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Sampson's Squadron Greeted
by an immense Crowd.
'JNBOUNDEDENTHUSiASM
Umopt .Impossible Tor tin- Ship* !o Make
Their \Vn> Throu-ti diu IVrrecl J iui
of Klver Craft. CtTtrmmiy
at (irautV Tonil?.
(By Telegraph.)
NEW YORK. Aug. till.?Hundreds of
thousands of people along the hanks of
?.he Hudson and thousands on all styles
>? river traft blended their shouts la
a royal welcome to tiie returned North
Atlantic squadron, under command > t
:tour Admiral Sampson, and as tine an
August day as .-..11111 be desired was
nature's, tribute to the return of the
victors. For almost three hours steam
whistles of all sizes, steam sirens and
.uiiall guns along tin- shores shrieked
..lid'..boomed in the effort to display a
heartfelt enthusiasm for tile liume
ximtng of the naval heroes with their
battle-scarred ships.
Early In the morning the seven big
ships?the New York, Iowa. 'Indiana.
Brooklyn, Massachusetts, Oregon an.I
Texas?lay in New York bay jusl off
Tompkinsville. S. I. There was no
;dea with Admiral Sampson that N vv
"York was prepared for a rousing re?
ception, but the news was brought
shortly by a tug from the- navy yard,
and all of the ships of the squadron
were immediately put under prepara?
tions for dress review. i
By 9 o'clock the big. dull-looking
fighting ships, looming high above the
picturesque confusion of smaller craft
which had come down to get a glimpse
if them, were ready for movement.
Strung along their decks, in long, reg?
ular lines were the white uniformed
jaekies. with here and there a blue
coated officer, all strongly contrasted
against the sombre, lead-colored ar?
mor of the- ships.
When the , hour for the start .-a me.
it looked as it if would be impossible f..r
the great ships to make their way
through the perfect jm of river craft.
Vessels of all descriptions, from the
smallest steam launch to the i^r.-at
ocean liner, were banked around the
squadron.
' Cheers and shouts of wel.ie rose
from every deek. and the boats' whis?
tles all joined in the shout of welcome.
.Suddenly there was a movement on the :
ilagsllip New York and the vessel start- |
?d forward with a slow, stalely glide
She" was immediately followed by the
other six ships in the following order:
Iowa, Indiana. Brooklyn. Massachu?
setts, Oregon. Texas.
The start was made, accompanied by
tremendous cheering, screeching voices
and booming of cannon. From Castle
William came the first salute. II. was
merely a. Hash or bright red. which was
immediately smothered in a si.t .?! j
smoke before the detonation was heard. !
Then came the roar across th.- waters. I
and the vessels headed right ahead ..n!
the way to General Grant's tomb.
The rivet- craft, crowding tin- war?
ships close, were jammed with passen?
gers, sinking the sides of the vessels al?
most to their guard rails on .on- side,
giving the impression Unit even i he
-ships themselves bowel in unconscious
salute to the returned naval heroea.
The width of tin- Hudson was a Strug- j
gling, fluttering, darting mass of color, :
confusion and cheers. As -he vessels i
moved further up the river, tin- water,
which had been calm at the hntt-iy. !
was churned by lb.- action of tin- hon- \
drcds of vessels and waves dashed over
the small boats and sheets of spray
dampened the passengers on I Ik- lower
decks of the larger steamers.
As the grim looking battleships mov
?ed' up the river the ero-iVds became
denser and enthusiasm more marked.
At Riverside Drive, with its sie-p.
grassy .slope, the scene was like a vast
mphifhetre. Tens of thousands <?'.
persons covered the green slope ami
as the battleships approached, a mighty
cheer arose that reverberated bad; an.!
forth across I he Hudson. At the bot?
tom of tli" slope an observation train
'crawled along lazily keeping even
with the ships; above ibis the vast -on
of humanity, and crowning this Cene
ral Grant's tomb, which was to mark
the beginning of the return of the
squadron, where a national salute of
twenty-one guns was tiled. Tin- tomb,
standing high, white am! solemn, fat
above the waters of the river, looked t..
be built upon a foundation of faces.
For the first time in the parade the
battleships drtw together, .lust ai the
point of 1-el.urn there was a momenta?
rily lull, as if expeet?nt of a climax.
Suddenly, from the sides and turrets of
the battleships there wan a vivid Hash,
following tliis a tremendous roar, an?
nouncing the-flrst Kim of the national
saint*. Tin- heavy smoke curled and
tumbled down toward the water and up
Into the air until the ships had been
almost hidden: but the roar coming
again and attain, seemed lo rock t.tie
waters ' themselves. It was an impos?
ing spectacle as tie- big battleships |
boomed a salute to the nation: as the j
warships saluted the final resting place j
of General Grant and tin- nuns i.lu.i
sounded the knell of Admiral Cervera's |
P^M^tittr^ j
*i*^Ysthe salute ended the return of lie
squadron' along the line of review was
began. It \vas a repetition of tie- en?
thusiastic scenes on lb.- way up the j
river. Every whistle that could be
brought int.. us,- (.laved its purl. Ev?
ery bell, every band joined in honoring
the licet, and above all were the re?
sounding echoes of the shouts on water
and on land.
The parade of the ships from the line,
it passed the battery on its way up
the river to He- time it repassed on
it!" way to anchorage off Tompkins?
ville. S. 1? occupied jusi two hours and
thirty-five minutes. In no way did
the big .ships show the hard usage to
which they had been subjected. The
Brooklyn's twenty-seven holes, with the
exception of those through the smoke
.stack, had been patched ami tiie big
'.-'ship repainted and polished till she
?shone. On the starboard side could b<
seen a great steel patch over '. he h.Me
Where one of the Vizeaya's shots went
through, and on the quarterdeck was a
wooden patch where the deck had be.-n
I torn up. The armor belt still holds ib.
print of a large shell and a critical eye
can see the den:s made by several
more, even through the gauze of new
gray paint- The Iowa ha.-; a patch over
;'her bow.-where she was hit by a C-ineh
shell, and the Indiana had patched up
-..the hole or. her deck. All the ships had
'. been painted and their pence trap
pings arranged, so that, as reminders
SM>f the greatest naval battles ever
Si'fought.' they are rather disappointing.
Previous to the starting of the parade
Mayor VanWyck and the citizens com
SSpttee boarded the New York. The
c-taayor, in a short address, heartily con- ]
? grautinte.! Admiral Sampson '.od th
Roffieers and men upon their heroic work
.and extended the freedom of the city
to them.
Admiral Sampson responded bri-tly.
Admiral Sampson, looking far U.-t
: ter than when war commenced, is .very
-"glad to gc-.t home. Speaking of his
?crows, and especially the crews of the
Sj.Indiana, Town and N. \v York, who hav
?had no shore liberty for seven month-',
I he said: : I
Si .-"They have borne their privations in
Si'a manner beyond all praise."
g>:.And summoning up what lias b.-.-n
Sine of tiie-most successful and impor
ivtant navijJ campaigns in the history
sSjicr the world. Sampson says:
'"i'hi- navy has bc-n v.-ry f'-.r; Una ? <?.
jo'V/e have, I think, made no mistakes."
Ur . How much Sampson contributed to
: the sources of the war, the efficacy of
J.his advice and the splendid manner k
??&,V, : ' ? -
BaSS.-t'.-.
fin
directed the targtst neet eVer Unde? the
command of one man In the history of
the United States, will not probably b?
known or fully appreciated until the
history of this war is written.
The health of the licet Is excellent.
The ships need ducking sadly, the In?
dern... New York and Iowa especially.
The first named will probably require
a thorough overhauling of her machin?
ery. One of her condensers became dis?
able d ..a the trip north.
Shortly before leaving Guiuit :ii.;inu
harbor tor the United '.-?tip-. no
Br.oklyn tan .-at. a mad bank, where
site stuck tor twenty-four houis. but
N. J.. tonight
Cume.dsse.i-.-s Hard Task
washn iAiVc. .". i
? ted States has nut asserted piirpi.se
t.. acquire or annex tie- territ ,ry. but
merely to free it from Spanish domina?
tion;
OX THE niAMON'D.
Results of Yesterday's Games in th?
National and .Miami.? Leagues,
(l'.v Telegraph.)
I PHILADELPHIA. 2: LOUISVILLE, ft.
' PHILADELPHIA. Aug. Jo. Phlla
I delphhr defeated Louisville today in a
[light hitting game. I'iull and Ounn ng
i ham pitched excellent ball, but the for?
mer had a shade the belter of it. At?
tendance. ,-..304.
Score: R.I I.E.
i Philadelphia. .0 ft 0 ft 1 0 1 0 X? 2 4 1
i Louls\ [He. . . .a n a 0 1.1 e a a a 0 '??
Batteries?Phut and MeFarland.i'un
I ningham ami Kilt ridge. Umpires-C"!i
I nellv and Curry. Tin. I :.'.;"..
I ItAl.TIMOItM, :;: ST. LOUIS. 1.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 20.--Tucker was
put out of liie game in the eighth iu
! ning tor offensive coaching alter re?
pealed admonitions. M-MaiiKS pull, d
ion: of several tight holes toward tin:
. id. Attendance. 2.477.
! Score: H.I I. E.
Baltimore. . .0 (i 0 I n II I 1 ft ? :'? I" 2
si. i.ouis. . ..o a 0 o a o n i a i s l
Batteries .Melanies .1 Clarke. Tay?
lor a.el ICinslaw. Umpire Warner.
GIlicAGO. 2; BROOKLYN. I.
CHICAGO. Aue. 20.?Grllli?i was io
vim-ible n.dav except In I be seventh,
when lie- Brooklyns bunclied all their
hiis. Yeager was baiter rather freely
i I.a.t for runs. Ali. nila nee, 3.000.
\ Score: it: Hi 13.
I Chicago. . . .0 " 1 ii Ii 1 0 I) x? 2 Ii I
I:. ooklyn. . . .u 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0? 1 2 2
Ititl ici-les i .ri'llfh an.I I (onahue. Yea?
ger ee.l Ryan. Umpires -MeDnne.ld
land o'Oay. Time 1:3t?.
I NEW YORK, 4: CLEVELAND. *.
j NEW YORK, Aug. 20.?The Indians
! had the game all won up tu the Giants'
half of the ninth today. Then; with
two nen on liases Van I laitren soul a
two bagger Into left cenlerlleld, scor?
ing two rutis and winning the game.
A; tendance, I l.Ollft.
S.e: R.H.E.
X- w York. . . .0 0 i) ft I ft 1 2 a - 4 I
i 'leveland. . .011001 II a 0? 3 7 3 I
Itatnries? Rusie ami Warner, Pow?
ell ami O'Connor. Umpires Lynch
ami Andrews. Tim.?2:1ft.
BOSTON. 2; CINCINNATI. 1.
BOSTON. Aug. 20.?Despite the fact
thai Willis gave eight bases on balls.
the Champions \. Onlay's game in a
close contest with the (,'ineinnaiIs.
Nichols .!; Willis' place In the ninth
and saved the game for the home team.
Attendance, 8,K0O.
Score: ' R.H.E. !
Lesion.1 0 I 0 0 ft 0 0 X? 2 S 2
' llhcinnnti. . .0 o u a n a a 10?1 4 t
Bau? ries?Willis. Nichols and Yea get,
Dwyer and Peius. Umpires?Gaff nev
and Brown. Time I:SO.
WASHINGTON, I; PITTSBURG. 1.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.- The Sena?
tors outplayed the Pirates in both
games. In the first the pitching and j
tickling won the game. In Iho second
Donovan was somewhat wild, but did
good w.ak, while Rhinos was hit hard
Attendance, 1,500.
First game- R.ll.R.
Washington . .0 0 0 ft 2 2 0 (I x-- 1 S I
PiltiOiurg. . ..(11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 1 7 t
Batteries Wey hing and McGuire. j
Hastings and Sohriver. Empires- Ems
lie and Hunt. Time?1:50.
WASHINGTON, 0; PITTSBURG. 4.
.,s.?;?.VSeWUY .- ...??. rcihE.
Washington . .0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 ?? C 16 S
Pillsburg. . ..0 1 0 0 U II 2 ti I? 4 7 I
Batteries?Donovan and McGuire,
Rhlnes and Schriver. Umpires?Ems
lie and Hunt. Time?1:50.
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
At l:;. bmond
First game-- It.U.E.
Richmond. . .1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 x? 3 ? 2
Paterson. . . .0 ft 2 OHO 0 0? 2 II 2
' Batteries?Chesbro and Vigneaux.
Flaherty ami Bemis.
I Second game? R.H.E.
Richmond. . .0 0020200 x? f> 4 I
I Paterson. . . .0 a u o 0 n ft o 0. <> i 2
Batteries?Leever and Vigneaux,Viatt
and Bi m.s.
At Reading?
First game? R.H.E.
Reading. . . .10 0 10 0 ftl 1? 4 ? 3
Hartford. . ..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0? 0 4 0
Batteries?Fertscli and Heydon, Ko
tali and Roach.
Second game R.H.E.
Rending. . . .1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0? 6 S 2
Hartford. . . .1 3 1 ft 2 0 0 0 x 7 14 2
j Batteries?Foreman. Garvin and Hoy?
den, Vickery and Roach,
j AI NorfolIf-- R.H.E.
Norfolk.ft 1 2 ii U 1? 4 7 3
Newark.ftl u a (i 4-- 5 10 2
Batteries?Pfanmiller and Steelman.
I Jordan and Rothf?ss.
At Ailenlown?
First gam.;? R.H.E.
Allentown. . .0 0 2 ii I ft 0 ft ft - 4 11 2
Lancaster. . .0 (I 0 u ft ft 0 0 0? 0 3 2
Batteries?West and M. Mannus.Spio
gi I and Wellte.
Second game? R.H.E.
Ailenlown . .2 00 0 00 00 00 0 0? 2 5 2
Lancaster . .0 0000 1 0 1 0001 ? ':! S 2
Butteri?.'?? Keener and McMannus.
Minor and Won to.
F< IRE TON NOTES.
I Wine forms 4s per cent, of Spain's
general exports.
Rellin has a new medical club wilb
about left members.
About 20.line English ships entered the
thirteen free harbors of china in 18%.
They carried only English goods.
I i'heap and good coal is now being
I conveyed down the Zambesi river lo
?'binde. The quality of the coal is de?
scribed as equal to the host English.
! Copenhagen's round lower, built In
the eleventh century and ISO feel high
is to be moved bodily a distance of ISO
feet i., widen a business street.
Bolivia has perhaps the richest silver
min.-..; on earth. She produced a vast
amount of the silver now in the world,
and should the price of silver again ri?'
she would again Hood the market wiiu
her product.
FJENblSH- CRIME IN GEORGIA..
Mother and Her Son- Murdered by a
*MACON. CA., Auk. SO.?A special to
the Telegraph from Americus, Ga.,
'?The most (iendinsh crime in the his?
tory of Sumier county or the whole
state was committed at Friendship,
iv' Ivo miles nest of here, last night.
"Mis. James MeGarrah and h-r -"on.
James Boone. were murdered by a no- |
gro ia.in with an axe. while they were I
in their beds.
"After the double murder the fiend
outraged a nee.ro woman, tied her to i
a tree in th - woods and mutilated her j
in a shocking manner. She died also, t
hoi . until she hail told the murder-I
er's name. He told other negroes that I
he had kilted-three people last night. I
and borrowed a horse and rode away. !
Tho murd' red people were discovered
by John Boone, a son of the murdered ;
woman, and a crowd at once start- .I af
tc-r the fiend, lie was caught late this
evening and promptly lynched.
"The woods and li.-lds for miles about !
were scored by a posse, many negroes i
j ining in th* chase of the murderer. |
nfflcers from the city went out with
bloodhounds to join in the pursuit. In
iie meantime it is said the negroe wo?
man who was found tied in til. w.lit
and maltreated, made a statement as
??. Ho- guilty negro, and pointed out to
on., of those mos: diligent in tho search
I of i he supposed criminal ami told
; wb ??? the bloody axe .-ould bo rounds
' THE MtTRDKRER I.VNCHED.
I "Th'o'iiKh hanllv believing her story,
js.i incredible it seemed, a part of the
! pursuing party went |.. investigate and
I round :bo blondy weapon and blood
i stained clothes of the murderer con ?
cotih d in an abandoned well on the Mo?
li.-.nah plantation, just as tho woman
j doseriheil. Tho guilty wretch was
j oni'.-kly tnken info custody and a por
I : ion ?.f ill"' pursuing party called in.
;.\tr.-r thoroughly satisfying them
' -elves or his guili. the black brute was
j strung up and his bodv riddled with
; bullets. Th,- ofucers who had joined in
! the chase were not present at '.he I
1 ip-iilng. hav ing gone with btoodh itinds
j "ii an.dtier trail and they knew noth
]>?-?; oT tho .affair until long afterward,
j However, tbey could have done noth
|ing had they 1.n present, as the out
i rng.-d people of the community W"re
bent on avenging the double murder
<.imllfod in their mi.1st and nothing
could have stopped them.
"Tiie ha.lv of the dead negro was lef:
I sw-liiuing ;o a tic- where hundreds of j
j people view, d ii during the afternoon."
Ttev. c. ('. ('ox returned last evening
i from a visil to Charles City county.
! Mr. Felix Morris, of Condon Kng
j land, is ?? isl-.ing M r. John A. Mel '..v.
; Mr. F. I. Ilugh.es, of Btiv < 'itv. Mich.,
Is in the ". ity f.rospectiiig.
Mr. .!. R Williams, who has boon
lilt for several weeks is convalescing.
I Mr. A. II. Dilbridg.- left yesterday to
: pp.-ml several'days with his parents at i
Staunten. Va.
. .lodge T. J. Harham has returned
I from a ten ..ays' visit in Sulp.-p.-r
I Mr. Tl. i'ox has r-turned from a
Mr. F. I. Hpghes. of Bav Oitv. Mi.-ii.,
\V. Va.
I Mi-s Jtinie Peterson, of Ciiipejier. is
I visiting Mrs. M.irv Travels, in Cast
Kn.l.
! M 'ssrs. !:. W. Newman and C. It.
I Wosl have returned lo the ,-it..- after ;1
i t.' through tin- north. They also vis?
it.-.! Montreal. Canada.
Miss Parker. ..r Boston, arrived in
the city las,- evening an.I is the guest
of her cousin. Miss Louis.- Parker.
| Mr. Win. IT. Trombley and wife, of
' I! i.v City. Midi., are in :h.- city. Mr.
Ti-nrnbley contemplates locating here in
i i he near i'm nr.-.
i Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Warriner have re.
turned from Ilarrisonburg. Va.. where
I I hey l.av.- i.n in attendance upon the
last illness of .Mrs. Warriner's father.
Mr. and Mrs. i awrenee ITatfleld of
Baltimore, who has been spending the
pnsl few days in Wie city as the guests
..t' Mr. and Mr.. jolin I--. Waller, loft
last night f ir Washington.
Mrs. w. :;. Green and daughter,
Li-nisc r.-inilly ..!' Chief Fleeirlohin
Green, of Lie Chesapeake and Ohio
! railway, lefi yesterday r.ir a six weeks'
visit i,, relatives at Philadelphia and
It is reported that tho proposed opera
I bouse will not lie bilill by Judge Sims.
;..!' Louisa county, mi the sit.- between
the First National and Citizens * Ma?
rin, banks, which was purchased some
time since for ma; purpose.
Willie Ori iiih sustained :i painful out
over the ryo yesterdaN win!- bit
tling seltzer at the plant of Mr. "f, p.
I'iimnn. Trie bottle hurst and a piece
of glass struck him on tin- tempi,, n -ar
The st.r.-el gang, under superint"nil
ont Kelt .n. yesterday finished work
.?ii Twenty ninth street, between La?
fayette .md Virginia avenues. This
hi reel was at one time th.- property of
Mr. Finch, ion had never 1.n opened
M!ss I II.-: ftl :y;>. who has been the
guest of Mrs. T. I >. Adams, at tho
I Powhalan. lor several days, returned to
? Manchester. Va.. yesterday in..ruing,
i She was no. ompanied' bv Airs. Adamrs,
Who will visil relatives in Rvnchburg.
I George Washington, ii;.- voting negro
I who died I ? Itloodtield Pi id..v. was
I hol assauPed las. week. co..-tr.>.v to iho
I prfblish, d a 'a-oi'iilts' of'hls deaOi. ~iT'?
I iniuri.-s wei ? received bv ac: ideal and
th'.- voting negro arrested as being re?
sponsible v. .s later released.
?;? v. .1. F; an.-is Kibble, rector or St.
Paul's Kpi.---.pal church, will address
the men's meeting of the V. M. C. A.
this afteri o in at I o'clock. '! he
meeting wiP b- held ?!( the Washington
Aveoilo Method's! ohureb.
M'ssr-s Mollie and Carrie MeOrneken.
of Frederleksbiirg. and Misses Tucker
laud Iteddin. of Richmond, will arrive
I in the citv todav and be the guests
j of Miss Brooks. ..f No. 227 Twcnty
I seventh si i.t. for a week.
! Miss .Mamie Bcrryman. of Chester,
j Va.. who has been the gUOSt of Miss
.Birdie B ryninn. on Twenty-seventh
street, returned to her homo yesterday.
I She ^iis accompanied by Miss Berry
man, w ho will spend several weeks with
her.
I Mr. and Mrs. S. Rront, Air. William
! B?cher and Miss Bucher. of Cincinnati.
Miss Woodruff, of Louisville, Ky? anfl
I Mr. Towns, of DanxfTlle. Va.. were the
[guests of Mr, W. E. Rouse yesterday,
i Mr. BuelK-r is president of the Virginal
! i-'un- ral Directors' Association, whi'-h
! has boon in session in Richmond, and
I the other gentlemen are undertakers.
Tl.:aci d ue of the laying of the
corner stone of the new high school has'
I not been drniined bv the Mason >.
! but it will surely lake pine., noxt week
I A band will nrobnbly be secured for the
occasion. Kil ty dollars will be r
qiiir.-d for Ulis, but the seho 1 board
will probably defray the expertise of
I such an important feature of the cer -
mony.
i Professor It. IT. Wynne of Beth.mv
j College. W. Va., will conduct the ser?
vices at the Thirtieth Street Christian'
church tndav in tho absence of the pn.n
j tor. Rev. W. lt. Mol ley.
i Pursuant lo the call of Chairman
i Fred Read. Ihn Republicans will hohl
I ward m.-etirgs tomorrow nigh: for the
? purnnse of electing delegates to the eon
! vent Ion which will convene in the rooms
of the C. P. Huntington Republican
j League Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
THE MODERN WAR.
(Detroit Journal.)
"Mars," .remarked Jupiter, while they
we.-.- waiting for Ganymede to come
with more o racked i. e. "whv don't v u
take hold and run this Ilispano-Amef -
.-an affair?"
The god of war shook his head silly.
[ ?'I'm not (he commissioner of any
newspaper." he answered.
What was more In- had no pr..spe ar,
'never having written a society novel.
A'FORTUNATE MAN.
Like Thousands of -Others lie Com?
plains Without Cause.
(.New York Sun.)
Tliis letter gives the experience of so
great a eon.he:- of both inen und wo?
men, and expresses the inevitable dis?
content which prevails in so large a
pan of society, nay. is inseparable from
human nature itself, that, it desetves
serious consideration:
? To the Editor of the Sun?Sir: I am
a young married man, age 33, and am
the father of six children. Have been
ntployed in my present place for the
past thirteen years without one step of
advancement, either financially or cler?
ically. This, at times, causes me to be
somewhat downhearted at my lot in
life, and I r vivo only in the realization
of a loving wife and my brood of af?
fectionate children. It is true my em?
ployment permits me to procure them
food and clothes, not of the best, but
substantial, and to keep a shelter over
their beads. But what of the future?
My lev,, fur them causes meto look for?
ward v. ith apprehension at theinevita
ble end.
??'.Vie a 1 ask my employers to raise
my wages they only siiake their heads
and reply: "You must try to live mere
.memicaII;-.' Don't I try in every way
to save a penny? I forego all pleasure;
neither do I gamble er drink. 1 cer?
tainly cannot do more.
"Now. 1 am not a strong believer In
socialistic ideas, nor do I believe in put?
ting an end to life because of the Uti
evenness of things in this world: yet I
cannot bring myself to condemn those
thai lind ties the easiest road out of it.
"It is my earnest endeavor to rise In?
tellectually. 1 am a great reader and a
worshipper ,?f hooks. 1 long to oc.n a
small library. Now and then I lind it
pessibi. t,, nick up a Very good book at
a cheap price, and I stint myself and
family the i mall amount to add anotii
ei to my limited collection. is this
wrong? 1 1 nd leisure, too, at times, to
.pa down a few passing fancies, and a
few times 1 have had ihe pleasure of
s-i ing my name in print. This is my
ambition in life, but the returns
financially are so slow it does not war?
rant my throwing up my present posi?
tion, no matter how unsatisfactory it is
to .: yet it hinders me from work of
which I feel I would be capable other
"Whn.i is your advice? Nine-tenths of
the successful writers, who have readi?
ed both fame and fortune, always ad?
vise ore so iliscouragingly that 1 can?
not lei; for help to them, further than
taking their own successful lie s as
eritet !? us.
"New Voik. Aug. 11."-.
Is this the story of an unsuccessful
life, as lives go? Does it afford reason
lor compassion in the reader? Not at
all. tier fi lend is really a fortunate
mau. Ii- '.as a happy home; he has
health and strength: he seems to be
without fear of losing the employment
which enables him to support his fam
i!> in substantial comfort, and his long
service in Iiis place indicates that he
deserves and has won the respect and
confidence of his employers. He h is
got to .lie. as a matter of course, and
no nmu can tell thai day of bis ending;
hut ai thir y-three ids expectation of
life as computed by the lift assurance
statistics, '.- long, lie is doing the be t
he can. and as he can do no more, be
must leave the future to take care of
Itself, as bi inc. beyond his power to de?
termine. With the inheritance of in?
dustry, probity, good health, and sound
moral and physical constitution which
his children have received from him. he
has every ICnSOIl to cxp. el that thC-y
will g.-i along at least as well as he has
don.-, and that, as w? have said, is
very well.
They will grow to manhood and wo?
manhood in ihe next century when the
expansion of their country will bring to
them multiplied opportunities for pro
litable ac tivity, and the advancement of
society in everything contributory to
eoml'ortahte existence will bring to
them advantages far beyond those en?
joyed by Ike generation which is now
ah.nit to pass off the stage-. He himself,
at Ihity-three. is likely to live to see
this progress during many years to
come and to participate in the benefits
it confers on all mankind. He is lucky
in tie- ve. y circumstance he is living at
ail at such a line- as this, and only a
fold; with so strong a hold on life as he
has, would think for a moment of de?
priving himself of the privilege. Why
should be be discontented with Iiis lu.k
simply i? en use some other people have
lie-; richly upholstered seats from
which tii watch the matchless proces?
sion of events now before the ey,-s ^f
"The iinevermess of things in this
World?" II u- wretched, how stagnant
would hi Iiis world It there were no
"mieveiiness!" Except fur this un
evenness there would be no provoca?
tion to effort, no ambition, no progress,
no leaders, and none of the exhilarating
strife of competition. Existence would
be without ihe salt that savors it. The
only "unevemiess" of which complaint
might be excusable is the inequality In
the distribution of physical health and
strength by which tlio.se of a feeble
bodily inheritance are deprived of the
equipment most requisite for the bat
tic of life: but in that inequality our
friend happens to have the advantage.
He is among the well and strong. You
are rich, complaining friend, fortunate,
enviable: yet you are not happy. But
you would not he happy under any eir
.'''JI'''.'.' "* 'f__you L1-"? -nnhaiipy now.
In no condition of life is there perfect
contentment ami satisfaction for the
troubled soul. .
? Von want a library. You have a 11
brary already, the best in New York,
and in its supply at" literature suitable
to tin demands of your tastes without a
superior in the world. All the great
public libraries of the town are at your
service. .Moreover, since the recent and
extraordinary decrease in the price of
printing paper and of the whole cost < f
manufacturing l-ooks the best literature
of the best periods of English literature
is at the command of the lightest purse.
Von .an buy the most splendid exam?
ples of ii for a few cents each. Where
one,, ii was for the few only, and ob?
tainable by men in your relative cir?
cumstance? only at the cost of long and
cruel self-sacrifice, it is now within the
fi e,, reach of everybody, or, us we have
said, may he obtained for a trifle of
money. What is the use of having a li?
brary of your own, except to gratiiy
your greed f personal possession,
when all the books of the free circulat?
ing libraries are kept at your call, with?
out imp. sing on you the cost and labor
of caring for them?
PANDO AT PROGRESSO.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.?The Stat??
Department received a cablegram.- to?
day from Consul Thompson; at Pro
g-reso. Mexico, stating that General
Pando, the Spanish general, second ;n
command t ? General Blanco, had ar?
rived incognito a! Progresso yesterday,
on the MexicMii steamer Campeche. T. e
consul says General Pando seeks to en?
ter Havana Batanabo, Cuba, on the
British si earner Guillermo Lopez.
When last heard of General Pando
was alleged lo be in command of the
Spanish f ices at Manzaniflo, near 8a-..
tiago, although at that time it was as?
sorted at Havana that, he was -nil
thete. With the cessation of hostili?
ties there appears to be no reason why
he should not go to Havana or Batan?
abo.
DISPATCH FROM SHAFTER.
WASHTNGT?. ' Aug. 20.?The fol?
lowing cablegram from General Shut?
ter has been received by the War De?
partment:
"Santiaga de Cuba. Aug. 20.
"Adjutant General. Washington:
"The Yucatan, with 300 of the Sev?
enth infantry. Santiago, with 300 of the
Thirty-fourth .Michigan and the Hud?
son, with 500 of the first District of
Columbia, left Ibis morning.
(Signed.) "SH AFTER.
"Major General."
ALONG THE WATER FR?N 1
l l'KH.1 OK 1KTKKKST (UTHEKKI)
AJIOUT XUK 1'IKIIS.
KulrH'ncen uml I'leHrioieeH :it the <:??l
Ittiii?. Mm ?>r VvhhoIh Now in iv.rt.
Other Murin.- Items.
CALENDAR FOR THIS DAY.
Sun rises . fi:27
Sun sets . 6:49
High water?11:15 A. M., and 11:27 P. AT.
Cow water?5:04 A. M., and 5::IS P. M.
*vr??Htlier l-'oreniHt
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.?Forecast
for Sunday: For Virginia, partly el at.'y
weather: showers in extreme southeast
portion; warmer; variable winds.
ARRIVALS AND IMil'AKTPKK.S,
VeMsets Arrive.I Yenterduy.
Steamship Nethergate (Br.). Prosser,
Galveston.
Steamship Lesbury (Br.), Pensacoia.
Vensf.lK S-Alleil Vesler.lity.
Steamship Nethergate (Br.), Prosser,
Hamburg.
Steamship Lesbury (Br.). London.
Steamship Appomattox (Br.), Foale.
London.
Steamship Knutsford (Br.), Tullock.
Ponta Delgata.
GEN. DAVIS' PLANS CHANCED.
His Division Will Not f!,j to Middle
town.
' By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.?A special
to the Star from Thoroughfare. Va.,
says that orders received last night
have completely altered Cleneral Da .is'
plans for-the movement of his iiivisi n.
An ludelinil > stay at Thoroughfare has
been order..,1 ,,n account of the iaok . f
water at Middletown, Pa. Another rea?
son is that sufficient ground for the en?
tire Second corps cannot be secur-.d
there for a reasonable price. Engin.Hr
?..Ulcers are now examining ground in
the vicinity of Thoroughfare with a
view to sele -ting new camp sites. S.uue
of the places now occupied are low and j
damp. Filth has already accumulated !
in dangerous quantities and there is u - I
gent need for a change. It is expected
that every regiment will be on m w
ground by Tuesday. The men ma: if ? t
great disappointtnent at the change in
plans regarding the transfer to Middle
town.
Another hospital train containing .'.2
patients left Thoroughfare for Brist J
Va.. yesterday. Most of the men were
suffering fioni typhoid or malarial fe?
vers. None of the cases are very se?
rious. Much inconvenient e lias be n
caused the men because baggage and
personal effects have been sent on to
Middletown;
SOLDIER AWED BY MONEY.
The money the government is re?
ceiving is handled in the eashroom over
ai the treasury, and the eashroom is
ground so sacred that mere visitors
are generally not admitted to the floor,
but are permitted to look on from the
gallery, says the Washington Post.
In the memory of man nobody has
ever spoken aloud in that gallery till
one day last week, and, really, since my
best friend's maiden great-aunt, who
is fiii and wears Congress gaitors, >vns
winked at live times in three blocks on
Pennsylvania avenue by men in uni?
form, the other day. I'm prepared for
any exhibition of "braslmess" on the
pail of soldiers. The private in the
eusliroom leaned affably over the rail
"Ah. there, partner," said he cordially
to the paying teller.
The gentleman addressed, who is an
extremely dignified gentleman, looked
up.
"Hello," said the soldier. "How
much money have you got in that pack?
age?"
Captain Gibson looked at the packet
of bills.
"Oh. there's $4000 there," he said, "in
bills of all denominations, from a thous?
and down."
"Is there one bill there for a thousand
dollars?" asked the private a trifle
''Ami'i^^ much is in that bag?"
"A thousand dollars," answered the
paying teller, opening a drawer near at
hand. The private caught a glimpse ot
more money inside.
"Hold on. pardner. hold on ther.\"
he said. "I've seen all I kin' Stan'.
Keep that drawer shut up till I git out
of here; I can't stand the sight of any
more money, pardner. I can't stand i:."
And the defender of his country with?
drew and silence fell again."
THE ETERNAL .IUVENILE.
(Chicago Tribune.)
"Mr. Meeker, your nose looks just like
other folks* noses."
"Hush. Willie."
"1 heard you say the other day,
mamma, that Mr. Meeker had had his
nose to the grindstone fur Seventeen?
quit tuat!"
ENGLAND'S STRENGTH. I
( Commercial Tribune.)
The matter can be put in -another
form, namely: Russia is wVik bee use I
of the ab? fee ?r -n patriotic na?
tional spiri.f, and England is strong he
caus?-c; its presence. In fact, there are
'out two nations on the face of th,- eanh
possessed of patriotism pure and sim?
ple? United Stales and Great Britain.
A QUESTION FOR THE BRITISH.
(Chicago Times-Herald.)
The most critical situation is that of
England and Russia, and it will re?
quire the utmost wisdom and self-re?
straint on the part of England to avoid
war. Is China or the Chinese trade
worth the cost of such a war as this
would be? That is the question for the
British people to decide. A more sol?
emn and .earnest question was never
submitted to any people.
A YOUTHFUL- CALCULATOR.
(Yo tub's Companion.)
A little girl who bad been studying
fractions, when told by her mother thai
eggs were !l cents a dozen, called cut
to Roii. bei- younger brother: "Yon
don't know how much that is a pie. e,
and I do." Robert thought a 111 miet'.t
and answered proudly: "Vest. I do;
you get a cent apiece for nine and ihn >:
I for nothin'."
NOT THE OLD WOMAN.
(Boston Traveler.)
Briggs?It is said that Dame Fortune
knocks once ai every mall's door.
Jaggs?Well, it was her dii'.ishtor,
Mis-Fortune, who called on me.
AND THEY AREN'T WORTH IT.
(Baltimore Hernld;)
The government has just ordered W.
000.000 cartridges, and yet there is no?
body to shoot at now except the war
poets. _?_
ECONOMICAL WOMAN.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Wallace?This war tax has been a
good thing for me.
Ferry?As to how?
Wallace?My wife doesn't ask me for
checks so often, now that she realizes
they cost two cents apiece.
BOGEY RUSSIA.
Russia is a bogey. It is poor anil cor?
ruptly administered. Its might is in its
bluffing diplomacy, which combines
Oriental duplicity with bravado1. Per?
haps France would have to be fought
along with Russia, while Germany
stood by to pick up British trade; hut
it will be as easy to fight now as later
and success is probable. It is not un?
likely that Lord Salisbury is shrewdly,
waiting to be forced by public opinion
into a war, which he approves, but for
which he does not wish to seem too
eager.
MAKES-QUEEN'S STOCKINGS.
&ong and Faithful Work Duty Itcooenlzod
Hy tier" aiuJoKiy
"Who makes the Queen's stocl*
ings?" "We," suy Messrs. Morley of
Gisborne street, Derby, "we make her
stockings." They are purchased by
the Queen from Messrs. Shears &
Wells, fur whom tliey are manufac?
tured by Messrs. Morley. The latter
firm commit the work to an old weav?
er, Mr. John Meakiu. who lias been
employed by them for upward of sev?
enty years. The old man has recently
been brought to the notice of her ma?
jesty, who has caused to be forward?
ed to him an autograph portrait as a
token of her appreciation of the long
and faithful handiwork he lias done
for her. A representative of t lie Press,
who called on Mr. Meakin soon after
he received the portrait, found him
engaged on a pair of hose for the
Mit. JOHN MltAKlS.
Queen's summer wear. They were of
the finest white late silk, though, as a
rule, they are said to be black with
white tops and feet. A coronet with
the letters "V. R.," and.the initials of
the sellers and the weaver in smaller
letters, tire worked into the hose. Mr.
Meakin, who is hale and hearty, in
spite of his 81 years, has been photo?
graphed, with a view of returning in
his o\.h tlis kindly c?mpliiuent
which her majesty lias paid him.
A I'nrti-c: 'irtink.
With delight wii! tiie woman who ia
far seeing and uti i-i the times go
about "tier task of trunk packing. No
longer is she to have visions of possi?
bly crushed gowns at the end of her
journey, and of hats "squashed" out of
all semblance to the original styles.
For theie has come* a fresh era ia
I trunks and "boxes." and packing will
have no more terrors.
The trunk that hat; boon popular for
so many years?I Ho "trunk" that was
simply a packing case; various in size
and shape, with one dtep iray divided
[ up into boxes of. odd sixes?has this
year -passed into the realm of departed
fashions. In it.-: place there is a new
I trunk of very dilferent pattern. It is a
trunk of trays?four or live trays, and,
I in the case of the largest even six?ali
' fitting snugly into the trunk's frame?
work.
Each of these trays is intended to
bold one gown and three small pieces.
The/ are quite as convenient for men's
clothing?trousers and coats travelling
in them without rumpling or creasing.
.In the trunk's very bottom, under the
lowest tray, boots, slippers and heavy
articles generally may be stowed, held
in place by the tray directly over them,
the necessity of tightly wedging thus
being avoided.
It is not that the average clever wo?
man cannot, pack everything and in a
apace that mathematicians would at
once declare entirely too small. Tiie
trunks of tue p tst have presented no
unsolvable problems when it came to
iiiling them up. .But with these new
trunks the wear and tear and the
worry of packing is all past ami gone,
and the daintiest dresses etui with the
greatest expedition he laid in the trays
and the cover closed.
1 To put hats in trunks this year will
] he no part of the feminine philosophy.
The woman who has pretty hats will
be foolish to trust tlit-in in the recesses
of-a trunk amid linen, gow ns and the
odds and eials of milady's gear. Mod?
ern mechanical science lias devised-a
very simple answer to the question,
"How can we most safely carry our
elaborate hats?"
A hat box has berm invented that,
though small in compass itself, can
hold six hats of tiie greatest amount
of "fuss and feathers." In this, on
aides, bottom and top. there are smail
metallic arms thai turn and can lie
slipped over the brim. The sides car?
ry four hats, the bottom, the fifth, the
cover the sixth. Firmly held in place
in this manner none of these can inter?
fere with each other. This hat box
locks in precisely the same manner as
does a trunk. Not only does its cover
lift up, but on opening one of the sides
falls. Tims any hat can be taken out
or put back without disturbing tho
others.
Initial) PriiMWM Grnllll.
Miss Lois Minnie Cornell .;n One
ida Indian girl of royal parentage, was
graduated with high honors from
Grafton hall, an Episcopalian girls'
school of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin.
Miss Cornelius Is a direct descendant
of a long line of chiefs. Her grandfa?
ther was the famous old chief Skenan
dore. well known even now throughout
Wisconsin, and her father would now
have been chief of his tribe but for the
protective government of the United
States over the Oneida reservation.
Last year Miss Cornelius won first
prize in crayon sketching out of a
iargc class in art. Some of her sketches
are remarkably fine. She dues not in
tend "to devote herself to art, however.
She will lake up a course of study in
some medical college.
QtUtlVsHVrtr In New ZlMihlnd.
The New Zealand government offers
a bounty of four ponce (eight cents)
per pound for the. first 100,000 pounds
of quicksilver produced in the colony,
but one third of that quantity at least
must be produced before March 31,
190?, and the remaining two thirds by
March 31, 30?1. The bounty will
amount to ?S,000. The existence of
cinnabar in New Zealand is known.
It has been found in several places,
and in some of tt-em. apparently, is
sufficient quantities to warrant further
exploration, but no workings have ever
been undertaken.
A FRIENDLY CHAT.
Airs. Almou n?usl?y*s Kunnlng Cammai'
tary on Timely Topics.
Just now, when Roods are so very
cheap, when brocades, velvets and iaces
are going off?not for a song?no one
thinks of being so extravagant as that
?but for the faintest snatch of a song
?it is important that all ladies should
know how to explore the dangerous
and difficult passes of our shopping re?
gions.
Don't take a carriage. If you keep
one; it hurts dignity ut your coach?
man when goods are so cheap, and your
footman looks sullon and opens the
door with sarcastic emphasis, as if th?
crisis had decoyed him into aiding and
abetting a mean transaction. So. In
compassion to the feelings of these sen?
sitive individuals, leave the turnout
at home, that you may shop a little
without putting your whole basement
to the blush. Of course you set forth
in proper costume, with an imposing
display of flounces f.nd trimmings, and
from live hundred to live dollars in the
little clasped affair, which operates
prettily as a purse, which Is adroitly
held in the fingers of your daintily glov?
ed hand. Take another look in the
glass now, and you are ready!
If you are in full walking costume,
go ah.no; it will be quite as much as
you can manage to get along without
walking on both Hides of Broadway at
once?and if you have a companion she
will crowd you i&nomiuiously against
all the lamp posts, or force you to
sweep the doorsteps with your flounces.
Besides, it is mournful to see a poor
exclamation point ot a man, forcing Iiis
way between or around two ladies,
when they get a little strong-minded
a'o..ut shopping; he is sure to be ex?
tinguished in the effort, or at least
comes out of the expedition like an ex?
ploring vessel dismantled by the ice?
bergs.
In lower Broadway you have tolera?
bly fair sailing; but after that your
courage will bo put to the test; still
there is no .laager till you get to the
neighborhood of tivu handsome stores,
one a whirlpool of silks and velvets,
'.la' oilier a maelstrom ..f splendid temp?
tations. Yell must pause here; and if
there is an insurance office in this
neighborhood. seareJi it out. and. keep?
ing your dangerous purpose a mystery,
insure your life and costume, for all
the company wilt be desperate enough
p. advance on such articles. Then,
wiiii the policy in your purse, plant
y uir.--!f ..n the cutustone, with one
f....i advanced an.! ready for a spring
tiie moment v.ai see an opening be?
tween th,- carriages, carts and cars that
rotate between you and the other side.
After halt an hour or so. you may per?
haps catch a glimpse of the opposite
pavement, with a crowi of forlorn
looking individuals dodging up and
down, and striving to obtain a view
of : ,.ar sah-. Don't allow your eyes
:?> war.O.-r that way. Sympathy is de?
struction to tiie eool self-possession
n.-o,-.-: ai> p. Hi., peidous ent.rprise be?
fore you; besides, you have only seen
their physiognomies, checkered -y a
I forest of revolving wheel softes, and
i they may not wear fashionable bon
! iv-ts after all.
After patient waiting, you will
doubtless discover a clearing?that Is
only two drays, a private carriage .and
three oars within tor. yards either way.
Be prompt to take advantage?settle
your hut firmly, gather up your dress
with the loft hand and make a dash.
If you have practiced the german, the
thing will . orne naturally, of course;
I tin- pavenu-::t is muddy and thus gives
you aiivaritar.e-of a sliding step or
two; which luings yuu up under the
moist throats of a pair of grays, which,
bring attached to a private carriage,
toss their indignant beads in the air,
j sprinkling vou with foam, ond stamp
.nit a shower of mild for the benetlt of
your light silk. Vou take a back step
and arc brought up standing by a coal
cart, with a trolley car behind it. Never
mind, take ? ? polka slop, whirl that into
a waltz, and ten to one. you come up
, under the hoofs of a bony old dray
horse with a cart behind him. and an?
other brute sitting on the front board,
who refreshes his lungs with an oath
or two. and inquires "where your eyes,
are. or if you haven't g". any."
Of course you mirr* quiokly to this
sort of music, feell ig that you have
wronged the person rreparably by dar?
ing to exist at all?but are far too busy
witSi your eyes for any acknowledge?
ment of his polite inquiries. Half a
dozen carts crowd up. You retreat, ad?
vance, dash into the midst of the lan?
cers, and at last wind up with a slow
minuet steii. which brings you directly
behind a car, which has halted to set
i down a gentleman. You keep close to
i Iiis side, looking timidly up, as if you
j had plunged into that vortex of wheel?
ed monsters, merely for the pleasure
of being near him. He glances at your
handsome apparel, the gathering frown
softens to encouragement, and under
the shelter of his black coat your gor
geousness finds shelter. He waves his
hand and makes a leap?you follow. The
crowded sidewalk is near! Another
joyous spring. You land with one foot
buried in the mud and the other high
ami dry on the curbstone. Here you
pause, draw a deep breath, shake down
your dress, look puck with "iiohuie in?
difference on tiie half (Vc'ftn fellow mor?
tals dodging, skulking and meandering
through the vortex yon have escaped,
and pass with grace into one of those
White marble palaces which in this ter ?
rible crisis tempt women's souls to the
center. A crowd of polite young gen?
tlemen stand ready to attend your
wishes, and you come forth with the
? clasped purse, collapsed almost out of
i sight, and go home feeling that ynu
j have done a solemn duty to yourself
! and future .ages.
.MUS. ALMOJf IIENSLEY.
They lOnjoy (he View.
Since the Washington Monument
was opened lo the public. October 9,
1S88, nearly fifteen hundred thousand
have visited the top of the monolith
and enjoyed the beautiful panorama
adjacent to Die national capital. Dur?
ing February of 1898 there were about
ten thousand visitors, of whom two
thousand made tho ascent by means
of the stairway instead of in the ele
A Cryiug Matt?!-.
She (at the theatre)- Isn't this an
awfully sad play?
He?Very. Evew the seats are in
tiers.
It isn't what a man owes but what
he pays that keeps Uim broke.
'IIoav su struteti.'d S|i| nui "Jtoioui
pne otpijou 'jciio.i 'vuus s.,taiiio.iQ
4Bt( ?[110 jon puidopc snq ,.'Xll?IJ
-oi-ft's pajans st Su|r,40u turiUAt 01 'Xl'sj
Suno.i UDhtotuv a?0.- lCIll ajuu.-ioduii
tsauoA.i ot(i jo s-ioviem oj jujOAop utnn
-loa v a} eaatinouuB J^ded aoy V