Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1893, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1893—EIGHTEEN PAGES. FOR LATE AUTUMN. Gowns That May be Produced From The Rag Bag. BLACK 10 BE A FAVORED COLOR Street Costumes With Widely Flaring Skirts. Pretty GOWNS FOR THE HOUSE. Gusrespondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 28, 1993. ATE AUTUMN will find black @ fa- vored color, so into the dye pot you may put all your odds and ends of wool gowns. ‘They will all match when they come out black, and you can get at least one or two pretty dresses out of the “rags.” The writer had a peep at the dearest little house dress that came, so the owner said.out of the rag bag. It was of Diack wool, a cash- mere. The close fitting bodice disappeared beit” and had the regulation wide shoulder frill extending all around front and back, of Ddlack silk fish net and under it white cashmere was laid. ‘The yoke had insertions of the fish net over white, and the deep cuffs were made in the same way. The skirt fitted very close to about the knees; there a deep flounce of fish net, over white, too, took the required witt flare to the foot, and from under its @ a double ruffle of black silk showed. Could anything be prettier or more modish? The owner said that a gray cashmere dress, basque, waist and sheath and train skirt had gone into the dye pot and come out black, even to the double ruffle of gray silk, which, according to the requirements of three years ago, was set under the edge of the skirt all around the train. Then the old sili fish net cloak, gray to match the rag bag gown, had gone in and come out, bar the holes and frayed places that eouldn’t be helped, as good as new. A Stylish Combination of Colors. The white cashmere was a few yards that got left out when the rest was sent to the dye house, a train and front of a wrapper originally, and too yellowed and streaked to use again except just as it was used under the fish net, but it per- mitted a black and white gown. The cloak was cut up, of course, but so much of it Was torn and frayed that it could not have been used as a cloak and it was easy to piece out enough to go over the white. By the way, fish net, if originally a good qual- ity, will last almost forever. It will go Into the wash tub once or twice, and it will dye over and over again with much suc- cess. But a woman who, having the old mater- fals, could make such a ‘ress, could as easily put together any one of the models shown herewith. So, since the obl is as dif- ficult of attainment as the new, the aver- age reader will be ready to consider the brand-new styles presented. The walking dress of the initial picture ts made in beige- colored cloth, and is trimmed with brown failie. The skirt is three and a half yards wide, and is finished round the bottom with a wide strip of faille having a little head of the same on each side. The basque buttons in the center and has a vest of light brown silk. The jacket fronts are finished with draped revers of dark brown faille faced with light brown. The collar and belt are of dark stlk, and the leg-o’ mutton sleeves have turna] back cuffs of the same. Widely Flaring Walking Skirts. ‘The second costume ts an exemplification of the com! yellowish pure ar? ba be ve enetian gul- | in, and it may ; mented as quite an elegant prome- | nade and visiting toilet. The skirt {s made ) style. very narrow at the top and | at the bottom. with one narrow | m just above the knees and another at the hem. ing length and just clears the ground. The } hack of the waist is perfectiy plain and tight fitting. The frent is platted cross- wise and fastened underneath the left arm | with hooks and eyes. The upper portion of the waist is covered with a yoke of | gnipure. which fastens on the shoulder. ‘Tae cpaulettes are very high and full. hang. | ing loosely nearly to the elbow. The sleeves are nuffed and finished off with a band ef | Diack satin about three and a half inches wile. reaching half way between the elbow and the wrist. A hand of the same material crosses the shoulders susnender fashion, finishing off with rosettes. These bands are so arranged as to hide the fastening of the yeke on the left shoulder. The hich, stiff collar is of black satin also, fastened either | ehind or on the shoulder. This costume | ts completed by lone street gloves and a black hat of the oricinal harlequin shape, trimmed with soft guipure lace and black | plumes i Two handsome outdoor costumes are eal It is made walk- | shown. That st the left Includes a short cape and ts made of rough, dark blue ma- terial. althoush individual taste con be con- sulte? as to color. The skirt is plain and {s trimmed with bead nassementerie of the same color as the dress and mixed with gold. The waist fs slichtly cathere] at the neck. covered with passementerie and trim- med with hands of the ckirt material. The cape is made in the original Spanish fash- fon. comptet-"- open in front. with a sti? double collar turned hack from the waist fn larre revers and faced with passemen- terfe. The cape is lined with silk either of a contrasting or stmilar color. A tollet of brown serge is depicted in the other half of the picture. It ts trimmed profusely with braid of the sa:ie color as the goods. ‘The waist 1s tailor made with revers and is Qmamented in front with two rows of pearl buttons. A white shirt front and tle are worn with the waist. The jacket is quite with wide revers, which are trimmed | back strap, with rows of braid, and a butterfly garnished with rows of braid, also adorns i en in Laptop Dose great vogue for 3. simple, but not wrapper like. One pretty design is in one piece, bodice and skirt both being shirred into a wide belt that of the gown is cut out and a little yoke put in, finished by a pretty little soft stock that fastens to the side under a rosette. The material is soft apricot yellow wool, cuffs, yoke and belt of soft corded silk, the silk in each case covered with a delicate cro- chet lace that seems almost white, but that is naturally a faint ivory cream. Handsomely Gowned at Home. The skirt is floor length and full, but without flare. It is faced up to the knees cr all through with silk. Two handsome house dresses are pictured here. The ma- terial of the cne displayed by the seated figure is yellow China silk trimmed with figured velvet and white lace. The skirt's enly ornamentation is a band of the velvet, and the small silk yoke is similarly trim: med. The sleeves are a large puff reaching to the elbow, around which a band of vel vet is placed to keep the gathers from rip- ping, and a large flounce of lace is sewn to the band. The other dress is electric blue cashmere. Its yoke is composed of alter- nate stripes of cashmere and narrow inser- tions of white lace. Epaulettes of lace or- mament the shoulders, and the puffed sleeves end at the elbow in a lace ruffle, which reaches to the wrist. The prettiest slipper in the world for the first two house dresses described is the new Turkish slip- per, in soft yellow kid, embroidered in gold and set on a heel just like a modern siip- per. The idea of the house gown of today is something simpie, something unlike a wrapper, yet with a trimness quite unlike the stiff’ perkiness of the 1830 period, which reigns on the street. Now is your time to bring out all the beautiful old Irish point and heavy laces in white that you have. The oid-fashioned wide collar or tippets of Irish point model charmingly into mcdern epaulette use, with the point hanging over the shoulder and the collar caught into a few pleats at the back. Gulpure and Trish point are being used with all kinds of gowns. A vezy simple morning gown made ele- gant by @ bit of old Irish point used as Suggested at the shoulders. A quaint little bolero of purple broadcloth hung very short just in front, each side being laid in a pleat. ‘The bolero slanted down to the point under the arms and hung straight across the back Just above the belt line. Soft puffed sleeves of the broadcloth had deep cuffs of magenta silk with several rows of black satin rib- bon. Under the bolero, a blouse of magenta silk showed, being bound at the waist by a triple belt ‘of satin ribbon. The blouse showed below the belt. The skirt of broad- cloth had several rows of black satin rib- bon, and the stock collar was finished with two bands of the same. A very beautiful old Irish point tppet was put full on the collar, the points hanging over the sleeves to the front. Magenta may be an ugly color, but in combinat‘on with purple and relieved with black the effect was most satisfactory, and the bit of old Ince gave the final charm to a really tasteful garment. It admirably (ue leet Saline were Simplicity Made Elegant. suited the dark olive skin and rich black hair of the handsome wearer. It is too bad that the stockings do not show in the sketch. They were purple silk striped or ribbed closely with black, and on the turn of the instep the effect was changeable. The arched Oxfords were patent leather and the lacings had glistening gold tips. ‘They so tastefully fitted the zest of the toilet as to become an important feature of it, though only a glimpse was had of them. —<eo—____ THE LOVE OF ART. A Grace Not Confined to the Few, but Imbedded in the Hearts of From the New York Times, “I jong ago discovered (if indeed I ever needed to learn the lesson),” said a man of moderate means, “that there were plenty of men beside myself whose tastes were good and who liked beauty and order. Thus I had @ pair of gaiters with elastic sides, which had come to be quite flaring in their old age, as elastic gaiters do; but there was service in them yet, and so I continued to wear them and to have them repaired as occasion demanded. The last time they weat to the shop one of the shoes needed a new finger strap; there were two on each shoe, and the back strap on one of the shoes was broken. I called the shoemaker’s attention to this, and asked him to put in a new one. I didn’t suppose he could match the old one perfectly. I supposed he would come as near to it as he could; but I thought the new whole one would be better than the old broken one. But when I went for my shoes I found that the shoemaker, being unable perfectiy to match the sound had put in two new back straps. These did not perfectly match the two front straps (nor would it have been reasonable to renew them all), but they matched each other and order was manifest in them; and it was su7ely more agreeable to the eye and to the mind to have them alike than it would have been to have them unlike; and the shoemaker had made them in that way out of a sheer love for sightliness and order. “Only this morning, wearing those same bell-top shoes, I sat down at a street boot- blacking stand to have my shoes blacked. When the bootblack turned up deftly the bottoms of the trousers legs, the flaring tops of the shoes weze revealed. They were not pleasing to his eye; he knew they were not pleasing to mine: and surely they could afford no pleasure to the passer by whose eye might fail upon them; and, without a moment's hesitation, without a look or a word, and at the same time with entire unostentation and almost with a touch he rearranged the bottoms of the trouses legs so as to shield the flaring tops of the shoes from view; and then he proceeded to put upon the old bell tops a polish that must have made them proud. +o-—__—_ Retter Left Unanid. From the Unlom County Standard. Ethel—“That detestable Mrs. Brown said that I looked thirty.” Maud—"How perfectly absurd. Ethel (elated)—“Frankly, now, do you really think TI look?" Maud—“About forty?” — =< The Retort Discorteous. From the Chicago Record. Husband—“The smallest knowledge of human nature ought to have prevented you from making such a fool mistake as you made last night.” Wife—“What opportunity have I had to study human nature living with you?" how old From the Indianapolis Journal. Is it true that Maude Flyppe received @ proposal from old Stockson?* it ts. He told her that if she would marry him he would settle $5,000 a year on her, pay for her dresses and give her a trip to Europe once a year. “That wasn't @ proposal. It was ain @ propo- SOME FALL GOWNS. Stylish Costumes for Little Girls’ Autumn Wear. SUITABLE AND —— Economical, but as Satisfactory as if Costly. FOR THE STREET AND HOUSE. UTUMN IS HERE, and in the hurry to get our own gowns made we must not forget the children, especially the little girls, for they are quite as fond of pretty things as their elders. We will give them an article entirely to them- selves, and will make pictures only of prac- tical garments, which any mother or sister can make at home. The first lttie girt wears a green dress made of light wool material. It is made with a large square yoke, to which the body is fulled and gathered in a bell. Skirt and waist are all in one. The cuffs of the full sleeves, the yoke belt and wide double ruffle which goes around the yoke and hangs over the shoulders are made of a bright hued plaid and graduated bands of the same may be added to the skirt if desirable. A green hat, with a jaunty bow and twisted ribbon about the crown, goes with this cos- fume and finishes this simple little walking suit. ‘The second child is also out for an airing. She is clad in a dark old rose gown, which is trimmed with black satin, or, if prefer- able, maroon satin can be used. The body is gathered at shoulder and waist and is sewed to the full skirt. This skirt has a full flounce around it, which is put on with @ heading, the heading being lined with the satin. A double collarette of satin encircles the neck. This is made with a collar of its own and can be put on or taken off at pleas- ure. The Josephine sleeves are finished off by dark turn-over cuffs. A full puff of satin 1s placed about the waist and is drawn down tight so as not to stand out. This is an odd little costume and the small per- sonage in the picture looks very pretty in her becoming hat with its dark facing. PHIL. SHERIDAN, One of His Orderlies Talks About the General, APPROPRIATE.| AND “GATH’ PUTS IT IN PRINT.| GG Some of the Great Cavalry Leader's Personal Characteristics. OTHER INTERESTING GOSSIP. ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, September 29, 1893. HE MAYOR OF Hagerstown sat in front of the Baldwin House with me, as we watched the in- teresting throng of people go by, the girls of this place be- ing often pretty, and as the bugler of the Jerseymen played “Maryland,” “March- f == ing Throush Georgia” S: and other things, in the open street, 1 caught strains of the following conversa: tion: ves,” sald Mr. Delamarter, “I was one of Sheridan’s private orderlies, attached to his person. Near the close of the war I was specially placed here at Hagerstown, and that is how I settled here, and at the disbandment I was so poor that I took up the first thing to do, and that was the for- Warding spirit in the lumber yard and plan- ing mill, and I have built no end of houses here and all about this country. ‘The piace has grown from about three thouxand peo- ple to fourteen thousand. Only one rail- road came into town in those days, at the northern end, and now we have half a — -f “You must have formed some es' Sheridan, being so close to his tent ‘He was certainly an ambitious man. have no doubt that he saw in the civil war, and how going to be behindhand, an: a shover. of a cavalryman. 1 his opportunity many men were id that it wanted He surely was the embodiment His countenanve y a study to ail of us near him. We would watch him to know what we had to do, for it was an unfailing mirror. He was such @ little fellow that when he got into his high hollow saddle it would partly swallow sat in it rather limp and lock- e Saw that we would not be pushed muc! But when he was going to do something, his head was more erect, his spine straight, and his sharp eyes ‘poke that the time of action was near. Oh, he had a working mind! I have noticed that Uttle fellow walking to and fro preoccupied, rewarding the ground, and an ollicer would e past and say, ‘General, have you s Maj. Smith this morning?’ ‘No, hae nt seen him.’ Smith might have ‘spokea to him a minute before. He could not be Toused from the ambitious purpose he had. He was always thinking of something, vising something, except when there ladies about, and ‘he was fond of the ladies, It was said that he was behindhand at the battle of Cedar Creek, because he stayed up in Winchester, where there were some fine girls. Tt was Ike him, though 1 don't know anything about the fact “Were you in that battle where ‘Sheridan was twenty miles away” The Battle of Wi chester, “I was. Early had us beaten there, and what saved us was the hunger, the ahso- lute starvation of the Tebels> When they got into our camps, firing right into the tents, the men rushing out with their drawers in their hands, they found a splen- did supply of sutlers’ stores and headquar- ters’ stores. These fellows who had eaten Very little and drunk nothing were com. pletely demoralized by what they saw and they got out of line and hence lost their impact and momentum. The sixth corps, under Wright, was able to get into post. tion. Sheridan came up, too, after th stand had been made, but he Is responsibie for the formation that ensued. The men were put into line of battle without 1 regard to their organizations, and. they swept at the rebs and drove them away, retook the artillery, though I must say that what artillery we got from them wa: of the poorest quality, while what the took from us was first-rate. After Sher. dan got there and we had recovered the fleld the men were sorted out and put back in their commands, and then we made the onward march that broke the heart of the rebellion in that region. It was their last k Did you ever have special service to for Sheridan?” _ “There were six men in about my own situation, as private orderlies around head- quarters. We were used for particular service to carry orders in tight situations, often verbal orders. I was raised in the southern part of New York state, about Binghamton, but I enlisted in the cavairy at Montrose, in northern Pennsylvania, and then had myself transferred to the regu- lar cavalry of the United States, for I thought if I was going into the war I had better go with trained warriors and learn something. I was with Sheridan on the celebrated raid he made into Richmond, when every bell in that city boomed and were The third little lady is clad in a dark gray sailor suit. It is the usual regulation sailor suit which most children wear, but the usual navy blue color is replaced by the gray, and dark blue braid is used, in- stead of white. ‘The braid ts wide, and 1s put on in a single row close to the edge. A row about the skirt, collar and cuffs, with a big blue necktie, tied in a sailor knot. A blue Tam O'Shanter is placed on the head. The graceful little figure in cut No. 4 1s robed in a pale blue hcuse dress. The full round yoke and the shirred cuffs are of cern color silk and the ribbon is of rich golden brown velvet. Ecru lace borders the yoke, growing wide over the shoulders and narrowing in front. Two bows of ribbon are placed close together on. the edge of the yoke and from the streamers are brought down and tied in a knot just above the waist and are then tied about the waist, hanging in long loose ends in the back. The walst of the dress is tight fit- ting and is cut up in front so as not to show below the first knot in the ribbon, thus giving a slight Empire effect. The skirt Is full and plain, being of course sewed to the waist and buttoning in the es goes are all simple ana. the mother or home dressmak produce any one of them, and will find th: the little girl looks quite ‘as pretty and sty! ish as if decked out in one of the more costly garments made by high-priced mo- distes. M. 8. —_—___-+e-+_____ Her Protector. From the Chicago Record. Tommy's Mother.—“Pshaw, Tommy. You oughtn't to have been frightened because the yacht rocked a little. Look at little cousin Nellie; she wasn't scared a bit.” Tommy—“No wonder; she had me there to look after her.” we were but two miles and a half from the town. You know that Sheridan ex- pected when he got there to have Butler come up from Bermuda Hundred, where he was, near by, and, together, they were to make an attack on Richmond. We stayed there, firing all kinds of signals, but no But- ler came. Sheridan had fourteen thousand men with him and the question was how to get back again. There was a single bridge over the Chickahominy and we were cut off from that by the rebels, who had got between it and us. Sheridan was in a very tight place. He was entirely out of supplies, our great horses which we brought with us were staggering from weakness. Seeing that the rebels had the bridge Sheridan dismounted Custer’s ca alry, who were armed with short revolv- ing carbines, seven shots in each, and they charged on the bridge. and we had a flank- ing movement from the edge of a swamp and the rebels broke and ran and that saved the bridge. Thus the cavalry got over the Chickahominy, and now on Sheri- dan’s mind was the question how to feed his fourteen thousand men, for though he had the flower of the cavairy their bellies Uterally cried aloud for food. ‘To Bring Supplies. ‘He finally resolved to send Claflin with about sixty men clear down the peninsula to Fortress Monroe to bring supplies to him up the Chickahominy river to White- house Landing, which had been McClel- Jan's base of suppifes. Claflin said to Sher- idan: ‘Can't I take Delamarter with me?” Sheridan said: ‘If he is willing to go, yes; but I won't order him to go.’ I couldn't £0 back to Claflin, so T said T was willing. We Were then sixty-five men, all told. We left Sheridan close before Richmond at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and at 3 o'clock the next morning we were at Williamsburg. De- tached ‘squads of rebels we found and charged them, but we did not pursue them, and yet we walked our horses nearly ali the whole way, for it would have been mad- ness in their situation to press them hard. Then we had from Williamsburg about twenty-five miles to Fortress Monroe. When we got there they at once loaded up supplies and forage for the horses and filled a steamer and we went back on it. A gunboat was to accompany the trans: port and protect it. Well, sir, we got up to West Point. where the Pamunky and Mattapany unite to form the York, and would you believe it, the commander of the gunboat refused to go on unless the caval- rymen were sent ashore to scout for rebels. Clafiin was a little full, for he had taken his drink on an empty stomach, and I thought he would come to grief by the way he pitched into the commander of that gunboat, calling him a coward and so on. But there were the boys waiting for their food and there was nothing to be done but to put us overboard. The shores were of that nature that we could not go up to them, so overboard we had to go, and the horses would literally, in some cases. dis- appear under the water as they were forced off the steamer, but every one of them swam and so we scouted up the left bank until we got in sight of the cavalry, and, my Lord! what a shout they raised. They not only shouted once, but they kept on shouting continuously, the cry of hunger and the happiness of relief. Now. the bridge had been burned across the river at White House and the shores there were deep and the banks slimy, and we could not get on the steamer to cross to the side where the troops were. Sheridan said we had to be taken care of, so they tore down two old houses there and there were me- chanics enough in the command to repair that bridge so that we were able to cross over and join our companton Wonld Take Chances. “Was Sheridan a man who took extra- ordinary chances? “Yes, there was a good deal of the gam- bler about Sheridan. It was almost the | 11 Oth ANNUAL FALL AND WINTER Opening” Exhibition HE BON MARCHE decorated the store with Golden Rod Loudon this fall exclusive artists. Oni and black effects for early fall wear. “Handkerchief” Hat, “signs, which have eman 50c. Ribbon, 29c. 100 pleces Fine G-Inch Pure Silk, Satin and Gros Grain Ribbon, in two shades of four sludes of green, two shades of blue two shades of nd black. The ce everywhere cream, robin's ef: regular retail selling. pi is Se. Moxpay axo Tvespay. ght pink, cardinal, navy, sap- Exactly Half Price THE 1c, WIDTH, Se. THE 200. WIDTH, 100, $5 Neck Boas,$2.98 Mink Pur Neck Toas, so Very much worn in New York, genuine celluloid head, feet and tail complete. ‘The rexu- r retail price of this quality Mink Boa is $5. Mospay axp Tvespay, Only $2.98 Each. f the features of the stock 1s which can be worn We are upon the threshold of a new season The steady growth of our business speaks for itself. While we have made extra preparations this season with a view of doubling last year’s business, we have no long “ghost stories” to tell you of what we propose to do. * To make our “Opening Days’ all the more pleasant and memorable we have and scoured the New York markets for @ number of attractive bargains, of which the following are but a few: Paris and London Hats. If you are curious to know the style of Hats they are wearing in Paris and you can only find out that one-half of the Paris and London Hats sold in Washington never crossed by inspecting this stock. Remember, the ocean, Millinery has been a leading feature of our business ever since established, and we yield the palm to nove and acknowledge few, quals. Don't think of selecting your new Hat before first secing our artistic collection. Of course we did not stop at the Paris and London Mats. Tie leading miliiners of both hemispheres have — contri’mted thelr choicest creations, and alongside of both you will find many exquisite Hats of ted from the fertile brains of our own the predominance of white and Among others you will find the new four different ways, giving you four SilkHandkerchiefs! Half Priceand Less| We have secured expressiy for our “Opening” occasion YW dozen Importers’ ‘Samples of Fine Embroidered Japan- ese Silk Hardkerchtefs direct from To- kio. Being “samples” there are hardly any two alike. White with plain white embroidery, white with colored embroid- in a variety of drawn work rd hemstitehed designs. Not a hand- Kerchief In the lot which sells for less than 50c. and over half of them are worth 59, 68, T5e. and $1 each. Moxpay Axp Tvespay. Only 25c. Each. 100 dozen Men's White Japanese Silk Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, with meat fancy borders, fully worth 50c. Moxpay Axp Tvespay, Only 25c. Each. 29¢c. Hose, 18c. Pair. We have secured for this occasion 150 pairs of Ladies’ Fine Root-pattern Hose, Richelieu ribbed and plain, Regular Ze. quality. Moxpay Axp Tvrspay, 18¢c. Pr., 3 for 50c custom with him to fight all his men, leav- ing no reserves, just as a man who means business would put his purse down on the table and bet it on the turns of the game. That was how Warren got relieved by Shei idan at Five Forks, a man without a flaw in his record, but Sheridan expected to be implicitly obeyed. He told Warren to fight all the fifth corps and put them ali in at the battle. When he got around to where Warren was he said: ‘General, you have not got all your men in there. Didn't I tell you to put your whole command in? ‘Yes, Gen. Sheridan,’ said Warren, ‘but on re- flection I thought I ought to reserve a cer- tain portion in case of emergency.’ ‘Go to the rear, sir,’ exclaimed Sheridan. That was the ‘spirit, however, which ended the war, and there is no doubt in my mind but | that Grant achieved his great victory as promptly as he did through Sheridan.” “Were you not sometimes almost worn out under such a commander?” “After the battle of Gettysburg, when we came down to Frederick, Md., and we kept moving, driving the rebels out, I ‘ay down beside the turnpike between Frede1 ick and Hagerstown, and thought to my- seit if it could be done to put me out of my pain at once without wounding me and making me more miserable, I would like to |die right there. It was in that retreat that we hanged the rebel spy.” “What rebel spy? Ex-Mayor Delamarter gave the name, but I forgot it. Sald he: “There was an old man who had been around the camps in the guise of a Union friend, selling us stationery, newspapers and other things. He was so old that he rather evaded suspicion. All the soldiers, however, knew his face. As we lay back there, not far from Frederick, on the Ne- tional pike, some of our men were called in the night to go into the adjacent fleid, and when they got over there they saw a man dodging and running away. They hailed him and he continued to run, but some other soldiers coming behind him, he was captured. We recognized this old man, a Baltimorean, near sixty years of age. The soldiers concluded that they would take him to their commander. This commander questioned him, and the man would not say one word, so he was sent up to Gen. Beu- ford. Beuford questioned the man, and he continued to be plucky and obstinate. ‘Give me a lariat,’ sald Beuford, and it was put around the ‘man's neck and he was pulled up. When let down he again refused to talk. ‘Pull him up again,’ said Beuford. He was puled up, and this time he began to kick, and when let down he saw it was all up with him. He then made his dispo- sition to die. He told them that he had been working for the rebel government as a spy for two years. He was then searched, and his pockets were found full of all kinds of information, drawings of the defenses of Washington. Beuford told them to pull him up again and make the end of the lariat fast, and there he hanged. As the soldiers went past they would cut off the buttons and pieces of him for relies, untli at last he hung there with nothing but his crawers on.” ‘The Rebel Cavalry. “Were not the rebel cavalry for a good while superior to the Union cavalry “Yes, they were. They did not give the Union army cavalry enough in proportion for some time, and we were almost always outnumbered and never sufficiently support- ed,and the men lost heart. I thinkthat Beu- ford had the making in him of the greatest cavairyman in the service. Sheridan, though he commanded cavalry, was not es- pecially @ cavalry commander; he com- manded a minor army. Down there before Culpeper Beuford took his men out one day when attacked, and divided 1,00 of them into two squadrons, and by his dexterity and force he brought in 1,100 prisoners. They were disgusted when they came into camp and found that 1,000 men had taken that many prisoners. Beuford died of dis- ease during the war, and the army lost him. Kilpatrick had great authority as a calvaryman; there was a good deal of blus- ter about him. He could lose more men and horses than anybody. He saved me once, however, when about 100 of us were caught off by the rebels on both sides, and we were wondering whether we had better lose our lives in the last charge, when all at once Kilpatrick came riding ‘down and charged right through the rebel: “Were you at Cedar mountain? “I was. Banks was left out there unsus- tained, though McDowell's corps was right behind him’ Banks suffered terribly. I hardly ever saw a battle where the dead and wounded were more numerous in pro- portion to those engaged. Banks’ men were mad enough with McDowell to shoot him, but the fault was with Pope. That mai ought never to have been placed in com- mand of an army. When you have an in- efficient commander’ like that all the divi sion and corps commanders ‘suffer. Mc- Dowell hardly ever recovered from the op- probrium he got that day, and it should | have been laid upon Pope. I told Mr. Delamarter that it was gener- | aly understood that Abraha Lincoln him- self had selected Pope to command an army. T didn’t know that,” said Delamarter. “If that was Lincoln's choice it does not re. flect upon his discrimination.” Said Mr. Delamarter: “I sat several years in the city councils of Hagerstown. Do you know that we are still paying interest and in- stallments on the war debt of this town? When McCauslind came through here he fined the town in money and goods about $0,000. Tf 1t had not been raised he would have burnt it, like Chambersburg. Then, the soldiers and Union folks tore out two stores at different times, or, rather, a newspaper office and a store, which were kept by blatant rebels. They brought sults jin the courts of law and. got “damages | against the city. Hence, we are shoulder. ing about $65,000 war debt.” I mentioned Chambersburg as having had hard luck. “Well,” said Delamarter, “the Cumber- land Valley railroad moved its shops to Chambersburg and built up the town, until it has two or three times its old popuiatio! It had also the best general machine works in the whole Cumberland valley until re- | cently, when they shut down. Waynesboro’ over here has risen from a few hundred people to be a place of several thousand. I suppose there are 30,00 people in the three towns of Hagerstown, Waynesboro’ and Chambersburg. The Trolley at Gettysburg. I sat down on a box on that street of Chambersburg which contains the three hotels, and the new trolley railroad sent its Jewel box cars flashing behind us every few minutes, with the ringing bells. Said I to my companion, Edward McPherson, whom I have known about twenty-seven years, of which he spent half the time clerk ‘of Congress at Washington: “I do not see that this railroad desecrates anything much, for there are no dead buried under the many monuments here, and the monu- ments were put up to be seen. They rather desecrated my horses as I came into town, which had never seen an electric railroad before. “That is it,” sald Mr. McPherson, “they | 39. styles of hat in one. Here are a few st: beauty” and good taste: The trata,” the “Le Sulambo,”* the ~“Bysantin, ” ‘the “La Bourrithe.” the “L'Interlaken,” the “Le “Columbian, if leas pompously name. All of the original the “Admiral,” the equally exquisite, which Were secured as patterns to serve be sold on the opening days AT AND BELOW COST. “a Lole Poller, “With Attractive Opening-Day Bargains,” Monday and Tuesday, October 2nd and 3rd. our eighth fall and winter. sles which are veritable “dreams of “La Souris.” the “Lysis. Stratton,” the “La Marmotte, Runski,”” the “Le Venitien,” the “Continental” and other “Sdeas” for our own designers will the Hat Trimmings. Everything imaginable for trimming our superb collection of Untrimmed Rats. 4s they will be the most fashionable of As you will notice, there is quite predominance of jet and steel, this season's Hat ‘Trimmings. You will find that our prices for Hat Trimmings are lower than elsewhere. Feature Wrses, 19¢ Handsome Fancy Feathers in Mercury worth different 9. day colors. Pully Neck Boas, 69c. Handsome line of Coque Feather Neck Boas, 2% yards long, fully worth $1. Moxvay Axp Tvespar, Only 69c. Each. Imported Capes. We have Five Elegant Imported Velvet and Matalasse Capes, lined throughout and richly trimmed with silk, jet and tor. ‘These were secured simply to give us an idea of the styles prevailing in Paris. ‘The regular retail price of these gar- ments are $65 and $75. They having served our purpose, we will sell them Moxpay Axo Tvespay, At $40 Each. - $10 Coats $7.48. Ladies’ Fine Cape Conts of Diagonal Cheviot, extra full sleeves, “Columbia” cape and collar in one piece, cloth facing, wide reveres, black and navy blue, the equal of amy coat in Washing- ton at $10. Moxvay Axp Tresoay. Only $7.48 Each. should have bought ground and not have! taken up the public roads. They have got| Dossession of the Emmittsburg road for a| mile or two. This was a part of the Read- ing railroad scheme, to absorb all the bus-| iness of the Gettysburg battlefield, which has come to be very large in the spring, summer and fall. The trolley was to be run in connection with the McLeod sfstem. When that went to pieces the trolley feii back upon the hands of its promoter, a rather shrewd fellow from the Harrisburg region.” “I observ Mr. McPherson, that your turupikes at not being extended, as be- fore the war, and that some of them have rather been neglected.” “We owe that,” said Mr. McPherson, “to @ redundant railroad supply. It is # great pity that the railroads of the United States have been built without reference to any general law or supervision by the general government. They have paralieled the turnpike systems so that our roads are not Supported, and when turnpikes are not traveled of course they must go down. One result has been that farms immedi- ately by the railroads have appreciated in value and those only a few miles distant hay relatively declined, and as the rates fall off the hauling to the stations becomes: harder. Thus, the farming population has abandoned the natural highways of the land. while the railroads have been built recklessly, involving three times as much debt as should have been made. Our rail- road system has been built to sell, or built to make money out of the building of it./ Consequently, I think we shall return to the path of good times very slowly. The People have been taught that the govern- ment should stand off and let them do as they please, and therefore our young na- tion is loaded up with railroad debts, while our common road system is going to| waste.” | | Said J, “What a magnificent addition to Gettysburg battle field that New York state monument is. rising right beside the old Battle monument, to a height of something like a hundred feet, with the beautiful statue on the summit of ft, secn all through the surrounding country.’ “Gen. Sickles and Gen. Slocum,” said Mr. McPherson, “took charge that eppro- priation, and put it through the New York legislature. It cost $80,” ‘They did the | thing first rate. They had an inspector down here, and every stone which was prof- ! fered which would not fill the requirements: was thrown aside. That monument, there- fore, ought to stand for generations. I told Mr. McPherson that 1 hal once heard an engineer in Washington lament | that the Washington monument would be | So short-lived. He said it would tet com- | pare in duration with the obelisk which stood in Constantin: and some other | monuments. Thinking thet it was going to | fall soon,I asked the engiueer if it would not a hundred years. “Good God,” said 4 four hundred years, of | said I, “you cannot ratse any tears in this country over a monument | that is going to fall four hundred years Mfne. case of Robert Freckinridee’s gray-| haired and silver-tongued son was noted, and Mr. McPherson, who is of an cld Pres- | | byterian stock, like the Breckinridges, sald: I never was so taken aback by any case| as this one. Why, Breckinridge sume time | ago came forward as an official representa- tive of the Presbyterian body. He was one of a selected band to represent original Cal- ‘vinism.” John Brown's Signature. Mr. Yingling, who keeps the Eagle Hotel in Gettysburg, hauled out an old book from ‘with Wing effects im sixteen or more = than ever before. In addition to showing many exquisite Paris “Novelties” five large pearl buttons; in green, red, ‘Mack, tan, unvy, seal, mode, oxblood. Evers pair titted to and warranted. Has been our leading specialty at $1.25, Moxpay Axp Tvespar, $1.07 Per Pair Misses” Moxpax Axp Torspay, Only $1 Pair. 35¢. Veilings, 15c. Of course, we Ihave all the season's “novelties,” the “Pan” apd other stylish Velis. As @ special ou Monday aud Tuesday, we offer: 14-in, Chenille Dot “Tuxedo” Velling, Diack, navy, seal, red. gray, green and tan. ‘The regular retail price bere and elsewhere for thik velling is 3c. yard. Moxvay Axo Torspag, isc. Per Yard. The Bon Marche, 314-316 and 318 7th Street. under the desk, and said: “See here, E want to show you John Brown's signae ture.” He turned back to the 30th of J 19, and there I read, in a thin, feminine handwriting, the words: “isene Smith and sons, New York.” ase. tin sare ane shone ft pane pebe said Mr. Yingling. Ant cessively, “Owen Smith, Oliver Smith, New. York.” “I kept the olf Washincton Hotel im Hagerstown when John Brown came there under the name of Iseac Smith with his sons on that date,” said Mr. Yingling. “I kept that hotel many years. Atter Brown had registered I said to the boys: “Whem young gentlemen as old aS you are come your father it is common to ha them write out their names.’ Hence, they wrote those names. Owen Smith escaped from his father’s rendezvous, but Oliver Smith went on to Harper's Ferry and was killed.” “What kind of a man wes Jobn Brown, as you saw him there, three months before he @escended on Harper's Ferry?” ‘tie Was one of the most pleasing men I ever met. There was something indefina- biy neighborly about him, and at the same time he was impressive. He talked with me the whole evening, and every subject, it seems to me, came up that could have been talked about, except slavery. When that was mentioned he had nothing to say on the subject. He was full of homely sug- gestions on farming and every other sort of thing. J had very nearly an affection for Brown, or Smith; and I can teli you am other story, which sounds almost miracu- Jour, after this distance, When 1 kept sy hotel in Hagerstown, in October, 185%, I wi going from Baltimore home, and 1 foun@ the whole country in a terrible state of ex- citement about the abolitionists having taken Harper's Ferry. The trains were stopped and the whole country was arous- ed. As I had to make Hagerstown and my business I secured with some difficulty @ horse and buggy, and started out on the Nex tional road, on what night I forget; if, as you say, the descent was made on Sunday night and the big fight took place on Mon- day I think it probable that it was Monday night that I started out on this journey, When I got up on the top of the South mountain, near what is now Mrs. Dahk gren’s,but what was thena tavern, we saw some men coming toward us repidly, being full of the alarm of that occasion we plied the whip to our horses and got off, though the men would continue to hall us and apparently to chase us. There was one of them near enough for me to remem- ber his appearance in the night. Well, when I got up to Hagerstown I found in = little while that Cook, one of Brown's prin- cipal men, had been ‘captured and was in jail at Chambersburg. I sew bi him that he looked to me like one of some parties I had seen coming along the top of the South mountain on that night, “Well,” said he, ‘if you were who had the buggy there we were sons you refer to. We had made minds that if we could capture and buggy we could get off, for go twice as fast as we could run. We all armed, and we meant to take your and bi and use the night to escape in. So far as I know,” said Mr. Yingling, “I am the only man, except my companion in that busey, who ‘saw these men flying from Brown's butcher shop.” GATH. k Kangaroo—"I'm on my last legs.”