Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1890, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR: THE NATIONAL GUARD Interesting Report of Maj. Pollard, Inspector of Rifle Practice. GOOD WORK ACCOMPLISHED. ‘The Contesta Which Have Taken Place Have Develeped an Interest in the Study of Marks- manship Which Has Been Productive of Great Good—Notes. ‘The past week has been remarkably quiet so far as the District National Guard is concerned, and the calm will probably continue until after the year 1891 opens up with its program of Tifle practice in the gallery. There was one thing of importance which came to light yes- terday—the annual report of Maj. J. M. Pol- lard, inspector general of rifle practice. This report has beea in Gen. Ordway's hands since November 30, and is now published for the first time. The report says; IMPETUS TO TIE STUDY OF MARKSMANSHIP. “The opening of the rifle gallery on January J gave a great impetus to the study of marks- manship and, for the first time in the history of ematie instruction prac- tieable or, indeed, possible. The entire com- d became at once interested in the work. The attendance showed that a large p of the severs! companies turned out to p and the rap sevidenced the kreat the opening of the next range season and as rapidly as men become experts at known dis- tance firing they should be advanced to the more difficult lessons of the skirmish line. THE ENGINEER COMPANT. “The organization of the engineer company on the plan adopted has resulted in the reten- tion in the service of several expert riflemen who had decided that business interests would not permit their regular attendance at com- Dany and battalion drills, and were about to sever their connection with the brigade. It haa also resulted in the enlistment of a number who had scen extensive service in the regular army, in the National Guard of various states and in military schools and colleges, and who wero unable to spare the time requisite for company drilis or averse to again begin- ing at the foot of the military ladder. This company is therefore largely com- of men who, by reason of jong service, can dispense with the routine work necessary for recruits and can devote more time to expert rifle practice in all its branches, thus constituting a most effective body of sharpshootera. The ontcome of this experiment will be watched with great and widespread interest and it is earnestly bi may prove to be all that itisexpected. Its suc- cess now seems to be assured. VALUABLE SERVICES OF HIS ASSISTANTS. “Much sacrifice has been required of all my assistants, and has been, in most instances, cheerfully made; not that they could always afford it, but that it was necessary to our suc- cess. It is questionable whether they can con- tinue to devote to this service the time and money that will henceforth be indispensable. Company officers, if well instructed, should be able to attend to mach of the detail and should be required to do so. Some of the most valued inspectors of rifle practice have resigned or only refrained from so doing because of earn- est solicitation, and their only reason for such action was that they could not atford to do jus- tice to the exactions of the ofice. Whatever of success has nttended our efforts it is largely due to their endeavors. * THE ELECTRIC TARGET. “This report would be incomplete without lent to the «1 formation mit carefi purse of ins qt uctor can devote the the proper - cleaning of dismissal of «quads | tention to ii 2 Fequires | n iming and posi- forth be made a e brand of powder has | t extremely aceu- the longest attainable | shooting in the | gallery ra “fhe 0 gallery is per wiped ont after | spherical led barrel. ‘nt or the f ten sh tly wild from to this req qnate to the to its full fiees fe remedied. equipment es of the ork This has be to the at-| ill, as it is nervous: 1 confidence and steadi- K DISCLOSED. work of the command, taken as a | aly divclowed the d ney in the position drill, and this notwith- vance due to the gx ut not know how ‘¥ more did not justment or elev few knew how to xd positions fo om. a3 wellas moditic i no other of the ucceeding at cof note that a large per- t the longer ranges, mak- records considering the very limited extent of the pract STON RANGE. ed range at Fort Wash- ington was found well adapted to the purpose durmg the encampment, but it will need con- save of the rapidly aug- ts of the brigade. The ex perience © m upon the range, a better | eystem of instruction in the armo: accurate work in the g: nd large percentage of the entire command will next year qualify at all the ranges and that the al of range practice will be quadrupled. t the commencement of range practice it was decided to select from the most promising ritlemen of the command—to the number of twenty or thirty—such as could afford the time and expense of extra practice, to be hell as often as once in each week, and this with view to their thorough instrnetion in_ lon; range firing. These men would, it is believed, become available for promotion’ as inspectors of rifle practice and, without such promotion, would be of great service to their various com- mands. So large a number responded to the first invitation that it was found necessary, owing to the restricted range facilities, to de- vise a reduction process to bring the number within able limits or, a8 was decided, to about twenty-four men. The terms were, for beginners, exceedingly severe—viz: a score of @ per cent or greater at each successive Tange—but there was no alternative and they were impartially enforced. Many who would have become expert riflemen were thus shut out before they had opportunity to demonstrate their capacity. ‘The advantages of thoroughly training a considerable number of men from each battalion are so apparent that it is hoped that the plan can be extended during the next season, «d it is suggested that two one for cach Tuesday and one Friday of each week —might be a p: tical solution of this problem. — Competition between these teams would unavoidably result, and would deserve encouragement, and the best men would be selected to represent the District at Creedmoor and in other competitions. RAPID PROGRESS MADE. “The rapid progress made by the men who Attended the extra practice finally led to a de- sire to test their strength by comparison with the best riflemen of the country and resulted in the sending of a team to the fall mecting of the National Kifle Association at Creedmoor. ‘This was a very risky venture, as only a single alternate was available, while oe number of reliable shot were prevented by business af- fairs from accompanying the team. ‘The re- alt, however, justified the undertaking, our team winning the Hilton trophy in # most stub- born contest with the teams of New Jersey and New York. The possession of this trophy is justly regarded as the decisive test of skill in Marksmanship « mple encouragement for perseverance in the course that selected and trained the winning team. ‘This may be brietty stated as follows: Kegular weekly practice in all Weather conditions. ‘THE PRIZES DONATED. “The donation to the brigede of several beau- tiful and vaiuable prizes for team and indi- ‘Yidual competition has been of the utmost serv- ice in arousing and maintaining interest in rife Practice. A single contest of this kind is worth all respects a half dozen days of practice. It teaches self-reliance and confidence; throws men entirely upon their own resources; quickly Suppresses nervousness and shows the necessity for instant and accurate judgment and de- $iiion. | More than these, it induces more care- study in preparatory tice ans prac- tice ia not willingly omitted or neglected It would be impossible to over-estimate the bene- fits resulting from these gifts, and as visible ekens of appreciation ‘of our efforts they en- courage and stimulate the entire com: “I greatly regret that it was found impracti- during the present season to commence a SEtigimatic course in skirmish firing as prac-_ in the army. This is the real test of efficiency, the nearest possible ap} to the << actual modern. Heat to an extent heretofore unthought of, ates lines will be effective in exact tothe aggregate skill as skirmishers and marksmen. company officers and the marksmen of the the various | 4 se onand | 3 | &e. | to be sergeant jG reference to the Ullman electric target. so successfully tes Without should certain! nual encemp ent practice at the V age With but on sand another at swe found them ient for all the practice of the brigade at fully equal to three ordinary h distance. ‘Th of targets at 200 the en: markers, with A. low esti e #15 per day. register with cer- ty, the location and value of the shots are ‘orrectly and instantly given and their ree- rds are impartial and unquestionable. afford a means of practice in rainy or rmy weather when ordinary targets wow be useless and when markers would be unabie or unwilling to serve, and they could be adapted to winter practice from sheltered firing I all military posts. In fact, one of the their many advantages is yin all would be purchase of two mid-range targets of this p for the 500 and the other for the These, together w Ke firin; . inspector of rifle practice, recond battalion, has been ordered | to supervise the rifle practice of troop A from Heretofore the cavairy command has been “nobody's child” in the matter of carbine and revolver practice. ‘This season the troop is expected to graduate a dozen first-ciess shots, Capt. C. A. Domer commandsa company that | appreciates his efforts, as night he was steered into the F ms in the Center y nd there Lient. L. B. Mosher p with a Christmas stocking. | Roers of langhter greeted the extraction there- from of numerous mirth-provoking w but the laughter turned to applause when th captain pulled out a beautiful gold wateb. It was the gift of his company. Speeches fol- lowed the discovery of the watch and general jollity prevailed. Members of the firet platoon of the engineer company will have target pr: lery next Saturday evenin; Maj. Brackets, second the following appointmen tice in the gal- bats to be color se company D, to be J. &. Mursay guide. The election of Eugene J. B. O'Neill as ca) tain of company C, fifth Lattali commended on “all side uate of the University and now pr: beena member of the ) 2 two years, was the comp ata member of the drill so much eredit on the District National at Kansas City last year. © board of examination for the second bat- us been dissolved and a new one org: ith ut. Charles L. M. Skerrett, Meyer and Second Lieut. members. sht general g company D, to be left general talion uary com; attalion, wasassi for the evening of New Year'sday. ‘The xched- has been azacnded so thet companies A and L will do their shooting on January 5 Lieut. H. C. Surguy. quarte battalion, has revi; . He willreturn to his Lieut. Surguy has r. ome in Colum! been a most eilicient a Mr. Coyle’s Theatrical Reminiscences. To the Editor of The Evening St I find in my box at your oitice from time to time letters from correspondents whom my reminiscences have interested. There are two this week for which I beg space to reply. Mr. Thomas Jewell is evidently a connoisseur in theatricals and his memory goes back toa period even auterior tomyown. This gentle- man has lost a great intellectual treat in not having seen the elder Booth's Hamlet, ax Lhave certainly ahslf dozen times and always with ‘d enjoyment. In failing to see the of Mr. Forrest he missed another in- ast, for Forrest's long study of Shakespeare continued until his death, and, in- deed, it seerned to have been his last thought, for a copy of his rare editions was found open by bis bedside. This life-time study fitted | him to give such « reading of that great work as hes not been surpassed. My correspondent, Mr. JohnH. confirms m: saw Lim in this character at the Tremont Theater in Boston in 1842-3. Mr. Jewell savs he “cannot realize that with his impetuosity he (Booth) could have suecessfully sustained the character” of Hamlet. The evidence of the greatness of his genius in subjecting his emo- tions to the characters he represented was one ofthe marvels of his art. A remarkable in- stance of this was afforded me once ina man- ner to startling that its impression has never faded from iny mind. Iwas a delighted listener one evening at his room on Missouri avenue to Mr. Booth’s learned criticism upon the master minds of English literature. He summed them up in the expression, “After all they ave but human and have writte nothing that is not insignificant in compa with that divine utterance, ‘The Lord Prayer,’ ” and then ai deepest solemnity and epitome of Christian faith. Mr. Jewell mistakes my statement of Mrs. Chapman. I knew her too well, Iam happy to say, to have made such a mistake; 2 long per- sonal acauaintance would forbid it. She was the daughter of the elder Joseph Jeffer- son, the grandfather of the present Jefferson. Ido not undertake to say who was the man- ager of the theater in 1828-9, but at the period of which I am writing the second Joseph Jeffer- son was the manager and his father a member of the company. ‘Tyrone Power relates in his a delightful “Impressions of America” an amusing incident of his first engagement here, about i535, under this manager, who suggested to Mr. Power to give a sht's performance at Acquiescing in the sugzestion Mr. Power, accom, yy the late Capt. Wm. Ramsay, U.S.N.. rode down on horseback to the resi dence of the late Dan Dnlany, esq., Shuter’s Hill, where they dined, and from thence to Wise’s Hotel. Leaving their horses they re- paired to the theater and found Mr. Jefferson and the company as the scle occupants. _Look- ing through the curtain several times before beginning to dress for his part he espied but “a beggurly account of empty bores.” Mr. Jefferson said: “Oh, theyll come; they'll come.” But, alas! they did not come. Wait- ing some time after the hour for beginning the performance, Mr. Jefferson that they wouldn't come, and took the company to the hotel, where they had an excellent supper and returned to Washington, while Mr. ‘gets, Will be ample for all the known-distance | Azavon’s—‘“Tuer Crry Dragctory.”—A year or so ago a play came to this town from the ott, which was known principally because of its inexpressive title, an went to hear or see what it was. It was done by Russell's comedians, and that told very litte more. On the first night it made a big hit, however, ex- clusively on its merits, and every night there- after for a week audiences came and went and Iaughed themselves weak at the broad but clean fun of the play and enjoyed equally the singing and dancing that went with the rest. Then it went over to New York, the testing place of plays, and there it caught on from the start and carried the town in its apron. Now it comes back to W: n greatly improved and with all the newest and best things in every department of fun making and stage attractive ness. In the —— are Wm. Collier, Burt Haverly, Ignacio Mai J.C. Miron, J. W. Ransone, Alf Hampton, Amelia Glover,, the finest skirt dancer on the stage; the irvin Sisters: Gertie Glover, Bessie Cleveland, Kate Uart, Mayon Kelso, and what these can't do is scarcely worth doing. Opening on Monday the “Directory” will continue open all week with au tary pages on New Year's day and Saturday afternoon. Music eee aks ae oa — beginning Monday at a8 Agnes Bhntington wil present for the first time in Washington her opera, “Paul Jones,” assuming the title role herself, as presented by her 346 _consectutive times at the Prince of Wales Theater, London, and mans times in New York, Boston and other cities in America. Miss Huntington has in her company over one hun- dred artists, carefully selected from the leading London theaters, and the entire organization has received the unstinted praise of press and public everywhere. Asa further guarantee of excellence the company is under the manage- ment of Mr. Marcus R. Mayer and Mr. Charles J. Abud. | The opera, in three acts, is by H. B. Farnie, after Chivot ‘and Dara, and the music by Planquette, author of “Chimes of Nor- mandy,” &c. In the cast are Mr. Karl Mora, Mr. Herve D'Egville, Mr. Eric Thorne, Mr. George W. Nichols, "Mr. Hallen Mostyn, Mr. Albert James, Mr. Georze Preston, Miss Fan- nie Wentworth, Miss Millie Marsden and Mies Marguerite Van Breydel. The scenery, which is particularly fine, showa the harbor of San Malo, the chateau of Kerbiguac aud the govern- or's palace at the Island of Estrella. Seais at | Metzerot | Hanris’.—“A Clean Sweep" is a breezy me- | lange of fun, frolic and song and has at the same time a well-defined plo: that tells a story of comic interest. The company is one that is fully capable of presenting all the ludicrous possibiiities of the play. Dan Mason plays the part of Julius Winkie, a German, and he is in- | imitable, both in his’ dialect and in his humor. | He is also one of the best dancers on_ the stage | today. Jere B. McAuliffe playa Nicholas Fiz and W. H, Mack the detective, the Chinsman and the “Queen of the Ballet.” Sherman W. | Wade makes fun in the part of Pansy Biossom. Miss Millicent Page appears ns Bob, and there | are numerous other young ladies, good looking | ax well as accomplished. Kunvay's—Wittiams & Orr's Metgons.— | Williams & Orr's Meteors, America’s great | specialty show, compored of the brightest stars, | ix the attraction at Kernan's next week. The | olio is adorned with the following artiats in va- | rious lines of specialty nove The two x, famous Irish commedians; Zenora and E 3; Wm. Kaye and Ada Lawlor and Thornton, Annie Wilmuth, primn Tachibana, the Japanese wonder aud his wife, Qume; Mason and Raiston, the original one anda half; Latona, the musical wonder; Wems brothers, acrobatic art ; | sisters and the four continentals, comedi vocalists and dancers. Passion Ptay.—Dr. 0. D. Cheney. an eye witness to the representation of 1890, will de- liver a lecture on the Pussion Play at Over-Am- mergan at Masonic Temple next Monday night and again on Tuesday. The lecture will be illuminated by fifty beautifuliy colored views. Seats at Metzerott’s. | Tue Hanvarp Gree Crvr will make its firet | appearance in Washington on Wednesday even- ling at the Masonic Temple. This club ix com ed of excellent musicians who play the banjo and mandolin and who sing glees, duetts and sole | Their j | other college of y | be obtained at tzerotts. The entertainment here will be under the patronage of a number | of society people and the audience will no doubt be large and brillian‘ A Hoosier Doctor Uses Disinfectants as a Remedy. Dr. A. F. Henry, a reputable physician of Wingate, Ind., has invented a simple method of | curing consumption, which, it is claimed, has | produced beneficial results in a series of six experiments. It is easily within reach of not | only physicians, but of trained nurses as well. | The preparation used is any of the modern antiseptic disinfectants or germicides except | toxic substances or noxious gases. An alcoholic lamp is placed ona block of wood, aud surrounding this lamp is a galvan- zed iron cylinder covered with asbestos to ro- tain the heat. Inside the cylinder and imme- tely above the flame js.acan, from which two rubber tubes extend. Within nd wi ient inhaies the preparation chosen ix placed nostrils the method it inserted in | fumes. By thi | Inns of a puline infected, cient nptiv be dix and rendered as completely aseptic as the stu of wn wmputated limb can be taade by # physician. Dr. Henry says that by his invention the antiseptic nay be distributed in the lungs, throat d nasal cavities with as much cer- as any ordinary medicine cun The method, it is cl: d, simply arrests disease, bus does not restore tissue already destroyed. ——_——+eo—____ ‘News From the Pacific Isles. ‘The steamship Australia arrived yesterday at San Francisco from Honolulu. On the 13th instant the appointment was announced in Honolulu of Hon. Henry Carter. minister to the United States, as delegate from Hawaii to the international monetary union to be held in this city. Hawaiian papers quote an announcement inthe Syndey Herald to the effect that the Union Steamship Company’s steamer Monowai would leave Sydney December 26 for San Fran- | cisco to replace vessels expected to be with- drawn at the termination of the Oceanic Steam- ship Company's contract for mail service be- tween the United States and Australia. Capt. Foss of the German man-of-war, Speiher last month unveiled a monument at Apia, Samoa, to the memory of the men lost on the German warship during the hurricane of March 16, 1889, Consul General Steubel and the German residents of Samoe were present at the cere- mony. - wee) eed Lost in a Minneapolis Sewer. Alaborber, Gustay Larsod, lost himself in one of the city’s big scwers in Minneapolis yesterday afternoon and wandered over three miles before he could get out. He had gone down to do some repairing and the man hole closed after him, leaving him in the dark. The foulair had almost overeome him when he made his exit at Cedar avenue and 4th street. Puck's Int.cerratep Dermirioxs. “Types of the ‘400.’ + ; Joy. How shall I put {t into speech! ‘The thoughtof sunshine in the rain: A moment's ease, made sweet by pain, A crippie's dreaw of life on wing, Water to lips grown sore athirst, ‘The peace of numbness when we reach the worst. "| which is thought to be conside: * WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER. 27, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. IN A TREASURE CAVE. Supposed Discovery of One of the Lost Span- ish Mines in the Southwest. A special to the New York World from Paris, Texas, says: The annals of the Spanish in the southwest are full of accounts of the expedi- tions and camps established and mines worked which have been tantalizing by the vagueness of their landmarks and lack of means of iden- tification, though from time to time accident, and occasionally close search, have revealed traces of their work. About a year ago the local press published an actount of the finding, near Red river, of the remains of a fortified camp, evidently Spanish in origin, and this Publication revived among surviving pioneers traditions of Spanish days, among which were those of a group of miners in the mountains of Indian territory for which this camp was head- quarters. Recently a letter has been received here which renews interest in these traditions and gives strong color of fact to them. According to this letter a party out on camp hunt had with them a pack of dogs, and about ten days ago the dogs started a fox, which gave them a splendid chase for several hours and finally took refuge in a pile of rock near the head of a small gulch. With little hope of unearthing the men began moving a lot of loose rock on the ravine ‘slope, and finally one of them discovered that this rock covered a we mouth. More rock was moved, brush and underbrush were cleared away, and it was found that the opening was of regular shaj and traces of tool work were found on sides. Lights were improvised and they fol- lowed the aperture some seventy or eighty feet, where it widencd ont into a large chamber, from which, at right angles to the entrance, branched other passages. It was clear that they were the work of men and not of nature. In the debris of the floor of the larger apart- ment, the letter states, they found fragments of iron ‘tools, some pieces of pottery and frag- ments of large, heavy wicker baskets. One tkeleton was also found in a large room. In the tide passages they found piles of broken rock at the end of the passages, which they fully explored, quite pile of the same rock, while the wells of the passage and. the wall at its end showed a glimpse of the same rock. Gather’ ‘ock they returned to the opening. which they closed up as carefully ey could and effaced the traces of their enterprise careful assay the mineral v: absence of mining laws in that section the party have decided not to make any move to- ward developing their find until such time as they can secure uninterrupted enjoyment of it. ‘The metal bears every evidence of being genu- ine. This view is borne out by other discover- ies of mineral-bearing rock in'that country. ————+0e THE NEW WINTER SPORT. Indoor Base Ball Has Struck New York in Lively Fashion. Indoor base ball is, something of a novelty, but is decidedly fascinating when playcd as it should be. From what can be learned the first attempt to make it of equal interest with other sports was in Chicago. The idea of the game orig- ted with George W. Hancock, publisher of an amateur paper. He is a member of the Far- ragut Club of Chicago. The gymnesium con- nected with the club had a special interest for him. One night several of the members, among whom was Hancock, were enjoying themselves by throwing thing: ing one another with boxing gloves. Hancock began to amuse himself by twirl ng a broom in emulation of a dram major. Some- body made a pass at him with a boxing glove. | It hit him in the face and for the instant stung him vather severely. He stooped down and icked up the glove and then batted it back with the broom handle. Several others secured | brooms and it was not long before they were cansing considerable amusement by batting all the boxing gloves they could | forti. From this sally Hancock’ evolve | scheine of indoor baseball. 11 and made out a erude set of rules and organ- ized a club The attention 4 ries. It has developed there rapidly un- til "now there are four leagues, fully ped, With several terms cach. the field wl n with the leagues. The gaine, It attracts “a good cla people. Each league game drews from 1,£00 to 2,000 people. ‘The interest is not contined to the male #ex, us the ladies show as much if not more enthasiasin thea the men. ——-ee—_____ AN AFRICAN KING REFORMS, Besia conne city, ina perteet er: He Becomes a Teetotaler, Quits Killing Peo- pie and Stops the Slave Trade. From the New York 8: A few yenrs ago King Lewanika, the ruler of the great Ea Rotse people on the Upper Zam- besi, was held up to the world by a number of clers a8 a particularly hideous and despica~ ble African ruler. Almost every day be in- duiged in the pastime of human sacrifices. He was constantly fitting ont expeditions to cap- ture slaves and he seemed to embody all the a. The missionary Coillard,who became famous for the « ich he gave to whieh wi saved the lil plorer, now writes that King turned over a new leaf. other missionaries country for a num arsand the good in- fiuence of thisadmirable man and his as doubtless explains the change that has come over the dusky monarch. Coillard says chat within the past three years the king ha not of- fered up a single victim as a sacritie also becoine # tcetotaler and he als tries to pre- his chiefs from indulging in driuk. He rmit the sale of native beer in his here ig a good deal of grumbling over te of the king, but those who live in his chief town and the neighborhood are com- pelled to obey him. He has also ceased to send ont slave-raiding expeditions and does not permit his people to sell slaves to caravans. This year alarge cara- van of black merchants came from Bihe, and the king learned that his peonle had sold ‘quite a number of slaves to the caravan. Before the merehants lef: his country King Lewanika liberated all the slaves and imposed a tine upon the merchants by confiscating a part of their ivory. The British South Africa Company ex- pests to have this large region, first made own to us by Livingston, underits control. The Adams Electric Railway Company of St. Louis will within the next two weeks enter suit against the Thompson Houston, the Sprague, the Short and other electric railway comy whose systems are now in su for infringement of patents covering th mental principle of propelling cars with elec- tricity as the motive power. The claim upon which these proceedings are to be based is the ofticial record of the patent oftice department Vashi back legal opinions from y ect. that the Adams Company holds the patent under which every successful ciectrie railway wystem of the country is now being operai ‘Two Steamships Afire. According to advices received at London, the steam:hip Shanghai recently caught fire at sea und is supposed to have become a total loss. The disaster is understood to have oc- curred near Wa Hu (Woo Hin), a treaty port of the Chinese province of Nganh-Hoi, on_the Yang-T'se-Kiang, about sixty miles above N: ‘The crew. consisting of about sixt natives, together with several European oft cere, are supposed to have met their death either in the tames or, subsequently by drown- ing while attempting to escape from the burn- ing vessel. ‘The British steamship Golconda, from Lon- don November 6, has Leen reported on fire at Diamond harbor, in the Hoggly river, thirty forr miles below Calcutta. very sistance is being sent to her, and it is hoped fat the vewel may bo waved. It is understood at the fire origi amor ie cargo, Sbe pany damaged. Death of Judge Simpson. Hon. W. D. Simpson, chief justice of the supreme court of South Carolina, died at his home in Columbia, 8. C., yesterday morning of heart disease. He was a native of Laurens and about sixty years of ‘age. Judge . elect ieutepant governor Hampton on the restoration | Ame FACTS ABOUT HAWAII. A Citizen of Two Countries Tells About the Paradise of the Pacific. From the Chicazo Tribune. Dr. A. B. Carter of Honolulu is at the Leland making a visit to the United States. “Iam in the anomalous position of being s citizen of two countries.” he said. “Those who reside in the Hawaiian kingdom and take the oath to support the constitution and the throne are allowed to vote. The American minister assured us that we did not thereby lose our citizenship in the United States. No, Idon’t think there will be any more political trouble. The king was under the influence of Gibson, the former premier, who was an ex- tremely peculiar man. He was a Mormon, who came over to make negotiations for the pur- chase of a small island for a Mormon colony. He got it in his own name, and then he wasn't | & Mormon any longer. But don't think he used his power to amass a fortune. When he died, after being turned out of office by the revolution, he left only about $100,000. He loved power for power's sake. “There are now two parties in Hawaii—the native party and the missionary party. The missionary party is keen for annexation to the United States and the other party doesn’t want that and doesn’t believe there is anything to be gained by it. After that they want a republic. I belong to the native party. Idon't think that a republic would be so satisfactory in Hawaii as @ constitntional monarchy. Not but the na- tives are intelligent and capable enough, for they are. They all dréss decently and are ed- ucated. The upper classes speak English as well as their native tongue and are quite re- fined. Buta republic tends to a government by the wealthy. There is no need to go far to find an illustration of that. ‘The natives see that the government would fall into the hands of the rich Americans, who would run it for their own benefit, and’ there is no need to go far for anillustration of that. ‘The native party won the last election and have a majority in the house. They have one chamber there, but two classes of legislators—the nobles, elected for five years, and the representatives, for two ¥ “When Ileft home we hadn't heard whether or not the Mckinley bill had been passed. They were then quite anxious about it, for Hawaiian sugar had been coming in free of duty, while other sugars had be 2 centa a pound. ‘This was in a peoplo a bounty of 2 cents a pound ennes. Some of our people declare that their plantations cannot stand the eut. Everything is sugar out in the Hawaiian islands. ingly large. Some parts of Clous Spreckles’ plantation yield as much as eight tons to the aere. It was formerly utterly barren. It lay between two mountains. He introduced irri gating ditches and it sprang into enormous fer- tility. ‘The scientific engineering required in ditching for sugar plantations is tremendously ‘Vhey have lately taken. to growing for the San Francisco market. We are six or seven days from there. Some little cof- fee planting has been tried there, but not in a thorough way at all. I wonder that more has not been done with it, for the coffee grown is superb, the best Tever tasted. One other thing I think they nt to try, and that is tobacco. I believe he equal to Havana tobzcco can be grown The natives grow some, but it is strong and coarse. That's the way they like it.” “How about the climate? “ft is the snme year in and year out. always puzzled to recollect son is just like another. there Ithonght Thad got to heaven. Oh, no more winter, no more frosts. But I tell you it gets to be mighty tiresome to know that next month and the next and the next are all going to be just exactly like this. Still Hawaii is my home and the Hawaiians are good people. I married a Hawaiian and there is home for me.” a COMING CONFERENCE. The yield is exceed- Tam ates, for one sea- THE Messrs. McCarthy, Power, Redmond, O'Kelly, Sexton, Kenny and O'Connor Wiil Participate. The Temps of Paris announces that after the mecting between Parnell and O'Brien a formal conference of the Irish leaders will be held. Among those who will take part in the delibera- tions will be Messrs. McCarthy, Power, Red- mond, O'Kelly, Sexton, Kenny and Arthur O'Connor. The aim of the conference will be a reunion of the two sections of the Irish part; based on the temporary retirement of Mr. Pai nell from the leadership. ‘Tho Levats asserts that Mr. Parnell will come to Paris without ha rangement with Mr. O’Brien for a meeting ‘The paper further says that Mr. O’Brien does notexpect to discuss the position with Mr. Parnell personally. sere. Gill and O'Brien are stayin honse of M. Raffaloviteh in Paria.‘ reading up the newsp | themselves on the even ppened since | they left America. Mr. O'Brien enjoys ex lent health. He refuses yet to discuss the Fits ation, but described as an atrocious libel th statement of the London Tiznes that while in c contributed to the columns of Pat- rick Ford's newspaper, and that Patrick Ford, | who, like his old guests, Messrs. Davitt and Healy, is greatly shocke'l at Parnell’s moral | y are er files and posting obliquitics, has just reatirmed his faith in the gospel of dynamite. Mr. O'Brien asserts that he tas telegraphed to the Times for a retrac- tion of the statemen‘. Dr. O'Donnell, bishop of Raphoe, in a letter to the Irish Catholic, saya he regrets that the Irish pepple did not immediately place the blame ugon Mr. Parnell for his offense against morality, instead of “giving him a handle with which to ruin the party and the count John Pinkerton, member of po Galway, a supporter of Mr. Parnell, ent for mnounces that he ‘will resign his seat if his constituents desire him to do 60 because of his allegiance to Mr. Parnell. ——__——ee. A Lamentable Deception, From the Boston Advertiser. Itisa great mistake in this ninetoenth cen- tury to betooeredulous. Sad as the statement may teem, it is necessary for every prudent man to accept with much caution the words of advice that are now poured on him through the columns of kind contemporaries, and even the ife has learned to distrust the cooking receipts that abound in the honse- keeping columns of the country weeklies. ‘These reflections are called np by'an incident that hes been repeated in the thousands of once y homes during the last week. ng ago a paragraph appeared some- © extollingthe use of vaselinc as a shaving ing in cunning worde a pleas- ing picture of the supreme pleasure enhanced by its use. Lather, shaving soaps and shaving sticks were to be thrown away and the glitter- ing blade was to slide merrily down each stubby chin, leaving Lehind a skin smooth, soft, tender and rosy as an infant's peachy cheek. The barber shops and the more palatial “tonsorial saloons” were to be closed forever and that vigorous and persistent brigand, the brush boy, was to seek refuge ina penal institution for the reception of irreclaimable young crimi- nels, Within a week after its original appear- ance 40,000 pairs of scissors and 40,000 paste pots aided in spreading it before over 60,000,000 people, and the evil wax done. It began with the joyous weck that ushered in Thanksgivingtide. Razors, long disused, were resurrected from their black leather eases and the demand for vaseline was unprece- dented. Men who were too wily to be caught by any talk of “McKinley Ny fell easy vie- tims to tie cunningly devised paragraph. Youths whom no rumors of the stock et could disconcert gave one last look of triumph- ent contempt on the vanquished brush boy and bade an eternal good-bye to the erimzon plush chairs and beveled mirrors. Staid basi- hess men were seen going out on the suburban trains with bulging pockets, which held the un- mistakable vaseline bottles. ‘Ihe week wore on and the city of Boston took on a different aapect. The markets were festooned, the churches opened, the streets were crowded with happy children and sober matrons struggling along under the weight of huge paper-covered parcels, and the bells rang merrily out on the crispy, cold air of a Thanks- giving morning. But the faces of the men Were seamed and scarred and red and blotched. Many a once proud and happer fatier sut down to his Thanksgiving day dinner witu ‘ars of pain and regret in his eyes as he looke:! with pitying anguish on the ‘tortured faces of his sons. Tho day afterward men came to busi- once more resum New Hampshire Politicians Confer. Conferences were held at Concord, N.H., night by lending republicans and democrats to When I first went | ing made a previous ar-| RUDYARD Ririixcs, JACK CARROLL'S TICKLISH JOR. tm India. From the New York Times. Capt. Clement M. Bellaire, now residing in St. Louis, was for ten years, from 1861 to 1871, an officer in the royal Havre artillery in India. He is a finished scholar, a great traveler anda man of rare literary attainments. He was asked today for his views on the literary works of Rudyard Kipling. In the course of a long conversation on the subject Capt. Bellairs said: “Rudyard Kipling has been as fortunate as was Rider Haggard in his choice of a new field in which to dress the stage for his characters and as long as ho confined himself fo British India, ite society and the scenes of its most modern campaigns, just so iong has he been able to attract Doth attention and admiration, The comparatively unknown details of the mil~ —_ ~ a the men and — who F stage great dependency of Eng- land in the far east ‘as. its leading characters cannot fail to be of interest to those who are curious to_know how English habits, English lawse and English ral can be grafted on a pop- ulation of 300,000,000 Hindu and Mussulman fellow-subjects of the Kaiser I. Hind. In paint- ing the details Kipling has proved himeelf a master hand, both fearless and attractive. “Teeming with interest, as are even the com- monplaces of every-day life in India, there have been but very few Englishmen who have de- voted themselves to writing about them. The very great majority of the English whose lots are cast in the great peninsula are in the direct employ of the crown, either military men or civil servants, ond for these the exposing of rocial o official shortcomings after the matmer of Kipling is at least frowned down, if even not actually forbidden. Writing to the or the publishing of fiction founded on fact, in which the picturing of the foibles of a senior could pessibly be suspected, would bring down the wrath of the magnates of Indian oflicialism on the head of the venturesome junior who at- verter being fi Mr. Rij “Not being in government employ Mr. Kip- ling has been entirely untrammeled. by these considerations, and in his rare collection of stories about India he has availed himself to the utmost of his opportunity. It has been suggested that in these stories he has—that he must have--exaggerated the peculiarities of the Anglo-Indian military, official and social sys tems. This is not, however, exactly or even generally correct. Here and there his points are no doubt somewhat overdrawn, but, on the whole, his coloring is not guilty of splashing, and where be is florid the most simple mind of his readers can see that he means his _plaster- ing to be transparent. His greatest fault as @ Writer of good stories—and this applies espe- cially to his works when brought torthis side of the Atlantic—is to be found in the copious interlarding of his English with Hindostanee words snd expressions. ‘This fault no doubt arises from the fact that in India, whether in the drawing room, the mess or the court house, industanee words and idioms find their way into almost ever sentence. This is especially the case in Bengal, evidently the only part of India where Mr. Kipling is at home. Kipling’s relapses into Hindostaneo are occasionally fatal to. the chances of any one but an Angio-Indian under- standing the matter he is reading. For in- stance, in one of the latest of his works, ‘The Story of the Gadsbys’, he carries his reader with rrivesat his climax—the ces ene of a dying bride. The y |lirious; the husband is sit joint ; the chapisin is administering him consolation in the shape of brandy and soda, and the doctor, hopeless, comforts him as best he can with the platitudes of the ‘In-the- midt-of-life-we-are-in-death’ descri In- cidentally the ayah (lady's maid) calls toa man ouside, ‘Punkah chords.’ ‘There is nothing in the text which could explain the remark to the ordinary re and the story sin the direction of the fatal weakness of the one and of the increasing consolation to the other of the principals, until the watchful_ayah sud- deuly shricks, ‘Passeena agya! From this moment begins the restoration to health of the young woman. To the i iated the change is practically simple. The ayeh, noting the coldness of her mistress, has simply ordered the man pulling the punkah over the bed to ‘punkah aocaat cease fanning, and subsequently discerning @ new action of the lady's skin. kaows that her iaistress is saved and announces it by the glad nt of ‘Pusseena agya,’ ‘the sweat has come.’ ‘o the ordinary American who has not mas- tered any of the tongues of the gorgeous east the enlmincting point of interest in the story of. “The Gadsby’ must ever remain lost for ivory of knowledge of the Hindostanee equiva- jen ssible in Americe asin Eng- for here there is no such specially class to appeal to.as there ix across the er, but still many of them would be attraet- iywhere. Terhaps the very best of them, or, at least, the one most powerfully written, is that entitled “The Man That Was.’ All of the | stories of the three soldiers, Mulvaney, Learovd vi ous, and ina few of his . Kipling shines brightly in His ‘Wee Willie Winkle,’ “Thrown Away’ and Word of Mouth’ ‘are among his best in this line, while the fun fairly spurkles in his “Taking of Lungtunepon’ and many other of hisstories. Every one ehould 1 Ripling « short stories even if he has never learned how many annas there are in a rapee or the joy i ine Madras pawn Mt nce has borne out the truth contained in that singular and seemingly uggerated | sketch, “The Big Drank Draft. ort, Rudyurd Kipling’s stories represent In the only’ valuable attempt to penetrate and portray the native social system of India, that ax been made since Capt. Meadows Taylor wrote his remarkable ‘Confessions of a Thug. ———_os FIRE IN A MINE, Over 300-Persons Thrown Out of Work—Ef- forts to Subdue the Flames. An explosion took place yesterday morning in the entrance shaft of the United Coal and Coke Works, operated by the United Coke Com- pany at Scottdale, Pa, It was caused by the ignition of keroscne oil. The report was ter- rifle, One hundred and forty miners were at work at the time, but all made their escape through the various openings for that purpose. Some escapes were miraculous. The fire destroyed all the loose property in the mine and did enormous damage. Every effort was made to extinguish the fire. The which would practically ruin the ed. The United mine is situated | on the Sewickly ereek and is pronounced one of the finest in the region. General Lynch of the Frick Coke Company, who thor- oughly understands everything about the mine, is on ihe scene dirceting the work, and at a late hour lust night it was thought that the flames would be subdued. The excitement in tho cinity of the explosion is widespread. Two rsons Were injured yesterday afternoon by a Rail of timber neer the ‘burning shaft. Over 300 men will be thrown out of employment. —--—0e Minister Phelps’ Large Reception. Ata reception given yesterday afternoon at the American legation in Berlin over 500 cards were left for United States Minister Phelps. ‘Miss Marion Phelps, whom Mrs. Boardsman of Cleveland chaperoned, received the guests. At the close of the reception the Count and Count- ess von Waldersee — Minister Phelps with » life-sized colored erayon of Gen. von Mol Henry Watterson Chosen. Ata mecting of the state democratic central committee of Kentucky yesterday in Louis- villo the Hon. Henry Watterson was unani- mously elected to succeed the late Hon. Hi D. McHenry asa member of the nati democratic Committee from the state of Ken- From the New York World. C. W. Couldock of “Hazel Kirke” fame has dropped pretty much out of sight in the past i i 3 f i i E : a Swinging at the End of a Rope 250 Feet High In a 32-Mile Breeze, From the Boston Globe. The 1 o'clock whistles had just called the workmen back to their toil yesterday afternoon when the wind was cavorting about among the housetops and chimney pots in its most hair- raising manner. Thirty-two miles an bour! So blew the wind. Up near the shore of the South bay, sus pended ‘twixt heaven and earth, hung a man who most of all the citizens of Boston had | cause to remember how the wind blew the 12th | day of December in the year of grace 1890. | Jack Carroll, swimmer, diver, man-of-war's | man, steeple climber and chimney scaler, was swaying back and forth just tritle less than 250 feet from the earth. But a seemingly slender bore him up, and it looked so little worthy of confidence to the people who eraned their necks far below him that they stood rooted to the ground, expecting each mo ment that a human body would tremble in mid- air aud then plunge erushed and broken to the earth. But it didn’t. The wind twisted him about on his narrow seat, swung him playfully away from the big mass of brick and mortar and | tried its best to dislodge him, but pluckily he | elyng. sturdily he pounded away with aham- | mer that was suspended from his waist. The chimney whose looming height was the | point of observation is the lofts which has been erected by the West End Strect iiway Company. ig iron cap has been placed rad brow, anda pores oten on its summit is further from mother ear the same time retai: com than he can get anywhere else in Boston. months laborers worked upon the foundations. | For months more they built it higher until it | reared its head far above everything terrestrial, with the exception of the blue hills fringing the | horizon. Spires, chimneys and masts are dwarfed beside it. One thing was left to be done. Lightning rods must be placed upon it. | It was with this purpose in mind that cle headed Jack Carroll was swang up its yesterday. The lightning rod isn’t a rod at all in the usual acceptation of the term. It is a strap. It is made in this shape to handle the 3 It was hoisted to the top of the chimney in a big coil ona reel. Then one end of it was ran the top. a man swun; on the to straighten and atten it out, and at was lowered till it reached the ground. i ‘Then came Juck Carroll's part of the work. Aheavy, stout rope was run up the inside of | the chimney through blocks me j down the out side to the in. There Jack fastened | toit his stout plank for a seat ‘The wind blew so fearfully that gay ropes had to be suspended from the top. His seat arrangement on the ends +o it could be at-| tached to these ropes and slide between them, | else the wind wonld have blown him out so far all,andeven if he had each blow with his | hammer would have sent him rebounding away, the plaything of the breeze. | word was given and up he was hoisted. | He was securely tasiened to his seat, and, used as he was to snch trips, it seomed only a joke to him. But the wind was a li he had anticipated. After he had reached the point where he re- ceived the full benefit of its caresses he sig- | naled to be lowered and came down to make | his fastenings still more secure and tie a cord around his shoes to keep them from being blown off his teet. Then up he went again and commenced | work, fastening the thin strips of metal to th irons inserted in the brick work, done as the masons progressed upward. The wind still blew him out so far that he had to unhook his seat from the guy ropes and use his feet on | them to push him in toward the chimney. Just | under the bulging head of the chimney the work was most difficult, but he effected it | safely. Then he worked along downward. ——e-— WRECK OF THE SCHOONER YALE. Damage Caused by the Storm on the New Jersey Const. The three-masted schooner Yale, bound, in ballast, from Boston for Baltimore for coal, tried to enter Sandy Hook bay Thureday night for shelter from the terrible storm, but to | avoid coming ashore she anchored just outside of the inner bar. Her officers displayed no tress signals yesterday morning, evidently be- lieving that she would outride the gale. Capt. Edwards of life-saving station No. 6, at the foot of Deal lake, telephoned to Capt. Wardell of life-saving station No. 5 at Elberon and he went down with his crew. The sea ran high and pounded and battered away at the schooner with terrific force. A big wave tore off the vessel's rudder and then one of her two | anchor chains parted. A life line was shot over the rigging and goon the breeches buoy 8 bringing the crew ashore. Capt. Alexander impson, the commander: Joseph Errickson, the mate, and six of the crew were safely drawn ht the schooner was still on the bar, but she had been terribly racked by the terrific onslaughts of the sea and the huge combers were breating her upper deck. She is owned by Capt. Ilutchinson of New Haven, Conn., and is valued nt $20.09. She was built ir. the bluff along Ocean avenue at Long Branch, an¢ has damaged a lot of bulkheads of sammer cottages. A large ship narrowly es- zaped being driven ashore near the Ocean pier, t the foot of Broadway, yesterday. At one time it looked as though the vessel would be driven through the pier, but her crew finally ther bow north and ‘she scudded toward New York. ‘The storm has carried away parts of come of the bulkheads of the cottages at Monmouth Beach. The extent of the damage is not known. ‘The life-saving service telephone line is down between Seabright and Sandy Hook. It is re- ‘orted that the railroad tracks near Highland Beach have been washed over into the Shrews- bury river. Sandy Hook bay is filled with ves- sels which ran in to avoid the storm. ‘The storm knocked the vessels in Raritan bay together, smashing their sides. Several of them were driven ashore. The big board walk of James A. Bradley, the founder of Asbury Park, was ‘consid- erably by the heavy surf. ‘The beach at Occan Grove was cut out. A large three-master, with a part of her upper rigging missing, narrowly ocuaped coming ashore near the inict at Shark river. A. heavy sontheasterly rain storm raged at Cape May. ‘The tides were unusually high, the water having risen so a8 to cover the meadows and splash upon the board walk. The snow of ‘Thursday night has been nearly all washed away by the rain. No damage has yet been done. 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