Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1897, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1897-12 PAGES. AND SONS. : MOSES A special department and Packing. Cold storag | Woodward Lothrop, toth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. and M Moving Heavy Ingrain c. Carpet, 20 yd. —Here’s a big chance for you peo- C7 Our business hours until September are to5; Saturdays, 7:45 to 1, Our Pre-Inventory 45, ple who appreciate a bargain. Only Clearance Sale 500 vards will we sold at the price. Choice patterns and_colors. Be|] Was begun today. These sales are quick. Matting Matters. A lot of odd rolls at less than half. Not many, but enough for tomor- row’s selling. the midsummer shoppers’ opportuni- ty to purchase, and this season is no exception—but, to the contrary; prices have been marked down to figures which in all probability will not be repeated in a long time. The features that make this occa- More Good Matting News. sion interesting are the high-class ttt Sayds Fancy Check Chinese Mat- 64] goods of a thoroughly reliable char- nee, grade, at.. . O3¢. aa ? 5 a8 Heavy, Paney Check ‘St ge. | acter, comprising seasonable, desir- Wraith partis 06) Beira ea ss Saas able requisites, in wearing apparel, in seek Chinese Mettings, Wise. grade, y24c,! housekeeping goods and various ‘erds of Jointless Hea Vane i Check Chinewe Matting. we erage at 15. | Other things for summer use. 800 yards Double tra Heavy ee ck 300. : : Ie D Good visita ian 4° | COtton Dress Goods Matting. “ihe. grace. aC. At Cl z Pri sot Saag Soe wee, 20¢. earing Prices. ) yards ol on Warp. insert- = . eC wating, exe Ge. ae 25¢. Freshest fabrics, most popular and is of Dresden é hard-to-get styles, prettiest colors Se Sede. Oe. 37ic- and designs, reduced as follows: =: 372C-| Ge., FROM 10¢.—32-ineh Printed Jaconet_ Lawns, in a rare assortment of dainty and artistle print- from $& up. as Appliance Exchange, 1424 New York ave. stripes and plaids ef lavender, pink, blue ou white ground. FROM Se. Silk and Linen Plaids, natural ided with silk in contrasting colors— pa ings on white grounds. 2 ~~] Sc., FROM 12%c.—32-inch Batiste Lawns—a host > [: of handsome printings in stripes and small figures, 10c.. FROM 18 and 2 Assorted Novelties in q omfortable f | sneer” Lawns, ‘Oncandies. and Dimities beautiful « . > printings era scarce colorings. < ooking 10c., FROM 1243c.—Ratiste Lawns—the choicest < styles and colorings of the se ; 80 inches wide. 5 is F b] 25e.. FROM French Dimity, printed in a 4 —in summer means using a Gas } | host of handsome und artistic floral ‘designs; most 4G Fowl he aid 5 | Popular coloring ¢ Stove. You'll be able to secure { 2e., FROM 374¢.—French Organics, printed in < “tter s! re 2 - dj such e isite designs us only Freres oecbiin, ao better stove for le money here b | and Koechlin, Baumgarten & Cie ean produce. Our «than elsewhere. ome—tet us > | entire stock. £ explai i ? P| 25e.. FROM 50c.—AN Ienen Grass Cloth, very < explain the manifold advantages } | sheer’ and fine, natural flix color, silk finish; 45 ¢ of a Gas Cooking Stove. Priced > | INcHES WIDE. Pi ; FROM 20-.Madras Gingham, handsome > > . iy1G-284 me. First floor. Silks < dew 4 We've Reduced _ The Straw Hats. At Clearing Prices. ©, FROM 69 664 yards Printed Reduced the finer Straws as well as Foulard and China nd beautiful goods. pain 5 3° LADIES ards und in suitable lengths for ee ee waists, trim! “Eosin E ow First fluo: es duced to Men’s Bicycle Suits At Clearing Prices. . FROM $5.00—3fen's Wool Bicycle Suits; nearly all sizes. $5.50, FROM $7.50 AND $8.50—Men's Fine Wool Bicycle Suits; nearly ail sizes. $2.45, FROM $3.50—Men’s Wool Bicycle Trousers; colori First floor. Boys’ Outfittings At Clearing Prices FROM 50c.—Boys’ Blue Striped Galatea blouse and trousers); sailor collar; fast col: n. Stinemetz &.., HATTERS and FURRIERS, 1237 PA, AVE. Will Any Woman Drive 39¢. Suits ors. Si 38 ° Be LCE, Boys’ Brown Linen, Blue Miss Dentin and ‘Bive Striped Galatea ‘Trousers; ery best quality and absolutely fast colors. q FROM 8$c.—Boys’ Washable Kilt 1s fast colors. Sizes 3, 4 and 5 - E VALUES UP TO $1.00—Boys’ Woolen Tt fs like finding money to buy es aes 2 Furniture at our prevent clearing-sile Trousers; many neat and durable patterns. prices! Every department of our lin FROM Boys’ Linen Crash Sulta, Ihense stock “is being cleared of all double ‘breasted; nd finished—the ideal Eel pleces—to, make vom for fall hot Weather suit. Sizes 7 to 16 years. _ FROM 50c. Boys’ Straw Hats of varlous 1 kinds; all new goods. 1 floor. ites, Bed Room Sut At Clearing Prices. FROM $1.35—Women’s Vici Kid Oxfords, otto lela e “lengths $1.00, = patent tips, coin and opera toes; nearly all sizes. 3 = = 32.40, FROM $5.C0—Women’s French Calf, patent leather vamp, kid top, turn sole Button Boots; = 4 a z FROM $ Tan Button Boots, = ngs, Ke $ nearly all sizes, z At Less Than = ench Calf Enamel + = harrow lasts. = ae 3 $ Factory Cost 3 $ and on Credit Xf) ES ; %/\ Infants’ Pique Coats : = At Clearing Prices. = = $5.00, FROM $s, 3 = Bs 7 a = =| Muslin Underwear °3 z At Clearing Price =z = Women's White Lawn Aprons, z s oe ee et & = FROM 50c.—Women's Knit Cotton Und $ $ ed and bisck blue and black, croc! + pede = - Wom 4 Outing Cloth oe VARAMY Ui Uh Skirts. umbrella shape, deep. rutile, French 817-819-821-8. £ e ! gee = FROM $1.00—Women's Cambric Gowns, etr- 3 Between H and I = f Val. insertion and embr Val. jvt9- st 2 nd sleeves. Pee : os Women’s Hosiery At Clearing Prices. . 2 FOR $1.00, FROM 50c.—Women's Black Cotton Hose, extra sizes, $1.00, FROM —Women's Gos- extra sizes, ankle length. Keep Cool A manu- ‘Thread boot patterus. Good thing we have this Jew We give you every facility of an e: clusive prices. “Popular” bits o! Silver sundries-at “popular” price: We have gathered styles an catch the eye and suit the notion o} make this everybody’s department everybody—of profit to everybody. What you find here you can guarantee stands for that. Look May suggest something’ you want Jewelry. Sterling and Gold-plated Cuff Pi plain or fancy—25e., 3¥c., 50c. and Te. @ pair. ts i i se i ee te Ctildren's Pin Sets, in solid gold and lated, connected with chains—75c. aud fais'a Cet. LBM EOE EP APPPPRPPREOEL KAA LATE Brooch Pins, solid gold ard plated, plain and jeweled—39e. to $4.50 each. Solid Gold Scarf Pins, with real stone settings—98e. to $4.50. Ladies’ and Children’s Rings—98e. to $7.50. Solid Gold Dumbbell and Lever Link Caff Buttons—$2.75 to $4.50 u pair. Solid Gold Cuff Pins, plain and faucy —$1.50 to $2.50 a pair. Lorgnette, Fan and Purse Chains, Sterling and gold plated—98e. to $4.50, Solid Gold Men's Watch Chains, gold plated, and warranted for five years—O8c. to $3.98. Collar Buttons, the American lever ‘tent, with pearl and celluloid back— We., 15¢e. and 2e. Stick Pins, in an assortment of stone settings—10c., Ie., 2e., 30c. and 50e. Indestructible Pearl Scarf Pins—1ie. and 25e, Watch Guards, with sterling and gold- plated slides—3%c. und 50c. Walst Sets, pearl, Black enamel, sterling and gold-plated to 98e. a set. Waist Seis, with amethyst, topaz, turquoise, Jade and carbuncle ‘stones— de. to Oe. a set. Gold and Silver-plated Coin Purses— BSc. to $2.98. Brooch pearls Pies, with amethyst and Link Cuff Buttons, sterling and gold- jated, with assoried stone settings — Be. to $1.25 a pair. 25 oleate plete Established 1840, Telephone 905. Sresoesoesoeseasonsecsenseogondondondonten © Doring July and August we close at 5 o'cleck—Scturdays at 1 p.m. Novelties in Jewelry and Sterling Silver== PERRY’S mean considerable when we quote them. PERRY’S, “NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” setpedoelondondocdecieretonioniortonieseey Pe: elry and Trinket Department. ‘xclusive store. But not the ex- f wardrobe jewelry and Sterling s. You will find “popular prices” id effective novelties that will f everybody. We have tried to t—tried to make it of service to put down as being good. Our through our assortment. it. It Separable Studs, pearl, black and White enamel—19c. and 25c. a set. Gold-plated Studs, with pearl, tur- GUolse and rhinestones—25c., 89¢. and a set. Belt Hooks, in silver, gilt and Black enumel—Ze. and 10¢, each. Jeweled Hat Pins, with assorted stone settings—39e. to $2.25. Sterling Silver ‘and | Sterling Gold- plated Hat Pins—25c., 39¢. and 50c. Sterling Silver Nov- SOCOM A EEE ERR LNLPLLALLING ° 4 elties. 2 3 3 3. with sterling silver trim- zg 24e. and 35. % Silk Wax, with sterling silver tops— Be. 4 Manicure and Embroidery ‘issors— ° 98e. to $1.50 a pair. ? tering Silver-mounted Dressing Combs—69e. to $1.59. : Sterling Silver Paper Cutters, with pearl blades—25¢. to $1.25. Cat Glass Pungents, with silver tops—8e, to $1.35. Halr Brushes, with sterling silver bucks—$3 to $4.75. Saget esete sterling Bonnet Brushes, with sterling silver hardles—98c. to $1.98. Sterling Silver Nail Ws. Polishers—S9c. Sterling Silver Umbrella Clasps—19e. to Be. Sterling to $1.25, Silver Glove Darners—98c. Ebony Stocking Da silver handles 98e. ners, with sterling Sterling Silver Pen Holders—08e. Cut Glass Sulye Boxes, with sterling silver tops- $1.15 to $1.89, “ Lacon doeeetrctedeeedortodiedratpctonteogetefoceetndentnodinnn eotgoseocndn de ier redeesreseasoasencenceoengendencentensensensonsen' oSenSengencons ie By others. Royal Blue Serge Suits... Kentucky Tow Suits...... Mertz and 9 all means come in and see the goods, you'll be sure then to order. “‘New Era’’ Tailors, a a a a a a a ad IMPORTED CHEVIOT SUITS REDUCED $9.33 a a a a es a a te as wea eed “s deol : £ A particularly nice line of suitings = with particularly pleasing prices, z made newly little, so as to sell them z quickly—two for one is about the + value we’re.giving as compared with $ eee $10. $5. Mertz, 06 F Street. eearotpttoetoteteetete In order to etimulate the appetite and keep the digestive organs in good orler pre-eminence is given to ANGOSTURA BITTERS. When you try them be sure it is the genuine article, manutac- q : Dr. J. G. B. Stegert & Sons. Refrigerators, Ice Chests At Clearing Prices. 213 14ths Syed N.W. ’Phone 77. ; A Word Te Mothers. $4.50 Tee $5.85 Teo Chests $11.50 Rete iTEETHING Is the $20.00 Kefrix: infa ‘Third tor. tts. A Special S-le of Box Couches. Twenty new styles of Box or Wardrobe Couches have just been secured and will be offered tomor- row at exceptionally low prices. They are upholstered in the best manner ssfully bec las the Id be consulted Evans’ Dental Parlors, 1309 F St.N. W. ) | ci Spa aaa das ?| and finished with the best spring lift. BARGAINS IN $ , B We quote: Russet Shoes) ) Box Couches, covered with fine eretonne; four new designs. ) Every Russet Shoe (hizh or low cut) te ) $8.00 each. ¢ seer ta yoar pocket. S| ivaow styles of Ticein Coverings, lowest prices quoted, and then $9.00 each. Two new styles Imitat Bagdad Coverings. $10.00 each. Also special lot of Japanese Bamboo Portleres, fo pretty designs. $1.50 cach. Usually $2.00, rth floor, Robert Cohen & Son, 630 Pa. Ave. N.W. oes Polished Free."* 730-3m,20 Sa New Jelly Glasses. w e line of the best makes of rly Glasses, with and without covers, and call attention t latest and best creation in this linea Jelly Glass and Mold combined. This en- ables you to put your jelly up in the proper form for serving on the table, and does away with the necessity of putting it in an extra 4c. and 5¢ Hundreds of styles of Sum- mer Shoes. Beautiful shapes and leathers. Sizes to fit all feet. BURT’S SHOE STORE, Edwin C. Burt & Co., New York. Arthur Burt, 1411 F St. carry a com mold. They come in two sizes. Pri Fifth floor. Woodward & Lothrop. ed by THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS The Real Culprits That Destroy Bird Life. From the Ilustrated American. It is not the English sparrow that is to blame for the rapid disappearance of our song birds. The hardened culprits that must be arraigned before the bar of con- science are our own mothers, wives, daugh- ters, sisters, sweethearts—often the ten- derest of women, gentle-nanded and pitiful of all suffering. The dreadful query that wll insist upon presenting itself is this: When feminine compassion joins iscue with feminine fash- jon, does compassion go to the wall? At present, unhappily, there can be but one answer. Compassion, it would seem, is but a feeble-minded virtue, anyway. Confronted by such an irresistible impulse as the desire to look attractive, it meekly gives up the contest. A critical observer the other day, during an hour’s walk on one of New York's fash- ionable thoroughfares, devoted his atten- tion to the women’s hats. Embalmed in these masterpieces of the milliner’s art he counted half a hundred different species of birds, many of them our rarest and most beautiful songsters. It was observed, too, that young women were not the only cul- prits. The middle-aged and the elderly, with even less excuse, were equally prone to proclaim their inhumanity by their headdresses. That one brief observation was more than enough to explain the silence that is falling on our woodland glades. It made it a matter of wonder, indeed, that the bluebird, the oriole, the green-finch, with their fatal dower of beauty, have not al- ready become extinct before the pitiless de- mands of fashion. It is easy at this rate to foretell the day when the bobolink’s tangled chime and the golden chant of the herthit thrush will be for us but memories, enshrined in the verses of poets. But it is not only the song birds that suffer. Many of our most beautiful and in- teresting water fowl are being extermi- nated by the fair destroyer. Rocky head- lands on our coast, once lively with the flicker of innumerable wings, are now de- serted. Winding creeks and sedgy shal- lows that once echoed with bird-calls now lie in @ loneliness broken only by the plain- tive whistle of a rare and frightened plo- ver. It was found that almost every kind of bird could be made useful for feminine adornment, and forthwith every kind of bird acquired a market value. Men and boys and boats along the coast made money, selling their feathered spolls at ten cents a victim. Our shores were made a shambles; and the vanity of our women was tickled. The only permanent cure is to be found in so awakening public feeling that women will realize what it means to wear birds on thelr hats, and that men will show a frank disapproval of the unwomanly heartless- ness of the fashion. Meanwhile, pending such effectual edu- cation of the thoughtless, both men and women, laws should be enacted making it a misdemeanor not only to offer certain kinds of birds for sale, but to use them for Personal adornment. —_—_~+e. Helping Her Along. From the Clevgland Plain-Dealer. Briggs (tc his new-found acquaintance)— “That's a striking’ looking woman who just passed. Is shé an‘ actress?” “No, but she hopes to be. “Then you are well acquainted with I’m doing all I can to help her along. “Excuse me, but in what way?” “{’m getting @ divorce for her.”” “Getting a divorce?” “Yes, I'm her husband,’” ——+o+___ ‘Phe trolley was whizzing along in New London, Conn., the other dey, and a man crossing the track had a close call. “How Often do you kill a man?” asked the fellow ons ths front nls orm es the motorman. “Only once,” ‘was the rathor sharp reply of the man in charge of the front end. —_ It matters little what it is that you want —whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. AT CAMP CULBERSON Details of the Daily Rontine at the Interstate Rendezvous. > HOW THE MORTONS PASS THE TIME Though Weather is Very Hot, It is Not Oppressive. ANENT COMPETITION DRILLS Staff Correspondenee of The Evening Star. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 19, 1897. Camp Culberson consists of something lke 700 sleeping tents, 75 cooking tents and about the same number of mess tents or pavilions, in which the meals are served to the different companies. A corps of expert men of the regular army, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, ‘pitched the tents, which was no small task. It required twenty men ten days to arrange the camp and erect all the tents.for the Texas troops alone. Of course the regulars attended to their own camp as it suited them, and the visiting com- panies have been allotted to arrange their camping facilities to please themselves, so far as was practicable. The camp extends from the foot of a slope just east of what is known as the old Machinery Hall, in which a restaurart is located, entirely around the spacious fair grounds, embracing all the timber portion thereof and extending through the south- west gate into the heavy timber that is a feature of Riverside Park. Most of the camp is beautifully shaded by immense pecan trees and a large growth of oak and mesquite, and for the accommodation of the visiting troops largé plaiforms have been erected at convenient places, where the river is quite deep and where the sol- dier boys avail themselves daily of the re- freshment offered by a river bath. The Morton Cadets have a mess tent, and the youngsters are living in true army Three times daily the command “Fall in for mess” is given in the company street, end no time is lost in obeying. toon, in charge of a lieutenant, narched to the mess tent, where the boys are seat- ed by command, but are permitted to eat “at will.’ is served tne Morton Cadets could not proverly be called ban- quets, for silver ware, crockery, cut glass ach pla- Capt. Shilling’s Tent. and table linen are conspicuous by their nee, but everything is clean and whole- The boys are supplied with all the potatoes, bread, butter and coffee niently dispose of at a sin- gle sitting, while frequently luxuries are figured in the menu. In laying out the camp Gen. Mabry soon discovered that it required more tents than were owned by the state of Texas to pro- vide for the treops, and that provision had to be made for hundreds more soldiers than was originally intended. It seem: that every resident of the lone star state is either in San Antonio at the present time or has planned to visit the city during the progress of the drill. Good Transportation Facilities. The facilities for transporting visitors to the drill grounds are all that could be de- sired. Kncwing that the street car 1 alone could not handle the traffic and giv the satisfaction desired, the Arkansas Pas: railroad has extended its line to Riverside Park, so that the tracks are only within a few feet of the entrance gate. Realizing that it would be very difficult, if not im- possible, to collect all tickets on the tr: during the skort run from the city, ti offices and turnstiles are in position each end of the track. About at W feet of track Is fenced off. The entrances to the inclosure are through two turnstiles placed at each end. A ticket clerk is at each gate. Thcse purchasing 2 round-trip ticket are given a return coupon and admitted to the inclesure; those buying single tickets pay their money and are also admitted to the inclosvre. Trains are run as often as the traffic demands. The trip is made in ten minutes. The street cars on the Sa Antonio line run to the depot every fiv minutes, and are equipped to handle people every hour. Concepcicr, Mission road and South Presa street, the principal driveways to the camp, have been placed in more perfect condition than ever before. In order to bring ahout this desirable state of affairs the ezection of a large water tank, with pumping facili- ties to furnish from 1 0,000 gallons of water per day, . The sprinkling prevents the terrible dust, which the inhabitan’ say has always rendered the drive to Riverside Park unpopular. Prizes to Local Editors. The means adopted to place the drill and encampment before the country people in a strong light proved most effective. A series of prizes was provided to be given to the editors of weekly papers published throughout the state. ‘The editor who pro- duced the best series of three editoriais describing the drill in the most attractive way is to receive $i the judgment being based on the number and strength and the reasons given for the continued existence and liberal support of the Texas state guard by the state. Second prize for the second best series is $40; the third prize, $30; the fourth prize, $20, and the fifth prize, $10. These prizes have been submit- ted to a committee of three, embracing one member of the governor's staff, one officer of the regular army stationed at Fort Sam Houston and one civilian chosen by the other two judges. All the editors who entered the contest are attending the encampment as guests of the drill association. It was stated in announcing the competition that the mili- tia is of no use today and may be of no Small Arms Practice. use tomorrow, but the very next day events may transpire which, in the absence of an organized and well-equipped soldiery,would imperil the most sacred interests of the individual and the state, and result in loss of property and depreciation of interest reaching in value many times the cost of the support of the military organization of the state for a generation. It is the purpose of the drill associa- tion to interest the real brawn and brain of the commonwealth, hoping that a healthy and just sentiment might be created to the importance of which the mere event of this_interstate camp of instruction will be but &s an incident and object lesson. Five thousand troops in camp for the serious purpose of military experience furnished @ sight very seldom witnessed by any citi- zen in time of peace. Atmosphere is Very Dry. In San Antonio the Morton Cadets find the atmosphere very dry, and in conse- quence there is nearly always a wide dif- ference in the readings of the dry and wet bulb thermometers. For instance, last night at 7 o'clock, the dry thermometer registered 90 degrees, while at the same time the wet bulb thermometer registered only 72 degrees, a difference of 18 degree It is lack of information on this point that makes it so difficult for people away from here to understand how it is that people can be cool with the thermometer hovering around the nineties. It frequently happens that the wet bulb thermometer registers only 70 degrees while the dry bulb reaches the 100 mark. If the people of Washington, unacquainted with the difference, should hear that the th mometer in San Antonio reaches 10) de- grees they would heave a sigh for the Mor- ton Cadets down here and congratulate themselves that they are in a cooler cli- mate. The truth Is that nowhere in the north is there such a difference in the readings of the thermometers as in San Antonio. In St. Louis, for instance, the humidity is so great and the evaporation from the body so slight that every one of these degrees of heat are felt by the people. At the same time the thermometer in San Antonio may register 95, or 5 de- grees higher than St. Louis, and yet the people here will be comfortable, while those in St. Louis are sweltering. The history of interstate competitive Grilling in the United States is of particu- lar interest at this time, especially to all District guardsmen and others watching the career of the Morton Cadets. The fol- lowing results of drills held from 1884 to the present time are correct: At Lampasas, Held in 1884—First, Sealy Rifles, Gal- veston; second, Belknap Rifles, San An- tenio; third, Palestine, Palestine; fourth, Washington Guards, Galveston; fifth, Gal- veston Artillery Light Guards, Galveston: sixth, Austins, seventh, Waco Light Infantry, eighth, Houston Light Infantry. Navasota Rifles, Orange Rifles and other stat panies partici- Rifles ‘and other state companies partici At San Antonio. Held October, 1885—First, Belknap Rifles: sccond, San Antonio Rifles; third, Prairie City Guards of Weimar. At Galveston, Held August, 188¢—Interstate class, first, Houston Light Guards: second Montgom- ery Trae Blues; third, San Antonio Rifles: fourth, Branch Guards; fifth, Louisville Light Infantry; sixth, Belknap Rifles. St competition—First, San Antenio Rifles: sec- org, Belknap Rifles: 7 fourth, Bryan Rifles: tthe Gavconae tillery Light Guard. Brenham Rifles, Fort Worth Fencibles, Austin Grays, Travis Rifles, Brownsville Rifles and y . also drilled. See ee At Washington, Held May, 1887—First, Lamar Rifles; sec- ond, Company D, Sst Paul, Minn.; third, Belknap Rifle fourth, National Rifles, Washington, D. C.; fifth, San Antonio Rifles; sixth, Washington Light Infantry: © seventh, Southern Cadets; eighth, Toledo Cadets; ninth, Louisiana Rifles. Twerty- two other companies contested in this class, At Austin, Held May, 1888—First, Houston Light Guards; second, Belknap Rifles; third, Sealy Rifles; fourth, Montgomery True Blues; fitth, San Antonio Rifles; sixth, Austin Grays. t Iveston, Held July, 1889—First, Belknap Rif second, Sealy Rifles; third, McCarthy Light Guards; fourth, Hermitage Rifles. The Adanta Drill. The Volunteer Guard was entertained at Atlanta in the fall of 189. The big prize was awarded to the Gate City Guards of Atlanta. The other companies finished in the fvilowing order: McCarthy Light Guards, second; Atlanta Rifles, third; Fort Worth Fencibles, fourth. Branch Guards Get the Cap. The Indianapolis drill, which was par- Ucipated in by the crack companies of the United States, was held in July, 1891, and the lucky company was the Branch Guards of St. Louis, who won first place by a small margin from the Belknap Rifles. The following was the result of the drill: First, Branch Guards, St. Louis; second, Belknap Riftes, San Antonio; third, Sealy Rifles, Galveston; fourth, Southern Cadets, A Texn Type. Macon, Ga.; fifth, National Fencibles, Washington; sixth,McCarthy Light Guards, Little Rock; seventh, Chickasaw Guards Memphis; eighth, Omaha Guards, Omaha; ninth, Fletcher Rifles, Little Rock. This was the last big interstate drill held under Upton's tactics. At Omaha. The first interstate competitive drill ever held under the new tactics—the tactics which are now in vogue—was held in Oma- ha in June, 1892. On account of the change in tactics the averages made by the com- peting companies were very low, the high- est, made by the National Fencibles, being 8. The standing of the companiec pating in the drill was as follow Fencibles, 85 Light Gi A Neeley Zouaye. partici- National Belknap Rifles Deulin Ca Branch Guards, Nebraska Cadets, 76.1; Fletcher Rifles, 74.5. The Nashville Drill, In July, 1893, Nashville, Tenn., gave an interstate drill which resulted as follow McCarthy Light Guards, first; Chickasaw Guards, second; Company D, 1st Regiment, T. V. G., third; Company C, T. V. G., fourth; Company 5, T. V. G., fifth; Neale Rifles, sixth. At Little Rock. One of the most successful interstate drills held in recent years was the Little Rock drill, in July, 1894, at which the Gov- ernor’s Guard of Austin, Tex., made their maiden appearance and captured second prize in class B, The National Fencibles won the cup at this drill and that was the last time fortune favored the Washing- tonians. The following was the standing of the companies at the drill: First, National Fencibles, 09 per cent; second, Branch Guards, 83. third, Sealy Rifles, 83, Thurston R'fles, Morton Cadets and Sealy Rifles. These three crack military organ- izations won the prizes in the order named at the interstate drill in Memphis in Ma 1895, when the Thurstons captured the prize cup, which they now held. Thera was not quite a half point diff. ne in the averages of the three compa An average of 6.56 was made by t ham- } Pions, 9666 by the Mortons and 4 by the Sealys. The fourth company was the McCarthy Light Guards of Lit Rock, with an average of 96. At Sn Ga Held in May, 1 Morton Cadets, first; Oglethorpe Infantry ond. The idea of holding an interstate drill at San Antonio wes suggested by a few citi- zens by a petition to the Business Men # Club early in March, 1897. At the first regular mass meeting of the membersh:p of the club, by unanimous v board of diretors of the club was requ>sted to act upon the petition, so far as to see Whether the besiness men would support e movement. of Augusta, c F. ——>—__. REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS Board's Statement of Its Work for the Past Year, Asscanmentn nd Improvements Noted Aggregates Given—y, eo 8. Property—The Increases. The board of permanent arsessors today transmitted to the Commissioners an inter- esting report of Its work for the 11 is as follows: ssment of new buildings, city, $1,004,- last year, 200; county, $7733.90; total, ditions and improvement county, $5 ment, city $2,954,100, tetal, $80.5 300; coun: ber of new bri ; total, of bvildir.gs, city, 4° cor nty, 1 Total number of buildings, cit ty, 384; total, mcved, cit crease’ in Num- ; county, frame . Number of buildin 4; county, 3; to umber of buildings, ¢: county, 381; total, SN9. Buildings re city, 179; county, 2%; total, States prope assessed, city District of Columbia property city, $144,000; county, $7 Grand total bo as ._city, Me county, $SS1.900; total, $8,670,100, Buildings Ken up,” city, 2. Value of buildings ‘taken up,” $110,000. Average ass Value per buildin: Average northwe P value averag t, $ per ASSUSSe $5,146 uilding, se ssed value pei average east, $2,206. Statement of number of pie eparately as: n the I thwe ssed and stri nur ot Colum! of build- ington, 38.722 impr 1s,- 15 unimproved; number of MES, 47, (by the foot), 5,45 improved pieces: unimproy number of buildings, County (by the acre), 941 improve 669 unimproved: number of build Total num! of im- proved p’ Total number of u improved 367. Total number of buildings, julatia Total assessments of new buildings for the years 1895, 1896 and 1897: Amount of assessments, 400; United States and District of Columbia properties assessed, $5,725,000; reductions, $183,800; increase, 108,600, Number of new building: number of buildings removed, in- crease in buildings, 2,773. The average as- sessed Value per building for the periods amed, a. A Ring’s From the Philadelphia Press, Miss Reba Bryn of North 2ist street, Philadelphia, tells of a strange experience, Two years ago while traveling througi Southern Italy, Miss Bryn lost a leather satchel. There was quite a sum of money and some valuable papers in the sa trange Journeyings. but what worrie her most was the loss of her engagement ring, which was of ® very quaint design, having been the mar- riage token in the family of her fiance for everal generations. Of course every en- deavor was made to recover the lost ar- Adv. ments were inserted in all the principal papers of the prov and although most strenuous effor made, nothing was ever heard of the satchel. A few days isiting a fiiend in West Philac wheeled up before the porch on w seated, and after playing a few melodie young Italian girl came up to collect money. Imagine Miss Bryn’s surpri recognize her long-lost ring on_ the er, Questioning the girl in her r janguage brought forth the fact her was fr e district in 2 the t. Her father had been dashepherd dog he own- y come in with hel in h. No one in y could read, which probably accour for the fact that it had never be ned. An her ing xplanation of the derbilts Taking to the Water. v York Journal. younger members of The Young V From the N All the the clan Vanderbilt are taking to the water as they, emerge from the shell of the home nest. am Willie K.’s son and namesake, Wil ; K. Vanderbilt, jr., who is made his debut as the owner of a racing yacht Saturday, when he entered th mita in the annual regatta of the haka Corinthian Yacht Club. In this same regatta Cornelius Vander- bilt, jr., not only entered his new thirty- foot sloop Veda, but undertook to sail her himself. His wife,accompanied him. She sat in the cockpit and did not seem to mind the spray that flew over the yacht occasionally when she heeled to the puffs. Young Cornelius did not make as gool a showing as young Willie K., but the ac- Uvity of these two young gentlemen is the talk of yachting circles. Willie K., jr, has all the vim and dash of his papa and the fact that the Carmita ) was beaten only 25 seconds by that clever boat the Wasp is vastly encouraging to all the young gentleman's friends. There are two other Vanderbilts who show the tendency of the family, although : they have not yet made their yachting’ debut. One is Alfred, sca of Cornelius, and the other is Reginald, son of Willie K.{ The former is an undergraduate at Yale and the latter is only a school bcy, who has not yet entered college. But both of them fourth, McCarthy Light Guards, 82.04; fifth, Emmet Guards, 81.29; sixth, Governor's Guard (Texas), 70. In the maiden class Emmet Guards were first with an average of 86.61, and Gov- ernor’s Guard of Austin second with an average of 81.86. At St. Louis. In July, 1895, an interstaie drill was held in St. Louis, and the second prize was pull- €d down by the Belknap Rifles. The following is a list of the prize win- ners, with the percentage of excellence: Free-fos-all infantry competition, possi- ble mark of 1,220—Branch Guards, St. Louis, 1159.50, first prize, $3,500, and the National Drill Association cup; Belknap Rifles, San Antonio, 1079.29, second prize, $1,000; National Rifles, Washington, D. C., 974.75, third prize, $800; Bullene Guards, Kansas City, 957.75, fourth prize, $500; Phoenix Light Infantry, Dayton, Ohio, 886, fifth prize, $300. In the zouave class the Neeley Zouaves of Memphis were first, with 1320.75 points out of a possible 1500; the Walsh Zouaves of St. Louis were second, with 1318.25 peints, and the Hele Zouaves of Kansas City were third, with 1204.70 points. ‘The Memphis Drill. If there were ever three evenly matched militery companies they are certainly the will be owning and racing yachts soon. Boating of some sort is bred in the Van- derbilt stock. Th old commodore’s chpice of a truck boat us the basis of the Van- derbilt m ‘lions has had an influence on every succeeding generation. There is this difference, however. The old commodore turned to water as a means of making money; his descendants go that way in order to spend it. ne , All's Well, From the Cincinnati Enquirer, ’ Henry F. Barker, serving a term in the Ohio penitentiary for bigamy, from ‘Lorain county, on being granted a parole was al- most immediately married to Miss May Brucker of Elyria, to whom he was unlaw- fully wedded before his sentence and im- prisonment. The marriage ceremony was performed by Chaplain Winget, in the re- ception room of the pen, at 10 o'clock. Barker left his first wife in Cleveland, and says when he married Miss Brucker, dn Lorain county, he honestly believed that wife No. 1 was dead. The wife with pricr claims secured a divorce and joined with No. 2 in petitioning for Barker's release, This is the second marriage of the kind that has taken place at the pen. ——— ++ If you want anything, Star. If anybody has will get an answer. try an ad. in The what you wish, you