Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1893, Page 2

THE DISTRICT TEAM AT THE TARGETS. AGAIN THE WINNERS. District Riflemen Capture Two More Prizes, HILTON TROPHY AND BRONZE SOLDIER. A World’s Record Tied by the Marksmen. RETURN ON MONDAY NIGHT. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CAMP SPENCER, SEA GIRT. Aug. 12- Washington 1s again the winner of th great Hilton International Trophy, and, i: addition to betng the possessor of that val: able work of art, holds a title to the grea bronze figure of the “Soldier of Marathon, whieh, like the Hilton, is offered for annua competition by ‘ational Rifle Associa. tion of the United States. At this time the trophies are at Harris burg, Pennsylvania’s capital, but within ¢ few days the jeweiry will be forwarded t. Washington, there to remain for at least an. other year. ¢ ¢ Jerseys Chance. ‘The Hilton shield will not be a stranger to ‘Washington, for tt was exhibited there trom ‘the latter part of 1891 to October, 189%, but the bronze soldier is unknown there and ‘will be much admired. In spite of the fact that both New York lvania failed to snow up the ean and at times Tate, the cause of real excitemen: was known <enerally that ‘the Washington sharpshooters were out for ® score larger than that made by the - stone markamen, and there was evidence Of @ great growth of ability among the Jer- sey men, 90 a red hot contest was not un- naturally expected. New York and Pennsylvania Absent. ‘The opening was delayed until 10 o'clock Bo as to give the absentees @ chance to put fm an appearance, but the great state of Pennsylvania made no effort to defend the Gen. Spencer. frophies it won a year ago, while New York was also utterly careless. There were many Washingtonians among the spectators when the interstate match opened, a:nong | them being Maj. H. L. Cranford, Mrs. Cran- | ford. Mrs. Percy Cranford and Mr. B. H. Spang. They were quietly loyal in support- ing ther representatives. At 200 yards some first-class work was me by th teams, the District securing points, while Jersey got 493. Tied the World’s Record. ‘Then the first stage of the Hilton was tan up, and when it ended, Washington had made $44, tieimg the world’s record for that distance. Jersey's total was 144 Work at 500 yards commenced at 2 o'clock and when each man had fired ten shots, it Was apparent that Washington had cap- tured the Soldier of Marathon with a lead of fifty, its total betae 1,27. In the sec- ond stage of the ton " Washington in- creased its lead, getting 9% to Jersey's 359, ind when the third stage terminated had to ite credit 3 to Jersey's 317, the aggregates bein respectively 1,68 and 1,020. Forty Rounds. Then the team gathered around Gen. Spencer and cheered him and the balance of New Jersey, and there were speeches by | Gen. Spencer,’ Gen. Ordway, Gen. George | W. Wingate of New York, Gen. G. a Howard, Gen. Stryker, New Jersey’s adju- tant general. and Maj. Geo. H. Harries. The Washingtonians were extremely de- Nghte had beaten the record y both Penn The team will be bh wiving at the Pennss vania depot by 3:15. | The twelve will be escorted to head- quarters by the third and fourth battalions, nd by such other subdivisions of the bri- ‘as may care to turn out. Mow the Interstate Trophy Was Won at Sen Girt. ‘Sta Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAMP SPENCER, SEA GIRT, N. J., August 18, 1893. Yesterday was skirmish day; skirmishing for “keeps,” and the District of Columbia engineers will do the keeping for one year, anyhow. Skirmish work is certainly more popular with the spectators than any other form of sharpshooting prowess, and there were many visitors at the Sea Girt rang? to witness the vigorous efforts of military athletes. Aside from its being the best test of real military prowess with the rifie, there 1s pleasure in the mystery which surrounds competitive skirmishing; no one of the com- petitors knows anything about the results On the Skirmish Run. unt® the figures are made the afternoon clock in yublic. It was 2 fore the runs o were all completed, and the statistical offi- $eta were engaged ari smoothly. command. In the prelim! and Capt for several hours in their iid com- ence fo operate the program moved very nm. Spencer was, of course, in inary arrangements he was assisted by Brig. Gen. Van Valen and Col. Owens and Col. Decker, ant inspectors general of rifle pract- at the base of o) vce = Looe jones ey, the secon Duatrict of Coltrabia’s adit anne he G. res Harris ther in wn with the rapidly suc- E. P. Howard, Major Currie "en inen went on each run, each man having In nis belt cartridges: each man was required two runs. The scene was enliven- ing, and although there was a close family Tesemblance between one run and all the other runs interest never flagged. The Hilton Trophy. ‘There was some weary but unavoidable waiting while Capt. Walker, Col. Righter and others of the statistical force figured out the results, but the expected thing hrp- until the latter part of 1894 no one need bother him- Pened—the engineers won—and self as to the New Jersey Interstate Capt. Cash's flIness has caused th: hy. rst tegiment team a great deal of inconvent- ence, but the members went right along, doing the very best they could, and hoping Capt. Parmenter. that their captain would be around in time to relieve his alternate, Private Boyer, who lacked experience as skirmisher, but who nevertheless did admirably. ‘The Scor The individual and team scores are as follows: Engineer Corps. Known Skir- Total. distance. mis! Corp. Young. 4 17% 260 Private Leizeai 8 a Lieut. Hutterly. 89 pt, a 2) 2 4 286 2 4S a m= (me 1492 First Regiment. Known Skir- Total. distance. mish. Lieut. Laird 9 1 oR E 1st BB ¥ 1390 ae Lieut. Stewart. 15 Corp. Appleby. 16600 BT Private Boyer. us 3 Capt. Bent Sergt. Maj. Moy Lieut. Rotramel. Private Kirk Sixth Battalion. Known distance. Private King... Capt. Tomlinson Ellsworth: Davenport. Blanton. ‘Wilcox. 6 56 8 x Ps 3B Skir- mish. 5 140 $8 i 16 135 145, ‘Total. oat 1 THE EVENING STAR: WA All the team totals are made up as fol- lows: Engineers, 1492; first D. C., 145; second D. C., 1415; second N. J. 1351; seventh ular order, but the scores have improved yery much. The winning total in 1391 was 1232 and in 1992 1466; this year Capt. Tom- Unson’s team makes'a better score by many gzatitying points than it ever did before. Cept. Tomlinson and his men leserve a reat deal of credit; they might have done ter, but there is nothing to sorrow over. During the afternoon the second regi- ment team captured the Columbia trophy, presented to Jersey by the District Nation- al and last night it was made known that the same team were victorious in another of the important state matches. A Welcome H A dispatch received from Gen. Ordway by battalion commanders today instructed them to assemble their commands Monday evening for escort duty when the riflemen return from Sea Girt. It is probable all the in the city will turn out to give the victors a welcome home, but a number of the commands will be away in camp. pemmstanerhegibanbaaes HELD COURT UNDER A TREE. How Justice is Administered im the Rural Districts of Missourt. From the Kanses City Joar-al. That justice ts freely dispensed to all comers in the petty tribunals of Jackson county known as the justice courts no one will deny, but in the particular case of George Miller, who now views the outer world from the other side of the steel bars of the Jackson county jail, there seems to have been too much justice, too speedily as well as too unequally applied. Arrested, tried, convicted and landed in the county jail all within the Space of about three hours, and for a crime of which it ig yet doubtful if he was guilty; such is Mil- Jer’s history. And, to make a bad matter worse, the complications of the law are such that it is highly improbable that he bere ton his liberty, even should he es- his innocence of the charge pla against him, ansais The case has its humorous as well as its serious side, and for its unique features and original legal methods Miller's trial is prob- ably without an equal in the court history of Missouri. It seems that Miller, who is a young man of good character, had been em- ployed in a Main street restaurant until ill- ness compelled him to abandon his position, though he was almost penniless. In his di- lemma he found a friend in the person of Edward J. Froisey, who offered to support him until his recovery if he would take care of Froisey’s little farm on the south side of the Blue river near Troost avenue. This proposition Miller gratefully ac- heaters and bes next day was installed in e ‘oisey househol where al: Proisey’s aged ae peep. Palin) ‘page hon ey until last ne ; When, as he stepped trom the back door, he observed an inhividual une known to him, just leaving the hen house with @ fat pullet under each arm. He had been particularly cautioned by Mr. Froisey to keep a lookout for chicken thieves, and he thought this an opportunity to display his valor and earn his patron's everlasting gratitude. “Hold on there, young feller,” he shouted; “where you goin’ with them chickens?” The stranger looked tough as he replied: “Say, is dat any of your funeral?” “If you don’t drop them chickens I'll blow the’ roof of your id off,” yelled Miller, making a dash for the kitchen, where a loaded revolver was lying. But when he reappeared the stranger was making rapid tracks for the gate, and he did not fire on him. Haif an hour later he was considerably astonished when a con. stable hove in sight and arrested him on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Hav- ing no choice in the matter, he went with the constable. Now the thinly settled and purely 5 cultural region lying south of the Blue boasts the presence of a duly-elected justice of the peace, @ well-to-do farmer, by name D. P. Antony, and, as legal pro lings in “J * Antony's court are by no means as = ful as the bull frogs in his meadow, that official prepared to make the most of the case. He had no court room handy, but the spreading branches of a giant apple tree in e orchard near by served the purpose ad. mirably, and here the court was estab- Mshed, with the soft side of a log for a bench’ and seats enough on the grass for the thousands of spectators who might or mo not choose to attend. ” thundered the ring in the prisoner, fudge, And straightway the constable ap- ragging his victim unw! ly beat at the other end of the log. ‘The com: aint was read in the constable’s most joleful tone, and the judge stroked his Whiskers and meditated. “Ana! quoth he, “this, I see, is a serious case. We must have @ jury.” It was the prisoner's, pre- rogative to ask for a jury if he wanted it, but that made no difference. The constable salited forth and speedily returned with six “good men and true,” five farmers and a workhouse guard, recruited from the road near by, where a gang of county prisoners were at work. The six solemnly ranged themselves in a semi-circle on the grass before the judge and the trial (?) began. Miller briefly told his story, and then the st whom he believed guilty. of steal- ing Broisey's. chickens, appeared on the scene and told his story. He clatmed that he owned the chickens, they having wan- dered into Froisey’s yard, and he was sim- ply recovering his property. That ended the trial, and the jury thereupon filed {nto the jury’ room—the cleared space beneath an adjoining apple tree—where they | were speedily joined by the jddge and constable, and together they arranged the verdict. When they returned to the court room Ml ler was informed that he had been c@n- victed of “threatening to kill,” and that he had been fined 325 and costs, amounting in all. to $85.40. He could not pay, and so Judge Antony tore a leaf from a note book loaned him by one of the jurors and made cut his commitment, ordeqing Marshal Stewart to confine Miller in the county jail until the fine and costs were pald. ‘And then court was adjourned, the farm- ers returning to their wheat ‘flelds, the guard to his prisoners, and Miller was taken away by the constable, and within an hour the doors of the county jail opened to re- celye him. ——_—_—_+-e+____ COME TO MEETING AND CRY. A Stirring Appeal to Colored People by a Western Camp Meeting Exhorter From the Kansas City Times. Fully 50 people were singing “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” in a half-hearted way wlien Rev. Dr. J. M. Washington walked into the big colored camp meeting tent at 17th and Vine streets last evening. He mounted the platform, faced the audience and throwing up his hands sald: “*Taint no kind of use trying to sing ‘Nearer, My God, to Thee’ in a meeting of this kind for you'll get further away from God the longer you sing it. Let’s lay aside our gloves and new-fashioned ways and have @ good old camp meeting hymn.” ‘Then he started in on “You'd Better Get Religion, Sinner,” and the canvas swelled to the chorus. Then Elder Bunch, whom Mr. Washington knew down in Kentucky away back in slavery days, prayed one of the old prayers he used to offer up in the cotton patch, and the services were in full swing. The revivalist talked a good deal to the hypocrites and back-sliders. He sald: TT Grouldn’t give a cent for a dry-eyed, dry-mouthed, stiff-kneed, straight-backed old devil of a black wretch that can’t come to meeting and cry a ttle. They'll tell you it’s too hot to go to church this weath- er. I'd like to be behind ‘em and push ‘em back into the cotton patch. Some of these days they'll want to get into heaven, and I'd like to be there when they tried to get in. I'd stand there and club ‘m till they couldn't rest; the old moss-backed, #lab- sided, twist-kneed, cross-eyed hypocritas, “And they come here to Jaugh at God's people! In a time like this the «evil and his wife and all his grandchildren come out to see the fun. Well you're welcome, Mister Devil and Mrs. Devil and all the little devils, as long as you behave yourselves. When can’t do that, go off about your busines: ‘A great part of the sermon was on Bman- cipation day and it’s memories, and here Mr. Washington prot himself an orator. He has the gift of an orator in swaying his hearers. When he talked of the dark valley of trouble and sorrow through which the black race had come up to freedom there was hardly a dry eve in the audt- ence. There were as many white as col- ored persons under the tent, and they caught the infection from their colored neighbors and cried too. When he told of the dawn of freedom, of the chariots and horses and the mighty army that came down from the north, over the mountains, into the dark valley of slavery to strike the shackels from a race, such a mighty shout went up from the congregation as the old trees in the grove never re-echoed before. “You remember,” he sald, “how you used to stop the mules in the furrow, look to see if the master was coming, and then kneel down and touch the telegraph wires to heaven. Bring me Ingersoll, bring me ‘Tom Paine, bring me all the infidels that ever Mved and lied and then come with me down to that log cabin in the Georgia cotton patch. Step out, Uncle Ned. Never mind ur Bible; he can't read a word of it, but ask him how he got rellgion. ie"! teli you how he heara a whisper from heaven, how he stole off to the timber and pra: the fire came down and filled his soul. ee Col. A. J. Boyd, president of the Bank of Reldsvilie, N. C.,’and the Hermitage cotton mill, died yesterday, i ANIMALS BREED DISEASE. How Acute Mania is Often Attributed to Hydrophobis., The Cat as a Cause of Epidemic Danger of Fondling Domestic Pets, “There has been an unusual number of deaths this summer from alleged hydro- Phobia,” sald an insanity expert to a Star reporter yesterday. “However, we ‘mad doctors’ do not share the popular belief Tespecting that complaint. “I was called in the other day to attend the case of a young woman who was dying with all the symptoms of so-called hydro- phobia. She was in convulsions. When of- fered water in a tin receptacle she bit right through the sheet metal. She barked now and then like a dog and frothed at the mouth. “The average general practitioner would have diagnosed the case as hydrophobia off hand. But there was one objection to that theory—the patient had never been bitten by @ dog or by any other animal, unless it were an insect. Not only was there no question of mad dog, but there was no dog at all in the ‘history’ of the disease. The latter was nothing more nor less than what the insanity specialist terms ‘acute mania,’ “Acute mania is a complaint which mani- fests itself in all of the symptoms which are commonly attributed to hydro} bia. The patient is thrown into convulsions at the sight not only of water but of food, such manifestations varying in different cases. Barking like dog, frothing at the mouth and biting at whatever is within Teach are quite usual. The unfortunate must be served with both food and water in tin receptacles, to avold danger. In nine cases out of ten death ensues. “Ie there no danger then in being bitten by a rabid ? Certain! there is—very great danger. hat is tl matter with auch a dog? He Is attacked disease— the familiar complaint called raia, or plood Poisoning. His bite is likely to communicate ‘polaoning to n ten. It isa serious and often fatal com: plaint. Sometimes it happens that the indi- viduai bitten receives so severe a shock from the fright that the nervous system is upset “In such a case acute mania :nay set in. To bring that about, the dog need not be rabid—to speak more accurately, it need not be suffering from blood poisoning. It may be perfectly healthy, and yet the fright oc- castoned by its bite may induce the danger- ous nervous trouble of which I speak. I think that I have made myself clear. Take particular notice of the fact that acute ma- nla may be brought on by a variety of caus- es independent of the canine species. But, if the patient has happened at any time pre. viously to be bitten by a dog, the trouble is at once attributed to that, and the cry of hydrophobia is raised. “Now, I will venture to say that one per son out of every three receives at some time in his or her life @ wound, slight or other- wise, from the teeth of a dog. Frequently such’ injuries are infitcted by playful pup- ples, or otherwise accidentally. When you consider that this animal is the intimate friend and constant companion of man, It is hardly surprising that such should be the fact. You say that you yourself have been slightly bitten on two occasions. Suppose, as is Quite possible, that you were teken with acute mania, barking like a dog, foam- ing at the mouth and exhibiting @ disposi- tion to bite. Would not your afficted rela- tives refer the symptoms to oneof those dog bites? Of course they would. If you died, you would be advertised in the news- papers as a victim of hydrophobia. “What I tell you is not merely a theory of my own. It represents the bellef of ex- perts in nervous diseases generally. How- ever, since I have spoken in defence of the doz let me say something more with relation to that other favorite household companion of man—the cat. I would firet call your attention to the fact that the cat isa t far more useful to mankind than the dog. Without the latter we could get along, but if we had no cats we should have a continual plague of rats and mice, which would overrun the cities and devour the crops and small live stock of the farmers. “At the same time you may set it down an indisputable truth that the domestic cat {sa prolific source of a great variety Of diseases. It breeds them and dissemi- nates them, skin troubles particularly. It carries about with it the contagion of diph- theria, one of the most fatal of human complaints, and ft is seriously suspected of helping to'sow the germs of consumption. A trouble akin to ringworm, which attacks the scalp and causes the hair to fall out, 1s frequently conveyed by cate. Likewise it is with scarlet fever, which, when it 1 in a house, ts aways likely to ‘be scattered abroad by the pet pussies of the establish- men’ “The way of it is this: When there Is sickness in a house old cloths are apt to be used for various purposes. Thene are commonly thrown afterward into some out of the way place, like the corner of a closet. Suppose that there is a tabby about that is on the point of bringing into the world a litter of kittens. Female cats are constantly having kittens, as you know, being among the most prolific of animals. She searches for a sequestered nook for her scouachment, and is: Mkely to make her of just such @ lot of old rags as haye described. “As @ natural consequence, not onty ts the mother cat infected as to her fur with the contagious disease. but all of her kit- tens are likewise. The latter are fondled by the children. Pathogenle germs rem to find a most favorable breeding-xround in the hair of cats. As a result, the complaint \s spread. Unfortunately. the infection is not limited to the house. It is spread abroad by the cats, which are notorious tragglers. us before many days have passed there an epidemic of scarlet fever or what not in the neighborhood. Nobody can imagine how it got about. Little Johnny dies of diphtheria and nobody dreams that he con- tracted it by picking up a strange cat. “Children have a way of picking up cats and holding them to their faces to caress them. That accounts for many cases of that very disagreeable disease called ring- worm. It is the same way with other akin troubles that are contagious. Cats, as weil as dogs, are Mable to tuberculosis of the lungs, otherwise known as consumption. ‘That they communicate It to human beings is more than suspected. By the way, it Is worth mentioning that the wooly toy ant- mals of the nursery are not desirable piny- things. Disease germs are retained and bred in the wool, and the fondling of them by the little ones spreads many an infec- tion through the household." ERRORS ABOUT HYDROPHOBIA. ticas Some Popular Mistakes Concerning Mad Dogs and Their Acts. From the Chicago Herald. ‘A very grave error is expressed in the name hydrophobia, which means horror at water. This is not simply a misnomer, but misleading in a very serious way. The name hyérophobia having become fixed in people's minds, and the idea that rabid dogs dread water having become part and parcel of the general belief, the sight of a dog eagerly lapping water or willingly plunging into it naturally leads ninety-nine out of a hundred to exclaim: “He drinks; ‘The fact is, says, this authority, that a burning thirst is one of the characteristic symptoms of rabies in its early stages. On the other hand, the name hydrephobia is very appropriate when applied to man, a: an indefinable dread of water or any liquid is the characteristic of the later stages of the disease when afflicting a humin sub- ject. In dogs, so far from a -lread of water being a reliable symptom, it 's one which shows {tself but in extremely rare cases, ‘Another popular error attributes the mad. ness of dogs to the heat of the dog days In July and August, says the scientist, all Kinds of precautions are taken which no one thinks of in November or December. Now the simple fact is that the dog dave have no more to do with the rabies than the moon has to do with lunacy. Doge are lia- ble to attacks in every mon e year, s that July and August jonths in whieh the few- est cases occur, The-records of the veter- inary schools of Alfort, Toulouse, Paris, London and Lyons show that it is not in the hottest months, but in the wettest months, that the great majority of cases are seen, In April, November and December the recoried cases are double and triple those in June, July, and August. That the heat of the weather is not the cause of rables ls strikingly proved by the fact that in hot countries the disease is rare, and in some even unknown. Thirst, however in- tense, is incapable ‘of producing rabies. Dogs have been subjected to the cruel ex- perience of complete abstinence from water when chained to a wall under a burning in, ‘They died from thirst, but showed no symptoms of rabies. Another error is to Tees ont that mad dogs foam at the mouth. Tt is only at one riage of the disease that the rabid dog shows any foam. A perfectly healthy dog often shows an abundance of foam at the mouth after a hard ron. As it is most important, that the symptoms of rabies in dogs should be remembered, the following of the most notable are given for the guidance of both those who are fond of dogs and those who fear them. ‘At the commencement of the disease the animal's temper becomes changed; it is dull, gloomy and silent, seeks solitude and with: draws into the most obscure corners. It i: Steer and Festless, goes, here end there, es down and gets up, ps constantly prowling about and cannét rest long in one SHINGTON, D C.. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19. 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. A , will ee Oe comes. "When the to bite, which is one of pm ai to fost insets’ the certain stage, = Shimal drat attacks tnect bodies, It seems to. delight ta’ paawine feather "its straw, cats a Ae The ssanatbity ; e the rabid dog is greatly bluntes when it is burned or it emits no cry REFUSES TO RESIGN. Imternal Revenue Collector Quinn Says He Must Be Discharged. Collector of Internal Revenue John C. Quinn of San Francisco un Walaesday re- cetved a telegram from C. 8. Hamtin, act- ing secretary of the treasury, notifying him that by direction of the President he was requested to tender his resignation as col- lector, to take effect upon the appointment and qualification of his succéssor. In answer to this communication Col- lector Quinn sent the following reply: “My term of office as internal revenue sollector will expire next Marsh, eJthough ications of madness is that the sick at that time I will have held che office bu ies 77 mach ‘at the sight of | three years, one year of the term being ay ee le, WheR | held by my deceased predecessor. There is ome ie. ie & popular impression that a resignation we antipas ea | “blies @ desire on the part of an official voles anit dog ts of s marked | to ‘avoid the disclosure of semethiag un- contrast, can " jeasant in the administration of his office. THE BERING SEA DECISION. a. Pref. ‘W. Billictt Says That the 2 i i 4 & E & 5 i fr Ss at at He Z| He cee ihe alg i i i LH iy sixty miles out, for the seals are more numerous than they are miles from those shores. These vessels on that cestly anchor aa lay Cut any oterm better than they can do so on and Geo! for the depth is only fifty to seventy fathoms and ho! a first-class. So the revenue cutters nd, these fellows off their bearings, fog or no fog. “at is a great pity that this begin- ning of the was ‘entirely out it this close time run from Stay 1 to October 10 inclusive. 1 hope that the darkly hinted that the court had recommended that, sil Killing of fur mt three years in true, if that plan. is next three a ed oF ‘upon then the aaivetion rook effected fresh ef- and the Rat Might of truth turned on.” cos. CHILDREN MADE ORIPPLES. Producing Professional Beggars = Business in Austria. A gang of men have been arrested in Bis- kupitzroatia, Austria, because they have mutilated young children. The men have for years made a trade of crippling children and then sending them out to beg or selling them to others for the same purpose. Chil- dren were stolen or were led with agony to visit the house kept by the gang on to iat the Route Kept by the Eang on the bound and then tortured. The police eae their way into the house, where they fo two girls of twelve or with their legs broken. An- other of ‘about the same age Jay bound four ie it. we other chil For hereby mutated rere found a 407 which have been used in ome physical deformities were uncovered in cellar and were seized for evidence. fourteen BALL IN’ MIDWAY PLAISANCE. Hietory ‘The international ball on the Midway Plaisance Wednesday might was the most unique event in the history of the Chicago fair. Every nationality was represented, and all colore—white, black, black and tan and mixtures of these—joined tn the plea- sures and delights of the dreamy walts ‘The affair was held in the Natatorium, which was gorgeously fitted out with lights, flags, bunting and flowers. Chinese, Jap- anese, Samoans, Dahomeyans, Turks, Be- douins, Syrians, Persians, Egyptians, Moora, Algerians, Austrians, Amazons, Swedes, Roumanians, Russians, Esquimauz, Laplanders, Indians, Brazilians, Peruvians, Germans, ericans, lish, Spaniards, Frenchmen, Cingalese every other nationality mingled together in the most amicable relationship, and the sight & wonderful one to behold. of the costumes were stunning, le others, partioularly those whose came from the southern countries George Francis ‘rain ted ins grand march: a eT village a a maiden wi costume would not make even a large ba! suit. s At the banat uet wpiek took pl Aas fourteenth dance interesting : ale ‘Dahomey, were as “roast missionary on the bill of fare. All the queer Midway folks were at table, and they were « jolly ‘The bexes were occupi the sition officials and representative countries, STARVING MEN ATTEMPT SUICIDE. Three Jump Into the River at Ment- real in Presence of Hundreds. William Jefferson, William O'Riley and Michael Starke, all natives of the United States, without work, and driven to desper- ation by the want of money and food, at- tempted suicide at Montreal on Thursday by jumping into the river from the Victoria pler. The incident was witnessed by hun- dreds. The men, after bidding one another good-bye, clasped arms and deliberately threw themselves into the water. Although all were good swimmers, none of them made the slightest effort to death. The police boat put off to attempt @ rescue, and O'Riley and Jefferson were saved, but not before they had repeatedly jumped from the boat and were exhausted. Starke was drowned. The others are held on a charge of attempted suicide. ———- see A FREDERICK GIRL’S SUICIDE. Nettie Moberly Puts « Bullet Through Her Head. Miss Nettie Moberly, aged about seventeen years, daughter of ex-Mayor Louis H. Mob- erly, of Frederick, Md., committed suicide at the home of her sister, Mrs. Jennie Cia- Deugh, on South Market street, yestenlay afternoon. Miss Moberly had been with = friend during the morning and had gone to the Baltimore and Ohio station to see him take the train for Baltimore only = short while before her death. ‘On going to her sister's house she made the remark, as was supposed in a playful , that she intended following the ex- ample of a Mr. Bushey, who took his own life some months ago. She thereupon went upstairs, and standing before @ mirror fired the fatal shot from a S8-caliber revolver. The ball entered just behind the right temple and passed entirely through the head, striking a window shutter and falling on the sill. She was a young lady of prepossessing appearance and lively disposition and had many friends. She is said to have left a note addressed to her sister Jennte, in which she stated that she “was trad of living and by the time the note reached her ahe would be among the missing.” State's Attorney Eichelberger and Jun- tice Hewes, acting coroner, viewed the body and decided that inasmuch as tt was @ clear case of suicide an inquest was unnecessary. The sad affair caused a shock to the etmroge ‘The father of the dead girl is mailing clerk in the supervising architect's «Mice. On hearing the aad news yestentw, after. noon reasury and took the fire train for Frederick, owing that I have performed the duties of my position as internal revenue collector with the acknow! approval of my eu- jors, I must decline to sive grounds fcr -natured criticism by @ resignation which in future might put me apon explanation.” Collector who is a republi=. jeveland promined Se: he should “not be removed from office without causeand that thecnly ch brought against him is offensive arge partisanship. Quinn says: “If President leveland wants to remove me he can do ‘Rot resign shall have to be bounced.” 0 ECUADOR WANTS TO FIGHT PERU. Her People Angered by Atrocities Growing Out of the Boundary Dispute ‘There is a popular clamor in Ecuador for @ declaration of war against Peru to take Tevenge for atrocities said to have been committed by Peruvians during the dispute over the boundary and in violation of the status quo. ‘The Peruvian consul at Panama officially Gentes the rumor that Peru would be un- able to respond to a challenge to fight on @ccount of troubles at home. Ecuador les between Colombia and Peru, with the Pacific on the west and Brazil on the east. There are vast regions on the north, south and east fron’ claimed by the bordering countries. Ec: '@ popula- tion is little more than @ million, while that of Peru hes three millions, but the with nor stronger neighbor ‘aay be explain: wr stronger ni expiain- Sd''by the presumption thet’ the mooted South American triple alliance between Eeuador, Venezuela and Colombia has Feached the stage of an understanding. Confirmations. The Senate has confirmed George B. An- derson of the District of Columbia to be sec- retary of the legation at Rio de Janeiro, and So surveyor of customs at St. How the Question Was Settled. ‘From the New York Times. to decided to room a suburban ie. apparently simple enough this be a difficult onc, proved to was the individual and dia- two to be consulted, but the paper that was already upon the walls of an ining room \Bad to be taken ato consideration as well. Again and again Paper- , Who tells the story, come out with his big. rolls ‘ot samples to the suburban house, only to return with the mater un- ae as the wife was sure to dislike what the husband liked, and vice versa. At length the husband had a private in- terview with the paperhanger und svg- gested that the gordion knot be cut in this duchougn, S undertas has beer men pak deuten cote Without an escort” Let us then rejoice that where men ot admitted Pend 2. “When ‘= woman ‘accom- — by « man she finds she must him itairs, where the ot res- being reserved. for ladies “iy soos reserve lor 5 ie Of the “tew". counter: eetaitishintss Get E i i Fy 5 i Hilt “Two dropped on_ toast,” bread, rolle and mili" or “A chicken ero: quette and a cup of chocolate,” these are Some of the familiar orders. A brother was very much ted lately to find his sis- ter was in the habit of attending one of the counter restaurants. “But why not, Tom? I only want a bite at noon, ‘ang the food is always good, just as nice as if J had walted ten or fifteen minutes elsewhere to be served.” Tom could not state his objections ee eaky. but the truth was he this democratic of eating sometimes talk about a girl's extravagance. Ail the samse the Sounter restentent Serves the purpose of a large Class of women. eee Seats for op Girls, From the New York Times. The question of seats for shop girls or “ Assistants,” as they are cal in London, has been recently agitated afresh over there. Nearly all the tradesmen who were called as witnesses before the mentary committee at the time of cussion of the shop their willingness to provide seats during the 1 an has formed for the purpose ef petitioning shop- Keepers to le seats for thelr which has already met with eratitying phn cess, Every woman shopper in the land must feel an interest in this question. A women physician the other day, commenting on the matter, said that it was a constant wonder to her that shop girls did not faint dally at their posts, e strain of st is 20 much more severe than that of walking the same length of time. And when, as is most often the the shop girl ts poised on high-heeled, 1ll-shaped shoes, frequently ly short and narrow, it is not strange that thelr faces grow lined and careworn, ir voi sharp and their tempers rasped with the positive suff they undergo. women of Ei took up the halt- holiday question and brought it about. been y, New York women never visit a shop ‘on the same on Saturday afternoon. Actin, siev of ets obvious why One. ot ‘the t ts sted ests cons! geanrycies 94, peneil cise oan , cuff button, éc., ; Then the dog, having bees hypnotic trance by him, M. Durov. re- quested one of the audience,” which con- Slated of several other physicians: of re. e newspaper bout something and whet the deg wan es with it, then to write it out on a piece # nd and show it to the rest of the lence, excepting, of course, himself. This was done, and the dog having brought in, what was the astonishment of ick it up brine an ing Been indicated in the wish. Another test consisted in la: several cubes with figures on them in & certain order in a closed box. At the same time several pieces of paper were put upon the floor bearing lke numbers on each. The dog was then called in and required to place the pieces of paper in the same order as the cubes were laid in the closed and sealed box, This he did. to. the astonish ment of all assembled. M. Durov declares that he knows no more about what is be- plac sev- hours ‘bill testined to | mac’ ing done or wished than does the dog, and 1s, therefore, entirely unable to prompt him SS WEST POINTERS aT THE FAIR, ‘The White City at Chicago was gay with uniforms, martial music ani handsomely They are camped in army style, and have peen assigned an open space on the great Wn, where their cents are pitched for thelr Gait They will do regular campus While at the fair, especial attention ven to ies and practical army . The West Pointers will be treatel to & Found of social pleasures during their Say, the chief event being a ball tendered next them by the fair offi Tuesda: night The state buildings will be ium) nated and bands will play all ‘over “the Illinois day—August 2%—will be attended by the greatest mili ret the exposition. The troops of the wate rams, bering 4000 officers mea, will Breet Memon gear. fos tosh favalry and two batteries of ligh: artillery It was also the birthday of his imperial majesty, Francis Josef, and that fact guve importance. The cele- Aus- = mn cits eremonies there parade which lasted an hour or so, en almost the entire Austrian colcny Chicago, with all the visiting subjects of Emperor Francis Josef, went out to the Write City An informal pecs was held in the e manu! Mberal arts bullding. inape ~_ —~4 sioner Anton von Politschek Palmforst re- ceived the visitors at the main entrance of the section. The formal exercises at the fair were held in music hall. The intro- ducto: ‘was made by Dr. 8. }). Sewards of New York. Imperial Com:issioner Polit- schek Palmforst welcomed his countrymen to the fair, and Mayor Carter Harrison wel- comed them to the The other speakers were Commissioner jomas A. Bryan and 3 mrt Bak. The celebration concluded With an a) fresco festival and concert at ou Vienna, 4 Aideay Flsteance. Chicsigo World's Musoum fs @ sure thing. ureday night a aumber of jexd- ing citizens met in Gen. Davis’ office and ised @n energetic work. A permanent committee of nine was appointed to take of the movement, and begin the agi. that will secure for the city one of john ‘Boyd ‘Thacher and ne er and the world’s fair Rermgy indeed ty te Aoied Ne ted Amert- can Exhibitors. About 200 members of the organization assembled in Music Hall, and after some 4i which failed to de velop any energetic o; ition, the following we. ted Am: ican exkintors of the worl ‘Columbian exposition, hereby signify o:: approval of the system of awards now in operation. and believe that with the notification of awarde to exhibitors, and the creation of a board of iene The Terrible Sun Dance. The Quackah! Indians in the cavern of the cliff dwellers had a sun dance Thursday night, with all the accompahiments of self- torture. About once a month when the moon js in the right sign the tendency to- ward cannibalism, once actively cultivated the Quackah! Inc fest itself. So eben tae bowen EY g al o I ited @ monot- forward to the center of the plat- rm, lugging with all their strength ‘on the Wien shrill cries and grotesqu tures dashed back and forth, the blood trick. down their backs and ing to the of the light which blazed over the crowd was silent with an sstonish- t bordering on horror as the spectators to realize what they were witness- ‘Few knew that the sun dance was be- performed for them. They only knew ‘they had never seen the like before. use came in the dance, and then a u was given, in which Two Bites and threw all their weight on the tore them out of their fleshy fast- Rg FRE fF i E BH 3 i: ‘Two Bites’ face took on a new ex- . His eves snapped and glittered e a wild enimal's, and crouching in the center of the platform he ut hoarse inarticulate . Two Indians sprang upon him and seized him by the shoulders. le snapped and snarled at them like a | mad dog, until George ant the inter- preter, waked out and extended his bare arm. ‘With a howl Two Bites seized the “Thur he was ied us he was led across the platform until he relinquished his hold and squatted upon the boards. He had chewed a piece as big as a S0-cent piece out of George Hunt's arm, but the ni interpreter only siniled oe Re looked et marks of Two Bites’ ‘Why Grow 014. the Gentleman's Magarine. ig that If old people are put on a good eat dict tn the way of stroke soup. bee? tea and animal and only just suim- clent farinaceous food and fats and sugar to maintain the heat of the body, they in- crease wonderfully in energy and, as they often express it, feel twenty years younger. This is only natural; it is a food of energy; the food that builds up muscle, nerve and constitutional stamina. ‘The requirements of the system in old age, as a rule. are not very great, and more is done by taking too much food than by talking too little. I have known | le con: bly over seventy derive | e greatest benefit from a thorough in diet. It seems to rejuvenate them. Of course, in old age cure should be taken that the ‘body is not subjected to rapid changes of temperature. When the nervous power is decreasing as the result of age and the system is losing the power of combating cold and strain upon its en- ergy, a stimulating diet invigorates and is conducive te maintaining constitutional stamina better than any other. ‘Any natural death but from old age and eral decay is an accidental death: that eit ie due to causes which might. and even ps could, have been entirely ‘ayolded and remedied in earlier vears. But, of course, all the secrets of attaining ex: treme age are not even now within our reach, and the few that I have pointed out are but @ very few and those of the com- monest. Tt is the inevitable law of nature that we must die. The vital energy that ts tm- planted jn the body at birth ts only meant to sustain tt for a certain number of years. Tt may be husbanded or wasied, made to burn slowly or rapidly. It is like the ol tn a lamp and may be burned out to little ef- fect in a little time or carefully husbanded | and and thus made to last longer and burn brighter. It 1s @ moot question whether every in- dividual ts not at birth gifted with the | same amount of vital energy and of life sustaining power. The probability is that tach is. The circumstances of the environ- ments from the cradl mine its future destiny. 2+ Th Ancient History. From the Pittebute Chronicle-Teleeranb. “Speaking of this new idea in ship build- ing, the whaleback,” began Latimer. “There's nothing new in It,” replied Shin- xiss, interrupting. “What do you mean?” “Just what I say. It was known thou- sands of years ago.” “Nonsense: ceo you never read 1: a ag ‘of how a passenger set m Joppa to aaa and how he took a whale ——__+e+ oO erbs. From Good News. Doctor—“Your mother should take you out of the city if she desires to see you ro- Dié you ever summer on # farm?” to the grave deter- bauble in « shop on Broadway. They rep up somewhat higher, the handsomest fetching $15, but for the latter amount Something very gorgeous indeed can be obtained—all incrusted with precious stones, Queens’ tiaras come cheaper and for $3 one can get a very decent one. ‘These royal ornaments are for use on the Stage exclusively. Seen across the fowt- lights they are quite as effective as if the Jewels were real and the gold it-carat jn- stead of brass gilded. The gems are of colored glass—emeraids, rubies, topazes, sapphires, &c.—except the diamonds, which are of plain cut giass. They cost cents a dozen for ‘the cheapest. though’ the finest ones, such as ere Monarch, come as high as ase ie ge Chem oo expensive is net lass, but the sets ich are rane by Skilled jewglers. However, many 8: gems are 4 loose for attaching to robes &nd other garments worn on the They are dino set in girdles, ‘braceles, necklaces, and swords. A Scent dagger incrusted with with rubies as big as pigeons’ only $12.50. If it were real int tation i would be worth at eapest sort of stage crown is the Elisabethon, which i completely oot iamtanone This Pg 5 lets of the most wiper descriptice 1 £, pair while @ diamond some Epaulettos and other military elaborate. "The time ban peseed ate e time when cheap mi Tials were used to imitate ‘costly faorics ta stage costumes. Nowadays the clothes Worn behind the footlights are as ex are seen anywhere in real ii incat silks and satins are employed and the. gowns are tailor made. One opera sompany, whlch wil start out on the Fosd 2 Septem « the other Gay for a, quantity, of stuf tor each. robes. One Feason ‘f: ts poor Materials do pot iast wel At Gold-embroidered lace is used on the stage for Spanish Greases and for purposes. It is the same sort of stuff is employed on the altar at high and Roman Catholic churches. It by ember white net with gilded cop- A great deal of madiaeval arm: ~ ufactured ‘for the stage mowadeye, It te made to order from gncient 4 is. The best material ts brass plat. Pe were Diated ‘with nickel MANY-EYED MONSTERS. And They Sleep With Their Feet Up, Yet Not Upom Their Backs, Frow the Boston Herald. “Oh! those detestable flies!” exclaimed the neat housewife, and the poor little which was buzzing away on her clean win- dow was speedily killed with a weapon made of @ newspaper rolled into « ball at a one end, with the other forming the handie. It did the work for the fly and break the window. “Where in the world do they Screens at every window and at mentor, only to miss him and see calmly" away with a meditative and ting hum. till growling, old Baldhead put a over his head, and thus outwitung ropped off to sleep. - it is unmistakably fly time. The almange tells us so, and to ‘the bucolic mind “it must be so if the almanac says so.” One Knows it is @ fact, for they can be seen swarming in pyramids near every gar- bage heap, in the markets, round the sweets nd arouse her, as would the lark at of dawn «say about half-past 3a. m.), met & sweet, melodious call, but with « rsistent buzz and by crawling over ir face in such @ teasing manner sleep is effectually vanished for the ‘The question of where flies come asked many tmes during the sum! m time. =k i the little pests can get in. The parents of a good many of them were probably housed the year before, when, in the sutumn, vigilance was re- laxed, and perhaps a door or window left th the instinct with which nature hes wided them they crept into the warm use, into cracks not perceptible, and there ‘they hibernated. There, too, they lay their eggs, 177 to each fly, thus looking out for the propagation of the race; and se when the first warm Gays come they sur- prise us by buzzing away on the windows or around the tabie. In the meantime the eggs are ba: and by “fly time” they come forth swarms. Sometimes tn the dead of winter a fly will appear, beguile? from his resting place the ey warmth of the furnace-heat house. He seems a harbinger of and perhaps one may be inclined to pet it @ bit. Don't do tt. Kill it and thus put an end to a prospective future generation of flies, ‘They are natural scavengers. Their purpose in life is to consume various sub stances which are thrown off from the human body, by articles of food and almost every animal and vegetable prod tion when in @ state of change These substances ere given out in such small quantities they are imperceptible to com: mon observers and not removable by ordi- nary, methods of cleanliness, even in the best’ kept roo! f When fly persists in crawling over one's face it is merely taking care of the parti- cles of dead matter thrown off through the pores. and which helps to keep the complex~ jon in, So it is really doing good while *. Mere Common fty has about four thou- sand eyes it is no wonder it is so hard to catch or that it evades the blows aimed at it. ——— The Medicinal Value of Water. From Hall's Journal of Health. ‘The human body is constantly undermo- ing tissue change. Worn out particles are cast aside and eliminated from the system, while the new are ever being formed, from the inception of life to its close. Water bas the power of increasing these tissue changes, which multiplies the waste products, but at the same time they are renewed by its agency, giving rise to in- creased appetite, which in turn provides fresh nutriment. Persons but little accus- | tomed to drinking water are liable to have the waste products formed fester than they are removed. Any obstruction to the free Working of natural laws at once produces disease, which, if once firmly seated, re- Quires both time and money to cure. People accustomed to rise in the morn- ing weak and languid will find the cause in the imperfect secretion of wastes, which many times may be remedied by @rinking a fall tumbler of water before retiring. ‘This very materially assists in the process during the night and leaves the tissues fresh and strong, ready for the active work the day. “Haut waer is one of our best remedial ents, . Senet bath on going to bed, even in the hot nights of summer, ts a better reliever of insomnia than many drags. Inflamed parts will subside under the continual pouiticing of real hot water. ‘Very hot water, as we all know, ts a rompt checker of bleeding, and. besides, if it is clean, as it should be, it aids in sterilizing wounds. = Flactuations to the From the Pomona, Ca! This has not been a good year for the beekeepers, as there has not been half a crop of honey. There in seasons, 80 far us honey making is con- cerned. Though flowers come in about the Same profusion each year they do not con- tain the same ount of honey. Some years they seem filled with the sweet nec- tar and the bees make frequent excursions and always return heavily laden, and other years the busy little workers scour the country far and wide and gather little honey. It has been two or three years since there was a large =P of the pro- duct, but when there is beekeepers make plenty of money. In a good year an aver re season's work for a stand of bees ir 20) pounds of honey, though « particularly good stand will sometimes gather 5% pounds. The product sells for $# to $140 @ ton, bo that on a good year a person with @ hundred stands of bees w id make from $90) to $1,400. If every season was a good one @ person could not find an “odd job’ that would reward his spare time any bet- ter than keeping bees. The President Fix The cloudy and threatening weather aia not prevent the President and Dr. Bryant from taking their fishing trip in Buszard’s bay yesterday. They were on the fishing grounds at Cleveland's Ledge unti! neariy Sunset, and had fairly good luck. Mra. Dust. Little Girl—“No, sir; but I springed and talled on « farm.” Cleveland drove to the village in the after- Boon,