Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1882, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, 24, 1882-DOUBLE SHEET. A NE REVELATIONS MADE TO A STAR REPORTER BY & Give CLEANER—HOW A PERSON'S CHAR- ACTER MAY BE ASCERTAINED BY OPENING HIS GLOVES “It isa curious thing about gloves,” salda Proprietor of astore where solied gloves are Cleane'l, to a Star reporter, “but they will tell you a great many things about the character and habits of their wearers. Now I have been In the business some time, and handled a large umber of gloves, and there is no doubt in my mind, from a pretty wide observation, that they become in certain respects like tae wearers. For instance, I can tell the disposition of a person from looking at a pair of gloves that have oeen worn.” “Why, how in the world can you do that?” asked the reporter, curious to learn this new art of reading character. “Well. look at this glove,” sald the philo- sophical cleaner, taking from the case a pair of y's cloves. “You observe that the fingers are straight and extended, indicating that the hand is carried in an easy, open manner. Now take a look at these cloves,” he continued, pro- ducing a pair of gentlemen's kid gloves. “Here you perceive the fingers retain the bent, crooked shape in which the hand is usually carried. You can, of course, find ladies’ gloves showing both these shapes, but I merely selected these as I happen to know the owne! “But what does the habit of holding the hand indicate about the character?” asked the reporter. j “Simply this,” was the reply. “The open, extended hand is an indication of a generous disposition; while the cramped. closed hand is a mark of an avaricious, parsimonious nature. Now if you knew the owners of these gloves, would agree with me that they were truth- ful interpreters ot the real characters. { have observed these differences in the shapes of gloves from handling such a large number, and they seldom mislead me.” “But do all gloves differ in this particular?” questioned the reporter. “Par from it,” was the reply. ‘The glove is the only key to human character. They are bet- ter than the so-called science of paimistry or and can tell you more than the best a medium. Here is a glove,” con- tinued the expounder of the new science, “that ig puiled and stretched out of shape. The owner is impetuous and impulsive by nature, and does things with a rush and dash. Such’ a person never sits down to take off gloves, but jerks them off in a hurry, impatient to be doing some- thing. This glove, nowever,” taking out agother, “belongs to a methodical easy going Gert of a person, and consequently it ts not out of shape and has a ratherpampered appearance. Then this other glove is bunched out and is strained at the buttons, a sign that it is a size and more too smail. That glove to me looks as vain as a peacock.” “I should think that the delicacy of the color ofa glove might be an indication of the refine- tment of the wearer,” ventured the reporter. “Toa certain extent ft is. But nowadays the olor and shade of a glove is governed entirely ¥ the costume. Still, you can tell a good deal the physical condition of a person from the cloves worn.” “You can,” ejaculated the reporter, “well, I would like to know how?” “It is just in this way. We frequertly find gloyes of light color stained with black streaks, and by examination of the cause ot the discolor- ation it is found that it is occasioned by iron ; coming from the bleod through the perspiration. Then we find light streaks in the gloves, and | that is an indication that there is a good deal of | lime in the system. In the same way a great many other facts about the physical condition of | people can be obtainea. A person in the laun- | dry business ean always know the character, | habits and the physical condition of his custom- em,” concluded the philosopher, as he turned to wait on a customer. ———— RHE OLD HOME AND GRAVE OF) JEFFERSON. ‘Zhe Cemetery a Wilderness of Weeds— Gross Neglect and Erreveremce. The discussion about the removal of Mr. Jef- | ferson’s remains to Washington and building here a monument which will be protected from Telic hunters, recalls to a writer for Tux Stara | visit made to Monticello two years ago. It Caused surprise to find how much care was taken @f Mr. Jefferson's former dwelling and the grounds about it, while so little was taken of | hig grave and those of his nearest relatives in tee sane little burying ground adjoining it, In order to visit the grounds about the man- sion it is necessary to have a ticket from the owner, Mr. Levy, whieh ticket is dated and must be surrendered to the man in charge when | the visit is made. This is done to prevent the ticket being used a second time. On the up; sade appears a coat of arms and a motto, “ ora Spero,” and beneath— “Upon presentation this ticket will admit (here the | e ames of the holders of the card must appear in full ds Of the Monticello extate, : View of the crounds of be JuvrEnsow M. Levy.” | Compliments of On the reverse side one is informed that the ticket does not admit to the mansion and build - | ings. and that it is not transferable. | It seems strange that, in view of this formal | Precaution as to the house and grounds, any | ne can enter, without or.hindrance, the eemetery where Mr. Jefferson and many of his descendants are interred. This cemetery does Bot belons to Mr. Levy; but one would natu- | rally suppose that he would, professing as he does, so creat a respect for the o1 the estate, exercise some neighborly care over | At any rate. it is something of a jar to find the burying ground in the condition it is. There is & broken fence about it, with a locked gate, which seems a farce, asit is so very easy to clam: ber throuzh the fence. The cemetery itself is a | pertect wildernessof weeds. Many of the graves we stone tablets Isid flat over them, and these have evidently been frequently trampled upon by | the irreverent. There are thirty-five graves in| the little cemetery, many of them being those of | the children of Thomas Jefferson Randolph. On one of the graves, that of Mrs. A. C. Bankhead, born 1791, and who died in 1826, appears the epitaph— hearts tht stil would keep thee here.” Mr. Jederson’s tomb, as the writer ean testify, is one of the best evidences of the vandalism ef reliv-hunters ever seen. It is a granite obelisk, which lias been chipped and hacked until nearly ail of the original inscription has disappeared. As previously mentioned in Tux Stax, it has been tiree times renewed, and as often detaced. 6s ‘Those Blades of Grass. To the Editor of the Evesrse Stax. Ashort time since I had the grass cut on the terrace in front of my residence, and the man em- ployed scattered a few blades on the sidewalk be- low. The Boston endemic for the suppression of “Leaves of Grass,” which made its appearance about this time, may have struck, and thus satisfactorily accounts for the prompt action of inal owner of | ¢j, PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE WHITE HOUSE. Questions of Yfajaria and Drainage. To the Editur of Tar Evexrxe Star: The proposed extension of the White House may or may not be the best solution of the prob. Jem as to where the President of the United States should have his official home. Certainly. there is such a contraction and dearth of official and home comforts at the Presidential Mansion that a thousand of ‘our citizens would rebel against them if applied to their own homes. But these are matters which, for the present, may lie in abeyance, because other subjects arise — seem to us of much more vital impor- ance. Last year, during the filness of President Garfield, when the representative men of medi- cal knowledge were groping their way most in- effectually. a great hue and cry of malaria was raised—the old cry of ** wolf!” which we remem- ber from our school days. Experts, with keen olfactories and owl-like wisdom, came from san- itariums to nese out the smells of the White House, and with ponderous gravity the edict was announced that the “sanitary engineering” of the President’s abode was of an inferior char- acter, and the nation’s feelings were cruelly and unduly excited at the dreaded specter of malaria Joining hands with the fatal bullet in threaten- 4 ing the life of our chief ruler. This ogre of recent days has been raised to a wicked height by the sanitary engineers andthe doctors. Dr. McCosh, of Princeton, called it by another name when several of her beat stud and best men were victims to actually bad draf- age. It is made to answer for sins that belong to other shoulders; but of this also we shall #peak at another time. The suugestions of an addition to the White House and the raising of the ghost of malaria naturally lead us to inquire whether the drain- age of this large and growing capital can be improved to the satisfaction of the doctors and sanitary engineers; whether we can gather from the experience of other cities some evi- dences and proofs that the actual malaria of the broad flats of the Potomac can be successfully combatted, and whether the drainage of the whole area of the present and prospective capi- tal can be thoroughly effected. If we suppose the flats to be finally reclaimed, either into broad parks, as they should be, or into restricted building areas, combined with smaller parks, the drainage will have to be ef- fectually provided for. The storm waters must find their way as soon as possible to the river; but—much more vitally important—the sewage of the capital must not find itself commingling with the waters of the Potomac, this side of Alexandria, and yet it, too, must be transported as quickly as possible. And, separ sD we do not need to resort to costly and doubtfi ‘nee mentation for our guidement. London sufferea fearfully from the foulness of the Thames; not only throughout the cooler part of the year, with long-suffering, but throughout several hot seasons, with unutterable disgust and a fearful death rate from the zymotic diseases. Her sewage found its way slowly but eventually into the river in the heart of London. The subject matter was taken hold of by Parliament; a com- mission received evidence and plans for proposed improvements. An examination of the Blue Booxs will show how thoroughly every project for drainage was ventilated, and finally that one with the most advantages and the least draw- backs was adopted. ‘The present system of low, level bagi devised by Sir Charles Bazelgette, was the final outcome of the millions of pounds expended in its elaboration and completion. To- day it stands a monument of genuine sanitary engineering, and has been adopted by the engi- neers of Berlin; and its principles have been ap- proved by the United States advisory engineers | for the harbor of San Francisco. The plan is simple, comprehensive and com- plete. The drainage of given districts is re- ceived in great covered sewers, which are pro- jected with grades adequate for the prompt con- Yeyance and discharge of all material received. When a great sewer has reached a depth of say eighteen to thirty feet below the main line of drainage the material is pumped up to another sreat sewer, which carries it to great reservoirs far down the Thames, where it is discharged at each ebb of the tide and passes to the sea, never to return. The Berlin commissioners have adopted the system, and have been building great sewers at low levels beneath her filth- | saturated soil to receive the drainage of Berlin and carry it far below thecityto the River Spree, into which it is pumped, and never again disturbs the nostrils nor jeopardizes the health of its citizens. - We need not refer to the sewerage of Paris, because it is discharged by its great system of sewers directly into the Seine without lifting by machinery. But here at Washington the Lon- don system seems the only proper and available plan. A great sewer can be carried along the filled up flats at such depth below ordinary | grades, so as to insure the prompt receipts, car- riage and delivery of the sewage therein. This great sewer may have several receiving branches before it leaves the southernmost point of the city; then it should follow generally the course of the river. When necessary, the sew- age may be pumped to a sewer at ahigher level, say at a point six miles below Washington; bon the second sewer it would = carried y ity to a great receiving reservoir at some point below the town of Alexandria, whence it would be discharged into the outtlowing waters of the Potomac; or in part treated for its utili- zation as a fertilizer. We are not calied upon to make the even first elaboration of the idea here sugested; we are perfectly satisfied that it is perfectly feasible; that it is absolutely necessary, and that it will be done, and that it isa mere question of when it shall be done. It shonld precede all contem- joel great improvements; it should, in fact, projected at once, and the details and -minu- bk thoroughly studied, understood and planned, so that estimates could be drawn therefrom. With such a system of low land sewerage, all the drainage of the lower portions of the capital could be as eflectively done as in the most faver- able localities. If it be suggested that the crossing of the East- ern branch by such a sewer is impractieable, we have the example of the great siphon of the Ca- your canal, for irrigation, crossing the torrential stream Sesis beneath its boulder bed; of the tunnel now passing beneath the Hudson, and of the tunnel beneath the Thames, although the ; last two are on a comparatively enormous scale, and for different objects. We are satificd that the difficulties en- countered in the construction of the London low level sewers were, in the ag- gregate, greater than would be required here. And, moreoyer, we have implicit faith in the boldness, originality ana persistence of our en- gineers to overcome every obstacle that arises, no matter how great or how unique. When the American engineer acknowledges his inability to conquer this problem it will be in order to attack malaria in some other lors x. z —_<oe——— HOW GARLIELD LOOKS. Gov. Sherman, ef Iowa, Visits the Vault and Sees the Late President's Face, From the Cleveland Herald. the policeman on duty in the neighborhood, who called an hour or two subsequently and peremp- Yorily ordered the removal of the inoffensive blades inof penalty, ac. T find no fauit with the n all probability a strict compliance brick and mortar—of two con- 3 On the adjacent corner, 19th orthwest, torn down by a respon- uld tor w be perinitted to litter and terraces without eny action With @ view to its removal This, in addition to the fact thos the sites of the razed buildi have Deen left In a condition offensive allke to the — and factories of the residents tm the ity, Will, I trast, be deemed sufMicient excuse for my troub! you with this communication, in order tinat the matter may be brought t the no- ‘tice of the proper authorities. @. san St. Matthew's Parochial School. ‘The closing exercises of St. Matthew's Parochial ®ehool were heid Wednesday evening at Willard hall. A well arranged program was rendered in a er. Medals were awanted to Misses Mery Loci Eaith Brady, Annie Handly, | Margaret Gavin and Esther Barber, @emned but! n din and © 1s Governor Sherman, of Iowa, who ts visiting at Elmira, N. Y., said to a reporter there the other day: “I saw President Garfield a day or two ago in Cleveland. You need not look aston- ished; I really saw him—not his spirit but his own form and features. I had visited his tomb to dohomage tothe spot where the martyr President was sleeping, The watchman in charge, on learning whence I came and who I was, asked me if I would like to see the Presi- dent. I was as greatly surprised as you can be. He simply showed me he was in earnest. invited me into the tomb, unscrewed and removed the lid from that sacred casket, and there lay Gen. Gartield before me, just as ‘he looked the day of his funeral—as it in a weary, unrefreshing sleep. I was eu , for, despite the emaciation of those noble features, I was at once struck with their likeness to the general as I had seen him alive. I presume that years will ere.the preserving tracea of the embalmer’s work will have been removed from all that is left on earth of Garfield.” A reporter of the Herald, with the above ex- Lak ery — in sprsabnaees ‘ make an inquiry regard to the matter and learn if it was true that the remains of the dead President Es the Electric Light a Success? To the Editor of Tae Evento Stan. Is the electric light a compiete success? Its warmest admirers may well hesitate to give an unqualified answer in the affirmative. Although its achlevements are sufficient to elicit expres- sions of surprise, not to say admiration and astonishment, yet the difficulties which lie in its path are so manifold that they may almost be regarded as insurmountable. Tuatthis brilliant light is ot questionable reliability is evidenced by the fact that nowhere is it exclusively de- pended upon, and it is more than probable that no house yet been erected where all other sources of illumination have been Light derived from electricity, ry tricate and complicated machinery, driven at an enormous velocity, must, of necessity, prove unreliable, In attempting to note some of the difficulties which environ electric illumination, it may be well to examine the two methods by which the light is produced--both widely different in ap- plication—and to consider those complications which are liar to each. In what is called the are light, illumination is produced by the combustion of sticks of very hard carbon, manu- factured for the purpose. One of these sticks or carbon points, about fifteen inches in lengtb, is attached to each end of the wire, which con- ducts the electricity to and trom each in- dividual burner. The light is produced by the passing of the electric current from one point of carbon to the other, becoming luminous as it leaps the small ene a Some of the objections to this meth illumination are cominun to both systems, others are peculiar to it. The latter will be mentioned first. From the impossibility of producing carbon points of uniform hardness or covumeel By. the light is always unsteady, and frequently burns with a crackling and sputtering sound, extremely dis- agreeable. Again, the slightest change in the velocity of the machinery causes the light to rise or fall in a manner most trying to weak or aged eyes. The daily renewal of the carbon points, which cost about twenty cents each, is another peculiarity not thought to commend the arc system. The fact that this light cannot be produced on asmaill scale, but is an altogether ungovern- able, spluttering, dangerous thing, is sufficient to limit its sphere of usefulness to the hotel cor- ridor, the prow of the ocean steamer and the gallery of the light-house. That its rays are not sufficiently diffusive to beng it Into successful competition with gas, its less costly rival, has been demonstrated wherever the two have been tried together. The other system of electric lighting is known as the incandescent method. This, as its name implies, is the production of light by heating to whiteness some metal or other sub- stance by the agency of electricity. Intense heat, and consequently light, are pro- duced when a powerful current of electricity meets in its course a body which is not a good conductor of this subtile fluid. But it was soon discovered that owing to the presence of oxy- gen in the air, all sul inces which could be used for incandescence were soon copsumed; it has, therefore, been found needful that this process should be carried op within small trans- nt air-tight globes. This of light- . although vastly superior to the arc method for ordinary , has its own liar drawbacks. The machinery generatfhg the elec- tricity must be driven at such a high velocity that great precautions are needful to prevent its taking fire. Ifthe vacuum is imperfect the incandescent substance will soon consumed, the circuit broken and the light put out. The glass globes enclosing the light are very liable to tracture from unequal expansion and from cold cur- rents of air causing sudden contraction. Al- though these lights are as readily extingnished as gas-burners, it is impossible to regulate them. The light must be allowed to shine at its full capacity or be totally extinguished. But to briefly indicate a few of the objections common to all electric light: It is much more costly than gas or oil. A single are light costs {| $1 per night; two, $1.50, and for any number, pot less than 7 cents each. At the price of gas in Washington city the dollar which one are light would cost would pay for 47 4 feet gas burners, lighted from 7 o'clock until 10 at night. And in the same proportion the j cost of two of the former would pay for 72 gas burners, which would give better and more | satisfactory light for neariy all purposes. The insuperable difficulty of cost is applicable with more force to the incandescent light, which is admitted to be much more expensive than the are system, and which a recent Eng- lish authority estimates to be 21 times as costly as gas. The pulse of the capitalist Is frequently a tair index by which the retative yalue ot rival in- | terests may be determined. In the fall of 1879, when the newspapers were filled with Mr. Edison's triumphs, and we were promised that in a few months the electric light would rele- gate gas to the shades of oblivion, the stock of the Edison company was in demand at $5,000 per share; to-day it is neglected at less than $600, and where we were promised a universal acceptance of electricity as the light of to-day and of the future, we have but a few score of houses thus illuminated. On the contrary, it is a low estimate to say that the consumption of gas within the same period of time has in- creased in sue United States fully Eonar per cent, and capitalists everywhere are seeking to invest money in the long-established and legitimate business of gas manufacture. But not the least of the serious objections calculated to retard the introduction of the elestric tight is the obvious occasion to fear that its adoption might greatly increase the risk to which property in towns and cities is ex- posed, for already serious Joss of valuable-manu- factories, as not Jong since in Philadelphia, has been incurred by this sudtile fire-producing agent. Nor are risks to human life less to be apprehended; cases ofinstant death have already too frequently resulted from a disregard of needed precaution in attempting to handle or come in close contact with the enormous wires required forthe purpose, heavilycharged as they must be with this death-dealing fluid. When the novelty of this beautiful but most costly, unreliable and dangerous light is worn away, it will hold sway in the timited sphere already ac- corded it, but that it will ever take rank as an economical, reliable and safe illuminator few of its most ardent admirers will contend. x. ——____+++- os Georgetown Academy of Visitation, The Academy of Visitation at Georgetown Wed- nesday was thronged with visitors to witness the closing exercises of the school. The two graduates Were Miss Helen Sloan, of Maryland, and Miss Mamie Green, of North Carolina. ‘The academic honors, consisting of a crown and gold medal, were conferred for uniform excellence of conduct on Helen Sloat, Mamie Green, Alice Bromwell, Rosa Mactas, Josephine Duffy, Alice Hayes, Florence Mott, Belle O’Niel, Katherine Burnes and Lizinka Turner. The second honors, consisting of a silver modal, were conferred on Edith Martin, Mary Smith, Virginia Burnes, Mamie Clark, M. and Nannie Clements, Lillie Clements, Mary Keliter and Mary Dent. The honors in the senior class were graduating medals to Helen ‘Sloan and Mamie Green. Premiums were awarded in the first class to Liz- inka Turner, Alice Hayes. Belle O'Neill, Katharine Barnes, Josie Duffy, Kate Gardner, Helen Sloan. In the second class to Edith Martin, Myra Semmes, Annie Gleason, Florence Lake, Emma Gallaghan, Nannie Green, ‘Daisy Causten, Mary Smith, Mabel Jones, Annie ‘Barbour, Grane Clagett, Mary Clem- ents, Kate Gardner, Lillian Saunders, Elia Mon- telro, Susie Hayden, Mamie Ryan, and Annie Brown. In the intermediate classes of Christian doctrine a gold medal was awarded t Josepha Ryan. In the third ciasses premiums were awarded to Lillie Clagett, Josepha Ryan, Julia McGowan, Jessie Bi Sarah Stoughton, Marie Hayden, Mamte Clark, Virginfa Bu Lynch. In the Clair Abrams, Sophia fourth classes premiums were awarded to Blanche Chandler, Ada Clark, Marte Newman, Susie ford, Nannie Clements, and ee Bates. In the elementary cl Adelina Ainsiee, Belle Rives, Mary Keliper, Nellie Rives, Ray Smith, Cecilia Harlow, Nancy Green, Mary Myers, Ada Jon Madeline Townshend,Cora ‘Welch, Tailte Clements, Nellie Rives, Beatrice Chandler, Cecilia O’Dono- ee and @ premium for improvement to Mary —_——_— Ruffianism Up Rock Creek. To the Editor of Taz Evenine Star. ‘Will you kindly call the attention of benefit of those to the fonewing, for the it vaity of swarms ind ef an it tt tel o tweneare eee meet eee een ae cency as to effectually cio: the police who love while LITERARY NOTES. SOU pRURE Visio Daatanrs: ‘Bees s 3 xz Vixtox DAuLanEN, : ‘Mrs. Dahigren, who carries her industrious habits and inguiring spirit as well to her moun- tain summer home as into foreign lands, has given us under the above title a collection of su- Pernatural narratives such as used to raise the hair of children on end half a century or 80 ago, but which seem sadly out of place when put in cold type in this age of daily newspapers and public schools. But the occult always has a for the human family ; and, aside from that quality, the stories recited by Mrs. Dahlgren have a certain value as eon | to illustrate how such traditions prevail the rude and unlettered in various parts of the country, and in various countries, for that mat- ter, without, apparently, any means of commu- nication between them. In this sense, there- fore, the author’has done well to thus ‘collect and preserve the foik-lore of a region so primi- tive and so full of material of that character. Some of the superstitions and customs she de- scribes are both curious and interesting, and many of the stories she tells, had they ever been carefully investigated or verified, would be very difficult af ex on natural yunds. Unfortunately, however, the author does not vouch for them; the most she does is to assure us that she saw the persons who repented them to her. This locates the rerponal it but it faila to carry conviction to the mind ‘of the intelligent reader. HENRY W. LON stow. pho ne (GFELLOW. A Medley in y D Huxny Sigpbaane New 4 SEE ap. New York: George W. 3 Ballantyne & By jomes. Harlan & Oo. Washington: W. When a great man dies the occasion for publio sorrow is by no'means limited to the loss sus- tained in his taking off. After the consignment of his body to the grave, and.often before that event, the country is burdened with the ambitious performances of a swarm of officious nobodies, who, under a pretence of intimate relations with the dead, take occasion to celebrate them- selves in the thin guise of tributes to his mem- ory, remiscences, and that sort of thing. The case of Mr. Longfellow is one strikingly In point. His demise was made the opportunity for seve- ral presumptuous persons to force themselves into a prominence which could not have 1 possible under other circumstances. It is only fair to say that Mr. Stoddard’s hastily compiled volume is not open to the full force of these re- marks. It is not, however, entirely free from objection on that score. There is considerably more Stoddard in its pages than is strictly neces- sary for a fair understanding of Mr. Longfel- low’s character and talents; but it 1s, neverthe- less, in many respects an acceptable contribu- tion to current literature. It is, in fact, about the best of itsclass. It is not a formal biogra- phy, nor yet is it a studied criticism, but rather pleasant combination of narrative and com- ment, interspersed with notes and references anda number of early poems withheld by the author from all the later collections of his works, the whole making avery readable med- ley. There ig also a “Longfellow Bibliography,” which will be found of value to the student, and not without interest to the general reader. JOHN C, CALHOUN. By Dr. H. Von Hoist, _Bos- fon; Honghton, Mifiin & Go. Washington: F, un. It 1s questionable whether the time has yet come for a perfectly impartial biography of Mr. Calhoun, It is olear, however, that if the work is to be done, it should be undertaken by a for- eigner, who alone could do strict justice to the theme. In this view the publishers of the “American Statesmen” series have done well to enlist the services of Dr. Von Holst, than whom perhaps no more competent person for the task could be fouad. The investigations made by the author in the preparation of his “Constitutional History of the United States” I ly qualified him for it, and they also enabled him to judge both Mr. Calhoun and the events with which he was 80 conspicuously identified with discrimina- tion and fairness. To these advantages Dr. Von Hoist adds a clear and concise style, the quality ot which may be imagined from the graphic Portrait of his subject. taken from the openin; chapter, in which the creat nullifier is deacribe as “a man endowed with an intellect far above the average, impelled a high-soaring ambl- tion, untainted by sny petty or ignoble passion, and guided hy s character of sterling firmness and more than common purity, yet, with fatal illusion devoting all his mental powers, all his moral energy, and the whole force of his iron will to the service of a doomed and unholy cause.” IMPOSTORS AND ADVENTURERS.—By Honace W FULLER, of the Sufolk Bar. Boston: Soule & Bi The first impression on taking up this book is one of astonishment that a subject so vast should be undertaken in a volume of less than three hundred pages. A closer inspection dis- closes the fact, however, that it only essays to be the history ofa few noted French criminals and criminal trials. ‘The “narratives given are all full of interest, and iliustrate In a most strik- ing manner the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction. The imagination of the most ac- complished novelist could scarcely match some of them for ingenuity of plot and fascinating style. Some of the most curious old cases cited have moreover pretty close counterparts in the present day, showing that crime, as weil as his- tory, is constantly repeating itself. DISEASES OF MEMORY: An Rosey Ea ie Positive pleton &Co. Washington: F: Be Mobun. Another volume ot Appleton’s popular Inter- national Scientific Series, wherein the author presents many illustrations of the diseases of the memory, from which he essays to make cer- tain deductions. His concluston is a general one, and rather vague. In brief, it is that mem- ory depends upon an active circulation of the blood, rich in the materials necessary for inte- gration and disintegration. In his own lan- guage, “When this activity is unduly increased, there is a tendency toward morbid excitation; when it decreases, there is a tendency toward amnesia. We can push our conclusions no further without entering the domain of pure hypothesis.” ERRORS IN THE USE OF ENGLISH. By the late Witutam B. Hongson, L.1.D. “American Revised S f ican Edition. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Washing- ton: °F Bs Moun.” “PPM spies The first impression made upon the reader on opening this book is likely to be to the effect that noboby writes the English language cor- rectly. Thisisdue to the method adopted by the author, who chose to impress his lesson by citing examples of incorrectness, on the princi- ple thatthe ancients used to give temperance lectures by the exhibition of drunkards. In other words, it takes up the study of English on the negative side, points out the faults, and shows the manner and reason for correction. The pa is a good one, and the book will be found serviceable to readers generally as well as to speakers and writers, for whom it was mainly intended. HISTORY OF FRANCE. By Cuartorre M. Yoxor. Her, York: D. Appleton ‘8 Oo. ‘Washington: ¥. B: un. This little volume is the latest addition to the History Primers, (of which Prof. J. R. Green, the emment English historian, is the editor,) the object of which Is at once to convey inform- ation in a clear and pleasant manner to the young, and to discipline and incline the mind to farther research. Miss Yonge’s narrative is spirited, but It gives too much space to the rulers and not enough to the movements of the people. z Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. ‘New York: ea Volume XIV. of “Casssell’s Popular Library” series; a compact and clearly told narrative of the religious movement, commonly called the Reformation, written from an ultra Protestant point of view, showing its causes and results, and giving, too, a fair picture of the political and social conditions of the period. HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF THE ENGLISH CON- STITUTIC fs 3 Davip ms ‘SON An intelligentiy prepared little volume, of the hand-book order,"intt‘nded to. serve as an ele- mentary introduction;to existing text books on the subject. it Why Not? ‘To the Editor of Taz Brzxine Stan. Some one suggests that inasmuch as great offers are made for the’ of : ‘i ART NOTEs. ‘Mr. Holmes will probably spend the greater part of the summer in Colorado. —Mr. M. J. Heade, who has occupied a studio in Corcoran Building for several months past, has surrendered it and left the city, for the summer, at least. — Atlanta is just now in the enjoyment of an Art Loan Exhibition, which is said to be both creditable in itself and well patronized by the people of that prosperous city and its vicinity. —A story ts current in Paris that Bouguereau. said recently: “If Millet were now living and were to send in his pictures for exhibition at the Salon, I should invariably refuse them.” —Mrs. Fassett’s portrait of Garfield is now on exhibition- in Chicago, where it is greatly ad- mired. We are glad to hear that there ise pros} of ita bel it by one of the public institutions of titst city. — Miss Bessie Brewer, who contemplates a trip to California shortly, has recently been adding the finishing touches to her Mount Desert and Deer Isle sketches and paintings, at her studio on East Capitol street. — Mr. Fisher has commissions enough to keep him at work all summer. He will therefore not leaye Washington during the season, unless actually driven out by hot weather,—which everybody else as well as himself hopes may not be the case. — An excellent portrait (a transparency) of Pedro Pino, the venerable Zuni chief, who was here in the spring with the others of his tribe, is ed in ~ oe the Rye of re retort luseum, forming one of a ro] ol Indians from Arieons, and ‘Rew Kexko. — Mr. Brooke, who is now engaged on a por- trait, will, as soon as it is finished, goto Vir- ginia for the summer. He intends to spend the greater part of the time in Loudon county, where he hopes to find material for two or three Serer pines, to be worked out next win- —The trustees of Princeton.Gollege have de- cided to add a Schoolof Fine Arts to that in- stitution. Dr. Prime and General McClellan have been appointed the first directors, and requested to draw up a plan of the new botud- ing, which will stand alongside of the academic and scientific departments. — Mr. Ross Turner has been absent in Phila- deiphia during the week, looking after his studio and other effects, recently arrived there from Europe. Mr. Turner ex) to spend most of the summer in New England, near Boston, and to openastudio inNew York inthe fall, bake he may finally decide to locate in Bos- nD. — General Sherman has a new picture in his office at the War Department. It is a vivid water-color sketch, representing the crossing of the Big Black River, near Vicksburg, by torch- light, on a pontoon bridge, by the Union arm: just before he batt Or vickeburg: “He cox. siders it a fine representation of a -memorable and thrilling scene. — A large crayon portrait of President Arthur, copied from a photograph, and suitably framed, was lately taken to the White House by the artist, a mulatto woman, and a friend, also col- ored, to present it to the President. After walting seven hours they had to depart without seeing him, but returned again the next day, having left the picture. — Advices from New York are to the effect that Mr. Calverley, to whom was given tht com- mission, is making a most excellent work of the bust of the late Dr. Hall, intended for the Wash- ington City Orphan Asylum. Those who have seen it say that it will combine a faithful like- ness of its subject with the highest order of artistic excellence. — Mr. Messer expects to spend a large part of the summer, with his wife,in Loudon county, the fine pastoral scenery of which will afford many suitable subjects for his pencil. Mr.Messer has been so ill as to be obliged to leave his studio a good deai lately, but hopes to find in the pure air of the foothills of the Alleghenies both health and inspiration for next winter's work. — Mr. andrews has returned to the city from Ohio, and will pass the greater part of the sum- mer in Washington. He has several orders on hand ; and, besides, having bought a cosy little home and fitted it up most appropriately, he yery sensibly fancies he can get more solid com- fort in staying here and enjoying it than in knocking about crowded and fussy summer re- sorts. — Several landscapes by Bierstadt have lately been placed on the walls of the upper corridorof the White House, in the private part of the mansion, near the stairway. Heretofore there have been no landscapes in place there, and these, it is understood, were loaned by the artist, either because he thought the walls too bare, or in the hope that they might thus find a purchaser. —The portrait of Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, Just finished for the House of Representatives, of which he was the Speaker in 1851, is by Pres- ident Huntington, ot the New York Academy of Design, and shows Mr. Winthrop in the open, | with a partially clouded sky and a bit of land- scape behind him. He is about to speak. The Boston Commonwealth says that ‘the likeness is excellent and the expression lifelike, intelli- gent and animated.” — Max Weyl will pass most of the summer in town, but intends making frequent short tours for sketching. He will probably join Messer and Brooke, in Loudon county, for a while, and thus form a little artists’ colony in that pleasant locality. Lately Mr. Weyl has made some very attractive sketches around and among our so-called malarial flats, which have an ar- tistic side little thought of by the general pub- lic, who see no good in them whatever. —A picture of whose interest few seem to be aware is at Georgetown College, owned by the Jesuits there. It is valued at many thousand dollars, and is claimed to be an original work of the great artist, Luca Giordano, or, as he sub- scribed himself, Gaudamus. It represents the Calling of St. Matthew by the Saviour from the ‘Table of the Money Changers. It was taken by the clergy and placed under the protection of the American flag to save it :rom Marshal Soult during the siege of Cadiz. Gen. Meade’s father pald a high price for it during his residence in ‘adiz. — A number of Washington artists testified to their interest in and sympathy for Mr. Corcoran in his recent severe illness by sending to him the other daya floral offering which was as unique and beautiful as it was appropriate. In form it took the shape of a large palette. The body of this device was compo: entirely of choice and fragrant white flowers, while to indl- | to accept the presidency of Colby University in cate the usual lay out of colors, ready for the artist's brush, small groups of flowers of each of the chief colors were arranged in proper order. The effect was, as may be supposed, rich and beautiful in the extreme, and the token, though modest “and simple in itself, was hinly prized by Mr. Corcoran, as well on its own account as. cts grateful sentiments so fittingly conveyed yy It. —During a late visit of Ward the sculptor to Mount Vernon he made a find there, which is quite interesting in itself and of considerable value ina historic and artistie point of view. Tt was no less than a head of La Fayette, from life, by the celebrated French got David @ Anger, At least Mr. Ward has w! he con- siders indubitable evidence to that effect, and it is not likely he would be mistaken on go vital apoint. So weil satisfied is he of the genuine- ness of the relic. and so highly does he the work, that he will be guided by ing the statue of La qi wi cuting for the Vermont University, also execute a copy from It in bronze, in order that the head may tus be preserved incompara- tively imperishable material. RELIGIOUS NOTEs. THE CHURCHES MERE AND ELSEWHERE — DR. NEWMAN'S DEACON—THE PRESBYTERIAN LOVE FEAST—CAMP MERTING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD —OTHER MATTERS. —Rev. L. 8. Webb, D. D., of the M. E. church, died recently in Brooklyn. —Rev. J. L. Carroll has resigned the pastorate of the Baptist church at Lexington, Va. —Rey. Mr. Harris has resigned his pastorate of the Baptist church at Woodbury, Md. — The Methodist Episcopal church at Snow G. Andrews. ‘ —Rev. James C. Pratt, son of Mr. A. 8. Pratt, of this city, is pastor of the Reformed Episcopal church in Denver, Colorado. —The Catholic is the title of a handsome weekly family newspaper started lately in this ctty; Henry M. Beadie, editor and pubiisher. Bishop Foss, of the M. E. church, whose serious illness excited the alarm of his friends tor some time, is reported to be improving. —Bishop Elder, the Catholic bishop of Ohio, recently confirmed 800 candidates in Mercer, Anglaise, and Shelby counties in that state. Rev. W. F. Warren, of Boston, who is the fraternal messenger of the M. E. church to the spre ber Conference of England, sailed on the —Rey..Chas. B. Galoway succeeds Rev. Dr. Parker as the editor of the New Orleans Chris- tian Advocate, the organ of the M. E. Church South. —Rey. Dr. J. A. McCauley, of Dickinson Col- lege, it is expected, will take the editorial chair of the Baltimore Methodist, in place of Rev. J. B- Van Meter, D.D. —Church discipline used to produce humilia- tion and repentance; now-a-days it starts defl- ance, under the theury that it is an insult.— United Presbyterian. —Rev. Dr. Minegerode, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Richmond, Va., is in ill- health, and has been granted a leave of absence to visit Europe. —The South Baltimore Methodist Protestant church received 25 persons into fall member- ship on last Sunday. The congregation propose to improve their property. = —The corner stone of St. Joseph's convent at Lakeville, Conn., was laid on the 18th inst. It will be erected for the Sisters of Mercy, and costs 240,000. —Rev. Peter Deberge, the Catholic priest at Elm Grove, Wis., died on the 14th inst. Very Rev. W. Walter, 0. S. B., diedat Newark, N. J., on the 17th. —The Catholic Church of the Transfiguration at Harrisonburg, Va., was rededicated by Bishop Keane, of Richmond, with imposing ceremonies on the 18th, several societies Staunton and other places being present. —Bud Eagieston at his Gospel-Temperance tent, near the B. & 0. depot, is doing a good work, large numbers havii ed the pledge, nd some conversions ee tae place. ~—One of the sons of Rev. 8. V. Leech, ana- tive of this city, but now of Albany, N. Y., re- cently graduated at the Western Maryland Col- lege. Mr. has another son there who is studying for the ministry. —Prof. Swing has retired from editorial con- trol of the Chicago Alliance, and will be suc- ceeded by Mr. George C. Miln, who retired some time ago from the pastorate of Unity Uni- | tarian church on acconnt of his agnostic views. | —The Northern Christian Advocate, noticing | the discussion as to changing the name of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in compli- ance with a desire to get rid of the suffix “south,” suggests that it be called “The Methodist Episcopal church, Junior.” —At the commencement of the Crozer Theo- logical Seminary (Baptist) at Chester, Pa., there were 15 graduates, over halfof whom have ac- cepted calls to the ministry. Dr. Pepper, one of the faculty for several years past, leaves Crozer Maine. —The Mormon “missionaries” are probably the most industrious of workers among ignorant men, and are not daunted by anything short of physical force. About 100 “missionaries” are at work in Europe, and it is expected that 1,200 converts will reach New York before the close of September. —On Wednesday last, the Swedenborgians and Methodists fraternized, the Sunday schools of Metropolitan M. E. and New Jerusalem churches Joining in an enjoyable picnic at High- land Park, (Forrest Glen,) on the Metropolitan branch of the B. & O. railroad. —On the 2ist the 50th anniversary of the arrival of members of the Catholic order of Re- demptionists in this country was celebrated at St. Alphonso’s church in Baltimore. The princi- pal establishment of this order in this section is at Annapolis, Md. : —A letter in Zion’s Herald (the Boston M. E. journal,) of the 7th inst, signed by Rev. W. I. McKenney, in which President Arthur is ken of as encouraging intemperance at the White House, is causing much comment here. —Among those who professed conversion at a meeting held by the “Mountaia Evangelist,"> Rev. George 0. Barnes, at the Opera House at Frankfort, Ky., on Thursday night, was Gover. nor Luke Blackburn. It is understood Gover- nor Blackburn will unite with the Protestant Episcopal church in Louisville next Sunday, —Rev. Thos. J. Sherman, 8. J., well known in Washington, son of Gen. W. T. Sherman, te po ae A Picturesque and Hivteric Resort— Ocean Grove’s Growth. A letter to the Jersey City Jownal, speaking ofthe coast resorts, says of Elberon: It ts sate to say of this place, so well adver- tised last year, that had the Cabinet known as much of it when the summer arrangements were made in May as they did on the sad September days when Gen. Garfield went away, they would never have gone there at all. The picturesque hotel is only the dining-room of the close cor- they are not who ffocki.u back there after the season was wer the a or So mate office was private and the lawns: The newspat thelr bulletins until they favor and the kindness End hotel, two miles away, and bills of the hundred and fifty Tespondents were ten times board bills. Forty coaches left Space of twenty minutes w! unexpected message of ticked through the silent rooms, *‘ rapidly.” Halfan hour been turned down in the Francklyn the message had been, “There has favorable change and Tens of thousands of along shore will visit the by the sufferings of the which Lave made it historic, but they will not be wanted. The place, with ita cottages and surroundings is, however, the handsomest and most picturesque the whole ocean shore of America, and all can be seen from the — seared throt the and which is the publie highway. The double-decked (dan gey Grove and Asbury Park, with its two names, and two local governments, and two ratiroad station, is the if Pr tite i | if ii Hy i 8 Hi years ago I drove down here with Gen. who spent an hour about a little group of tents which lay in the shade of seme villainous scrub pines on the edge of a brackish pond. It was about as mg was => y maker Brad! bought = wetyey om other side snd said he was going to build a city. smiled and wondered what was the matter with the brushmaker's wits. That had pluck to put $80,000 into he ever took out a cent, and now he can afford to smile, because he is a millionaire and likely to become much more so. Now there are thousands of houses, thousands of permanent residents, and many times ten thousand sum- mer visitors. Think of two miles of bathing houses, 1,500 or more in all, and then imagine the scene along shore when in bathing hours. They are not sufficient to accommodate the bathers, more than half of whom dress in their own cottages up in the grove. a Care for the People Under Democracy. BY 0. B. FROTRINGHAM. , The rage for self-satisfaction, self-aggrandine- ment, self-indulgence, the passion for indi- vidual fullness, which is characteristic of demo- cratic institutions Is not propitious to the growth of that kind of public epirit which con- sults the comfort of the people at large. The rie — wera —_ " —— in ~ capacity an lousy for_the Independence the separate man, without regard to acquire- ment or condition. The natural consequence is a sep gy of selfish ambition, which some- times takes the of aspiration, and some- times of . osten' m; oftener, of course, the latter, becampe the lower pogenes are thus far in excess of the higher. In either case, the individual is absorbed in the ~~ of what he considers his private good. To get Haig ence egy 5 pop for himself is the engrossing atm. To @ more superb house than his neighbors, to accumulate land, to multiply capital, to have at call a retinue of servants, to rise by standing on others’ shoul- ders, and thus exemplify the worst evils of des- potiam, is the perpetual temptation. The illus- trations of public spirit are not juent in such communities, occurring as they do and must in the case of exceptionally noble and gen- erous minds, who hold their gifts and — mand. for tunities as trusts for the benefit of Even in these few instances, the demand popular institutions of a substantial, rudimental kind exhausts their power, and would if it ee it ego them no margin for decorative gifts. he people themselves are too poor to afford embellish- mente for their meager existence. The result is semi-barbarous cities and towns destitute of elegance; splendor here and there, vailing; a few palaces, a multitude houses; fenced view; great only gaze at from afar. The reimed; (there is a remedy) will be found wealth and an ished order Sut ts Sie ween old order, wi is and is passing away. The settled wealth will give rise to ens, leisure, buman- ity. The established order will produce quiet, poaryon rie ocility, @ disposition to accept and enjoy. The amenities of life come last. In the old world the boulevards were originally ram- the : the contributes to the last number of the Catholic | Pritcaly dtmoton or nese te aa were World an article on “The Essence of Bodies,’, | and and innocence. asserting the medieval doctrines of the school- men against the atomic theory or the dynamic theory which prevail in modern schools. —For the Methodist Protestant camp meeting at Jackson Grove, to commence on July 27th, and continue ten days, Revs. J. D. Kinzer, R. 8. Norris, and J. W. Gray are the committee on Sharteglies _ At the M. E. camp asually by the presiding elder. — The Rev. G. 8. Gassner, until recently pas- tor of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal church, near Crisfield, has united himself with the Pro- testant Episcopal denomination, and was con- firmed by Bishop Lay at Port Deposit. ceed the Rey. Mr. Gassner at A — Interest is imparted to the discuasion of contracts by the attitude of a western Penn- sylvania man on asuit for breach of promise. le claims that the contract was made on Sun- day and is cot uently void. Thegiri don't ink so. Case still on trial. —Gen. C. H. Howard has sold his interest In the Chicago Advance (Congregational) to some ence. summer ceived than the quantity of heat lost and there is therefore an atti Boston men, and he will be succeeded as editor | up by the profligacy preceded grace In ened bet Rey and greed = grad: re wey for gentleness an: inhuman as the ‘pass, and in the to- ture we shall have parks, gardens, ornamental walks, and — not on and sorrow, land dustry.—July Atlantic. ‘The Longest Day. Wednesday. the 2ist of June, was the longest day ot the year, the sun having entered the sign in- of Cancer and inaugurated the summer solstice. As the rays of the sun fall nearest perpendicular Rev. Vaughan Smith has been appointed to suc- | On the globe at that time, one would naturally Asbury. suppose that it would be the hottest as well as the longest day of the season. the question as to Sunday business and Sunday | fact it was not so, however. Neither should it Ase matter of to the theories or laws of sci. of this ts from the sun di be so, accord: The e: The daily increase reaches summer solstice. But the heat an accession by Rev. Robert West. Gen. Howard is a brother | each day until the beat lost during ofGen. 0. 0. Howard, and he will borementened. oF as formerly connected with the Freedm: a Our bureau in this city. His health has not been time after the test in| and equal to office work of late, and for some months he has been performing the duties of Indian spector In the southwestern territories. The new reporter was sent to the school exhi- | 924, bition, His report read pretty well; but there were a few things in it which did not meet the equal to Tecelvs hottest we