Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1896, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Penusylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by ‘The Evening Star Newsnaver Company 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Prest. Few York Orice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the eftz by carriers, om their own account, at 10 cents A week, or 44c. per month. Copies at the counter cents each. By wail—anywhere in the United —— or Canada—postage presaid- cents per ment Saturda: intupl> Sheet Star, 00 per year; with forclen poctize atied, $5.60." Entered at the Int (ifies at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) E7AN mail abscript!ns must be paid in advarce. Rates of advertising made known on application. re. Che pening Siar. Pages 13-24 WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 13, -1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. © @ ® Monday and Tuesday OOOO GO OICHDOSODO cuts have been made with @ attractiveness. and importers. all shown. pe ssHat Reductions. White Gare Hats will s White Hats, with mull and styles. For ggC 23C 75¢ I5C 39C Child's Imp Flats that sh $1.25, at. White Caps in Turbans Reduced for from 9oC 6gc 75€¢ 17c very sin white Reduced $125 Trimmed Straw in black and navy juced from 40. to. the latest 937-939 BE OSES SSSSS TIAYER BROS. & CO., 937-939 F St. The Greatest Two Days’ Sale Ever Inaugurated. We are going to make them big days. their usual figures down to a remarkable smallness. The our stores if genuine bargains have not lost their old New goods only, fresh from This season’s most popular styles are Remember these prices: SSSSOSS OOSSS will be special days here. Prices slip from the determination to crowd the manufacturers Ribbon Reductions. 40 AILsik Taffeta Ribbon, in white. pink and bu@ Regularly 2c. yard. yards of Fane ons of all styles—Rib- Lons that se Boe. bons—the short ends, ular 25c. good: No. All-silk Taffeta Ribbon, in all colors. ‘The 25e. grade. For. 'Waists Reduced. Laun Shirt Waists, with ben ae & 18¢cs Reg- To go 50 Mishe and ¥i BL Shirt Watsts, witn €3 laundered collars and z guaranteed — fast @ Ktegularly $1.25. S Hk | Waists, with 7 @ Capes Reduced. e $1.98 pes,veith rib- ruch, for and bon Iined throughout, Skirts Reduced. Grass Cloth Skirts, 6 yards wide. duced to. ™ $1.25 Suits Reduced. ish Denim Bieycle Sults, f skirt, jacket bloomers, y trimmed ced to. suits, with blazer jacket and very wide skirt, MAYER BROS. & CO. F Street. TE How It ix Prod Which It May Be Avoided. From the Chicago Pimes-Herald. Have ycu the telephone ea If you use the telephone three or more times a day the probabilities are you have {t, though it may not have occurred to you. But if you be past thirty years of age you have already noticed a difference betwe; the right and the left ear in acuteness of the sense of hearing. There fs little doubt, now that your attention is cailed to It, that you will remember your left ear is a trifle keener in matter of hearing than Is your right. Not when you are lstening wer the wire, but when in an ordinary @onversation, with the noises of the street about you or the hum of business in office or shop or the buzz of talk in the parlor, you will bend forward a little and incline the left ear to the speech of your friend. You have the telephone ear, and haven't noticed it. What is the cause of It? The telephone. Arranged as it 1s, with the receiver at the left hand, you cannot well use it excepting at the left ear. You press the black muz- zie of the receiver cluse to the ear, the speech of your correspondent agitates the Glaphragm at his end of the line, and the waves of air gently strike upon the drum of your ear, and what one of the aurists of Chicago calls massage takes place. Your ear is subjected to the same kneading process that is so beneticial when wisely applied to the flesh or muscles of any other part of the body. And the effect of it is an increase in the sense of hearing in that ear. At the telephone exchange the girls are instructed to change the receiver from one ear to the other three or four times a day. For one thing, it is a rest to the operator. If one car were used exciusively by the operator, In time there would be so distinct @ difference in the acuteness of the hear- ing between the left and right sides that the operator would be practically incapaci- tated for a change. There would be an abnormal development at one side at the expense of the other. “I do not think the electrical effect is felt,” said Dr. Edward T. Dickerman,whose specialty ts diseases of the ear. “It is Mt- tle if anything more than a gentle massage of the membrane of the ear. And in all cases except where the affection is ca- tarrhal in its character and has affected what is called the interior ear, the use of the telephone will produce a beneficial ef- fect. I never knew a person to be injuri- ously affected by the use of that instru- ment. and I certainly have known numer- cus cases where it had a good effect.” In Germany the telephones are arranged with a double receiver, and each ear of the operat: one. The sound ts delivered equally in each ear. In such case there is no varying re- sult. Both ears become equally acute. If the general patron of the telephone America were to use such a contrivance there would be no phenomenon like the “telephone ear.” Mrs. Peary’s Furs. From Harper's Bazar. Some of the wornen who saw and ad- mired the costumes of Mrs. Peary and her charming little daughter last winter doubt- less felt that there were compensations as well as penaltie: connected with the lot of family. Among the Peary wraps herself in id weather is one superb pelerine cape of biue fox, which reaches nearly to her feet, nd she has one or two gowns trimmed with this and other rare furs. The long-haired white fur of the arctic rabbit has been made into a cloak for little Miss Peary, who is such an attractive little body that it en- courages oue to a kindly opinion of the polar regions. in the stations is provided with | CHILDREN’S BIRTHDAYS. Pretty Customs That Bring Joy to the Little Ones. From Harper's Batar. Grown people do not always appreciate what an event a birthday Is in a child's | life. Next to Christmas it is the red letter day of the year. A whole year nearer man’s or woman's estate means a great deal to a child, and fills the boy or girl with an added dignity and sense of im- portance. Seven is so very much older than six! In some households this perfectly natural delight is increased by the hearty sympa- | thy of the parents. But there are other | homes in which the all-important day pass- es unnoticed save by a careless mention, a mere reminder to the child that he has be- gun another year, and this remark may Possibly be seasoned with the bitter sauce of a suggestion to an improvement in con- duct. Not long since my heart was moved to pity by talking to a clever little boy, who told me that he was elght years old on that day. ‘And what presents have y. ved?” pana you received? He looked surprised. “Oh, we don’t keep birthdays at our house!” he replied. “My mother says it's foolish. Then she forgot that I am eight tcday until breakfast time this morning.” The more fortunate six-year-old at my side interrupted before I could check him. Forgot!” he exclaimed. “Why, my tirthday came a little while ago, and my mamma made me a cake with six candles on it, and I had presents and lots of fun!” Childhood is so brief, and the time when each recurring birthday is not a joy comes So soon, that it is a pity not to make the anniversaries joyous to the lttle ones. Mamma,” said one rapturous child, “you must bo very glad I was born, because you have given me such a beautiful birthday!” Of course “mamma” was glad, and being glad. why not show it? A child is never spoiled by the consciousness of a mother’s love and delight in his existence. A pretty custom ts in vogue in som = flies. The child whose birthday is ae brated gives to each brother and sister some little token. It may be only an inex- pensive toy, but it inculcates in the douor's heart the spirit of unselfishness, and teach- ¢s him the joy of giving as well as that of receiving. +o Immense Fortunes in Trees. From Seribner’s Magazine. The timber wealth of the United States gives a yearly product of over a billion dol- lars, or twice the value of the entire out- put of all the mines put together—gold, silver, coal, iron, copper, zine and the rest. j This is a resource worth keeping, and yet We are cutting into our capital at the fear- ful rate of 75 per cent each year, as only ebout 25 per cent of the timber market is represented by new growth. As for losses from the fires that are started by locomo- tives, cattlemen, berry pickers, hunters and incendiaries, it gives a sufficient idea of what they cost us to be told by the fcrestry commissioner of Pennsylvania that his state alone probably suffers to the ex- tent of $30,000,000 annually from this one cause. Not only the trees are lost in these mighty conflagrations: the vegetable mold which would supply fertility to the soil for | future agricultural purposes or food for | the roots of a second growth of forest is | burnt, and the first step is taken on that easy descent to a landslide or flood bed. eee A Thirty-Third Degree Mugwamp. ; From the Indianapolis Journal. “Braggs is something of a mugvump, isn't he?” 2 “Something of a mugwump? non-partisan as a brass band.” He's as REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Purchase of the Old Walbridge Man- sion at Ingleside. SOME STREET RAILROAD LEGISLATION Facilities ef Communication Be- tween the City and the Suburbs. SOME NEW BUILDINGS One of the houses well known in the social Hfe of the city cf some years back was the Walbridge residence in Ingleside. In those days the house was far in the country, but now, lying as it does just to the west of ME. Pleasant, it ts in the line of the city’s growth. As an evidence of this the exten- sive grounds surrounding the old house have been subdivided into building lots, leaving a spacious plot about the residence itself. This house, with the grounds about ft, has been purchased by Mr. Frank B. Noyes, and some important changes are being made in order to prepare it for his residence. The restoration of a residence of this character will no doubt mark the beginning of a series of handsome improve- ments in this locality. The house is one of the most interesting in that locality, and, although erected some fifty years ago, it is well preserved and is a good example of the substantial method of construction which characterized the best of domestic architecture of that period. It was planned by A. J. Downing, the well- known architect, who came to this city about the year 1848, and was employed to lay out the grounds of the Smithsonian In- stitution, a work which still remains as a monument to his skill and taste as a land- scape architect. During his residence in this city Mr. Downing erected several res!- dences, among them the Cook and Dodge residences in Georgetown and the Wal- bridge house. This latter house {s in the Itafitn villa style, and is simple and dig- nified in its Hnes. The stout brick walls are cemented in rough-cast work, which the architect, W. J. Marsh, who has pre- pared plans for the remodeling of the hou: intends to make an tvory cream color, which will carry out the idea of preserving intact the architectural effect of the house as originally planned. The main entrance of the house is on the south side, but, owing to the location of the streets In the sub- division which has been made of Ingleside, the south front now looks toward an alley, ile the north front faces Howard avenue between 18th and 19th streets extended. What was formerly the garden side of the house is to be the front, and an entrance is to be made which will open into a and spacious entrance hall, thence leading into the stair hall. The latter will be an effective feature, and will be lighted by windows opening on the lawn. On this floor will be located the reception room, drawing room, dining room, Hbrary ard co tory. The rooms are large and spacious, and will be furnished in a style harmonious with the general treatment of the house The halls will be decorated in the Pom- peifan style. The front door will he of plain wood, studded with fron nail heads, 4 ish design. The vestibule door w: an elaborate wrought fron and glass partition filling the full width of the hall. This door was purchascd in Spain by Mr. Noyes. In the dining room, which will be finished in mahogany, an attractive feature will be the fireplace, which will contain an old- fashioned hob grate, after a colonial model. As the kouse is considerably above the grade of the street, the approach will be by a series of terraces, after the style of the old Italian gardens. The entrance to the grounds will be between two columns supporting a wrought iron gate and span- ae by @ wrought iron arch holding a lan- ern. Street Rallroad Legislation. While all the street railroad legislation asked for at the session of Congress just closed was not secured, still laws of con- siderable importance. were enacted. Ex- tensions of line of comparatively slight con- sequence were granted to the Eckington and Belt roads, but the most important clause in the bill, at least to the public, was the one which ‘requires that these ‘com- panies within six months after the passage of the bill shall cease to use horse power on their lines. If this law can be enforced the citizens will enjoy within the period named rapid transit on both these roads. With the solitary exception of the Ana- costia road, which is still allowed to run its one-horse bob-tail cars up into the heart of the city, all the street railroads of the city will be equipped with modern rapid transit systems by the close of the present year. Next month it is expected that the F street line of the Metropolitan road will be operated by the electric underground system, and when that is accomplished what may be termed the two trunk lines of the city’s railroad system will be oper- ated by modern systems. The comparatively rapid progress made in this direction ts a matter of genuine in- terest to the citizens whose dally business is greatly facilitated by the retirement of the horse car, and, in addition, the values of property are appreciated and localities are brought into the market as desirable Piaces for residence or for business which under other conditions might be still unim- proved. Increased Facilities. Another measure of importance was the charter of the Capital Raflway Company, which is authorized to build a road from Anacostia so as to make direct connection with the Capital Traction Company and the Metropolitan. That section of the sub- urbs across the Eastern branch is one of the most attractive, and its development ts naturally largely dependent upon adequate street rallroad communication with the city. It 1s believed that this will be se- cured by the line which this company is authorized to butld. Another feature of the railroad legisla- tion of the last session was the clause relating to trackage arrangements between the Metropolitan road ani intersecting roads. The new law, as it is generally understood, provides that trailer cars may be run over the Metropolitan, for exam- ple, from the Brightwcod and Tenley- town road, the fares being collected by each roaé through its cwn territory. Un- der the provisions of the law of ‘94 the Metropolitan Railroad Company was re- quired to onter into reciprocal trackage arrangements with connecting roads, and this is understood to mexn that the en- tire trains of the connecting roads could be run over the Metropolitan lines, so that suburban passeng2rs could come directly from their homes in the country to the heart of the city without a change of cars. The law cf ‘M4 was amended at the last session, and, as construed, its provisions limit the trackage arrangements to the passage of the trailer cars and not cf the motor cars. Whether this new legisla- tion will lead to better facilities for eubur- ban residence remains to be seen. At present persons living in the country can come in over the roads mentioned by the use of tickets which they purchase at the rate of four for 25 cents. As an Investment. Recently several real estate brokers have | been visited by a representative of an extensive building association in the city ot Buffalo, who said that he was in search of a suitable investment here for a iarge amount of morey which his institution had on band. It was the design, he said, to purchase suitable building sites and erect ‘an apartment building, A number of Pieces of ground wete shown, but no defi- nite action was taken. Columbia Heights Property. The demand for property on Columbia Heights continues quite active. D, D. Stone & Scns, real estate brokers, have made the following sales: To H. O. Towles, house 1317 Yale street, for $15,000; to A. L. Johnson, house 1315 Yale street, for $15,000; to J. ©. Ergood, hcuse 1361 Roanoke street, for $12,000; to C. C. Bryan, house 1907 Yale street; to Henry H.Talimadge, house 1819 Yale street; to Judge McCalmont, house 1869 Kenesaw avenue; to William Shaw, house 1418 Ken- efaw avenue, to Dr. Currier, house 3320 18th street; to Mrs. Lellie Dewdney, house #514 18th ‘street; to Minnie M. Strayer, bouse on Kenesaw avenue near itth street; for C. C. Waring, house southeast corner 13th and Roanoke streets, for $22,000; for Minnie M. Strayer, lot corner 13th_and Harvard streets, for $23,000; to T. H. Alexander, lot on Roanoke street, for $11,000; to Judge Bundy, two lots on Yale street; to Mr. Elliott, lot on Yale street; to Samuel G. Rogers, lot on Whit- ney avenue near 13th street. Sale of’ Business Property. Samuel Maddox and Robert M. Morrison, trustees, have recently seld to George W. Waite of New Jersey property Nos, 1706 and 1708 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. Te property consists of two stores, with two flats above, and fronts thirty feet on Penngylvania avenue. The buildings cover the entire lot. As the total number of feet in the lot is only 1,855, the price paid, $20,- 000, is at the rate of about $10.75 per foot, and shows a well-established value for property in this business section. A Gymnasiam Building. Plans have been prepared by Frederic B. Pyle, architect, for a gymnasium building to be erected in connection with the Friends’ Select School, 1811 I street, Thos. W. Sidwell, principal. The building is to be of the classical order, and the plans provide for a spacious, well-lighted and airy exercising room, x feet, with a balcony at one end. An open fireplace will be built on the main floor and also in the balcony. The Sargent system of exercising @pparatus will fill the main floor. Provi- sicn has heen made in the basement for bath rooms, lockers, toilets and bicycle racks. Special arrangement 1s made for the use cf the building by both sexes. When completed it is said that this will be the most complete gymnasium in the city for its size. Some Improvements, Plans for an improvement in the business section have been prepared by Appleton* P. Clark, jr., architect, which call for the Interfor remodeling and a new front in the building No. 1104 G street. The lower flour will be fitted for store purposes, with cop- rer and plate glass show windows. The new front will be of brick and copper, with cornice and frieze. Steam heating will be put in. W. Bruce Gray, architect, plans for has drawn an_ addition | the apartment Henry A. Willard on Q street Letween 16th and I7th streets, and the con- tract for the work has been let. The new building is to be of brick, four stories igh, with nent, 2OXIW) feet Mr. George L. Bradley is to build an ad- dition to his house, N, reet, from plans prepared by L. rchitect. The building will be four stories in height, with wirdow. A row ot brick dwellings, three stories in height, with cellar, is to ke built on Huw- d avenue, Mt. Pleasant, by R. W. Walker & Soi. They will be twenty-three feet front, with a depth of twenty-seven feet; fronts of mottled heick,, with mansari slate roofs, and all modern frmprovements aid conveniences. From plans prepared by Joseph F. John- son, architect, nine two-story brick “houses will be erected for a syndicate at the cor- ner of 12th and B streets northeast. Th: will have press-brick front: y windows, mansard roofs and will contain six rooms and bath. A row of ten brick residences will be erected on Morris street northeast between 6th and 7th stree! They will be two* stories high, with cellar and basement, 16x32 feet, alternating press and light brick fronts, and heated by furnace and latrobes. A two-story frame cottage will be erect- ed at Mt. Vernon Park from plans drawn by Joseph S. Johnson, architect. It will have a high-pitch roof, contain eight rooms ard an abundance of veranda space. —— A HORSE ON THE NAVY. Naval Regulations a Little Shy Dixposing of Live Stock. Several years ago a board of naval offi- cers was ordered by the commandant of one of our naval stations to hold a survey on one of the horses belonging to the sta- tion. The board met, examined the horse, found that he was suffering from “the scratches” and “stringhalt,” and was gen- erally run down. An examination of the navy regulations showed that only certain recommendations could be made by the board, as follows: “To be turned into stere for use,” “To be retained in or for use,’ “Sold,” ‘Used for scrap metal,” “To be issued for any other purpose,” “To be thrown’on the dump,” “To be transferred to some other station, “To be used for repairs for some other ar- ticle,” or ‘To be extensively repaired.” Since it was the unanimous opinion of the board that he ought to be treated by a veierinary surgeon, it was recommended, in conformity with’ the regulations, “That he be extensively repaired. This was three or four years ago, and he was “extensively repaired” by a veterinary surgeon, but evidently the “repairs” were not lasting, as the sequel will show. Recently there came a recommendation from the present commandant that the horse be shot, as he was old and worthless, and that it would be a kindness to put him out of his misery. In the same mail came a_ requisition from the same commandant asking for au- thority to buy ten tons of Al, first-class fertilizer. > It was then that the Navy Department indorsed on the requisition “Why not use the horse to produce the fertilizer?” The commandant promptly returned the paper with the indorsement; “Since the horse is not an Al, first-class horse, being old and decrepit, he is incapable of filling the bill.” And here the matter stands for the pres- ent. on ——— A ianman Whe Was Up to Date. From the San Francleco Post. A lady member of the Foy Company, who is a graduate of Vassar, went up into Chi- natown to purchase some curios, while the company was in San Francisco. <A par- ticularly ugly young Chinese was sitting on a little stool behind the counter in a dark and dirty little shop that the young lady entered to buy some punks. As the Chi- nese was wrapping them up the young wo- man turned to her cqgmpanion and said in Latin: “Isn't he a heauty?” “Thanks. I'm glad you think so,” replied the Chinese in ‘English, without glancing. “Did he understand that?’. she asked in French. “Perfectly,” sald the Chinese. ‘The young lady smiled very sweetly and asked: “Were you ever back east, John?” “Oh, yes. I was in New York four years,” he replied. “Did you live on Mott street?” “Oh, no. TI lived at the Continental, while I was taking the classical course at Co- lumbia.”— > see Chilling. From an Exchange. : “I hear Jack Fortescue is il. What ts the trouble?” “He was frostWitten.” ‘While he was skating?” “No; he proposed to « Boston girl.” AS. Your Strict Attention, Please, THIS IS IMPORTANT. WOWOWE PON se Leese) se 96) se se. Beginning at 10 A.I1. And until 5 P.ri. Prices of Lots: future accumulated wealth. ments on lots, pro G NOME WO NOCOW CSOVOSEIED ORIGIN OF “SWEET BY AND BY. Dr. Lives at Bennett, the Author, Richmond, Win. Richmond, Wis., Letter to Chicago Tribune. In this quiet little town of some 800 in- habitants, in Walworth county, on almost the extreme southern boundary of the state, leading the quiet, monotonous, self- sacrificing life of a country physictan, lives one of the post war time poets, Samuel Fillmore Bennett, who served “for three years or the war” as Lieut. Bennett of the 40th Wisconsin Volunteers, whose name has dropped almost into oblivion, though his song, “The Sweet By and By,” has been sung and heard by nearly every music- loving person in this and foreign lands some time since it was written by Dr. Ben- nett twenty-four years ago, when he was not long home from the war. At the time of the inception of the song Dr. Bennett had returned from Ann Arbor, Mich., where he was graduated with high- est Lonors, and had become an attache of the Elkhorn Independent. He and a musical composer, J. P. Web- ster, long since dead, were friends insep- arable, Webster was of a despondent na- ture, in many ways an extremist, while Bennett was more cheery. Webster ap- peared before his friend one day, .more than ordinarily downcast, when Bennett inquired, “What is the trouble now?” “It is no matter; it will be allywight by and by,” replied he. Like an inspiration or a voice from the unseen land, came to Bennett the idea of the song, “The Sweet By and By.” Turn- ing to his desk, writing off-hand with pen- ell, in less than thirty minutes he handed Webster the hymn, worded as it reads to- day. As Bennett handed the lines to Webster, two friends, S. E. Bright, now a resident of Fort Atkinson, and N. H. Carswell, who long since joined the great majority, en- tered the room, and listened to Webster as he improvised the music on his violin, hastily jotting down the notes on a bit of waste paper. In less than ten minutes these four men were singing the hymn, “The Sweet By and By,” to an audience of one, R. R. Crosby, who remarked, with tears in his eyes, “Gentlemen, that hymn is immortal.” Within a few days it was sung by school children on the streets; then it was pub- lished as a Sunday school hymn, and lastly as sheet music, translated in many lan- guages. * Aside from their intrinsic worth and beauty, the words were peculiarly fitted to the spirit of the times in which they were written, when so many hearts were sorrowful because of a “natton’s slain,” watching to grasp any comforting word or melody, with both of which “The Sweet By and By” was replete, a fact that doubt- lessly hastened the popularity of the hymn. Sa ee ee All's Well That Ends Wett. From the Texas Sifter. “How is that feud between you and Jim MeSnifter getting on? Is it as bitter as | orn ‘No; the whcle thing ii “I am glad to hear that. “Yes; I am out on bond, and the coroner is sitting on James right now.” evi happily ended.” Time is Precious! USCSESESUSCIUS Tomorrow, Sunday, June 14, We Will Run Every Hour SPECIAL ELECTRIC CAR EXCURSIONS From 13% Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest To the Beautiful Suburban Towns (se ST. ELMO -° DELRAY Stations are Located on Both Properties. FREE TICKETS (for Adults only) can be secured at our office. We ADVISE those who desire a Home amid cheerful and healthful surroundings and away from the crowdéd and heated city to visit ST. ELMO and DEL RAY. You will find these towns adorned with many attractive cottages surrounded by pretty gardens. The streets are well graded and nicely kept. Board walks are laid and shade trees planted. Church, post office, stores, &c., have been estab- iy lished. The accessibility of St. ELMO and DEL RAY makes them particularly 4 who are employed im this city. THEY CAN BE REACHED IN 16 MINUTES from 13} st. and 4°? Pennsylvania avenue, over the new Mount Vernon Electric Railway. ) 15 minutes. No other of Washington’s suburbs can claim greater advantages. ) $75 $100 BARBARISM IN THE FRENCH ARMY. Cavalryman Dragged to Death at a Farious Stallion’s Heels. From the London Times, The murder cf a French csvalryman named Cheymol by his superior cfficers in Africa brings out a story that reminds one of elghteenth century practices in the Brit- ish navy. Official reports sent to France told of Cheymol’s death, but gave no par- tieulars. Queer rumors, however, found their way to Paris, and but a short time singe the dead man’s brother made an interpellation to the chamber of deputies and demanded an investigation. The re- sult was that the whole thing leaked out. A dark blot stains the military repute of France. If it is removed the foreign le- gion will doubtless have a rew colonel be- fore long. This Cheymol, it appears, was found guilty of a minor breach of discipline. Ou the African station commanding ofticers are not bound strictly to the regilations of the service. They have intrcduced punish- ments according to their own ideas. One of these is the “Mazeppa ride,” aad Cheymol was sentenced to it. An unshod stallion was brought into a ying, cs was the prisoner. They stripped the man and tied his hands. With a strap they fastencd his bound hands to the stal- lion’s tail. ‘The sentence read “to he drag- ged three times” round the ring. The col- crel of the legion, who was present with his etaff, gave the word and the fierce hcree was loozed. He immediately began to lash out and plunge, but with whips they got him started. Terrified at being unable to free himself from the thing on his tail, he dashed off frantic. Before the | third circuit Cheymol was insensible and covered with blood. The horse wore neither halter nor bridle, and it took a long while to catch him. Both officers and men took this as a metter of courze. French officers are not tsually inhumane to their men, and the barbarous practic disclosed in ‘the foreign legion force the conclusion that the rough life on the Afri- can station has brctalized them. If the Cheymol episode were not vouched for by the semi-offictal notice which has already been taken of it the story would seem almost incredible. Perhaps the worst part of it is that the execttior. of the sen- tence should be looked upon rather as an entertainment. It is sald that not only do the officers of the post attend these “Ma- zeppa rides” a3 idle spectatcre, but that women, too, are often present. The spec- tacle is treated like a bull fight. This inhumsn punishment is not the only matter which needs the attention of the French war minister. Flogg:rg of the se- verest kind is ordered for the most trifling offenses. The effect, of covrre, is demor- alizing alike on men and officers. The men it cows; the officers it brutalizes. Neither rank nor file of such sort are very effective. + eo Injunction, Not Divorce, Wanted. From Oakland Echoes. A man recently caught three different men kissing his wife, whereupon he went to a lawyer. “You have very good grounds for vorce,” the lawyer said. “J don’t want a divorce,” the citizen re- plied. “I want to get an injunction to make them stop It.” Don’t Put It Off! $125 Terms: First Payment, $1. From 75c.to $1.25 Weekly. |. A Word to Investors: i Do not miss the opportunity which is here offered. A small sum which you might foolishly spend applied toward the payment of alot at ST. ELMO or DEL RAY may be the beginning of The location of these towns, as well as contin make increase in values a certainty. Remember, when you buy in ST. ELMO and DEL RAY you are investing your money in prosperous, progressive and well-populated communities. to investigate, for seeing is believing. Our Free Life Insurance Makes loss through death impossible, for should the purchaser die before he has completed his pay- ded he is in good health at time of purchase and not at any time more than two weeks in arrears in his payments, we will deed his property to his heirs without further cost to them. Other Inducements Include ~ Cash Premiums to immediate builders; a guaranteed Fiv: taxes while you are paying for your lot. We charge no interest. We require no notes nor mortgages. + In order that those who wish to go may secure FREE TICKETS we will keep our office open tomorrow, Sunday, until 11 a. m. WOOD, HARMON & CO., : 525 Thirteenth Street Northwest. - NOWO WOONONA OOO cent Fare until the year 1900. We pa | With both hands, the fisherman cuts off t IIIA II RAC AA J *) ) 9) ) ) ) desirable to those > Trains will run at intervals of Go Today! $150 $180 ~~ al improvements in same, We invite you > > all > Woe - THE RUSSIAN CAVIARE The Delicacy is Made in Not Russia. From the Philadelphia Record. Much of the so-called “Russian caviare, which proves such an expe dainty during the winter season, is prepared at a little fishing hamlet down at Bay Side, N. J. The huge fish which supply this dainty, INDUSTRY. New Jersey, ve the stargeon, are now being caught in quantities at Ray Side, and while other Parts of the fish are profitable to a certain extent—the skin being converted into oil end the steaks cut and marketed—the pre sration of the caviare is the principal in- dustry at this season. This is the roe of the fish, and one who has been accustomed to the roe of the shad and other small fish can scarcely real- ize that this queer substance serves the same purpose When the immense fish are taken from the boats they are drawn up with derricks and thrown upon the wharf, and as many of them are larger than a man, it may Well be supposed that this ts an interesting process. After the boats are unloaded (and it takes but few fish to load a boat very heavily), and the horny-hided monsters are lying on the wharf, the fishermen com- mence the butchering, which is very differ- ent from the cleaning of small fish. A shad, for instance, is simply scaled « cut open with a sharp knife, and the smail pink roe is carefully removed to keep from breaking the dainty, which is usually con- sidered the choicest part of the fish. In this case a sharp hatchet or ax is taken instead of a knife, and the cleaning process is decidedly a butchering. Grasping the ax huge head with a few quick strokes; tl with a long, sharp butcher knife the thick, horny skin is removed and the sturgeon is cut open its entire length, care being taken that the strokes are not deep enough to cut into the roe. When the sides of the fish are laid open, these large roe are exposed to view, and instead of the toothsome-looking morsel found in other fish, the roe of the sturyeon sof great bucketfuls of a bi suo- stance—each separate egg comprised in this Wack mass resembles very closely ¢ black shot, as round and plump as a sm: green pea, and t are glossy, as though freshly varnished, & somewhat shriveled when pack ready for ship- ping and lose much of their glossy appear- ance, but still retain their dark color, and in other respects look much the same when brought to our tables as when first taken from the fish. ~seo-- She Profited. the Springfield Republican, The sound of the door ciosing behind him fell like a knell. “Come back!” she shrieked. The echo of her own voice mocked her: “Come baci Her cry smote the emp eir and wus lost. “Porhaps— She bowed to the decree of fate. it is better thus.” pon closer inspection she had discovered that the umbrella he left was silk and voi alpaca, after all. Fron’