Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1883, Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. BRER su ARPEY \\D BRER RAB. A Scheme to Make Rabbits Popaiar. HOW TO DEVELOP THE RUDIMENTARY TarL— SHARPEY'S IMPERISHABLE AND DMPALPABLE RABBIT FARE—-OUTRAGEOUS ATTEMPT TO BRIBE A REPORTER. The following, written on a “letter head” of | t one of the city hotels, reached Tus Stak office Several days aga i want tome! sone information of the fe hyrtuaa fens y. we | coter $o men me St ate e Auexasprn HawiLrox §) a The invitation to vist Mr. Saarpey ar he curiosity of the city edior, and a reporter patched in quest of the vaiuable au 0 Vantaseous to ts porter took a and quite porter, s: make a fi vl ny me, do you think of it SHARPE “Tdow't underst “No, of course y shoul you, when it took out. Imean that I have d.scove the finest and most outr.tive fuud for rabbits that ever was. “For rabbits?” queried the doubts of the man’s saa ty and tears of safety increasing. “Yes, for rabbits “You dent n glancing at the dest the door, “that the rat “No. of course not re: “Do you take me for a f and shall see that all plumbing, Just do, thought the rep. ‘and sewerage work is done in accord- own it.) “I mean ti women and ‘ovisions of these regulations. ebildren, “For tame ask. “AS @ matter testily replied the do you imazine I ri Pr raninits « repoier veatured to tame rabbits,” hat other hind | “But there are =o few tame rabbits.” put in the reporter, thinking he bad the inventor * down there. i my inve ry, exult- tae mest | favored and the most poy that exists. [int have its rab that the Revs impe: hat’s where the y in’ iy shall T've studied the w hole subjeer anatomicaliy. Let me teil you Known, only to myseif, Faebi is ostrac eourse you dent. finding it out. The rai alte animals fora dimest graceful, zeatle and doe! you never heard of « rabbit biting any body, und Jou never will. it has no temper, but with ao @miability that is supreme. suilers aud dies un- Fesistingly. [t's the vere ac. ial above and Ddeyond ail others for ahonsero.u pet. but it Is. Fuled out of the jist of pets BECAUSE OF ITS SHORT Tan. That isthe sulemn truth. uisome, + sets mad; hort tail. ea the 2 pet of every household. | Sharpey and sald Mr. © tow its superi tion as a domestic the anbnai erea- The reporter. now fo tiat the Than was mad, deters +1 proceed | an opportun.ty for si poo ented Sharpey con =i brevity | ra ’ wk of | spinal marrow eat v tality | in the spn 1 daeurish a | develop of the tail nourished on ti saad | ATALE TOR © | Written under is signature. will not be accepted if the ow: District of Columbia. One dollar is required bylaw to he paid as With se trepi- Me harpey. an Instant and repiicd uate that by the qnality ft aoas to stop patent iny tive Stairs und take Decause it ix and bes des glad of a chance t Sharpes down sisi beer, Pusiing | while | jon ning | © torty eel put ; si- | feed) Y w to th eport- | be Bette pe wrt Tates. What, you wen't come back te see me al sve you twlee this much.” “AM right.” retorned the rep oto. anxious for a loophole of escape. aud Tux Stak man de- parted. —— —e- — — A Bad strte of Afiairs. ‘Zo the Bditor of Tae Evexixa Stan. As my busband and i were comins up Fifth street last evening, we saw « ian talks to two little girls, and thinking there wa~ thing: ‘wrong, we stopped before the man He had induced them to yo with him down a dark alley between A and J streets, but serins he was THE RULES GOVER: spector of plumbing and the he regulations were arranged, several crrors were test of experience. were the result of many patient conferences be- tween the health oMcer, and all the leading phunbers in this District, adapting them’to the requirements, it was found ant poiuts, and seme dozen or more new sec- water mains. . aceut in about as perteet y ences be und, | 28d after having been fully considered by the au ‘ot District Commissioners, engineers, health. offi- ie rer, inspectors of buildiars and, of plumbing, the ¢ the 17th 3 shall be don | oF the same. Ing ti | keep a daily record of his work, In.iuding no- | tices and applications recived, violation of rex- tain thereto; make datly, weekly and quarterly reports, and an annual report of bis operations to the health officer. tion. alteration or repair, as often as may be of his offic grieved by hie acts or n mal | business asa plumber, or eugaged In cohduct ing plumbing or house drainage in tne District. to register his or her name in a book to be pro- vided for that purpoxeat the heaith denartment, giving fuli name. residence, place of business, and in case of removal from one place to another | to make change in rexcister accordingly; farther, | to give good and sufficient bond in the sum of $500, to be approved by the Commissioners of the District, conditioned uyva the observance of the regulations. display at his or her place of business, in a con- spicuous place, a sign with full rezistered name and words “Rezisterea Plumber,” in letters not any building shall be laid or constructed there shall be filed by the owner with tie health officer, for the Inspector of plumbing, a plan thereof showing the said drainage syatein entire | given on said plan, which must be approved by | ceipt of whieh must be endorsed upon | pheation; the fee to be paid to the | building line or not, and ali appointments nmust | and by permit from the Eugineer ommissiouer. qT THE PLUMBING REGULATIONS, ‘The Hecent Revision of the Code. 1G PL AGE, AND THE VENTILATION OF SEWERS a3 NOW ENFORCED—THE DUTIES OF THENINSPECTOR OF PLUMBING—THE WORK OF THE PLUMBERS AND HOW IT IS TO BE REGULATED, &@, The regulations governing plumbing, house lrainage, and the ventilation of houge sewers in he District of Columbia, under an act ef Gon- cress approved 25th of Janua:y, 1481, authoriz~ ing the District Commissioners to appoint an in- th officer to execute and enforce regulations, &c., went-into eect July 21, 1831. In consequence of the haste with which the . made. as was subsequently demonstrated by the These original reyzotations piumbing inspector, yet the great care e: veised in formulating and nee aryon the 19th of Jecember of the same + r to amend them, which ws done by scder iet Commissioners in many import- added relating to public sovers and time has worn on ex nce he suggested yas m nade espee ruies and rexul idings—plumbine ided. Many of these yto harm ns of the inspec Ww ant easentii ave now mm e them thelr approval on ber last, te take effect December sinee which time they have been stri 3. Robins + inspector ttached to that of the h officer, on 434 street. The amendments being so numevons, end the arrangement of the sections so the original, they are inserted in fi para- jations governing and the vent ¢ effect and be in Zorce in the strict of a from and after Bec. 1, i888, and all work of the character named. tiereaiter placed in or about raucture In the said District ordunce with the provisions plumbing. house of THE DUTIES OF THE INSPECTOX. It shall be the duty of the Inspector of pinm- sign and Issue ali notices and certifleates, ulations, and all other matters wh'ch may per- He shall inspect all houses in course of erec- ‘hall take and subseribe an oath or affir- that he will faitlifally perform the duties and shall, befere entering npor: its ‘ate a bond to the Distriet of Colum- REGISTERED PLUMBERS. It shall be the duty of every person doing It shall be the duty of every sneb person te less than three inches in size. Before any portion of the drainage system of from its connection with the main sewer to terminus in house, together wita the location of all traps, ventilating pipes, &c. The name of the plumber who is to perform the work shail be the inspector of pinmbing before any portion of the work shall be executed. A permit shall not be given for the erection of any bulldiag =ntil said plan shall have been presented and ap- proved. Z WATER, SEWER AND GAS CONNECTIONS. No honse or premises will be allowed to be connected with water, sewer, or a3 main with out a permit first obtained from the Engineer mmissioner. The conditions of thls permit must be strictly complied with, acd the work | inust be dune by the plumber In whose name the permit is given. This rezetation applies to all sewers, whether on private property or in public streets or alleys. quired to notify the AML plnmvers are re- | ineer Commissioner of apy and all exteasions or alterations of water fixtures and pipes made inside of buildings, so that tue same may be examined. form of applications will be furnished mbers. All applicetion’ must. be signed er of the premises, and his address agents im tae permit fee for each Louse connerted, t tullector of the District of Columbia. INSPECTIONS BY THE SEWER TaPPre. All conneetions with sewer musi be inspected by the sewer. tapper becore the traneh Js filled; whether the service pipes have been rua tothe be made when the perialt is issned. Sewer pipes, or main drains are net to be raised or lowered, or otherwise chanyed, ex- cept under the inspection of the sewer-tapper elling is prohibited All connections with pipe sewers must be made with ¥ branelies. lin every case where connection with brick sewers is made a terra-cotta junction block must be used. Branches and junction bl other material for use in or about Sewers must be purchased froin the Di Pipe sewers must not be cut, nor any tions be made fa any m: ‘al Eaeh house must be dr: WW & separate draia | not less than six inches in diameter. havi alt of not less than one in fort only with that part of the system of drain- age Intended for it as shown on the <enera} plans ot seweraze on file in the office of the En- xincer Commiscioner. If this drain pipe be of terra-cotta it must be laid upon a foundation of traulic cement coucrete four inches in thick- ness. THE REPAIRS OF PAVEMENTS. All concrete pavements must be repaired by the contractor doing such work for the District government, and ell granite block pavements by fixed by the Commissioners. Persons desiring to remove said coucrete or granite block pave- ments must frst deposit with the chief clerk of the engiueer’s department the estimated cost of i ring the same, the receipt for which must be exhibited before the permit is issued. After the completion of the work the surplus, if any, will be returned. All permits for tapping sewers are given on conditions that owners take ali ak of damazes that may result from water eettins back into ene from sirens os bes and tn order o prevent as as e setting back of water the owner shall be req at his own cost, to put In a self-actiag or other valve, in all cases where the back flow from a sewer in to be watched he let them go We followed the chile dren and asked them who the man wax: they they did not know, but he askedther + him. Iam the motheroi « ; What can be cone i prot from such fear’al wretehes - Fun cold to think of it Deo. 29, 1682. relaid not less than twenty days aftef filling, ina workm: Ne oeear, sbINe, nose praty- | Steet on cdmpletion of the work. - drain at an accessible point, and a manhole,with snitable irom cover, shall be constructed over the trap to admit of cleaning the same. alr entering on the house side of trap, and cat- tied to such polntas may be approved by the jaspector. building, sueh pipe shall joints, ard shall be so located ag to be readily accessible for inspection. Such pi aphs, answering to the sectious in the pam | al t vent. wal | ie) Year. manner, ‘ory to Pe Pistrict Commissioners, so that no ae tip te Albrubbish must be removed feom the i TRAPS AND MANHOLES, oo. A running trap shall be piaced on every. main Every main drain shall have an inlet for. fred: When necessary to ley 8 ae eee. of iron. lea sa shall be kept above ground, if practicable, rhall be not tess than four (4) iuchea in diameter, and shall extend above the roof of house; this extension shall be at least four (4) Inches in diameter, Where pipe passes under walls of house there shall be a relieving areh to prevent pite being breken by settling of brick work. : IRON PIPES. x The weight of alliron pipe used under ground shall be not leas than: For 6-inch pipe, 20 pounds per lineal foot; for 5-inch pipe, 17 | pounds per lineat foot; for 4-inch pipe, 13 pounds, per lneal foot; for tach pipe. 944 pounds per lineal foot; for 2inch pipe, 534 pounds per lineal foot. All iron, soil and sewer pipes shall be coated Inside and outside with coal tar applied hot. All changes in direction shall be made with curved pipes, and all connections with Y branches and one-eighth bends. All connections of lead with Iron pipes shall be made with brass | thimbies, fall size of iron pipe, caulked into the iron with lead, and plumbers’ wiped joints. Sub sell drains shall be provided whenever dampness of site of aay proposed dwelling te known to exist. These may be of terra cotta, not connected with sewers, but discharge into & manhole over running traps, and have a back water valve. No vault, sink, cesspool or drywell shall be in | nnyway connected with the drainage system of any house, and all vaulte, sinks, or cesspools mast be water tight. Rain-water leaders when placed inside of any honse shalt be of iron, with leaded or screwed joints; and when opening below or near any windows shall be effectually trapped. No brick, sheet-metal. or earthenware flue hall be used as @ sewer ventilator, or trap Alt soll, drain, wa=te and aupply pipes shall be | concentrated as much as possible, protected | from exposure to frost, and shall be so located as to be readily accessible for Inapection, Every soil, drain or waste pipe inside of the | buil ting line and five (5) teet exterior thereto, shall be of fron. No trap shail be placed on or at the foot of vertical soll pipes so as to impede circulation of air. All water-closets, sinks, basins, wash trays, &c., shall have sufuble ‘and approved traps placed as near as practicable to said fixtures. Each and every trap shall havea special vent, pipe of iron, extending either above the roof of house, or into the soll pipe above the highest fixture. The vent ptpe for each water-closet trap shall he not leas than two (2) Inches in diameter, and tor traps under other fixtures not leas than one aud one-fourth inches; but if exceeding ten (10) fvet in length this pipe shall be not Issa than one and one-half a inchés in diameter. Waste pipes from: bath tubs, washstands and sinks shall not be connected with the trap of a closet. There shall be no direct connection of water- closets above basement floor with service pipe. FLUSHING PIPEs. Means for thorough flashing of all soll pipes, drain pipes and water-closets shall be provided in every care. Where water supply is not ample for proper flushing of water-closets, ete., the tnspector of Pluinbing may, In his discretion, order the erection of @ tank or elstern into which water may flow at night, or into which it may be pumped. Cisterns or tanks erected for purposes de- scriled in the foregoing paragraph shail not have at: overtiow pipe conneeted with any drain, and water supply for domestic purposes shali not be drawn therefrom. Atl safes and refrigerators shall be drained by special pipes not directly connected with the house drain or main sewer. Wooden wash-trays and sinks are prohibited ins.de of buildings; they shall be of non absorb- ent material. The Inspector of plumbing shall be notified promptly +in writing by the plumber, and upon blank forms to be provided for that purpose, when the plumbing work on any house is com- pleted and ready for inspection. "All inspections shall be made as soon as possible after such no- tification, and the pipes sha'l be tested by filling with water. No part of the plumbing work of any house shall be covered, or in any manner hidden from view until atter such inspection shall have been made, and a certificate of ap- proval issuec by the inspector. The inspector shall promptly conderan and order the Fer-oyal of any defective material, or any work done other tham in accordance with the provisions of these regulations, Prosecution for iniringement upon the pro- vision of these regulations shail be made by in- formaiton filed in the Police Court in the District of Columbia. These regulations shall be subject to altera- yn or amendment at any time. In making their approval the Commissioners state that it is required that permits shall be kept at hand ducing the progress of the work to which they relate, and be exhibited when- ever required by the proper officers uf the Dis- rict. The police are instructed to arrest any one found making excavation in the street or making any F connection without permits. entra be New ¥ ar nt the Hnreaa of Engraving and Printing, (OL. TRISH AND-HIS CAPABLE FORCK—a GOOD WORD FOR WOMEN. The superintendents of divisions and others in ‘ze of work at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing waited upon the chief of that bureau terday in a body to wish hima happy New Col. Irish. in a few happy remarks, re- turned the compliment. In the course uf these yemarks ive spoke of the close and pleasant @aily Intercourse that he has had for the past five or six year3 with the superintendents aud with the large fores employed in the bureau. He alluded to'the bigh sense of duty that animated the entire for nd stated that he bebeved there was not so large a force of men and women employed in any governmental or private eatab- lishment théroughly in earnest in the dis- char-ze of the duties devolving upon thy m az were the force ip this bureau. Hextsospoke of the fuct that the Bureau of Engraving and Priotine was one of the first institutions in the world in which the employment of women in positions of official trust and responsfbility had been tried and proved successful. When he first « the bureau he was struck with the fac ladies were occupying positions as superintend of divisions, and otherwise aiscia: duties of great responsibility, and he had closely observed the manner of their discharge of these duties in order to become satisfied that the in- terests of the government were protected, and he had beceme entirely satisfied that they were. He concluded by hoping that the coming year would be to all one of increased useiu!nees, prosperity and happiness. TRE NEW JERS Four Wemen fuined and onc Married by Him. LOTHAR IO, From the New York Tribune, 2d. Captain Berghold, of the Church street police station, stated yesterday that Jacob W. Geb- hardt was still his prisoner, having been re- manded to await the result of the requisition of | the superintendent of repairs, at rates to he | the governor of New Jersey. The charve on which Gebiardt was arrested was being impli- cated in an attempt at malpractice, the victhn being Miss Ella Phithomer, of Peapack. N. J. The youn: man was engaged to be married to four different yirls, and nuder promise ot mar- Tage ho-1 effected the ruin of them all He married bag ag them, who now in wi that the governor of New Jersey had signed the requisition for Gebhardt yesterday and that the papers-have been promptly taken to Aliuny tor Governor Cleveland's approval.so thi! p- ably the complete papers will reach (is city this morning in thine to be laid before the -ittinsr macistrate in the Tombe police court Mr Phil- homer is » ran of means and says that he will econ Med New Jer- he has parchased a re ie being made to clear the Mo ee MENT BY MR. LACEY. 4 " Wasuyyproy,,D. C., December $0, 1889. | ‘To the Editor.og @ STARs =~ i While I have no wish to discuss the past’ mai- agement of the prolonged struggle bridge, with Mr. Bliss or other persons, yet as ary of War, which Mr. ‘Bites alindes'té.*““'A'short review of tre history; ofthe free tildze‘fght, will, I hope, serve to give a clearet’ Inst#ht into the causes which batred us & bitdge Years ago. There have: half s dozen of more o| ‘Wfluences invol in it, sof whieh det gotapromise sat ony ee some of wey inevitably induced lelay at every proceeding. For instance, Georgetown vould not permit the ‘constraction of any form of bridge in her harbor, thus compelling selection of a site elsewhere. Next, the citizens generally of Alex- andria county who wanted a bridge no matter where located. Third, the lessees of the Aqueduct opposed to all sites save the one on their piers. Fourth, andria Canal company favorable to any site save the one on the pliers. Fifth, those fa- yorable only to the Three Sisters site. Sixth, those favorable only to the site in Georgetown harbor and so on, To secure first the influence of Geo! own, Mr. Sypherd and myself, in 1876, I eve, agreed with Mr. Herr and other members of her board of trade, to urge only upon Congress such bill as looked to a bridge on or above the aque- duct, and in accordance with that compact, I eee ods the eae ne ridge statute of February » exce| that the words “at or, near the Three Sisters Islands,” inserted by me, were stricken out. This amendment was secured by Mr. James, a member of the House District committee. who bic unalterably in favor of a draw-bridge in the arbor. The next compromise was effected with the lessees, who accepted fair and honorable terms —terms, I may say, dictated by myselfand such as at that tlie harmonized all the opposing ele- ments. Subsequently, however, the Alexan- dria canal company, under a new president, de- clined to bea party to this compromise, em- bodied in the so called ‘compromise bill,” and their adverse action finally resulted in the present statute with Its—to them—still more obnoxious provisions. When the Secretary of War was ready to move under this statute, these various compromises left me no alternative but to ask him, as state by Mr. Bliss, to confine bids upon the two sur- veyed sites above the aqueduct. Though he ited my request, yet he only did soas a mat- er of Judgment. He is at perfect liberty to now invite bids for Georgetown harbor site, as there was absolutely nothing in our interview to hamper or restrict his discretion. He simply accepted my statement that public good was Curceed to further obstructing this valuable harbor. THE THREE SISTERS SITE. I may say here, in reply to the strictures of “Nous Verons,” that it is hardly consistent for him and those favoring Three Sisters site to pour their vials of wrath upon my head as they have done for not joining in what reflection would have taught was a bootless undertaking, the construction of a free bridge at Three Sis- ters with $140,000. This amount was ample for @ bridge below the Aqueduct—Mr. James re Peatedly so stated tu’ the House committee— and Congress never will give more funds if the statement be true. Me further asks, who are Messrs. Sypherd, Graham and Lacey? Mr. Gra- ham has only recentiy joined us, but Mr. Sy- pherd has been chief worker in the free-bridge cause. His time. taleft and money have always been freely devoted to it since its first agitation. Beyond this, he is patriotic enough to patiently bear the onerous burden of tolls for a year or two rather than to insist thata bridge must, per force, be built In Georgetown harbor, to the undoubted injury ot District shipping Intercats; simply because there is sufficient money for such purpose, subject) to the discretion of the Secretary of War. He and myself are of those who, personally, don’t care a fig where our de- sired bridge is located,tand both of us, if released trom the various compromise compacts and left to consider only the question of escaping tolls, would unhesitatingly: adopt the views of Mr. James and act mocordingty. There is bat ONE PROPER SITE for a bridge, and that 1s on the Aqueduct piers, and built there, too, ander the present statute or the proposed condenination bill. The claim of the Alexandria,Caval Company is preposter- ous in insisting that Congress must give a guar- anty of perpetual appropriation for the mainte- nance of the canal, inasmuch as the tolls will Not suffice to pay a tithe of the repairs. In these progressive times non-paying canals costing—as in Ohio and Pennsylvania—many million of dol- lars are abandoned, and it is the sheerest folly. to presume that a dead canal like that which curses Georgetown harbor will be perpetuated by Congressional appropriations. Both the bridge statute and the condemnation bill will, sooner or later. lead to a destruction of the canal trunk and the construction of a draw- bridge on the Aqueduct piers, aud it the city of Alexandria will not accept the terms of these two instruments the canal with tts Aqueduct trunk should suffer the fate of the recent canal in our own city. Tothat end both Mr. Sypherd and myself have devoted our energies, and are willing to werk on until success is attained. Tn conclusion i wish to thank Mr. Bliss for his assistance in the past. He freely acted at all times as consulting engineer for me, as well as in making valuable surveys without charge. S. Lacey. iS WANTED. WHY SPENCER ‘The Testimony Which Mr. Bliss Exe pected to Get From Him—Why spen- cer Will Nos Come to Washinzton. THE SWORN STATEMENT OF MR. BLISs. ‘The denial of Mr. Spencer, that he ever saw Dorsey pay money to Brady, refers to the afl }+vit of Mr. Bliss, presented to the court at the la t star route trial, Which contained the following state- ment: Deponent further says that said Spencer ts, as deponent ts informed and believes, an tmportant witness for the United Stites n this case; that deponent js luiormed that said Spencer ¢ :n testify that on one occasion he w.s present In the roou of the defend nt Stephen Dorsey, when the tter took trom is pocket and placed inan en- velope $'X bilis of $1,000 each and Laid tue enveiope ith the bilis tn It on the tabie, telling him ve expected the defendant Thomas ’J. Brady to cail in a short time and he wish! to show him (8) n- cer) what sort of oman Braty and how he (Dorsey) did business; that in a snort time said rady cailed, and that alter a few moments of casual conversation Dorsey:told him -o:n= one had le t un envelope for Him, and thit Brady tok the lope, pat it In lls vocke. without pening it, and shortly left, carrying tt with lim; ‘hit prior to that Ume, and when speaking of *s calling, the said ‘Dorsey had stated thit ay was a tilef, and had further said tuat he ey) Was Interested in maH contra: ts. ‘Deponent is further informed and believes thas, t at a time very jortly subsequent’ to the conversation clready proved herein between Rertell nt Mr. dames and Mr. MacVegzh, Steph) n W. Dorsey came to the room of ‘Spencer th the Everett House, of New York, in trouble and despon tency and stated to Wm (Spe that his cieric ha ‘gone back on him" nd hid ‘given away’ the Whuie story, and had betrayed the whole business, With more (o theg.eff ety and that some days Liter the sali Dorsey stytte@if0 sald Spencer thet the had all been fixed up; thaton: Janes W. aid set Up with the Said clerk all night and illy suc eede Lin pe ad ne it make avit Jenying Dis orl; ponent furdher says Heving that sitdSpenear con te before state Is tha’ ‘Enomas L ‘ormer and Boygton lave nent that salt Spengor-nad wede to 1) Statements, thou: mt 11 nig! is LO an the sata he. Js not su thot the s ment to Boynton related to ouytatng inure than ee interview as which’ the money was paid to rady. “Deponent further “sys thit he ts Informed Siinllar statements bavebeen mide by ald Spen~ cor to various other nS Whe Wye SO ste but as they have wm Stated Cire sty te tits depneat he does fof ther to thee more in detail” WHY SPRXCER WIKL NOT COMB TO WASHINGTON. The New York Herald comnen: oD Gist sta ter 8 tollows: “Ii x-Postm \st- erei James and his chief clerk, Mr. Von’Wormer, uever made sneha statement o#'Mr. Bifss makes ot ait; if Mr. Spencer never made such <tateme-t 8 Mr. Biss siy~ Mr. Jems, Mr. Van Wormer snd Mr. Boynton says he dit. tis remark.bie tint Mr. eer Gon between Kingston and Washincton aid come bere as a witness In beball Of the deioudaats in ¢ Star route case. A fPieni Of ex-Senstor Dor sey says that Mr. Soeme-r could moi yo ron the witness stand and De subfect ta ery < wen withon Y ror Efuth ¥e or by {9 wswer questions be committed for OnLy. -oiri.* oso r An Englishwoman. tius expiaius her treat- ment of burciars: “f have a trother, four iusty children, all under tweiv~ Wi a female sar- vant. It in teat when I ring my bedroom bell they ateni! to “cream and keep on screaming. Last Ww: ae unfortunrte wan broke Into my tuuse sl) sar my bell, Next morning, when we S00 a6 macy 4 ite lates ci, nie bee omen bot on the top of tasirerwoe al con teaehe one Visitor mast hay. heen 1 SHAR ESE, eaten 8 train or 20? 4 SLANGLESS PEOPLE—A DRIVE ALONG SHORE— Carrespondence of Tax Evenrxa Stam. ae Berucpa, December, 1883. The people of these islands are not addicted to slang, or at least not to any great extent. Consequently they are sometimes puzaled to ‘tow what o man from the States is driving at. The other days triend introduced « garrulous old man of ninety, who was still in good health, ‘with the exception of some corns, and who once owned ships that sailed to every port in the world. The next day we happened to be speak- ing of the ecorneous centenarian, when I saw him In the distance, and remarked, “There's the old rooster, now.” I was amused to notice my friend look around for a feathered biped. A Brook; ‘leman bargaining with a sable paboat who "would wot come dowa ny in his large demand for servi sald: ‘hen you don’t tumble to the racket?” The man stared, but made no reply. ‘Ah, I see, you don’t seem to hook on.” till the man yazed, perplexed. “That is, you don't follow me. ell, you're Lge § well oiled, 1 presume, have a good share of British circulars, and wouldn't drop to my advertisement if I doubled on the steady, that is, the original proposal.” The man clutched a taut cable on the dock, and held on as if he was under a spell, which he ho} would soon pass off. he Brooklyn man continued, “How would it do to rinse the valves, or say, put in some ed ballast? Don’t want to be too liberal nor too particular. Don’t want to steer you into this against your will, nor hit too hard on the spur for the stamp, butI want the boat, and I'am will- ing to separate myself from some of my coin to secure possession. Can you hop on to that?” At this juncture the man fell, and the verbal as- Piao began to whistle a pathetic air from Mas- cotte. The colored people. here have no dialect such as the colored people in our southern states have; for instance, | have been surprised to hear them all speaking very good English learned from the military people, and the generally well- educated white inhabitants. Sailors phrases are current, but there is very little slang of the -aggravated and aggravating form so ably culti- vated by the young ladies of Amertca. It is sweet linguistic simplicity, but the talented tongues of American tourists will soon de- stroy It. ON THE NORTH SHORE. Among the ever-pleasing and attractive features of the Islands arathe roads, winding in and out along the hillsides, and by the bays and sounds, always presenting beautiful views and glimpses of land and water, plantations, village, tropical vegetation, little flelds and for- ests, and the grand old ocean. Here a grassy slope is made pict ue by scattered palmet- tos, further on the marshy limit of the waves of the sea beating Inland fs darkened by a thicket of mangroves. and everywhere on the limited un- dulating earth, cedar woods clothe “the still- vexed Bermoothes” with robes of cternal ver- dure. The wealth of sky and sea and land Is drawn upon for that which is here so strange and beautiful, as If it were to compensate the people for their isolation, for inhabiting land that is the furthest from land of any on the globe, with the exception, perhaps, of St. He- lena. One day, through the kindness of a friend, I had a ride in his carriage, all by myself. Took the road from Hamilton along the north shore to Bailey's Bay, where I was to pay my rea} to some relatives of Mr. A. 8. Pratt, of Wash- ington. The distance was seven miles, and what a ride it was! On the left, going. the ocean, still fretted by a storm of the night be- fore, gleawed and flashed, its waves dashing against the coral shores and throwing up fitfal clouds of spray. On the right the varying slopes with their embellishments of trees, groves of bananas and oranges and lemons, and white houses with their white walls, and rows of palms, clusters of bamboos, and masses of beautiful flowers. It is little wonder that Tom Moore, who saw all this, wrote that here Nature lavished her purest wave and softest skies— “To make a heaven f to al For bards to ve and astute to dio ns” Tsaw, it may be remarked In passing, the same calabash tree that Moore made famous in one of hid poems pertaining to America, and it isn’t much of a theme for a poet, either. Here was laid the scene of Shakspeare’ Tempest. Out there on the reefs is where the ship was wrecked, aud where the crew was put safely under the hatches. Among these coral caverns “ Ariel” played eos, “Caliban” scowled and grumbled, ‘‘Miranda” pleaded, and “ Prospero” exercised his magic arts. Although the day was fair. every half hour or so there was a fall of rain of infinitesimal drops, mere rifts of spray from the sky, each accompanied by a rainbow oi which there was a large assortment, Inone place the wavesbeating against the'rocks caused clouds of vapor to rise and each as it rolled away carried a rainbow with it, as if it were a laboratory where rain- bows were puffed out by some island sprites to supply the world. The breezes were as gentle as the showers, blowing from off the waves and bringing from them the flavor of the salted sea. In some protected bays and inlets the water was still, showing ita rich turquoise blue and emerald green and the various tints and shadings for which it ts here remarkable. Schools of fishes sported in sight, making the most beautiful changes of colors in the water as they moved about. All along the rugged corajline shores, wiere there were overhanging cliffs and cavern- ous openings, the waves made sweet melody, as if they rather enjoyed the task of washing the islands from under the languid Bermudians, which they are confidently ex, to do in the course of a few centuries. The contract is well advanced now. THE DEVIL'S HOLE. Near Harrington's Sound, which Is passed on the way to St. George's, isa deep hole, fed in some mysterious way by the tide, in which the owner keeps a large number of fishes, and charges strangers a shilling each to go within the walled inclosure to look at them. Mosi of the fishes are®groupers, big fellows that weigh from twenty to forty povuds each. They wather at the edge of the pcol to be fed with as little fear as a drove of h and will eat from the hand, only the hand bas to be exceedingly careful not to be included with the bait;—several indiscreet hands have been left there. Gliding in and out in graceful motions and evolntions were some angel fishes, beautitully marked with yeilow and blue, and havinsr pendants or siream- ers, one on each side of the caudal fin, as pretty as the long feathers of the bird of paradise. They are often caught by ‘ishermen, and are sold at the uniform price of fish, nce— eight cents per pound. ‘Their beauty does not exempt them from the cammon fate. Here were also green turtles. two or three hundred bowls of soup each, and many other.curious creatures of the vasty deep. Further on are the Walsinzham caves, similar 'm structure and productions to the Luray caverns of Virginia, and by them Moore’s cala. bash tree. The caves are visited by vandals mostly, and most of the ceilings have been robbed of their glittering pendants, even the bulky stalagmites have been tiroken up by con- scieneeless tourists and carrie] away. A SUBMARINE SPECIMEN. Coming back I picked up a native Bermudian footing it to Hamilton. He wass submarine diver by inclination, and @ skilful romancer by profession. He told such terrible stories of sunken ships, and dead pecple in them, and of monsters down there where he explored, that I wanted to get ont and walk. And he talked right along afterhe once cut loose. Every- thing seemed -oozy and slimy and scaly and dripping and covered with barnacles. You know how it is sometimes when that kind of talent gets started. Well, this was one of those times. You beg like screaming, yet dee can't let g0; you can’t change the subject enouzh; you ean Only hope that a blood vessel will burst and thus save you from crime. Before we reached Hamilton he seemed to notice -elyns of reat distreas, and ther with an apparent twii I bave been tempted to work @ tew-ontons inte. this eptstohary bowillebrisse, vat there are none now In Bermuda except those that are >rought from the states. The crop in always. Aisposed of by the Ist of July. and the peopte then .have-to do without, or send abroad for tiem, However, it uay do to say that the aced of the :amous bulb Is brought from the teland of Ttwas a stormy voyage from Bermuda to New York. A nor'wester toyed with the ship on the gulf stream, and tossed It about like a cork. The settling down into the great bowl-like de- Pression, and the mounting to the tops of the Pyramidal waves, the vessel rolling with fearful carelessness way up there are things that no one takes kindly to. You have acraving to get off on to something fixed, something you ean hold to, a stone pier, the side of a mountain, anything you can have confidence in. But the welcome sight of land at last brings relief. Barnegat, Shark river, Asbi Park, Long Branch, the Highlands, and Sandy Hook come one after the other into view, and finally the customs officers, the last of the disagreeable aud Irritating incl- dents of ocean voyages, go through your personal effects, and turn you loose upon the beautiful shore. Jerome Burnett. So ine GAMBETTA’'S CAREER. A Summary of the Remark abie History of 2 Mow Hemarkable Man. To at least one man and one nation the first hours of the new year came with an unwelcome message not easily understood—say a new echo of @ very old message never yet understood. While the midnight bells were ringing out the old year M. Leon Gambetta, the foremost young man of France, was struggling with an enemy | more stubborn and relentless than all the oppo- nents of his lifetime; and as the year was dying—in the nizht—the last great Frenchman passed away—died at his country residence, at Ville d'Avray, surrounded by every luxury: good friends standing by him; everything that medical skill could do to keep him alive done for weeks past and done to the last. Useless. One dispatch says he was conscious to the last, an- other that he was unconscions—“‘died in a state of unconsciousness.” No doubt of that. His last conscious word: “I am done for; it is use- less to disguise it; but I have suffered so much that it will be arelease.” A happy release. An impetuous, impolitic, olive-taced man, with a tendency to corpulency, hardly at his prime; a man constantly crowded into positions that were too large for him, too much for his experi- ence; a man of fate, of destiny, marked fromthe first for sacrifice; no power on earth able to in- tervene; his career and his untimely taking off suggesting the truth that when it Is neces- sary to take ® man’s right eye or right hand in order to keep him from a course of life unfitted for him, the power is there to take it, and as it is much easier to remove a man than a nation, Gambetta, not France, has passed away. GaMBETTA’S BIRTH AND BOYHOOD. Leon Michel Gambetta was born at Cahors, October 30. 1838. His family was of Italian ex- traction (coming originally from the neighbor- hood of Genoa), and his parents kept a shop known as “The Genoese Bazaar,” where odds | and ends of everything were sold. Ambitious | shopkeepers wanted to make a priest out ofthe boy, so young Gambetta was sent to the parish school to prepare for the seminary of Montau- ban. Sober books of history suy that young | Gambetta, when about elht years old, in some | wilful pique at parental authority threatened to | ut out or cut out one of his eyes, and did it. | lore charitable and perhaps mre accurate his- tory says the right eye was lost while lookingat @ cutler boring holes in the handle of a knife with a drill fastened toan old broken foil by a lece of catgut, this rude machine giving way | "y reason oft00 great tension, and the brokea foil struck the right eye of the child with great | force, perforating the cornea. No more pros- pects for the priesthood; never had any nature vay; loss Gf one eye inter- fered with study. Young Gambetta grew irri- table: the doctors of Montauban seminary con- fess that the boy is too much for them, andGam- betta goes home, to be petted and spoiled. A STUDENT AT Law. At the age of 18 Gambetta found his way to Paris, took lodgings in the Quartier Latin and | entered on the study of law. His life in Paris, from his arrival therein to the time when he be- came the secretary of M. Lachand, the eminent criminal advocate, was a curious one. Lodging in the Hotel du Senat, in the Rue de Tournon, the hot-headed young provincial soon gathered around him a clique composed of the very fastest law and medical students of which the Quartier Latin could boast. In these early days he was careless of dress, a certain air of abandon about | him, #frequenter of wine shops, as Guizof said | of him, and did any amount of sowing of wild oats | —the life of the wine shops and the leader } among his companions. From this barren Bo- | heimian life he was saved by his aunt, Mile. Massabie, who, it is said, lett the little village in the environs of Cahors, where she lived, went to Paris and had an interview with him. “I am alone,” she sald. ‘Youare alone. You want a home and someone to takecare of it. Here am [. I have a little something, as you know. What's mine is yours. Let us divide.” It wasa bar- gain. They took modest rooms near the roof in a house situated on the Rue Bonaparte, in the Latin Quartier, and here the faithfa! aunt and ambitious nephew resided until the latter was chosen deputy in 1869. GAMBETTA AS AN ORATOR, M. Valette, a deputy of the National Assembly in 1850, who was arrested at the coup d'etat of | 1851, and who at the time of his death, in 1879, Was a distinguished member of the Academy of | Moral and Political Sciences, was early struck by Gambetta’s oratorical powers and advised him to enter politics, predicting that he would have a brilliant success. The late Mr. Grenville Murray, tn his “ Men of the Third Republic,” gives a capital sketch of the young politician in his favorite haunt. Hi says: ‘‘The luster of the Cafe Procope has waned In the present century. but five years ago any stranger entering it of an evening might have seen there a young maa who: ts. perhaps, destined to set as deep a mark upon history as even good M. de Marmonteh Hewes an almost briefless barrister then—s dark, Halian-blooded young Frenchman, blind with one eye, not over well but with a voice as sounding as brass, It’ was the magic of the | man, thia voice. When he looked insig- nificant enough, but, once he began to speak, the rather Bonemian crew of friend. round him woke upto man.” Toward the close of the | year 1868, when the Imperial Government was eeepieccce | those Pari (Soebne whose editors ad opened subscription lists for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a monument to Bau- din. who was Killed at the barricades in 1851, daring the coup d'etat by which Napoleon Third | came into power, Gambetta was engaged to de- | fend the Reveil. The people of is, on All} Saints’ Day, had covered the tomb of Baudin, in Moutinartre cemetery, with flowers and | wreaths of Immortelles. ‘The Emperor was ‘in- ‘On October nee M. betta capital In a loon, and, after a perilous age, landed near Mont Pidier, where he escaped faliing into the hands of the Prussians. He proceeded first to Amiens, twenty-one miles distant, and went from there to Rouen, which place he left on the Sth, arriving at Tours, the seat of government outride of Paris, on the same day. had been entrasted with the ministry of war as wellas that of the interior, and in this double capacity became and remained until the fall ot Paris the virtua! dictator ot France out- side of the capital His first act was the iseu- ‘ance of a proclamation, tn which he sald: * Let us rise en masse and let us die ratner than «ub- mit disgracefuily to dismemberment. Through all our disasters and under all the strokes of til- fortune there remains for us the sentiment of the unity of France and the indivisibility of the the republic. Paris asserts most cloriously again that immortal motte which calls once more npen all France—* Long live Ue nation! Long live the republic,one and indivisi Ne organized ar mies, restored discipline to the ranks, dispelled dissensions among the leaders, and in short fairly accomplished Wonders. When the great disaster at Metz came he did not despair; t hurling the charge of treason against Maram Bazine, refused faith in the impregnabi- ity of France. ations followed In quick suecession.after each defeat of the French arms.in which the nation was ured not to despair, bat to redouble its energies for defense. Fora long period = during ember and December he rewained ith the army of the Loire, which he left on December ll. Hethen visitedthe Army of Lyons, and at the close of the year repaired te Bordeaux, te which place the capital had been removed. At the first battie of Le Mans, January 10, he was again with the Army of the Loire. after which he journeyed to Lille, in the h, to encour- courage Faidherbe's army with bis presence, He is then reported to have made a secret visit to Brussels to conferwith the French and Malian Ministers, arriving on January 3. He then re- turned to Bordeaux. where he still remained when the grand culmination of disaster came in the capitulation of Paris. GAMBETTA IN THE NEW CHAMBER. At the succeeding election he was chosen in nine departments, choosing to represent that of the Bas-Rhin, which was a little later ceded to Germany. Inthe new Chamber he was more moderate than his friends had expected. No vember 5, 1871, appeared the first number of the Republique Francaise, a vewspaper of which he was the power behind the throne. During the Political excitement in the early part of 1872 he visited Southern France and made several mem- orable speeches. At the end of 1874 and begin- ning of 1875 Gambetta took the foremost part im the attempts at reconciling the various factions of the Left and of the Right Center to bri about harmony for adopting the constitution laws. Gambetta increased In power and began openly In his newspaper to cail for the with- drawal of the Marshal President. Im the early winter of 1877-8 he visited Italy, holding inter- views with the leading statesmen aud Victor Emmanuel, and even diniag with the King and French Ambassador. On bis return at Marseilles he said significantly: “The Republican party must become ministerial, For myself, | have always maintained, [ama man of government and not a man of opposition. One year of power is more fertile thaa ten years of terole opposl- tion.” PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER. After the convocation of the Chamber he waa again chosen to preside over the budget com mittee. On November 18, 1878, he fought a duel with Fourtou, the ex-minister, to whom he had given the He, but both Qgemnbatants returned from Plessis-Picquet unharmed. After the tre ennial renewlng of the Senate Gambetta was nae to enter the Cabinet soon to be formed, he declined. Svon after, on January 30, 1879, MacMahon having resigned and Grevy having been elected In his place, Gambetta was chosen presideut of the Chamber by 314 votes te a1. In the new Cabinet, headed by Wadding- mn, Frey i Parlia- mentary reforms, in granting full amnesty to Communists, in promoting educational meas ures, and in igiting the Jesuits. Towards its close cinet became Premier and Gambetta’s preponderance became more and more marked. A Bonapartist paper, La Pays, called him “Mon- sieur Gambetta, Dictateur.” The Orleaptet Solei? said: “The Ministers are nothing; the President of the Republic is less than nothing. Gam! as has been wittily remarked, is the Emperor the Republic. He is more than that; he is the Republic itself.” On all sides, open or 4 his power was acknowledved. On August 1580, at @ banquet at Cherbourg, he that on the first erable opporta: France must reclaim her lost provinces. This ate tracted great attention, especially in German, GAMRRETTA IN OFFICE. The question was: Did he speak for himself merely, or for France? Grevy and Freycinet did what they could to counteract the excite ment by characterizing Gambetta’s as apolicy of wdvnture. Then tha Freycinot cabinet gay away to Ferry. At length the Tunisian expedition which had been covertly planaed since 1878, made it necessary for Gambetta to assume power. In August, 1881, the election for a new assembly took place. In preparation tor that event bill was Introduced replacing the serutin in d'urrondissement by the scrutin de liste. The object of this measure was to re- turn a compact, homogeneous republican ma- jority, with a definite program, instead of the divided factions. The measure was de feated in spite of Gambetta’s efforts, but at the election his party was victorious, 460 republi- cans, of all shades, were returned and only 9 Bonapartists and Monarchists combined. In November, Ferry having resigned, Gam- ; betta took office, with himself foreign min- ister. His assuciates, exe Paut Bert, were insignificant. Heset himself to work to the scratin de liste, but its opporition to the measure was still strong, and, baving made it @ test question, he was deteated, and resigned January 26, 1882. Arter that time he lived more in retirement, watching events and pre- paring to come again to the front when the fe vorable moment arrived. He was largely in- strumental in overthrowing the Freycinet min- istry by attacking the weak policy towards the Egyptian rebeilion,and for the past few months his influence with the Ducleremintstry has been #0 marked as to be well nigh equivalent to e Rew control. GAMBETTA SHOT. On November 27, 1888. the wouud which caused his death was received. Gambetta was at his conntry seat at Ville d’Avray. His house being issoiated he was in the habit of sleepin with a loaded pistol by his bed. He exauiin it to see whether it was too much rusted for the trigger to work well. He only saw one of the two balis in the chambers and discharged it wut ofa window. When he had done this he grasped the barrel by the mouth In order to clean the ee Te went of, the ball passing through fleshy part of the hand between the bones which form the roots of the thumb and fore- flager. Gambetta staggered a few pares and fell agai His valet. who was near inst @ seat. j him, rau to hig assistance. Valets and doctors ever since running to his assistance; rumors with other theories of the shooting and speculation, until death brought him ee Colored Childrea in White Schools. ‘From the Philadelphia Press. “ ‘The case of John Manaway, a colored man, on