Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1895, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. A good derby, $1.5° @ eee Just as geod a Derby here at $1.50 as © © other stores sell at $2 and $2.50. The = lest case went a fh . . . Ss in this | mornit and . We're sole “D. . agents for Dunlop's Hats—the best ee most stylish. Charles Ruoff, Hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. © (Willett & Ruoff’s Old Stand.) 66 A Leper!” Long»Dong, who keeps a laundry at No. 753 Lexington avenue, New York city, was recently discovered to be suffer- ing from a fully developed case of leprosy. Medical Inspector George W. Bogart of the health department declares that there are 500 other such cases in New York that nobody knows any- thing about. It was only by the merest chance that Long Dong’s case was discovered. How many cases of leprosy there are in Washington among the heathen laundries nobody will ever know until the germs of this horrible disease are sent home in somebody’s wash and so transmitted. Then probably an investigation will be ordered and the truth laid bare. Why not patronize a clean American laundry? Laundry experts have declared the Yale to be the cleanest and _ best equipped laundry plant in Wash- ington. We invite medical in- spection any hour in the day and any day in the week. The Yale is as clean as the deck of a man- of-war and as pure and whole- some as the ward room of, a hospital. A postal will bring a Yale wagon to your door. THE YALE, F H. WALKER & CO., 514 loth St. It “’TWILL ADD "Phone 1002. Plant, 43 G st. $1,000” © to the value of your house to have it taste- ©o fully papered, and the tastier the job the © more yalue ft will add. Consult us for “‘tasty"” 0 Jobs—Blue Rooms, Japanese Kooms, Louis @o XVI Parlors, &c. cC. Farr & Co., 115 G St. (ate of Louis Dicter.) ocl-16d ee ae ee cS “This is the one engraving estab- lishment south of Philadelphia that is capable of producing any sort of illustrations. All half-tones on hard- rolled copper. On time, too. MAURICE JOYCE ENGRAVING CO., 414 Eleventh st. nw, DIRECT Dealing with the larg- est factories brings our Hats to you -- minus several profits. : That’s why our $2.40 Hat is $2.40 here -- “three dollars” ’most everywhere else. Franc & Son, 8¢30-3m,28d New Woolens, New Prices —and first-class work are ‘‘magnets’’ that are drawing: the men our way. Think of a “tip-top” Suit for $20--a Kool busi- ness Sutts for $15—made up on ‘the prem- Ocl-O CORNER 7TH & D. Ht! and guaranteed “‘correct,"" or we ——— keep ‘em. Drop in. Haslett & Pistel, Up-to-date 1345 Pa.Ave.N.W. Tenn ee80-200 B. H. Stinemetz & Son. ‘This ig the Derby We are having euch a run on this year Evers- bedy likes ft. Be sure you see it before you buy one of the “gly” styles that are flooding the mar- ket this fall. Coats no more. B. H. STINEMETZ & SON, Hatters and Furrters, 1237 Pa. ave. 3m,20 Save Money On Bicycle Repairs. $6 per annum will Insure your wheel aga‘nst accident or theft. Hundreds of Washington's best riders are uvatiing themselves of this insurance. Shops in every part of the city to go to when ———— your mount's in trouble. Write or call for fuller particulars. Geo. B. Harleston, 1335 F. General Agent Pa. Mutual Bicycle Insurance Co. Home office: 1345 Arch st., Phila. 01-2:d 3m Coachmen’s HATS EXTRA HEAVY. = DOES not sour coachman need a new = hat this seascn?—a late style one? We have them extra heavy—the kind that stands all sorts of weuther—made ex- pressly for coachmen—at LOWEI PRICES ty We sella good “Derk e sell a “Derby" or “Soft Hat’ for $1.50 and $2—Detter ones for $2.50, $3, $3.50 and $4. JAMES Y. DAVIS’ SONS, tters and Furriers, 1201 Pa. ave. iS Wine Jelly —with that delicious, crisp, nutty flavor can only be made of To-Kalon Sherry. A most deliciows and inex- pensive dessert. Sherry, quarts, 50c., or by the gallon, $1.50. TO-KALON ‘tine 614 14th st. "Phone 993. ocl-eo2 ocl-200 Learn Good Form Cycling As It is Taught At COLUIIBIA FIEL! ( an {deal riding academy—with every Seventeenth 9 And C Sts. facility that can be thought of. 100,000 1. ft. of level track—dressing rooms and waiting rooms for ladies—and a corps of most competent instructors. ‘The $2 guarantee tickets insure profi- clency in riding—and riding in good form at that. ‘ District Cycle Co., J. Hart Brittain, Manager. anl0-3r:,42 “Hartfords.”” “Columbias.’* 452 Pa. Ave. aaaCr—— MIEN’S FURNISHINGS AT HALF PRICE. Underwear sia fre $2i‘cibe $10 Suits, $5.00. Shirtmaking 1s to be $5 Suits, $2.50. our exclusive business af- ter this—and our present $2 Suits, $1.00. $1 Suits, 5c. P. T. HALL, oos'F'St: ocl-16d “I’ve had encugh —of ‘cheap tallors,’ " said a former customer of ours yesterday. ‘I am convinced that it Pays to buy good clothes. I've spent more money the past two years than I ever did— and looked like a ‘farmer’ most of the time, desides."” is 1s only one of many instances of prodigal’s return.” How about your- Snyder & Wood, 1111 Pa.Av., Fine Tailoring at Reasonable Prices. ocl-14d, “Footballs and Football Toggery.”” On many a field and common the ‘pigskin ix merrily rolling and bounding today. The foot tall senson ts well under way. Sold jots of supplivs with i ‘padded s—shin guards. oes that sprains—caps—sweaters and the pigskins them selves. The “bes” will Inst the longest—yot know who sells the “best”? in Washington. TAPPAN’S, 1013 PA. AVE. 8e30-240 The Care of YOUR HORSE --should be a matter of as much concern as the care of yourself. It you wish your horse to have all the comforts that a pertectiy drained. perfectly ventilated, per- fectly lighted abode affords—supplemented | with proper feed and soft b im domiciled HERE. (7 “Swell” Carriages for hire, week or month—reasonable rates. Downey’s Hotel for Horses, 1622-1628 L STREET. ‘Phone 555. 8030-200 s of clean straw—have by day, trip, MICHAEL O'CONNOR'S WILL. Its Provisions Lenve His Property to His Sister During Her Life. The will of the late Michael O'Connor, dated August 9, 1895, now filed, appoints Margaret Calvin, a sister, executrix, and to her the personalty is given absolutely, and the real estate for life. At her death it Is to be sold, and one-third of the proceeds thereof given to the surviving heirs of Rosie O'Neil, a sister, one-third to the surviving heirs of Mary Pepper, a sister, and the* remaining third to Mary Donovan and Paul Green. Should the two last named die before coming Into their share it is to go to Roste O'Neill's surviving heirs. — - ‘The weather tomorrow 1s likely to be fair and <lightly warmer. Established FRANK LIBBEY & co. 1824. The Oldest Lumber Firm in Washington. One Dollar Per 100 Feet for Boards. They are the finest red-heart beards made, gang= sawed, in even thickness ard one length. Suitable for fencing, sheathing and all ordinary purposes. Frank Libbey & Co., “Everything That Enters Into the Construction of a, Hous ” Lumber & Millwork, 6th & N.Y. Ave. CLOSING THE SEASON Last League Ball Games Played Here in 1895, COMPARISON WITH LAST YEAR'S WORK Why the British Don’t Like Mr. Rose’s Challenge. LAST NIGHT’S PRIZE FIGHT _—————— The local base ball season came to an end yesterday when the Bostons and Washing- tons split even'in two games, the latter wirning the first by 16 to 7, and losing the secord by 8 to 10. A pleasing incident of tke first game was the presentation to Mc- Guire of a silver tea service as the most Pepular local player, and to Selbach and Boyd of handsome clocks as a recognition cf the fact that they are soon to become beredicts. The niae in the second game was a patch- ed up affair, Gilroy, Boyd and Abbey play- ing in the field and Scheibeck on second bate. The crowd soon began to suspect that the clubs had agreed to split the games. Whether the suspicion was correct or not, the way both teams played certainly looked as though they didn’t care to win. THEY WON ONE SERIES. Reeord of the Waxhingtons During the Past Senson. The last championship games in the Na- tional League were played yesterday, and the season of 1805 is at an end. The Bal- timores win the championship by nearly as many points as they did last year, though the percentage of games lost and won is considerably less. Last year their total average was .695, that of the New Yorks, who came in second, being .667. This year it is .669, while Cleveland comes in second with .616. ‘The champions won every serles, with two exceptions. They split even with St. Louis, thanks to Pitcher Breitenstein, who won five of the games, and won only five of the eleven games played with Cleveland. This is a better showing than can be pre- sented by any other club in the league. The Spiders won only seven of the twelve, breaking even with Boston and Cincinnati, losing six of the eleven played with Chicago and winning six of the eleven played with Baltimore. ‘The Phillies won eight of their series, lost two—to Baltimore and Cleveland—and tied Chicago. Chicago won only four of her series, lost four and tied three. Hrooklyn won five, lost five and tied one. Boston won six, lost four end tied one. Pittsburg won five and lost five. Cincinnati von five, lost four and tied two. New York won five and lost six. Washington won one series—that from Brooklyn—lost nine and tied one. St. Louis aid not win any, lost eight and tied three, while the Colonels made exactly the sane record. Record. Clubs. P.C.|_ Clubs. Baltimore... -669 Pittsburg. Cleveland. -- 7-646 Cincinnati. Philadelphia. New York Chieago. Washingt Brookly it. s Boston. 71 8 (542 Loulsville. Standing October 1, 1894: Clubs. Clubs. pla. 7 Brooklyn... 70 2534) Washingtot Cleveland... 6S 61 527] Louisville. By the above record it will be noti that Baltimore, Boston, New York, Wash- ing, St. Louis and Louisville did worse than in "04, and that Cleveland, Philadel- phia, Chicago, Brooklyn, Pittsburg and Cin- «innati did better. The New York-Washington Games. In the series with the Washingtons the New Yorks won eight of the games played. Three were secured at Washington. Each club played one errorless game in the series. The New Yorks scored one or more runs in e game, while the Washing- tons were “Chicagoed” twice. Both of the shut-out games were played at New York. The record of the series follows: Batting. At Base Won.Lost.Play’d.bat. Runs. hits. New York..8 4 12 410 101 1: se 92 Washington. 4 8 12 409 55 Fielding. Put ont. Assists. Errors. Per ct. New York 316 178 33 236 Washington. 305 199 83 +989 WELCOMING THE HOOSIERS. Return of the Champion Indianapolis Tenum. The Indianapolis base ball club, cham- pions of the Western League, arrived at Indianapolis over the Lake Erle and West- ern railroad at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning. The private sleeper in which the pennant winners traveled was profusely decorated with flags and bunting, and on either side of the car was fastened an im- mense banner bearing “The Champions of the Western League for 1895--The Indian- apolis Ball Club.” ‘A special train from Indianapolis, con- taining a band and many base ball fans, left the city at 7 o'clock and met the chempions at Tipton and escorted them home. Fully 3,000 people had crowded in and around the Union station’ when the train reached the city. The club, headed by a brass band, and followed by 3,000 enthusi- astic fans, marched to the Grand Hotel, where a reception was held. In the after- noon the Cincinnati Reds and the cham- pions paraded the principal streets of the city in tally-ho coaches. Then the Cin- cinnatis defeated them in a ball game 12 to 4, just to show the superidrity of the league. Signed for Next Season. Nineteen of the Washingtons have signed for next season, and early this morning Earl Wagner paid President Young $500, by which the services of De Montreville were secured from the Toronto club. A winning team is promised for next yeai The latest “finds" are McCauley, catcher, and Rog- ers, first baseman, of the Eastern League. TWO ALLEGED CONTESTS. Gorman Knocked Out. but the Fight Declared a Draw. Four hundred true “sports had a pe- culiar experience at the pugilistie enter- tainment given for their benefit by the Eu- reka Athletic Club last night at the arena across the Long bridge, in Virginia. There were two alleged contests. The first, de- seribed as a preliminary, Daily, white, the light-weight champion of Delaware, and Howard Wilson, colored, the acknowledged light-weight champion of the District. As originally intended, Daily was to have knocked out Wilson in elght rounds cr forfeit the match. As really arranged. however, it was a six-round contest for scientific points. The two came together for the appointed number of rounds, and the umpire, Mr. Duffy, decided in favor of Mr. Daily, although it was hard for an un- prejudiced spectator to see any reason for the decision, inasmuch as Wiison had done most of the leading, and had administered ishment. Daily acted as i aut no one in the a audience saw it in the same w: ther man was hurt, and Wil: a idedly the better condition at the finish. Just prior to meeting it was an- nounced that F the colored champion of the 1 chalienged the winner of the McMillan-Gorman contest, and was willing to make a mateh with Mr. McCoy, wo w. a to have aspirations. Mr. present, and he said he would not meet Mr, Morris, because of his color. Gorman and MeMillan. The event of the evening, according to the program, was a go between BSly Mc- Millan of the District and Paddy Gorman was between Jack" of Australia. They were to have contested twenty rounds at] 150 pounds. McMillan was two pounds eight, and Gorman was three poundé fo the spare. Messrs. Peckham, Connell.,and Northridge were seconds for the “local man, and Messrs. Woods, Alexander &nd Wilson looked out for the wants of tagonist. Mr. Eddie Heath was selectéf’ as referee, and that was the mistake of the evening. McMillai was larger and stresiger than Gorman, but had no advantage of him in pluck or skill. The first round wag even. In the second round Gorman landed a hard right on Mc- Millan's Jaw and dazed him. McMillan re- cuperated well, however, and had the best of the round. ‘In the third round Gorman improved, and again: landed his right on MeMillan’s neck with good effect. McMillan assumed,,the aggressive in the fourth round, and, pummeled Gorman hard with right and left. He continued similar tactics in the fifth round, and slugged the Australian to a standstill. Gorman was only saved by the gong. He came up game- ly for the next round, however, and, al- though badly punished, managed to sur- vive it in the seventh round Gorman was knocked fown repeatedly, but managed to regain his feet within the prescribed ten seconds. ae .ava8 stl strong and plucky, and man- aged to land a-pivot blow, w:thout, how- ever oing much damage. During this sound MeMilian was land:ng on him at will Ww 7 came but Tagiawling around the platform, lexander, his second, jumped in the rin, while he was on the floor struggling to erie and tner, up the sponge. He did man re aaid, because he did not -want his most at the same time Gorman regained his feet, and shewed ugnacious de- sire to continue the ‘ght Pe Spectators Excited. Great excitement ensued, and the friends of ‘the competitors entered: the ring in swarms. Notwithstanding Gorman’s sec- onds had thrown up the sponge and had carried him to his chair, the referee calmly declared the bout “no contest.” His decision Was greeted with Jeers and a .fake” from all quarters, and of robbery” from McMillan’s corner. sae @ good, game fight, but chere was no doubt as to the superiority of the local man. The only thing that saved Gorman was the referee. Gorman was game, but he was to match for McMillan. The decision ese F00d thing for the club, inasmuch as contestants share in the recetpts, Pete fe Next exhibition scheduled by the club is a contest between Billy Woods of Aus. tralia and Geor; tat the tend Georse Godfre: of Boscon, on THE ROSE CUP CHALLENGE. Alleged Reason Why the British Press is Diesgtisticd With the Movement. Letters just received at Victoria, B. C., from London regarding Mr. Rose’s chal- lenge for the America’s cup give a key to the dissatisfaction expressed by the British press in connection therewith that is not I'kely to please the British colonists, espe- cially Canadians. Members of the Royal Northern Yacht Club, writing to E. Graham Webster of Victoria, say that the trouble all lies in the fact that Mr. Rose is not a nutive-born Englishman, and many in the old land sti!l rate all “colonial” subjects a little lower than themselves. Charles D. Rose can never be other than he is, a na- tive of Montreal, his father, the late Sir Jolin Rose, having been minister of finance in the first government after the confedera- tion, and @ prominent figure in the politics of young Canada. ae Hees The coming of a colonial to the rescue scon after Dunrayen’s failure to bring home the coveted cup is expecially galling to a certain contingent of English yachtsmen, ard on this accgunt, as well as for the giory Itself, the good wishes of all fellow ‘apadians will.be with Mr. R yacht in 1896. | se eee —— AMERICAN CRICKETERS’ VICTORY. Athletic Detfeai Becoming Monoto- F nous to the English. LONDON, October }.—The St. James Ga- zette this afternoon, referring to the defeat of the Campbridge-Oxford ‘cricket team by the Philadelphias, remarks: — ,. “These defeats of Bhglish athletes across the Atlantic are becoming monotonous. If there is oné thing we could do, we thougnt we could play cricket.America is now taking up that game, gh it was never Popular there, yet even at cricket they have contrived to beat us.” CHESS BY CABLE. Brooklyn and London Players May So Compete This Fall Brcoklyn chess players are enthuslastic over a proposed match by cable between the Brooklyn Chess Club and the Metro- politan Chess Club of London, which Brooklyn's champion, Harry N. Pillsbury, made arrangements for before he left Lon- don. ‘The Metropolitan is the leading chess club of Londcn. When the Brooklyn club won the trophy of the Metropolitan Chess League—which includes New York, Brook- lyn and Staten Island—last spring,— the English club sent a challenge for a match by cable, but it was decided to request a pestponement until fall. One of the officers of the Brooklyn Chess Club sald: “We cen easily get a team from a Ist including Mr, Pillsbury, Philip Rich- ardson, J. W. Showalter, S. Lipschuetz, W. M. De Visser, Herman Helms, Abel E. Blackmar, William F. Eno, S. Rocamore, Eugene Delmar, E. 'N. Olly,<Dr. J. R. Saber and many others. In this match the teams will be in their own club rooms, and the moves as they are made will be sent by cable direct to their opponents.” Sanford Not to Run. A special from New Haven says: Man- eger Day of the Yale track athletic team created a surprise in college last night by announcing that G. Foster Sanford, the runner, would not be allowed to compete against Cambridge Saturday. During the Yale-Harvard games last spring Sanford had a condition in his studies. He was therefore ineligible for the Yale team, and as the Yale team that meets Cambridge will be taken from the men who were ¢ll- gible to meet Harvard, Sanford will be ruled out. His withdrawal leaves Yale without her strongest man in the 300 and 440 yards run. Dined by New York Athictes. The New York Athletic Club gave a din- ner last night in the club house gymna- sium to the representatives of the London Athletic Club. The gallery of the gymna- sium was hung with the trophy banners of the club, and directly in the center of the balcony, in which the orchestra was hid- den, a glowing electric legend, reading, “N.Y. A. C.—1895," lighted up the muzh- prized white banner of the United States lacrosse championship, Although 125 cov- ers wel laid, it was a rather informal affair. Speeches were made by victors and vanquished. Corbett in Godd Condition. James J. Corbett gave an exhibition of his training methods in Madison Square Garden in New ‘York’ yesterday afternoon and last evening, and, co far as the spe2- tators could judge, he ts in excellent con- dition. He boxed, wrestled, exercised with the weights, punching bag and leather iall for almost three. hours at each exhibition, boxing with three men, wrestling with two and tossing the ball to half a dozen. In the boxing bout with Steve O'Donnell the experts sald Corbett showed his old-time form. Another International Challenge. The America’s cup Face next season will not be the only international yacht race of the year, for the-Royal St. Layrence Yacht Club of Montreal haye challenged for the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club's small boat trophy, which the Ethelwynn success- fully defended last week. The challenge is made in behalf of G. H. Dug n, who has gained most of his experience in St. rence ski ugh of late years he has been identi ew 18-foot class. While the Seawanhaka cup is open to boats of 15, 20 cr 25 feet racing length, Mr. Dug- gan has again elected to challeage with a 15-foote or half-rater, the same size as Ethelwynn and Spruce IV. English Cricketers Beaten Again. The Gentlemen of Philadelphia yesterday won the last of this year’s international cricket matches from Oxford and Cam- bridge, past and present, by an inning and thirty-nine runs. This gives two of the three games to the representatives of Phil- adelphia, the University of Pennsylvania eleven having won the first and the Eng- lish collegians the second. The present match began on the grounds of the Merion Cricket Club at Haverford last Friday. Mr. Field’s Scare is Permanent. Mr. C. J. Field, owner of the half-rater Ethelwynn, which won the championship, has advertised his boat for sale, and will give up yachting. After the scare Mr. Field received on Thursday last in the strong wind he stated that he would not sail bis boat over the course again for all the cups in the world, and that he had cnough of yachting to last nim as long as he lived. Pigeon Flight for Prizes. At the meeting of the Capital City Homing Club last night it was decided to have the final race of the season for young birds from the 200-mile station. This will be a very interesting race. As such great time was made from the 150-mile station, every member of the club thinks it can be duplicated, provided the weather and wind are in their favor, as they were last Sunday. The three prizes that will be flown for will be one from Mr. A. O. Bitss, another from Mr. H. C. Wadl and one from the club, and great hustling is looked for. The birds will be shipped early Saturday morning, arriv- ing at the race station about 1 p.m. They will be given plenty of feed and water and liberated Sunday morning at 6:30 o'clock, and, if everything is favorable, -will, in a few Fours be at their homes. Results Eleewhere Yesterday. At New York—Baltimore, 8; New York, 3. At Philadelphia—Philadelphia, 10; Brook- lyn, 9. Jockey Pratt Killed. In the third race at St. Louis yesterdav Col. Wheatley, a “doper” with bad hind legs, broke down at the first turn and threw his rider, E. Berger, who was badly shaken up. Behind Col. Wheatley came Little Chris, who stumbled and threw his rider, C. Pratt. The boy was trampled on by the horses fotlowing and had his skull crushed and received internal injuries. He never regained- cousc‘ousness, and died in ten minutes. Little George tripped on the fallen horse and threw Jockey G. Hennessy, who was slightly hurt. Col. Wheatley was shot, ——__ ‘THE OLDEST MAN LIVING. A Man Who Claims to Have Served Under Jackson. From the New Orleans Picayune. “Yes, sah, I light Mr. Washington's cig- gah many er time, and I black his boots for him on many er mornin’! I'm one hundred and thirty-one years ole, sah, as neah as kin be figured out.” Such {s the claim, expressed in pretty nearly the above words, of George Brown, native of Virginia, citizen of Louisiana. One hundred and thirty-one years old! ‘That implies that he has been left be hind by three generations of people. The Biblical people whose lives recorded three scote and ten are not in it with George Brown of Freetown. What brings George Brown to notice is hjs recently seeking to be pensioned by the national government. He thinks he is entitled to government, generosity, having been one of a crowd of slave laborers who threw up the breastworks near Chalmette canal, from behind which New Orleanians, under Jackson, poured such a terrific fire into the ranks of the English under Paken- ham, He says he saw Savarle, a mulatto, in charge of a company of griffes, when he pinked General Pakenham, and in time he paid the last sad rites to the man who, he asserts, beyond the question of a doubt, shot the English general down. This and his work in throwing up the breastwork, he thinks, qught in themselves to be suffi- cient ground for a pension. But he remem- bers, moreover, hearing stern old Jackson say the men who took part in that glorious fight should never be forgotten. ‘After considerable inquiry a reporter of the Picayune located George Brown at his home yesterday. He lives in a shanty. around which are bunched three or four other little shanties. It Mes just to the right of the Freetown ferry landing, about a block’s distance away. A vegetable gar- den skirts the upper side of his premises. In the yard a number of small, well-be- haved dogs are on terms of friendliness with noisy pigs, chickens, and other fowls. One of the huts is occupied by a friend of the century man, and he dwells in the main hut with his wife, who, to all ap- pearances, might be his mother, though the figures show that in point of time he’s nearly a half century her senicr. George Brown has the good manners and courtesy of an ante-bellum aristocrat, whereas the querulousness of age interferes considera- bly with the breeding of his venerable spouse, who takes George in hand frequent- ly, even In the presence of the company, and reprimands him sharply for such slight offenses, for instance, as leaning back against and so endangering the wooden lat- tiee work. There is not a tooth between them, and altogther they are a very remarkable old couple. “You want to see Uncle Brown? Well, you mustn't treat him like odder white folks what comes here to see him because he is so ole, and neber give him a penny.” At this Uncle George, who was seated on the other side of the house, was heard to emit a sharp “sh!” and he followed it up with an apologetic, “Right doun hyah, sah, if you pleases. Glad to see you, sah. Have a seat, if you pleases. “Lor’ bless you, sah, I wouldn't a known anything ‘bout my age, if it hadn’t been for dis here pencil (pension) what I hears the gov’ment Is giving those who fit wid Gen. Jackson. You see, sah, I learn dat I had to have de proff, and when I looks aroun’ I see nobody what knows, sah. All done dead.” It should be noted in advance that if Uncle Brown's story is a concocted one, he is the best fake in Louisiana. In the course of his narrative several attempts were made to trip him up out of pure curiosity, a man of 181 years being such a rare spec- tacle. But for a man who can’t read a letter or even sign his name, he possesses a knowledge of history singularly correct and tells a story of the infant New Orleans which the local historian might well turn to, for his story is evidently one of ex- perience. —— A Story of Mystery. Do you know what a.“‘Story of Mystery” 1s? It is a continued story of which all but the last chapter is printed, and then guesses are made as to the solution, then the final installment Is printed. On October seventh a most interesting mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” will be started in The Star, and five hundred dollars will be given for the first absolutely correct solution. In case no guess is abso- lutely correct the amount will be divided among’ those nearest to a correct solution. The guesses will be confined to women read- ers. Fuller particulars elsewhere. a Shaving 2 Man-of-War. From the San Francisco Examiner. “There is lots of money in the barbering business on board a man-of-war,” said a bluejacket, on whose cap was a black band bearing in letters of gold the name of the hoodoo ship Olympia, in a barber shop, in the presence of the reporter. “How’s that?” one of the barbers asked. “Why, that’s easy,” answered the blue- jacket. “Take the Olympia, the ship I be- long to. She's got 400 men on board. They all get shaved and have to have their hair cut. N “All a man has to do is to ship as a landsman for three years and be assigned to the barber shop. Your pay from the government will be $6 a month, and you will rank as a petty officer. Then you'll get $1.50 fgom every man on the ship every three months. That makes $450. Add to that $36 a month, which is $108 a quarter, and there you have $558 a quarter. That's not bad for a barber. “The barber gets another landsman to wash the towels and other fixin’s for $20 a month; but, I tell you what, the barber has to hustle. 00 Silence Must Brood. From Tid-Bits. received a story entitled “A .”" which is respectfully declined. The first chapter opens with “It was mid- night.” That is all right. It is often mid- night—at least seven times a week; but the author forgets to add, “‘and silence brooded o'er the city.” This is a fatal oversight. Silence always broods over a city when it is midnight in works of fiction—nowhere else. We can’t print a story in which si- jence does not brood at midnight. BETTER THAN WAS EXPECTED The Finance Committee of the Oolumbia Athletic Olnb Already at Work. The Affairs of the Organization in a Much More Gratifying Condition Than Its Friends Supposed. The finance committee of the Columbia Athletic Club had an important meeting yesterday afternoon at the American Se- curity and Trust Company. The cha‘rman, Mr. Charlies J. Bell called the meeting to order at 4 o’clock. There was a full mem- bership present, and the conditions of the club’s ‘finances were taken up at once. There was absolute unity in the decision whick was shortly reached, to the effect that the debts of the organization would be paid, and that the creditors of ihe clu> should be invited to meet the committee, examine the complete statements of the finances, and agree with the committee upon a satisfactory plan of settlement. I: was also decided that those indebted to the club should be called upon to make imme- diate arrangements to liquidate the ac- counts against them. Accordingly, the finance committee will first send out no- tices to all delinquents, containing state- ments of their accounts. These notices will be sent to members who were in arrears and who were dropped from the rolls for non-payment of dues and sundries, as well 6s those on the suspended list. It is ex- pected that this course will result in the settlement of a great many accounts that have been standing for long periods. ‘They run into the thousands of dollars, ard many of the individual accounts are of substentiai proportions. The finance committee found that the meney affairs of the club were in even better shape than was at first thought, and when the meet- ing adjourned it was felt that President Grant’s prediction made at the annual club meeting, that the club would have no float- ing debt to report at its annual meeting, would be verified in every particular. Ap- plications are being made every day by the leading business men and the best people get.erally for membership, and there seems to be a universal desire on the part of this class of citizens to assist in the rejuvena- tion ef the organization and to help in placing it.upon a strong basis that will insure its dmmediate and lasting success. It is confidently believed that the mem- bership limit of 500 will be shortly reached and a large waiting list left to be acted on. . There will be a meeting of the executive committee, which has in charge the pre- liminaries of the projected fair to be held in the club house in December, Thursday night, when the members of the various subcommittees will be announced and the work to be done laid out and assigned ta them. ———. —_. DRILLING A FLEET. . The Way in Which the English Navy is Trained and the Need of It. Naval Correspondence London Times. The drilling of a fleet is a fascinating spectacle, suggesting as noth'ng else can the subordination of great force to the con- trol of a single will. A few gayly colored flags flutter to the main truck of the flag- ship, remain for two or three minutes, and are suddenly hauled down. Instantly the huge ships begin to turn, to sweep around in great curves and to rearrange them- selves in a new formation. Or scattered cruisers nearly hull down on the horizon respond to a summons, and in half an hour come flying back to the fleet, take up their appointed stations and conform to its movements. The ease with which the 14,000-ton battleships swing round to their helms, the speed with which they take up their new stations, the quick response and the regularity of movement are extraordi- narily impressive For a shore-going parallel to this fleet one must imagine twenty-one cavalry reg- iments maneuvering at a canter, each in- dividually responsive to orders rapidly transmissible over long distances. But on shore it would be impossible, except from a balloon or a commanding hill, to take in the movements at a glance. At sea one can follow the evolutions of each ship. A mistake, a loss or gain of distance, a su- berfluous or an inadequate turn is immc- diately: seen, and such signals as ‘‘Retalia- tion badly executed” quickly fly from the flagship to be read by the whole fleet. Unquestionably, an admiral wields a power for which a general cannot hope. A public rebuke is a thing to be avoided, and even if this is not forthcoming any small lapse will be noted by a hundred pairs of eager eyes. Moreover, a compar- atively small mistake may involve disaster. We may club our cavalry without real harm, but the contact of two of those great ships moving at ten knots may mean the loss of one or both. The drill of a fleet fg an eminently serious undertaking, and the accuracy of this drill is the measure of the maneuvering power of the whole as- semblege of ships. All turns, therefore, upon the capacity of the captains and their training. Merely to keep a station in cruis- ing formation, following in the wake of a leader, is by no means easy. Attention never for a moment relaxed and the judgment which comes only with long experience are alike required. Helm and speed need perpetual alterations, and the requisite changes must be carefully es- timated, or the ship will continuously oscil- late to starboard or port, in advance or astern of her station. In evolutions, how- ever, many more qualities must be brought into play. The theorist talks glibly of “turning circles” and affects to believe that the handling of a ship can be reduced to mere geometry. The turning circles of each ship are, of course, recorded in every chart house, but a variety of other condi- tions arise. The evolutionary qualities cf other ships must be observed. Wind, tide, speed, or even the crossing of the wake of another vessel materially affects the turn- ing circle. Here is no mere question of re- ferring to the signal book and giving cer- tain definite words of command. All the conditions constantly vary; judgment 18 needed at every momen he education of the eye in estimating distances and exact knowledge of the capabilities of the ship are alike called for. The mere theorist will, in fact, find himself hopelessly incom- etent, and the efficient handling of a ship Empltes qualities which it is not given to every one to acquire. It is an art rather than a sclence, and its possession largely determines the fighting capabilities of a navy. ee _____ A Golf Companion, From Scribner's Magazine. The element of companionship enters se- riously into golf. Ic enters considerably into most games, so that the majority of us care more whom we play with than what we play. But one could play tennis with any player whose skill approximated to his own without much thought of his personal idiosyncrasies, for the net yawns and stretches between tennis players, keep- ing them apart; and while they are playing the action is too lively to permit the com- munication of anything but the ball. But a fit person to play tennis with is one thing and a thoroughly satisfactory person to play golf with is another. Ivan Putter was trifling with a stroke, exulting when he made a good one, griev- ing when he didn’t, and working hard all the time. And when he wasn’t attending to his own game he was paying close at- tention to mine. That was perhaps his greatest charm. His interest kept mine always warm, so that I held almost as much of my breath over his stroke as he over mine. +______—-eee. Made Shoes Over Seventy Years. From the Boston Transcript, Sept. 12. Seth Bryant is celebrating his ninety-fifth birthday at his home in Ashmont today. He was born in Deering, Me. In 1822 he began the manufacture of shaes in Joppa Village, East Bridgewater, Mass., and ship- ped his product all over the United States, South America and the West Indies, and has shipped shoes to Madagascar and Zan- zibar. He carried on the shoe business for fifty years, and he, with Franklin Haven and Matthew Bolles, was the shoe manu- facturer who survived the panic of 1837. Mr. Bryant has been in business over sev- enty years, and during the rebellion did be- tween $700,000 and $900,000 worth of shoe business with the government. = A Mental Stbnulns. The first installment of the great mys- tery story, “When the War Was Over,” by Frederick R. Burton, will be published next Monday. Five hundred dollars in gold for the first correct solution. Particuiars in another column. A VOICE IN HIS STOMACH, - Doctors Say He in a Ventriloquist and Negroes That He Has a Devil. A remarkable case of natural and un- conscious ventriloquism—a phenomenon which scientific men believe was responsi- ble for most of the cases in which persons once were supposed to be possessed of devils—has caused much consternation among the superstitious and great interest among the scientific in Orangeburg, 3. C. The history of the case is told by W. L. Bulkley of Claffin University, Orangeburg, in the Appeal. The phenomenon appears in a thirteen- year-old boy, the son of poor and illiterate ~ parents. He was taken ill about a month ago with violent pains in nis stomach. The doctor was called and treated hinf for a week or more, but the boy grew no better. After he had been ill about nine days his parents bogan to hear strange noises, =p- parently in his stomach. They were in- articulate and faint at first, but daily grew stronger. They described them as like the crowing of a cock, the barking of a dog and the lowirg of a cow. In a few days intel- ligible sounds, expressions in human speech, were heard. A voice, sounding as from the bey’s stomach, said: ‘Oh, Lord, I want get out.” “I'm so tired.” “I’m hungry,” and “You hurt me.” The doctor was puz- zled, and reluted the circumstances to other doctors. The people in the village, especial- ly the negroes, the phencmenon, and the boy’s home was thronged daily with curious visitors. The ° voice would anrwer questions put to it. The boy ayerred that he could not control the voice, and that it was, in effect, a thing apart from his own consciousness. The voice said its name was Josephine. Super- stitious colored folks became terribly wrought up over the case,especially as they treated the voice as an oracle,and the voice seemed very willing to accept the part. All manner of questions on religious and per- scnal topics were asked, and the answers were taken as having a supernatural im- portance. The doctors thought it couldn’t be a case of ventriloquism, because the boy seemed really unable to control the voice, and the sounds came without his volition. The boy’s parents asserted that the voice proph- esied, and foretold all manner of things that came to pass. More than one super- stitious person went to bed and doctored himself because the uncanny voice had predicted, directly or indirectly, his early death. Mr. Bulkley. visited the boy, and eg this account of his experience with him: “I visited the boy’s home and asked him to tell me his name. He did so (from his mouth). I then said: “Talk .from your stomach.” He replied, ‘I can't.” ‘Well, then, make Josephine talk.’ And he, to my great astonishment, sald: ‘Talk, Jose- phine.” The voice sald: ‘I won't do it.’ “Don’t you want some candy?’ ‘No, I don’t.’ Thus I kept up a fusillade of ques- tions to notice the effect. The response always came in a decidedly different voice from his, but the remarkable feature is that he makes so many absolutely distinct tones in his stomach, or bottom of his chest, without the least motion of the face or ips. His throat, however, moves. I put my hand there to make the test. His father claimed that ‘Josephine’ could talk while George was eating, when he was sleeping or simultaneously with him. Medical men have gone from all parts of the state and surrounding states to study the case. One physician, Dr. J. 8. Hydrick, thus sums up the case: “At first it was a case of unconscious ventriloquism. The boy did not know his gift. The noise surprised and frightened him. But now he knows his power and can speak or keep silent at will. You will rotice if any one holds his ear to his stomach he will make the sounds, but if the investigator_places his ear to the boy’s larynx or holds it he will refrain from speaking.” The theory of evil spirits taking possession of men and women is very old, and common to practically every people. The old sorcerers and witch doc- tors used ventriloquism to carry out their impostures and miraculous cures, but once in a while a case of natural and uncon- scious ventriloquiem occurred and helped out the situation all around. Most of the people round Orangeburg are Illiterate, and believe strongly that the boy Is poss of a devil. Not a few are expecting the end of the world very soon, while all a expecting something interesting. oe- —__—__ Hts WIFE COULD PLAY POKER. How She Convinced Her Skeptical Husband of That Fact. From the New York Recorder. It was at a little card party of a few merry acquaintauces, and though ihe stake were absurdly small, the interest ran breakers high. The pretty wife cf one of tie players was particularly excited, and played as if the happiness of her whole life was siaked \pon the cards. Her husband didn't like her methods. “My dear,” he said, as he dealt car‘is to all the rest, and added none to his own hand, “you ought to watch the players. You play very badly, indeed. Poker ts a game that needs careful handling.” Then he “raised” the man whw had bet, and the latter threw down his hand, as eid all the others except the wife. She “saw” her husband's bet and “raised” him in ze- turn. He looked very black. “There you go again!” he said in a vexed tone. “It does seem to me that women haven't any sense. What made you rai her eyes. “Well, you didn’t say s “I'm not oblfged to say so,” replied her angrily. she continued, “since I've bet, e bet. I can’t take it back again, why T’ can I?” ~‘‘Certainly not,” was the reply; “and just to teach you a lesson, and to ‘make you more careful in future, I'll raise you. “Tl raise you back,” was the reply, and she did. Her husband by this time was the picture of impatient amazement. ‘You drew four cards,” he said, sternly, “and I drew none. When will you ever learn to play this game properly?” Then he “raised” her again, “raised” him in return. He looked around the table in an apolo- getic and pitying way. “Emma is a splendid girl at most things,” he said, ‘‘but-when it comes to card play- ing she makes me very weary.” ‘Then he doubled her bet, and she doubled his in return. “Oh, this is absurd,” he cried; “there's no use winning money from my own wife; I'N just call you. I've got a flush, ace high.” eAnd I've got four kings,” replied his wife, as she raked in the ivory “chips.” ‘And then a roar of laughter shook the room, while the man who knew all about the game looked very sheepish, indeed. — Shortest Name in the World. From the Youth's Conipanion. The shortest name in the world has been developed by the war between Japan and China. It is that of General I, a Tartar commander, who has, perhaps, distinguish- ed himself ebove other Chinese generals, having conducted a campaign—though ®& losing one—of some effectiveness. The French are supposed to have a mo- nopoly of surnames, names which consist ef one letter. A considerable number of such names have been cited in the French press from time to time. Madamoiselle ©, for instance, keeps a grocer’s shop at Louviers, and Monsieur A is rural guard in the department of Cote-d’Or. A family named Y is the pride and Joy of a Belgian town. In the United States, given names—they could hardly be called Christian names— consisting of a single letter, have not in- frequently been bestowed. A western busi- ness man bore the given name of P—no more, no less—through a Jong life, ard & certain New England boy is named J. No name so short as that of General I has’ yet been discovered, however, as I ard she is certainly the thinnest letter in the ale- phabet. Information Thrown In. From the Chicago Tribune. “J would like a copy of Victor Hugo's mas- ” sald the lady who had entered the “, don’t think we have any book of that name,” responded the boy behind the coun- ter. “That is not the name of the work. It merely describes it,” rejoined the customer, “Published lately, ma'am?” “It was published many years ago. Surely you have Victor Hugo's greatest work?” “I don't know whether we have or not. Whai’s the name of it?” ‘Lay Mee Say Rahbl,’”’ replied the lady, desperately. ‘Oh, you mean ‘Less Mizzerbles.’ Yes'ny we've got it.” me much excited over ~