Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1881, Page 2

LOCAL NEW! Washington Tratning School for Nurses. THE GRADUATING EXRRCISES. ‘The graduating exercises of the first class of trained nurses (three In number) took place last Monday night at the Congregational cburck before a large and intelligent assem- Diage of the friends of the institution. Tne training school for nurses was incorporated oy act of Congress approved December 14, 1877. Its purpoee is the education of skilled nurses for hospitals, and as an auxiilary to physicians in the care of the sick at their own homes. ‘The training 13 accomplished by lectures, oral instruction and recitations, supplemented by Practical instruction in the hospitais Tue sahington ‘Tratning School has been in ope- ration and this was the first cla3s Of graduates to receive certificates from th faculty. After a voluntary on the organ the following persons took seais on the stand: Dr. J. M. Toner, the president of the schooi; Dr. Antisell, Dr. J. Taber Johnson, Hon. Jona Eaton, Commissioner of Education; Dr. Wm Lee, Hon. Geo. B. Loriag, Commissiouer of Ag rieulture; A. S, Solomons. District Commt:- sioner Dent and others. The three graiuates, dressed in plain gray robes, white linen cuffs, white aprons and caps, entered and took sea’s In front of the stand, Dr. Robert Keyburn ani Dr. P. J. Murphy, of the Columbia Hospital for Women, accompanying them. DR. TONER’S ADDRESS, President J. M. Toner then addr-ssed the assemblage 3s follows: Ladies and g-n‘iemen, fellow trustees, protessors, and members of the Washington Training School for Narses: ‘This assemtiuge Of interested and lofi citizens 18 certainly encouraging to the ciit-e of the education of nurses, and especially gratirying to the soclety having the matter in charge, upon this. the occasion of tha rst commencement, for conterring the hoaors 0: the school upon its graduates. The pudi‘c May expect, and at all events this Is deensda fitting Ume to make @ brief statementot the origin, purpose and prospects of this eater. prise. You are doubtless aware tha; the society, Known by the name of tha “‘Washtog- tal ton Sphinn « School for Nurses,” was formsd in this city the friends of the movement in the fall of 1Si7 and a charter under the general incorporation act of the District of Columbia, ‘Was obtained December 19th of that year. Its Organization was soon after complete] under the provisions of the charter by the adoption of & consiltution and by-laws for the goverament Of the soclety and tie election of 1 trustees to Manaye its affairs. Provision was made for the aomirsion of new members and for the support of the institution. | Scope and sphere of a teaching faculty, | With arrangements for hospital advantages and | experience. and rules for the admission of pupils were considered, and in a word all the tall for the inauguration and manaygemeat of | the enterprise were then matured. Tue o-gan- tion, general management and me-u013 for instruction are patterned after those of similar Institutions in practical operation in | our own and ovher countries. It 1s true it was | considered by some premature to begin waen We did, as we had no endowment wad were wholly without means. The soctety was smatl and few or none of its members were wesituy, but ali were zealous in the work. Great cau- tion in incurring ebligations nad to be oD- served, DUL at Lue same time the soclety was Fesolved 10 do everything possible uad2r the circumstances to found andsucport the =chool. One notable difference between the staring Of Ubis traiatug school and {hat of most oiners, is that that they ail had endowments to begin With, sufficient to give the nurses a hom znd Support while fn training,or they were connec. ted with encowed hospitais. We had noneof tuese advantages. These alds may, and we trus:, wii) yet come to us. We mean at all events that eur school, judged by its work, shall deserve encouragement. The usefulness of trained nurses and the necessity for them is every day becoming more aud more appa- ent to the pubile as It has long besa tothe medical profession. The society irom the start has been solicitous that ali pupils cauitred should porsess good physical acd moral q:211!'1- cations to Warrant €fliciency, so that the public may receive them into their homes with contl- dence. To ensure these conditions applicants are subjected to preliminary examinatioa and | Fequirea to file testimonials of character. Ke. | necting persons, too. see that besides ths hu- manity of the movement !t at the same Ume Opens a new, Nonoravle ‘and remuneraiive avo- cation to women for which she is emineotly Muted, After a full exchange of views ani fuil discussion of the whole question itse-mzd to be a duty to found an institution in thiseity watch | would afford the facilities ror the proper edu- | cation and tralping of nurses. A facnity of seven medical gentlemen was therefore ele_t:d | irom among our leading physicians, and sys- tematic mstruction in the art of nursiag, wader the rules of the society, began in Octover, is7s. | Lectures are free to those admitted under tue | rules, and have been given continuously at stated times ever since, with the excepiton of the usual summer vacations. AS sooa as the first course of lastruction was announce to begin @ respeciable class was formed. A$ no person is exempt trom sickness, aud ti LUCY to Lecome dependent upen ote sential services at such times of afiiicti Importance of the trained nurse 14 rendre: evident. The third course of lectures and hospital instruction 1s this evening brought to @ close. dt way be asked. in view of what Is said, why We have not a jarger class of gradaaes? la explanation Of this it fs but Just to stats that We have been cbilged to decline ving Dupils from a distance for want of a hom: aud, Maeed, Ouly those Who could support tsen- selves white siusying have been acezpte |. must als be borne 1n mind that th: ¢ training requires two years for Its complesion. Bellevue ‘Training Schvol for Nurses in New York, with tts ample foundation and superior accommcdations has tsken two of our oldest popiis who, had they remained, would have in the graduating class this year. A few who attended the first course of jectures have Temoved trom the city, while the necessities for a lvelihocd have cased others to lose cour- age and abandon the thought of qualifying for ie Cuties and responsibilities of tne nurse. The want of a home for the nurses ts our pressing need, and bas prevented us from re- ceiving some very desirable puplis, because their circumstances were suca as to oblige them for support to follow engrossing avoca- tions, which would limit the time and atten- tion they could give to the necéssary stu tiles. ‘The medical staff of the tralning school by its esrrest devotion to the interests of the insti- tution has given t satisfaction to thé trus- lees. Witu the hope of being able to realize funds to found 4 howe, and thus place the in- stitution of @ more satisfactory dasts, a loan exhibition was projected and held ducing February and March, of this year. The exhtbi- Uon Was made attractive and was generously patronized by our best citizens, and from tt the sum Of early $1,000 was reailzed. Important a8 is this money to us, (though it is not one- tenth of the sum required) a far greater servic > Was done the cause by popularizing tne move- ment end making known to the whole community the purposes ana necessiites of the Washington Training Scnooi for Nurses. We may hope that the school bow ap abiding plice in the good will of the generous people of Washtngton cit; ‘The members of all the co.amittees who took Out Uckeis for the Loan Exhtoition have deen mace members of this society, and we trust they may continue to act with Us in the future as Ubey So Wacnanimously sustained us In the Past. Thus of late the membership of our s0- Clety bas been greatly enlarged and tts ef- | Helency promoted. It ts within the poser of | all to assist in this good work of educatlag | nurses, as Une annual dues of members of the | society has been fixed at one dollar. A ba- nevolent work of tails kind ought to have in This City @ list Of over 3,000 coutributtag mem- bers. We inyife all who sympathize to the | movement, aha who can, to join the soctet: ‘The training sch@ol 1s now ove of the institu- Uons of Lhe city, and from 1t3 humane cnaracier and usefulness we feel justified 1 ap dealing to | the pubile forits support by assistiug us 20 hava ft placed among the District charittes. By the Ume for opening of the fourth course of lectures 4n Cotober next, we hope to be able to rent a Dut aipg and have a comfortable house for the | Where their training may be systen- ily conducted under an experienced and sled head nurse, and where the lectures ed Muy be given by the medical faculty woul gtr eral hospital ts estavilshed, and to which | tbe ‘raining of nurses, we trust, may be made @ lecitimate part of its functions. AS an ea- Couragement to those who contemplate enter- tal ipg upon the calling of the “ trained nurse,” We Can state that all of our advanced puptis ave found in this city full and remunerativ2 employment even before they nad Nnished tncic studies, and only consented to assume the re- bility under the most urgent appeal, but bave In every Case given satisfaction alike to the sick and the physician in attendance. ‘The demand for trained nurses {3 everywascre in this country much greater than the supply, And as their value to Lhe sick and to the pay-| ficlan becomes more generally known and ap’ Preciated, the request for their services wilt bo ‘h increased. To those of our pupils who, Certificate of this Institution, we bid Got speed, May they carry with them to every sick room they may enter hope and comfort, and so coa- duct themselves at all times a3 to sued luster upen the profession of the nurse and upon taeir alma mater. Dr. Toucr was heartily applauded. REMARKS BY PROF. WILLIAM LER. Prof. William Lee then the gradu- tes, congrat lating them on the lead in sais honorable . He said medical Profession were never done learning, and such Experience would be theirs in their professional career. This calling would require much per- Severance aud the constant exercise of tnelr best facuities. Thetr fleld of a will juman diseases from the cradle to the grave of old age. Like all other — made in = much opposition wor expertenced in the inauguration of this new branch of the a aa ‘gave BUCH prejudice had.to be overcome, “He the graduates guidance. ‘THR CERTIFICATES TO THE GRADUATES. Dr. Taber Johnson ried ae panes of the graduating nurses who rec: a of the faculty as ready to atari cut in The president, Dr. Toner, then invited the many valuable hints for tietr bs san Fomeaen vor . fie ORCHIDS I know that I am treading upon dangerous sent is Speaking of another Class of plants cultivation of which I am yet in alphabet. I refer to the Orchid fauil any justes—Mra. Lucy Russell, D.C., Mrs, | Of them of the most beautiful colors, Ora Hubler, Ohio, and Louisa Hartman, | the most and jue forms. Until D.C.—upon ‘the platform, and said to them: | Very recently it was sup) that their culti- “Having av the prescribed courses of tn- | Vation could only be entrusted to the most ex- struction and conformed to all the requiremen'’s fenced Te. of the Washington training scnool for nurs: and havipg & satisfactory examtnatio! you sre adjudged qualified to perform the d Ues of a trained nurse: I therefore, in the nae of the society, hand you this certificate as evi. dence of the same.” As the were met by a number of sented with many beautiful bouquets. ADDRESS BY GENERAL JOHN EATON. made & most interesting off-hand address. said be could not Pression tment needed a trained nurse (laughter. on the inauguration of this branch of use! it would c:rtainly Desome a necessity is for beauty. He compiimeated the I: had exhibited in so noble work, Directions and Suggestions, of his own excerience. He satd “I am under the necessity Of confining myseli tomy own ex- perlence in their trestment—my failures and good fortune to become acquainted with a gen- ‘Ueman—a professional florist—whose conversa- Uon and readiness to give information ors: llants, that has g.0wu 8 ron.er aaa stronger each succeeding year vo the present time, affording many hours of pleasure in their study, aud causing ths spirit to offer silentiy the prayer of thanksgiving to the Creator of all things for these beautiful emblems of His love to cheer and gladaen thé heart and = make Pleasant the journey of life. ‘the man or woman who really delights In the cultivation of plants, either in the garden or conservatory, has no disposition to spend Ume in gossip.” After some felicitous remarks upon the delights attendant upon toe cuittva- Non Of pianis and the beneticial effects upon the moral as well as the pnysical nature, slr. Fowler proceeded as follows: “The question then tuat presents ttselt to us is how can we successfully cultivate lowers. THE FIRST STEP is in the preparation of soil suitable to their growth; neglect In this’ particular will surely be followed by fatiure. I would advise my amateur friends to begin at once this very ne- cessary preparation by procuring a quantity of sod from an old pasture, which may be placed in sume outof the way corner of the garden unul pretty thoroughly rotved, so that it can. be chopped into nice fibroussoiL Next get a haifload of sharp sand and a suilicieat supply Of weil-rotted manure. Soll suitable to the growth of nearly all varieties of plants may be prepared by the aamixvure of these ingredieats In quantities more or less of each as experience Thay demonstrate. If peat can be procured aud added so much the better. Soll in watch seeds are to De sown snouid be composed of a greater Part of sand; peat and sand with a little loam ‘will make @ good soll for this purpose. IN SOWING OF SEEDS care should be taken not to plant too deep, just covering the seed about twice thelr own depth, Seeds of Begonias, Gloscinias, &c., which are very small, should be sown on tne top of the soll affer 1¢ has been thoroughly watered. After sowing the seed press tne soll gently wicn the bottom uf a small Hower-pot, tuen piace a giass over the seed-pot, wich will assist io retaloing the moisture necessary for their ger- | mination. In ail subsequent waterings care must be taken Dot to disturb ths seed, vat tae Watering should be done very geatly. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. ‘The failure of many in growiaog pot-plant3 may be attributed in @ measure, to the manner of potting. We sometimes hear the inquiry: ‘How is it your plants look so healthy and bloom s0 weil while everything I plant die3?’ Tae reply could very properly 0e maie, ‘You teac Juul pul Tom auy couvenlent spot, from jour buck lot, WEhout jegard toils Mines for (he purpose tutended. Mine 13 carefully pre- pared. You place your piants to a very large pol. Minvare 1u@ Couparativey smul one. You Dave very carefully tiled tue pot ful of st sud have ft nicely sloped upward from tie edge of the pot lotve stock of the piaac, so Ua. 11s aumost impossibie to have water reccn Its roots. Mine or two of the top of the pat, so that an aband- ance of water may be placed thareta and per- colate the soll and so reach every rootiet of the plant.’ Keep the follags of your Plants clean, thereby insuring nealth aod Vigor. The amateur who nas room for the cultivation of but a small number of plants is Interested in those that will yield the mo3t bloom, especially durtag the winter months. I Dave named below some that in my opinioa will give general satisfaction; that are eaay of growth and profuse bDioumer3s, First, THE CALLA LILY. ‘ ‘This old plant is too well known to require any extended notice, If the b1lbs or tubers of this ily be potted in good soll about the middie of September, and given a liberal supply of water at all times, 1¢ will quickly start into growtn and give out its fine, large flowers from Decem- ber to May. Manure water is very beneficial to Ubis plant. After ilowering, gradually with- nold water, and when the fo] shows sign3 ef decay, lay the pois on their sides and give no further care until tims for ne when the tubers should be cieansed of the old soll and repotted into new. When grown ia tne sitting room the leaves should Have an occa- sional sponging to prevent the accum ation of dust. THE CYCLAMEN isone of the finest winter blooming plants in cultivation, and should be a favorite with all. ‘They are easliy grown from seed. Seed planted in February and March will bloom the next winter, although they will not ba fully ma- tured until the second year. They appear to be in thelr best condition when two years old. After the seed has germinated, and tne littie bulbs are the size of & stall green pea, trans- Plant lato other pots or boxes, leaving space into single pots; a Ove-inch pot is large enough are done bieoming, let the bulbs gradually dry off and He dormant during the summer months, giving no further attention than an occasional hight sprinkle of water to preserve the bulos from dry rot. Some they be kept in growth all ths summer. I pre- months, except seedlings old. Toey abundance of bloom from December to the ter part of April. The Primula or CHINESE PRIMROSS, tering the foliage if ‘ole. and Cyclamen both delight ia moderate shade cool temperature. GERANIUMS, as now grown are very beautiful. IN THR CACTUS FAMILY do not water my Truncatum, which vember to April. luates went to their seats they jady friends and pre- General John Eaton, commissioner of educa- tion, then made an Interesting address to the G ine why the commis- sioner of agriculture should have been called on to say anything on that occasion. Tne tm- e paid a high tribute to the skilled physician, and said that the vocation of trained an] -killed nurse was next to be honored and respected as @ hecessary adjunct to that of the practice of médicine. He congratulated Washlogton cee ful ‘vice, redicted for it entire succs service, and predic ire 3i ym Tot ston: Medical profession, and he thougkt the time Was hear whe the national authorities would unite With the medical colleges in the encour- agement Of this branch of the science of medi- cine and make this city a model for nealth, a3 it les of the national capital for the Interest they and charitabie a | dozen plants. THE CULTIVATION OF POT PLANTS BY AMATEURS. At the meeting of the District Horticuitural Society Wednesday evening an interesting ad- dress was made by Mr. Thos. W. Fowler upon “The Cultivation of Pot Plants by Amateurs,” In which he gave his audience the benefit successes, Some 15 yearsor soagoitwasmy | B. Le awakened ip me an interest In the growth of Nilled to wituia an inca | for growth. Transplant again in the fall for a two or three year old plant. After they persons recommend that fer giving Lnem rest; Indeed, my experience 13 -that they will not grow duriag the summer less than one year Tequire good loatay soil, with but a small quantity of sand aud manure. They give tat. if planted in good soil, will give general satis- | 1 faction. Both the single and double varieties there are many curlous forms and handsome | derstood that the dowers. They are alo of easy culture. They animals should be planted in soll composed largely of tte water, cept. when making new growth would be less dlocussed. ‘There was mac b water, ex: mi W grow in. ‘would fo} Foes ere Epipheliun | of such a society in this District, but 1¢ is poor, Nooms in iter, from No- | having but two reliable sources of As the spring advances I | fees and fines; a third source, give a moderate sapoly of water, andam re- professional fit that they quired a very high temperature for successful | Cultivation.” It bas been Proven of late years that this was an erroneous idea, at least, 80 far cerned. During the pmperature several and lom As h as | ee grown and regent Orcnhtis, ve OW good plants of Cattelya Mossiaé in DI that less than one year ago were growing in their native woods, but were win- tered in the temperature mentioned above, I Wn during the winter the following Orehids in this cool temperatw viz: Acro- Training School, at the close of which Hon. Mail, George B. Loring, commissioner of agriculture, Oi tres (in bud): Brassavolss, elyas Pripediam | Ineigné (bloomed), Dendrobiums, Epidendrums, Lul (ieomen), Lycastes, Odonto-Giossum: | lums, Stanhopias and Vanda. I have or two plants of those named, Oacid- ut one but as they have ) 5 't cannot be expected that all the plants named can be grown in the rooms of adwelling With the same success as those grown under glass, therefore, let the amateur erect for him- self, if possible, A SMALL CONSERV ATOR! ag we find attached to some dwell- ‘ngs, where all the light obtatned comes from the sides, but build one in your garden. There are but very few house lots in our city, where some such place could not be built. It need not be expensive. The first one erected by myself was made by two old window sash and Just iarge enough to accommodate about one ‘Iy present one is 10 feet wide by 40 feet in length. and capable of holting Dearly 1,000 pots, and in this I can grow my Plants with very nearly the same success as iny professional brother. ‘Try it, aad my word for it, you will never regret tne fo3s of time or money expended.” Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The anniversary meeting of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, at the Congregational Church, last Weduesday night, Grew together an intellizent and select au- dlence, amopg whom wer: many of our best citizens. On the platform. were the president, Judge MacArthur, Rev. Dr. Rankin, Presideat Gallaudet, of the Deaf Mute Colieze; Hon. Geo. oring, the new Commissioner of Agricul- ture; Rev. Dr, Paxton, presideat of the Boston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals and others, and among the audience were Many ladies interested tn the progress of this work. The meeting was opened with prayer by Dr. Rankin, and the president read a letter from Mr. Thomas Bergh, of the New York so- clety, who made excuses for his absence. MIBS BRADY'S RBPORT. ‘The president then rea a report of the work and necessities of the society in this city, made by Miss Brady, of Capitol Hill, one of the most active members. Tols report was made under a Tesolution of the executive committee, It States that humanity as directed toward ant- Tals is one of the latest products of ctvilization, for there was no systematized effort made to protect them until the first quarter of the pre- Sept century. In countries where the doctrine cf transmigration teaches that souls explate their Human sins by imprisonment In the bodies of arfimais, the lives of these are sacred; but not their feelings, for the man who would recoil from imptously abbreviating a term of penance imposed by the gods, has no hesitation to worry nis _transmt- graied brother to any extent short Of the fatal, and often merciful, blow. Where religion consecrates certain animals, as cats and crocodiles in Egypt, such animals are lux- uriously tended, but the Hindoo recogaizing a departed cousin in his dog, and the Egyptian reveripg a diety in his cat, is governed by feel- ings very different from, and much more narrow than those sof the generous disinterested humanity which we obey, and it 1s to be feared that the donkeys who brought the sand for that famous cement, and the camels who car- ried travelers to visit the wonderful temples worked with galled backs and weary limbs. Mr. Angell, Of Boston, says on this subject that THB FIRST SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS was formed fifty years ago in London, and 13 now the most successful organization of its kind in the world. Similar societies now exist in yearly all European countries, and in Asia, Africa and Australia. Mr. Bergh was the Pioneer in this country and established the first society in New York agout fifteen years ago. Mr. Angell soon followed in Massachu- setts. and the work has been extended into maby states. The results are seen. A few Jaws, chiefly relating to the transportation of live stock, are acts of Congress, but the ma- jority have been enacted by the varjous states. A remarkable feature in legislauon 13 that menoers of these societies are authorized to esll upon the police to make arres’s without *rarrants,—a Very unusual power. In 1870, an act of Congress incorporated THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY, and soon an act by the legislative assemoly was ed. Which, with other municipal ordinances ated back to 1853, form the laws which govern ints soclety, and define what constitutes cru- elty, and fixes fines and penaities for violation of the laws. Mr. Theodore Gatcnell wa3 its president, and among its members and patrons were N. P. Chipman, ‘Matthew G. Emery, J. H. Bradley, sr., Allison Nallor, A. S. Solomons, W. G. Metzerott, A. R. Shepherd, Thos, Perry and others, representing every interest in this com- munity. Mr. Gatchell’s activity and zeal was great, and a8 police commissioner his po- j Sition gave him opportuntty to enforce the Jaw thoroughly. But there was uO general interest in the work, and even the £mail fee of $1, as initiation, was left unpaid by maby mem! 80 when Mr. Gatchell seft the city In 1875 his guccessors, Mr. R.C. Fox and Gen. Graham, found the society without sup- Port, and al: efferts to arouse vigor were una- vaillng. Bui ‘he unusual severity of the past winter occasi.1ed distress which none who Saw can forgei. The spectacle of suffering reached all hearts, and amongst the most sore- ly afilicted were the creatures to which even complaint {s denied. -Who will not remember the overloaded and 111 shod horses suipp: on the icy streets? In ee pee parks birds froze on the trees; in every alley cats and dogs cried Piteously for food, aud during the co!dest nights cows and caives, driven from long distances, stood around the market kouses unfed and un- sbeltcred. Jt happened that Mr. Angell, of Boston, was tn this city at that time. He found the remnants of this much neaded society, and busied himself directly in reviving it. Meetings ; Sucereded, and little by little the nucieus for an efficient organization was formed. The re- port shows the receipts for 1531 to be $183, and expenditures $142.75. THE OFFICRSS ARE: Hop. Arthur MacArthur, president; Gen. Gra- ham and Thos. P. Morgan, vice presidents; Geo. L. Douglass, secretary; L>wis J. Davi urer, Wit Messrs. Robert Ball and J. H. King ag agents, There is also an executive committee of fifteen, which meets once a month, at which | ‘imes members are elected, when the fee of $1 ; 1s charged. THE REPORT SETS PORTH that there are now 142 members on the list, but 40 Of them have not paid their fees. Stpce the ist of March seven arrests and convictions have been procured, 1 for muzzling a calf, and a fine of $10 Imposed and appeal taken; 2'for drivin; Jame mule 3 for beating @ horse on the heat With the butt of a whip; 4 for beating a horse on the head with a large stick; 5 for using very jee Jame horses; 6 for driving with a fult cart load of bricks a weak, lame horse, which finally fell on the street from exhaustion; 7 driving a very old, weak horse, whose back, from disease and neglect, was a mass of putrid sores. Besides the cases specified, the agents, Messra. Ball and King, navedone a great deal of gen- eral work, such as correcting drivers tor Deat- Ing, overloading, using tight check reins, tying cruelly and neg! aoe, cattle. They have hu- manely killed abandoned and sick antmais, Issued cards of bag 2 driven cock-fighting out of the District, visited street car stables and investigated every act of cruelty reported is another fine winter blooming plant of easy | to them. An erroneous impression extated that growth, elther from cutting or from ssed. Seed | this society is sown in June and July wlll make good bloom- ing plants by December. Care should be taken not to over water the plants, and to avold wa- Soli should be freely mixed witn peat and sand. The Primula aiming at some vague Utopia for animals, and that it works chiefly by a sentl- mental code founded on the susceptibilities of a few tender-hearted enthusiasts, Such organ- national and state ‘laws as tive as those governing national banks. is to prevent abuse, hot the Use of auimals, not al use 0 interference alone, but by a humanizi - and example; instruct child- uence, ren to regard animals kindly and intelligently. It drivers un muscular system of & horse they would not hamper his neck and shoulders with a check-rein. I. snsumers un- fieah and milk of abused and are unwholesome they would il-fea y insist on the proper treatment of beeve3 and cows. If people ‘understood one way to dogs mad 1s to muzzle the:a hydro) nada 80 ‘contribut ns, what was hoped. Ia five months $44, @ little. as not been a8 warded by their rich and many colored flowers. | these have ted, over $5 per Many friends complatn that thelr cactus will | month. “An epDeal is D0 made tothe pudilc make hice growth but do not tlower. The | to sustain the society in Ite efforts, reason Iam sure ig they have been too freely REMARKS BY JUDGE MACARTHUR AND OTHERS, watered, Judge MacArthur proceeded to say that the IN WINTER BLOOMING BEGONIAS most cultivated and refined miads been at- there are many varieties, but among all that I | tracted to the necessity for protecting our dumb Imals from the cruelties of humari brutes. have grown none presentea finer show than | f'ven Henry Clay and Daniel Weoster hed se. bead ahr pire bec which 1s coy- ‘their Gomestic animals es Se ered during the winter with its large bloom: ht of members of thelr own househol Het. It has adterdsod re . Gallaudet, of the Deaft-Mute College, and summer blooming variety, but I think that is a | Dr. Paxton next spoke, and were followed mistake. Those I have grown le dormant ; Hon. Geo. B. Loring, er of Agricul during the summer, and start into growth in | ture, who made & most in and off-hand te They bloom in winter and ripen their during which he was frequently ap- seed ta Vobruary and, Maren, I Rave at tnis | pla 1or pes Peschinpigeis A liberal ume a ‘seedlings from seed collection was society starts in March las, The list of winter Moomice | COUCoHGD wes Mronowed vigor of coenaneae done so well, I hope to add to the list the com- | erie months, | lessons; recommends the inducing of children School Con- PROCEEDINGS OP THE CLOSING SESSION. ‘The third day’s session of the Sunday School convention was held at Foundry Church Thurs- day afternoon, Rev. B. Peyton Brown pre- siding. After devotional exercises the foliow- ing were read: ‘Mode and System in the Goverpment and Worship of the Sunday School,” by Rev. C. H. Richardson; “Teachers’ Meetings,” by P. S. Garretson; “Infant Classes and Their Management,” by William W. 8. Dyre; “Young People’s Meetings,” by H. A. Hall; “The Sunday School and the Missionary Cause,” by Gilbert D. Fox. At the evening session’ there was a general discussion of the of the morning, parti- . Richardson, Messra. ward, Garrison and others, A dis. cussion followed on practical questions sub- mitted by members of the convention. The Rev. H Ames, of Annapolis, M4, frcm the committee to prepare a report on the Work of the convention, submitted their re- ort, Which was adopted. The report says the interests of the Sunday school are worthy the zealous sympathy and co-operation of all past- ors and other officers of the church. It urges gil parents to assist the teachers who are laboring for their welfare, by appreciation of their labors, by personal attendauc upon the School and by encouw ig the study of the to memorize and recite God’s own word; de- Clares that an orderly and kind government and discipline, a spiritual, reverent snd simple form of worship, are essen\tal to the well-baing of the school; urges special attention to anc careful inspection of the literature, periodicals ad lesser os provided for the instruction and interest of the children; and sets forth that the primary department, or infant class, can- ot have too much attention given to it; that a regularly attended teachers’ meeting and a well {nstructed misstonary organization are import- ant auxiliaries to the successful working of the Sunday school; that our young yoayes should be invited and encouraged to hold meetings for mutual aid in spiritual matters. It recom- mends the appointment of a committee of five who, in conjunction with the preachers’ meet- Ing, €hall organize a union of the Sunday echools of the churches in the District. Presiding Elder Brown announced that the committee created would .b2 appointed In the future, and the convention, after singing the Goxology and receiving benediction, adjourned sine die, Washington’s First Assessment Boo! ITS CURIOUS HISTORY. District Assessor and Treasurer Dodge has recently had a valuable record book, the first assessment book made for the City of Wash- ington tn 1803, rebound and put into proper condition to keep as a book of reference. Tals is one of the books, it will be remembered, that was mutilated and sold for old waste paper by the colored messenger, Edward Brockinborough, who, upon discovery of ht3 thefts, was discharged several years ago. This book was traced to a junk shop near 13th and Boundary streets and the which had been torn into shreds, and the binding thrown away, recovered In a thousand pieces. ‘Through the perseverance of a@ clerk in his offic: the Pleces have been fitted together and fastened With small strips pasted between the writin and the whoie book perfected and bounc This has been the work of months. Brocktao- borough got thirty cents for the old paper, which cost the District hundreis of dollars to recover. ‘The Women’s National Relief As- sociation. RED CROSS VERSUS BLUE ANCHOR. The District of Columbia auxiliary of the Women’s National Rellet Association held tts Jast meeting for the season in the parlor of All Souls’ church Thursday. About sixty of the members were present, among whom were Mrs. Admiral Rogers, Mrs. Admiral Selfridge, Mrs. Paymaster Brown, Mrs, Horatio King, Mis. Dr. Wallace, Mrs. W, W. Chisholm, Mrs. Senator Blair, Mrs. H. D, Willard and Mrs. Metzerott. The executive committee reported boxes sent during the past week to life saving Stations on Lake Huron; materials on hand for several more, and readiness to respond to any call that was likely to be made on their re- sources by the National Association in case of epidemic or other need for sanitary ald. Sev- eral new members were enroiled, and the list of Yolunteer nurses increased to about one dozen, all of whom are elther technically ‘‘tratned” nurses or have had the practical education that was given by the war. Hon. Wm. Laurence, First Controller, and Hon. Wm. Windom, Sec- retary of the Treasury, were elected an ad- visory committee. Mrs. Windom is one of the vice presidents of the association. Some ques- tions were put to the secretary of the National Assoclation as to the relation borne by relief as- sociation to the Red Cross. She explained that the Red Cross is nothing but the badge or ensign of a treaty, held by two gentlemen of Geneva and endorsed by most civilized nations, which makes sanitary ald, both of person and material, neutral in time of war. The Rellet Societies of Europe do not nearly all of them adopt the Red Cross as a bade. There is the Cross of St. John. the Russ'an Cross, the Greek Cross, the Crescent, etc. In timeof war, how- ever, in order to send their aid to other countries, they use the Ked Cross. When the National Relief Association was organiz d last year, it adopted the Blue Anchor as its s:rictly distinctive national sign, and intend to or- ganize the sanitary benevolence of the people of the United States under that sign. As the association’s first practical work wa3 con- nected with the rescue of people fro:n ship- wreck, the anc=or was deemed aporopria e. If ever this government signed the Geneva t eaty and a war came, in which we wished to exer- cise Deneyoient action, the Blue Anchor would have the’ right of any foreign relief society to use that ensign. This organization d's not intend to execute its benevolence by govern- lent ata nor under government auspices, but to gather, garner and utilize the benevolence of the peopie, paying its own expenses and guaranteeing by every possible safeguard a Proper use of all its resources. It bopes to aid the government, and though it will not allow government to pay les for it, or make appropriations for Its expenses in any way, it will in times of great Cp distress williagiy become the almoner of governmental gifts, aa well as Of itsown. At the close of the meeting @ delightful repast was served to the members and guests, provided by the ladies of the execu- Uve and flnance committees, Some Other Nuisances. Mr. Editor:—I think the community can endorse your sentiments in relation to nul- sances with but few objections. In your stAte- ment of fact, however, I desire to make a cor- rection. After stating the nuisAnces that assail our ears with incessant din from early morning Ull late af night—s@metimes after retiring to bed—you ask, as nuisances that offend the eyesand nose are abated, why not those also that offend the ears? You say “men are not allowed to carry on in thickly settled com- munities any business that poisons the air with vile and sickly smelis, or that carries with it Gisgusting or demoralizing exhtbitions of any kind.” Now I am certain that testimony can be adduced from which you will not appeal, that this was an oversight on your part. ‘Tae asphalt works, with their nasty sioells, the fish offal, carted in all states of filthness and de- composition, through our streets, the foul outs of the garbage coliector, offendiag the eye by their reeking, dirty condition and the nose by the awful stench they leave behind. Soin the neighborhood of the square (N street aad the capa}) which, by the consent of the authorities, seems to be adopted as the dumpting ground for all the fifth produced within the corporate mits, With some litle thrown in gratuliously by Mr. Jones, who here manufactures a guano out of all kinds of offal the city produces. Part of the fish offalis brought here and dam} Great piles of manure are collected here, wafting thetr fragrant odors, with every breeze, to the noses of the passers by. And the side- partner and ally to thesg evils 1s that arising from the mi ment of the garbage con- ‘tractor. His contract calls for the shipment of all collections in air-tight barrels, and that i3 Lot done; tt calls for its shipment in the bar- Tels It is collected in; nor is that done. Instead, it is thrown in one great pileon the deck of the shipping scow, and to keep 1t from spread- ing, A row of barrels 13 set around its edge. (A sort of fringe, a /a mode, subserving the ends both of usefulness and beauty.) The citizens of the neighborhood, two or three weeks since I saw by newspaper complained of these nuisances, Why are they not heeded? It reflects Uttle credit on the zeal or efficiency of our bealth department that such glaring nuisances exist for citizens to object Crrmen. The Noisy Nuisances. Editor Star:— Your well-timed and well- worded editorial in last Saturday's Srar anent’ “Noisy Nuisances,” is certainly worthy the sé or Tawr-abiding citizen. Sarl would ‘tke'to make & suggestion or 1 1 would speedily and ‘ert detestable public nui- to be intoler- ashin; Pestqwith which it | New England it means a church with Che {i RELIGIOUS NOTE. —Whatever may be the fate ort ‘the revision, the discussion of definite questions of interpre- tation will inevitably be most instructive. Ic Ought to be remarked that the imputse which will begiven to biblical study by the revision has been more or less cordially recognized on all hands, and there is very little ground to fear that the changes made will have any tendency to lessen the popular reverence for the Word 6f God.—Baptist Weekly. —Rev. Dr. Robert Laird Collier, late of Chicago, is not being quoted with commeada- tion by Unitarians since his return to England; and he evidently doesn’t Iike them overmucn. | In a recent speech at Birmingham he compared | English with American Unitarianism in a way | anything but favorable to the former. Tne Word Unitarian stands for two entirely differ- | ent thingsin the two countries, he says. In siitutions, sacraments and organization of a | church; but in England it means that, tho sac- Taments of religion are not emphasized, and | that all institutional religion receives ‘only | mbeager abd beyative suppo-t. The Unitarian | movement there ls Cold. critical and theistic, eul ing freedom of opinion while intolerant i ee not in accordance with iis own — The late venerable and eloquent Dr. Lavick | Pierce, who never missed a chance, during a | nipistry of seventy-five years, to do tue | begroes good, was preaching once on Christian Piogress at a camp meeting. It was his min- oer tO make astonishing climaxes now and hen. On this occasion he laid down the law cf Ufe and death in Cortstian experience: “Brethren, yOu must grow or die. Progress }0U must make. If you can fly, fy; if you can’t fy, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t Walk, craw” Is voice was risibg to its full trumpet tones, and his eyes flashing as few eyes ever flached. His right hand was stlli high | acvanced. The congregation trembied for him. What could he say more? But he was the mas- ter of such acrisis, He wound up the santen With an explosion like thunder: “It you can’t crawl—worm It alovg!” —The Rev. Dr. Samson, acting moderator at the Baptist ministers’ conference in New York, has expressed the opinion that the Oriental and Protestant churches woutd not accap: or concur a the revision omitting the doxology from the Lord’s Prayer. He said the Polygiot | of Walton, the Lexicon of Castell and the Com. mentarles of Poole sustained the King James version, as did nearly all the Greek manu- | €cripts of their day. The doxology was in the Arabic and neariy all the versons used in the Varlous sects of the Oriental church, and it was to be founa in the liturgies of St. Chryssstem and St. Basil, and in the versions throuzhout Greece and Russia. The later version of St. Jerome, published In the fifth century, omit— ted it. Nor was it quoted by Tertullian, cyp- Tian and other Latta fathers, or in tue Cathouc Bibles. The omission of the doxology was | based On an examination of the Alexandrian Mabuscript, now ip the British Museum, but all the pages of Matthew up to chapter 25, verse 6, were lost. It was also omltted in tne Sinattic manuscript, first seen by Leschendorft in 1844, but this was so imperfectly copted that Whole lines were omitted, one of waich was the doxology. — A few years ago the attacks made upon | religion by some men of sclence led to the foundation of an English soclety to tnvesti- | gate all philosophical or sctentific questions, | more especially those satd to militate agata: the truths of revelation, and to publish th re- sults to Its members in a quarterly journal. ‘This society, which was called the Victoria In- stitute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, now boasts of 900 members, each pay- ing & small annual subscription, among whom are many leading men of science. The Arch- bishop of Canterbury, and several English, Colonial and American prelates have also joined it. Lord Shaftesbury recently said: “The obj2ct_ with which this society was formed was, not merely to beat down the views of others, not to be antagonistic to the progress of science, butto do all that we could do fur the development of truth, and, if I may use the phrase, to give religion ‘fair play.’ This so- ciety was not founded to estabiish either one opinion or another. It wag not started for the purpose of setting up the Bible against sci- ence, The object of the society was, that sci- ence should have fair play, that the truth Should ke told on ali sides, and that we mign get rid of the despotism of certain scientific men. Because it is gene well known that men of science, with all their sublime and mighty notions, are as despotic as the weakest of the human race, and they are exercising thelr despotic sway to a remarkable exteat over a very large number of rising young men, who are elther fascinated by what they have Tread and discovered, or are crushed by the authority of a few great names. It was in order, as I have said, that science should have fair play that this Institute was established, and the biessing of’ God has so rested upon tt ae has at last taken a hold tn public estl- mation.” (for the Evening Star, How Transitory. How transitory are the flowers, ‘That in the Spring-time blow, Light comrades of the laughing hourtye Then fall like Winter snow! How transitory, too, the snow, Of clouds the beauteous bloom, ‘That wreaths the gloomy earth below, ‘Then in it finds its tomb! How transitory is our racs— How quickly hence we go! Like vernal flowers we fall apace, We vanish like the snow. Fow transitory bi We live, we love, we What then?—Ah, who may traly know? Our answer is a sigh. W. L. Saormaxzr. Old and New Washington. Col. Forney writes to his paper, Progress, from Washington as follows:—Strangers break into rapturea as they study Washington city now, and It 1s amusing to draw the contrast be- tween the period of the past, when It was the meanest, dirtiest, worst paved, and worst Ughted city, and to-day, when the universal verdict is that itis the loveliest pigce in the world. The weather this season {3 unusually propitious, and this verdict is at once natural and exceptionless. Nature comes in ald of art. We have had nohot weather. The spring is late, but the coolness and the delay make the verdure seem deeper in its green, the flowers us, the whole growth of vegetables and fruits more hea!thy while the wide streets, clean, super-solid, and unbroken, flanked by the Classic dimensions of the pubic buildings, and alternated by the decorated spacious squares, give a palatial air to the whole city, and make visitors wonder and residents proud. I have seen the nation’s capital in these two conditions, in its rags and wretchedness and ita rebea of radiance, and therefore can sympa- thize with the emotions over itssuperd recupera- tion, And just here let me ask whether we have done justice to the man who deserves most credit for this fairly marvellous transformation? Alexander R. Shepherd 1s stili living, but not kere, He failed after he had lifted Washington out of its gloom and mire. The capital needed @ brave man to take holdof the abuses that were*festering all about tt. Tne civil war had made its original evils ten times worse. Old Wasnington city never had the @avantages of Cosmopolitan progress. All its surroundings were poor, neglected, loose, disorganized. The rebellion superaddea biocd, death, debt, profligacy, and wild debauch to fundamental and chronic thriftiessaess Peace found the city a bog, a mire, a lazar-house. LETTER FROM PARIS. A RONAPARTIST FL:CKRR—THE FRENCH CONGRESS ADJOURNS IN JULY—TEE AMBASSADOR TO ROMR—COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS — srain® roce— PARIS GOSSIP, ETC. [Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.) Paris, May 15, THE BONAPARTISTS. ‘The Bonapartists flicker up occasionally. They believe to see in the inauguration of the statue to Napoleon lI at Milan a resuscitation of Uneir fortunes, Tne Italians are, however, in the odor of sanctity just now with the French; Indeed, the latter are mome=tarily 1a bad humor, they having had their mouse tu | @ Dutch cheese existence disturbed, by the ne- | st cessity of a display of vigor against the Krou- a, | Taira, and not quite clear how the matter taro | SBXIOUS to see @ Giplomatically end. The Italians can haraly be blamed for honoring the officlal head of the nation towhom they owe thelr unity, and whether, as the republicans allege, Napoleon was frightened into fighting for the’ Itallans— the Latin sisters by the shells of Orsini, France, NOt the less possesses ali the honor and glory— plus Savoy aud Nice, for liberatiog Italy fron the Alps to the Auriatic—ies3 tne occupation or Rome. THE FRENCH CONGRESS, As the parliamentary session, and the par- Mament Itself, will Moish in July, there is aot much time left for the cl=patch of other than necessary and Important business. Attention § directed rather to the elections next O2%0- ber; constituents are becoming now eminent Personages. The extreme republicans are alming to concentrate the attention of the cous, BOL On a multiplicity of questions, but On three OF four, and formule unese LutO & Plationm. A series of congresses wili be held ‘Oo propagate a kaowledge of the program. ‘The iifst down om the roster 13 thator the Separation Detween church and state. Among tLe disciples cf this propaganda a few iadies figur, who have permission to convoke their Sex and compel wives, mothers and sisters to ipfinence husbands, &. The last ning a Freuchman submits to ls that of his wife dic- tating to him the way in which he ought to Politically go. Opinion is with the budget committe? in re- Jecling the proposition for the aboiitioa ot the Papal ambassador at Rome, ch would pe blunder just now when Leo yin every disposition to livein harmony with the Tepub ic; It would compel him to fall back on ‘he party that dominated his pi r. TRADE TREATY WITH ENGLAND. The French are commencing to display a it- te more interest in the hitch in the negotia- Uons for uhe treaty of commerce with England; @ treaty, which since 1560, has increased the €xportations from France to England four, and the importations from the latter to France, Ubree-fold. If the results of the commercial aillance have keen s0 mutually advantageous, Why does France seek to ratse dutt It_can- BOt be to benefit languid Industries, for the latter coula never have survived a succession Of reverses dating from 1560, and since tnelr disappearance or decadence, France has become only more materially prosperous. Tae French allege England wacts our wines, but (hese have senstviy diminished, owing to tne Tavages of the phylloxera, and hence, having less lo export, her market 1s less tmportaut. Now the phylloxera is on the high road to beipg conquered, and renewed vineyards will demand a markei; also, though the produc- Uon of native wines has been sadly curtailed by {he malady, increased purchases of the wines of Spain and Italy bave been made by French wine inerchants to honorably manipulate supplies for foreign consumers. Tue real rock ahead iles In une adoption by the French govern- Ment of specific, for value duties; it 1s admitted the Ogures on which this decision has been made, have been furnished by interested per- sons, No tissue is hardly pre; at present pure; cotton, wool, and silk, are invariably mixed, and industry will discover other combi- nations before ten or fif.een years, when a treaty, if now signed, may expire; how Classify such combinations in order to levy a sp-c.ic Yapost On objects of such divers value? Ketain Specific duties, where such have not been found ineonventent, continue ad valorem rates—the more equitable, and secure competent expert- ists who will not prove a bindrauce, bul a help tothe customs. France 1s in the wrong In ad- vocating specitic duties, and England ought not to give way. SPRING TIME. Despite a trying and persistent nor’easter, life cut of doors 1s possible this spring, if one be well wrapped in furs. At the Boils, the Allé:, des Acacias, Is no longer sacred to hanging locks of blue flowers and widows, but to pre- tenders; It 1s the favorite carriage drive for no- torleties, like Prince Napoleon, the Comte de Pi orthe ducd’Aumale, Doo Carlos, and, since Rochefort accuses bim of alming at the purple, Gambetta also. ODDS AND ENDS. At an elegant dinner given @ few evenings ago In & mansion in the fark Monceaux, the table was laid in the conservatory amidst giant cameliae, the bill of fare was printed on large tky blue and rose ribbon, one end rolling round a bouquet of lily of the valley, a corner of the ribbon being tucked up by a gold pin, and dis- playing the name of each guest. A man a few days ago, on taking his seat on the imperial of an omnibus, sat down on a bundle of cooks’ knives; he was conveyed to the hospital dying. A ve po beau, a blacksmith, Seduced a strong-minded girl, Eugenie, aged 21, and deserted her after her confinement. She took lessons In revolver shooting, and when pioficient, waited on her infidel lover. “You have had the rose,” she sald, “and you must now have the thorns,” and kk two valts in bis The jury of Charlerilie acquitted her. Engenie laid down that French girls had oaly her means to settle faithless lovers, Brother Gardner on Happiness. (Detroit Free Press.) “‘ What I was gwine to remark,” sald the old man, as he looked over and saw that the ther- Mmometer marked 92 degrees, “am to de effeck dat de Hon. Abe Lossford, of Howell, Mich., has arrove in de city at my request to deliber his Celebrated lectur’ on ‘True Happiness’ befo" dis club. He am now in de auntyroom, an’ sir Ieaac Walpole an’ Rev. Penstock will don de Proper regalia an’ fotch him in.” In the course of the next five minutes the Hon. Mr. Lossford was ‘“fotched.” He had on a new sult, walked like Napoleon, looked like ned and took the platform with all the ease of (ero. “Gem'len,” he began, as he looked down upon the baid head of Eider Toots, “now many or you know what real happiness ar’? Dat 13, how many of you doan’know nuffin "bout it? Cenfucius thought he was happy,but he wasn't. He didn’t know nuflin ‘pout wat lyons, or persimmons, or green corn. Ci3ar thought be was happy, but he didn’t Know puffin "pout fa or hickory nuts, or sweet cider. ato said Leber went in swimmin’, or was on skates, or tended a Sunday-skule basket picnic, (Cheers by Samuel Shin, which died away ina hollow moan as Brother Gardner gave him 8 look com- powder Scrap-iron.) ‘3 tify our homes, riches kin gia us luxuries, an’ bealth kin gin us good appe- Utes an’ refreshin’ but happicess am Subthin’ beyond all dat. When you shoulder a fish pole an’ put a box o’ bait in yer pocket an’ ‘Siart Off to ish you think you am happy, but how Is 1t "long "bout sundown when you come ‘Then Shepherd came, and Congress poured out its millions in response to the popular cry for help. ‘To his Bismarck and Haussemann char- acteristics the government is indebted for this splendid metro} He spent great sums, and bis foes said wildly; but now all see that his lavish liberality was simple courage, and that shown this pluck, it he had not run the risks he did, the whole scheme would have ended in a ghastly fatlu to be cruelly investigated. ness, after belng threatened with persecution for bis public spirit. Hesold his property and Jeft the city, sought fortune in the distant terri- tories, and in a few years more @ ‘once us man. Now asi stand inthe midst the other day, somewhat after tpis fashion: ilemen, that this place has the place. My own Iu Bay in to ill this Desltion fam taken entirely by aurora HEY ahs hig kta nas or the state prison. ighes I should have peremptorily declined Ree aa not am in tho hands of may friends, 1 gee no other course but to submit.” ——__—_—__ -AIGN IN MARYLAND.—In the ‘THE ComING Camp. nice comalico, home wid one poo’ ole susfish in a peck basket? De yourg man who hires a lbery an’ takes his gai out ridin’ may think he's happy, but ne isn’t. When he comes to up de ‘cost of his Sunday ciothes, de hire of de rig, de chances of smashit.’ & wheel an’ brokin’ de gal’s nec! Whar’ ain de pap Some of you cull’ folkses git hold of a watermellyon an’ sot down in de shade fur from de busy hum of inaustry yum! yum! an’ dat you an I've bin dar, an’ it makes my mout K Of it, Dut was I happy? No come to reekolect dat p’raps some a i Ea at i i $ E &2 EZ A 33 rie i ‘ he bad nufia to regret, an’ yet he | Tricks of Pubt rates: ‘The tricks that have been Fesoried to to hold of @ copy of this Testament would ‘oe laughable if they were not so rasoally. Last | Sunday morning letter was handed to br | Scbaf at his house, signed by Mr Prowde, tus English manager of the pudilcation, with whom: be hes had constant correspondence. It was | written tn an easy, confident manner. on the sieamship Britannic’s ietter paper. fn tt the | Writer cad that he had brought with bim from | England 1.000 copies of the Oxford edition, in habdsome Uindings, which were to be people the steamer who were on their way vo Japan | Via San Francisco, and that they were to arton Sungay eventog. bey were mission artes oF something Of taat sort, y Of the new Bidie defore they leit town. All of hg, thousand copies were stowed away in the hoM of the Britanato, | and, it being Suaday, be could not get at them: So Would Dr. Schafl Ktodly send his copy by Une bearer? The genial doctor, wever doubting the | SeMulneness of the letter, hesitated oaiy be- catise c he cid not feel that he had any rignt to | let the book go out of his hands no mater who Wanted 1. So he wrote apoilte note to Mz. | Frowae, «xplatning why he could not conseut | $0 bis request, and inviung him to come 10 | bis house vo tea that evening, Mrs. Schamt SOC UP quite @ fue tea, and arrayed he. Self wilh more than usual care: bat Mr. Frowde did mot accept the profiered hos. j pitaltty, It % neediess to ‘Bay that tue | Whole thing was @ tick of ‘some suarper | to get hold of acopy of the book. Another Dook that ts g.ving publishers a world of anx- lety is the Jed. Davis memoirs. Fro monuh | $0 month, for three long years, I have been ex- | Pecting the pubitcation of that book. It ts oaly bow reacy for the public, On Saturday last, 0 Stis were shipped to Bagland, but the work | Will Lot be publisued Bere fof some 10 or 15 | Gass. “The pecullar state of our copyright lawa | mal It necessary for the book to be pub- lsbed simultaneously in America and Eogiand. | Ifa review of it should ,et out before the ap. | pointed time, the copyright would be forieited j for England.’ But the papers won't let Une pad- | lishers a! and are badgering them for early sheets every day. A number of attempts to bribe the employ¢3 of Une Appletons’ factory | bave been frustrated. Special watchers | on band all the Ume, and the 25,000 sats t } form the first edition’ are constantly counted, | So that none could get out wichout being dis- | covered. 1 Know an editor who would give $1,000 down to get_a copy for arly notice, and 1 kuow another editor Who cowld jay bis hand On A Copy Of tLe first volume in @ minute if Was bot too Lienorable to take advantage of his knowledge Some weeks ago a southera r, the Mempuis appeal, printed a column and more of exirects trom'the memoir, which were Teprinted in haif of the northern papers. 1 Tead them, and was at once strusk by the jerky Mauner they were written in. 1 sus- pected the truth before 1 had read very far. ‘They Were made up from & canvasser’s order- K. These order-bocks are prepared wita « Tew pages of ibe volume Offered for sale, so that the customer may get an idea of the book ‘The pages are selecied atrandom. Page Wand page 15 may come sige by side, and page 3 afier page 500. No two pages are ever bound up in tkelr proper order, “It was out of U orprising hile 1 gave hl ratuitous advertising. t dt ple amount Of harm to tue pudilsy- The average reader Uhqught that It was a genulbe thing, made up trom the sheets, aad out was surprised at its rkiness, astute editors were taken th, and wrote editorials oa Its Incompieteness.—Brunsirick, i Bos’ Sate urday G Hew He Became Wealthy, A little man was lutroduced to the members ofthe Mining Exchange, in New York, the other day, and, from the prompt and effectual abner in which he operated, It was apparent { he was Immensely-wealtiny. “You have been ou the mines, I hear,” Said one of a Knot of admirers, who, thouza ‘a New Yorker, had established some litule repu- ‘Vation for Taolilarity with far western slang. “¥es,” responded the little man, quletly; spent some time in the carbonate region.” “ Pretty Old hand at dips and angies, I take it,” observed the questioner, joculariy, “Tve heard ted of 'em,” replied the iu an. * Rocked the cradle for yeow @ good many Uurhs, ehy” continued Ube bore, with an :'li. fetcb-Lim out wink at the crowd. “Nod. They doen't cradle now, they crash,’ said Ube Ue man, uneastly. “Bivit bard on @ Spur and Jerk rock for the stomp; Was the way they doit?” “They take out the %and send it to the ‘weplied the I nA. 9 and flood the lower ma bt you ike to level?” asked the amateur “Want something to rinse the valves ‘The Hue man consented and the crowd ad- journed for wine. “How'd you hook on to the dust, grab stake or straight prospe inquired tue bore atter ‘the party bad Irrigated. “I grab staked untli 1 lost most of my money,”’ eaid tbe uve man nervously, “Isee. Then scanned for @ shine on your wn Slee “No. The fact is, gentlemen. I'm not a miner, | and never bad an interest in a shaft.” “How'd you accumulate the bucksktns, if I may ask?” pursued the bore, somewhat amazed. | _“Itwas this way: Some tenderfeet had smiled | on @ locket, and when they came to rex ic corn at the settle I was close to the bung. Paes were olled and I had some split Tickets. 1 gave ‘them the Circulars, and when the wiod shttei | the best they could languish under was tar cooks and a couple, Somenow I got hold of the | air and let Into the pull with two dough faces aud three sprats. 1 let go a dough fice and caught the advertisement. They doudied on me steady till] reached the Mngering speck, aud iben I laid down and softened on the starligat. ‘That's the way I made my money. Good day, gentlemen.” “ How was i?” chorused the crowd, turning tothe bore-for an explanation. 3 “I think he means that they died and lett = Weir property,” replied tbe domestic miner. Sut he didn’t. He meant that three tlats had ‘struck It rich, and on 4 deal with a safety pack be had held four aces against a queen full and won ail the money tn the eutit. ‘To crystallize it, gentle reader: He was a skin gambler.—Brookiyn Ke Beaconsfield’s Home-Coming. As silently as might be the necessary prepa- | Tations at High Wycombe station, for the Hvghenden journey by road, a distance of ‘rogmore Gardens, Temple End and lic road to Hugbenden, The way was ark and solitary. No ope was seen along the whole route. The gray dawn was slowly breaking when the lodge gates were reached. These opened on the approach of the hearse, and the vehicles passed through without ey 3 ping. As they were driven to the top of the 1. On which the Manor House stands the rain again commenced falling, and a thick mist overhung the hollows. The long, steep biil Uied the horses, and several halts had co bs made. who were riding alighted and walked up Ube bill, as the horses Wolled up tne ascent. It Was a strange scene, welrd and solemn. ‘The biack hearse moved slowly along up Lue narrow read, under the gaunt trees of tue Park, the leafless, waving branches of whica shook showers of raindrops down on the litle procession walking slienuly Dehind. Not a Word was uttcred a5 Une house was neared, and the only audible sounds were the tramp of horses and men, the moaning of the wind among the trees and the plash of the rain. Ciose to the “Golden Gates” (40 named by Lord Beaconstield), which stand midway betweon Uhe house abd the lodge, ove = gery! ae 3 uttered a shrill cry. giviug warnlag e ap- proach of the cortege. ‘a Beaconsiield was very fond of these birds, several of which he fed with his own bands. The peacocks nave always been poled at Hughenden as the beat “watchdogs” about the place. Journeying sulil upward and pg on the i A) nue co nenden 1° Ube vi w, where fay sendy ae hose remaihs were eb Nghts were sti!l burning as wi stoed a sorrowful a Lt or it of the iuen servants, walling for their ‘The hour was but five slnutes to four, was . ne tirds however, doubtless the into the house. Bo coffin was placed fora few minutes in messengers paid .Spone Box” than toa Rack Of But it is different now. attention toa ms {ie ix