Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1883, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, CITY AND DISTRI WASHINGTON OF THE PAST. An Old Man's Reminiscences of the Capital. ING STAR: To the Editor of Tax E During a visit at this comparatively quiet wat y last summer it surprised me to | find how much of a iavol is with resen- | stives of the ancien regime. Among the names | h reealla Washington weil nigh rin my day its present winter rplace features were unknown. We { then at 4, er, at fl jock. Our tons were envelope sealed the waterin dine the nm whieh with us than now nd the knew usin the in how life Huls entirely they be s vuged to our | Court then brought to exgant men of the most dignity ers afforded. the names avoke! | of the United SI it was line of ne he mark of blended r intellect. An old Let me now Hiject which brought the old From your city there was an honored name— that ef Mrs. Thomas Swann Mercer, the widow ot a sonof Col. Mercer, of ‘Cedar Park.” | Maryland. How the very name ot that noble estate of the Mercers brings to mind the fes- tive days spent under its hospitable roof—the deer which named the park—the hunting par- h edtorth from its gates. There Col. Mercer in’ Washinet d by Lesite in London in is} “nts the lordly owner of t dates back to colonial days. wears in the paintin: at the time on Ger m he was traveling in Europe. he his military dress, ott's staff, with The papers en the name of Lord Elphinstone ¢ distinguished Englishmen who are ur country, whieh agealis the account reer gave of meeting. by appointment, his cousin, Lord Elphinstone, who joined the id" that the two, so near of kin, but | 2 ing met, were so much alike 3 to be taken for brothers. the father of Mrs. T. Mercer, (D. D. Bar- Ube. well remembered by the older of THe Star, as worthy of the place he brilliant society of gone bs, when the word s has lost. It wasa names a5 Carroll, Cutts, Seaton, Munro, Swann, Wilkes, Tayloe, Blair, Van} t Inthe Congress of these days his words had weizht, with those of Clay, Adams. We Wiathrop. On her mother’s side Mrs. dese ndant of the Livingstons of yn Manor,” on the Hudson, a famil: un whieh came the Chan Ly F eT found Mrs. Tr. of the nor ofthat name at Albany. Skilfully hand- | nibooas, her pheton was. often seen wf in the aiternoon drive. Her uacle, Gen. nit er,and his beautitul wife (a hter of F: be well remem! i days. outh I found a not: rs, including Mrs. Allen izard, of Charles- | whose hustand was en of | y and Misa From the Tia: t whose | CC a is a few miles from the sprit y from whieh is un- surpassed in extent and presided over by Mrs. Is Mrs tin the hing A muddy a will whisper, treets, minus street ite rps, Was separated ¥ asea of mud. Many a story i by those who atteapted to get throush it to entertainment | he roadside to Latayette square But a ere homes of ele- Swann, the maternal ‘grandfather wanu Mercer. dixpensed a note- yat his house on the square, W. W. Corcoran; while near by. in the honse which we old people treasure #3 a landmark, his friend, Benj. Ogie Tayloe, | As is well Known to those familiar with the sub- Jeet, Mr. Kilbourn was one of the first. if not the very first, to agitate the subject ofa change, | the charter of the ci | cause our National Li | as enacted by Congress, the condition of the na- THE) AND Now. An Interesting We a Prop! In looking at the marvelous changes and im- provements wrought in Washington and the District of Columbia as a direct resuit In the change of their form of government, and in view of the attempts now being made tn certain quarters to return to the old order of things, the following letter written by Mr. Hallet Kil- bourn and published in the Chronicle of this in December, 1867, will be read with inter- est, both as a historical reminder and a warning. Heminiscence—Have het Among Us? wn intiring worker in its behalf. His of the condition of things then exis is wonderfull: o- ng y accurate, while the manner in ictions as to the growth and im- I of the city have been so thorougily Verified by actual results as to make them seein almost like a proohec} To the Editor of the Chronicle: STATING THE CASE. The question of the government of the Dis- trict of Coiambia is one ot national import- anee, and it is noped that the agitation of the subject, necessitated by the near expiration of y of Washington, will zislature to reflect upon the matter, and in the wisdom of their de- liberations establi h a system of government for the District of Columbia which will prop- | erly represent the fact that the seat of Govern- ment of the ed States is exclusively under the contr , a8 provided for by ex- ss terms of the Constitution. For fifty years ress has delegated to the people of the power of locai legislation over taatters which directiy affect the property, and consequently the public interests of the people of the Ualted States. This is contrary to the irit and intention of the law which established ational capital ina district over whch by press terms of cession and acceptance pss was to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever. The District of Colum- bia is the nation’s capital, its government to be controiled and directed entirely through the legislative enactments of the Congress of the people of the United States, and not by the in- habitants of the Distriet. The people of the District of Columbia have no !nherent legislative powers; they locate here under the broad clause of the Constitution of the United States which says that “Congress shall exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over this Dis- trict.” The fact that Congress ever delegated to the people of the District power cf local legis- tion is to be regretted; for had Congress exer- cised excinsive legislation and appointed a board of Comin'ssionersto administer the legislation tion's capital would be far different from what it now is. THINGS AS THEY EXIST. The capital ot the United States at present is agrand skeleton city and suburbs struggling under the afflictions of four different legislative and governing powers—Congress, Washington Corporation, Georgetown Corporation and Levy or County Conrt—each administering different laws. often conflicting, neyer harmonious. Of course, a3 a natural consequence of such legis- lation, the of government of the great United States is ina more razzed, unfinished, uninviting. and slovenly condition sized territory in Christen- 000 inhabitants! More law ay Community in ev permitted subor- 1 the District the capital ca Would to-day de the most attractive nd surrourdiags in the land, In which pri- Wealth w vie with Government in the erection of handso residences, the es charitable institutions, and general beautifying and adorning of the capital city of our great Re- public. WHAT IS NEEDED. What we now want is that Congress shall assume its proper and constitutional relations over the affui-s of this District. and thus regen- erate the ‘ifrom the slough of local partisan cliques and place it in the line of promotion, to become in time the first capital of the world. As the seat of Government, the Dis- trict of Columbia belongs to the people of the United States, and Concress, as trustee of the should nationalize the management of its afairs; as the capital of the Republic. this District is the ward of the nation, and Congress is the guardian appointed by the Constitution to exercise exclusive control over it. Let the Governm ppoint a board of commissioners, who are qualified by character, wisdom, and experience, to administer the affairs of the Dis trict under the proper laws enacted by Congress. Such commissioners and laws, subject at all times to tie control of Congress, and do away with all character and kinds of municipal lezis- lived inall the nnostentatious luxury of a suuth- era zentleman’s home of the period. itor, I found myself in that pretty hileld Springs, ‘dreaming dreams” n’s past, as these names, which are 4 words,” conjured up betore my id eyes the stately forms, high-bred manners, and cuitured speech of an olden time. TEILLARD. Richileld Springs, N. ¥., October, 1883. “He Has a Good Heart in His Body.” Written for Tar Evenrxe Sran. os hia a pow'r Of good, ind act for a neighbor, And speak a kind word when he should He has a good heart tn his body, And this, as a truth, you can spread, ‘That bis hands do a lot o° good speakin? _ Ere a wond by his tongue has been sald, “He has a good heart In his body:"— So says th cruss the Way, Wh ma he wh 4S « good heart tn his body:— widow Says So, ‘twixt her tears; gave her the dress that enrobes her, the bonnet she wears.” art in his body:— soon, wii hout pot, brush or canvas, ‘A man, of full stature, they'll paint. xd heart tn his body, 'S not a good deed he can do, Udo it; and no matter whether It be for a Gentile or Jew. @ good heart tn his body— en, from bottom to brim; xl deeds, not a sentence ar spoken by itn. But, wiille he’s thus silent about them, To others they give a rich theme; “lie has @ good heart in tus body,” ‘They utter while potting at him. —Charles M. Tenley. WASHINGTON, Oct., 1533. ‘The Astor Reunion. In Noveinber will occur an interesting cen- tennial evant relating to the Astor family, of New York. It is the one hundredth anniver- sary of the departure of John Jacob Astor from his humble viliage to these shores. The present representative Astors, Jolin Jacob and William, at Witliam B. Astor, live just as plainly as x father did. They dweil in twin orick son Fifth avenue, large and substantial At Nos. 21 and 23 West two brothers have their an unpretending two story brick Their old office. at No. 87 Prince hich was built in 1835, and occupied by inder ofthe family, was torn down two oto make way for a spacious store. wir fortunes are said to amount to at least = 50,000,009 and as the country increases i lation their wealth steadily increases also. ay Hill ies inthe heart of the family pos- ns. They are strict landlords, but just and Liberal in their care of the property. Henry Astor, their brother, residea on a farm up the Hudson. His office is at 1477 Broadway. John Jacob Astor's only child, William Waldorf Astor, nt United States minister to Rome, ted from Columbia college. He has ured more prominently in public than any of name. He married, in 1875, Miss Minnie 1, a celebrated Philadelphia beauty. has two children. his ¥ He Mrs. John Jacob Astor ts of aritable disposition. Of William Astor’s ily, theeidest daughter, Mrs. Van len, vd two years ago in Newport. Mrs Roose- t is the second daughter, Mrs. Coleman Drayton Is the third daughter and Miss Carrie Astor, who made her debut im society a year aso, is the youngest, Tr ph of Mi he of Macon. Ga, saya: “Every Week there are additional evidences Of the need for technical schools. A gentleman engaged in msvufactaring said in our office that he had vacancies in his business that paid from $1,500 to $3,500 a year that poghes Lehn hecould not fad the men lative bodies within the territory selected as the seat of the national Government. By no other form of mment can Congress exercise exclusive legislation, and nationalize the capital of the Republic. WHAT WOULD RESULT. Under such a plan the affairs of the District would be managed upon a system uniform in its application; the millions of dollars’ worth of Government property here would be protected and cared for by the same authority that regu- lated the public interests of the individual prop- erty-hdlders; there would be a uniform systeni of grades for streets and avenues. of sewerage, gaslights, pavements, &c. In short, instead of, as is too often the case under our municipal leg- on. an antagonism of interest between the ‘ity and Congress resulting in confusion. ne- glect and disorder to our streets and avenues, there would be an harmonious unity in the man- agement of the community of interests. With remarkable unauimity, the substantial citizens, business men, property owners and taxpayers of the District areea in favor of Congress ex- control over the affairs of in the manner herein indicated, be- firstly, that it is the duty of Congress to thus exclusively exercise legislative control of the District; and also because they feel confi- dent that the taxes collected on their property will be far more judiciously expended under pro- per government commissioners than throuzh the manipulation of isan, irresponsible locai city Municipal lezislative government@ithin the District of Co- lumbia, whether one or mauy, always has been, is, aud ever will be, in brief, anintolerable nuis- F anincubas upon the growth, development and prosperity of the.District, irrespective of the party. culor, or sex who, for the time. nay rule supreme in the noisy councils; not that the tn- div .nal members are necessarily bad men, but the system is rotten to the very core. Our citi- zens remember “Plug Ugly” times. when dele- gations of “roughs” came over from Baltimore to interfere in our municipal elections; when firearms were freely used, human lives de- stroyed, and persons maimed for life. The ab- surdity of municipal elections and_ local legisla- tive bodies within the District of Columbia must be apparent to every one upon a moment's re- flection. WHY NOT MAKE THE CHANGE? This being the territory selected exclusively for the purposes of the United States Govern- ment, full and exclusive jurisdiction being vested In Congress over all the affairs of the District, what propriety can there be in Con- gress delezating tothe people who choose to locate within such territory, under full knowl- edge that {ts entire and exclusive control is lodged in the supreme legislature of the nation, power to organize municipal governments within the territory selected for the sole murpose ot the nation’s capital, and legislate, as they often do, ina manner hostile to the views of Conzress, and also affecting the property Interests of the United States Government located here. Municipal elections in the District create and engender bitter partisan feeling of the most in- tense character, exhibiting all the worst pas- sions of bad blood frenzied with whisky,a yearly contest in which human life and limb has often been sacrificed, and not unlikely will happen axain; and these bitter strifes are conducted yearly within the limits of the nation’s capital, over which Congress alone has exclusive legisla- tive jurisdiction, and wherein a subordinate legislative election isas much out of place as It would be upon one of the United States naval vessels. There ts no political significance in these contests, for there !3 no principle of republican government involved; it ts simply a question of spoils. It is not a struggle for law-makers; the only issue is what set of men shall collect the taxes and disburse what is not ‘“‘unaccount- ed for.” The citizens of the District of Colum- bia have no political status, no voice in the af- fairs of the nation, and want none; they locate here with that full knowledge and understand- ing; this District was set apart as the seat of the United States government, to be controlled and managed exclusively by the Congress of the ua- tion. Then why shail Congress continue a sub- ordinate, useless and Irresj power to ex- ist within the precinct of its own absolute au- therity, wherein no single pri of republi- can goverment is involved. which quite ahostile antagentum toward the power which created it, resolutions of our City Councils against Congressicnal legislation on national affairs being not unfrequent. 4 BIT OF PROPHECY. The substantial citizens, property-holders, business men, and the taxpayers of the District, and all who have a Just pride in the welfare. de- velopment, and grandeur of our aation’s capital, disgusted with the abuses of local legislation, ask Congress to resume its constitutional au- thority over the District of Columbia, and man- age the affairs of the nation’s capital in a na- tional sense. Managed under the general fea- tures of Senator Morrill’s bill, (which provides for comm ners to administer the laws of Congress over the District,) the city of Wash- ington and the District would march onward in the path of progress with a rapidity unknown in it8 past history. Instead ot remaining, as at present. a slouch of mud, dust, filth, and gen- eral dilapidation, without ‘proper pave- ments, grades, lights. sewerage, and other first elements of a modern city and surroundings, {it would. under the single and responsible administration of a board of Government commissioners, soon develop into the grand national metropolis of our Republic. attractive for legislator and citizen, sojourner and visitor from our own and foreign countries. Here would center wealth, art. ture, and the varied elements of intelligent and influential society. There would be no clashing between Government end individual property interests, for both would be managed by the same author- ity, under the same system. for the same pur- pose—the best interests of the national capital. he greatness and grandeur of the national cap'tal of our vast-spreading Republic depends upon the management of its affairs; the people of che District have tried it for fifty years, with what success is unpleasantly too prominent. Now let Congress assume control of the affairs of the national seat of government, and “exer- cise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the District of Columbia.” H. K. ee ge WOMAN IN THE WAR. Some Meflections Suggested by a Visit to Arlington. “Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye did ft unto me.” “Where shall we drive—to the Soldiers’ Home or to Arlington?” was the question of our es- cort. “Oh, to Arlington,” was the answer; I have not been there since just after the war.” So our carriage rolled over the asphalt pave- ment of Washington and Rock creek bridge, and then over the cobble-stones of the winding street of Georgetown to the Aqueduct bridge over the Potomac. Twenty-five cents toll seems rather an Imposition, by the way. and must be a drawback to the hnprovements on the Virginia side of the river. ¥or some reason Washington lacks the pretty suburban cottages that surround our northern cities. The Hudson river presents & panorama of lovely homes—castle, villa, and cottage, each beautiful in its way. You arestruck with the contrast as yon reach the Virginia side of the river, and tor this rea- son you are more impressed by the imposing mansion at Arlington. The portico with its lotty pillars commands a view that will forever bea picture in memory. It crowns a wooded promontory sloping down to the river, and the city of Washington, with its ‘‘magnificent dis- tances,” will always have one central polat, the white dome of the Capitol, its marble wings and Corinthian pillars, “a thing of beauty anda joy fi er.” So fascinating was the view we i there before making the usual pil- to the graves of the honored dead. A one-armed soldier was the only person yis- ible on the premises, We asked him where he had lost his arm. “In the battle of Fredericksburg,” he an- swered. One of the Indies there said she had been a nurse ina military hospital during the war. “Was it not at Armory ‘square, Washington?” asked the soldier, “and were not you the lady who used to play upon the melodeon in Ward There was natural recognition and reminis- cences of those dara of peril, of heroism and en- durance. pmen who devoted themselves to that work, gi z time, strength, health, and sometimes life itself, are not forgotten by the soldiers, though they seem to be iznored by the government. Our sex exempts us from mili- tary service. and even the most prosressive of the strong-minded gisteriood, have not asked sion inthe army. | All.that we can give in time of war ig care of tie sick and wounded, which meats devoted labor, tetider= ness and ‘sympathy; besides that we can give sons, brothers and husbands, and all that 1s left to us may be a mound in Arlinzton cemetery. There was once a widow who put her two mites Into the treasury. The Divine Master said “they were more than all the gifts of the rich men.” So our poor gifts may be remem- bered, when even military glory shall have been forgotten. A woman in Indiana lost two sons in the army; she was with one who died in a huspital, and there she remained to care for his comrades. In six battles In Virginia she was with the sani- tary commission at the front, without the appli- ances of city hospitals. Arter the battle of Get- tysburg, in her unselfish and laborious work she had a sunstroke, which prostrated her. She finally recovered her health, but with the loss of sight. A widow, childless, blind and destitute, she now asks for a pension from the government for her services during the war; but the answer is that “Congress has made no appropriation for Women who served in the army.” ‘Nearly twenty years have passed since the surrender at Appomattox. Millions of dollars have been voted for pensions to soldiers, honors and treasure have been lavished upon success- ful generals, superb homes presented to them in various cities, while no fitting recognition has ever been made of the services of the heroic women, who left homes of comfort and luxury to succor wounded and dying soldiers. They not only gave their services at hospitals, but their homes in the city were open to soldiers in distress, The “latch strin was always out. For four years these noble women labored night and day in this cause, dispensing a royal hospi- tality to toot sore and weary battalions. Some are dead, and some are still living—many of th latter poor, stricken in years, and broken in health. One day they will hear the sentence— “Well done good and faithful servant. enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord.” But must all wait for that reward? — The noble beneficence of one citizen of Washington has given the **Louise Home” to destitute ladies. Why is there but one such institution? It is strange that none of the abundant wealth of the north is directed in the same channel for the benefit and relief of women who gave their services to the cause of the Union. It is a debt that has now accumulated by nearly 20yeara, with compound interest, and our government should not repudiate such an obligation, nor pay it gradgingly. Besides the pension a home for those who need it should be provided, both here and in the western states. These homes would be an object of beneficende tor patriotic men and women ot wealth, and they would soon be fur- nished with all that was needed to make them comfortable and beautiful. What more appro- priate place could be found for such an institu- tion than the mansion at Arlington, among the graves of the men whose dying moments have been soothed by the tender care of these women? The desolate empty house now so deserted, would have the home-like air that is still retained at Mount Vernon. The beautiful grounds, the romantic pane and the old garden would be a source of happiness and give an Indian summer to lives whose sere and yellow leaf verges on the winter of age. Such were our thoughts as we drove through the grand gateway on our homeward route. One of these entrances is of Gothic architecture, the inscription over it— “How sleep the brave who sink to rest. By ail their country’s wishes blest.” The other-bas two lofty columns on each side, standing upon astone foundation. The pillars Once supported the portico of the old War or Navy department, and were removed here when the building was replaced by the new one. The Heal cacaieiee Roman archway. The motto above is “On Fame’s eternal camping And Slory guasie wine silent Youna The bivoune of the dead.” Superb iron gates open from the columns. Emblems on the center of each are a helmet, spear and sword, surrounded by a wreath of laurel, upon which is the motto, “Dulce et De- corum est pro Patria mori.” Sweet and proper is it to die for our country; but do not let ua wait until all its defenders are under the sod before they can feel a nation’s gratitude. Washington, Uctober 25, 1883. Syren. Mabinsiaii Sore A Rifle Ball as a Persunder, From the New York World. A telegram from Wheeling, W. Va., October 23, says: Miss Nannle J. Wells, stepdaughter of Isaac Henderson, a young, beautiful and un- married mother, stopped to chat on Saturday at the gate of her father's house, in Pleasante, with Alexander Brown, who is responsible for her situation. Mr. Henderson saw them, and with a rifle in his hand gave Brown ten minutes toleave. Brown did not go, and Henderson fired. but Nannie rushed in to tarn the rife, aside and received the bali in the left shoulder. Brown wants to marry her now. YSATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1883—DOUBLE SHEET, UP THE ANDES, 16> a A Trip Over #icigw Peruvinn Railroad. NORTH AMERICAN ENPERPRISE AND ENGINEER- ING SKILL IN) SOUTH AMERICA—LIMA AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD Br¥ORE THE EVACUATION BY THE CHILIANS—UP; THE MOUNTAINS —NOVEL SIGHTS—GRAND AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY — HIGH BRIDGES) OVER MOUNTAIN CHASMS—FORTY TUNNSLS IN FAPTY MIT.ES—SNOW-CAPPED PEAKS —THE RARIFIGD ADMOSPHERE—SENSE AND SEN- SIBILITY OF THE LBAMA—A STRANGE DISEASE, 2s} The followingyextragts from a letter of a young Washinztonian;to hig friends at home are of special interest now that the latest conquerors of Peru have withdrawn their presence from the scenes here described: U. S. 8. Wacuvsetr, Catxao, Perv, Sept. 17, 1833. * © © We leave for the south on Thursday, to remain until December Ist, when we will return: Saturday, as we expected, we went up the mountains, and a grander trip I never had. At 6:30 a.m. we left the ship, ten of us, well pro- vided with plenty of clothing and lunch. Ar- riving at Lima in the regular train we found the “Fayorita” awaiting us. This isa little engine and car ail built in one, and nicely fitted up. It was the private car of the late Mr. Meigs, who built the road, and it is now used entirely tor excursions. It will seat ten very comfortably. During the ascent nearly every one preferred to stand in the engine cab, or the part of the car parctoued off for that purpose, where we could look out ahead. We started from Lima at 7:45 8.m. and went FLYING UP THE VALLEY OF THE RIMAG. For about fifteen miles above the city the val- ley is seven miles wide, with beautiful green fields of corn and other grain, extending from the little river winding down the middle out to the base of the abrupt and barren mountains on each side. Even now, although the country was devastated by war but a couple of years ago and ts yet In the possession of the enemy, the fields and everything look thrifty, and suggest astate of prosperity hardly expected under the circumstances. It is almost unnecessary to say that it is not due to native enterprise, but to the enterprising North Americans who have come here and erected sugar mills, cotton mills and flour mills, and established all kinds of commer cial houses, besides building the railroad up into the heart of the almost impassable moun- tains, thus opening up to the world one of the richest of mining countries. Along the banks of the river are a number of sugar mills and cotton mills. Here and there along the route are i RUINS OF VILLAGES. Some of them were abandoned ages ago, but most of them were destroyed during the late war. Every station along the railroad has a garrison of Chillan soldiers, and the only houses that appear habitable are used by them. There are many crosses or little altars standing alone along the road side, st some of which I saw devout Catholics at prayers. Among the ruins of the villages one can always distin- guish the cathedral, which is usuaily the largest and, in fact. the only building of any size or having any prétensions to architectural design in construction to bé seen. Nearly all of the houses are built of mud; many of them built during the reigns of the Incas. The cathedrals are usually built of stone, and are very massive and generally imposing in avpearance. They always have at least, one bell tower, with a chime, or rather a umber of bells, rung by means of braided ropes. ZIGZAGGING UP THE MOUNTAIN. As we ascend the valley it.gradually narrows until there 1s mot a foot of level land along its banks. Then the railroad commences its sharp ascent, being buljt jn cuts in the mountain sides. The grade is 211 feet to the mile. When going up it looks just as though we were climb- ing a hill. you can see the inclination so plainly. A place called San Bartonio is where we begin the ascent in earnest. Here we run up to the station and onfo aturntabie where we turncom- pletely around'and rfin back in the same direc- tion, but curving around and up the mountain side. After running this way a little way we run back again. so that after traveling three miles we find ourselves directly above the sta- tion about 600 feet, and the river as much further below the town. From there we run up quite a distance, without amy more of these “deyelop- ments” (as they call'the V construction) that the road makes while running backward and for- ward. HIGH BRIDGES—FORTY TUNNELS INFIFTY MILES. A few miles farther on we come to the great Agua de Verrayas, over which there is a bridge, one of the highest In the world. From the bed of the river up to the track of the road Is 252 feet. It isnot a suspension bridge either, but is built on three iron piers. At each end there js a tunnel, so you run out ofa tunnel onto the bridge, and then from the bridge into a tunnel again. In a distance of fifty miles there are forty tunnels, and in places you can look up and see two tunnels above you as you are just en- tering one, and then you soon afterwards look down and ‘see those through which you have Just passed. You keep on climbing gradually upward and upward, passing over high bridges and running along the edges ofcliffs, with the little river winding along thousands of feet below. SCENES OF BEAUTY AND GRANDEUR. In places the valley widens ont a little, so that there may be seen at once several villages on the river banks, and numbers of beautitul green fields and pastures, with cattle and llamas in them. All along the mountain sides can be seen the trails leading into the villages on their way over the mountains, and every now and then a horseman or a train of llamas can be seen. slowly winding their way along the trail, look- ing like mere specks, they are so many feet. be- low or above us, or may be directly opposite, across the valley. In places we would come out of atunnel onto the edge ofa high cliff. over- looking the valley stretching out far below, and partly shut out by clouds, like some pictured” sketch; something that a person might expect to see only on canvass; an attempted description of which in words is @ mere mockery of its gran- deur and beauty. Before l leave here I am go- ing to get anumber of views of the road, 80 that you can form some idea of what it looks like. BEFORE THE SPANISH CONQUEST, by Pizarro, about 350 years ago, there were 80 many people in the valley that they were obliged to cultivate the mountain sides. In order to do this they built a series of terraces from the base to the top of the mountains and grew their corn and other crops on them. In order to get water up to these terraces they built a series of aqueducts and carried the river water up there. These terraces and the ruins of the aqueducts can be seen all along the valley. By the time that we veached the elevation of 7,000 feet we all began to feel the EFFECTS OF THE RARE ATMOSPHERE. Our heads all felt swelled up, especially at the temples; our faces became flushed, and our eyes looked as though we had a bad cold in ocr heads. As we continued to climb up it got worse, until some of the party telt very badly by the time we reached Chicla, the present end of the road, at an elevation of 12,220 feet. It is 80 miles from Lima, and situated in the val- ley of the Rimac, or, more properly speaking, in the gulch through which a little creek goes tumbling along a couple of thousand feet below thetown. Although-we were at an elevation of 12.000 feet, the mountains still lifred their peaks 5.000 feet higher, an@ many of them were snow- capped. When we eome back from the south I hope to go allithe way over the mountains on horseback, and thus reach an elevation of 17,500 feet, or about 3}¢1miles straight up. By the time we reached Chicla my unpleasant feelings had all passediaway. We stayed there about an hour, during which time we ate our lunch. it was 12:15 o'clock when we arrived. PECULIARITIES OF THE LLAMA. ‘The first thing 1 did was to climb up a little incline, probably walking 200 feet, tosee a drove of llamas, which were waiting to be packed tor passage the rest of the way over the mountains. We walked as slowly as possible, but when we got to the little platean where they were we were panting as though we had run a foot race of a mile or so. It Is dangerous to go any nearer than witbio 15 or 20 feet of the llamas (pronounced as near as I can put it in English lel-yam-as), as they have a vi unpleasant habit of spitting at a mn, and the worst of it is they are unerring In their aim. so If you are not careful you will be surprised by getting hit inghe face with acud. We tem them, bnt they refused to mae an a bon. of ole prowess, They are @very mild. gentle looking ‘animal and thelr looks do not belie their nature. herare driven hundreds in a herd over the motntains, so that although each one carries a burden of only about 100 pounds a great deal can be taken over at once. If one of them is too heavily laden it will Just le down and refuse to move until relieved Of part of its burden, and no ‘amount of coaxing or beating can get it to start before, either. The only way to handle them is by gentleness, for as soon as any one begins to beat them ‘they lie down and begin to weep, great tears running down etheir cheeks until their punishment is over. Many repetl- tions of cruel treatment soon kills them. SENSATIONS AT AN ELEVATION OF THREE AND A HALF MILES. After seeing these animals we repaired to the hotel and ate our lunch. When we had all sank into chairs, more or less exhausted, our doctor felt oar pulses. Two of us, including myself, had about the normal 80, the others were be- tween this and 105, except one, who had but 60 beats to the minute. [ noticed that he was the only pale one in the party. After I had eaten my lunch I felt like myself again, experiencing no peculiar feeling except a lack of desire to exert myself very much. At that elevation water boils at 190°, instead of 212°, as at the sea level, and the barometer stands at about 20 inches; so that the pressure of the atmosphere isa little less than 10 pounds tothe square inch, instead of about 15 pounds. I don’t wonder it made onr heaas feel big. DOWN THE MOUNTATN. We started back at 1 p. m., and did not use a pound of steam, except for the steam brake. All the way down to Lima the encineer controlled the engine by the brake entirely. At places where the road was straight for some distance he would let her out, and we would go at the rate of sixty miles an hour. I found just as much to interest me on the trip down as up, and one might go over the road a dozen times and still see things of interest that he had not seen before. Coming back we all got out and walked across the great bridge I spoke of. Even some of us. all sallors, felt a little dizzy. Up in the mountains they have A VERY PECULIAR DISEASE, called the Verrogas fever. It attacks only strangers who drink the water of the country. Numbers of the Americans who built the rail- road suffered from it. When one has it bad he breaks out with bloody warts. Large, blood- red warts come out all over him, and in eyery attempt thatour doctor knew of to remove them the patient bled to death. One civil engineer of the road had it. and his body had hundreds of warts on it, some of them as long and as large around as one’s little finger, and all blood red. It is never known to attack any one below an elevation of 2.500 feet. E. Under the Summer Grass, BY MRE. MARY EK. NEALY, Written for Tae EvEstxe Star. ‘The days glide onward—so dark and drear, ‘Though summer blossoms and birds are here; And the weeks so slowly, so slowly pass; For he, most tenderly loved of all, is hidden where he ean hear no call Deep under the summer grass. The sun still rises and sets; the moon. Still lists to the wh{p-poor-will’s mournful tune, And the universe smtieth up to God; But he, the kinditest, best, With pale hands folded upon his breast, Lies under the summer sod. He hears no sound of the fresh, sweet morn, ‘No whispered rustte of tree or corn, Nor even the voices that love him best; No bird's sweet matin, no hum of bee, But lieth forever so peacefully Ina calm and utter restt He has lost the suntight and blooming flowers, And with them the frosts and the autumn showers, And the fever that raged within his blood; He has lost Love's tender and soothing tones, And with them all pains, all sighs, and moans,— All losses by fire and flood! O 1s tt not better, my love, to rest, With the cool, green grass o'er a peaceful breast, ‘Than to pant and struggle for earthly breath? O 1s it not better that you are free From the pains of our sad humanity? Islife not harder than death? AUGUBT, 1883. oe THE POLICE AND BUNCOISTS. Superintendent Walling on the Wash- ington Case. The Interview between Bob Murphy, the bunco steerer, who was convicted and sentenced to states prison at Washington, as published in the New York World. caused the police officials f that city to put their heads together and talk he matter over. No one claimed to know Bob Murphy, although a passing acquaintance with several of the more prominent *‘crooks” in that line was ad mitted. Superintendent Walling was seated before the grate fire in his comfortable office reading the morning papers when the reporter entered. “Do you know any bunco steerer by that name?” was asked. “No, I don’t; possibly his face would be fa- milar to me if saw it—yon cannot tell any- thing by the names of “crooks,” they change them to suit the occasion and place. There is, how- ever, one thing that I know and I would like to impress it upon the pubic, and that is that dur- ing my connection with the police force there has never existed a regular bunco house. There are cases, however, where the steerers have a room in a respectable house, and it 1s often some time before they are suspected and turned out. “The man Murphy is a liar, and there is no need of my ever going so far as to say that. We often have men report that they have been fleeced, and we go and look them up, but some- how when we arraign the prisoner in court the complainant fails to turn up and the magistrate is obliged to discharge the prisoner for the want of evidence. It is a rare occurrence to get a con- fidence man convicted.” “You know ‘Hungry Joe,’ who has caught more persons than any one else in his profes- sion, yet still he walks daily over his old stamp- ing grounds?” DIFFICULT TO HOLD. “Of course we do, but what's the use; sup- pose he works a man and we hear of it and then arrest him, we cannot hold him, although we know he is anold ‘crook.’ We must have a magistrate hold him, and in that case his lawyer sues out ahabeas corpus and gets him out. Simply because a man is a thief or a burglar will not suffice to put him in jail; it takes evidence to do that. “Let me tell you something about the new way the confidence game is worked. The old lottery racket hasseen its day. They doit upon an improved plan now; and, mind you, I speak of three cases that were brought to my notice within the past month: “They catch a greenhorn and get on to his name and address, then take him to a con- venient place to have a chat about business. The steerer announces himself as the general agent of a large cloth manufactory, and inci- dentally mentions the fact that it would be a good scheme to start a branch office in the state the ‘greeny’ hails from, and so he bites. At this stage the irrepressible third man comes in. He enters the place and makes bets about somecur- rent topics. Of course the ‘steerer’ takes him up, intimgting that the best thing to shut the loud tall up is to win his money. Well, he loses, and third man talks all the louder, and then the pretended discomfited steerer borrows of the greeny to put up, and when he is worked for all he is worth ‘the-excuse-me-a-moment- till-I-see-a-friend racket 1s worked’ and they dust out. \- AN OLD NEW YORKER CAUGHT. “Why, about two weeks ago an old New Yorker, who had been absent from the city a few years, was caught by the gang. They took him to a house up town and played the game to perfection. The old chap got on to them and came to me with his story. He said he did not remember the number of the place, but he would recognize it it he saw it again. The re- sult was that we got into the house and arrested an old bird named Lake. Two days afterward the complainant came to me and asked to have the man discharged, and when it came to testify in court he was nowhere to be found. That’s the way“they all do; they hate to ut themselves before the public and have their Freshiness aired. “It makes me angry to hear such stories about the police standing in with the ‘crooks,’ ” and he replaced his glasses and hummed last bars of *‘Star-Spangled Banner.” The detectives on duty were quite indignant when asked about the matter. “We don't know him at all. Besides, he Is only a con- victed thief, who gladly seizes any opportanity enemies,” to assail the police, who are his sworn A — what ain’t got no mussy fur a animal ain't got none fur a man, an’ is only kep’ from beatin’s man "case he's a coward. De puttiest wimmin is sometimes de wurst when da gi THE ELECTRIC TRAMWAY. ‘The New Read from Portrush to the Giants Causeway. From the London Standart The railway from Portrush to the Giant's Causeway Is remarkable, not only as being the first long electric tramway in the world, but asthe unaided outcome of Irish enterprise. It isover six miles long and has cost £4500, which have been raised by a company formed in the country. The line, after passing through the principal street of Portrash, follows the sea- side road, a footpath six feet broad being re- served for the railway. The gauge is only three feet and the gradients are very steep— in places as much as one in thirty-five—and in parts of its course the curves are sharper than might have been desirable had the royie which it takes been chosen by the engineers. The MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, “MOTTS”—KELLOGG AND THURSRY. SEASON IN NEW TORK—invine NEXT—MRS. BEGUIN WALLACE, ETC. —Mr. William E. Sheridan, a well-known favorite here, will be at Ford's next week. The Kiraify troupe open in their spectacu. lar play at the National on Monday evening. —“Moths” having maae a hit at Wallack’s theater, N. Y., it will be continued next week and uatil further notice. — Coyne Fletcher, the writer of several Amer- ican dramas, is producing southern scenes and characters. One drama, entitled “Dixie,” and adapted to Minnie Palmer, is to be produced here another season. The one drama of this afthor most picturesque in character, costume, music and tncidents, ts one in which the scenes are chiefly laid in Mexico. —TUE OrERA ox MONDAY The vein of ec eddy force to work it is generated by a waterfall in | tovether with the dainty love passages runing the River Rush, with am available head of | throuch this drama, click applause wed wih twenty-four feet. ‘the electric current being con- veyed by an underground cable to the end of the tramway. The water power passing through turbine water-wheels, which utilize the wh force of the fail, is said to amount to ninety horse. It 1s obvious that for a light train of train-cars there is enough and to spare. The practicability of such a line is now a set- tled matter. ‘The only question is, whether it is likeiy to.pay as a commercial venture. Con- sidering that the loitial power costs nothing and that coal in Ireland ts dear. there are good hopes that a line ceriain to be freely used by the continuous stream of tourists always going between Portrush and Bushmills, on their w to the Giant's Causeway, will satisfy the expec- tations of Its projectors. Taking ag the basis of their calculations the expense of working a steam tramway engine at Portrush. It is claimed that while the old system cost on an average of £8 4s. 93d. for the e per week, the electric cars can be run wi same number of passengers for nearly £2 6s. less. . it is eald by his friends, entertainment to the theater-goer at no distant cay. — Miss Margaret Mather played a fipe engage. ment in St. Louis jast week, and won praise from both press and public. — There are 240 combinations on the road his season, of which 169 are dramatic, 30 vari- ety. 15 operatic, 11 minstrel, 8 clreus and 7 con- cert troupes. — Dion Boncicautt says Mrs. Langtry asked him if she was as handsome as Mary Anderson, aad he told her no. — Thatcher, Primrose and West's Minstrels eater upon the third week of their engagement atthe new Park theater, N. ¥., and are draw- ing large audiences. — It Is stated that a dramatic festival, similar to that held in Cinctonati, will be Inaugurated in Boston next spring under the management of the Frohmans, with David Belasco as stage manager. —Sarah Bernhardt is going to play “Lady Macbeth” in Paris. When Macteth sees her he vill exclaim, “Is this a dagger I see before ae Concerning Ventilation. Dr. Charles R. Dryer,of the Fort Wayne (Ind.) College of Medicine, in a communication to a medical journal, speaks of some of the popular fallacies in regard to ventilation as follows: The first and great popular fallacy in regard to ven- tilation is that it needs no special attention. This is a more serious error among the well-to- do than among the poorer classes, inasmuch as the houses of the former are more nearly air- tight. With solid brick walls, double-sashed windows, weather-stripped doors, and a base- burning coal stove, the exclusion of pure air is carried to the utmost extent. The condition is happily somewhat relieved by the use of open coal grates. But how many fine houses does the physician enter without noticing the close, foul odor, and the stifiing air which comes from over-heating and poor ventilation? In such rooms he finds nervous, headachy women, and pale, irritable children suffering from colds the winter through. Such tamilies need Judi- cious instruction that respired air contains one of the most virulent poisons known, and that dry and over-heated air ig debilitating and irri- lating, leaving the mucous membranes sensitive to be inflamed by every breath of the natural at- mosphere. The second popular fallacy is that the poison of respired air is carbonic acid. ‘This is an example of superstition at the “sur- vival” in science of an idea long after it has been proved to be false. It is perpetuated in school books and popular treatises innumerable. In- aeed, correctness of statement upon the subject is this rare exception; gross error the rule. — Kelly and Kassel, of the Adah Richmond combination, concluded, after a rehearsal of Joaquin Miller's new play of “Taliy-Ho,” that it won't do. — The new Park theater was opened in Cleves land Monday night with Mile Rhea as Lady Teazle. The house was over-crowded and the theater and the — “The Princess of Trebizonde” was played ab the Casino, N. ¥., during the present week. Oa Monday evening, October 29, Millocker's “Beg- gar Student” will be produced. This opera will be presented in Philadelphia by Mr. McUaull’s company. — Louis Harrison has made a laughing suo- cess of “Skipped by the Light of the Moon.” Manager Sam Harrison's authority for the state- ment that the receipts fur three nights and @ aggregated $2,945. —The New York Dramatic Mirror's critie says: “Where will it end? The barest backs ever seen in a theater were exposed in the boxes of the Academy and Metropolitan on the opening night. With the aid of a lorgnette could easily count the ribs of several wel known society ladies.” — An old Frenchman who witnessed alate Pertormance of Miss Clara Morrie as Camille gathered himself together and delivered the following: “I tell you, zaire come in m life of Carbonic acid gas 1s no more poison6us than | efery actrice when she maka her bow to 7e poob- water; animals immersed in it die Just as they | lic and zay adieu. Ze time bas arrr "for i. do if immersed in water, and for the same | Taku my advice and retire. Mon Dieu’ wealle reason. viz., waut of oxygen. Birds have been | gete old. Ican no more write au “Dame made to live in an atmosphere containing 33-40 per cent of pure carbonic acid and about an equal per cent ofoxyzen. Yet when the car- bonic acid of respired air rises to one per cent, that air is very dangerous poison. The sol tion of this puzzle is that respired air contains yery small proportion of poisonous organic mat- ter, which is constantly exhated from even the healthiest lungs. Its exact nature has not been determined. it is the source of the foul odor so characteristic of badly ventilated rooms. The air from the exit of pipes of a crowded hail darkens sulphuric acid, deciorize potassium permanga- nate, and causes water or a sponze saturated with it to putrefy. This poisonous matter is produced In quantities proportionate to the amount of carbonic acid, hence the quantity of the latter is an indicator of the relative quantity of the power, and carbonic acid should never be aliowed to accumuiate in occupied rooms to the extent of seven-tenths of one per cent. The third popular faliacy is that the most im- pure air accumulates near the floor of the room. aux Camelias." You cau no mora uct heem. Haite la.” — Miss Clara Louise Kellogg sang to-day in Portland, Me. Not the least pleasant ep.sode of the concert tour now in progress was an ime Prompta entertainment given by Miss Kello, and her company in the state prison at Auburm on Sunday moraing. The 900 convicts in that institution enjoyed an hour ef “popular niusie™ such as they rarely listen tq, and, having first applauded the pei the chapel, they broke out in a sort of running fire of plaudite a man had been locked in his cell for he da — Christine Nilsson must be about as near perfect bliss as women ever arrive in this sphere. She has twenty-nine trunks full of fine clothes. — Miss Maggie Mitchell pertormed the teat of changing her bill seven times in six days at Col. Sinn’s Brooklyn Park theater this week. This false idea has probably arisen trom the fact | — «The Cricket on the Hearth” and “Lend that carbonic acid is more than half as heavy | we Five Shillings” are attractine the larecot again as air, and can be poured from one dish . e Remnants houses ever drawn to the Unipn Square theater, N. ¥., by Mr. Jefferson. No change in the bill is contemplated for the present. — Mr. Maurice Grau’s French Opera company began a week's engagement at the Standard theater. ‘Le Corur et la Main” will be the first work given, and will introduce Mile. Jeannie Fouquet to the New York public. — The success of “Fedora” in New York is substantial and brilliant. Whatever fauite the play may have—and they have been pointed out frankly—“ Fedora” is work which stimulates curiosity and interest. Moreover, the acting of Miss Davenport and Mr. Manteil is full of vigor. Miss Davenport's ent was originally for one month, but Mr. Colville has been able to ex- tend it for some weeks. — Mr. Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry were present at the performance of “ Francesca da Rimini” at the Star theater Tuesday even- Ing, in New York. Mr. Irving wore a heavy pair of goggles. He applauded vigorously and disconcerted the actors on the stage. In con- versation Mr. Irving expressed ils opinion that Mr. Barrett's Lanciotlo was one of the finest gt of acting he had ever witnessed, and that ir. Barrett was one of the greatest actors now living, either in England or in this country. — Mrs. Zelda Seguin Wallace, the everywhere admired contralto, now with the ma Abbott company, ts, it is stated, to desert the operatic for the dramatic stage. She has for next season two plays—a new version of “Oliver Twist,” and a translation from the French, “The Boyhood of Richelieu.” She isto assume boys’ characters, for which she is well adapted. — Marie Prescott has emerged from underthe Vera cloud, and is making a success of “Bel- mont's Bride.” She will be seen in the play in Philadelphia next week. — The fair Lillian Russell, whose light burned feebly for a time and then spluttered out in London recently, now comes to tne fore again as the prospective heroine in Gilbert and Sulli- van's new opera, to be produced at the Savoy theater after the run of “Iolanthe” ends, — The opening of the new Metropolitan opera house in New York Monday evening last was the great event of the musical season. The magnificent building has been fully described Bargure, in "Faust." was deluged with tome zs, "was del with flow- sae sang the Jewel nar ri rected = — Wednesday evening, and was well 4 ceived. The house has been full every evening. So aed the Academy of area hte ges sang in ‘8 Company. great tion is, can New York cae two firstclass opera companies? Patti sailed for New York on Monday. She will appear at the Academy week after next. into another like water. Although this is true, whe both gases are at the same temperature, a very little difference of temperature is sufficient to reverse these conditions. BRespired air issues from the nostrils at a temperature of nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and is lighter than the outer air at 70 degrees or 80 degrees. Avain, the temperature of the body is nearly 100 de- grees, usually much above that of the surround- ing air. This is sufficient to create an upward current rising from the body of every person in the room, Just as the heated air rises above a hot stove. If to these influences be added the more powerful action of a stove, register or other heating apparatus it will be understood how the pure air rises and accumulates very rapidly near the ceiling. This can be easily proved by experiment, such as placing candles at various heights. The upper one will burn more dimly than the lower. At the same time the cooler air from the floor moves toward the stove to enter it, orto Join the current rising trom it. The fourth popular fallacy Is that the outlet for impure air is best placed at the top of the room, and the inlet tor pure air at the bottom. This may seem a contradiction to the third fal- lacy, but is not, for several reasons. An open- ing into a cold place at the top of the room is often not an outlet at all, but simply allowscold air to drop down into the room. If it be an out- let it is very wasteful of heat. The air of the room is heated at someexpense, and then turned out of doors as soon as possible. {f the inlet be near the floor, there will be a colddraught upon the fect of the occupants of the room, and al- though such an arrangement may ventilate, it will be attended with such disadvantages as to render it highly objectionable. Wherever pos- sible, there should be an outlet near the floor, into a heated flue in which the up- ward draught is sufficient to constantly draw, the cooler air off the floor. An open fire flue is the most efficient outlet that can be devised. Instead of that a direct draught atove, in which adoor above the fire may be opened, answers the purpose admirably. inlet may be for pure-heated air through a register near the floor on the opposite side of the room from the out- let, or for pure cold air by an opening directed Ms dered behind the etoye, and above the heads of the occupant mingle immediately with the pure air near the ceiling, and the room will be equably and eco- nomically warmed and efficiently ventilated. June air may be had in January, and the chil- dren will be as merry and rosy as the street children, who have nothing but oxygen to make them merry. ——— Fetters the Symbol ef Civilization. Ruskin, speaking on this subject, says: As the plough is the typical instrument of industry, so the fetter is the typical instrument of the re- straint or subjection necessary in a nation, either Uterally for its evil-doers, or figuratively, in accepted laws, for its wise and good men. You hear every day greater numbers of foolish peo- ple speaking about liberty as if it were such an honorable thing; 80 far from being that, it is,on the whole, and in the broadest sense, dishonor- able, and an attribute of the lower creatures. No human bei however or power- ful, was Lee free as ats There is always something that he must or must not do, while the fish may do whatever he I — Irving opens on Monday at the Star thea- ter, New York, ‘s old house), in “The Bells.” ee et ha an oe many adm’ im most “Te ei be caster to pretend to like thing else. The » Miss Elien T« has, itis thougnt, fully recov- likes. All iy kingdoms of sega tend = <j from her Fecent, illness. Mr. ‘Terrein Irv- are half so large as the sea, leading man, is young aud good looki all the railroads and wheels that ever = pes The Tlus- 4 . 3