Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1897, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1897-16 PAGES. WW WZ \ \ =a Earrings that $25 to $200 to $100 to $50 eS Scarf and Stick Pins that seem t worth from $10 to $75 Studs that seem to be worth from Rings that seem to be worth from Every stone warranted to retain its NZ eS NV a) AES NAA WE IMEAN BUSINESS. EVERY A DOWN GOES: q NA WwW NY 13 Mounted in Rings, Pins, Studs and Earrings. Actually Worth from $6.00 to $10.00. MOUNTED IN Rings, Pins, Studs and Earrings, SO CTS. EACH. Brooches that seem to be worth from $50 to $200 Tomcrrow from seem to be worth = = = be $10 ‘$25 = Down Goes the Price. Genuine White Topaz, Impossible to Detect From Real Diamonds, 50c. 50c. 50c. 50c. 50c. brilliancy. TOMORROW AND S Do During This Open Evenings \ i, 42S 923 Pa.Ave.N.W. Not Confound these stones with so-called Rhinestones, Sumatra, Parisian, Brazilian, Alaska, or, in fact, any other imitation Diamond, regardless of what the name may be. WHITE TOPAZ is the only stone that has ever been discovered that cannot be detected from a Diamond. All others are simply manufactured from chemicals. Mail. Orders ‘will receive prompt attention. A Stud, Ring or Pin will be sent to any: address on receipt. of .50c. in coin or stamps. : Earrings are $1.00. __S-karat. Y-karat. Sale. NZ — aN <a> \ A Positively the Greatest Sale in the History of the 50 Cents Each. Don’t iss This--the Opportunity of a Lifetime. fie | at. ATURDAY 50 CENTS EACH. Down Goes the Price. Genuine White Topaz, Impossible to Detect from Real Diamonds, MOUNTED IN Rings, Pins, Studs and Earrings, oO CTS. EACH. Brooches that seem to be worth from $50 to $200 Tomorrow Earrings that seem to be worth from $25 to $200 Scarf and Stick Pin: worth from $10 to $75 Studs that seem to be worth from to $100 Rings that seem to to $50 = Every stone returned as unsatisfactory. RZ Woe IPIRICEY RTICLE MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE. GENUINE WHITE TOPAZ, THE HARDEST OF SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES. iS that seem to be ‘be worth from $25 warranted to retain its Our Guarantee. We warrant each and every stone to retain i mountings to give perfect satisfaction. | We will give $1,000 to any charitable institution in Washington | if it can be shown that we have refused to replace a stone that was | 1 WwW NWA Ss = 2 o 50c. 50c. 50c. 50c. 50c. ‘$10 brilliancy and the Jewelry Business. Choice of any Brilliant in Stock, Regardless of Former Price, T DJPAILAGE, We NZ > \\/AS WZ WZ = omorrow and Saturday, Remember, every stone guaranteed. Sale commences 8 a.m. tomorrow. a“ gi Inte Open Evenings During This Sale. 923 Pa.Ave.N.W. = Ho. —> ma = 7 WZ Si eS WY ~S WIZ FS ANTONIO MACEO Account of Him bya Minnesotian on His Staff. The € nm General Stood Six Feet ‘Twe—His Manner and His Personal Bravery—A Brilliant Tactician. ineapolis Sunday Times. the Times will remember the ch was created a year and 2 Jf azo in the probable fate of Franc R. Woodward, a newspzper man who was sed to have of the death of President Jose r reports were received of his Spanish soldiery by whom condemned to be shot, his ares with the Cuban army, recapture and escape with ten com- ons after flve comrides had been shot ¢ beutal Spanish butchers. Woodward's home fs In Minneapolis. ce remained with his mother 29 Hennepia avenue. with the Cuban army Capt. Wood- ward served under Gen. Antonio Maceo and times he was on detached rv with the brother of the great lead- who was shot a few months ago Capt. Woodward ts probably uly white man in the world today can tell something of the character- f the Cuban leader, as he passed months in camp with him, every day. marching with him, h him and sleeping in a ham- side Maceo. For a time he com- the personal cavalry escort and English secretary, attending to rrespondence incidental to the ‘our hich was made by the little army when been killed in Cuba at} it was still In its infancy, and when it was recruited by a march around the en- tire eastern end of the island. A Glimpse of Maceo. “The first time I saw Gen. Maceo,” sald Capt. Woodward to a reporter for the Times last evening, “was on a May morn- ing in 1895. I had been making forced marches in company with a scouting party commanded by Capt. Marco, with whom I had been traveling since I left the moun- tain hospital at Jirawaca. “Distinctly do I remember the morning on which I first saw thé great black lead- er. Our horses were blown and exhausted. We had changed animals a half dozen times that morning, as we had been in the saddle since 2 o'clock, I was astride a homely, camel-necked brute whose sides I had cruelly lacerated with the spurs and the blood had congealed along his mud- spattered sides. Long lines of men stood by the roadside and stared at me as I rode along by the side of Capt. Marco, followed by half a score of ragged, tired men. We looked like almost anything but soldiers. It took us but a short time to pass the halted infantry, and then I saw the first regular cavalry of the Cuban | army. Imagine a collection of swarthy, ragged, cheerful-looking men, carrying ali sorts of arms and accoutered in all styles; their lean jaws set in Getermination and with bright, intelligent eyes—seated on a lot of round barreled horses of a generally jaded appearance, and you have caught the idea of Maceo’s cavalry as it appeared at the beginning of the war. Col. Goulet (killed at Bayoma) sat at their head. He gave me a smile and nod as I rode past, and I lifted my tired hand in salute. “A group of a score of horsemen occu- pied a knoll to the right of the road and a rod or two off it. Past this point the little army was filing and General Maceo was making his first review. He was mounted on an immense sorrel stallion, by all odds the finest looking animal in the whole aggregation, and with erect head, shoulders thrown back and features alert he spoke to the various officers and men as they laboriously marched past. He wore a broad-rimmed Panama hat, a clean coat of native linen of a light brown color, trousers of the same mate- eS ing until night. Washington is city. They are selling “like Wilson’s marked prices. Z 87 $6 Shoes— Shoes—€ $3.50. ce, $3.00. ot wu supply n Sizes in $1.00 @ @ It & : &2SSGSS S80 S05S 09088 686008 00808 ldlalit Price For Wilson’s Fine Shoes! The sale is at fever heat; crowds follow crowds—from morn- of this kind before—probably never will again. Wilson’s Shoes. are known to be the finest and most fashionable ever retailed in * Bargain Tables Replenished . Wilson’s Old Stand, 929 F St.N.W. J. AND M. STRASBURGER. FAMILY SHOR STORE. @998eee0 ) has never seen a Shoe sacrifice @ @ co) S 2) © © ® ® @ © a whirlwind”—at just HALF of @ $3.50 Shoes—Choice, } $3.00 Shoes—Choice, Ps 1.75. 1.50. son's $4, $5, $6 and §7 Shoes — Greatest bar- | A New Lot of Wil- gains ever offered at... $4.5 rial and tied at the ankles with bits of palm straw, coarse, strong shoes of native leather laced with rawhide thongs. Around his waist he wore a wide leather belt, apparently an old saddle girth, and attached to this was a revolver holster in which nestled a pearl-handled Smith & Wesson 38-caliber revolver. In the belt he had also thrust a cuchilla or native knife, something like a shoemaker's knife, sharp as a razor. He wore a biack, wirey beard and mustache. Beneath the mus- tache could be seen when he smiled strong white teeth, which looked wolfish when angry. His jaw was square and firm, showing great power and force of will. His head was finely shaped. His hands and feet were small and his nails were well kept. In stature he stood about six feet and two inches, broad chested and powerfully limbed. In every glance and every movement there was command. His complexion was that of a dark mulatto. His features were well formed and pleas- ant to look at. “By his side sat General Rabi, the cay- alry chief. They were chatting together when Major Raphael Portuondo, now sec- retary of foreign affairs in this country for the Cuban government, touched him on the arm and directed his attention to our little band as we came toiling along up the slope of the hill. He gazed at me with interest, as I was the only white man in the entire assemblage; as I afterward learned, in the entire army. That is, real white. The Cubans are almost all of them of a light brown. He looked at me as I left the escort and spurred my beast to- ward him in efforts to put some life into him, but the horse would only groan and look miserable. I fancy he appreciated the situation, and there was a twinkle in his eye as I pulled up in front of him, drawing a packet from my breast pocket, and saluted with the words: “Dispatches for Generals Maceo and Gemez from the junta in New York.’ News From America. “He raised nis eyebrows in surprise and then stretched ‘out his hand in welcome to me. I felt proud to have my hand grasped before all those men by a man who was the bravest of the brave. He motioned me to replace the dispatches until we struck camp, and I fell in with the escort behind his staff. “There was no formality about the head- quarters. In front of the door sat Pancho, the bugler, mending a pair of torn trousers, while his bugle lay on the ground beside him. The armorer was just inside the door tirkering with a Colt’s rifle, and a little ways further in the room were three men loading paper shells for shotguns. “The general politely asked if I had rested myself and then followed hundreds of questions in relation to the personnel of the junta in ‘New York; what Congress was talking about, the possibility or prob- ability of the United States giving Cuba recognition, etc. There were tears in the eyes of General Maceo wken I told him of the public meetings which were being held all over the country raising funds for the cause of freedom, and when I concluded with a statement that I was sure the gov- ernment would recognize the belligerent rights of the Cubans he placed his hand on my shoulder and in broken words call- ed a blessing on my head for the good tudings I had brought. He asked a num- ber of personal questions in connection with my military training, examined with Interest the magnificent revolver which had brought from the United States through the lines of Spanish custom house officials and then told me that I should remain with his staff until I had perfect- ed myself in the language of the coun- try, and act as his English secretary. Maj. Portuondo then made his report on the cipher messages which I had brought and the general told me that the information contained was of the greatest importance to the cause, as it was in relation to the shipment of large quantities of arms and ammunition from New York. “From that time on for a period of al- most three months I was in the company of the general almost every day. He was @ man of many moods. At times when we would be chatting and laughing softly, ally oxer nF ecorteiat Eronounsing the words of the! guage, he would sternly give the command ‘Stlencia.” I have seen him ride for hours with his head bent and brow corrugated with thought. Not one word would he speak, and everyone spoke in. whispers so that he would not hear a word. Maceo a Brave Leader. “Gen, Maceo was always the leader in action as well as in theory. He was in- trepid iny the ofacesef: the:enemy, and I have seem him in thé‘sadd in. plain sight of the Sp#tish ‘sh4rpshooters, “gazing at their lines through a figld glass, without an appearance of noticing the whistling bul- lets. At that time J, wes acting as the com- mander of his personal cavalry escort, and the arduous duties’ of that position con- sisted in always befhg’ as close to him as ; We could get. We numbered about thirty, ard it was not. an unusual thing to see thirty heads duck down when a bullet came whistling Overhead. Strange to say, neith- er the general nor any of my party were ever hit while engaged in such duty, al- though the infantry escort suffered ‘con- siderably at ‘times. Maceo carried: over thirty wounds. There were five gunshot wounds in his chest. Under fire he seemed to bear a charmed life, at least in the en- gagements I saw him in, and I understood that he believed that the bullet which was to end his life would find him whether ha dodged or not. Sc he did not try to get out of the way of them, “He never smiled-during the times that I saw him. There was always a grave look on his face, as though. his thoughts were busy with weighty things. At times he would be most horribly annoyed at trifles, especially breaches of discipline. He thought the world of a man who would fight, but he did not care for nor respect a man who did not like to fight. A Strict Disciplinartan, “Maceo did not care for display. When I joined him there was with the company a package sent out ‘from Santiago de Cuba containing some red leather leggings, a belt and an espada, or short stabbing sword. ‘The sword had # guard on it, something that the machetes did not have, and Maceo had the armorer take the guard from the espada and attach it to a serviceable machete. He was always careful that the men were respectfii in his presence and none of them dared ‘transgress the various simple rules which governed his little court out there in the wilderness. I do not think that there were any who cared to do so eith His word was the only law that prevailed. His punishments were strict and to the point. If a rule was’broken the man had to suffer for it, no matter who he was. When he captured the town of Baradada, a small port on the north coast, the one store was looted by the men and every- thing serviceable was carried away. There was no commissary department. The men took what they wanted to use and left the rest fér those who came afterward. When the last had left, however, there was not much left. In the ¢ellar of the store was found a quantity of gunpowder, about 200 machetes, several thousand rounds of am- munition, and a‘score of cans of black machine ‘oll to be used in the mill where they made sugar. ‘Pie cooking of the men was very simple, “#tid it was customary for each servant or’soldier to carry a small bottle of ‘montequellb’ or grease to use in frying the sweet pétatoes. Grease was a scarcity, and the riéf) were anxious to se- cure some of the mathine oll to.use in fry- ing the articles of féiod which were cooked in that manner. “Miceo set a guard to watch the ammunitfon and oil, which was piled up in the ceritér of the street, until it could be carried*wway by the pack ani- mals. He had his headquarters in the store building, and sat ata table writing letters, etc., almost the engjge day. He had given positive instructions that no man was to come within g certain distance of the oil and ammunitifn, as) he was aware of their fondness for the former. The guard was @ good-natured fellow, and some of his chums, who thought’Maceo was not watch- ing, signaled him thet'they wished to carry off one of the cans. A good apportunity was awaited, and “it was considered safe one of the mep made a quick move- Ment, seized one of ;the cans, and started off with it. Maceo was apparently watch- ing them out of the tail of his ‘eye, and he seized his revolver, which lay on the table in front of him, ‘and took a snap shot at the man with the oil can. The bullet struck him in the leg. He dropped the can with a yell, and the general snapped another shot at the sentry. The sentry softly picked up the ofl can and. placed it-on the pile again, while the purloiner limped off amidst the yells and jeers of his. companions. ‘The general ordered another sentry to take the place of the one. who had failed in his duty, and he was relegated to the servants’ list. The general gave *wisardonic smile after it was over, and at..once returned to his work.” _ ‘Wheo the’ hair ‘has falles out, leaving the hoad if the ‘ts mot«shiny there is a chance of Pesslilng the bute by Tsing Hall's Hale Henewer. DEPTHS, The Enormous Pressure Exerted by the Water in the Deepest Places. From the Nineteenth Century, The temperature at the bottom of the ccean is nearly down to freezing point, and sometimes actually below it. There is a total absence of light, as far as sunlight is concerned, and there is an enormous pressure, reckoned at about one ion to the square inch in every 1,000 fathoms, which is 160 times greater than that of the at- mozphere we live in. At 2,500 fathoms the pressure is thirty times more powerful than the steam pressure of a locomotive when drawing a train. As late as 1880 a leading zoologist explained the existence of deep-sea animals at such depths by as- suming that their bodies were composed of sohds and liquids of great density, and ccntained no air. This, however, is not the case with deep-sea f wh re pro- vided with air-inflated mming bladders. If one of these fish, in full chase after its prey, happens to ascend beyond a cer- tain level, its bladder becomes distended with the decreased pressure, and carries it, In spite of all its efforts, still higher in its course. In fact, members of this un- fortunate class are Mable to become victims to the unusual accident of falling upward, and no doubt meet with a violent death soon after leaving their accustomed level, and long before their bodies reach the sur: face in a distorted and urnatural state. Even ground sharks, brought up from a depth of no more than 500 fathoms, expire before they gain the surface. The fauna of the deep sca—with a few exceptions hitherto only known as fosstls— are new and specially modified forms of families and genera habitating shallow waters in modern times, and have been driven down to the depths of the ocean by their more powerful rivals in the battla of life, much as the ancient Britons were compelled to withdraw to the barren and inaccessible fastnesses of Wales. Some of their organs have undergone considerable mcdification in correspondence to the changed conditions of their new habitats. Thus down to 900 fathoms their eyes have generally become enlarged, to. make the best of the faint light which may possibly renetrate there. After 1,000 fathoms these. organs ate either still further en- larged, or so greatly reduced that in some species they disappear altogether and are replaced by enormously long feelers. The only light at great depths which would evable large eyes to be of any service is the phosphorescence of deep-sea animals. We know that at.the surface this light is often very powerful, and Sir Wyville Thomson has recorded one occasion on which the sea at night was a “perfect blaze of phosphorescence, so strong that lights and shadows were thrown on the sails and it was easy to read the smailest print.” It is thought possible by several naturalists that certain portions of the sea bottom may be as brilliantly illumined by this sort of light as the streets of a Euro- pean city after sunset. Some deep-sea fish have two parallel rows of small circu- lar phosphorescent organs running along the whole length of their bodies, and as they glide through the dark waters of the profound abysses they must look like model mail ships with rows of shining portholes. _—— a WINTER RICKEY: A New and Beneficent Drink, if You Don’t Take More Than a Dozen a Day. From the New York Sun. “This is the best lime it has ever been my good fortune to handle,” said Prof. Only William, as he held up a lime as big as a lemon, “It is what is known as a kid-glove lime, and is a new importation from Italy. Heretofore we have been able to get all the limes we wanted right in this country and in the West Indies; but the demand has become so great since rickeys were invented that Italian fruit growers have started in to grow them, and ‘from the first importa- tion they seem to have done very well. The limes all run about the size of a lemon and me make a drink it,” he contin- ued, as he de! cut the lime in two and sq the halves into a Then he put in half a teaspoonful wdered su- gar, a —— i: two-third portion whisky, up the tumbler with ice Then be filled two long thin glasses with ice and Strained out the decoction. He put the crushed ‘halves of the lime into the glasses and filled them up with carbonic water. “That's what I call a winter rickey,” sald he. “It is the most luscious and benef- icent drink on earth, if you don’t take over a dozen a day. In suinmer a man drinks a rickey to keep cool, while these are guar- anteed to keep a man warm. The lime acts on the liver and kidneys and also adds to the digestive acids of the stomach, and that is why this drink is guaranteed so highly. The winter rickey fills the soul with de- light end the heart with content.” eee This Yellow Dog Loves Peace. From the” Chféigo Chrontcté. A-yellow dog, one-of your plain, ordinary curs, acted the part of a peacemaker the other day and brought to an abrupt con- clusicn a schodlboy’s fight. Two lads attending the Haven school, on Wabash avenue, got into an altercation, snd in an incredibly short space of time were pommeling each other in the most approved fashion. It was just at this junc ture that the yellow cur appeared. Taking in the situation at a glance, he barked o. or twice and in a half dozen bounds « up to the fighting schoolboys. Then started in to make more fun for th scor: of onlookers. First he nipped legs of one of the boys and then at ii other. It was evident that he did not want | to bite hard, for the struggling youngsters did rot pay the least attention to his at- tacks. Suddenly he grabbed the shoe strap of the larger boy’s shoe between his teeth and began to pull on it for dear life. The lad reeled and then fell. He had been fair- ly tripped by the dog. The other youngster picked up his hat and the fight was over. Seated on his havnckes near the curb the yellow dog blinked intelligently at the boys, uttered two or three sharp, joyous yelps and start- ed off toward 14th street, wagging his tail. a Charles Taylor, the negro in jail at Frankfort, Ky., charged with kidnaping Nellie Stepp, has confeseed that he robbed her, outraged her, murdered her and then buried her. * Soot nplolotntreoeototnet : 3 Columbia ‘Forever {! Learn to ride where tho best methods of in- struction are followed—where you will be taught correctly—at the Columbia Bicycle Academy, 224 and P ste, 817-819 14th st. aw. No wheel seriously rivals the “Columbia,” for the builders of this bicycle have followed practical improvement to its highest point of development. “Columbias” always lead. There are others in the race, but they are all strung out behind. _ Ow May 1, 1897, we move to our new building— ENGLISH LAWSUITS. They Are Expensive and the Lawyers Demand Big Bees and Retainers. From the Chicago News, In England there are many fees to be paid by the unhappy client of a lawyer that are unknown here in America. There is a retaining fee, which is cne guinea, and a half crown to the clerk, besides the brief fee, which is more important. Then there i the “refresher” of the leader and the freshers” of the subordinate law ye England the leader's refreshment, which dve aftor five hours, the brief fee bel supposed to cover only the getting up of da the case, is 10 guineas or a little over $50, while $25 must be paid the lesser lawyers. According to English etiquette, no coun- sel can leave his circuit to plead in another without a special retainer, which in most cases cannot be less than 300 guineas. This is probably to discourage “poachin; A would-be client once wrote to a famous American lawyer stating a case for his opinion and inclosing a $20 note. The law- yer did not reply, whereupon the client | wrote a second letter, and received word from the lawyer that he had read the case, formed an opinion, but somehow it stuck in his throat. The client took the hint and sent a $100 note, receiving the lawyer's opinion by the next mail. Nobody does anything fo: cially a lawyer. Lord Mans sible of this that cn one oceasion when had attended to some legal business for himself he took some guineas out of his purse and put them in his waistcoat pocket to give him the necessary stimulus. Sir An- thony Malone, an Irish attorney general, was so imprudent as to forget this act and was grievously punished for it, for he was so inattentive to some property of his that he lost $15,000 a year by it and in the fu- ture he required his clerk to make abstract deeds of any property be might buy and lay them before him with a fee of 5 guineas preperly indorsed, which the clerk was to scrupulously account for, after which Sir Anthony made no more mistakes in regard to his own property. Standard of the world. Pope Mfg. Co. J. HART BRITTAIN, Local Manager, 452 Penn. Ave,