Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1884, Page 2

2 er THE EVENING. STAR:.:WASHINGTON,..D. C - , SATURDAY,¢ MAY f ‘24, 1884-DOUBLE SHEET. | CITY AND DISTRICT. ERECTING NEW BUILDINGS. <q THE DEMAND FOR HOUSES AXD HOW IT IS BEING MET—SOME FINE RESIDENCES NOW BEING BUILT—THE IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT WASHING- The statement has frequently been made In connection with the real estate market this sea- #00 that but few fine houses are being put up in this city. The record of the bullding permits bears out this statement as faras the cost de- “‘ermines the character of a house which is de- scribed as “‘fine.” The average cost of the houses built this season, perhapa would not ex- ceed. 25.000, and there has been a surprisingly large number erected in all sections of the city. ‘The supply, however, does not seem as yet to equal demand and owners find no difficulty | in securing tenants at a good rental. The loca- tion does not affect the desirability of mopety as much as it did one or two years ago, andnow | a rental of $30 and $35 is secured for houses in sections of the city where a little while ago peo- | ple could not have been induced to go. This | condition of affairs would indicate, if there were no other indications, that the population of the elty is Increasing at a rapid rate, and the pres- in the building line is owing to the y for providing houses for the new comers. While the prevailing feature of the market small, cheap houses, there are some some and costly residences now in of erection. One of the finest resi- begun in this city the present season Is | hieh Senator Johan R. McPherson, ot is now erecting on Vermont ave- | In its general plan and} the one New Jerse: nue, near K street. construction, the building will be plain but substantial, with the interior finish in the mod- | em designs of wood work. The cost of the house will be $30,000. A handsome dwelling s being built by Mrs. Katherine H. Taylor, on 19th street. near Dupont Circle. It will be three stories and a basement ght. and will ce 000. ‘almer will s begin the construc- f two fine residences on the lots recently hased on K street, east of 15th. The cost ting a fine residence on ticnt avenue, at a cost of | 7,000. It willbe 20 ieet front. and finished | according to one vf the graceful designs of Messrs. Gray & Page. TO BE BUILT FOR MR. A. A. WILSON. andsome houses are to be constructed Two for A. A. Wilson, esq., on G street northwest, between i9th and 20th streets. The dimensions ot each house will be 21842 feet, three stories and finished basement. The first floors are arranged with handsome parlors, 14x20 feet, | staircase hall 10 fect wide, with attractive cor-| ner fsyplace, and dining-room 14x20 feet, | with oc onal termination, and ample butler’s | pantgics, fitted up with dressers, silver-closeta, | &c. Ziresecond and third stories are conve- niently. arranged, with large chambers, linen- closets, trunk-rooms, kc. Inthe basement are large fuel and furnace rooms, kitchens fitted up | modern appliances, and ample store- “properly veniilated. No expense has din the plumbing work, which will the best workmanlike manner, with | erial and latest and best designed | he interiors will be handsomely the first floor in cherry and upper sto- we white pine, finistied in hard oil. | S will be of cherry, detailed in a pleas- ive design, made easy of ascent, ch flight. “Hard-wood ed tor each room. The | ated. with ornamental string bay windows, terminating Y with brick balustrade and | » up the facade of the | with projecting pilas- with molded corbels and ssetted brick gables, -d galvanized iron eatly finished with a/ entrances are neatly pilasters, stone strings The cost will be architect, and Chas. | trimmed with heavy defi nwidin es, vania avenue Lan- ed a neat two-story | ck front house. The | © Son. The brick work | stand 22d streete, I yar three x the brick work and ne iron work. 2ist, two fine houses are Dr. A. P.Fardon. They ory and basement and celler, ten | with bay windows, and fronts of ded Grick and terra cotta, finished | wut in hard oil polish, with selected pop- d cherry. Willam H. Dyer, bullder; y Jos. F. Collins; stone work, Brad- um & Middleton, iron work; Moran, | The Washington Gasligitt company are erect- a K street, 0th and 21st, atwo- ry and back Seven rooms, press- f Ci wer & Son builders; brick | > under way alarge | » between G and H and it will require about one lan immense quantity cf} e brick work. n 2ist and 22d | three three- | dred brick, stone th streets. of briek a Pennsylvania e twe-story and i, between I and K h and 2ist, Frye & erecting for | sand cellar | ollins is doing | : for Wm. Frye | id back-butld:ng houses on 25th | for Andrew Frye three two- * houses on 20th street, be- to ae thr Jos. F.C ations are being laid for two very | basement houses for Mra. | orth side of H street, between | Charles S. Denhum, builder. | 1, as builder, ts erecting a} store on the corner of 21st | odeling his tore | he corner of 22d | avenue and converting 6 oF Hats. | 1 24th and 25th streets, | and basement houses of neat | for Charles W. Lean- | and Mr. Coburn. Mr. | st street, Willlam | ‘erdon three two- | uenced in this portion of the city. BrILDING SoTES. maker and Fox are building three d-basement houses on 8d and M| an at 2 cont of © Two teo-story dwellings are being erected by Mr. Thomas E. Smithson on A street, between ment residence Is being | ith on I street, between A three-story-an erected by Miss E. 3. 18th and 19th, at ae of 85.200. Mr. it. A. Hill is building a two-story houseon Sd street, between © and D streets southwest, at a cost of $2,000. A two-story-and-basement honse Is being built Wm. Burger on Rhode Islaad avenue, be- 98,200. by tween Lith and 15th streets, at a cost of A two-story dwelling and store is belng built by Mr. C. M. Floyd on New Hampshire avenue, bear I streeteat a cost of $1,000. Mr. John McKenna ts building a two-story- and-basement dwelling on K street, between ‘24th and 25th streets. at cost of 3,200. Mr. L. W. Wilkinson ts building a two-story house on P street, between 24th and 25th atreets, Bt acost of $1,500. New Points About Hats and Canes, From the New York sail ard Express. Asa general rule walking-sticks are of Malacca and buckhorn, with sliver (alligator pattern) mountings, h r trayelirg are novel | between the seines. Moxley’s Point, the land- | one of the many markets for Potomac shad and | same month, | shad; 17th, 206,783 herring and 5,991 shad; 18th, | apparent than at the present time. i's the “Clifton,” operated by Mr. Waller; the | $8,500; White House from €1 000 to #2 A houdsome bamboo cane has a knuckle of | a 220. sege green and dull | AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEASON. ‘The Meager Yicld of the Potomac Fisheries This Year—How the Fish- ermen were Deluded@, by the Early Arrival of a Few Herring. Another fishing season has passed. Most of the seines have been cut out, and the laboring men who have been employed are scattered, looking for other employment. The season has been a decided failure—worse than any season since 1878, when the catch wasa little below the Present season. Most of the fishermen pre- dicted an early season, and set out early to get upon their respective shores with thelr gangs of men and appliances to take advantage of the early warm days for hauling their seines. Some of these lessees of fishing shores started down stream to the lower shores in February, and by the middle of. March all were off, together with hundreds of gill netters and trap netters, to occupy the spaces in the river ing so long occupied by the late James Skid- more, about fifteen miles down on the Mary- land shore, was among the earliest in the field, with Captain Edward Faunce to superintend the gang Reda | men. His300 fathoms of seine has been actively engaged every ebb and flow of the tide, but with indifferent success. 4 FEW DELUSIVE HERRING. Asa general thing herring make their first appearance before the shad. The first herring taken this season was on the 18th of Feb- Tuary, when 23 were caught at Moxley’s Point. This indicated an early season, and most of the gangs of seine haulers were misled. The lessees had to maintain gangs of men during about three weeks or more of hard winter weather which kept the tish back, and thousands upon thousands, both of shad and herring did not enter the Potomac river atall. During the succeeding days of Feb- Tuary after the arrival of the 23 herring only 1,033 herring were pecagte up to this market, and not one shad. The first shad caught this year was onthe 5th of March, when elx were sent up to market. About this time the cold weather came again and the fish were driven back Into the bay by the northwest winds, ac- | pata companied by snow and hail. No more shad | Were seen until the 10th of March, and but few herring. THE CATCH DURING MARCH AND APRIL, The third of March 3,672 herring were brought to this market, but, as stated, the cold turned them away, and no more were caught till the 10th of March, when 530 were landed at the city wharves. Afterwards came a gradual increase up to the 24th of March, when 20,262 were re- ceived, the largest number for any one day in that month. The total footings of herring in March from all the shores, on both sides of the river, was 185,540, and of shad 20,351. April is the best month for the yield of fish in the Potomac, and the run is generally more unitorm from day to day. As a matter of course this city is only herring, but generally very large numbers of fresh shad are brought to our wharves to pack in ice, when they are whisked off by rail to all parts of thecountry. The records show that on the 7th of April 126,467 herring were brought here, and 13.652 shad. On the April 103,664 herring and 5,695 shad; on the 12th. same month, 100,175 herring and 5,309 shad; the 14th, same month, 199,983 herring and 11,355 shad; 15th, erring and 5,347’ sh: ,032 herring and 6,451 16th, same month, 171, 221,5 herring and 4,171 shad; 19th, 187,456 herring and 5,949 shad; 2ist, same month, 220,961 herring and 8.544 shad; 22d, 249,040 herring and 12,681 shad; 23d. same month, 164,007 herring and 5.118 shad; 24th, 199,876 herring and 5,989 shad; 26th, 103.546 herring and 3,915 shad; 28th. 11,647 herring and 7,562 shad; 29th, 223,808 her- ring and 6.979 shad, and on the S0th April 235,592 herring and 5,324 shad. This manner of COUNTING THESE FISH has been kept up by Mr. Gwynn Harris, in-| spector of marine’ products, and by Mr. R. A. Golden and other extensive dealers in fish at our river front. Added to those above | stated, the number caught upto the 17th May inclusive make 5,464,997 herring and 222,082 shad, all told. »efore stated the seines are nearly all cut | “but the river is bristling with trap and gill | nets, from the highest tide water to the Chesa- | peak - The necessity for concerted action by Maryland and Virginia in relation to the pro- tection of fish inthe Potomac never was more THE DECLINE IN THE POTOMAC FISHERIES. A correspondent writes to Tak Star as follows: “I notice the correspondent of the Baltimore Sun May 16th, gives us a fair catch of shad and her- ting this season, especially the Long bridge shore which has made “large hauls” this week. I think the correspondent has been wrongly { formed in regard to the shad and herring fis! ing on the Potomac. This has been the poorest season known to the fishermen for many years, and with avery slight exception everyone en- gaged in fishing has sustained a positive loss. For instance, Moxley’s Point operated by the late James Skidmore’s heirs, did nothing. Here- tofore this shore has been reckoned as first- class amongst the successful ones; next in de- tail is Bryan's Point, operated by Mr. Conrad Faunce, an old and reliable fisherman; then comes Green-way, Pamunkey and Chapman's Point, heretofore considered good shores but this season failures. The above shores. are on the Maryland side: on the Virginia side we have Ferry Landing, White House, Stoney Point and Freestone Point: these shores generally yield a small but sure profit, but this season they made Sine. failures, losing in tne aggregate about 7.000, The only exception to this general rule of loss Gums. fished by Mr. Jerry Raub, and Wind Mill Point,operated by Messrs. Ewing & Co., the last three named being the three lower shores on the Virginia side. Their suecess !s attributable to | the peculiarity of location, being shallow and flatly formed her with a combination of | circumstances such as the great rains in Febru- ary and March. and northwest winds that pre- vailed during the month of April. ‘These shores er of attraction for the branch to the a 1 plants, were fish commls- y would compel a cessation of fish- * shores, and the Potomac. so far as the large fisheries are concerned, would bea thing of the past. In view of the fact of there being no legislative protection for shad and her- ring they are fished In seasott ade’ Out of sean, hence the almost extinction of ote of our’ best food fishes. The tollowing will #How' the decline tn the numbers of shad: During the present season there has been caught and brought to the fish wharf in this city 226,721 shad, whilst In 1868 Mr. John Gibson sent alone from Stoney Point | and High Point 219,205, nearly a3 many shad ga all the fishermen onthe Potomac sent. to- the; wharf the present season. At that time all the following shores were fished: On the Maryland side—Tent Landing, Moxley Point, Bryan's Point, Greenway, Gut Landing. Pamunkey Point. Chapman's Point, Stump Neck, Buda’s Ferry and Goose Bay. On the Virginia side—Ferry Landing, White House, Stoney Point, High Point, Marshall Hall, Free- stone Point, Cock-Pit Point, Opossum Nose, Mr. Hoes’, The Clitton, Arkendale, The Gums, Tuimps, Wind Mill Point, and Caywood’s, be- sides a host of smaller shores not mentioned. Some of the large fisheries were leased and rented for large sums annually as the following will show: The shores on the Maryland side,rang- ing In price per annum from $500 to $1,000, whilst those on the Virginia side ranged still higher, Stoney Point renting annually tor a number of years fot 5 ‘reestone Point from $1,300 to 000, and other shores in [pelea At present but few of the large shores are fish owing to the scarcity of fish. No one cares to assume the risk Incurred, Whilst those that are fished are at very low Tents, and many of them conditionally, the owner not caring to have their shores remain idie. In regard to the herring their decline is equal to the decline in the numbers of shad, and a reference to the marine Inspector's report will show less herring and shad caught this sea- son on the Potomac than was ever known.” . 0 A Pencil Sketch ef the Here of the Hour. From the New Haven News, With his frontal liver-pad, his hands cased thick gloves and the familiar wire helmet on head, the average base ball catcher looks for the world likean animated combination of a ern bed-boister and a medisval knight. = cee Misery Loves Company. From the Chicago Nowa, ater brim aud & wider | T note with some consolation that everybody is falling Unis spring.—Wiitam & Morrison, FIVE MIL Progress of the Work on the Subter- fanean Aqueduct. S THROUGH BED-ROCK. MACHINERY USED IN PIERCING THE ROCK—COM- PRESSED AIR TO BR CARRIED TEN MILES THROUGH PIPES—WHAT CAN BE SEEN IN THE TUNNEL—DESCRIPTION OF THE UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS, ETC. The puffing of an enormous engine that is heard all through the quiet hours of the night in the city latterly is the heavy breathing of a mighty engine which supplies motive power for the work In the new water works tunnel. Day and night this huge steam monster puffs away, stopping only for the 24 hours of Sunday. The work of boring a tunnel through solid rock many feet under ground, from the distributing Teservoir, a mile or two above Georgetown, to the site of the proposed large reservoir, near Howard University, is now progressing quite rapidly. This tunnel isto be 11 by Ty feet and 21.000 feet long, every foot of it thro solid rock. It will convey the water supply from the present distribnting reservoir td the mew one, which is to be large enough to supply all the de- mands of the national ca} for many years to come. After surveys and estimates it was de- cided to cut the waterway through the rock as the best and most economical plan. In this way the costly expenditure for right of way that would be necessary for a surface aqueduct is avoided, and the tannel, once completed, will last forever without any need of repairs. THE WORKING SHAFTS. The contractors, Messrs. Beckwith & Quack- enbush, have sunk five working shafts on the line of the tunnel. The first is just across the road from the lower end of the distributing reservoir, and is called reservoir shatt. The next is in the valley below and is called Foundry branch shaft, the next Is the Rock Creek shaft on the eastern bank of Rock Creek, where the corner of Oak Hil Cemetery extends down to that stream. The next is at the head of Cham- plain avenue and is called after that avenue, and the last is called Howard University shaft, use located near the University. Work in the tunnel has been progressing for some wéeks in Foundry branch and Rock Creek shafts. In the latter over 600 feet of tunnel has been cut out each way—east and west. The University shaft has been sunk toa Sepit of 150 feet, and that of Champlain avenue 135 feet. In both of them the workmen are just ready to “turn the headings” of the tunnel. That is, the shafts have reached the level desired for the bottom of the tunnel, and now the work of boring through the rock is to begin. In each shaft the boring and blasting is pushed both ways simultaneously. The reservoir shaft is over sixty feet deep, and the work of tunneling will begin there soon. Fourteen men are work- ing there. The Foundry branch shaft was com- plete at a depth of fifty-six feet and the tunnel jas been pierced several hundred feet each way. A force of forty-two workmen is employed at this shaft. The Rock Creek shaft is the same depth as that at Foundry branch—fifty-six feet. Forty-five men are employed at this shaft. At Champlain avenue twenty-four men are em- ployed, and at the University shaft the force consists of thirty-six. The work is pushed for- ward night and day. THE COMPRESSED AIR WORKS ON ROCK CREEK. Compressed air has been adopted by the con- tractors for the tunnel, Messrs. Beckwith & Quackenbush, as a motive power, not only for the drills to be used, but also for all hoisting, pumping and ventilating purposes. The con- tract requires four drills in a heading,or twenty- eight drilis in all. The power required to run this combined plant was necessarily great, and formed a serious item in the preliminary work. The well known machinery of the Ingersoll Rock Drill Company having been selected by the con- tractors as best adapted to the work in hand, the first point to be settled was whether each shaft should be fitted out with aseparate plant, or a central station provided to supply the whole four miles of work. This subject was carefully considered by Mr. Pierce, the vice president of the Ingersoll company, and the contractors and their consulting engineer. The result of their deliberations was that the hauling of some 500 | tons of coal per month over the steep roads of the region covered, and the amount of skilled labor required by a divided plant, were found to outweigh, in cost, the necessary bipe line ofa central plan, and the latter was adopted asthe most economical. The supply of fuel being a leading consideration, the central station was located near the mouth of Rock creek and di- rectly upon the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, where coal could be delivered at a minimun cost. A BURSTANTIAL BUILDING was erected, and, within it the mactfinery for compressing alr is worked day and night. A Srar reporter was shown through the building by Superintendent J. D. Fallon. The power is furnished by six tubular 100-horse power boilers, each 66 inches in diam- eter and 14 feet long. These bollers are ar- ranged in one batt A 4inch steam pipe starting from a nozzle in the front of each boiler, peek peauiied with a throttle valve, etc., leads the steam from the bollers into the com- mon steam-drum. This arrangement makes it possible to cut offany one or more of the bollers at will. Four Ingersoll ‘‘straight-line” com- pressors, of 150 horse power each, compress the air. These machines are of the latest construc- tion as regards dealgn, economy of steam used, and convenience of operation ; they have 24-inch cylinders and 30-inch stroke.’ During the com- pressing process, the air is kept cool by a spray of water injected into the air-cylinder by a small pump, and is discharged in thls condition into the air-recelver. The alr comes from the com- pressors by a 12-inch pipe, which enters at the top of recelver No. 1 (the central station), and descends inside to within a short distance of the bottom of the tank; as there 1s about two feet of water in each tank, the air is discharged be- neath the surface, and must rise through this water before It can pass over, through another 12-inch pipe, to recelyer No. 2, alongside of No. 1. It there again discharges nnder water as be- fore, and finally, from the top of the second re- ceiver, passes into the general supply main. This rather paradoxical method of passing compressed air through water, to dryJt, expe- rience teaches Is the most practical way of de- priving it of the moisture that would otherwise give trouble by freezing in the exhaust ports of the machines using it. CARRYING CONDENSED AIR TEN MILES THROUGH PIPES. To convey this compressed air to the working faces of the tunnel, a pipe line five miles long over ground is required; and by the time the tunnel 1s completed, ten miles of pipe will be in use; this will be the greatest distance com- pressed air has ever been carried in this coun- try, The air leaves the second receiver at the ceutral station by a 12-Inch cast-iron pipe, which is laid along Rock Creek to Gay street; thence through North and Mill streets, to the east bank of Rock Creek, and there terminates in a boiler- fron equalizing tapk, tour feet long and twenty inches in diameter, From this tank the com- pressed air is carried east and west by two ten- Inch pipes, the first running eastward to the Champlain-avenue shaft, from whence a six-inch pipe carries cofnpressed air to the shaft at th new reservoir, the second running to the shaft at Rock Creek dam, and from there the com- pressed air is further conveyed in a six-inch pipe up Boise lane to Road street, along Road street to Fayette street, along that street to the new road, and thence to the shatts at Foundry branch and the distributing reservoir. The plant operated by this compressed alr consists of four Lidgerwood hoisting engines, three Knowles Prost’ each with cylinders 10x 6x12 inches, and two Knowles pumps with 8x 6x12-Inch cylinders. The drill plant consists of twenty-eight Ingersoll “Eclipse” rock drills, 336 loch cylinders, of the improved tunnel pattern, with variable stroke. The daily contract pro- on ote be made is 49 lineal feet of completed unnel. The air is forced at a pressure of 60 pounds to the square inch, and each shaft has machi for adjusting the pressure to the force required. Each shaft is also supplied with a stop valve, by which, in case of accident anywhere along the Une, the shaft and its works:can be disconnected from the other works. At present only 16 of the drills are being worked, as at three ot the shafts the piercing of the tunnel has not yet begun. THE SCENE IN THE TUNNEL. ASrar reporter stepped upon a platform of the hoisting machine at Rock creek and de- i apRgeLaT sree ble line of track, so that the loaded cars can up ene aco ae the empty ones return on the . Each si jasunk 8 or 10 feet deeper than the level of the tutnel, thus forming a well in the center in Which te water running in the Imorery 12 houry tne puiap,telng, operated hy every 9) compressed air... THE ROCK PAKEN OUT 1s hauled to the site of the reservoir, and used in the constraction of the latter. From this new reservoir the water will be brought to the city through a 48-inch gain, which will be connected with numerous emalier distributing pipes. Up- wards of 300 men gre regularly employed on the reservoir. In about three weeks the drills at all the shafts will be working. The contract con- templated the completion of the tunnel by June, 1885, but it is now, admitted that at least a year more of time will have to be allowed. The compressed air ig to.be carried a tistance of five miles, and ff is estimated that In passing through the pipes it wiilose not more tian five per cent of its force. ee PHOTOGRAPHIC FANCIES, Public Men as Seen Through a Camera. HOW THEY COMPORT THEMSELVES UNDER THE EYE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER—LADIES IN- FATUATED BY THE PRESIDEN’ PICTURES— ‘MEN WHO DISLIKE To ‘‘s1T.” “Oh, he is just sweet,” exclaimed a stylishly dressed lady as she stood in a down town pho- tograph gallery the other day with a photo- graph ot President Arthur in her hand, wrapped in admiration. ‘He is the sweetest thing I ever saw. How much are they? I want two or three. They ought to give usa vote; we'd keep, him in the White House right straight along. Yes, three; I want one for each side of my bureau and one for the mantel. Now Isn’t he awfully handsome. I just think he Is splen- did,” and she looked at the photo at arm’s length, then close by, with the face to the light, and with the back to the light; and caressed it, holding it close up to her face and going into ecstacies. ‘Oh, but he is ——” and the rest of the expression was lost in along drawn excla- mation under her breath. “That’s the way they do,” sald the photo- pher toa Star reporter, after the lady had ought the pictures and gone. “She'll dream about that all night, and it'll be the first thing she looks at before breakfast. “Why, you have no idea,” he continued, gath- ering the photos up off the case and shuffling them like a pack of cards. ‘We sell more of Arthur’s pictures than any others. The women are Just about crazy over them. Does he liketo have his picture taken? No. That is, he ishard toget. Itis very seldom he can be gotten to ait. But one sitting goesa long way. Vain? Well, I don’t know (with a wink); he would not like to have a bad picture get on the market. If he knows how the women buy his pictures, maybe he Is vain. “It's a great place to study men’s characters,” he added, after a moment’s contemplation of the statesmen, in cabinet size, spread out in the show case. “It's a great place tostudy men. Some funny things happen sometimes,” and a smile played about the corners of his mouth as he put Mr. Arthu: away. ‘Some prominent men are awtully vain of their personal appear- ance. I could name a dozen sober, dignified men in public life who are like girls when it comes to having their pictures taken. It would not do for me to say who they are, but there are quite a numper of men in Congress who are particularly vain in this.” “How do you gét thesé photos?” asked Tur Star. ‘Do the smbjects come to you, or do you havo to send tor them?” « “We generally sdlicit, and sometimes it is very hard to get them. Men who have the least vanity are frequently the easiest to get. There is Speaker Carlisle, I never saw a man with less vanity in my life, but he 1s the nicest man in Congress to get a sitting from. He is pleasant and accommodating. It I ask him for a sitting, and he has time, he will ait down just as he is, and he takes an excellent picture. The most of his photos now or the market, however, were taken during the speakership contest. when he was not well and was looking quite thin. He looks much better now. ; “Morrison is a very pleasant man, but is hard to get hold of because :he is so busy. It has been a long time since he hashadapicture. His pictures have been\in great demand lately, and we haye had to supply the market with coples taken when he looked considerably younger than he now does. “Some men won't have their pictures takenat all. We were never able to get one ot Conk- ling; he seemed to be afraid of compromising his dignity. Mahone is somewhat the same. Nor have we been able to get photograph of Don Cameron, Bowen, George of Mississippl, oF ex-Senator Platt, who fallowed the lead of Conkling. Edmunds isa hard man to get, and Arthur's hard. We used to get a great many of Grant. but of late years, since he has become broken, he won’t have any taken. He don't like to advertise the stamp of old age; 80 peo- ple, Judging simply from his pictures, will always look upon him as a young man. Justice Gray is very peculiar in the matter of photos. He won't let any one touch him or go nearhim. He assumes his own position, and you have to take him Just so. Blaine has always been very gracious, and old Gen. Sherman was always ready, and has given as much as an hour and a half at a time for sittings.” “‘Whose pictures {s there the greatest demand for?” asked THe Star. “As I have said there is a big demand for the President's. Speaker Carlisle comes next. We sell a great many pictures of all those men who are spoken of prominently in connection with the Presidency. There are a great many of Gresham sold just at present, and those of Lin- coln, Logan, Hawley, Edmunds, Sabin and Bayard sell very well. In army circles no picture sells like that of Gen. Phil Sheridan. Mrs. Senator Logan ts about the only woman whose picture is in demand,” he added, point- ing to that ladies’ picture, the only one among all the statesmen. ‘Everybody buys one, par- ticularly the ladies, though it is seldom that ladies buy pictures of each other. -o——_—— THE BALDHEADED MEN, The Many Hairless Pates that are Con- cealed by Wigs, ACHAT WITH A GIRL IN A HAIR DRESSING ESTAB- LISHMENT—YOUNG MEN WHO MAKE USE OF “THE WIG-MAKERS’ ART—A VENERABLE WHITE HAIRED MAN MASQUERADING AS A YOUTHFUL BRIDEGROOM, ETC. “Wigs. Yes, we make lota of wigs; Icangive you one that you'll think is your own hair,” said one of the girls in an up-town hair-dresser’s establishment, as she sat the other evening care- fully laying strands of brown hair over a block representing a shapely bald head. “Do you want one made to order, or do you just want tohireone? Oh, yes, we hire wigs out sometimes—for fancy balls, theatricals, and the like, but we don’t do much of that.” “Are there many gents in the clty who wear men’s heads than their own wives do, There are mes who have worn wigs for years and their wives don’t suspect it.” MASQUERADING IN THE GARB OF YOUTH. “There was « fashionable wedding in this city not long ago,” continued the young lady, “where a beautiful young lady married an old man, and did not know it. And, what is more, she lives with him now, and has not found him -out. Oh, no, I can't give anynames That wouldn't do. But maybe you went to the wed- ding. The gtoom was a handsome man, and was looked upon as a yonng man in the society in which he figured quite prominently. He had youthful face, was quick and erect, and by coloring his hair, which was snow white, could easily pass with the youngest. le manners and gallantry he won the heart ofthe young lady he married from a number of other suit many of them young and hand- some. The bride was very young and a great belle. Just before the wedding took place, the man came here and had his own bair cut off and a wig made. Dying his hair had worked very well when he was courting, and, when it came to getting married, he knew he could not use dye without his wife find! it out, so he adopted a wig to get out of the difidhlty. When he came on here he was awfully uneasy. The idea of his young bride finding out that he was an old man nearly set him wild, and when he had gotten weil settled under his wig he was the happiest man Tever saw. On his wedding day he was as frisky as a boy, and no one suspected his secret. This happened—but no. I can’t give dates, you might guess who he is—but it happened some months ago, and the bride has not yet found out that he is an old man and wears a wig, and she will probably never find it out until old age asserts itself so strongly that it can no longer be concealed. Oh. no, I can't give their names. They live here in the city now, and the secret is known probably to none save the groom and his hair dresaer. is is & remarkable case, but cases, more or less similar, happen every’ day. A wig can be made so that it would deceive any one. Theyare quite expensive, however, and only those who are very particular have them.” —__—__os Coming Amusements, The advance sale for the season of comic opera by the Boston Ideal Opera Company for the ben- efit of the National Rifles at the National thea- ter next week Is very large, and it is evident that the popularity of the Ideals4s still increas- ing. The season opens with ‘Martha,” with Miss Marle Stone, Miss Mathilde Phil- lips and Messrs. Whitney, Karl, Froth- togham and Montgomery in the cast. On Tuesday night the ‘‘Musketeers,” by Miss Geral- dine Ulmar, Miss Stone, Miss Lizzie Burton, Miss Hattie Brown and Messrs. McDonald, Mor. sell, Frothingham, Montgomery, Laughrin and Dale. Wednesday matinee “The Mascot,” with Miss Geraldine Ulmar, Miss Burton and Messrs. McDonald, Barnabee, Frothingham, Morrill and Laughrin.” Wednesday night “Bohemian Girl,” with Miss Ulmar, Miss Phillips and Messrs: Whitney, McDonald and Karl. Thursday, ‘Barbe Bleue,”with Miss Stone, Mias Phillips, Miss Bur- ton, Miss Cleary and Besers. Karl, Barnabee, Frothingham, McDonald and Morseil. Friday, “Fra Diavolu,” with Miss Ulmar, Miss Stone and Messrs. Karl, Barnabee, Moreell, Frothingham and Whitney. Saturday matinee, ‘“Patience,” with Miss Ulmar, Miss Phillips, Miss Burton and Messrs. Barnabee, Karl, McDonald, Frothing- ham and Morrell. Keser night, “Girofle Girofla,” with Miss Btone, Miss Phillips, Miss Burton and Messrs, Barnabee, Morsell and Whitney. The Fay Templeton Comic Opera Troupe will hold the boards at Ford's Opera House next week, under the auspices and for the benefit of the first company, Union Veteran corps. The following will be the program for the week: Monday, ‘Girofle-Girofla;” Tuesday, ‘La Mas- cotte;” Wednesday matinee, ‘Girofle-Girofia;” Wednesday night, ‘La Coquette;” Thursday, “La Mascotte;" Friday, “Girofle-Girofia;” Sat- urday, “La Mascotte;' Saturday night, “Olivette.” Miss Templeton has met with pro- nounced success in other cities, and the com- pany is one of considerable merit. A great many tickets have already been sold, and the engagement fs sure to be a success, financially and artistically, | ‘The sale of reserved places for the Levy con- | cert at Lincoln hall, Thursday evening, May 29, begins at Metzerott & Co.’s music store on Mon- day morning next. As Mr. Levy has not been heard in Washington for more than eight years, | and he will be assisted by vocalists of renown, | as well as by the full U.S. marine band, under rsonal conductorship of Mr. John Philip Sousa, it ia safe to predict that Lincoln hall will be crowded on the night of the concert. Gen. R.E. Colston will deliver his famous lecture on “Egypt and the Soudan,” at Masonic Temple, on Monday evening, for the benefit of the ex-confederate soldiers’ home. At Athletic Park there will bea grand ten- mile bioyele race Monday afternoon between the famous bicyclers Prince, Higham, Woodside and Morgan. Prof. LG. Marini's May festival will take Place, at Marini’s hall, next Tuesday evening. The ladies of All Souls’ church, corner 14th and L streets, will hold a strawberry festival Tuesday evening next, the proceeds to be de- voted to the benefit of the Sunday school and Industrial school. The change of program at the Theater Comi- que this week was a move for the better. May Leyton made a hit, and others of the new per- formers were well recelved. The bill for next week will contain many additional attractions. The popular Dime Museum keeps well up with the times, and the curiosities and sas formances there are well worth seeing. New program and new attractions for next week. On Wednesday evening, May 28th, a benefit will be given to Mr. James F. H. Blois by the Carroll Institute at Carroll Institute hall, 602 F strect northwest. An excellent program has been arranged, embracing the cream of the ama- teurs of the city. The tickets have been very largely disposed of, and the affair is likely to be a gratifying: success. An elocutionary and musical recital will be given on Wednesday evening, June 4th, at the Congregational church, by Miss Mary K. Schrei- ner and her pupils, assisted by Dr. J. W. Bisch- off, the 5t. Cecilia Quartette and others. Congress Should Unload. To the Editor of Tax Evextxe Star: eferring to your protest,—in which you are endorsed by the independent press,—against the threatened action of Congress “to push the appropriation bills and adjourn,” I beg to call attention to one or two matters in which much needed reform may be inaugurated. The calen- dars of both houses are loaded in great measure with adverse committee reports. Now if legis- lators are serious and in earnest in desiring to dispatch business, let them make a rule to take up the adverse reports on some particuiar day, in solido, and dispose of them summarily. {n this way much dead wood will be gotten rid of,—and more attention can be given to live matters and burning questions. Again. Mr. Randall and some of his followers seem to have an abhorrence to the consideration of private bills. But the right of petition is guaranteed to every citizen of the United Si a and the guarantee implies consideration. If Congress, for one reason or another, will not refer all claims which involve disputed wigs?” asked Tue Star reporter, leaning over the counter in tront of the fair comforter of bald heads. “Oh! my, yes, weare keptbusy. You have no idea how many of the men you meet every day have wigs. There are almost as many with them as without. but you can’t detect it. The idea of being bald is horrible to some men, and as soon as they finda little bare spot on their heads, they have it covered up, increasing the size ofthe wig asthe baldness. spreads. Men get bald in curious ways, Sometimes they have good suits of hair except in spots. Some- times they are bald on one side of the head, while the hair is thick on,the other, and some men have no hair af all. [tis more usual, how- ever, for the baldness to be on top ofthe head, starting from the temples. Wehave to make different wigs to suit each-particular case, and adjust them so that they. can’t be detected. Those intended to cover just such spots are put on with a kind of glue. and are worn constantly. It. is only by soaking in warm water that will come off at ali, and, combed in with the rest of the hair, it ;can’t be told. Full wigs ‘erally adhere to the head of themselves. A ll wig is very easily concealed if it is combed properly. The fashion of wearing the hair combed over the temples. that has been so pop- ujar for some time, arose from this. Old besus affected this. eccentric manner of combing their beg 80 as to conceal them, and thus set the ion for the thousand-and-one who are Happens” to. be santtioned “by the Tesoeoised ppens authorit - Thus men, who are forced to wear wigs, the fashions to sult their infirmi- their secret never gets out.” YOUNG MEN WHO WEAR Wigs. “Some folke fancy,” she continued, holding a ft curly wig off at arm's length and examining it critically with her head onone side, ‘some folks fancy it is only the old men who wear.wigs; but folks don't know. The other day we made a wig fora young man only twenty, and afew days later aman of twenty-two. Itis astonishing how many young fellows lose thelr halr, and it’s v. embarrassing to them some- times. It wouldn't do to tell on them, but lots of fellows who sport about under fine suits of hatr‘are indebted to my art for it. Some men keep ita secret from their closest friends, and even in some cases from their wives, though it would seem altnost impossible. We hold lots of secrets that would make seusations in society if they got out, We know more about some ues- “tions of fact to the courts, then they should be consistent and ect upon them without delays which are tantamount to a denial of sie ITIZEN. +s _____ ‘The True Washington Memorial. BY 0. B. FROTHINGHAM. From the June Atlantio, If the Government owned Mount Vernon; could maintain there half a dozen of its infirm soldiers: could place there its relics of Washing- ton; could consecrate the home asa national shrine, a ptace of pilgrimage; could clear away the desecrating refuse of lunch baskets and re- store the lovely spot to its noblest associations, "the monument of marble would be useless, and might be taken down. Mount Vernon would be a true memorial of Washington. Here peo- le could see how he lived from dayto@ay. His forary might be replaced on its old shelves; for though the original books are scattered, their titles are known, and the volumes are capable of being easily restored, at least in other to the eames Here ieut bo kevt ile diary: The garden is substant ashe left it. The elements of his ity—aimplicity, indus- ier arohenes, scoot illustrated at every turn. The small, plain chambers, the modest furniture, the humble nS, are & per- Mmemorate qualities such ashe possessed. Na- ture alone, as recreated by his private virtues, shown in life, can do that, and at Mount Vernon he lived and died. who revere that sacred memory, and wish to it fresh, pray that his home and last rest! may be made his monument; that his count may find here the shade of their heroio friend, and may renew their ow patriotism by association with his. —————_-o-_____ ‘The Missing Bed Slats. From the Chicago News, Ayoung and sickly Tariff Bill lay horizontally upon @ democratic bed. Itsloving father, watch- | _ ing by it, asked: “My son, shall I prop you up a Littler”. “Please, pa.” The father ‘raised the invalid’s' nought he was eldag rin 8 Sommoreate Crash! Thud} Roos Tate oar! ‘out of place, and the "The poor livile Bl had passed. ‘Yea, verily, over the river of death. A LITTLE AMERICAN GIRL VISITS THE POPE. Hew She Managed to Reach Him. WHERE THERE'S 4 WILL THERE'S 4 WAY, ES. PECIALLY WHEN A WOMAN WILLS IT. A gentle, winning and brave little American girl who is traveling in Europe. caring de- votedly for her invalid father, a retired army officer, writes to a lady friend in Washington, giving the following bright and ingenuous description of an interview she succeeded in getting with the Pope: Rome. April 30, 1884. Do you know what it is to exist ina dream that you fear will change when you awaken to only a memory of something sweet, something very lovely? I am in such a state, my dear friend, and had I no tangible proof of the reality I would be sure my imagination had played me false, and all too soon find the deception; but from evidence substantial I mow that I have knelt at the feet of the holy father, have held and kissed his hands, have felt the warm pressure of those dear hands on my head, and heard his voice pronounce blessing on me and invoke special benediction on all I love, and how all this came about in these days when even a gen- eral audience ts rare and a special interview al- most unknown I will tell you. You know we were present at the passage of the court to the consistory of cardinals, and Monsignore told me he thought that was all I could ex- pect. did but it did not my asking if there was anything elseI could ob- tain. Youknow I wanted to see the Pope bless the crucifiz myself, so I made up —_ to ask Mr. Astor if it would not be possible tor me to have an audience—imagine! Of course I expected tohave a ticket to one of the very few general audiences given after Easter, to which even in the old an it was not easy to gain ad- mission. on a ime between my decision and carrying it out I went into a picture gallery to execute a commission for a friend in Rice. and to my delight recognized in the picture dealer Mr. —, a person I had seen at the consistory In court dress. Surely, I thought, he will know all about the audience, and I asked him. He sald ‘there would be, he was certain, at least one, and recognizing me asan American, he said he could, if I des! it, get papa and me tickets —this privilege being his, because he often re nted the French min- ister at the Vatican. We were so de- lighted, and I walted patiently all the week after Easter hearing noth! from the chevalier. Then we saw him, and he said at the end of the following week there would be “something.” 80 I waited impatiently. The week was closing. We were to leave Rome on Monday. for papa wanted a change, you know; he gets tired because he can't run about as I do. Well, Friday morning my card came! Permis- sion to be present at the pope’s mass at half- past seven Sunday morning, in a private chapel, the Sala Matilda, and a tiny card giving information that after mass the holy father would converse with those who had been present. Now, dear friends, that meant a general audience, as about two hundred and fifty were there. So I was not wholly pleased, but you will hear what a perfectly lovely ending I had to my Roman visit. Papa felt unable to go. You know he can't kneel, and did not wish to even seem wanting in respect; but he very much desired me to see the holy father. To begin with, I wakened hours too early, and was afraid to «=—tto_—s sleep again for fear of delaying the carriage, and missing the appointment. Finally Iwas dressed— wore—of course you want to know what I wore— my black silk train and Spanish lace veil, and, at 7, we started, I fasting in hopes to receive holy communion from the hands of the holy fa- ther, as he sometimes administers it, but in this case did not. However, [ was too happy to feel hunger, so did not in the least suffer. At the Vatican, leaving my maid in the carriage, I presented my card, and was led by a guard up the broad stairway across a court, that of Saint Damasus, up more magnificent stairs, to an ante chamber, where the Swiss guard are on duty, and into a fine room fitted -with an altar, adorned by sumptuous drapings and with su. perb hg San in massive gold frames and a most bewildering mass of gorgeous trescoes. The room was full of favored visitors, all carry- ing objects of devotion to be blessed by the Pope as he passed through, which a chamber- lain told me wes all that was needed; but I was avaricious and wished more for your crucifix, and you will see I got more by the simple pro- cess of not knowing when I had enough. sently his holiness came tn, two of the Garde Mobile clearing the way for’ him, and standing on either side ot the altar during the mass, at which several of his household served. He said mass in low voice, which several times showed weakness, though lam told he is not ill—his manner full. of dignity and his countenance ee Ae ae he blessed = praises again in ing. There was a mass of thankegiving ain by @ young priest, and then the holy father rose, and with some difficulty made his way from the room to the corridor, where he was seated ina sedan chair, and the audience filed before him, each one kneeling and kissi his hand. Assisted by him to rise, they passed on without leave to say a word. I saw him pat the cheek o a little girl just before me, but he did not speak. Ot course I was obliged to do as the others did, but I was not satisfied, and when 8 lode told me ehe held a card fora special interview, I was more than ever anxious, and concluded to ask a Plessant-faced chamberlain what he thought of the little card I had trom the Chevalier—did it not mean a inter- view, I Scan Cae He smiled ans may signor e's private could tell me, and courteously led me to a room and bade me wait. The lady whom I envied was called in. I waited and waited. No sign of Monsignor. So I went out and asked, and he took me to another ante room, and sent a gentleman in waiting who took my card to the Monsignor, apd he immediately sent forme. I went to another ante-room, waited a moment, was called, and went through more magnificent rooms to one more simpie when Monsignor Macchi, after speaking to two Passionist Fathers, came towards me, his pleasant face lighted up aud smiling, he asked me: “Have you not seen the Pope?” “Oh, yes.” I replied. “and kissed his hand and received his bless- ing?” he questioned. “Oh, yes,” [sald falutly,“‘And what more?” he asked, but with such a genial smile that I was encouraged to tell him I wanted your crucifix blessed specially, and I did so want- the holy father to say a word to me! He laughed,but very kindly asked me all about myself; I said I was American-Catholic from my birth; papa a naval officer, a convert, and we were to leave Rome the next day. He said the holy father was much fatigued, but he would see, and, if at all possi- ble, I should have the pleasure I longed for; but not to be Sisappointed if I were refused; but I must wait awhile longer. I answered I ‘could wait ever so long, and patiently enough. Spe- cial audiences, you know, mean several ple who kneel about, and the pope goes round and speaks to each one, and this, I thought was the way I would have my pleasure, and while I was regretting I could not get more, Monsignor sent for me, and I was led through more grand rooms to one wherein I found waiting the lady from whom I got my idea of special audience. fo, my dear friend, I had the satisfaction to know she had mot got very be- yond me. She left the room, and I amused myself watching the three ladies who were waiting their turn, when, imagine— my dear, imagine—I was the second one cal and before I could realize I had been called wasin the room with our “1 priest.” He sat at one end of the apartment, all in white, and looked so benignly to saya wordto her. Then he lett. The holy father smiled and looked so gracious that my fear vanished, and.in a moment I was on m: knees at his side and alone with him. I don’ know if I fulfilleda single point of eti I am sure I Se) him “fon ” and didn’t give a title. I could think of fc I half leaning on his knee, on which I laid my rosaries. In my I held your crucifix, keen eyes seemed to read my soul!’ He asked ‘me all about m: nd dear papa and mama, and looked £ there Newton, which, it will IRVING'S “Ea ees ‘Two things likely to strike the readers of this Dook are that it was hurriedly prepared for mar- ket, before interest in Mr. Irving has entirely died out on this side of the Atlantic, and ‘that it contains a great {deal of ‘matter of no earthly consequence to the reading public. That Mr. Irving and his Boswell should take rose colored views of things tn this country, or, at least, give rose colored expression to them, was to have been ¢: ‘ed; for is not the accomplished actor coming again shortly for more American dollars? He is too shrewd a manager by far to a thing in adverse criticism tn 8 case like ‘ing a stranger in the country. mistakes on the of Mr. Irving as to its history, places and public men, would be pardonable; But Mr. Hatton, asa journalist, and somew! iar with its events and people, through ted visits, can hardly be excused fortelling preg ers, as he does on pace 402, that two years after Mr. Arthur's installation as Vice President he started from New York “to standby the bedside of the President with whom he had been elect- ed.” Mr. Arthur was installed Vice President on the 4th of March. 1881, and President Gar- field died on the 19th of September, the same year, as all the world, including Mr. Hatton, ‘ought to know. MES \CRETI S PME by thet ranontehing, Aes teh Ah ington: Robert Beall ig aye To those who remember or care to read about the anti-slavery agitation which preceded and brought about the late civil war, this book will be welcome. It 1s hardly too much to say that no woman had more influence on the destiny of our country than the sweet faced quakeress whose it faces the title page of the book; and with her life and works were inseparably connected those of her husbend. Few persons would perhaps agree in all the views entertained by Mrs. Mott; but It must be said for her, and for her husband, as well, that she was courageous and earnest for what she conceived to be the right, and together they were faithful and persevering in good works, espousing nothing that they did not substan. tially aid. The remarkable couple are wisely allowed to tell their story In their own words, where this is possible, and many of the letters given are exceedingly entertaining and valu- able for the light nad throw upon social, politl- cal and religious questions. OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES: With Hints, for thete 2 wood.” z-lecue of Rural Studien] Sons. Washington: er Wa. Another volume of the new and uniform edl- tion of the writings of Mr. Donald @. Mitchell, the excelient aim of which, to use the author's language, is ‘to stimulate those who live in the country, or who love the country, to a fuller and wider range of thinking about the means of making their homes Nek perme! than to jay down any definite rules by which this may be accomplished.” He has especially sought to excite the ambition of those holders of humble estates, who believe that nothing can be done in the way of adornment of country property, exvept under the eyeof accomplished gardeners, and, what with his charming style and the clever illustrations accompanying the text, we know no one who can present the case more forcibly or in a more attractive manner. THE CHUBCH CYCLOPEDIA. A Dictionary of and fuituaicand con taining Orieinal Articles on, Special Tories walvien icles on. 1 ymca, ‘Designed capecath ge feign (or tho use of Taley of the Erptentant Eixoceas Bouts fe tee United States of Anverica Edited by Rev. AA, Brxtox, M.A. Philadelphia: L. R Bamersly & Co. The character and purpose of this handsome quarto volume of over eight hundred pages are 80 fully expressed in the title page quoted above as to leave nothing to be said tn the way of de- scription. It only remains to be added that the ‘ist of contributors includes many writers of acknowledged ability, that the work seems to have been comprehensively, intelligently and impartially done, and that the book as it stands has been warmly approved by those bigh in au- thority, and competent to Judge, as “abounding in very useful and important information, re- duced to a compact and convenient form.” OUR CHANCELLOR. -Sketches for a Historical Pio- ture. | By Moutre Buscw. ‘Translated from the German by WiLttam Bratrx-Rixcstox, Two vol- umesinoue. New York: Chariex Scribber's Sons. Washington ; Win. Ballantyne & Son. The readers of Tuk Stak who have perused the copious extracts heretofore published in its columns from this book need not be told that it jos a volume of uncommon Interest. As would be inferred from the title pace, It Is somehat fragmentary in character, but it is none the less and perhaps the more entertaining on that ao- count. Whilenote formal biography, it abounds in personal anecdotes and sketches, which fur- nish an accurate and life-like portrait of the ro- bust and uncompromising prime minister, and of the scenes an snag dicted he is sur- rounded. Herr Busch is doubtiess greatly bi- ased in favor of his hero, but his studies are nevertheless attractive and valuable. The work of the translator, it may be added, has been most excellently done. oma: 10) of sg ne Hew Yorks GF. vauh- Goble, Kew Yor Putnam's Sous, Wash Those interested in the progressive efforts in behalf of woman will find in this collection of essays not only a clear history of such move- ments on the other side of the Atlantio, but an interesting and useful collation of facts setting forth the social and political condition of woman in all the principal countries of Europe. It has been pronounced by those competent to judce the ablest and most ron xi egenr exposition ot ite subject yet published, and we see no reason to dissent from this view. LIFE OF OL Brow: IVER WENDELL HOLMES. B thor of “Life of Garfield,” etc. ¢ D. Lothrop & Co. ‘The genial, witty and accomplished Dr. Holmes deserves and will doubtless receive some ofthese days a far better biography than this. A “Life,” roperly speaking, it is not, but rather extracts ‘om the writings of its subject. The author evidently meant well, but he is not equal to the task he undertook. From V. G. Fischer we have the Illustrated Catalogue of the Salon for 1884. Containing as it does the list of allthe exhibiting artists and the titles of their works, with over four hun- | dred illustrations of paintings and statuary, this annual fs indispensable to all persons who desire to keep pace with the art movements of the day. As to the Illustrations, themselves, they vary in quality; but if they fairly ahow the average character of the exhibition, as we sume they do, they verify the representations previously received that not only are there no aor se aes e majority of nt little interest. . sia i Mr. de B. Randolph Keim, whose excellent “Hand-Book of Washington” gives him a fayor- able introduction to the public, has recently pub- Ushed a “ Hand-Book of Official and Social Eti- quette and Public Ceremonials at Washington,” which will doubtless come to be recoguized’as the authority on the subject. So far as we know, Mr. Kelm 18 the first person to treat of bis theme in a comprehensive, exhaustive and logical man- ner. He has given the matter much and close attention, and on account of the researches made his manaal is interesting in a historical Sa ae a8 8 light to the feet of ‘he stranger and residents who are seekers after knowledge. Under the title of “The Book of Beginnings,” G. P. Putnam's Sons have published, in cheap but readable form, the lectures delivered in New York last winter by Rev. Dr. R. Heber in theological circles tracted so much attention when delivered. For sale here by Robert Beall. A volume of the poetry of our former towns- man, Mr. John J. Piatt, now U.8. consui at Cork, entitled “Idylls and Lyrics of the Ohio