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A Chat rah the Noted Finan
cier at His Residence
in Mansfield, 0.
HIS FAMOUS NEW BAEN.
Thousands of Volumes and Historic,
Papers in His Library.
A GREAT AUTOGRArH COLLECTION.
ComplImnts for Hayes and Stories of Other
Prominent Hen.
EECIPEOCITT, FINANCE AND FAKMEESv
fCOBRISPOTDETCE Or TUB DI8PATCH.1
Maxsfieli), O., Sept. 2& I came from
Washington to Ohio to ask for a talk -with
Senator Sherman,
and I have had tiro
interviews with
him during the
past three days.
The greater part of
onr conversation
-was in the nay of
chatty reminis
cences, and this
covered the Sena
tor's public career
running book to.
the days f Presi-J
dentFhmEPlerco
-K. B.Ha?je.
CHAFXEBX.
8ETATOI BITEiarAS'SrHtJMBi
Mansfield. Senator Sherman's home, is
situated on the highest point in Ohio. It is
a beautiful town of about 15,000 people,
with streets fcrossingacb. other at right
angles, and running out from a publio park,
filled with old forest trees, which lies in its
center. The town covers a half dozen hills
andthenoh farming country surrounding
it is -picturesque and rolling. The best
street of Mansfield runs from the park di
rectly westward. It is lined with green
lawns and avenues of maple trees, and,about
n mile from the park stands the residence
of Senator Sherman. This is right in the
city, but it has 20 acres of velvety lawn
about it and great pine, elm and chestnut
trees interlock their branohes about the
house and make the semi-circular Toadway
which leads up to it a wooded drive.
The half-moon lawn which lies In
front of the house is, I Judge, at least
500 feet deep, and Mansfield people use this
JbAn Sherman
as a tort of park and visitors drive into the
Senator's yard round the house and out again
ot libitum. Back of the house are orchards
of various kinds and the pear trees and
peach trees are propped up lest their
branches be broken by the rich yield of the
present year. To the left of the house as
you po in and some distance away is the
nm ham which Senator Sherman said he
was going to build when he tame home to.
Ohio this summer.
X. DABS' THAT 18 FAMOUS.
The expression was used in an interview
at Pittsburg and was taken np by the news-
paper paragraphers
in much the same
way as the expres
sion he need before
a former senatorial
election. Then he
Mid he was coming
home to fix his
fences, and now he
cau build a barn.
lie has built the
barn in realitv It
cost 52,000 and i
a pretty cottac
like house about CO
feet long and 40 Stephen A. Douglas.
feet deep, fitted out with nil the best stable
requirements. In it I found three or four
carriages and half a dozen good horses
which the Senator told me were of his own
raiBing. In the old barn near by were a
number of Jersey cows and these are Mrs.
Sherman'6 pets. Ther produce the finest of
milk aud cream and Mrs. Sherman has her
butter made under her own supervision.
She is thoroughly domestic in her tastes
and, not long ago she was so proud of her
butter that she had some of it entered at
the County Pair, but left her name out of
the list ot exhibitors and thebutter was dis
played as anonymous. The judge, in mak
ing the award, gdie the premium to an
other butter maker and passed Mrb. Sher
man's butter on the charge that it was so
j cllow that it miM have been artificially
colored. Mrs. Sherman was naturally very
indignant at the charge, and Bhe cut the
roll ot butter up and sent a slice of it to
each of the judges with her compliments.
THE SHERMAN KESIDEJJCE.
Senator Sherman's house is an almost
ideal home for a great statesman. It is a
Dig two-story and
mansard brick, 80
icet long and per
haps 60 feet deep,
and it has wide
porches, big windows
and beautiful views.
It is by no means a
grand house nor a
gorgeous one. Every
part of it is simplic
ity pereonifiad, but
it impresses you as
being a most comfort
able home. The
brick is painted drab
and the windows,
bteps aud front doors
Thnd Stevens are finished in a
peculiar old red sandstone, streaked with
golden cllow, in all the variations of the
onyx or the asrate. Passing over a porch
about 15 feet wi -ie, you enter through the
front door into a generous hall which, in
the ohape of a capital L, makes, in fact, two
good sitting rooms. At your right on the
wall hangs a piir of antlers which Senator
Sherman got in Ins trip over the Canadian
Pacific, and at the right and left are doors
opening into the parlors.
Around nt the other end of the hall, is the
dining room, which is, I judge, about 25
feet square, and .back of this through a
butler's pantry, is a big kitchen lighted by
manv v, indows and finished in the cleanest
of Ofeorgia pine. I found Mrs. Sherman
v ith a great sunshade on her head, peeling
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luscious peaches' for canning, in the dining
room, and as we looked at the kitchen, she
said she hoped, if I was going to make a de
scription oi the house, that I would notice
the trees and describe the Anterior of the
house as it was.
MBS. 8HEKSIASJ3 IDEA. OF SOTSS.
Said she: ''Our home has been described
os a grand mansion and I often find our
visitors rather disappointed, when they
come here expecting a palace. The house
Is, as you ceo, very plain, but it is a com
fortable home and we like it." During my
stay, I visited the other portions of it. It
contains, I should judge, at least 20 rooms,
end all ot the rooms are large and airy. The
windows give fine views over miles of
rolling country and, in one of the libraries,
X noted a telescope and asked Senator
Sherman if he used this in studying the
stars. He replied with a laugh that he now
and then looked at the moon and at Venus
and Mars, through it, but that the chief use
of it, within the past few weeks, had been
in turning it on the races which were going
on two miles away and which, through it,
could be as plainly seen as on the grand
stand.
Senator Sherman's library is scattered
throughout the whole house. The faot that
he is a studeut is written all over it The
moment you enter the front door, vou see
at the back of the hall a waU of books, and
ou the second and third stories, you find
the halls filled with bookcases, and at the
southeast corner of the mansard, there is a
reference library of several thousand
volumes. The lower library contains
thousands more, and, when I asked Senator
Sherman how many books he had here and
at "Washington, he said he thought he must
'have in the neighborhood of
FIFTEEN THOUSAND VOLUMES.
In one corner of the library I saw-the
great fire-proof vault imwhioh'the Senator
keeps his private papers, This-vault is as
BHEEMAir8 EESrDHMJB AT MASSKlEIiD.
big as a hall bedroom. It is filled with
shelves, and it contains tens of thousands of
private letters and documents which would
make the fortune of a literateur. Here
there is a large collection of ecrapbooks run
ning back to the time when he entered pub
lic life, nearly CO years ago, and all the-im-portant
letters which he has received during
his long publio career are here. Senator
Sherman has been noted for knowing how
to keep his mouth shut, and public men
have opened their minds to him without
restraint- There are volumes of unwritten
history in these letters, and the names
signed to them are those of the great men
and women in nearly every branch of life,
public and private, for the last generation
and a half.
There are about 16 volumes, each as big as
a dictionary, which contain letters put
aside principally for their autographs, and
in looking over one of these, devoted to
men not politicians, I opened at random to
letters from Jay Gould, Cyrus W. Pi eld,
noted Sisters of Charity, great preachers
and others. As I looked, Senator Sherman
told me he thought he could show mean
autograph letter from any noted man I
should select who had, during'the past 40
years, been prominent either in this coun
try or in Europe. I ransacked my brain,
and finally asked him to show me a letter
from Prancis Lieber, the noted German
scholar.
ANY OEEAX MAN OS NOTICE.
"I think I have several,replled Senator
Sherman, and with that he turned to the
index of another volume, ai-d then turned
over the leaves until he came to half a
dozen letters which Lieber had written him
concerning the most famous of his books.
Among the most interesting letters whiob.
Senator Sherman has ever written are thoso
which he penned to his brother, General
Sherman, and the correspondence of these
two brothers will, when it is published, be
one of the most valuable and Interesting
books of American history-. Senator Sher
man has preserved carefully all the letters
of his brother from tho time he went to
West Point to the day of his death, and
these letters were very full, and they gave
a picture of General Sherman's intellectual
and material life. Many of them are written
in camp, sometimes before a battle and
sometimes on a drum head afterward. All
of them are vivid with the life and sur
roundings of the General at the time, and
they deal with publio men and matters of
more than 60 years of onr history. One ot
them tells of the first discovery" of gold in
California, and many of them detail the in
side history of army movements which have
never gotten into print.
CHAPTER II.
Some Interesting Ecminlscenoes.
I asked-Senator Sherman to tell me of his
first coming to Washington. He replied:
"I first visited Wash
ington in 1846, eight
yeafs before I was
elected to Congress.
I spent a month
there at this time. I
lived at Brown's Ho
tel and met most of
the noted men. I
called upon President
Polk at the White
House. He looked
more like a Presby
terian preacher than
anything else, and I
Schuyler OAfax.
was not particularly
Eorwas I impressed
impressed with him.
with Stephen Douglass, whom Z saw a
great deal of on this trip. About the only
person I was impressed with, however, was
myself. Yon know I was only 23 years old
then."
"Had you any idea at this time that you
would ever come back to Washington as
Congressman or Senator?"
"No," replied Senator Sherman," the dis
trict in which I lived was Democratic, and
when at the age of 25 1 was a delegate to
inu .lauuuu convention ai .raiiaueipuia,
and was chosen there as Secretary, the man
who nominated me said that I came from a
district in Ohio which was so Democratic
that I could never get an office unless that
convention gave me one. This caused a
langh, and they elected me. Schuyler Col
tax, ot Indiana, was made Assistant Secre
tary on the same grounds, and we walked
up together. This was my first office, and
my next was during the same year. I was a
delegate to the convention at Columbus, O.,
which nominated Salmon P. Chase for Gov
ernor. It was, I think, the first Republican
Convention held in Ohio, and I was chosen
as President of it The reason for the choice
was that such an antipathy existed between
the older candidates that none of them could
be chosen, and they picked upon me as a
compromise. I remember that I was almost
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scared to death when they put the gavel in
my hand, but I got through somehow.
DEFEATED CEEDKOKS LIHDSEY.'
"When I was nominated- for Congress I
had left Mansfield to practice law at Cleve
land but, on hear
ing of my nomina
tion, I came back.
My opponent was
an old farmer
named Lindsey,
whom they called
Ceedkorn'" Lind
sey. He had been
in Congress before
and had gotten the
title during his first
campaign, from a
letter which he had
written to one of
his supporters in
wmca ue upeiieu. "ics
seed com ueea
Kern.' Hia const!- XJataer WUhdm.
tuents, however, claimed that the Whigs
were laughing at the farmers. They carried
seed com with them to the polls and made
this word the watchword of their campaign
and elected him. They ran, him for a second
term against me, but I defeated him, I
was elected by a good majority and I spent
my first years in Washington during the
Pierce and Buchanan administrations."
"What did you think of Buchanan?
said I;
"I never considered him a great man,"
replied Senator Sherman, "He was of
ordinary ability and lacked courage. He
was controlled by the Southern Democracy
and was neither a bright man nor an able
one. He was opposed to us in the Kansas
Nebraska fight with, which I had much to
do and through which I came into national
prominence:"
Senator Sherman knew President Lin
coln well, and a mutual admiration existed
between them. He was intimate with all
the Presidents from Lincoln to Harrison,
and he was as close to President Hayes as
any man in his Cabinet. During our con
versation I asked him what ex-President
Hayes was doing now. Senator Sherman
replied: "He is living as an ex-President
ought to live. He is rich and he is devot
ing his energy and his fortune solely to the
public good. He is connected with a num
ber of charitable associations and no private
life could be more useful than his. He is
about 70 years of age now, but he is in a
good condition physically and intellectu
ally. He avoids notoriety, and has taken
no part in politics since he left the White
House. I consider him a man of much
greater ability than he is given credit for.
His administration was always burdened
with the question of the legality of his seat,
but he gave the country one of the ablest
administrations of its history, and he was
as good an Executive as the country has
ever had."
BEN JJUXLEB AND THAU. SXilVBKB.
"By the way, Senator, I see that Ben
Butler has written a book. You must know
him."
"Yes," replied Senator Sherman, "Ben
Butler ib a remarkable character. I first
knew of him during the Charleston Con
vention of 1860, but I did not meet him till
he was a Major General during the war. I
don't think he was a 'great soldier, though
considering the faot that he had no military
That 2zmmu XTeio Earn.
training, he did fairly well. In politios, he
has always belonged to the school of infla
tionists." Prom Butler the talk drifted to Thad
deus Stevens, end Senator Sherman said.
"Thaddeus Stevens and I were great
friends, though we were always on different
sides of money questions and he used to say
that my eyes were not big enough to see
anything out a gold dollar. He was a man
of brilliant intellect, biting sarcasm and
innate wit. He was an ardent supporter of
mine at the time of the long Speakership
contest of 1859, when for eight weeks, the
House balloted for a Speaker. When I saw
that there was danger that a Democrat
might be elected, all of my friends except
two said they would vote for any one I
selected, and these two were Thaddeus
Stevens and Mr. Spinner, who was after
ward Treasurer. They refused to compro
mise on any one and Thaddeus Stevens said
that he would vote for Sherman till the
crack of doom. Notwithstanding this, I
picked out Pennington, of New Jersey, as
the candidate in my place. My friends
voted for him and enough others came in to
secure his election, but it was so arranged
that, to bring about the election, Thaddeus
Stevens had to vote for Pennington. As he
did so, one of the Congressmen rushed ove r
to him and said, "Mr. Stevens, I thou ght
you had sworn to vote for Sherman till the
crack of doom."
"Well," whispered Stevens, as he pulled
the man over ana put his mouth to his ear,
"I think I hear it cracking."
A DYING MAN WHO COUIiD 30KB.
"Thaddeus Stevens was quite 111 for some
years before he died," Senator Sherman
went on. "He knew he had to die soon,
hut this never affected his spirits. During
his last days in uongreis ne naa to oe inted
out of his carriage and carried up the steps
to the CapitoL He was a very heavy man
and he had two big, burly negroes to carrv
him. One day, just a few wgeks before his
death, when these young fellows, after
great labor, landed him on the top he said
as he paid them: 'Boys, I don't know what
I'll do when vou die.' "
Senator Sherman has traveled through
every part of the United States. He has
visited everv State and Territory a number
of times. He has made several trips to Eu
rope, and, during his visit of 1867, he had
some remarkable experiences. During our
talk the question of Prince Bismarok's re
tirement to private life came up, and I
asked him if he had ever met Bismarck.
He replied: "I met him in 1867. It was
at Berlin, and we had a long talk together.
The greater part of our conversation was as
to the war, which had just then closed, and
Bismarck told me that he was glad to say
that the sympathies of every man in Ger
many, from the king in his palace to the
peasant in his cottage, were with the North
in that struggle. Bismarck was In his
"P
pTTTSBimG"'1 DISPATCH,
prime at this time. He was taller than I
am, and much heavier. His features were
decidedly German, but he talked English
as well as I do, and I was much impressed
by his ability and character."
"Did you meet Kaiser Wilhelm?"
A MEETING WITH EOTALTT.
"At the time of the International Exposi
tion of 18671 was presented by our Minister
to 'France, Hon. John A. Dix, to the
Prench Emperor, Napoleon IH., to Czar
Alexander of Bussia and to King William
of Prussia. The audience was in the Palace
of the Tnilleries. We were in evening
dress, with knee breeches and stockings,
and I remember Fernando Wood was pre
sented with me. We stood at the side or
the long hall with the. Minister as the im
perial procession entered. Napoleon ILL
came first, with a Russian princess on his
arm, tho Czar of all the Russians came sec
ond, accompanied by Eugenie, the Empress
of the French, and following up the rear as
third in rank, with Prinoe Bismarck and
other minor great men behind him, came
King WiUiam of Prussia.
"I have often thought of what a change
there would have been in that procession
had its members come together five years
later. Within five years Napoleon had
fallen from being the greatest emperor in
Europe, through the Franco-Prussian War,
into the existence of an exile at Chisel
hurst, England. King William, by the
consolidation of the German Confederation,
was the head of the great German Empire
and, with his victorious armies, had taken
Napoleon's place as the dictator of the
Continent. Bismarck as his Premier was
controlling the destiny of nations, Czar
Alexander H. was still on the throne of
Russia, but Jiis days were numbered, and it
was not many years thereafter that he was
assassinated. As it was, I was impressed
by the character of Napoleon. I dined
with him later in my visit and found him a
very able man. The chief subjeot of our
conversation after this-wns,-ns in my talk
with Bismarck, the war." ,
CHAPTER m.
Senator-Snerm&n Talks Politics.
The following is my interview with Sen
ator Sherman on political mattets. The
-questions were written out for Senator
Sherman, and his replies were revised be
fore being returned to me. The first ques
tion was as to the political issues of the day.
Said Senator Sherman:
The chief issues In national politics are no
doubt the tariff question and the free coin
age of silver. Upon these I have expressed
my oplnion-so fully In publio speeches that
It Is hardly worth while to make tbemtbe
subject ot an Interview. The McKlnley tar
lffls no doubt the most comprehensive and
carefully prepared revenue Uuw we have
ever had on the statute books. It provides
the largest measure of free trade ever con
tained In a tarill law. It Increases the pro
tective rates on articles which come Into
competition with our productions, both of
the farm and workshop, and tends moro
than any previous law to build up industries
not heretofore existing In the United States.
Borne of its details will be tho. subject of
controversy durlne the next Congress, and
may he changed, nut I believe the princi
ples of the till! will be maintained. About
industries are developed rates will be re
duced, and froe trade wQl be extended as
rapidly as Our needs for revenue-will per
mit. lEBECnaiocirr schemes.
I asked about reciprocity' and Senator
Sherman wrote:
Reciprocity is spoken of as if there was
something novel In it. This is not true, as
we have had several examples of reciproe
itymost of which have turned out very
badly. The two reciprocity treaties with
Canada were put an end to by the United
States as soon as the treaties permitted.
The Hawaiian treaty is a monument of folly,
whichoostusa great many millions of dol
lars without any substantial benefit. Other
reciprocity treaties were either rejeoted by
the Senate, or the House of Representatives
refused to pass laws to carry them into
effect. The reciprocity provided by the Mo
Kinley bill is extremely limited in Its scope.
The third section provides that whenever
any country producing and exporting
sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides im
poses unreasonable duties on agricultural
and other produots of the United States, the
President shall suspend the free introduc
tion into the United States of such articles
from fluoli country, and that during
such suspension these artloles shall be
subject to the old duties provided by the
former law. Eeciprocity Ja confined to the
five artloles named, and, as they are suoh as
cannot be produced at all or only in limited
quantities in the United States, it provided
a very simple question of fair trade on which
the President could exercise his discretion
w ithout the intervention of Congress. 1 see
no objeotlon to suoh Tcolprooity, and it Is to
the oredit of the administration of President
Harrison that be has been able to make very
satisfactory arrangements with Brazil and
Cuba which will be a benefit to all the coun
tries affected. Our trade with the countries
south of us will be greatly benefited by rail
roads and ship lines, whloh I believe, with
out the aid of tho Government,, will in time
be established, but which I think ought to
be favored and encouraged by such as
sistance as we can render.
OUB UNION 'WITH CANADA
Act for reciprocity with Canada, It presents
a muoh more difficult problem. The pro
ductions of Canada are substantially similar
to those of the United States, as to which
weare natural competitors. Both countries
would be benefited by limiting reciprocity,
and the difficulties in the way are in the de
tails. The natural drift of events is for
Canada and the United States to become
parts of one country, and I believe such is
their ultimate destiny, but I hope it will
never ocour except by the free consent not
only of the people of the United States and
Canada, but of the Government of Great
Britain. This opens such a wide field of con
jecture, involving the futnre of tbe Anglo
bnson race, that it is hardly worth while to
talk: of what we hope may be.
Asked as to the inflation ideas of to-day
and the remedy,- Senator Sherman wrote:
If I am correct in my view of tbe psBt, It
will be perceived that great loss occurred
by two ideas In confllot with each otbei
one that the greenback should be retired by
gradual contraction, leaving nothing but
gold and silver and State bank paper be
hind, aud the other, a wild and unreasoning
demand for a substantially unlimited cir
culation of United States notes without re
gard to their redemption or their speole
valpe. One was in favor of resumption by
contraction. The other was indifferent to
resumption and was in favor of irredeem
able paper money, bearing tho stamp of the
Government without care for its value in
coin.
THE SAFE MIDDI.EGBOUND.
These opposing; ideas prevail among large
masses of people at the present time. Kow
the Inflationists demand an unlimited
amount of Treasury notes, without any basis
at all, or based upon silver at more than its
market value, and the other party are op
posed to, or reluctantly acquiesce in, the
issue of Tieasury notes based upon sliver
bullion at its gold value. I believe that the
present volume of United States notes ought
to be supplemented by Treasury notes lim
ited in amount to the production of the
precious metals in the United States at gold
value deposited In the Treasury, repre
sented in circulation by an equal amount of
paper money. This is the middle and safe
giound between undue contraction and un
due expansion.
As to the farmers aud their troubles Sen
ator Sherman says:
Undoubteuly there has been muoh dis
content among farmeis during the last few
years as to crops and prices. This year they
iuo uiussuu iiiiu a uouuecous crop oi an
kinds and a favoiable time to harvest it,
with a very poor crop in competing coun
ties. This fluctuation in quantity and price
of the products of the farm is an unavoid
able incident to this Industry, which de
pends so largely upon causes beyond hu
man control. The industry of the farmer,
however Intelligent and constant, maybe
causes which no care or foresight can guard
against. He has the wide world for his com
petitors. His productions, being perishable,
must be marketed within the year or are of
no value. Favorable ciicumstancesmayadd
to his crop in the United States, and the fail
ure of crops in other countries may add to
his profits. Tbe condition or our currenoy
and ot other industries also effect their
value.
THE JTABMEB'S ADVANTAGES.
I do not see how these conditions can be
changed. Farmers are entirely Justified,
like all other producers, In making any
arrangement to promote their mutual in
terests, but the number of farmers is so
great that protection in this way almost
always fails. TVlth these drawbacks they
have many advantages not possessed by
others.' The farmer pi oduoes from his own
soil and by his own labor all the food neces
sary for existence, and, with a convenient
home market, can supply other articles
essential to 1 lie. He cannot be affected by
hostile legislation. Fains G. CABrxirrsB.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER
WmXTKN FOB
:b"Z" :b:dc3--A-:r
Author of "The Honse at High Bri3ge," "Romance and Reverie,"
"The Adventures of a Widow," numerous songs
and poems and several plays.
CHAPTER L
All day the wind had stung as it blew
beneath a sky of slate, and., even Grameroy
Park looked bleak and cheerless while a
brougham of elegant trim,with two liveried
men on its box, rattled up to the door of a
mansion just south of Irving place. The
inmate, a young man wrapped to his ears in
a huge coat lined with sables, remained in.
side his carriage until the footman's bell
ring bad been answered. Then he lightly
bounded forth upon the pavement, and ran
up the stoop into the open doorway,, which
was immediately closed behind him by an-,
other footman inside the hall.
"Is evervthine ready, Jameson?"
"Yes, sir," replied the man, os'his-votmg
master slipped. out of thecoat anaiex iib
big, sumptuous bulk drop into-this third
servant's waiting arms. A large mirror
gleamed opposite the form which has thus
lightly unsheathed itself, and its possessor,
Alonzo Lispenard, gave a sauoy stare-at his
own presentment. He saw a man in the
later twenties,of excellent height andHjuild,
though of meager personal beauty. Bronze'
pvn Tcith a mprrv snork in them, and
waved hair of silky yellow did their best to.
keep the'lace-irom Deing commonplace. ji.n
Impudent nose somewhat aided it a nose
with an airy upward, slant and little-arches
to flank either nostril.
"Oh, I think I'll do," he exolaimed, half
to himself and half, as it were, to Jameson,
who grinned serenely. "If 'the don't like
me this way they'll have to take me, all the
same." He wheeled round on one heel and
hurried to the staircase.. He had reached
the middle of it, taking two steps at a time,
when he suddenly paused, and called -over
one shoulder:
"Oh, Jameson, are the carpet and -the
awning out there? I forgot to notice."
"No, sir, not yet. But they're sure-to be
in time, Mr. Lispenard."
Alonzo fronted the speaker, and shoos
with vehemence an upraised forefinger,
be discharged isnt anything. I'll have ypu
traced by deteotlves to the uttermost parts
of the earth, and the instant yon try-to get
a new place they'll prevent you."
He sprang upstairs again, still two-steps
at a time, while Jameson watched him with
eyes that twinkled fondly. Just as he dis
appeared, the new English valet, Fletcher,
sauntered from hack regions. This person
had a sneer on his clean-shorn upper lip as
he muttered to Jameson:
"Well, If he ain't one o' the reglar
I
"Now, Jameson," he cnea, --n anytmng
goes wrong to-day, yqu'll not forget it till
., rlrrlnc hrtnr. To sav that vou'H merely
KEFCHS
Those who have never visited KEECH'S Perm Avenue Stores, can have but little idea of size and quality of the stock
handled by this firm. The claims made by KEECH that his is an unsurpassed stock can. readily be verified. Come and see for
yourself You can procure ANYTHING in the household line at a guaranteed saving of 25 per cent You have the benefit of
the best assortment to select rom and can DEPEND ON THE QUALITY of the goods purchased.
Hwome
linn Room Suites
KEECH justly claims the
honor this-fall of showing the
most complete line in the
city. The styles are now
much plainer than in past
years, but the carving and
polish are simply unequaled.
Made of Antique Quartered
Oak, the very choicest de
signs, with chairs and tables
of entirely new patterns to
match. See this exhibit on
first floor by all means. Re
member, that whether you
buy or not you are always
welcome at KEECH'S, and
we'll be pleased to show you
around at all times. Don't
miss seeing the
it's the best bed on the
market
Gil Foil Bed
T&STRemember, that KEECH is closing out his entire stock of Men's Clothing, Ladies'
You can buy at your own price in this department
THERE'S NO MISREPRESENTATION,
YOU ARE AL WAYS
AND CAN BUY FOR CASH OR CREDIT
923, 925, 927 PENN AVE.,
27, 1891
THE DISPATCH
pa"woett.
bloomin', lah-de-dah. strlke-ye-with-a-ieather
kind! I wonder' how you could
stand him for so long a time. I begin to
be pretty snre that I can't'.'
, Jameson colored and scowled. He greatly
liked his young master. To new eyes and
ears Alonzo's manner was no doubt effem
inate. He often chose to use the treble
notes of ft voice that was not devoid of bass
ones, and he gave his body gj too mercurial
twirlj to his shoulders a too facile shrug.
His laugh had sometimes a girl's own shrill
ness, and he sotuetimes used his hands in
gestures that were so, many challenges to
dignity. But those who knew him best
knew him for an athlete of skill, a rider of
pluck, a keen sportsman when laziness let
him shoot and hunt, and a mental force re
plete with every opposite ot womanish
trends and tastes.
The new valet had been in office hardly a
week yet, and here was not the first slnr
that his fellow servants had heard fall from
his lips. He had chosen a dangerous at
mosphere In which to vent his aversion, and
this fact was soon made clear t6 him in no
careful terms.
"Look out, my young sprig of conceit,"
growled Jameson, whose gray-touched little
thickets of side whisker seemed to bristle
as he spoke, "or you'll find that the gent
you've engaged with '11 send yon flyin' be
fore you've had the chance to give warnin.
And without a recommendation, too. Yes,
sir; you needn't look sour and uppish. Mr.
Lispenard won't mind that. If yon take
him for what you've just called him, you'll
get so left you won't know Monday from
Saturday week."
Tho new valet (who -was thought, to wear
stays) put a neat white hand on either hip.
He had been In this country three or four
years, and had learned not to squander his
h's. But In the excitement of repartee he
now forsook a fewi of them. With "bloom
in V "blarsted" and an occasional "bloody"
as his recurrent adjectives, he declared him
self anxious to learn of Jameson why he so
admired Mr. Lispenard. And Jameson
swiftly told him.
"He's got his harum-scarum ways," an
nounced the butler in tart semitone, "but
he's every inch a gentleman behind 'em.
His foolln's only like the white' of an egg
with a big yelk to it. When I was sick in
the hospital two years ago he went to see
me twice a week, and put me in a room
that'must 'a' cost him 5100 a month if it
post a cent The man that was here just
before you got drunk three times and was
forgiven, and at last, when the rascal stole
a scarf pin worth $70, he got his discharge,
but Mr. Lispenard shook him bv the hand
wes, sir before he quitted these doors
with his dlrtv feet, and told him that he'
hoped with all his soul not goin' to prison
NEW FALL SPECIALTIES IN PARLOR SUITES.
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this time would teach hiss, a lesson for the
rest of his life. Think o' that, when the
police was spoilln' for the ineaA devil, and
Mr. Lispenard could V had hiaient np by
the wave of a fingerl And he gives to the
poor! Lord, sir; I've seen him bring tramps
into this very hall that made me ltchito
look at 'em. And I don't itch easy,
neither," pursued Janeson, with a fresh
scowl, meant to be deeply august in its con
vincing agency. Meanwhile the object of
this eulogium (which went flowing on, to
the mingled surprise and amusement
of its hearer) had reached the draw
ing rooms on the higher floor
and had paused there, surveying their
quiet splendors. There were three rooms
in all, the first and second spacious, the
third a little smaller, being In fact a din
ingroom, but large enough for a good-sized
throng to feast in, as many a good-sized
throng had done. Their curtains had been
drawn; the clusters of sidelights had, been
lit There was no profession bf ornament
You hada sense of heavy falling tapestries,
of occasional pictures, each in itself a gem
like masterpiece, of cushions piled in al-
war, tou'ee sokt of
coves, of just a few white glimmering bits
ot sculpture, of an exquisite little antique
head here and a bit of choice Japanese en
amelling there. Bat no huddled masses of
fended tie eye, which royed easily from one
point of elegance to the next, finding notbv
mg inferior, nothing with the faintest tar
nish of cheapness.
Alonzo had just stooped to bury his nose
in a huge basket of fresh violets, when a
voice from a near alcove called to him
"For heaven's sake go and dress."
Alonzo gave a sharp start "Good
gTacious, Phil, is that you?
"Yes," replied Phiup Lexington, rear
ranging a cushion to fit his shoulder blades,
"I found you out, drifted upstairs, got hold'
of this revolting French book and have wal
lowed in its corruption ever since. I really
should think, Lonz," he continued, with an
autocratic little pull at one end of the dark
moustache which so well became his olive
and oval face, "that in your French reading
you might draw the line somewhere."
"I draw it at just such abominations. re
turned Alonzo. "True, the leaves of that!
Horror were cut, but tney ve only been
skimmed, and not all of them, either.'
Rising on the great deep courch of tufted
silk, Lexington drew ontniswatch. "Well,
more shame for me. I've actually spent
half an hour with it And, my dear boy,
you'll forgive me for making myself so ter
ribly at home in your absence, won't yon
now?"
"That's what you're always saving.
laughed his host, "and you're always lor
gyyen, ana mere s never anytnlng to for
give." Here Alonzo threw himself into a
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IUH1S ATTEND 1
There are 50 of these.
The former price was
$20, but we bought
the entire lot from a
factory that had to
move, and we are giv
ing you the benefit of
our close buy.
Fine Umbrella Stand,
Beveled Plate Mirror,
Seat Box, etc.
Can't be gotten else
where, and won't last
long at the price. Bet
ter come quickly.
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chair. "By the way, you're to be my best
man next April if you will. Will you?"
Lexington's dark face flushed a little.
"Will it? Thanks Immensely, Lonz. I I
tnongns you a asit vruiuirup .ucutvau.
"Did,you? Well, you see I haven't, so
you accept?"
"Acceptl Is there a man yon know that
wouldn't be delighted?"
"Oh, don't put it that way."
"But I do put it that way," persisted
Lexington. He left the alcove anddropped
into a great satin easy-chair near Alonzo,
wheeling it still nearer. He was of good
family, good position, but he had the repu
tation of being a snob who only courted
the rich and socially powerful. He possess
ed a very small Income and was a notorious
idler. Alonzo had made him several largo
loans during the past few years, and not a
dime had yet been returned. Society,
however, had no shred of proof that this
was true. But it criticised the Intimacy
and drew its own rather cynical deductions.
"I often tell myself, old fellow," Lexing
ton went on, "that your'e the most modest
man in creation. Who you are quite
queee and paxb iiOOKiNo.
escapes you, and as for what you are, as
artist of splendid talents you never seem
to give it a tnougnt.
"Who I am?" came the airy reply.
"Oh, in the name of common sense, Phil,
don't try to wmmon me by any suggestion
that I'm anybody fcpm the patrician point
of view. Kittjr and I came of respectable
stock, that's all, and you know it as well as
I do. When your ancestors, the Lexing
tons, were swells In New York 100 years
ago, the Lispenards were probably car-
f enters, grocers, perhaps even bricklayers,
had a lucky father, whe founded a big
bonking house, and educated his two
children. If there were any real aristocracy
in this funny pretentious town, I wouldn't
have the ghost of a claim to call myself a
part of it I'm no more a Knickerbocker
than I'm aCarolus Duran on a Bonnat"
"You're a very powerful artist, though,"
Insisted Lexington.
"Bosh, myboyl Tvegota little talent
and a tremendous amount of ambition. If
I'd been born poor and obscure my present
employment would no doubt have been one
ofpioturesque starvation."
Lexington heaved a reproachful little
sigh. "Then you think I praise yon," he
began, sadly, "for no other reason than be
cause "
Alonzo jumped up from his chair and
caught his friend's hand between both his
own. '1 don't think anything so nasty of
voul" he cried in the shrill eccentric voice
he sometimes used. 1'Come up into the
studio, and let's look at her picture. I
gave it-a-few fresh touches this morning. I
suppose they're the last But I've been
VISIT TO
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CARPETS.
Such an array of new pat
terns as will delight the
heart of any housewife. It's
because our stock is large
that our prices are lower.
KEECH can sell you beau
tiful "Lace Curtains, 3 yards
long and 54 inches wide, for
$1 75 PER PI.
Beautiful Chenille Curtain
$4 yards long, top and bot
tom dado, for $7 50 per pair.
IN CARPETS
We can please you. Stock
of Ingrains, Tapestries and
Brussels is all in. The pat
terns and prices make these
goods ready sellers, andvour
stock is large enough to em
brace all good, dependable
patterns.
and Misses' Wraps and Cloaks,
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