a notice of tho fact that tho Whig
has passed into tho hands of a receiver
th? v.!:-r of that paper makes a plain
uiemeut. Tho suppression of tho Whig
is an example of the relentless Intolerance
of the Virginia Bourbons, and another
appeal to tho North against a Solid South-
No Southern State will ever havo a freo
ballot and an honest count until the prin
ciples of the Republican party are allow
ed an unfettered hearing in its political
discussions. Here is what the Whig says:
"It is not necessary to go into a detail
of the difficulties and struggles of the
Whig for a number of years past. Buffico
it to say (what is well-known In this
State, as well as in this city) that from
the moment it evinced a determination to
be independent of the bourbon faction in
Virginia It became the object of every de
vice that bourbonlsm could invent or
yield against It. Its subscribers and ad
vertisers were "warned, and fell from
it, nnd a studied, systematic and persist
ent process of boycotting and freezing
out was practiced against it. It made a
good fight, but the combination against
it was too strong for its valor, devotion
and constancy, ucprcscnting common
rights and interests, it was the champion
of the common people, the least able of
any class to sustain alone nn organ in
curring heavy expenses daily; and, al
though a noble band of gentlemen have
rained to its rescue linio and again with
open hand nnd inexhaustablc generosity.
it is felt that the time has arrived when
it would bo unjust in every view to ap
peal to them for further aid In what now
and here appears to be a hopeless task.
I'ennuts.
Nearly all tho peanuts that arc brought
to this market come from Virginia. A
good many arc grown In Tennessee, too,
but the central point of the peanut raising
business, which is ono of the greatest in
dustries of the State, though of very
recent growth, Js at Norfolk, Va. In
old times 15 years ago all tho peanuts
were imported 'tre-m Africa. Tho Afri
can peanut was small and round, the
shell containing usually but a tingle
kernel. ThcAmcrican peanut is limply
tho African nut modified by tho condi
tions of tho soil in this country. The
best peanuts are hand-picked; others are
threshed out liko grain. In Norfolk
there are several factories where peanuts
aro prepared for tho market. They arc
first thoroughly cleaned and then sorted.
The bad ones are picked out by young
girls who stand on cither side of a wide
revolving belt on which tho nuts are
thrown. Aftorward they aro packed In
bags and shipped to tho market. Pea
nuts huvo become a recognized article of
commerce, and are quoted every day on
chango like corn or wheat. They sell.
wholesale, at from 8 to 0 cents a pound.
nest unnd-picic letch about a cents usu
ally. Spanish Peanuts, an Imported aril
clo, sell for a higher price, frequently as
much as 20 cents a pound. Peanuts are
largely used to mako Alleged olive oil.
Not more than a fourth part of the olive
oil sold In this country Is real; generally
It Is made cither of peanuts or cottonseed.
Tho only way to distinguish peanut from
ouve oil is to put nitric acid into it. The
peanut or cottonseed oil will char, but
the real olive oil will not. Most of tho
peanuts grown in Africa nowadays are
sent to Marseilles and expressed for oil.
Tho latter Is sold as a low grado of olive.
lfotton HeraUl.
To Prevent Stamps from Sticking.
While imparting a bit of Information
to save ourselves wo may save every
reader a slight loss at some tlmo in tho
future. Among the subscriptions coming
to us In postage stamps, wo occasionally
open a letter to find the stamps glued
closely together, rendering it difficult tc
separate them. If each subscriber send
ing stamps will rub tho gummed aide of
them rapidly over the hair at tho back of
tho head a few times they will not stick
together. It Is probably the natural oil
in tho hair that produces this desirable
effect. This recipe will bo romembered
to advantage by persons carrying postage
stamps in envelopes or pocket books
about their persons; The writer has
had reason to appreclato Its value, parti
cularly when traveling in tropical cli
mates.
Twenty Millions for a University.
Ban Francisco, Nov. 10. The details
of Senator Stanford's scheme for tho es
tablishmcnt In California of a great uni
versity wcro to-day mado public. Ills
rango at Palo Alto, near Menlo Park,
about thirty miles from San Francisco,
has been selected as the site. Tho several
buildings comprising the University will
be on the general plan oi a parallelogram,
and will be constructed so as to permit
additions being made, as the necessities
of the institution may require. Senator
Stanford will give to the university his
Palo Alto. Grldlev and Vina properties.
worth $5,800,000. To this ho will add a
money donation so as to mako tho total
endowment of the university $20,000,000.
An Exciting Hcramble for First Place.
Scene New building in course of
erection In view of government offices,
Government Clerk (to fellow clerk):
"Say, Fred, I'vo been watching that
Fred. I vo been watehlnir that
bricklayor for the last twenty minutes
and ho has not dono a stroke of work all
the time! The country may well be go
ing tovno oogsr -Easy-going
Bricklayer (to follow artis
an): "Say, Bill, I've been watching
that 'ere clerk for the last half -hour, and,
blow mel he's done nuthln' all the tlmol
I Taxes may well bo high. Wonder what
I pay ho gets for thatr Daily Graphic.
A WESTERN ROMANCE.
DRESSED AS A MAN FOR FIF
TEEN YEARS.
Strange Experience of a Womam Who
Kept a '.Grocery In Kansas City.
It transpires that Frank Gray, a real
estate dealer and grocer who formerly
kept a saloon in Kansas City, Mo., and
has been known to the business fratcrni- -..
ty for two years, is a woman. It is alleg
ed that she has masqueraded as a man
for fifteen years. Her experience has
been varied and unique. When she ran
a saloon and dressed In male attlro sho
drank at tho bar with nearly all the men
about town and heard them gossip of
women and affairs in general which do
not always reach feminine i-ars. Her
voice was so maulinc that m, one sus
pected her. On Me occasion she very
nearly got Into trouble because of a fan
cy she took to a married woman. L. W.
Foster, a piano tuner, and his wife
boarded at the same houso with Gray,
as the feminlno saloon-keeper was called,
and Foster became insanely jealous over,
tho attentions which Gray paid Mrs.
Foster. Ho went so far as to write his
wife's father at Chicago about the scan- -dal
and threatened to get a divorce.
Gray became involved In a lawsuit,
however, and the startling discovery was
mado that liray was a woman named
Mary B. Walcott. This revelation wns
followed by others, and it is finally learn
ed that Mrs. Walcott had a married
daughter living in this city. The dis
covery Is satd to havo been made by a
private detective who received a "point
er from her son-in-law. Under the
name Gray sho ran a grocery for some
timo at the corner of Seventh and Wyan
dotte streets. Sho then began to specu
late in real estate and showed good judg
ment and acquired much money. Dur
ing her residence here she mado frequent
visits to Columbus, O., and then always
wore clothing becoming her sex. By
constant shaving she had succeeded in
raising a light mustache.
A TRUE STORY.
The Passenger from Indiana Helps to
While Away the Time Met ween Stations.
"Let mo tell you a littlo story a true,
sweet littlo story about our old farm,"
said the passenger from Indiana. "On
our farm we havo a big barn, full to tho
rafters with tho fragrant hay, aud back
of the barn is a fragrant horse-pond.
My father a noblo old man, with a gray
beard, kindly eyes, a pleasant word for
everybody, and one suspender supporting
a pair of baggy breeches patched with
red my dead old father, with his watch
ful eye for tho economics of agriculture
concluded that the fragrnnt horsc-pond
that glistened In the sunlight and smellcd
toward heaven would be a good place to
raUe geese. So be bought a goose of ft
neighbor and set her on a dozen eggs. It
happened that ono of thoso eggs was a'
hen s egg, and it hatched out a rooster.
This young rooster survived tho perils of '
Infancy mumps, chicken cholera, rats,
stones and too big a dinner of potato
bugs and parts green, and grew to man
hood's estate a bumptious, crowing, am
bitious young rooster. His half-sisters
just loved him, and tho title of family af
fection which 1 now tell you is tho pret
tiest thing I ever saw in nature, with all
her wondrous examples for man. This
young rooster got to feeling very well ono
day. Ho thought he was about seven
feet high and that ho could lick the best
rooster that ever walked a dunghill in
that township. Ho crew on tho mnnure
pile he crow on the corn-crib and he crew
on the cow shed, and he asked ono of his
sisters to feel his muscle. Then he start
ed in tho direction of a neighbor, whero
he had heard a young rooster and they
called each other names and mado faces
at each other and questioned each oth
er's maternity and Integrity for a few
minutes, when they jumped up into the
air and camo together. The birds twit
tered In the tree tops nnd nodded in their
nests; the bumble bee hummed toward
his home; the sun sank alow down in tho
red west, and tho boss cows told the
steers this was tho timo to shed. But
thoso gallant young roosters fought on.
Feathers flew and blood spattered, and
combs and gills disappeared, but still tho
battlo raged. Finally one poor ycung
rooster was seen emerging from tho
smoke of buttle. There was a dazed look
in his eyes. What there wns left of his
tall dropped in tho dust, lie walked as
if ho wero tired and left a trail of blood
behind him. Ho was our young rooster
and the other rooster was after him,
He,
too, had blood on his gills, but thcro was
also blood in his eye. He meant busi
ness, but stopped to crow.
"Then it was, sir, that those fowls of
tho barnyard gave me an Illustration of
the fact that kindness know) no kind and
that the tenderness of tho fomalo is con
fined by no limits of breed. Two of
those sweet young g-Mllngs wobbled up
to their beaten ana bruised half -brother
and gavo him succor. Ono got on ono
sldo of the sucker and tho other on tho
other and they braced him up and push
ed him along toward home. Other sweet
half-sisters came out and guarded tho
icar of the retreating column. They
iumped upon that victorious rooster, told
Im ho should take somebody of his slzo
and that no ought to be ashamed of him
self and threatened to blab to his father.
Our young rooster was brought home,
washed in the horse-pond and put to
sleep under a manger. Every word of
this is true. 1 saw the whole thing with
my own eyes and the last man that called
mo a liar is still in tho hospital. Havo
you got a cigar about your clothes?" s
Vntcago Jicrald.
It Governor 8wlnlford, of Alaska, is
to be believed, that vast territory is not
likely to prove "a d d barren ideality."
It hag gold galore, coal in abundance,
Infinite timber, splendid salmon in ita
rivers, and fur seal, as everybody knows.
rne cumato is not as severe aa that of
Dakota, and the soil produces vegetables
I In paying quantltcs when properly culll
I vavcu. .
It li said a New York man has di
covered the Garden of Eden, and will
toll his information for $10,0002 but that
Is more than the Garden was worth in
the beginning, and it must be In a sadly
neglected condition now. The human
rare did not begin to progress till its an
I cestow wore driven out of the- Garden,
1 and put to their stumps to wake a living.
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