Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1883, Page 2

: ’ A } “ ; ; CITY AND DISTRICT. THE PUBLIC HEALTH, ws the Efficiency of the Sani- tary Service. Prom Health Officer Townshend has addressed to ‘each sanitary inspector a copy of the following ircular and letter of instructions: Heatran DerarTent, April 2d, 1883. Str:—The season has arrived for renewed "®nergy and activity In the health department, “And several changes and transfers have been made in order to ascertain if an increase in the @Mciency of the service cannot be obtained. You have been assigned to duty in the — Banitary district, and from this day forth you ‘Will be held to a strict accountability for the Condition of sald district in so far as your duties May relate thereto. You will be expected to familiarize yourself thoroughly with your dis- trict and duttes and to give your undivided at- tention thereto during the regblar working hours. A copy of letter of dostructions ts handed you herewith, and this tt wil be well for ou to consider carefully in ¢yéry detail. it ts deemed advisable that you divide your dis- trict int sub-districts, each to be Visited re; urns, and thahyou dierwith the e of the division, that he ertain your whereabouts a Will bear In mind that tion of business, and In its rooms or about its doora is pro- All bu + Isto be transacted with sr in person or through interruption of the other that you will ree of your May be enabled to credit upon both yourself ment, I remain, vi ke NSHEND, M.D. INSTRUCTIONS TO SANITARY INSPECTORS. Sir:—The fo! are issued for the xuidanee « ould receive your ¢ rs charged will devote themselves dur- lar working hours to the patrol of e districts, and make reports 3 office of their operations Th ver with reports of abate- s morning of each week. aily reports nuisances of a first, followed action by the health officer a. and lastly nuisances for which the ti riet are responsible. each nuisance must be stated on the report, and ty responsible given in ‘each of each week will be devoted rs to making a general recon- ive district (so far as v ascertain it nuisances on sly served have been abated. 1 t by each inspector, st_be correctly jally report should by the inspect Doiseunce of t May be rec Dotices prev ors will omply with the ved. When nd the time personal no- With the peor Feporting what arr @eeisions. If benefit of th of each qu rmed during Yous and recomn Beeessary for the ement of the sanitary tion of public health. the result of practical nal observation will be of tention of inspectors is fence and po Fane. and Galied to the subj Very respectful Suri Tow M.D. Officer. z Of Spring Affects the cycle World, RER OF RIDERS IN THIS LB OF MIDDLE- T—THE COST FOR IT, r is just now filled with ing The w weather has it does upon is blood cours- and there fs t betokens t ‘h of color in or p ascends, reno mc e awakening cle is not, ring, but in the coun- t, mild air hom forth from + 80 to speak, of dell tives ef du! ave bes their the desire very one to xet out in the r with his machine as an the prompti of nature, is iy in a state of excitement. He plans ins,” arr: trips, makes frequent inqulries as to the condition of THE COUNTRY ROADS, Wonders why this item is not Included in the ‘Weather report of the signal bureau, and finally ©ue day returns with clothes spattered and Machine covered with mud. He had been try- ‘ing @ country trip, having become convinced that the roads must be dry by this time. After (such an experiment the victim {3 apt to we gloomy views relative to the backward- esa of the season and the state of rural Yoads. It is too early in the s-ason as yet for the wheelmen to go beyond tle limits of the yelty. aud so the spring activity among this class Of pleasure seekers has not begun. “Hay arranged any long runs for this asked a Stan reporter of a prom!- Bent bic ler. “It is most too early to go into the country,” “Was the reply, “and so no long trips have been } definitely fixed upon; but as soon as the roads become settled we wiil take our usual runs of ten and fifteen miles in the country, and L ex- some long trips of a week and more will mate. The wheelmen have hardly begun to Yealize that the spring is her THE INTEREST IN BICYCLING. There seems to be no lack of interest in this port here, and the numbers of the wheelmen are steadily increasing. A noticeable fact ts od proportion of the new reeratts are men advanced in life, whose motive in learning to ride is health as well as pleasure. There is, however, a very prevalent opinion that the post- tion astride a wheel is more conspicuous than dignified, and some people have a violent preju- dice against the pastime. Que gentleman, having learned to ride without confiding this fact to his wife, bought # machine and then decided to surprise and gratity her with an exhibition of his skill. When he burst upon her Bstonished caze, proudly skimming along on the shining wheel, his wife burst into tears and a the startled wheeler, amid many sobs, LOOKED LIKE A PERFOT FOOL. A great many people have the same opinion, Dut as the exercise is sald to be beneficial, and as the bicycle saves time and steps, it will prob- ably still continue popular. The increase in the mumber of riders has been steadily increasing. Last year at this time there were about 250 riders on the wheel in this city, and now they are said to number 300. The Capital club has A few days ago a new club was organized, composed of middle-aged men. They have or- ganized for the purpose of promoting socia- bility, and do not intend to compete with other clubs. Thenumber ts limited to 25. The of- cers are as follows: President, Amos W. Hart; vice president, Warner J. Kendet secretary and Reena Edward T. Pet Wm. C. Scribner. Henry W. Hams fhe resident of the Boston bicycle elub, was jonorary member. The name of the new organ- ization is the Washington Cycle Clob. ~ The Interest which ‘s taken in this sport throughout the country is indicated by the fact that there are two papers and one magazine which are devoted exclusively to matters per- taining to wheelers and wheels. These publications have the appearance of being well Supported. There is also the League of Amer- ican Wheelmen, which has a ey of about 1,700, and at the annual meetings dele- gates are present from all parts of the country. The league will, probably, be invited to meet here next-year. ‘The wheelmen of the District have quite a reputation for skill in using the machine, and this city 1s considered the best adapted for thelr practical use. 5 At one time it was thought that the tricycle would become popular here with the ladies; but few have summoned up the courage to make their appearance on the streets. A number, how- ever, are f@d by gentlemen. One difficulty in the way of their general adoption is the ex- pense. A good tricycle costs $150, although some can be obtained for $125. The same difi- culty exists in regard to the bicycle. WHY “MACHINES” COST 80 MUCH. Tn conversation with Mr. W. C. Seribner, the proprietor ot the bicycle school, yesterday, a Srarreporter asked him what a good bicycle cost. “The cost runs all the way from $90 to $125," wns the reply, But the machine that you now pay $90 for is entirely different from a machine ofthe same price three years ago. The present machine Is made of better material and there have been numerous improvements added.” “What is the nature of these improvements?” asked the reporter’ he improvements,” was the reply, “are In ‘ings, tread and spokes in the Tim, tires It is not that the material Is so much better as it is that it is lighter and yet strong. The competition is now to make the lightest machine and yet make it strong.” “Can't the machines be made for less money?” inquired the reporter. e “Certainly they can,” was the reply, “but the patents upon them add to the cost. "The prin- a re in Febrnary, 1886.” The annual races of the Capital club will be held some time in the latter part of May. —_——$+eo.—___ THe Wasiincton KINDERGARTEN UnNioy.— The regular monthly meeting of this society took place last Wednesday evening in St. George’s Hall. Satisfactory progress was re- ported in the educational and charity work of the Nurserymaid’s Kindergarten Training school and the Pensoara free kindergarten, several more pupils haying been entered daring the past month. Mr. John Baker, treasurer, reported that there had been thirty-three new subscribers added to the list, among whom are the follow- ley Mi . Mra. B.F. MeCatla, Mrs. Hoxie, M. J.J. Woodward, Gertrude Jones, Mra. Ma- . Bell, Rey. Dr. Domer, R. R. Shippen, Justice Samuel F. Miller, Justice J. P. Bradley, Judge Arthar MacArthur R. Spotford, R. @: li, H. H istayns W. Pope, James C. Welling, Wm! ery, Edward Clark, R. A. Elmer, ie, Chinese minister, m minister, and to ty. the incorpo ments W for giving the Pen- pupilsa child festival in lay of Fred. Froebel. WHY DORE W UNHAPPY, Interesting Particulars of the Great Artists Will. Seme icy Hooper in Philadelphia Telegraph. Thaye just learned some interesting particu- rs respecting Gustave Doré’s will from one of his friends. It is perfectly true that he has left orders to have all the paintings, drawings and sculpture that were in his possession at the time of his death sealed up and kept for two years from the date of hls demise. At the ex- piration of that period they are to be sold at auction. The accumulation ts an immense one, couiprising all the huge pictures in the Doré gallery of London, some twenty or thirty more of scarcely inferior size in hia studio on the Rue Bayard, a dozen large pieces of sculpture, as many more small groups In terra-cotta, plaster or bronze. and some hundreds ot drawings. It is hard to decide as to whether this course of action on the part of the lamented artist will prove a wise one or thereverse. It is undoubt- edly true that the postponement of this sale tor so long will deprive it ot the interest arising from the regret for Doré’s untimely death, and the general sensation aronsed by the event. On the other hand, it is thought by more than one of his artist friends tiat the appreciation of his talent among the art-lovers of France will be far higher two years hence than it is now. His personal fortune was divided into three lhe one of which goes to his brother, M. Ernest Doré, who is an officer in the army, another is fo a married sist and the third part is be- ithed to the Society of Artists, formerly pre- sided over by Baron Taylor. There is a second brother, to which Doré left nothing, and for the folowing good and sufficient reasons: When the artist had achieved his first success he brought his brother to Paris and established iim in office of a stock broker. He took to gatabling in stocks, lost heavily, and Gustave Doré was forced to make good these losses to the amount of some 260,000. Hence the omis- sioa of bis name from the will. “Despite his vast and early successes,” con- niy informant, -‘Doré was never a happy 'S failure to win recognition as a painter preyed upon his spigits. His career had been such a triumphant one that he could not com- prehend why he should not achieve a fresh tri- umph'in this.new line. He was a su art when he was a mere child—he’ was a famous one before he came of age. But the vivid and fertile imagination that served hii so splendidly at the outset of his career, and that mate him the first illustrator of his time, proved t his bane when he attempted to become aj palnter. He disdained study, and jaushed at | the slow processes by which less gifted mea | learned to blend colors aid to wielda pencil. Lacking these elementary studies, his genius failed to find adequate expression Inthe huge canvases that he loved to cover with collossal figures. They were full of fine imaginative qualities, they were marvelous pieces of com- Positien, but the drawing was all wrong and the coloring set one’s teeth on edge. He could not draw asingle finger, much less an entire human form, correctly. He could not under- stand his own defects, and he went on, year after year, painting gigantic pictures in the hope of forcing the sneering critics to reverse their verdict of condemnation. That end was never attained, and the kindly, genial artist died with a sore sense of injustice gnawing at his heart. WINTER CHOLERA. A New and Peculiar Type of Disense. Dr. C. W. Chamberlain, secretary of the Con- necticut state board of health, in his February | report, gives currency to the circumstance that there has been a peculiar type of disease in that state, which, as far as he could learn, appeared for the first time in New England this winter. It | 1s called winter cholera, and was prevalent in Providence, R. I., and followed shortly after in | Waterbury, Ct. Last year there were accounts of it In certain western citlos. It appears in an epidemic form. No local cause has yet been found to be even usually associated with It. The disease is wrongfully called cholera, for tt does not produce death directly, and very rarely, if ever, indirectly. The symptoms are profuse watery discharges, which evidently come from the blood, severe cramps, a pinched, sunken countenance—that Is, the eyes appear sunken. After being well established thereis a cold stage, the temperature fall to 97°, and cases are re- ted as low as he ave tem; Erhreattn 189634. ge. duration is four days. Th at resemble those yimptons somew! of cholera, hence the name. Thus far cities only have been attacked, and Dr. Chamberlain he has learned of no genuine case originating country. In most places the cases have the been mainly am the well-to-do citizens. In only one pldemig has he learned that a cause was assigned that was at all proba- ble. There the poor, living in tenement houses only were seized, and suctine, or rather lard butter, which was ly prepared, was charged as the cause; but the doctor sks appears hardly poate as no such association since found to exist. Itisa peculiar disease, been until recently the only organized club of | but easily controlled by treatment. A few cases Wheelers tu the city, but there are a large num- of what are known ag “unattached riders.” similar to the winter cholera, we are reported from Cheshire, badass says | belng Correspondence of Tam EVENING STAR. Hratrsvitie, Mp., Aprilé. | From time to time there have appeared in Tue Stan, which ts widely distributed at this Place every evening, little items regarding land transactions and building operations, or con- templated building operations in this quiet suburban village; and it is the purpose of the writer at the present time to furnish your many readers with a few facts and ideas regarding the advantages, attractions, inducements, con- yeniences and general desirableness of Hyatts- ville as a near summer retreat for Washington- fans, or, In the case of those who prefer the country the year around, a location for a per- manent home. The distance from the Balti- more and Ohio depot to the station at Hyatte- ville is but a fraction over five miles, which ex- Press trains can, and do, run in ten minutes, so that a person can leave one of the departments, for instance, and reach this place sooner than he could reach the Nayy Yard by street cars. Hyattsville, in railroad pazlance, was long since made a “first-class station,” so that, besides the way trains, many expresses stop here, an ad- vantage not enjoyed by the smaller stations, such as Ivy City, Montello, Highland, &c. There are now seven waytrains and five expresses that stop here week days going north, and elght way trains and two expresses that stop going south, while on Sundays we have five stop trains going north and five going south. Atrain leaves Washington week days at 11:30 p. m., stopping at this place, and one is due here at 12:40 mid- night, going south, so that a person can spend an evening in town and return to his suburban home, or one can spend a long evening in the country and get back to the city the same night. Commutation tickets arelesued forthree months at $11.50, good on any train, which brings a single fare down to abont six cents, and makes the travel almost as cheap as on street cars. Foals and school tickets and ‘blue books” are pole at rates much lower than the regular fare. HYATTSVILLE I8 AN OFFSHOOT OF OLD BLADENS- BURG. It was founded by C, C. Hyatt, esq., a highly respected, venerable gentleman, till living here, in a large, imposing brick residence, a short distance back from the station, almost hidden by large, spreading trees of his own planting, and surrounded by spacious grounds, tastefully laid out in terraces and walks, and graced by arbors, summer houses and orna- mental shrubbery, This place has a population of some 275, and is increasing from year to year. Most of the people living here are en- gaged in business, tollowing professions, or holding clerkships in the city. Among the old settlers, but not too old, may be mentioned Mr. B. F. Guy, of the firm of Simpson & Guy, stove dealers on Pennsylvania avenue. Perhaps the most showy residence here is that of B. K. Elliot, esq., the well-known attorney. It stands on a gentle eminence to the left of the track, in a commanding situation, and its rare architect- ural beauty at once strikes the beholder on ap- proaching the place, Mr. M. L. Littlefield, of the War department, occupies a pretty cottage to the west of the Elliot mansion. Farther on is the residence ot R. P. Evans, a Washington lawyer, and as the road winds along towards the Riggs’ place, is the home of F. M. Guild, of Secretary Lineola’s office. Jackson H. Ralston, esq., of the firm of Hillyer 4 ‘aiston, has also a pleas- ant, quiet hom neighborhood. Adjoin- ing the grounds of the Hyatt homestead is the esidence of Mr. Sebastin Aman, the popula et caterer. “Oak Lawn,” situa- ted at the crossing of the railroad and the Balti- more pike, is the residence and office of Dr. C. A. Wells, who stands high in the community as a skilled practitioner. Just to the north of the is the former country seat of Mr. Joseph ‘yan, who, I notice, is putting up an ele- gant residence in the tashional West End. The place is called “Ravenswood,” and is now occupled by Col. Edelin, late of the U. S. army, This place has been the sceneof many delight ful fashionable gatherings since the advent of the genial colonel and his charming family. Next to this estate is ‘‘Claremont,” the residence of the late A.G. Alden, now occupied by his wid- ow and J. M. Tinker and family. This fs another hospitable mansion, as eouare hundreds of Washingtonians can testify. To the northwest of this place is ‘Bonnie Brae,” the delightful home of Frank H. Smith, esq., Teal estate agent on 7th street. ‘Bonnie Brae” was the former residence of Mr. B, H. Stinemetz, the well- known hatter on the avenue. East of this is the house of Mr. Bowen, an old-time clerk of the Navy department, and further north,in what is called Ellaville, now being rapidly absorbed by Hyattsville, are the estates of N. Crawford, patent attorney, and Dr. Guilford, of the Regis-. ter’s office. In the south part of the village; on a pretty little avenue leading to the old town of Bladensburg, is the residence of William. P, Shedd, esq., appropriately named “Pleasant View.” Mr. Shedd tells me that years ago, when the duello was popular in these parts, & man wounded in an encounter on the grounds made famous by Decatur and Barron, Cilley and Grayes, was brought into his house andreceived surgical treatment. A short distance away is the residence of Mr. S. A. Hatton, of the Third Anditor’s office, a new, handsome dweiling. Hyattsville is also the home of Capt. E. R. Me- Kean, now in Florida, who has contributed some yery entertaining letters to Tae Stan from that land of flowers. There are two churches here, the Presbyterian and Southern, Methodist, the former being under the charge of Professor Chickering, of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. There is a large, well stocked store here, where most everything is to be had at city Di and a meat stop aud wood and coal yard. THE DEMAND For aovses. Besides the places mentioned, there are nu- merous pretty cottages, most of them owned by the occupants, and some of which rent at a moderate figure by the year. Generally in the summer there are two or three places where one ad board at reasonable rates. There | ¥ demand for houses here. At present | veryth'ng Is taken, and many applicants pve been turned away. A larze boarding honse or a summer hotel would pay at this} place. ‘he villaze boasts of a weekly paper, the Suburban Advertiser, edited by R B. Top- ham, of the Government Printing Office. The journal is a spicy, fearless little repnblican sheet, and has a wide and crowing patronage in Maryland. Some months since Mesars. Geo. J. Johnson and L. D. Wine, dry goods merchants, of,Washington, purchased the Bryan property here for $25,000, divided a portion of it into building lots, and put it upon the market. They have sold the greater part of the plat to parties who contemplate establishing themselves per- manently among us. This spring will see many houses go up on the place, and Indeed Mr. John T. Rickard, an attache of the White House, has already broken ground for a $2,500 house, to be built by Mr. Magruder, of Washington. The taxes here are low, payable in county scrip, which can be purchased at a considerable dis- count. The people are very sociable, and, in connection witn the church societies, have quent fee al entertainments, concerts, £c., with ‘the happlest of times. ‘The water at this place is remarkable for its ity and medicinal qeaites, Possessing nearly the same. Ingre- lients as the famous Bladensburg Spa, but a short distance away. The healthfulness of the place ts anquestioned. A Hint te Ladies Going Abroad, ‘Lucy Hooper in Philadelphia Telegraph. Uwouid advise my countrywomen who pro- pose coming abroad to steer clear of either of the two extremes into which American ladies are apt to fall, then they come to Europe, in re- 8 of baggage. They are apt to bring either eet or too little. fone provide themselves with a full summer wardrobe, Pig) lane light muslin and gauze dresses, fanciful flounced un- derskirts, et Others leave behind them every handsome article of dress that they may happen to possess, with the intent to purchase whatever they may need in Paris. Both style ofaction are unwise, Ing-place wardrobe ts total; useless in the round of traveling ani bis Sect themed goes to make up a sum- mer tour Europe. On the other hand, it 1s never well to buy new dresses when one first arrives, merely to have their freahness destroyed by being worn tothe opera or to some informal ent to be crushed into a steamer-trunk led hither and thither, the most some three or four ib HOME, MATTERS. ‘To Roasr Sure after dressing the birds, tle pepper and ‘and roast fifteen minutes. Bae ome veve plece To Maxe Jommrr Caxm use one quart of but- termilk, one cup of fiour, a little salt, halfa cup of molasses, two well-beaten eggs, one tea- spoonful of saleratus dissolved ina _tablespoon- fal of hot water. Stirin enough Indian meal eke baiaees Bake in a quick oven halfan our. : 4 For 4 FrenOa Popprxa take three or four apples grated, one cup of powdered sugar, halt ® cup of cream and the grated rind of a lemon, Beat the sugar, cream and apples together. Beat four egga and add the strained Juice of one lemon ahd the grated rind and juice of an orange. Make a rich puff paste. Linea bakin; dish with it. Pour in the pudding and let bake in a quiet oven. For Cop Fish wrra Crea soak the fish over night. In the morning let it simmer on the fire one-hour; drain it in a colander; pick it in emali pieces; put it in a sauce pan with a pint of boil- ing milk, one tablespoonful of butter, a dessert spoonful of prepared flour and half a cup of cold milk, mixed together. Add to the fish and let it come toa boil. Remove from the fire, stir in an egg beaten toa froth. Serve !mme- diately. To MaKe Frozen Puppine boil one pint of milk, beat one-half cup of flour, two eggs, two cupfuls of granulated sugar together and then stir into the milk. Boil twenty minutes, add two tablespoonfuls of gelatine, first soaking it an hour in water enough to’ cover it. Take from the fire and put away to cool. When cool add a quart of cream, half a tumbler of wine and one pound of candied French fruit, freeze; pack smoothly andet away for an hour or two. VieNNA Cake Is made by soaking three or four Vienna rolls in milk; drain from the milk; mix with the rolls two tablespoonsfuls of pow- dered sugar, ® teaspoonful ot grated lemon peel, the beaten yolks of eix eggs; beat well to- gether; then add one quarter pound each of raisins; ten almond paste, and candied orange peel. and the creamed whites of the eggs; butter a shallow tin pan; line with paper; pour in the cake; bake in a moderate oven three-quarters of an hour. = A Famous caterer says that a slight flavoring of onion improves most made dishes. Of course tastes differ In regard to this, but it Is safe for a cook who Is uncertain whether those she serves like it or not to omit it entirely, or use enough of the onion to give a pronounced fiayor to the dish. I know of an otherwise faultless meal being spoiled for most of those who partook of it by their being uncertain whether a certain dish was intended to be flavored with this vege- table or whether it was a mistake. To Have SweeTsrEaD STewED soak the sweetbreads halt an hour in cold water and then lard them. Place them In a saucepan with a little chopped onion and parsley. Cover with some good stock, and cook gently one hour. Lay them on a hot platter; strain the gravy; re- turn It to the saucepan; stir in gradually the beaten yolk of an egg; halfa cup of milk anda dessert spoonful of flour; stir it over the fire until it comes to a boil; pour it oyer the sweet- bread and serve. Garnish the dish with parsley. Raisin Pre, which {s preferred by many people to grape ple, is made of one cup_ of crackers, rolled yery fine, one cup of cold water,thejuice-and rind of onelemon, one cup of raisins, stonedand chopped very fine, and one heaping teacupful of §uzar. Beat these thor- oughly together, and add one egg the thing. Bake with a thin upper and w crust; rub the top crust with the white of an egg or with a little milk with sugar dissolved in ake in a moderate oven, but brown the ple setting it on the shelf in the oven. Ir Bany catches cold and it settles in his head and makes his nose into a rattle-box, or, as grandmother says, “gives him the snufiles,” you, ay ease the little sufferer and enable him to PD peacefully by greasing his nose and the bit vrehead directly above the nose. For use at this time some animal oil is better than any that is manufactured. When chickens are cut up, before cooking save some of the fat, fry it out, and put the oif thus obtained in a wide- mouthed bottle with a closely fitting cork; keep in a cool closet. This oil is excellent for the purpose named. SE Care of Potatoes, When the grower of potatoes in the region environing Washington is favored with the op- portunity of purchasing first-class seed from the best growing regions of the north—best, growing because adapted to it from soil and climate—attention to the care of these edibles, then, at all events, should be deemed very Im- portant, When the growers have succeeded in producing tubers of fine quality, they should be impelled from self-interest to so care for them that the flavor and quality of the tubers shall be preserved. When digging is being done the potatoes shon'd be allowed to beon the ground, in the air and sun only longenough for them to dry, when they should be gathered up and placed where they are to be burled or stored, and covered in the frst place, or in the latter in the di It would astonish one who never before thought of it, or whose attention has for the first time been directed to it, to know how ht, and especially sunizht. will spoil flavor and the qnatity of potatoes. Observation is the ever present and the cheap- est and most successtul teacher that men have, but there ar W ginong them that are so attentive to vidual surroundings as to avail ther of its opportunities, sugges- tions and beuetits. Why do dealers place pota- toes out in the sun fora sign? Why? They need to be left in the light but @ very few days w their color will so change that the potato yrower cannot distinzuish the variety, They een, and greeu ts not the color of a rejishable potato. The man who will buy pota- tos that have so changed thelr color from ex- are to light, is ereener than the potatoes he 3. Where potatoes are stored ia the cellar or other storing place (vegetables should not be stored in any quantity in cellars), they should be sovered lightly with dry dirt. S.A. ———o———— Taxation in Fature. Henry Labouchere tn Fortnighily Review. Taxation willbe based upon the excellent prin- ciple that # certain amount of money being required In order to meet the cost of govern- ment, those ought, in the main, to pay it who can best afford tt The sums that are now levied on industry by means of customs and ex- cise will be raised by 8 progressive Income tax and a progressive succession duty. Itis very clear that no individual can want more invest- ed capltal than such an amountas will produce in Interest an Income sufficiently large to en- able him to gratify all higrealand all his acquired wants, More %s surplusage, and the owner of this surplusage has no real right to demand that society should be taxed to secure him in the possession’ of It. What can aman with a fortune beyond the very dreams of avarice do with his money? He has to compete in thous- ands with others as tich as himself for the pos- session of china cups and saucers, which may be intrinsically worth as many pounds, or he em- ploys it in some other, equally silly manner. Very large fortunes—as the Americans are earning—are a positive danger to a democratic state. To take from the individual all above a certain amount, however just in theory, might, however, have, its advantages. To take one- half beyond the amount regarded as alike safo to the state and sufficient for the individual would be beneficial, to both, and 50 per cent might be laid down as the limit to which an in- come tax should in any case extend. It may be sald that in this case accumulation would cease beyond the fixed amount. No harm would ensue if it did, but as a matter of fact it would not. Of course, right to raise money for local purposes now possessed by ex-officio magistrates would be at once swept away. The principles of local self-government, viz., imposition of local taxes by the representatives of all the inhabitants of @ locality, and local control over exp , Would be pushed to their ultimate consequences. We should have elected parish boards in each parish, just as we have now elected borough boards in ‘municipal towns. In each county there would be an elected county board, and each board—county, municipal or \—Wwould have full ty. all mattors which only affect its 1 ‘The excellent system of local self-government which obtains in some of the New England states S it be sy eal by us Alniont i its os y signal advantage, us the le, by being allowed to control their local am would receive a political education, and be bet- ter able than now to realize the duties and re- sponsibilities of citizenship. Local self-govern- ment also, in the full acceptation of the word, would be accorded to Ireland, and tn this the long-standing grievances of the Irish wi be removed. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIO, THE SPRING SEASON—PLAYS AND PLAYERS AGAIN—THE BALTIMORE ORATORIO—ALBANI'S ‘BUCCESS, ETO. —Minnte Palmer begins a return engagement at Ford's on Monday evening. —Maggie Mitchell will be at the National all of next week. —Mrs. Langtry and her company will be at Ford's week after next. —Mrs. Zelda Seguin Wallace has returned to New York to sing in concert. —The Royal Hand Beil Ringers and Glee Singers open Monday night at Lincoln Hall, They area splendid attraction from London. — Lawrence Barrett opens at the California Theater, San Francisco, May 7th, with “Fran- cisca da Rimini.” — J. M. Hill, Margaret Mather’smanager, pre- dicts that his star will have a fortune of 250,000 within six years. — Brooks and Dickson have secured Simms and Peititt’s new play, “‘The Soldier's Wife.” It will be produced in New York in October. — Gustavus Hall hasresigned from the Emma Abbott company, and will devote himself in tu- ture to teaching. — “Vice Versa” not haying proved a success atthe Star Theater, New York, will be with- drawn, and “The Amadan” substituted. — “Pluck,” at the Boston Theater, is a plece built on the same plan as G. F. Rowe's ‘‘Fitth Avenue,” produced at Booth’s Theater, New York, February 5, 1877. —The Boston Ideals close their season to- night in Boston with arousing benefit to Miss Ober, the manager. ‘*Pinafore” will be given. — William Warren, of the Boston Museum, will spend next winter with Joseph Jefferson at the latter's plantation in Louisiana. He will permanently retire from the stage at the close of the present season. — Mary Anderson will appear at the Grand Opera House, N. Y., commencing April 9, for two weeks. Her repertoire will include ** Ro- meo and Juliet,” ‘Daughter of Roland” and “Pygmalion and Galatea.” — Lillian Lewis, a St. Louis society belle, is now playing a Juvenile part in ‘‘ Monte Cristo” company. This lady made her debat under John Stetson’s management only a few months ago. —Colonel Mapleson will give Ponchielli’s chef @euvre, “ Gioconda,” next fall, with Sig- nora Brambilla as the heroine. It 1s a work of remarkable merit, and since its production at La Scala in 1876 has held an honored piace in the repertoire of that establishment. — The first appearance of Miss Clara Cunning- ham at Lincoln Hall, on Tuesday evening, was & very creditable one. She gave evidence of de- cided dramatic ability in her recitations, espe- clally in that of “The Maniac,” and was warmly applauded by the audience. She was equally successful in her pathetic and humorous selec- tions. —A converted actor, J. M. Sutherland, con- ducts a meeting at Tremont Temple. Boston, every day for purposes of prayer and the props- gation of religious sentiment. His manner of conducting the meetings Is such as to inspire hearty confidence and respect from all who at- tend. — Balfe’s spectacular opera, “ Satanella,” will be produced May 7 in New York with a strong cast and new scenery and costumes. It ts it was first produced in E The opera ts one itions, and, to all intents | of Balfe’s b and purp. —The two concerts and matinee given by Mme. Albant in Queen’g Hall, Montreal, last week realize onsidering the limited cap: ts twelve undred, these are the tory con- certs ever given in Ameri — The musical feature of the sprmg in Balti- more will be the production oa April 26th, 27th and 28th of Gounod’s “Redemption” by the Oratorio soclety of that city, supported by Theodore Thomas’ famous orchestra, a organ anda chorus of seven hundred and fifty voices, which is believed to be the best drilled chorus in thls country. Round trip tickets, good for five days, at $1.50 will enable Washing- ton people to visit the matinee or the ee Ss performances and return the same day. The admission is but one dollar. The 5th Maryland regiment hall will be used. —Senator David Davis will at once begin the erection of a new opera house at his home, Bloomington, Ml. It is proposed to make it the handsomest in the west, and It will be presented by the “fat knight” to his fair bride. There are already two good houses in Bloomington, and the third is evidently a speculation of sentiment and not of money. —A notable event in the dramatic Ilne oc- curred Monday evening at the Chestnut Street Opera House, Philadelphia, when, for the frst time in that city, Salyini and Clara Morris ap- peared on the stage together. The play was “The Outlaw.” Both stars were accorded an ovation In applause, and Miss Morris, as Rosalie, shared very fairly the honors with the Italian tragedian. —At Minneapolis, the new Grand Opera House was opened in grand style on Tuesday night. The fashion of the city turned ont. An orchestra of thirty pieces, under the baton ot Max Maretzek, played the opening number on the program. The chorus of two hundred yolces was the largest ever heard in concert there. Mile. Marie Litta sang the mad scene from Lueta, with flute accompaniment, and carried the audience by storm. The Amherst College Glee Club sang eleven rollicking college songs in response to repeated encores, —The scenery for the Dramatic Festival at Cincinnati will without doubt be the handsomest ever presented on any stage. That for Julius Cesar 1s marvelous In !ts illusion as to per spective, and embraces vast stretches of beauti- ful Italian country, massive structures and pal- aces of Incrodible 'splender. ‘The scenery now being painted is designed for Hamlet. It em- braces Norwegian views, most of them from sketches taken on the spot, with exterior views of battlemented castles and rich and stately in- terlora. : —Our countryman, Mr. Marcus Conway, has lately delivered a sermon on Wagner, He classed the composer with Carlyle, Emersonand Darwin, declared he was the Columbus of art who annexed to the spiritual ergs bet new world. e musical portion of the . Mr. Conway's service commenced with “The Cloud- capp'’d Towers,” and concluded with “ Blest are the Departed,” from Spohr’s “ Last Judgment ” and Beethoven's ‘Funeral March.” The rest of the music was adapted from Wagner—namely, a chorale from the‘ Meistersinger” (first act); bags solo and quintet from “Lohengrin; ” Eltza- | of beth’s prayer from “Tannhauser”™ (third. act); Pilgrims’ Chant, for tenors and basses, from “Tannhauser;” and voluntaires from *‘Meister- singer” and ‘‘Walkure.” oo ___ How the French Adulterate. Paris Correspondence Philadelplgs Telegraph. The wine merchants of P: helda meeting the other day to protest against the action of the government in making public the analyses of certain fabricated wines, and against the American consuls for drawing up reports on the same subject. These good people are de- sirous of being left to poison the public in peace and after thelr own fashion. How eae some of thelr merchandise really Is learned from a recent experience of the well- known journalist, Aurelian Scholl. A dish of kidaeys with white wine sauce was served to FUN AND PHOTOGRAPHY. A Regular “Parret ané Monkey Time.” The other day four or five people dropped into ‘& Des Moines photographer's saloon to have pio- turestaken. One lady had a baby to be photo- graphed; another waated to perpetuate her own Ukeness; two or three more were on the same errand, and one was to have a pet cat's picture taken. The Indy with the cat was the first on the list, and pussy was:placed on a box, her hair smoothed down, a red ribbon adjusted, her whiskers fixed ‘just so,” and her tail wrapped softly around her front ‘She was then pat- ted onthe head, told to keep ip’ Ripon and the camera was turned on her. operator sto.d, watch in hand, counting off the seconds, while the owner of the eat stood with her heart in her month wondering it pony would move. When the time was about hi gone—woe to the best ‘laid plans of mice and men"—and the picture was about assured, in came an old farmer and his wife, with three fine specimens ot buil- dogs to be “taken.” The dogs were just at their foolish age when they think they must know everybody's, business as well as thelr own. They also developed very suddenly their love for cats —love to see the cats run—and they made a straight shoot for pussy, who was queitly wait- ing the finishing touches on her picture. She did not stay any longer, but, in less time than it takes to tell it, her baok made a half moon, her smoothed hair was all spoiled, and her tail alone was too big for the camera. With a spit and 8 yell she jumped from the chair and attempted to go hame. The windows and doors were all closed, and that effort was a failure. She did not sit down at the door to ask to Zo out, becanse the pups kept her busy keeping out of the way. She ran under every chair in the room, over every table and into every nook and corner. The pups followed, both of them yelling like mad. Every woman in the house climbed a chair and screamed, the baby yelled at the top of its voice, the farmer followed the pups, trying to induce them to give up the chase, and the operator stood and looked as though he was wishing cats and dogs had been forgotten in the general make-up of things After the cat had tried every other place, she made a dart for the dark room, and, as the pans and other traps went tumbling to the floor, the operator groaned a groan that was full of an- gush. It got too warm’ in there for pussy, and she sought fora more quiet abode. Some one had been thoughtful enough in the mean- time to open a window, and the cat, whose eyes were opened wider than when sitting for her picture, saw the chance for escape and improved it. The whole outit, pups and all, had to go home for repairs and to cool off, and that gal- lery lost three or four jobs for the day. “Family Trees” To Order. Now York Lotter in the Cineinnati Commercial Gazet'e. The College of Heraldry is useful. A man goes in to get a coat-of-arms. He was born on Cape Cod, and has got rich in Fulton Market. “Very weil sir. What name?” “Hunks.” ~ “sh—Hunks—let's see; Hunks yes; originally De Huncussie, one of the knights of Godfrey de Bouillon in the Crusades. Your ancestor was a Crusader.” : “Was he? He fit, did he? {don't quite like hat.” “Oh, yes, that’s aristocratic.” tant correct, then, O. K., drive on; that's my “Your mother’s name was—” “Sarah—Sarah Jane Slum, from Portland.” “English or Welch Slum: “I dunno. Neither one. lived in Maine themselves.” “Well, the Slum family has nearly ran out. we can scarcely t But the Hun- cussies are highly I think T can ace them back to the Conquest. That'll be Why, her folks in’t no object. I'll shell isfy Marlar. The C same as the Crusades No, not precisely. Somewhat si kind ofa tree do you want?” ilar. What “Kind of -tree? I—I dunno. No tre'll live | front of our house. Or do you reter to our country mansion ont to Rosecroft?” “Genealogical tree, I mean, like this up here onthe wall. Tree, they call it. It is the pic- ture of who ee ancestors were—how many Viscounts and Dukes there were among ’em, and whether a King was included. In this large book up here I rather think I can trace your family back to one of the Kings of Ulster. The tree will cost $100.” “Bully! You do it! You scoop Ina King and I'll make it $125! For a King $25 ain't nothing! And you get the King on some rominent of the tree—see? I'll show ‘ariar that I had distinguished posterity. She's vals ee me long enough about my man- ners my grammar. By the great horn moras I'll show her where the Kings hang out! In a few days he gets the family tree, as full of Viscounts, Marquises, Dukes, and Kings as if noblemen were pigeons and this tree was from a pigeon roost. And the iliamtnated tree is hung in the hall. —$—$———$+2o—__ A King’s New Palace. Berlin Letter to the London Daily News. King Lonis II., of Bavaria, has recently re- tarned to Munich, after having passed the last four months at his new country seat, Neu- schwanenstein, (New Swan’s Stone.) This is the newest and most magnificent of his numer- ous castles, and in point of size may be ranked with the most celebrated castles on the conti- nent. Neuschwanenste!n stands onthe {isolated Tegelrock, opposite to the well known Hohen- schwangan, and two draw bridges connect it with the carriage roads on either side. The castles has a height of etx stories, with rich dec- orative architecture in pure Italian style, and numerous balconies and corner-turrets, all In solid granite. In the middle a great watch-tower rises to 360 tcet in height, with two verandas near the top, from which a grand view of the Bavarian highlands may be enjoyed. The roof of the palace is covered with copper, crossed diago- nally by gilded plates. An enormous court leads to the majestic portal, whicl is a marvel of the stone-cufer’s art. The front of the right wing of the castle 1s decorated with two fresco paintings, 40 feet high, one of which represents St. George fighting the dragon, and the other the Virgin Mary with the Child, as the protec- tress of Bavaria. The pediment of this wing bears a Bavarian standard. while the left side is protected by a bronze Bavarian lion. The interior of this royal residence ts highty decorated by innumerable statues and double colamns in the style of a Genoese palace, and the splendor of the state-rooms ean hardiy be described. The ceilings are overloaded with | on decorated stucco work, while the walls are em- bellished with fresco omen r) by the first Mn- nich artists. The sn are taken from the hjects of these painting® | and thus bring the Races of the Bavaring : mandard as shall ft him to de something else ta VEST POCKET DISAMITE. ‘What Professor Measroff Teld a New Xeork Reporter. From the New York Btar. Prior to his Gepartare for Europe, about @ week ago, to attend the coming coronation of the Czar, Professor Mezeroff had a long conver> sation in his laboratory with the dynamite re porter of the Star, in which he explained to him the wonders and beauties of ecience as illus trated in the destructive power of some of his recent inventions. “The progress of invention tn this department of eclence,” sald the great dynamitist, ‘has beem sorapid that itis diMcult to know where to begin, but if there ts any special point that you wish to euggest Iam prepared to give yon the Gesired information, scientifically, of course.” “I should like to be more fully informed about, jour new ‘No. 60," which dynamitists have 80 frequently referred to?” “That Is tri-nitro-glycerine with fifty times the power of gunpowder. It explodes at the rate of 200,000 miles a minute. To get a more comprehensive idea of Its power or momentum, suppose you take 100 pounds of it. The momen: tum of this, which ts found by multiplying the weight by the velocity, will be found to be 20,000,000; that fs to say, 100 pounds when ex- ploded has the same force that 20,000,000 pounds of any other material would have moving at the rate of a mile a minute; that fs as quick aga fast express train. Just Imagine the execution this enormous mass of rock, say, would do moving through the air at that rate und coming in collision with any ordinary object, such as @ house, ora fortress. Then you will have some idea of the latent power that dwells in 100 pounds of tri-nitro-glycerine.” “And this, ygu say, can be handled fn any ity, large or small, without risk. Will you an how that is ?” I shall. in so far as I can do so without gty- ing away the secret. The explosive ie perfectly | harmless, or, paradoxical as it may seem, it Ie | non-explosive until another substance ts brought in c t with it.” “What Is that substance ?” “ That is Just the part that can’t be given for Publication, and that, as you are aware, is the quality that gives it value as a secret.” ~ Can it be applied without any danger or sus- picion /” “Itcan. That isthe beauty of it. You cam carry it in your vest pocket, and it It should be found with you, nobody would suspect what purpose it was for. and it wouid not injure a fly until it Is brought 1a contact with the other compound, which 18 alse bariwless when alone.” “What is the chemical cause of this tri-nitro- glycerine being so enormously powerful” “The chief reason is that it tains oxygen within each molecule. This renders its combus- tible force quick and irresistible, waking the ex- plosion instantaneous.” “How did you make the discovery for explod- ing 80 readily 2” 8 all great discoveries have been made— while trying to find out something else. 1 dis covered it in Germany a few ‘years ago, while working at some experiments on Bunsen’s lamp, Though the substance was in a very diluted form, I had a very narrow escape from a fatal blow in the first accidental experiment. 1 saw its power again tried at Plevna on a pretty large scale, with terrific effect, where the gallant Sko- beleff barely escaped with. his life. casion I saw dynamite that was supplied by the henchmen of Disraeli freely used by the Turks.” at object have you in view in the manu- facture of this infernal compound, as the news papers term it?” “My first reat object 1s humanitarion. Iam convinced that it will eventually de-trey the art of war, and that nothing else will do. What have all the ed to ? you think the re of Europe have any taith in pers manent pe: Von Montke, whom I take to be a preity fair exponent of the minds of the governing classes in Rurope,” said Mezeroft, “I think, has expressed the prevailing notion in | those circles In a letter to my friend, Professor Bluntschil. He says: “Pt is a dream, and not even abe War is an element of the order of thing lished by God. The most noble Virtues of nan develop themselves tn it; courage and self-abnegation; faithful performance of one’s duty and the spirit of devotion; the soldier offers Without war the world would begin to rot, and would lose itself in materialism.’ ” iam of the Period. From the Philadelphia Times, While it is always in order to scold at the girls, the epidemic appears to have raged with even more than the usual virulence this winter. The leading preacher in a great church has just concluded a series of sermons on the derelio- tions of the latter-day girl. The story has been told anew of her frivolity, her lack of earmest- ness, her refusal to do her part in making @ home, her loss of spirituality, and all the other terrible evils which afflict her and through her the community, and the refraiu to each accusa- tion has been: Where are we to get mothers for the next generation? All thishas in it some lialf truth. But it is well occasionaily to turn around and ask whether the young man of the day is sucha paragon that lie has the right to set himself up asarailer at the gentler sex. That the young woman has taken new fields of work is very trne, but she has done 80 in spite of the compe- tition of tie young manof the period and thas earned her piuce by the survival of the fittest. While she has done this the native young man has left the plough and workshop, and has sought what he supposes fs more genteel em- ployment, until these usefal branches of indua- try are now largely filled by persons bora and trained In other countries. While the general road ot education has opened up many new enployments for girls,and they have takea their places iu them bravely, the young men Lave drifted Into clerkships or speculation or inte the small politics, most rainous of all. ‘The same is true In matéers of the nigher enl- |ture, The young man has become listies | die, or bas zone undt: | have organized book musi¢ lectures and otherwise fitted th more exacting duties of our me often the case that while goes rapidly to the doze t habits and worse vices lis sister ts eng the exacting duties ot church or chari: other work which cultivates the humanities and does the world some good. The real truth ts that, the country over, there ‘re not enough earnest, deserving, tous young men to marty the honest, sen: meaning girls who are ready to do a true wo- man’s part ip building up good and haj homes. Our fmuily training, detective as may be tn many respects, hus still kept the reia ria, while it has given the spur to boys, and if the grumblers ere sensible they will try to devise some way to overcome this inequality man up to such @ kingg from 1806 to 1867, from episodes of the | ure than to stand off end ratl at the jullies or Franco-Prussian war of 1870-" tian troops took part, and also from the last musio dramas of Richard Wagner, the “ Ring of the Nibelung” and “Parsifal.” The doors the halls are either of mosaic work or of various woods in harmonious pat- terns. The king's ments are on the sixth story, which, besides bis study, private library, and bed-chamber, only include an andience chamber for receiving the minis- terial reports. The royal study is decorated | with the marble busts of the king's parent, of Richard Wagner, Gen. von der Tann, Herr yon Lutz, and Augustus Heigl, the royal private secretary, besides a painting represeating a ecene from Wagner's “Rhinegold.” It was in this chamber that King Louis received the gews. of the sudden death of his friend Wagner. The fourth and fifth stories contain the large halis, destined for the extensive library, aud the col- lections of arms and colns. The ground floor ine cludes a grand staircase with gold decoratio1 The entire castle is Mluri: Dy electrical lamps—Jablochkoff candles in the coi and Swan and Edison lamps in the interior. Even the royal stables are decorated with fresco- him at his en table ae chee Oey. No poner Paintings, which scenes. wed mouthfals than wt teueee nae Babee deel! allinafiame. Hesent|‘fhe Proper Caper For Certaim Youth. for the cook and asked her what she bad put in | From the Trenton Times. the sauce. She replied that she had Now that ethereal mildness is about ota boitie of cheap Chabils which she ready to among us it will be in bought at a wine-shop, and she produced the halromptied bottle. Pa ‘Scholl poured out and tasted same of its contents, which so burned his mouth that he carried off the remainder with a strong dose of sul; A Dishonest Bridegroom. James Rohinson, seventy-six years of age,who was recently married in Buffalo, N. ¥., to a To- ronto lady through the medium of an advertise- ment, and who, a8 an inducement, gave her a cane and an ‘Bev. Dr. Stratton, who performed the 7. Hehas been arrested at Hamilton, Canada. ——$—<_-.-—_____ British war ship Iron Duke, which million and a quarter ‘of dollars to oly, nearly « quarter of a million anaually to Keon som, & in heck for $100,000, afterward decam; to Canada, taking with bi 875 8 gold Toased bute itself order for the cigarette smoker to die of malaria. ———— 1n which Bave- | the frivolities of young woinen. eee Gotthe Thing Mixed, From tho New York Sum, “Where le the Monkey Barber?” asked The Sun reporter of the Gorman barber sear the Cooper Uniou yeyerday “He is tait up from fooling mit an f sh choke—dot kind of @ rittle vere von yord means choost der same und aiso someding decfrent, alretty. Dere comes im a man und to me sa: it?” ‘Yes,"1 saya, x says, ‘ven is your vife uc Veil, now, | peen pizzy Po Paste muck dalk on such nicker minsdre! a! 80 | en: ‘J gif it right avay.’ *Your vile is ts der timea lady," says he, “but sot at aight. pecause ne hall der dime? _ tier r effery night she is “Dot monkey parber he Dad to vent and fool mit dot choke. He goes right avay ofer to der peer saloon und sees der enchineer from der corner arount, und says to him, ‘Your vile is ae laty, und I can proof it.” Dot chendleman be fice Pon choost like @ bile-drifer, und chumped on nized him I sayt: = “*‘ah, ha! I dolt you so. If you‘fool ss ssi jects caraeas pen mcs ta peems ad