Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1881, Page 3

BE MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, —The attraction of tnie week bas been the two operatic performances at son tro: Pord’s by the Maple- apc. whieh netted eight thousand doil- company appeared Thuraday nignt Neat week Ne les aad Pius, Daly's , *l be profaced Dy Mr. Dali's ft 19 @ very amusing play, and the ecmpsny eexcelient Inevery way. Mary Anderson and compaly begin a we ng ag ment at the Nationalon Monday, and ne followed, M is understood, by Josep’ Je Ter son. & Unls week in Balttaor, syed totulh bouses Her Grr erie says, “whiten wae at one OSE exquisite p a winsome wo 0 ” on Tuesd: s from & J @ for her by the leading pany. bt) ( froupe open In Ph iguiin We Bilevuan a five out Of the six "in t Ne OD Nalurday Brigooll ts winning eakes has repolmed the pbia Monasy Abbe appes how. and fas added “Geematl nex sed Mis MeRee Rankin appear at tae . 3 feipbta, on Monday ved most Importaa re the suc jouin troupe also ebon Monday. § Fever na. a It of as-vere at 21S vontracted from ths unnsia d exposure Invfdent to travel dar- c wealth December. ears for the series of farewet by Signer Salvini began at N.¥., ou Thursday. Salvi eprescion during hls last sl Werk Of is engagement i Grin WH be produced. Berohard! played ‘Mrs. Clarkson” in Dn mas’ LEoreacer, in Chieago for the fizst time in America. The play was not ifked, its tnterest centering mostiy In the dialogue, bu® the act- Ing Of Bet tial G- clared * snpery,” her In his ted arsts ter Je cel en 2 Panny Davenport bas at last added € enity to her lst of plays, and made her first a) auee In it at St. Louis Friday night. She says she isn't so b'g as Matilda Heron was when sue played Qonute, But then Miss Daveaport is growing. and if ave Keeps on will be big euough oF anything. — Miss Effie Elisier, who created the char- eter Of Hirzel Kirke, and who has impersonated it Over 600 times, bids falr to rank amoug the ieading emotioral actresses of America. She possesses dramatic and magnetic fore s¥eet, syMmpathesle voice, @f passion Is credited with “a soul of fir — Albonf, the great contralto, who made a fortune, married and yet in her prime, re Uy re-appeared upon the Btage in Paris to sing at a benefil; aud curiously enough, she was terribly fricutened, tually forgot half her first aria. Her volce ts a s00d dea! worn, the upper notes are shrili and tuneless, but the lower register preserves lis | grand fullness, but though she correspondent declares she “stil! greaiest of living contraltos.” —Jobu S$ Clarke is coming back from | to play at Philadelphia next m:onth. — Lawrence Barrett dia not do very well a New York; the papers pitched Into his * Yor tek,” and the people did not turn outas they ought. — The new burlesque, entitled Sarah Bax ug crowded houses at the Elev- Ta House, Pitladelphia. —** Howard” writes to tue Pullade!phia Tunes that the new piay Creo'e at the Union Square New York, is not a snecess, and that Miss Fieanor Carey fatled i ‘The wardrobes and seerery iu the play exceed anything of the kind ever seen In New York, tt 13 sald. —The Schoo! jor Sandal is having a great run in New York, at Wallack’s Joun Gilbert r Peter Teacie.” He played It over forty ‘ago. at reached $5, the Grand Opera House, New orleans, ‘This 1s double what was ex- preted. 7 es during the first bour and a half exceeded the entire first day's sales in Cnl- vago. — Mr. W. 5. Florence and Mr. Mackey, one of the bobabsa magnates, are travellag together tn italy. Mr. Florenve reappears at the Gatety ‘Theater. Londen, in the spring. — Maurice Graw’s French opera company, with Guinpy Paola Marie as the star, who were not | cever.th day out a fresh brevze trom ths north appreciated in this country, bat seemed to strike the fancy of the Cubans, are now singing | Ib Mexico, and 26.400 1s solemnly declared to De the sui fevcived during tie first week there. | — Soidene bi font Oe at Clacinnatt the other day. Rival managers were going to law about i. and ow tbe chances are tha dozens Of conyerns will take It up. — Forie!-&.-Not s ib bo danger of belag lost sight o Genevieve Wi ing about it, bat Mande Granger says It ist > same as her Miro Nights in Ko ne, Jeffreys Lewis say3 she owns the Cal Mornta right, James iH. Meade clat:as that the Piece 18 his’ and nobody's else, having bog: the manuscript from Merivale six and £) S ago, ong comes a Newspaper man who hints play Is nobody's, because the author Production. —Bartley Campbell says that though he 1s not writing, only manastng bis compantes and recetving royalties, has three more plays simmertng tn ‘us head. If Mr. Campbell will drop two of them. and concentrate hig miad on the other, he may then bring forth what he | as already nearly really good play. —There were 275 new plays, operas and bal lets produced tn Parts last year, but of the great number only about 10 were regarded as Very successful, not more than six were great ita, and only about 50 were regarded as worth enough to take into the country towns nt then @ lot of them have been beraldel tn this country as Drililant successes, and that’s some- — Lucy Hooper writes from Paris that Bern- hard had best come back and startle Paris with ber acting 1a La Dame auc Conelias, or in Prou Prow, vetore the waters of odlivion cover her aud submerge her Irretrievadiy. —John E. Owens ts coming cast with P+ Man foom Cattarangus, the piece tu whieh he as lately Deen reported to have made a great hit in California, — Maude Granger's Tio Niy in Rome company have disbanded out west. Busia! bas been poor for some time. — Miss Blanche Roosevelt has closed her two weeks’ engagement at the Boston Taeater 11 Longfellow’s Masjue of Panlora, Artistically € pleve has been a decided success, and t cuitivated people of Boston have shown much: appreciation of tt t vel hat a denefit, at which she sanz the mrst acl of Prariata in Italian. In this she appeared 10 far better advantage than tn any role she nas yet assumed tn Boston. — Mary Anderson, who hay just Matshed a successful week fu the New England ctties, dose, but wor qulte—a ni ;ht, Washington, Aleany and Kosten foliow- Atter Beston, Mr. Joseph Brooks has sements with Dr. . @ Special comiort ge on, Mr. Brooks has charie a hi after Borakardt — Mr. Joseph Jefferson begins an engagemen' this week at the Brooklyn Park theater. if Wid play tn the Rirais on Monday, Tuc ant Wednesday, and Thursday, Friaay aud Savur — America has been winn!ng fn Florevce an otherjremarkable artis! in the person of Miss Emma NeWada, of Nevada, who sings supported, stu everytii her by the purity, sweetness and comps 0: her vo Times 5 caked ont amidst frantic app’ > Pattr's vis bas there able to hers, or tue mus 7 aroused. Some as- sert it bas surpassed?’ ald great things predicted of her r caret medest and unaftecte great favor My The Rew Wo; {8 payin Back to the old some Of 123 tons scor: of ari Indebtedness. Rigarny, bY Mrs. Bttle He oh was . a tail Tae about a young woman who !5 left $3,000.00) on eondition that she is inarried when the wt read. She gets a man from the street, m: him secretly and gives bim $10.00 to leav ber forever. By and by she falls in love with 8 mab, and tue minister i about mirrying abs when the villains declare her alreaty a ‘Therexpon the lover proves that he ii the man wno ma the herotne on the sly; Tois ts ratuer a tough in America tn the 19th century, Tut it seems to be believed that tt will succeed if relieved of a great deal of verbiage, t only are Walla‘k and | oe | = | | execute, and Isknovoin | | him ite “thought that. | poorly manned. CRACKING ON SAIL. UJ. T. Goldriek in Hartford Times } A large per ceutage of disasters st sea are Glrectly due to the passton of driving or crack- Ing on. American shipmasters excel ia this particular—no other ships are 80 recklessly managed, and “0 ships in the world are so ‘Then, too, if a mai has a geperal idea of seamansnip, and weilth, or wealthy friends, he is at once putin command. Fertility In resources, energetic and prompt to other nameless quajitications ought to be essential elements In tue man who assumes the discharge of a ship officer's duties, and yet ship owners seem to ignore ail that, seekibg to Nud the half, une third, or even the quarter, luterest as of a deal more linporiaace. Iv ts very true that a good many good seamen bave command of ships who are indebdied to wealth or Influence for the distinction. But the Tule is to give the vessel to the man who puis the Host woney In the venture, without regard to {he necessary ability to handie a sh'p. The Messrs. Blunt, Eich & Wadleig were fhip-ownere, and their office in South iret did ala:ge South American business. They hid br veral sbips ta the Liverpool trade, not Speak- Ing of the round doven of cozsters owned by Unis firm. ‘The firm always insisted on a money quaiiiication tn acaptaln, and the reault was That their sbips were drivea until they were almost worthiess. Then they were loaded ap with odds and ends, heavily Insired, and 82 tosea They rarely came Dick. If they came back they were sure to disappear ihe next trip, and the ‘captain was bound to flod a new salp watting for him. Occasionally the Mosara Blunt, Fiteh & Wadleigh would jose a ship an- expectedly, but as long a8 they were safe on the underwriters’ booxs they did not muca vare about the ship' company, or iaquire it abyDody was saved. The chip Planet telonged to the above Nr a, and when my story comimeaces she waa in ihe Waterloo dock taking ta emigrants aud their stores. Her destination was fa New Yorx, aca she Was advertised to sail in a day or f1vo. She was a half clipper, heavily sparred, and bearing the evidence about her tout sue was Lot allowed to loiter by tue way. She had all the features of a safe and trustwortby ship,and 80 there was no difticulty found in securing the 400 aid odd passengers that were avout fo trust tLeraselves to the lender mercy of the Atlantic. ‘The captain was a@ siouciy Mdiviaual, with bicated features and a suspicious redness 10 DIS face. but he rarely came on deck orinterfered with the first ofliver, who performed his duty With a great flourish, evidently calculated to Impress the passengers with a due sense of bis importance, The day before the ship hauled out, Into the stream a quiet,gentiemanly appearing man came on boerd, and, after a keen stare av the mate «hda giance at the cabin accommodations, e2- aged a stateroom. As this man elbowed bis Way among the passengers, tb the day would come | when their safety depended upon his ability to hangie a ship. He did not stay long, but | bastened away to send his “traps” on board. bas a | ‘The pext morning, as the ship was hauling out, he came ©p board and suudry trunks and boxe | marked “E. S. W.” were stowed away In the hoid. A small leather trunk and a valise were transferred to his state-room, after whtch he * disappeared from view. | crew, a hard-looking, vi ‘The next time he emerged from the cabin the | sbip had cleared the channel and wasruuning | ; to the westward with a light thi under a s— studing sales on both ain 10-2 perfect cloud of cat sides up to the ig tverpool men—the hardest charactersin the worid—were Lelng driven about from sheets to braces. ~The captain was engaged in bis favorite amusement of “cursing and dlasting the eyes” of ithe Manat the wheel. and fi was evident at a glance that that red face and those blear eyes were Lhe re- suit Of a long debauch. Each lurch of the ship caused him to sway to and fro by the backstay, which was his usual holding-on place when “sligntly sprung.” The mate was a fair seaman, bul standivg in mortal fear of the captaln—and the same might be sala of the other officers, who stood in mortal fear of the mate. It was the mate’s watch, and he was busily engaged In securing things ‘for the long trip across the Weskth ocean. The passengers in open-eyed wonder Icoked at the crew as they scurried ; about the decks, surprised that a mau could calmly take such hearty abuse without at least resenting it by word or look. After a day or two out things became shaken into their places. The captain In port and the same man at sea were altogether different ind!- Viduals. Now he was a cross, sulky mau, with & villainous odor of whisky clinging to him. there were about a dozen cabin passengers, aud after each of them had received a snub or two, they preferred to let the captain alone. The quiet man didn’t seem to have eyes for anythipg but a book, which was his constant companion. Oceasionally a game of chess, checkers or Spanish poles ealivened the cabin peopie, avd when these things falled to interest, They would saunter about the deck until tt was lime to retire. The other passengers, mostly Irish and Dutch, had & hard time of 11, and bitterly complalbed of the trasny stuff served ont to them, as if they were dogs. Ker the first ten days bafling winds and a nasty head sea did not. tend to make the captain @ very amplable man, but op the moratuy of the €asi overtook her, and ail the morning the hasty tramping of the saliors tntlinated to those below that there were lively Umes on deck. ‘The hoarse orders of the mate were succeeded by the still hoarser roars of the captain set- Ug studding-satls, aud when the cabin pis sengers began tocrawlou deck the ship was covered with canvas from the lower sails to her | royals. All tbat day the wind increased tn yinience, and, in the dog-watches, was invreased to a gale. Still those in the snip did not notice that So much on account of the fact tha’ spe was | ronning from ft. | ‘The sea, too, came in regular | ridges, and the heavy pressure on her musts kept her steady; so she skimmed along w! ghding motion. Towards night, 1 deing a the Inate's Watch, he took tn the studding-salls and | hauled the royals. He was getting ready to | clew up the main sail, when the captain stag- | gered op deck, aud, lurching in the direction ot the back-stay, he managed to grasp it as he Toared out’ “Hic! What the — are you doing, Jamtson? Didn't I tell you to crack On with this wind in our starn? Send the hands up to loose those royals agin, and just pack that mains’! oa ner, you lubberly coward. What in -—— are you afraid of—a capful of wind; hey?” The mate strode up Lo the back-stay and ex- plained that there was an occasion.’ squall Pésing over: that she was steering wil '. and so e thought he'd ease her a little. “sue’s go- ing twelve knots now, whichfis fast enough, 1 re it” “You clap that mainsail on to her, you fool. Dorn t you suppose I know what I’m about? and ir zeae scared go below and put your head in ; ‘a bag.” The mate strode away; the three royals were trembling in every Jotot, went bortug into the night that was now fairly shutting down on the fying ship aud the heaving ocean. ‘The captain, chuckling to himself at his own daring, crawled back 10 bis state-room, took another “nip,” and feeled back to his post at the back stay. After a bit he got {t through hts head that the studding-satls were taken to, and he roared out:— “Stand by tO set te matntopmast stu’n’- sail!” ‘This order made the men express a hope that hed take the sticks out of ber, and tae mate bad the hardihood to say thatthe old man ether very drunk or getting crazy, but he w: about the dificult job of setting the staddin: Sail, and after ap bour's labor succeeded tn set ting It. a8 the bight wore oa, the wind increased in volume, Ue Waves grew higher and broader, | and the ship began to sheer wildly. Occa’ slovally a big sea would overtake ‘ier and lay | fuboard over the rail She beg w to roil heavily, and the watch below tn the forecastle turned out and gravely discussed tue unusual Sheident of a ship Tanning away fro: a tempest under a press of sail. The morning broveht no change in the as- pect of affairs, only worse, The tempest roared through the top-ham mer, and the masts ben: der the heavy strain, The steer- f the ship had now become a very diMculr mater, and It was evident that, should the ship by any mischance be thrown in the trough of those Leavy seas, o vast a heavy lurch eased her of the stud- Oing sali. whieh wert down to leeward on the wings of the wind, and, under the excitement, the mate clewed up’ the royals and had them rolied up. The captain came on deck soon aiter, and at once began to abuse the mate jor taking in the royais. ‘The mate soon after Went below, being relieved by the second mate. ‘Towards noon a heavy squall took the tnree top gailant-masts out of ber, and then there Were horrid oaths and imprecatéons in order untfl the wreck was cleared away. During the afternoon the seas began to tumble tm over the Tall, and the compass grew so unsteady that tr became unreliable. * The ship was sheering wildly. The two men at the wheel were whirl- ing it about, in spite of the mate’s incessant caution to “steer small.” andthe captain was hanging on to is back-stay, exulttng in the idea that he was running down a lively gale o° | Wind under three whole topsails and courses. A little before elght bells in the last dog Watch (5 p.m.) the mate bluntly told the Sn tain that he “was going to batten down the passengers: that if sail wasn’t shortened at once the ship would get tripped up in some of the bigh waves that were now racing after her. She's going sixteen miles an hour now, and if she goes any faster she'll be unmanage- ‘Let her rip, my sweet scented son of a sea- cook. I’m captain, I am: and ff I hear aay mere of your Imperiinence T'll disrate you, my bnek. Let her rip, I say; ehe’s all right; blow, good breczes, blow !” ‘The mate turned away and told those of the Passengers who still lingered on to 0 Delow; but the be gentlemanly chap didn't budge an inch. While a Pee oe dan- ger Billed every beart, the quiet man did not ‘seem to be alarmed. After a while the hatches were puton and secured, and a few things at- tended to that were of pene importance in view of the present alt abl ose Who noilced | beam 3 | rigged. and som of tae steer set, the mainsail sheeted, and the Planet, | she would roll over at , ! | _ After 6 ght bells the captain horrified the s7c- ond mate by securing the fore ani main sheets with achain and padiook and, with the pari- ing Injunetion to cat! him if tt came on > blow, he reeled aft and disappeared down the after ecmpanion -way. ‘The watch below turned in all standing, heartily cursing the taan who was risking their lives insuch a foolish way. The quiet man | took up a tion near the wheel, aad, to (he Surprise of the second mate, began to con the | 8ulp. Now, this conning process consisis in watching the ship's head, and moving the hand in the direction the wheel should be turned It | ts often resorted to in a high seaway, when the | Hotton of the ship renders the compass card | ursteady. ‘The officer, mentally making a o'e OL the fact that the passenger was a seaman ‘ent forward to punch up the lookouts posted forward, and be Nay) scarcely reached the walst | wren a fasning light gieamed out of Lhe giou.n | al eid. & hoarse votve shonted “Light, oh!” then | @cov!ured hubtud on the forecasue, witd aa , iw per itive order to port the heim. | Impuisively the men at the wueel began to | wh'rl it to port, bat were stopped by. the Bae ng | Benger <te:niy shouting to do no such thing. mom nts rfl-ciion convinced thera thas to i ter } er course in those tremendous seas Would be instant destruction, and though the mits Was fraath aly sbouting port. hard-a-pori, sue Was hed J, her course simply becaus? she could Lo leave it Sheering wildly, she rulied up tas flope of a mouutalnous wave, ta fuilsight of a | fbip’s Ugh: dead ahead. The next instaat there Was heard a Crashing and snapping of nos forward, thea a tremeud sus su iek, Dilowed 0/ 2 loud despairing cry—the tribace nitare weiass from bumamiy fn its dire extremity. Aniucr crash Bucceedid by a grating sound under Lu: keel, and the Planet lurched heavily tw v0 As she rolled back to the s'arboird, sh» Wild shcer; at the Sametime ths galig G25. flaf, and in a moment they were tora in» ‘bons and tlapp.ug violentiy. Stl sbrering, she climo*1 4D! se2, aad as she sunk away into th: troug», her fore ani ma'n-top mast snapped off ciuse 10 the cap ‘Then, as she lay canted down ou her por.siae, huge wave toppei with foam and fatrly giow ing With lam!vou, sparkiings emléted from ta> pbosphcrous held in solution, came dowa from windward, There was a terrlie geaudear in its grand sweep, and far as the ey conid reach Ula-k Sides extended, with here and there a patch Of foam fleckiog Its Lowering bulk. Other waves were pressing It from behiad, aud, a3 16 mounted up higoer and higher, the crested top tumpled over; then the ship rolled to meet it.and with an angry hiss it leaped over the rall,sweep- | ing ever} thing before if. When the watch on | deck 84w that fearful sea about to break, there Was a fra:.tic rush for the rigging, each thiok- tng, only of hisown satety. ‘The two m:n at the wheel also deserced thelr | posts and clung to the mlzzen riyztag. the quict | | Passenger alone remaining at the helm. As the | tons ow tons of water leaped over the rall, the | | Planet listed over, and another wave, following | | SW ftly behird, lata the good old ship on her | | ends. When the crash of the colitsion arou-ed the startled passeagers, the captain | | came hurriedly on dec. and a3 he attempted to Hl | Sain nis usual place by the back stay the sea | overtook him asd swept him over the side to the leeward. The mate, too, who was in the Walst.was Overiaken by the sea and swept over- | board. It was a thr! ling moment, and the dis- | aster cccurred ta less tlme than It takes me to | describe tt. Before one could hive arraaged the | detalis of the disaster, a hard ringlag voice was heard, in the direction of the wheel, screaming: | Lay a:t, all bands! Somme one silp down and tose that Starboard companion-way! Lay att { here, [tet you!” It was thé qutet cabin passenger, and ters he Was, up to his waist In water, hanging on to the wheei, which he had maniged to jam to starboard. Hatless and coatle3s, every one within the sound of his voice knew that he was | captain, and a good ons, tov, aad his neat words contirmed the conviction, * Cut the malo Drace and unresve It. Lead It along fore and aft and haal tau Be «q boys; work liveiy, we have no tlm? to spar When the brace was secured forward and | hauled as taut as it could be hauled. the next order rang Out hard and ciear: “Get an axe and sever the forward starboard Janyards—you will fad one on the breaX of the | Poop. Some of you find a hawserand bend it sccurely to the fore yard. Get the hawser beat ch and then cut away. Take the wheel, two of you!” ‘The Planet iay broadon in the trough, and each passing wave pressed her over more and More. What damage she had sustained in her hu could not be just then ascertained, but the Shock that had sunk the other vessel must have | started something forward, and the wonder was she did not go down at once. After a painful Suspense, the hawser was secured to the fore yard, and then one by one the lanyards were cut, her sluggish heaving snapped the fore-mast close off. All the top-namper lay to leeward, | holding on by the lee-shrond3 and back-stays, | and océasionaliy pounding. Presently the or- der came: “Lay aft, you all, into the m‘zzen rigging. Is that hawser all clear forward?” The hawser was reported clear, and the crew, or what was left of them, took ther places In the mnizzen rigging, and, the wind acting on the resistance their bodies offered, slowly urged the ship away from the wreck, forward, Drioglog a strain on the gear attached. A3 the strata grew heavier, she began to heidup to the sea, and slowly righted. ‘Then the lee rigeings were citt, the hawser veered away until chirty fathom: Stretched away to the windward. _ | Now, then, my lads, let us see where we are | hurt. Sound the pumps. We are all rigal ir sbe dors not leak badly.” ‘The pumps beiny sounded, showed newriy far feet of water in the well. So the brake r age pa Were got on deck throusa the ater and set to work. An hout’s stead showed a slight gain. wht-h fi hope that her damige was 09) might be expeciea. All night were kept going by relays of pas-euzers, oy moruing Wi was announced that the paups were steadily ga ning on the water, ‘Yhings looked badly by diyiiznt. The bul- wWarks all gone, the deck swept clean, and halt the crew, the captain and mate, swallowe { up— ail resulted from “cracking on.” But with her stout three-inch hawser fa3- | fened to the wreck of her foreyard to windward She rode out the gale as well, if not better, than under Canvas. The new captain rigged’ jury- Masts when the weather moderated and made Sail to the westward. The easterly winds favored him and he made good time to the Banks. After clearing the fogs that prevail there he sighted a large steamer one morning, heading east. In an hour she wasa cable's Jength ahead, and slowed down to speak the battered and rusty ship, whose squat musts created considerable amusement on the spiea- didsteamer. Then came the hoarse hat!— “Ship aboy:” “aye! aye’ “What ship ts that? 7 The Planet, of and for New York.” Who is the Planet commanded by? One of her cabin passengers—Waterm4n, of n Francisco.” Waterman: j Yes, bully Waterman, at your service,” The two vexselsdrified apart. “Tue steamer's | | bell rang to hook ber on, the paddles weal | around, arti with a wave of thelr wumpets the { two captains parted. | Here, then, was the most notorious buily that. | ever cowmanded a ship, a man whose name was famous and on every sallor’s lip tram Singapore to the Golden Ga‘e; every newspaper almosi, in those cays, had something to about ‘bully Waterinan” and his ship Chaflen- ker. and Une ship never floated tuat, could out her, tk cow Lhe daring spirit of this quiet yentiemanty man. The Planet at last reached delivered over to ber ownel some thing by Waterman. ‘The passengers had | a card in the papers pralsing up The quiet cabin Passenger and ranking him with the greatest heroes toat ever lived. It was never really | known what vessel 1t Was that struck the plan- | | et that terrible nigat, when she wa: uoning free at the rate of sixteen miles an iour, as there were one large steamer and a dozen ships at sea about that time which were never heard | from again. Who can say bow many have been run down and run under through this “cracking oD Real Jamaica Rum, (Hartford (Conn ) Times. | damatea ram, so-called, as that article ts sold in thts country, bas for many years hada dark , color and afiery quality which It never pos sessed forty or fifty years ago. Tnts dark color | ig wholly or almost entirely due to ingredients which are put into the rum to color it. Jamaica rum, when frst distilled, is as White a3 water; as colorless as any other rum; but in former days, Iu the primitive times before the aboit- | ton of slavery On the Island, it was customiry | 1o use for a condenser, Instead of the spiral | “Worm” known to most distilleries, a simple Tod of bamboo leading down through the water, | and the bamboo was in many cases pre pared for the purpose by burning out a hollow | Passege through tt, from end to end, with | red-hot tron. ‘This tmparted to the itquor « | ow York and was who did the hand- | certain Unt about like straw color. Of suc was the “old Jamaica” that was 80 popular London forty years ago. It possessed a pecu enllur odor and taste, unlike that of St. Crol rum, but not less distinctive; and this circum Statce, of sO much of the island ram Sty @ kind of pale yellow tint, led dealers to ven ture on é slight additional coloring by the us of burnt sugar. In due time the rum-usin part of the public. in both hemispheres, cam | to recognize “old Jamaica” as colored rum, | and to expect that hue, or else suspect th? genuineness of the arlicle, Finally, tue istication was carried to such ‘an: hiefly by the use of burnt sugar) that jamaica rum could be found in the American market that was not colored very dark.red, like dark brandy, and by the same means, A case bottle of unadulterated Jamaica rum—the | Jast remnant of a Middletown importation of that article. forty years ago—was of a pale | lemon or straw colt; and on removing tne ieaed glass stopper, the peculiar aroma or uquet of the rum would fill a room, a very | dense somewhere, | you are sweeping ; Bith a sheet, which you will find in the the wan ever breathed that could | Pl | 18 owner of two-fifths. Mr. B&Er)N-OFr Foon. The Meai [#*, and Dr. Rich- Mrdson Writes Rboat fi. Dr. Richardson, whose “Health at Home” has been so favorably commented upon, ha: in Gcod Words added another chapter, directed to the keeping of food and drainage’ We are ‘Ot In the habit, a5 in English houses, of keep- Ing our food tn the area. Differenees of ci!- mate have suggeste1to us other methods, In fummer we use the ice-chests: in winter, the meat-safe. Just Now, with the extrem: cold, acvice as to Ico-chest8 wouldshardly be profit: able; Dut In regard to the Meat-safe a great deal may be said, and Pr. Richardson's sui testions may be fuuad 1.0-t useful. A great ari radical mistake often arises in small nouses as to the placing of the meat-eafe, As often as Hovit 1 pul in tbe basement hall. 1, may happen that there is no other place for it, and avirtue mist be made of a necessity. 1’ tals is Uhe only convenient elaca, bawareot having it adjacent to any of the flues which ad ay from the furnace In the cellar. Even be quite sure, by feeling Lue Walls, Chat your odors fires do not increase the temperature. Taere | is, of couree, less troubie in our climate in Jeeping fcod in winter than in sammer. haps the vest. place for te meat-sate ILose spaié rooms adjacent to the kitcaen, Pioviding tuere 13 veotllatior. A sum ner kitchen is a good place for a meat safe. ii (he temperature be so low that fre zing 13 possible, Per- | Why then the meat-safe durtng such coid Weather should be moved to warmer Not that frozen meat or food is unwhuleso.ne Dut that itis not palatabie, All modern ma fates are constructed with wire gauze win. dows. This is one of the necessaries of venti lation, If this wire gauze js painted at the ‘Ume of the purchase of the safe. sore nis) People will hever think of repainting the safe orthe wire gauze windows, no maiter how long the safe been in their possession. A meat-safe need not be painted all over every year, but the wire gauze grating should be painted every season. It rusts rapidly, and 13 i ee to be a nursery for vegetable yrowth. ‘o Keep the interior of a sa’e clean 1s not al- Ways an easy thing, as a scrubbing-vrush can- not be readily worked Inside of it. A very good Plan is to have the shelves movable, whico Shelves can be made to stand on cleats. A good housekeeper that we know of has these Shelves double, and while one set is in ser- Vice, another set ig belog scru bed and mid> ready. It may happen that tu the fall of the year, just in uncertain weather, that food may Spoil in the meat-sate. There ts but one remedy for the purification of the safe when a misfortune of this kind occurs. It {s not only toscrub if most carefully, but after that to burn sulphur in the safe, and then to rewash afterward, It is especially dangerous to leave any (ae of decomposition in the safe. It is by no means to be considered that a Safe is to be used a3 the receptacle of all the food In use in the house. Cure(ul housekeepers know perfectly well that food which has any- tung like a particular odor to 1t is ceriala to Smpregnate other things. A cold turkey, with its stufling, will talnt butter, and milk wil! ab- sorb the sinell of cabbage. Anything of this character should not be putia the safe, bat have a place by Itself, Bread fs always better and sweeter when placed in a tla bj itself, aud 80 Is butter. As to milk, the modera method, now somuch in vogue, of delivering milk in Sealed glass jars. has this eee advantage, if it ignot any richer in quality, at least through means of the closed vessel it keeps better. Toe Worst thing a housekeeper can do 1s to place anything hot in asafe. ‘The vapor must con- and all the surroundiag food absorbs this moisture. The other day the writer of this went to the house of a lady and heard her giving directions to. a new @00k, who Was to sweep the kitchen and pantry, and the lady said to her servant: “Above all, when nu Will cover the meat-saf- Kitchen closet. Peopie,” the lady sald, “are very careful to cover over their drawing-room furniture when servants are dusting the room, bnt never think of keeping dust and dir@from their food. Tam quite willing to eat my cl of dirt, butI object to kitchen impurities being passed through the wire gratings of my meat- safe.” On this very subject Dr. Richardson writes: ‘How many householders in our great centres ever trouble themselves for a moment to inquire into the condition In whlch their Preliminary selves, the food they are about to eat, Is lodged and cared for. When that food has passed the vital portal of their mouths. when it has been dsiributed all over their bodies, when it becomes bone of their bone And tlesh of their flesh, then they may have to take some trouble about it, more trouble per- haps than they ought to take in certain ways. But while it ites inthe safe or larder of the back area, walling for its vital transformation into man, it might too often be the dust in the dust-bin for the care that s taken of it. Even wives and mothers, who shonid specially take An Interest unceasing, though less negligent than the sterner master, are not always too caretil of this great treasury of health or of ae A good deal might be saidas to the batter construction of these meat-safes. Wcoden tn- teriors for a receptacle for food always present acertain amount of bad qualities. We have ofien wondered why tiles are not used, or, if there might make the safe too heavy, marbie- ‘zed tron plates could be employed as a cover- ing on the wood. ‘This wouid make an admir aby clean safe, by no meaus expensive, aud «n> which could be easliy clcansed. WIRES UNDER at for a a}’s storu: practically suspended tele- graphic communication in New York. The wires which were not down were, with few ex- ceptions, interrupted by fallen wires crossing them and thus breaking the “cireutt.” The effect upon business and traffic generally by (he unexpected stoppage of this important agency of communication was so serious as to exclte a gencral d.mand for a better_means of conducting wires about the city. All the old ar- coo in favor of the sinking of the wires un- ler the streets were revived and enforced by ap plication of the new illustrations furnished by the storm. ‘The extravagance, dangers, and de- structiveness, as well as the unsighuliness of the present system of wires suspended from pole to pole or roof to roof of houses, were urged against the construction of further lines on the same system. A gentleman largely in terested in the active management of telegraph lines, sald that the use of poles and wires ex- posed to storms compelied constant repair and watchfulness by a large force of men spectally trained for the peculiar work, and iesuitei pay, in the occasional rebuliding of tie lines. Moreover, the wires thus exposed. {a orde: to sustain their own weight and that of ice ana snow, had to be made much larger than they would be if protected, ard the needless cost was something like half the expense. If butit in cables, each wire need not be more than th: thickness of a needle or pin. If submerged in water or laid under ground, they could be made Of any desirable thickness, a singie cable com bining scores of separately-acuiag wires, A prominent official. who is connected with the fire department. spoke from observation of the dangers and difficulties of the present sys tem. The wires When bullt across roufs are laced upon frames resting on roofs, aud fre- quently Jeaks are thus started. In heavy stortns the wires, swaying from side to side with the wind, sirtke the root or chimneys, and are thus very destructive. The wires stretches in front of bulidings greatly Interfere with the Operacions of firemen at tires. Witu the uat- ural Increase of wires now going on these difti cultles may prove insurmountable atter a time ‘The danger of interruption of the commitalea- tion by which all tire companies are now quickly informed of the locauion of a fire 13 a | serlous matter. Several schemes are already before the public for laying underground lines, to which, hows ever. general attention has not veen véry ac- Ulvely directed. ‘The Edison ctrle Ligat Company, which has a permit trom the com- mon connell to light the lower part of the city with eleetric lights, has made an application | for the privilege of ‘laying the necessary wires under ground. This bas not yet been granted, aud It is opposed tor several reasons, the chiet one being that it requires tbe tearing up of the eutire leugth of each sireet to be supplied with lights, and when repairs or additions are neces sary, travel must be largely interrupted at Ue points at which work Ss golng on. Another company, of which General W. F. Smith, of the peuee board, is a manager and director, already as a permit to jay its wires under ground. ‘This permit it 1s understood to have disposed of 10 the Western Union Company, but the latter has not avatled {tself of the right further than to lay a few pneumatic tubes. The applicatious by these companies contemplate only ‘the lay- ing of an ordinary pipe, in Which the wires will ‘be Jaid. This system''s in use in London, where its chief defects is found to bein tie dificulty of making repairs and additions wit out obstructing travel. Stall auotherand later scheme Is one patented in this country by John b. Townsend, the tn- ventor, and tn England by Charies L. Gore, who re ig now in introduce the [regen here under the name o1 for underground telegraph lines,” g London, where it is proposed to ystem. Itis ‘A conductor | and is a simple plan to make the curbstones of the sidewalks and the gutters of the streets available for the reception of the wires. It can be built in sections of any length, each taking the form of a single step of an ordinary stair- way, and the whole of a block of sections look- ing like and occupying the space of the curbing now In general use. The whole is made ot cast- iron, very heavy and strong. 80 as not to be injured by trucks backing against 1t or heavy articles falling upon it. THERE 18 OcCaSIONALLY & woman who has such @ controllable temper that when different odor, indeed, from that ian an which fs now sold, vy druggists ag ‘well ag ia | steps on the train of her dress, ane can sais ube dram-shopa, for Ji rum. { erceay: pad “Ob, I don’t mind it, foot cotampandments arohok Dindg. “The wes | etNin ws rae Nes So akg q ‘woman ia a: — tabled, he says, long ago, | Boston Post + OoRGRESSMEN AND THEIR BESIDENCES LIS? OF SENATORS, ren a Aitison, W- B.,'lowa, list Vossen ene An BBR ter a ac aw. ‘Mich., Ar Hotel. omas F. Bel, af bas avenue, Camerun, ees 1213 N Bt. Dw. Cameron, J. D., Pa, Wormley’s Hotel. Matt H., Wis, 822 Connecticut ave, Mo., 920 16th st. n.w. ng, Roscoe, N. ¥., 704 14th st. n.w. David, Mi., National Hotel HG., W. Corn, 20 Grant Place, s, G. F., Vt., 1411 Massachusetta ave. t, Cal, 615 14th st. mw. Mich., National Hotel. 819 2d Bt DL ie, J d., Willard Grover, L. F., Gregon. 44 K st. new. Hamlin, Hannibal, Me., Wiliard’s Hotel. Humpton, Wade, 8. C.. Metropolitan Hotel. Hons, 1. G., Tend., 615 11th Bt. Dw. 8 rford, Frank, W. Va.. National Hotel Bu. Benjamin H., Ga. 21 Grant Place, |. P., COl., 1407 Massachusetts ave. Bear, @ B, Mass, 9191 st... W., Va, 1234 Massachusetts ave. Jouss, B. F., La., Wiliard’s Hotel Jour, CW. FIA, 116 G st. nw. 8, J. Pay Nev., Cor N Lamer, J. Q. C., Miss., 51213th Togan Jobn A., TL, $12 12th st. McBonald, J. Ww. . Ind., Willard’s Hotel. McMillan, 8. J. R., Minn., 211 North Capitol st. McPherson, J, R..'N. J., 1409 Mass. ave. Maxey, 8. B., Tex., $1 rgan, J. T., Ala, 401 G st. nw. Morrill, J. 8., Vt. cor. Vermont ave. aud M st. Paddock, A. S., Neb., 1311 H st mw. Pendleton, G. i1,, Ohio, 301 K st. LW. Platt, O. H., Conn., Arlington Hotel. Plumb, P. B., Kan., 1407 F st. nw. Pugh, Jas. %., Metropolitan Hotel. Rollins, E. H., N. if., 145 East Capitol st, Saulsbury, Ell, Del.,’60s 13th st. n.w. Saunders,’A., Neb., Riggs House, Sharon, Wm. Nev. Not arrived. Sla‘er, J. H., Oregon, 910 F st. Teller, H. M., Col., 1011 M st. new. Thurman, A. G. hid, 1017 14th st. n.w. Vance, Z. B., N. C., Arlington Hotel. Vest, G. G.. cor. Delaware av. and C st. n.c, Voorhees, D. W., Ind., 1827 I st. n.w. Walker, J. D., Ark., 720 13th st. nw, Ww ce, W. A., Pa., Wiilald's Hotel. Whyte, W. F., Md.,/Welcker’s. Williams, J. 8., 1405 F st. n.w. Windom, W., Minn., 1116 Vermont ave. Withers, R. E., Va, Alexandria, Va. OFFICERS OF THE SENATE. J. C. Burch, secretary, 1025 Vermont ave, R. J. Bright, sergeant-at-arms, 201 Kast Cap. st. ienry E. Peyton, executive clerk, 613 13th nw. F. ¥. Shober, chief clerk, 523 12th st. nw. Isaac Baseett, assistant doorkeeper, 18 24 8t. n.e. W. P. McMichael, postmaster. Metropolitan. R. B. Nixon, Mnanctal clerk, 1204 E st. nw. LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES. Sane] J, Kandall, Speaker, Pa., 12 C st. se, Acklen, J. H., La., 20¢ East Capitol st. Aiken, D. W., 8.C., Metropoiitan Hotel, Aldrich, WR I, Arlington Hotel. Aldrich, William, ILL, Ariing2on Hotel Anderson, J. A. Kan. 1407 st. LW, Armfield, R. ¥., N. C.. National Hotel. Atherton, Gibson, Obio, 223 East ‘tenn,’ 41 Atkins, J. D. C. 5 Bachman, k. K., Pa, Metropolitan Hotel, Bailey, J. M., N. ¥., Arlington Hotel, Baker, J. H., Ind., 921 G st. nw. Ballou, L. W., RK. 1, 811 9th st. now. Barber, Hiram, jr., 1), 512 East Capitol st. Barlow, Bradley, Vt. Not arrived. Bayne, T. ¥., Pa., Willard’s Hotel. Beale, R. L.'t., Va., 455 C at nw. Belford, J. B., Col., 503 13th st. Dw. Belizhoover, F. £., Pa., 619 13th st. D.w. Berry, C. P., Cal, corner Sth and E sts. nw. Bicknell, G. Ind, 211 North Capitol st, Bingham, H. Pa., 1721 RL Bisbee, H., jr., Fla, 512 sth St. nw. Biackburn, J. S.,Ky., 917 New York ave. nw. ‘Worinley’s Hotel. poi ‘a. M..'N, Y., Willard’s Hotel. Blount, J. H., Ga., Metropolitan Hotel. Bouck, Gabriel, Wis., Epbitt House. Bowman, S. Z., Mass., cor, Pa. ave. & 1st. st.8.e. Boyd, T.'A., Til., 1412 G at. nw. Bragg, E. 8, Wis , Ebpitt House. Brewer, M. 8, Mich, National Hotel. Briggs, J. F., N. H., National Hotel. Brigham, [.'A.,N. J., 614 13th st. nw. Bright, J. M.. Tenn., Metropoiitan Hotel. Browue, 'T. M., Ind., 1115 I st, Dw. Buckner, A. H., Mo,, Metropolitan Hotel. Burrows, 4. C.. Mich, S06 12th st. now. Butterworth, Benjamin, Obio, 1115 G st, Rw. Cabell, 6 Va., 617 11th st. new. all d., 619 i4th st. nw. , Arlington Hotel. intihela, National Hotel 5 jor . lowa, 510 12th st, nw. , Wis, 612 14th st. ., Miss., Riggs House. Caswell, L. Chaltacrs, J.B. ra , Ala. Metropolitan Hotel. Clark, J. ‘Mo., 1395 F st. nw. clymer, Heister, Pa., 1600 1's n. Cobb, T. R., Ind., 1542 N. ¥. ave. Coftroth, A. H., Pa., Metropolitan Hotel. Colerick. W. G., Ind., National Hotel. Conger, O. D., Mich., National Hotel. Converse, G. L., Ohio, Willard’s Hotel. Cook, Philip, Ga., 210 North Capitol st Covert, J. W., N. H., National Hotel. Cowgill, Calvin, Jnd., 7 Grant Place, Cox, 8. 8., N. ¥., Riggs House. Crapo, W. W., Mass., Wormley’s Hotel. Craveus, J. E., Ark., 407 G st. D.W. Crowley, Kichard, N.Y., 1421 Iowa Circle. Metropolitan Hotel. 7 14th st. new. Davidson, R. H. M.. Fla., National Hotel. Davis, G. 'R., IML, 1304 F St. nw. Davis, Horace, Cal, 1816 1 st. n.w. Davis, J. J., N. C., Sanderson’s Hotel. Davis, L. H., Mo., New York Avenue Hotel. Deering, N. C., Jowa, Riggs House, De La Matyr, Gilbert. 113 C st. ne, Deuster, P. V., Wis., 15 Grant Place, tee S ce oH es 43s St hw. Dick, 8. B., Pa, Riggs House. Dickey, H.'L., Ohio, ‘Tational Hotel. Dunn, Poindexter, Ark., Navional Hotel, ell, ., National Hotel. Y., Wormley’s Hotel ‘onal Hotel. New York ave, 222 Ist St. 8.e, . La., 1233 Erreit, Russell, Pa., Evi 8..C. Metropolitan Hotel. lo, 920 14th st. n.w, ; National Hotel. . Eobitt House. ' 1405 F st. Dw. 6th st. nw, 8. F. He. Ewing, Thomas, O) Felton, W. H., G: Ferdon, J. W, N. Mass., ‘Oto, 408 Pa, 6G Forney, W. H., Ala., 1 Forsyte, A. P., Til. National Hotel. Fort, @.1., Iil,,” Riggs House. Mo., 212 Nort Frost, R. G. . h Capitol st. Frye, 'W. P., he., 922 14th st. Geddes, G. W., Ohio, 17 Grant Place, Gibson, R. L.,'La., 125 K at. nw. Giyette, 2. H., lowa., 209 East Capitol st. Gobsbaik, Win., a., 1322 G st. mw. Goode, Jobn, Va., 5¥4 14th sf, D.W. Gunter, T. M., ATK., 1335 L st. n.w. Hall, J. G., H., 213 East Capitel st. Hammond, John, N. Y. Hammond, N. J.,Ga., Metropoliian Hotel. Harmer, A, C., Pa. Fst. W., Mass., 15 Grant Place. Harris, J. T., Va., Metropolian Hotel, Haskell. D. C., Kan,, 1311 H st nw, jaich, W. H., Mo., Sanderson's Hotel, Hawk, R. M. A., Ill, S25 12th st. nw. Hawley, Joseph K., Conn., 212 C sb L.wW. IL, Riggs House. .. Wis., Dunbarton House. Ebbitt House. 2i1 North Capitol st. Hayes, B.C., 1 Hazeltor ©. Hel!man, Wm., Ind., Henderson, T. J.. Hil Henkte, E. J., Md., 457 C st. n.w, Henry, D. M., Md., National Hotel. Berbert, H. A., Ala., National Hotel. Herndon. T. H., Ala., Metropolitan Hote. Bl, W. D., Ohio, 41 2d st. nw. Alscock, Frank, N. ¥., Ari n Hotel, Hooker. C. E., Mis8., 1706 F st, n.w. Horr, Kk. G., Mich., 817 12th st. L.w. Hostetier, A. J., Ind., 910 F st. Lew. Tenn., 461 G st. nw. House, J. ¥., Tenn., Riggs House. Hubbell, J. A., Mich., 1329 M st. n w. hrey, , Wis., 19 Grant Place. fo Killinger, J. W., Pa, Kimmel, Wm., Md., fouse, K La, Arlington Hotel. Blotz, Hob, Pa, 610 14th st. nw. Tay Jor, Re | land to ma round the Cape of Good Hope. The next year | Manning, Van H., Miss, 33 Bat. ae, jauonal Hi Marsh. 6. FL UL ote. Martin, B. F., W. Va.. National Hoteh Martin, & L., Del, \Vulard’s Hotel Mariip, J. J., N. C., 720 13th st. nw. ¥ Joccph N.Y. Riggs House, OWA, 1381 G st. nw. N.Y. Hotel, KeGowen, J. jich., St James Horel, ¥chkenze, J. jalional Hotel, BHeKiviey, Wm" § is Lane, RM. Md. st. 1. McMahon, J. A., Obio, 1325 F st. 1.7, dicMLian, Benton, Tenn., Kiggs House, Miles, Fredert Miller, Warner. Mili, R.Q., Texas, 620 13 Miteheil, J. 1L, Pa. 729 13ih st. nw. Money, B. D./ Miss, 1710 1 st nw. Monroe, James, Ohio, 924 14th st. nw. Morrison, W. K., lil, Willard’s Hoiel. Morse, Leopold. Masa, Wormiey's Rotel. Morton, L. P.. N.Y.. corner H and 15th sis. 2. Muldrow, H. L., Miss.. Arlington Hotel. Muller, Nicholas, N. Y., \\ clcker's Hotel. 310 ind DL. Ind. 608 sib St. Dow. 7. S., Onto, 806 12: st D., nd., 734 12Un ai. : Mich., Ebbitt Honge, holis, J. C.,Ga. Sd: 9h sh now, Norcross, Amasa, Mass, 1500 1 st. o.w. O'irien, James, N. ¥., Widlard’s Rotel. © Connor, M. litan Hotel x © Nelil, Charles, Pa. OReMy Dauitel, N. 9: Page, H. B., Cal, Nation ¥ ons, Henry, Ga, $14 13th 8. Dw, Pueips, James, Coun., 457 C 8Un.w, i. F., Mo., Willard’s Hotei. Ky. Wi 35 Pennsylvania ave. Se. as, Metropolitan Hotei. ‘aine, 623 6th st. n.w. ASR Richardson, J. 8. Kiehmond, J. B. Robertson, E. W.. 1 Robesol M,N. J., 1 Robinson, D., Mass, Iiiggs House, |. J., Willard’s Hotel. Xothwell, G. F., Mo., Metropolitan Hotel Russell, D L., N. C., Ebbitt House. Russell, W. A., Mass., 201 N. J, ave. se, Ryan, Thomas, Kan., 11 Grant Place. Ryon, J. W., Pa, 115 Maryland ave. n.e. Samford, W: J., Ala, Metropolitan Hotel, Sapp, W. F., Jowa, Hamilton House, Sawyer, 8. L., Mo.. National Hotel. les A. M., N. C., Sanderson's Hotel. henberger, W. 8., Pa., 610 13Un st. D.w. Shelley, ©. M., Ala., Met Sherwin, J. C., ML, $25 1 We Simonton, C. B., n., 417 6th Bt. H.W. Singlevon, J. W., LiL, Sanderson's Hote! Singleton, O. R., Miss, 1307 F st. n.w. Slemons, W. ¥., Ark., 691 13th st. n.w. Smith, A. Herr, Pa, Willard’s Hotel. Smith, H. B., N. J., e W. E.. Ga., Sanderson's Hotel. Johnathan, N. Y., Riggs House. A. J., LL, Epbitt House, ory, Ga.. National Hotel. W. M., Tih, 119 Bast Captvol st. . Y., 8 Lafayette Square, ple, W. L., N. C., 708 Sth st. p.w. Stephens, A. H.,Ga, National Hotel. Stevenson, A. E., Il, Navional Hotel. 5 J. W., Mich., 622 Est. n.w, Talbott, J. F. C., Md., Baltimore, L., Tenn., 405 6th st. n.w. 0 12th st. D.w. 1333 F st. Dw. r., Ky., 135 9th st. n.w. ,lowa, Hamilton House, D., S. C., 412 6th St. Dw. Townsend, Amos. Ohio, Arlington HoteL Townshend, KR. W., IL, 212 434 BL DW. Tucker, J. R., Va, Hamilton House. Smith, 4 5 01 B., Thomas, J. K., el Me B. vm. thee oe Penns 1191 I st. hw. fey Bw. Urner, MG. Md, National Hotel, st. LW. Van Vorhis, Join, N. Y., Arlington Hotel. Voorhis, C. ND Epbitt Hou: "a, 1320 F st, D.w, Warner, A. J., Ohio, *1 Grant Place. Washburn, W. D., Minn., 1731 1 st. n.w. Weaver, J. B., lowa, 209 East Capitol st. Welbori, Olin, Texas, 412 6th st. n.w. Wells, Erastus, Mo., Arlington Hotel. White, Harry, Pa., 1913 F st. n.w. ¥.. 2 Willlams, C. G., Wis., 15 Grant Place. Williams, Thos., Ala., Met litan Hotel Willis, A. S., Ky., 3 Grant PI Willits, Edwin, Mich., 60 B st. n.e. Wilson, Benjamin, W. Va, National Hotel. Wire, M. R., Pa, 1732 Mass. ave. Wood, Fernandd, N.Y., 525 15th st. now. Wood, W. N. Wright, H. &., Pa, Ariini Yocum, 8. H.."Pa.,’509 12t Young, Casey, Tenn., GS Young, L., Ghio, 1112 G st. TERAITORIAL DELEGATES. Ainslie, George, 14aho, 101 2d st. mw. Akola, 1340 Massachusetts ave ashington, 726 1ith st. nw. . Utah, 6 ch, G. Campbell. artin, Montana, Aritngton Hotel , New Mexico, National Hotel, OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE. TK, OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES, SEXATB. D. F. Murphy, 314 C st. nw. ASSISTANTS. ‘Theo. F. Shuey, 413 Missouri avenue. Edward V. Murphy, 419 24 st. n.w. Henry J. Gensler, 1319 18th st. n.w ‘HOUSE. Jonn J. McEIhone, 131s Vermont ave. William Blatr Lord, Riggs H ‘The Uniucky Big Ship. (New York ‘Times.} The project of using the Great Eastern for the transportation of cattle from Africa has, 1 seems, been definitely abandoned. To what purpose, actual or intended, she will be turned next, it would be hard to say. She ts indeed an ill-fated vessel—she has been unfortunate from the very start—and her history ts a curious combination and continuation of mishaps and disasters. Twenty-eight years ago an Eastern Steam Navigation Company was formed in Bog- tain anh ocean trade to the east the directors decided that such a trade would not pay, owing tothe expense of sup; coaiing stations along the route, unless the shi): could carry coal enough for the round rap Ar. rangements were accordingly made to build a vessel which would transport 1,000 pas 5.0 tons of merchandise, and tons of coal for fuel Tue re with maty changes in the origi- pian, was the Great Eastern. she and was finally to launch in November, 1557. To avoid nger of launching so long a vessel stern pal was some years butlding, read the foremost, she was constructed with the broad- side toward the river, on a timber foundation of vast strength, with sloping rails down to the water. The ship was too heavy, or the rails were too gradual, and various efforts were made, ald $300,000 or $409.600 spent before she Was got off. After completion it was uncertain what would come of Australla; consequently, it was determined to send her hither ou a trial voyage. The attempt roved very unfortunate, She left the Thames. Sep. 8, i859, but an explosion occurred of Hastings, ps fa wounding a number of 'SOns, and bi the proposed trip sudden- ly toanend at Weymouth. pairs, bitter recrimtnation: Suite. and the death of After costly re- and various law- unel, her planner, for this port tn 1860, reached here in eleven days. For nearly a tweivemonth she plied between Engiand and the United Star but steadily lost money, not making suiiclent, in fact, to pay for her current ex- penses and for constantly needed repairs. In December of 1861, when there was some pros- pect of trouble between this nation and Britain, the Great Eestern carried some two thousand troops from Englend to Canada with a degree of comfort never before ex} by 80 Jarge a body of men. After that the company dia not know what to do with her, and she might have rotted at her moorings had she net beep wanted {0 lay the Aulantic cable tn 1s64 She has siuce been repeatedly employed for the game purpose, and always With satisfaction. Nevertheless, she bas proved & very expensive luxury. she bas cost, it is sald, to date, in- cluding pbumberless repairs, some $25,000,000, abd has never returocd one quarter of ihat sum. She hes gained such a bame for ili-luck— all sailors are superstitious—that it has always been hard <0 find seamen willing to ship on her. She has ruined more than a dozen men, ae aa jong enough to ruin a dozen AN OLD BaSk-Ball PLaYER was observed looking mournfully at the long coast and the cheerful double-rippers as they tore their way Ubrough the crowd, leaving a swath of maimed and wound-d bebind them, and he ejaculated, “ This Ge beats the national game every time; we break a leg or an arm once in a while, Dut these fellows just mash ‘em so they have to be cut of, ana It the outsiders’ legs aud arms 7 00."— Gommercia! Bi e trade to and from | EDUCATIONAL. FSERCe, Lesnons. new ren FEBRUARY 10 —M" LEV PKUD'HOM ME / pirile acquires mood pronunciation, and are teugbt oe eak es din a ah time Houre gf classes for aduite and ehildre. suitable to ail. Terme On'l at 910 14h at nw. between ae 2p. m ; Mondays and Thured: at J, EyAGHERL. Teacher of PIANO. ORGAN e aud Ou, rsd Particular gan ae Ke EPS, AF well aa thowe winiiin t) be a) for Teachers.” Terme modermie. 18 A street Borthwest, - Dovd0-e0Re Manan AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE The BEIT eC HON COMMER eR © aky y | Por cataiques or further iter . Presiden 3. Ma. raivipg comprises the bess Arithmetic. Npencerian Pra. Boobkeepinw, by eipele and do’ variety of businees. Fi Day and Even iy and terme call at the Cv O- SPENOEK, Princips PRE ARCHER IstITOTE, WASaINGTON C & For cirenisrsaddrems Mrt MK AROBER, 1491 Marnaeuuselts avenue, Washiucton, D.C. anid to tore. YAPITUL HILL le CARP TOES hat reeset MeCanicy’s Hall, eaxt Op ADOA Schoo) 200 Peanesivania avenue southe deos0-Lm IVATELY, OR IN OLASS—Mathemat PEAgrech: Frencae Gotan aan Bere Byecis! attenrion to preparation for Oc Weat Point, Auapolisand alloowpetitive 3 ‘Terme ‘n advance R.W. FLYNN, A M., 702 5th st. northwest. ‘OV. 17, 1880, Prof. and Mra L. BO. iL Niele teat ks Bate sone in the French Lasuage, 3m STEAMERS, &c. pas STE, PR AR BOWS MITH a I! leave Potomac Ferry Oo. Wharf, foot of 7th strect, at J o'clock a. m., every SUBDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, For al the POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS as far as Leopardtewn and Nomin! | returning MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY. Fare and Freight at lowest rates. david F. J. BTONK, Purser. ORTH RM LLOYDS reawente Line Brerwren pw Vouk, Havas, Lonnow, pfourmaerom ax Unesun. 1 ei Bueamers of this company will fall every Sat- arday from Brey obs street. Hoboken. “ates of paseage —From New York to wie, Lon don, Southampton and Bremen, fi . ‘a Ds second cabin €00; steerage, 230: ‘prepaid «ters sprsitcates, 92h. For {celnht orp apely to PPMERARG OS has Bs hee act for Washington. J ve on ¥ WNARKD LINE. CUNARD LE orton LANE ROUTE. THE CUNARD 8 a COMPANY Lik. Between New York and Liverpool, Call- tween Ning at Cork MH a ‘bv. Bothnia. Wad", And every Wednesday from New York. KATES OF PASSAGE. 6 Mar. 23 Mar 0, B80, $100, according to accoinmodations. cchete to Paria SiG adhonel Revurn tickets on favorable terme. Steeraat Uroy lowest rates. ‘Tbrough Wilk of iaden given for Belfast, Glas- eC", Havre, Antwerp and other ports on the Gon pent, and for Med:terranean ports. For frewht and passace spply at ‘he Company's office, No 4 Bowling Greeny or botl: meurask Rod gin ore BIGELOW & CO , 605 7th street, aebington, D. fal?" VAENON H. BROWN &CO., N.Y. NEW YORK-BOTTERDAM. The first-class Steamers of thir “AMSTERDAM,” “ROTTERDAM,” “BOBIEDAM,” ** - SOHOLTEN," LAND,” and “!MAAR,” Mails to the Netherisnds, leave ree, Brooklyn, reruisrly on WED. pera appiy to W. jashington ; or FH, JOHNSO National Deposit Butldig corner New Fork ave. and A “PCA Carrying the U. 8. Barbeckn so —____RAILROADS. ‘BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. THE MODEL FAST LINE, AND THE ONLY LINE THE EAST AND THE WEST, VIA WASHINGTON. DOUBLE TRACK! JANNEY OOUPLER! STEEL SCHEDULE TO TAKE EFFEOT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEK 1, 1880. aM. LEAVE WANHINGTON. *1.50—Obicayo, Cincinnati and Bt. Louis Fast Bx- 8 co faltimore, Eliicott City and way stations. ee Express. $.60—Baltimore, Aunapolis, and way. (Piedmont, ere ‘inchestes, awerswown and way, 4 8.20 Point of Rocks and way stetions. 8.45 -Stannton and Valley Ex: ress. (Counects at Polat of for for Baersiown ad 9.00—New York. Philsdeiphis and Boston Bxpress. . Sunday only Baiumore, Anuapoie and way. 10.00" Baltimore Express. (Stops at Hyattevilie, oi Brian 8 gn tion, p's and § 120.40- Pittabuneh, ‘Ohiosgo, Gincinnst! and 8 yais Express. P.M. 19.10 Baitimore, Kiicott Oity, Annapolis and Way ‘Stations. 1.28—On Sunt $i '06—Baltmore ter Frederick, Hagerstown, Btations. (On Bunday to Point of Rocks and Way Stations ouly.) io and ore Exp ‘Mar. = ‘and Way, vis Relay. at Hee 05—Potnt of Kocks and Way Stations, 45—Baltimore and Way Stations. (oo Pitisbure, Giuels ‘Bt. Louis Express. acd Laurel ‘ 18.60-—] by 9.48—Baltimore, Eysttavilie 110.00—New Yor Philadelphia Ayes Car ont tDaily. sitar only ved at any point in the city. 188] eextavives THE NOKT nator 48st 70 houble 1% Stecl*Ratln. t ‘ LVANI WEST AND as v4 : SPLENDID BorNEEY, Maawrrics TRAINS LEAVE WA: ‘corner of Sixth and For Pittsburg and the W: = JANUARY 8, SHINGTON, B streets, as Canandai rt, Buffalo, oa beg to Capandas- yt Bat ay, with Palace Cars For Willlacaport, Tock Haven and Kimira, st 0:30 a.m. a ¥ 3 the $-00a.m., 10:30am | Po SS'ane 10°00 p.m. Ox Sunday a'90 aed eb ied express of Pullman Parlor Usrs, Ug, exceyt Sunday. all through trains connect at ‘boats of Brookiyn Anuex, af- ‘direct tranefer to Fulton street. avoid- ble ferriaxe acrous New York ci wo am. a Greek mB Line, 6:40am. and 440 p.m Antayoin 6-40 . and 4:40 p.m. Gally, ex- aLiega, ‘AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL- Way np. ALEXANDRIA AND WASHING- for Alexandria, 2,3 3,20, and 11.20 a.m. FE 4 11:30 p.. On PS ie M3 For Richmond, apd the South, 7:00 and 11:00 a.m. er an