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8 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. Quickens The Appetite Makes the Weak Strong. YER’S TheOnlyGold Medal |- Sarsaparilla Has Cured Others And Will Cure You. IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE and use that oll nnd well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gum, allays all in, cures wind colic and is tbe best remedy for jarrhoea. 25 cents « bottle. sel0-ly ‘There Is no one article in the line of medicines that gives so lavge a return for the money as a sod porous strengthening plaster, such as Carter's Enarf°Weed and elladouna acknche ‘Plasters Paper Hanging! * A new store—compiMe, new stock—but © oid hands at the business. An entire new © stock of Wall Papers, Borderings, &c., = in the newest and richest fall conceits and combinations imaginable. Work and prices guaranteed. intestine Gocoratine 0 speciatex. | Vaan Shades, Fretwork and Wall and House- ee Painting. McC. 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The re- port sets forth that “for forty years this institution has been under the charge of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, and though, until three years ago, it was entirely de- pendent upon the sisters’ solicitations for aid, more than a hundred homeless boys have constantly been housed, clothed, fed and instructed beneath St. Joseph's shel- tering roof. “July 14, 1892, Congress, recognizing the merits of the institution and the uncertain- ty of support which had to rely altogether upon charity, granted the asylum a small appropriation of $2,000. This was reduced in 1893 to $1,181 and since then increased to $1,800. 2 “That such a sum is by far inadequate to maintain the asylum is evident from the following statement Receipts—Cash .cn hand July 1, 1894, $7. received from government (congressional appropriation), $1,800; recelved from donation party, be- quests, subscriptions and private charity, $2,571; cash from half orphans, $478; cash from day school, $405.95; total cash receiv- ed, 5,2 5; donations of provisions and clothing solicited, $1,284; total cash and provision, $6,546. Expenses—Expended for food, clothing, bedding, fuel, hire, pairs and sundry small expenses, $5,258. provisions and clothing solicited, $1,284; to- tal $8,542.51; gash balance on hand m 'y begging and by appeals to personal friends the sisters have with great diffculty managed to balance their accounts; but the orphans should be the sisters’only charge surely to sew, wash and cook for 114 hel, less ‘ittle boys, the number of inmates now in our charge, besides teaching them six hours a day, is sufficient to keep ten sisters busy, without having to beg for them. We “therefore earnestly solicit from Congress an addition to our appropriation of $3,200, making it in all $5,000."" ——_.—__ HIS STOMACH COLLAPSED. Recovery of a Chicngoan From a Wonderful Surgical Operation. From the St. Louis Globe-Demoerat. Col. Benj. F. Norton, well known in Chi- cago politics, who is at the home of his daughter in New York, has rallied from one of the most remarkable operations known in surgery. Col Norton, when he came here, began to have intense pains in his stomach. A stricture formed In the gullet and communication between his Mouth and stomach became impossible. Despite the best medical skill he was slow- ly starving to death. Physicians were call- ed in. An operation was decided upon. It was performed July 27. A hole was cut in his stomach about two inches above the navel, large enough for a hand to be in- eerted. It was found that the walls of the stomach had collapsed, and lay flat against the spine. Dr. Weir pinxed the forward wall to the intestines with two gol pins, each four inches in length. The stomach was stitched to the intestines on August and the pins were withdrawn. Then a ver tube was inserted in the wound, a piece of rubber tubing attacned to it, and through this canal food was forced into the stomach. A daily wash of nitrate of silver cured the ulcers. A sounder, consisting of a jet bulb on the end of a whalebone rod, was Inserted once a week. This operation will have to be kept up for a year or more to keep the passage from growing together again. ————_+e+ Reunited by a Dinmond Ring. At Winamac, Ind., by the accidental dropping of a diamond ring at the station a husband and wife, who had been sepa- rated forty years, were reunited last week, and they left together for Boston. Dr. Charlies Mott of Boston stepped from the train to leave a dispatch. As he walked toward his car a woman leaned from the window of another car and asked the doc- tor to hand her a diamond ring which had just slipped from her finger, and was lying at his feet. Dr. Mott picked up the ring, the inscriptioa on the_insi read: tharles Mott to Veral Burns. She cried out, “Charles, my husband.” In another moment Dr. Mott was clasp- ing In his arms the wife who fled from him in anger forty years before. In 1855 Dr. Mott was a well-known physi- clan of Boston. He fell In love with Miss Veral Burns of South Canterbury, Conn., and they were married. Mrs. Mott was (Seren One stormy night, when her hus- band had been detained very late by a woman patient, the crazed wife determined to stand it no longer, and, packing a few personal effects, she started out into the storm, leaving no trace of her wherea- bouts. For years the doctor sought for his wife. He gave up his business and traveled, seeking trace of the woman who had fled from him. At last he gave up the search, and sought fortune and for; fulness in Montana. He became very wealthy, and was on his way to New Eng- land to visit the scenes of his childhood when the happy accident occurred which reunited him to his long-lost wife. ——_—_ «e+ Italy's Fair Harvest. From the Chieago Inter-Ocean. Italy's harvest this year is satisfactory. ‘The yicld of silk ecccons Is oniy an average one, but as the quality is excellent the value is $4,000,000 more than in 1894. Wheat, corn, oats and barley are all good in quality, th a yield above the average. The rice fields are promising, as the disease called risone has been stamped out. Olives ard hemp are also promising. The vine- yerds were attacked by perenospora, but the dry July killed the pest, id while the viniege will be below the av e in quan- tity, the queHty of the wine will be good. HIS CAMPAIGN PLAN Colonel Grant Tells How His Father Ended the War. FROM WASHINGTON 0 APPOMATTOX -_—_— All the Armies. Involved in One Sch cheme. co" INTERESTING CHAPTER AN A decidedly” interestirg contribution to the Iterature of the civil war was added by Col. Fred. D. Grant at the reunion of the Army of the Tennessee at Cincinnati last evening in describing his father's plan of campaign, whereby he ended the war. He described it as his father would have narrated the story in the second volume of bis memoirs had he been able to use his voice in dictating during the last month of his life. Being constantly with him dur- ing his last illness, when he wrote the first volume, the colonel was in a position to know well his intentions. In thus con- tinuing the story of the years of 1864-U5, Col. Grant exhibited the movements of the armies as they appeared from the com- Toander’s headquarters, whence orders were issued that should move them all as parts of one grand military scheme. The Lincoln Interview. Speaking for his honored father on this ever interesting subject, Col. Grant said: “Upon being appointed lieutenant gen- eral, and having assumed command of all the armies in the field, Gen. Grant had an interview with President Lincoln, during which interview Mr. Lincoln stated that procrastination on the part of command- ers, and the pressure from the people of the north, and from Congress, had forced him into issuing his series of military or- ders, some of which he knew were wrong, and all of which may have been wrong; that all he, the President, wanted, or had ever wanted, was some one who would take the responsibility of action, and would call upon him, as the executive of the gov- ernment, for such supplies as were needed; the President pledging himself to use the full powers of the government ‘n rendering all assistance possible. “Gen. Grant assured the President that he would do the best he could with the means at hand, and would, a& far as possible, avold annoying the administration with unnecessary demands. Plan of Campaign. “His first work was to inaugurate a plan of campaign for all the armies. Upon ex- amination of his writings during the war it will be seen that at an early period he had been impressed with the idea that ac- tive and continuous operation of all the troops that could be brought into the field, regardless of seascn or weather, were nec- essary for a speedy termination of the war; that the supericr strength and resources of the north were more than neutralized by the great advantage the confederates hai in their interior lires through a friendly country, which required little or no force to guard, while the Union troops were op- erating in a hcstile country, and their lines of supplies had to be guarded by a force larger than that operating in the field. During the first three years of the war the various armies had acted independently—a condition which had enabled the enemy to reinforce each point of attack by drawing troops from points of inactivity. “Having this in view, Gen. Grant planned to move all the armies at once. He looked upon the Army of the James as the left wing, the Army of the Potomac as the cen- ter, and the troops operating under Gen. Sherman, of which the Army of the Ten- essee was a mcst important part, as the right wing, all other troops being consid- ered as co-operative columns. He believed that by moving the whole line at the same time the greatest number of troops practi- cable would be brought against the armed forces of the enemy, and would prevent them from vsing the same force to resist the efforts of the Union army first at one point and then at another, and that by con- tinuously hammering against their armies he could dcstroy both of them and their sources of supply. “To carry out this idea orders were given to the varicus commanders—on the 2d of April to Butler, on the 4th to Sherman and cn the 9th to Meade. In all these orders the same general ideas were expressed. Tu Butler he wrote: “You will collect all the force from your command that can be spared from garrison duty to operate on the south side of the James river, Richmond being your objec- ‘It is my design, if the enemy keep quiet and allow me to take the initiative in the spring campaign, to work all the parts of the army together, and somewhat toward a common certer. * * * You I propose to move against Johnston’s army, to break it up, and to get into the interior of thesen- emy’s country as far as you can, infilcting all the damage you can against their war resources.” “To Meade he wrote: “ ‘Lee’s army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also.’ “Thus it will be seen that Gen. Grant's plan with reference to the movements of the Army of the Potomac was similar to that of Napoleon in-the Russian campaign, while his plan in reference to the whole army much resembles the plan adopted by the allies in their campaign against France in 1813-14. The Situation. “When these movements began, the situ- ation was about as follows: In the pos- session of the Union was all the territory north of a line beginning at Fortress Mon- roe, following the Chesapeake bay to the Potomac river, up that river to near Wash- ington, the northern border of Virginia as far as Harper’s Ferry, covered by the Army of the Potomac; across the moun- tains into West Virginia, to the headwaters of the Holston river in Tennessee, down that river and the Tennessee to Chatta- nooga, and thence along the Memphis and Tennessee railroad to the Mississippi,which was also in Union hands. All south of that line was in the hands of the enemy, ex- cept a few stations along the seacoast the possession of which assisted in the blockade. “The enemy ‘had conccntrated most of their troops, which were east of the Mis- sissippi into thé armies commanded by Lee and Johnston; that commanded ty Lee facing the Army of the Potomac and guarding Richmond, while that of Johns- ton was at Dalton, in the northern part of Georgia, facing Sherman and defending At- lanta, a great railroad center, and a point of concentration of supplies for the con- federate troops, wherever they were sta- tioned, east of the Mississippi river. Rich- mord, and the armies under Lee and Johnston, were the main objectives of the campaign. “General Grant, as the commander of the Union ermies, placed himself with the Army of the Potomac, where ‘the greatest opposition was to be expected, and where he considered his personal presence would be of the greatest value, and whence he exercised general supervision of the move- ments of all :he armies. “The main movements being against Lee and Johnsten, all other troops were di- rected to co-operate with the main ar- mies. The movements of detached bodies would compel the enemy either to detach largely for the proteccion of his supplies and ines of communication, or else to lose them altogether. All Armies on the Move. “Everything being prepared, orders were given for the start, and all the armies were on the move by the 6th of May. “Early on the morning of the 4th of May, 1864, the Army of the Potomac moved out of its camp near Culpeper Court House, and, heading toward Richmond—crossing the Rapidan at Germania and Ely Fords— plunged into the Wilderness. At the same time, the Army of the James moved from Fortress Monroe up the James river, land- ing on the south side of the James near City Point, threatening Petersburg. The army in the Shenandoah valley had al- ready started, and Sherman was about to move. “As the Army of the Potomac was march- irg through the Wilderness it was attacked by Lee, who had moved from his fortifica- tions at Mine Run. The head of Lee’s coi- umn met the Army of the Potomac at the Old Wilderness Tavern, and the struggle for military supremacy in the field began. This battle, locally known as “The Wilder- ness,” had, by the 7th of May, spread along the en line of the federal armies, and was raging from the Atlantic gcean to the Mississippi valley. Columns of men were engaged in battle cn the James river, in the Wilderness, in the Shenandoah valley ard in northern Georgia. In a few days the question was to be determined whether the north or the south possessed the military mastery of the continent. South on the Defensive. “By the 11th of May the southern troops were forced to act entirely on the defensive, ard the Union lines had been considerably advanced. It was on the evening of this day, the end of the first week of the cam- Paign, that Gen. Grant, in reporting his view of the general results, wrote his letter ining the emphatic remark: propose to fight it out on this Jine if it takes all summer.’ “From now on the tactics of Lee and Johnston were defensive, and they awaited the assaults of the Union armies behind fortifications. The Union center attacked and maneuvered always by the left flank, while the right win n:aneuvered generally by the right flank. One flank movement after another forced the enemy out of po- sition after position, until their main armies were thrown back to near the James river, to Staunton, Va., and to the Eutaw river, Ga. In the east the great battle of Cold Harbor was fought, and a sudden flank movement to the left was made, the crossing of the James effected ard the carrying of the outer lines of Petersburg, wiich city, with Richmond, Was immediately laid under siege. The junction of the armies of the James and of the Potomac now took place, and from this time on they together formed the left wing of the Union armies. “The column in the Shenandoah valley had renetrated to near Staunton and Lynch- burg, in Virginia, but their ammunition be- coming almost exhausted, especially that for artillery, the army had to move over the mountains toward the Kanawha valley, thus leaving the Shenandoah*valley oper to the enemy to pass through in making raids on the north; while the right wing of the Union army pushed its way on through rorthern Georgia to the Chattahoochee tiver, which is crossed, and moved toward Atlanta. The first phase of the great cam- paign was thus ended, and the second phase now opens before us. In the Shennandoah. “‘As already described, the Shenandoah valley was left open to raids by southern, troops into the north, and so able a man as Gen. Lee did not miss such an oppor- tunity. A portion of the confederates within the strong intrenchments of Peters- burg and Richmond were detached under Gen. Early, who marched down the Shen- andoah, crossed the Potomac, and entered Maryland, penetrating as far north as Chambersburg, which was destroyed. Early then turned and marched on Washington, for the defense of which city two corps were detached from the right wing. They succeeded in saving the national capital and in driving the enemy to the north and west, where they took up the line of the Monocacy. Sheridan was given the com- mand of these troops. He soon placed himself in the valley of the Shenandoah, where his army now became the center of the Union line. “The second phase was the adoption of the policy to keep the enemy within the besieged cities—Richmond, Petersburg and Atlanta—and actively to engage the out- side troops, to drive all the smaller bands to the south, to devastate the country from which supplies were drawn, and, as far as possible, to destroy the troops that gathered these supplies. In these move- ments the most active and most effective column was the Army of the Shenandoah, which soon sent the enemy, as Sheridan expressed it, ‘whirling through Winches- ter,” annihilated two armies gathered to protect the valley, and destroyed all the war supplies it contained. Hood Succeeds Johnston. “In the meantime, the confederate gov- ernment, finding that they were losing so much ground by their defensive policy, re- lieved Johnston, an otticer of great ability, who was commanding at Atlanta. They placed Hood in charge of that wing of the army. Hood immediately assumed the of- fensive, and attacked the Army of the Tennessee on the 22d of July, but was de- feated by them and thrown back, with great loss, into his works at Atlanta. In this encounter Gen. James B. McPherson was killed, by which sad event the Army of the Tennessee lost its able and brilliant commander, and Gen. Grant lost one of his best friends. “Sherman soon followed Hood’s lead by making another flank movement, which caused the fall of the city, the confeder- ates evacuating the place and moving to the west and north, threatening Sherman's lines of supplies. ° “Sherman followed Hood for a while, but it was soon decided to detach part of the troops under him, to concentrate them at Nashville, Tenn., so as to prevent an in- yasion of the north by Hood's army and to abandon the lines of supplies in the rear, ani then for Sherman to push on to the sea, cutting through Georgia, living off of the country and destroying, as far as possible, the store houses from which the army in Richmond gathered its food. The Siege of Richmond. “While Sherman was marching through Georgia the siege of Richmond was press- ed, and all the troops to the west as far as to the Mississipp! were kept active pre- venting rafds of the enemy and throwing back the raiders who became especially active—in other words, forcing the war to the south and allowing nothing to divert attention or loosen the grip upon Richmond and Petersburg. —- “Hood followed one of the detachments from Sherman’s army, under Schofield, at- tacking him at Franklin, and penetrated as far north as Nashville, where, in January, the decisive battle of Nashville was fought. This relieved the country in the rear of the line from menace, and one might say that the confederacy was limited to the segment of a circle, the circumference of which wouid pass through Richmond, Petersbur, Atlanta and Nashville. The policy main- tained was continually to reduce the size of this circle until the confederacy was ab- soluiely crushed. “Sherman turned nogth, marching through the Carolinas. P&Pt of the troops that had fought at Nashville under Thomas was sent to Wilmington, under Schofield, after the fall of Fort Fisher. “Sheridan's troopers were pressed for- word up the Shenandoah valley to cross over the head waters of the James river and down that stream to join the armies of the Potomac and of the James in front of Richmond and Petersburg. Stoneman moved from east Tennessee into the Vir- ginias. The ¢ircle was contracted, and the confederacy was pressed on every side. This constituted the second phase of the great campaign, and the grand finale was about to be enacted. “As soon as Sheridan reached the Army of the Potomac his troops were placed on the left of that army to attack the remain- ing lines of communication between Rich- mond and the south. This forced the con- federacy to detach large numbers of troops from their works, and, while thus weaken- ed, the Army of the Potomac assaulted and carried the lines in front of Petersburg on the 2d of April, 1885. The fall of the forti- fications round Petersburg opened to the Union armies all the lines of communica- tion which the confederates had to the south from Richmond and forced the evacuation of that city. A race was be- gun by the confederates to get beyond the Army ‘of the Potomac and Sheridan's troopers to join Johnston, and so possibly to overpower Sherman's army. Sheridan Hends Off Lec. “Sheridan eucceeded in heading Lee off, and in forcing him from the railroad, where his supplies were, while parts of the ar- mies of the Potomac and the James follow- ed and pressed Lee’s srmy in the rear, un- til the 8th of April, when he was nearly surrounded at Appomattox Court House, and his position was such that he was forced to surrender. “With the fall of Richmond and Peters- burg, and the surrender of Lee, the main prop of the confederacy was broken, and all that was now necessary was to gather in the other southern armies. As further resistance was useless, these armies asked for terms, which were granted, and thus ended the third and last phase of the great campaign. “It is undoubtedly a pleasure to you to knew that the whole campaign was direct- ed by an old member of the Army of the Tennessee, while ne gave his immediate and direct attention to the left wing of the army around Petersburg and Richmond. "The successful and brilliant movements up the Shenandoah valley were conducted by an officer whose early experiences had been with the Army of the Tennessee—Gen. Phi- lip H. Sheridan. And the right wing, of which the Army of the Tennessee was 50 important a part, -was directed and con- trolled by another comrade of the Army of man. Thus ore sees that the Army of the Tenn ha@, wefore the end of the war,té furnish the gerfimanders of all the active columns.” Results of the War. f Continuing, Cql. Grant said that the result of the war had established the fact that the republican form: of government was the strongest of all,; Not long afterward, some foreign nation .seized the opportunity to follow our example by establishing ‘more liberal institutions. Russia abolished serf- dom; France became a republic; slavery is no longer re¢ognized in Cuba and Brazil; Brazil is alreéd@y-a republic, and Cuba is on the verge of becoming one also. In conclusion; Col. Grant said that up to the last moment of his father, Gen. Grant’s life, he chertshed the deepest and most heartfelt affection for-his oldest friends, his dear comrades’ of the Army of the Tennesse. “With his name, this love for the Army of the Tennessee Is my inheritance.” —— a : AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. An Entertainment Which Did Not Satisty Anyone. If the police had not opportunely arrived last night upon the scene in all probability Henry W. Minor would have been treated at least to the preliminaries which accom- pany a lynching. Minor advertised a wonderful entertain- ment to be given at the First Baptist (col- ored) Church, a feature of it to be the pres- ence of “a red man with wings, like a bat, caught by one who has risen from the dead. He will be with him also. He has a chain on him to keep him under ‘good com- mand.” The show, the circular stated, would be a marvel.of interest and of two and one-half hours’ duration. There was a scramble for seats and ex- citement cver the anticipated “red man” ran high. At eight minutes of 9 Minor stepped upon the scene. The curtain was to have arisen at 8 o'clock. After two or three magic lantern pictures, whose exhi- bition corsumed exactly five minutes, it was annoirced that the show was over. There had been no “red man” in any form, shape or degree of substsrtiality, and the audience boiled over. The church was filled with loudly expressed wrath, and a cail was rade for Henry W. Minor. He came— among the callers, because there was no back way. Then thcy grabbed him and hustled him, kicked him and jammed him, all the time yelling for satisfaction. In front of the church it looked as if he would be hammered into sausage meat. Minor is a big, fine-looking colored man, and he kept his attackers off pretty well until the police arrived. They threw the mantle of the law over him and bore him to the station. There he was charged with obtaining meney under false pretenses. It seems, too, that the entertainment was advertised as a charitable event, but Minor is believed to have been the only benefici- ary of note. He is said to have misrepresented things all around, and the pastor of the church, Rey. Sandy Alexander, was taken in, it is claimed, as badly as the congregation. The tickets announced: “Admission for a couple, twenty-five cents.”” Had No Light. _ Ebenezer Williams and Wm. Sedgwick, colored bicyclists, were taken in last night for wheeling vyithout a light. They were of a number who acted as spectators at a colored cycle contest on the Conduit road who stayed late and who had not provided for the departure of daylight and the de- mands of the aw. These two were of a big party who scattered on their arrest and escaped, Notes. Geo. W. Freeman, a boatman, was struck over the héad last night a crushing blow by Wm. Umble, a colored tough. Freeman got into an altercation with him while heavily influenced with liquor. The boat- man’s face is a mass of cuts, etc., and his head a round of bruises. ‘Wm. H. Thomas entered John Beckwith's store on M, street last night, treated the proprietor to a “round” of verbal infamy, made threats of personal violence, and then executed them. Beckwith is Inof- fefeive until strongly aroused. At the blow from the other fellow he bristled and then struck oyt: Thomas is still trying to realize where hé 1s. The police arrested Le-kwith and. required a collateral of him. Thomas is also registered on the station books as an offender. Thomas was fined $5 in the Police Court today. ——_—_ MUST BE OPEN. Bars Ordered Exposed During the Re- quired Closing Hours. There is a regulation of the excise board which requires that all bar rooms shall expose their bars after hours and all day on Sunday. This regulation has never been lived up to, and the excise board found it necessary to issue the following circular letter today: “It has come to the notice of the excise board from persoral observation that a large number of the proprietors of bar rooms fail to comply with the regulation of said board to expose to full view. the interior of their bars between the hours of 12 o'clock midnight and 4 o'clock in the morning on secular days and during all the hours of Sundays, A partial opening of inside or outside blinds or drawing cur- tains partly aside does not meet the re- quirements. This was thoroughly under- stood by each licensee at the time the li- cense was granted for the license year be- ginning November 1, 1894. The blinds or curtains in show windows and all openings must be wide open between the hours of 12 o'clock midnight and 4 o'clock in the morning on secular days and during all the hours of a Sunday. All signs, show cards, bottles or anything that tends to obstruct a full view of the interior of the bar must be removed at the time indicated in the law when it is unlawful to sell li- —_——>—__ Will of Henrictin Richard. The will of the late Henrietta Richard, dated September 4, 1890, and filed today, bequeaths to Rosalie Richard, a daughter, premises 305 G street, the only property mentioned. The daughter is also made ex- ecutrix, ——.__ An Aluminum Cofiin. From the Cincinnati Commercial Garette. Aluminum, the new metal, has made a new place for its usefulness in this city. Yesterday, for the first time, it Was put to service here as the material for a coffin. Anton Zimmermann, an old pioneer resi- dent, was the first here to appreciate what could be done with it in this direction. Zimmermann came to Cincinnati fitty years ago, and built up a fortune in the rag busi- ness. A few months ago, while down with a se- vere sickness, he felt that death was aear, and expressed a wish that when he was to be put gander the sod his body might be incloged in a coffin that would keep the remains from decay. Day before yester- day, when. he died, his family thought of this, and ‘were at a loss what to do, vill they told! their ‘undertaker, Mr. George Meyer of Vine street. He settled the diri- culty at omce by suggesting a cortin made of aluminum. It, was left with him, and yesterday, in response to a telegram, an elegant al\iminum coffin reached here from Buffalo, N.Y. , It js a rather showy affair, its silvery appearance being very different from that of the usual somber-looking casket. A silver plate on the lid bears the name and age of the deceased, while over the head is_a gold. cross. There are two Hnings to the casket, one of rubber and the other of silk. It is per- fectly air-tight. It is said that a body in such a receptacle remains undecomposed for an indefinite time. The cost of the casket is reported to be $1,000. Mr. Zimmermann was a member cf St. Francis Church, and will be buried from there this morning. es. Aged Oarsman. A race was recently rowed at Deal, Eng- land, between four four-oared crews of boatmen over sixty years of age. The win- ning oarsmen average seventy years, while their coxswain Ws eighty-five. ———<e2—___ His 1,800 Weight of Girls. From Tit-Bits. A few years ago there was a man in Dev- onshire who had six or seven very corpu- lent daughters. When asked how many children he had, his an: rr was generally something of this kind: “I have three boys and about thirteen hundredweight of girls.” the Tennesseé=Gen. Wm. Tecumseh Sher- | a J W A R A N D P E AC E “OLD GLORY” IN AUSTRIA] 4ver's cherry Pectoral tor Coughs. Busy Theater of Stonewall Jackson’s Exploits. ARSENAL GIVES WAY 10 PAPER MARING Harper's Ferry's Important Wood Pulp Industry. INTERESTING PROCESS Spectal Cor-espondence of The Evening Star. HARPER'S FERRY, September 16— The vicinity of Harper’s Ferry was occu- Pied seventeen times alternately during the late war by the northern and southern armies. Generals Stonewall Jackson and How an American Woman Floated the Stars and Stripes. A “Fahnenweth” at Kitsbuhel — Mak- ing a New Regiment of Soldiers. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. KITZBUHEL, September 4, 1895. The event mentioned in my recent letter to The Evening Star from Kitzbuhel proved unique and interesting. On that occasion the stars and stripes floated ‘for the first time in the little Austrian town.. The sol- Giers came, and for ten days they con- quered the town. Gray coats were every- where—on the roads, in the fields and woods. Early in the morning came the tramp, tramp, by our tiny house, as the regiments filed past on their dally march. Small squads were left behind, and these we saw putting up poles along our one A. P. Hill began a siege of Harper's Ferry | street and along the road to the castle. on September 12, 1862. Gen. Miles then held Bolivar Heights and Col. Tom Ford of Ohio had quite a large force stationed on Maryland Heights. Lee was then cross- ing the Potomac for the purpose of reach- ing- Frederick, and McClelian was on his way from Washington to oppose him. Jackson’s battery was planted on Loudoun Heights and opened fire upon Maryland Heights. Ford was also opposed in the rear by a force of South Carolina troops, He then withdrew from his position 10 Harper's Ferry. On the morning of Sep- tember 14, 1892, Gen. Miles surrendered, and was shortly afterward wounded by a piece of shell supposed to have been fired from an Indiana battery. Some people, how- ever, are of the opinion that the shell which struck him was fired from the bat- tery on Loudoun Heights. He died in the hcuse now-occupied by Mr. J. G. Hunt, ex- sheriff of the county. The colonel of the cavalry regiment stationed at the north end of Bolivar Heights refused to sur- render, and succeeded in escaping from Harper's Ferry with about 1,10) men, af- ter making a gallant charge and crossing the country to Antietam. On his way he captured a large number of wagon trains belonging to Longstreet’s corps. The bat- tle of Antietam was fought on the 17th of September, 1862, and shortly afterward the confederates abandoned Harper's Ferry. The Old Breastworks. The breastworks made by the Union forces at Bolivar extend from the Potomac to the Shenandoah rivers.and are viewed with interest by all who visit the place. Near the summit of the Maryland Heights are the ruins of the old stone fort which was occupied by the federal troops during the late war. Notwithstanding the diffi- culty in reaching these ruins, many per- sons still climb the mountain to see them. It is said that 600 acres of land have been purchased on the mountain for the site of a new hotel. The principal industry of Harper’s Ferry is the manufacture of pulp. There are two of these mills, one situated on the Potomac and the other on the Shenandoah. Each mill has a force of thirty-five men employed and fs run day and night. The men work twelve hours, one force relieving the other. The mill on the Shenandoah seems to do the most business. The Shenandoah mill has been in opera- tion about eight years and has ten stones, which are two mfore than the one on the Potomac. The logs used by this mill come from Piedmont, W. Va., and are of spruce pine. They used to be conveyed down the river on gondolas, but the recent floods caused this mode of transportation to be abandoned, and they are now brought to the mill on freight trains. The Wood Pulp Industry. The logs are soaked in what is known as the head race, and then floated under the mill, where a man stands with a long spear, with which he guides them to an endless chain called the log-hoister, that takes them up into the mill. They are then carried to the saw, and after being cut in proper lengths, they gu to the barker, von- sisting of a large wheel with four knives, which strips them of their bark in a few seconds. These logs are then placed under a large knife, which splits them into a suitable shape for the grinders on the floor below, to which they are dumped through an immense funnel. Tremendous Pressure. A pressure and vacuum pump force and stop the water on the grinders. The water pressure is s!xty pounds to the square inch. And the grinders are right and left-hand wheels, which grind the wood finer than the finest gunpowder. They weigh between thirty and forty tons. The pressure of the water on the stones is very great. It pro- duces such a heat that the vapor rising from it creates the impression that the grinders are run by steam. The screens through which the pulp then passes on the floor above are very fine, and somewhat resemble a large mouth organ, only the holes are much finer. The pulp is then brought out in sheets Upon large belts over rollers, like those of a printing press. It is then folded up, tied in bundles, weighed and ready for shipping. These bundles weigh a hundred pounds each. This mill turns out sixteen tons of pulp r day. This pulp is sent to paper mills in Phuadeiphia and Reeding, Cumber- land, Md.; Steubenville, Ohio, and Rich- mond, Va., where it is repulpified. The largest mills are in Pennsylvania. Pull- man car wheels, coffins, weather boarding and heels for shoes, as well as printing paper, are made of this pulp. When knots are discovered in the logs at the mill they are cut out with a hatchet or removed in other ways, as they cause dark specks to appear in the paper. The action of different waters causes some paper to be whiter than others. The paper which is made chemically by the action of vitriol on small chips is stronger and tougher than that made by water, and sells for one cent more a pound. It takes about a cord of wood to make a ton of pulp. The paper made of the pulp manufactured at the mill on the Potomac ts one-third whiter than that made at the Shenandoah mill. The water in the head and tail races is between six and ten feet deep, and the place was deepened by blasting while the mill was be- ing built. Very few people know that we are in- debted to the hornet for the discovery of pulp. This insect makes its nest out of a pulp that is produced from bits of wood gathered from logs. ‘After examining the hornet’s nest, a man ca:ne to the conclusion that if this insect could make pulp on a small scale, he could certainly do so on a larger one, and this is how this useful ma- terial came to be manufactured. ——.—— No Proof Against Them. The Attorney General has received a re- port from United States Attorney Wolfe at Pensacola, Florida, stating that two par- ties who were arrested on information fur- nished by the Spanish vice consul at Tampa, upon trial, had been discharged by the United States commissioner at Cedar Keys. Attorney Wolfe says that the evi- dence showed conclusively that these men had secretly conveyed to Isolated places on Cedar Keys a large quantity of arms and ammunition, provisions, etc., presum- ably to be used in outfitting an expedition against the Spanish authority in Cuba. That such was the use te which the arms were to be put, however, could not be proved, and the men were discharged. The arms and ammunition which were seized by the government will be restored to the arties from whom they were taken, un- less by additicnal evidence the lidel is sus- tained. —___-o.___ Naval Orders. The Atlanta having gone out of commis- sion, her officers have been detached and ordered to new duty, as follows: Capt. B. F. Cromwell, three menths’ jeave; Lieut. Commander E. D. Taussig, executive offi- cer of the Richmond; Lieut.W. B. Fletcher, preparatory orders to ‘the Boston; Lieut. B. T. Wallirg, three months’ leave; Lieut. R. Hunt, to duty in branch hydrographic office at New York; Surg. D. U. Bertolette, waiting orders; Assistant Surgeon C. P. Bogg, to the Vermont; Ensigns H. P. Jones and E. P. Symington, preparatory orders to the Alliance; Naval Cadet C. H. Walker, to the Texas. Assistant Engineer A. S. Halsted, exami- nation for promotion. Assistant Surgeon C. M. De Valin, from so ‘Vermont and granted six months’ sick leave. By The great day was to be Sunday, August 4, and the princess was to arrive Saturday night, so everything must be in readiness. Such a subdued festivity was in the -air! At last we caught the fever, and decided to aid the old frau in decorating the house, but we were too stanch Americans to hang the Austrian fiag unless our stars and stripes would be allowed. So we applied to Herr Burgenmeister for permission, which was readily granted, and then the question arose as to where it was to come from. Make it, of course, and make it we did, taking as a pattern the cancellation stamp of the flag now used on letters. I blessed our government for that, for we are sure we could not have got those thirteen five- pointed stars just right without it, and right it must be, for was there not the widow of an English author at the cha- teau? She, we knew, was as aggressive against America as her husband had been, |.80 it must be just so. However, willing hands made light work, and Saturday we were ready with our dec- orations. Alas! the raindrops came down faster and faster, and the flags which were already floating looked wet and bedraggled, but we must decorate. Soon we had the little house gay with Austrian‘and Tyrolese colors, with the exception of our window. That was left to the very last. When all was ready open came the window and our beautiful flag was floating proudly in the breeze, -with an “Ach, we schoen!” and “Ach, wie huebsch!” from the frau and fraulein. Our part was over, and we could now watch and wait. Watching was great fun, for the peasants began to come from the town to’ see the little house, and the dig- nitaries,came too. But what flag is that “That,” said our frau, “is the American,” and her pride and joy knew no bounds when she was congratulated by one of the officers on her house. She is a dear old frau, and was very kind to her Americans. The rain ceased by night, so the illumina- tion could take place, and a more prettily illuminated little town I have never seen. Tapers were in all the windows, and the headquarters were adorned with a portrait of the iaiser and kaiserin. I am sure the princess must have agreed with me as she drove quietly through the town as the dusk was falling. Afterward the regiment formed a torchlight procession and march- ed round the road up the hill to Schloss Hapsburg, among the dark pines, while frcm each mountain top gradually came light after light, as one after another the bonfires were lit. We cared not for the dampness, but rejoiced in the brightness of the sky as the queen of the heavens rcse from behind one of the peaks and dimmed all earthly illumination. Surely tomorrow will be fine, and so say- ing we went to our couches to be ready for the event, which was to take place at 9 o'clock. We had now found out what it was to be—a “Fahnenweth,” or “‘consecra- tion of colors” for a new regiment just fcrmcd, ard which was to take oath to the eclors on the morrow and to receive its name. The princess had come to act as proxy for the Archduchess Stephanie, who was sponsor for the regiment. This cere- mony was to take place in the field, which had been decorated, and looked beautiful, but alas, at 5, when the band marched through the streets playing a choral, the mists hung heavy over the mountains, and by 6 rain was falling. At 8 we knew it could not take place in the field, and now we thought there is no chance of our seeing it in the church, as there will be no place for outsiders, and we have lost our place we would have had in the field. Americans are generally taken care of when they are not obtrusive, and so were we, for standing just outside the church watching. the princess, a tall, hand- some woman, entered, followed by the general staff and all the town dignitaries. An officer came up and said: “Will the la- dies follow me?” It was one who knew of the “stars and stripes.” We followed and had excellent seats in the gallery. The soldiers compcsing the new regiment filled the aisles, the officers standing in front of the choir. The town authorities were behind them. In the stalls were the officers and ladies and gentlemen. com- prising the suite of the princess, who was seated directly in front of the high altar, near a table on which lay the pew flag. Mass was said by the priest, after which, havin changed his vestments, he ad- vanced to the table. The princess arose, the officers donned their caps and drew their swords and the men stood at “atten- tion.” Then the oath was taken and the princess advanced. “Click,” came the sound of the first nail binding the silken flag to its staff, the princess wielding the ham- mer. She was followed by ail the dignita- ries and officers and about twenty or thirty of the men until the flag was firmly naii- ed in its place, and all but the sermon was over. This was not long and soon we were again among the crowd, listening while ihe general presented the flag and exhorted the regiment to do its duty. Regiment “Franz Josef,” as it will be henceforth known, was then at liberty te march to quarters, followed by the older regiments that had remained outside all this time. And old Sol was shining brightly, having come forth frem his veil of clouds and mists not ten minutes after we entered the church. Tyrolese soldiers and peasants are not grumtiers, so they took it philosophically and enjoyed their day in spiie of not hav- ing seen the “Fahnenweth.” ———.—__. THE SMELL OF LIGHTNING. Brimstone Sccnt After a Storm Due to Ozone. From the London Times, Sir Henry W. Tyler wrote on Sunday: “During the thunder storm of last evening we (self, wife and daughters) witnessed about 10 p.m. a lightning phenomenon such as I have never before seen or felt either in this country or in the more vivid storms of America or other countries, “One of my daughters, as we were watch- ing the storm, opened a glass door leading southward into the garden (at Pymmes Park, Edmonton), and at that instant we all appeared to be enveloped in a brilliant atmosphere of blue light, with signul- taneous thunder. When the lightning dis- appeared and the thunder ceased we all } exclaimed: ‘What a smell of ozone!’ This was unmistakable. We were all perfectly famillar with it, as being what we had so often experienced in the use of the Wilms- hurst electric influence machine and other ozone-producing agencies. “It would be most interesting to know whether others have noticed similar ight- nirg phenomena.” Ir answer to Sir Henry Tyler’s letter, Mr. G. J. Symons, F. S., writes: “I have never personally been near enough a flash of ghtning to smell it, but Sir Henry Tyler is perfectly correct in his identifica- tion of it with ozone. The ordinary Briton does not know the smell of ozone, and, therefore, when a flash of lightning comes unpleasantly near he always describes it as ‘brimstone’ or ‘sulphur.’ I have scores of records of that kind, but the actual identification by Sir Henry Tyler is, I think, pew. Experts know perfectly well that the odor described as ‘sulphurous’ was that of ozone, but I do not remember hearing of any one who actually smelt and identified it.” Don’t Like Hedges. Bicyclists in the region round about St. Johns, Mich., have a queer but substantial grievance. The fields and farms there- abouts are bounded and guarded with quick- set hedges instead of by fences. At this time of year the farmers trim their hedge and as a consequence all the roads in the region are strewn thickly with boughs full of briers, sharp slivers of tough wood and short snippings of hedge points, which punc- | ture bicycle tires as readily aad perhaps more seriously than steel tacks. | been devised. MUNYON’S DYSPEPSIA CURE Is guaranteed to cure all forms of indkestion and stomach troubles, such as rising of fool, distress after eating, shortness of breath and all affections of the heart caused by indigestion; wind colic, bad taste, offensive breath, loss of appetite, headache from indigestion, over-Induigence in eating or driuk- ing, or where the iining of the stomach has been impaired by physic or injurious medicines. Munyon's Homoeopathic Remedy Co. put up a cure for nearly every disease. Sold by all drug- gists, moxtiy for 25c. a vial. Munyon's Homoeopathic Home Remedy Company of Philadelphia put up specifics for nearly every disease, which are sold by all drugzists, mostly for 2 cents a bottle. ‘Those who ure in doubt as to the nature of thelr disease should address Professor Munyon, 1505 Arch street, Philadelphia, giving full symptoms of thelr disease, Professor Munyon will arefully dlagnose the case and give you the benefit of his advice ab- solutely free of all charge. The Remedies will be sent to any address on receipt of retail price. sel7 DEATH OF M. J. DUNN Florence's Blow Was Not the Cause, Says the Ooroner. Result of Too Much Liquor—The Man to Be Tried for an Assault. A Capitol guide named Michael J. Dunn died at the Eemergency Hospital yesterday afternoon, his demice being directly due to dehrium tremens, which developed after he » had been admitted to the hospital for treat- ment for a scalp wound. After the sur- gecns had aressed the wound Dunn was put to bed, and almost immediately there- after became delirious. * ‘The wounded head was the result of a Grunken melee Friday last between the de- ceased and another Capitol guide named Oliver S. Florence. It seems that the two men, who bore the reputation of being hard drinkers, fought over some trifling matter in front of a saloon on Pennsyl- vania avenue near 3d street, vunn receiv- ing several blows from a heavy cane held by Florence. Florence was placed under arrest, but was the next day released on berds in the Police Court. Upon the death of Dunn, however, he was again placed be- hind the bars. Although it was not thought that the wounded head was the cause of death, Coroner Hammett decided to hold an autopsy and make a thorough investi- gation of the affair. The deceased vas thirty-seven years of age and a native of this city. He resided “ at 342 Pennsylvania avenue with his wife and three young children. When rearrested and informed of the’death of Dunn Flor- ence appeared greatly distressed, but in- sisted that the biow he struck did not end the life of his fellow guide. No Inquest. ‘Ccroner Haramett viewed the remains to- day and decided that neither an inquest nor an autopsy was necessary, the cor- oner basing his decision chiefly on a cer- tificate of Dr. Shortlidge of the Emergency Hospital staff, setting forth that, in the opinion of the physician, death was due solely to alcoholism, and that the wound « was not instrumental in ending the life of Dunn. After a careful examination of thi cut Coroner Hammett reached the same conclusion as did Dr. Shortlidge. At the direction of the widow the body was removed to Lee's undertaking estab- lishment, to be prepared for burial. Only an Assault. Mr. A. R. Mullowney, the United States attorney for the District, said this after- noon that in view of the result of the cor- oner’s inquest the charge of murder would not be pressed against Florence. The man will probably be prosecuted for assault, the charge upon which he was first arrested. Mr. Mullowney seid that he was not fa- miliar with the case and did not know whether there were any eyewitnesses to the occurrence, but that Florence would be brought to trial in the Police Court. —_>—_—_. Tcmorrow’s St. Asaph Entries, First race, five furlongs, selling—May Detch Lady, 134; Pope, 112; Criterion, 1 Dorcas L., 108; Sharon, 106; Silver Queen, Duke of Gloucester, 99; Stanley M., 93. Second race, five furlongs, selling—Mar- guerite II, 119; Senator, 114; Tioga, Lady Lister, Nemo, Courtney, 109; Lady May, Zamacraw, 99. Third race, six and a half furlongs, sell- ing—Marie Lovell, 111; Tribute, 101; Renais- sance, 100; Carnalite, 99; Flakewood, Fourth race, four and a half furlongs, selling—Countess, Tanglefoot, Tyde, Chink, Cashmere, Joyeuse, Savant, Somage, Ohearn, Velvet, Rose, 119. ages—Jack Lov- Fifth race, half mile, all ell, Morrissey, Frank D., McGarrigie, Eclipse, jr., Harry Warren, 112. Sixth race, seven furlongs, selling—Grey Forest, Little Bravo, Eonda, 110; Cheddar, Selah, Red Jim, Jimmie James, 107. as Advertising the Age. . Frem the Chicago Tribune. A fact remarkable to our civilized women is the one that Alaska squaws make their ages public. They wear a piece of wood or bone in the lower lip, the size of the ornament indicating the age of the owner. When a girl marries her lower lp is pierced, and a peg of wood or a piece of bone the size of a pea is inserted. As she grows older this is increased in size, until it is almost as wide as her chin, and one- fourth of an inch high. The result is naturally most unsightly. There is one in- teresting family at Fort Wrangel which illustrates- perfectly this peculiar custom, It includes four generations. A young girl may be seen sitting at one side of the one- roomed square frame house, while hi mother, grandmother and great-gran mother are squatting on the earthen floor near the door, offering mats and baskets to the ship's passengers who come on shore. There is no disfiguring ornament on the girl’s ckin, but there is a big one on the lip of the great-grandmother. "EXPLAINED. Qonfidence in Their Product Led the Shakers to Make an Unusual Offer. People of this day and generation are not disposed to give things away. When therefore the Mouut Lebanon Shakers recently stated that any one could get a bottle of Digestive Cordial by calling in per son at thelr New York office it excited a great deal of talk. One of the leading daltles of the Metropolis sent a reporter to find cut what was meant. 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