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ae if THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. SATURDAY. MARCH 8, 1884-DOUBLE SHEET. WHAT HAS BEEN GAINED BY THE WORK. The fire-proof reconstruction of the eastern Portion of the Smithsonian building approaches completion aud shows the new arrangements. Fora proper understanding it may be well to Fecall a few steps in the lite of the whole build- ing. = On the 28th of January, 1847, the plans of | James Renwick, of New York, were adopted, bids invited, the work awarded on the 9th of March, and the corner-stone laid on the Ist of May following. Five years were allotted under the buiiding contract for the completion of the | Work. which comprises a center building, sup- Ported and flanked by towers, and two wings, d with the main building by ranges and On the 26th of February. 1850, the interior framing and floors of part of the center build- | in. intended te contain the museum of appara- | tus, tell down Into the basement before comple- tion, and on July 3d, 1850, a committee of the Te s of the Institute reported “that the in- terior of the main building Is defective in the kind of material originally adopted to a consid- erable degree in the quality of the material em- ployed. which consists principally of wood.” The money was principally expended upon the cut-s' ne work of the fronts. The committee pat the interior work of the | center building be removed, and that a fire-proof | abstituted for it.” 1853, the plans of Capt. B. < for freprooting and finish- the center building were | and the author of the plans entrusted ' with the superintendence of this work, which | ing 1,800 persons. Unfortu- ly for t iiding the term fireproofing had in those days simply reference to floors and | Walls. so that the fireproofed center building | Still retained a combustible wooden roof, like the east wing of the United States patent office, | built about the same time. | DEFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING. | A fire occurred on the 24th of January, 1865, | which destroyed this roof, and with ft all the | Interior of the upper story of the main building | and of the adjacent towers. The executive com- | mittee of the regents reported thot careful sur- ¥ey forced upon them the convictions that «the | original construction of the building as a whole ‘was very defective and unsuited as a receptacle i able records. The two wings and con- ranges, which were not injured by , are defective in material and construc- tion. The floors im some cases, though covered with flagging. rest upon wooden beams, which are decayed, and in a few years the Interior of these parts will Fequife removal.” ‘The regents decided that the restoration should in all parts be indestructible by tire, and entrusted Adolph Cluss, architect, With the plans and superintendence of the work, Which was carried on shortly after the close of the war, when material and labor had risen to This work was completed in the 1867. Fire-proof floors were sub- IST1 for the decayed wooden eial_and te rofing un er Capt. Alex- | ruction of the ranges of (EN THE IMPROVED 1 ain bn ROOM pleted in 1854, ny use for the antiquate in ti and studded H ‘The lower Roor v for handling alla The second entions above was ‘ying clothes. The in the newly arrauged two The tall windows ot sub-divided, the old rstorg up to the rin the upper sitered, accom- | ized offices, with ed north ‘front, ch rain and snow wooden tloor-joists 80 | y had to be temporarily stipported of alue, since the the size of its win- »nt to three feet square, and on two and a half feet in | m was shut off from the | ce by direct obstructi ifferent 1ON FOR RECONS 10N. condition of the east win: series of years, dem on, and in March, 183, an appro- 006) was © by Congre: . uction of the eastern part ian Institute. »priation the dof its com’ old chemical ustible construc- | Teset in the pr ark and damp cellar, containing f . Was converted into iry working rooms, in best \ broad and level corridor d museum is reached | ast entrance. The alous second story stories of ten feet clear sd with adequate light and The da vm the e arranged 10 square fect 8, containing rspace. These rooms are of wid ral corridors, | for connecting range, and in! th rt Convenient | asement to these | » skylight is located over | stairs, which is supple- | tating belfry in the center of | 6 of the work the exterior walls 1, enbstantial brick walls wet 1 partitions and supports of | vor fi , consist of conereted sprunz between rolled fron beams. i range has a tlat roof, built on of floor, and the east | iron ‘roof, covered | trengthent rth ern hung to wrought-iron purlines, and don the inside. Allthe rooms are provided with extra-sized gas pipes and flues, ending above the roof #0 that eventually either of them may be used by the scientists for experiments. There are tubes Iaid throughout for inter-communication by means of oral enunciators and piping for pneumatic clocks. Documents are to be lowered from the ex- pres wagons tothe basement by a holst, and om there distributed to the archives in the different stories by means of a hydraulic ele- vator, which also serves for transporting pas- sengers. A compact low pressure steam- heating apparatus warms the whole section prompily and comfortably at a moderate ex- pense. The exterior architecture was simply modified by resetting ali the architraves and cornices at such levels as enable valuable space within the building to be made useful for labor- atories, offices, work rooms, archives and store rooms, by enlarging some ‘of the windows as necessary for the new conditions, by supplying | Yal he meets an old acquaintance and visits the | make an investment, and, producing Jones’ | the hour of closing the department arrived, the While the a2 church bells are ringing in the dis- | tance far aw The mingled tones come floating from their steeples near rs, And the n muste ringS the tears up to | my eyes. : | | For they bring tome a vision of a home where | | For you bring unto my memory a sweeter, happter | | onthat far shore, his once’ soaring spirit in ' peaceiul repose at last, basking in the glad sun- GOVER ENT EMPLOYES AS REAL ESTATE BROKERS, Let Them Resign. Pay for a License, and Open an Office. To the Editor of Tu Evewrxo Sram: Will you please let real estate agents follow the doctors and lawyers in a ‘‘dig” at the prac- tice of some government employes. It is not unusual fora government clerk to enter a real estate office and say: “I see you have a $5,000 house to sell. A friend of mine wants ore at that price. If I bring him to you will you dl- vide your commission?” Or, “I notice that you adyertise money to lend. A particular friend of mine asked me to get him $2,000. Will you give me half the fee?” Again: “My friend, Judge Blank, wants to sell his property. If I persuade him to put it in your charge will you give me half the profit?” The real estate agent pays office rent. clerk hire, livery of horse, license, gives $5,000 bond to the District, and returns one per cent on his business. The clerk steals government time to prey on him. Loek at another case: Mr. Jones, real estate agent, corresponds with Mr. Merchant, of New ork, who seeks a desirable lot in the beautiful capital of his country on which to build a hand- some residence. Mr. Jones sends a map of the city and plats of choicest locations. Mr. Mer- chant visits the city. On the evening of his arri- | Sagamore club, where he is introduced to Col. Boldface, a prominent official. “They “smile” once or twice. enjoy a little billiards, a rubber at whist, and, perhaps, a quiet game of draw, with twenty-five cents ante and a dollar limit, merely to make it interesting. The ‘colonel hopes that Mr. Mer- chant Is pleased with the Improved appearance of Washington, and will become a resident. Mr. Merchant innocently replies that he is here to plats (bearing name and address), asks the colo- nel if he knows the locations. Yer, he is familiar with all the best sites, and wili be glad to give information. Looks over the plats and remarge: “This neighborhood is malarial.”*-An oldstream ran along here, and it is made ground.” “This property is held by tax title.” ‘There are a number of shanties in this locality.” “If you'll | allow me Ili show you in the morning some of the finest lots in the city, belonging tomy friend, nator Bourbon, who is about to leave for urope.” Mr. Merchant Is charmed; esteems himself a lucky man; accepts the proffered cour- tesy; looks over the ground; is introduced by the colonel to Broker Thompson, having charge ofthe property; concludes the purchase; gives the kind colonel a nice little supper at Chamber- lin’s and goes home. The colonel’s disinterested. services are pald by half of Broker Thompson's fee. Alasfor poor Jones! Ifagovernment official wishes to enter the real estate business let him resign, pay for @ license, and open an office. ‘VERITAS. ————— A Keminiscence of the Old Navy De- partment Building. To the Editor of Tax Evexise Stan. The disappearance of this historic landmark recalls many events which have occurred within its ancient walls, some of which I presume are only remembered by the oldest inhabitants. On the afternoon of the 18th of March, 1846, when messenger attached to the bureau of ordnance and hydrozraphy, found the doors leading to the room of the chief of the bureau locked, and |- supposing he Was engaged In some private or important business, retired to await his ielsure; and, finally, hearing no movements or conver- sation, he forced open one of thedoors, and was horrified to see lying dead upon the floor, with his throat cut from car to ear, Commodore Wm. M. ane, who was head ot the above-named bureau. ‘It was never known how longa period had elapsed from the time of the perpetration | ot the suicidal act or what led to the lamenta- ble occurrence. The manner of his death was | J The victim was a brother-in-law of Com- tmodore Lewis Warrington, who at the time was | chief of the bureau of yards and docks. A.C. +2 Sabbath Bells. for Tae Ev ow sad my he h day, STAR, rt 1s feeling, on this blessed loved ones stay, And I see them meckly going to the little church to pr: ost hear the ringing of my own dear old bell, people singing the And hear so W weet Songs I love While far-off the rolling ocean murmurs softly to my ear With the same old tender cadence that I love so well to hear, As it rolls in all its majesty upon the shitting sand, : Near the village which my heart holds the dearest in the land. Ring & bells, ring softly, ring a sweet and gentle song, For I live again with dear old friends—with friends I've left so long; And I see their kindly faces as Pve seen them oft before— ‘Then ring softly, sad and sore. No one knows the worth of home-folks ‘tlil they leave the dear old home, Without loving hearts and gentie eyes to greet them as they roam. bells, ring softly, for my heart 1s When the heart 1s sad and weary, and the mind ts filled with care, Then, O then, they miss the loved ones, and the heart is sad and drear, Ring gently, bells, ring chime, ently, let me listen to your time— ‘There ts hope in your sweet music, for it seems to me you Say: “Your dear old friends, your dear old friends, you'll meet thera ai! some day.” February, 1584. —___+e-______ CONGRESSIONAL SOPHOMORES, -—Eastvs. Sophomorie Rhetoric in the House on the Death of Congressman Haskell. Sophomore Ryan, of Kansas, I seem to see uow in fancy my departed friend rise ofan eternal morning. From that infnite height m: cy him comprehending in the vast «weep of his perfected viaion the places, events and interests that attracted his thoughts and engaged his energies in life? So shall he look down upon a grateful country, her rever- ent millions paying the tribute of tears to one who served their interests faithfully, whose de- Votion to the cause of social regeneration and Whose championship of the rights and dignity | of American labor challenged thelr sincere miration. In the van of them all will he oehold the sorrowing hosts of his own state watering his gTave with tears and bedecking it with lily and immortelle. When these flowers fade and their fragrance perishes surviving affection will rear a sculptured column above his dust, and the en- during marble itself shall crumble and decay ere his name and fame fade from recollection. BSophomozo Belford, of Colorado, Dying is but adisappearing mist from the crest of the mountain. How many ships with full sails go out into the bosom of the ocean only to return battered and worn. How many hearts commenced life joyful and gladsome, to afterward beat Irregular ticks, Ikea clock out oftime. He was plucked from us in the very perme of his days, with the pulses of thought strong, vigorous and clear. How en- chantingly the rainbow of future promise must have appeared to him and with what endear- ment he must have embraced the prophecies of the future. It 1s aay sad to witness the scissors of death severing the threads that bind the human soul to this earth. What hopes are crushed, what anticipations are frosted. ‘The ocean that this world from the next no human eye can penetrate. Oh, what is profound secret from his widow for many | © a small quantity of plain cutstone, and by add- Ing Norwan dormers of cutstone work for light- ing the space within the pitched roof of the west wing. all according to the plans and under the supervision of Messrs. Cluss and Schulze, the architects. eo —_____ A log cabin plastered with earth containing gold and silver ore to the amount of $2,000 to the ton was built In the South Park, Colorado. Its value ascertained, the house was, of course, torn down, The preprietor of a barroom was placed on trial i i erritory. under indictment Seven women nu Washington Ty but the five mea stood doggedly for ac- ttal. death bnt a rebirth into that larger life where we go on forever? Who can measure the com- pass of our existence? We come here without our consent and jdepart without being con- sulted. : Sophomore Browne, of Indiana, The wrecked bark rides at anchor without a disturbing wave. On his grave the mo. sun will rise and evening twilight fade. As the years go oe stars will Sacupes it and the gloom of the nights that are less robe it in blackness. The winter winds will shriek above it, and in the springtime the melody of the dird song and the perfume of flowers will environ it. There, inthe solemn calm ofthe grave, we left him to await the call of the angels, Mr. Lovejoy has drawn with remarkable clear- ness the picture of this paradoxical character, whose life and precepts present such violent con- trasts of ight and shadow. The story of the Lord Chancellor, with its weakness and moral taint, stands asa historic monument pointing @ moral to official bribe-takers of all succeeding ages. His literary works, marking him as the most prominent figure among the prose writers of his age, reveal a philanthropic purpose to elevate mankind in happiness, wisdom, vir- tue, and intellectual strength. that command the admiration of all. It is the delicate task of the author to discriminate between the works and career of Bacon, and lead without hero-worship to an appreciation of what is good, true and beautifal in his teachings. His essays, says Dugald Stewart, -‘may be read from beginning to end, in a few hours, and yet, after the twentieth perusal, one seldom fails to re- mark in them something unobserved. before.” The book is one of those handy volumes, fit to lay on the table at one’s elbow, always ready to occupy @ spare moment with profitable enter- tainment. The biographical sketch is outlined in a fresh and gossipy vein that must make it particularly attractive to the general reader, and the scholar will find new fascination in the old story from its attractive setting. As is shown by the title, the work, though designed tor the general reader biographically, is adapted. editorially to the use of echools and colleges; and there can be only the highest commendation for such a course of studies as tends to culti- vate, carly in life, friendship for the classics of the English tongue. To quote the language of Hallam: “Bacon's essays might be judiciously introduced into a sound method of education, — one that should make wisdom rather than mere empty knowledge its object, and might become a text book of examination in our schools.” BIOGEN: |A Srecnlation on the Origin and Nature of ©. es By Professor EvtioTt Coves, Boston: Este: & Lauriat. In this tastefully gotten up little brochure appears the second edition of the remarkable address delivered some two years ago before the Philosophical Society of Washington by our dis- tinguished townsman, in which that eminent scientist argues for the existence and immor- tality of the soul upon purely scientific grounds. It will well repay the thoughtful perusal of the clergyman as well as of the scientist, tarnishing the former with new weapons in his attack upon the fashionable materialism of the day, and re- conciling the most rational agnostic to the pos- sibility that he may be mistaken. NEW : \THROP.. "York: Charl, Scribner Sons: Washingesa: Wan Baliantyne & Son. “Newport” comes very near being a first class story, but falls just a little short of it. In most respects It isa faithful if somewhat highly col- ored picture of the fashionable life of the Vanity,| Falr whose name it bears, and it abounds in clever and sparkling bits of character sketching; but the plot is a trifle thin and weak in places, and on the whole the impression after finishing it isnot satisfactory, and in fact quite depress- ing. Still, it may be classed with the beat novels of the past year, by American writers, ane holds out « pleasing promise of better things in fature. THE HOME LIBRARY, By Antuur Pexw, Editor of “The Rhymeter.” With Mlustrations. New ¥ Vashington: or] A. Brentano & Co. ppleton & Go. W Gaw taker. HEALTH AT HOME. By A. H. Guerxsex and Ine. Nas P. Davis, anthor of “Hywiene for Girls.” Sew York: D. ton & Co, Washington: W- EL Morrison. These are the two latest of the excellent “‘Ap- pleton’s Home Books” series. The ‘rst crowds into small space many valuable facts and sug- gestions as to the selection and care of books, and contains also some interesting hints on cognate points. The second, while perhaps containing nothing absolutely new, shows in a sensible and practical way how health may be preserved and comfort secured. Two useful chapters are added on “Poisons and Antidotes” and ‘Accidents and Emergencies.” THE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK: sud Historical A World, for the A. Statistical minal of the States of the Civilised rissa. Edited by J. Scorr KeL- first Aunual Publication: Revised London and New York: inston: Robert Beall, ‘ood wine needs no bush,” so this Year- Book needs no pra Its title page sufi- ciently indicates its character and contents, and no other work of its kind that we know is 80 comprehensive, corplete and reliable in all its departments. ‘It is, in short, just such a book that no one desiring to keep pace with cur- rent affairs can aiford to do without. “Pictures of Fnglish Society,” by George Du Maurier, (No. IV of Appleton’s pretty “Parch- ment Paper Series,”) is a collection of the best of that famous artist’s sketches appearing in Punch from time to tle, and a Most attractive little brochure it is. The drawings have been re- duced in size by some new and satisfactory pro- cess, which seems very fairly to preserve the spirit of the original. “Her Washington Season,” the new novel of life and society at the national capital, by Mrs. Lincoln (wife of Dr. N. 8. Lincoln), is an- nounced to be ready next week, and it is under- stood that our local booksellers have sent large orders for it to meet the demand which will pretty certainly greet its appearance. NITARY INFORMATION FOR : Containing Facts and Sugies- HAND-BOOK OF HOUSE HOLDERS: tions sbout nntiletion, Drainnge, Care of Conta- ious Diseases, Disinfs on, Food and Water, with Append ‘tants and Pluinbers' Mat rial HRS. TRacY. M.D., Sanitary Lusyec- tor of the New York City Health Department. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Washington: W. H. Mor- 800. ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATI tion of the Principal Es States € By LL. nae W B. F KNOWLEDGE. Wit} LOCK THEORY 0} otice of Lerkeley. By Jastes McCostt, D. D., 104)., D. 1, Pre nt of Princeton Collese New York: Charles Scribuer’s Sons. (Philosophic Serigg,do. 5.) SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF AK ape oN eld - at 28d, 2g an sie 8. arris Cn, why the Exp ape jn re ‘Doi By SN. BowtnerCune, ton: A. Brentano & Co, FATHERS. York: D. ppleton & “Karly Christian Literature Primera. TEA AND COFFEE: Their Physical, Intellectual and . he TWELVE MONTHS IN AN ENGLISH PRISO Susan Wits Fuetcrxr. Boston: Lee & Sh: EBELLION. By Ax- wert Topp, First L nant Ist U. 8, Artillary. Washington? James J. By iuony J. Haynes, New York: News Company. THE_ ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. March iss. New York: Macmillan & Co, By, Rev, W.H. Morrison. 2(vel ume 4 of A Morel Effects on the Human: Geers By Dr. W Liam A ALcorr. New York: Fowler & Wells, ard, Washington: Wm, Ballantyne & Son, THE CAMPAIGNS OF THE Ri Lieuter hapman. THE FAIREST OF THREE. A Tale of American Life, ‘The American THE STORY OF A COUNTRY TOWN. By E. W. Howe. Atchison, Kansas: Howe & Co. . HAS GENERAL GRANT GENIUS? By Private Jones. lagerty. ‘New York: J. H: THE ANDOVER REVIEW. March, 1884. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. sees: Some Statistics of Divorce. From the Pall Mall Gazette, A French philosopher has been collecting the statistics of divorce and lecturing on the the- ories with which they supply him. The results are interesting and in some respects singular. Some well worn theories are quite upset by his facts and figures. Taking a fixed standard of 1,000 marriages, the philosopher distributes all countries into three groups—group A, where the divorces average from 1 to 5in the 1,000; group B, where they run from 6 to 10; group ©, where in a thousand m: there are from 11 to 28 divorces. It Is strange to find among the fisrt class the Italians, the Russians and the Scotch. It seems the only point in common among nationalities othe 80 copieee The Swedes, the Norwegians, the Dutch in the second and the Hi are one Meee the oe ee eel other European peop! losopher insists that the laws of a country have no influ- ence on these results, Norway and Denmark have the same laws and Norway is moral and Denmark is loose. Switzerland is one republic, but inthe canton of Lucerne there is ever a divorce and in Appenzell there are a it many. In Catholic countries, as a i are few, and in Protestant there are many. Much depends on profession. Artists and men of letters seem very unfortunate in their unions. Moreover, the statistics of suicide run parallel with those of divorce. Saxony is the country where both are found in greatest numbers. For Trained stationary in Sweden, aad sold” to mn jonary 80 divorces. Both are checked the birth of children. statistic. twenty-five years older than his wife the num- ber of divorces rans up to 18 in the 1,000; where he is more than twenty-five they drop to 08 pee Oe ge a ‘The Printers Amaze Mr. Lane. ‘From the New York Journal. “Why do you advertise €2500 reward for the recovery ot your wife’s pocketbook?” was asked of Mr. W. B. Lane, of 92 Church street, yester- of don't," he sald. “I offered $25. The prin- ters offered the other $2475,” LETTER FROM..NEW YORK. Why S. J. Tilden Will Not Figure in the Next Campniga—Salmi Morse’ Insane Condust and Plays—The Adier and Holgarten Schemes for Working- men—Gebhard’s Geed Luck, Etc. Special Correspondence pf Tax EvExrNo Stam, .. _ New York, March 7. There are some jokes that never die, and, while I entertain high regard for Mr. Tilden’s Personal character, Ecanagt but regard the re- ®ppearance of his name among presidential can- didates in any other Aight than that of an elab- orate joke. It hagbeen announced over and over again that Mr. Tildenis in no condition to undergo the fatigues of a campaign, even if he wanted to, which he doeda’t; his friends have scouted the notion of his’ tunning again for any office inthe country; and he himself has sald that the democratic party might Just as well call upon Jefferson as upon him. But, notwith- standing all this, there are certain persons whose chief object in life seems to be to drag Mr. Tilden torth—titerally to trot him out for the race. Every now and then some newspaper man goes up to Yonkers and comes back with glowing reports of how the sage of Greystone practices dally with two-ton dumb-bells; how @ rides the fieriest horse to be found in the state; how he has a ateam yacht which he is willing to race till the boiler bursts, and how he is looking out for a buxom Mrs. 8. J. Tilden. Or else some one, ag happened last autumn, meets him in the cars on his way down to the city, and writes columnsto the papers about the elasticity with which the old gentleman leaped from his carriage, caught on to the last car of the train as It whisked out of the depot, and for miles conversed with flashing eyes and avoice of thunder about the necessity for re- form. Even in thetunnel, the reporter is care- ful to mention, the sage’s voice sounded clear and loud above the roar of the cars and the shriek of the steam whistle. It doesn’t make a bit of difference that, as also happened last au- tumn, other reporters at once went up to verify this glowing report, and found quite another state of affairs. One reporter found him at home, propped up with pillows, unable to speak, but pointing in explanation to a little table, upon which was a score of bottles, labeled :— “For Neuralgia,” ‘For Dropsy,” “For Con- sumption,” “For Yellow Fever,” “For Pa- ralysis,” etc. Another reporter met him on the train into which he was helped by two stalwart servants who accompanied him to town and straightened him up in his seat whenever he fell over and was unable to recover himself. The Teporter attempted to converse with the sage about reform, but it was of no use; his voice was not louder than a whisper, and could not be heard, and he went to sleep in the middle of his own sentences. Notwithstanding such a picture as this, there still are people who call for Mr. Tilden. I see that Mr. Thos. J. Clunte. of California., is one of the latest who believes Mr. Tilden to be fit for training, and Mr. Dana, of the Sun, seems now to think Tilden superior to Holwan. ON THE SHELF FOR GOOD. T happen to have personal and positive knowl- edge that Mr. Tilden has no more intention of allowing himeelf to be drawn into a presidential contest than he has of joining El Mahdi, in Egypt. { had the good fortune to meet him (Mr. Tilden, and not El Mahdi,) one day last September at West Puint, whither he had come on the small steam yacht upon which he steams up and down the Hudson. I heard him talk for more than half an hour, F saw him at dinner, and I saw him go on board his boat. His voice isnot much above ‘a whisper, except when he ejaculates “Louis!” the name of his valet. He 13 completely paralyzed in bne arm and partly in the other, and cannot feed himeeif, his valet doing it for him. He takes no exercise, except to walk slowly and carefully along, with his faithful Louis nearin case the dizziness to which he is subject should get the best ot him. Lastly, his intellect appears to be As clear as ever when hecankeep awake. These are absolute facts. To his intimate friends ‘he spéaks unhesitatiugly of the folly of trying for the presidential chair, es- pecially when he has all that his great wealth can give him. When, therefore, I hear Mr. Til- den’s name again brought forward in connec- tion with the democraticnémination, as has bee the case within the'last ten days, It’ seems like an ancient joke bronght up for the occasion. SALMI MORSE QUITS THE STAGE. The inquest over the body of Salmi Morse has ended with a verdict of accidental death, and the curtain has fallen on the last act of a strange, eventful history. The more is known of the man, the plainer it is seen that he was insane; and, in view of the somewhat scandalous de- velopments of the inquest, that is the most charitable view of.the ease. The people who lost most heavily upon the “Passion Play"—a mining speculator, named Roberts, and the the- atrical costumer, Eaves—haye taken possession of whatever property, in the way of costumes and scenery, Morse claimed when he died, and we shall hear no more either ot the man or his equally extraordinary plays. Morse used to Doast that he had written sixty plays, all equally good, all ot which he would produce some day in New York. The first of these plays was “A. Bustle Among Petticoats,” produced about a year ago, when it aes to be rubbish too awful for criticism. This last atrocity, ‘‘On the Yellowstone,” which was running at the time of Morse’s suicide, did not bear Morse's name, because of his unpopularity. Nevertheless, it was his, and he took around to the newspapers some days before it was produced a printed synopsis of the play. ‘The waste of this kind of literary ability upon the Scripture story of the “Passion” may be imagined. Every act of “On the Yellowstone” ended in a volley of pistol shots and a blaze of red fire which set the andl- ence of deadheads a-coughing. About $5,000 were lost in Keeping it upon the stage tor ten days, so that it was quite a financial success as compared to the **Passion Play,” which cost at least €100.000 for the theater, mounting and salaries. Poor Judas Iscariot, who was suing Morse for his salary last month, has preferred his claims against the executors, and, of course, will get nothing. HELPING WORKINGMEN. “The good that men do lives after them” has been quoted this week by many persons who have had occasion to recognize the wisdom and generosity of the bequests made by the late Julius Holgarten for the benefit of workingmen. Among other bequests was money for free Sun- day concerts, of the very best music, under Theodore Thomas’ direction, the first ‘concert having been given to a crowded audience a week ‘ago, and another legacy has helped to start this movement of Felix Adler, the noted materialist preacher, in favor of building-model tenements. Adler is a Hebrew, forty-five years old, the son of a well-known New York rabbi. The young man promised go well that fifteen years ago the congregation over which his father presided sent him to Europe to study and pre- pare to take nisfather’s place. He came back, in 1873, a conirmed materialist, and, having paid back tothe congregation the money expend- ed upon him, organized this Society for Ethical Culture. His congregation now meets on Sun- day morning in Chickering hall, and consists of 2,000 of the flower of the Jewish people of New York, particularly the young people. The orthodox Hebrews are disturbed and anxious, but can make no headway against the new movement. The Séelety for Ethical Culture has always been distinguished for its charities and its schools, and now it Is beginning this import- ant work of inducing rich men to build decent homes for the oor. Sunday Adler sald: “I sat next a inan ata public dinner when the conversation tatned dn a strike of laboring men then in progress. Some men, he said, were born to drink champagne, and some to hods. But how edn we look on with allent in- difference when we ses the chances of culture shut off from the great? majority of le as they are to-day? ‘The retit of the decent work. ing people of New York at an average of from @8 to $14 per month.’ That is a fixed quan- tity, and they cannot pay more than tl }, be- cause their wages will nol it it. The higher rship is go weall buitd ole blocks of ance, What great church that we go shoal in fale vaste, steel at eat we go al io a - cals whom they do not admit’ to thelr Tellow- ship, Loe: ey will be ashamed. Perhaps the} ublic fager of scora which will be pointed at them will awaken them from their Tethar, er A. T, STEWABT'S MEMORY. Perhaps if A. T. Stewart had built a few blocks of model tenements with one million dol- lars of the twenty or thirty he ieft behind him, his bones would not now be wandering about the world ina rubber bag, for nothing is more meni) ig certain than that they have never been found. By the way, speaking of Stewart, reminds me ‘that his down-town store at Chambers and Broadway, the pride of the city when it was first put up thirty years ago, has, after seven years of idleness, passed into the hands of Hil- ton, and been fitted up as an office building. The taxes during the last seven years have been ),000 a year upon the pile, so that itis no wonder that Mrs. Stewart got tired of it and was glad to sell it to that willing Hilton, who has Telleved her of so much of the estate of his late employer. Hilton soon found a way to make it pay. Two stories were added, making It seven stories high, six elevators were introduced, it has been fitted up into fine offi The great uptown retail dry goods business ofthe late mil- lionaire has dwindled to insignificance under the name, and now the wholesale store goes out of the family too. QUEER MEN OF GOTHAM. There are mighty queer people inGotham. A correspondent has unearthed a “professional drinker,” a man who ehcuts for a special brand of whisky upon every possible occasion, and thus earns his money at every ball and in bar rooms where crowds congregate. His employ- ers, the agent for that brand, hope that people who have heard a decently dressed man so par- ticular to have that brand will go and do like- wise. And the character was a man with a nose of extraordinary size. He was a cigar maker by trade. Whenever he took his walk abroad he was gazed at with amazement. “If Iam to be looked at as a curiosity,” he reasoned. “it would be better to make a lazy ving with my abnor- mal nose.” So he took his big feature to the manager of a ten-cent show. “Very well,” was the offer which he received: “Tl do just the same by you that I do by any other new freak. We can’t tell what'll catch on with the public. You can have a place on the platform fora week. It you make a failure, I'll give you @5. If you hit ’em, I'll fix a square, liberal salary.’ “But how’m I to know whether I hit ‘em?” the amateur curiosity asked. “By seeing whether the folks stop to look at you. That's the test.” The nose was not potent. What had been novel in private life was almost disregarded in a professional. It seems to be settled that a pro- tuberance of two inches does not make a face fascinating. The man has returned to his cigar enc! SOME STRAY STAWS. ‘The Herald's warfare against the newsdealers who won't sell it for two cents seems to bea failure, and Bennett is thinking of putting the price up. The committee who want to build a pedestal for Bartholdi’s statue still needs 128,000, and don’t know where to get it. ‘Get hold of the aie and clap a mortgage on it,” is the latest vice. The tunnel under the East river is full of water and abandoned sine die. Freddy Gebhard has lost so much money on the race track, it is eald, that Mrs. Langtry is talking of giving him a benefit. ee THE APOSTLE OF ART. Buskin as a Lecturer—How He Looks and How He Dresses. London Correspondence of the Boston Herald. Mr. Ruskin is a curiosity. He is seldom to be seen anywhere. Even in his own beloved lake district he takes his walks inthe gray of the morning or the dusk of the evening. He seldom goes into society. He loves the theater, and goes when he feels he can indulge himself with such recreation. Perhaps not fifty of these well- known people have ever seen Mr. Ruskin be- fore, But here is MR. JOHN RUSKIN. He comes into the room in the midst of a half dozen gentlemen, not in the usual seemly fash- ion of the English procession on such occasions. Isaw him when he entered the room, but who was before him, or behind him, or beside him I could not now say, for they all came together, and the distinguished scholar and critic was like the Master in the great picture of Veronese, “The Marriage of Cana.” He was ‘‘in the midst there- of.” Ruskin is just sixty-five years old, and he looks and acts like a man of forty-five. He is not more than five feet five inches in height. Indeed, he is petit. His complexion originally, I should judge from what remains of a complex- ion, was lair, thongh now his face, pretty nearly ip to his eyes, is covered with an iron-gray beard; the abundant hair is unconventionally long, and though he was personally neat and “trim” his hair seemed to have had no recent speaking ac- quatintance with a brash. The forehead is low and retreating; the eyes gray and sparkling, quizzing and mischievous. The manner is ner- vous—I hardly know whether self-conscious or only characterized by bon homle—by which I mean Mr. Ruskin shuffled into the room and up to the desk, looking here and there and every. where all at once, fumbling his big uneven-edged MS., and began straightway to read without any salutation to chairman or audience. Had he not been John Ruskin, my hero, my idol, reaily I should have said, at a funny little man.” He began to play with his gold- bowed spectacles. His pronunciation sounded like Scotch and cockney made into hash. It was as broad as Dundee Scotch, and as indistinct be- times as Belgravia cockney. He seldom coul pronounce an “‘r.” Nine times inten his * lost itself in a “‘w” sound. Still his pronuncia- tion was scholarly. What is it that makes all the difference between the speech of an unacad- emic and an academic man? There it is, and often one is at a loss to Know why it is—all the same, it is! Mr. Ruskin was not still a minute. He stood well in the same spot, but his body and hands were constantly in motion. Very beautiful and graceful hands they were to boot! ‘They were as soft, white and expressive as an educated Roman lady's. So teminine were these lovely hands, I felt their furnishing was incom- plete without a fan. His left hand would have played with a folding fan with all the coquetry of a French bell But the distinguished speaker's “make-up” was something wondertul. The coat that almost shrouded him was the old coat my father used | to wear, when I was a child—so young I can only instinctively remember it now. Yes, the very identical coat. I often wondered what had become ofthat coat. and now only to think of the “glory and the honor and the immortality” of seeing my hero and my idol arrayed in it! Yes, that dear oid coat, because of which I was puffed up with vanity whenever on Sundays or at political barbacues my venerated father would air this treasure of his not overstocked ward- robe. Dear, oh dear, how history repeats itself! Yes, after 46 years, here is this same dull, faded blue cloth, high collared, double-breasted, long- tailed, all enveloping coat—just as it was 40 years ago, that first Sunday after my all-serving, ever-handy, saintly mother had substituted black buttons for the dingy and demode brass ones; and had put on a velvet collar in place of the old greasy cloth one, thus somewhat andun- wittingly ante-dating the fashion. I was glad to see that ever dear old coat once more. Shall Lever see It again? The trousers and waistcoat were gray and of Scotch tweed. The awalstcoat was of the forthputting temperament,and would continually obtrude itself over the lapel ot the coat. When did ever I see an old tashioned “stock” befure? Of this one thing I am verfect- ly certain—I never did seein all my born days before a sky-blue ‘‘stock.” Is it any wonder, if this had not been John Ruskin, I should have characterized him as ‘‘a funny little man?” seecoed Ether Aaa A PRETTY GIRL’S GH 1 HUMOR. Why a Lady-Hiller from Philadelphia Changed Cars at Jackson, Miss. From the Detroit Free Press. Talk about pretty girls—but she was a wild flower and no mistake! She got on the train to go over to Meridian from Vicksburg and she wasallalone. There was a sort of sidelong movement among five or six men, but a drum- mer for a Philadelphia saddlery house got there first. He gtabbed up his gripand walked square possession of half of it you help me?” ‘Oh, certainly. I have a blank in my pocket. Write your telegram and I will run into the office with ft.” hat crushed down and his nerves all on thotelogram whit the had wt “Bring your with fo pop over a drammer who has dreadfully annoyed me. SE he gues “tat env ron ‘o think,” one 80 fair could- be so m —_____-»- —_______ ‘The Kaiser and the Chanceller, - eT .” the Kaiser said, ee ee en ee bggeerenpbene ts pom tena Tsmatch you some day.” RELIGIOUS NOTES. CHURCHES UERE AND ELSEWHERE. —Quite a number of our churches, among them the Garfield Memorial Christian, Hamline Methodist, North Presbyterian aud others in the Rorth western pottion of the city have adopted congregational singing. —The Lutheran Chareh of the Fatherland, corner of 6thand P streets, Rev.Mr. Homrighaus pastor, is in quite @ prosperous condition, and the services,which are In German Sunday morn- ings and in English inthe afternoon and evening, are all well attended, the attendance being con- stautly onthe increase. Recently the congrega- tlon has erected a neat little parsonage. — Dr. Pentecost, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mr. G. C. Stebbins have gone over to England to as- sist Messrs. Moody and Sankey in their meet- ings. — Rev. Simeon North, D.D., LL.D., ex-presi- dent of Hamilton college, Clinton, N. Y., died recently at Utica, of pneumonia, aged eighty- | two years. — The Presbyterians of Canada have raised the minimum salary of their ministers to $750 per annum, with parsonage—equal to about $850 in money. . — In the eleven years since the first church | was organized In Japan 93 have been formed by | the 15 missionaries at work there, 2b of which are self-sustaining. —In Denmark Bishop Martensen recently ex- amined and ordained two young Esquimaux, who will engage in missionary work ia Green- land under the auspices of the etate church of Denmark. —Rev. Mr. Cross, rector of St. Luke's church, Montreal, has resigned, on the ground that he does not agree with the articles of the Church of England as to the doctrine of eternal punishment. — Archdeacon Kirby, now preaching in Bos- ton, was for more than 27 years missionary in Canada. During this time he crossed on foot almost from ocean to ocean, and four times crossed the Rocky mountains to preach to the ‘Yibes in Alaska, — The first society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church of North Carolina was organized in 1864. There are now 500 societies, and 374 churches haye been built. The member- ship has increased t® about 50,000, and the min- Asters number 327. —The Rev. Edward Dyer, recently from Rome, has become one of the associate profes- sors of the Seminary of St. Sulpice, Baltimore. He was educated at St. Charles colleze, How- ard county, and was ordained in Paris about two and a haif years ago. — The work of Rev. Thomas Harrison in the Centenary M.E. church, St. Louis, has resulted thus far in about 500 conversions. The revival interest is deepening in many parts of the city. The Lafayette Park Pres! church is in the midst of a remarkable work of grace. — To the question, ‘Why did Satan make his approach to Eve and not to Adam?” a religious eed answers: It may have been because Satan ‘new that the influence of Eve would be his best help in conquering Adam. Wives are apt ected) most potent pleaders with their hus- —Acreat event has happened In Scotland. An organ has been placed in the Sunday school hall of St, Andrew’s church, Greenock, ot which Dr. J.J. Bonar is pastor. The Greenock Tele- graph. Says: “‘We are under the Impression that his is the first real organ used in connection with the Free church.” — The Christian Intelligencer has received a letter from Rey. James H. Ballagh, of Yoko- hama, Japan, dated January 19th, in which he ‘announces “‘the prospect, the certainty, with God's blessing, of a revival of tenfold power and 8] itual resuits this year over the gracious re- Viving enjoyed last year,” as the outcome of the observance of the Week of Prayer. — The Episcopalians are doing a good work begun ,three years ago by a woman. About forty Chinamen are now under instruction in three Sunday schools, and it 1s hoped that a number will soon be ready for baptism. They contribute every Sunday, and have undertaken to send €30 annually to enaow a bed in the hospital at Wuchang, China. — The Christian Advocate notes that in some Qfethodist) churches there is an unconscious withdrawal from the pastor near the end of his term. It also notes that there 1s danger, under the itinerant system, that the minister may un- consciously drift Into inactivity, because the | time as short. We shonid think the itinerant ystem would be apt to produce that sort of feeling. We are quite sufe short pastorates do in other denominations. —The Yeocomico Episcopal church, about seven miles from Kinsale, Westmoreland Co., Va., built in 1706, is still standing. It is one of the oldest and most historic of the ancient landmarks of the state. George Washington was there baptized and joined this church. It is built of brick which were imported from England, and is enclosed by a brick wall, which, in many places, has been allowed to decay and tumble down. It is a email, one-story build- ing, capable of seating about 300 persons. — There was quite a breeze in the Schuylkill Valley (Penn.) Ministerium of the Covenant Methodist church, a tew weeks ago, when the Rev. H. A. Cleveland in an essay on “The Bible in Our Own Timi he Bible; is it true as we now have it? We don't know. It is for us to prove.” He was sharply rebuked for this and similar utterances by Dr. Dobbins, of Read- ing, and for a time the discussion ‘was very | warm. It 1s probable the case will be laid be- fore the conference in March by Dr. Dobbins. — According to the Catholic directory for 1884, there are inthe United States 13 arch- | bishops, 57 bishops, 6,835 priests, 1,651 ecclesias- | tical students, 6,613 churches, 1,150 chapels, | 1,476 stations, 22 ecclesiastical seminaries, 87 | | colleges, 59 academies, 2,532 parochial schools, | 204 asylums and 139 hospitals. There has been an increase during the past vear of 289 priests, 217 ecclesiastical students, 372 churches, 6 col- leges, 20 academies and 41 parochial schools, and in the attendance an increase of 53,192 pupils and 19 asylums. The number of Catholics inthe country 1s given at 6,623,176: It is safe to say that a goodly share of these are “nominal” Catholics in the broadest sense of the term. se = DYING BY SLOW DEGREES, A Man Whose Capacity for Geing to Ruin is Never Under-Estimated, FYom the New York Tribume. You mast have seen him—a large, smooth- faced, credulous-looking man, generally stand- ingin front of some gin-mill, and formerly dressed in fashionable cut, later with vestiges ot the gentleman, but somewhat randown. He needed no introducfion, spoke to you from mutual sympathy, and ‘gave you ali his confi | dence at once. Itis now nine years since he be- trayel to me the great purpose of his life: to+ drink up all the liquor In the city, and keep it from doing any further harm. As he said it I saw the fire of a g@@eat moral intent in his eye. Said I, “Oh! you cannot drink ali that!” “I will do it,” said he, “or perish! Don’t underes- timate me. I belong toe family of great will. My father has died and left me $100,000, all in cash. I have no wife. This thing is doing | harm. The law cannot put a stop to it; I intend ore as then bes twenty-eight; weighed le was then. perhare, enty-elght; wel 175 pounds, and had a peculiarly affable, yet credulous, something in his look. He never was drunk; @ physical constitution alone that kept him tough and florid. From year to year I saw him, always just going in or just coming among the Chinese in Philadelphia. It was | Paris Letter in the New York Mail and Express There is no better amusement, ff one has the Tun of Worth's, than to sit In the salon and observe the procession of women that file | through. The other day I saw Worth come from his place of hiding to talk with a person ef importance. When he had finished and was about to go, a wall of eupplication broke torth: “Mr. Worth, you will think of me,” “Mr. Wortn, you will do Something for me,” “Mr. Worth, ve me just one minute.” At that moment, for it seems Mr. Worth’s retirement had been genuine, several employes came in, eager also to catch his attention. First one, then another asked him hastily some whispered question, Others, trailing samples of rich silks, heid them inquiringly before hiveyes. Sud: bis face grew purplish red, the veins of his forehead swelled, he closed bis eyes, shut tight hiehanda, as if in great tension, the gesture of a man put- ting, with great effort, a restraint upon hiw- self, holding himself together, 80 to speak “They are killing me,” he murmured. “They are allon my back; they are weizhing me to the earth.” The employes fell back awe- stricken, the wail of the Women ceased and a dead silence fell on the room. The moment was really solemn, forthe suffering of the man was too evident. ‘In ashort time he recovered himself, said a few words and lett the room. a ecveckegueet aaa t 1s small and fratl, The Breton fisher prays, as setting sail He floats upon the dae, He hears the thunders crash and billows rise, Far out of sight of land, Yet knows that underneath the darkest skies His times are in God's hand. A trust like thts outrides the longest storm, And tlercest tempest braves, Suill watching to 1 the sacred Form hat treads the swelling waves. Lora ve us faith to equal that which wings on fisher er, line of a promise clings, h Lo the iit Without a tnought of caret ———~e- —____ A Lakeside Musing. “Au revoir.” It was a sweet, girlish voice that spoke these words—a Voice that fell upon the night air with asad cadence in strange and striking contrast to the beautiful face and form of Caroline Catch- fly as she stood there upon the verandaof Brier- ton Villa close-pressed in the arms of the only man inall the world who had won her heart, and to whom she had given the one great love of a woman's life—that of the summer after she has begun wearing store bangs. Jt is a solemn thing fora man—strong-willed, self-reliant, and with turquoise-blue suspenders —to win a woman's love; and amid all the ra- beet pd and feeling of — triumph there should be ever in his mind the sense of a great responsibility that may not be denied nor avol ed. For into his keeping bas been freely placed most precious of cifts—the life of a pure, trusting woman. It is histo make that life an ever-pleasant voyage adown silyer-tinted streams whose every ri; pple: laughs back response to the fervid kissings of thesun, or n sad, weary march through the arid deserts of despair and misery, upon whose trackless wastes one seca only the whited skeletons of love, and hope,and ambition. Jasper K. Rollingstone knew this. He knew that this fair girl who was just dding into womanhood and her mother's corsets loved him with a passionate Intensity and deep trusttul- ness. He knew that some day (provided they were married and had any) she would be the mother of his children—that her sweet voice would teach the little lips to speak his name, her hand guide aright the uncertain footsteps of infancy. All this came to him with dreadful force as he stood there in the purple haze of an August twilight witn this woman’ | white arms around his neck, her 5 m his shoulder, and her deep blue ‘yes. which seemed to mirror only trustfulness and love, looking up inte his. But, despite ail this—despite the large, tuke-it-away-for-a-quar- ter kiss that the wine-red lips o'erhanging the riant mouth had pressed upon his brow—there lurked in his mind a vague, shadowy suspicion, alhaunting fear that something, he knew not What, was on Caroline's mind. it was the tone of her voice as she spoke the words with which this chapter opens—the mourniul cadence that was almost a sob—that had aflecied him 80 y and given birth tothe upas-like suspl- hich was blighting his happiness. are you sad when speaking tnose he asks. No answer. The vesper chimes ot the cathe- drala league away come stealing up over the hills that lie to the westward, and as their tones—sweet, and solemn, and faint—fall upon Caroline's port_ ear Jasper feels a shudder pass over her lithe form. She is intensely religious, this girl, and with the sudden instinct of a man who has played third base he resolves to tura this reverence of for ali things spiritual to account. “Listen,” he says in whispered tones. “It is the vesper hour. The chimes are calling the faithful to worship, and one who deliber- ately tells a falsehood at this time can never be Saved. You know this, Caroline, do you not?” “Yes,” murmurs the girl. nd would you perjure yourself!” 0.” The voice is faint and low. “Then tell me,” he says, “why you were sad when saying “Au revoir’ to me a little time ago.” “I cannot,” she says. “But you must,” coutinues Jasper. “I de- mand an answer.” For one instant she looks up at him, her pure young face as white as if the h were upon it, aud then she w cannot.” pushes her quickly ly, and then, as she etands t ter of roses that have twined themselves around a pillar, he sees the drooping lips quiver as if in mortal agony, aud an instant jater she has falien at his feet, and is sobbing as if her heart would break. He pichs her up in his armsas he would @ hild and rains passionate kisses upon her face, Forgive me,” he cries. “I was wrong to doubt you. It was but idle curiosity on my part. and your refusal to answer my question angered me.” “I will answer !t now” she says. nothing to conceal. almostrade- ere beside a clus- “There ts You wished to know why {was sad when saying ‘Au revoir,’ and I re plied that I couid not teil you. It is the truth.” “But why can you not tell me the cause of your sadness when speaking those words?” “Because,” she says, looking at him tenderly, do not know what they mean."—From “Her Vassar Education,” by Joseph Mel 2 Saturday Smiles. A lady wants to know fifa lover can be called a suitor if he dosen't suit her. Offering in detail: Mother—“I am afraid Mr. Crisscross is not serious in his attentions!” Daughter—“He is awful bashful, you know; but he’s offering himself piecemeal. Last night he wanted me to take his arm.”-New York Graphio. The Burning Question.—Mistress to new cook: “On Wednesdays and Saturdays I shall go to market with you.” New cook: “Very well, mum; but who's a goin’ to carry the basket the other days, mum.”—Liverpool Couri Jourier. A facetious swell who danced with a couple of Chicago girls at a y recently, remarked that although he liked rings on bis fingers, be coulda’t stand belies on his toes. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, of Iowa, received one vote for governor at the last election. She has not yet stated what she attributes hier defeat to, but the probabilities are that she didn’t work the saloons with envugh enterprise. ‘A Wisconsin woman has predicted a tidal wave on jake Michigan in June next. The out of abar-room. He knew me and gave his head the shake. “Oh, I'm doing it. I have got away with almost half of it.” -‘I fear you will fail,” said I, “‘as there is so much of it.” “Keep said; ‘this ctten! be “Divide I gentier sex seems to be crowding into all the m Towel Oia An out-of-town paper has discovered that the reason a country editor can live on one square meal a day 1s because he has ‘‘patent insides."— Yonkers A health writer says: “Sleepless people should court the sun.” Those who don't care much about sleep generally court the daughter. “Uncle, when Bis sings in the chotr ny eyed does she go behind the mg taste the Sez mening ent Bi 4 bother sonny! I suppose ve to Oe Tt re ia Caan” —Sookers Gazette, “Where shall we find our teachers?”