Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1883, Page 2

CITY AND_ DISTRICT. ART AND NATURE. fect Discuwed by the Hertical- Sectety—An Esseny by Col. w Art has Assisted Nature re of Fruits and Flowers. Col. D. S. Curtiss read before the District of Colnmiia Horticultural Society, at Mrs. Mor- Feil's art rooms Weduesday evening, an inter- esting essay on “Works of Art and Nature.” In the main, the essayist said art is only a copyist of the original ctions, and it can rarely excel the works of its mother; no specimen of sculpture can surpass the exquisite grace and symmetry of the form; and no painting | of the human face, or the ers. The im- natural s petaled magnificent jacqueminot. prairie queen, and many others—is the work of art in flower | culture, for improvement on tie original pro- duct of nature. the splendid artlett and Duchess d’Angouleme pears are only frait art work in improvement ofp: Vinal pear, which, in the wild state, was a little knotty alinost. unpalatable, fruit; vow it Is the best frait we have in the temperats But in most c excellence 01 the beanty, ‘color aid grac While in some things art is allowed to improve | upon natnre, as in the cases above cited of im- ers and fruits, — It often presents ew arrangements and combi- . The fower-artist has given us vantifal roses and finer fruits than any simply natural ones that we have, and aiso better grains than any natural varicti P 3 it is true to say that w art ne’ a flower, or truit, or grain: yet it has ably made’ greater improvements by the cultivator's art, ‘with flowers and fruits than other natural prod! se than with any o' id w flower; the pear, than her ‘fruit, upon their origins The combined indus mage e work of natu which isthe life of . repre- preserve natural obj orms and nament and specu ieties. Another {Intel act should be kept in mind by that is, the art-worker to prodi should always be in lively sympathy with na- end the great object of ali natural opera- . Which is usefulness, desizns of benefit to highest types of creation. n nature and . be readily di ran together. ‘works of nature. CHANGES IN TH Following the essa: esting di RUCTURE OF FLOWERS. there was quite an inter- Jadd instanced he could remetaber the center, which has entirely di Mr. Saul stated that the demand double flowers, bat now single fl demand, and the dahlia was re: putty. The came nad become too much like Wax, apparently excelling nature, but it was net now in demand. The gladiolus, a native ot i South Afries, whieh formerly bad but one or blooms. now has almost every shade blooms in profusion. re de Clark remarked that the first i here was the Catawba, by Mr. and referred to the per- e Koot in ared. been for two whit and Mr fection to which many attained and the improve- ment made. Mr. Clark referred to the improve- ment in Jowers, noticins that in his recollection Yerbenas bad been sold for $1 per plant. ul sald that as a rule plants irom China do well here. while those from 1 not seem tothrive here, but slope. Il gave his experience in grape stating that two years azo he had set was such that he would rd to cuitivate them. Saul said that one of the objects of the fociety was to educate the people on the subject ot horticuiture, and he observed that the public knew little of fruits. He instanced a grower coming to for strawberries. and when he = Saul} spoke of the flavor, he remarked: “I lon't want flavor; what I want is looks, so that wiilsell.” In Philadelphia a pear is being at filty cents a piece. which is not fit for a THE TURE IN AMERICA. its History. HORSE RACING IN COLONIAL DAYS—A PROSPER- OUS PRESENT AND BRIGHT FUTURE. The liberal and progressive management of the National Jockey Club has, within the short space of several years, given the Washington track rank alongside the most popular and noted of the country. The best stables in the land are now in the book of entries for the Ivy City meetings. Love of horses is a marked characteristic of American people, aad the turf is steadily growing in popularity. The early settlers, those sturdy pioneers, who, with axe andrifle, blazed the way for the white man in America, cherished a fondness for thoroughbred horses. Almost as soon as they had cleared ground enough to raise the neces- sary bread, they laid out race tracks. This,how- ever, applies only to the middle and southern colonies. The straight-laced Puritan looked upon racing as one of the wicked de- vices of the Evil One, and would have none of it. But the cavaliers and the aristocracts of Virginia and the Carolinas intro- duced blooded racers as early as the middle of the seventeenth century. Even with their Ineager and uncertain facilities they imported horses, both for the tarf aad stud. In 1750, ia Maryland and Virginia. the Carolinas, and even as far north as New York, racing became an in- stitution tavored by legisiative enactment. At that period speed and stoutness in the horse Were souzht after with as much energy as marks these times, THE TURF RECORDS OF THOSE ANCIENT DAYB contain the exploits of such flyers as Celer, the best son of Janus; of the renowned sons of im- ported Traveler, Tryall, Yorick; of Partner's re- nowned son, Lee’s celebrated running horse, Mark Antony. In 1752 Col. Tasker’s imported Selima, by the Godolphin Arabian, beat In Vir- ginia the pick of the horses in that’ state, from the stables of Westover, Mount Airy and others ef equal note. The winner was then four years old, and was owned in Maryland. Selima beat all competitors, and was famous also atterwards as the dam of winners. Her son Selim. by im- ported Othello, was regarded as the best horse of his time, and beat, in succession, the fastest racers of Virginia, Pennsylyania and New York. In 1764, the year the great Eclipse was foaled in England, Selim was the acknowledged king of the American turf. About a year later Fear- | Daucht was imported, and he improved on the | progeny of his illustrious predecessors, his_get running with great distinction at Annapolis, THE AMERICAN NEWMARKET OF THAT ERA. The little town of Annapolis maintained its j distinction as the leading piace of the country for turf sports until the breaking out of the rey- olutionary war, when racing was necessarily suspended. The independence ot the colonies had scarcely been won. however, until the love of the turf reasserted itself. Racing was re- vived with a zeal that seemed more animated because of the long enforced suspension, and the turf held its way in popular favor until the civil war broke out. During the progreas of the civil conflict racing became almost extinct. In New Jersey and Kentucky an occasional meet- ing was held, but the more serious business of War 80 engrossed public attention that but tew attended the race courses. The owners of thor- oughbreds and noted racers kept up the breed through all these troublous years, and, as was the case after the revolution, turf sports were revived almost as soon as war ceased; but the revival did not cover all the states that had for- ly been noted in turf annals. TURF SPORTS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. Virginia, distinguished through so many years for her fine strains of racers, has made no effort to regain her former prestige in that re- spect. Though her people retain theirardent ad- miration for the thoroughbred horse and many of them enjoy the ownership of fleet trotters and runners, there are no jockey clubs in the state. The paralyzing effect of the late war, which made Virginia its chief theater of action, accounts for this; but now that the state has recovered from the shock of conflict, that the waste places are all rebuilt and prosperity smiles upon her people, it is only a question ot time until the Virginian’s inherent fondness for turf sports will manifest itself in active competition for the honors of the race course. In South Carolina the revival a3 set in. Some of the best stables, comprising horses that annually demonstrate, upon the leadi courses north and south. their blood and training, are owned in that state. Georgia, too, is beginning to ex- hibit a lively Interest in the breeding and train- hog to eat. but looks delicious. THE PROFITS OP GRAPE CULTURE. Mr. Clark said as to grape culture that he @ouid at one cent per pound get more from gfapes on one acre than he could from tobacco or any other crop. Mr. Saul spoke of anew rose which had been parchased in England for £700 (23,500), the pur- chaser stipulating that he would not sell a cut- ting for two years. Mr. Saul in answer to a question said that mignonnette to bioom in the winter should be sowed about September Ist, but it would do to sow now. “ ——_—__~-e-______ THE ELEVATION OF THE COLORED RACE Mr. Dougiass’ Views Controverted— Helding Office Net the Proper Ele- vator, Etc. To the Editor of Tar Evenixa Star: Fred. Douglass seems to think that all that Is Reeded to complete the elevation of the colored Yace, is to put one of them in the Cabinet. How that is to change the character or habits of the mass of the colored population ne does not ex- plain, and it is not easy for ordinary minds tosee. He was given an important and prof- table office here, to the exclusion of equally as competent and deserving white men—an office that is said to have paid as much as the salary of a Cabinet officer,—but Ihave yet to learn that it had any perceptible effect on the race. Col- ored men have been in the House and Senate. Ther@is Mr. Bruce in the Treasury; Mr. Cook, collector of taxes; Mr. Brooks, on the school board. and a colored superintendent of schools, to say nothing of the great number holding sub- ordinate positions in the departments and else- where, and still the records show that the col- ored one-third of the population commit about two-thirds of ail crime; and to judge by the great number of colored boys and giris growing up here in idleness and vice, the pros- | at for the future is not specially encouraging. hy is thisso. if office holding by one or more prominent men of their race is to work such wonders? Mr. Douglass ought to know, and he ought to teach his race, that they, as a people, can never rise above their condition as individuale— that what their character and habits as indi- viduals are. that, and only that, will they be as people. The only way for them to rise to a level with the whites is to become intelligent, industrious and virtuous. They will be re- spected for what they are and do, and no office will ever relieve them trom the neceasity of com- manding respect by the same rules exactly as governs the white race. A REePUBLican. A Farmer's Cow About the Sige nal Service Report for 1851. ‘To the Editor of Tue Eventne Sran: The signal service report for 1831 omits the table of daily minimuin aod maximum tem- peratures which characterizes the reports of prior years. As a farmer I would like to know the rpason wity. The only feature in these par- treular reports that Is of value to the agricul- turist, aside from the rainfalls table, is this omitted tabl: It is to us a matter of special interest to know when frost comes and goes. when we may reasonably expect the beginning of low temperatures. and these points are pecu- Marly determined by the temperature tables of the signal service reports in the years preceding that of 1831. Any intelligent farmer can take these tables and by comparing one year with another deduce a guide of action ot invaluable service to himself, for they show him for each year when the thermometer ranges both above and below the freezing point. The monthly means are of no earthly use to a farmer, for they teach him nothing beyond a general prin- ciple, which even an idiot is cognizant of. t am aware that General Hazen, asa West Pointer, is not med to know anything of a farmer's and to care less. Perhaps this is the rea- son why he bas omitted the temperature tables from his reports and made them to us valuable Only for waste paper. We are affected by the fluctuations of temperature, and 80 absolutely determine our course of action in both mobor pet fectdnate arly out a knowledze particularity given the service reports prior to 1881. 4! fee ly _— General on restore feature and thereby ren reports as Semnatic to the farmer ex they mav be to the AqRICULTURIST. ing of thoroughbreds. {n Louisiana, also, racing is growing in popularity, and the meets at New Orleans yearly show improvement in the num- berand breed of home-bred horses. In the early years of the present century the Carolinas and Georgia were foremost in turf matters. Horses bred in those states won distinction on the turf and in the harem. The brilllant achieve- ments of Timoleon, Virginian, Vanity, Reality, Lady Lightfoot, Sir Charles, ‘Rattler, Sumter, Henry and others of equal fame are among the most creditable in the annals of the turf. IN THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST the outlook was never brighter. Not only is there a growing interest in racing as a relaxa- tion, but the value of the turf to the economi- cal interest of the people is understood and ap- preciated. It lias stimulated a friendly compe- tition for the Improvement ot blood and devel- opment of speed, the effects of which is witnessed in the superior horses generally in use throughout those sections. The American bred horse, not content with honors at home, has crossed the Atlantic; and in England and France has shown his superiority in contests with the very best racers of those lands. The victories of Iroquois and Foxhall on foreign courses is but the beginning of ACHIEVEMENTS ABROAD OF HOME-BRED HORSES. ‘The narrow view once so common as to horse- racing is fast disappearing, and it is generally regarded now in a proper light. It is looked upon as an inspiriting, an exhilarating pastime, harmless enough, if properly pursued, but. like all other things of this earth, capable of mischief if misused. The erroneous idea that there is some inherent danger in horse-racing Is about dispelled and the merits of the sport are recog- nized. The value of the horse Sepesds upon his capacity to perform. The individual or associa- tion that contributes to the enlargement of this capacity, tends to make the horse more durable, active and obedient. and to improve his blood and. increase his speed, creates an economical saving power to human labor. It not only adds to the value of the horse, but increases the pleasure in owning and using the animal. ge PUT “© THE VAGS” TO WORK. A Change of Heart. “In glancing over the report of the action of the District Commissioners,” sald a prominent citizen of Capitol Hill, “it would seem that there must have been a great change of heart or of policy among them, as I see they now Propose to put the idle vagabonds, tramps, &c., at work, instead of supporting them in idleness at the publicexpense. When the East Wash- ington delegation called on them sometime ago Commissioner West took pains to express his virtuous indignation at the suggestion that the inmates of the workhouse should be set to work and made to do what there was no money to do. The Commissioners may rest assured that public opinion will sustain them in this action, and it might be carried much further with advant Hundreds of idle colored people flock into the District every winter, for the sole purpose of living on the charities of the people here. The Associated Charities is doing much to weed them out and prevent the imposition, and if that association could have control of ‘all the charitable funds expended here it would put an end to the imposition. Every idle person who has no visible means of support ought to be as a vacrant and set to work for the public. If that were done we would soon get rid of the great mass of idie people, most of whom live by theft, robbery an er vices.” ‘Te Hea jae Pol an Car. ‘And his [Eleazer’s] sword clave to hishand,” was the Rev. Mr. Talmage’s text at the Brook- lyn Tabernacle last Sunday. He contrasted the Hebrew general’s energy in fighting the Philis- tines with the easy-gotng ways of those modern Christians who want a “rose-water and kid- glove" campaign. “They want to ride to Heaven in a Pullman al “with their feet THE INDUSTRIAL scHOOL Yor CHILDREN Hew it Originatea_what Its Objects Are—Who Are Ite Managers—A Chari- table Aftair, Etc, A Star scribe asked Mrs. Llewellyn Deane, one of its promoters, this morning about the in- dustrial school lately established at 233 Penn- sylvania avenue northwest, ‘‘what are its objects?” She replied: “The object of this school 1s to help widows with families, women with dissi- pated husbands, who have children, invalid parents with families, and those who are will- ing to work, but can’t find employment. The ladies of the school do not wish to break up the family relations, but to teach the children to help the parents by learning some usefal in- dustry. “No matter how poor and unfortunate, no matter if degraded and wretched, the mother still loves her offspring. Children are quick to understand. and will soon distinguish between the poor disorderly home, anda pleasant well ordered school room. A kind and faithful teacher has an influence equal to the mother, if not superior to it.” “How do you provide for them?” “It children can be taught for five hours in the day, to work, given one good wholesome meal towat, be comfortably clad, both mind and body will be benefited. Add to this short lessons in spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic, and What now seems a nuisance may one day be our useful citizens. The noble christian women, who have come to the aid of building up this school, wish to make it a permanent success, and they ee do so if each one, who is able, will do just a little.” “How have you succeeded?” “‘At first the school was in session three days inthe week. The ladies now propose to have an afternoon session five days in the week, and on Saturday an all-day session beginning at 10 a.m. Those children who live too far away to come after school hours can come on Saturdays.” “‘How are you sustained?” “The merchants have given goods and shoes. The grocers have given groceries. The good people of Center Market have given of good eat- ables generously, without stint. The monet left at Tue Star office was thankfully received. Money coming thus, without 5) cla request, seems to do us so much good. lany have given us money without the asking. But we must still seek aid. We have been in small quarters. We wish to enlarge our borders, that we may do more good. Many of the children we have already clothed are now attending the public schools all day and come to us on Saturdays, and In the evening after school.” “What work do the children do ?” “The ladies wish to introduce into the school an industry that will greatly benefit the poor, viz: braiding and sewing straw and palmetto hats. There are, on the opposite side of the river, neat Detroit, Mich., in Canada, settlements whose people are catled Muskrat French, the inhabitants of which derive a great part of thelr living from braiding the straw out of which is made the celebrated Mackinaw hats. They braid it, bleach it, press it, pay duty on it, and yet make large profits. They sow the white Wheat. harvest it Just before it is ripe. cut out the Joints, sort it Into equal sizes, tie it in bun- dies, and put it away in adry place. During the winter evenings, around the cheerfal fire, parents, children and grandchildren braid the straw.” - “Have you tried that work ?” “In the Industrial school children eight years old have learned to braid. They do not yet braid perfectly, still, they are learning. The ladies of the school have procured some of the Canadian straw. and will, as soon as possible, have hats on exhivition. Why cannot we teach our poor children and let them have the money thus earned, instead of sending it into Canada? Until the art is learned it will not be ‘profitable. We can't jump to the top of the house, but many of us can climb there, if we have a good ladder. Tt is no light undertaking to teach a child that has all its life been accustothed to idleness; yet patience and perseverance will succeed at last. and accomplish wonders. If the good people of Washington will assist in the establishment of this school, the day is not far distant when we will have an industry which will give employ- ment to a large number of our poor.” There will be a meeting every Wednesday evening at six p.m., in the school room, 233 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; to which all are invited. Mrs. M. £. McPherson will speak Wednesday evening. eee GREEK IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, Industrial Schools More Necded. To the Editor of Tre Evenine STaB: I notice there Is a controversy about teaching Greek in the High school. In that matter the great mass of the public will side with Mr. Bir- ney. It may beall very nice for “J. C. G. K.” and a few others of “elegant leisure” to prate about the beauties of ideas expressed in Greek, and all that sort of thing, but what proportion ot the people have the time or leisure for such enjoyments? The great mass of the people must work for a living in one shape or another, and the object of the public sehools is simply to give the mass an elementary education that will fit them for the ordinary avocations of life. Indeed, itis a serious question whether we have the right to tax the public to support a High school for the special benefit of the very few; at least, until we have provided school facilities for every child in the community. We have to-day but little more than half as many seats as there are children of schootage inthe District; and we have about forty half-day schools, because all cannot be provided with full-day schools. Under these circumstances it may well be questioned whether we have the right to spend the public funds ona High school at all. It should be borne in mind that but a very small proportion of the scholars ever attend the High school, and they are almost universally the chil- dren of the wealthier portion of the community—of parents who are far more able to give their children a special ed- ucation than are the great mass of the people. If we had the means I would be in favor of giv- ing every one the very highest education possi- bie; but we have nof, and the question is, who is most entitled to what we have, the favored few or the mass? It is with the utmost diffi- culty that funds can be obtained to pay the sal- arles of the teachers, and only this week the trustees have petitioned the Commissioners to increase their estimates for that purpose. In my opinion the great want of the day is not more facilities for learning the classics, but industrial schools, in which the mass of chil- dren can be taught at least the elements of the practical branches they are to pursue for a liv. ing. Everywhere and in all branches the call is for skilled mechanics and laborers. The aboll- tlon of apprenticeships and the arbitrary rules of the trades unions by which boys are pre- vented trom learning trades is ing the number of skilled artisans among our peo- ple, and the result is that they are being crowded out of nearly every kind of business. The for- eign born, who, in coi jaence of the abua- dance of industrial and technical schools in Euro} countries, come here prepared to mo- nopolize nearly all the best places. If any one questions this he has but to visit the various manufacturing establishments of the country and he will find that four out of five, if not nine out ot ten, of all the skilled mechanics are for- eigners. Asa result of this we find our Amer- ican youths crowding into the cities seeking clerkships, the pay of which will barely pay for board and clothes. Unless a remedy be pro- vided it will not be long before the race of American skilled artisans will be known no more in the land. OBSERVER. jibe on ee ‘The Art of Advertising. From the San Francisco Cail. The newspaper has become the legitimate in- heritor of the patronage of advertisers. It offers advantages that no other vehicle possesses, and it costs Jess than most others. It cannot be assumed that the advertising pages of a paper are so carefully read as the news portions, but it has gradually educated the reader to look for what he or she wants inthe: advertising columns, and those who read the paper quietly at home are far more inclined to go over their wants and look where to mapoly theme than the man on the street, who is pro! ly thinking more of selling his own than of buying his neighbor's. Then the scope of this method of advert! is almost endless. It takes in a business or two-line notice, or it may cover an entire [eae is a chance for literary ot their business, and it is wonderful how much he can find to say on what Fr oon Oo be = henseneyed saber, SATURDAY, Cox., Sept. 16, 1888.—After five weeks spent in Denver; sevetul physicians united in the sug- gestion to your(enderfoot correspondent, “If your expect relief for your bronchial trouble from this tlimate, you must go out to the moun- tains 0? Colorado, camp out, sleep in the open air, keepawayifrom the hotels, and learn to rough it'vwith the ranchmen; hunt, fish, andride; let the temt andthe log cabin be your home,” etc. Obeying the voice of science, Mr. Tender- foot lald by his store clothes, purchased two blue flannel shirts, a rubber and other blankets, a waterproof, etc., and thus equipped set out for the Wilderness, LEADVILLE. Taking the train tor Leadville early next morning the rich and fast city of one-story frames was-reached. The positive meanness of the place on leaving the cars makes a disagree- able impression, but on going tarther into it, the appearance of the city improves, and on ac- juaintance, one is pleased with its citizens. Here Js first noticed the almost universal habit of carrying the pistol, (etsled “gun” in this country.) Notwithstanding its output of twenty millions a year, It does look as if decay was dreaded, people do not erect substantial residences. Though it rained every day during the week of his stay In July, Mr. Tenderfoot was in no way the worse in health, but the high aiti- tude compelled leisurely movement. The object being to get into the Wilderness, Red Cliff was sought, being the end of the rail- road—a camp of frame houses. supported by moderately rich mines along Battle mountain. The town is on a small level spot on the forks of Eagle river and Turkey creek—no other ayall- able place for a town for miles, it thus happens that Red Cliff loses somewhat in being too far— four or five miles—from its supports, the mines on the mountains. Haunting the blacksmith shop, Tenderfoot soon finas aman in buckskin with a strong wagon and stout team. The lvad consists of household utensils to furnish a new log cabin. As the ranchman had alsoin his wagon a 16- pound breecii-loading rifle, a shotgun and on the hip a pistol, with a belt at the waist filled with cartridges, the fact that he had “jumped” the 160 acre claim of another was ignored, and Ten- derfoot placed himself unconditionally under his protection. Hiring an extra pair of draft mules for the pull up the mountain, we were soon under way for the wilderness. Some six or eight miles from Red Cliff we enter a level (here called “‘park”) between the grea hills, some half dozen tents soattered over about a hundred acres constitute Astor City. Stopping at a large canvas, Tenderfoot and his ranchman divide a quart bottle of very poor beer, for which the tax was fifty cents. Pursuing our weary up-hill Journey we come about sunset toaranch in the mountains; we get supper of trout, elk, venison and bear, with milk and coffee and various luxuries. The name of the Baltimorean who owns the ranch has escaped recollection, but the excellent tare is wellremembered. “I should never be con- tent to live in the east again,” said mine host as he fondled his Winchester—he was about to. go out for venison... Sleeping in the open airin our blankets, (there were a number at supper) next morning ater a good breakfast we again took our up-hill road, ‘ THE WILDERNESS. We findburselves “at home” in the evening in a log cabin on the Eagle river, about fifty miles west of the divide between the Atlantic and Pacific, and thirty-five from thenearest railroad. The strip: of level land along the Eagle is all taken up, by settlers, who have not yet com- pleted title under the law. The Indtan, reluc- tantly left onlyi three years ago; the skeleton, head and horas, on the roadside attest the pres- ence of the buffalo in recent times. But the immense extent of mountain on either hand will always be the refuge of the bear, deer, elk, etc. The.trall is said to be on the old route to California,and seme call it the **Ute trail.” All the waters flow into the Pacific. Sage-brush and cacti everymhere; good hay on the low bot- toms, splendid potatoes and other vezetables; but nothing useful elsewhere without irrigation. The fact is, the country Is too new and its capa- bilities not yet ascertained; improvements are behindhand for the same reason. The climate is remarkable for its salubrity. Meat and fish that would spoil in a tew hours in your city wil:here keep indefinitely, even when hung upin the sun. And here it may be ob- served that with the thermometer at from 60° to 80° the rays of the sun are more powerfully felt than in Washington when it registers 100° in the shade, as Tenderfoot learned at the expense of a fearful scorching of face and hands and lips. The nights are ever refreshing in the Rockies. The dry, rarefied atmosphere cools rapidly as the sun goes down. The effect of this on weak lungs ig, of course, remarkable, and the change of itself beneficial to one in ill-health. The ap- petite improves. One eats fat bacon fried with his wild meat and fish with relish. One feels like lying down with the sun; the longing for the news of the day ceases; the fringes on the buckskin suit no longer look absurd; it is the proper thing to carry arms; one gets ambitious to get a bear; one learns to cook and wash dishes as the most natural thing in existence, and, with cough checked, finds himself desirous of digging into the hillside for more precious mineral than that which crops out everywhere, for even the stones and bowlders along the trail are multicolored and glisten inthe sun. The tent Is a pleasant home; the wigwam and tepee cease to be despised; one builds a roaring fire and camps out with as much unconcern as if, belated In the settlements, he would seek lodg- ing in a hotel; and so Tenderfoot understands the growth of the feeling that makes a man say, and truly, “‘I would not be content to live in the east again.” The constant coming and going of miners and prospectors to Carbonate, in Garfield county, the site of the latest mineral “strikes,” and the desire of Tenderfoot for change to higher alti- tude, and to visit and try the hot springs of Glenwood, recently come into favor, the curative qualities of which are pronounced marvelous by all who mention the subject, make the stillness and quiet of the Eagle Valley irksome after a month’s sojourn. Horse or other conveyence being out of question, the valise is relinquished, blankets packed and shouldered knapsack fashion, and the march ot thirty-five miles undertaken. The Eagle ts forded on horseback, and a tramp of twelve miles in the hot sun brings one to the junction of the Eagle and Grand rivers, the site of the town ot DOTSERO. There are here about twenty tents, with a Population of about one hundred. The post office In a tent corner suppled a missing mail. ‘The future of this place depends upon the suc- cess of the mines in Carbonate, from which It is distant some twenty-odd miles; this is the route most frequented. A flatboat with wire rope ferries man and horse across the Grand. Rest- ing one night. the march is resumed in the morning, care being taken to lay in a supply of water. The distance of six miles is accomplished in about as many hours; but there isan increase in altitude ofabout a mile. Tenderfoot never betore put in such an up-hill day's work. a WILLOW SPRINGS. Surrouded by groves of beautiful cotton- woods isthe ranch of Mr. Hull, who a few years since left fais southern home with lungs in bad conditions The:lovely grassy park which he owns is well improved, and he is as healthy a as yon could find. He was engaged ening his wagon preparatory to mov- ly. & lower level, as in the kt dull, with snow of great depth - He and his hospitable young fell kNQWn to weary travelers. COFFEE-ROT 6PRINGS—MURDER! A walk jof three miles brings one to this place, and the first cabin one comes to is being put in order by the Bfthers Taylor, in whose lonely place in the hillsa man has just perished by poison administered in milk. The name of the victim is Bailey; that of his cused, Robertson. The trial few days at Carbonate. The accused it, and seeks to cast suspicion on others. fine strong hand of the law, even in this 8 ly settled country, is stretched and lot I write, live close to me in a = held as cool mense bowlders, ete. As you are probably fa- Beueat hea tnaee es place in a feall BRIGHT FANCIES OF THE PORTS, ‘The Mother of a Family. Characters—Mother pt the wae tamity, children, 86m SOLO—MOTHER OF THE PaMrLy. ent bs dongta may iabor never and donet iS true the moro! nearly gone, But still there's a hslf-hour tert, I And, So now Pil sit down and improve my mind, Tl write that tetter I've owed so long, Set right those accounts that w: come wor aot wrong. TU peep into Scrthner and Harper, Ob! In this bali-hour what wou't ! Arla — Swoet it is when the dishes are wasied! Sw ctiti, when the children are dressed, Pie. jt the Ume when the stucKkings are rnd. Tlatt to the hour of noontide rest! HMait hat! halt To the hour of noontide rest! What though a bonaet be yet to trim, nd fringe, for my Sunday Destt Waen the dayitzuv's dium! booatide rest! — Bartley Campbell's successful play of “Siberia” will be produced at the National Mon- day next. — Ford's will open next week with Edward's Folly company. — “Fedora” ts to be produced on Monday next by Miss Davenport in New York. The imitation of it in “Romanoff,” by Charlotte Thompson, played this week, has not strack the popular ear. — Miss Lillian Russell, the American prima donna. bas been engaged by R. d’Oyly Carte, and will appear in the new opera which Gilbert and Sullivan are preparing to present ut the Savoy theater about November, —“Orphee aux Enfers” will be the opera pro- duced at the opening of the new Bijou theater in New York. — When Charles Wyndham appears in Boston he will produxe anew comedy by an American called “Suspicion.” —The Florences played at Philadelphia this week, and will bring out there the new play “Facts; or, His LittleHatchet,” written for them by Jessop and Gill. — A new play by Fred Marsdens called “‘Star- light” will be produced at Syracuse. N. ¥., next Monday. Lisetta Eilain will undertake to star in it. . — Dr. Griffin, the refined step-father of Mary Andersan, writes to a Loulsyille friend: “While we are boating on the Thames me and Mary is the synoshure of all eyes.” — Leonard 8 Outram, the actor, has writ- ten a new gladiator tragedy calied “Galba,” for Frederick Warde, who prodnced it so success- fully the other day in an Obto town that he will make it his chief piece. — “Prince Methusalem” will be run at the New York Casino till the last of next month, when it will be succeeded by Millocker's “Beg- gar Student” whose career in Germany has been that of another “Pinafore.” —A new melodrama called “The Hoop of Gold,” by Murtie Murdock, was produced at Brooklyn Monday night. The audience Hked it, but the critics did not take kindly to it. Its theme was hackneyed and sensational. — Sims and Clay's new fairy opera, which will open the London Alhambra theater October 22d, 1a to be called “The White Queen. Among the participants in it will be George A. loney, @ son of the late comedian of that bame. — Helen Vincent, who tried in vain to get a footing in New York, has been engaged by Wil- son Barrett, for two years anda half. at the Princess’ theater, in London, as a member of ~ stock company, to play second to Miss East- ake. Lecocq has composed a new comic opera, called “Le Grain de Sable,” which will be bronght out, like ‘‘La Fillede Mme. Angot” and other pieces of this popular composer, at the theater of the Galerie de St. Hubert, at Brus- sels, in the winter. —John T. Raymond has not succeeded with his new play, “The Rocket,” Just produced at Chicago. The papers generally condemn ft. Mr. Raymond will produce at St. Louis, October 15, a new play called “Ferguson,” by a Chicago Journalist, Runnion James, well known in Wash- ington. — The London Truth says that Strauss’ oper- etta, “Prince Methusalem,” which isa great success at the New York Casino, has been pro- hibited by the Russian censorship because there isascenein the third actin which a riot is represented, and the throwing of bombs and petards ts imitated by the orchestra aud chorus. x pulied up for the sea- son on all sides, Snow falls to the depth of ten feet in winter, and patches may be observed in the vicinity that have survived the piercing sun of summer. It is ae hot in August; but almost datly comes the cold evening shower of rain or hail, which causes the stranger to don his overcoat. There isa post office here and another a mile anda half west or it, at Gresham, just created. The latter consists of six or elgnt log cabins on the edge of a beautiful canon, known as the Black Canon. all sides, for miles around both places, the land is staked out into 103¢-acre mining claims, with ten-toot holes generally—just enough of labor to hold them under the law. It is not easy for a stran- ger to take upea claim for himself; he must eed from some speculator who holds mere- ly for sale and not for development. The ‘grab game” is nowhere more tok bate than in Car- bonate and Gresham, greatly to the detriment ofboth. There is cood ore here walting tor a smelter and a raflroad; the news just comes from the Night Hawk, down about 80 feet. of $120 ton in gold and silver. It is probable that in such a vast fleld of mineral deposits yery rich results will follow development in time; but hundreds of these claims are utterly barren. The mine of the Union Pacific em- ployes is worked intelligently, and promises weil at about 60 feet. A new town site has just been entered three miles west ofGresham, to be named after the late member of Congress, Hon. T. M. Patter- eon. The mosquito is here on the snow line in in- ¢reased myriads and virulence. The absence of bird life generally is noticeable. A humming bird of unusual size was seen in the Black Ganon. The harmiess garter and a few others are the only snakes; none venomous. The trout, squaw fish and sucker are the only known fish in the mountain waters. People fish and hunt for the table rather than for sport. Finding that he could not locate a claim In an eligible locality without risk of interference with others, and tiring of the everlasting “Bay a mine!” of the speculators. Tenderfoot bid Maf- fitt, the postmaster ot Gresham, his considerate ; host, good-bye. and started on foot over a blazed trail for the hot curative springs of GLENWoop. The distance of about twenty miles being mostly down hill, the progress of one weakened by long suffering was slow. Anticipating this, Mr. Maffitt put up an extra large lunch and a pint bottle oftea. Tenderfoot loitered over the wonders of the route, over the scenery, the crys- tal streams, and at sunset tound himself in a beantiful park with twin lakes, from which many wild deer fied at his approach. Pack un- slung, dry wood in quantity was gathered, a dead tree was used for backing, and a great, hot fire soon took away the chill, and render the darkness on the lone trail blacker. A light stuipper, and then sleep in blankets, with feet to the fire. At midnicht, the fire being very low, the cries of wild animals around the camp were heard, ceasing as fresh fuel was added. At dawn, with half a biscuit and a half pint of cold tea for breakfast, tne march was cheerfally taken up, and continued, without water, in the hot sun for some hours. THE LOST TRAIL. “You will find water about a mile and a half further on,” said the hunter. Thirst was felt severely; a mile and a halt—two—three were made with all dispatch—no water. It was high noon. The accumulations in the parched mouth were quite hard to expel. The heat was intense. But how comes it that the trees are no longer blazed? The path through this terri- ble brushwood is very faint, and then ceases altogether. Better turn back. But is there not water down in the deep ravine among the trees, is not that its rippling? A weary climb down—| — Henry ©. Jarrett has added the “‘Nalad no water. Better climb up again and seek the | Queen” to his attractions in England. He trall—no trail. The top of a great hill is made | @' with great effort, through brush breast high. | writes cae, Sask beat tie ea Shoes are Tipped, clothing tattered. ‘The secre- | He 1 Provably teosiasie subj oot ar ‘Queen Vic, 2 tions on roof and palate are quite hard and pain- fal. But now the reward; there flows the| —Pattl and Mrs. Langtry have engaged the Tien zien rey, pelow, aoe ens oo a Wed bridal state-rooms on the upper aeck of the new just showing clear of the great mountain, about two miles away. “Climbing down into & great | from Tiverpeet eo Nee yore tee seat vorage a ee ete aaK, Nhat | month, It 1s said the Indies pay the modest appear 0 ‘urns out under-. e brush; the way is very hard. But there is water, | SU7",0f $300 each for the privilege of occupying sure enough, a half mile to the right. It looks discolored, but who cares for that? A weary | — Carlton, the popular baritone, has signed climb down, but there is no water. What a|anengagement of forty weeks with Col. Mc- tnlstake; provoking. Why fall down so often? | Canil, commencing Sept. 17. After singing for Well, the pack is soft: rest awhile. Those ber- | about four weeks in Philadelphia, Boston and Washington he will return to the New York Casino, where he will remain for the season. ries are so sweet al , they Increase one's ull Now oe tees shower, —ob, how sho’ ut the sun ie going down—another s effort. The gulch is tound to be barred by a| —The great popularity of Bizet’s wonderful felled tree that fends the precipice—no thor- | opera of “Carmen” Is not more remarkable than oughfare. But this rocky hill divides| Mme. Hank’s complete identification with the Mie, “gulch. _ into © twos the other | character. This fine artist will appear at Lin- one. A hard climb up and steep coln hall on ney, evening, October 12, on which occasion will be presented the famous second act of Bizet’s oj This act contains the idilla aria and ness Basha castinets for utide rest! y kitten ts gonet look where Twill, My cap and miitens are missing st DUET—COMK AND WOUSPMATD. Cook—On, mda: smy duty to inform vou That bin Vday, uel for LO Warm you, sdog has swole the bee a And the ne away. Housemalt—O}! sorrow and ertef! b itu beeft beett Oh, sorrow and griett Cook and Housemaid—On! powder and shot forthe rascally tntet, Who stole the ' beautiful, Deautiful beet! ‘The beautl-ful beett Housemaid—Alas! mum, here's your ¥; china— The way of i Tcannot un: You'll And no ft mine a But here "ti hand! Cook—Oh! piteous casel rhe tle, tany gLLor “rstand, 's carefulier Cham rey 3 all to pieces in my Cook and Housemaid—On! dagger and knife for Mhisereant base Who broke the fllegant, Mle gant Vase, ‘The til-igant vasel SEMI-CHORUS I!.—CHILDREN. ‘Oh! please, mamma, I want some caket Oh! ph mamma, my teeth do chet Ob! please, mamma, what shail I do? My doli’s lett leg 1s broken in two. TRIO AND CHORUS—MOTHER, COOK, HOUSEMATD, AND CHILDREN. Mother —Sweet 18 the hour— ‘ Ook, SOLO VOCe—Oh! sorrow ant Mother—When the di ad Gook, Mother— Housem: Mother—When the cnfldren are dressed. Housemait, 8. v.—The iMegant vase! Mother—Recosant the time— Children, 4 ¥.—Oul please, mamma, Mother—When the stockings are darnea— Children, 8 v.—What shall I do? Mother—Hall to the hour— Children, 8, ¥.—My doli's left leg Mother—Of nooatlde rest! Children, 8. ¥.—Is broken In two, ALL TOGETHER, Labor to pleasure lends livelier zest. Away with the hour of noontide rest Away! away! away! With the hour of noontide restt For oh! 1Vs a glorious thing to be ‘The mother of a familee, * Of @ fum-t-loel! = nasipbaciaacnnes An Incomplete Revelation. While Quaker folks were Quakers still, some fifty yeurs ago, When coats were drab and gowns were plain ang speech Was stild and slow, Before Dame Fashton dared suggest a single tris or cur There dweit, "mtd Penfeld’s peaceful shades, an old-time Quaker girl, Ruth Wilson's garb was of her sect. Devoid of Turbelows, She Spoke rebuke to vanity, from bonnet to her O88, Sweet apron was she, all disguised tn feathers og e dove, With dainty foot and perfect form and eyes thas dreamt of love, Sylvanus Moore, a bachelor of forty years or 80, A quaintly pious, weazened soul, with beard am@ hair of tow And queer, thin legs and shuffling walk and drawl ing, basal tone, Was prompted by the Spirit tomake this maid his own. - He knew it was the Spirit, for he felt it in his AS oft before in mecting time, and, sure of his re- Procured the permit in due form. On Fourth day of week sas toe ome the message true that he wag “Ruth, It has been revealed to me that thee and I Thave spoken to the meeting and the members ali ‘That our union seems a righteous one, which they roteedcngey , So, If convenient to thy views, I'll wed thee nex ‘The cool posssaston of hersett tay friend Sylvanus Aroused her hot resentments, which by effort she (She Knew he was a goodly man, of simple, chilé- pet 1 15 maquepettion “Sylvanus Moore, do thee go home and walt waa ‘The fact that Imust be thy wife revealed usitie And thus she left him there alone, at will to rum Sore purzia atthe mysteries of Love, Pree wu a one down; the precipice again with felled tree— Mme. Hauk; the air I! fior che avevi a me, which no thoroughtare. How great must have been the sufferings of those who have perished of will besung by Montegriffo, the Spanish tenor, and the stirring song ofthe “Toreador.” thirst in deserts and such places, but they were — Fred Warde is playing this week in Pitts- probably weak—why fall down s0 often? Soles must be getting slippery as glass. But the sun burg. On the opening night, when “‘Virginius” was presented, the lobbies and entrance of the is nearing the mountain top and po moon to- house were decorated with flowers and plants. night; no use lying here. There are three stakes on a hill to the left; it is a desperate climb to reach them. Water again! No; the mirage. Avold the illusion. Lo, the horse-track on the faint zigzag trail; the earth and stones roll down the steep; what a horse that must have been to travel sucha road! It turns at last. Another weary mile to the right, but lower down the mountain. One slips and fatis so often that smooth-soled shoes are blamed and despised. The mouth is glued up almost; the wonderful roaring in the ears frightens; one could sleep if it were not for thirst. * s = a Sliding, rather — The business of “The Silver King” at the Grand Opera House, New York, is something enormous. Manager Brown is confident that the take for the present week will over-reach $9,000. The orchestra have been compelled totake possession of Manager Abbey's box. Every desirable seat is sold for the remainder of A young lady remarks: For the sake of recreation, Once I asked an explanation From a young man (no relation) ™ the engagement. - me re ” than walking, a steep twenty yards, at last the s What was meant by ripple of the spring; and Tenderfoot forgets the] — A very large house greeted John McCul- pd ee Tine Sil sinking sun and feels like thanking somebody | lough at McVicker’s, Chicago, this week. He very much indeed as he drinks and drinks. It is quite dark as the rocky river bank is reached. No hunger is fett,—thirst always. Camping among the bowlders, sweet reeked the deep bass of the Grand river is only broken by—thirst. A hard tramp of a mile next morn- ing along the river brings one to the rick toll-bridge (ten cents for a foot passenger,) lead- ing to these newly discovered hot springs, that are said to wash away all diseases—Glenwood. TENDERFOOT, appeared as Virginius, and was recalled ten times during Wednesday evening. It was the greatest reception the star has ever had here. Miss ee Willett’s Vis é oe replay good. e engagement is fair to be the best MeCullough has ever played in Chicago. \ hrenmacilcedririccetecend a Well, imagine my vexation When he gave m> the PECULIAR NEW ENGLANDERBS. 4 Nice and slow: “Walk slower, papa,” cried Elder Slocum’s Marriage Shop and Xs | the little girl, whose short steps were no match oO ourishing Trade. for the strides of her progenitor; Hotel Society in Washington. ™ —= “can't you go nice and slow, like s police Manhatian for October. A Norwich special has the following: man?”"—Lowell Citizen. Then there isthe hotel society. The ladies staying in the Brown house all receive on the same day. Ladies calling can thus kill all the birds, socially speaking, there are inthe Brown, house with one handful of cards. The ladles of the Smith house have another day, the ladies of the Bobinson house another. Then at intervals each hotel has a soiree, invitations to which are generously distributed. There is a fine band and a finer supper, and dancing unlimited. Congressmen and their wives and daughters, lobbyists, southern colonelsand numerous “‘gen- erals,” visiting politicians, and the rest make upa mixed company. At one of these entertainments the wife of a Congress- Him, “spoke arly io aay aig on ce | nea next a friend’ of the Congresans ry — “You might move up,” said she. ngressman’ “a odode in the room thus A Polack family in Chicago used a railroad it it was better to blow up was thea to go through life wondering if the infernal thing was a restaurant sandwich.—Detroit Free Quality and quantity: “The idea of my being wa Sa her, when I think so much her! what do think?” asked Beach Pond isa lovely sheet of water, six- teen miles east of this city, in the wildest char- coal region of Western Rhode Island. Its shores are clad in primeval forests. Ina cabin in the wilderness dwell Elder Siocum and his wife. Over the door of his lodge is the no- tice: “Marriages Performed for $5 a Couple.” ‘The elder is the most eccentric preacher since Lorenzo Dow, whose birth-place, a gambrel- roofed house, isin Montyille, eight miles west ofthis city. He has to deal with srough, back- “Yea, but Indy had “‘moved up,” and the Cor l a Hi if i 4