Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1881, Page 2

The Markets. WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. ited States 62 extens Is Guiteau Insane? HOW A SIMILAR PLEA WAS TREATED IN ENG- ‘THE SENATE COMMITTEES, Complete and Corrected List. The changes in the Senate committees were Printed in yesterday's Bran. For the infor- mation of our readers, we print the following fall and correct list of the committees as they [Continawa fromm Pirst Page.y The court sentenced him to restitution to uit of restitution, To the Editor of Tux Evxxine Star: Will you please ascertain from some of the numerous experts in mental diseases now on hand, if it is a usual thing for an insane person a to admit his insanity? Is it not one of the un- — | mistakable symptoms of a diseased mental 113 | state for the patient, by every artifice at com- mand, and constant little deceptions toendeavor to conceal his real condition, and turn the. at- téntion of observers from his own peculiarities, while he confidentially imparts to one and another that this or that individual am acquaintances is beyond all doubt deranged? In short, is it not the rule for an insane person to think every one crazy except himself? Has one ever been heard of who insisted on his own in- sanity, or tried by a display of sense to prove himself out of his senses? se queries are by the strange cle daily presented to the world in the trial now in progress before the Criminal Court, here at the capital of the natian. trial murdered the President of the United the commander-in-chief of its army and y, and the lawfully chosen chief magistrate ity millions of citizens, and for this stupend- ous crime a defence of insanity is set up to save his wortiless life,when facts provethat the deed was deliberately planned and pursued with a co- herent purpose, a devilish perseverance and a ma- ignant intensity for days and weeks until la order and humanity were struck and insulted by the ruthless perpetration of hisfell intent. There is no coherence insanity. balanced and quickly diverted from its purpose is excitable, full of fantasies and impulses, but T am constantly reminded, while reading the daily reports of this remarkable trial, of Earl Ferrars, who was tried before the House il, 1760, for the brutal murder of and was defended on the plea of insanity. The day before the trial began Lord Talbot remarked in the House of Lords that: ‘Never having been thought mad enough p until hehad killed somebody, they will try to prove that he is too mad ‘to be hung.” But Lord Talbot was mistaken. There's y of administering criminal Lord Ferrars was tried by but such was the horror and disgust inspired by his crime that on the first day he ap- peared in the prisoners’ dock several of the lords, who had stood up to obtain a view of him, straightened himself up as it to invite attention. instantly turned their Only a few pecreases were present at the trial, and they remained but a short time, in strong contrast with certain recent trials, when women have crowded every ayail- | able sitting or standing place in the chamber. The trial lasted three days, and although it asa senerally admitted and well-known fact takable taint of insanity Washingtons;—although he was a nobleman of high rank,and was connected with some of the most powerful and influential families in England, Lord Ferrars was sen- tenced to be hanged, not at Tower Hill where criminals of noble birth were usually executed, but at Tyburn, where the lowest and most brutal malefactors paid the penalty of their crimes. He was hung, and his body anatomized, as was then the lawin England. His victim was only an humble, faithful, poor servant. not a prince or a prime minister, or even one of his own order, but he was hung all the same. | the criminal now on trial in Washington for the basest and most. ecld-blooded and unprovoked that was ever | &more Conspicuous part in the conduct of his own trial than Karl Ferrara would have en allowed to take. moring to be thouzht insane, disproves the fact by nis shrewdness, his quick Inemory and the keen alertness with which he | follows testimony, corrects mistakes and recalls He reveals his deprayed nature by his use of witnesses, his audacious insolence | to the high officers of the court. and his unvoy- ernable temper, and by his outbreaks of vulvar, slangy language whenever events of his life, of which he is ashamed, are revealed. He forget: nothing and remembers every one, also the ff the county court occurs the day before | sums of money he has borrowed of each, and | whenever he thinks the ‘Deity inspiration” pez | is getting loose, he falls back upon the political | excitement at Albany last June, and reiterates over and over again, that ‘if it had not been for the political cr have been shot!” Guited Stites 4 zed with steal- revat from an old colored man named i. who testilled that he and this man | Perm were alter the same job. of putting wood = Teeny semen took | Thirty y Ais coat off the young man slipped off with it : ) default | National Union Tusurance He was committed to jail for 30 days, in Mt | Arlington tnpuranse Conner Corcoran Insurance Company Washington and Georgeto STANDING COMMITTEES. On Privileges and Elections—Messrs. Hoar: (chairman), Cameron, of Wisconsin, Sherman, Lapham, Saulsbury, Hill,of Georgia, Vance,Frye, Pugh. are funding 6a, 1902, coin. Fire Insurance and Gaslight Cony Busy Day in The Cri RUMEROCS PRISONERS PROM TH JAIL ARRAIGNED AND SOME SENTENCED. To-day in the Criminal Conrt, Judge Cox, a umber of prisoners brought up from the jaii Morris Conners, | Washington 3 assault on Officer Quinlan, pleaded guilty and to six months in jail. t larceny, second offence (water Wed guilty and sen ate prison for one o., (bag of rags Auburn for on red boy of fourte e of larceny inal Court. On Foretgn Retations—Mesars. Windom, Edmunds, Miller, of California, johnston, Morgan, Hill, of Georgia, On Finance—Mesgrs. Morrill, (chairman),Sher- man, Ferry, Jones, of Nevada, Allison, Aldrich, Bayard, Voorhees, Beck, McPherson, Harris. yn Appropriations— Messrs. Allison man), Logan, Dawes, Plumb, Hale, Davis, of West Virginia, Beck, Ransom, Cockrell. On Commerce— Jones, of Nevada, Kellogg, Conger, Miller, of New York, Ransom, Coke, Farley, Vest. On Manufactures—Messrs. Conger, (chair- man), Hale, Sewell, McPherson, Williams. On Agriculture—Messrs. Mahone, (chairman), Blair, Plumb, Van Wyck, Davis, of West Vir ginla, Slater, George. , On Military Affairs—Messrs. Logan, (chair- man), Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Harrison. Sewell, Hawley, Cockrell, Maxey, Grover, Hamp- On Naval Affairs—Messrs. Cameron, of Penn- sylvania, (chairman), Anthony, Rollins, Miller, of California, Mahone, McPherson, Jones, of Florida, Vance, Farley. On the Judiciary,-Messrs. Edmunds, . McMillan, Teller, Garland, ‘ost Roads—Messra. Ferry, chairman), Hill, of Colorado, Sawyer, Mahone, iller, of New York, Maxey, Saulsbury, Farley, is. = North Capitol ana 6 sirect das follows: proof from Miss Elmore ipl Messrs. McMill tenced to Auburn N. Y Affairs in West Washington. SENTENCED FoR KEEPING A Policy SHor.— Booth, alias Robert Bowie, za policy shop in West Washington, case was continued for “expert” testi- mony, to prove that the paraphernalia that was found in the defendant's posession was that of a poliey shop, Was sentenced in the Police Court to-day to sixty days in jail. An appeal was Port News—Entered.—Schr. J. J. Little. from Washington, light; echr. Mary C with 104.000 feet of lumber for E. E Jackson & Co. charged with | States, of an assault A diseased mind, un- ae Boston, Frederick Wil- pleaded not guilty to a king into the store of Brown, assault with Lyons _ Whit- .000 bushels wheat; boat G. T. Dun- . With 2,800 bushels corn and 1,300 bushels of burglary inh Delaware Hudneil. intent to kill Pui! Roan Saumuel Suiith. alias Hei! Policeman Slath man), Logan, Ingal Davis, of Illinois, Bay: On Post Offices and P. pleaded not £1 burglary, in robbing the house of Mazin Justus Schmidt, Hawkins. pleaded not guilty. alias Aucustus Schmidt, assat commit rape on Mat M last, pleaded not g charged with the murder Fisher, on August 6th last, pleaded not guilty; also with the muraer of Joseph Fisher, at the same date as above stated, pleaded not guilty. eegece On Public Lands—Messrs. Plumb, (chairman), Hill, of Colorado. Blair, Van Wyck, McDill, Jones, of Florida, Grover, Walker, On Private Land-Claims —Messrs. Bayard, (chairman), Jonas, Call, Edmunds, Allison. On Indian Affairs—Messrs. Dawes, (chairman), Ingalls, Saunders, Harrison, Cameron, ot Wis- consin, Coke, Pendleton, Walker, Slater. On Pensions — Messrs. Teller, (chairman), Platt, Blair, Mitchell, Van Wyck, Groome, Sla- ter, Jackson, Camden. On Revolutionary Claims — Messrs. Johnston, (chairman), Jones of Florida, Hill, of Georgia, Anthony, Dawes. On Claims—Messrs. Cameron, of Wisconsin, (chairman), Frye, Teller, Hoar, Conger, Pugh, Jackson, George, Fair. On the District of Columbia—Messrs. Ingalls (chairman), Rollins, McMillan, MeDill, Aldrich, Harris, Butler, Vance, Gorman. Messrs. Platt (chairman), Hoar, Mitchell, Windom, Coke, Call, Williams. On Territories—Mesers. Saunders (chairman), Kellogg, MeDill, Harrison, Butler, Garland, est. yland Co., 241.14 tons; New Central Co., tons. of Ann Marie Elizabeth pew el 5 aed Alexandria Affairs. Corr spondence of THE EVENING STAR. ‘Tue Crry’s Frvances.—The financial situation | of the corporation of Alexandria is now better than it has been at any time since the war. The | taxes are well collected, the interest on the city debt punctually paid, the city officers receive their salaries the day they are due, and corpora- | tion warrants that once were hawked at eighty cents are now good as gold for their face value. The old 6 per cent stock sold at thirty and 45 cents, but the new 3 per cents are worth sixty and sixty-five cents. f a stern, impartial wa: law in England. District Gevernment Affairs. Commissioner Morgan, who nas been confined to his home with abad cold the past two days, has considerably improved. and was at his dei iumbia building to-day. Application was made to-day by the Balti- more and Potomac Railroad Company for a per- mit to erect a brick buzzage room, 111 feet long, 21 feet wide. fronting on 6th street. and run- ning the distance above stated souti of the Inspector Entwisle de- clined to give the permit without instructions from the Commissioners, to whom the matter has been referred. ——- ‘The District in Congress. The Senate District committee had a meeting to-day to refer the several bills before them to sub-committees. Nothing cise was done. The | cood faith—and she yet survives, and this is, by codification of District laws and Senftor Ingalls’ | her account, the 44th day since she has take Dill to enlarge the water works were passed | food. over until after the holiday recess. MAINTENANCE OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN. Mmtroduced a bill in the House Of Representatives, yesterday, providing for the | we and Support of Megitimate children | It provides that when the charge by an unmarried woman ts mate, the peace, against any person with being the father of her child said justice shall command an atrest to hear the complainant. in the hearing adjud, father of such child hizance of not less than $300 or more than $1,000, ble to the District of Columbia, conditioned on observing that he backs on him. Several suits, the legacies | former years, have recently been decided inst the city, but the surplus of thé year will ly enabie the finance committee to gradu- y pay of the last judsment: all others have al- been settled. The present finance com- mittee devote very much time and pains to the matter. and while a decrease in taxation cannot be looked for next year, no increase is expected. ll of Miss Violett’s that her fast is in that there was an unmis main depot building. in his family—the On Railroads—Messrs. Kellogg (chairman), Teller, Saunders, Hawley, Sawyer, mar, Groser, Williams, Jonas, Brown. On Mines and Mining—Messrs. Hill, of Color- ado (chairman), Jones, of Nevada; Van Wyck, Miller, of California; Hampton, Fatr, Camden. On the Revision of the of California (chairman), Platt, Hale, Davis, of Illinois; Pendleton. On Education and Labor—Messrs. Blair (chair- man), Morrill, Windom, Mahone, Aldrich, Maxey, Brown. George, Fair. On Civil Service and Retrenchment—Messrs. Hawley (chairman), Rollins, Jones, of Nevada; Dawes. Butler. Walker, Williams. To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate—Messrs. Jones, of Nevada (chair- man); Platt, Vance. On Engrossed Bills—Mesars. Saulsbury (chair- man), Call. Miller, of New York. Messrs. Frye (chairman), Hoar, On the Improvement of the Mississippi River and Tributaries—Messrs. Mitchell (chairman), Kellogg, Van Wyck, Frye, Jonas, Cockrell, Jack- On Transportation Routes 10 the Seaboard— M Harrison (chairman), Cameron, of Penn- nia; Windom, Lapham, Beck, Voorhees, THe Fastixne Wom. friends and relatives in: A few days ago she rose from her bed | and was able to move about the room, but with | this exception, she has not left her bed for ten She has had several visitors from Wash- aws—Messrs. Miller, Reporter’s Notes.—The finance committee will probably employ Mr. S. P. Beach, in addi- tion to Corporation-Attorne: sbefore ajustice of | fend the in the District. emper, to de- nal bond's suit at Richmond.—The rade with Cuba has grown to be | much a specialty of Alexandria as the | Ir the justice | cattle trade with Bermuda and Barbadoes once the | was. Sir. F. A. Reed sent out a brig with hoops and staves for Cardenas, Cuba, Inst evening. q | A foot-ball came is arranved this afternoon be- tierm or the District, tween the deaf mutes of Kendall-green, and the mpliint. If students of the High school, nearthis place nee he The market this morning was well filled, and the deaters drove a brisker trade than usual_— | It is understood that as the next monthly term attempted or b a shall require a reco he will a) rar a re toa Sherman, Call, defendant falls to enter into such recogn! is to be, by the justice, committed to jail until discharged by course After the hearing e Supreme Court District 2 transeript of the proceedings. sen committed to jail for falling to give ance muy be dischianced at an; ment by entering such recognizance. The death t ‘bate such prosecution if the child is living, but a® suggestion of ri the fact shail be made and the name of the child tor that of the “hristmas, it will be adjourned for some days, | at least.—One “drunk” was the only case at iy ime after commilt-| the station house to-day.—Both the iron works and Aitchinson’s new mill, will, it is ex- pected. be in operation by January.——Messrs. Nalls, Hawkhurst and Fisher, will represent Alexandria at the local isthe President would not Is this man insane? Against the Star Route Frauds. A dispatch to the New York Times trom Phil- adelphia, December 16, says: “Attorney General Brewster returned at 11 o'clock to-night from a ED THE | visit to Washington. He anid hi | cordial interview with Presid while the subject of the star route prosecutions had not been formally talked over between them, he was assured of the President's sympathy in JOINT COMMITTEES. On Public Printing—Messrs. Anthony, (chair- man), Hawley, Gormam Enrolled Bills—Messrs. Sewell, (chairman), Rollins, Pugh. On the Library—Messrs. Sherman, (chair- man), Hoar, Vorhees. On Public Buildn¥gs and Grounds—Mesers. airman),’ Morrill, Cameron, of Wis- cousin, Jones, of Fiorida, Vest. SELECY COMMITTEES. To Examine the Several Branches of the | o—Messts. Saw: , Hampton, Groome, To make Provision for taking the Tenth Cen- sus and Ascertaining the Results Thereof— Messrs. Hale, (cairnian), Morrill, McDill, Saw- yer, Pendleton, Morgan, Harris. To Investigate and Report the best means of Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Fpi- | demic Diseases— 5 arland, Jonas, Teller, Miller, of New York, Sewell, To Inquire into ali Claims of Citizens of the | United States against the Government of Nie- aragua—Messrs. Davis, of West Virginia, (chair- man), Groome, Johnston, Hill, of Colorado, Ee SOA MG MULE ee tee oor aac | opsion conxenlion, tolbe sie ot histone Who shall not be liable 10r the Supreme Court deny shall be tried by the court or ju “s nay elect, and if tound the fath of Such chiid by verdict or confession defendant shall De adjudged the father of such child and stand | eRargea with its maint next Tuesday. for that purpose, the defendant th GEN. BUTLER SAID TO HAVE PURCHA! e had had a very ENTIRE SPRAGUE PROPERTY. lent Arthur, and | Information was obtained last evening to the | effect that the complicated Sprague litigation | was about to come to an end, and that Gen, B. | the rigorous measures he (Mr. Brewster) in- tended taking to push the prosecutions to the full extent of the law.” _ See The Stolen Earl—De Scodand Crime. The London Standard, of December 3, gives the following additional particulars about the | robbery of the body of the Earl of Crawford. “There can be no doubt that some time between Wednesday night and Thursday morning the plan adopted for furnishing convincing evidence bee. executed. So many peo- pass the vault daily that any interference ould be almost immediately observed. ctically a part of Dun Ect an entrance to it frum necessary to railing would defendant shall wl until such security is given. | ‘The attorney of the District is required to prose- Cute ali cases arising under this act. F. Butler had progressed so far in his negotia- tions as to warrant the announcement that the settlement with the creditors ie virtual: Plished. The effect of the settlement will be to = of the North | Saunders, Daw: Marxtace Licexses have been issued to | Frank Jobnson, of Charles county, Md., and Georgeanna Mack, of St. Mary’s county, Thomas Nichols and Rachael A. Smith. secure to the creditors of the Spragues thirty percent of the debt, which amount, added to | what hasalready been received, nearly filty per cent of the principal of their | claima. Six months ago the claims of the cred- itors were selling in the market for from fifteen to twenty cents on the dollar. Under the present arrangement the Spragues will unite in the title, | ple which will perfect it. River Trape.—Harbor Master Sutton arrivals at the river front to-day as follows: | Sehr. Edith Seward, Tall, 225 feet lumber for | of the theft had Without their consent | with it w the title would have been subject to disputeand | The cha The exact details of the settlement | House, could not be obtained, but it is understood that | the library. Gen. B. F. Butler purchases the entire property | | and ascumes certain liabilities which will oblige in the aggregate about three mil- | ted by creditors han could be realized by selling the t auction and in par | siderable portion of th productive. and woul yielded a very moderate price. The arrange- | open; but this ment, as far as it has progressed, is made with | and 80 the ap, the consent _of the creditors’ committee. Property incindes ail the corporate and private | 3 property of all the Spragues—mills as well as | application of force and violence. the Quidnick | of the thieves seems pretty clea , the | opinion is that they must have been well perty | acquainted with the persons were engaved arge F. L. Moore, | tons coal. same: barge S. Nolley, son, Kelly. oys- | raise the slab and remove the be conveniently handy, building operations be- ing at present in pregress at Dun Echt. The | coffins were opened skilfully and without the least violence. Neither the outer one of oak nor the inner wooden one has been broken, the aving been simply unscrewed. had been soldered it had to be also had been neatly performed, | the vault yesterday did not awaken in the spectat ings as would naturally be associ JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE. Accommodations Library of Congress—Messrs. Vorhees, (chair- man), Butler, Morrill. Be What the Appointment Means. From the N. ¥. Herald. The selection of Mr. Benjamin H. Brewster, of Pennsylvania, to be Attorney General is one of the very best the President could have made. Mr. Brewster is a lawyer of great ability and a gentleman of the highest character. He is not Specially identified with either faction in the republican party; he is liked by the leaders ot all shades of political belief and opinion, and d to discharge the duties of the great office to which he has been called. be satic.ed with the appoint- It means that the star route casea will be vigorously prosecuted, and that the whole power of the government will be brought to bear to punish the conspirators who so shame- lessly robked the Treasury. This duty the pub- lic will expect Mr. Brewster to will be judged aad measured ness and vigor with which he presses the prose- cution against the alleged On Additional A Cunp’s Deatn Catsep BY THE KERNEL yrom 4 Net.—An infayt child of Mr. Julius Eis- -enbeiss. residing at corner of 3d and H streets Rerthwest. yesterday, about 10 o'clock got a Piece uf nut kernel into its throat. Trache- tomy was performed by Dr. S. W. Bogan at 5 o'elock last evening, but the babe died at 6:55 @elock of asphyxia." Wwe Men Killed by Railroad Trains , Pa., December 17.—James Ennis and Willian Williamson were struck by a train on. mills, ‘the Reading railroad near Pottstown this morn- ing and instantly killed. Benjamin ‘also struck but was n * New Bernswick, “O'Brien, 25 years of a llars. This is esti: Is, since a con- ‘operty is entirely un- it is thought, have The title will cover the Cranston mills, the Natick mills, the Kennebec mills, and proj in Washington, D. and in South Carolina. ‘ov. Sprazue at Canonchet is | bery is pretty certain, ducement with creditors | ness stone, very heavy, bein; is settlement in addition to the en- the very grave doubt eminent lawyers as to the validity ances to Chafee. ———————— Myacinths, A correspondent of the Housekeeper gives | in the rob- ‘The slabs were of Caith- ig Six feet square and Dun Echt house is about | nd s0 the thieves might carry on their operations unmolested by tie public; but the fact of.the chapel being con- nected with the house makes tainty that the theft must hav-! | during the night. spare man the thieves woul all the more easil rer, passing the spot work, observed that the zround the entrance to the seriousiy hurt. he is eminentty qualifi James Ware, a (er- years of age. and Sanford Edwards in Bucks county, Pa., were | expressed b liroad track at this place—Ware | of ‘aml Edwards last nicht and O'Brien this morn- | fag. Edwards was a brakeman on extra freight | Wo. 8, aad was killed on the railroad bridge, ‘Ware was on freight train No. 10, and had his z ‘head severed from his body. O'Brien's skull | ome simple rules for growing hyacinths, from | was crushed by a local freight train while he | ‘was crossing the Pennsylvania railroad. several inches thick. a mile from the road. ‘The country wi Skilled on the rail a matter of cer- erform, and he the resolute- which it is evident that every house may easily | be beautified with some of these brilliant flow- : “The great desire of all true flower-lovers is tohave some fragrant, beautiful blooms in the depth of winter, and there is nothing more on the top of mausoleum had been dis- turbed, ana that the slab opposite the first step of the stairs was on its stick. The man communi vants at the house, but it was decided not to en- ter the vault until the arrival of the commis- sioner and police officers from Aberdeen. ‘Th ose officials were at once summoned, and they arrived in the foren enter and examine purpose another slab had | persons entered. They | sicht that met their view. | ground were pieces of wi { he coffins in which ti the late Earl had the shelf in a state of wreck. Thew. been torn away i Waccination ef Public Schoel Pupils. | Sravevrerp, I11... December 17—The state ‘superintendent of public instruction issued @elreular to all county superintendents calling Certain to give us flowers then, if properly on them to give effect to the regulations | tended to, than the hyacinth. Here is one aidopted by the state board of health relative to meth Vaccination of the pupils of public schools. health gives as its reason for ixsu- ms at this time that smallpox is | GovennMeNT Surt AGarnst a Contractor. A complaint was filed in New York yesterday the United States distriet attorney in the United trict court in a suit at th Bide, supported by a icated with the eS od: Take a five-inch pot, which fi with soil composed of equal parts of sand, cow ma- | nure and good garden soil. Make a space in the through all the northera states | 8oll for the bulv, so that it will be about half be- Atlantic to the Pacific, and is causing | low the earth; then press it down so that only anxiety by its manifestations of an al s epidemic ten jency. eae pntract which had been ae- cepted by the Secretary of the Navy 27th of May, 1857, Guidet agreed to furnish cer- tain articles for the use of the navy at a cost of $109,416 50, but he failed to furnish security within fifteen days after the bid was accepted. ‘The contract was given to another person, and this suit was brought torecover from Guidet the sum of $19,387.50 cost over and above the origi- nal amount (#109.416.50) proposed by Guide! her with the interest and cost of the actiot oon, they decided to the mausoieum. to be lifted, and two were horrified by the Strewed upon the its upper surface water. giving all the earth will hold. H must now be set away in a cool, dark cellar for | several weeks, where they will fill with roots; but there will be little or no top-growth. Keep | them moist at all times, however. the pots into the light at different times, a con. tinuous bloom may be enjoyed the entire win- | It is necessary to keep them cool and well | | watered while growing. appears above the soil; then ‘To-day. Jno. Allison and Frank Jobnson, as- , nes; Allison was fined #5 rfeited $10 collateral; Emma threats to Ella W. Howard. personal | Wm. J. Robmsen, as- Protect the coffin had uthors of the ont) had then unscrewed the lid of the outer coma, The others were not treated so these they cut with chisels or som and, after making an opening in the end large | enough to admit of their doing so, they pulled the remains of the noble Earl out by the feet y. The silver mountings of the coffin were untouched, a circumstance which leads to the belief that the main object | the robbers had in view was the ransom which | da; they hoped to obtain for the bod: .—The following ‘allace Ross from Kindly answer fol- Do you Insist upon telegram was r Hanlen’s representatives: lowing questions by wire. Hanlan rowing you before he meets Boyd? Do you propose to go to Eugland within the next- Ross telegraphed the following “St. Jonn, N. B. closes tis match with ‘o things, elther name ig up £500 forfeit ge Cup on the ‘Bhames » keep the peacs seault on Annie Kedmond, £5 or OUT, assault on Mary Of, his wife. by striking ther on the head with a stove lid, $20 or 60 days, vamd $i bonds to keep t months; Jos. Juckson. colored, larceny of two | coats from Chas. E. Keehler, and also two coats . Kibbey, six months in jail *Festitution to the amount of $22, and in default 30 days additional; Moses Booth, policy shop in West Washington, 60 agrancs, bonds or 90 | house is in which florists sell for the purpose are best | adapted to this mode of culture. The glasses being filled with pure soft water, the bulbs are to be placed in them during October and ovember so that the base of the bulbs may just touch the water; In time the water wil evaporate, and once a week or so it must be ing careful not to disturb the | Toots in refilling the glasses. Set them away in a cool, dark place, as recommended for j growing in pots; then, when the roots have , exposure to the sun will be ‘o have them grow well, sprinkle and give them fresh air whenever piece of charcoal in the glass. “Peter Henderson says that hy better in moss than in pots or tew months?” reply yesterday: 16.—Hanlan, before } yd, must do one y InJune to row and carried them aw » peace for six the Sportsman’s Ch; in the first week in of restitution, | replenished, bei Sick of Huge Newspapers. A St. Louis paper boasts that it used eighty miles of paper in one day's edition—and with Tore ‘‘padding” there could have been more boasting. The manifold supplements to western newspapers, by which an eight-paye sheet is ex- | The article in the Inthe tended to 16, 20, or even 82 pages, have fuirly bes é Affair;” and babi but it looks as it | eta aa an ladtention that Po day do not desire to zhng policy of Nay A farm of 1,500 acés’ to be devoted to the: “Why have you P ail: Amos Carter. vi ‘days; Edward O'Brien and Geo. Gi @Sor 15 days each: O'Brien was also ch with assaulting Officer Jones, and senten days in jail without a fine, Wm. Newman, ith intent to kill Chas. Brown, con- ‘tinued. John Taylor, loud and boisterous; $5 or 15 days. —~——__ Rocnerort’s — Al Rochefort trial Rochefort, with the” oppencnt, the has ital of the defendant, mt, on which the Secret of the Tunigian verdict will be inter- nch juries of to- iyacinths grow | become a public grievance, The urn to the press-muz their days were numbered. There is universal complaint among readers, and this, and the suc- by some small Barry county, Mo., is with a good many other things fern journalisin, is now sticks citimate eizht pages, und vestern reader can hope that editing and less space, more ness avd less near at hand. The Times will also step toward esriern modes ‘use of circus poster type in Pee eer as :renied @ cround floor. when you often ray yp dlats lower than the Nth “Why, you eee T have of | sworn to throw myself cut of the window if Miss V. won't marry me.”—Le Figero. n Hand” ix the title of a new story ‘are healthy? , and then put away In some dark, &Towth, and to that ‘the object bei reached Paris eoon take another Pieroln, of Peru, has abandoned his claim t ing | by discontinuing the (@residency ed for Europe. Fs ertising ¢ “What does the pro- houses?” BOOK NOTES. SCHWi SEARCH. By Writs H. Gi ew Tots, Ghaties Beriveers Sana Wealingiee SPAIN. By Epwumpo Dr Amc. New York: G. P. Potaan's Soa ‘Washington: J. J. Chapman, SOUTH SEA SKETCHES. A Narrative. Mas. Mi YErox , Danronerx: James R. Oagood & Co. Washington: ¥. B. Books ot travel will always be widely read Those who have never traveled want to read them to learn something of the scenery, tepog- raphy and products of foreign lands,—some- thing of the character, customs and conditions of their people: those who have visited the countries described are sure to read them to see how nearly they can agree with or haw widely they differ from the impressions and opinions of the author. But when to the ordinary events of travel are added the spice of adventure and the record of grave dangers met and passed, the story has a double interest.” Of the latter clas« isthe narrative of Lieutenant Schwatka’s late arctic explorations. As none of all the expe- ditions to the desolate sunless rezions of the pole accomplished more of the direct objects had in view than did this, so no record of their struggles and achievements save, perhaps, that of Dr. Kane, possessed more fascination for the reader. Although the book before us is the work of another hand, its substance has already largely appeared in the newspapers letters of Lieut. Schwatka. It is, however, none the less desirable on that account. Those who read the narrative in that form will be glad to have itinthe more carefully prepared and durable shape in which it now appears, while those to whom It is yet unfamiliar will hail this opportunity to follow without interruption the perilous experiences of the gallant little band ‘The value of the book to the general reader is increased by a map, showing the course of the expedition, and a number of illustrations. If less thrilling than the adventures of Lieut. Schwatka’s party, De Amici’s account of his journey through Spain is not less charming, nor less interesting in its way. Of modern tourists we know no one who has a quicker or keener sperenation) of the characteristics of people and pla aces, Nor a more delightful way of telling what he sees and hears than this roving and vivacious Italian. His book on Morocco might fairly be called the literary sensation of the year in which it appeared: and although this is less elaborate and pretentious than that it is marked by many ofthe qualities which made the other go great a favorite. It contains well executed wood cut illustrations of thirteen of the principle cities of Spain, the peculiarities of each of which are admirably protrayed,—the series of pictures being connected by a very delightful thread dis- criptive of the incidents and experiences of travel in that romantic country. While with her late husband, who than com- manded the South Pacific Squadron, Mrs. Dahl- gren enjoyed unusual facilities for studying the social life and manners of the countries she yis- ited. Of these opportunities she made good use, and the results were embodied in a series of letters written home at the time, some of which were printed in the newspapers of the day while others were only read by those to whom they were directly addressed. These have now been revised and rearranged for pub- lication in a more permanent form. While they may be perhaps a little more formal than when first written, the facility of style and freedom of expression which originally marked them are Still largely retained, and the result is a spirited and life-like picture ot what came under the an- thor’s observations in Chili and Pera. POEMS. By Oscam W1LDR. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Washington: James J. Chapman. So much has Mr. Wilde been caricatured and otherwise held up to ridicule that he is com- monly thought of as perpetually going into Taptures in a limp sort of way over the twang- ing of an antique harp in a too esthetic drawing- room or sauntering along ——“‘Picadilly, With a or a lil In his niedisyal hand.” He has his affectations and weaknesses to be sure, and possibly a good many of them; but he is, after all, something more than a mere spooney, as some of the verses in the volume above named will bear testimony. There are passages in “‘Ave Imperatrix,” for example, which no living poet need be ashamed to own, while others, particularly the lines “Written at Genoa in Holy Week,” and those on “The Grave of Keats,” show the true gift of poesy. Of very many others again there is of course a deal less to be said. and that little not greatly to the credit of the author. “The Grave of Keats” will be found elsewhere In to-days paper. ae FESTIVALS. By Writ Cagixron. Ilustra- New York: Harper & Brothers, Washington: F. B. Mohun. a sure to command readers for anything else Mr. and portions of them are hardly less attractive. Some of the sketches of farm life and rural character are wonderfully life like, and the collection makes a very attractive book. Under the general title of “Appleton’s Home E, Ruutz-Rees. They are not mere recipe books, but inthe guise of hints, suggestionsand illustra. tion, convey, in a pleasant way, much useful information touching the economies of d: ily lite. For sale by F. B. Mohun. In the “Cruise of the Ghost” and “Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks in a Circus,” from Har- per & Brothers, through F. B. Mohun, will be recognized the favorite stories which have been Tuoning as serials in “Young People” during the year, and which the boys and girls in every- body’s family will be glad to get in the substan- tial and attractive form in which they now ap- pear. A book of very pretty and very daintily idustrated shymes for the nursery is “The Glad Year Round,” by A. G. Plympton, received from James R. Osgood & Co., through J. D. Free. It ractive volumes of its class, of which there have been great numbers is one of the most in the past few years. The bound volume of Harper's “Young People,” received through Mohun, furnishes Screen-Making. Prom ‘‘Home Amusements.” The making of screens isan amusement shioh occuples the whole family most profita- bly for a rainy day, even if it Is to be only the cutting out of pictures from the illustrated sewepapers, and the subsequent arrangement of them in curious conjunction on a white cot- ton or muslin baekground. The use of screens has dawned upon the American mind within a few years. They are delightful in a dinine- Toom to keep off a draught or to hide a ciloset- They break up a too long room admira- They are very useful in a bed-room to shut off the washstand and bath; and they are very comforting to the invalid, as a protection to his easy-chair against insidious breezes. Of course, those of satin or linen, embrotd— ered by a skilfal hand; those painted on canvas by the best painters of to-day; those from China and Japan—are the screen of the opulent. Very screens may be bought for three or four doliars. But those on which a group of pictures are to be are the cheapest and most amusing of any. And do not go and buy highly-giazed pictures for urpose. If you do, the screens looks like But cut out the pictures from old copies of the London Iikestrated News, Punch, the English Graphic and similar papers, paste ‘one upon another, and you have a most interesting mosaic. the centennial year, made a very beau tiful screen of rashion plates from the ordinary magazines of the period. Already (1881) these fashions look very antiquated, and the scree is becoming historically valuable. The effect of these delicately-colored pictures, put on as quickly as possible over the white muslin, has an effect like a festal procession, and is’ \ery The medium used for adhering the pictures is common flour paste, the pictures being also washed over the outside with the same, and all the edges effectually fastened down, the cot- ton cloth to which they are applied being tightly stretched over a wooden frame. When domestic paste is made. the material is fre- quently injured by scorching. or by the addition Good paste, when spread on paper, will not strike through it like water, but will remain on the surface, like butter on a In these days of dados the Screens are often made with dado, wainscot and frieze in three different colored there are three tiers of background for the pic- tures, if the maker desires to leave sj | tween them. The cutting out of the pictures is an amusing occupation for ail the family on a of too much water. plece of bread. land Detective’s Stery. From the Cleveland Presa. “Talk about bold bank burglaries,” said amem- ber of the police force this morning, “theslickest steal I ever heard of was the robbery of a bank down in Rhode Island six or seven winters ago It was a bitter cold night, anda night man noticed a dim light in the bank and going up to the door, rapped.” “Is that you patrolman?” asked a voice trom was the reply. “Step in and get a heat,” said the voice from within. The patrolman stepped inside and en- countered a dapper little fellow wearing green shade over his eyes and a pen behind his ‘You're working late to-night,” said the pa- “Yes.” said the dapper little fellow. been detained to-night straightening up ac- ‘The patrolman warmed himself at the roaring big fire that blazed on the hearth and went out again on his beat. An hour after, the patrol- man came that way again, and still seeing the light throngh the window, Is that you, patrol Yes. ‘ Come in and warm yourself.” The patrolman accepted the invitation. “It’s a howling cold night,” said the man with a green shade over his eyes. “You bet,” saidthe patrolman. So he took another heat and returned to his beat. He was rather surprised next day to learn that his fire- side friend of the night before had ot away with some $90,000 of the bank’s funds. e+ - ‘The “Eccentriciti of the Rich. The wonder about millionaires is, not that they should be sometimes eccentric, but that they are usually so ordinary. Power turns all heads more or less. and the absence of resist- ance develops wilfulness, till, as we often see in the east, it becomes monstrous caprice. Now, there is no power in modern times which is 80 like executive volition as that of the million- aire—of the man, we mean, witha really great fortune to use outside his usual wants. He has only to will strongly enough to draw hischeque, and ajl mankind is eager to carry out his wishes. Architects, builders. gardeners, workmen in tribes, are only too glad that he has pleased to will. The great popularity of “Betsey and I are Out” and “Over the Hill to the Poorhouse” is Carleton may write in ballad form. The con- tents of the handsomely illustrated volume before us are in the same vein as those favorites, in hundreas, been srracious!; | pean, there is If he isa Euro- thing he cannot obtai ; and even time may, with adequate expeuditare. Books” Messrs. D. Appleton are engaged in publishing a series of volumes on some of the ininor subjects that are just now attracting a good deal of deserved attention, and which, we may add, very well meet the end in view. We have on our table four of the set, viz: ““Ameni- ties of Home,” “Household Hinta,” by Emma} | Whitcomb Babcock; “Home Amusements,” by E. W. S.; and “Home Decoration,” by Janet | that the one thing unattainable is a park if there | are no trees; but Louis XIV, | bare plain, with old trees and verdure and silent | glades, in a few weeks. thouzh at a cost wh it is said, daunted even him. The very rich man must know this quite well, must be aware that there is in him a potentiality of patronage | greater than that of most ministers, must recog- nize his own capacity for sudden and unex- plained acquisition; yet millionaires very rarely do anything which at all interests the world. or rouses its horror of the unusual. little obstinate, sometimes, about “making” places. They will spend unheard of sums in more perfect were much less money wasted. They will collect, at great cost, some- thing which, when collected, interests no one | but themselves. But they’ very rarely do is striking or magnificent, or even exceptionally odd. Nobody in our days gold, as Nero did, tho one man did build a set of pigsties of polished | mahogany—and kept them polished, too. There is, we believe, one noble in Europe whose daily pain as if he were present, though he is absent in Russia; but that, though it seems so bizarre, is not really exceptional. Scores of men keep up places in such a condi- tion that if they arrived without notice all would be ready, though they know, as well as | thew know anything, that they are’ not going | there. The readiness gratifies some internal de- | sire to be free upon the subject of goi anything that feeds horses out dinner is served in $ THE NATIONAL FUEL. Weod Still Used b; ree-fourths the Amerikan People The census burean reports that wood is still used by three-fourths of the inbabitants of the United States for cooking food and warming dwellings. The statement seems Improbable to. Persons who live in cities or in any portion of the western states, where soft coal is found in great abundance. In these piaces it is rare to find wood employed as fuel zor other purposes than that of kindling fires. Daring the past few years coal has been generally substituted for wood on cars and steamboats in nearly all parts of the country, as well as for generating: steam in manufacturing establishments run by steam-power. It must be remembered, however, that the majority of the Inbavitants in the country live in rural districts that are not supplied with coal, and where considerable wood still remains that is valuable for little else than. fuel. This is the case in all the New Bngiand and most of the middie and southern states, Nearly every farmer has a wood lot from which he obtains his supply of fuel. Many haul wood to the nearest town to fell. As there is no money outlay for this kind of fuel, it is used instead of coal, which aunst be purchased for cash. Persons who have been accustomed to the use of wood for uel are generally reluctant to abandon it. Their preferences and prejudices are all in favor of wood, and they continue to use it till they a compelled to make a change. Many persons ive their houses fitted up with stoves aad fire- for burning wood, and do not wish to Many old persons who have been he use of wood all their lives are very reluctant to commence to burn cv They dislike the smoke it produces, and believe its Use renders houses unhealthy. It is evident, however, that coal will take the wood in nearly ail portions of the within a short time. The forests are being destroyed very fast, and little is being done in most parts of the country to Peproduce them. Much ts said and writtea in wor of ‘tivating forest trees for producing wood for rere is much question, however, ahout y of raising trees for furnishing fuel in most paris of the country. Trees that fur- nish good fuel are of slow growth, unless they are planted on soil that will pro- line xood crops of corn, small grain and other articles that will have a ready sale. But few varieties of hardwood trees will attain a growth sufficient to make good cord-wood in leas than twenty years, After that period, ac- cording to the estimates made foreign countries, the apnual growth will amount to about one cord per acre. It is necessary, however, in order Lo keep up the productiveness of the forest. to take this amount of wood from trees that exhibit marks of decay, from limbs, or from gyorg og = interfere with the growth of others. expense of planti and cultivating a forest is Gonbaceta oak twenty vears isa long time to wait for any re- turn. " The crops that can be produced on a piece of ground in twenty years will bring in a sum. Some persons whoare carried away withthe prospective profits of forest-tree growing state that considerable grass can be raised on land mainly occupied with forest trees. In point of tact, the grass that can be grown on Iand cov- ered with forests trees amounts to very little. It contains little substance, mm may be seen by curing it for hay. It cannot be cut with a ma- chine, and it is very difficult to cut it with» scythe. It may be eaten by stock while it is green, but the animals will be likely to do much damage to the trees. ———e-—____. White Heuse Customs. From the New York Sun, President Arthur is introducing changes in the customs of the White House which are so sensible that they are pretty sure to be kept up by his suc-essors in the Executive Mansion. Access to the President will not hereafter be so easy as it used to be, and not so much of his time will be wasted in talking to bores and cranks and other people who have nothing of value or importance to communicate to him. It isaltogether proper that the man who seeks an interview with the President should first be made to state what his business is. If he goes to the White House simply from curios- ity. or even if he has no other object than the getting of a minor appointment, there is no reason why the President should receive him. If all he wants is to shake hands with the Presi- dent, let him wait until a public reception is given at the Executive Mansion. The old custom of receiving everybody and shaking hands with everybody subjected the President toa physical straia sufficient to ex- haust even a strong man. known a President who was continually allowing people to p his swollen hand, and when the day er felt as if his arm had undergone a long nding. A very pitiable object was a Presi- dent offering his limp hand to along line of office-seekers gathered in a parior of the White House. Nobody who has executive work to do, no- body who needs to use reflection, can stand that sort of thing without neglecting his duties, President Arthur, therefore. deserves credit for changing the custom, and for requiring his vis- itors at business hours to give a zood reason for interrupting him and taking up histime. It is outrageons that the President of the United States should be compelied to give up use- ful work in order to listen to every fool or busy- ly, every beggar fur an office, who can raise money enough to buy a ticket ‘to Washington. Ifa stranger calls on you in your busy houi you have a right to protect’ yourself agai heedless interruption or impertinent intrusion, whether you are President of the United states or & man engaged in private affairs which de- mand diligent attention. ae es How a President's Messnge was Stolen. During the excitement over the Alabama treaty, some few years ago, a message of Presi- dent Grant got into the newspapers before it did to the Senate. No one knew how it did so then, though all knew that it did. It came about in this way: W. E. Sawyer, the corre- spondent of the Boston Traveller at that time— preparatory to being sent te the Senate, which was then in special session for the enough interesting ard useful reading matter to last a family of little folks for a year. It will also make @ very appropriate and acceptable holiday present. each. + +ee- A Rough Time at Sea—Tempest-Towed Canaries. Among the passengers on the steamer “Hol- land,” which lately arrived at New York, was a bird-dealer with 900 canaries in charge. The “Holland” was twenty-six days from London, encountered a regular gale of wind, with thick, angry sky and heavy sea. Her decks were | swept by tremendous seas and with pated an exception during the entire voyage irda re- ceived 8 dally salt water bath from the seas which de:uged the steamer. The birds were in smal! wicker cages, placed seven ina row in cases containing over 200 birds each. The dealer lost only tea birds, but this was owing to his constant and very careful care. He was sixteen days without shoes and stockings, attending to and defending his little si iz pets from the washes of the sea, standing in water over a foot deep, on the.steamer floor. . ee ‘TWENTY INTH MasSACHUSETTS” OrrEeND— ns DISMISSED FEOM THE REGIMENT.—The com- | mittee appointed to investigate the Hernan the Ninth Massachusetts regiment di recent trip to Yorktown find that the offence cited as simple intoxication, disobedience to orders, and unsoldierly and ungeatlemanly con- duct, are true against twenty members of the regiment: buttnat, according to the testimony of the officers and soldiers, the more serious chargea of stealing cheap jewelf¥, insulting white girls on thestreets, striking carriages and misbehavior at the Libby prison, have not been substantiated. Orders have been issued by the commander-in-chief of the militia for the sum- mary cismnissal of the offenders, and went has been directed not to leaye in uniform until the spring parade. pincmanenaita ait ates The Columbus, Ohio, opera house was badly damaged by tire early yest moruing, ‘nga lon 5 ea,gon, Decaer $300 stolen ous tie bex office. a ge gee Dereaare Cannon's Cars —In Sait Lake City all the women turn up Chief Justice Hunter, refused to set eos > aside or modify the order heretofore made ohn in C ¥s. Cannon, in which he ‘hat the certifieate ef naturalization held by Jaunon was obtained by fraud, and had been a Ry td |and the money is not regarded. Such freaks | | pass unnoticed, unless the whim costs some- |thing which men with ordinary think great, and then the spenders are pro- | nounced half cracked. Some of our readers know what it costs to keep a steam yacht in harbor in such a condition that on receipt of a telegram steam can be got up, yet that is done in more than one or two cases. may be atrocious waste, but it no more indi- cates mental aberration than the boat of the re- tired tradesman, which is always painted, and washed, and ready, though noth oprietor to enter it. The pi is felt by the millionaires as much as else, perhaps more so. because they have in our modern society such a dislike to be conspicuous, and such a self-distrust of their own capability to be original. It will be from America. where fortunes are vast and in- aividualts respected, that we shall on import millionaires with genuinely savage wills, whose caprices in brick and renter will make Inthe “Franklin Square Song Collection,” published by Harper & Brothers, and for sale by F. B. Mohun, one may get the well printed words and music of two hundred favorite songs and hymns at the rate of one-fifth of a cent -who jumped into a carriage near by an | by everybody considering the questions arising out of the spoliation and damages done by the Alabama to American shippers. Taking it for grauted that the messenger had the document which all knew would be sent to the Senate that day, spoke to him in an authoritative way, aying taat President Grant was in a great for and so great was his hurry that be would take it to him himself. His manner of talking threw the messenger off his for the and he quiet! handed the package a nee: z a | fr aw 4 without giving the Instead of going to the White Hor drove about the city until he could message, and after filing it at the office he went to the White House, delivered the message, as be do. President Grant occu! reading it over bevore he wi was an hour or 80 before it wi ate. By this time the 5 F z { 54 Hf E J Fa : HA iy Duke of Portland scem very tanie. Spe ee A Vulgar Practice. From the Philadelphia Star. It requires more cheek than is possessed by the average young man now-a-days to stand on the platform of a street car and indulge in the The of sell 1. OF Will wo far be unmendial of the society as to puff smoke that is Rostrils the respect of others THE OLD Fria mmission Brooklyn nay among the old hulks ‘TE CONSTITUTION was put out at new Zork Th message and was being read on the streets of that the Traveller before it reached the Senate. Senate being in executive session, even stance of the m rig Senate to the fact = he ne, gram from Boston saying printed there entire. In view of Senate allowed a copy to took chances and won, chances, = — male were lation as to how out Butler He ofl Hite Hi ii ae A gentleman was standing the other evening in one of the shadowy arcades of the Coliseum