Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1881, Page 2

LOCAL NEWS. BOATING ON THE POTOMAC, Animated Scenes on the River in the Evening. The District Boat Clubs. ‘The Coming Natuonal Regatta. The boating seecon in Washington is now fully open. The Povoma> river every evening ig alive with all manner of boats propelled by Oars. The members of the boat clubs can be Seen Out in fours, doudles and stngles; but the greatest ‘ber of boats seen on the water are What are called working boats. Partles of Jadies and gentlemea fill these, and happy laughter floatsover the water. Very few peo- ple godown stream. There is nothing to be {en that way except the broad expanse of the river and the low shores The flats are to be smelled at low tide, but that Is not much of an inducement. Nearly everybody goes up the river. Passing under the Aqueduct briage, b>- tween the st streams of fal''ng water, 13 a eady feat easily accomplished, as the river ts as- cended by daylight. Tae dec2ent, however, is usually accomplished in the davk or by moon- ight. Then as each boat with ladies in it dashes under the bridge little screi 13 are always heard as the water comes down oa the heads of the party. It 1s calcula.ed thai ovt of @ boat containing seven people passing usd-r the rqueduct after suiset not more tuaa two eve. escape the shower. THS KLIDE UP THE RIVER 18 very pleasant—cool breezes fan the rowers and their guests. The scenery on the left bank is beautiful and ever changing. The rigit bank does not offer much In the way of the pic turesque, but fs not without interest. Taere is HOt much current to work against, and the well-trained young man finds little d'‘ticulty in propelling the craft containing bimself and his young lady even with that swiftness and stead- iness which characterizei the aq atic feats of the young waterman of Twickenham Ferry. Boating on the Potomac is simply deligatful. No wonder that so many people flad thelr way to the river as the cool of the day draws ou. ‘The sport 1s not confined to the young alone. Many beads of families puff up and down the river, with the real head of the house and a portion of their progeny on the cushions. Taere are romantic places for landing here and tnere along the left bank. And then there fs the man who keeps A MYSTERIOUS LITTLE HOUSE ON THE WATER, just about haif way up to the Chain bridge. He selis something there. Nearly all of the boats with only young men In them stop to ex- change “gocd éventng” with this man. Ex- actly what the attractions of his place are is 13 impossible to tell without a visit. ‘Nearly every evening there must be three or four hundred boats on the water. Some of them carry lights after dark, whico flash merrily as the crafts speed on. Some of the boats are very handsome ana costly. They are perfect in every respect and finished in elegant style. This year there are more boats ou tue river than ever before; and the interest in the pastime is much greater than heretofore. T.a-+ boat club men, tuough they will not acmit greatly prefer to row iaiies aboat In vice cou. fortable boats rather tuan to pull for the train- ing of the muscles. The clv0s are founaed upon a pleasure basis; beyond that thai they bave never accompi’shed anything great on home waters (hough ta outsi¢e races they have done well. There is plenty of splendid matertat in the three ebz, but it needs developing. ‘The barges, six, elgut aud ten oared, are the favorite club boats for evening trips. Taey ac- commoda' convenient Lumber of passengers aud when Well-manaei mate very good ne.4- way. From therm is derived the term “barge party.” BARGE PARTIES are of two kinds. There 1s the barge party where ladies are along, and barge parties where only the male specimen I3 representes. The former are pronounced to be “just too pice for anything” by the ladies. The latter are by no means Siow. The scheme of a barge party 1s to row up tothe landing of the club and disembark. There ts dancing in the pavli- jon when ladies are along. The wa'ks are very romatt c, the air cooi and fresh and the refresh. Beats inviting. The revurni3s made avout 11 c’c O-E—that is of the female barge party. * Stag” parties have been Known not to return until 2 o’cleck inthe morning. The {an of a ‘Stag party just ruusever. Toey keep the beer on ice ail the time. Songs, stories, speeches, Substantlls to eat, and souetaing t) moisten, make the me pass like Parvie. A dig boniire, | Ughting up the trees around, aad giinting over the water winds up the evening: ihere generally being a war dance accompaul- ment. Thece parties have been known tof ne back with the current, hardly usirg an oar. ‘That ts, very likely, the reason that some of them get back so late. The Interest taken to boating ts due to THE TARES BOAT CLUBS. The Columbia club ts the youngest of the three organizations, and the Analostaas the oldest. ‘be Fotcmac b is, however, Dat a year youbger than the Aualosian. The Co.uo- bia, thougn Dura last y bantiing. It has erccte can tush out crews that h “KML and dexterity.” THE POTOMAC BOAT CLUB have almost finished improvements to tbetr house that make !t as elegant and comforian'e as eny boat house fa the countcy, Tue men- bership of this clud consists of 59 active, 15 ir- active and about 75 honorary members. It Owns seven Club boats. Besides tnes2 there are between thirty and foriy private boas in the house, the property of individual members wo. re club, The “stag” partic of the Potomac a ilae club hows: and d'e the spruc2 wita Club are noteu for being the best even on the river. The officers of the club are Frank Jones, | ape ; P.T. Dodge, vice president; uy. D. yie, Johnston, assistart sec- ry , treasurer; Samuel Wheeler, captain; W. F. Roberts, first Meut n- ant, and W.C. McKinney, second leutenant. ‘The up-river landing of tue club is about toree miles trom the boat house. ‘T'se pavilioa makes excellent dancibg, and tbe scenery around Is magnificent. THE COLUMBIA CLUB, active membersulp of bas an 135, with about 20 Inactive andi honorary members. It hag not got allof iia boats andoutfic yet. It bas, however, in the house two fours, an elght- cared barge and 30 private boats. Their lanuiag is about one and a half miles up the river, be- tween Vis-a-Vis landing and Analostan iind- y pleasaat resort. The officers W. How, ppd chert . @ prc ident; gg, treas— yder, secretary; Harry Towers, W. H. Gogon, cap ain; J. . D. Davis, sezond THS ANALOSTAS CLUB has 65 active members and about 109 Inactive, honorary andretired members. It hastwelve eluD boats and about fitteen private boats io the house. Their rp river landing 13 at Windy Branch. It isa legend that there 1s always a breeze there. People passing tn bodts eaten cool air at Windy Branch when they find tt no- where else on the river. I’ 13 abuut two miles up. The officers of the club are; ~George A. Mennerney, president; John W. Corson, vice resident; Samuel Maddox, treasurer; H. McKenney, corresponding and flaanctal secre - lary; James E. Will recordiag secretary W. A. McKenuey, captain; R. E. Patro, Heutenant, and Fred Wright. second Meutenant THE NATIONAL R@GaTTA. The boat racing this season promises to be the best ever known here. There wiil be the usual club regattas, which will take place some ume in June. T' in September next, of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmien wiil be the great, ‘There will be two days racing bers of clubs ta 4 western and sou! ‘The Potomes Ciub ma: gatta, having withdrawn from the association ‘On account of the refusal of the execative com- mittee to take Into consideration the dispute which arose out of the citizens’ regatta of last year. The Ane ostan and Columbia are, how- ever, Working up the arrangements for the re- gatta,and are meoting with success Tae + Facing each day Will commerce at 10 0'cl9¢: It will bein heats over a course ot i miles straight-away.43 pre: :r.bed by the rales of the association. “The course has not been selected. The coptests will be between elghts, sixes, fours, pairs, douvies and singles. These con: tests are always exciting and are free from the suspic.on of hippc Iromiag or “sickness” that yenerally hangs around professtonal contesis. ‘The joint Columbia-Analostan committee oa arrangements for the regatta has tssued a clr- «ular invoking the eid aud Co-operation of the itizens. The circular says that from presea* ndications there wi.l be at least 74 entries for ihe two days racing. in whieh mem- he €astera cles and some The New Gates at Arlington, A BEMAKKABLE WORK IN IRON. Messrs. C. A. Schneider & Sons have for some months been engaged In making at their foundry, corner of 12th s'reel and Oalo avenre,two pairs of fron gates for the en- trance ways of the Arlington military ceme- tery from plans prepared by Me3sra. J. L. Smithmeyer & Co, architects, whicn are a curiosity and a marvel for fiae workmanship in their way. They are made eatirely of the Tinest wrought-Iron, 12 feet wide #1415 feet bigb, each In two fols, to swing upon hinges @nd pivet stops. The frame of the northera = Js formed of x2 toch bars raaning suble and enclosing between the same & frieze work made of 3-16 inch plate iroa, per- forated, forming ornamental styles and rail’, ‘The frieze plate is held to the frame ba’s oy 1 inch square rol'ed angie trons With 1x3-16 Inch back strips all thoroughly riveted or, th3 reds cup-headed on the pauel ie ‘and hrs | event, | To clubs will take part. | not take part in the r- | ing the process of turning to vinegar. How aanual meeting here | derscing the process 4 eg countersunk on b= the outer sides of the main rame bars, the The perforated spac: ave ratsed Tosettes, which are concave, and built up of several thicknesses of metal and rivetted with equare rivets to prevent turning ‘The rosettes of both gates are formed in the same manner and show the same on both sides. There are four o: these size rosettes on each fold. The main frame are connected toeach other inthe most perfect manner by halving, 1a riveting and welding, and roduce a frame work. The wer panels are formed of two thicknesses of 3g-inch strips overlaying each other, so that all the verticals fali on one plane and all hori- zontals into another, one immediately back of the former. The main bands tn the design are formed by strips built up of two thicknesses riv- eted together—the upper or projection portions | of.which are cut off at the intersection with all cross bands, rosettes, &c. The center ring is ornamented with an Innerone \ and 1%; inches, by means of the rivets at the ents o: the letters, forming the Latin motto, *Duice, et decorum est pro patria mori,” in the center. The inner ring contains a group of military in- signla, double-faced high relief. The top panels have the uprights made of \ by 1¥ inch, and the palmette shaped figures of 1 inch fron of various thicknesses like the scro!lon the panels below. All of the material is of the very best American wrought tron, smn forged, welded and riveted, the lines of the design truly expressed in an arttatic mabner, and all worked with the view of Making them the best that American work- manship can produce. + GATE NO. 2 for thesouthern entrance, 13 sintiariy ma¢ but of different design—the standing portton— hinges and pivot stops consis’ of four uprigat, aud five horizontal bars in tnch fold, eatn 3, oy 2 inch tron The rosettes are double- faced inside and out, and bullt up of several thic -nesses of concavei saucer shaped plates of sheet iron and fasieved by square rivets, The center panel has a system of *; Inch braces forged tegether Intoa unit at their inter- section, the star disks and rims varied. Tnera are fifteen hundred rosettes of various shapes and sizes on this gate. The palmette oraa- ment at the lower volute of the scroil 13 doubdle metal moulded in relief. The sword abd dagger trophies in the center are mae of solid iorgiags in wrought fron. All Unes are conically express-d by either sinking 0. ratsing the metal from the general surface of the Y es, oni jobof work was advertised in all the ‘cipal cities in the country, yet there were ut six bids put in, the work being too intri- cate and difficult to be considered a3 a paying job. It was awarded to the Messrs. Schneider. it is safe to say that there is no such work in ‘wrought iron in this country, and it 1s difficult to Imagine that so delicate and ornamental a job could be accomplished in wrought tron. There are probably twenty thousand separate Pieces of iron used in their structare, and all are smoothly cut and moulded as could be done. Itis probable that these contractors Will lose Considerable money on the work as bid for, but as a monument to their ingenuity will give them a certain di of recompense. These gates have been completed and put in place and attracted general attention and ad- mlration Monday. Some of Gen. LeDuc’s Experiments. SORGHUM SUGAR MADE AT A COST OF $20 TO $3 PER POUND AND SOLD FOR FIVE CENT3—SORG- SS WHICH LIVESTOCK WOULDN'T EAT— COMMISSIONER SALTED IT DOWN—A MATURING CROP OF VINEGAR. One of Commissioner LeDuc’s experiments in connection with bis sugar making from sorghum has never been made known. This was the salting and packing away under ground of the refuse stalks of sorghum, from which the jutce had been pressed by the roller of the sugar mill, for the purpose of making horse fead. Not only was all of the available space allotied for experimental vegetabie growth sown with sorghum seed, but a large farm was rented in Virginia, several miles from this city, and about oue hundred ecres planted with this crop. Sev- eral buildings were erected on ‘the line of B street south, a steam boiler, engine and very expensive machinery s3t up, lacludlag a mill for ne the ae from the stalks, boiltag KS, jefecator, evaporator, mixer, centrifugal apparatus, ic. The season proved to be a good one, and at the proper time the sorghum was cut, the leaves stripped from the Stalks, the latter mate up into bundles a3 “— as could well handled, and Mr. George W. Kuox, the well-known expressman, had the contract for bringing the product ‘from the farm to the Sugar mill in the Agricuitural grounds A THREATENED REVOLUTION IN SUGAR. The Commissioner had given out that he would show that a good merchantable sugar could be made from sorghum, and at a much cheaper rate than the staple market article. If this covld be done of coure a revolution was threatened in the sugar market, and the bulls and bears would have to fight it out. Tue ehref vaiue of the sorghum heretofore had hesn. its yleld of saccaisne matter, wh'ch had been converted Into molasscs of a very common «ind, Dut its adaptability for sugar had always veen In doubé, and although numerous experl- ments hed been tried none had ever proved suc- y . ‘this Commissioner Ls Duc avtrivated tecitve process employed, but with the fuinery and ight of re- verles there was no such ‘ning as fail. The true results of these experl- nents are bat keown to the pudilc, and proda- bly never wiil be, but no shczk has ever taken place in the ugar market. THE HORSE FEED PROJECT, itis thought, was merely incidental, but waa good. As the work progressed, the accumula- Uon of the crushed sorghum stalks was simply immense, and what to do with it was a serlous question. The commissioner generously of- tered to give it away to poor persons who kept cows or hogs, for feed. Some of it was carted away for sui irpose, but it was soon found that the animals would noteat it, Horses would nibble at it & little, and the happy thought struck the commissioner that it could be saved for horse feed, by salting mnsilage y, and by excludire the alr an lan,” it could be successfully cured and used yy farmers during, the winter and spring months, in place of hay or short feed. After giving the subject thoughtful consideration, he directed that a pit be dug in the sorgaua patch near py tne sugar works. This pit was some 20 feet long by 10 or 12 wide, abouts or 9 feet deép, paved and walled up its full height with hard brick set in cement, and covered with @ rough board roof to keep the rain out, This formed @ sort of tank or reservoir, and into it the green crushed soreuum stalks Were packed, in close and alternate layers of sorghum stalks and salt, the latter to keep it from fermenta- Uon and at the same time give the feed a relish- Ing seasoning. In this way the pit was iilled to within a foot ortwo of the top and then all was overlaid with earth compacted to the depth of two or three feet, to thoroughly ex- clude the atmosphere. This was kept through last winter until spring, waen a portion was uncovered and the contents examined. A small quantity was taken to the stable and put be- tore the horses, but after all this trouble the ungrateful brutes rejected it, muca to the disgust of Its projector. A SORT OF STRANGE ODOR began to make itself known in that netghbor- hood, something like fermented swill, or mash from a distillery, but no one was able to account for it. Finding the feed was not rel- ished by hors:s, the commisstoner gave dires- Uons that one end of the pit be uncovered and the contents throws out from the bottom into the open air. Tols was done, and the slimy staff bas been left there sinceggith the pit open to emit tne foul odors. The horse feed experiment, like that of the sugar, was nota success, and the only thing to fall back on 1s about fifty barrels of the sorghum julce stand- ing in the open lot, and now supposed to be ua- Ibis wili pan out for use on greens and cabvage 48 not yet known. THERE IS STILL ANOTHER istrict, under authority of an actot Congress, and we were able to receive notice to vacate the premises at any moment; and 24, The need for the continuance of the charity & month longer did not exist, a8 never in our experience were there so few applicants, nor Were they of such unworthy character as they tad been for the two months preceding. Thi3 was no doubt caused by the greatly Improved condition of business, and more particularly the mechanical and laboring interests of the country, which found work at remunerative wages for all who were neither incapacitated or too lazy to avall themselves of the privilege. A bumber of the latter class came to us, and while we weeded them out a3 best we could, we Still found them within our walls in undue pro- pertion to the very few worthy applicants ‘whom we were tn duty bound to shelter, so we concluded to offer no further inducements for chronic laziness, and save the expense of con- tinulpg open for another month. The following shows THE NUMBER OF LODGERS provided dwmipng the “period named:—From March 4, 1876, to July 31, 1876, 4,723; from Dec. 1876, to May 81, 1877, 5,673; from Dee. 7, 1877, to Mi rom Dec. 25, 1873, to May 31, ‘9, to May 31, 1S3u, to April 30, 1531, 26,612 lodgings, and over 55,000 meals suppHed during the past five years. For the past year only 38 10 Pe cent of the beneficiaries were colored people, and 5% per cent were women and children. A bounteous supply of soup, which has been served both for supper and breakfast (in addition t> the usual feod), the past year, has proved very beneficial. It has been made very nutritious—almost like beef tea—and we are indebted to Mr. Wm. Rob- Inson, who has given us all the beef we needed without charge. As our building is soon to be razed to the ground, the important queation presents itself, z “WHERE SHALL THE LODGING HOUSE NEREAFTER BE LOCATED?” It 1s probably not assuming too much to assert that never in the history of all the num. erous charities of- the District has any one of them done more effective and positively good work with such a small expenditure of money as has fallen to the fortunate lot of the direc- tors of the “Night Lodging House,” and we therefore feel that there can be no question as to the continuance of the charity; but how its field can be enlarged and established on a firm basis 1s an ey chosen question. Up to the present time we have never wanted for a dol- jar in our treasury. At the n‘ng little School girls of the ‘Rosslyn Institute” not only gave us the ideaof a lodging house, but the money to make that idea possible, and since then our liberal citizens and appreciative Com- missioners have contributed the supply; but Low we are turned adrift without house or home to shelter the poor honest wayfarer, who has a right to ask of those more favorably cir- cumstanced in life that meedof assistance which we tn turn would hope for were we ur- fortunately in his place. In view of the man- ner we have | epee eee A demonstrated how much good can be done with little money there can be butone answer to our question. We must have a suifable House in a central local- ity, and that house should elon fo the “Night Lodging House Association,” How and in what manner this house shall _be acquired I leave to the residue of the board to determine. The abiiity and fidelity of the superiaten- dent, Mr. Norton, and his assistants, Massrs. ‘iaines and Artbur, were recognized and com- plimented by the board. ‘Lore About a Famous Washington Street. Although there have been several ai.icles Published in referenca to the historical square cn C street northwest, between 3d and 44 treets, and the many distinguished person- es who have resided there, there are still niany Items of interest that cluster about the \ime-honored square that are worthy of tater- «st, Amobg the wost celebrated persons, whose names have been mentioned as ha ‘ived there, are President Garfield. Senator sherman, Gen Schenck, Phil. Barton Key (when shot by Hon. Dan’t E. Sickles), Thomas :{, Benton (who wrote his “Thirty Years in the S. Senate” while living there), Hon. John ‘juincy Adams, Gen. John A. Dix, and many thers, There are, however, many other celeb- ‘ttles who have figured in American politics, and whose namesare quite famtlar to all. Among ‘gem, Senator Slidell, ot La., who was sent by Jeff. Davis to intercede for the confederate states with France; Senator Bagby, of Ala, who represented that state in the Senate 30 ‘ars ago; Senator Gwinn, of Ca’ifornia; Sen- ator Conkling, of New York, while a Rspre- sentative la the House from that state; Vic3 President King, who was elected on the ticket with President Plerce; Mr. d’Osmea, Peruvian ralnister, and many other. While it isa matter of considerable Interest, to know who have lived on said street !1 ante- bellum days, may it not be well to ment'on the uatnes of some who still reside tiere, and at ihe same time show that all interast Is noc centered In the “West End?” To begin with, ‘sMr. Edward Simms, a retired banker, who was @ director aad acting president of the Bank of Washington at the time that Presl- ‘ent Jackson vets2d the bill to recharter the United States Bank, which caused such a iaanelal storm to sweep over the couatry a3 was Mever witnessed before fa the ht3- ory of the republic, begingjng in 1533 and using to its height m 1336.” Mr. Simm3 3 DOW Si years of age, and first came to Wash- & ii, 7 ington in 1906 when his father sens him with a |#. wagon load of hay for President Jefferson's sorses. Mr. Simms may beseea every morr- Dg at an early bour taking his usual wal’. Ith @ pleasant smile, a gentle word and a cor- ial shake of the hand for all who may chanca omect him s0 early; Mr3. Maury, widow of ton. John W. Maury, once mayor of tie city, and ber darghters; M's. Joo. A.Snith and izafly, who own and occupy the homestead 1a which Francis S. Key, authcr of tia “Star Spangled Banner,” }tved; Mr. Sainue! Emery, Wuo occupies the house once ownei by Hon. David A. Hall, a distinguished barrister of Washington in years paar Hon. Jno. E Norrts, for many yvars president of the Jackson Den> cratic Assoclatiou: Hon. Thos J. Durant, Mr. W. B. Kibbey, Mr. S. P. Franklin, Rev. Dr. By- ron Sunderiand, Mrs, Dr. Maury, dauvhter of the late Mra. Geo.ge Parker, whose home was once 80 noted for ‘ner grand entertainmeats, where the elite of Washington were wont to assemble for gay and fe3tal ebjoyment; Mr. D, #. Murpby, culef reporter of United States Sen- ate, dwells in the house built and occupied by Mr, Fitzhugh Coyle; Hon. J. R. Haw.ey, the stinguished Senator from Connect'cut, and nator Edgarton, of Minnesota, have their eadquarters at 312 C street, tha house built by Dr, Fred. May, which is now a wel’-known voardiug-house, where many distinguished naval officers and their families stop wuen violling Washington, and where Mra. General Ga'nes boarded a year azo; Mr. Chas, Bradley, cashier of National Bank of Republic: Dra. Walsh and Briscoe and many others well Known in Washington circles. Mrs. Robert laine DOW Owns houses 316 and 31S, in years past known as the “Congression2! Houses,” irom the number cf members who made ther Leadquarters there, one of them being now oc- cupied by Mr, Charles L. Clark and the other by Mr. Barker, Ind Un's seams to be the square of Washingtoi M. A. | whe Secret of Great Architecture. {An English Magazine.) = One of the most marked characteristics of the production of the great periods of architec- ture ts that no really bad architecture is ever \o be found among them. Who ever heard of a work of the Greeks, at the great period of their ‘t, which they would presume to call bad tecture? While in the works of the 12th and 13th centuries the same masterly skill, and the same studious handiing, are found io the simple village church asin the noblest catue- ural. Nay, one ts often disposed to uncover cne’s Self 1a humble reverence before the work of some unheard-of carpenter or masonin an obscure village. No contrast could be more marke] than the difference between the present state of things and that which vrevailed at the great eras alluded to. instead of each work in its sty.e dis- playlng the same knowledge and instinctive undeveloped projzct, that of making a compost of sorghum stalks and free tm; a large pit ot which was made Jast fall near by the horse feed pit, but tt appears that the stalks rematn hard, like dry Chips of wood and refus2 to be rotted. It 1s sald by some that the few pounds of brown sugar made by Commisstoner LeDuc last season co%t the government from $2) to $30 per pound, and was sold by a grocer in tnis city lor five ceats per pound. See The Night Lodging House. A SEASON'S WORK OF THIS PRACrICAL CHARITY— ANNUAL REPURTS—A COMMITTSE TO REPORT AS TO A P&RMANENT BUILDING. A meeting of the directors of the night loiz- ‘ng house was held Thursday night, at thoold central guard-house; the president, Hon. M. G. Emery, in the chair, and E. F. Simpson secre- tary.” Mr. J.T. Mitchell, treasurer, submitted astatement, showing tnat the assoct:tion 13 not suffering for support, notwithstanding the unusual drain upon its resources the last wia- ter. Mr. A. §. Solomons read his annual re- portof the work the past year. Both reports were adopted. Messrs. Fitch, Solomons and Mitchell were appointed @ committee to con- sider and report what can be done in the way of obtalping a permanent place for a lodging- house, measures for funds for purchase of © te, &c. A resolution of thanks was unani- ly voted to Mr. Solomons for hts prompt and faithful attention to the interests of tl house the seagon. we THE FOLLOWING IS THE REPORT of Vice President Solomons:—“In submitting my fifth annual report, it affords me pleasure to state that the lodging house was never in a sentiment, the same careful, wiseand thought- ful handling, the reverse of this t3 actually the case. From each of our art camps productions are put forth of the highest and most contemp- uble cuaracter, while I fear a large number of Uhe bufidings which will represent our period | are of that negative kind which, Delng neither hot nor cold, but only lukewarm, will excite but a sickly emotion. Learning and scence never made an architect, though now and then they have developed a composer. They are both distiact from art and when connected with it may, by foolish SUNSTROKE. Cause of the Disease. Editor Star:—Sunstroke 1g known in medi- cine by the technical name of Coup de S>cil, and is pronounced as theugh it were spelled “Oo de Salaie.” The literal meaning 1s a stroke ofthe heatofthe sun, and is similar in its effects upon the brain and nervous system to @ violent blow or fall upon the head. Its effect | 4g that of concusston or shock; and for the time being suspends the functions of the Drain, and renders the individual immediately fmsensible. The insensibility may term'nate in elther — returning sensibility, or in rapid leath; ard a favorable or unfavorable term'na- tion depends upon the degree of the stroke and the habits and constitution of the Individual. ‘The temperate are much less lable to suffer and die from it than the intemperate; and no single caute, operating upon those whose pur- suits and avocations expoce them t ) the direct heat of the sun, 80 much prompts or induces a Stroke as intoxication, or the frequent and habitual drinking of alcoholic liquors while engaged in outdoor pursuita. Alcohol, of all known substances, possesses the greatest amMpity for the bra'n; and the pesuilar irrita- tion which it excites, prepares that organ, in the most inviting manner, to receive an attack of sunstroke. é SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE. ‘The approach of sun stroke ta foretold by an ndescribable feeling of oppression and depres Sion. The respiration becomes labored and moet The face alternates with redness and pallor and presents an expression of fatigue and debility. The eyes wear a dull look, and the nead feels hot, full and giddy, with occa- elonal sharp pains in the temples. ' The heart grows tremulous, weak and sinking, and the pulse unnatural and irregular. A tired sensa- Uon pervades every limb, the hands slightly Tembie, and the voice becomes faint afd hollow. The muscular system of the whole body gives unmistakable evidence of an extraordinary degree of nervous depre:- sion, and if the warning proclaimed by these symptoms is unheeded by those who are ex- posed to the heat of the sun, and an effort 1s made to work off these bad /eelings, all of these symptoms are soon aggravated, and danger and death are imminent. The person drops in- stantly, and immediately becomes insensible. The premonitory symptoms last from halt an hour to a day Or more, and when prolonged they usually subside at night, and return dur- ing the day, when: the cause 1s brought to act upon the brain. When an individual {3 sun- struck he lies motionless and insensible. His | pulse is feeble and irregular and the face wears the deepest expression of painful hatgard- ness. The eyes are elther partially closed or shut. The teeth are firmly set, and the power of swallowing is lost. If fluid 1s forced into RELIGIOUS NOTEs. : ~ The number of dissenters, trom the Greek church in Russia ts estimated at 14,000,008, Pe =a te church at Pawtucket, K. 1, as elected three vestry women, a case - Out precedent in this country. = —Rev.James H. Smith,of Rockbridge county, has been called to the psstorate of the Presby— terlan church at Leespurg, ¥3. aegis —“The Man with the Scarlet Letter” is the title which a St. Louis newspaper conferred upon the Rey. Henry Ward Beecher when he lectured fn that town last week. | —A Young Men's Christian Assoctation has | Deen organized at Tokio, Japan. Most of the | Frominent young men in the mission chapels Of that city are connected with it. — Rev. Dr. Gage of Hartford, Ct, in speaking of and divorce recently, sat? that during his ministry of 25 years he had known of but one instance of separation where both les were professing Christians. — One of the most significant events cf the recent annual seasion of the Southern Bapttst convention at Columbus, Miss., was the offer of the Hebrew temple to the gathered Bay one of Whose miristera preached fiom: in per —Tre Cummins Memorial Reformed Epts- copal church tn Baltimore was nearly lost to ae eines ton, and would have been sold by the sheriff but for the timel: let by the $12,060 which Mra. ‘Thos it, Towers kindly sent. The successtul future of this church 1s now thought to be assured. — During the last year the Baptists increased 3,624; the Methcdists, 52,620; the Lutherans, 10,228; the Episcopalians, 20,346; the Presby- teylans, 16,433. The Baptist gatn, therefore, was necrly double that of the other four de” nominations co nbined. The Methodists Norih and South, However, outnumber the Baptists. — The revolt against the Kalloch influence in California is becoming sufficiently marked to give joy to good Baptists every where. Four- teen of their best churches have recently w.th- drawn from the Californta Baptist convention and formed one of their own which will have no fellowship with the unfraitfu' works of the Kallochs. — The Supreme Court of the state of Maine has decided that “a church is nota corpora- Uon with authority to create debt in erecting a house of worship.” If this interpretation of law were to prevail pile Sette the country it would revolutionize the church building Dusi- ness by putting it on a cash basis, and cutting off 80 much of it as 1s now managed on trust. the mouth, no effort 1s made to swallow it, and it passes out at the corners of the lips. Respi- ration 1s someiimes att2nded with a distressing moan, and the extremities becomecoid and are covered with @ profuse and clammy sweat. Everything in his appearance indicates imme- diate dissoluifon; but fortunately, even trom ibts extreme condition many escape death and are restored to health without either the mind or body being injured by the attack. (THE TREATMENT. ‘The treatment of the premonitory symptoms, consist in the individual withdrawing himseif from the influence of the direct rays of the sup, and in keeping his head cool by the fre- quent application of cold water to it. This, added to the quietand rest of a few days, will soon’remove ail the unpleasant effecs pro- duced by the intense heat of the sun. The means used for the treatment of an actual at. tack, are fortunately, very simple, and easily applied in any place, and: readily procured in almost every locality. The sufferer shonid be placed at once in a cocl and comfortable posi- Uon, with his head on a level, or a little iower than his body. Pitcherfuil after pitcherfull of cold water should be treely poured upon the furehead and allowed to run over his face, and this operation should be diligently continued until evidence of restoration ts mantfested. Mustard plasters should be at once applied to the wrists and ankles, and over the stomach; and as soon as the patient is able to swallow the least quantity, give him at pleasure branay snd water, or whisky and water, or any other stimulent convenient. Tneetfort to introduce Huids into the stomach usually gives rise to vomiting, which i3 no disadvantage, and a3 soon as the patient is able to swallow, how- ever imperfectly, his restoration may be conii- dently expected in a period of an hour, or varying to six hours, It ts thus seen .thata sunstroke 1s not only evident in its approach but well marked in its character, and thac any one can apply the simple and convenient means, which are adopted for tts cure. In waiting the arrival of a physician some time usually p: and this time frequently makes all the difference between life and death. Therefore when an inaividual 13 “‘sunstruck,” he should at once have the advant: of the remedies used for his restoration; and any one of kis companions can place nim in a favor. able position, pour cold water upon his head, undendeavor to give him brandy and water, and continue this treatment until the phystc- Jan arrives, who will take charge of the case and attend itindevaiL J.B Jossson, M. D. 922 New York avenue. PERILS OF SLEUPING-CARS, ‘She Dangers Lone Gentlemen Are Subjected To. There ts a good dea! of interest manifested these days on the part of the American people relative to the matter of separate sieeping-cars for the two sexes. It is a movein the right direction, and we bope it wiil wiv. As it is Low, no gentleman trave!ng alone fs sate. Several months azo, euttrely alone, we trav- eled from Laramie to Caicago and back,making \ue round trip with no es3ors whatever. Our wife was detained at hone, and that entire Journey was made with noone to whom we could }ook for protection. Wren we returned our hatr had turned per- a Be white with the horror of those dreadful nights, ~ ‘There was one woman from Philadelphia, whose name we will not mention, and who rode all the way between Omaha and Chicago in our car, Almost the first thing when we started out of Omaha, she in tO make advances toward us by askipg us if we would hold her lurch basket while she went after a drink. She also asked us for our knife to peel an orange. These ching. look small and insignificant, but in the light of later developments they are ot v! importance. That evening we saw with horror that the ‘woman’s section was adjoining our own. We asked the conductor if this could not be changed; but he laughed coldly, and told us to soak our head, or some such unfeeling remark. ‘That 1s one bad feature of the present syst2m. A man traveling alone gets no sympathy or assistance from the conductor. At would be impossible to describe the horror and apprehension of that awrul night. All through its vigils we suffered on till near mora- ing, when tired nature yielded, and we fell into a troubled sleep. There we lay, fair and beautiful, in the soit gray of appro.ching day, thousands of miles Irom our home, and, less than ten feet away, a great, horrid woman from Peonsylvania, ‘to whom we had not even been introduced. How we could have slept so soundiy under the circumstances, we are yet unabie to tell; but after perhaps twenty minutes of slumber we Baw, above the foot-board of our berth and peering over at us, the face or that woman. ‘With a wild bound we were on our fet in the aisle of the car. ‘The other berths had ail dis- appeared but ours, ‘he other passengers were sitting quietly in thelr seats, and it_was half-past nine o'clock. ‘The woman from Pennsylvania wasin the day scoach, It was only a horrid dream. But supposing that it had been a reality! And aby man who travels aione 1s liable to be iusulted at apy time. We do not care for lux- ury in travelling. All we Want 1s Lhe assur- ance that we are safe. The experience which we have narrated above is only one of a thousand. Did you ever note the careworn look of the man who is travelling alone? The wild, hunted expression on the countenance and the horrible apprehen- sion that 1s depicted there? You may taik about the various causes that fre leading men downward to early graves, wut the nervous strain induced by the fear that while they are taking out their false teeth or buttoning their suspenders prying eyes are ‘ooking over the foot board of thelr berths is —A man Calling bimself the Rey. E. Ran- dal, and pretending to be an evangel- ist, bas been fleecing the citizens of Upper — Mariboro’. He held an_ open air meeting, distributed Scripture texts,begged LITEBARY NOTES. From J. J. Chapman we have “Manuela Paredes,” one of the popular “No Name Series” of novels, pubiisned by Roberts Bros, Boston. Also, Franees Hodgson Burnett's b“gbt story, A Fair Barbarisn,” published by James R. Osgood & Co., Boston; “A Nameless Nobieman,” the frst volome of the “Ronnd Robin” series of anonymous novels by prominent American writers. The characters of tuls story are French nobles and Purtan rustics movimg in Lhe most = and pictaresque years of the colonial “The History of Women Suffrage,” edite? Dy Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anth*ny and Matti4a Josiyn Gage, bas just been puv?’shod by Fowler and Wells, New York. This lange volume, handsomely i2ustrated with steel en- gravings of leaders In the Woman SuTirage movement, covers the period between isi* anid 1561, and 6 Intended to be sUpplomeuied pF a jater work, bringing the history up to cute. It 1s the ftst attempt at a coniinuous rec> i of the agitation for politicairights by wouca, and is what aims to be, an arsenal of facts tor those who are beginning 44 Joquire into the demards and arguments of the leaders of nis movement. The preceding causes of ihe s‘tag- gle are given, and a cliapier Is devoted to the world’s antl-slavery convention at London, June 12, 1840, from which time the movemoat for woman's suffrage in England and Ameri:a is sald to date. Tue progress made ia the difter- ent states of the Vaion ts then Gescribed in Getall, the record being interspersed with per- sonal reminiscences aud brief biegraphteal sketches. This history of a struggie oy promi- nent actors 10 1U1s in the nature of an autodt ‘graphy, and is for this reason doubiy inter- esting. J.J. Chapman sends two novels, published by Fords, Howard & Huibert, New York, which have attracted considerable attention. Tne first is “Pioughed Under: The Story of an indian Chief. Told by Himself. With an Intro- iuction by Inshta Theamba, (‘Bright Eyes,’ of {be Poncas.y” ‘The tale gives an loside view of the homes, the costumes, the ideas and habits cf our North American Indians. The purpose cf the book 1s to show the wrongs of our Indian policy. The other novel 13 *Fitrtation Camp: or, The Rifle, Rod and Gun in California. A sporting Romance.” By T.8. Van Dyke. In Unis work the romance 13 subordinated to ihe author's main purpose of giving @ reliable picture of Southern California, more especialy trom the point of view of the hunter and fisher- Inan. The book 1s written in an easy, racy style, From F.B.Mohun we have two recent pubitea - ‘ions by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, “The Emerson Birthday Book,” conststing of a coi lection of quotations from Emerson apporitoned toeach day of the year, illustrates, and *Pe- pacton,” by John Burroughs, a series of bre zy tssays OR such OUut-Of- doors subjects as springs, foot paths, etc. | from door to door, and, taking advantage of all who befriended him, left town in a hurry, ne- glecting to pay his board bil. It is now re- ported that several years ago the same man Was Convicted In Virginia of forgery and sent to the penitentiary, —The Congregational Year Book jast ont shows that the growth of the cnurch was very smalllest year, the Increase being only 1,792 members, or half a member to a church, and ibe total membership 351.332. There are’ churches, a gain of 71, but 945 of them are cant, and there are 3,577 ministers, of whom 2,412 are in pastoral work, S72 as pastors and 1,540 a8 acting pastors. The total of benevo- lent contributions last year was $1,032,272, and of home expenditures $3,416,459. —The arnouncement of the purchase of Emory Grove camp grounds by friends of the ate association, and that acamp meeting would ve held, commencing August 11, was gratifying news to a large number of church-going peopl». It is understood that a meeting of clergymen and prominent laymen wiil be called shortly for the formation of a new association without the “stock” feature of the old body. Rev. D.h. Carroll writes to the Baltimore 4/ierican, say- ing that the question ef opening or closing the gates of the grounds ou Sanday has not yet been decided upon, and can only be settled by the association about to be formed. —The Salvation Army, who met speedy and effective opposition in this country, are becoming to be felt as nuisances in England, andare being summarily dealt with, They jhave several times invaded Keynsham, a small town near Bath, and thelr vigorous demon- strations have caused so many riotous scenes that the authorities recently ordered tbe leaders to break up their procession. They de- fied the police for a while, but finally took refuge in a dissenting chapel and bezan any- thing but a decorous serv! At length they began to get personal, the audience got mad, and a free ffght ensued which resulted in thé inglorious rout of the army. — Dr. Gray, in his letter to the Christian at re From Wm. Ballantyne & Son we have “Tas Wilderness Cure,” by M. Cook, published by William Wood & Co., New York. The author speaks from actual experience of the advaat ages of @ camp life for invalids, and ma’ many useful suggestions to thosé disposed to test the remedy. J. J. Chapman sends “Wit and W mm of George Ellot,” consisting of selections from her rovels, with a Dlographical memolr, Rotfrcs Lres,, Boston, publishers; “A Lazy Man's ; A Novel,” by Frances Campbell Spar. hawk, one of the Leisure Hour Serie med by Henry Holt & Co. New York: aud “Tae ‘Spoils’ System, ang il Service Reform tn the Custom House and Post Ofice at New York,” by Dorman B. Eaton, published by G. Putnarn’s Sons, New York, a Publication of the Civil Service Reform Association, discassing the spoils systema in New York previous (> tn) mm ibi-tration of President Grant, his attempt reform it, the enforcement of tbe merit system at New York by President Hayes, and its probable effects if permanently enforced. “The Student’s Dream,” is the Ute of a little book, published by Jan3zen, McClurg ¢ ©o., Chicago, which aims to lead the reader into the a@ifMficulties of metaphysics without warning, thst he may judge for bimself whether une «Tort to master this much neglected sctence Is really a hopeless undertaking. “ Working Drawings and How to Make and Use Them,” by Lewis M. Haupt, professor civil engineering University of Penn-ylvania, and acting assistant U.S. coast and geodetic survey, is publshed by J. M. Stodaart & Co., Palladel: phia, This is an elementary work intended to lest the aptitude of the pupil for the mastery of the principles which are to be further applied in the trades. From M. E. Boardman we have a “Companion to the Revised Version of the New Testament, with a Supplement by a Member of the Amer. ican Committee of Revision,” by Alex. Rob. erts, D.D., published fem Petter, Galpin «Co, The object of this work is to explain to Work, on the General Assembly of the North- ern Presbyterian Church, remarks: “The sub- ject of fraternal relations with the southern chureh Js taking @ new turn. Brethren fron That section gay that between the two branches ot the church is a gap which the wily Congre- gationallsts are entering, and capturing some very geod Fresb)iet.an churches, who havo become d'saffected, If anything will bring the offish Presbyterian brethren to terms, it wil! be such practical evidences of their folly in stand- ine apart. The Congregationalists are an ex- cellent pcople, byt Presbyterians don’t wane them to profit by their blunders and sins.” —A writer in the New York Trivune points out an error which the religious world have somehow held for centuries, in confound'ng Mary Magdalene with the woman of whom Luke only speaks, who came into the hoase of simon where Jesus was eating, washed his feet with her tears, wiped them with her hair, and annointed them with ointment. She was a faj!cn woman; that is all we know of her, for not even her name is given. Bat the Trifine’s correspondent thinks there 1s no reason to think she was Mary Magdalene, one of the noblest women of the New Testament, who had been cured by Jesus of a terrible aflliction, at whom the recor’ dees not charge with Wing ever sunk to a life of shame, — Bishop Littlejohn says that the separation of Church and State in £ngland is further off than it was ten years ago. While he regards the religious condition of the continent of Europe as abything but prosperous, he sees a ar gain to vital godliness in the condition of the Church of England. He believes that Unis is proved by the expenditure, witnin the last thirty years of over §200,000,000 in butlding and repairing churches and cathedrals, and in spending $30,000,000 In eleven years in the e3- tablishment and maintenance of church schools, During his stay in Eogland, Bisho} Littlejohn spent much of his time with emi- nent dignitaries of the church, and had large opportunity for seeing what is actually golag on In ecclesiastical work there. —The customary complaint comes up anew In the Presbyterian General Assembly at Buffalo in regard to the lack of ministers. ‘The secretary of the Board of Education com- plains that in Philad-Ipbia there are twelve va- cant churches, and in Rochester and other principal cities quite as large a proportion. the inference is that itis because ofa dearth of men for the work that these churches are not supped. This isa great mistake. There sre plenty of men who are good enough for these churches or for any others which may be vacant. In fact, there are dozens of them pressing forward a3 candidates and earnestly desiring to be called. The trouble is that the churches are too hard to please, and will not be suited with the material that offers, If there were twice or thrice as maby ministers to be had, the difficulty would be increased instead of diminished, — It sounds a little at jar with conventional rotions that a Methodist or any dissenter can- uot by English law be a clergyman, but this is the cage, He gets the title of Reverendonly by cou 's sine none but those ordained in the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches can be regarded as legally in holy orders. The legislature for some centuries has considered that @ man in orders and chi with a cure tend to without of souls has a quite enough to aistracting mind constructing more new-made graves than con- + umption or the Ute war.—Nye's Boomerang, , be made unspeska’ly injurious. The workman at the grand climacteric of art had very little learning; scarcely any that was studiously acquirea. The technics of his art were his almost by birth, or by un- conscious, Childish habvitud2; and in tne history of art nothing 1s more evi- ing than the workman’s carelessness about the past; his ignorafice of archwulogy; his indiffererca to all he knew of alr hot a sclolist; a maker of imaginative work, of which our connoisseurs are very proud to know ‘lossary, and some-ning Of its dais ard history, ‘the knowledge of these dllettantl is but eclentinie, “that 1a which all men agre3— kKoowledge therefore atits lowest term; bat theindividnal ex;rcssions of the poet is the highest,” the expres.ion of the man himself aud not of his scholasticism. He develops (nougbts that other mea may know; he does not “know” he sees, and so produces elements for know! widening creation. In archi- individuat ope ig by raftsman, liberated and al- lowed to think, and to create while working, 13 the only hope of architecture. Connoisseurs and draftsmen are the men of science; archi- tectural therefore only the lowest term.’ Passing around the hat is one way of getting the cents of the meeting. ‘The roof of a church at Eureka. Nevada, 13 covered with tin from old oyster cans. Aman may knead bread with flour, and need it withou, Our Little Girl. (The Countryside.] “Oh, mamma, mamma, it’s half past eight! whereare my rubbers?” Leball be late: Aud where is my pencil? _I know just where I laid it €own, buy itis not there. h, bere is my leap witu my books all right— 1 ni glad that my lessons we-e learned last night, Aud now I'm off—here’s a kiss—good bye,” and out of the door I see her fly. .d at the window and watch her go, seine her school bax to.and fr0, Pee a Lee a ma tow Along wa! ick, when my yet rs andthe old red house beneath the bill re she wen 8 Ses it cone Ard 1 make for the child alittle moan, For her face, through the nilst, is like my own. ‘The hours go by—itis half past two, Aud bere chimes Nei with ber schoolmate, Sue: ‘They jiad their lessons; they both were “‘fiva.” “here are no happier wirls alive. ‘They laugh and shout, and to and fro ‘Ahrough every room in the house they go. ‘The music teacher will come at four, But they can play for an Hour or more. Itis evening now, and, with look sedate, cur Kittle maid, with her book and slate, Comes isto the room. Wechatterand read, but she to be perfect must work indeed. No veed to be talking in days like the:e Of the early birds and busy bees, ‘There's work enouga, and (don't yon tell!) There's quite too much for girls like Nell. A,subscriber asks it we can reoominend a cheap ane yu! watert lace. ei talnly the town -pup.-Sor, ‘Hered : clergyman a8 good & right to relief as an elected atheist. Grim HUMOR OF 4 SUICIDE.—In Buffalo, John |. Kircher, @ musician, committed suicide last He left the follow- sunday night by ing note: “The heat is too much. Iam — ‘0 look for a cooler place.” He hai a wife seven children, who are now in very destitute a is ices. A New VIGILANCE ORDER IN INDIANA — “Knights of the Switch” is the name of a new ington and Boone Townships, Warrisou counts, ington anc a Ind. Of late this committee’ had beer accom: plishing its mission on several violators of the ‘wo suspected thieves were left a bundle of awitches each and a note of warning to leave the county, which they did. ren. 831, 88 Iso: Of $10,000,000.—N. F. ‘women chil arrive in 1 @ total The P. I. man’s advice is: “Never cry over pie There is enough water in it al- ready. ‘he reader the grounds for the departures from tne authoriz rsion which are found tu the reviscd translation. These are all traced to ome of two cal ther to a change of the Greek text which It was found necessary t) adopt, or to a Change of translation which stricter fidelity to the original seemed to re. quire, The sapplement treats of the Amaerican eppendix and the relation of the American comwvaittee to the whole work. The book is Umely and /nteresting. “No Laggards We,” by Koss Raymord pub Mshed by Geo. W. Harlan, New York isasum mer story, the scenes of which are laid at Oid Point Comfort and New port. From W. H. « 0. H. Morrison we have the ollowing publications by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co,: “History of the Free Trade Move- | ment in England,” by Augustus Mongredten, “The Scottish Covenanters,” by James Taylor, D.D., late numbers of Casseil’s Popular Library; | “Culture and Cooking,” by Catherine Owea, not a mere collection of rect but a treatise upon cooking as an art: and “American Acad- emy Notes, 1SSi,” edited by ©. M. Kurtz, con- illustrations of one hundred and twenty-two of the principal pictures in the filty-sixth annual exhibition of the Natioual Academy of Desige. ninety-three being puoto- Cugraved reproducuions “of sketches’ by tne ts themselves. “The Beacon Light,” by J. H. Tenney and E, A. Hoffman, published by O. Ditson « Co., is a collection of hymns and tunes for Sunday fehools, to meet the constant demand for something new in tis line, A.S. Barnes & Co., New York, send the ‘Second German Book,” by James H. Worman, M. This volume belongs to the Chataugua japguage series, 1s prepared afver the natural | Fisk Unive ny Sacre jast-bamed demands attention eount of its Inurinsic Sis0 becanse of the purp2.%e with which ndertaken. lromedh and “Great Singers’” ar ee after the conclus‘on of the Treaiy of Ber!'n, Olipoant seeing that ‘its ete wou'd bet Tender inevitabie au external interference into the dem"uc afats of Turkey of a more pro bounced character than had existed batore. conceived (he idea of regenerating Patesti and Syris by colonizing It with Jews. A colo zalion by Christians under the Turk t suspicton or arouse the hostility of the powers of Kurope, and muc leas of the Snitan himseit But the plan has also been discossed tn tte religious bearings ac the porsibie prc ror & Telurn of tie Jews to Palestine. The * a TOF Parte | chronicle” ‘has given much attention to t Sabject and. last’ year. one hundred Je varnutes in Koumania, . ©: Lonaon to tine. ked ald frow-the Jews thea to colonize tn Paies- Sansbary aeut and un ab) From Lords Beaconsfield and PRANt Tecelved epvourag 2ssUrahces of support. # Hons wiih Uhe Sutcan failed, “y yOra's. It that with tu x! furu of affairs in Turkist poltties so ay come of Mr. Oliphant’s plan, an this event hts beck d@escriving the coun Viton It ta proposed to colonize will be dovbiy valuabie, “Letters to Hetty Heediess an’ Others” te the tile Of a Uttle book by Ms. George A Caswel!, who, before ber marriage presided as Miss Deering, over the female grammar schoo? in the Ubtra’ division. The volume advice and suggestion to girl useful, praciical hints, gathered from tue au thor’s experience as a teacher, and express: in clear, simple and ef rive English. Among the topics treated are slovenly bavits of study, neglect of (he practical application of whe learned. scucol-girl read’ng, scheol-room ma: hers, school-room dreams abd gushing Scho! girl friendships. Attention 1s called to 1 that ¢ ® present sysicm of Ul rs implied duty ts to ge her pupils up between "and there cratnming them with lecson ud processes, Uli they can hold no more 4 the same ‘connection a description 13 en of the Kindred process of stufiag the asbourg geese, that Unelr monstrous livers ay delight the epicure. The tiousands of sirls represented by Hetty Heediew, Amica Gush and thelr compantons are not itkely to ‘elve from any other source better advice or advice im more attractive shape than 5 far- nished by this Iittle book. Mrs. Caswell, tt may be added, fs a writer of recoguized ability ta some of the leading magazines. From Wm. Ballantyne & Son we have re. cctved “What Shall We D> With Oar Walls,” by Clarence Cook, published by Warren, Faller « Co., New York. This ts a landsome vo! prepared by a reltable authority on the subje> ot house decorations. The different ways of \reating the waiis of rooms from the Pompetan method of coloring the fresh plaster down t the practice of papering are const dered: the necessity ts urged of breaking throagh une ideagand fashions of the past that cramp the desties of wall papers, and of crestung some Using in the way of desizns that shail have artisic quallties and Individuality of 1s owa and yet Shall be suited to actual needs. Also, from the Ballantyne’s, we have “A Question. The Idy} of a Picture, by his Friend, Alma Tadema,” by Georg Ebers. Tho story 13 translated froin the German by Mary J. Sat- d, ae publisucd by W. 5. Gottsbderger, ork “Reminiscences of an Idler,” by Beary Wikof, published by Fords, Howand & Hulbert, New York, 15 recelved from F. B. Mobun. This author of the Mo- ts a bright, gossipy & Adventures of a Ito »plomaust.” vn also sends the following pubdiicati “Unto the Third and Fourth Generation, novel, by Helen Campbeil, published by Ford: Howard « Hulbert. (41:9 forwaraed by W <0, H. Morrison.) “A Short Lite of Chas. Dickens,” one of Appleton’s new handy volume series, by C. H. Jones, “The EB Principles of Sclentitic Aericultere,” by N. T. Lupton, and a readable work on “Livy,” by W. t k, bY wing 1 W. Capes, M. A. The Iasi: two books are pub- lished by Appleton & Uo. “The Life of Edgar Allan Poo,” by W. F. Gill, ts published by W. J. Widdleton, New York. Poe's reputation a3 a poet has been i d the truth resp: sting ms 3 aman Decemes more and more a ter of public futerest. It hes come to be recogulzed thal Griswold’s memoir, upon which pubde opinton of Poe has so long been founde 4, is NOL to Be accept d 1 all {1s statements; end the atin of this and other late biographies of Poe ts to give a faire and taer estimate of tue pocts Mfe and character. Vor sale by J. 4. Chapman. “The Story of the Jubilee Singers,” by J. B. T. Marsh, published by Houghton, Osgood Co., Boston, and recelved throw7t J. Sill! is a record of the organization and travels of the company of emeactpated slaves, who set out to secure by their singing the fa: sum of 0 for the Impoverished sca: ity, In-which they were stud 5, and who succeeded so remarkably In the effort. ‘The muste of tbe jubliee songs 18 printed as a | supplement to the work. Wm. Ballantyne & Son send “03d or one of Mrs. A. D T. Whitney’: popular ne published by Houghton, Osgood 4 Co.; “Sea-Alr and Sea-Bathing,” by J. Ii. Packard, one of the series of American Health Primers, publisuet by Presley Biakiston, Phila; and “The Servant Girl Question,” by Harriet’ Prescott Spofford, published by Houghton, Mifflin « Co, Mrs. Spofford discu-ses the overshadowip” question of the day in a pleasing and instructive man- ~ ner, ‘The relations between mistress and ser- vapt nead readjustment, if the state of domo3- te service 1s cver to cease being a theme of absorbing Interest among matrons; and Mr= Spofford makes many wise su; ions of im- provement. Fauitson the of mistress as well a8 servant are polnted out, though the “scandalous statements” of eritics in re- spect to the shortcomings of the former are re- sented with proper spirit. “schiller and His Times,” by Johannes Scherr, translated from the German by Elizabeth Me or Pestalozzian method and 1s desigaed for schools and ho.ne tastruction. “Constipation Plainly Treated and Kelleved Without the Use of Drugs” is the title of a practical little book by Joseph F. Elwards, M. D., author of How a Person Threatened or Alliicted with Bright's Disease Ought to Live.’ Published by Presiey Blakiston, Philadelputa. and for sale by Wm. Ballantyne & Son. “Golden Songs of Great Poois,” published by Sarah H. Leggett, New York, is a volume of poems by Bryant, Longtellow, Whittier, Lowell, Ta;lorand Holmes, with engravings by Dar- ley, Moran, Hart, Fredericks, Satilie and ac- Estee, allget off with glit-edged paper and showy binding. “A Monograph on Privately-Illustratei Books, a Plea for Bibliomania,” is the title of a paper read before the Rembrandt Club, of Grooklyn, by Daniel M. Tredwell, and PS; lished at ‘the request of the members of the cub, The author gives an account of his ex- aience of Uhirty years in privately illustrating about one hundred and twenty volumes, ex- plains the process of this unique book making end describes the the attalaments and the nature of the work of those who have ex- celled in this department of ari. “Reminiscences of Levi Coftia, the iteputed President of the Underground Railway,” pub- ished by the Western Tract Soctety, Cinctn- nat, Mr. amd Mrs, Coffin were the Quaker couple pictured in “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin” as Simeon and Rachel Hallid: the slave woman, who the ice with her chiid in her arms, was under their roof for several cays, afterward by means of the _ Gerground railway. ‘person who sugges; Legree and the or! of other characters 10 Mrs, Stowe’s ni al30 in Mr. Coftio’s reminiscences. The aul began his labors for 2. i 3 ick sf Clelian, is publisned by J. G. Kohler, Patiaiel- phia. Dr, Scherr, the popular German writer, 1s an enthusiastic adwtref of Schiller's charac ter and works, and be faltnfally pletures the poet and the eventful Unes In which he lived. A MAIL CARRIER’S ADVENT & The Attack Upon the *-Star Fipute” Peopic Joined by a Montana Cou ge (Madison (M. T > Madisonian. | “Geyser,” writing trom Fire Holo Basia gives the following account of an encounter between Stephen Hall, one of the meJ-carricrs, anda cougar: “‘While Hall was o2 his way, from Mammoth Hot Springs to Gibven Station he was attacked, neer Obsidian OM, by a jarge cougar. He had crossed tae corduroy between tue cliff and the lake when he heard @ noire to the left of him, and, loowing up, 824 the monstrous animal 10 the act of springing down upon him. rawing his knife—the only weapon he had—he dropped upon his knees just as the ar’mal rumped, anc tbe Inturlite? anil missed his alm and went clear over him, Hali piupging his knife ta Its body a8 It passed. The force of Hail’s blow and thoanut mal's spring was so great that both were precipitated over the glassy debris and into the lake. Both struck the water at the game time, and then a territic combat began. Tue water Was Uy to Hall's arrapits, and the beast had to fight swimming. {made a plunge a Ns antagonist and succeeded in catcaing btm, . by the leis arm. Hall used his inife a8 rapidis 28 possibie, but, falling to loosen tho. apimal's. hold uyoa bis arm, dived to the bowzom of the lake, and both went dor The