Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1883, Page 7

_ THE Seas EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. TUESDAY. a} 3 test Engineering e World, From the London Teleeraph. A tall shaft, a steam engine, an air locomotive fad a couple of wooden shanties mark the spot Gestined, it may be, to abut upon the English Thouth of the Channel tunnel, or rather of a Channel tunnel—tor there are other schemes sfoot to join London and the extremest point of the continent of Europe tn a continuous rallway journey and wit! change of carriage. Sir Edward Watkin airily calculates that the cost of the enterprise in which he Is Interested would amount to 3,000,000 sterling, and that the tunnel would allow the passage of 250 trains each way every day. at an average speed of forty-five miles an hour. So that the tunnel of twenty-two m in length might be trav- ersed in half an hour—a speed, be It said, Yery much higher than that kept up in the iongzest tunnels of the St. Gothard between Switzerland and Italy. At the bottom ot the shaft. at the mouth of the boring, no more than Seven feet in diameter fromend to end—ex- cepting here and there a somewhat wider square opening, technically called a “turnout”—we found a couple of trollies, fitted with seats gn either side, after the manner of the tram-carsof the military train tamiliar to halitues of Wim- dledon Camp. Running along the sides of the trolly. close to the ground, was a footboard like that attached toa railway carriage, and above seat was a semi-circular hood, lined with Ted baize, sufficient to protect the head and shoulders from dropping wet or particles of falling debris, but not wide enough to save the and feet. By reason of the space taken up in the lower arc of the circle, so as to make a level floor, along which the rails were laid, it Was necessary that we should sit with knees drawn up and heads bent during the whole time Occupied In journeying to the face of the tunnel and back again. A Rembrant or a Salvator Rosa might have done pletorial justice to such a scene. Under foot for a great portion of the way the cround is almost ankle deep in slush; and the stolwart fellows who drag aad push the trollies—trudg- manfuily along—have enongh to do to keep their foothold. The travelers, for the greater —— of time moving through a dim twi- y of bt. cannot well make out the features even those who sit beside th Now and again the little electric lamps, set in rude niches of the naked gray chalk, cast a brililant but fuzi- tive light on the passing train. Then, for awhile, ali ts again but darkness visible. There are shadows above and beneath and all ground. Looking backward or forward throuzh the deepening gloom the traveler sees an ever-receding, seemingly endless tunnel- shaped perspective, lit at long intervals as with flery eyes. Onward, and yet onward— to no sound save the splas made by the tall workmen tramping through mud, and ihe drip. Grip of the water upon the hood above our heads—we are dr: d and pushed beneath the shinzle and the id of the shore fora time level with the beach, and then down, a quarter of 2 mile‘deep, past low-water mark, under the bed of the channel. The bore has cut clean through the gray chalk in a circle as round and true as the inside of a wedding ring. So thoroughly, indeed, ts the Instrument adapted to the work and to the ma- terial that In dry places it fs possible to see the chisel-marks made a couple of years ago. At intervals along the route, where it is feared the water might come through, the sides and roof have been paced with lead or clay, and held up with solid iron bands, apparently about eizhteen Inches wide. Sometimes, in the fitful flashes of Nght, the eye rests upon falling red rivulets, like streama of blood, pouring down the damp walls. Ever and anon there are “faults” in the clayey chalk not yet remedied. Sowe go on and on, moments seeming as minutes, until the electric lamps cease altogether and the long, awful cave is enveloped in adarkness that woul be impenetrable but for the glimmer of a few tallow-candles stuck into the bare wall of the cutting. Even a mile and more from the mouth of the shaft it is not dificult to breathe, for the same machine which works the bore pumps drives a continuous supply of fresh air into. the seven-foot pipe, which at present forms no more than the nucieus of atunnel. Ata distance of 2,800 yards from the pit-mouth we come upon the simple and wonderful piece of machinery which can pierce through the bed of the sea with extraordinary celerity and at a cost cheaper than is required for the making of an ordinary tunnel under a hill. By permission of the president ot the board of trade, the engineer 4s allowed to make a couple of turns in order to show our party the method of its working. Presently we remount our not too comfortable carriage and pass stooping once more along the fearsome narrow way; pass by spaces of hor- ible shadows and glimpses of welcome light. And finally we are swung up through the shaft Into the outer alr, where the glad sunshine catches the tall cliff’s face and bathes the smil- ing and yet unbetrayed channel in an atmos- phere of golden glory. : EGGS FROM FOREr Many Thousand Dozeng Imported Yearly from Europe. LANDS. From the New York Timea. - Two hundred thousand dozen eggs have been recelved at this port from Europe during the past nine months. The importations have ceased until the mtddle of September, when they will beresumed. The home supply is so large during the summer months and the risk on impor eggs so great that for the ensuing threg months none will be brought from the other side to place on the market here. There are only two houses here that Import eggs. The firm of John C. Mahr & Sons, at Washington and Reade streets, began receiving three years ago, and the consignments to it have steadily increased. The head of t! use said yester- day that the exgs that came to this country 3 nd Deumark prin- . Italy and Turkey countries, but made from them. straw in long cases ¢ ‘The only ¢ those produce: came packed in nimg 120 dozen each. imported eggs and 'y Was that the former were somewhat ler and the shells perhaps @ trifle harder. The eggs were con- signed on commission, and the market here fixed their price. They were sold at from 1 to 2 cents less per dozen than domestic ezzs > lower price was on account of the size, and not because they were inferior in quality, for such Was not the case, At this season of the year, the dealer con- tinued. eggs were received fresh. During the winter they came limed. That Is, they were subjected to a sort of pickling process in lime- water. The effect was to close the pores of the shells, so that when boiled they were apt to break but not tc.njure the contents. Coming from colder countries, the egzs kept better than those laid here. This was true of those brought from Canada, and many were shipped from the Dominion tothe United States. The largest states of the Union were Ohio, I and Iowa. The breakage on imported eggs was less than on those that came from the ‘west. were transported by water and ‘Were subjected to much violence. The impor- tations had the effect of lowering prices here. It was when prices were high that the profit was made on imported eggs. A tale had been found for the eggs in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Whether retail dealers told their customers that they were buying im- ported eggs the speaker could not say, but he aw Do reason why any discrimination should be made. Engg pa heyhey a cer began sending ndon frst. The surplus sr. iply intended for that market was seat to this , thus introducing the eggs here. ‘The outk for the trade in the fall and winter ‘was good. A aes aoe in the (geese trade that me eggs woi Repaee be sent from China to San Francisco. Poultry-raising was an extensive industry in would keep as long as six or eight months, that was, of course, long, and there were no difficulties about tom In the way. cheapness with which could be produced in China made such a thine Possible. Fowils were kept on the boats on the rivers and. in fact, everywhere. Enot eggs could be sent from China to supply the whole United States. Colored Men Studying Greek. i Mae] i it i Eg Hy H i z CHANGING ONE’S NAME, What the Law Says of the Right to Do So. From the Detroit Evening News. A little personal controversy concerning a man’s right to change his name, without judl- cial or legisiative permission, led the News to ran a sewer through several legal minds and | drain off their opimons on the subject. They | Were pretty unanimous. It seems to be con- | ceded that if a fellow isn’t satisfled with his name he can quietly shed it and pick out one | that does suit. If he commits, or is accused of, & crime and is jugged this fact will tell against | him, an alias being regarded by judges and po- | licemen as a sure indication of hardened crimt- | Rality, but if he lives half way decent and suc- | ceeds In keeping out of jail he can squeeze through with nothing worse thana little curious | €ossip. People will wonder what he, or his an- | Cestoms, did to be ashamed of, and will probably invent some pleasant fictions In explanation, but j we all have to be lied about more or less and have to stand that. It'stelling the truth about | aman that hurts him. | There are exceptions, of course, but asa rule a man fs ashamed of his name when he discards | It. Some names are so grotesque as to subject | their owners to ridicule all through life. e |man with a funny name ts crushed from the time his playmates mock him at school until the | chronic punster goad him to madness in old age. | He may be a very nice young man indeed, but suppose he edges up for an introduction to the | fair young thing whose charms have been mak- | Ing him lie awake nights. ‘Permit me to pre- | sent Mr. Bobbletwitter,” saysthe mutual friend, | and then the girl snickers and the young man | feels the perspiration break out all over him, and he wants tocrawl off In a corner somewhere | and die. He might just as well pull out of the |race for that girl's affections. Another chap, | with @ cream caramel name like E. Clarence | Carruthers, even if he had red hair and only six dollars _a week, would take the pole and dis- tance him In the first heat. It’s all very well to | quote, “a rose by any other name,” and that | sort of stereotyped rubbish, but a i Is mighty | particular on this point. She has to write ont | the candidate's name, with ‘‘Mrs.” In front of it | about 500 times before she can make up her | mind that it’s good enough for her. | Thousands of people go through life with names that are constant sources of annoyance and mortification, and many others discard or modify them Just on that account. All sorts of motives inspire a change. A citizen of Troy changed his name from Paddy Ryan because it was the same as that of a vanquished pugilist. If his name had been Sullivan he would proba- bly have clung to it and tried to make out that | the Boston slugger was his own cousin. The little changes affected by a different mode of spelling come under observation every day. Old | Brown, the soap-boiler, rolls up a fortune and his name is good enough for him. But his daughters, who are esthetic, and his sons, who stay out all night buying wine at & a quart, | discover that Browne looks a great deal more | aristocratic and on goes the final “‘e.” Theatrical people change their names more than any other- class, but generally for good Teason. A stage name must be euphonious and taking and look weil in type. Sometimes the change is made in deference to relatives'who are opposed to the theater.. Very often It is made for no earthly reason except- that the fledgling actor or actress labors under the delu- sion that the nom du theatre must be something particularly high-sounding. About nine ont of every ten young women seeking the stage want to adopt a name so extravagant as to be ridicu- lous. ‘The sensible people of the profession retain thelr own names when they will serve the purpose. McCullough, Barrett, Jefferson and Mary Anderson are prominent examples. Those who are compelled to change find It necessary to make the change permanent. It is awkward and contusing to be Mr. Stubbs In pri« vate life and Mr. Fortesque professtonally. It is almost impossible to make the distinction, and the stage name isthe one that sticks. A popular melo-dramatic actor’s real name was Henry Alexander Bill. Early in life he was a newspaper man, and wrote some sketches over the signature of “Harry Meredith.” Upon adopting the stage he assumed the latter name, and for years he has been known by no other. A favorite comedian was christened John O’Brien, but made up his mind that John T. Raymond would look better on a three-sheet poster. Still he never quite went back on the family name until pretty Courtney Barnes took a solemn oath she would never marry an O’Brien, and made him get an order froma court legalizing the change beyond all question. There are two ways of changing one’s name provided by law. One is by special act of the legislature and the other by order of a court. There is @ Michigan statute which says that a probate court shall have power to change a name on written application, when suflicient Treason fs given and there is a showing that the change is not sought with fraudulent or evil design. In such acase there must be newspa- per publication of the application for three weeks. Probate Judge Durfee says, however, that he doesn’t know of any reason why a man can’t assume any name he pleases it .the change is not made for the purpose of hiding identity. The most of the applications made in this court are to change the names of minors whose prop- erty interests are involved. Other lawyers say that a change of name is purely a matter of per- sonal inclination, but that to avoid any possible dispute that may arise in establishing relation— ship or the right of real estate, it is better to be on the safe side and observe legal formalities. If, like the sinister seaman in a Gilbert and Suilivan opera, you feel that your “name isagin you,” it is always in order to appropriate an- other, but observe the same care that you would in stealing an umbrella from a church vesti- bule, and while you are about it pick out agood one. Losing On From the Boston Traveller. Recently we published a communication on this subject, and now Capt. R. B. Forbes sends the following incidents in his personal expe- rience: “Thave had some queer experiences In this line. About three years ago I came to Har- forhome. After galloping about a mile I sud- denly found or imagined that I had gone wrong. Teould not recali the surroundings; I turned my horse's head back and went near to my starting place; again turned and rode home over the same familiar road that I had 80 often _travelled! The loss of mind or identity of locality did not last more than twenty minutes. On a previous occasion I took the boat for Nahant at two o'clock, dined with a friend. and slept at the house of another friend. The next morning I went home quite well. Awakening the next oe ay wife alluded to my visit to Nahant the day before, of which I had given her a fall account on my return. I answered that I had not been to Nahant, and stuck to ft. The whole thing had-left my memory. Being alarmed, my wife sent for the doctor, who came and found me asleep. I awoke and found him feeling my pulse, and I asked why he had come, my wife stated the fact my haying denied the visit to Nahant. I replied, “You have been dreaming: Iam very well, and do not require the doctor.” The whole details of my visit to Nahant were tresh in my memory, but the fact of my having denied all knowledge of them had become completely blotted out. Many years ago, belay potent sep cones the Java sea, one fine ni at o'clock, we passed close totwo iittle islands called The Brothers. I went below to get a nap, and told the officer of the deck to call me at 2 a.m.,when,J intended to change the course to clear a shoal of somewhat doubtfal loca I awoke soon after 3 o'clock, wholly ious of having been called, and went on deck and scolded the officer for not calling me at 2o’clock, He answered that he had called me and informed me of the state of the wind and weather, as in duty bound, and that I, spearestly wide awake, had ordered the = tered two A “When at sea, in charge ofa ship, I had a habit of waking up at almost any hour, and the end of a watch at night DoS hatha me wide | awake and preparing to go on to see that all was going on right.” foe te a, Decline of Old Catholicism. From the New York Herald. It was for a time believed, and the belief was Justified by many outward facts, that the seces- sion from Bome on account of the confirmation of the and the Gootring of intallioiute peered and so much wide ih to rete a arty entiment, aad enoug! the lapse of years has kill Peary eatin: — = an a heard of Gee 014 in Bavaria, or in Germany and I~ thing whet does reach cp rong Pea ie thought any great progress made. In S the caube Is not poser th nit! rison Square in the cars and mounted my horse | “LE SECRET DE BISMARCK.” Answer of the London Times to the Partie Figaro. AN INSPIRED REPLY—PACIFIO INTENTIONS OF THE THREE POWERS IN ALLIANCE—WHAT THE CHANCELLOR Says. The London Times, under date of June 7, publishes the following article from its Paris correspondent : “M. Leo Lavedan recently published in the Figaro an article entitled ‘Le Secret de Bis- marek.’ According to M. Lavedan, Bismatck’s secret consists in trying to reconclle Italy with the pope, in then making Italy provoke France to a war, in coming to the ald of Italy to crush her foe, and, in proceeding to dismember France, Italy would not only take Nice and Savoy, but would go as far as the Var and would take pos- session of Corsica, which would become a per- manent menace to Toulon and Marseilles. Ger- many would take what remains of Lorralue, in- cluding Nancy. Belgium would take French Flanders, Switzerland Chablais, Spain Roussil- lon and a slice of Gascony, and lastly, for her neutrality, England would havea port on the French coast of the Channel. M. Lavedan, who in general is a writer of much wit and talent, says these things with perfect gravity, adding that they are not mere dle rumors, but precise facts brought to the knowledge of government by trustworthy men. “On what, then, does he base his statement? First, on Signor Mancint’s speech and the Triple Alliance; then on the evolution of the Depretis Cabinet, which has broken with Irredentism; on the effort made to bring about a between Italy and the Pope, and, lastly, on the journey of Field Marshal von Moltke, who has Just been inspecting the Franco-Italian frontier. M. Lavedan’s conclusions are ingenious for so fragile a basis. The Triple Alliance, he argues, is directed against France. If the Depretis Cabinet has thrown over Irredentism and _re- nounced all compensation on the side of Aus- tria, it 1s because Italy will have her share on the side of France. If endeayorg are made to reconcile {taly and the Pope, the reason fs that, once freed frqm the hostility of the Vatican, and recelying its support, Italy would have only France to contend with. If Marshal yon Moltke has been inspecting the Franco-Italian frontier, it is because the time for the conflict is at hand and the great strategist wishes-to give some last advice; and, lastly, if Prince Bismarck wishes to dismember France {t is because the monarchy 18 coming, and he desires that only a Franee ineapable of belng regenerated should be left to it. “This style of reasoning, though ingenious, cannot stand serious criticism. Signor Depretis’ evolution was forseen as soon as unified Italy desired to remain a liberal monarchy. ‘We used the revolution,’ the king sald some time ago to a man for whose truthfulness I can answer, ‘to effect unity, because when you are small you must use every means; but now we | must show that we are no longer In a state of | revolution, and that we are a regularly consti- | tuted monarchy.’ Well, Signor Depretia has not | done otherwise than was expected. Indeed, how could he work along with men whose policy is to overturn monarchies ? “The reconciliation between Italy and the pope is directed against nobody. It 1s a consequence ot Italy’s liberal monarchical evo- lution. The Vatican and Italy equally regret the present state of things. Piux IX. left to his successors the terrible burden of the voluntary imprisonment which embitters the existence of Leo XIII. ‘I am ready,’ said the pope a few days ago, ‘to enter eternity; and my successor will do as I do, die a prisoner in the vatican, if the holy see does not obtain the worthy independence to which it is entitled.’ These melancholy and determined words show the Pope's distress; but the distress of the Quirinal is not less. The king is obliged to take everything into account, down to super- stition. There isa part of the Quirinal which 18 excommunicated. It is deserted. The at- tendants prefer a garret in the non-excom- munieated portion to the flaest apartment in the excommunicated part. The emperor of Austria has not returned the king’s visit at Rome. How could he do so? Could he come to Rome without visiting the pope? And how and where could the pope return his visit? Many other embarassments are produced by the present situation. I do not know whether anarrangement will be made—I do not think there will be one for the present—but Ae i there in these endeayors to issue ma: An embarrassing situation that can be viewed as hostile to France? t As regards Marshal yon Moltke, we should be always on the brink of war if every time the fgreat strategist made plans a war were immi- nent. Immediately after the peace of Frankfort Count Moltke resumed his strategical studies. ‘There is not a spot in Europe which they do not embrace; he certainly knows the new French frontier as well as those who traced it, and I hope that in this respect France is as well in- formed about Germany as Germany is about France. He has evidently been examining the Italian frontier, and he eyidently intends to draw up a plan of campaign on the Italian frontier, which could no doubt be consulted if necessary. Only the necessity may never arise. Was it ona plan drawn up afew days betore- hand that the Germans entered Franee in 1870? M. Lavedan’s story. moreover, Is not compli- mentary to France. Her frontiers are reported by competent men to be admirably drawn, fortl- fied and connected. The so-called “trowe de Belfort,” which in 1875 the Germans compared to “thorn in the feet,” 1s a formidable barrier; and béhind all these ramparts France, armed as she Is, could brave the combined ¢rmies of three powers; It is a reprehensible mistake, there- fore, to set up such theories on such slendec grounds, The object of the Triple Alliance {s the preser vation of peace, and it is to preserve it that a positive undertaking between Russia and France is guarded against. But Russia would not lend herself to such an understanding, Just as } France Js well able to resist at home, Russia is | little ableto do so. Her army in Poland would be lost whenever Austria and Germany attacked | her, and her co-operation would be destroyed hefore she could give any manifestation of it. Hence the Austro-German alliance suffices to paralyze a Franco-Russian alliance, But Italy having Joined Austria and Germany the possi- bility of the latter alliance is more removed than. ever; yet neither France nor peace on that ac- count runs any danger. The N.Y. Herald says: “The significance of the reply lies in the tact that it 1s evidently inspired from Berlin. The Figaro had indicated several reascns for believing that the recent political manceuvers of Italy were related to projects of the triple alliance for provoking a quarrel with France. Its argument attracted attention throughout Europe.” Streeter, Who Fought Apaches. From the Tombstone Republican, Afew days since a Hermosillo dispatch an- nounced the wounding and capture of L. N. Streeter, while neading an Apache foray. Streeter 1s about fifty years of age, and was born in California, iis father being captain of an English merchantman trading on the Pacific coast, and his mother a nativeCalltornian. He first came into notice in Arizona by his connec- tion as clerk with the San Carlos agency. during Gov. Stafford'’s administration in this territory. While there he had some difficulty with the om- clals, caused, it is sald, by his giving ald and comfort to hostile Apaches. He left there snd- denly and went straight forthe camp of Juh and Geronimo, which was then near Jano Pass, on the line between Sonora and Chihuahua. It is stated that while he was at the agency he be- came enamored of a squaw belonging -to the tribe, and it was this fact that induced his leay- ing civilization to cast his fortunes with the Apaches. Gov. Stafford offered a large reward for his apprehension, some stories placing the Amount as high as $5,000. He was not appre- hended, however, and has never returned to Ari- With the fer ie AS said b; aed ae him Inti- mat very and well educated, and ‘a mannscr now in the hands ot the writer, written while at G goes was irenados, to Prove It. He speaks the Apache dialect fluently, and is said to have great influence with them. His standing among the sar by whom he is known as Don Cassamiro, seen when it is known that the eldest son of Chief Geronimo is named for him. George Washington’s Carriage. From the New York Sun, 17th. been on exhibition at the Philadelphia museum, and fs the property of Mr. B. Richardson, of thi city, it from The old vehicle tion the police had to ¢ The Was known et ue ade ia preidntiat wi Vernon through the southern of 1,900 miles, os ‘will probably be lon, SILK ADULTERATIONS. why ‘Silk Dresses de Not Last as Long as They Used to. From the Philadelphia Beoord. : Every woman who wearsallk knows that its enduring qualities do not equal those of the silks worn by her mother or, grandmother. In time, which it was pot necessary to replace every few months. Consequaptly it was a matter of moment to make up the giik in such a man- ner that it might be remodeled to suit the pre- valling fashion for a series of years. Much thought and care were expended in this direc— tion by those to whom a silk dress was not an oft repeated luxury. There has been of late no such necessity. It is pretty well ‘understood thas the fabric will not often out- last the most fleeting fashion, hence no hesitation 1s felt in eutting it in shapes to suit the humor of the hour. Why do silks not wear as well as formerly? . For a quar- ter of a century the silk-worms of Europe been attacked witha variety of diseases which have killed them by millions annually. The quality ofthe fiber produced by them is as good as ever, but the quantity has graduaily fallen to about one-sixth of what It attained at the stage of its highest proscar. The demand in the meantime const ty increased. Flimsy silks . Cheapness and welght were lence came to the assistance of the manufacturers, and numerous devices have resulted to spread the small proportion of raw material over six times the space be- fore covered. In what manner this system of adulteration has been and is still carried on fs shown by a writer in a foreign jour nal. One of the frauds which he thinks should meet with no quarter is ‘charged silk,” the term applied to that material which has been treated to certain astringents which enable It to retain and hold often as much as 800 per cent of aye. Another more reprehensible process which was protected by patent at the time of its intro- duction, was that of soaking the silk thread or a in a bath of acetate of lead, and when dry, reating it with hydro-sulphuric acid. Sulphuret of lead, to the extent of 23 per cent, was some- times found to be deposited, imparting a “sense of substance, an air of strength, and a look of superiority wholly fictitious.” Fortunately, the means of detecting this particular traud are easy and inexpensive. Itis only necessary to place a fragment of the suspected silk in a test tube or clear glass vial; moisten with water acidu- lated with a few drops of strong vinegar or ace- tic acid, and adda driblet of iodide of potassium. Should lead be present, a golden-colored deposit of fodide of lead will immediately betray its ap- pearance. The natural colors of raw silk are white, gray and the various shades of yellow; hence the ne- cessity of extensive dyeing, and hence one of the openings for fraud. However, according to our authority, a new era is dawning. The silk- worm Is to be coaxed to become its own dyer. A series of experiments, conducted by M. Rou- lin, a Frenchman, in 1876, resulted in the pro- duction of pale blue silk cocoons through the administration of indigo with thelr muiberry food before they began to spin. Since then he has obtained red cocden$ by feeding with the leaves ot the trumpet flbwer of the Orinoco. ‘Another Ingenious les has produced a ruby-tinted cocoon by feeding fora time on 4 variety of vine, and deép green by the partial use of lettuce leaves. It isto be hoped that these experiments will assume practical form. The maladies which ‘have ‘for so many years wrought havoc withthe allkworm are nearly stamped out, and noyy, if he can be made his own dyer, tolerable freedom from adulterated silks will be assured.” 9 ——__+e-_+____ ‘The English §parrow Must Go. From the Philadelphia Timos. The English sparrow must go; but how is he tobe made go? He will stand all the time on the order of his going, and won't go at all ex- cept as he can find new fields in which to spread desolation. He loves the milky wheat, the suc- culent bud, the ripening fruit, and he loves to destroy ten times as- much as he can devour. He also loves to drive-away the robin, the wren, the oriole, the american sparrow, the bluebird, and every other bird of song that makes coun- try homes and city parks delightful. ‘The law now says that everybody may kill the English sparrow, and everybody should begin at onee, The sparrow is everybody's foe; the of the garden, of the flel@ and of the son; of thé air, and ‘all should. join in destroying it. It Is a plucky, reckless raider, and is as tena- ciots of life as acat. It claims all seasons for its own, and funerals seem to be few and far be- tween inthe family. They won’t die in genial spring time; they won't die in the heat of sum- mer; they won't die in mellow autumn, and they won't die even in bleak winter. They seem to be able to live anywhere In all seasons, and to multiply with fearful rapidity. The time hascome when the systematic ex- termination of the destructive English sparrow must begin. They have areal over the whole of Eastern Pennsylvania, in town and country, and ina very few years there will not be a field that can escape devastation unless the work of extermination is commenced and vigorously prosecuted. It would be vain for a few in every neighborhood to begin the war. It must be a general uprising of the people against thia thiev- ing little fraud. But how is the work of exter- mination to be prosecuted? There is only one way, and that is for every family tu de- clare war against the feathered scourge. Let the shotgun do its best work around the farms, where its deadly mission can be fulfilled without driving the domestic birds away, and about country homes, where lawns and shades are the abodes of our own welcome domestic birds, the percussion shot- gun and theair-gun may be used with effect. The alr gun {is of little practical use in making Sparrow funerals, but it is just the thing to de- stroy their nests, and the destruction of the sparrow nests is the most important part of the work of extermination. See that no sparrow nest lasts long enough to send the brood out upon the world, and that most effective assault upon the sparrow can thus be well performed around every home or farm by a little evening and morning watchfulness. Philadelphia has tinported and spread the sparrow curse upon ourselves and the countr: and here the work of destruction should be sy tematic and tireless. Besides destroying buds and driving the birds of song from our squares, the sparrow has defiled and deformed ont houses and shrubbery, and the war should be relentless against itin our city. The sparrow can't be shot in the city with safety, but if care was taken allover Philadelphia to destroy the Sparrow nests, the work of extermination would be speedily accomplished. Let the people in the city and country begin at once, anda few years of effort will reward them with the prac- tical blotting out of the most pestiferous visitor of all the feathered tribe. pclae aise SOI He Blew the Bugle. Asmall party of young men were standing on @ street corner the other evening. They were curiously examining @ bugle belonging to one of them, and asa stranger came along an animated discussion arose. “I wish I could play on it,” sald one, “Play on it!” exclaimed another. could make 8 noise on it.” “ pretty hard ‘thing to do,” observed a third, ‘if you haven't got the hang of the thing Just right.” . ‘Hard thing to do!” chimed fn the stranger, halting and regarding the-party with evident contempt, Be could blow a bugle before I ‘I wish I was a foot hi “Well, ome bugles are different from others,” said the young men. ota T ex- “Gimme that bugl said the citedly. It was Immediately handed him, and he made one trial trip. putting it to his lips ‘here Was a subdued splutter, and the stranger commenced a kind of,:-war dance, at the same time holding his month in both hands. “Gi Cleopatra’s "he yell tears streaming from his eyes. “Who in thunder filled that mouthplece with venycrms pepper? Tm small, gent light fragile, but I tan lick the man who peppered the horn.” ——————o-_ Semething About Sharks. ‘From Pock’s Sun. i Hens i Es B HH many wind up ¢ ” s: 5 4 the good old days a silk dress was a thing of ie 4 SEVEN BAD DAYS. AUCTION. SALES. ‘What used up Tom Farmer's Time and = are oa ‘THIS AFTERNOON. FUTURE DAYS, r loney—He ndopts a Wiser Method. USTEE'S 8. F VERY VALUA: AL TP4OMAS DOWLING, auctones. “Why, Fariner, old boy, you look like your ownghost pastes oN Cosorietr AVENUE MOeaE 3 revisiting the glimpees of the moon, Where have rou aig ara 8 aeae| ; been for the past week, and what's thematter with your” | “i fang uss ty SALE OF CONDEMNED MATERIAL BELONGING ‘ Tom Farmer was a book-keeper in alarge Now York | 22tU eee. TO THE DISTRIUT GOVERNMENT. Publishing house, and is yet, forTom isa boni Ade ies ey ox character, with a post-offi.e address and a name in the hie. ca THORSDAY, JUNE 21, 1883, , a iuard fort, Be AT 20 O'CLOCK. a little and is occasionally careless in his habits. two years, with in! T shall sell in rear of Public School, corner of Twoety- “T've been at home, that's where I've been,” re- | frurt of the prem een. of $200 sponded Tom, wearfly, dropping into his old seat, | of sale must ‘‘under the doctor's handay and between the doctor and | thascr) SSD the dyspepsia, a mighty tough time I've had of it.” “‘Beems to mo,” ssid correspendent James Quinn, shuffling the morning's mail like ® pack of whist cards, A LARGE COLLECTION OF OLD MATERIAL, CONDEMNED AS UNFIT FoR USE, COMPRISING WROUGHT AND SCRAPIRON, LARGE LOT OF OLD STOVES, DESKS AND CHAIRS, MATTRESSES, TO-MORROW. ‘“‘that you might be ableto find something to straighten | Jy THOMPSON, Auctioneer: PLATFORMS, ont that stomach of rou, Tt une upmorvot rour | FEREMPTORE SALE OF 00 LOTS 0 Together with many other articles mot necesmacy te time and money than half » dozen sound stomachs] — CHILDREN, CONSISTING OF DEUE ELAR EE | mumerate, would if you hed tofeed ‘em all, withmeat atpanio| S420, FAS C¥ FARE yt OF CHILDREN'S | BY orderof the Tngineor Commissioner District of prices.” At my auation rans, on EDNESDAY MORNING, Cotumite, “Heaven knows I wish T could fix ttup all right." | dive ‘Deda iain? ot TEN O'CLOCK. ele post. THOMAS DOWLING, sighed Tom, dospondently, ‘for dyspepela is just | pRHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, soni = er hades on earth, an no mistake.” AVERY EXCELLENT ASSORTMENT OF MENS | [THOMAS POWLING, Anctoncor. ‘There-sst poor Tom, with pale, thin, haggard face, | © ARGoT TEN DOZEN SIRAW HATS AT AUC, oe no appotite, nausested stomach—smbitionless, hope| on WEDNESDAY MORN(\G, JUNE TWENTI- RARE OLD ENGLISH BOOKS, earning tho dally broad which, afterhe hadearnedit, | HSIN% oat PMnctoneer, FINELY ILLUSTRATED, his disease forbade him to enjoy. And in T. COLDWELL, Real Estate Auctioneer. TEUSTEFS SALE OF A VALUABLE BULDING LOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF Fo sThikr BETW! NINTH AND TENTH STREE’ SOUTHWEST. By virtue of a deed of trust dated July 24th. A.) D. Le%9, duly recorded tur Libee No. 918 folio 4a District of, SUPERIOR BINDING, Comprising Clafeioal and Miscellancous Works, many sik MY A a i 3 AUC ION ROO! Corner 11th street and Penney! wenn on MONDAY, JUNE TWENT' “Tom,” said the gray-haired head of his department, “take a word of advice from # man that's been there, Jeave off stimulants and quack stuff, and pay twenty- five cents for one of BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS ‘H, 1688, et eeq., one of the land records for the Commencing st SIX O'CLOCK, and the fehowtne ‘This wasayearago. Tom tried it an. hasn't lost a day in tho last eix months. * ‘The genuine have ‘‘CAPCINE” cut in the middle. Don'tsuffer yourself to be swindled. Seabury & John- Lot numbered thirty-eight (35), in the subdivision square numbered three hundred and eighty-nine ? ‘Terms: One-third cash, and the balance in six, twelve and eixhteen months, with interest at six per cent per annum, secured by deed of trurt, or all cash at mn of purchaser. $100 deposit at the time of recorded tn Liber B, corde of the couayy ic auction 2 ESTWEN TE Pine te CLOCK A. M., all that coy Own OA part of the’ old Bend. ng Dfty-five meres, two rod: follo 344, one of the In irfax, Va. 1 will rel ‘on THUR EN a four sale ail conveyancing and recording at purchaser's | jerchie nes jew. tosrether with ali che =. son, New York. Je16_| cont: “Tetaps to be complied with tp eeven days. Seaeag oon nd peivicgen totems bolong> 7 GRAINAED | SENER} prasteos. ing. JeT-edd__ JOHN JOY EDSON, $7 A herman Cash All converancing at purchaser's cont, E poet required ‘nt wale 2 be come FE HE (00, 8585 TOIT ERE TTTe DWELLING HOUSE THREF S10RIFS AND | Pi even days, otherwise resale at risk and. HHHO O8sss. fT ER OF LAR, BEING No. 517 EAST CAPITOL iting purchaser, after five dag! popite HHO OL Ss & Ee z* i a VENIENCE, AND | nti ch resale in Lhe Evening Star, pi aim Ho Hoo Ssss8 Tf Lee F Or. Mgr R. MAIGHT, Trantoo, : On EDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNF, — ae TWENTIETH, 1863, at SIX UCLOCK, we wiley | June 1883, ee Je2-205 ne of the best dwell-—* SALP OF AND 808 on iol stro: haste been THIKD STRERT sOUIHEAST. = = < Pete at oes sal Canina cnt ee Virtuo of a decree of the Supreme Court of the, - ae w BBS 110 feet, improved bya wel f = regy ee r jf ir brick dwelling, with pu r feet; modern eonveniencea, T le trimmings and steps. order. ‘Terms: One-fourth cash: bala three yours, notes to bear 6 jor ce secured by deed uf trust. If pure the cash payment great Guaranteed and abstract nal installm 16 7 J; or all cash, at pvorel ¢... prurclianer'e Cost. cau} noven dase; otherwine, restate at tek atid com at cont of parc faulting purchaser, after, five dase" pubie a <1 Tencrven. the Ticht to, Resell come newspaper publisi - BPR PTET rere prem mmm sey | Sue nengysner putienedin Warkiogton, a the Bick nnd cont 5, Jel4-d&ds DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. Be It z T a RES, 'SSSq ie bos Of 2 kus BOB Sess8 = JR.© HOLIZMAN, Peat Estate Auctioncer. TRUSTFE'S SALE OF VALUABLE IMPRovep = REAL ESTATE, ON D STR NEAR FIF- ) tAN TEENTH STREET NORTHW D ORGANS. y virtue of a decree of the Si AOU THINKING OF BUYING A PIAN A number of our SQUAR PRIGHT Bi PIANOS have been turned a use off a UP fter pluintift and Charles F three to xix months, and, in # few we : ute, T eball will soll these instruments way Deli tw factory" on HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS meets the | );ijuin®, Renn, of fab soen te ee ee requitements of the rational medical philosophy which mouthiy Installments’ as low ae sour ‘convenlonee me at present prevails. | It ie a perfectly pure vegetable | Peréd three (3), in square No. 227, said lot hiaving a | quites.” If you are a clone coal baigur, or walt tie Oa remedy, embracing the three important properties of a | {font of 13.79 feet on D street northwest, and a depth of | vantaces of cash prices, On tas, call tad soe ua, Pianee 95 fect and three inches. and is improved by a comfort able three-story brick dwelling house containing seven rooms, Terms of sale: One-third cash; $100 at time of sale, preventive, atonic and an alterative. It fortifies the of other inakers at big berg body against disease, invigorates and rovitalizes the torpid stomach and liver, and effects a salutary change rains. HEINEKAMP BRANCH FACTORY WaREROOMS, and the remainder in two equal installinents, payable | 314 427 10th street northwest. in the entire system. Fespectively in wine anit eighteen monthin fro day of | os - , sale, with Interest deferred payments to bea tien For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally, on the premises sold, If the terms of sale be not com- fie a plied with in ten days from the day of sale the Trastes: — ‘ Je ie risk and ret iw. Feserves the right to resell the proverty at cost of the defauiting purchaser, be at the cost of th ‘All conv pu yancing to e pure! ane JOUN C.HVALD, Trustee, Xo. 501 F street northwest, R. 0. HOLTZMAN, Auctioneer, de7-d&as 10th and F streets northwest. Nonce or Trustexs Save x! or PTA! AND ORGANS. At the trustee's sale on the 10th of May of, the assets of the late firm of Biackmar, Eb fern the most sevare wees. They 9 not fatigne "tho (PHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ling & Co., agents for the Chickering Piano Ac ‘pau! iquid Co} 5 GEwALe in Baltimore, I purchased somo magnificent bargains and will Be found a safeand Sfreotive remedy EXECUTORS BALE OF VALUA! in NEW AND SECOND-HAND PIANOS AND OR- a BETWEEN LIN IN ETO SQUAKE OF THE’ M RAILROAD, AND N. OOLLEGE, GANS. As I was crowded for room bafore making this purchase, I find myself now compelled to sell these goods ata trifl ng advance, as T have no room to store them. Iwill well for ten days bran new SQUARS PIANOS for $160, worth $380; UPRIGHTS for $175, worth £350; SQUARE GRAND PIANOS for $190, | Worth $600; NEW ORGANS for $50, worth $90, &0.5 SEVEN-OOTAVE SQUARE PIANOS, used, as lowes $65; SIX-OCTAVE for $30. Those instruments are made by the best known firms im the buxnes and are fully warranted. People of good couutenauce can page chase of us on monthly payments. For further particulars cali on CHAUNCEY J. REED, 433 SQVENTH STREET N. W. DAVIS & CO.°S PIANOS. {n thore wonderfully perfect tustri ‘be riven in all cach sales before July| 5 Dow is your time. Elegant stock now open at $11 9th strect northwest, my26-e0 i. , AND WITHIN © TROPOLITAN STRE & TO GEORGEIO Russer Hose OF ALL KINDS, y proved aud recorded in the ogi for the said District, the Executor, will offer for sale at publicauc— THUESUAY, THE premises, on ‘OF JUNE, 1583. descr Hon, the OCLOCE P. Maithe follo ed real estate of 0 the douse tp wit: ait dat eco OF pared of ground ting and suet in Threikold'e MADE AND WARRANTED BY Addition to REVERE RUBBER CO., etown in the District of Columbia, and being the whole of lot numbered one hundred and twelve (112)and parts of lots nurubered one hundred aud eleven (111) and one hundred and twenty-one (121) in said. ad- dition, beginning for the pieces or parcels of ground at the end of ninety-cight fest and nine inches (98:9) from the point of intersection formed by the west line of Lingan street with the north line of Second street westerly on the suid north and running thence westeriy by line of Second street eighiy-c 115 DEVONSHIRE STREET, Je12-e0 GWATNE'S PILLS. BOSTON. ni feet and three inches a a our | (21:9) #0 the west time of ‘said Jot one huudred and | 7VHE STIETY, THE § oh & BA APPA twelve (112): thence running on said west line northet the NEW ENGL vr y belching, soreness in back. breast and fide, heart pains, | one hundred and fifty feet .-£0) to the back line of eaid | BARBER. BALTIMGM ot ae ante igadinest, bad color t hd Urine, “ot and cold | fe Bautred and itty Cot) to te back pe of ald ‘Onwaus, at lowest f prices for cas, oF on easloat te fect (G0) to the eust line of said lot; thence Faoning | known montti; insiainent plan, a @ with ssid east line and. tho cure by gently removing all corrupt matter, reulating 15 “one “hundred. nd teente ete |G. 1. WILD & BRO. MUSICAL WAREROOMA, Soa EO ae Deets oo honey POX Of BU ills; | thirty (0) feet to the worth line of wuld lot numbered | aps 00 0th atest noche: xes $1.00, at Druggists ORT Bile & EON, one hundred and twen y-one (121); thenee running re yr | x > easterly with atd north line twenty-me a OOMS, PIANC my10-th, ta Philadelphia, Ba. | fhetos (2.3): theuco in a steayht ine souiheriy tates | AR at cates weaker ron ae EO of beginning, improved by oO F: Dwe'ling | duced prices. Wi. Knabe & Co."« world-re. E PPS’ cocoa ered respe:tivel 3, and one aes wd Reyainng. 423 BREAKFAST. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING 70) Test on said Georgetown, front 0) feet on 24 “Ry a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which | Sud ruun ng bu govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by # careful application of the fine Azoperties of well we- ted Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided. our breskfast tas ith a delicately-flavored beverace, which: Inay y heavy doctors" bills. Itis by’ the judicions use of euch articles of dict that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency tod sense, Hundreds of sublie maaindies are Rocting arcund us, ‘ready to atiack wherever thers it's Weak point. Wemay excape many & fatal shaft by keep- ing ourselves well £01 ‘with pure blood, and a prop- erly nourished frame."—Civil Service Gazelee, ‘Made simply with boiling water or milk, Folu in tins, (only 24-Ib, and Ib.), by Grocers, labeled. STECK & CO. PIANO, The moat Perfect Piano Mada, EMERSON PIANO, The Nest Medium-priced Piano Manufactnna’. WILCOX & WHITE AND KIMBALL ORGANS, Pienoe and Oreanssold on instalments, rented or ee See SCENT MUSIC 5 CEN" SIC. ‘Ube culy Complete Stock in thentte. BENRY EBER 4 TREE. aa No 915 F Managing partner of the late firm Elis &Co. SEWING MACHINES, &c. PLETE SEWING MACHINE ES~ THIS SIDE OF NEW YORK. on’ E band ATTACHMENTS, PARTS ind-class SEWING class SEWING MACHIN! S TRACING WHEELS, andevery~ lor 1 h If the terins are not complied with in ten days After the day of sale the Ex eserves the right to Tesell the property, after five days’ public notice, at the Fink and eost of the irchuser in default, All convey ancing at the cost of the purchaser. Jel2-d&ds RICHARD K. CRAWFORD. Executor. 1HOMAS DOWLING, Aucnoneer. TEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING LOT ‘ON FOURTEENTH STREET, BETWEEN U AND V STREETS NORTHWEST. Virtue of a deed of trast, dated April 13th, A, uly reecrded in Liber No. "1,001, the lend records forthe i at the request of the © LISHMES I will Gi uv a of the on ‘warranted. machines f it. The ea u H NTY-FIEST Da¥ OF JU Sewing Mach: ‘shtest rubuingand f u all other Giues and Ge- ‘KP. M., all that certain ee ae od & s0 U Bee mint! - known as Lot numbered six (@), of Wwhitse my attended {ost “OPPENHEIMEICR,” ‘of part of square Dumbered Sette: binetns cad ekeee heat 4 snd thirtyssix (Be), (os Uh eoneee Bk. Cloed Badin. © Terms: im hand and the ‘in remainder in six and ‘of the cchumor Torme t0 be complied with USTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLY IMPROVED . ERTY ON F 8 BETWEEN NINE- ; TRENTH AND TWENTLEE STREETS NORTH- wh, “Gar edt in Liter Softee 2303 coef AY, ws L-WOOL BLUE ALL WOO) FLANNEL PANTS, Ben 60a: Straw Hat ip he ys one Dante Summer: ‘25c. up. Houta ad Boye! Slagle Paste Bees eo upwarde, 3. W. SELBY, set 1914 and 1916 Pennayivania avenue. Al ‘District of Colum! St the requeet of the Bow f will ‘on WEDNES! 1863, at