Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1896, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. MATCH for the money we are. el = Matchless buying faciliti expenses, explain the phenomenal business we have done season—and it is such values as the following which shall again attract the Shoe-buying crowds to our stores thi tomorrow: -75¢. a Pair > For $1 and $1.25 Values. Misses’ and Child's Pretty Sandals > of white, b ‘k or in kid and patent leathe Ladies’ Tan and Black Oxford Ties ie of soft and durable leathers. Wide or sharyr toes. ~ $1.50 a Pair ** For Good $2 Values. ¢ Boys’ and Girls’ Tan Shoes > that will not get shabby warkable for style and wear. Ladies® Hand-made Low Shoes, Jullets or Oxford Ties, of soft black or tan Kid. - Wm. Hahn & Co.’s RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, 930 AND 982 SEVENTH STREET. | 1914 AND 1916 PENNA. AVE. RaReaeA vveerrrs D SHOES Our persistent efforts to sell greater quantities of Shoes with every succeeding month have not only proven success- ful, but they have also been the direct cause of giving Washingtonians the best Shoes in America for the price. Traveling men and others who know say that in no other city in the U. S. are good Shoes sold as low as here—and no dealer in Washington is offering such splendid Shoes eeu ee CUNT were ee Tee Cool Bicyele Leggins, 35. and 60c. a palr. s, coupled with small selling $2.50 a Pair For $3.50 Values. Ladies’ Nobbiest Oxford Ties, of best black or tan leathers, None better at any price. Men's Tan Hand-sewed Laced and Oxford Ties. 6 different shades—12 styles. $3 a Pair For $4 Values. Ladies’ “Gem"’ Hand-sewed Turn or Welt Boots. 18 pretty styles, tan or black. Men's Nobby Comfortable Low Shoes of French Calf, kangaroo, tan kid or pat. leather. 233 PENNA. AVE. S.E. LI CHANG'S JOURNEY. pected That He Will Reach This Country Next Fall. Corvespondence of N, ¥. Herald. yy to Russia, consisting of the , Li Hung Chang; his adopt- Li; the Paotais Loh Fung- Loh and hih (the latter a bright young Manchu), both of whom have the of first secretaries of legation; two r mandarins, Lin Yi-yu and Mae Shih- . also a Manchu, with the rank of as- t secretaries, their place in the offi- hy being among the prefects, sh, French, Russian and German interpreters, selected from the staffs of the various Chinese legations abroad, have ar- rived here. The envoy also takes with him an oilictal uamed Chou, who is a master cf ceremonies and an expert in the Intricate code of Chinese etiquette, for which Li Chang is an uncompromising stickler. Chou's Utle in the envoy’s suite is that of civil usher, but a military usher—a sort of diplomatic “chucker out'—is attached to t man’s train in the person of Major a burly warrior, whose duty it is to see t no personal injury befalls his master. Major Ni, aided by s!x other military look- ing personages, armed with very formid- able swords and broad headed tridents, has to t only weil disposed persons gain ac the envoy’s presence. Ever since ful morning at Shimonoseki a when the fanatical Koyama’s | 0 nearly finshed the career of | ang, the latter has a dread of | and extra precautions are k his safety. led writers (shu pau), ft lighters, an astrologer for the selection of lucky or utlucky days, | a cc of dozen body servants, chair | t i bangers on, with a clever ye n trained Chinese, or Wai-shin- s complete he great man’s train, numbers about fifty all told, a very} liowance for a personage of his rank in Chiua. Two foreigners pany him. One ts Dr. Irwin, an for many years phys- | naman, and who is paid induce him to give up | tsin to go with | around the world. The | tleman, Mr. Grote, | - customs, who has | -d to act as a Sort of bear leader | and to walk the strange animal as the 4udi Les: A Pilot for Each Flag. -nts have also been made by Hart to have several of his umissioners who are on leave meet the us parts of the world and him round generally. Thus Mr. Drew, American statistical secreta of the hinese customs service, will ac- the party when it reaches the ch it is hoped it will do next. Mr. James Hart (brother of bert) will.do the honors in En ; M. de Berniere ditto in while the faithful, barnacle-like France German tr Jolator Detring, packed up his ustin, got leave for a year and six months, and rted to catch vp with the envoy to show him what’s made in Germany and tote him througn the father- land before any enterprising rival could take him in hand. Li, I need not e: mirer of German be plain, is the greatest ad- and has proved Krupp's t customer, and great things are ex- pected to accrue there from his visit. He has pul more money into the hands of the great Essen gun and ship builder than any monarch or man living, and Li and his Ss, native and foreign, have begn susly remembered in all these trans- s by Krupp. It is an open secret that rts will be made, when Li has finished siness in Russia, to make the conti- of Europe so attractive and pleasant him that he will not care to proceed to England and America, for the dipiomatic touts in Peking tor the continental indus- tries see in their mind's eye a rich harvest as the result of this unique Chinese embas- s¥ to Europe, and jealous and strenuous ef- forts will be made to gather all the wheat into their own mills. Li ix x Boy Again. Li himself is anxious to see all that there is to be seen, and, despite his seventy-three winters, displays an interest in his jour- ney that is strangely boyish and un-Chi- nose. It must be remembered that, save tor his short trip to Japan last year, he has never been out of sight of China in his life. Th ople need not expect that he will act © an average globe trotter or carry a kodak to illustrate the crude “impressions” or ie tical corroboration to the Hes he may tell of his travels. Your Chinaman of 1's caliber could never be so drawn out of the ali absorbing conceit that makes the Chir man invincible as to express an opin- jon tha anything he might see or hear sur- him or is worth his particular notice, superior to or startlingly different om what he is accustomed to in his na- uve environment every day. hie? aim in undertaking this long is to complete the fatal flirtation which he has been led in later life with Russia, and to conclude the unnatural compret between the two great autocrats of the old world. If he accomplishes this m terms that the other Chinese minis- g will consider favorable, his work will have been well done, and he will return, red, but not taught anything by all that he will have seen or heard. If his enemies fueceed in getting the upper hand while he Js absent from China, we are pretty certain to see in his case a repetition of the ex- | sagen of Chung How, who negotiated last treaty with Russia, giving up the revincs of Ili to the czar. Your readers iow what that was. Chung How was judged by his fellow mandarins and sen- = to death by strangulation as a trai- r. LOUISA M. ALCOTT’S CREED. Was Taught That “the Love of Good- ness Was the Love of God.” In a number of letters written at long ard short intervals from 1872 to 1886 by Leuisa M. Alcott to five little girls in Alle- gheny county, Pa., the author of “Little Women” discloses her nature, and the mis- sives are given to the public in the Ladies’ Heme Journal. In one of the tenderest of these letters, invoked by the sad informa- tion of the death of one of the sisters, Miss Alcott wrote her sorrowing_ cor- respondent: “e * © J will tell you my experience, and as it has stood the test of youth and age, health and sickness, joy and sorrow, pover- ty and wealth, I feel that it is genuine, and seem to get more light, warmth and help as I go on learning more of it year by year. My parents never bound us to any crurch, but taught us that the love of soodness was the love of God, the cheerful doing of duty made life happy, and that the love of one’s neighbor in its widest sense was the best help for one’s self. Their lives showed us how lovely this simple faith was, how much honor, gratitude and affec- tion it brought them, and what a sweet memory thay left behind, for, though father still lives, his life is over, as far as thought or usefulness is possible. Theodore Park- er and Ralph Waldo Emerson did much to help me to see’ that one can shape life best by trying to build up a strong and noble character, through good books, wise peo- ple’s society, an interest in all the reforms that help the world, and a cheerful accept- ance of whatever is inevitable; seeing a teautiful compensation in what often seems a great sacrifice, sorrow or loss, and believing always that a wise, loving and just Father cares for us, sees our weakness and is near to help us if we call. Have you read Emerson? He is called a Pan- theist or believer In nature instead of God. He was truly Christian, and saw God in reture, finding strength and comfort in the same sweet influences of the great Mother as well as the Father of all. I, too, believe this, and when tired, sad or tempted find my best comfort in the woods, the sky, the healing solitude that lets my poor, weary soul find the rest, the fresh hope or the patience which only God can give us. Peo- ple used to tell me that when sorrow came I should find my faith faalty because it had no name, but they were wrong, for when ‘he heavy loss of my dear, gifted sister found me too feeble to do anything but suffer passively, I still had the sustaining sense of a love that never failed, even when I could not see why this lovely life should end when it was happiest. As a poor, proud, struggling girl I held to the belief that if I deserved success it would surely come, so long as my ambition was not for selfish ends, but for my dear family, and it did come,far more fully than I ever hoped or creamed, though youth, health and many hopes went to earn it. Now, when I might erjoy rest, pleasure and travel, I am still tied by new duties to my baby, and give up my dreams, sure that something better will be given me in time. Freedom was always my longing, but I have never had it, so I am still trying to feel that this is the dis- cipline I need, and when I am ready the liberty will come.” ——_+e+ JAPAN IN FORMOSA, She Has Put an End to the Island's Trade in Opium for Smoking. Letter in the London Times. We have received from Formosa informa- tion that the Japanese government, not- withstanding the protests of merchants en- saged in the opium trade, has resolved no longer to permit the trade to be carried on. The decree, Issued in the Chinese lan- guage by the Japanese governor of For- rosa, bears date of February 24. It for- bids the importation of oplum into For- mesa except as a medicine, as in other parts of the Japanese empire. Those among the Chinese who are victims to the habit, and who might suffer by its sudden cessation, are to be provided for on eppli- cation to the authorities, the supply being solely through a government office. This is tle adoption, with one of the amendments hitherto vainly urged by the Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade and by Burman officials, of the plan recently put in force by the Indian government in Burmah as regards the Burmans and Karens, and which has resulted in dimin- ishing the consumption of opium in Bur- mah in the year 184-95 by more than one- half as compared with the preceding year. Private sale and purchases are entirely forbidden. By this measure the Japanese government has boldly attacked the opium vice in its earliest Chinese home, Formosa having been, according to Dr. Edkins’ historical sketch of the trade in China, the first por- tion of the Chinese empire in which the habit of opium smoking became known, and from which it spread to the mainland of China at the commencement of the last century. This prompt and resolute action teken in their newly acquired territory by the rulers of Japan, wisely solicitous lest the vice which has honeycombed China should extend to its own shores, forms a striking contrast with the fear professed by the Indian government lest it should cause disturbance by interfering with a habit only indulged in by some four In a thousand of the population subject to its control. ———+ + —______ A Venerable Poet. Frem the Collector. Philip James Bailey, the venerable and renowned author of “Festus,” is now living at Nottingham, and, although in his eigh- tieth year,he is wonderfully hale and hearty. It is considerably over half a century since “Festus” appeared, and for a time, at all events, it had an enormous sale, both in England and in America. A cheap edition— the eleventh or twelfth—was published in London not very many years ago. HAPPY MAY WEEK Savannah’s Unbounded Hospitality to the Soldier Boys. COMMENT ON THE MORTONS DRILL Pleasant Gamp Experiences of the Week. PRETTY WEATHER From a Staff Corre¢pondent of The Evening Star. SAVANNAH, Ga., May 14, 1896. The May carnival is at its height today. Thousands of visitors frem neighboring cities and the surrounding country districts are here and the hotels and boarding houses are crowded. The military forces are also here in goodly numbers, and, in fact, all roads lead to Savannah this week. The enterprise is said to be a success alongside of all predecessors in the way of popular attractions in Savannah. The different events under the direction of the Military Interstate Assuclation are being most Iib- erally patronized by the throngs of visitors. The management seems to be light of heart and enthusiastic. This is the big day of the week and has been designated Savannah day; the people of the city, one and all, have united with their visiting friends to make it the grand- est session of the carnival. The price of admission to the grounds has been reduced to a reasonable and inviting figure, and the attractions are the very best. The big drill for the Galveston cup, in the morning, and the mammoth street pageant and bri- gade dress parade, this afternoon, brought out as many people as the drill grounds cculd accommodate. The drill and parade were events; the display was really a grand feature. It is said that every merchant and every business man having in his em- ploy members of any of the local military organizations readily gave to such em- pioyes opportunity to appear in line. Sa- vannah was asked to make Savannah day the best of carnival week, and this her pa- triotie people have done. They showed proper appreciation of May week by turn- ing out en masse and patronizing the show on the other side of the park fence. The entire state seems to approve of the cestvey a Macon paper saying: ‘Savan- nah Is Spreading herself for May week, and when Savannah pulls the throttle wide open, throws off the brakes and opens the sandbox a mile a minute is slow time. Sa- vannah js not only the gateway to Tybee; she is a great big city and her May week is worthy of her. Macon very cheerfully loaned two of the finest soldiers in the state, Maj. Kenan and Capt. Bell, to act as drill judges, and if she wants anything else we have it's hers for the asking.” The Week's Success. The attendance yesterday and today has assured the success of the enterprise. The Program is all that was advertised and more; the military drills are certainly very fine; the ertiliery exhibition ts excellent, the zouave maneuvers very diverting, the music first-class, and the evening enter- tainment a good show by itself. Most certainly the stamp of success is branded on every feature of this weck of festival in Savannah, but notwithstanding all the glory ard splendor, the carnival, when regarded as an interstate drill, is, to speak generously, lacking to an extended degree. There is absolutely no comparison between this and the really. ideal enterprise at Memphis just twelve months ago; or with the lesser meet at Little Rock in July, 1894, or Omaha, or Indianapolis, or Kansas City, or, In fact, any of the strifes for mill- tary glory attempted in recent years. In the way of real competitive drilling there is only one contest here at Savannah, and that is between but two companies, the Morton Cadets and the Oglethorpe Infan- try. A college cadet competition there is, to be sure, but the first-class drill, which has always been of natural interest, in the present instance is, to be charitable, rath- er insignificant. The Morton Cadets ex- pect to return home the officially declared holders of the championship title, and en- titled to the possession of the coveted Gal- veston cup, and the unanimous opinion of almost every person in this vicinity is concurrent thereto. But the drill, under the circumstances, will unquestionably not be regarded by military men as a true test of merit. However, the powers that be have made the situation as it stands. The Mortons today drilled as though #gainst a thousand competitors, and their percentage will be only what the team is rightly entitled to. The. figures of the board of judges will constitute a standard from which to draw conclusions as to the efficiency of the compan: And Capt. Shil- ling states he is ready at all times to meet pe company in the country on the drill eld. Savannah is undoubtedly one of the fair- est, if not the prettiest, cities in Dixie. Her citizens are hospitality personified. May week is a gorgeous and successful military carnival, but, it must be reiterated, that the interstate competitive drill is a failure, plain, ungarnished. What a Good Judge Says. Capt. T. D. Landon of company A, sixth regiment, National Guard, of New Jersey, who Is also commandant of gadets at the Bordentown, N. J., Military Institute, and is in Savannah with the Jersey rifle team, has been extremely friendly to the Morton Cadets. Capt. Landon is an expert tac- iclan and knows good drilling when he sees it. He gave me his impression of the Mor- tons today, as follows: “I consider the Morton Cadets of Wash- ington to be the best drilled National Guard ccmpany in the school of the com- pany and manual of arms that I have ever seen. Capt. Shilling is a remarkable tac- ticlan and wonderfully efficient drill mas- ter. The organization is made up of an exceptionally high class of young men, mentally, morally and physically. Officers and men are enthusiastic and place conti- dence in each other to an extent that fully accounts for the phenomenal success the command has had.” The Rifle Scores. The scores in detail of the De Renne trophy match were as follows: Georgia, 200 yards—Cann, 33; F. C. Wilson, 31; Hunter, 29; Nelson, 31; Minis, 29; H. E. Wilson, 31; Harrison, 29; White, 31; Aus- tin, 31; Eichberg, 33; Richmond, 31; Postell,; total, 370. : Georgia, 300 yards—Cann, 31; F. C. Wil- son, 28; Hunter, '30; Nelson, 28; Minis, 20; H. E. Wilson, 29: Harrison, 27; White, 29; Austin, 20; Elchberg, 27; Richmond, 30; Postell, 32; total, 349. jc Georgia, 500 yards—Cann, 33; F. C. Wil- son, 33; Hunter, 33; Nelson, 30; Minis, 32; H. E. Wilson, 20; Harrison, 31; White, 31 Austin, ; Kichberg, 31, Richmond, 25: Pcstell, 29; total, 368. First Alaska cavalry, 200 yards—Curry, 29; Clime, 26; Jones, 28; Clarke, 28; Chinn, ; Cookson, 27; Stewart, 20; Appleby, 29; Cook, 3 rieton, 20; Hutterly, 31; Gra- ham, total, 349, irst Alaska_cavalry, 300 yards—Curry, Clime, 29; Jones, 17; Clarke, 24; Chinn, ; Cookson, 28; Stewart,: 28; Appleby, 20; Cook, 25; Carleton, 28; Hutterly, 29; Gra- ham, 29; total, 316. First Alaska cavalry, 500 yards—Curry, 30; Clime, 24; Jones; 26; Clarke, 20; Chinn, 31; Cookson, 29; Stewart, 29; Appleby, 33: Cook, 33; Carleton, 32; Hutterly, 34; Gra- ham, total, 351. Georgia, 1,087; first Alaska cavalry, 1,016. ‘The Zouave Drill. This !s how the zouave drill affects the Savannah people: The drill of the zouaves is like a material- ized nightmare, and their kaliedoscopic changes suggest the éffect of indulgence in exhilarating cocktails. Their lightning changes and unexpected maneuvers come on one like the goblins in Rip Van Winkle or the baseless fabric of an opiate dream. They send the chills running up and down one’s spinal column by their graceful yet daring and complex gyrations. They are like the creations of Faust, as they twine and glide and leap and fall. They rush and swoop, now apparently in the incipient stages bor- dering on frenzy, and again open and close as gracefully as the convoluted folds of an argry serpent. Their movements are so in- tricate, so inexplicable and so daring that they cause one to hold his breath in mo- mentary amazement,wondering what species of military jugglery {s coming next. Men, women and children are fired with enthu- 13 siasm at the Tea movements of these red-legzed, orpinscn: faxed) zouaves. Not inj the National Guard. Speaking of e barring of the Necleys from the zouave drill, a member of the drill association say: eee “Savannah jg,the last place in the world to surrender one of military etiquette. We shall stand by our orders from the gov- ernor and adjutant general of Georgia, and these, of course, are based upon advices from Tennessee. Personally I feel very bad- ly about this matter, but we can do nothing. These young fouaves are at outs with their own authorities, The Tennessee officials seem to think’they are in a soil of rosy re- bellion, They/are a dashing set of young fillbusters, but we cannot go around the order, nor do we believe any pressure can be brought to bear upon the adjutant gen- eral in Atlanta.” * The Neeleys and the Mortons have re- newed the friendship inaugurated at Mem- phis, an@ just before Capt. Shilling’s men went on for inspection yesterday Capt. Def- frey and half a dozen of the zouaves gave the team a final dusting with whisk brooms and shoe brushes. The engineers, and, in fact, all the rifle- men, have teen keeping remarkably quiet. The shooting on the Avondale range has failed to attract spectators. Lieutenant Young and his followers depart from camp early in the morning, and are not seen again till after nightfall, when they are usually anxious to take to their beds. The Mt. Pleasant Boys. ‘The youngsters in the Mount Pleasant Field Band continue the pets of the pub- lic. Their services have been constantly in demand, and very little time have the boys had to enjoy themselves. Nevertheless, as in the north and west, the band has estab- lished an enviable and lasting reputation for itself in the south. The double system of time prevailing here has proyed rather perplexing to the Washingtonians. Half the city follow the Washington’ meridian and the other half central time. Whenever a driil or other event is scheduled for, say, 4 o'clock, it is always necessary to conduct a special investigation to determine whether the meaning is 3 o'clock or really 4 o'clock, by Washington watches. What They Say. Some of the things said by Savannahians regarding the visitors from the national capital: “The visiting military have captured Sa- vannah, and the city’ very quietly capitu- lated.” “This morning the following was posted at the headquatters of the Morton Cadets, which means that there will be lots of fun: ‘May 13.—Grand concert here tonight. Admission free. Ladies half-price.’ "’ “All the companies were at home last night. The Morton Cadets had a piano in the quarters of Capt. Shilling. Many ladies visited them.” “The Indianapolis Light Artillery team re- peated its fine gun drill, and the Morton Cadets gave a ten minutes’ exhibition drill, which, like everything else done by this company so far, was handsomely done.” “The piano arrived in ‘Easy street’ terday, and was pounced upon by the musi- cally inclined members of the camp. The unfortunate instrument gave out every known tune, from the soldiers’ cherus in ‘Faust’ to ‘Little Annie Rooney.’ ” “The presence of the fascinating chap- erons of the Morton Cadets inspire and en- courage this gallant company to victory. The Mortons aré proud of them, and when the competitive drill takes place the guer don they will-strive for, above the money consideration, will be the smiles and good wishes of thesé most prepossessing of Sa- vannah’s daughters.” “The Morton Cadets are base ball enthu- siasts, and are getting up a team to chal- lenge any of the local organizations. Their two practice tedms, the ‘Weary Walkers’ and the ‘Shade Hunters,’ met yesterday on an improvised (4amond outside the camp. The ‘Shade Hunters’ won by the remark- able score of {0v-to 15. The feature of the game was the extraordinary exhibition given by Catchers Wagner and Thomas in showing hqw net to catch ball.” “A large Crow@sof smali negro boys hang around the camp, and every once and a while the Morton Cadets make a rally and capture two of three, who presently ure seen sailing far above the tents, only to fall again into. ahe blanket, and sent a little bit higher. Tiring of this, the Cadets in- troduce two or three ragged urchins to the. shower baths, cléth¢s and all.” “The cream um! ice am! men did a good trade in camp by promising to dance every time tney sold a quarter's worth. They were rapidly bought out, and danced until they were leg weary Camp Gordon is not a camp of instruc- tion. The rest may casily be imagined. GF. C. —>——. ALASKAN BOUNDARY, Canada Lays Claim to All of the Most Picturesque Features, Miss Scldmore in the Century. The change in the boundary indicated by the Cameron line would not only take from Alaska several rich mineral sections, but our most unique scenic possessions. Pori- land channel itself is a fiord of surpassing beauty; Behm canal ts justly extolled as the firest landscape reach on the coast; Revil- lagigedo is the scenic island, and John Muir is author of the saying that the Stikine river is “a Yosemite one hundred miles Jong.” The Cameron line would an- nex all these to Canada, crossing the Sti- kine at its muddy mouth, and taking away over sixty miles of that navigable Yose- mite, on whose banks four places have been accepted as the temporary boundary in the past. Three times the Hudson Bay Com- pary post and the British custom house were removed and rebullt, until at last, dur- ing the Casslar mining boom, the British custom house was allowed to remain on acknowledged Alaskan soil, at the foot of the Great glacier, for the temporary con- venience of the British authorities and the United States military officers of Fort Wrangell, near the mouth of the Stikine river. Later a town site was surveyed around this very custom house and entered at Victoria, B. C. The most beautiful tidewater glacier on the coast would be lost to us by General Cameron’s penciled annexation of Taku in- let. The boundary line, which had always been drawn at the crest of the mountain range at the head of Lynn canal, was moved down to tidewater on the Canadian map of 1884, and in 1887 General Cameron moved the line sixty miles farther south, to the very entrance of that magnificent flord, gathering in all the Berner’s bay mines, the canneries at the head of Lynn canai, the great Davidson glacier and the scores of lesser ice streams that constitute the glory of that greater Lyngenfiord of the new world. Least pleasant to contemplate in this pro- bosed partition or gerrymandering of scenic Alaska is the taking away of Glacier bay, which, discovered by John Muir in 1879, vis- ited and named by Admiral Beardslee in 1880, has been the goal of regular excursion steamers for thirteen seasons past. Alaska tourists learn with dismay that the Cam- eron line, cutting: across Glacier bay at its very entrance,»would transfer the great glaciers to the British flag and preveat Untted States steamers from landing pas- sengers at Muifiglacier, just as the Cana- dian excursion steamer has been debarred from landing visitors in Muir inlet for want of & United:States custom house. So far the so-ealled Canadian “aggres- sions” are all on paper. The Cameron line has been drawn, but has only imaginary ex- ister.ce. For a-quarter of a century there has been complete indifference to the unset- tled Alaskan boundary line on the part of the United States; followed recently by ex- cited and intemperate utterances in the newspapers, besed on hglf information, miners’ yarns ang imagination, as deplor- able in effect as;the former indifference. Public opinion is,being misled and preju- diced to a degree that renders peaceable consideration of the question difficult. Wild editorials have given such hints, points and suggestions for Canadian ‘aggressions,’ were such intended, that one might believe the jingo journalists hypnotized from across the border, so much better do they serve the dominion’s ends than those of our “ne- glected estate” of Alaska. Drove Bulls Four-in-Hand. From the Philadelphia Record. Pomona, a section of Germantown, was once the home of Col. Forrest, who pur- chased the tract of land from a family named Shoemaker more than a century ago. Forrest was a colonel in the revo- lutionary army and took part in the battle of Germantown. He was always doing something out of the usual custom, accord- ing to the accounts given of him by old residents of that suburb. It is said that he sometimes would drive a four-in-hand team of bulls from Germantown to Philadelphia. CLARK’S, 734 and 736 7th Street N. W. Between G and H. : Extraordinary Cut-Price Sale. Skirts, Suits and Waists. Greatest Values Ever Placed at Your Command. Plain Brillian-| tine Skirts. A Fine Glossy Brilliantine Skirt, 9 gores, full ripple through, ‘extra wide, bound. Ours IS ine Mazer Su all-siIk lined, wid foll-lined: 700 Shepherd 9.48.) $16.00 Fancy © Plaid Skirts, $3.98. die ree salt 09.48, 600 Serge Skirts? $3.48. | Prompt and Polite Attention. Alterations . Free. TOWN OF BULUWAYO. Two Years Ago a Matabele Kraal, It Now Has Clubs and Hotels. Buluwayo has become unexpectedly, and through no desire on its part, the center of unusual interest to all British people. A little more than two years ago it was the chief kraal of the old Lobengula and his dusky warriors. Then the irrepressible Britisher stepped in, claimed it for his | own and fashioned and modeled it into the semblance of a motherland township, with most of the concomitants that go to make up a civilized community. Now we are alarmed, says the Pall Mali Gazette, with the news that the Matabeles + have riven in force, and are irresistibly reminded of the struggles in the earl parts of this century between the white pioneers and the Kaffirs. No better idea of the position occupied by Buluwayo today could be obtained than by a glance through the columns of its paper, The Buluwayo Chronicle is a well-printed eight-page journal, printed twice weekly, and containing a brave show of advertise- | ments as a testimony to the enterprise of the settlers. Already the editor finds cause | | to chasten: “There are various events oc- curring in Buluwayo which denote the transition of the tewn from the rough-and- ready period to that of the settled stage. Men are more careful in their dress and the age of starched shirts and dress suits has arrived. The free and careless order is relegated to the old, obstinate pionecrs who will not charge. But if the change has its good side, it also has its reverse, for there is not the dependence on the word that there was in other times. The law- yers are more busy and the realing of this or that clause is now contested and a judicial decision obtained, where previously the spirit in which the contract was en- tered into was religiously acted up to.” Buluwayo, too, bas its club, a number of | hotels, a stock exchange (a3 a matter of | course), a building society on mutual prin- | ciples, a chamber of commerce, a circuit | court, a polo club and a lodge of Free | Masons. True, a remnant of primitive | habits survives here and there. What shail we say, for instance, of the stubborn old | pioneers who persist in turning their horses adrift {n 8th avenue to make their way { back unattended to the stables? | English farmers will turn green with | | | | envy on reading the prices paid for produce | in Buluwayo. Butter realizes from 7 shil- | lings to 1% shillings € pence per pound. Fggs are to be had for modest little sums varying from 8 shillings 6 pence to 12 shil- | lings per dozen, though this is somewhat | difficult of comprehension, when fowl are | only worth from 3 shillings 6 pence to ¢| shillings each. Do not the hens lay In| Matabeleland? And if they do not, whence come the fowls? Cabbag too, is at a premium, being worth from 2 shillings :o 4 | shillings 6 pence each. Probably the peo- ple of Buluwayo dispense with butter, eggs and cabbage, as siMerfiuous luxuries, unless they are all becoming wealthy. see THAT CHASE M Bloodhounds as Aids to the Police in Tracking Fugitives From Justice. In England tue rural constabulary, in seme cases, are asking for bloodhounds to aid in detection of poachers and criminals. To show that some good results would fol- low, the superintend=nt of police of a coun- try district has ent to the Field the follow- ing attested rertative, published in the is- sue of March 28: “Some time this year a constable was ont in the early morning, when, about 6:30 a.m., he came acrors a couple of notorious poach: ers who were walking along a footpath through soine fields. They, seeing the con- stable, called out in alarm as a signal to their companions, who were no doubt com- ing behind. Owing to the darkness, the lat- ter escaped, but the corstable took some rabbits and nets from the men he had met, for being in the possession of which under such circumsténces they were later on duly punished. At daybreak the corstable, ac- companied by, a young bloodhound bitch, returned to the place, and was able to dis- tinguish the footsteps of a number of men who had come cut of a turnip field. They had separated, some going in one dir@ction, others in anothcr. ‘The hound was put up- cn the trecks, and, with her rose to the ground, she hunted them across two fields, going straight up to surdry bags of game which had been hidden in a hedgerow. So far so good; but the constable was not yet satisfied, and he took his nound back to where she had originally been laid on the } line. This time she went off in another di- recticn, and soon left the policeman far be- hind. He, following up, Ecwever, ultimate- ly found her standing at ancther hedgerow, wherc more bags of game were found con- cealed. These were secretly watched all day, but the poachers must have ‘smelled a rat,’ for none of themselves or their fami- lies came near. This is rather to be won- dered at, for the bags were numerous and their contents valuable. At night the con- stable and the lessee of the shooting con- cealed themselves near the place where the first lot of game was discovered. Now they had not lorg to wait, for in about half an hour there came a sound of approaching footsteps, and two men appeare@, who im- mediately appropriated the bags and their contents, which included rets and the usual poachers’ paraphernalia. They were at once recognized, ar.d, the spoil taken from them, were allowed to go. Summonses fol- lowed in due ccurse, and when the case was heard a plea was set up that they had not taken the game themselves, but had been sent for it by thelr mates. Fines of 40s. and costs were imposed, or, failing the payment, a month’s imprisonment.” ——_+e+___ A Matter of Doubt. From the Detroit Free Press. “Do you expect to suffer from hay fever this summer, Mrs. De Long?” “No. Not unless my husband's business improves,” linet ai tine Suits. $15.00 Fine Brilliant- | the Brit Silk Persian Waists. Organdie CLARK’S, 1384 & 736 7th St. N.W.| A COMPARISON OF FORC What the English May Have and What Americans Could Do. From the Figaro. M. Vignaud's statement that the Ameri- can fleet would be able to destroy or to paralyze in one month all the commerc« of England, and that the United States would immediately find the millions for as many warships as they might need, has not influenced the English. Confident of the power of their forty-four battle shir their 142 cruisers and their 110 torpedo bogts, our neighbors on the other side of the strait look with a certain contempt | upon the fleet of the United States, which | numbers only about forty vessels, or nine battle ships, twenty-five cruisers and a few torpedo boats. This disproportion of S appears to the English so utterly crushing that they will not admit the pos- sibility of a repulse. On the other hand, the Americans, in blowing the war trumpet immediately af- ter the defiant message of President Cleve- land, seem te be a little too hasty. It is evidently the recollection of the wonders accomplished by their sailors during the war of the rebellion that fires their ardor. It is true that during that fratricidal struggle, which lasted during four years, the federals and confederates succeeded in creating fleets almost out of nothing. it is aiso true that, taking advantage of the initiative spirit of the boldness which has never deserted the Americans, the men of both north and south were able to | revolutionize the art of naval warfare. They made improvements, introduced nov- | elties, and invented new engines, such as ironclads, monitors and torpedo boats. But in 1861, at the commencement of hos- tilities, the two adversaries were evenly matched in the means at their disposal, means which were utterly insufficient, if not comp! worthless. The conditions of the possible future conflict are alto- gether different. If the spirit of invention e still remains as the of enterpr © among the Americans, i jal re urces have been dev ing the past few years in marvelous pro- portions, if by intelligent and patient ef- they have been able to create an ef- | without drawing upon any | n products, it must none the less be remembered that they propose to quarrel with a power essentially maritime, which, on the gne hand, occupies in an industrial point of,view an incomparable position, and on the other possesses the greatest nevy in the world. There was some truth in the statement of | sh naval officer which appeared in | the New York Herald the other day, that the activity of the English dockyards could surpass, if necessary, that of the dockyards of America; and he was not wrong when he asserted that the Ameri- | cans, possessing neither a naval reserve sor thoroughly trained crews, would be at a great disadvantage in case of war. But he certainly was a little rash when he put forth the announcement that the Ameri- cons would need ten times as many ships as they have at present before they would be able to cope successfully with the Eng- lish. Now, inasmuch as the Americans have at the present moment thirty-four rrodern warships, without counting the coast-guarding vessels of the old model, and the torpedo boats, it follows, there- fore, according to this English correspond- ent of the Herald, that it would take 240 ican vessels to beat the 186 British sels.” That certainly is prizing the fight- ing value of the latter at an extraordinarily high figure and belittling the power of the former. It is a good thing to have self- confidence, but when it reaches the point indicated it becomes excessive, not to say ridiculous. Englishmen would do well to remember that in 1812 the Americans made war upon them with a flect small in number and weak in preparation. But for all that, five English frigates fell into the hands of the enemy during the very first months of the struggle, and it did not take long for those in London to hecome convinced that their enemy, so much despised on the outbreak of hostilities, was well vs of serious consideration. What happened at that time might be repeated again, and the American navy of 18%, however small it | may be in the number of its ships, might Well be able to make a more imposizm ene- m9 suffer very considerable losses. A na- tion that lives upon sts maritime com- merce alene has much to dread from the attacks of cruisers boldly comman.led. And since the Americans haye refused to sign a sanction of the treaty of Paris, | which would bind them to the suppression of privateering, they are at perfect liberty to create any number they please of auxil- lary cruisers, so that the war which th cculd wage upon English steamers and sailing vessels might be redoubtable in the extreme. ~se0 Is THIS OVE? | Rev. Anna Shaw Discovers a Mau Out West. From the San Francisco Examiuer. Prof. Sdward Griggs of Stanford Univer- sity, who is thirty years old, handsome and brilliant, talked recently before the wo- | men’s congress, on “The Modern Change in Ideals of Womanhood. While Prof. Griggs was speaking, Rev. Anna Shaw did not remove her eyes from him. As he prozressed, her look of intense interest gave wey to one cf great elation. She had at lest discovered a perfect man, her ideal of a husband, and she could hard- ly await the conclusion ef Prof. Griggs’ lecture te proclaim the fa As soon as he ha@ finished, she was er feet, and ina veice of tr “The man 2 lives this life is the man to g weman. At this, ihe eppleuse was £0 tremendo: that Pref. Griggs, who had modestly with drawn, was compelled to return and bow his thanks. 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