Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1882, Page 2

« Fou Tue Eve~rse Stan. Am Afternoon in February. Pale February, wont with storm, And frost, and snow our clime to-seek, Comes now with aspect soft and warm, nanner mild and meek. She looks on me with pleasant smile, And calls me forth this afternoon, To walk anil talk with her awhile And list her brooklets’ tune, No flower on bill or plain that biows ot even tie Oh, haste thou, wi Smillie tate And bring the binis therein to sing, And strew thy way with fowers. And, first and chief, she mossy banks With the arbut-’s rosy trail adorn, And I in song will give thee thanks, Thanks that.thou wilt not scorn, For one who to my heart is dear {of that flower wil! so refotoe, in my thanks thou hers wilt hear, And music of her voice. and with the arbute blend leat for March's brow; ary, to the Be mild-as thou art now. Y. L. SHOEMAKER. College Woods, February 26, ~oe ston Should Pleasant To the Falitor of Tux Evextsc < there could be no better time than nt, while a new code for the District is under consideration, for those interested, in 38 and ont of it, to take their bearings as acteristic which should run a | laws and reguiations. Cer- tain thi es are so well un- derstood as to need litte discussion. Certain things may also be of much importance community whi consideration in a in Chicago, and iron in F man, Washinto feature. her one | defined anc those of th . It gives note to those responsible for our local gov ould never be | ht of, aad should pub we hi If this is not the city of pork, of iron or of if it be no lonyer the city of mag- ? It is—it should y of Pleasant Living. It has advan- tages for this which no other ever combined in an equal dezree, and it has one or two di vantages peculiar to itself. On this li pleasant livi success and prosperity asa city and a 1. So much for glittering robably pretty well un Fiiee To be 8 veific, this is a city in whicha heavy. persistent and unspat and should be laid apoh the hoodlum. It is a city in which it ought not be ne ry to disfigure the streets by tree-boxes afterthe trees have learned to stand alone. It ouzht not to be necessary to abandon the cultivation of flowers within reach Of the street or else keep a sho’ It ought not to be necessary for quiet pe Plain” in order to keep the meat ms of hucksters and butchers inside their places of Wasi other. * pork-packing jes in Baltimore, th rticular inte to her eneralities, which are erstood—as general- business. It ought not to be necessary for a tleman, after deing what he can to embel- his hi to break up and go into a quarter Of the city where he cannot aiford to iive, in order to get rid of arow of dead hogs which some squatting butcher who came after him hangs up along the sidewalk as near as possible to his tront door. it not to. be necessary for people tired with mental labor tospend their evenings in a back room to eseape the outside Yells that fil the front ones. It ought not to be Recessary for a person to get up in the morning till his duties call him because the gong ot a milk-cart will not let him rest. It ought not to be necessary t to the r oftener than @nce an hour to auswer the ring of a begear. It isa city, above all others, where the very tlest of the people should enjoy the streets. Tick can buy some immunity irom such an- Moyances. Put it is one of the glories of Wash- Iington that riches here are a slight test of excel- To counteract their tendency to become more a’ the greatest possible ection in pleasant living shonid be ziven equally gentle who cannot buy iinmunity. There are neuhborhoods inhabited by delicate ladies and tired gentlemen, which, during the holids and nuisance of Christmas trumpets. In certain quarters they were ten times worse than were ever the oyster-horns of other days. Thes dest half the pleasure of Christmas ‘ores Of families, who them- selves respect the “rights” of othersand suffer in Bilence. ‘This matter of unnecessary noise inthe streets is not the same thing here ii may be elsewhere, and is here a serious matter. If people are affected by a cesspool. the authorities do not answer their complaints by telling them to get used to it. If the suffering is real noise is unnecessary, that is enor should be. The that noises are nuisances here, which would not be noticed elsewhere, Which would not be heard on Broadway, New York, is the very reason why we cannot so well endure them. The stendy roar of New York, like that of the ocean, can be borne with equa- Bimity or even heard with pleasure. It is all pervading. We know lady here—who has Spent most of her life in ove of the busiest quar- ters of that city, who, while fine and sensitive, @s are most American wowen, is not the yvict of any disease—whose only objection to Wash- is on account of its noises. The milk- gongs, the howls of hoodlums. the braying of toy-trampets, which sue would never notice there, exasperate and distract her here. When she visits ~=her former home she congratulates herself = on tthe Festoration of her nervous system by the sound sleep and quiet” she obtains there. We take Just pride in cur asphalt p ents, but every One we lay down makes it nore imperative that other things should correspond in stillness. As We take away the neutralizing roar we must stop the individual small rackets in proportion. The acts and police regulations necessary in a city where the monotonous aud comparatively less roar of wheels drowns everything else are no standard by which to judge what Is de- sirable here. In a certain sense the stiller we are the noisier we become. Away from a few thoroughfares this city is peculiarly free from the neutralizing hum of a great city, there be- ing no stone pavements worth mentioning, and the buteher-knife sounds are as effective as in a country villaze. Of all American cities this re- quires, for the development of its “idea,” the Most thorouzh, efficient, all-pervading policing. Of all cities of its size it bas the least. One reason why nuisances which elsewhere might be too petty to demand public attention are not so here is/because the people are so di- verse. These small matters cannot be left to the saving common sense of the dwellers, as ina more howoxeueous community. The unity in feeling and taste and education. which, in some Places, would cause the residents of a'street to tacitly deciine to take miik of the man who was too noisy, or to deal with the man who makes a market of the sidewalk, are not sufficient here. K. ¥. Z. . The Washington Froebel Socicty. The Froebel Soctety—Free Kindergarten—met Wednesday night at the residence of the president, Robert W. Fenwick, 1303 N street northwest, and ‘the pariors and balls were Mlied by over a hundred members and friends of the cause. Among those Present were Hon. A. II. S. Davis and wife, Judce Ladd and wite, Professors Spencer and wife a Townsend ati wite, Mr, FID. and daughter, Dee Beech Lineolvand husbart Wetmore, niece of Dr. the Misses Me Mr. William Fletcher A. F. Sraith and Mr. Del ary and = mustcal exerc! ‘Piano, ae Kubel, Mrs. Gri ol ees were as follows: Gill aad and hin the to mang instances mess | veto thelr eustomees +h would be unworthy of serious { Y THE CITY MARKETS. FEATURES OF THE WEEK—AN INCREASED DE- MAND FOR POTATOES—EARLY VEGETABLES FROM FLORIDA —A PROSPECT OF LOWER PRICES IN SMOKED AND SALT MEATS—A SCAR- CITY OF GAME AND POULTRY—LOSSES SUS- TAINED BY SENDING UNDRAWN FOWLS TO MAR- KET. The generaf state of the produce market the past week has been quiet, although in some branches sales have been brisk. A slight im- provement may be noticed in the sale of pota- toes, especially for the native kinds, the demand being principally cansed by the desire to obtain seed. The best kinds have advanced some. Early Rose are worth $1.30a81.40 per bushel in Jobbing lots; Burbanks, $1.80a$1.35; Peerless, $1.25a$1.%0, and Scotch and Irish champions, $1.10a$1.20. All the best kinds of native pota- toes have advanced about five cents per bushel since the last quotations, while the demand for the foreign is not so great, and prices are weaker- A great many foreign potatoes are still arriv- ing in New York, but the prices are so low that very little margin is realized after paying the freight on them. The wholesale market price in New York, by auction. from the steamers, is 80c. atl per bushel, while the native kinds sell for $1.25a31.40. The importation into New York alone, from January 1 to March 1, was 224,205 bags. of which 211,139 bags came frem Great Britain, and 13,066 sacks from the continent, mostly from France. These sacks contain about three and a half bushels each. The produce dealers all concur In saying that there is likely to be an extraordinary quantity of potatoes planted the coming season throughout the United States and the Canadas. Farmers every- where throughout the country are already pro- viding theméelyes with a good supply of seed, alt seemingly intent that any future scarcity shall not be the result of a lack of effort to raise them. ° APPLES AND OTHER FRUITS. There are still some apples left, with no great activity in the trade. More attention is now given to new and dried fruits, both for- | eign and domestic. The prices for apples range | from $3.50a%6.50 per barrel, and they are grow- | ing scarce, especially for good ones. Most of the good apples are heid in the District by a few firms. The red apples are nearly run out, and | the russets, the last on the list, will soon follow, | which will close the apple year. There has been some activity in oranges. Floridas are worth $5a%6 per half barrel boxes . and lemons $3.50a¢4 per a dried fruit is in demand and prices pretty stim. VEGETABLES. The demand and supply of kale keeps up, and in this line the season has been an extraordinary quoted one. The price has fallen some. Kalei | at $1.25 per barrel and spinnach $1.50 | Florida cabbage is #5 per barrel with slow am rivats. The sweet potato trade is steady, with rices about the same—#4a#5_ per barrel for the st and North Carolina yams $2.50 ern asparagus is arriving slowly and tfor $7at9 per dozen bun | come in slowlyand sell in small lots at 75c.a1 per box, but hardly in quantities to make them quotable. A new feature in early vegetables is some good string beans from Florida, which have sold thus far for #4a$5 per box'of one bushel each. Florida tomatoes are coming in and sell readily for $3a€6 per bushel box and | cymblings for $2.50a4 per bushel box. | ern sauer kraut is still sold in considerable quan- | tities, 25.50 for the twenty gallon packages and | #12 for forty-five gallon packages. ‘The restau- of it. Onions are still duil of 30 per barrel. No Bermudas have yet reached the markets of this city. SMOKED AND SALT MEATS. The trade in smoked and salt meats is pretty lively, although the prices are not so firm, and with downward tendency. These meats are mostly consumed by the laboring classes, and theprospect of lower prices will be welcomed by many families. Hams are 13 and 13!4 cents at jobbing rates; breakfast bacon 11!4 and 12 cents: shoulders, 9 and 10!4 cents; salt pork, 8 and 10 cents, inciuding the shoulders and inid- dings. Fresh pork and a Clear rib sides, 11 cents. 16 cents. si2and moked tongues, # 4 cents per pound by GAME MSD POULTRY. Game of all kinds is scarce and hich. The | same may be said of poultry and but very little especially the dressed poultry. The commission men and other ‘dealers say that much loss has been sustained by farmers | and others the present season by sending un- awn poultry to market in consequence of its | spoiling before it is disposed of. There seems to | be a variety of opinions upon this point, whether | poultry will keep longer when it is drawn. The | subject sees to have interested the New York merchants, as an ordinance was receatly intro- duced in the board of aldermen of that city re quiring all poultry, wild ducks, and prairie chickens entering their markets to be drawn be- fore being offered for sale. WHAT DEALERS SAY. The dealers differ here apon the subject. One man told a Star reporter that he had found by experience that he could preserve game by | taking out the entrails, heart, liver and gall, and putting in a whisp of hay to keep the car- cass sweet. He thought it was important to clean game or poultry immediately, while the animal heat is still in the body, else Uecomposi- tion is apt to set in. He would not say that game should be eaten as soon as killed, for he thought it better a day or two after, if the weather is cool. Of course it is different in hot weather. Ice should be used then to keep the meat sweet. It cleaned, game or ponitry will | keep two days, while if left undrawn they would smell badly before morning. Decomposition | begins about the veut, then the thighs turn | green, but the breast is the last part affected. Quite often this part of the bird only is sold, and | is spiced up by French cooks so as to be called | palatable. He thinks one-third of the wild ducks | Killed this season have spoiled. Pepper isa very | good antiseptic, and a little thrown over a cay- | cass would frequently save the bird and be of little cost. As to poultry, it is the custom of country peo- ple to stuff fowls with corn just before killing, in order to get 15 or 20 cents per pound for the extra weight. Sometimes old nails or shot are found in the fowls. The pee becomes sour in less than twenty hours, and the meat unfit to leat. The country people do not practice this feeding when killing poultry for their own use, but they know how to make it appear fat to the city customer. No one would sendadead sheep or hog to market undrawn. To be well drawn a fowl should be thoroughly cleaned; the heart, liver, &c., should be taken out, as well as the entrails, and left to air awhile, and then tucked under a wing. Poultry used’ to be drawn in this way altogether, and it is only of late years | that this custom has been changed. The price | of dressed poultry would necessarily be higher, but that is easily understood by all concerned, | aad the purchaser would be willing to pay more for what is eatable and wholesome. Another dealer who has had experience states | that poultry will keep louger in warm weather | if not drawn, providing they haye been fed on | hard graia. ‘In cold weather they keep equally | weli either way. Many customers will buy un- drawn fowls rather than the dressed, because they look fairer. A piece of charcoal put inside the carcass of any drawn fowl will tend to keep it sweet. Another dealer states that poultry will keep sweeter about one-third longer if lef undrawn than if dressed, for the reason that by not disturbing the inside of the fowl it keeps air- tight. and no decomposition takes place. He sells all his game and poultry undrawn. THE FLOUR MARKET is quiet and slow, with a decline from last week and an apparent settled market, with the pros- pect that lower prices may not be expected very soon. The prospect for a good crop of grain the coming season has possibly had the tendency to keep the prices down. The crop of winter wheat is verydarge all over the grain Yokes bicle peste ied in erosions oe atthe nt time, spring sowing of wheat will also. be immense. The best brands of spring patent process are selling at wholesale for $8.75a39,95; Virginia and Maryland family, 27a97.50; ium faintly, $6 5006.75; extra, 36a 36.50; siperfine, $5.25a35.50; fine, 84.25034.50; Tye, 85a35.50. The hay market is dull, and sales slow; good timothy, 317a%18; mixed, #150316. The butter market is a little easier witha falling off in the prices from 1a3 cents per pound—the fine creameries about one cent and western about three cents. Fine creameries are Y ge at 47a48 cents; fresh New York, 44 cents; ie western ae 37 cones roe, rol, cents; western cents; Virginia r 25a27 cents. OLEOMARGARINE AND WATERED LARp. The sale of oleomargarine continues to be brisk. It Is sold here generally for butter, some consumers prefering it, but the general senti- ment is against ita use. Shopkeepers, it is sald, it for 20 cents and retail ‘sedi conts per pound. West- | of the latter is now brought to the city markets | Lard is quoted at 11a12 cents wholesale, and the best 13ai4 cents. Not only are there adul- terations of butter, but an old trick started some six or eight years ago of watering lard has: been revived quite extensively. The effect of this adult is less injurious to health, but it is a downright swindle on the pockets of consumers. The trick is in the rendering of the lard and manipulations of it afterwards. Water is mixed in while it is manipulated in large tanks, and from 30 to 33 per cent of the weight is adk in water, the lard absorbing and retain- ing it, giving it a clear white appearance end very attractive, like the refined article. This is sold at acheaper rate by the wholesale deal- ers, but the retail dealers make no distinc- tion in the price to their customers. It is very readily detected by the cook from its tendency to splutter in the frying pan and evaporate, leaving but a small bulk of fat. Dealers who are used to handling it can tell it by putting a sinall piece on the palm of the hand, and by rub- bing it, the moisture will evaporate quickly, It is made largely in Baltimore. There are three brands of it on sale, known as Brockman’s lard, Gitting’s lard, and “Onr Country,” but the honest and fair-dealing wholesale men will not handle it. MISCELLANEOUS. Eggs have dropped about 5 cents since last quotations, but the tendency is again upward. The wholesale rate is 15a17 cents. Veal calves were selling yesterday, on Louisiana avenue, for Ta8}¢ cents on the hoof. White beans $4a$4.25 perbushel. The German importations do not take well in this market. There are many blighted ones among them. Dressed beef (western) is selling for 5a8 cents per pound for hind quarters, and 305 cents for fore quarters. Dried apples, 5a6 cents by jobbing lots, and peaches 14al6 cents; unpeeled, 7a8 cents, Sea ‘THE TEAM OWNERS COMBINING. A PROPOSED CO-OPERATIVE MOY: T—WHAT A LEADER IN THE PROJECT SAYS—WHY THERE 1S NO PROFIT IN “TEAMING.” Some of the owners of teams in the District— those who make a business of keeping horses and wagons and carts which they hire out to work on streets, roads, &c.—have recently formed an association to secure a better rate of payment for the services of their teams, and to lessen thelr expenses by co-operation. One of those interested in the association states that the present prices paid, even admitting that the weather would permit the working of teams every day In the year, are Inadequate, and that they make no money. At least one day per week is lost in the summer season, and during the winter months the keeping of the teams will bring the owners in debt, The rates now paid by the District and the contractors are $1.50 for horse, cart and driver, and $3_ for team, wagon and driver. “What does the organization first propose to doz” asked the reporter of one of the leaders in this movement. “When we haye a sufficient number of mem- ” said the team owner, “we will look to the feed expenses. By consolidating we can buy the feed at wholesale ficures. | Twenty men. with a dollar each, can get a ton jot hay, but if they act individually they mu pay the retail prices. A wealthy man lias ti advantage of being able to take large quantities of feed, of getting the very lowest. pri | one person who is exceedingly careful that he is now keeping his horses at an aver: of not over $5 per month. This person, ever. is one of the most careful men that I ever particle of will be saved By consolidation on the feed question ?” “By buying in quantity there isa saying of 10 per cent in quality, and 5 per cent in preven- tion of waste, and by taking adyantase of the market 20 percent. This would en: keep our teams, but we o r teams worke fuil time is m: how mueh could you That's an easy quest and from this O° fur the dri for profit. with no profit. Je at the present sat $1 for th ma thave $14 should not 26 di deduct and ap r Such a case be cited. for rainy days have to be deducted.and often the day foliowing is such that time cannot At least six days should be deducted ‘count, thus leaving but £5, and ont of this the repairs to cart and harness have to be paid. when the fall approaches, the team himself unable to keep’ his teams cot “That has been done by sharp competition. Parties owning a large nuinber of teams haye reduced not their personal profits, but the profits which otherwise would have inured to the teamsters. Some bought up old plugs at 5 per head and earts and wazonsalmost worth- 8, which by influence they obtained work f 1.50 or $2.50 per day. ‘Then some had crack teams placed on the work and endeavored lo have all teams make the same amount of work, and the result was the old pluge were drove otf and those teams remaining were paid in propor- tion to the amount of work done by the cra: teams. The result was that the rates for the ordinary well-conditioned team came down to $2 25 per day. and the profits went to the owner of the crack team, The subject matter of teains inoned up thusly: “ping our teams for other’s profit; ee gain and the horse-market et; n is over—there 1s nothing to back it; The work Is all done, there is nothing in pocket.” The Ideal Physician, WHAT DR. REYBURN SAID TO THE HOWARD MEDI- TY OF NOBLE EFFORT AND HIGH ASPIRATIONS. The members of the class wo graduated from the medical department of Howard University last Tuesday evening were started upon their professional life well equipped with ood pro- fessional principles, if they only adopted the advice and rules of action laid down by Dr. Robert Reyburn in his address to the class. “I would not, on an occasion like this,” said Dr. Reyburn, “saya word to dampen your ardor, to dull your enthusiasm, or even to say to you that many of the cherished hopes and ambi- tions now nurtured within your bosoms will never be realized. Far from this, I would say to everyone of you, to cherish the highest ideal of your profession and of your future career, that it is possible for you to do. No man ever yet surpassed his ideal of life, all of us fall far below, and he is much more likely to reach ahigh standard in practical life who aims high, than one whose ambitions are base and grovelling. One thing is unpardonable in a young physician, and that is to look upon his profession merely as a trade, whereby so much money can be made. This is a base and low idea of the profession of medicine, and one which I would earnestly enjoin upon you to abhor and despise; but it may be said physicians are like other people,—they render certain services for which they receive ‘an equivalent compensa- tion. While this is partially true, yet, like man: other partial traths, it is worse than a false- hood, for it wears the livery of Heaven to serve the devil in, it deceives whilst claiming to be putting on the semblance of the truth. Isay to you, on the contrary, that we often render seryices that no money ever does or can repay. When you fail even to avert death, and day by day, with a confidence and calmness in the presence of your patient, you are far from feeling you fight manfully each day what you know will be a losing battle; yours is the hard task to smooth the pathway to the grave, as- suaging if you cannot prevent the inevitable pangs and pains of death. Does money pay for services like this? When you, by our skill and ministrations, haye saved the life of her first born, does the mother think that the compensa- tion she gives you is an equivalent? By no means. ‘hen you have saved the life of the be- loved husband’ or wife; they do not, nor ought not, to estimate your services in money value alone, but with a tribute of affection and respect, that is shown to no other class of men but phy- sicians!” Speaking of the necessity of effort, Dr. Rey- bura said:—“Many men dawdlethrough life see- ing others who started far behind them in the Face, surpassing them, and never discover until far too late that the fault is in themselves. Emerson, in one of his noble essays, says you can have anything in this life that you want, but you must pay the price for it. The price you must pay for success in the practice of medicine, is earnest and continuous labor. The great John Hunter was so zealous in his profession that he scarcely spared the time for his wedding day. In fact ‘he visited his wards in the hos- ital as usual on the very day of the ceremony. irchow, one of the greatest namesinmodern medicine, was so enthusiastic di the earlier portion of his career, that for yearshe slepton a narrow board on the floor of his laboratory in order to save more time for his studies.” ‘How are you and your wife coming on?”asked a Galveston man of a colored man. ‘She's run me off, boss.” “Whats the matter?” “I ts to blame, boss. 1 hera white silk dress and den 89 bad Iwas A BEMINISCENCE OF THE MARCH ‘TO THE SEA. The Old South Carolinian and His Silver. HS RECOVERS IT FROM THE TREASURY VAULTS— THE PICTURE OF HIS FATHER—OTHER FAMILY RELICS. wenn ‘When General Sherman and his men were marching through South Carolina, the people.in his path snatching up what valuables they could find in their haste, fled in every direction. Whenever a body of soldiers are raiding a coun- try, more or less pillaging and plundering take place, no matter how strict the orders or how well disciplined the troops. In-such cir- cumstances a soldier seems to think he has a tight to what he can get—and keep. General Sherman’s boys proved no exception to this Tule. While on the march oneday the attention of an officer was attracted by group of sol- diers disputing. Stopping to listen a_ moment, he discovered that they were quarrelling over the division of a large box of captured property. A glance told him that the contents were valu- able and ought at once to be placed in the care of the government. ‘Here men, this won't do! This box must be sent to Washington at once.” Orders were given to that effect, and it was sent to Washington and stored away in the DIVISION OF CAPTURED AND ABANDONED PROP- ERTY in the War department. It remained there un- til 1868, when, with other valuables, it was placed as a special deposit in the vaults at the Treasury department. Some of the things de- posited there had no mark about them by which they could be identified, while others were plainly marked. Congress anthorized that the former be sold, but those that might by any possibility be claimed by the owners were caré- fully preserved. It is a long time since that box of household valuables was ruthlessly snatched by rough soldiers from the fleeing South Caro- nian, and he is now an old man. - He had for- gotten all that the box contained, but remem- bered that his fainily plate was there, and that it was all marked, and that it must have been placed in the government's care. If he could only. get the necessary authority to have his goods returned to him he knew he could iden- tify them. After a good deal of hard work and worry on his part, a private bill authorizing the return of such pieces of silver as could be clearly identified as his property should be returned to him, was at last passed by Cong! It was a happy morning for him, only a few days azo, when he made his way to the Treasury depart~ armed with the necessary authori carrying a large old-fashioned carpet-bi which he intended to bring away the LONG LOST FAMILY RELICS. He was escorted to the vaults by officers of the department and the articles placed before him for identification. Yes! there they were, all plainly marked with the family name, large old- fashioned silyer goblets, heavy ladles, spoons, forks and various other articles of silver. His eye brightened and his hand trembled as he picked them up and carefully examined them Turning to those who stood near, “Ah! I tell you, these were bought when money was plentiful than it is now,” he said. One 1 he dropped them into the old bag of goodly pro- portions; but large as it was the sides soon be- gan to bulge. Seyeral hundred dollars’ worth by weight was clearly identitied as his property. But what is this? It bears the same famil; mark, but had been entirely forgotten. touched the spring and opened the ca that is the portrait of my fathe uniform of a major in the Brit 2 ince [looked upon his face. n, that must not go with the rest your naine, | know, but Congress author the return of articles of silver only.” I filled with tears as he re trait down. A further s numerous piece handsome, and 2 t to elry, some very bearing the same mark, but d aside as they did not come hin the provisions of the act. The vaults re asin locked and the old earpet-baz clo I wouldn't mind the jewelry so mach only take away that’ portrait.” words of the old inaa as he too Ss How IT BooM— BLADENSBURG—THE SP Correspondence of THE Fv HYATTSVILI.# larch, 1882. host ot read- reireat and its people, I have deemed it proper to jot down a few facts concerning the same, claiming the right of this village to be heard through the columns of a paper so 3 read within its boundaries. ated on the Washington branch of the B. & 0. R.R., about six miles from Washington, and was named after its oldest inhabitant, C. C. Hy- att, esq., a most estimable gentleinaa, who re- sides ina large brick mansion, surrounded by a forest of shrubbery and beautiful shade trees, and situated on an eminence commanding a fii yiew of the country for miles around. or so distant; and t sleepy. historic villaze, throuzh which runs the ail end of the Eastern Branch, so shallow and choked up as be searetly navigable at_most times for the lightest skiffs, would ever drea that wharves and piers and warehouses once ex- isted there. and that large vessels sailed up from the city and loaded with tobacco and other pro- ducts of the county, and sailed again for dom tic and even foreign ports; but such is really the fact. Like our seaside resorts and mountain re- treats, Hyattsville has its seasons of influx and departure of visitors. While the place as yet beasts of no public house, there are several ex- cellent boarding-houses here, which are gener- ally tilled by the ist of May, and continue go till the middie of October or the 1st of November, or even jater, according to the openness of the season. The regular summer boarders gener- ally arrange to be here the Ist of May, and stay till the Lst of November, in that time using two commutation tickets. These tickets are issued by the B. & O. K. R. for three months at $11.50, entitling the holder to ride as many times as he chooses to and from the city. This, the reader will see, is very cheap traveling : for. supposing you ride sixty times in the month—and ma: ride double that number of times the fare will amount to less than seven cents a trip. MUCH CONFUSION TO TRAVELERS has arisen in consequence of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad instructing their officials to an- nounce Bladensburg on arrival of stop trains at this place, while their schedules speak of the place correctly as Hyattsville. This place is no more Bladensburg than it is Baltimore, and the only excuse given by the road in answer to a ‘tter of a prominent citizen of this place. pro- testing against the practice, was that their books, stamps and accounts were so arranged that they coutd not make the change at present. ‘This was over a month ago, and the matter has not been corrected yet. As an illustration of the evil of this practice I may state that a few years ago while traveling over to Baltimore on this road I was asked by a modest young lady when we had arrived at the Relay House how soon we would reach Hyattsville! She had bought a ticket at Washington for Hyattsville, and not hearing Hyattsville called, and being & total stranger, had been carried by as a matter of course. Other instances might be cited. This place affords many attractions inthe summer Season in the matter of fine drives, cool shady groves, good fishing, pure air and delicious min- eral T,and buta short distance away, in the direction of the old village, is one of ihe finest chalybeate springs in the country. THR CELEBRATED BLADENSBURG SPA. During the hot summer months hundreds of people drive out from the city daily to this spring to indulge in draughts of this clear spark- ling fluid, and it isno uncommon thing to see invalid ladies reclining in their carriages at the spring and quaffing goblets of water handed up by the inevitable small boy who is always on hand to turn an honest y. Others come with nes and bottles and little kegs, and thou- sands of gallons are carried away in this man- ner every season. Aproj to this, the writer has a not very pleasant recollection of being obliged one time, out of courtesy, to fill from this spring two whiskey flasks, a can, and a lot of lerl; tomato yeast der bottles for an eld maiden acquaintance who had honored him with acall, and all in the presence of a bevy of laugh- ing village girls. ; IN GOOD FRUIT SEASONS there are abundance of peaches, grapes, pears, and apples raised here, and the flelds around the plage abound In bladkberries of the finest qu il- ity. Some of the finest, and certainly the lar- gest strawberries I ever saw in my life, were raised on the Laperndinti gid near this" place. The cultivation ri ls and_carrants 1) and find a very beautifully for want of accom- clerks of the departments and employés of the Government Printing Office and Bureau of Engraving and Printing reside here permanent! purchased residences with gardens rom oreh HYATTSVIGLE IMPROVEMENTS. A movement has recentiy been made towards purchasing the Bryan property at this place, and dividing it up into building lots. A company has been formed, which hold weekly meetings in the city, and it is expected that building op- erations will be commenced this coming summer. ‘The property consists of some 200 acres of the finest elevated land in this part of Prince George’s county. During the last year nearly twenty houses have been built, and contracts are now pending for putting up nearly as many more. There is one grocery and variety store in the place, a wood and coal yard, a tin shop, two churches, and no sign of a poor house or jail. Tne Star is distributea Tegulariy every even- ing, being sent vut on the 4:40 train, and young Mr. McFarland, the carrier, is understood to drive quite a profitable business in this way. FINE SPORT can be enjoyed here in the sprfag and autumn at | fishing and shooting. Early in the spring the her- | ring and mullet run up into the small streams and are captured, in seines, by the thousands. With capture goodly numbers of perch and chubs, and, oceasionally, small rock fish. The black bass ap- pear not to have come up as far as this—proba- | bly the streams are too sluggish for that gamey ortolan and reed bird shooting in season, while | the stubble flelds afford sporting grounds for the of the place told me but a short time'ago that upwards of a thousand rabbits had been killed in the vicinity of the village this fall. Taking all in aH. for accessibility to the city, for pure air | and delicious waters, for the matter of sport, to as a country retreat for those doing business In the city, I know ot no place in the suburbs of Washington so well adapted as Hyattsville, Maryland. Srt0n. ee: = LETTER FROM FLORIDA. THE ANCIENT CITY OF TAL | PRESENT—A NEGLECTE:! HASSE—ITS PAST AND PART OF THE STATE— | SOME OF ITS GOOD POINTS—A FAMOUS SPRING. Correspondence of THe EVENING Stan. TALLANASSE, FLAx March 6th, 1882. Tarrived here after a twelve hours’ ride by | rail (distance only 160 miles) from Jacksonville, located town, on high rolling ground, and with a soil more like some around Washington than I have yet seen; istic appearance of Florida than in any other part jof the state. In fact, if you did not know it was winter, and saw the flowers blooming and heard the birds singing, you would think you were farther north. This being the capital of | the state, the capitol bnilding is located here. Itis a very fine building, and in appearance reminds mie of the center F street part of the | Patent Ofice building in miniature. In | the building is the governor's and other state offices, including the land ottice, tozether with the state supreme court room and legislative | hails. It is in the midst of a grove of oak trees, the grounds containing about ten acres. They are laid out with walks and flower beds. In the front of the building isa very handsome monu- . j ment in marble to the state soldiers killed in ne | the late war, while in the rear is one in granite to one of Fi a's sons, who distinguished self in the Seminole wars. Gov. Bloxham has proven himself to be an excelient governor, jand with it is a courteous gentleman. . | Lam stopping at the old City Hotel, built near en toa hundred years ago, and after the mode! < olden times,” and [ have often thouzht if the walls could talk what tales they could tell of the lads and s of the good vid times of ¥ when this town was the center ot the The views AND NEW. ween 2,500 and 3,000 in- if colored. Whiie there are anumber of handsome and modern built dwellings, a large number are of the style and in keeping with those days when master and slave in feasting much and are now building a rhen finished, will do credit to any town, while its lecation could not be ex ied. They haye churehes, [ believe, of every denomination, both white and colored. One of the first railroads built in the United States ran from this town to St. Marks, about twenty-five miles, in a southeast direction, on the Apala. icola bay. The town now is not of much im tance, owing to the chtinges brought about railroads, and is comparatively deserted. » ODS POINTS. This section of the state seems to have been eker after health and plea- ve strength to the one to stop awhile here and enjoy its pure air, and to the other it presents fine drives with good fish. i nd hunting near at hand; and when it be comes known, as it will ina short time, many who perhaps have invested in poor land in the south and east of the state, will come here and bay and settle up some of the fertile tracts around, which at present can be bought p and yield handsome crops. while at me time one is not annoyed with the everlasting mosquito. This, perhaps, is as fine a section for Irish potatoes as any portion of the country, and the product is mach superior to those brought from the Bermudas. and which have such ready sale in northern inarkets. More nis being paid to this and other yege- nd if more of the farmers here would heir cotten and go to raising garden truck they would have less work and more money during the year. About sixteen miles south of here, in Wa- kulla county, is Wakulla Spring, ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE STATE, and while in many respects it reminds one of Silver Spring, in Marion county, mentioned in one of my letters, it far excels it in many re- spects. The water is 180 feet deep, and yet everything can be seen plainly on its bottom, while the reflection from above gives a strange and yet beautiful effect, which is both pleasant and deceiving. It is impossible to describe this or the Silver Spring, and I would advise those who can to visit both to see for themselves. ‘The trees are full of singing birds, and among them I detect the notes of the mocking bird, and in the early morning and at evening they make the welkin ring with their melodious warbling, The gardens are full of all sorts of flowers, among them the most handsome and prolific Japonicas I ever saw; in fact this seems to be one of the garden spots of Florida. I am glad that business brought me here, and I would ad- vise others coming to Florida not to overlook the state capital, for,despite the tedious railway traye! from Jacksonville, they willbe well repaid for the trouble in coming. The weather is charming and all that one could wish or desire. Everywhere I go, I find much to astonish and instruct, and my estimate of the state and its vast resources does not diminish but rather in- creases the more I travel. I see what itis and imagine what it may yet be. McK. soca! Mette EY Ae ‘The Jefferson Scheol Building. ‘To the Editor of Tux Evesixe Stan. Tn looking through the columns of Tae Star a few evenings ago I saw quite a sensible article on the rebuilding of the Jefferson school build- ing. The suggestion there made was to take off the third or top story of the east and west ends of the building and construct two additional school rooms on the south front of the said east and west ends. As there is a large lot of ground on which to build, still leaving plenty of play ground, I think the idea a most excellent one. The town contains be habitants; over on the rod and line one can wade the streams and | | fish. But a few miles below the village there is fine | quail and pheasant. One old resident sportsman | those so inclined, and for general desirableness | while the trees, &c., have less of the character- | m= | LITERARY NOTES, TERND Win the Auta Romaine Ree Le vision. “New 3 Gesrieg Scribner's Bone. Washington: F. Bs Mout. Taken altogether, it is doubtful whether the writings of any other American author have been so widely circulated and so generally read as those of the late Dr. Holland. It used to be fashionable for criticasters and those who found for their wares @ much smaller circle Teaders than he had to sneer at what they were pleased to cail his goody-goody platitudes; but he had the popular heart with him, nevertheless, and this whether he wrote in prose or rhyme. This great popularity was partly due to the fact that be had the gift of un- derstanding the intellectual taste and needs of the average man and woman, partly because he discussed topics of general and per- manent interest, and partly to the fact that his style was pare and pleasant, and his moral tone asa rule healthy and sound. The former ed tions of his works were mostly read by a gene- ration which has now passed away, but the de- mand for his writings has never ceased. The present call for them is largely from a new gene- Tation of readers, and it has been augmented somewhat, doubtless, by the recent death of the author, which brought him and his literary labors into fresh and prominent view. To meet this demand a new, complete and uniform edition of his works was undertaken last October. Although he died — before they passed through the press, they had the benefit of ~ Dr. Holland's personal revision, based on greater experience, broader culture, and riper judzment. Of the set “Tit comb’s Letters,” “Gold Foil,” “Bitter-Sweet,” “Lessons in Life,” “Plain Talks,” *Kathrina,” “Mistress of the Manse,” “The Jones Family.” “The Puritan's Guest, and other Poems,” “Every- | Day Topics” (in two Volumes) and “Sevenoaks” | have already appeared, and they will be fol- | tervals, until the whole series shall be con pleted. The new edition is without illustra- | tions, but in respect to paper, typoxraphy and | binding, it ieaves nothing to be desired. THE LUTANISTE OF ST. JACOBIS. A Tale. By CavHal Drew, author of ‘*Herry Chalerave's: New York: Henry Hoit & Co. Wash- chapman. jot, as the reader of headlines might suspect, a disguised advertisement of SI | Jacob’s Oil, or anything of the sort. It takes its | title from the calling of its heroine, who was a lute player in the choir of old St. Jacobi’s Church, in Hamburg, and its text is a romance-biography ‘of the German poet and musician George | Neumareke, who wrote and composed about the and tune which most endeared h | of his countrymen and the world is the one beginning— ** Leave God to order all thy ways.” It stands No. 134 in the Choral Book for England, | while in other collections it is known as ~ Bi | men,” and in still others again as ‘Moray | Duke Bernard, of Coburg expired while joinin ising it on his death bed in 1706; Frederick William I.. of Prussia, ordered it to be sung at his own funeral, and it was also sung at the funeral of the Prince Consort, in London, in 1861. A little love story is woven in to give interest to the history, the scene of which is laid first at Hamburg, and then at Bremen, where, after many struggles and great disappointments, the hero finally wins high honors and comfort- able ease, which he enjoyed until his death at Weimar in 1681. MOODS. A Novel. By Lovrsa M. Aucorr. Boston: Roberta Brothers. Washington: J. J. Chapman. The admirers of Miss Alcott’s writings,—and they are mahy and enthusiastic,—will be inter- ested in this new edition of her first novel, re- | written, revised, corrected and essentially changed, by herself. When first published the book was a great success; but the author was hever quite satisfied with it, having been influ- enced by .others, and against her own judg- ment, to somewhat change its original plan. Just who was responsible for these alterations is not clear. Some authorities assert that it was her first publisher. He denies this, and says his only offence or agency in the matter was in sug- sesting that the manuscript as it stood was too voluminous tor hii to publish, but that he nevertheless prevented the author from striking j out the chapter entitled “A Golden Wedding,” and substituting another for it. Others allege that Mrs. C. H. Dall undertook the first work of | revision, and cut out at the request of the author all the chapters that were canceled. However this may .be, now that Miss Alcott’s literary reputation is established she has decided to give the book to the public more nearly as it was originally written, She has omitted several chapters of the old edition, and restored those which were first prepared, besides improving the text general and bringing back to life the heroine, who was prematurely kilied off. The re- sult is not only a longer but a better story than it was before. THE, FORTUNATE, ISLAND. AND OTHER STQ- Washington: J.D. Free, Sr. ‘ Readers ot Max Adeler’s funny sketches who look for something in the same line in this book will probably be disappointed; but they will be none the losers, nevertheless. It serves a higher purpose than anything the author has yet written, and his gift of humor and powers of invention are turned to (eee account as a jeans to an excellent end. Some of the sketches are very pathetic and tender, and the tone of the whole book is pleasant and healthy. ASPASTA: man, by Safford. N orl vm. 8. Gottsberger. s + Ballantyne & Son. It is not easy to understand the great popu- larity of this book in Germany, where it first appeared some six years ago. The style is rather stilted, and what might be called a little remote, and the moral tone none of the best. Nevertheless it bas a certain charm, for its vivid sketches of life at the most interesting period in the history of Greece. The ancient modes, habits and thought of that country are clearly depicted, and the reader is brought into inti- mate relations with Periclés, Phidias, Sopho- cles, Socrates and other historic personages; the building and consecration of the parthenon, the olympic games, the various feasts to the gods, etc., are described in glowing colors, and per- vading all is the spirit and influence of Aspasia, priestess of love and beauty. By Sacu, Warcnr. Washington: Fords, Howard & Hulbert. @ colleotion ot letters, originally writ- ten, apparently, for the Danbury News, giving an account of asummer trip of three or four newspaper men from Washington down the Po- tomae and through a portion of Virginia and North Carolina. A’ such they were readable enough, but they are hardly worth preserving in ok form. to the hearts MAN. Ban Francisco: Major Truman, an old journalist, well known in Washington, gives in this little volume a num- ber of word-pictures of Ife on the Pacific slope, partly, and stil others, again, wholly ction ad y, and still o i yr Leper and interesting, : = PARE POUT, Be ins, Setar oat D. Appleton & Co, Washington: F. B. Mohun. Readers of the later volumes of Appicton’s Journal will be gladto getin durable form a collection of the pleasant editorial essays con- tributed to that periodical by Mr. Bunce, who served its “Editor’s Table” so long and so well. They constituted indeed not the least attractive part of the original matter published In its col- umns, and in their present sl they are more attractive than ever, having been re-cast some- what, and with more thought putin them. The book is a capital one to put in one's satchel fora journey, or to read aloud in the family circle: ‘The philosophy is sound and the literary style pleasing. OBEN SN aD ATS: Like Miss Jewett’s previous volumes, this is a book of charming essays and sketches. It is CIDENTAL SKE! Cc. Tev- occ ‘eta Mig Rand oes rep ; | full of the atmosphere and local color of New is England country life and character, set forth io a style so simple and graceful as to insure for ir (en Ceminrnadonte as tea oe etcee who reads it. ‘Mais Rona ee seg Ras: J. 3: Chapman.” aim ‘The friends of Mrs. Ewing may care for this book, but to the general reader it will likely prove to be something of a puzzle. Too heavy for children and too light for grown it class. and been omitted without detri- mente tes bork crams totne senses Fuame. "Now York: Tino Useful Kuowiodse As Shakespeare wrote for all time, it is not surprising that new editions ef his works should ‘appear from time to time. It is somewhat sur- lowed by the remaining volumes, at regular in- | middle ot the seventeenth century. The hymn | nade him best known to | adopted are those of the well-known “Globe edi- on” of Shakespeare, e: that for the sages which it leaves areomecarel the from the text of Dy latest edition are sul stituted. “Hamlet” is to be followed by all the other plays of its author, in the same style, as soon as may be. Through F. B. Mohun we have recetved from the publishers, Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., a copy of Senator Hoar's Bulozy on Garfield, delivered in Worcester last December; and from W. H. Morrison, as well as from Mr. Mohun, we have copies of Mr. Blaine's effort, delivered before Congress last month, published by James R. Osgood & Co. Both orations are embellished bya yp ere of the late President,— though from different originals,—and both are well worth having in the permanent form in which they now appear. A most exeelient publication is the “Farm er’s Annual Handbook, for 1883,” published by D. Appleton & Go., and for sale by Moban. It has a cx te diary for the year, and contains many tables and much information of great value, not alone to agriculturists but to house- keepers, and the gentral reader as well, T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Phila’ clphia, have in press and will publish in a few days another book by John Habberton, the author of “Helen's jh ” entitled “Mrs. Mayburn’s Twins.” It is said to be marked by all the qualities which made his first work so popular. “ oe Garfield and Rosecrans. From the New York Herald, yesterday. We have been handed the following letter j Written by Gen. Garfleld in January, 1880, which | contains views differing so widely from those ex~ pressed tn his famous Chase letter of 1863 that the public will read it with amazement, not unmin- gied with regret. We are informed that the zinal of this letter, in the handwriting of Gen, arfleld, ts NOW In the possession Of parties of the highes pectadility, seen the | original, erefore, are not prepared to pro nouner it genuine. But, genuine or pot, ft ts an important addition © the spicy controv | {8 progress, amd as such we lay it bes | pu Hover oF REPRESENTATIVES, Wasntxcrox, D.C., January 19, 1880, NERAL ‘ours of the 20th Decem- | Der come Just as I wa leaving for Ohio, or tt would. | have been answered sooner. I have tried for some | time to get hold of the article In the New York Sun, to Which you refer, and have not yet been able to do so. Thave been told tts substance two or three persons who have seen it. Lean ouly » in absence of the article ftself, that any charge, Whether itcomes from Dana or any other lar, to the effect that [was tn any sense untrue to you or unfaithful to our friendship has no. particle of truth in it. On my way from your army to Washington I'met Mr. Stanton at Loulsville, and whe he denounced you in vigorous language I im, and earnestly detended you pnt ults.” T did the same, as you remember, in the House of Representatives very soon after I en- ered that body, If you will send me Dana's aru- cle or if Tean find a copy of 101 will, if you think | best, write and publish a reply. IU ‘Is true that I | Was an occasional corre: of Secretary | Chase. Several times, while was your chief of Staff, he wrote me in regard to the progress of the War and asked iny Opinions on various questions connected with It, but I fearlessly chall rasea 3. A. Ganvieta. To General Rosecrans. IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THB WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1892. €P-To obtai of these Letters ope tne | ond for ADvatr BED Lerrens,” Poof ive the date i Sif not called ; nent mi Tabet tor within one month thay will be east LADIES’ LIST. 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