Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1876, Page 2

ay ~ Pr SE? tions and betting In regard toher nationality. VE s 'GTON. Sow, Givernor what ahont the shares ci SES ow f T Wer a. 1 have said, sundr the steamer’s retorn to port, I found myself — —_ aisha and a shout of turn from ag vistors = a NEW WASHING N : ti at there was fran? in the oy irae g for ues * A CHINESE SPECULATION, & ppers. bh Chinese the = — i ag a by ail ont mare * « man who had no child hearer view seltied the dispated point. O0¢ JESTORY OF “BOSS” SHEPHERD'S MSOF tae rAprO¥ From Chan’ ; preg Rep rte ee nage en peep ey tay peng gp ey PA nance nee ci duet ar hon yn day weliad a pieaic. Sbaw|s and rags served wen : : eae a ping iter, Me. S')tivtsi— eh laren. ‘The c-biie were Ani com- served to be, for, after al ‘¢ of them, and promised. if the parents | for meadows, umbrellas were fixed up for a “Every such charge is a mistake or 4 tie. | pting!” said I, besitating aval page | ™ <tcus, @nd we kept, as asnal tn tiat lox plain duty gratito ee eet that be would give then | grove; we tried to make things look as rural trons rrespontiont N.Y. World.) AS for me, Ihave ® wifeand sit bavies ia | > PSS | & cus conntry, acapital tadie, a: wolch to whom the cargo belonged took a jprac sorerts eoough t>» make themselves ad | @S We could in rid-ocean. Tne gentlemen [Prom Special Correspor 2 _ the house here. “I don't proposa that iny |”. "then why you not say. Y 1e great | Mirth and merriment reigned. And « . for not only was I presented wit Bicir other six children comfortable for life.| | €Xerted themselves to be agreeable. They WASHINGTON, January 21.—Tne transior- | Siijdren eneil ever bare re acknowiel<9 | big Yeu jet us shake hands upon the | Walle, as the champagne corks poppM, anc Re SUM AS SAlVage, bul Was apy aa nee ate S 4 7 i rformed Hippodrome and convalsed the mstion which Washingioa bas undergone | their father as @ thief. In port off bargain?” returned the « ie eovenead © plano tnkled, fy groups « ed tocommand the Dalhousie, a flne bark ia Which shail it be? Which shall it be? whole party over their rendering of the bal- £* ‘he bands of Boss Shepherd is amazing. | there was no stealing, in my be t+f, bya promptiy, but pres asf jer ihe awning aft, murder, stew e China and Australian trade, of which [ Tlook™! at Jobn, John looked at me. cony scene from Romeo and Jultet. When I first visited the city in war time it | toay. Notwithstanding the reckless charges Picartt “in those lovg, sly, sloe-black’ es es fless, lurked like @ coue)an am stillcapiain, while itis understood unat ‘and when I foun th it I must epeak hen the deck lost interest we repairel to was a mud hole. The streets were lined with | made, no one aceasing me bas pat | orhic”’ 6, Sly, sloe-bl y ady to.spring upou bis prey 1 from my next voyage 1 My vice seemed strangely low wid Weak the ladies’ parlor and the doctor sang for us. buildings mostly ugly, ineonveatent and oat | hig finger on @ single eprcifie fraa!. CNIS o. proposal in question wasa tempt ere, ciyil, silent, sera) 2 become my wife. “TF [i me aga'n what Robert said; "| We invariably fell to tender musing over of repafr. There were no pavements except For thre years all the papers relatag jay 0", {he Proposal in qu poor feliow Lika tohis duty, bat often to As for the treacberons owners Ani ihen I. listening, bent my bead— Nee elle eee onlning secompa- the cobblestones on Penusylvanis svenis | to the werk in every part of the District mbecif; who hed aoddenle oid dover aune | wiih ® eet ‘ol braway, bee sancra, Messrs. Abcbang aod This is his letter: son Co oett meclons ot = low splasa of ar veel agea Papin Soper ok gr ee parses sarough may yore I frequently ex- rounds of Fortave's ladder. 1, Fraak Hep- | Marivers, belongiug to the Cainese portion =~ 2 fret —_— an ie. outside in windows. army Wagons, whose wheel wed Smined more than one thousand papers ® burn, bred to the sea, had lately deen chit | Of She crew, @nd whose Couatenances beliet jured ncenes, but Were AL las! OverborL “I will give The long, pleasant evenings were speiton hub, a host of swearing drivers belabored | day. Thus I kept myself familiar w offices oble clipper shi Swiftsare, sorely if they would not have been by ihe evidence given by the r accomplices, A house and land Shite you shall live, deck. Dt After dinner came our «‘con- teams of panting mules. Dirty orderites every detail. In that way I was able to one Sack tho Umcmaner oC beorine eran pat home on the deck of a pirate junk | and flodiog Shanghai too hot to bold them, If, in return, from out your seven, Stitutional” walk, the most delightrulevent splashed hither and yon, and pedestrians, | vent fraud or theft. and to choke scavdal tain in two vogages more. Our owners, fue o. that of @ respectable erafi like Gurs. | decamped lo some other provines, having, a child to me for aye is given.” of the whole day. It was then that the sunk in yellow mire, swore the air blu» at | which were not kept alive by sheer false- Olu-fasuioued Specimens of the Briuish mor. | Of the Earoy it was sald, bribed the man ‘@rius te T looked at John’s old garments worn; sallors, as the breeze sprang up, generally every crossing. hood. chant, had become insolvent through the | liable were four or five stalwart A. Bos, connive at their Might. As for the Cassan- nt of all that he had borne — the sails, singing, as they did so, BLL Lobe gry is behing — poi A] a, ae bons: os avon please faijure of some bank, and their vessels tsa | ! aay a from the Windsor ¢ . dra, ~ — 1 naeee, contacntet to ~ Of poverty, and work, and care, r low, quaint songs: then that we en- the world, and it pro’ 1 we will’ step in! rary. Jobn, bring peer 6. 3 [, | Sod in whose courage and steadiness 1 fell use'of the Chinese Viccroy, ad sent up the When T, though willing, could not share; Joyed auch brilliant sunacts @nd,astheeven- yearsone of the most beault ‘ul cities. Nearly | some wine and seltzer. . ae an rele & that I could trust | river; but et all events I saw oo more of her. J thought of seven young moutns to feed, ing need faded out of the sky, watched for every sree piak, po ope + | Arrived _— — mi Geog hear Shanghal, waiting jor au engagement, while ‘i _ wha'l Swen pomeeee =~ perfect — seven little children’s need, urs the inyriad stars above and theircoun- comprehel - com- | was access! ‘urning eaves, Mr. Ded ~ | ly aware at what juncture of our voy- ‘And then of this.” terparis below in te low, foaming wake of plete and thorough. Many thodsands of | Suepherd resumed: es lint Te the cook ae Wk ¢ peril awaited ds. Iknew the “Nar Wat Shall We Wrap the Baby Let a the steamer. shade trees have planted. Spois and | «The amount of work done in those three | made matters worse was that I was in love lo be the name of the most contracte! | What shall we wrap the baby in? “Come, Jon,” said I, After ten days out we sighted land, late squares formerly occupied by tambiedown | years the three years when I was vioe-pres- | and betrothed wo pretty Lilian Travis, the | Patt of the channel, lying between a long Silks Are too Coarre and velvets too rough , ted baa rr dpe pig bang one afternoon. Ever since luncheon we had aud ee ees | Tent ot ue boart_—was gy ll IC you | niece of @ worthy member of the British chain of islets and the mainland, a place no Snow test linens not half white anough, >, Walking hand tn han been eK, in; aish s% surrende: ut zs e down these figures, showin, | torious for outrages part bu- Feb of ‘airy " Dear John and I surveyed our band,” thing beyoud the faint white lingihat skirted turned tito pretty parks. “Here and there in | Numter of malles of new peremnen te eee Pree greg nig Ameren pte Neng pene emp ison tun beacboesnar one: | Wank asiwemuemem First to the cradle lightly stepped the distant horiz AS we descended to such localities pecan gan instance, the | &¢. which were laid you Will getsome notion | has coujaret Up AL the Meath Df coe wera | Hivanee of the Chinese government permits Where Lilian, the baby slept. dinner a light-house, here and there, could be fue equestrian statue of General Scott—is | of it: des. river, and that now our marriage seemed to | 80 infest the coast. Nothing was easier tuan Softest of colors may cover his bed— Goitly the father stooped to lay teen through the giass. It was at dessert set-and in the areas ae copie eal Gurbatone. =. « be alspost hopelessly deterred. twas tnirty. | ‘or & force of determined men to lie bid | Delicate hues of the sky and the rose, - is rough hand down In a loving way, & glimpse, through one ot the port-holes, score: of new au iB rick sidewalks oe ) |twoyears of age, and had nothing left to | “MODE the many creeks that intersect the | ot of all buds that in May-morms un- ‘When dream or whisper made her stir, was caught, which sent the whole ty at heve been built. Waste and marshy lands | Fiag and concrete sidewalks 7 | Se = ‘3 shore aod Loassall an unprotected merehant- .. _ chee, And huskily hesald? Nother!” full epceton deck. ont To WhOlO Party at tin. city and suburbs have been reclaimed. + S16 ond cqnerete aldon Ruowietee. Quite aac e eae, eoersloual | on beore thelr intention was conjectured. | ben on the bosom of sleep éraps his hen4; A gorgeous sunset sky gave @ purplish Tre street lamps, which used to make dark- | with whom iy ac eatginaie “wae or tes The Cassandra was a swift vessel, and | He must bave something more Leavenly ia- We stooped beside the trundle bet. tinge to the almost rippleless water. The n 88 more proiound. baye been maltipiied ntook baa 0. orp cng te with a good head of steam on and the ean. stead. & A sharp, jagged Needles, and beyond the | until they reaily light the citizen on his way. ; igo yg Sw pen non which she carried I should have had lit- Athwart the boyish faces the friendly green of Lizard’s Point, rose up but | [ ibe day time or at night a man can walk , ber, and bac Pp tle do of her power to repuise an attack | WbSt shall we wrap the baby 1 In sleep so bea: # short distance from us. Three times our a!! ihrough Washington without solling his | Smaller sewers laid, about. . | steamer the Caeees could I but have relied on my crew. With Notoing that fugers have woven will do; Isaw on Jar gh, red check flag was shot up, and the signal returned | «hoes, or ride in any direetion over concrete | Water mains ay . himself per part! t rs on board, however. iy ata sig- Looms of the heart weave love ¢ aoow s a Exe tone agatt speak, oe the —. e oe safe ar- | arc woodeu pavements. Gas mains. : 5 oe 40 | coasting oie to nal to assist the any were could be no | } == pep hy dea by ¥, too,” said I, r woul announ e next morning, — mouut grading done 000,000 cubic yar!s tM le ©: b a euccessful < - , Dy And kisset him as we hurried by. bree thousand miles away, Flow strange it | curious to see and tatk with the ta- | “TY Daonally overlooked the conendieares l fics. Pan catacy need lieenet of the Chinese motet r Pale, patient Robbie's angel face seemed to think ourselves om the otuer side! Boss,"" who 1s accused of having | for every part of this work. And I pastet the position. as Twas anand ne! | like ibeir scarred, sallow faces, 5 ~ _+200- - Btill in his siecp bore suffering’s trace, The increased whirr of the machinery and this transformation not only at the | {ne work-too— work which hatid toes | wa i ea pl ls a La bh Gnee SER GamianeE onal: mecneliamee Resbtenebne Reseknes. “No, for a thousand crowns not him!” Jerking bang of the screw, which was always | stinz!ng cost which it must have necessarily | and which noone else had had the couras> | “°? yay geom unreasonable on my parttt at | pr:ssiou that came of long sojourning in Fashion hasas much tnflaense upon kalck He whispered, while our eyes were dim. Fuggestive of an enraged animal, had at last | eniailed upon Washington property owners, | to underiaxe. We concummutar the 1 bung back, Inatead of closing cazeriy with | T#cping camp, while all bad the air of tenc- | nacks as it bas Upon dros mee Pane eee Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son ceased for a time, and we lay motionless. | but by means Of Jobbery, wicked iti daarad | grades around the Patent Office and the Post » advantageous &® propositi but then 1 | lent marauders, ristian se@- the arbiter for boia. It is curious to waten [adn wenikens ly Bote rs k= Two men came out ina Tow-boat to our | with contractors. oe = seabed howe Office. We made that cut on the east side of | jug peard cd stories coupled with thenam men were Portuguese —docile, swarthy crea- how some particular form seems to beoome steamer, for some purpose. “All righ | personal enrichmen OQ appointme the Capitol which led to the grading of the | or my would-be employers. Ab-cha: tures, but not over-warlike; while the Eng- | epidemic, avd is to be seen reproduced in Pa ae miles enaed over iin cee nea pated Gam tac | commenter welt maag solieade in she re. | 20m Capitol grounds. In former years, when | sin-jin tsi bad, wniess fame belied tuem, | lish sailors. with the exception of the draft countless materials, and for all sore: ot aif- is nat h 0 + leaned over the side and watche em far | moments of prelim! @ T9- | theratin tracks ran right across Peansy|- one’ =" ’ | from the Windsor Castle, really were what tere 7 me “ el Qaly ® mother's heart could be out of sight with friendly feeling, Just be- | ception-room. ‘Ir thls room isin itself @ spo- vanla avenue in front, of the irom fence | and were deemed’ to hp Stat metre cout | Sin bed doncrined the ewouping of tee grog rows ‘Were the vege Teen mae Oh eno cause they Lad spoken English. cimen of the gen| . far whieh surrounded the old Capitol Park, FOU verage sir ymen, | Sbops on the wharf ‘ hey dangled oh- Sto tate kine fyocn nex batode pray Boe tole of Wight, lay closd at band the | oiture of the dwelilug, Mr- Shepherd, pos. | had ween the approach to the Capitol locke: | Atvchang Was au cuormouniy cortaedined | _ iunceded all my self-control and commana | Slt, they danglal at watch Summed a m 1 next morning. Tue most of the passengers | sesses one o! most gor} m ded repeatedly by cattle trains, so that oa x ac n, two! 4 “ of features to maintain an unruffled aspe " "Tren ry Saasaiab eset anit Were preparing to leave the aeamer. We | Washington. The best woods, the fluest | riages full of people in waiting occupied @ | sieht ol’ Chinaman, two. parteer hp wae | Join in general conversation, aud avold gi Gn ae at oe ee tual nelt © Tears, child of love. Were called from the bridge, where our at-| fabries and patterns Known to carpetry ant | wyole square. So, one night, Torganized @ | i entin the English tongue, was well-known | 128 Bates, the traitor, the slightest inkling od por BA ‘miainnna fon har “taaaict bation be,” tention bad been divided between the glo- | upholstery, and ornaments in keeping, unite | gang of men and tore up the track. 1 did Shanghai as a pushing man of business, | atl knew or suspected nothing. He, on ands, Lea-kettles, and Saead te donee c ap thea ead rious view and the antics of the old pilot, to | to make 1) magnificent. that without authority of law, but it was | while both were reputed to be rich Lsup- | bis part, was discretion Itself. I comid tell, | scent-botties. At present manufacturers He uftea agp : cl y bid farewell to all of those who were not| I took upa book, but glanced over it out right thing to do, and the nuisance | pose that Sin (as we familiarly styled him | ®Y Various signs, that he was annoyed at are evidently ® ng from hats on the arena basunouh tne wittes wei going to Bremen with us. Of the window. Two men crossed the square | would not otherwise have been removed. | Fihig absence) read my thoughts, for he | My refusal to maintain @ high rateof speed, | brain. who have more money acaman te need ee ee A small steamer came out for them, the | and approached the house. Oue of them I vith similar disregard of red tape I did | lightly laid his claw like finger-natis on my | *@ 88 to enter the Narrows during the hours | {ham at to do with, and are The while my heart beat au: pe “thr bite bat nh Sas ‘to Teaeres imaerioroanin teemnten ei cae wut Agape ge ox ot was te aoe | sleeveand said: “Aha! Why, you say, Mr. | 0! siibaaed ban Geereoe would probably have | amu: smail joke of baying incoa ain up through Southampton water massive, impe - - | which stood in the center of what is now | ji.) a1 . sitiank tes a facilitated his projects; but on finding t : sere Only one more, our eldest 1ad, the city. One of our American flagships was | tered with his companion up the door-steps, | xfount Vernen Square, at the junction of 7th | Jick tin’ Von Get tee eet ener Wo you? | San rm he arcepeed my deciatane a op Prusty aod trothiad and gina. meds little below. She was resplendent | rang the bell, and came in praising the sun- | street and Massschuseiis avenue. This | Tieniy mare Met to inn hee oe | wolerably good grace, Andis was mot a of the exact imitation ofa. Bo like bis father Sana. nok ree eee a tnny pee liogsther | set, which was Just thea Oring every roof | afar was so singular,” said the Boss,” | Botoy of drinking): cand ac cee snip ne | morning that wegquitied tbe broader chan. ;-hat for @ butter-cooler, and ate bo Teanhot, wili not, let him go.” seemed te be in holiday dress. There was | and cornice. laughing, “that I am in doubt whether to | siorm come or bad’ thieves come. Chinese | 2¢! and ran into the straits. for @biseuit-box. The ideas su eaten are ,. A an entertainment, given by the officers,| A few moments sufficed to introluce the | describe it to you.” . > . ow beautiful! How lovely! What yee we a And so we wrote in @ courteous way, d y trust you.’ tif no more pleasant than those felt by a ‘We could uot give one child away: going ou aboard. Tue guests were just ar- | subject of Washington Improvements: |’ \] think you had better tell of it, by all | “PRES Tuite at not improbabte that | SWéet islands!” exclaimed the ladies who fastidious’ person who fecelves beeoet And afterwards toil lighter seemed. riving. Two officers, with several marines, | «From what I have seen of the alterations,” | means.” such reputation as Thad acquired for sea- | St00d on the steamer's poop, admiring the almonds in a pair of exquisitely mate apres passed In & row-boat across the wake of our | I remarked, “it seems that you must have | "The d—d old shed was so hideous that a wtbautiiiees aklatie efter oni kee efiect of the rosy morning light as It lop-boots. There seems to be & pain 3 Thinking of that of which we dreamed, > nship an night after all na : “ to be @ painful por 537 in truth that not face steamer. Perhaps they knew we were Amer- | had afull vision of new Washington before | it had to come down, and I so notified the n the real reason for the preference shown | OU the Waving groves and « re e of invention When we see the same - Wanaines tees ath aecuuionad wise icans, in spite of the Prussian colors float- | starting out on such a wholesale change of | proper authorities. They immediately en- =, of the many islands, of all sizes and sha m cnployed to collect ashes from acigar Thankful to work for all the poe i ing Just above our heads; at any rate, they | grades, sodding of side-bauks and tearing up ed counsel and arranged for an injunction fine steamer was the Cassandra, glixten- | between which and the coast we were now to hold a lady's thimble, or Lo make @ watch Trusting the rest to One inheaven. gave us & profound bow. of cobblestones.” 2 ihe pextday. J heard of this in season, and ur in all the freshness of her new paint and | threading our way; and the children clapped ¢gtand. Yet all these ean be had in the pleas- 2 zs aoe I recall the delight with which we viewed “When I had determined to undertake the | cota friend to take the only judge then in | trim rigging, as, having acceded to her own- | '¢ir hands with delight as the red flamt jog and graceful shape of a gentioman’s tall ar iiieeaiialiiaae - fering he Ge ogo as We enti’ pastes yes. Lye gs) Wiarascrencniis the ee Out ior Sdrive. 1 toki Lins to ae er's offer, Sin lin tsi look me out into the sand silver-piumaged ducks rose from | hat. Strangely enough, it isin flower vases [For Tae 8tar. nto harbor—the active little city, the | well when and how thedis dition | jute. The Judge went with my friend. Wile a , harbor to inspect the craft of which I was to | ‘he swamps on clanging wing. Bat the sight becommander. Two lighters or rafts lay | 1 0S! desired to be ulongside of her, whence the p!z-tatied steve- | * oat bad Laste and arlisan ingenuity rao 'y were away I pulled the market dowa. was the open sea | most wildly. Ever since some lucky mane yd, if, a8 wasu plikely, we should be ula urer brought out the mot indescribable charm of the Isle of Wight. | notion of improving it. Years ago I used to . beanty of the surrounding country, and the | of the city first suggested to my mind tne SKETCHES FROM GERMAN LIFE. 4 — The Marine hospital, a little one side of the | drive down 10th street, from my home to of a ty e id ere bustling, so many lad holding a cup, there has been ne 5 city, is @ pleasing feature in the landscape. | my place of business. The mud in that street ict for fifteen years aathorizing aad in- ee cmieeier aye Ae ; ‘ald the third mate, Hardy, a | holding hate Semen ach een no cree " The tresh, green lawn, which slopes down to | was sodecp at certain seasons that I pre- ueting the Con.missioner of Pabiie Build- | 0¥ rae ell LA resus ot lad, as he cam™ b se | aoe ener Across the Allantic. is | tant, as though turned out of @ ba: z 1 Cut of place without bein, Some monihs ago we started for Garmany the water's edge, is dotted with white tenis. Ted to take to the sidewalks and walk. I * to remove the building. He had never |} To meana the sort of vessel tik: there's a net—sc the look Outs jadies’ p wWapaper it was lat : ¢ | Bhd enlivened here and there by the seariet | found them not much better than the un- | availed himself of his privilege under the og te AN shoang meld pantier: ‘ deciare—right abead of us, blocking tue that rabbits me L— and I, under the kind protection of | goat of a British soldier. + | paved roadway. It was disgusting. Whan- | jaw. You would hardiy recognize thy site of | 7E {0 An changand partner: | rels.as the pr cium over plate and Fraulien A—. We were going to learn a ———+ 202 -—____ aret I bad — ise porn petiprda of ancient nuisance to-d when I had admired the mirrors. and into the shrouds, glass {n hand, | qishes, as well as flower. vases, nod a donkey language of which our knowledge, at that Business Failures of th riod. asbington my disgust was fed by sim “That aiternoon the Catef of Police sent | \\jalne ofthe t bin, « Pe Betechag | ad ono glance sufficed toconiiem the y between panniers isa harming Kpe oan ga extend beyond ya and nien. [Proms the Keiora (Yee). Heo = < and In some places even worse conditions: | me word to be aware of @ mob. Taat night Ading of whe best cabin, “willbe frst-chop | te words. Across une prac “ s i 3 bongs hese ite aes mage sina IF and out o! § disgust and indignation ftteen negroes armed themselves with mas- | *°*! ' cri Sot from shoal to shoal, sur ! ar dhemarian The matter, with all its bearings, had beea | | One ot the Tat business: paces to visit In | ooreeived the idea of an effort to make the | kets came to my Louse at offered to guatd ark Gus a on supported bere and the hy CyB 80 long discussed that it seemed hard to | ¢ of creditors” alone ct the firms rational capital at leasta decent place to it. The daricies Were always very guod | joked and felt grave. t Mr. Ba and marked by @ str herrings With blue ribbons round their Fealize the journey fairly begun when one | tat have suspended payment. live in.’ triends of mine. timore, knows an © man Bat 1 their mouths wide open to receive uly day we 1) New Ye fy e be we eredtite on a +8 agar a ghi parla P.O ccount of bh J { marine ltofase . heen 3 joa nie a croppiabl ties Renee veenive once iivors you have | «atthat time,” said the Boss, “(for that | “But, reverting to the work that was SE Cnuieks comenie aud Romito Tihat “ope of the newt things for r. I recall a little feeltng of desolation nonor to re a invitation t was away back in 1868,) | had nointention to | done, how is it, Governor, that *» many crate seman. tO = flowers is a bro! ne eit ree ; | the meeting. It is generally neatly pri y 'Y | first-rate seaman, I could not de r & broken vase x licale greea a6 endden turn of the steamerswept away | We mceting. it 1s generally neatly Pleasure | Irad tn sueb an effert, or assume the respon- | sireets are laid With Unls rotting Nicolsoa | Eret-rate sea S character, and haa Sin and and white, With aeonple of Cupids moure- from view the wharf and all who stood there, ty day andhour at | “bility of it. I undertook simply toatir up | pavement?” . A et ecieee on q neti igphoror f ing over the broken portion.” “Whis nen. @nd @ sense of relief that we were at last off. Vebace con other men, who were more experienced and | © ‘That is not my fault nor the fault of the E E bead of steam ou and keep the C mtly tr 4 . ap wich tz | Whom 1 believed to be more capable than I. | rest of the Co i seattle the piace at e pisstoners, I assure you. y the place at une The invigorating breezes which sprang up | swear a little when you read it almost immediately t her highest rate of j le s& athe Capids s . - vs But I was drawn into the undertaking, and | The property-owners protested at first been less 5 eo- | Come back to report in the toe and the high heel made and tue novel seasa- de Tee ie tnat you swear | jsensibly found myself compelled to'take | against concrete pavements, and in | ten oraueae & The boy went, but did not retarn violets. It was eo sueceustul- attracting it tion of ploughing so energetically through call the firin bad names). aniat | "Be leadingpart. In Febraary, 1si1, the bill | many localities they were almost unani- | UQU OC MISE. ae paste to «1g | ines worked bat slacsiy, and soon a rse, is said, not only the patronage of the arisyoe- the water had a very enlivening effect upoa t you decide to accept the yitatiens, “ ‘ating the new District Government and | 1 a ly in favor of wood. in K street, where | ,, cond officcr. He your old ship’ ~ | confused noise arose from below. Tacy, bul that of royalty itseif— that it our spirits foraboutan hour. Attheendof | Ou arriving at the meeting you find amix- | seneraily authorizing the improvement of | I lived, everybody knew about wood pave- | “ris was trae. and @ good sailor was Bilt | thing Wrong in_the engive-roor {, | scarcely be produced fast enough. Wis thi is eeaes ed assemblage, about baif smoking, and city was passed. The Board of Commis- | ments,” and pretty uearly everybody dls- | puckett, when the brandy bottis was kept | Wonderingly. “Mr. Harty, go below and tn- | fastiion comes to be stronger tuna art aapinearteg We desce sed tod tee nth | most of them in the best humor; but there ners was appointed early, on the 16th of | trusted couerete. I myself took ground at | ont of his reach, but I rather 3 es reeable. We descen: inner wi : Mg ek dg : o a. March, that they might have tims to perfect | te start against stone and wood, aad in fa- | ° M ary Sh potions of right and wrong. Uueor the crai- | ® plan. The new government assumed its | vor of concrete, but could not draw the ma | tecctting weakness eo. Indulge tl f the ladder before he cried ou I bad been advancing, that it merely requires | jtors, pe 1 apers, 8 duties on June 1. In July the Commissioners | Jui 4 Bose binking. 1 our head engineer?” I inquir: i ny, sir, below. Some of these Chinese vil» ation of iuveutive genius may be seen in @ littic strength of pa to fight ge deecernoed) i Sake. f nominate Me dones sas aeate | presented a comprehensive plan for the im- | bad to be a compromise with the people who | tina mate? for three are iecded f laine have—" ue or pink chiae kitten iying om its Pp Tee tas x | man.” “If itis a “crooked failure” itis gen- | Provement of the capital, at a cost of about owned houses and lots, ire) as you have | stcamer.” Then be was dragged down by unseen | back, and holding @ ball Gower between its ‘ seconded and carried. Everything is ‘‘car- pat Help i “Tr seo spoon 2 pointment of these two functionaries to my- a 3 os vive, | Inet. & Sweet thing in candlesticks Ste teapuise to Hee ee knee ening @ desper- | ried” at ‘a meeting. A motionis never | ,,“Ye8. I subsequently changed the plan| ‘The property-owners’ reason was the on- 7 Jered that | Quire what is amiss.” t But the mate had scarcely begun to de- scend the ladder before he cried out: “ Matt- has now for a long time been the case, popu- lar taste will remain uneducated and child- ish. A much admired and very “chaste” i 2 re . . a fog! our faith considerably shaken in the theory ire a few sourcreditors, who have old fozy ot if, and we parted on excellent terms. ree he pitam came rushing up the waste | equally admirable design. A Cupid on bis * then submitted by narrowing the roadways | ly one? , ; pipe, as the Cassandra floated idiy dowa the | buck kicks a dram with his upraised managed, however, to stagger to the table, | Dofatived. Meeting organized, hats come | Ang" barking many of the principal streets. | “Certainly.” os . Sird tie brontartesd ae tne net tus eee current. A cry of surprise was uttered by | thedrum being eu: ot = ly conscious that brn eg Rs Some one moves that a statement of lla- | We Were thus enabled to rae down much Mt Loco bad no ‘job’ nor cheat? would keep recurring lo my mind, as though | ¢ passengers, and was answered by another | socket for the A ed trove Tae a ee esis” | bilities and assets be read. ‘Statement goa. | better Pavements than could according to} \None whatever. some baunting demon had whispered it in | CTs—the fierce, exuiting yell of barbarians | ormolu, and Jack the nified movements. I have no definite recoi- erally reads like this: “Liabilities, about | b¢ Orst plan have been afforied. But with- Yet you are spoken of as a very rich man, : Why did Ah-chang and Company | ®**ured of an easy victory, as forth from the | carved wood, may beobtained for the lection of that miserable time. Every thing | $°5 (gn; stock on hand, about 812,00 present | ‘NE three weeks Jadgo Wylie enjoined us Governor; and people say that you have ‘me out to sail thelr steamer? Keven | MADgrove fringed waters of a boring | purpose; and’ if the on the ta! whirled around, the disbes value, $9,000, bills baa $9,000." Firm offer | {.0™ prosecuting the work. A provision ta | mace most of your money since ou became Lilian’s Innocent joy or her uncle’ creek there emerged three |} Meir | to be in search of lamps, seemed ryt pene Sn ae attr thirty cents at six, twelve, and elghteeen the ic act required that in case of such | 4 member of the Board of Pabiic Works.” > 5 § — : ; hearty congratulations could not blind me | SiTAW «alls spread to catch the breeze, and | sticks she muy seacite hil as wel |. |e jolpment the whole question should be “When I entered tnat board,” responded their long sweeps lashing the water into froth | as his wsthelic,tastes by bayi mon Eo'Cacng Sins oid | mand wae tant Mr Sil ooo Samar Ree tet i ems | is Batak Tanafestasecntes | sear me te ataltaty ape | mehe Mate ewer taken Sey ie cpu fama tana inert 7 was done. The ple st vi cam yy A Sd outstri se CAME ON B BCOre | bi ry gentleman opposite. Some one was cruel muti age buat na hed aoe ebehone Bad only | Of 16,609 out of @ total vote of 18,000, and the | “Since then——7” Of my nautical merits shown by Bin aod his aged vB pe = hs tudes, gi e sampans, and canoes, fall of wild and scan- obes: ‘thet! we hastily started | Month ago th work was therefore commenced in August, | | “Since then it has not been difficult for me | Partner. The sort of skippers whom Chinese | th Bion aii canoe fo On a a tant ae gh ee 2 gol” and it raised | OP? Siaith replies in @ bland voice that | IS/l. In the November following th» Court | to make $100,000 a year In realestate. I an are best defined as men of elastic conpeiee | paddle and pole could urge thelr light skids, | pam representing an ii they be £0 | wine gentleman wholast spoke mast ies | in Banc reversed Judge Wylle’s decision, | constantly accumulating that, and disposing | STC best defined as r honest trader at short | Courishing their weapons with every possi: | hud hie wife arenever on misunderstood. the tenor ofhis remaka at | #04 the work went on. Tt was fortunate that | of it for a profit. I build houses and sell | Ty to Ia be BMuggleTs OF Wore Wane | ble gesture of brutal menace. rioup of o> ane Presented a pitiable | Misunderstood the ven remaX# at | it turned out so, for before Judge Wylie’s | them. I take it that this is @ perfectly, le- | wolice, and to romisea higher prod’ | 1 looked around for Bates. He was, as I| whore taste In oreitinnhnoiont can rejoice im reciining in @row on one of the “ frst decision I had entered iuto contracts | s!timate, not in the least fraudalent, ining vt ¢ 4 ba expected, among the Chinese on the fore | the acquisition of a stuffed ‘A uniformed individual ap. | , Irate old creditor says he “rather thinks ting to 850,000." todo." 1t 80 happened that my doubts were to be “ ar — Bat even brass buttons had | be did not, and ts ready to goon the stand | “Fo One ee ato “You, plek out- good locations for these | S?!ved, and witn a vengeance, foras Iwas | deck, some of w eo po te pe jg | owing, it So hot on 168 charms, and we scarcely his | 810) Jone aother old fogy and “wishes to |_.“Just. a8 fast as possible, and without | ! use rom the Bouse Of Bae tanta Tears cat | gincs, while the others wore covioudy pre. | Ceteteaee nae an cheer and encouragement. It was | , 1h Jnmpe another old fosy 3 December si? | allowing any one to stop us. Of course we | “Always. I will show you one whole block, name mentioned, aud seevantonth 213, | paring for a rush aft. Then I threw a glance | with some of these costly works: < friend of Fraulein A. How | ERO Row bis books stood on Decom St | met o) ition and protests; the resrating | consisting of thirt -five dwellings. The block | 2“™M6 mentioned. ius godown or native | st the approaching pirates. «If Hamtiton is | perhaps be the anvil with we would leave us alone in oar | ,,Mr. Smith repl were nol ofacty like this—the making of @ city of it, | 1s still unfinished, but all but two of the | archguse, voll of goods Hoe throagh | UPable to Keep bis promise, Heaven help | pincers, or, in the country, emo tay g d dl B) ts to know why thi | Sa nee ered mileen Hote. that to masny | DOLings Aro aeul. the rotten’ and breached walls of whieh I | US.” said I, with a groan, as my eye ception in which the pen-resta ip and down the rolling deck, talked | , Old fogy wan! hy they were not | Property-owners seemed outrageous. To | “Really, governor,” I remarked, after caught s giimpes or tec Sia earnest | Over land ‘and water, without seeing aught | croquet balls, and mallets. At the ont fia Seah eae. eptns | “Mr. Smith replies, “Because they could | 12K @ street from Ave to twenty feet below | scanning bis face and meditating on his as. | CMU! ® glimpse of two persons ia ¢ Trobe | Dut what was hostile. “They ball not,any- seaside the ins would be from ite very onan) 1y. However not aie Cheon lance.’ {Lau een = its former level was to leave rows of dwell- | sured and undeviating inanner, “you if | and satin boots which sufficient led | Dow, Say that I fatled to domy best. Cast | with “its body and tail tna aodee toe: ‘ad good ly effect. We ‘Then Ye ‘America jam, - ‘and says: | 10g8 away up onahill. And in some places | I may be allowed to say so,a@ Very extraor- his nationality; the other in loose that gun,” J ordered, pointing to @ brass while nothing can form a more good-night, weowed him | ,,70q Young Americe jamps up and says: | ehad to raise the street levels up to the canary man. I am. alinost disposed to in- | Yirp 7 — nropean | curronade; “train it forward, and whea I | weight than one at present popaies ¢ & gratitude. matter; time is valuable; he cannot af. | Stst, and even the second story window- | quire into your ancestry.” wr We must cut his throat,” said the latter, | &!¥¢ the word, fre!” | ts & swan ‘The clatter of luncheon dishes was the | Matter; Of it At this mosting | Jambs of houses alongside.” “My grandi iy great uncle set- | cnoughtfully; “for Frank Hepburu's cleat | The pick of my English crew , as | with @ pi ‘on its heard the next day. With our to lose any more rots yltezama- ened How did you manage not to get shot by | tled on the Potomac just before the revolu- | (pOUentuly) "for Frank. Hep! sailors do obey when they respect of- | our part ay in the attempts tostand upright returned | 48 he has several more to attend to to-day. | 116 maddened householder?” Uonary war, My greet uncle, Frank: was SN Sfust Sou, Indeed, Mr. Bates thought I, | feer; and the ad Chinaman, iu whose hive, as It seems to teach a moral anhappinces of the eventagveiers On, | (Laughter) The firm no doubt, needed | 02 Well, we tried to deal fairly by them. We | toate under Paul Jones in La Boune Homme | gr [jad pecenitel tne Poets Hates | bavds Bow punane Lutees ant wees | present was ones aedned as Of a stateroom tollet! Tuc | More capital to conduct thelr business, and | . orhel and sodded the baiks leading up | Itichard, the celebrated privateer. My father page tieman In ‘black shore-guing | threw back as they were confronted by the | which cammot be bought. Few Uttle stewardess, whose knowi- | Lol Piney tettiowith thes wa thend | to the houses left high and dry; aud con-| came to Weshington about 163-4, aad car- | 1° tbe | ut, With your leave, there go twe | Ubreatening muzzle of the cannon. are now even atiempted. A death's bead lish was about as limited as our | NO doubt if they settle with them on these | SY, ucted (as for example in front of the row | ried on @ large lumber business. ’In 1846 1 words t that vargaza.” aera “-Chicken-hearts!” | thundered Bates, who forms @ fashionable breast-pla; and a ‘be assisted us through the trying or- | érms the frm could take a vent wae | of dwellings in which Senator Bayard lives) | came here with my mother. I was thea 11 | ¥onis to that you muchey ike. You master!” | ¥®s @ really bold villain, and he added'soine | liunt sarcasm 1s supposed talark lntthee tee patience which was more better location Laughter}, and mostof the | Soocial carriageways along the height from | years Old. Soon afler that, quitting school, anawered Sim with a cackling Little laces, | Words of whieh revived their cou- | of a . Which eontains the letter U, and To be sure she woud insist | {Telltors conid sell them more goots than | Che’end of the block to the other. ‘Then we | | went lo work in a grocery, afterwaris in & for cruelty, 16a Chinaman’s faucy, alwang | rage. “You'd best give up, captain. itso fuitiiie ine duties of a brooch.—Savurday Re- f ns in other people's things, | time {raughter| Eherciore I move'ine | either pald damages to the owners of the | shoe store, aud then at carpenter's work. 1 | fF Cruelty, to. Ching light of @ good Joue, | use. I spiked every gun of the lot with my | view. i them on wrong side before at bona mr | I move the | Sunken houses or raisel those houses by | stuck at that trade for two or three years, | ‘Perhaps mose comfortable. No tales teil.” | OWn bands.” these were trities at such a tims. | OVE NG afer P i states that the motion is be- | Machinery up to the new street line.” aud in the meantime my mother opened @ | «.fat-” sald Bates, ineditatively, “it will |. “1 kpow you did, you traitor,” shouted her share of the burden, too. We ¢Premgerin ‘Moti ied. “Did this pacify the tax-payers?”’ boarding house, opposite the old 9th-street | he a tongh job and a ticklish one. "There are | Duckett, the second mate, suddenly emerg- ; ing for a Corpse. Jerked her headlong with us on berth or sofa, re P iiaeioas Ul uae ae ad » | «Not wholly; oh, no. So much was sald, | church. That was the beginning. The rest | those terccantle: tetone wan ot the Wiadsor | i, armed to the teeth, from thecabin haten; | (From the Virginia ( Nev.) Bnterprise.} tate of our feelings would no | «)oung America: “I move we adjoura.” | a4 much discontent on the part of indi: | of my fe has been mostly spent in Wash- | Carrie that you would clap on board” “but Captain Hepburn and I were clever | A carpenter in thiselty, newly raised to ine Raga wo mioly tate har es Young America: “And [move an adjourn- | Viduals had been aroused, that in February, | ington. — « Well, well, my d , too, fore! 187: ittee of investigation was or- Ber yi gong momo the — roe on ye verupenel: | 200 at Be [a ment to the nearest restaurant to drink | /*??, 4 comm: = Towards noon next day the Governorealled | Chinese, coaxingiy, “would it do for them to | te wiser. », you thought me stu, cam et ene aes everybody's health, the firm included.” | “red by Congress. The investigation lasted " <, | Wits @ chaise, and sped through taenew eap- | say, Ali-chang and partnership no decent | “id you, with ‘the dragged liquor? You [Laughter. four months. |The committe vindicated us, | Nal, explaining to gard Se er leh y z P: P sympathy and condolence until reporting that we had been guilty of no evi re hand, only scum of grog-shop, aud theirown | ™istaken, my hearty, for I pitched brandy brother in the order was lying very l—at above and ations. It is impossible to deny to this man | Lascar what you call? No wonder Cassau- | ®5 oplum overboard together, aud —" | the point of death as was aught. In case at au aboveaud aettio’ as nice What is Genius? eee, AS. mend ine repors, was sustained | ihe credit of an lachtevement watch, coasid. | des no able to’ ake fight of it in the Nar- | Before the second mate could complete his | Of bis death Usere were certain esremonies ‘Afler aday or so ont, with returninghealth Genius Is neither patience, nor concentra- | °Y Me House in open se o ering the preliminary conditions and physi- speech Bates had drawn his revolver snd | = 5 E ee sill gd = wow wee lying » cal and political and moral obstacies tran- | ~ Ah, that’s it. Hepburn will makea fight | fred three shots, the first of which grazed | lu thew ” by the prophet. Now our and spirits, every body seemed to fall into a cot ee poy epee en by Bbish | we set’at work anew,” said the Boss, | scends that of Hausmann in modern Paris, | of it, and those Windsor Castle chaps will | Duckett’s left temple, while the tuird in- Prophet had never undertaken the perform. eee ee ot eek that was as placid and bent, that may be obeyed or disobeyed just | ‘‘@nd we worked through the whole year tsi2 | Hausmann had the empire at his back. | stand by him. Six brass guns, too, anda | jured me slightly in the shoulder. Bang! in | @¥ce of these cerémonies, and he was not Loe eS as it’ happens, but will always be disobeyed | With a great deal of vigor. Most of thetime | Shepherd, the Washington Boss, was op: | long rifled gun anidsuipe! ‘Ttell you——” ee, ee tee ‘answer, a gun, —— the grape- — he Raid, be able to Roguit himoelf " e we bad 5,000 menemployed. In March, 1873, | posed by Congress, and had all he could “And I tell you,” interrupted the China- |] shot swept the fore-decks as w’ the seytie cdilably when he camedo Qudertake them Geel tice eater whee dadnet neous pee Dante eitt aepidits ramet emcee none ine Congress showed its appreciation of what we = to stifle the prejudices of old, and the | man, bescusten excited; poy ae flinch now, | of death, ners down the mutineers like | With the whole lodge standing about looking bree kad done by voting about $3,500,000. Im the | resentment of uew, taxpayers. ‘To carry | and 'Ah-Chang say, Sin sayy Bates turned | grass. But al y the canoes and sampans | Selemniyon. He thought he should like a ure. Jerra firm was forgotien when we | ee oe eae rt Oe ee sonics. | course of the work, we had by the filllug up | out his plans he was Souipeliod In wateas | coment meterannoon hetea cectea cae fore grappting with us, and the ladies’ | little previous practice. With this in iis sang, with tue nautical accompaniment of éven in abstract selence, and pans graced of the old Waship: Canal. reciatmed and | ous irstances to defy the laws and pab- | sand silver gollar, nor two, por oue. I say | shrieks blended with the war-cries of the | Mind he uaded his partoer, whistling winds aud fapping sails— strations in matters of generous speculation | ™#do available some $2,500,000 worth of Gov- | lic sentiment. As Wwe rode he potuted | steamer. m be boarded, cargo must be | pirates, as wild forms cameclambering over | Man, te join bim in @rehearsai, aud take ° ernment property. out, here and there, places where evary- | taken, passenger pay ransom, or’—and he | the Cassandra’s bulwarks, and the Chinese the part Of the corpse. The partner saw no ore wearisome. Bat may wenot now regard | °H Turing the rest of 1873 the 1mprovaments i : Ly thing would have beea stayed had it not been | ended the sentence by passing his yellow | crew, cowed for ® moment, plucked up spirit | Arm in Laving such a rebearsal, and thought It ts wonderful what @ vocal talent an ocean | Ezine in one of certain exaited and weil. | Were pushed hard. We mae our report in | for the resolution which oversodeall consid- | iand edgeways across his throat. “And as | enough to renew the attack. _ | it would really be @ good thing for his friend, Sip developes in everybody. Individuals, | Fecognized spheres of thought or action? The | December. In February, 1814,another Con- | erations but current necessity, Iajanetious, | for guns why Sure some one thers! What was wat? Surely, I could not be | tH prophet. Accordingly a broad board was p Loma | never sang eee ny “‘ineradicable native bent” is the real sub- | @ressional committee of investigation was | protests, threats, these seem to have been of For a bit of bamboo had cracked under placed ou tresties, @ud the ‘ter who was jiscovered ey conid en! a e whol mistaken. It must be—it was a ringiog Se he the on treteh: = tance of the matter, the remaining words | OTdered, and itsat for five months. Aboul | no avail against the relentless rush and | my feet, and I thought it wisest to hurry | British cheer that reached me, in the midst Upon It at full ship's company with their yolces. So we | f. 5 cautious | four thousand pages of testimony were | hurry of Shepherd’s 5,000 shovelers, pick-axe | away before my preseuce on the spot sould Bad colos In ihe catin, quartettes in the | Deine Necessary only by By OE ae ond “4 ha Ls +8 yp . | length, closed bis eyes, and teld the prophet of all that fiendish discord, and promised taken, The result was the abolition of the | men, paviers and teamsters. Driving to- | be detec . | £0 proceed with the funeral ceremonies. Thr . choruses on deck, and music all qualification against ‘tion. Ge- paviers < me to. elected. hope. A boat, yes,and another, ca: that District government, on the ground that we | wards the Naval Observatory, he indicated | What was I to do? Nothing was clearer i ‘tas t lant rowers coald | Prupbet, in full war-paint, and with @ cow over the steamer. haturailyiso Hot. wisi ts bestow it oa those | had exceeded our authority ia making these | the strocts and avcnues’ thet bad boos tard, | but that the fouless crea eee ae me earee Tree, then with there tough sahen cars | !#ilstuck bebind bis ear, tien besan prancing Our fellow passengers were in no way in- who, though they may have an eradicab improvements. That was the ground of my | out in that direction, and said: ‘and that life and property werealike in dan- | The boats of HM. 8S. ‘Wasp, no doubt, for | ee remains. With some prompting teresting or remarkable. But they were so- | pent in some direction ‘or other, have it ina | Teiection by the Senate as Commissioner ua- “My plan was, up tothe time wheal was | ger. The Cassandra on board @ valaa- | here, from bebind the friendiy shelter of @ | {70M the corpse, he got through with his acuion aauaens a eee direction not exalted or ennobling. { can | “¢r the new form of government. For this | superseded, to remove that observatory and | bie freight belonging to native endless semnet oun; merchants, | mangrove tufted creek, emerges the gun- g Spaniard uestion :— | rejection I am now devoutly grateful.” raze the hill it site on, Tue observatory is | who were to sail with us, aloug with other | post h 7 shotaod shell with un- grant ned big | ene eR anoceaipebaPae fata | ar Bacay uta Gerd omt pwn | Seite eatieateo.f | Pane gamma Raragean nad Colsrs | meet asa aeny ines L. “No. ne! fares r » ani ‘rom these a Vy ransom cou our merriment aboard. He explored the have the bent apparently, but not the apti. hi hn pe Pcie tf Fire | Able to foliow our own designs and really | rene tions untrastworthy. It | probably. by treats or torture, be extorted; | jorghas had sauk-and another was on fine nders observa’ worth y. Pi x , 3 an sunk, an! was on Steamer, fore and aft; went below with the | going ‘to bb great painters: great posts, | improve and adorn the city. That would | ought to begat aeoes thane Tee ult | brobably. by treats or torture, be extorted; while the savages’ in the canoes were only Sects. and bad all the complication of ma- | great musicians, but who end by Sonieving bave been wholly or partially impracticable | hill could be utilized for the most beneficent | ber full value, and could ly be sur- | too thankful to beat @ retreat as rapidly as — fucietige seen = eccie eee anae nothing which men recognize as art, poe: | Under the new dispensation. purpose. I would dump it by car ts-fuil into | reptitiously sold into the = Indian ole sl S s00n as the gan- p' A “ ne - Here Mr. Shepherd paused. Then, lifting | ihe marsh just beyond, at the edge of the Po- | trade, after her cargo had unloaded, ‘was seen, and the Wasp’s blue jackets mains. The corpse = faction, expecially’ in bigh seat, when ine AS renee Gon coe ofessnar tee his righthand and silting his knee,'he con- | tomue. at would hil Gp, taat ween, Mion (eon toe evidenes ef eimrelacaee wires ; over, came scrambling up the side, the rascaliy | 7G% /2 be situation at the same moment ax not; and I likewise suspect that the a| t | tinued: is, and has been for years, the source of all | summarily suppressed. native confederates of tse pirates flung “4 Ly aphet, ond the two wound up the she spray =p-e0 ine sou of | ben’ + Now, the gist of the whole matter ishere: | the malarial diseases in Washington, and it | What was I to uo? I might, by denouncing | Gown thelr arms, aud with abject entreaties | TebeArsal in @ Very lively little Hight to save outlook. From there, = = cou =} . Neeict tick | When we weut into power I found that dur- | would create a river front for commerce.” the plot totheadmiral in command of the | for nde 4 ‘upon their ten) ‘aad were | belr premises. bad teens ands aod gers, we clothes badly scorched, aud the Se swears that nf is “the lest time he ever twain for @ corpse.” the passen, ing the previous seventy years the United | The old obse: looked so desolate and | station, frustrate or defer its execution, but ESP burst ar"h'cc, gece ped | Bema vias | en dufereneelnwiente steers | Uacavta,mele tery aoe une | tne casi, teaece metro a Be 3 crow street and avenue in a. whether th: we be | cure an; on indeed, when they ail came on deck,-as they = = Sraful toe oem | alternate building lot besides, nad neglected | carried out.” is re i rt did occasionally when something was to be ts. nae most eer. “The present Commissioners hayen’t got | had py bare word to set Inst Bates 7 ignificant seen. I call to mind one day especiall, hat if there ‘ty which it owned had beendeeded | the plu said the Boss, . Toen, | and Sin. I might resign, bat no, with @ when we watched them from tt i ae to it wi the eondition that Congress should Fluaelng dt ‘he ragced eT meal tikes more compiiact captain, the Cassandra was lorious 2 ‘most per- | mprove it. Yet, up to the year 1571, tt had ve three months’ more swing. I believe 1 | would go to sea, and— mer ler were deep when tne | Spent on its half of the whole area of thecity | could make the capital a heal: clty.” & » Hepburn, are you as! or blue. were all on deck, watching the ‘asset has $2,600,000, while the citizens had spent | «How did you contrive to be cheerful un- | awake*’’eried a genial ast my- of An acrobat up In ae observation. | $15,000,000 for public improvements. The ‘oat % an i'e was res; tin red cotton velvet upon it | citizens had taxes to pay. The goverament a The pirates on that day a severe ‘tr sel, timed his the then as a | Paid no taxes whatever. Our board endea- lesson, for the Wasp ber Gre until strains of the “Blue Danube, alittle ing rid | Yored to carry out the law which provided the third lorcha also was ed, and the boy was outof an asthmatic accor- character | (vat in making the improvements flames were from the huts of @ village deon. sat in a circle; nae instead of a = iy oe so Pe anne ee whither our had Sea, Stern looking men, women, young aad o! ¢ou- | vation Improved shou! ~_“Pve word, Frank, as you see!” of kerchief for a heat- wail Rereliine as we ebook’ bake on the t's Quarier-deck, after the straits ‘been clear of tbe pig-talled There was no lack of amusement aboard, to. ay counter-am! for we racked our brains and revived all our without ‘yonder sear thieves hat childish games. The en cton that & gun-boat lay bidden sbofie board with an wolca seemed that man-trap of theirs. I confess it was mm great interest. near-run thing @fter all. The of were favored with an invitation to that Bates, or whatever his name ip Conmn ta atve mt Satisfaction, the invite: for nt ba for tte bold feos you mi tious gree Yous frequent. It was far {nit old fellow: Tshouid have only yoca Pleasater to idly wateh the ‘time "to, ‘the Cassandra's s P poy ETS as much as to me, same ity of Suang- sail in sigh: bal naval oe 9 We game. were engugh 19 See . nf} 2