Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1898, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1898-12 PAGES. Mi 933 Pa. Ave. ‘Stunning’ New Fall Suits E shall place on exhibit and sale to- morrow a few Ines of our immense stock of Fell Suits which have al- ready arrived. Those in search of a very fine costu.ne will be delighted with these superb new suite. with skirted, tight-fitting cut-away with fancy girdle and cut steel or Dresden buckles—beantifully braid- trimmed and lined throughout with rilk— only $80, $62.50 and $7: A very natty Helf-tight-fitting Cutaway Sult of Pine Black Cheviot—lined through- out with sflk—only $35, A handsome line of Black, Tlue and Nov- elty Cloth Salts with jackets «ilk-lined and skirts finished with silk ruftle—only § And the test values In Fine Blac Bine Cheviot Suite at § shown tn Washin ©7N.B. We gnarantee the fit of all of our Sults, same ai if made to order. A KARE OLD TERRAPIN. Catches Rat« and Bears Aaron Barr's tints on Its Shell. » Inter-Ocern n unusual history was rediscovered on Prospect hill, Parkersburg, W. Va fore the civil rapin was 5 th: Ked up in The occurrence one ¢ week. Ye go, be- non mountain ter- ne street in Court- Was not un- hou: square usual, as terrapins, or, more properly, tor- toises, were 1 almost anywhere in the mou sus country of Virginia at that day and even a much later date. This specimen of the tortoise family, however. i by quite a number of Ss cut into its shell. Among J inivals H. B. and A. B. and Iss. The torty’ as evidently very old t least s {u number of old me woo m and hunters, whuse ex- perience we unquestione Wh were i B.? was the query readily the satisfaction ot the entire com by two old judges of the county court, Judges Ha Phelps. Both of the men dec B. and A. B. were intended fe f Harman Blenaer d Aaron B To this add the date, aud there rem nothing to dis} ne decision. It w fact, the date when Harman Blennerhas- and below Parkers- the time when Burr first made his appeerance. The sad story of Blennerhassett, closely following the inci- dents of Burr's insurrection, was fam: to the judges, the uncle of one of them— 1. Hugh rhely waving been the mili commander who tovk possession of the land after the retreat of Blennerhassett and Burr. This story ts authenticated by fe nd records. 1 was kept for se tett resided upon the i burg and about eral years id court house, but disappear- time no knows. Noting vught of this tortoise again act, its ve tence was som ortoise nes of rs store me in 1SS4, when a peared within the nar- yard in the rear of on Market street. ften picked up and nan ndred times, before ribed a number of letters n its shell. d several months n of Judge Phelps wrote giving the story do exami whether the lett nd. The made and the initials H. some one and The story was nois- later a to a friend told above, the tor- nd date Aamination was B. and A. B. and the date IsuS were found. When t became known considerable interest w in the tortoise. It was and made much of, 4 ts peculiar way its aj ularity. After the for many days succee was found ly m_ the rodent had been killed in a pe petted « ing a yard. aliar er. Its upper and lower jaws w broken and crushed in every and no one about the store could supply even a ecture in explanation, when rks, who ened to look yard, saw the nz holding a rat was ve, and clerk in store and crowded the litt ne unusual sight, the © his hold until acted and re- nireds of per- nhauser’ Is H. B., still to be seen Cut it shell were the figures ISS¢ ar f a rat in- seribed bene by one of the clerks errapin the hill num- fourteen usd quite a stir. CELESTIAL POGRAPHY. Phe Sensitive Than the Reveals aye Can See More use In si was put wa moon, th re to which the first recorded fe by Prof. Draper, and New York Lyceum of Nat- Hen grew 50 graphy that on photo- son went he lege to Ireland to see cting telescope of Lord Rosse. t he determined to make one yutation of the Yankee boy —that ap make not only the thing he also the machine that ved to be deserved by . for he made and he mount- rican reflecting telescope. took over 1,500 phctographs of nd the instrument is still in ard observatory. pe not only reveals more than seen by the eye alone, but the sen- film surpasses the power of the eye aided by the tele r the cam- on the film objects which the wee through the greatest mag- irst A t he sitive whe era recor¢ eye nifying No matter how far away or it s the light of the fa mpresses the film, and isible to the eye dece s ; the camera fs ¢ moving during the taking of the ple. ture. The exposure sometimes lasts sev- eral hours, and if the camera were sta- tionary the motion ef the earth would soon carry the subject out of line with the tele- spope. T'e camera, therefore, is attached to the tube of the telescope, and the object to be photographed is brought into the lens at the intersection of two cross wires. Then, by a system of clock work, the tele Bcope moves so that the subject occupies the same position on the plate during the exposure. In the picture of the Swift comet may be seen small, white lines ‘hese are the marks or trails of the stars. The teles: ope was adjusted to the speed of the comet, and, as it traveled much faster than the stars, the photographs of the stars appear as streaks, inrtead of as points of light. It is another curious feature of celestial photography that a plate may be exposed several nights on the same subject. I have seen star cluster and nebulae pictures which were exposed, the former on two and the latter on four successive evenings. The tictere showing the nebulae required a ictal exposure of thirteen hours and forty- four minutes, cK new ’s NEW YORK POLITICS Approaching Conventions at Sara- toga and Syracuse. REVIEW OF THE QUEER SITUATION Republicans Will Name Roosevelt --Democrats at Sea. THE SILVER a SPOOK Spectal Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 18, 1898. Only a little more than a week remains lefore the gathering of the republican hosts at Saratoga and the democratic hosis at Syracuse for the holding of state con- ventions. The republican program is ap- parently well laid out, while the democrats are all at sea, boih in regard to candi- dates and platforms. All day today the republican headquarters at the Fifth Ave- ue Hotel and the Cemocratic headquarters at the Hoffman House have been crowded with politicians anxious, like the Greeks in the days of St. Paul, to “learn some new thing. As alr farther y intimated the republicans are vanced in preliminary work than the democrats. The platform will give the republicans Httle. troub’e at Saratoga. It will follow the lines of the national plat- form at St. Louis co far as national i s concerned. The immense majority 7 by McKinley and Black on the 1 questions of two years ago make pparent that there will be no efforts looking to changes in this regard. Roosevelt and Black. Col. Tacodore Roosevelt and Senator Platt have already held a conference and € changed views concerning the plank: the platform relating to state i h Avenue tt and Col. Ror nlitieally, 5 the twee r Pi arded of importance is are for Roosevelt the support of Senator Piatt. the other hand, Gov. Black's friends persist in saying that the governor will carry his fight for a re-elec- ton to the convention itse and some th are who still insist th ack will rence at re Ga re the forces of Roosevelt and Platt ted. Roosevelt's friends laugh heart- at this assertion and even go so far as to assert t the Rough Rider will be unsnimeusly nominated for governor on the first bal The os ilver Bogie Looms Up. Cha reigns in democratic renks. In the first place, there is the much-discussed question of the indorse- ment of the Chicago platform. In this par- ticular th racuse convention will be be- tween the devil and the deep blue sea, and without very much shore room either. If the Chicago platform is indorsed the gold standard democrats, like Flower and Bel- mont, who have been coming back into the ranks of the democratic ty, threaten to again bolt. And what is still more se- the view point of practical poli- threaten to withhold all cam- n contributions. Ex-Governor Flower already contributed a large amount to- ping up the democratic headquar- ters at Hoffman House; and Chairman McCarren of the committee of ten, which has assumed practical management of the campaign, Chairman Elliot Danforth de- voting his attention to the nursing of his own ernatorial boom, is said to be alarmed and to fear that Flower will de- mand his money back in the event of the indorsement of the Chicago platform. Flower himself is cn record as intimating that he will institute suit for the recovery of the money upon the ground that it wi obtained under false pretenses. This, of cou is one of the jokes of the good- natured ex-governor. But it Is certain thai in the event of the indorsement of the Chicago platform the raising of money frcm the capitalists of the state will be as difficul as during the campaign of "tw, when the state central committee of the democratic party was all but evicted from its home, owing to the lack of funds. The Two Factions Determined. Powerful pressure is being brought to bear upon the democratic leaders to in- duce them to ignore the Chicago platform and to confine the campaign to state issu this year. There is no doubt but the ma- jcrity of the democratic leaders are in fa- vor of this course. Senator McCarren bold- ly announces from the headquarters of the con mittee of ten that if the Chicago plat- form is indorsed that the democrats might jest as well their headquarters and allew the campaign to go by default. On the other hand the followers of V m Jennings Bryan in the state threaten, the event of the failure to indorse the supreme in Chicago platform, that a third ticket will b> placed in the field. With the democratic ty of the state of New York split in ain by the question of the free and un- 1 coinage of silver, with the republi- united and active, there seems for speculation concern- ing the results next November. Some there are who predict the election of Col. Roos velt by half a million majority in the event of the nomination of-th> Rough Rider by the Saratoga convention. The Democratic Candidates. Upon the question of candidates the dem- ocr: are ro more united than upon the question of party polici New York city s only one avowed candidate, William ulzer, now member of Congress from the enth congressional district. Mr. Sulzer is said to have quite a following up the state, many democrats remembering his remarkable canvass ut Buffalo two years ago when he almost succeeded in stam- ling Tammany Hall and the democrat » machine. As things turned out, h received a hundred votes from the country districts, though Tammany Hall, by the enforcement of the unit rule, prevented his nomi on. This year Mr. Croker is said to have no objections to als nomination, though he wants to be certain that the country delegates are as “hot for Sulzer’ as they were two years ago. Chairman El- liott Danforth, Hill's favorite, leads in the number of Gelegates he has pledged. The peculiarity of the situation in this connec- tion is that Mr. Danforth knows that he will not be nominated. He {s well aware of the fact that Croker d Murphy will control the convention, and that they will never consent to the nomination of an out-and-out Hill man like Danforth. Judge Robert ‘Titus of Buffalo will come into the convention with the sup- port of Erte county and western New York. He will perhaps receive fifty votes on the first ballot. John C. Stanchfield of Che- mung will perhaps receive forty votes on the first ballot. Well-informed politic from up the state say that Stanchfiel always played peculiar politics In New York city in respect to the quarrels of dis- trict leaders. Let Croker be friendly with a district Hill. Let him quarrel with that district Hill. Let the district Stanchfield quarrel with the district Hill, and Croker will invariably pick up the district Stanch- field and put him in the place of the dii trict Hill. By doing this he wins the di trict Stanchfield to his personal machine, and makes the quarrel between the district Hill and the district Stanchfield more bit- ter than ever, eventually bringing about the dcwnfall of the district Hill. Hence astute political leaders expect to see Croker apply ward political methods to state politics. Where the Situation Hang! A pecullarity of the situation In this con- nection is that it is not certain that Stanchfield and Hill have quarreled, though it is certain that Stanchfleld has succeeded in convincing Croker that they are bitter enemies. One-half of the people of Elmira believe Stanchfield’s story of the quarrel; the other half believe that Stanchfield and Hill are as warm friends as they were when they were partners in the practice of law at Elmira ten years ago. In the event of the nomination of Stanchfield this point is of importance. For should the unexpect- ed happen and should Stanchfield by some unfortunate combination of circumstances be elected to the governorship, Hill might use him in crushing Croker in case there has been no quarrel. In case there has been a quarrel, Croker might use Stanch- field in crushing ill. All of which points political are interest- ing as showing the lack of harmony in the democratic party in the state of New York, And in the event of the nomination of Stanchfield they become not only interest- ing, but important. * ——_—+ STRIKES-THE-IRON. The Brave Old Chief Has Nearly Com- pleted a Century. From the Philadelphia Times. Among the Indians who are in attendance upon the congress of nations at the Omaha exposition there is none more noted than the old chief Strikes-the-Iren, a Standing Rock Sioux brave. This Indian is close to one hundred year: and has seen more of life upon the than have the In- ans of some tribes if all of their expert- ence and observatioa could be combined. kes-the-Iron has watched the march of progress, and at last is resigned to the in- evitable, and reads the story of his 1uture in the fulling of the leaves of the forest. Strikes-the-Ircn has not always been a frien to the whites. He ts uncertain apout the ploce of his birth, but he is of the opin- jon that the nt event occurred not far from Albert Lea, Minn. His ancestors he inherited first taught at his ioth- were fighters a consequent the spirit of bravery which ¥ to him when he was a suckling er's br The manner in which Strikes-the-Iron re- ceived his name is interesting. It has been sald by the writers of fiction that when aa Indian is born tne father steps to the ent- side of the tent and hope- ful after the first object that ne sees. This, however, is not true. As a rule, Indian children are nameless until such time as they perform some act that will entitic them to a name. This at least was the ¢ with Strikes-the-Iron. For some fifteen years he hunted and shot down game with his arrows and was referred to as Kio Kio's son. Later cn, however, he made a hit and earned a name. He was up in the iron region in the vicin- ity of the present city of Duluth, with a party of hunters. One day the young lad saw a deer passing and fired an arrow at the animal. The aim was true, and the beautiful creature fell pierced to the heart. The arrow had gone through the body, but it did not stop. It went onward in its course and struck a ledge of iron ore, and, re- bounding, the flint head came back and struck the young man in the eye, cutting the member from Its socket. Immediately thereafter the Indian was given the name of Strikes-the-Iron, a name which he will carry to the grave, as that is the name which is registered on the ration rolls at the agency. The losing of an eye was an epoch in the life career of the young Indian, and upon his return home he was feasted and knight- ed as a warrior. In 1862 he mixed up In the Indian troubles, and, if the stories told abcut him are true, he hung several white ps to his belt. Regarding this, howev- er, he is not talkative, and when approach- ed upon the subject shuts up Ike a clam. After the killing of the whites at New Ulm, Strikes-the-Iron moved with his tribe to the plains of Dakota, and_ eventually drifted tuto the Cannon Ball River coun- try, where he remained unknown until the gecce mene of the Black Hills country, in Strikes-the-Iron declares that during the Indian war of 1876 he never Killed a white man or woman, but he admits that he w a friend and bosom companion of Sitting Bull, the most cruel and crafty of Indians. “Some sixty years ago, when I was a young man and full of vigor, I was out in the Minnesota woods hunting elk, of which there were many at that time. Passing through dense underbrush I came to a nar- ow but deep stream, over which a tree had fallen. It was necessary to walk over the log or else go miles around, and I was not in a mood to go around. I started to cross and when about half way over I met a Chippewa, whe disputed my right to the passage. For a few moments we carried on & conversation in the sign language and neither seemed inclined to turn back. There Was no use of arguing and both stripped for the fray for the purpose of ascertaining who was the best man. We went at it with knives and fovght like demons. This con- tinued for nearly an hour, during which time I received several severe cuts and wounds, I at the same time punishing my opponent. It was apparent that it was a fight to the death, and, putting all my en- ergy Into one mighty effort, I grappled with the Chippewa and plunged the knife into his body. ‘he blood spurted out in a stream and his body fell into the water and floated away, while I pursued my course.” Sa a HIGH EXPLOSIVE SHELLS. Their Effect is Not as Dreadful as is Imagined, From Cassier's Magaz'ne. The effect of high explosives 1s enormous- ly exaggerated not only in the popular mind, but almost universally. The idea that such public buildings as the Capitol at Washington, or the houses of parflament at London, can be 4 royed by the explosive carried on the person of an anarchist can hardly gain the credence of an intelligent min, though such is the belief of many newspaper writers. But the equally un- founded {dea that a battle ship can be de- stroyed by a high explosive shell meets with common acceptance. The fact is, that while high explosives produce very great effects upon material In close contact with them, these effects are comparativ=!y local. Experiments made at the United States naval proving ground at Indian Head, Md., have shown that, while a high explosive charge will burst @ common shell into more pieces, the general effect on the surround- ings is, on the whole, rather less than when they are burst by ordinary powder charge The greater forec of the high ex- plosive seems to waste itself in tearing and shattering the shell itself. Moreover, the powder, charge sets fire to anything inflam- mable%h the neighborhood of the explosion, stands the best chance of winning the prize if a New York city man is not nom- inated. Frank Campbell of Bath will go into the convention with the delegates from his own district behind him, but he will not receive many votes from ‘counties outside the “lower tier,” and his candidacy is not regarded as serious by the leaders. Stanchfield as a Straddler. The politicians from up the state reach their conclusions concerning Stanchfield’s strength by inductive as well as deductive methods. In the first piace, Titus, Sulzer, Danforth and Campbell are ali loyal Bry- anites, it is claimed. Hence the free silver strength in the convention will be divided. Stanchfield is the favorite of the gold men in the convention. Hie dodged two years ago. It ts claim he rétused to make speeches for Bryan, tzough he appeared at the polls in Elmira on election day with a democratic badge on. and it is claimed by his friends that he ertally in get- ting out the democ that day. To the free silver men ex- while the high explosive does not. Clearly, then, there is no present reas for using anything but powder as the burs ing charge of the common shell, ind the field for the high explosive, if there be a field for it in naval warfare, Is in what have been called torpedo shell—shell with thin walls and of great length, so as to carry very large charges. But all the ex- periments thus far made have indicated that here, tov, the results to be obtained have been grossly exaggerated. Even the largest of such shell, containing three or four hundred pounds of guncotton, cxploded against the armored side of a modern bat- tle ship, would be practically harmless, and exploded in the air near such a ship would cause no serious structural damage. Ii such shell could be fired through the side of a vessel and burst inside her, they would, of course, produce widespread de- struction and be much more efficient than common shell of equal weight; but from their very nature this is impossible. They must be very weak in order to have great capacity, and they are quite certain to ex- pode outside of any ship that they may strike. plain that this w: orests of Dryan and the Chicago pla te the gold standard democrats the friends of Stanch- field explain that thts was because of party regularity and a desire to help the local and the county tickets, Croker’s Peculiar Politics. Other political leaders argue that Stanch- field is assured of the nomination because he had succeeded in making Mr. Croker and Senator Murphy believe that he has quarreled with ex-Senator Hill. Croker has. oss tee Line of new Carpets at special pri Hoeke’s.—Advt. nat eee es Points of Resemblance, ° From Puck. “I guess playin’ golf ts suthin’ like smok- in’ “How?” “Well, most people don't like it at first, but they learn it because they have friends that does it.” ODD FELLOWS MEET|4 FAMILY oF HEROES Boston Extends Hearty Welcome to Sovereign Grand Lodge. SPEECHES BY DISTINGUISHED MEN The Attendance Larger Than at Any Previgus Meeting. PROGRAM OF THE WEEK BOSTON, September 19.—An official wel- ceme to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was given in the ¥Y. M. C. A. Hall today. The members of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, 200 in number, and the ladies representing the Order of Rebekah were escorted to the hall by committees. J. W. Venable of Hopkinsville, Ky., grand chaplain of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, be- gan the exercises with prayer. Charles N. Alexander of Boston, chairman of the executive committee of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, then assumed the chair, and after a few remarks announced Gen- eral F. B. Appleton of the governor's staff, who welcomed the Grand Lodge and mem- Las of the Rebekah branch in behalf of the state. Governor Wolcott had intended to be present and welcome the visitors, but he attended the dedication of the Massachu- setts soldiers’ monument at Antietam, Md., on Saturday, and was unable to reach this city In time. Mayor Josiah Quincy spoke for the city of Boston. The other speakers included Charles Q. Terrell, grand master for the Grand Lodge of ‘Massachusetts; Charles C. Fuller, grand patriarch for the grand encampment; General Edgar R. Emerson of the patriarchs militant, and Mrs. Mary O. Nevins, representing the Re- branch of the order in this state. Grand Sire Fred Carleton Responds. Grand Sire Fred Carleton of Austin, Tex., responded and the exercises were at an end. The members of the Sovereign Grand Lodge then marched to Copley Hall, where their secret deliberations began. When the Sovereign Grand Lodge as- sembled all the delegates except J. E. Philips of New Wéstminster, B. C., were present. The absentee had started east to the meeting, but on the way was re- called by news of the fire which destroyed the business part of his home city. Of the ten past grand sires also entitled to attend the sessions of the Grand Lodge eight are present. It is sald that no con- vention of importance ever held in this city has been more fully attended by ac- credited delegates. Members of Rebekah Branch Present. Members of the Rebekah Branch and the Patriarchs Militant are also present in large numbers. ‘The secret deliberations of the Sovereign Grand Lodge continued from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ‘The feature of today’s program is a ban- quet in Music Hall at 6 o'clock. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge} Mayor Josiah Quincy and Attorney General Knowlton are to speak. The sessions of the Grand Lodge will conclude on Saturday next with the in- stallation of officers. The election occurs Tuesday morning. The Odd Fellows of V ‘ester are probably more interested in the jons than any other city on the continent outside of Boston, owing to the fact that Deputy Grand Sire Alfred 8. Pinkerton is booked to ‘succeed Grand Sire Carlton, Wednesday will be practically a holiday here in honor of the great parade being ar- ranged for that day. ——— HEART OF AN IDOL. The Objects Placed tn an Image De- termine Its Value. From the Philadelphia Press. It is a fact not generally known that the most interesting and vital part of the im- ages used in worship by the Buddhists and other oriental religionists is carefully con- cealed from human sight and hidden inside of the idols. Upon the acquisition of an oriental {dol by an intelligent collector his first step is to learn whether it has been consecrated and actually used in worship, and then to ascertain whether it remains intact or has been rifled of its original contents, The tmages purchased in curfosity shops in this country are commonly either fresh frcm the maker or dealer and destitute of any magical or sacred attributes, or they have been dismantled by the priests who sold them, or by some searcher for con- cealed treasure—for It 1s reported that rare Jewels are sometimes discovered concealed in dingy and otherwise unattractive images. Mr. Sheridan P. Read, the late United States consul at Tien-Tsin, who led the ex- pedition bound for the interior of China that recently left for the east in the inter- ests of the Philadelphia Commercial Mu- seums, brought back to the late Dr. Pep- per some Chinese idols, when he came here to arrange for his present trip. These idols, seven in number, were placed by Dr. Pepper in the museum of science and art at the university. Two were Chi- nese and five Thibetan in type. The Chi- nese {dols, of cast bronze, were without special Interest. One, a small gilded image of the Chinese goddess of mercy, was fresh from the maker. The other, Kweli Sing, one of the gods of literature, while old and evidently long used, had lost its vitals. No so all the Thibetan fdols. The most important represents the goddess Doljang, the deified consort of King Srongstan Gam-_ po, 617-618 A. D. She wears the peculiar five-pointeé crown that distinguishes a Bodhisattva. Her ears are long and pend- ant. The crown is detachable, and the fig- ure, which is nine and a half inches in height, is wrought of stamped copper. The image appeared heavy for its ma- terial and emitted a dull sound when struck a slight blow. Close examination showed that the base consisted of a thin plate of engraved copper, securely held in place by small clamps. Upon bending these over and removing the plate the Interior of the image was found to be filled with finely powdered Scented wood, and quite undisturbed. When this was discovered an interest quite equal to that attending the unwrap- ping of a mummy was aroused. There was a possibility of finding an uncut ruby of price or some potent talisman of untold value. The powdered wood, which had been lightly pressed down, was shaken out and removed. A number of solid objects re- mained, wedged in place by a long pyr- amidal wooden plug covered with yellow silk. They proved to be rolls of paper from one to three inches in width, written in red ink with Thibetan,texts and tightly en- folded in yellow silk. Each of the rolls, which from the one that was opened appeared to be of great length, was carefully sealed, the silk wrapper being inscribed_in red and black ink. In form they Closely resembled Chi- nese firecrackers. A small yellow p&per package, wrapped in silk, contained powdered sandal wood. Another yellow paper packet contained five disks of paper stamped in red with Thibet- an magical symbols Altogether, fifteen ob- Jects were removed, from the hollow space within the image, reminding .one of the multitudinous things extracted from a con- jurer’s hat. It was thése objects, these written words, that; made the image alive and serviceable forpurposes of protection. Another Thibetan image had had its contents removed, but a roll of text re- mained stuffed in the internal aperture of the head. This figure represented Avalo- kitsevara, or the goddess of mercy, called by the Thibetans Chenresi, e It is of bronze, beautifully gilded and possessing fine artistic qualities. There is another image of the same goddess in the collection, also of bronze, but inlaid with mua Syeauelse A The two remaining figures Shakya-thub-pa, as the Thibetans wit thy historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. Taken to. gether these objects are a valuable addi- tion to the museum's collection illustra- tive of orental religions. RR LE It matters little what it is that you want— whether « situation or a servant—a ‘“‘want” ad. in The Star will’teach the person who can fill your need, Third Allyn Capron to Die in His Country's Service. The Commander of Battery E, First Artillery, Succumbs to Typhoid— Funeral Wednesday Morning. Capt. Allyn Capron of Battery E, Ist Ar- tillery, died yesterday morning of typhold fever at the residence of his mother near Fort Myer, Va. The funeral will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday from his moth- er’s residence. The remains will be buried in Arlington cemetery, beside those of his gallant son, which were brought back from Cuba and interred on American soil sev- eral weeks ago. With the death of this brave soldier passed away another member of a family that bas grown famous for its fighters in the defense of the American flag. Since the Mexican war, when Capt. Erastus Allyn Capron, father of the officer who ied yesterday, fell with a mortal wound at Cherubusco, the family has never been without a representative in the army. Capt. Allyn K. Capron of the Rough Riders, son of the officer who died yesterday, was shot down while bravely leading com- pany in the fight at La Guasima. His body was pierced by seven Spanish bullets. He and Sergt. Hamilton Fish were among the first ti fall in that sanguinary encounter. His father, who died yesterday, was with the army in Cuba at the time, and was nearly prostrated with grief when he Capt. Allyn Capron. learned that his son had been killed in the opening battle of the war. Notwithstand- ing his grief, nowever, he stuck to his ba‘ tery, and pushed on to the front at El Caney, while bullets and shell rained about him. It was he who aimed and fired the first gun at the Spanish line befcre El Caney. It struck close to ihe old stone fort, and gave him perfect range for sub- sequent shots at the Spanish defenses. Although the recent death of his son preyed heavily upon him during all those terrible days in the trenches beftr? San- Uiago. no word of complaint even passe? his lips. it was during the Cuban campaign that Capt. Capron became infected with the germs of typhoid fever, and although he fought against the disease with dogged courage and determination, it was too deep-seated for successful resistance by his system, enfeebled as it had been by the hardships and exposure in the trenches be- fore Santiago. His deep grief over the death of his son undoubtedly aggravated the insidious disease from which he suf- fered. Capt. Capron was one of the best-known officers in the regular army. He had de- voted himself particularly to the artillery branch of the service, having been an honor graduate of the artillery school in 18% and was regarded as an authority on artillery tactics. When Gen. Shafier’s corps went to Santlago Capt. Capron ac- companied it, and his battery did notably fine work in the battle of Santiago. Capt. Capron was born in Florida, and entered the Military Academy as a cadet in 1863. After graduation he was made a second Meucenant of the Ist Artillery on the 17th of June, 1867, and was an officer of that regiment until his death. He was commissioned as captain on the 4th of De- cember, 1888. It {s a coincidence that his father commanded Battery E of the Ist Artillery in the Mexican war. Mrs. Capron, who has lost husband and son in the war with Spain. was at Wash- ington barracks nursing her youngest son, who was ill with fever, when the news came of the death of the son who com- manded Troop K of the Rough Riders. —_>——. THE PASSING OF THE OX. His Elimination is Attended With Considerable Pathos. From the Boston Transcript . Notwithstanding the ubiquity of the bi- cycle, and the more tardy development of the automobile, there is no evidence that the horse is losing ground in our social and domestic economy. On the contrary, chere has been an increase of about 40 per cent in horseflesh since 1882 and of about 12 per cent in the number of mules, waile that dear, quaint and faithful servant man, the patient ox, has barely held his own in the last sixteen years. This {s perhaps one of the inevitable results of the quickened life of the country. His star is in the de- scendant. While the country may be cor- gratulated upon the increased push which demands greater speed and power in our modern activities, a sigh of regret will nevertheless follow the vanishing ox just as it did the old stage coach when the loco- motive forced it off the road. The ox is such a good fellow that his companionship will be missed. He is the philosopher among beasts of burden. He belongs by birthright to the “Don’t Worry Club.” He chews the cud of contentment even while he toils, and turns upon his human companion eyes so full and soft and liquid that the great Homer used them as the most expressive simile occurring even to his almost infinite invention to apply to the divine Hera. So there is poetry in the fine old beast as well as philosophy. Huge and solemn, but sweet-breathed and amia- ble, he performs his task with a steady dignity that puts a definite value, even if a small one, on each passing minute, and then ceases to burden his soul with the flight of time. The gradual passing away of the ox as a beast of burden has the pathos that at- taches to the extinction of one of the early families. They came into the country to- gether, and together they took a pioneer part in its development. They felle. and drew off the trees, they tore up the stumps, they seamed and mellowed the rooty soil, making it richly responsive to the needs of man. They pulled out the great stones that fretted the face of nature and made garden spots of the rugged hillside and plain. The ox was a factor of every enter- prise. He was on the farm, at the wharf and the mill, and when in those early days of expansive and adventurous ideas t_e old places seemed too contracted for ...e set- tler he bundled his family into a prairie schooner, while his faithful oxen dragged the ponderous wain a six months’ journey toward the setting sun, accomplishing a distance which we may now be whirled be- tween the twilight and the dawn, browsing cheerily as they wended their tolisome way along, and boarding themselves when the time for the nightly camping arrived. wc the old fellow has had his day ex- cept where the conditions are still primi- tive. Once he was the steady reliance of every farmer, but now one hardly sees a yoke in the harvest field or the plough lot. His pace cannot be readjusted to the quick- step of modern ideas and inventions, and utilitarianism has no use for the poetic or the picturesque. More and more his desti- nation is coming to be the shambles. This makes his life shorter and we might say merrier, but merriment in an ox is incon- ceivable. * ——__+e+______ The Proper Course. ‘he true patriot should not grumble about his war taxes.” Second Citizen—“That’s right! If he can’t shift them to somiebody else he should pay them and say nothing.” ———_+o+—____ ‘The workhouse at Liverpool, England, has accommodation for no fewer than 5,000 in- mates. It is not, however, often filled, as only half of its many dormitories are occu- pied by the permanent pauper residents. There are occasions, however, such as a labor-strike, {f long continued, which cause it to fill up rapidly, and then.it proves. none too big for the requirements of the union. - The Palais Royal. ETERMINED to offer the best Damasks at 49¢ and 79¢ yard- such is one of our resolutions for the new season. Have contract- __ ed for three times the quantity disposed of any previous season. Will do three times the business, because buying to better advantage th: The 49c Linens. Gy Every thread pure lnen—unadniterated—noth- ing but pure linen. Choice of 72-inch wide Silver Bleached German Damask and 62-inch Bleached Irish Damask. All the new season's designs. Guaranteed—the maker {s responsible to us and we to you. and selling at less profit than ever before. Hotel proprietors please note The 79c Linens. CF Extra Heavy Satin Finish Damesks, as good as any previously offered at $1 yard. New and beautiful designs. 72 inches wide. Please sppre- clate our effort to serve you better, by a visit of, inspection. Table Linens on Second Floor. Best Sand Soap, 1c for Large 4c Cake. (Basement floor.) $1.23 for Toilet Sets, 9 pieces, dec- orated under the glaze, in three col- ors. $2.25 sets for $1.23. cs ee ee ee 35c for 68c Suitings. EEING is believing. Look at these Suitings. Choice of 50-Inch Faney hair Cheviote, 40-inch Bayadere | N 38-inch Silk and Weol Pla! Cheviots, 50-lich Royal and Nav of Svc and 68¢ Wool Fabrics at only 35C. ese eee RRIVED | this morning: 1,000 pieces 4 to G-inch Silk Ribbons, in the vari- ous Roman stripes and fancy effects, used for belts, etc. Guaranteed 50c to 75c qualities at only 25c yd. $1.39 for various $1.75 to $3.25 odd Slop Jars, probably one here to match your toilet set. oe sa S REMEMBER THIS. OT this down in your memory: “Wholesale prices for Dress Linings at the Palais Royal during the entire 1808-99 autumn- winter season.” Never mind the teason; be content to profit by the fact. Wholesale price to you who buy a few yards or you who pur- chase many pieces. 8c yard for best t2¢ Linings. 0 | toc yard for best 15¢ Linings. 1 16c yard for best 25¢ Linings, 35¢ yard for best 48c Linings. goc yard for Silk Moreen Lining. 66c for 75c Silks. EST bargains come first and last feta Silks 1s gone the price will yard. Best variety now—no less n sixty elght different shades, in plain and glace effects including some new lovely autumn tints. 66c. oe eb ie Le ck ae HEN this was written—at 10 a.m.—the crowd of eager purchasers made it evident that this is to be a ble sale. Is it a wonder— with 50c and Rib- bons at only 25c yd. menu 79° oc Palais Royal Lise, ith be OES AIEEE TRE ° ABOUNDS IN LIZARDS AND SNAKES. | the same time loosing its hold on the bush se ae ing into the water. It swam ate Contests Between Snake | “shore, dragging its prey, and immediately ag deca Sane eracls rey, began swallowing the chipmunk, without From Nature Notes. We are rich in lizards in Tasmania; they abound everywhere, sunning themselves on the tree trunks, crawling over the stumps, running about the garden, and oc- casionally investigating domestic affairs in the houses. They are mostly quick, lively little fellows with brown skins diversified with black, and eyes as bright as diamonds. Then there are the “bloodsuckers,’’ ashy- gray lizards with irregular black markings upon the back, and covered with spiny pro- jections; most people are rather afraid of them, and they do look very ferocious when annoyed, for they open their mouths with a gape like a crocodile, as if it would give them great pleasure to swallow us whole. The “death adder” is another lizard that grows to a good size, and is very prettily marked; it is much dreaded in the bush for its supposed poisonous properties, and the most dreadful tales are told of its en- venomed attacks. Probably the idea has arisen through the snakelike appearance of this saurian as it glides through the herbage, its body being very long and siender and the legs comparatively short. The largest of our lizards, however, is the “blue-tongued,” a stout, formidable- looking fellow clad in a yellow and black suit of plate-armor and much given to ly- ing about the bush roads and tracks asleep in the sun, when one can often step over him, even on horseback, without dis- turbing his slumbers. This heaviness of disposition has earned for our stolid friend another name—the “sleeping lizard”—while from his fondness for taking up residence in the holes of dry stumps he is also known as the “stump lizard.” Finally, his nick- name among the bush folk is “goanner,” a corruption, evident of “iguana,” to which family, however, he bears no re- semblance, being a non-climber and of a thick, stout build. Now, this “blue- tongued” lizard, the Tiliqua nigrolutea of naturalists, deserves good treatment at the hands of the bushman on account of one very interesting peculiarity which it mani- fests in common With the lord of creation— namely, to its great antipathy to snakes. In Tasmania it takes the place of that not- ed cobra destroyer, the Indian mongoose, and ill-adapted as it would at first appear to encounter such foes, yet it generally omes off the victor. “We spoke just now of the heavy, stolid disposition of our black-and-yellow knight, put let a nice medium-sized snake heave into sight and all is changed. The sleepi- ness disappears as if by magic, and every nerve seems on the alert, every sinew toughened to meet the enemy. This latter has, evidently, ‘‘no stomach for fight,”” and would “straight depart,” but his assaillant bars the way and forces an encounter. Then, quick as lightning, the snake makes a dart, but our friend dodges with prac- ticed skill, and “gets in” a bite himself. So they go on, darting and dodging and savagely snapping at each other, the snake getting the worst of it all the time, and soon exhibiting the most unmistakable signs of being played out. Now is the “goanner’s” opportunity; with 4 quick, dexterous turn he twisw the sna'e over, and gives him a coup de grace “ander the chin.” Then comes the reward of valor; taking the head between his strong jaws, our blue-tongued hero begins with much relish to munch his fallen foe, and, stick- ing to him with the same persistency as during the fight, soon disposes of the whole scaly length, and having thus “accounted for” another child of the evil one. the victor retires to the shelter of a hollow log to sleep off the repast. —___+0+__—_ CHIPMUNKS AND SNAKE. Combat Witnessed by a Fisherman. From the Philadelphia Times. ‘A writer tells the story of a summer day drama, which must have seemed very trag- fc in the acting, small as were the players. He was in a boat, fishing for bass, when suddenly he noticed a black snake about five feet in length hanging head downward from a button bush on the edge of the lake. Its back shone like iris-hued coal, as it swayed back and forth, and for a moment it seemed es if the creature might be ad- miring itself in the water, but suddenly its real object became apparent. A chipmunk ran from under a log, and in a flash the snake seized it by the head, at A Strange taking the trouble to crush it The head ha ntirely disap a diversion was created by an older and larger chipmunk. which jumped upon th snake's back and was off again in a fl Again it jumped upon him and repeated the operation five or six times, the snake mean. time writhing and lashing its body as if ip pain. ured, when. Then it became evident that the snake had been wounded in half a do: places by the squirrel’s needle-like teeth, and that, hampered by its half-eaten luncheon, it was trying to disgorge the poor little creature It had some difficulty in accompli this, and before the act was completed other chipmunk apr 2 joined in attack. The two acted in beat as if they had se just what to do on and over the reptile, instant to inflict a bite, ‘and always ay ing the lashing of {ts tail. i The snake seemed to have but one notion —to get rid of its prey in order to defend itself or run. Finally, with a fling of its head, it was free, and so was the littie chipmunk, which ran away ¢ as pos- sible in its lacerated condition. As for snake, it simply disappeared as only a snake can, and the two older combatants ¢ turned their attention to the little friend or pa only I he relative they had rescued licked it all over, and apparently congratulated it on being none the worse for its adventure, and then, at a movement from the watcher the scene, all three scampered under a lk Tulare Lake Dries Up. From the Boston Transcript. Tulare lake has passed out of existence, Where once there was a body of water in central southern California more than 1,000 square miles in area there is now only a barren desert of mud, drying and cracking in the heat of the desert sunshine. Tor years tLis lake has been known as the largest body of fresh water west of the Rocky mountains. It was over miles long and about thirty-five across at the widest point. Its depth was never very great. From 1854 to 1872 the waters of the lake changed very little in area. It was about these years that irri- gation was started In the valley between Visalia and Bakersfield, and the shrinkw eighty miles became very rapid. The King’s river « Tulare river were tapped in several places, and the water that would have gone into Tulare lake was spread out over the dry pastures and cornfields. From 1s72 to 1875 the shrinkage was not marked. The southern end of the lake contracved and took the form of a creek. It narrowed until it was not more than a mile wide, and had drawn up from the southern at least fifteen mil Between 187% und 1880, when vineyards began to be planted, the waters shrunk up ailmos. to the be ders of Tulure county. In 1882 they cr ed it and left Kern county altogether. —__+e- —____ Roosevelt in a “Round-Up.” From the Chicago Reccrd. Roosevelt had two ranches in the Wad Lands, where he came every year, when his affairs in the field of business and poli- tics would permit. He came, as he told his men, to be one of them. He was tri ed on the ranch as any other ranch hand. One of his first experiences on the ranges, was on a round-up as a cowboy. lie fared; there just as the other men fared ¥ were drawing $35 a month. He had his “string” of horses with the round-up «nd! performed the same duties as did the cow- boys. In the morning he was callei with) the other men—as a usual tuing at 8! o’clock—made his way to the rope corral into which the large band uf horses were) driven, roped the animal which he desired to ride for the day, saddled it, and after a hasty breakfast started on a long morn- ing’s ride. Nor was he favored in the matter of horses. He took the same kind! of animals as did the rest of the men—the majority of them half-broken brenchos, more inclined to bucking than to passiv servitude. Not infrequently he was tum-! bled over the head of a vicious mustang, whose bucking abilities overmatched) Roosevelt's riding by several degrees. But i: