Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1883, Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Elections of Officers. OMicers have been elected by various bodies as follows: Capitol Counc A ent: L. B drickson, ¥ . OF A. W. Hoff, secretary - Cohen, collector: J. chaplain; A. D. Dreytus, warden; M. M. Rich, . medical examiner, Th. and H. Frane, trustees, Business Transacted by the Trustees. CHANGES IN TEACHERSHIPS—THR STEVENS’ SCHOOL BUILDING NOW “SAFE, BUT UNSUITABLE”—THE DI- VISION OF THE SCHOOL FUND AND THE MANNER OF MAKING APPROPRIATIONS. e regent; J.P. J. Rich, tre: p Behrer burg N When the school board met last evening Dr. Henry A.Griswold, the new trustee, appointed in the Place of Mr. Win. Birney, resigned, was introduced tothe board and took his seat. A letter from Mr. A. Kalstrom, G.W.C.T. of the Independent Order of Good Templars, was read, requesting leave to dis- tribute temperance pledge cards in the schools of the District. The request was granted. Mr. War- her observed that in the schools in his division they had rolis of signers who pledged themselves to ab- Stain froin clzurettes, and he thought that much benefit had resulted from it. om J. E. Rankin, Jno. F. Cook, Fred- 3s and ot ng that the second iu1m0Ds be restored to J. WS. Waits, secre Dental Soetety—Pre: Preskiont, Dr. L. ¢ Reporting . Dr. R. B. Dong on; curator of museum, Dr. L. Hills, M.—Wm. H. Proctor, W tchard TL. Boswell, KW. fifteenth consecut treasurer; Win. trustee for the H. 8. Do « vis, tldson, ity Law School— 1 of Building Inspector En ental report of ‘Trustee Brooks regard- n of the Stevi chool buildin; isstoners ani idings and repairs. ailon, Written by Dr. Purvis to the rs, Telating to the employment ssistant teacher at the Miner school, was re- to the committee on teachers. TOO MUCH PHYSIOLOGY. »,| A communication from H. G. Collins, criticising an, first | the school curricuium whieh provided the study of | phystolozy for children from 9 to 12 years of age, Was read and referred to the committee on teachers. Mr. Curtis remarked that teachers had spoken to him about this study, and the difficulty of making i chiliren understand the hard names. He ‘ht it suould be introduced in more advanced Notice was given that th Uon of candidates for teact tiotions would be held Frankiin butiding, nenelag Saturday, the 15th Lnst., at 9 aun, SCHOOL STATISTICS, ‘The abstract of the superintendents’ reports for ith of November showed that the number r erage number of number of teach- the supple ing the j ferred, tmi-annual examina- '¥’ positions and pro- YY Harvy Maddox w. 0 fried as Janitor of the Cranch School building, CHANGES IN TEACHERSTIPS. ‘The report of the committee on teachers, reeom- mending the following changes, was adopted: First division—Grant leave of absence, without acher In the seventh grade, J of the present school uat of dl-hes Promote Miss from the sixth tothe seventh grade,t Vernber 1, 1883, vice Mb 5 i Miss M. E. € tr Bi propert mote Lazenby fi € effect November 1, 1883, vice ted. ‘Transfer Miss N. F. Pum- sistint in the Normal school, to a fifth hool, to take effect ) ember 1, 1883, vice promoted, Assign Miss’ Margaret from the © Normal in istant teacher in the Normal school, r ce Miss Pitts, promoted, Uttis teacher ‘in the ffl ison, transferred, both ee ‘Thompson, econd 10 Lvist 2M 4 diviste te si position of t ‘ond dy pyemiber 1, 1883, A of the Normal third divi- town: ts ¢, reured, to ; An janitor’s place was recelyed from mat the a George p-| W. Donaldson. OMI. BROOKS’ STATEMENTS ANOUT THE STEVENS’ BUILDING ENDO! D. on buildings and Mr. Baum, frov 5 areportin relation to the Ste- y found the report of the local board In relation to the condition was correct, and that the repairs recomm: taade by the Commission- ‘Th report says, no st-class, healthy and jess than 7 n school building be unwise to go to iteratt be ren i Ke the permanent approved pla uth of pupil as ars, This ree appropriation for thi can be secured that the present building be removed and an elght room | Dutiding erected in its pl With the repairs al- ready made the bullding is, louse, but is unsititable. The report was adopted. TUE DIVISION OF THE SCHOOL FUND. Mr. Clark, from the committee on bulldings and Tepairs, in response to a resolution adopted at the last meeting, requesting the comialttee to furnish the board the amount expended in each school di- vision during the year ending June 30, 1883, re- ported that the committee was informed that the | mnds expended for the support of the public schools were not designated upon the books of the District government as expended in school divi- sions, excepting the expenditures for repatrs to Dulldings, which are as follows: First division, 43.02; 'second division, $2,510.17; third diviston, | $1,851.06; fourth division, $1,882.84; "fith division} | $1478; sixth division, g147i.s7; seventh division, 04; elghth division, ‘To supply shop materials, #144. ‘Amount. paid foreman, ‘Yotal ainount for repairs for the year, Froin the offic report of the auditor of the commlttce find the percentage ot xpended for the public schools. for ree years in Washington, Georgetown nity to have be ARMORY OF THE Was oe eld a me Posed new Gevided to ad i when they hope to definitely s uittee is concerned. ‘The governm journ unttl Th nt old Globe bullding, whieh narmory, these quarters, «é of the month, and the the hall above Metzzer’s, reet, between D and E | $2,152! with wire NTS FROM Poston. that Mr. Wri general t the past thi and the med to have | Year. Washington. Georgetown, County. * fanilly were in- | IS81 an 7 621 informed that | i882. 15s3.. U7 I, com- syste Attures: mmissioners, which left the trustees in ignorance of their doings. HOW THE APPROPRIATION ‘Mr. Smith read from the recordin would le nds in Was! nd accord- pad tekets rs in money | report was read, te c ad Said the Ato have fr rt VENING STAR the re- marks oft etary of the Treasury in lis “book of Ross & | of estim: 5 to the manner in which the appro- river Mts priations for the public schools should be made, ! ae hie He offered resolutions “that in the opinion of this board the views of the Secretary of the ‘Treasury as expressed in his report as to the manner the appro- priations for the publle schools of thls. Distriet | Should be made, ts Uhe tanner in which sald appro- smade to wit: ‘That so long assec— Revised Statutes of the District of bia, remain unrepealed, which provides in if from the ensine rooin and the machine was soon “rs edge. ‘The damage, tt 1g The Courts. Covet iy Gexenat TERM. | Chickering, secretary: to the | for use as a school | Monday, Johnson ast. District of Cot eres below denying Injr aftirmes; opinion b3 more nibla; de— ction and dismissing’ bill dge James, Janin agt. Gtl- decree below denying Infinetion and dis- bill affirmed; opinion by Judge Hagner. lecree below dismissing bill re Keyser agt. Hitz; ard; motion for ‘oodriff agt. Na- motion to dismiss Stam Jubes;, deere nT—Judge Mac Hunter; Judgment con- everidge agt. Purdy; death of de and administrators made parties, it by default. Queen rton agt. Holladay; do, ge Somes, medinan $ ton; Sale ratified nist. Cousins agt. Stras- to take testimony limited. Combs sndait ordered to pay for one ses burger; time yLY. -ASHLON agt. Ash- nted. Cissel ag er; Sale rate dd conveyance ordered. ‘Hilton agt, ring in the general term in the first in- red. ay, Cralg agt. Cratg; divorce granted. Biren et al; pro confesso as to Birch : ton ordered. Jones agt. es DILL dis | Inissed. Burns agt. B mony ordered taken be ‘T. brady. Hagner agt. Ran- uuue pro tunc. Calvert pointing John D. Coughlin ating agt. MeLaughitn; sale Fatited nisi Borland agt. Corporation of Wash- melon Injunction dented and bill dismissed. Rich- : Ison agt. Clark; motion to postpone sale denied. ‘al an agt. El nglish; trustee authorized to pay Mary ish. Totten & Browning agt. aring continued. Y, Phornix Mutual Life Insurance company st. Grant; receiver authorized to insure property. Miller agt. ordered. Miller; payment of costs by petitioner ly se Lawler; sub lot 1, sq. 110, re- leased from complainanv’s lien. CRIMINAL CovKT—Judge Wylte. Yesterday, Robert B. Fuz inday dar; for- fetture set aside. Joseph Fillin, Sa @o. | Michael Leach, unlicensed ty. Samuel F. Shreev Potomac fetture set ash mot guilt guilty. crete y, Robert F. a o-day, Robert E. Pugitt, Sunday bar; not guilty. John Shea, unlicensed ey bolle prose yu Pete Sweeny, profanity: do, Eugene C. Knight, unl censed bar, do. John 1. Wright, do; not gulity. Pouice CouRT—Judge Snell. ¥, Henrietta Sanders and Henrietta Jones, id boisterous; $5 cach. Pearl Hom, ng prostitution: loud and ‘boisterous; $3. Wm. art, larceny, steals a b nu ‘a red, assauit on his two casts; $5 I each, Eddie + colored, assault; 35. Jas Powell, assault; rs vor ing and ‘Trust company | Substance that the money appropriated each year for school purposes shall be divided between the white and Colored schools in the proportion that the number of white children between the ages of six and seventeen years of age bears to the number of Colored children between these ages,” and fur- ther, “that this board urge upon Congress the | practicability of making sald appropriation in pur- Suance of the statute above cited.” After some discussion the resolutions were referred to the committee on ways and means. An amendment to the by-laws offered by Mr. Smith, giving the superintendents power to limit the length of the noon recess, and a resolution by Mr. Baul request— ing authority to pent 2,000 copies of the annual re- | port of the school board, when ready, were adopted. > WORK FOR WOMEN. | The Philamthropic Enterprise of Ladies | of ‘This City. AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN'S EX- CHANGE REC LY OPENED—A BAZAAR FOR THE SALE OF ARTICLES OF WOMEN’S HAMDI- WORK—AN EFFORT TO HELP THOSE WHO WANT TO HELP THEMSELVES. A new enterprise, under the auspices of women, and for the benefit of women, has re- cently been started in this city, and its projec- tors hope that by its means the deserving | women of the District will receive the benefits of | that true charity which alds the unfortunate ;to the means of helping themselves. | The ladies of the Women’s Christian Home, which comprises In its management the names of @ large number of ladies well known in social and religious circles, have se- cured rooms in the house 817 fourteenth street, and the new enterprise is now more than a week old. It is called the Women’s Exchange, and the opportunity Is afforded to all women to lace there for sale articles of fancy work, paint- ing and everything which enlists the taste and industry of women. A commission of ten per cent is charged on the prices received, which are fixed by the owners of the articles. If after a certain time the articles are not sold they are withdrawn from the exchange. The two rooms on the first floor of this house, which is very easy of access from all por- tions of this city, contains just now a large and very attractive display of fancy articles, which evince not only skill but great good taste. These articles are suitable for Christmas pres- ents, and the ladies hope that the people of the pe hedow bestow some re of their ee TO! upon : exchange is under the auspices of the Women's Ghristieu Home, a committee of young ladies haya taken it under their especial cuarge, and every day some member is present the rooms. The ; Miss Strong, Miss Thomp- son, Miss Wood, Miss Pentland. Miss James, Miss Shellabarger, Miss Kennedy, Miss Patter- . Wight, Jewell and son, Miss Alley, the Misees Childs. WORK FOR ALL. In addition to the fancy articles which are afforded a market through the medium of the], exchange, orders are taken for the making of preserves, cake, plum pudding, &c. In fact, there isno gift or talent which women can exer- cise that the exchange will suffer to go to waste for lack of encouragement. It is the intention to start a work room, where plain sewing and dressmaking will be done. Women who are out of work will be given an opportunity in this way to earn some money. They will be furnished the material and then paid for what they do. “T don’t suppose that this branch of our en- terprise can be made to pay,” remarked Mrs. Weed, the secretary of the Women’s Home, whom THe Star reporter fougd at the rooms. “Tt never has in other places, I believe. You see, many of the most deserving women are in- competent seamstresses, and their work is of little value. Still, here is where the charity will come In. I think that it isa great deal | better for all concerned to give these women a chance to work than to give them money. ‘But you must not think that all our work will be badly done,” she continued. ‘ When we receive orders for work from ladies, as we | expect to do, it will be done under the direct superintendence of the very capable young lady who is in charge ot our rooms, and incapable women will not be allowed to undertake this kind of work.” “Are there many cases of deserving and needy women in this District?” asked the reporter. “Yes, I think that there are a great many,” | was the reply. “The ladies of the home makea | Tegular provision for such cases, and you can | see from the number of articles that have been sent in here that there are many women who are not only wiiling but anxious to earn some money.” “I do hope” resumed Mrs. Weed, ‘‘that peo- ple will come here for their Christmas things. There are go many pretty things which I know j that they will buy somewhere else, and Just | think how much more good it would do if they | will only make their purchases at the exchange. They will not only secure nice things, but they will haye the pleasure of knowing that they have aided those of their sex who are in strait- ened and aeedy cireumstances. NO UTOPIAN IDEAS. The funds necessary to inaugurate this work has.been obtained mostly from private sources; but in order that the contributions may take a | more systematic form and the co-operation of a larger number secured, inembership cards will be issued upon the payment of $1 per year. It is {the intention to increase the number of the | young lady's committee, and to make the enter- | prise a practical and worthy charity. The found- ers entertain no Utopian ideas as to what will complished, but they believe that the plan offers a remedy existing evils in the present sy eand indiserimi- nate charity ney rmly convinced that the money now devoted to the relief of poor women can more etfectually secure this end in the hands of the Wor Xchange, while the mortifying and de influence of direct charity will not be felt. Ladies in reduced cir- opportunity of earning money without e to their pride, while those who are inclined to trade upon the com- mate charity of their fellows will be com- ied to work for what they. ive. sikh ee POKING FUN AT TilE SEA SER- Pi Give the Snake a Show. To the Editor of Tae G STAR: For the past few days I have read daily but two newspapers. One was Tue Star, and the other one headed the report of the Long Branch sea serpent thus: “Ife Should Water His Apple- Jack.” J inter from what they have done on former occasions that most of the papers dis- pose of the matter in a similar way. It1s well fora paperto be as funny as it can, andI do not object on my own account to any fun they may make of the sea serpent; but is it fair to | the serpent? Is it not time to give the snake a | show? | In most things I am not an over credulous person. Though ft has been my business for twenty years to sift all kinds of testimony from | f people, and to find all the lies I can y say, I became, a dozen years ago, as thoroughly conyinced that the sea-serpent was a reality as I am that the white elepnant is. I reached the conyietion by the process that should lead a reasonable man to any conclu- | sion—by a serious instead of a facetious con- | sideration of the evidence. The existence of the creature is intrinsically as probable as that of the giant squid and other | nondescripts that we know trom the great deep. | | It is poor logic to doubt a thing because it is so | probable that people are likely to linagine it. | The sea-serpent would stand a better chance in | the minds of some if he were not so probable, if he werealtogether monstrous, impossible, hope- lessly at_ variance with all our ideas of animal | forms. There is sufficient similarity in the de- scriptions we have of him. Most or them differ scarcely more than one whale differs trom another—scarcely more than snakes differ on | the land. The stories of other monsters have passed naturally away. But the lizht that ecience and exact records bring has not been able to rele- gate the sea serpent to the limbo of chimeras and dragons. Itis in the age when everything fabulous has to go that he holds hisown. Ac- counts of him have kept on coming from differ- ent quarters of the sea, under all circumstances, from scores of witnessess, and from men whose | credibility could not be questioned on any other | point, They are not all reporters from American. watering places. They are not all fishermen. There tstestimony enough. It is good enough. It agrees well enough. It tells what is probable enough. And it would convince the world of anything else than a sea serpent. Now comes the reputable Star; it speaks by the record; it gives what an officer of the goy- ernment reports, in an official paper, to his superior; he emphasizes the fact as strongly as words can do it, for he knows he may be doubted. If this is not prose what fs? “But we have had Just as good before. And still the man who mentions the creature is advised to water his applejack. The captain of H. M. S. Daedalus, in 1848, reported to the admiralty his encounter with a sea-serpent off the coast of Africa. It was sixty feet long. It passed so close to the ship that had it been a human acquaintance the captain would have recognized his features with the naked eye. His lieutenant corroborated him, making a separate statement on his own responsibility, and compiling it from the log-book of the vessel. Their statements differed only in description of the mon- ster, where differences might be ex- pected, for the serpent was swimming fourteen miles an hour and in rough water. In i877 the captain and officers of Her Majesty's yacht, the Ontories forwarded to the admiralty their official report of asea serpent which they saw off Sicily. Its length was estimated at 150 feet. It moved slowly, in smooth water, and a sketch of it by one of the lieutenants accompanied the report. These cases are mentioned, among the it number on record, because they are “official.” Could these English officers put such stories as these into the archives of their country if they were not substantially true? If they are not to be believed, in their main points, what Is the use of believing anything. Good reasons are obyious why these fearful snaky monsters could not be brought home by their discoverers for the inspection of landlubbers. There is good au- thority that one, 55 feet long, was washed ashora on the Orkney Islands in 1803. Justice. —_———_-e-____ WAR ON THE DRAM SHOPS, A Practical Temperance Crusade Be- gun in New York. ‘New York dispatch in the Philadelphia Press. A great movement is going on in New York which must soon prove of interest to temper- ance men fn all sections of the country. For many years this city has been the paradise of the dram-seller. Thousands of saloons are re- quired to supply drink to the population, and the laws regulating license or the opening and closing of saloons have never been rigidly en- forced. Lately some unseen hand has 0 felt and a revolution. nas begun which has startled the liquor men. Last Sunday, without any special premoni- tion, it was noticed that the police force kept a vigilant eye on the saloons, and a large number of proprietors, who, as usual, kept their places open, were ar and et Sen before the police courts. Old offenders like Shang Draper have had their licenses taken away, or have not been able to get the legal permit renewéd, asin times gone by. Arrest in the case of a saloon keeper means more than it ever did before. A few weeks ago one of the police justices insisted on sending every saloon keeper convicted of breaking the law to jail, as well as imposing a@ fine. Twenty liquor dealers, whose cases were pending, with- drew the customary plea ot guilty, which had heretofore meant only a fine, and demanded trial within a week. A police justice has pro- mulgated it as law that the conviction of a liquor dealer of violating the excise law abso- lutely forfeits and annuls his license. members have already displayed eathu- siasm and interest in this work, ‘commit-| Preparations are being made for the ceiebra- tee is thus constituted: Miss Crittenden, | tion of the 250th anniversary of the founding of chairman; Miss treasurer; Miss | Maryland, which occurs March 25th, 1834, Bus § ANTHONY'S HOPES. A Talk with the Famous Advocate of ‘Woman Suffrage—Advantages to be Gained by the Party That Emanci- pates Women—What She Expects of the Forty-eighth Congress. Miss Susan B. Anthony is as energetic as ever in her endeavors to secure suffrage for women. She is much improved in health since her visit to Europe, and will now devote her time to securing some -deeisive action by this Congress upon the question of woman's suf- frage. To a Star reporter, who called upon her at the Biggs house, she said that she would takeimmediate steps to secure the reappoint- ment, in both branches of Congress, of a com- mittee on suffrage. She said she had positive assurance that this would be done by the Sen- ate, and she believed the House would not hes tate to do the same. She said she had not had time yet to see Representatives in relation to the matter, but she felt pretty sure of Mr. Car- lisle’s support. “Before my departure for Europe last year,” | she said, “I had a talk with Mr. Carlisle upon the subject, and told him if he was elected Speaker of the Forty-elghth Congress, as 1 thought he would be, I should expect him to assist us in this matter, and helaughingly agreed that he would. I have not seen him since, but I have no doubt of his assistance. He is a liberal minded man and a_ statesman, and, knowing | that it is merely a question of time as to when women will have a vote, he must see the ad- vantage of the democrats taking the first po: tive action to secure that end. “No, I think there can be no doubt about our | getting a committee on universal suffrage which will report favorably upon the question, | and bring before the country a 16th amendment to the Constitution, which Will give to women an equal right of suffrage with men. We shall make our annual meeting later than usual this season, holding it about the first week in March, hoping by that time Congress will have taken some positive action in the matter.” “The party which espouses woman's suffrage,” she continued, “will be supported by the people. The emancipated woman will be even more devoted than the emancipated negro. Both parties are now looking for some distinguishing issue which will give them an excuse for bein: and the party which secures a vote for wome will gain permanent power for itself. The dem- ocrats, [ think, will see this.” Speaking ot her visit to Europe, she said that her travels were for rest and health and to learn the people. She said that she had received a most cordial welcome wherever she went; her reception in England being particularly kind. Her visit to Ireland, she said, had been ly interesting, a8 she had seen Just how s were there. The people, she said, were iable condition, but it'was plain that there must soon be a change. They would soon have their local government, as would also Scotland and the counties of England, all, of course, being dependent upon the crown. “Why, what do y uppose was going on in Dublin’ during my there? A latze assem- blage of people had gathered at a public meet- ing to prepare a memorial to Gladstone, asking that they might be allowed the privilege of electing ‘their own collector. Think of these poor people not having the power to say who shall till the petty township o: This would horrify an American—uniless, ie added, “he lved in the District of Columbia. Speaking of the District of Columbia,” she continued, “I think you will be given the right of suffrage to the men here, but it can never be secured 15 unless it be given to the women Bee ‘The Moral Influence of Good Cooking. | W. Mattiew Williams, in Popular Science Monthly. Some people may be inclined to smile at what Tam about to say, viz: That savory dishes, sery- ing to vary the monotony of the poor hard work- ingman’s ordinary fare, afford moral, as well as physical advantage. An in- structive experience of my own will illustrate this. When wandering alone through Norway, in 1856, I lost the track in crossing the Kyolen fjeld, strugyled on for 23 hours without food or rest, and arrived in sorry plight at Lom, @ ¥ wild region. After afew hours’ rest I’ pus! onto a still wilder region and still roug! quarters, and continued thus to the great Joste- dal table land, an unbroken glacier of five hundred square miles; then descended the Jostedal itself to its opening on the Sogne fjord—five days of extreme hardship, with no other food than flatbrod (very co; one occasion with the luxury of two raw tur- nips. Then I reached a comparatively luxuri- ous station, Ronnei, where ham and eggs and claret were obtainable. The first glass of claret produced an effect that alarmed me—a craving for more and for stronger drink, that was al- most irresistible. I fluished a bottle of St. Julien, and nothing but a violent effort of the will prevented me from then ordering some brandy. L attribute this to the exhaustion con- sequent upon the excessive work and insufii- cient, unsavory food of the previous five d have made many subsequent observations on the victims ot alcohol and have no doubt that overwork and scanty, taste- less food are the primary source of the craving for strong drink that so largely prevails with such deplorable results among the class that is the most exposed to such privation. I do not say that this is the only source of such depraved appetite. It may also be engendered by the opposite extreme of excessive luxurious pandering to general sensuality. The practical inference suggested by this experience and these observations is, that speech making, pledge signing and blue ribbon missions can only effect temporary results, unless supple- mented by satisfying the natural appetite of hungry people by supplies of food that are not only nutritious, but savory and varied. Such food need be no more expensive than that which is commonly eaten by tie poorest Englishman but it must be far better cooked. The Future of America. From the London Times, These last seven years have given occasion to the Americans and to their foreign friends to give utterance to many congratulations about the happy result of that struggle of w century ago [the war of independence.] Every one has been saying, with all degrees of eloquent em- phasis, that never since the world began has there been such progress seen as has been seen between the Atlantic and Pacific shores since then. People point to maps of a hundred, of fifty, of twenty years ago, and show us with ex- ultant wonder the ditference between each pair. With the peace of Paris, the United States reached out to the Mississippi, and ex- cluded New Orleans and Florida; and vast re- gions of that tract were uninhabited apd un- cleared. We need not dwell on the change that each year, each week, has brought forth, onthe extension of territory westward and northward, on the hundreds of great cities, the myriads of towns, the tens ofthcusands of miles of railway, the mines, the manufactures, the machinery, All that Is familiar to every’ one. What is less obvious isthe goal to which this vast material progress is tending; a question which has perplexed reflecting minds since De Tocqueville's day, and which 13 exercising America not a little at this moment. The United States have now formed and established themselves, not without one struggle of tre- mendous proportions; their material resources are secured to them; they are safe for a long time to come against many of the trials which must befall the older civilization of Europe. But it is already almost a commonplace to say that their rea] trials are only just beginning. When the era of settlement is over that of internal development will begin. What will be the moral and intellectual aspect of it? What will be the gift of America to the common stock of ideas? The queen is one that can only be vaguely asked as yet; time alone can answer it. But meanwhile It would be vain todeny thatthe century old republic is giving every indication of a future as remarkable inthe regionof morals and of ideas as in the material region. Litera- ture is beginning to take a character, and a very charming Character, of it’s own; in art the Americans are’’showing, if not independence, at least an rdinary facility which must lead them to things before long. They are eager for all that Europe can send them in the way of letters, the drama, or pictures. There is no “evacuation of New York” on the of English lecturers, English actors, glish writers. The keen American mind is turning with hea Steed not uniformed with criticism, tow: the best that the modern world can give it. The intellectual future of such a race is not likely to disappoint the most sanguine ot the prophets, —_——-o._—__ : sires IRaTE soos AND A PISTOL.—At ee) , Harry Edwards, under eloped Sunday Randall, “age ‘teen. Her morning with Alice its OD] their marriage. y started ina got On a railway train for Cincinnati, ave not been heard since. Harry Keen them off in the . When he Mr. Randall, with a ‘at his head, where his daughter was. Keen could not tell. The \terposition of bystanders prevented shooting. — 9 A DesreraTs Husbanp’s Act.—Mrs. Lege & x Whitney, residing at Bath-on-the-Hudsoi Loy a eer alan HERE by her hi from Pebrenet is who a form ee ‘fingers, cayenne pepper in her ders mn her possess, Cade ees oral gg Oscar D. Wilson, the ticket agent of the wing bo tence” Wik aa Suicide. No cause is if except i health, considerable | Sag rse oateake,) | and bilberries gathered on the way, varied on | 3. Tj} LITERARY NOTES. THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. A Survey of the Geogra- phy, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and story of the Chinese Enupire apd its Inhabitants. By 8. Writs Wittians. LL.D. Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Yale College, etc., etc. Revined Edition, with Liustrations aud © bew. of the Empire. In Two Volumes. New York: ‘Charles Sons, Washington: Wm. tyne & Son Undoubtedly the most comprehensive, ex- haustive and readable work on China before the public is that whose title is given above. The first edition was published thirty-five years ago, |and ever since its appearance it has been re- garded as an authority on the several branches of the subjects treated, not in this country alone, but with all civilized peoples. During the period that has elapsed the habits of the Chinese people and their ways of living have changed little, if any, so that what was at first written in regard to their domestic Life is sub- stantially as correct now as then; but within | | that time the changes in the attitude of the | Chinese empire towards other nations have been | many and momentous, and it was with special | | reference to the new condition of things thus | | created that the revision and enlargement of the original work were undertaken. Much ot the matter has been re-written, and much new | matter has been introduced, as was necessary, | in order to bring the narrative down to the Present time, and to give the reader a proper understanding of the people and their country under the new relations now existing. The accompanying map, based upon the best mod- ern authorities, is claimed to more complete and accurate than anything df the kind hitherto published, and a number of new and interesting | illustrations have been added. Some of these | representing the remarkable scenery of China show gorges and formations similar to those in |the Yellowstone and Colorado cafions, and others again present aspects of natare even | | more curious and striking in thelr way than the | astonishing scenic effects witnessed by visitors to our own regions ot wonder: TWENTY, PORMS FROM HENRY WADSWORT ‘ i Si | | \ a is The poems chosen for this souvenir are we! | selected, both as popular favorites in themselves {and as being nicely suited to landscape and | marine illustration, in which deld of att the son | of the author especially excels. But the latter is really his true line, as is shown by the pictures of the Sea, some of which are remarkably good. Asa whole, between text and illustrations, the | book is an unasually interesting one, both in sentiment and assoctations; and not the least at- tractive feature of it Is the frontispiece likeness of the poet, after a portrait also painted by the son. It is one not familiar to the public, and is one of the most faithful and pleasing of the | many that have been published. | ESSAYS OF ELIA. By Cranzes Law, The T | lition, Tustrated by R. Swain Gifford, Jamee D. | nullie, Charles A. Platt, and F. 8, Church. New York G.P, Putuan's Sous, Washington: A’ Breu- ano How it would have warmed the cockles of | Charles’ heart and brightened the eyes of gentie | Mary to have possessed the “Essays of Elia” In | so sumptuous a guise as that in which they now appear! The present instance is one of the rare ones where the jewels and their setting are exactly adapted. “The text is worthy Its arb, What more { ed be—what more could bi | GODFREY Mora@an, JeLes VERNE. 1 trated. New York: Charles ington: Win. Ballantyne & Sou, Verne has, as is well known, unusual powers asastory teller, coupled with careful knowl edge of the places and scenes visited by hts characters, and vivid descriptive ability, and this story, which is an absurd but rather amus- ing account of how a rich Californian cured his nephew of a fondness for travel and adventure, is a fair sample of his style, which, whatever else may be sald of it, is never dull. | THE STORY OF ROLAND. By Jaw _ Barpwis. v ¥ harles Scribner's Sous, Washington: handsomely gotten up yolume the au- | thor of “The Story of Siegfried,”—which was one of the popular books of last season,—has gtven an account of the exploits of a still more interesting character, and his companions, and readers, and particularly boys with a taste for | stories of martial deeds and adventure. The many admirers of Sophie May’s delightful “Flaxie Frizzle” stories will be glad to find in “Kittyleen” (received from Lee & Shepard through Whitaker), another instalment of the lite of that little maiden, in which the gradual improvement of her character under the disci- plines of child life and the sweet influences of home is very prettily shown. | THE CRUISE OF THE SNOWB' Story of Are. tic Adventure. By Gordon M.D. New York: A.C. Armstrong Washingt Win. Ballantyne & Son, As Arctic adventures never cease to have at- tractions for the grown, so accounts of them, whether true or fictitious, never cease to fasci- nate the young; and. as Dr. Stables has already furnished some popular books of the same clase, his present eftort Is sure to have a warm wel- come and many admirers. iN : Or the Champlain Mechanics. B: oN Gren Oerie: Bostour Lee & Shepant, Wasliugtone G. A. Whitaker. Another of the favorite ‘‘Boat-builder Series,” by this popular author, which is less a story of adventure than some of its predecessors, and more in the line of instruction in mechanical pursuits, etc., and therefore quite as useful if not exactly so entertaining to those for whom it is intended. FROM POWDER MONKEY TO ADMIRAL. A Story of Naval Adventure. By W.H. G. STON. New York: A. C. Armstrong & Sou, Washington: Win, Ballantyne & Son. A dashing spicy tale of adventure by sea and land, in which, as its title indicates, the hero rises from the lowest to the highest position in the British navy. It has, perhaps, a little too much of gunpowder and blood for popular taste, but hardly more than was required by the theme. THEIR CLUB Boston: D. Loi This capjtal story, which enjoyed so great a popularity as it appeared in “ Wide Awake,” is now reprinted in a very pretty volume, well adapted for the holiday season. It is very at- tractively illustrated. For one, we never could greatly affect the use of fringe as a finish for single poems, Christmas cards, etc., so much in vogue of late; but there are plenty of people of an opposite mind. Such will find much to admire in the pretty things of that order sent out by Messrs. S. E. Cassino & Co. and L. Prang & Co., of Boston, and R. Worthington, of New York. The Cassino pub- lications (received through W. H. Morrison) in- clude, among others, “Flowers of the Sea, in Picture and Verse,” Elaine Goodale’s “Coming of the Birds,” in fac simile, and Bryant's beau- tiful autumn piece, “To the Fringed Gentian,”— all Gaintlly printed and beautifully illustrated. The Prang Christmas cards seem to grow richer and more elaborate in design every year, and this season the range is so wide,—covering land- scape, interiors, and comical as well as senti- mental figure pieces,—as to respond to every sentiment, gratify every taste, and meet the re- quirements of every purse. Mr. Worthington’s offering is something quite different, but hardly less attractive in its way. It is Longfellow’s widely quoted nursery versicle, “There was a Little Girl,” quaintly illustrated in silhouette and embellished with artistically designed ilu- minated letters. This little Bes) pe oe special interest for Washington le from the fact that the illustrations are ty Miss Bertha Schaeffer, a young lady of this city. “The Tinkham Brothers Tide Mill” and “Phii and His Friends,” by J. T. Trowbridge, (received AND OURS, By John Preston True. throp & Co. in time for the holidays. The first named were is repl adventures, while the other recounts the stoi ing to make their way in the worl le | one which will pre | to which | told in a style that cannot fail to fascinate young | AN ISLAND BORN IN FLAME. News of a Great Volcanic Disturbance on the Kamsechatkan Coast. From the San Francisco Chronicle. The latest advices from Ounalaska, which that island, contain an interesting description | of wonderful volcanic disturbane: are | tain | cle y. Cay Hogue, of the Dora, was called on by a Chr: reporter yesterday afternoon. He was nd at an assay office, he being an experimentalist in this branch of science. Laying aside pipe and metal, the captain said, in the first inquiry: “Yes; Iwas at Bogo: daring the past season and I did see most extraordinary. Sit down aad ['li teil all about It.” The reporter complied with the request, and the Captain went on: When I say that I was at Bozoslov you not take it for granted that 1 landed Is it not a habitable island sporter. “At certain seasons, perha: T saw it there was nothing v mass of flame and smoke, with 5 hot rocks issuing from the great c asked the re- running down to the se: ** How near did you approach?” “I stood off about a mile and a half, not ring to venture nearer. It was the grandest ne Lever witnessed, and I have been pretty nearly everywhere.” How long did the eruption last?” “I can't exectly say as to that, as T found the day still ina state of eruption. I have learned that it had been throwing out lava for several | weeks, and that it had still continued to do so | up to the date of mydeparture from Ounalaska. But what most remarkable aud most gular to behoid was a new feature which then visible in the scene. sprung up not far ny previous voyage to that sp could not believe my senses, and made a miscalculation in takt ings, but there It was, a n shaped peak in the ceates and Iving only a short distance stood, that portion of Its Irregular est to Bogosloy not being but a te from the old 2 A remarkal ertion in t ably not be en {sinregard to the sea-lions. 3 were reported as having been killed by the canic eruptions, and the sea was said te swarming with these animals. The tion of those still alive we: the moved their in this vicinit ‘unter. Some of te ashes which fell at Ounslaska | were examined by the rey They | culiar in their ance, the st borne thirty mile be easily credited bral News Notes. Post. letoe will be Imported week before Christ From the New York Ey English holly in large lots, to arrive th mas. There has heretofore been a scarcity of mistletoe, but dealers have this y for so much that it will be within reach of e' family. | For a private dinner the other evening the | entire decoration and favers were ot viol The effect was sombre. but the fragr dining room fascinating. The corsa; were tied with satin ribbons of old gold, sheil pink and lilac coiors. The new “Southern Rose” is a trifle more “cuppy” in form than Mermet, but it is grace- fully shaped, and the peculiar tinting of the edge of the petals with pink makes it ve striking. French Illaca have this week app quantities and are now the costi fered, each tassel selling for #1. Holly berries among palms is one of the pret- tiest of the new fancies. red in flower oi- | What Most Impressed a Lady Visitor. | From the Burlington (Vt.) Fre «8. A lady in one of the flourishing towns « state—not a thousand miles away—liad bs lie which had impressed themselves upon her memory. After going through a long list of those things likely to impress country people, she suddenly exclaimed, ‘but there was one thing which did me more good than anything else, because it showed the remarkable growth of philanthrophie charity in our large cities. On nearly ail the streets, at very frequent in- tervals, lsaw signs over the doors readin, ‘free lunch—free lunch.’ I conid not help thinking, as I walked along, what a blessed work the relief societies In New York are doing!” The good lady in her enthusiasm did not notice that her husband oad turned aside to straighten out the lamp mat on his desk, nor does she know to this day the true significance of the metropolitan ‘free lunch.” ais -——— Funny Verdicts, A Kansas jury gave the following verdict in a case where a man died in a state of iutoxi- cation: ‘Death by hanging—round a rum shop.” An Indian jury recently returned a writ- ten verdict of “Blode to peces bi the biler bustin.” “Jury,” said a western judge, “you kin go out and find a verdict. If you can’t find one of your own, get the one the last jury used. The Jury returned with a verdict of “suicide in the ninth degree.” A Rhode Island jury were five days debati on ahog case involving #7, and then came in, found the hog not guilty) and recommended both plaintiff and defendant’to the mercy of the court. A Pekin, Ill, coroner's jury rendered a@ yery singular verdict, that a man whose body was found in the river came to his death by a blow on the head, “which was given either before or after tie drowning. a a = Twenty-Four O°Clock. From the Charleston Couric The train for New York on the Northeastern railroad now leaves Charleston at 24:45 o'clock, according to the time table. The north bound train from Jacksonville leaves that city at 13:30 and arrives at Savannah at 19:30. The train for Charleston leaves Savannah at 19:50. The rall- road agency at the Charleston hotel is now run on this new series of hours, and has kept up with the procession by cutting out twelve new couples of figures so as to make the old time- piece do the double duty required of it. center of the mass, and great quantities of lava | aig cone in a distarbed condition and left it next | , do. THE MAHDI’s FoRTT NES. jige Gained by the False im the Islam World. Prest Prophet Paris Correspondence Now York eral. The consequences of the dest serious than the terr! calamity question between the False Pr mies is not a mere ques tory. Ifthe whole of the Soudan, the Egypt or even the whole of Arica were dered to him to-day he would only «ressive than ever. He athe universal alleg ition of his existence uering and to years he has won tea pit destroyed ne dern ap; pires to not Mos! v t hampered a bility is as perfect as the arm Khalife that used to march Arabla to Morocco. His recruiting gr " whe: pitches his tents 2 ws (rod A stra’ st as he ts tactician v . his time by , but will stri fl 's tourists aveER }d thus insert hin <ypt and her re presence in Wools F panions by any me and this a rly fall but i doubled vizu- t of the Ord tof Bon Se: Ts ago she eutleman near them in the gai . ree dog whi have ke There was ld easily reach aplave tren’ he w perhaps aud - itis ng toward th foaming mouth—med. Wh was but one thing for a sist With one grand b r, und cry He springs uy ite hands are entwined cruel jaws 0 erha » children ar nothing but the 4 as he bit, and th oT how growing t go her bold, for m so wlad—I—could do it, Twould do it ~axain—azain.” , Made ft Dis Contes: A few days azo a clothing deaier in one of the shore, says the Detroit Free pened the door for a custumer, who laid a bundie on the counter aud bexun zo I bought this ‘ere suit of actly, my frendt, und it dean’ at.” “Lbought it to bury my brother in. Perhaps you remember the circumstance “Oxactly—ait der greatest him oop und take of ‘0, sir! My brother lay in a tranc and then came to life, aud is uow perfectly That a shame to act like uc dot! Und so he “No; they oo sinal! for him. Being as he never wore them, we thought you mugiit take the suit back and return the mone “Dot vhas ompossible, my frend Why?” “Vhell, dot vhas not only against al of commerce, but such a practice would esuess all oop.” (ned you 15; can't you give me — “Om ‘i ast @ trendt, you doan’ know how dis clothing vhas. You bouzut dot suit elit weeks ght away after dot dere vi ine Inwool. Next ¢ Rochester und New York of dot I sell oudt to my brudder brudder assigns to my vite. Den cot down und mj vife assigns to me der clothing market vi hour ago [gif m to secure a loan of “Say 88 for the suit,” “I couldn't do it. If you lke to le take a #4 overcoat, I shut my eyes so dot 1 de see you take it avay und haf to tell my bi dot we doan’ make enough profit to p: ills.” ‘ll never do that —never! “Vhell, dot vas for you to say. If your br ot und der vhas a man, he dies vhen his time not make all dis confusion. I doan’ k for men to go into trances und con Good-bye! too shaky.” ———_~-.______ Geographical Curiositics. From the Lowell Mail. We mentioned the fact on Thursday tlut » to life, Llike to obiige, but peesness vias sudhtsdenaattawr Lik benitandy A Hair Raising Episode, From the Baltimore Every Saturday A young man was ushered into the parlor where sat his adored one. She was gazing soulfully into the fire, thinking of him no doubt, but not dreaming of his presence. He tiptoed his approach, and slyly seizing a straz- gling hatr which was gy nestled in its blonde beauty on the scruff of her rounded neck, gently twitched it and waited for the sudden start and maidenly blush, a pleased surprise. But not a start, not a surprise. Again he drew it towards him, and again did the fair one con- tinue to gaze thoughtfully in the fire. “Dear girl, she knows not of my nce,” he mur- mured to himself. ‘How glad she will be to dis- cover her Charles so close behind her! I will from Lee & She] |, thror Whitaker,) are | €nd this surprise;” and gently lifting an auburn two stories by onan the Sees for He curl from the sioping shoulders he gave ita niles in this or any other country, put out just | gentle tweak, an cs | scalped ters, ‘tuo whole bsinees caine Or wot ft fi Ct the rather hard experience of five brothers — then iis habe that Wibatee ees eee with interesting incidents and exciting | We draw a veil over the picture? By no means. gentle reader, you may be- ess came off, and Charles knew that she wore false hair, and he of a boy who won a success in life in spite of an | Knew that she knew that he knew it. Besides, pine gted! father and a tyrannical seted to | the girl was turning thirty and worth millions. whom he had been crisp and wholesome. The portrait which the Adantic Monthly sends | Million, is never particular. ¢r | out this year is that of Hawthorne, prenounced | On November 8th the patiocenades in Cuba bound. Both are bright, | Charles was po but madly in love. A poor young man, ly in love with a girl worth a particular. by his daughter, Mrs. Lathrop, “a success which | DUIbered 89,966, while In the census of 1868 the ives such a surprise and pleasure as would nat- urally come to a daughter who seems to behold slaves numbered $85,953. A dispatch from Salt Lake City says that the her father’s countenance again after many years.” | Utah of President Arthur's ge It conveys anything but the idea of Soong ceived with jonstrations of joy by the and man, such as the great romancer | “Americans” in that city. was popularly supposed to be. The most successful jockey during the season ‘Who Tolditto Me,” by Margaret Sidney, author | Just ended in England is Fred Archer, whose ot “Five Little Peppers and how they Grew,” ete., (D. Lothrop & Co., Boston,) is an altoget! charming contribution to the holiday literature ot the season. and just the kind of a book that little folks will delight in. being pure in tone and remarkably bright and vivid in style. “To Leeward,” Mr. F. Marion Crawford’s new | been constituted novel, will be published by Houghton, Mifflin & | tists, and its Co. on Saturday. orders hay been received for a, . Already it, and quite a runis Ward, formerly well known in W: To The Century Company we are indebted for the bound volume of that excellent periodical and It is dedicated to the author's eo Mr. uel it for the current also the two vol her | 1878. He hes thus winning mounts number 232, this bei in excess of his previous dented feat ot headit jockeys for ten for action ie the Bocteta Broken-down drankards, consam) unhealthy persons in Fall River: Wass” been insured for Person could so stand in Port Jervis, N. Y one foot would be in New York, the o' ia Pennsylvania, and with his hand he could reach New Jersey. A gentleman of this city yives ua abetter item than the above. He says thut at one point in the Connecticut river, where the eastern shore is in New Hampshire and the western shore in Vermont, one may so place his foot that a part of it will be in two states and tour towns, viz: The states of Veryont and New Hampshire and the towns of Pairle: Thetford in the former, and Lyme and 0: in the latter. ny one can give us any geo- graphical facts of a similar character more re markable we shall be pleased to chronicle them. —_~o-—____ 044 Sort of “American Gentic: London Correspondence New York Tribune A sensational divorce case in these quiet days is a boon tothe lovers of sensation, aud Miller agt. Joy had many points of rather uncommon interest, not to speak of a verdict for £2,550 In favor of a plaintiff who is a middle-aged woman and cast-off by another man. Perlaps It Is this other man who is to the American public the most striking feature of the whole case. It had been agreed between the counsel that he should be known as the “American gentleman,” and fora while he was referred to by everybody in this anonymous way. By and by the plaintiff, under the sting of cross-examination, blurted out the name, and jo! it is Mr. Clinton Now, Winans is an American name, to which there belongs in England an un: pleasant notoriety, Mr. Ross Winans !s alw mentioned when hard things have to be sald about Scottisn deer-foreste. Mr. Clinton Wi- nans, it appears, is Mr. Ross Winan's brother. He it was who misled Mrs. Miller, then known by the name of Dredge, whose occu- was to sell perfumery and gloves at a well-known shop in Burlington Arcade. She lived with him five years and hada child by him; then Mr. Clinton Winans married another wo- man; there was @ quarrel, ascene in the Lang- ham hotel, an action for damages, anda cor promise which gave Miss Dredge, or Mrs. Miller, or Madame Revillon (for she went by all three names), a sum of £1,250 and an annuity. It te natural that Mr. Winans should have preferred the history of all these incidents to be disclosed, if disclosed it must be, without any mention of his name. But the most extraordinary state- ment inthe whole business is Mrs. Miller's as- sertion that Mr. Clinton Winans could not read or write. He was twenty-five years old. Is there another native American of Mr. Winans’ position and means of whom the same thing could be said. on.”