Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1882, Page 2

(For Tar Golden Bells! AS32—1852. Golden bells! golden belist Bring the metal rich and pure, ach mellow, } ry peal ring « Finest oud, without alloy, VEN J life, and wedde nsbine, yet some shadow, too. Full tty peals shat! ring anew The myst'ry of each roiling years God bless the Father, staunch and truet Go.t bess the household Mother deart Fitty, tftyt backward roll, All the shadowy years to-night, Heer! v heart—soul answering soul, ‘And Laud In hand, they gain'd the height. phony, the bells, ‘he echoes seem resounding: azh the by-ways of the past— Many deep-tone Varied notes come thick and fast. ff. among the n taid the rippling Tn hilis, hand elasp’d in hand, upwai at day b Since then, along th They've journey" ¢ burden day, arth’s Joys without a fear, Sometimes the Joyous, pealing bell, Has rung the song with glad acelaim, The wondrous, blissfui news to tell— Buds, blossoming on the pareat stem! In after years, they've seem’ to hear, The bells of b gladiy pealing, ‘The birth of souls, to them most dear— , Securely Sealing. For time, and heave: passing bell”— ar ast “farewell”— iss—the silent tear! Again, the mournfu: Has Earth's saidilest sound, The parting So here to-night, at Iongth they stand, Upon the hiti-top, loosing over ‘The travel'd path—tie conquered land, And onward, to the “Shining Shore!” God bless, we pray, the loving pair! Gol lead them gently down the hillt der care God grant that they 1 And listen to the hevve iis, Beyond the roiling of the river— Where God the Father, lives and dwellst muh the tide, and in hand, by side, To stand within the Glory Landl Goltten Bells! © the story Fitty happy Po-alght, this : Washington, 4 Wedlock sealst STANNA. A MODEL SCHOOL BUILDING. ‘The Jeticrson Rises from its Ashes Planned and re Commo- dious ‘Than Hetore the Fire. The new Jefferson school building has been eompieted, and is now eecupied by twenty-four Schools, the original number, and ail in fall and Successful operati This building, although {t does not present quite so bold and heavy an @tterior as the burned building, is so much im- Proved as to accommodations, that both teach- ers and pupils regard the disaster which swept the old structure away in the light of a blessing. THE CHANGE OF PI The main features in the change of plan are of the main building one story; the erection. of ‘two-winzs on the south side; fire proofing the halls, corridors and stairways; con- struction of separate brick ventilating flues tor each school room running to the top of the building, and many other changes, all of which are generally commended, and make it the largest and in many pects the best sehool building in this Distr The room lost in the reduction in the herht of the old building is more than compe d for in the erection of the two new wings, two stories in height. con- taining two school rooms in each wing. besides | large rooms for fuel, ete.. in the basement. These wings connect with the floors of the main building by uple corridors, and are so planned chool has sufficient light. heat and n. All the school rooms are of a uni- form size—27 by $4 feet—with ceilinzs 14 feet Every school room has a cloak and hat Foom connected therewith. THE LARGE HALL FOR EXHIBITIONS fgon the third story, taking up, with its corr dors, stair-ways, staze and yreen-rooms, the en- tire story. The ieicht from floor to ceiling Is 20 feet, and it !s a model for comfort, with its new furniture. its heating, ventilating. lighting and accoustic properties, and will seat 809 people easily oe main corridors are 16 teet wide, high and ated, lighted aud ventilated. The stair- Ways and hails may be rezarded as nearly fire- ined id with heavy and 3 alls from basement to top, ron crriazes and supports for the ch are of aiternate light and dark This buil is the largest of -the kind in the District, having a seating capa- elty for 1,450 pupils. THE “STAR'S” IDEA. The idea of not constructing any of the school Tooms above the second story was sugested to Inspector Entwisle (wh. designed the plans threushout) by an editorial in Taz EvENtINe Sra soon after the old building was burned. After the act of Congress designating Messrs. Clark, architect of the Capitol, and Inspector Entwisle as the proper persons to make the Plans and supervise the construction, the latter showed Mr. Clark the article, and it was agreed that the suxzestion should be carried out in its plan and construction, which has been most suc- cessfully done. DETAILS OF THE WorK. The plans, sections, elevations, and sundry de- talls were original with Mr. Entwisle and were carried out under his supervision, Mr. Joha B. Brady being the draftsman selected by Mr. Clark. After a competitive bidding for the work, the Contract was awarded to Messrs. W. B. Downing & Bro., who took possession of the ruins April 22th last and have completed the new building in_time for the schools to occupy it the current season. The two southern extensions have fine large basements 10 feet in the clear, areas, and coal shutes. The surface of the basement halls, fuel rooms, rear areas, and other small rooms are conereted' with four Inches thick of the best roundtop cement, sharp river sand, fine clean gravel, well rammed and trowelled on top to an even surface. The Interior walls are constructed with hard burnt brick, basement walls of the wings of the same lald ia cement, with all head and cross joints filled solid. The outside face of the walls above the grade Mne, and in the areas are faced up with bard burned red bricks of @ uniforn color, and clean struck joints; a course of slate has been Jaid on foundation wails to prevent absorp- tion of moisture. The face of the wails above & is broken by pilasters projecting nine — - the main building. and a line of den- op are neatly curveled out with square brick only. : ‘THE CENTER BUILDING Course up to the starting point of cornice. and the flank walls of ceuter building showing above the reof of the wings and vent stacksand faced up with hard made dark and red briek, matching the color to the front walls, and are laid with nest, clean tucked joints in white mnortar. Neat and appropriate brick cornices formed with red square brick nd constructed in the most workman- manner, laid with tucked joints in frout-work mortar. tinted with metallie brown. Theecornices extend arourd the four sides of the central butktimc and around the wings, and are cleaned down and penciled the neatest mauner. The ventilating are finished up smootlr the insides: arches are turaed over ail tinte!s -parning The hatis of tie nec basement halls, small rooms under cloak rooms inmatn buiiding and the coal rooms,rear area,&c., are paved with best arch brick. The window sills are of Seneca and Connecticut brown stone, and are used on all windows exposed to the streets. The sills forthe basement of the new wings are of North river blue stone; also the caps for ventilating shafts. IRON WORK. The crown molding of cornices and dike molds on main roof are of heavy galvanized iron. The hall floors of the first, second, and third stories are carried by 104¢-Inch rolled irom beams, spaeed about 4 feet 6 inches between centers, the beams resting on cast iron plates. The entire stair coverings, risers, and are constructed In detail the same as the stairways in the Force building. except the rails, which are 13-inch iron rods, well secured to the brick walls on each side by neat brackets. New cast iron gratings are set under all windows in the new wings opposite to the radiators. _ THE WOOD WORK. All the timber throughout the entire building is of thorgughly seasoned kinds, and the best the market affords, free from splits, shaky knots, bark edges, sap or any defects impairing its strength or durability. The sleepers for halls are of heart Georgia pine, spaced twenty inches between centers and bedded in cement. Allthe floors are laid with number one prime heart Georgia pine not over four inches wide The window-frames are made double boxed with 18¢ inch hanging stiles, and fitted with best make of axle pulleys, with suitable pockets to keep the dust out. All the sash are of the best white pine lumber. All the windows in the new wings and throughout, the old building,except In base- ment and halls near stairs and the large audi- toriuim.are fitted with four folding inside shutters with white pine and walnut slats. The water- closets in the basement are enclosed with | Georgia pine, dressed partitions, with suitable rim locksfor doors, and are fitted up with wal- nut wood-formings, hinged with brass screws and pine rises, all secured to suitable frames with round head brass screws. PAINTERS, GAS FITTERS, ETO. All the outside wood and iron work is covy- ered with four coats of best tinted white lead and oil, the crown moldings of cornices are covered with a coat ofsand. All inside work is covered with two coats of paint, first being well sand-papered, and grainIng work donein oil. The ‘ide iron work has three coats of paint. The s tittings are of the very best quality, and the ntilating registers are coverea with a coating of Japan. é All the rooms In the first and second stories in the old and new buildings and class rooms of third story have been neatly wainscoted two feet nine inches high, and in all halls except main auditorium four feet high of the best Geor- gia pine, tongued, grooved, beaded, cleaned and sand-papered and finished with neat mold- ing. The cloak rooms are-fitted up with two rows of walnut cloak strips, and have sixty clothes hooks. The teachers’ closets in each ciosk room are inelosed with dressed tongued and grooved and beaded narrow Georgia pine bourds, put up with grooved cap and fitted with white pine. PRINCIPAL THOMPSO: OPINION OF THE BUILD- ING. Mr. J. W. Drane, the well-known carpenter and builder, was the Inspector, and was present during the entire progress of the work. The District Commissioners are well pleased with the job, and'the supervising principal, Mr. John E. Thompson, pronounces it the best planned and commodious schoolhouse in this Dis- ——___-e-_______ White vs. Colored Schools. To the Editor of Tux Evesixe Stan: You have lately published several items con cerning the division of the funds of the public schools between the white and colored, and it has been apparently made to appear that the colored portion of the community has been de- frauded by the white portion of about 3300,0)0— putting it inround numbers. I propose now to let a little light shine on the subject throuzh a condensed lens, so as to get into your valuable columns. First—I ask, “What proportion of either class are witha 8 accommodations?” and an- swer exactly 1 per cent! Not a fraction of one per-cent difference! Second—How many children are enrolled as pupilsin theschools, on an average of six years?” Answer. White, 13,133; colored, 6,! Now the proper proportion is to 1, according to popu- lation, therefore 6,573x2=13,146; difference 13, or the colored have 6!¢ too many. Third—The number of teachers employed in the white schools is 318; in the colored, 167, or a total of 485. Now one-third of 485 is nearly 162, so the colored have 5 more than they are entitled to! Fourth—The white schools have 202 rooms owned by the city and the colored 112; total, 314; one-third is 105 nearly; so the colored are again ahead 7 rooms! Fitth—The total population of schoolage is 43.553; or white 29.612, colored 13,946; one- third of this total would be 14,519; excess over actual colored, 573; so when they get one-third they get more than they are entitled to by what- 3 represents of the whole number, or one seventy-sixth of the whole! By the census of 1880 the white school population ig 22.348, colored 10,116; so the last official count shows Jess than one-third, yet they get more than one- pass but like the horse leech they cry “Give! pivel!” Sixth—As to buildings: The white schools have 21, the cqlored 11; so they have even in this much talked of item their full share and one-half of one over! Seventh—When it comes to argue the ques- tion as to who pays for the whole thing, ft can- not be denied that the white people pay nine- tenths of the whole cost; and thus the third re- ceived by the colored, that they growl so much about. is nearly alla gift to the “hitherto de- spised class,” as Mr. Johnson calls his fellow colored men. Eihth—The string of the harp that our col- ored friends like to play on is that Congress ap- | propriates the money! This is true and not true. | First it is true in that they take charge of all | money paid in by the citizens for taxes and say how it shall be spent, and pay an equal amount that the citizens pay, as a representative of the taxes for the publie property; thus. that amount is just as much taxes as Tom Jones’ dollars for his dog tax—that is all and nothing more. The beneficent government does not come in for a cent, and, in fact, does not pay its share. Let us hear no more of the senseless cry “Congress pays it!” It doesn’t pay its dues, even. the Street Cars. To the Editor of Tax Evenrxe Srar: Your very timely, and, tomy mind, most ju- dicious comments In your paper to-day upon “street car smoking” induces me te offer a statement in regard to an incident which hap- peued to myself on the platform of a street car afew months since. At about midnight on the night referred to, on my way home from a gentleman's supper party, witha half finished cigar in my hand, i stepped on the platform of acar that would pass my residence. Looking into thecar and seeing tao menonly occupyingit, said as courteously as I could, “with your permission I will finish ray cigar, as it is an exceptionally fine one” In a voice far from mild, the reply came: “No! against orders.” ‘‘Very well,” T said, “I never knowingly disobey orders,” and threw my cigar into the street. smoke a goed deal sat en Tar nai ot Oe indylzence, but I think smoking in street cars should be, if permitted at all, in entirely excep- tional cases, and then when no one could possi- uly be inconvenienced by it. The next day, some- what to my amazement, while seated ero car on my way to mark found. myself “almoet satoeated by _ smoke of a very bad smelling cigar whieh was driven through the window on my side of the car from the (Ag) Soman I said nothing to any one, but bore annoyance for about fourteen squares, trying all the time, however, [ecg to! es yead conductor was not the same one who had refused tne ‘ati night to allow me to finish my nice cigar the rear platform. I still have my own convictiens-as to or non-identity of the conductor. What a Tornade ts Like. “This must be a tornado,” remarked a tray- eler in Iowa when he saw three or four houses ; fying through the air. “Oh, that’s nothing but | a tittie breeze,” anewered an Towa man. “When | you.sce = city fying past with all the street in a| est turret of tl A WASHINGTONIAN (N THE HARTZ MOUNTAINS, Houses—German_ Cookery— ‘Traditions of the Hartz—The Famous White Lady—The Mountain Hebbers and Their Wenderfal Castie—-How the Beautiful Princess Humbugged the Ginmt—The Mysterious Hoersc- shoe—Germany’s Big Army. Correspondence of Tar Evaxrxe Stan. BLANKENBURG, Hartz MOUNTAIN, September 19, 1882. } We were three students, tired ont with our winter's study in Berlin, and one warm, weari- some day we decided to take a run off to the Hartz tor a tew weeks of walking tours through the mountains. So, packing our “things” and supplying ourselves with Alpenstock, sketch- boeks and suitable costumes, we set off, deter- mined to be most Bohemian in our maaner of seeking enjoyment. The day was hot, the train slow and enveloped in dust; but welcome relief did we find at sunset, as we sprang out into the sweet, fresh air and delicious quiet of Blanken- burg, a village lying just at the foot of the Hartz mountains, where we proposed to make our headquarters, from whence we were to take tramps over the country. “And is this the Hartz?” we asked of Frau- lein E—,, our landlady’s daughter, who met us at the depot, and our eyes wandered rather list- lessiy over what to our Americanideas appeared mere blue hills, surrounding a picturesque tiled village. Fraulein was quick in response: “Ah! but wait! walt! people are always at tirst disap- pointed; you will be very enthusiastic when you have been here awhile!” answered this sturdy maiden, who, as we soon found, made a charm- Ing guide. True, one must not come to the Hartz with notions of American summer resorts, of hotels, and hops, and crowds of gaily attired people. Neither would it be well tocome direct from the stupendous scenery of Switzerland,lest these mountains look tame by contrast. But if one comes with a genuine love of quiet moun- tain scenery and also a desire to find out the secret of happiness in quaint German peasant life; if he can give himself, for the nonce, to the romantic historic interest with which this region is invested, implicitly believing, or at least patiently listening to the many legends and superstitions which these simple folk delight to rehearse, his story need not be devoid of in- terest. AN ODD HOUSE. Various odd customs here which have come down from generation to generation appear to us as startling novelties. Of these, one is the almost universal custom of showing the worst side of the housefront. Our house in Blanken- burg, belonging to an aged ‘‘Professor”—and very respectable in its way—though quite the type of a German village residence, is to us an oddity. From the street it presents only an uninviting wall, a great high stone fence, that might be the enclosure for a stable, but once you step through the gate, and what a picture meets the eye! A truly artistic habitation greets you, hung with ivy, having here and there a quaint window jutting out, trom which the vines hang in long, graceful wreathes. In front is a large and neatly kept garden, with a profusion of flower beds, alternating with shaded promenades and spaces for pretty tables for coffee. The doors of the house are thrown open from what is called the “garden room,” an apartment having a stone floor, where the eye may regale itself upon the lovely green, the meals are served. The meals! what queer things they are! what mysterious concoctions! From what witches caldron came the recipes therefor? Certain it is we are not up in German cookery; but the coffee and rolla we knew before, and they are excellent; yet to decline to accept the entire bill of fare betrays our verdancy. The village is built on the side of a mountain, having on its summit the old castle of Blank- enburg, where MARIA THERESA SPENT HER YOUTH, and where are still to be seen several objects which have an undying interest—toys she played with, pictures she painted, and the room in which she was born. At present the castle belongs to the Herzog, of Braunschwig, who comes to it twice a year, during the hunting season. Here he often receives as guests the Kaiser, and the Crown Prince, and other dis- tinguished personages, who come to hunt in the Thier-garten. At these times the little jewel of a theater, with its blue silk damask upholsterings, is opewed, and ‘watiy’'of the Blankenburgers being invited, attend the en- tertainments in their gala costumes. The suites of rooms for the royal guests are superbly fitted up in crimson and gold. In what is styled the audience chamber hangs the por- trait of THE FAMOUS “WHITE LADY,” whose ghost, you are expected to believe, ap- pears on the ramparts of this castle. The same vision is understood to appear at the old Schloss in Berlin, always, on such occasions, the precursor of a deat inthe royal family. Near the chapel in the eastle are to be seen two pictures, painted by Wilhelm I with his thumb, evincing no littie artistic ability. The massive walls of the hallways are covered with designs made of ancient armor, spears, swords and other curious and strangely devised feudal wea- pons. From the castle a magnificent view is had of the village, with its crooked, narrow streets, with the high, gabled, red-tiled houses, each story overhanging the other, and of the region around, notably of along rocky moun- tain called the Regenstein, where, ona lofty eminence rising on one side four hundred feet above the sandy plain are the ruins of AN ANCIENT ROBBER CASTLE, which has stood there since some time in the fifthcentury. This castle of the Regenstein was a fortress so irresistible in olden time—com- manding as it did the country for miles“kround, and being on its lofty perch almost unscalable— that Frederic the Great caused it to be disman- tled, fearing it might be eaptured by enemies. There, years and years, lived the robber knights who pounced down upon stray bands of tray- elers, despoiled them of their poasessions, and brought them up to the castle, there to languish in deep dungeons cut in the solid rock beneath the banqueting halls. Especially did the mer- chants of Hamburg, on their way to South Germany, suffer from these vultures in their in- vincible armor, for the road the merchants must jay right the castle. We went one night to view the ruius by moon- light, and giving ourselves up to the weird magic of the place and the romance of the hour, we were quite carried away with the won- drous beauty and grandeur of the massive old pile, as its lofty crown was bathed in the soft effulgence. ith sacrilegious steps, we wan- dered through the deserted halls, peeped out of crannied windows, picked our way timidly into pisce aabin cena and Insgined the Pl in peopl daring knights and fair women, and we fancied we heard soft music and sounds of revelry. There is one overhang- ing room from which one looks dizzily down to the white road far below. THE STORY OF THE PRINCESS. Here in this room a princess was once im- prisoned, and atter long days and wearisome nights of captivity, she made her escape by cut- Ung larger a crevice in the rock with her dia- mond ring; and then letting herself down by a rope to her lover who awaited below. The knights of Blankenburg and those of the Regenstein were on the best terms; and it is sald there is a subterraneous passage under the village Use ge two castles. From the high- e Regenstein is seen, over the hills, the faint blue outline ot the Brocken, its ever-clouded summit. Two cities and adozen or so of Ne ec plain beyond, forming an chanting ene Tama. Not far from Blankenburg is a queer mountain, having all along its summit Jagged ridge f rocks where runs @ tiny dangerous path- way. - THE DEVIL'S WALL. This ts called the ‘Teufel’s Maner,” devil's wall, and there hie satanic majesty is supposed to roam on stormy nights. But the gem of the Hartz, as regardsscenery, is the famous Bode- thal or valley, or rather the hi IMBER 1, 1882-DOUBLE SHEMT. story is that once there was a beautiful prin- cess, who wag to marry a great, ugly giant, and they le to the temple, he on his magic horse, and she on a white When in the temple, the bride sud- Tan away, and mounted the giant’s black ste and he pursued her on the little palprey. When she came to the Hexentanzplatx, her horse bounded aeross the gorge, leaving the im- press of his hoof on the Rosstroppe. e giant foHowed; but the palfrey being unable to leap such a distance, the y and rider tumbled into the gorse. The princess, in her wild fight through the air, dropped her golden crown into the Bode, and it has never since been found. Whoever finds it will have complete happiness the rest’ of his life! Some of the wild haunts that tempt the visi- tors to the Hartz are reached with no little dan- ger. Descent over loose rocks, down the moun- tain side known as the ‘witches stairs,” is shunned as oxtra hazardous; yet though per- haps foolhardy, this feat we performed to the horror of the people of the neighborhood, with no small eciat, however, to ourselves, and also to the tremendous and admonitory aching of our limbs for days afterward. THE PLACE FOR NERVOUS PEOPLE. There is something in the atmosphere of the Hartz most soothing and healing to the nerves. For this purpose many persons resort to this region, and consequently nerve-soothing Insti- tutions are to be found in nearly every village. The visitors are mostly Germans and Holland- ers, with some English; but not many Ameri- cans, ubiquitous as this race are supposed to be. The American who comes here, it he enjoys the distinction of being regarded as a curiosity, may be quite happy. To give you an idea of the military power and discipline ‘of Germany, there are in this little village of Blankenburg alone no less than six hundred soldiers with oMicers in proportion, and great casern, or barracks. The presence of the soldiers, with their lively music and bright uniforms, serves to enliven not a little the sleepy aspect of the place. Thus the simple folk, hard- worked and overtaxed and impoverished in order that, "THE GREAT PARASITE, THE ARMY, may be kept up in its wonderful brilllancy and discipline, consent to be amused with the chains that fetter them. The problem is, in- deed, a difficult one—for what would the coun- try do without its military defense, surrounded asitis by hostile nations, which are kept at bay alone, by fear of this same power—the in- vincible séldiers? The poor peasants, however, must pay for it most cruelly. The women seem. to work even harder than the men, some tolling all day long in the hot fields, while others, possibly more fortunate, walk ground with monstrous baskets on their backs, heavily laden with a variety, of small wares which they offer for sale in th® gardens belong- ing to the houses. A more industrious people it would be hard to find. Invariably, if we meet a@peasant woman witha basket on her back, we see her hands are busily knitting; or she will at the same time carry a child strapped to her back, fastened by a queer sort ofcape made for the purpose. PRIMITIVE FARMING. The methods of farming are primitive; reap- ing 1s done by hand with asickle; and the other day I saw a practical illustration of what I had betore only read of in poetry—a man beating out grain upon the barn floor “with the well poised treshing flail.” These good people with their laborious tolling and such pinching econ- omy as we Americans never dreamed of, eke out buta scanty subsistence, and with thelr nar- row ideas and primitive modes of life are quite astounded by the frequent lavishness of. travelers, and not a_ little shocked are- they ‘at the practical ways of English and American girls, who sud- denly appear among them to spend a few weeks in wild tramps, attired in flannel dresses, and intent upon making what the quiet citizens regard a8 the maddest escapades. {n another letter I must tell you of a trip to Rubeland—iron district—where there ts an inter- esting cave; also of a trip to the ‘Brocken,” better known to readers through Goet! Faust aud Mendelssohn’s Walpurgis Nocht. TRENE BaumGras. > ——__—++- A HEVOLUTION IN CABVING. New Methods and ‘Their Advantages— The Education of a Carver. From the Detroit Free Press. Speaking about carving, there is,a prospect now that in ouf best circles, within sho! 12, the old custom of making the host demolish the kiln-dried poultry at dinner will become extinct, and that aservant at a sideboard will take a handsaw and a can of nitro-glycerine and shat- ter the remains, thus giving the host a chance to chat with his guests instead of spattering them with dressing, and casting gloom and gravy over the company. This is a move for which I have long contend- ed. It places the manual labor of a dinner where it belongs, and relieves a man who should give his whole attention to the enter- tainment of his friends at table. You would not expect your host to take off his coat and kill the fowl in you presence, in order to show youthat dt was all on the square, and it 1s not customary to require the proprietor to peel the potatoes at table for his guests to prove that there is no put up job about it. Therefore I claim that the lamented hen may be thoroughly shattered at a side table by an athlete at $4 per week, and still good faith to- ward the guest be maintained. If any one be doubtful or suspicious, etiquette will permit him to stand by the side of the hireling carver and witness the Inquest. Still it would be better fun for him to sit at the table, andif the parts given him are not satisfactory, he can put them in his overshoes pro tem.. and casu- ually throw them out the back door while the other guests are listening to the “Maiden’s Prayer” in the parlor. Under the new deal the host will enjoy the dinner much more than he used to with his thumb cut off and a quart of dressing in his lap. No man feels perfectly at home if he has to wrap up his cut finger inarag and then scoop a handful of dressing out of his vest ket. Few men are cool enough to do this, jaughing heartily allthe time and telling some mirth-provoking anecdote meanwhile. It is also annoying to have twenty guests ask for the ‘dark meat, please,” when there are only three animals cooked. and neither one of them hada particle of dark meat about her person, ly I have adopted the plan of segrey the fowl by main strength, using the fingers when necessary, and then wiping them in an off-hand manner on the table-cloth. Then I ask the servant to bring in that dark hen we 0} , 80 that we might have an abundance of dark meat. If the servant says there is none, I smile and tell the guests that the THE NEW SOUTH. Impressions of a Visitor—Good Times da Presperous People—Northern Capital Imvested — ‘The Go-ahead Young Business “Men of the South— The Business Boom at Nashville—The Knoxville Tragedies — Square-toed Boots—The Tennessce Moonshiners, ery AC Correspondence of Ta EVENING STR. NASHVILLE, TENN., Oct. 1882.—No one de- | siring to see things as they are can go through the south at this time without noticing a vast improvement In two vital respects—business, and what may be termed public sentiment. One need not leave arailroad train to see evidences of the prosperity that isnow inthe southern states, thefirst of a decided and general character since the war. Along the lines of the railroads new station buildings, depots, machine shops, and other improvements pertaining to the roads,are to be seen toan extent that is surprising. At Roanoke, Va., forinstance, many thousands of dollars are belng expended in such improvements otasubstantial character, modern in design and typical of the prosperity among the people as well as the railroads. At other points the same indications are visible, while the circumambient air, as you approach some of the larger cities. Is clouded with the smoke of mills and factories. The fact is, good times are prevailing and the people are prospering. At the table at which I am writing there are two drummers, commer- cial travelers, it is better to say, who are hilar- ious over the results of a trip’ to Richmond, Charleston, Atlanta, Chattanooga and other places. One of them has exhausted his samples and is on his way to Louisville, where a new supply will reach him. I haye met a dozen of these wide-awade representatives of business centers, and they are unanimous in their expressions In reference to the boom. NEW MATERIAL INTERESTS. The development of what may be termed the new material interests of the south, as repre- sented by coal and tron, for instance, is won- derful; and it is employing northern capital to an extent that can hardly be understood until one has seen the evidences of it in the cities and among the mountain towns, where this wealth is being brought to light, and until one has mingled with those engaged Jn the work. So far as I have been able to see, there is little or no prejudice against northern men who have con.e south with tne earnest intention to en- gage In business. The time when it was danger- ous for a northern man to come south has faded out; though in som® benighted portions, per- haps, it is well, even now, not to hunt fora muss or look around for some one to step on your coat-tail. Even in the clear atmosphere of the beautiful northland one can secure an assall- ant if he will put himself Into @ condition of offense and push in. The older people in the south, those who were in ‘the wali,” or suffered In consequence—and that includes the most of them—have the scars in their souls, and occasionally display them, exhibiting some proud flesh, and tendency to irritability; but the young men who are now getting into business, who know of the war more as a tradition, and history, than as an experience of their lives, have not this trouble to such an extent, or even in a great measure. They are better business men, as young men, than the south ever had. I believe they are better men, iu a@ modern and in the proper Sense, than the south has yet produced. This is saying a good deal, but the tacts, the pros- rous condition of the people. will bear me out nit. One will hardly see more active, earnest tasty shrewd business men than are to be found here IN NASHVILLE. They are managing all kinds of trade, estab- lishing mills and factories, adopting inventions and improverfents, building blocks and resi- dences, and in all making the city teem with the appliances of their vigor and enterprise. The commerce and trade of this city are simply im- mense. The stores are large and well filled, and the proprietors and employes are busy. Yester- day we sauntered into one of a half dozen agri- cultural implement stores we had seen, and were surprised to find it reach through one whole block and to be filled to the roof with imple- ments ef all kinds for use on the farm. Trade was excellent, the dealers told us, and getting better all the time. - THE AMERICAN WAY. The fact that there are such tragedies as that at Knoxville recently should not be interpreted too severely. These things are condemned by the better people of the south as they are every- where. They are not so much an indication of southern civilization as of American. Human Mfe under some circumstances is held pretty cheap In this country, north as well as south, and the resort to “‘weepons” to settle personal difficulties is a little too frequent, from staid New England to the chivalrous south and the empire in the west. That will be remedied or mitigated ere the millennium,and perhaps before the comet tumbles into the sun. In the mean- time it is pertinent and true to say that at no time in the history of this country has there been as little prejudice between the two great sections, ora higher degree of unity in senti- ment feelings, and interests than now. CONVERSATIONAL. Descending from the forum in which I have been speaking let me add a few deaultory re- marks. Nashville is just now passing through an era of square-toed boots, the result, tt would seem, of a job lot, sent down by some enterpris- ing but wicked firm, anxious to make room for the equally diabolical pointed toes. Native cordwainers have imitated the square toes re- ferred to, and are building the most exasperat- ing structures you ever saw, not only square, but boxed up high enough to admit a pound of cotton! Climb up on one of these on the corner otastreet and you can get a splendid view of the surrounding country. Some ot the envied government officials in this section are engrossed in the trials of illicit distillers, men of the mountains, who cannot resist the allurement of unstamped brandy and other surreptitious intoxicants. The convic- tions are not numerous, owing to the fellow- feelings of neighbors and friends, and the ex- citement serves mainly to induce iter secrecy and more intelligent caution. ey are aqueer lot, these outlaws, and their fellow- mortals, and will for some time baffle the work ot the servants of the government under the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Thomas W. Keene hasbeen here this week doing Shaksperian characters with great suc- cess. Anna Warren Story, our much-esteemed Washington girl, is in the company, and is win- ning golden opinions w! she goes. She told us something of her work and ambition, and showed the same indomitable spirit and cheer- bronette chicken, by some oversight, has been eaten in the kitchen, and I shall have mare them such relics as may be at hand. This matter, and places me in a far le simplifies the place relative to the company. more M it success, however, in carving fs mai conned to the watermelon. The watermnelon does not confuse me. I always know where to find the joints, and those who do not like the inside of the melon can have the outside. Now, my trouble with fowls is, that one day i have Nebraska chicken, and the next trip I have to assassinate 3 Mormon pullet, with high, expressive hip bones and amalgam paletot. This makes me nervous, because they are so dis- similar and their Joints are in different places. The Mormon hen is round shouldered, and her collar bone is more on the bias than the Ne- braska fowl. This gives a totally different ex- pression to her features ve — and, as I have said, destroys the symmetry of the carve. I began. ay ftucation Inethis line by carving butter in hot weather, and ly led yp to the quail on toast. ‘In carving the quail, first mort- gage homie and pe the quail. The quail should be cooked before carving, but not until ieee on Place ener the spheres on a, passing the dissecti ful ent that characterized her efforts before she went into the wide world for the fame and ‘Miss Story has this gift divine, and she is look- ing and toili up, upwards, The company will be in Washington the week beginning De- cember 11th, when the lovers of high and the many friends of Miss Story will have a rare opportunity to see the characters of fa- mous plays faithfully rendered. The south is very sunny just now, and the au- tumn tints picture the mountains in a way it is good to see. They contrast beautifully with the eternal of the pines and cedars, and make Sweeps of ornamentation that delight the souls of travelers, and serve to soften some of the a of nee. — - conneeons missed, meals postponed, and sleeping in the upper berth. ‘Yours, Jenome Burnett. through here. They rode in the king’s saloon car, they dined in the king’s pavilion; indeed, they traveled as this land. The same EMB! DERY NOTES. ‘The New Ornamentations, From the Art Amateur. Materials for embroidery, judging by the work Prepared through the summer for the autumn displays, are distinguished either for their rich- ness or for their cheapness. At the extremes are superb plushes and linen crash. Commonplace materials, of which the most conspicuous ex- ample is felt, are absolutely upused. On plush, arrasene, siik, and tinsel braids are employed; on crash, silk and Engilsh crewels. Crash is transformed by the beauty of drawing, the har- mony ofthe colors,and the skillful execution. The laxuriousness of plush takes off somewhat from the effectiveness of the art displayed in its deco- ration, which is to say that badart can be better afforded uy plush than on homely crash, as the latter ic hides none of the faults of the unskillful workmen. Mantel lambrequins for the more ornamental rooms of the house are of plush. The prevalent shape is astraight band, bordered by a smaller band, und finished witha fringe, which is one of the most ornamental parts of the lambrequin. The embroidery is done in arrasene almost ex- clusively, although silk or filoselle may be seen lavishly varied with tinsel and beads. There is ailinity, however, between plushand arraseue hich nothing can well resist. A straight mantel lambrequin of dark red plush has a conventional design which deserves better description than words can give. It is aflowering scroll which in each hollow is met by a large flower. These flowers proceed from the top of the scroll and turning backward cur! anend around the scroll giving the impression of acounter scroll. In this design the lines and leaves are in shaded brown arrasenes, ranging almost to white. The flowers are in blue arra- rene, the hues taking an equally wide range. = outlines are all in tinsel =e ciptees requin, which retains amargin of the red pius! is finished with heavy red silk fringe in clustered & shaded blue green plush lambrequin is cut turret-shaped into three bloc! he one directly inthe center being wider than the two at the ends. Each of these bloc! embroidered in arrasene with golden-rod leaves and flowers. Golden-rod as a decoration is not a novelty, but in this case the treatment is novel. The plush shades from deep green into light, cool greens. The color of the decoration begins with the deep greens of the foliage, growing lighter as the plush becomes lighter, and the flowers, instead of the fiery yellows and browns in which they are usually represented, begin with lighter, cooler tints and are led up to a greenish white. The color effect is pretty and makes an agree- able variation of that much-hackneyed plant. The autumn introduces several new plans to popular tavor. The most striking of these is the milkweed whose bursting pods are familiar- ly known along the high A black willow easy chair with gilded outlines has a cushion back and seat of crimson plush, decorated with the leaves and flowers of the milkweed. The strength and hues of the long-tongued leaves with the delicacy of the flowers, are among the best embroidery effects of the season. The work is in arrasene,which gives a realistic effect to the flowers. These are in the palest pinkish white, for there isa touch of color in the white into which here and there hues a little deeper are introduced. It 1s impossible to describe the stitches, for in these, asin a great deal of the art embroldery of the present, everything is held legitimate which contributes to the effect. The flowers have a peculiarly raised silky look due to the way in which the arrasene ts used. Another new flower is the thistle, whose rich ness of color and pronounced form are admissi ble for much decorative work where the ground Is well chosen. The flower has been closely studied. The calyx is done in green and olive crewels In Kensington stitch. This is afterward crossed by diagonal lines in greenish olive silk, caught down at the crossings of the lines, which ives that scaly effect seen ona thistle caly he purple bloom is in arrasene, mingled with silk, and lighter silks are used to give the long, haley effect’ of the upper part of the thistle jowel The love-in-the-mist, as adapted for embrotd- ery, is not a novelty, but its use is largely in- creasing. particularly in delicate work, in which tho slender lines appear with beautiful effect. It is chiefly seen on pongee toilet-covers, work- aprons, fine linen doilies and crash, although a rose baby blanket, one of the prettiest yet shown, is covered with sprays of this flower done in greens and delicate pink instead of the blue green of the natural flower. Scarf table-coyers of plush with embroldery of arrasene, mingied with beads and tinsels, are as much desired as last season, and the desizns re- main much the same. An equally handsome and more serviceable square table-cover appears with the center of some of the rich art stuffs which the upholsterer now furnishes, instead of solid plush, which, though handsome, soon shows signs of wear. A beautiful exainple of this isa relief design in dull olive greens ona gold ground. The border is a large conventional design of the same tints mingled with art blues and reds. This ts done with crewels in large, loose Kensington stitch, with silks for the high lights, and finished with fringe. Outline stitch abates nothing in favor. Music portfolios luxuriously lined with silk are orna- mented with suitable designs in outline stitch. Such is @ pongee portfolio lined with brown satin and finished with acord. On the outside is a large harp done witn brown silks,in outline stitch, and intertwined among the atringsin old Engtish the legend: “If music be the food of love, play on.” On others may be wrought the notes of some favorite song with the words, or a bar of some sonata with the composer's name or some appropriate sentiment. The pongee work-apron is the badge of the amateur workwoman. No prettier regalia could be desired. A new design divides the decora- tion” into two parts, separated by a straight, heavy line in outline stitch of brown allk. In the upper part is a kitten playing with a ball of yarn attached toa half-knit stocking. In the corner of the lower part are three children seated on chairs at their work, a capital piece of drawing, their earnestness being happily shown in the execution. On the unoccupied space 1s worked the rest of the couplet begun In the upper part : “ When the day fs fitth We all take out our knitting.” Another pongee apron has a band done tn out- line and satin stitch, with flowers and leaves in the same stitchesin deep and light yellow pinks, making with the pongee an unusual but beau- tifal piece of color. Love-in-the-mist and the thistle are also used on these aprons. Pineapple cloth is now used for chair-backs or tidies. For handsome chairs its transparency is desirable, in order not to disguise the richness of the upholstery, and its delicate richness makes it much more in keeping than the thicker linens and crash. The embroidery on Pineapple cloth may be in outline stitch or in solid silk embroidery. In either casethe execu- tion should be very neat and skilifuljas it easily shows a careless hand, Skate bags are made of colored silke and satins lined with chamois and decorated. For boys and girls who have not yet arrived at the careful age the outside may be of brown linen, which is not unworthy the most artistic decora- tion. = SS THE FUTUBE OF WOMEN. An English View. The London Spectator says of the constantly growing employment of women in the serious work of the world: “So great a change in the in an argument disappears as soon as the end of the discussion is to decide which of two 0; posite views shall be carried out inaction. By side of all this, the oenernys almost in- stinetive or occasionally 4 from time to time in Sa it WISCONSIN IN CONGRESS. A Republican Loss of Twe Prebabie, From the New York Times. MILWAUKER, Oct. 27.—By an extraoril combination of circumstances Wisconsin is by no means clear as to the political complexion of its nine members of Congress to be elected next month. Afterthe state was redistricted It seemed reasonably certain that the republicans would send seven and the democrats two mem- bers, Now it appears that only three districts are certainly republican, two positively demo- cratic, two probabiy republicam, and two prob- ably democratic. The change inthe probable outcome of the election has been brought about by a variety of causes, not the least of which is a temperance agitation, Two years ago areso- lution to submit the question of a liquor pro- hibitory amendment to the people almost passed the legislature, and last year if was again pushed with vigor. When the republican con- vention met year ago strong pressure was brought to bear to obtain a resolution favorable to the submission of the amendment. No action was taken, however, and the prohibitionists or- saulzed and put up a state ticket. The vote for the ticket was very small, but was larger than the prohibitiontets had hoped for. and they were encouraged in the nape that they mi; force the republican party futo an attitude or else defeat it. Not being able to obtaln favorable consideration at the hands of the district con- ventions, they have made nominations in some others. ——____+e-—______ A POPULAR CRAZE. Genealogy and Heraldry Succeeding Estheticiem. iret Families in New York in Search of Armorial Beari; —Coat of Arms—Shoddyites A Second Hand Goods, From the New York Mercury. “Genealogy and heraldry have become a pop- ular craze,” said an explorer of genealogical records and emblazoner of family coats-of-arms to a Mercury reporter yesterday. “If you are not pressed for time, accompany me to my office, and I will convince you that the subject of ar- mortal bearings has more devout apostles than intense estheticism could ever boast.” While speaking, the man ofheraldry had set out for bis office, and a few minutes later it was gained. It is located down-town, in an old-tashioned tyuild- ing formerly known as the Manhattan hotel “It requires both time and labor te turn out a complete family coat-of-arms,” explained Mr. Usher, the genealogist. “In the beginning the oldest pedigree of the family must be obtained. Then a genealogical record is prepared, and after all the material is at hand the task of put- ting all together becomes necessary. ‘The shield proper is the object upon which the arms are displayed. It may be of any form, with the exception of the diamond, which is reserved for ladies. The crest isa common adjunct to the shield, and consists of an object or objects placed above It. The wreath or torse Is made of twisted ribbons of two principal colors of the arms, and on which the crest rests. Many dif- forms are used, for the helmet hat is ‘ays placed between the shield and the crest; but the one usually preferred is that of an Es quire in profile of steel, with the visor closed, and turned to the right side of the shield. THE MANTLINGS OR LAMBREQUINS, @ small mantle attached to the helmet, is gen erally represented by crimson yelvet or silk, lined with ermine of the colors of the arms, 1s often cut or torn to give the whol lar form, Lastly, the motto or cri-deguerve, ts a word or sentence upon a scroll generally placed below the shield. “ What families in New York who are consid- ered part and parcel of the first circles possess armorial bearings?” “To answer briefly, all. But the finest and most imposing that I now recall are the Vanderbilts, the Van Rensselears, the Jonases, the Beekmans, the Stuarts, the Livingstons, the Goelets, the Gerreys, the Jays, the Gibbses, the Lawrences, the Stetsons, the Perkinses, the Stevens, Osbournes, the Lockwoods, the Lorillards, 8. L. M. Barlow, Wilson G. Hunt, tand Palmer, Mrs. A. T. Stewart, August Belmont, Lawrence Jerome, A. ‘Wright Sandf and F. Faik, and Superintendent Tousey, of the New York Central and Hudson river railroad. Those of the Livingstons are superb, belug very chaste and of radiant design. The Patmers’ are complicated, but very fine. “As a matter of course, many of these are very costly, for to the possessors of méney is @ small object. They take a family pride in their coat-of-arms, and them’ as closely as though they were family plate.” BEST CUSTOMERS, “What class of persons do you regard as your best customers?” “Tradesmen. As soon a8 8 person acquires a competency he sets about gathering every scrap of hls family This is not a difficult task, for there are agen lke myself who will make all the Te- not aatitactory. ‘Frequently there tes tant not 5 juently there . nt about them that can bo read like au book, and there is no way to expunge it. the bar sinister is encountered the would-be patron arrives at the conclusion that his an- cestors were no better than they should have been. I now recall one ludicrous case of this nature: Some years ago when Fanny Davenport found herself becoming tamous she determined upon having ber family coat-of-arms. The late Mr. James Usher, who proved by genealogical records that Edwards Pierrepont was Joshua Munson, was given the order to execute. The Davenport crest is surmounted by the head ofa WELSHMAN IN 4 NOOSE, and when the emotional Fanny discovered this fact she was very angry. She desired that It be omitted, but Mr. Usher firmly declined to do so. Then she said that the device was an insult, and declared that she would not bave the armorial bearings of the Davenports for a gold mine, and she was as good as her word, for Mr. Usher's son has the design at the epee tme. “It 1s customary for ladles to go into ecstactes over acrest. The more valiant it appears the better they are pleased, and some are so carried away that they order the emblems copied or photographed for the purpose of supplying thelr friends.” “Do you meet with persons who adopt the armorial bearings of another family?” At inter- vals. There are members of the shoddy aristo- cracy who find it difficult to procure an appro- riate family coat. Invariabl; coating ‘ore coogi by nature, BT poorer few alterations. The world 1s none the wiser, and if the purchasers are satisfied, why should not I be?” SS ee SS Lime-Kila Club Observations, From the Detroit Free Press. “What am gooder dan goodness?” asked Bro ther Gardner as he opened the meeting. “It am not only more comfortable to be good, but dar’ am mo’ money in it in de eand. When a cashier robs a bank of $30,000 it looks as if he war’ get- tin’ ahead powerful fast, but sich am not de case. De first detective who cotches him gits @5,000 fur not obertakin’ him. Den he loses or Den A investe = mines aroun’ ver, am scooped ebery shillin’. Long "bout dat time he am ‘rested de bank, and what de lawyers doan't will be districts and have united with the democrats in +”