Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1896, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1896—-SIXTEEN PAGES. —<————— body else, to make just as good gar- ments as anybody can make, and to sell at lower prices than other tailors can afford to offer. To accomplish this we must not follow beaten paths. We must not be ordinary tailors. That is why we have two clearing sales every year, when we forget the profit side of the question, and think $3.50. 906 F Street. only about cleaning up our stock. A clearing sale is on now. $5 and $6 trouserings féduced to Suits to order at $9.50 that are worth $10 to $13. Mertz and Mertz. NOBODY WOULD BORROW IT. The Unique Experience of the First Man to Carry an Umbrella in London. From Chatterbox. We have it on good authority that Jonas Hanway, the eccentric philanzhropist, was the first person who walked about the streets of London with an umbrella over his head. He was a man who did not want courage, as we know from cther deeds which he did of a more dangerous sort. Being a Quaker, he was not afraid of sheers or jeering remarks, which Quakers have always had to encounter. Very likely he was both insulted and pelted when he appeared with his umbrella in, some streets. for the constables of the reign of George | III did not keep order so well as our mod- ern policemen do. Probably good Mr. Han- nal umbrella was even larger to which, in allusion to one of tales, the popular name of is often given by way of joke. ‘The Georgian umbrellas are described to us as being made of green oiled canvas, with cane ribs which would not bear a strong gust of wind. Cowper, the poet, in his “Task,” mentions the umbrella as an ar- ticle which people used to protect them from the sun, because it was the fashion then to cut down many of the fine old trees of parks and groves, so that perhaps this was Hanway’s first idea about it, that it made a good sunshade. Evidently the umbrella came to us from where it is employed for that pur- pose, he French had it before us. This was one thing which made people dislike it, for French fashions were thovght silly. MacDonald, writing in A. D. 1775, says that the L idlers and the hackney coach- men shouted after him when he carried an | umbr called him a “mincing Frene His sister was out walking | with him, and she was so much insulted | that he had to take refuge in a shop. But [ must say something about Jonas Han- . for he is worthy to be remembered. born at Portsmouth in A. D. , and traveled about the world a good deal, and published a book giving an ac- count of his travels in Persia. With some other gentleman he founded the Marine So- elety in which was intended to benefit beggar boys and orphans, by giving them an outfit and tarting them as sailors upon } trading ships. He was himself a Russian merchant. Then he was one of the early friends of Sunday schools, though the schools which he helped to start were dif- ferent to those we have now; they were the | means of taming children wno were lik young savages. They heard the truths of | the Bible and were taught to read. It was not till this century that a machine for sweeping chimneys was invented and the custom ‘of employing boys as climbing sWeepers gradually ceased, but before that Jonas Hanway did what he could to pro- tect these poor little fellows. They had often to go up chimneys on bitter cold mornings; sometimes they stuck fast and died; often they got bad bruises and sores from this dangerous work. Some of the timid ones, too, were always afraid of meeting bogies in the chimneys. Even at the age of Six or seven children were so employed, because, when small, they could climb up narrow chimneys better, and little girls were actually sent up sometimes. Mr. Hanway obliged the masters to feed these young sweeps properly, to have them -r their work, and to give them dirty ks, to sleep upon; also 's shortened. s in London, Hanway lived ears in a house in Red Lion n, and he ha 1 the recep- m rooms there decorated with beautiful intings and devices. The reason he gave for this was a good one; he said that often visitors not know what to talk about, and these wall scenes gave them a subject. = GOOD WAR STORIES. not Two Certain) Chivalrous Incidents In Which Blue and Gray Figured. ¥. R. Wilson in Charleston News and Courter. In 188 I met in Richmond a Colonel McCoy of Pennsylvania, who had been a gallant wearer of the blue. We got quite -hummy over the ‘mixed wood’ campfi and wishing to put him at his ease I told him story of Kershaw’s magnificent of Fredericksburg, which too often repeated. An or- ved in hot haste with a com- neral Kershaw to have the the enemy 1 nnoitered at all hazards from a knoll which was swept by the fire of the sharpshooters of both armies. Every and tree had been cut a by the and it looked like certain J attempt it. storm of bullet ath to the Calmly sling E and turning over his command to the . ext officer in rank, ph B. Kershaw rode slowly up into which he would other man. The sight of his s he sat ping the opy > much tants h for the chivalry immancer, and the order federal Ino, ‘Cease firing The rifles became silent, sance was finished, and rats- of the Yu went down en that of the ap in acknowledgment General quietly rode back at a walk un- lent,” remarked but I can cap tt with a personal experience of the chivalrous dis- position of your men. I was on General Meade’s staff near Richmond, and one morning. with the general at our head, we rode down to take a lvok over the river. \s we turned sharply out of the bushes and came out on the bank we found our- ves in point blank range of a confed- rate picket drawn up on the other side A volley would have emptied every saddle, for we were entirely at their mercy. But it would have been murder, for they could not cro: and capture us. Recognizing General Meade, the commander of the de- tachment ordered his men into line, and nted arms. We raised our caps ful acknowledgment, rode slowly to the bushes, and, as soon as we were fairly out of sight, put spurs to our horses 1 scudded back to the camp as if the devil was after us.” soe ie Incense. Colonel Met From the Toronto Math, French women often collect all the fruit stones that come in their way during the summer—cherry, plum, peach and apricot stones. They are washed and boiled in clean water, dried in the sun, and put into chintz or printed linen bags. When hot ap- plications are required for tooth or earache, er rheumatic pains, one of these bags is made thoroughly hot in the oven and laid on the affected part. A bag of fruitstones thus heated is good for cold feet. The stones give a pleasant, spicy scent, and re- tain the caloric for a long time. Chicago achtsmen Preparing Build n New Defender. From the Chicago Trib-ne. There is a possibility that Chicago may furnish the yacht to defend the America cup. Growing out of a jocular remark made by Theodore Poekel is a plan for the construction by Chicago men of @ yacht to sail in the New York trial races as a candidate for the defense of the trophy won by America. Two or three weeks ago a party of Chi- cago yachtsmen was In the works of the Racine Buat Manufacturing Company, watching with critical eyes the progress of F. C. Berriman’s yacht Vencedor. It was about the time of the announcement that Emperor William would send Meteor to sail for the America cup. One of the party was Theodore Poekel, designer of Vence- dor and formerly for the Herreshoffs of Defender. “I can build a yaoht that will defeat De- fender,” sald Theodore Poekel. “If you can do that,” replied one of the men of the party, “I will furnish the money to build it.” “You will not furntsh it all,” said another of the Chicago yachtsmen, “for I want to do part of that myself.”” It was then agreed between two of the party that in the event of a challenge by the emperor or by any other yachtsman for the America cup they would bring out of the Racine yards a yacht to sail in the pre- Lminary heats under the auspices of the New York Yacht Club. The offer cf the Chicago men was made in good faith, and they have gone as far in the matter as is possible until a chal- lenge for the America cup has been re- ceived by the New York Yacht Club. After the recelpt of the challenge nine months must elapse before the preliminary races, ing ample opportunity for the construc- tion of an adequate boat. A race for the cup will not be possible then till the spring of 1807. It will be necessary for one or more of the owners of the Chicago beat to become members of the New York Yacht Club. Several Chicago men are already enrolled in its membership. The men who are back of the proposition to | Prefer to remain in obscurity for the pres- ent, at least, tll their mettle is tested by a challenge for the cup. Their offer is said not to ‘be tonditional on a challenge by Emperor William, but to be open in the case of a challenge by any other reputable owner. The mere possibility of the construction | of a yacht on fresh water for the defense of the cup ts sufficient to cause a stir among yachting men, the designing of fast boats having been confined to the seaboard. According to E. C. Berriman, there is noth- ing improbable in the idea of the construc- tion of a winner tn a fresh-water ship yard. The conditions of sailing are some- what different, but there is no reason why a cup defender should not be built on Lake Michigan. McKINLEY’S PROMISE. He Made It in Response to the Dying Request of Gen. Grant. From the Chicago ‘Times-Herald. Once or twice I have said that Major Mc- Kinley would go into the presidency with- out having made any promise to anybody. I take that back. In the presence of sev- eral people only a week ago he made a promise to Col. Frederick Dent Grant, ex- minister to Austria, and now a member of the happy family known as the New York Police board. The thing promised was not a cabinet ot- fice nor a foreign mission, nor the collector- ship of the port of New York. It is a promise to appoint Ulysses S. Grant third to a cadetship at West Point. A few months before he died General Grant wrote with trembling hand a letter addressed to the President of the United States request- ing the appointment of his grandson to the United States army. It happens that young Grant will reach the requisite age early in the term of the President of the United States whe will be inaugurated on the 4th of March next. Colonel Grant {s so sure that Major McKinley will be the man in- augurated on that day that he has already ; Siven nctice that he will present the draft for his son's appointment, and considering that General Grant signed the draft and General Sherman indorsed it, Major Mc- Kinley hardly needed to give the assurance that it would be duly honored. I learn, by the way, that Ulysses 9. Grant third Is now a bright lad, sixteen Years of age, attending school in New York. He is a great student, speaks several lan- guages fluently, and is at the head of all his classes. His father as an original Mc- Kinley man is delighted at the prospect of his son's appointment by President Me- Kinley, and Major McKinley says that nothing would reconcile him to the re- sponsibilities of the presidential office more than the privilege of executing a posthu- mous order of his old commander in the war of the rebellion. ———-e-__ A Government to Suit Al. From the North American Review. From a review made of the English colo- nial system, the fact appears that it em- braces almost every form of government, from that of the autocratic high commis- sioner, who legislates for the savage Basu- toland by the issuance of proclamations merely, up to the complex federal union, under which the self-governing communt. ties of Canada control their own destinies, with scarcely any interference whatever from the parent state. The distinguishing feature of this elastic system is embodied in the application to each of its widely di- vergent parts of that form of government which seems best adapted to its special stage of development and to its local wants and traditions. To those communities which are fully developed not only repre- sentatives, but responsible government {s siven; to those not so far advanced, repre- sentative government only: to those still more backward, a composite form, partly representative and partly official, while those not deemed capable of local self- government in any form are placed under what is known as the crown colony sys- tem, which means simply a body of official rulers appointed from Downing street. Over all, no matter whether the grant of autonomy be great or small, the ultimate power forever abides in the imperial and omnipotent parliament at Westminster, which can at a blow reduce Canada from her estate to ope of servile dependence. And yet, even under that sword of Damo- cles, England's colonial empire now re- poses so peacefully as to shake the faith of many in Turgot’s famous apothegm that “colonies are like fruits, which cling to the tree only till ripe.” OVATION GIVEN TO TANNER The £x-Pensions Oemmissioner (hecred by the Confederates. ‘Ten Thousand Applaud Gen. Gordon’s Kissing Mrs. Davis—The Battle Abbey Matter. The sensation of the confederate reunion at Richmond yesterday occurred shortly after midday. On motion of General Pey- ton Wise of Virginia, a committee was ap- pointed to wait on Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Hayes and invite them to visit the conven- tion. The chairman appointed General Wise and ex-Mayor Ellyson, who escorted the ladies to seats on the platform. The chairman, Gen. John B. Gordon of Georgia, then introduced the ladies, and in preseat- ing Mrs. Dayis made a brief speech, in which he said that he wanted to bespeak the appreciation of the assembled confed- erate veterans, and that he would place a reverential kiss upon her brow. ‘The gen- eral then kissed Mrs. Davis, amidst deaf- ening cheers and applause. The whole 10,000 veterans arose, and with one voice applauded the act. Hats were General Gordon. thrown, canes and umbrellas were thumped upon the floor, men yelled, stamped their feet and clapped their hands, and it was minutes before silence was restored. Immediately after the excitement attend- ant upon the above incident had died out General Gordon again came to the front and referred to the presence in the conven- tion of Corporal James Tanner, a veteran of the Union army, and called npon Cor- poral Tanner to come forward. Ovation to Tanner. As this brave Union soldier, who has both legs buried in Virginia soil, appeared the whole audience arose and greeted him with cheers and hurrahs. The corporal seemed to be deeply moved by the demonstration in his honor, and he made a@ great speech. His patriotic utter- ances were received with almost rninter- rupted applause. At times he would te- come humorous, and his wit would convulze the vast audience into laughter; again, he was pathetic, and many eyes were bathed in tears. Many a strong man was visibly affected. He opened his speech with the cxpres- sion, y fellow veterans,” and he praised the valor and the bravery of thé Union soldiers, and did not fail to recognize the bravery and worth of the confederates. He spoke of General Gordon in the highest terms, and his statement that he would like to see the Georgian in the White House brought forth tremendous applause. In concluding his speech Corporal Tanner begged the southern people to take good care of the confederate veterans and make their last days on earth happy. General Cabell reported the action of his committee, who selected the plans for the Davis monument, and his report was adopted. At this stage of the proceedings a propo- sition to make Jefferson Davis, jr., an honorary member of the body ‘vas unani- ously adopted. A veteran shouldered the boy and carried him down among the vet- erans, where he received an ovation. Gen- eral Gordon announced that he would ap- point the young Davis a member of his staff. At 2 o'clock a recess of thirty minutes was taken, in order that the veterans might be presented to Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Hayes. The Battle Abbey. Chairman McIntosh of the Battle Abbey committee reported the resolutions adopt- ed by that committee providing for the im- mediate discharge of that committee ap- pointed by the last reunion and the ap- pointment of a board of trustees to succeed it, to be composed of one trustee from each state, who shall be incorporated as_the Confederate Memorial Association. This report, with the preposition of Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss, made through his repre- sentative, Col. A. B. Dickinson, to con- tribute $500,000 toward the erection of the abbey, provided the confederate veterans raise a like amount and on condition that the abbey be located at Washington, pro- voked considerable discussion, and the re- port was finally adopted, on motion of General Jackson of Tennessee. The board of trustees created under the resolution were vested with full power to determine the location and decide between the two propositions made by Mr. Rouss. The chairman announced the following as the board of trustees: Alabama, Geo. D. Johnson; Arkansas, Major W. T. Tannerhill District of Columbia, W. A.Gordo i W. J. Chipley; Georgia, Clement A. Kentucky, Gen. J. B. Briggs; Louisiana, Gen. J. A. Shallerhorn; Maryland, John Gill; Mississippi, Col. J. R. Mcintosh; Mis- souri, Gen. E. A. Ashbury; North Carolina, ‘Thomas J. Keanar; Oklahoma, John A. Coster; South Carolina, Dr. J. B. Teague: ‘Tennessee, Gen. W. H. Jackson; Texas, Gen. L. L. Rose; Virginia, Col. J. B. Cary; West Virginia, Col. Robert White. The Tennessee delegation Is much disap- pointed that the location of the abbey was not determined at this session, inasmuch as they believe that they would have secured it if the question had been determine@ here. ‘The contest will probably be between Rich- mond, New Orleans, Nashville and Wash- ington, with chances in favor of the capital of the confederacy, as there seems to be much opposition to the second proposition mude by Mr. Rouss, which carries with it the location of the abbey in this city. A sentiment that it should be located in the confederate states prevails very widely with the veterans. To Meet at Nashville. There has been a spirited fight between Nashville, St. Louis, Baltimore and At- lanta for the next annual meeting, but it narrowed down between Nashville and Baltimore before the meeting, and after one-half of the states had heen called the Maryland delegation gracefully moved a unanimous vote in favor of Nashville. Mary- land’s delegation was divided between Bal- timore and Nashville. Immediately after Nashville had been selected as the’ next meeting place a motion that the same offi- cers be continued for another year was unanimously adopted, and Gen. John B. Gordon will preside at the seventh annual convention of the veterans. This prac- tically completed the business of this ses- sion, and the veterans then adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock. The War Concert. ‘The war concert given at the Auditorium last night will long be remembered by those who attended. There were 50,000 persons in the Exposition building, and 15,000 in the Auditorium, which seats only 10,200. Seated on the platform were the sponsors of the several states and many other promi- nent persons. The rendition of old con- federate war songs by the grand chorus, ac- companied by two full brass bands, was greatly enjoyed by the large audience. Governor O'Ferrall and Mrs. O’Ferrall, assisted by the sponsors of the several states, held a brillant public reception at the executive mansion last night. The Governor to the Cadets. At yesterday afternoon’s reception of the Washington High Schocl Cadets Gov. O’Ferrall spoke warm words of welcome, and especially felicitated the cadets on coming in the face of so many difficulties. He expressed surprise that any objection had been made to their coming, but said he was gratified that all federal soldiers were not aiike, and that the truest and the best had aided and abetted the boys in-com- ing; that mutch more might be said, but that there were many things better for not being said. HE WAS AT LIBBY PRISON. Capt. Holland, Whe Slept Where the Famous Tunnel Ended. Capt. John M. HoHaknd of Dickerson, Md., spent Tuesday in “Washington, on the way to the grand encampment at Rich- mond. Capt. Holland was born in Freder- ick county, Md., but served through the war in the confederite service. His expe- rience while detailed under Capt. Turner at Libby prison wag exciting and impor- tant. He enlisted with the Washington Ar- tillery of New onetie and served at An- tletam, Fredericksbulg, Gettysburg and Pe- tersburg. He was afso with Early in. his memorable attack of, Washington in 1864. “It was while lying:in the trenches at Pe- tersburg,” said Capt. Holland, “that I was detailed to service ‘as, inspector of flag of truce goods sent thé Union prisoners by the federal govermment. I continued in that work until Grant bicckaded the James river and prevented the truce boat run- ning. I then shipped, all goods on hand to Andersonville to Capt. Wirz, to whom most of the Richmond prisoners had been trans- ferred “I served in the Early raid as ald-de- camp on the staff of Gen. W. R. Cox, now secretary of the United States Senate. We had our headquarters for several days in the Roche House at Silver Spring. We lost from our brigade sixty-eight men there the last day of the fight. The graves of some of these men have been found recently by Mr. Blair Lee of this city. We intend soon to erect a suitable monument to them. The Ridgely Camp of Confederate Veterans has received already quite a subscription for the purpose. I was at Libby when the fa- mous tunnel was dug, and I made the ac- quaintance of hundreds of northern officers there, of whom I shall always cherish a kindly remembrance. While the flag o° truce was flying over the stacked confed erates’ arms of Gen. Lee's army, and whil Gen. Lee and Gen. Grant were at the noted McLean house arranging terms of surren- der, eight of the Washington Artillerymen (myself included) left and crossed the mountains, and were eight days and nights making our way to Gen. Johnston’s army, which was then in North Carolina. We re- ported to Gen. Johnston the very day that the flag of truce was raised to surrender Johnsten’s army. There was some delay for several days, preparing terms between Gen. Sherman and Gen. Johnston. During this delay Jefferson Davis and a portion of his cabinet passed through where we were. He was captured a few days later. ‘There were,” continued Capt. Holland, “six officials on duty in connection with the i Bell Island and other prisons in Richmond during the war. They were Maj. Thos. P. Turner, commandant pris- ‘apt. Richard R. Turner, inspector Capt. George Ross, recorder, roll caller and bookkeeper; Capt.C.M>Rae Selph bonded officer to receive and distribute pri- vate boxes and goods received by flag of truce; Capt. John W. Holland, inspector of private boxes and goods, and Lieut. J. Bos- sicu, officer in charge on Bell Island. “As well as can be ascertained at present, but three of those officers are now living. All of the survivors are expected to be present at Richmerd on this occasion. The three surviving officers are Maj. Thos. P. Capt. Richard R. Turner and my- “Maj. Thos. P. Turner was born in Win- chester, Va., in 1840, and was a cadet at West Point at the beginning of the waz. He entered the service of the conf2deracy and was made commandant of all the pri cns in Richmond at the age of twenty-one. iis headquarters were at Libby prison, which was a prison for officers. It often contained as many as a thousand or more prisoners at one time. He commanded th prisons of Richmond from 1861 to 1st Immediately after Gen. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox ne left the country with Gen. rly and did not put foot on United States soil for ten years after, when he returned and located at Memphis, Tenn., where he is now practicing dentistry. He is € ted to be present at Richmond this wi “1 received my appointment as inspector of all private boxes received by the flax of truce boats which came up to Richmond en the James river from Col. Robt. Ould, commissioner for the exchange of prison- ers, and was located with Capt. C. Mck Selph, the bonded officer appointed to re- eeive the private boxes, His hea lquarters were in the Pemberion building, adjoining the Libby building'square, and at the foot of 2ist_ and Carey siréets. It in the yard of this building where Col. Rose ter- minated his famous tunnel escape from Libby in 1864. There were 109 officers who came out through this tunnel just before daylipht and made‘ thelr escape. The out- let of this tunnel was made up through a hole in the ground within twenty-five yards of where I was in bed asleep with cne of my assistants. Out of the 109 who made their escape through this tunnel fif- ty-two were recaptured and returned to Libby prison, Col. Rose himself being one ef the unfortunate ones to be captured after many days’ tramping and hiding to try and evade our pickets. “I am_ now living in Maryland, engaged ir. farming and dairying. I belong to the Ridgely Brown Camp of Confederate Vet- erans. T am going to Richmond as the guest of Camp 171, U. C. V., of Washing- ton. I hope to meet many old comrades at Richmond and we shall all have a good time. JUDGE FIELD'S CALIFORNIA OAK. Said to Be the Biggest Teee in the Iden State. From the San Francisco Chronicle. The glories of the sequoia gigantea have been sung by poets and described by Cali- fornia tourists, and are tolerably familiar to the whole world, but it is not generally known even to people familiar with Monte- rey and its surroundings that there is a live oak tree near’ Monterey Bay which is thouzht by many good judges to be. in some respects, the largest tree in the state. The tremendous spread of its branches w noticed by Timothy Reales Field, a nephew of the justice of that name, who, as a mid- shipman in the United States navy, visited th ast before the occupation. Young Field, who inas long since been gathered to his fathers, sixty years ago wrote home a long description of the marvelous oak to his relatives. Last summer while at Monterey the mem- ory of this letter recurred to Justice Field, and he made a search for the oak, which, after the fashion of some of the oaks in Monterey, was so concealed by sand dunes that the ordinary observer would scarce sus- pect the extent of its wide branches. He finally discovered it and found it even more interesting than the early description, for, during the interval, it had added to its girth. It is estimated that rsons could find shelter in and undcr the branches of the tree, which, since its rediscovery, is popu- larly known as “Justice Field’s Oak,” a name which the drivers of the vehicles at- tached to the hotel gave it when they heard of the judge's interest in this singular ar- boreal specimen. soe Civil Service Rules Benefit Railroads. ‘From my own observation in thirty years of railroad service,” said a freight official recently, “I have satistied myself that in no line of business can civil service be more ef- fectual in good resuits than in railroading. On the Pennsylvania's lines if a man proves himself competent from the day he enters the company’s service’he is in line of pro- motion, and if he properly performs the du- ties assigned him and is‘ faithful to thé com- pany’s interests, only old age, sickness or death will sever the relations, unless the official or employe retires of his own will to erter fields which 'protnise better salaries. This is also true of the New York Central, as the same rules regarding the service of employes are practiced ‘there as those which prevail on the Pennsylvania, and this ac- counts in a large measure for the success which has given the companies named such an enviable record.' On either of the sys- tems named there are today more men who have been in the erfiplo¥ of those companies twenty years oy more than there are men who Eave bee employed a less number of years. On either the New York Central or the Pennsylvania kines you fil men who have been in the service of those companies twenty, thirty, and in numerous cases forty years, and this is the rule rather than the exception. ++ Clean Aprons. From the Chicago Record. The Clean Apron Supply Company is one of the unusual business institutions of Chi- cago. The Towel Supply Company does an immense business in the downtown dis- trict, and the apron supply concern is con- ducted along the same lines. Shops, factories and publishing concerns are the principal patrons. The company furnishes the aprons and charges 5 cents every time a clean apron is delivered. It also calls for the soiled ones. The uemand for clean working aprons is said to be suffi- cour large to make the business profit- able. TWO LITTLE _ OSTRICHES ‘They Enter Washiggton by the Incubator Ronte, ‘They Are but Ten Days Old, Yet as Big as Full-Grown Roosters and Eat Auy Old Kind of Food. Lovers of choice poultry may be pleased to learn that Mr. Edward Schmid has suc- ceeded in his efforts to produce young ostriches in Washington by artificial incu- bation. His first attempt, with four eggs obtained from the Norwalk ostrich farm, at Norwalk, southern California, failed be- cause of the infertility of the eggs. As a setting of ostrich eggs is an expensive in- vestment—the Your costing $25, with ex- press additional—it was a serious disap- pointment. Three of these eggs were put in an incubator. The fourth was placed un- der a hen on a farm in Maryland. Like the others, it also proved infertile. But when the manager of the Norwalk farm was told that the eggs, after remaining in the incu- bator over twenty days were absolutely clear, with no air cell forming, he knew they were infertile, and at his own expense re- placed them with four more, which were packed with every refinement of caution, and in due time reached Washington. ‘Three of the eggs were placed in a Prairie State incubator of the smallest size made, having a capacity of 100 hens’ sges, May 7, and the second trial began. Witn this sec- ond setting the results were better. A week ago Wednesday two curious-looking orni- thological specimens emerged from the huge three-pound ivory-surfaced shells. As Mr. Cugler, who has charge of the in- cubators, had sealed the door of the ma- chine in which the ostrich eggs were, and covered the glass, in order to prevent the accidents likely to happen from meddling children and quite as meddlesome adults, the young ostriches made their arrival a! most unknown. They came in the night, and when first seen had dried out and were making their presence known by pecking vigorously against the glass. The third €gg proved infertile; the fourth is out in the country, and it is not yet known whether it hatched or not. The young ostriches began life with a prodigious appetite, and have been grow- ing like young Pekin ducks, which double their weight every seven or eight days. They began at once to eat Canada peas, stale bread, sliced turnips, green cabbage, Kattir corn and ground bone, and to drink pints and pints of water and quarts and quarts of milk. Beside these articles of diet they showed an avidity for limestone grit and the plaster on the wall. They were put in a pen that had been made for dogs, ‘ranced along a brick wall, and they set to work pecking at the mortar as if it was candy. The young ostriches are certainly queer- looking birds. They are of the South Afri- ean variety and at maturity, if all goes Well with them, should be six feet tall and may be eight. They are now abcut the size of a big Brahma rooster and must weigh eight or nine pounds. They are of a dirty brown color, their down being rcugh and prickly and showing little prom- ise of the beautiful plumage which they are destined to wear at some future di Their heads are flat and snakish in shape: the eyes bright and inquisitive; the bill thick and powerful; the whole ‘set on’ a long, slender, striped neck. But their legs und feet are their most marvelous posses- 5! They are thick jointed as a young it's and will some ‘time be powerful, either for Iccomotion or combat, There are but two toes on the feet, one as big as a man’s thumb, the other smaller. They are restless creatures, forever strid- ing up and down their pen, pecking at the well or the floor or at each other. They are not at all ill-tempered, and can be eas- ily caught and handled, if it were well to do so. They seem fond of each other, and stand often with their heads across each other's back, in a sort of birdlike embrace. Mr. Schmid is anxious to raise these new- comers, and is taking every possible care | of them. ‘Thus far they have not been on | exhibition even to the many naturalists who frequent his plac i: aid by those | who are familiar with ostrich farming that | they will thr > climate and latitude of Washington. y do not necessarily require a subtorrid climate, and in Cali are provided usually with no better in winter than ordinary cattle In Washington Mr. Schmid expects to provide something warmer. He has bought still another cl and is going to try and prod zed flock of birds before he is ing experiment. The annual yield of plumes from a ma- ture bird is two to four pounds, and they are worth from $5 to $100 a pound, according to quality, The av for undressed African feathers is $0 a pound. The full- grown bird is valued according to his pro- ductiveness in feathers, and it is hard to buy one for less than $200 to $300. Young ostriches are also valuable as breeders, a female laying thirty to forty eggs in a sea- son. The usual life of the ostrich is about thirty years. May these little birds of Mr. Schmid’s live at least that long! _ through with the in- TROUBLE. Harrowing Experience of a Guest at a Country Inn. From the Detroit Free Press, “Talking of ghosts,” said the man in cor- duroy, “I had an experience once that nearly turned my hair gray. I arrived late at night in a little valley town out west, where the only hotel was one of those amateur gimcrack places with worsted mottoes on the walls and plants in the windows. The landlord himself lighted me to my room and saw that I was made com- fortable. I was dead tired and sleepy and dropped off the moment my head touched the clean, lace-bordered pillows. I was awakened, some time toward morning, from a sound sleep very suddenly, by a Strange grating noise, and by the dim light i saw a man ri through the floor of the room. At tirst I thought he had come to murder me, but the longer I looked the imore certain I became that he was no mertal man. I lay shaking until daylight, with my head buried in the bed clothes.” “And then?” “Then I saw my own clothes neatly sur- mounted by my hat disposed on the frame of a dumb waiter where I had placed them when retiring. The landlord had hauled them down, brushed them carefully, and sent them up again, giving me a fright that nearly turned my Drain. ——— A To Up for Her. From the Chicago Times-Herald. Some one said to Senator Brice that it did not matter which way the silver ques- tion was decided, as the country could be just as prosperous under a silver stand- ard as it was with the gold standard, and this remark reminded Senator Brice of a story. Two well-bred young men were rivals for the affection of a fair lady, and, being gentlemen, they did not wish to fight a duel and try to kill each other, nor did they want to go at it with their fists. They glowered at each other a little while, and then one said to his rival: “We don’t want to fight about this lady, so I'll tell you what we'll do. We will toss for her.” To this the other agreed. “Then,” said the first, “I'll toss up a brick, and if it stays in the air the girls is yours. If it comes down she’s mine.” 0, s From the Chicago Tribune. “I have always considered ‘The Star- Spangled Banner’ one of the greatest songs ever written,” observed Uncle Allen Sparks. If any other one that I know of had begun, ‘O, Say!’ it would never have reached a second edition.” SUFFERED INTENSE PAIN ment of Eczema. MB EWING’S REMARKABLE CURE Could Not Bear the Touch of Clothing In Agony From Burning Sensa- tions—Completely Cured by the W derfal Treatment of Doctors McCoy and Cowden. THE FORMS THAT SKIN DISEASE MOST RE- QUENTLY TAKES ARE PIMPLES ON THE FACE AND SHOULDERS, PIMPLES KED AND HARD, PIMPLES BROAD AND FLAT, PIMPLES WITH BLACK TOPS, OR FESTERING PIMPLES, PIM- PLES THAT SOMETIMES ALMOST TOUCH 80 THICK ARE THEY, PIMPLES THAT CONVERT ‘HE FACE INTO A SUPPURATING, DISGUSTING SIGHT. THEN THERE ARE RED BLOTCHES ON THE FACE, OR RED, “NFLAMED AND FIERY- LOOKING PATCHES OR RED NOSES. THEN THERE ARE SEEN KOUGH, SCALY, SCABBY OR CRUSTED PATCHES ON THE SKIN THAT FRB QUENTLY ITCH AND BURN, OR ELSE SCALE OFF LIKE FLAKES OF BRAN. TH THERE ARE CRACKED, INFLAMED AND SORE PLACES. THAT SMART AND BURN LIKE FIRE OR THAT ITCH INCESSANTLY. OK THERE MAY BE AN OILY, SHINY SKIN, OR THR SCALP MAY BE COVERED WITH FINE SILVERY SCALES THAT CONSTANTLY FALL OFF ON THE CLOTHING. ALL THESE CONDITIONS INDICATE DISEASE OF THE Ski AND ALL ARE CURABLE. NOT CURABLE IN A WEEK OR A MONTY, BUT UN- DER THE TREATMENT DEVISED BY DOCTOR M-OOY FROM THE STUDY OF THE CAUSE AND EFFECT OF THE DISEASE, THEY ARE CURA- GLE NEVERTHELESS. IN ‘CHE CURE OF NO DISEASK IS TIME AND PATIENCE MORE ESSEN- TIAL. IN NO DISEASE, HOWEVER, IS THE CURE MORE CERTAIN OR THE RESULT MORE GEAT- IFYING TO DOCTOR AND PATIENT ALIKB. | _ J. W. Bwing, Anditor’s Office of the ‘Treasury, testiles to Dr. McCoy's skill in curing diseases of the skin. John W. Ewing, clerk in the A itor’s Office for the Fost Office Department, seys: “The first warning I had of my skin being poison- ed was the appearance on various parts of my bod: nall, dry, scaly sores, rumning together. y increased in size, forming frightful blotches as large as silver dollars, which would fester amd discharge. “L suffered all the agonies, it seemed to me, that any ope could. Strange, Burning Sensations becan in my feet and formed a circuit, as it were, of embers of fire ¢ sing my bedy. My hands, feet and ankles were swollen and pained me in- tensel: I had to wear gloves on my hands all the time, and could got bear the touch of clothing. Physicians pronounced it m Angry Case of Eczema, but failed to relieve my pain. T tried every avall- able remedy without success, When Doctor McCoy feetituted a National Practice in Washington I Was impressed with his remarkable record, and I wert to bis offic The diagnesis of Eezema, the doctor said, was right, bat my case was one that could be cured in 4 reasousble time. “The doctor gave medicines and instructions that I followed carefully. After @ week's applica- tion I felt a great improvement. I was relieved from the intense itching, and gradvally the blotches grew les. Now I Am Entirely Cured. ‘s treatment acted Ike a charm. My skin is perfectly natural, and I have no trace of the diseas~ left That all may have an adequate and correct idea of the MeCoy Treatment, the wonderful results of rbich are attracting the attention of the whole ntrs, Dow joy ond Cowden y arranged for a limited time to giv ants on their first visit a ‘Trial Treatment Fre is is purely for educational purposes. nfe'Treatment will bein emerald i th er sof the Nat! ‘ has instituted in Wash- McCoySystem of Medicine Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physicians, 715 13th Street Northwest. Office Hours, 9 to 12 a.m., 1 to S p.n., 6 to 8 p.m.,daily. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m i Day Saturday, July 4th. MONOGRAPH ON DE Closed DOCTOR McCOY OF THE SKIN CAN BE OBTAINED BY S IN A PPLACATION TLROUGH THE MAIL. IT 18 INTENDED ONLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE AF. FLICTED WITH SOME SE FORM OF SKIN DIs- BEST WAY ESCAPE ARREST. To iminals Find Safety by Getting Thrown Into Jail. From Answers. The very safest place for a suspected criminal is the police cell, and the burglar's latest dodge to escape hts eremy, the “nark,” is to commit a trivial crime and get himself locked up. During the last six months it has been quite a common thing for a burglar or as- sassin who has committed a big robbery to smash a window or lamp glass, or as- sault a policeman, and get himself a term of three or four weeks’ imprisonment. ‘This throws the detective off the scent, es- pecially when the thief slips away, as he generally does, to another town, and gets himself arrested there. In such a case the only safe plan for the detective to follow is to search all the police courts himself with- in a radius of thirty miles from the place where he lost the trail of the hunted man. Even when this is done “tecs” have been known to pass over the thief without recog- nizing him, so completely does shaving, cropping and the broad arrow suit alter a man’s appearance. For instance, a most exhaustive search was made some years for Jackson, the cele- brated Manchester murderer. When al- most run to earth the detectives suddenly lost all trace of him, and it was a consider- able time before he was discovered by a pure accident in Bradford jail, where he was working out a three weeks’ sentence fer some trivial offense, deliberately com- mitted as a “blind. This dodge, however, has been so much resorted to of late that it is becoming less safe than formerly, but it is still frequent- ly worked with success. —se<—-—___ He Forgot to Mention It. From the Indianapolis Journal. Greene—“Say! That shotgun I bought of you blew into ten thousand pieces the first time I fired it off. I don’t see how I ever got off alive.” Gunsel—“Oh, yes; I forgot to tell you. You have heard of those new disappearing guns the government is getting? Weil, that was one of them.” IF YOU FEEL “ALL PLAYED OUT” Take Horsford'’s Acid Phoxphate. 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