Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1879, Page 1

PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, | AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, Corner 11th Street, Br The Evening Star Newspaper Qompany, H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. ‘Tay Evenrxe STAR is served to subserivers in the city by carviers, on their i cents per ‘Tae WEEKLY La pm mag oa tt 82 & ms prepaid. FAD mail subscriptions must be paid tn ate ‘Vance; ho paper sent longer than so paid for. Rates of advertising made known on applt«stion. _ SPECIAL NOTICES. CavLay. pastor. @clcckam Vespers at 7% pm 1 Go UNVEMSALIST CHRON How, <7 Kext will preach ia Tallmadee Hall morrow, at }Lam. Sunday Sevoo) at #45a.m Ik NORTH BAPTist CHURCH, Lith st-cet ss between K and 3 nw — Tie Rev. E,W. AS BREWS will preseb ‘Te a norrew at alam, Allert iit Ty Ba: and H strests. To-morrow alorn pubite cordial 5 » vited. Cee FOUNDRY ME. cas 9 s1s.—Rev. Dr LANana! and 7-0 pu. Loupe peop! Dm. “HOPE OF GLORY $F avin Witsoe Bene ay om Se iw. Sunday, March 24d. pv the pa-to: Kenpner kirnry. Seats free | FIRST BAPTIS tween G and H. B Services To-rorrow (DV Stranvers 2nd »! invited. ep, CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Ver: SJ tween N sind .. he ¥ evening diatrin: by tke pastor, Rev. TI. i bject, eventng—“Le! ayer ee Dbe Gis DL. Se “Si! THE MESSIAH (Sovereien’s t near New York ave). Rev. J. B. Noatn Feices at lam. end7:20pm Alle = MT, NON C2 sour. corser ! Preaching ‘To-marres t 16. struc. yy aside every w B fa =>_ UNION CUSPEL —Rev. J. ©. Hacer the EF nawie appointed pastor at Union ehapel Mt E_Chureb, Wit eireet, near Pennsylvania avant, and hear the Lew preacher. ie = G Eis’ PASS BOOKS, Ge DE ST oes books’ va ROBERTS’ Bookstore, 1010 7th street, abo * York avenue epee waa ENWOOD CEMETERY. m7 mites It tr et Frankl ~~ PMe y will by sever Cand 6th sts .¢u TUESDAY Mth inst. at 7 A fail ai quested. [mal = Y. M. 0. A—Ba “= every Sabbath. 4 to 5, conducted? era! Seer tary. in the Parlor of the Aseocial ner ‘hh and 1) streets.) Subject to morrow: “Thy ‘Two Temptations.” Youns Men's Prayer Meetin every Sabbath evening. 6 to it OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF te Oia Sistem | ICT OF COLUMB! WASHINGTON, March 2i, 1 TO ALL ABOBITEOTS fer apramum of FIVE HUSDEED DOLLARS offer a premium of 3 LAS for the best deciva of & PUBLIC SCHOOL LiILD- ING, with drawings, cations, and detailed ee timates, to contain tweive (12) echool-rooms. wich ca- pacity to acenm medate not exceedins #ixty (60) pr- each, with necessary and convenient cost and rooms; said building to have bas-weut und three (3) fall stories, sud to contain sl ble ac gemmodations for recreation aud physical exercise, Japitor’s office, for heating apparatus. water Closets, Bc, with acople provision for lat sud vex Elstinn. Cort not to exceed $90.00. ‘Al! plans to be submitied on or before the Isr D or M:v, 1879, and when submitted to be tha pr said Di din Members of GALANT ‘LODGE. No. ii, are notified that the Lodz: Bo pre angen pe hall, fourth ficor. south- Tw Meare | A BMS SMITH. K of R&S. ThEASUKEK AND ASSESSU! WasnixcTox, D- March <1, Notice is hereby given toat LICENCES issued to | reial avents, Peddlers and Produc Devers, wilexpire on tne Sist Day or M chu, 1579, and | ly Pe by all desiring t»’con Tinwe bainess > TSUSNed Oy a oe ODUE. mar212t [Pest} Treasurer avd Assessor, D.C. Ce IC ere epptmanlcation of NEW JERUSALEM LODGE, No.9. F. A. A. M., will be heid at Maronic Temple SUNDAY, 234 instant, at 12-30 pm. to attend the funeral of our lste brother, EJ. Leissixzee. Members of ‘sister ledges are corciaily invited to attend. ‘order of the W. mae U. HURST, Secretary. ASPE iaL CONVOCA BIA BA. CHAPTER, F.A. bed in the Chapter Chamber, Maso: Y | tostant, at 0 p m., to att ead the companion, B. J. 1. Fe. | Members of cister chapters aro cordially invited t0 | order of attend. By E HP. Ez fr Ola BEBLIN, Sec'y. 4 ‘Auuekt M. Reap, bew AY. Ay at7 pm. for inatric™- for all others, 10. No charge for use of or apparatus. desirins: procure tickets by the 25th instaat, so ‘@*rangements can be ade for their arsoaiuo- ion and tickets apply to W.G@. DUOKETT, uurer, Corner of 72d st’and Pa ava. ; Or at MILBURN’ PHARMACY war21-ét 1420 Pennsylvania ava. NOTICE. ef 85 ge Meeting of the membere of the MU} TOAL FINE INSURANCE COMPANY, of ie Ds trict of Columbia, for the election of seven mana- weratoservethe cnsting year: oll Doheld at the Sfiice of the Company. on, ¥ iow AX, the 14th day Sodoc oT WES! BOTELER, & SULPHUR WATERS, MILBURN'S PHARMACY, 1429 PERNEYLVANIA AVENUE. Greenbrier, White Sulphur and Kentucky Bine Lick Just received. __warti-tr ES. of WB. MOSES & Pennsylvania avenue and Seventlt mua eo. NEWFOUNDLAND COD LIVER ° PURE XN REW'S Drug Store, corner 9th Qe pcmaayivania avenue. 60 conts a bottie— eee ee air fr ve E cots. ‘Tt is attached to the register, and renders ir moist and sumiuer-like. If you wish to avoid Besdsche, catarrk and sore throst, use them. HAYWAED & HUTCHINSON, 817 97H STREET, NEAR TH zee and Lat Plumbing, Bin Boo and Jobling Wor! the physicians of Pzris, New York and Lo: upericr to all others for the prompt cure of @ (Gases reeent or of lon «tandis x. ‘Prepared by CLIN & CO., Paris Sold every. | where. ct25. ODS AT PRICZS To s " W. Mo SHUSTER & SONS ort) Pan Oxe Puce Oxiy ff Tor cash Ss Fs SIX VERY BEST FOR 912 Material and Workmanship nuexcelled eT WARRANTED. 7 THOMPSON'S Saret Factonr, 816 F street northwest, marlO im Opposite Patent Ofte. ALOSING OUT BALE ‘OF WATCHES, JEWELRY and, ven wane LD AT A GREAT SACRIFICE. sar-Tusisxo Humpue! a Garin ereest Tae CELLULOD USS AND 8UP- FISHERS. 623 Loyorres - 53—N®. § 102 THE EVENING STAR. | lar, TWO CENTS ‘Telegrams to The Star. DEATH OF JUDGE GILES. copies: t NOTHS ON THE WAY, | ing society, and, finally, to a change in ALL SOULS’ CHURCH, Rev. Cuav Mav. | Services ‘Tomorrow at 11 | “God biess us! What a beastly country it must Tube cis Connery: The Frenchmen were third In be, to be sure!” numbers, but there was nothing Opeof them was an had already written a work of si Egypt, and was busily preparing materiat for ther or forsome additions toa new edition ot his former volume; a second wasa very clever st. Of some Hote, Wh? was constantly en- with his sketch book. The others were | . of the ordinary type ost uniform custom of their 5 ogether, and seemed to be napy other nationality daring eTMANS Were not, Sd had more dignity and ed by the War department, } from Col, Walsh, who fs In command of ¢ Canadian mounted po tier, reports that, Sittin: rr, February, 1 After a newspaper man has spent something sy pt It wiil probab! pected that he will at once 7 the country, tts ¢ ruins, and customs, its pre: future prospects able to meet such an expectation mind the tv Ts To-pay.—Internal rev- MS, $59,002 45. n the Dakotah fy wd bis warriors CALLERS fol ey e, McDonald, © inade Lomoy SSINATION | THE TEXAS ASSAi ENGLISH BOATING NEWS, OTHER FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The aes Cab its antiquities, condition and 113 natrald [shall not be Toward the boundary lin Walsh estimates asthe stret y Ad. as 1S Uh | Dand 7,000 all told. of whoin Well armed and equipped t against the apprehended ratd of these acress the irontier, and a possible attack Buford, and Totten. it, has herinan to transport the ger, now at Atlanta, to liv as possible, uch points alone the may be threatened or seem inade- ‘Two compantes of artillery wn have been ordered to arracks there. | branch « tempting as It fs ment in the 1 the nature of thing newspaper. Besides overdone, as well b; incompetent to do it justice. The reader wit ancient history of Exypt the entire trip. sirepg numerically, th style to the square inel Uha of the party on the boat. ey ATE ComMITr: 1 (known last session | Forts. Stevenson been decided b; Isth infantry, | FRavps In the late etecti ‘S Teller committee) met t acted no business beyond author! consisted of an he Empire, and acotonel the subject hast competent as t ce to appoint > | for the committee it? | taken until next Weanes plain of the army, absent therefrom on ‘The latter was a stont, gallant ly fellow, who looked as though he mt given and taken The Franco-Pruss! through the same had been tn twent in his ume, and, seen much servi ate us aby lady could well be, Finance, or “thee: i irtbute SI An adjournment was then te It to le Compan rhe ti of the Dire Ss just been held. ly, now at Charte: lanta to take char; SPEAKER Ranps his list of commaitte session is to } nenbee them until } adjourn, whic off general tez | keperal meet c ‘d at work makin; . but if it ts developed t a brief one he will not want to kn nv Its antiquities will tind a ilion and M and books of B 9 | PROSPECT OF A coxPRoM: Ment en Bere Guiseppe Marlo, amous tenor a will have the The Paris Gavloia s X ‘ Di Candia,) the and of the late Madame ¢ ‘The joint democratic caucus committee, (ten | members of the Senate and eleven members of | the House.) to arrange the order of business for the special seston, met this morning in the | Senate judiciary committee room at 11 o'viock, ton at halt-past 2 oe nother hour's eonfer- alment on the part of tes of a Howa , 1 think that Miss “Thousand Miles up the Nile” gi com Dipation of information and seatitaent erles and the at THE CASE OF u.—The Senate “tions yesterd: from Versailles to Paris. € report of the committee on the question | © return of the senate and chamber of d=p- rom Versailles to Paris, will be presented Convocation of the ssembly for the pur- | ary change in the con- pondent at Paris ‘The French government is not Mkely to cppose the project. It will probably stipulate for complete control over the prefe Her, which is now partly supported by the mu- *pality, but the rem: ember of depnt Tor sometime, as t accommodate t matic In temperament, an AS A Mark jot est erhaps, he was 2 the ‘German vice consu pal points along donkey to ride on stout Arab to lead tt back, en route. & ation that I could see was that, ifthe got jolted less th: he gencrally had to t Whole procession, and even a p wite umbrella heid over hi 3 e {row looking the color of a brotied lob ste. ry Ume he disinounted. a little gouty. atternoon heard the Hon. C Senator Rollins, of New Hamp: ment supporting the validity of the forme: 1 9 the governor, to fill the N f nerally provided It recommends t bers as a national pese of making the nec The Times’ cor n > ed In the subject. Yet having visited Egypt and ascended the N le as faras Nubia it might be tho | and were still in £ With the prospect of aa ‘There is_no conct the demcerats that it 1s th session a short one, and} | consuitattons with with respect | Will be acceptable to t vhich will receive the approval of t 's cor ference Messrs. Sp. an, in behalf of the How submitted a DIL pri ha white Meee: le excursions, © ty writing about, tf T pas i postpoued watil next Tuesday. REST.—Provision has been md: t of the quarterly nwever, If ent 1 consider Bey), others of the he dust of the t ned be far from. correct indeed, as by far the most, Interesting eou 1, abd ft doubt tf any other in 0 well repay a. Vist. 1 | sald before, the general subject 1s too extensive and profound for ted the world wil a ot anyhow be effe: re is no building in Ps Of the Austrians, | toes: mat t | buzzed a! one wes a Baron, ana the other styled himnssit Chevalter,—whatever th former had litte to ‘d_ to the trip itself than and what {0 ylelds fa the sure tnd Information. antry” have the pe, AS follows: rom Brindts\; by by a French or an line from Marseilles or Naples, m, Limay add. y class, Ih the Am term. ‘The sea trip is made to A Trem four to six da the latler early deve! eastand west Pras- @ resolved to petition wng7s in the customs Zeitung Says: ne of iife or death to West Prussia 2,028 by pro- converning its objects against the proposed ch. ta restdent of tie precinct in The sections to be repealed se Which authorize the 1ppo! and of deity n y presented In or ten fect Into an empty sare: 4 Bulls, while the p. 8 Of those objects oF Ths mishap wntte fi Bravery 2 Loxpon, March 22.—Li 1 engineers, anc te now occupied by Sen: fon gees way bac and alleges that when Mr. Kell id cf his predecessor and | mne oddly of Suffering Citizen. the sub-committee on be {nto Louisiana pK polntment of sup the t se both his desire and a Occtpation at macal- n interpreta? i efer amiinisterial ca capacity for bis chosen uccessfully against the, ve been gazetted bre- ; iep. Grant, and Senate was not lawfal, ating the lext: . The petition was re committee on credentials. S bets going to do alll It is also provided thitt din all elections for fed- Cftices shall be of uniform size, which will ecording to the port of ding, likewise, somewhat Zulus on Januas nd was procured | ture while yet erred i9 the pwatitam and 7:36 { The University Boat Race. The betting on the annual university boat race between Oxford and Cambriaze, which ver the usual course {1 bi Put the Polish Prince was the gen of the co: He had a habit of e ratehing his head ‘The city of Alexandria itself presents Uttte to el her traveling Excepting Pompey s arather fine shaft, everything | picture: que or interesting there will be’ found much better form, either wt sitall not be stationed Y polat withta two milesof a polling pre- Provision is also made for the repeal of ‘The comttttee lection, 80 to speak. with his knife and is fork, whe his wife ocetstouuliy indulged in the pastime of picking ner teeth These may not be the sin general. bat < appear to rude and nul é Mm America, tt was the way of those who d to favor the passengers on the hy’ in tO seenre the w and the seating ‘will take place ¢ ney to Mortlake on April One transaction of biidge Is quoted, Hiantan, the Champ: Pp Pillar, which is z tol on the td peiertel or er duplicated, in THE BOODLE Ga Cairo, or further up th trom Alexandria to Cairo Is between one hna- died and thirty and ove hundred and forty by rali, the journey beiny made tn from Delyht hours, accordingly as the p: or accommodation tr Wh the broad rich close of the Nile all the w: lectly level and nearly straigiit For the benetit of those who ve us to know, | will add that the total ex- pense Of the trip from Paris to Cairo, exclusive } of meals while traveling by rail, was Cairo and the country immediately about, tt including tbe deita of the Nile, the pyrainias of Ghizeh and Sakkarahb; the Memphis and Hellopolis, and the petrified ests close by, are alone wortha trip to Ezyp' see. Yet, afterall, the Nile, with the many and | magnificent ruins dotting its banks, is the great central feature of.the country, 2nd no one who can afford the time and it should visit the country up the river, at least as far HOW THE NILE TRIP IS MADE. sting circumstances there are oaly two ways in which the Nile trip can be mad2. One of these is by dahabeah; the otuer by ove "s Steamers, at present run un- mtrol of Thomas Cook & lish tourist manazers. abeah is a sort of combination of sal! and row boat, pecullar in its construction ant arrangement, and quite unlike any other eraft Tt will accommodate from fou" to len persons, according to its size and plan ‘The time it requires to go to the first cataract, six hundred miles, and return, will averag‘ Learly three months; to the second, two hun- dred miles farther, from four to six week The length of time for both will de pend, however, somewhat on the taste of it occupants, but still more on the wind.- The cos toeach passenger by dahabeah will averag seven dollars per day, cover ing all expenses; but this, too, depends larcel on the means and taste o/ the traveler. For ex- party returned to Cairo Jearned that an American ratiway kiag, witaa | party of five, had that day lefcwith a dahabeah und retinue which cost the round sum of £300 To those whose sole object in life is to kill ume, without regard to cost in money; to in- valids who require a warm drv climate; and to artists, who can set up their easel and paint while becalmed at undesirable places on the no time, the dahabeah pre- sents, perhaps, the best possible mode of travel hose who wish to con- trol their moments in accordance with their wishes and meaus, and who desire, likewise, to see the most in the shortest given time, the steamer line will be found mi able. In this way they are able to spend all the Ume desired at any particular polat or points, and to get under way and steam over uninter- ut regard to winds and those traveling by the other Beside here et service me tant, at Sparta, Wi ement had been to So'ClOck. 1 wa aiicated, were wha ion Rower. peaking e Canadian champion, who 1s tratn- ing on the Tyne for his match cemocrats were will } engaged for five yi 2 ars ib Working the “boodk years he has been ith Hawdon en ‘TioNs to the four per cent. loan to- » ‘ir august company On the trip under not: ‘The piluce was one of the innumerable | head of a gang whic time to “boodiing. kes an expre: ‘The read runs t cultivated va! ‘They would, upon receip | ofadvances for counterfeit money, which they pretended to have forsale, send to the pe: who forwarded the cash, | nething Dut sawdust. | against Crowley is using the matis to detraud. gone to jail in defauit of $2,009 Dati. Tue Report OF THE Frrz Jous Porter Boanp or Ixgcemy has been recetved at the War de- partment. It has been bis appreval ‘The executive com- regents to supervise National Museum butid- pg has held frequent conferences. It has been authoritatively decided by the Treasury de ment that the appropriation 13 availabie at Levels have been taken of the ground on which the building is to be erected, ard working plans in detafl are now {n course reparation wh ai without muca effort. hich sbe is willing to e: succeeded in ¢: | anything else. We have not time | Correct use of capital letters, anping the rich widow sian druggist, and how he was out on a holiday excursion, like a school boy on the 4th of July, with his pockets full of money. He bad elaborate outiits for fishing and shooting, which he never had opportunity to use, o- rather which he did not know how to use whea itself. There sale by the banks he that or want to buy, and he ex- hibited throughout a strong weakness for fan- tasias—those “off color”? evening entertain- ments where Ghwazee women dance queer suz- gestive dances in silght costume, and some Urnes In no costumes at all. It is needless to udd that he monopolized most of the timeof the dragomen and servants during the trip, and ia a gene-al way made himseif obnoxious to the rest of the. party, greatly to the mortification of his wife, who seemed to be a clever, unpre- tending sort of a woman, and who was, I doub: not, heartily sick of her second matrimonial In that spirit of Princely liberality which we read about in the books, at the end of @ journey be landed a five fr ead walter, with the reques” that he would ge it and divide it equitably among the aragemen end servants, some eight or ten in The specitic change | The Oxford Crew. The Oxford University crew leave Oxtord tor Eton on the Thames to-day to begin practice on Uhat river for their race with the Cambridge x, the Cost of the Paris Exposition. Tee eee Panis, March 22,.—The expenses of the late interpaticnal exposition were 55,000,000 francs, and the receipts 30,000,000 francs. nt to the President £ Tt ts stated that ot an entire vin: rare chance nothing offered along the river will enable bidders to € their proposa!s with an exact understand- ing of what is required. The advertising for es will, It 13 thought, be begun next Szeged! lererne Lonvox. March 22.—The contributions to the | a ‘he Lord Mayor tor the relief of the sufferers by the Szegedin inundation has reached the sum of £7,000. East Roumclia. The scheme for a mixed occupation of East Roumeita after the 3d of May continues to be ressed by Austria, and it Is stated that its uiti- | mate acceptance ts probable as the only alter- native of anarchy and bloodshed necessitating er Russian interference. j OUTH AMERICA. consul at Sabanilla, transmits to the separtment Of State coptes of a circular fn the 5 nish languages, setting forth he merchants of thes would derive by ue United States rather than ‘The tmporters who have adopted recommendations already exp fon with resu partic racted to the United States at tnts t uccessitil resumption of specie j {ts a financial achievement t Mmerds the respeci and a \merican merehants generally. oney necessary to do y without also golng as the first cataracs. fund instituted <> —___ Hon. Jas. W. Covent, of the First Congress- ional district of New Yor! al anappointment to ty Acadamy, will fill it fn accordance with the re- suit Of a competitive examination in his district early next month, for whiea he will shortly make arrangements. , having at his di: West Potat Military American state: of the Khediv der the ausplees and A WOMAN'S RIGRTS DEMONSTRATION has been made by a lady in the souttern province of rotests againsi paying taxes Jess she is allowed the privilege of voting. letter, Which 1s perttuent and logical even 1 Japanese estimation, has been referred by th local authoriites to the central goveinme 1°, and awaits the decision at the capital. A FORGED CHECK ON a New York bank for $500 was passed on the Central National Ban< yesterday, by a man givin . Kngsiey, Thursd: caped ona north bopnd train before the tratct ; Was discovered. He traveled with a youug wo- } Man whom he cajied bis daughter. NEW YORK NOTES. ‘The Shooting of Porter. NEw York, March 22.—The s! Porter, at Marshall, Texas, has created deep feeling sinong theatrical the Actor. ooting of B. F. ¢ plece to tie in appearance. UADRON.—A dispatch re- Department from Rear Ad. people here. A meei- ers and actors is to be held to-day al ihe Criterion Club, to take measures for the relief of Lis fumily, and rece; THE MERITS OF THE TRIP. nd Incongruous as its elements may seem to have been tt gos along very well together. Our three weeks jouraey was a veritable holiday | and 1 doubt if there wei on board who were not. thore itcame to an end. € ‘was all that could be desired,—bri cht. clear 4 wartn during the day, and pleasantly cool at night. All the running was done by daylight, the boat invariably lying up at night on account ! of shifting bars, ete, oceasi changes in the channel of the river. stop Was made at all amine them satisfactorily: if not exhaustively, and the long uninteresting stretches whic! often lie between were p: Uip required three weeks to a da} ‘ost, I will add, for the satisfaction of those curious to Know, was £47, which included ex- enses of every kind from the time Cairo was left until it was reached in return. may be considered, ces, European station, Alliance has been ordered Naples. Tunis, Tripoit i ‘ar si Havre or Che: Seuthampton, Flushing, Copenhagen, Christ Norway), and Spithead. The Quinny been ordered to visit. Mahon, Malagi rs, Algters, Tripoli, Tunis, Sicily, Nap! Legharn, Geréva and Trieste, (Austria.) flagship, the ‘Trenton. was ex; with the Admiral March 10th, for Naples, thence { The Wyoming has been authorized | YMA When Ler pI ates thatthe | at Columbia, 8. C ich was our part; ‘the name of Ja: ption and burial of A subscription has been started and in which members of several a have signified their witlingaess to - Later—A meeting of actors and theatrical tmanagers was held to-day to arrange for the re- ception of the body of B. eigen the murder- reparatt benefits for the relief of his aged sick wife. The meeting was informal, but a led to notify all actors a Lenefit proj xeursion throuzhout half a dovea persons azhly sorry when her wroughout between six an GEN. Gwant.—Preparations conti made at Yokohama, Japan, for Gen. Grin'’s1e ception, although ke isnot expected there for months, Three of the most powerfnl ancient pointed to Tecelve and at- 3 fsa distinction heretofore ample, when our pected to leave | diamos have been a) tend upon him. Th vouchsafed to no v Basé Batt.—The following clubs have enter- ed for the championship of the National Base Ball Association, the entries for which closed { ‘veland, O., Thursda; ica, Albanys of All loned by constant ST were invited to attend. 1 nn ery. funeral w! inesday next from the Church of the ints of interest to ex- AN ILLicit Sritt.C artenep.—Collector Young, | at Raleigh, teiegraphs Commissioner that Deputy Collector Sorrell capture | Stillin Wake county, North Curolina, yester- ee = > | day. py NATIUNAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. | . PRING COURSE in ANALYTICAL CHEM. | uder Prof. { night: The Utieas ee ny, Capitol City of ipringtields of Springfield, Holyokes of Worcesters of Worcester, river, thus losin; on Its waters; but for A DECISION IN FavoR OF SOLDIERS’ Houg Of local as well as general . interest was recently dectded in the Court of By the act organizing the Soldiers’ | Home it is provided that the pensions of in- mates are to be transferred to the Home. Under ' the Revised Statutes of 1573 the Commissioner | | of Pensions held that the soldiers of the army who contributed from thelr pay under the taw > fo {ts support were not required to transfer | ‘The Soldiers’ Home appealed of the fatertor, who sus! the Commissioner of Pensions. Tix then taken before the Attorne: \onals of Washington. FRAUDS IN ’FRIScO.—H. 8. Tibbey, secretary of the commission in charge of widening Du- pont street, San Francisco, has be | charged with frauds in the management of af- fairs of the commission to the ainount of up- It is rumoured that further sUgation will disclose much additional spec- ton. PENSIONERS.—A ©: |, in both time and money, I can only say that I never made an expenditure of elther which ylelded a more satisfactory re- rt, a trip T would glad! make again, and one which I would cheerfully and earnestly recommend to ail in pursuit of either information or pleasure. Death of Judge Giles of Baltimerc. BALTIMORE, March 22.—Hon. Wm. Fell Giles, who recently resigned the ju §. District Court for Maryland, Mlness, died at 11 o'clock last night, in the 724 had been judge of thecourt It is, in sho esting reaches, withoi currents, whicl conveyance are not able to do. ies, is less danger of misunderstanding and quar- Epson oi by steamer than by di the latter col a, r only a single family, con' head, whose will as to movements, delays, de- tours, etc., is law for the whole wi @ steamer st tipis made known in arranged for the best possible disposition of the allotted time, there ts nothin: it out, and all bands are satisiled. On the other hand, 1n a miscellaneous party by dahabeah, it is impossible to control winds and currents, andeach one is apt to think that his idea of how the available time ought to be employed 13 as that of any other, 30 that there Is no. to the possibilities of a row, and I am told ‘that 1t is no unusual thing for parties traveltn: jn that way to tinally break up ia a bitter and irreconcilable quarrel, NILE TOURISTS. Of course, whether traveling by steamer or dahabeah, a pleasant company Is of the first consequence, or rather much of the pleasure in either case will depend upon having congental society during the trip. party that made up our passenger “Reherah” last month, was, if not all that could be desired, at least all ‘that could be ex- sted of forty-one persons ia whom were ladies. In nationality lish, 21; Ameri- Austrian, 2; Po- Of the ladies, Wards Of $60,000, | their pensions. to the Secreta’ A Row IN THE VIRGL a Senate.—In the Vir | gina senate yesterday Sesator Massey, of albo- marie, rose to a question of privilege, and paper severely reilecting on Smith. of Nelson, for pubiishing a h reflected on Massey. guage of the paper was to the effect that the ; Speech alluded to, for unretinement, indelicacy, coarseness, misrepreseniation, defamation and ‘passed anything he had heard. H f the legislature, Proceeding, with | | Similar severe lancuaze, Senator Massey wa3 several times called to order, and during his re- Senator Smith denounced him as a liar, a scene ensued, and sev- primand the offending nem 10 apoiogize were After debate the matter was referred to es and elections for a report as to what action fn the premises should be taken by the senate. trolled by one on account of ; year of his age. ram for the whole vance, and as it is Pp 25 OF all soldiers, inmates the home, must be transferred. Suit was then | rt of Clatins by the inmates Wall Street To-day. NEw YORK, March 22.—The Post's financial article says:—At the stock exchange here we have dull markets. Government bonds are steady, the only change being a decline of i; in road investments are quiet bought and carried on bor- rowed moncy are lower, the decline ranging The money market is quiet and t Their Pay. SCRANTON, Pa., March 22.—The miners of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal company threat- en‘ to prevent the resumption of work unless the wages dne them ts paid. brought in the ¢ to do but carry | of thé Home against the United wit, the chiet justice di | vindictiveness sur nin favor of the p | the Department of | probably be appeated. fives of I8S1. and steady. Speculative short, whatever is Receiver McCabe compromise with them so that the work may be resumed and he be thereby en- | abled to pay them. THE HeMaN Harr in Menic Recent investizations by M. abled him to demonstrate for medico-lezal pur- pose the difference which exists between hair in abealthy or diseased state of the body and ; also as to its varieiles, its place of growth and the age and sex of the individual Tie also claims to be abic to prove by specimeas submitted whethet been by violence, cut off, or whether it out. ‘There is also a theory, which yet remains = “oo - a in the body may be detected by the hair. In the many Taian wanes, where hair has been found on deadly instruments, these investigations may be used to advantage in the courts in fixiog crimes on the perpetrators. ANOTHER FUGITIVE has returned to the hom? and family he deserted, ionufacturer of Cherry Valley, disap about. two weeks ago, leaving would never return. rove that he had been ransactions, but he had involved the firm of which he was a member in debt ina reckless and dishonorable manner. through the country north and south, wander- ing from New York to Chattanooga, to Vicks- burg, and to New Orleans. He reached home again on Tuesday evening broken in mind and ing thata man cannot i a2 per cent. firm, with 5 percent... the rate loans and 7 per cent. the top rate. The part of the business has . Time loans are not so easily made now and are subject to fair quotation. ‘who on time a few weeks. was 2a3 per cent. for no reason for regret. Prime is 5a6 per cent. The Great Western Railway Com- TORONTO, March 22.—A ee a to the Gl = estern Railway Company results of its wo! of the ‘They admit that after crediiive We sees turds and the for the half year, and also of the arre of dividend of the carry! ing, ftorw: Lanp Orrwe e General Land Ofice made is¢ Of considerable in- eoundrel and a dog. eral propositions to re nd require t LEGAL SCIENCE, feannot have en- the ec mmitte granted permission to | We Committ 1 antity OF land equal to tha borrowed the quotation days have as yet mercantile paper vacant bon-rshn LB AC come from Leadville, ‘The rush of men to that section has been so great that the place ts overflowing. ‘The new comers find no empk thing, and there bel they have to lie down in their blankets wher- | everthey can, many perlshing miserably. | hundred mines have been opened that have uot titled amounted to 496,448 In this respect the fourth tract, compo: * w mmodations, to be proved. thatthe Fe Special cable dispatch lobe says:—“ The Great alleged that the ae is announced the ; belong to the gra he commissioner describes $ the mineral or non-mit nd has been passed upon by pelent authority, the title has passed from egoverninent and vested in Indlyiduals, aud S ho anthority to open the | onger to be consid- | | that the question } ebaracterof tbe FAILURE OF A PrutIsHER—Patriek O'She: the well-known Catholte book publisher, ot | York, las suspended and asked his credin His embarrassme: —a Prince ‘an six were English, two American, and one Po- lish, or rather French by birth, and Polish by Considering that had an odds of three thousand miles azal thein in the start, it must be admitted that they mustered a pretty fair proportion of the whole party, and the per centage of Americans on 5 boat was not larger, I was told, thaa the average.on Nile trips, one season with another, Indeed T was informed by our Consul Generai at Cairo that a large majority of the dahaveans golng up the Nile every year are chartered 2nd cccupled by Americans. As Is usually the case on such oecasions, the ssebgers ON uke boat constituted a very In- eresting study,—hardly less s0, in fact, than the scenery and rutos along the banks of the iiver we were salliag upon. The Americans were an average, every day lot, so to 3} ilgent, shrewd, observing, liberal willing to give and take, as circumstances re- quired. The English, with whom the Ameri- ans naturally and quickly affiliated, were mostly hearty, lusty young fellows, genial and bright, but full of the ways and notions of Jonn Bull. Their party the Church of England and his wife, who sur- prised us not a little the first evening out by cpening up a little game of twenty-one, which was kept up pretty re; while the journey last that one or the other of the two gene: ‘hough I am bound to say there picion of foul play, Their success was rezarded 1d judgment and good luck in irawing, rather than because of ly sharp practice or knowledge of the backs of is. On the three Sundays We were out the reverend gentleman read the Church of Enj any great harm ings. In fact, when I mentions ses en my conviction that if clergyman in charge of a church in America eagles ina Hane pee te fall Vo lead to a good deal Albert E. Smith, a for an extension. real estate depreciation. He domain. It holds, | about $100,000, of which € account and $25.000 on. His assets are nominal m4) 1s In stereoty peg plates ness over twenty-one years. arrears lous kaif year, they are balance of about’ 4,009 ; 5m) 13 On mereha ral estate deflete: valued ab $230,000, Investigation failed to guilty of any criminal Demand for Steel Rails. ScRanton, Pa., March 22.—The Lack: Bil ore Manat maa eon meet oi mand for steel ratls. ee p, ATION OF PORTER, THR AcTOR.— A dispatch from Marshall, Texas, states t inore who was Shot in the s} a detective named Currie, whose ti of tie Barrymore thea' ed, was resting easily The remains ot | titted by Cur sent to New York under aa e: Guill BAListon, N. ¥., March Jones care came In at 9.40 of guilty. The sentence was det Bre jury in the run away from himse! a.m.. with a verdict ferred. Exmvu Buxerrr’s Wi iy be had resen day, but not ot ILL gives about $8,000 to 3 and err aun a as fol- i thus disposed of the property ‘ind Providence has put in ms oS sion, in a way which 1 hope gratitude forsuch a native town the un held its esteem and s) ring, of two planets: | in eleven hours 4 ascension, and nine ules north decimation: may ity gift, I bequeath to this dyin} amestion of a son who 1 token of considera- Ce above all the honor which he received else- revoked. ‘The also @ minister of DENT OF THE AFGHAN WaR.—Major nolds feil early ia the melee, ig his sword from a man’s ht charger stumbled, and four Afghans cut him to ces. thelr own bodies immediately afterward his corpse.—[ From a SINGULAR SHOOTING ON THE STAGE.—At the ‘coliseum, a Cincinnatl theatre, night, the wad from a Henderson hit Barry He the temple, and knocked him a As It was the end of the farce, the cur- tain fell, and Barry was ith ad his head. He was restored to consciousness, and in ashort time was wad made an ugly hole, for some time to come, the temple a vacancy would have Stage manager of the Coliseum. SHOCKING SUI ‘occured at the Mare stan { John Irwin, from larly every evening Lg stretched around Dispatch to the Lon \ Cranky Ross Cask, Pgraar3.—Bertha ars old, and a niece of Benjamin he Pinkerton detective agency of this city, has been missing since Wed- ome on Penn street below She was last seen playing companions in front of her house, but search and inquiries made yesterday and have failed vo lead to any trace bouts.—[ Phila, Press, 214t, S2" Suits have already been entered rs of Gilmore's Garden, New who were in: a gallery in the building match, " E yard April loth; Chaplain S. ). Bourora has f ported bis return home from the European sta- tion, and has teen placed on waiting orders. THE Fost Orvick DEranTMeNt has issued & cireular to postmasters of money order offices the four per cent. refunding certifi- | circular quotes the recent one of the SUry OD tis subject and recommends that the postinasters accept the invitation contained therein for them to deco ceiving sub. criptions to the THE ALAsKa, Capt. Brown, commanding, left San Francisco last evening for Sitka, #8 the result of standing and nesday from her 6 service of the gland very acceptably to the the way he g) the day before, of her wherea- most shocking : City, Mo., Wednes- lay m0) Mr. Wm. cut, children’ Her busband had ia when the tragedy was ‘were covered wit! her husband's act, to one of the deposituries in re- RK, March 22—Flour dull. Wheat quiet. Bene Ee Jereey the proprieto) ae fi uring the late 3 do, progerred Pe of talk in the sew- LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. ‘The Teachers Net Die. Editor Star:—Will you ng enya Words in defense of the teachers In our schools. lam sure they are not responsible for the wrongs inflicted upon ee The FesponsiDINLY rests u hi in authority. The evils complained of at from certain abuses Incident to what is known as the “graded system.” ‘There has been of late in many of our large cities a tendet Lo seachine Work in the schools. ‘The system j = to resembie a large factory rua by steam. e teachers are mere appliances, the puptis are the raw material, the “board” farnishes Wood and water, the superintendent starts the engine and regulates the machinery, and the Ms the first gue . ) pie at the eighth, wrought Into oes of equal strength—alike In texture and Color, In the process the independence of the teacher ‘stduality’ of the pny ved and os Wore a studies crowded inves Fit wel 100 Many text books _presh Of studies might promt be reanosa omb- third, and one-halt the text books now Te. quired might be d:spensed with. What ts needed is wore elasite course of simdy: One at sh sive greater freedom to teachers. and at thesatne time throw upon 1 responsibitities. The m cently adopted by the set Tn tts study Is p expecied are siated in general te methods are tell to the © This Int Skill of te aches tu the s is due 10 the a well t wens more neM Let them dage of tex’ oks aud re- dread of ex2niaations h are to be determined by ; let the tes? of supe- joad the ch id has ‘been the taculties of 2 with what sen fostered and prom sted, and cease 10 be a a Plaint at ibe “cramming” of pupils. Uhat “parents have rightfully a vol d they ought lo let it be heard, but be directed ‘towards those who have pply the remed, D. ere appeared. thi piaint from @ Suttering Cluzen, Wo nights before there had um at least halfadwen mosqul- dota Pm Uhat they coulda’t drive them camphor; Uhat his wife was b: ‘a (hat his baby was worse off tnan hi whe. \hat Le expected to accom pits by Writ- ex did not appear, but there was ation. “Suffering Parent,” “Suf- | fering Tescker,” and “Over-worked Mother,” in confiding thetr sorrows to Tar far, reminded shey are dealing with so w ited a thing as half a dozen mosquitoes. . the great, American people, have a public school system. beside Which “Mr. Elijah Pogram” is a cipher; and offering Parent,” in retlecting upon possible his System is as one who should throw ity is that she can accomplish nothing” by fi culty is that she can a pot it. The teachers do not stand over the Pata: dium. She bas struck Tound: a chord in which teachers would gladly join. The next note was struck by Tag Star or by whomever it was that sald “let us have less emulation between districts and schools.” { should say the third note a cents and other statistics. _ 4 Li — ‘ jess branches and more live teaching \bings. By our present cramm! to give a certain class of ‘oholars manual work, while they can fd is e%8 8 H Fags i 2 Hd 38 a Rs & 2 PE qi e fi i l 38 i 8 8 : E i sit in consultation over the fact tbat thete bors and girls uct only do not read fluently at sight but do not divide syllables at the endof a Une in oar Too Much is put into the first year and is not re is carried into the second. A ocd deal is added, is unfinished, is cn into the next year, and pt i Agi girls seventeen years cld who came to me will Pepe gy them the odds and ends of their -done work. We “drill” and “drill,” yet there are few ry the public schools who could tell in five minutes how many yards of carpet would be requiied to cover the floor of er own room, Written examination papers are sent in with Wita such use of capital levters und such jargoa of English as would make a critical person a *, Dut the curves and angles are exact and we clap our wings and crow over the penman- ship, although a dozen ont of sixty are s0 Learly alike that could tell without Se on yoke oh ataneiece Enron work 18 competitive. al cent., abd per cent depends upon “tieatts A, ear sGur ba pet py “course of 4g it isto be ads in SS. matter whether a Deeds kind of time, or in that quai . OF whether he is able to take any atall. “Give him the prescribed lim- its.” Rage ogg en ay —————— * digest!” cry that be. “There isn’t time,” ventures veacher again. “Make time!” “I cant do that!” con- me is daa suggestive top. “wor: worked Mi who © THE Star that she would be glad to change places with her i ey f - i pone AE ey count. Ido not know absut the lower but in the 5th, 6th, 7th and sth grades fol- lowing work is done out of school hours. I give an average which I have taken care to make accurate: ‘Sixty are reckoned for each school, there ‘seats for that number. AB examina’ in one study each week i ees aut er be seep tris cack month, Dut cing the lowest por Bible average, one a mouth, we o b- ons to add to 240 examination papers. or five times a week there is a written spelling exercise, ving at least 96) papers more, reach- inga total of 1, Averaging again at the rate of two pages to each paper, and again my average is small, we have over Pages of written matter, which each monthiy reads, marks, and returns to her pa- Pils. is a roll-book—and this I commend to attention of anybody who is in f£earch of information as to ye and means— Which requires from five to hours’ work. 4s gotten cut of the way in Season to begin an- otber, Dut not more. 1 fancy “Over-worked Mother” would do better to exchange works he days a years to-day are measured of for her into inches, and in too many cases the measurement is blindly tal What- ever freedom of thought, viduality of teach- to the needs of inéiv pu { existed, is fast year ty yearn Dave seen the faces of the teachers at @ teach- er’s meeting grow fairly haggard as the next month's programme was announced. It is not because as @ Class they are not willing to work and interested. It is that they are worn out With pushing a stone up ee eee 3 ——— pushed her stone 10 cent nearer the than you did, and it's a or ino too!” 7 ae ence at “ascer- ng the average age youngest tooompare tt sl the cen ie weigat Of the tallest pupil, Teport the same to Superintendent.” They are Ured F Criestout while sailing down the stream, ‘Lord love us! how we apples swim * e