The Washington Bee Newspaper, November 4, 1893, Page 4

ft ‘ | 1 if ; & fr i i} De cduaee MISSED THE LEADEN SHOWER. | An Ex-Confederate Tells How a Kiss if ! ' | the Moonlight Saved Him. «I was a lientenant-colonel of a Ken tucky regiment,” said Col. John C. Underwood, of Kentucky, to a Boston Globe man. “Our command was in East Tennessee, and one bright moon- light night I concluded to ride away m camp and take» look about the nity. <4 sia several miles and, coming to a farm house, hitched my horse and knocked at the door. A young woman, the] most beautiful I had ever seen, it seemed to me, appeared after a while ” and invited me in. / “She and her aged mother were the only occupants of the house, the men‘ of the family being in the Confederate, army. We chatted pleasantly for a, few minutes, when my fair hostess arose and said: ‘Colonel, you rana great risk in leaving your horse in such an exposed position. The Yankee pickets are all about it. I will goand put him in the barn.’ | “Bhe left the room and aftera few minutes returned, when we resumed our conversation. Suddenly she started up and listened. ‘Colonel, you must @° now, she exciaimed. ‘I hear the sound of horses’ hoofs; the Federals ere coming!’ Rushing out of doors, she led my horse to the back of the house, and I, following her, jumped on his back. “The most natural thing for me to have done would have been toset spurs to him and get away as soon as pos- sible. But I could not. Iwas young and impressionable, and the situation ‘was entrancing. The moon shed a sil- verlight upon the earth, a gentle breeze was stirring and the rustle of the leaves in the grand old trees was like music to mysoul And amid these enchanting surroundings a beautiful face with tearful eyes looked into mine, beseech- ing me to hasten. “I could not resist the temptation, and stooping down from my horse put my arm around her, drew her closer to my side and kissed her. As I did soa shower of bullets passed over my head. One of them went through the rim of my hat. I was in full sight of a com- pany of Federal horsemen. No other warning was necessary. My horse real- ized the danger as well as I and a race for life ensued. The enemy pressed hard upon me for a time, and more than once their bullets «razed my head, but fortune favored me and I at length reached the Confederate lines in safety. Do you wonder that I remember when e kiss saved my life?” a: Ages at Which Men Marry. * Statistics show that a law of chances governs in the vast majority of cases the ages at which men marry, who are engaged in certain occupations. Work- men end artisans take unto themselves wives at an earlier age than those whose vocations are of a more intellectual kind. Thus, miners, textile factory hands, laborers and artisans marry at an average of twenty-two years. Of these the miners are first in the field, more than 100 of every 1,000 of them securing ‘wives before they have be- come of age. Workers in textile fabrics run them close, then come shoemakers and tailors, and they are followed by artisans and labo Farmers and farmers’ sons consider twenty-five early enough. Commercial clerks seek the pleasures of matrimony at twenty-six. Shop keepers and shopmen postpone the rapture a little while longer. Pro- fessional men and gentlemen of inde- pendent means rarely care to encumber themselves even with so delightful a burden as a wife until they have toed the line of over thirty years. Though the rich marry at a more ripe age than the working fraternity, they continue marrying until long after the last named haye ceased to wed. Whereas fourteen miners and twenty-five artisans in every 1,000 marry between the ages of thirty-five and forty, nearly 100 of the professional and independent class do. Itis explained in this way: The rich like to see something of the world and its pleasures before settling down to sober matrimony, A laborer has neither desire nor opportunity for it. When he has a house of his own, anda wife to look after it for him, he has at- tained, ‘perhaps, to the height of his am- bition. It is said a man is neither physioally nor mentally mature until he is thirty, and if this is trne, it stands to reason a man at that age should be better fitted for the duties of a husband and father than a stripling of twenty- one.—N. Y. Ledger. ‘The English Language. ’ Professor Vambery has been lecturing on the “Fashion of Languages” before the Buda-Pest English Club. English, he said, may now be called the most fashionable language in all the five parts of the world. It began to spread in the first decades of the century through English literature, and in Asia by means of accelerated communication. Steamers were the wings of the English langu ments to China and Japan is simply miraculous. There is no exaggeration in saying that the number of English-speaking Asiatics amounts today to 3,000,000; that of Europeans to more than 1,000,- 000, and these, added to 126,000,000 Anglo-Saxons, give a total of English- speaking men and women of 130,000,- 000. Should the increase continue in the same proportion, the middle of next century will have 200,000,000 Eng- lish-speaking persons and the English will have no riva] in the world beside the Chinese. Phonetically English is unsuitable for the foreigner, and the lecturer de- clares he always sufier pain in the jaws when speaking publicly in England and trying to imitate genuine English. The phonetic difficulties are, however, amply rewarded through the expras-; siveness, the rare precision, vigor and exactness in which English surpasses all other European tongues.—London News. SE, oe, § carried to agegin®the far Hast, and its spread- | ing from India and the Straits Settle- | BIG BATTLESHIP SUNK. ae ae The British Battleship Victoria Run Down by her Consort. The British battleship Victoria was | sunk last Friday near Tripoli, a sea- port in the Hastern Mediterranean, by ‘her consort, the British battleship ; Camperdown. | lost. Sir George Tryon, K. C. B., Vice- Some 463 lives were Admiral in command of the Mediterra- mean Squadron, is among those who perished. Both vessels belonged to the Mediterranean Squadron. The ' Victoria flew the flag of the Vice- Admiral. The two battleships w | engaged in naval tactics off the Syrian coast. ‘he weather was bright and the sun shining. The two ships were going through their snaneuvers within a distance of three miles of each other, which gave each ship but a small space considering the reaction of the tide. Suddenly the Camperdown w: ds the Victoria by 1 tide in a rapid way. Before the Vic. toria could steam ahead or the Cam- perdown'’s commander obtain contro) ‘of his vessel, she struck the Victoria. The Camperdown’s ram hit the flag ship near the foremost starboard tur- ret, tearing an immense hole in her side, extending into several water- tight compariments. The Victoria at once began to settle, and while her crew were trying to shut bulkhead doors to prevent the water spreading, she turned over and instantly sank from sight. So rapidly was the plunge taken that those on board the Victoria had but little chance to cut loose the small boats. Several, however, were released, only to be carried down by the suction. Of this number 255 man- aged to get out of the whirlpool and were rescued by the small bc ot the Camperdown. Eye witn re- port that the vessel was nearly cut in two alongside, and that every one be- low deck at the time perished. The news of the disaster caused the great- est excitement throughout England. The Victoria was a single turret ship, carrying two 110-ton guns mounted in a forward turret coated with eighteen inches of compound armor; one 10- inch 29-ton gun, firing aft, and a broadside auxiliary armament of twelve 6-inch 5-ton guns. Of artillery of smaller nature she carried twenty- one quick-firing and eight machine guns. Her maximum speed was 1 knots. She could stow 1,200 tons of coal in her bunk id her radius of action at ten-knot speed, with her full complement of coal, was estimated at 7,000 knots. Her armored belt and bulkheads consisted of compound ar- mor from sixteen to eighteen inches in thickness. It is believed this disas ter, showing the unwieldiness of bi battleships and the terribly effective power of the ram as a naval weapon, will cause another revolution in ocean warfare, and lead to a general build- ing of vessels like the Ammen ram. A complete model of the Victoria is part of the British naval exhibit at Chicago. . Se Home Rule Finances. Mr. Gladstone's new financial pro- posals in cdunection with the pro- posed Irish Parliament do not meet with cordial approval from Irish Home Rulers, but will probably be accepted as the best thing obtainable. The new scheme provides that the revenue shall be divided into two classes—general and special. Ireland shall bea, her own civil charges. A separate ex- chequer and consolidated fund shall be established. The taxes imposed by the Irish Parliament shall form part of the special revenue to be applied to the public service of Ireland. The in Ireland, postage duti until the imperial contribution shall have been revised, shall be imposed by the Im- perial Parliament. If the post-oftice revenue shall be less than the expen- fitures the deficiency must be paid to the Imperial Exchequer out of the Irish Exchequer. An __ illustrative treasury statement, based upon the receipts and expenditu of 1892-93, shows a surplus of $2,060,000. New York’s New Postmaster. “I expect to take hold of my at that post-office on July 1,” Mr. Dayton, New York’s new post- master, “and will devote the months of July and August to a careful study of the requirements of the place. am convinced that the office needs a thorough overhauling. Matters have been running on in the same old way there for the past thirty y: a have a number of sugg changes to submit to the Postmaster- General.” Mr. Dayton added that all of the clerks who were efficient would be retained in their places, providing they come under the operations of the civil service law. An inventory of the Government properties in the post- office will take place June 30. Senator Hill Denies Writing a Letter. Senator Hill was asked at Albany about a letter on the silver question, purporting to have been sent by him from Albany to the President of the Board of Trade at Cincinnati. Sena- tor Hill said that he had written no letter to Cincinnati on the silver ques- tion or any other question, but that at the request of Mr. Dolph, President of the Board of Trade of that city, for his views upon the financial qu he had caused his clerk to forward Mr. Dolph a printed copy of his re- marks on his bill for the repeal of the Sherman law, delivered in the Senate in February last, and stating that his sentiments were expressed in that speech, é saa ee se Reading's Affairs. The Reading will have to provide for | $1,500,000 interest on July 1, nearly * $900,000 of which is due to holders of the general mortgage bonds. On the same date its indebtedness to Speyer & Co. will fall due. The latter loan is secured 340,000 collateral trust bonds, $1,000,000 third preference bonds and $200,000 Philadelphia, Har- risburg and Pittsburg bonds. The im- pression prevails that the cor ny will be unable to meet the general mortgage interest, and it is possible that an arrangement will be made with Drexel & Co. to buy the coupons. Officials state that the company will | fully meet its obligations. » The University Boat Race. The annual university boat race be tween Yale and Harvard will take ‘ place at New London, Conn., on Fri- | day of this wee The crews are be- lieved to be pretty evenly matched, and there is lively guessing as to the result. The ‘Yale crew will use the famous “Bob Cook” stroke, while Har- vard has adopted the English Univer- sity stroke, The course is four miles, INTERVIEWING) TRAMPS, | | Curious Information Regarding a Curious | Class of Individuals, The Rey. J. J. McCook, of Hew York, | preaches good citizenship by practicing it. He is 2 lyS pegging away at something for the public good. Now, with the help of the mayors and police officers of fourteen American cities, he has been taking a “tramp census,” and he communicates the results—or some of them—to the Forum. The number of American tramps covered by this census is 1,849. Thi two questions were asked in ever ease, and Mr. McCook grieves that he inadvertently omitted a thirty-third, though he tells us in the same breath of one involuntarily catechumen who found the thirty-two too man. That’ a devil of a lot of questions,” e n- ed this indignant victim, “to ask a fel- low for a night’s lodging!” In the most ambitious previous tramp census of which Mr. MeCook has heard—L don, 1889—the number of. w: derers questioned was only 2s Of these 1,349 American tramps, less than one-half describe themsclyes as unskilled laborers, and only sixteen say they have no regular cali the representatives—on the r —of skilled labor, 46 per cent. used to be sailors, firemen, br shoemakers, curriers, teamste' tlers, blacksmiths or horseshoers. McCook’s drag net caught three ¢ tricians, two brokers, two repor music teacher, a designer, an art real German count”), a Salvation Ar paptain, a “gentleman,”’ but no cl an and no professor. “The sedet v k,” he tells us, “was just as numer- the nomadic peddler.” Nearly all of the 1,349 tramps are in the prime of life, averaging much younger than their (recorded) fellow in England and G ny. 0 ing my results,” says Mr. } Cook, “we may expect to find tramp in twenty under twenty; three out of five under thirty-five, enty-five out of every 100 under forty, and one in twelve fifty or oyer. Only one in 111 will be over seventy.” Of the whole number questioned 83.5 per cent. promptly said their health was “good;” 8 per cent. “pretty good,” or “not very good;” 8.5 per cent. a0 This at a time when the grip v ing among well-fed, well-housed peo- , and the general death rate disquietingly high. “(Neither the tramp’s age nor his health, then,” concludes Mr McCook, “is a bar to successful labor. Only fifty out of the 1,349 owned up to having been on the road more than a year. The explanations of their presence there given by 82.8 per cent. of the whole number were: “Out of money,” “Out of work,” “Look for kk. Twelve “wanted to the couniry;” eight ‘wanted to take life Bi six said they would not work; twenty-five laid their tramping to drink One exceptionally candid war diagnosed his case in three words, “Whiskey and lazy.” As to nativity, 56.1 per cent. of the 1,349 were born in this country, 20.3 per cent. in Ireland, 6.6 per England, 8.4 per cent. in the S navian countries, 2.6 per cent in b¢ Scotland. There are thirteen n in the lot and one Indian. Only one Southern State is represented, and that by a white man. “The tramp,” re- marks Mr. McCook, “seems to be a product of our Northern civilization and to move along the more temper ate belt, avoiding extremes of heat und cold as being disagreeable and less favorable to health.” Don’t think of the tramps as iiliter- ate: 1,187 of the 13849 can read and write, 18 of the 162 who can’t write can read, and one of tke favorite pur- chases is the daily newspaper. Only 7.3 per cent. are married; 4.4 per cent. are widowers. Thirty of the 1,349 say they are total abstainers, 459 that they are temperate, 825 that they are in- temperate. Only 6.8 per cent. own up to having been convicted of crimes other than drunkenness. Only 113 say they have no religion. Only 116 say they have seen the inside of the alms- house. By their own admission 14.9 per cent. of the whole number are, or have been, specially dangerous to the public health. Are Women Responsible? It was Marguerite of Valois who said, with unusual severity for a wo- man, that ‘the less one sees and knows men the higher one esteems them.” It is obvious that the cynical Mar- garet really meant to say that the bet- ter one knows men the greater Is one's contempt for them. These sharp-tongued assaults are in- teresting and diverting as specimens of satirical raillery, but to the analytical mind they present nothing worth while. The simple truth is, women do not hold such sentiments towards men; though every one knows that to a co: siderable extent they would be justi- fied in so holding. The general afti- tude of women ts one of seeming wor- shipful admiration. This is bad, espe- cially for very young men, who 2 thus puffed up by conceit and mac unspeakably disagreeable, whereas were they let alone they might « a becoming measure of modesty and self-distrust. It is about time for wo- men to face the fact that they are dl- rectly chargable with most of the un- pleasing characteristics of man. They constantly feed his vanity; they habitu- ally practice duplicity and in their in- tercourse with him the note of sincer- ity is seldom heard. Naturally the man desires the “clinging trust” of the woman, but he is too dull-headed to perceive that what he takes for cling- ing trust is clever diplomacy, and it is an axiom that the only way to be come a clever diplomat is to cultivate deceit. Tho Creole. A creole, strictly speaking, is any person born in this country or ths West Indies of European ancestors: also any person born in or near the tropics, and this is the sense in which the word is usally employed. The use of the word, however, has been by some restricted first to children of for- eign parents born in Louisiana, and, second, to children of Spanish or French parents born in Louisiana, and then in the North the word has been perverted so that it is believed to im- ply some strain of negro blood in a person to whom it is applied. It does not imply anything of the sort—New York Herald. Already Done, Starter—I met a man this morning who said I looked like you. Smartley—Tell me who he is and I'l) go and knock him down. a al Starter—I did that myself. ' VANDERBILT'S MOUNTAIN HOME. —~w | How a Wilderness has Been Transformed into a Flower Garden, George W. Vanderbilt, one of the younger members of that famous fam- ily, has developed an untamed North Carolina forest into a beautiful home. He is not yet thirty years of age, but, j om the Lewisburg, Pa., description of the transfor- matic has effected in the North Carol mountains, he seems to be spending his money with an intelli- gence somewhat rare among men who re so much to spend, and his enter- S suggestive of the period which, in yiew of the rapid increase of the population of the country, cannot be very far distant when land in the United States must be very much more yaluable than it is to-day. Mr. Van- derbilt's tastes are said to run in the ion of ar yond the money acquiring stage. His first step was to purchase, besides sev- eral mountains, 18,000 acres of land along the French Broad and the Swan- t The next step in which opportunities was to restrain natural temptation to carry out 1s of his own and to employ the “es of the greatest landscape ar- tist in the country, Frederick Law Olm- stead, who had so much to do with laying out the World’s Fair grounds. So far, sixty-five miles of macadam been constructed on Mr. North Carolina estate. dred men are _ employed, running from $1 per day lary of $12,000 paid to the to the s: overseer. Three years ago the work of trans- forming old ficlds, pastures and wood- lands into a harmonious landscape be- gin, and Prof. Harbeson, who has spent many days in studying the devel- opinent of the place, is enthusiastic over the prog rade. He ‘s that Druid H at Baltimo: Fair- mount Pe t Philadelphia; the Bos- ton the Central Park, of New Yo! contain nothing that is able with several miles of the on the Vanderbilt estate, ition of nature and the work of man so happily joined that the eye cannot tell where the one ends and the other begins. Bowlders have beer set in place, rhododendrons transplant- ed, and the whole is dechared to be a poem in plants, trees and flowers, the longest poem ever made and one of the greatest. A trained forester is set- ting out large plantations of forest trees. The arboretum 1s declared to Surpass the famous Arnold arboretum at Cambridge, and when completed will contain every tree, shrub and plant found in the world which y to the climate. Ten miles of s have been constructed to transport materials about the estate Vast extents of land, which a year or so ago were entirely unproductive, have been so changed by plowing, heavy manuring and green sofling that to-day Prof. Harbeson says they are growing as fine crops as can be grown in the most fertile valleys of the Northern States. Lately Mr. Vander- bilt has added 20,000 aéres for a hunt- ing park. There will be deer parks and lakes, and the house, which will cost about $5,000,000, it is said, will the largest dwelling-house in the w and one of the world’s most famous structures. Already by the isitroduction of mosses and vines at the bridges por tions of the place have taken on the appearance of age and the appearance of newness has been ovefcome. wood, The First Consul. Just before the review began we saw several officers {a gorgeous uniforms q nd the stairs, one of whom, whose helmet seemed entirely of gold, was ene de Beauharnais. A few min- lfterwards there was a rush of ms down the stairs, and among hem I saw a short, pale mas, with his at in his hand, who resembled Lord rskine in profile. But, though my nd whispered, “C'est lui,” I did not comprehend that I beheld Bonaparte till I w him stand alone at the gate. 1 ‘ t } E fi oiber moment he was on his while I, trembling with emotion, d on him intently, endeavoring to it each expressive, sharply-chis- ure to memory, contrasting iration his small, simple adorned with nothing but a little loved cockade, and his blue coat, guiltless of gold embroidery, with the spler iments of the officers who f wed him. At length the review ended—too soon for me. The First Consul sprang from his horse. We threw open our door F , 48 he slowly reascended the . we saw him very near us, and in full face, while his bright, rest- expressive and, as we fancied, da blue eyes beaming from under long black eyelashes, glanced over us with a scrutinizing but complacent te k.—Mrs. Opie, in Tait’s Magazine, Many Eaces In One. A comical story is told of a young man who was showa a photograph of a young lady which seemed to impress him very much. The impression of the countenance in the portrait denoted a strong will, yet a gentle disposition. It was the face of a young lady whom one would like to know. “Who is the ori;inal of this portrait?” the young man inquired. e duatir, class of Smith Col- mpi a,” was the reply. a composite Miran and the admiring young man awoke regret- fully to the fact that there was in reality no such lady as the one whose face had so strongly impressed him— or eater, that there were forty-nine of her! A young lady who, on seeing a com- | posite photograph of a small circle of fi ds of which she was a member, exclaimed: “It is so charming to enjoy the portrait of somebody who is al® one’s intimate friends at once!” Mind Acting on Matter. He—I am afraid it will be a great shock to her to find that her fiance is flirting with that handsome blonde. She—Ye I shouldn’t wonder if it made her hair turn light in one night. —World’s F Puck. Needless Advice. Mrs. FE: -If you drink brandy without putiing water in it you will ruin the « of your stomach. Hen Essey (absently}—Never mind; it's an old coat.—Puek. E FS t of the highest kind, a com- } | Thos. H. Ciarke. REAL ESTATE AND LOANS 606 F Street, N. W., WasHINGTON, D, C | Subscribe toand au = °9 3 | the Brg, Lz INDUSTRIAL BUILD- | ING AND SAVING CO. i ; Senet! I | Loaus money to buy or build | homes, Shares $1 each, payable ;monthly, Dividends declared ev ‘ery January. Secretary’s office: 609 Fst.,n.w. Open9a. m. to 5 p.m. Monthly meetings at Lin- coln Memorial Church, cor 11ib jand Rets, 2. w., first Monday night in every month, Henry E. Baker, Secretary | Advertise in the Beg. Rooms with Board: In _ first j Cass house and ip a popular partt of the city, Uurs pass the doo : 92 Ti ttn’ JOB PRINTING ‘ | i At the “BEE” Office, 1109 I Street, N. W., near 1ltn where you can get “=DODGERS, TICKETS, PROGRAMMES, CIRCUBARS. BUSINESS CARDS, VISITING CARDS RECEPTION CARDS, WEDDING INVITATIONS, BILL~HHADS, LETTEEADS, STATEMENTS, CONSTITUTIONS, BY. DRAFT BOOKS, H CHECK BOOKS, & | LOWEST CASH PRICES. AT! HE Liberal Discount to Gaurebes, Benevolent Societies, Social Clabs, Military Organizations and Labor and Trade Unions. ALL WORK READY WHEN PROMISED. We have purchased an entire out fic of New Type with the most approved modern styles, enabling us to execute our work with satis- fection to all. We invite you to call and inspect our office, even if you have nothing for us to do. BEE PRINTING, CO., 1109 I Street, Northwest. than ever, and: ‘contemplating buying It con- fifty Cents Per Week $5 CASH ~-AND~ 50c. Per Week WwW buy you a home ip the CITY OF BOWIE. 5O C7S. PER WEER, The first opportunity offered colored people to secure Homes on Weekly payments ot 02 cents a week or Two Dollars per month, W000 LOTS FOR SALE. Ik the city of Bowie, State or Maryland. Only 20 minutes ride from Washington. Double track 22 trains stop daily. Fare to and rom Washington, only Six cents by commutation ticket, The june- tion of the Baltimore and Poto. mac and Pope Creek Railroad Telegraph aud Express offi The best depot on the Balt morg and Pot °c railroad. Bto:-s, churchesan. hools already vuilt The most healtiful spot in the State of Maryiand. Title to prop- erty perfect. No Taxes, and pur- chasers of lots will receive their deeds, with certificate of title “Free ” PRICE OF LOTS QALY $100 ‘TERMS OF PURCHASE: Five dol- lars cash and two dollars per month, with no interest. Haj cash, 10 per cent discount; al! cush 20 per cent disevunt. Money will be advanced to par ties desiring to build, ; It abusband purchaser diee, before his purchase is completed, a deed in fee will be given to his widow, if the property bas been improved, or if not. the amount already paid will be returned her ‘The above presents an opportu. nity uever before offered the U ored people of the city of Wash. ington to secure a valuable lot. either as an investment or for home on monthly payments, and at the same time, entitled them to a vote and a voice in the Gory. ernment of the country. Those who apply first, will have the first choice of lots. Already many have made their homes in the “City of Bowie, and lots purchased on the above terms should double in value with. in the next six months. For further information apply to or CAMPBELL CAKRINGICN Owner, 505 D St, o. w., Washington, D, ¢. Mort Strickland, FINE SHOES-! No. 939. Pennsylvania Ave., N. # Washington D C. PLAID SHAWL GIVEN AWAY! sid ‘ - Dostpad fand 5 subscript PP $r.00” Satisfaction guarantect ‘of money refunded. A ARM AND HOUSEHOLD box <0. Har one $i CIAL FRIDAY EXCURSIONS TO ATLANTIC CITY VIA ROYAL BLUE LINE. £ Special excursion tickets to Atla City ana return via B. & O. and < Railroads will be sold each Fr § the season at the rate of $5.00 for the round trip from Washington to City and retura. A Tickets will be good returning 0 20Y regular train until Tuesday sollowing date of sale. The usual forms of season © tickets to Atlantic City are also tor all trains. J. H. Dabney UNDERTAKER & MAKER. Office 441 L Street N. W- JARRIAGES FOR Hike ephon845 ET CABINE amo Cures Coughs, Colds, Asthma. F os “ond all 1 Get the Genuine Articl of “ Walbor’s Compound of has induced some unprincipied pers 1m off « simple article of their o¥” ‘any person who is suffering from ( com lari; bed by 2. Wusos, Chemist, Bo