Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1895, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, "DECEMBER 16, 1895—SIXTEEN PAGES. ui “we will $10 Suits for were $15 and Mackintoshes, wi and $12.50. For cloth effects. Kersey Overcoat $15, fora... Better get i Clothiers, We shall also sell Men’s Fine English Magma Parker, Bridget & Co., _ Clothiers, Hers, 315 7th St. FOR 2 HOURS Tonight Onk sell Men’s $5. 50. $17.50. ~ TONIGHT Cloth ith capes. _ Usually sold at $10 ts, whigh were $10, $12 and n tonight as near will mean a good deal! eS 38 & $10 Suits -and the balance of the $6.75 lot At $5.50. Here is a Christmas present to you men. could not make such an offer during the day on account of being too busy. Tonight the store will be closed at 6 and reopened at 7:30 and from 7:30 to 9:30 we propose to give you your pick of $8 and We shall include a number of ‘‘odd” sizes of Biack Diagonal Cutaway Coats and Vests which The other Suits are Blue and — ppm Fancy Tweeds, Cassimeres,&c. 90.75 These are in navy blue and black English serge and fancy TONIGHT —we willalso self Men’s Black and Navy Blue We $8.50 0 as possible, as first choice Parker, Bridget & Co., fat 315 = St. aa oy mas canes & umbrellas. Canes of A: Congo Wood, Olive Waughee, &e.—probab of them in the city. Sterling Silver-trimm Has splendid Close-rolling brella with steel rod, dle equal to most Not an Umbrella ine for as | of U oP to-date hatter, 9 24d SPERM NRULY SHIRTS. Everybody ought be You can't b *° “unruly,”” ill-fitting shi 3-It will only cost pert cutter, Harry T. ~ AYER’S, 943 PA: clothes, It's a new idea. ts ehstrgd Elliott, <* rinte at4-10d Irish Oak, Laurel, ones, at $1.50 Ladtes® HAS. H. RUOFR, I ‘have type the exact duplicate of Engraving! ip! 506 1oth st. AA many shirts as s for Christmas. material to be most sensible of gift $1.50-—3 for $4.50— ood, Etched Laurel, ly ‘the largest line coceecee ee weceee d Cane for as low left NOW. low as $1. and a Gloria Sik Um- natural wood han- nr BRING US YOUR HUSBAND’S SHIRT And from it we'll make one, three, six or as iu like—and have them ready Vell guarantee St, finlsh and he very finest. Make the ” Prices—single shirt, om CrOrders to be filled for Xmas must be WELLS, SHemker. 141 Pa,Ave, he it’ is missing, Umbrefias convey watches whose © ser : 05 Pa. Ave. oF ul eke comfortable in his Send for him to rot I in “Emepgcicy® Cases We Send Our Ambulance @ While~ wearing an rts: Let vs make you F Ba or CHRI ASANGISTER coven $2,005; andl the:ex MENT Fou It's ten Miller, cuts then isfactory it never gets ener the ink esc tails to, Ho Pratatt <iNz last “an age. Any style gold” pen fitted. AVE. ‘pi ‘MENT LEN CO., at. edt in be seen on calling. *Phoue 1 Couldn't and grandma me or Spectacles. mut extra cha: McAllister EXAMINING OF 1311 F St., , Fa AO RS MONTIC Is the nvm ef one of this fam WHISKEY. del t-2 He’il Appreciate a pair of Susp: ——More than P. T. HALL, please give them a pair of Eyeglasses ;° ys-after giving—with- . Rich, Heavy j.|| FRANC & SON, }* °0-3nr,28 grandpa ¢ = ore—than tos = The Familiar Odor Such useful’ x gifts are the kind they'll ap- : From the Detroit Free Press. preciate. We've all kinds— frames and frameless: Prices j) |!" @ North Carolira Is I. : i) | when a woman s {| Start_at $r. $ | jacent and quietly asked: eZ. We exsoitnn the exes At the ets thet & Co., TANS, “It is crowd a Ta. ELLO fire. “Are Ts sure, while in bed. You z on this floor.” She " tion. Going down oes eatieas oned the clerk asic sO oe pant fire. He went to the elev: ended pa. av. | about t venty balls. ‘The —worran orders came up and said: ‘Come this way. has much of a start yet." We to snifé and snuff. Shere strong odor of something burning, clerk had enders went out and rappe ~ And you'll | eatlediay Be? wt Ktve the f okin on eve | noking Florid uders that’! What of ie ones fax $2; thin: Mi nd w time. Ma'am you SHINTMAKE g08 F St. lf You’ ‘ll Be A Benedict t us furrish the ca @ specialty wi are the 1 3 of € fine horses st Fire-proot |b ter’s sa Fa 1920 N si sd talbubla oe SEAR DUPONT ‘CIRCLE. jen. WALKER, Builder. 200 Perish the From the Roches Sue aieslabae aw Jobbing by ex- Irma ments, Sante Clans Residence, 2021 N. “Ganuy! Boxes, tee. Favors, Silk Mufflers, “Brocade— In Navy, Black and White. A Gift with some style about it. OS8c. CORNER TIM & D.- hich Marks the otel at hotel?” “And it won't do to start a panic. me say quietly to you that the hotel I have known it for did not want to create an excitement.’ you sure, ma’am?" I asked. 7 ihe smoke quietly down and tell the clerk, and I will knock on all the doors melled tobaceo?” can go Masks, ten minu » Tobacco. I had just reached the door of my room midnight epped cut of the room ad- Are there many people here tonight?” Let is on » but was wonderfully cool and collected, and I never thought of doubting her xsser- y the stairway, I teck- and told him of the tor wita me and to the third floor, where he found haif-dressed people in. the who had given me I don’t think the fire followed her to her room and began Was certainly a but the aken only one snuff when he on the next door. back to h obl ged to you for your sagac- but both were a Uttle too keen + Union and Advertiser. A man named Smith killed a man named Jones at Niagara Falls last night. | hope that is not the-heginning of a feud be- | tween the Smith and the Jones families. Let us your folks that as 's Wonder Store is nee A million pretty fancies in Scrap Book Fancy Paper, Candles and ‘per Dolls, Cornucoplas, Monkeys, Ant- de1d-2t* | Tschigorin are tied with one each. | became at once apparent. | conflict between these rivals. | Tight to the point, Steinitz se | opportunity to sacrifice SPORTS OF THE DAY Pillsbury Again Wins in the St. Petersburg Tourney. -———— SECOND SESSION OF THE CHESS EXPERTS Clearwater Becomes the Champion Pool Player. CURRENT NOTES OF INTEREST A St Petersburg special to the New York Tribune today says: At the rooms of the St. Petersburg Chess Club, on the Nunski Prospect, there gathered ancther large crowd of chess enthusiasts today to witness the second day's play in the first round of the chess contest between the quartet of masters assembled here. Expectations were rife as to who would meet this time and there were manifestations of general ex- citement when the announcement of the pairing showed the two winners of the first reund, Pillsbury and Tschigorin, to be pitted against each other. The Lasker- Stetnitz game failed to attract near as much attention as did the one between the Hastings chief prize-winners. It was a proud day for the youthful American, Pillsbury, for the one chess player for whom he has the greatest re- spect is Tschigorin, and him ke succeeded | in defeating in a four-knights game in only a twenty: ! The other game was Likewise quick ‘and decisive, Lasker posing of the ex-champion in thirty mo Pillsbury, therefore, leads with a score of two victories, while lasker Steinitz brings up the rear with two defeats against him. For the secon time so far, Pillsbury had command of the black forces and again did he have 1 P—K 4 played aguinsi him. He in turn made the same move, and Tschi- gorin then brought out his K—Kt and his tention to play his famous Evans gambit He doubtless looked forward with great relish to the possibility of analyzing across the board the well-known defense that Pillsbury adopted at Hastings. The Russian reckon- ed without his host, however, for the Brooklyn player knew too much to play into his opporent’s hands in that manner, and the latter promptly brought out his K —Kt, too. Tschigorin turned the contest into the four-knights game by playing out his Q—Kt, Pillsbury following suit. The opening was rapidly developed by both men, but Tschigorin seemed ill at ease, evi- dently disappointed by being prevented from indulging in his pet attack. As a re- sult, he got much the worse position after twenty moves, and then, conimitting a Munder which gave him a hopeless same, he resigned after twenty-five moves. Lasker again had the white pieces, and Steinitz was once more called upon to de- fend the Ruy Lopez, an opening which has formed the basis of more than one bitter “The ex-cham- pion resorted to the 3 P—Q R 3 variation. Lasker played strong and vigorously, and ingly being unable to obtain a satisfac Lasker pressed mercilessly found an piece and carried the day afte: thirty move muel Lasker, Henry N. Pillsbury, Wm. initz and M. L Tschigorin, who, with Dr ‘arrasch of Germany, form the great living quintet of chess masters, are attract- ing the eyes of the chess world to St. Peters- burg, where they are engaged in their great struggle. Three of them have gone from distant countries, Lasker from England, and Pills- bury. and Steimitz from America, to engage in the conflict for chess supremacy. The outcome of the two days’ play augurs well for the chances of the first prize coming back with Pillsbury. The Brooklyn lad, just twenty-three years of age, began the trying ordeal with a victory over the man who is called the world’s champion, in spite of the fact that Pillsbury won the Hastings tour- nmament last August. Friday's game was the first which Pillsbury has taken from Lasker in personal encounter. ‘The opinion prevails gener@My that Pills- bury and Tschigorin will be The two rivals for first honors, and that America and Rus- sia will have the hottest duel. A month's play wil) tell the tale. he score is as follows: Wi on. Lost. 20 Won.Lost. 0 Tschigorin ... 1 1 1 Steinitz ......0 COLLEGE CHESS. Pillsbury Lasker Harvard, Yale and Princeton to Be- gin Their Tourney Dece: The annual intercollegiate chess tourna- ment between Columbia, Harvard, Yale and Prinvefon will be played in New York from Thursday, December until Wednesday, January 1, inclusive. Each college will be represented by two players. ORIOLES FAVORITES. THE A Bookmaker Would Lay Only 2 to 1 Against Them, A bookmaker on being asked by O. P. Caylor, the base ball writer, for his opinion of th league clubs for next year, prepared a table, in which he gave odds as follows for first and second place: To win. Place. To win. Plac Baltimore. ‘<i Cleveland 41 71 225-1 121 2-1 Washington. 50-1 20-1 3-1 St. Louls....100-1 30-1 Clearwater Becomes Pool Champion. Wm. H. Clearwater of Ravenna, Ohio, won the world’s championship at pool play- ing at Syracuse, N. Y., Saturday night by deteating Jerome Keough, 125 to 123. If Keough had won the tournament it would have resulted in a tie between Keough, Clearwater and De Oro, the chances then being in favor of the latter winning. A Pittsburg paper offers to back Clear- water for $1,000 against all comers for the championship of the world. De Oro, the Cuban,had held the champion- ship for ‘some years, and Clearwater's suc- cess in the Syracuse tournament gives an- other werld’s championship in one of the finest games of skill to an American. Another International Meet. The London Athletic Club will shortly challenge the New York Athletic Club to a contest in London to take place in the sum- mer of 18%, J. B, Martin, president of the London Athletic Club, makes the announce- ment. The British athletes who were in America last summer say the hot weather made their trip disastrous, but they think they will do better next time. They say they were well treated in the United States. The London Athletic Club is correspond- ing with the universities for the purpose of securing the best material. ASSOCIATION FOOT BALL. The International and Scottish- American Clubs Play a Tie. The season for association foot ball is just beginning. The elevens of the Interna- tional A. C. of New York and the Scottish- American of Newark opened the series of ‘the National Association Foot Fall League yesterday at Cummun\paw, N. J. The re- sult was a tie, each being credited with a goal. In the first half, after the ball had been sent bounding about the field for fifteen minutes, it was accidentally kicked into the International's goal by Jones of that team. Had this not occurred the latter would un- doubtedly have scored a victory, as the vis- itors were unable to kick a goal. Just five minutes before the clps& of time Higgins worked up from center field with his fault- less style of dribbling, and subsequently kicked it between the Hprights for a goal. Ormonde as a Sire. Young W. O'B. McDpnough of California, whose advent on the turf jwas characterized by the plicky purchase of ‘the famous En- glish stallion Ormonde| fof $150,000, has had hard luck with his stalifon. The only colt fcal he had last season was out of one of the Palo Alto mares, the good’racer Getaway. A short time ago the colt died of inflamma- tion of the stomach. The colt was a finely built and promising youngster, and his Ceath is actually regretted by horsemen throughout the country as a personal loss, so anxious were they to see whether Or- monde would be a success in the stud. His only living offspring is a filly out of Fairy Rose, owned at Palo Alto. Dunn Sally foe Europe. Dunn, the famous professional golfer, who was the first one of note to come over to America from Scotland, saited for Europe on Saturday. He will go to Biarritz, the popular winter resort in the south of France, to take charge of the golf links there dur- ing the season. Dunn 1s highly thought of by the Biarritz winter residents who are golf enthusiasts, as he has been their green- keeper and instructor at the club for the past three winters, Will Kill Racing. Men of high standing in the western turf world predict that the continuance of the winter outlaw meeting at Sportsmen's Park, St. Louis, will inevitably result in legisla~ tion against racing in the state of Missouri. Wrestler MeLeod’s Challenge. Dan McLeod, the California wrestler, has issued a third challenge to “Farmer” Burns for the heavy-weight championship of the world, and any sum from $1,000 to $2,500 a side. McLeod says that if he wins from Burns he will give Evan Lewis, whom Burns defeated, a chance for the championship. Von der Abe Appoints Diddlebock. President Von der Ahe of the St. Louis Browns yesterday appointed Henry’ Diddle- bock of Philadelphia manager of his base hall team. Mr. Diddlebock is sporting ed- itor gf the Philadelphia Inquirer. +2 SNGED TO A DUEL. CHALLI Stuy Obtained In the Boatner-Hear- sey Proceedings. Congressman Charles J. Boatner of the filth Louisiana district is understood to have challenged Maj. Henry J. Hearsey, editor of the New Orleans Daily States, to fight a duel. The controversy began several weeks ago, when the New Orleans vening New which is controlled by Congressman Boat- ner, intimated that the Statzs had suppor ed Governor Murphy J. Foster for re-elec- tion in consideration of the city printing contract. ‘The States denounced the insinuation as a lie, and followed up the denunciation with several articles on the subject, to which the News replied, reiterating the charge in more definite language. Friday® evening the Staces contained an article’denouncing Mr. Boatner in unmeas- ured terms as a lar and a sedundrel, and | concluding with the statement that the edftor of the States “will accord kim the meeting vf a gen lemaa whenever he choo. es | to demand it.” ‘Mr, Boatner called upon his friends, Capt. L. D. MeLane, presilent-of the Monroe Na- tional Bank, and Col. A. W. Crandall of the Great Southern Telephone and Telegraph Company; they went to.see Maj. Hearsey at the office of the States Saturda named Col. E. H. Lombard of the Citi Bank of New Orleans, and J. v, a leading editorial writer of the Daily States, as his representatives: After numerous. confétences between the seconds of Congressimam ©. J.-Boatner and Maj. Hearsey, ut which no settlement: could be arrived at, the.following bulletin. was firally determined upony and issued last night: “We, the undersigned, representing Maj. H. J.’Hearsey on the‘one part, and Mr. C. J, Boatner on the other, in their pending differences, are pleased to announce’ that there is a stay in the proceedings for a n.eeting on the field, and that there are the most hopeful prospects of an amicable ad- justment. Appreciating. the deep interest manifested by the public in this matter, is the causes for this announcement. (Signed) “A. W. Crandall and L. D. Me- Lane for Mr. Boatner, “KE. H. Lombard and J. C. Aby for Mr, Hearsey. Caused by a Slight Collision Jarring Open the Locomotive Throtile. From the Philadelphia Record. A runaway locomotive with four freight ears dashed up the Philadelphia and Reading railroad from Wissahickon to Conshohocken recently, spreading conster- ration among the railroad hands all along the way, and narrowly escaping a catastro- phe of the most serious character. Shift- ing engine 231, in charge of Engineer John Dernbach, was drilling cars into the sid- ings above the Wissahickon station. Fear- ing the approach cf an up train Brakeman Dee; was sent toward Wissahickon with a flag, but before he had reached the sharp curve @ construction train,- with engine 432 attached, came along at rapid speed and erashed Into the slowly moving freight drill. Seeing that a collision was inevita- ble Engineer Dernbach and Fireman Hay- den jumped from the shifter to save their lives. The sudden jar opened the throttle of the shifter, and the engine started up the line, gaining in speed at every turn of the Wheels. Attached to the shifter were three coal cars and a box car. At Cedar street the rear truck of the box car jumped the track and ran on the ties to neav the deep cut at Robinson street, when the wheels regained the rails. Up through Manayunk the train dashed along at ex- press speed, the cars and engine swaying to and fro in such fashion that the spec- tators expected to see them topple over every minute. Flagmen, unconscious of retailing ability. silk, edges, Velvet $35. Genuine Imported Mon- tagnac, lined with best grade of Italian Cloth, linings, facings finished with pocket flaps and cuffs piped with silk velvet. collar. made coat in this country.’ Special price, 925. The work of leaders, Another broadside of special opportunities thrown across your path by our wonderful They are an impregnable barrier against every scheme that can be con- cocted to counteract them. No jugglery of words—or tricks of method—can surmount the para- pets of our true offerings. They are Sak’s greater bargains for greater busitiess! Regular price, Silk sleeve No better Regular price $20. Double - breasted Storm Coat. The new style Mun- ster. Made up in heavy Cheviot, Vicuna finish, and Rough Surface fabrics, lined with all-wool Cassimere. Silk across the shoulders and in the sleeves. Dressier than an ulster—and just as com- fortable. Special price, ‘$12.50. coats, fancy some of with silk. and silk anteed. Regular price, A lot of 300 strictly All- wool Blue Kersey Over- cut , able length—lined with Cassimere, Fit — color — quality — make — all — everything about these coats guar- Special price, 7.00. $10. the fashion- and them topped Velvet collar sleeve linings. Regular value, $8. Gray Fieze and Blue Chin- chilla Ulsters, lined with fan- cy wool, cut very long, big broad storm collar, ulster pockets. Warm as any ‘coat you could buy. The worth like it others ask $8 and $10 for. Special price, $5.00. All this week the $7 Suit Sale will continue. Its the chance to take the choice of $13.50, $12.50 and $10 Suits and Double Breasted Sack and 3 and 4-button Cutaway Frock Suits for $7. SAKS ANO COMPANY, Pennsylvania avenue and 7th street—Saks’ corner. Perens Setedecentet Secreted MAKING LITTLE-FOOT GIRLS. Expert Who Looks After the Feet of Female Chinese. From the New York Sun. There are about a dozen Chinese girls in Los Angeles who are undergoing the pro- c of having their feet molded into the, least possible compass, and there are over 200 who are going through the same ex- perience in their homes in San Francisco. The most experienced and best-known footbinder in California is a woman of over fifty years named Ming Jung. She has calls for her servdces in every fair-sized city on the Pacific coast from San Diego to Victoria, and makes her headquarters in San Francisco, where she is employed over half the time. Ming Jung is very rich. The assessors in San Francisco say she has an income of, fully $18,000 a year, and pays taxes on over $0,000 worth of property. Her own feet are two and a half inches long and a Kttle more than en inch wide, while the ankles are enormous. Miss Jung came down to Los from San Francisco the other day to be- gin the foot-binding process on several infants and to inspect the progress of similar work that she had started here. At the rude adobe home of Bo Sing, a well-to-do merchant in the Chinatown of Los Angcles, the neighbors and friends of the parents, to the number of sixty, squeezed into two small rooms to witness the great event of the Bo family. The child was lifted on the lap of her mother, who held her hands and body sull, while another womar held her left foot, leaving the right free for the foot binder to work on. ‘Taking from her capacious pocket a roll of tape about half an inch in width, the professional woman began her work. ‘Two @r three ‘turns were taken around the ball of the foot at the joint of the great toe, and after this bight or fastening had been fixed the tape was drawn close around the heel, which was pressed downward and forward toward the hollow of the foot be- neath the instep. The heel securely fastened, the tape was carried forward to the toes, which were neatly tucked under close to the foot and Angeles bound together and across the ends, ex- cept the general toe. This accomplished, a piece of cloth of peculiar texture, without a particle of give the ‘accident, waved their flags for the coming train, but stood aghast, with won- dering eyes, to see It dash past without an occupant in the cab. The telegravh was quickly ticking off a warning along the line, notifying all station agents to be on the lookout. At the Manayunk freight sid- ing Conductor McVey of. the regular freight had just run his train on the long siding, and was still holding thé switch lever when the runaway train dashed past him. “Had the wild train come along an instant before a bad smash-up woyldhave taken place.. Engineer Derntach and his fireman pick- ed themselves up from“the mud alongside the road and mounte¢ the engine of the con- struction train along:with Engineer-O’ Brien. ‘The engine was cut laoge, and with throttle wide open, started in pursuit of the run- away trein. The first signe of the runaway was had while rounding the sharp curves at Flat Rock. The jild shifter was then half a mile away and piffing for all {t was worth. At Spring Hill a few hundred yards separated the flyers. en steam began to get low in the runaway, and the lighter en- gine was able to overtdke the shifter and couple to it just as it was entering Con- shohocken. Then’ ft was quickly brought to a standstill. Pheparations had been made at Conshohocken to run the wild train on the Plymouth branch, with a blind switch open to recelve It a short distance above the station, Many narrow escapes were recorded by pedestrians and teamsters, who just man- aged to avoid being run down. ———__++___. Wife Must Support Her Husband. From the Cleveland (Ohio) News and Herald. According to a decision rendered in Jus- tice Brown's court, wives are legally re- sponsible for the support of their husbands and their families, providing the husbands are unable to support themselves .or thelr ilies. This decision of Justice Brown's ed great surprise to the legal fra- ternity, and was the cause of much com- ment and speculation. The attorneys ap- pear to be divided in their opinions as to whether the decision will hold in a higher court. to it, was bound tightly about the seams, being whipped over again and again and fastened with heavy thread; then the other foot was treated in thé same way and the babe was ready for its first pair of shoes. ‘They were pointed slippers with solid wooden soles and fitted the bandaged feet so closely that they had to be put on with some little force. Over this shoe a red bandage of webbing was wrapped. During this seemingly painful process the babe never shed a tear. Beyond strug- gling a little in protest against lying on its back so long, it appeared rather to enjoy the binding. Two sisters in the upstairs rooms of Vin Chung’s laundry, In Almeda street, were next taken in hand by the foot binders. One of the girls was seven years of age, and had undergone the operation since she was a few months old. The other was a year older. When the hard, unyielding shoes had been removed from the elder sister's feet the bandages were found to be loose. The feet had shriveled. Instead of growing with the body they had become smaller, until the shoes or coverings, almost as small as those put on the babe’s feet, were found io fit the feet of the eight-year-old irl. SNe dainty little maid ever watched with more concern and anxiety the plercing of her ears or the fitting of a new dress than did that Chinese child the applying of the bandages that had made her a cripple and a fine lady for life. The poorer Chinese, who are unable to afford little-foot wives themselves, not tn- frequently manage to make little-foot wo- men out of their daughters, born to them by the natural-foot wives. It ta a paying Investment, if the father lives long enough to sell or marry off his daughters, and, if he doesn't, he has conferred a mark of re- spectability upon them. Sas Its Quality. from the Detroit Tribune, Hero—“The plot thickens.” Villain (anxiously) — "De you suppose any- body can see through did you strike Mr. Murphy?” SPUILED A ROMANCE. New Version of the Story of the Ori- fin of “Hold the Fert.” From the Bostou Traveler, Nearly every person has read the story of how the well-known song, “Hold the Fort, for Tam Coming,” came to be written, and ypon whai incidents it was founded. Put now comes a, person who Is in position to know the facts, and who says these stories are all fakes, pure and simpla The story has been published, and it even appears in some of the song books as a footnote, that | the substance of the language contained in ; this famous song was used in signal com- | munications between Gens. Corse and Sher- man during the battle of Alatoona Pass. There is no doubt but that the song wa inspired by the accounts of that battle as published, but the denia! that is now made contradicts these circumstances and proves | conclusively that they never could ha taken place. According to these storie Charles and J. W. McKenzie, who resided for a number of years at Hampton, Ia., were members of the signal corps attaciied to Gen. Corse’s army, and it was the former who raised the famous signals to Gen. Sher- man. These brothers died a number of years ago from amption, and after their death it was extensively published that J. W. McKenzie, who was judge of the district court at the time of his death, was in com- mand of the signal station, and that during the thickest of the fight he was called upon to detail a person to signal Gen. Sherman on | Kenesaw mountain, a number of miles dis- | tant. Fearing that he would be considered | partial, he detailed his own brother for this dangerous task. The legend of the battle is that Mr. McKenzie stepped upon an ex- posed portion of the fort Petits gn man, from whom he receive “Hold the fort, for I am comin: McKenzie brothers played in the battle has passed into history and song, and ts almo: as familiar to the people as “Barbara Friet- chie” or “Sheridan's Ride.” But now comes Capt. John Q. Adams of the United States army, who is conducting a recruiting station at Des Moines, and say there is absolutely nothing to these storie: He was at the Loya! Legion meeting, Ceda Rapids, Ia., and, meeting a friend of the McKenzie brothers, related the part the sig- nal corps took in the battle of Allatoona Pass. Capt: Adams in command of the signal corp under Gen. Corse, He relates that on the day’ before the atta¢k the corps, con- sisting. of fourteen persons, was stationed on an eminence just side of the fortifica- tions. They observed the enemy making | movements which ‘Indicated that an attack | was likely to be made, and they so informed the station on Kenesaw mountain. He says | that during the day the members of the two Stations communicated with each other much | after the fashion that operators do when the lines are not in use.. None of those signal: were made by order of Gen. Corse or an other officer. The night before the attack | Was made the signal corps went inside the | works. The attack was made before day- | break, consequently there could have been | no communication between Sherman's arm prior to the first assault. Capt. Adam the first three assaults followed each other closely, and were of such a’ terrific nature | that no person would have thought of at- tempting to signal any person beyond the walls of the fort. More than that, the smoke gathered about in such quantities that sig- nals could not have been geen, even if dis- played. When the battle began Capt. Adams dismissed twelve of his men, in order that they might serve with the soldiers, retaining with him the two McKenzies, o+—____ Got a Rude Reply. From the Chicago Cimes-Herald. Some of our best wit comes through city judges in their examinations of prisoners. One day O'Rafferty was up before Judge Brady in New York for assaulting Patrick | Murphy, and this was the examination: “Mr. O'Rafferty,” said the judge, “why “Because Murphy would not give me a civil answer to a civil question, yer honor.” “What was the civil:question you asked him?” “I asked Him, as polite as yez plase, ‘Mur- phy, ain't your own brother the biggest | thafe on-Manhattan Island, excepting your- | self and your uncle, who is absent at the penitentiary in Sing Sing?’ ”” “And what rude answer did he give to | such a very civil question?” “He sald to me, ‘Ay course, prisint com- pany excepted;’ so I said, ‘Murphy, you're another,’ and sthruck him wid me fist.” A CHECK FOR NEARLY $25,000,000, How China Paid a War Indemnity to Japan, From the London Graphic. An unpretentious ceremony which took place at the Bank of England at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning affords striking evi- dence of the fact that London is the center of the monetiry world. Here were assem- Died represeniatives of China. and Japan, the former to hawd aver andthe Jatger to receive a check for £4,300,000 odd. the price of the evacuation of the Liao-Tong penin- sula by the Japanese troops within threa months of such payment, The uninitiated migat have anticipated that the transaction would take place in coin, and that the Japanese repicsentatives would take away their due in gold in a four-wheeled cab, Unfortunately, however, there are material ditheulties in the way of such a primitive proceeding. A million sovereigns weigh ) ounces troy, which may be rough- ly estimated as vetween seven and eight tons avoirdupois, so that, allowing a ton as a fair load, some thirty-five vans would have been required for the operation. The procedure adopted was therefore much easier. Mr. Horace G. Bowen,. the chief cashier of the Bank of England, was pres- ent with a check for £4,900,000, repre senting the gold which had been paid into the bank to China’s credit. This check he handed to China’s representative, who, with Es 8 handed it back to Japan’s representa- who handed it back to Mr. Bowen, lked to another. office and paid it to the credit of the Japanese government, where it will le until drawn against. tive, weeks + ago a ‘somewhat procedure was gone through wher paid {8,000,000 en-ucceunt of the £t: due to Japan as war indemnity, and thrice again, it is to be presumed, these gentle- men will mect at the bank and go through the same performance. Of the 100),000 which will thus have been placed to the credit of Japan at the Bank of England, at least £20,000,000 will, it is stated on good authority, be spent on dmaments, mainly warships, and of this amount a large pro- portion will go to British manufacturers. “IUs an ill wind, that blows nobody good.” ‘TELESCOPIC LENSES. Interesting Speculation to the Limit in Size in Object Glasses. From the Rochester at and Chronis The great len forty inches in clear aperture, for the Yerkes telescope, are now complete In the workshop of Alvan G Clark at Cambridgeport, Mass. An observatory, to be under the controt of Chicago University, has been equipped for the reception of the great telescope, nd it will soon be in use. The tube, which | is of steel and sixty-three feet long, was made in time for exhibition at Chicago dur- ing the Columbian exposition, aud is said to be equzl to all the demands for strength, rigidity and easy movement. The two lenses composing the objective are of the simplest form. One Is of crown and the other of flint glass, each being forty and a half inches in diameter, An inch and a alf is cut off in mounting, giving a clear The crown lense three-quarters of an inch three- aperture of forty inches. is double convex, thick at the edge and two and quarters of an inch thick at the ce ing well supported about the c! ence, this thickness gives sufficient ri although the weight is nearly two h pounds. The flint or negative lens fs plano- two inches thick on the edge and about an inch and a quarter in the c welghing 300 pounds. These lenses been tested for months by Mr. Clark, and local imperfections have been corrected In thesmost careful manner. The production of the rough disks of «lass was a labor of great difficulty, and the final success of the makers In Parls marks a great advance in the manufacture of optical glass. One of the disks was com- pleted and delivered at Cambridgeport long before the other was perfected, and it was necessary to await the production of both before the labor of grinding and polishing could be undertaken. It would not be surprising if a of f geht inches aperture structed within the next ten years and per- haps earlier. Of course, the possible sag- ging of the glass from its own weight may become perceptible in a glass of fifty inches. But the perfection of the forty-inch glass shows that the limit has not been reached, and no one can tell whether a properly pra- portioned glass of forty-eight inches will sag or not until the experiment be tried. dity,