Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1883, Page 3

RELIGIOUS NOTES. CUCRCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE. —Thursday the Free Methodists of this vi- amenced their camp meeting in Cross- ast Falls chureb, Va., and there re 14tents in place. The meetings thus far have been well attended. — The forty hours’ devotion will take place in Catholic churches in this neighborhood as | St. John’s, Montgomery county, M Sep 23; St. Dominie’s, September 3 § Joseph 2nd Immaculate Conception, October 7, ud St. Ausustine’s, October 14. v. Dr. Domer, pastor of St. Pan!’s English set apart | ening services at his church fora series of lectures on the life and character of Dr. Martin Luther—this being Incoxumemoration of the 400th anniversary of his birth, which occurs November 10. — Brother ¢ rector of t brothers at St. Joseph's wrt Hull), Baltimore, has been 5 John’s Col- leziate Institute ztoa, D.C. Brother . Who was in chat 8 1's for fifteen years, succeeds to the di- Feciurship of Ca Hall. — Mr. J. W. Ki y, of the historical bureau | of the War department. has been engaged in terial for a history of the M. E. of aa a ave hear Langley, in . Watters was born in ialti- was converted in May,1771y Mr. 1 and upe stering the ministry became the junior p erin Frederick cireuit in 1773, Georsctown being then in the circuit. He was the first pastor ot the Foundry M. E. church. He died about 1827. —Bishop Foster, of the M. E. Church, has re- aa from his jong tour in Europe and the east. —Spring Lake, N. J., one of the new coast summer resorts below Ocean Grove, already has three churcires. —It is said that the clerical season at Sara- as been more of a success than the fashionable season. — Rev. J. R. Williams, of the Hagerstown Qld.) Lutheran chareh, has resigned his charge, to ta effect October Ist — Ex-Congressiaan De La Matyr has returned | to ministerial work as pastor of the Lawrence M. E. chureh, at Denver, Col. —The average length of pastorates among | the Baptists is three years—the full limit allowed by the rules of the E. church. — Hon. J. B. Jervis, of New York, has em- ployed Rev. W. B. Hammond to work among the nexlected classes of Rome, ¥. —There has been subscribed $2,000,000 for a new Catholic university at Milwaukee, Wis., and work will at once be commenced. — Rev. J. L. Andrews, of St. Leo’s Catholic church, Baltimore, will, in afew days, celebrate the 25th anniversary of his priestnood. —In China the Roman Catholic chureh has 41 bishops, 1.096 priests (452 native Chinamen). 64 colleges, 34 convents, and aVatholic population of 1,042,818. — Father Hyacinthe will soon be in this coun- try, to make a lecture tour, in the hope of thus earning money with which to clear his Paris chapel of debt. — Major Whittle, the evangelist, is conduct- Ing a series of Bible readings at Farwell hall, Chicaxo, preparatory to the Christian conven. September 13-20. ss, who worked with Messrs. Moody England, has organized a band in Plymouth that goes by the euphonious name of the “Blissful Brothers.” —Mrs. Adaline M. Smith, of Oak Park, Il, Proposes to give 310.000 to found the Smith medical mission at Nanking. China, as a memo- Fial to her deceased husband. — Spurgeon says that it is possible for aman to bea Christian and belong to a brass band, but that it would be difficult for such a man’s Rext-door neighbor to be a Christian. —Potomae Chapel, of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh South, in Moutgomery county, Md., has been improved and enlarged in order to meet the wants of the growing congrezation. —Key. Mr. Graham has accented a call to the pastorate of the Bethesda and Rockville Presby- terian churches, and has notified the respective congregations that he will enter upon his duties October Ist. — Ninety years ago 265.50 was the amount on the enly subscription list in England to carry the go=pel to the heathen. To-day the Method- ists alone of England raise $1,000,000 a year for muission work. —The Catskill Mountain Assembly is the latest. The place chosen for this summer camp ground is on the mountain side near Hunter Villaze, in the Catskills, and the first meeting Bas just closed. — The American Sunday-school Union has {s- sued a circular containing a program for the observance of the two days now set apart for universal prayer on behalf of Sunday-schools, October 2ist and 22d. —Arehbishop Gibbons has transferred Rev. N. W. Caughy, of St. Patrick's Catholic church, Baltimore. to the pastorate of the church at Laurel. Rev.Joseph A. Gallin is appointed as- sistant at St. Vincent's Baltimore. —Rev. Samuel Richards, a Baptist minister for forty years, died August 25th, in Boston. He Was @ native of Philadelphia. He learned the Printing business in Boston, but gave it up to enter the minigtry in 1842. — Charles W. Holorook, a graduate of An- dover (Muss.) semimary, was ordained last Rockland, Me., a missionary of the American (Congregational) board, and will sail this fall tor frica. Von luembach, who has been a successful evangelist in Germany, it is said, has withdrawn from the M E. church and will shortly return to America, unite with some other denomination and go back. — Cardinal McCloskey has returned to New York greatly invigorated in health. The cardi- Ral now says mass pretty reguiarly in the pri- vate chapel attached to his residence, and is bored to transact business without difficulty or — The Philadelphia Ledger says that 2600 per &nnum would be a maximum salary for a singer in a church choir in that city, except in special | instances, and that very tew of the Roman Catholic choir (quartet) singers receive more than £200 or $250 per annum. — At the recent convention of the Newfound- Jand Sunday schools an increase in Sunday Bschool membership was reported of from four to five thousand over last year’ Island now has about 25,00) memberehe te fen: day schools — The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. church has 49 missionaries in the eld, 137 day scnools, 17 boarding schools, 3 orphanages and 4.000 scholars. There are 4,043 auxiliary societies, and last year the income ‘Was $105,000. — St. Alphonsus (Catholic) church, Baltimore, ‘was crowded at the services commemorative of the death of Father Alexander, during whose Pasterate the present edifice was erected. A Catafalque, surrounded by numerous candies, stood in the center aisle, and a choir, accom- — by am orchestra, rendered Cherubini's —Rev. Dr. Samuet 0. Wylie, for thirty-five Jears pastor of the Second Reformed Presbyte- Fian churesi, Philadelphia, recently died at the ace of sixty-four years. He was forty-oue years im the ministry, and for twenty years chairman of the board of foreign missions, and filled sev- ¢ral otlier important positions in the boards of the chureh. é — The basement of the new chapel at St. Joseph's Passionist Monastery, on the Frederick road, Baltimore, opposite Loudon Park ceme- tery, has been finished, and a fair ts being held there to raise funds for turgishing it. The pei, the exterior of which 9 pone pimps pleted, is an imposing building of granite, 47 by feet. About $10,000 will be required to con. Dlete it. + _— A New Hampshire paper speaks of a place Mm which there are three churches, but no Preacher, and gives as a reason for such a state of th . “that a $3,000 minister is wanted for Sbout three hundred, and he must be martied, so as not to flirt with the girls. and must take Ais pay in beans, potatoes, chickens, etc. In fact. he must be too spiritual to eat and live, {Xcept on tie eloquence which he delivers to THE REVISED PRAYER-BOOK. Enlarging the Litany of the Protes- tant Episcopal Church—The Changes. From the Philadelphis Presa. The new Episcopalian prayer-book, the work of the committee appointed for the purpose at the last general convention of the church, has just been made public in book form, in order that the changes made in it may be thorougly understood before the meeting of the next general conference in this city in October. The work ofchange, or rather of enlargement, for it was the intention of the committee to add Portions omitted from the American compilation instead of introducing new words or phrases, was undertaken at the request of members of the church, who thought the book should con- tain more of the forms in use in the English prayer-book The original of both books, as is well known, is that compiled in 1549 under Edward VI., thonzh that was composed of forms and prayers used in the church before the time of Augustine. The Scote aveh introduced some changes in ‘d in their services, and as the first hop was consecrated by the Scotch ops, the Seoteh forms of prayer and ritual naturally became those recognized in America. ‘Their principal difference from the English was In slight condensations, which omitteg canticles and versicles and words here and there in the various services. These omissions have often been felt, more especially since the English prayer books have become well known in the churches on this side of the Atlantic, and the movement which culminates in the publication of the new book originated in thedesire to have the more complete expressions put back again. The committee's work, it should be said, is merely advisory, and will have to be examined by the coming convention. Even if they do ap- prove of it, if cannot come into use until for- mally adopted by the next great gathering of the church, to be neld three years hence. The principal changes recommended begin with the short torm of absvlution, which was originally taken from the communion service by Bishop White. The bishop disliked to use the first or longer form, and brought in the second —the one now generally used—to sult his own opinions. In the new book it is taken out en- tirely, as being a declaration more appropriate for coununicants than a general congregation, and words less decided in character have been substituted. The “Magnificat” and ‘“Nune Dimittis” are added to the canticles in the form for morning prayer, and the mention of the President’s name in the prayers somewhat changed in form. The original wording follows that of the English prayer for the sovereign, but the change makes the reference less to the person and more to the office of chiet magis- trate of the people. The reason for the change is supposed to be the temporary character of the occupation of the office. A petition for the government of a kind similar to that for the English roval family is also added to the litany. In the form for evening prayer the same change in the shorter absolution is used, and the versicles in general.as in the morning prayers, are brought nearer to those in the English books. The English third collect, be- ginning izhten our darkness,” is added. The Psalter is divided by semicolons for chanting, though the pointing, Uy indicating words for emphasis, is omitted out of regard for the dit- fering opinions of choir-masters. Several addi- tional prayers are given place among those used for special occasions and Thanksgivings, and a very Important change is made in the introduc- tion of a collect, epistie and gospel for Transfig- uration Day. These forms for that day were in use in the prayer-books in the early days of the church, but history says that they were taken by one of the Popes to add to the services on his birthday. When the book met with Its next revision, they were found in the wrong place, and probably dropped out altogether. The communion and baptismal services undergo little or no change, but the matrimonial service has received the addition of several words, desizned, in these days of easy divorces, to miake its pledges more binding. The beautiful service of burial of the dead is left as itwas. Other changes brought in here and there will hardly be noticed, except by careful students of the book. On thecommittee of enlargement were Bishop Williams, of Connecticut; Dr. Huntingdon, of Worcester, Mass.; Dr. Morgan Dix, of New York, and other well-known clergymen, and it is expected that the tention at the coming assembly, which be; its sessions October 5th in Trinity church. abntidees Siardom =k Victor Emanuel on his Farm. ‘From the Paris American Rogister. Last week I told you what a citizen of the United States had done for a king, and now I have the opportunity of telling you what the king has done for the citizen. In other words, Ispoke of the magnificent gift of the horse Damascus, presented by J. W. Garrett, of Balti- more. to King Humbert, of Italy. Of course, the king could not return the gift in kind, as there is not in all Italy, some say not in all Eu- Tope, a horse as perfect, as beautifuland as win- ning In his ways as Damascus. But the king has hit upon an odd, unwonted and also a very valuable gift. He has presented to Mr. Garrett astud of four fine Arabian camels, two male and two female, reared in Italy. and to-day or to-morrow they will be embarked at Leghorn on one of the Florio-Rubattino coast-line steam- ers to go to Palermo, whence they will probably arrive at New York about the middle of Sep-4 jas: tember. But it may be asked: “Do they raise camels in Italy?” Yes, they do. and have done it for more than 200 years. In the good old days of Cosmo di Medici, about 1625, camels were im- ported into Tuscany, and were placed for breed- ing purposes in the Cascine, or ducal farm, of San Rossore, which had long been a favorite country seat and hunting place of the rulers In Tuscany. The modern traveler, as he whisks along in the railway car from Leghorn to Pisa, may not remember that about three miles before he reaches Pisa, he runs through a plantation of maritme (or umbrella) pines, se dense that he would fancy himself in some forest region. This is a portion of the new royal farm of San Ros- sore, which was the favorite piace in central Italy as a resort for the late Victor Emanuel. Here it is that for more than two centuries and a half camels have been recularly reared. Some- times, in the days of the Mecci, there have been as many as 250 of these ‘ships of the desert” at one time on the farm of San Rossore, doing the work of beasts of burden, engaged in transport- ing stone tor building, gravel for roads, or in gathering in the harvests. Then, too, when the Medicean princes wished to make a present to the potentates of Europe, no gift in the hand of any ruler could surpass in royal estimation the gift of a camel from San Rossore. Victor Eman- uel, who was @ great lover of animais of ail kinds, saw that the flock of camels did not ran down after the grand duchy of Tuscany became a portion of United Italy, and when King Vic- tor died his successor found at San Rossore be- tween one and two hundred of these exotic ani- mals, originally from Arabia, and replenished in breed from time to time with large, fine animals brought from Tunis. The present of four of the best of this flock, sent to Mr. Garrett. makes an era in the gift-giving ot King Humbert, for to no emperor or king, and to no royal conserva- tory or governmental zoological collection, has the king ever sent so many or such fine camels as those which are now going to a private citi- zen in the new world. D. E. Curran, who so successfully brought over Damascus, has the charge of these four camels, and no doubt he will be as fortunate in handing over to Mr. Gar- rett the royal gifts as he was in placing Mr. Gar- bide mugniticent present in the king’s hands at lonza. San Rossore is one of the places which will always have a historical interest connected with the first king of United Italy. Victor Emanuel did not like courts and court life, though no man could ve, or was, more courtly, and no one more fully exacted and satisfied the formalities of court. But his delight was in camp and in rural life and sports. All contemporary wit- nesses of his behavior in his campaigns corrob- orate the Joy and the dash of the man amidst the stirring scenes of army life. He rejoiced in the sound of the trumpets as much as Job's war-horse. The deep bass of cannon and the accompanying musketry suited him well, and he once said that ‘the only music he ever cared for, the only one that he could understand.” was the inharmonious thundering and noise of the battle-flela. Rural life, outdoor life—he thoroughly enjoyed, whether on one of the many royal preserves or amidst the wild valleys and crags of the Alps of northern Italy, which are far less trodden and far more inaccessible than any tion of the Alpine territory in Switzerland. It is said that the last hold the ibex (the steinbock of the Germans) In central Europe, ts in a few of the recesses of the Alps whose a look down upon the towers of Ta- tin and the spires of Milan. Thither every year hé would repair, and in his gray shooting Jucket and his soft, high Tyrolese hat he went every- where. No one could stand more hardship and Tough mountain climbing than as he often left histew attendants far behind, and, with only a. mountain hunter, sought in the wildest spots ie amet or the crags, or the large horned Within @ few minutes after rendering their verdict the Frank J; mone — jury paid their board the multitude. Any minister answering this description will be ladly welcomed there ts oe orearapi disap- peared with them, and the fi Galla- tin, Mo., became an indignation meeting, WINTER FLOWERING PLANTS. Cinerartias and Calceolarias. Edgar Sanders, in Prairie Farmer. To have flowers coming into blossom in thelr order involves the preparation for same some months before—looking to that end in view. With kinds of a perennial character, this may consist in keeping them ina free growing con- dition; pruning where necessary; ting such as may require it, and other minutia which the different habits of the plants require; in fact, constituting that knowledge acquired only by years of observation and study that go to make up the qualifications of a gardener or good plant-grower. With the plants now under con- sideration, however, the Cineraria, Calceo- laria. and we might add, the Chinese Primula, we have, every year, a new crop of plants en- tirely, and, as any of them may be kept over, it is far better to sow the seeds annually—as the plantsso raised are much more vigorous, and, asarule, give greater satisfaction in the long run. It Is usual to sow the seed during the sum- mer, some care being necessary in the early stages of the young plants, to ward against damping off, a3 it is called, before the plants get into the rough leaf. The best way is to sow the seed in shallow pans, the soil to be kept uniformly moist and somewhat shaded; the former is easily done by a light covering ot spongy moss until the seeds begin to ger- minate, when, of course, this must be grad- ually removed. Some lay a pane of glass over the pan, and, if there is a propagating, or other house facing the north, one has the best place for his work. If, however, you do not find it the best take the coolest of the house, or @ shaded hot-bed, for the purpose. As soonas the plants are up enough to be handled lift them carefully from the soll, leay- ing those too weak for a time longer, and “prick” them out into other pans, care being taken to plant them down tothe base of the seed leaves; as soon as they are so treated they are past their greatest danger, and only neg- lect of a very grave character ‘will kill them ver this, Up to this time the soal should have been very fine—well rotted leat mold and sand, about equal arts, are as good as anything for this purpose. Trine young plants are placed about an inch apart in the pans, it will answer until the foliage meets, when each plant may be potted into two inch pots, plunged in any suitable material, telaced tn a cold frame, and kept within a foot of the glass, which, except on the north side ofa building where the sun does not reach during the middle of the day, or a north exposed prop- agating house, must be kept carefully shaded. The after cultivation will consist In repotting into larger pots as the roots fill those they are in, always giving the foliage plenty of room to grow—as upon this much depends—and a com- plete exemption from green fly, red spider and other pests, which, if allowed to get under head- way with any of these plants, will surely prevent them trom coming well-grown specimens of their respective kinds. A fibrous loam, leaf mold and sharp sand will grow any of these plants to perfection. At the proper time, when they take their place in the green-house, they must be kept near the glass; hence it is one more often sees these plants doing better in the low pitched houses of the professional florist than it grown in the usually higher pitched roof of the amateur’s conservatory, where there is no choice but the latter; then something may be done by placing ashelf up near the glass while the plants are young. As they approach the flowering period, when their beauty is re- julred for effect on the shelves, they will be fairly well grown, even it some distance from the glass. The Chinese Primrose may, after the plants have become established, be grown as a window plant, but the Calceolaria or the Cine- raria will not generally do very well grown all the winter in the window. Either of them can always be obtained from the flofist’s, grown ready to flower, and, as such, make excellent window plants, giving by their profusion of flower a cheerful effect grouped among the other miscellaneous plants of the window. ee Summer in Phdia. Correspondence of the New York Obeerver. Only those who have experienced the heat of summer on the plains of India can have any conception of the flery ordeal through which the dwellers here are called to pass, and to neglect to make such provision as is possible for the alleviation of the fierce heat would be reckless in the extreme. Taking up the morning paper one day since the commencement of the present hot season, I saw noted therein the death of a European lady in one of the hotels of the city. She had arrived by atrain from Bombay, and had declined the use of any cooling apparatus for her room. In the morning when a servant took in her early breakfast she was found lying upon the floor near the door, quite dead, a victim ot heat apoplexy. We rise early during the hot season In India, for the morning gives to us the only refresh: ment which the day furnishes, and even at that time we often pant tor a cool breath. The early morning is the time for action. The missionary with his helpers goes forth to bazar or village to tell to all who will listen the wondrous story of @ Saviour’s love. the pastor visits the mem! of his flock, the physician his patients in home or hospital; the government. official repairs to his office to do duty there; the merchant serves his customers; the laborer goes forth to his toll. The seeker of health or pleasure, too, 1s abroad, ‘and nurses are out with pale-faced children in charge, but not infrequently more intent upon their own pleasure than upon their appropriate duties, chatting with chance acquaintances, and shielding themselves from the sun, while their helpless charges sit in their little carriages, un- protected from the dazzling light and heat. By 9 or 10 o'clock the ‘‘white foreigners” are seen hastening home, and through the reimain- ing hours of the day the European in India is a prisoner within tbe walls of his habitation, as glad of protection from the burning heat as he would be for shelter from a winter's storm. But’ though confined within doors he need not be idle. The student has uninterrupted hours for study, translation or other literary work; the pastor has leisure for the preparation of ser- mons; the man of business can devote himself to his ledgers, and the invalid can secure quiet hours for rest. Since the introduction of railways into India alarge proportion of the government officials, as well as many others who can afford the in- dulgence, have a residence for the summer months in some Himalayan retreat. These mountain resorts, which the rallways have made easily accessible, are a great blessing to the in- valid; and in these delightful spots, where the air is fresh and bracing, the pale-taced children of the plains grow plump and rosy. Through April and May the heat continues to increase, and reaches its maximum in June or,| July, when the rainy season opens. During these sultry months the sun burns its way through the heavens, day after day. The skies are brass, and the earth stone, with a fiery at- mosphere between. Several years ago while taking a railway Journey in the month of May we suffered greatly from the heat, though we had made use of such means as were at our command for our relief. We left the train at the close of a long, lowing day, and when the compartment ad- joining our own was thrown open the only oc- cupant, a gentleman, was found in an uncon- scious state, a sufferer from heatapoplexy. Is it any marvel that such seizures are frequent, when during the heated term the mercury in the sun reaches 172° and even 178°, and 115° or 116° inthe shade. The air at this season is not only hot, but dry. From the Ist of January to ben 10th of June out 33g inches of rain had fallen. The monotony of the hot season ts relieved by frequent dust-storms, which, though not pleas- unt in themselves, purify the alr. We see a ellow cloud rising out of the west and advanc- ing swiftly. until the whole heavens become lurid. Thecloudsof dust and sand borne on the wind, darken the air as shey approach, until the blackness of night sometimes settles down upon. the earth; while through every crevice the driv- ing sand finds its way, leaving lee: farniture, everything In a condition exceedingly trying to atidy housekeeper. Great trees are sometimes uprooted in such storms. During the hot season the nights are exces- sively trying, for there is little abatement ‘of the heat, and worn with the long conflict, attended ed cS few beg tat no one ae the cheeks grow e step and labor which once would have Nea a donee becomes @ burden. Even the le of the land are affected by the great heat, and while the hot winds are blowing we frequently see those who are necessarily exposed, with the head muffled and even with the mouth covered as a prétec- tion from the burning air, But the degree of heat the people of India can endure fs marvel- ous. During the month of April, whenthe heat ‘was very great, natives were: employed in ing al —— ee Citas Le Ww Thro long ing , except a short rest at midday, they wore gnanees in this work, oF upon the roof, quite unprotected from the Reat;but trom taorning until night chatted and perp book in Lpeg, sat ft no appearance ing; on the that a degree of heat which cary ine tare tere to an Icelander, would not be unpleasant to an inhabitant of the temperate zone. Gen. Phil. Cook, of Georgia, contradicts the story that he is a candidate for clerk of the na- tional House of Representatives. PECULIAR CASE OF. HYDROPHOBIA t t A Moy Bitten by aiHalfBreed Spitz Dog Nearly a Year, Ago Dies in Tere rible Agony. 2. Y — Wasey Alberson, aged Yen years, died at the residence of his father, George Alberson, Phila- delphia, last Friday, of hydrophobia, On the 18th of October last young Albeteon. while play- ing with a half-breed spitz d6g belonging to one of his father’s neighbors, was severely bit- teninthe hand. The dog’s teeth penetrated the fleshy part of the palmi,and their withdrawal caused a severe laceration of the wounds they had made. As soon as possible’ after the biting the boy was taken to Dr. E, F. , of south 18th street, and the wounds were cauterized with lunar caustic, or nitrate of silver. When his father heard of the biting he demanded the killing of the dog, being actuated by the popu- Jar delusion that the death ot the dog is a soy- ereign protectionagainst hydrophobia, and the owner Kitea the animal the next day. ‘This precaution, and the cauterization.of the wounds, fully satisfied the father, and the little boy’s wounds soon healed and lett scarcely a sear. Throughout the months that intervened between the biting and the appearance of the dread disease that took his life, young Alberson was always in good health and spirits, until last Wednesday. Then he became unusually nervous and showed signs of increased intellectual power. He was ‘somsnally eight and talkative, and astonished his parents and his playfellows by the brilliancy of his remarks and his unusual talkativeness. That night at supper he tried to drink his tea, but could not, and subsequently when water was offered he refused it, and said that he could not swallow it. Later that night water was offered him again and he tried totake it, but the effort to swallow threw him into a convulsion, during which he had a sharp, bark- ing cough. His sufferings increased until his death in horrible agony on Friday. ee es ee English and French Women. From the London Standard. The French are very fond of decrying the wo- men of our country as a flat-chested, long- membered, large-footed race, awkward in gait, ill-dressed or over-dressed, unlearned in the elementary rules of that important matter, the dressing of the hair, and incapable of harmoniz- ing colors. These criticisms are ill-natured and exaggerated, but nevertheless a good many grains of truth underlie them. Take a London and a Parisian shopgirl as anexample. The former has generally the advantage over the latter in clearness of complexion and in come- liness, yet she loses by the comparison. She is neither so becomingly dressed nor so careful to suit the color of her dress to her complexion, nor so neatly shod; and, above all, she seems to be ignorant of the resources an abundant. head of hair affords her, aga frame to an at- tractive, youthful countenance. The horrible, barbarous fashion of cutting the halr short, which obtains no favor in France, prevails, I observed with real regret, to a considerable ex- tent in London, and, when the scissors have not been ruthlessly applied to masculinize the fe- male head, there seems to bea deplorable want of taste displayed in the arrangement of their tresses by London girls. Those I met out, those I saw behind the counter, ap- to have a peculiar penchant tor screw- ing their hair up into tight, ugly little knots, singularly ungraceful—so I thought, at all events, fresh from the sight of Parisienne heads. The appearance of the London nursemaid also contrasted unfavorably with that of the French bonne. I do not refer tothe elite of the calling in either country. but to the ordinary middle-class nursegirl or bonne such as one meets with in Kensigton gardens or in the Tuileries. Perhaps the tasty cap worn by the latter, with its metre and:a half of broad ribbon streamers behind, gives her an advan- tage; perhaps she holds herself better, or pays more attention to her general appearance. Whatever may be the cause, the result undoubt- edly is that the eye rests with more pleasure upon @ group of French nurses gathered to- gether with their charges in a public garden han upon a similar group in a London Park. To sum up my impression concerning London women of the middle or lower classes, they seemed, as a Frenchman would put it, vetues, not habillees—clothed, not dressed. —_——_*e. Why, Oh, Why? * Bob” Burdette, in the Cincinnati Enquirer. There are some unsolved mysteries in the great problem of life that give me cause for re- flection and anxlety. If I were rich I belleve I would build me a lonely cell somewhere in Clit- ton or some place like that, worthabout $90,000, with a store-room like a wholesale grocery, where I might have plenty of help in studying there intricate problems in our daily economy. or extravagance, as the case may be. For often and often I wonder and wonder: Why you always put teaspoons Into the vase upside down? Why the vantaloons of a godless atheist, who never said a prayer in his life, bag at the knees just as quickly and decidely as the breeks of the saint who spends half his days on his knees? Why it is wrong to eat pie with a knife? What Washington said to General Lee at the battle of Monmouth? Why #0 many generals in the army have been privates ever since the war? How the directory of a railroad company can get rich, while the stockholders gradually starve to death? How arecelver prospers and grows fat on a business that ruined the merchant? Why the man who “has gone out of politics” never misses a convention, and always keeps “in the hands (and also the pockets) of his friends? What the state would do tor penitentiaries if at oe rascals should suddenly step up and con- fess: Why a woman falls like a flash not two inches from the banana skin she steps on, while a man falls like a cyclone half way round the block, howling like a demon at every plunge, and at last clitnaxes with a crash under a peanut stand on the other side of the street? why “pure bear's oil” is always cheaper when pork is away down, and booms up like a balloon in the cholera years? Why, when spring chickens are so small you have to eat them by the dozen to taste one, the price is so high you have to buy them by the chicken? Why a man frequently tries to makes himeelf | necessary when he would serve humanity much better by making himself scarce? Why itis so much easier to lose half a dozen bets than it is to win one? e Why Tom Thumb was always billed fs “twen- ty-three years old” until the day he died, when he made a jump of more than his lifetime? Why some people “remember the Sabbath day” as though it was only a parlor-car porter, and give it a quarter in full for all demands? ee became of the “biue-glass rem- eay?” And what went with all thearchery clubs? I don’t believe in Philosphy wasting its time on trifles. If the wise men wantsomething use- ful and practical to ponder over, here are their problems. ——_+o-__ “Bury Me with My Husband.” On Monday a man walking through Forest Hill cemetery, at Napoleon, 0., found the life- Jess body of Mrs. Frances Gorman, aged seyenty- five years. beside her husband's grave. The old lady was friendless and alone in the world, her husband having died sometime ago. Her only consolation was in visits to the grave of her husband, which were ver juent. On Sunday night she started out, telliag her nelghbors that she was going over the river, and would hardly be back till morning. On ‘the way she met Undertaker Musser and sto im, saying: “T am going to die, and I want you to me with my husband.” Mr. Musser thought it was the raving of a childish old lady, and he prom- ised her he would, assuring her that he hoped it would be a longtime yet betore she di Where she stayed all night'is not known, as it is hardly possible that she, could have lived through the long, cold night in the o) country, and the doctor gaye it as his opinion that she had been dead but half an hour whén found, and the cause was heart disease. ——___,., History Repeats Itself. ‘From the Atlanta Major. Down at the Kimball house, one of a party remarked: “I eee that Gath has discovered the curious fact that at the close of the Revolutionary war there were but very few mules in this country.” “Is that so?” asked an old ex-confederate. “So it says here in the ig “Well, now, do now 1 same sort of thing the siege was over?” 5 “T believe you had to eat out there?” | sm: fer eaaitt, that was one of th worst blows | co1 ever déal to southern progress.’ Why 80?” “Cause them mule steaks started a breed of kickers that we will never rid of inside of three the cause of generations. And it m too.” “How was that?” THE CLANG OF THE WOODEN SHOON Old-Country Foot Gear and the De- mand for It im America From the New York World. The ol custom of wooded shoes is fast growing in favor here, although so far one manufacturer is able to supply the de- mand. M. A. Lacroix, of No. 78 Essex who claims to be the only person in New York regularly engaged in the business, sends wooden shoes or sabots all over the continent from Maine to the Pacific coast, and even to Canada, where they are very largely worn in the French settlements. “A good workman can turn out a dozen pairs daily of such as these,” said Mr. Lacroix to a Cabeem Kettie Mrs World reporter, as he het up @ massive block of wood, bearing a very faint resemblance to a shoe. ‘This 1s the commonest kind, uncolored, Just as it left the workman's hands, and costs $1.50 pair. Here is another, a little more Shenely and covered, that costs €2.50. Who wearthem? Well, I never ask any questions; but I know that many dyers come to me for sabots, because the dye destroys leather. People often stop and look in my show window at the piled up shoes and sometimes buy out of mere curiosity; but they don't count. “Here's a pair that will enable a man to stand on the most slippery floor. The uppers are of heavy leather,and the wooden sole is two inches thick. Count the nails. There are twenty- seven in each sole and eight in each heel. They are not big as such things go, but it takesa strong man to carry four or five pounds around on his feet all day.” They cost $3. “Maplewood is my favorite material, because it works easily and is very durable. It must be green, because In cutting out the inside after the outside is shaped the workman is constantly Watching to see that the sabot is not made too thin. He does it by holding it up to the light, and you cannot see through seasoned wood as you can through green wood. Pine is seldom used except by country turners, or when some economical fellow whitties out a pair for himself. “‘For the nouse there are leather-covered rea which do not cost much and last a lifetime. make, too, wooden-soled shoes for children. They're capital ae for the country in damp caer Noisy? Well yes; but they outwear leather. ‘Another branch of my business is making stage shoes. Look at these ready-made bunions two inches high. all carefully built up on the in- side. The poorest kind of an actor will make a big hit with them on his feet in a country town. These here are ‘flip-flaps,’ used by dancers. They are made of very soft leather and fit the feet snugly, although they are sixteen inches long. Brought down ina dance with vigor, they make a great noise and always delight the gallery. Here's another pair, rather costly, with loose brass plates in the heels for clog-dancers. Performers don’t think much of them nowa- days, but poor dancers can make a good deal of racket and so hide their defects.” —————_-2-____ A Comet We May Yet Behold. From the New York Sun, Some weeks ago the announcement appeared in the newspapers that a new comet had been discovered, but as it was only to be seen with @ telescope no general interest was awakened by the news. It is still a telescopic comet and 4 very faint one at that, but the astronomers have discovered some facts concerning it which give it an interest altogether out of propor- tion to its apparent size. Itappears from their calculations that the comet 1s probably three or four times as far from the earth as the sun is, and, as its orbit seems to be nearly perpendicular to that of the earth, its distance from the sun is about as great as its distance from the earth. But it is a surprising thing for a comet to be discovered when so far away from the sun, and unless there is some serious error in the calculations it will take this comet until the beginning of next summer toreach its perihelion During all that time these astronomers will be able to watch the approach of this singular visitor from outer space, studying its dévelop- ment and the changes which take place in its appearance as it draws nearer and nearer to the sun. According to the same calculations the dis- tance of the comet from the sun when it is at perihelion will be about equal to the earth’s dis- tance from the sun. In that case it will ap- proach very close to the earth’s orbit, and it is possible that the earth and the comet may be Very near together either before or after its pe- tihelion passage. There is a chance, then. that next cee we shall have another celestial visitor as brilliant, perhaps, or even more brilliant than the wonderful comet of 1883. But astronomers make their greatest mistakes when they are trying to calculate the orbit of a new comet, and the very next series of obser- vations may yield results entirely inconsistent with those Just announced, so it would not be wise for anybody to build too great expecta- tions on the future career of the coming comet. —___—_§_-.- __ Neither Bull Nor Bear. Acorrespondent of the Buffalo Courier has found out that there is no place that can take the conceit out of aman simultaneously with cleaning out his pockets quicker than Wall street. He says: “The legend of the dabbler who found out what he really was is apropos, After he had been through the mill he was asked, ‘Were youa bull?’ ‘No.’ ‘Were you a bear?’ ‘No.’ ‘What in thunder were you, then?’ ‘My friend, I was an ass; that’s what I was, an ass.’ And that’s the conclusion they nearly all come to at last. After such a tremendous decline as a thousand millions it might be supposed that present prices would be considered low. Perhaps they are. A great many Wall street wiseacres say they are. And yet hardly any one wants to buy, except fora quick turn. Most of the stocks bought one day are sold the next, if not sooner. A profit of 1 per cent, or even Woof 1 r cent turns the buyer into a seller. lolding for a rise seems to be a thing of the past. Two-thirds of the brokers have orders to sell just as soon as any trifle over commissions can be made. It is the same on the other side of the market—the bear side, The orders are to cover shorts the moment that even a small profit is shown. All this means that there is no confidence in the market. Low as it is no one can tell how soon it may be lower. On the other hand, the bottom may really be touched, and it may not be safe to go short for any length of time. So the market goes see-saw, see-saw, day after day, and hasno snap init atall. All the brokers complain that the outsiders who were so badly fleeced after the boom can’t be coaxed back. One reason for this is that they have nothing to come back with. It was mostly their money that went down the Niagara rapids when the thousand millions disaspeared. But the brokers have ho) They feel it in their bones that even If allthe shorn lambs stay away another lot of lambs, who will also be shorn, will soon come along in their stead. No doubt they are right. It was so many times before, and it will beso again. Wall-street lessons are good for only one lot of lambs at a time.” ‘The New Jersey Boy Burglars. The people about New Monmouth, New Jersey, are exercising the greatest vigilance against the band of boy burglars, and every farmer's house has been turned into an arsenal. The woods have been thoroughly searched, and traces of the thieves have-been found. A of fifteen were engaged all day in beating one large tract of bfistaseene) but the haunts of the ig were not discovered. Marshal Frank Pat- ferro, of Red Bank, with several brother state detectives, found one of the camping opp which was supplied with blank ls ant rovisions Ww! Toh had been me Ton the iouses in the helghborhood. The camp had been but recently occupied and was approached by a path from the main near which wait for twelve hours, but none of gang ap- i ana is supposed they have ‘ied to lew York. 3 sane eae oe ees a@ new oe one Ww! r. ur St. George, an Engiis! Eevee, has just ited. Su; itary to the telephone itself is a contrivance which will, itis stated, not only record every description of conversation carried on through the instra- ment, but will reproduce the words at an: A hic you know [ discovered the js at Vicksburg about the time | of the “The mule shank soup ruined every tenor | ward voice in the army.” After that the mule question was dropped IST OF LETTERS REMAINING THE WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFI SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1883. cai Tocptain any of theee Letters the applicant must §27“If not called for within one moatif they will be sent to the Dead Letter Ottice. FRANK B. CONGER, Postmaster. Paulin Nanuie Mra Laura Payne Jane Mrs Brown F Mrs Peiham Catharine Mrs bryan Bena Mrs Ty Miss Carte alle BAL Pichi Curtis Alice B Mrs cs se Proctor Lethea Mi os Qubeck El-zaveth Miss, Cary Sarah Mre Richards Magcte Mrs, 2 Crown Fannie Mrs Richard: ize Davis Jennie Mise Robson Bettie Miss y Lizzie Mise, 2 == Roe Lucy Miss Downing Natalie Miss Re tt Allie Mins Driver Annie Miss Scott Math i¢ Hila Miss Farra Ella Misa en Hattie Mre Sherman Augusta E Mrs Fisher Mary E Mre, 2 Siduey B Mra Forrest Loui-a Miss ‘Smith Bettie Friga Rafacla de Mrs Snowden Annie Mies nowden Stevart Lilie Mra Stoll O Mra 3 Jones Ella Mrs Jones M A Mr Warren Doctor Mrs Kuch Fanny Mrs Wash:ny 9 Martha Miss Watkine Virginia B ate We airs Holmes BF HayeE F Harrison Howard Humphrey Goo M- Hobson Jas E agian ; lug John Haltway Kobe Onto State Agent Lis: T OF LETTERS REMAINING IN EAST CAPITOL STATION, Sarcnpar, Srrrember 15, 1383. LADIES LIST. Allen Mrs Caroling Minor Mary Miss Brovan Mary Aus Murphy Sallie Mrs Corry Catherine © Mrs Pullarcon Low Mee Daniel Annie Miss imms Susie Mrs jorsey 5: Simms Wm Mra Hayward Mra ner Josephine Miss Henry Mary Mi wart ME Mrs Haglies Cora J Miss Tutum EK Mra Gid\ings Chas Mra Vhite Emma Miss ‘Lee Mary C Mrs food Josephine Miss Lofty Rose Sirs, GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Barrett James Waiter Jonnson James F Lewis George H LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE GFORGE- TOWN, D. C., POST OFFICE, SaTvurpay, Serremper 15, 1883. LADIES' LIST. Caldwell Mrs Georgie Joh Mi il Boey Woods Mrs ML GENTLEMEN’S LIST. Bourne BD Henderson Ben) Cari John F Moore Robt Balloran Jonn Veuessay Win 3 Decue Or Tue Scasox. GUINNIP’S, 404 AND 406 SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST. THE SEASON IS DECLINING, AND 80 ARE THE PRICES ON ALL OUR BUMMER GOODS, As for instance: ‘We are now offering a manufacturer's stock of WHITE MULL TIES AT HALF PRICE. Note the prices: 80., 10c., lle., 12%c., 140., 150., 16c., 18c, and 20c,—positively worth twice the money. 500 DOZEN OF LADIES’ FANCY BORDERED HANDKERCHIEFS ALSO AT HALF PRICE, FROM 100. UP, 500 DOZEN OF HEM STITCHED AND FANCY BORDERED, FROM 12%. UP, ‘The residue of our Larze Stock of _ SHETLAND, ZEPHYR AND “BREAKFAST SHOUL- DER” SHAWLS AT COST PRICE, In Blues, Reds, Pinks, Whites and Fancy Combinations, ‘We still continue to close out our stock of LADIES' COTTON UNDERWEAR AT COST PRICE. ae Our BEAUTIFULLY TRIMMED NIGHT DRESS at "30 commands attention, as if positively worth ‘The Bargains we offer are genuine, and all visitors to our Stores go away satisied. GUINNIP & CO., anl8 404 AND 406 SEVENTH STREET N.. — ESSE Exrma Rossezs J. W. SCHAEFER’S, Everyrame New axp Hanpsoue Wasnrnotox Crry, b] DEPARrMEK© oF JveriC ‘Avast i, 1888, NVEEREAS, by section 1 of the act of 1882, 0b. 206 (July ‘entitled— wan ee eet water Lonny Sf the city of r other put Daten, and for other purposes," it is, among the capacity cf which abel wot Be capac a yey aud map of the1 sud naoat te sore Potomac river st. the Groat Fails iuclodine the l fibres for the to and uj re when surveys and tun; made, the Secretary of War and the Attorn Gencral of the United States shall proceed to eequice t and for the United “tates the outstanding title, 4! ange to said land and water rights. and to the lend om Bhich the gate house at Great Falls stauds, by coadem= mation.” ‘And also that— vy hen the 1hap and survey are completed, the A h a the ney General shall proceed to asce-ta. owners Gk:imanis of the premises embraced in the wurves, na sed, for the space of clay the cally Dewspa:ers publ ay iss, umbia, a description of the entire tract of land embraood in the survey, with a notice eume has beou taken for the uge< mentioned ali caiments tony portion within ite od of publicat scription of the ti Of its value as esti- mated Dy t imme." All of which will betterappear npon reference to such, And whereas such map and survey have been com= Now, therefore. in accordance therewith, and unter ements, T heroby sive notice that land and water rights below desc: Rave been taken for the ures above indicated, Viz> (@) For FXTENSION OF AQUEDUCT. Ast. Itie propured to take a least depth below the [ary from $) to 170 fees, wa shown in detail Uy the} tudinal section on tracing A: the line of tunel eotas ences at the auxiliary gute houso of ‘the distributing Frese! i thence nm Sl degrees 40 minutes 22 s6o- ond st 20.626 feet to ite en limit at the mite af the pro Teservoir east of H. University. . It ix proposed to take and acq: ire title to te fale Jowing tracts of land st the sites of the several shafta, At Foundry Branch, working shaft, about three (3) eres, moreor lera, located in the valley of Found Branch south of, and frouting on, the “New (i rox At Favette Street air shaft, « lot 50x100, fronting om bie Creek, working shaft, sbont two and one: £3, acr.s on the left bank of the creck, oxtending abo |, 000 feet down stream ff wer mull dam, from. the lo Bounde:i on the east by the till tace Atan Air Sha/t, located about 1,400 feet went of Columbia road, on tannei line, e lot compelmus ube 5,000 square feet, mors oF lew, and a tight of way for'® Toad 30 feet wiae, leading trom the hearest }puvle thoronchfare th aut lot. At Champlain Avenue, working shaft, « lot fronting on Chumidain ‘avenue aud comprising’ 40,000 square wh rondwey 80 fect wide, end shout 1,850 fect 1 roadway and. abou one. front the auxiliary wate hous at the distributing reser= Your, te We matersection of the Foxball lave aid’ ut roads. ‘The several parcels of land referred to above are indl- gated by the shaces inclosod in given on tral Their exact houn-taries are not specified, because they jed within certain limite with @ view cable, to the wishes of the FOR RESERVOIR NEAR HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Ist. itis to teke and acquire title to al proposed 67 8-10 acres of land lying in the « Howard Uni 5 with jog property in Howard ~ 5 Southwest corner of Gen. ‘Whittieses’s property. ‘24. It ta also to take a tistit of way 80 fe Fits tn4 for such Jength an may be needed, to fs ctrect (eo-calied) from boundary to and upon the voir, ‘be taken for the reser It is proj to lay the large reinforcing a fhis line; the right through LeDroit Park has in writing, free of cost, aud it alr: exints aa a public fr Some £0 tho Bowne U 4 yendty groun: ve a. fect to be condemned. The lands refcrred to under this heading are shown, on tracing B, indicated by the parts colored in ereen. (©). LAND FOR DAM, ETC., AT GREAT FALLS. Ist. For extending the dam to rant the Virginia shore, itis to take and acquire title to a xt . ate bout 918 Foot wide, “crossing Conte Toland ‘an ‘Vitwinia channel, and connecting the US. property. acres, ‘This tract is colored in yellow on tracing ©, 2nd. It is proposed to hold and acquire title to the lot ‘on which the gate-house at the Great Falls now standa, containing about one-fifth of an acre. ‘This tract 18 colored in brown on tracing ©. It is proposed to take and acquire tile toa tract con- pecting the wate-house lot with the 1. 8. ty om Falls Isiand, containing about 26,10 acres. The influ- ent Conduit’and a part of the dam are located on this tract, and the UI e and Ohio canal passes through it. It is colored in green on tracing C. “4th. In addition to scauiring to and for the U. 8. 4 outstending title to these lands at the Great Faille, it also proposed to acquire all water rights implied in tbe Possession of the same, or needed for purposes con femniated by the act under which tose pfoccodings are en. tthe map of the surveys (in three tracings) requirod for the uses enumerated in the abowe uated wet of 1882, ch. 294, may be seen at this | epartment by all ints to any portion of said premisos: and they arg ry Fes very notified to within ted tie pion & ihn aderd enn the’ yar fie pl a Terprectivety by them claimed and detains at talue as by cach clatmantextimated. VOBENIAMIN HAKIS BREWSTER, — General. “Nore.—This lot is required for the construction of the valve chamber, ‘au23-30d eee M™ HELEN A. MoCRARY, WIFE OF THE EX- SECRETARY OF Wak, ‘adds to our long list of testimonials the following letters Kroxvx, Jowa, May 30th, 1883. Itis with ine gratitude T efficacy of “Cook's alin cf fied frequent attcckaot LEUC a rekeof 1 the stone which lasted bear testimony to the fe. Hewides belnu EPSIA in its many forms, UCTATIONS OF GAS from rom three to seven hours, 4 ve Ly its use learned its Yalbe 4 other directions also, and consider it ONE OF THE VERY BEST FAMILY MEDICINES IN THE WORLD, and @hink myself unfortunate when 1 am bo Hoving that othe sy boas much bene ted by its use as Thave been, 1am sincerely’ HELEN As McORARY, 8.—Please send press one dozen botties "and much Obliges cio” Manufactory Long Branch. N.J. Soid in Washington, D. ©., WELL & CO., 480 Peunsy.vaula avenue, and all druge Ca. Rorrenz, NOS. 403 AND 405 7TH ETREET NORTHWEST. 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