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seemed as If tears would dim his eyes. IIe
choked back a sob and said:
g. If you will pardon ME a momert, VIII
endeavor TO Alright what the janitor has
neglected.
He walked off the stage and into the
wings, where he picked UP bottle OF
brandy and swallowed about half. After
wiping his lips he returned to the stagA
and said:
" i trust the air will be better here now
And / can assure you that the janitor Will
be discharged. Above everything else w5
must have pure air here, or ] refuse to go
on with my lecture
The audience seemed to sympathize with
Ward. After the lecture l met Ward, and
he told me that he did that Just to show
me how easy II was for a lecturer to take
a drink in the middle of his lecture 1 saw
Ward the day before he died. That waa
the last time. l his life was drawing
to a close, but 1 cheered him up; and he
was cheerful, too. / told him that i had
been thinking of going over to Manchester,
but L guessed 1 would wait a day or two,
TO him. He cracked a joke and said that
he was coming along all right.
Don't stay on my account Sutton he
said to me.
Il went over to Manchester and when
arrived there In the morning l found O
telegram awaiting me at the hotel appris-
ing ME of his death. / shall never forget
the Kindness shown by the literary friends
or Ward In London. Some of them were
constantly at his side. Particularly do L
recall George Augustus SaIa, L. p. Hing.
ston. Andrew Halliday. John Hollings.
head and James willing
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so maltreated that she was hors du conob,+
with the loss of her captain, lieutenant and
e'ght-elght men killed. seventy more heine
wounded There being no wind. She es,
Wou,d Ti.n hf ehe aid OF her sweeps. else she
wright had only lost his lieutenant and
iour men killed and eight wounded Tha
olsgusted Tuscan authorities immediately
SeiIeu Su tne 81: George and refused to give
her UP. but the appearance AT Ieghorn9 oe
Admiral Hawke with two line-ofHhattIa
shlps speedily induced them to a mora
Sso;inpiaisaht frame Of mind. After further
Gqnistlhguisning himself at the expense of the
Wrisht ,, .ne pIdve Captain Fortunatus
"; "iiSht was lost with his ship in a storm
IN March, 1857, while on a yovaea -
Malta to Leshorn. oAi
,Irlvateering was not a profession caIcu-
anor aueu 70 lhstill love of law and order
AMONG lts Votaries. The priya teersmen
"hen they came into port were the terror
ot O. 'he town, and committed many excesses
20 outrageous did their conduct bacoma
= anae IN Ine the mayor of Liverpool issued
d ploclainatlon cautiOning these lawless
persons That he would in future cali In tba
alo OF the military for the protectfon Of
shS Lfes ana property of the peacea ble in
Aaarpitants. Ihis had the desired effect.
mo service was popular; the men sbinned
on board privateers being "a fa fro,,a pc,
pressment, the most dashing and daring of
tne sailors came out of their hiding holes to
enter on board them. These doughty old
oua ouas VI " Liverpool are thus described by
one one VINO wrote from personal obseryation.
Iney were reckless, dread-naught dare.
ueEil collection of human beings. half dis
cipnhed, but yet ready to obey every order
,o,t 49, rue PriVateersman was a sort of
nghtnlng In his composition-somethinp
,iie ,ihe d man-of-warsman, but much more
i,he 1 pirate-generally with a superabun.
uahce OF Whlsker, as If he held with Sam
of his hair" di'y
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Peculiar Villages,

scattered throughout the area OF C,re.+
Britain are numerous towns and villages of
d curious character. One large village ac-
tuaHy consists OF old railway carriages.
even the little mission chapel being built
out oi iour large horse trucks Another
'iiia&e' with a population of 100 and a
ratable value Of 5000, has neither church
chapel nor school. the only public edifice
being pillar letter box,
villages with a single inhabitant are not
unknown. At Skiddaw, in Cumberland
there 1s solitary householder who can,
rot vote because there is no overseer to
prepare voters list. and no church or
other public building on which to publish
one; While the only ratepayer in q certain
rural Northumberls nd parish has RECENTLY
aeclined to bear the expense of repairing
enough for himself.
In the Isle Of Ely Is little parish which
has been Somewhat contemptuously de-
scribed as portion of land with three
or four houses, and perhaps twelve inhabi-
tanfs.' This place has no roads at all.
and is consequently put to no expense in
Keeping them In repair. As a matter of
Iact, there are no expenses Of any kind and
no rates.
One of the most remarkable villages in
TINS country Is kempton. near Bedford,
winch Is seven miles long and extremely
straggling. eTo walk from one end of the
village to the other occupies two hours
sometimes whole villages will practically
disappear. A little Shropshire village has
gradually sunk. until now it is almost out
of sight. 1t Is built on disused coal pit.
and the sinking goes steadily every
year Now and then a tottering house is
propped up to keep 1t standing, but in
spite of all precautions, buildings are con-
stantly falling to the ground, and in course
OF time doubtless nothing will be left but a
lew bricks 10 mark the spot where VIII
lage once stood.
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Battalion; Privates William c. Beasley
Benjamin T. Grant II. l.. Standley and
Charles c. Cox. Company c, 4th Battalion;
Privates William l.. Bowie, George c.
Click, jr., John O'Connell and Arthur L.
Russell Company d. 4th Battalion.
Privates Albert E. Furbeshaw, Otto
Haarer George w. Loehl. Frank P. Madi-
gan, Oscar Reeves and Lawrence Schweg-
Ter, Company A, 9th Battalion: Privates c.
]. Ruff. Howard Langston, G. w. Burch
w. r. Huff, E. F. Hughes r. W. Starke
Phillip ]. Willett and Albert Lewis, Com
pany B, 5th Battalion: Priyates Walter R.
Brooke, Charles H. Fletcher and Otto w
Harke. Company c. 9TH Battalion; Sergeant
Charles II. Kerfer, Company ID, 9th Bat
TALON.
Corporal 8. l. Scott and Privates w. G.
Schafhirt, j. I. Selecman and ]. L. Will
meth, Company A. 9th Battalion: Corporal
J. s. Gheen. Company B, 9th Battalion
Privates William T. Murphy. NJ. B. Stur-
gus. J: F: Taylor and T. Williamson. Com
pany c, 9Th Battalion.
Privates A. c. Hutchinson and Clarence
H. Williams. Company A. LIST Battalion;
Private T. M. Littleton. Company B. 1st
Battalion; Sergeant J. A. Wilkinson. Cor
H. Cove and r. P. Hunt, Company c. 1st
Battalion: Privates Ernest Morseil and G.
H: Tucker, Company D, LIST Battalion.
Sergeant Thomas 3. Davis and Privates
Company A. ID Battalion; Sergeant STAN
ley r. Houchen, Corporal JaIles E. Love-
less and Privates Frank s. Hinrichs, Al
fred Robertson and George Thorne, Com
pany B. I'd Battalion: Privates Walter E.
Baum. Ernest E. Wear. Johan c. Kondrup
and ]. G. Thompson, Company c. I'd Bat
talon: Prvates Dorset Crane, Patrick Ii.
Lloyd, John E. Rehner, George P. Srop-
sf1er, George w. Stevens and Norman VIII
son. Company D, I'd Battalion
Corporal A. A. Rittenour and Private
William T. Rawlings. Ambulance Corps.
Corps of Field Music
The corps of field music, an important
adjunct to the National Guard In service,
has not yet enlisted the full quota of MEN,
bers to which 1t is entitled by law Prin-
cipal Musician William A. Duvau is de-
sirous of hearing from musicians anxious
or willing to enter the military service. He
is located at headquarters District of Co.
lumbia militia, 1412 G. street
Evening star., 1898-04-23
What the Local Brigade Has Accom-
plished During the Week.
OUTCOME OF COURT OF INQUIRY
Keen Disappointment if Entire Or
ganization is Not Called.
DISCHARGES AND TRANSFERS

The review of the week, so far as the
District of Columbia National Guard is
concerned, brings to light a period Of un-
precedented interest and narrowing uncer-
tainties. The most marked preparations
in the direction of a possible call into ac-
tive service lave been the only rule of all
the organizations. The 1st and I'd Regf-
ments and several of the separate organi-
cations assembled Monday evening last in
heavy marching order for Inspection. The
showing as a whole was more than graft
flying. Night and day since Monday every
body has been on the move without cessa-
ton. Every evening every company has
assembled for drill. The work pursued has
been along the line that would be most
in evidence in time Of trouble. Particular
attention has been paid to guard duty.
while maneuvers in extended order have
by no means been neglected. The engln-
eer and signal companies and ambulance
corps have been devoting themselves to
their particular duties.
Recruiting has been one of the particu-
lar features of the week. Many Of the Or
ganizations have doubled their usual
strength, and now have the full quota OF
men allowed by law. In this connection
the eagerEeSs to enter the service dis
played by some individuals may be classed
Evening star., 1898-04-23
LOndon's Atmosphere.
From the London Times,


Only by degrees are the marvellous oual.
tiles Of our London atmosphere becoming
known. No city in the world can boast
such a peculiar aerial composition as that
which the inhabitants of the metropolis
have served to them daily and nightly.
without money and without price-for
neither the government, county council nor
vestries have yet attempted to tax the
highly nutritive air which we breathe,
Most people think that our atmosphere con.
sists of practically nothing. Quite a miss
take. 1t is both meat and drink. A paper
contributed to the Transactions" of the
British Institute of Preventive MedicinA
states that even in a suburb the dust par.
ticles number 10000 per cubic centimotef
in the open air, and A 900 in quiet roomt
while in the city-O fortunatos nimium, ~
the totals per cubic centimeter were 500 600
when taken from a roof, Soo. 900 in a court
and about 100000 in a room. In other
words, the air or the square mile is 800 per
cent thicker than in the suburbs which is
in accord with the general experience thai
fogs are both more dense and more fres
quent over the center than In the outskirts.
But what Is especially interesting is I'd
learn that although dust is the great carl
Tier OF micro-organisms. there Is only one
OF these articles per 3S 0O0 900 atoms Of
dust Thus 1t is calculated man could
live In the metropolis for seventy years
and only absorb 5,000 900 microbes into
his system from the air, or about the sama
number as he drinks in half q pint OF UNI
boiled milk. OF course, there ara otheH
serious objections to dust, but Il n pomsa
thing to know that there Is Only One mil
crobe to many millions OF moteb FL
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The Temperance Sentiment.

From the ArgOnaut.
Temperance sentiment as 1t is known
nowadays, was unknown to our Puritan
ancestors, who did not consider water
either healthful or sufficient beverage
Laborers would not work at the harvest,
nor builders at their trades without sufii-
cient allowance of rum. Bear was also
popular. At the ordination of minister,
large quantities of the various intoxicants
were consumed; the laying In of large
stores of alcoholic beverages marked tho
raising of every meeting house. and cider
In abundance was produced on every farm
When. century ago. General Washington
was engaging gardener, it, was stated in
the contract that he should have 'S4 at
Christmas with which he may be drunk for
four days and four nights; 81 at Easter for
the same purpose; s2 at .Whitsuntide. to be
drunk for two days; a dram insthe morn
ing and a drink of grog at dinner at noon. -
Every tavern displayed many tiecanters Of
liquor to be drunk with all meals, free,
and the fip-iron. was kept constantly heat
ed in the tavern fire: the sideboard of every
private family had various assortment OF
liquors, and not to ask caller to drink
Was breach OF hospitality
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as remarkable. The commanding general
has been flooded with communica tions and
headquarters has been crowded with anx-
ious parents. both the eommuuica tions and
the visits being inspired by the action of
young men who have entered the guard
or who have expressed their intention SO
to do. Ii has been q common occurrence
of late for widowed mothers, with tears in
their eyes, to appear at headquarters for
the purpose Of iEquiriug if there was any
way possible to keep their sons from going
to the war. These callers and correspond
ents are referred TO the several company
commanders. and are also advised to bring
their parental influence TO bear ON the
would -le SallinrS
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disappointment of Guardsmen.

Ali the armories have been busy places
for days past. The guardsmen have been
under the firm conviction that the brigade
would be called into service as u whole.
When it became noised about last evening
that probably not more than 400 District
GCardSmen would be accepted for the vol
unteer service most pronounced disdppoint
ment was caused. The men retired, how
ever, with the hope that something would
turn up that would permit the District
Guard to demonstrate it's efficiency and
patriotism.
In the event that the local brigade should
be called into the service of the United
States, the understanding is that most
material change in the way of organiza-
ton would of necessity result. The gem
eral staff in the first place would have to
be reorganized. The commanding general
would be entitled to only four department
officers on his staff, each with the rank OF
captain and two aids, each with the rank
of first leutenants. Under the District
militia law he is entitled to four aids. each
with the rank of captain; seven depart
ment officers. each with the rank of major,
and adjutant general, with the rank OF
lieutenant colonel. Regimental staff offi-
GERS would have rank as first lieutenant in
stead of captain, as is at present the case,
while no pf ovision would exist for a bat
TALON staff.
Must Step Down and Out.
The report of the court of inquiry ap
pointed at the Suggestion OIL u HSt Lieuteii-
ant Francis Carroll Mattingly. Company D,
9th Battalion, to investigate his conduct, In
connection with declination to tender his
resignation. at the request of Major Otto
G. Smenson, 9th Battalion, mas been ap-
proved by the commanding general. In a
communication, quoting the report of the
court and the approving Endorsement of
Col. M. Emmett Urell, I'd Regiment, the
commanding general has requested Lieut.
In tint,
at once.
1t will he remembered that the fact that
Lieutenant Mattingly was persona non
grata to his company commander and the
majority of the members of the company
was stated to be the reason his resignation
was requested by the battalion command
er. The court of inquiry, in it's report,
found against Lieutenant Mattingly and
sustained the course pursued by Major ST.
monson. In forwarding the report Colonel
Crell approved the findings and intimated
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Would he Glad to Know 1t,
Prom the Atlanta Constitution.

from the Atlanta Constitution.
An Indiana correspondent writes to OBJ
tain the address of a Georgia author who is
living out of the state. The correspondent
says:
IF he is living, please forward my letter
to him. II he is deceased, would be glad
to know it,"
The correspondent doesn't state Just WHY
he would be glad to know the author Is de-
ceased bit the inference is thaA he has
been reading some of'the authors books.
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tramp IN all day and sleep IN all night
IT necessary. The shoes furnished by
the government are usually heavy
and clumsy, while ours are soft, pli-
able and particularly adapted TO
travelling after the enemy day and
night until he is found, caught and
whipped. Good, broad tread, like IL
lustratlon, sewed by hand and made
OF calf, Russian colt-skin, vici kid,
kangaroo or Cordovan, at So, S.. 80,
So and 81, which is from soc. to S,
pair lower than at other shoe
stores.
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want" ads. In The Star pay beoause they
bring answers.
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The following guardsmen have been hon.
orably discharged medical examination
demonstrating that they are disqualified
for actual field service-Private Edward J.
Scanlon. Company A. 4th Battalion: Pri-
Yates Herbert Huntington. Octavius Sad
Ter and J. NJ. Winchester, Company B, 4th
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that as the commanding officer Of the I'd
Regiment he would be gratiled if head
quarters would relieve Lieutenant Mating
iy from duty with the regiment.
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son and Privates J. p. Alexander. e. r.
Boyle, T. A. Burns, g. H. Guerdrum. p.
Hall, L. M. Holt, w. 8. Hutton. E. +.
Lord. Harry H. Miller. w. A. Thompson
and F. r. Weller Company c. and Privates
J. A. Bishop and w. F. Miller, Company K.
Evening star., 1898-04-23

"'The ventilation in this house is very
poor he began. 4 have repeatedly ad-
monished the janitor, but what have said
seems to have been unheeded. / assure you
this Ii no fault OF mine: and not only that,
stand ready to refund money to those
who are suffering from this; foul air.
"a look Of pity came over his face. 1t
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iHOnOrably ,Discharged.

On their own applications Private Will
lam T. Davis, Company C, ID Battalion.
and Privates Luther F. Speer and Miles
Standish, Company A, 9th Battalion, have
been honorably DISCHARGED.
Private c. N. Walker, Company D, 4th
Battalion, has been honorably discharged
because of removal from the District.
Evening star., 1898-04-23
WAR
Shoes
FOrOur
Brave
Soldiers

Thousands of
pairs of COM
Portable, wide,
easy, walking
shoes for men TO
Evening star., 1898-04-23

corporal J. G. Stelle. Company c. I'd Bat
TALON, has been transferred to Company
D. 9th Battalion. as private.
Private Marvin Herndon, Ambulance
corps, has been transferred to the 9Th Bat
talion Ior appointment as hospital steward.
Inc Following have been transferred from
Companies B and c. eth Battalion, to the
engineer company-Sergeant w. NJ Sam
Evening star., 1898-04-23

Another lot Of stylish black cheviot
serge suits-jackets and skirts are both
lined with black taffeta silk-made and
finished in admirable fashion by man
tailors-and the equal Of any fifteen dol
lar suit In the city-will be offered you
the choice Of for $685.
Evening star., 1898-04-23

Monday We offer you the choice of a
lot of fine tafreta silk waists. made in
the latest style-for only S4.9s. Every
garment in the lot is splendidly made
and not worth penny less than $s-the
price speaks for itself.
The evening times., 1898-05-25
pe.tn Better rh.n Prison.

New York, May z-Many eloquent
pleas for reformatory children were ut
tered at yesterdays session Of the Ma
tional Conference Of Charities and Cor
rection. but none was quite SO startling
as that of a colored delegate from Vir-
ginia, who raised his voice for the little
ones of his own race.
John H. Smyth was the speakers name
He began by quoting statistics to show
the great preponderance of black over
white convicts In the jaiis of Virginia,
and went on to ascribe this disparity to
the fact that Virginia provides ample pen
itentiary accommodation for the whites,
but very little for the blacks.
1T would be better to kill the unhap-
py children of my race" he exclaimed,
than to wreck their souls by herding
them in prisons with old and hardened
criminals
The delegates appeared deeply moved by
the speakers earnestness. and a moment
or two later he aroused them to DEM
onstration of an entirely different charac-
ter by speaking of the patriotism of Vir-
ginia, with especial reference to General
Fitzhugh Lee and the colored troops.
The evening times., 1898-05-25
BANIsHED FROM HAITI,
Mime. Alfred Refused to sareNde,
Her Seat to Presfdent's Wife,


New York. May 25.-The following let
ter from Port au Prince, Haiti, dated
Ma. =. tells of the banishmcn: of Nine
Alfred, French woman. by the wife of
President Sam:
The decree expeling Madame Hormance
Alfred from Haiti was a surprise to the
majority of the foreign colony here, she
having repeatedly asserted that the diff
Guilty between her and the government
had been settled. Mrs. Sam, the wife of
the president. was implacable. however,
except on the condition that a complete
apology be made to her by Madame Al
fred for her refusal to yield to her the
seat in the Cathedral on Easter Sunday,
which she demanded.
Madame Hermance Alfred mas lived
here many years. and has q profitable
business "a a restaurant keeper. IL the
decree is enforced her financial loss will
be heavy. She has tried to sell her busi-
ness since she knew the fate that await
ed her, but in vain. 1t is certain that
the French government will back I'D the
large claim which she will be entitled TO
make for indemnity.
the country by the first steamer depart-
ing for foreign port. This was the
Prins Wfllem III. which sailed on May 9
Tor New York. A commissaire of police
went TO her, and said he had come to
pay for her passage to New York. She
replied that she could not possibly leave
at such short notice. Later two commits
safres OF police and six policemen were
sent to arrest her. They entered her
bedchamber and were about to take her
as she was. partly dressed, when the
secretary of the French legation person.
ally interviewed in her behalf. The ar
rest was. therefore. no, made, and Nine.
Alfred did not depart by the Prins VIII
lem III. She was informed, however
that she must surely go on the French
steamer, the Olinde de Rodriguez, on the
uth.
There Is considerable sympathy ex-
pressed for Nine. Alfred among the for
eigners here despite the fact that her
troubles have arisen from her notorious
relations with the son-in-law of the Pres
ident. These would have been regarded
as almost legitimate by the authorities IL
it were not that Nine. Sans daughter is.
Tor Haitian, unreasonably jealous
Nearly all Haitian women accept the
fact that their sex in this country out
numbers the men about four to one as
fully justifying the condition of polyea-
my which actually exists. If she were not
the wife of the President Mme Sam could
never have compassed the expulsion of
Nine. Alfred on the vague allegations
contained In the decree. She is merely
charged with being a troublesome per-
son, whose presence Is q menace to good
order and injurious to the state
The evening times., 1898-05-25
CALLERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Calvin 8. Brice Presents HIS SON 10
the President.

Calvin 8. Brice Presents HIS SON 10
the President.
In the monotory of the white House at
fairs there was a break this morning
when Calvin s. Brice and his son, Sewart
N. Brice, drew up at the door behind
rather antiquated pair of horses. and
aligfted from stiFl more ancient car
riageone of the 50-cent-an-hour kind.
The younger Brice has but recently
been appointed an assistant commissary
general. and his father brought him hith-
er that he might stand in the presence OF
President Mckinley and allowed to be.
made acquainted
The Brice visit was very brief. howey-
er. Father and son were ushered into the
Presidents private ONCE where ''hellos''
were hurriedly delivered. accepted and ex-
changed. The entire transaction occupied
less than i've minutes.
Among the regular oficfal visitors to
the White House were Secretaries Long,
Algef. Bliss, and Grfges. An denied their
respective missions had any extraordinary
importapce.
sscretary Alssr was ss,ssd q he had