Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1895, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. — GLOVES Wil naturally of her. be called into use this kind When you want yours remem- ber we have The Largest Stock at The Lowest Prices. Men's Jersey Gloves, In pegs . ined aud unlined, trom25C— to $1.25 's Wool Gloves, of all -riptions, and in be “5c, from to $1.25 makes, 's Lined Dogskin domestic alec, to $1.50 at .. s in town. nd be con- EF We have the largest lint of Glo [f you are doubtful look at cur stoc! rineed. DRIVING GLOVES. WHEN YOU WANT A PRETTY, FIRST-CLASS DRIVING GLOVE, ONE THAT WILL LAST, MADE FOR THE PURPOSE, COME HERE: GET Iv. WE HAVE THEM IN BLACKS AND TANS, FROM $1.25 TO $3.00. | W. S. TEEL, MERCHANT TAILOR, MBE FURNISHER, 935 Pa. Ave. N.W. it WE OAN PRINT, and print welt at smali mar- in pricy use we have the facilities for turning out any work from a visiting card to a S-sheet poster; from a miniature pamphlet to the most «lesantly print- ed ard bound book. 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Every article of oar stock of Men's Furniehin; has had half its price taken off so we can clear the whole out quickly. Henceforward we make Men's Shirts and Underwear and Ladies® Shirt Walsts exclusively. Men's $1.50 Kid Gloves, Tic. $1 Kid Gloves, 60 cents. P cE H SHIRTMAKER, wuss ALL, 908 F St. Bold. 16d a ae PAF who wear the stylish tailor- street gowns should not fail to w Walking Hat, which ts just 5 and brown, and but $2.50 h. Very appropriate for cycling, ‘Chas.H.Ruoff; Up-to-date Hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. ) nold-24d — he Hat that’s $2.40 here is $3.00 every- where. A small matter—6oc.—but it's worth saving. HENRY FRANC & SON, 20-3m,28 CORNER 7TH & D. Barney Barnato’s Maxims. From the Westminster Gazette. Mr. Barnato, according to Mr. Stuart Cumberland, in the African Critic, is full of homely maxims, most of which he started with in Mfe. One of them is: Never let a man put his hand on you with- out giving him ‘what for,’ and always have the first hit." Another is: “You have no right to spoil another man’s game, as long as he plays it cleverly; he will expose him- self soon enough when he ceases to be clever at it." Yet two more: “Never play the game above the people’s heads, but as they think they understand it; you have a bit in hand every time tien,” and, “Always wind up with a good curtain, and bring it down before the public gets tired or has had time to find you out.” These should be interesting in the city. eee By an explosion Monday night in the pump room of Pratt's astral oil works at Wil- Namsburg, N. Y., Martin Joyce, a wate man, and Andrew Patterson, a pump hand, were killed. SPORTS OF THE DAY Dan Stuart Still Trying to Arrange a Fight. GLYNN DEFEATED BY BATEMAN Current Notes of Interest in the Foot Ball Field. BOSTON’S BOXING MATCHES Dan A. Stuart has returned to Dallas from El! Paso. To an Asscciated Press re- porter he said: “There is very little talking to do this time. I will cay, however, that I have se- lected a battle ground for the Corbett- Fitzsimmons contest, and there are going to be no more legal complications. I have hung up a $20,000 purse, and if the fight is interfered with Corbett and Fitzsimmons can each take $10,000 apiece and walk off with it. In these hard times such an amount is worth riding out to El Paso on a Pullman for.” “Where is the battle ground located?” “That will not be announced,’* said Stuart, “until the morning of the fight; but you may say that {f all who wish to see it will be in El Paso on the morning of the fight, which will be announced later, they may have the opportunity without wearing the new off their shoes.” “Do you believe Corbett will fight?” “He cannot do otherwise. His friends throughout the country will not tolerate any surrender on his part. I do not antic- {pate any trouble, however, in getting his signature to the new articles of agreement. I have every reason to believe that the ar- rangements I have made will be satisfac- tory with him. I leave ina day or two for New York to see him.” 5 “If Corbett persists in his determination to retire, will you let Maher in as an oppo- nent to Fitzsimmons?” “The fight will be between Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons,” answered Stuart. “How about Fitzsimmons?” have already got his signature to the contract. There is no trouble about him.” j{anjheget up) his side bet?” “Yes.” GLYNN SUDDENLY QUIT. Had the Best of Bateman for Ten Rounds, but Was Beaten in the Next. Joe Bateman of this city and Johnny Glynn of Wilmington, Del., came together in the squared circle last night for the third time, and the Washington lad wiped out his two previous defeats and scored his first victory over his Wilmington competitor. It took eleven rounds to decide the contest, and at its conclusion Glynn appeared to be dead to the world. He had decidediy the best ot the fighting up to the tenth round, and ap- parently had Bateman at his mercy. Soon after the opening of the tenth round the situation changed altogether, and Glynn suddenly collapsed without any apparent reason, and seemed to be able to offer no de- fense whatever to the sledge-hammer blows that Bateman showered upon his head with right and left. He fell to the floor repeat- edly, and was finally counted out. Mr. Con- roy, manager for Griffo, was the referee, and had an easy thing of it. There were several features of the fight that were looked upon with suspicion, and at its unexpected termination it was boldly charged that Glynn had been paid to lie down in the interest of those who bet heavily on Bateman. The preliminary fight was between Bill Nally and Patsy O'Connor. It lasted only a few minutes, Nally completely smothering his antagonist in the first round and knock- ing him out.. Hugh Lyon challenged the winner of the Bateman-Glynn fight. Several impromptu scraps _ occurred around the ring. In one of these Pat Raedy knocked out Jack Daily with an unlooked- for uppercut on the point of the jaw. The contests were given at Steubner’s road house, near Highlands, Md., under the aus- pices of the Vendome Athletic Club. Nearly 500 persons were present. BOXING TOURNAMENT OFF. Action by the Boston Athletic Asso- elation. The big inter-city boxing tournament, which was to have come off in Boston next Jarvary, has been declared off by the Bos- ton Athletic Association. At this meeting it wa: proposed, as was the case last year, to put the best amateur boxers to be found in New England, in the various classes, against a team selected by the Chicago Athletic Association. The action of the committee is a recogni- tion of the precarious condition of boxing in Beston. In view of the fact that the police commissioners are opposed to all public boxing shows, and that the new legjslature is liable to enact more stringent la¥®s governing the public conduct of this sport, the B. A. A. governors have de- cided that though they might hold their tournament under the guest ticket system, it Is best to await developments before giv- ing any more tournaments. Foot Ball Notes. The Galaudet College and Canterbury Athletic Club teams will play at Kendall Green this afternoon. Capt. Watson is confident his team will put up the best showing against the Gailaudets any local team has made this season. According to him, the team that makes the best show- ing against Gallaudet will be the choice of the Cclumbias for the Thanksgiving day game. The Potomacs kept down the Gai- laudet team’s score to 6 points; the Ori- erts prevented them from scoring. The Gallaudet second defeated the Central High School second with two Gallaudet players Tuesday 10 to 0, Capt. Erd will be pleased to arrange for a game for Saturday with any of the junior teams, the Business High School preferred. The Canterbury Athletic Club’s foot ball eleven would like to meet the Potomacs and the Orients. Address Edward Lanning, marager, 52 I street northeast. The Friends’ Select Schvol team defeated the Menumentals Tuesday by a score of 14 to 0. The features of the game were the long end runs by Leich and the clever work of Frain at quarter. The Orient Reserve Foot Ball team would like to hear from any team averaging 125 pounds. Address T. Wildman, No. 510 B street northeast. Base Ball News and Comment. In the circuit court at St. Louis yesterday afternoon a jury gave President Chris Von der Ahe of the St. Louis Browns judgment for $2,704.50 against the National Base Ball Club of this city. The suit dates back to 1891. In the fight between the league and the American Association a number of the association managers agreed to support a club to divide patronage in Cincinnati. The club failed, und Von der Ahe called upon the other association club owners to make gcod their share of the losses. The Wagners denied Hability, but as the obligation was a debt of the Washington club, which the Wagrer brothers bought from Messrs. Scan- Jon, Bennett and others, the present owners of the club have been adjudged liable in St. Louis. pard from the New York peo- ple?” said ““Kid” Gleason yesterday in Bal- timore. “Yes, I got a telegram from’ Man- eager Irwin asking me to meet him. Did I do so? Not on your life! If he wants to sce me, he has got to come after me, and if he does find me and talks about signing a con- tract, I will just say, ‘I am not ready to sign just yet, so you had better go on about your business.’ They can’t ‘monkey’ with me, I tell you. If I don’t want to play in New York I won't pley there—that’s all there is about it. Capt, Buck Ewing believes that the Cin- cinnati team, with the addition of a first- class outtielder and a top-notch catcher, will be strong enough to take a good posi- tion very eariy in next season's race an) stay there to the end. In a conference be- tween the Reds’ Brush and Mr. Lloyd at the recent league meeting, Buck, when asked what the team needed, took pains to impress this fact on tho: the captain that if money would secure what captain and President | n charge of the finances of the club. | President Brush and Treasurer Lloyd told | he desired it would not be wanting. “Go and select your men, and do not stop at the price to get them,” was President brush's instruction. Sid Jack Doyle recently: “I am scheduled for Baltimore, but there will have to be several important steps taken before I'll agree to the transfer.” “To what do you allude?” “To the fines that were taken away from me early in the season. Freedman told me to go ahead and kick whenever I thought it was necessary and that he would ray all the fines. I thought he was a ian of his word, and'I was fined $250 for standing up for the rights of the team. George Davis and “Yale” Murphy wil! both swéar that they heard Freedman tell me that he would pay all my fines. In spite of this promise Frecdman waited until the last pay day. Then, when I went to get iny check, he laughed at me and told me there was noth- ing coming to me. I asked him how he made thet out. He told me that the $250 in fines had been taken out of my salary. When I naturally protested against his action as an outrage he threatened to have his big police- man throw me out. If he had been on the level do you think he would have waited until the last pay day to take fines out? Not cn your life. He would have taken them out as fast as they were assessed. He owes me the fines, and he'll have to settle before I go to Baltimore.” Yet Doyle is reported to have signed with Baltimore. Bubear Beat Hanlan. Bubear beat Hanlan in yesterday's two- mile boat race at Galveston, Texas. The Trace was very exciting. Hanlan fouled at the turning stakes twice. He recovered, however, and was beaten by only half a boat length. The race was over the same course as Tuesday, and was rowed in 8.20. Showalter Ties Lipschuts. The eighth game of the chess match be- tween J. W. Showalter and S. Lipschutz for the. American championship was played at Manhattan Chess Club, New York; yester- day, when the former opened the game, a queen's gambit declined. After forty-one moves Showalter won. Score of match: Lipschutz, 3; Showalter, 3. Defeat the Corcoran Cadets. The Light Infantry basket ball team de- feated the Corcoran Cadets last evening in the armory of the infantry by 4 to 2. Interclass Foot Ball. The classes of '98 and ’99, sophomores and freshmen, of Georgetown College met on the foot ball field yesterday afternoon. The Sophs. secured four touchdowns, goal being kicked once. The freshmen failed to score. Results: '98, 18; '99, 0. Another Class A Record. DENVER, Col., November 21.—Harry C. Clark rode a half mile unpaced in 59 sec- onds on the Denver Wheel Club track yes- terday, breaking Willie De Cardy’s rec- ord of 1.00, 2.05. The ride was made in a strong wind. This gives Clark all the class A unpaced records up to five miles. HENRY CLAY WAS RATTLED. But He Remembered a Quotation that Did Just as Well. From the Courier-Journal. In the early twenties of this century Mr. Clay was appotnted by the legislature of Kentucky a commissioner to Virginia to ask of that state that a commission be ap- pointed to make a definite lne,of demarca- tion between the two states. Upon his ar- rival in Richmond he was received with great courtesy by Its most distinguished citizens. He said that his profession, poli- ties and affairs of government had occupied his time so exclusively that he was aware of knowing little of polite literature, or the favorite publications of the day. This prompted him to ask an old friend whom ie knew to be a literary man to select some lines to Introduce when addressing the legislature, as a quotation expressive of bis feelings to the state of Virginia, as his birthplace. His friend suggested a stanza from Scott's “Lay of the Last Minstrel,” which he highly approved and memorized. The day appointed for his address found the galleries, halls and every available space crowded with eager, expectant audi- ters, and many beautiful women in bright attire gave brilllancy to the scene. He held the attenticn of his audience with entire success, until he came to the part where he meant to introduce the quotation. Then his memory failed him. The shock was appalling for a moment. He stocd rigid and pale before a thousand watchful eyes, in his mind only a blank, before him a turbulent sea of upturned faces. With a characteristic gesture he threw up his hands to his forehead, and in his most sonorous tones he recited the following words: Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! |} concluding his speech amid deafening ap- plause. Every one present had supposed that he was overcome by emotion, and none but the friend who had selected the quotation for him perceived the cause of his mo- mentary panic. 6 Spe A ee FOR LAND AND WATER. A Bicycle Invention Which a French- man Has Patented. From Hardware. Frenchmen of late have carried off the pelm in the line of inveatiye genius. They are far ahead of all competitors in the pro- duction of horseless vehicles, and their latest is a bicycle for use on land and water. The improvement has been patent- ed by a Frenchman living in New Orleans. “The wheels are preferably of copper, their side plates inclosing a large cen- tral air space. The rear wheel, forming the drive wheel, has cn its sides lateral blades to engage the water when the bicycle is so used, and its felloe is toothed to enable it to take hold of ice when the rubber tire, which is only designed for land use, Is re- moved. To hold the dicycle upright when used in water, side weights are connected by suitable balls to the wheel axles, but when the machine is used on land these weights are raised by chafns which pass through a tube depending from the frame bars, links of the chain engaging a stop or pin to hold the weights raised. The saddle of the machine is of a form designed to prevent the water from splashing up against the rider, and has at its rear end a lateral mud and water guard. ——____+e+____ PASSION FOR HORSES. A Princess Who Drove a Dangerous Team of Animals. From the Chicago Chrontcle. The heroine of a romance in real life has just died. This was Princess Victoria of Capua, daughter of the Lrother of the King of Naples. A very handsome woman of the Amazonian type, she lived alone for many years in her chateaus rear Lucca, her one hobby and object in life being the breaking in of wild horses. The peasants of the neigtborhcod used to call her Diana. She would drive a four-in-hand of half-broken arimals through the most rugged mountain passes with a resolution which astonished al! who met her. Equally strange is the stcry of her birth. Her mother was a beau- tiful Irish girl, who, having attracted the love of the heir presumptive to the throne of Naples, accepted his hard, but refused to live at court because his family denied her tke privileges of her rank. So the pair retired into obscurity and lived on the revenues of the prince’s estates. She had cnly two children—the princess, whose death is just announced, and a son, who became insane owing to hatred of women. So fixed was his delusion and so fierce did he beceme if 2 woman came near him, or was visible from the castle windows, that the walls had to be built up to an extraordi- nary height, thereby shutting out all view o” the outside world. see News comes from White Hall, a small Indiana town, of a bloody duel with knives Sunday between Samuel Neill and Thomas Williams for the affections of a young lady. Neill was fatally injured. —_—__+e+— Foot Bell as She is Played. From Truth. A scrimmage for the ball. TESTIMONY ‘ALL IN Direct Evidence in Olmstead Case is Finished. WITNESSES HEARD I REBUTTAL The Long-Drawn-Out Will Case Goes Ony FAMILY TESTIMONY Mr. John F. Olmstead, the sole beneficiary. under the contested will, resumed the stand this morning in the Olmstead will case, when Mr. R. Ross Perry continued the cross-examination interrupted by the ad- jour: ment of the court yesterday afternoon. When the trial was adjourned yesterday, Mr. Perry was questioning Mr. Olmstead as to the estrangement in the family, and Mr. Olmstead admitted that his wife suffered in- tensely because of the estrangement be- tween her and her mother and sister, but would not admit that the estrangement was the result of the filing by her of legal pro- ceedings against them in 1864. And when Mr. Perry asked him if Mrs, Olmstead’s pain was not due to the filing of the legal pro- ceedings, Mr. Olmstead’s counsel objected to the inquiry, and the objection was sus- tained. . Before proceeding this morning, Mr. Perry asked permission to question Mr. Olmstead as to the two alleged fraudulent transac- tions referred to yesterday, the equity cause of Curtis and Hilyer against Mr. Olmstead and others, and the case of Redding against them, for the purpose of impeaching the credibility of Mr. Olmstead as a witness. Counsel for Mr. Olmstead, as they did yes- terday, objected, on the ground that the inquiry would not be responsive to the dfrect examination and that it would be irrelevant and immaterial, and the cour: sustained the objection, Mr. Perry again noting an ex- ception. Another Exception. Upon Mr. Olmstead stating that after the reconciliation between him and his wife on one side and Mrs. Hutchinson and Mrs. Webb on the other, he desired the re-estab- Mshment of cordial feelings, Mr. Perry nsked him if it was not true that Mrs. Oimstead’s charges against her mother and sister had rever been withdrawn, and Mr. Perry also asked him if he could expect the re-estab- lishment of perfect cordiality with those charges remaining standing. Mr.Olmstead’s counsel objected to the inquiry, however, and again the court sustained them, Mr. Perry noting an exception. Mr. Olmstead admitted that when Mrs. Olmstead sold a house for $17,000 he invested the proceeds therefrom in various ways. The profits of the investments he collected, and he admitted that out of them he paid some of her bills. He was under the im- pression that she had a separate bank ac- count with Riggs & Co., but was not cer- tain. Explaining that he advised his wife against joining with her mother and stster in the sale of certain real estate, he stated that he did so because he believed that the froperty should be held for an advance in value; but admitted that he thought his wife was acting wisely in selling her own prop- erty—the house above referred to. Having stated that he knew all about the business of Mrs. Olmstead’s father, the late Hayward M. Hutchinson, and that he had most of Mr. Hutchinson's papers, Mr. Perry asked Mr. Olmstead if Mrs. Hutchinson was not compelled to sue for the recovery of those papers. His counsel objected, and the court ruled against Mr. Perry, the usual ex- ception being noted. i Admitting that he frequently used the word damn, which Mr. Perry remarked was not individually very $bjectionable, Mr. Olmstead denied that ho éver used it before his servants in speaking) of Mrs. Hutchin- son and Mrs. Webb. And in denying the statement of Dr. Z. T. 'Sotvers that when the physician told him the exclusion of his wife’s mother and_ sister ‘from the sick chamber would prejudice his (Olmstead’s) interests, he consented to their admission, Mr. Olmstead referred to Dr. Sowers’ state- ment as “rot.” Other Dentains. Xx Referring to the evening Mrs. Olmstead suffered the convulsion, Mr. Olmstead ad- mitted that the pair of horses he twice al- lowed her to drive earlier in the evening could trot between 2:20 and 2:25, and that they were very powerful horses. “Do you deny that Mrs. Olmstead. com- plained, in returning from the drive, that you hed driven so fast that you nearly killed Mr?” “Yes, I do.” “Now, is it not true that you alone drove that evening?” “No, it is not. Mrs. Olmstead herself twice asked to have the reins, and I told Dr. Sowers that evening that she had twice taken the reins that evening, and that I never saw the horses go faster.” “I have no doubt you told the doctor so,” remarked Mr. Perry, significantly. On his dirett examination Mr. Oimstead stated that the first time his wife ever spoke to him about making her will was about a week before she made it, but when Mr. Perry asked him if he had not spoken to her about it prior to. May 1, 1889 (the will being made the 6th of the following June), he said he was rather certain that he had not. He again declared that he never saw it, and was not aware of the contents of the will until after Mr. Mat- tingly had filed it for probate in the fol- lowing September, and he also declared that he had no conversation at any time with his wife as to the contents of the will. “But did you not give away some of your wife's effects before the probating of the wi? “I did not.” “Did you not give her sewing machine to Ella Nash, and some wearing apparel to Miss Lucy Corkhill before the probating of the will?” “I aid give them.” “and did you not send away boxes of clothing and other effects of Mrs. Ol stead’s before the probating of your wife's will, September 20 following?” “I cent away nothivg until after Mrs. Webb's letter to me of September 23, 188), and think that I disposed of none of Mrs. Olmstead’s effects until after that date.” Other Testimony. Mr. Howard 8. Nyman, the testimony of Mr. Olmstead being concluded, stated that he knew Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead very well, and considered them very devoted to each other, observing no indications of unhappi- ness on the part of Mrs. Olmstead. Mr. Davis then introduced in evidence the reccrd of the Probate Court, showing that the will was filed September 2, 1889; that it was probated the 20th of that month, and that notice of Mrs. Webb's futention to con- test it was not filed until:December 23, 1891. In Rebuttal. That concluded the testimony on behalf of Mr. Olmstead, his counsel reserving the right to call an absent''witness later on if necessary, and then in’ febuttal Mrs. Webb's counsel called M. Ly;Moudy to the witness stand. He stated that he is the superintendent of Rock’ Creek cemetery, where Hayward M. Hutthifson is buried, ard recalied a conversation’ between him and Mr. Olmstead relative 49 the vault in which Mr. Hutchinson was buried, the object of his testimony Being to contradict Mr. Olmstead ‘when he said that he and his wife krew nothing of the placing of Mr. Hutchinson’s body in the vault until after it had been done. * S Ella Nash having stated that she rode several times with Mrs. Olmstead, Martin, Mr. Olmstead’s ccachman, swore that she rede but once. The woman was then re- called to contradict Martin, but Mr. Olm- stead’s counsel centended that this could not be done, and the court sustained their contention, another exception resulting, of course. Mrs. Mary Downs was next called to con- tradict George Stevenson, Mr. Olmstead’s coachman, who had denied saying that he heard Mr. Olmstead say to his wife, “Now, do that, Katie. I want you to do it,” etc., referring to an alleged demand of Mr. Olm- | stead that his wife sign the bill of com- plaint filed against her mother and sister. Counsel for Mr. Olmstead objected, on the ground that the other side had failed to lay a foundation for the contradiction, and Tudge Bradley sustained the objection, Mrs. \Webb’s counsel excepting. Fa Witnesses. Mrs. Hutchinson, the mother of Mrs. Olm- stead and Mrs. ‘Vebb, was next cailed to the witness stand, but, upon the objection of Mr. Olmstead’s counsel, she was not ai- lcwed ‘to state that the charges contained in Mrs. Olmstead’s legal proceedings were not true. She was allowed to state, however, that she could not remember Mr. Olmstead Suggesting that she make a schedule or in- ventory of her husbard’s estate or of his referring to a check of $10,000 belonging to Mr. Hutchinson. Referring to the statement that Mrs. Olm- stead had been refused the key to the vault containing her father’s remains, Mrs. Hutchitison said there was but one key to it, which she had, and she had never re- fused to aliow Mrs. Olmstead to have it, she never having asked for it. Mrs. Webb, the next witness, stated that she told her sister, Mrs. Olmstead, that she could have the key to the vault upon asking her mother for it. Mrs. Webb denied the statement of Mr. Olmstead that his wife was never informed of the removal of her father’s hody to the vault, she stating that she telephoned to Mrs. Olmstead that the body was to be re- moved. She also denied Mr. Olmstead’s statement that he offered her certain ef- fects of his wife. She said it was true, though, that he offered her a certain mare owned by his wife. It was declined, how- ever, because she could not care for it. The examination of Mrs. Webb was then suspended, in order to allow Dr. Z. T. Sowers to be recalled to stew that Mr. Olmstead was wrong in saying that Mrs. Webb's father loved him. Counsel wished to have Dr. Sowers state a remark made by Mr. Hutchinson about Mr. Olmstead, but, upon the objection of the latter's counsel, Judge Bradley refused to allow Dr. Sowers’ answer, counsel for Mrs. Webb excepting. Mrs. Webb, resuming the stand, denied that Mr. Olmstead consulted her and her mother about his wife’s funeral. ———>+—_—_ NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE. An Article That Proved to Be Highly Original to the Readers. From the Boston Transcript. “Talk about newspaper enterprise,” said the young man with soiled cuffs and a briarwood pipe, “did I ever tell you about the. big thing we did on the Startler a year or two ago? No? Well, it was a great drive and well worth the telling. Our literary editor got an idea. Of course, it was of ng use to him; couldn't use ideas in his department, you know. So he gave it to the city editor. The idea was a novel one, as might have been expected from a man who spends the heft of his time reviewing the title page of fictional literature. It was to print a few chapters of the Bible under a scare head and with lots of cross lines. “Well, sir, we did It, and there was never probably such an excitement among our readers. It was brand new to nineteen- twentieths of them, and the way they be- sieged the office for copies and the way they bragged about the Startler’s enter- prise was a caution, I can tell you. Why, sir, we sold more than 3,000,000 copies of that day’s issue, and, even then, we were wholly unable to meet the demand. coo CAPTAIN CAVARLY'S WILL. Provision Made Therein for All Unex- pected Widows and Children. From the San Francisco Examiner. The will of the late John M. Cavarly was filed for probate yesterday. The veteran mariner left an estate valued at $100,000, in trust to the Union Trust Company for his children, Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Henzel and Julia F., Jennie D., John M., jr., and Frank Bolles Cavarly. witnessed by G. F. Bowman and Alexander Center. The income of the estate is to be divided among the children until the son, Frank B., now seventeen years of age, shall reach the age of thirty, when the estate is to be divided among them share and share alike. If any of the children begin action to contest the will, the legacy to such chil- dren is declared void. The captain was determined that no one should lay claim to his estate as his widow or his child other than the children he had named, and he took a leaf from the will of James G. Fair. “I do solemnly declare that I am not married,” he said in the will; ‘‘also that I i have no children other than the five named. | Nevertheless, I make the following provis- jon: I give and bequeath unto such person as shall be found, proved, and established to be my surviving wife or widow, whether the marriage be found to have taken place before or after the execution of this will. the sum of $20, and to each and every per- |-son who shall be found and established to be my child by birth, adoption, acknowledg- ment, or otherwise, before or after the exe- .eution of this will, $20. And I do hereby efit to make any further provision for any of the persons mentioned in this para- gray ee ee A $15,000 GRAVEL WALK. It Was Constructed by a_ Business Man from Rather Curious Material. From an Exchange. The gorgeous tales of oriental splendor tell of pathways strewn with gold dust, to be trodden by the sacred feet of royalty, and diamonds are the conventional paving material for the promenade of the princes in the fairy tales. It has been left to a St. Louis business man, says a correspondent, to construct a gravel walk, neither long nor strikingly beautiful, that is a modern, if comparative- ly humble, rival of these glistening high- ways of fiction and fable, for it represents $15,000 in hard cash. The manager of a St. Louis coffee com- pany Is the proud possesor of this unique walk. It is composed of several tons of Brazilian pebbles, that came to him in an ordinary business way during the last few years. This firm are heavy importers of Brazil- ian coffee. Before the berries are ready to be roasted for the market the sacks are opened and the contents carefully examin- ed for twigs, leaves and other impurities, the latter generally taking the shape of small pebbdles about the size of a coffee berry. These came with such regularity and in such quantiti2s that Jong ago the idea that they were accidentally in the sacks was abandoned, and the conclusion reluctantly reached that they were purposely placed in the bags to make weight.’ The daily discoveries of these Brazilian pebbles, which are paid for as coffee, will fill an or- dinary bucket. They are still added to the gravel path as they come in. ———__+-e-+__ ONE WAY TO ARRIVE IN PARIS, A Train Dashes Through a Window and Lands in the Street. From the Engineer of London. -The accident happened at the Gare Mont- parnasse, the Paris terminus of the Com- pagnie de l'Ouest. The lower part of the station on the street level is occupied as a restaurant, and all trains enter on the floor above. This particular train came into the station at half speed, smashed the buffer posts into splinters, crossed a broad plat- form, crashed through a window and fell into the street below. Not a person in the train was killed or even seriously injured, but a woman selling papers in the street was killed. - The train consisted of a locomotive, tender, postal car, three baggage cars and eleven passenger coaches. It left Granville on October 22 at 8:45 a.m., and was due in Paris at 3 p-m. A great deal of time was lost on the way, and on nearing Paris the train was twenty-five minutes late. ‘There were 120 passengers. On arriving at the Rue de Chateau the speed was about forty miles an hour. It is asserted that when the engineer tried to put on the brakes he found that they would not work. He then signaled for hand brakes. The speed dropped to about twenty-five miles an hour, and before the hand brakes could be jammed down the train dashed into the station. Studying Bird Migration. From the Springfield Republican. ‘A large land owner in Russia is making a study of the migratory habits of birds. To all those he can capture he attaches a note in Russian, German, French and Eng- lish, asking whoever may find or kill them to let him know the country to which they had flown. Not long ago he received a let- ter informing him that a certain crane bearing his address had been captured. It was Slatin Pasha into whose hands it had fallen, and he stated that he had been un- able to fulfill the request until after his re- lease from captivity. The will, which is dated in April last, is | LIVE DUCKS AS DECOYS. Harnessed and Anchored Near the Feed Troughs of the Flocks. From the Portland Oregonian. The carp having in mary places destroy- ed the wapatoes, widgeon weed, and other vegetable growths on which the wild ducks visiting this region were wont to feed and fatten, sportsmen are obliged, in order to secure any duck shooting, to furnish some- thing in the way of food which will induce the ducks to visit these lakes. It has been mentioned several times that parties who brought home big bags of ducks were “‘feed- ing,” that is, were scattering wheat-in the shoaler parts of these lakes for the ducks to feed on. Few probably have any idea to what an extent and in what a systematic manner this is carried out in some places. It must be borne in mind that the object is to feed the ducks, and not the carp, which are also fond of wheat, and of which there are now enough in the ponds, sloughs and lakes along the Columbia to eat up a ship- load of wheat in a short time. Some of these fish have already attained a weight of over twenty pounds, and have the appetite and capacity of a shoat. In one lake down the river, where there are arrangements for keeping the water at a desirable level all the time,wooden troughs are placed out in favorable positions in the water, the troughs being fastened to stakes driven in the mud, so that they are just below the surface and keep filled with water, while the carp carnot reach over in- to them, having no necks to speak of. A number of these troughs are ranged along each side of the lake, within good shooting distance of the shores, and are kept sup- plied with wheat. When the owners of the lake go down to shoot, they find ducks of all kinds ranged along these troughs feed- ing like fowls in a barnyard. They scare the ducks out, as usual, in order to shoot them as they come flying back, two or three, or half a dozen at a time. As soon as the ducks are gone, the hunters proceed to put out their decoys. These are no wooden, or tin, or inflated decoys, but genu- ime live mallards, and a whole flock of them at that. The drakes are anchored to stakes, under water, by a sort of harness, which goes over their rumps and ‘under their wings, and is fastened “below their chins” with a button. This enables the drakes to sail around and about, and to flap their wings and to squawk all they like. There are a number of ducks which belong to the drakes, and will not leave, but swim around them. This fleet of live decoys is placed midway between rows of troughs where the wild ducks feed, and wheat is put around them and they begin feeding. Then the hunters get into their blinds, among the tules on each side of the lake, which is not wide at this point, and the ducks driven out begin coming back after their breakfasts. ‘They know the good soaked wheat is there in the troughs, and they see the live decoys busy feeding and hear them gabbling, and there is one old duck among them which is a daisy, and sets up a great quacking whenever a duck flying comes in sight, so even the most cautious duck must be con- vinced that everything is lovely, and down they sail and bang goes a gun loaded with smokeless powder, and the drama of life is played out for that duck, or for half a dozen, if so many come in. Then the rest of the ducks keep coming in, and the shootjng goes on, and finally a big bag is made and the day’s sport is over. —__—_ + 0+ ____ A TRICK IN BASTLE. The Enemy Was Lend to Make a Charge by a Feigned Confusion. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. The enemy is making some movement in the strip of woods on our immediate front. We throw a few shells in that direction. We notice that we are receiving flattering attention from the rebel batteries. Cast- fron enough to make a junk man rich is Showered upon us. Two batteries now gallop out of the woods on our front, and commence to shell us. Bravely our men stand to their work. The supporting cavalry in our rear seem to be getting the worst of it. There must be at least twenty rebel guns playing on our six. A reserve battery of six twelve-pounders is sent to our aid. We ‘sandwich them among our pwn and soon their deafening rear encourages our men to renewed effort. The enemy’s battery on our front have ceased their fire, but those on the hill still ccntinue to pound us. Our glasses tell us why the guns opposite are silent. The pick- ets of another fence are coming out of the woods and presto, the fence is built. The pickets are tipped with glittering bayonets, and as it moves forward another fence is built in the rear, and behind the second ap- pears a third. That looks serious for us. Orders are quickly given to bring up the canister, lay it on- the ground beside the guns and cover it with small tarpaulins. Lieutenants and sergeants are called up and we instruct them to play a Yankee trick on our foes. The deadly fences with their glittering tips slowly advance. Boom, boom, thunder our guns, and we see the palings knocked and sometimes whole panels cut out, but the fence is quickiy repaired and on it sweeps with terrible earnestness, appar- ently little heeding our fire. They are with- in canister range, they halt and give us a sharp volley from their muskets. Now comes our Yankee trick. We are apparently thrown into confusion, our fire ceases, the men run from their guns and the officers and non-commissioned officers attempt to drive them to their posts. The horses are brought up, and just as we are about to attach the guns to the lim. bers the rebel yell comes from 3,000 throats, and, In the eagerness to capture us, their splendid formation is broken and they rush forward like a mob, every man for himself. This is just what we had planned. Davy, the little bugler, sitting on his horse beside us, his bugle held just in front of his nervously twitching lips, turns his eyes to- ward us for the word. A nod is given him and ta-ra-ra, the notes leap from his bugle, the apparently demoralized gunners leap to their guns, the black monsters leap back with the recoil from their double charges of canister, and death and destruction are sent sweeping into the ranks of the over cenfident mob. They don't seem to realize the situation, their front recoils, their rear presses forward. All are thrown into con- fusion and soon their flight takes place, leav- ing their dead and wounded. Our Yankee trick is successful. - +o ONE WAY OF HUNTING RABBITS. By the Ald of Sand Crabs and Lighted Candles. From the Jacksonville Times. “A. Gilbert is a good man to go hunting with. He knows a few little tricks that are valuable in replenishing the larder when all ordivary ways fail,” said C.’S. Beer- bewer to a group of sportsmen yesterday morning. “I went with him once, and came pretty near starving to death. The only thing we had to eat was crabs. Now, crabs ate good enough for a change, but they pall on your appetite when you are compelled to eat them as a steady diet. One night, while in my tent thinking of heme, fireside, friends, and conjuring up the menu of the Jacksonville free lunch ccunters, Gilbert came to my tent and sald: “What, weeping, old man? Don’t weep. I didn’t know you were that hungry. I have a last resort. It is sure to work. I have a way of catching rabbits that will not fail. The secret was imparted to me by an old hunter on his deathbed. I prom- ised never to use it unless in actual want. Ccme and we will try it” “what kind of meat are you going for?’ I asked. “SRabbits,’ he answered. ‘The rabbit, you know, shares the hole of the sand crab. Under this beach we tread on here are thousands of rabbits snugly sleeping in the homes of the sand crab.’ “Yes, said I, ‘but you can’t get them out,’ and I almost wept with disappoint- ment. “The only answer he gave me was the whistling of a tune from an opera. Finally Gilbert spied a sand crab. He caught him just as the crab was about to vanish down his hole. He caught another and another. Finally he had bagged a dozen. I was too weak to help him. ‘Then he sat down upon the beach and sawed a tallow candle into half-inch bits. He lighted a match, melted some of the tallow, and hberated the crab, which ske- dzedled for his hole, and into it he went. Mr. Gilbert spread a shrimp net over the hole. It got too hot down there for the 1s , for we could smell fur scorching. The rabbit made a bolt for the open ai and he was our meat. Altogether we ht an even ten. Gilbert is a great man. Great head SS Manager Short of the Commercial Bank at Sale, Victoria, recently shot his wife and two children and then killed himself with his revolver. The two children are dead and the condition of his wife is critical. ayer ayer 937 and 939 F St. N. W. FORMERLY The Monumental, Where does your money go fur: ther or give more elasticity than here? EXTRA Our millinery buyer has just succeeded in securing the entire stock of French Felt Hats from Nathan Rohr, Baltimore, the large millinery imperting house, at about fifty per cent less their actual value. The lot numbering 10 cases, arrived this morning, and expect them gone by tomorrow at the prices we have put on them. 1,000 Black and Colored French Felt Hats and Bonnets. Worth from $1.00 to $1.25. 50¢. FOR YOUR CHOICE. Immense purchase of Black Real Ostrich Half Plumes. Worth 75, 25C. Fancy Braids, difierent patterns, all colors. Worth 25c. At DC- A YARD. 1 lot Colored Ostrich Bands, Worth 75c. At IC. No. 40 Good Quality All-silk Satin and G. G. Ribbon, all shades. Worth 35c. At IQC. A YARD. Large variety of Black Underskirts at unusual low prices. Quilted Sateen Skirts, velvet band. Worth SISO 5554545555555 555 99: Lined Sateen Skirts, 5-inch ruffle, trimmed with 3 rows mohair braid. Worth $1.75.... S $1.25 All-wool Melton Skirts, wide ruffle, trimmed with braid. Worth $1.75.... $1. 19 Very Fine Black Sateen Skirts, with taf- - feta silk ruffle, yoke band $2.48 and extra wide. Worth “Special” sear PAB aS 5555 Friday & Saturday COAT SALE. THESE PRICES POSITIVELY FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY. BEING WE MAKE THIS LINE A SPECIALTY, WE SHOW ONLY THE LATEST AND NEWEST AT THE LOWEST PRICES. An assortment of Boucle Jackets, among them 1 and 2 of a size, rang- ing in price from $10.50 to $12.50, all new and latest effects. 98.49. A special lot of Persian Lamb, 2 button box front, inlaid pearl but- tons, lined throughout with satin Regular price, $18.00. $13.98. 1 lot of Rough Boucle Jackets, 2- button box front, very stylish. Worth $7-50. $= .98. 1 lot Fine Caterpillar Boucle Jack- ets, box front, ripple back, full sleeves, fully worth $14.50. $10.00. Mayer Bros. & Co., It 937 and 939 F St. N. W.