Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1884, Page 2

2 CITY AND DISTRICT. OUTDOOR PASTIMES. ity Among the Boating Men—The | tomac’s New Trniner—The Canoe Iub—Base Ball, Turf and Bicycling | Notes. Boating. | + boating community of the District ts un- and every preparation » approaching regatta, which sist of the present month. for the occasion are in the committee, who to make it not only erheld on the Po- angements », and thes the import: ared and ¢ at Ph credit dand untried, and their S, flushed w repeated suc- d to sweep all before them. Tet that the C etting, and ally foliowe: * was an Ward that his pet Univer- able to catch the bi ly put out at tt sity crew were vidies. He w he has the satisfa ew that whipped t Ly deal to his careful ins $ could not und : arried heir shoulders amidst | by the Celumbias at i the single scull reduce of the ind of the vase is a, With th y etehed view on the front. It t houses of the Seliuylkill navy larze ld, with grace- cup, he Sharp trophy, like aarance yes stomac house is likea 1 four men ready to ta evening toone lieretofore. Whatever | besaid derogatery of Courtney as a sculler, | ot a word is sa ast him asa ws how to re wenet. | @ a seat in the he kn expect to profit consideral hing during the next two weeks. is perfectly tnd the b stied with their not a whit dis by the the Fourth of much is to be ith the if They hough the ¢ x well and sd from no tell i prot neton wcs gives great lon't make owed up and It is too early zht will prob- as MeRae, Cr at Gak Point d John ement to £1,000 a sde. Re Phai Watlac . and will match with Har T the lat- m Austratia. yeurs of age, six yea d tips the scale wh Atter thi: to be adopted at the meeting: nor ballast. emporary quarters houses near the Columbia it until such time ing a bout-house are ut upon the stocks Mr. H. Hf. Sou pt of a loeal bu nit will be wate with interest. y's Indy friends are tull of suggestions l i white design ttily, burgee is tri- ath, the id the distinguish- e Washington hatchet in the weeka is the Bicycling. Probably the most interesting wheeling event year wiil be the id bicycle tour- ut, which ¢ onthe 16th, 17th, at Springfeld, t of races is by far the larcest iency Howard, of the limented with at the tourna- e Mr. Lelan ub. has been com All who attended the Capital club races in the erring will remember your eimnati, who rode so . learn 8 serious accident whi Was spurting recently along Lafayette a In Ct é ret to He enue, nm (a suburb of Cinéinnati), when his ed the ped dhe was thrown to the ground with great force, breaking both bones of his left arm, so that they protruded through the flesh. and otherwise bruising him- self badly. It was two hours befure a doctor could be reached. Landy held his bones to- gether, and never murmured during that time. Those who saw him ride knew that he had Pluck. About a dozen members of the Capital club made a ran to Cabin John bridge ‘Tuesday evening. The went upat sunset and retnrned by moonlight. The new road officers of the club were in command and gave great satis- faction. John 8. Prince, the champion rider, turned up in Washington again last Sunday, looking as if he bad run across John L. Sullivan. His physlog- omy was in very bad shape. A professional Face was to be run at Blossburg. Pa., between Prince, Higham and Woodside, with Morgan as starter, on the 4th of July. "On the day pre- Vious Prince was practicing, and while spurting at a two minute and a half gait, his wheel buckied and he took a fearful heade Insensible for two hours, and w and yenerally bruised up. T sive bicyclist ts compelled to suffer age at the hands of the Irresponsi- dvent of the Wild West. r has reactied the hoodluins. glides by quietly, the meek- + reach a pretty high round of New Yor Philadelphia.18 37 Buflalo.. Detroit.......18 42 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. | Lost. Won. Lost. © | Louisville... Baltimore....26 20 Metropolitaa.33 Brooklyn ....23 27 Columbus. Toledo 33 St Loui Indians 33 Allegheny 3t Washington... 9 39 ASTERN LEAGUE. 1 Won. Lost. Won. Lost. 24 23 -andy, from Cin- | paseats i H | at the Capitol,” said one of the employes, “was looking boy suddenly throws bis 'aiteatmvithia sbrill yell. There is but little dagger of the riders being caught, to be sure, but he is sorely tempted to dismount. They don't realize the danger to the rider. A novel procession attracted attention in Bos- ton recently. It was composed of four sociable trycicies, each containing a lady and gentleman, and elght bicyclists; two bicycles led, followed by a sociable, then two more cles, and so on down the line. two bic being between each two tricyelists. As each carried a lighted lantern the effect was very pleasing. Ease Ball. The Nationals, atter pegging along for several months at the tail end of the Union association, have struck a streak, and are playing a good, steady game of ball. Six victories ont of seven | games is more than a creditable record, They won one game with the St. Louis club and lost | one, and then knocked the Cincinnatis out five | times. Good management and coaching and perseverance did it. When Baker is himself he has no superior as a captain. He handles his jously, and remedies any apparent de- yy. wlio couldn't do anything but catch the Washingtons, cracks the ball hard | er than he dees easy. All the men are ve and quick. Their actions, as soon as | ¥ appear on the ground, show that they mean | ess and intend doing their level best. | and Moore are the heavy hitters, although | e men punch the bail now and then. ‘The | at the ball is livelier than the one used jation accounts for a good | Capitol Park; but | that is an advantage, rather than otherwise. A | game of batteries is a tedious one. People like | to see the ball batted, and the fielders take a | hand in the gai if the nine continue to play as they have during the past week they will championship ladder. ‘The Washingtons started the season with a very fair nine, and they were expected to im- prove steadi! The base ball people were with the club, re ly to give thelr quarters generously. For some reason or other, how- ever, the club has thus far failed to make a talr record. The men seem to be good ones, but | there has ne ways been alet down ata critical point in gaine. They lack the snap and nerve which greatly help to win. During the western trip they placed two victories to their credit—one over the St. Louis, and the | other over the Louisville. The trip has been Vy satisfactory ncially, and if they can win a fair re of the remainder of the 1s they will receive a very cordial reception n they again play at Athletie park. Hawkes written Manager Holiingshead that he ts the nine again. Barr distin- If by making another home run in Thursday's game. nes elsewhere yesterday: Iphi: At New York—| ew York, 17. At Providence— Boston, 0. At Cleveland—Buf- Cleveland, 2.” At Detroit—Chicago. 2; At Philadelphia—Keystone Union, 16; Kansas City Union, 4. At Boston—Chicago Unions, 10; Boston Unions, 2. At Toledo—To- 2; Athletic, 5. The following shows the standing of the va- rious clubs engaged in the championship con- tests up to date: 5 UR. Boston Chicago. . | Provi Cleveland Whe Turi, chiet attraction of yesterday's program | uso Was the special race, an attempt by -Eye-See to beat the best trotting record— aud S.'s 2:1034. The conditions being so favor- i generally supposed he would suc- | J, and before the hea was two to one that he would beat is he was accompa: en to asulky, to enco' t, it was announced, would only be a good rong mile, with no attempt to beat the record. The time for this mile was 2:194. For! the second heat he was scored at a high| rate of speed three times before Bithers nodded fort word. He reached the quarter post in nds, the haif in 1:033;, the three-quar- | 3624. After passing the seven furlong fiver slackened his speed perceptibly, hed the mille in 2:112/, making the last | the rate of 2:16. “The terrific speed to the half-mile pole was too much for him so | early in the season. | The 10,000 persons who assembled in the Chi- | eaxo Driving Park, Thursday, witnessed an un- | paralleled performance. Westmont, a pacer, | ade a mile witha running mate in 2:01%{ eating ali records by several seconds. The | first quarter was made In 303, seconds, the half- | and the three-quar- mile in exactly one minute. ters in 1:3). A light road wagon was used. | Close to the wire Westmont spoiled a 2-m! record by galloping madly. Westmont is a w built chestunt owned by B. F. Johnson, of Creston, Iow ad a record of 2:15. a SOAP AND ‘TOW ‘SS SAVED. THE e ng Done in the Committee oms ut the Close of the Session— pitol was Looted at the | of the Forty-fourth Con- Erens. | ng In the committee rooms?’ nofthe Capitol police when questioned TAK reporter one day this week with rel: ition that the close of the | for a raid upon smail articles of utility There hasn't been anything session. Tom Ingram, the jani- | i locking the committee rooms ter saving things the same after- hoon of the adjournment, and by the next day ail was closed and put under dondie lock, except two or three rooms that are still in use, and these are fastened with the big locks as soon as the clerks go out, the only key being held by the Janitor. I do not believe there bas been any- thing at all stolen. Whenever there has been anything stolen.” he added, “it has not been after the rooms were turned’ over to the watch- men and ty lareeny goes on | days of the session. en't discovered any of this even this session. “How have you found thi: dressing Mr. Ingram. who ys ment with his bunch of “Everything s ight,” was the ‘Now, I'll tell you. Ihave just been gather- | | ing up the towels, and of the keven hundred or seven hundred and fifty but eight are missing, | and probably the mosi, if not all of them, are | | tucked away In some of the drawers, and’ will | be tound during the day.” | “How about other small articles?” ask Sran. THE \ ney have not set been turned over to my charze, but. from: what I can learn, everything See inti On, there’s been no stealing.” T result of all this inquiry ot Tuk Star | tended to show that there had been little, If uny, | | plundering th’- session. “The greatest. plundering that ever occurred | at the beginning of the first session of the Forty- | fourth Congress. At that time all the old force | of attendants and watchmen had been turned ‘out on account ef a change in the political com- | plexion of the House, and the new ones were | green and did not understand how to take care | of things. | doors unlocked, and thieves came—boldly during | the session of Congress—and the whole libraries of } some of the committee rooms were taken. In | the public. lands committee room they took a whole set of very valuable law booke— larly valuable, because they contained import- ant notes—and, tearing the backs off, carried | them off in bags, sellii them to second-hand | dealers. Then, thev stole nearly all the clocks. | That one there onaing to a fancy clock on the mantel) was stolen, and afterwards picked up | iu the Smithsonian grounds, where thieves had dropped tt” “Bat,” he sdded, ‘tT have not heard of any | stealing this sessto A Sad Look Ahead, From ths Detroit Free Press, | Fist school-girl with sudden interest: I forgot to tell you that I was engaged! “Really?” “Oh, yes, and 1am so happy I don’t know what to do.” “That's Just the way I felt, but after you have been engaged thirteen or fourteen times you Won't give it asecond thought. Iudeed, you'll have to stop to think of his name.” “on, They left the windows open and | bhi Sal b 2 WR St ia al Yimin qser! RBRAL ESTAZE GOBIRs). ni Some Interesting Details About New Bui ze THE FINE RESIDENCE WHICH SENATOR PALMER IS ERECTING—COLONEL FERGUSON'S MEXICAN HOUSE AND ITS IMMENSE PROPORTIONS—FINE HOUSES AND PRETTY COTTAGES THAT ARE BEING ERECTED. Senator T. W. Palmer, of Michigan, has begun the erection of a fine residence on K street, be- tween Vermont avenue and 15th street. It will be one of the most elegant! private residences in the city, and in its architectural effect will be an ornament to that section of the city. The build- ing will have a frontage of 32 feet, with a depth of 123 feet. A rather nove! feature of the con- struction will be the front, constructed entirely of Seneca stone, with the approaches, balcontes, &e., of the same material. The main entrance will be reached by a flight of stone steps, orna- mented with heavy newels and balustrades. Above the doorway will be a semicircular door- Piece of elegant design, surmounted by a but- tress ia the form of a sea shell, which supports a heavy stone balcony. From the parlor on the first floor two semicircular windows open on separate balconies, and from the second story a graceful oriel window is projected, rich in catv- ings ot stone. In the third story there will be a gallery or Italian loggia, which will be: within the house, yet open to the air. The building is finished off with cornices of simple yet eleganc des The interior arrangements are very complete and in keeping with the general char- acter of the house. There will be a passenger anda freight elevator in the house, and bath rooms on each floor. The cost will be €50,000. Mr. J. R. Thomas, of New York, is the archi- tect, R. I. Fleming is the builder: IMPROVEMENTS AT TAKOMA. A number of improvements are*in progress at Takoma, which is near the Brightwood station, on the Metropolitan branch. Gen. Kniffin is building a handsome new residence, which will have stone facing to brick water table on the rst floor. One feature of the house will be the isolation of the servants’ quarters from the resl- dence. Mr. George Emmert, jr., 1s the archi- tect. Mr. Emmert is ‘architect also of several houses which are being built at Takoma by Mr. B. F. Gilbert. One of these is a large residence which Mr. Gilbert proposes to occupy himself. It will have stone facing to the second story and will be a very handsome house. COL. FERGUSON'S MEXICAN HOUSE. Perhaps the most remarkable structure that haseyer been erected in this city for a private residence ia the one which Col. Ferguson is now building at the corner of 24th and Mstreets. It will be a rectangular building, 101 feet jong and 74 feet deep, surrounding a central court which will be 48 by 24 feet. The outside walls will be of brick, and the architecture will be perfectly plain, and without any ornamentation what- ever. The building will be only two stories high, The walls will be pierced by numerous windows, and the entrances will be spacious. The upper story will open into a balcony which willrunaround the court. The latter will be protected by a glass roof, and will be orna- mented with flowers, and will have a fountain playing In the center. There will be an arched entrance into the court through which car- riages can be driven. The house fs modeled upon the plan of the resMences built by the wealthy in Mexico. Col. Ferguson's long resi- dence in that country has made him familiar with the merits of this style of architecture. Before the war he was in California, where he Jolued the regiment commanded by Commis- sioner West. Atter the war he left the army and went to Mexico, where le becaine asso- ciated with one of the largest banking houses In that country. He accumulated a fortune and determined to retire from business, and in look- g about fora pleasant place of residence, he choose this city. The location f th f this new house is a large part onting on M street, between 24th treets. Itwas formerly known as * Place, although for some years it ‘nowned by Mr. Augustus Henderson. nit, old-fashioned place, perched up fifteen feet above the and surrounded by a stone Ferguson's house is. situated ivantage of a combined country residence. THE OPER: IMPROVEMENT. The proposed alterations and changes in the interior ot Ford's Opera House will transform that amusement resort into a convenient and elegant theater. The floor will be lowered sev- eral feet, thus improving the seats under the gulleries. making them pleasant and attractive. An orchestra circle will be introduced, and the entre auditorium newly upholstered ‘and ele- gant decorated. The steps from the upper landing to the auditorium will be removed and space given for separate stairs to the gallery, thereby increasing the size of the lobby. The present barn-like appearance of the auditorium vill be remedied and a cosy and parlor-like ornamentation substituted. The acoustle prop- erties of the hall will be improved. An elegant drop curtain will replace the unsightly green baize now in use) ‘The stagewill be enlarged and a new and elegant proscenium arch con- structed. The lower story will be reconstructed so as to give a spacious lobby and a convenient ticket office on the ground floor. Iron stairs and a fine portico will be put up on the east front in the place of the present uninyiting and inconvenient appliances. The first work will be the reconstruction of the theater proper, on which operations haye already begun, under the | immediate charge of Mr. George Vanderwaken. The interior changes will be completed by the opening of the theater season, but the exterior | Improvements are not expected to be completed earlier than next year. Mr. A. B. Mullett is the architect. The cost will be about $20,000. A NEW LAW SCHOOL BUILDING. A substantial building is being erected on the sonth side ot E street, near 11th, by Messrs. H. ©. Clauzhton and Eugene Carusl, for the use of the law school of the National University. It will be 25 feet tront, with a depth of 65, and will be two stories and a basement in height. The front will be of ornamental press brick, with stone trimmings and galvanized Iron cornices. ‘The frst floor will contain a library and a moot court rgom. ‘The second story will havea pro- ‘or's room and the lecture room, which will 23 by 50 feet. The building will be com- ‘ed by October Ist. Jas. -H. MeGill is the architect, and Langley and Gettinger are the builders.’ ‘The cost will be $7,000. TWO PRETTY HOUSES. Two very pretty houses are being erected by Mr. John Bailey on 4th street, between E and F streets. They will ve three stories high, one being finished with a gable roof and the other | with an old-fashioned gamble roof. The plc- turesque effect will be increased by the oriole window which adorns the front of one of the houses. The other house has a two-story bay projection. The houses will be 20 feet by 42 and will cost $10,500. Gray & Page are the archi- tects. MR. CONRAD SCHWAB’S HOUSE. Aneat and tasty house has just been com- pleted for Mr. Conrad Schwab on H street, near 12th. It is three stories and basement in height, 22 feet front and 50 feet deep. The | front is of pressed brick, with trimming of brownstone and galvanized iron. A projection of one foot runs -up to-the roof and finishes with a gable. The interior Is conveniently ar- ranged. The cost is $6,000. T. F. Schneider is the architect. A SOUTH WASHINGTON IMPROVEMENT. Mr. Saul Herman is erecting two brick resl- dences, with store rooms, on 434 street,between F and G streets southwest. They will be two stories, and will have all the modern improve- Wents. Mr. R. Barris the builder. BUILDING NOTES. Mr. John F. Vogt is erecting a residence on M street, near New Hampshire avenue,ata cost of 6.800. It will have three stories, pressed brick front, stone and iron trimmings, and bay win- dow extending to the roof. The interior willbe nicely finished in imitation hard wood. T. F. Schneider is the architect and A. Getz the builder. A very handsage residence has just been com- pleted for Assistant Surgeon General Van Rey- honge on 14th, between 8 and T strects, at a cost of $2,000. Mr. Conrad F. raced di building a two- story-and-basement hcus¢‘on Maryland avenue, between 3d and 4th street# northeast, at a cost of $2,000. i 0 A two-story house ia being erected on ist street. between D aad E streets southwest, by Mr. John Grinder, at a cost of $1,400. A TEACHER OF MEMORY. A Man who Cures Persons of Forget- fulness. HE GIVES A “STAR” REPORTER A GLIMPSE OF HIS SYSTEM—MNEMONIC3! AND PURENOLOGY— PREACHERS, LAWYERS, CANDIDATES POR BX- ALINATIONS AND (OTHERS WHO COME UP TO GET THEIR DEFECTIVE MEMORIES MENDED,&C. “Professor B—, teacher of Memeory,” was the announcement on a modest little sign that caught the eye of a Stan reporter as he walked down one of the business streets the other day, and in three minutes, standard time, he was seated in a little second-story front office, sur- rounded by charts, and heads lald off in town lots, all properly numbered according to the most approved lines of engineery. The heads of great men were spread out on charts in @ way to most effectively dfsplay their ‘bumptuous- ness," and other phrenological signs were dis- played from the walls. “Mnemonics and Bhrenotogy are distinct sciences,” said the professor. “i protess both, I practice phrenology as well asteach the art of memory. Endowing men with memory is my chief practice. In a few lessons I enable one to memorize the most difficult things almost with- out an effort.” “How can that be done?” asked THE Star. “Oh, it’s a matter of association according to asystem I have worked upon for twenty-five years. It isall based upon the alphabet and numbers. I take a person, and ina few hours get them so that they can repeat or reproduce-a long poem which I haye read to them twice or at most three times. They can repeat it back- wards or forwards, or give you any line you call for by number. I had a boy about twelve years old who, after learning the system, went to hear Beecher and Cook lecture and afterwards re- peated the lectures to an audience without having takenanote. He repeated Beecher’s lecture at the Young Men's Christian associa- tion rooms on New York avenue. Of course he did not give every word the lecturer used, but he covered every point in its regular order, Just as the nbenkeclid dnt curtailing it sufficiently to be able to give In half an hour whatit took an hour to deliver orlginally.” “Do many come to you to have their faculties cultivated?” asked THE Star. “Yes, agreat wany of all classes. Some stu- dents, reporters—more particularly official. re- porters of the Senate and House; lawyers ani preachers. Preachers and lawyers particularly: the former to acquire an aptness in memorizing their sermons, and the latter to memorize au- thorities and dates. Orators, also, who memor- ize their speeches, “Then there fs another class—the department clerks and persons preparing for civil service examinations. Before going in for an examina- tion many ot them come to me to learn to mem- orize dates and events, location of rivers, his torical, statistical and practical facts, &c. “I had a navy cfficer here not long ago, who was preparing for an examination for promo- tion, und he perfected himself in the system so that he could without difficulty remember any- thing he desired. “There is an old lady, between seventy and eighty years old, who, with her danghter, has taken instructions, and she says that she finds no difficulty in remembering and repeating all that she reads. She says she can take two poems she has read and repeat them alternately, a line from each.” While he talked the professor was observing the formation of the reporter's head very closely, first getting a tocus on one bump, then squint= ing one eye and cocking his head on one side to get a good view of another, After taking a few sly peeps at the top of the scribe’s head and about his temples, and a bird’s eye view of his “noble” forehead, he said abstractedly: “You are very inquisitive?” Ive? “Ob, I mean,” seeing that the scribe was blu hing, “I mean you faye a penetrating, uiring mind.” ne . ou’d make a good detective or a newspaper man. oH to examine Into things.” Then he continued to discuss some of the reporter's characteristics, which were of a per- sonal and private nature; among other things, telling him he was not a church member; was not orthodox; didn’t ‘believe in creeds much,” &e. Then he dwelt upon the development of jmayination and the like in a manner which the scribe’s natural modesty restrains him from re- peating. ‘ hat man,” he said, turning to a picture of Garfield “had a remarkable memory for details. He has not (pointing to Arthur.) His memory extends merely to principles, without the detail of facts.” That race shows signs of a keen perception, a power to grasp situations. I should say he ought to be able to draw pretty weil,” and he pointed to a picture of Nast. “Can you tell a man’s disposition by examin- ing his head?” asked the reporter. “Tcan. I can tell just what to expect from one; just how far to trast him, and what he is likely to do under certain circumstances.” hen you have faith in your art?” Perfect. Every one who has gone to the trouble to investigate the matter believes in phrenology.” —— TRICKY CONGRESSMEN. How “Permission to Print” is Abused. The recent efforts made both in the Senate and House of Representatives to prevent the publication in future of any speeches in the Congressional Record not actually delivered in open session in one of those bodies, has recalled others appear to have torgotten, wherein mem- bers of Congress have grossly abused the privi- leges given them of printing speeches in the Record, of whose tenor no one’ ts aware except the printers until they are published. All of us who have followed the debates of Congress at all Know that the Record is sometimes used as @ medium for free advertising of branches of business to which the necessities ot the case upon which an M. C.is presumably speaking do not at all make it obligatory upon him to refer, There was at least one notable instance of this during the tariff debate in April last. Two years ago a Congressman who now stands high, as he did then, in the estimation of both political parties, told me that he knew the following to be a fact: A certain member who had been worsted in a controversy with another in the last Congress in open debate, under pre- tence of correcting the proof sheets of the re- port of the debate, managed to reverse the re- sult of the wordy encounter. Hestruck out the words “applause,” “laughter,” and all other expressions of approbation wherever they had been rightiully inserted in his epponent's speech, and put them in his own to suit himself. Until Mr. 8. 8. Cox referred to it last week, most of those who knew of it at the time seemed to have forgotten how, In April, 1880, Stephen W. Downey, then a delegate in'the House of Representatives from Wyoming Territory, first copyrighted a long and needless alleged poeti- cal (7) effusion of bis own, and then had It printed as a speech from himself in the Record, in which it covered fitean pages. It was os- tensibly delivered ia support of a bill he bad offered previously, and, im the preamble to this bill, he incorporated the. ‘Apostle’sCreed” in full, as contained in, the Episcopal pray book. The bill was to appropriate £500,000 to purchase pictures Illustrative of the birth, life, death and resurrection of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, to adorn the national Capitol. The poem was and “dedicated to the Congress of the United States.” In it, in spite of the violent professions of ' faith in Christianity which heset forth in‘his bill, and its preamble, he held frequent and, lengthg conversations with the gods and goddesses of heathen mythology, and several parts of the wandering verses being sub-headed ‘ Phantasmagoria,” and containing weird descriptions of Jed to the criticism that while many members of the House of Repre- sentatives had doubtless “had 'em” bad, be- fore and since, it certainly was unusual to Le “em,” snakes and all, into the doubtless many rejoiced that Mr. Downey copy- righted his variety, and so shut off imitators. Had Mr. Downey sought a publisher for his jena Disa org eae be ye ee ee to h to fore the public; but ihe by n, U.S.N., on 15th street, near L. It ia hree stories ‘high, and 1s very complete in. all ite appointments. A rather novel ire has been introduced in the shape of a ventilatin; shaft extending from the foundation to the roof, A fine residence 1s being erected by Mr. Sam'l Bacon on Rhode Island avenue, between 13th and 14th streets, at a cost of $10,000. Gen. Green B. Raum is about to begi erection of a fine residence, for his own nse, on Rhode Island avenue, between 14th and 15th |° streets. It will cost about $15,000. ouse on 4th street, between streets, at @ cost of 21,600. A two-story house is being erected on Rhode Island avenue, between 4th and 5th Mrs. A. C. Heltrick, at a cost of €2,700. Mr. E. M. Mitchell is and-cellar house on Congress between West and Stoddard, Georgetown, at a cost of Siew, & MoNalry is building two-story patting It into the Record he secured for t not only an appearance in pi a ula- tion entirely free of cost. to himself” Henice made it part of the archives to be found in all Nbraries where bound volumes of congressional debates have a place. ‘Miss GrunpY. Soe What He Thought He Had Retter Go | fendent. Perhaps the Eor, ‘From the St, Pan! Herald. “Go for somebody, cuick! There’s a bug in the park Wednesday evening. . “Hadn't I better go for the bug?” he sugges- Then she fainted dead ai had unswooned the bug had ing stroll and gone home. A Company of thirty or fo about to make a tour of Europe Treland and ending with Italy. They will carry thelr luggage with thom on thelr bigycles, to me some of the numerous instances, which | down my back!” cried a young girl to her lover oral ped THE SONGS OF THE DAY. A Talk with an Avenue Music Denier. WHY BALLADS ARE POPULAR—THE CHANGES IN THE PUBLIC TASTE—SONGS THAT HAVE BEEN WIDELY SUNG—AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR ILLUSTRATING THE POWER OF MUSIC. “The songs which are most popular now are ballads, as they are suitable for parlor or con- cert,” said a well-known avenue music dealer toa Sranreporter. “They are of a different style, both in words and music, trom those which were popular twenty or even ten years ago,” he continued, “but of course there are | some which will never grow old on account of the sentiments connected with them. The composers who seem to have the principal sale just now are Tosti and Marzials, who write very much like Millard, the composer of ‘The Kerry Dance’, but a young balladist in this city, who, by the way, is a newspaper mag, is rap- idly becoming « favorite, and one of his’ songs, ane, Daw,’ has had a large sale. The old songs of Stephen C. Foster, once so much in demand, are seldom called for. Operatic airs are notin so much demand as one uninitiated in the music business would suppose, and are seldom asked for, excepting by teachers of vocal music and professional singers. The songs with a quartette chorus, having a pretty, catching harmony, and usually heard in the minstrel shows, are not sold to a very great ex- tent, because when you sit down ina parlor and attempt to sing one of them as a solo the effect 1s lost and the result is an uncomfortable feeling that something is lacking.” WHY THE BALLAD IS POPULAR. “So you see,” continued the dealer, ‘that the reason why the ballad is popular is that it is in place when sung in a parlor, where nine-tenths of allour music !s heard, and algo because ballads are usually written In a compass easily controlied by the average voice. One of the most povular pallads ever written is ‘When the Leaves Begin to Fade,’ of which over a mil- lon copies were sold. In connection with this there is a matter which perhaps you have no- ticed, and which a music dealer hasto guard against sharply, and it !athis: Whenever a song appears which is a favorite the rival music pub- lishers will issue publications bearing a title very similar to the popular song, and thus en- deayor to work off spurious music on a careless purchaser. Thus in the above case they have songs about the leaves falling, the leaves turn- ing and the leaves doing this, that and the other thing, until you would believe that the leaves could perform as many different tricks asa trained monkey in a menagerie. Publications international copyright. and one gets much of the best music published very cheaply in that form. You meet this book ever: ere, In the tores, on the cars, at the news-stands, where ever you go you see the ‘Song Folio,’ and over a million copies of it have been sold. In books of that kind the publisner makes his profit out of the immense issues, and in this particular in- stance we figured up the other day that the fret one thousand coples must have cost over one hundred thousand dollars, but the output has been so large that the publishers baye made | money on It. A good campaign song sells with great rapidity if it has taking qualities, and the new song by Sousa bids fair to attain a large circulation, as the air is bright, easy and very effective. Sometimes asong will havea marked effect in a political canvass. The power of the old song o! g of ‘Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too,’ of the campatgn of 1840, has become 2 matter of legen- dary interest, Talking about THE POWER OF MUSIC I think one of the happiest incidents which I remember occurred during the late war. Our army under General Bragg was lying in the trenches outside of Chattanooga watching the Yankees, and there had been considerable skirmishing gotng on all day, but towards night- fall even the picket firing seemed to cease with common consent. The evening was lovely, and during the comparative stillness one of the federal bands took a of both armies, and began to play old tunes familiar to all. The boys dropped everything to listen the sweet tones, mellowed by distance, came throbbing down the lines men ceased to talk, or only spoke in subdued voices, for the music seemed almost divine. By and by the notes of ‘Hail Columbia’ rang out, and cheer on cheer went up from the Union soldiers, which were echoed back by the confederates, when the | band followed with ‘Dixie's Land.’ Then came the ‘Star Spangled Banner,’ and we could hear | the loud voices of the Yankees as they came in on the chorus. ‘Bonnie Blue Flag’ next awakened our enthusiasm, and we sang it with a religious fervor. Ashort interval followed, and then the air of ‘Home, Sweet Home’ touched us-with an effect: which I never experienced before or since. The men drank in that music | as if it camo from Heaven, and every now and | then as it strack some tender memory you would see some one bury his face in his hands or turn | away to hide his agitation, and we listened, | listened for full five minutes, ‘t seems to me, | after the music ceased. Then from the ranks of federals and confederates alike a mighty volume of shouts and cheers went up, answered and answered back until the echoes of Lookout mountain re-echoed from the great sounding board of Mission Ridge, 1 have heard the Mar- selllaise Hymn sung byten thousand voices, but I never expect to hear such music on earth again as I heard that night on the banks of the Tennessee,” and the story teller gave a sigh as he walked away in reply toa summons from a caller. ~———_____+ 95 ____ WHY THE WORK WAS STOPPED. Not Enough History to Go Around the Frieze—The Work of Decorating the Rotunda Temporarily Suspended. An obstacle has been met with which has checked the work upon the historic fresco de- | signed to belt the rotunda of the Capitol. “There isn't history enough to go round,” says the artist. The ideal scenes designed to repre- sent the history of the new world from its dis- | covery begins over the west door, with the landing of Columbus, and extends probably | three-fgnrths the way round. The work, as has | been the verdict of the throngs of visitors to the | Capitol since it was begun by Brumidi, a few | years ago, is quite fine In an artistic point of | View, the painting having the effect of bas-relief. Columbus’ boat grates upon the sand, and America Is discovered over the back door of the Capitol. The Indian trades and Indian warfare; the struggle for independence, from Lexington to Yorktown, and scenes from the Mexican war, furnish subjects for the historic pencil. Then comes a blank. The artist has laid aside his pencil and announced that he will not resume work until September or October. he trouble is here. They do not know what to Go with the biank space. There isa missing ; link in history and the blank is bewildering. Putting the last plume in the helmet of his soldiers the artist drops his pencil afd says in mixed Italian and English:'Used all fie Indians; all the soldiers; what now? and stops with his shoulders In his ears, waiting for a suggestion. Here the matter rests. All the noble war his- tory has been used up and they don’t. know what to fill the space with. ‘They do not | Want to draw from the war of the rebellion, as they deem it hardly in good taste to thus record internal triumphs. An emancipation panel was suggested, but there was some objection made to this also. Architect Clark and Librarian Spof- ford put their heads together to try and create | an idea for Costaggini to mould into a design. The result of thelr consultation was that itr, Clark told the artist he might, if he desired, suspend work for the summer. Three designs were mentioned, each of which raised the Itallan’s shoulders nearer his ears, with an ex- pression of blank disapproval. The first was to represent the discovery of gold in California. Then it was suggested that the artist test the power of his pencil to idealize the driving of he last spike in the Union Pacific railroad, or, as the artist expressed it, “laying ze corner stone ov ze railroad.” Another proposition was to fill the space witha tragic scene ef the as- sasination of Lincoln and Garfleld, but none of these could be agreed upon as suitable and in Not a Legal Consideration, A Kiss From the Pall Mall Gazette. The question can only be answered by experience: solvitur osculando. But it is easy after a decision in the Lambeth a kiss is not. county court yesterday to say what It is not legal “consideration.” A beth kissed a wor band valued the kiss at £5, gave him anI OU forthat amount. A month tment, but the iudge promptly ruled there soos ment, iy ‘no consideration and Saldeeend for have been ii ry that. admit that there are “kisses interesting question is whether. judgment was or whether every case m ied on its merits. ——— On a racetrack for any distance over g judge may even the E Breet i i fos , and when she | miles a bicycle can be driven at higher speed hed its even-| than ahoree. The fastest mile is sald to have been made in two minutes thirty-one and two- Dleyett than’ thirty tiinutes, fwenty talons than Jat yelists are | than mi an eianln with | hour, snd one hundred milesin five hours and fifty minutes—or in three hours less than the best time recorded of a trotting horse, like the ‘Song Folio’ are due to the lack of an | position on a little knoll | was sleepin’. Den I'd guess she was prayin’ d Just inside of their lines, within hearing distance | 4 i , “$4 4 | MARS’ WILL. A Story of Ante-belluam Days in Old Virginia. Written for Tax Evaxrxe Stan. “It's @ mon'’sus long space since de ol woman's been taike’ to dat way. Bress yo" dear heart, honey, you say dat just like Mars’ Wiilum Henry.” Thad drawn rein in front of alittle way side cabin to make inquiries about the road, or rather path, for most of the “ways” in the sec- tion of Virginia I was then traversing were merely narrow passages cut through thick pines and wide enough only for foot or saddle. The speaker was one of those old plantation slave women who live like a memory in the shades of past time, surrounded by that curious romance of superstition associated with old slavery times inthe south. My addressing her as “‘mammy” was the occasion of her sudden outburst of feeling. “You didn’t know Mars’ Willum? No, bress youn, honey, ‘course yon didn’t. "Ca’se he 's | dead since just befor’ de waw, and he was fist as | you Is then. Only,” she added, atter pausing tolook at me fora moment, “only Mars’ Will was good lookiner. “De Lord, chile, de ole woman don’ mean any ‘flection, ‘cep’in’ no one can't be "zactly like Mars’ Will befor’ de ole woman as use’ to nurs him—de ee chile!” “Dat dis ole woman should live an’ live, an’ keep on livin’ all de time, an’ po’ Mars’ Will should be took off; an’ missus, she’s dead of sorror’—an’ Miss Minta—po’ honey!” The old woman shook her head mournfully, then straightening herself up, stood before me erect and silent like astatue in ebony, her head almost touching the top of the cabin door, her hands upon her hips, and the corners of her tur- ban nodding. She was as black—as black ws the smoked wall of her cabin—and the cotton handkerchief of orange and red, forming the turban, twisted tightly across her forehead, gave her the appearance ot an African queen. She seemed the remnant of a lost race. Throwing my bridal rein over a broken pine bough, I dismounted and asked if she couldgive me some clabber. She brought me a large gray crock, decorated with blue flowers, and, as I sat on a bench near the cabin dvor, I endeay- ored to lead her back to the story of lier young master. “Yes, sah, Mars’ Will use to drink ‘clabber’ here,” she sald in response to a suggestion dropped to draw her out. “He was mouty pees, but he wa’nt too prond fo’ dat. No; dat e want, chil Does you really want to hear ‘bout Mars’ Will? Do you, in ‘arn long “fo’ you was dreamed of chile, Marsah Truman an’ missus, dey liv'dover dar at de “Pines,—only dar aln’t no house thar now, an’ no marsah, an’ no missus, an’ no Mars’ Will. Dey 's all gone whar dis ole niggar “ll full’ dem “fo long, please de Lord. Missus was inouty proud, an’ marsah was allus with his horses, an’ his gun an’ his dogs, a ridin’ "bout de place an’ orderin’ de niggers ‘bout. Den he'd go off to de races, and sometimes he'd be gone an’ no one ‘ould know whar he wes fo’ three or fo’ days. An’ den he would come back an’ ail ’d be sort of hushed Ike. De house ‘d be all slut up an’ still, an’ missus ‘d yo ‘bout all quiet, like a ghostes. At those times she'd allus look kind of crushed and sad, but proud, and no one dare say a word. Sometimes I'd hear missus erying ail to herself. Dendey’d whisper ‘bout marsah’s being mouty bad; de doctor ‘dcome, an’ bymeby marsah ‘d come down ail shakin’ an’ lookin’ sort of pale an’ sorry like, and missus, pale jist like a ghostes, ud sit by him an’ talk kind. Mun, ebery thing was kind of pitiful den! “Marsah ‘d git right aga’n, an’ missus ‘d smile an’ try an” iook happy, an’ things ‘ud go on, un’ go on til marsah ‘d ‘gin aga’n. “Twas "t one of dem times Mars’ Will was bawn. Bofe de chile and de mother ‘look sick’ long space, an’ I nurs ‘em an’ nurs ‘em, an’ de chile cling tome, As he grew an’ grew missus ‘gan to look happy, but she'd sit an’ watch an’ watch him, an’ sometimes when she thought no one wasn't lookin’, I's seen her cryin’ an’ pray- in’ an’ prayin’ over de bed whar de little one good Lord not to let little Mars’ Will to to like bettin’ an’ "kronsin’, “Bymeby Mara’ Will grew an’ grew, an’ Missus watched him, an’ watched him, an’ beg’ marsah to be kar'ful. ‘Til bymeby he got big, an’ was sent off to bo'rdin’ school, an’ missus was _bery sad, an’ didn’t wan’ him to go, ‘ca’se she fraid he might get wild, “Marsah he send him lots of money, an’ Mars’ Will he write fo’ mo’ an’ m she git sad, an’ marsah laugh an’ say he spend lots of money hisself when he was at school. But missus she get so bad, an’ so sick, an’ so sick dat Mars’ Will he came home. He was a dashin’ an’ han’some boy, was Mars’ Will, when he come back from school—jist as merry as could be. He was de life of de whole house, an’ missus ‘gan to look happy as she waiked "bout fn’ went to church on his arm. ‘Her han’some boy’ she use’ to call him, Things went on an’ went on ‘til bymeby marsah came home one day an’ sed he had a letter from Mississippi that tol’ him his only brother was dead, an’ left a daugh- ter without anybody fo’to take kare an’ give her a home, ’ea’se all de niggars was sol’, an’ gone fo’ debts. Marsah an’ missus consulted an’ consulted, an’ bymeby Miss Minta she came, an’ ebrybody ‘fell in love with her, ‘specially Mars’ Will, wors’ than all de rest. Bhe wa'nt nothing but a chile, yet she war almost a wo- man, fan’ was 80 sweet an’ gentle dat dey all love’ her an’ petted her. An’ she'd walk an’ ride with Mars’ Will, an’ dey was allas together, an’ youn’ marsah pie spendin’ his time with de young men missus didn’t like. Well, it went on an’ went on ‘til dey foun’ dey was in love with one ‘nother. An’ missus foun’ it out, too, an’ didn’t like it, ’ca’se she want’ Mars’ Will to marry some rich lady. An’ she ‘gan to treat Miss Minta sort of col’, an’ to scol’ an’ talk “bout sendin’ Mars’ Will back to school. Den grow up Mars’ WHI he get mad an’ say he wa'nt neber | goin’ to marry anybody but Miss Minta, an’ dey had an awful time. “Miss Minta, po’ chile, didn’t know what to do. Missus took her off to hersef, an’ dey talk’ and dey talk’, an’ dat night Miss Minta was ery- in’ an’ cryin’. Nex’ mornin’ she was gone. Mars’ Will he storm’ an’ storm’, an’ Missus she look’ cole and pale, while Mars’ Will kept on storm- in’, When he couldn't fin’ ont whar Miss Minta lad gone he rushed out of de house like mad ”*til missus | au’ gallop’ off toward de ‘Moorlands,’ sayin’ h’d | never come back’til he foun’ his love. “Missus still look cole an’ determin’ kind’a, an’ went "bout de house ’s if nothin’d happin’, But underneaf it all dis ole woman could see de nervous an’ de pride fightin’. Towards night she came down all done up in a cloak an’ ordered de carriage an’ drove down de sane way Mars’ Will went. Bymeby she came back lookin’ pale an’ anxious, an’ had not found him. Way into de niht dis ole woman sat an’ listen’ to her walkin’ an’ walkin’ up and down de porch, ’til I "speck it was "bout three o'clock in de mornin’—‘clip-klank,clip-klank, clip-clatter.” Mars’ Will's horse came runnin’ up de lane ’s ifa ghostes was ridin’ him. Hecame right up to de porch. De saddle was under his belly; the stir- rups was gwine klink-klink against de steel shoes, an’ Mars’ Will want no whar’ ‘bout. “Dey searched de lane, an’ all de house turn’ out, an’ de servants deyran ebery whar with lights—torches an’ lait'rns, and missus rushed out with the rest. An’ dey all searched an’ searched an’ searched ‘til dey got tode ‘Big Cliff.’ Den marsah’s horse act 'sif he wan't gwyne any mo’, an’ sniff an’ jump like he see a ghostes. Dey stopped with de lights fo’ to see what de matter, an’ dey see horse hoofs near de edge of de ‘Cliff’ Dey hel’ de lights ober de brink-an’ look’ an’ look’ an’ look, and shade dar faces an’ try to see down into de darkness “neath dem. But all was black and deep an’ dey could see nothi But dey was sure Mars’ Will down thar, an’ dey clime down. Bery karful, bery karful, an’ hel’ de light down. One light 1t @ropped out of thar han’s, an’ it went blazin’ down, down, down in de pit, crash onde bottom, an’ blow up in a big blaze an’ went out. No one see nothin’; but Missus she ery out: ‘He’s thar. I sees his white face, and fell down, down, down. Dey tried to catch her, but she went ober de ‘Cliff,’ an’ dey hel’ their breath an’ look. Dey didn’t’ dar to say a word, but work and work dey get ropes down an’ lights an’ el to a bottom of de pit. Thar on de dead an’ blood, dey found Mars’ Will, an’ Missus lay not far off. Maun, dis ole woman see it now. B “De whole country was talkin’ ‘bout it, but dey neber could teli how it.happin’. But ole Uncle Cole, he say down in de quarters, while a tellin’ de story after, dat Mars’ Will when he couldn't fin’ Miss Minta nowhar he rode ebery whar an’ carry on a . Den he stop at de ‘Moorland’s Inn’ an’ meet a lot of young fellows drinkin’ an’ playin’ cards. He jist throw hisself an’ drink an’ drink an’ “Yes, Marsah Traman done foun’ Miss Minta oe with him at de ‘Pines,’ but she neber any more, chi but was allus sayin’ dat Mars’ Will 'd come soon. An’ she ‘d set ” at de windo' an’ watch an’ watch for po" mars’, what neber could come no mo’.” He is a Good Prayer Teser. | LITERARY NOTES. 1 oF tne KHL ( Vol 1 1542-1800) Sam Francisco: AL & Co This volume ts one of the most important and interesting of the valuable series to which it be longs, and, though marked by less of the drm matic quality than some of the others, wil! per haps, on account of the territory to which i® relates, be read with most avidity by American readers. Mr. Bancroft ts the first person who has ever brought together, studied and digested the vast amount of material bearing upon his subject. and he seems to have discharged his task with singular sincerity and ability. An idea of the laborious research required for the Preparation of this single volume may be found when it is stated that the Index of authorities examined aud quoted occupies alone no leap than fity-three closely printed octavo p Rut fullness and accuracy are not tts only merita, In literary style and plan of classification it te characterized by all the excellences which dis- tingulshed the preceding volumes; and it may be pronounced, therefore, at once the fullest and clearest history yet written of the early days of that section of our continent. It is, indeed, hardly too much to say that it will long be the Source whence future students and historians will seek for intormation and draw thelr inxpira- tion. Like its predecessors, the vaiue of the volume before us is enhanced by coptes of early maps, etc., aud a complete alphabetical index. LIFE, OR. A TRIP TO PARMACHE- Realistic “Story of Life in the Woods. By we A 3. FARRAR author of ” Fastwat Ho™ ete. Boston: Lee & Shepard, Washington: Win. Ballantyne & Son Under the general title of “Lake and Forest Series,” Capt. Farrar several years ago under- took the preparation of a set of books filustra- tive of hunting, fishing, trapping and adventure generally In the wilds of Maine. The first vol- ume was devoted to the regions lying round about the famous Rangeley lakes. The one be- fore us takes up the country at the head waters of the Connecticut and Magalloway rivers, and in narrating the experiences of an imaginary party of boys in that lecalityhe manages to give & very correct idea of woods life and of the rare enjoyment to be had from atrip of the kind. Capt. Farrar is well qualifled for the task he has set himself. He ts personally familiar with all the territory described, and has a knack putting things in a taking way for young read- ers, although some parts of his narrative would bear condensing to advantage. UNITED STATES NOTES. A Mistory of the ons Issues of Paper Money by the meut of the United States. ByJoax Jax Kxox. With an Appen- ix containing the recent Drei of the Sup Court of the United States he Opinion on the Lecal Tender Question. New York: a Scribner's Sous, Washington: Win. Ballau- e & Son. Tn compiling this history Mr. Knox has turned to good account the information which came to him during his long incumbency of the office of Comptroller of the Currency, and he has given to the public a volume which is not only useful and interesting to students ot financial ques- tions, but of service to the general reader. It is, however, rather surprising and certainly to be regretted that he did not incorporate with the text a fac simile tn form and color, if not in size, of the various government Issues referred to. To have done so would have been eaxy and hot very expensive, in the present state of Illus- trative printing, and that feature would have added larvely to the historical and perwanent value of the book, THE DISCOVERIES OF AMERTCA TO THE YFAR 1525. By ARTHUR Jawes Werer, MA. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sous, Wask ou: Boentano Broth- ers. Students of history will be greatly interested in this volume. It is a scholarly digest of the most important and reliable information possessed by the ancientsrelative to the western continent and adjacent Islands, and also of what was known of the early discoveries of the Northmen, together with extracts from old and rare books and manuscripts touching the explo- rations of Columbus, the Cabots, and other navigators, prior to 1525. The coples of ancient maps, charts, etc., are very curious and inter- esting, in theraselves, as well as useful in con- Rection with the text. VACATION In Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. By Rorsnoce, M.D. Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott & Co. Washington: W. H. Morrison: Persons interested In pleasant, healthful and economical means of recreation will find this book worth their attention. In a very attrac- tive way the author tells the story of a three months’ crulse with his two little bors,—and oc- castonal visiting company,—and indicates how a congenlal party can reallze three or four times as much from such a trip as can be got fromany fashionable resort, and at less than half the ex- pense. With the narrative are interspersed Hotes on botany and natural history, and there are several clever Hlustrations froin pictures taken by the author acting as an aniateur pho- tographer. NOTES TAKEN IN SIXTY YEARS By Ricranp Surrn Extiorz, of St, Louis. Washington: Bren- tano Brothers, This isa queer jumble of facts, incidents, in- formation, personal recollections and gossip, thrown together in a hap-hazard sort of way, but not without interest, nevertheless, and es- lally to those partial to reminiscential litera- ‘ure. Born in Penusylvania in 1817, and living in St. Louls, since 1843, the author's observa- tion has naturally covered awide range of topics and great changes in places and population; | and in telling his story he has made a very en- tertaining book, even though it may not take high rank in the minds of the critics as a fin- ished literary performance. Or, She Would be an Opera Singer. 0 T, author of “Marked ‘In Fords, Howard & Hulbert, others, The purpose of this book is laudable enough, but it is too big, whether the end in view or its literary attractions be considered. Its avowed object is to prevent American girls from going to Europe to study music; and, as a warning, the career of a sweet-roiced, ambitions girl is traced trom her happy home in Wisconsin to ts ead end in Italy. The plot is hackn 4d, and the style is not good; and the story. as may be imagined, is not a pleasant one; but itis worth reading by ambitious lady vocalists and their partial and injudicious friends. A Roma! ax S. =f Robert Beall, Although Mr. Crawford's reputation with novel readers Is likely to rest on his first effort, because of the originality of its queer plot and characters, this is unquestionably his best pro- duction. It is in charming narrative style, the story purporting to be told by a garrujous old man, who knows much of written philosophy, « but little of human nature, and who through- out the book is hardly ever out of sight. » 1 author's best work isin the character of “Nino,” the Singer, but the whole story, thongh mot without serious defects, is full of quiet charm. sg ese A Novel. By the Author be utledge.” Bow ‘0. on: Houghton, Matlin & © ‘ash iugton; Win Fallantyne & Son. Tt is along time since Mrs. Harris has given the public a work of fiction, and it ts not likely that she will ever produce anything equal toher first effort. “Phoebe” is certainly not to be com- pared to it. The plot is a strange one, and the style is good, but the heroine is a confused and unsatisfactory character. The moral, so far as one is conveyed, is good,—the aim being to en- dorse and show the necessity of suffering and social condemnation for errors committed. THREADS OF THOUGHT. Ry Axxim Anxstnona, Washington: Brentano Brothers, A little volume of verses, pure and earnest In sentiment, and fairly well expressed, but hardly of sufficient merit to pass into wide circulation outside the writer's circle of friends. Other Pablications Received. be toe yey ire It can be Jy HENEY GLOnor, of “Progress and A Lovell’s Library: No. 3005 ‘New York Soka We Lovato TUF IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERN. ING THE SEXUAL wots gS 2 Susseetive ba. ~. Compiled and Prepared TRUDE Hue. SCIENTIFIC _AXD POETICAL WORKS 0) F THE LAST OF THE HEREDITARY BARDS AND BKALDS. Chicago: . W. Jones nd Printing Co. A LOVELY GIR’3 FETTERR. . Tine Gives 'B Pacn Rew York Pad eee News Co, ee ees The Fature of Educated Animals. From the Pall Mall Gazette, Sir John Lubbock has taught his dog to read, & French savant is trying the same experiment with his cockatoo, an American reptile collector has a number of lizards hom he instructs in everything out aoe bpienereatnws Patenk higher education to a num! spiders caught tamed and physiologists and avi = the deg et owe ot e J ee ae