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kings are economical
JII L.E.HH MUST LOOK OUT FOR THE
WAYS A\D MEANS, TOO.
i;mi>*ror \v illiuiu a Shining: lllnstra
tion of Mow Monarch* Can Scrape
nut! Save.
From the New York Press.
Uonarc'ns who save money! To the av
ei mortal, who associates unlimited/re
som-ces with the idoa of royalty, says a
NV , u . r in the Chicago Tribune, the asser
, , that not a few of this world's rulers
a! j U t as saving in their personal and
sehoi<^ex as the average bouse
jceeper—in so!*** cases more so—will be sur
prising. Oi ,‘ourse, in this respect the
of the King or Queen must be sep
cd from the official character, whose
presentation” requires exnensive splen
dor lor reasons of state, for courtesy’s
4 Kc, or because custom f> decrees. The
K g ■ officially, eminently a public char
ier; his household affairs are as much
his own affairs as those of the private cit
izen are to the latter. In fact, the com
mon mortal can enjoy much greater prl
vary than royalty.
\Y iU in ni 1
Kmperor William II of Geffijany af
a striking example of this disiinc
. ; The world at large undoubtedly is of
the opinion that the German monarch.
m -h given to spectacular display and tx
petisive journeys, and u great lover of art
:1 ii its branches* spends fortunes in the
. , ltl i. ranee of his* private establishment.
Tiit ; verse is the ca>e. William 11.. as
, private individual—if this epithet can
U used of a monarch—is of quite a sav
<iimposition, and in his household ev
er, branch is regulated by figures. Each
den,.nment has so much to spertd annual
ly and no more. The appropriation for
, . i of the departments is calculated to a
n i:y; not beggarly, of course, but quite
XV n bounds of reason. In fact, many
i , ers of the tilled or moneyed arls
iry are “high flyers” compared with
head of the house of Hohenzollern. As
,‘on, however, as “representation” is
, -mod necessary the case is different.
in this respect the imperial court of
p. 11 is probably the most expensive
mong royally.
German empire .as such, pays not
, cent toward the “representation”
• n is incumbent upon the King of
as German Emperor. The Prus-
Priiue*-receive not one cent from the
sury of the state, their expenditures
l ,\e to be met by on annuity paid to
:n by the Emperor. The latter lives
ng the greater part of the year in the
w palace in Sans Souci. and his cstab
ment there comprises the Emperor and
impress, the imperial children and the r
! . sand governesses, the lady charo
) - lain, and three ladies in waiting. The
< .i:rc chamberlain, generals and military
is of the Emperor live -in Potsdam and
Lori in.
MiiNt Cnre fop Ills Family.
Muring his travels William 11. has his
own cuisine and lodgment mostly in his
.. * trial train or on board the imperial
ht Hohenzollern.
The emperor has repeatedly refused to
i. rur expenses which many a rich private
citizen would incur without) hesitation
’./ere he so minded, and it is a well nu
'•ntSeated fact that he has repeatedly
* i lined his economic turn by saying
that he has six tx>ys growing up who will
.-non marry and have their own royal
seholds, which are bound to make
h- v\ inroads upon his exchequer, because
’ ;mber of available Protestant prin
> with kingly dowers is alarmingly
sm _j 11 in Europe.
Emperor, cn the other hand, is per
=•■ui.il’v exceedingly rich. He once called
1 f the greatest landed proprietor in
j : - sia, which is no doubt true, because
i .Manual of the Royal Prussian Court
State” shows that the Hohenzollern
c: -wn estates comprise.seventy-eight land
el • -tntes and fifteen forests, which are
rr r rational administration highly de
v* • cd. and the proceeds of which form
\'■ bulk of the imperial income. Ia this
i *. t Wi.lkim 11. is by no means an ex
p -:ve “gentleman farmer,” but an agri-
. turist who looks to results fully as
n. hbs to appearances.
■if saving disposition of William 1., the
g- ndfather of the present Emperor, is
u il known. A little episode is illustrative
' his fact. When the first child of “Un-
Fritz" was bom—the present Emperor
William 1., in the first joy of being a
grandfather, sent for the court jeweler to
ect a present for the Crown Princess,
' present Empress Dowager Frederick.
S veral co-t!y ornaments were submitted
tor th< inspection of William 1., the prices
• anging from $26,000 upward.
Feared for the Future.
“No. r.o! my dear sir,” exclaimed the
king. “The things are very pretty, but
much too dear for me. Why, if I expended
-•,'00 for a present for my daughter-in
-1 w at t'he 'first child, and half a dozen
children more are to come, why, I would
1 ave to spend a fortune. No, no; take the
I*ie fy things away, and let mo so 3 some
thing cheaper.”
Manv other stories of a similar trend
< ould he lold of the saving turn of William
I Yet he was by no means stingy, but a
< heerful giver. Personally he was alto
• tber unpretentious, and not even given
' display in point of the army. he reor
gi- izatlon of w i h was the wo-k aid the
mbit:on of his life, lie appeared in dr.’ss
uniform only if circumstances demanded.
O herwise h<* rested content to be called
the greatest non commissioned officer.”
In y< ars gone by th£ saying in court cir
cles was tha* the Prussian court was thr>
mos‘ saving, but the household of Queen
Victoria of England now is undoubtedly
the most economically administered in all
royalty. The Queen has her own meth
ods of saving, and she has laid up an im
nu nse fortune, which is not encroached
toon even in case of the marriage of her
children and grandchildren, for in such
< . ses Parliament a ways steps in with
great libevnliiy. Since the Prince Consort
died the Queen has abolished all court
functions which encroached upon her pri
vate mtani. True, there ore still a groat
number of “drawing rooms,” receptions,
rnd functions demanded by state interests
and ropns ntation, but, b 4ng such, the
expenses are borne by ihe state.
Court .Mean* lliiklnrMM.
Her rersonal entourage is most simple,
end strictly confined to the court charges
o Eli hod by law and custom. Not long
n delation of London merchants
! l . presorted to the Queen that her long
o\s of absence fr >m London hurt
fas tunable business. The delegates of
the London guilds were told that her ma
>-ty was tco far advanced in age to
stand any great amount of entertaining
the customary court events.
Aye,” the speaker of the delegation is
Tf ed to have said, “her Majesty is old,
f-d we s jic y wish her long life, but the
longer she lives the shorter will be our
I'li ln< s lives, because the absence of the
* rt. kills business.”
The Princess of Wales does ffot fill the
void caused by the saving propensities of
' Queen. The future Queen of the
iTiiish empire knows no finery, no lux
.no representation. She appears al
* ' invariably In tailor-made gowns. At
h-.m,. she sits down with her private sec
-1 * 'ary anil figures closely on receipt'' ind
uih<-morns—of course, simply for p*s
• itrf-■. as the courtiers assert. Bhe looks
‘ 1 rigidlly to detailed accounting, for
i: mint of cash the Princess has an ac
' M separate from that of her husband,
s l!-rt lilward of Wales, who used to be
• i h-flyer. “Used to be" Is correct, for
I’rince of Wales i no longer the
•'< r ' ho formerly was. He is not
r” ns his royal spouse, but he has
'< much more careful in personal ex-
P*' dltures.
Pri, of Wales is lace. That l*. she
to buy and own rare laces, but she
we.iu, them rarely. When she does ap*
”at court” her costumes, however,
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Not long ago the Princess sent a trusty
messenger to Amsterdam to purchase a
rare handkerchief, said to be the oldest
and most unique pattern of Mechlin lace,
from an impoverished Flemish family, and
she paid $15,000 for the piece. Truly, "a
Queen’s lace handkerchief.”
Economy Practiced Here.
The Italian court is saving; indeed, ex
tremely so. The high life of the court of
Victor Emmanuel is a thing of the past,
greatly to the regret of the older class of
courtiers who knew the “Re Gaiantuomo”
in his pritof. The court of King Humbert
in Rome'and in Monza is sombre com
pared with that of his father. The sober
altitude of the Italian court is due, in the
first place, to Queen Margherita, and the
pronounced economic turn comes from her
first lady-in-waiting, the Marchioness
Villamarina Montereno. This lady, the
terror of all court purveyors and mer
chants. is the real soul of the royal house
hold and rules everybody, the Queen in
cluded. She has even succeeded to be
more saving than the youthful spouse of
Crown Prince Victor Emmanuel, a fact
which speaks volumes. Entertainments
at the Italian court are so rare and so
unostentatious that the merchants ill
Rome complain even more bitterly than
those of Ixmdon.
At the Austrian court there has been no
display for years. Personally, Emperor
Francis Joseph is of an unostentatious na
ture, and the 6ad family history of the
house of Hapsburg has fully put a stop
to all festivities save those required for
reasons of state. Since the tragic death
of Crown Prince Rudolph the younger ele
ment has entirely disappeared from the
Hofburg, and now the more vivacious
class of diplomats dreads the assignment,
to the once "lustiges Wien.”
FIERCE FIGHT WITH A DOG.
Vfnn un.l Beast Engage in n Grim
Test of Endurance.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.
In the darkness of yesterday morning J.
R. Bird of 5129 Wabash avenue struggled
for half an hour for his life with a fero
cious brindle bulldog trained by burglars
to assist them in their operations. With
arms bitten until the flesh hung in folds,
with fingers chewed and finger nails lorn
from their sockets, his length measured
on the ground. Bird fought the apparently
unequal contest to a finish. With his right
hand on the upper jaw and his left hand
on the lower, the brute wiggling and
twisting with ail its strength there came
a time when it seemed to the man the clog
would prove the master and lock his jaws
fataHy in his throat.
It was not quite 2 o’clock in the morning
when Mr. Bird heard strange noises in his
back yard. He informed his wife he be
lieved there were burglars trying to gain
an entrance to the house. He decided to
scare them off, despite his wife’s protests.
Revolver in hand, he started after the in
truders.
The head of the household stole quietly
down the back stairway. When he open
ed the kitchen door one of his own dogs
ran into the house. The other was bark
ing in the yard below.
Bird looked about carefully and saw no
cne. Suddenly, like a shot from a gun, a
figure bounded at him, striking him witli
a force that nearly felled h'm to the
gr und. He threw up his arm as a guard
for his face, and into it sunk the sharp
teeth of the bulidog, without a growl or
sound of any sort.
As the flog loosed his grip Bird caught
the animal's lower jaw with one hand and
held fiimly to it. Finally he freed his arm
and with his other hand took tight hold
of the upper jaw. He was holding the
dog in the air. .Seeing this put him at a
disadvantage, Bird dropped to the ground,
falling as heavily as he could upon the
animal. There they lay, the dog struggling
and time and again getting his jaws to
gether in shape to crunch the lingers and
hards of his combatant. Over and over
they rolled in the mad fight for mastery.
First ot)e on top, then the other.
Wife Looks <>" Horror-Sfrlcken.
On the porch above stood stricken
wife and sister-in-law. In the dim likht
both women thought th.y saw their loved
one being foully murdered by
Mrs. Bird ran back into the house and
dispatched her eldest son. a 12-year-old.
to the Fiftieth street police ttation or
;,nv Place else for assistance. The chil
dren and the s ster-in-law peered into the
darkness, but still could hear no sound
hut the brushing und rolling around upon
the ground of the two contestants It
seemed to them a certainty that Bird
was dead, for he did not answer their
C There was reason for hts stillness. The
brute hod worried him so that his strength
was fast failing As the hot breath of the
animat came at short Intervals n a dis
fressed way. he felt that the bulldog was
a iso weakening. There wus hut one thin*
to do. Ho fought the dog In <3ok fa-hlon.
He took the brute's nose In his teeth,
planted his jaws firmly and thereafter the
.log lost strength rapidly. That was the
reason Bird did not answer the calls of
h Ftnallv the result of hts little son’s cries
of alarm began to be shown to him. Sev
eral of the neighbors, clad only in their
night clothing, hastened to the scene arm
ed with revolvers, rifles, shptguns and all
manner of weapons. When they saw It
was a brindle bullldog. not a burglar, they
found tt rope with which to tie his legs.
When he was securely bound Bird releas.
ed his hold.
Arms Frightfully Ulcerated.
Ur. Collins, a next door neighbor, for
tunrtely just returned from a midnight
call, attended the wounds which Bird sus
tained. Both arms were bitten frightful
ly from elbow to wrist, finger nails are
missing in their entirety, and the fingers
and hands ure gnawed and chewed In a
horrible manner. The doctor examined the
dog and pronounced him not mad. He was
taken to the Fiftieth street station, where
a few hours later, he virtually commit
ted suicide by hanging himself In ht cell
fcflth ihe rope with which he was
The theory of Capt. Madden and Mr.
Bird is that the dog was trained by bur-,
glars. When Dr. Collins left at midnight
he saw a buggy standing behind the barn
on the Bird premies, but thought noth
ing of the incident. When he drove by In
Michigan avenue at a point a half block
from the Bird homestead he saw two tnen
lying out in the open prairie, and one of
them pulled his felt hat over hla eyes as
the doctor drove by.
Possible Alien# of Bnriilnra.
About the time Bird stared to look for
the burglars, which he felt certain were
trying lo molest him a policeman chased
a buggy answering the description of that
aeen by Dr Collins He thought the oc
cupants. two men. looked sueplcloua. and
he ordered them to halt. Inntead of obey
lng they whipped their hotre and drove
north a rapidly ai poeealble. Thla waa
THE MORNING NEWS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18. 1900.
within a fow blocks of the Bird residence.
Dr. Collinß has ordered Mr. Bird to bed,
and pronounces his wounds extremely se
rious. The dog is being examined at the
Post-Graduate College to determine
whether or not it had the rabbles.
CHINESE KIDNAPERS.
Child Stealer* Are Many In the Ce
lesfinl Empire.
From the .Philadelphia Record.
One of the strangest breakings out in
China just at this time is kidnapping, the
cause or purpose of which the Engllsh-
Chinese papers do not explain. . This ma
nia has spread especially through Hanaow
and \\ uchang. All along the streets and
ai all hours of the day there are people
beating gongs and crying “lost children.”
The walls are stuck full of notices offer
ing rewards for their recovery. The kid
napers are called moh-hu-toz. and are
credited with possessing occult powers. It
is said they have merely to look at a child
and to touch it when in a dazed sort of
way it follows its captor whither led.
Even grown up people, it is said, ate some
times led off in this manner.
Strange to say, the foreigners are blam
ed with being at the bottom of it all. And.
what i3 stranger, there appears to be no
summary and legal way of dealing with
these fellows. No explanation is given as
to what is done with the children, which
it is said, are mostly girls. The stories told
are almost unbelievable. Were the childfen
held for a ransom that would explain it.
How so many children can be kidnaped in
l>opulouß localities and not be recovered
is hard to understand.
Not long ago, according to the account
given, three of the kidnapers were caught.
On being taken before a magistrate (so
the story goes) they were discharged.
They were immediately' set upon by the
infuriated mothers and fathers of all the
children around. One of them was tied
with a bundle of pith lamp wicks, over
which a tin of kerosene was poured, and
he was burned to a cinder. In the other
two cases the outraged and defenseless
people rushed upon the kidnapers and bat
tered and stamped the life out of them
with their hands and feet.
Perhaps the strangest part of all this
child stealing was the explanation. It
was this, that the children were being kid
naped to be sold to foreigners on the rail
way. So firmly was thi9 believed that the
viceroy of the province had to issue a
proclamation to the effect that this was
false. The idea was that these children
were being “sacrificed" to the foundation
of the railway, whatever that means. So
serious became the situation that a reward
of 20 taels was offered for the apprehen
sion of every kidnaper caught. No partic
ulars have been received as yet as to the
effect of this reward or as to what becomes
of the children.
It is evident from all the accounts pub
lished that over large areas of China a
spirit of lawlessness has broken out, be
the cause or inventive what it may. The
viceroy’s power seems to be limited by
writing on a bit of paper and giving his
condemnations such publicity as he may
have at his command. The disorders, to
all accounts, are spreading, and there ap
pears to be no recognized or available
means to repress them. There are in cer
tain quarters considerable bodies of men
we would call tramps, who congregate at
places where subsistence is attainable, but
who,unlike ourtramps. have thesemblance
of military organization. There is certain
ly much need of a schoolmaster with
stronger weapons than hooks and cata
clysms in the Flowery Kingdom to, bring
order out of threatening chaos.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, JR.
Ilia Father la Aliieh Averse to the
, Voting faiil'a Notoriety.
From the Now York Herald.
Chicago, 111., Wednesday.—William J.
Bryan is trying to suppress William J.
Bryan, Jr. The latter seems now sup
pressed. Since the Bryan family came
to Chicago there has been too much pub
licity of young Bryan. His father has
clipped his wings. Mr. Bryan said last
night:
“This notoriety that William has achiev
ed since his coming to Chicago Is dis
tasteful to hts mother and myself, and we
wish that, in future the papers would dis
continue celebrating Ihe notable achieve
ment of my offspring.”
Wiilium J. Bryan, Jr., under the new
order of things, wears a meek and chas
tened expression and bears himself with
a restraint and dignity agonizing lo him.
He has not had an opportunity to fall
out of a window recently, or to ride again
Ihe IJncoln Park elephant or run the ele
vator up through the roof. His mother
has kept him continually by her side, and
not once has he been permitted to roam
more than a few feet away. He has been
sternly forbidden by parental mandate
from conversing with reporters.
Young Bryan Is a jolly American boy.
good at heart, Dut mischievous. He had
made the Auditorium Hotel a boys’ para
dise, playing pranks on the bell boys and
clerks.
His unintentional attempt at suicide In
Gen. Wheeler’s office, where he leaned
out of the window so far that he lost fiis
balance In attempting to disturb passers
by, caused his father and mother to bring
him to order.
Soon after luncheon to-day young Bryan
lost for a time his stern and martyr like
air. A friend of Mrs. Bryan called with
an Invitation for Mrs. Bryan and her son
to take a ride in an automobile. Someone
suggested that the~e would not be room
for three In the vehicle.
"Why. William can ride with the driver
If he will let him,” said Mrs. Bryan.
"Oh, I’ll let him.” sld William, Jr.
The automobile ride was taken, but
there was constant war on the driver’s
seat. Young Bryan and the driver bat
tled for the possession of the machinery
that operated the machine. Finally an
armistice was arranged, the driver cun
ningly telling the hoy that the most dan
gerous and Impogtant work of running an
automobile was the ringing <rt the gong.
Young Bryan at once declared that** he
would ring the gong, and so he was givon
full control of that part of the automo
hlie He ran* the gong until person* along
the route rushed to the windows and door*
n see the fire department.
William. Jr., will leave to-nlghl with his
parents for IJncoln, and ’’Mike.” the hotel
eat which ha* been In seclusion since his
head was put In a French vise and his
tall fled In a bow knot, will once more be i
able lo room
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THE BEST FIGHTERS.
Gen. Wheeler Says American* Are
the Flnent In the World.
Geh. Jos. Wheeler In Philadelphia Times.
Whtn I went to Wet Point a a cadet,
in 1856, the first thing I did was to ra
pori to Col. Robert E. Le„\ who was at
that time sure intendent of the Military'
academy. Ur aching his office. 1 knocked
at the door and when, in response to a
summons to “Come In,” I emend, one
of the handsomest men I ever saw rose
from a table, waked around it and put
a hand uron my shoulder in a kind and
fatherly manner. I told him that I had
ccme to repc rt, and, wi:h a few pleasant
words, he hade me welcome and sent me
n’ong to the adjutant.
I never met the great leader of the Con
federacy during the war in which we
both served, but my’ schoolboy n collec
tions of him are even more valuable to
me on that account. He was a very dig
nified man. and could be stern on occa
sions. but extr. mely kind hearted. His
ideas of duty were inflexible, and his son,
Austin Lee, who at that time wos a cadet
at the Point, was treated by him whh no
favorable discrimination; ihe fact, indeed,
was rathrr the opposite. Once the boy got
Into serious trouble, and his entire class
had to come to his rescue with persua
sion and pledges in order to redeem him
from punishment. Col. Lee remained at
the Point for a year after I went there,
and was then made a lieutenant colonel
of cavalry.
I witnessed a great of fighting dur
ing the Civil War. but not any in which
the men cn either side, showed more
bravery than I have seen th-m exhibit
recently in Cuba and in the Philippines.
Never shall I forget the occasion when,
yellow fever having broken out in Sibo
ney, the Twenty-fourth Infantry volun
teered to go back and nurse sick—to
encounter, in a word, a plague ten times
more terrifying than any human enemy
they could be called upon to face in bat
tle array.
Though very few, probably not over o
per of the men who went to attack
Santiago had been under tire be'ore. they
behaved like veterans. In every case
where they were ordered to take a posi
tion they’ marched against it with as
much precision a- if on parade or execut
ing maneuvers. Each soldier seeimfi to
feel it a privilege to be there, and to be
imbued with a determination to conquer.
It wos the same way in the Philippines.
I recollect in particular an instance at
Porac, in the capture of whUh I took
part on Sept. 28, last. Six hundred men
of the Ninth Infantry were ordered to
take a very strong position, to do which
they were obliged to advance 1,200 yards
through open fields, every step of the
movement being in such order as if the
troops were at drill.
I have seen armies of other nat'ons, but
the more opportunities I have to compare
them wi h our own soldiers, the more im
pressed I have been wi h the superiority
of our own fighting men. The Americans
are the best ftehters in Hie world to-day
—the best the world has ever produced.
One of the most remarkable incidents of
the San Juan fight had to do with two offi
cers of the Tenth Cavalry— Lieut. William
H. Smith and Lieut. William E. Shipp.
These young men had entered West Point
together, one of them from North Caro
lina and the other from Missouri. They
were roommates at the Point, and remain
ed such through the course of the Military
Academy, entertaining for each other a
friendship more devoted than that of most
brothers.
Being graduates together, each teturned
to h!s own home and married. Both en
tered the same regiment, renewing their
intimacy. They went together into the
battle at San Juan oil July 1, 1898. and
both were shot and killed in the same
hour, falling within a few y'ards of each
other. When the list of killed was print
ed in the newspapers their names were
consecutive. Each left a widow and three
childrep.
Speaking of touching incidents, reminds
me of one of the most pathetic scenes I
witnessed in the Philippines. When the
Insurrection began, Gen. Luna, who was
the commander-in-chief of the rebel ar
mies. ordered all the native villages in the
neighborhood of the scene of hostilities to
be burned and drove the people before him
like sheep. After the capture of Tnrlac
and the dispersion of the insurgent troops
these unhappy folk began to return to
their homes, and on my expedition I
would meet bodies of men, women and
children, from half a dozen, to a hundred,
in a bunch, coming back. They had been
living in any way they could to preserve
bare existence, most of them in carts, and
their clothes were exceedingly ragged and
dirty, though many bore evidences of su
perior culture and standing.
They always had a number of w'hite
flags on poles, and usually a little child
walked some distance in advance of the
party, carrying a tall re°d of the fish pole
kind with a handkerchief attached to it.
The infant would toddle along through the
mud with the reed, which was ten feet
long, presenting one aspect of
war that might well bring tears to the
eyes even of the most hardened victim.
One of the most heroic things I saw
done during my campaign in the Philip
pines was at the Bagbag river. We were
trying to get a body of troops across the
stream, and were experiencing very de
termined opposition on the part of the
enemy, which was in strong force on (he
further bank. It was a difficult position,
for our soldiers were exposed to a scath
ing fire of artillery and small arms. Nev
ertheless, under tills destructive fusilsde,
two of our men swam across the river
with ropes and tied them to posts on the
other side, thus enabling Funston and his
men to pull a raft over with twenty Amer
icans on il. This soon wound up the fight,
the Filipinos taking, as uoual, to their
heels.
The modern system of warfare has a
tendency to discourage individual hero
ism. Acts of personal daring are neces
sarily exceptional, because It Is demand
ed of troops that In all ordinary cases they
shall act as a body. Our discipline and
drill encourage both officer and soldier
to do their duty on certain definite lines,
and in accordance with prescribed rules,
an army operating like a single machine
under the direction of one mind—that of
the general commanding.
What I admire In our officers and men Is
not only their courage, but also their de
meanor, which has so great an influence
upon the morale of troops In the field.
Both in Cuba and the Philippines I have
had opportunities of observing officers
whose cool and determined bearing ha*
extended over raw recruits an Influence
almost doubling the efficiency of the en
tire fighting force.
Certainly we tnay know, to our great
satisfaction, thai the American soldier
has not retrograded. Asa veteran of
three wars, in each of which my part has
been such as to enable me to overlook the
activities of great nunjbers ol men. I am
able to assert that he Is as capable a
fighting man to-day, as brave and as effi
cient os he has ever been. Taking him
from all points of view, I have no hesi
tation In declaring him to be the best sol
dier In the world at the present time. As
brave as the bravest, he adds to the qual
ity of fearlessness and coolness, a stead
iness and a subjection to discipline which
makes him the beau Ideal of a battle win
ner. He will prove It In ihe future, as
he has done In the past.
Every war has its heroe*. To my notion
the hero of the Civil War on the Con
federate side was Sam Davis, the ecout.
He was caught In Tennessee with papers
of Importance on his person and arrested
A young fellow and of fine appearance,
his case excited sympathy on the part of
the Federal authorities, and he was In
formed that If he would tell who gave
him the paper* they would gtvo him a
fine horse, with equipment*, and a pistol
and send him under safe escort through
the lines. He refused and was sentenced
to death a* a spy. Up to the very scaf
fold they begged him to yield, urging
that a mere boy like him ought no* to
a* orifice hla life for such a trifle, but he
shook his head and was hanged. Gen. [
Dodge, who was in command of the Fed- !
erals, was so struca with admiration at
such noble fortitude that he sent his own ,
check for $25 as a contribution to a fund |
for a monument to the scout, with words ]
of praise for his character.
Perhaps the most remarkable character j
in the Civil War, (hough I do not speak |
of him as a hero, was the famous, or in
famous, Champ Ferguson. He lived on
the border line between Kentucky and ;
Tennessee, in a part of the country !
where the most distressing of all phases
of ihe internecine conflict were developed,'!
neighbor fighting against neighbor and
brother against brother. From this sit
uation of affairs feuds of the utmost bit
terness arose, us was inevitable, and some
who did not Join either army became
guerillas, killing without mercy.
Champ was a guerilla, but he did not
become such without provocation. ?Ie was
a hard-working farmer, and on one fate
ful occasion sixteen men visited his house
during his absence and insulted his fam
ily. Among other things, if I remember
correctly, they stripped his wife and
made her dance.
Ferguson was a changed man from the
moment he learned of the outrage. He
knelt and vowed that he would kill every
one of those concerned in it. and he kept
his word, killing them all within two
months. In one case fie killed four in
one house, breaking down the door, shoot
ing two, at once and despatching the oth
ers while they begged for mercy.
Champ did not stop there, however, his
thirst for blood having been once awak
ened. He was arrested finally and tried
at Nashville for the klling of 125 men,
complete proof being furnished in every
instance charged. After tic in g convicted
he made a full confession, though claim
ing that he had wiped out all of his vic
tims in fair war, excepting only the six
teen who had abused his wife. Neverthe
less he was hanged.
ONE NIGHT OF JOY l\ MADRID.
The City Went Wild Over a Paine
Report of Victory by fervern,
From the Chautauqua Assembly Herald.
John D. Batcheldtr, who was a student
at the UnlverM y of Madrid at th* time
of the Spanish-Amerlcan war. lectured in
the Amphitheater, July 17, on the scenes
he then witnessed in the Spanish capital
city. In part he said;
“I have never seen a body of men so
utterly without scruple and re?kl ss as
the Journalists cf Madrid. Although 1 waj
July, Madrid was still packed to overflow
ing with ea er. b oken hearted citizens,
who clung dt>p :o ely to hope and to
he center of the country where they
could s oncs: obtain t ews if it fare I well
or 111 with thrir beloved, hard-pressed na
tion. The university was closed, but the
students sdll remained about, rejoicing
the herr sof Madrid boardit g home keep
< rs. Men faint and not se dom in the the
a ree. The character of the dramas was
sadly changed. Errly in the year you
could hardly enter an entertainment hall
in Madrid without listening to some epi
gram, some lampoon, at the expense of
Ametlra, but the actors were now silent
as to the question that absorb- and all men s
minds.
“Scarce to be imagined, after all this
de.-pondency, is the reflex, the intoxicating
revulsion cf feeling, which the first happy,
untruthful tidings brought from the hat
le of Santiago. Scarce to be imagined the
t. e-icl erour, unwise machlna ions of a
government and pr ss which, n desperate
straits, it is true, endeavored to break
ti e news rf this inglorious defeat to the
already h mi late 1 na lon through the
rnsuccess-ful medium of flat e y and de
ception and downright lying.
“For twenty-four hours entire Madrid,
<ie e.ved and credulous as a < h Id wher •
her love of country is concerned, was w' Id
with frantic, unexpected j y. Madrid live.i
at ni<ht, and It was late in the aft rnoon
before the newsboys set up the glad cry
(( victory for Srain. They pushed into
the cafes in hord s. carrying in their
aims gr<ai loads of the Nacidnal, the
most conservative Joutnal in Madrid, and
h ghly tinctured with governmental in
fluence The great street echoed wi*h the
jubilant ring of enters and shame re
lieved.
“The recorded victory seemed indeed
gloriously complete for Spain. Cerver.i
had broken through the imprisoning line
of American ships. He was well out of
the Bay of Santiago and into the ocean.
Ho had foundered two men-of-war in this
glorious transit and rendered many oth
ers useless, and the remnant that remain
<d of the American fleet was now follow
ing after tie rapidly disappearing Span
iard headed by the Texas and the Brook
lyn, which alone remained intact.
“Madrid never slept that glorious night.
The thea c*rs raged. All that night and all
ihe mxt day the op n equarc cf the Puer
to del Sol w,*B bl eked by the writhing,
conglomerate mass of excited i4atriotitm
incarnate. Here men of openly anarchis
tic tendencies embraced the most strictly
conservative. P.iests actually touched
hands with laymen; nay, with the tiny
Protestant clique, which assembled under
the awning of ih* Cafe of the Orl+nt
“Madrid is built in (he form of a cart
wheel, with one yr.at square forming its
huh, into which the various innumerable
avenues from all quarters converge like
spok< s. This great central square is ih
far-famed Puerto del Sol, and hltheT a
mob, once formed in any \ art of the city
Immediately proceeds. From 'his central
point it can jjnllate and effectively dis ri
bute its tcjfea
“My balcony overhung the famous
square. Suddenly we saw a great scram
bll k of the throng toward the center as
the n wsboys ran in amwig the crowd,
their musically intoned cries drowned by
the and. af ning welcome of the populace at
the thought of news which they no longer
feared.
“Suddenly as we lookfd the cries of re
joicing became walls of despair and the
great square b came strangely Mill as the
journals and their fatal message passed
from group to group.
“We lu-hed down to buy the Liberal.
The n rm -us Ironical headlines parodied
the exultant untruthful leaders of the day
before. ‘Days of mourning for Spain The
Colombo foundered. Cervera wounded.'
The crowd below drank in the unw'elcom#
intelligence, and its meaning followed
slower, sinking deep and sorrowfully into
the depth of their reluctant souls Spain
d"fea‘ed. The fleet she had h asted s at
tered in ptec'S ov* r the Atlantic. It all
came to the disappointed and deceived
1 atriots as too horrible o be true, out
of nature aside from th" lw of the uni
verse. and men went sadly to * heir homes
leaving the great square emptied and de
serted.
“But most grievously ffiep Into the
heart of Spain penetrated the death of the
great naval hero, I m Zaga. However rep
resentative the Admiral Cervrra may have
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M. THE BEE HIVE,
'"MBS' N. SCHUTZ,
gk Julian and Whitaker Streets,
Savannah Press Building-
Saturday Selling Men's Furnishings.
It isn’t only the low prices that count here, but the
splendid qualities and desirable goods that go for little
money. /
Men’s Seamlew* and Stainless Half
Hose, black and tans .7c
Men’s Unbleached Imported Hnlf Hose,
tine gauge, seamless, double heel
and toes 10c
Men’s Silk Ho p Supporters 9c
Mtn’s White Woven Border Handker
chiefs $c
Men’s Hemstitched Handkerchiefs,
plain whi e and colored borders 5c
Men’s Superb Quality Handkerchiefs,
hemstitched, white am) printed
borders 10c
Men’s Full Dress Suit Cases, leather
corners, brass lock, bras* catches,
24-inch $1.26
Rapidly Moving!
Parlor Suits,
Reed Rockers,
Refrigerators,
Mosquito Nets, /V\atting,
Rugs and Portieres,
Window Shades,
and all seasonable Goods
At Very Low Prices
in anticipation of our trip to 112 Broughton street, west,
Oct. 1.
LINDSAY & MORGAN,
Old Rost Office.
Scotch and Irish Whiskies.
We are agents for the most celebrated Scotch and
Irish whiskies, imported direct from the distilleries of
Scotland and Ireland.
These Scotch whiskies are the blend of the finest
Highland whiskey matured many years in wood before
bottled. The expert Analyist describes this Scotch whis
key as the perfection of Highland whiskey, and is special
O. V. H., selected Old Vatted Highland whiskey from
Glasgow, Scotland. The latest novelty in Scotch whiskey
is distilled by Kutherford of Leith, Scotland, and is called
Scotch Cherry Whiskey, and very palatable indeed. We
are also agets for the famous old Irish whiskey, imported
bv us from Wheeler, Belfast. Ireland.
LIPPMAN BROS.,
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A High-Grade Institution CUODTCQ Pill I Cf*C ROME,
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i ' (■ mi MlMiutlon lißßutlfnl. Climate delightful Brv( Invigorating Health record
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I r Tjl|Ml ,1 '• eacelleni, well appointed Laboratories, good fyaineelMin, etc faculty, large,'
Aa P * v a *nd com posed of able end experienced profneeore Course* exletnive and >
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ifcff efaefc. A A JgT’.L \lf2TvtMyAiß] grant a number of ■cholarehipa to d-eerving young ladle* Art and K.lm-ntlea
TANARUS/ I’ a department# ably conducted M H .|. Faculty unair passed in America, muiieel
‘j * aqulputent excellent A PRIZK PIANO (gift of ,-n.ro,ii friend of *
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■ 1 ■' mi—J Writ. Pr.ai'leot Simmon, tor iktoui,u. wliicti will te .nt fro*. |>o.tp.ld
appeared to uh as the courteous foe. the
dignified captive, hi* position In the mind*
of the general people of Spain was far
from being heroic In contiaet to the emo
tional and frenzied suicide of Da Zagu
the man who committed suicide on * elng
the less of the boat he commanded and
the humiliation of his country. Till* most
courageous gentleman was the true na
tional hro of the war with Spain. Admi
ral Cervera was strongly criticised by the
general publ'c for the adaptable grace
with which he ac,<pted Ametican courte
sy fiom his victorious foe.
“I should like to say, concluding, that
never In all that trying time while I was
a student at the University of Madrid did
I receive anything leas than the greatest
courtesy. Not one remark, not one look
reminded me that 1 was (he natural rn
emy of Spain. The riot* of Spain are mete
temporary explosions of eenilment. and
underniath the political unr.-rt and dis
quiet the Spaniard* are the gentlest, the
sunn est, ard the bappest people cn any
nation In the world.”
MOAEV 1% A* OLD € LOCK.
Meveral Tlionsand Oollnrs Found
stored Anas In Secret Drawers.
From the Pittsburg Dli at eh
In an old eight-day c'oek in the house
of Mrs. Noncy Bebout, who died this
werk. there have been dlovered bags
of gold and sllv.r coin which will amount
It Is est mated, to several thousand dol
lars. The Beboul home Is situated In
Amwell township. Mr*. Nancy Bebout
died lasi Tuesday, and a ftw hours be
fore her death she gave some keys to
her nltce. who stayed with her at the
h'use She told her that the keys were
for small drawer* wh ch had b en con
structed Ir* de (hr o’d , lo'k oh thr stair*.
After Mr*. Bcbiut’* dra h 'he girl turned
th ■ key* over to the executor of the e
ta e. W M. Dee, of Holliday * Cove, W.
Va.
He opered the clock In the (front ai|d
discovered the small drawers. The upp.r
Men's Laundered Negligee Shirts, col
lar and cuffs attached, desirable
colorings 390
Mn's t’heviot, Madras, Sateen and P*r
cnle Negligee Snlrts. laundered,
rorne with collar and cuffs attached,
some with white collar band and
separate cuffs, washable colors 44a
Men’s White Gauze Summer Under
shirts, all sizes 15c
Men's Bleached Pepperrell Jean Draw
ers SSo
Men’s Fuff Holders 5o
Men’s Bone Collar Buttons, a dozen 2o
Men’s Elated Collar Buttons lo
me was op ned, but nothing was found.
The others in (he front could*-of be open
ed and he began (o search those In the
rear. Upon opening the first drawer he
discovered four sacks, which weighed In
aggregate thirty-four pounds. They were
filled with gold and silvcr-Jloin. These
sucks of crln are esttmared to he worth
many thousands of dollars, though the
exe-utor did not count the contents, tak
ing them to a hank In Steubenville, 0,,
where they were dep sit'd
Mr. Dee was In Washington yesterday
and filed the will of Mrs. Bebout for pro
liHle. She laquetthtd SKD to the Hoard of
Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian
Church and distributed her property, real
and personal, among her nieces nnd ne
p ews To one she bequeath'd the eight
day clock, but no mention was made of
the con'ents.
Jeremiah Bebout was a cabinet maker
by trade, ana over three score years ago
mat’s this old clock. In the Interior he
placed a valle y cf little drawers, which
were ornamented and so constructed as
not to he noticeable. Mr Bebout was a
man of Indus ry and frugality, and during
fcls life accumulated much money. He
would never Invest any of his earnings
and had no faith In banks Within this
old clock, which stood at the head of the
stairs, he, year after year, placed the
money which he had saved and accutnu
la’fd
He died several years ago, and it was
mil cntll (he time of 111* dea'h that he
(o il Ills wife of the secret, and she has
since tnin carefully guarded It, as she
did not ni<d any of the money, having
plenty to live on.
—Henry Elpp and his wife have left
Syracuse, N. Y., for Paris. This would
not be remarkable If It were not for the
foot that Henry make* hie living by
cleaning out the garbage can* and a*h
barrel* of Syracuse. He recently an
nounced that he was going to Pari* for
three ntunth*. His customer* loaded the
couple with good things for use on th*
way and deluged them with flower* M
the railway atalion when they left.
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