Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1884, Page 2

- ee 4 D. C.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 goes hots stout Yls budinese, Thad a carions | example of this w! Tfiret began to study | their habits. Icommenced by trying to shoot them, but, though 1 had passed them close enouxh before, [ could net get near them after | began carrying’ gun. I went out with | my gin every evening for weeks. I cree “1881-DOUBLE SHEET THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, a the latter will be} WHERE THE CHOWS ROOST. is forced. the leaves rivelled, and fall otf, | The Feathery Army that Darkens the Sky at Sunset, LETTER FROM NEW york. | The English German at the Brnns- wick—The Rich Tetieving his mind, and returned to-New York. The Americans were outrageously overchanged at every point. The tickets for the Windsor | ball, which the Canadians bought through their Rignold—a is for $6 apiece, cost Americans $30 and Millionaire Nuarse-A New Othelio— | $35 eacli at the door. DD rie Mate TRICT. CMRYSANTHE- A NOTORIOUS RILK. Zell Hoover Again. To the Editor of TRE EVENING Star The way Tue Star accommodates its patrons reminds me of the “experience meetings.” about CONCERNING THEIR RESTING PLACE AT ARTINGTON—HALF A MILLION THAT FLY OVER TRE CITY NIGHT ng the shrubby Am Old and Favorite Flower. y or artificially h ‘ be The Montreal Festival—Princess tda , By the way, two young New Yorkers, both of | produces, « to the beauty of the plant." |” 1 tp WINTHR INTERESTING PACTS HeGemm, | beuind fences and lay in wait In the bushes, | which T knew something years ago. To be sure,| woe Popular, Ete. = | whom are known a row Ne NG V WTO CTT BNEWIES OF THE CHRTSAXITENCIE ING THEIR HABITS AND THEIR INTELLIGnScE, | DUt Could never get a shot at them. One day. | there is more variety In the topics which TRE ‘acefal exhibitton of YSaNT iLecT- : b n SCE: | however, I strack’ upon a plan which I have | rap bri, saps : - ne of the youths, a def sednthemum ts to the attacks | es : = lg gts TaR brings before us: Spelling, water, gaS. | special Correspondence of THe Evestxa Stan. lent - oe T CULTURE IX “Tt is strange,” said one of the professors at | See operated very sugcesstully. eld MY | arty) t as . 4 eset ccimeall e's son, Who war le! , Went to Can- r F sect which congregate in large | rang Pp | gun close to my elde, the barrel running down , “ving, street etiquette, alley cleaning andspai New York, February 15. ties, but when * riinals of their branches, and | he Smithsonian, who fs Interested in the study | the side of my leg, and walked boldiy down the | rows, all seem to interest the brethren and sis-| 1 5. 9 matter of sincere ragret and bitter dis has frequently ce of the migration of birds, “it is strange how the | road without taking any fiotice of them. With | ters, aud Tam sure much good is done by this | , : t New York red,” and they x of the nt. I do G any ointment to a number of the upper middie ; Crank > name of th seet. It is ClOWS congregate at Arlipgton. It is curious to | their usual disregard for trayelers, they let me prerentation of viewsgand relation of experience. ai 2 x ful bender, and were the 1 r je name of thy ce . See them hover avout and spread their black | P8ss close up to them, when I turned suddenly | For instance, when the brother from S street ap- class who compose the most fashlonable circle r two days. On the nic esof thi iis, or green fly, | 5° saocer the oa and fired. Now Laan shoot a crow whenever 1 Pealed to the down-town folk to consider his | of New York society, that all of the forte were looked for with t strict H Pet ee ; want to. Many craws, ygu know, have learned | Second floor when they turned on their water in | yore eclipsed by a xerman given by an Faglish- n the part of the ‘ its black colt How,” said the reporter, becoming inter-! to tlk ‘as well as parrots, and though their cold times, I straightw y bought a thermometer | on ot the Brunswick afew nighte since. The 5 ‘ It may be vd, “is that where ail the crows go that fly | brother, the raven, enjoys the higher distinc- ad put my mind on spigots. Now, I deem it . hee an eea ee Arlington | fo no bird in inteligene me to their decided advantage, About a month | most expen = “Hundreds of thousands, I presume almost a ——_ | azoa man called at my house in my absence, | the city. sir Meysey Thompeo oun Soe expressed a wish to see me, and left his address. : raate i Viile waiting fo: shed hts aife | well taken here ever since last spr! ne it looks as if a pall had been thrown Seaatetal Metheis of Clearing. SE eee en reece ie wate wiley 25 | es thin Gunetinoiient price SDRC the vemetery or nicht bad settled on the | ppstrvction By Fin STIONS FOR THEIR | that he was “a collector.” That satisfied my the city. The big ¢ tree tops. Every tree—and you know the tr at : |curiosity as to what a total stranger | Brunswick was superbiy dec: } at Arlington gre large and close together—is 50 tke could possibly want of me. In fact 1 #owers, and the men : covered that you can't see the limbs. They | To the Editor of Tar Evesina Sar: thought {it not Impossible that he might Per. ¢ untifuliy provic t down and Z look like psramids of crows, and the ground 18} it is extremely unfortunate that nothing tess | have some legitimate einir 16 which Iwas con- little or ak ta ane. r the city every evening?” on of these birds roost there every night. 1 over that way, and as I pass there in the . they are on their way to Arlington | tion of ‘a bird of fil-oma, on account of their more solit: , they are probably second | than a dire calamity will bring an important sub- my duty to tell how Twas bilked for the first time in my life, hoping some may be warned by I went around to his honse. but h cerned. was out. | 8 au After missing each other twice, we When t entertainment was far more interesting than Miss Astor’ t at several were gly THE IN THE CEMETERY. | 5 i met at my house, when he told me that his Peeple pen th t in its proper re! % y_ house, ag. alls = 4 “They are very curious hie continued, [7°01 > Drober Mgnt before the public. errand to me was strictly confidentiai—that a | PPodigality was displayed. “Parly in the evening, before settling down .to |, 20° Newhall horror attracted the world’s at- | friend of mine (whose name ter the present | OUS geins of all sorts took the place of a we jaa ng tention to the importance of providing fire inst he kept. fro ) whom I had served | Match, and card cases. The va Foust, thousands of them will fass and dy e kept from me) whom I had served | Till iid the OF Nery about tlie ceaietury now cettlin atnet | escapes. | The grasshopper scourge of the west some years ago, who now had great Influence, | PTS: es ae ee ® teen fists ot eae ting upon the trees, | proved the folly of not protecting the birds by | Wished todo mea favor. tne gece peseallaarstien thea flying up and soaring about, their wings flushing like pe shed armor in the setting sun. | legal enactments; when populous cities were A position at a fair salary was ready for me, but T would have to p: as much as I got the fay e ily thelr walk solemnly amonz the graves, in | Overwhelmed by terrible floods, the influence of for one month's work. To this T consented, Te | “JUt for the fun of the « 5 tees of foed, or sit Silently upon the tomb- | forests upon the flow of water began to be dis-| then said: “You will have to loan us some Reco come sate yas e's hair shawl. t ! aes sto Their numbers increase rapidly as the | cussed by those who hitherto had been careless | money.” Just at that point, I suppose he saw rey rene aoa she be he New York, who led returned j 3 a evening advances. They seem to divide off | upon the subj yet votaries of forestry had ce same look, in my face. which a polite New | the hese) cae tee ae oH Seeeel Hewore a PMD eXPTess on; Sten t oe =¢ » companies, as roosting time approaches, | for many years predicted that Just such iloods | Yorker probably saw when he wanted me to “THcorec Nat plies kG N le eel ed everybody he ran against whe woud * i fen SONS Rees ae drop off in flocks of two or three hundred, | were to occur ut any time. enable him to pay for a Dill of goods until he | Miss Work, daughter of Frank Work, and ou swith him, and elzt an-Kurst. Elis Wirst $ pping suddenly head tirst in among the ast disappearing forests now call for a halt in the modes of destruction p wailing in , could get his 35 hastened to add, **but don’t inc venience your- 50 gold pleces chanwed. forte Of the best horsewomen in the o untry, won a It was said that in ey lot of pri 203. He dy Into his ¢ He insisted uo many timber districts, in which sbe took a chance she was suc ere do they all come from?” asked Toe nee grand self in the least—your friend will advance it: he i ‘A few years s : 8 rner of the | 4 | The following ine Star. black walnut trees were cut and piled one on told me not to let you trouble yourseifin the | The dancing men got oe studs, cuit buttons, « my mind by a chance examination of one of my T don't know exactly. It 1s diftienlt to fol- | top of another to make fences around the land. | matter.” That caught me—that utter Indiffer- chains and rings, all cf aa oh a this e a singte petals, but whi olaavl low ther T fi however, that they come | Were these trees now standing the land would ence as to whether I advanced any money or | Brn ue ee vei pyre = It was hardly a Je exhibi- a. bene eerie: oe peed In the year 1845 a friendly contest arose in nountains and upper counties of V | be worth a hundred times more than at present. not, and I said: “Well, I might borrow of some | Sciist Mee. feet D A S ut the story is retailed to the clubs, and nd are driven down here in In Washington territory. where some of the pursuit of food in the winter, when the moun- | finest bodles of timber e tain regions are covered with snow.” methods of clearing are one if T haven't enouzh by me.” ‘How much could you borrow?” said he. Just then he must have seen the auspictous | y, wife of Bonanza Mackey, has done in Paris, Mrs. Mackey gives dinners at | which the menu cards are of solid gold, and in- Cine i between another gentleman and my- h we mutually agreed to have tried in ed to bea good one. THE PRINCESS IDA. , the most wastefal Mowed. Trees seven ‘ ; 5 | i aid.“ 7 duiges in various Arabian Nights freaks of this| Of the two productions of the week In the lorets in} court, each employing his own counsel. The Where do they come from every evening | to eight feet In dlameter are cut at a height of | look again. asTsaid, “I might possibly rai < i ee Geer? stoneiae pitas Peni ante I weticn wwe see therein stich immense flocks pass- | elght fect, leaving 200 to 250 cuble fect in the | $10.” “Oh, half that will doo” he replied; “it eee well known to need recapitulation. | ‘rincess Ida” was a partial failure and ’ nz to it. sil y s | ing over the city?” | stump to be burned. Only the very-best portion | doesn’t matter how much; Just what is handy; | The Enulish papers describe her entertainments | “Nadjezda” was A complete success. Gilbert & it of this order has other than | ittle Sam Cox, as he was then called, and by | "E 3 3 as shoddy and vulgar in the extreme, and con- demn the show of wealth. I wonder what they | will say about Sir Meysey Thompson's enter- “they are then returning from their feeding grounds,” replied the professor. ‘They alw fly 1a perfectly straight line, and the ci of the tree is sent tomarket; all that 1s In the, least Inferior is destroyed by fire. Many trees, | somewhat less valuable, are left to be destroyed | it’s only a compliance with rules.” That caught me again. Thought I, if he were a beat he'd insist on twenty or at least grab the ten. So I) swers, there are several in other | flowers grow in head: which name alone I knew him, was a lad about seventeen years old, a law student in the office Sullivan have fallen from the standard they have set for themselves In “Pinafor Ti have lies P| 7 6 ne yavi 1 ve ji ] tainment. That gentleman himeelf says it is | been slowly retrograding until thetr last ‘effort med fall flower of Vachel Worthington. *He was a shrewd | directly across their path as they pass to and | by swayingin the wind after the clearing, or found five in my pocket, which, at his sugges- | y sae in . e summer fh I iittie @ellow, warklag Kant as an office Boy, to from their roost. Their feeding grounds stretch | fired If the land is desired. ‘The maple, inost | tion, I auzmnented to $5.50. He drew his note, | the proper thing to give valuable presents tn | “Princess Ida” cannot be classed higher than « “ts been for - = : out ina direct line to the bay, towards Anna- | polis, and they feed all along the route. The “h commences in the open flelds in Maryland valuable hard wood, 1s cut to make “skid | roads,” over which to haul these monster firs, | Instead of taking the inferior or worthless trees, England, and what in the eyes of the English press Is a sin In Mrs. Mackey will probably be a | virtue in Sir Meysey Thompson. If, as Sir Mey- payable at a bank on Market Space, dated It the 18th, which was Sunday (the day before our interview) and Insisted on my calling a witness simile, burlesque or pantomime. It is tiresome in the extreme. The book is dull, threadbare and moulded like the librettos of all Gilbert & | Pay the expenses of his education; and every- | body was his triend. I determined, partly the spirit ot fun, and partly to test the boy 1 HRYSANTHEMEM. 1 ¢ ; leas H It 1s *« the proper thing” to do this sort | Sullivan's operas, and the music is but a repeti. sonmuck-teprened: by Just outside of the District, and an immense | which are ¢o plentiful. The land is skimmed , to the fact that Thad loaned nim $5.50. This | 8¥ Say, a repet ae MAVECNED P| capabtiitves, tovcanton fig ee tae counsel. I number of crows are scattered out during the | over; the cream taken, the rest destroyed. | caught me still rurther, but I see now that It 1s of thing in England, the list of failures and | tion of thelr former effort, There was a tril. sok Ryeememond nee. as made him well acquainted with the character of | (ay over a belt of country from Annapolis to | At the mills are firesthat arenot extinguished | only another instance of the great artistic skill | bankrapts among street _men who enter- | liant audience to welcome the opera on Mouday cir cultivation. So unlike and | made acqua » cha | Washington. The greater number, I think, how- ever, 20 clear to the bay and range along its | shores, for miles and miles, near low-water mark, picking up snch food as they can find. They seem to have the power to travel a great distance ina very short time, but they are tre- | quently on very short rations. I think, how- ever, that the distance of their feeding ground from the roost is regulated by their strength and age, the very old and feeble feeding in the flelds tain largely will increase rapidly. It will take a fortune of vast proportions to stand the cost of entertainments modeled after Sir Meysey Thompson's. Few men in the city can afford it. There is a magnificcnt chance here for Uncle Bill Vanderbilt, by the way. He needn't give Jewelry. Stocks will go just as well. When the market is depressed and he wants to float a lot of securities, all he will have to do is to get upa german and start the stock on the rounds. The spectacle of several hundred guests dancing up and down Mr. Vanderbilt's parlors with certificates of “Nickel Plate” in | one hand and the New York Central in the | other would be worth seeing, particularly if | Uncle Bill lead the German himself. THE WALKING MATCH. T-ventured to predict a month ago that the walking match that was to have taken place from one year to another, ever fed trom an end- chain, carrying slabs and inferlor lumber that should be utilized by some means less dan- gerous than this fuel pile. Fine bodies of alder, | from 80 to 100 feet in height and two feet in diameter, are cut and piled to rot, for the pur-., pose of getting alittle piece of bottom land | cleared. That alder lumber ts worth from 60 to | 100 dollars per thousand feet. | On the banks of a little lake were a few acres, | not to exceed torty, of good land, haying a gentle slope to the water of the lake; the rest of | the land was rough, steep hill sides, rocky, and | covered with young thickets of fir, of about | twenty years growth, a fre having passed | throuch the region some twenty-two since, which destroyed atarge portion of the ti ber. An ignorant foreigner had taken a pre- | emption claim on this level tract, extending into the hills. In order to fulfil the requirements of this rare “collector.” The class who report at the Police Court for “collecting” overcoat ei aep ua ete., plead guilty, and get their 30, 60 or 90 days, as the case may be, but this person, when he has collected his money, says: “I borrowed it and I can prove it.” This happened Monday, Jan- uary 14th. On Wednesday he was to bring me my appointment and tell me my devoted and powerful friend’s name. At the time fixed be came. but had nothing to reveal, except that he had paid £10.50 for affidavits, and that there- tore I owed him $5. I told him ‘my friend” would have to advance that and he seemed quite contented, as he took his leave, eaying that he would call the next day at 1 to take me to the Commissioner. About 4p.m., alittle girl came with @ note trom him asking for 2, which Idid not send. In haif hour after, the little girl returned, saying, “Mr. ——, Mr. Hoover would night, but i went away disappointed. Maurice Barrymore has written a piay which. though it treads closely upon the heels of “Fed. still can be classed as original. and is certainly a werful and interesting drama. Mme. Mod- jeska won & new success in the play, and Mr. Barrymore received a number of recalis. Mod- Jeska tried to get “Fedora” from Sardou, but Fanny Davenport got in ahead of her. The Polish actress has never ceased to regret her failure to secure Sardou’s masterpiece. She has in “Nadjezda” a dream which is almost as good as “Fedora.” This is extraordinary praise, but | it is thorough! r ————— THE MAN WITH A MARBLE HEART, A Chicago Idyl by Jos, Medill. distinct are some of these as to be scarcely | tHe case (a trial for debt), and the trial was to recognized as the same flower Some possess | P€ had before old Judge D. T. Snellbacker, | ullarities heretofore unknown as belonging | father of Col. Snelibarker, of the Theater Lappy bosei inept! the dwar | Comique, inthis eity. Little Sam worked like | Farleties i eaally Ge tukon toe the quilled | j, ire hos — the proper pote, aibtiic up . asily be taker ulled | jate at night to consult legal authorities eee the Introduction of the | ynich he hadthe assistance of Stanley Matthe mums consisted in the latenees of thely ower: | ROW supreme judge of the United States; and, Poy eee | at the convening of the court, he was ready for " Bees Detar « | action, I guns well shotted | near id the others farther away according orm, or de called and examined. My | to their ability to travel. The shore of the bay . to win, and | is, doubtless, their chief resort for food, and mwas not a whit behind him in his | they have almost exterminated one of our great- His points, tersely and precisely pre- est table luxuries, sented, met every argument th le by | THE TERRAPIN, my opponent. “The boy's dream of ambition | yyich formerly 4 od fa tt rved him on in the struggle. When his turn | “ich formerly abounded in the bay and lower Poton in certain seasons, destroying their sum up the evidence and make his ee ‘ he ente ‘a it with a little The terrapin, in the breeding season, lay The new acquisi- nd England pe nd appre na, Japan and colors. andard of t At sunset on a beautiful evening in February untidy and Ie eke ually threw off, | their eggs along the shore, burying them in the | ot the law, that of ‘vlearing and cultiva- | not have sent for that money if he had not | thls week would not peseunves, Worse than |e solitary young man might have been seen 3 ded the ¢ je peroration. | sand, pressing the sand over them with their| tion, he undertook 0 cut out the brush | needed it.” that. It wasa downright fizzle. Only twomen ascending the brow of a livery-stable. we Be be aie Inthis way the cross mark on their | ®4 Young trees:with a brush hook. This, My rep! 8, “I have answered Mr. Hooyer's | out of the nine who were expected to enter | Ia the west, where the day was dying there Vorensts fenees ca ip ¢ oe ae canal found nese ul : ae tie | note, and hin no ottior answerto gent» ‘liat paid the entrance money. Thg result was the | were masses of deecy clouds, the tints on whose aves a 01 e moss, twigs, branghes of trees and logs being | night, a colored man brought a Star | i ' a : ss sles the crows to. ad. the ALY (rom Hevea coneInee lant Goer ae race is abandoned fora time. There is a chance, | lower edyes, made by the br «run wild, do not add to the i h regarded as ly destroyed There bat to be jon must be may be cui s, in $ will come er, and must spread u y great masses of bloom. oo larze, they should have taken away equally allround, . Which can be plant= pwn In the ordinary way, the plants » tall t the lower before the bloom vhon, even when the season is This can be d by particular and if we desire to avoid tall and lanky must counternct the tendency of the ume these forms. By the method nts may remain undisturbed PLANTS KEPT IN Pors, when commencing to grow In the spring. should have th top surface vtted in pots one size with fres soll, and have ample ‘The soil, should be well pressed be moderately should be well w loosene tered and placed in the shade. will throw up more shoots than are ited. The strongest should be selected, and the weaker ones removed. The piants should be allowed to grow until cuttings be desired, When the strongest should be topped for that Shorten the shoots in proportion to eit strength, leaving the strongest longer than the w but oot more than six Inches ad the ball of efftth, which, If much bound, | The plants nari or, Di en, it w the sun pri z © powers of n and stars ae adoring rintne storm, and deligiittul and from you, Hichelten rated art hi speech, the id the au nd court spell- an uh hour, and when it was upon cheers rang through that all sueh as were never heard there stated to the ox had fairly the grounds hsides of the case he had nothing to pt that he knew his honor would decide by the strict rule of justice. It required but a moment for the court toren- der decision. It was: “Jurgment in full for the amount claimed by the plaintiff and costs to be paid by the detendant.” The sui at issue and costs were at once paid, and all present, includ- ing the judge, the officers of the court and de- fendant and counsel, were invited by the plain- thif'to walk over to the Galt House to partake of abasket of champagne of choicest’ vintage. Many were the toasts drank to little Sam Cox. When the time came for parting Cox was asked what his fee was. With blushing modesty and _ timidity be asked: “Is five dollars too mucn?” Iremember well with what a frown I re- | garded him for a moment. pung ian,” said 1, lawyer; you do tot know ple of the profession. Charge. Hi y the court.” This 1 placed in his hand, and it was his first feo ns a lawyer. Thirty-tour years afterwards the above indi- dents having been forgotten Inthe graver aflairs of life, Treceived, one day, when in a far dis- y. a note bearing the signature “‘S. S. » York,” In which the writer expressed a desire that I would call upon him at his hotel. While going thither, I wondered who “8. 5. Cox, of New York,” was; and why he had sent for me. My card was sent to his room, and soon You don’t know how to a gentleman made hia appearance, who cordially | + vere cold weather. | ‘roost’ and picked them up dead at the foot of will never make a the frst princl- ere, take the whole amount awarded | epicurean the wind or t Py see the ¢ hoeggs. dn this ¥ with the L aby vi v, Rot withst it with whieh he is ae are about. ing the power ited when hua- He does little or no damage in until the sprout makes ils ap- eurain at its root, This may be, rn better in that this time of the vea at worms and grub: y?" asked THE Star. “tween fuur and five hundred thousand, according to my calculation. If you imagine a line drawn directly across the heavens from north to south through the flock” you would | ibly strike at no time less than twenty-five | These would cross the line in about a. That would be twenty-five crows in a ie usually commence to pass over at ock in the day Quite an army!” t they are always flying west m? Are they the same crows pass over every evening? Yes, they are the They start out for their feeding grounds early in the morn- ing, and before the sun rises they are far on They pass over the city then, ‘an sometimes hear their dom see which way they are goin not all,” he remarke: reporter gave express at thelr great numbers. ve is another ed up the river upon the wooded bluff near the . and all along the river shor rly to the boun the Arlington roost. Their principal headquarters, however, is on ridge, and thousands of ther e ever night. They come in such b metimes that they almost shut out light th like an the departure of the sun. A hunter,—or one who goes, as I have, to see the crows come in,— King through this fringe of wood Just as the st ray of the sun is jutting up from the west- ern horizon, hears the soft. sound of wings beat- Ing against the air, and darkness settles over the woods like the shadow of a heavy cloud. If it is much more affecting on account of the per- fect silence, The crows will settle silently, like the shades of night, upon the tree-tops, and the solemn stillness ig ‘intense. Sunset in a crow roost is worth seeing.” THEIR SUFFERINGS IN WINTER. “Don't these birds suffer from the cold and foy want of food?” asked Tug Star. . “Hundreds of them die during spelis of se- Thave walked through the the trees, or seen them moping about in the show unuble to fly and freezing to death.” “ What are they good tor?” “Nothing as game; but in other ways they are very useful. They eat quantities of worms that would destroy the crops if unmolested, and they are valuable scavengers. to these birds that Washington is not more un- healthy. They go on the river flats in the even- ing just before roosting time and clean away much of the refuse which would breed miasma. ‘They are down there nearly every evening dig- ging away on the flats likea gang of workmen— thousands of them at atime. Crows are logical in their actions, and sometimes appear almost human in thelr intelligence,” he continued, taking a stuffed crow in his hand and stroking its glossy wings. “It is well known that they can count three, though THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICS, does not seem to extend much farther. [ fone, two or three men wish to walt for a chance to | with gre be a pecue | », aud then be pulls it | | hissing, as it d as they can pick up,”., 10 per minute, aud 90,000 per hour. | and the stream | Say five hours; | 1, depreeiat- | rmy just as large, which | dover to the northwest. | | the amount of tml usually lingers after sun set, and | one who happens to be in the woods It seems | “yptian night, darkness coming with , It is probably due | to the little clearihg. It rapidly spread to the adjoinin woods, and burned for two months, at fury, eXtendlity for 1 rection, headin to the lake on. twelve Asthe vicinity bi over previously, ak if w a been burned nt with greater poly Ul ould possi- psdead and 2 fe quantities of p being present. former fire had Jeft many fine. pat of en timber, which thts second burning to- destroyed. the tie moyes rapidly the flames ascend, higher from limb to limb, fter anoth the wind thus created roaring and fanning the ames as they reach new fuel, attacking a, arch of the fores of bark and piten, to the vi highest limbs; the tree, on fire it sth, Surrounded by masses of sinoke and ame from the immense quantity of ready fuel about it, with heat so intense as fo destroy every vestig mal and vegetable life, is burned otfat thi “epin ei like that of thunder, receeding flames reach these mammoth gro and in the distance the sound is deadened, we hear pi ter pe destruction that is taking place. In the morning we look upon a ya Diack and still smoking stumps, fire, ashes, burning limbs, bla esterday was life, bea and valuable fore: rees that had grown for a thousand years, destroyed in a day, low lying, or mere shapele: ni ot ash—to be scattered by the winds | and rains, n to be colle that would cost taken for agricuitnral purpose is not conventent for the sale cleared by fire, of timber worth ten times the value of the land. Under tie on which are worth at the saw, mills #200 if he takes it at a pre-emption, or free if he homesteads it. Another man desiring a tract with one-fourth must pay double the price for it ifhe does not take it for a farm. That ix, under the present laws, every facility is given a man to take this valuable timber land for farm purposes. and to destroy the timber in order to fulfill the law by clearing and cultinat- ing; and he gets it at the minimum price, while 1 again! and ifa market the one who buys a tract for its timber’ value must pay double the price, and if contested by one who is willing to swear that it is fit tor a farm, he invariably loses his right to purchase the lund. Besides, he 1s loaded with expenses and technicalities far more than he who bitys for Itiscold and there is sn6w on the ground, | ®Zticultural purposes. ‘There are vast tracts of mountain lands that have fine growths of timber upon them, but which are at present difficult of access, unsur- veyed and largely unexplored. These will in fature produce a revenue to the government and a supply of lumber to answer all probable requirements of the nation—providing they are protected from annihilation by fires and ruthless chopping. These fires are caused by accident at times, but more often by carelessness, by allow- Ing the fires to spread while burning in a clearing. There should be areasonable number of foresters or government agents provided to properly guard this timber and prevent its waste. All timber lan@ should be withdrawn from sale under the pre-emption and homestead laws, classified, and appraised at afair value, according to the density and quality of the timber; the amoant sold to edch person limited to a square mile, to prevent its monbpoly. Stringent laws should:be enacted prohibiting the burning of brush, logs, stumps, 4c., during the months from May to’ September. Twenty-five mililons of dollars’ worth of tim- ber was destroyed last’ summer in Washington territory. A small geile of this sum would pay the expenses of such agents for a hundred years. 7 Joun P. BRowN. —___.4. —___ To a Rosebud, A little amiable advice addressed to her before she starts for lier first ball. © Rosebud, with thé trusting Purve gh me wee quickly ascending: | i vunds from mountain top to mountain top. | Crash after crash is beard, as th but all night | , showing the great | Land | 0 per acre to clear is | logs, it Is often | nt laws, one man may buy a! pn million feet of timber, | 70,000; for this he pays | keeping his thumb carefully over an item, as he said Mr. Hoover had requested him to do, which item was to the effect that the Commisstoner and others would celebrate Franklin's birthday y a visit to the public schools. The man said, however, that Mr. Hoover would call for me on Friday. I did not attempt to hold my t 1 Mr. Hoover should call, and since his $ ired he has discontinued hts attentions to we entirely On birthday I enjoyed visiting a school, and perhaps no proverb ‘Impressed me more than ‘a dear school, but T ought to state that between my two interviews with “collector,” I met a friend whom I asked, know one Hooyer?” “What, Zell “I suppose so. He signs himself Do you know anything about him?” “J never hag anything to do with him, but I have heard that he was one of the biggest beats in the District.” I have heard that sort of thing from many quarters since Franklin’s proverb with regard to experience was impressed on my mind, but that in every case the fellow manages his coll tions so that no one can hold him legally. suppose it was un advertisement in Tie Star, under the head of “Situations Wanted,” which gave him his cue for collecting in her h Hoover: 2. Wow from proseenting him from the hopelessness of conyleting him; and his family and relatives are sald to be so remarkably estimable in every way that people shrink from wounding them through exposing him, but when I think of his approach- ing people who with dimcul money for their advertisements in order to col- ject from them the last doliar they can borrow | it seems to me that their feelings are to be first considered. city he can alway cannot stop his practices he will continue them; but by my sneaking in meeting some for the time being may be warned. One m ras acrank. Then send him to St. Eliza Less skilifull collectors get Into prison cell: but if his cunning and crankiness deserve an asylum restraint, let him have it. The protec- tion afforded the public will in either case be the same. Brrr 4 er Satarday Si Woman is so pui ies. that she but seldom thre Providence, it is truly said, ord hing for the best, and after a bu: band has seen one tin-cup sail harmlessly by his head he can run before she can snatch up another. The single young women of Blountville, Tenn. have organized with a motto: “Total Abs' nence, or no Husbands.” We hope the lad will quit drinking now, and get married.—Bos- ton Courier. “I'd like to stay here,” remarked the office boy, as he approached the editor's desk, “but de job’s too heavy for me.” ‘How too heavy?” “Well, [take de copy into de reposing room and dem depositors hitme on de side of me head. Dere’stoo much brain work for me. S'long."—Hebrew Standard. A horrible but humorous paragraphist sug- gests that the Bostom crematory is only a new way of baking beings.—N. Y. World. Gray hairs are honorable, but lots of old sin- Picayune. ners wear them.—New Orleans It is said that John L. Sullivan is very fond of going to pound parties.—Boston Budget. The preferred creditor 1s one who will walt longest for his pay.—New Orleans Picayune. “What a fellow Charley is!” exclaims Fogg; “always practical. you know; not a particle of Imagination about ‘him always tells the truth. cript. T believe the fellow Evening Trans- “Papa’s Home To-night” ts the title of a new song. So the old man has yielded at last. Let's see, it must be about fifteen years since they began to coax him with ‘Father, Dear cp nee Come Home.”—Cincinnati Saturday An American woman said that her busband would sit on a barbed-wire fence all the after- noon, and never flinch or move a muscle, to see a ‘ball match or an agricultural ‘‘hoss trot,” but that when he went with her to church, he couldn't ait stillin a soft-cushioned pew fifteen minutes without wriggling and squirming all over the seat.— Chicago Times. “Now, darling, will you grant me one favor before I go?” case. | People from whom he collects are deterred | y have spared the | Of course in this departmental | crazed them all a few years ago at Booths’. Rig. ind victims, and If the law | nold’s clothes are marvellous. | aloft from sensations cons can | times in which Shak: peeved golden hair, bright blue cult to find an African Desdemo however, that It will be taken up again and pushed forward in a mouth or so. It would am that the real reason why there was no race Is because the majority of the pedestrians couldn't get the $500 entrance fee together. The race {s vee 4 gotten up by Rowell, who has taken much to heart the statement made after his iast race that he was a broken down pedes- trian. Rowell has been beaten by Hazell, Hugt and Fitzgerald in different races, but nev 8s has the best record of any man on the track, and is the holder ot the A vy belt. After he had been beaten the other men went out of the way to crow over him and make fun of his performance. Whereupon Rowell went back to England, devoted a y to careful training under the superintendence of his phy- siclans, and when he got ready for work re- turned here to find the craze for matehes utterly dead and only one pei in the country who could scrape t: for nis entrance fee. This is Fitzgerald, who has had a brilliant political career since his last race. He has twice been elected alderman of Long Island City, owns two gin mills, and will probably House of Representatives at Washington If he isnot prematurely checked. THE ACTOR RIGNOLD. George Rignold, who was once worshipped simultaneously by nearly all the women of New York, has returned to America. He devotes the | afternoons by standing inan alleged majestic at- titude at Broadway and 14th street. But the women pass him by. I wonder it any of them recognize in the red faced, blear eyed, flabby and slovenly dressed man posing be the corner the divine ‘Henry the Fift Ki They don't fit himanywhere. He has grown tat, but he still hoids his nose in the air, purses his lips and wears the kingley look, ‘which has been photo- graphed somany times, The effect now Is th: of a man who has been taking a sniff of particu- larly violent snfiff, and who is holding his head ing equally of dis- and a desire to sneeze. Mr. Rignoid fell a great height. He was once the king of mysterious beings known by the title of hers,” but he is now far without thelr ranks. He does not realize that he no longer possesses the charm which once made him fi By the way his hair and mustache are the reddest on Broadway, which is or is not a distinction, Just as you choose to lo ok at it. A MILLIONAIRE NURSE. Considerably overa yearago aquietly dressed, apparently self-possessed and self-contained | young woman appeared at Bellevue hospital in the character of anurse. She was extremely reserved Mut kindly to the sick and did many acts of charity without ostentation. She was | treated by the corps of fledgling physicians who officiate at Bellevue with the condescension and Boe, which they usually show to nurses, at she bore it bravely and went on quietly with her work. No one pald particular attention to her, but it was noticed that she went on with her duties carefully and took an interest in her patients. She had studied medicine, and in the course of time became known as the most profi- cient nurse in the hospital. She attended toher duties tor four or five hours every day and rarely missed over a day Ina week. She was a volun- teer nurse and worked only tor the experience, It was not until she left, a short time ago, that it was ascertained that she was a Miss VanRens- selaer and that her private fortune aggregated neariya million dollars. The fledgling physi- clans at Bellevue hospital are dream! now of what might have been. A NEW OTHELLO. There is tobe anew “Othello.” Mr. Hurle Bravardo, who Is as blackas the ace of spades, nd who claims that he 1s a descendant of one of the African kings, is rehearsing at the Grand Central theater, supported by altroupe of col- ored tragedians. They havea white manager, who proposes to make a sensation of them if ae le, and stars them all over the country. Iv as yet been found impossible to find an African Desdemona. In view of the numerous refers to Desde- eyes and ala- cheek, it strikes me that f will be dim- ona who will not light that streamed up from below the hofizon, | them. and as Alexander Nonesuch | of tender regret that fold with mute eloque in the course of time get into the | | 80 merrily above him, | murmured soft: | Who owned two mackerel stores | ally herselt with ai | the Massachusetts State Historical se | come over my face at bh a storm of sobs and con’ | fshes of the pliocene per | of my never having gave a hint of the golden glory that lay below From the southward there crept up on the sighing wind of the evening a falnt perfume, influence he gave a w: tely-proportioned dark eyes nose, there ¢ jof where his thoughts were wanderin | to the calm, peaceful home among the snow- crowned hills gland, bright of which had risen in his mind edor of corned-beef and cat him. Then, recovering hiw fort, he placed his right for wed steadily forward was watted f by @ mighty in the air and Hook up apal- these words rang out on the evening was heard the sirlll neighing of the impatient steeds and the thunderous roar caused by their iron-shod hoots striking the floor as they leaped madiy from their stalls and were quickly harnessed. The last 4: had taded f sa falthful servitor lighted a fir and afew mo- ments later Alexander Nonesuch looked out pensively upon the silvery stars that twinkied “How like Venice,” ly to himself, “How I never-to-be-forgotten night when, floating Id a gondola, I told Clytie f my death passion for her, and cold, Boston way that the daug ything less than a member of how, seeing the look of frozen notror that r words, she burst Into 1 me sed that she lov did Eme madiy—better even th works or Darwin's 1 an impassuble barrier bet ween us. well I remember it—” and. takt tan, chew of plug te if such sank back on Lhe | of the past. | At last the carrlage stops, man enters a house wl; | show it to. be the he | Scarcely has the servant cond | parlor when a beautiful ¢ a lily, and stately as a f room. * Good evening,” voice. od evening, replies Alexander; “are you | For answer she puts out a tiny foot, and he i sees that she is wearing her overs silently he escorts her to the her on the back seat, while f one. “We are having fine weather,” he says, a8 the carriage rolls rapidly away. The girl assents to his meteorological state- ment with a brisk nod of ber pretty bead “It was very kind of you to take me to the opera, I'm sure,” she continues. so Xe,” he answers, “it was. . . . Four months have passed. The June roses, fairest and most welcome of all flowers, are bursting into blossoms. Down a shaded path, above which the cypress trees are bending, Alexander Nonesuch and Beryl Ciearsides are walking. The crickets are chirping shrilly in the grass, and to the westward is heard the murinurous breathing of a large brindle cow. All nature seems hushed in sweet repose. “You have never kissed me yet,” the girl saye, bending over him tenderly. “No,” he replies, “kissing is wrong.” They walk on silently for a moment. Then the man speaks. “and so you think,” he says, “that we had better be married at once.” “Yes,” she replies. “If we are to keep house it will be cheaper.” “Why?” he aske. “Because,” she answers, “yon will probably hang around pretty steadily for the first six months and we shall not need a retrigerator.” theta eneardaetndstecttee A Frail Tenure. ‘New York Correspondence Troy Times, The recent severe illness of Deems, of those contingencies to which the congregation is gtasped my hand, saying: © words of one more wise: | “Why, old fellow! I am glad to meet you once est not more than half that ‘Tho happy blushes o1 cheek 18 iy on your “sulurly watered. shoot them, they will not approach the hiding place until all the men are gone, but if the num- oa ints antagonistic to tne text. Thus | subject. Deems was favorite with Mrs. Com- the Fohearsals have not besn They HY I will,” she sald, dropping her eyaanien and getting her ipa in shape. “What ra eceesful. The difficulty which the | to purchase this church for his benefit. It w ‘ 4 I more! or ticipation : the favor I can grant you? om to p ag i unger Bloc, aad ey tau more growth | Ni"Excuse mo alr,” I replied, “I fave not the | D&F !8above three they are satisfied when three Control them—Boon they will be chiliea M rOnly a litte song af the. plano, love. Tam tragediang Nave jn epelling thelr words, which | opened under favorable ciroumstances and the season, keep thea Cotepatatively awaited: | pleasure of your acjuaintance. "I know by repur | @ Zone. A great many stories, some true and By many a hope all unfullled. afraid there is a dog ontside waiting for me, | Some have in pronouncing yea | Deems became the pastor of the Vanderbi By topping Ue atroae Coe eer oe etee | lation Hoa 8. Eicon: of New York snail npre- See thc exnaees eed, aro told to) kawtrate ‘That petulant aventee snd I want to scare “him away.”—Philadeiphia | "ying to gre Piteate conte eme or Shakes | and ofciated at the funeral. The eommodore's By topy ureging ‘ tt Cox’ t ie ence of the crow. One story boot will gave Deems the use of the during laterals the plants can be dwarfed consider- | ‘ume that ‘Sunset Cox’ Is the same —mind it is an old story, and this Is an Pepi pean! Spams gall vee hing the professional coach has to deal with. | i suf ‘bot in case of his death it will sev, rr : 5 tetine anait 5 ported asked vert on eee ont se chaste nae you?" anumént for ite truthia thet a old man who For oven you, Uso tutto taael Rem oe eae opened, Sigare P gaked | There's no lack of lungs, however. The the helrs of the former and the congresatich sconrisenitomnias ta rote ekonld be topped an| “ut st where did Teves kaow roa?” | et beard of those birdaby baiting them ee ea eres eres in some surprise. | througly fortiselinoree ther it states here may at any time bo tarned. out of doors. This cies nano exe numerous and prove matit ang dune son tieesiae tre tear othe plan by petting voass ‘doctored corn tk That our jor t9 eis tes oe ratte Ge Bene ope tonal eet there ts a riot Sone (on be doppia ys whenever the ore forward. By this method we obtain'more tins ‘that smile , hind from the moment the cur- congregation is subjected “tira pranches and bloom. but sacrifice size to num- | Se made for you. hie makien speech —at Judge feeling, Tynes hentcuncaa muslf to await Axe oti mene a Coe ae, oid tania a owe Phitaaighos {ain Ie raised. From what I can learn Bravardo | Novel ‘anxiety, Considering. the trequenty ot a ae Cee Ce eaten ecraneny te] earns of soartp. tallowed tustariie. iq'| fondle’ Ab] Grae) aolling! uamwenl magrenea’ §yroet 1s your coy, yet simple speech Pee epee ete 3. Ktew: Hmeclf fas considerable ability; at the re-| church troubles it ts fortunate for Decws tha Hrow an ong at ine originalioots sud not abe | the social hour that spent’ with him he tod | But oreo wills Cress was 8 hoe Control trSwords should quite conoeal ‘A writer tm.a sclontife monthly asks: “What | attompt at actions ne hne® without any Bele mar Ot the situation. Siete ebove ove. were 1 Slooun at all, oF only very late In the season ee othe naa amg while speaking about | fy ring, and ia thels midst soci a ellck look, | ‘motions that some day you fac isa moter?” In editor sald: THE MONTREAL FESTIVAL. Shuroh to sult his own motions ofmeneisn te CUTTINGS OF MOST VARIETIES first specch was mentioned. with iy acs | ing crow with @ white apron on, who was deal- ‘And, ob! that heart, declare | ‘An opinion has long set hewn | _ The New Yorkers who have Just returned from | hires the sexton and the organist. pers ail other may be made from June to August, and some as | always in connection with, them He dec ing out the ‘doctored’ corn to them, one grain Your slient hope that He'll be there; & contrivance that works ti hours & | the festival at Montreal complain bitterly of the | expenses and. then pockets the pew rent. late as September. The latest strack will pro hat in for two of the other, while their voices were Control it—'tis a sad day eight days a week the year round; and iy This is tn ‘method a , ck willprovethe | that the experience then gained gave him | oF two of the other, while thetr, ‘The heart that throbs will some time break, | when you resolve to economize in the use ot | extortionate charges of the Canadians. There cortalnly @ very independent inost dwarfed when they bloom. The late cuttings | #Teater confidence In himsolf, and nerved him | Pi Hees nigel it Etrows as couple of extra hours dally | is no question that the Americans were ftoeced | P&E, Uaforcunately, there a only one preacher wi He an imealt ta ats tn eomparioa | He always tld thove who lietened ts rho Se: | he continued, after ea npolcey forte table, to] SEAM spl swast and ur, Withont charge.” —Jewsh Messenger. 4 friendof mine spent five dasa at the | with the earlier, and it will be found desirable | dent that bis cllent not only gave him for his | very complete. Thelr guards display a remark- Gontrol tenor deuced sure, The acquittal of Rowell, who shot Lynch, re- | Hotel Windsor, lived with his wife ina hall room| The late Thomas Kinsella, of the Bi to make them at the diferent times named. | fee the whole amount at Issue, but that he | ei? complete judgment and intelligence. They BS ees Cae TO ARE OR ee rainda the Fort Worth Geaae ofa corshers'ver-| on the sixth floor, and had two meals a day, Se an ra nara ara Re eetearell, | pare Saoce Sat Goats fis eam hinor of | So Ses 2 eawean Wiens gan iene? ber ——_.o,_—Fuk's dict in Arizona. A party of ithout wine or extras ot any sort. and at the will prove more forward. On the | that, bis arst and successtul effort. will raises cry c a {n memory of Wendell Phillips the Irish socie- | tured and hanged him: to the near- | end of the five days was ted with a bill for | Journal, ach of frost, and better before its approach, Cart. Joux A. Duate. | fore he gets in range of them, and they are | tiog of Boston will omit their usual St. Patrick's | eat limb. ‘Then the coroner, who was one of S117. This is a day for miserable vd, or placed in shel-; Washington, D. C., February 15th, 1854. equally wary of @ man who creeps towards | day parade, and in the evening ot that day will the regaiators, Impanneled a jury from the ranks accommodations insuMcient meals. The . Se vie ISG them. Butateam may pass close by without | attend a lecture, the proceeds of which will be cn gravely 4 found a = buat he was threatened with M. De Lesseps predicts that the Panama cana! disturbing them, and they will even let a man | contributed tothe fund fora statue of the great that the deceased came to Unless he paid. Arrest meant a detention will be opened before 1888. . {on foot pass unnoticed if he haan’'ta gan and | abolitionist. the bite of a rattlesnake, of ten days in Canads, so he paid the bill, after