Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1883, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. CITY AND DISTRICT. a THE BOATING SEASON. a Talk With Hanian—His Coming Ceontests—Kennedy and Vick aney— w . Local ibs Are Doing— mac Regatta—-A Hace in THE ANALOSTANS. A combination of unfavorable circumstances has resulted fn keeping the Analostan Boat Ciub inthe background for the past year, as compared with the other lively boat clubs of the But with the spring has come a great re- vival of energy, and it is probable that the blue and white will be seen in a good position at the Important events of the conring year. All of the club officers are working industriously to this In lis annual report, made at the March meeting Pairo outlined a vigor- healthy policy for the coming season the the el leserving ot utiest_ commenda- Financial reand gigs. is am have t n applications f the last meet- been called for in season for ac- | thly meeting. the renowned © single events doubt this club is creditable record 1 it Is to be nination thas S may not nities early shown by the ciul during the summer. \ Boys have sionally a boat y boat ti to af somewiiat torn up and the meit the i at yet gon their house. The in a condition beauty. There on the iver this ing race could not the barges of our | four-oared shell son, aud a more intere: be arranved than betw three clubs. The Colambt will be finished intwo weeks, and the eizht- cared shell some time In Mav on New York ave Ist of May The club rooms ue will be abandoned on tie this season in their new uni- dark bine, a decided improvement on the ohl one. They expect to do more sculling this year thar last. Smith is their most ad- Vanced seuller af present, but a number of other: ituhing tothe sculls, There are some elab who will make a good showing iti single: rd is talked of as the r the Kennedy-Morgan lufantry fair. The Co- dof the old four-oared which has a history, te the Carroll Insti- ab. clared the se nedy is on ane either in gi teach th after the boys, ibers points or to | {imuany new mem- 1 number of ther | The sight will be fty more in sa building have oy ite macl REGATTA. ices Interest in- Fotomac regatta. Mr. sed to Mr. Coon, presl- As the rowing @reases in the coi Robert L dent oc the © sent a handsom gold medal as a prize for one of the sin. ull races. It will probably be | given for senior sing If will be remembered that Mr. 1 last year gave medals for both the race les, bu year he decided to at one unusually » ene else has a3 onda helping hand, but tion that medals for a ed race will be tortheoming from a well- ion itt citizen. Tn this ¢ Hiss to Say that noc muneh benefited by an nie yy not ‘There are ad with the by the home ATTA decided by the ed that it 1 regatta, which A better date arly @ city will not be Bo squently much more wthifedted inthe re- at the ¢ BIN May. sements have been completed for a race ith, of the Columbias, and Harrison, to take place on the Potomac fifth and teuth of May. These men Wanted to meet last full, but were prevented, for various reasons. Smith has now expressed @ readiness to lock horns with Harrison, who fs Perfectly willing. provided the race shall take ve befure the 10th of May. The men are very ched, and the race cannot help being at interest. Jt will be for a goid and ¢ mniles straicht awa T the national course. A TALK WITH HANLAN, Hanian stated toa Srar reporter yesterday that he will remain for about two weeks longer. He bas gotten over his fear of malaria, and thinks if he rows up the river instead of around the on, there isn medal proba! where the dredging is zoing porticle of danger. He is very vd With the river, and says ft fs as y row as he ever saw. He rows up d then takes along hard current. He says his pulls here him very much of his practice on the th Ress will take place on . at ¢ jensbure. + in the 3 ac: ¢ wuaran- 000 a8 & purse of the citizens of urg and bas told them toso notify Ross. Hanlan says that he did not want to make any nents for the race between Lee and him- self and Hamm and Conly until the Ross race Was settled, as he wanted at least a month to Intervene between the two races. He thinks that the double race will take place early in Au- gust, and that the race will probably be rowed hear Boston. He says that if they can get suit- ably rizced In time le and Lee may participate in the Pullman rezatta at Chicazo, which is fixed for the 2d of June. He has telezraphed to Lee, who is now in New York, to come here, and he expects him some time this week. These men have never rowed together, and Hanian is Gesirous that each shall become accustomed to the others style of rowing as soon as possible. Before leaving Washington Hanlan Intends pre- senting to exch of our home cinbs a photograph of himself, taken together all the prizes and trophies ne bas wou at different times. Presented the Columbias with one when he Visited their club rooms some time ago. JOHN KENNEDY is now steadily at work again on the river. He caught a bad cold last week which compelled to work, but ocea-[ | theywould havepad to go down Into their pockets | house lot to the District for the remainder of | connection with |iscentral and in every way destrable for our right now, as is evident from the way he sends his boat along. M'KINNET {s doing good work preparatory to his race at the Newark regatta, on the S0thof May. He has had several pulls alonzslde of Hanlan, who speaks very highly of his rowing. A BEAUTIFUL TROPHT. From the New York Clipper, April 14. Herewith ts given an engraving of the beau- tiful and costly boating trophy, “The Evening Star Cup.” This cup was offered last year by the proprietors of Tux E-vexixo Stan of Washington, D.C. an prize for four-oar-d-shell crews. It is of sterling ailver und of etezant desin and ornamentation. It stands about cightecu inches high. weichs about 55.cnnces, and 1s yalied at $500. Owing to the sbort notice given, the first competition therefor was confined to Washington tion, aad itis to be rowed for an- nally on the Potomac river over the course fel by the executive committes for the National Regatts, of 1881, which is now known as the National Course, This course is perhaps the finest in the country, affording as itdoes a clear straight mile-and-a-half of live water, Without obstacTes and witu no disturbing currents, Arrangemenis are now being made for this year's Pot nise rezaits, every race of which is t be open to all comers, provided they are atoateurs. anc it is intended to offer hondsome and valuable indfvidual snd cl rf races, which-will snclude eeior lor Tour-oared shelia fiicieut entries are likely bs revived, provision will be made for paira and dont mut of de! erence to some southern Where iva are used may fuel ide arace . The regatta will probably be fixed ‘ng the Sational. It is probable that this rewatta will become a favorite in the futurs, as 1s a delishiful and inter: i three prosperous clubs, equaled by their elegant aad commodi- for the seve a THE MARKEEF HOU SQUARE. "fect of the Late Decision by the U.S. reme Court—No Financial Gain to he Market Company—The Proposi- jon to Erect District Government Buildings in Front of the Market House. “There was nothing in that decision to give the stock of the market com- pany a boom,” sald an official of the Wash- Ington Market company to a Srar reporter, speaking of the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court disallowing the claim of the District for the sum of $25,000 s year rental for the ground in front of the market building. “The only benefit we haye recelyed Is the relief. Ifthe decision had gone against the company and pay about $100,000 to settle the claim. That would haye embarrassed them for the time, of course. but then they would have in return the use of the valuable ground, and in a few years it would have ylelded enough in the way of rentals to relmburse them. So there has been no actual financial gain to the company. An- other benefit is that we know now how we stand in regard to taxes. The decision settled our rights. There is no uncertainty about our ts. It settles forever our status so far as taxes and liabilities are concerned which might otherwise have been a cloud on our title.” “Will you continue to pay the reduced rental to the Distr asked the reporter. “We will continue to .pay $7.500 @ year over to the District. The coinpany never have re- tused or delayed any payment of the rental to the poor fund ding to the axreement with now sustained by the Supreme Court. unt has not ouly always been paid but sometimes portions of It have aivanced betore due when needed.” Tien the Distriet is new in poss the park it: front cf the market? ssion of said the re- that is for the time the ground on | for ninety-nine | icht was passed, at will give the f the property for eighty- iding stand Merriag the vfare to be maintained in asked the reporter. ace between the present build- d the line of the parking is, rding to zreement, to be used in common for business purpose way si It wes also stipulated that an arched ald bi aintained through the build- erected to the Distri 80 a3 to form an approach to the market from the avenue. It is my 0 jon, thousth, taut that would be more of # nuisance than a benefit.” “Do you think the District will utilize the ground for erecting a government building?” asked the reporter. “I don’t know abouf that,” said the official. “OF course, there is a fine site there. There Is. one thing which I wish you would say about that, As the market is now built, and finished Js hundsome style, this park in front of It ought to be kept as a breathing place for the elty and the patrons of this market. It would bea great public benefit. Ifa public building 1s erected there the plan could be so arranged as to leave considerable parking before both the 9th and 7th street ends of the market and still leave space for a building of ample size. Such plan, I think, would be approved by the public Jn preference to one which would contemplate building a solid structure extending trom the building line on 7th street to the line of 9th street.” * COMMISSIONER WEST'S PLANS. Commissioner West, fa conversation with & Stax reporter upon the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, which gives the posses sion of the unimproved portion of the market the 99 years, duriug which the rights of the market company run, stated that he had had this matter betore him: for several mouths in re contemplated erection of a overament building, which is so much olutely necessary for ¢ records. One-half pimpre . Say the portion between d Yth streets, could be occupied for the While the portion between could be sold to the United The building The build- ay, 16 feet wide, with 35 feet wide, and be rable; there would it and ventilation. The location trict g lot wi t ing contd I Ww of ro be ple local government buildings. These were his own views, and not those of the board: they had never had this matter before them asa body. Gen. West has a drawing of this square tacked upon his desk, where it has been for several months, holding it for the time whenaction may * An Act to add additional sections to article fc be required on the matter. Sea ee ee Bethany Free Kindergarten. A choice artistic and Intellectual feast was furnished by Prof. Edw. C. Townsend and Mra, Nellie L. McCartee to @ large audience in the halls and parlors of the Spencerlan Busniss col- lege, on Saturday evening, for the benefit of the Bethany Free Kindergarten. ‘tho little childern from two to six years of age, who are the re- ciplents of this benovelent care, and who did not know that they would mect anyone else, came In to visit their friend, Mrs. Spencer, each one bearing a gift made with thelr own little hands. Many eyes were wet as they passed by, Prof. Edw. C. Townsend, who voluntarily pro- vided this entertainment for these little ones, rendered with eloquence, humor and pathos & number of admirable selections. A handsome basket of flowers was presented him by his pu- pils in elocuton. Mrs. Nellie L. McCartee sang, with pewer and Sweetness, “Margery Daw,” and, upon being heartily encored, gave “The Tryst,"and received a beautiful basket of lowers from the students of the Spencerian Business college. She sang, also, La Zingarella, and, being encored, sang “An Old-Fashioned Garden.” An unsuspected incident greatly moved and Pleased the friends of the Bethany Free Kinder- garten. Mrs, Lita B. Sayles requested Prof. Townsend to find Mrs. Spencer aud present to her a basket of rich flowers and fruit, symbol- izing the seasons of life, and Mrs. Sayles then, read an original poem prepared for the occa- sion: “I bring you flowers: the hearts that you have ‘That in their human sorrow you've caressed Spring up, and bless in tura these happy hours, ©, lovely fowerst I bring you flowers; flowers of the spirit birth, More beauteous than tn gardens of the earth ‘They Walt for you in amaranthiye bowers! ‘Accept my fowers!” Mrs. Spencer, surprised and touched by this tribute, responded with an allusion to her own sad, troubled childhood, which made these little ones so near and dear to her. The net proceeds of the entertainment will pay for tne transporta- tion of the little ones in herdics to Garfleld Kin- derzarten Hall to the eng of the present school year. Lucy Hooper says that a great many Amerl- caus who want to “see Naples and die,” do see Naples and die, the Italian malarial fever ing them off with astonishing promptness. It seems to be generally expected that the dim to stop rowing fora few days. He ts all last coat of paint on the Keley motor will take a very long time to dry, FOR THE ANGLEW’S EYE. Fishing on Upper Potomac—The Law om the Subject—When, Where, How and What Hinds of Fish May be Taken. Below will be found the text of the Fish Law passed by the Legislature of Maryland last year, andeuch other reliable information bearing on the same general subject as we have been able to collect and compile from various sources: 1889—omaPren 440. “one titied "Fish and rf 96 river for tho erection ‘of fiah-ways over the several dais erect. ection 1. Beit enacted by the general assambly of Maryland that the fellowiag wottous be saded bo article forty-one of the Code of Fublic General Laws, tit e Fish and Fisheriew, to be known aa sections 18 A, 18 B, 150, Section 15 A. ft shail not be lawful for any person to catch or destroy oF to, attempt to oxtch or destroy any finh in the waters of the Potomac river or tribul avove the place commonly known as the. “‘Litde Falls’ of the Potomac durin the mouth of May, except shad and herring, which maybe es lawful for any. to Section 16 B. 7 the. Potomac river and tributaries above the said ‘*Litie Falls” of the Potomac at any time, by means of sledxinx, or by trot oF outlines set with live bait; nor abaW$ be lawful to catoh or deatro, or attempt to cat-h op slentroy, any black bass or eal- buon in any manner, between the first day of May and the first day of June, ih each year; nor shad it be law- fal for any person to kill tish with poison or drux, or by theexplosion of powder or othr substance at any time. Section 15 C. ‘the fish commissioner of the western shore of the state shall cause to be e1 over the wev- eral canal dams on the Potomac river, during the year ng the pas-ago of this act.’ suitable fish ways iT, whereby the fish may be able to asond over aud the eum of tweuty tour hundred ch thercof as may be necessary, is for that purpose. ion 15 D. wher Or owners of all dams (oxcent ual dems), now ervcted or hereafter to be erecte in c streams running rnto sald up customed to rin an i Rpawn. lake and keep in repair properly constructed fah= ladders or fish-waya, to be pl-cea on said dame so'as to #sTord to the fish in the said river or streams free course up aud down said river or streams, said Indders or fish- ways to be approved by th fish commissioner; and if eny owner or owners of such dams shall fail to comply with this provision within six months after notice has een verved, as. hereinafter provided, he or they shall uilty of misdemeanor, and upon éonviotion thereof Court of the county where such owner resides ) nor more than $500, and shall be deemed a nuisances and liuble to be as other nuisance under the laws of the state. Xe. yibs cowaty comunieslousrs or "tho ‘ha dam or d:ms erected now or here 1 in or acro-a the Potomac river or & in th ehail bo fined not less then $31 eu te tof the 1 free course up and down said river or stream, © notice to the owner or owners to construct ir proper fish-ways or laadera, as here- hing in this act shall be so construed the eatchtux of minnows or emall fish for | scieutitic purposes, nor to prevent the com- | uers Of fisheries of this Ktate or any person in | ploy from catching fisn with nots or 6 at any tine for the purpose of propagation or stocking gir Waters, nor to prevent any person from taking fish in any way at any time from his private dam or vond, which he may have stocked with A ction 16 G. Auy person violating the provisions of 15 A or 15 B, shall pay a fine of not leas than ten hor more than twenty doliars for each offense upon con- viction before any rate uaving Jur iis state, or upon failure to pay suc Ty shall be imprisoned in the county Jail for not Jeas than 8, provided that the right of spveal to the cirouit courts for the counties shall be reserved to all parties under the provisions of this act Seotion 15. This act shall apply to the Potomac river and tributaries only above what is commonly known as the ** Little Fails” of the Potomac. section 2, ‘This act shail take effe-t from the date of its passege. Ons Kettnorrz, Speaker of tae House of Delegates. Gxonge Hawkins WILLIAMS, President of tho Senate. Approved thia 34 day of May, 1892. Wittiam ‘I. Hastrurox, GSvernor. IN MARYLAND. The article of the code of general laws en- titled “Fish-and Fisheries” reterred to in the preamble and first section of the law above quoted refers solely to shad and herring fishing in the lower Potomac, and its provisions are generally well understood. As they do not re- a nor to the waters above the .eit publication {s not necessary in this connection. But by the law Just passed it will be seen that it is unlawful to fish in any way for fist of any kind, except shad and her- ring, in the upper waters of M nd during the month of May. As the term ttle Fails, as used In the above act, 1s somewhat vague, it is likely that it would be construed as referring to the decided cataracts Just above the Chain bridge, and lying within the District. A still closer construction would, however, doubtless limit the application ot the law to the territory lying outside of the District of Columbia, and within the territory of Maryland—the dividing line between which crosses the Potomac at a point about 820 yards above the Chain bridge, VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. Under the law of Virginia Black Bass may not be caught In the waters of that state from the 15th of May to the Ist of July. By the law of West Virginia the close season fer Black Bass in her waters Is from the Ist of January to the 15th of June. Why there should be so wide a differ- ence in the protecting season adopted by three contiguous states, all having substantially the same climatic and other conditions affecting the finny tribes, isa little dificult to understand. Practically, however, these differences do not af- fect anglers for bass and salmon in the upper Po- tomac, so far, at least, as that stream serves as a dividing line between Maryland and the other two states named. Under existing statutes the state of Maryland Is conceded and exercises ju- risdiction over the Potomac to low water mark on the Virginia and West Virginia shores. This practically makes the fishing law of Maryland operative on the whole of the upper Potomac from the District line to Fairfax Stone, or the southwestern corner of the state. 48 TO TROUT. According to the best authorities available at the present time, trout (salmo fontinalis) may only be caught in the waters of Virginia from the 1st of April to the 15th ot September. The law of Maryland as to trout fishing is found in the Code (1878) Art. xlv., sections 59 to @f, inclusive, which incorporates the act of 1874, chapter 253, that act being entitled “An Act for the Protection and Preservation of Fish, &c., Inthe Waters of the State of Maryland.” The text is as follows: I. That from and after the passace of this act {t shall not be lawful for any person to take, catoh or kill any speckled brook trout, or any speckled river trout, save | only with end line, or to have any such trout in his or he ‘ion.except during the mouthaof April, Bi auid the first fifteen daye in theme under a per ity of five doliars for enc t so caucht or had in his or her possession; but this tio shall not prevent any person or corporation front ing trout in any manner or atany time iu water by them or upon their premises to stock other That it shall not be lawful for any person within the stat of Maryland to take or catch any brook trout, at any time, in any of the waters of the state, by means of any fish t. seine or seines, net or nets, trap or traps, under ® penalty of five dollars for cach und every Person, shall place in any fresh water ream, Jake or pond, without consent of owner, or in the waters and estuaries with the rivers debouch- ing into them, any lime or other deleterious substance, with the intent thereby to poison or catch fish, under a penalty of one hundred dollars. IV. “that whenever any person who owns, control mn bisown land, or lan thereof, or by written oF printed handbi places near sald pond, any person who reat enter upon such prenrises for the purpose of fish ng. or Il catch pond or ponds and take a be guilty of a trespaca; and, in sdditi nal the seoond, and twenty dol. the third and each subsequentoffense: provided. that this act shall not prevent the owner of such pond oF ponds, or any one by his suthority, trom catching jerefrom. . Thatany persou or orn engaged in the in- ‘crease of brook trout by artidcial process (known as fi-h culture) may take from his or their pond or ponds in any way 30 to be transported, and may sell any Lrook trout and the spawa of brook’ trout at any time, d common carriers my, transport them, ani dealer: tay sell them, on condition that the packaces thereof 4o transported are accompanied by @ certificate from a Justios of the peace, ifving that such trout are sent by the owner or agents of parties 0-engaged in fish culture; and such person or company may take in any way and st any time, upon the premises of any PAOD, WN tmisaion of the owners thereof, brook nit to be kent and used for artifical propagation only, and for no other purpeer. VI. That violation of any of the provisions of this act contained may be prosecuted Uy any citizen of ‘the county in which said violation shall take place before | and growing. Any Justice of the peace or circuit court for sald county, the informer t» be acompetent witness; funds paid as penalties shail be equally divided between the informer aud the piiblic school commissioners of the county, for the benefit of the public schools in the district where the offense is committed. FISHING IN THE DISTRICT. 80 far as the District of Columbia is concerned it may be sald that the whole year is available and lawful for fishing in the Potomac within her territory. Like Death, she has ‘“‘all seasons for her own.” The District inherited from Mary- land her Jurisdiction oyer the Potomac to the low water line on the Virginia shore. Of course, no question of eter jon couid arise here while a of the original state of Virginia constituted a portionof the District; but when that part was re-ceded to its former state the original Jurisdiction of the river inherited from Maryland, remained with the District. Accord- Ingly, as the District has passed no repressive or protective laws on the subject, It follows that angling may be indulged in at any season and during all seasons, in so much of the Potomac as lies iceagele gpd gf ood boundary line above the Chain bridge and lower boundary line opposite Alexandria, A taro bank In Arizona has a trapdoor tn the floor through which the players can let their watches down into a pawn-shop underneath without leaving thelr seata, THE SHADE, TREES OF WASHING- _ TON. One of the Beauties of the Nati Capital. - WORK OF THE PARKING GOMMISSION—DIFFIOULTIES ‘OVEROOME—CARE TAKEW-OF THE YOUNG TREBS —¥FROM THE NURSERIES TO THE CITY STREETS —DANGER FROM STORMS, GAS, INSEOTS AND PAVED STREETS—THE NUMBER AND VARIRTIES OF TREES PLANTED BY THE COMMISSION. The large unbroken rows of young trees bor- dering the streetgand avenues of Washington, giving promise of abundance ef shade ina few years more, and the more matured and stately arborary ornaments of the parks and reserva- tions, are one of the features of the National Capital’s beauty. Though most of thé trees are yet too slender and youthful to be of great present value, it has required years of labor and unremitting attention to get them so well started upon their careers of usefulness; for shade trees combine the double quality of being useful as well as ornamental. DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED AND OVERCOME. The parking commission, composed of Messrs. William R. Smith, of the botanical garden; Willlam Saunders, of the Agricultural depart- ment, and Mr. John Saul, ably assisted by Mr. Douglass, the secretary, has had charge of the arborculture of this city. They had many dim- culties to encounter and a good deal of experl- mental work had to be done. Street trees are subjected to many casualties and unhealthy In- fluences, which are Ina great degree unayoid- able. They are particularly liable to INJURY FROM STORMS on account of the early removal of all branches from the lower portion of the main stem. This pruning 1s necessary in order that branches may not interfere with the proper use of the streets and sidewalks; but It weakens the body of the trees and deprives them of that power of resist- ing storms possessed by trees whose natural growth has not been disturbed; hence the ne- cessity of a strong protecting box, strong enough to support the plant for the first several years of its growth; but after it ceases to afford support the box is only of value as a protection to the stem of the tree from injury by animals and malicious persons. To less®n the chances of injury trom gales recourse is had to pruning or thinning out the tops during summer, thus allowing the wind to pass through the branches and greatly lessening the danger of the trees being uprooted by storms. INSECT DESTROYERS. The parking commussion assert that insects are more prevalent among and more injurious to city trees than those situated In more exposed. locations. The shelter and warmth of the city favor their increase, and although various remedies have been suggested and tried looking to their eradication, tew have been of any prac- tical value. To destroy all kinds of scale insects on the branches, no remedy has been found 80 efficient as that of covering them with a coating of common Iime-wash. Many suggestions have been offered, say the commission, for the de- stuction of the caterpillars, and If the operation ‘was confined to a few trees, then the remedies might be practicable and efficient; but with a forest comprising tens of thousands of treea the expense would be too great. The only practi- cable method 1s that of removing the young insects before they have extended their webs over the branches. This plan is carried out by the commission here so far as the means at command will allow, but the work is only partially done, owing to the amount of labor required. S LEAKAGE FROM GAS PIPES 1s another destructive agent of city trees, but it Is admitted that it can neitNer be fore- geen nor prevented. The strect pavements are another obstacle in the city to arborculture. The commission labored and experimented to discover the: varieties of trees, affording good ade, which thrive despite the hard packing of pavements so near the roots. TWO NURSERIES for the propagation of young trees were ea- tablished, one at the old almshouse, near the Eastern branch, and the other near the old Georgetown almshouse. In these nurseries shade trees are yaised from seedlings and cut- tings and the different varieties adopted here are kept on hand, as every year more or less of the growing trees in the city are destroyed by storms, runaway teams and other causes and the vacancies thus created have to be supplied. It has been ascertalned by the commission that it will not do to transplant directly from the nurseries to the streets. HARDENING THE YOUNG TREES. The young tree suffers severely in ita first re- moval, and it is essential to give it a course of preparation to fit it for street duty. It is first taken up and planted in a reserve ground, which, while less congenial than the original soil, is not so severe uffon the tree as the paved- street. In this feserve ground the tree stands one year, receiving such attention as it needs, and this seems to toughen it and render it more Ci le of contending for life with the dry and forbidding soil of the street. It has been de- monstrated that trees thus prepared thrive in- comparably better in the streets than those transplanted direct from the nurseries. In street planting very deep holes should be dug and the earth taken out—removed entirely—its place being supplied with prepared compost or light soil. In this city good top soll has been found the best for this purpose. There are now, altogether, in Washington a eorgetown, in- cluding young and old, in the streets, avenues, parks, and reservations, about 85.000 TREES IN A THRIVING CONDITION, or one toevery two of population. Of this num- ber the parking commission have planted up- wards of 60,000, the others being trees set out and cultivated prior to the existence of the com- mission, and which the latter have tended and preserved. On the 30th of June, 1880, there were in Washington and Georgetown 53.050 trees, planted by the parking commission, alive They were divided as follows among the varieties named: Variety. Miles. No. of trees. Maples. 48. 21.150. Poplars. 13.8 6,640. Box Elders. 14 4,745. Elms. ~~ 10.7 4,570. Lindens. 10.5 5,675. Buttonwoods. 8.2 3.475. Mitellaneous. 18.3. 7,798. During the fiscal year. 1881, 2.189 trees were added, and in 1882, 2,477 more were planted. The work of the commission for the current fiscal year will add perhaps a couple thousand more, though the city is well suppiled now, the chief laber of the commission being devoted to giving the young trees neoessary attention, and filling such gaps as accidents may produce. THE FOLLOWING List of trees planted shows more in detall the varie- ties most used: : Soft Maple. 11,536, Sugar Mapie 1)353 Sycamore Mapie. ‘461 Norway Maple. - 2.461 Scarlet Maple. 401 Silver Maple « 3,306 American 1. . + 5,606 European Linden. ‘aga Carolina Poplar. . 8,669 American Elnt. . 8 Tulip Poplar. Sat Negunda.. : Buttonwood American Ash.. European As 163 Catalpa.... - 829 Horse Chest 5 - Uz Gencho.... ..... - 109 Sweet Gum. » 31 Willow... . 29 Honey ‘Locust : 6 Hickory ... 4, ae Norway Firs. 7 Kentucky Coffee 46 ‘Only such varieties as have been found worthy of use in someconsiderable number, or for some special purpose are enumerated in this list, hence, it does not include all the growing trees. When Gov. Shepherd was at the head of District affairs, the parking commission were not limited in their expenses for shgde and ornamental pur- nes. He told them to “go ahead"and get the rees planted and growing as rapidly as cable; that the work must not lag for lack of money, and e: Was & seco! considera- tion. When, however, the present form of Dis- trict government was lished Cot Te- stricted the annual expenses of the parking commission to $18,000, and there it remains; but asthe heaviest and costl work has all been done that is now sufficient. ———_—+e-____ The Atlanta Constitution says: “The weather will soon be so warin that colored people in the country can’t burn their children by locking them tn the house and going off to church. Some other simplé plan will have to be invented.” A pay ‘ pole, chimney, 50 feet high haa been erected in resiau, Germany. It is chemically Drepared to realat ‘combustion. THE FLATS BSUILDINGS, Five te be Erected this Spring—The Large Amount of Capital Invested— ‘The Problem Flats”—Nore ef These Buildings in the Future, The introduction of ‘flats buildings” in this city bas attracted considerable attention not only from capitalists, but also among that num- erous class who live in rented houses. Inepite, however, of the public interest which each new building of this sort has aroused, the extent to which it has been carried on, and the large sums of money invested ts not generally appreciated. There are now five of these buildihgs elther in progress of erection or upon which the work will begin this spring, and the money that will be expended in their erection Is estimated to be in the neighborhood of 700,000. This isa large sum to be Invested in real estate Improvement: especially in this city, where land is compara- tively cheap. It seems to be the general opin- lon among real estate men that this outlay of capital will prove highly remunerative, and the projectors themselves say that there will be no difficulty In renting the apartments. A CASE IN POINT. While a Star reporter was in the office of Mr. Paine—who is interested in these buildings— yesterday, a lady called to inquire about apart- ments in the new flats. She was told that the plans had not been received as yet, and she said, in explanation, “I thought that I had better call early, as the suites might be all taken by others. I wanted,” she continued, ‘‘a suite of rooms suitable for my husband and myself, and 1 would rather not be inalarge building. We want the comforts of a home without some of the discomforts attending housekeeping.” Some reference was made to the cost. and the lady asked ifa flat” could not be built with apartments to rent at about $50 per month. “How many rooms would you want ?” asked Mr. Paine. “Well. we should need a kitchen,. dining- room, library, parlor. bed-room, clots and other conveniences.” was the reply. “With that number of rooms in a suite, and properly arranged, there should be two bed- rooms. I think that a rental of $50 or $60 per month would pay, but I don’t see how a build- ing of thischaracter, properly constructed, could be rented for much less.” After further conversation the lady left her address, In order that she might be notified when the plans arrived, and took her departure. CHEAP AND HIGH PRICED FLATS. Tus Star reporter, knowing the great inter- est manifested in the subject of cheap flats, con- tinued the conversation by asking Mr. Paine why such a building would not pay at a lower rental. “T only know,” was the reply, “that I have not been able to fizure a profit out of much less than @50 per month. Of course, if I put up a mere shell of a building a profit might be ob- tained from a rental of $25 per month. But I don’t care to put up such buildings. If the ground could be secured at a reasonable figure T think that a good building could be erected | with suites renting at $35 or $40 per month. “Such a buiiding,” he continued, ‘ would no doubt be well patronized In this city THE DEMAND FOR SUITES. There 1s, however, a demand for elegant suites of rooms, regardless.of the rental, and the buildings now contemplated are ty meet this demand. “The Lafayette,” at the corner of 16th and H streets. It will be begun early t month, and will not be completed until some thne next year, making, as has been stated in Tue Sra, the most costly and elegant buildin ever ere ed in this city by private means. The estimate He ve $400,000. The suites of rooms in nt) Irow $2,0.0 to $3,000 per year. Richmond,” another elegant building, now in progress of erection on the corner of th and H streets. This building will cost 85.000, and the suites of rooms will be rented at about the same terms as the apartmeuts at | “The Portland,” which range from $1,200 to $1.600 per annuin. It is the intention of the owners to sell these apartments outrizht, sub- Ject only to the annual charge for heat, lizht and repairs. This is done in New York with success, and the occupants have the satisfaction of owning their own homes. The title to the land upon which the building is erected ts vest- ed in the owners of the apartments Jointly. It is expected to have this building ready for occupancy by October. The working plans for the proposed flats bulld- ing on the triangular space at N street and New Hampshire avenue are being prepared, and it is expected to begin the work of erection about the first of the coming month. This building, as the readers of Tuk Star are aware, ts of a novel style of architecture, being bullt around a cen- tral court, and the apartinents occupy the entire depth of each floor. The rental will be more moderate than either of the others, and will range from $60 to $70 per monih. The cost of the building will be $65,000. The two buildings known as the “Bachelor Flats”—one next to the new Metropolitan Club House and the other farther west on the north side of H street—are nearing completion. These flats will be exclusively tor gentlemen, and will be the only buildings of the kind in the city. OTHER FLATS TO BE BUILT. There ts no doubt that before the season closes one, and perhaps two, flats buildings will be erected to meet the demand for cheap flats. The exact locality will depend upon the price of the land. It is probable that one will be built on Capitol hill, and there fs some talk of building one inthe northeastern part of the city. As yet, however, there is nothing definite decided upon, except that the capital can be ined for such entexprises a3 soun as it 1s evident that they are feasible. —se+ [For Tux Evestxe Sram, . The Offering. BY BEN DOUGLAS. On a green velvet bank Of a pure silvery stream, That plays down the valley by breczes caressed, Like a heart wandering out with a treasure of love, Or the joy of a soul on its way to rest: ‘On a moss-cushioned bank That walied up a stream, A bright litte child, of a mother in Heaven, In the bridal of summer would thoughtlessly play, In the wildness of mirth to the innooent given. “On the cheek of the child, On the bank of the stream, Sat the beauty and bloom of delight-mingled hours; A necklace and garlands she daintily wove, ‘While she held in her hand a bouquet of flowers, . As she gazed with asmile On the waters below With a mirror put there by a Nymph of the Sea, She flung to her image a rich, fragrant blossom, And murmured, “’Tig votive—I plucked it for ‘theel” On the breast of the stream. It fast floated away, Which the child in its joy failed to see, ‘And, laughing, she gave, until her sweet treas- ures: Were all flung away, one by one, in her glee. Was the child in a dream On that soft velvet bank? Ona Chariot of Wonder her thought ts conveyed, And the clouds of her eyes are dissolving in tears, Brignt peari-drops of soul, which hemporrow hath made. “Give, O give back my flowers!” Broke the hush of the scene, Asshe sbrieked from that bright bank of velvet and Dioom; But the stream danced along and laughed at her tears, And the hills answered back like a taunt from the tomb. And now on the bank Of that clear winding stream, When the days and the years have grown older and died, Wo hear the same call, “O give back my flowers,” Aa if "twere the child that once sobbed there and cried. ‘That child of the stream Is in Heaveh, I know, But was once emblematic of Man sincé the Falls ‘Each hour is a blossom, each week is a flower, And Life’s the bouquet In the hand of us all. Cast it not on the stream, ‘Though its banks he of gold. Let each bud bea blessing, each flower be a prayer, And its fragrance ascend to the Giver of Bloom, Who keepeth the matheriess child in His care, ‘Washington, D.C., April 8, 1883, pg el The Virginia court of adjourned the other day because Judge Richardson had dislo- cated @ rib laughing at Judge Lacey's joke. 1t Is well remarked that around a isaeign that out of work and his wife takes in washing. a wll The most elegant of these is | ilding will be rented at prices ranging | j BETTY AND THE BABY. Letter from Mrs. Mason. Mrs. Mary Shannon, who so warmly befriended “Betty and tne Baby” in their troubles, has re- Celved the @oliowing letter from Mrs. Mason: Locust Gnovz, Onaxox County. Va.,! ib April 13, 1883, } oe ied bear from ind all, but Tam am so wo you and al sorry to hear the shameful way in wnich Bigelow is trying to get at my money that has been given fo me and my dear litue baby for our support. I can’t see What grounds he ts worklag on, to save my life. T have never asked him to attend to any busi- hess for me, and therefore I don’t feel under obligations to him whatever, and he has no rig’ to any of my money, and he can’t have it by iny consent either. Ye money ts mine and not my husband's. Bigelow pretends he has done so much for my bust Ihave nothing to do with that. Toan't see any Food he has ever done tas poor hus: band yet. He fs still in prison yet, and Bigelow trying to get the money that was given to me by g0 many kind and generous people for the suppors. of myselé and child. Shame, shame on Bigelow! Mra Shannon, I remember what I told you, and ivsall true. 1 never employed Bigelow to attend to my husband's case. 1 have always suid, tf Bige- low had never interfered my husband would have come off better, and my husband says the same himselt, [have ust received a very pretty letter from my husband. I will let you'see it when I come t Washington. If my dear little boy had not been sick I should have been In the city before this, Tteil you, Mrs Shannon, I have geen lots of trouble in the past few weeks I thovht at one ‘Ume I was going to lose my dear ltttic boy, He was taken down with a fever, but, ‘hank Heaven, he ts getting better now; but I have to take lots of ains with him to keep hin in until he gets well. Mrs. Shannon, I think i’s very strange that Bige low should have a sult agatnst me without ever notifying me of it I have neither lawyer or coun- sel I think tt’s a poor court that has but one side. Rigelow ought to know he can’t get my money, He was not the cause of my getting and he never wrote a line, as T have eve in my behalf. Iwill come to the city as so can, Twant to see you, and I want to see bankers, too. With love to all, I rematn, yours truty, Berty E) Mason, Ingersoll’s Last Funeral Effort. To the Faitor of Te EVENING Star, Noticing in Tue Star of last evening the latest discourse of paganism, it occurs to me" simply to gay that the more such finanity is ventilated the better the public will come to understand the substitute which Infidelity pro- pounds for -Christianit It might on this account be well for the cause of truth it Mr. Ingersoll could orate at a funeral every day. It would afford a crucial test of his opiaions in their fitness to convey consolation to hearts full of nature's griet. It ts difficult to analyze a mere string of words with no great truth be- hind them; but let us try to sift the kernel out of this handful of chatf. 1. He calls death “the great mystery which surrounds this world.” Now a “mystery” is that which Is tous “unknown and incompre- hensible.” In his lecture on the gods he tells us “our Ignorance 1s God. What we know is science.” What right has he by the logic of his own position to be talking of mysteries? He hus left all that to priests and theologians. Come, sir, be consistent. Do not attempt to aS delude your fellowmen by using terms you have | discarded at atime when you flnd them conve- nient to conceal the emptin Accor of your thought. ng to your philosophy death 1s “no ature produces ian without pur- erates him without regret,” and there is no more mystery in this than in spong- fizures from a slate. * We question, but there is no reply ‘says this? An infdel—a man without | There is rep rs alone are wanting. Hise: of the and scope of this Z remarka t is su exceed- nd Insp r it—“ He was loved. Wife and chil- on bis lips. This ts @ contains no more. y.” In other words n lived in the midst of the sp nd was less a moral monster than , “this 1s enough, this fills the vase ily satisfled man! friend; he will remain so. ne estranged; the dead are can'be made of this pad man “will remain are true,” and the dead ¢ affections, riend, for the di e nothing. 5. “He was not a Christian. In the Eden of his hope there did not coll the serpent of eter- nal pain.” In this short sentence are a libel, a confession and a deception bound In one. Ha- man sin and misery are not distinctive or pecu- liar features of the Christian creed. In this he libels the Christian system. His friends had an “Eden of hope without the serpent.” This is precigely. the hope of the Christian. What a confession for an Infidel. He wanted to utter a striking sentence, and, without meaning it, bore testimony to the value of Chrestian hope. The jugglery of the statement Iles in convey- ing ression that annihilation is an “Eden of hope”—that the main tenet of redemption is the apostasy—and that men can continue In sin without pain. 6. “lie accepted the Comte philosophy.” Then follows a eulogy of the Comte religion, which seems simply to have borrowed from “the Sermon on the Mount” the lowest range of hu- man duties and obligations. But very likely these are the last men to recognize the fact. 7. “In the presence of death how beliefs and dogmas wither and decay; how loving words and deeds burst into blossom. Pluck from the tree of any life these flowers and there remain but the barren thorns of bigotry and creed.” So, then, the infidel too, when stripped of “these has nothing left but *“the barren thorns ot bigotry and creed!” We may well be- lieve it. There is not a blinder bigot living within onr knowledge than the apostle of des- pair to-day. But it is not trae that all bellets wither in the presence of death. Thenit Is, especially, when the belief in immortality grows stronger than ever. He, himself, is proof of this, for— 8. Then follows his notice ot the doctrine of immortality, depicting the wish, the hope, the loving aspiration, the absolute need of a future life to satisfy the soul. All here are set forth, and then comes the blank and the blight, all that Infidelity has to offer—“beyond this we do not know—the secret of the future has never been tou What a monstrous fiction! and he ns his willing lips to utter it in the presence of death, and of hearts wrung inthe anguish, and consoles them by saying “the more we love the more we fear!" He has sing (see what he had just sald of “a religion born not of selfishness and tear, but of love and hope”—and in the whole paragraph seems totally oblivious of his lecture on the Gods, in which is illustrated the very great difference between composing a rostrum speech for a rollicking audience aud a musical plaintive sound of words for a funeral service. 9. His conclusion Is the crown of all—“Where the dead have gone reason cannot go, and thence revelation has not come.” leery of course, 1s simply his assumption.) “ let us believe that over the cradle nature bends and smiles, and lovingly above the dead In benedic- tlon holds her outstretched hands.” What! can we believe “In the presence of death,” when “all beliefs and docmas” perish there! What “cradle?” That of birth or of annthila- tion? “The dead.” Who and what are the dead? Something or nothing? ‘Fate is speechiess— destinyis dumbi" Nature, however, holds her hands over them ‘outstretched in benediction.” What on earth she has to bless them for is a mystery! It is a very pretty closing strain of sound—a vor praclerea nihil! Look on this picture, then on that. Refer to the lecture “On the Gods.” (Page 60.) Nature “neither weeps nor rejoices. She pro- duces man without purpose and obliterates him without regret. She knows no distinction be- tween the beneficial and the hurtful. Poison and nutrition, pain and joy, life and death, smiles and tears, are alike to her. She is neither merciful nor cruel. She cannot be flattered by worship nor melted by tears. She does know even the attitude of prayer. She ciates no difference between poison in the of snakes and mercy in the hearts of men!” Yet there she stands “‘over the dead, with her hands stretched out in benediction.” What a souls aching at a funeral are contented to be fed and stuffed. BELIEVER. April 17, 1883. A father was advising his small son, not long ago, e sin of sel that he th must never hesitate to grant favors and be gen- erally obliging wherever he could. The hstened, then said, “I would like to do every- Serres Ce ee but there's a fellow bb cor dpers au obliging fen but nobody, body ea} ap fellow, not ten ihe Mow, X done want 'menie to an) unt. Now, le aes eeere ola im upon a conundrum an oMler philosopher through life.—Boston Every able-bodied adult in Norway ts to re- celve a musket and be instructed in its use at the expense of the state. “This a end EY writes a correspondent, “will render the farms with their great number of servants ploughmen little arsenals, and the warlike spirit of the farmers will recetve a tresh stima- lant.” It isdoubtful if ‘a fresh stimulant” to the of Norwegian independence, which has already been stimulated almost if not quite pate ee ee will add to the se- curity of King dual throne. more would compel one to draw from history, a8 well a8 8 memory of nights, a thousand and one stories as full of interest as those that were re- lated in Bagdad; but the limit of time forbids entertainment. That anysuch Arabian our Bal- timore theater has performed its part well, will not be dented. Te haa been the nursery of gentas tn comedy, opera and tragedy. The pulpit and the halis of national legislation bave had from it men of decided character and practical wis. dom. One of the wisest chiet_ magistrates that ever controlled the city of Chicago, and one of the best Congressmen that ever gay Illinois in Congress (the Inte Jonn B. Rice) was born in Maryland, and passed his early manhood here as an actor, and married the daughter of the model manager and comedian of his day. Like = Portia, she to Brutus and daughter of Cato.” Baltimore stage Bag American poetry in the nineteenth century fit to rank with the muse of the English Lord Byron. John Howard Payne was an actor upon it. and he gave, in courageously facing a tere Fible mob, an evidence of heroism not surpassed in the annals of war. Many other Instances could be cited to show that the stage in Bale timore has in every usefal or brilliant direction performed it part in this city as fully as any Other Institution of following. Ite people have the virtues and the weaknesses of humanity no less nor more than any other calling. It bag had more than its share of adverse criticism and. abuse, but, with Balzac, Its advocates may truthfully say: ‘It those who are enemles of dn- hocent amusements had the direction of the world they would have taken away the apring and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life,’ and the Shakspearean cry, “Is there no play to ease the angulsh of a torturin hour?’ would have no response from ‘our usu) manager of mirth." Rather let us think, with @ great American actress, ‘that when the Creator co. ved the world, that was poetry. He formed it, Uhat was Scripture. He colored ft, and that was painting. He peopled it with living beings, and that was the grand, divine and eternal drama,’ ————— Aristocratic Fags at Eaton, Mr. Brinsley Richards’ “Seven Yoars at Eaton.” The dignity of a well-dressed boy does not ap- pear impressively when he is carrying down populous highway a large covered dish, out of which gravy Is dribbling on tothe pavement; but dignity wasa feather which you could only put in your cap when you were In the fifth form, T have seen the present Marquis of Waterford cheerrull carrying a dish of ‘eggs and bacon from Weber for @ svlicitor’s son, and the Earl of Rosebery (then Lord Dalmeny) runt awiftly down the high street with the breeke -a parson’s boy under hisarm. One morning as I was going “up town” a lower boy asked me to lend him 44., as he had Just come out without his purse, and had to buy some bioaters tor his fag master; It was the heir of the Duke of Marl- borough, the preseat Marquis of Blandford. A Chicago Millionaire in Washington. "Gath" to the Now York Tritvans. Leiter, the leading merchant of Chicago, whe 1s negotiating for ex-Secretary Windom’s resl- dence at Washington, originated at Hagerstown, Md., as he recently told a gentleman here. His fortune was small till he bought out the business Potter Palmer had created. He has@ lion dollars invested, It ts eaid, in the Mext- can Central ratiroad. Palmer ts again clear of the world, having again devoted himself to Inne ation fur maay years, FI id n the mining boom in Colorado, which has swallowed so many side- fortunes, by disco a productive mine there, Edmunds tte From an Inte: W in the Globe-Demoorat. “ Are you a candidate for the Presidency ?” “No, sir,” replied Senator Edmunds, “not willl be. I am gladto say that Iam not af flicted with that kind ot a fever. Tne OMfice is ‘one I do not want.” : “You seem to have a numberof friends who wish you to become a candidate. “Tam certainly very much obliged to those who have so complimented me, but I must aay to them that it 1s a loss of time to urge me s the oMce. It 1s out of the question. I will be a candidate.” But suppose you were nou!tneted any way ?* r No Presi- no likelihood of that. dential bee has yet annoyed me.” ———e>—_______ Me Wanted Relief. From the Drummer. Cruelty to Children applied to a Pearl street merchant the other day for a subscription an@ received tt. “Now,” said the merchant, “I have contrib- uted to this, what about a Soclety of Prevention of Cruelty to Parents?” “What do you mean? I don’t understand,” Teplied the startled agent: “Don't you? Well, I've bad two pairs of twins at my house, and I think it’s about time for the organization of such a societ; =p enemas Wednesday Whatnots. History ia the record that provokes Ingulry and leads to the conclusion that it is not s0.— New Orleans Picayune. Time, with a scythe, Is pictured as bald-headed, 60 that It cannot be taken by tue foreluck.—New Orleans Picayune. Should muste be sold by the chord? Dram music migtt be sold by the pound.—Milion News. The farmer should be ® man able to talk om anything that comes up. © Vrvans Pioa- yune, A make-u» that would be popular: “Yes said aman in the theater gallery, “the make- ups were generally fair, but there was one make-up that I would ilke to see—a make-up for lost time between the acts."—Bostun Tran- script. The telephone ts very popular in Colorado. By means of it a stranger can carry on a conver- sation with a native without feeling obliged to ask him out to drink. The average man takes very little Interest, Rettiaps, in the rifle shooting at Creedmoor and ‘alnut Hill, but It tickles him half to death when he makes a good shot with a stone at one of his neighbor's hens which has come over into his yard.—Lowell Citizen. A gentleman who met Senator Hoar, of Mas- eachusetta, recently, told him that some Boston se wend ge to offer for the conver fon of Ben Butler sit you ave ony tabocun> with them,” sald § , “orey At a theater entrance: “Who are those young, men smoking cigarettes near the door, “They are ‘supes,” my dear, who come out for fresh air bigeeringed arrdod gag, ao “But who buys their nice “I believe are furnished by an enterprising tailor as an tisement, my dear. Don't look at them. have no manners and might stare!"—Phil News. ing stanzas the author thus allt his heart's affection: “I love to watch the frolic ‘Of the dimples on her cheek.” The editor had hisrevenge when, in of a mistgke of the printer, the lines as published