Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1898, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1898-i6 PAGES. SU GELE Le BUCS KNIGHTS 01 No. 5, K. of P. this lodge will as THIS (Friday) E maki brothes Rorice or given that a spectal municipal 1 alified voters of the town of Tu will be held at the basement of in sald town, on THURS 1898, for the purposs th itting to said vo n of a debt of § and maintaining water works and system In and own, and the Ins therefor, payabl of subs he United s and the rate of of the present at and bearing int ng 4 per centu: num, payab all In accordan with the te sof un act of the general assembly of Maryland, passed at the 2 act to authorize barren ¥ the purpose of con- S08. entitled ff Takoma Park it of said town & maintaininy m and an to inane t SWORN IN TODAY Mr. Charles Emory Smith Takes the Oath of Office. THE NEW. POSTMASTER GENERAL He Attends the Special Cabinet Meeting. VISITS THE DEPARTMENT —_+ —_ Charles Emory Smith was sworn in as this ee Dh ead Rae lah ‘4 | Postmaster General at 11 o'clock ind pay the interest thereon. Polls wil ‘sm. to 6 p.m. By order of the | morning. Th2 oath was administered by neil of sald Park. . Mayor. UGE A. it Waste MEN TO organized uni Sons cf Vi a postal to come put in n window panes. It'll nly a trifle to have the work quickly an torily restlver 1 cents a square foot. We do the work as no one else in tewn can ao it, and guarantee ebsolute satisfaction. Let us know when and where to wend. CHAS EF. HODGKINS, Glass Expert, 913 7th st. mn 1 spent for tages at ash and nzly short . Ist st. & Ind. ave. ‘Phone 217. Fine Russet Shoes For Men, $3 and $3.50. We invite tion to our $3 and $3.50 1 for mer—and hullenze $4 and ial atte et She ison with the where. his season's styles, and are THE BEST ¢ price. four and $5 and $6 Patent 1 compare favorably with those made to order by the best shoe- makers Shoes Polished Freel "IOOVER & SNYDER, 1211 F St. REST BOOTS & SHOES. will se place der new. ‘Fecuaees t to Order, $6. to erder. © ts ome thine: w er it is to make who want sem G. Warfield Simpson, Expert Tailor, Moth Paper and Moth Bags are absolutely moth- meade. ‘Their odor is certain death ton it's sweet a and leay nths—yet carments after a few exposure te the ait Easion 1& Rupprasi it ith ‘St THE PRETTIEST FLUTING ail nds Ww hat ther will ADVE! will make y METS 80° En) ms. This is the way & €O., Tailors,cos 13th st. atter, is how with us. epatsd Beets R= Bue ge te elt. Frisst-ctass everything. Ss Tel None Elliott, 506 10th St. 1679. for nate, Garbage Cans, 50c. Window Screens, I 4c. John B. Espey, HARDWARE, evea 1010 Pa ave. p21-10 Hodges to the Front! ubling nding and blank- ines almost every month. Our work can you match these prices? LIPE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT FOR yestment. Distinetly investment prices paid same. Money loaned on same as collateral. YDAWAY & DOUGLA’ A trial will,convince any business man of the value useful of our fac- mile typewritten letters ard forms. Ask for esti- mates and get samples. ADAMS, * Printer, 1ith st. MALL. MER CHARLE IN 1 MACALESTER, hools Will be boo! . . Steamer Mac- a me No. $2 VERNON AND MARSHALL STET. Co., LIMITE YUNT HALL Es = I es Shod by Experts. ht as well drink the best whisky of the abominations now sold as pure. Berkeley P Not hot sold by James Tharp st. nw the connoisecrs’ choles, 2 As a beverage or for family use it 1s the best upon the market. ap®-Ind HAAS, AND PLATE PRINTER, EN Has ov and is pow ‘Second floor. Next @ OSTEOPATHY. F. B. BAIRD. G. D. KIRKPATRICX. KIMBALL BLDG., 1417 G ST. N.W. Consultation aud examination free. mb5-tf DON'T ORDER YOUR MANTELS OR TILE Work until you see my stock; SO different styles ef oak and white mantels to select from: 20 @Merent styles of slate contince yourself as to prices; goods and worl guaranteed; over 30 years’ ae M. ROC! 716 13th st. very-Day Affair. Prem the New York Journal. rs. Brown—"If we have war with Spain I think I shall offer my services as a hos- pital nurse. Brown—“You could never stand it. The butchery and bloodshed would make you sick” Mrs. Rrown —“Oh, I am used to that sort of thing. Haven't I watched you shave yourself every morning for the last ten years?’ Mr. Charles Emory Smith, Justice Shiras of the the cabinet room cf the White House. tice Shiras is from Pennsylvania, Smith's state. There was no ceremony any kind beyond that prescribed by Constitution. Immediately upon taking the h Mr. Smith sat down at the cabinet table and remained to tak2 part in the ial cabi- net session which had been called for 11 o'clock by the President. President Kinley and all the ofiicials, including Mr. Gary, witnes Supreme Court in Jus- Mr. of the spec cabinet 1 the sWearing in. Mr. Gary at once retired from the Miret room, taking with him the affectionate farewell and best wishes of | the President and all the officials with whom he has served. Mr dence of deep feeling at ie: ciates, most of whem ha letters of regret. The only person in private life to witn to the making of a new cabinet officer w | Calvin Wells, president of the Philedelphi Press Some and the close persot triend 5? Mr. Smith. Cae lations were extended Mr .Smith by all th, embled party. Hundreds of ecrgratulations have been sent him by wire from friends a out the country. dmirers through- Mr. Smith's Career. Charles Emory Smith, ter General, in the new Postmas- was born in Mansfield, Conn., 1842. His parents removed to Albany, Y., When he was a child. He was edu- cated at Albany Academy and at Union College, Schenectady, Y. During the civil war he was actively engaged as aid to General Rathbene. under the war gov- ernor Morgan, in raising and organizing Union volunteers. Mr. Smith became edi- tor of the Albany Express in 1865. In 1870 he became joint editor of the Albany ing Journal, and in 1877 sole He was elected a delegate to the republican national convention in 1! nd Was made secretary of the platform committee. He was elected in 1878 regent of the univer- sity by the legislature of New York. yen- editor. Mr. § s a deiegate to republican | state conv in New York for several sucee ars and was invariably made chairman of the committee on resolutions | znd author of the platform. In 1850 he re- | d to Philadelphia and becam » Press. In 1881 he was se > the opening speech of the campaign in Pennsylvania. In Issi he one of the earliest and most active in the canvass for Blaine’s nomination. In 1890 he was appointed by President Harrison tainister to Russia, and served for two en he resigned. Whil> in Russia ne active In the relief work gre: ian famine of 1801 and 18: ing charge of the distribution of the can contribution of over $100,000 in and five shiploads of food. He has been active in various campaigns es a speaker, and in 1895 he stumped Ohio with the then Governor McKinl and spoke at the opening mass meeting at Can- ton in 1896. Mr. Smith has delivered num- s politfeal and literary addresses. It nerally understood that Mr. Smith wrote a large part of the republican na- ticnal platferm of 1806. ++ ‘The largest sun dial in the world is Hayou Horoo, large promontory, extending 3,000 feet above the Aegean sea. As the sun swings round the shadow of this mounta it touches. one by one, a circle of islands, which act aS hour marks, in the money PROBABLY SHOWERS, Rain Indicated for Tomorrow, With Southerly Winds. Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday—For the Dis-’ trict of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, in- creasing cloudiness and probably showers tonight; Saturday showers, southerly winds. For Virginia, incr2asing cloudiness, with showers in northern and western portions tonight; Satu:iday showers; warmer in west- €rn portion tonight; southerly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— The pressure has ris?n in the Rocky Mount- ain districts, fallen in the Mississippi val- ley and risen on the Atlantic coast. The weather is clear in the Atlantic coast districts. A belt of dense clouds extends from the lak> regions to the west gulf States. West of this the weather is again clear. Rain has fallen in the central val- leys and the lake regions. The temperature is higher in th2 central Mississippi and the Ohio valleys and lower in the northwest. Unsettled weather and showers are indi- cated for the middle and north Atlantic states, rain for the lower lake region and Ohio valley, partly cloudy weather in the east gulf states and clearing, colder weath- er in the west gulf states. The temperature will be higher tonight in th2 upper Ohio valley and lower lake re- gion. Rivers—The following changes in the riv- ers (in feet and tenths) have occurre Risen, Vicksburg, 0.2; New Orleans, 0.4. Fallen, Memphis, 2.0. Above the danger line, Vicksburg, § Orleans, 0. Condition of the Water. Te ature and condition of water at 8 a.m. temperature, ; condi- tion, 7 ervoir, temperature, 56; condition at north connection, 5; condition at south connection, ributing reser- voir, temperature, 5 ndition at influent gate house, 17; effluent gate house, 27. Tide Today—Low tide, 2 and h tide, 844 a.m. and 9:14 p.m. »morrow—Low tide, . and 4:03 F-m.; high tide, 9:22 a.m. and 9:50 p.m. The Sun and Moon, Today—Sun ri 5:13 a.m.; sun sets, 644 p.m. Moon sets, a.m, The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by guishing begun at 4:4 begun one hour before the 3 lamps lighted at 7 guished at m, Kecords for Twe The following were thermometer ai the wi tw terday April 21 p.m.; extin- The lighting is me named. pem.; extin- ty-Four Hours. the readings of the ather bureau for the -4 p.m., G0; 8 p.m., 7 mid- 4 a.m., 43; 8 a.m., ); noon, 63 pan, 6 Maximum—66 at 1 p.m., April Minimum—s8 at 5 a.m., April 22. he foilowing were the readings of the barometer at the weather bureau for the pasi twenty-four hours, beginning at 2 p.m. terday 8 p.m., 30.10; 12 —+ p.m., 30.04; 30.25; noon, PASSED BY THE VATE, sideration of the my BAIL The Senate last evening pi the military of he United States, generally known as the volunteer army bill. The bill céntained several amendments to the measure as by the House, and as the Hous adjourned just as the Sei passed the hill, it could not go to conference and be put on its final passage last evening. Consideration of the naval appropriation bill was then resumed, in order that certain amendments might be offered. Favorable © Vol- the bill passed Mr. Butler proposed an amendment that the government should pay no mo 3400 a ton for armor plate, and app: ing $1,500,000 for an armor-plate and $1,000,000 for the manufacture of armor plate for Is now being constructed. The amendment went over. iliman (S. C.) offere ured doption of an amendment providing n electric light and power plant at a ”, and for the storage and of coal at a cost of $20,000, both tation, Port Royal, S. C. dp. m., on motion into (Pa.), ion and adjourne CANINE executive CASTAWAYS, Remarkable Re: of Litter of Pups a From the Phi “Iphia A strange story i nett of the British a Dog and Se Imes. told by Captain Ben- amer Sweet Ali reached here from London yester- stain Bennett says that when in 1 on the mori rch 29 an object resembling a boat w ighted about two points off the starboard bow. The steamer bore down on it, and the captain was astonished to find that it w ordi- nary dog house lashed to a piece of ice. A boat was launched investigate, and i: was then found that the house contained an Irish terrier and a litter of six pups that arently not more than forty-eight hours old. In a corner of the house—which was half filled with fresh hay—there was found a wooden vessel containing a larg quantity of canned meats, while in another a vessel of fresh water. Th of ice to which the house was lashed \ perfect cube, measuring about thre and on one end of the sides n large Elizabethan letters, still discernible, the Latin “Esto Perpetua.” On top of the floated a tiny American flag, and nailed to the roof was a card six inches by three, upon which was written in a which st place for man to die e he dies for man. was nothing whatever to "There cate how the dog got there, anything to show how long she had been indi- nor was there adrift. Captain Bennett thinks, howev: that the animal must have been at least three weeks on her iceboat. The dog and her pups are still alive and great pets of the Sweet Alic oe company. INSULT TOWOODFORD Spanish Attempt to Arrest a Member of His Sti HIS TRAIN sToxeD ‘BY A MOB eg ee Bo XK Placed Himself Under the Protec- tion of the British Flag. NOW ON FRENCH. TERRITORY ae HENDAYE, Spanish Frontier, April 22.— General Stewart L. Woodford, the United States minister to Spain, accompanied by his staff and others, reached the frontier at 8 o'clock this morning in safety, after some exciting experiences. The Spanish police attempted to capture a member of the legation at Toloso, and at Vailadolid the train was attacked. Mr. Moreno was the member of the United States legation singled out by the Spanish police for capture, on the ground that he is a subject of Spain, but the at- tempt was frustrated owing to the pres- ence of mind of the minister. Attacks at Valladolid. At Valladolid the United States minister's train was attacked and stoned. Windows were broken and the civil guards were compelled to protect his carriage with drawn swords. General Woodford, how- ever, slept throughout the disturbance. The Moreno incident threatened to be se- rious. The Spanish police made a deter- mined effort to capture Mr. Moreno, but General Woodford stood in the doorway of the carriage, declaring he should only be removed by force. A deiachment train from Tolos the police officials general was rignts. At ovia the students of the :nilitary college gathered on the platform cheering for Spain, aad there we veral similar incidents at other stopping plac It was a great relief to the minister's party when the general finally reached French svil. But General Woodford per- sonally scemed unconscivus of any ger. The general, in bidding fare-vell to the correspondent of the Associated Press, who accompanied him to the frontier, expressed police accompanied the to San Sebastian, where left, on secing that the determined to maintain his dan- his sincere thanks to all the represenia- tives of the press, European and American, for their uniform kindness and good faith euring his siay in Spain. 1 Maintained His Dignity. BAYONNE, France, April 22, 10:35 a.m.— The farewell of the United States minister, Stewart L. Woodford, to Spain was in keeping with the dignity’ he displayed throughout the eri: When asked if he had anything to say he simply raised his hat and said: “Good-bye.” The Segovia ine! unimporiant. school, in full Gen. lent Was ¢omparatively ne students of the military iform, packed the depot. They were silent until the train started, when there was an enthusiastic outburst of cheering for Spain and Cuba. The Valladolid affair, however, threatened to be quite serious. Thousands of excited people attempted to invade: the railroad station, and the twenty civil guards, who accompanied the train were compelled to ferm up in front of General Woodford’s carriage, with drawn swords, while other civil guards of the local force, issued from the depot to protect the train. The guards did everything possible to keep back the whose yells and shrieks resounded on mes were thrown at the train windows broken. A newspaper m: wounded in the face by broken glass, Hall, the recorder of the city of Le had a narrow escape from being hit stones, and Mr, Montague Hughes ackent Q. C, had a similar ex- mob, e, Demand for Moreno. General Woodford knew disturbances until he red sant of the civil gu e detective, 1 nded that Mr. k from the ear: mes, eral’s colored valet, thereupon awakened General Woodford, who hurriedly dressed while matters were being explained to him. Thi ral then formally protested Q the attempted interference with h declaring that Mr. Moreno was his ecretary and a British subject. The Spaniards claimed that he was a Spanis subject, but the general refused to give him up to the police, and placed himself in the doorway of the compartment in which Mr. Moreno traveling, declaring he would only surrender the latter if forced to do so. nothing of the hed Tolosa. There rd, accompanied rded the train Moreno the gen- and der disembi suite private Under British Protection. The minister then explained to the Span- iards that he had placed Mr. Moreno under the protection of the British flag, and that Mr. Stewagt L. Woodford. if they took him it would only be by using personal violence to the United States min- ister, who proposed to protect Mr. Moreno until the frontier was crgsseds If an artist had been present at that mo- ment he could have secured material for a striking picture of the» gallant general blocking the doorway against-the Spanish officers, while his friends stood by ready to protect him if an attempt had been made to touch the minister. General Woodford whispered to the cor- respondent of the Associated Press, who afterward drew the Spaniards into a cor- ner and explained to them the serious na- ture of the action, pointing out that it might lead 9 complications with Great Britain. Mis argument prevailed and the troublesome visitors withdrew. ‘When the train reached San Sebastian Mr. Moreno and General Woodford felt con- siderably relieved, a “Little Rhody” Prepares for War. The general assembly of Rhode Island unanimously yesterday adopted’ a resolu- tion appropriating $150,000 for militia equip- “ASHES OF EMPIRE.” Serial Story by Robert W. Chambe to Appear in The 5: Among the many features of interest in the big Saturday Star this week will be the first installment of a new and intensely ex- citing serial story from the pen of Robert W. Chambers, the well-known and popular novelist. In “Ashes of Empire,” the name of his latest piece of fiction, Mr. Chambers has dcne some of his very best writing, and the readers of The Star may rest assured that in the story they will not find a dry or uninteresting line. From beginning to end it is full of incident, and is written in a thoroughly breezy and readable style. It will run through fifteen installments, one appearing in The Star each Saturday. The scene of the story is laid at first in Paris at the close of the Second Empire, and the story begins with a thrilling de- scription of the flight of the Empress from tke Louvre. Given such a scene and such a time and a writer of the imagination and Gescriptive powers of Mr. Chambers, it would be remarkable if the story should not be far above the average of modern fiction. This is but one of many good things whjch The Star will spread before its read- ers tomorrow. Among the others may briefly mentioned the following: be A LOFTY CAPITAL (illustrated). An entertaining letter from Frank Car- penter, in which he gives a pen picture of life in Quito, the highest capital city in the world. NE OF OUR NEEDS (Illustrated). Interesting facts in connection with the Danish West Indies, where a naval sta- tion would be a decided advantage to the United States, TAILOR-MADE SUITS (Illustrated). They have an assured place in every wo- man’s wardrobe, but, to be proper, they should be plain and severe. RAIDING OF DONNA CLOTILDE (illus- trated). A capital short story by Cutliffe Hyne, giving an account of the further adven- tures of his famous character, Captain Kettle. : LATE FASHION HINTS (illustrated). This week's letter from The Star's regu- lar New York correspondent is full of news about the latest styles in Gotham. WHERE LIFE IS EASY. Army posts that able from the p and men; others ant. are particularly desir- int of view of officers that are not so pleas- BORN TO DO BATTL! si rling Heilig writes from Malaga to tell the readers of The Star about the Spanish bulls that are bred to fight in the ring. AGAINST ASSAULT. Description of some remarkably brave defenses; the bombardment of Alexan- dria and of Gibraltar. LAND OF THE DONS. A timely article that is full of valuable information about the government and people of Spain. . EERE INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENT BU CHANCES. CHIROPODISTS. . CITY ITEMS FOR RE NT ( Its). FOR RENT (Halls) FOR RENT + Hotels) VOR RENT (Houres). IR RENT (Misce DR RENT (Offers) FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR KENT (Stables). FOR RENT (Stores) FOR SALI FOR SALE (Lots) FOR S. (Houses). FOR SALE (MisecDaneous) HORSES AND VEHI Goops. NOTICE LOST AND FOUND. MEDI ANAM OREO TAR eee EEN OSeeSa POTOMAC RIV ; PIANOS AND ORGANS. PROPOSALS. RAILROADS. SPECIAL NOTICES. STORAGE. . SUBURBAN PROPERTY SUMMER RESORTS. UNDERTAKERS. WANTED (Help) WANTED (Hous: WANTED (Rooms). WANTED (Situations) 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 4 4 a 4 4 From the Atlanta Constitution. A Georgia negro was once convicted of a murder in a novel and unexpected manner. A friend of his*had been found dead in the woods, with his right arm, chopped off by an ax, the dismembered arm not being found with the body. He was exonerated by a coroner's jury, but some young men in the neighborhood, knowing certain su- perstitions of his, visited his house late one night and called his name in hollow tones: “Ephraim! Ephraim! Rise en heah de dead!” “Who dat?” called a weak and wavering voice from within. “The sperrit er Benjamin!” said the voice without. “I come ter ax you whar my arm is. I can’t res’ in my. grave tell I fin’ my arm!” “Go ‘long fum heah!” wailed the negro from within, “I ain't got yo’ arm! I burnt it up in de fire!” That answer settled the question of his guilt. ———___ os —______ Why Brasil Sold Her Ships. From the Providence Journal. One of the remarkable phenomena of trade at present is reflected by Brazil's sale of warships to this country. A careful examination cf it prompts the suggestion that the South American republic had fiscal rather thar friendly reasons for disposing of the vessels. The price of Brazitian cof- fee has-now fallen lower than it was ever quoted before. The figure on regular con- tract deliveries is 5 cents per pound. An immense crop has been gathered, and this fact is now bearing the market for the product all over the. world. Brazil, which collects an export duty upon it, has actu- ally been put into financial straits by the reduction in price. whe loss of Peg gecre became coe a month ago reports were io -tion in London that the interest could not be paid on the country’s debt in April. Since the deal by which the United States takes the Amazonas. and its sister was carried through the news has come that the coupons will be taken up. The American money has enabled the nation to make both ends meet. But if coffee is to continue at 5 cente-what is Brasil to-do? DEATH CLAIMS HIM Illness of Senator Edward C. Walthall Terminates Fatally. UNIVERSAL REGRET EXPRESSED Funeral Services in Senate Cham- ber Tomorrow Morning. THE SENATOR’S CAREER Senator Edward C. Walthall of Mississippi died at the Cairo apartment house in this city at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Sen- ator Walthall’s death was not unexpected. He had been ill for several weeks, and, as a matter of fact, had been in bad, health for years. He contracted a severe cold in which was augmented the 7th of by exposure, he having gone to the Senate that day, in spite of the pro- tests of his physicians, to deliver a eulogy on his colleague, the late Senator George. The Saturday following the delivery of this speech found Senator Walthall in bed with a severe attack of typhoid pneumonia, which, as stated, resulted fatally. There were with Senator Walthall at the time of his death his wife, his sister, Mre. Freeman, and his niece, Mrs. Clark, and her daughter. Fox of Missi: their attendan senator. The funeral services over Senator Walthall are to take plac» in the Senate chamber at 12 o'clock tomorrow. The President and cabin of the Representatives Allen and opi were almost constant in at the bedside of the dead the remains of nate and House and Court and th? District expected to be present. be conducted by Rev. Dr. McKim. At 8 o'clock in the evening the remains will be taken on a sp2cial car by the South- ern railroad to Mississippi. Mr. W. W. Fin- ley, the second vice president of the South- ern railroad, has tendered the use of his private car to Mrs. Walthall, and she will travel in this. Th> senators appointed upon the funeral committee is as follows: Mes Money, Berry, Bate, Pettus Proctor, Pasco and Cannon, Held in High There was no member of States Senate more highly esteemed by his colleagues than was Senator Walt while members of the House of Represen- tatives held the same high regard for him. During last evening many members of Con- gress and others called at the ¢ press their deep sym) om missic The servic Esteem. the United airo to ex- athy for his bereaved family in the affliction which had been brought upon them. It is not too much to say that Senator Walthall commanded the » and respect of all who knew him. , gentle and yet at all nest in his deal- sily held a place times firm, manly and hi ings with every one, he e: in their hearts. Sketch of Hix Career. Senator Edward Cary Walthall was a Vir- ginian by birth, having been born in Rich- mond, Va., the 4th of April, 1Ns1. When a boy he went to Mis: where he re- ceived an academic Holly Springs. Having completed his academic course he entered the law from which iuated. He was admitted to practice courts -of Coffeeville, Miss. s later he was 2lected di y for the tenth Judicial district. He served in this capacity until the break- ing out of the civil war. He enlisted in the seth Miss and was at once utenant, from which i to lieutenant colonel. In ected colonel of the 2th Mis- d to major general in the confeder- ervice. After the surrender he return- Senator Walthall. ed to Coffeeville ani resumed his law prac- tice. Gen. Walthali later removed to Gren- ada, Mis: as his home at the time of his a a delegate in several conventions. * Was appointed to the United ep to succeed L. Q. C. Lamar, en made Secretary of the In terior by President Cleveland; was elect by th> legislature to fill Lamar’s unexpired term and then elected to succeed himself. On account of ill-health he resigned in 1804, but re-entered the Senate in 189 by virtue of his clection in 1892. In 1860 Senator Walthall marrie Miss Mary L. Jones, an accomplished Virginia belle. Th: rad no children, but Mrs. John B. Ross of Memphis, Tenn., is an adopted daughter. ne Small-Hore Rifles, From the London Pest. In the course of a letter to th Buffet, a French artist, who has just re- turned from Abyssinia, wher> he has paint- ed portraits of the emperor and Ras Ma- konnen, which are to be exhibited at the forthcoming salon, says: ‘It was in a great degree to the small-bore guns with which the Italian troops were armed that the Abyssinians owed their victori Ras Ma- konnen and s:veral of the suite of Menelik teld me that when a builet had gone right through them thelr men lost none of their dash. If the bullet did not kill at once—and nine out of ten times that was not the case —they did not >vea know they were wound- ed, and fought as furiously as their com- rades. Their wounds healed in a very short time unless a vita, organ had been touched. The result is that the Abyssinians despise such modern arms.” In view of the possi- ble debates as to the Dum-dum builet this testimony is not without its importance, T>mps, M. —____-e-— Forgot His Whiskers. From the Philadelphia Record. ‘The patriarchal beard of one of the “old- est inhabitants” of Conshohocken is still in its accustomed place on his chin, but it looks very much moth-eaten and ragged. This fs due to the fact that the old man is extremely near-sighted. To see an object plainly he is compelled to get his optics within a few inthes of it. The other day ‘while pottering around his house, the old man undertook to repair the picket fence around the yard. Many of the palings had been knocked off, and these it was his pur- pose to replace. He armed himself with hammer and nails and started in. He got his first paling in place, and with much labor succeeded iu fastening it there. But this was not all. When he started to move on to the next break he was brought up standing with a yell of pain. He had nailed his whiskers between the paling and the crossbar. His yells attracted the at- tention of his gocd wife, who, when she realized the situation, brought her scis- sors into play and released the old man, minus @ considerable portion of his beard. DIVIDEND NOTICE—AT A_ MEBTIN: hoard of directors of the National S ‘avings and Tr umbia, beld April 18, cent was declared, pay holdere of record on closing the St 4 pom. April 25, 1808. American Secu rity and Trust Co. Real Estate Notes for Sale. A limited number of real estate notes, secured by first deeds of trust on Washington city real estate, for NANCIAL. oF THR sale. Netting the investor 4} to § per cent per annum. ©. J. BELL - wi ° President: A. T. BRITTON View President J. W. WHELYLEY Treasurer TAs. Hew 4 Asst Asst STURAGE -- all that others advertise -- we |fulfilland surpass!Guar- anteed lowest priced and best storage in town! 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Your true sailor is a prosaic animal; he tells no varnished story, and the most pa- triotic narratives of casualties and life-loss at sea are those which are never written. Some years ago the captain of a Pritish vessel descried in mid-ocean a bark, dis- masted and apparently abandoned. Ho did as 99 per cent of British officers would, lowered a boat and proceeded to investi- gate. Arrived at the bark, he found it dif- ficult to approach on account of the tangle of broken spars and rigging which drifted alongside. On the deck there was not the with the deck. in the forcastle, however, sick in his bunk, was an English sailor, ho told an almost increditable tale. In