Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1898, Page 8

“WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. A Regiment of Babies —conld he accommodated from our BABY CARRE stock. We have every good Pattern shown anywhere this season and are constantly replenishing our stock with the “novelt fast as they are turned out by the factorle: We are selling a Splendid Full Rolling- edge Reed Baby Carriage—ricbly upbolster- ed tnfted—nice le wheels springs—hrake improvements: and A Cute I'ttle *7.50) qeoueey eee ee $250 Miles of Matting To select from. Here are two of the best values in the stock: Good China Matting-fresh and $4 50 new-—worth $6 roll—our price.... D4e Fine Ne-y White Inlaid Cotton-warp Mat- ting very durable—worth $10 pollvur’ price. °$7.50 Wash. B. Williams, 7th & D [FOR IN THE SHAPE OF FIREARTIS z : F 4 Leok to us. No other establishment in town ean show so complete a stock or such a va- riety ef makes. Anything you want in the gun line, be it a pocket pistol or & long range rift Powder and ammunition “‘to burn. Way-down prices. “ 1? — 477 and Walford’s,” Zy°pStss, oe 7m A a ee am NN NE ANYTHING ap22- Rares. Sverre Bugle Brand, Bass’ Ale Guinness’ Stout Is the Best. For sale by the leading Wine Merchants, Gro- ers, Hotel and Restaurants. GENERAL AGENTS, Alex. D. Shaw & Co., 58 Broad Street, New York. apl2-tm.49 the kind you'd like to make at home if you could—at grocers. Cutice Brothers Co., Rochester, N. ¥. — A Practical Bustness-Like Typewriter at a reasonable Price, $60. WELLINGTON TYPEWRITER No. 2 Quick, Clean Printing and Accurate Algnment. A Powerful Mantfolder. A typewriter with all the ad. vantages of the cld m: ehines and none of thelr defects. Guaranteed equal in every particular to eny $100 machine er money fefunded after ten days’ trial. SEND FOR FREF ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. £ WILLIAMS MFG. CO., LTD., BOX 3, PLATISEURG, N. ¥. Ro20-t,th,s.1yr, 2 Se mn eT ed GRAPHOPHONES Sold on Easy Pay- ments. Records, $5 perdoz. Send pos- Y tal, salesman will call. R. G. Amies, 303 7th St.N.W. 24 Floor 2 ashe ema ap2y.21 , ia We don't do s0 7 ZZ CRUERB 4 . much lond bol- Gas i i SAXONY But we bought BM ess Teeter for spot cash 50 i dozen One Do jar Im ported Madras Shirts, which are selling very fast at 49c., Including extra lnk cuffs. } HOME DYEING } A Pleasure at Last. No Muss. No Trouble. MAYPOLE SOAP WASHES AND DYES? At One Operation - « ANY COLOR. ~ _ The Cleanest, Fastest Dye for Soiled or Faded Shirt Waists, Blouses, Ribbons, Curtains, ;, Underlinens, etc., whether Silk, Satin, Cotton or Wool. - Sold in All Colors by Grocers and Druggists, or mailed free for 15 cents. Address, THE MAYPOLE SOAP DEPOT, 127 Deune St: Ne fe1T-tha.tu-em Beats THE EVENING “It’s the LAST that does it.” HE GRAWE SHO For combined Comfort and Style there is no shoe for man like the CRAWFORD. Spring styles now on view. Sold at our own stores and by authorised agents everywhere. Factory, Brockton, Mass, ©7 See that our name is stamped on the bottom and woven in the strap.“ on WVashington Store, 903 Pennsylvania Avenue. 2 api2- in thie OCs = POPs ‘~ SrSeetemeceegeegendendendentententensntnietese A special lot of $1 and $1.25 Wrappers for $1.25 for them. Ladies’ $12 suits, $7.98. Mondas we will put on sale a lot of ladies’ finely tailored euits of cheviot serge—in almost every color—all the new spring shades included—jackets lined with silk—and every garment in the lot is man-tallored in superior feshion—which are the regular $12 Sults—for $7.98. Ladies’ $15 suits, $9.98. Another lot of stylish black cheviot serge suits—Jackets and skirts are both lined with black taffeta silk—made and finished in admirable fashion by man taflors—and the equal of any fifteen dol- lar suit In the clty—will be offered you the choice of for $9.98. purchase ZAK) cents, Because of a big special purchase of fine wrappers—made a few days ago—we can offer the ladies. of Washington the most re- markable wrapper values that have ever been known. the choice of a splendid assortment of Indigo blue Percales, black and white and fancy Percales, etc——trimmed with soutache braid— and separate waist lining—some with ruffle—skirts made full and liberally wide—garments which are fashioned without fault. If they had been bought in the regular way you would have to pay $1 and Monday you'll find them on the second floor— and you may take your pick for 49 cents. You know you are welcome to the privilege of having your charged.” We'll permit you to pay as you please, eee eteeteteet nti eletntntetntnenntedealednelneindny You have $2.50 skirts, $1.19. Morday we put on sale a big lot of handsome figured brilliantine skirts, with pretty satin damask figures—all made in very superior atyle—well lined and bound —whicb are regular $2.50 values—for only $1.19. Satin skirts, $4.98. A lot of fine satin brocaded skirte— the very richest looking garments made made and finished in the very finest fashion—which are regular $7.60 values— will go for $4.98. Silk waists, $4.98. Monday wo offer you the choice of a Jot of fine taffeta silk waists, made in the latest style—for only $4.98. Every garment in the lot is splendidly made— and not worth a penny less than $8—the prico speaks for itself. enetetnts Sete rteteptentpd tetra rebebetndd rarer tedtetetelettr teenies tnnrinntnieelitelirtny Bertenteeteeeteatertesten PRIVATEERING. Brave Men Engage in the Trade and Secure Big Prizes. From Chamber's Journal. The first mention of privateering—possibly in this case ptracy—in connection with Liverpool, is in the year 1568, when a ship beionging to Sir Thomas Stanley, son of Sarl of Derby, breught a prize into the y amid “great rejoicings.” It was in reign of George I, however, that pri- % Was taken up as a business en- by the Liverpool merchan In Liverpool possessed four privateers, which, during the French and Spanish war, captured about a dozen ships—a small set- eff, however, to the round hundred sailing to and : from Liverpcol by the enemy. The breaking out of the seven years’ War, in 1756, came as a blow to Liverpool, whose trade in “black ivory” had been making prodigious strides. Swarms ot French privateers found their way into the drish sea aad at one time actually block- aded the town for several weeks. Insur- t up enormously, and trade aily at a standstill. The mer- nts, however, did not wait for ruin with led hand: ‘aking the hint from the enemy, they not only fitted out their useless ships as privateers, but buill new vessels for the service. These they let loose on the enemy's commerce, and the result was re- markabie. One of the first privateers to leave the port returned in a few weeks with a French West Indiaman worti £2v,- ovo; other equaHy valuable prizes followed in quick succession. “Then the whoie coun- try became mad after privateering,” and the mania even spread to the colonies. The Liverpool privateersmen, second to none in courage and seamanship, made many prizes, but, on the whole, the result of the war to the merchants was disastrous. In the first four years alone 143 vessels be- lenging to the port were captured by the French, and this more than counterbai- anced the gains of the privateers. The experiences of the seven were repeated during the Ame! independence. The Americans at the out- set sent forth a fleet of privateers, and soon the trade of Liverpool sank to small dimen- sions. Yet it was only when the French and Spaniards joined in the war that Liv- erpool entered with its old energy into the privateering business. But, once started, So great was the zeal displayed that be- tween August, 1778, and April, 1779, 120 private cruisers were fitted out. An entire stop was put to the commercial progress of the port, however, and, “beyond the oc- casional bustle of numerous sales by auc- tion of the cargoes of prizes taken from the enemy, there was little business trans- acted.” it was, indeed, only the activity and success of the privateers that saved many of the Liverpool merchants from ruin. The greatest of Liverpool's privateering heroes was a personage famous in his day and not yet utterly forgotten—namely, Capt. Fortunatus Wright. Soon after the outbreak of the war with France in 1744 he, conjointly with some Euglish merchants in Leghorn, fitted out the Fame privateer to cruise against the French. The Gentle- man's Magazine for December, 1746, stated that the Fame (Capt. Wright) had eap- tvred sixteen French ships in the Levant, Werth £400,000. Capt. Wright's most re- markable achievement, however, was in ; When the renewal of the war with France became imminent. In that year he built a small vessel at Leghorn, called the St. George, to cruise against the enemy. His project becoming known, a French xebec of sixteen guns and two hundred and eighty men bore down upon Leghorn and hovered outside the harbor in order to capture him when he came out. So much injury had Wright done to French com merce during the last war that the French king had promised the honor of knight- hvod, a pension of 3,000 livres per annum for life and the command of a sloop-of-war to whoever should bring him into France, elive or dead. The candidate for knight- hood, therefore, impatiently waited for him. The Tuscan government, being at this time in close sympathy with the French, would not allow Wright to leave port with more than four guns and twenty-five men. With this armament he left the harbor on July 25, having three other smail vessels under convoy. No sooner was he clear of the harbor, however, than he took on bourd eight other guns, which had been secretly stowed by the convoy for his use. He also oeove ey upon fifty-ty: their men, com- = of Siavontans, Venetians, Italians, wiss and a few Englishmen, to enter on board his ship. Next morning the French- man bore down upon him, and at 12 o'clock the engagement begun, in sight of abort three thousand well-wishers of the French. In three-quarters of an hour the xebec was 80 maltreated that she was hors du combat with the loss of her captain, lieutenant and cight-cight men killed, seventy more betng wounded. here being no wind, she caped with the aid of her sw eps, else she would have fallen a prey to the victor. Wright had only lost his lieutenant and four men killed and eight wounded. Tho disgusted Tuscan authorities immediately seized the St. George and refused to give her up, but the appearance at Leghorn of Admiral Hawke with two linc-of-battle Ships speedily induced them to a more complaisant frame of mind. After further distinguishing himself at the expense of the French, the brave Captain E r 5 Wortunatus Wright was lost with his HER eee is ship in a storm while on ‘a © tre Malta to Leghorn. MURS 1200 Privateering was not a professi: mo = lated to instill a love OE law ea salet among its votaries. The privateersmen when they came into port, were the terror of the town, and committed many excesses, So outrageous did their conduct. become that in 1778 the mayor of Liverpool issued @ proclamation cautioning these lawless Persons that he would in future call in the ald of the military for the protection of the lives and property of the peaceable in- habitants, This had the desired effect. he service was popular; the mer on board privateers being safe fren ee Pressment, the most dashing and daring of the sailors came out of their hiding holes to enter on board them. These doughty old sons of Liverpool are thus described by ohe who wrote from personal observation. They were a reckless, dread-naught, dare- devil collection of human beings, half diss clplined, but yet ready to obey every order. “Your true privateersman was a sort of half horse, half alligator, with a streak of lightning in his _composition—something like a man-of-warsman, but much more like a pirate—generally with a superabun. danea of Niisker, as if he held with Sam- son that iS strength w: i son that his strength was in the quantity ——— Peculiar Villages. From Tit-Bits. Scattered throughout the area of Great Britain are numerous towns and villages of a curious character. One large village ac- tually consists of old railway carriages, even the little mission chapel being built out of four large horse trucks, Another village, with a population of 1,100 and a ratable value of $8,000, has neither church, ckapel nor school, the only public edifice being a pillar letter box. Villages with a single inhabitant are not unknown. At Skiddaw, in Cumberland, there is a solitary householder, who can~ rot vote because there is no overseer to prepare a voters’ lst, and no church or other public building on which to publish gne; while the only ratepayer in @ certain rural Northumberlend parish has recently declined to bear the expense of repairing @ road because he considers it quite good chopan io himaself. n the Isle of @ little parish which fio ae contemptuously de- kas been fomew! scribed as a “portion of land with three or four houses, and perhaps twelve inhabi- tants.” This place bas no roads at all, and is ecnsequently put to no expense in keeping them in repair. .As a matter of fact, there are no expenses of any kind and no_rates. One of the most remarkable villages in this country is Kempton, near Bedford, which is seven miles long and extremely straggling. @fo walk from one end of the village to the other occupies two. hours. Semetimes whole villages will practically disappear. A little Shropshire village has gradually sunk, until now it is almost out of sight. It is built on a disused coal pit, and the sinking goes on steadily every year. Now and then a tottering house is propped up to keep it standing, but in spite of all precautions, buildings are con- stantly falling to the ground, and in course of time doubtless nothing will be left but a few bricks io mark the spot where a vil- lage once stood. 2o+——____ ‘Weuld Be Giad to: Know It. Prom the Atlanta Constitution. An Indiana correspondent writes to ob- tain the address of a Georgia author who is living out of th2 state. The correspondent says: “If he is living, please forward my letter to him. If he is deceased, I would be glad to know it.” The correspondent doesn't state just why ‘he would be glad to know the author ts de- ceased, but the inference is thet he has been reading some of the author’ “Went” ads. in The bring answers, STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL | THE NATIOPIAL GUARD Star pay beaguse they | Companies B and C ey: eee Tengineer company. 23, 1898—24 PAGES. What the Looal Brigade Has Aooom- plished During the Week. eo OUTCOME OF COURT OF INQUIRY Keen Disappointrhent if Entire Or- ganization is°Not Called. DISCHARGES AND TRANSFERS The review of the week, so far as the District of Columbia National Guard is concerned, brings to light a period of un- precedented interest and harrowing uncer- tainties. The most marked preparations in the direction of a possible call into ac- tive service ave been the only rule of all the organizations. The Ist and 2d Regi- ments and several of the separate organi- zations assembled Monday evening last in heavy marohing order for inspection. The showing as a whole was more than grati- fying. Night and day since Monday every- body has becn on the move without cessa- tion. Hvery evening every company has assembled for drill. The work pursued has been along the line that would be most in evidence in time of trouble. Particular attention has been paid to guard duty, while maneuvers in extended order have by no means been neglected. The engin- eer and signal companies and ambulance corps have been devoting themselves to their particular duties. Recruiting has been one of the particu- lar features of the week. Many of the or- ganizations have doubled their usual strength, and now have the full quota of men allowed by law. In this connection the eagerness to enter the service dis- played by some individuals may be classed At the Bridge. as remarkable. The commanding general has been flooded with communications and headquarters has been crowded with anx- fous parents, both the eommunications and the visits being inspired by the action of young men who have entered the guard or who have expressed their intention so to do. Li has been a common occurrence of late for widowed mothers, with tears in their eyes, to appear at headquarters for the purpose of inquiring if there was any way possible to keep their sons from going to the w These callers and correspond- ents are referred to the several company command and are also advised to bring their parental influence to bear on the would-be soldiers. Disappointment of Guardsmen, All the armories have been busy for days past. The guardsmen have been under the firm conviction that the brigade would be called into service as a whole. When it became noised about last evening that probably not more than 40) District Guardsmen would be accepted for the vol- unteer service most pronounced disappoint ment was caused. The men retired, how- r, with the hope that something would n up that would permit the District Guard to demonstrate its efliciency and “patriotism. In the event that the local brigade should be called into the service of the United States, the understanding is that a most material change in the way of organiza tion would of necessity result. The gen- eval staff in the first place would have to reorganized. The commanding general would be entiled to only four department officers on his staff, each with the rank of captain, and two aids, each with the rank of first Meutenants. Under the District militia law he is entitled to four aids, each with the rank of captain; seven depart- ment officers, each with the rank of major, and an adjutant general, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Regimental staff oili- cers would have rank as first Heutenant in- stead of captain, as is at present the case, while no provision would exist for a bat- talion staff. Must Step Down and Out. ‘The report of the court of inquiry ap- pointed at the suggestion of First Lieuten- ant Francis Carroll Mattingly, Company D, Sth Battalion, to investigate his conduct, in connection with a declination to tender his resignation, at the request of Major Otto G. Simonson, 6th Battalion, nas been ap- proved by the commanding general. In a communication, quoting the report of the court and the approving indorsement of Col. M. Emmett Urell, 2d Regiment, the commanding general has requested Lieut- enant Mattingly to forward his resignation at once. It will be remembered that the fact that Lieutenant Mattingly was persona non grata to his company commander and the majority of the members of the company was stated to be the reason his resignation was requested by the battalion command- er. The court of inquiry, in its report, found against Lieutenant Mattingly and sustained the course pursued by Major Si- monson. In forwarding the report Colonel Urell approved the findings and intimated Packing. that as the commanding»officer of the 2d Regiment he would be gratified if head- quarters would relieve Lieutenant Matting- ly from duty with the regiment. ‘Honorably Discharged. On their own applications Private “Will- jam T. Davis, Company C, 2d. Battalion, and Privates Luther F. Speer and Miles Standish, Company A, 6th Battalion, have been honorably discharged. Private C. N. Walker, Company D, 4th Battalion, has been honorably discharged because of removal from the District. Transfers of Interest. Corporal J. G. Stelle, Company C, 2d:Bat- talion, has been transferred. to Company D, 5th Battalion, as a private. Private Marvin Herndon, Ambulance Corps, has been transferred to the Sth.Bat- talion for appointment as hospital.steward. ‘The following have been transferred from Se an, ae *|.From the Argonaut. son and Privates J. P. Alexander, E. R. Boyle, T. A. Burns, G. H. Guerdrum, P. Hal, L. M. Holt, W. 8. Hutton, E. ¥. Lord, Harry H. Miller, W. A. Thompson and F. R. Weller, Company C, and Privates J. A. Bishop and W. F. Miller, Company B. Disqualified for Field Service. The following guardsmen have been hon- orably discharged, medical examination demonstrating that they are disqualified for actual field service—Private Edward J. Scanlon, Company A, 4th Battalion; Pri- vates Herbert Huntington, Octavius Sad- ler and J. M. Winchester, Company B, 4th Battalion; Privates William C. Beasley, Benjamin T. Grant, H. L. Standley and Charles C. Cox, Company C, 4th Battalion: Privates William lL. Bowie, George C. Glick, jr., John O'Connell and Arthur L. Russell, Company D, 4th Battalion. Privates Albert E. Furbeshaw, Otto Haarer, George W. Loehl, Frank P. Madi- gan, Oscar Reeves and Lawrence Schwe; ler, Company A, 5th Battalion: Privates C. J. Ruff. Howard Langston, G. W. Burch, W. R. Huff, E. F. Hughes, R. W. Starke, Phillip J. Willett and Albert Lewis, Com- pany B, 5th Battalion; Privates Walter R. Brooke, Charles H. Fletcher and Otto W. Harke, Compeny C, 5th Battalion; Sergeant Charles H. Kerfer, Company D, Sth Bat- talion. Corporal 8. I. Scott and Privates W. G. Schafhirt, J. T. Seleeman and J. L. Wil- meth, Company A, 6th Battalion; Corporal J. S. Gheen, Company B, 6th Battalion: Privates William T. Murphy, M. B. Stu gus, J. F. Taylor and T. Williamson, Com- pany C, 6th Battalion. Privates A. C. Hutchinson and Clarence H. Williams, Company A, Ist Battalion; Private T. M. Littleton, Company B, ist Battalion; Sergeant J. A. Wilkinson, Cor- poral A. Drummond and Privates Charles H. Gove and R. P. Hunt, Company C, Ist Battalion; Privates Ernest Morsell and G. H. Tucker, Company D, ist Isttalion. Sergeant Thomas B. Davis and Privates James F. Blessing and Fred. H. Wigginton, Company A, 2d Battalion; Sergeant Stan- ley F. Houchen, Corporal James E. Lov: less and Privates Frank 8. Hinrichs, Al- fred Robertson and George Thorne,,Com- any B, 2d Battalion; Privates Walier E. aum, Ernest E. Wear, Johan C. Kondrup and J. C. Thompsen,.Company C, 2d Bat- talion; Privates Dorset Crane, Patrick H. Lloyd, John BE. Reliner, George P. Srop- shier, George W. Stevens and Norman Wil- son, Company D, 2d Battalion. Corporal A. A. Rittenour and Private William T. Rawlings, Ambulance Corps. Corps of Field Music. The corps of field music, an important adjunct to the National Guard in sery has not yet enli bers to which it is entitled by law. cipal Musician William A. Du i sirous varing from musician: ling to enter the military ser ed at beadquarters Di militia, 8, ed the full quota of mem- Prin- THE Objects of Interest to Strangers Visit- ing the State. From the Gainesvi The sinks of Florida are numerous and one of the state’s most attractive features to strangers visiting this part of the coun- try. Around Alachua lake, three miles scuth of Gainesville, there are hundreds of sink holes of various sizes and depths. le Sun, It is apparent from the existence of 60 inks that the whole country is mbed with subterranean pas: s. rtions of the lai been sinking for ages. Many of the sinks have trees growing in them, the dimen- sions of which indicate that they must be centuries of age. ‘There is no telling at what moment the earth may give way and a new sink be formed. Only a few years ago the ground under the track of the Florida Southern railroad, in that region near Alachua lake, gave way, and in the darkness of night ‘a train rea into a hole seventy or eighty feet deep. The train was completely wrecked, but fortunately all aboard escaped an untimely death. in various parts of they are more numer- of what the Iniicns ous in the vicinity called “Big Jug,” or Alachua, meaning the deep sink hole through which ‘hi water in the lake at different periods has run out, leaving an immense savanna, or Many thousands of acres of prairie iand. Many years ago several acres of ground on the public road leading from this city to Newnansyille sank and formed a lake, in which the tops of tall trees could be seen beneath the surface of the er. This spot is known as the Blue Sink. Seven miles northwest of Gainesville is a mammoth sink known as the Devil’s Mill Hopper. It is a great natural curiosity, and is a popular resort for picnic parties, as well as for pleasure seekers who, during the winter season, visit this part of Florida. One mile west of Gainesville is the Green Sink, containing a considerable volume of water, in which it has been the custom for many years of colored people to bathe, and many untimely deaths have oc- curred in this sink by drowning. A nota- ble sink is that in which Hogtown creek one. about five miles southwest of this city. which runs into this sink hole and grad- vally disappears through a subterranean outlet. At this point quite a lake is form- ed, which is well filled with all species of fish known to inland Florida waters. The natural wells, which are numerous in the western_part of Alachua county, are but sink holes reaching to large un- derground passages, through which hun- dreds of thousands of acres of land are drained. The Natural Bridge over the Santa Fe river, in the northeastern part of Alachua county, is one of Florida’s unique and most interesting scenes, presenting the speo- tacle of a large stream sinking from view for a distance of eeveral miles. All the streams in the San Felaska hammock, a large body of land a few miles west of Gainesville, disappear into underground passages. Most of the sinks are dry, but hundreds of them are well filled -with water, flowing from springs. The depth of the sink holes varies all the way from twenty-five feet down to where no bottom can be found. ‘The water in a sink hole three miles west of Winter Park was measured a short time since and it was found to be 850 fect deep. -The hole is 125 to 150 yards from side to side and about forty feet in depth to the surface of the water at the bottom. From the top of the bank the water has the deep blue tint of the ocean. ‘The banks are so steep as to render descent and ascent somewhat ult, ————— The Temperance Sentiment. ‘Temperance sentiment, as it is known nowadays, was unknown to our Puritan ancestors, .who did not consider water either a healthful or sufficient beverage. Laborers would not work at the harvest, nor builders at their trades without a suffi- clent allowance of rum. Beer.was also popular. At the ordination of a.minister, Jarge quantities of the various intoxicants were consumed; the laying in of large stores of alcoholic beverages marked tho raising of. every meeting house, .and cider in abundance was produced on every farm. When, a century ago, General con: was jasing a gardener, it.was stated in the contract that he shouid haye “34 zt Christmas with which he may be drunk for four days and four nights; $2 at Easter. for the same purpose; $2 at-Whitsuntide, to be drunk for two days; a dram in*‘the morn- ge and a drink of at dinner.at noon.” anor. = be ee th all meal: Aig juor to i > Is, * and flip-iron. was kept. ly heat- edintl Jayern:fire;:fhe, ny of every. rivate a x Ra El WITH ARTEMUS WARD Former Manager of the Great Humor- ist Relates Some Anecdotes. —— HIS LAST DAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN No American Was Ever Accorded More Attention There. =e HiS TOAST TO THE PRINCE See Written for The Evening Star. There walked down Pennsylvania avenue one day last week a man who, were he in- clined to write a book telling of his experi- ences, might make a fortune and at the same time be @ lasting benefactor to his fellow-man. I should her that such a book wculd be a great addition to the history of this country. The first time that John Frederick Sut- ton visited Washington he came as one of the avant couriers of Jenny Lind. That was a long while ago. He is now more than seventy years of age, but he glides about from one city to unviher and looks after his interests with the spryness and ease of many men much his junior. John Frederick Sutton is a native of London, but he came to America when he Was a very young man. In the 50's he worked at the printer's case with the elder James Gordon Bennett on the New York Herald, when that paper was a struggling sheet issued at Fulton and Nassau streets Mr. Sutton was Artemus Ward's mana ger in America and was with him a great deal during his marvelous lecturing car in England. 1 asked Sutton to tell me some of his experiences with Ward and he kind- ly consented to do so. “My old friend P. T. Barnum was the ene who brought me into the show busi- hess,” Sutton said. “He took a liking to me from the first time he saw me. I was at the case in the Herald office when he came in one day and said to Mr. Bennett: 2 “Bennett, you have a man here whom L want. “*You know,’ replied Bennett, who was. Barnum’s warmest friend in those days, ‘that anything I have is at your disposal.” “That settled it, and I went into the show business, and there 1 haye alWays been. But about Warg, r fellow! He was one of God's noblemen. The first time 1 ever met him was in San Francisco. I had been to Australia with Tom Thumb. Tho next day after I returned 1 met EP. Hingston, who was then Ward's manager, and he introduced me to the great humor. ist. Hingston was about to return to the east. Ward learned that my managerial engagement with Tom Thumb ended in Frisco, and he asked me to jook after his i iterests on his way back to New York, T at once took a liking to Browne—I don’t think I ever called him Ward while talking with him—and we made a satisfac. tery deal. The result was that I was : h him constanuy for eighteen months. A happier eighteen months I never put in. It Was indecd an oasis, as I look at it now, in the desert of a life of more t han - ty years. The wes oonoan h ern portion of our coun- try was entirely different then from what itis now. We played both small and large s and busine: d ways good, “Browne was 1 known in the min- ing tewns of Colorado, or Montana, or Nevada, as he was in New York or Wash- ington. Seme of receptions accorded him in tha would have made a crowned hi envious. Everywhere we went Browne was welcomed with crow that more than filled the capacity of U so-called theaters of that new count! But every one is familiar with the atten. ticn given him tn his own untry. His career in England wae a meteoric one. The pecple of Great Britain not only enjoyed his droll humor—they went fairly wild. No American was ever so lionized. Artemus Ward in London. “Upon reaching New York, Ward started for his tour of Great Britain under the management of his old friend Hingston, who had been through that country as an advance tour while I was bringing Ward back from 'Fri ». I became manager of Professor the ‘Wizard of the North,’ a 48 called, who was alout to start for a tour of Great Br Both Anderson and Ward went on the t. so we trip. In England particularly scarcely a day that I did not , and during the last few months of his life I made it a point to spend as much time with him as I could. Anderson was holding forth at St. James’ Hall in London at the same time t Ward was lecturin, Egyptian Hall, dilly. There was no spirit of rivalry. Anderson did a good busin, Ward did a brsiness that has never been equaled, I am were thrown together on the there was told, at Egyptian Hall. For months the ellte of London turned out to hear his lec: tures. There was never a night that the hall was not packed and thousands of per- sCa8 Were driven away because of inabili- ly to get even standing reom. “The queen honored him with her p ence, and occupied a box, while the Prin. of Wales, who at that time was president of the Savage Club, what would corre pend in this country to a press club, be: came a veritable chum. The pace was too strong for Browne, and it killed him. I scmetimes think that I hurried his en Hogtown creek is quite a stream; But what could I do? When he was si he wouid send for me if I mi: i a da And while others of his friends were tell- ing him that he should be careful, he would call me to his side and say, ‘Sutton, my old friend, go out and bring to me a boitle of good, old cognac.” “I couldn't refuse him. I saw that the stamp of death was on him and it was only a matter of a short while before he would Jeave this world. For nearly two months before he gave up lecturing and took to his bed he was practically ineapable of doing the work. His doctors told him that he must take a rest, but he refused to accede to their advice. And could you blame him? He was the talk of London and all England. No matter what he said, it was laughed at. His personality was charming. To meet him was to love him. So different from many persons who achieve distinction in 4 calling, there was not the slightest sug- gestion of affectation or osteniation. Ward's Droliery. “Any ancedotes about Ward? Hundreds of them, but I always feel sad when 1 think of those days. However, I must tell you of one little incident that came under my observation. “We were in the Savage Club on? morn- ing about four o'clock. The Prince of Wales was feeling particularly jovial and he proposed to set them up to the entire membership and guests. We went in to the bar and drinks were arranged. Some one suggested a toast to the prince. At once there was a call for Ward. He was modest at tho first, but when the demand was so , he turned to the prince, glass in hand, said: “Well, Albert Edward, here's my kind -regards.' Gentlemen, your good health. Let's all live within our means, if we have to borrow the money to do it with.’ “You never saw a crowd of Bohemians display such appreciation. They shouted in laughter, and no one louder than the prince. “Browne was a devotee at the shrine of brandy when he saw his physical strength waning. He apparently couldn't get enough. It became impossible for him to get through his lecture without stimulant, and it positively amusing, though sad, the schemes he would resort to to get to a bottle. 1 bad some spare time one night ard I called on the manager of Egyptian Hall, and he piloted me through the big crowd and got.me within. Ward saw me among the sea of faces, and he afterward told me he knew I would appreciate the thing. .In the midst of his lecture he look- iy. A Joke on the Andience, “Phe ventilation in this house is very poor,’ -he began. ‘I have repeatedly ad- monished the janitor, but what I have said seems to have been ynbeeded. I assure you this.is no fault of mine; and not only that, I stand ready to refund money to those ere-suffering from this foul air.’ -“& leok of pity came over his face. It WAR Shoes For Our Brave Soldiers. Thousands of pairs of com- fortable, — wide, easy, walking shoes for men to tramp in all day and sleep m ail night ui necessary. The shoes furnished by the government are usually heavy and clumsy, while ours are ‘soft, ple able and particularly adapted to traveling after the enemy day and night until he is found, caught and whipped. Good, broad tread, like il- lustration, sewed by hand and made of calf, Russian colt-skin, vici kid, kangaroo or Cordovan, at $2, $2 50, $3 and $4, which is from 50c. to $2 a pair lower than at other shoe Stores, Card to Ladies. Some exceedingly interesting shoe news for you will be printed in the Sunday “Times” and “Post.” 930 and 932 7th St. 1914-16 Pa. Ave.—233 Pa. Ave. S. E . . ° ° ° . . . . . . . . PS . ° . . ° . . Ps . . . . . . . Startling eeeee extra down, meat very lk Ivanized Pan purchased All the Credit You Want Tx we t hesitate te ask for a with Herrmann, ° u RAL FURNISHERS, : 7th and I Streets N.W, it . . . . . . . . . . PS . . . . . . . . . . . . . eee - = seemed as if tears would dim his eyes, ip choked back a sob and said: “If you will pardon me a momert, J wi endeavor to aright what the janitor bi neglected.’ * “He walked off the stage and into th wings, where he picked up a bottle of brandy and swallowed about half, Afted wiping his lips he returned to the stag, and said: “I trust the alr will be better here no And I can asbure you that the janitor will be discharged. Above everything else WS must have pure air here, or I refuse to gp on with my lecture.’ “The audience seemed to sympathize with Ward. After the lecture I met Ward, and he told me that he did that just to sh me how easy it was for a lecturer to tak a drink in the middle of his lecture. I saw Ward the day before he died. That w the last time. I saw his life was drawing to a close, but I cheered him up; and h was cheerful, too. I told him that 1 nag been thinking of going over to Manchestet, but I guessed I would wait a day or two, as I wanted to be of any assistance I could to him. He cracked a joke and said that he was coming along all right. “ “Don't stay on my account, Sutton,’ né said to me. “I went over to Manchester and when arrived there in the morning I found a telegram awaiting me at the hotel apprise ing me of his death. I shall never forget the kindness shown by the literary friends of Ward in London. Some of them were constantly at his side. Particularly do 1 recall George Augustus Sala, E. P. Hing» ston, Andrew Halliday, John Hoilings« head and James Willing. SP esas Lon 's Atmosphere, From the London Times, Only by degrees are the marvelous quale ites of our London atmosphere becoming known. No city in the world can boast such @ peculiar aerial composition as that which the inhabitants of the metropolis have served to them dally and nightly, without money and without price—fot neither the government, county council mor vestries have yet attempted to tax the highly nutritive air which we breathe. Must people think that our atmosphere con- sists of practically nothing. Quite a mise take. It is both meat and drink. A paper contributed to the “Transactions” of the British Institute of Preventive Medicind states that even in a suburb the dust pat+ ticles number 20,000 per cubic centimetef in the open air, and 44,000 in a quiet room, while in the gity—O fertunatos nimium!. the totals per cubic centimeter were when n from a root, 400,000 =e cou and about more quent over the center than in the But what is is is the great s,000,000 atone per seventy years only absorb microbes his system from the air, or ut the number as he drinks in half a pint of boiled milk. Of course, there are to dust, but urbs, deus Bad meet he articles ps3: and > 5