- VM V. -;', Ji t S.-2 -i .THE LANCASTER DAILY IKTELMQENCER, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1890. k .r. LITERARY WASHINGTON. WILL THE -CAPITAL BECOME THE NATIONAL CENTER OF LETTERS? Waller Wellman Think It Will and OIe Ills Itrasen "The Nelfhber" Club Librarian Bpefrnrtt Mr. Springer aad tier 1'eelry Her Lere of the Sea. I Bprrial CorrMpendcnce.l ' Washington, May 22. As a literary center the national capital is rapidly be coming noted throughout the world. It hai no large publishing interest, ether than that maintained by the government, bat a large nunfber of writers lire and work here. There is in Washington m little club known aa "The Neighbors," which is distinctively literary and musl LIimAIUAN srOFFOKD. cal. Tlie fortnightly meetings during the winter months bring together ninny of the brightest men and women of the capital. Here may be seen such famous persons ns Mrs. Frances Hodgsen Bur nett, who Uvea in a charming house en Massachusetts avenue, with the families of the chief juhtlce, Attorney General Miller and any number of senators en either hide of her; Geerge Kennan, the Russian bpecinlist, much of whose mnil from Russia and Siberia comes te Wash ington disguised under bogus superscrip superscrip teons: Geerge Bancroft,, the historian; Joaquin Miller, who used te have a leg cabin en the hills evei looking the city, and Mrs. E. D. C. N. Southworth, the novelist, who lives in a quaint old house in quaint old Georgetown. At ene of these "Neighbors" meetings thcre recently met four persons who are engaged in writing the lives of a trio of great men of the war era Jehn Hay and Jehn E. Nicolay, authors of The Century "Life of Lincoln;" Geerge Gor Ger ham, who is engaged upon a "Life of War Secretary Edwin M. Stanten," and Mrs. Katherine Chase, who is writing the life of her father, the great chieftjus tice. Many newspaper men may be seen in these gatherings, among the mero conspicuous of them being Charles Nord Nerd Nord heff, of The New Yeik Herald, who, te his $10,000 a year salary ft em Mr. Ben nett, adds many thousands from his pen. A luckj' man, Mr. Nordheff, for his newspaper work takes but a mere frag ment et his time. Weeks often go by without u line from him appearing in print; but if there are diplomatic dis turbances or international complications, Mr. Nordheff is expected te be heard from, and this is an expectation which is rarely disappointed. The field of diplo macy is peculiarly his own. Geerge Alfred Tewnscnd is often seen with "The Neighbors." lie is the great est newspajier con espendent which this country has produced, se great that when his work is mediocre or inferior, as it sometimes is, of course, it sells as readily as ever and is read with almost as much avidity. Townsend is ene of theso conespendents who leara little but think much; single fact passing through his mental hopper is broken into fifty paits, and each oue is swollen up with the imagination te be as large as its parent. "1 am mere than a tclcphone between talkers and readers," Tewnscnd said at one of "The Neighbors" meets; "1 am a phonograph, into which ten thousand men have talked, and their re corded conversations are a storehouse, en which 1 draw at will by simply turning the crank." The government incidentally encour ages authorship. Seme of the best writers of the day, most earnest and bett equipped specialists, are govern ment empleyes. ThoieisLibiarimi Spof Spef Spof ferd, of the great national literary mauso leum. He does net write much, because he has net Oie timcv- lib is oue of the busiest, ene of the most remarkable men in Washington. Frem morning till night he stauds at his desk in the big library, giving personal attention te the details of weik. Oue would think the responsible head of a great institution like this would content himself with mere management; but net se with Spofford. He will take your application for a book and either get it for you him self or send ene of his assistants. Lucky for you bometimes that Spofford is there, ttMtnz-uri - 5Zs&ZS&!r UNUKK TIM BEA WALL. for of all the hundreds of thousands of books and pamphlets in the library there is net one which he does net knew aa veil as he knows the thoroughbred herse which he rides every fair day. He knows hi ay books go well that he can tell you DM range of their contents, the nanica of authors, dute of publication, and the comparative value of works en a given subject. SiKifferd is such a complete and infallible index te the entire library that senators nud representatives have a habit of going te him aud saying: "Mr. Spofford, I am looking up this or that subject where- shall I find it?" And without a moment's hesitation the librarian evils off the names of a half dozen or dozen books, and sends for them. The whele library is before him like the pieces en a chess beard, and, of course, this is much better for the sena tor or representative than consulting in dexes. "Loek in the indexl" exclaimed Sena Sena eor Edmunds the ether day, in the library ; "eh, no; net while Spofford is here. He is the only index I wauk There are no typographical mistakes or cloudy refer ences in him, and, besides, he is brought down te date." When Spofford dies, as he must seme day die and that seen, I fear, unless he gets away from his desk the library will suffer a less beside which the destruction of a hundred thousand volumes would be a mere trifle. The hundred thousand volumes could be replied; Spofford could net be. Jusi new Washisateaj y circle 1 " '! MmMWyf k,r -n- ! -jk - re talking about a sew poet that has sprung up in their midst One of the conceits of "The Neighbors" clnb is an anonymous box, in which bits of poetry are dropped by modest authors te be read attha next meeting. Out of this box have come such a large number of poems and eengs that were obviously from the eatne pen, all breathing the breath of genius and singing principally of the sea, that no little curiosity has been aroused concerning their authorship. The mem bers mentally scanned the roster of the clnb in search of the ninn or woman whose early life had been passed within sound of ocean's rear, never suspecting that such exquisite songs of the surf could come from a landsman. New the secret is out, and the author is nene ether than Mrs. 8pringer, wife-of the member of congress from Springfield, Ills. At a recent meeting of 'he Neigh bors" a sketch of Mrs. Springer, "dream ing the hours away" under the sea wall at Fortress Menree, was presented the clnb by a young artist, and Rev. W. H. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the hetise of representatives, speke feelingly of the poetess. "It is net strange," said he, "that ene bred upon the prairies of the west, as she was, knowing the ocean only by hearsay for many years, should be prepared te yield her heart te its mighty charm. The boundless plains of her native land, whose gentle undula- tiens resemble the long swell of the sea, their vor ver vor dure almost matching its hue, their gloves eas ily mistaken for islands 'that like te rich and vari-.?; eus gems inlay r h a ttiinilnmiAil . -?. besom of theT deep,' would school the eye and mind of Mrs. Springer te see MILS. SI-RINGER. and tell of things invisible te most of us when she came te stand by the multi tude of great waters, through which she beholds Jehovah riding upon his horses and chariots of salvation." One night last winter "The Neigh bors" honored Mrs. Springer by giving tableaux of one of her pathetic poems a poem,$y the way, that had come out of the "anonymous box" and moved all listeners te tears: T as night In a llttle village A village down by the era; Ami tiie clouds hung leir, Drifting te and fro, And the Ttlnd moaned drearily. The storm came down; the gun was fired; a ship was seen en the breakers; hut and cabin were emptied of strong hearts and hands euger te de all in their power te save the imperiled lives. But the sea rolled in se madly that even the life beat could net be launched. Like a straw lu the breath of the tempest. Twos thrown back en the strand. The women wept In anguish, And raised their hands In prayer; Fer every heart was stricken With that sharp cry of despair. The cry of a cliild had been heard from the wreck; its plaintive notes had in spired the men en sliore te redoubled but vain efforts. The life beat still lay upon the beach. Hark I Berne ever the waters, lunging out strong and clear. Came the volce of a woman singing! And listening, they could hear The words In the lull et the tempest COh, love se undented D They knew 'twas the voice of the mother Hinging te calm her child. And as she song te her darling Knew Ing that death was se near Bhe caught the words she se needed. Her own bcArt te strengthen and cheer. "Held Theu Thy cress before my closing eyes" They knew she sang, (heugh they could hear no mere. Then came a lull, and clear as clear could lie, "Heat en's morning breaks, and earth's Tain shadows flee;" And strong and full, like prisened bird set free "In life. In death, O Lord, ablde with me!" A heavier surge of the breakers they heard the voice no iiiore. And though they w atehed and waited. Neught but the breakers' rear And the mean of the wind, new djlug. Came te the listening ear; And they knew the voice of the singer They never again should hear. And when the night bad wasted. And morn came, cold and gray. On the wet sand, near the. jaesrle J, A fair, 3ead wemanTay. " Te her heart was still enrelded A tiny fair haired girl. With face like a wayside flower, And pure as an ocean pearl. And the sun broke through the shadow. And looked en the dead and smiled; And they knew as they knelt about her Twos the singer and ber child. Mrs. Springer is one of the most lova leva lova ble women of the capital, and oue of the most popular. She is the author of soy sey eral successful novels. Her literary in come is wholly devoted te charity. Ten or fifteen years hence, no doubt, Washington will be the literary center of America. Already it is becoming the seat of learning, with its great universi ties, libraries and museums. Here, tee, writers are discovering, may society and character from all parts of the country be advantageously studied. Waiter Wellman. The rate Jehn Kelly's Wife. New YertK, May 22. "What shadows we are and what shadows we pursue," speke Edmund Burke in n burst of elo quence years age. I could net help re calling these lines this afternoon as I saw a small, stoejKid shouldered, weary look ing littie woman with a child held by the hand walking in Central park. It was a woman who net many years age wielded mere influence than the occupant of the White Heuse. She was the beloved wife of the greatest political boss that Amer ica has ever known, Jehn Kelly. Her house was the center of political gravity. All the big and little men in the Demo cratic party flecked there, and in the back parlor of that home seme of the biggest political deals in the history of the state were consummated. She was the most courted and petted woman in the town. She was Mr, Kelly's second wife, a niece of the fa mous Cardinal McClesky, a woman of independent fortune, splendid attain ments and everything te make her feel at peace with the world. Her husband was a great big, bread shouldered, strongly built man, who wielded mere power than any man in the Democratic party. Rich gifts were laid at her feet by men who hoped for political prefer ment. She was the envy of every woman of her acquaintance. But, alas, hew seen we are forgotten! Jehn Kelly is dead. Tammany Hall is going through the greatest crisis in its history, und Mrs. Kelly, the petted and pampered wife of the boss, is living in luxury, te lw Bure, for bhe is still wealthy, but the jwlitical friends of her husband have deserted her. They never call te see her new, Tiiere ere no mero conferences in the little back parlor. Her name is forgotten, and only a few of her friends are still loyal. She has two pretty children, the elder about 10 years of age, who bids fair te beceme as great physically as his father. Mrs. Kelly gees through life uncom plainingly, but, should she wish, she could make a great stir. Fer she lias in her possesien nil the political papers and documents of her late husband a rich mine, indeed. There are many sectets contained in Uiem) papers, and if Mrs. Kelly se wished, she could write a book that would outsell any of the memoirs in the market today. Seme day she may de tliis. She has collected nil these pa pers together, and they are new in such shape that they can be drafted for publi cation without any difficulty. Fesreu COATK3. mr Wi&SEEJS' zk? zmu:iur. vi. lairr , - WhA' 1 Jf ABOUT THE ECONOMIES. GRAPHIC SKETCH OF A PECULIAR PCOPLE- AND THEIR HOME8. Harmony the Basle Principle of the Or Sanitation Karly Kaperlenara Twe Removals The Present Contrasted with the Past. Special Correspondence) PiTTsncne, May 22, On a bluff over looking the beautiful valley of the Ohie, eighteen miles below Pittsburg, is a peculiar village, inhabited by a peculiar people. Although possessed of many millions of dollars, the ieeple and their town are precisely where they were forty years age. Economy is the name of this town and its iwople nre called the "Econ "Ecen "Econ eraitcs," although they, themselves, pre fer te be known aa the Harmony com munity. The Harmony community was found ed by Geerge Itapp and his band of fol lowers, numjiering nearly 1,000, en Feb. 15, 1805, at a point in Butler county, Pa., twenty-five miles north of Pittsburg, near what is new Zellaneple. Driven from Germany by religious persecution they decided en binding themselves in perfect harmony aud living only for themselves. All their possessions were te be held in common; the proceeds of their labor te go into ene common treas ury. Fer ten years they were a pros perous and happy people, but begun te realize that the selection of the site of their town had been ill advised, as it was twelve miles from the Allegheny river. After mature deli1ciatien it was decided te go west, se the (1,000 acres pf land nnd their little town were sold in the spring of 1815 for $100,000, and the colony moved toward the setting sun, finally purchasing U0.000 acres of land en the Wabash river in what is new Po sey county, Ind. A new town of Har mony was btarted. Ten years was ejicnt there, but the country being new was unhealthful, and another meve was do de cided upon. Strangely enough, the Indiana land was sold te another colony possessed of peculiar views. Just about the time the Ecouemites had fully made up their minds te make n change an Englishman named Richatd Flower, who represent ed Rebert Owen's community, of New Lanark, Scotland, appeared en the scene and purclwcd Harmony und 20,000 acres for 150,000 cash. It was a great sacrifice. A steamboat was built nnd the greater portion of the band, new numbering about 700, started for the Keystone btate. Several points were ex amined, but finally the location they new occupy was decided upon. This was in 1825. Some 2,500 acres of land was purchased, and en a commanding plateau, fifty or mero feet above the highest waters of the river, the town was laid out. The question of a name was n serious one. Harmony was getting te be tee common, and although a large propor tion of the community favored the name for the third town, the name Economy was decided upon, it being very sugges sugges tive of the ene great cardinal principle, te the practice of which they largely owed their prosperity. Frem the very first, the third and last settlement of the Urmuenibts was a suc cess. Their cattle iucieased, the crops brought forth an bundled fold and the health of all improved. Thousands of grape vines were planted, and many acres were set out with fruit bearing trees. Ah time rolled en a woolen mill was erected. It was followed by a cotton mill and a flour mill. The flour of the Econemites was always the whitest, the cotton the purest, and the blankets end broadcloths were net equaled. It was here that the firit silk ever made in the United States was produced. The silk worms were im ported and a factory built and filled with all the necessary machinery, lmt it was net a success en account of the difficulty in producing the cocoons. Hevvev cr, the silk was of such an excellent quality that garments made neatly half a century uge are still te be been in the quaint old town. Fifty years age all was activity. Today even-thing is as exactly the op- posite as can be imagined. A hotel, commodious ami well kept, was ene of the attractions, iiiitlbalf n century age its corridors nud piuzzas id sounded with themerry laughter of sum mer boarders, who for an extremely small sum obtained the best the market afford ed, and nt night found perfect rest in the large, uiry rooms. In winter sleighing parties made the Economy hotel a favor ite rendezvous, and many old peeple of the Ohie and Beaver valleys remember with pleasuie the winter cuppers before the big, old fashioned fireplaces. But time changes all things, even the young folks. With no mero summer boarders or winter sleighing parties, the hotel was often for weeks without guests, alt heugh always ready for them. Te the Econo Eceno Econe mites "the stiaiiger within thy gates" was a charge entitled te the lwst, but he was invariably entertained nt the hotel and net at u private heuse. As time rolled en the tramp took advantage of these unsuspecting people, and ene win ter the hotel wan maintained solely for the entertainment of a dozen of these ueuiads, who lived en thof(itef thul.iud, "without money and without price." Tramps are net new entertained, the in nocent old people having discovered that they were being imposed upon. Fer a number of jears ene of the at tractions te Economy was the museum. In the great public lull, a three story building en the main street, was a mag uiiicent collection of old paintings, and a museum of lare mine-nils, birds, shells, insects, etc., besides a large number of Indian relics and several treasures brought from Germany by the elder members, When the museum became n burden instead of a pleasure it was bold te the Western university in Allegheny. On the outskirts of the village there was maintained for jenrs a deer park, and nearby a curiously constructed labyrinth of cleely trimmed hedge, in the center of which was a bumincr house. All are of the past. The thousandsef grape vines soenboro bountifully, and enormous vaults were constructed in which te keep the wine. These are of the present, and ee also is Elder Ernest Wellfel, the keeper of the cellars. But little wine is made new, as but little is needed, yet the short, smooth faced, but rotund elder, can, with but little search, find hidden in the dusty recesses oddly shaiKsl bottles that have lain undisturbed since 1817. Meney cannot buy it, but the j-rrsen who causes Ernest Wellfel te form a geed opinion of him will be invited te partake of a glass of wine net less than twenty-five j ears of ege. The me-it distinctive feature of the religious creed of these worthy people is their condemnation of the married btate and their practice of celibacy. During the first two j ears of the society's exist ence a number of weddings took nlacu solemnized by Father Itapp himself. I Among ineni was that or his own son Jehn, whose daughter, Gertrude, presid ed ut the organ for sixty-five years and died Dec. 20 last, aged 8t years. In 1807 there was a religious revival in the com munity, and seen after it was decided that the married 6tate was incempatible with the purity of the soul which they desired te attuiu. They finally decided that theso who had wives should be as tneee wne una none, ana unit ceiinacy should be the si ue qnanonef member ship. Feb. 15, the eighty-fifth anniversary of the formation of the society, was cele brated with the usual ceremonies that have marked the passage of the years. There were services in the church, big dinners in the large public hall, where everybody was urged and expected te eat all he possibly could, and music pll day long by an excellent brass band. The great feature of the day was the ad mission of sixteen new members. All of them had been emplejes and fully understood the step they were taking. Some were married, btit henceforth they must live apart. Geerge Rapp, the founder, was laid te rest 'neath the apple trees in 1847, and all his followers are laid with him except twenty-seven, four having passed away during the past year. When all of the original members shall have joined the silent majority is but the question of an exceedingly short space of time, and the perpetuation of the society aud the one hundred millions of dollars in cash, stocks, bends and manufactories re quires deep and mature delilteratiens. The heirs of members who joined after raising families outside of the society threaten te sue the society for a share of the millions, nnd it is mere than proba preba proba ble that the present generation will wit ness seme interesting lawsuits. When Geerge Rapp died the com munity decided there should be two heads instead of oue, and they selected R. L. Baker and Jacob F. Hewrici, who, during the latter years of Rapp's life, had been his trusted advisers nnd agents in business transactions. Baker died in 1803, and Mr. Hewrici, by right of suc suc ci88ien, took his place as supreme head of the Beciety, Jonathan Lenz being elected as his assistant. Betli are men of ever 80 years, of medium height and as sharp and shrewd in n business trans action as it Is pessible for men te be. Their dress is as old in style as they are in age, but en their holidays these old, white haired men appear resplendent in blue silk suits, such as were worn by the old burgomasters in their uative coun try when their founder was a boy. The dress of the women is of a uniform style, but they, tee, appear iu silk en 6tate oc casions. Te the credit of this curious ieople let it be said that scandal among them is n thing unknown, nnd while they have amassed great wealth it has all been got ten honestly, and uone can say that the Harmonists have lit-en in any way n det riment te the Ohie or Beaver valleys. A. R. .Ti-Kcni- THE DAMROSCH-BLAINE WEDDING. It Was the Fertmiuta Climax te n Its mantle Courtship. Te lw youthful, wealthy nnd 1m loved ought te fill the measure of hu man desire, and, possessing all tiiese requisites for happiness, the young lady who, the ether day, was Miss Margaret Blaine aud is new Mis. Walter Dam Dam resclt would seem te have nothing te nsk from fate save the centinuance of her present fertunate condition. With the hearty approval of her family and the geed wishes of her friends she ban married the man of her choice nfter a courtship during which the course of true love always ran smooth. MItS. WALTEIl DAMHOSCII. Miss Blaine and Mr. Damreseh began their acquaintance in Scotland. Beth were guests of Mr. Andrew Camcgie en a coaching trip modeled after ',!-! journey described iu ene of William Black's novels. The pleasant compan ionship then initiated ri'eued, later en, into friendship and love, and the an nouncement of the engagement n few months age elicited nothing but congrat ulations. Beth husband and wife have lived se much within the publioview that their careers are generally known. Miss Blaine was te her mother the help ful assistant her lately deceased brother, Walker, had, been te his father, the Sec retary of State. Mr. Damreseh, en the ether baud, is rapidly establishing a rep utation in the musical world second only te that of his lamented parent, Dr. Dam Dam eoseh. The iertrait herewith given of the bride shows her in a fancy costume worn at a young jioeplo's ball seme months age. Siuce then being photo graphed she has had no picture taken. A BRAVE MAN AND FAIR WOMAN. Explorer Stanley and Mlu Derutliy Ten liiiut te Wed. When the announcement was made the ether day that Stanley, the famous African explorer, was te marry, general incredulity greeted thorepeit Ilut new it is known net only that he will wed JtlfcS DOROTHY TF.N.VAMT. seen, but also that he became engaged lcfore leaving England te hunt for Einin. The lady of hisehoice is Mian Dorethy 'Pennant, a hnndoemu girl, well known in Londen art elides. The picture of her given herewith is from Milluis' paint ing, "Yes or Ne?" of which Miss Ten uant was the original. One Well ICiieunj .Sim ringiitlrii. M. Cataeazy in de.wl, and pieb.ibly few knew i cire who he was. Vet net many years i u beheld the n-,t of embassader cxtrae. ,inary and minister plenipoten tiary f 'in Russia te the United States, and American i.iperi printed columns about him, or rather about the woman hp presented te Washington beciety as hlswifj. The scandal connected with Ids domestic affair resulted in hi retire ment from the diplomatic wrvice, and he pent the later yeaiu of Lin life u oue of u umw x -JM.rstti rawe. fSftXliJBKm -SailBIBIBIB I fl Etifil UWiOAli IN CONGRESS. FORMER TUMULTS RECALLED BY A RECENT SENSATIONAL EPISODE. "IVenH Were Hpnltrn III "Heat of Debate" Leng llcfere lljnnin and llnyne Came Under Hie Cnlrliim I.lalit nf 1'nhlla At tentlen Net ,il Intanrft, The recent uproar in the heuse of rep resentatives at Washington and the pte of censure pissed upon the Hen. William D. Bymim, of the Indianapolis, Ind., dis trict, have set the critics te hunting for precedents, and developed the fact that the whele matter of disciplining mem bers is in a chaotic state. The constitu tion aud rules presume that memlKTS will net insult each ether, und for the most jvirt it has lieen se; but there have been seme notable exceptions. The most noted, of course, was that of Preston Brooks, of Seuth Carolina, who made : savage assault en Senater Charles Sumner, inflicting injuries from which that statesman did net recover for many years if, indeed, he ever fully re covered. Ne ether incident in congress raised Btich a furor as did this assault. Beth men were noted, the era was ene of furious sectional controversy, and the date (May 22, 1850) was at the beginning of the first presidential campaign in which the issues were purely sectional. The cemmittee appointed by the Repub lican speaker of the heuse (Hen. N. P. Banks) re ported a resolu tion for exiniling Mr. Brooks, but it failed of tlie re quired two-thirds mojerity, tindgv' there was but a $ffa luiiu uenttiiru iii.i menu, i mu iech 1 7,751 court imposed a fine of $000 upon Mr. Brooks, who thereupon re signed, npiiealed W. D. nVMUM. te his constituents and was triumphantly re-elected. Eight months niter the assault bodied qulte suddenly of an ncute inflammation of the threat. Seven years passed before the house had another very serious case te deal with, and it was again shown that there was practically no mandatory law upon the subject save the will of the majority at the time. The case was that of Hen. Alexander Leng, of Ohie, and Mr, Harris, of Maryland. The former boldly intro duced iv resolution pronouncing the war for the Union n failure aud demanding n recall of the troops and recognition of the independence of the Confederate states, The debate thus precipitated was e.vtrcinely bitter, and Mr. Leug out did all ethers iu denouncing President Lincoln and the Federal generals. The debate en n resolution te expel Mr. Leng extended ever ilve das, but the reso lution lacked the two-thirds majority. A vote of consure declaring him "an un worthy member of the heuse" was adopted by a vote of 80 te 70. Mr. Har ris was censured semewhat mere mildly by a vete of 0J te 18. Down te that date the expulsion of a member was scarcely thought of, or, if thought of, it was only as it revolution ary or very extreme proceeding; but events following the war made it seem like an ordinary remedy. One member was expelled for selling an appointment te the naval academy, and another for bigamy. The last named was sentenced by the local court te a term in the dis trict penitentiary, but was pardoned by Pi esident Grant, then returned te his home and resumed his leadership of his party, apparently without less of pres tige, Thocemmitt'io en elections brought iu a resolution te exel Geerge Q. Can Can eon, delegate from Utah, but he man aged te retain his seat for seme years thereafter. He was, and still is, 11 high official iu the Mermen churchy and the 'Mislmnd of four "wives." llie - congressman te be censured was Hen. Jenn y,,K Brown, of Ten Ten nesbce; but the cue' ,lmstnllC0S were BUch that the whele atlai ban,ly v A 1)0. ing farcical. Gen. ,11. i.tl,.rwa3 ,le. ing his best (and V!,!- - Mrwit deal) te put the ence noted "fercd M,j tnrej, the heuse, but was net p.irth. ,rv ? vered by Speaker Blaine, and was inu.. thoroughly hated by the beuthern mem bers. Mr. Brown unrated the horrible ,. atreeities. of aottfjnjcifwhe murdered 1 1! . T ,..,.1 1.. , i te u medical cel men te sell tlii'iO'I "if r , ,,... . , ,, --,-uVin te tlie weni lege, and thus gave erffj- , .?m,j0 burking," as a summary eiali jteS,.-; , infamy, treachery find minder. In like manner, he added, "mankind will here after sum up all that is cowardly iu war, cruel in ik-iice and infamous in legisla tion and call it 'Butlerisiu,' " There was n line upi ear, of course, nnd Mr. Bitiwn was censured; but no man ever lest pres tige in Tennessee by abusing Gen. But ler. On the last night of the Forty-seventh congress the Hen. Jehn Van Voerhls, of New Yerk state, was brought te the bar Ter using this language: "It is se out rageous, be damnable, that nobody but iv gambler or a cutthroat would have thought of tacking such it thing as that te such a bill as this." He iqwlegized und uteided a fuimal censure. THE IIOMK OK MK. nVNUM. With the facts of the recent case the public is familiar. Hen. W. D. Bynum appears te lessens a happy faculty of at tracting the wannest udmiratien of his political friends and exciting thu fiercest hatred of his epixjneiits. Owing te the rapid growth of the city since 1880 the Indianapolis district has the largest vot ing force in the state 53.0-11 at the last 1 lectien and as it was long considered firmly Republican, till reversed by Mr. Bynum, the local warfare en him has Ik-mi phenomenally furious even for In diana, where lwtli parties go into a cam paign as if it were iv pitched battle iu which the defeated were te leso all but life. His plurality in 1868 was 1,773. He was born June 10, 18-10, in Greene county, Ind,, was graduated from the Btate university at Bloeiulugton in 1800 and admitted te practice ut the bar the wiine j ear. Locating in Washington, D.iviess county, he row rapidly both in Jaw and jielities, filling various local offices till HS'.'. when he was elected te the legislature, in which he was made shaker of the heuse, and ruled it through seme extremely stormy bceues. Locating then at IudlanarKjlIs, he was elected suc cessively te the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first congresses. He is known In Indiana us u "hustler from way back," and has mere than ence put down a strong opposition iu his own party and then beat the ether by an increased ma jority. He is tall, black haired and ag- KTeSSiVO ill nnncurunee. nud lilu niiiir.iif.iit,. assert that there is "a geed deal of the jnjiiu in nun mat lie always aims te Be evw , wiui iecs ana te toward bia TO w Jir. Bynum s nottse at Indianapolis occupies one-half of a grass plot of some eighty feet frontage, with a wooden fence surrounding it. Tlie ether half is used as a playground, and has in it a ten nis court, where Mr. Bynum plays with his two boys and his daughter. Beth heuse and playground are Blinded by flourishing maple trees. Mr, Bynum takes a great interest in the welfare of these trees, and tells with pride of the way in which he can henl their diseases -and keep thorn in geed condition. Te descrilw his house is te give it description of ft majority of tlie homes in that por tion of tin city. It is built of brick, two stories high, wltli a garret and cellar. On the west side is a square projection with a reunded bay window iu the cen ter, while directly opposite, en the cast side, is it similar projection, but without the bay window. A perch, covered with flowering vines, extends around the west front. The drawing room is ornamented nnd enlarged by the bay window, nnd connects with Mr. By num's library, the two rooms occupying the center of the house. The- parlor, dining room nnd winter kitchen com plete the rest et the ground fleer. Tlie doers of the drawing room, parlor, li brary and east hall are all arianged se that they can be thrown open te mnke one large room of that part of the house, thus giving a free current of air and keeping the heuse cool during the het summer days. Upstairs the ilve large bedrooms all open upon central hall containing the stairways. It is thus a most conveniently arranged house. It is handsomely furnished nnd is heated and lighted throughout with natural gas. Hen. Themas M. Bayne, of Allegheny, Pa the principal opponent of Mr. Bynum iu the late discussion, is also rv fighter and in mere senses than ene. He served with distinguished gallantry in the war for the Union nud is affection ately known te his constituents as "Colonel Tem" Bayne. He was born June 11, 1830, in the city he represents, and has been n member in every congress since and including the Forty-fifth. He wns educated at the public schools of the city.and at West minster college. Owing te the fact that the Repub lican vete is nbeut two te oue of the Democratic in that district, his principal difficul ty whs in securing tlie rirst nemina tien, nnd he is net widely known iw n "hustler." Iu TIIOS. M. nAYNE. 1871, hewever, en his first venture, there was a split in his party and he was de feated. During what is called the "middle pe riod," when Gen. Jacksen virtually ruled thojeeuntry for twenty years, there wesn license in dobate nnd personal invoctive which would net new be telerated for a moment; yet it w u.s rare for any mem licr te claim his privilege Tlie fees "had it out fist and skull," or their "friends" arranged for a "meeting" and they took iv shot at each ether en the noted duelling ground at Bladcnsburg. Twe fameun politicians ence fired at each ether there be many rounds without cifect that "friends," physicians and by standers joined in n general laugh and brought about n reconciliation. Tlie Hen. Cave Jehnsen proposed in congress a few days later that the land be ex empted frem entry en the ground that it "new contains u mineral dejiesit viz., lead." The only person hit was an on en on fertunato darkey who had climbed an adjacent tree te get u geed view. J. II. Beadle. CHAMPION RACKET PLAYER. Mr. II. Spnlillnic tie (larmemlln, llm Fn ninn Amateur, Mr, I). Spalding de Oarinendln, et the New Yerk ltuckct club court, at present holds the title of amateur champion rocket player of America. Net satisfied te lie the peer at this partlriilarslylu of game, h litis decided te neck fame this season en tlie V3L -..- -ir- 11. HPALDINIl 1)K CIAUMK.NIHA. s. lawn. His grcotHUperlerltyovcr his op nentsat the gaiiie l;t tfie dark concreted court with, light and long racket and mill' iutiire hull" proved him te Ihi n plujer et grrnt grit, nictitate aim, exceptional Jiirig merit, and a keen, sharp eje, nil of which nreesMt-iitinl qualification:! in u geed lawu tenuis plnvur. He is t,"J j ears et age and has Ikh;ii racket player for four years only, lie is a nun et large physical proportions, yet U lithe und moves with precision and case. It Is his intention te duvote most of his hisuie titnu te the practlcn of luwti tennis, and he hopes te maku a creditable showing in the ( linmpieuhlilp tournament ut Now New Now pert. When the Indoor season comes again )iu will defend ids racket championship title. AMATEUR ATHLETICS. The latest acquisitions te the heard of managers at the Amateur Athletic union nre Walter Scott, president of the Pacific Coast Athletic association, and Wendell linker, of (he Berkeley Athletic club et New Yerk. At the recent games of thu Mnnhntlau Athlctlrt club Frank L. I-imhreclit, the scrnteh man In putting the SO pound shot, made n new rt cord. Tlie distance he cov ered was3) feet ', Inch. Thcroare recerdi made previously In the IS aud -1 pound shots, but Ijimhrecht's figures are the first for the 1) pound. Jehn I'lirudl, of the Olympic Athletic club, Ban l'laucUce, recently In a private triul broke the Pacific coast record forpelt vaulting He cleared 9 feet 0,' Inches. Tin old record was 0 feet 8 inches. At the recent games of the Alpine Ath Ictle dub, of San Francisce, all the races were run en a herse track, vv hlcli prevents several Pacific coast records, which tiomie idly were broken, from lielng accepted s genuine Herso trucks, tjclng measured thriu fut from thu pole, cuu.e different dis tauccH te Ihi covered by athletes who miike records en tracks ine-nsured eighteen lnc lies from the pole. The records cemmittee of the Kuglhh Amateur Athletle association nre having considerable difficulty In ditermliilng the retail ve merits et rfurmuiu'es dena en gr.i.s nnd cinder They iinve4 linler track and grass records, und It Is generally con ceded th.ll Utter time can he. mmlu en a cinder truck boiue of thu latter itcerds, henuvcr, have lately been beaten ou grass, and ninny claim that there should he no distinction, for tiny jivrforiiiauce made out of doers en level ground klieuld be the best, whether dene en gru,ss, clay or cinder Andrew II Grien, of Harvard college, vvhiMvus picked by uinuy te vvlu the all round championship content en June 10 should he compete for It, dlstluclly says he will net be u competitor en account of having important examination that day. It leeks new as though there was nothing te prevent A A. Jerdan, who finished second last year, front having un eusy Victory tlu year. sJ-JrasaSaiBiBVl'tvA twmm0? - V TWO GREAT RACESf The Kentucky Derby and the Brooklyn Handicap. MM'.Y'S WKi.Ii WON VICTORY. $M Tli Olhrr I'lvn Entries Ceul.ln't Tenek V? Itliu llewr Cmtanay It Carried Off th .W Ills; i:lrrn I'rlsr. tn the Dlsinajref Ut Intent A lt.iiili Outsider Oot That m The Kentucky Derby nnd the BrOekljiS. J nnndlcnll nre two nt tlie mnil nnnuln a-uf fc ". Important events of the spring racing. In t-A tiiese -arc iirutigni. tegctucr the cream M if uioeuea sieck, 1.1st, yenr the Kentucky i'i Derby was vveu ny speuanc, whriie,vtjciu L rucuir llliuu, kuu iui.1 nt Lite ivviivuu&iant,. . This year It was captured by Klley, neVhjf a duke, but because, he was the best heraaW tnrted. None of the ether ilve could touch' " J him, nnd it is doubtful If Dill Letcher, whs jffi alone proved te be in the, same class, could WSi hnve pushed this great son of Longfellesr.t,." 1 1 1 1. 1.... r. ....i... ... uu terly riding was a great factor in the vie $Uj lery. 'iSS' Itlley started twelve times last yenr andi-r 31 wen six races, Ids last npiienrnnce being Lntenln, where- he captured the HallwayM takes from n field of six starters. Tha ".?;? track wns In mlscrable condition, and hV'Hj cnrrlcd 1S3 pounds, ten pounds mere than ; nny herse In the nice, and ran the mile i jtfi :.. "iti I m 11 '" 8Z IlILGY. The victory of IUIey in tlie Derby .aPj &zziSSUe-xi5-TfGSZ3mMt ' i m 3 10 vie wiry 01 juicy m iiiu isvruy w n tes ...nroiie, nutl was received gracc(uUrT 1 by t1iei who Imd ntaucd their faith J&. pepulnr even by te ether horses. . . - . - rfj- -a Hew utterly different was the result of m the Uroeklrn Handicap. It wna a rerltabls) & Htirnrlse nnrtv. and ever 15.000 people left $SM! th track disgruntled and Impoverished.???.. That Castaway II. the despised, the M-,?C9 lected outsider, iv selling plater, should de-'M feat such livers ns Sir Dixen. Hedge. Les SIR Angelas, nud thureby usurp the title rf!j&:tl KliiK UL eiu mil, wii.-. 11m imivu iu( .- s&s talent te bear. It will lenu be remembered.-."," ' as the most disappointing surprlse the raee K Tlie time, SilO, vveh very geed considering J the condition of the track, nnd it is doubt fe&9 ful if thcre Is another herse in the country jljiSya aal(lfc nlftf'tltn.jtrtriSM-l.-t A till Mild Wataa iflat tfJi despised euUldcrl CASTAWAY II. Castaway II wns foaled April 29, lM,tfc Af property et Itufus Lisle, en his place cmt;" mlle from Lexiuuteii. Kv. ila first raavV. for the Dlxinnn stakes at the iAxtaer; .. -m my JrT-lsfri 7 ,. 3 Km Y XaW --sal jf v Vxi jsh ten spring meeting, May 7, 1888, bnt IMP '4 unplaced, nnd he ran iu all twenty-esresvy , times that year, under the color at tlM Jacobseu stable wlnulna a parse et MM " four and a half furlongs at LatOQiaveei 't, June S. He next wen n nurse of MOO Ml I Washington park, Chicago, at ftve-.'ftsP-IC.-'J longs, late in tlie sarae nienln. He aw Mt win again until the Louisville rataamV mectlnir. vvhere be wen at half a sbHsV? which he followed up by winning slr '. uinenf uusii at ix'xitiKieu, ami agamaart- ay thofutmedlHtnncoutNaxbvllle. AsaS-yeat.vX old in 1880 Castaway II bcunn ty winnlBCi' ' the Pickwick stokes nt New Orleans for the ff , Devcrnryck stnblcs, distance seven f urlencaV , cnrryimr iia ikhiuub, e-uiny uy uau a lennn x , in 1M(. He also wen tlie Cettrell stakes, .'4'-- lib M llllic, ui. ijju buuiu iuv-;i.iu, iauriev 118 pounds, Iu VMM- ,He subsequently raa f In tlilrty-clglit ether' races, of which htj . wen seven. " Jb A -I....I.1 Tllll- VM. h Lillian Wilkes, the little mare tkftVjL. n reused such a torrent et enthusiasm by Jit-j iremiiK nwny irem rjimui in iuu bcuseu ui ,. ISSJnnd uinkhiK a record of S'.ini, haea-JX Ktullnr history. When Flera Langford &M wns mrrvinir ner jir. i.erunt. uioe-TBer. -fi2 freiinuiitlv nrlced her ut 1100. but noene '& wanted her, ns she wns little better then sv "M Vv te- fZkZi g LILLIAN WILKES, wreck, nnd had te le lifted with n block and tnckle durluK the lest ilve months of her life. She ave her life te the bay filly, nnd was burled at San Matee, her offspring being brought up by hand nnd ullewed te run ut will ever the alfalfa meadows. After u time she was harnthsed aud broken nnd her nctlve preparation begun. The records obtained at Napa and Petaluma show the resultH. IA LEFT HANDED TWIRLER. .? Kit in ii ut l'ltrlier. D-mlcl M. Cnscy, the famous south paw pitcher et the Philadelphia club, National leaKue. wns born in Ulnghaniten, N. Y., in 1MII. Ha entereil the professional arena in lbM, when he signed with tln( Wilmington SyStr1 -TJ.-S.TvVr'. wv- DASIKL t. CASEY. (Del.) club nt (tJ5 n month. His work whlls with this club was of tv very high order, and attracted the attention et the Indian apolis uinnnj'emciit. The next jear found him pitching fet the lloeslcrs of the Western league at W00 per mouth. When the Western league weakened nearly the ontire club was sold te the De troit league club. Casey's Una work for Detroit niada the Philadelphia manage ment wunt him, and they finally succeeded in securing him at a salary et L per month. He pitched great ball for Phila delphia In 'Stf and 'ST, and held up his end with the great aud only Fergusen. During the i.e.iseu of '6A Cusey was troubled wlthiv lame arm. und his work did net ceme up te expectations. I-tvt sea son he did fairly well, but seemed te ba troubled with a lack of couddeiice, This seaseu he. has s-rt4Ut"il. i iV"B VJ-- &j VH-," .. m &. ."or S&J. 5 Ajs
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