The times., 1898-10-01
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD.

AAANO0 O00N AMI AGAltO.
1T is disgrace to Washington" said
Col Matthews last night, that a city
so well paved and with a complete drain
age and sewerage system should be the
scene of frequent ep1demics of diphtheria
and other zymotic diseases. According
to the health report for last week, there
had been seven deaths. and there were
79 cases on hand. Surely the sanitary
authorities could by energetic measures
and strict enforcement of the regulations
check the progress of the diphtheria
even should 1t be found impracticable to
exterminate it. IL they have not the
necessary funds at their command Con-
CESS should make a special appropriation
for the purpose II is said that the regu-
lations are not carried out as they should
be; that physicians fail to report all the
cases, and that the patients are not alb
solutely isolated"
'1t has always been mystery TO me
where the army officers of today get their
notions of discipline" an old regular
army man said TO a Times reporter.
'They have the most peculiar notions re-
garding the place in the social sphere a
buck private occupies. III my old COM
mander would see one of his officers walk
down street arm in arm with an enlisted
man he would think that the officer was
either drunk or crazy, and those were
common sights in this city during the
war with Spain.
In my troop of the Second Cavalry
there was young man named Holloran-
He was young Irishman, evidently
younger son of some land owner in the
old country, who had received an excel
lent education When he arrived in this
country he found that he could get abso-
lutely nothing to do and as a natural con-
sequence drifted into the army. Being an
excellent horseman and q fine shot, he
soon became the idol of his troop and
was a jolly good fellow with everyone.
He never told US who he was, but we
could see that he was well bred. One
Summer we were ordered to a lonely post
in the West, the loneliest post, / thought
at that time, there was in the service.
There were several families in the sur
rounding country. all of them good peo-
pie who frequently entertained the Off
GERS in good style. Principal among
these was an old cattleman and his
daughter. He was so rich that he could
not tell you exactly how much money he
did have, and his horses were all of the
finest-Iooking girls / have ever seen, and
she rode and drove about the country as
well as anyone could. She had been edu-
Gated in Europe and this country and
had everything that money could buy
One day after she had been coming 70
the post for about month Holloran was
on duty as headquarters orderly, when
she drove up in her carriage and walked
into the office. She turned around and
-. s,Fr CHI had fad
through the door, and that look did the
business
From that time on Holloran was the
only man in the post for her, and she
was certainly the one being on the face
of the earth for which he cared. But the
officers heard of what was going on and
decided to put stop to matters in the
beginning.
'It was enough to have private in the
post who surpassed all others in good
looks, education, refinement and every
thing else, and he was not going 10 be
allowed to take the best catch of the
country out of the hands of the officers.
Holloran had formerly been selected as
orderly every day: none of US would go
against him. but now he was in disgrace,
and no matter how hard he worked he
never was selected again. Things went
on in this way until one day the girl went
into the Office of the commander Of the
post and said:
Major. you have a man named Hollo-
ran in this post, have you not?'
I've have such a man. but how does
that interest you?' the major asked
You officers would like 10 get rid OF
him. too wouldn't you? said the girl
"'Well he is little to presumpuous- !
think the major replied
"'What 1 came down here to tell you
was that you are going TO get rid of
him SAYS Miss Cattleman. His dis
charge papers will be here tomorrow from
the War Department and you will get
the invitations to our wedding in the
same mall and she fiounced out of the
office and down TO Holiorans quarters,
where she picked him UP and took him
out for drive.
"They were married. too. and were the
handsomest couple in that district, but
the officers would have nothing to do
with Holloran When his wife would come
to the postoffiee to visit the woman folk
he would leave her and come over TO the
barracks with the enlisted men, Every
Christmas the boys would receive box
of good things TO eat and several kegs
of LIQUID refreshments from the store
houses of their old comrade, who had
taken charge of his father-in-laW's ousl-
ness soon after he was married.