Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1883, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, —— se ae aS ‘THE POTOMAC FISHERIES. ‘Trap Nets, Gill Nets and Seines. To the Editor of Tuk Evextxa Stan The article on the Potomac fisheries in your issue of 234 May, quoted from the letter of a Mr. Armstrong to the District Commissioners, $s. very singular production, to say the least. Asa history of certain Scotchmen of antiquity, fotons of Mt. Vernon. who were fishermen to his exeellency the immortal George, away back | Jn the little hatchet period, prior to our first glorious fourth of July, the article In question is very Interesting reading, and we are sorry that those nobie Scots, their history, traditions and descendants, have been so long veiled In obscurity, and we trust that more of their noble deeds may yet be recorded for the benefit of posterity. What a pity that Washington did not have his valiant fishermen with him to help rovision his almost ‘orge, instead of leaving them on the banks of | the Potomac to capture millions of fish for the benetit of the hordes of Lord Cornwallis. Mr. Armstrong that he ‘‘was mixed up in fishing operations” for about forty-eight years, and when he admits that he doctored his official statement of the catch of herring in 1340 to the tune of thirty-one million (returning eighty-five miilion when he Knew he should have returned one hundred and sixteen million) and now at- tacks with equal fury the gillers, trappers and United States fish commission, we are inclined hat he was and continues to be con- siderably “mixed up.” After siving an astoun ing array of statistics, all in round num- bers, showing the ‘wholesale destruc- tion of fish in a by-zone and barbarous ge, he presents a sonable catch of a recent date as a contrast, and observing | the decrease he exclaims with evident excite- | ment, ‘What was the cause that produced this?” answering himself, “@illers and tra Con- tenting himself with a few common place re- marks about gillers, and omitting to say any- thing at ali about trappers, he proceeds to pay his respects tothe U fish commlssion after “The fish commission catches or it hundreds of bushels of the young and destroy them without sometimes securing | as much asa market basket full of fish.” He further says (refer he gillers and fish commis< ‘and between the two Potomac has been nearly to the impossibility | alt water. pen than mine to make the proper defense of our fish commission and their meritorious work, and I trast that at the same time it may be shown by some one that at Teast a few of the myriads of finny tribes @mhab- iting the briny deep came into existence without the trouble of going to afresh water country to be born. MOON-STRUCK. Mr. Armstrong’s closing paragraph, in which he says that “fish are unseasonable and a dan- gerous article of food after the full moon in May,” was a happy thouzht—it is well to be warned of our danger. In this last observation he becomes a public benefactor, deserving of gratitude; but what if the moon should be so inconsiderate as to “full” on the first day of May, some cold, backward spring. Just think ofit. “Garden sass” all snowed under and the fish in the river ail poisoued or “moon-struck.” Bah! We would su .ux of Luna” to Mr. Arm- strong as F n de plume over which to write fish articles in the future. FALSE NOTIONS ABOUT FISHTNG. The articles that have appeared in public print from time to time against certain kinds of fishing In the Potomac river are calculated to Instill a false sentiment and mislead the public mind, producing prejudice where commendation {s due, and the withholding of censure where {t should be given. The real issues, so ably dodged on all occasions, are between the de- structive haul seine and capital on one side and the poor man and his harmless trap net on the other—the inission of the latter is to foster; of the former to destroy. The seine-haulers and their retainers are very loud in their denunciation of the trap net. evi- dentiy intending to detract attention from them- selves by culling stop thief while endeavoring to make their own escape. Let us place °©* THE SEINE AND TRAP NET in juxtaposition for a few moments and ex- aggre their construction, operations and re- Spective merits and demerits, and, although tedious in detail, it is necessary to a proper understandins ot the subject. WHAT A SEINE IS LIKE. First the se mppese a sheet of heavy twine netting, twen e tothirty feet wide and four- f miles long, bordered on each side by J @ three inch rope, one heavily leaded, to drag bottom of the stream, the other furnished with blocks of cork to float on the surface. Then add one-and-a-quarter miles of heavy rope out line to either end, and you have about tife @lmensions of ene of our largest haul seines— e of a berth or space of ‘hing shore. Collect this on the jarze seine boat, requiring about twenty-five to thirty men to propel the boat and pay out the net. After fastening one of the out ines to a ¢: »perated by horses, the net is payed out other out line carried to the shore and made fast to Itis then drawn steadily hours, bringing to shore fish, din fact everything The fish are dipped finish, and the fish, . &c.. are carted on shore to pre- action to the net in future operations. This is a fair description of one of the many fastitution: for the recep- tion of he lower Poto- Inac to th Bide wate tationary engine. for three of fo asnow us and is made of the seine, but ts attached to @riven in th tinct parts, k The frst is a st recent origin, lar to that stationary poles ng, pen, and pound. ‘ht line of net fastened to from the surface to the rT, and is from 200 to 250 yards tes in the center of the door «1 ish following it on either side will be gu! into the second part—the pen. This is what its name tmplies—a pen of poles end netting, usually about twenty feet by forty, and at a point opposite the door a funnel of net. ting extends into tne Iast compartment—the pound—which is about twenty feet by twenty, and has netting at the bottom as well as sides, which is held in position by being made fast to the poles at top and bottom. The funnel terml- mates near the center of the Lae ina ring about two feet in diameter, and is held in ‘posi- tion by a line drawn from ‘it across the pound. When the funnel ts raised clear of the water the — is acomplete box, and is fished once a y with adip net. Immense quantities of fish spawn are deposited on and about these nets, which they protect and hold in suspension unti hatched. “These nets, standing as they do, from two to two and a half months, PROPAGATE MORE FISH THAN TUEY CAPTURE. Fish are carefully handled at trap-nets, none being sent away crippled, and small fish have a good chance to make their escape or to elude the chase of destructive fish. The trap-net is economic and compensating, and is the only suitable net to use on the spawning grounds at the head of tide-waters such as described bya radius of three or four miles from the Washing- ton monument, in this city. Ihope to see the day when the trap net will means of capturing fish, save angling. When shad and herring have reached the waters of this District they are on their Spawn- ing ground, and poor men of this city have as good a right to take them with the trap net, If a better rizht than the greedy capitalists of aished army at Valley | O # | secretary, to be from Mr. Morgan ads at the head of | 2 be the only legal | sq. The Canal Interests the District. ‘THES VIEWS OF THE COMMISSIONERS AS EXPRESSED AT THE MERTING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS BY MB. EDMONDS. It was stated in a special dispatch from An- napolis, Md, to Tue Stan Monday that at the meeting of the stockholders of the Chesapeake au@ Ohio canal company that day, last year’s | president and directors were chosen, with the ex- | | ception of Thos. P. Morgan, who declined re- lection, and that Judge Edmonds nominated | Gen. J. R_ West, and claimed that the United States and District were entitled to official repre- sentation, which claim the board of public works refused to acknowledge. The following detalled report of the proceedings trom the Baltimore 5 45 of special interest to the people of | the District Mr. Edmonds, of Washington, said he had been Instructed by his coadjutors of the board of Com- tilssioners of the District of Columbia to ask for a continuance of the representation which had Deen afforded that official body when Mr. Morgan had been elected. Mr. Morgan was no longer a Commisstoner of the District. and the board de- sired W maintain its relations with a work in which the cities of Washington and Georgetown | had so much interest, and which had ita terminus there. If permitted, he would su; J. R West, of the board or Commissioners, Mr. E. J. Lydecker, the board’s gisineer. As Mr. Morgan had been asked for by associates of the board, so, now that he was no longer in the board, some one else was the choice of that for the place, as it was the deliberate judgment of the board that it should be represented canal directory by one of itsown number. Mr. Keating said he thought {f the request had been made for the re-election of Mr. Morgan It would have been conceded, no doubt, as fie had given very satisfactory service and his relations haa been entirely pleasant. Mr. Keating did not understand, however, that Mr. Mongan’s election had been asked In the first place simply becausa he was at the time a member af the board of com- missioners of the District of Columbia. ‘The con- troller did not know why there was now a request for achange, though Mr. Morgan had mentioned that there was opposition to him. Mr. Edmonds sald he bad succeeded Mr. Morgan as a Commissioner, but he did dot wish to De understood as antagonizing hia. Mr. Morgan en- joyed the unbounded regard and respect of the commission, and if he 1s putoutot the canal directory, {t will be the act of this meeting, not of the District Commissioners. ‘The meeting then proceeded to vote. Mr.Edmonds voted for the whole ticket_exeept Mr. Baughman, substituting the name of J. R. West. Mr. Berret voted for the ticket with Mr. Morgan’s name in- stead of his own. Atthis juncture Treasurer Compton produced @ letter, which he said had been sent to the board of pudile works. It. proved, on being read by the declining re- election. ' The letter had been overlooked. ‘The board 1s as follows. Hon. P, Hamill, Gar- rett county; John Humbird, Allegany county; J. G. Berret, Washington, D. C.; Jas A. L. McClure, Baltimore elty; Spencer Watkins, Montgomery county; L. Victor Baughman, Frederick city. President Smith was elected last August until July of unis year. The Public Schools. PROGRAM OF THE CLOSING EXERCISES DURING THE PRESENT MONTH. From this time forward, until the schools are finally closed for the summer vacation, will be a season of much activity in the public schools. The Warm weather and the scent of flowers that per- vade the school rooms already, inspire dreams of vacation aad country rambles in the minds both of tired teachers and pupils. The program of the exercises of the schools during the present month 1s as follows: White schools of Washington and Georgetown and the county schools, June 7, 9 a.m.—Fourth quarterly examination of the Washington Normal school. Examiners: Com- mittee on teachers and superintendent. est the name June 11,8 p.m.—Graduating exercises of the Washington Normal school, to be held in the high School building under the direction of the commit- tee on teachers. June 12—Greduating exercises of the Washing- ton high school June 13, 14, 15.—Written examination of fifth, Sixth, seventh and eighth tgrades of city schools. Examiners: Superintendent and supervising prin- cipal ‘Fane 13 to 1%—Written examination of the county schools, Examiners: Superintendent and supervising principals. une 18.—Closing day of the first, second and third grades of city schools, June 19.—Closing day of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades of elty schools June 20.—Closing day of the eighth grade of city Schools and of tha county schools. Colored schools of Washington and Georgetown. The second examination of first, second, third and fourth per and oral examination of fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades of schools will close June 8, and the written examination of the high school June 6. june 6,9 a™m.—Quarterly examination of the ‘Miner Normal school. i June 7, 4:30 p.m.—Graduating exerdises of the nee Normal school, to be held in the Miner all. June 8, 1 p.m.—Closing day of high school. June 13, 14 and 15.—Written examination of the fifth, sixth, seventh and elghth grades of schools. Examiners: Superintendent and supervising prin- cipals. june 18. Rope ed of schools in the Chamber- Jain, Lincoin and Lovejoy-buildings. June 19.—Closing day of schools in the Stevens, Miner. John F. Cook, Procter, and 4th and L ste, yutidin June %).—Closing day of schools in the Sumner, Garnett, Randall and Anthony Bowen buildings. —— TRANSFERS OF REAL EstaTe.—Deods in fee have been filed as follows: W. B. Kibbey et al to 8. C. McDowell, lots 40 and 45, sub. sq. 698; $4,455. J. F. Bradley to S. H. Sothoron, sub. lot 28, sq. 72; $3,450. Margaret 4. Warren to Jas. T. Bradford, iot 108, Sq. 151; $1,650. C. M. Matthews to F. H. Paine, lot 2, sq. 163;' $7,192.50. B. H. Hill to same, sub. lots 163; $18,818.60. F. Koones to same, Prescott and Fraser, trustees, ts 41 to 46, sec. 8, Barry Farm? $800. “H. F. Beach to Geo. C. Boarman, right and Utle tn éstate of Nathaniel and Elizabeth A. Brook; $50. E. T. Farrar to Catharine Connor, sub. lot 95 Sq. 567; $806.90, W. A. Richardson to Mary M: Bennett, sub. 48. sq. 336; $1 E. 8. Dinsmore to D. L. Yulee, lot 199, sub. Sq. 206 Robeson to same, lot 200, do.; $1,800. E° toH. A. Gill, lot 47, sub. sq. 240; $1,700. John Sherman, trustee, to’ A. E. Bateman, trustee, lots 6, 18 and 19, block 30, Columbia Heights; $18,845. A. Langdon to H.S, Haight, lot 25, sub. $1,850, and incumbrance. ¥. J. Lippett to Re 4. Dodge, lot 31, sub. sq. 139: $10,000. B. F. sigh. ton to A. D. Coleman and John H. Streets, lot a7, 363; $1,435. J. B. Alley to Asa Whitehead, w 158; $4,140. W. Mendenhall to W. M *. Dt. 8, Sq. 393; $2,250 E. A. McIntire et al %, to David Mclutire, sub iot 209, lot 74 Mt. Pieasant; $600. E. 8. Parker to James M. John- Ston, lots 78, 74, 77 and 78, sub sq. 157; $3,925. ma Taylor to Lettie F. MclIntire, lot 81, ‘Sq. 276, nd pr. 17, sq. 495; $295. A £ Bateman, trustee, RK. E. Bradley, 1ots 18 and 19, block 50, 'Colainbla 3. D. Kircner to T. Weaver, lot 23, sub 8q, 442; $300. W. A. McKenney et al., trustees, to Anna M. Davis, property on West ahd Congress Streets, Georgetown, | $4,800. Property on West Street, do.; $3,250. ‘Mary M. Dodds to Elizabeth Abbott, pt. 4, sq. 470; $——. D. H. Farnham to Ellen M. Farnham, lots 39 and 40, sup eqeare i $—.__ Aulick to Julia H. Palmer, pt. 20, sq. 86;$—. E. Ciellan to John W. Danenhower. pt. 10, $1,500, L. D. Lander to J. W. Watson, lots $1 and 22, sub. sq. 889; $1,900. Isaac Hille to’ Mary Eliza- beth Hue, pt. 18, sq. south sq. 516; $1,000. R. 0. Holtzman to Martha M. Warner; 10t'52, sub. 64. 29, 80 and 82, lot $1. do.; $1 to P. Hartigan, L. Me- . 184; 191; $1,000. 8. C. McDowell ers’ Co- Operative —_Associatio! lots 40 ana a 65; James E. Fitch to Walter Paris, lol Sub. of ots 1 vo 4 q- 188; $5100. Frisallla Q Page to Abbey Day Slocumb, sub. 20, sq. 114: $20,000 and incumbrance. Mary ¥. Duncan et al. 95,99. 254; $6,100. A. C8, to Charles & Gibbs, pt. and 7 $6, pt. lot 15, south grounds mM ispe L. B. Wynne, Columbia University; $2,250. Moses Kelly, trus- to F. G. Moreau, aublot 64, sq. 191; $3, a J. Knox. comm’r, &c., to Susan P. Okio, eee $150, Harriet C. Noble to samo, lot — sq. 75; $6,000. John B. Okie tosame, pt. 3, 3 . G. Bates to David wW. 3 $2,000. D. W. 104, sq. 206; $—. Turner, sub. lot 28, Mary A.C! trustée, to Dia Heights; $3.19. LK. Tuttle to W. lot 17, Widow's Mite; $1,388.76, wo Whitman, lot 82, do.; $1,072.50. Ji to. 8. Drury, subs.’ 195, 186, 190 anc $4400. “A. £. Bateman, trustee, to Julia A. Thomy gon, lot 3, 80, Columbia Heights; $3,1%. J. Nichols to L. N. Ingram, part it, block 18; ‘$400, Theo. Moyer to D. H- Hazen, lots 61 and 89, sa. 540; Amos 111; $1,000, A Wick, lot ®, 8g. . H. Anthony to W. E Chandler, ‘part 19, 211; $2,300. J.C.G. Kennedy to W. B. Jack- son, pt. lot West half of 484;$—. Ei L Vincent I err Asylum ee Emory Wilsan, thony Eugene Roses, lot 27, Widows? E Bateman, trustee,to Thos. Cava- te ebjoining states who try to prevent the fish from comtng with their heavy draw seines. I would suggest that the trap and angling be the only means of fishing recognized by law, and | 152 that it be the duty of the fish commissioner and that he be empowered by law todetermine when tide-water fish have begun to run, and to claim a fishing season of forty-five to from that date, at the expiration of w! date the pounda should be removed and the hedging allowed to remain fifteen days longer, t! the spawn on them maybe hatched. Place a Protection instead of peneeation aa toneen on inst of persecution, the murderous haul seine to oblivion as @ relic of the dark ages, and thus open s new and bet- terera for our American fisheries. 8. M. F. nina cna A dog tuncheon here—that fa, a recent lunch- eon to pet dogs of dainties served on delicate in—cost $200. Did any extravagant ly of old monarchical aristocratic France ever @urpass this?—W. ¥. Sun. Faye | 2 to & aL, 44 and 4, oq. 240; $8,600, Ba ae 1, 0.8. mar F. Wilson et ford, toe, & ag. Bit; fovr pts 2 Columbia, 3 a 3 18, Howard Ui 2: Bentend' so arn aay James H. Marr Tot ah ba, 4 fe ae ied Petes Tt is sagacio that to determine the value of ramble among the tombs ts fewer years than most imagine mouuments BUILDING OPERATIONS, we EZouses to be Erected—Why More Houses of Moderate Cost ad Rental are not Constructed—What Real Es- tate Men Say About it—The Resi- dences of the Foreign Ambassadors, | &e. The warm weather has not yet sensibly dimin- ished activity in the real estate market, though it is probable that the majority of costly houses to be built this season are already under way. The real estate dealers and builders, who share in the prosperity incident upon active bullding operations, look upon the season as one of the best, if not the best, ever known in this city. RESIDENCES FOR FOREIGN LEGATIONS. The talk about the erection of residences for the use of the foreign legations resident in this city has been revived by the inquiries made by Baron Struve, the Russian minister, prior to his departure, on his vacation, home. He stated that he thought his government would author- ize him to buy or rent a house, and his prefer- ence was to do the former. A number of prop- erty owners were approached with the view of ascertaining the prices for which their property could be obtained. Among these were Senator Don Cameron, whose handsome residence on Scott circle has been ly admired. He was perfectly willing to sell, and stated that his price was $100,000. This figure was regarded as a little high, but it only illustrates the apprecia- tion of property in that vicinity. Three years ago Senator Cameron paid $1.60 per foot for the land and erected upon it @ house costing about $50,000. Since then the owner of the piece of property on the opposite side of the circle has refused $4 a pee foot, and the land in that vicinity is valued at about that figure. Areal estate dealer called a Srar reporter's attention to a statement published in one of the city papers, to the effect that not a single piece of land slong Massachusetts avenue could be purchased for less than $5 per foot, and sald: “This is not true. Nearly any piece of land could be bought for 3 per foot, and some for less. The high water mark so far reached is 34 per foot.” But, to return to the subject of residences for foreign legations. The rent of the Cameron house by the Russian minister is impossible for one year at least, as it is leased to Congressman. C. C. Washburne, of Minnesota, for that period. What authority the Russlan minister will bring back from his government relative to a legation residence is, of course, not known; but it is probable that he will be given permission only to rent a house. About the time the British minister's residence was built it was thought that France, Germany and several other governments were decided on the question of erecting legation residences in this city. The French government went so far as to Informally agreeto purchase the Jardine pope on Connecticut avenue, where Mr. Bell’s laboratory is, for $100,000, but theFranco- Prussian war came on and this proposition was lost sight of, amid more important and stirring matters. It isa matter of surprise that the British government should be the only foreign power that owns its legation residence in this city, but such is the case and likely to be so for years to come. NEW HOUSES TO BE ERECTED. Mrs. A. E. F. Stewart is about to erect a hand- some private stable on Sherman street, between 19th street and New Hampshire avenue and R street northwest, at a cost of $2,000. Mrs. Geo. Todd has commenced the erection of a two-story dwelling on Jefferson Place north- west. This is to be 34 by 40 feet ground plan, 36 feet high, of pressed brick front, cornice of moulded -brick, mansard roof covered with slate and tin, and to be finished inside with the finest woods used in building first-class houses. The plans show a finely modelled dwelling, with all the devices to make a comfortable and ele- it home. The cost will be $8,000," Mr. R. I. leming is the architect and builder. Mr. John Davis, of the State department, has commenced the erection ofa dwelling house for himself, located on Connecticut avenue, near the junction of Rhode Island avenue and street northwest, the plans of which have been described in THe Srar. This ts to be three-stories high and basement; 30 by 44 feet on the ground, 45 feet high; back building 28 by 19 feet, and two-stories and base- ment; double pitch mansard covered with tin; pressed brick, moulded brick cornices,one tower projection running up two stories, or 50 feet, 14 feet width and 5 feet projection. There is to be one bay window running up two stories, hexa- gon inform. The plans were made by Mr. R. I. Fleming, by whom the dwelting will be erected. This will rank with the best and most commodi- ous dwellings in the city, although not so ex- pensive as many. The cost will be $17,000. WHY MODERATE PRICED HOUSES ARE NOT BUILT. A Star reporter asked Mr, Thomas J. Fisher, the well-known real estate dealer, why more small houses are not bullt, as there seems to be @ demand for them. “It ls impossible to build houses that can be rented for per month,” was the reply, ‘in the West End at the present price of land. The outlay of money would not recelve a sufficient return at that rate.” ‘Are there not other localities where land is cheaper?” asked the reporter. “Yes, there are; but people seem to want to live there; it 1s convenient to the car lines and the departments.” “On Capitol Hill,” he continued, “there are being built a number of small houses, and peo- ple who want cheap rents are going there. The small houses will be built fast enough if there is any money in them.” When Mr. Danenhower was asked the same question he said: “You can’t build a house to rent for say $25 per month on land that costs $1 perfoot. if you tana on land that sells for 40 cents then the in- vestment would pay.” “But the trouble is,” he went on, “you can’t get land at such figures this side of ‘P street, and people seem to be disinclined to go out farther. The houses that are being rented at that figure, with the bounds of west of 7th and south of P, are mostly old houses without the modern improvements. The lack of conyeni- ences are endured rather than to go farther away from the center, or te pay a higher rent.” “Are there, then, no cheap smnall houses being erected?” asked the reporter. | “Yes,” was the reply; “there are houses being erected of this character on Capitol Hill, and in the southeast, and if people are willing to live there they can find cheap houses, and as the de- mand Increases I suppose that the supply wiil increase.” ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SMALL HOUSE QUESTION. One of our architects when asked ‘‘Why more medium-sized houses are not built?” said: “That's easily explained, but some cannot see it. Asa rule, persons of moderate circumstances who want medium or small houses cannot afford to build, while speculators are waiting for prices to decline before they build.” : “There has not been an advance recently,” in- quired the reported. “No,” replied the architect, “but since last fall there has been an advance both in material and labor—probably 50 cents per day on labor, and an advance on all kinds of material. Per- sons of moderate means, of course, look close to the cost. There are some I know who, last fall, were quite certain of commencing in the spring, bat the rise caused them to abandon this inten- on.” At this point the architect stopped and slowly remarked; wish that you would not write this now, for some of those: cantemplsting build- ing may be deterred. Suppose you let this point alone. I don’t know but in a few days that I'll have a number of other buildings to report, which I may not have if this is reported.” Peters in Luck. From the Globe-Democrat. WasntnaTon, May30.—Norris Peters observed Decoration day, as he can well afford to do, by giving an excursion on the Potomac to his friends in official fe. The yacht he keeps has cost the government very dear. Howgate used to be its chief pro r, and from signal ser- vice funds he fed en so often and so high that he was never at a loss for friends when it came time for the passage of an.appro- priation bill. Peters was, as he is now, aes ineer and lith her, and Hor jf een oeranber, nd Howgate gave him EXPLAINING | NLAN’S GOOD TINE Was the Course the Recent Race Levs Than Three Miles Long? Dispateh to New York World. Boston, June 8.—When Hanlan, in his match with Kennedy, rowed over the Point ot Pines three-mile course ih the unprecedented time of 19m. 4s. the performance was looked upon with amazement. Like many other remarkable per- formances, If will probably be thrown ont of the record book, as it tas been established beyond a doubt that the course was short. Neither Hanlan nor Kennedy believe that they rowed three miles, and Kennedy has expressed the opinion that the course was fully one minute short. Aé Hanlan rowed at the rate of four and three-quarter yards a second, this would indi- cate that the course was 285 yards short, a dis- tance that would be fessened to 65. if, as is claimed, he rowed a furlong ont of his course. It is more probable, however, that the course is considerably shorter than a minute, as Hanian has never beaten 20m. 10s. for three miles, and the only time he reached .those figures was under the most favorable circumstances, in a trial on a course picked by himself on Toronto bay. earigsy sald last night that he will wager any amount of money trom $5,000 to $10,000 that he can row three miles in eighteen minutes or bet- ter, Surveyor Moses measured the Point of Pines course, and Mr. Thyer, the manager of the race, has the most implicit confidence in his measurements. Both Hanlan and Kennedy re- juested A remeasurement of the course, but as the stake-boats have all been removed a re- survey of the course can not now be made. Kennedy rowed over the course in 19m. 52s., and when it ts considered that never: lous to the race had he rowed over the course the time isremarkable. Kennedy only arrived at the Hotel Goodwood on the Saturday night pee ing the race, and when on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday he found the weathersuitable,he rowed over that part of the course from the steamboat dock to the starting point, but he never went over the course, as the turning points were not then in position. On Thursday, when he appeared at the start- ing point, he asked where the turning-boats were stationed, but not one person aboard the referee's boat could tell him exactly where they were. Finally he was told that they were to the windward of a sloop which was pointed out,and. he took his bearings from it, but before the race was begun the sloop had moved away, and he was compelled to row blindly for his turning flag. Kennedy’s backer says the Point of Pines Tace was not satisfactory to him. He still thinks Kennedy a better man than Hanlan, and is pre- pared to make another match. He said: “I thought John capable of beating Ed. Hanlan, and it was to down the Toronto man that | went into it. If I had time to give to details of arrangement I would match John against Hanlan forthe same race to-morrow. There is one thing I want to say, and that is, Mr. Busby, the stakeholder, did not act squarely by us. When it became manifest that the men could not agree on a referee, we wrote a note to Mr. Busby osetia that the man to be ap- pointed be one without prejudice, and he ig- nored ournote. I have nota single word to say against the referee other than he is known to bea epescnal friend of Hanlan, and as we had previously objected to him on that account the stakeholder’s action is open to criticism, es- pecially so when it is known that the gentleman appointed referee was a total stranger to the stakeholder. “Then they say that Mr. F. Davistried to coach Kennedy into his pro course. They claim that he shook his handkerchief, and so endeay- ored to get John straight for his turning buoy, but even if that was true, and It is'not, it would not compare with the tactics of-the Hanlan par- ty. Whose fault was it the referee's boat was turned in the wrong direction? If there wasany coaching from the referee's boat it is Kennedy's right to complain, for Hanlan was as wide of the course as was John, Then, John says that the most suspicious olrcumstance he noticed was the way the referee's boat was handled. When Han- lan was going wide of his course the referee's boat was turned towards Lynn Harbor,andimme diately after Hanlan straightened out and pulled in the opposite direction. What adds to the suspicion that that move was for coaching was that the custodian of Hanlan’s boat was an officer of the referee's boat on that day.” Both Kennedy and Hanlan have: d togive an exhibition for the benefit ot the Little Sisters of the Poor Infant Asylum, to be held on Silver Lake some time in July. as oe Lieut. Schwatka’s Alaska Expedition. From the San Francisco Chronicle, May 26, Lieut. Schwatka, Assistant Surgeon Wilson and C. A. Homan, of the engineer corps of the army, with three privates, have been sent by the War department on an exploring expedition along the Chilcat and Yukon rivers in Alaska. Thetr outfit 1s for a six months’ tour, and their orders authorize Schwatka to employ Indian guides and carriers. They are to ascend the Chileat from its mouth to its source, and from thence cross the dividing range tothe presumed head of the Yukon, which they are instructed to descend to its mouth. We think it an over- sight of the department that p renlogise and mineralogist was not also detailed for this exploration of what is as much a terra incog- nita as the sources of the Congo were before Dr. Livingstone’s time. A general belief, found- ed upon Indian reports and white rumors, pre- vatls on this coast that there is a rich and ex- tensive auriferos region on the Yukon river, and these rumors and reports are fortified by the fact that on the Asiatic side of the straits lacer quartz gold mines have been success- lly worked for over a century upon a continu- ation of the line of the Yukon’s source, or where its source is presumed to be, for that is as much in doubt as Livingstone’s explorations on the Luallaba left the sources of the Nile till H. M. Stanley settled the point by traversing the Luallaba to the mouth of the Congo. Notwith- standing this oversight and the comparative paucity of the expedition in numbers, we conf- dently anticlpate important results from it. Lieut. Schiwatka is a successful polar adven- turer, a man of great energy, courage, push and intelligence, and in the half-year’s time allowed him for this exploration the public will be much disappointed if he does not return with a volume of valuable information from the far north and its great river, el eo eee ‘Two-Horse Load of Toom Picks Daily. From the Boston Commonwealth, June 2d. Where do the toothpicks come from? A Maine newspaper states that the little town of Sebec, at the outlet ot Sebec lake, Piscataquis county, in the interior, has one of the best water powers in the state, but has neyer been fully developed. A toothpick factory there is doing a large business, using over a thousand cords of poplar and birch wood annually, turn- ing out a two-horse load of toothpicks daily, and employing from 19 to 15 girls and 8 or 10 men. A private letter from the place states what the newspaper omitted, that ‘‘the tooth- pick mill gives employment to ag many girls as can afford to pack’a hundred boxes for 25 cents, and feed themselves." This seems very small wages for Women, ‘but board is cheaper there than in Bodton, and probably many of them board at home, an would be unable to earn as much otherwise. The little stream was dammed and utilized for a fulling mill, grist mill, and saw mill oxy years ago; later for a shingle and Clapboard mill, and more than forty years ago a woolen cloth manifactory was erected ther which within the past year has proved a failure, eee offermg 15 per cent to the credi- Mr, Tilden’s Little Trick. ‘From the Chicago Herald. When yon catch yeur Uncle Sammy Tilden asleep you will rise at an early hour. About six months’ ago hip hired a broad-shouldered, smooth-faced man, about forty-five years old, to work in the grounds of Gramercy Park. In afew ee the newspa; never failed to read to ze bundic < i a and which sat np in | emitted a Which the Atin, of a suw was heavenly So a: say Hy JAY GOULD’S YACHT. The Milliensire and His Son Inspect the Atalanta at Cramp’s Shipyard. From the Philadelphia Press. Jay Gould and his son, George Gould, got out of bed at the Hotel Lafayette shortly after sun- tise on Saturday morning, ordered breakfast sent to their rooms, dispatched it hurriedly, walked down to the clerk's desk, father and Bon, paid their bills separately, ordered a coupe and drove away to Cramp’s upper shipyard at Port Rich- mond, where they thoronghly inspected Jay Gould's new and beautiful steam yacht Ata- lanta. The new engines, buiit by the Messrs. Cramp, were, at the request of Mr. Gould the elder, put in operation. They are of a pattern specially designed for the yacht, powerful and almost noiseless. As the ponderous walking beam traversed up and down, Mr. Gould stood by and expressed the liveliest satisfaction with its workings and with that of the engine. He became deeply Interested in its movements, and unconsciously drew too near the moving mon- ster. ‘Take care,” cried one of the workmen, “or you will get splattered by the oil!” Mr. Gould did not heed the instructions, but kept edging closer. As a reward tor his interest he Was splattered with the dirty, rank smelling oll. He lene out a dark silk handkerchief, laughed and brushed the oil from his coat an breec! and stepped aside. “Oh, it won't hurt anything,” he added, pleasantly, 'as he saw ® laborer eyeing the bespattered suit with an unspeakable look of commiseration. The millionaire inspected every portion of the yacht. He examined the nsive, richly carved woodwork, rubbed his fingers over the polished surface, blew. the dust out of the nooks in the beautiful frieze-work and looked at the sideboards, cupboards and closets with ternal interest. George Gould could not re- rain from constantly giving expression to ex- travagant demonstrations of approval. The trio reached the miniature social saloon, a per- fect marvel of the wood decorator's art. The panels in the sides ot the saloon attracted Jay Gould’s attention at once. He examined them with a critical eye. The master decorator saw him, and stepping up to where he stood, balane- ing himself on his left lez upon a loose pile of timber, said: “Now, Mr. Gould, if you desire it, I can ornament these panels with the family coat-of-arms.” The elder financial ephinx turned to his son and laughing, eald: “I don’t know whether we have got a coat-of- arms, eh, George?” ‘Oh,” said the latter, with a shrug of the shoulders, “I guess, may be, we might find one laying somewhere around the house. If you want something neat and pehnene though, I would suggest a bear and ull.” The decorator hastened to expostulate, declaring that such a device amid such sur- Toundings would appear hideous. So the emblem of a bull and bear will not be carved on those panels. THE PRESENCE OF THE TWO GOULDS excited the liveliest interest among the work- men onthe yacht. A tawny Irishman of forty, plying s ponderous hammer near one of the gaugways, saw them approaching. “Is that ‘im, Billy?” he asked, with open mouth and eyes, of a fellow-workman. Mr. Gould heard the ques- tion and gave the anxious questioner a silver trade-dollar. After two hours spent ina tour of the Atalanta, Mr. Gould and his son re-en- tered their coupe and were driven to the Penn- sylvanta railroad depot. whence they departed for New York on the fast express. Mr. Gould says he finds that owning an ex- pensive private yacht is not such anice thing afterall. It involves a number of Srexppcted sources of annoyances. He has received hun- dreds of letters from lawyers, doctors, profes- sors, clergymen, actresses and others, praying to be included among that select coterie whom Mr. Gould intends to carry with him around the world. Some ofthe letters are marvels of plain- tive supplication, others display unearthly im- pudence andeffrontery. But more astounding than these are the photographs torwarded, with what are intended to be enchanting notes, by female adventuresses. These photographs Mr. Gould keeps in a locked drawer of his office on Wall street. Some of them he does not venture to look at. He feels somewhat in the position of @ showman advertising for a queen of beauty—a position which is not, however, under the circumstances, exactly pleasant and proper. Some of these adven- turesses depict In porns colors their varied charms, and plead for a bunk, if only in the hold. Mr. Gould thinks of turning the coliection over to renee Comstock. The party which he will carry with him on the yacht will Include his entire family, six in number, including him- self. The yacht has accommodations for twenty- two persons, so that there are inall, probably, six- teen of the millionaire's friends who will be honored with an invitation to “go along.” The Atalanta will be ready to depart in about three weeks. One day next week she will make a trial trip down the river. She will have on board Mr. Gould and a small party of triends. Every- thing on board ts now completed except the finishing of portions of the interior and exterior woodwork and the upholstering. Lavish sums are being expended in this direction. The yacht is without doubt the finest of its kind in the world. The crew is composed of fifty-two men. The consumption ot coal will be fifteen tons per day. The entire cost will not fall below 250,000. The trip bas not yet been fully outlined. ——_---_____ ‘The Work of an Architect. From the New York Tribune. “You thinkI have an easy time, do you?” said a leading New York architect recently toa Tribune reporter. _ The reporter’s remark was an excusable one, for the worthy designer was leaning back ina quaint Japanese wicker chair placed near the open window of a room to which the blue and white plaques, the peacock-blue frieze and dull en wall gave the look rather of a lady’s bou- oir than a business room. ‘An easy time,” went cn the apparent Syba- rite. “I like that. You are like nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand people I meet. It Is perfetly astonishing to me how little the ‘laity,’ if {may so call them, know of the duties and work of an architect. Some people think we are a sort of ‘boss’ bricklayer, others that we ed know how to make pretty pictures, and are entirely ignorant of all things practical; but both extremes of popular judgment are solid on one point, and that is that we are overpaid for the amount of work we do. Let me tell you something as to that. “Two years ago I hada large and important building to design and superintend while being built. I received the usual 5 per cent on the amount of the contract, some extras, which amounted to a considerable sum, not being in- cluded in the amount on which my commission was paid. I keep a diary in which every man in my office puts down the exact number of hours he works on any pertionler ‘job. I do the same myself, 80 when the work was done and I had been paid in full I divided the amount by the total number of hours spent on the work. It ave 12 cents an hour for myself, my chief draughtsman, to whom I pay S40 a week, and the two other, and $20 respectively. Good pay, is it “Now, do you know what an architect has to do to earn his money? I'll tell you. You come to me and tell me you wanta to cost so I to work and draw little sketch of the plan to a scale of one-eighth of an inch to a foot. That is, every inch on the paper represents eight feet of the actual building. If 2 Ket don’t like it I draw another. When you are 'y satisfied I and my assistants set to work and make plans of floor, elevations of each side of the house, sections it to the scale of one-fourth of an inch to a An elevation is_a view from which all ive effect is I write a long ings to various most of them full size, of all the various details, inside and out, stonework, carving, doors, windows, cornices, and so on. As a ruleabouta bi ahundred and fifty drawings aremadefora small fd soe that the work is carriod outtand 7 hueo 6 We o ond transaction with the various ate for pervondicular tines, ba nominal salary and then from 38, saldom more than if as'maoh as for an arobitect to pave (reveled ta ie Bome filled pketoh-books Jottings and of clasalc, and renaissance buildings, Modern to an extent sohaologiea,saceciatiol aichitectar®. being SHEET. 4 BRAIN-PARALYZING HAIR DYE. But it Wen Hart the Dudes, From the New York Sun. In bleaching the hair the chemical used is said to be peroxide of hydrogen. So much of it is used that a tactory In this city is devoted en- tirely to making It. Formerly the nature of the liquid was a secret, and the stuff was imported from France at a cost of six doliars a bottle. Then a French chemist, who gained the know- ledge, came to this country, set up a shop, and reduced the price to four dollars. Next an American made up his mind that | the substance was none other than that which | had long been employed by workers in hair goods to bleach with, but which had been con- sidered too dangerous to apply to hair that was still growing on live heads. is was peroxide of hydrogen, and so a dangerous poison has been recklessiy employed by inexperienced bands at three dollars a bottle. The peril is not so much that the hair may be burned Off as that paralysis of the brain may be Induced. If like really cures like, of course the contents of a dude's head are safe. So thinks the writer who gives the above tacts and who tells the fol- lowing story: ‘I will forbear to name the most ened development of the dude at present in ew York, but will tell about the hirsute change that has come over him. When he went to Europe last fall his hair and moustache were black. at that time his ideal | perfect geutleman was English, and all of his Own speech, manners, and dress were in as close as possible imitation of London aristocratic usages. But he spent several months in St. Petersburg, and comes back remodeled on the standard of the Russian swell. He makes his own tea in a samover, he drinks the fierlest champagne obtainable, he eats caviare, and he can't endure our hot weather, positively. Of course the June temperature will not permit him to clothe himself in Russian furs, but tn an- other way he puts on the looks of the Russian aristocrat, as personified by the sons of the Ro- manoffs. They have very light hair and beards; 80 has h He has bleached his black almost to white, atter the manner of our artificial blondes of the other sex.” ——+¢2—____ IMAGINATIVE SEASICKNESS, Exercises Q as How the SUNNY SIDE SHOFS, ‘Tricks by Which the Poor Are Swin- dled—Frauds by Shoe Dealcre. From the Pittsburg Commorcial-Gazette, “You newspaper fellows have had your whack at great many of the frauds of the day, but you have thus far overlooked the com- monest and in some respects the meanest of all frauds, that in shoes. Why don’t you expore ite" The speaker was a middle-aged man of natty dress, evidently a member of the eraft e known as commercial travelers, and the one ad- dressed a reporter for the Commercial-Gasette. The latter, overlooking the Miippancy with which Journalists had been classed as “fellows,” asked for plans and specifications as to frauds in shoes and was enlightened In this wise: “It would take too much of your space to eo Into minute details as to how frauds are perpee trated on the purchasers of shoes, so numerous and ingentoné are they. J will therefore merely tell you about some of the most ordinary ways of getting up cheap shoes of deceptive appear- ance. Good leather of all kinds, as you are aware, costs money, and a great deal of it, in comparison with prices twenty-five years ago, and a great deal of Yankee ingennity has beea expended in devising methods for making @ little of the tanners’ product go a great way. Sole leather Is the most expensive of all, and naturally there ts more fraud in the soles of shoes than fn the uppers. Ina great many of the cheaper grades of shoes now sold the soles consist of a very thin sheet of leather for the bottom, Just enough to hold tt together, and the Space between it and the so-called insole, which usually consists of @ strip of muslin, fs filled either with leather shavings together or with common straw board. The wearers of this kind of leather goods should always be careful to avoid the shady side of the street, as damp- ness ts rulnous to this sort of shoe, causing the biggest part of the sole to crumble to pieces. “The uppers, which the seller always assures the purchaser are genuine calf-skin, are split cewhide, and wear little if any better than the soles. The heels are in strict keeping with the other parts, consisting of a thin outer rim of leather and a siender bottom of the same ma- terial, the remainder belng made up ot scrap Potent Influence as Rough Water. Dr. Carpenter. It may have happened to many of you to feel 8 degree of seasickness, or, at any rate, of the discomfort In which that state ordinarily com- mences, from the mere contemplation of an agitated sea, especially in view of a ship toss- ing about in it. And I remember very well that when, at one of our semi-sclentific or pop- ular exhibitions in London, there was a small model of @ ship, which floated (as it were) upon a sea of goldbeater's skin, and was made, by a concealed combination of levers, to go through aseries of movements remarkably resembling the pitching and rolling of a ship at sea, with ‘an occasional sinking down into the trough ofa wave, many persons said that they could not continue to look at it without sensations which made it desirable for them to turn away. I wasonce told of a lady who accompanied a friend to see her off by steamer, I think across the British channel, and on whom the sight of the rough sea and of the heaving vessel at the plier was sufficient to excite real and complete seasickness. Clearly it was the mental state, in these cases, that called up a physical condition ot the central organs so far corresponding to that which the actual experience would have done as not only to produce the sensation, but the reflex act prompted by it. It was not the mere sight, but the associations connected with the sight, that brought about that feeling. There Is an old story told of himself by a very able physician ef his day, Van Swieten, which is an excellent illustration of this tendency to the reproduction of a former physical state by a strong mental impression. He says that he ‘once happened to passa place where there was a body of a dog ina state of such joathesome decomposition asto produce upon him the phvsi- cal result to which I have just now alluded. Some years afterward, in passing the same spot, the remembrance of what he then saw and smelt came upon him with such vividness as to reproduce the same result, —_——_-2-—____ ‘The Way of Foolivhness is Sin. From the Philadelphia Press. Phil Thompson had his say when he blackened his wife’s reputation to save his own neck. Since then Mrs. Phil Thompson has published her “vindication.” To most decorous people leading seemly lives, it will seem not vicious, but vulgar, A hopeless taint of careless life and low manners runs through her story, just as Thompson's act, his excuse for it and his defense are all alike the acts of a man brutal, cowardly and savage, a low type of a iow civil- ization which in a century has preddced neither picture, statue nor poem, neither art nor litera- ture, and for all the good it has done the higher needs of the race, save by the production of a speaker or two, differs not widely from the sav- age. Mrs. Thompson's pitiful tale isnot so much wicked as vulgar and ili-bred. This woman who drank Apoilinaris water sround hotel bed- rooms at late hours, sat warming herself betore her male friend's fire near midnight, and at last retired to rest ina room which she now says she belleves had been left empty by her female friend's lover a half hour before, ald nothing blankly, bluntly immoral; but she was leading a low, easy, vulgar life, and out of such lives evil comes, as free waters trom a full fountain—asin this case, murder and two homes ruined. Mrs. Phil Thompson does not stand alone in this. There area great many weak and silly women and some silly and weak men—men in general belng mercifully preserved from leisure by labor—who drift along lax and loose, not in their morals but in ther manners. If they are school girls, they are perpetually breaking rules to make casual acquaintances, near or distant; if they are young women grown, their idle days are passed in nibbling at the edges of the lesser proprieties, You flad them at the seaside on the beach at all hours to midnight and peyond; ‘ou flush them in the country in secluded spots In the woods; and in the winter they are al- ways running small risks and taking small lb- erties. These things are not vicious, but they are very vulgar. They point to the lack of self- ey and self-regard and self-control in which all high breeding roots, and from which good- breeding blossoms. The women, young and old, who do these leather. Half the ready-made shoes worn ta Pittsburg, I don't hesitate to assert, are shams of one sort or another, in part or in whole. “The falsification 1s not confined to men's shoes; oh, no. There is fully as much or mo fraud in women’s foot-cear. There is ‘pebbie goat’ made out of blackened muslin, with soles of ‘plaited hash,’ as pressed scraps are termed. “Sheepskin fs skilfully dressed to imitate kid, and many of the shoes made of It and fold for sewed work are merely pasted together and dia solve, so to speak, the first time they are wet. This sort of fraud sets hardest on the poor, and especially the unreasontng poor,who must econ- omize from force of necessity, and always bug things that are ‘cheap’ without much reference to their quality or durability. Shoes at half price are always a temptation to the poor, but if they would give the matter a little study they would soon discover that one patr of honest shoes, sold at a fair price, would outlast three or four pairs of the other kind, though whed first put on the latter look Just as nice or nicer than the better kind.” Saddle Morves. From the New England Farmer. The most desirable points in saddle horses are what are known as saddi¢ gaits, the most usetul, and, therefore, the most important of which is the walk. The gaits, although common to all horses, are what are known as saddle gaits, in the most important of which there is as wide a range of excellence as at the taster gaits of trotting and running. The average rate of speed at which horses waik in harness or under the saddle {a probably no more than three miles an hour while a really good walker can cover five, and in rare cases six miles under the saddle. Being the easiest gait on both horse and rider, such horses will make wonderful Journeys without distr What Js known as the fox trot 1s also a very desirable gait, aud ts easily taught to most horses by urging them slightly beyond 9 walk, and when they strike the right gait hold them to it; itis a trifle faster than the walk, and a near approach to the single foot. Nearly all saddle horses wiil take a few steps to this gait when changing from a walk to a trot, but will not keep It unless trained to It. The speed differs from four to seven or elgbt miles per hour. Horses will learn to like the gait, and it Is an easy one for the rider, and hext to the walk the best long-distance gait. Single footing is nearly the same as the fox trot, and fs an exact intermediate between the walk and the trot, each foot appearing to mova in a sort of zo-as-you-please manner, and con- sidering that it is an exceptionally easy gait for the rider, aud that an average single footer will cover nine or ten miles per hour, it is worthy of cultivation. The rack and pace are nearly alike, the only difference belong that in the former the hind foot reaches the ground a trifle in advance of the fore foot oa the same side, while at the latter gait the feet on each side move exactly together—& purely lateral motion. Either the rack or the pace is much more desirable than the trot under the saddle, and the pace is at least as tast, if not a faster, gait than the trot. In addition to pos- sessing ail of the above saddle gaits the model saddle horse should be level-headed, courageous and kind, and should be active, an easy mover gait, have @ sensitive mouth, respond to the touch on the bridle rein, be sure footed, able and willing to trot, gallop or run, as required, and, above all, sound upon his legs aud pertect in the wind. —so-— Wednesday Whatnots. ‘That fish increases our suppiy of brain We've oft been told by sages. Well, we wish ‘The sages’ schemes may show the converse galn— ‘That brain tpereeses our supply of fish. —London Punch. The crushed strawberry color that was so fashionable for a time has been succeeded by & shade called spilled molasses.-—Tezas Siftings. Hostess—Now, @on’t stay out here all the evening. Host—We'll join you inten minutes. Hostess—Miss Screechy ts going to sing, you know. Host—O! well—say an hour.—Life. Commander Gorringe says that the new steel cruisers-about to be constructed by our govera- ment will be too slow to compete with the war vessels of other nations, We doubt It. Wher things are not bad—far from it. May the day be far distant when careless behavior in Ameri- can, Keer M ered to meee Eine — le are simply vuigar in their manners, their Hotires and their lives. They are ignorant that ; Society—which is older and wiser than most of us—long since di that. carelessness be peat the door to crime, and that vulj jor makes vicious acts’ possible. doos 0 manners. —-o-—____ ‘Whistling Superstitions. From the Popular Science Monthly. In whatever way regarded, either as a grace- fal accomplishment or as the spontaneous ex- pression of whistling has in our own and foreign countries generally at. tracted considerable attention. Why It should have been invested with so much superstitious awe it 1s difficult to say, but it is a curious fact that the same antipathy which it arouses among certain classes of our own — is found whistle, called by them el sifr. the whistler’s mouth is not Ee | —— and it comes to slowness, no foreign navy can com- pete with our navy.— Texas Siftings. “The boy clum the tree and made the coon git,” wrote a Burke county teacheron the black- board. ‘Now, pupils, where's the bad gram- marin that sentence?” None dared “Where ig the Ohio democracy on the question?” inquired a fresh interviewer. upon the Chicago Inter-Ocean rises with the query: “Where are cats on the cream ques- Some men are always ready to offer a remedy for ev hing. The other day we remarked antmated es shops: * idea struck us — a fore we affected “Rub the *s Diary. Me Schanmberg al charges two cont a month on all the money hay how to be in Schaumberg’s store, and Gus said: “Mr. Schaumberg, I would like to speak to you privately for a few moments.” “Don't, don't, Gus,” whispered Gilhooly, “*he" charge you two per cent a month for the use his ear."—Teras Siftings. and to A marble statue of Gen. Zachary is ‘month at his be unveiled next pate AD ‘The Sunday trains on the Housatonic the ‘were stopped this week by Masoachuseess