Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1893, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. STAR Bi Whe Evening Ne Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Prev't : Tux Evexrxc STAR is served to subscribers tn the city by account, at 10 cents eg SE er Canada—postage prepald—50 cents per S Torelen pereae? Ls iseez Gran 61.00 per year: sevthe Feat Cates ‘at Washington, D.C, ey EAM well cebeciptioes mast be paid to of- j Part2. Che EF pening Star. Piiges 956 WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisers are urgently re- quested to hand in advertisements the day prior to publication, io order that insertion may be as- Sured. Want advertisements will be received up to noon of the day ©f publication, precedence being given te those first received. Seer AMUSEMENTS. | EXCURSIONS, éc. EDUCATIONAL. WEST INDIA TOURS. ‘The elegant Passenger Steamer MADIANA, 3,050 TONS, SAILS JAN. 10. Specially fitted with electric lights, baths and all test improvements. For St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, Antiqua, Guadaloupe, Dominica, Mar- we, St. Lucia, Barbados. Hotel coupon tick- ets, good at the Marine Hotel, Barbados, sold at low rates. For beauty of scenery and perfection of climate this trip is unsu: and costs less than $4 per day. For illustrated pamphlets giving rates of Christmas Oratorio. Loge TT RP OUTERBIIDGE & CO. The by Mrs. Genevra Jobn- Messiah -=-= & SONS, G15 15th «t.. Wash- L st, THURSDAY! ington, D.C. G23 sketusoe EVENING, December 28. Miss Gectrode EMmands, contralto; Mr. J. H. ‘McKinley, tenor; Mr. Ericsson F. Bushnell, basso, Chorus of 500, assisted Mount Vernon, TOMB OF WASHINGTON. ‘Take trains Pennsylvania depot 8:40, 9:45, 10:45 12:01, 1:00 and 2:11 p.m. Also via ferry to Alexandria, 7th st. wharf, at 9:30, 11:30 a.m., and 1: m. round trip, 50 Fare, cents. nds open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. a22-tf TALLY HO COACH LINE DAILY, 10 A-M., 2 P. from 511 13th st-—Arlington, Cabin J.B. . B. and all . ip, 50 to Tc. Finest Tally om earth. No cars to Arlington. ocl9-3m* Reserved seats, SO and 7Se. and $1, and season | STEAMER MACALESTER cards at Metserott’s on and after December 15. on, coe oe TO MOUNT VERNON. * Tomb of Washington, Daily (except Sunday), Overture at S Call earsiages at 10. ees At 10 a.m, returning by 2:45 p.m. FARE, ROUND TRIP, 50 CENTS. Admission to grounds, 25 cents. ‘Tickets, with Mount Vernos admission coupon, for male at wharf and at hotels. ‘Will also make river landings as far as Glymont, stopping for freight and passengers both ways. eo18 GONZAGA COLLEGE, 47 I st. ow. EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. TO THE MIND. A mental CHRISTMAS present. Te gas De paid in installments, F $25 USINESS COURSE, By the Dramatic Club ef the Young Men's Catholic Club of Gonzaga College, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, December 24, 27 and 28, at 8 p.m. Admission, 25 ceats. Reserved seats, 50 cents. 25 426-3t DAY OR NIGHT, $35 $25 $25 A YEAR. $25 $25 $25 ACADEMY. IVY INSTITUTE BUSINESS COLLEGE, = '. corner Sth at st Ie We CHARLES FROHMAN'S COMEDIANS. anh ALM. Principal, Whe complete and —— Company of the | Established 1876; polite attention; individual in- structicn; best discipline; central’ location; ex- e ‘THURSDAY NIGHT, | perieaced teachers; good and cheap books; diplomas I onight ‘First time in America, | and for graduates; bookkeeping, arith- ‘A New » | Metic, spelling. grammar, letter writing, penman- — ship, “typewriting, shorthand. Send for ‘aunounce- ment. 16-3m* PRIVATE LESSONS, ELMENTARY OR_ADVANG- Also Tomorrow Night, ‘The Current Season's GRUNDY, Success, ed. At pupil's residence if desired. Experienced THE OTHER’ MAN, tutor. University graduate. Especial attention A @act Military JR. to backward, unwilling and adult pupils. rot. 3 2 J., 1406 Hopkins place, near 20th nw. Poy —_—— for 100 nights| And on 228-lawlm* a Garden ter, t and Sai Mat-| 9 Sew Toe oe Mere GUNSTON INSTITUTE, tne ont 2ST SES cl for Girls. Mr. and Mrs. B. R. MASON, ™ FRENCH CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS AND AD- NEW NATIONAL THEATER. Yanced pupils; now term, January §. Busy and Matinee Tomorrow at 2. attractive method. MLLE. V. ‘Pat Hokie —$—— — Dw. -lm* A RED-LETTER S A {_Anebcerren evenr. Banjo TAUGHT BY YOUNG LADY OF EX rience. Terms, 50c. lesson, NUTMEG Bees, | ise Colo adie scan 1406 Columbia st. n.w. M. ATCH OLNEY INSTITUTE, 1827 I ST. for be Be em little girls. —— eo-tt Miss Laura Lee Dorsey, Priacipats. Pile-Driving 'ASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 1235 10th ow. Twenty-ffth _ Plano, organ, vi 4 <a Scenic Sensation. | ro. BULLARD, Director ae tm” SEX RHA | WANTED—PUPILS TO COACH IN” ENGLISH week THE ENSIGN. ‘init French and Latin during the hotldayse days it evening; private or in classes; highest references, WORLD'S FAIR AS d15-12t* E. R. SMITH, 1 13th st. nw. SEEN BY AN AMATEUR ac BW. 5 ted lus MISS HALSTEAD'S PRIVATE SCHOOL, ray, Haines’ Hall, 1429 20th at., cor. of P st. p.w. December 28. Admit A day school for children and older girls. open 7:30 p.m. 426-2t* ications be made at the school rooms cates alae el from 9 tilt d o'clock. ai-im ALL. MME J. ESPUTA DALY, MATINEE EVERY DAY. Classes in music at sight. Tie note hate MATTHEWS AND BULGER'S gystem. Mine. Daly indorsed by J. P. Sousa = Others of note and . ‘Company af ‘axtiote— 46-3mo STUDIO, 224 N. J, AVE. N.W. Pm oy : PIANO INSTRUCTION—MISS MAY H. MEAD, or Servatory of Berlin. Lstous ‘ae ptblie Bano te rl it r ec aeey desired. 2001 I st. n.w. See ete ROBER AND MARTYN COLLEGE OF ‘The Dancing and Wrestling Bears. e Next week—Rogers Bros.. Co. a25-6t ELOCUTION, ORATORY AND DRAMATIC CULTURE, 1223 TO 1231 G ST. N.W. qpbefinners” classes just ‘forming. Send for new rs of THREE MONTHS’ — HARRIS’ THEAER. WEEK COMMENCING DECEMBER 25, Usual matinees, An American Hero. Next Week—Dr. Bill. 425-6t ALBAUGH'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE. EVERY EVENING, MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY, WEBSTER & BRADY'S BIG MARINE SPECTACLE, COURSE. 1864—EDUCATION FOR REAL FOR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, THE SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, Na- tional Bank of the Republic building, corner 7th and D sts. nw. Day and night sessions began September 4. Practical English, shorthand and typewriting: Spencerian rapid writing: cal and architectural drawing. Corps of ten thoroughly trained teachers. Location central. Services of graduates always in demand. Office open every business day and night. Write or call for new annual announcement. Mrs. SARA A. SPENCER, ‘Tel. call 1084. (oc16)_ Principal and Proprietor. COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, 623 La. ave., bet. 6th and 7th K. URNER, A.M., C.E., Prin. Twenty-third year as a successful ‘business educator; eighth year in this city and fifteen Years with Eastman College. Six thorough and Practical courses: Business, English, accountancy, civil service, shorthand and typewriting. Learn the phonograph and typewriter; the quickest Preparation for the office; complete course, $15. Shorthand dictations by ‘competent readers and The Bottom Of The Sea, TWO CARLOADS OF SCENERY. Next week—HENRY EB. DIXEY, in ADONIS.425-tf = the phonograph; frdividual instruction by ex- ALBAUGH" JANUARY 8. pew hear pon lh "Graduates GC sure execllesns and distinguished success; moderate prices; send Rieu |, | sesame a MRS. L. 0. TALBOTT WILL REOPEN FRENCH and English school for young ladies and chil- Gren October 4 at 927 P st. “Culture classes for adults."* 8e29-3m* LANGUAGES. THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 723 14th st. n.w. Branches fn all American and European Prinetpal cities. New term begins now. Ivy City Races Ivy City Jockey Club. Six Races Each Day. First Race at 2 p.m. SWUl begin on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, and continue on all available days after that date. Admission to grounds and grand stand, $1. Ladies, 50 cents. ‘Special trains leave B. and QO. station at 12:30 and 1:15 p.m., returming immediately after races. Fare, 15 cents round trip. Undesirable characters not admitted. 1438 N ST. N.W. THE MISSES KERR'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES LITTLE CHILDREN. se25 = Fall term begins September 28. NT AVE. N.W. PIANO AND HARMONY. se21-tf LESSONS ON THE JANKO KEYBO: INSTRUCTIONS IN MECHANICAL DRAWING. L.A. CHESTER, 122 4th st. s.e. ACADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1312 MASS. AVE. 4 day school for young ladies and little giris. 228-1m° ast WONDERFUL FUN. HALL. ‘The course of study embraces all the branches COMMENCING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, sts qian ts au31-6m HYPNOTISM——1 Admission, 25 cents. 2 MR. PUTNAM’S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEN AND Reserved seats, 50 certs nll-2m is t 1484 Q st. n.w. Preparation for located ai Q z. tect ‘schools and for business. METZEROTT MUSIC HALL, Best of references. For particulars apply to. WM. NED AY “EVENING, BO PUTNAM or AP McQU ARUI ar 2me EDOUARD REMENYI MISS FRANCES MAKTIN'S ENGLISH AND AND COMPANY. FRENCH noe FOR GIKLS, Prices, S0c., 75c., $1. 1: st. ow. Seats now on sale at Metzerctt’s Misie Store. French, kindergarten, Boarding pupils lmited. az1-6t x . MANN'’S KINDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL Training Schou, 1ols Sunderland piace (O airy 1918 Sunder! luce st. | will begin fall ind winter sessions Getober 2, 1808" PROF. CALDWELL'S DANCING ACADEMY, STH NOW OPEN. ART STUDENTS’ LEAGUE—NINTH SEASON. classes—Antique, portrait, oils, water and wozen's life. t of them from the “Homestead” Yo life. edn est Bvening classes “Antique and men's “pen daily, except Surday, 912 and 14 Tuee| gcgre ue 808 17th st. nw. cays and Bridays, #10 pone ib ‘cents. 0c26-3m N - N DE COU MUELLER'S ACADEMY, Math, Qe ans Game! Norwood Institute, Wasblington, D. G: Grcalars at the . "| 16TH GREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, @o-lm oc8O Mr. and Mrs. W. D. CABELL, Principals. MISS SCHMITT’S PRIVATE SCHOOL, 453 G N.W. Faults of speech corrected. Kindergarten, AD- VANCED, German, French, Articulation, Sj hy Dancing, Physical Culture. Coach.nd-Lm IVY INSTITUTE BU; S: 8. W. COR. STH AND K STS. Course of instruction reliable and college, in, Washington; lower. ineipal bus, been “a well-known, successful Washington educator for’ 17 years. Full business course, day or night, $25 a year. ping, arithwetic, spelling,’ grai ter writing, ‘penmanship, typewriting, short BANJO THOROUGHLY TAUGHT BY NOTE OR simplified method; antee to teach the most method or no charge. Parlors tot! 9 p.m. GEORGE DRAEGEE, 631 I st. aw. 49-1m NEW PUBLICATIONS. EPILEPSY. EPILEPSY. EPILEPSY. An account of the only rational mode of treat- edition, 10c. addseus Dr. WILL- ined teaches tana ment. fe cat nce ers. TAMSOX, Kew London, aati | Gece 8 W. FLENN, » Principal pa IN WASHINGTON, MISS C. MATILDA MINKE, 312 DELAWARE AVE, be., graduate Of the New Euz. Conservatory of Music, boston, organist and experienced teacher of plano and Narmony. oc24-3m* NEW TERM OPENS JANUARY 2, 1894. JAN. 2 will be # good time to enter Wood's Commercial College, Januar; 407 East Capitol st. All who join in Will be allowed a discount of 10 per and evening sessions. 25 FRANCIS GERMUILLER, TEACHER OF piano, ‘organ, Yocal music and “harmony; espe- clally attentve to beginners as well as to pupils advanced. 611 I st. nw. | 8e25-4m* DRAWING | TAUGHT | EVENINGS; MECHANICAL and architectural. Spring term’ begins Jan. 3, 1804. 531 7th et. ie a23-2W* RESULTS ARE THE PROOF. “I owe all my success to the training received So say hundr of our pradiate Day ood, ight classes will raduat nf wary. 3804, EATON, BURNETT & DURLIN G's. Business ‘Training ‘School, | Huyler building, 12th and F sts. n.w. 422-3 GAILLARD SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 906 F ST. Modern taught by Gaillard method, comprising & series of text books published by D. Appleton & Co., an entirely new practical, sctent! and aesthetic system, the only one decorated by the French minister of public in- struction and indorsed by. the celebrated Sorbonne and the leading educators of Europe and # America. (German classes and private lessons by P. H. “Mueller, author the Words Chain Method. Visitors admitted to all the held datty. MISS BALCH'S CIVIL SERVICE INSTITUTE Business , 1207 10th n.w. Pupils pre successfully for etvil service, departmental classes dio red and _Census examinations. Stenography taught. se2-tr LADY JUST FROM ENGLAND WISHES TO GIVE vate lessons in French (acquired in Paris),paint- pencil draw- ip ol, ter col poss aii a. W.nl4-Twe and EE BARTON.O10 20th OUT OF WASHINGTON, MISS PEEBLES AND MISS THOMPSON'S ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, 30, B2, 34 East S7th street, New York. 416-cod2m Special students admitted. THE MITCHELL-CORBETT FIGHT. Sports 1 Jacksonville Sure There w Be No Interference. In view of the letter from H. W. Lang, Gov. Mitcheil’s private secretary, to J. R. Tysen of Jacksonville, Fla., emphatically stating the governor would use all means |in his power to prevent the Corbett-Mitchell contest, which letter has caused uneasiness in sporting circles throughout the country, a reporter yesterday interviewed J. E. T. Bowden, general manager of the Duval Athletic Club, regarding the governor's po- sition and the prospect for pulling off the contest. As will be seen from the inter- view, Mr. Bowden is absolutely confident of the ability of the club to bring the contest to a successful issue. The interview fol- lows: “Mr. Bowden,” the correspondent asked, “has anything transpired to cause you to feel that you will not be able to pull off ihe Corbett-Mitchell contest?" “Absolutely nothing,” was the emphatic reply. “I am more firmly convinced today that the match will take place than 1 nuve been at any period since the contest was talked of. In this sentiment my associates unite, and so strongly do they feel that the match will take place that we are pushing the arena to a rapid completion, and inak- ing the necessary suitable and definite ar- rangements.”” “But, Mr. Bowden, recent telegrams from Jacksonville have been publishei of a char- acter likely to impair the attendance, and have caused some anxiety among those who have heretofore felt assured that the contest would take place. What have you to say in regard to those telegrams?” “Just this: The en talk and i ness was occasioned the publication of @ letter written by Mr. H. W. Lang, Gov- ernor Mitchell's private secretary, on No- vember 21. Its publication so long efter It was written induced people to think that some new utterance had heen made by the governor, or by his «authority, when, in fact, such was not the case. We do not euy and have never said or thougi:t that Gov. Mitchell would not do everything that he conceived it was his duty to do under the law to stop the match. We, at the same time, are assured vy our knowielye of Gov. Mitchell's sincerity of vha-acter that he will be equally slow to :nterfer2 ‘f it should be demonstrated in un iuthoritadve way that the contemplated match js not violative of the law. We expect at a very early cate— not later than the presont week--tc get an adjudication of the question. If cur posi- tion is sustaincd we will continue our course; if, however, the eon ion should be determined agains: us we will at once declare the matza off. The city council has passed an ordinance? legalizing contests of the character of this ore contemplated, and the public sentimenc of the city, county, and state is ove"whelmiugly in favor ct the match coming off. As to the legal view, I may add that the consensus of opinion js in favor of the entire legality of tne club's ac- ton, ‘How are you progressing wit! of certificates for your box seats “I do not know «hat the public is very much interested on that point, bn that we are me with every enecor - ment, and the seats are going rapidly to the best people ‘n the counsry “But, Mr. Bowden, suppose you should, by some hook or crook,fail to bring this contest off, what will be the attitude of your club as to the redemption of these tickets?” ‘There is >at one answer that ques- tion,” replied Mr. Bowden. “This club is composed of yentlomen of wee'th aud un- questioned stan ting as to intezrity, and I will say hat cent placed in eur bands for certificates will be refunded should the contest not come off because of legal jntcr- ference.” “There are many other things,” said Mr. Bowdem, in conclusion, “that I’ might add as to the ability of the Duval Athletic Club to bring off this match, but their publica- tion would be untimely at this juncture. We wish to express our entire confidence in Gov. Mitchell’s honesty of purpose to en- force the law, and our equally strong con- viction that, should a court of competent {Uristiction affirm that we are within the ‘aw, no one will be quicker to obey or more readily abide its adjudication than ve Henry L. Mitchell.” > FORT SHERIDAN. ———__+e. THE TRAGEDY AT A Thorough Investigation to Be Made by the War Department. ‘The recent killing of Capt. Hedberg by Lieut. Maney at Fort Sheridan," Chicago, will be thoroughly investigated by the War Department, when the present civil pro- ceedings shall have been concluded. An officer of the inspector general department will be sent to Chicago for that purpose. One of the principal matters to be cleared up relates to the administration and dis- cipline at the military post at the time of the homicide. Recent reports to the de- partment indicate that the discipline main- tained at this important post had been be- low the standard for some time previous to the shooting. According to these reports it was a matter of common talk throughout the garrison that both Capt. Hedberg and Lieut. Maney were “gunning for” each other for some time before the shooting occurred, and the authorities must have known that threats had been made by each, and that they both carried pistdls. Why steps were not taken to either separate the officers or disarm them are matters that the authorities here would like to know something about. Although the impression prevails here that Lieut. Maney will be acquitted at the civil trial on the ground of self-defense, the fact will still remain that he committed a breach of military discipline, and the mili- tary authorities must of necessity take cog- nizance of it either through the medium of @ court of inquiry or court-martial. It is said that Mrs. Hedberg, widow of the deceased officer, proposes to have Lieut. Maney prosecuted to the full extent of the law, and that she has engaged a prominent lawyer of Chicago for that purpose. In the event of his acquittal by a jury, it is said, she proposes continuing the fight against Lieut. Maney at the War Department, and, if necessary, will appeal to Congress to in- vestigate affairs at Fort Sheridan with a view to exonerate her husband’s memory as well as to remove the suspicions that have been entertained in some quarters re- garding improper relations between herself and Lieut, Maney. -Day Sale “Left Over” HOLIDAY GOODS At Bon Marche. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. All Strictly Holiday Goods To Go At Half And Almost Half Price. If you have skipped any of your friends you can now “remember them’’ for half what it would have cost you last week! HANDKERCHIEFS Crushed In The Rush! Tossed, Wrin kled & Soiled! At Half And Almost Half Price. Here is a chance to buy Handkerchiefs enough to last all the coming pay for one will now buy Handkerchief Sale Extraordinary. All tossed, wrinkled, soiled and dam- aged Handkerchiefs will be gotten rid of the next few days regardless of vali ‘The Christmas displays have been taken down and windows untrimmed, and all Handkerchiefs used will be placed on sale tomorrow and the balance of this week at half and almost half price. The most conspicuous offerings are as fol- lows: Immense lot of Ladies’ White Hem- stitched and “Scalloped” Embroidered | Handkerchiefs. Some are simply wrin- kled, dusty; some 25, 88, 48, T5c. and $1, Choice 17¢. Ea. White Hemstitched Initial Handker chiefs, with colored initial. This Week 4c. Each. Ladies’ White Hemstitcbed Initial Handkerchiefs. Worth 10 and 12%c. This Week 6c. Each. Handsome boxes of Initial Handker- chiefs. This line of initials is badly broken, but you are reasonably sure of finding the initial of either your first or last name. ‘Men's Initial Handkerchiefs, 8 in = Were 63c. ThisWeek 4oc. Men's Extra Fine Initial Handker- chiefs, 3 in a box. Were $1.25. This Week 75c. Ladies’ Initial Handkerchiefs, 3 in a Were 63c. This Week 40c. Men's Extra Fine Initial Handker- chiefs, 6 in a box. Were $1.25. This Week 7oc. Men's Extra Fine Initial Handker- chiefs, 6 in a box. Were $1.75. Now $1.25. Ladies’ Initial Handkerchiefs, 6 in a Were $1.7 Now $1 Box. year. What you usually two! Silk Initial Hdkfs. REDUCED. All of our Japanese Silk Initial Scal- loped-edge Handkerchiefs which were 16e. This Week tc. 25e. Silk Hemstitched Initial Hafs. .19¢. 49c. Silk Hemstitched Initial Hakfs.38e. 89c. Hemstitched Initial Silk Hdkts.50c, Silver Articles Reduced, filets nok SENT TS enue articles—but not jewelry. Silver Articles . Silver Articles . Silver Articles Silver Articles $1.25 Silver Articles $1.50 Silver Articles $2.00 Silver Articles New Year’s GLOVES. Here are two lots of Gloves which more than ever show our superior buy- ing facilities. Just got them in time: 89 dozen Ladies’ Extra Fine Soft Kid Gloves, with 4 large white pearl but- tons, now so fashionable, finished with white welts, white and self stitched. Assorted shades of light, reddish tans, ox blood, dark green, navy and brown. Sell regularly everywhere today at $1.75. Only $1.25 Pr. Lot of Ladies’ “Reception” Gloves, 12, 16 and 18-button length, in pearl, helio- trope, tan and primrose. Sold about town at $2.50, $2.75 and $3.75, accord- ing to length. Choice $1.39 Pair. White Suede Gloves. S-button, Worth $1.50. Only $1.25. 12-button, Worth $2.50. Only $2.00. 16-button. Worth $3.00. Only $2.25, BON MARCHE, 814-316-3 18 7th St. CORRESPONDENCE 1600 B. ©. Certain Important Indication: of Early Civilization of Palestine. From the Edinburgh Review. We have become possessed of certain very important indications as to the early civili- zation of Palestine by means of clay tab- lets. Not that the knowledge so attained is altogether new or that it conflicts with that which has been deduced from yet earlier Egyptian records. It is well known to scholars that Thothmes III, when he de- feated the league of Hittites and Phoenic- jans at Megiddo, in 1600 B. C. (a century be- fore Amenophis III acceded), reaped a spoil which indicates the advanced civilization of Syria, including not only the precious met- als and chariots painted and plated, but also objects of art having a high aesthetic value, and that he found corn, wine and oil abundant in the country, and many hun- dred walled towns, in which there were al- ready temples of the gods. Such evidence has, however, been slight- ed by those who regard the early Hebrews as savages, and who think that though plac- ed in the very center of the ancient civiliz- ed world, between the Egyptians and As- syrians, they were, nevertheless, unac- quainted with any arts and uninfluenced by surrounding culture. The new discoveries insist on quite another understanding of ory. ‘yelling that not only in Egypt or in Me- sopotamia was the art of writing known in the time of Moses, but that the inhabitants of Palestine also could pen a brick epistle, which, in the space of a few inches, con- tained as much information as can now be condensed into a sheet of note paper. Such letters were neither heavy nor bulky, and could be carried in the turban or in the folds of the shirt bosom just as easily as paper letters are now so carried, with the additional advantage that they were im- perishable, as is witnessed by the fact that they are now being read, 8,400 years after they were written, How to Run Long Distances Easily. From the Popular Science News. Physiologists and lovers of athletics may be interested in recent experiments and re- searches of a French artillery captain, M. de Raoul, who, some fifteen years ago, be- gan to try and find out the most economical and least trying way of walking. There are many manners of walking, some of which are much devoid of grace (the average Eng- lishwoman’s is a very good example), but it may be supposed that as far as efficiency is concerned one must be better than the others. M. de Raoul has come to the con- clusion that, as far as fast walking is con- cerned, the best method is that which he calls marche enflexion. The principle is to run without leaping, to raise the body above ground as little as possible, to keep the krees bent, the upper part of the body in- clined forward, so that practically you are always running after your center of gravi- ty. The feet must be raised only very slightly. M. de Raoul, who has now some years of experience, says that he can take any man between twenty and sixty and teach him to run as long as his legs can carry him without getting out of breath. Some men can, on the very first trial of the method, run seven or eight miles without stopping, while, with the ordinary tactics, they could not have run over one mile. Tha first kilometer (a kilometer is five-eighths of a mile) is usually covered in seven minutes and a quarter, the second in six minute: and the third in five minutes and forty-fi seconds. An interesting feature of M. de Raoul’s researches is that even after a long run, according to his method, a stiff walk is no trouble at all; the muscles which work in both cases do not belong to the same set, !and while one exercise is performed the muscles which minister to the other rest. e+ ____ Dynamite Explosion in Church. During the celebration of midnight mass im the Catholic Church at Beziers, in the south of France, a dynamite bomb was ex- ploded. There were a number of people in the building at the time, und the explosion caused @ panic. ~ THE FORT MYER CAVALRY. High Praise Given Them by the Inspector General. The Difficulties That Have Been Over- come in Bringing Them to Such @ State of Excellence. The inspector general of the army, in his annual report to the Secretary of War, vses the following complimentary language in reference to the cavalry garrison at Fort Myer, Va.: “The command is the best in- structed cavalry battalion I have yet seen in an army. There is a promptness and alacrity, an exactness and simultaneousness throughout the whole that I have never seen excelled in our army.” The high praise embodied in the above words cannot be appreciated in its full force except by a person familiar with the difficulties in the simplest movement of a body of mounted troops. An army officer of experience was talking with a Star re- porter today in regard to this matter, and expressed his views tersely, as follows: “The average citizen does not realize how hard it is to accomplish the result referred to by the inspector general, but having been a soldier myself, infantry and cavalry, 1 can testify that it is a work that must be constant in its details before it can hope to succeed. The horse has to be taught that, with the legs in rear of girth, he is to gather his forces, so that on command movement may be at once. The head and rear man of a column of a squadron of 400 men or more should Move as one man on command and halt as well, or take the changes of gait. The intelligent horse must also know that closing the leg in rear and carrying the bridal hand to the right means he is to turn to the right on his fore hana, or, his fore feet being in same position, to the left the reverse; that carrying the hand to the right, so as to get the horse in an oblique direction, and followed by left leg pressed in the rear of the girth, he is to passage, or move sideways; that closing the leg in front of girth and carrying the bridle hand in the opposite direction he is to turn on his haunches, the heels being kept in place. These are a specimen of a few of the numerous things to be taught horse. Then comes flexions of the head, neck and mouth, teaching him to jump bars and ditches, etc. “It is by attention to the cther details that the Fort Myer division has been so complimented. Col. Hughes, the inspector, has the reputation of being one of the best inspectors in the army, He has traveled in foreign lands, and has written many articles in regard to the cav- airy subjects. Citizens will also notice that the men of the ga:rison at Fort Myer, when in town, ride at the walk or trot. The gal- lop is used only at drills, and generally pre- cedes a charge, subject of constant in- ation, the Englishman is the best risman in the saddle, the Ge-man his copater in military riding, the Frenchman excelling in the — cd breaking, training and men- age riding. We can claim in some respects the American as the superior of ail. distance riding, bringing horses in in the best condition, which is perhaps the highest form of horsemanship, the American caval- ry Our army marches and the car- rying of our mails across the plains alive comes near the cowboy, riding and heading of saddle southerner beats creation. We dition, enriched the world by type in the trotter, and in sailing, polo and hunting we are >apidly catching up with pool magn grt cousins. So, taking it all to- gether, we Americans can claim iperic in ee gi agit tf “Baucher, the Frenchman, admitted the best of horse trainers, says: What mot sician could draw melodious sounds from an instrument without having exercised his fingers in handling it? He would certainly, if he attempted such a thing, produce oniy false, discordant sounds, and the same thing occurs in horsemanship when we un- dertake to make a horse execute movements for which he has not been prepared.” The intelligence of our horses or may not be accomplished by Proper in- struction, and patient attention to required one as ut Fi e drills at Fort M; are hel = — Es 9:80 Cans to 1130, = and from 1 to 2 o'clock p, m. daily, exce] Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Three aos are used for preparation and inspection and one day for rest. In pleasant weather the drilis take place in the open from 9 to 11 o'clock, and should be witnessed by every- body who takes the least interest in the military. A cavalry charge is one of the most thrilling and inspiring sights that can be witn ———.-_—_ SUNK THE SENECA. and in road beasts the have, in ad- The Steamer Scuttled to Save Her From Destruction. The steamship Seneca, which returned to Havana Sunday morning, was sunk in the harbor at that port yesterday morning in order to save her. Manager Hughes of James E. Ward & Co., 113 Wall street, New York, agents of the line, said that the firm had received a cable dispatch yesterday morning which confirmed the information that the Seneca had caught fire in the low- er hold just after leaving Havana. She was about seventy miles from port, and the crew were startled by an explosion. When they reached the deck the vessel was in flames, and the cry wi: dynamite bomb had exploded, "The. ving “Re oop seer sone rae cayitgnt Thee e fire until they appealed to Capt. Stevens and asked him to abandon the ship. According to a dispatch the captain stood on the bridge and commanded them to return to their duty. Twice this action of the crew was re- Peated before the steamer made the seventy 1g which brought her back to the is- ‘The fire was in the forehold of the steam- er and was extinguished Sunday night at 10 o'clock after the firemen had filled the fore compartment with water. The store room, also in the forepart of the vessel, was flooded, and it being impossible to close the machinery compartment contain- ing the engine and donkeys,it was also fiood- ed and the vessel went down. Only the upper deck remains above the water level. Navy yard divers will, as soon as possible, en- deavor to close the vessel's compartments and raise her. The cargo consists of heniquen in bales, cured skins in bundles, mineral ore, cigars in cases and coffee in bags from Mexican ports and leaf tobacco and cigars in cases from Havana. The Ward line people are much exercised over the numerous disasters of the past year, and Commodore Hughes remarked that he “wished "93 would close and "94 begin. Nothing but trouble this | year,” said the commodore. The company’s steamship City of Alexan. dria was burned on the way from Matan- zas to Havana November 1. A few weeks ago a dynamite cartridge was found in a sack of coffee shipped in the freight of the City of Washington. As the ship had just arrived from Mexican ports, the inference was that the explosive was placed on boerd before she reached Havana. In the case of the City of Alexandria the fire was preceded by an explosion among the freight. In the present instance the flames were discovered among the freight in the forehold. Had it not been discovered in time to put back the indications are that the loss of life would have been greater than that which resulted in the burning of the City of Alexandria, when eleven of the crew were lost. —_——- +e-_ —___ An Eye to the Futare. ‘We have a treasure of a nurse.” jo doubt; but it does seem to me that your boy speaks with an Irish brogue which resembles hers.”” “That's exactly what we want. We are going to bring Willie up to go into politics.” —Harper’s Bazaar. above and many | a brand-new! shows what may | having become exhausted, | OR. PARKHURST’S CRUSADE. How the New York Clergyman Has Put the Police on the Defensive. “Holland,” the New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, writes: Whatever may be the estimate of Park- hurst’s motives, or the judgment of the wisdom of the manner of his attack, cne pre-eminent fact is now acknowledged, an@ that is that he has by the pure force cf agitation compelled not only the pubite of New York city to heed him and give some ear to what he says, but he has attracted the attention of the entire country to the condition in New York of which he com- plained. That is a moral victory which has not been won by agitation since the days of the anti-slavery crusade, and Parkhurst’s methods have been sometaing Ike those of | Phillips and Garrison, and in some | like those of O'Connell, of whom Pavkiurst \is a great admirer, By the simple power of agitation in the pulpit, through the press, ani supplemented. by some work not very exiensive. done the officers of the society of which he ‘s | president, Parkhurst has done what no politician, no mayor or governor has been able to do for thirty years; he has put the (entire police forse upoa the defensive, bas | frightened the commissioners, caused to seek to unload their responsibilities wom | the superiatendent | brought about a = friction, to Say the least,between Superintendent By rues and the commissioners, and, as it pow seems likely, is yoiag to furnish New York with a Feciation of the money corruption | ¥pon which cs a foandation te police de- | partment stands. Dr. Parkhurst Antagonized. | | When Parkhurst began his crusade they sneered at him. ‘They entered into plois to frighten his agents, and Jid keep one in prison many months before the nigher | courts discharged him. Some one tried to |aiarm Parkhurst himseli, but their threats | fell upon as heedless ears as were those , Which were directed ior many years against | Wendell Phillips or William Lioyd Gurri- | son. They undertook to mislead the public wy declaring that Parkhurst was trying to sup- | plement the duties of the police by eugag |ing in wholesale rajus upun disorderly blocs, | and they attempted to disgust the commun- | ity with Parkaurst and nis methods by forcing as much us they were able to do of some shocking things which Dr. Perk- hurst felt it his uty vo witness in order that he might know of ais own knowleage tne | depths of depravity whica under the eyes | of the police existed in New York. But that kind of atcacx did not swerve | Parkhurst and ao attacks have, and therein |he reveals the quatities of a moral bero, whatever the judgmeat may be as to his | Purposes and methods. He was not divert- ed by side issues, and ut last the pubife | came to a full undenstanding of what bis purpose is and that it is to show the c'ti- zens of New York that vice exists | because the police pro:ect it, that the protect it because they are required to pay, trom the humblest soorman to the hi otticer, a bonus to some one in authority for their appointmeat, aad that the system of levying blackmail has become so general | that it has beea regarded as a part of the Guty of the police force to collect these um- lawful tributes. Extent of Blackmail. Before the winter is past it ss probabie that Parkhurst will ve sole to show, and under the formality of oath, that police cap- tains have been compelled to pay all the way from $10,000 to sid.0W for thuir ap- pointment; that serjean.s in some cakes have paid as much ae $100); that rounds- men have found that it osts et least $1.0 to secure such appoiatment, and patrobuen several hi dollars. one in authority, Ssioners This money goes to some | Parkhurst believes taat the comm! or some of them receive it, and that they Know that the captaias and subordinates | expect to get their money ok by levying tribute upon those wu viviate the law. According to the iaformatioa which he has, in the gilded aistricts of the city the tribute paid by those who keep imiooral resorts has been from $300 to $%») for open- ing them and from Sv to $lwv a week theie- | after. | Proprietors of gambling bells have been | expected to pay $0 a week and those who violate the excise lew from $30 to $100 @ veek, these sums being proportionate to their custom and ability. It ought to be said Uhat there js no charge nd Dr. Parkhurst has never even ninied at such a thing ‘Lat Superintendent Byrnes has dirtied his nands with blackmail. Byrnes is understood to be well off, but his associa- |tion and his very juable services in his relations with wealthy men aud men upon | Wall street have, it is Letieved, enabled him 'to take advantage of some opportunities Uhat have occurred upon the exchange. What Parkhurst complains of is that | Byrnes must know of tae practices which | defile the police departuaen: m Lais respect | and has never lifted his singer to put a stop |to them. But Byracs, powerful as he ix, is nevertheless subordinaze tw the ccramis- sioners. +arsnurst has the police 01 the defensive. He has commanded so muca of respect as @ moral victory creates. He nas learned seil- control and nas re ed of late something of executive aslity wh: heretofore he was | not suspected of possessing. He shows his discretion by the wisdom | and patience with which he bides his time nd by the fact that he does not discharge his ammunition at a single assault. He may be a crank, a deluded enthusiast, but he has done what no man since Beecher’s day | has been able to do in this city. Away After a Short Iiness. The death of ex-Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs, | which occurred at Middletown, Del., yester- terday afternoon, was not enzirely unex- | pected, as he had been sick for several months, though a recent marked improve- ment in his condition gave rise to the hope | that he would recover. His end, however, | yesterday was peaceful. The direct cause |of death was catarrhal pneumonia. The ex-governor was born ia New Castes county, Del, in 1821. His father was a | farmer, and his boyhood was passed upon his father’s farm. When ninet2en years o4 he went to Pennington Seminary, in New | Jersey, and later to Wesleyaa College in Connecticut. He spent a short time at school teaching, but became tired of peda- | gogue routine and returned to farming, m | which pursuit he was always particularly | interested. In 1846 he left the plow for the sword, being commissioned by Gov. Temple as ma- jjor in the Mexican army, though his ser- Vices were never needed. About 1854 he deserted the whig party nd allied himself with the Delaware dem- | ocracy, in which he became an active, as- tute politician. After a vigorous fight in the state convention he was nominated for governor, receiving 102 out of :he 180 bal- lots cast. As the leading executive officer of the state he was one of the most figures in public life in Delaware. an per= sonal appearance he was most patriarchai, his long white locks covering his shoulders, and his interesting face and manners made him the observed of all observers wherever he went, and he was never more in his ele- ment than when appearing in some public | function or making an after-dinner speech. He was one of the largest landholiers on | the peninsula and the most extensive grower in the state. a | A Pacific Pilot Chart. The monthly issue of a pilot chart of the Pacific ocean, similar in general character | to the chart of the North Atlantic, is im | contemplation by the naval hydrogrephic office. At present there is no means of dis- tributing information to mariners of the Pacific ocean. The system has worked so well as applied to the Atlantic ocean, and the demand has been so general, not only among American mariners, but among for- eigrers, that the hydrographic officers be- Neve there is as much reason for publishing a Pacific pilot chart as there is for a chart of the Atlantic ocean. Congress will there- fore be urged to authorize the publication, which is attended with very slight expense.