Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1881, Page 2

THE SENATE CONTINGENT FUND. Oda Things Roucht With 1t—The Ac- counts from 1789 to ISSI. ¢, WINE, BRANDY, UMBRELLAS, TOF ARF BOXES, PURSES, PORT MONATES, MBS, AVTOGRAPH ALBUMS, POCKET A GLASSES, QUININE PILLS, VAS- PURCHASES OF CRACKERS, € ALMONDS, RAISINS, * LET SETS, FIXE-TOOTH € KNIV The manner in which the appropriations for contingent expenses of the various departments of the g been at various times a subject. of sharp criticism be- misapplication of funds. en a good deal of sarcasm about the lemonade and hay rum which figured in the Treasury de ration; and now the whole matter of coutinzent expenses in that and the other exe This has led ain quarters that the 1 to investigate in tures of its own coneeded that appropria. tions of money without specifying particularly imes neces- Expenses are always being incurred for ry, articles, whieh ean- imated for in advance of ney which makes them necessary. re should be some looseness in such e: is not surprising; but it is hardly just as some do, that such le ness at- tends the expenditure of every contingent ap- propriation. for what it is to be used are som sary. unimportant THE FIRST APPROPRIATION FOR CONTINGENT EXPE was an item in an appropriation act passed in September, 1789. accounts of contingent expenses of the Sen commencing as early as 1789, contain many items which show that Senators then, as now, had no scruples against themselves of official perquisites. In ys of the republic Senators sub- or all the newspapers they wanted and y taken out of the ery was used without of English gilt-edzed d $10 per ream figured in the Penknives in those das by the dozen, and to silver pencil cases, seals, memorandums and wafer boxes, there was no limit. When a committee of Congress called Upon the President of the United States their hack hire was paid from the contingent money. SENATORIAL WAKES. For the congressional funeral of those days bandreds of yards of black crape and of white sarcenet were used in making mourning scarfs, and ele were supplied. Some preferred white kid, while others, more practical and with ‘an eye to the future utility of the funeral hand . took beaver and buckskin gloves. Francis Malbone, of Rhode Island, died His remains were interred in the Con- gressional cemetery. Among the items of e: penses for his funeral were the following: 16 114 pounds of cheese, The committee to audit and control the expenses of the Senate evidently thought that thouzh their brethren seemed to be on pleasure bent they should have had the accompaniment of afruzal mind. " dered bat re committee also liad presented to them tl lowing voucher: 7 gallons best Madeira wine. - 228 00 . 800 40 50 $5 n, perhaps, that the partakers of these ad had almost too good a time of it, II for “4 xallons wine and But at the same tim er voucher for “*14 pounds of and “i2 pounds crackers, at ATORIAL “SIRUP.” The following is in the account of the Senate eontinzent expenses for 1809-10: 3% gallons beay at $3. Teight 15 gallons sirup, at Expenses 15 gallons sirup, at * ‘Transportation... 35 gallons sirup, at $ Expenses.... 3355 00 In a report which the late Senator Carpenter made to the Senate. referring to this account, he said: “What this ‘syrup’ was does not ap- pear. There is ad tradition among the older offic that it was used in the concvction of a summe beverage, then known as ‘switchel.” but ot irrever ently in- sinuate that it could not havebeen brought into | Capitol had the pr Tule of the two houses, which forbids the intro- duction of spirituous liquors, been in existence. This is corroborated by the voucher passed early in the session for “two quart decanters,” evidently to hold the ‘syrup,’ with water- a id tumblers, for those who used it in concoction of their libations. The items for beverazes of ditferent’ kinds scattered over the books of punts for contingent expenses are curious, and in the there is one of $128.37 for ‘soda water and ‘syrup.’” Umbrellas, Congress water, engraved seals, Pearl nail-knives and toilet sets were then ‘secured by Senators out of the “contingent ex- ‘penses.” ‘WHE BILLS FOR THE EF: ERTAINM OF KOSSUTH. In 1852 the following account was passed Bnder the same convenient head: “J.P. & M. Brown, board of Governor Kossuth and suite, having 10 parlors and 22 chambers, 23 persons, @5.558.00: champazne, sherry, madeira, postage, nt nineteenth joint @igars, lemonade, bar bill, washing, medicine, | = office stamps, porterage, messengers, hack ® paid at different times, telegraphs, sugar, brandy and whisky in room, porter and ale, savelopes and barber's bill, amounting in all to $5.2; bill for the carriages engaged for the ®Bevernor and suite, 2519.50. Total, $4,566.32." | | had been torn up. FANCY STATIONERY, ETC. The amount of “stationery” drawn by each | Senator then averaged about €300 per annum. Im June, 1850, the funeral expenses of a de- @eased Senator footed up $2.760, but there is no Tecord in detail of the expenditures. Before that date the following are a few other items from the contingent expenses accounts: “2 gold pens and hoiders,”*24 scarf boxes,” “1 wet motruments,” 6 pearl and silver “6 dozen gmail size fancy-cut inkstands,” “3 dozen hexa- gon cut weizhts, inkstands, “14 doz pped."“"8 dozen embossed paper-boxes,” en four-blade buck-knives,” “2 dozen inkstands,” “3 dozen Draper’ + dozen se1 p inkstand: glass inkstand: 164 reams of letter-paper,”” @f note-paper,” and “2.144.500 envelopes. How IT Is NowaDays. ‘There is but little difference these days except fm the amount. The report of the Senate expendi- tures trom the contingent fund from July Ist, 7880. to July Ist, 1831, was made a few days before the adjournment of the extra session. It fs seen by this report that the majority or Sena— tors have newspapers furnished them out of their “stationery” allowance of $125. Senator Edmunds takes more papers than any other member of the body. He has evidently a great t in sports and turf events, for he is fur- ished recularly with the New York Clipper. Senator Ingalls, who is a bachelor, has Harper's Young Folks laid upon his desk as it comes ‘from the press. A large number of copies of the ‘Btatesmen's Law Book are furnished Senators. ALL MANNER OF THINGS ‘are passed as “stationery.” There are purses st€S and $4, portmonnaies at from $2 to $5, Painted ivory purses, ivory match-boxes, all ‘Kinds of card cases card purses, gentlemen's eeerrespondence card+ and ladies correspond- e@@ee cards. The statesman's law book was in “4 dozen bronze paper- Recently | is to be | were purchased | ineteenth Congress | rooks’ four-blade knives, | toothpicks, chamois skins, porcelain pen wipers memorandum books, key rings, visiting cards diaries, opera el novels, mourning paper. portfolios, ink-fillers, patent pens, fancy ink- stands, fancy paper, etching knives and hun- dreds of other articles of “stationery” are n nged up and down the columns of the re- port. THERE ARE CURIOUS ITEMS in the miscellaneous expenditures. The day of snuff taking cannot be said to be past by any means, for there stands out in black and white “for one dozen Martinique snuff, £9." Perhaps the days of flogging are not over either, for | here is the following entry: “For one rawhide, 2 cents.” Another item is “One quart castor another, “One galion alcohol.” and still another One pound of glycerine.” There cer- | tainly must have been | A GOOD DEAL OF *; LARTA”™ among the members of the Senate, Hundreds upon hundreds of one grain and two grain qui- | nine pills were purehased for the use of the Senate. The item, “one gallon castor oil,” oc- cursmore than once. There wasa good deal offun “Bay rum” ntly in considerable demand by Senators, rit appears frequently in. the column the accounts of that body. One time the a ‘Two gallons o #8; one di * purchased fi own Washing | ton firm of liquor de Further on we strike | More Martinique snuif, “for use of the Senate.” | A rather queer purchase is “four bags of salt.” | Then the Appollinaris water! hat account, in | one place. foots up $130. Even shoe horns have been bought. A pint of arnica and a bottle of lotion may have been used for Senatorial rheu- matism or bruises. | CORKSCREWS AND COL¢ ie Corkscrews came high, but the Senate had to | have them. They cost fifty cents each. Com- | mon blacking would not do, so two gross of French blacking was bought. Plenty of cologne had to be on hand. One item under that head alone is for four dozen German cologne, while the more common brands of the perfume were purehased by the gallon. For assorted brushes £375.50 were expended. Vaseline in quantity was bought. Fine-tooth combs and brushes other than assorted run the whole length of the list of expenditures. Flesh brushes are there in great number; and fancy soaps keep well apace with them. Near the end of the miscellaneous accounts are more appollinaris water, quinine pills. castor oil, “bay rum,” and_corkscrews, with a dash of | ammonia water for the baths. : ee — were now dim with watching and tears. A | Am Unpleasan: a = South Washingze | troop of lovely girls, with tear-stained, sorrow- THE ALLEGED BLOCKADE OF VIRGINIA AVENUE— THE EFFORTS TO RAISE IT. Mr. John P. Murphy, a well-known old citi- zen and taxpayer, residing fer many years at the corner of 12th and C streets southwest, j writes to Toe Star to say that for more than a been endeavoring to get an ob- ia avenue, corner of 12th | street southwest, removed. This obstruction consists of an enclosure. or a series of them. of a portion of that avenue by a wooden fence, used by permission of the District authorities as front yards for a number of new dwellings, |and described by Mr. Murphy asa “blockade | across Virginia avenue, stopping the public pass way, while that avenue has recently been opened to 12th street, where the improvements | are stopped, to accommodate a few persons who occupy these new dwellings.” HISTORY OF THE CASE. Referring to the papers and records in the Commissioners’ office, it is found that Mr. A. F. | Barker, a well-known house builder, took out a permit May 24, 1879, to erect a row of houses | on the vacant lots south of this triangle, near 12th street, and got written permission from the | engineer’s office to utilize the triangle fronting his ground in order to give him access to the car- | riageway on B street. which had just then been paved with asphalt ; Virginia avenue remaining then unimproved. The board of public works had years ago, when 12th street soutiwest was paved, left this triangle square sodded and inclosed with a cheap wood fence and a narrow footwalk on the south side, between it and the lots now benefited by its use The houses were built, the front yards ex- ‘tended to B street, each’ yard being inclosed with a neat paling fence, flowers planted, sod-| ding done, and the whole beaatified, adding value and attraction to the houses, which were soon caught up by purchasers. The inclosure, sodding, &c., have cost Mr. Barker several hun- dred doliars, which probably he more than realized in the sale. MR. MURPH’S PROTzST. The first paper on the subject in the District | offices is a letter from Mr. Murphy, dated 30th April, 1880, in which he states that taking the | opportunity when the Commissioners issued a public order to the police to remove all obstruc- ! | tions from the streets, reminded him of this | one—the “penning in” of this triangular square fronting square 296, thereby causing pedestrians the inconvenience of passing 12th street to B | Street before they can pass aronnd the square, simply to make a show of front yards and make roperty sell better; and closing by asking the | Commissioners to cause this evil to be speedily | remedied. This was referred to Lieutenant Greene, who sent Inspector 'W. F. Wallace to examine the situation and report. | recites in substance the facts as above, and closes by adding: “Permission has been giver the property owners of square 296, fronting Vi giniaavenue, to enclose the space in their yards touse and beautify until otherwise ordered, and that it does not incommode or interfere with any one’s rights. REPORT FROM THE E: OFFICE. Lieut. Greene thereupon forwarded the paper to the Commissioners, endorsed “The complaint | appears to be unfounded.” May 8, 1880, Mr. Murphy writes to the Commissioners, to say that he has too mueh pride to indulge in writing unfounded statements, and did not know what the engineers have been doing, but that encour- agement had been given the parties to be bene- fitted, or the fence would not have been put | there: and further, that the narrow footwalk had been placed there through his (Murphy's) endeavor, aided by Mr. Gunnell, and that seven igners had been procured for that purpose. In | this letter he encloses to the Commissioners the reply received by them—Lieut. Greene's report on the subject. His next letter to the Commis- sioners, Aughst 20, 1581, requests that they cause a footway to be laid where the narrow one This was not assented to by them. THE OTHER SIDE HEARD PROM. another letter appears from one of the purchasers of these houses benefitted, stating his objections to the footway being placed there, which would cut off his access to the carriageway on B street, destroy the beauty | ofthe new improvement on that avenue, and stating that when he purchased his house, one of the considerations was that the parking in front had been permitted by the Commissioners, and a written order had been given by them guaranteeing its permanence. APPEALING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. About this time, August 24, 1881, Mr. Murphy | addressed a letter to Attorney General Mac- Veagh, reciting is grievence, and inclosing a plat of the location, showing the situation, and stating that having failed to secure satisfaction | he had appealed to headquarters. This letter was, by the Attorney General, forwarded to the Commissioners, and is on file in that office. September 1, 1881, the Commissioners received | another letter from Mr. Marphg, that on looking over Tue Star he finds a reply to his request | for an extension of the footwalk on the place de- sired, and that ail that was necessary was to re- | move the paling fence to the parking. and do | the paving; that the bricks had been hauled away, Soon after this a petition, with 41 signers, | was seat in, asking that an order be issued a3 soon as possible that the fencing be removed back to the building line, that the people may | not suffer from further inconvenience, and the unsightly appearance of the same. The officiate of the engineer's office state that at the time the permit was granted Mr. Barker to temporarily occupy this corner of Virginia avenue and deth street, that that avente was not improved, and that Mr. Barker had a right to demand and obtain access to the paved street, which was thus afforded him, and with- out such privilege his property could nct have been assessed for the special improvement tax, which has been imposed upon it; and they take the ground that until the District government ean finish the Virginia avenue improvement, that this is the gow to Fre ned opt ty owners, wi ve space stn i with shrabbery, flowers, &c. | Here | His report | mT BROWN” GOES WEST. SHE TRAVELS ON CUT RATFS AND REBATE—HAD A HARD TIM THOUGH—THE SENATO BANDITTI, FAST HG AND OTHER MATTERS. Correspondence of THe EvestsG STAR. : Rock IsLanp, I11.., November 12th, 1881. If the number of people could be known who were beguiled into making extensive trips by the late “cut rates,” what an argument it would be In favor of cheap transportation. I was one of the innocents, I know, who swallowed the bait of “fare to Chicago reduced to $7,” and found myself, one morning in October, at the railroad depot putting my signature to something the ticket-seller called a “rebate,” but which, tojudze by its extent and legal ap- pearance, might have been the deed to a hundred acre farm or an acknowledzment of having committed all the seven deadly sins in a lump. However, the document was handea to | me with the instruction to “present it at the ticket office at Chicago and receive $10,” which | Ithought rather encouraging, and, on the strength of it, concluded to interview the pre- siding genins of the Pullman car company Here my confidence in the beauty and swe ness of human nature received a violent shock though, and I came to the conclusion that this monopoly must be one vast conglomeration of “side,” as the boys say, when that blonde young man, with a face as serious as a candidate for promotion, under civil service rules, charged he privilege of occupying one berth e of twenty-six hou A firm con- viction took possession of my mind then and there that it must be a cold day indeed on which the railroad people fail to get even with their engers; and I addressed an inward conjura- tion to the angel detailed for the supervision of this special branch of beneficence, to he very sure and keep the brand of discord -aflame among them for lo! these many days. | WHAT MADE MISS BRUWN PROUD TO BE A WOMAN. Suddenly the notes of the “Dead March” tell | upon our ears and put to flight all other | thoughts than sorrowful ones of those whom | these sounds proclaimed as mourners. There was the steady, measured tramp of many feet. a reverent lowering of a coffin into its case, and the last duty was paid their dead comrade, by | | the detachment of National Rifles, who had | | brought one of their number to take his last | | long journey under the care of the same loving | eyes which had watched his first footsteps and ful faces, carrying flowers and little tokens of thoughtful affection, surrounded the poor | mother when she came into the car; but when all had said their last good-bye and she was left alone with her grief, then it seemed as if every | woman there ought to feel herself a sister and | say and do whatever might cheer her. And they | did; I felt proud of being a woman, for once— | they were so sympathetic and kind. Mrs. Logan, that handsomest of grandmothers, with hei | crown of beautiful gray hair and’ strikin; bright and fresh ‘face beneath it, her’ share right royally; and when [| told the mother, Mrs. Ward, ‘who the charming | woman was, she looked just the least bit as if | she were rather agreeably disappointed in her | expectations rezarding senatorial helpmeets, in this case, at least. And here let_me remark to those, who like myself, have vainly tried to solve the meaning of the term “senatorial purple”—as used by the | champion idiot, while making remark ing that acme of “nawstiness,” the Christiancy | atfair—that Ihave at last seen an instance of, or | | at least, something approaching to, the wearing | j of it. Mrs, Logan’s dress was of that lovely | plun color, which should becalled by that term, it is not; and as she ought to bea Senator, and is the wife of one, why, I suppose, that’s the | nearest we can come to the explanation of that | abstruse phrase. (By the way. a learned profes- | sor once told me that purple, or the original term which stands for it, meant a color which was bright red instead of the mi and red which now bears the name. Was he | correct?) But there; talk of this color will | never bring us to Chicago, and, unless I get an opportunity to portray TH BEAUTIES OF THAT REBATE BU 83, there'll be mourning in the honse of Brown; that’s all! After climbing a Jacob's ladder into the ticket office, the view which met my eyes was a struggling, growling crowd around the counter. They were our gentlemanly passengers who had shot ahead to gatherin their ten dol- | lar Williams. Tlooked and wondered how in the name of all that’s possible I should be able to get a chance there, and then arose a still small voice somewhere within ine for my (or somebody else's) big brother to “see me throuch.” However, it was do or die, and I plunged in, reaching the pushed-for window, with knocked one way and back hair another, only | to be told that this was the place for paying, | hot for signing, that must be done somewhere else. Think of that, oh ye, who have never been an unprotected female under adverse cir- cumstances! Well, I “advanced backwards” in | a masterly manner, struck the crowd at the signing counter and utterly demoralized as to | appearance, arrived at the point, to find only one pen and inkstand and fuur hundred flerce eyes glaring at them. MISS BROWN LOSES FAITH IN HUMAN NATURE. Was it a wonder that when a budding presi- dent came along, swinging, a no doubt, illegally captured pen aloft, I bargained as closely as a fashionable lady ina dry goods store, offering my place for the next grip upon the pen? And was it not enough to crush all belief in human rectitude for all time to come to see how that say deceiver accepted my terms, signed, threw down the pen anywhere and faded away like a beautiful dream? Ah! but my chance came at last, and then perhaps I didn’t hand that blessed pen to another suffering sister, across the heads and shoulders of half a dozen longing men! Revenge is sweet, I tell you, and mine strength- | ened me wonderfully, bringing me_ out dishey- eled generally, but triumphant at the end, with my hard-earned ten dollars folded away in my pocketbook, and full to overflowing with adini- ration of the gentle courteay and’ thoughtful kindness of man for the weaker side of the hu- man fainlly. |, Chicago can, next to New York, I verily be- | lieve, show more mud to the square inch than any other city I know of, and It did itself justice in this respect. Advancing westward the si igns of long-continued rains becaine more marked, till when freached Rock Island I found the Mississippi on a spread of the largest kind and the Rock river, jealous of its big brother, trying its best to rival him in extent aud power of mischief. ‘ture of blue | THE MISSISSIPPI SIREN. There is a legend extant, according to which the former must have a certain number of human lives every year; and when one stops to consider how many do find the way into eternity through his watery portals, the legend receives some coloring of truth. I knew aman who lived there, a quiet, pleasant, not at all eccen- tric sort of being, who, one day, after listening tothe river spirit’s voice, deliberately walked into the water, laid his clothing on a projecting rock, and then drifted into the unknowt There is a wonderful charm in the rhythm of its waves; I have sat and listened to it till the longing to sink down has been so strong as to require an outside influence, some sudden | sound or passing object. to overcome it. The Germans have recognized this feeling by em- bodying it in song; it is a lovely siren, who sings to the fisherman, wooing him to her arms till he sinks to rise no more. ROCK ISLAND AND THEREABOUTS. Rock Island, the town, or city rather, is grow- ing In size and importance from day to day. The center of five railroads, with factories and in- dustries of all kinds which give employment to thousands of people, she bids fair to become a minor Chicago. Already Rock Island and her sturdy neighbor, Moline, haye approached each other so closely that only an expert can tell where one ends and the other bezins. The; | would have been one long ago were either wili- ing to give up her name or local hobbies for the Mutual advantage. -As it is, circumstances will shortly e the affair and merge them into the unit they ought to be. Rock Island, the island after which the town was named, was used as a camp for rebel prisoners during the war, and a crowded cemetery | ears witness that wounds, disease, and the bitter cold pl ed their part in thinning their numbers. The United States arsenal located here {s about as perfect as anything of the kind can be, and the drives all over the beautiful island (especially if you haye an entertaining companion and fine horses) are simply te. most cuits inaginablo. The western shore bears, character of old landmark. | by the name of Robert McG hat | $I wery greet demand and t plenty of autograph al- q were given out. de ee natves was satisfied to the amount of $20. the sator must have at least two co of Mark ‘Bwain's Scra) soi siesned to enal Be 5 sationery. mand for plated accounts it is evident that every Sen- | continue his removed. Book. Enough knives have been every man in the Senate to cut | She family for years were Magri oe LA wats status of the vexed ques- it Mr. Murphy expresses a a cooed: he wooed; and the old man said the world. Scissors sufficient bap rver oss Scsary A < satirical slave tenors on more airs than they ting.—Boson Ginter 4 NOTABLE MURDER. i to| Here stood the residence of Col. Davenport, is | who, on the 4th of July, 1845, while. his family were at Rock Island, (the town) participating in the usual celebration, was murdered and robbed, by the gang of ruffians who infested all that country and had gained national reputation for lawlessness. Thelr exploits were in the shape of a piece of yellow covered litera- ture, bearing the euphonions title of “The Ban- ditti of the Prairies.” The author is Edwin Bonney, the detective who hunted up and brought to trialthe murderers of Mr. Davenport. Dut to return to my narrative; the murder of the helpless old man caused great excitement, and four, ifnot more, of the men concerned in it-received their just dues, in the shape of a rope, One branch of the business of the *-Ban- ditt!” consisted of “running off” horses and if they (the horses) were as fine then as they are now. in and around Rock Island, their taste is not to be condemned, whatever one may think of their morals. WESTERN HORSE-FLESH. Let me go where I would, everywhere were these clean-limbed, beautifal animals, making such time that one wondered whether it was all a gigantic race ground or optical illusion. Of | course I “wanted.to know, you know,” and | found out who owned and raised the finest ones. | A Mr. Val. Dauber owns, it is said the most | | i | promising two-year-old in the vicinity, who goes r; Col. Crockett, of Coal Valley, some distance from Rock Island, is noted for his fine establishment of | racers, T believe, among horse experts, and a | Mr. John L. Wilson has a fine horse-breeding establishment on the fair grounds, a short dis- | tance out of town. Ag to the owners of just one | or two swift-as-the-winds, ah well! their name islegion. It sets one’s blood on fire to ride be- hind glorious creatures like these, and if I were aundred years younger, anda few other cir- cumstances changed, T should invontinently flee | back to Washingtoh—to keep from getting somewhat “rapid”? myself. Miss Brows. — | HE GREAT MURDER TRIAL. The Actors in the Scene. The trial now in progress in the Criminal Court of Charles J. Guiteau for the murder of President Garneld, will become a part of the history of the | country. The immediate interest in the proceed- Ings Isattested by the hundreds of spectators who crowd dally into the court room, and the columns, of the newspapers in every part of the United States. Below will be found brief sketches of the | principal actors in the scenes that dally occur in the court room: JUDGE WALTER 8. COX. Judge Cox is the junior member of the District | Judiciary, having been appointed about a year or So ago, under the law increasing the number of | Justices from five to six. In these days of indis- | criminate title-giving, if one did not know he was a Judge one would probably call him a general, for | he has the air of one used to command. Thetitle | would be confirmed by his moustache and goatee, | Which are of the regulation military cut. He 1s about 50 years of age, of medium height, and active and nervous in his’movements. He his a head | and face that would distinguish him in any gath- erlug. His finely curved nose, and firmly set jaws | and chin, denote decision of character. His head | 4s well balanced, and his forehead rugged with deep furrows—traces not of age, but of years of thought and study. His manner’ts courteous, and speech easy and graceful. THE PROSECUTION. ART NOTES. e The Washington Art Club will hold its next regular meeting on Monday evening, December Sth, at 8 o'clock, at its rooms in the Corcoran Building. —The late Jolin C. Breckenridge ts to be honored by a statue in his native place, Lexing- ton, Kentucky, for which the commission isto be given to Valent , the well-known sculptor. —Mr. Poole is still in West Virginia, near Parkersburg, where he is engaged in painting portraits. After he fills his orders there, it is likely he will go to Cincinnati before returning to Washington. — A part of the South Kensington Museum is now lighted with the electric light, at a saving of | £240 per year as compared with the cost of gas, the use of which was destroying the fine fres- coes recently placed upon the walls. The au- thorities of that institution are now talking of | lighting the National Gallery by the same pro- | cess. — The Century magazine, It is said, is to have | @ new cover, as well as new management in | future. it may or may not be bettered in the | latter respect, but itis very likely to be improved in the point first. named by the. adoption of al most any design that may be offered. The pres- | ent cover can hardly be called either beautiful | the Chier though | generally | men of ive enjoyed ex | heaitt tend to their official in itself or appropriate to the purpose it is in- | } tended to serve. | — The studio of Mr. Brooke, in Vernon Row, | is still unoccupied by its tenant, he being yet | detained in the vicinity of Warrenton, where he | ¢ he is understood to be procuring valuable ma- | s terial for future paintings. Mr. Brooke’s Pas- toral Vi in the Corcoran Gallery, shows him to be a master in the portrayal of what might be called the humble side of southern life, and it is not unlikely that the demands of his patrons if not his own tastes may incline him to work largely in that direction hereafter. — Mr. Andrews has been all week busily en- gaged on a life-size three-quarter length portrait of the late President Garfield, the head of which he hopes to have far enough advanced to exhibit at the memorial meeting of the Literary Society to be held at the residence of Dr. Gallaudet. at Kendall Green, this evening. Mr. Garfield, it will be remembered, was the president of this society—of which he had been an active member for several years—and took a warm interest in its success. —Asmall portrait in oils of Columbus has been discovered in a perfect state of preserva- tion in the colonial office at Madrid. It repre- sents him as about forty years of age, with thick, dark hair, and a hooked nose, and it is! conjectured to bea contemporary portrait. If correctly described, the new find is at variance with the generally accepted ideal likenesses ofthe | great discoverer. In these he is most frequently represented with reddish or brown hair and | beard, and features of a rather classical cast. —The Century Club, which represents the artistic and literary sides of New York society, The government is represented by four gentle men—District Attorney Corkhill,in virtue of his | | office, taking the lead among them. Mr. Corkhill | is of medium hetght, just rotund enough to sug- gest that he fs about entering upon the fifth age of man, of which Shakspeare makes—“the justice, in fair round belly, with good capon lined,” the type. He Js square shouldered, has a large round head, with a short neck, and wears a dark mot taché. He {8 a most agreeable conversationalist | and has the reputation of always being in good humor. He makes no pretension to fine declama- tion, but addresses the court in a business-like | way. Mr. Corkhill has so far been the only mem- | ber of the corps of lawyers representing the gov- | crnment who has taken any ¢ousplcuous part in the proceedings in court. He has questioned the jurors and witnesses and made the opening ad dress. Messrs. Davidge, Porter and Smith having come Into the case only lately, the work of prepar- | ing t se has devolved almost entirely upon Mr. Corkhitl. He presented the case to the grand jury and drew up the Indictment. As he sald to a Stak reporter, he alone possesses the secrets of the case, | having obtained possession at the start of every | fact that could throw any light upon Guiteau's | crime and its motive. | Judge J. K. Porter, of New York, who sits at the district attorney's left, has a_ national reputation a shrewd counselior. He became especially | conspicuous in the Beecher tril, in which he fig- ured as counsel for the Plymouth pastor. He is about 60 years of age, and of medium stature. hair, which is almost’ white, is rather luxuriant in | growth, and he weats a gray moustache. His fea- tures are rather small and delicately shaped. He Wears spectacles andl dresses_ulways very neatly He ts very quiet in action and unassuming Tanner. It is understood that Judge Porter will take a principal part in the examination of expert | witnesses and producing evidence in rebuttal of the theory of lasanity. ir. Waiter D, Davidge, “a sergeant of the law, wise, Wary, arch,” a veteran member of the Wash ington bar, is renowned both for his lezal learning and his skillin conducting examinations before Juries. His appearance 1s striking, and at once arrests theeye of anyone who may be looking over the scene In the court room. He ts probably , Xty years of age. iis fine features are cast in a jassienl mould, and'are set off to advantage by the short, crisp'gray hair which curls about his temples. ' He needs only to draw a toga about his person to give a living illustration of the tdea of a Roman senator. Mr. Davidge has investigated | the question of Jurisiiction and will take a lead- | ing part In the éxamtation of witnesses. i Mr. E. B. Smith, who directly represents the At- torney General In'the case, Is tall, slenders mide le-2ged and dignified. He wears éye-glasses and his ‘e is smoothly shaven. He has a Roman nose | and regular features. His presence in the court, it 4s understood, 1s Intended at once to indicate the | government's interest in the prosecution, and to | give any needed ald to the prosecution; his legal Scholarship especially qualifying him’ for this latter service. GUITEAU'S LAWYERS. Mr. George Scoville, of Chicago, Gutteau’s brother-in-law, has taken the principal part in the | defence. His manner in court has created a de- | cided impression in his favor. Mr. Scoville is about fifty-five years of age, plain in dress, and earnest and unaffected in speech. He wearsa gray moustache, and chin whiskers of the same | color. His hair, which is almost white, has been | tulnned out on the crown, m: F m. ble that of a tonsured monk, while his measured tread and deliberate movement seems to have been borrowed from a monastery. Mr. Scoville was compelled by the strongest reasons to defend his brother-in-law, and entered upon his not very sreeable tisk with an earnestness and frankness, that has won him many friends. He has had little experience tn criminal law and has only once fore been engaged in a murder trial. The judg- ment he displayed in examining and selecting jurors and his acuteness in cross-examining wit- nesses have been highly complimented. Mr. Leigh Robinson, of the District bar, Mr. Sco- ville’s asscclite, by assignment of the’ court, Is about thirty y of age, and is arded as a legal scholar of more than ordinary attainments. In person he 1s tall and slender. His face 1s florid and his hair and moustache inclined to- wards rednes His address is pousued, and his words always well chosen. + Robinson has 8o far had littie to say in court. GUITRAU'S BROTHER, On the right hand of the prisoner sits his brother, Mr. John W. Guiteau, of Boston. Though seven years older than his ill-starred brother, John Guiteau, owing to the beneficial results of a thrifty, well-rezulated life, looks younger. He 1s about the same size, being rather below the medium, and has a round head, not very much unlike his brother's. He 1s scrupulously neat in erson; wears a neatly trimmed moustache, and affects blue neck scarfs. Altogether the contrast between him and hts vagabondish brother, is very marked, John Guiteau looks lke a man of the world, whom one would be less surprised to meet on a race course than in church. ‘MRS. SCOVILLE, GUITRAU’S who sits in the same row, is five years the senior of the assassin. She 13 inclined to stoutness, and her fine color gives evidence of excellent health. Her face ts fresh and pleasant, there being little trace of age about it except the whitened locks that frame ft. She bears a strong resemblance in feature to her brother John. She dresses very tastefully in black. THR ASSASSIN, CHARLES JULIUS GUITEAU, has been often described. His relatives say that ‘some years ago his appearance attractive and his address most plausible and winning. It is hard for one, however imaginative he may be, looking at the as_he appears in the court house, to imagine hiit,as ever having been of an attractive appeara agreedble manner, dresses ina dark sult With a sick coat of hens ready-made descr wears a soft blac! hat with a wide! ‘a _ rather either bodily or mentaNy. His strous, and beyond the com; rehe |@ monument to Garfield. | line they has given a commission for a terra cotta vase for presentation to Salvini. The vase will be | some three feet high, and will represent the | witch scene in “Macbeth.” The bowl of the | vase will be the witches, cauldron, below which | will dance the witches, and the supports will be formed by the figures of dragons. The | malarial diseas artist, Mr. Theodore Baur, is now at work on the clay model. — Mr. M. J. Heade, a well known and popu- | lar artist of New York, has concluded to make | Washington his home, for a time, at least, and will shortly open a studio in the Corcoran Building. He works in all fields, we believe, specialties may be said to be tropical y, birds and flowers. He also seems to delight in long level reaches of marsh and meadow lands, with rich and peculiar atmos- | pherie effects, in_ the treatment of which he | th greatly excels. Mr. Heade will be a decided | requisition to the general sc y of the national capital, as well as to its art circles. — The only Washington artists who have con- tributed anything to the fine exhibition now in the Philadelphia Academy building are Mr. Charles Lanman and Mr. G.R. Donoho. The latter has sent from Paris three paintings, one | of which was in the Salon last year, where it attracted marked attention. Mr.’ Lanman also exhibits three landscapes,—one of which, called The Upper Potomac, has been well reproduced | in the catalogue. The highest priced picture of which we have knowledze in this display is one bya Mr. J. W. Dunsmore, illustrating a scene | from “Macbeth,” for which the modest sum of $15,000 is asked. It is the kind of a picture that somebody will be very glad to get $1,500 | for some of these days. — San Francisco has nearly $20,000 ready for The Post asks that the order be given “to an artist of California, not to an Italian.” The advice of the Post may | aera gratify the local pride of its readers, but a much better plan would be for the author- ities to give the order to the best sculptor that can be found, no matter where he may have been born. The way Germany got her best eques- | trian statue, up to that time. at least, was by giving the commission for it to Thorvaldsen, the great Dane; and when Russia and Exypt wanted something particularly fine in the same did not hesitate to send to France for their artist. —The Washington Art Club held its first Tegular meeting for this season at its rooms in the Corcoran Building last Monday evening. The business of the meeting was mostly of a formal or routine character, but it was, as our readers will be pleased to learn, all in the diree- | tion of increasing the efficiency and widening | the influence of the organization. It is to be | hoped these efforts will not be relaxed. Vv geous to its members and so beneficial to the city that the artists uwe it not less to the com- munity than to themselves to put it upon a per- manent and active footing, and to carry it to the very farthest point of usefulness, In all heir steps to that end it is safe to say they will have the co-operation of the best elements of our population. — In aroom adjoining the law library be- | neath the Supreme Court room at the Capitol | may be seen what is at once a most beautiful | work of art, and a most worthy evidence of | filial affection. It is a bust, in the purest white marble, of Justice Story, sculptured by his gifted son, Mr. W. W. Story, now in Rome, and by him presented to the U. S. Supreme Court. It has recently arrived, and, when a suitable pedestal is provided for it, will be placed ina good position for observation in the law | of the President's house are equally un: | Thirty-five answered simply *no:” stxteen said | | great activity, both among the gunners and | classes. The form of malarial diseases most com- monly met with is simple Intermittent fever,which is the least serious and most curable form. “Death from well defined uncomplicated malarial diseases is a rare event in our city. A careful counparison of the death rate of Washington with that c principal cittes of the United States shows Sively that It does not exceed the average, nc standing the very large proportion of colored peo- Ple, one-third of the whole, whose death rate ts cenerally almost or quite double that of the whites. rhe proportion of colored race ts greater in Wash- ington than in any city north or west of us, and when the proper reduction of the death-rate on this account ts made, it will show a sanitary con- ition not surpassed Anywhere. It is proper to re- mark here that the records of the Health Depart- ut of Washington are believed to be absolutely rect as to the number of deaths annually occur- Ing among us. he total number of deaths in the District of Columbia for the year ending June #0, 1881, was 4,138, of which nutnber 2,206 were wilte 2nd 1,931 colored, showing: 1,00 per annum for the ored and 22.60 for the colored, 37. |, 25.30. We believe, too, that the unfavorable reports so | industriously circulated of the unhealthy condition | ‘This has been the residence of all the Pre for eighty-one years, and during all that tn the exception of Presidents Harrison and T died after a short iiness from acute disea: ho way dependent on climatic intfluenc @ tnterruption—a most i proof enough of itself | condition bath of the | We may add, too, in oriner Pre- ppt a very | ve homes, the pra | stummer in the suburbs | n first adopted by Mr. Buchanan, and | When the present anomolous condition of the | Potomac flats opposite the eity, shall hh been remedied, which in their ‘present are at least & menace for the futur kuow of uvthing likely to prevent Was fon from being hereatter, as now and heretofore, one of the most healthy, one of the most beautiful, cttte: Wh toe as it ts | country adopted the report. ANSWER OF WASHINGTON PHYSICIANS TO THE QUES- | TIONS PROPOUNDED TO THEM. Answers have been recelved from practicing phy- | sicians to questions propounded in the cireularlet- | ter tssued by the committee and already published | in THE Stan, as follows | To the frst question—Do you belleve that malz- | rial diseases prevail to the si | in Washington, forty-eight negative returned. Ten answers were affirmativ physiclans, who had been engaged in practice Irom fifty-five to twenty-five years, with one ex- ception testified to the fact that malarial diseases | are less prevalent than formerly. “Several did not answer this question, as they have not been en- gaged In practice long enough to speak from thelr Personal knowledge of the former health of the city. ‘The second question—In your practice do dis- eases clearly due to malarial influences present | themselves in large proportion? was answered in | ‘the negative by fifty-four and in the affirmative by nine. Several of the affirmative answers were nalified by the statement that Uns lance propor- tion occurred only in the months of Aucust, Sep- tember and October, and in certain parts of the city only. The almost unanimous opinion was returned to the third question that intermittent fever 1s the most common form of malarial disease. To the fourth question—From your experience do you think that malarial diseases cause many | deaths, and what form of malarial disease have | you found most fatal? was answered by all that ne extent as ses do not cause many deaths. “they had never lost a case from vhis c: eleven replied “that death in these diseases Tare;” one that he had had but one death In five | years. These replies are given in order to show | the emphatic manner in Which the unanimous opinion was expressed that malarial diseases are Tarely fatal in our city. The following were be. licved to be the causes of death In the fatal cases. t a al ais | e ed, more oF less, to certain locali- ties, while six thotlght they were equally preva- ke As regards localities M1 that were » as chiefly seat of these mat dies: Along the line of the Potomac river flat Rock Creek, and the canal in the neighborhood o the United ‘States Naval Observatory, the eastern part of the city bordering on the Eastern Branc the low and badly-drained suburbs in the north, and along the lower creek canal. ‘The opinion thus expressed in these answers may be summarized In the following conclusions: 1. ‘That malarial diseases are less prevalent now | than ten to fifteen years ago in Washington, and thet this improvement has been most marked in those parts of the eity which have been drained of | surface water, Where low ground has been filled | and raised, Houses built, and the streets paved i | | with concrete. 2 The cases of malarial diseases do not occur in large numbers in the practice of the majority of the physicians in the city, and that malaria has not a widespread influence here. A. TEe propor | tion of the so-called “malarial diseases” are cases | of slight or obscure disease, due to many different | causes, 3. That simple intermittent fever, the most in- curable form of malarialdisease, is the most | commonly met with. | 4, ‘That malarial disorders have not as great tn- | y in Washington as formeriy, and are sel- dom fatal. That the malarial influence manifests itself | chiefly in those parts of the city Immediately bor- | dering on the Potomac river and its tributaries, | Rock creek and the Bastern branch, and in. the | neighborhood of low, marshy soil on'the outskt of the city, and that for seemingly greater tm nity from the malarial poison {t is tinportaut tha thes® marsh lands should be reciaime The committee believe that disease from ma- laria 1s lessening every year and that when the Potomac flats are reclaimed Washington will be as free from sickness from that cause as any city | in the country. j pane THE GAME SEASON HERE. IN LUCK—THE “BIG SY—CONCERNING — DECOY OMETHING ABOUT DUCKS, THEIR | HAUNTS, Harts, &c. The ame season in the Washington markets, | especially forducks, is now fairly open, and dealers in wild game, is apparent. Large num- | bers of ducks are being brought up the river | ‘on steamboats daily, and those not consumed here are shipped by the dealers to other markets north and west. Most of the ducks, quail, woodcock and plover come from the Potomac river and Chesapeake bay, the venison from the mountains of Virginia and the grouse and pleasants from the western states, although much of the small game is brought in by local gunners and countrymen. FLUSH TIMES FOR SPORTSMEN. ‘Thus far this year ducks and other river birds have been unusually plentiful, and the sports- men have held high carnival. The shooting sea- | son, under the present game laws of Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, com- library of the court. The bust, which shows | handsome features and a pleasing expression, represents its subject in the robe of a Justice of ; the Supreme Court, the folds of which fall | slightly open across the breast, revealing the | clothing beneath and a ruffled shirt front. All | the details are elaborately modeled and care- | fully executed. — At the Corcoran Gallery may be seen a fine and characteristic example of landscape paint- ing of the North German academic school, the | work of Mr. Burris, an artist of that nationality, lately located here. Barring a little over-man- ipulation in treatment. it is a sound and pleas- ant artistic effort, showing thorough training in the ceinelies of art and painstaking labor, but displaying less of freedom of touch and purity | of color than is fashionable or exactly : opular | in these days of impressionism and sketchy ef- fects. Another of Mr. Burris’ paintings, lees important and likewise somewhat less attractive than ae to be seen in Barlow's window. The artist has also in his studio, No. 728 7th street, a number of studies and sketches well worth inspection, as well for their artistic merit asfor the fact that they Illustrate a type of seenery not often shown here.—that of North Germany, in the vicinity of the Baltic sea. —— eg E Healthfulness of Washington. REPORT OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY COMMITTEE—THE CAPITAL AS HEALTHY AS THE MOST FAVORED CITIES—MALARIA CONFINED TO A SMALL SECTION— THE WHITE HOUSE—THE RIVER FLATS. Drs, Harvey Lindsley, James E. Morgan, W. Ww. Johnston, D. Webster Prentiss and Smith Towns- hend, the committee of the Medical Soclety of the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the subject of the rumored excessive prevalence of malaria in this city, have agreed upon and signed the following report: “The committee believe and report that the state- un- only ordinariiy vain. the trial, the ts 80 ate mences the Ist day of September and runs to the Ist day of April, and the laws are quite strin- | geat. One of the radical changes made is the abolishment of the “big” or long-range guns, used on this river for more than a half century by the old gunners, who made a permanent bus- ness of this and fishing rts. This has had the effect of creating considerable ill-feeling between the old sports and the “new trash,” as the old ones call them; the moderps all using the double-barrel breech-loading shot- gun, and shooting from the shoulder entirely. DECOY DEVICES. To a great extent, decoy ducks and other de- vices, such as “boxes,” “‘sneak boats” and “bushwhackers” have been dispensed with. such as were considered indispensibie in the olden time. The “box” is a sort of raft, with a sunken coffin-shaped box in the center, in which the gunner lies at fall length and out of view, icking off the birds as they come in range. Kear these boxes from 100 to 500 decoy ducks float on the water. some being on the raft itself. The sneak boat or bushwhacker is a batteau in which the gunner conceals himself from the ducks by bushes and approaches them by cau- tiously sculling. These also use the decoys, whieh are placed at a convenient distance from the boat. A VETERAN SPORTSMAN. The oldest and probably the most successful river sportsman is Mr. David Davis, No. 525 M atrect southwest, who is past seventy-five years old, and until the recent game laws went into The ola ceatierean is as hardy and gamey as ever, can and can tell a says he was a boy he used to SHOOT CANVAS BACKS UP TiBER Cheek @ where the Botanical gardens now @te and all the way down to 17th-street wharf, where he has seen the air s0 full of them as to hide the sun and make a complete shadow. He saysthis continual “banging away” with small Eh game etter dag scenners is what is drivi: The game dealers inthe market here do not care much forthe squabbling so that the game is caught and they can fill the orders. _. SUPPLIES AND PRICES. ab nts The Medical society met Wednesday night and | © officers of the doing vas backs, €2.50a85 per pair; red heads, @1.25a £1.50 per pair; shutters, bars cents; widgeons, a7 cents: rooks, or bar ducks, 50 cents per pair: blue wings, 73 centsto ®1 per pair: mallard, 31.50 per pair; grouse, €1.50 per pair; $1.50; plovers, 25 cents each; venison 20 cents per pound: wild geese, 75 cents each; wood cock, 60 cents each; quail #4 per dozen; rabbits, £2.50 per dozen. ‘There are no reed birds nor ortolan in the markets now. THE CANVAS BACKR arrive in the Potomac river soon after the cold Weather comes, but thus far they have not beea plentiful. Being in great demand they are much sought after and are gradually getting Scarce, especially in the upper Potomac. Yet the old gunners say there is no better feeding grounds for them than between the Long bridge and Alexandria, Wild celery grows more abundant and of the best quality on the extensive sand and mud bar at that and these ducks are kept away by the constant shooting at them. duck ts so much in favor as the canvas back, when taken from about this bar. They are generally among the last to ar rive and among the first to leave here, but are found later in the lower river and bay. They are esteemed by the dealers for their quality of keeping betier and holding their frnmess of flesh longer than any other ducks sold, other noted fowl lose their solidity and game flavor boxed for some days, the canvas ualities and Keep f . Th that they feed only wild celery, while most other ducks are like seaveng gorging themselves on the refuse “blades of the celery tops, rejected by the canvas backs, They are muscular, of great strength, are great ‘divers, and wil work longer under water than other ducks, and are masters of them all, generally driving them from their feeding places. It is said by old gun- ners that when the canvas backs reach the sur- with the choice tidbits in their mouths, the -neck ducks will sometimes await their ap- ‘ance and attack them before they can re- over their breath and strength, and take the food, obtained by their superior foraging pow- ers. A well conditioned canvass back has an average weight of about three pounds, and ts equalled in” bulk, though not in. strength and ness of flesh, on! the red neck. They in the upper river, when they appear there, late of evenings and early in the mornings,when they generally rise early, and often do not settle until they reach the lower river. Among the earliest inthe season to make their Appearance here are pe THE BLUE WING TRAL. They come with the cool nights; are about the same size as the green wing teal, both being marked with a spot of the color designating | them on the shoulder portion of their wings. They feed in shallow waters where they can | Teach the bottom without much diving; are fre- quently captured from the shores of inlets and creeks, and are considered the finest fall ducks in the markets. They take their leave early in the season, THE SUMMER OR Woop DUCKS do not emigrate, but remain hereabouts the entire year, and are geuerally in good condition for eating, except the season of incubation. Unlike most all other ducks, they build their nests in hollow trees; are swift on the wing, feed largely on seed and tender grasses, The usual price is @a75 cents per pair. The male is | has very beautiful plumage; the female a breast “interspersed with brown feathers and brown backs. They are not full web-tooted. WIDGRONS arrive this month, and are generally found bout shallow water and in marshes. They are larger than the tealand other early ducks, are of @ zray color, and feed on roots and water grasses, which they pullfrom the bottom. They are not divers, THE GRAY AND BLACK MALLARD come about the same time, and their habits are similar to those of the widgeon. They resemble nearly the grey tame duck, and will frequently alight, and for several hours at a time keep company with the tame ducks j ponds and small streams. They are generally plentiful in the Potomac river, and Hunting Creek, below Alexandria, is a favorite resort for them. They are coal feeders, and their meat is of rather coarse flavor and quality. THE STIFF TAILS. About the same time comes therook,a smaller duck sometimes called “stiff tails,” the feathers being short and stumpy and spread out. They are great divers, great lovers of wild celery, and in appearance somewhat resemble the female shuffier, being greyish in color. The male has a white streak running from the stump of his bill back on the sides of the head. They area little smaller than the shuftler: plentiful this year, and are not easiiy frightened off by the gunners. They are generally found on deep waters over bars in the river where wild celery grows on the bottom abundantly. They are xood feeders and are in good condition this year and sell from 40 to 50 cents per pair. THR RED NECKS. Next to the canvas backs the red necks are the most valuable, and many prefer them to the former. They come in October. They have been scarce this year, though it is reported that many are seen in other rivers of the Chesapeake bay. They are frequenters of any rivers and marshes where wild celery grows, are good divers, and remain under water as long as any of the duck family. They are large, nearly as much as the canvas backs. The male has a red neck and nearly black head; the female similar in size and form to the canvas backs, with finely shaped head and more delicately formed. They can be taken all along the river, in its entire length, in deep water, wherever wild celery grows. They are shot both on the water and from decoys or on the wing. THE SHUFFLER, the most common, and at present most plentie ful, is an excellent table duck; is fat and makes good eating. They are easily recognized by their white breasts and dark necks and heads, and are sometimes known as “black heads,” are smaller than the red necks and coarse feeders. SPRIG TAILS are similar in appearance and size to the mal- lard, the only difference being that they have two long stiff tail feathers,one on each side ofthe tail, and they feed almost exclusively at the upper ends of creeks and shoal streams, where they can find plenty of mud to wallow in and search for insects and tender roots, which they bore for, having long bills and muscular necks, They are plentiful in the Four Mile run. and can sometimes be taken some distance on the shores from water. They are of large size, long ana narrow, but not usually in good con- dition. Whistle Southerds and Dippers are also brought to market, but are hard to kill. as they will dodge the flash of a gun and go under water. QUATL ARE SCARCE, owing to the intense cold of last winter, which must have killed them. The gunners say that the old coverts, where last year bevies of from twenty to thirty could generally be found, are now entirely barren of them, and the bagging of half a dozen in one day is now considered to be reported effect had followed game shooting all his life. | pinnated grouse are not coming inas his bird now at every shot | heavy shi Rites berdiek when within | western range by his flight and never miss it. Mr. Davis | they are always in great demand. ——_—_—-e-______ PRaIsE FOR THE FIREMEN.—The- District