Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1882, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, (SATURDAY, a THE TOXOPHILITES. @otks Who Draw the Long Bow—Growin® Interest im Arcttery as a Hi Pastime—The Organizati Club—The Cost of an 01 Shoot. Arehery, which has been a popular pastime in England from the beginning of the present cen- tury, had little footing in this country until | some half dozen years ago, when Mr. Maurice Thompson, of Indiana, an ex-confederate ofMf- | | Cer, ed a series of articles in ribner’s Monthly.” setting forth the attractions of bow TY Thompson and his brother speat their holidays for a season or‘twoin Fiorida,and, discarding the noisy shot-gun for the silent bow succeeded In bagging quite a collection of birds, beasts and fishe the result of their prowesa. Thompson's breezy and gracetully writtea arti- cles inspired quite an enthusiasm for bow shoot- ing, and archery clubs sprang up all over the country. There was an immediate demand for “bow-arrrow-sticks.” Almost every carpsn- ter's or cooper’s shop turned out its quota of archery implements. Most people had seen strolling bands of Indians, at the side-show of | Bome circus, shoot pennies from a split stick with a bow and arrow. Trying t ne feat, | and not meeti fledged archers made iinplem nen fire, yoted ar- chery “bo»-pl ‘ot all about it. THE ARCHERY FEVER IN WASiINGTO John T. Pickett (fe ff, C.8. AL). Ww T, an hington Col cultured ind.es 1 of burope, Col. Pickett opened corre: with Thon hampion of Se and uitimately with Muir, . ebrated be ns toxophilites. nents were | s base-balls | as suitat would be for use a billia nd he ex- | Pended several hundred do nmporting Ine bows, arrows, and othe nents of an well as in collecting curios and mak- | ents. Arined with one of Muir's bows anda quiver of arrows, aud ac- ed by his son “Jack,” an jetimes by one or two schoolboys, Col Pickett: made almost daily tramps across the tleids and wood- s of the District and adjoining counties, J, his eye sharpened by habit to see the trace, <s relies of an older race of | inhabited the valley of the | Potomac. the summer of 1878, Col. | Pickett made a collection of over 2.00 stone arrow-heads of Indian manufacture, besides Bumerous stone hatciets, knives, bits of broken pottery, &c., which he found in the fields within @radias of s half-dozen miles of the Capitol. an island, the banks of the Eastern and the valley of Kock creek are veri- table mines of such relics. In 1879 Col Pickett was stricken with paralysis, depriving him of the use of his right hand, so that his bow-shoot- ing days were over, but as he could still walk, though with some difficulty. he encourased his fen and his juveo'le companions to continue their archery practice, and a revular range an Island, where halfa he Archers of Analos- for occasional target practies. Col. 1880, althouzh unable to shoot. suc- in interesting some members of the ex- Z corps of the Patent Office in are and two or three of the gentien vised by the Colonel, provided themselves with modern implements, and set out to find whether | was any real merit in the sport. Mean- time Mr. And?ew Johnson. of the Treasury de- Partsient. ‘sctinz on the inspiration of the hompson art was “draw chow” Occasionally on his own hook. archers also sprung up at Mount THE POTOMAC ARCHERS. In the spring of 1831 the scattering archers of the District somehow manased to come together at the residence of Capt. Bartlett, in Inzton. and formed a ciub known Arehers, Col. Pickett bei Three prize meetings we ¢ Potomac president. nd the club y members. The sea- gon of 1882. which closes this mouth. has beca a particularly successfal one for tle Po- tomac Archers. The chub now numbers about forty, not quite half being ladies. 4 junior club of young lady archers has been formed in one of the flourisiins prn ate schools in the west end, and two or three embryo associations exist in different parts of ‘thie’ city. The Sandy Suring eiub, which has been in existence four or five Years, has been put to its mettle, aud in the lab contests has been compelled to. at_ le: divide the honors. At the prize meet of ‘Zh, more than fifty archers contes amounting to about $150 in value tributed among the winners, and a war Of friendship was cemeuted a and gentlemen archers of Wasi more and Sandy Spri ARCHERY AS AN EXERCH As a health-giving exercise, ar qualed The puiling of a forty-po equivalent to the-putting up of t sdumb-belis, with the difference that pulling brings the muscles of the ¢ Fectly into play. The “round.” w! erally con: of ni he ladles on, Buiti- bow is y-pound t. the archer m, and then shoots the target near his first position. If ne arrows he thus walks about ami! ing his “round.” Should tarzet he has so much more wala This juiticions blending of chest. exercise is not only ben Hag of bis bow anv toa amonnt of well-trained duscular THE COST OF AN OUTFIT The Potomac arely 3 have not venerally gone “faney fixings’ : very arrows cost $1 each, and will not consent to use such an arrow efter so much asa feather is rumpled.and as bows, especially high priced bows viii break, the archer who expects to shine by hix outtit must pay for it; but as before stated, a farly food outfit is not expensive. Ladies usually shoot a bow 5! feet long, which pulls from 24 to 25 pounds.and use arrows 25 inches in length. ice of an ex- ng his outtit. lest by d to his strength he make of his first attempt. as many sappose, and as Wont fo practice with toy archery sents. The most powerful man would be eto draw akesvy bow in that way. The &rrow fits upon ow string se tichtiy as to id by three jh | ready. NEW RESIDENCES. Fine Heuses Now Being Erected — Notable Improvements on Vermont Avenue. The number of buildings now in progress of erection throughout the city, both for residences and business purposes, is very large, and the consequent demand both for labor and material is evidenced in the activity which exists in these departments. Mr. C. B. Pearson, the manager ef the Virginia brick company, at Fort Runyon | station, Va., told a Star reporter that they were unable to fill the orders for brick received during the past few months, and had been obliged to refuse orders amounting to three millions of bricks. He said that the company had now determined to put in a brick machine capable of turning out 45,000 bricks per day in order to meet the demand. Otner dealers in materials also speak of the great demand now existing. These “statements are not surprising in view of the large number of buildings going up inthe city. One of the most NOTABLE STRUCTURES now being erected is the residence which Gen. Nicholas L. Anderson, of Cincinnati, is building on the corner of K and 16th streets. The archi- | tectural design is unique and is copied after an old feudal castie. The large lot, 106 feet front, helps to carry out the design. The building 18 only two stories high, with a roof 28 teet high. The interior arrangement corresponds with the general design of the building, and is to be fin- ished in a most artistic manner. The cost will be about £89,000 and the house will be ready r oceupancy in the spring. Owing tojts pecu- liar style of architecture it will be one of the most | striking residences in that part of the city. VERMONT AVENUE. On Vermont avenue, near K street, the ele- | gant residence of W. M. Galt, the flour mer- chant, is nearly finished. It ts three stories high, with a front of press brick, highly orna- mented and broken with bay andoriole windows. The interior is finished in hard wood of elegant designs, and the residence will be one of the handsomest in the city. The cost of the build- ing and ground is about $80,000. On the west side of Vermont avenue another handsome resi- dence has been begun by Gen. Geo. W. Clark, of Jowa, and, on the lot adjoining, Mr. George ‘ason is beginning the erection of a fine house. he estimated cost of these residences is about $12,000 each. Further up on Vermont ave- nue, near O street, the residence of William Ballantyne, the stationer, is nearing completion, and presents a very elegant appearance. It is & three story brick in the Queen Anne style. and the interior is in keeping with the modern architecture of the design. Its cost will be from $12,000 to $15,000. The adjoining lot has been purchased by ‘Hon. Hiram Price, the Commis- sioner of Indian Affairs, who intends to begin the erection of aresidence in the spring. The next lot has been purchased by Mr. J.T. Bender, of the Indian office. with the view of putting up @ home in the spring. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, Mr. B. H.Warner has sold the fine lot owned by him on the northwest corner of 16th and K streets to Rear Admiral T. H. Stevens, who will build in the spring. The four handsome residences which are being built by Mr. Lawrence Sands on P Street, near 18th, are nearly completed. These ses are of a licht, graceful style of architec- ture, and cost about $40,000 On the next cor- ner beyond Mr. Blaine’s new residence, Massachu- setts avenue and ZIst street, Mr. B. H. Warner has purchased a lot, where he intends, in the coming spring, to erect a residence for his own use. The residence of Mr. M. G. Emery, on M, near 14th street, is slowly raising its stately propor- tions. Its fourteen inch walls and handsome de sts solid elegance. The estimated cost is $10,000. Next week Mr. C. B. Pearson ill begin the erection of a home on the north ide of Massachutetts avenue, between 9th and 10th streets. It will be three stories high, with a depth of five feet. The front will be of press brick, with brown stone and ornamental brick trimmi The interior will be hand- somely finished in hard wood, and the residence, when completed, will be one of the handsomest in that vicinity. The cost will be about $10,000. CHURCH EDIFICES. The church edifice that is being erected by the | Universalists on the corner of 13th and L streets, is under roof, and the workmen are engaged in the interior. The walls of the Christian church, on Vermont avenue, near N street, are grad- ually rising, and the structure will be under cover before ti id weather sets. ge THE CITY MARKETS. APPLES AND BUTTER ARRIVING IN THE CITY— THE CATTLE MARKET AND WESTERN BEEF— POULTRY, AND FRESH AND CURED MEATS— OTHER FEATURES OF THE WEEK. Business in our city markets the past week has Deen quite active and sales satisfactory gen- erally to both sellers and buyers ; the flour mar- Ket is firm, especially in the patent grades, which are most in demand; sales of wheat are more active; in the butter line real firm grades are arriving in limited quantities and selling quickly; good to fair grades move rather slowly and the common kinds are dull. - Some roil butter has commenced to arrive, but most of it is in bad condition. Both New York and cream- cries have advanced slightly. The western stock is not so good, and the demand is slight. A general advance in butter is anticipated. The | supply of egzs has been ample and market rather dull, with most sales at 23 cents whole- sale, but the week will probably ciose with the market firmer it the weather gets colder. ‘The suppiy of poultry has been limited and sales Dressed poultry will also soon be more in demand. APPLES. Apples are coming in moderate quantities by car loads. Several car-loads have arrived in rather sof condition owing to the warm weather, and have sold cheap, but good sound | stock 1s in demand and prices firm. The re- vipts of cattle have been liberal considering the demand, which is decreasing owing to the quan- tities of beef arriving in refrigerator- cars from the west. Vegetables, such as pota- toes, onions. cabbages, &c., are ‘more plentiful. ‘The offerings of hay have been less than last week, and sales have been dull, especially for inferior quality. There is little demand for clover. Rye straw is in demand. Wholesale and jobbing prices are as follows: — Flour—Minnesota | ripe rocess, $7.75a38.25; bakers’ brands, $6.25a6.50; Family, patent pro- ceas, #6.25a6.50; standard brands, $5.25a5.50; trade brands, 35.00a5.25; extra, $4.25a4.75; super, $8. 75; fine, €2.50a3.00; middling, | $2.25a 2.50; rye, $8.50a4.00; buckwheat, N.Y.. percwt., 5004.00; Virginia, Maryland ‘and Pennsylva- nia, $3 50a4.00; corn meal, buited, white, 75a76c.; unbolted, yellow, T5a76c. Butter—Creamery, fancy, 35a37c.; prime, 88a 35c.; fair to good imitation, 24a25e.; New York tubs, fancy, new, 38u34c.; good, 30a32c ; firkin, best, 30u2c.; good, 38a20c.; western dairy, best, fair, 18a20c.; western 2Waric.; good, 240.5 good, 20a22c.; poor to Rarte. factory, best, '24a26c.; fair, 13420c. Cheese—New York, 13}{al4c.; good western, 11}4a124¢c. per pound. POULTRY AND FRESH MEATS. In poultry the prices are unchanged. except as to spring chickens, which are 1 cent per pound higher. As the cold weather advances there will be more demand and consequently an ad- vance in price. Live turkeys bring from 8 to 10 cents per pound; old fowls, 10al1 cents; In_ loosing the ides off the ends of the fin- nough, however, to take the & very few shots unless the leather, or the archer may tap from the bow-string. iN make his forearm the size and color of a joint of stovepipe. The force of an arow from a 4%-Ib. bow is sufficient to penetrete an inch board, or about the same as that of a 32 caliber pistol bullet. Even a lady's bow will throw an arrow with a force equal to that of a 2 ballet from a pocket pistol, but. as an ar- Tow cai always be sen in its flight. there ts lit- tle danzer of injury to any person by stray ar- Yows, unless there is gross carelessness on the archery ground. FOXY OF THE akcwKRs. Gen. Meigs is a devoted arcker, and next to Col. Pickett. probubly has the best private col- lection of archery implements in the city. Capt. Bartlett keeps a half-dozen bows for use. and has made some experizents in their manufac- ture. Col. Fiiat, librarien of the Patent Onice, ‘seme light or aheavy yew tree bow. as he feele muscular cr otherwise. Col. Pickett has been too unveil to meet with the archers this season, Dut his son “Jack” pulls a 28 pound ish yew pretty etfecttvely. Mr. Johnson. the ent president of the Potomac Club, ma’ fair ecores with a ght yew-and-hickory bow. Sirx. r, princ:pal ot the Washiacton Colleviste Institute, Rise L. Brown. of the Pet ‘Mrs. W. A. Bartlett, Mies Faany Besi Burnside, danghier of Col. J.0 are amorg the moet entinusiaatic «/ © spring chickens, 12413; ducks, 10a11; and geese, to cents each x 3 The fresh meat ‘obbing market Is about the same as last week, and the trade is dull. Thee prices are—Choice hind quarters of beef 3, 01 do., 4 to 5c.: choice dressed veal, 11 to 12c.; common do.,9 to 10c.; choice dressed mutton, 7 to 8c.; common do..5 to 6c.; choice dressed lambs, 11 to 12c.; common do., 8 to 10c. Veal is scarce and the trade brisk. CURED MEATS. In cured meats the market is firm, Sugar cured hams, 16%; sugar cured shoulders, 13} 1334; breakfast bacon, 18; dried beef, 17a18; Bhgade. western ae ora, ial 3: sides, bulk should: Ge 1244a12%; sausage, 14al5; mothy. 8170818 per to mixed, Bi iay— 81 per ton; m 4a 816; ‘Clover, $i0a$i2. Rye straw €0a8i0 ton. Oats are selling by countrymen for to 4 cents bushel, and corn in ear, (old), $4.50 1; do., new, per with light offerings. Vegetables—Early rose potatoes, bushel; peerless, oto 65 cts.; sweet squash. $25 per ton: aj as to quality. in a soft ; Col car condition sold for - TOWN TALK. A BATCH OF CURRENT TOPICS. The Public Primter and District Besi- dents. To the Editor of the Evexme Stan: The plea of “Printer” in last evening’s STAR forthe poor workingmen and workingwomen of the District who have recently been dia- charged from the Government Printing Office, and for those now there,liable to goat any time, enlists my sympathy, as it should that of every man and woman who reads it. I saw a state- ment in your paper, if I mistake not, sometime since, that Mr. Rounds said the men were dis- charged because they were non-voters, but could not credit it. Itseemsto be true, how- ever. Has it come to be a crime, Mr. Editor, to be a resident of the capital of the freest govern- ment God’s sun shines on? Are men to be ostracised by government officials because they can’t exercise the right of expressing their po- litical preferences at the ballot box, especially when as faras Washington is concerned, the government itself denies them the privilege of sodoing? Mr. Rounds must not forget that many of these unfortunates were once voters in some of the states, but lost their right of fran- chise by absolute inability, from poverty, sick- ness, or some other good and sufficient ‘cause, to return to their old homes on elec- tion days. They are to-day just as good republicans, and would do as much for the party in proportion to their meansas he, but have lost residence in the states, and government says they shan’t votes in the District. To be at least consistent, why doesn’t this autocratic public printer, who came into power with such a flour- ish of trumpets from the ‘‘star route” organ, the Critic, the business managet of which he appointed to the foremanship of the Congres- sional Record at $6 a day—really the best posi- tion under him, because when Congress is not in session there is very little for him to do— why don’t he give all non-voters in his employ the grand bounce? Men high in position under him belong to that category. Say to them, “I am sorry, but belonging to that class who have the misfortune to be citizens of this beautiful city of Washington, the capital of your country, where the law-makere declare you have noright to vote, you must go. You may be republi- cans, but you can’t vote—you have no political influence, and that’s what I must have in order to make myself ‘solid’ with poll- ticians to whom I am. indebted for my position. You may be, as I know muny of yen are, the very best workmen in the office, at you have no vote, your mouths are closed, so to speak, and really ‘you have no rights that a white man is bound to respect.’ I can’t keep you. Although the men who take your places may be inferior workmen, and some of them utterly incompetent to do the work you have been doing. I must accommodate my political friends or off goes my political head. The fact that when I was appointed to my present posi- tion I offered to givethe government a $400,000(!) bond when only $100,000 was required. even that wouldn't save me if I failed to be useful to my political masters.” Now, such policy may be approved by selfish, greedy politiclans—men who have been. and still are, attempting to crowd the departments with incompetents—but it cannot be that business men, men of princi- ple, men who love the interests and prosperity of Washington, can remain silent while. in one of the largest workshops of the country and world, a place where skilled labor should al- ways be in demand, the best workmen, and con- sequently the most economical for the govern- ment, are being slaughtered to gratify the de- mands of men who would let the party, govern- ment and all, go to the dogs if they only be sat- isfled. Such policy is not only an outrage to those upon whom it is practiced, but it is incon- sistent with the principles of the grand old re- publican party, of which I have been a member, and for many years an active member, since its organization, and should receive, as I believe it will, severe criticism and unstinted condemna- tion from all good meaning and loving people, whether voters or not. REPUBLICAN VOTER. October 19, 1882. —__»___ One of the Bounced. To the Editor of Tax Evenixo STar. In yesterday's Republican and Post an inter- view appeared alleged to have taken place between reporters of the Journals named and Mr. Cadet Taylor, the newly, appointed chief clerk of the Government Printing Office, wherein the latter gentleman, in an endeavor to explain ‘away some recent severe criticism in the cotamns ot Tue Stan, 4s in effect made to say that of the fifty type-setters dismissed by him within the last two weeks but very few are skilled work- men. I have nothing condemnatory to write of Mr. Cadet Taylor because of these discharges, fully recognizing his right to rid himeelt of such employes as to him seemed proper; but when with a dismissal come insult and injary, I, for one, am not inclined to be silent. I don’t know how many compositors of the document and piece Toome are enjoying enforced idleness through Mr. Taylor, or whether they are unskilled mechanics or not. I take it that they are not, however." But I do know, and, if it should be questioned, am willing to produce evidence it will be impossible to controvert, that of the thirteen printers of the specifica- tion room whose heads fell into the basket not one is an “unskilled workman.” Billy Briggs, one of your townsmen, is a superior workman, either as typo or proof-reader, which latter he was when dismissed. Tommy’ Simp- son, Jim Campbell, Jim McCabe, Sam Bell, and Messrs. Lowrey, McAbee, Johnston, Schwrar and Caton are particularly well known through- out the office, not onlyas intelligent and correct composito but as nine ofthe fastest in the building as well. Not one of these averaged less than a hundred dollars a month, and two of them, Bell and Schwrar, rarely made less than $130, and this, too, on work as difficult ead in- tricate as patent specifications. Two of the “bounced” thirteen (Williamson and McEyoy) are nearly, if not quite, sixty years of age, and, though old, excellent workmen. One of the thirteen, Tarlton, also a good printer. by reason of lil-health, is not a swift handler of the metals, but a usually correct. one nevertheless, and all of the thirteen are perfectly sober and remarkably attentive men. So you see how unjust, not to say utterly untruthful, is Mr. Taylor's assertion in the morning papers. Mr. Taylor knew or had opportunity of knowing _ before these discharges were made that the gen- tlemen selected were altogether as competent: for the places they filled as any that could be secured in the country, and in troth it is the boast of Foreman Brian that Schwrar was un- ceremontously kicked out for having ‘“‘made too much money.” This is not the testimony merely of myself. but of every one, including, | believe, that of the gentleman who haa charge of the room in which the discharged thirteen were em- ployed. Mr. Cadet Taylor may be a very excel- lent business man, and ps is; but either he is not a good judge ot good work when he sees It; or, not seeing the work and caring nothing whatever about it, wilfullly misrepre- sents facts in order to patch up a straight path out of a seemingly very crooked transaction. One oF THE BouNcED. a “Wide Awake” Again, To the Editor of Tux Evawme Stan: Since I took my “pen in hand” last Sat- urday there seems to have been music in the air for the gigantic intellects who are the tails to Mr. Star Route Helm’s kite. I mean Mr. Cadet Taylor (Phoebus, what a name!) and Capt. Brian, who for the present seem to be de- termined to hide the pompous Helm under their coat tails, widely spread out for the occa- sion. But Helm is too great (don’t let the com” positor make this “large”) a man to hide behind the two feather-weights mentioned; so we will have him to the front. All the summer Jong those in Mr. Helm’s confidence have hinted that an onslaught would soon be made on the employes who belon; to the while I used to and y whith the jigal public printer has react did him. ne care these men for the party? What: care they for the misery, the suffering, the heartaches which their course has wrought ? Oh, we thank you, Mr. Editor, for so boldly coming to the front and Seoueing to pain words and unvarnished language this un- called for di@ctarge of 80 skillful workmen. And Tue Star alone had the man- liness_to;do it.,*Not another in town proved itself a friend to the people of Washing- ton. You are blessed for it this night in many homes. T'was nbt born here, neither do I claim residence here, but I, and many hke me, thank you and biess you for the stand you have 60 nobly taken. [am sick and tired of this office as matters are at present conducted. Why cannot star route bandit Brady increase his partner Helm’s salary as business manager of the “ Thieves’ Own,” instead of pensioning him offon old Mr. Rounds, or rather on the govern- ment? Then, maybe, Brian might be permitted to run this shop. The Record would not suffer, either, for the assistant, Mr. William Henry Harrison Hickman, is a very capable gentleman, and deste do all the apes anyhow. More anol you dont’t get tired of me. es oo WIDE AWAKE. -—___>—_—_ Park Carriages. To tho Raitor of Tux EvENine Stas. We are glad to hear that cabs have reached Pliladelphia. A few hours’ journey might bring them to Washington, where the want of this useful and inexpensive vehicle ts deeply felt. Cheap and rapid transit over our city of mag- nificent distances will be a paying investment to the progressive man who inauguratesit. Another improvement we would suggest is that park car- riages, such as those used in Central Park, New York, be stationed at the entrance gates of the Soldiers’ Home. The beauties of thid charming spot are known only to those who keep private carriages, or who can afford to pay -@5 to a livery stable for an after- hoon’s drive. A transfer of the Tth-street car line now takes passengers to the entrance of the Soldiers’ Home grounds, four miles distant. ‘The extent of this beautiful park can only be appreciated by a drive through its winding roads over picturesque hills and valleys, by running streams-and placid lakes. In some re- spects it is more beautitul than Fairmount p rk and Central park of our sister cities,—and yet these government grounds are almost “unknown to the majority of our citizens. In New York, the elevated railway takes you to the entrance of the park in 15 or 20 minutes, and the park carriage, accommodating eight or ten persons, gives a drive of several miles through the grounds for twenty-five cents each. Of course, proper authorities would have to give permission to the enterprise, witn suitable restrictions,—but there is no reason why the people should be de- barrea from the enjoyment of this beautiful domain, provided by government for our disa- bled soldiers and sailors. To those who cannot make a summer trip to seashore or mountains, thisopen gate at the Soldiers’ Home wouldgivea glimpse of paradise, which is now as inaccessi- ble to them as was the Garden of Eden to our first parents, when an oficial with flaming sword guarded its entrance. x. —— Attorney General Brewster and the Star Route Cases. To the Editor of Tux Evenino Sran. It was asserted In Tux Star of Tuesday that the friends of the Attorney General were disap_ pointed by his closing address in the star route trials. The author of this assertion was proba- bly absent when the address was delivered, and got his impressions from the very meager out- ines furnished by the press reporters. Owing to the scheming policy of the defendants’ coun- sel, it remained doubtful, up to the very last moment, when the Attorney General could begin his argument; consequently, the number of listeners present on the first day did not greatly exceed that in usual at- tendance at the long, wearisome trial. the second ‘day, long before the hour appointed to begin, the courtroom was densely crowded. Of all the multitude there assembled it may be aTirmed without fear ot being successfully con- tradicted, not one departed disappointed. The counsel for the “ring” showed, by unmistakable | signs, that they felt the blows inflicted by a mas- ter hand, and that they clearly perceived the points made by a logic which could not be an- swered by their sophisms. The friends of truth and public honesty applauded the fidelity and the zeal displayed by the chief officer of the law. Every step discovered his intimate acquaintance with the devious mazes of a conspiracy unpar- alleled in the history of the republic; every ut- terance revealed the fearlessness of the upright guardian of the public tranquility. His dis- course was clear, forcible, scholarly in arrange- ment and allusion, eloquent in denunciation of crime. What more can the critics require? VINDICATION, es Interesting to New York Voters Resi- dent in Washington. ‘To tho Editor of Tae Evextna Star: The following clause in the state constitution of New York will be of interest to gentlemen in the departments here contemplating returning to that state to cast their votes at the coming election: Arr. 2, Sec. 3. ‘For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed as having lost a residence by reason of his absence from the state of New York while employed in the service of the United States: Provided, Said person shall nct have voted in any other state or territory during said period.” eS Is It A Job? To the Editor of Tas Evexrxo Sran. ‘The employes of the Post Office department desire to know why a watering cart is constantly kept going around that building from early morn to late in the evening, wet and dry weather, thus keeping a sloppy condition of the streets being of no service whatever, as the concrete pavements are as clean and free from dust as any in the city. SUFFERER. Mahone, Virginia.” ‘Washington Correspondence New York Sun. Mahone has a whole flat in the Portland apart- ment house. Here his clerks grind while he furnishes the fodder. Here every Virginian in federal employ, in Washington or elsewhere, has been weighed inthe most delicate of bal- ances. If the Virginian does not stand the test—first, respecting contributions of money; second, respecting his ability to control at least three votes besides his own—the grim execu- tiouer notches against him and he becomes a victim. So that, though Mahone’s pathway to ower is strewn with as many victims as have Tallen in some other countries to the lust for power, yet he has tn the place of these a larg and faithful army who will obey him in any- thing. That is what Mahone and those who support him regard as free popular govern- ment. Mahone is not an ideal prince, though a prince in fact almost. A stranger would have chosen any one of the others who surrounded him to- day, beforelpointing him out, as the chief of the new dispensation. His voice is mild, he never loses his temper, and he sits with his long and loosely articulated legs balanced the one over the other, constantly pumping the air with one of them, and listening with seeming Indiffer- ence to the reports and suggestions that his aids make. A hage white sombrero hides his face, or that part of it which his grizzly beard does not, and if he ever expresses emotions on his countenance, the.chances are that a never-, ending cloud of tobacco smoke would con them. He ts the mildest-mannered living skele- ton who ever went into politics; but his grip is hard and cold as steel. : Ericycling. In order to effect & long ride without severe fatigue it ig good, and, indeed, right, to divide the journey into, easy stages. From two to three hours ts long enough to work at one stretch, and 15t9 20 miles is long enough for one ride. It is always wise, in touring, to take KE B z i Bg a] i But on | THE GYPSIES. By nantes G. Letanp. Boston: Pouhton, Ramis £00. ‘Washington: F. B. Mo- The euthor of “Hans Breitmann's Ballads” has given the world a good deal of clever lite- rary matter, together with some of small value, but we do not now remember anything more charming in their way than some of the papers constituting tnis volume. Mr. Leland is famil- jar with the ways and lore of the gypsies of nearly all nations, and the subject is one of his favorite hobbies, hence he writes upon it not only understandingly but ina style that must attract even those who have no special interest in his theme. To those who are so Interested the book will have a peculiar value, while it will entertain and inform those who only care to know in a general way who ana what the Gyp- sles are. » AN UND AZING STAR. By Barer RUitiwem Boston: Mougnton, Mittin & Oo.” Wash ington: ¥. B. Mohun. These two stories, first published, we believe, in Scotch or English newspapers, are in the style which made their author’s reputation, but they will hardly add much to it. They lack sub- stance, so to speak. but will serve to wile away a half hour for which no better use can be found. SWABIAN STOR'ES. By Tuxopons Tiron. New York: R. Worthington. The readers of Tux Star have already had, in one or two poems published in its columns from the advance sheets, a taste of the fine literary quality of this attractive looking volume. Mr. ‘Tilton’s most partial friends would not claim for him rank asa poet of high order, but he un- questionably has the gift of versifying quite gtacefally, and he has succeeded in putting into yery clever rhymea number of Swabian legend , each of which is accompanied with notes giving necessary explanations as to their origin and the historical characters to whom allusion is made. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE. By Jonn RICHARD GuEENE, M.A. In Five Volumes. New York: Useful Knowleige Publishing Company. Of the literary merit and historical value of Prof. Greene's contributions to current litera- ture it is unnecessary to speak at this late day. His reputation is securely established. What is noticable in regard to the edition betore us is its extreme cheapness. When a legibly printed, well-bound History of England can be had for the trifling sum of thirty cents per volume, no one, however poor, can afford to be ignorant on that subject. BACON'S ESSAYS. New York: Tho Useful Knowledge Publishing Company. ‘THFromn Ue Mont Celebrated of his Peperee New Lock? ‘The Useful knowledge Publisning Company. What is said above in regard to Greene's His- tory of England will apply with equal force to these two volumes. The first named Is furnished in Aalf Russia binding at sixty cents, and the latter in neat cloth at twenty-five cents. AMERICAN NEWSPAPER CATALOGUE. Arranged for the Convenience of Advertisers. 1882, Cincin- nati: Edwin Alden & Bro. A most comprehensive and convenient publi- cation, and, assuming that its flzures giving cir- culation, etc., are correct, one of great useful- ness also to advertisers, whose wants it is intended to meet. And these are probably as nearly accurate as it is possible to make them. If not absolutely or approximately correct, they appear to be relatively so, so that the end in view is substantially secured, The arrangement adopted by the publishers is such as to give on the same line the name of the city or town where a paper is published, with its population, name of paper, length of columns, number of pages, frequency of issue, politics, denomi- nation, class or mission, when established, cir- culation, ete. There is also much other valu- able information, conveniently arranged, to be found throughout the volume. The general reader may be interested in knowing that ac- cording to this authority the whole number of periodicals published in the United States and the Dominion of Canada is 12.158. Total in the United States, 11. Canada, 636. These are divided as follows: Dailies, 1,152; tri-weeklies, semi-weeklies, 150; weeklies, 9,078; bi-week- 23; semi-monthlies, 202; monthlies, 1,290; nonthlies, 12. Curiously enough, it omits quarterlies, which the similar publication of Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell & Co., sets down at 74. Yet notwithstanding this omission, its agere- gate figures are nearly all larger than those given by the last named Directory, which places the total at 11,218, divided as follows: Dailies, 1,061; tri-weeklies, 64; seml-weeklies, 137; week- lies, 8,611; bi-weeklies, 60; semi-monthlies, 155; monthlies, 1,041; bi-monthlies, 15; quarterlies, wm. MRS. SOLOMON SMITH LOOKING ON, By Pansy. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. The observations of the quaint ofd fashioned heroine of this volume can be read with interest by all classes of readers, albeit the book is likely to be set down as of the Sunday-school order. It has some very touching passages, but it Is not- without grave inconsistencies. It would not be possible in real life for any one to go about speaking out as openly and loudly as Mrs. mith is represented to have expressed herself: and besides couldn’t she have been as are a christian and done as much good had she Bean properly habited, instead of mortifying her friends by dressing like a fright? It is no better to attract attention by slovenliness than by an undue parade of finery. THE LORD'S PURSE BEARERS. By Hesna Staer- TON. me Top & Co. Like all Miss Stretton’s stories, this is in a deeply religious vein, and written with a pur- pose. Its aim is to show the responsibility of Christians in giving, and to point a moral against bestowing alms indiscriminately u street beggars. Its pictures of life inthe low haunts of London are graphic, and perhaps use- ful, if not very pleasant reading. The keynote ot this pleasant story is to be found in the motto of Mr. Hayne’s school: “We are all gentlemen; if any one of us has not self- control enough to behave himself, or if he is too much of a coward to apologize when he is wrong, he does not belong here.” As for the book it- self it is an entertaining account of school boy experiences such as almost any boy may have had, and the recounting of which all of them will greatiy enjoy. Mr. Stoddard is one of their favorites. RED CLOUD, THE SOLITARY SIOUX. A.story of ‘the Great Prairie. Lieut.-Col. Bi Boston: Roberts Washington: J. J. Chap- man. Under the sbove title the author of “the Great Lone Land” tells the story of an Irish boy who, under the tutelage of an old sergeant in Her Majesty’s service,—by whom his ears were filled with marvelous tales of campaigns in Spain and Portugal,—was fired with a desire to see the world and share its adventures. He ac- cordingly takes with hima neighborlad, younger than himself, and emigrates to the wilds of Canada, and thence to the Iand of the Sioux, where the two have such experiences as might be expected. The story is well told, and will be pretty sure to find many readers among the young people fond of adventure. THEY WERE MARRIED. By Wauren Besar and Jans rox. L'ABBE CONSTANTINE. By Lupovic Harevy, FRECKLES. By Resecca Ferous Revcuirr. We have here three volumes of the ‘‘Lovell's ceaf | Library” series, published by the John W. Lov- ell Company of New York, which combine lite- rary merit, typographical clearness and cheap- of price to an antonishing de; even in these times of liberal enterprise. *y are each more or less familiar to readers of fictien, and those who have not already read them will be giad to find them in this cheap and convenient form. ELIANE. By Mme. Avovustus Craven. Translated Wow York: Wiliam &, Gotsbecgat = STO ., have already received ‘and the book is Son fast as possible- It will make two large octavo volumes. Scribner's sons have reprinted in pamphiet form Professor Fisher's able paper on “The Christian Religion” recently published in he North Anerican Review. It will doubtless find, as ite merits deserve, many new readers in this shape. Mr. R. Worthington announces a new edition of that pretty little volume “Point Lace and Diamonds,” whicn has been out of print for some = with several new poems by the euthor, are said to be quite clever. Mesars. Fords, Howard & Hulbert announce that they will this month resume the publication of Pulpit—i.e. Mr. Beecher's ser- mons—with some improvements on the appear- ance of the former series, but at a ——__$<§$o______ JOHN D. DEFREES, An Able and Honcst Man. Assistant Secretary New, of the Treasury de- partment, who was an intimate personal friend of Mr. Defrees for thirty years, says: ir. De- frees was a man of the purest character and of the highest personal and moral courage. He was the ablest political manager I ever knew, and for years he was the magnate of the whig party in Indiana, which owed much of its suc- | cess to him. He was the intimate friend and adviser not only of Caleb B. Smith, Joseph White and other whig leaders in Indiana, but of Clay, Webster and other national leaders of the party. After the dissolution of the whiz party in Indiana, Mr. Defrees, as proprietor of The Journal, the newspaper which I now own, organized and built up the people's party; which maintained itself until. through the exer- tions of himselfand others, the republican party was organized in the state. In 1872 Mr. De- frees joined the liberal movement and sup- orted Mr. Greeley. I think this was due to wo causes. In the first place he had a warm rsonal affection for Mr. Greeley, and regarded jim in the light of a patron saint of the repub- lican party: and in the second place he was very bitterly hostile to General Grant. But nobody could ever doubt the sincerity of his convic- tions or fail to respect, although they might not agree with him.” ——____¢.—_____ THE BI-CENTENNIAL REGATTA. Two Crews That Are Going From Washington to Take Part in the Contests. ‘Washington Cor. Philadelphia Times, Oct. 18. Arrangements have been perfected by the Columbia Boat cluv. of this city, to have up- wards of a hundred of their representatives Present at the regatta in Philadelphia next Thursday. Two crews will be entered, a four- oared and eight-oared, both of which will be coached by Ellis Ward, who trained the success- ful competitors in the recent regatta. The champion four of the Columbias and of the Po- tomac river will contest for the prizes in this class and their names and weight are as follows: F. A. Nute, stroke, 148 pounds; C. J. Kintner, No. 8, 176 pounds; C. D. Davis, No. 2, 150 Punts and F. M. Nesmith, bow, 147 pounds. ‘his crew isthe holder of Tax EvieNninc Star challenge cup, which is open to all comers, this emblem having been won by them trom crews of the Analostan and Potomac clubs about two weeks ago. The eight-oared crew will be made up of F. A. Nate, stro R. Wade, Ni M_B. Wallach, No. 6; Oscar Woodward, No. €t Davis, No. 4; F. M. Nesmith, No. 3;C. W. Henderson, No. 2; and J. R. Lake, bow. The party will leave Washington tor Philadelphia on Sunday night, and during their visit will be the cuests of the boat club of the University of Pennsylvania. The crews selected are the strongest in this section, and nave kept themselves in good con- dition by constant work with the oars for fully a month. The Columbia club has only been in existence about three years, and was the result of asplit inthe famous Potomac club, whose headquarters are in Georgetown. They have developed considerably since leaving the Poto- macs and are famous for the ease with which they have conquered all the crews of other or- ganizations with whom they have competed. ea GEN. GORDON PEECH, The American Colony in Paris. The American colony in Paris gave a dinner about two weeks ago to Emory A. Storrs and Gen. J. B. Gordon. To bring these men to- gether for after-dinner speeches, with Consul General George Walker for master of ceremo- nies, wasa good deal like mingling fire and water. There was, however, no undue sputtering. Storrs was eloquent, as usual, but Gen. Gordon’ remarks were more note-worthy from the fact that, as it is understood, he Is to go back to the Senate from Georgia as Ben Hill's successor. It will be fortunate for the man and the state if his speeches In the Senate hereafter agree with these sentiments of his at Paris: The destruction of slavery made one race tree and another race poor; but the time is near at hand when the verdict of all men will be that it was best tor both races, * * * The war has made of different sections one people. At no (eh! of our history tor fifty years has there n such a tendency to universal concord as at resent. The long quarrel was ended by war. The disputants, who met as foes, parted as friends; and whatever may be in store for other sections, there will be war no more between the north and the south. The war has decreed that there is to be no peaceable separation of the states. It has removed the great cause of per- ual irritation. It has prepared the way for dispassionate discussion of every govern- mental policy in every section of the country. It has opened new avenues of enterprise, which invite the ablest intellects into other channels, and to higher planes than sectional wrangling and political warfare. Cable Workers, The work in the operating room at Heart's Content has brought out a number of curious facts about cavles and cable operating. For in- stance, New York city sends and receives about two-thirds of all the cable business of the United States. Philadelphia comes next, then Chicago; while some of the smaller southern cities, with their messages relating to cotton sales, outrank more northern cities like Boston, Baltimore, St. Louis, or Cincinnati. It amazes the telegraphers here to tell them of the im- portance of places like New Haven, Albany, Troy, or Buffalo, from which the cable business is 80 small that inthe Heart's Content station they are supposed to be little towns. The it price of a message is fifty cents a word. Vet, a few years azo, when competition reduced the rates to twelve cents, the increase In the number of cable messages was relatively Pery But as the competition was compara- day he became intoxicated, and as no one knew the intricate connections communication be- tween two continents was well-nigh stopped for a large (part of a day until a drunkard could his spree. There is a side half romantic, half weird to the life of the tel ers shut in their workroom here at Heart’ night the ART NOTES. Mr. Ross Tarner has opened a studio ip Boston, and will probably spend the winter in’ that city, where bis works, and his water colors, find many admirers. ita! —W. M. Chase's likeness of ex-President Hayes, painted for Memorial Hall, Harvard Uni- versity, is now on exhibition tn the Boston Museum of Art. It is undoubtedly the very Worst portrait ever painted by an artist of any note in America. — Mr. Louis D. Meline bas left Vernon Row and taken a studio at 915 F street. Mr. Meline is still giving close attention to still Ife sub- Jects, and has lately painted some flower that were considered by connoisseurs than any thing he has yet done. — Harper's Weekly for last week has a fall Page wood engraving of Brooke's painting en- titled “A Pastoral Visit,” in the Corcoran Gal- lery. The representation ts very creditable, and the spirit of the orixinal well preserved.” Mr, Brooke ts still making studies and sketches in the rural districts of Virginia. —The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Proposes to give the following prizes at their exhibition next autumn for the best ofl-paint- ings: To the very best, $3.000, and the picture isto belong to the a ; to the secom third and fourth in order of merit, medals gold, silver and bronze will be awarded. — Hubert Herkomer, the famous Anglo- Bavarian painter, and Seymour Haden, the no less famous English etcher, are both expected to arrive In this country next month. Probably they will both lecture on art. It is thought that Bastien (Lepage, the French painter, will also visit the United States early in the winter, — M. de Neuville, the painter of battle scenes, has gone to Ezypt, under commission trom the Fine Art Society of London, to paint a tar scene of the storming of Tel-el-Kebir. M. de Neuville has no superior if an equal in that tine of art, and as the subject Is one which will afford thrilling situations and picturesque accessories, an unusually fine work may be looked for. — Mr. Messer, who spent the summer months making sketches and studies of the beautiful Jandscape In the vicinity of Farmington, Maine, has returned to the city, and is again hard at work in bis studios in Vernon Row. His so- Journ in that bracing locality affordea not only excellent opportunity for the use of his pe but greatly benefitted him in a physical sense, sothat he came back largely the gainer in every way by his long stay. — Mr. Miller, who has been in Boston for some two months past, finds his crayon portraits so greatly in demand in that city that not only has he had all the orders he has been able to fil! up to this time, but has commissions enough on his books to keep him busy there uutil well toward the new year. The Bostonians regard him as a worthy successor to Rowse, whose work was #0 long and so gar admired there; and it bids fair soon to be “the thing” to have a child's head by Miller, as it used to be to have one by the old Boston favorite. +02 —_____. VENUS, Facts and Speculations, The transit of Venus in December next is nat- urally directing attention to the brilliant planet which then, as a small round black spot, passes across the sun’s face. Mr. Richard A. Proctor gives in Knowledge some interesting tacts con- cerning the condition of Venus and some speco- lations as to whether the planet is inhabited. Venus, he says, has been measured, and we find that she is a giobe nearly as large as the earth. Like the earth, she Wravels round and round the sun continually, but not in the same time as the earth. The earth goes round the sun once in twelve months, while Venus goes round once in about seven and a baif months; so that fer vear, the time in which the seasons run through their changes, is four and a half months less than ours. If Venus has four seasons like ours,—spring, summer, autumn and win- ter,—each of these seasons lasts eight weeks. Veuus also, like our earth, turns on her axis, and so has night and day as we have. Her day is not quite so long as ours, but the differ- ence—about twenty-five minuies—is not very important. ut when we consider some other points we see that Venus, beautiful though ake jooks, would not be a comfortable home for us. Venus is much nearer to the sun—the great fire of the solar system—than our earth is. She receives, then, much more heat from him. In fact. it is easily cal ulated that if our earth were set tra’ eling on the path of Venus, we should receive almost exactly twice as much heat from the sun as we do at present. This would be unbearable, except, perhaps, in the Polar regions; and even there the summer, with that tremendous sun above the horizon all through the twenty-four houra, would be scarcely barable. Besides,¢what contrast between te hot Polar summer and the cold Polar winter, when four weeks together the sun would not be seen at all. But Venus has ber axis much moresianted than the earth's, so that her seasons must be very marked indeed. Thus the heat of her summer weather must be even more terrible than if her globe weie in- clined like the earth's. Again, the air of Venus is denser than ours. And it seems also to bea moist air, which is just the kind of air that keeps the beat in most. The air of Venus is, in fact, so dense and moist that the planet would be very uncomfortable, quite apart from the intense heat, for creatures like ourselves. There cannot be moisture in the air of a planet unless there are seas and oceans on the planet's surface. No doubt, then, Veous has her cont.nents aud oceans, her islands and promontories, and intand seas and lakes, very much as our earth has, then there must be rivers on the land and currents in the ocean; there must be clouds and rain, wind and storm, thunder and lightning, and perhaps snow and hail. Whether the planet is an inhabited world or not, it would be difficult to say. Perbaps it is a world getting ready for use asa home for living creatures. Most physicists believe that the sun is gradually parting with his heat. If, millions of years hence, the sun should only give out haif as much heat as he does, Venus would be as comtortable a place to live in as our earth is now. But at present it may safely be said that if Venus is inhabited, it must be by crea- tures very different from those inhabiting the earth. Cairo In English Hands. Even at this moment, says the Cairo corre spondent of the London Times, despite the un- usyg)tiumber of English faces and of English Gniforms, fotbing throughout the European quarter or the sem! European native quarter im- preases one more in the mode of life of the peo- ple at the first glance than the curious French veneer which has glossed over the pure Egypt- jan character of the place. The cafes, the open air seats under the boulevards, the people in all the streets, sipping their coffee, chatting, taking their meals, the mode in which the wider streets . of this part of the town have been laid out with fountains, trees and gardens, all suggest, and suggest truly, the hand of some Cairo Hauss- mann. In some respects the very tempera- ture of the two countries and their climate have made the habits of the Frenchman those which it ‘was the most natural tor an Egyptian population, wishing to be European, to adopt: but the names on the shops, the forms in which trades are an- nounced, when a tradesman appeals to a Euro- —— well as toa native population, are all . The swarthy faces and the dashing, ae of our Indian troops, the bronzed and the stalwart forms of our ~~