Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1896, Page 22

rst bull fight of the season. All Madrid wes there. The sceng was daz- zling in its wealth of light and color. Cano- e deep blue sky, the jewels of the 3, the bright kerchiefs of the nen and the profusion of flowers, tered and grand la, Poorer w worn by hi glowed in the brilka The mult of voices, the rattling of fans, the con- stant movement, as with cries and gestures the spe 3 their dar feats, made a bewil roar which baiiles descripticn. Popular ex- eltenient grew as the Corrida proceeded. ‘The first three bulls were dispatched with- out any sual incident, and a fourth was about to be led into the arena. The roar of Voices si ied into a irging murmur, above which the creaking and groaning of the great door of the ganado as it pushed open for the as distinetly au- Gible. Then a breathless vast mult.tude, and a seufiling and tramp- ing was heard,which drew nearer and near- er till it became a steady thud of hoofs, and a huge biack bu! a ‘The spectators greeted him with a loud, inhuman yell; he tossed _his head proudly and pawed up the ground as he looked de flant’y around, lashing his glossy sides with his tail, A splendid creature, standing there alone, surrounded by his enemies. Then, with a haughty bellow, he lowered his head and charged the nearest picador. In a few minutes it become apparent that this bull was what fs called in Toro slang charges with ‘op=n contest of life and death for the toreros. Again and again he clezred th the toreros saving themselves by escaping behinz the eight-foot barrier which sur- rounds the bull ring, the wretched horses lying dead or dying on the blood-stained sand within. The plebeian portion of the audience were wrought to a state of frenzy: even the fine arena, ladies and gentlemen in the boxes threw aside their affectation of well-bred indif- ference, and, rising, leaned forward, wav- ing their handkerchiefs and fans. It was felt that some fatal accident must occur unless th> bu!l were soon killed. A foreign ce sitting beside the king grew ner- nd in a whisper begged him to give 1 for the animal to receive its But King Alfonzo hesitat- sion was ended by the ap- pearance of a torero who had not yet shown himself, and who now strolled for- card from one of the side entrances and Iked across the arena. A thrill went the whole assembly and every eye was tixed on nim. The climax of the bull fight had arrived. See oe ts apito, the first espada of Spain, was ut to pit himself against the best bull or many previous seasons. bull was in possession of the and was flinging his huge bulk rrier over which a flying d just ed. The wooden a ed and ro s he re- newed the attack again and a: If not a the animal ‘ht overthrow it and an accident fitting cos- s ith gold set- well-knit figure, Guapito went ¥ behind the bull and ed him by e infuriated beast turned brisk- ilani in surprise. The espada hip and waited. to which all the jous hubbub had been as nothing; the t which had been growing and from person to person in that mbly since the beginning of the ‘ turst forth and madness pos- eble old men caught in the ves double and stretch- ard the buil shrieked little children flung their in the air and screamed; ladies sent fans and bouquets, men their hat into the arena, meved by i impulse compelling them to som: . however ehsurd. he meantime, perfectly unmoved by “proar, Guapito was watching the bull, end gradually the noise died away and y eye was strained and every muscle ed, 23 the audience watched the trial skill between man me of bull-fig bull ad ng light © that, scmetimes w s horns were within with a tw void them by a h treated, boun: ating till the a a few inche on His hee “"s breadth, and nd on the creature's back, J past, vauit on and place himself again ‘Thes? and many other feais the audience showing their of the dangerous game by path. played, ation “Bravo! Guapito!” Tang out as one or oth- ed a momentary advantage. Suddenly a man who fell ‘as leaning over the barrier: wing the contest with concentrated at- erved to cry out and wave ited gesticulation. Guapito to him, and was walking card waiting for the bull to , therefore, unaware of the which the man t some unprecedente the broken end 0: “n left Tying among t sand of the are idado!”” shouted the man. ut as he called, the bull ck : ckward, put hi tacle, slipped, made a frantic endeavor vor hi and the next instant d aloft i flung, a shapeless heap, half across At that moment every soul in foot; the bull rushed on ck. But even as Guapito oped, two toreros had run out from be- i the barrier, first bir the nd now, acting together, flung his cloak over Guapito’s m, while the ether, swooping ome brizht-plumaged bird, Flunz a Shapeless Heap Half Across the Arena. bul and his helpless victim. The animal became confused, and letting his attention be diverted from his first object, he pursued the flying meteor across the arena; while he did so, two chulos rushed out and catch- ing up the senseless body of the espada, here him swiftly into a place of safety. bomaida pleat cesar : oe A great gasp of ‘relief went round the plaza and then a hum of many voices arcse, discussing, questfoning, exclaiming. ‘The afictonados rose in a body and went Lehind the scenes to inquire for the torero; an accident which would be a serious blow to these young gentlemen, just at the be- gluning of the season. An aficionado, I inay explain, ts the Spanish equivalent for a turf or racing man in England, only with the difference that the bull, not the horse, is the animal which affords, him sport. ‘A girl has fainted in the Velasco's pal- eo," said one of these young men to an- other. “Who is she? It 1s not good form to show feeling of that sort about a tore- “It is Manuela Velasco, Don Christobal's niece. She knows nothing of our usages, Baving been educated in England, where her father was secretary to our embassy @hey have no bull fights there, you know.’ ned with ex- | d and stood for a minute eyeing | Mo | was a brother, A ce fell on the } W48 @ brother, but he is de | | | | } n the horns of the brute | | tin; Wary Lovelt Ganeron Author f At a moorish Window’ tes, “Por Dios! What a country! I always thought those English were lying when they boasted of their civilization. But tell me more of this niece of Don Christobal’s, Paco. She is lovely. What a skin! What eyes! What——" “Stop, my good fellow; don't fall head over cars in love with her; she has a novio already. They say she is engaged to Ka- mon Sen Miguel. It is not yet publicly an- nounced, as there is a hitch somewhere, though what it is no one can make out, for Ramon is desperately in Icve with her.” “Fastidiosa! That is always the way with me. I am never soon enough in the field. Is that San Migucl in the back of the 0; that is Fausto, Don Christobal’s s te is also in love with his cousin and furiously jealous of Ramon. You see, I krow ail the family news, as Gloria Ve- Izsco !s my novia.” €3, yes, that is an old story. But Dona Manuela had better take care; it will not do to try any English flirting ways on our men here. They will not stand it, and we shall have some blooil-letting if she plays fast and looge with Spaniards. When does she return to London?” “Never. Her parents are dead, and she has come to lve with her uncle. She has no other near relatives. I believe there . . . While this conversation was going on, the girl in the Velasco's palco, or box, had recovered herself, and, turning from her aunt, who was offering salts and eau de cologne, she said to Fausto Velasco: “Go, i entreat. Ask how he is. He may be dead. Ah! how fearful! And she hid her face in her hands. Fausto was watching her intently. He Was a slicht young man, rather below the middie height, and dark even for a Span- jard; there was a stealthy, cat-like grace in his movements ani a’ curious veiled glance in his black eyes, unpleasantly sug- gestive of a tiger waiting a convenient mo- ment to make his spring. He laughed scornfully as Manuela spcke. «Dead! Not he! These fellows are made of gutta percha. Besid2s, if he were, what is it to you: : Manuela turned from déadly pale to crim- son. “You forget I am not used to your cruel sperts,“* she gasped. Gtoria, who ‘had been half listening, now turned. “Don't tease, Fausto. Go and ask. want to know, and so do you, whether any of Guapito’s bones are broken. He is not I “Go, I emtreat. Ask how he is.” killed, be sure, but he may be laid up for , and that would be a pity.”” figuel here to run er- 2" grumbled Fausto, however. Ramon hates bull_ fights,” Manuela, “and so do I.” “Yet you go to all, primit#mia. Why ts that?” asked Fausto, mockingly. “If you don't like them, why not stay away, as Ramon does?” Again Manuela colored, but she made no reply. is nov! murmured PART II. The evening after the bull fight was Dona Bianca Velasco's tertulia, or evening at home. That lady was reposing her ample form after the fatigues of the day in a rocking chair, awaiting her guests in a state of semi-somnolence. Gloria and Manuela were seated on low seats near the window, talking. Manuela’s face bore an expression of great sweetness, and at the same time a sadness, which might be accounted for by the fact that death had deprived her of her nearest relations, and she had come almost a stranger to her father's native land. ° She had been devotedly fond of her only brother, Rafael, a wild scapegrace, who, some years prev:ously, after getting into a more than ordinar‘ly serious scrape in Lon- don, joined the Carlists in the north of Spain, and had fallen in one of the name- less skirmishes wich were features in that unlucky war. The conversation of the girls was inter- rupted by the entrance of Fausto with Paco Ramirez. ‘What news of Guapito?” asked Gloria. “Good. He is bruised and shaken and one thigh is somewhat torn, but he will be well before the carnival,” replied Fausto. “This comes of having bull fights out of season. If the first bull fight of the sea- son had been on Easter day, as is natural and proper, this accident could never have happened,” said Paco. “It is the fault of that Italian prince; he desired particularly to see one and could not stay here any longer,” said Gloria. Let him be centent with novillos,” grumbled Paco, who, as an aficionado, re- sented anything not completely ‘en regle” in a bull fight. Ramon San Miguel now came in, and sit- down beside Manuela, spoke to her in a low vcice. “They tell me you nearly fainted at the corrida, Manuelita; I wish you would ze- fuse to witness that cruel sport.”” “My aunt and cousin go. I do not like to be singular,” said Manuela, with an air of confusion. “Alma mia! Everyone knows I never go to them, and in Spain a girl who is seen in public without her nevio is more singular than one who refuses to go to bull fights.”” “It is a terrible fascination—you cannot understand—you do not know—” faltered o, indeed, I do not know, I wish I did,” said Ramon, gravely. . . . . . . . As the Velasco's carriage turned into the Prado the first day of the carnival, a black velvet mask in-a plumed hat sprang lightly on the step. “Senoritas mias!" cried he, offering a box of bonbons to the girls. “I had almost given you up and gone off with the wife of the Japanese ambassador. What have you done with Paco, Gloria? And la Inglesita, where is her novio? Look how sad and silent she sits! Shall I fetch Ramon, Man- uela Manuela, who was not used to the boundless license allowed to masks in car- nival time in Spain, was rather taken aback; the squeaky voice close to her ear, the uncanny eyes glaring out of the eye holes in the mask half frightened her. Gloria, however, was quite in her element, and answered for her: : “Yes, yes, go and fetch our novios, since you are so ungallant as to desire their Presence.” —- “Not I,” replied the Black Mask, who had now opened the carriage door and seated himself on the edge of the seat beside Man- uela. “I am quite content to keep the two prettiest girls on the Paseo to myself. Ah! well aimed!" as Gloria, taking a handful of bon bons, threw them at a masked estudian- tina who-stood thrumming a guitar on the edge of the foot path. He immediately left off thrumming, slung his guitar cn his back, and ran after them. At the same moment a devil, all in scarlet, with a long tail, which he held in his hand and kept waving to and fro, climbed up the barouche from the back and sprawled in the hood, just behind Man- uela and Dona Banca, who occupted the front seat. They did not perceive him, but Gloria, sitting with her back to the Horses, did, and was about to exclaim, when he made an imperative sign of silence, and sho paused, not wishing to spoil sport if some fun were intended. In the meantime the estudiantina, in whom she-had recognized her novio Paco, overtook them, and, chat- tering with him, she forgot to pay any more attention to the devil. The Black Mask was lodking straight in Manuela’s face; she cast her eyes down and played with her fan; he Lent nearer and nearer; and as he did so the scarlet hood of the devil crept closer to them over the back of the carriage. Suddenly » trom the lips of the Black Mask came the words, spoken for her alone: “This evening at 8 behind the Zarauela theater, .as usual.’ Manuela started violently and turned toward the Black Mask with opening lips, but he sprang to the ground as soon as the words were out of his mouth and was lost in the crowd. At the same moment the scarlet devil slipped down behind the car- riage, and, dgdging in and out among tho horses’ heads, croased to the opposite side of the Prado, and a appeared. | A ‘ That evening Manvela stood in her room after dinner; over her head she had thrown a lace mantilla, the folds of which she held together in front with one hand; she was Ustening, but all was quiet in the house. The servants were at supper, Dona Bianca and Gloria, reclining, half asleep, in rock- “This evening at eight, behind the Zarzucla theater. ing chairs, were resting after the fatigues of the day. Fausto and her uncle had gone out to the cafe. The coast was clear; she left the room, sped along the corridor and found herself at the head of a little stair- case leading to the garden. The Velasco's house was an old one, ard behind it lay a large neglected garden, in which trees and shrubs, growing in tangled confusion, had, in some parts, almost blocked up the wind- ing footpaths. On three sides it was sur- rounded by the walls of hous: painted in fresco in the old Spanish fashion; on the fourth, a high wall separated it from the back Of the Zarzuela, or Opera Comique, from which scraps and strains of music floated, as the performance went on. ‘To- ward this end of the garden Manuela hur- tied, pushing aside the branches of the shrubs, which almost blocked up the ap- proach to an old door in the wall. It was evidently rarely used, for its bolts were rusty, and was so completely overgrown by greenery as to be quite unnoticeabie to any ene who was unaware of iis existen Manuela drew back the heavy bolts and went out. She found herself in a little plot of waste land, not more than a dozen yards square, lying between the back of the thea- ter and the garden wall. It led nowhere, end no windows looked on it; a more se- cluded spot for a secret mecting could not be imagined. A man was there already, Icaning against the wall, masked and wrap- ped in a cloak. As she appeared he turned toward her. It was the Black Mask of the carnival. He sprang forward, took both her hands in his, and, drawing her to him, embraced her. What they would have done ext can never be known, for round the angle of the theater appeared another man. Manuela started back, speechless, against the wall, @s she recognized Ramon San Miguel. Without casting a glance at her, he advanced straight on the Black Mask. “Draw, and defend yourself, if you do not wish to be killed like a doz,” he hissed be- tween his teeth, and from beneath the folds of his clcak flashed the poiut of a rapier. “Ramon, Ramon! Stop; let me spe But she was too late Before the were out of Manuela’s mouth t Mask had sprung back, and with mar’ quickness, by one turn of his left arm, had wrapped his cloak round it to act as guard, wb'le with the other he drew ja from his belt. One or two h the rapidity of Black Mask st; he onl: a but lightning, chance frm parry the thrusts of his enemy, Ramon sought his life biood. A’ few mo- merts and he sank to the ground, trans- fixed by the rapier of Sin Miguel, and Man- uela, with a piercing shriek, flung herself on the lifeless body. The black ms had fallen off. It v.as the Espada, Guapito! For sn instant San Miguel stood with hor- ror and grief painted on his face, looking at the prostrate form at his feet; then he turn- ed and fied from the scene as if pursued by a thousand demons. Mantela sprang to her feet and looked wildly arcund; a figure glided out from the corner of the theater, whence he had ap- parently vatched the fight, and stood be- fore her. “Fausto!” He was quivering from head to foot: a fiendish triumph gleamed in his flashing exes. She needed no words to reveal the truth to her. The tiger had sprung, his prey lay before them. “Maldito! It was you in your vile_jeal- ousy who brcught Ramon here. Know, A Few Moments and He Went to the Ground Transfixed. then, that you are the murderer of your cousin, of my unhappy brother Rafael.” Fausto turned deadly ‘pale. He saw his iabolical scheme of vengeance rec his own head; he staggered back the wall, end for a moment all s fore his yes. Manuela rushed past him in- to the garden, calling for help. For a mo- ment he was alone in the little waste space, with the kody of Rafael lying a £ from him. Close by lay the long navaja which had fallen from the torero’s nerve- less hand. He stooped and picked it up here was an escape from the fearful po: tion to which his curbless jeatoi ad brought him. He had just raised the weap- on to a level with his heart when a tall, dark figure appeared in the doorway lead- ing to the garden, and a deep voice cried: “Hold, impious boy. What is this? Blood! Murder! Is there not enough harm done already that you must seek to add another victim?” And a man dressed in the long black cas- sock and shovel hat of a priest advanced to Fausto and took the knife from his hand. It was Don Gregorio, the family chaplain, who, taking his evening walk in the gar- den, had been attracted by Manuela’s cries. He turned to the body and bent over it. “He is not dead. ‘Take his fect while I lift his head,” he said, impericusly. Fausto obeyed mechanically, and between them they bore the body into the garden. “Lay him here. I hear voices. Manuela is bringing help from the house,” said the priest. “Now come with me,” and, laying his hand on the young man’s shoulder with an action which, though gentle, was as firm as iron, he led him away. Fausto made no resistance. This unlooked-for ending to the sckeme of revenge which his jealous mad- ness had given birth to seemed to have crushed the life out of him. Three strong passions rule the Spanish breast—love, re- venge and religious zeal; of these, the two first had turned to venom in his blood, and he felt himself passive In the hands of the last. * Sipe ee) Ot Se mae Rafael Velasco recovered, but he never egain appeared in the bull ring of Madrid as Guapito, the Espada. The discovery of his kinship with Don Christobal ended his career as torero. That this would be the case he knew when he exacted a vow of secrecy from his sister so solemn that she dared not reveal the truth even to the ~man she loved. Now. however, that the secret had come out, by means of Fausto’s “treachery, an explanation took place be- tween the lovers, and what the jealous rival had hoped would forever separate Manuela and Ramon became the means of their unicn, The morning after the encounter between Rafael and Ramon Fausto set out on a journey with Don Gregorio. No one knew for certain what became of him, but in a Trappist monastery, high up among the Pyrenees, a monk, renowned for his auster- ities, was found, and the flashing eyes which gleamed through the covering which hid the face of Brother Antonio from the world forever were strangely like those of the Scarlet Devil of the carnival. (The end.) COLORED DOCTORS Facilities Provided fol. Medioal Sta- dents at Freedmgn's Hospital, GRADUATES! PRACTICA, EXPERIENCE Pure Training School for Nurses and Other Modern Devices. PROGRESSIVE ‘METHODS Some time next month, or the one follow- ing, the first graduation exercises of the training school for nurses attached to the Freedmen’s Hospital will be held. Upon that “occasion it is expected that not less than twenty members of the school will receive ‘diplomas. The school was estab- {shed in Qctober, 1804, by Dr. Daniel H. Williams, the gurgeon-in-chief of the ho pital, who recognized the fact that the phy- sician must depend almost as much upon the nurse as upon his medicines. He had in mind the advancement of the young people of his cwn race by opening to the many capable young colored women graduated yearly from the public schools of the District, and against many of whom nearly every avenue of lucrative empioy- ment is closed, a new industrial opportu- nity. At present the school has forty young women in training, and a more intelligent and brighter and prepossessing number it would be difficult to find. ‘The superintend- ent of the school is Miss Sarah C. Ebersole, a graduate of the Illinois Training School for Nurses, and to her ig largely due the complete success which so far has attend- ed _this institution. When Dr. Williams assumed charge of the hospital, he discovered that there was no ambulance service. Convinced that such a modern convenie! jeyed by every modern h by one situated in a city Washington, where so many emerg cases arise, he determined at or tablish such a service. © were no funds for such a purpose, but the doctor found an old grocery wagon and borrowed a horse and light harness, and soon had in service a simple but effective ambulance. ‘Then, by saving funds kere and there, he shortly afterward had a sufficient amount to purchase a modernly cquipped ambu- lance, and since Juiy last, when it was first placed in use, it has been of great v it has answered, day and night, from fifty to sixty-five emergency calls a month. In connection with the ambulance service, im- proved facilities for giving prompt atten- tion to all emergency cases have been completed, a special ward having been ted up, and a special detail of internes and nurses having been made for affording ini- mediate relief to those cases, and in two ininutes from the time of the arrival of the ambul at the hospital e hing ts in read for the treatment of the patient. System of Internes. Another important and valuable feature of hospital work established by Dr. Wil- liams is a system of internes, a corps of young graduates from various medical schools, to assist in the work ef the insti- tution. These young rien are given tem- residence within the hospital, and | -d to duties in ail the many wards of the hospital and in every branch of its profe ional werk. In this wa there is a mutual benefit, the ho: is relieved of the ne on its pay rolls a sarge number of yn cen give but a smail part of th the regular work of the ho ‘oung graduates get the bi eticing physicians, who i to fit of a va apg the line of this way offers ates an oppor- 1 to be given medical grad for advancement tunity them by but one other hospital in this ju try, Provideat Hospital, Chicago. ‘The s tem here has proven a great succes: it is the intention of Dr. Williams t point annually, through competitive exa inations, as many internes as possible, t appointment to be for one year, and to car with it a small allowance for personal ex- penses. is Origin of the Hospital, It was during the rs of the war that this hospital was established, as an asylum in many ways for the very large number of negroes fleeing from the south- ern states. Sickness and disease naturally prevailed among them, and the hospital be- came an absolute necessity. First located | ion of the city known as Le} it was removed to its present | At first its facilities for car- pital work were ex ngly ise of the slight assistance aifcrded by Congress. But the demands upon it increased rapid- ly, and gradualiy its means were enlarged and its facilities improved. When the hospital was originally shed it was presided over by a whi i assisted by a corps of white It is extremely doubtful if even ently educated and skilled negro physician could then have been found. But Droit Pan site in 1s tod. and as has been the e for several years past, a negro presides over the in- stitution as surgeon-in-chief. Not only that, but many of his assistants have been and are negroes of ed d and accom- plished skill, their assoc the coriduct } of the hospital being white ph unusual skill, learning and standing. The Surgeon-in-Chief. The present surgeon-in-chief of the hos- pital is Daniel H. Williams, who was born at Hollidaysburgh, Pa., Ja He attended the Janesville (Wis. Schoel,graduating from the Classical Acad- emy there in 1878 Two years later he commenced the study of medicine there under Surgeon Gereral Eenry Palmer. He attended three cour of lectures at the us of Chicago Medical Schcol, from which he graduated Mareh 28, 3885, being forced to rely on his own exertions for his profes- sional education. He located permanent] in Chicago, and from iSst to I geon to the South Side Dispensary From 1890 to 183 he was s Provident Hospital, and was appointed sur- geon-in-chief of Freedman’s Hospital the Secretary of the Interior February 18, 1894. Dr. Williams is a member of the | then ¢ Smith, M. D.; gynecologist, J. ‘Taber John- son, M. D. Attending staff—Physicians, John Brack- ett, M. D.; G. N. Perry, M. D.; 5, R. Watts, M. D.j ‘Thomas Martin, M. D.; Louis P. Smith, M. D, Surgeons, Daniel H. Will- fams, M.D. Sut geon-in-chlot; H. A. Bal- loch, M. D.; Grabam, M. D.° Obstet- rlolans, John R. Francis,’ M. Diy HI King, MM, D. Gyneoologisis, #. J. Shadd, M, } Julia R. Hall, M. D. Dermatol- ogists and genitor-urinary diseases, Robert Reyburn, M. D. Ophthalmologist and otol- ogist, E. Oliver Bolt, M. D, Bacteriologigt, W. W. Alleger, M.D. ‘Pathologists, D. 5. Lamb, M. D.; J. M. Lanib, M. D, House staff—Deniel H. Williams, M. D:, surgeon-:n-chief. Internes—Jackson 3B, Shepard, M. William A. Warfteld, M. D.; James C. win, M. D.; Henry W. Furniss, M. Charles I. West, D. Superintendent ot training school for nurses, Miss Sarah C. Hbersole. Pharmacist, Robert ‘Tylor, Phar. D. Matron, Mrs. Mary J. Brown.’ Clerk, George W. Johns A WAR STORY. Lived After n Handkerchief Was Drawn Through His Body. From the Chicago Times-Herald. “They are flanking the brigade and charg- ing the battery.” The words were uttered by an officer who had suthcienUy recovered trom the stun: is a gunshot wound had given him to raise head and reply to the salutation of brigade commander. 1t tovk piace on the feid of Antietam, early in the day, and the man who spoke was Edward 8. Bragg, then dieulenant colonel commanuing a reg.me A buiiet had struck hus arm, inilcung a painful wound, paralyzing 1t. den. Jokn Gibbon, the vr ri¢ ie commander, RE rapidly lo give Wreclions to the battery wnen he saw Col. bragg litt up ms head, “Old man, are you hurt? You are very white,” said Gibbon, “No! ‘hey are flanking the brigade and 5 onc of those occasions when a lieu- tenant colonel presumed to give directions to his general, In a few minutes the colonel was able to walk to the field hospital. Surgeon Bartlett and Grags had otten bantered each other. When isartlett saw the cclonel he said: * you have come to see me; haye been expe: ing all the morning to be called upon to am- butale your head. What is the muiter, col- don’t know. If I did I wouldn't come 1 want to find out.” Where were you hi n the arm. Can't you see?” is it broken?” you are paid to tell me whether it is Lroken. Whe doctor took the limp, helpi arm, felt of it Rurriedly, a) if any other man in the army had been hi as you were he would have had a broken arm, but your arm isn’t broken. “Thank you. Tie this handkerchief around my neck and hitch it to my hurt arm, doc- to What are you going to do? “fam going back to the r “Better let me dress your wound firs “Never mind the wound; you can that tomorrow, plucky little rior, wh han earned all of his ranks from private to brigadier, rejoined his fight- ing and dreadfully decimated regiment. On the way back the colonel saw a man cf his old company. “Hello, Nick. What's the matter? “I am shot, colonel;-I’m going to die.” “No, Gaffney, you a Let me see your woun The boy pointed to a blue spot on breast. “You're all right, chicken.” The: the colonel put his hand over the wounc and said: “Take a long bri long breath, but it hu: knife, and the colonel’s hand was covered with bicod. The shot had struck him in the stand gone clear through. telling of the incident years afterward, . Bragg said: “I told the poor fellow he Was all right, but i didn’t believe it. I "t see then how a fellow shot through not going to di h.” Poor Nick took a him like the cut of a nd apparently mn drew a silk a handkerchief through his body soon after he surge he went to the hospital. It makes you shudder, doesn’t i It made poor Nick Galfney wi no sound. Col. Brag bs regiment the balance of the day, but when the battle was over the reaction came and he had to give — CRUELTY “Nicking, ing,” is “Nicking” horses was described by the Witness in @ case heard before the Wake- field magistrates @s a “matter of fashion,” but it appears to be something more than that—at least to the horses. Nicking process supplemental to what is known as “docking,” and is intended to cause horses’ tails, or rather the stumps thereof which re- main after docking, to “stand out, smart, erect and perky enough to make them look ionable.”” In tre case in question four animals were stated to have been cast on straw while one of the defendants made four large wounds ons in the muscles under the tail of The animals were then placed in each. stalls padded on cach side with bags or sacks of straw to prevent them from lying down, while their tails were plaited with straw, and a rope attached to this was car: ried up to the ceiling and passed over a pul- ley. A three or four pound weight was pended from the other end of the rope, With the object of holding the tails of the horses erect and perpendicular. Further it ar d that the horse e to be kept in this position for three weeks but, fortunately for them, the ety fo the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals heard One witness deciared that ses that have been nick- 1 in one week On the ed have been kno’ almost to the size of their bodies. question of crueity, experts were, called upon both sides; but the V magistrates found the defendants guilty, nd inflicted in each case a fine of £6, with 7 1s, Gd. in the shape of cost: yn to sw Only Feir. From the Cincinnati Enquirer, Mrs. Weatherwax—“I dcn’t see where all the money comes from for these wars they Weatherwax—“I don’t know m but seems to me that the map pub! porter rut up some of it, anyway.” = sen Did Her Best. From Pack, Mrs. Hiram Daly (engaging cook)—“How are you on fancy dishes?” American Medical Association, of the I- linois State Medical Soviety, of the Chicago Medical Soci3*y, and of the Ninth Interna- tional Medical ‘Congress. He was also a member of the Illinois state board of health from 1889 to isd cause of sick- ness, Dr, Williams did not assume personal charge of Freedman’s Hospital until Sep- tember, 1894, but he at ‘once adopted the policy ‘of progress and improvement pur- sued by his predevessor}'Dr. C. B. Purvis. Only Modern, The practice of surgery under Dr. W llams’ administration has made rapid strides at the hospital,,and every Sunday afternoon, in the finely equipped amphi- theater of the hospital, the most difficult of operations are perfortned in the pres- ence of physicians and students. Then there is another operating room, as fine! equipped and even better lighted, where abdominal surgery only is done. Formerly, the patients were required to be carried to the operating room through the open air, but Dr. Williams has built a covered area- way, thrcugh which the paiicnis are wheel- ed on modern carriages, Of course, only modern methods are employed in the hos- pital, and under the improvements made by Dr. Williams the mortality has been re- duced during the past two years from fif- teen to twenty per cent. The average num- ber of patients in the hospital is about 250 the year round, and about one-third of them are white, a statement which no doubt will surprise those persons who imagine that only colored people are treat- ed at the hospital. Of course, as is the case with all modern hospitals, both in- door and outside patients are treated; 9,332 patients were treated at the hospital during the year ending June 30, 1895. Unfortunately, the different wards of the hospital are located in rude frame buildings, and the patients’ lives are thereby con- stantly endangered by fire. It is the hope of Dr. Williams and his staff that Congress will make provision for the erection of sub- stantial brick fire-proof buildings. The fojlowing comprise the hospital staff: Consulting staff—Physiclan, Thomas B. Hood, M. D.; obstetrician, Thomas C. Bridget Brittleware—“‘Just as a'sy as Oi can be, mum. But the plaguey things will break sometimes.” tee saree A Roentgen Romeo. From the Sketch. “Wherefore art thou Romeo?” ‘| completely GRATEFUL CITIZENS Military Heroes Who Have Been Remembered by the People. HOMES FOR THEIR FAMILIES The Houses Presented to Generals Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. Le as TO REWARD GENERAL MILES __ Republics may be ungrateful, but the seme cannot truthfully be said of their cit- fzens. When the rebellion was eventually suppressed, the entire Union arose in a spontaneous outburst of gratitude to the soldiers who had contriputed to that re- stlt. Grant, Sherman and Sheridan were the military heroes of the time, and the people thought nothing too good for them. Soon after the surrender of the confed te forces at Appomaitox, in April, 15% en. Grant, then communder-in-chief of the army, established his headquarters at Washington, and took up his residence in Douglass row, on the worth side of I strect between 2d and 3d strects, at that time a much more Yashicnable quarter of the city than it is at present. The house was formerly the residence of the distinguished gentleman after whom the row was named. Tt w. arge, square brick structure, and at that period was one cf the finest dwell- ing houses in the city. During the war ic was used as a government hospital, and was Known as the Douglass Hosp.tal. It was presented to Gen. G t in fee simpte, completely and elegantly furnished throughout by a number of public-spirited lizens, chief among whom was M. Stewart, at that time the dry goods’ king of New York, who quickly raised the sum of $100,440 by popular subscription to make the purchase and provide the necessary eutfit. Gen. Grant d his family occupied this house from 1865 until his inauguration as President in March, 1860, made it nece! y for them to change their place of re: lence to the White House. Bought for Gen, Sherman. Gen. Sherman then succeeded to the com- mand of the army, and it became neces- saty for him to take up his residence here. The occasion was improved by his grateful countrymen to do for him as they had done for Gen. Grant. A popular subscrip- tion was opened to buy him a home. A sum aggregating nearly $100,000 was raised in a few we some of the largest con- tributions coming from those who had pre- usly subscribed to the Grant fund. A ommittee was appointed to felect a resi- dence, and they unan‘mously agreed upon the property that had been previously deeded to Gen. Grant. Overtures were made for its purchase from Gen. Grant at = his own luaton. He fixed a price en- factary to the committee, and n was closed without unnece . The purchase included ever; s about the premises, with the excep- ne library, consisting of several d valuable works, which had been ted to Gen. Grant by the citizens of Boston. house was too large for the fam‘ly Sherman, and he had it remodeied into two dwellings, one of which he occu- d himself and the other of which he rented to his personal friend, Gen. Giles Smith. Sherman made this house his home for pout three years. During this u a serious difference of op'nion arose between himself and Gen. Belknap, Secre- ary of War, as to his rights and duties as comp a chief of the army, the result of which was the transfer of the head- quarters of the army to St. Louis A St. Louis Home. The residents of that city had great ad- miration for the hero of the march to the , they signalized his advent among them by presenting him with a fine res: dence on Garrison avenue, in the best part of the ciiy. His residence in Washington was purchased at that time by its present occupant, ex-Mayor Matthew G. Emery. Not long after his incumbency of the office of President, Gen. Grant was present- ed with an elegant cottage at Long Branch, ot far from the coitage at Eiberon, wher lent Garfield died several yea: is property was also the gift of citizens, most of them residents of Philadelphia. nd Mr. Drexel, the pal contributors to Gen, Sheridan's Home, Gen. Sheridan's former home in Washing- ton is cne of the landmarks of the city. It stands on a terrace on the north side of Rhode Island averue at the corner of 17th street. He took possession of it with his charming family when he came here to as- sure command of the army, on the retire- ment of Gen. Sherman, November 1, 1883, upied it continuously until just be- s death, in Aug Isss. It is a ouse of comparatively modern con- and was previously owned and Aldis. It was pur- a Sheridan by twenty-four of cago, each of whom subscribed $2,000 for the pur- pcse. ‘The chief promoters of the -move- ment were Mes Samuel Johnson, Ansor ager, George Sturgis, J. K. Fisher, E. Phelps and George M. Pullman. ' The ented to Gen. hi: : me here prior to Gen. Sheridan's arrival and secured a non the house from Judge Aldis on a $45,000 basis. Returning to Chieago th y leported what they had dere, nd the amount necessary was raised in a single day, with an excess of $1,000) for incidentals. he bargain was clinched, and when Gen. Sheridan reported in this city for duty, he was hanued a deed to the preperty made out in me. He was ken aback, the entire een conducted quietly and and it was some e he was able to make suitable dzments. as History shows that popular recognition of great milita S ices has usually mani- fested i n the donation of places of residence. athfield” Ww: Duke of Wellington, and “R Duke of Marl! ecount of their reat military and the ex- ample seems to have been tollowed in this Witi® this improtant difference, The special gifts to the British ‘oes were made by act of parliament, while these awarded to the three military heroes of the war of the rebellion were the voluntary contributions of the citizens of the republic. The popular movements which resulted in the gifts of residences to Gen- evals Grant, Sherman and Sheridan had their inspiration in the fact that they had staked all their interests in the preservation of the Union, and were individually too poor at the close of the great struggle to pur- chase homes for their families. Gen. Hancock's Widow Cared For. Another instance of this kind of popular recognition of the services of another hero of the war is afforded in the case of Gen, Hancock. He left his widow in compara- tively peor circumstances, and no sooner was this fact known than his friends quiet- ly raised a fund and purchased for her a fine piece of improved property oa R street, at the corner of “Ist street, in this cit: thereby enabling her to p: her last day in ease and comfort, and without worry for the future. Since her death, a few yea ago, this house has been successively oc cupied by Assistant Secretary Doe of the War Depgrtment and other tenants. The Movement for Gen. Miles. | The revival of these reminiscences is oc casioned by the pending movement for tl donation of a residence in this city.to Gen. Nelson A. Miles, the present commander- in-chief of the army, in recognition of the services he has rendered his country. This | movement originated with the Nationa! So- | clety of New England Women, and is said | to have met with popular faver in th section of the country. ‘The society name: has gone about the work in earnest, and has appointed a committee, with | Mr: Helen Joslin Tansley at its head, t6 solic: subscriptions. The plen of raising a pop- ular fund for the benefit of Gen. Miles is said to have had its inception in the fact that he spent all the money he had in the world and what he could borrow from friends to organize a volunteer compan: for the defense of the Unicn at the v. outbreak of the war. For the equipment of this company he paid out his entire sav ings of $1,000, and $2,000 more which he s donated to the nheim” to the Gladness Comes Wiha better understanding of the transient nature of the many physe. ical ills, which vanish before proper cfs forts—gentle efforts—pleasant eftorts— rightly directed. There is comfort im the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any act dige ease, but simply to a constipated condf> tion of the system, which the pleasant ative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- That is why it is the onl remedy with millionsof families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all alue good health. Its beneficial eifects are duce to the fact, that itis ihe one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its be: ficial effects, to note when ‘chase, that. you have the cle, which is manufactur by U fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the erjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual discase, one may be commended to the most siciliful physicians, but if in need of a la S one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most :;eneral satisfaction. al World's Beir! HIGNEST awanp. INIPERIAL, GRANUL, The STANDARD and BEST prepared iF OOD Prescribed by physicians. Relied on in hospitals. Depended on by nurses. Indorsed by the press. Always wins hosts otf friends wherever its supe< rior merits become known. It is the safest food for convalescents! Is pure and unsweetened and can be retained by ihe weakest stomach. Sold by DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE! myi8-s John Carle & Sons, New York. —<—— == ~~ borrowed from friends. Notwithstanding the company was organized solely by hid efforts and through his expenditures, tha governor of the state commissioned other man as its captain on the ground that Miles was too young and inexper= ienced for such a responsible position. ile Was commissioned a first Heuienant, how= ever, and subsequently gained pr by exceptionally gallant service field. Never since, however, has h reimbursed for the personal expense incurred in the recruiting and equ of his first company, and it is undersio that the present movement for th pur- chase of a home for him in this city was primarily instituted merely to make good the money he had perscnally conirituted to the cause of the Unicn, —_—— A Barglar Strangely Trapped. From the Philadelphia Ties. During the severely cold weather in Janu ary just past. Tip Burbank, a notorioug robber, went out alone one night to make @ raid on the First National Bank of Fort Benton, Mont. His plan was to enter through a window at the rear of the Duild= ing, to make his w: through the roomy and offices back, fin: to the vault. An iron grating 1 this window. The night was intens: and the streets were like glass, a snow two weeks previous having m« it fell and then frozen smooth While Tip was filing the first } grating his foot slipped, throwing ward violently against the window. luck would ave it, the fall jerk: mouth epen, forcing his tongue betw Ups, fairly freezing it to the icy i Ail efforts to release himself were in vain, as nothing short of pulling his tongue out by the roots would have effected and he could not bring himself to do it. A watchman making his rounds found him a half hour later almost dead with cold. Tip is alive and saf s i My working his completely and hopelessly paralyzed. ———_+e- Vindicated. From Truth, “This last night’s burglary,” = chief of police to the great detestive one of the strangest affairs I ever hr The money was taken from the safe with out the lock being tampered with “Ah, I can explain that,” said the detective. “The burglars used X stead of the old-fashioned drill to penet the safe, and when the door had br invisible, seized the booty and escap “Sleuth,” cried the chief, “you are worth more to the city than its water supply,” and he forthwith placed the great detec- ive In charge of a case in which pistol shots the evening before down on Bloody Row had led him to suspect that some bloodthirsty outlaws were again engaged in the wanton shooting of craps. hundreds of dol- ous remedies and physicians, none of which did me and good. My finger nails’ came off aud wy hair. ercat < ins ome = 1 could get rellet from a most hor rible blood dis- ease I had spent | came out, leaving me perfectly bald. I then went Hot Springs Hoping to be cured by this celebrated treatment, ‘but very soon became disgusted and decidefl to ti s. . "The «ffect was traly wonderful. T com- menced to reeover at once, and after I had taken! twelve bottles I was entirely cured—cured 8.8.8. when the world - renowned Hot Springs bad failed. WM. LOOMIS, Shreveport, ° ° Oo Louisiana, Disease and its Treatment maile@ ss. SWL'T SPECIFIC 00., Atlanta, Ga, J)