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oP 6 ‘an army ora school .or compel an injus- Sducational qualineatious wnich jualifications whic! ror 4 first class certifi- inherent mischief in this rule; bub “unfortunately, It is coupled with another, Sloped any higher radonf soncols thon that for any ta ployed inany grade ch rule absolutely arbi- Fa i 3 i ‘trary and seems to imp’y that technical educa- tion is expected to meet every requirement. Bat body who is at all familiar with te ness affairs knows that technical education Is nota tee of success in anyt! . Itisa Drofecsion or business a fan assurance of Sue or ‘an ass cess. On the other hand it is well-known that mong adaptation and tact often give success wi educational qualifications are sadly de- fieient. Nor is teac! any exception to this rule. It is true that in order to teach a thing ‘we must understand it, but it is also true tha’, there are numbers who, with every ad vantage of technical education, have no capacity to teach. They have no skill in arresting at tentio! communicating what they know and, whatever may be their education—they hat ness to teach and ca) govern are quite a8 much to be considered In providing teacaers for our schools a3 technical education. ‘The school board have virtually conceded this in some of their other regulations. For in- stance: When a graduate of the Normal school is furnished with a certificate tt entitles the holder to teach in any school up to and includ- the 5th ; and, after a year’s trial, if the holder has shown capacity and fitness, the Same certificate is good for two grades higher. If this rule is good in the case of the grad- uate it would seem that itoughtalsoto be in the case of a teacher with longer experience and a more assured capacity. If a uate can be promoted without further examination, why should an examination be required of an experiencced teacher, who has won the confi- dence of parents and children and the approval and commendation of the superintendent? ‘There are at this time some twenty teachers of character and ability, who have had experience and shown not only aptness to teach, but skill In the management of their schools, who must be degraded under the work- ings of this rule. be examination came at the close of the term. when they were worn down and rendered nervous by their trying duties, and in some in- mgm tage ee cna labors of the “school-room. He: the requirements of ‘the board. laces given them le referred to, and from their schools to ‘@ room for others who are fresher from Classes or have have had lighter duties, that enabled them to “study up.” ‘This is so glaringly be gem and so clearly a blow at the efficie! our educational sys- tem that it ought not to be thought of fora mo- ment. The object of the board in this rule was, undoubledly, to raise the educational Standard of Its teachers: an object which ali must approve. It 1s conceded should have ambition and industry and should standard of education. If e. He « ota foe's tne Nationa! Board ot Health?” isetm | word job to mean 80! x £8 SB a 5 Gi i HI 3 i 28 ais] ef bay ce : E aU ae g H : ' t i of a large class of that are more or less within the con. trol of human wisdom, properly applied. In conclusion, it ts but just to observe that the it of unsel humanity which is often shown by physicians in their private practice, is not want among those who have been entrusted with the execu- tion of a legislation, the importance of which ‘ph; ans best | rmance of their duties. Let them, then, receive the moral support of the peopte and the means to carry out their plans for the public welfare. Coamos. The New Water Rates. WASHINGTON, June 218t, 1879. Dangers of the Bicycle [mmaginary. Banor Star:—In answer to Mears ein Tag Srax of the 14th inst., entitled “ Dangers of the Bicycle,” I like to state that it has always been the intention of the Bicycle Clubof tuls city to make such laws to govern its members as experience teaches them Is best. ‘The reason that a resolution Introducing the bell, as sug- and as ts the custom of the two hundred clubs in London, England, has not bsen adopt- ed before, is because the ‘soi of such an alarm has many objections as weil as ap) mi advantages. It is the opinion of all riders 0! the tron steed that in many cases it {s best that TSONS Crossing the street should not know of Their approach, as there are then two minds (0 ited, and often confusion results. eg ey exactly where if is best Tun, as if accident tees LG a — ‘than the ‘possibly can who iscrossing. But when cnndren ran into the street aimlessly, (as are allowed to do more in this than ee city,) and when least expected, a warning should be given, as also at all im- portant crosst A person passed unexpect- edly by one of t 200 nolsclens | steeds, Saree starts and thinks what a narrow when in reality his safety had been provided for by the foresight of the rider many minutes before. If persons upon the approach of the bicycle would, keep straight on and not falter, they would incur no risk whatever. It is con- ceded by all that the use of the bicycle is a necessity to persons of sedentary occupations, combining, as it does, every healthful influence for mind and body, and is sincerely hoped no accident will occur through the thoughtlessness of pedestrians, and that prejudice will not be allowed to grow in the minds of the public against the lie heir of. unfamiliarity h its presence in our streets. ich P Cart. C. Br. C. The Dog Barking Nuisance. Editor Star :—One singular feature of the dog- barking nuisance, to which the attention of the pie has lately been directed by letters in Rae Stak, is the utter silence on the part of the owners of the noisy quadrupeds. So far, not one of them has come forward to maintain his right to keep and protect his sleep-murdering curs, or to vindicate the quict and reserved mant ers of his animals. The owners are silent if their dogs are not. But do not for a moment, sir, imagine that these persons are troubled by any qualms of conscience in the matter, or are ashamed before their fellow men for the wrong and injury they perpetrate upoa them. Far from it. Whatever may be the reason for their silence before the people, conscious shame is certainly not one, as you would soon learn if you have occasion to call upon one of them in the hope of inducing nim to try to keep his dogs quiet at night. “Them dawgs”—he might say—“don’t bother me. I don’t never hear “em, and you're the first that’s spoke about it.” “But they barked so last night that they kept me and my wife awake till after three o’clock,” you venture to remark, “Tus the cats sets ‘em barking; go to the people Mr. Editor:—In looking over the article on “The New Water Rates,” I notice in the latter rt Of said article the following: * * * id rent upon the assessed valuation of the houses or improvements, not embracing the value of the iand, as this is deemed entirely irrelevant to the water supply. * * * It is probable = eo a Toye will be = at = ‘ow, Mr. Editor, this arrangement may considered equitable provided the owner of the house can get water in the second story; but Suppose the water falls to “put tn an appear- ance” after? o'clock a. m.,and cannot becvaxed to flow again until after ép.m.? Where is the equity in taxing the owner of such property— resuming 1 to be assessed at $3,000—at a her rate than another owner, more forta- nately situated with toa flow of water, whose property ts only assessed at $1,500? ‘There is only one just method of settling this “vexed question.” “Let those who are favored With the 6-«¢ supply of water and use the most, the increased tax, no matter if they oc- cupy @ one-story building, and those who fall to receive a fair supply of water pay the lighter tax, whether they live in a one or three-storied house. In my own case I have a bath tub and Wash basin on the second floor, which are of no use to my family after 7 o'clock a. m. until €:30 p.m. On the ground floor is the water Closet and hydrant, and the flow from the latter 1s so feeble during tke day that I can go to the pump, one square distant, and return with water before the bucket would be filled from Ihe hydrant. Surely the Commissioners do not mean to increase the water rent on such unfor- tunate Individuals as myseif; if 80 I can see no €quity in such a procedure. Mc. Don’t Like the Smell. Mr. Editor:—The residents in the neighbor- hood of I, K, Myrtle and adjoining streets are suffering from the sicken! stench which ‘comes from the Dlishment of rotten and ta at the cor- ner of K and North Capitol streets. and aie pe ‘awe and tay rogues : 0) 188 and fastens itself upon 4 and must inevitably sickness: unless in calling the attononsor ith our healt authorit:es to uisance, which has evi- ‘at keep cats, don’t come to me.” Others are deflant, «If you don’t like it why don’t you move? Other people hear it as well as you, and they don’t complain. I have to put up With it, and you might as well. I guess you aln’t no better nor I am,” is the retort uncourteous of this lot. Others will tell you that they'll stop it, but never doit. Some of your correspondeni3s advocate strychnine. But the dogs in my section are mostiy kept in woodsheds locked up, some little distance from my house, and a@ man can’t go pees about his neighbors’ premises and \ccks, even for the purpose of silencing obnoxicus curs. And to throw the dose at ran- dom into a yard 1s too dangerous an experiment. ‘The fact is, dogs should not be suffe1 to exist ina city. ‘ney should be classed with guo- Powder and locomotives, as dangerous to the city population. No law but the law of exter- mination will ever effectually cure the evil. What do the owners of these animals care for public sentiment? What do they care for the Sick and weary tossing upon couches of unrest? ‘What do they care for human life itself, in com- Parison with the brutes that cause the one and £0 often destroy the other? Nothing. D. Anti-Tar. Editor Star:—As several contracts have ay been awarded for the repairing of streets witi ee ee ce ole earnestly hoped that contractors will not be required to plaster the surface with tar, a3 lately been the of the day; for a greater nuisance has never been introduced into our city. Any per- son the vicinity of Gen. Butler's resi- dence on Capitol Hill will have plenty of evi- dence of the fact, by seeing the nasty stuff tracked all over the sidewalks and doorsteps, and even extending over to the stone flagways in the Capitol grounds. A Street Paving Grumble. Editor r:—1 agree with your pondent. “Pa. Ave.,” as to corres- roposed repair of the streets, eae oe P repair jon’t see any reason whatever in resurfacing ist street east, from A to B, which is in a very passable condl- ton, while doing nothing on 1st street, between B and C north, which is, and has been almost impassable for two years past, in consequence of the decayed wooden blocks, Then, again. Why ts not something done to render C street north, from 24 % east to the Baltimore depot passabie? wooden pavement 13 so fui of holes as to render it Impossible to drive over it with a carriage or loaded wagon. All the travel from the Benning’s bridge route, and touch from Blade! % way comes in on Mary- jJand avenue, and would pass down C street were it not im} ible. It does seem to me ners will, themselves, take ‘hey must see that it would re Just to merely repair, by filling up the holes on some of the streets they = to resurface, and use the means to Fender these other and important thorough- passable. TAX-PAYERS. ‘Trimming the Tree Trimmers, Editor Star:—Most all our streets are planted With shade trees, and I am sure that everybody in the District enjoys it and 1s proud of if, to. But I never could find the reason why a certain class of men—the “Tree Trimmers”— are allowed to go every summer around to trim unprotected from the hot midsummer sun. The col uence will be that the trees will get sick- = in a short time will die. The trimmers claim ae the — se Poe are ae ‘trol enough to carry suc! Wy foliage—why don’ they then cut off only the ends of the larger limi and give the trees a more even appear- ance, and further, why are they not ordered to cut the sprouts from the bottom of the trees, Just above the pavement, which would give the trees not only more strength but a better and cleaner appearance. June 22d, 1879. A FRIEND OF THE TREES, Too Premature in Celebrating. Editor Star:—Has the 4th of July commencea yet? Else why these fire-crackers? Have the police Tetired to the country for the summer? Have you, our only hope, backed down on the nuisance (noise) question? A SUFFERER, A Georgeto Grievance. GrorGetown, D. C., June 23d, 1879.—Editor Star:—The caval bridge, at thé-foot of Market street, Georgetown, had been down elght weeks last Monday. A petition was sent to the Dis- trict Commissioners from the citizens of that locality, but they have’ so far heard nothing frem the Commissioners or the Canal Company about it. Besides being an inconvenience to the citizens, 1t ruins business on that street, I think tt is an outrage on the citizens. With the hope that it will soon be attended to, I write you. ‘A Sunsckiser, ‘The Neglected Condition of Hf Street Northeast. Eéditor Star:—Is not the negiected condition of H street northeast a fit subject for considera- Uon by the proper authorities? Whether it is the Commissioners as a , the Engineer Commisstoner singly, or his immediate lleuten- ant assistants I Caunot definitely ascertain; but that something should be a by some- body 1s, as a “business proposition” (a favorite expreseion of Governor Shepherd) self-evident and conclusive, Within three years prior to 1873 fully two hucdred neat little dwellings were built north of Maryland avenue and east of 7th street ‘east, and many more were in course of erection when the “broad and com- prehensive system of improvements” took tn street and destroyed its elegant gravel road- way and substituted therefore tne second-hand h Dlue stone that had been condemned as it for use on 6th and I and F streets‘north- west. If a huge stone wall had been bullt across the street at elther end a more effectual check would not have been given to the growth of the entire northeastern section. Why {3 it that some of our business men do not make an ef- fort to have the stones removed and a passable carriageway restored? NoxTHEast, —<e-___ “Conzy ISLAND,” says a western newspaper, “is what has robbed Central Park. By the Elevated railroad it costs the average .New Yorker 20 cents to reach Central Park and .re- turn. It costs 25 cenfs to go to and come from Coney Island, yet he eagerly pays the differ- ence, for he has his choice of going or coming: 4 steamboat or by rail, and he gets out of the ity smoke, breathes the free air of the water,” sees the vessels under sail, has all the benefits ae — eee a Pesci ge ane ieee accompanying pure alr al jeasant sensations. No street-ar line can tom ve with and even a $40,000,000 » such as New York has, offers no attractions ‘that can compare with a sandy beach and a water view. In spite of distance and increased fare Man- hattan beach wil ‘be New York’s best and most popular park. STRANGE FINALE OF AN ELOPEMENT.—We hear rumors of a youthful runaway couple from St. Clair county recently. The y gent was aged about 15 and. — Az about 14 ears. Fearing x hands and started out sways made pureuit aad overtcos thors te tee je pu ove m in the Delghborhood of Pelham on the second day. Procuring a the y = then took then up behind them on each TSS, father an kabel returned home with the wanderers.—(' (Ala.) Sentinel, DEFERRED LOCALS. MEETING OF COLORED CITIZENS TO RECOMMEND A SUCCESSOR TO SCHOOL TRUSTEE J. H. BROOKS. Colored citizens of the first sub-school divis- fon (the old first ward,) held a meeting Taesd: it at the John Wesley Church, on Connecti- cut avenue, to take some action in relation to the vacancy about to occur in the school board by the tion of the term of Mr. J. H. Brooks, ‘bout fifty persons were present, most of them bei residents of that sub- division. meet was called to order The about 9 o’clock by Mr. Jerome A. Johnson, who said a ition had been in Circulation for the nt, of @ well known colored man as hi rooks, whose term expires on the 30th instant. declined to sign it, and had suggest that in view of the dissatisfaction expressed at the course of the present incumbent that a m be called to have an exchange of views 80 o resent & uae front. ‘They noe Met for the purpose of recommel a suitaple peredn for Mr. Brooks’ place. Should the meeting decide to select Mr. Brooks again he would be satisfied. ‘No doubt their wishes would be respected by the Commissioners in making the appointment. Dr. R. Watts was elected chairman, and Je- rome Johnson chosen . Mr. Thomas Martin laid before the meeting a petition, ad- dressed to Commissioner Dent, asking for’ the appointment of some other person as trustee in lace of Mr. Brooks. The petition was signed by twenty-two names. It stated that “there are objections to Mr. Brooks His manner of speaking to teacher and parents is obnoxious, jomineering, and often insolent. The pupils are treated by him in a manner not to win their respect, and ts 80 objectionable as to materially weaken bis iafluence. He continually indulges in threats as to his intention to remove without cause those who faithfully perform their duty, but who are not obsequious to him.” They ask to be relieved from such petty tyranny, and ask for the appointment of a gentleman whom they can respect and confer with without being insulted, After its reading, the chair- man said they should scan it carefully, as {t contained pretty strong sentiments. Mr. W. H. Bell moved that a committee of three be ap; oinied to whom the petition should be referred; carried, and the chair appenen Ww. H. Bell, Thomas Martin and C. H. Lemus, who retired and soon afterwards returned with a report recommending the names of Rev. Wm. J. Walker, Dr. R. Watts, R. T..Greener, Wm. L, Freeman and Lindsay Muse to be submitted to the District Commissioners as suitable persons from whom to select a trustee. The committee thought the lapguage in the petition not too ‘strong, in view of the facts. Tney aiso recon- mended the appointment of a committee to pre- sent the paper to the District Commissioners, erin in making the report, stated ee they Wo necessary, prefer charges and seciti- cations dgainst Mr. Brooks to present to the Commissioners, and would back them up with good witnesses. Mr. W. C. Chase objected to the name of R. T. Greener, as he was a citizen of South Carolina, and a motion to strike out his name and substitute another was disc.ssed, and Mr. Bell stated he thought Mr. Greener just the man for the place, as he was a edu- cated man, and would treat the colored People with respect. As to his being a citizen of South Carolina, he said Mr. Holland, one of the pres- ent colored trustees, was a citizen of Ohio. The motion to strike his name from the list was adopted by a vote of 17to 7. The chair nomi- nated Thomas H. Wright as a substitute for Greener, and the nomination wa; endorsed unanimously. The report of the committee, as amended, was then pce Nl The chair thea appointed as the committee to present the wishes of the colored citizens of i sub- lis- trict to the District Commissioners, Messrs, Charles H. Lemus, as Martin, Joon Brent, jr., Wm. H. Bell, and Thomas H. Harris, Ad- journed, DEEDS IN FEE have been filed as follows:— L, M. Osmun et al. to G. 15, 8q. 762; $500. Wasl trostes to Thos. Ji , to Cecelta 87; $363. John Little et al. 2, sq. 953; $20, Jane F, Holt jot 5,8q. 842; $1—. Adam Douglas, north 17 feet of Johnso1 town; Dart fot 21, in sub. of sq. 390; $700, Re Clark to Frank Williams, lot i, in sub. of 7, 594; $145, Henry R. Elliot’ to George J. Jonn- H Jones to 9, Arma Tot, 4% e500 be Des . T. l. 4 500, J. and ¥. 5. Acker to G. N. Acker pert of 8q. 630; $5. G. N. Acker to W. J. and F. J. part of sq. 630;$——. Harriet Green to art of lot 9, sq. 13; $335. C. E, Prentiss and B. H. Warner, ‘trustees, to’ Chris. tan Ruppert and 8. L. Mattingly, trustees, lot Of let 15, 8q, 82% $1,500, Bains to Bq. 24; $2 son Same to $1,200, to Christian Ruppert et al., 4, of Greenvale, in the county; $—. trustees, lot 21 and |. 829;$ —. W. F. *Gneitinn Ruppert et al., 225, ee W. F. Mattingly et al., trus- tees, to CI part same, $2,000, to same, lot 25, sq. 277: lot. Annie Middleton to Christian Ruppert et al, Holt trustee, to trustees, ot 139, eq. 865; $1,100. Christian Rey . LM trustees, to M. fr Fert and 8. L. leer a 3, . s L. M. Cuthbert, lots 21 and 22, £4. 829; lot 139, sq. lot 13, sq. 211; lot 25, sq. 277; lot 285, sq. 675; part of lot 16, sq. $22; lot 23, 2%, and part of lot 4, of Greenvale; 3. ich Kelley to John Grinder, Part Of ‘lot 17, aq. 724; $523. “ Robert O'Neill to ‘Bernard Leonard, part Of lot 16, 8q. 587, and part of lots 1, 2,3 and 19, sq. 585;$—. Mary J. Wright to P’ B. Wright, lots 29, 30 and 31, of Pleasant Plains; $1,500. Hutleage Wilson to W. 8. Baker, lot 115, sq. 445; $900. C. B. Maury to F.T Rawlings, lots and 38, 8q. 176; $555 98. “W. H. Lee to G. L. Tay- lor, lot 2, 8q. 560; $300. R. B. Clark to G. F. Cut- ter, part of Heirs of Richard Barry to Conrad Weitzel, part of lot 24, ‘8q. 533; C. B. Maury and F. $600. C. '. Rawlings, trustees, to the Arlington Fire Insurance Co., lots 5, 6 and 7, 8q. 176; $696.12; lots 29 to 40, |. 179; $3,752.04. Catharine M. Bromwell to P. H. Cu- sick, 28, Sq. 628; $1,850. Peter Fegan, trus- James O'Donnell, part sq. 469; $1,915. Lynch to J. W. Balley, lot 4, sq. 303; M. M. Robrer and R. H. Lee, to N. E. Whitney, lot 15, sq. 336; $750. A. P. Baurman to Patrick Lynch, part of lot 209, sq. 497; $100. ‘Thomas Sunderland to 8. L. Phillips, lots 2 to 5, #9 and 40, 5g. 115; $3,270.28. | Martha Waeelock, to Lemuel Gaddis, part 14, sq. 920; $4,500. Heirs of John Linton to Mary A. Perry, part 23, sq. 515; $—._G. W. Stickney and A. B. Davall,trus- tees, to M. A. Perry, lot N, sq. 639; $600. Mary A. Perry tc B. H. Warner, part 23, aq. 515; $30). W. 8. Roose to Kate Toumey, lot 23; sq. 192; $425, Francis Miller and W. C. Duvall, trustees, to B. H. Miller, part 29 of Pleasant Piatns; C. E. Crown to Samuel Turbutt; proj county; $200. D. A. Windsor to G. BE. rt of lot 6, sq. 583; $15,000. J. M. Thom: Mason Campbell, part 2, sq. 315; $5,000. J. McLaughlin to J. M. Newton, part’ 14, sq. D; $1,260 50. J. J. Sullivan to J. G@. Adams, lot 97° . 331; $590. ‘Thomas Sunderland to J. B. War. 8q. 115; $704.24. John Sherman to . J. Gold, lots 14 and 17, sq. 416; $2,900. A. 3S. Nairn to J. 1. Williams, part’ 22, 'sq ‘517; $1,350. G. W. Riggs, trustee, to Francis Muhun, lot 23, 8q. 199; $15,000. W. J. Gold to John Sherman, lot 1, sq. 332; $2,500. J.C. Hieston to Archer, lot 1, sq. 495; $765.52, T. J. and R. it, Perry, trustees, to M. J, Burr, parts | and 5, sq. $16; $2,500. J. A. Seigler to B. R. Hodges, part 17, block 16 of Effingham Place; on). C. M. Matthews, trustee, to Mary M. nyce; lots 26 and 27 in Beale’s addition to Georgetown; $5,000. J. J. Edson and C. B. Bal- ley, trustees, to W. B. Daly, lots 12 and 13, sq. 984; $1.95. HL C. Stewart to’ Sarah ©. Ferguson Part 20, sq. 250; $4,250. ‘Thomas Woodward al. to James E. Little, lot 99, Holmead’s adi tion to Georgetown. F. to Henrietta Stuart, Joseph H. Jones to et di- sub lot 149, sq. 615; $100. Adele A. Russell, part 2, sq. 413; $1,000. E. J. Maddox to W. re Maddon, parts 20 and 21, sq. 503; $302.39, Henry Decam> to fT. W. Smith, lot 54, sq. 518; $2,100. G. Ww. Varnell to Samuel Howard, part 41, Sq. 16, of Jeorgetown; $—. Edwin Knowles to M. M. Boyce et al.. lots 26 and 27, Beall’s addition to Georgetown; $150. Buckey and Marbury et al., to M. M. Boyce, same; $358.75. _G. W. Castieat M. Boyce, same; $263 33. W. E. Shreve to ‘Phine Burford, lots 20 and 21, sq. 417; $500, ‘THE COLORRD MASONIC ORGANIZATIONS O1 city celebrated St. John’s day at the Behuewos Park. ‘The procession formed at the lodge room. on 1th street, and paraded up the Avenue past the President’s House and through the incl- Pal streets of the city, prior to going to the yar The order of Templars preceded the line in its march, and on reaching the grounds the grand officers took seats on the platform, mong them was J. II. Brooks, past eminent the orator of the day; A. W. Tan- grand gener ;_ Eminent ohn FN. Wilkerson; Arthur Sim- Wm. H. Hutchinson, mons Commandery, N. 1; 3 r Saunders, Gene: 0 G. Dickson; Gen.. J. Turner, of Henderson Commandery No. 2; P. H. Simi tain general, and Charles Jones, gener of Gethsemane Commandery ‘No. 3, Prayer was offered by Grand Chaplain J. H. Hawkins, after which Past E. C. Carter A. Stewart intro- duced Grand Master uel C. Bailey, who made sponte lntroductory remarks. He then in turn introduced Past Grand Master J. Hi. Brooks, who proceeded to make a very in- teresting oration on the history and mission of participated tn, and altoreuuer the day one rt in, ane rr was Bpent in most agreeable manner. oo §®-The monument to Gen. John B. Wads- worth, who was killed in one of the battles of the Wilderness, was unveiled at Springville, near Buffalo, N. ¥., Tuesday with imposing’ Ma- sonic ceremonies, §7-Country doctor to the bereavéa widow of alate member of the ture: “I cay Enntren Cannot tell how pained I was to hear that your husband had gone to heaven. We were bosom friends, but now we shall never meet again.” Douglass, marshal,ic., | BDWARD PAYSON WESTON. Sketch of the Winner of the Astley Belt. Edward Payson Weston, the champion long distance pedestrian, was born in Providence, R.L, March 15, 1889, According to a quaint Posrephy. ‘written by his mother in 138 for the Turf, Field and Farm, he weighed at his birth only four pounds, six ounces, and was for years a weak, sickly child. He showed no endurance in his youth, and up to the age of 19 he was considered a youth of feeble frame. He first came before the public in the Eon! ot 1861, He then walked from Boston to Washing- ton to witness the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. The feat was performed in payment of @ wager that Mr. Lincoln would not be elected. He started from the steps of Boston State house on the 22d of Febr! 7, and reached Ws m On March 3. The whole distance travel ‘was 453 miles, and the actual time occupied was 208 hours. Weston after- ‘ward came to this city, where he engaged in the occupation of salliag riodicals. nis oc- cupation developed his walking power, and he became known among his associates as a man capable of enduring great fatigue. ae feceacans and 4 ieveloped Wi rtaking in come into notice, and the announcement that a man was to undertake to walk 1,226 miles on ordinary roads in thirty consecutive days cre- ated great excitement. It was sald at the time that he was nel case he accomplish $6,000 if he succeeded in making 100 miles tn 24 hours. On the 29th of October, 1867, at noon, he set out from Portland. He made four at- tempts to cover the 100 miles in 2 hours. In the first attempt he made 63 miles; in the second even less on account of bad roads; in the third, 91 miles, with over three hours to do the nine miles in, but gave up, he says,b y the advice of his trainers and frieads, who were with him, This failure hurt Weston, who was openly charged with being bought off. He always stoutly denied the charge. His last at- tempt to waik 100 miles In bag oe was made on the 25th of November. e only mate 36 | miles. He reached Chicago on Thanksgiving day, November 28, and was received with great gemonstrations. This walk made Weston’s | Bame a household word for months. His effort | inspired young men everywhere to become pe- | destrians, and gave the start to the pedestrian | mania which has become so general. His name was upon all pss is photograph in nearly all | households. Thee were Weston shoes, Weston | hats and Weston coats. Musicians composed Weston marches, and young ladies danced to Weston waltzes. The lestrian was deter- mined not to give up the idea of walking 100 TMailes in 24 hours, and, after a lecturing tour eastward, he made the attempt on October 6, 1868, at White Plains. He accomplished the task in 22 hours, 19 minutes, 10 seconds, and the sporting papers of the time characterized the feat as unprecedented. In the same month Col. Dan Rice, the veteran circus man, offered to give him a purse of $20,000 if he would walk 5,000 miles in 100 consecutive days, not to walk on Sundays. Tne correspond- ence between Rice and Weston developed the fact that the pedestrian was religiously inclined, and his letters were filled with pious sentiments, He also was an avowed temperance man. Tae result was that many excellent oes who Would naturally have nothing todo with profes- siopal pedestrians gave Weston their hearty sympathy, notably Dr. Theodore Cuyler, whose correspondence with Weston was published at the time. However, the 5,000 mile walk failed from @ lack of funds to carry it out. Returning to New York, after a lecturing tour, Weston gave an exhibition walk in Stein- way hall, at which Hcrace Greeley presided, and which many prominent persons attended. Weston walked little for several years except when his duties required it. He became a re- porter on the Sun, and it fell to his lot to visit the police stations on the east side of the city at a late hour at night. His speed in coming to the City Hall from 59th street became prover- Dial, He used to say that he never rode in street cars Ne ne ledears beslus G and he often beat them in making a re His most successful walk in this clty was in the spring of 1874. On May 11 he started on a six days’ walk in the American Institute Rink, with the intention of making 500 miles. In the first 24 hours he made 115 miles, but he fatled to cover more than 430 in the This He covered 115 hours and 2minutes. In March, 1875, he beat J, R. Judd ina six ’ walk in the Bingo. drome in this city, wal 431 mil io- So of ets ae he ee se against He eet in or and was beaten, O'Leary making “603 males Weston 451. After this walk Weston went to England, and on the 30th of September, 1876, walked 5003¢ miles 48 yards in six days, in Liverpool. In mber of the same year, in a six y walk in London, he covered 460 miles. In that contest he walked 1154 miles without rest, and 115 miles in 24 hours, with only 18 minutes 10 seconds rest. In April, 1877, O'Leary beat him in Agricultural Hall, London, making nearly 520 miles to Wes- ton’s 510. Weston, after this, gave exhibition walks, and on one occasion beat A. Clark, in London, in a 48-hours’ walk, in which he scored 180 mnfles. It s said that Weston found a firm friend in Sir John Astley. He did not com) for the Astley beit, when O'Leary won it in March, 1878, although his name was among the origiaal entries. On the 18th of January last, he at- tempted to walk 2,000 mites in 1,000 consecutive over E: roads, and deliver fifty lec- tures jn English towns and He chose @ season of the year very unfavorable for the undertaking, and he failed, but only by a few hours. In April last he entered the lists with Hezael, Brown and Corkey. He walked only 450 ae ae Brown made the then best record, 542 miles. ‘Weston’s face is a familiar one to the Ameri- can public. The photographs and pictures of the jan that are scattered broadcast are excellent likenesses, His is a ee New r- land face—clean cut and shrewd. He is small comp: and his e natu: be, an enthusiast upon the ee walking; but he is too apt to promise to can perform. This that he would accomplish. Next to walking, Weston enjoys & quiet game of draw poker among friends, where the stakes are not nigh. Weston wrote from Agricultural Hall, under date of June 3, to a friend in this city, giving some particulars about the walk and the prob- abilities of his winning it, ang also telling of his experience in London, His Wetter was in refer- ence to one that had been received by him which, he says, contained the first words of en- cor ent that had come to him, except from his immediate relatives in the three years of residence in England. He regrets that the newspapers here have not found occasion to speak kindly of his efforts. He says that the New York sporting journals have all spoken ungeneroualy of him, With a single exception, while the London journals, discovering that he was not the fraud that hig enemies had repre- sented him to be, saw that he got fair treat- ment. Weston says that he was the first to suggest to Sir John Astley that Rowell was the man for him to send to New York to compete for the champion’s belt. Rowell afterward insulted him, he says, by ignoring his challenge and ac- cepting one from Ennis. Rowell claimed that the date fixed by him was too early, but Wes- ton says that he had the right to alter it. Sir John Astley gave Weston his word that the English champion would have to contend with him first, and Rowell bémself told reporters tn this city on the 10th of March that he would meet him, as had been proposed. When Rowell returned to London and met Weston, he gave as an excuse for not walking with him, first, that he had recetved a prior chalienge from Ennis, mentioning a date, before he had won the belt or had walked 450 miles, and before it had been decided whether Harriman or Ennis would come in second in the walk at Gilmore's. Weston also says that Ennis was opposed to his walking in the match of ast week, and did hls best to keep him out. ‘‘ However, doubtless, Lefore you have recelved this,” ede the Yankee walker, you will have heard of the start, and will learn that the undersigned 1s somewhere around, and will do bis level best to meet your most sanguine expectations.” arding his erp at the time of his writing, he says that there were not over five persons in England who believed that he stood any chance against runners. The betting ranged from 6 to ito 85 Co) oalnay his win. Ding. His last contest in Agricultural Hall convinced him that running would beat walk- ing in six days. “For the first time in my Ife,” he writes, “I am at present enjoyinga severe and strict course of training, and you will be Pleased to learn that my efforts thus far are more satisfactory than my most sanguine ex- Pectations.” In conclusion, he adds: “I go out to-night to Degin an experiment at 1 a.m. to-morrow (Wed- nesday), and should the weather permit I hope ro eoet WEE panto aoe ie be glee speaks, robably, was & test run- ning Reston alludes to Sir John Ast- Ve fae honorable, high-toned gentieman.— . ¥. Sun, pI and esti etics are all profitable and both as training and ane | him who studies them with int love; one of them has the Yoast lat bocaliod ae Egypt and its Deposed Ri re THE LATE KHEDIVE'S MANIA FOR BUILDING. Mr. Edwin ae Leon, late consul-general in Egypt, then a member of the Khedive’ cabinet, Po ae the author os - tiple work on ve's_recel @etat in the Int 9 iew for J v2 wo “The stranger who enters Egypt either at Alexandria orat Port Said at the tou of the Suez canal is astounded at the immense works and vast out ee At Port made at eiths itlay er port, and cut the canal from sea Contributed fully £10,000,000, directly and Indi- > Dealdes its supplement, the Sweet Water , pp! r ‘alro, which cost £1,- ‘bor rr equal any in the world, | shelter and safety to foreign ship- | ping, ve cost £3,000,000, and wi probably reach £5,000,00) when completed by e English contractors, who have them in ee alien upon them. About a thous- of railway, and as many of telegraph | have been constructed during the present reign at an estimated cost of £10, 000, including re- ‘ling has been and affor Bepeiasa Salignhomes aoa ouses along the shoresof the Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts. The intro- duction of gas and water works into Alexandria and Cairo, both of which are now well Supplied with these two necessaries, together with the Sewerage. paving,and improvements in the latter city, Wuose ones uarter is now quite Par- islan, having solid blocks of shops an dwelling boutes where ten years ago were mud buildings and sycamore trees of the Ezbekieh, or central been estimated at £3,000,000 more. ‘he Khedive also established a fleet of mer- chant steamers to ply between Egy] , and Greece, the estimated cost of which was £1,500,000, "Besides these direct outlays the Kledive has redeemed about 600,000 acres of land, and dug several hundred miles of new ir- Tigating canals, e CO of which in morey, as well as in fellah flesh and bicod. it is impossible to compute, Thus much it ts ble to pass to the Khedive’s credit, for these works are there to Speak for themselves. But there is an opposite fide to the account, wherein he does not figure 80 well. In familiar conversation with the writer of this article, three years since, the Khedive said reflectively (speaking in French as he always does), ‘Every man is mad on some one subject. My mania is for building,’ Fai une manve en pierre. He might haveadded that his passion for the acquisition of land was an- other of his besetting sms, whether on a large seale in the way of annexing Central African jungles and savages, or fe agteaep five hun- dred thousand acres of arable land for himseif and family,—though it must be added that he the Betcopafeld severely Queen's correspondence with | ha’ aitudea to ‘Thackeray's untl a | dnds | Of the millions of pou ove sea walls, create Prouse Vani by publishing Sir Robert's letter. Ittsaletter in Which, courtward and Queenward, Sir uses st lan- guage, ig the statement of Vanity ry very impudent ex; Of the latest devel- opment of the im the resent day; breach of oe re- 3” “a clear privilege, cate juct.” « ¥ ya invite mie to a rn a ou pid two can play at: one of the fn the con- test may prove a pungent critic of the coming xK— Co.” “You act tary of royalty: go and tell your muster that I am not the sort of man to be lal menaces, and uniess I the Pople satisfaction from the royalsources which have made you their most impudent mouth- Together with my reply. to the of Wales ther * and the Duke of Cambridge.” ‘This ts “lan; terms of the court for publication, and when another staid and substantial commoner can pose a virtual censure upon the Queen. It Bota favorable —,. eg Lei weg rsonal monarchic: wer, Sa Parana eae ere larly out of tune with own the ‘prime minister 1s. When he was made chancel ae few years since, he exhorted students study cai the spirit of and to conforig their lives it; and way of illus- tration he chooses the in which idea of monarchy ts out ‘among the educated and intelligent classes who ire and control the has given up this latter peopeny for the pur- pose of paying state debts, His passton for ter- ritory has cost him any number of small wars, as well asa fe one With Abyssinia, while his Meutenant Gordon ts still shooting and slaying the Soudan, under his authority. Tune cost of the Abyssinian campaigns must have been very heavy indeed. His coi craze for building led him into erecting numerous pal- aces for himself and different members of his family, at immense cost, and which were fur- nished with utter disregard of expense. How many millions this taste has cost him no one can tell nor even conjecture, but the sums ex- pended must have been very great. He has also another expensive mania; namely, for en- tertaining. He thus found use for many pal- aces in affording hospitality to foreign guests, from the Prince of Wales down to the smallest German or Austrian pring with more Pedigree than money, them steamers that they might pass the winter up the Nile, and furni them with princely re- jedi He oat Lng such edge ine own foreign employes, who were in pal- aces and driven about in Khedivial equipages. During the winters he gave jaent and sump- tuous entertainments to the foreign visitors and residents at Cairo, numbering several thou- Sand dinners and balls and splendid suppers, and allowed the young princes and courtiers to waltz with the European ladies who attended them, in very unoriental style. He caused not only a fine opera house but also a French theatre to be erected at Cairo, and en- aged. Verdi to compose a special for him, which was —— at Cairo with cos- f living, and that ol bers of his family no bounds were set to extrav- agant expenditure and show. * * * THE RECENT COUP D’ETAT. bod Pacha, reforming states- man, who was the chief agent in establishing the judicial tribunals and representative of the ig influence in Feypt, has been dismissed and his rival Cherif ha, the leader of the Turkish or retrograde policy, succeeds him as Patriousin, and personal purity, Nubsr has ned patriot and persona! > Ni against the lil-willof the Khedive. by reason of his being an Armenian and a Chris- tian and the sup; representative of English influence in Egypt, which latter su) teen nas rendered the French influence coid if not hos- tile to him. Such a man cf course could find no place in an aaministration exclusively and ~ ously native,—that is, Mahometan. It a curious fact, however, not generally known that Egypt was once a Christian country, and Temaiced so for a term of two hundred and fifty-nine years, terminating A. D. 640, when the followers of the prophet invaded and occu- Pled it. The Copts boast that they were the Pe Christians, and are still adbering to elr old faith, which does not d them from holding important offices in all the depart. ments of state, at the head of all which, under the coup d'etat, are native mussulmans. Hence although Nubar’s race and creed have doudt less some weight in him un) table to the Khedive and the national party, the chier Peaiee. against him is his sympathy with glish men and bo me methods, and his active agency in fastening both on the country.’ What the Denominational Journal, Discuss in their Columns. Bishop Huntington, of the Diocese of Central New York, recently advertised for five young men to do missionary duty for a salary of $150 a year and board. The advertisement a no young man of culture and edt it to be asked to work for such slender pay. But the Bishop takes the remarks of his critics in high ai in, and says that they ridicule him for imagining that out of hundred who have forsworn the world for the lom of heaven, and who preach sermons and hymns about about cross-bearers and marc! & suffering sainthood and the glories of self- renunciation, there may possibly be five, only five, who would not count a very al ministry in one of our middle states intolerable or the offer of it elther an affront or a joke, He — “The day of great oy ager and great honors, young man, are gone by. Chris- Uan heroism is out of fashion. After you have recited your Pearson and Hooker, take down your list of ‘good parishes,’ light your pipe, and discuss with your companions the comparative salaries, the social refinements, snug rectories, and other material advantages. If you hear of a bishop who wants the other style of man laugh at him. Make early arrangements for matrimony and settling down. sent any expectation that you are to be more sparing of yourself than the children of the world whom you are going to convert; and preach the eracl- fiction of eighteen centuries ago.” There are two sides to this question. The salary named is very small, but the young man who takes it goes, as it were, ‘to learn the business.” If he Succeeds, it 1s a feather in his cap for a call to some other field of labor. If he is to fail he had better fail in an humble field of this description than in a gigantic city church. And then, per- haps, there are among the great host of theolo- gag graduates some for whom $150 and board @ very fair compensation. There are mer- chants who do a large business and incur heavy responsibilities whose net profits at the close of @ year’s work are not more than $150 and It is true that such men have gene- rally labored with a view to getting more than this, but their efforts have not been crowned with success. The over Supply of ministers is So great in nearly all the denominations that many good amen are clamoring for work at ex- ceedingly . We notice in a re- ligious paper of week an advertisement to the effe that “A Presbyterian ir, Of good abilities and in for the daily wants ofa An Sigs for labor anda bare that are wanted.” seem to work for such ir , if a respectadl country church were to advertise for @ paster at $150 and board, It would have several dozen applicants. Meanwhile a “big gun” Is. supply: yee ge of one of the fashtonable chure! in Brooklyn at seventy-five dollars a Sunday “C. 0. D.” How the hundred and fifty dollar ren must wish they had hia post for just two sundays! ee IN THE COIL OF A SwaKE.—A sow ear ogo a George Cornell. living on Snake townk of New Windsor, N.Y., went walking over his; accompanied by @ five-year-old son. Mr. Cornell had got some distance ahead of the child, and suddenly he heard him scream. Mr. Cornell ran back to the boy and found that a large biack spake had himself tightly around the little fellow’s leg. It is supposed that the boy un the and the had wound himself as Mr. Cornell found Nit The father battered head of the snake with stones until he him. It measured four feet six inches in heater Express, —L was at its ly the encroachment of me ee and in the Prospect of the succession of a Prince who is thought too much to resemble his great-uncle, the Prince Regent, to cated eigen t govern- tment, to enhance the power of the crown, and to belittle Parliament. There is, indeed, in the “ogre of shrewd observers, a reaction uw u e continent against free government. But that is impossible in England. The country has gone too fol ; the is too wide! ss = heeds much enh § and soundness 0! homogeneous le, too stu! a national character, to per- ineany such Tonal ‘ion. There is in the pu of Lord Beaconsfield which can con- tend successfully with the spirit of Sir Robert Peel.—{ Editor's Easy-Chair, Harper's Maga- zine for July. Cramming. A significant index to the modern system of cramming and its absurdities was offered last week in a list of one hundred and thirty ques- tops which was submitted to the gradi of the Girl’s Normal School in Philadelphia. This institution has been citied as the in the American public school system by Mr. Mun- della other Enclish educational ; It bh Gages of the formal School ranks first as an exponent of the NURSES. lady of the land has founded a tobe a ae w further remuneration; the nurses selected for the honor proposed would wear a badge or armlet with the letters “St. K.” in the centre, which would continue to be worn by them after their three years’ service as an honorary dis- tinction. Should a vacancy occur among the 8 three named nurses from or any other cause, it would rest with the pa- troness to appoint another nurse from the insti- tution or not, as her majesty might think fit. ts the intention of the Queen to award the or- der of merit with its accompanying advantages to competent nurses belonging to other hos- pitals and institut but Sir acegtyant AL ressed his faction that estab- ietment selected should have been or 44 receive the honor, and red fortunate nurses to whom award was given on thelr position as the owners of the Chaer of St. Katharine—{London Court Cir cular. SS FOxERaL of the late Baron Lionel de RatZnna. the Rev. B, H. Ascher, Burial Rabbi prayer Holy Father tn and death—With a heart full eyes of hope, We decided:—“He it Dienty; I lifs mit one!” s2~“Yes, Agnes, I'm going to have acream- colored Sumer silk, ic vided pa doesn’t veto the appropriation ma has passed.” 2” The mosquitos have appointed all their committees for the summer tume tor y, ngemane, ond i to de- Faneack the saytatite yurxceind for tke post to up his words witha. For sco ave i Diact we do not pass “The stare and stripes—dear emblems of ty native Lorg may you wave untrammeled still, and tree; my ‘countrymen beneath tht coon Breathing the healthful gales of stainless dberty i But this book of 200 es contains a full as- sortment of verse other than the pal brand. Here is something of the tender Ihe variety: - “Only a few Cays.of evurting Tm eure I'ma 5 ‘Then, bo'din a soft hand in mine, ‘Only the ‘question’ came, “Only a “yee' was responded, onsen: ‘aequire — ‘Only alittle bride * Little putt: Wich a little nrd te aid And & post like Mr. Reno * Cor be made, Here are two stanzas from “A Gi Poe, read at the Grangers’ Plenlc, near Easton.” Here, gray beards, who ha Jvin in the hum of mazy voices sweet ; Here matrone frail with ua their lots have cast, ‘Aud feel their hearts with joy now rep-ete. mK, right straight Willie Moore was an orphan, ana— by Ephraim iM ‘on balls from tne ‘bette of Teuton gareare rani tL ie ili i ii “il i i Bp i oe ie} Z 4 ! a ii a : i é i a i