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t)i?t t-t t ?* ' fr F St.. Cor. 11th. Furniture Factory, 14th and B. Storage Warehouse, 22d and M. Mattress and Couch Factory. 1226 F at. 'HE advance off the Carpet season hasn't helped the carpei situation much with the deaiers who didn't anticipate the effects?! the strike, it emphasizes the convenience of being able to come here, and not only find your every want provided in the stock on hand, but a price scale attached that no dealer who has bought since the strike was settled can possibly quote. # 4 DUNDEE' TAPESTRY CAR PKTS. yard wide, in 10 pretty patterns. Kegu- . Jar 35c. grade. Special.. All-wool Plain INGRAIN CAR PETS. In 5 to 10-yar<l lengths. Regular price. 73c. a IT / and 85c. yard. Spe All-wool Plain INGRAIN TER RY, suitable for parlor, dining room aud halls, in 5 to 20-yard It ngths. Regular . =[T / ScEr,..'.,..r^.4773C. TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CAR PETS, in several most desirable patterns for parlor, hall and chamber. Regular * value, 05c. Special 4-yC? Rest All-wool INGRAIN CAR PETS. in 25 choice pat terns. Regular 88c. val ues. Special Extra quality BRUSSELS CAR PETS, In lO good patterns, suit able for parlor, dining room, hall and stairs. Regu lar value, $1. Spe cial price BRUS8ELINE CARPETS? Re versible Carpets, In pretty mo re squo effects, suitable for Halls and Stairs. /2 yd. wide 25c. yd. ?;? yd. wide 35c. yd. 24 yd. wide 40c. yd. 1 yd. wide 50c. yd. GRANITE INGRAIN CAR PETS?Suitable carpets for bed rooms. Several ? ?, patterns to select from. Yard >C. ;-77^c. ar val" o^TT / ~ d; Spe-87JJ^C. 9754c. 10 patterns of VELVET CAR PETS. suitable for parlor, hall, stairs and dining room. Regular val ue, $1.10 yard. ctal price... SUPERIOR BRUSSELS CAR PETS. of quality that we guar antee not to fade or sprout?goods made to our special order. Ten choice patterns, suitable for par lor, dining room, chamber, halls and stair?many rich Oriental and Persian designs. Regular price, per yard, $1.25. Special price.... 10 patterns of AXMINSTER CARPETS. Smith & Blgelow makes, suitable patterns for par lor. dining room, library and chamber. Regular value, $1.35 per yard. Special price. 20 patterns of Best BODY BRUSSELS, suitable for parlor, dining room, hall and stairs and chambers. Regular value, $1.35 and $1.50 per yard. Special price ROYAL PLUSH WILTON CARPETS, suitable for parlor, dining room, hall and stairs. Regular price. $1.75 ya Special MORESQUE DUNDEE CARr PETS?1-yd. wide, very durable carpets, in those pretty mottled effects. Yard KENSINGTON INGRAIN CAR PETS?Best quality: all-wool?25 pretty patterns to select from, in pleasing colors, suitable jr =, for any room. Special, (n)^)? per yard * I <*? ? {? ? E> * ? p ? (? 'f V *b r -?? SH WILTON able for parlor, 1 and ^$1.25 ? p ' < ?fr * fr ?fr ? fr ? fr ?fr 1 *r *<r <r "T I ?<? ??? ?fr ?< ?sf Cork Liinolleiuiinnis Under Price, Genuine Cork Linoleums, suit able for kitchen, bath, pantry and vestibule. 15 patterns to select from. Regular 00c. A "M/? quality, at Extra Quality English Cork 1 inoleums, in 10 different pat terns. Regular 90c. jK.'J]!/ n and $1 qualities, at....?//"^i0 Cork Linoleums. 10 patterns The 75c. ? nuallty,. at Cork Linoleums, in 10 patterns. The 8<?c. g<=7!\/ ~ quality, at >3 500 yards Linoleum Rem nants, in all grades?in lengths from 1 to 5 yards?from 361-2C. lip. 1.500 Remnants of Cork Lino It urns, in pieces from 1 to 10 yds. Regular price, to Jl.OO. Special o5VC. Tjc. 20 patterns Nair's Genuine Cork Irlaid Linoleums, colors through to back of cloth, suitable for bath rooms, toilet, kitchen, pantry, hall and vestibule. Regular $1.50 grade qualities of 2 to (Th"T)[T/ ? 10 yards, at DUTCH INLAID LINOLEUMS ?exact reproductions of the tile and parquetry floors?the highest grade linoleums. Imported in 10 pretty patterns. Regular price. $1.75 <| A yard. Special II J ENGLISH AND SCOTCH Inlaid Cork Linoleums, in 15 patterns, in tile, parquetry and carpet de signs. Regular J1.G0 1 e,uallty. Special,...., 1,000 yards remnants Jap anese and Chinese Mattings at half price. ? W. B. Moses <& Sons, F St., Cor. 1 n V* ' fr ?f" ?tt" " fr 'f ?tt ?fr ? fr V ? i* ? fr ?fr ?fr ?? ?fr 4 ? fr ? p ? fr ? < ?'fr "fr ?fr ?r ?f '?UK: fr ,i fr 9 t 9 fr 9 ft 9 fr S $ 9 (; 9. $ 9 9 fr * fr 9 ? 9 ? fh 9 f 9 fr 9 fr 9 fr 9 $ 9 t 9 fr $ fr 9 ft t $ S t 1 fr it fr 9 $ 9 it it i I % fr 9 J fr M-PHILIPvJBORN 6yCQ T^fo IKT^ 6/o Eleventh St be! s s I s t Just received new Corset Coat W alking Suits in tan covert, mannish mixtures and J>lue and black cheviot?$25 instead of $30. Same st\ le in blue and black broadcloth?$27.50 instead of S32.50. Also New Costumes and Opera Wraps, magnificent crea tions priced very moderately. Fun T he exclusive furriers ask a fourth more than our prices for similar qualities. We are direct importers?and you'll find perhaps the com pletest stock ever shown in Washington here to choose from. Neck Pieces and Muffs from $6.50 up to $150. $ I % % I % i s A whole floor full of Coats?a thousand garments?differ- $ ent from what others show, and pleasingly priced. fr Trices begin at $10?and this stock takes in everything from | C orset Coats and Rain Coats to the Novelty Long Garments. ? The Bull Fighter's Grit. Fiihu the London Ulube. The death of the famous Spanish torea dor, Reverte, recalls one of the most thrill ing Incidents ever witnessed In the arena. It was at Bayonne. After disposing of two bulls, Reverte had twice plunged his sword Into a third, of great strength and ferocity, nnd as the boast continued careering wild ly, the spectators began to hiss Reverte for i bungling. Wounded to the very quick of | his pride, the Spaniard shouted: "The bull 1 Is slain!" and throwing aside his sword, uujtk un one knee with folded arms In the middle of the ring. lie wai right, but he had not allowed for ' the margin of accident. The wounded beast charged full upon him, but the mata dor, splendid to the last, knelt motionless as ;i statue, while the spectators held their breath In horrified suspense. Reaching his victim, the bull literally bounded at him, and as he sprang he sank In death, with his last effort giving one fearful lunge of the head that drove a horn Into the thigh of the kneeling man. and laid bare the bone from the knee to the Joint. Still Reverte never flinched, but remained kneeling, ex ultant in victory, but calmly contemptuous of applause, till he was carried away to heal him of his grievous wound. The forty-five national banks of New York city hold from $400,000,000 to 9500, 000,000 deposits of other banks. Opponents of Chamberlain in England Are Elected. HAVE BEST SPEAKERS ENGINEER QUESTION" COKES UP IN BBITISH NAVY. A New Way to Baise Money for Char ity?London News and Gossip. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LONDON. October 21, 19<>3. The members of the Unionist Free Food League. organized In opposition, to the Chamberlain scheme, are elated at the con sent of the Duke of Devonshire to join their ranks. The most ardent tariff reformers, too. must now acknowledge that the free food section of the unionist party will be able to make a good show In either house of parliament. As to the house of lords the league considers that the great majority of the unionist peers are thoroughly with them. In the house of commons, somewhat strange to say. they do not regard their po sition as being so strong, but they will cer tainly be an important factor in debate. With such speakers as Sir Michael Hicks Beach. Lord George Hamilton. Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Winston Churchill, Sir John Gorst, Lord Hugh Cecil, Mr. Charles Seely, Mr. Ivor Guest and Mr. T. Gibson Bowles?to name only nine of the parliamentary ad herents of the league?any question would be strongly represented. The Free Food League is doubtless far stronger than It was a week ago, yet It is less than ever the menace to the governmenfwhich the liberals hoped It might become. One of the duke's stipulations in particular?that the objects of the league should not involve "opposition to the policy of the government so far as It is limited to the Intention of reserving the right of proposing to parlia ment tariff legislation for the purpose of the negotiation of commercial treaties and the mitigation of hostile tariffs"?glvHS great annoyance to the political opponents of the government. Applause From the Opposition. One who was present at the adjourned meeting of the league held recently In forms me that no body of unionists could possibly have evinced greater loyalty to the party and the prime minister than did these champions of untaxed food. The part which the league puts befor6 itself Is that of a vigilance committee within the unionist party, and although some of its members?Sir John Gorst and Mr. Winston Churchill, for example?may wield the free lance, they will do so on neutral platforms or their own constituen cies. So long as the government and the government's supporters oppose the pro posal to restore the duty on corn, the league will stand on one side In the elec toral strife and devote its energies and resources to the academic task of educat ing the people concerning the undesira bility of abandoning tne rree trade pol icy. Free Traders Have the Lead. The weight of speaking on the fiscal ques tion has so far been Immensely on the free trade side. The tariff reformers are be ginning to complain that they are being left in the lurch. The prime minister evinces no great desire to enter the fray, and neither the new chancellor of the exchequer nor Mr. Gerald Balfour are like ly to do much to help the protectionist cause. Outside the government Mr. Chap lain Is the only man of past polltfcal emi nence who is coming to the assistance of Mr. Chamberlain. It Is. In fact, becoming clear that the brunt of the tight will rest with Mr. Chamberlain himself, but clear and powerful speaker as he Is, he will be overmatched by the number and activity of the statesmen and politicians on the other side. How far public opinion Is influenced by the vast quantities of leaflets that are being showered on the country it is difficult to say. The Tariff Reform League, at any rate, have more hope In the literature of the leaflet than In speeches. Novel Way to Baise Money for Charity A novel experiment Is about to be tried in London In the way of raising money for the king's hospital fund. About twenty Saturdays a year boxes are pushed under one's nose at every corner by ardent col lectors for the fund and the same number of Sundays are utilized in this way by churches and outside collectors. Now a shopping day will be Inaugurated to get more money from the benevolent public. The day fixed Is Tuesday. November 3, and the proposal is that every one who shops on that day should only patronize those es tablishments who have Joined the move ment?that is to say. those shops that are to give a certain percentage of the profits on all sales to the hospital fund. It is ex pected that the purchases on that day will be unusually large. Ladies are asked to, as far as possible, postpone purchases until this occasion, and anticipate those that they would make dur ing the rest of the week. The shops that are to conduct their sales on the day fixed on the principle of contributing a share of the profits to the hospital fund will have bills announcing the fact In their windows. It may fairly be assumed that on this occa sion some addition will be made to the or dinary price of the article, and that, in fact, the sales will be conducted somewhat on the bazaar principle. The movement, how ever, for a hospital shopping day has cre ated some difference of opinion among tradesmen. Some of them object to It on the ground that It Is Imposing a special and unfair tax. and others resent altogether the Idea that ordinary business should be mixed up with the collection oT money for the hospital. What success will attend the movement It is impossible to say. but about 700 shopkeepers have already agreed to fall in with it. Engineers in British Navy. The power and duties of the naval engi neer on board ship In the British navy have been the subject of much discussion and consideration in this country, where an en gineer In the service Is not the equal of other officers on the ship. It was expected that at least the admiralty would be able to devise some means whereby the engineer would be responsible for all mechanism without Involving dual control and the pos sibility of frlclton with the torpedo or gun nery lieutenants. It would appear, how ever, from an order Just Issued to the ships in commission that this has not been at tained, for the former conditions relative to the distribution of power are. If anything. Intensified. It was thought, for instance, that the electric generating machinery In the engine room might be placed under the charge of the engineer, along with all other machinery in the engine and boiler rooms, even although the electric motors for gun and torpedo work were left In charge of the officers using them. But the torpedo lieutenant Is to be responsible for every thing electrical. The absurdity of the ex clusion of the dynamo and Its engine from the engineer's purview Is the more evident when It Is noted that even should the tor pedo or gunnery lieutenant use a steam oil or gas engine for his special operations the engine will be under the charge of the engineer. The admiralty are now engaged In ex amining the plans of a new torpedo boat which promises to revolutionise the science of torpedo boat construction. The great est secrecy surrounds the whole business but there Is no doubt that both Lord Sel borne and the board of admiraly attach the greatest Importance to the matter. "It Is of as much Importance," said an official of the admiralty the other day, "aa the French departure in submarines." Statu* "Physical Energy." The great statue, "Physical Energy" which Mr. G. F. Watts designed, has now been cast in bronze and will be set up over the lonely grave of Cecil Rhodes. It la. perhaps, the greatest equestrian statue that Britain has produced, and It seems a pity that a more public exhibition of It could not be arranged. The subject Is a young rider on a majpltfc V>rse, which has just brought him to U mrylntain top. The rider, shading his fapf Irqpi the sun with one hand, looks out''$v?r?4he country be fore him, and chccksthe impatient move ments of liis steed MTOre setting him away on new achievements.^ "Physical Energy" embodies in a noble way the restless spirit . of our day, and the wonderful control man has obtained over the mighty forces of na ture, conquering th?s? -bxQinowledge and using them for his owrr purposes. The work of casting this huge JB"oup, which is being paid for by Lord Grey, has been enormous. Lasting many monthsj. but It has been a complete success. Mr-Watts Is at present, I believe, engaged on'a colossal statue of Lord Tennyson. ? - L H. MOORE. DEVICES TC^SfVE LIFE EFFORTS TO FOUND A NEW MU SEUM OF SAFETY CONTRIVANCES. i Amsterdam Has One Where Inventions to Prevent Accident Are Dis played in Operation. From the New York Tribune. More lives are lost in the Ignited States from accidents than in the countries of Europe. Some Americans have attempted an explanation by saying that their coun trymen are more impetuous of disposition, and In the hurry and scurry of "getting there" they often take a false step, where the more phlegmatic European might look a second time. They say that the American mechanic oftentimes works his muscles be yond his brain, and as a consequence he tears off his arm In a belt, or cuts his hand on a circular saw, or kills himself in an ex plosion of "firedamp." Whether these are the fundamental rea sons of the large loss of life among work men in this country, it Is. indeed, true that Americans have not taken as many safe guards against accidents as have the in habitants of the old world. In Germany, for example, the Yankee traveler feels al most Insulted when confronted in a railroad station with signs commanding him not to board the train until It Is at a standstill, nor to let go the hand of a child under twelve years old. He wonders at first if a man is sup posed to have any brains of his own in Ger many. And should he take a pedestrian tour and attempt a short cut by "walking the ties" he would find himself summarily expelled from the railroad track by the first guard he met. German tramps never have a chance to travel apd kill themselves on the break beam of freight cars, as their brethren In the United States are wont to do. Deaths of Miners. A comparison of the number of deaths among miners In the chief Industrial coun tries of the world shows that the United Statesis far In the lead. For every thousand miners employed in England, the average killed Is 1.58. In Italy the average Is 1.30; in Germany, 1.88: in France, .83; In Bel gium. 1.G2, and in the United States, 2.36. By comparing the tota,L number of deaths from every accidental cause it is found that five men are killed In the United States where three meet their death In Europe. In the United StateHjtheire are thousands of devices to prevent death and accident among workmen, but tfeej^are the products of individual inventivrnes* and enterprise. In Europe, on the contrary, there is at present a united rrovemaot among manu facturers and other employers of labor to reduce death and accident>Jn their various lines of industry to the minimum. This has led to the establishments,In certain cities, of museums of security, In Amsterdam and in Milan there 'are''such museums, ; where a visitor may nee In.how many dif ferent and often simple ways the work man may be safeguarded from Injun' or death. The museum at Amsterdam has proved especially successful, chiefly be cause It is so accessible to>the great manu facturing countries of England, Germany and France. Though primarily a Dutch in stitution. its halls ane open to the workers of all the world. Machinery Working.: ? On entering the'Amsterdanl museum one might think at first that It Vas a factory. There Is the roar Of machinery, and every one who belongs to the place is at work. A second glance, however, discovers that almost every machine Is different in con struction and represents a different line of industry. Beside the forge of the Iron worker Is the lathe of the worker in wood. There are grindstones and dynamos, con trivances to filter air and to pump air. And here and there. In marked contrast to the activity around them, there are effigies, clad In peculiar costumes and whose faces are of wax. Another feature of the place which natu rally strikes the eye of the stranger as ex traordinary is the apparently indiscriminate use of red paint. He sees this color every where, in circles, in rhomboids. In squares and In almost every other design. If he looks carefully, however, he will see that the red parts are nearly all in motion, and that In each Instance they indicate danger. Thus the flywheels of Engines are in red, and the shafts and pistons are in red. Wherever there is the scarlet signal one also finds a contrivance which has been specially planned to safeguard the danger. Some of these devices are so elaborate that only an engineer Is able to comprehend them. Others are so simple that they evoke the smile of the layman. Guard for Buzz Saw. Around the whizzing disk of an ordinary "buzz" saw, for example, such as are In operation by the thousand throughout the forests and planing mills of the United States, there is a circular sheath which pre vents a hand or arm from approaching the teeth. Yet the machine Is rendered In no way less practicable. Between the sheath and the table there Is a space where the timber may slide. Another simple con trivance. to prevent truckmen from break ing their legs while loading and unload ing barrels, Is a pair of skids with a kind of ratchet teeth, so arranged that the cask Is caught as soon as It starts to roll back. A rapidly revolving emery wheel Is sur rounded by clamps, which do not hinder the revolution of the wheel in the least, but which would shield one> from death should it fly to pieces, as emery wheels often do. The motionless effigies also perform a mis sion One Is to illustrate how a miner or a sewer digger may work surrounded by nox ious and even asphyxiating gases, and yet breathe fresh, pure air. There is a helmet, which is airtight, and out of which leads a pipe to an air pump above. On the faces of other images are spectacles resembling the goggles of the automoblHst. These are designed especially for -motormen of street ?rs, or stonecutters or plasterers, whose eyes are in danger of being blinded by dust or powdered stone. Soiftw'of the figures wear nose protectors, mui*fr |?e those of foot ball players, and thi&j ;'ffre to show how the chemist or the smtfftafhiay protect his lungs against corrodiij^ ^agors. _,>?>t ha [ i Cotton Test j^iberia. I I From the New York Erenjjiy Post. In the return of niii^ begone negroes from an unsuccessful^tte^ipt to grow cot ton In Liberia we majy 'ge^an event of In- 1 ternattonal lmportai^cp.' _^The party con- ' slated originally of ^Cty^ajx persons, and J was sent to Africa la^t.year by a company 3f southern planterir to t6st the cotton srowlng possibilities''if :fclAt region. The spot selected was suppose(i>'to be favorable i to the staple, but thfvctap rotted or was i washed out. FurtheMnots, the tropical l fever made its appea0aacd;?&nd in-less than i sight months half th? oompany were dead, j Fh*? auinrlvAwi 1 * ? ? * - , "wwBpnny were dead. ,tllo?o^r^KV01PS assert thattfcey have demon- I j jtrated the Impracticability of such projects i Thls should deeply ' ~ x ura aiiuuiu ueepiy nterest Mr. Chamberlain, who proposes to I i rrnv pnttnti .u _ _ * . . I 1 T- ..miwi, miu piupuaeg 10 irow cotton for the Lancashire manufac turers In all parts of the world. In the .ast year or two considerable enthusiasm nas sprung up In Great Britain, Fruice, Sermany, and even Russia, over the possi bilities of cotton culture In Africa and Asia. With a more efficient backing of capital, drains and Caucasian fortitude, the exist ing and projected African colonisation schemes of the European cotton users may, it course, turn out very differently from that undertaken last year by the American negroes. It should be borne in mind the Tuskegee experiments In German South Africa have had encouraging results. Still, the admitted unhealtbiness of some of the regions to which European attention has seen directed makes the Llbena.n failure a i - ua/tter which cannot be lightly Ignored. | J General Ryan's Bravery Re called by Old Friend. WAS SOUL OF HONOR MET HIS UNFORTUNATE END WITH ALL VALOR. Last Will and Testament, Planned Just Before Death, is Now in Washington. Written for The Evening Star. Thfc saddest, the most pathetic docu ment that, perhaps. I ever held In my hand I hold at this moment and decipher without difficulty Its simple, eloquent, overpowering meaning, penned in ex tremis thfrty years ago. In prison, in Santiago de Cuba, by Gen. W. A. C. Ryan, the leader of the filibustering expedition of the ill-fated and now historical Vir ginius. This letter, last will and testament and postscript bear date November 3 and 4, 1873, and were conveyed to his faithful friend and comrade. Gen. Geo. W. Cook, Washington, D. C., whom he appointed his executor. The text of the last dying messages are their best presentation, so I proceed to quote from the documents Just delivered into my hands by Gen. Cook, and which are now lying before me on my desk?thirty years after the date of their and their writer's dispatch. Here are the memoranda: "Point of departure, Washington, D. C.; destination, southern coast of Island of Cuba?say, Santiago. Cargo, ammunition and arms. Vessel, an old blockader of 800 tons' burden, chartered by the Cubans. Commander of Virginius, or, rather, nav igating officer, Capt. Fry of Boston: 165 enlisted men under Ryan, captured by Spanish war steamer Tornado, in the Caribbean sea, eighteen miles off Ja maica, and court-martialed by order of Capt. Gen. Barrios, said court being held on board of Tornado. "All ordered for immediate execution? Ryan first. Fry next; thirty-five the first day. fifteen next, and at that rate to the very last one. The friend with whom we were to meet and advise was a native Cuban patriot in command, named Bar betro. The chase lasted seven hours, and Fry of the Virginius insisted upon un conditional surrender, having no means of resistance and no refuge whatever, being off Jamaica and yet a long distance from Cuba." The precise latitude and longitude has not been designated. The crew had been watched for and Intercepted. They were conveyed into the harbor of Santiago, to await the coming of the captain general of Cuba, and the execution of their sen tence was not long deferred. Efforts Were in Vain. Every effort was made to defer or abro gate the sentence, but in vain. The youth, fine appearance and gallant bearing of the American commander of the unfortunate expedition commended him and his com rades to the sympathies of all hands, friends and foes alike. The English vice consul. Fred W. Rams den, was extremely kind and did all that was possible for the condemned, which was nothing to save them in the absence of all co-operation on the part of the consular representatives of the United States gov ernment at Santiago. Ryan's heroic conduct at his execution at sunrise the next day. along with Capt. Joseph Fry and thirty-five of their fol lowers. provoked the admiration and dis tressed -the soul of all beholders. The exe cution took plac? on a narrow plaza ad joining the barracks at Santiago. A trench was dug and there the bodies remain to this day. : Ryan was laid in a nearby and separate grave. ' Ryan's Personality. Wlille. upon the subject of Ryan's per sonality I may as well complete it as far as possible. Ryan was sunbrowned, wiry as an Indian, was, of course, as his name indicates, of Irish parentage, but American born, in the city of New York, and wore his heavy, straight, brown hair long, al most upon Jils shoulders, similar to Gen. Custer. His fighting weight?and he never had any other, being prepared at all times for the combat?was ltiii pounds. He had an eagle eye, a nose an eagle's beak, a mouth, lips smiling, attractive. He was as sweet in his manners and as true in his heart and reverent and benevolent in his mind as he was pleasing and charming in physique. Capt. Joseph Fry of somewhere I saw once, once only. He came up to me the night before the departure from Washing ton of the Virginius. He struck me as rather a slabsided. mean and mercenary downeaster; loose-Jointed and shambling, with a detestable voice and accent. That may have been prejudice; no doubt it was. But he left upon me the conviction of fail ure and disaster. At the time of his death Ryan was about thirty-five years old. When he departed on this expedition he, of course, left a giil behind him, his fiancee, at Sunnyside, N. Y. Besides, he left to truly mourn him a mother and sister in Chicago and a brother lr. Arkansas. Ryan, on embarking for his adventur ous, nay hazardous and fatal filibustering expedition, firmly and authoritatively sta tioned his friend and principal lieutenant. Gen. Geo. W. Cook, here in Washington, with orders not to quit his post or attempt to join or follow him on pain of the direst consequences. Hour of Departure. The day came and the hour of departure approached. Ryan, Cook and the writer of this spent the afternoon and the evening up to midnight together in Ryan's quarters it the Metropolitan, then Brown's Hotel, Pennsylvania avenue and Cth street, kept by Marshall and "Till" Brown. The sailing master of the Virginius came In and joined us for a short time during the avenlng, but, somehow, though with us, he was not of us. That memorable and jolly meeting and parting none of us can ever forget. At midnight we parted. Cook going oft with Ryan and seeing him on board the filibuster craft. Not more than ten or fif teen days of ominous silence succeeded, tvhen the appalling news of the capture and fate of the Virginius, her passengers and crew, was flashed by wire over all the world. The effect was more terrible than sould be caused by any cataclysm. All newspapers and an classes of persons clam jred for and demanded Immediate war with 3paln. The European Journals, almost without exception, predicted it. But it ap pears the times were unpropttlous. the Eu ropean powers were undecided and some thing else was needed. About a month afterward there came a letter from Frederick W. Ramsden. the British consul at Santiago de Cuba, ad dressed to Gen. Cook, Washington, contain- . Ing a translation of the last will and testa ment of Gen. Ryan, and also conveying certain relics, valuables and souvenirs of the gallant dead and expression of his last wishes and adieus to loved ones, friends ind this world. ! These were brought to New York by Capt. Chick of the barque Evening Star, the original will having been supposed to ? be lost when the Virginius went down at sea. The UnHed States government de manded of Spain that the Virginius be de- 1 llvered and returned to the American au- < thoritles in the port of New York. , "Manana" seems to bo the watchword or byeword or motto of Spain. Everything 1 md anything must be done "tomorrow." 1 Nothing can be done today. After much 1 lelay Spain at last yielded an apparent con- 1 sent, and the empty shell of the Virginius, 1 Its bright soul departed, was dispatched 1 ;oward New York. I copy what follows from the original ast will of Gen. Ryan, which was recovered n Santiago and reached Cook's hands In * lue time: 1 "The WilL" "SANTIAGO DE CUBA, , "November 3, 1874. t "Know all men by these presents that I, 1 W. A. C. Ryan, being in my right mind, J make this, my first and last win, giving ill my real and personal property to my i -h 111 m 11111111111111111111 i-i-n. i i-r n i; i m 1111 i-h-h-h* MONEY BACK I F YOU WISH. :: 4? T. B. Reinhardt & Sons. MA, Established 1876. ** :? THE BLACK TAFFETA SALE, ii ?x* Everybody knows the Black Rustle Taffeta we have been sell- II ing for 59c. per yard, 20 in. wide, pure silk guaranteed, have from the same manufacturer who made this 59c. silk 1,250 yards of his next better quality, which should retail at 65c. To close the entire lot in one day we will make the price, per yard We * * :: YARB=WIBE BLACK TAFFETA, i We have two grades of Yard-wide Black Rustle The heaviest grade is made in Paterson, N. J., and the soft finish is made in Lyons, France. They are both full yard wide pure silk. Guaranteed, and are worth $1.00 and $1.25 per yard. Choice for Taffeta. ?? DOMESTIC SALE. Amoskeag Ginghams are worth 8c. yard. Heavy Crash is worth 10c. yard. Simpson's Black or Gray Calico is worth-7c. jard. Yard-wide Unbleached Cot ton is worth 7c. yard Twill Back Heavy Fleece Un bleached Canton Flannel is worth 7c. yard. Big quan tities of each, per yard, Thursday only RAIN COATS. Waterproof Suitings, made in to dressy so-called Rain Coats, but they are really dressy and stylish enough for any day or occasion; a large line of styles and fabrics; worth $15.00; for only <n\ II All regular sizes are here. If you want an extra size or spe cial fabric we will make one to order. | New Scotch Suitings, 52 in. wide. ?? They are the new effects for fall and winter Suits and Skirts; .. are all wool and 52 in. wide. You will find some of them elsewhere at $1.00 and $1.25 yard; others are exclusive with us, as we have imported many / j / / g .j. suitings direct. Not over one pattern to a pur chaser, Thursday, per yard fclJb-W . . . . ... . . . ? t ? brother, John George Ryan. All my rights, titles and interest in and to an extension or portion of land situated in the county of Montgomery, state of Maryland, andcon taining chrome and asbestos, and now ap pearing in the registers in the name of the Honorable William Loughridge and \\ . A. C Ryan. Also all my interest in the copper mines in the copper deposit of ^rshde shelle (?) in Montana; my claims against the government and my claim ag.tinst W. ? Whitaker and James Thayer; all property described in the power of attorney gi ven by me to Gen. G. W. Cook on October .1.1873. "I estimate my interest in the territory of Montana at $100,000 and the presence of chrome and asbestos at $50,000 (fifty thou sand dollars.) . "Governor I. A. GU>bs has to receive,-at least $t>00, and Gen. George W. Cook $2,000, if he has not received this amount already. My brother, John G. Ryan, will dispose of the property as he thinks best. "In witness whereof I have stamped my seal this 3d day of November, 1X73. (Signed) "W. A. C. RYAN. (Seal) "Witness, (signed) IR M AI. I. BERTARD. (British.) Ryan's Farewell. "Prison St. Iago de Cuba. "November 3, 18T3, 11:30 p.m. "My Dear George; Farewell, old friend, truest and best of all; for long ere this reaches you the earth will be covering this body. Yes, George, my lamp of life is nearly exhausted, and the grave opens to receive me. My race is run. "At 6 o'clock tomorrow morning I will lie shot. The Virginius was captured three days ago off the Island of Jamaica by the Spanish war steamer Tornado. We were helpless at the time, having no means of defense and being a long distance from Cuba. The captain insisted upon us sur rendering after a chase of seven hours. "I could have saved myself and several others, but did not do so on account of not wishing to desert my followers. Being limited as to what I write I cannot go Into particulars, and, as the room is filled with priests, officers and soldiers, I cannot col lect my thoughts to give you a detailed ac count of the capture. "All that I have to say is that Capt. Jo seph Frv is wholly responsible for this great disaster. One hundred and sixty five passengers and crew are here, and the American and English consuls have made no effort, so I am informed, to protect their countrymen. "G<n. B. Varena, McCospielis. Col. do Sol and I, myself, die tomorrow. God only knows what will become of the rest. I presume that they will go clear. "George, pay Gibbs and yourself, take your part of the property and turn the other over to my brother, John G. Ryan of Pine Bluff, Ark. "If Katy is in trouble, for my sake, old friend, protect her. Say I requested it. Tell Belle to forgive me. and give my love to Jessie. Belle is a true lady, do not neglect her. I have written to her. ?*I did not expect this fate when I left you, but God's will must be done. You know I do not fear death; that word 'fear' I do not know. I will die as becomes a soldier, and the thousands who will see me die will admit it. My only regret is in dying before my object tfas accomplished. I hope to see you in heaven. I die. as 1 lived, loving my friends. Be kind to 'Mont,' my dog, and the little bird. "Tell Henry Wilson,'Dan W. Voorhees, S. S. Cox, L. B. Corwin and others of this letter. I dare not write what I should like. "So farewell, old friend, farewell. Till death the same, "W. A. C. RYAN. "To Gen'l Geo. W. Cook, Washington, D. C., U. S. of America. "P. S.?I send you your watch. Good bye. I send my medal, ring, bullet and the shirt I am shot In to my brother?farewell. Also my trunks and keys. Keep the field glasses yourself. "WHACK. "Burh all letters in lady's handwriting? io not read any. "WHACK. "Send Miss Gebliard a lock of my hair also send some to my brother. Give Belle some. ''WHACK." The Latest and the Last. "5:30 a.m. "To Gen'l Cook. "P. S.?George, this is my last request? the last words I pen?and I do It hand cuffed, ready to be taken out. For my sake protect Birdy, If she is in trouble. Do this ind God will bless you for It. The death mass was a solemn and imposing one and I now fully realise my fate. I will die game ind happy. One of my principal regrets is In parting from you, my true and truly friend. Good-bye. old boy. "Truly your friend to the death, "WHACK." Cuban and Spanish papors of the day all ittest how he met bis fate. This extract from one is the tone of all: "Ryan died like a man and a hero, un Unchlng to the" last. There was a dash and ;hlvalry about the man that peculiarly luauued him for the precarious mission in rhich be had embarked, while it com mands the admiration, if not the sympathy, >f the whole world." Beside* the medal, rins. bullet, etc., trans nftted to Gen. Cook with the rest of his effects, there was a photograph of a beau tiful infant, a boy. so closely resembling the filibuster chief that the original Is no doubt one of the same heroic blood. The child was then apparently about a year or eighteen months old. Bo died Gen. W. A. Ryan on the Cuban plaza, near the Spanish barra<ks. STEAL SOUVENIRS. Articles Appropriated by Travelers From Hotels and Elsewhere. From Tlt-Blts. In casual conversation the other day with the head waiter at one of our largest hotels the writer asked If many tilings were not lost through the visitors "annex ing them." The much-tried man gave a short laugh and said he thought a few things did disappear occasionally, and added that he only wished he had the value of six months' "disappearances ns his salary. "I'd take a place In the country." he added, and "spend the rest of my days playing golf or ping-pong." "And what class of people," I asked "is It that takes the things?" "Not the second-rate peop.e. he replied, "or the third, for then we wouldn t mind dropping one or two of them and making them pay for some of these mysterious 'disappearances.' No, It's the smart folk, many of them titled, who think there is nothing Immoral in taking a spoon (even If it happens to bo solid silver), a liqueur glass or a muffineer. They call them 'souvenirs.' and take them as a remem brance of the hotel. "The waiters used to lie made answer able for all such losses, but so alarmingly has this petty pilfering Increased that It Is now found lmposible to enforce any such rule. If the proprietors did otherwise, there would be a likelihood of some ag grieved waiter, when he found a lady secret ing a spoon or a fork, acusing her there and then and making a scene, which would do infinite Injury to the hotel. "It is a curious fact, and yet perhaps not curious, that this thieving Is com mitted mostly by women. Many ladies have a complete record of their Journey ings for years In pieces of silver, cut-glass, table napkins and towels picked up on the quiet at hotels where they have registered for a few nights. These things, of course, are not taken because they are needed. It is considered a joke, and women much amusement in comparing notes and exhibiting their trophies, even in the pres ence of servants, and the bad effect this must have on a class who might, perhaps, be forgiven for occasionally helping them selves to a few 'souvenirs' I leave you to judge. "At this hotel I have known as many as 300 spoons and the same number of forks disappear In a single month When break fast is sent up to a room, especially if it should happen to be a lady, the serviettes seldom return. They have been kept as ?souvenirs.' and when the manager Is told he simply shrugs his shoulders and puts the items down in his loss account. There Is nothing else he can do. . "Among our regular visitors here Is one rich lady who comes twice a year, always engages a suite of rooms, is liberal In her tips, in fact, a general favorite with every one But she has the souvenir mania very badly, and each time she departs car ries away with her many little things in silver cut-glass and linen which she has ?annexed.' Her little failing Is known to the manager, who cheerfully closes his eyes to such delinquencies, for he cannot afford to offend so valuable a visitor. The consequence Is the lady pursues her hobby' unrestricted, and other hotels suffar as "It Is the same in America as It Is hfr? perhaps worse. When Prince Henry visited the United States last year I had a friend who was engaged fof one of the banquets which was given in the prince s honor. The caterer was all but ruined, not from any failure on the part of the guests to pay for their dinners, but simply from the fact that, besides making hearty meals, they grabbed and pocKeted even-thing made of sliver on which tliey co"^.tIa* their hands. They were souvenir-collectors and desired some remembrance of the in teresting occasion, and never thought or the loss such wholesale robbery would prove to the poor caterer. Then you will remem ber what happened during the Prince of Wales' Canadian tour. "At one port where the prince landed hs Informed the captain that visitors might be allowed on board during his absence. They came, and invaded even the Princess of Wales' private stateroom, which they wer* Informed was closed against them. "Every portable object in the royal rooms was taken by these 'souvenir' collectors, and when the captain arrived he found the apartments almost denuded. He called the crew and had the visitors, who were most ly elegantly dressed women, simply turned out, and then set to work to get the place in order before the return of the royal couple. He told the prince what had oc curred, and his royal highness lauK^ed and ordered the thing, t? be replaoedTMi 1 fair example of what the 'souvenir' mania lias come to."