Evening Star Newspaper, June 3, 1882, Page 2

bo THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1882—DOUBLE SHEET. (For Tar Evaxtwe Stas, ‘The Flowcrs ef Poesy. We often speak of the odor of sanctity, France sweet a good man’s deeds diffuse, Sueh 2s the world could {1 afford to tose, Since thence It grows more happy, wise, and free. AS purr a scent the flowers of Poesy Shed whtle they charm us with thetrradiant hues Of besnly and grace, wherein we may peruse News of what Is, and was, and ts to be. ‘More fair are these ethereal blooms than those Which, a3 The seasons come and go, display Ever-new marveis wrought by God's own hand. Of these, as marvellous, there exist no foes; Our rest by night, our toll they cheer by day, And a ali climes where souls are they ex-and. W. L. Snormaxen. e+ Jefferson's Hesting Place. of Tae EvEstso Star: requested and authorized to show how idle are plazas and suggestions for the re- moval of Jetferson’s remains from Monticello, Task a place in your columns for this card. The interesting origin ofthe Monticello grave- yard should in itself be reason sufficient for leaving its great dead undisturbed. More than @ century ago, two earnest and enthusiastic young men of genius and devoted friends— Thomas Jefferson and Dabney Carr—sought the Solltude of the wooded sides of a then unnamed little mountain, and week after week during their cullece vacation studied together at the foot via certain oak. So attached did they be- come to the spot that a mutual promise was made that the one who died first should be Duried by the other at the foot of this favored tree. Young Carr died on the threshold of life, but not too sven for his rising genius to have made its mark and ranked his name among those distinguished in the early days of the revo- lution Ris frien Jefferson, who was away at the t Ys death, found him already bi n, but, tr » his promise, rem: i placed it at the foot of the tree whose arms now streich over the graves of the two friends, as undivided in death as they were in lite ht of disturbing their either of them should ration as to where a tainly his own wish on Jetferson expressed man she the subject Is to be his most distinctly in directions given his grand- son and executor, the late Mr. J n Ran- dolph. to bury him in the space lef mt tor his grave between those of his lamented wife and of his da: In the State deps ide the w be on the torn back ons for his monu- hese direct were ¢4 ion of the monn- is now to be replaced ‘ongress has made the ment, and its inseription. once so simple and so strikin by the one for which recent appropriation. When Mr. Wise was governor of Virginia he made a formal and earnest request, in his offi- . backed by personal friendship, ndolph would allow his grandfather's be mmoved to Richmond. The lat- 1 the request peremptori ing that he had buried Jetferson in the Spot chosen by himself, and where he had directed him to see thet he was buried. and there he should rest. it would be as appropriate to remove Shakspeare from Stratford to Westminster Ab- bey as Jeiferson from Monticello to W: During the four years in which the matter of the apprepriation by Congress was under considera- Hon not a si objection to the monument being placed at Monticello was made by any of Jefferson's grandchildren. On the rary, the Prospect and hope of having it there was one of earnest congratulation among them. Mrs. Trist. a zranadaughter, who has passed away in the last few weeks, was deeply interested in the passage by Congress of the resolution making the appropriation, and nothing would have been more repugnant to her feelings than any sug- gestion to move her grandtather’s remains from his loved Monticello. In effect, a change could not be done without getting another bill through Congress, which would scarcely be pos- sible. Be this as it may. under no cireum- stances will the owners of the graveyard at Monticello allow his remains to be removed from the spot selected by himself as their last Festing-piace. These owners are Virginians. They are the descendants of Jefferson himself and the children of the grandson, who, while living, was the custodian of his wishes and feel- ings on the subject. They would, therefore, be trebly recreant to their duty shouid they consent to the proposed removal. With the publication Of these facts all such proposals, it is to be hoped. will cease. Whether they do or not, it iy asserted that the great man’: n that lovely mountain side, graves of his children and grandchildren to the ith generation,” will remain unbroken. Virginia. [The writer of the foregoing is understood to be not only familiar with all the facts in the Premises, but also qualified by ties of consan- guinity to speak authoritatively on the subject, #0 far asthe wishes of Jefferson's descendants are concerned. Whatever arguments might be urged in favor of the removal of his remains, the reasons thus set forth against that proposi- tion would therefore seem to be conclusive.—Ep. Star.) A Compressed Air Tricycic. Te the Editor of Tax Evexixe Stan. Locomotion with the aid of a bicycle or with the tricycle, which is now receiving much favor in Engiand—and the latter especially with ladies—is by no means to be despised. The graceful little vehicles, however, are by no means perfect yet. There isa fortune waiting for the lucky man who shall eonstruet a tricyle to be driven mostly by compressed air, so that a lady may get into it as she would her pheton and guide it about the streets. Take, say, = tricycle similar to the more perfected ones of the day, and have a body similar to that of a light buzy enclosing the seat and front around the feet. “There need not necessarily be any floor or bottom to the body (so that it might be driven by the feet upon occasion), and let the encl be made of japanned tin or any light structure. The power may be turned on, regu- lated or entirely shut off by a simple turn of the hand. There can be places or stations in Various parts of the city where the exhausted eylinder could be recharged or exchanged for another already charged at a very triding ex- pense. This would be done by 9 small station- ary engine, to su as much as possible the livery stable of the present day. Then we shall have something really useful and not be- neath the dignity of even a Quaker to be con- veyed in. Who will get out the first patent? - ——— Justice to the County, ‘To the Editor of Tux Eventye Stan. A communication from Lient. Greene, pub- Nshed a few days ago, to the effect that the county draws trom the city revenues, every year, some 45 per cent of its share of the ex- Penditures, is so unjust and incorrect that it calls for a reply from some one; it being a noto- Fious fact to all acquainted with the matter that “the boot is on the other foot.” I have not the exact figures before me, as given by Lieut. Greene, but I will mention approximately one or two items. He admits that the schools, police, und its share of the expense of adminis- tration and charities. do not amount to as much as it contributes, but says “that for roads,lamps and surorys, it receives over thirty-five thousand dollars from the city revenues. Now he does DOWN THE POTOMAC. COMMENCEMENT AT HAMPTON—INDUSTRIAL EDU- CATION FOR THE INDIAN AND THE NEGRO— WORK AND STUDY—THE PROBLEM SOLVED. Correspondence of THe EVENING Sram, Hampton, May 30, 1882. To run down to Old Point Comfort and spend the day or night there at the grand Hygiea hotel and come back Is a yery common and pleasant trip for Washingtonians and others. Indeed, it is a great thing that the capital city has so magnificent a bathing place as the noble bay of Chesapeake, and such a highway as the beautiful Potomac. So we thought as we glided in the closing hours of the day over its placid waters on the good steamer Lady of the Lake, past Mount Vernon and old Gunston Hall, where George Washington and George Mason, the hero and the statesman of the revolution, lived and died. Washington's name is a household word. Mason is knowii only to the few thought- ful students of American history. The soldier is remembered, and the greatest statesman of his time, the author of the Bell of Rights, out of which’ grew the Declaration of Independence, 1s forgotten. But Thomas Jefferson said he leaned upon Ma- son more than upon any other man, and that he had no superior in any age or nation. The bill tolls as we pass Mount Vernon, but no sign of respect marks the grave of the greatest states- man of the revolutionary era, and no stone | marks his burial place. Let us hope It will not be always so, and pray for the better civiliza- tion, when the people will not be blinded by ‘he | flash of the sword from seeing the nobler hero- | isms of peace. As we passed these old homes, the forms of those great men of a century ago seemed to re- people these banks again, and their doings and belongings formed the theme of conversation as we sat in the moonlight. Capt. Bradford, a most genial and pleasant companion, as he is a lel officer, joined our little party, and told some funny campaign stories of the late war. Miss Fletcher, the devoted of Indian ed- ucation, related many inter z incidents of her extended experience among the wild tribes f the west. In our party were Gen. Eaton; commissioner of education, a noble man and Most delightful traveling companion; the ven- erable Mr. King, proprietor of the Pittsburg Commerciai . Gordon, a retired merchant of Pittsburz, and several! other ladies and gentle- men from the north interested in the educa- tional and financial development of the south. We were all bound to visit Hampton and see what was being done for the negro and the In- dian there. After a delichtful night's rest we | awoke to see the sun rise over the bright, flash- | ing waters of the Chesapeake bay. The eye | never rested upon a more beautiful sight than | the vast expanse of water, broken only a few points of land appearing like islands. These ej 1 | are the capes and peninsulas with which these | Waters abound. Fortress Monroe soon appears, | and that pile of rubbish opposite, the Rip-ray folly of wasting the peopl ions for war. We land, char- oat for variety, and glide by the ysrounds of the Soldiers’ Home to the | landing of the Hampton Normal and Agricultu- | ral Institute, two miles up the bay. We stop a moment at THE INDUSTRIAL WORKS, erected by Mr. Huntington at a cost of $25,000, to teach wood-working. Mr. Corliss gavetwo of the boilers of the great Centennial engine, and others have contributed machinery. The stu- dents here saw the logs that are rafted up the bay or down the river, and after seasoning the timber. work it into doors, sash, brackets and all forms required in building. They go through a regular course, from the saw-mili in the base- ment to the use of the most delicate tools in the upper stories. Hampton educates the colored people and the Indians to be useful men and women. Indu: trial education is here more successfully mat aged than in any other school of its class in the country. But even here it is only begun. A lit- tle on we come to THR STONE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, the gift of Mrs. Valeria Stone, of Boston, cost- ing $25,000. In this we find a printing office, knitting-room, girls’ sewing and tailoring rooms, employing in all over a hundred of the students. This is just completed, and greatly enlarges the facility of doing work. The brick yard, the vlacksmith shop, the Wheelwright shops and the tin shops employ many students, who are doing good work. Afine barn, witn stabling attached, shelter the teams and cattle and stores their feed. The splendid herd of Jerseys attracted everybodys attention, and on the tables we ate the requisite gilt-e “l butter, made at the farm. Some miles away the erection of several new bulld- ings is going on, or in contemplation, which will still add to educational facilities. The Institute is quite a village by itself. The grounds adjoin the Soldiers’ Home, and contain about 170 acres, tastefully laid out. and adorned with shrubbery, orchards and vineyards. The property is valued at about $430,000, and has been given to the In- stitute by generous northern friends. The school is a private corporation, with its beard of trus- tees scattered widely over the country. Our venerable friend, Mr. King, of the Pittsburg Commercial, gave the first ten thousand dollars that bought the land, and the good work done has drawn to this school the interest of gener- ous men and women till its present statns has been attained. Gen. S.C. Armgtrong, the prin- cipal, deserves the highest credit for his perse- vering energy and devotion to it. In 1868 he started a mission school, with fifteen pupils. The Hampton Institute, with its extensive build- ings and equipments’ to-day, has grown up largely as the fruit of his personal labor for 14 years past. He is a man of wonderful energy and sagacity,and the county owes him a great debt. He surrounded himseif with able as- sociates, notable among whom is Gen. Marshal, the treasurer; Mr. Briggs, the excellent secre- and Mr. Howe. the superintendent of farms and things generally. The Rev. H. B. Fussell, pastor, is a most excelient man for the place, and covers the ground of several profes- 80 rs. Miss H. W. Ludlow, in charge of the English department, has been here from the rst, and is an admirable teacher. Miss Isabel B.’ Eustis supervises Indian education and brings to her work the ability, devotion and character which insures success. Miss Kenwill, a fine elocu- tionist, trains the voices of all classes of pupils very successfully. Miss W. W. Woldron is hysiclan, and keeps her charges in good health. ‘he classes in mathematics and natural science, under Miss I. E. Davis, the lady principal, do credit to her faithful work. All the teachers are far in advance of those employed at many insti- tutions of high grade In the north. The facts are quite apparent here that totench the Indian and the negro a higher order of ability is needed than in the white schools. It is the best possible test of a teacher's quality that they succeed here. The examinations showed every where faithful and honest work. We attended the literary exercises in Virginia hall. It is needless to speak of them in detail, The essays and speeches were mostly by re- turned graduates of former years. They were invariably good, because mostly simple relations of personal experience. There was a refreshing absence of the strained efforts which make ordi- nary commencement exercises a bore. There was here no attempt at treating abstruse ques- tions by intellectual fledgelings, but the students told in simple language how ‘they had turned their acquirements to account and what need they felt of more thorough preparation for life. Such exercises were found interesting and in- structive to strangers present and full of valu- not appear to be aware that the law provides for the repair of the county roads out of the general funds of the District. “That this is more than Just to the city wili at once be apparent from the faet that the county roads are principally ‘used by the city and the traffic between the eity and Maryland. Of all the vehicles that | ose over the roads, it is certainly within mands to say that not one in twenty-five to a county resident. And when the county residents use vehicles, it is usuaily for purpose of trade and business with the city, of which the city gets more than half the ad- Yantage, since the county buys of the city, and the profits go to the city dealers. Therefore strict Justice would require that the city should pay 24-25ths of the road expenses, in- stead of about half of that proportion, as ‘now Provided. Before the days of the District gov- ernment, the cities paid one-half of the county Toad expenses. But when the District govern- ment was established it was thought that the cities should pay more than half, and so it was provided that the roads should be taken care of ‘out of the general funds. Again, he says that $28,500, | believe, were expended last year for ‘lee force in the county, This certainly must wrong. No such service could have been rendered. But if so,1 am certain that county resident will say, ‘ Take the police away; Jet us spend our money; we want no day police— @aly a few night watchmen.” It was shown, years ago, before the House committee on striet, that a taxation able lessons for the students Vs to go out into the world. The vocal music was beautiful, grand and touching, and the band showed ex. cellent training. . The batallion review, in charge of Capt. Geo. Le Brown, was very creditable. Capt. Le Brown attends to the deportment and discip- line of the students, and is the right man in the right place. Hampton is doing a great work, not in making scholars so much as in demon- strating the possibilities of the races. The methods are based on nature and expe- tience. More and more it is evident that INDUSTRIAL TRAINING 18 THE GROUNDWORK OF ALL TRUE EDUCATION for the masses of all races. The students here who work half their time and study the other half make better progress than those who have no work. This is being demonstrated at Hamp- ton beyond a doubt. Students who will work can now go to Hamp- ton and work their way through a course of study. Machinery and intelligence directs and reinforces their muscle and doubles their pro- ductive power. Work has been considered the least of two evils, but it is now shown to be an. educational process itself. This is the great er erences Hampton that it offers the best practical education in exc! for work. From the report we gloat thefalloeiey items teal instruction in the school and their condition present are as follows: EnoivexrmN@ DEPARTMENT. J. B. H. Goff in charge. Instraction given is in steam and gas-fitting, with care of engine and boiler. The apprentices also get some ideas of working at the bench with cold-chisel, file and ratchet drill. Number of students employed. Earned last year..... tee and increasing. This branch has lished eight quarters. ‘It : Pa ings for steam, water and gas, connecting them by an underground system of steam plpes 1,500 feet In length, which works admirably; made three hundred’ vedsteads out of gas pipe; at- tends to ten bollers and four sveam engines,and repairs machinery. A gentleman has just offered four thousand dollars for a new brick workshop 60x40 feet,two stories, in which a bone mill and grist mill can be placed to great advantage. THE KNITTING DEPARTMENT, has 33 Lamb (hand) knitting machines, worked by student Iabor, according to demand of the firm in Boston. Last year upwards of 15,000 dozen pairs of mittens were made by over twenty colored students, chiefly boys, thus pay- ing part of their expenses, some fifteen of them working through the summer vacation. The progress and success of the colored and Indian apprentices, in the engineering depart- ment, are reported by the manager as good, the average comparing favorably with white appren- tices of the same age. OF THE HUNTINGTON INDUSTRIAL WORKS. Colored students employed . 88 Earned last year..... 3,535.00 Earnings will be increased this year. This consists of a saw-mill and wood-working estab- lishment. The capacity of the mill per aay is fifteen thousand feet of lumber. Every year a class of from fifteen to twenty destitute, ignorant, but earnest young men, enter the mill for one year of steady day work of ten hours. Of the most promising a few are selected for a two year’s apprenticeship in the wood-working shop in the second story. ‘They are “work students” studying two hours every night till they enter the regular course. and then are employed two days each week, study- ing tour days throughout the three years’ course, being able to save from one year of steady work at the mill $60 to $70, and in two 3140 for school expenses. They are the poorest class, but ask no charity. About one-fourth drop out for various rea- sons. Those who graduate are valuable men. The mill is doing a good business, preparing and selling building material of all kinds. OF AGRICULTURE. Number of colored students employed, 83. Earnings last year, $6,025; to be increased this year. This department has two farms, one of 190 acres, connected with the school, and another, 414 miles distant, of 350 acres, called the ‘Hemenway Farm,” a gift, to which has recently been added, by purchase, another of 250 acres adjoining; both are well’ adapted for stock and grain. The last-named, of 600 acres, is in charge of Mr. Chas. H. Vanison, a graduate, and is culti- vated entirely by work stadents. On the former, Mr. Geo. Davis, also a graduate, assists Mr. Howe, the general manager. Agriculturaily the school is well appointed; nearly complete, with iand, outiit, machinery and stock. The entire cost of gas, and £10,000 for the steam works, was provided in a quiet way by unexpected and most generous charity. A WORKSHOP FOR INDIAN BOYS, The Indian workshop is now making, for the Indian department in Washington, to be used in the west, twothousand pairsof shoes, seventy sets of double plow harness, and hopes to sup- ply something more. Indian apprentices are slow, and, owing to ailments, not very regular; but they are neat, interested in their work and learn easily. Agriculturally, the negro is going ahead, for heisthe laborer of the south; he is buying farms at @5 an acre, and covering the land with his small holdings. Mechanically, he is losing ground, for there is no way for him to acquire the needed skill; the majority, however, are not adapted to mechan- ics. For all that, they are capable of producing ‘an excellent mechanical class. The shops, north and south, are, as a rule, closed to them. The present generation of colored mechanics were nearly all trained in slavery. SPECIAL NEEDS. For the coming year a considerable amount is required, as follows: already referred to above. To complete payment on farm.. To equip machine shop, grist For Indian workshop... ‘To complete “Stone ‘To repay lo: been estab- ears, but has never had suitable as piped all the principal build- This loan was incurred tollowing expenses: $28,750.00 to meet, In part, the New boiler house. esos +. + $1,270. Balance on steam Lese| apparatus. 3,761.76 Balance due on library binding. + 1,714.00 Balance due on academic hall. 2,680. Academic hall was burned in 1879; rebuilt with many improvements, at a cost of Lahore (0 do iyi Loa oan Beles insurance money, i 8 of friends, €6,000. Balance, satuen” The work of the past two years has been to Increase the ae of the school from 300 boarders to nearly doubling it, and in consequence enlarging and building up at great expense. There is now a property worth up- wards of $300,000, carefully inventoried, well insured, in good repair, and, excepting the small loan above mentioned, out of debt. Among the many enlightened friends of edu- cation who attended the closing exercises at Hampton and examined its work surprise and admiration were the prevailing sentiments. Those who came fer the first time were aston- ished—all were pleased and convinced of the vast possibilities of these neglected races when supplied witn the true system of education. That system is here illustrated In its best phases. The hand, the head, the heart are sought to be developed in unison. Work, which was thought a hard necessity, when organized by intelligence and aided by machinery, is seen to be a blessing, a pleasure, and the surest means of mental growth. “The stone that the builders rejected is becoming the head of the corner.” Let the generous givers lift Hampton upon the platform of financial independence. Its wise administra- tion assures safe application of all donations. Those who have given are seeing the bountiful harvest of good springing up from the seed here planted. Let the friends of industrial education go to Hampton for lessons and examples. We ‘want hundreds of such schools, not for Indians beset negroes merely, but for the white races as wel E.D. What Is The Remedy? To the Editor of Te Evextxo STan. Our District authorities have established an admirable system of parking, by which certain portions ot a large number of our streets have ‘been graded and fitted for ornamentation with shrubbery and flowers. Many of our citizens have been at great expense to surround the portion of land allotted to them for this pur- pose with expensive fences, to secure protection for pants and flowers. But in almost every portion of the city there are thieves and plun- derers, who make it a constant to watch for chances to break into these yards and steal the best of flowers and shrubs, and so mu- tilate the growing plants that neither the own- ers nor the citizens can derive any use or pleas- ure from them. This is an ou! what can be done to remedy it? Pro Boxo Pustjco. (Fos Tar Evexrxe Stam. | said that the gems and their settings are alike other. Two Friends, s L If you walk in the valley whose temples are shat- worthy each FROM POLE . PART II, ORIENT BUNBEAMS: on Face pax Pohre ro THe Prna- Yor: ¢.'p. Putuah's Bose reel This portly volume concludes the record of ‘Whose statues Me broke where the still waters | Mr. Cox’s last summer foreign tour. As its flow ‘Through gardens of brambles whose roses lie scat- tered = ‘That bloomed in their pride long ago— If you fain would forget, having hope, but too weary, ‘Too weak from the valley of silénce to flee, ‘Yet praying for strength to escape from its dreary Enthraldom—once more to be free— ‘There’s a place where the chains of remembrance are broken— Tam Sleep,—come with me. * 34 If your life is in darkness—it hope has departed Your sout, leaving only the past. for its friend, And you sit by-the :fountain of tears broken- hearted And secretly pray for the end— If you wail by a grave from whose mound you can never Uplift your sad eyes to the world as of yore Because she has left you forever and ever * Whose spirit your own did adore, Come with me, there is‘rest for you, rest and no sorrow— < Tam Death,—weep no more. Joun Hewny Bones. ee LITERARY NOTES. MEMOIRS OF COUNT DE-MELITO. Edited by Gachel Hoey aud Makin LIS Rew veces Gass Soribner’s ‘Washington: Robert Beall. Tt 1s not often that a volume so full of inter- est, 80 intelligently edited and so faithfully trans- lated as this is placed before the general reader. Memoirs of prominent personages are always in- teresting as giving the thoughts and feelings of actual participants in stirring events; and these before us are exceptionally so, because of the momentous period covered by the writer's ob servations as well as on account of the pécu- Marly advantageous opportunities enjoyed by him for studying the principal events and per- sonages of that veriod. Born in 1772, the author entered the public service in 1788, and passed rapidly from military to diplomatic life, where he was employed in nearly every grade of service during the French revolution and the supremacy of Napoleon, to whom he always sustained relations of confidence. He was thus not only an eye witness of what he describes, but often an active if unseen agency in some of the most stirring scenes described. His memoirs are therefore a valuable authority on the Consulate and the Empire, and also on the career of Joseph Bonaparte as ruler of Na- ples and Spain. Their main interest lies, how- ever, in the fact that the author was intimate with Napoleon in his early career, and the light thrown upon this point is often new and always attractive. The following sketch of the future Emperor, whom he first met at Breschia, during the young conqueror’s first campaign in Italy, whither Miot was sent on a diplomatic missiom,\8 an interesting study,though hastily made. Napo- leon, it will be remembered, was then hardly flve and twenty. Hehad held command of the army of Italy but a few months; but he made no con- cealment ot his determination to regulate his conduct in complete independence of the gov- ernment at Paris. The Count says: “I was quite astonished at his appearance. Nothing could be more unlike the idea my imagin- ation had formed of him. In the midst of a num- erous Staff I saw a man below the middle height and of an extremely spare figure. His powdered hatr oddly cut, and falling squarely below the ears, reached down to his shoulders. He was dressed in a straight coat buttoned up to the chin and edged with very narrow gold embroidery, and he wore a tricolor feather in his hat. At firstsight he did not strike me as handsome; but his strongly marked features, his quick and Diercing IS D jue and animated gestures revealed an ardent spirit, while his wide and thoughtful brow was that of a profound thinker. He made me sit near him, and we talked of Italy. He spoke in short sentences, and, at that time of his life, very incor- rectly. He crossed the rooms adjoining that in which he received me, and gave some orders to Mu- rat, Lannes and Junot, his aides-de-camp, and other officers in attendance. Every one maintained, toward him an attitude of respect, and I may even say of admiration. Isaw none of those marks of familarity between him and his companions that I had observed in other and which was con- sonant with republican equality. He had already assumed, lis own place and set others at a dis- tance. ° ‘turned to my hotel, greatly struck and In some sort. bewildered by what had Just taken place.” Equally graphic and interesting are Miot’s sketches of the leading characters of the revolu- tion, but for them it is impossible to find room. The memoirs are written throughout in a man. ner which places the author in the foremost rank in this branch of literature, and his book must take its place with the best works of its class. MIAMT WOODS: A Golden Wedding, and, other 5 TLLIAMD, GALLAGHER. Cincinnati: Robert Clark, Washington’ J-9" Chapman: ‘This handsome volume of more than 250 pages will be warmly welcomed as well by the eastern as the western friends of the veteran poet, whose voice has ever been raised for Nature, Freedom and Humanity. The title poem of the yolumeis acharming pastoral,in seven parts, in which the attractions of: one of the most delightfal portions of the country are depicted with rare fidelity and grace. The pages seem indeed to be fairly vocal with the song of birds and the murmur of running brooks, and redolent of the odors of flowers and trees. Many of the shorter poems are “familiar in thelr mouths as house- hold words” to the young, by reason of havin, been transferred to various School Readers, an may therefore be regarded as haying taken a permanent place in American literature. Of these may be named “The West,” ‘A Hymn ot the Day that is Dawning,” “Be Firm, be True,” “Truth and Freedom,” and that noble lyric en- titled “The Laborer,” beginning: “Stand uy ! ‘Thou hast the f ‘And likeness of thy Bedi” Wie aor? A soul as dauntless ‘mid the storm Of daily life, a heart as warm And pure as breast e’er bore. “‘What then? ‘Thou art as true a maw As moves the human mass among; Seen cere ‘As any of the throng.” A second volume will shortly be published, embracing poems of the war and other efforts of later years. E OF PASSION. a eS, ‘Washington Pee ates Mile Among the younger authors of the country no one seems to be coming to the tront more Tapidly than Mr. Lathrop, and the book before us must add considerably to his reputation. The idea involved in the story is the strange one of an echo bringing to a man idling away a sum. mer holiday the voice of an early love. The hero 1s married now, to a young, pretty and loving wife, yet he follows the . voice, and finds himself face to face with his flame of eight years before, who is now a charming and coquettish widow, In the old days he had not thought himself in love, but he forthwith de- liberately puts himself in the path of tempta- tion. The direct result is easily foreseen. He spends all his time with the new-found en- chantress, leaving his wife to weep out her heart alone. She feels and acknowledges the attractive Influence of her rival over the in- fatuated husband, but can only suffer “a silent unutterable radical grief.” The delinquent husband cherishes the belief that his love for Anice is only Platonic, but awakes with a shock tofind it no longer so. The struggle of both against their dangerous passion is well por- trayed, and the final triumph of the devoted wile forms a pleasant ending to the story. ONE OF CLEOPATRA’S NIGHTS, AND OTHER ee eanee Wilma J. 3. Chapman. Fantastic, indeed, and weird enough for dreams are these graphic and sensuous pictures of Egyptian and Eastern life and scenes, which carry one back to the times when Egypt was the seat of populous and powerful empire, and Pompeii a city of luxury and pleasure. The tale of Pharaol daughter, told in “The Mummy’s Foot,” is in the author's best le, always Inimitable; and several of the other stories are nearly as fascinating.. In appear- ance the book is a sumptuous one. A Novel. 5. M. A. ‘THE HOSS TRE er : By oe, Although spparently the work of a hand rather untrained, this !s @ clever and readable little book. The gcene is laid in the southern states, and the descriptions are faithful and the sketches of negro character life-like and Saceieiakes itd “off sud. i 5 d the book ends in an abrupt and unsat! manner. Miss T'S American 3 Be Vicia, enka See Parsons: & Co, title indicates, tt includes so much of the journey as lies between Constantinople and Cairo, by way of Syria and Palestine, and includes graphio descriptions of most of the interesting spots in those countries. This ot the trip is less fresh than that which embraced northern Europe; but Mr: Cox sees much that is new and inter- esting, and describes it accurately, and all the more pleasantly because his own personality ent steely nto What te Sone, Goes Sod says. He is never dull, and has a happy way of taking a Heal ee his conmaenns: and aes them enjoy what he enjoys, which, after one greek charm of duasrigtive ana THE INDEX GUIDE TO TRAVEL AND ART STUDY IN EUROPE. a Historical and’ formation, for, the use of jam. ‘Artistic Americans. aloha botany Arranged. Bare Sous. Wackingtoa: Hebert Boal = The character and plan of this volume are Clearly explained by its title, and for the Euro- pean tourist Interested in art we do not know one so good. Within its scope it contains in condensed form all that is essential to the ordi- nary observer to be found in Badeker, Murray, Jamieson, Clement and Butler, combined. In addition to the vaned and valuable information given in the text, the usefulness of the volume is greatly enhanced by numerous maps, tablea of routes, plans and catalogues of art galleries, and one hundred and sixty illustrations of the W, Axor. New York: most famous pictures, statuary, etc. THE POCKET GUIDE TO EURUPE. By Troms WwW Charles T. Ditingham. in Ballantyne & Sen, The advantage of this little book Is that it 1s the work of an intelligent and experienced tray- eler, who has been over the whole territory cov- ered by its pages, and is not subsidized by trans- Portation lines or hotel or shop keepers. It is not intended to take the place of Badeker or Murray, while under way, but will be of great use to Intending travelers, before starting, in planning and preparing for a foreign tour. THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. By Hexnr . Cist, Brevet Brigadier General U.S.V... etc. New York: Charles Scribuer’s Sons. Washington: Robert Beall ° No.7 of the “Campaigns of the Civil War” Series, and one of the most interesting, taking up the conflict at the battle of Stone River, and closing with the three days’ fighting about Chat- tanooga. Gen. Cist was on the staf of both Gen. Thomas and Gey. Rosecrans, and is there- fore competent to treat of the subject, which he does in a masterly way, neither wearying his readers with minor details nor overlooking or distorting any essential point. ington: Jas. J. Chapman. The paper read by General Cox before the So- ciety of ex-Army and Navy Officers of Cincin- neti last February is here given the public in handsome book form. It is, in effect, a protest against the reinstatement of Fitz-John Porter, and its merits will likely be judged by its read- ers according to their opinions on that subject. The poetry and science of shoe-making are Pleasantly set forth in a neat little brochure re- cently issued by Jno. P. Headley, Jr., of this city, entitled “How to Make a Shoe,” in which the whole process is described in verse, and illustrated by a series of outline sketches, very cleverly drawn and creditably engraved. “California As It Is,” a compactly filled vol- ume of some two hundred pages, published by the San Franclaco Call, is a work that gives a large amount of information concerning the varied resources and attractions of that state. Interesting to the general reader, it has special value for those who think of moving westward. ee ‘Tramps and their Houses in England. From the Pall Mall Gazetto, All regular tramp-houses—there are irregular ones with peculiar and noteworthy features— are licensed taverns, spirit-houses, or, as the phrase goes on the road, “‘binjo kens,” (from It. bianco, white, the color of gin). Most of these licenses are very old indeed, and some are the oldest in the kingdom. Every one of these houses is known far and wide. No tramp, let him come from where he may. ever enters a town without very definite ideas as to the house where he is to put up. He has learned all about it—aye. a hundred miles off; and he goes to it as readily, and, when inside, conforms as smoothly to all its ways, a3 though he had been born within its precincts. The custom of such a house is constant. The tramps stream thither is perennial, and maintains about the same level season after season RELIGIOUS NOTES, THE CHURCHRS HERE AND ELSEWHERE—RE- Vival NOTES—PasTORAL CHANGES. —The Forty-hours Devotion at St. Patrick's chureh closed on Sunday last. —Memortal Baptist church, of Philadelphia, has called Bev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt of Brooklyn. —Governor Long, of Massachusetts, recently appointed Rev. J. P. Bodiish of Boston, a Justice of the peace. —Rev. George Tucker, formerly pastor of the Houston, Texas, Baptist church, died recently at Shreveport, Louisiana. —The United Presbyterian church by a vote of 616 to 606 repeals the hibition of musical instraments in ite churches. — Rev. Dr. Eccleston, of Newark, has declined the call to the rectorship of St. George's, the elder Dr. Tyng’s church, in New York city. — Prof. Robert Frazier, of the Fanquier, Vir- ginia, Female Institue, has been elected presi- dent of the Judson Female Institue, (Baptist,) at Marion, Alabama. — Dr. Deems, of New York, lately stated it as his opinion that there are enough Christians in that city with neglected charch letters in their = ‘two of the largest churches in —It is proposed to hold simultaneons Sunday school celebrations in the capitals of every civi- gilt the adeieiereegs sL A ener in, e an @ arrangement bas been held at New York, —Bishop Simpson announces'that Dr. Scott Stewart in his will left €200,900 for the establish- ment of a Methodist hospital in Philadelphia, and authorizes the Philadelphia conference to ap- potnt @ board of trustees for the hospital. — Rey. William H, Dunbar, of Lebanon, Pa., has declined the call to become the pastor of the First English Lutheran church, of Baltimore. While ing the high compliment im- plied by the call to so young a man and the ad- vantages to him afforded by a residence in a city like Baltimore, Mr. Dunbar declines on ac- | count of the promising field of work before him in Lebanon. — The Rey, Dr. Spear, formerly pastor of St. Luke's church, Philadelphia, whoisnow seventy years old and nearly blind, was quietly married on Tuesday evening to Miss Thomaa, who Is twenty years his junior. The venerable bride- groom had been for four years a resident in the Old Man’s Home, in Weat Philadelphia. —The Interior complains that the Chicago Presbyterians are losing their ablest men; Thompson, Gibson, Mitchell, Patton, have gone, and now Dr. Worrall leaves for a New York church, When the latter took the Eighth street THE SUMMER RESORT BREEZES, Mountain and Seaside, There are more people at Atlantic city now ‘than at any other resort in the country. Consult the advertisements of the various summer resorts in to-day's Star, and apply early. Young ladies partial to West Point cadets are making great Preparations for the graduates” After the usual amount of “wildcat” talk, C May has at last secured substantial side= 3. Narragansett is not to be imposed upon this summer by New swells coming over there on Sundays and ving & good impenitent times ‘The weather in the country is now vy and thousands of people not afraid of a resi able breath of air are among the green and hills enjoying themselves. Itis expected that the Fifth Maryland regi ment, of Baltimore, will encamp at Cape Maj some time during the season, although bothing definite has yet been decided. During July and August there wil be hourly communication between New York city and Long Branch, which will be a great improves ment over the railroad facilities of last year. Newport denies that the Prospects for the season there are less brilliant than last = = likewise veined statement pres ing any quantity of cot still jet un- qualiftedly false. _— Flirtation walk at West Point, in Its new and fresh spring foliage, & most beautiful appearance, and this week, when the ladies con- gtegated to encourage the cadets in their exam- inations, was well patronized. Four hundred and twenty thousand dollars are Invested in the great Hotel Kaatersktll, Cats- kill mountains, which 1s the largest mountain hotel in the world. It has all the comforts and all the conveniences of the best of city botels, Coney Island prices will, Menything, be atrifie higher this year than Inst, and the inn. Justify themselves by declaring beef ae visions “outrageously high,” and the profits of the hotel business very much decreased in con- Sequence. Whether the great North American people will coincide with them remains to be seen. Cape May will this summer have a powerful attraction in the shape ofa music pavilion. It is purposed by officials of the Pennsylvanta raile Toad company to furnish capital to secure a first class military band for the place, which shall bo separate from the usual hotel bands. The con- certs are to be given in the afternoon and evyen- ing of each day and to be free to the public. church of Chicago in hand, it was weighed down with a debt of £20,000, but he leaves it unin- eabeee and with a largely increased member- ship. —The farther progress of the wide-spread re- vival in the Baptist churches is noted, the Galnesyille, Ga. church having recently added twenty members; Second church, Raleigh, 13; Longview, Texas, 11; Austin (Texas) Associa- tion, 50; Dallas, 20; North Indiana association, 117; Brookfield, Ind,, 14: Pleasant View, Ind., ; Auburn, 1ll., 18; Blue Mountain, Miss., 42 ; Hansonville, Mo, 31; North church, Camden, N. J., 17; Somervilte. N. J., 30; North chui Phila., 25; Third chi Phila. 48; Dr. Bixby’s church, Providence, R. I., 31. — Rey. Father Fulton, for the past year presi. dent of Gonzaga College, and pastor of St. Aloy- sius, has been elected provinctal of the Order ot Jesuits, which will necessitate his removal to New York. While his many friends here are gratified with his elevation to the head of the Order for the middle states, they regret his loss to St. Aloysius and the college, for the benefit of which he has labored so incessantly. His ef- forts for the reduction of the heavy debt on th church will long be remembered. Rev. Father Brady, late provincial of the Order, succeeds Father Fulton and has the reputation of being an efficient worker. Father Fulton is a native of acinar, reared in the eastern section of the city. Yes, Mum, plenty; them with the hen on ‘em!” “With the hen on them?” “Yes, mum. we always puts a henon our fresh eggs to distinguish of ‘em. pardon, mum, don’t think you understand. Hen the letter, not “en the bird. Hen for noo-laid, mum. Take a Boel mum? Thank you!”—. the London mn. —A useful Queen: Don Carlgs, the would-be King of Spain, and his wife hifte parted. The cause of the disagreement is not given, but the neighbors say she used the royal sceptre to stir soap with and set a hen on fourteen duck and year after year, This kind of people, indeed, will halt’ here and nowhere else 80 long as the house continues to main- tain its reputation, among them; and they are a much more profitable company than most people would imagine. Inagreat many instances the tramp-house is managed by the same family for age after age. There is one—the Goat, or, as the genuine tramp prefers to term it, the Welsh Buffalo—at W—, which has been held by the same people since the days of the Long Parlla- ment, as records in the possession of the land- lord show. They are just the sort to conduct such a housesuccessfully. In stature aay has atways been gigantic; a little too stolid an surly, perhaps, but in temper and tastes tramp all over. For one thing, nol y ever heard of a regular marriage taking place among them. The eldest son takes over the house during the “‘old man’s” life. The younger sons, as a rule, loin the police in their native town or else- where, but by preference in London. Where- ever they settle, however—and the fact is worthy of notice—they remain to the last in the full confidence of the fraternity among which they have been brought up. ke It is the Pepin eed oe me eep up the organization, ani 0 renew and circulate its signs and passwordsfrom time to time. The vagabonds themselves could not do it, and never think of doing it. It is difficult to aire an idea of the beggar password and sign system; bute will do the best we can. It has no common centre and no uniformity. There may be, and probally there are, fifty different sets of them in use in England. ‘Each has its own domain, and these domains intersect one another in curious fashion. These landlords form small circles among themselves acco’ to contiguity; and adozen to twenty of these small Cal Wet adios one A seeeeny A great circle o' ni aps it were better to call it oval—may spread fifty miles along one of the great highways and ten to fifteen miles on each side of it. And so far the set of signsand passwords in use therein are good for three months, when they are regu- larly changed. A free tramp pays threepence for the sign and password every time they are renewed. All he has to do on these occasions is to go to any landlord of the right sort, give in the old sign ow ihed Br betite) and pay his pence. And he has to pay every time he enters a new circle. Experience teaches him very well the precise bounds of each. How- ever,when he manifests Seeders on this point, he le very soon set right by the landlord and must purchase the freedom of the new circle in the usual way. He meets with little difficulty here, provided the pence are forthcoming. For the tramp landlord can tell in an instant, by the word and sign (Hae by the tramp, whether the latter is coats ‘he right sort or iste rps and sign, , Serve, among other things, as means whereby tramp landlords levy a tax ‘upon vagabonds all over the country. The uses of this vagabond freemasonry are manifold. It teaches the vagabond whom he ign is invariably the one in whom confidence may be safely reposed. On the road- side the exchange of these tokens is immedi- ately followed by a free exchange of recent ex- ences, to the benefit of both parties. Nor this all. The vagrant out of luck is entitled to all the render, in assistance his more fortunate brother can : wwariabl: nate Ma ag never rding | stop advertising.—Boston eggs In his kingly crown.—Tezas Siftings. —The Kentucky controversy: “Does hose- Tacin’ hurtanybody?” exclaimed a bluegrass turf. man, as he whiled away the rainy Sunday in the pious endeavorto uphold General Buford’s hands in his great work of reconciling the church and tne turf. “Hoss-racing hurt anybody? Why, a clean, squar* run from ond, to eend, with no pullin’ and no Pocketin’, ther’s no more danger in a Christian attendin’ that sort o' race than ther ts in—in—than ther is in a duel be- tween two Congresamen.”—Loui: Courier- Journal, —Overdid it: “Why, of course you want a telephone put in your house,” said the canvasser “4t will be so handy when your wife wants to talk to you.” “There,” ex- claimed the business man, picking up a = “that will do. I listened to you when you the point that I could order provisions from the butcher, and I looked with favor on your repre- sentations that it would afford unequal facilities for o1 in the beer, but when you tell me that the only rest I get _* going to be ruthlessl: medium —Lyman Abbott tells of Puritans who wouldn't eat an egg laid on Sunday, “for presumptively, in the order of nature, the hen had prepared it on the Sabbath dey” = —Maritime: The best way to shorten sale is to Commercial Bulletin. —A physician says alcohol has killed more peo- ple than ss fever. Well, doctor, more peo- ple have taken it.—Boston Post. —Buffalo has got the base-ball fever so bad that a man can’t catch @ baby falling from a nd- window without yell “Judg- ment Boston Post. The refs any fair umpire would be that the baby was — Lowell Cutis —The Hawkeye man proposes to retire from the lecture field, and said in a recent interview: “We are hunting a place to live. 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