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THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, on 14, 1882—DOUBLE SHEET. = 2 Our Lest One. child, my baby? little flower, we tended, Iife’s latest bour, ©, my precious t r, fs ‘That so care To thy b wi Is of Spring blew all too roughty, We would temper them for thee: 1 was plercing, heat was scorching, to curb them we were free. Ht What avatled our tireless watching? In gne single futeml day Death, in spite of ail our battling, Snatched our cherished babe away. In the drear aad distant graveyard Lies our Viva, all alone, And the chili rain falls upon her, Who such constant love has known. itt our eyes to Heaven, See our darling sheitered there, And, with tearful parting biessings, Give her to our Father’s care. TReve, ee THE WATER QUESTION. ‘The Helations of the District to the General Government—The Discussion in the House—Interestimg and Im- portant Debate. In the discussion of the Dill for increasing the water supply of the District, m the House on Monday, the following interesting points were Drought out. Mr. Neal, of Ohio, chairman of the District com- Mittee, tn advocating the bill said we have had be- fore us delegations of the people of the District of Columbia, and we are all satisfied that on the high grounds around the Capitol and above 14th street, and elsewhere, and wherever the grounds are somewhat elevated, there 1s an Inadequate supply of water. There are various reasons for this. One probably is that the supply-plpes are not large enough. But the great reason is the ‘water is brought from the distributing reservoir {nfron pipes, twelve of twenty-four and twelve of thirty-six inches tn dt; ‘ter,and they run through he impossible to dent water for Shall Congress do? must fhings. We must either provide for a supply. of Water oursely or else we must authorize the District of Columbia to furnish its own water nate committee very wisely, I think, in rt say that in their opinion there the government has heretofor: from the Great Falls to the point where th 4s distributed through the District at its own ¢ mse, having expended something I Fion ‘ot dollars for thst purpose, the mittee report that in the:r opinion the government should complete these Works as they Were origin- ally designed. ‘Now what fs ft proposed todo? At the Great Falls of t across ffomtthe Mary! dred and. forty-s a Uide-water at the arsenal. It is required that the dam shall be completed, tn the first place, by raising # one hundred anil forty-eight feet, being one foot two Inches higher than the present dam; and also by building the dam from Conn’s Island ‘to the Virzinta shore. Then we come down to the distributing reser- 2 bh ts sixty feet below the Great it ts'proposed that the aqueduct, which fs ¢ fn its form, and_ nine feet in diameter, shall be ex- ‘tended to the distributing reservotr, toa point on th street extended, where a new reservoir can be built which will hoid, tt ts estimated, three hun- @red million of gallons; and from that the water Will be distributed allover the city. If this im- Broverment is made, I understand It will come with guch ferce that Jt will reach to the top of the dome ‘Of the Capitol, If It should be necessary to do so. As I have already stated, it ts demonstrated that for this District is abso- and inhabitants. ‘The question for Congress to determine is, what will we do in the Premises; what action will we take? Let me say to the House that it ts not altogether gratuity upon the part of the government. Of course the government buildings, the navy-yard, the arsenal, all portions of the government prop- erty in this District are supplied with water from These works. In addition tw that. every person living in the city who uses the water, every citl zen is compelled to pay for it what ‘woul consider, Were We citizens of this Dt fairand full price for the same. So tha the people of this District nothing; we give to the public Institutions other than those Which belong to the government, but they are charzed for every drop of water that they use from this aqueduct. Consequently there is no propriety in the amend- Ment proposed by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Reagan) to require that one-half of the expenses Of this improvement shall be charzed to the peo- of the District, because, as I have already said, ¥ not only pay for the Water they use, but they Pay for the expenses of its distribution’ through Out all portions of the elty. ‘The tables which are annexed to the Senate re- which 1s a very valuable document, show at the people of this District have already pald 104,956 of the cost of the permanent improve- ments connected with these water-works. That amount has already been collected from them In the shape of taxes, water-main taxes, and other taxes. ‘The total expenses for Washington and Geo town, which have been paid by the people, smotnt to $1,313.51. ‘There ig now due, cane ey ple of U istrict, the sum i which hus been borrowed for the purpose of lay” the matns throughout the city. aiid: “The government is getting ions of water dafly trom pes, e people of the District are getting the residue Upon what principle can ¥ contend that one-half the expense of this Water supply should not be paid py the District of Columbia; that the whole expense should be paid by the government of the United States? If this Were a single question I should not have so much feeling about it, but ft was only a few days ago that my friend, the chairman of the committee, came tn here with a Dill providing for the ex- penditure of an unknown sum for the Improve- ment of the Potomac flats, the expense of which Das been estimated from $2,000,000 to $10,000,000. Mr. Speer-—Mr. Speaker, it strikes me that the Yiew which my colleague '(Mr. Blount) takes of ‘this question {s somewhat illogical. It seems that the general government, who own one-half of all the property in the District limits, and which, of course, Is not Hable to taxation. This, Mr. Speaker, 1s» question of pressing tm- ttance. Why, the report says that in this very puilding the water supply 48 so weak Uhat ft re- quires a boller and steam pamp in the basement to force it through those portions of the building where Itis necessary. Hundreds of little children in the public schoois sicken for want of a suMict- ent water supply. ‘The pubite health of the city ts endangered, and ‘this 1s not the first report of a committee coming to Congress in support of this measure. Why, this report has printed in it an appendix embodying a report made in the Forty- sixth Congress. Several committees of different Congresses have roported in favor of this and sim. liar bills; and T hoid that questions of this charac- ter can be better examined in committees than in the House; and when a committer, after a full, prudent and careful examination of the matter, unanimously report their views to the House, that report should have great welght and commend it- selt to the Judgment and consideration of the jouse, It ts confessed that the water is grossly inadequate even to the wants ot the government. The Immense and numerous departments, with their multitude of clerks and other officials; the fish ponds, covering acres of ground and contain- ing millions of gallons; the fountains and fire de- partment, the sewers, and all of the vast and com- Plicated gant ents of a great city, Take exhausting demands on tne water sup) It1s wisdom and true economy to provide fer a bountiful supply of pure, fresh water, not only for ourselves, but for those who will live after us. Every gentleman on this floor ts, under the law and ‘his oath, not only the representative of nis district, but of gil the people, and every one of us 1s the indtvidual representative of the District of Columbia, and whenever necessity and duty alike command’tt, a8 In this case, Iam gure we should act not ungenerously toward the beautiful capital Of our great republic. ‘Mr. Holman.—The American people feel a patri- otic pride in their capital, and will cheerfully meet the necessary expenses for its proper im- provement, and even embellishment; but they ought not fo bear expenses for the mere benefit and convenience of the citizens of this District and to relieve them from reasonable taxation. ‘The government has been most considerate In the supply of water for this city. The sparkling and pure water that comes here to out Capitol not dependent upon the water works. It does not come trom the Potomac, but from a more satis. factory source, bubbling’ out fresh, pure and cool from mother earth, and carried along the line traced out by the eye of the Father of his Coun- ty, from that bubbling spring to the CapitoL The engineering eye of the Father of h’s Country traced out this line a century ago, and the pure, fresh, invigorating water from that spring stil flows freely as itdid then. It is very different from the Potomae water. My friend from Georgia (Mr. Blount) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Reagan) have called attention to the fact that the federal government has already expended the sum of $3,784,546.72 in the construction of works on the Potomac river and of these mains for the purpose of bringing water into the city. ‘The District of Columbia has incurred an expense of $1,313,351.17, and has been nbursed of that sum to the extent of $1,104,- 956.56, as stated by the report accompanying this bill, by water rents. In other words, the District government has been reimbursed almost the en- tire sum it has expended by means of a tax upon the citizens using the water, while the federal government of course has realized nothing at all. It is now proposed that this additional expense, fixed at tie beginning at one and a half million of dollars, and which it ‘may be reasonably assumed willreach at least $3,000,000—1t 1s proposed that this entire additional expense shall be borne by the federal government, while the District gov- ernment may go on year after year imposing its Water tax on the citizens for the water used, which tax goes into the treasury of the District government. Now, does any gentleman say that that is right? Mr. Hoge.—What Js that tax used for? Mr. Holman.—For the purpose of relieving the people of the District from taxation, even to the lalld extent to which they are now taxed for the purpose of carrying on the District govern- ment. Mr. Hoze.—Is it not used to defray the expenses of the water department, witlle the government of the United States does not pay a sixpence of that expense? Mr. Townshend, (IIL}—Much that has been satd by both of the gentlemen trom Georgia, (Mr. Blount and Mr. Speer), as well as by the gentleman from Indtana (Mr. Holman) and the gentleman from ‘Texas (Mr. Reagan) meets with my approbation. I do not rise for the purpose of justifying any wrong acts which have been done In’ the past in the ad— ministration of the affairs of this District, I have heretofore recorded my views in condemnation of the maladministration which existed in this city some years ago; therefore I shall not enter upon such discussion now. We have since then, now- ever, had a vast. improvement and good adminis- tration of affairs. Indeed, the present manage- meut of the District Commissioners is excellent. But my purpose now is to discuss the question di- rectly before us, which 1s whether the water sup- ply of the District is suMetent or not, and if it not suficient what is needed in order to bring in a sufficient supply of water. AS is well Known, there 13 no other way by hich the water supply of this District can be In- creased than by action ot Congress. ‘There 1s no loca! legislative government. The District has been stripped of all local governmental powers or machinery. By the law now in force, and as it 1s interpreted by the Treasury officials, ‘the District government is considered merely as a bureau of tne Treasury department. Under the Constitu- tion the District of Columbia ts-solely and exclu- sively within the Jurisdiction of Congress, as much 80 as the territory which les within the Imits of any of the forts of the United States. There is no otaer power to legislate for the District. Hence, it is a part of our duty to look at this question as legislators and seek to devise wise legislation which may provide a sufficient supply of water for the city of Washington. If the only pur Of this water supply was that the fountains Tuleh play, that the fish ponds might be supplied, I should certainly oppose any such appropriation ‘a8 4s aeked for. But for what purpose is this water needed? For sanitary purposes, for extinguishing fires, for supplying the needs of’ families, and for pubile use in the governmental departments. It is admitted on every hand that in the higher levels of this city there Is an inadequate supply of water. I understand from my colleague (Mr. Springer), who happens to restde on Capitol Hill, t in house he cannot obtain a supply of Water until about six o'clock In the evening, and then only a few hours during the night, Residing as Ido on one of the lower levels I experience no such difficulty. I have an abundant supply at all times. But there is no dit pute of the fact that on the higher levels of this city, as on Capitol Hill and elsewhere, there is an inadequate supply of ¥ purpose. It is unjust that those Inealities should be left in such an unfortunate condition. Ir it _were not for the reasons which I shall soon mention, 1 would favor the suggestion of the gen- tleman from Ind!ana (Mr. Holman) and the gen- tleman from Texas (Mr. Reagan) and insist that hls Mind rests upon the question of the Potomac half the cost of Kee eid the cost of the water- works should be paid by the District. flats and other matters of like character,touching ‘which appropriations will probably be asked from. To my mind {t ts clear that this measure stands On its own merits. The question is whether the water supply of this city is sufficient, and, it in sufficient, whether it is proper that the federal government should supply the deficiency. My colleague says that for first. seventy years of ‘the history of this city It got along with scarcely any appropriations from the general government. ‘That be true; but at that time this city I do not propose to ge into any discussion of the question whether the bill passed in a former Con- gress for dividing the expenses of this city be- Uween the tax-payers of the District and the gov- ernment of the United States was a just measure. I did not vote for that act alarger portion was of the United States than was right and just. But that fs a question of the past; I do not p1 now to discuss it. The present method of supply- ing the District of Columbia with water originated prior to the war. The first appropriation made was in 1850. The work was in governed itself; {t had some voice in the disposi- on Of its affairs and in the appropriation of its jow, every dollar of {ts taxes [s paid into asury of the government, and the people bere cannot control its expenditure. ‘The title of ali this property of water works ts in rnment, Whatever may be sald to the con- trary by my colleague. Whatis his argument to show Uhat the ttle 1s not in the government? Why, that the distributing mains in the streets must be put down at the expense of the District. ‘Well, suppose that be true, does not every lawyer know that if a party attacties fixtures to the realty Gf another party those fixtures Instantly Become @ property party who the title to the Fealty? : Notonly have the citizens of the District of Columbia no control over the question of these Water works, no more control, indeed, than they have over this building in which 1 am'now stand. ing, the water works, situated partly in Mary- land, being as much government property as this pote es they Rave 50 control over the. re- which come from these water works. They bring tn yearly some $138,000, according to the re- Por aud that money is appropriated under the w—to what? To the citizens of the District? No; but to the purpose of keeping up and pre- Serving these water works for their owner, the government. And however much tt may be ‘true ‘that the citizens of this District are ited by these works, It 1s also true that It Is entirely gov- ernment property and the title is solely in the gov- ernment, and the government alone can Improve the proper >and the citizens are the customers o government and pay large and onerous Water taxes. Ik ts not like any other question which comes about the governinent of the District when ue citizens pay one-half the expense. Here 1s a vVal- able property, the title of which resides solely In the federa! government, and ff it ts to be extended $ eaproved the government should extend and at deal has been sald about voting mon: for the beneft. of the people of thts Districe. have to say, Mr. Speaker, that the entire control of this District is Im the national covernment and he people of the District have not even a voice in the appointment of their Commis- sioners who govern them; they have not a vote on ablic question; the Fight of suffrage ts here abolished; ‘re is nobody they can hold re- Sponsible for the improper management of their were pow: to were powerless. 10 pay. ao and sought themselves from the ane .—1 do not know how it was obtali now that the Shepherd Borernment and Te a debt for that pury Under the adtninistration of President Pierce, and completed under that of President Buchanan. ‘Over $3,000,000 have been expended on this work under the supervision of the War department. But some gentlemen insist that we should require the tax-payers of the District of Columbia to pay one- half the expense of continuing and extending this government work. As I have said I would ordina- rily have no objection to that proposition, but if that be done tn what position will the government be? Will not the District come in and insist that it ts entitled to an equitable interest in this prop- erty and demand that we shall pay a water tax for the water used in the government depart ments? We are now asked simply to government work begun prior to the war—a work commenced and completed under the control of the War department, WHI it be just to the United States to allow the tax- Of the city now to pay only or ,000 toward Mnishing this work, and thereby give them an equitable interest in the title to this property which has cost such a vast sum? They may clatm, perhaps, half of these works, which cost the federal government 1 $4,000,600. large 1s to complete this work out of the national ‘Treasury, and then, as is contemplated in this billy the tax-payers of this city to afair @ use OC the water, privilege, make !t a source of revenue to the as furnishing an ade- quate supply, I am In favor of increasing the rate Of water taxation to such tations or the for an increased nsable. Senate on supply 1s. In looking h the debates in the this subject That ie admitted by evs who spoke that there was by Quartermaster General Meigs, would in the end be Sore economical It is to extend the conduit itgelf into the city, and on higher level, at 6th or 14th street. and establish a distributing’ reservoir there by means of which every portion of the city could be well supplied with water for many years tocome. The conduit, reservoir, mains and im- provement of the dam contemplated by that k plat which is agopted by this bill, would supply eighty million of gallons of water every twenty-four hours, or an amount entirely sufficient for any po] ulation that may be found here in the next forty or flity years, or probabiy during a longer period in the future. ‘Now, if we were only seeking to furnish a ply of water for the next ten or fifteen years, It could no doubt be done for an amount far jess than 1s provided for in this bill; but if we are legislat- ing for the future, as we should, It strikes me the amount provided In the bill will’ not be improperly expended, espectally so as in the end it will very probably 'be necessary to adopt a plan similar to ‘his, and the appropriation for the temporary sup- ply would be of no advan’ Mr. Hoge.—Mr. Speaker, I suppose that tt will hardiy be possible to gather the loose threads of this debate in a compact form in the very few minutes remaining to the discussion. I scarce! apprehend, sir, the precise character of the oppo- sitio. that has been made to this measure. I un- derstand the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Blount) to say that we want no more water in Washing- ton. I understand the gentleman from Texus (Mr. Beagan) to take the position that undoubt- ony the for additional water supply must the and the District in equal rr ond; but the gentleman trom tadiaua al, Role man) 0 not terpret his position, is op- i to all Potomac water, and wants to go back the original sou that gushed forth in crystal purity from the earth long before the days of great Aqueducts and great enterprises. Sir, if he could be taken back- Mr. Holman.—My friend from West Virginia misapprehends me altogether. I said that spring furnished the supply of water for this building. Mr. Hoge.—Then you want Potomac water. Mr. Ho! —That is inevitable, I presume, Mr, Hoge.—Bir, tt was the first time I ever knew that there were poetry and ation in my friend from Indiana. 1 did not believe that he dweit in any domain of fancy. I have heard him objecting here, with conscientious and unwilling economy. to appropriations from the Treasury. Ihave had every sympathy with his prudence and caution and have oiten envied his more than Roman firmness, And now when he encounters this question of an increased water supply by Te calling with something of poetic madness the gushing force of the crystal Spring. whose spark- ‘ng purity had fallen unaer the eye of the great Father of his Country, I welcomed it as the emanation of an imagination heretofore too Tigidly repressed, I fancy that it must be from tue source of that or: crystal spring that the entieman has derived his inspiration (iaugnter}, or whenever the expenditures of this great gov- ernment are under consideration,notwithstanding the country has increased far beyond the three million of, people which constituted, 1te popula- tion a the beginning of its history to the Atty mniliion of to-day, the gentleman brings to the consideration of’ its necessities the — primitive Measure of an economy which bears a relation to the present like that of the crystal fountain of which he speaks to the great volume of the gene Walers a8 they flow forever onward to e sea. Mr. Holman.—I said that the people who get the Denefit of it ought to pay the cost. That the ex- pense of local improvements, for local purposes, suould de borne by the local population of the District, and not by the people or the rest of the country. Mr. Hoge.—For what was the Capitol itself erected? Was it not for the benefit of the people ot the whole country? What expenditure has been made here by the government that was not professedly at least designed for the benefit of the country al large? When a great capital is improved and alorned; when parks and tountains give beauty to a landscape, and broad avenues fringed with trees, and gardens bright with flowers, and ma- Jestic edifices and splendid monuments’ make up Cue measure of its attractions, is 1t not the repre- Sentative of the whole country instead of the Special possession of the few whose lives chance das placed in we shadow of its greatness? ‘The point I wish to make inthe very few min- utes Ihave is simply this: I have no personal knowledge of the legislation of which the gentic— man from Georgia (Mr. Blount) has spoken at such length, I mean the legislation by which the Forty-tifth Congress committed the Federal gov- ernment to the payment of half the expenditures Of the District of Columbia. That was a policy entirely and absolutely distinct from that other Micy of 1859, when the government deliberately ‘termined that the whole questign of the water Supply should belong to it and be under Its_con- trol ‘The purpose as stated in the act itself, the Purpose a8 understood to have been always’ de- Clared and followed out, was that the appropria- tion made by Congress forthe construction of the Potomac water-works was for the supply of the public buildings and for other public purposes; aud then, as has been said, asa matter of grace and favor the people of Washington and George- town were allowed the use of the surplus supply. ‘Yhere are some statistics here showing to a very striking degree the progress and increase of this city. At the outset, when the water-works went into operation in 1859, there were three hundred and fiity-four persons only who took the water people de- ince that thus supplied. Now, more than 20,000 rive their supplies from this source. day, under the provisions of the origi: tull'submission to the control of the wi uole system by Congress, there have been construsted one hundred and’seventy-five miles of water mains, excluding service pipes. The facts showing the proportions in which these have been constructed are almost startling. I read from a paper the Statements contained in which I have en O¢- caston to verify. There have been laid in this city 175 miles of water mains, (excluding service pipes;) of them the United States has constructed an 5.17 niles, 4, e., 3.80 of 30-inch and 1.98 mains; the balance, 169.83 miles, including 3.12 of 36-inch mains, has been paid for by the inhabi- tants. Yetpthese belong to the general govern- ment,’ and are completely subject to the control and disposition of Congress, All new distributing mains within the city are laid at the expense solely of private property-owners, and yet when laid belong to the government. Now, sir, under the operation of the law, not- withstanding this immense disproportion, tt 1s in the power of the government as the sole owner of ‘these water-works, whenever it may 30 Setermine, to cut off the suppiy which flows through these 1 miles of mains which have been constructed as I have sald, by the clty authorities of Washington and Georgetown. If it be the purpose of Congress now to go back upon the principle which was declared in 1859; in other words, if it be {ts policy , to abandon the entire ownership and control of the water works, let that be made a distinct measure. You cannot charge Washington and Georgetown under the provisions of the original act with one- half of the increased appropriation then made, or any subsequent appropetal len, unless you them equitable rig! and a proportionate cont of this great enterprise. DEEDS IN Fer have been filed as follows: Patrick Cassidy to Gilbert Gannon, pt. 224, B. and H.'s ad- dition to Georgetown; J R.Andeeser et al, frusteos, o-Anna M. Schulte, pt. 16 and 17, Dlook 9 pt. Mt. Pleasant; $100, L.’ H. Schnetder to Ada Dorsey, lot 17, sub of lots 1 and io, 39, 270;89,812.8% W. Roots to J. W. Wood. lot 4, section '8, Barry Farm; $10. Chas.H.Johnson et'al. to M. M. lot 3 9q. 78; $1,000. toLucy J. Elliott, lot 24, W. W. Seibert to K. J. Hill, Commissioners F. §. and T. Co. sub. K, sq. 183; $200. A. Reed, ‘pt. ‘sub. B, sq. 280; FO Drescher to F. W. Drescher, sub. K, sq. 267; $300. Commissioners F. 8. and T. Co. to John Walter, lot 18, sq. 347; $9,250. N. W. Fitzgerald to A. N’ Kellog, subs. 17 to 20, sq. 743; $3,500. Ann Creagan to Margaret H. Brown, lot 11, sq. $650." J. B. Harbaugh to W. G. . Schwing, dune 15, 426; $300. German American Fire Ins. Co. Naacker, subs. R and B, sq. 874; $2; trustee, to Amanda R° Copeland, lot 10, aq. 844; $2,500. G. Crandell and R. Rothwell, sub. 20, sq. 872; $411.67. B.H. Warner to W. B. Hartley, lot 15, 8q. 878; $1,700. I. L. Johnson et al., trustees, to Catherine L. North, sub. 19, aoe $2,500. Mariah G Peet to Mary A. Peet, sub. 45, sq. 115; $—. ae Zz. es to Rosalie C, ares ‘Subs. 197 and | 206: el Cc. jul Payne to David King, sub. > $5,915. We HL (Gomage to Mary Jane Husk, sub. 23, 8q. 206; —_.__ Senater Ben H. Hill Reaches Home. From the Cincinnati Commercial. ATLanta, Ga., June 9.—Senator Ben Hill, ac- companied by his wife and son, Ben Hill, Jr., arrived at 1:40 o'clock this afternoon from Eureka Springs, Ark. The interior of the depot was crowded, as was also the street outside, with the pride of Atlanta’s people, his nearest, dearest and truest friends. On the approach of the train the crowd gathered closer together, anxious for the first glance at Georgia’s beloved son, whose sad affliction they have mourned so sincerely, and when he LS obaeigect on the plat- form, tenderly supported by his son-in-law, Mr. Edgar Thompson, it was the signal for a silent acclaim of sorrow. Not one in the crowd but whose heart sank at the ravages wrought upon his majestic frame, in the wearing of his cruel affliction. Trayel-worn, bed-weary, pale and a eyes: were wont to flash to the fire of eloquence from his patriotic soul, and slowly raising his right hand he lifted his hat, painfully it seemed in the exertion, in token of aeceanisen of bis friends. He was escorted to his carriage be- tween the throng. which made a causeway for him and his grief-overwhelmed and with bared heads and silence the saw him enter the vehicle and driven away to his home. The sight was the most solemn and impressive bony Atlanta, perhaps, ever witnessed, and if prayers of her people will avail ator Hill has not come home to dle. Siulonees For Tue Evesine STan. Fill Me Two Goblets. Fill me two goblets with champagne; Watch how the-bubbles, lady mine, While there’s a-drop of liquid left, Keep gaily dancing in the wine. ‘Then let us drink the wine, and graft On our own lives the glee it shows; And,though Death drink life’s liquid fast, Let it Keep laughing as it goes. DUCALLION. ea ek LETTER FROM LYNCHBURG. AFFAIRS IN THE HILL CITY—HOATING ON THE JAMES—A VENERABLE MASON—QUARANTINE FUN AT LYNCHBURG—YOUNG MEN CUT OFF FROM THEIR SWEETHEARTS AND THEIR CLEAN SHIBTS—CROP PROSPECTS. Correspondence of Tar Eveurva Stan. Lyncupura, Va., June 10, 1882. The James river affords excellent facilities for boating, and, I believe, there is at least one boat club in operation, It is talked of a pro- posed boat race some time in July or August, when crews from some ofthe northern and eastern towns would be invited to compete. The Lynch- burg boys may not beat their visitors in rowing, but they beat the world, except Washington boys, in almost anything else, even at a game they call down here “Egypt” or “Pharoh,” or something like that. As I have such a go-to- church look I was not asked to play. Probably you could get one of the boys to introduce this game in Washington. I know it would fascinate “Newspaper Row.” A very interesting and pleasing incident took place during the week, being a banquet ten- dered by the legal fraternity of Lynchburg to Judge James Garland, in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the birth of the judge; the whole affair was a su and the reminiscence in after years will be recalled by those who were fortunate enough to attend,with a feeling of much ‘ification. In regard to the venerable {adee. would also say that, on his way to the nquet, he visited Marshall Lodge of Masons, which was then in session, and, supported by two of his brethren, was received with honors and conducted to a seat. He remained suffi- ciently long to narrate some of the facts in his busy life; he was made a Mason in 1820, so that he to-day is probably the oldest Mason living, but if he is not, the fact alone that for nearly 90 years he has withstood the iconoclastic hand of time,and to-day is like the sturdy oak, is an In- centive to us to imitate his virtues and follow his example. The scourge of smallpox which broke out in Lynchburg on the 16th of March has not yet abated, but, owing to the strenuous measures undertaken by those having the matter in charge, it has been prevented from spreading. Whenever a case is discovered It is immediately \solated and communication with the outside world prohibited untif danger ts over. Since the date mentioned, the 16th of March, thirty- two cases have been developed, but not one white person has had it, and, in fact, these en- tire thirty-two cases are directly traceable to the original case which was discovered on the date mentioned. Some of the measures adopted by the board of health to prevent the contagion from spreading have produced considerable mirth, although, no doubt, at the expense of “some frog,” as usual. There have been two boarding houses quarantined. In the case ot one, many of the young men who boarded there were away when the quarantine was laid, andthe inevitable that stared them in the face on their return was either to go to dinner and remain locked up for 21 days, or else remain for that length of time without seeing more than a glimpse of *‘her”; some of them, in fact all, ac- cepted the latter alternative, and hence, this boarding house {s surrounded every evening by -a crowd of young men, each one trying to get a glimpse of his particu- lar divinity and at the same time trying to look as innocent as if he didn’t know @ person in the house. Some of the youths, more ardent than discreet, have begun to do their courting by proxy, some by telephone; by the latter they run the risk of courting the wrong girl, by the former they court the right girl, but the wrong man does it; the situation is very harassing when two fellows, each having only five min- utes to spare, reach the telephone at the same time. As only one person can use it at a time, and asthe first to come generally holds on with the tenacity of an average canine to a nether grip, it is agonizing to see the other fellow’s St. Vitus-dance like antics, The atmosphere in the neighborhood of. this house is redolent with sweets, taffy (bot natural and artificial) and such like: indeed, if the atmosphere wasn’t red- olent in this neighborhood, it would not deserve to be an atmosphere. The midnight stars look down on youths whose anxious visages well be- tray the inner throbbings of their minds; these fellows’ trunks are quarantined,and they are en- aaron to lobby @ clean shirt over the back fence. The Rey. T. D. Talmage delivered his lecture, “The bright side of things,” to a large audi- ence, and, as every one went away in a good humor, it is presumed that they were satisfied, or, at least, were looking on the “bright side.” My experience has been that only the “dollars Gs pone daddies” have bright sides worth looking er. Farmers report the wheat crop as one ot the finest raised in this section for twenty years; the tobacco crop, however, is a failure, so far as quality is concerned, although, as yet, the whole crop is not in, as many raisers prefer to hold on to their good article until July or August, when, I suppose, they eee better prices. I notice that Lynchburg’s appropriation for a public building has become a law, or nearly so, requiring only the signature of the President to consummate it, aud then won't ‘‘we all” be proud? ABARIS. ——_——_+e.____ The Responsibilities of Druggists. From the New York Times. Few persons, when they take a physician’s prescription to a druggist’s shop, appreciate the measure of responsibility which they thus im- pose upon the apothecary. It is generally thought that the work of the man behind the counter is merely clerical; that, with the for- mula distinctly made out by the doctor, all that he has to do is to mix the ingredients, paste a label upon the box or bottle, and receive the customer’smoney. Sometimes the apothecary’s work ts easy enough, when the prescription is carefully written and contains no bewildering errors, but frequently a physician of good repu- tation and sound ability will provide a task for a drug clerk, the proper fulfillment of which could not be accomplished by a man whose ca- pacity is limited toa miposiion to faithfully obey orders. The handwriting of physicians as @ class, Jadging from the specimens tobe found in any draggist’s book of prescriptions, is inge- niously bad, and much time is often wasted by drug clerks in striving to decipher Latin words illegibly written. Too many physicians scrawl thelr prescriptions with so much haste that they are lable to make errors which might lead to serious results if the Spethecary did not keep his wits about him. Only a week or so ago, a physician, tolerably well known in this city, repared a prescription, which was presented yy young manat a store not very far from Central Park, in which he required the use ot jodide of porastian eral me nowledge ef m @, the apothecary in charge saw al @ glance that the iodide was ont of place, and that if he used it the in- valid would be injured. uesting the cus- tomer to be seated, and politely assuring him at the same time that his medicine would soon be ready, the apothecary sent tothe physician’s house @ messenger who ret in a few min- utes with the thanks of the dector and an order substitute bromide of potassium for the lodide. Many physicians in these days, when thousands of yor men are turned out an- nually from the various schools, furnished with the ‘diplomas of medical practitioners, are ignorant ite corte nor in chemistry Ith every apothecary knows by rote. Prescriptions cere teen ce e ients will not properly am without sie banaler ey of — of : oe and 0] apothecary is im, the selection of these. Drug clerks sometimes make errors themselves, but, in view of the facts, it seems remarkable that such mistakes do not occur . They are subjected to no little abuse In the news; and elsewhere, but, as a matter of fact, the public owes them a debt of gratitude ag the barrier between the in- valid and the unskillful or careless physician. ——_——-0-______ Curing Cancer by Prayer. ‘Star. Beware of Bric-a-Brac. From the New York Times. Beware of bric-a-brac. It is a snare and a delusion. If the tricks of the most astute of dealers fooleven the Frenchman in that great art center of Paris, how can we hope that the simple American, even though he be a New- Yorker or a Bostonian, can be cute enough to escape the snares so warily set for him? When we see that the directors of the Metropolitan museum of art have paid over a hundred thou- sand dollars for the veriest trash, and are still delightfully unconscious of their having been humbugged, how may we expect that less pre- tentions individuals should escape the fleecing? In China, enamels, bronzes, ivories, arms, coins, the bric-a-brac trapper is always around, and his victims are many. France manufactures, most ly for her home market, for Enag- land and America, her old Rouen ware and Sevres. She can turn you out Saxe in quantity, at a month’s notice, adapted to the particular wants of the ceramic maniac. Limoges enam- els are especially dangerous, A manufacturer works on them by the wholesale, imitating the old subjects. He is honest enough to sell them on their own merits, but when the Limoges gets into the hands of the unscrupulous dealer, he buries them in moist earth for a month, and then they date back from the fifteenth century. There is that famous H Il. ware. Their number fs limited. The nee Bs} Pieces you can count on your fingers. Still, new ones are al- ways turning op These are manufactured. The brand-new objects are treated to fluorhy- aric acid, and in 10 minutes they acquire an old look. This little trick, which costs not morethan 10 cents to accomplish, increases marvelously the cost wad ae ae ea being worth, 8a) , the price augment a jump to $1,000. Be on your guard, ye American travel- ers who go to Paris, as to the purchase of a real old Regency clock. Such clocks im bronze are cast by the ton every day in Paris, and then touched up by tools so as to resemble the work of a Boule. Antique furniture with worm holes in it is the veriest of catches. All that is neces- sary is to get an old piece of wood, load a gun with mustard seed. that finest grade of shot used for obtaining ornithological specimens, and then, with a good charge of powder, fire at a slight angle into your vieux chene. The illusion is complete. These holes in the wood were made by worms, which enjoyed themselves in the time of Catherine of Medicis. The old work is then closely imitated, and a bahut which is not two weeks old you pay 3,000f. for, believing that it dates back from Henry IV. Wood which has been eaten into by real worms has its value, and when an old house is torn down in Europe, such ancient timber brings a higher price for the antique furniture business than fresh wood. Paris is not alone in the bric-a-bric business. A French authority tells us that the speciality of Vienna is the making of jewelry of past centuries. Florence is distin- guished as a manufacturer of antique arms; London turns out old Sevres. In Berlin, Roman pottery, older than the time of Augustus, is furnished by the crate; Amsterdam produces lron-work which antedates Quentin Matsys, and Rotterdam, the most deceptive delf. As toNew York, the art of humbug, with that increasing love of bric-a-bric, has created artists of singular skill, whose inventive genius ts quite equal to that of their European contemporaries. We turn out any number of quite creditable false antique coins and quantities of sham old furni- ture. We do a fair trade in home-made old arms. We are dabsters at Queen Anne furni- ture. Yankee ingenuity only wants to be called on to respond at once to any demand. Most especially issummer the harvest-time of these manufacturers of spurious goods. Then the bogus wares are shipped to Newport, New Bed- ford, Saratoga, or wherever people with full pockets and little brains congregate. ——_-e- Falling in Love, In man’s life falling in love is a revolution. It is, in fact, the one thing that makes him man. The world of boyhood is strictly a world of boys. Sisters, cousins, aunts, mothers, are mixed up in the general crowd of barbarians that stand without the play-ground. There are few warmer or more poetic affections than the chivalrous friendship of school-fellows; there is no truer or more genuine worship than a boy’s worship of the hero of the scrimmage or the play-ground. It is a fine world in itself, but it is a wonder- fully narrow and restricted world. Not a girl may peep over the pailings. Girls can't jump, ing to talk About as boys talk; they neyer heard of that glorious swipe of old Brown's; they are awful milksops; they cry and “tellmamma;” they are afraid of a governess, and of a cow. It is im- possible to conceive of a creature more utterly contemptible in a boy’s eyes than a girl of his own age generally is. Then in some fatal mo- ment comes the revolution. The barrier of contempt goes down witha crash. The boy- world disappears. Brown, that god of the pla ground, is cast to the owls and to the ‘There is a sudden coolness in the friendship that was to last from school tothe grave. Paj chases and the annual match with the “old fel- lows” cease to be the highest objects of human interest. There is less excitement than there was last year when a great cheer welcomed the news that Mugby has won the prize. The boy’s life has become muddledand confused. The old existence is Bheering off, and thenew comes shy- ly, fitfully. It is only byasort ot compulsionthat he will own that he is making all this “fuss” about a girl. For the moment he rebels 17 the spell of that one little face, the witchery ot that one little hand. He lingers on the border of this new country from whence there is no re- turn to the old playing fields. He is shy, strange to this world of woman and woman’s talk and woman's ways. The surest, steadiest foot on the play-ground tumbles over foot-stools and tangles itself in colored wools. The sturdiest arm that ever wielded bat trembles at the touch ofa Eay finger. The voice that rang out like a trumpet among the tamult of foot ball bushes and trembles and falters in saying half a dozen commonplace words. The old sense of mastery is gone. He knows that every chit in the nurs- ery has found out his secret, and is laughing over it. He blushes—and a boy’s blush is a hot, painful thing—when the sisterly heads bend to- gether and he hears them whispering what a fool he is. Yes, he is a fool—that is one thing which he feels quite certain about. Thereis only one other thing he feels even more certain about—that he is in love,and that love hasmade him a man. Too Late, From the Boston Daily Advertiser. The train a& at half-past eight, ‘The traveller runs apace, He yet may reach the station gate: It closes In his face! He sees the train slide down the track, He curses at his fate, And mutters as he wanders batk: “He’s left who comes too late!” At six the dinner’s smoking hot, The wine foams in the ‘The soup is boiling from the pot, Which deftest waiters pass. But the wine is flat, the soup 1s cold, If you come to dine at eight— You see the old, old story told: “He’s left who comes too late!” A maiden holds a heart in thrall, peu cherishes a gi fate, Her we then let him wall: “I'm left, who came too late!” Mrs. Langtry to an Edinburgh Audi- ence. When Mrs. Langtry closed her engagement at Edinburgh on Saturday night, May 20, the Thea- ter Royal was again packed from floor to ceil- ing, the audience numbering little short of 2,000 rsons. ~ Pavhen the curtain fell for the last time the en- thusiasm of the audience reached a climax, and i di i fe £ Living in Tarkey. Of all eastern customs and habits, how little ig known of the inner life of the Sultan, of his ways of living, of the harems as owned by the ich pachas, and of the dominant influences of Prince Backsheesh. *, oa the lofty garden-wall, vhere r face can ne'er rise— ‘That inner world world her ‘alin ‘The Eastern woman lives and ¢ics.” Owing to the nature of the institution our knowledge of harem life is entirely derived from the visits of European ladies. The Turkish au- thorities, it must be confessed, are very amiable in this respect, and little difficulty is experienced when the introductions are good. The Turk is commonly believed to be a sort of Blue- beard. It ig not so. Polygamy is not the rule, but the exception. The lower classes never have more than oné wife; and it is only in the case of wealthy pachas that there are three or four wives, the latter number being legally allowed to every Mussulman accord- ing to the “Koran;” this is exclusive of al- most any number of slaves and concubines. The husband must have no acquaintance, how- ever slight, with women other than those of his own harem; and should he observe slippers out- side of the harem door, he knows that ladies are visiting and therefore cannot enter his own house. Soyer if perchance he strolis through the , there must be no i- tion of any of his own women, although may be throwing away his money right and le! in & most lavish way on silks and jewels. He must not say a word, and so strokes his beard and passes on with an “Inshallah” (Please sta or ‘Allah Kerim” (God is great and merciful); for now he knows only too well how the money goes! European ladies are the objects of much attention and curiosity on the part of the wo- men of a harem. Their dresses are felt, they are pawed all over, and asked childish questions incessantly; for it must be remembered that a large harem consists of wives and domestic slaves, the latter counted by hundreds. A young English lady, seventeen years old, of great personal attractions and engaging man- ners, some time back visited a harem accompa- nied by her mother and friends. The women questioned her and would not believe that she bad “no children, or even a husband.” One of the wives, whe took a great fancy to her, threw her arms round her neck and entreated her to stay with them forever. She could have any husband she liked, and even was so kind as to especially recommend her own, adding that she was sure he would soon want another wife, and that she, the real wife, would much rather it was this nice English girl, as then there would always be the pleasure of having her as a friend and Companion. Here was a most decided offer. A firm refusal, however, of these honors caused much surprise and disappointment. Turkish ladies are very illiterate and In v« few cases are able to read even a French novel. They live a very quiet and happy life on the whole, much of thelr time being taken up with visits. excursions to the Sweet Waters and dressing. it is asked, “Well, what about mar- riage; there must be weddings, wives and fam- ilies?” True; but, as in other things, they have their own peculiar mode. The process of court- ship is unknown among them. The matrimo- nial negotiation is carried on by a woman of mature age, or by the mothers on both sides, who arrange a marriage by visiting some desir- able young lady at the baths. They chat and expatiate on the good looks and accomplish- ments: of the young man proposed, and all is done. The fiance never sees his wife until she lifts her veil in the bridal apartments. The lady is often more fortunate, as she takes care tohave a look atthe gentleman through the small apertures of the latticed window, or in some other manner, when he least expects it. The Turkish ladies are fond of giving en- tertainments, especially a cake party, called “chalva.” On arrival at the hostess’ quarters, escorted by slaves and eunuchs, they salute each other gracefully by touching lips and tore- head. They will then gossip quietly and com- pare notes as to their dresses, jewels, etc; and if the harem be a distinguished one, dancing girls are hired to perform with castanets and tambourines, and thus time is whiled away. The signal for the “order of going” Is given by clapping of hands and ordering in the “chalva,” which is rich and luscious, something like our trifle cake. At some of our dull and dreary entertainments we might well take a hint from this eastern tady, especially as she invariably bids adieu to her friends with the remark, “I am 8o glad it’s all over,” not intending to be rude, but simply congratulating herself that the little party has gone off to her entire satis- facton. Rumor has it that the harem walls con- ceal terrible secrets; that trap-doors com- municate with the blue Bosphorus; and that mysterious proceedings go on under cover of darkness. The Sultan never marries. The mothers of his children are styled Sultanas, and have sepa- rate establishments; but as they have been slaves they are not permitted to sit at table with their own children, although these very children are inces and princesses. His Majesty Abdul Hamid has only four children, and all by one wife; but even she dares not sit down in presence of the Sultan’s mother, but must stand before her deferentially. The mother of areigning sultan—the queen-mother or Sul- tana Valideh, as she is called—is the first lady in the empire and always treated with great cere- mony. She has unlimited influence. Her po- sition is unique, and her power in the affairs ot the ig as a as that of the gtand vizier himself; often, indeed, the appointment of the latter is to be attributed to her intrigue and finesse. The Sultana Valideh is at the bottom of every scheme, and dominates her sovereign son to such an extent that every pasha courts her favor. great scandal and an amusing scene took place when the Empress Eugenie visited. Constantinople a tew years back. Being anx- ious to Pg es all the kindness and attention paid to her, her majesty at a farewell interview actually kissed the Valideh on the cheek, look- ing upon her in the light of a sister sovereign. The queen-mother was much excited, and flew into a tor passion. Here was a direct in- sult from iaour. She took to her bed, re- fased food for four and tens | hours, and had several baths before she could consider herself purged of this enormity, this terrible stain; and this old pigot, probably herself born a slay. thought herselftoo good, forsooth, to be saluted by the beautiful Eugenie, consort of one of the most powerful emperors of the continent of Europe. One word about the slaves. Although the public slave market has been abolished since the contraband, the system of providing them te cont e system of providing carried on with the greatest ease and winked at by the authorities. So long as there are hi so long must these establishments be s1 led. The merchants bring them from Circassia, Geor- gia, and from Tripoli. Those from Circassia fetch the highest price, and it is generally from this race that a sultan’s wife is chosen. At cer- tain seasons whole caravans arrive, and the pick of them will be handed over to some bigh Turk- ish lady who makes a business of the matter and acts as intermediary. She trains and educates the girls, and at the fitting time makes her bar- gain. A handsome Circassian will fetch seven hundred and fifty dollars, and when eee. x | educated a thousand dollars may easily beasked and obtained. —_——_-+-—____. BLUEFISHING. Interesting Points About a Very Popu- jar Amusement—The Habits and Mannersisms of the Taylor. From Forest and Stream, One of the principal amusements of the salt water angler is the pursult and capture of the bluefish, or taylor, as it is called on the southern coast, and when the fish is taken on propertackle it is sport of a highorder. Thesavagecharacter of these fish render them perfectly fearless, and = A byl Hy ff i Ei I z iH & delicate feeder. The binefish rushes, ee and makes frantic st to smash the tack! andescape. The insatiable ite of the blue- Osh, which will bite a piece ‘a living fish in apparent wantonness when fectly gorged, ts asure guarantee of sport If a school is near. They will take abit of rag, a fly, or anything that appears to have life, but their saw like teeth will cut any line which they come in contact with, and a fly ts only for one fish. A foot of steel wire is usually attached to the line ae their teeth will even mar a. Mr. Henry Havemeyer has captured several of eight pounds weight already near his summer house at Fire Island. The Babylon (1...) papers have Sraeens of many _— catches, dy ‘season opened earlier than many expected it would, judging from the weather we have bad. The dish e the hook more freely when they first arrive, if there is any difference in the sea~ sons, which some deny, and are usuall; “ee The smaller ones come later, and the bie Ish often disappear until A: or September. In July the schools in the bays are mainly fish of two or three pounds, and even outside there are often no large ones to be found. Taking the bDluefish all in all, they probably furnish as much Sport as any one of our fishes. At leasta greater number enjoy it, from the troller for ten pound- ers to the fishers for the Uttle “snappers” in Long Island Sound. $e. An English View of Coney Island. “Coney Island, sir,” said an American gentle- man to me—‘Coney Island is a revelstion.”’ With this assurance I “shelved” the good inten- tion I had of passing my last Sunday in the United States at the feet of some of New York's noted preachers, and determined to spend the day of July 7, 1881, at Coney Island. The most amusing and lively, albeit the least refined part of the isiand, Is that In the immedi- ate vicinity of the Iron Pier; and I devoted an hour to mapecting the various shows, tn and out of which the people were flocking. After- ward I took an omnibus to Brighton, and thence the railway to Manhattan, the journey in each instance occupying ® few minutes only. Brighton and Manhattan exactly resemble one nowy they are not towns, a8 their names might lead one to suppose, nor even but simply stations, at each of which is rage a mous hotel, not unlike those which one some- times finds at Continental watering-places. These, and another large cara in @ more westerly direction, are the favorite resorts of thericher, I may notsay more aristocratic visi- tors. At Manhattan I lunched, or rather en- deavyored to swallow some food, the only eat- soos arid of which was that which had not Pp through the cook’s hands—viz., the clams, a shellfish not disstmilar from an oyster. This was at the great hotel. During the meal I was entertained by the gossip of the colored waiter, who, perceiving my greenness, took pity on me, and was good enough to enlighten me as to the beauties and advantages of Coney Island. I made my way back to the Iron Pier by the elevated railway. People were still ar- riving In thousands 4 I had some difficulty in threading my way through the advancing crowd to reach the steamer, which was going back at once to bring more pleasure-seekers. To New York I returned a sadder if not a wiser man in time to have @ quiet dinner at Delmo- nico’s, one of the most expensive Institutions of its kind in the states, the only one where I found the food enjoyable. tastes of humanity are proverbially aif cult to account for. That men who have been moving about New York ell the week by tram- ways and railroads for their business, who have been ascending the Soors of their warehouses in lifts, should find relaxation on Sunday in fre- quenting the same means of locomotion at @ place like Coney Island, is remarkable. But so it is—the inhabitants of New York appear to take delight in Iron, steam, and machinery, and the satisfaction which the visitors to Coney Island evinced as they rode backward and forward in the cara, orup and down in the elevator, was @ phenomenon worthy ofstudy. A quiet walk on the battery, or in the goo! ifsomewhat cock- neyfied, Central Park, would seem to be more enjoyable and quite as healthy. Coney Island is a reproduction in miniature of the United States, an epitome in fact of the great country— as active, as pushing, as materialistic, as unar- tistic. To New York one goes for business, to Coney Island for pleasure; the difference isin the name only, the equivalent for the dollar is the same in both places. The people I saw reminded me strongly of those one finds at Ramsgate or Margate in the summer months, with aa admixture of colored folk. I have already mentioned that on this Sabbath day dancing was going on continually; while music, vocal and Instrumental, was to be heard everywhere. There appeared to be no re- striction as to drinking; and yet I was struck with the fact that during the whole day I met no one the worse for liquor, heard no bad language, witnessed no disputes; everybody conducted himself in an orderly aud decorous manuer.— Temple Bar. ——— ‘They Don’t Speak Now. From the New York Mail aad Express, They were engaged to be married and called each other by their first names, Tom and Fanny, and he was telling her how he had always liked the name of Fanny, and how it sounded like music in his ears. “I like the name so well,” he added, as a sort of clincher to the argument, “that when sister Clara asked me to name a pet terrier I at once called it Fanny, after you, dear- 8 i would you like to poe a dog named after you?” “Why, that’s nothing,” said Tom, airily, “‘haif the cats in the country are named after me.” + In Lownpoy is made public an epigram which Emerson wrote in the album of a well-knowa firm of photographers to whom he sat for a tograph during his last English visit. asked to write something he readily assented, and, without besitation, penned these words: “The man who has a thousand friends ‘Has not a friend to spare, But he who has one enemy’ ‘Will meet him everywhere.” prourr ACTION 18 NEEDED WHEN CRAMPED. 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