Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1883, Page 2

> ik THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON; “WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 18883—DOUBLE SHEET. CITY AND DISTRICT. WORK FOR ASLE-RODIED “VAGS.” Almshouse Laber to be Used eon the Eastern Flats, ‘IN EVILS THAT HAVE GROWN OUT OF THE PaR- DONING POWER—WASHINOTON A FAVORITE WINTER R¥SORT FOR TRAMPS—A SYSTEM Dx- VISED BY THE COMMISSIONERS FOR UTILIZING PAUPER Lapor, ETC. The power conferred by law upon the presl- dent of the board of District Commissioners to grant pardons from the Washington workhouse has, it appears, within the past few years, been taken advantage of by offenders st Dis- trict ordinances to sneh an extent as to chal- lence the serious attention of the Commission- ers, who have given this'and other matters con- with the disposition and care of work- » prisoners much carefal thought, with aj| w to correet many evils. | One of the Commiasioners recently told | a Star reporter that the vagrant and vicious | Class of persons who find i growing evil. They come here py hw from ail parts of the country, and especially at | the year, without means or friends | Disepnointed in obtaining work, | nd vi- To the workhow Most of them are quit Bt nil tinally, thronzh their idle get . they whieh ts aly content to r ts xl quarters, with little or no The portion of land snited for ittached tothe alms-house As the crowds of these vicious pan- pers and dead beats who delight to winter and summer there cannot be employed in the feds, something must bedene to make them earn their living. A WINTER RESORT FOR TRAMPR. ‘There are various classes of these offenders. Many of them are known as tramps who do nothing bat wander idly about the country and steal and beg. These like to lay up for the win- ter.and there is no more comfortable place than the Washington work or alms house. When they can’t vet in readily they get drunk and do some act by which th cure a sentence of three months inthe workhouse. In the spring they come out fresh and in good condition to trainp throuzh the warm season until the ap- proach of cold weather again. Others like to re- main there all the time, and. in some cases, feign sickness or some constitutional! ailment in order not to be disturbed. A large part of them | have a taste for liquor, and, as they can't get | that iuxury in the workhouse, they mana: get to: money enough to employ a law to get them out through an application for par- don. The lawyer soon concocts a story about misfortunes, business failures, sickness and mit- ing eircumstances conncted with the crime or misdemeanor for which they are serving time, aud always coupled with the promise that they will leave the District within | twenty-four hours’ time. If pardoned they im- tely start out and beg until they get ¥ enough to get drunk, inwhich state they remain as long as possible, when they are again and sent down azain to ure it is not a very ele- S | ry 4 ca a the workhouse. To be vating life, but is just suited to idle and vicious paupers, who assemble here from all the states Cases are known where par- es to the y leave and territories. dons have been granted five or six ti same individuals, conditioned that th the city at waln toreturn. missioners say that many other pi d care of these creatur RMS BEGUN BY.THE COMMISSION: = “Have the present Commissioners done any- thing to prevent these growing evils?” asked Tm “Yes, they have, and are still at work, making Teforms in the system of management,” said the Commissioner. “Do you propose to make nse of pauper la- bor?” asked the reporter. “That is Just what we propose to continue to do. as we tiaye already commenced it.” said the | nissioner. “There was not quite a unanim- ity of sentiment apon this point am missioners at first, b y come to agree that bodied panpers t for their keep about not emp! it ourtht to be This false pauper or criminal labor has got to beset asiv ecommenced workingthem Some two months or more ago and find that it works very well. All ditches and gutters on the commons in the eastern section of the city have beeii leveled and filled. and the gutters in the streets in that section, both north and south, , tothe riverbaye been cleaned out, weeds d grass piled. and free courses for the water to run throuzh them secured. These street gutters were found In a bad condition, in many places filthy and breeding disease, and the gut- ters on the commons were becoming deep and dangerous. They are now all right. “It is strange that this has not been made known before.” suggested the reporter. “it is probably from the fact that the work- house gang was relieved of their striped suits of clothing.” said the Commissioner, “it being deemed best not to make a display of them. “Do you propose to continue to thus work thein?” inquired Taw Stax man. “Yes, decidedly; ttere will be no further free hotel kept by this government for this class of people, and when we get the system com- pleted—and there are many things yet to com- pass—we will say, let the tramps come on, as many as like it, from all quarters! We'll take care of them and give them all the work they want,andail the victuals theyneed andclothing, too! WORK TO BE DONE IN THE FUTURE. ._ “What do you mean by ‘the system’ and other things to be compassed?” suggested the re- porter. “The swamp land attached to the workhouse must be reclaimed aud improved,” said the Com- missioner. “There is much vegetable growth there which micht annually serve for a com- post for the upland. “This has to be gathered, | the swamps ditched and drained, the natural and proper water channels opened and kept | clear. Then there is the saime work to be done in that portion of the premises heretofore used by the United States government for ma: zine but which is new a part ot the work and almshouse grounds. Has this work been entered upon?” asked THE Star. said the Commissioner, “the prepara- tions have already been commenced, such as building of roads or tramways, and the manu- | facture of carts (by the inmates) for use about the borders and in these swamp lands. All this you see Is a zvod long job for these able-bodied ree boarders, and will last for years may be. The Commissioners entertain no sentiments about setting these tramps and beats to work, and say let them come on! Ali shall have em- ployment who come, and if the weather is fa- Vorabie, by next spring they hope to make a good showing on the Eastern Branch flats in the way of ditches, tramways, cart roads, re- covery of wild oats and other vegetable matter for compost, carting of sand and mud from the channels to raise the borders of the swamps higher and the general improvement of the sanitary conditions of that vicinity. This will in no Way degrade honest laborers, who will be employed on contract work and paid from the appropriations, as usual. Neither will it lessen the amount of their employment.” In closing his remarks the Commissioner sald: is a pity the jail authorities do not take the sane view of this matter. It would be of great advantage to the government and even to the inmates themselves to labor, and there is much of similar improvements around that buiid- ing. a A School Grow!. To the Editor of Tax Evento Star: A constant reader of your valuable paper for the past ten years is seeking “more light,” not only for himself, but that hundreds of fathers | and mothers who are now “groping in| darkness” may have instilled into their benighted minds, through the medium of your spicy columns, a glimmer of the sunlight ot truth as to why our children who are attending the public schools in this city should be driven out into the streets every time a threat- ening cloud appears, or nine times out of ten—as it proved to-day—in the very hardest part of asevere rain-storm. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the public schools closed their session for the day, and thousands of children without rubber suits, umbrellas ur other protection were obliged to trudge homeward in a pouring rain. Whereas if the schools had continued in session up to the regular hour of closing (3 p. m.) each and every papll could have reached home with- out discomfort instead of being thoroughly drenched, as were my four children and hun- dreds ot others upon their return. falda eS — should you hs bas “growl” @ place in your val paper, I hope that some of the honorable trustees or teachers, or powers that be, will rise up and explain why this is thus, and whether the inhuman practice Isto be tuated. In case of the latter] ma er sl some amendments which, if adopted, would not inure to the health aud comfort of those who erforce the rule. | ineton, and ‘Home, sweet | social etiquette was a fixed | upon the whole, the community at larze enter. jasto the utility ofsuria AN OLD RESIDENT’S BECOLLEC- TIONS. Batis the Olden Time—President Monroe's Receptions—How w Year's Calls Originated—The Dinners Long Ago. A Star reporter happened to enter one of our larze business houses on a matter of inquiry. when his attention was drawn toa quiet circle of old and well known citizens, drawn together by accident, and quietly chattingabout men and matters of the long ago. A lullin the conver- sation was broken by one of them, who had beeu a silent and attentive listener, by remark- ing: “I have been quite a wanderer and have seen much of the world and enjoyed its vagaries. My disposition has been restless, and to find pleasure and recreation 1 sought other places. Ihave stood on the marble waste of Palinyra and strolled by moonlight through the Colls of the Eternal city and amid the ruins of Parthenon, sailed the blue Mediterranean, trav- ersed through the lands of Briton and France, and here am Tin my old home, dear old Wash- home,’ feels like @ hing panacea to my old days.” Have you been long in foreign lands?” zed the scribe, sir.” { have not been away so long as to forget my ative home or be neglectful of the man s that have taken place. [see throt old spectacles, and much has beendone to make ine mindful that the day when our daddy-long- legs city was mud and dust has become one of true magnificence in distance and beanty. My mind recalls the olden times more particularly than the present. To talk about those days would be a pleasure to me, and you will feel as I do when years come upon you. that the days of your youth recur with more frequency than the eveats ofthe hour you live in. Washington, as you well know, prior to the late war, was comparatively a quiet place, more southern in its temperament, and hence social more than business like, as it Is now. Asarule family standing was a prominent feature, and though arrier to many, ained a degree of triendship such as marks a thriving village ot to-day. Entertainments were in the olden times gotten up with care and with sumptuous repasts and in comparison with those that have occurred in recent days, 1 believe the former has the advantage in this re- spect. That efforts were made to accomplish social feelings and to bring together genius, talent, art, scholarship, and kindred relation- ship in culture and refinement. Memory brings me back to the many pleasant evenings spent amid the old families of our town. Among them may be mentioned the Van Nesses, Burns, Car- rolls, Bealls, Tayloes, Johnsons, Stuarts. Thorn- tons, Greenleais. Elliots, Cuts, and hosts of others. I will take yon back to the winter ot 1825—as brilliant a society season as any I ever spent here. There were many prominent peo- ple here and plenty of amusementsin the family way to make them feel our hospitality. Pre: dent Monroe’s New Year's reception was unusu- ally trilliant. made so by the throngs of people who could vet here to get a glimpse of the famous Marquis de La Fayette and his son, Georze Washington. I was quite young’ at the time, but remember well the circumstance, and also of seeing amidst the circle around the President such men as Mr. Webster, Mr. Everett, Mr. Clay. Mr. Otis, Mr. Crawford, Gen. Jackson, J. Gens. Dearborn, ; Commodores Bain- , Stewart and Morris; all of them famous in the annals of our country. There were many ladies present, and their toile elesant. It was the custom then for the ladies to appear for the first time ith their new bonnets, cloaks, dresses and shawls, and such exhibitions I a3s well prepared for, rezardless of ¢ dressmaker's art was taxed to comply with the rigid architecture in gown-making. A LAUGHABLE INCID happened to a very worthy and staid old lady who became # marked figure and target for crit- icism by making a curtesy instead of a bow, doing it inthe good old style of ‘76, and almost squatting to the floor. I remember Mr. Monroe very well. He was rather an unpreteotions per- son, kind in manner, conversed freely with every one, and invited familiarity by the freedom of his way. The custom of receiving New Year's calls was then of recent origin. Mr. Madison, I believe. first Introduced Itin 1810. He had in- troduced the ceremony In New York some yeara previous, and was pleased with it. No one could have fathered such a custom better than he, or appreciated the cordiality of the occasion. His entertainments were marked with hospitality and liberality—a good representative of the old school. It would be amusing to the present generation to have seen him in his dregs. Stnall of stature, wearing small clothes, knee- buckles and powdered wig, a thoroughbred Vir- ginia gentleman, and endowed with great powers of conversation. However, his appear- d- | ance did not strike the correspondent of the ingburgh Review favurably. who, when asked what he thought of the President, said. ‘Mr. Madison looked like a schoolmaster dressed up for a funeral.’ Not so, however, was Mra. Madison, who was the friend of everybody, of whom Washington Irving wrote as ‘a fine, portly, buxom dame,’ and Mr. Ogle Tayloo speaks of her that ‘she never forgot a face or aname, had been very handsome, was gruce- ful and’ gracious, and was loved alike by rich and poor.’ Mr. Madison was advanced’ in years when he married her. She was the widow of a wealthy merchant of Philadelphia named Todd; her maiden name, I think, was Dolly Payne. Duringherstay inthe White House she made things lively by the frequent dancing parties given there. She was a graceful dancer, particularly excelling in the cotillion and minuet. Around her was life, and every one | felt her presence to be aneed. She was, I can | say, the most popular lady who ever presided over the affairs of the Executlve Mansion. It is asad commentary that her fond hopes should have been blighted by the misdoings of her son, Payne Todd, who. in some way, squandered her estate, worth one hundred thousand dollars or more, and thus left her in an impoverished con- dition. She was an ornament to our country and was the last lady to live in the original man- sion. You know that the British burned the house In August. 1814. WASHINGTON IN 1814. Mr. Madison removed to Cul. John Tayloe’s house, then known asthe ‘“Octagon,” located at the northeast corner of 18th street and New York avenue—since the bureau of hydrography— and dwelt there until 1816, when he occupied a house at the northwest corner of 19th street and Pennsylvania avenue, until succeeded by Mr. Monroe. During the administration of Mr. Madison, Washington was _a straggling village, without pavements, street lamps or signs of civilization. A common post and rail fence enclosed his home, and houses were in number and _ scarcity like achurch fair oyster stew. I must zo back and tell you abou® the grand dinner given La Fay- ette. It was a few days after the President's reception. It took place at Williamson's hotel, now known as Willard’s. This grand affair was given by authority of Congress. There were over three hundred especially invited notables, and it was a scene of Indescribable grandeur. The whole town felt as It they were bounden by duty to contribute a share to the event, and the ex- citement of the moment forms a great link in the lives of many of the old inhabitants. Mr. Poinsett, who was then a member of Congress from South Carolina, was the manager of the affair. Mr. Gaillard. President of the Senate, presided at one table, while Mr. Clay, Speaker of the House, saw to the welfare of the other. President Monroe sat on one side of Mr. Gail- lard and La Fayette on the other. The flow of wit and reason could not be estimated. The gathering there were from the cream of America’s chosen sons, and right royally did they sustain the rank and dignity the oceasion Imposed. When possible I have at- tended subsequent New Year's receptions, but none seemed to fill me with such thoughts as the one I mentioned. Refreshments were be- stowed very lavishly upon these events and so continued up to Gen, Jackson’s time, who did very well in dispensing good things. In 1836. ponderous cheese was sent him by a New York farmer. Gen. Jackson ordered that chunks of it should be cut off and distributed at the greit reception. To make the story short his orders were obeyed, but not so by his friends, whose contempt was shown by the generous use they made of the carpets in tramping on the cheese and the subsequent odor that prevailed there after. For sometime it was a caution fo say “cheese” to the old general. Mr. Van Buren stopped the custom and it has not been revived. Tt would seem that our citizens would have been the prime movers in so excellent a custom, but I do not know of any one inaugarating tt in private other than Mr. Ogie Tayloe, a gentle- man of culture and taste, who was an in- timate friend with all the great men of his day. He opened his doors in 1880, and after visiting the President, the diplomatic’ corps, arrayed in. the customary court dréases, presented them- selves. It was a- time, however, befure Wasaington people reconcile themselyes. Sept. 2ath, sh. Paksyt. custom. - Nowadays Be home se humbie but what numbers hosts of friends who come to pay respects for a happy ing year. THE BALLS OF LONG AGO. I don't believe I ever saw so much ball- going as occurred in the winter of "25 and '26. It seemed a nightly occurrence. The houses of the great and little were nightly made merry by the sound of the harp and flute. I noticed this fact, that the ladies of the south were by far the most graceful dancers. The spirit of ease and gtace with which they entered in that pleasure was beyond comparison. But human natare was the same then as it is now, only { believe that the ladies were more severe in their aris- tocratic notions than now, and a violation of any standard ofdecornm in dress ormanner upon such an occasion was insufferable. An instance wiil show. I happened to be among the number at a birth-night party. A lady came with a flaming red turban on ber head, accompanied by a small but portly man in full red waistcoat. It was rather a dazzling sight under the ficker of the wax candles. ‘The impropriety ot the style subjected them to a running ridicule, which caused my sympathy. ‘Look at that Mt. Aitna, said a fair dame to a companion. ‘She is all fire above and suow beneath.’ They adnere to each other like a blister plaster, remarkedaa old lady with the airs of a 16-year-old miss. Look at fire-ty, snickered « matron, pointing to ourman inred. Such and nfore like comments were poured into my ears, and since then I have re- membered how necessary it Is to learn how to contorm with the ways and fashions that sur- feits mankind. I met not a few members of Congress at the ball, among them, Randolph, ing Lounds, Sergeant and Pinckney. And the little while] was in their company gave me 4 chance to judge between those now gone be- fore and others that came after them. Our walls of Congress, } think, have seen their best_ men. Their orators have become silent. Well, I must stop, gentlemen, as I have exceeded your patience and time; and further, my dinner hour has arrived. and that is a matter oid men should promptly attend to. <—_+e.——____ A Reply to Mir. Birney. To the Editor of THE EVENING Stan: In my communication of Saturday, the 15th, Mr. Birney was represented as having at a late school board meeting stated that *‘the colleges all over the country are getting rid of the study of the Greek language as a useless one ”—a | statement unwarranted by the truth. one pre- judicial to the reputation of our country, dispar- aging to its institutions and unworthy the con- sideration of parents. Such, and nothing else, was the issue. Mr. 8. does not allege any mis- representation of his views, but to countervail the effects ot my remarks, and to evade the re- sponsibility of such a declaration, misquotes paragraphs of mine relative to ‘‘Callimachus aud scylus, and others whose crea- tions,” &c., and by an ingenious change of punctuation, varying the mean- ing In a way to compel inference that Callima- chus, the poet, was referred to, thereupon ac- cusing me ot an anachronism whereot none but one deficient in historical knowledge would be guilty, and goes so far as to assail the defense- less poet tor having written such ‘poor stuff.” It were better for Mr. B. to have gracefully ad- mitted his fault, retrained from his affectation of pleasantry and poor essay at criticism and studied the facts, whereby he would have not only learned how proper silence sometimes {s, but that one of the very few names of Athenians killed at the battle of Marathon, whereby record. is preserved, was that of Callimachus, the war- rior. Inthe 4th Book, 33 Epigram, of Martial, he will find reference to the soldier and poet in part thus translated during the last century. ¢ “Chief of a war, the first enlarged his name, And the last suhg'what envy ne'er shall damn, For whom the heavenly muse admired a child On his gray halrs the goddess always smiled.” It is not for me to defend from the crushing power of this modern critic the genius of one who has commanded encomiums from Cicero, Horace, Ovid, Quintillian, Dacier, &c. &c., aud whose poems extant in Greek and Enzlish are at the service of Mr. B. Of Syrian parentaze, bornto the mission he fulfilled, there can be scarcely a doubt that our Saviour spoke Greek. The scene of His labors was a region where the Hebrew. Greek, yriac, and Latin were spoken, and, considering the de- sign of His existence, it is not to be presumed that His knowledge was as limited as His birth was humble; at all events the civilized world re- ceived His words in Greek,and theologians have recourse to the Greek to determine their true meaning. The derisive inscription on His cross, being in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, sufficiently proves the languages of the people. Christ, no doubt, spoke Greek, and the silly criticism of the statement wasa feeble effort on the part of Mr. B. to avert attention from his assertion that “all the colleges” considered “the study of Greek a useless one.” It is no wonder that. having had it ‘hammered in tor ten years” he 80 appreciates it. Gracefully acquired, it would doubtless have appeared more useful, especially in suggesting a less frequent use ot the personal pronoun. Sept. 21, '83. Leia “Honor to Whom Honor is Due.” ‘To the Editor of Tum Evenina San: Inasmuch as Mr. Thomas Jewell, in his com- munication of the — instant, has deemed it ne- cessary to deny the statements of your reporter in giving the proceedings of “Our Old Detend- ers” on the 12th instant,and therein asserts that his father, Willlam Jewell, was the Jirst captain of the Mechanical Riflemen ot George- town, and was in command of that company at the time of Gen. Lafayette's vistt, I deem it “due to the truth of history” to state the facts as they occurred. This company was organized in 1823, and the first officers elected were: John J. Stull. captain; John D. Clark, 1st lieutenant; Henry W. Tiliey, 2d lieutenant; Charles Cruik- shanks, $d lieutenant, and Richard Cruikshanke, orderly sergeant. Captain Stull was cashier of the old Farmers’ & ; Mechanics’ Bank, and reluctantly declined the Leeper In consequence of its interfering with { his duties. Mr. John D. Clark was elected cap- tain to succeed Capt. Stull, commanded the company at the reception of. Lafayette, and up to about 1525, when he resigned, and a Major Randolph was elected captain, but held the office but a short time, and resigned in consequence jof having aroused the ill-will of a majority of jthe members by endeavoring to force in posi- tions as lieutefants several gentlemen then in government offices, in place of the lieutenants then in office. At the next meeting Capt. Clark wag re-elected captain, but declined the office, and nominated Wm. William Jewell for the posi- tion, who was elected, being the fourth captain of this company, Instead of the first, as claimed by Mr. Thoinas Jewell. Mr. Jewell certainly has a very retentive mem- ory, and must have been a very precocious child to have recollected the events he narrates which occurred fifty-nine years ago! Probably he will favor the public by stating his age in 1824, “Honor to whom honor Is due.” TRUTH. September 22, 1883. A Lite ——___—+e-____ Story of the Great War. From the Fredericksburg Free Standard. The lodge ot Masons in which George Wach- ington was “initiated, passed and raised,’ Fredericksburg, No, 4, was pillaged in 1862, when that town was attacked by hostile soldiery, the lodge safe blown openand the records, regalla, Jewels, etc., carried off. Among the articles taken was an old jewel of solid silver in the form of a “level,” highly prized by the lodge for its antiquity. The old relic was recently discovered by the secretary of integrity Lodge, No. 153, A. FP. and A. M., of Philadei- hia, inthe safe of that lodge, where it had n deposited for safe keeping during the war by aformer member ot Integrity Lodge. who had recovered it froma soldier who acknowl- edged having taken it from the lodge roomof No. 4. A note tacked to the Jewel required its de- livery to No. 4 “when the state of Virginia should cease to bein open rebellion against the authori of the government ofthe United States.” The Jewel was returned last Friday night to lodge No. 4. +9. __ A Texan Suing Jay Goutd for Milllons. A Galveston, Texas, special to the New York World savs:—Papera in a pecaliar suit, in which Jay Gould figures as one of the defendants, have been filed In the circuit court at Galveston. The plaintiff is a man named Hughes, who previous to the war was very wealthy. He owned a large estate, but it gradually slipped out of his pos- session and now he is In very reduced ciream- stances, He has an Insane idea that for some time past a number of persons have entered into a conspiracy to detraud him out of his property. He believes that he has been ayateruatically robbed and has mad frequent threats against the lives of the persons who own the land which was previously his. He says they are trespass- ing upon his domain, aud he will not submit to it. Recently, when a railroad was sury. across the land near Hughes’ spring, which he formerly owned, Hughes attacked the surveyor with ashot-cun and chased him off the premises. He immediately filed the pes In the present suit, In which he charges 187 persons. including Jay Gonid, with fraud, oppression and illegality, He. claims $1,850,000, and in additton $2,000 5 day rental forthe use of his lands since the | spring of 1877,; Hughes has a clear case and will be able to.collect every cent of the dam- Wat! feméares nECALLED. Chageeliggvilie Revisited by a Vet- fie a eran. A SIGHT If ZHE OLD MANS ION—RECOLLECTIONS OF THE DISASTROUS BATTLE THERR—CHANGES IN THAT SECTION OF VIRGINIA BINCE THE wan, Correspondende of Tax Evaxrxa Stan. ‘Citascettonviiie, Va., Sept. 20, 1883. Oar flumbers in the old Chaacellorville man- sion are ungisturbed by the shades of the 23,463, angled bodies that shed more or less of their blood hereabouts in the first four beauti- ful days of May, 1863, twenty years azo; but at first itis gifficult to get rid of tne impression that a shot or shell may not end our existence before morning. On the dreadful night of the 2d of May Jack- son had surprised Howard, whose men were away from their guns, making coffee, playing cards in the ditches, &c., andhad driven them, huddled like sheep, with cannon, train wagons, beeves and all the impediments of an army, in wild confusion streaming down the road, past the doors of this old house, whence Hooker and staff sallied forth, and even killed fugitives in their endeavors to stop the rout. Jackson received his death wound after his movement ceased and he had carried his men back a mile or two to Dowdall’s tavern, and all night Sickles, with whom we were, tought hisway back from the furnace, nearly three miles away, through the narro' Space between Anderson’s left and Jackson's right. That night the cannon roared around Hazel Grove near here, where, about 1 a.m., we struck Jackson’s left flank heavily (one column was forty lines deep); the whippoorwill Sang, and the moon gave such light that Warren Teaddispatches thereby. _ All this, recollection brings back, ag we again look on the moonlit el SHELLING AND BURNING OF THE HOUSE AT CHAN- CELLORVILLE. Battered on the left front, and soon on the right, the 8d corps (Sickle’s) found itself near noon of the next day about this old house. Our position in line , was nearly behind it and within range of thirty guns on Hazel Grove; and of batteries ran up the slope, in some cases by hand, between the grove and the plank road. The house was struck many times; and Hooker was silenced here, so that for hours he did nothing to save the army, nearly lost by his and Howard’s inability in failing to lye tect theright ofthe1ithcorps. The column ofthe rtico against which he leaned was nocked away, and with it the ‘‘old man’s” mental faculties. A chimney came down, hurt- ing the wounded lying behind, and soon we saw the walls spring outward. settle back. and shortly the flames poured out and the roof fell in, bit not until the Chancellore, in light raiment, had been removed from the cellar. They had been under fire since earliest dawn. One of the ladies still lives near here, and gives animated narrations of the affair. The field in front, and farther down to the chimneys (Farview), and the grove, and back of us a few paces to Hancock’s lines, that Sunday morning were carpeted with bodies in blue and gray. It was like an immense abat- toir; but herethe butchered were fellow men. Had Hooker's too sanguine temperament and mistaken judgment not led him to keep the troops out inka enfiladed, and therefore unten- able, position,ito await Sedzewick’sexpected ap- proach. from: Fredericksburg, he might have held Chancellorville and the forks of the roads; or, had he fortified, as he should, all night, on the lines. where it was known Stuart would strike in the morning with Jackson’s forces, much of the carnage would have been avoid on our side, and the result been changed. But McClellan fortified, and his methods must not be followed. The Wilderness battles afterwards taught the men to dig, and thenceforth orders to do sd were unnecessary. THE CHANGES OF TWENTY YEARS. Littlé did we think, as we moved back from the maiision, in obedience to commands, and as we saw the bldck smoke pour up after the roof fellin, that in‘twenty years we should return and slepp within those walls. A part of the old ones have been utilized inthe smaller new house. The old home, as shown by our measurement of the foundation, was 93 feet in length. The holes have been patched with new brick, and 20 conical shells have been built into show their position. It is not difficult to inden- tify the precise route of each reciment: foliowed on the battle field, the crests whence it fired, the hollows.where it was sheltered. The woods have not been cut off, but thickets of small trees have grown up in places. For the most part the fields remain the same, and now, as then, are covered with grass, corn and wheat stubble. Hancock's lines, Howard's, Sickle’s, Slocum’s, and the enemy’s, further out in the woods, are wonderfully well preserved, especially in the dense thickets of black jack scrub oak, sassafras and chincapins, where there has been no occasion for eveling the ridges. The pits of the position last taken by onr army, three-fourths of a mile north of the house, to- words the river, and U.S. ford are well detined. Lee is sald to have immediately forti- fied around the house when he got possession about noon, but the ridges have probably been ploughed down. Boads cross here in every al- rection, and the place should have been held. It was A STRANGE FIGHT. Stuart and Johnson on the west, then Hooker, then Lee, strongly fortified; then McLaws, bat- tering Sedgewick beyond him back to the river; then further out, beyond Sedgewick, Early,who had re-occupied Mayre’s hill and the heights of Fredericksburg, whence Sedgewick had swept him at heavy loss, and passed over, only to be stopped at Salem church and the helghts around, crowned with McLaws’ batteries. Commanders were unfortunate in this fight. Life or reputation was largely sacrificed. Of the three major generals in our corps (Hook- er’s) Berry and Whipple were killed and Sickles was wounded. On Berry’s tall Mott took charge of his division, and was soon hurt. Re- vere then led the troops back, and for his action was cashiered. Jackson fell, and his successor, A. P. Hill, was immediately struck, and J. E. B. Stuart (killed later) took command. Hooker and Howard were in disgrace by reason of thelr failures, and one was goon aiter relieved and the other sent west. The blood that flowed has not enriched the soil. Mr. Oliver's corn is not particularly luxu- riant. The bodies have been mostly removed, and the work of taking them out at $5 each has been the foundation of the fortunes of several of the families resident hereabouts. The stories that the bones delivered included those of moles, &¢., they declare to be false. Re- mains are still found where the ground washes, and we saw athizh bone uncared for, and in another, where a skeleton lay a few days ago. “YANKEE” SETTLERS IN “THE WILDERNESS.” Land can be bought here (tire Wilderness) at all prices, from $1.50 per acre up, and none is high. It is owned in extensive tracts, and is largely In the market. It is not so productive as some toward Orange. Many northern men have moved In. and the ten or twelve miles be- tween here and prcceelckabare, contain nearly as man{ 1aukees as of the old residents. In many cases the thrifty ways and productive places of the new men are examples for the more slipshod ‘'Tuckahoes.” But work is essen- tial here as elsewhere. One of the repidents says to us, “Now, if you is comin’ down here to work, you can boy a two hundred place for a few hundred dol- lars. and mak@,a right good living; but. if you is going to sell out your home and come down here with a fast horse and have a place with a mortgage on If, and ride around, you just stay whar yon {s, ‘use you'll go back thar sure.” With him all were -‘Yankeea” who were not Virginiaps. A Washington man was a Yankee, 80 was a’Marylander, and a man from Delaware quite as much4s one from Eastport, Me. He was not quite dble to classify a Georgian. There are so “maby iN the Wilderness now from the north that we do not think life here would be disagreeble on account of any sectional feeling. Many of the northern settlers are spoken of with great respect. ; Some antazonism on the part of this genera- tion is natural, and cannot be avoided. ged of the old residents came to talk with the vi tors, and we found that the greatest difficulty with the nattves lay in their narrow ideas as to other people and lands. One spoke of a man as living “out” to Baltimore, as though he won- dered at the latter’s taste, when the Wilderness was opened to-him. Travel is what the Vir- ginians need, and alittle more blood from im- migration, . eis too much of the Rip Van Winkle. + STONEWALL JACKSON THE PATRON SAINT. Stonewall Jackson 1s the patron saint of the region, which 1 the scene of his chief exploits and death. In the best room Is a large portrait of him on glazed cloth, and surrounded by pic- tures representing his tomb and his associate generals. Southern art fas never ke i cess an is a reproduction of the faces ot forbidding countenance, more like Capt. Kidd's in the Pirate’s Own Book, than the great flank- er’s A large stone, in its primitive condition, marks the place where he fell on the plank road, a thile and a half above the house. We a cat symmetricai hickories in memoriam,to as canes, and picked up a few battered bullets with which, and debris of different kinds, the cround is strewn, both here and through the Wilderness tle flelds, where we strolled from the Chancellorville house. It is only a leasant walk to them; and Jet me remark here ‘hat in fine weather there are no better. quiet, wooded roads, prettier streams, or more se- cluded paths to stroll In than are to be found in this region. Houses are miles apart, and one gets country, pure and unadulterated. Horses are cheap, and the invigorating air makes walk- Ing easy. We have all gained in flesh since coming. There is one drawback which applies to country life nearly everywhere. While the pigs, geese, tarkeys, chickens, calves, cows, sheep and horses are excluded from the houses, they are allowed to come into the house en- closure. DEER AND WILD TURKEY HUNTING. Saturday there isto bea grand deer hunt. Gunners take their position near the house and where the deer usually cross. Then a line of drivers is placed through the brush with dogs, voice, and gun to start the game, which Is equally divided at the close of the hunt among all the participants. One man from New Jeraey, who was very anxious to shoot a deer, was placed at the low ground by the house.’ One came nearly to him, and after It had trotted into the woods he recovered his nerve and raised his gun, but too late. Yonng Oliver has killed here, as he estimates, 600 wild turkeys. He got five one morning and four in the afternoon. One weighed 243¢ pounds dressed, and his father killed one of 22 pounds. The first morning after our arrival, as we walked up the plank road to Berry’s lines, a flock raised their heads on the precise bank down which our regiment sidled into the cut of aroad one evening when a bat- tery suddenly opened onus. Two of the noble birds majestically sailed down the road and lighted a quarter of a mile beyond, on Jackson's old lines. We could not shoot them, aa the season has not commenced. but were sorely tempted. The Olivers shot over sixty last year. One mode is to feed them at a particular place and pick them off from a blind; another is to scare up (flush) a flock and then “yelp them up,” that is, imitate their call, and shoot them as they approach to find their mates. Proficiency is demanded, and let not the Treas- ury clerk think his yelp, without practice, will deceive the wily bird. Turkeys were formerly found from Maine to Florida. The Pilgrims were partly sustained by them in the colonies early days. The plank road is much used by wagons en route to Fredericks- burg with the articles sold by farmers, chiefly timber, wheat, hoop-poles. and, above all, rail- Toad ties. The ties on a place are expected to more than pay for it, leaving the land clear. AN EX-CONFEDERATE. Mr. Thomas Graves, a substantial farmer of Orange Springs, has stopped here to-day. His two teams of four mules each drew eighty bushels of wheat. He lives thirty miles trom Fredericksburg. A mule giving out, he is forced to send on two with the other load in the cold rain, which has set In, and await their re- turn, making twenty miles extra they trayel, or eignty miles in aH. The producer earns his pay, and It Is a perpetual source of wonder to a city man to see how much work ts done here for adol- lar Mr. Graves isdeliberateand caretulinaction and speech, and reminds one ot an Enzlish farmer. His girth is greater than when he helped run Crenshaw’s battery out of the woods and over the crest and shelled this de- voted house. When he describes the action his deliberation disappears. Like most of the na- tive citizens here he dislikes ‘Billy Mahone,” and abhors all readjustments, which he thinks will cost the state much money. All present now were in the army, on one side or the other. SOLDIERS COMMITTING SUICIDE ON THE EVE OF BATTLE. Our host points out a tree where one of Long- street’s men hung himself rather than go into battle. We tell 2 story of a man In a Maine regi- ment who, hearing on Long bridge the thunders of Chantilly, took a razor from his knapsack and cut his throat. Another saw a southern soldier do the same near Libby prison, and knew of an- other similar instance. Mr. Oliver had seen men faint when thelr names were called af Castle Thunder to go to the front. We had seen aman behind this very house at the commencement of the fight put one nand over hismusket and blow it off; and we had seen a sergeant blow his thumb off as he sat ona log beside us, all to avoid the horrors and suspense of a battle. It was concluded that human nature was the ne on both sides. We were asked whetherwe were not in great confusion when we fell back in the Chancellorville battle. Our answer was that no man moved except In obedience to orders, and that the men could not understand why we re- crossed the Rappahannock when our losses were nearly equal and the army was ready to fight. HOW MANY MEN LEE HAD AT THE SURRENDER. T asked the ex-confederates present how many men Lee had at Richmond. They said he sur- rendered 7,000. We read to them an extract from an official statement showing that there were paroled at Appomattox 27,516 oonfeder- ates, and that there were previously taken be- tween the 29th of March and 9th of April, 1865, 46.495 of Lee’s army, making, with about 5,000 killed during that time, nearly 80,000 men. We also stated that three different men we chanced to know ot, who served in the con- federate army, did noteurrenderand were never paroled. One confederate present said that few of the cavalry command he was with were paroled, they having taken French leave on the surrender. Everything dates from the surren- der, “‘befo” or after. THE WILDERNESS AND ITS INHABITANTS. The Wilderness was stated to me tobe ten miles or so wide and considerably longer. It is densely covered with brush and some larger trees. The ‘mast from oaks and chincapins supports large numbers of hogs as wild, espe- cially the boars, as wild beasts, and sometimes as dangerous. They are killed by being shot in the eye, and form no small part of the tar- mers’ profits. Cattle, poultry and pigs will care for themselves in these woods, except during the winter. ‘ The inhabitants like good whisky, talk (espe- cially chatt) and take great Interest inreligious matters. Services have been held at the Wilder- ness church every day fora week, and to-day a considerable number of converts were baptized. One irreligious denizen charged that an old companion sinner who was among the converts said to him in the morning: “Bye—-, Jonn, come and see me baptized. With all his scoffing, it was evident that said denizen thought the devil might get him, and secretly trembled. In fact we heard much talk of the devil, and it struck us that the faith and ideas on the subject of theology were much like those of old times in other sections. It hag been said that the principal products of the refén are chincapins, chiggers and *‘chin.” The chiggera, before cold weather, with sea- ticks and common ticks, load the bushes and grass, and sometimes make life a torment to man and beast. An application or two of salt and grease usually cures their bites. To get here take the early train at the Balti- more and Potomac depot for historic Fredericks- burg, fare $1.95, time two hours and a half, and walk or ride about that city until afternoon, vis- iting Mayre's hill, &c. Saddle horses can be got there at any of the stables at the rate of $1.50 day, or at @1, if to be carried, for instance, fo Chaticellorville and kept any length of time. Then take a hack for the battle ground, fare $2.50. Special at lower rates cau be made at the livery stables; and one can usually get a ride up for a small sum on teams in town, leaving McCracken’s store or vicinity. The narrow-gauge road to Orange from Fred- ericksbn has a station two and a halt miles from the ellorville house, and Mr. Aldrich, near there, would see that passengers are Srousht ovér, if necessary. ‘The railroad fare is cents. Mr. Oliver, who works the Chancellorville farm, has a spare room or two for the accommo- dation of vis.tors, and does not accept more saa adollar per day. It is worth that to know im. A book descriptive of the battles and a War department map should be brought. A soldier finds a visit here interesting, and so does one loving hunting, solitudeornature, B. —————— The American vs. German Hogs. From the Philadelphis Timea. Latest advices from Washington intimate the American hog is now to be scientifically ex- American clean and as free from trichinse as German swine. Now let the Bismark and THE COMET OF 1Si32. Identified as a Heavenly Visitor tobe ‘Contempiated for Some Months Boston telegram tothe New York Herald. Cambridge have been very busy during the past few days working on computa- tions and theories in relation to the comet of 1812, the appearance of which was announced by W. R. Brooks. The result of their labors is summarized by them as follows: Brooks’ comet, or the comet of 1813, has an exceedingly slow motion among the stara, so slow that the practical computers at Harvard were obliged to compute three different orbits before one was found deemed accurate enough to publish. ‘The accuracy of these computations being de- pendent in the first place upon the length of theare through which the comet has moved. Even when a fairly good orbit was secured, Its resembiance to that ot the 1813 comet was not so remarkable as to attract immediate attention. Rey. E. M. Searle, of St. Paul's church. New York, was the first In this country to notice the resemblance and apply tests of identity. His work was made known to Har- vard observatory, and, with the better and more recent data available there, Mr. andier went over the saine process, and so satisfactorily that there is but little doubt of the fact of thereturn. The result of Mr. Chandier's computations were published in a “science Observer” circu- lar, in which the schedule of orbit was taken as 8 basis, and it is doubtful if anything more acct rate can be obtained for some time to come. 1 may be stated, then, that the comet discovered by Mr. Brooks ts a return of the Pons comet of 1812, and that its perihelion passae will take Place in 1884. Future computation can vary this date only a few hours. m the schedule of elements with the above date of perihelion pas- sage Mr. Chandler has computed the positions in which the comet will appear to be up to the time in February next, when it will disappear tous below the southern horizon. A few of these positions are here given, that thcse pos- sessing telescopes of moderate aperture may know where to find the comet when the moon has passed by. The comet has been seen in a two-and-a-half incn glass, but is a faint object even in a six-inch telescope. It is small. faint, round, without tail, and with a small, distinct stellar nucleus. EPHEMERIS. Greenwich. Right Ascension. Dectination. Midnight, Lms a2. ms ‘September 20, 1883....16 2523 N. 61118 16327 = =N.60 181 5 16 2620 N.59 5 2 ‘October 2, 1883. 16 2808 «60.58 387 October 6, 1883. 163031 N.57 412 Uctober 10, 1883. 6 33 440 -N.56 507 212437 «N26 515 231247 8 1102 : 7 SBS Ty 15, 185 11054 8.39566 39.54 —the brighte-t at discovery being taken as unity in the light scale. By the figures ot Mr. Chandler It is known that the comet will be at its nearest point to the earth about the middle of January, 1884, at which time it will be distant about sixty mil- lions of miles. It will then be about six mag- nitudes brighter than when discovered, and will be certainty visible to the naked eye. A comparison of the conditions then exist- ing with those of the comet of 1812, when near perihelion. shows that the present comet will be three or four times brighter. The comet will be visible in the northern hemi- sphere for some months to come, affording an excellent opportunity for a long series of obser- vations. AS soon as sufficient data have been secured an elliptic orbit will be published; for the computation of which positions from obser- vatories are requested. All the information which has been obtained here has been forward- ed tothe European astronomers by cable, ac- cording to the recent arrangements for interna- tional communication. of which Harvard obser- vatory is the center for this country. The re- appearance of one of the short period comets is now expected by astronometers, Comet Temple, which has been observed in 1873 and in 1578. An orbit by Schulhof places the time of perihe- Hon passage at about October 20th of the present year. WHAT PROF. PARKHURST SAYS. Prof. Boss has caught me napping. For the last two or three years I have been sweeping tor the comet of 1812, whose path I had com- puted, and have been in the habit of comparing the position of every newly discovered comet with that path. Had I not forgotten to do this I should have at once seen that the Brooks comet ts indeed the long expected Pons comet of 1812, and announced it in my communication of the 6th instant. My general idea of the orbit ofthe Brooks comet is sustained, but the comet | itself is larger than the average, and will be likely to be visible to the naked eye, witha short tall, fora few weeks about Christmas time. Messrs. Schulhof and Bossert published a year ago an ephemeris to assist inthe search for this comet, tounded upon computations made by them of its orbit; but fessor Brooks has found it at a greater distance from the sun than the greatest distance in the ephe- meris. Encke had found a period of 10.7 years, which would have brought it back in the spring of this year. Messrs. Schulhof and Bos- sert obtained from their elaborate investigation a period of 73.18 years, and found that the per- turbations of the larger planets would accele- rate its return by 445 days. Accordingly they poet its return to the perihelion on Sep- ember 3, 1884, subject to an uncertainty of 4.5 | Sig The actual retura will not vary much rom January 25, 1884—less than eight months from the predicted time. For the three revolutions prior to 1813 the comet was not seen, probably because it is in a favorable position for observation only when It passes its perihelion between August and Feb- Tuary. It is in the most favorable position when it passes its perihelion about December 20, and fortunately. it varies only about a month from that time at this return. Passing its peri- helion in September it was barely visible to the naked eye for ashort time with a tail two de- | grees in length. It is likely to be much more conspicuous this time, although it is unlikely that the tail will exceed five degrees in length. ‘This comet belongs to a group. of which Hal- ley’s, Olber’s, De Vico's, Brorsen’s and West- phal’s are members; all of which have a period of about seventy years, only departing from the sun about to the distance of the planetNeptune, which may have been broughtinto their present orbits by the influence of that planet. Kirk- wood has called attention to the remarkable re- semblance between the orbit of this comet and that of De Vico, the principal difference peing the transposition of the nodes, from which he concludes that they had a common origin. The course of this comet throuch the heavens will be as folluows:—It is now very near Eta Dra- conis, and has reached the limit of Its w motion. It will move slowly toward the south, curving toward the east, toward the head of Draco, through which it will pass during the fore part of November. By that time it will be easily visible in a small telescope. Thence passing southeasterly it will be north of Lyra early in December. From December 12 to the 22d it will be passing along the arms of the cross in Cygnus. In cope gt it will enter Pegasus, and before the end of January it will finally sink below our horizon in the tail of Cetus. Its greatest brilliancy will be early in January. During its whole course it will be visible in the evening; first in the northwest, at about the elevation of the pole star, gradually sinking toward the horizon as it moves south- ward, and finally sinking below the south- western horizon. The orbit will soon be more exactly computed, and ephemerides prepared for the use of astronomers; but the above, derived from the orbit in 1813, will not vary materially from the trath. Henry M. Parxuurst. New York, Sept. 21, 1883. WHAT AILS THE COMET? A telegram from Boston, September 23, says: “From observations at the Harvard College ob- servatory of the returning comet of 1812, it ap- pears to have experienced an extraordinary out- burst of light within the last twenty-four hours, amounting. according to Mr. Chandler's cons mate rease of six or it times its penvcpatinen z re places eed ‘of the comet also has entirely changed. From a diffuse losity with a faint nucleus, it has suddenly ike object. Both Mr. Searle and piety afaint short brush of light toward the east, the Se —__ A Lovely Maiden Abducted in Georgia From the Conyers Weekly Two weeks ago James D. Bislock, of Clay- ton‘county, moved into the Cut-Off, bringing z ai af 7 i ! i THE LUTHER STATUE IN W. INGTON, NG’ Ke Will Not be Erected Tim 1, S84. Mr. A. J. D. Wedemeyer arrived in New Yi Saturday last, after having apent two months ig Europe arranging for the celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Martig Lather. When areporter of the World cai wt Mr. Wedemeyer's residence, at No. 25 p street, that gentleman was found in the midst ofconfusion resalting from the return of higs family from the country and himself from transatlantic trip. Wedemeyer, as he asked the reporter to be seated, “and as secretary of the Martin Luther soclety of this city have visited the ancient es tablishment at Lauchhemmer, in Prassia, where the statue which is to be erected at Washingt is being constructed. It represents Lather in a standing position in the clerical robes of that age. The right hand rests upon the open Bible, and the tacini express! is such as to impress the visitor with the Christian character of the man. The words pedestal. The statue and pedestal will measure thirty teet from the base to the top, and will be similar to the magnificent flzure in the famous monument at Worms, Germany. The fvure wiil be about double life-size and is being cone structed from the finest bronze at a cost of $20,000. Tam very sorry to say th the large amount of work necessar the statue, it will not be ry 1, 1884. We expected to have it in position to una veil on the 1¢th of next November, which will be the anniversary of the birth ot Luther. The site will be in front of the Luther Memorial church at the junction of 14th street and Vere mont avenue. Washington. The statue wiil when set, be surrounded by rk. “The celebration of th national observan throughout the United States will observe it Im their own cities and in such a way as they deem fitting. In this city we expect to continue the lebration for two or three days. Dr. Joseph A. Seiss, of Philadelphia, will deliver the ora- tion under the auspices of the Martin Luther Society in this cit meyer gave the reporter an idea of the interest in the celebration in Germany. He raid that in several cities the celebration would continge tor two weeks. The Emperor ts at the head of the movement in Germany, and in many places memorial churches are being erected. The German women are wearing broaches and other ornaments bearing the picture of Luther, and many of the students in the universities carry handkerchiefs with the busts of the far former worked in the corner. In E interest is quite as general, Sir Thomas Gren- ville having secured a room in the British Mu- seum, in which his collection of books and antl: quities, some of which were the property of Luther, are on exhibition. : A national committee, of which Rev. J. G. Butler, of Washington, 1s a member, will meet days to perfect arrangements for the anniversary. ee Engineers Making Love. From Life. Nearly every engineer on the New York and New and railroad hes a sweetheart or wife in New Beit- gin, Coun. | Evary train would wtuatie« solute to cam fait an «rew so fearfully ear-eplitting ‘that the autuorities have had it stopped. It's noon when Thirty-five ts due, An’ she comes on time, like a lish of light, An’ you hear her whistle, * Too-tee-to0]"” ‘Long "fore the pilot swings in sight. Bill Maddon’s drivin’ her tn to-day An’ he’s callin’ his sweetheart, far away— Hurd—itves down by the mill; see her biusiin’; she know it's Bi, 1 Toot-eel Tu-diel Tul” You mig! “Tu-di Six-five A. M. there’s a local comes— Makes up at Bri-tol, runnin’ east; Au’ the way ber wuistle sings an’ hums Is a livin’ caution to man an’ beast. Every one knows who Jack White calls— Littie Lou Woodbury, down by the Falls; Summer or wiater, alway the same, She hears her lover callin’ her name— “Lou-tel Lou-ie! Loo-teel” At six fifty-eight you can hear Twenty-one Go thunder’ est, and of all thescreams That ever startled th! rising sun, Jehu Davis sends tnto your dreams. But I don’t mind tt; 1t makes me grin— For Just down here where the creek lets im, His wife, Jerusua, can hear bin call, Loud as 4 throat of brass can bawl— 1 Jo-hool” Jeee-ro0e-sueel But at one fifty-one, old Stxty-tour— Boston express runs east, clear turough— Drowns her ratue and rumble and roar With the softest whistle that ever blew, An’ away on the furthest edge of the towa, Sweet Sue Wiuthrop’s eyes of brown Shine like the starilght, bright an’ clear When she hears the whistle of Avel Gear, “ You-ou-ou, Su-u-u-u-el” Along at oe a freight comes: a Leaves But it rumbles with a fearful din, ‘Till 1t reaches the Y-switch there, aod then ‘The clearest notes of the softest bell ‘That out of a brazen goblet 1 Wuke Nellie Minton out of her dreams— To ber like a poy bell 1t seems— “Nell, Nell, Neii! Nell, Nell, Neti” An’ somewhere Iate tn the afternoon, You'll see Thirty-seven go streakin’ wests It’s local, from Hartford; same old tune ‘New set for the girl that loves him best. ‘Tom Wilson rides on the fight hand side, Givin’ Ler steam at every stride; An’ he touches the wiststle, low an’ clear, For Lulu Gray, on the uill, to hear— “Lu-lut Loo-lool” ‘So It goes on all day an’ all night, ‘Till the old folks have voted the thing a bores Old maids and bachelors Says IL ain't right For folks to do courtin’ with such a roar, But the ‘neers their kisses will blow From a whistle valve to the girls they know, An’ the stokers the name of their sweethearts tell Wita the Belle! Nel! Delt! of theswaying bel, eet J. BURDETTS. Wednesday Whatnots Why the rabbits escaped: His lordship (after peal de his tenth rabbit): “I'll tell you what it is, Bageter. your rabbits are all two inches toc short hereabouts!"—London Punch, Expelled; “Dear we!” cried Mra. Blossom, ae she laid down the ag it does seem to me at if those state militia fellows are always in trou- ble. Here's an account of @ recent ingpection where the company turned out fifty-three men. Too bad, ain't it?”—Anon. ‘The treaty of no account: ** ra!” walk Inebriated Hibernian the other day, as be Chinaman’s head sticking out of @ coal-hole the pavement, “ for atraitie at all, whin they've duy a tunnel clane through, #0 they have.”—San Francisce Theatrical item: “No.” said the theatrical manager, “there wasn'ta thing I could do to theater to improve it, and I don't see that 4 ry rf i ii : i z i H 3 i # # i i i me : : “T have had a most*enjoyable trip.” sald Mr. Martin Luther will appear in bold relief on the / In closing Mr. Wede-}, eo in, rin yore Ume—I dun"t know when— in do thim haythin divils care -