Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1895, Page 7

} | fe ——— THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. 7 Patats Reyat, @ AND ELEVENTH STREETS.—A. LISNER. Tomorrow—Friday—is to be the day of days. Since we close Saturday at 1 p.m. ou may call tomorrow the last day of the Clearing Sale. It is to be made memorable with the bar-= gains of the season, with no limit to time or quan= tity. The Plen’s 2Q* Bargain Table. 29 Cents For chotee of Se Neglige and White Dress Shirts, Gee Bal. Underwear, 50c French Lisle Half Hose; and two Ze Sweaters, two pairs 2c Suspenders, two pieces 23¢ Underwear, two 23¢ Silk Scarfs. All at 29 for choice. The Ladies’ - ge Bargain Tables. Cents ' for choice of Fancy Silk Ribbons that soll up to Boe yard. And Black Motre Ribbons worth 19¢ yard. 9 Cents - For choice of Jet Coronets, Wings, Buckles and ornaments, werth up to 50c And for u elianeous lo of jewelry, inelud- Brooches, Gold and Silver-plated ets, Belts, with silves ed buckle: stand pendant; superior Dia™ ick Pins, Shell Spanish Comis, lass Photo Frames, ing Stirt Wa! BY Cents For contents of this second-floor bargain. table: Keotch Ginghams, Jaconet Lawns, Funey » Creponetie, 15 Quality India Linen, Ready- Pillow Cases, All-iioen and Fringed Huck Ils Bargain Table. a1 Cents For choice of Superior Silk Windsor Ties, in all the AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Mir, and Mra, Dudley Air Their Differences i in the Polioe Court. A Modern Fire Alarm Service Needed— A Lineman Brenks His Leg— Other Items. Another jar in family circles came up for trial before Justice Thompson in the police court this morning, when Mrs. David Dud- ley charged her husband with having as- saulted her, and asked that he be bound ever to keep the peace. From what could be learned of the case from the evidence, it appears that Mrs. Dudley had been running around too much at night to suit Dudley, and he had been watching her. Last night he saw her on Princess street between Washington and St. Asaph, and when she saw that she was being watched, she went over to where Dudley was and struck him in the face with a fan, and then she abused him for all she was worth. From the looks cf his coat, she must have been like a tigress, for it was almost torn from his back. He re- monstrated with her, but without avail, and he claims that she struck him in the back with a brickbat. He had to hold her to keep her from doing further damage. Finally, he got tired of it, and away from him and made tracks. went to the station house and swore out a warrant for iis arrest on the above men- tioned charge. In the police court Dudley stated that he had not lived at home lately on account of a letter he had recaived from an attorney, and which he produced, stat- ing that Mrs. Dudley wanteu a divorce. She cculd not prove her case, and, as she seemed entirely in the wrong, the case was dismissed. In the Police Court. Three young colored men, named Wm. Jackson, Harry Robinson and Daniel Free- man, were the first prisoners called on the docket before Justice Thompson in th police court this morning. They were charged with disorderly conduct, and were fined $2.50 each for the offense. Carrie Davis, for keeping an unlicensed dog, was fined $1. David Dudley, charged with as- saulting his wife, was dismissed. Fire Alarm System. Many times has it been demonstrated that a complete and modern jire alarm system is badly needed in this city, and there is much complaint on the part of many citizens that one is not provided. The telephone system is a great deal better than none, and the manager of the tele- phone company uses every effort in his power to give good service, but it is said that when two our three connections have to be made, time is necessarily lost. and it is claimed that some minutes cutid have been saved in the arrival of the en;ines at yesterday's fire had a proper fice alarm System been in use. The expense of put- ting in such a system would not be great, it iy said, and a city the size of Alexandria, with its vast property interests, seems much behind the times In this tespect. Broke His Les. While the linemen of the telephone com- pany were taking down an old pole near the Baltimore and Ohio freight yard on the strand this morning the pole swung around accidentally and struck Dick Anderson, one of the hands, on the leg, breaking it just abcve the knee. The injured man Was taken to the Alexendria Infirmary, where Dr. Jones set the broken limb, and he is oat desirable desiens and colors. And tle for ‘arranted Pure Liner and Swiss Handkerchiefs, Gome with hand embroidery. To quote the real Values would invite disbelief. 13° Bargain Table. 13 Cents For Ladies’ end Children's Fast Black and Russet Hose, Irish Balbriggan Hose and Swias Ribbed Vests, run with silk ribbons. To make the quantity ance ut groken lots of 23¢ Hose and Vests are to eluded. 4° Bargain Table. 4 Cents For two spools of Sewing Silk an’ Machine Cotton, one doxen Corset Laces, Combs, cak superior Kubber Dress Pure Castile aud otter Soaps, Japa hes, Dr. Carman's Dentalaid, S-yard Silk Corset Lacer, dozen en Hump" Hooks and E; 8 Shields. Needle Book, with 24 best needles; superior Thimbles, Tape Measure in ense; Coraline Bones, Sponges, Ash ‘Tray, Com- Dination Leather Umbrella and Cane Straps, gross Fhoe Buttovs, four, five und six Ready-wound Ma- dhine Bobbins, etc., ete. Os Bargain Table. Cents choice of Ladies’ Autumn-weight Coats, worth up to $8; Chiidren’s Coats and Jackets, worth up to $3.98; Ladies’ Lawn Suits, worth up to $3.50, and Wrappers worth $1.48. 5 Bargain Table. re Di Ginghai Turkish Bath Tow- ols, Outing Flannel, All-linen Crash, Check and Plaid Nainscok, All-iinen Huck Towels, All-lioen Ir Stocklnette ' and Fringed Doylies. " stocks, iz X* Bargain Table. Three Cents FOR Cio OF THE FOLLOWING, WHICH WILL BE FOUND ON BASEMENT. ‘TUMBLERS, EPPER AND SALA En SUPS, DECORAT BROILERS, TTERS, STOV! For OHA ING WAX, IRON Si DI TEA AND COFE doing nicely. Notes. Mrs. Lawrence Stabler tremely ill. Mr. French Smoot has returned from a trip to Colonial Beach. It is said that D. P. Hurley will be ap- peinted agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railway in this city. Miss Lillie Hawes has been appointed partmlerress at St. Elmo, a suburb of this city. continues ex- —_.__ Gen, Lee's Courtesy. From the Richmond Dispatch. A hitherto unpublished incident of the life of Gen. Robert E. Lee Is being told this week by a lady now living at Warm Springs, who knew Gen. Lee well. The in- cident occurred shortly after the war, when sectional feeling was rurning very high. At this resort were quartered while Gen. Lee was here a northern general and his daughters, who, by reason of their north- ern affinities, managed to have a very duil time of it. The lady narrator, noticing this, mentioned it in the next conversation had with Gen. Lee, Looking up in sur- prise. the latter said: “I am glad you told me of it. I shall see to it at once that they find it more pleasant.” With the courteous dignity which was essentially his he kept his promise. The northern general and his daughters were charmed by the attention he bestowed upon them. As Gen. Lee had set the fashion, the young ladies were soon among the most popular at the hotel, and before the season closed the two old soi- diers were warm friends. —+e+—____ Bernum’s Head for Basiness. From the Troy Times. The recent marriage of the widow of P. ‘'T. Barnum to a wealthy Greek has brought out a story of how the great showman won his English bride. It was his theory that the people liked to be humbugged, and he made good use of the idea in the manage- of his show, but it will be news to many that he worked the same scheme in secur- Ing his British wife. As the story goes, Barnum at the time was mayor of Bridge- port. He was lonesome, and his beautiful home, Waldemere, on the shore of Long Island sound, was not much vis!ted, except by sightseers. He became interested in the beautiful daughter of John Fish of South- port, England, a retired manufacturer, and solicited her hand in marriage. Barnum was well alvanced in years, and knew his fame as the prince of showmen was not suificient to win the prize. In fact, that fame might have hurt his suit more than helped it, for Miss Fish greatly disliked the notoriety attached to the “greatest show on earth,” and after she married its owner always managed to hold herself aloof from the publicity her hus- band loved so well. But the old showman’s knowledge of the English love for vtticial OILERS, BASTL Y SPOONS 2 Fi BCRURS, DREDGE BOXES, SPI AMMONIA, Si . SCOOVS, BREAD PANS, TIN : SYONGE HOLDERS, MATCH SAFES, SHOu BLACKING, STOVE BLACKING, JELLY TINS, TOWEL ROLLERS, ZINC BRUSHES. 19° Bargain Table. Cents for these: Rugs worth $1.50, Las ‘$1.45, ud Mahogany Tables Tay vorth $1.50, Silk a Die ~s worth $1, Eid sarasol Covers for baby’s carria: Other bargains on fourth-Joor table. 30° Child’s Table. 39 Cents Por articles none of w hich are worth less in sizes 2 t es 2 to 1 than 50 6 years: And the most staple of regular | in all sizes, colors, &c., are to be price lowered tomorrow. For instance -— $1.19 For the“$1.50 “Palais Royal’ Kid Gloves, ;which Will be trled on at our risk. celebrity led him to play a winning card. He had his photograph teken, with Walde- mere as a background. The picture -epre- sented him seated in a showy landau, har- nessed to four beautiful black horses, his coachman on the box and two footmen up behind. Under the photograph were the words, “Lord Mayor of Bridgeport.” A copy of this picture was forwarded to Miss Fish, and Barnum always thought {t ‘did the business.” —_—_+e+_____ The Emperor Was Plucky. From the Boston Budget. Possibly one reason why the German em- reror is now so jealous of his imperial dig- nity is that in his youth he was sometimes treated in an undignified manner. Dr. W. Clark Robinson of Edinburgh has been tell- ing a Cleveland audience of the manner in which the students at the university at }onn treated the young mun who afterward became their ruler. Says he: “It was in the fall of 1878 when I first met the em- peror. He was then a student at Bonn. I shall never forget the amusing spectacle ke presented. You know it is the custom of the students at Bonn to take a daily plunge in the waters of the Rhine. For the new men this is a trying ordeal. When they go dawn to the Rhine to take their first swim thfy are repeatedly ducked by the older students until they cry for mercy. Every one was on the lookout for the prince’s initial appearance, and when he ventured Pwmto the river he was ducked unmercifually. But William would never give up. Down and down again went the future empcror’s head, but he pluckilg refused to give up. Finally, when he had- reached the verge of total collapse, he wgs pulled out of the wa- ter looking more ij drowned rat than a 68¢ 2 His 4-button Kid Gloves, as good as many sold at $1.19 For Children's $1.47 High Russet Shoes, and $1.47 instead of $1.97 for Misses’ sizes. 5 oo Palais Royal, @ AND ITH STEEETS.....0c00ee: +4. LISNEB live man. It tool ly twenty min- utes to bring German's future ruler.” = king. From the Det a An enginest Saythéthe usual life of a locomotive ws onff thirty years, a passén- ger remarked thal Sdch a tough looking thing oughtfe Jive: er than Welly 68s the engineer, “per- haps it baud 1 % des Wt didgnot émeke so much.” eee ~ * CREDIT INSTRUMENTS, An Interesting Investigation by Con- troller Eckels. Chas. A. Connant in Globe-Democrat. ‘The part which checks and other instru- menis of credit play in retail transactions, to the exclusion of coin and paper money, will be the subject of an inquiry next month by Controller Eckels. He attempted such an inquiry last year, and the results were embodied in his annual report to Congress, but some of his questions were not stated so fully as to prevent misun- derstandings, and the answers were not so complete as he hopes to obtain this year. The essential questions to which he di- rected attention were the character of pay- ments made to retail grocers, butchers, clothiers, dealers in furniture and dealers in fuel. He asked the national banks to report what proportion of the deposits made on a given date by traders in these articles was in coin, paper money and checks and other instruments of credit. Confusion arose from the failure to state that clothiers Were intended to cover dealers in dry «cods, and that returns were desired from general stores in the country dealing in all these classes of articles. Replies were re- ceived from 2,465 national banks out of a total of 3,774, and it was found that the use of credit Instruments ranged from forty-three per cent in Wyoming to eighty- six per cent in Mississippi. The payments covered for a single day were $5,909,065 throughout the United States, and of this amount 58.9 per cent was in checks and stere erders and 41.1 per cent in various kinds of money. The variations in dif- ferent states were so great as to suggest the importance of a more thorough can- vass, and this is what the controller pro- peses to make this year. He will ask the national banks to make a count on some date in September of the amount and char- acter of the deposits by their patrons who are in the retail trade. He has asked a number of students of political economy te suggest improvements in the form of questions and new points to be covered. It has been sugeested that separate re- turns be asked of deposits of checks and store orders, as some of the advocates of a banking currency regard the latter as an evil growing out of the defects of the present banking system. The controller has also been asked to request reports as to the discounts made on store orders or simiiar instruments when brought in for deposit by regular customers, and esvecial- ly when brought in to be cashed by the operatives or laborers to whom they are issued. ‘The inquiry made last year by the con- troller was the first comprehensive at- tempt to ascertain the proportion of credit instruments used in retail trade. Most of the inquiries cf the past on the extension of credit have been directed to the great whoiesale transactions through the banks. These show a much larger use of credit instruments than retail transactions. ( troller Knox made such an inquiry in 188 and the results showed that out of receipts of $52,118,185 by the banks on September lt of that year $1.7 per cent was the aver- age proportion of checks and drafts throughout the country. The proportion ran as low as 82 per cent in Nevada, and as high as 91 per cent in New Jersey. The proportion was even larger in the great cities, averaging per cent in fifteen cities outside of New York and 98.5 per cent in New York city Tre proportion of checks used at the Lendon banks at about the same time was 97.25 per cent, at the Edinburgh banks per cent, and at the country banks British cities and towns 72.86 per he use of checks was at that time cent. in its infancy in France, and transactions were generally made in coin or in notes of the Bank of France. The returns given in all the preceding cases include, of course, nothing but transactions through the banks. The proportion of credit instru- ments to currency would be smaller if the figures covered the aggregate transactious of the country There is another form of credit, however, in use by storekeepers where there are no banks which obviates to a large extent the use of currency. This resource 1s book credits, given by the storekeeper to the farmer upon the delivery of merchandise and set off against sales of goods by the storekeeper during the year. The control- ler of the currency has no direct power to make a cany regarding the use of book credits, and some of the advocates of a banking currency regret that it cannot be done, in order to show the scarcity of more | legitimate means of exchange in the coun- try districts of the south and west. —_—___+e+____ -JAPAN’S SILVER. A Country Where Gold is Entirely Demonetized. From the Chicago Record. There is no gold in circulation, or in the public treasury, or in the banks. You can buy gold coins of the curio dealers, and of the exchange brokers, and they make very pretty cuff buttons and bangles for brace- lets, but they have ceased to be money and are only regarded as bric-a-brac. There is very little silver In circulation, but plenty of paper. The Japanese coinage is based on the decimal system, and corresponds with that of the United States. A rin was originally the same as a mill. Ten rin make one sen and 100 sen make one yen, which used to be as good as a gold American dollar, but is now worth about fifty-one cents. There- fore, a man who comes here from the United States or Europe with money that is at par with gold finds his funds almost doubled immediately. The salary of the United States minister, which Is $12,000 a year, becomes about 24,000 yen, because a yen goes just as far in Japan now, except m the purchase of. imporied goods, as It did when it was worth a dollar. You can get the same amount of food and fuel, you can employ the same amount of labor, buy the same amount of clothing, and rents have not increased at all. But all foreign merchandise is bought and sold on a gold ba: that is, it has doubled in value. A can of American preserved meats which cost seventy-five sen a few years ago now costs one and a half yen. An English hat for which you once paid four yen now costs eight. An English umbrella for which you paid five yen costs ten, and a piano which was worth 500 yen now costs 1,600. The natural result is a decrease In the sales of foreign merchandise and an increase in the use of domestic articles. Speaking as one who does not believe in silver money, nor in bimetallism unless it be universally adopted and all the nations ef the earth agree to maintain the value of silver, I must, nevertheless, admit that It is the uniferm testimony of ali concerned that the demonetization of the white metal by the repeal of the Bland law in the United States and the suspension of coin= age in India was a great thing for Japan. It is a practical question here, and all persons interested, cluding officials, bankers, merchants, manufacturers and agriculturists—the worlingman does not think, so he cannot be included—are anxious hat the agitation shall continue indefinite- ly, lest the present prosperity of the em- pire terminate. A Bottle to Use Once. From the Savannah News. Mr. J. H. Harrison, principal of the Geor- gia Business College of this city, has just received a patent upon an invention upon which he has been at work for several months. It is a patented bottle, which, once used, cannot be refilled. Mr. Harrison's inventive talent was ex- cited by a recent offer of a number of whis- ky manufacturers of a reward of $25,000 to 0,000 for an appliance on a bottle that would prevent its being refilled and used again, i Mr. Harrison’s invention is a perfoctly simple one. Once filled, his bottle has to be broken before the contents can be used, and in that way it is made useless for re- filling. There are any number of patents for breakable bottles, but the chief diffi- culty has been to break them so that the glass will not splinter and get into the con- tents. Mr. on has overcome that difficulty abs One of the chief fea- zres of his invention is its cheapness. In- s .d of a cork stopper he uses rosin, which is perfectly air-tight, and is, besides, inde- structible hy age, while cork rots, and bot- tles stopped witn St in time become usele: Rosin, besides, costs but a mere fraction of what cork costs, and fs claimed to be su- perior to it in every way. Mr. Harrison's bottle is so constructed that when the con- tents are in it a disk of paraffine is dropped in the neck, and the resin fs poured or forced in in a plastic state, quickly harden- ing, and hermetically sealing the Lottle. When it is to be opened the bett!e is s constructe] that a stroke upon the neck breaks it evenly off without a splinter. In case only a portion of its contents are to be used at one time, it can be recorked temporarily. BOTH WANT THE BAND —— Local Labor Representatives See Acting Secretary McAdoo. Complications Caused by Ordering the Marine Band to Go to Phisndelphia, The acting secretary of the navy has ordered the Marine Band to go to Philadel- phia on Labor day to play in the parade of the Letter Carriers” Association, while it is alleged that a contract was made with Prof. Fanciulli for the band to play on Labor day in this city in the Labor day parade. A Hearing This Morning. This complication resulted in a visit by delegates of the labor unions which claim to have a contract with the Marine Band, to the Navy Department today. One of the sections of the band was to play for Piasterers’ L. A. 1644, K. of L., and the other was for the plate printers’ union. The plate printers’ union was represented by Chas. J. Wells and John B. Ireland, and the plasterers had as delegates M. F. Hobbs and Wm. H. Stickells. The delegations were received by Acting Secretary McAdoo about noon today. Mr. Hobbs explained to the secretary that in last May the plasterers and plate printers’ unions had contracted with the Marine Band through Prof. Fanciulli, for the band to play in two sections of the Labor day parade in this city, but that it had been reported that the band was to be ordered to Philadelphia to play in the parade of the letter carriers in that city on the same ay. Mr. McAdoo explained that he had or- dered the band to Philadelphia and that he knew nothing about any contract having been made here. He said he had been re- quested three weeks ago to order the band to Philadelphia, and in the absence of any information regarding a contract to play here had issued an order as stated. He said he had talked about the matter to Prof. Fanciulli and the latter assured him he wanted to go to Philadelphia and sald nothing about any contract to play in Washington. Mr. McAdoo reminded the delegates that the band was to be secured at the Navy Department, and not at the marine barracks. Mr. Stickell said that two weeks ago the union assembly to which he belonged had heard something about the band being wanted in Philadelphia, but one of their number—a member of the Marine Band— had assured them that the band would play fa Washington and advised them not to bother the Secretary of the Navy about the matter, or they should have made their appearance at the Navy Department sooner. To Talk With Fanciulll. The acting secretary seemed to think that perhaps but a section of the band was expected in Philadelphia, and in order to get at the facts he telephoned for Prof. Fan- clulli to be at the department at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and advised the delegation to retwmn half an hour later, when they could ba"told how the case stood. He de- clined, however, to consider any propost- tion to reseind /his order, as he said that would be unjust to the letter carriers in Philadelphia, who had been the first to ap- ply to him for the band. —__.__ A MISSING HUSBAND. Whe Wife First Learned of His Death by 2 Dream, From the Pittsburg Dispateh. The mission of Mrs. E. B. Burleigh of Copeland street, Hast End, who left Thurs- day night for Denver, was not for pleas- tre, like the other members of the educa- tional party she accompanied. She takes this long journey ta, obtain sufficient ev derce of her husband's death so that she can lay claim to the insurance policy taken out by him for her benefit many years ago during their residence in Bradford, in the famous oil region. It is twelve years since Mr. Burleigh left Bradford for-Denver, where he was to put down artesian wells for a company organ- ized by Max Grossmeyer and other Brad- ford capitalists for such work in the far Burleigh left a wife and lit- tle daughter, now grown to womanhood, and they heard but once of the husband and father in that long period. Meanwhile Mrs. Burleigh managed to pay the premium on the Insurance policy, which was on the endowment plan. Tt was taken out in 1572, and was to ex- pire in fifteen years. Hed she known of her husband's death, which occurred in the hospital at Denver just six years ago to- day, she could have claimed the insurance from the company five years ago, as the term of the endowment policy expired thcn, but she only learned of his death last Mareh. The curious part of the story is that her knowledge first came through a, dream which left a strong presentiment of its truth. For a year before last March she dreamt of her husband so frequently that she thought he must be dead. At last she decided to write to the mayor of Denver for information of her husband's where- abouts. The mayor turned the matter over to a detective, who could find out nothing. She then applied to Mr. Grossmeyer of the jirm which sent her husband west. He sent word he had not seen Burleigh since 1834, but directed Mrs. Burleigh to write to C. D. Webster of Texas. Mrs. Burleigh's daughter wrote to Webster, znd last March the long-sough: news was ob- tained. Webster wrote that Burleigh and he had been fast friends and the former had died several years age. is is It being important to nava his death substantiated, so that she could obtain the insurance policy, the widow requested Web- ster to find out the particulars of her hus- tands death. He wrote to ihe curoner and Woard of health at Denver and ob‘ained the Geath ficate, waieh stated that # man nained Burleigh had died in the hos tal there and wes buried ins. ersrle ceme- tery. Webster sent the certificate to Mrs. Burleigh. ——_+ 0+ Hypnotized. From Das Neue Blatt. “Now, Wally,” said Edgar, with a friend- ly smile, “i just want to make an experi- ment. If you offer no resistance I think I can hypnotize you. What you have to do is to maintain a passive mental attitude. Try and think of nothing whatever. No, not even of me. Come, try to be serious. There, lean back and make yourself com- fortable. So, that will do. Now turn your eye to this light and don't forget that your mind is to be kept entirely inactive. I will count sixty seconds by my watch.” The young lady scrupulously obeyed these instructions. In twenty seconds her eyes twinkled; after forty they were closed completely. “Ah! I knew I should do the trick!" Ed- gar triumphantly exclaimed. “Now, Wally, I command you to reveal to me the secrets of your heart. Whom do you love? Tell me, I say!” r An expression gf reluctance flitted for a moment over the maiden’s face; then she began in a monotonous drawl— T love Edgar P—and—" Yes! yes!” exclaimed the enraptured Ed- gar. Go on, tell me all the secrets of your heart!’ “I love Edgar P—,”% she went on in the same tone, “and I would love him still more were he not so’stingy. I should like to go to the theater twice a week, but he only takes me there once in three months. I wart diamord rings and he gives me rings with cheap stones. I should like to xo for a drive once pr twice a week, but he never invites me. ‘When I walk out with him and feel hungry he never thinks of treating me to oy When I” nough!”” the ng man cried. “Wake up! I command you!" And so saying he made a rapid exit with- out awaiting the result of his command. ——_—__+e+ The Philcsephic Small Boy. From Harper's Bazar. Ata picnic given the weifs of Chicago a plate of tarts was prssed to two little ur- chins, evidently chums. One, whose inouth was too full for utterat and plate too full for even an extra tart, shook his head; not £0 his neighbor, who added the tart to his pile of goodies. In a few minutes num- ber one had so reduced his plate that he asked for the refused dainty, when he was told they were gene. Whereupon his little friend was heard giving him this philo- sophical advice ‘The time to take tarts, Bob, is when they're a-passin’ RHODES FINED FOR ASSAULT. The Domestic Troubles of a Twining City Family Aired in Court. Capt. Jujius D. Rhodes of Twining City, whose domestic troubles have been aired in the newspapers and courts, appeared in the Police Court this morning to answer charges of assault and profanity. His wife, son and daughter were in court as wit- nesses, and they told of the recent trouble in which father, mother and daughter fig- ured. The father had a whip, and when he and his wife were engaged in the fight the daughter took the mother's part, and dur- ing the scuffle she fell and hurt her side. There was no evidence to skow that her ribs were broken, as was claimed, or that her father was as cruel as was stated by the son. He did whip his wife, however, and for this Judge Mills held him guilty of essault. A fine of $20 or sixty days was imposed, and, as Rhodes was short of cash, he went back. The charge of disorderly conduct against Rhodes was dismissed, and a similar charge against the daughter was nolle prossed. Another warrant has been issued for Rhodes, charging him with an assault on his daughter. —_.__. TWO WAR STORIES. Longstreet Gave Incidents of Courage and Mercy. From the Ram's Horn. On being asked to recall an instance of martial courage, Gen. Longstreet said: “About one of the most remarkable exhi- bitions of courage which ever came to my personal otservation occurred during the Mexican war at the battle of Resaca de la Palma. I was then with Gen. Taylor, on the 9th day of May, 1846, when he ordered his dragoons, under Capt. Charlie May, to charge the enemy’s batterles. Randolph Ridgely, who commanded cur battery, as May was about to charge, called te him: ‘Hold on, Charlie, until I draw their fire.” I do not know any more interesting case of courage and gallantry than that of Ridgely when he called on me to give him the priv- flege of drawing the fire that was ready for May upon himself. May made the charge successfully, and got the batteries of the enemy, and as a result we were vic- torious that day. I do not know of any- thing which was so fraught with true no- bility and absolute fearlessness as this act of Ridgely’s. Both of these men were beautiful characters. “Can I give you as good an instance of mercy? Yes, hundreds. On one occasion, at the battle of Gettysburg, as our confed- erate lines were advancing, they met with a temporary check. Our troops were firing from behind rocks, and the enemy were advancing behind rocks also, and firing upon us, Just a little in front of our line, where my men stood,was a wounded north- ern soldier calling frantically for water. A confederate soldier stepped from behind the shelter, leaving his gun, and held up his hands as a signal to cease firing. The Union troops stopped when they saw his signal, and he ran forward and gave the wourded Yankee his canteen of water, raised his head on his arm, until he had drained the conients of the canteen, then restoring him tenderly to his reclining po- sition on the ground ran back behind his rock where he hai heen and resumed the battle. The enemy’s line resumed firing at the same time, and this simple act of mer- cy passed amid the greater incidents of that terrible day. 2nd dcubtless of the hun- dreds who witnessed it but few live to re- member or relate the occurrence. “The bravest and best men with whom I came in contact during two gieat conflicts were Christlan men, and I believe the bet- ter Christian a man is the braver, truer and nobler he Is in private and public life. I do not see how a man can be brave or useful unless he is a Christian.” Gen. —_—_—_—_-or___ The ridge Burner Baffled. From the Loulayille Courfer-Journal. General Crosby had a mania for burning down bridges. Whenever he heard there was a bridge in his neighborhood he promptly had it laid low. His continuous destruction of bridges several times got himself and his men in tight places, where a bridge would have come in mighty handy, and resulted,in an uneasy feeling among his. men. He moved into Virginia in the neighbor- hood of the Natural bridge, and one day gave his men permission to inspect the great natural wonder. Two cavalrymen, one of a poetic turn and the other of a worldly, practical turn, happened to go there together. “Isn't this the most stupendous, mag- nificent, grandest view you ever saw?” ex- claimed the poetic man grandiloquently. Faze upon that landscape. See how beautiful are the works of nature.” He ecntinued in this strain several minutes and finally asked the other his opinion. “I don’t know much about its being stupendous, nor any o° that sort o’ thing, but I'm d—d glad that we've found one bridge that Crosby can’t burn up.” ———__+e-___. Frankinceuse Trees. A feature of the Geographical Journal for August is Mr. J. T. Bent's account of his recent exploration of the frankincense country. This is a small strip of the southern coast of Arabia, about sixty miles long by ten wide, well watered, and, of course, very fertile. There are nu- merous ruins of ancient towns scattered over it, and the remains of at least one commodious harbor now inaccessible from the sea. The frankincense of commerce is found in three large groves in the moun- teins which separate the coast territory from the central plateau. Each tree is the property of an individual Bedouin owner, who cuts the stem in the early spring, collecting the gum about once a week till the summer rains set in. The gum is sold to Banyan merchants, who export it to Bombay—the annual product being about 9,000 hundredweight. These Bedouins are a wild race, who live chiefly in caves and under trees, using reed huts only during rains. | They are regarded by the heathen, and apparently speak a language peculiar to themselves. asf OSE as Missionaries to China, From London Truth. Tne Chinese are bitterly hostile to for- eigners, while they regard with special dis- trust missionaries living in what appears luxury, accompanied by their wives and children. The massacres that have oc- curred at Wha-sang are proof of the danger of such family missions. Of course, repara- tion must be exacted, but in future it is to be hoped that a different system will pre- vail. If a man is minded to go to China to convert the Chinese to Christianity, by all means let him. He takes his life in his hands, and he can count the possible cost. But it is almost criminal on his part to allow his wife and his children to run such risks, And equally wrong is it for any so- ciety to subject girls to them. If girls feel an irrepressible Impulse to indulge in mis- sion work, surely there is a sufficiently large field for it in India, where they might missionize to their hearts’ content without peril. Convict of Experience. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. John Zimmerman, who has been in the western penitentiary since 1893 for horse stealing, was released yesterday and was immediately turned over to an officer from Preston, W. Va., who had requisition pa- pers to take him there to be tried for the same offense. Zimmerman is about seventy years of age, and, according to his own Statement, has not been a free man more than six months at a time since he was twenty-five. He has a mania for horse said yesterday he neve his life but horses. He has been in sev- eral penitentiaries in the country, but thinks Riverside is the best place he has ¥et seen. When he was told where he was to be taken this time he said: “Mounds- ville? Oh, I don’t Like that place.’” ——+0+—___ Unique .Well. From the Philadelphia Times, A great curiosity exists in Weitytown, Westmereland county. Several years ago a citizen bored a well expecting to find gas. After going down 900 feet they were com- pelied to abandon it, owing to the rush of water. Ever since that time the well hag been filled with a very peculiar water. It is celd in warm weather, and in midwinter warm. It has never been known to freeze. Once a year it overflows and sends forth a gas and cold water. Wednesday morning the people awoke to find a magical fountain tlrowing water high in the air. A fire was kirdled and thrown into the foam. A blaze shot up far above the tree tops, and it can not be quenched. stealine, He stole anything in THE WORLD OF SOCIETY Miss Lowery is Now the @’Aroos, Duchess Formal Opening of Marble House Marked by a Louis XIV Ball— Personal Notes. ‘The marriage of Miss Virginia Woodbury Lowery and Duke d’Arcos, Spanish minis- ter to Mexico, was solemnized yesterday at New London, Conn., first at Mr. Archibald Lowery’s cottage, where Rev. Thomas P. Joynt,pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, officiated, and again at the Episcopal Chapel near by. At the second ceremony Dr. Alfred Poole Gruit, rector of St. James, officiated, and the service of the Episcopal Church, to which the bride belongs, was used. So an international romance of near- ly twenty years’ standing has received its most fitting culmination. The acquaintance of the couple began when the duke, then Count Brunetti, was secretary of the Span- ish legation. Miss Lowery was an ac- krowledged belle and a charming young woman, who did not pine for attention, because she had plenty of it, but who smiled so much encouragement on her titled admirer that it was soon understood he was the favored mortal. With her par- ents Count Brunetti made no advance whatever toward securing their consent, and even his visits to their house, if not entirely forbidden, were certainly not en- couraged. Th> young foreigner’s despair when he was obliged to leave the country on a new mission without having attained his heart’s desire was a romantic subject of conversation at that period, which has been many times revived during the past year. While the fair duchess of today never wavered in her devotion to her ab- sent lover she never changed her mind also in her ultimate hope of overcoming the objections of her parents nor of their right to give or refuse consent to her mar- riage. The last chapter in the romance com- menced last spring, when Count Brunette, the lover, and Duke D’Arcos, Spanish min- ister to Mexico, one and the same person, again arrived on the scene, and after their many years of waiting the lovers were re- warded by the full consent to their imme- diate union. The wedding day, set for June, was postponed by the sickness and death of the late Mrs. Lowery, who had the satisfaction, however, of participating 1n all the wedding preparations before her final illness began. The next date set for the happy day was anticipated by some weeks, as It was easier at this time for the duke to leave his post. After their wed- ding journey in this country they will pro- ceed to Mexico, but it is expected that the couple will spend most of the coming win- ter in this city with Mr. Lowery. Only rel- atives and a few intimate friends witness- ed the ceremony yesterday which decked the brow of another Washington woman with a ducal coronet. Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt's Louls XVI ball last night at Marbie House, Newport, real- ized all the anucipations formed in ad- vance of it. Scores and scores of persons thought that the engagement of Miss Con- sueio to the Duke of Marlborough would be announced, and that the ball was given for that purpose. It was not so, however. Mrs. Vanderbilt denied that there was any engagement to announce. Mrs. and Miss Vanderbilt received in the famous pink room of Nubian marble finish. ‘The former's gown was of pale green satin, trimmed with white “satin and Spanish lace. She wore her superb necklace of pearl beads over one shoulder and under the other arm. Miss Consuelo wore white satin, trimmed with rich white lace, for- merly owned by her grandmother, the late Mrs. Smith of Mobile. The floral decora- tions of this palatial home were superb. At the south side of the hall is a large bronze drinking fountain, surrounded with an Immense beveled plate glass mirror. With the purpose to make that spot cool and inviting the basin was filled in with water plants in full flower. The tall lotus of the Nile stood up above the score cr more of pink and white nymphal blossoms, and the delicate hlac flowers of a mass cf hyacinths, and the tiny fairy lamps, while all around appeared to swarm a flock cf humming birds. At one side of the mirror was a group of pale pink hollyhocks star ing fifteen feet high. Seemingly hovering around the open flowers were butterflies and bees. Each of the thirty-five supper tables held a wreath of pink hollyhock flowers, tied with pink ribbons. The veran- da for reclining purposes was decorated with green bay trees in pyramid forms, while down on the terrace and lawn were groups of huge latina palms, all lighted up with colored butterfly fairy lamps. There was general dancing until midnight, and then the first supper was served, which was immediately followed by the cozillion, which was danced in the gilt drawing room off the hall. It is of Louis XIV style, em- bellished with African marble. R. T. Wil- son, jr. led the dancing with Miss Con- suelo Vanderbilt. The favors cost $5,000, and were especially manufactured in Paris. They were numerous, beautiful and in great variety, all white and goid. There were hand-painted sachet bags, complete bagpipes as piayed by French’ peasants, fans, hat boxes, large oars with silver blades, hand glasses and books. The larger supper was served at 3 a.m., when the cotillion was over, and the entire company sat down to it. The terrace was open on the cliff side, and during the serv- ing of the repast the lawn was kept ablaze with colored fires. The Gothic room was thrown open from the drawing room, and in it was exposed one of the most valua- ble features of the Marble House, ihe Gavit collection of the fourteenth century, corsisting of stones and precious jewels. The Duke of Marlborough was present, as were all the members of the British embassy and the Brice family. The duke was a guest of Mr. Willlam K. Vanderbilt yesterday aboard his yacht, who, with friends, sailed last night to attend the yacht races in New York harbor. Mrs. McCartney, wife of Chief Engineer McCartney, has been quite ill for the past week at the residence of her mother, Mrs. James L. Bsrbour, on Farragut square, but is now improving. Mrs. Irwin has returned from Bedford Springs to be with her mother and sister, and early next month will go to Newport to join her hus Lieut. Irwin. The Misses Barbour are at Redford Springs, chaperoned by frie and receiving, as usual, no end of atten. tion. Mr. Shirley Barbour is with his sis- ters. The announcement yesterday of the mar- riage of Miss Addie C. Jordan and Mr. Wm. E. Horton Monday was a mistake, Mrs. H. B. Parker and daughter have re- turned trom the Blue Ridge mountains, and Miss Parker is now visiting Mis: y Forest Gler, Md. ee eee cet Miss Ray Kaufman of (20 H street north- west has returned from Clarksburg, Md. Mrs. W. H. Griffin and Master Elmer Griffin are at Front Royal, Va. Dr. and Mrs. Collins of 1125 14th street northwest have returned. Miss Marie Lidy of Waynesboro, Pa., has returned home after a two months’ visit to Miss Oliver of 806 2st street. Miss Annie L. Eiker has returned home after an extended trip to Waynesboro, Pa., and the surrounding mountains. Miss Bessie E. Cobaugh has returned from a visit to relatives in Winchester, Va. Miss Bessie Barclay is at home after a lengthy stay at Hamilton. Miss Mary Bowling, after a month's stay with the Misses Forbes in Woodville, Md., has returned. Mrs. Sophia M. Searight and her little son haye returned after making a delight- ful stay of several months with friends in and around Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. John Katzmaier of Williamsport, Pa., and son Will of Kimira, N. Y., are visiting at No. 11 6th street northeast. Misses Ida and Cecilia Sullivan are back after a pleasant sojourn in the Blue Ridge mountains. . Mrs. Kate Tcumey and daughters are at Harper's Ferry for a few weeks. Mrs. R. J. Floyd, 313 Pennsylvania ave- rue southeast, has zone to New York, and will be away about two weeks. Attorney General Harmen and fami Henry B. Poikinhorn, Mrs. Vs ham, W. D. Davidge and family, idge, Mr. John A. Baker and wife, Baker, Gen. F. C. Armstrong and wi Miss Armstrong, Mrs. Thos. H. Carter, KE. G. Almy, Mrs. Isaac Henderson, Miss L. Page, Gen: and Mrs. J. H. Watmough, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Fuller, Miss Fuller, B. D. Taylor and Mrs. L. C. Chew aré now at White Sulphur Springs. | Miss Jessie Russell is at Ocean Grove, N. J., where she will remain until the close of the season, Col. Myron M. Parker and wife have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Willard, Orange street, Nantucket. The colonel has recently received the appeintment of aid to Gov. Woodbury of Vermont. The marriage of Mr. W. Brook Hunter, the Hyattsville correspondent of The Star, and Miss Margaret Steuart-Terrett of Fai fax county, Va., will take place September 3, at 12:30, at the home in this city of the Misses Fellebrown, cousins of the brid The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. Charles J. S. Mayo, rector of the Pinkney Memorial Church of Hyattsville, and will be private. A sojourn of several weeks in the mountains of West Virginia and western Maryland will be enjoyed, after which Mr. and Mrs. Hunter will re- turn to Hyattsville, residing there in the future. Mr. Charles L. Gurley is at “Cottage Content,” Brant Point road, Nantucket, visiting the family of his brother. Mr. Joseph Leiter has just returned from England. He paid special attention to racing matters abroad. Mr. Leiter says that his sister, the Hon. Mrs. Curzon, was well and happy over her husband's success in the recent elections. He was returned from Southport with a majority of about 700. Mr, Leiter said aig sister did not electioneer as some wives of English politicians do, but that she sat on the platforms from which her husband made his speeches. While in London Mn Le:ter stayed at his sister's house. Clerk F, W. Smith of the District Su- preme Court will leave tomorrow for Caps Mey, N.J_ Mr. Smith will be accompanied by Mrs. Smith, and they ll be absent a mo? th, visitirg Syracuse, Mr. Smith's rative place, on their return homeward. Judge C. C. Cole of the District Supreme Court, accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Cole, left the city this morning for Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls and Saratoga. The trip will be one of about two weeks, and the party will stop in New York city on the way home. Mr. and Mrs. Felix Brannigan and chil- dren are at Bye Beach, N.H., and later will go to the White mountains. A number of young people gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert O'Neill, 479 F street routhwest, on Wednesday evening to celebrate the birthday of their two daughters, Mary Lizzie and Rose. The evening was passed with literary and musical exercises and games of all sorts. Among the many present were Messrs. Geo. Black, Geo. Nowell, John Cripps, A, Freer and A. Biggs, Misses Kathleen, Mary end Nora ae ick, Lena and Mamie Ehr- mantraut, L. Sullivan, B. Hall, M. Quinn, B. Glaze, M. Kirby, B. Furgerson, L. Ed- wards, M. Barnes, M. McAuliffe, E. Me- Dermott _and Debbie O'Neill, Masters T. Brown, S. Lynch, M. Horne, F. wards, J. Archer, J. McDermott, J. Healey, Mau- rice McAuliffe and E O'Neill. After refreshments were served in the dining room dancing was enjoyed. Miss Cora Daw is visiting friends at Ox- ford, Md., and will remain for a few weeks longer. Mies Agnes Sanderson of Capitol Hill, eccompanied by her cousin, Miss Addie Shelton, has gone to Rock Enon to join her sister, Mre. A. U. Wyman. —.>__ To Parade in Alexandria, The Washington Cadet Corps, company A, Capt. Arthur Brooks, have decided to accept the invitation to visit Alexandria Monday, September 23, and take part in the emancipation parade. Elaborate prepara- tions are being made for this event. Company B, Butler Infantry Corps, Capt. Alexander Ogiesby,have forwarded to Alex- andcia the acceptance of B company of the Butler Infantry Corps to visit Alexandria, ae and parade the same day—September ———.—__ Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: Henry A. Lovcless and Mary Agnes Caton; Reese F. Luke and Anna L. Meacham; Arthur B. McMullin and Carrie Stout, both of Richmond, Va.; Okkley Medley and Mary Clark. both of Benning, D. C.; Ernest R. Boyer and Jos- ephine Goodwin, both of Alexandria, Va. Toby Bush and'Nettle Barnett. a a DIED. BAYLISS. On Thursday, August 29, 18%, at 3 suddenly, after short t{ness, WILLIAM - und Susie Bayliss, in his S undert: oat 4 iy invited to 2 ust 28, 1895, WM. RE » the ouly son of John T. and \ Funeral i. B. west, Frida Is grand: He Street portis 3U o'clock p.m, * morning, August 1895, 14 T sircet northwest, Mrs, , at 3:30 p.m. Services ment private. K street northwest, oved wife of the ince William county, wo years. at Smith's Hill, Va, Funeral private. At 2:45 p.m. Aucust 28, 1895, HELENA Griftin, passed assistant On August 28, 1895, CHAS. ABNER ex will be held at St. Angustine Church, on 15uh street between L and M ort west, Friday, August 30, at 4 p.m. 2 Ls, W. KETTELL, who on August 26, 1S. pindier & 4 ‘The fancral of suicided at Pittsturg, P will take place from undertaking establis) northwest, tomorrow, 1 o'clock a.m. Interment in 2 attend. R. SPILM. pilman, ag ‘teen months. trom the late residence, 2000 EB. street west, Friday, August 30, at 3 p.m. * axant, D.C, Ob Kindly “Omit Mt. at 4 p.m. ard avenue, August 29, VAN DYKE. On August 29, 1805, at oelock ner residi 1120 1th street merit west, BIRDIE CAMPBELL, wife of W. M. Van Dyke. Foneral services at residence at 3:30 o'clock August 30. Burlal at Rock Creek cemetery. * WALKER. On the morning of August 20, her residence, 322 C street northwest, F., wife of Charles L. Walker. Funeral services at house at 2 p.m. on Saturday, ‘August 31. Relatives and friends Invited. | Tae terment private. 2 In Memoriam. WORK. In loving reinei nl, JOHN W! this lite two years * BY HIS DEAR WirE, CATHARLN: $ LUNCHEON MUFFINS*® 3 Qliss Parloa’s recipe) = MADE WITH = 9 3 : Cleveland’s * Baking Powder ARE JUST THE THING FOR LUNCH PARTIES. Cleveland's, the best that money can buy, *our cook book tells you how to make them. A copy mailed free on ipt of stamp and address. 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