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!U ICLE SAM'S UNHAPPY ISLE
Some Features of Life in Porto Bico that
Attiaot Attention.
NEAREST TO WASHINGTON
Colonel Ebineztr Ball, Who Was a Cousin
on Both Sides to George.
UNIQUE FIGURE JUST CALLED AWAY
Ills I.lfe One of StriiKKlc nnil Ills I.nat
Days Spent Ilehlnil n C'lRiir
nml Souvenir
Stuml.
With tho death of Colonel Ebonczor Hur
rcss Ball, whlca occurred nt Washington,
Thursday, April 19, thero passed away the
nearest rclatlvo of Gcorgo Washington, and
ono of the most familiar llgurcB of tho cap
ital. Though tho government which should
have honored him and mailo him a pen
sioner ot a grateful notion left him to earn
Ills dally bread through tho jrdloary chan
nels of life, It was his fato to spend many
of bis last years In ono ot tin most beautiful
rpots belonging to tho government. This
rwondcrful old man, when denied a position
under tho government lnst,tuted and de
signed by his Illustrious kl.lsmnn, was al
lowed, through tho courted, of Commis
sioner ot Tensions Johji C. luck, to opon
n cigar stand In tho rotunda of tho pen
sion office, where from tho m of cigars,
tobacco and souvenirs ho could rn enough
to keep him from want.
The lofty done ot tho pension Ofllco llllod
his .stand with sunlight tho m'joIo day
through. A fountain Alls the pace with
restful musto as It falls Into tVp hugo
basin, whero perfect models of tw famous
Kiinboats tho Mcrrlmao and the . nltoi
Kllde through Its depths, A wlldo less ot
Kreat palms, somo of them fifty ye t& old
Milder which comfortable seats are al Ranged
for tho old soldiers, turns tho sceno Into
one of Arcadian loveliness. Here the- old
soldlors sit and visit, the blue smoke of
their cigars nnd pipes Moating up through
the outspreading palms.
1IU II 1 1' t It mill (jenoiiloKy.
Colonel nali was bjrn at Hall's niuff,
Va In 1817; His grandfather wns Colonel
llurgcss Tlall, who 'equipped nnd maintained
a regiment at hip own expenso during tho
revolution and who was a lifelong friend
nnd correspondent 'of his cousin, General
Washington, whom ho survived only eighty-
three days.
Colonel Hurgcss Uall was a first cousin of
Mary Hall, who was Washington's mother,
lie married Frances Washington, tho
prandmother of the subject of this sketch
nnd a niece of George Washington, making
liln twice related to his great kinsman.
Judgo Hall of Richmond, Vn,, whoso widow
was vlco regent ot the Mount Vornon as
sociation, was n brother to Colonel Hall.
Since tho death of Colonel libenozer Hall
tho nearest living relative to Washington
Is Georgo Washington Hall of Georgetown.
1). C, who was n cousin to the licensed.
Colonol Halt was one of tho plcturejquo
personalities of the national capital. His
piTsomil ro&eniblanco to Gcorgo Washing
ton was meet marked, as may bo seen from
Ms portrait. Tho picture wn taken In tho
uniform of tho Continental Guards, of which
organliatlon Colonel Hall was an honorary
number. It has been tald tho first president
took his featttrw from his mother's family.
Colonel Hall, was a descendant of'fhni elde
of tho Washington house, and undoubtedly
derlvtd his pno charncterlsjlc faco from the
ame blood source.
Shortly beforo hla dcuth Colonel Hall told
the history of his life In bis characteristic
way, In which be said:
"I was born at Hall's niti'ff, near Leen-.
burg. Ioudon county, Va., and lived on a
farm with my mother until I was 21 years
old, at which time 1 came to Washington.
1 became a clerk la th dry goods store of
Bradley A Catlott on Market Space, re
mained hore a short ttmo and then went to
iMUaourl, whero I spent six of tho happiest
years of my life. After that I -was seized
with tho 'gold fever' nnd fitted up five
wagons, with five yokes of oxen to each
wagon and taking several boys with me.
who had been intrusted to my car by their
parents, wo started out for tho gold fields.
FlKhtliiR witli (he InillniiR.
"I never reached tho gold land, but
stopped In Oregon, then mostly peopled by
Indians. I went with the first company
Into the Iloguo river valley and pitched
my tent on Jackson creek, whero tho town
of Jackson now stands. Tho valloy was
swarming with hostilo Indians and wo had
to fight every Inch of our wny. Ono night
beacon fires blazed upon every hilltop
throughout that region. It was tho signal
for tho Itoguo river war to comraenco and
tho fighting covered over 1,000 m!lc3 of ter
ritory. That first night found us In n bad
plight, for we had bartered away mcst of
our guns and powder to tho Indians. One
of our companions volunteered, howover, to
run the blockndo to tho nearest town to
bring relief. Ho secured old and wo were
saed. I was In tho war until It was closod
and was employed In tho 'Selotry reserva
tion, ' to which tho Indians woro removed.
"Then I started In tho provision trade
and raado a great deal pf money about tho
aimo of tho civil war, but did not engago
on olther side. My mother needed my aid
nnd protection. Tho war left mo a ruined
man, both tho union and confederate arnileti
making frequent raids upon my property,
for which I received no compensation. Con
sequently I was ruined arid came to Wash
ington, engaged In tho butter business, and
failed. I tried to get tho position of guar
dian ot tho Washington monumont with
tho endorsement ot Oenernlj Kltzhugh leo
and seventeen members of congrets, but
failed. I next tried for a pcoltlon as watch
man In tho pension ofllco. but thero was no
vacancy. I had nothing to depend upon
until the Kindness cf Commissioner Ulnck
authorized me to establish 'thfi cigar stand."
Colonel Hall died a bachelor" nhd'-'being
asked why ho never married jestingly told
tho following quaint tale:
"In my young days, before I loft Vir
ginia, I was accustomod to travel over the
hills to oeo a pretty damsel, I wont often,
and the oftener I went tho more I becamo
convinced that I needed a wife, I was ex
ceedingly shy about announcing my Inten
tions, and, In fuel, decided to feel my way.
as It wore. So ono flno day I npproached
my would-be mother-in-law with tho ques
tion: " 'Well, Mrs. , how would you like to
have n son-in-law?'
" 'First rate, first rate,' answered she,
lustily. 'It would be flno to have a man
aroupd to roll back logs up the hill.'
"I decided that If that was all I was good
for I had better stay single, so I never went
back."
Tiuwlit nu liulliin Kliiili'i'Kiirtcii,
Ono of tho old man's mcst Interesting ex
periences, and which lie was exceedingly
fond of telling, was how h taught the
flint kindergarten, nnd that, too, to a race
that could neither speak nor understand a
word of English. This was during his In
dian experiences In tho west. It was nil
In tho most primitive manner, yet not un
llko tho kindergarten of today. Ho drew
rudo pictures of birds In the sand and re
peated the name, while pointing to n bird
Hying overhead at the time. Hy this means
ho taught the names of anlraalB nnd ob
jects, and at the same tlmo learned 'tho
Indian language. Another story ot which
he was fond and that seemed more vivid
to bis mind than mcst of tho others wa
his remembrance of seeing Lafajotte when
tho great general mado his last visit to
this country.
Thero wns no doubt about his cenealopy.
for tho Sons of the American Revolution
mado a thorough Investigation of It, arid,
being perfectly satisfied, made him a lite
member ot their society, without payment
dues or other expense. This Is tho on
tlmo such a thing has been done by the
society.
In speaking ot Colonol Hall an ofllclal ot
tho pension office said; "He was a fine old
gentleman of great dignity and reserve, and
even those passing through tho building for
the first tlmo would comment upon his strik
ing likeness to George Washington. This
compliment ho always received with great
pride. It was always said he should have
been handsomely pensioned by the govern
ment out of compliment to his gront kins
man, as being, with George Washington Hall
of Georgetown, tho nearest remaining rela
tlvo of the first president, but we men about
tho ofllco novor heard him express any Ill
feeling In tho matter, and ho always main
tained a qulot dignity when others did so.
"Ho took a pride In his pedigree and,
being denied tho means of supporting It ap
propriately, ho wont nbout making the most
of things In a sensible manner. Ills photo
graph was frequently asked for, so he con
ceived tho Idea of selling It nlong with other
souvenirs, and to each picture he attached a
short printed family history and his autograph."
WHO lllKIKi: HIS .OSF.f
XMT
Odil CnHC Hint In Ilfporteil !'
OrlriuiH Siirai'on.
"What was the strangest case I ever had?"
said ono of tho surgeons In attendance at
tho late convention, repeating tho question
of a reporter with whom ho was chatting,
according to tho Now Orleans Times-Democrat.
"Well, let me see. I bellcvo tho odd
est Incident ot my enrcor occurred In but
hold, on second thought 1 don't care to give
any namos or dates. The facts, If you like,
wcro these: I wns called by messenger to
a cheap boarding house ono evening to at
tend a man wha wns said to havo been hurt
In n fight. I found a young fellow of 2."
or thereabouts, half dazed, with a bloody
contusion ono ono of his cheeks nnd a badly
broken noso. Tho bridge was smashed al
most Hat with tho face, and I saw nt once
that the enso would need very carefil hand
ling to prevent great disfigurement. Not
to bother you with technical dotnlls, 1 con
flnod myself that night to n superficial dress
Ing nm) deferred further proceedings until
the next day. When I called tho following
morning the young man had quite recovered
his senses, and although his clolhes were
shabby and all his surroundings poor and
menn It was evident from his hands, talk
and bearing that he.' had never dono any
hard work and was n person of education
and refinement. I took him for the black
sheen of somo good family, but made no
comments, and explained briefly that I would
try to restoro his noso as far as possible
by performing n slight operation nnd In
serting an artificial support. To my aston
ishment ho objected flatly, and Insisted on
letting It heal exactly ns It was. 'nut you
will bo frightfully disfigured,' I protested;
'I doubt If your best friends would recog
nlzo you.' Strnngo to sny. that assurance
scfred to render him only tho firmer, and
I wf.s compelled to let him have hU way.
It was nearly three weeks beforo ho wbr
well, and, as I anticipated, he looked ex
actly like somo battered bruiser of tho prlzo
ring. I never saw the man again, but six
months later I was shown the photograph
of a handsome young chap who was badly
wanted for a big embezzlement. I put my
finger over the noso nnd recognized my late
patient. Ho had wnlkel aboard ship right
under thq eyvs of the detectives and sailed
for tho Argentlno Hepubllc. They had his
photo, but never dreamed of connecting It
with the caved-ln cjuntenanco ot tnni par-
tlculir passenger." "Did ho get somebody
to break his noso on purpose7" asked tho
reporter. "I never ascertained," said the
surge1 in.
"DeWltt's Mttlo Karly Risers aro the
finest pills I cor used." D. J. Morre, Mill
brooR Ala, They quickly cure all liver and
bowc troubles.
MASONIC TEMPLE IN THE COFFEE BELT
Onlr nnllilinif of llio Kluil In Artt
ImllrH Itlohcut Yoiiiiu Mil ii on
lalanil Knlr Mtiilcnl of
Knullnli I.nnKHtiKc.
The Masonic temple at Yauco. 1'orto Itlco,
which stands alongside tho road between
tho town nnd the railroad station, Is the
only structuro over built by tho order In
all Spanish America. Yauco Is in the heart
of the coffee belt, twenty milts from I'nncc.
Tho temple was' begun In 1S90 and finished
In 1895. The ground plan Is nearly square.
It Is built of brick and masonry In Porto
Rico style, and has little to give it dis
tinction snvo tho Masonic emblems to be
seen over tho muln entrance. It was nover
occupied as a Masonic mrctlng place prior
ot tho building. Several c tho coffee
planters of foreign birth Joined In the pro
test nnd thus tho building wns preserved.
Notwithstanding tho difficulties with which
Masonry was confronted under the Spanish I
regime, a pretty fulr organization, including
a grand lodge, was kept up In both 1'orto j
Rico and Cuba. Tho order Is now reoortcd
to bo In very flourishing condition In both
Islands.
An Interesting feature of llfo In Porto
Rico Is furnished by tho civil guard. It
was organized Immediately after the Amer
ican occupation, and most ot Its members
were drawn from tho ranks of those who
had formerly been in tho service of Spain,
In tho volunteer force, In the Insular police
and in tho army itself. Somo of them
wero of nearly puro negro blood, others
wero of mixed descent, but somo wero pure
Spaniards and of peninsular nativity. For
it long time nftcr the transfer thoy wore
tho same uniforms they had worn In the
Spanish service, but United Stntes army
hats wero supplied to them st tho very
first. They were organized oy General
Henry nt tho beginning of his Torto Rlcan
service, with headquarters nt San Juan,
under ii general chief, and suhheadquarters
nt other cities, each under a captain.
Though they wero thoroughly loyal to
Spain while In the employ of Its govcrn-
Amcrlcan city.
Sonor Para and all his friends were very
friendly to tho Americans at the beginning
ot the occupation and wero prominent In the
movement for tho general study of the Eng.
Ilsh language which was speedily Inaug-
MASONIC TKMPCE. YAUCO. PORTO RICO.
lo American occupation, howover. because
of the Intense prejudice against Free Ma- j
sonry on the part of the authorities, In-!
deed, In Porto Itlco, as olsewhere In the ,
Spanish West Indies, tho Masonic order j
had a pretty hard lime to get along at all I
beforo 1898, It was not only forbidden to
tho Masons to build, but their meetings
were virtually proscribed. In consoquenco
hardly a lodge, cither In Porto Rico or
Cuba, bad a regular meeting place or was
ablo to meet at regulnr intervals. In Ha
vana lodge meetings were ,held In obscure,
often desortrd buildings', 'but raroly twlco
consecutively In the sahic place, and this
was the procedure also In somo ot the other
cities. In aiany cases, howcver,lt u
found necessary to hold tha r;ss'ons out-'
side tho towns; not Infrequently tho Mn
sons were obliged to find' gathering places
In the woods, and even then thoV woro
somotlmcs broken up, so thoroughly anti
Masonic were tho sentiments ut those In
powor.
IIimv It Wmi SllVIMl.
Tho building of the Yauco temple created
niuch excitement In Porto Rico and thero
Isn't tho slightest doubt that It would have
been destroyed cither by order of the gov
ernment or nt loast with Its knowlodgo nnd
acquiescence, had It not been for tho ef
forts to prcscrvu It put forth by tho Fronch
nnd Gcniaii consuls stationed at Ponco.
Vhfey repeatedly mado repressntatluns to thq
effect that tho Masons were In high favor
with their home governments, nnd hat,
whllo ofllclal toleration ot the order would
not be aBkod In tho elreumBt.wes, they felt
that they must protest against destruction
ment. they have beon loyal to the United
States slnco tho occupation, nnd have done
excellent service In the main Tho squad
shown In the plcturo was photographed for
this article nt Santa Ysabel, n (own on tho
shoro road between Ponco nnd Guynma.
A Mini ivlth n I'lli-.
Tho richest young man In all Porto Itlco
Is Senor Para of Ponce. Ho is under 30,
Blender and unusually tall for u Porto Rlcan,
Curiously enough, In personal appearance
ho resembles John Jacob Astor not a little.
Potior Para, with his father, who it, still
living, Is lnterfted In many business en
terprises In Ponco nnd clsawhere, the bulk
of tho family Investments, Hko those of tho
AB'.ors. being In city real estate; In fact, thoy
nro understood to bo the most extensive
landlord In Ponco. Naturally, tho Para
family, which includes several daughters: Is
prominent In Ponco society nnd the Para
residence, n largo and handsomn structure,
It; familiar to muny Americans of the army
and otherwise.
Mice tho sans of most wealthy Porto R
jeans, the younger Para was educated largely
( In tho United States and hues spout much
i time In New York. Thus ho has acquired
I many American fasten and might readily
I pass for a citizen of this country, though
ho would doubtless bo thought of foreign
dencent. Ho speaks KnglUh fluently, with
Just the pllghtost accent; be Is democratic
In his friendships and he Is dovotod to manly
sports, o?peclally racing and shooting. Ho
Is very fond of dogs ami ho runs tho best
H'.ckod kennels on the Island Ho would
(bo considered a well dressed man In anj
MAN IN PORTO RICO.
RICHIJST
urated. Tho first class organized for that
purpo In Ponco was mndo up of tho young
society women shown In tho group picture
accompanying this article. It Is made from
a photograph taken nt one of the earlier
meetings ot the clam.
MATHEMATICAL I'ltODIGV.
Solve ninii-tilt I'l-olili'iiin with V.nnc,
lint I'nu't Tell IIimv.
Though not yet 1C years .of ago Matter
James E. Fox of Now York before a com
mittee of four proved ulmsolf a wonderful
mathematical prodigy. The skill he dis
played In his answers, says tho New York
Herald, shows him to possess a faculty for
solving difficult problems In mathematics
under tho most trying circumstances, His
answers came without the least hesitation
and aroused tho curiosity of the witnesses,
who tried In every 'way to catch and puzzle
him.
Horn In Fair Haven Vt,, be Is ono of
seven children, llvo girls nnd two boys. At
the ngo of r ho displayed n marked degree
of ability nnd bis father sent him to school,
Whllo tho boy was at homo ono day with
a crowd of small children his father asked
him to multiply two sums of three figures
each. To their surprlBo ho gave the cor
rect answer without tbo use of pencil and
paper. This led his father to oncourage
him In other mental feats In mathematics,
neforo long ho became very proficient. Now,
when a long column ot three figures Is re
peated to him ho will give tho total sum
In two or threo seconds. When In his
eleventh year ho wns asked by the Teachers'
Institute. In Fair Huven to stand such tests
as might bo prepared for him. to tho won
der and surprise of the teachers ho
answered offhand problems In mathomatlcs
that took many of them n long tlmo to solve
on paper.
Young Fox says be cannot exactly exp'alu
how he performs these feats. It Is second
nature fn him. Several of the witnesses
on Tuesday wanted to know It he employed
a system. He know of no such thing. Th
first problem given to him was "12-100 di
vided by 4 multiplied by 19 equals?" This
was read to him from a slip of paper while
ho stood on the other side of the room. lis
answered 4 14-25 in the Tery next Instant
without tho least sign ot hesitating. The
next was to divide 3,354 by 13. Tho answer
came as promptly as before. Then one of
tho gentlemen preseut tried to mix him
up by anklnr him to subtract 1,927 from
3,076 nnd add 6,702. The last figure had
hardly been spoken when ho replied, 7,411.
Still thinking they iould catch him, he
was sent out In the hall whllo fourteen
sums of three figures each were put down
on paper nnd added. A mlstako was pur
posely made In tho addition, He was then
called In and tho amounts called oft to
him. It took him about four seconds to
give the correct answer. They told him
ho was wrong and showed him the total
they had placed at the foot of the column.
To their surprise he calmly remarked:
"Gentlemen, I guess you have made the
mistake. Just go over It once moro and
sec." For over nn hour thoy tried to give
him n problem that would puzzle him, but
without any success. At, last they gave
It up.
The prodigy attended school up to last
year, and had he continued he would have
been graduated this term. He Is an ambi
tious little chap, and he persuaded his
father to let him come to New York. Last
AuguBt, through some friends, he obtained
a place as ofllco boy In n steamship office.
Wall street bankers havo met him and
wondered at his remarkable demonstrations.
Pnrm Stocks of Grain.
The consolidation ot local returns to the
American Agriculturist makes It appear that
tho nraount of, wheat still remaining on
farms In tho United States March 1 equals
29 per cent of tho crop of 1899, or an ag
gregato of 164,000,000 bushels, compared
with 204,000,000 bushels similarly reported
last year; but with that exception Is the
largest slnco March 1, 1894. Tho present
avallablo supply of wheat for all purposes,
according to tho authority named, Is 264,
000,000 bushels, compared with 269,000,000
bushels In 1899. These totals Include the
farm stocks first named nnd commercial
stocks In warehouses, etc. This' shows that
the heavy surplus carried ovor from the
great crop of 1898 has been sufficient to
so augment tho supply from the smaller
crop of 1899, In connection with the di
minished oxport requirement, as to leavo un
with the present supply for all purposes
practically the same as was held a year ago.
Some 39 per cent of last yar'a great corn
crop still remains on the farm, and this
farm reserve la placed at 862,000,000 bushels,
This amount so held Is larger than In any
recent, year except 1896 and 1897, but smaller
when compared with the March reserves In
tho year Just named. The demand for con
sumption of corn during the last twelve
months has been heavy, tho report showing
! that during this period, for tho first time, tb
j distributive demand exceeds 2,000,000,000
I bushels per annum, Including domestic con-
sumption and exports, The March 1 farm
'stocks of oats, following the excellent crop
! nt 1899, are tho largest ever reported, except
I In 1896, but tho excess over the stocks thus
held last year Is only about 10 per cent.
Theso farm reserves aro ostlmated at 832,
000,000 bushels, or 37 per ennt ot tha crop.
A TONIC
Horsfords Acid Phosphsti
Half a teaspoonful in half a glass of
water, refreshes and invigorates the
entire system. A wholesome tonic.
Gtuuine br nim HossroSD't on wrapper.
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