Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1898, Page 9

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Co., BOX PLATTSBU WASHINGTON OFFICE, 726 13TH )-tu, thé&s-1y-26 GH, ST. Be Use fo and Facial Soap Facial Cream URY'S Factal S 3 © skin. pd hand ap will we eradicate BURY'S F: or lips. is invisible. Woodbury's x the teeth. Exch sold everywhere ULERY ¢MPOUND all al Next importation of Eurchell’s Spring Leaf Tea will pay duty of Ioc. a pound; buy it now while you can get it for 50c. a pound. A LUCKY CHINAMAN. He is Not Only Rich, but Enjoys His Treasures. nelseo Wave.” fabulous wealth of China- necmmon, and may usually be From the San F Stories of th men are not taken with grains of allowance. An Ameri- can who spent seme years in the orient write! one of the richest of these. His name is “Sir Whampoa,” and he is said to handle all the trade of the Penang penin- sula: “Astute, quick-witted and far-sighted,” says the writer, “he had all the shr2wdness of his race, combined with a breadth of view and a generosity rare in a Mongolian. We had many talks together, wandering round his superb home just outside the city, which is a palacs set in the midst of the most gloctous gardens. Only in the tropics is such a garden possible. It is miles in extent, and filled with the botani- cal and horticultural treasures of the world. Nowhere are there such orchids as his, or such superb Victoria R2gias. Lawns, too, oth and soft as English turf. In its midst is the palace, a picturesque structure filled with the choicest treasures of orientai art. “One passes from splendor to splendor, re- ning a vague impression of sup3rb car’ furniture, unique ivories and “ matchless lacquers and bronzes. Yet with ail the abundance of treasure the Feet is rich ratner than vulgar. gorgeousness is all in perfect harmony, and Whampoa's collections are the finest in ecause of his intimate knowledge . porcelains and stones. “It is said this Chinaman is worth at least $000,000,000, and of all his race he alone jives in a state to which his wealth entitles bim. 1 remember discussing this point with Whampoa one evening after a superb din- ner. Some tim2 before I had been privi- o call on Li Hung Chang at his great as s barracks outside Shanghai, and I could not but contrast the cold dreariness of the an’ establishment with the en- a juxury of the merchant's palaci Li is :normously rich. : nt, if he would, live as I do,’ Whampou explained. ‘It is because I am under English rule and protection that I can have all this that you see. Let any Chinaman possess such treasures as I do will quickly be made to disgorge. eroy will come down on him for con- on and confiscation follows refusal.” Whampoa told me strange stories of alth of the orient, enumerating the possessions of Li Hung Chang, whose in- ater than that of Rockefeller, = empress dowager, who, through regency, handled the revenue of 2mpire. It is said she is today than the Queen of England or the ror of Russia, who rank as the richest ean monarchs.” ~ —_+- e+ ___ Life Longest in Mild Climate. n Londen Tit-Bits, More people over 100 years old are found in mild climates than in the higher lati- tudes. According to the last census of the German empire, of a population of 55,000,- 060 only 78 have passed the hundredth year, France, with a population of 40,000,- 000, has 213 centenarians. In England there are 146, in Ireland 578, and in Scot- Jand 46. Sweden has 1¢,and Norway 23 Belgium 5, Denmark 2, Switzerland none. Spain. with a population of 18,000,000, has 401 persons over 100 years of age. 2,250,000 inhabitants of Servia 575 persons have passed the century mark. It is said that the oldest person living whose age has been proven is Bruno Cotrim, born in Afri- ea, and now living in Rio de Janeiro. He is 150 years old. A coachman in Moscow has lived for 140 years. —_—_—_++_____ Decline of the Cocktail. From the Boston Herald’s New York Letter. There has been a reaction of late among the lords of creation concerning the cock- tail, thanks to the growing popularity of afternoon tea. At one time men considered it rather effeminate to take a cup of tea. Now some of our doughtiest squires o° dames indulge in almost as many cups as & curate. There is less of a tendency, moreover, to brace up in the morning on a “B. and 8.," or a whisky and soda. LATE SPORTING NEWS| Senators Again Defeated the Trail- ers. GETTING NEARER 10 TENTH PLACE Its Lead Over Cincinnati. Boston Increases GOSSIP OF THE TEAMS Today's Schedule and Weather, St. Louis at Washington—Clear, Louisville at Baltimore—Clear, Chicago at Boston—Clear. Cincinnati at New York—Clear, Cleveland at Brooklyn—Clear. Pittsburg at Philadelphia—Clear. Record of the Clubs. Clubs. Pittsburg... 5! Philadelphia 3 Clubs. B 0 Washington. St. Louis... The Senators defeated Tim Hurst's gregation of remnants ag- yesterday by a score of 9 to 5, playing a game refreshing- ly different from these they have put up during the p: several weeks. The Wag- nerites not only hit the ball hard and op- pertunely, but they also infused quite an emount of life in their work, just the op- posite being true of the work of their op- ponents. The features of the game were the pitching of Gus Weyhing and the field- ing of Winnie Mercer at short. Weyhing was steady as clockwork, and allowed but eight hits, one being a double. Mercer had twelve chances at short, not a few of them of the difficult kind, all of which he accepted in fine style. The young man also had a batting average for the day of 1000, scoring three runs and stealing two bases. Reitz also kept up his fine stick work, getting three hits off ‘Kid’ Carsey, and accepting his ten chances in the field. Farrell was the only man on the home team to make a misplay, dropping a bad throw by Mercer in the sixth inning. Car- sey was not only an easy mark, but the men behind him played a listless, indiffer- ent game. Anderson placed two triples to his credit as a long distance hitter, one of them striking the far left field fence on the fly. The attendance, despite the fact that it adies’ day, was wretchedly small, but nators started off as ff a great crowd present, scoring three runs on four and two errors. Selbach placed a single in center, going to second om Sten- zel's fumble. Reitz, the local batting order having again been changed, bunted safely, and on Sugden’s wild throw to catch Henry at first, Selbach scored and Reitz reached third. Anderson sent the ball to right cen- ter for a e, Reitz, of course, going home. Anderson scored on Farrell's out at first, but McGuire's single came too late. One run scored by the local men in the second inning or Mercer’s safe bunt, vhing’s sacrifice and Reitz’s single to right. In the fourth inning each side Mercer singled to center, went to third on Weyhing’s nd home on Selbach’s out at first. singled to Jeft and Harley placed one over Mei 5 rs head. Each man mo d ball, Dow Arun w: e the follow! sent a triple to left, out at first. second 2 center. In the sixth inning the Washington men added three more runs to their score. Mercer singled to center, Weybing did like- wise, Selbach wal » and itz’s single to center sent Mercer and Weyhing home, Selbach going to third, and then home on Anderson's fly to Harle Hurst’s men red up scoring on Cross’ also scored by each g inning. Anderson scoring on Farrell's Quinn’ singled to left, stole 4 scored on Carsey’s* single to added a run to their score on Farrell’s muff of Mercer’s low throw of Stenzel’s ground- er, Harley's force, a single by Cross to right, and Sugden’s force of Cross, Wey- hing let up in his pitching In the last in- ning, and the visitors added two runs to their score. Sugden walked, but Quinn forced him. “Germany” Smith hit to right for two bases. and Carsey sent both men home by a single to left. Score: Washington. R.H.O Touls. R.H.O.A.E. Selbach. If. 2 1 riz. TOTeOLOe0 Reitz, 2b...1 3 Bod 2 400 0 150 © Bera Gettman,rf. 0 210 J, Smith, 3b 0 1200 Mercer, as.. 3 3 2-30.24 Weyhing, p. 1 1 0 1 6 Carsey, p.. 0 20 6 0 Totals... 1! Totals....5 82714 3 Washington -3 101130099 St. Louis. : 0001110 0 2-5 First base by errors—Washington, 1; St. Louis, 1. Left on bases—Washington, < Louts, 5. First ¢ base on balls—Off Weyhing, 2; off Struck ont—H derson (2). Tw sarsey, Werhing, 1. Three-base hits—An- base bits—Gettman and G. Smith. Werhing (2). Stolen bases—Gett- 2) and Quinn. Double play—Reltz Hit by pitcher—Gettman, Passed ball —MeGuire. Time—1.45. Umpires—O'Bay and Me- Donald. Baltimore, 4; Louisville, 2. The Orioles chalked up their seventh straight victory yesterday at Baltimore by defeating the Loulsvilles, 4 to 2. Jimmy McJames was in fine form and allowed the Colonels but five hits. Cunningham also pitched well, but his support was ragged. -20000020x-4 8 i -000002000-2 5 5 Baltimore Louisville. - Philadelphia, 13; Pittsburg, 1. A regular bombardment took place yes- terday on the Philadelphia grounds, the Phillies hammering Tannehill and Gardner all over the lot and defeating the Pitts- burgs by Isto 1. The Quaker boys’ record on the 4: was nineteen hits for a total of twenty-seven. R. HE. 000001000-1 7 2 23002830x-1319 1 Pittsburg. Philadelpht. New York, 3; Cincinnati, 1. Another close and exciting game was played in New York yesterday, the Giants winning from the Cincinnatis by 3 to 1. Meekin was at his best with men on bases and clearly outpitched Breitenstein. The game was called during the eighth inning on account of rain. New York. Cincinnati. Boston, 6; Chicago, 2. The Beaneaters again made the Chicagos bite the dust at Boston yesterday by 6 to 2. Nichols pitched another extraordinary game, holding the Orphans down to three hits, two of which were made by a new man, Greene, who played center field. Rain stopped the game after the seventh inning. 012030061 & 20000002 8 2 Boston. Chi St. Louis again today for the last time. Pittsburg starts a series with the Sena- tors tomorrow. We are right on the heels of the Louis- villes and may get out of the eleventh hole this week, and then again we may not. After looking the St. Louis over-and wit- nessing their style of play the lecal fans have about come to the conclusion that there is one club at least in the league worse than the Senators. The Senators put up a snappy game yes- terday, but they had weak antagonists and were almost compelled to win. A fine levied on Jake Gettman every time he gets caught on the run-down-to-second and the third-home play would teach him the beauties of this piece of strategy. “A Runaway Colt” would fit him well, as he has speed, but nothing else. Surprise is expressed that Charley Far- rell doesn’t go behind the bat and help out McGuire. Jim is no kid any more and the hard work is bound to tell on him. = * The playing of Mercer and Reitz in yes- terday’s game was a treat. Twenty-two chances without an error is quite a record for two infielders, and is especially note- worthy in Mercer’s case, as he is a novice in the shortstop’s position. Farrell, the center fielder of the Spring- field, Ohio club, do for the: league if his playing the last two weeks is any criterion. His batting is weak against a second-class minor league corps of pitch- ers and his work against first-class twirlers would simply amount to nothing. The sem aetd ae Atlantic Leagues Cepa better players than the western organizations. “Old Relable’ McGuire was made to smile during his turn at the bat in Tues- @ay’s game. Jim has been doing poorly with the willow lately and an enthusiastic “fan” was bewailing this fact and paaing on the veteran to make a hit. Then came last straw when some one yelled out ‘“Cart- wright!” The idea of comparing Jim with the ex-Senator was too much and his fea- tures relaxed. Little Carsey, although batted freely yes- terday, is one of the shrewdest twirlers in’ the business. The way he caught several of the Senators napping at first was the re- deeming part of his twirling. Place the “Kid” with a first-class team and he will prove a winner. The local “fans” are not getting over- balanced as a result of the present series with the St. Louis boys. The Senators sim- ply had to win, as the games have been passed up to them on a silver platter by the twirling staff of the Browns. The Pi- rates will be here tomorrow, and if the winning streak continues congratulations will be in order, but the dormant en.usi- asm should be allowed to sleep just a day or two longer before breaking forth. Boston is after Ed Beecher, the Mans- field, Ohio, left fielder, and Baltimore is after Pitcher Roscoe Miller of the same team. The deal is not yet concluded. Six straight knock-downs fer the Cleve- land team, and still the ery goes up, “Plucky Patsy." Had the Cincinnatis dropped half that many in a row it would be, “Cincinnati quitters.” If the Reds never cut any more figure in the race than they have done already they should be given credit for a wonderful fight. It is better to ‘have “Jed and lost than not to have led at all.” The management of the Wilkesbarre base ball club has appealed to President Young to compel the St. Louis club to pay over $750, the price agreed upon for Shortstop Sullivan. The deal was made a month ago and the money has not been forthcoming yet. The Orioles have made only two errors in the last four games. That is good base ball. Early in the season it rarely happen- ed that they made less than three or four or more to the game. The game between Brooklyn and Cleve- land was postponed yesterday on account of rain. Two and a half innings had been played, and the score stood 3 to 2 in favor a Brooklyn. Two games will be played to- lay. The Cincinnatis have done as well so far on this trip as any one expected them to do. The trouble is that the Clevelands have not done what they were tipped to do. Had the Spiders taken two out of the four in Boston, or even one, the standing of the top teams in the race would have a differ- ent appearance, “Nobody but Hanlon,” remarks an ex- change, “would have given Al Maul a trial after his release from Washington, and the* ex-Senator’s wonderful work since joining the Orioles is proof positive that Hanlon is the best judge of a ball player in the business.”* S Nattress, an ex-Dickinson College ath- lete, who played shortstop with the cham- pion Hagerstown team in the Cumberland Valley League, is wanted by the Pittsburg National League team. Pittsburg has not yet offered enough money to get him. Apropos of the great work done by the veteran pitcher, Weyhing of Louisville, now with the Senators, in the box this season, it is interesting to note a few remarks made by Harry Wright several years ago. In the days when the league was in its In- fancy Weyhing was considered a bit of a high roller, and wasn’t prejudiced against the figurative red paint that makes a dif- ference in the morning. ‘That was the trouble with Weyhing in Philadeiphia. Wright always acted as a sort of guardian and in a fatherly way often advised him to keep himself in hand, but he got a trifle “gay,” and bis release fol- lowed. Shortly afterward Wright sald: “That fellow was one of the best natural- born pitchers ever molded. He was made to order to pitch ball. His arm is long, and fortified with those long, stringy muscles, and is built on the same plan as a whip. He will be able to pitch, if he lives to be seventy years old, provided he takes care of himself." How correct was Wright's an- a is it is only necessary to point to Wey- hing’s record during the present season. He is now pitching better ball than at any other time in his career.—Baltimore Herald. THE PASSIN OF A PITCHER. “Win” Mercer Will Probably Grad- uate Into a Senatorial Infielder. A New York raper in its account of yes- terday’s game between the Washington and St. Louls clubs says: “The feature of the game was Mercer’s phenomenal fielding at skort. Mercer's ambition ts to shine as an infielder. He says he fs tired of pitching, and he will be kept at short if he keeps up the fast pace he has maintained since his debut in the short field a f2w weeks ago.” If this should prove to be true the season of 1898 will mark the passing of one of the brainiest twirlers that ever stood on a rub- ber in the center of ths diamond. Mercer never had much speed, but what little he had seems to have deserted him entirely this season. His chi2f power lay in a slow, floating drop that proved unusually effect- ive against teams that had not the bunting ability of the Baltimores or New Yorks Against these two teams Mercer’s work amounted to nothing, as they hammered his swift curv2s or bunted the slow ones to perfection. Against Philadelphia and Pitts- burg he has been particularly effective, but this season his curves and drops looked alike to all the clubs, and he has ben hit hard by almost all the teams against which he has twirled. There ts no reason why Mercer should not make an infielder of the first class. He Is quick on his feet, a good thrower and has the nerye to go after fast balls or touch speedy base runners. As a batter he is far above the average, being able to hit hard en necessary or bunt effectively at crit- ical stages of the game. The Washington club loses a good twirler in Mercer, but it 1s to be hoped that a first-class infielder will b2 developed: While going over Mercer's case it will be interesting to note the other pitchers who have given up twirling and turned out to be first-class ball players in other positions. New York has thr2e ex-pitchers, and they are all crack-a-jacks. Mike Tiernan years ago was an extremely effective left-handed twirler, while Van Haltren and Gleason were aiSo vary effective. Pittsburg has one in McCreery, who twirled effectively for the Georgetown boys and also at the beginning of his career as a professional. Cincinnati has two, in Elmer Smith and “Dusty” Mil- ler, the formar especially doing good work for the Reds some years back. Cleveland has two great ores in Wallace and Burkett. All these men have proved clever in thair new positions, dcubtless on account of their valuable experience in the pltcher’s posi- tion. THE CROQUET TOURNEY. Duryea and Strong Will Fight It Out for the Championship. Added interest was given in the croquet tourney at Norwich, Conn., yesterday when Jacobus and ex-Champion Butler arrived and participated in the games. These two former champions at once met, with the result of the school teacher going down to defeat. Strong was the man who was anxiously watched, as his opponents were called off. When Wahley was pitted against him every one pressed around the grounds. If Strong won he would probably secure the championship; if Wahley did then it was still an open contest for Sis- son, Wahley, Duryea and Strong. The lat- ter started finely, but Wahiey made a beautiful carom, and Strong could not again get an open shot, and the Washing- ton boy gave him his first defeat. Apgar was Strong's next contestant. As he was not in physical condition it was thought the champion would soon win, but it was only after Apgar had but four arches to run when Strong, by a brilliant jump over two arches, got the balls, and then held them, and his opponent had no further chances. ea and Strong will commence thelr seven-game contest for the Van Wickle medal today. In the second division Dudley of New London has a clean record, but Cooper of Washington will give him a finish. Edmunds of Philadel- phia is still a possible winner, as he has to take, A grest Tonic, Bold only fm betes, : = yet to play and has heretofore de- him, The scores: FIRST DIVISION, ‘Won. ba Dudley feated NATIONAL TE: IS TOURNEY. Ware and Sheldon Carry Of the Championship in Doubles. The chief interest in the national tennis tournament at Newport yesterday centered in the championship contest in doubles be- tween Ware and Sheldon, last year’s cham- pions, and Ward and Davis, the western pair, who won from Wrenn and Whitman. It was a hard-fought battle, needing five sets to determine the winners. Ward and Davis started in brilliantly, while their op- ponents apparently had not caught their gait, and the challengers took the first set at a rattling pace. In the second the de- fenders of the title began to improve and finally won out a deuce set after harder and better play than before. During the next two sets the play was of the finest sort, Ward and Davis excel- ling in team work and Ware and Sheldon individually. Each pair won a set, making the score two all. Ward and Davis made the fourth set on a double fault by Shel- don, just saving themselves. * In the deciding set came the battle roy- al, every game being sharply contested and the score coming to five all. At this criti- cal point the young chaNengers apparently weakened and two games in succession were scored with ease by their antagonists, giving them the championship for another year. The summary: National championship, doubles—Ware and Sheidon beat Ward and Davis, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. Preliminary round, Sheldon, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. First round, singles—Coleman beat Fresh- man, 6-2, 7-5, 6-0. Stevens beat Belden, 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1. Lee beat Bramham, 6-2, 6-1, 6-0. Hackett beat Carleton, 6-4, 6-: Millet beat Clothier, 2-6, Ewer beat Willing, 7-5, S. Ware beat Avery, 6- 6-4. singles—Ward beat L, F. Ware beat Fitzgerald by default. Whitman beat Brownell, 6-0, 6-2, 6-0. Interscholastic—Wright, Harvard, beat Cook, Princeton, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. Consolations—Plummer beat Wheeler, 6-2, 6-0. Little beat Fischer by default. ‘Weekly Race Meet. The regular weekly race meet of the Park Bicycle Club, held last evening at the track on the Conduit road, was attended by less than 500 persons, though the racing was of g0od order. The attraction of the evening was a pursuit race between Fred. Titus, the champion unpaced rider of the world, and Lee Counselman and E. L. Wilson, both local men, the contestants starting at opposite sides of the track. Two local men started together, and alternated setting the pace every mile. ‘fitug started at the tape, and for nearly five. miles kept up a steady gait, which told og his-edversaries. It was announced before the rece that if he over- took the men under <five miles he would ccntinue for the five-mile world’s record, and that if he did pot,cepture them under five miles he would, centinue riding for the ten-mile world’s reccrd, Unfortunately, he was unable to accomplish this, his tire puncturing und exploding on the last lap of the race, jicia The other sprint rages were good, espe- cially the two-mile professional handicap, which was won by,Bred. Sims. The summary: First event, two-mile han- a'cap, professional-W,; Fred. Sims won; A. C. Moray, second; Bob,Walthour, third; H. R. Steensdn, fourth, Tyme, 4.16 3-5. Second event, ope-mijle open, amateur— First heat—John_ Hil,won; Howard A. second; O. Miller, third. Time, Second. keat-J.. E. Hanger, § on; Ray Cogswel}, yecond; C. L. Miller, third. Time, 2.27. Final heat—J. PB. Han- ger, jr., won; Ray Cogswell, second; John Hill, third. Time, 2.33 3-5. Third event, qvarter-mile exhibition, fly- ing start, paced-—Fred. Schade; time, 0.23 1-5. Fourth event, match pursuit race, profes- sional, unlimited distance—Fred. Titus, New York, won, at four and three-quarter miles; time, 10.42 2-5. Olympic Club After McCoy. SAN FRANCISCO, August 18.—William Kennedy, superintendent of the Olympic Club, has wired Kid McCoy and Tommy Ryan, offering to match them before the Olympic Club of this city at any time in September for the middleweight champion- ship of the world. Kennedy also offers 60 per cent. of the gross receipts. + SPAIN’S NAVAL PERSONNEL. Officers Appointed Because of Family Influence, Not Fitness. From the Review of Revlews. Another radical cause of the inefficiency of the Spanish navy is the enlisted man, whose condition seems worse than in any other service. He 1s kidnaped by unscru- pulous agents, as was the custom in the time of Frederick the Great and of George HI, besotted and stolen from his home in the provinces or from the taverns along the wharves in: the seaport towns, and carried aboard ship to lose his freedom for- ever. He is beaten without mercy for the slightest offense, and sometimes killed. Naturally, these sailors desert at every opportunity, and numbers of them are said to have gotten away from the ships Spain Sent out to our naval review in New York. Men who have been any time in guch drudgery can have no self-respect nor es- prit de corps, and it is not surprising they had to be filled with wine at Santiago and tbreatened with revolvers before they weuld go to meet the Americans. Again, Spain’s naval officers are appointed from the ranks of the nobility, just as were the colonial officers in Cuba and the Phiiip- pines, not because of their fitness to com- mand a ship, but because the particular family of influence to which they beiong wished it. And, lastly, the lack of mechanical genius in the national character had compelled the government to ‘employ on their war- ships English and Scotch engineers, all of whom, as a matter of course, gave up fheir places when it came to fightiug their own Tace. Consequently, the greater part of the engines and boilers were promptly ruined. ———+0+—___ Souvenir Charms Instead of Spoons. From Harper's F A new and pretty eustom, to take the place of the rathef tifme-worn one of col- lecting souvenir spdbns from different cities, is that of buying @ little charm from each place one visits. A young girl who spent last winter in Itafy hits a chain bracelet, from each link of which swings a silver or gold trinket picked up: during her travels. A little eagle is the;.emblem of ancient Rome, as the circle bearing the pax is the emblem of Christign Rome. A Margharita bell is also Roman. 4 tiny horn of coral (supposed to be a;chaym against the evil eye) is from Napjes, and a model of the Strozzi lamp and_a fleur-de-lis, with a tiny angiolino .and a “lavolino, are Florentine. From Milan is silver cross, and from Venice a tiny gondola in silver filigree. Souvenir charms may;also be worn on a chatelaine at the belf, or on the watch chain. Hoeke's clearing sale continues only fif- teen daxs.—Advt. i —_-—_ A Frozen Flag. From the Sydney Bulletin. A simple mountaineering anecdote from the top of Mount Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand: A party of climbers ascended the topmost rock of the sleeping glant, planted thereon a nine-foot pole and hauled aloft the union jack. = A fortnight later another party, prepared to shin up the pole and so claim a six- foot higher record than the first, ascended and found that the flag had frozen while Plowing to the breezes; there it was !m- bedded in four inches of icicle, the colors standing out as in a looking glass, Not only this, but that icicle extended right down to the ground. Doubters must not snigger, for the party photographed the phenomenon, A SOLDIER LAWYER, Lieut. Col. Clous May Draft Laws for Porto Rico, From the New York Tribure. When General Miles made his arrange- ments for going to Porto Rico he appointed Lieut. Col. John W. Clous, who was then stationed at Governor's Island, as judge advocate on his staff, and it was said at the time that Colonel Clous would proba- bly be the first American lawmaker in the conquered territory. Lieutenant Colonel Clous is the ranking deputy judge advocate general of the United States army. He was born in Germany in 1837 and was educated in that country. When he came to America it was his inten- tion to engage in mercantile pursuits, which he did; but this must have been unsatis- factory, for in 1857 he entered the regular army as a private in Company K, 9th In- fantry, in which command he was also a musician. His record is one of which he is justly proud. He distinguished himself at the battle of Malvern Hill while serving as quartermaster sergeant of the 6th United States Infantry. “For praiseworthy con- duct during the movement of the Army of the Potomac from the Chickahominy to the James river, and his cool behavior at the battle of Malvern Hill in the performance of his duties,” President Lincoin appointed him a second-leutenant in the 6th Regi- ment. “For gallant and meritorious con- duct at Gettysburg’ he was brevetted cap- tain. When the civil war was over the young soldier remained in the army and served as regimental quartermaster ‘sergeant from February 1, 1864, to April 1, 1865, and regi- mental adjutant from then until March 28, 1867. In March, 1866, he was detailed as adjutant general of the department of South Carolina, and rendered valuable serv- ices in formulating the new laws of the state. He was promoted captain and com- manded the escort of the construction forces of the Kansas Pacific railroad in 1868, and was then detailed as aid-de-camp on the staff of General Philip Sheridan during the latter's winter campaign against the In- diar.s in the southwest. Captain Clous had begun the study of law before he entered the army, and continued to study during his whole military career, and was frequently detailed as judge adyo- cate of general courts-martial and conduct- ed many important trials. From January 1881, t» August, 1884, he served as judge ad- vocate of the department of Texas, and in April, 1886, on the recommendation of Ma- jor General Hancock and other officers, he Was appointed major and judge advocate. He was admitted to practice in the Su- preme Court of the United States in May. isi7, and for four years from May, 1886, he acted as assistant to the judge advocate general of the army at Washington. Judge, or Major, Clous became well known throughout the army because of his legal services, and on August 28, 1890, the Secre- tary of War appointed him professor of law at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and two years later he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. After three years’ service at West Point Lieutenant Colonel Clous came to the department of the east as judge advocate, and was serv- ing in that capacity when he was detailed to a similar place on the staff of the com- manding general. a The Modern Boy. From the Newcastle News Letter. In a local school an extensively signed letter was sent to the head master praying that the scholars might be allowed leave of absence for the Barnum & Bailey proces- sion. No notice was taken of this; but im- agin2 the chagrin of the controller of the birch when he received a second epistle, after the boys had gone, thanking him for | siving the leave desired, as they “under- stood his silenc> to mean consent.” Out of pe two hundred boys only thirty were in ass. AFTER THE BALL HIT HIM. It Seemed an Age Before He Heard a Man Swear. From the Providence Journal. First Lieut. W. H. Wassell, 224 United States Infantry, writing to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Wassell of Pitts- | burg, Pa., says: “I was shot about 4 o'clock on the after- noon of July 1, while storming Ei Caney, northeast of Santiago, I was looking through field glasses at the time, and the ball cut through the outer part of the little finger of the left hand, joint next to the hand, then threugh the palm of my hand, out jvst below the index finger, then in the cheek about half an tnch from the left corner of my.mouth, back through my mouth, taking several back teeth, down- ward through my neck, still downward and toward my spine, coming out about half way down my back, and about four inches from my spine. I haven't a bone broken. I can swallow, and, thank God, I am strong, and, aside from possible scar, I will be no worse off. “I will never forget the sensa being shot. We had been under day—the hottest rain of bullets th: ever went up against. The Spaniar all intrenched. They shot us from by their earthworks, block houses, church towers. All at once it I was lifted up from Las if the ground and whirled round and round, oh, so terribly | T never lost consctousness during the | fast. sensation. I felt myself going, but I seem- ed to realize that if I let myself go it would be all over, so I took a brace, and | after what seemed an age of this awful whirling I was dropped to the gr Then it seemed as if no one would no: that I had been hit. “It seemed an age before I heard a man ‘They have hit Lieut. Was- He picked me up to carry me down behind the crest of the hill, and what a storm of bullets the poor fellow got as he raised me. I did not know how badly I was hurt, but from the blood gushing from my mouth and the pain in my back where the tee bullet had left me, I imagined I was in it | pretty badly. Capt. Lochinvar came know whether I scared to death. me as well as he bandages, and I lay under the tree until about 6 o'clock. Atout that time some of the Spariards began a riot on the other side of me, and for a little while the bul- lets from friend and foe whirled over me and struck near me. About sundown, the firing having ceased, I was carried about a mile to the brigade hospital. Here I was dressed. The doctors were worked %o death, and Cid their best. 2 “All night and all the next day our hos- was done for or cnly pital was fired upon by the Spaniards. To- ward the evening of the second day I was put in a wagon and taken about three miles to the division hospital, which I left | in the morning of the 3d to go to Siboney. Twelve of us rode in the ambulance. It Was a good ten-mile ride over the most abominable road. That night they put me on board the Cherokee for Key West Fos- pital. I-@idn’t want to go, but it was not a matter of argument.” Spe se STAMPING OUT YELLOW FEVER. The Blessing Conferred on the World by Our War With Spain. From the Medical Record. If the only outcome of the present war were the disappearance of yellow fever from Cuba and the cleansing of the pe lential port of Havana, this country would not have fought in vain. That Havana in its existing insanitary condition is a men- ace to every neighboring people and state is an assertion that can be made without fear of contradiction. That both the town to | me, and I remember telling him I 4i4 not } One of the men dressod uid with my first aid | Reesor ctettentestenttecectectectententectetne “The Great Providers.” Of conrse if you have a good one you can afford to let this offer slip, but otherwise it would be the greatest pity. It | ¥ is such a rare chance to be able ‘4 to buy a table like this one at such a price. ontp 1 } Made of well finished hard- wood, 36 inches long, with inch measure marked on the top. It folds up neatly and easily, and yet it is steady and strong. A wonderfully useful little table. This special price is for Friday only. “Cash or Credit.” Sondoasonoadoeseofoateesers + 53 : Mayer & Pettit, 415-417 Seventh St. j | | | | a j and harbor by the application of a li engineering skill can be rendered as healt | a8 any in the south, ts, in the opinion of | experts, quite pr. able; but that any | steps tending in this direction will be taken under Spanish ryle is just as surely not to j be looked for. ‘Pherefore, t ooner this Tule ceases in Cuba the better it will be for | the public health of America and of the world at large If pr of were needed that yellow a Gisease which flourish surroundings, and that ring conditions are remov nd in some instances wholly disaj- might cite Ja Mexteco and | ish West Indian Islands as exam | of the good results following proper sani. tary measures. Indeed, north of the equa- | tor Havana stands as almost the sole and | certainly as the chief source of this ticular form of danger to the commercial netions of the world. From its proximity to Cuba this country has been the principal sufferer from Spanish neglect of the laws of health, and undoubted: tever form of government may be decided upon for Cuba, the authorities at W ington will insist that the insanitary condi now fling at Havana shall n: con- to their duty, many of those living will see the day when yellow fever will have been stamped out and mankind delivered from one of the most deadly of the tropical scourges. +o+- Japanese Porcelain House. From London Tit-Bits. Japan intends sending to the Paris exhi- bition a huge house, hexagonal In shape, and composed entirely of porcelain. It | measures several yards in circumference, and its weight will not be less than seventy | tons. From the artistic poi: of view, ac- | cording te the several models already fin- ished, it will be exquisite. It 1s estimated | that the cost of making it will be about £2,000. Setetedontectngectetergetecguteegetentetie Hecht & Company. | Hecht & Company. | 3 5 : : z We'’ve made “hour sales” of all the odd lots in the store. And we've made values which are indeed extraordinary. The truth of the matter is, we are overstocked with broken assortments and ends of lines, and to rid ourselves of them we have cut prices far below cost. The idea of selling below cost may sound absurd, but that we are selling these lots for le they cost us at wholesale is the truth. Don’t hesitate to ask to have your purchase charged. If it’s a convenience to you we'll be glad to do it. We will go farther and make the terms of payment easy for you. \Men’s $1.25 shirts, 39c.| Special selling of We shall sell between 9& 10. Skirts, 99c, Lot of ladies’ black figured brilliantine skirts, such as sold In season for $1.75, for Ribbed vests, 214c. Lot of ladies’ plain white swiss ribbed such as are sold usually for 10c., for 2tac. ‘each. Corset covers, 5c. Lot of plain corset covers, made with French felled seams, perfect fitting, usually sold for 15¢., to go for Se. this hour. Knee pants, 5c. Lot of boys’ washable summer knee pants such as sold first of the season for 19c. pair, will be sold tomorrow for 5c. We shall sell between 1O& tl. Duck skirts, 29c. Lot of ladies’ plain white duck skirts, Filieh, in season sold for as high as $1.50, ‘or Bicycle suits, 59c. Lot of ladies’ coysrt cloth bicyclo suits, which.in ceason sold for $3.50, will be sold tomorrow for 59e. : $1.49, We sball give you your unrestricted cheico tomorrow for an hour of any ladles’ summer suit in the house for $1.49, no matter what it is marked or for how ‘much it sell in . In this lot there are some band- some suits, including duck and piques. Wrappers, 49c. Lot of ladies’ fine French pereale end lawn wrappers, in the bandsomest figured tastefully trimmed with braid; lot of wrappers made to sell for as high as $1.25; tomorrow, for this hour, you may have them for 49¢. Boys’ blouses, 15c. Lot of boys’ blouses, made of best qual- ity galatea cloth; they belong with suits which sold up to $1.50, but in the immense crowds which we have had here four days of the week for the past summer, the pants were sold separately by mistake. You have the choice of these odd blouses for 15c. for an hour tomorrow. Child’s hose, 3ifc. Lot of children’s fast black hose, Tsiccurine mitt bs aolereonem ines teas row for 344c. pair. Here fs an enormous sacrifice! We have made up one lot of several Mnes of men’s Percale and madras shirts; some are neglige style and others have stiff laundered fancy bosoms; it is an immense lot and the chance ‘for satisfactory picking is splendid; many of them sold for as high as $1.25; but ‘no matter, they all go for an hour for 39e. Sash ribbon, 25c. yd. Lot of handsome sash ribbon, 7 wide and in ail the leading s! taffeta, such as fs sold for 50c. and a yard, will be scld between 10 snd 11 end from 2 to 3 o'clock for 25e. yard. Office coats, 19c. Lot of boys’ thin summer coats, made of washable striped material, will be sold for 1¥c. tomorrow for an bour. We shall sell between 11 & 12. Serge skirts, $1.19. Lot of ladies’ separate serge skirts, plain Dlack, will be sold for an hour for $1.19, Crash suits, 99c. Lot of Jadfes’ linen crash and strived crash suits, which sold in season for three inches des of motre sPeteceepeeeetngetntetentntedededetecectetecieeeetet Sededente be deteededecegetetegeicecteceteteete Hecht & Company. : s than men’s clothing. Duck and linen pants, 39c. Lot of men's striped Mnen pants and a lot of men’s white duck pants will be sold tomorrow for 3éc. pulr. This ts posi- tively the greatest value ever offered ty any ¥ clothing house at any season of the year, for it means that you are getting Mnen pants which sold for a dollar and duck pants which sold for $1.50 for 39¢. pair. Odd summer vests, 19c. If the vest to your summer suit is getting “seedy” here Is a ckance to get another that will tide you over till fall little moi A lot of odd nen, crash yests will be sold for 1c, each. 5 : Youths’ long pants, 69c. We shall close ont a lot of youths’ leng ‘. pants tomorrow at in sizes 14, 38 and 19 years. The larger sizes will fit small men. Such men take notice Men’s linen | pants, 89c. Lot of men’s plain and striped Mnen pants, which sold for two dollars the be- times #s much, will be sold tomorrow for Corsets, 29c. Lot of ladies’ summer net corsets, which originally sold for 69c. pair, will be cut to 29c. pair for an hour. Corset covers, 9'4c. Lot of ladies’ muslin corset covers, trim- med with Hamburg embroidery, “which Rsnally sell for Ze. ‘each. will be'sold for ae. Underskirts, 39c. Lot of ladies’ white underskirts, trim- med with ruffles and tucks, the usual value offered for 69c., for 39e. ‘ Men’s underwear, 35c. All that is left of our line of men’s dcllar underwear, in shirts and drawers, will be offered tomorrow for an hour for 33c. gur- ment. Crash hats, 19c. Balance of the men’s crash hats will be sold for an hour for 19¢. exch. Straw hats, 9c. Balance of a lot of men’s straw hats, in all sizes, and in a variety of shapes and sorts, will be sold for 9c. tomorrow, “Dewey” suits, 29c. For an hour tomorrow we shall sell little Dboys’ blue denim “Dewey” suits, in sizes 3 to 8 years, for 29¢. This Is the lowest price We shall sell between ginning of the season, will be sold tomorrow for 89c. pair. Bicycle pants, 59c. Lot of men’s covert bleycle pants, well made garments, which first of the season sold for double, will be sold tomorrow for 59e. pair. Men’s $10 suits, $2.50. We never did such a thing before in our lives when we pnt on s#le at $2.50 these fine csssimere and cheviot frock an@ sack suits, which sold for ten dollars early this season. It is an immense sacrifice, Dat as long as the variety is so much broken we consider we are justified in the loss we make. You can see at a glance that every suit in this lot is bigh grade, Every one comes from the maker of the very finest clothing fn the world. Tis clothing fits and fits perfectly; It does not wrinkle or gather at the seams. And none of these suits will either. The sack style are fn sizes 40 and 42—the frocks in 32 to 35. All-day values in millinery. 25c. & 30c. ribbons, IIc. yd. Temorrow we shall sell all day a lot ‘of molre taffeta and fancy striped taffeta rib- such