Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1889, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., MO AY, JANUARY 21. 1889, LOCAL MENTION. The Weathe: For the District of Columbia, Maryland, Del- aware, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Vi ginia and West Virginia, fair; colder; north- westerly winds, high along the coast. Do You Waxt to Bry Sealskin Sacque for $100, worth $150? Seaiskin Sacque for $125, worth $200? Sealskin Sacque for #150, worth $225? Sealskin Newmarket for #250, worth $400? Ifyou docall upon ALBext Siomunp, Room 182, Willard’s Hotel. Onur sealskins guaranteed Alaska seal, London dye, and manufactured upon _our premises, 103 E. Baltimore st., Baltimore, Md. Apert Stomunp, This week. Room 182, Willard’s Hotel. Posrrrvety To-monrow Onty— 500 doz. of 1847 Rogers and Brother's A No. 1 Extra Silver-plated on Nickel Silver Tea and Table Spoons, Knives and Forks will be sold to- morrow at special low prices, at R. Goipseumu’s, 1007, 1009 F st. n. w., Formerly of 7th st. Ti Table Dessert Knives. same 3¢ doz. each Knives and Forks. . ‘ew designs of fancy patterns. Tea Spoons... 98 cts. Calla Lily Table Spoons Calla Lily Dessert Spoon Calla Lily Forks «1.96 fg Calla Lily Dessert Fork... .... .. $1.36 4 do: All the Silverware advertised for this specis sale is warranted by me as represented, and it not satisfactory money returned. Gopscmamp, 1007, 1009 F st. n. w. Best Att-woot Ixonarss in lengths from 15 to 80 yards. Price for one week 50 cts. Jvxivs Laxspuren, 315 7th st. n.w. Arrexp the great discount sale at The Fair, 812 7th st. n.w. Dovatass’ Evrstoy will cure coughs, colds, general debility. Price 75e. for a large bottle. Mertz’ Dave Store, 1014 F st. 100 pozex all linen napkins, 50c. per doz. Remnants of ingrain carpets, slightly soiled, very cheap. 11-4 white blankets, slightly soiled, worth 26, now $4. Jounson, Garntk & Co., 636 Pa. ave. n.w. Best Quatiry Body Brussels in remnants from 15 to 30 yards; for one week for 20 cts. Jvuivs Laysevren, 315 7th st. nw. n all kinds of goods this week st. now. ‘A Goop Fiooz Broom only 5 cts., at R. Gorpseumip's, , 1009 F st. n. w. KE—5O per cent bushel, $2.50. Ants, 615 7th n.w. Pesssyivania CavsHEep better than gas house Prompt deliv: RW Besr Quanity Tapestry in lengths from 10 to 35 y at 60 cts. for one week at Juiivs Goxpscumip’s. 1097, 1009 F st. n. w. 5 per cent discount; yellow ticket, 15 per cent discount; blue ticket, 10 per cent discount, this week, at The Fair. Fuse Borrer. Fuse Burren. Jas. F. Oyster. oftice—Pa. avenue and 9th street. _ Market stands—9th street wing Center Market. A Lance Borrte of pure Ammonia (no old stock), only 5 cts., at BR. Gorpscummp’s, 1007, 1009 F st. Att Remwyaxts U half price for this we: ‘Tue Far, 812 7th st. n.w.. is offering big dis- counts on a great many goods. Do You Waxr to Buy Sealskin Jacket for worth $100? Sealskin Jacket for $85, worth $125? Or any article in the fur line—muffs, boas, gents’ gloves and collars, coachman capes and gloves, foot muffs? Call upon ALBERT SIGMUND, Room 152, Willard’s Hotel. Cooren’s “Hair Success” will positively eure dendruff; price We. Mentz’s Drug Store, 1014 F street. Reap W. B, Moses & Sox's advertisement in this paper: itis the best opportunity ever of- fered to buy home furnishings at low prices. pholstery Goods at one- k. Junius Laxssurcu. 1,000 Parns Lace Curtains at 75 cts.; reduced from $1.25. & Jcrivs Laxspvrcu, 315 7th st. Tue Bic Discount Sate at The Fair, 812 7th st. n.w., started in this morning with a rush, Don't you wait until its too late. Tonrte Suexi and Rubber Hair Pins, sold elsewhere at 5 cts. each. R. Gotpscump, 1007, 1009 F st., will give you 3 for 5 cts. G. F. Swirt & Co., agents for Swift's Chicago @ressed beef, sold at wholesale during the week ending Saturday, Jan. 19, 17534 carcases | of bee: t, 558 pounds per car- | 19-100 cents per pound, rlotte Russe, Jelly, at Fus- | sell’s, 1425 Ne w You Cax Ger some splendid bargains in din- ner, tea and chamber sets, this week at The Go 10 3so. R. Kenty,Center Market, for Wash, ington dressed be ozodont only 48 cts @ bottle, at R. Gotpscump’s, 1007, 1009 F st. Baxer’s Norweoras Cop Liver On. trols, and cures consumption. To is insist on Baker's Oil. 7. Baxer & Philadelphia, Bry Your Coal, Coke and Wood from Jonn- fox Brotnens, the leading firm in the Dis-| two-story bricks on Callan street, for Mr. trict. re Some More of those magnificent 65-cent water carric $12 7th st. now. Samson's Superior English Pins, 1,000 for 4 ets.. at R. Gotpscummp’s. 1007, 1009 F st. n. w. Doveass’ evisioy is palatable, cheap, and and slop jar for 38c., at The Fair, | Events in the Churches. Rev, J. B. Perry, rector of St. Andrew's church, as chaplain of the second regiment District national guard, preached a sermon last night to the members of his regiment. The annual sermon of the Independent Order of Mechanics was delivered last night at St, oaceks English Lutheran church. by Rev. Dr. omer. Rev. Dr. Pitzer’s congregation celebrated yesterday the twenty-first anniversary of the establishment of his church, the Central Pres- byterian church. The annual statement of Calvary Baptist church shows an increase in membership dur- ing the = of 113, and a total membership of 855. The Sunday school has 655 members, which, with its two missions, aggregate 1,149 members. During the year Kendall chapel has been organized into a branch church with Rev. Theron Outwater, as pastor. The receipts for the year have been 14,449.04, of which $4,800 has been expended for benevolent pur- poses. ——>—___ Religious Services at the Jail. REMARKS BY ONE OF THE PRISONERS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH. Religious services for the colored prisoners were held in the rotunda of the District jail yesterday, conducted by Rev. M. Roberts, of South Washington. ‘The prigoners in the Police Court side (north wing) were let out of their cells andseated in the rotunda, and numerous prisoners in the south wing had an opportunity of hearing what was said from the | terday at the residence of the bride’s father, caged stairways. An incident of the meeting | Mr. Sommers, corner Jefferson and M was the relation of experience by Albert Green, | streets, one of the men sentenced to be hanged on April 5. He stood on the stairway and spoke of his position; said that he had made his peace with his Maker and was prepared to meet his God. Wm. Briggs, the other con- demned man, was given an opportunity to leave his cell and speak; he declined, saying he was not ready to go to preaching. The Rifles and the Militia. To the Editorof Tux Star: In your column of national guard notes pub- lished last Friday there appears what purports to be an interview with Gem. Ordway relative to the relations between the National rifles and the national ‘d. In one sentence Gen. Ord- way is quoted as positively declining to say anything, and in the following sentence he is oted as saying a great deal—in fact more an is necessary. The general says “that in framing the militia bill for the District he had token pains to have the rifles specially and legally recognized as an independent military organization and provided for as such, and that he should judge from what he had heard that none of them (the National rifles) had ever rend the provision or given him credit for making it.” The members of the National rifles have carefully read each one of the nu- merous bills and the amendments made thereto by both Senate and House for the organiza- tion and support of a national guard in the District of Columbia, and thus far have failed to discover any provision of benefit to the sev- eral independent military organizations in the District not connected with the national guard. The general's first bill had in it a provision prohibiting hereafter the formation of inde- pendent military companies. This unconstit tional provision the rifles, through fr Congress, had stricken out. Why not hav serted, with propriety, a clause in the ori act wiping out of existence all of our old and honored independent military organizations? Perhaps because their influence in Congress was strong enough to have strangled such a measure after its introduction. The National | rifles have not forgotten the order received from Gen, Ordway under date of June 30, 1887, to turn over toa hegro company in this ¢ the rifles that our command had carried with so much credit for seven years, because we, at that time. declined to join the national guard. In conclusion I beg to assure the general that neither this command or any individual mem- ber thereof has made any ridiculons, absurd, or annoying statements, nor gross or unfounded misrepresentation concerning either himself or the ional guard, as charged in his interview with your reporter. The National rifles have no favors to ask either of Gen. Ordway, the | national guard, or Congress. We can paddle our own canoe without begging such support. All we ask is that we may be permitted to exist in this beautiful city in the future as we have for so many years in the past, and long before others came here to disturb our peacefal and happy condition. We earnestly and sincerely wish Gen, Ordway and the national guard suc- cess, and hope that the same may be ours. If the general can point out to us where in the roposed legislation the National rifles will be benefited we will be very giad to have him do bo. G W. Eva: Lieutenant National rifles. seroresitl Real Estate Matters. T.A. Mitchell has bought of E. L. McIntosh, for 28,400, lots 54, 53, part 52 and subs 83 to 86, square 597, 115 feet on 2d street, same running rough to Canal street. fronting 51.72 feet on ‘anal street, between M and N streets north- west. Emma B. Baumgrass hes bought, for 8,000, from Clara D. Farrows, sub 66, square 111, 20.66 by 43.42 fect, on 19th strect, between Q and R streets northwest P. H. Christman has bought, for 18,500, of T. A. Mitchell, part 19, square 10 by 99 feet 814 inches, F street, between 6th and 7th streets northwest. Messrs. Walker and Wilson Mersrs. Wm. O. Davison and others a tract of sixty-seven acres on the Brightwood road, south of and adjoining Brookland. This prop- erty will be subdivided at once in conformit; with the plan of the city. and will have a larg frontage on Rhode Island avenue extended. The streets will be handsomely laid out with sidewalks and shade trees. ‘The price paid was $43,251.52. Emma B. Baumgras has bought from ©. D. Farrow, for $8,000, sub lot 66, square 111, im- proved by brick residence, on 19th street, be- tween Q and R streets northwest. Messrs. Wright & Stockett, 810 F street north- west, have begun to erect four six-room bay- window press-brick dwellings on D_ street, near 9th street northeast, to cost $10.00. They report unusual activity for this month. having recently sold house No. 401 4th street northeast, to Mr. Chas. Rogier, for 3,400; five have sold to n square 859, at $ to Mr. Oliver Cox, and everal other tran: now pending. T. Franklin Schneider has bought, for 216.289, from Dr. Z. T. Sowers, subs 33, 34, 35 and 36, square 155, each 23.27 by 100 fect’ on north side of Q street, between 17th and 18th eficacious. If after using the purchaser is dis- satisfied the money will be refunded. CITY AND_DISTRICT. AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. Acnavon’s.—Maggie Mitchell in “Ray.” Nartoxat.—“Fascination.” Hakais’.—“The Two Jobns.” Kennan’s.—Variety and burlesque. Guone.—Variety. Paxonama.—“Battle of Shiloh.” CONDENSED 4 LOCALS, The following officers have been elected b en's union, No. 1: President, John Nicholson; vice-pr . John A. Noll; sec- retary, Frank Fraser; treasurer Thos, F. Ma- her; sergeant-at-arms, D. H. Moran. The following committees have been selected by the Indiana republican association: Execu- tive. Capt. T. H. McKee, president, ex-officio chairman, with W. W. Curry. L. P. Williams, B. M. Elliott, F. M. Gideon, and H. L. Miller; enter- tuinment, Capt. J. B. Dowd. F. M. Heaton, W. ‘MM. Bass, and F. E. Buckland. ‘A large excursion party from Boston arrived in the city yesterday. and went to Willard’s, They will remain until next Thursday. Chas. L. and Elizabeth B. Ulrich have made ‘an assigument of their business, at 1902 Penn- sylvania avenue, for the benefit of creditors, to T. J. Luttrell. ci streets northwest. A, J. Meen has bought, for $7,327.50, from C, J. Hillyer, subs 76, 77 and 78, square 134, 21 by 90 feet each on Sherman, between Q and K and 18th and i9th streets. Amelia Rot has bought, for $6,220, from John Walker, sub 19, reservation A, 25 by 12734 feet on south side of Pennsylvania avenue, between 3d and 424 streets northwest. Tae Uxiax Cuvuncn Inprovements.—Con- siderable improvements have recently been made on the Union Methodist Episcopal church, 20th street. The front of the church has been repainted and penciled, audience room and lower vestibule refreseoed, cathedral glass windows have replaced the former old style windows and the entire church newly carpeted. The church was reopened yesterday. Bishop Hurst and Dr. Naylor occupyed the pulpit, Surne ex-Goverson McEneny ror Pay ror Leoat Services.—R. G. Ingersoll and €. 8. Pomeroy, by Messrs. Newton and Lavender, have filed a bill in equity against Jno, McEnery, ex-governor of Louisiana, to enjoin the defen ant from conveying certain lands, from locat- ing or selling script. and for an account. They state that in March, 1880, defendant was em- ployed as special agent. or counsel of Louisiana, to assert the rights of the state to lands donated by the United States, and recover for the state what he (McE. e—80 per cent to the first and ot aoe. They ch that de- fendant has received large amount of the congregation was a Sunda: ganized several months since by of Mrs, Gustave Friebus were performed yes- terday afternoon at Rock Creek cemetery, assault and battery appears on the police record this morning against Anthony Fox, who assaulted Wm, Williams by butting him for awakening him (Fox) by throwing a pitcher of water upon him, Fox left#10 collateral. — Re- vival meetings are bein THE COURTS. Covrt—Judge Miller. Saturday, Wm. H. Martin, : bonds or 60 ‘aye’ Casey, "Qboraer con- duet in county; 85 or 15 days, Albert Morris, colored, vagrancy; bonds or 60 days. Chas. ' Stewart, do.; do. Daniel Hickey, do.; per- sonal bonds. Semuel Holt, colored, carrying a bre tg hn bet tn i Arthur Harris, dis- orderly conduct; 25 or 15 days. Sam'l Edwards, do.; collateral forfeited. jathaniel Gray, v ; bonds or 60 days, Michael Daly. disorderly conduct in county; @6 ar 15 daye, *” we hw GEORGETOWN. Recent Ropsenries.—Maria Tyler and a com- panion, colored, were soliciting aid “for a sick mother” from residents ‘on Ridge road on Saturday. At the residence of Mr. Hild they were refused, and while one of the women was asking assistance the other gained an entrance into a bed-room through an open window and took off a lot of wearing apparel. Oficer Hawkins arrested Maria ‘Lyler._—Gibson | Waters, colored, was arrested Saturday night by Oificer Shanks for stealing a brace of geese from the market stand of David Howard in the M street market on Saturday night. This morning in the Police Court Waters plead guilty to the charge and was fined $5 or 18 da 8. Wepvrxe Beiis.—Invitations are out for the marriage of Miss Ada May Welch to 8. Sewall | Cissell, which is to take place at Christ P. E. church, Georgetown, on the 30th of Januar; at 7:30 o’clock.—-—The marriage of Jacob Eise. mann to Miss Leonora Sommers took place yes- Ax Acrp Becoar Sext Down.—Saturday night an aged man stood in front of Gallagher's saloon on High street and called ‘Let ‘er go Gallagher.” en he walked up High street and asked several citizens each for 10 cents. Policemen Cotter came Rg ee interrupted him and went with him to the station, where he was locked up. He gave his name as Michael Black. is morning, when tried in the Police Court on a charge of vagrancy, the officer told Judge Miller that he thought the prisoner was of unsound mind, Black told the court that he was from Baltimore, and asked to be permitted to go home. The judge refused his request and sent him down for twenty days in default of bonds. A New Cororep Baptist Cuvrcn.—A colored Baptist church, under the name of the Mount Sinai Baptist church, was organized on Grace street, Georgetown. by Rev. Thos. Davis, last week, Rey. Alfred Bouldin. of the Third Bap- tist church, preaching thesermon. The nucleus school or- r. Davis. Nores.—The last sad rites over the remains where the interment was made,—A charge of conducted at Dum- barton Avenue M. E. church by the pastor, Rev. M. F. B. Ric: ——_»—___ Fatal Derailing of a Western Train. THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN AMONG THE KILLED, As the east-bound passenger train on the Northwestern railroad neared Elmwood, six- teen miles east of Watervliet, Mich., at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, one of the trucks under the rear coach broke and threw the coach off the track. The coach was derailed for about five car-lengths, when it struck a stump and was smashed to pieces, killing or injuring all the occupants. The killed are a McDonald, lieutenant-governor of Michigan; his business partner, Wm. Corcoran, of Escanabia, and H. A. Tuttle, of Cleveland, Ohio. The wounded are Mrs, Percy Beaser, of Ashland, Wis., spine badly injured; Mrs, Me- Clure, of Watervliet, wife bf train brakeman, severe internal injuries; Mrs. Bed. Foster. of Iron Mountain, severe cut in head and injured about spine; H. Armstrong, the conductor, jured in head and leg broken. O. C. D: son at the time of the accident was playing cards with Lieut.-Gov. MeDonald, Mr. Tuttle. and Mr. Corcoran. Mr. Tuttle, who was seated in the seat to the rear of the table, was in- antly killed, his neck being broken. The arm of Mr. McDonald, who was in the same seat with him, was torn out of the shoulder and was found at least forty feet from the body. Mr. McDonald lived about one hour, and was con- scious for a few minutes. The whole side of the car was torn out by a second stump, and it seems miraculous that any escaped. he dead were picked up and brought to Watervliet. A special train Saturday night conveyed Mr. Me- McDonald and Mr. Corcoran to Escanabia, | where they lived. Mr. Tuttle will be taken to his home in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. McDon- ald leaves a wife and two children and an estate of $500,000, as 9 A School Girl’s Desperate Deed. SHE FATALLY WOUNDS HER YOUTHFUL LOVER'S MOTHER AND KILLS HERSELF, At Fayette, Mo., the families of William Rohr and E. J. Johnson live in adjoining houses, Miss Flora Rohr wasa school girl of sixteen and Metta Johnson is a boy of nineteen who has recently left his studies. The pair fell in love and their attachment was soon dis- covered by the parents, The Rohr family did not offer any objections, but Mrs, Johnson lectured her son and ordered him to cease his visits to Miss Rohr. The next thing the lady heard was that her son was engaged to marry the girl. Young Johnson refused to listen to his mother’s protests, but continued his meet- ings with Miss Rohr.’ They met secretly last Friday night and Saturday morning the boy's mother heard of it. She sent for the girl, and | the latter put her father's pistol in her pocket | and faced Mrs. Johnson. There was a warm | interview that was ended by two shots, When | the neighbors entered the room, they found the girl dead on the floor with a wound in her Mrs. Johnson lay a short distance away shot through the body. Although she is still alive, her wound is pronounced fatal. Driven | frantic, the girl shot Mrs. Johnson, and then eo the pistol at her own head and fired. ‘he boy-lover, itis feared, will become insane. —_— A Woman Hermit Near Baltimore. DEATH OF MADAME GUINAN AFTER YEARS OF PENANCE FOR HER SINS. A Baltimore special January 19 says: In a miserable little hut not far from this city, there died last night a woman whose name was once familiar in Paris and London, but who for the past eight years had been living secluded to expiate the sins and follies of her early life. To the gay metropolis of France she was known as Madame Guinan. Her occupation was that of a beautifier of complexions. Her patrons were generally ladies of uncertain age. They readily believed madame’s promises, however bright she made them. As intended, the first ay lication caused the face of the patient to be blotched and to assume a rough appearance, ‘To restore the blood to its (pe condition, the woman invariably demanded an exhorbitant sum, which was almost invariably paid. In this way she accumulated a large sum of money. In 1875 she was arrested in Paris for swindling a Mrs, Nichols, She was found guilty and sen- tenced to prison, but before the expiration of her sentence, escaped to this country. In New York she was stricken with remorse and con- sulted a priest. He advised her to give up the world and lead a life of prayer and fasting. She took his advise, came here and bought a rough little house in a secluded of ti- more county. In this hut she lived without intercourse with any one except when she was forced from time to time to buy food at a store some miles away from her home. Throughout aio, she always denied herself the luxuries and ofttimes the necessaries of life, and at times used the sco . She spent most of her time in Prager. It is said among her pets were more a dozen eats and as | his troops to Vienna, on_the THE BIG ARMIES OF EUROPE. General S. Wylie Crawford Gives His Impressions of Foreign Forces. ‘Special Correspondence of the Philadelphia Press. Arx-ta-Cuarem®, Jan. 8.—Since my first trip, in 1873, I have revisited Europe five times. On each occasion Ihave endeavored to take advantage of every opportunity to observe the Yhilitary condition and resources of the respec- tive countries in which I have traveled. The first bodies of European troops that I saw were in England. The letters of introduc- tion that I carried, and in particular one from Mr. Drummond, first secretary of the British legation at Washington, to Lieutenant-Colonel Stephens, an aide-de-camp to the duke of Cambridge, field marshal commander-in-chief, brought me in direct relation with the highest military authorities in England, and proved an open sesame to all that I wanted to sce or know. I was at once invited from the Horse Guards to witness areview of the Scots Fusi- lier Guards in Hyde park by the duke of Cam- bridge. The troops went through the ordinary evolu- tions, and afterward were deployed us skirmish- ers, and I had an opportunity of observing very thoroughly their capabilities. As we rode away the duke asked me how I was impressed with their appearance. In answering his ques- tion [reminded him of the famous remark of the First Napoleon concerning the English infantry: “That it was the best in Europe, and that he was glad there was no more of it.” . _ ENGLIGH ACCOUTERMENTS TOO HEAVY. Then I frankly proceeded to give the duke my candid impressions, I said that, while the appearance of the Scots Guards was impressive’ and in every way military, yet it seemed to me, after my experience with the alert and keen- eyed American soldier, that they were much too slow in their movements and lacking in vim and dash, The accouterments were far too cumbersome and heavy and the transportation necessary to mobilize such a force would prove not only a source of embarrassment, but of actual danger, in time of active service. The commander-in-chief freely admitted that my criticism was just. It has often occurred to me since what overwhelming disadvantage such a force, so equipped, would labor under in the case of acampaign among the Virginia pines against troops like those of the Army of the Potomac or the army of Northern Virginia, The most valuable experience I had was once as a guest for a week of the fourth royal dragoon guards, at Aldershot, where I took eee pains to examine carefully into all the jetails of the service. Once, at Hyde park, I witnessed a review of 30,000 volunteers, and again, at Gibraltar, saw’ 4.000 regulars put through their evolutions. But after all is said Ican but conclude that in modern warfare the English troops are toa heavy, their commissa- riat too bulky, requiring ‘trains that would surely prove a source of great weakness ina campaign. While this is the striking feature of all the English service, it is specially noticeable in the cavalry and markedly so in the cavalry of the nard, where a large proportion of a private’s it is only for the articles necessary in keeping his uniform and accouterments in order. In the American army this sort of thing has been very wisely reduced toa minimum. The time- honored cuirass and brass helmet are, save for show and dress parade, out of date. The grim endurance and splendid courage of the English soldier remain, however, as great to-day as ever, while the body of British non-cominis- sioned officers are probably the best in Europe. And it is but just that I should record the im- pression I have formed that Lord Wolseley is as advanced in the application of modern ideas to military life as any general I have known, RUSSIA’S ADMIRABLE SOLDIERS. In 1876 I was in Russia, The king of Swe- den was at the time the guest of the czar, and a grand review was given in his honor on the field of Tzarleceto, near St. Petersburg, to which, asa foreign officer, ! was invited through Gur logation. Tho visitors accompanied the czar as a part of his staff. Scattered over the immense plain was a large body of troops, of which there were 50,000 infantry alone. A Cir- cussian bodyguard, in their coats of mail, the regiments of Cossacks from the Don, probably the most representative of Russia's forces, pre- sented a magnificent spectacle to the military eye. In character this review was different to anything that I had heretofore seen, Instead of the rigid lines customary under like circum- stances, the different bodies of troops wheeled into their several positions and struck the line of march before the reviewing officer. A member of the emperor's staff indicated to each one as it passed the order in which it was ired to march past = p reviewing stand. is was peculiarly effective with a body of Cossacks who, upon a given signal, galloped ast in open order at a full charge with flash- ing sabers, creating in the mind of the beholder the deepest impression of their efficiency as cavalry. The horses were the sturdy, sure- footed animals from the Ukaine. Their riders sat them like Centaurs, and if there ever was an inspiring sight it was that which they pre- sented as they dashed by under the admiring eye of their emperor, conscious of his confi- dence and trust. What a lot of fine, hearty- looking fighters they were to be sure! ‘The infantry, too, impressed me asa splen- did set, not tall men, by any means, but steady and solid, marching by with a swing and move- ment and a military precision that stamped them as masters on the field. These were the same soldiers who were later to demonstrate in the Balkan mountains their capacity and valor and add luster to the fame of the Russian for the sake of the excitement and di- version, I joined Don Carlos at Los Arcos, in the mountains of Navarre, and accompanied bro, and was a witness to the attack and capture of the place. They were a tatterdemalion lot of soldiers and no mistake, clothed in every conceivable gar- ment, and armed with ‘every conceivable weapon, from a pitchfork to a broken scythe strapped on astick, and from an antiquated out-of-date army musket to the latest improved American breechloader. Bat nondescript and incongruous as they were they had stout hearts in their ill-nurtured bodies, and when put to it and spurred on by the presence of their prince they would fight es gallantly and desperately as only bre encan, As for artillery, they had none, but that did not appear to affect them one way or the other. I stood by the side of Don Carlos on a rustic bridge one dismal and rainy morning as his de- voted followers filed by on the march, and I was much struck by seeing a number of wagons in the line loaded down with barrels, I asked Don Carlos what they contained, and he care- lessly answered, in his most nonchalant man- ner, With just a trace of a smile on his hand- some face: “They contain petroleum.” “And what earthly use,” I asked, “have you for petroleum on the march?” “What use?” he answered. “Why, much use to be sure. That's our artillery. ‘e employ it to smoke out our enemies from barricaded strongholds, and I can assure you it’s beon tried and found very effective in’ case a coniiagra- tion is deemed desirable.” And then after a moment's pause and a look at my face: +‘Oh, es, Ican assure you, General Crawford, petro- eum makes very good artillery on a’ pinch, very good, indeed. THE FRENCH AND GERMAN ARMIES. While Marshal MacMahon was president of the Fr¢hch republic I was one day invited to witness a review of 20,000 troops at Long- cham It was not very long after the Franco- Prussian war. In their equipment the troops showed every detail carried to the extrome a joint. The artillery was, as the ench artillery has ever been since the time of the first Napoleon, admirabje in every way. It isan arm of tho ‘service upon which the French nation has every reason for reposing implicit faith, With the cavalry I confess that I was “ot so favorably impressed as with the infantry. many dogs, Shc pcg and foxes. Her health was of the until a week or so before her death. Before she died she received the sacra- ments of the Catholic church. Her proper name was Peynaud. pi nnn 5 PO MMOD Down a Toboggan Slide on Bicycles. TWO YOUNG WOMEN BISK THEIR LIVES IN A HAZARDOUS RACE. From the New York Tribune Jan. 20. Recently the French have been paying such attention to military detail that it would seem jenlt to forecast what point they will uiti- igément, the present army is one of very highest excellence. France can call as many trained and expert soldiers into the ranks of hér army now as any nation in Eui Her le have been tried and chaste: in the school of ads gee FF ait i E . E. i t sh as in my sboulder and THE AMERICAN REPORTER. How He Impressed the Versatile Max O’Rell. Tue Wirrr FRENCHMAN TELLS HOW HE FELT WHEN BEING INTERVIEWED BY EIGHT REPORT- ERS AT A TIME—HE COMPLIMENTS THE accu- RACY AND SKILL OF THE NEWSPAPER MAN. the man of letters replaced by the concierge.” So exclaims M. Albert Millaud, in one of his witty articles in the Figaro. In America, reporting has simply overrun, swallowed up journalism. It is a demolition of the wall of private life, the substitution of gos- sip for chronicle, of chatter for criticism. For the interviewer nothing is sacred. Au- dacity is his stock-in-trade; the most private details of your daily life are at his mercy, and unless you blow his brains out—which is not lawfulin New York state—you have no means of getting rid of him. Do not believe you have got over the diffi- culty by having him told that you are not at home. He will return to the charge ten, twenty times; he will stand sentinel at your door, sleep on the mat outside your hotel ‘bed- room, so as to pounce upon you as soon as you show your face in the morning. He is patient, and if any indisposition should oblige you to keep your room he will wait till you are well again, and will have his meals brought to him in the corridor. Should you succeed in eseap- ing the hunter. rather than return to the news- paper office empty-handed from the chase he will find your wife, and ask her if you snore, whether you are an early riser, whether you are the more amiable after dinner or before, what you eat at breakfast, what is your favor- ite color in trousers, and what size boots you take. He will ask her when you were married, how long your honeymoon lasted. if you have cbildren, ‘and whether they have cut their teeth. With these materials he will make up a column. There is no question too indiscreet for these enterprising inquisitors; they would have inter- viewed St. Anthony in his hut. Do not shout victory, either, because you have succeeded in getting rid of the inter- viewer without replying to his questions. It is in such cases that the American journalist re- veals himself in all his glory. To your stupe- faction. the newspapers next day will have an account of the conversation which you might have had with their reporters. If my advice be worth giving, the best thing you can do, when the interviewer presents him- self and says, “I am a reporter, sir, and I have come to ask you for a few moments’ chat,” is to say to him: “Mad to see you, sir; pray be seated.” After all, interviewing is an operation that one survives, and, to be just. I must say that American reporters in general are very courte- ous, obliging, and—which is simply astounding when one considers that they rarely take notes—accurate in their accounts of inter- views. The courage, too, with which the interviewer braves rebuffs, and the philosophy with which he pockets abuse, are nothing short of admir- able. For my part, I never could finda cross word to say to these intruders, and I had my reward in reading in the papers that™it was a pleasure to interview me, because I submitted to the operation with such good grace.” * * * * On the 11th of November, 1887, at 9 a. m.,the Germanic, after a terribly ‘rough passage of nine days, entered the magnificent harbor of New York. The sun had risen resplendent in a cloudless blue sky. We had just passed Bar- tholdi’s statue of “Liberty Enlightening the World,” and it seemed as if France were not far off. It was a sweet sensation, and instinct- ively I raised my hat. Allat once the Ger- manic stopped. Alittle steam tug drew up alongside and there stepped on board a few custom-house officers, followed by several other persons. “Look out!” cried one of my_fellow-passen- gers, seeing that I appeared to be unconscious of danger. “What is the matter?” I asked. “The interviewers!” “Nonsense, not here, surely,” I exclaimed. No sooner were the words out of my mouth than two young men handed me their cards, with the announcement that they were jour- nalists. “We have come to present our respects to you,” they said, “and to wish you a pleasant time in our country.” While they uttered these words, they seanned me from head to foot, jotting a few strokes on their note-books. They were taking my por- trait, which appeared next morning at the head of the articles that the press of New York thought fit to devote tome. The portrait was a flattering one. One paper, however, gave the following description of your humble servant: “Max O’Rell is a rather of about forty.” of my traveli lobula Forty!” if you please. After a graphic account of his being inter- viewed by eight reporters in the afternoon of that day, and of the running fire of questions to which he was subjected, Mr. Blouet con- tinued: With the exception of a phrase or two, occa- sionally jotted down, they took no notes of my answers to their questions, and I wondered how it was possible that, with so few notes, they would manage to make an article of a hundred or two hundred lines that would be acceptable in an important paper, out of an interview so insignificant and so devoid of interest, accord- ing to my idea, as this one, After having spent nearly two hours with me, the reportey. shook hands, expressed them: selves as much obliged to me and went their way. How childish these Americans must be! though I; is it possible that a conversation such as I have just had with these reporters can in- terest them? Next day I procured all the New York morn- ing papers, more from curiosity, I must say in justice to myself, than from vanity, for I was not at all proud of my utterances of the day before. Judge of my surprise, on opening the first aper, to find nearly two columns full of amus- ing details, picturesque descriptions, well-told anecdotes, witty remarks; the whole cleverly mingled and ‘arranged by men who, I hai always supposed, were mere stenographers. Everything was faithfully reported and artistically set down. The smallest incidents were rendered interesting by the manner of telling. You might have imagined that the whole thing was the first chapter of a novel, commencing with the majestic entry of a steamer into New York harbor. . Well, said to myself, the American journal- ist knows, at any rate, how to makes savory hash out of very little. ‘Three years ago. when Mr. Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, married the prettiest and most charming of his countrywo- men, he chose Deer Park as a suitable place to spend his honeymoon in, far from the world and its bustle, and, above all, far from the re- Sou However, the President knew only 0 well the spirit of enterprise that possesses his coun’ en, and to put himself out of reach of the interviewers and make sure of tranquility, he thought it well to employ eight detectives to guard the approaches to his re- treat. number was soon found insufficient, for the enemy made his appearance in the neighborhood. The pickets to be rein- forced, and a week later twelve argus-eyed watchers were on the alert to prevent any per- son whomsoever from getting within 300 yards of the cottage. The interviewers were out- done, and had to admit themselves bafled. ee details worth giving to their readers, lobular Frenchman Then followed a description ig suit and other effects, the idea! io, gentlemen, hardly thirty-nine, ‘Iwas troubled so badly with rheumatism in my right shoulder and joints of my leg as not to be able to walk. took Hood's Sarsaparills, and EXPLAINING HIS OWN CRIME. How the Defaulter, DeBaun, Made a Secret Visit to New York. A New York dispatch says: Strange deeds are done beneath -a smooth surface of suave respectability in this great town. Mark this hidden story of robbery, flight, midnight con- ference, and disappearance. The facts have just come to light through the arrest and ex- tradition of DeBaun, the defaulting cashier of the Park bank. When DeBaun disappeared one day his employers and associates in the bank wondered why he had left them thus abruptly, and a painful feeling gained a foot- hold that his record might not be quite straight. But outwardly all was serene. In- quirers as to DeBaun’s whereabouts were an- swered by the explanation that he had gone on 8 vacation, though, as his cronies at the Brook- = club — not rag ed “4 —_ lan | ‘is part, they began to think his sudden am silent leave had something queer about it. At this time the bank icers were studyi the books he left behind him. Yet they seeme allright. Iftheir departed cashier had falsi- fied them he had done so ina marvelously in- enious fashion. The best experts were baffled. ey were morally sure by this time that there was crookedness somewhere, but in spite of all their skill they could not put their pen on the fraud. While thue engaged, and before the pbc exposure came, it was brought to the nowledge of the puzzled examiners that DeBaun was in Canada. Qn learning of this fact, which in itself was almost conclusive evi- dence of guilt. under the circumstance, some one interested in getting at the facts decided on the following bold stroke: DeBaun was communicated with in his Canadian retreat. He was told that he would be allowed to come to New York if he would aid in untangling the books. Constructively he was yet an innocent man. His knavery had not got abroad and his rson would be safe. Perhaps it was hinted > him that any help he would give would be highly appreciated by those who might be in a Position to shelter him. Under this guarantee De Baun crossed the border and returned to this city. The books were opened and he was set at the strange task of showing the experts the extent and char- acter of his robberies and revealing the devices by which he had been able to cover his tracks even from their tr: i eed- ed to disclose his ' aghast, Robbery after robbery was revealed, “until at last the full sum of the defalcation was for the first time known. The explanation had taken hours, and the group were tir@l and hungry, Men, even when they are hearing how they have lost fortunes by the secret theft of friends, grow hungry, and must supply nature's gnaw- ing claims, What more natural, then, than that the party should dine? And dine they did at a fashionable restaurant, swindler and swindled touching legs under the mahogany, and uniting ina cheerful glass, And after din- ner, quite in his old manner, De Baun, sud- denly back from his vacation, dropped in at the Brooklyn club and set up the drinks. He pimehea a game or 80 of billiards, talked a ittle club gossip, and parried all’ intrusive questions about his absence by intimating that he had been on a nice little quiet picnic. One of the members asked laughingly if his route had been to Canada, at which all laughed, De Baun the loudest of any. “No,” cried one of the jovial group, “De Baun is not one of your border skippers. He isn’t that kind of a hair- pin. Then, the next morning De Baun took a train up the beautiful Hudson and skipped the border, bein: t kind of a hairpin, see Johns Hopkins Finances. IT IS HOPED THAT THE UNIVERSITY'S NEED OF FUNDS WILL BE TIDED OVER. A Baltimore special to the Philadelphia Press says: In reference to the finances of Johns Hopkins university President Gilman yesterday sald: “Everybody knows that our revenue from our Baltimore and Ohio railroad stocks has been suspended for awhile, but then we have reserve fund which is amply suf- ficient to defray all our necessary expenses, It is true, we ha had to economize some- what. but the vigor of the work is unimpaired, and there is no danger whatever of a suspension, The situation is precisely as it was when I wrote an article a few weeks ago, from which the following is an extract: “The only cause for anxiety in the future of the Johns Hopkins university is the suspension of @ividends by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. From the receipts of former years buildings have been constructed, purchased and well equipped, all current expenses have been met and a mod- arplus accumulated, on which the uni- is now drawing. Tuition fees and some zer funds of moderate amount are also available. As I write it is not possible to pre- dict how long the dividends of the Baltimore and Ohio raiiroad will be sus ded, but in the course of afew months the situation will be clear, It may be that the friends of the University will be called to make up an emer- gency fund as the friends of Harvard college rallied to its support after the great fire in ston. Certainly those who are interested in | the advancement of literature and science will not suifer this foundation to be seriously crip- pled.” — “soe ‘ Competition in Matrimony. MR. BABCOCK WILL HOLD AN EXAMINATION TO SELECT HIS BRIDE. An Ann Arbor, Mich., special to the Philadel- | phia Press says: J. L. Babcock, who is to re- ceive $500,000 from his uncle's estate, provided he marries in five years after the latter's death, has rece so many letters from love-lorn maidens that he proposes to select his wife by means of a competitive examination, held by a committe All the letters have been . and in due time all the writers will be notified to appear and be examined as to general health, intelligence, beauty, age, disy on, &e. One Cincmnati beauty wrote to ‘ock recentl, “I am tired of reading articles about you in | the papers. If you want 2 wife why don’t you | get one in Ann Arbo f you are not suited | write mea line.” A Boston publisher has offered an Ann Arbor photographer 210 for a picture of Babcock, but the latter modestly tograph. ceiving an immense number of photographs and letiers, and I could have more photographs if I requested the fair writers to forward them.” eee ne Mrs. Sarah Althea Terry, who was plaintiff in the celebrated Sharon divoree case, has _ the superior court, at Oakland, . ‘or the appointment of a receiver for the Sha- ron estate, alleging that Frank G. Newlands, one of the trustees, is now in New York squan- dering the money of the estate. The Hatfields have got out warrants for Chief Burnett and W. G. Baldwin, of the Eureka detective agency, of Charleston, W. Va., nag charge of conspiracy to arrest the Hat- Samstag & Co., auction ‘every ever ing at 7-30 o'clock, 4a ah st 6 Best and Cheapest. cents. It banishes pain cent better aan B, Wintiams, 615 Bright, aw, 3 eR oo Coke. 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