Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1895, Page 15

—_—_—_—_—_——SS—SSSSSS9BBaS___==_== THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1895—SIXTEEN BALL’S BLUFF ROUT Approaching Anniversary of That Disastrous Battle. HOW GEN. BAKER WENT 70 DEATH The Eighth Virginia, Regiment to Celebrate the Day. A HOPELESS FIGHT Arrangements are being made for a re- union at Leesburg, Va., of the survivors of the eighth Virginia regiment, of which Senator Eppa Hunton was colonel, on Oc- tober 21, that being the anniversary of the battle of Ball's Bluff, one of the most san- guinary encounters of the war. In all the thirty-four years since the bat- tle was fought there has not been a re- urion of the survivors of the engagement, and it is proposed to have the coming event celebrated at Leesburg on the date named. The battle of Ball's Bluff presented some remarkable features, and the varlance of statements made by the generals com- manding on both sides have almost pre- cluded the possibility of obtaining facts upon which to base a statement of what were the losses on either side. The imme- diate commander of the forces engaged on the Un‘on side was Col. E. D. Baker, Unit- ed States Senator from Oregon, who, being ambitious to win the grade and title of a major general in the army, as the first step enlisted a regiment of Californians and tcox commard of them. He was killed at Ball's Bluff, his first and only battle, and his men were routed with the loss, as stated in official papers, of more than halt the entire force engaged. A Hidden Foe. The battle was also remarkable from the fact that though the conflict raged nearly all day, the federal forces did not, except once, see those whom they were fighting, and this was during the last bulf hour of the engagement. Following so close upon the disaster at Bull Run, the excitement throughout the country was intense and Gen. Charles P. Stone, the Union division commander, was so severely criticised, and his responsibility in not sending reinforce- ments to Col. Baker regarded as so great that he was not only relieved from com- mand, but was arrested by order of the Secretary of the War, and conveyed un- der guard to Fort Lafayette, where he was kept in close confinement for more than six months, when he was released with as much suddenness as he had been arrested, withuut a word of explanation. Gen. Stone was very emphatic in his state- ments to the War Department that he was not to blame for the disaster, and a mass of correspondence followed, but Gen. Stone received no satisfaction, and he was not restored to his rank in the army. ‘The official reports of the battle, as now on file in the War Department, agree sub= stantially in the following account of the fight. In obedience to an order from Gen. Stone, the first battalion of the California regiment, Baker’s brigade, under the com- mand of Liuet. Col. Wistar, left Camp Ob- servation, near the mouth of the Monoc- acy, at 4 a.m., and reached Conrad’s Ferry at sunrise. Crossing the River. The battalion stacked arms, and Capt. Francis G. Young of Gen. Baker's staff proceeded to Edward’s Ferry, five miles distant, and reported te Gen. Stone for orders. Lieut. Howe of the fifteenth Mas- sachusetts arrived there at the same time, and reported that he had crossed the river at Harrison’s Island during the night, and scouted the country in the direction of Leesburg and found no enemy. Gen. Stone thereupon directed Capt. Young to return to Lieut. Col. Wistar, with an order to the battalion to stand fast until, perchance, he should hear heavy firing in front, and in that event to cross to the Virginia shore at Harrison's Island. At this time the summit of the bluff opposite tha island on the Virginia side was occupie by six companies of the fif- teenth Massachusetts, Col. Devens; a de- tachment of the twelfth Massachusetts, Col. Lee, and two companies of the Tam- many regiment; also by two small how- itzers of the Rhode Island battery on the island. ‘These forces had crossed during the night preceding, and on the return of Capt. Young to Col, Wistar, irregular firing of musketry was heard from the bluff op- posite the island. Shortly afterwards Col. Baker arrived with the other officers of his staff, and in a little while Gen. Stone dispatched to him from Edward’s Ferry an erder in writing that in the event of hear- ing firing in the direction of Harrison’s Island he should at once advance the Cali- fornia regiment or retire the Union forces from the Virginia side of the river at his discretion, and to assume the command on reaching the Virginia side, Col. Baker im- mediately sent for three regiments and a squadron of cavalry from his brigade and for Col. Cogswell and the rest of the Tam- many regiment. Not Boats Enough. Proceeding to the crossing at Harrison’s Island, the Union forces found the means of transportation to consist of two flat boats of the capacity of twenty-five to forty men, and a small skiff, which would carry but three or four. The river was swollen, and the current rapid, and there was much labor and delay in making use of the boats. Another flat boat was found in the canal, a mile distant, and being towed down to the crossing, was with much difficulty. got into the Potomac. Col. Baker immediately crossed with as many men a3 could be got into the boats, to the island, and reaching the opposite side of the is- Iand found one flat boat and a small me- tallic hoat. He then crossed to the Vir- ginia shore without delay, with Adjutant General Harvey, sending a staff officer back ‘with an order for Col. Cogswell to bring over the artillery. It was now 2 p.m., and Col. Cogswell coming over from the Mary- land side with two pleces of artillery, with their horses and men, these and two how- {tzers of the Rhode Island battery were carried to the Virginia side. The bank was of miry clay, and the heights almost pre- cipitous, with fallen trees and rocks, making It very difficult to get up the artillery. Ar- riving by circuitous routes on the summit, the Union forces found an open field of six acres, covered with wild grass, scrub oak and locust trees, and forming a segment of a circle, the are of which was surround- ed with trees. Col. Baker apprised Col. Devens that he had been placed in command, and learned that the fifteenth Massachusetts, after hav- ing advanced for a mile tn the direction of Leesburg, had been attacked, and fallen back to the position which they then occu- pied, just in the woods on the right. The other forces were lying under the brow of the hill, and, with the exception of an oc- casional rifle shot, all was quiet, and no sight of an enemy. The two howitzers and one piece of artillery were drawn by the men out into the open fleld, pointing to the woods in front, the artillery horses not be- ing brought up the steep. The Rebel Yell. After a quarter of an hour had passed, the enemy making no sign, two companies of the California battalion—A and D—were sent out from the left as skirmishers through the wood. They had advanced but a few rods when, with a yell, a tremendous volley of rifle shots from the concealed en- emy drove them back, and from that mo- ment up to the fall of Col. Baker there was no cessation of heavy firing from the en- emy in the woods. The _ reinforcements from the island came up slowly, and it was evident to all that unless ald in_ force recched those in action from the left they would be driven into the river, as the in- creas'ng yells and firing of the enemy in- dicated their larger number and nearer ap- proach. The howitzers were of no service, and the twelve-pounder being manned by Col. Baker, Lieut. Col. Wistar, Adjt. Gen. Har- vey, Capt. Bleral and a few privates from his company, was fired not more than five or six times, and excepting the last time with doubtful effect, as the enemy was at no time visible. Col. Baker fell about 5 o'clock. He was Standing near the left of the wook and it is believed he was shot with a cavalry re- volver by a private of the enemy, who, after Col. Baker fell, crawled on his hands and knees to the body and was attempting to take his sword, when Capt. Bieral, with ten of his men, rushed up and shot the cor through the head and rescued the y- At the time Col. Baker was shot he was looking at a mounted confederate officer, who rode down a few rods into the field from the woods, and who being shot at by one of the federal soldiers, returned to the woods and appeared to be falling from bis horse, Col. Baker turning about, sald: “See, he falls,” and immediately himself fell, receiving four balls, either of which would have been fatal. .No Reinforcements. But a ‘moment before this Col. Baker kad ordered Capt. Young to proceed to Ger. Stone for reinforcements. There was some confusion on the field, and the of- ficers of the fifteenth Massachusetts or- dered their men to retreat. The enemy then for the first time came out of the woods, at double-quick, and, receiving a double charge of grape shot from the twelve-pounder, broke in disorder and re- turned to the woods. There were but few of the federal forces now on the field, they having returned to the river side down the eep, but finding no means of escape some charged up the hill and poured in a volley, the enemy at this time occupying the ficld. It was getting dark, and some one tied a white handkerchief to a sword and went forward. Many men were taken prisoners at the moment, some fled into the woods and many ran down to the crossing. The body of Col. Baker was taken on the flat boat, at this time partly filled with water, and together with a number of the dead and wounded, safely reached the is- land. Throwing away their arms the men swam the river, the enemy firing upon them from the heights. The boat returning to the Virginia side was overcrowded and many drowned at that time. During the engagement the Union forces to the number of 5,000, with many pleces of artillery, were in plain view on the Maryland side, but having no means of transportation were of no service. “ol. Baker and all the officers were on foot throughout the engagement, leaving their horses tied to the trees, and they all fell into the hands of the enemy. There was an ineffectual effort to throw the twelve- pounder and howitzers down the steep bank into the river, but being obstructed by fallen trees they did not reach the water, and the next day were drawn by the enemy up on the hill. In the engagement at Ball’s Bluff there were on the Union side between 1,000 and 1,700 infantry, according to the report of Gen. Stone, and of this number 921 were peteuy wounded, drowned or taken pris- -ers. . The confederate forces were in command of Gen. N. G. Evans, commanding the sev- enth brigade of the Army of the Potomac, C. S., who, while admitting that almost his entire force was engaged in the battle, seemed to be under the impression that the attacking force numbered at least 8,000. Gen. Evans claimed that his entire loss in the engagement, which lasted thirteen hours, was but 155, and asserted that the federal loss, which is not stated in the of- ficial report of Gen. Chas. P. Stone, Union commander, was 1,300 killed, wounded and drowned, 710 prisoners, 1,500 stand of arms, three pieces of canon and some other war equipment. —_—-_—_ WHAT CHINA LACKS. Peculiar Superstitions Prevent the In- troduction of Modern Appliances, W. E. Curtis in the Chicago Record. There are no schools in China except to educate men for office. There is no postal system except that con- ducted by foreigners under consular juris- diction between the treaty ports. There is no currency except a brass coin called “cash,” of which 1,000, weighing several pounds, make a dollar. When a man travels across the country he has to hire an extra mule to carry his money. There are no banks outside the foreign settlements. There are no street lights or sewers, or sidewalks or water works, or water closets outside the foreign settlements in the whole empire. There is a telegraph line erected by for- eigners between the principal cities, but it costs 24 cents a word to send a message from Pekin to Tien Tsin, a distance of eighty miles, which is nearly twice as much as the charge between New York and Lon- don or Paris. There are two railroads in the empire. both intended to connect coal mines with navigable water, but only one carries pas- sengers. There was a third road, eighteen miles long, but it was purchased and re- moved by the government because the rails interfered with the free movements of the spirits of the dead. There is not a stage line in China. You cannot hire a carriage in Pekin, a city of more than a millicn and a half pop- ulation and the capital of the empire. There is a bar at the mouth of every Chinese river, but the government will not permit them to be removed because they are “heaven-sent barriers” to keep out foreign men-of-war. To command a ship a man must pass an examination on the maxims of Confucius and the philosophy of Menctus, but it is not necessary for him to know anything about geography or navigation. ‘To command an army one must be able to write a treatise upon the morals of the ancients and the wisdom of the ages, but it ig not necessary .for him to have any conception of ordnance or explosives. Commands are given to their seldiers by officers of the Chinese army in the English language. They shout jhoulder arms,” “right wheel” and “halt” just as we do, for there are no terms in the native tongue to describe these movements. 100 A chance to make $500. See page 14. THE MAN YOUR DAUGHTER KNOWS. An Expertence That is Apt to Come to a Head of a Family. From Life. His appearance ts so eminently respecta- ble that you feel the same satisfaction on finding him around the house as you ex- perience on seeing a choice bit of Chelsea on your wall or a well-bred horse in your stable. His eyes are sleepy, honest eyes enough, and if they rarely in your presence express anything more than vacant indiffer- ence you don’t much care. His hair is always beautifully smoothed— with a sadiron, you surmise—and the part- ing, indelibly in the exact center, has evi- dently grown there and fs not, as are other partings, the result of artifice. An incipient mustache does honor to his expectations, and if you sometimes wish the ends were not so stiffly starched you never hurt his feelings by mentioning it. His attire is always fault- less, immaculate, and his shoes, especially, win your warm and envious admiration; they are never spotted, creased nor cracked as aresyour own. Personally, you are not well acquainted with him. Your wife mentions his name sometimes, and your daughter Is not averse to his society, you understand. Quite often you meet him on the doorstep when you re- turn home from office, whereupon he shakes hands with you quite affably, if in a some- what high-handed fashion, and you strive to recollect his name with but indifferent success, usually calling him by the appella- tion of his predecessor in the good graces of your daughter. Sometimes you run across him at your club, and more often your wife has him to dinner and you sit over the coffee with him afterward, while he smckes your cigars a trifle condescendingly and kindly speaks a good word for your wine until the conversation dies away for the twentieth time in ten mirutes, and he ex him: self and returns to the ladies; the “ladies” in the case being your daugther, who, during the last half of the ten minutes, has been beckoning to him from behind the hall door, where she Imagined herself unseen by you. You do not beg him to stay; somehow it is very difficult to make conversa‘ion with the Man Your Daughter Know: And so you keep on meeting him at short intervals, until one day your daughter de- cides that he is absolutely necessary to her future happiness, and you purchase him for her at a figure which you consider quite modest, when you come to think of his shoes and hair; whereupon your wife assures you that you have done well, and you experience a slight glow of pride as a result of her com- mendations, and you feel rather thankful that you won't have to talk to him again for at least a month. —__—_-+e+____ A Bright Thought Valuable. The first installmeni of the mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” will be found on page 14. Five hundred dollars in gold for the correct solution of the mystery by @ woman reader. —__—_ A Quality of Soap. From Tid-Bits. “here are many things in this world to which we must shut our eyes,” said the paternal Gibson. “Yes, pa, and soap {s one of them, chimed in the pride of the family. STREET RAILWAYS The Passing Into Oblivion of the ~ Trolley. THE UNDERGROUND SYSTEM How a Cable Line is Managed Day After Day. MEN WHO WATCH IT If the question were asked of an execu- tive officer of the Capita! Traction Company when their cable lines will be converted into electric roads, the answer would prob- ably be that such a thing is not even con- templated. ‘ And while this, no doubt, is true, there is more than one electrical engineer now in Washington who is willing to predict that in less than five years’ time there will not be a cable railway in the District, and that by that time all street railway cars will be propelled by electric power. Already have such changes been made in many cities. In Baltimore, on what ts krown as the Gilmore street line, which extends from Druid Hill Park to the heart of the city, and the expense for con- structing which was well up in the hun- Greds of thousands of doliars, the cable has, been given up, because it was found that even after making allowance for the irterest on the money invested in the cable machinery and the mechanism which had to be buried in the ground when the cable road was laid, there would be a saving in operating expenses in favor of electricity (which was adopted) of at least $20,000 an- nually. it is understood also from a reliable source that the officials of the City Passenger Ratl- way Company, which operates an extensive system of railways in the monumental city, which system is operated by both cable and electricity, have become so favorably impressed with the manifest advantages of electricity as a motive power, as well as a matter of economy, that it will be but a comparatively short time before all the lines belonging to the company will be oper- ated by electricity exclusively, and already a resident of Washington has been selected to superintend the change. Baltimore Trolley System. It is true that at present the trolley is the only electric system in use in Baltimore, but fortunately for the citizens who have become greatly disgusted with what might be termed antiquated means of propulsion, a clause in the charter of each electric railway inserted by the city council empowers the city to compel the removal of the trolley poles after seven years from the date of granting the charter; and within a certain other period if, from any cause, the council shall deem it best to have them removed. The successful operation of Mr. Con- nett’s underground system on the 9th street line of the Metropolitan Railway Company of this city has set electric and cable men cf Washington and’ other cities to thinking, and they are asking them- selves whether they ought not to have the same system on their own lines. The Oth street system, it is said, was to a@ certain extent modeled on the Buda- Pesth system, which has been in success- ful operation there for several years, yet so many improvements were devised by Chief Engineer Connett of the Metropolitan Railway Company as to constitute an al- most entirely different system. The Trolley Doomed. It 1s said to be very certain that the ex- tension of the trolley system will no longer be permitted in any of the larger cities where it has heretofore found a lodging place, and since the 9th street line has been opened and has worked so success- fully, the people of Baltimore, many of whoze principal streets are a network of electric wires, are asking through their papers why a similar system cannot be adopted there. There the impression is that the wide awake railway companies, who desire to retain the good will of the public, will of their own motion make the change from cable and trolley to the un- derground system, rather than wait to be forced to it by legislative enactment or by ordinances of the city council. Arrangements have also been completed by the cable and horse car companies of New York city for the substitution by them of the same system as that by which the 9th street line is operated, and it is said that contracts have been signed under which almost four hundred miles of sur- face tracks in that city, comprising several cable lines, will within the next five years be changed into underground lines. In Philadelphia, also, the Market street cable line, which was among the first con- structed in the east, has been converted into an electric line. At present this is operated by the trolley system, but it is re- garded as only a question of a short time when the trolley will give way to the un- derground system. For long distances, such as between cities, like, for instance, Washington and Balti- more, between which cities an electric line 1s now being constructed, the trolley will undoubtedly hold its own for many years to come because of its cheapness, but in the cities named above and in others that could be mentioned its days are practical- ly_numbered. These facts were brought out in the course of a conversation with a prominent official of one of the cable companies of Washington, who was asked by a Star re- porter to tell him some of the details of the operating of a cable system outside of the duties which fall to the lot of gripmen, conductors and office men, those employes with whom the general public is most familiar. What a Cable Man Says. “Well,” said he, in reply, “there are the oflers, who keep the wheels upon which the cable operates In proper running or- der. There are but few persons who pay any attention to the matter at all who have noticed at the various curves of the lines what might be alled a trap door, over a hole in the street. Frequently a man ts seen to crawl into or out of that hole and shut down the trap. He is one of the fcrce called the vault men, and the hole into which he crawls is called a vault. “In this city, on what has heretofore been called the Washington and George- town Company's lines, vaults are found at the following places: Peace monument, 14th street and Pennsylvania avenue, 15th street and Pennsylvania avenue, 15th street and New York avenue and at each of the terminals. These vaults are large underground rooms, and are clean, well lighted and ventilated. The men assigned to werk in them have their hours on and off, just the same as the other employes, but when on duty they must exercise constant vigilanco; for it is into these that the cable runs, and should anything happen to weaken the rope, such as the breaking of a strand, they are expected to detect it immediately, and notify the proper persons at the power house. The position is one of responsibil- ity, but its duties are not, as a general thing, unpleasant. “One of the cables extends from tho big central power house on E street between 1fth and 14th streets to Mount Pleasant. Another controls that part of the road be- tween Georgetown and the Navy Yard, while still another cable operates the 7th street line. Hence the man whose business it is to look after the switches has probably more care on his mind than any other su ordinate, unless it be- the conductor. He practically controls the running of the trains passing his way, and the gripman, after once being signaled to stop, cannot micve his train until he gets the signal to do so. This, in the daytime, is by means of a flag, and at mght a lighted lantern is used. “All along the line at distances of from thirty to thirty-three feet are fron cover- ings, which are called manholes. They lead to the wheels upon which the cable is several carried, and they are inspected times a day by men specially as: the work. These men also oil t and watch for accidents to the cable. The Splicing Crews. “At the power house are a number of men known as splicers. They are divided into two crews, each of which is v.. duty twelve hours They watch for breaks in the cable as the latter passes over the immense drums in the power house, and the instant a defect is discovered the cable is, of course, stopped,and respliced. “In case of a break oytside of the power house the splicing fergw repairs to the scene of the trouifefin their ‘hurry-up’ wagon, the horses of Which, upon the first signal, run to their places on either side of the pole of the Wehicle. Practice has made them familiar With what is expected of them, and the mdwent they are given the opportunity they#dash off at almost break-neck speed. When the Cable Stops. “After the cable h&é'been stopped for the day, about 1:30 a.m.-the splicers make an- other Inspection and tighten it, for it is said that the strain upon a cable of the kind used here is very great and is so in- tense that it stretches during the day sev- eral feet. “It is also said that when a new cable is put in it will, during the first day of its use, stretch from 100°to 200 feet, according to its length. It is a-part of the duty of the splicers to keep track of this. The life of a cable depends upon a variety of cir- cumstances, some lasting several months, while others are pronounced worthless after being in use a few weeks. “The splictng crews are managed on the same principle as the men in the fire de- partment and go on and off duty with the same regularity. “The terminal superintendent has charge of all trains which reach his end of the line. The trains are operated on a schedule which calls for as much system those of a steam railroad. In the event of an accident or when the trains become blocked he gives his instructions as to how far apart the trains may run until the schedule time is regained, also what trains shall not stop for passengers and what shal? Each conductor reports to this superintendent the moment he reaches the end of his route, and, if there has been delay, must explain its causes “There are,” said the official, in conclusion, “more different kinds of positions on a cable line than on almost any other, and the va- rious duties required to be performed are of the most exacting and responsible char- acter.” ———_—_ A NATURAL WAIST. European Women’s Dress as Looked at through Eastern Eyes. Algiers Letter. Stockings and stays are urfknown in Morocco; so is the fashion of exposing any part of the neck or shoulders. When the ladies got through admiring my hose and corsets and wondering at their al- leged usefulness, the oldest signora un- dertook to point out to me that it was very sinful, and, indeed, horrible to wear low-cut dresses. No noble-born Arabian would thing of doing that which the slaves were commanded to do. Still, herself and friends would be willing to try on my dress. before the arrival of the kadi. That gentleman’s youngest wife, a girl of fourteen, half Arab, half Egyptian, summoned up courage enough to attire herself European fashion. She was a beautful creature, graceful. lithe of figure, with fine eyes and hair, and so little de- veloped as to be ablé to slide up my brace- let to under her arm pits. Zuleima, as they called her, threw off all her garments except shift and trousers, but notwith- standing that, all attempts at buttoning the dress in front were futile. Here then was a figure graceful and classical of out- line, one over which artists would rave, and which the greatest connoisseurs would pronounce perfect, that stubbornly refused to sifbmit to the dictates of Mme. La Mode. All the harem's ladies came to look at the wonder, and demanded to know my age, shaking their heads at the informa- tion given. No doubt they thought I was fooling them. A woman of thirty-five hav- ing a smaller waist than a girl of twenty years younger! “But’she does not breathe, this French woman,’”) sald one of the slaves, - “Surely she won't be able to eat with her things on!” exctaimed another. putt Set HANDICAPPED .BY SLEEPINESS. A Kansas Statesman Whose Love of Sleep Checked His Rise in Politics. From the Topeka State Journal. Last evening peoplé passing 8. Barnum's store, on the west side of Kansas avenue, noticed a large man gleeping soundly in a large covered spring,ajagon near the street curb. He was stret€led across the seat, and, while his posttigm'was not a comfort- able one, the man, ¢ Reet care. His broad chest rose and fell ular periods, which indicated deep af Occasionally a whirring noise like the suppressed grunt of a pig escaped the sleeper. It was a snore, but not the celling-destroying kind. ‘A close inspection would have revealed the chubby face of a man well advanced in years. His cheeks werg covered with a thick growth of short gray hair, and his head with an,old slouch hat. Then the ob- server would have been startled to find a strong resemblance to a man who was weR known in public life in Kansas not long ago. The man looked like ex-Con- isresemian Ben Clover, and in truth it was a. Ex-Congressman Clover now drives the reform school wagon, and may be seen on the streets of Tgpeka every day. He got the place as a reward for political services rendered in the last campaign. He doesn’t know anything about training boys, but Governor Morrill’s business administration gave him a job. ‘When Mr. Clover was in Congress h contracted the sleeping habit, and it made him famous. When an important measure was being considered he was wont to steal out into the anteroom and stretch his portly form on the luxurious cushions of a gov- ernment sofa, and while his colleagues wrestled with some intricate question af- fecting their constituency, Congressman Clover of Kansas slept, and, it 1s sald, snored, not softly or gently, but loud enough to be heard in the adjoining legis- lative hall. Then Mr. Clover’s constituency got angry and elected some one else, and since then he has been compelled to take his naps in less convenient places. Other people have contracted habits in Congress, but it re- mained for Congressman Clover to make a departure ard become, like Dickens’ fat boy, a cenfirmed sleeper. soe Mystery story on page 14. - ph iat ot Sah A Fortune for a Murderer. From the Philadelphia Ledger. If Parker Pearsons Velentine will come forward and be hanged, or take his chances of it, he can have $300,000. Valentine is wanted in Minnesota for murder, and they want to give him his big estate, bequeathed to him in the will of his mother, Mrs. Lucy A. Valentine. Mrs. Valentino died in Co- lumbia county, Wis., two years ago. She had considerable property of her own, and she inherited about $35,000 from the estate of her half brother, Hiram A. Pearsons, the capitalist, who was drowned In Lake Mich- igan. A portion of the property is in San Francisco. A twenty-year trust was cre- ated by the will of Mrs. Valentine, the property to be held during the period of the trust for the missing son. If the son does not appear the estate Is to be given to St. John’s Home, Milwaukee. When young Vglentine was seventeen years of age he had a quarrel with his mother and left home. He went to Chicago and worked as a clerk, but soon spéqufated and made $60,- 000. He then went to Minneapolis to study medicine. There he married, much against his mother’s will, thd a few months later he killed a man whom he found in his house. He fied, atid soon afterward he visited his mother. Mrs. Valentine up- braided him, and he’ went away, and since that time nothing Has ‘been heard of him. A former business ‘associate of the son claimed to have heard from him in Col- orado a few years ago, and when Mrs. Valentine died she believed her son to be still living. — bee $500 for am, Amagination. = On page 14 will bécfound the first install- ment of the mystery story, “When the War Was Over.” t —_ A Queer Compound, From Science. yal A German chemist has made the discoy- ery of a new compound body, which is said to possess the peculiar quality of so- lidifying under the action of heat, and to again revert to the liquid state at a tem- perature below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. To this substance the name of “‘crostase” has been given, and it is stated to be obtained by mixing equal parts of phenol, camphor and saporine, with the addition of a small- er proportion of the essence of trebenthine. It is supposed that up to the present time no body possesses this remarkable proper- ty of liquefying when cold and solidifying when hot. Certain substances, such as al- bumen, harden when exposed to heat; but orce they have attzined this condition they cannct be made to resume the liquid state, althoush they may be subjected to ex- ccedingly low temperatures. HOW THEY DIFFER. Man a Creature of Habits; Woman Utilizes Anything That is Handy. From Lippincott’s Magazine. Man is a creature of cast-iron habits; woman adapts herself to circumstances; this is the foundation of the moral differ- erce between them. A man does not attempt to drive a nail urless he has a hammer; a woman does not hesitate to utilize anything, from the heel of a boot to the back of a brush. A man considers a corkscrew absolutely necessary to open a bottle; a woman at- tempts to extract the cork with the scis. sors; if she does not succeed readily she pushes the cork in the bottle, since the es- sential thing is to get at the fluid. Shaving is the only use to which a man puts a razor; a woman employs it for a cbiropodist’s purpose. When a man writes everything must be in apple-ple order; pen, paper and ink must ba just so, a profound silence must reign while he accomplishes this important func- ticn, A woman gets any sheet of paper, tears it, perhaps, from a book or portfolio, sharpens a pencil with the scissors, puts the paper on an old atlas, crosses her feet, balances herself on her chair, and confides her thoughts to paper, changing from pen- cil to pen and vice versa from time to time, mor does she care if the children romp or the cook comes to speak to her. A man storms if the blotting-paper is not conveniently near; a woman dries the ink by blowing on it, waving the paper in the air, or holding it near a lamp or fire. A man drops a letter unhesitatingly in the box; a woman rereads the address, as- sures herself that the envelope is sealed, the stamp secure, and then throws It vio- lently into the box. A man can cut a book only with a paper- cutter; a woman deftly inserts a hairpin and the book is cut. For a man “good-bye” signifies the end of @ conversation and the moment of his de- parture; for a woman it is the beginning of @ new chapter. for it is just when they are taking leave of each other that women think of the most important topics of con- versation. 2 A woman ransacks her brain trying to mend a broken object; a man puts it aside and forgets that for which there is no rem- edy. Which is the superior? : —<-eo—__—_ 3 THEY DID NOT KNOW HIM. Or They Would Not Have Asked Him to Set the Pace. From the New York Tribune. A couple of New York cyclists had a pe- cullar adventure in the land of mosquitoes, otkerwise New Jersey. The day was fair, the roads good and the first hal? was covered in time well inside the proper figures. Before they had cov- ered many miles they overtook a rider go- ing their way at a “fair jog.” Without stopping, one of them yelled to him as they sped by “Set us a pace!” He was evidently a good rider, and the New Yorkers began to pump harder. This continued for a mile and then im an un- lucky moment ore of them called out, “Lead off! We're in a hurry.” Then the trouble began, for the pacer turned with a smile and inquired, “How fast do you want it?” “Two minutes if you can,” was the reply. ‘The demand was apparently taken in earnest, for the leader quickly opened up @ gap which they were unable to fill. They bent further over their handle bars, while the perspiration started in streams, but all to no avail. Not many miles further on they gfopped at a “‘wheelman’s retreat,” and one of them fell into gonversation with the proprietor. “Did you see a blue enamel wheel go by kere a short time before we came up?” “Yes, I saw it.” “Well, who was that streak of greased lightning on it?” “Why, that was Zimmerman,” replied the Proprietor with a laugh. “You didn’t try to race him, did you?’ The two answered not a word, but looked at each other solemnly, marched out of the door, and mounting their wheels rode slow- ly away. —— —~-see Mystery story on page 14. A Horse With a Memory. From the Portland Press. Eleven years ago a horse was purchased for the fire engine Portland, No. 2, on Munjoy Hill. This horse was called “Old Tom,” and it helped draw the engine for six years and was then disposed of. It has been drawing an ash cart of late years, and the other day went by the engine house. Engineer Loring, who knew the horse well, since they came to that engine house in the same year and were there together for six years, fell into conversa- tion with the driver, and told him that he hadn’t a doubt that if the old horse was put in his old ‘stall and the gong was sounded he would rush for his place in front of the engine just as he used to do. The driver doubted this, and they agreed to try it. The old horse, row fifteen years old, was put in his old stall, where he hadn’t been for five years. At the first sound of the gong he started for his old place under the harness in front of the en- gine. He tried to go quickly, but made a sorry exhibition of nimbleness compared to his former habit. This seems to be pretty good evidence of a horse’s memory. os The Equinoctial Storm Myth. From the Troy Times. There are certain weather superstitions which have been handed down from gen- eration to generation that are almost as generally accepted today as they were fifty years ago, notwithstanding the fact that their reliability 1s open to question. One of these is the belief that an equinocttal storm fs quite sure to make its appearance when the sun crosses the line. No one has ever attempted to explain how it is that the mere fact of the sun’s passing over an imaginary line produces an atmes- pheric disturbance, but it is certain that a large majority of persons confidently ex- pect a storm from the recurrence of the equinox. This fall there was no storm, and, in fact, the conditions were directly opposed to all preconceived ideas of those who have faith in the weather supersti- tion. Was this an isolated case and mera- ly the exception which proves the rule, or 1s the theory of equinoctial storms untens- ble? The figures seem to prove that the latter proposition is correct, and that the superstition is not based on any sound foundation. oo—_____ A chance to make $500. See page 14 ——_—__ Ferris Wheel Ready. From the Chicago Tribune. The big Ferris wheel, which was one of the great features of the Midway. is once more in operation. Ever since it was torn down at the close of the world’s fair the Ferris wheel has been an ‘ncongruous mass of iron until a little over six weeks ago, when it was transported to the North Side. For nearly four months the work- men have been at work, preparing to put the Ferris wheel in motion once more. A massive foundation of crossbars, concrete and solid masonry was put in. This is twenty-nine feet deep, and it took nearly three months and an expenditure of $10,000 to complete this portion of the work alone. The wheel itself will be open in a week if the company carries out its pressnt in- tentions, and visitors will have an opportu- nity to see Chicago from the clouds. The wheel ig located on one of the highest points in the city. ———+e+—____ Couldn’t Buy a Chinese Flag. ‘W. EB. Curtis in the Chicago Record. In China I could not buy a flag of the country, although I tried to do so at both foreign and native stores in Shanghal, Tientsin and Pekin. The Chinese ensign 1s very ofnamental—a yellow ground bearing a blue dragon—and is useful anywhere for decorative purposes. But I saw more in Japan than I saw in China, and at every shop where I tried to buy one they told me that they never kept them in stock; I could order one at the tallor’s If I liked. niga FIRST b Gail Borden Eagle Brand CONDENSED MILK For 35 years the leading brand. It fs the Best and the most economical A PERFECT FOOD FOR INFANTS PAGES. ; Where Was The Garden of Eden? % BY EDWARD S. 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