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Evening star., 1898-04-29
A REMARKABLE sTOWAwAY.
AdventurOL- Negro Who Has Travelled
md Can Speak Any Language.

From the New York Times.
No one at the barge office doubts that
Joseph Badmore would be able to scrape
together a living in this country, but as he
has no money and 10 friends and came
a stowaway he will have to go back 10
Barhadoes, whence he came on the good
bark Mary c. Hale. Joseph's parents Were
born In Africa, ore can easily believe
who beholds Joseph, for he is as black as
the ace of spades. His hair is crinkly, his
Fps thick blubber and his chin re-
treating. No one would take him 10 be
liEguist and an individual of varied attain
ments. but he is. He has been a rover for
twelve years. He thinks he is now forty
five years old, but he doesn't know Just
when he was born.
He went to sea twelve years ago. but he
has not remained at sea all of the time
since. When he first signed seaman's arti-
cles he could talk cnly Spanish. He rested
while in Germany, and while there pick
ed up German and Russian. Then he went
to Holland and got good smatterng OF
Dutch. A sojourn in Italy made him pro-
ficient in the language of that sunny land.
His French is Partisan, he having learned
it in the capital. To sea he went again,
and at Singapore he learned to talk with
the Malays in their own language. and at
Madras he caught the language of the COO
q
ChiEese-enough to he understood. AT Al
giers he studied Turkish and Arabic, and
in Japan Japanese He drifted back to
Germany and found Polish easy, and then
in Copenhagen he finished off his linguistic
education by mastering the Scandinavian
language.
That he really had a smattering of all
these tongues was attested by the corps of
interpreters in the immigration bureau He
was able to talk to any of them, but they
ADMITTED that to get really creditable ac-
count of himself from himself the best re-
suits could only be obtained by the fun
corps of interpreters
or course Joseph had to make living
while studying languages ashore. He Sc
cured a job from Hagenbeck in Copenha-
gen and became an assistant lion tanner
In Berlin he was exhibited as a wild man
from somewhere, and big ring was in
serted between the nostrils of his nose
Whlch is about one and half inches wide
IN LONDON, where his travels also took him.
he got a job again a lion tanner Some
months ago vessel he had shipped in at
an European port was wrecked off the coast
OF Brazil. He was thrown up with the
drift on the beach. and. pursuing his drift
ing habit, he drifted back to his birthplace
in Barbados.
Barbados was dull. He fell in with some
of the crew of the American bark and they
thought it would be fun to have him
aboard. He could sing and put up a pretty
good vaudeville entertainment all by him.
self, the entertainment including mimicry
OF the noises made by the various wild
beasts with which he had become familiar
in circus shows.
They helped him to hide away beneath
the starbIard boat and after the bark was
under way one Of the crew announced his
feigned surprise by calling out that there
was new coon aboard" He turned in
and worked with the crew.
Evening star., 1898-04-29

and the duck must be made from ply
yarns The final tests especially Sc
we're, and many manufacturers vivdly re-
member the vast quantity of goods that
were rejected during the civil war because
they were below the standard.
Up to the present time there have been
no indications of speculate operations in
woolen goods, but in cotton duck one large
operator is said to have contracted for
over 4 million yards CT standard army
goods. Operations of this character were
a feature Ct business during the civil war,
and many fortunes We're made and lost in
this mai ner.
Since the declaration by Congress of war
against Spain the home markets have been
strengthened rather than depressed, in all
branches of trade. The uncertainty that
almost paralyzed trade before war was de-
clared has been dispelled and tone of ex-
treme firiEress is the feature of all mar
kets. Now that war Is on in reality, de-
preston has been dispelled, and the Gues-
tions row considered are the amount of
production and possibility OF transoorta-
tion of product.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
English View Of the War,
From the London Mall

From the London Mall
At the outset of the war 1t is quite possi-
BILE that the United States navy will have
to suffer severely. 1t is not likely to b..
beaten, but at the same time 1t is not
likely to win hands down. No power can
neglect it's ornaments with impmity, and
the American feet is not what 1t should be
In ships and men. But of the ultimate VIC
tory of the United States there cannot be
the slightest doubt The immense resources
of the United States will be brought into
play If the war Is a protracted one. The
five battle ships now building will be COM
pleted; seamen will be trained; a great
army will be formed, and, above all, dis
tance will operate in favor of America
Cuba viii be conquered, though not with
out an effort. The moment communica-
tons with Europe are cut, ammunition
Spanish troops In that island.
They may offer brave resistance bu.
what happened to the confederates in 1865
viii happen to. them. They will be out
numbered and overborne. But Spain can
see this quite as clearly as we can, and the
odds are that IL she Is once badly beaten
at sea she will surrender. She can then
withdraw from the West Indies before ir-
resistible force and her honor will have
been saved. II European Intervention is
threatened, our navy will come into play
We are rot going to see continental powers
climbing on our cousins backs In the hour
of trouble. We may respect Spain. but we
cannot have the smallest sympathy for her.
After ALL Cuba Ii only another Armenia
and Spain another Turkey.
Evening star., 1898-04-29

fhe Variety Of stories Tt,ld of IN.
Young Hero.
From the IoDdon akefoh


FROM the London Sketch
inese Is rejoicing among the Gordon
Highlanders because their hero pin.r
F'indlater. has recovered thanks "a ~.
careful nursing he has received at tho
British General Hospital at Rawsl pina,
mus the regiment might sing with Mr..
Gilbert, Though nit by a bullet DumDum
"a shot that might bury-we all ara 10
merry, Tor Findlater did not succumb-
cumb. The interest in Dargai is by no
means exhausted, for a new picture NJ
me charge, by Mr. Allan Stewart, is now
oeing exhibited at the Fine Art Society's
rooms, while the story of the Malakand
campaign which Is part and parcel of the
whoie frontier policy, is told by V.scount
flncastle and Lieut.. Elliott -Lockhart in a
volume just published by Methuen.
Inc famous charge at Dargai was mazda
on octooer Is Findlater, though wounded
piping his hardest while his fellow Gordons
crossed the murderous zone of fire Tho
precise iacts about the incident will prob.
Soly never be known, for the Dargai Saga
mas now grown to colossal pronort ions
For instance. though Findlater is "A nativs
or Turrin, Aberdeenshire a Frankfort ma.
per declared that his real name was Julius
Eraumann. and that he came from Hesse-
Darmstadt Again, what did he playr
Some say IL was The Cock of th. North /"
the modern slogan of the Gordon clan.
some say it was The Haughs of Crom.
dale, and so on the Saga rolls Meantime
enc Is glad 10 think that ne has recovered.
lie was severely wounded in the leg boil,
bones being smashed above the ankle. and
IL was in this condition that he continued
10 pipe until he got weak from loss of
biocd and the shock of the injury The
Saga declared that his leg had been am
putated. This is not the case. Both his
legs are perfect now. He will shortly leave
land, where he may be assured of a hearty
India for his home in the north of Scot--
welcome OH all sides
Evening star., 1898-04-29

The District Commissioners have trans
mitted to President Bryan of the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Company 4
report made to them by Capt. Burr, the
assistant to the Engineer Commissioner,
relative to the location of poles by the
company on L0ughboro road.
Capt Burr explains that, on account of
the unimproved condition of Nebraska
avenue, it does not seem practicable to
erect thereon the telephone poles now To-
Gated on the Loughboro road; that the
erection CT these poles should be DELAYED
until such time as the lines of Nebraska
avenue are fully marked and the street so
improved that they can De placed In the
best permanent location and according TO
curb lines TO lie established.
1t appears, Capt. Burr states, that while
Ioughboro road Is to be abandoned In
part, such abandonment does not take ef-
feet until Nebraska avenue is comDiete ed
for travel The avenue is rot yet inDroy-
ed for travel. and all of Longhboro road
Is, therefore as yet public highway and
the rights of the telephone company with
regard TO the maintenance Of poles Thereon,
are yet unchanged.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
QUAINT AND CURIOUS RINGS.
Custom OF Wearing Finger Ornaments
Extends Back Many Years.

NioW tbe ->"W
The antiquity oil the custom of wearing
finger rings carries it back to the most
remote ages. as is shown by the fact that
in almost all archaeological excavations
such personal ornaments are among the
treasures found. Just which of the many
curious rings preserved in the museums is
the o!1est is matter of some dispute,
but there is excellent authority for SO
considering an Egyptian ring which in
carefully preserved in Florence whittier
1t was taken from the land of the Nile by
an eminent archaeolcgist. IL is believed
to have belonged to the pharaoh who builS
the Great Pyramid. One of almost equal
age, ana also Egyptian in origin, is known
as the Eye of Osiris
Many very old rings extant date from
tne Roman period. One OF the so-called
Leglon;ry rings" is OF iron, and il is sup
posed That such rings Were worn by SOL
ulers or the various legions, the number of
the particular legion to which the waarer
belonged being indicated on the bezel. But
this explanation has been disputed Much
more interesting, especially to ladies. ara
what are usually termed Roman key
rings. key, having considerable re-
senolance to modern latch key of "A GER
tain type, is affixed to the ring, which is
made OF bronze. Some writers have Thought
that these key rings We're worn by slaves
occupying positions of authority in a large
household. but the explanation which 6nds
more acceptance is that they were pi.-an
oy Drldegrooms to their brides the kew
symboilzing that the husband intrusted TO
ms wife the complete control of all his
domestic affairs.
Another antique ring of much interest
Is one bearing Christian emblems. and an
parently of second century date. IL was
found last year along with the fragments
OF manuscript on which the Logia or Saw
lngs Of Christ appear.
Ferhaps the most remarka BILE ring i'm the
world. says Mr.. Robert Machray in an en-
tertaining article on the subject in an En-
gfsh magazine, is that which bears the
title Of ''The Ring of the Fisherman" one
OF the rings worn by the pepes. In this
ring St Peter is seen sitting in a boat and
holding ir each hand a net There seems
TO be some little uncertainty as to the
manner in which this ring passes from
pope to pope, but, SO far as the writer was
able to learn, IT Is always kept by the
grand chamberlain Of his holiness During
the time which eiapses between the. death
OF pope and the election OF his successor
the name OF the deceased pontfff IS re.
moved from the inscription; when the elec-
ton has taken place the new name takes
the place Of the old.
There Is perhaps no ring to which such a
patnetic interest Is attached as that given
by Mary, Queen OF Scots, to her husband.
LORD Darniey. 1t Is In the collection at
the British Museum.
Evening star., 1898-04-29

From the Scientific Amer,cGnt -
The strength of theaSbanish navy in tor
pedo boats makes it ithgqessary that all the
United States vessels and forts shall be
provided with searchi stghts, and it is found
that it is no easy thRatter to purchase a
sufficient numoer oY oYisearch lights in an
emergency. 4 large IpNnber of the finest
searchlight mirrors bayes been bought, but
an adequate supply odshem cannot be had.
Having mirrors. tfaGs electric companies
could turn out the ,aghis In brief time
and its Manufacturing m aTseR deIicate eI operation @ @
which needs time and8eE4e TO finish 1t sue
cessfully. 1t Is, not eanmrdinary reflector
which may be cast a4d Saolded. but has to
De gronnd accurately a9Ha highly polished.
and hardened vufSanfte Machines for
grinding the redectofs have been made
which facilitate the work, but 1t requires
ABOUT week to make q satisfactory mir
ror The glass is purchased, nodded into
shape, and the machines are put to work
requisite curve. After grinding and polish
ing the mirror Is tested. and when It Is sat
lsfactory the silver back is put on by elec-
troiysis and this back lis covered by an
opaque substance, generally .vulcanite.i
search lights and mirrors were first made
n England about 1881; later Germany and
FRANCE took up their manufacture, and the
best mirrors are today made In the last
Two countries. Entirely satisfactory mir
rors are made In this lcountry. At present
tnere are few OF the fortidcations equip
ped with search lights; and at nearly every
coast tort dynamo Eeuld have to be set
up to supply the light. It Is stated that
should an-ernergency demand II. every for
uncation could be supplied with search
usnt ana Dynamo within four months.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
Probability Of an Advance to Six
Cents Next Week.
WHAT A BAKER SAYS
Crackers, Cakes ard Sugar Also
Tending Upward.
A GEN ERAL NCRE A S Z

There is considerable probability that the
price OF bread will next week be raised by
local bakers to six cents loaf. This action
would have been taken at once had not
some f1uctuation in the wheat market
caused a change. Now, as it has been for
a number of years, the price is but fvs
cents a loaf. This, of course, refers to the
retail price. The wholesale price of loaf
of bread is today but four certs, that figure
having prevailed for several years, but II
the program is carried cut the manufacture
ing bakers will advance the wholesale price
to five cents which in turn will carry the
retail price one cent higher.
Flour" explained a local baker today,
''is higher today than it has been perhaps
for twenty years, the wholesale price run
ming from 625 to $3.50 barrel for the best
Minnesota grades. OF course. the war has
something to do with the advance in wheat,
but 1 think it is more the result of the in
adequate supply abroad ard the work OF
the gamblers in wheat than anything else.
But, whatever has caused the advance. 1t
has come, and the bakers are bound to
recognize the fact, the consequence being
that arr obliged to raise the price OF
bread accordingly.
Il can say, however that j believe the
prices have about reached the top notch,
and L therefore do not look for any fur
comfort consumers is that the growing
crop gives every promise of being the
greatest for years. 1t has never looked
better, and an immense yield will surely
result. But bakers cannot use the flour
from this crop much before next October
or November. and present prices of wheat
and bread will continue. in all probability.
until about that time. There is another
advance which may be looked for-that in
the price of crackers and cakes The
cracker combine will largely control that
matter, however. but look for an advance
before many days in those commodities,
not only because of the advance in the
price Of wheat and flour, but also because
sugar and lard are higher today than they
have been for long time
Sugar Goes Up.
Fron, a conversation with one of the To-
cal wholesale grocets a Star reporter
learned today that sugar has advanced
sale. although the retail price SO far re-
mains about the same, with the probable
fty, however. that the retailers will shortly
demand higher rates. Coffee has advanced
about cents pound wholesale, and re-
tai, prices are. of course. affected. Tea re-
mains unchs nged. but cured meats are adj
yancin., and lard has made very percep-
tible jump. So far the retail prices have
shown little effect of the advance in whole
sale figures. but they will. as a matter of
course, go higher. The price of beans has
also advanced, from about 81 to s1.J0
barrel. Butter is slightly lower and the
same $ true of eggs. Poultry Is higher,
ard there is upward tendency in fresh
meats. Potatoes show a rather sharp ad-
vance. the market in them being quick and
active.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
THE WAR MAP.

Copies of Thursdays Star, includ-
iEg the handsome colored war map,
by which the position of the Ameri-
can and Spanish vessels can be readi
lily located from day to day, may be
obtained at The Star Office.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
SHAkEsPEARE,s CHURCH.
Some Interesting Relics Found Dur.
ing Work Of Restoration.

Some Interesting Relics Found Dur.
ing Work Of Restoration.
From the st. James G:zette
An unusual amount of public interest is
just now being shown in the restoration
work at Holy Trinity Church. Stratford-on-
Avon. Workmen are engaged in taking up
the floor of the nave. side aisles and tram
septs, preparatory to the laying down of
rev block floors and pavements. Having
to excavate some depth for the purpose Of
filling in with concrete and cement, some
curious old vaults, quaint epitaphs and
tombs are being disclosed. and are being
treated with the greatest care. A portion
of the present church dates back nearly 100
years. and all authorities agree that upon
the same site stood a much older church of
the Saxon period. As a place Of sepulture
the site has. no doubt. been In use for 1890
years. The floors Of the nave. and partic-
ularly the transepts, are horeycombsd with
vaults, and it will be necessary to lower
the crown of the arch of many SO as to ex-
cavate to the proper depth. As interments
inside churches ara not now permitted, ali
the vaults will most likely be filled In. They
are not being entered. but In the course OF
the work cofiins, mostly of lead, are seen,
and skulls and bonss are being turned UP
occasionally. These are treated with the
utmost reverence. and will be reinterred fn
the churchyard.
A group Of vaults in the south transept
has been exposed. They contain the bodies
OF the Mason family. the interments dating
from 1859. The family Is now extinct, but
old Stratfordians tell Of a most remarkable,
yet horrible. act os self-destruction commit
ted by one OF the Mason family some sixty
or sfventy years ago. Going into q hovel
in the paddock at the back of his house, he
put together great quantity of straw, and
lying down on the top OF It, he set the heap
on fire. and was literally roasted alive
light In removing ths wooden floors that
covered the old stone paving of the tran
septs. and 1t is satisfactory to know that all
will be carefully preserved and shown In
Evening star., 1898-04-29
Increase Of Tonnage Tax.

Foreign governments, through their rep
resentatives in Washington, are beginning
to show much concern over that feature
of the war revenue bill. now before Cor
gress, which increases the tonnage tax on
transatlantic shipping to twenty cents per
ton. 1t is said this increase is about 500
per cent. the present rate being about
three cents per ton, and that nearly the
entire burden of the 500 per cent increase
falls on the transatlaptic shipping OF
Great Britain, Germany, France and one
or two other commercial nations.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
Reimbursement for Injury,

President Mckinley has sent to Congress
a memorial on the claiY against the Unit
ed States CT Gustave Isaak Nlhlberg, a
Russian subject, master and principal own
er of the Russian bark Hans, based on
his wrongful and Illegal arrest and i'm
prisonment by officers of the United States
district court for the southern district CT
mississippi. The President recommends an
appropriation of $5,000 for reimbursement
Of the master and owners for all losses and
dana ses
Evening star., 1898-04-29
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Quiet Wedding at Parsonage of Congress
Street Methodist Protestant Church.
Tc.' II
Sales of Real Observation-Disclosures
by knightsHOf > st. John
Other. News.

There was quiet, we dding last evening
at the parsonage of Congress Street NJ. T.
church. The contracting parties were Mr.
Benjamin B. Hunt and Miss Eliza V. Britt
the ceremony being .perfti med by Rev. DR.
hammond, the pastor Of the church. Only
the families OF the contracting parties were
present. MISS Lydia Britt and Mr. William
Britt, brother and Sister of the groom
acted as bridesmaid and best man, respec-
lively. After the nuptial Knot had been tied
the newly welded couple proceeded to the
nome OF the groom's parents, on 32d street
extended, wners collation. was served
Inc couple will make their future home
with the mother of the groom
Real Estate Transactions
William j. Atkinson has bought of John
ID. Croissant lot 20. in block 4, of the
American University Heights The price
paid is placed at 500.
John d. Croissant has sold to Lydia r.
Glliandsrs for S7G0, part of lot 23, in block
6. OF the same subdivision
Poynton w. Musson has transferred to
John W. Musson, for nominal considera-
tion, lots ) and Il, of block 2, of the suLdi-
vision of Whitehaven.
First of the Season.
Commandery No. 2J4 of the knights of
season. last evening, at Odd Fellows Hail.
on 18th street between o and p streets. The
place was crowded and dancing was con-
tfnued until some time after midnight. The
grand march was led by Moses de Booth and
Miss Conn. The committee on arrange
ments consisted of MeSsrs Moses de Booth,
James Smackum. Richard Carter, William
Neale and Aloysius Boyd.
Dies in Prison.
Information has been received here of the
death Of William Bowman. colored. a for
mer. resident who expired Tuesday at the
Albany, N. Y, penit entiary. The death Of
the prisoner recalls to mind case of crimi-
nal assault. in which the maximum penalty
was inflicted Early in June, 1894. Bowman,
with Mack Belt, Frank jackson. George
Jackson, Robert Coates and Marshall Tur-
ner, enticed coiored girl named Henrietta
Storned into Cox's woods and crimfnally
assaulted her. Turner turned states evil
dence, and upon his testimony the other
five wera convicted and sent to the peni-
tentiary for twenty-five years each Sew
eral attempts have been made to secure
their release, but to no avail.
Briefs.
Mr.. Joseph B. McGirr, formerly of this
place, but now of New York city. has an
nouEced to his friends here his engage
ment to Miss Lille Williamson. young
lady Of Brooklyn, N. Y. At present the
date of the wedding has not been decided
upon.
The search for the body of William Chick,
the motorman Of the Capital Traction Com
pany, who was dlowtned Tuesday in the
Potomac, still continues.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
War Into Africa.
the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Your wife is somewhat strong minded
isn't sha, Littlejohn?"
Strong minded? A furniture polish ped
dler came here yesterday. and in five min
utes' talk she sold him some polish she had
made herself"
Evening star., 1898-04-29

The seventh district republican congress-
ionai convention, which met at Springfield.
Ohio. yesterday. unanimously renominated
Walter L. Weaver. The resolutions hearth
~ supported the Presidents Cuban policy.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
fhe Revenue Cutter Service.

rhe Revenue Cutter Service.
The Senate committee on commerce has
authorized fave rable report on the bill to
promote the efficiency of the revenue cut
ter service. The bill prescribes regulations
fcr promotions. trial boards, ETC., in the
revenue cutter service.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
Siege Of LIN Pa. Raised.

The Department OF State is in receipt Of
informatien n from the United States minis
ter to Bolivia, that the seige placed upo.,
the city OF La Paz on January II has been
raised.
Evening star., 1898-04-29

The earl of Caledon, a representativ
peer for Ireland. IN dead. He was born In
lS46 and was formerly q captain In the
First Life GUARDS.