Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1884, Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. ©UT-DOOR PASTIMES, Whe Potomac Club Regatta— ve Events on the Water—What the Ball Piayers Are Doing—Notes Among the Bicyclists. ROATING. cular club regatta of the Potomacs was ening. The first race was for four- . from the club house to the Aque- quct and return. The starters were: Worden, | Dosle, 3, and Trescott, | i—Wooten, bow; Offley, 2; stroke; and Jumbo—Corn- | 2; Antlsell, 3, and Small- | The light welghts were the | fore the end of the first quarter | at. At the bridge he regained | it was too late to do any good. The | nd erew won by about a half length, | pretty struggle. The starters in race, for pair-oared working boate, y and Libbey and Yarrow and Anti- race was won easily by the latter. | race closed the program. This was d gunwale boats, with lady cox- ‘There were three starters: Marguerite— 1, Worden and Yarrow; Miss Tenie xswain. Adelaide—Carusi, Zappone | lius; Miss Lou Bryan, coxswain; and | ers, Douglass and Cornwell: Miss | wain. The course was a half mile, | ridge to the boat house. The race ied a dead heat between the Mar- guerite and the Blanche, and a second heat was | fowed by them, in which the Marguerite was | yietorious by about a length. The remainder of the evening was spent in the boat house, where @ancing was kept up until late. There were a| great many present, and all seemed to enjoy 4 ce in singles on Wednesday between » Fisher, Smithson and Nordzy, of the | S$, Was Not very satisfactory, as it was won after a foul had occurred, which practically | threw two men out of the race. There are a at many ot the rowing men who believe that | mithson is superior over the others, but as the | Face was held for the purpose of deciding who should be entered at the Norfolk regatta there many more who would like to see the men The out- and as the . who isa Junior seuller, would become by rowing at Norfolk, the club has en- sher, the second man. Kearney does not think the result of Wednesday's race should | in any way decide the clubentry at the Potomac | a. fact that the Columbia boys have decided to send a crew to Norfolk will center the great- est interest in the four-oared race between the | Columbia and Potomac clubs. A large number rmbers of each club will go to Norfolk and a beautiful race fs expected. The | jambia crew will probably be Nute, Kintner, Kondrup and Wade, and the Potomacs McRae, Baker, Ryan and McKinney. Everything looks promising for the success of the Potomac regatta. The Joint committee are working nobly in every way that will tend to in- sure it. The club prizes are unusually hand- | some, and with the individual prizes which will undoubtedly be forthcoming, will constitute a | stron inducement to foreign crews to come ere Base Ball. The Washingtons played such an exception- ally tine game of ball on Thursday with the St. lub as to infuse more enthusiasm into dience than has been seen at any game this sease The three runs of the visitors were earned. The home boys only made two runs, but they played a steady game through- «deserved the praise they received. | hries and Barr did splendidly as a bat- twoclubs left Washingtons for St. re they play to-day. The Washing- be touring until the latter part of neerely hoped that they will re of success. The nine is weakened by the absence of y hown their ability to dagain. By pl to their ere eof the au- | ¥ come home. av at Capitol al Bi club a of splendid ‘ jeal nine made but s twelve. | nding to date Columbus. Brooklyn 10 =ny.. Toledo... Indianapolis. 8 Washing 12 12 Harrisburg. Monumental. 3 Bt.t Cin Boston Chicago. National... Keystone... Kansas City. 8 d the Washington 1 club are attended as or 80 We wari spell. a Rho rode over to Vienna, Va. n Thursday, and were very hospits ued by one of the farmers. On the rode up to V4 miles, Diy enterta . The ming, Borden, next. by profes- + Wm. Upton, La| v HW. ide and W. | The be for a purse of $500, to be divided in first, second and third prizes. For the first time. five mile heats, best two in th: will be the order of running. ington - favorite, Prince, was the in Philadelphia to carry off both first ve and ten-mile races. Woodside nd In the first race,and Higham nd race. mile handicup, best two In ave some of the finest entries that | Among them are Wm. Millard, of Provider R. seph Brooks. of Albany, n-mile amateur rider, and | of this city. gave another of his exhibitions Wednesday evening, at Serib- hool. The performance was a Ing one. a member of the Capital | ‘ the corner of 10th and N | and coasted all the way to the avenue @ stroke with the pedals. His | 2 10th to E, to 1th, to the ave- | iately in front of Tug Star | piladelphia, yesterday John | t, and The trotting horse “4 in @ 10 mile race for the an- | stake of 00a side. The quarter mile | track was too much of a handicap tor the horse, Sud Prince won easily in 33 minutes 353¢ sec- ends. Summer Amusements. INDOOR AND OUT-DOOR ENTERTAINMENTS. TueateR Comigue.—Manager Snelbaker has engaxed Alice Oates and her operatic troupe for next week at the Comique. Mrs. Oates has al- Ways drawn well in Washington, The opera in which she was periaps the most su ul was “The Princess of Trebizonde,” ana {t will be produced at the Comique next week. Mra. Oates is said to still possess a good vole, and to have lost none of her vivacity. a Daiver’s Stmwen Garpey.—An unusually entertaining bill has been givenat Driver's Sum- ter Garden this week, and ev evening a Jarge crowd was in attendance. The best part of the entertainment will be retained for next week, and, in addition, a host of new attractions Will be .roduced. Senpay Exccrstoxs.—One of the most com- plete excursions, in every respect, that has ever Jett Washington, wii be that of Sunday next on the Jane Moseley to Blackiston’s Island, the | clothing | them there while they went out to work. | for the child's board, | Babcock, in the same building. ARE THEY MERE: SRYOmS) ~~ lo» FEN PER CENT A MONTH. Business Fairly Active and Healthy | Prot, “Birinsd’'Giniaid to whys 'séivea | Government Clerke Who Get Into the SOME SUBURBAN IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ARE BEING MADE IN MOUNT PLEASANT—PROPERTY IN UNIONTOWN—DR. B.B. ADAMS" NEW HOUSE— OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST. Business in real estate tor the past two weeks has been pretty fair. Not many notably large sales, it Is true, have been made, but an aver- age number of small transactions have been con- summated. The trade is fairly active and deci- dedly healthy in tone. Property ts holding its own In prices through- out the city, and In some sections it is advanc- ing—notably In the northeast, on Capitol Hill, and in the southern section. Building of small houses does not keep pace with the demand for such property, either tor sale or to rent. The nortneast section of Wash- ington presents now, unquestionably, the great- est inducements to parties with money to buy ground and erect medium-sized houses. Ground can still be had at reasonable figures, so as to make building profitable, either as an invest- ment or for the market. IMPROVEMENTS IN MOUNT PLEASANT. Mr. Wm. O. Denison, the owner of that por- tion of the Eslin estate, north of Columbia road, which has recently been subdivided and placed on the market. is having plans prepared for a fine residence for his own useon one of the lots. The house will be situated just west of the resi- dence of Gen. Swaim, on 14th street, and willbe 30 feet wide by 80 feet deep. It will be built of wood and iron, with stone foundations, and the design will be of the pretty villa type ot modern architecture. The front and sides will be broken with numerous balconies and verandahs, and the interior arrangements will comprise all the latest modern improvements. The architect is George Emmett, jr. The same architect ts preparing plans for seve- ral cottage residences, which Mr. Denison pro- es to erect in the same vicinity. They will ot different designs, and will range in price from $3,000 to $10,000. The erection of these houses will add very much to that locality, which lias already been improved by the recently com- pleted country residence of Major H. L. Cran- | ford, and the fine stone and brick mansion of Mr. A. Berliner, as well as other fine houses. UNIONTOWN PROPERTY. Several acres of land belonging to the Talbot estate, and owned by Mrs. Shannon, which is situated in the center of Uniontown, has been subdivided Into building sites, and placed by the owner In the hands of Mr. B. H. Warner. Sales have been made to the following persons:—One | lot to Col. Scott, #625; 3312.50. These lots front on Nicholson avenue, which is the road leading to the insane asylum. The prices above givea average twenty cents per foot. DR. ADAMS FINE RESIDENCE. A fine house has just been began for Dr. B. B. Adams, on New York avenue, between 9th and T. Suit, $895; one lot to Chas. W. | 10th streets northwest, adjoiningsthe alley. It will have a frontage of 21 feet by a depth of 38 feet, and will be three stories high, and with finished basement and tiled roof. A very hand- some bay window extends two stories, and is surmounted by tasty tiled roof balcony. The windows of the tront have colored glass. The interior is arranged with a view to comfort. A wide hall contains a handsome staircase leading to upper stories, and is lighted and ventilated by a large skylight, glazed with cathedral glass. The doctor's office is tack ofthe parior, and the reception room fs in tha rear of thehall. The principal rooms will have open fire places, with tiled hearths and facings, and handsome wood mantles, to correspond with the other wood finish of the house which will be in oil, natural erain. The plumbing will be a feature of the construction. The cost will be $8.000. Schneider is the architect, Joseph B. William- | son, builder. BUILDING NOTES. Mr. George Emmert, jr., the architect, has prepared plans for the erection of three frame cottages on the 7th-street road, near Boundary. Mrs. Gant is about to erect a two-story and basement dwelling on New Jersey avenue, be- tween Q and R streets, at a cost of = Geo. Emmert, jr., is the architect. Mr. Patrick Downey is building three two- story houses on 3d street, between D and Vir- sinia avenue southwest, at a cost of $2,900, Mr. C. A. Kolb has commenced the erection of a two-story and basement dwelling on I street, between 6th and 7th northwest. It will have a press-brick front, brick and iron cornice, and all modern improvements. The 0. Mr. Peter MeCartney 1s building four two- story and basement houses on 22d street, be- tween New Hampshire avenue and M street, at & Cost of 6,000. PRACTICAL CHARITY. ‘The Work of the Fourth Subdivision in Helping the Poor. The board ot directors for the fourth subdi- vision, Associated Charities, at its last meet- ing decided to suspend active work until Sep- tember. The final reports of the secretary, treasurer and day nursery committee were very gratifying. Thé whole amount of funds con- tributed by members was $848.41. Total ex- pended leaving a balance of $46.83 to provide for such extreme cases of destitution as may be found in the subdivision during the summer. The results accomplished include both temporary relief and permanent benefit to the poor. Employment was obtained for tweive persons who were able and willing to work. In 556 cases of sickness and destitution food and vas furnished. At the day nursery, corner 10th and R stroets northwest, wh ch is under the Joint management of the fourth and sixth subdivisions, 6,265 meals were furnished to children whose’ parents lett On Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays the daily attendance was from twenty to twenty-five, while on the later days ot the week there were but few left to be cared for. In most cases a fee of two or four cents per diem was charged thus securing to the mother a feeling ot independence and thrift, which 1s wholly unknown to the ordinary men: dicaut. who ives nothing in return for benesits children are fed, washed, and. when ne- furnished with clean garments during and carefully Instructed in habits of neatness and good order. The older ones at- tended the kindergarten under charge of Mrs. Ford and also the kitchen garten taught by Mrs. Correspondence of THe EVENING Stam Onksey Springs, June 17. Having found among the advertisements in your paper a notice of Orkney Springs, Shenan- doah county, Va., I was tempted to come here from Washington without any special knowledge of its advantages. After a residence of two weeks I can truly say that it is one of the most remarkable spots In the mountains of Virginia. If it had only itsfamous Bear-wallow water, and one had to live in a tent here, it would be a blessing to hundreds of people suffering in your city from heat and its consequences, from the want of a tonic atmosphere, from the loss of ap- petite, from general debility or disease. But there are here five distinct remedial waters, and instead of a tent there is good hotel accommo- dation for about 700 guests, with separate cot- tages for tamilies, it desired, with spacious and well laid-out grounds, with plenty of shade and sun-hine, and a bracing atmosphere that in- vites sleep at night under blankets, and exer- cise during the day on horseback or on foot among the picturesque hilla. The appetite thus stimulated Is satisfied by a bountiful table. The worst worn-out victim of insomnia, debility, or depression of spirits—the delicate, nervous wo- man, or the sickly child, would soon recover health and strength in this tonlo air, which makes the blood tingle to the tips ofthe fingers. ly ex] . the great benefits of the air and waters in my own person, I write these lines pimply for the benefit of those who know not that there is such relief for them with- in easy reach, and at very moderate expense. Vartras. ‘Washington Street Nomenclature, ‘To the Editor of Taz Evewnré Szaz: It was in the summer, or early fall of 1858, that I wrotes paragraph for Taz EVENixG Stir, suggesting in place of the alphabetical names of beginning with Adams, Benton, &c. And in place of the numbered streets to substitute, in alphabetical order, new “Monte Christo.” Every appointment ts Perfect. and success is assured. The Excelsior makes her regular run tp Great Falls to-morrow. The Mary Washington will make two exeur- sions, to Marshal Hall and Glymont, to-morrow @s usual, leaving at $30 a. m. and $ p. m. OrneR EXCURSIONS.—See the advertisement prk’s extended tour to Boston and White ains. Party leaves Baltimore July 14th. regular excursion of the Saturday Even- ub down the river will be given this even- son the Mary Washington. - tile names of the prineipal ri I still think the idea, if carried out, would be more pe than the present nomenclature. ie four divisions of the elty Into eel northwest, —— ie kesgpenitrc would ro-m for ¢ eminent men principal streams all parts of the Union. = rh The ling of the Maori ki name rine Slt ara cn “Taffy.” It is sald that he whisky, chews tobacco, p! the flute and in general behaves like any Christian, ; one-half lot to Mary A. Perkins, | cost will be | | the Hurst Mystery. BE SAYS THEY ARE MERE MECHANICAL TRICKS, AND HE H48 REPRODUCED THEM—HIS EXPLA- NATION OF THE VARIOUS PERFORMANCES—THE ABT OF DEFLECTING MUSCULAR EFFORT, 40. During the past week a good many theories have been offered to explain the perform- ances of Lulu Hurst, the électrical girl. Some have classed them under the head of mani- festations of psychic force; others have suggested that the power she possesses is simply one form of mesmeric power, and ethers hat Miss Hurst uses unconsciously her own muscular strength. Very few, however, have declared their belief that the formances are mere tricks, and that the audiences who have witnessed them have been gulled by the clever and conscious use by Miss Hurst of her own physical strength. Among these tew is Prof. W. 8. Barnard, of the Agricultural department, who claims not only to have satisfied himself that the so-called manifestations of a wonder- ful power are mere delusions, but to have studied out the method of the tricks so that he can reproduce them. ‘One inconsistency,” said Prof. Barnard, speaking of Miss Hurst's perform- ances to aSTar reporter, “‘is that in one instance this girl’s supposed supernatural force is rep- resented as of a crazyand uncontrollable nature, while in another ey, claim it is an application of the will or mind by which an inanimate ob- ject is made animate or actuated without the application-of mechanical or muscular power to it. I regard the instances of both kinds as de- ceptions. Those of the first kind can be ac- counted for by craziness on the part of the girl or by fraudulent action of that character really intended, but pretended to be unavoidable and ir- Tesistible. Thisclass of manifestation is exhibited in the umbrella trick, as I prefer to call it. Standing under it face to face with a gentleman, she smiles and jooks him in the eye, holding the umbrella between. Suddenly she causes the umbrella stock to strike him on the forehead and to fly back and forth, hitting him and herself and giving it Jerks and twists while she charges on the gentleman thus until he fs driven to the wall, and the umbrella is smashed by the strokes, ee and sudden whirls to which it is subjected 'y her hand, all pretending to be uncontrollably done. Asa rule lt would seem that the mag- |,netic action was on the part of the gentleman assaulted, as she pursues him, and that her effect on him is decidedly repellant. It seems to be her repulsive action and application of mus- cular maneuver which baffles the man. In cer- tain other tricks she also applies muscular force suddenly in directions so unexpected that they cannot be met and resisted. This trick is ap- stand still and ho!d still a cane or a chair. Another and most important point in the tricks is to exert a slight gradual pressure horizontally to moye the person's center of gravity, and espe- cially to make this application in such directions as he is not bi io, 1.’ e., preferably at right angles to the imaginary line drawn through his two feet. Very slight force and al- most imperceptible exertion applied in this man- ner moves the object (with the man grasping it against himself firmly)in the directions of un- stable equilibrium. As a wooden man could be tipped over by a slight push from the finger, so the living man, when very slightly pushed or | pressed, is constantly tipped off from his center | of gravity. Thus a powerful man is made to | move with the object ‘grasped bya ery alight application of force. hen the whole body ot the person Is not moved in this way, the prin- ciple of applying pressure unexpectedly at right angles to the direction of his effort, which is easily seen and felt, causes swinging and other Movements to someextent, butsheseems to op- erate chiefly on the similar principle of tipping the person from his center of support in the manner I have stated. PUTTING A CHAIR DOWN. she makes it difficult for the man to put a chair by him in front of his chest or the cane is held crosswise before him. As the object is firmly | horizonta!ly in his unsupported direction, that f his unstable equilibrium, in, a direction, at right angles with a line drawn through bis two feet; thus at each moment he must change his footing to thenew direction to get it under and support his changing center of gravi e thus, by keeping himself from going ‘down, keeps the object from going down. His start to put the object down is stopped by the effort to re-balance and re-prop hitnself to escape | talling. This accounts for the individual moving | horizontally in different directions, instead of getting the chair down when he aims to, as ob- erved commonly in this trick. But with it there often more or less upward pressure applied yy one of her hands, and.avhenia personitou suds denly tor her throws his whole weiuht onto, the chalr, by jerking up his feét, it goes down very quick. It he throws only part of his weight quickly on, It sometimes goes down at once and sometimes Js for a time supported by main force by lifting partly by the palms flat against the sides of the chair, and partly with the edge of the palm or the fingers made to catch under- neath the parts of the chair. In such a tussle | She seemed often to lift with main force against | one or more individuals, and thus for a few mo- ments obstruct the chair from going down. Now, in this way she has the advantage of the gentleman. He can apply no downward force except a part of his weight. His welght 1s all the downward force jhe has, and he can only apply a | part of this while his feet are on the floor. An | ordinary person can stand and lift the whole weight of one or two other ordinary persons. She is braced against the floor, and lifts up from it asa purchase ground. The men have no purchase, hence there Is no application of | strength whatever by them; each man can only | pile ona part of his weight, which can be lifted | by her application of strength in the case of | one, two or three. Where three or more acted. on the chair, their feet were far off on the iloor, | and their welyst force was largely wasted by | its counter application toward each other, a3 | well as downwards. The chalr was constantly wiggled and twisted to deflect off the efforts, and went down very quick, but usually in such a tilted position that one or two legs were up, and in the scuffle the | audience might ‘sometimes not tmagine that these were supported by one or two of the other legs being down. The ‘art of deflecting muscu- lar effort from its intended direction ot applica- tion, and the tipping, twisting ana turning m&- | neuvers are very skilifully and deceptively prac- ticed in these performances. The feigned lifting | act is a tipping and pushing, whereby the man seated on a chair and grasping it firmly is so tilted forward that his weight is thrown on his | feet, on which, as a tulcrum, the chair and his body are easily raised by tilting them forward.” SIMPLE MECHANICAL TRICKS. “These sham wonders,” added the professor, “are simple mechanical tricks, which I have performed, and any person of average strength can, when versed In the art, which is easily comprehended. 1 studied out their mechanical principles and explanation the first evening that I watched their exhibition at Ford’s thea- ter. After testing the application of these principles at home (except the crazy slashing of the umbrella, which I had not the brass to prac- tice.) 1 spent an evening on the stage at Ford's theater for practically experiencing and further studying the mechanical art of her tricks, and since then have re-performed them myself to settle beyond a doubt that ordinary muscular and mechanical applications, according to the principles which Thaye set forth, perform and account for the phenomena inquestion. Thus the so-called ‘wonder of the 19th century,’ this ‘new force’ exhibited by this ‘magnetic electric girl,’ is In my estimation a grand deception, which, in this enlightened age, In the capital ot our nation, and elsewhere begets faith. It is astonishing how people look for something supetnatural and imaginary, how peal they are in faith, how some almost prefer humbug to fact and are never satistied with realities. The phenomena have been ridiculously attributed to ‘magnetism and electricity’ to ‘animal magnetism,’ ‘will power,’ ‘psychic force,’ ‘blood power,’ ‘spiritu- alism,’ ‘a new force in nature.’ The perfor- mance has been gazed upon for a week at the theater by the public, and prominent scientists have observed and pro; tests which seem generally to have beeneluded. The human thought, es) lly on that large class which has the Ghar wakne of superstition for the im: and supernatural—powerful in faith, but ol Neristketer and up- ————“se0—___ ‘Two Families in a Fatal Fight. A dispatch from Sonora, Cal., gives particu- lars of one of the most complicated tragedies that probably ever occurred. Edmund Galla- gher, 22 years old, shot Mrs. Otis Greenwood with a double-barreled shot-gun. Her son Otis ran after Gallagher and fired twice at him with- id plied in the cases where a gentleman tries to | “This same principle,” continued the profes- | sor, “1s applied usnally in the trick by which | or a cane down to the floor. The chair is grasped | moved downward she exerts @ pressure on it | Toils of Note Shavers. THE MORAL REFLECTIONS OF 4 BROKER—WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT NOTE SHAVING—CLERKS WHO PaY $120 4 YRaR FOB THE USE OF 290—THE OLD SYSTEM OF SELLING PAY VOUCHERS, ETC. “Well, who would have thought,” remarked a broker ina coptemplative tone, “‘that there was over $400,000 on deposit in Middleton's bank.” 2 It maybe stated, by the way, that brokers Just now are very mueh given to wise and moral reflections upon’the regent failures. Moral re- flections are as plentiful as extras ina bill at a watering place, anda.broker leaning back in his office chair with his feet on the desk and a cigar in his mouth, aiscourses with more elo- quence upon thé lessotis to be derived from the late events than‘the Sunday orator, who begins, “Dearly beloved brethren, the lesson which this affliction teaches us,” &c. The broker whose remarks are above quoted fianced around at his select audience of office ys and associates, and demving inspiration from the solemnity which was depicted upon their faces, thus continued: “I suppose we will be informed next that the deposits with Squier amounted to hundreds of thousands. I would have been willing to bet,” he continued and then paused; “well, if I had been going to bet, I would have de up $500 to $1 that the deposits with Squier did not‘amount Now, he went on sadly, “if some one would say that he had a half a million of deposits I would not dare to contradict him.” dow in silence, and a Srar reporter in the audi- ence ventured to intrude upon his melancholy reverle by asking him why such large amounts were on deposit. Cie rates of interest,” was the sententious reply. ‘How is it possible to pay high rates of inter- | est?” continued the reporter, anxious to probe | the mystery. “Shaving notes,” responded the broker, and then dropping his laconic manner, he resumed again the ministerial, THE MYSTERY OF HIGH INTEREST. “Shaving notes is at the bottom of the whole business. When a man can get ten per cent a month, he can afford to pay a high rate for loans, and, if he confined himselt to this busi- ness, there would be no danger of his failing. It finds Pdimeute to extricate himself, The note- broker is like the old man of the sea. You see itis just this way: Suppose aclerk is hard up and needs money. He goes to one of these men, and, of course haying no security to offer, he borrows on his personal note. He gives the broker a note for $100 and receives $90, the note being payable at the end of the month. ‘When the note is due, the chauces are that the man has not the money to pay the principal, and 80 he simply pays 10, and renews the note for another month. The next month repeats the history of the last, and so it goes on, the clerk paying $120 a year for the use of $100. “I knew a broker,” interrupted one of the group, “who loaned a clerk $100 in 1874, and regularly, every month since, he has been paid $10 for the use of that money. He toldme that fied with the investment.” “But why——" began the astonished reporter. “Why don't they pay the principal?” said the broker, anticipating the question. cause they can't. They get behind, and they can’t catch up. You might better ask why they don’t refuse to pay the dnterest. Some of them do. There are 3 few risks in this business. A note shaver sometimes falls in with a dead beat. But the high rat® of Interest which he gets out of the paying tustombrs makes up for such losses. But you see there is security After all, providing the maker ofthe note Is a clerk in one | of the departments. ‘The clerk knows, and the | broker knows, that when a complaint is made that a clerk owes money the official at the head of the department either compels him to pay or | discharges him.: That) is the reason men pay, month after month, an bxorbitant rate of inter” est. They are aftaia of discharge.” SELLING PAY ACCOUNTS. “Some years ago,” continued thebroker, “the clerks instead of giving their personal notes used to assign! their pay accounts just as the army and navy officersdo now. But this was prohibited by Congress,because it was supposed | to encourage extravagance on the part of the clerks. I think that it'was a good deal better | than the present method, because each month's transaction was sepurate and distinct. A clerk would have his pay account for $100 cashed tor £90 and then he would be under no further ob- ligations. But with a note the interest runs on forever. bebnet Well, Congress abolished this system, and in the investigation it was found that some ot the officials were in combination with the brokers, and informed them when a clerk was .likely to be discharged, or was Ilkely to resign, and then |no loan was made for that month. Of course, these officials saw that the interest was paid regularly, and it it was not, the screws were brought to bear upon the unlucky clerk and he soon consented to walk In the path of rectitude | and pay his debts. It does not seem to me as if there was any great change in this respect. A note broker's complaint at the departments is pretty sure to result in the official advice to the clerk to pay his debts. The clerk knows this, | and so when he once falls into the clatches of a | note broker he 1s afraid to default on the pay- | ments. The Investment is as good as a govern- | ment bond as long as the clerk remains in the goverament cervice. A LOFTIER MORAL TONE. “I don’t detend any man who fails to pay his debts,” said the broker, ascending to a still higher moral plane, “but I don’t think that the | government should go Into the collecting busi- hess. Of course, when It is manifest that a clerk is a dead beat he is not fit to be in the employ- ment of the government and should be dis- charged. But I don’t think that merchants, brokers and business men of all kinds should give credit to persoas whom they would not trust except for the fact that they are employed by the government. It works hardship on all | concerned and encourages habits of extrava- gance and luxury. I say ita man gives a clerk credit let him get his money as he would from any other customer, and not expect the govern- ment to collect it for him.” The full effect of these moral reflections was | Somewhat marred by the office boy tumbling off |his chair in a deep sleep, and landing on the | floor with a crash. Some of the younger brokers, who had added themselves to the original group of loiterers trom the neighboring offices, laughed at this occurrence, but the others were too deeply impressed with the spectacle presented by the moralizing broker and his discourse to give way to levity. The preacher broker pretended not to observe the accident which had disturbed the slumber of the office boy, and with unruffied countenance he pout the train of his thoughts. a consider note shaving @ mean business. It is dirt; that’s what it is, and I never do it my- But, at the same time, there are men who want money, and as they can afford to pay high rates of interest, of course, people are anxious to let them have the money, But it seems to me that it Is all the same.” This gave rise @ very general ex- pression. of opinion, and it seemed to be he unanimous: conviction that note-shaving and usurious interest was a demoralizing busi- ness. Then the congregation began to-disperse, and the preacher removing his heels from his desk and lighting his cigar, called for the stock quotations, and ;business again resumed its ordinary channels. , . The Fashionable Prive of Ne From the Manhattan, : 1 Fashion, ever seeking to escape from the mul- titude, has fixed {ts eye éignifleantly upon River- side Park, and éyen with the June roses of the present year, if we look for it, we shall doubt- Jess find it there jn full feather. This charming:suburb has many and varied claims upon our noticé: It is not only a de- lightful resort bécause df its views and vales, York, | She was tracked trom Bremen to Inthe village of Varanda, In south Hungary, @ woman has been arrested on the ol Pec Ceckehinnee Bente ee The broker gazed dejectedly out of the win- | he had two loans like that, and was well satis- | ‘simply be- | THE NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. The Operations of a New Branch of the Department. COLLECTING INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE USE- FULIN C48E OF WAR—INTELLIGENCE ABOUT COALING STATIONS, DRY DOCKS, &C.—PUBLICA- TIONS ISSUED BY THE OFFICE. While a powerful and thoroughly equipped Bavy would be most potent in affording protec- tion from a foreign foe, it is thought that the next best thing isto make preparations in time of peace, by becoming familiar with the strength | oF weakness of foreign nations, so that the best use possibie can be made of our own resources in case of necessity. This, at present, is the policy of the Navy department. With this object there was established two years ago in the department the office of naval intelligence. which bids fair to become, in fact 1s already, an important adjunct to the sys- tem of naval administration. The objects of this office are, first, the collection, sitting and | arrangement of all information required by gov- ernments aud naval authorities to enable them to take such measures in peace as will insure the rapid commencement and vigorous proseca- tion of any war, whether at home or abroad; | and, secondly, the diffusion of necessary or use- | ful naval information through the navy and the | country during peace or war. It has always | been acknowledged that success in war depends largely upon knowledge of the enemy's re- sources. The chief aim of the office of naval intelll- | gence Is to obtain that knowledge, and the vast amount of intormation, varied and valuable, which passes into the office through different | channels ts surprising. While always bearing | in mind the principal object, the varied informa- Uon gained is preserved, and so arranged as to | form several subdivisions or branches in the office, which have already proved invaluable in | the every day workings of the department. | PUBLICATIONS ISSUED. A number of publications have been made by the office under the heads of the war series | and the general information series. In the first the publications are “The operations of the French navy during the recent war with Tunis, | 1881,” translated from “I’Aunee Maratime,” by | Lieut. M. Fisher Wright. ‘The war on the Pa- cific coast of South America, between Chili and | | the allied republics of Pern and Boltvia, 1879- | 81.” by Lieut. T. B. M. Mason; and the report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882, by Lieut. Commander Caspar F. Goodrich. ‘The operations of the French | forces in Tonquin,” by Lieut. S. A. Stanton, and “The operations of the French in Madagas- car,” by Ensign W. I. Chambers, are in prepara- | tion. Under the General Information series there | are “Observations upon the Korean Coast, Jap- | anese-Korean ports and Siberia, made during a | Journey from the Asiatic Station to the United States, through Siberia and Enrope, 1882.” by Lieut. B. H. Buckingham and Ensigns Geo. C. Foulk and Walter McLean. and “ Reports on the Exhibits at the Crystal Palace Electrical Exhibi- tion of 1882,” by Ensign F. J. Sprague. “ Ex- | amples, Conclusions and Maxims of Modern | Naval Tactics,” by Commander W. B. Hoff, is in preparation. Besides the above original works, | the office has published a number of important translations, such as ‘Personnel and'Duty in the Royal Navy,” from the French, and “Ex- tracts from the Report of the Permanent Com- mittee on Experiments with Forty-eight-Centi- metre Armor Plates,” and ‘* Promotions in the Navy In Foreign Services,” by Lieut. A. G. Berry;” “The Use of Artillery in Coast De- fense,” and ‘Prevention of Collisions at Sea,” by Ensign Chas. C. Rogers, and “The History of the Itatfan Navy,” by Ensign W. I. Chambers. THE OFFICERS IN CHARGE. The entire work of the office is performed by | fitness for the duties assigned them. The offi- cer In charge of this office 1s Lieut. T. B. M. Mason, a well-known and prominent figure in | Washington social ilfe. Hisassistants are Lieut. | Wm. H. Driggs, Lieut. J. 8. Abbott, Lieut. G. W. Mentz, Lieut. 8. A. Stanton, Ensign T. M. Potts and Passed Assistant Engineer J. P. 8. Lawrence. The sources of information are the naval of- cers on foreign stations, the U.S. consular officials | and foreign magazines and publicatlonsof every |sort. All of the reports of commanding officers | of stations or of vessels, instead of being re- | ferred about the department from one bureau to another, as formerly, now come direct to the office of nayal intelligence, and the information contained in them is collated in such a manner that It is available at any time. AID FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT. Some time ago circulars were sent outthrough the State department to consuls and consular agents containing a series of questions as to the apount, kinds and cost of coal at their respect- ive ports, and the facilities for repairing vessels, &e. These officials were very prompt in reply- ing, and their answers were generally very sat- isfactory. It is intended to publish a book for each of the naval stations, containing informa- tion upon the subject regarding all the ports in that station. In the meantime a chart of the world has been prepared which will tell at a glance just what facilities for coaling or repair- ing, in making any cruise, can be expected. An open circle ata port indicates that coal to an amount less than thousand tons can be pro- | cured there. A closed circle indicates more than a thousand tons, A bar extending to the circle means that there are repairing tacilitiesat that port. A cross bar running through the circle means that there is a dsv dock there. “You see,” said one of the officers to a STAR reporter, “a commanding officer about to m a voyage can, by glancing at this map, make all his calculations for coaling or repairing if ne- The commander of the Ossipee, which | recently sailed for China through the Mediter- | ranean, came up here, and, by ranning his eye along his proposed course, saw at once just necessary. The books on the subject, which are to be printed, will, of course, give much fuller and more definite information.” FOREIGN NAVIES. Another division of tne office embraces in- | formation of the most detailed character con- | cerning foreign navies. Besides keeping posted | upon the naval forces of other countries a de- tailed description and the plans of every vessel | that Is built or being built are preserved, par- ticular attention being paid to any peculiarities which would assist in identifying the vessels when seen at sea, as well as any vulnerable | points about them. Large tables are prepared and kept posted up to date, containing all this information according to nationalities. The plans of vessels which are preserved are invalu- able and have cee materially assisted the naval advisory board in devising plans for new vessels for our navy. Still another division of the office relates td telegraphic communication. Chartsare prepared, showing the course taken by every cable, which 1s laid in foreign waters, with any particulars which might be desirable. For instance, the depth of the cable is always designated in the chart at given points so that in case it should become necessary for this country to break tel- egraphic communication, it could be learned at a glance just at what point the cable in ques- tion would be most accessible. Then there isa division which relates entirely to the commerce of foreign nations. Chartsare prepared, showing in what localities the com- merce of the different countries centers at differ- ent times of the year. In an attempt to destroy the commerce of any nation, these charts would prove very valuable In enabling a congentration of forces at just the right place on sh &t notice. TRE CATALOGUE. All American and foreign publications con- taining articles upon subjects of peculiar interest to the navy are carefully reviewed, and a well- arranged card catalogue system is maintained, not only of these publications, but of all com- munications received in the office. The cata- logue shows exactly what every publication or communication is and where it can be immedi- ately found. It 1s acknowledged by all who have given the subject the slightest attention that the office of naval intelligence, considering its brief exist- ence, is a complete success, and that the naval officers connected with it are deserving of praise for the thorough work that is being done. ——_$e-—____—— Another Enoch Arden Case. A Pittsburg dispatch says: Twelve years ago Frank Marsh married Miss Phoebe Barry. They lived happily together for seven years, when the naval officers, who are selected for their especial | where he should touch for coal or forrepairs if | SEEKING A PUBLISHER. Washington Full of Writers Eager for Fame. A SCENE IN A PUBLISHING HOUSE—THE EXPE- RIENCE OF A PUBLISHER—MORE AUTHORS HERE THAN IN NEW YORK OR BOSTON—BOOKY THAT ARE NEVER SOLD EXCEPT TO THE AUTHOR, He had a peculiar analytical expression in his mild blue eye, and a huge bundle, of what might have been manuscript, under bis arm, as he walked into an uptown publishing house. “This ts a publishing house?” he said, in- quiring}; “Tt is,” replied the man at the desk. “You publish books?” “Wedo.” “You publish books to sell?” he again in- quired, shifting from one foot to the other, and handling his bundle nervously. “We publish books to sell. We have all the latest publications, both our own and those of | other houses. _ Is their any particular book you | want?” replied the man atthe desk, getting down off his stool. “You publish scientific books?” continued the visitor, not heeding the question. “Yes—er, I mean no—er, I—er, we don’t pub- | Ush anything but poetry. ‘Our scientific branch | is out this evening.” replied the hero of the | Red - line-edition—gilt - edge - half - morocco, his | eyes sticking out as his visitor began to unroll his bundle of papers. “Ah,” replied the stranger, his analytical eye melting into a look of satisfaction as ifhe had Just begun to taste the blood of his victim. “I have a poem here called ‘Nibbling at the fly: or, how to get to the Great Falls.’ If you would just publish it—antique paper, rough- edge, gilt back parchment—full name across top—title underneath—Mr. —— ——'s poemson’ ———— 4&2. Very neat. When'll youhave It out,” and he laid the m. 8. on the desk and rubbed bis hands one within the other. “But—er—" “No, no, not butter. I have another on but- ter which I'll bring you after this is out. This is purely aquatic in long hexameter with double rhyme.” ‘“But-er-T was going to say,” stammered the | victim. ‘We are very high in our charges. M. & Co. publish poetry much cheaper than we. Indeed, they are very fond of ‘erratic poetry."” “Oh, never mind that,” replied the poet. “I don't care for the cost. You'll take that out of | the sales, you know. That book will make me on't forget parchment paper. Good Never mind the cost.” ‘o. Yes. Butour poem department just happens to have gone fishing this afternoon. Don't you think (persuasively.) Don't you think you could come in to-morrow or any other time? Just take your time about it. I—In- deed—you know Idon’t know anything about poetry. I attend to the stationery depart- ment.” “Many like that?” asked a Sear reporter as the “Mightier-than-the-sword” walt: out, his manuscript carefully stowed away under his vest and the analysis again going on in his eyes. “Just wait. That was a narrow escape,” re- plied the exhausted bookseller. “Are there many of them? Oh, Lord, yes; Washington's full of them. It’s the worst place in the coun- try for them. It's a perfect pestilence. There are more authors in Washington than in New York, or even Boston, though thelr works don’t get before the public. Every other man, woman and child has written something they think it would do the world good to see. They come here every day. Some have poems, some have novels, and some scientific works. Scien- tifle works we have the most of. Washington must be the great ‘sclentific center.’ Some long-haired genius of research drops in here every day with a wonderful exposition of scien- tifle” principles, which 1s to give light to the world and enrich publisher and author. None ofthem care what the publishing cost Is. We are to take that out of the sales. They write on almost every subject, from ‘Diminutive Sight, or the Analysis of a Gnat’s Eye,’ or ‘The Classification of Star Fish,’ to the ‘Philosophy of Evolution.’ ” “Do you ever publish any of their works?" asked THE Star. “Very seldom.” “How do you get rid of them?” “Oh, in various ways. Generally by telling them that we require advance payment of costs. And sometimes we tell them right out that the | work 4s of no value and would not find a sale. | That generally settles them, and they go of full | of indignation. Sometimes they complain of | the ignorance and want of taste on the part of | publishers, and threaten to set up publishing establishments themselves and give the people what they want. Then again they will go off some where and have their books printed, and bring them back here to place on sale. We gen- erally let them leave them, in that case; but the author always proves the best customer. Some- | times we sell the whole lot to the author, who leaves his books here and then comes and buys them to give to his friends as autograph edi- tious. There is a writer here of some reputa- tion as a poet and essayist, who does this.” “One very fertile subject for writers here,” he added, * 1s ‘social life in Washingtgn.’ Nearly every woman who goes into Washington society for the first time, thinks she should write some- thing about it. We have novels full of the ‘Ro- mance of Washington Life,’ a thousand “Seasons in Washington,’ and ten thousands of ‘First Seasons,’ ‘Her First Seasons,’ ‘His First Sea- sons’ and ‘Their First Seasons,’ all setting forth how social and political life are blended at the national capital. Then comes the essays on etiquette, ‘Do and Don't,’ and ‘How’ and ‘Why | to do it,’ ‘The Disbursing Clerk, or the Great Defalcation.’ Allthese things come in every day and have to be disposed of, together wit! their authors. essays and ‘Gems of Poetic Fancy, bya young Washingtonwriter,’ that hayeto be gotten rid of. However,” he added, “there are really quite a number of good writers in this city. You have no idea of them. It is quite remarkable tor a city of its size. Two new authors sprung up this week, and their little books, which are quite good, are now for sale. Miss Anna Arm- | strong,of Capitol Hill, furnished a very nice little | book of poems; and the other, Miss Hitz, puts out a good, but strong-minded work on mo- rality. These I just mention casually as some that came out this week. But the city is full of pretty good writers, and* some very excellent ones.” ——_———_~+-e-—_______ RELIGIOUS NOTES. CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE. — Rev. W. H. Laney, the pastor of Fletcher (M. E.) church, was recently presented with a cake, and discovered a number of gold dollars in the icing. —The Metropolitan M. E. church, of this city, owes much to the late Bishop Simpson, and to- morrow memorial services will be held at the church, which is being placed in mourning. Bishop Simpson was one of the first to advocate the establishment of an M. E. church at the capital for the benefit of strangers visiting the city, and was present at the laying of the corner- stone in 1854. During the years the enterprise languished he had strong faith in the final suc- cess of the undertaking. The edifice was finally completed in 1868. When, a few years ago, those helding the bonds of the church filed a sult to enforce their payment, Bishop Simpson came forward and secured delay by assuming the debt. — Pleasant Hill chapel, in Frederick county, Ma., was dedicated Sunday, the 8th inst. The services were performed by Rev. Dr. Diehl. Ad- dresses were delivered by Rev. Drs. Eschbach and Dashiell. The closing services were by Rev. 8. M. Hench. — Rey. Father Wynn, of St. Mary's Catholic church, at Annapolis, Md., bas gone toa new field in Boston, Mass. - — Hon. R. B. Vance, of North Carolina, de- livered the centenary adaress to the Sunday school of Duncan chapel, M-E. church, south, in county, Va., Sunday. — The committee which will arrange the Then thereareagreat many moral | NEW WINDSOR COLLEGE The Exercises During Commencement ‘Week—Degrees and Honore Confer- red. Correspondence of Tait Evexrxo Stan, New Winpsor, Carron Co., Mp., June 19. The Rev. Alfred Nevin, D. D., LL.D. of Philadelphia, preached the baccalaureate ser mon at the opening of the commencement ex- ercises of New Windsor Uollege, iast Sabbath morning. Sabbath evening a sermon to the College Christian Association was preached by Rev. J. D. Fitzgerald, pastor of Light-street Presbyterian church, Baltimore. Monday night the class-day exercises of the senlor class were held in College hall. The greeting was given by Miss Addie C. Reiss tn a very happy manner. full account of the exploits of the class was by Miss Nora Ecker, the historian. The Was delivered by Miss Nellie Siingluff. Miss Carrle E. Mason, the president, conferred the Jaughable diplomas, Pr zes and medals,those of the president being conferred by the vice pres- dent, Miss Rose Weaver. The soiree by the “rank and file” of the college on Tuesday night brought together a large audience. Commence- ment soiree, under the management of Mrs. Jelly, the vice president of the ladies’ seminary of the college, has become one ot the most at- tractive features of the New Windsor com- mencements. To encourage practice in elocution and the arsest celare artem the president of the coll offered a prize this year to be awarded to the best speaker on soiree night. The Judges were Hon. LP. Slingluff, J. F. Buffington, M. D., and the Rey. David Stevenson, D. D., of Perth Amboy, N.J.. who awarded the prize to Wm. Fryling, of Newark, N. J. Wednesday night Rev. David Stevenson, of Perth Amboy, N. J. delivered an address in the Presbyterian church, under the auspices of the Arolathian and Philo- kalian Literary society. The commencement exercises by the gradu- ating class were held in College hail Thursday night. The salutatory was given by Miss Nora Ecker, of Cherry Grove, Carroll county. Essays were read by Miss Nellie Siingluff, of Avalon Farm, Carroll county; Rosa M. Weaver, of New Windsor. Md., and Carrie E. Mason, ‘of Balti- more, Md. The valedictory was delivered by Miss Carrie C. Reiss, of Washington, D.C. Gold medals, diplomas and the degree M_P.L. were conferred upon Miss Nora Ecker, Mise Nellie Slinglud, Rosa M. Weaver, Carrie &. Ma- son and Addie ©. Reiss. The degree of Master of Arts was, in course, conferred upon William Quail Skilling, M.D., of Lonaconing, Md. The honorary degree of A. M. was conferred upon Rey. J. A. Edie, ot Beaver, Pa., and also Prof. J. B. Greene, of New Windsor college. The degree ot DD. was conferred upon Rev. David Stevenson, of Perth Amboy, N. J. = — Blaine’s Grandfathe: leospie. “Chris” Magee in the Pittsbutx Dis) Old Neal Gillespie, tather-in-law of Ephraim Blaine, the tather of Jim, lived out in Washing ton county. He wasa shrewd business man, well liked by his neighbors, but always consid- ered a little queer. One of his favorite pranks was to hitch a horee to hissleigh in mid-summer, throw in a lot of buffalo robes, and drive over to Washington. I think the whole trouble with him was, that the more his family endeavored to prevent his doing queer things the more he would do them. i his sons and dafighters married and left hfs roof he gave each onea fine farm, and when bis daughter married Eph. Blaine she shared like the others, though Eph. hadn't very much of this world’s goods at the time. Matters moved along tor a good many years. Eph. Blaine sold the farm his father-in- whad given him, and the proceeds soon dis- appeared. Old man Gillespie still carried on In his queer ways, until finally the sons and sons- in-law petitioned court for a lunacy commission in his behalf, as they claimed the old gentleman was mentally incapable of taking care of his estate. The question came up before court for a hearing, but old Neal Gillespie declined to have any attorney, and proceeded to conduct his case himself. Ephraim Blaine, his son-in- law, was the first witness called. He went ex- haustively into the causes which ied the family to take the step they had; told about his father- in-law’s crazy ways, and was then turned over to the alleged lunatic for cross-examination. “You are my son-in-law Eph, I believe? Yes, sir,” responded Jim's tather. *“ Did you get dowry with my daughter when you married her?* “ Yes, I did.” Tell the court what property you had your- self when you were married.” The witness objected, on the ground that it had nothing to do with the case. “But il show you that it has,” responded Gillespie, and to humor him the judge required Biaine to auswer the question “Well, I didn’t have anything,” said the wit- ness, reluctantly. “Now tell me what became of the farm I gave you and my daughter when you were mar- ried. “Ah—well—it has been sold.” “and where is the money?” “Oh—it has been spent for bousehold and other purposes.” “Got any of it left now?” “Not very much.” “That will do,” said the off man, with « twinkle in his eye. *‘I’m done with you for the present.” He took up the next witness, another son-in- law. and subjected him to the same excruciating cross-fire, and so on to the end, the result with each relative béing the same. Ephraim Blaine was called up again. “Eph, I want you to tell the court if my es- tate was diminished any when I gave a part of it to you and your wife?” ‘Yes, sir; it was.” ‘Well, since diminishing i “I believe you have bought some land since then.” “Added several farms, haven't [7” ‘Yes, sir.” “You have sold your farm and got nothing | left of it?” “Yes, sir.” “And you want me declared a lunatic, and you take the management of my estate?” “That's what we want the court to do, sir.” The old feliow,tall, gaunt and awkward,arose in court, giared around on the members of the family who had wasted their substance, and yet ited him adjudgea a lunatic,and biurted out: ell, you are all a fine set of ducks to want to manage myestate after you've squandered all of your own,” and he strode from the court- house in a towering rage. The court refused to adjudge him a !unatic, and the sons and sons- in-law failed to get theirflogerson the old man’s property. —— Changes of Stations of Naval Officers. ieuts. A. P. Osborn, W. P. Day and G. A. Mer- riam, Ensign J. T. Smith and Passed Assistant En- gineer J. A. Chasman have been detached from the Quinnebaug and ordered to the Powhatan; Lieuts. C. T. Hutel and L. Gi En: J.G, Gutta. Dent aid We a Tho Pas en, have T added to or kept on nd stocked ‘em, too, the Powhatan; Commander James M. Forsyth and Chief Engineer W. 8. Stan! ‘the Lancaster and ordered home on the Powhatan; Assistant Paymaster G. A. Deering, frou the Quinnebaug, and ordered home per Powhatan; Lieut. G. HL Peters, detached from Special duty, pureau navigation, and ordered to Vandalia, g4tt . A. Hadden and 0. W. Lowry, tue Kearsarge, and ordered home; Lieut. J.K: Cogswell, from the Vandalia, and piaced —— bas International Sunday School Lesson course for the coming seven years was appointed at the convention which was held in Loutsville last week. Mr. John B. Wight, of this city, was re- nominated as a member of the executive com- mittee. — Rev. Charles E. Woodcock, assistant rector of Grace P. E. church, a call to the Conn. 26th instant ‘Ke sistant and J. and J. Paymaster Engineer C. a to ‘En- signs A. U. Wood and A.C. Alvey have been de- tached from the and tothe a Ser baiis oe HH ee lujab Laasies.” title eH ry ee an a She takes the chair at the and explains what sheand the’ other lassies mean to do. They are opponents of nocreed or church, but poise as humble et tng bet tess ee ee n ectraon sd same poor to x Catholic Europe boasts of its Bliss in the Samra eee’ Bunclo at Paris, nae oe See ee