Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1883, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, € WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1888—DOUBLE SHEET. re CITY AN D_DISTRICT. A Knotty Liquor Case. @ENGE SNELL DECIDES AN INTERESTING POINT—CON- < DN THESUNDAY LAWS CAUSED BY AN OMS fed an interesting Ta brew JF opea op Sam i a which J ‘oon was a live ald not be fined for sellin is bit LAW OF ANBS re i$ Lae Lit of the latter erdinn ed Brot diy eb © fe thts r Getoler, 6h ds acon: afer dectai led Chat Tart that the { Wenty Cra an oF on Of i Which this jaw bas uri ts OF Usk flintorce and unrepeased by We act of SL, 168. Real Estate Sales. of real estate have been re Fox & Brown, real e umbian University, di, to EB. Key Buch- sand 3, OF Widow's to Leica ‘hobinson, tor re 199 (No. ISON street), Mrs Aniie MoM 190 ab str Lot 68, of south throazh PB: ie mil, for Z. ¢ For Je | #40. | Pt nen, for $1. For | Xr HL Covie, 428, In se w “uy for mn Vhzon . Visher | <é “ure 235, to Mrs. s als, tor _ J tor , for | uth sn 3, | tumbian Unive dary DP. Biddle, of Pia 1, Meridisn Et Commubia Conk Fox's sutdtivtsion of the D, FOX & | KIL May Nang: Kor Cfo Hon HL it terbert. J ot Bos No. Wes € as i ¥ L ¥e 1 r te 5 © 1 io i n » ih 1 N . ‘ A, te Ler Mrs i t sant 1. TECON ¥. i s Waly OF Dye years, to J. FP. Chan bec ———$<—.___ A Sound Basis. fTne Evesixe Stan® ning | Hz Stak Why not a real es- jon? 1 think tf the national er to the Tninent real es be value of their circulation, that 1 be as S. bouds.” ‘The the renis fust as they do the in- of bonds, and ths problem would be W. HB j geceres oe aber Sth, 198%, A Card from . T. Parker. Tur Costrvextar Hore, KY & CO. Deets In fee have s herturd & *: $2.00. L. Downing to pson, lots Tand K, sq er ab lov 17, 1 to Annie Finn, part nz to Caroline M 00) Rese Hunt to. 3 1, $4. 518; es and [. HH. Holm oe end 43. 5q. 357: $1482 aupsoa Wo J.T. Arms, lots T and K, | +f Todd to 7. W. Dick, parts 333 a 32:50) ML Kelly to EP. Cross. jot 63, | R Evans to W. HL Doucal, lots | 12, sub 0: 162 aud 163, anidition to Vien: 2.00) Mary Ann Matthews to A. P. se John Foss, Megruder to David domes HL Mx 3 F. Lelghton and Sarah 100; 36.350 2 20 Pomeroy ry turm: § Ni Ts 8 ated 9 3990 ne, we 3g | Thos Cava | Commptan jumbrance, lot N. sy Set in, Sait PE Cana, 1, lot Sand pL. Wight to Susah W. Whelan, eph MeWitliama, » Mr. Charles msterial’ upoo whieh to | tends W present to Congress ion. Ht appears thet in 10 | aknltted after the services b j duriug bis entt.e lite. } an | cently inst! | which ts to be» fa {in full uniform on the op THE LATE BISHOP PINK: ‘The Wemoriat Services To-day MOURNING AT THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION. The memorial service tn honor of the late Bishop Pinkney, of the diocese of Maryland, was beid at | tue Church of the nsion this morning, com- n at 11 oviock. Every seat in the church Jat an early hour, and no oue could be Was lieavliy @raped in purple a the bishop's robes. Heavy foldsof blick and Xe dripery enveloped the altar and hung from and festoons of th 1 Dack, the colors ch (dean Mina polls, ry, Leckin, G ENDS OF THE DECEASED. mediate frends of bishop Hottand daughter, wn, the M Whirtagten, Miss Lewin and Corcoran. were opened Annapolls, who also the lesson of th stead the 4th ehap: Kev, De. Elltett Was ced the rnlsston, it being one of his chiet cares, BISHOP WHIPTLE'S SERMON. 2d Epistle of St. Paul,7th verse, a good tight,” &., preached an cloquent and fective sermon, 19 which he compared (he life and character of tue deceased bishop to that of St. Paul. Bishop Whipple is a tail, angular min, about sixty- five years pick and decisive in his movements, ad forcible’ in speech. He wore the loag, fowtng reve of his oftice, and the lon gray hair @rawn Dick from his high forehead gave lilm the appearance of a potriarch. After speaking of the simllar traits in the char- ter of Bisuop T tukpey to those 80. marked in the ot St. Paul he sold: “When called upon to preach His memorial sermon Ishrank from une - Jeanonty bring the sorrow of a broth heart to lay upon his tew-made grave.” he deceased as o Lue ba deve k caps h u S meny and devo up his lif fs iat he marcely DOSseSsed A m une Many find one word cont. S jus +h wds ai the This w SERV IONS ne tn eharacter ‘The Chobs were cou i gentiemen: BV. NS Bui t—Mr. Addison 5 base die Drew, Mra. alto—Mrs J.B. y Mn. Winslow Howard Edmonds, Mr. Roward fst—Ur. Geo, W. Waller. a District Government Affairs. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS. ina note jon Lo Ube condi- Charts Upton; ba Ediwonds, jr Mr. 3 fo the thon ofl be Mr A. Cle ves, 1128 B street northeast. in a note to the Commissioners, usks tata tap be built at borthwest corber 12 and. b sireets ast, and conuecied by a 12-1ach pipe with the se between 1th aud 12th und Band Purk east, a distance of about 130 1eet. AUDITOR TICHENOR’S COUPON PLAN. ‘The new coupon pen adopted by the mms sloners, at the tustaner of Auditor Tichenor, to factiitate the wuditor’s duties, seezns to be in gen— wor With all the District officials, and by none then Collector Cook, Who says itis a prote for him as we 1 the mplete ally every day. coon with the © unaudited, and for auditor wil! at the same yet remap 5 Will be de APE BE ; 9.1100 N street northwest nspector Uhat It fF Litnab hobitation, down Withla tainly LDINGS TO BE ERECTED. w belne received in the office of tion of the ex- ROOT sronri ition of $ ww) Was or the Co Bb side Which un appro- The plans and spool ted in the oitice of wo bilidines, and the ithis coming wlater so that Ween con the inspector tor Ui K Is to be co Messrs. AS. Pratt of the butlding att s Streets, known as the hall, hay fed by the bulbling inspector tat the dk building on ) strect front, bots and at’ outlet, from court yard, must be reversed fend mace to swing outwards Heéstates that It can be done without injury fo the halls or stairway. ors of this mein stale hall E SENTAL GUAzDS—A ad exhibition will be held In Masonic Temple, ing November 2 and ending December 8) Uke purpose of raising itinds wo unfiorm the Wash: on Covline Dtals, a mllitary organization .re- ated in this ‘The distinctive fea- ounnand will style of uniform jniie Of Hat worn by the patriot One of the cotupanies will appear og day of the tal, rprise fraught with ted by the returns already coming Neculive Comaities, under whose tm te supervision the affair 3 being engineered, ture of Unix Adiery of 1778. Which promises to be an. i sucerss, in 17 ned is pphard, Capt. W. W. H. Go WACK, B. watie th © companies are otticered by Capts. Ander. ad Verniition. Contributions tn Doth Tehandise are cout money and u yong the cont butions bejn. ed by Hoa. W. W. Corcoran. promis to make te an attr ai malli- tut torve of the Distrit. Ss Cost of Navy Yards and Docks. ANNUAL REPORT OF REAR ADW1tal NICHOLE Rear Admiral Nichols, chief of the bureau of ards and docks, in bis annual report to the Secre- tary of the Navy, says that the reduction of the ap- Propriations for repairs and preservations was nob 8D economical Measure, us tor Ue past Lwo or three i years this appropriation has not been sufficient to Property care for and keep in repair the pi yw w Lit pertains. ‘The so-called closing of certain v yards does pot help the matter much, for walle the yards are closed to work. the valuxbie butidings and machinery are still there, requirtn: to be cared for and kept tn repair, or els suife to go 10 decay, 80 Unat when agraltl ocgupied, every- nin is sadly out of repair, requiring’ Large expen- ves to again put it tn working condition. The mates for the Mseal year ending June 30, 18%, the maintensnce” of the mavy yards and 1. $141,000 ts Tecommended une Shows at the Washing- Von navy yurd, drdcing and continuation of tie yard wall” ‘The estinates for civil establishment for the site, but in Lhe appropriation be was bd. A Survey has recently nd, the purpose being . A company, . erondson of the herding Olea, vation and | tall the yants smount to $15.9), being un increase Of nearly $20,000 over the prescat expense. The Voual estimates are $4,166,651. Jexour Pan Races.—At Jerome Park, N.Y.,yes- terday, the Qrst race, inhie, was won by Wunder tmz, and the second’ by Corsair, a8 stated in THE H. ‘The third race, 1 mile, ws won by Wander- ing, Blue Peter second, Haledon third; time 145i. Fourth tace, 13 miies, by Gen. Vi Greenland soond, Paterson tind tim 242\. Fifth, stesple: chase, fll course, by M: at Winer, Abrahain bog Oud, Gath tink tume &30 The church | same hung | ret, of the | have | atlors of Kingman Place, | Laud {ith aud P and y streets noria’ | fy. nice and | omposed of Geo. KTimnms, A.M. Clapp, J. F | THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES. The Annual Meeti@g at Church, Foundry ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR, ETC. There was a large attendance at the annual mgeting of the Associated Charities held at tne Foundry church last evening. District Com- | mnissioner Elmonds prestded. During the evening Mra Nelite 8. McCartee sang several selections, and Mr. Wm. K. Cohen performed an organ voluntary. | The general secretary, Mr. L. 8, Emery, subunitted + teport, which gave a sketch of the operations of the soviety, aud Said Unat it ts estimated that since the “charities” were organized street, begging has | been reduced about fitty per cent. A Siatement of collections, contributions, dis- y subdivisions was embodied in tbe following totuls: Aided 655, employment ributtons re- | 115; balance, T. New York ave- verted theannual ad- Was a very eloquent, discourse on ng the ground that the sys “t nen in this city offered 4 L problem of po uperism. ai e ? ted that the | Janttary 4, 1882, Was r Interesting paper | giving the views | in such work ip vi ed Tunish on, expendimres, aber of members, 7 am A. Tartlett, of the n church, di fotal uni wil 0 Presbete ines. isa A. Spencer read a paper giving a report, edings of the tent annual comerence National Association of Charities, recenuy pnisvilie, Ky. business session of the soctety was then held ne purpose of electing officers. Mr. A. 8. ms referred fo tue fict thut there had been friction which le considered a gratitving: HL Showed that people were interested 1u kK. He pi al and eiti- jeney of the gu y | been agreed by 4 number of members that he | should be relieved of a part of his by the empicyinent of an assts Ls en nominate tary by M otten, or “Brother Totten,” as he Was styled by one of bis fellow philanthropists. Jon wats nade to have Mr, Solomons cast. We blot of the society for Mr. Emery. Sy bjected to proceeding in that Way fed Mr. Robert B. hinsell. Judge Sneil did not know of any dissatisfaction with. ‘y that amounted to anything in point of rs. inotion instructing Mr. Solomons to cast the your for Mr. Emery was then carried. dir. M. G. Emery was then nominated to succeed It as treasurer. Mrs. Spencer sald satirleally that this was the | first Ume the association had seen Mr. tor gigiteen months “and she nominated Mr. ‘A. 8. a Brother Totten observed that it was not neces- sary for Mr. Emery to attend these meetings. ‘The Guty of the treasurer was to honor their checks When drawn upon him, and Mr. Emery was the man for that. Mir. Pratt declined the nomination and Mr. Emery was then elected without opposition. The old board Of directors was re-elected, as follows: A. 8. Sulo- mons, Kev. William A. Bartlett, John ‘T. Mitchell, A. M. Gangewer, Dr. R. B. Donaldson, Hon. M. G! Ewery, dohn F. Cook, K. B. Barium, 4. S, Pratt, B. Pickman Mann, Thomas J. Losier, Mrs. M. A. Sucil, ¥ Barber, M ra A. Spencer, Rev. Dr. ‘oop und ©. E. i | The Ten Per Cent Guarantee Fund. THE RECENT LETTER OF THR COMMISSIONERS TO CON- | Following ts the text of the letter of the District | Commissioners, mentioned in THe Stax, which | drew from Controller Lawrence the statement that ) he agreed with the views of the Commissioners in | Tegard to retaining the ten percent guarantee fund of the avenue pavement contractors; so ruled, but his ruling had been sub- tly reversed by the acting controller, of h action through some oversight the Commis- S had not been notitir OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, DisTRICT OF Co- \ MBIA, WASHING Z0S, NoVeIMber 2, 1383, Hon. Wiltiain Lincrence, First Coutrotier, U. 8. Treasury Sir:—In answer to a letter of the 18th ultimo from the Acting First Controller eailing atteation to chim No. 13.370 in favor of HLL. Cranford and 1. for r Fubertes irs 10 ¢ n> kei DY U © ave) y French } e company, but not kept th repair as required by the terias of ihe contract, ing wht action, If any, han been taken to re of the bond of the j Tait tain wins Was, | pend In this connection the Commissioners feel obliged | 10 revord Ubely cmpiatie protest a Dy veinteh The se anive rth contra MAOURL due becuss to fultill the terms of his contract, the Coin | have lo say that sult against the bond rdered by Unein May 11Un, 1582, and 1s now r out the “lias becou pany to mini the rejnested the suspe Son the bonds in wich | niranitee fund was invested. It basal on an opinion by th to the etfec ea iS ConLTact to keep , then, was the vesting the ten per igued Wy secure the fulfilment of unis obli- TY uncertain prospects of m the bond—espectilly uncertain be- cause the bond was contingent under the contract ! upen the tf: that a retain of ten per cent was to be invested and held to meet the very obligation now in question. Batley himselt 13 dead. The Commissioners maintain that under the law theirs ts the responsibility to retain and Invest the fund in question, and that without their sanction 1t cannot, with any propriety whatever, be assigned, | delivered or disposed of In any manner except | through the action of the courts. - | _‘Vhis expression or the Cominisstoners' views 1s ssiry for the reason thet the treasurer of the Uulted States now holds, and at the tine or deliv | ering the amount withheld on the Batley contract Gid Hold, ainounts retihied on several other con. | tracts tor precise vue class of work and In- volving precise! ame principles. ‘To dispose | Of Uhese sums, as was done {nthe case of the Bat y | French paviny company, is clearly inimical to the | interests of the District, as well as to those of the | Parties Who became sureties on the bond of the con- tors with the understandioz Uy nt would be held avallable to defra collecitag tt such repairs a j bui fail to m ‘. (Slgued,) H The } MAJOR POWELL. DISCUSSES THE SUBJECT BEFORE THE MROPOLOGICAL SOCTETY, 1 of the leading professors and | Bcientie students of the city were in attendance aL the mesiiug oMme Anthropological Society at. the Army Medical Museum last night. Four ladies were present, With a shudder they had passed the long row of grinning skelevons which guard the entrance to that stered, sclentifie and unappro: | able sanctum, tne lecture room, and occupied {near the door. ‘The new president of the society, | Col. Maliory, catted the meeting to order, and, after some routine business in the way of reports, Major J. W. Powell, the retiring president.” com- menced his annual uddress,” a lecture on “duman Evontion” He sald that sclentitic | Fesearches had established the fact of a prehistoric stale of man; that geologists had discovered relies of men and their Lnplemente in every part of tbe ‘World, showing that at one Umue, thousands of years ago, men, in Whatever state they lived, were dis- Uributed all over the entire globe. Indications were, he sald, that there bad been two periods in the ex? istence of mankind, one before and ove after the development of the mental powers ‘There was a. ‘Ume when man_ posse no qualities to distin- guish hin from the othét order of animals, and the | Whole animal kingdom was in an undeveloped state. Mankin¢ then, he’ said, possessed nelther thought nor language, and if ‘they were superior to the ‘other orders Of animals it was through their force or agility. ‘They were scattered tn small tribes or herds throughout the world, existing after the manner of other animals. With the development of the mind came another period in the existence of wan, Language was originated gradually, and the period of inteliigence began, placing man’as the ruler of all the attinal world.’ He rose from the | level of the lower antmals, and Ugradually develo into uo intellectual being. From this state the speaker traced man’s gradnal development In grt, } polftics and philosophy pointing out the. transition from on © Wo anottier to the present condition of clvtitation. ‘The lecture occupled about two hours, and was of a very learned character, indi cating thorough research and a profound knowledge Of the sclences. ‘The audience was uniformly atuen- tive, the deepest interest being manifested. ——— The Courts, KQuiry Covet—Judge Hagner. Yesterday, Cannon agt. Cannon; witness directed ats j cultivated taste. KENDALL GREEN. A_ Brief Glimpse Inte the School Rooms of the Columbia Institute for the Beat and Dumb. TEACHING THE DEAF TO HEAR WITHOUT ZARS— THE DIFFICULTIES OF LEARNING TO SPEAK— SPEECH MADE VISIBLE TO THE EYE—AN IN- TEKESTING TaLK WITH DR. GALLAUDET ON SOMM PHASES OF DEAF MUTE EDUCATION. One of the points of interest about this city, which always proves attractive to visitors, 1s Kendall Green. 1t is a charming picture of sub- urban beauty, where art and nature have united their gifts, aud the result is a harmonious whole, at once pleasing to the eye and grateful to the The buildings which have been erected for the students of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, located there, are grouped together in an irregular but picturesque mass of brick and stone, with here | and there a graceful tower rising above the peaked roofs and the walls, which are | dashed with the rich coloring of the ciustering leaves of clinging vines. On all sides the wide sweep of velvety lawn mses and fails in gentile undulations, its soit beauty accentuated by the clumps of shrabbery aud trees scattered about. This is the picture, and the frame-work are the hills whieh gently ascend, their broad bosoms and winding top aziow with the October tints that seem to fairly run riot in the spien jor and variety of the color- . as it glances across the lawn the bright-hned leaves of the de- parting year fails upon the glistening towers and turrets of the buildings and from the metallic points here and there, sends forth gleams ot light as if in response to the gorzeous specta- cle that revels on the autamnal hills. “What a lovely scene!” at last exclaimed a member of a party of visitors who had been gazing abeut in nt admiration. The tone of } the speaker was subdued, as if afraid that a joud word would break the charm of the pic- ture. Itwas a lovely spectacle. and Tus STaR man who had accompanied some friends on a visit to the institution wondered if Kendall Green had ever looked that way before. A SINGULAR SCHOOL ROOM. The visitors, however: soon became eonscious- that time was passing away. and, turning thelr backs upon the picture, entered the buildings. A‘ter looking about on various things of inter- e tconnected with the education of the deaf) 1autes the visitors paused in one of the school rooms, where instruction was being given in articulate speech. It was a strange school room, and the method of instruction was equally novel. There were, perhaps, a dozen scholarsin the room at different times, repre- senting ages from seven to sixteen, and there were taught separately or together just as their advancement in knowledge permitted. Avout the room were hung charts, on which were drawn phonetic characters representing the sounds of letters, or rather as sound is an unknown factor to these little unfortunates, it would be more correct to say that they repre- sented the position of the mouth when the let- ter was uttered. A little girl was called before one of these charts, and the teacher, a lady, pointed to one of the characters, ut the same time making the sound with her lips. The little one, imitating the represented sound with her lips, repeated it correctly, then another and so with several of the vowels and consonants; but presently she makes a mistake and fails to make the sound correctly. What does the teacher do? She re- peats it, but the child fails again, and then taking the child’s hand she places it on her own throat, and at once the pupil corrects the error | and makes the right sound. “Why do you place her iand on your throat?” asked THe Star man, with some curiosi fo make her understand what muscles throat are used in waking that 4." was the prompt reply, “and in this way the child learns to make the’ correct sound by knowing what part of the throat is used.” TALKING BY THE FYE. A more advanced scholar was called up, and sentences In the phonetic characters were read off. ‘These sentences were written by the | teacher upon the blackboard, and were su: gested by the presence of the visitors. In the sane y the teacher addressed questions to the scholars, and, watching theite lips, they replied with more or less readine Dr, Gallaudet, the president of the college, who had come in. was able to converse quite freely with the pupils by means of visible speech. One big boy. who said he fifteen years old, understood very readily the movemi the lips and conversed quite freely. He asked ‘Tux Srar man if he had heard his address to the President of the United States on a public occasion at the colicze recently; and while the vis.tor was obliged to say that he had not, he conid not but admire the facility with which he used his voice. Yet the teacher said that when this boy began four years ago to acquire speech he used to sit in front of the chart containing the phonetic characters with the tears running down his face, @ perfect picture of despair at his inability to make the sounds. Some of the children’s voices were remarka- bly well modulated and sweet, while others had the artificial harshness noticeable sometimes in partially deaf persons. One httle girl, who had shew bezun to learn to speak, repeated from the pard some simple words, such as cat, dog, é&c., written in English. “How do these children learn the English al- phabet 7” inquired THe Stak man. “They are taught that in another reom,” re- piied Dr. Gallaudet, and, goiny across the hall, he opengd a door into a room, where there were a number of children seated at desks. “We teach the children English words the first thing. For instance, here is a little boy who just came to the institution this morning. See what he is doing.” THE METHOD OF LEARNING ENGLISH. The visitor luoked in the slate that was lying in front of the little fellow, and saw the word ax written many times, “How does he know what that mean quired the visitor. In reply the teacher pointed to the word ax written on the board and made signs to the boy totell her what it meant. The little fellow, with @ broad grin, fished out a toy ax from a box of playthings, and brandished it In the air in a triumphant manner. “Alter the scholars have acquired some facil- ity in their stadies the articulation trainin: comes in. and they are tant visible apeech,” observed Dr. Gallftudet, as fie led the way from the room. “You see, the system employed in this insti- tution embraces both the sizn and the articulate system. Instead of confining ourselves to one, we use what is 200d in both. This is nece: in order to adapt education to the wide differ- ence in ability and quickness which is found in a school of this sort, where the children are not picked.” THR LIMITATIONS OF VISIBLE SPEECH. “Is the system of visible speech a practical success with deaf mutes generally?” asked the visitor. “‘Learned and laborious instructors of the deaf,” was the earnest response, “both in Europe and America, with ample knowledge of the mechanism of speech and of methods well adapted to teach the deaf to articulate and read from the lips, and who have taught thonsands of persons to do this with eminent success, have failed to succeed in a large number of cases. No ove who is charged with the duty of condueting the education of a hfindred deaf mutes, as they micht be found in any comufa- nity, will need to be told that with the most patient and intelligent iustruction a large pro- pe of the deaf can never succeed in learn- ing to speak and to read from the lips of others.” “Those whose experience has taught them this,” continned the doctor, “have little dim- culty in tinding an explanation for this disap- my ine to produce records. Shattuck gt. Shattuck; allow- auice pendente lite and counsel ted.’ Bar- Dour agt. Leddy, ani Leddy agt. Leddy; supplemen- tal report of the auditor ratified, agt Stanton; auditor's report ratified. Davis Finckel; sale ordered: and. W. H. Finckel appotnted | wustee’ to sell. Foulke agt. Foulke; divorce Rea Sn comes aioe m Snell ‘o-day, James Edwands, lou isterous; Frank Taylor, assault; $5. = a He shou! lave Told Eis Wife. Frit Special to the New York World. Farmer Seib, of Westmill creek. Is Innenting his financial rufa. The neighborhood is in- tested by burglars, and he removed his money from safe and concealed {t in an oven ina parlor cook stove. He did not intorm his wife of what he had done aud she unconsciously in- cinerated $11,000 by lighting a fire in the stove. ———— son A Fatuer’ VeENGEANCE.—At Birdseye Dubois county, ind.. a young man named Ew- ing wes shot and killed on Sunday night bya Perry county farmer, whose name was not ierned eae heey eps the farmer's danghter and was living w though they were not married. said pointing result. The real obstacles In the way ot teaching articulation to deaf children are to to be found iu them, not in us, their teachers. For every experlenced teacher of articulation knows that very great differences of mental ca- pacity, visual quickness and imitative power appears among deaf children; and when a seri- ous deficiency in either of these elements successful training In speech and lip reading is impossible. You could see this, I have no doubt, in the school-room to-day. Some of these chil- dren are brighter and quicker in their tions, and what words they failto catch from your they could readily make up from the coat Others have greater powers of imita- tion, and they can compel the muscles of their throat to more ready obedience. The success attained in visible speech depends, a6 I have said before, largely on the child." THE LANGUAGE OF SIGNS. “You use the gesture language also in the coHege, do you Rot?” inquired the listener. “Yea, we use it,” was the reply, “but it is Not taught here. We must get into commani- cation with the child, and before it has alan- Guage it has thonghts, aud these thoughts are | and hearing children together was attempted ducting their enchantiaents. ‘The next step in | the evolution of the banjo was a calabash, a | gourd-like fruit with along stem, upon wh the strings of the instrument were strete! ‘The present shape is probably direc to this curious instrument. Even gow in the | quarters were filled with the inusic of the banjo expressed in gestures. For a deaf child to ex- Press his desires, his emotions, his thoughts in sixns is as natural as for a normal child to ex- press the game in speech. And the language of signs, so called, tar from being artificial is in fact the only patural language in existence. And besides being natural, it is to a certain ex- tent universal; tor I have seen it serve 98 & means of conversation between persons as widely separated in race and nationaiity as the Indians, the Chinese, the Hindoos, and the Eng- lish, French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian families of the Caucasian race. And this when the persons cenversing had no common spoken language whatever. “I remember,” said the doctor , reflectively “that when I was traveling inNorway and other countries, that In roy, communication with the natives I found that while [ did not under- | stand their languaze, nor they mine, they read- | lly comprehended sizns. and I talked very freely | with them. How vaiuabie the language of signs is in the education of the deaf, those who have mastered it and used it are well aware. Moritz Hill of Weisseniels. in Germany, an eminent and | succcessfal oral teacher, says in one of his works | “To banish the language of natural signs from the school room and limit ourseives to articula- tion is like employing a gold key which does not fit the lock of the door we would opea, and re- fusing to use the iron one made for it. At the best it would be drilling the deat mate. but not moulding him intellectually or moraily.’” CO-EDUCATION & FAILURE. “Your students seem to know how to have fan,” observed the reporter, as he glanced at a troop of them that dashed over the lawn. es,” replied the doctor, with a smile, “they are like all children, and when they get together have their jokes and games. Association with hearing children otten has, however, a very de- pressing and disheartening effect upon them, by making them conscious many times a day that they are defective and at a constant disadvantage neompared with their more favored com- panions. The experiment of educating deaf early in the present century in Engiand, but in each instance it proved an utter failure and was soon relinguished. Similar efforts have been made in Germany and France, but inno instance have the results been satistactory. Even in our own country the experiment has been tried in Tecent yeurs, but the result was not encourag- ing.” Tur Star man, very much interested in this brief but fracmentary glimpse into the methods employed in the instruction of the deaf mutes, Was oblized at this point to break off the con- versation in order to join his friends, who had gone on ahead. — THE EVOLUTION OF THE BANJO. Hiow the Instrument Has Advanced in the Favor of Society. From the New York Times. ‘It is astonishing how fashionable the banjo has become of late years,” said an eminent instructor in the mysteries of that instrament the other day. The “Professor” was seated in an easy chair, with a banjo resting across his knee, while his hand, wandering over the strings, produced dreamy sutgestions of planta- tion melody. “Once,” he continued, “the banjo was con- sidered a barbarous instrument. to be classed with the kettle-drum and tom-tom, and was thouzht incapable of anything beyond an accompaniment. Now-a-days the development of musical taste has broucht about an apprecia- tion of the hizher possibilities of the baujo, and has also produced a marked improvement inthe jinstrument itself. The modern banjo, with its | New York, was tried upon a similar change. carelully stretebed sheepskin, steel frame, and | cat-zut strings, is a very different affair from the original ‘instrument ‘which one sees even now in the gonth in the hands of the negro, whose greatest delizht isto strum upon it ac- | Companiinents to those strange, barous chants, the primitive musie brought from Africa, | which were douttiess once the war-songs and | feast-sonzs of the native trives, The first banjo was doubtless a simple bamboo stick, with fibres stretched upon it, upon which the mi: Obi-men, in Africa m9, ve played o' the darkies um out of gourds, Ni they stretch sume sort of skin for a. Suake-skin is@ favorite material TpoRe, is no race of people more generally | with natural musical ears than the It isa rare thing to see a negro in the soutit who cannot sing or play upon some musi- ext instrument. 1 once lived upon a plantation for a few weeks, and every nizit the negro and the voices of the darkies was one instrument I heard wii very much. It seemed to sive torth but asingle Jong droning note. It wasn’t for some time that | 1 knew what produced it, and you could never guess what it was. A negro would lay his horny finger on the table, which asa sounding board, and, wetting the finger with his tongue, draw the stick slowly across it, pro- ducing the long bass note I have described. A year and a half ago the banjo furor was at its height It even became fashionable ia Eng- land, where proficiency in playing upon the | iustrument cawe to be considered an elegant accomplishment. It is still fashionable, thouzh not quite 80 much 80 now as when it first became the rage. Many young ladies and gentiemen come to meto leara how to play the banjo. It is quite easy to learo and serves admirably to accompany singing in the parlor. ‘The Latest Fashion in Men’s Clothing. ‘From the American Fashion Review. Promiuent high class houses are introduciug quite a number of chaazea, which will proba- bly soon become popular and general. They | are making a great many walking coats shorter and less cut-away than forme: The regular lengths are stillin vogue, but the shorter cvat with fulier fronts is rapidly gaining in popu- larity. The very short-walsted and long skirted coat with the skirts cut away almost to apoimt bas had so long arun that tne newer torm is a welcome innovation. The lengths for | this coat fora man of averaze height, say tive | feet nine inches, are eizhteen and one-hal! and thirty-three. The sleeves are made shapely, but are gradually increasing in size, the vro- portions most in favor being sixteen at elbow and tweive at hand. They are finished with imitation cuffs closing with three hoies and but- tons. Flaps are trequently put on the waist seam, and seem to be growing in favor. Diag- ouals and other fae goods, which, during the past season, were almost invariably finished with binding, are now generally stitshed—one row as close to the edge as possible, and the other three-eizhths of an inch back. The disposition Is to close double-breasted frocks five holes, with a varrow lapel, but where the customer is large or tall they are closed with six. The tengths foran average height range from 18}¢ to 19 waist, and from 38 to 39 full length. Narrow flat braiding is quite popu- jar, but when the goods will admit of it the edges are almost always double stitched, as for the walking coats. Sacques are cut close and long. They are made to fit the form as closely asa frock, and range from 30 to 31 inches in length. The edves are stitched, and the sleeves are finished with a small vent, with or without buttona. Coarse. rough goods are very popular, with a decided teudeney to favor iadistinct plaids. Overcoats are about the same as last season. They are made rather longer, however, the averaye Igngth being about forty-two inches. ‘The edges ere generally piped with velvet or cloth, and are sometimes foished with tubular cord. The sleeves are often Bunished with cuffs, though generally made to imitate them, and have three holes and buttons. Pantaloons and veste are belng made about the same as last month. The former are grad- ually increasing in size, and are often finished with @ carrow welt. The latter continue to close high, with six or seven buttons, generally seven, and are made with or without a collar. The no-collar vest will Continue zopular so ving There h puzzled me | He is over six feet, weighing fully 193 pounds ssecreted them. There were checks for about FLIPPER. the Colored Cadet—He Propoves to be Restored to the Army. El Paso Correspondence of the St. Louis Republican. At the next session of Congress the case of ex- Lieut. Flipper will be brought up again by some of his intlueutial friends. Mr. Fiipper, it will be remembered, was the colored officer who was arrested by orderof Col. W. R. Shafter at Fort Davis, or rather at the village a few miles dis- tant, the allezation being that he was about to leave for the Mexican republic, and was a de- faulter. This was in July, 1881, aud as Col. and Mrs, Shatter drove through the village they saw Lieut. Flipper's horse with saddle-bags hitched to a post. and the colonel instructed his adju- tant to place Fi pper in the guardhouse, a pro- ceeding contrary to precedeat or usaze in the case of an otticer, unless the same is violent or is detected in an attempt to e cape. At this thime | Lieut. Fiipper was commissary officer at Fort Davis and second lieutenaat of the tenth cav- alry. FLIPPER INTERVIEWED. Your correspondent saw and talked with Mr. Flipper to-day. He is clerk in a laundry and was surrounded by Chinese and nezro experts. t a fact that your case will be brought up before Congress in December?” “Yes, sir. My friends will endeavor to have my commission restored to me on the ground | of dlezal finding. Many persons imaxine that Iwas distnissed the service after being found guilty of embezzlement. This is not true, ax | was acquitted on the charge of embezzlement but tound gullty of conduct unbecoming an | officer and a gentleman. The specifications on the latter change contained clauses which could not be sustained. inasmuch as I had been acquitted upon the charge ot embezzlement. For instance, the first specification read some- thing as follows: ‘In that he, Lieut. Henry 0. Flipper of the 10th cavairy, bemg on dui cominissary officer at Fort Davis, and in such | capacity being responsible for public funds to the amount of €8.977, when ordered by his com- manding officer to submit his funds for inspec tion did state that such funds were in transit to | the chief commissary of subsistence at San An- | tonio, Texas, he knowing such statement to be | false and intended to decetve his commanding | otticer. said funds not being in transit, but hay- Ing been embezzled by him or converted to his own use or benefit.’ Now, it is a rule in the mill- tary service that to sustain a finding of guilty to | @ specification to a charge, every averment to | that specification must be proved or the parts not proved excepted. Iwas charged with em- bezziement (active embezzlement) and tried tor constructive embezzlement under a section of | the evised Statutes of the United States and | fully acquitted, so that the concluding words in the specitication on the charge of conduct unbe- | coming a gentleman should have been «tricken | out. and It is upon this that I base my right to another hearing and a setting aside o! tence.” “But you stated that the funds were in tran- sit to the chief commissary at San Antonio, whieh was untrue. This was certainly unbe- coming an officer in the United States army DISCOVER THE THIEF OR REPLACE THE FUNDR. Jaci Paymaster Reese, who in 1876, while on duty in He had overdrawn his public bank acco a period of two years, and at one t $10,000 overdrawn. During the whole ot this period he misrepresented tis public bank ac- count in bis returns to the government. The charges against him were embezzlement and conduct unbecoming an officer and agentleman, and when convicted he was simply sentenced to four months’ suspension. He was a major, an | experienced business and military man who was convicted upon both charges, while I was an in- xperienced lieutenant—a mere boya time— | and was acquitted of the more nze of | mbezzlement, and yet | was disinissed from the | service tor the latter ch »There is just one u to cite before you so. missary offic: | a white man, under the same commanding offi: | cer. Cul. Shatter. He was found short some | $2.500 ih his accounts, and yet the affair was | suppressed and the amount was made up by his | friends.” Flipper here waited upon a customer who brouzht in a bundle of clothes to be wasted. and | the opportunity was taken to scrutinize him. T as com- rut. Quinby, and about 28 years of age, “Do you know who stole the money for which you were held responsible 2” “Yes, but knuwing a thing and wing it are two very different things. Early in July, 1881, a scouting party left Davis to ran down some Indians who had raided some of the cat- tle ranges, and in addition to the first lieuten- ant, who was in charge of the soldiers, there went along@ number of citizens and stock men. One of the latter was the state hide inspector, and upon his return he told me that the lieutenant had told him while out on the plains that he had ‘Found a way to get rid of the nigger.” I was thus warned of impending danzer, and I suspected that the attempt to hurt me would come from the white commissary ser- geant who occupied quarters opposite to m: office. So I removed my funds from the safe and took them to my private quarters, where [ $1,900 and some €2.074 tn cash. stolen but the checks were left.” It will be borne in wind that Flippers’ private rooms were presided over by a lady who basked in his smile. “Then you expect to tear yourself from this laundry and rejoin the army ?” “I expect to be reinstated upun the ground of illegal finding of the verdict.” Who has your matter in hand?” “L must decline to answer that question.” COL. ANSt who Is in command of Fort Davis, I met at the Central. Col. Mills was one of the members of the court-martial who considered the case of | Paymaster Wasson, recently convicted, and with him was Col. Joshua Fleteher, of Fort Bliss, El Paso, accompanied by his adjutant, both in full uniform. “Do you know that Flipper ts here in charge of a laundry?” asked Col. Mills. ‘No,” laughing heartily. ‘What kind of a fellow ia he?” “Flipper was a rather popular man, kept his place and did not ovtrude. I do not think he was treated exactly right, but I would aot for a mowent adyocate his reinstatement in the army. His commission inade him an officer and a gen- tleman, but then, you kaow, one couldn't meet a colored man on social equality.” Further than this Col. Mills would not commit himself, but from other military men something was learned of the situation. It appears that Col. Mills was in Europe with his tamily when the announcement of his pro- motion was issued. He returned to the states and proceeded to Fort Concho, taking Mrs. Col. Mills with him. When they arrived they dis-/ covered that among the officers was Lieut. Flipper and a delicate question of military ethics occurred, but it was found that Filpper was at Fort Sill, and so out of jinmediate con- sideration The cash was THEY DIDN'T CALL. A brother officer of Col. Milis tells the follow- ing story: The colonel and I were talking in his office at Davis whea an orderly came in and eaid that a com of cavalry we pproach- tng! Boon aiver Capt, Nolan catered the oties accompanied by a young officer; they were unt- formed almost alike and both appeared sun burnt, as frontier eoldiers naturally would. “Col. Milis?” uskea Capt. Nolan. “Yes, sir.” regiment—permit am Capt. Nolan of your me to introduce Lieut. Flipper.” | ing tor the with MeCute proach of the girl's seaudal ogne and pe blood #he 1 a re vr M 14 | the sen- | father, remain jowledge thut I acted indiscreetly in that | the | particular. My sentence was not only illegal, | Most inte { but unduly severe, and I refer you to the case of | high. fort ELOPED WITH AN OLD MAN. ‘The Whereabouts and Whatabouts of (A Young Girl Infatadon Cnnece Mer te Abandon Mer Comtortabte Home. A special from Hubbard, Pa, says: McCutcheoa resides at Cool springs, county, Pa. He ie eixty yeare of age, and one of the wealthiest mea in the county. Miss Emina, Morrell is @ sprichtly young mist of sixteea, whio te zhbor's daughter. A week ago Mo- bert Meroer Cutcheon and the young girl eloped at nicht and me to the village of Hubbard, Mahoning county. They re atine bouse and farnished it throuchout in ane nt manner, tn the mean tim relatives of the yirl and the de- serted wife and children af MeCutchoon were om the tra cuilty pair. Tie Gather and ot Miss Murry rived ti Hubtard For a we raday Iwas persu: urn te her home Rlast mucht wth ther and brot teheon returned how where he still remains He wilt urn unless his wife forgives and asks im to cor tack.” se. A MUSHAND'S SU J, November Four years ayo David Matthews left ith for a trip on a coasting udas, leaving bebind a wife Matthews never wrote to his wife, and she heard nothing of his move ments until word came about s year after his departure that be West indies with yellow (ever. After Matthews departures second child was born, and the you support herself and family, was cx acccpt a position axa nurse, Al says: this place eo the Ber came fr here. ey Latierty 4, told him all about the disappear- T first spouse and of the pews that she of his death. They were married, Mra, Ttv and her children by ber first husband ng provided with a comfortable home, Jo the great surprise of Mrs. Latferty, her first husband returaed a few days tie had not died of yellow lever in the West Indies, but had gone to Brazil, where, by working in a mine, he had acerned a smati fortune. Matthews: demanded the surreader ot his two childrenand Upon being refused them threatened to make tt warm for Mrs. Lafferty. He also ol ceive her again as his wife, but to t tion she would not listen. Finally a ce mise was made. Matthews takes the elder child, the younger, which has never seen its ng with tte mothersewhile the latter avrees to live apart from Lafferty until Matthewsand bits wife shall be legally separated. CANTILEVER BRIDGE. ‘Whe Great Structure Over Ningara, The Michizan Central cantilever bridge across azara river has now estered upon the ing portion of its construction, that of building the span a | 500 feet in leagth, without support from below. On the American side the section above the steel tower was completed on Wednesday, } and on Thursday the couaection cords and the | lange Steel posts for the nest section were put An place, and if the weather permits these two sections will be completed to-w - Canada side the tr inesday ers were Lo’ is expected this sec work has attra was of spe of a character to make those wat if it does not the workiwen th traveler that used in river is 66 feet | tt This work tators, au and 24 feet It contains 20,000 teet of Umber and to s and stays. of the bridge, and pr pleted end 40 feet. The part that rests on the bridge is secured to It by creat irou claws, aud it has at its projecting end an upli capacity of 40 tons. It carries with it as it voya: ross the Tricks and ved and powertul build ate the work the traveler carries with e wooden platforme, which rest Immediately under the work being done. Each of these platforms is 38 feet long and 12 feet wide, and, ag it now hange, is 62 Teet from the top of the traveler and 200 feet above the water of the rapids below. As the construction pro- ceeds across the river the distance from the top to bottom of the bridge lesseus, and the holders of the platiorms are made tn sections, so that they may be easily shortened when the section of the bridge is completed, and the traveler is moved forward. As the river pussuge advances, more danverons and marvellous seems the un- dertaking, and the work te naturally attracting widespread attention. Visiturs come daily long distances to see it, and are well rewarded fortheit trouble. The other work in connection with the bridge has made good progress during the week. On the American side everything is completed for the counection except the trestlework and the placing of the girders across Spring street, and this work ts expected to be begun next week. On the Canada side rapid progress is making. Two of the abutwents are completed, and the work on the others and un the piers is well ad- vanced. The large cut on the Welland cut-off is being prosecuted vigorously, and werk after next will in all probability see it tin: The new bridge gontractors are determi: that none of the workmen shall zo to destruction by way of the cantilever andthe rapids, and are constructing huze platforms to hanz under the workmen whike constructing the river arms of the bridge. a 2 Ex-Alderman Cavanagh’s Alligator. From the New York Sun. It is pretty weil known in the Ninth ward that ex-Alderman John Cavanagh has a remark- able household pet in the shape of agoung alli- gator which he brought with him from Florida two years azo. “He must be about four years old,” sald Mr. George Cavanazh, the ex-alder- man’s brother, “and he measures about 23 inches over all. He makes his home in the par- Jor. bed room, or sitting room, according to the fancy of the hour, and is one of the gentlest and most affectionate pets you ever saw. Now an@ then he getsa little bashful before strangers, aud skips under a bed ora sofa; but the ladiesand children of thefamily handie him as freely as they would @ black-and-tan terrier. Hin jaws are mighty big, but I don’t believe be’s got a bite in bim except for bis daily grub. — The story that be 4rinks tour pails of milk and eats haifa bar- rel of sausage daily is not true. Exactly what he eats and drinks we can't find out, for we ueverfeed him. He sometimes disappears for three or four days, but the assertion that during these intervals he swallows oueor two of thenu- merous babies In this neighborhood fs a mean slander on une of the best-betiaved and most gen- tlemanly crocodiies inthe world. He took a short slide up 6th avenue the other day, and every~ body gave him a wide berth. One of the alder- man's children can after him and picked hun up in ber arms, just as a pale poiicoman was ing wither he would tackle him er resiga trom the force. He will come when called, lie down before the fire, act asa a py rreoescy veg against beggars. and create a who! in the minds of cats, rats, mice, or cockroaches, We haven't had a sight of one of them sinoe this alligator became a member of the family. A Bohemian Resurrection, The call was an official act of courtesy, ah oe Mills during the conversation re- marked: long as coats are made to close so high on the chest. “Catch On.” Old fri don’t nor be downt y onetes pro aauee the pong ‘You can’t recall what's fied and gone; Brace up, old pard—you can “caich om.” ‘This world’s not giv'n the rich, the tew—- You may enjoy it's sunshine too, For tortune’s wheel doth never stup— SEEEEE ine g 3 “My family are here, captain, we shall be pleased to have yuu call upon us, and.” turning to the young colored man, who was no darker at the time than his captain, ‘‘you also, lieu tenant.” Capt. Nolax mixed bie tee water and had the bad taste not to call, and Lieut. Flipper, while he pts the courtesy, had the good taste not to “Flipper was the only colored graduate of West Pon “said an officer present, “aod Col. Saafte; was as much to blame as Flipper, for it is the duty of the commanding officer to go over the accounts and cash of his commissary before they are sent to the chief commissary. “Shaiter did not do this, but let Flipper rua and then jumped him, scaring bim telling the lie about the funds being in transit. He had no right to place Flipper in the guard-house, as officers and non commissioned officers are only jaced under arrest, the privates being sent to ‘he guard-house. Fiipper’s points are well taken, and if he were a white man he would upeet the verdict and sentence; but he is a col- ored man, and I for one would not vote for any colored mar being an oficer in the Gaited States aa. Gaushters ust be con. From the St. James’ Ganstte. A terribie story is reported trom Macheno, im Bohemia. A man apparently dead had just been lowered Into the grave, when suddenly the cof- fia lid began to move and the supposed corpse, wrapped in its linen shroud, sat up. The un- happy man had not, meanwhile, been fn an in- sensible condition. He,had been conscious throuzhout his illness of all that had been tak- ing place around him. He knew, that is to say, that he was looked apon as dead and pose! enjoved the doubtful advantage of bearing w! his friends had to say about him. The grief of some, the indifference of others, if he was aware of it, must have added much, to his sufferings, The’ mourners, we are told, were “horrified” when they found that the man about whose grave they stood had been only in a tyance, ‘Seemingly in some such anesthetic state as that produced by curari, which, witnout destroying ibilit: euté the expression of suffering. Sans riguthe torture can scarcely be imagined. caranorsrrnaer Sue ‘The ladies of South Carolina are up in arms because the state legislature 40,000 tor the hicher education of boys and notiting for the girls, In St. Louis Sun¢ay afternoon Mrs. Annie Lutze, wife of Preterick Lutze, a lumber desler, gave Doth fo bein boys ia a street car. ry “a