Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1881, Page 2

CRE OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY BU!LD! The Proposed Pian. ‘The followiug is the paper reat by Mr. 4. L. Smithmeyer, the architect, before the Ameri- can Library Association Thursday, giving the features of the plan prepared by him for (ue Proposed National Library bulidin3: x fall the tasks an architect may undertake, that of butiding a library ts the mos! dificult. This !s chietly because its interior cannot, lice That of churches, theaters and other large & floes. display vast surfaces, huge columnd or other lofty and Imposing features, giving tt the character of grandeur and permanency, but must utliize its space by a multitude of mx- tures of small dimension for the accoramoda- Uon of numberless objects of still smaller siza, and yet must e38 a Certain elasticity, as you might call the capability of expansion for @ certain, rapid and large tacrease of (he pres- ent contents, Such arrangements one migut Mortality of Infancy. —Infancy dates from birth to the Seventh year, and ts the pertod most subject to the Gestruction of ilfe. This ts espectally true st third of the seven years of infantile One wtant of every tive dies befor : er, one of three before the compie- fih year, abd lwo of every five be fore the expiration of the seventn year. This Mortality of young life arises, uot only from the fact tnat frail constitutions are transmiited to tnfants by thetr parents, but that thelr organs are exceedingly delicate and eaatly in- vaded by disease, aud When one organ becomes diseased other organs algo take on disease! action Wilh much more readlucss than they do when ace bas matured them. It fs, therefore, this extreme Iablitty, In the diseases of infancy, of one orzan Involving another in disease, thas producing complications usually fatal, that ex- Plains the startling fact that (wo of every five of the Luman race die before the fifch year. it isa very easy matter for an infant to get sick, but an exceedingly troublesome and dini- eult matter to get 1t well again, tor with the yaost skilful treatment and watchful care tt hag but three chances of five of recovery. Hence tt ig not a apie lng es : 2 of a mother shou! d Sec hee tatant, every | In the construction of a Wbrars, aowever, al yer Infant, every time? It fs sick, the taecme apprehension that tt will die. | much attention {s paid to Lae best Axtures and SYMPTOMS OF SICKNESS. | conventences or the most usctal contrivances ‘The difference between a well and a sick babe | for books, pamphlets, SS ee Bh * unobserved ev t ravings and Waatever else the manifold trea- 1 ae ee re lo melita cee | saree faay bo" cnliod, which, tha: huvien ia: most cairiess. “When a babe Is well Its every | 54 y aad i : = Ete d sit | teliect has compiled therein or will ¢o! nurses we rere acre eat Trae ons" | lect, and to their sccessibliity, classifica with anything intended to attract tts gare. its | ee Rohe ic eee € ne oraons (hrough wale it exoress3 | 1 “that of a full profusion and equal distr pacind cooing tthe manttesta'ion of | Paton of light. This clement is a0 fudiaoras satisiaction. When sick all t | pie tor ih 2 3 that ‘ = ble for the purposes of a Ubrary that 4 Boner oap hig oir aemben tar every tier considerafton—taxt of proic alth, gu dullnes agaist destruviion or iujary by Ore poraaps the tokens of sickness. I1 excepted, may be postpe tik. after fe or dces go In a fitfal or spasmodic mann: question of tis introaucrt . ye net 30 js mind and study {Its it when well no longer interest It, and all pot ie eels a to divert the infant from the influencs of aick- | SOT toc or repttation heres tee edt hess are vain, and while sick If ts. a3 tt were, | 5nd lors | by him be of the greatest and-un- tncoanolabie, how to pacity 1 taxes all ihe love, | Oe desc Wimensions ant ponies of oa patience and codarsnce & mother can posUy | Cr interior prospects, abd whether the lurary fans manifested By atrabonce GE heuite ad | Which 1s to'be built, be a public oF privat one. to nifest sence ne . Z are couimon to The becinning of almost ail the | THE REQUIREMENTS YOK A NATIONAL LIHRARY. sicknesees of Infants, and may tndicate tempora- | To accept any {nterfor arrangement, whether ry deranzement of the functions of the organs tested by trial and approved by experience, or 96 FRE, (Bysnts Dody oF the commencement oc | ston probation,—as an infallible model tor se Lous ¢ geages Of those organs, which may ter- etalirn cee (at circumstances, would be a he egcence 0 =e SEE ORR Sonne OF very grave error, Devause there fare no tio, SFANT I8 SICK. libraries of exactly equal requirements, ani enone Muti ate, fF tnitapensabie | each one Is ereeted and fitted up under peculiar When an tnfant is sick, it 1s of Indispensa! and mostly heterogeneous tniluences, such as importance to an futelligent care of It to know | cost, site, capacity, building material, cc, ac. ivy Mt ts Bick and rehere tt is sick; whether the | But to imitate single features of interior arranse- causes producing the sickness are operating in | ments, which have been found acceptable and the bead, chest or abdomen, and what are the | may be adaptable under a coatemplated symptoms that lead to a definite conclusion _ provram, 1s not only unobjectionable, but abso- that the disease is certainly located, for in | Tutely necessary, because iL 13 impossible to stance, tn the head, and not In the chest, or in devise for every’ lbrary a Rew an aistinctly the abjomen and not in either the chest or | different system of arrangements, but even head. The head, the chest and the abdomen | such examples should be modtiled according to sre filled by essentially different organs. and — the necessities of the prevailing clreumstances, tpese opective parts have essentially different yet never without due reference and deference daties tO Perform. It is a harmonious and to the controlling element of all drartes, viz.: Joomeceng hearer gf Of all the duties of allthe | ight, day or sunlight, which can pelther be organs of the head, cheat and abdomen, that | reproduced nor subsututed by scivntific means. Constitutes the condition of health. Waen dis- | It ts further not to be forgot’ on, that a syatem ease invades either of these organs, ifs func- | of fixtures, however commendabie for a private Uong are performed tn au inuarmontous aod | iibrary, may be anything but advantageous for painful manner, and sickness Is the result. As ' a circalating or co‘lege Hbrary; nor that one for the orgaus of the head, chest and abdomen are | a speciile purpose, Yor instance a law library, differep'ly formed and consttuied, and have | will answer for a Parliamentary or Congres: {iferent functions to perform, so when disease 1 | sional. Library, and it is certain, beyond argu. {hey present different and respective sizas of | ment, that no existing aystem,as ic ts, will {hat disease. Hence, although the infant is | come'up to the demands of our’ contemplated without speech, and cannot tell in words where National Library, with {ts numerous ratilica- M8 pain is, the diseases of the organs of its tons and enormous annual growth. have a language which when properly it would be useless to discuss. the libraries understood and interpreted, unerriagly tell the | most prominent in the world in all thelr merits presenice of disease, and make known it3 local- | or delecis, «3 NO such Institution, etther in the Ly Sensations and Lot thoughts are expressed | old or new world, in the past or prescat, re- by an infant, and its expressions are not the | quired such extensive premises and manifold result of mental operations, but of physical | arrangements as the National Library of the causes; and it ts important for a motherto | United States, whitch In fact is to be more of a Preto Aer tufant ts sick what these eX- | ~ yvaRUM OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART, pressions me amsaaae nara aide | than strictly taken a collection ot b20k.. It, If the brain is the seat of the disease, the ‘With its milllons of sources of information wil ; ¢-- | become ere long not only the rendezvous of the \afant ts feverish, fretful and wakefwl; tts cry | jared men of the Rast and West, but actually is sharp, plercing, and at times shrieking. | the Mecca of the young glant Republic, which When quiet. It Hes with Its eyes closed and i3 to visit at least onee In his life, will be the wish raaily startled by amy unusual sound; and | or every American, Aud vast number roe swakes alarmed and agitated, tarowing’ b otuer nations wil Join them tn the journey to = head, Sod Semin, as though it hada tear see the list marvel of the world, of falling, when taken in the arma it either ROOM NKEDED. refulees to nurse, or takes the Dreast eazerly ai In consequence of this, provisions will have as hastily e's 1¢ go again; tts stomach Is and now and then the infant vomits, or m (fo be made for the hosts of vistors and curi- occasions! efferta to volt. Yhen quiet and ek ag Hot disturbed, It moves its head irom side to | OSIY Seekers, as well as for the case.and com sie, Often throwlng the heat in an , (ort ot readers or students,—and besides the sutempt to bury it deep in the pillow, frequemuy | ample halls and apartments needed for inyutry sighing, and uttering 4 low moan or wail. AS anon aad teens pe oe Ait. ane in 3 is y 5 © premises of great import- the disease advances, the fant wili be seem. anee, stich a8 packing, Dindin, distributing And other rooms, there will have to be ample ingly quiet or dozing, until it 1s aroused by $F medicine. These expressions tell that the | Passaues for the throng of spectators. These craft than art,i¢ it was not that all parts thereof must bein perfect harmony with the architect's plans of the whole structure, wao alone 1s the absolute sovereign and distributor of the element moat indispeasabie for such an Institution, viz: Len. pain or disturbed by the attempt to give it food | infant ts suffering in the first stac-s Of induce, | Passages must, witn the ption of the cireu mation of the Drala, aad tt fs ong it ‘anu: | jar reading room, be la¢ a tbe middle of that the sctence of elms any eban the apartments directly aa ho sky light, of preveutas mination. If the lraw the tutensest light upon the vis: intlammation Gon Bola, aul tne 1 lo prevent them from detracting aay Ivtant ‘ upor, the damage to tie he rays of iyht trom es and thelr brata fs already a and med is . — less 10 Testore the Drait to its natural cou dition. A+ the stupor f ses, all Sense at ‘bat in (his way the greatest food of Hght A = inch | possible Is obtained by connecting the vertical of the sky lsat with the lateral beams the windows witiout peraiiling the Tposlifon Of aby opague object necas no abd has the further advantaze that secures by these passages In t idle clasiicliy of fix- aiston for the book- daperieuce Las vstadllshcd fesr + from ats {tis tee much seenpte i setting tts breath, tocry much or aloud. ‘i: effort at crying gives it pain. Its comwh i short atd hacking, and after each effort to cough lt utters a ‘sharp and suppressed ery; , this ery ts without tears, and 1s attended with | -o much pain that the infant suppresses it ag soon as possible. The skin 15 hot, the pulse rapid, apd the respiration short and panting, the nostrtis expand and contract vioientiy, and so great i the effort of breathing that it moves the whole upper part of the body. Thus the short cough, quick pulse, hot skin and rapid breathing, plainly tell that the Infant's disease is in the chest, ad its functions of respiration we serlously tmpeded and laboriously per- rorme a. DISRASR OF THE ABDOMEN. Ic the infant ts suffering from disease of th- | them and around them, /. r., between them and | organs of the abdomen Its cry 1s both loud and | the Wigdows) {s another device for storing | siolent and is usually accompanied wich the | OOkS, Which has its advantages and disad- | shedding of @ profusion of tears. The pata | Yaltages, among the former of which 13 causing the infant to ery Row and then abates | “sTeater economy of space; among the latter ard the infant ceases crying: but soon the pain | the danger of icakage froin the sky-light. The returns, and with Its return the infant resumes | ™0St natural isference therefore {$ that an {ts passionate cries, and with this crying draws | Webitect harmonizing both systems, by par- apinastrong manner its Itmbs towards the poy Bop terres each one, will probably reach abdomen; as fhe pain passes off the limbs re. | the Solution of the problem to provide for fax and stretch out again, while the Infant sobs | the necessities of a stewitly increasing capacity “ALCOVE” SYSTEM popular and practt as Tangements for book-cases aud 31 the most } Projecting them a suttable distance ( angles with the walls) tato the room between ihe Windows, In a3 Inany tlers or stories ag practicable. sO as lO secure the best light ob- talnad) : THE “STACK” OR FILE SYSTRY, tiself to sleep. Thes- are usually the early | fF the inultiplyiug contents of a rapidly grow- symptoms of of the abdomen tu infants, | {0g Library. “ ' and the language whereby the infant expres sing the present “Alcove” systom for pres- Ks discomfort tells that th disease fe lycaied | &8t demands, Le can at any tha berectien, in the abdominal region. such are thocom- | WHeD bevessary, economls” iy add On Symiptomsof the ordinary diseases or in- | We Tows of” stacks of between | fants. if bat ordinary observation po at- | the two now forming the alcoves—placed par- falned It ts not difficult to tell whore, whether , allel With the alcoves and thereby tacrease in the head, chest Or abdomen, the varios dis | thelr capacity {lly by one-third. Moreover, | ty by ckane the w apartments, he can introducing abe Of tniants are located. THE YOTHER'S pUty. oles In the center of the Wn econemize space by | thestaeking system and thus gain motuer's first duty to her tafant1:todo ) a very great additional capacity for storing all in her power to Keep it well, and her second | POT eanien Poa brary Dandie anes | duty, when IC is sick, Isto keep itasquiet as , ight es sig katie Bs itn Tiecible tna room of equable ccmnpeistitee weal | be, the Lange apartinents designed forsietr aes | ettilated aud moderately lighted. ‘The tem. | COUld be fixed up for the accommodation of perature should be kept at fty-tive degrwes tor | Selves in stacks, and thus the capacity of the diseases of the head and abdomen, and for dis- | brary be still further increased from 2,500,000 Pot the chest at sixty degrees) This tom 000,000 Of BOOKS, nd all this, with ature should not be regulated by the feeliags ) a'erial inconvenience or ¢xtension of of the mother, but by the actual use of @ ther Hiding under consideration. ‘There have mometer, placed tn Such a position in the pur. beth Made sery a8 to be farthest from the heat of the stove OFJACTIONS T@ WIDE Passages or a draught of alr caused by the occasional } opening abd shutting of the doors. A ther- | 4 <n ne, DUE & Tet et at i C1 ald use them nqu 3 i nore frequently for the purpose of equalising | is net tenabic asto a National Litrary, which alure their infants would be much is essentially of a public character, and in to the frequent colds from wien hey (co often suffer: for of all conditions most onductve to the maintainance of the health of so Infant, nothing 1s so essential as keeping It !n which the 2 observation of its arrange: mept and Management 13 In Itsele an object of interest and study Nke a museum, and there are enough separate provisions ade for the think rather belong inthe province of handl- | ondary and by far inferior tmport ance | | by which the shelves or cases are placed tn | | Parallel rows (with narrow paasages between | In @ brary, on the ground that a library ts not | * Bide-lights, which affords a well diffased | Sean nied fable light for reading. As an example ‘of the tmefficient and ily diffused light coming into & large round space from windows ery bigh up, the rotunda of the Capitol might be given, where, with the vast amount of ligat surface from the row of windows all around, | the floor ts but insufficiently lignted. Tne pas | sage next to the windows and through the but- | tresses will serve for communication and for regulating the light with shades during suo- | shine. Gag burners, wich reflectors, will Ds ai | used for the evenings, which will throw the light | fromthe same direction. Tne great reading room 1s approached from without, through a vesti- bule, in which are located two grand flights of Stairs leading to the second story exhibittoa Tooms of graphic art, &e. THE WINGS CONTAINING THR BOOK REPOSITORIES wiil radiate from the ceatral reading room, in the manner shown on the drawing. The angle spaces are utilized as] open courts, through which a plentiful supply of light and alr is admitted. These courts will be faced with white enameled bricks, to reflect as muca as (gee of the daylight into the windows which light up the book corridors. The section shows one of the rasdlating and Intersecting | | Wings, from which will be seen how the ligot netrates and diffuses over the entire space. | In fact all the avatlabie got bas beea utillzed, and only the roofs immediately over the book- cases has been covered by » close and water- Usht copper root. os | dt is @ fact that skylights are, with the best | workmanship and the greatest care of constr | ton, more or less subject to leaks, and bouks | | Should therefore UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES be placed beneath skyiights. Perforated sloors transmit the dust from the upper stories aud | greatly reduce the diffusion of light in the lower stories; the platforms, floors and galleries will therefore be made of prismatic glass iors. The wings are in themselves compartments, and are proviaes: ve iron sliding doors of double thickness fflied with asbestos, thus | made fire-proof. The tron partitions between che backs of the books will be made fire-proot } Io the same manner, thus reductog the danger from fire to an actual minimum. RY THE INTRODUCTION OF HAMMER-GLASS FLOORS In the first story, the basement will b> made avallable for shelving purposes, If desired. In the British museum the basement of the ilorary portion 1s used for newspaper flles, There will bea covered porch opposite to the main en- trance for wagons to drive under. Boxes, &., containing books, &c., will be unioaded onto 4 platform, from where they will be put upon a tramway and pushed iuto the assorting rooms, where they will be unpacked and assorted a-- cording to their classiiication and lifted Lo their assigned story by durmb-waiters. Speaking tubes and telephones will facilitate matters, IN THE FRONT WING OF THB PIRST STORY there will be the oftices of the iibrarian aud hts the adaiinistration of the library and the copy- right department. there are square rooms, which may be used for special reading rootns, or they may be ulllized ac, exhibited in glas3 cases. THE ENTIRE UPPEK FLOORS OF THE QUADRANGLE will be used for the exhibition of maps, photo- graphs, chromos, engravings and ail such works of the graphic arts of which our time ts SO proliiic, Oil paintings are exhibited every- where, but the fucililles to examine engra’ ings bound up rey in volumes are ex- tremely rare. A liberal exhibit of the same upon folding stands, such as are used In the Louvre Galleries in Paris, would make them ac- cessible to all without being exposed to risks. These large galleries or show-rooms will have a height of 30 feet, large windows and sky- lights, 80. a3 to afford the greatest amount of ght bossipie. g To avoid the crowding of the many visitors the rooms must be continuous and bat one exit Should be provided, so as to control a large throng. The economy of administration ae mands only one entrance, and (Ji must be so arranged a3 to be under Strict survelllaace of watchmen, IN StOOIING UP the leading “motifs” may briefly be stated which guid-d in the preparation of this plan: 1. Centralization tuward Loe central reading- room. 2. The acquisition of the greatest amount ot light poeple for all parts of the buliding. ‘The best arrangement for tts iuterior ex- pansion—i. ¢., tO meet the present demand aod extending he building, 4. The accessibility of all parts ef the butid- te to the librarfan as well as the visiting pub ic. 5. The best arrangements for an economical adminstration. 6. The division of the fire-proof and separate compartments. %. Placing the greatest. amount of shelving Space as near the center (/. ¢., the central read- {ny-room) a8 posstbis for the great conventence and economy of time to all pares concerned, While libraries, for spectal purposes, may pre- Sent different ani, for their especial needs, bet ter arrangements thau those which I had the honor to place before you, yet you will pardon | the assertion that, as it ts the result of close observation ant stidy of thts subject for up- wards of elght years, lt’ might deserve your vonsideralion, especially a3 some of the leading | ibrarians of this couairy and of the old world ere consulted On the various and most im- portant polats tp che mak: this plan. nom Schools and Techuicat Education. Editor Star:-—The system of apprenticeship by which the young artisan, years ago, learned his trade is now a matter of the past, and the | minute division of labor 13 on the rapid ine crease, thus golng very far tn proving untavor- able to the technical tratning of the workmin or artisan, and to his ability to earn a steady | livelihood, dependent as he ts on his ability and Skil fn performing a single operation. The de- velopment of our system of common school vducation {3 also unfavorable to the technical instruction of boys, monopo- iene as it does, for mere ilterary train- ing in subjects; many of which are of no practical value; tine part of which ought to be devoted to industrial education, Including, of course, the acquirement of manual dexterity. it ts found that in the training of the hand, as well as that of the bratn, the maxim, “Learo young. learn fatr,” holds good, and thatif the beginning of the technical education is delayed until the ordinary one {8 finished, the youth, in the too great majority of cases, wili_have lost taste for any manual occupation, and will prefer the precarious subsistence attached to a proresiony or store clerk to the comfortable and tncreasing pay of the skilled workman. It '3 Impossible to over-estimate the tmportance to a community of the possession of adequate skill by its artisan. “To learn to work sktlitaily with the hands ought to form a part, and an vasental one, of common education,” says an old writer. Rich and poor alike shonid be ‘aught how to work,for it is quite a3 likely that the former will become poor as that some of ihe latter will become rich; and that is, and must always be, a shallow education which alls to prepare a man to take care of himself «ad those dependent on him Arrangements might be made for classes for working textile ftaliries, and for working {n wood, like the common schools of Gothenburg, all the boys attending, who take a turn at the bench every day, or in wood and iron, like the communal school in the Rue Tonrneford, in Paris. In such schools experience has shown | ‘hat the efficiency of the ordinary education is uot impaired by the technical training being carried on at the same ume, but that the varloty of Occupation causes ‘the former to be prosecuted wit greater zest. By degrees ‘apprenticeship school might. be organized, ie Municipal Apprentice Si 1, Of Iuris, had, in 1579, 250 pupils: Afier three years traintog at thts school tha najority of the pupils take up, with confidence in their abilities, tue position of competent workmen. The Weaving School, established ta asgow, Scotland, as a branch of the Techni cal College there, has been eminently success- ful; and in the manufacturing and other dis- tricts of land there are several technical colleges, with the prospect, ere long, of a con~ @ structure Into so many an equal temperature. It may be safely stated ‘hat at least hine-tenths of the colds and in- Hammations of the lungs from which infants suffer so often, and as often die, regult of carrying the infant f room of differént tem) Pleasure and Curiosity of the mere spectator, 50 @8 not to interfere With the ease and other clatins of the reader or student. To refuse to are the dire-t | our public au tnsight In the colossal sway of froin room to | knowledge which the human mind has accu. Tatares, and ofexposing mulated and sull gathers together, and into it to the coid, under the false notion of giving the enormous machinery required for the the infant ‘yesh air. The heat-making power access to and utilization of every Part of these in infants and young chiliren is very feeble, | Intellectual riches, would not only be antago- and infants should be kept in the house during | nfstic to our free tstitutions, but directly to the winter months. A vetnperature which toan | discord with the Spirit of our age, idult would be coo! would to an infant be cold. | a NTRAL FRATURE Next to.an equal temperature, quict 13 most TRE CB mf toa sick Infant. As adults like quier ' ~ organism ta the great octagonal nd freedom from noise aid lislike steno te | of the Whole Coe rect in diameter. The Inner the room, so do infants en, per>_rsin | reading-room, 1 vided into thro? spaces when they are sick; and the "cet" qutet | sides of the octagon 18 div oon tie roca Shoske 3 cit gdmltted to | in the lower story, each containing two alcoves Cemtlight, fortnfap’” 4 mellow, lke that | Xucqne door or archway in the center, wnlch ‘oO external In” _o are extremely sensitive | \..44. to the wings containing the boo! ee er wences; Ue light at night | coves are arranged for the reception of cata. be Jed from the eyes, when | ip tes, pook of general reterence, si re - wiant 1s lying in its cradle, | ar: most frequently called beat pts bated cl eD | givin r. cee OOO Tne: OF walked bout the | 318 een nother series of #4 alcoves, room, @ Smnalt blanket or woollen shaw! should | making a total of 66, with « capacity Of Wie te thrown around tts body to protect It. nooks. By this arrangement < e red rtunity to buttress the ener dome oonstrieuon. oor Rit hd eae solid banging tipehi, Kener 2 i 13 Above all, gentleness towards & sick infant ine prinetpal requisite of proper care. {t mst iaeiney fea on idea ae ea tastes habdled; abd on! e t a pe or prelerence should be allowed to tron construction, , aboat rr t diameter, Span <a fotnert and nurses should avold bathing ana | Ds the clght Sites Ot Oke nae ws Tor the al- al ble and Zanine story there will be olderable Increase. Another desiratum {n our educational system is good commerelal schools. A New York mer- chant recently stated that he had had tn bis business a dozen boys from so-called commer- celal academies. caer ronained ae utes live or six years, Dut they never acc 5 knowl ‘hat they would have had imparted to them in two years at a commercial school thoroughly conducted. There was no time {n bis office to teach them. Thelr total ‘gnorance of foreign coins, weights and meas- ies, or Cee usages, impaired their usefulness for ordinary calculations. So difi- cult to them were such Calculations that they n- variably got confused with them. As a conse- «quence of this thére is in almost every mercan- tlle establishment, and especially in shipping ofiees,a number of foreign clerks who have been trained in thetr country’s commercia! schools. When the course ts thoroughly as 4 Datural sequence their services are valued at a much higher rate than those of clerks who have not had the benviit of such tuition, Why we cannot have a sania ere Class of to undei schools 1 am unable en caeardbie: Favovs “AMsRICAN TaD IN & Nurt- written by the late Thomas Carlyle in is61:— Peter of the north (to Paul of the south)— “Paul, you lunaceountadle anenie ee Noe ey! fants for life, not hire your servi year, asldo. You are going at to clerks, Correspondents, accountants, «°., for | 1 In each of the four corners of the bullding for special tNustrated works, rare manuscripts, | likewise that of a hundred years hence ri/hout | RELIGIOUS NOTES — The revival meeting at Grace M E. church, 9th and S streets, for the past two weeks, has been quite successful, showing @ number of conversions, Most of these are of WA per- Sons, several of them being men well advanced in years. — The Christian church congregation of this city, which has become prominent before the country the past few months, because of Gen; Garfeld’s connection with them, have not fally determinéd where thelr new church will be erected, bor as to what sum they willexpend on such edifice. They state that they are not anxious to have a $190,000 Duilding, but that | one thing ts certain, the church will be a good | And substantial one. They may conclude to build on the site of their preseat clurch on Vermont avenue, but will probably sell that ground, which will bring a good price, ani Diy | a corner lot elsewhere, suitable for cuarch par- poses. They will commence work early tn the spring. — One of the results of the Moody meetings ta ‘altimore come months ago was the formation An agsoclation of the converts, which took | the name of the Mizpah Assoclation. Regalar meetings are held weekly, and it has been of considerable help in the churches of that city during protracted efforts, Tue former confed- | erate Cavairyman, Marry Gilmor, ts an active member of this association, aud Gen, J. sum- mertield Berry the president. Recently a sim lar association been formed tn this ¢ Q which Mr. S. C, Hilton 13 the president. | band 1g composed principally of recent converts. \ Ss anumber of changes In the Methodist pulpits made at the coming conference, and there ts much speculation a3 (o where those who nave served the three years’ term will go, ith a change of administration tls denomiaattos will lose the court church—Metropoittan hav- log ebjoyed that distinction for Gea. Grants two President lal terms and the Fouadry daring | President Hayes administration—the tncomiag | President being a member of the Carlstian chureh, of which Rev, F. D. Power is the pastor. ; Key. Dr. Lanaban, of the Foundry, cioses ht: (hree years’ term on Mareh Ist, and it 13 be | leved that he will be sent to one of the leading | churches tn Baluimore, and that Key. W. FC Ward, now tn that city, will be se w Foundry. Some few weeks ago a bro- ther minister hearing Dr. Lanahan re- mark that be would bs in the hanas of the ; Uishop and presiding elder at the ciose of his | termat the Foundry, the advice was volun- feered him that a chapiainship in the army ; could be obtained, and Chen be would be fixed | forjife. Dr. Lanahan remarked that be pre. | erred to remain in tae conference. In | the churches whose pulpits will chan: | pants the oflicial boards or representat | and the con; | ministers, ve men W. 1. McKenney, of Hamltiue, ) 18 one of four (including Rey. Mr. Goucher, of } Ballimore,) on a slate prepared for We: Y The first choice for Hamline was itev. Dr. Boole (tne New Jersey temperance orator), but there being some dificulty ina transter to this conference betng obtained by htm ey. Thomas L. Poulson, now of Baltimore, will be asked for. Mt. Zion Church, now served by kev. E. D. Owen, who bas served Waugh, Ry- jand and Union Chapel, will now become vacant, and it is not kbown yet to what church Dr.O wen will be sent nor who will be his successor, but icv, G.W. Hyde, now of 12th street east, may take his place, Rev. L. M. Gardner, of Ryland, will teave also, and rumor has il that he will go to Waugh Chapel, Rey. J. K. Wheeler either taking his place at Ryland Chapel or going to Baltl- more, and in the latter case it ts more tian probable that some Baltimore man will be sent to Ryland Chapel. — The last religious census in France shows that tn that country there are $ Roman Catholics, 467,531 Calvinists, 39,117 Lutherans, And 33,113 of other Protestant denominations, ) The Jews number about 50,000, and 9,000 are attached to no church, — The Presbyterian calls attention to the un- | recognized and generous charities of our physi- | cians, and says: “Their ministries are like tuat | of the Great Physictan, the law of whose life Was not to let the right hand know what unsel- ‘sh service the left hand was dotng. —The Christian Advocate says: ‘The time , has come when the Methodist Episcopal chureh should turn her attention to providing charitable foundations, She ts to-day,so far | a5 We Can learn, without a hospital, a ded in a hospital, a dispensary, or an industrial school.” — The party In favor of instrumental music | In an Irish Presbyterian church recentiy or- , dered an organ for their church. The opposi- | Yon, who think It wicked to accompany sacred Song with tustrumental help, went to the sec - ular courts, and succeeded tn li ‘lng the organ stopped by an injunction, The Congregationatist closes a forcible articie on Protestant Unity with the assertion that the disagreements of the denom!nationg relate «ther to matters of church government, or to methods of bapttsm, or to the proportions of balancings ot truths or doctrines. Tuese are accounted of Importance, more or but they do not hinder a hearty recognition of due another as true churches of Cirist, and common joy 1n all growth and prosperity any. where to be found. —A great revival is in progress at (ue Thora- (on Methodist Church, West Chester. — Kev. Dr. Jolin tial, of New York, said | ately: “The dritt of soclety is to put the churches in competition with the theaters and the museum, aud then the temptation of the tuinisters fs to put himself into compeutton with the actor, the singer, the musetn lec- turer, Talk of the sermon’ being interesting, of the childish efforts to make the music of the ‘hurch compete with the nzusie of the theater, the man who does so has not mastered the A B C of what makes us ministers.” — The Watchman aflirms that the debt-pay- log of the last few years, by which so many churches have been relieved of financial vur- dens, 1s a8 true an advancement of the cause ol Christ as is a revival. —The work of restoring Palenstine to the possession of the Jews drags along so slowly that the receipt of $200 to help a Jewish colony hear Jaffa 1s chronicled as an important item in ‘he history of the movement. ‘bis sum nas been raised by some Jews In Chicage, who have formed a sovlety for the purpose of ratsing ‘money in considerable amounts, It has been conclusively shown by eminent persons who are well Informed aa to the Holy Land and as to the Jews, that there ts no enthusiasm for repoases- sing the land, nor any concerted plan of action. —The Roman Catholic clergy of the’ arch- diocese of Boston recently appointed a com- tittee, which has prepared an address expres- sive of the feeling of the archbishop and the clergy on the Irish question. The address ap- proved the platform of principles of the recent land league convention at Chicago, and Promises sympathy and co-operation ‘to all Yhose who are laboring i such a just and righteous cause as longas they are guided by ‘hese principles. It denounces “as pernicious and infamous the conduct of certain supposed emissaries of secret societies, who seek to infuse into this movement a spirit of injustice, snd a disregard for the laws of morality as ex- pounded by the Catholic chureh,” and declares in Tavor of peace and civic order. — Thomas Harrison, who !3 ealled the “voy preacher,” although he 1s twenty-eight years old, Is now at work in New Haven. He belleves in * getting religion quick.” ‘Get It quick,” he remarked recently at the George street Metho- ast church, That's how I've seen ftfteen thou- sand get it. Whea twelve or ifteen hundred persons professed it at Dr. Talmage’s church in New York when 1 was preaching there, there was one Scotch boy who wanted to tell his mother In Scotland ali about 1t. ‘This is a sure thing, that when a man repents and believes he wants to tell everybody about it, Why the tlve hundred persons who Came to Christ ta Meriden will go out and get tive hundred more, and soon wil Say in the papers that there will be a great jibilee, over One thousand converts in Meriden, and the same will be true of Mew Haven. Only ‘rust the Lord.” { i | — As has been stated heretofore, thore will be | alions will ask foc particular | - | talked to by his skip: © TRALENG, The Sport ns Described by an Enthn- sinetic and Appreciative Lookers on. A visit to the Curling Lake at Cantral Pat bear Seventy-iifth street, of an afternoon when the members of two or more of our city Clubs are engaged in a contest on the rinks laid out on the tee there, presents an interest- ing and attractive scene. One cannot see a Scotebman to better advantage than tn a well- | contested curling match. When a match made up the first consideration of each club 1s to secure a good skip or captain for each rink engaged In the mateh. A rink Is composed of four players on each side, and the order in whic! Play is decided by the respective Skill of the four candidates, the skip always | Playing last and the weakest player first, a8 All the first player hag to do 18 to send his stone down so that it can Meas near the centre of the Circle as possibia—not a diffi ult | thing to do. The business of the first player on the other side ts to knock that stone out and leave bis.own in Its place. The second Player generally has to guard the Brst stone, while the third player ‘is called upon to tn” crease the Shots or to get by the gard. The skips have the hardest shots to make. Sup- | pose a match ts arranged, skips chosen, and | Une fours On each side are in thelr places, and biay tscalled and the game conuaeuced. Tae side wlaning the toss send thelr frsi min to d on sting his as | the icrumpet, as the trop plate | which the curler stands tn del stone The twos take thelr postions at the other end of the rink. The curler who eats 13 Called upon to send bis stone dowa to ce—the centre of the inner circh calling out to hls first Wuillle, ye Ken wh just draw for the t | 1 ach the ctrcie, the skip Tk eel dune! A snd mW’ stone; tll da Wong tak tt back—!'s In the patish"—meaning within the outer circle of the r It 13 now the tura of the opposite side, Bud Mke first man takes bis Stand. {115 skip ‘Says to bim: “Nop, Jeames, fe US A pat lid,” meantug that the stone nould De delivered so as to reat In the tanner ‘circle, The stone is sent down skilfully and £0 45 to be within a few inches of the tee, thereby having the shot, meaning that a polut 4s gained by its being nearest the habor tee. {t 1s now the second player's ft the side opening play, and s his. man: “bae ye see that?” polating p opposting stone lying near the tee. “Weil, just drap and Lit the stone tu the arch and leave yours lying in its place." It fs sktltully done, and the skip | Tesponds: “I Kent yecud dae tt—the vera ag.” Now comes Skip N with this sugysstion to his second player: “Jeamez, 1 hae sair fll Well at this stave; ye maun tak {i oot.” Jamies, | however, ig not equal to the task, and, sending | his stoné down with too great speed, he {s thus. Hoots, man, ye are roarin.’ Canna ye baud hud ‘your’ haund? | Ye're cwer a tee.” The opposing skip, now | having two stones lying well for as many shots, says to bis third man: ‘Now, Georgie, lad, gie’s a guard; ve well ower the ea no ower strong.” The stone ts propellel’ carefully down the cou! and ag It comes the skip ex- claims: “Weel laid doon. Soop, lads, soop. Gie her aye can; she'll need it. ‘Hoots, 1Us a hog; tak her at It 1s now the secoad = turn, and he calis upon the Doctor: his third man: “Noo, Doctor, just break an egson this ane; til be the shot; dinna be ower strong: Just Come up merry like.” ‘The stone comes a5 | directed and the skip exclaims: “Weel lald doon, Man, I like ye grand, Weel dune the Doctor; Asi. Just what ye micht hae ordered yersel. We lie.” Skip No. | now takes up the cle and says to his third man, who ls about to deliver his second stone: ‘Georgle, just keep the Doctor's stane Yn your e’e: just raise it, and we'll lle tw: Once more Georgie fails to fol- | low out the skip’s directions, and tue regult ts anything but satistactory: but the skip keeps bis temper and lets silence give the rebuke. Tne opposing sip now calls to his man: “Gle’s asuard, a gude lang ane. Lads, look out to Soop.” As the stone comes sailing down he exclaims: “Eli, but I tke ye, bonny, elt, grand. Leave her alane; she dotsua need naething. Weel guarded.” The ei(iation has now become diicult for Skip No. 1, and hits cali to bis man 13, “Malster King, an tn wick’s the thing,” and as this 1s ac- complished he calls out joyfully, “I kent tae medal bolder could daé the ‘thing, We ifs noo.” It 1s now the turn of Ski rect the next player, wh: calls out. “Meentster usually; tmaun direct you for once, Ye see Meister King’s stune; take her oot.” As the ; Stone Comes down as directed, the skip calls out to the Minister: *Losh me, but ye hue lala dowa your stane as weel as ony sermon ever ye preached. Od, mon, ye hae it. Wel dune the Meenister.”_ Now come the two skips. and vach ip turn as directed by their third best men. The first order is “Weel, skip, ye mann just draw Ube port.” ‘The stone Is 1ald_ as directed, and as It comes to the spot the assistant Skip 1S down on his knees watching its progress, a8 1f isa minisier, and be e gle us directions ! Thi the 3 LOW look bad forthe other side, and mmand js sent forth: “Ye bas got as Q e dae as ever ye hadin a your life. Ye maun just lett ihe last stane,” This is done, aud the last stone now has to be played. | Tue Minister stands ready with irts broom, | and all eyes are Dent on the last curler. On comes the stone steady to the point and as it curis in “draws the port,” and Lakes (be gliot, Lhe caps go up, aud the climax of the “ewd,”’ of innings, fs reached. ee AGHSON BQUARE | Wheeler Denison , UUvoiced, t sed und kaced alune. horse ared rampast to the aky, in stately poise, And the stern soldier, well’ot mets! nfade, With lifted brow aud martial eap upraisest, In dirves-parade salute, sat thors erect, With majesty of mien, ~emblem alike Of our nation’s power ale. Close by the granite slatt of ir: A canuon, fachie wrinaly to the front Glistening with verdant sheen, —s grand Old trophy of the proud historic post. Within the caunon’s mouth a «parrow perched, A modest, pretty creature, half-embowere in twigs aud leaves that she bad deftly burue ‘To her retreat, to build herself a nest, How calm she looked on all the passers by, From out her rook of bronze! How sweet Ler chirp, Jn the great casnon’s month! The roar of war: ‘The maddening clash and furious lunes of aca: ‘The bre and atuoke of battle: the outery: Of ten in deadly coafiict; tie red tide oured out, in bubbling currents, on the dy: nan; the glare of deat ms shout, the roll of drums: th OF trumpets :the farce fluttering of das: ‘The last sad rites of zhaetly burials, Had passed away ; and in their place a bied (Clurped from the cannon its sweet in In soft and tender tones of Tt taught its lesson to the as parked Enteresting for W The wife hag been much advanced by the general tenor of legislation of late years in re- spect to her own property. She hasacquiceda pretty independent position as to title, control and disposition, but this relates to ber prop- erty, not to his. The Jaw has not yet raised her to the statten of superintendent of her hus- band’s contraets and probably never wi He 1s bound to support her and the children which she bears to the andin order to fulfll this obligation be ought to have as much frecdom in the management of his business affairs of the world as “unmarried men ave allowed to ex- evelse. In taking a wife @ man does not put himself under an overseer. He Is not a suvor- dinate lo his own family, but the head of it. ‘The law assigns him this position, not for his own advantage alone but as much for the real 90d Of his wife and children, aud somewhat jor the general interest of society. A husband left free to lead and govern ia bis own familly ts the most useful husband to all who may be concerned in the results of his conduct. That exceptions to this rule may be potnted ou! 1s no objection to or disproof of the rule itself. Human institutions are all more or less imper- fect, and thelr gomplete efficiency in practical — A Virginia newspaper says that on the last day of the year, while the thermometer was sour degrees below zoro, one Elder Scott broke the Ice In Occoquan Creek, near Alexandria, snd baptized Mr. J. W. Davia.into the Primitive Baptist Church, — When the religious papers fall out with eaeh other, @ breezy time Is sure toprevail. The Chicago Standard says:—"The Nation does not give the name of the ‘ religious ” which “unree years ago’ * * * held outa neariy ‘sure promise of eternal salvation for one fall year’s Loree tee and asserted that a little boy who saved enough money by walking in- stead of riding in the Rorse-cars to school to procure the paper in question for his mother would almost certainly go to heaven. It might be interesting to have the name of ae r— vhat is, if the ation ttself ever Knew.” npon the /ndependent says: “The Standard ueed not be so skeptical about the fact stated by the Nation, e editor that said that ia ois paper has since graduated into a missionary secretaryship, aad ts going about the count Low preaching the panes ‘that six hundred rati- Mons of heathen wi §8, to hell if we do not send them the gospel” ‘The allusion is to the Rev. Dr. Fowler, formerly of the Christian Ad- rocate, With Whom the Zrilependent had aseries of lively tilts, Now that Brother Fowler 1s out of the eioral chatr, ae q Wei hore es itself at the expense ol oc: ire, of the New York Observer: * Odserrver 1s e oper- ‘The light will reach the | yo - a " “tlomof erp ana naraniogRarraves tn | youter at anverage angle ot Je degrowta the | Paul—Good wordy, Teter, Tue risk Sey xhausts the litte creature, and this alone fre- | porvon, which 1s the best possible angle owp; lam he month or day, and get straight ‘uently undoes ai medicine and ' convenient reading. . servants byes ine ay ore et oar ¢ are er have foment poe fo ee warm, | ‘THE LIGHT IN THE BRITISM MUSEUM paar won't. Lwill beat your brains peasary. some of the more tmportant precau- Sch arsuisite to Keep an infant well, and abso- 5 admitted in the same manner, and It was pier that the light wiich originally entered first.” (And is trying dreadfelly ever since, but cannot yet manage It). ‘Lis was Made puditc tn London revessary tO Mts recovery when sick. for | trom the central skylight was of no utility for | Tne very day this was made y London setnoat Cant Ct caperiene ees | rca jurpoces am ce:ised great annoy anc=s the news of the ‘Dal tet user | tne — NSO: ml &e. ‘beretore closed up, | surren teksburg were ned ae ear Row Kork eve, thus de ‘aoiely upon the Ligut trem the | Queenstown. nt MeCosh’s tion on. have said 80 moh than once.” ‘The Russo-At Correspondence discloses & secret treaty be wnton Tussi, bound hersoit ta perpetual friendship with Afghanistan and agreed to assist the Ameer against foreign enemies, working cannot be ex! in every {nstance, Itls Sater if they produce beneficence to the great means and in the Taajority of cases, A subdjugated husband {s a jess pleasing and less energetic member of society than one who keeps his true place yet knows how to temper authority with affection. The law does not discourage conjugal consultations or free and voluntary coopera ton in all transactions which affect or may affect the welfare of the family. * * * But the law does not undertake tose- cnre this delightful harmony by coercion, but leaves it to issue spontaneously from the holy retations of malrimony.—@eorgia Supreme Court. Co-operative Burial Society. ‘There is in contemplation in Montreal a great co-operative society for aiding families in the eré- | purtal of their dead. This is a purely cosmo- sectarian society, eae andl na ities. The objects sougnt to be obtained by the promoters are: That each member, male or femate, subscribing to the ex- of seventy-live cents annum will re- tave ‘at their burial the following requisites, viz: Coffin, bi crapes, & mourning ccach and grave, besides the preparations of the body for burial. It 18a current report all over Ei ‘land that e of the Queen’s children Is heavily tn debt, end some think hopelessly, unless Par! shall generously vote to these debts wit the public money, for itis pretty well known NO. 2 to di- | ¢ tate of the nation depended upon the result, | The New Wachingte: | Ik DAB NOt grown as other American cities Brow: Its progross has been tardy. This yean- | {tng of towns, 60 carefully fostered on tue | ; Danks of the Potomac, has not avatled itself to any great extent of that ular me’hod of improvement so successt a by Cht cago and Koston—the met! Mts increase bas been more a reflection of the extending magnitude of other centers (han 4 spontaneous movement. More and more (he Custom has grown among the rich oF coeny “(i Aud toquiring Inhabitants of other pla going to the capital to sce what tt is tk many of Deen 50 fascing nd now Wash- the winter wport 13 tho ner . AGA to the exo'te Population the enlarged ranks of public oMiclals and clerks, the growtag cirele of Sctenrifle and literary people, who from choice of governm at | couneciton have been led to make their howes there, together with the needful couting nt of stall traders who supply the daily waats of these elements, and you have a ce! Oral Clasat- cation of the hundred and sixty thousand | heads counted by the new census. A city with. Out a commerce and without sudurds—deive a mile or two in any direction and you tnd your. Self in the midst Of woods set bat sparsely’ with houses Or cabins, and with Ouly the creat pil lared dome, like a shining cloud in te alr, to Teinind you of the human mass so near— Vasu ington hevertheless wears distinctiy the pearance of a Capital which has risen to (ln emergency. has this to ommend tt bile Boston and saa cisco and Cincinnat! and New York, de tctal Interest, 2 work-a Jay maiden are * the outst erence frtendskip ana flirtation. : love, 01 Le Mase be ovel, with which yor | heir numerous points of other Loan com- | “"lies Brown” ¥ Rights ana My Dear 8tar —My 804) Las Deen harrow Street Cag ourtesies. 0 te very depths by yy the Woes ANd wrongs of poor sn} Tering “John* and Co., and I suggest fore 1 say Anything else, every mothers Who reads this jola meta a sympa largest kind. (Weeping, general reswrrecnon of handker Now Til atate that, for more thaa Ve been a dally passenger om tae street Cars, aud have, morwover, & fasion Mf noticing pretty thoroughiy what ts golug om around me; yet, slrange to say, have never had the tsebDrought home to me cual, as “Observer” ays, “the old-fashtoucd chivairit considers “on ob the part of men for the comfort and feeling of women ts fast dytng out ta this country.” Observer” libels Lis own gex when be makes ‘bat assertion, and every lady who bas been sveler, Ob steam Or SUrFel CATS, 10 any extent teh him >. A lady may start Washington, alone, to-day and sl for 8 week, in almost any rection, wtihout meeting anything bat Mindness and couriesy from her fellow travel ers: and if ste bas a memory for small favors, what & pleasant picture memory’s LADICL wil bet Why, 1 remember once, the first me I aW & prairie, expressing to a lady beside me the Wish Lo possess some of the, to me, un- wh flowers growing beside the track, and, bless me! if a geutieman did not come neat 1 by the train in hts efforts to geaty wh m one afternoon last summer tm an open c It stippea ; and waen | oss we were a Diock away from oe wortled I was The book and could not be reptaced. »While I Was sel groaning opped and & gcotioman aud Ubere was } ndeptangle yourself in amake-bal F a tasnt WAVIng all the stimulus and none of (he drawbacks of steady devotion. Besides, tls a elty provided with “sights.” Ther» ate Con- gress and the Capttol; there are Mount Vernon nd Kalorama, where dwelt the a! ‘Columbiad,” in profound conviction of hts errand asthe American epte poat; and Cabin | John Bridge, the longest single arch in the world; Arlington, with its earller bistorie and liter War memories: Georgetown, with Its ob servatory, {fs College and Its convent: Desiing all these, the Corcoran Art Gallery, the Smith- sonfan Institution, the curtoaities of the Patent (flice, the Treasury with its hundreds of rooms and thousands of employes, where you peer into the busy brain-cells of the government while Sef are in full activity, | _ You arrive by an Carly morning train, and are greeted by a gong beating for breaktast at the | Station, which makes you feel like an tmpus- sible Chinese embassy. But armed with a pocket copy of the Constitution, you re-assert your biithright, and after going to the hotel, Where you Walt some hours fora room, you step forth into the broad alry streets. "They | bave a continental width and extent, making it impossible to crowd them except on rare oc- c:sions, and in the more retired one chlidren gitde peacefully along the asphalt on roller- shatcs. Walking these thoroughtarcs, you uow that the trail of the boss ls over them | ail, DUL il is a picturesque Cratl, excellent In {ts results, Whatever Il may have been morally. Many of the houses in the new northwest end id are Well Set off by trees and iawns; some sta on Lerraces decked with vines and shrubbery; 4nd the avenues are lined with more than a hundred thousand trees judiciously planted— elma and tulip, Dutionwood and Co:tonwoed, | tbe ash, the begundo, the maple. The quality Ut the Houses ts’ still hnequal. Here aud there }ousee arclle of the villagi> éra—some ittle whitewashed hut sticking periinaciously to the ideof u flue modern brick structure of com. Tlable and tastefal style, lke a wasps’ nest aitxched to a real human habitation; and tt {3 mousing tocome upon a bullding—in what is Known, according to the bar 13 NOW GR- clature of the place, a3_K -street—walch bers on one side the legend W College of | the University of Georgetown,” and on the | other, Bs tees Laundry.” Such a conjunction | 4s only to be explained by the tendency of peo- ple nowadays to wash their dirty Mtnen fa court. Black men and women are numeiois, and jaugh very joud on the streets with refreshing Iredom. There is every where about the city a slight but racy touch of southern character- | dstics, tntertased with the vigor of other por- lionsof the Union; and for the sake of this youare willing to forgive the copious tobacco Stalns—those blots on the national escutcheon | —which disfigure the sidewalks, aud around which yousee an English tourist and lis wite muking thelr Way with a pardonably imperial Gisdain.—Gro. P. Lathrop, on Harper's Mga. zine Jor Mare A Mule’s Story, Yesterday, while a couple of streetcar mules re Stauding in the stable, just after 4 ucavy looked pane pull through the slush, the red mule over his stall and remarked 10 a black © : How do you like this weather?” “Ta baye Boob) ction to It F bad nor , 10 do but stand here; but J do aot position tn front of a hasty driver, wially when the cer draws 80 heavt! LOW. “Well” continued Red, --the next change may improve our condition. Ihave been a good mule, never kicked but one man, and that was tn seit: defence, and I do not see Why I should not re- ive ani elevation proportionate to the down- fall which T sustained.” ue Were you before transmigration, “Iwas born ODA farm not far from Cleve- land. When my father died be left the farm to tne. I Was too restless to enjoy 80 quiet a lite, and Selling for a good round sum | In ed my money in & paying business and soon became | Known as a monopolist. 1 had been reared to ‘ respect and regard the feelings of those with Whom I Was associated, but ae desire for inoney Choked out my better self. T[ did not ts to correct this, but even while sitting in chucch } clsed in the local Onanctal world. after I had given a dinner to a party ef friends, 1 was standing pear my front | gate watching the first snow of winter as it dristed against the fence, A low moan ar- rested my attention, and looking around [ found a man lying on the ground. *What ts the mat- ter’ T demanded. ‘I am very sick, he said, ‘and I sank down here from exhaustion. I am astreet car driver, and to-day, while 1 was so sick chat I could scarcely see a man waved his hand at me, so he says, aud because I didn’t stop he had me disc! od, although he might have known that a t depended on me for support.’ ‘I understand your case,’ I said, ‘I am the map who discharged you, and I am g! of it, You should pay more attention to your bus)ness, and not disregard a gentieman when Le calls upon you to stop. Move on away; you are only loitering around here to steal some- thing. Move on or I'll have you arrested.’ “I took htm by the ear, and, although he im- lored piteously, I shoved him into the street. heard him say, ‘Oh, Lord!’ as he turned away, and I saw him fall; but I paki no further atten- tion to Several days afterwards I was taken sick, Physicians were called in, but I grew worse rapidly. Finally tdied. it was a miserable night. The wind howled around the house, and I eould hear the branches as they fell from trees to the yard. The lights grew dim, and the picture of an angel hanging on the wall seemed fo fold Its wings-and leer at me. A minister came, but with a gurgling oath I drove him away. My body grew cold, and my breath seemed iapert a to the room, for those who stcod around me shivered. Saddenly, my blosd, cold as ice water, sto] and ‘froze, Then there was a curious es and a curious rush. Then oblivion, and then—I was a very young mule, Standing in @ stable lot. Boys came out, threw stones at me, and called me sbabby. They hemmed me up in a fence corner and punched me With sticks, A dog came out and chased me, and when I walked up to a goat I was struck and knocked down. After 1 grew up I worked a long time at a brick yard, aad was aficrwards sold to a street car company. Heilo, I've got to out. Lo you see that man who ts going to ve me?” yea” “ Well, he's the man whose ear ? pulled. Now for more slush, Good-bye."—Ciiviand Leader, One nigat, A GRAND ENTERTAINMENT Was viven at eens beeen in py! oy Posed attr noon, roceeds of which are ward nar P Allen Poe, the jusemm he Palmer had the di- rection of the entertainment and W. J. Vincent was Manager. The theater was crowded to ove , and all the seats were taken and aisles ‘lea. Al yy tresses who ep ‘ Clara Morzis, Kose Coghlan, Jobn Gilbert, F. L. Daven rt and Te Goncicanit, The receipts are esi to be between $5,000 anu $6,140). A Carrrat Removal ResOLcTion IN New “Yous.—A resol in the h $12, bob, o0 ‘been spent w and $5.06 0,600 more will be further reqi SUAY Che Quoc WAT mot Day (Bom. {cal center of the state) relative to the procure- ‘The pl Mer City of Lut which has | ment of a site in elther of those cities with the been. ‘anitting about in the ice nearly three | view of the removal of the capital from Albany. weeks in Lake Michigan, has arrived af Chica- =n ‘ go. She is two miles out. The passengerslanded | Oliver Butterwick, aged 15, gon — On the ice, She had plenty of provisions Gn | nent citizen of Allentown, Pa, fell tnto Jordan board, and nO great inconveniences were sut- } creek, at that yeasts ae on fered. She ts out of fuel, but will drowned. His ‘was Carried off by got into the barbor all right, current end bas not been Tecovered. oF of the | s in his baad- or the mom att sremed to al! es prove that ng out.” yes; auch fastan > consideration ts fast © women spreading themselves over extra, and (aking up room with their luggage well, there are the: Tale specimens, (h0s9 om it ts Sal es have they, but they ot,” amo + Usually it 1s yoar only who has no re aud comfort of others; gular soon gets a realizing senae of the eteroal Uupess of Ualngs by kaowsg how \ feels to swing Sf & Strap, while soms win-vack or other ts planted sideways r regu! and occupies a seat and a half. But when a case of the kind “Observer” montions dows occur it becomes tue solemn duty of every well- regulated passenger (when there 18 no conduc- tor lo gently convert such siuners from tho error of i Ways, by depositing the baggare on the tloor aud (akiby possession of Uke acat Ubus vacated. But whea we come to poor “John’s” griev- ance—the persistency with which Ladies will enter @ car When DO seals are vacanl—our “pheeltua” are touched beyoud expression. Yes, 1Us sad, very; only, did you, my S7ax, ever observe Ube litle play enacted when a car hears & crowd Of Indies? Not? Well, the “Johns” who mean to ride, seeing the ladles standing and walling, Simply make a break for the ap- proaching car, swing (hemselves 02 board while it 1s yet in motion, and drop tnto the seats. Of “course, by’ the ume the rest’ get in there is and they ought, according to *. Wall for the gest car aud see the maneuver repeated, no mnatter how cold and di SAO the weather may De. But as tt lmppens ft ts eply the “Joins” who hold this belief; the gen ‘iemen Cling to thelr old creed of kindness and agever and keep alive one cars mnyse . 1 whea depriving some gentleman of bls sufort, no matter how willing he may be to bs (us “robbed,” therefore I have on occasions jet car after car go by until one came with “rest 7 Lhe weary” lu shape of Vacanl seats, And ‘TL get “talked to,” too, for doing 80, by IBTAGCeS Who deciored’ tuat they would rather = stand all way than ser any 6 lsdy = Stand = in the 4s I Was doing! Gh yos, I got may lectures, ala CoLVinerd that they meant just what they said. Abd, while fam on this ewbject, 1 may just as well protest ageinst *Joun's” giving up bis seat, with ‘bat pecullarly ormahing ‘ua sracious alr of “Phere, take it; T know you Want it’” and then turping lls back on one, Without giving one Fhe guOst Of a Chance to say (hank you, The ungraciousness of his manner festroys the courtesy of the act most thor- ouguly, and 1, for one, fee! insulted instead of ‘bliged under such conditions, and woud | cheerfully hire a small boy to make faces at him, Were the said small boy ou band and fuly sual to the occasion. “Mins Bkown.” —_—_—_—X—sX IsT OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE L WASHINGTON OITY POST OF FICK, Saturday, February £2, BNSE. fP~To chtain suy of these Letters the applicant Sunt fal for “ADVERTS Lerreus,” aud «ive Mee ist. If Rot called for within one mouth they will be seut to the Dead Letior Oftice a ‘ LADLES’ LIST a 3 Bovrer aloe; Bartlette © ¥ Baxter bile. 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