Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1882, Page 2

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, Some of the Wonders to be Seen There. & STAR REPORTER'S GOSSIP WITH AN EXTINCT MAMMAL—ARTICLES PREPARED FOR THE LON- DON FISHERY EXHIBITION—A MINIATURE OF ZUNITOWN—A STRAIN OF EOZOIC MUSIC, &0. The row of huge fossil forms that had filled most ot the space in the center of the main hall of the Smithsonian Institution was gone. The Irish elk looked In mute sorrow down the Greary waste that separated it from the skele- ton of a moose at the other end of the hall. A glyptodon peered out of a dark cavernous alcove upon the deserted place and looked as lonely and dejected as a restored plaster giyptodon could look. Had the trump sounded which summoned fossil remains to reassemble upon the face of the earth, reclothed in the flesh that returned to dust cycles ago! THE Sraxreporter who gazed upon the deserted hall started at the thought, and glanced in- stinctively out of one of the muliioned windows, half expecting to see pachydermata, edentata and other monsters gamboling on the lawn, but he was reassured upon beholding only a boy of the mt geological period, drawn in a cart by a nineteenth century goat, and two bitur- cated mammals, male and female, flirting desperately ina shady waik. The features of good old Prof. Henry, which looked down trom ‘@ frame, on the wail, beamed with kindly sym- hy tor the melancholy elk, and the lugu- jous glyptodon. Under his administration for years, the extinct mammals had dwelt in harmony In the main hail, en peace and rest. No one will & Merry times they had, when at dusk the doors closed behind the last departing visitor, and the specimens no longer ad ntain their severe, unbending, dignity. ‘Then, rhaps, the Pleiosai . bored and fatigued by the gaping wonder of the country Visitor. the silly remarks of the newly-married couple and the prodding tnquisitiveness of the professional sight-seer, climbed down from his perch and swagyered about the hall, ever con- scious in his condescending association with the other mammals that the pedizree of the arlsto- cratic Saurians dates back to the secondary tod. The megatherium unlimbered his huge nes, aching with being held in one position all day, and hopped down upon the floor to meet the patrician saurian, and the other extinct mammals gathered about these monsters of the t. Noone knows what delightful, gossipy ies they told about the days when they rolled | in undisturbed fr ym in their slimy ooze, Dasked in torrid sunlight or roamed their track- Jess pampas before such parvenus as man had been evoluted ; or with what sadness they la- Mented the fate that doomed their bones to be dug up from nature’s hallowed sepulchre to be gazed upon by the irreverent upstart creatures of adegenerate age. Nor will it ever be known what antediluvian frolics they had in hours o! mirthful recreation startling the stuffed monkeys and birds that shared the ifiil with them by the fearful energy of their sport and the strange cries, whose last echoes died out in the Silurian vales a hundyed centuries ago. MOVED TO THE ™ ‘M BUILDING. « “The extinct mammals,” eald one of the at- aches of the institution, interrupting the re- ‘have been moved to the na- tional museum b nd sureenough there they were. Like two solemn sentluels, one on j fish commission have few bars—a prelude of wild, unearthly music, like the rushing sea; then a strange, solemn LETTER FROM NEW YORK. melody—an infinity of sound—that filled the} The Artists at Work—Patti and Opera— whole hall with a grand harmony. “A snatch from my cousin Ichthyosaur’s Opera of Crea- tion,” said the saurian, closi the case, “I would give you the whole of it, butmy notes were tost with my baggage in a cataclasm a few thousand years ago.” As the two passed on the Saurian opened a door, that led into one of the halls, yet closed to the public, and there, as natural as lite, stood a great polar bear, upon a cake of “make-believe” ice. This, the reporter's con- ductor said, was shot at Wrangel land last summer by a member of the Jeannette search party. Near a doorway was a table and box. which, upon close inspection, proved to con- tainfour stuffed orang-outangs, each as large as @ man, disporting themselves upon theTimbs of @ tree. This group, which has been most skill- fully mounted, will soon be on public exhibition. The Saurian gave the reporter a peep into THE WORKSHOP OF THE TAXIDERMIST, Mr. W. T. Hornaday—whose skill has beén of incalculable value to the managers of the mu- seum. The hide of an orang-outang lay on the work bench in course of preparation. A fine walrus head was the central object in the room. Many animals in different stages of preparation lay about the apartmént. Protected by a cur- tain was a master piece, representing a dog “on the point,” having Just started up a partridge. Up stairs, off from one of the galleries, the re- porter got a glimpse into another wo: kshop, and it is surprising how many of these little places there are stowed about in-the odd cor- ners of the building. When the door swang open the reporter started at the sight of two stalwart colored men who blocked the way, but soon | discovered that the men were no more alive than the stuffed kangaroos. and chipmunks. There were models representing shad fisher- men, and each held an oar in his-hand. They were attired in red flannel shirts, had old hats cocked on their heads—just such hats as one could see any day at a fishing shore on the lower Potomac—and their breeches were rolled up, showing the bare brown legs below the knees. The heads and faces were perfect, having been made from casts actually taken from life. These Cooking as am Art are Learning It— ‘Travel on the ** jeged Beauties on Exhibition—Sane People Declared insane, Special Correspondence of Tue Eventne STAR. New York, Nov. 17, 1883. The art season may be said to be fairly open. Artists are busy in their studios working up the studies made during the summer in the country and abroad, and the various galleries are tre- quented every day by troops of the “highly cul- tured,” who worship art if they do not buy. The special autumn exhibition at the Academy of Design is a dead failure. Very few academ!- cians are represented, and even they have nothing noteworthy. The hundreds of other pictures do not rise above mediocrity except in very few cases. Whoever suggested this exhi- bition has certainly found out his mistake by this time. There is an interesting exhibition of studies and sketches at the rooms of the Amer- ican Art Association. Frederick A. Bridgeman has two or three examples of his voluptuous oriental women, one of them a Jewess gorge- ously arrayed. J.G. Brown, who has become famous as a painter of the street boys of New York, has a portrait of a deat old woman sitting in an arm-chair, and the interior of an old farm- house kitchen. Both of these studies show skillful work and are very much admired. Perhaps the most interesting pictures in the exhibition are some studies of the female figure for panels in a dining room. There {s both fine drawing and color- ing. The same artist has another example of his skill at figure painting In ‘a scheme of color tor a procéssional frieze. Those who have been clamoring for more figure paint- ing In this country should feel encouraged, for without doubt there is a tendency now in this. direction. Besides those I have named Edward Moran has two clever sketches, 8. R. Macknight has a good portrait of a little girl, and Robert Blum has some creditable figure sketches picked figures, which were modeled by Mr. J. W. Henley, are intended to form a part of the ex- hibit of the United States fish commission at THE LONDON FISHERY EXHIBITION, which will be opened next May. One of the large halls was filled with articles intended for this exhibit, showing everything known to American fisheries, from a penny hook to a fish- way or weir. There are scores of harpoons, fish spears of every pattern, models of apparatus used in fish culture and specimens of tackle of all kinds. Up in one of the towers, where the photographer has his work-rooms, a large num- ber of drawings are being made, illustrating every phase of the fish industry. The history of American fisheries and their present condition will be told ina series ot object lessons. The been awarded 10,000 square feet for their exhibit, and they expect to make the most complete and interesting ex- hibit ever yet made in any land. PREPARING EXHIBITS. Up in another corner room was a workshop where a man and some young women were pre- paring articles for exhibition. It was like a green room of a theater, where a grand spec- tacular drama of the world was in preparation. were shields of buffalo hide, borne once ne wild whooping war of red men on the either side of a creat doorway, stood the Meza- therium and the Pleiosaurus. The Pieiosauru ave evidence of its recent journey from fh Smithsonian balldi Its head ha been adjusted by the profe A fossil Saurian, however, has the over its modern representatives, of being @3 comiortable and hap with it. Nor was then n any better Off than the Pleiosxurus, for its head was | on the floor beside it, and one of its huge paws was detached and resting on a board scaifold which workmen had built about the The two monster forms were Inclined toward each other, as if In courteous salute. One Saurian flipper was extended as ifto clasp in friendly grasp the weighty paw of the fossil representa- tive of South America. While the reporter was | — z upon this touching tableau the joints of | the Saurian began to creak like the spars and eordage of a ship ina gale. A thrill of motion Fan alonz the ridze of the vertebrated tail, the huge limbs slowly moved, and the Saurian, step- Ping down from its stand, clapped his head on ‘nd then waged it rozuishly. Then he looked up at his ancient companion with an air that lainty said, ““Mex., old pard, keep one of your il eyes on my umbrella until I return.” After this pantomime the Saurian winked at the Feporter, and jerking his thumb, or rather his big toe, towards the megatherium observed in an “aside,” “Belongs to the Edentata family. Rather low caste. you know. Not so old as the Saurians. I have to endure him of course. He will do asa piece of geological bric-a-brac. A good faithful fellow. but awfully lazy, Ta- old tumber jegs.” - (This to the megatherium. “Oush! the awkward fellow who wired my tail on, has got it too tight. Confound them! Once they mixed my legs up, and the mistake wasn't Giscovered for several years. Well, you want to Bee the museum, I suppose. I don't mind going through with you.” MAMMAL HALL. The reporter, put at ease by the friendly man- Rer of the Saurian, looked about him,and found Dimself surrounded by a stranze medley from the animal creation. This was the hall of mam- . and it was still closed ag jon of visitors by the notice posted up at the vario where was confusion, strewn about. A fal Rear the door looked g family would look upon movi home and finding things in hoy In a little re between some cases Kangaroos shrinking out of sight lik Tittle performer psed themselve y of stuffed sea- unhappy as any some who had inalyertently ex- at the wings before theirtime come on the stage. Then there was Fore- mgh’s baby elephant wedged intamong some oxes and staring in stupid wonder at a dis- | Consulate walrus. There were ant- eaters, rairie dogs, and other curious creatures, {1 sorts of stranze places. There were cases and cases of smaller animals, from the playful chipmunk, which, however, here has a long and high sounding name, to the rarest creatures from the wildest jungles of the most distant It looked ke one of the rooms inthe shop of creation, the only remaining oper- ation being to blow the breath of life upon the Muanimate forms. Swin: loft was a life-size model of a bumped back whale. “A whale!” ex- selaimed the saurian contemptuously, after Spelling through the label. “Do you cali that a whale? In our day called ‘those fellows | Minnows.” Sanntering out, the Saurian andthe Yeporter stopped a few seconds in the rotunda to get @ general view of the museum, with its Vistas of graceful columns and arches. “The exhibits in the museum,” said the saurian, icking up his label, which hail fallen off. and ening it again in its proper place on his lett bind lez, “are not all systematically arranged yet. They have been placed in the halls with- | ‘out much regard to classification. There is still & vast amount of material in the packing rooms. By and bye the whole thing will be perfectly Systematized. It is a tremendous work.” THE EXHIBIT OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. “Here,” said the courteous fossil, stopping | before a section of cases, ‘‘is the exhibit of mu- sical instruments. You can sce in it a reflection ‘of the general plan of the whole museum. You ind in this case, for instance, wind instruments, Beginning with the radest trumpet made of horn by some savage people, and showing the eps leading up to finest cornet of modern days. It tells the story of the evolution of mu- sical instruments.” In another case were musical instraments of the fiddie family, bezinning with an embryo violin made of a sugar cane, and closed witha Stradivarius of the meliowest tone. Then there was a series beginning with a whistle made of a cat's thigh bone, running through all forms of reed instruments, such as Pan! Rimself might have blown upon in the mirt!- ful days of fabie, everything pertaining t and ‘his earthly abode | | with powdered w j der; old matellocks of contemporary dates and silk doublets; Chinese kites brought fi wery K some traveler; scrimshawed whales’ teeth, a memorial of adventures in polar seas; a war club, once swung by a tattooed south sea islan- les and a curiously shaped necklace hat_once graced the person ot some dusky Hindu belle—the odds and ends of the earth littering the floor like rubbish in the “lumber room” of some old mansion. Leaving this oid curiosity shop, the reporter and the Saurian stopped for a few minutes to look through thedepartment of materia medica. Here all the raw materials which supply the druggist’s vials and boxes were exhibited, to- gether with their products, and a fall descrip- tion of each. A gallon of Deep Rock water, for instance, had standing in a row beside it little glass tubes or bottles containing the exact amount of various saits found in the water. Hastening on, the reporter passed case after case, filled with exquisitely modeled figures showing the costumes. of different countries and different classes; “totem-poste” that once stood before the lodgeof an aboriginal chief- tain on the shores of the Pacifle; specimen pro- ducts of various industries; scores of lite-like models of znimals, from the hands of Mr. Jos. Palmer, the modeler, and a thousand other things, of which it would be vain to attempt a catalogue. The articles exhibited are placed in cases in- geniously contrived 80 as to display each cbject effectively, the color of the background being selected with the view of showing the ob- ject to the best advantage with the least possible fatigue to the eye.ot the vis- itor. The very labels themselves contrib- ute to this end, for they are printed in sub- dued colors. The work of preparing the labels for the museum Is in itself a work of appalling magnitude. A system of labeling has been adopted, which will be carried out, unvaryingiy, through every department of the museum, Each label will give with admirable conciseness everything which any one about the museum could teil about the object in question, A MINIATURE INDIAN VILLAGE. Turning into one of the halls, the reporter came unexpectedly upon a paper mache model of acurious Indian town. The model, which rep- resented an almost flat section of country, with the Indian town in the center, occupied a space twelve or fifteen feet in length and seven or eight in widt “This is Zunitown,” said | the Sanrian. [he model has been made under | Prof. Powell's supervision, from actual meas- | urements made by an engineer who was out there last summer. The scale is six feet to an inch. Every window and every chimney is according to scale.” Here, then, was a bird’s- eye view of the town which Frank Cushing has made famous, and which has made Frank Cush- ing famous. Outside the limits of the village was a corral for horses anda patch of ground staked off for vegetables. The low mud houses.allcom- municated with one another, so that a man could travel over the whole town by stepping from roof to roof. There were little hatchways in the roofs, and rude ladders reaching from the roofs to the ground. In aspace in the center of the village was an old Spanish church, with its two ancient bells hanging between two tow- ers. There was also a court or space where the Zunt priests performed their religious rites. Here and there were the squat forms of pigmy Zunis standing on the roofs or at work in the clearings. The miniature gives a clearer idea of the appearance of the village than a whole volume of letter — could give. ‘This will be ready for exhibition in a few days,” said the Saurian, ‘and will be placed out in the main hall. It is the intention to have near it a screen with photographs, giving views of the inost in- teresting objects in the town. ‘It is proposed, also, at some day, to give photographic repre- sentations, at least, of all the notable cities of the world, but that is a matter which has not yet been fully decided.” After strolling through other halls filled with rare fabrics and curious articles from China, | masks worn in the lyric drama of Japan, massive gate posts that once stood before some temple | in the land of Hop Sing, and other strange things from far off shores, the Saurian and the reporter found themselves once again in the hall of mammals, surrounded by the confused rem- nants of the animai kingdom. The headless megatherium still held its post stify and pa- tiently. “Mum's THE worD.” The repcrter was expressing his gratitude for the attentions shown hini when a footfall was heard echoing among the arcades. “Hist,” said the Saurian, “here comes Prof. Goode. He'd bring the whole ecientific world down on me if he knew I had got down from my perch. That weuid be a terrible bore, you know; so good-bye. Mum's the word.” Taking off his head, the Plelosaurus clam- bered to his old place and wan soon fixed in up in Spain. Of the landscapes, two mountain scenes %, H. P. Smith, and some sketches in Arizona by Thomas Moran are the best. Earnest Longfellow, a nephew of the poet, hasa good bit of work—an Interior scene in the Alhambra. Several fine collections of foreign paintings are on exhibition at the various auction sales rooms. Much interest is taken in the arrival of the “Ma- donna dei Candelabri” by Raphael, which ts to be tee in the Metropolitan Museum. Munroe jutler-Jolinstone is the owner of this picture which he values at $90,000. He came along to take care of it. PATTI AND OPERA. Col. Mapleson 1s not having a particularly glorious time with Her Majesty’s Opera Com- pany. On Patti nights he is assailed by the army of people, who are obliged to pay $10 a seat, for the exorbitant prices, and is belabored by the critics for the miserable support the great diva receives. On othet nights the general run of the opera is go Infernally bad that everybody complains. By-the-way, it seems rather odd that the organization should be called Italian. Mierzwinsk, the first tenor, isa Pole; Rossini is a Hungarian, Savio, a Georgian; .Cloda, an. Al- satian; Juch, a German; Zagury, an American; Galazzi, an Italian; Nicolini, a Frenchman, and Patti, Spanish. Wednesday was one of the most astonishing opera nights I ever experienced. It was ““L’Africaine,” and Galazzi fatled to appear, through illness. In his stead appeared a half- starved and awfully incompetent person whose name Is Carayatti, and who made a guy of the whole opera. The debutante of the evening was Mile. Boema, who seemed certainly mature enough to call herself madame instead of mad- emoiselle. Her success was not startling. The opera, taking it as a whole, was iniserable in almost every sense, and the audience showe J its displeasure plainly. Mapleson should pyll him- self together and use moré chre th his presénta- tions of famous operas. The public will stand a good deal; but it will turn eventually if trodden upon. If it should decide tostay away from the Academy of Music what would become of Col. Mapleson? COOKING AS AN ART. Men who are fond ot good dinners, and what men are not? are rejoicing in the fact that much interest is being taken just now in the art of cooking. Women who have been married for years and have families ajteng Jectures;in odok- ery two or three times a week. More Marvelous still, young women whohaye’ bever dbne‘any- thing more domestic than to lounge around in aneglige dress, reading novels or stitching at some bit of fancy work, go to cooking school and patiently practice the arts of the kitchen, from washing dishes to the making of a dell- cious pudding. “Is learning to cook going to become a mania among people of fashion?” I asked Maria Par- loa, who has just opened a school of cookery in 17th street. “I have young ladies front some of the best families,” replied Miss Parloa. “‘The.interest is increasing every day. You would be astonished to see how eager some of my young ladies are to learn,” “Ts it because they really want to become useful?” ri “Some of them are actuated by that motive, but I fear many of them go through the train: ing simply because it is fashionablé to know how to broil a steak or to make a plum-cake.” “‘Are they apt to learn?” “Well, At first they are afraid of mak- ing their hands rough, and shrink from paring potatoes and things of thatsort. But when one makes a bold dash the next follows. Learnt to dress chickens and pigeons is the Trardest trial of all the poor things have to go through.” “Do they conquer in the end?” After a hard struggle it becomes to them a matter ot fact operation. One of my pupils would faint every time she picked up a pigeon— pigeons are worse than chickens, you know—to dress it. Butto see her at it now, you would think she was an old cook. She’s young and pretty, but she’s so expert, I mean. “How do you find cooking in New York?” “It Is good In the first-class restaurants—bet- ter than any place I know of outside of. Paris. But except where French cooks are employed in private houses there {s great need of improve- ment. Americans use the frying- too much andeatan astonishing amount of indigestible pastry. The American piedeserves all theabuse that has been heaped upon it.” ‘This conversation took place in arichly fur- nished reception room. Miss Parloa when she delivered a lecture upstairs afterwards wore a blue and white checked gingham dress and a large'white apron. As she ed she prepared dishes om @ kitchen table and cooked them in a big range at one side of the lecture room, which hada a waxed floor, cupboard, ice-chest and all of the appointments of a well-ordered kitchen. The class sat facing her. It wascom- posed of married ladies chiefly. They were quite attentive at times, but had to be remon- strated with now and then for gossiping too much. In calculating the quantities of the in- gredients used they made all sorts of blunders. Tt was almost painful to see them struggling with fractions. TRAVEL ON THE “1.” Travel on theselevated railroad is not un- alloyed bliss by any means. In the first place, the diurnal fight with the gateman wears on a man’s nerves. Of course no self-respecting citi- zen of New York allows a day to pass without its little argument with the railroad oye! Ng class of men preys so remorselessly on the finer feelings of the public as elevated railroad brakemen. They always close the door vio- lently just as you are about to pass out, slam the gate impudently just as you are about to pass in, shove you violently forward when you want to go back, and vell the name of your sta- tion in such unintelligible gibberish ‘that you ride half a mile too far. Then when you. attempt to argue the matter out on its merits what a volume of vituperative abuse-the brakeman can. command! However, it is your duty to it Another thing that takes the romance out of travel on the elevated road is the restrictions about if the rallrosd were really in earnest. in this case‘ the is known to have come from the « third, or fourth of Grand stréet, on the east side of the avente, and yet the ‘‘force” gives the outrage up out 6ven a su; exam! yn, or any real attempt to clear the mystery. ; ALLEGED BEAUTIES. There is an exhibition of alleged beautiful young women at, a. Broadway museum this week, which is interesting as psychological problem, but-in that respect only. The problem is how can young girls persuade themselves that they are beawtifu} when they have no personal attractions whatever. There they are,-a soore of them or thore, all arrayed in their best gown, and hopeful of winning the blue ribbon and carrying off a bag of gold dollars. 1 went to see them yesterday, and found a great crowd of young men Deen against the railing, behind which the “beauties” were seated, some young bucks among them of the kid-glove and walk- ing stick type, who are not often seen in such places of amusement, staring at the poor creatures as they would at fancy dogs or prize cattle. The young women (who are without doubt respectable) sat rocking nervously, or reading dog-eared paper novels. Being stared at, and having their merits discussed, for the visitors expressed their opinions freely, was a new sensation to them and covered them with confusion. One of the young women has big arms, thick walst, and a curved nose. She wore her hair down her back. As she evidently thinks that her profile is more striking than a front view she keeps her face in that position. Another girl, with yellow ringlets and a yellow bang, reciines in a large upholstered chair in a remote corner, depending upon the operation of the law regarding distance and upon avolup- tuous attitute which she maintalns with untir- ing perseverance. But-for all her pains you can see crows-feet about her eyes, and other signs of age stealing on. There is also a large-eyed quadroon, with her hair pasted down on. her head as smooth as she can get it; but she isn't even adark beauty, although like the others she imagines she is. There are many queer shows turning up in New York from time to time, but this ls-the queerest of them all—as far agmy observation has gone. SANE PEOPLE IN INSANE ASYLUMS, There seems to be ageneral awakéring to the fact that the present laws for the commit- ment of the insane are defective. Several per- sons have been discharged from asylums within the last two weeks by the order of the court under the writ of the habeas corpus. The in- sanity case that has attracted most attention Is that of Henry Prouse Cooper, the rich Sth-ave. tailor, who has a shop as finely furnished as drawing room. It was his desire to spend all his money in decorating his shops. that first brought his insanity to notice. He was com- mitted to the asylum once, and a jury and a judge are now trying to find out whether he is sane or not. “What do you think of a jury's ability to judge whether a man is insane or not?” I asked Dr. George M. Beard yesterday. “A jury’s opinion amounts to nothing. Most insane people now confined in our asylums, if brought before a jury, would be discharged, and those whom they would not discharge would be, as arule, the most harmless. I can find a hundred persons who will testify that Henry Pronse Cooper is a sane man. You can't see anything wrong with him if you enkage with him in casual gonversation; but If you.test what he says:you will find him full of delusions.” “What do*you fay of the other cases that have been up recently?” “Probably.very few of them were sane when they were cbmmitted, and most of them are Insane now. , This Thay not, however, be true of all.” e “Is it posstble for perfectly sane people to be committed?” ri “Yes, the wayithe laws are now, but this isnot so'likelyas the detention of patients after they have retovered. There is required, for commitment the certificate of two physicians, | examiners in lunaty, and the signature! of’ judge.” * ‘ q “What does amount to?* “Absolutely nothing. I would agree to make out a certifieate of:insanity against any one of the Judges Who ‘#ins papers of commitment, get his own signature to it, and have him in an asylum in less than twenty-four hours. The Judge does not usually read the certificate over.” “are the examining physicians experts on insanity?” > i “The majority 6f them are not.” a “What reform de you propose in the method’ of commitment?” “The appointment In each state of an inde- pendent commission, composed of experts on insanity, whose duty should be to supervise all public and private asylums. All certificates of donbtful cases should be referred to this com- mission. Patients should at first be -consigned to a provisional ward, where their cases should be carefully studied, and they should not be per- manently committed until the commission gave, its authority. The patient should alse be per- mitted to correspond with the commissitm at’ his friends. These precautions should be taken, ; as many new and subtle phases of insanity have developed in the last,quarter of a century.” the signature of the judge ut ‘The Loose Management of the Gove ernmeut Printing Office—Poor Mr. Rounds. ‘To the Editor of Tw Evenrno Star: Matters in this office have been so lucidly and truthfully discussed in Tue Star by another correspondent that very little can be sald by me that has not already been touched upon. Never- theless, the more the administration of Mr. Helm (perhaps I should say Mr. Rounds) un- folds the beauties of its business theories, the greater is the astonishment, If not delight, of the beholder. What strikes the observer most forcibly, perhaps, is the matter-of-fact way in | which the resources of the establishment are utilized for the private benefit of those tempo- ly (and for but a brief period, let us hope), in control of the office. They act forall the world like the beggar on horseback, and if they ride to the same destination it will be strictiy in accord with precedent. From Mr. Rounds down to the lower strata of bosses, the horses, the buggies, the workmen even of the oti utilized for the convenience of indi Whag think you of young Mr. Rounds “impress- ing” laborer to wall market basket of “Captain” Brian, having the | windows of his residence washed by an em- ploye of the government during working how of the public printer having a goat-house built at the government printing office by the government carpenter, in government time, with government lumber? Small potatoes, is it not? And does it not look very much as if Rounds was not ‘used to anything” before he burst upon our astonished vision as a full-blown public printer? But the king bee in the list of frauds and impositions developed under this model business management is our own, our only Helm. Nothing like him has ever been beheld here before, and nothing to equal his brass and his impudence, we trust, will ever offend our vision after he, king hog of a greedy crowd, shatifinve been “ expedited” ont ot this temple of Faust. I will say this for Helm, how- ever: he dogs: not-often molest the office by his presencé: iy. Appearing from time to time to leave his orders with the nominal head of the Government Pris Office, the bulk of his time and energy {8 devoted to his duties as business jof the star route organ. Said dutt eedless to say, are not heavy, consisting chiefly in signing his somewhat no- torious name on Mr. mbe's pay-roll, for and in consideration of six dollars per day. makes no extra charge, strange to say, for his supervision over Mr. Rounds. I presume he considers the fun equal to the outlay of time. Lest it be supposed, however, that Helm is too unselfish for his own good, T will mention that he has no scruples whatever about “tokens of regard,” sub rosa, get my data arranged I will ‘astonish you (and also, { dare ir. Helm) with a list of them, | civilized community requires the erection of the behind him with the | t¥ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, ‘SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1882—-DOUBLE SHEET. THE CITY MARKETS. An Abundant Supply of Vegetables— Fine Grades ef Butter Still Scarce— Other Features of the Week—Whole- sale and Jobbing Prices. Bince the last report there has been a fall supply of meats and vegetables. The fresh meat trade has been active, and the supply of excellent quality. Vegetables are abundant, especially potatoes, cabbage and onions. Fruits have also been coming in quite lively, and the sales have been quick. Hay has been arriving in liberal quantities and generally of better grade. The flour trade is still firm, without, however, much activity and sales in small lots. The grain market is quiet, with a demand for corn and oats. Mill feed is high, and market firm. In the butter line fine grades are still scarce and in demand, while the poor grades are dull. Roll butter begins to show up some, and the cool weather will soon cause movements in these grades of roll butter. Bere are looking up as to price and the de- mand on the increase. Poultry is in good de- mand, ey the dressed in good condition. Live stock is not wanted so much as formerly. Farmers sending dressed poultry to market should send with empty crops. Game of all kinds fs scarce and in demand. Quail and pheasants are: bringing high prices, and it isa good time to market. The receipts of cattle have been fair and mar- ket active at quotations. Sheep and Iambs are plentifu! and market rather dull. Veal calves are In demand as are also dressed hogs. WHOLESALE AND JOBBING PRICES. Flour.—The wholesale and Jobbing prices for the articles enumerated may be quoted as follows: Minnesota patent process, @7.75a8.25; bakers" brands, $6.25a6.50; Family, patent pro- cess, $6.2526.50; standard brands, $5.25a5.50; trade brands, $5.00a5.25; extra, $4.50a4.75; super, €3.50a4.00; fine, $3.00a3.25; middling, $2.25a2.50; rye, $3.50a4.00; buckwheat, N. Y., per cwt., $3.25a3.50; Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylya- nia, $3.00a3.25; corn meal, bolted, white, 84a85c.; unbolted, yellow, 80a82c. Grain.—Wheat, choice, €1.00a1.07; fair to 0d, 95c.a $1. Tye, 65a6Sc.; corn, yellow, Sie; white, No. 1 and 2, 86a88; mixed, 78aS0; new, 60a0%oats, southern, 40a45; western,45a46; mixed, 42a43. Mill Feed.—Bran, western, @17a$18 per ton; middlings, white, $22a$24; brown, $17a318. Hay. — Timothy, @14a$15 per’ ton; mixed, $12a313; clover, $10a#12; rye straw, $10; eee straw, $8; corn, in ear, $2.50a$3 per bar- rel. Butter,—Creamery,fancy, 37838; prime, 34936; imitation, 24a25 w York tubs fancy, new, 34a85; good, 32033; firkin, best, 32a34, good 30a32; “western datry, best, 25a27; ‘good, 22024; tair, 18220; ‘western factory, dest, 22; poor to fair, 18220; Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania choice selections, dairy packed, 25428; good to prime, dairy packed, 22: haulers’ stock. 18a20; store packed, choice, 20a23; common, 1820; poor to fair, 15017; roll butter, choice, 24928; good, War The butter trade is better as the weather grows cooler. og: Near by, 30a31; western, 30; keats, 15; .¥. state factory; new, fine 1234a13; fair to good, 113gal2; western factory, new | choice, 10a11; fair to good, 9a10, Fresh meats, wholesale.—Choice hind quarter | beef, 9 to 10 cts.; common do., 6 to 7 cts.; choice fore quarter, 6 to 7 cts.; common, 5 to 6 cts. Mutton.—Choigg dressed, 7 to 8 cts.; common do., 5 to 6 cts. Lambs.—Choice dressed, 8 to 10 cts.; common, 6 to Tcts. Veal.—Choice dressed, 11 to 1214 cts.; com- mon do., 8 to 10 cts. The trade is gooe at present. Pork.—Dressed hogs, large, neat, per cwt., 88.50 to $0; small, neat, $8.50 to $9; rough, $7 ‘to 88.” Ty and Game.—Turkeys, dressed, per 1b., small, 13a14; large and small, 12013; un- drawn, 10a12; lve, Yall. Chickens, dressed, 12a13; undrawn, 10a12; old fowls, live, 9al0; spring, large, 10a11; medium, 910; ‘small, 9a10. Ducks. live, 10a12; dressed, 12a15. Geese, dressed, each, 25a75; live, 40a70. Quail, $2a2.50. Pheasants, $4a6. Rabbite, $1.50a$2. Venison, per Ib., 12a15. Vegetables.—Potatoes, 60 to 85 cents per bushel; Chicago cabbages, $7 to 9 per hun- flze@jcatbage Talsed near by, $3 to $5; onions, 60 cents per bushel. Fruits, Green.—New York and western, $3 to $3.50 per barrel; Virginia, $2.25 to $3. Cran- berries, $3.50 to @4 per box. Florida oranges, $2 to #3 per hundred, $4.50 per box and $8 to 39 per barrel. Lemons. $2.50 to $3.50. Cured meats.—Clear rib sides, 15 cts. to 184 cts.; shoulders, 128 cts. to 13 cts.; 51 Cul hams, 16 cts. to 1634 cte.;sugar-cured shoulders, 1234 cts. to 13 cts.; breakfast bacon, 153¢ cts. to 16-¢ts. ; lard, 1314 cts. to 14 cta.; dried beef, 17 cts. to: 16 cts.; beef tongues, $6 per dozen. Foreign Fruits.—Malaga grapes, 5 to ets'pér potynd; bananas, $1.37 to $3. r butch; figs, 8 ets. to 123¢ cts.; cocoa nuts, eto 88 per hundred. BEECHER ON HANGING, The Time He is Praying For. “What are we to do with our criminals?” asked the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher inhis morn- ing sermonrecently, “Is it our duty to hang a man who has perpetrated murder? If society needs to have him suffer the extreme penalty of the law] am inclined to reply in the aMrmatiye. Society must protect itself. If the welfare of a scaffold in our midst we must so act that the greatest good to the greatest number will be promoted. Offending members in the community must be taken care of in the same manner that the farmer treats the weeds which grow among the grain in his fields. Iam not perfectly satisfied with the method of punishing criminals. I hope to live to see the time when we can have a better use foraman than stretching his neck witha halter. Hanging will do tor the present, and it may continue to be a useful thing for sa years to come. In olden times the death penal- was inflicted, not only for murder, but for many lesser crimes. In these days we do not find it necsssary to hang men for stealing. We think thieves are sufficlently punished if we send them tostate prison or penitentiary. But, my friends, I am praying for the time when even imprisonment will be numbered among the customs of the past.” A smile overspread the faces of his congregation, when Mr. Beecher said:—*My friends, you and I are no better than many men who are now wearing striped jackets and breaking stone at SingSing. Many per fellows have perpetrated crimes from sheer force of circumstances. They were not bad at heart, but they become entangled in the meshes of the law, and could not resist temptation. But no man should be hangedebecause the peo- RELIGIOUS NOTES. THR DISTRICT CHURCHES—PASTORAL CHANGES— ‘THE RELIGIOUS WORLD ELSEWHERE—EXTRAOB- DINARY FAITE—CURE THROUGH PRATER. — Rev. Dr. C. C. Beatty, who died recently at the age of 88, during his life gave away ‘$400,000 in Christian benevolence. —The eminent physician, Dr. Andrew Clark and Prof. Stokes, who occupies the chair of Sir Isaac Newton in Cambridge, have pronounced against the theory of evolution. —The protracted meetings have been contin- ued this week at Hamline, Ryland, Uniontown, 12th-street east M. E. churches, and they are all reported as growing in interest. —The colored Baptists of Baltimore dedicated anew church on Mulliken street, in that city on Sunda; Rey. H. M. Wharton, of the Lee street evan preaching the sermon. — The first Monday !n January has been des- ignated by the authorities of the M. E. church asa day of fasting and prayer for the colleges and general interests of the church. —The Western Christian Advocate declares that the present pastoral term in the M. E. chureh may be long enough for county circuits, but it is not for large towns and cities. — One of the Universalist pastors of Brooklyn thinks that Mr. Beecher’s “break with orthodoxy 1s complete,” and that his statement “is signifi- cant because It volces what Is in the air.” At Asbury M. E.church (colored) on Sunday last over three hundred partook of the commu- nion. During the revival meetings in progress there have been about thirty conversions. — At St. Augustine's Catholle church—the colored church on 15th street—Rev. Father Langrake, of New York, (formerly of Balti- more) will commence a mission to-morrow. —To-morrow the Catholic church of St. John’s in Baltimore will be rededicated, the ceremony being made necessary because in enlarging the edifice an end wall had been entirely removed. — The “Satlor Boy,” John Naugle, has been assisting Rey. G. W. Heyde, at Wesley chapel, in Annapolis, for the three weeks, during which time there have been some 70 con- versions. —The mission of the Passionist Fathers, Robert and John, at St. Leo's church, Balti- more, has attracted such numbers that even at the early morning services the church is crowded to overflowing. —A grand rally was held at St. John’s A. M. E. church, Tessier street, Baltimore, Sunday last, to raise fands for the payment of a debt of $1,600 due by the church, and about $700 was contributed. —Rev. B. 8. Highley, of Trappe Station, M.E. church, south, who was recently married, was given a large reception at the hotel at Trappe Wednesday evening. Mr. Highley is well-known about Washington. * — Rev. A. F. Mason, formerly of E-street Baptist church in this city and now of Mil- waukie, is ona visit to his father, Rev. Dr. A. P. Mason, of Boston—his church now being closed for extensive improvements. — Rev. George O. Barnes, the “mountain re- vivalist” of Kentucky, 1s holding meetings at the Central Methodist church, in Norwich, Conn., his purpose, it is said, being to “over- throw the gloomy gospel which prevails at the north.” — A very Interesting meeting has just closed with the Baptist church at Tenleytown. The ordinance of baptism will be administered Sun- day afternoon at 3 o'clock, in Fall's branch, one mile above Tenleytown, on the Rockville turnpike. — At Hyattstown, on Montgomery circuit, M. E. church, of which Rey, R. R. Murphy Is in charge, a protracted meeting has been in pro- gress for afew weeks, and thus far there have been some 50 penitents at the altar, most of whom were converted. —Glenwood chapel, of the Methodist church South, in Montgomery county, Md., was dedi- cated on Sunday, the 3th inst. Rev. Dr. Dula- ney, of Washington, preached at 11 o'clock an able sermon to a large congregation, and the pe fully paid the indebtedness remain- —The Rev. D.C, DeWulf, formerly assistant pastor of St. Matthew's church, in this city, and for the past five years pastor of St. Mary’s Cath- olic church, Upper Marlboro’, Md., has been re- moved to Pikesville. Baltimore county, and he 1s succeeded at Upper Marlboro’ by Rev. Father Cunane. > —Rev. J. Clarke Hagey, of Grace M. E. church in this city, 1s at Hot Springs, Ark., for the improvement of his health, andlate reports from him indicate that he 1s improving. His pulpit Je have a spite against him. We must always Tove sympathy ears criminal.” es ‘Taking Advice. From the Detroit Free Press, There was a young man at the Central mar- ket Wednesday who looked the perfect specl- men of the greenho! His hands were large and red, his clothes didn’t fit, and his cowhide boots had just been rubbed down with fried meat gravy.. He was looking at ev with open mouth when a couple of young men. who had been driven in by the raln commenced on 6 bridal tour, and the other insisted on call- Liberal offers were made 8o far as theythave come under my observation. Teleruenrer soqustateuss WRE the ioc oae little nearer wi man ‘will convince you that he has not forgotten the teachings acquired in that thrifty state. ‘There is something wrong here about money matters, I believe. = have not sufficient to guy him. One of them asked him if he was | charge coring cient is uedih pastors and a inisters designated e presi er, Rev. Dr. John 8. Deale.” eee —Wesley Chapel M. E. church, 5th and F streets, of which Rev. W. I. McKenney is pastor, 1s undergoing a thorough overhauling. The outside is being replastered and the Interlor re- freecoed, recarpeted, and refurnished with new lighting apparatus, &c., and all the work will be finished about December 1. —There are in the city now about 250 mem- bers of the Chatauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, and branches have been formed in a number of churches, Dunbarton street M. E. church having one of twenty members, Union M. E. twenty-five, Foundry twenty-five, and the First Congregational a larger branch. — In the little cathedral ot the Established church at St. Helier, in the Isle of Jersey, om- ciates every Sunday morning the very Rev. William Corbet Le Breton, who is dean of Jer- sey. Mr. Le Breton is venerable in years, and is beloved because of his piety. He is the father of Mrs. Langtry, the famous professional beauty, who has lately gone upon the stage. — The late Rev. P. F. McCarthy, of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, was one of the best financiers in the church, having, during his pastorate, erected the fine church edifice cost- ing $65,000, and managed the finances so well that but only about $18,000 inde was left at his death, and the payment of that he would have accomplished in about three years. —The Dunkards held a series of meetings at Woodbury, Baltimore county, Md., which closed on Saturday, the 11th inst., with the administra- tion of the rite of of feet and Improved. These chapel, of which Rev. C. Herbert Richardson pastor, and Union chapel, Rev. W. T. L.Weech refurnishedtand the latter ‘havi ad its front beautified. In one satisfactory Leroy grep a alike, each chi ly paid the indebtedness incurred Teopening. — Revival meetings at Northwest (Baltimore) mission, M. E. church, of which Rev. C. D. converalo! wing arch; Mount Zion appointment in Harford circuit, in came sce in 18 tas find aoa Penitenta; ‘North Baltimore station, 18 conver- Caroline street, Baltimore, 12 conver- sions; and at Flintstone ment, in Cum- berland district, 44 lons in six weeks. 4 Fel a a ad BRIGHT FANCIES OF THE POETS, {Por Tux Eveawe Stam, Beanty in November. L Even when o'er the fields sighs sad November, Beauty abides; her potencios fall never: She all things clothes with charms without endeavor, From the Year's birth till brings his death De- cember. ‘The earth’s fre wanes, but, from the crumbling ember, ‘The cold avails not tts weird grace to sever; The trees, haif bare, reveal, delightful ever, ‘The symmetry that rules each separate member, The dead, brown jeaves, that on the ground close cluster, Please, and the withering sedge, and dark- dyed river, And rock, wood, sky, clear-imaged tn the Water. The hill-sides gray where siveps a golden lustre, The grasses pale and ower-stems dry that quiver— Ay, ali she glorifies, Heaven's daughter! — n. Octover brought a wealth of glorious color, In forest-leaf, lobella, succory, aster, And golden-rod—such bues as no old master Ever caught on canvas—though, at length, growa duller. Beauty, of Nature's sorrow the consoler, With a mid glamour loves to overcast her, Whose far, blue hilis show fairer, softer, vaster, And her mere forms assume Importance fuller. She makes amends for whatso Time took from her, And o'er her features draws a misty, tender Vell that transforms them to our wondering vision. She soothes her sadness with the Indian Summer, More lovely than the Mrst in chastened splen- dor— Mysterious, dream-like, ptcture-ltke, Elysian, W. L. Suosmaxen, eens heen The Tribute « Longtcliow. ‘To Hon. Horatio King, with the proscribed sug of « @oliar for the subscriy:tion tos fund for “The Longe | fellow Memorial Avsociation.""] ‘The rare modest call, ‘That is made upon all— No modern inordinate claim— May doubtiess secure, And render quite sure, A tribute to Longfeliow’s name, It seems hardly nt ‘That this simple unit In value should gauge our esteem; For the fame of Longfellow Deserves the rich yellow Of gold from the Pactolus stream, Nelther silver nor gold, In sums all untold, Can add to his stature, "tis sura, No memorial in stone, Field or park, can be shown, To render bis fame more secure, Still the tritute we pay, Ip money or lay, In rhyme, or in reason most ample, Though no great reward, May show our regard Where pare life ts estwem'd a rich sample, Groncs Kawe, Washington, D.C., Nov. 14th. $s The Candidate. . Who spends his time upon the streeta, And smiles on every one he meet Not even slighting the dead-beats? The Candidate, Who cannot let a stranger Without asking him to take a glass— ‘This queer compound of clay and brass? ‘The Candidate, ‘Who, when he sees you at the door, Stops chere to chat an hour or more, And tells you facts you knew before? ° ‘The Candidate, Who makes ft his particular biz ‘To ask you "bout the health of “Sts,” And wants to know how the baby ist The Candidate, Who knows so much about the state, And tells you what will be the fate Of his dear country, soon or late? ‘The Candidate, Who, after the campatgn 1s o'er, Announces politics a bore; Knows oid acquaintances ‘no moret ‘The Candidate, ——_---____ November. ‘The leaves are falling, falling slow; The Autumn skies have lost their clow, And leaden cloud banks, bending low, ‘Above the bare woods trown. A grayish mist half shrouds the face Of scraggy hills, and lends a grace Toyon fit meats, wich beak the trace Of plow upon their brown. Amidst the clanking, sltm beech boughs A biting wind oft weirdly soughs; Down in the lane a few sheep browse On tufts of withered grass. And, as the pale light fainter grows, A cow, in scanted pasture, lows; ‘Whilst, well nigh choked with dead Jeaves, flows ‘The brook, once clear as glass. Yet close-packed stand the fodder rows, And men the well fled warncts close rainst the flocks of thieving crows ‘hat in the tree tops swarm. And in the farm house all ts cheer; wintry omens bring no fear; The blazing hearth logs gaily Neer At threats of coming storm. Wm. Struthers, in Philadelphia Epening Bulletin, —— A Lover's Fond Repreaches. By the Hon. Witu1am H. Howt, Envoy Extraordinary 4nd Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States 1 Russia, and lately becretary of ‘eka. ‘They tell me thou hast others loved— That others’ arms have pressed th ul f i 5 e g ; Ha