didx't meax to do imoxa.
And the President, Viewing the Matter In
Tti Is Light, llestores Jllm to J 'fare.
Wanhinctoii special: The president to
dny rehiHtntcd Mulcenns Benton, Unitetl
States attorney for the western district ot
Missouri, nlio vim recently suspended for
active participation In politics. Following
is n letter froiatlio president in relerenceto
the matter:
KxticirriVE Mansion'. Warui-noton'. I). C..
Nov. 10, 1880. Hon. M. U. ltonton Denr
Sir: Your letter of the loth inst.. nd
dressed to the attorney-general, 1ms been
submitted to me, mid carefully considered.
Its Irnnk tone unil nil I know of your char
ncter convinces mo Hint the truth is there
in related, touching the. matters which led
to your Hiispeiision from office. When I
issued the. warning to olllco holders, to
which vou refer as tin "order." 1 expected
to bo much hurrnsaed by all manner of
loose mid frivolous tales oriuinatini: in
malice or disappointment, a deliberate de
sign oil the part of political enemies to an
nov mid embarrass mo conccrnins the in
diligence by appointees under the present
nduilniHlrntiou or the pernicious activ
ity" in politic., against which my warning
was directed. I Imped, hAwever, Mint by a
careful consideration of the. spirit, as well
as the IniigtinKO of such warning, those in
good faith intending to respect it might
not iMMiirioubt as toils mcauiin;ann wouui
thenisclvi!s nniilv it to conditions unit cir
cumstances which it wns impossible for me
to specify. I did not intend to condemn
the making of u political speech by n fed
eral official to his neighbors and friends
for miv time ami nlnco where it was merely
incidental if the speech itself was decent
anil fair but 1 do not mini; Mini nn oin
del can enter, as a business, a political
campaign, mid consenting to a long list of
engagements lo youres pooiiuai iiu-i-iinga,
uidelv separated and of daily on iiirenco,
(ill such an engagement without neglecting
his dut v. if he holds mi ollico wortli having,
nor without taking with him in the canvass
his official power and influence. Therefore,
this course is condemned. The number of
speeches that rnunot be properly mado
cannot be ppccilh-tl, nor tlio time when, the.
place where, or the circumstances in wlncli
thev are proper, nor can their character bo
prescribed. Hut a correct line of conduct
can ho determined wiinoui (lilllcility. i
believe, in the light of a desire to follow in
the spirit of '.lie admonition given by
divorcing the conduct of a citizen from the
use of official mfluenca in political cam
paigus illustrating at all times the truth
thatollicml duty is paramount to partisan
service, maintaining the dignity of ollico
holding, avoiding any pretence of control
over the political action of others by
reason of official place, and teaching the
lesson to the people that public positions
ure not bestowed or held under u pledge of
active partisan service. A printed list
taken mini a newspaper and sulmiitte i to
ino contained engagements to speak, mado
by your consent, daily, for quite a long
period, and not inireipienlly twice a day, in
different parts, of tin; state of Missouri, and I
was led toboliovethnt on mnny ot the days
specified a court at winch you had duties
to perform was in session. This seemed to
tuc to present n enso of flagrant, delimit
neglect of o Hi ci ii 1 duty and propriety, and
?ven with the explanation given your
.ourso appears to bo thoughtless, nnd at
least subject to criticism. Hut the state
ment i i your letter showing that you did
not permit campaign engagements to in
teifero with the performance of official
Jut.v, your satisfactory discharge of such
duty during your term, and u belief in tlio
truth of your allegations that you lion
.'stly supposed you might properly do all
that was actually done, havo induced mo
to rescind the order suspending you from
office, and to yiinstnto you to the same.
Yours very truly, GnoVKiiCi.KVin.AM).
TO TUB ATTOIINHV OK.NKItAI.
Kxeciitivk Mansion, Washington. I). C.
Nov. 17. 1880. To tlio lion. A. II. Gar
land, Attorney General Sir: Having fully
examined mid considered the statements
contained in the letter of Maseenas E. Hon
ton, which you submitted to mo at tlio
limn of our consultation concerning tlio
matter therein referred to, I I. live deter
mined to rescind tlio order suspending Mr.
Bi'iiton from the office of attorney of the
United States for tho western .district of
Missouri and to direct that he be notified
of his reinstatement to that office. Very
respectfully yours, GnovKit Cleveland.
FOltFEITUllE OF T.AXD GIIAX'TS.
JCor Consummating Which an Act Should be
I'assed by Congress.
At the meeting of tlio Iroquois club in
Chicago on the 17th, W. A. J. Sparks, com
missionor of tho general laud office, in
speaking upon "The Public Lands tho
People's Heritage for Homes," gave his
views upon the proper policy to bo pursued
by the government in regard to each class
of public lands. Ho referred first to Innds
that had been granted to railroads. He
held that theobligationsof the government
so far ns incurred must bo carried out.
Tho effects of this doubtful and mistaken
land grant legislation must not be so mag
nified that, while requiring of tho govern
ment u strict compliance with its part of
the contract, the corporations shall bo al
lowed unlimited license, to violate theirs.
It was true that it takes two parties to
make a bargain, and it was equally true
that tho failure of one pnrty to tho con
tract is a release of theobligationsof tho
other. He was prepared to say t lint in
grants amounting to 110,000,000 acres
there has been no such compliance with the
law by the companies as binds the gov
ernment to any legal obligation hi respect
to granted lands. ly the Northern Pacific
railroad nlono neaily -10,000,000 acres
of tho peoplo's heritagH for homes
was being unjustly withheld. An
act should bo pnssed declaring the
forfeiture of grants, if only to
the extent of portions of unconstructed
road at the time fixed by law for their
entire completion. Such an act, with ft
meattuionf partial justico only, would yet
be incalculable benefit, by restoiiug to tho
people for settlement and free homes not
less than 70,000,000 ncres, mid would
leave to tho companies at their average
piicenf lauds mom than enough to meet
the legitimate cost of the entire construc
tion of their roads. Great laud grants to
private individuals, Commissioner Sparks
said, were nearly all made for colonization
purposes, mid are not binding unless the
conditions involved hnve been complied
with. His characterization of these grunts
was almost equally sweeping willi th-it ot
railroad lands. The manner in which ex
isting laws operate in regard to swamp
lands, pre-emptions, homesteads, timber
culture and desert lands was unsparingly
condemned by the speaker. IJ.fore re
sliming his neat Commissioner Sparks
briefly reviewed his courso in office, and
declared that his efforts had been directed
Holely to the prevention of the illegal con
trol of lands, the recovery of those fraud
ulentl.y held to which title has not yet
pass d, and to the protection ot lands for
actual settlement und benefit o! actual In
habitants. a riEKD'a aottiuumi act.
ronwiioiTH, N. II., Nov. 11. Daniel Crow
ley, agvd 00 year, was arretted here to-night,
charged with assault with Intent to kill. It It
said that he heat his wife, an aged woman,
and poured kerosene upon her clothing and
set It on fire. The woman was terribly burned
and will pmbal.lv die. Crow lev denied setting
her afire aud says the was burned by accident.
TUB CZAtt DISSATISFIED.
lie Declines to Accept the Election of Prlne
IFaldemar.
JONDOX, Kov. 11. Kcmble advices froi
Vienna savs that the czxt dvcllues to accep
the election of Prince Waldemar, but will not
oppose I'rlucc Nicholas of Montenegro.
Pebtii, Nov. 11. After the election of Prlnci
Waldemar to the Bulgarian throne M'Stcnlay
the Austrian and German ambassadors at St
Peterstmrg were Instructed by their govern
meiit to I n mi I re of Kula the lininer.f the can
dldatc she favored as Pi luce Alexander's sue
eessor. If Kussin refuses to accept the elect
on of Prince Waldeniaror to nominate nnothei
tndidatc, It will be considered that sin en
rrtalns designs against Bulgarian ludepen
slice, nnd. In that event, Puglaud, German
Austria ami Itnlv will arrive at an understand
lug similar to the one that extends anion:
them at the period of the Berlin congress.
Bekmx Nov. 11. In political circles here I
(s considered certain that Piliice Waldeinn
will decline the lost of Bulgarian rulei
I'rince Bismarck Is Inclined to favor the prints
of Mingrelia as a candidate for the throne oi
Bulgaria. He has au especially good mkmcI'
reputation In Berlin as well as in St. Peter.
uurir. Tiiinova, Xov. 11. Prince Wnldcmar )m
ent a telegram to tne regents, expressing n
grateful sense of the honor conferred on hn
by the sobranje electing him prince of Bu
garia. lie states, however, that the dceislo
as to his acceptance rests with his father, tl.
king of Drumaik, and adds that other diuh
innv preveut his assuming tho niltrslilp o
liufg;irla.
'I Tie prince's reply Is considered to prcsaet
his refusal of the throne. Nevertheless tli
Bulgarian deputation appointed to convey t
Prince Wiildeinar official notification of' lit
election bv the snbrnnje to succeed Prim
Alexander depni ted to-d.n for Cannes, Prune,
where the prince is sojourning.
The sobranje telegraphed to the klng
Denmark inking hi consent lo Prince Wald.
mar's acceptance of the Bulgarian throu
aud adjourned until Satuaday to await u r
ply.
The Danish papers generally advise Prim
Waldemar to refuse the Bulgarian throti
the Gazttte also savs that K ng (teoige
Gieece will leave Athens if his brother, Pr.m
Waldemar, accents tho Bulgarian throne.
St. PmruMi. no, Nov. 11. Baron Mohrci
iieim Is about to rctim to Paris to resume h
duties as Russian ambassador to Prance O
his way to tl.e French capital he will stop i
Cannes" In order to have a conference wil
Prince Waldemar.
Prince Nicholas of Mingrelia, who Is favore
by the czar as candidate for the Bulgaria
throne, Is n Kussiau subject and a membi
of the orthodox Greek church, lie is a son
In-law of Count Abelberg and is said to b
willing to accept the pot of Bulgarian rulei
MUST CLOSE OX SUXDAr.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts on the
SumUiy .nr.
Boston special: Frank Doxtcr, of Wor
cestcr, a barber, was recently convicted of
keeping bis shop opon on Sunday, nnd np.
pealed tho case to the full bench of tho sir
prome court. The court this nftcrnoon
gave an opinion in tlio case, overruling tlio
defendant's exceptions nnd affirming the
conviction under this decision. Barbers
in the future will keepthoir shops closed on
Sunday. The decision, as announced, re
affirms the old statute forbidding the keep
iug open of shops on Sunday, mid tho doing
ot any work on that day, save work of ne.
cessity or charity. Tlio matter will now
bo taken to the legislature, and efforts will
be mado to secure au amendment to the
statute, which has been a dead letter Tor a
long time. It probably would havo re
muiiied so but for the effort of a portion
of the barbers to secure tho closing of all
barber shops on Sunday. Until the legisla
ture takes action those who feel disposed
to prosecute druggists, bakers and barbers
for keeping open on Sunday can, under this
decision, carry their point. No serious ef
fort in that direction is, however, appro
headed by anybody, except possibly in
tlio case of oar hers.
WHAT MIGHT JIA I'JS 11EEX'.
Pittsburg dispatch: Upon tho arrival at
Dubois, Pa., of tho mail train on tho Buf
falo, Rochester it Pittsburg railroad to-day
tho car inspector, while tho passengers wero
getting on and off at the depot, discovered
tlireo dynamito bombs mid cups fastened
under the springs of the rear coach. The
bombs wero carefully removed, nnd thcro
were many pnlo faces among the passengers
when they learned tho terriblo fato they
hud so narrowly escaped. The trainstarts
from Punxitutawmiey every morning, and
it is undoubtedly at that place the bombs
were placed liner tho springs, as it only
makes short stops botween thero mid Du
bois. It is twenty miles from tho place ot
starting, mid how it was possible for the
train to run that distance over short
curves with that amount of dynamito nnd
caps udder tho springs of tho conch is u
mystery. Thirty-four persons wero ill tho
coach. Suspicion points directly to no
person as perpetrator of tho deed. The
matter will be thoroughly investigated by
the railroad authorities, and au effort
made to bring tlio criminal to justice.
"OAK rTKW."
Washington special: The president's
country home has been called by vari
ous mimes, "Pretty Prospects," "lied
Top," Annlostan'' nnd so on, but nono
of them havo been sanctioned by its owner.
To-day, however, tho president and Mrs.
Cleveland decided to christen it "Oak
View." Tills nnino is particularly appro
priate ns thero Is a very handsome grov
of ouk trees near tho house, while no or.j
who bus driven by the spot can havo fulled
to observe the magnificent view from it. It
is expected that "Oak View" will bo ready
for occupancy in ten days or two weeks.
Tho president nnd Mrs. Cleveland do not
intend to reside there this fall, nor do they
nt present contemplate living thero per
manently at all. Mrs. Polsoin will occupy
the house as her home, mid it will always
be available for the president and Mrs.
Cleveland to go mid come us they choose.
It will be an admirnble rest for the presi
dent when ho wishes privacy, for he ean
shut himself up for any length of time with
out being intruded upon.
DISCUSSIXO THE VLEVllO.
Chicago dispatch: The National C.itlla
Growers' association met this morning to
continue the discussion of diseases and the
need of legislation on the subject. Speeches
were confined to ten minutes nnd a large
proportion of the delegates took the floor.
All agreed on the necessity of legislation
for stamping nut pleuro-pneuinoula. A
lengthy report from the resolution com
mittee on actions which congress lind taken
on tho subject under discussion wns pre
sented by Dr. Gadsden, and it was supple
mented by speeches from the Hon. James
Wilson, of Jown; George II. Lnring, United
States commissioner ot agriculture; Dr.
D, H. Salmon, nnd Senator Shelby M. Cul
loin. Various means of eradicating the di
sease were proposed, and Loring exprsssed
the belief that the appropriation ot $150,
000 by congress would be sufficient for the
purpose. Jlls deductions were drawn from
renorU of delegates ns to the extent of the
disease in various localities. A resolution
was adopted by a vote ot 118 to 38 declar
ing that in the sense ot this convention
Hatch, the present chairman of the agri
cultural committee, was responsible for the
lack ot proper legislation competent to
grupple with the pressing need ot the great
cattle industry of the nation.
I'EAST OI' I.EADIXG DEMOCHATS.
Many Distinguished Men Present The JPrrsl.
dent .Vol Able to Attend.
The fourth annual banquet of tho Iro
quois club occurred at the Palmer house,
Chicago, on the night of the 17th. Anion
the large iiumler of rlNtinguished demo
crats to whom invitations Imd been sent,
the following are among the most widely
known who accepted and were present
The Hon. .lohii G. Carlisle, the Hon. J. B.
Heck, tho Hon. Kdwartl S. Bragg and the
Hon. ,1. Sterling Morton. The following
letter of legrct was received:
KxncfTivr. Minmox, Wisiiixoton, D. C,
Nov. 1U. 1880. Kdwurd l'orinan, Ksq.,
Corresponding Secretary My Dear Sir: I
regtet exceedingly that" my "official duties.
just at the time unusually exacting mid im
portant, prevent my acceptance of your in
vitation to attend the fourth annual ban
quet of the Iroquois club on the 17th int.
1 am much impiessed with the present im
portance ot a thoiongh and timely discus
sion by the people id the various questions
which are related to good government and
the prosperity of tho country, and which,
because they are so related, concern tho
welfare mid success of the democratic
party. In the work which must bounder'
taken, id presenting these questions to the
judgment id our citizens in such u manner
as to lemovu misapprehensions und aid u
correct conclusion. 1 believe that the Iro
qtiois club will prove a most effective In
strumeutality. 1 loping that thenpprourh
lug banquet will be I he occasion of pleasure
as well as interest and usefulness, I am
yours sincerely,
GitovEit Cleveland.
John G. Carlisle, ol Kentucky, speaker of
tho house of representatives, made tho
leading nddrcss ol the evening. The toast
ho responded to was, "American Industries
Their growth and prospeiity cunno. bo
promoted by unnecessary or unequal tax
ntion." Although the toast asserted u
self-evident truth, began Carlisle, we ran
not ufloid to ignore the fact that even in
this ago ot philosopical speculation mid
practical knowledge, theie are men in tho
front ranks of literature, polities, and
business who seriously contend that tho
government can make its citizens rich and
prosperous by taxing them. All taxation,
Carlisle declared, no matter how it may bo
disguised or in "lint manner its pay meat
may be enforced, is ultimately a charge upon
labor'. Ho emphatically stated that sub
stantial equality in adjustment of rates ot
taxation mid uniformity in the designation
ot articles upon which it shall be imposed
are not only attainable, but essential
under the present system of taxing for
protective purposes. A few have become
very rich, but muiiv have becomo poor,
anil the gulf between luxury anil penury is
growing wider and deeper (lay by day. But
with the power of taxation exercised only
for the purpjise of raising lovenues for the
support of (lie government theprinciples of
substantial equality mid uniformity can lie
recognized and imi forced. Carlisle con
cluded in tho following words: "No mnt
ter who may desert or who may falter,
the great fight for reform will go on.
This country does not belong to either
monopolists or communists, nnd tho people
will save it from both. The people in spite
of all combinations and conspiracies will
ultimately see that the true principles of
justice and equality prevail in the legisla
tion of the country. ICvcn to prevent tho
I'Otitiuuauro of long prevailing, cxislinguud
constantly increasing ovils, they will not
rush from one extreme to another, but will
proceed carefully, deliberately and reso
lutely, to correct inequalities, remove un
necessary burdens, and open paths that
lead to peace and prosperity. While free
trade is impracticable, industrial and com
mercial cmaiicipiition can ami will be ac
complished by wise and moderate measures
of lelorm, without interfering with any
private enterprise or injuring any public
iuteiest. To this some of us at least are
irrevocably pledged, not only by taxations
and declarations of a political party to
which we belong, but by a senso of personal
and official duty which cannot bo disre
garded without betraying the confidence
leposed in us by the people, whether in
public or in private life, I shall stand by
that pledge, and, to the extent ot my abili
ties and opport unties, contribute in every
way to tho early and completo triumph ot
revenue reform.
MAXXIXO'S DAYS XUMUEIlED.
Washington special: "Secretary Man
ning impresses me ns one who is not long
for this world," said mi Indinnu office
seeker to day, after n. half hour's chat with
tho head of tho treasury department.
"They talk about Mr. Manning hoingin
the best health he has been in for years.
Well, I pity him if lie has over been sofceblo
as now. Ho is unsteady, puffed nnd col
ored about the eyes mid has an instability
in his train id conversation' which lends a
man to think ho is rapidly failing. I can
tell, too, that he docs not take much inter
est in his work. Very soon after theinaug
uration I came hero and hud a long con
versation with Mr. Manning. Then ho was
thoroughly enthusiastic about treasury
mutteis and I could see ho had his soul in
the duties before him. Now he goes about
it as though ho was forcing his mind anil
his bunds to work. Ho doesn't like the
position and is disappointed in it. Yes, lie
may hold the office till tho next election. so
as to keep up continuity of the cabinet,
but I do not believe it. I do not belie vo
he will bo alive then unless ho gets relief
from his burdens. Kvidently tho nir, tlio
water, the position, the whole surround
ings do not agree witli him, mid I am of
the opinion that lie will not bo with us
many weeks. Mr. Manning's health is
ruined."
HA SO E OA TTI A:.
Denver dispatch: Prominent cuttlemeu
here nnd elsewhere in Colorado, also New
Mexico, are signing .u petition to tlio rail
road companies centering at St. Louis ask
ing them to give their influence towardsthe
establishment ot cattlemen's stock yards
ut tho west sldo of St. Louis. It appears
to bo tho unanimous feeling among western
cattle-growers Hint the establishment ol
yards at this point will tend to distribute
shipments mid force Chicago, Kansas City
and other dressed beet syndicates lo pay
more reusonnolo prices for runse cm tie,
present prices being so low as to make busi
ness unprolllithlo, '1 no international
Un n go association meeting represents ull
portions oi tne range rotintry. Heverai
new associations havo joined within u few
days. Indications point ton largo meeting
here In February.
KALXOICV'S ATTITUDE AVPHOt'ED.
Vienna, Nov. 15. Count Andrassy, In an
interview today with Emperor Francis Jo
seph, said that he (eared Count Kalnoky's
speech before the delegations on Saturday
would induce liussla to light Tho enifror
refilled that his opinion was to the contrary,
but that while he was pastlonately opposed to
provoking a war he fully approved of Count
KalaoUy's attitude on the Bulgarian question.
SIXTY t'EltSOXS LOST,
San Fbajjcisco, Not. 15. The steamer
Oceanic which arrived to-day from Hong Kong
and Yokohama, brlucs newa of tho foundering
of the steamthip Normantore oil Pashlmk
Japau, with seventy two persons on board of
whom only twelve reached the shore. She
waa laden with tea for .New York aud Canada.
No date ot the occurreuco is given.
WASHINGTON'S COLORED PEOPLE.
.Notable Jscurors X. lio In Fln
Style nt tilt Cnpltnl 'I li Poorer
tintp Tlielr ot'lety.
A Washington ioi rcpoiiiliMit of The
C levi laiitl Leader vrit': More than
one-fourth of t tie population of Wash
ington city is colored, anil it is esti
mated that there ate GO. 000 negroes in
the District of Columbia. These are
of all elassei. rich mul poor, educated
and uneducated, patrician und plebeian.
They number some of the best clement
of the uegro population of the Tinted
States, and among them arc the most
noted colored men of the countn.
Senator Bruce, though lie still holds
on to his estate in Mississippi, lives nt
Washington during the winters, und
John Lynch, who was one of the pres
idents of the hist national republican
convention, leave li s cotton planta
tions near Natchez in the fall and does
not return to them again until the
spring. Mr. L ueli was prosecuting
tho study of the law hero during tho
p:it winter, and the booksellers toll me
lie bought main- books. Hois well edu
cated and cultured, aud i worth. 1 am
told, about S-10O.000. llriice Is alo
rich, anil his little hoy. Uom-oc Conk
ling Bruce will have a fortune houhl
his father die. Fred Douglass does not
live in Washington, but his home is so
near it that he can reach it by tho
street-cars, lie owns a cry pleasant
residence on the hills above Cnmntown,
one of the suburb of Wa-h.ngton. It
is worth, perhaps SI". 000. l rom his
windows he can see the eapitol anil the
whole city spread out before him. nnd
his home is a part of tho Van Hook
estate, which wa- divided into lots ami
sold on the condition that no colored
man should be ever allowed to purchase
them.
Kepresentative Harris, the colored
congressman from North Carolina,
lives in a three-Moy brick house in the
fashionable northwest portion of (lie
city. His house is in the .same block
as that of Senator Coekrell, of Missouri,
and it is not a stone's throw lrom the
Pendleton mansion, in which Secretary
Kndieott lives. Representative Smalls,
of South Carolina, boards here in Wash
ington, but I understand he is wealthy
and that his daughters have been edu
cated in the seminaries of Massachus
etts. John F. Cooke, the tax collector
ot the District of Columbia, is said to
lie worth S'iOll.OOO. and he has held his
present olllee for lifleen years. John
M. Langston, the ex-minister tollati,
is rich, anil there are a large number of
the Washington colored men who own
line houses and valuable hinds. I went
to buy a lot on the hills above Washing
ton the other day. nnd 1 found that
some of the best property of Washing
ton city was in tho hands of n colored
real-estate agent. Among his property
1 found a house which 1 considered a
bargain, and upon asking for the own
er I was told that lie was a colored bar
ber. Ceorge W. Williams the first colored
member who ever sat in the Ohio Leg
islature, aud the man whom Arthur
appointed minister to Ilayti. and Hay
aid refused to confirm, tells me that
there are a hundred negroes in Wash
ington worth ifiVi.O Ml, at least lifly
worth .10,000. and nearly u thousand
worth So.OOO apiece.
Much of the bet properly of Wash
ington city is owned by colored men.
They bought tho hinds when they wore
cheap, and after the city changed its
direction they held on to them. Now
on almost any of the fashionable streets
of n ashinglon vou muv see the cabin
of u negro laborer bumping up against
the mansion of a millionaire statesman,
and a curious thing about it is that tho
laborer is not any more anxious to sell
his laud than the stntcmnu is his.
Colored men who make less than a dol
lar a day own lands here worth $1, 2,
and$l per Miuare foot, and the col'
oretl people of Washington havo
churches costing from tfji.UOU to ,w,
0()0 apiece scattered throughout the
most fashionable purls ot the ell v.
Of courso t lie majority of the colored
population are poor, but many of tho
poorest of them lav up luouov. and 1
lived for a vear on meals supplied bv a
colored caterer, a man who imd made a
fortune at catering, and who supplied
one hundred persons and moro with
two meals a ua at. a mouth apiece.
orniiey, tno famous cool; who went
over to Kngland w.th Itevenly John-
sou to cook term pin to please the pal
ates of tut; Lnglisli lords and thereby
gel them lo grant us a better treaty,
was a colored man. lie tiled not long
ago, leaving $100,000 invested in one
of the best hotels in Washington, and
his sons now carry on this business
i hey have diplomatic and statesmen
as boarders, and charge in some cases
us high as $8 a day.
J here are many negroes in Wash
ington who use belter language than
white people, of the same stMiidinir.
They arc very particular about tho use
oi tnnir words and the Jives ol the bet
ter classes are a continuous .strain to
ward improving themselves, A largo
number of them tiro well educated,
though tho majority of them of courso
am ignorant. They have public and
private schools here, and Harvard uni
versity turns out a number of colored
graduates of both fcoxos every year.
Some of these become lawyers und doc
tors, and there aro a great many color
ed teachers of both sexes.
It is not au uncommon thlnir to ride
in tho street cars hero with well-dressed
colored girls, who have Latin and
Greek books in their arms, and whose
drosses lit thorn us woll as do those of
senator's daughters. The colored people
indecd.drcss better in proportion to their
moans than the whites, aud the butter
class of colored girls at Washington
aro as particular about their kids us
their fairer s htors. Thero aro numer
ous colored swells in Washington, and
these wear plug hats, sport fancy canes
and enjoy their lino clothes as well as
the white swells. You muv see them
In tho parks of an evening and on -Sundays
they promenade with the fash
ionable throng on Connecticut avenue.
They aro not averse to hiring carria
ges, either, aud they court their sweet
hearts with ice-cream und seats ut tho
theaters.
There is as much caste In negro soci
ety here nltiui.l : in W hie .-oeietv.
The better edut atetl and U-tter bred
have little to d( with the lguor.iet. m,d
W.th thoe hot; blood the, tin not
think so pure us theirs Thei have
their balls ami their part'.e-. their i i -rarv
soeiet'es and their oeial e'lib
aiuf they enjov life in much the same
wav a their Caucasian brother-
The negroes foim the erant- ol
Wiishmgtou. and colored girls com
mand troui SIC to $L' a month as
house servant-. Some of them are
seaiustres.es and thev make the lel
nurse In the world. The men net :is
coachmen, footmen, cooks, waiters ami
peddlers at the capital, ami mam col
ored men have little places of business
of their own. Some of these l.ttle
store are in tumble-down house anil
out-of-the-way places, where win would
think no one ever came to buy, anil
the person who will look will bud a
many tpieer tilings about the streets ol
Washington ns they will in those of a
foreign citv.
Wanted, Sensible Women.
Speeiali.etl education doe. not nec
essarily create companionable noi
even sensible women: else, by parity
of reasoning, would all professional
men be personally charming and de
1 ghtful. which undoubtedly they are
not. A girl may be a sound
Grecian, a brilliant mathematician, a
sharp critic, a faultles grammarian.
cl lie wanting in all that personal
tr.ct and temper, clear observation.
ready sympathy and noble sell con
trol ' which make a companionable
wite and a Valuable mot Her. rsor is
unprofessional or uupc cinli.od in
struction necessarily synonymous
with idleness and ignorance; while a
good all-around education is likclv to
prove more serviceable in the home
and in soeietv than one or two su
preme accomplishments Many of us
make I he mistake of conlounilmg oil
neat ion with acouiremcnts and of
running together mental development
ami intellectual specialization. I lit
women of whom wo aro most proud
in our own history were not remark
able for special intellectual require
incuts so much as for general charac
ter anil harmonious working of will
and morality. Tho Lady l anshawes
and Kli.abotii Frys, the Mary Carpen
ters ami rlorcnco riglitingales, whoso
names aro practically immortal, wero
not noted for their learning, but
they wero none tlio less women whoso
mark in history is iudeliable, and the
rood thev did lives after them ami
will never die. And taking one of the
at least partlallv learned ladies of the
past--is it her Latinity and her hook-
isliucss that wo admire so much in
Lady Jane Grey, or is it her modesty,
her gentleness, her saintly patience.
her devotion in a word, is it her edu
cation or her character tho intellectu
al philosopher or tho sweet and lovely
and noble woman r fortingilly lie
ficto. A Hit of Philosophy.
An old negro f)crving tlio greed
iness exhibited h a white boy' .said:
"Come heah er ininit, mer son, an'
lcniine tell yor or little story." The boy
approached ami the negro continued:
One day dar wuz er boy bout
yor size gwiuo along do street, lie
come tor or sto' whar dar wns or
bar'l o' apples, an' he says, sas he,
4 mister, gui me er tippler Uo sto
man looked til him or minit an 'plied
4 4 4 Think yor ken take jes one?'
4 4 4 Yas, suh.'
44 4 An yor won't tako but one?'
4 No, sail.'
44 4 Wall, go tor do bar'l dar an'
git. yor one.
44 Do boy hopped up ter do bar'l
an' iruntcr fumble or momr do annles.
han'nn fust one an' don do uder, try-
in ter git nor bigges' one' Artor or
luting time lie tuck do bigges' one ho
could lino an' hopped er way fnun do
bar'l er gigglin1 an' er grinnin, case
he had beat tier man, but when ho
slunk his teeth in do apple ho fouti'
tint all He inside wns rotten
Don his jaw drupped an' llingin' de
no count apple er way, ho says,
savs he:
4 4 4 Mister, please salt, gin mo onn
mo air 1 11 tako tier littles' one I
ken line.'
41 wii, no, snys do man, j'cr
ean t nab no mo . Dar wuz er tuna
when 3 or could er got er good little
one 'stead 'o er bad big one but dat
time is past. Hotter think er 'bout
dat, my son fur ' ono' o deso days it
mout bo too lato fur yor too tako
or Jcotlo one." Arkansttw Traveler.
Don' I Jlo a (.'hump.
If yon are a chump, conceal it. For
policy's sake, for society's sake, for
you rown sake. Uo a gentleman on tho
street, no matter how hurried you
are, no matter how worried you
may be. Ho a gentleman in public
conveyances especially. Don't insist
on your rights at all" times. If you
aro first in a street cur it is your
right to take a vacant scat, or sit
next the street in an open car. No
body can dispute this right. The
aisle may bo crowded full of ladies
standing, or they may havo to crowd
past you to get an inside place. You
can insist on your rights and maku
them do it, but you aro a chump.
You may argue to yourself that
you havo u right to tho best that
is open when you enter the convey
ance; that you pay your fare and
uru entitled to u reasonable re
turn for your money; that others
may tako their chances in such places,
etc. All true. No ono disputes whut
you say or think. Hut if you are n
limn you know you uro ucting the
boor. 'You feel moan, and uo logic
will drive away that feeling. Amer
icans uro instinctively gontlutiiou
and Indies. Jf they follow tho im
pulses of that instinct they act be
comingly and feel correspondingly
belter, If they bold the impulse in
abeyauco and reason out a dlll'oront
course they may reason out an iticou
trovorllublo conclusion. Hut it la not
satisfactory. It is not creditable to
tliem. (,ttcago Iews.
lleun ought to lay the dilate up for the
winter lu Egg Harbor. Wathlmjlan Critic.
GASLIGHT AND BALDNESS.
One of the ArcuiiiptitK for Adoptlu
tlio l'.lcctrlc Light.
The causes of baldness have ofto
been sought for and guessed at, but i
can not bo said that any satisfactory ci
plauatiou has, up to the present tim
boon given. It is now discovered by
New York hairdresser, whosuys: 44Pc
pie give all kinds of explanation for I
dissipation, cutting tho hair to
short, lotting it growtoo long, smoklnj
drinking strong cotleo, worry, wenrin,
high hats, wearing low hats, wearinj
your hat indoors, not wearing it oul
door, lato hours, ami a hundred othe
things. Now you will notice thero ar
no classes of men moro frequently bal
than retail salesmen, bookkeepers, art
olllee clerks in certain linos of businosi
Why should baldness affect thorn mor
than others? Because they habitual!
"tand or sit nearly every eveninj
under gaslights. Bookkeepers alway
have a strong light right over tlie't
head, or jut in front of them. So it
clerks who have to work at niglil
Uetail salesmen sell goods at night d
roetly under two powerful burners, am
most of tho time their heads are no
far from tho llamo. Tlio artilicial hea
dries out tlio hair, makes it brittle ant
unhealthy, and iinally kills it at tl
root. If you will pass your bant
through your hair after you havo beci
standing under a gaslight for a fe
moments, you will see at onco how i
is. Although you may not have no
ticed the heat on your head, your hail
if you've got any, will be hot to tlu
roots You'll be surprised, too, a
whut a distance from the I ght tho hni
will absorb tho heat. Now thoro i
nothing so bad for tho hail as getting i
thy. That is why tho uso of water oi
it is so injurious because it ovaporato
so readily and takes with it the natura
oil of tho hair. Your hair should b
moist all the time aud with the oil tha
is secreted by the little colls at tit
roots. When tlio oil is continually an)
rapidly dried out, as it is whon tli
head is kept heated by gaslight, tho col
dries up ami tho hair falls out. Pea
pie who sit under the gaslight shoull
wear some kind of n cool non-oonducH
iug headgear to protect themselves,
have an idea, too, that after tlio eled
rio light lias been in universal use for i
generation or two baldness will be a
scarce as it was before gaslight anl
night work got common together.
Electrical World.
Business Ability.
Wo hear and read a groat ilea
about coinmuroial honesty, but nin
men out of ton, who aro not busincs
men, uro pretty well settled in thel
belief tluit business ability means tlu
ability to get a customer's money awa
from him without violating tho pena
code.
There aro tricks in all trades. Tak
the sugar business, for instance. Did wi
not read tho other day that tho suga:
manufacturers wero adulterating thei.
wares so copiously that there was ai
upward tendency in I ho price of sand!
What else is tho'moaning of tho slur
that thu sugar business is Eomutimei
pursued for generations hy tho sami
family; that it's sanded down from sin
to son?
If the sugar manufacturers aro abov
suspicion, why should au item go tin
rounds of thu press to the effect tha
when u grocer's son went to see tin
workmen digging tho collar for hi
father's now house, lie came back pah
and breathless, exclaiming, 44Pathor
father! Our everlasting fortune is mado.
Tlio nion digging tho cellar have strttcl
u sugar mine!"
Almost everything that is bough'
and sold is believed to bo adulterated.
Kveu the honest milkman is not likt
Ctesar's wife should havo been abovi
suspicion. Not long since a Bostoi
chemist was examining u bottle a
milk in tho interests of science, when i
exploded and neary killed him. Tlu
milkman's explanation wits that tin
milk came from u kicking cow. Toi
thin, too thin.
Tho diamond merchant speaks of hii
goods being of tho purest water, an
that's what may bo truthfully said a
the milkman's wares. Not all the din
monds wo see on the street cars, or oi
tho stage, uro genuine. A great man
of them might bo insured in tha Plat
Glass Insurance Company. Many t
young man who is not a bio to puy hit
laundress has been unjustly censured
for wearing a largo diamond stud oi
his shirt bosom, if tho diamond wen
genuine its lustro might be dimmed bj
tlio unpaid laundry bill, but as usuitll)
happens in such cases, thu young mat
bought tho priceless gem of tho Orieni
on credit ut u hardware store for 31
cents.
Tho subject is too oxtonsivo to In
elaborated in tho columns of a nows
paper, for this is unmistakably the ag
of adulteration, lioor can bo mado oul
of unything. If u brewer wero to trj
tho experiment it is oven possible that
he might muko beer out of hops aud
malt.
Everything is liable to bo bogus.
The only honest butter is tho gout
Even tho stuff of 1 fo whisky is no.
absolutely pure. It Is frequently adul
terated with lemon peel. &c Then
uro false prophets and falso profits.
Money is counterfeited nnd occasional
ly antique chestnuts uro palmed oil' on
the public us this year's crop.
The best udvico wo can glvo Is "Bo
ware of Imitations," us the inonkoj
buid to the dude. Texas Stftings.
A Ureut Secret Out.
Pretty girl. "An old woman told
mo to-day that I ought to get some
love powder, aud she said sho guessed
you kept it."
Druggist. "You can muka it your
self by mixing half u touspoonful ot
sugar with u a uilnuto quantity ot
powdered starch."
44Yos, and how will I gjvo It to him?"
4 'You must invito him to a suppot
which vou prepare, und slip it iuto lilj
coffee."
"Aud will that wake him want U
marry me?"
'It will if tho coffee Is good and er
orythlug elso woll cooked. Omith
World.