Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1884, Page 2

bn NS We: 4 THE EVEN = AIo Ih STAR: WASHINGTON, -D. C., SATURDAY. AYGUST 9, 188i—-DOUBLE SHEET. cIfYy AND DISTRICT. A TURHAN SPECTER. Ghost Story Recalls * of Long Ago. A Modern Strange E ULAR HAPPENINGS IN AN OLD WASHINGTON HOST-RIDDEN OLD 1. A WRAITH LT—A NOW PAYING VISITS To A HOUSE IN THIS cITY— AMAN WHO WAGERED BIS SOUL AND PAID 1 WiGER—TALES TOLD IN A REAL ESTATE gentlemen were sitting the other e on F street enjoying ncust Erins to | Th and oth towards mn OF ps hoose te ents of the regulation 1 know the ne of the pot do te do that, | wold put it Into | t th perty. pooh | ft nt it, should their juds- “al estate an elder! n on ac- aritable © employed a tendant. As ly on the that in Woman as the trath of th zed. a ph who has and judement. “pin the same reom with atter her arrival she was | strange happ on sen. that and of f » the stairs me. Sh se-Wways Up arch to dis: no wou expan sseover | lying awake | licht is alway nd thi nd be that the ay wing the day to vo toa! rantity of piments.” | to the at- ave for any t to remain it prominent in wonid all W : r ‘This, hi mere plece of t of them 2 ayed and 1 table bis f His com- eu seit to | to contempla- jonate to his sister: . by the sudden | nally heard | i t. and n- that he would lose his Every sort of divertise- ed to cure him of what was sup- nallueination. He took part in was de ito bean all the ements proposed by his sisters, but Temained sad and quiet. As the day approached the alarm of Montgomery’ for they believed his ¢ x matter might r y—that he Gie just because he expected to. When th arrived Montgomery showed unustal compo- sure, and even lay down in the morning to take a nap. W he was sleeping | bers of tl contrived as | ft, a way ¢ ¥ without any ng him through Every timepiece ahead, an attendants ate the false testi- ery awoke a ed at his sdto find that it was room where his what time it subject of | ject © t nd the con- | }} Sports on Land and Water—Base Ball, | a | various associations: aru | transported. assurance. ‘It is all over. then,’ he with a_happy smile, ‘and I am very glad of it” One of his sisters was seated at a window in front of the house, and he went to her side and looked out. There was a long, straight, and level stretch of road in front of the house, which made no turn tor fully halfa mile. ‘Who Is that man in the road?’ asked Montgomery, pointing toa spot in front of the house. ‘Why, there is no one there,’ said the sister. ‘Yes, there is a man, and he is beckoning for me to come.” i said the sister, ‘you are wrong. I can see no one.’ ‘He still beckons to me. I must go to Montgomery left the house and walked towards the spot where he imagined he an. He stopped bya little gate which opened into a field as if to talk with some one. i uly Vanished trom view. There ivids on both sides of the road, and have gone in no direction without en by the people in the house. They athorough search about the little gate him, and nothing has It was exact! At this point estate office, discussed, thoagh di: ver walked int so the Dy to the story was not us glances were cast towards the arel OUTDOOR Past! MES. ating, Horse Racing and Other Diversions. The Nationals meet the Boston Unions this af- ternoon at Capitol Park. To-night they start on a two weeks’ tour. The following games were played yesterday: ston Unions, 2; Baltimore ncton, De i 5. lumbus—C ledo 1, At Philadelphia—Prov delphia, 0. At Richmond, Brooklyn, 9. At Lancaste i. At St. Lou At Kansas € City Unions, 1 Detroit 2. it, 1. At ilmington, Virginia, Pa.—Ironside: 65 At Detroit—Buifalo, Afternoon game—Buffalo, 0; De- ‘ork, Pa.—Aillentown, 1; York, 9. rk—Baltimore, 2; Metropolitan, 9; w York, 8 The victory of the Baltimore Unions over tons yesterday makes their seventeenth con- ecutive Vietory. McCormick, pitcher, Briord, catcher, and ‘cock, short stop. of the Cleveland club, contracted to play with the Cincinnati ns, and yesterday played their final game the Clevelands at Grand Rapi It is understood that the strong nine of Wil- i anxious to take the place of the dis- ‘tones in the Union association. Fulmer and Powell, the new battery of the have made a very good impression. | 'y are both heavy hitters and run bases wel Halpin, a new man, will play third this after- noon. The following isthe record of clubs in the LEAGUE. Ho Metropolitan.4! Columba Louisville. St Lou! Cincinnati. Athietic. Baltimore. Brooklyn The Turf, The winners at the Chi Mary Hamilton. hton Beach the wi Shelby, Barne rs were Verze— ver, Transit and Bliz- tempt . not in the best condition, and a blow ¢ mate, ar his record, he made r regatta. All except the Columbia four and gone out of training. Occasionally out for a practice pull. a crews did not leave last night | 1. Their ken to the station, but the railway wd to take them, as They | y agreed to take the four-vared shell, but | probacle that satisfietory arranzemients will be made to-day, so that both shells can be Rob Holtzman intends to give a medal for a i cull race, to take place up the river next aturday e ‘The course will be one mil Ke y and Fisher will seullers. es Will hold their fall regatta on plember, when handsome medals rded to wi POU. ) will hold their annual | erally known as the | at Brightwood, next | contest for the champion cat the Star Bicycle pa nstantly in practice me. The winn f tive contests. best three out nds two for if Smith wins the next contes will decide ae. The medal which they contest for be purchased by the net proceeds of the + and it is expected it will run up over ‘The medal will be presented in one week ter the close of the contest at a free public ex- at the riding sel Tt now smith and one for Robertson, so A.wall of a child at fan 1021 OF a Sorrowful soul, Aid tie sound of a passing knell An old worn book, Anda corner shelf, A needie-case, both empty and old, And # ease With hidden spring, Wherein two guiden wateh-keys He, A heart—and a wedding ring. 1 teke the book from the corner shelf, And the ribbon of faded blue, And before ine sta; ts th book down uaa = atural Natural History, he Year Round, ‘The pelican feeds its young with the life blood from Its own bleeding bosom. This is a beauti- ful mistake, that will live forever Jn symbol and ; °” pelican has a large bag ner unwieldy beak, and digging with the beak toward the breast, she feeds her brood and solls ber featiers with red-stained tidbits of fish from the bag. The nightingale leans her breast against athorn and sings in pain. In the old poets not only has she a thorn in her breast but she puts it t! Instead of being the yoice€f * ought to be the emblem of those discontented people who, in a position enviable to others. first make their own troubles and then spend their lives in self-commiseration. Of course the nightingale is not such a fool as she | fine point nowadays, and the rapidity with | which th | waters reporter. | pee they like, and we wiil have to take it or » THE DEFENSELESS CAPITAL, The Reflections of an Army Officer Upon the Possibilities of War. NOTHING TO PREVENT AN ENEMY'S VESSELS FROM ENTERING THE POTOMAC AND BOMBARDING WASHINGTON—WHY TORPEDOES WOULD BE OF LITTLE USE — INTERNATIONAL ENTANGLE- MENTS THAT MAY GROW OUT OF THE PANAMA CANAL. “T saw by the papers the other day that Col. Hains, of the engineer corps, reports Fort Foote and Fort Washington to be in a most deplorable condition, and that exactly describes the condi- tion of allthe defenses of this immense coun- try,” said an army officer to a Star reporter the other day. The speaker was an officer who has attained a high degree of prominence by his ex- tensive service and general practical knowledge, and the reporter, recognizing this fact, was de- sirous of obtaining his views upon the all-Im- portant subject of fortifications, and, therefore, had dropped a few interrogatories for that pur- pose. “We would be entirely at the mercy of any power,” he continued, “that might have suffi- cient grievance to wage war with us, for we could not defend ourselyes. Any second-rate power could send a fleet of war vessels to ourcoast and play havoc general We have been at Peace for a good many years, and may be for a good many more, but the time will come when WE WILL PAY DEARLY for the economy that is and has been practiced with regard to fortifications. There are more ways than one that would bring about war. Some international question may arise which the most diplomatic handling might not settle peacefully. Then what would be the result. We would have no aifficulty in opposing success- fully any land force, however great. But that is not the point. Itis from the water that the danger will come. Nothing in the world would be easier than for some of these monster iron- clads to sail Into any of our harbors or up our rivers, and we would be entirely at their mercy. Their progress could not be stopped. The fort!- fications that we have would be knocked down with the first few shots fired. Now, Lask what would stop an_enemy from coming right up to Washington. Forts Foote and Washington are the only defenses to the capital of a great na- tion. VISITING FOREIGNERS, when they take the customary trip to Mount Vernon can scarcely keep their faces straight when those forts come in view, but still they areall we have. There are several gun plat- forms in them without parapets; that Is about all. Not a thing has been done to them for; nearly fourteen years, and when the work was stopped they were in course ot modification, so that they are out of date, and are capable of offering but little resistance to the guns of the present day. One of those big black fellows, iron-clad from stem to stern, with big guns peeping out, as he moyed up ‘the river, would pay no more attention to the firing from Fort Washington or Fort Foote than a cow does a fi uch a vessel could ride right up to Gies- boro’ point, and trom there could open fire on the city with the most disastrous results. I sup- pose the Capitol and public buildings would be | the first to go down. What beautiful targets | eur Capitol and Washington monument would make. They have guunery down to a pretty zet these big guns in accurate range is astonishing. When the English were bom- barding Alexandria they could knock off a gun m the Exyptian fortifications at nearly every hot, and, oi course, when stch a thing oceurred, gTeat havoc resulted in the i ions. So | h Suyptian gun- ns at all.” ners were raid to man th Tor S$ AND MoNTToRS. “But to go back to the big fellow off Gies- boro’ point,” said Tue Stan reporter, “why coutdn't he be prevented from getting up the Potomac by means of torpedoe ‘Torpedoes and monitors would be our only | protection, and ali of the latter Would probably be needed elsewhere, and the former id not vail us in the nts to 1 mea nN uns to protect torpedoes when | U might fl this river with torpedoes, and if| jere_ Wasn't some means of preventing it, the I pick then out as fast as laid. uns on | thaps perform such | one of the war vessels traveling in dang y sentahead to dr some thirty pound nfled forts they could j But whe duty as that. of the present t more of “the fortiticationsare in no better condition else~ where than they are on the Potomac, There haye been no funds forkeeping these ont of date forts in even decent repair, and they are fast vo: ing to decay, Forts Washington and Foo! would en very strong and effective at the beginning ot this century, bat they are noth- ing now, and would be scarcely more than that | iftixed up. Still they might serve to keep the | my from dragging out the torpedoes—our | only real defense.” POSSIBILITIES OF WAR. “So you think we will have a war?” said the reporter. “I think we will get nto trouble some time,” was the reply. xico is pretty close to us, you know, and we may get into a snarl there, but that wouldn't be so tad. It is some of these European powers with big navie. that I am thinking of. Questions are apt to arise on this part of the globe in which they are | much interested as we are. Take the inter- | oceanic canal. There is no suce thing that | trouble will not arise from that. The Panama canal is going to be built just as sure as any- thing. I believe it and a great many others do also. T know there are great obstacles in the way of its success, but plenty of money accom: lishes almost everytliffe, Suppose $129,000.000 ‘pent on it, they will spend that much more rather than throw it away.” “How about the Nicaragua canal?” asked the “There 1s nothing to prevent that’s being built also; bat it doesn’t look much as though this country will take a hand in it, and trouble | is just as apt to arise from the Nicaragua canal | as trom the Panama canal. With these in the possession of foreign powers they can do Just nt, and if we flzht we will get whipped. We have no nayy, and could offer_no resistance on the water. Then we have no fortifications, and could not prevent war vessels from entering our harbors and rivers. ‘The only way in which we could get ahead would be on land, and that is just where the enemy wi!l have no need to come. They can do all the dam and obtain all the concessions d leaving their ships. This covernment will real- ize that some day, and, as I said when I first be- gan talking, will pay dearly for the economy of the present day. After we bave been tanght a lesson, then we will go to the other extreme, and spend twice as much money as would be needed to put us in a thorough deiensive condi- tlon now.” ired, without ——— Signs of the Times, “Tn court,” sald the card on the lawyer's door, “Back th ten minutes,” on many more; “Gone to the hospltaly” on the doctor's slate, On another, “Sit down and wait;” “Gone to bank,” on the notar, “arbitration,” that young cle “Back soon,” on the broker's book; “Collecting rents,” on my agent’s hook. ‘They were all too busy, a matter quite new, Very sorry was I, [had nothing to do. ‘Then I hied me hence to the baseball ground, Ald every man on the grand stand found. —Pitisburg Dispatch, +e ‘The Bridges of Pittsburg. From the Ckronicle-Telegraph, With the completion of the 7th street bridge, Pittsburg will be one of the most notable points in the world for the examination of bridge archi- tecture. The old stone structure, involving the heavy arch and the keystone, one ot the earliest forms of space construction known, is not Tepre- sented here, but all modern ideas in bridge building are most beautifully exemplified. This city will shortly become a resort for those re- quirirg instruction in bridge forms, and it is & source of honest pride that we already have such a diversity of the very best designs known to modern engineering. The Point bridge has but one other like it in the world, and that is in Austria. It isa combination of steel and iron that forty years ago would be recognized as one of the wonders of the world. The new Smith- Held street bridge is also a magnificent work of ks in poetry. Swans are said to sing ageath his ts poetry too. But they are hatched during thunder; and this 1s prose—the belief of othy ise sensible folk. Crows and curlews hate each other so that thereggs put in the same nest will all burst. Talking of eggs, the cock of the south of England lays an egg when the hea has ceased laying; it is a small insignifi- cant auir with no yelk in it, clearly an amateur pt. These cock’s eggs are to be tound in eX, if nowhere else. As we have got to the poultry yard let Job’s turkey haye a word; the Americans have the honor of discovering that ill-conditioned bird. They say “as poor as Job’s turkey that had to lean against a fence to gob- ved the same | ble,” but there we must leave him, as he does not strictly belong to us. less way Wo l pue | 008 or four weeks, in order to have | ainount to anything.” “No, | the walls of the renascence hall painted, and to ir.” continued the officer, as le puffed hiscigar, | make some other needed changes and improve- ART NOTES. At last accounts Mr. Montague was in the White Mountain country busy making sketches and studies of the cliffs and lakes of that local- ity, for use in his blackeand-white representa- tions, for a certaig number of which he finds a pretty steady demand each year. — Mr. Fisher leff on Saturday for the moun- tain regions of Vinginia, and will probably go from there to North Carolina later in the sea- son. He has several portraits to paint in or near Lynchburg, and hopes, after they are off his hands, to spend some time in making studies and sketches from nature for future use in landseape painting. — Mr. Andrews has changed his studio to the floor below the one he bas lately occupied in Corcoran Building; and for the present 1s hard at work getting things In presentable shape tor company and work, He gains by the change a higher ceiling, and consequently a better light, than in that Just vacated; to say nothing of the saying of one flight of stairs. — The statue of Margaret Haughery, recently set up in New Orleans, represents the famous woman philanthropist sitting in a chair, clasp- ing an orphan to her side, while her hand rests upon the child, who is bending forward looking up into her face. The pedestal surmounting the base 1s of Italian marble, and the group is also of that material. The entire cost for the decora- tions of the ground, pedestal and statue. will be about $6,500. — The statue of “Peace” to crown the York- town monument isto be of granite, a fewale figure, with arms extended, as If pronouncinga blessing. It is tobe thirteen feet aboye the plinth, and is being cut from a stone. that ‘ighed forty tons. “It is to be executed by Mr. G. Packard, and will be, it 1s said, a most imposing and graceful figure. Of Mr. Packard's reputation as a sculptor we are, however, un- fortunately ignorant. — Three designs for the great monument to Victor Emanuel at Rome have received the prize of $2,000. One was by a German named Schmidt, another by an Italian named Mantredi, and the third by another native architect, Sac- coni. The design of the last has been chosen, and it is absolutely fixed that the Capitoline hill, near the church of Ara Ceeli, is to be the spot. The plan involves terraces, stairways, porticoes, colonnades, fountains, and groups of statuary. It Is an essentially architectural idea, for which an equestrian Victor Emanuel will be the central point. — Between etchings and crayon portraits—for the latter of whieh he has several orders yet un- executed—Mr. Miller has been busy in his studio here all summer. Just now he is engaged in finishing a couple of plates for a Philadelphia art publication, both of which promise very effective impressions. On represents a water- edge, with an old boat prominent in the fore ground, and fine and rich accessories. The other isa bridge and wood scene, with several cattle introduced. After completing one or two por- traits here, Mr. Miller will go to Boston, for a stay of several weeks, to fulfll several commis- sions he has had on hand for some time from that city. — Mr. Wm.T. Matthews has gone to Colorado, for a prolonged sojourn, part of which will be spent in painting portraits, for which he has had orders for some time, and part in sketching some of the grand scenery of that state. He ex- pects to return here by winter, and will remain permanently, if he can find a suitable studio,— the prospect for which, unfortunately, does not seem very promising at the present time. A short time before leaving Washington Mr. Mat- thews painted a portrait of Mr. S. A. Gorzas, which was regarded both by the family of that gentleman and friends who had the opportunity of seeing it as an uncommonly faithful and strong example of portraiture. — Except for a possible short visit to Con- necticut, by and by, Mr. Forsberg does not ex- pect to leaye Washington during the summer. He rather en warm Weather, and he finds all whjects he can use near about He works when in the mood, and has hed pictures on S| w Matthews’, ay bit in th grounds, a close view in Lif troducing with ch 1u: of the larze that park, with its rich tropical foli ida fruit piece. The latter is happy in composition, strong én hand- Ung, and remarkably rich in color. — Atter to-day the Corcoran Gallery will be ments. Advantage will also be taken of titia opportunity to put in placea number of n * lately received at the Gallery. The most portant of these is one of the famous statue i ici, by Michael Anselo, famil- iy Il Pensiero.” The original, it will be remembered, surmounts the tomb of the illustrious Florentine in the chapel of San Lorenzo, at Florence, and Is generally consid- ered by artists to be the flnest sitting fizure in the world. Included In the new additions are repro- ductionsin plaster of a numberof the more noted busts and bas reliefs in several of the churches in and near Florence, andthe room, when re- opened, will be found to possess increased inter- est to visitors as well as greater yalue to art students. — Bronze copies of the gold Corcoran Medal of Merit have been received here, and give great satisfaction to the authorities of the Gallery and all who have been favored with an opportunity to examine it. The general design ot this hand- some token has heretofore been described in this column, but, as one or two slight alterations have been made, a new reference to its character and purpose will not be ami The obverse presents a strongly modeled high-relief profile likeness of Mr. Corcoran, surrounded by the legend “The Beginning Determines the End.” The likeness was executed partly from photo- graphs from life and partly from the Ward bust, made a couple of years ago, and is in every way a most excellent representation of the founder of the Gallery. In the center of the reverse, surrounded by a gracetul wreath of laurel, is the inscription ‘Awarded to —— ~— for the Greatest Improvement in Drawing from Casts during the year —-.” On the outside of the wreath, and just within the handsomely orna- mented edge of the medal, is the legend “ The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.” In size the medal will be that of the projected American fifty dollar gold coin, and as it will be of the same metal, and of coin fineness, sum expresses its’ exact intrinsic value. those to whom it may be awarded, however, it will possess a value far beyond any that can be expressed by a money measure. The work was executed by Mr. Henry Mitchell, the accom- plished medalist of Boston, and to say that it reflects throughout the highest credit upon all in any way concerned is giving his effort very slight praise. MERRY MA’ ENS EIN A TANK. Scenes at a Natatorium, Where Timid Fair Folk Go Seek to Swim. From the Chicago Tribune. It is jolly good fun to watch the fair vathers at one of the natatorlums. Of course, the ladies have their special hours and the building is their own. Strapped to the “failroad” yesterday was a most beautiful; young girl. She wore silver bracelets on her wrists and a superbly-fitting suit of white jackinet, cut hich on the shoul- ders, square in the neck, short in the sleeve and rufiled with white tatting. The golden-brown hair was banged fn the front and rolled in a co at the nape of the neck. She floundered round like a young seal, keeping the water white with foam. One of the teachers pulled her belt off, put along pole in her hands and told her to “try it alone.” “Please get ready to let go now, Miss W. Put your chin on the water, arms straight, legs down, heels together, tues out. Now, please.” “ One—t-w-o—three. Pretty good. Steady. Slow. .Legs down. ‘Arms straight. Quietly, One—t-w-o—three,” sang out the teacher, who was about to commend the attempt, when a pair of white legs came up, arms went down, fol- lowed by the long pole, and the aquatic beauty was pulled out in a half-strangling, halt-suffo- cating condition. ‘ged to be put back on the railroad, but the tutor lured her into making three strokes, and when the writer left her she was cautiously swimming after the re- ceding pole, amid expressions of encouragement and delight by her teacher. “ This is horrid,” said another beauty, looking metallic architecture, and the 6th street wire bridge is, without exception, the “prettiest ” structure of the kind on the continent. In the sweeps of its cables, its minaretted towers, and the curve of each span there is something so pleasing to the eye that the bridge fastens itself on the memory of all who cross it. Singular as it may seem, the most notable bridge of the entire number is one that attracts the least attention. As “art work in timber” the 9th Street bridge is a Sto It is so braced, tenneted, and keyed, that it is an exception: piece of mechanical ingenuity. The railroad ridges, also, crossing both rivers, are worthy the careful study of engineers. There are few cities in the world where mechanical effects can be studied with more satisfactory results than in Pittsburg. down at the shapeless turkey-red trousers she wore. The teacher came along, soothed her sorrow, and, strapping a big rubber cushion around her little body, lowered her into the tank and began to sing out musically, ‘“One— t-w-o—three.” Another lady was all ashiver while she was being ‘‘banded,” and when she climbed down the steep little flight of stepsand dipped her pretty maroon silk stockings in the cold water, she gave a little scream and wanted to climb out. “Wet your neck, please, and your forchead. Now take hold of the pole. Please take the pole; I won't drop you.” “But I—I—I can't; it's aw-awful k-k-cold! ugh!” and she attempted to retreat, But she took the plunge finally and then swam away like a mermaid. LETTER FROM SARATOGA SPRINGS. ‘The Season Full—Rare Hops and Rich ‘Tollets—Mre. Hendricks’ Appearance —Hendricks on Cleveland as a Bach- elor—Personal Mention—A Fox Hi —Odds and Ends of Saratoga Life, Ete, Correspondence of Tax Evxxrxa Stam SaRaToca, August Sth, 1884. With the first days of August the arrivals have greatly increased, and no place looks empty now; but those engaged in all lines of business freely admit that the season thus far has been unprecedentedly poor. Those who have shops here complain the most of this. The amuse- ments goon all the same, despite continued rainy proclivities on the part of the weather. The temperature fortunately has been neither too hot or too cold; but days without a shower are rare. Ladies are frequently caught in the rain quite unprepared for it during an afternoon drive, for driving is, as usual, one ot the favorite pastimes here. The races, especially on the regular (not extra) days, have been uncommonly fine when the rain has held up. Col. Thomas Ochiltree (whose Judgment about such matters no one has ever questioned) says he has neyer seen better ones, and he specially mentioned those of August 2d, and said that the attendance that day was unu- sually large, and included a number of ladles. Tt has always been fashionable for many ladies to go regularly to the Saratoga races, and in- cluded among them are some of the nicest that come here, for no arrangements for their com- fort and pleasure at any course excel those at Saratoga. A FOX HUNT. Ihad the honor of “assisting” in the French sense on Monday afternoon at the fox hunt in which the @lk Ridge Hunting Club, of Balti- more, engaged. The members of the club have had their horses and an unsually “fine pack of hounds of the very best strains of blood” at Glen Mitchell for some time. The hunt of Mon- day was the first that has occurred here, and another is expected this afternoon, so it may be that they will become as fashionable here as at Newport, though, Judging from my own experl- ence Monday and that of most of those who tried to see it, I can not think the sport a very exhilarating one for spectators. My escort,who has often “‘assisted” in like manner at such af- fairs at Newport,on Monday sald this one equaled those which take place there In every respect. We spent two hours in a hunt of our own for a zood post of observation to see the chase, and were rewarded by seeing a red coat @ great Way off inthe distance now and then, " and by reaching the spot where the fox was killed just as the hounds were smacking their lips after “‘chawing” him up. This my friend said was also “just like Newport,” so it must have been the “swell” thing all the way through. Most of the fashionable equipages (over three hundred in all, it is said.) now at Saratoga were there, and a great inany unfashionable ones also, and most of them drove about as aimlessly searching for agood place to see something, as we did, and again my friend endorsed this phrase of the affair as ‘just the way they do at Newport.” Mr. Alexr. Brown, of Baltimore, whose wife, Miss Montague, was a belle nere before her mat riage, two or three years ago, was the “master of the hounds,” and when he rode out at the head of the procession betore the hunt began, with the whole pack of hounds following close to his horses’ heels, the perfect training the dogs showed was universally commended, and it was well worth one’s while to be on hand then. as we fortunately were, just to sce how obedient they were. The hunt took place through woods and fields near the Geyser spring and the death scene was in an open space on rising ground a short dis- tance from the spring, quite a long detour having been made in following the scent by the and the riders. The latter, however, were few. They were Mes lexr. Brown, T. Swan Latrobe. tewart, W.C. Wetherbee, E. Berry Wall, Matin O’Brien, John Garrity and) Major Hatton. They wore red coats, brass buttons, white caps and trowsers. Mr. Wetherbee cap- tured th ‘brush. RARE wOoPs. So faras the numbers of those who actually dance go to make hops a success those given at Saratoga this year, rare as they are in compari- sou with the summers when two or more hops occurred on six nights per week, cannot be called brilliant. There are always a great num- ber of spectators, however, who sit in rows around the ball rooms, looking at the empty floor before them and wondering why some one does not dance to such enticing music. It is as hard to get people to dance at Saratoga as to t _mombers of the national Honse ot Repre- sentatives to vote when a part of them desire to break a qnoruin. The master of ceremonies at these hops has quite as hard a time as the “chair” in the House does on such oceasiona. When the ball rooms are so beautiful, their floors absolutely perfect for dancing, and the musie so enticing, it does seem ashame that so few dance. But dancing has been growii less and less fashionable at Saratoga for several seasons, and sire to do so appear afraid to dance lest they be considered, as the English slang has it, “in very bad form.” There are, however, as is usual here, very few men who dance at Saratoga; so itis not wholly on ac- count of its being unfashionable that the young ladies resist the allurements of the music. “THE TOILETS.” The order “fall dress indispensable,” is stil rigidly enforced at leops at the Grand Union hotel, consequently whenever its ball room Is open there are many handsome toilets seen, as their wearers enter and leave, but as most of those wearing them do not dance, these dresses are little seen while in the room, as they are tucked away In one of the three rows ot seats, which all hasten to secure when they enter and are afrald to leave for a moment, lest ould not get chairs again. X-benator David Davis appeared in a full dress suit ata recent hop at the Union, and his attractive young wife wore a dainty tollet ot white silk combined with white crepe de chine, embroidered in white. Ex-Governor and Mrs. Hendricks have been kept too busy talking with visitors to go to any of the hops yet, but she somtimes Wears on warm evenings a charming toilet of fine white dotted muslin, trimmed with very fine embroidery, which is exceed- ingly becoming to her, while adress simple in material as well asin style of making. She always dresses in good taste, but never extrava- gantly. One of Mrs. MacArthur's toilets is a very fine ‘“‘nun’s veiling,” elaborately embroid- ered in white silk and stylizhly made. Some of the readers ot Tz Star doubtless remember meeting in a Washington hotel a few years ago, and since then at Saratoga, Mrs.Wm. Cook, of Philadelphia, and will be interested to know that. although for the past three years. she has been unable to walk, and has to use a rolling clair and haye a maid constantly by her side, that she is surpassed by no one at Saratoga inthe number and elegance of her toilets. Every evening, attired in full ball dress, she is wheeled into the parlor of the Grand Union hotel by the maid, who is arrayed only less richly than her- self, and, after being assisted into an easy chair, passes the evening there with a group of ladies and gentlemen. One of her dresses, worn this week has atrained skirt and high waist, the latter cut V shape in front. It is of white gauze, with a broad satin stripe, combined with plain satin, very elaborately trimmed with white jet passe- menterie. With it she wore hoops of diamonds in her ears, a double strand of large pearls around her throat, with a diamond crescent as a pendant, and several bracelets of pearls and diamonds. Her fan is decidedly a curiosity, and Is probably the most costly one used at Saratoga this summer. It is composed of twenty showy white ostrich plumes, each about éighteen inches long, and the sticks are made of solid pieces of clear amber. Mrs. Cook Is a relative of the late Lucretia Mott, of Philadelphia, HENDRICKS ON CLEVELAND. Mr. Hendricks, on his return trom Albany last week, where he went to spend a day with his colleague on the ticket, whom he had neyer seen before, expressed, in talking with me, very hearty admiration for Mr. Cleveland, saying: “He is s good-looking man; a sub- stantial looking man; he is a great d better looking than his pictures.” It is real very singular how unanimous men who have lately seen the governor of this state are in con- cluding all their remarks about him in the same way as I have quoted ex-Goy. Hendricks as doing. Each one who has talked with me, as well as those whose opinions I have seen quoted in the newspapers as having been expressed elsewhere, has wound up in the same way. Representative Waldo Hutchins, who has been here this week, is another who spoke in the same waygo me about the democratic presi- dential nominee. The nominee of that tor the vice presidency also has been getting some compliments on bis personal. appearance, as his health seems now to be thorouzhly lished and he is in excellent spirits. He and his wife pass most of their evenings in the large parlor at the Grand Union and are never alone. WHAT HENDRICKS TOLD CLEVELAND. Itold Governor Hendricks that until it was authoritatively contradicted I should believe that what really took place between him and Governor Cleveland during their first memora- ble interview was that he said, looking the lat- ter full in the face, “Now. my Spe friend, to be frank with you, I do think, if we are elected, ‘ou should not leave it tome to furnish the only lady connected by marriage with the ticket. Honestly, do you consider it quite the fair thing for you to depend on my wife to help you ont with the social duties of your administration, and if you go to live in the White House, you do not know how heavy those will be, instead of getting one of your own, especially when you will have more than the lion's share of the honor and emoluments it we are elected, including a big house to live in, rent free ?” When he heard this version of the interview Governor Hendricks laughed good humoredly, and said, “Well, he might get a wife of his own easily enough, I should think, such a fine look- ing young man as he is.” mt dninke (for as all of us who reside in Wash- ington know Mrs. Hendricks if the democrats elect their ticket can do more than her husband as Vice President can, to make Mr. Cleveland's administration popular ifhe does not marry)that he ought to come hereto call conceding that she is the head of the ticket. in recognition of the old adage, ‘Place aus dames.” 1 know that he has been invited here to be lionized. and when Gov. Hendricks came back from Albany last week he said Gov. Cleveland might perhaps come this month. But since then! have been told that neither he or his friends think it would be advisable for him, as he has never been in the habit of going to watering places to do so this year, unless some urgent reason should be given ior him to go to one. Besides he Is, it 1s said, very busy governing New York. PERSONAL MENTION. Ex-Representative Flower, of this state, was here this week, and promptly paid his respects to Mr. Hendricks. Representative Waldo Hutchins fnsists that he will not bea candidate for re-election this year to Congress, though he is being urged by prominent democrats to do so. Col. and Mrs. McCawley are at the Clarendon hotel, and Vice Admiral Rowan is at the United States hotel. Commodore Pattison and his wife and daugh- ter are still at Saratova. Mrs. Pattison, | regret to say, 1s still in poor health. Mrs. and Miss Eva Bates, of Washington, passed part of this week here and have now gone to Watertown, N.Y. Mr. Lulley, for- merly of Washington, now of New York, is at Saratoga. Mr. and Mrs. Seaton Perry arrived Monday to make their annual visit here. E. F. Riggs and wife and B. Noble, of Washington, also arrived at Saratova this week. Ex-Goy. Page, of Vermont, has lately been here. As is their custom, ex-Goy. and Mrs. Aiken, of South Carolina, are spending the summer at Saratoga. Senator and Mrs. Platt, of Connecticut. passed through here last week on their way to their cottage in the Adirondacks. He will make a short visit, but she will probably be there some time. Gov. Waller, of Connecticut, whose pictures are so much like those of ex-Speaker Randall that they are mistaken for pictures of the lat- ter by those well acquainted with the ex- Speaker, has been at the Grand Union hotel lately. Miss Grunpy. ———_-+-+_____, LETTER FROM ROCK ENON SPRINGS. Masquerade, Tableaux and Birthday Surprise. Correspondence of Tar EVENING Stan. Rock ENow, Va., August 5, 1834. You know I came here for rest and health primarily, but with a firm though concealed deter- mination to work up many arrears of writing for onelong-deferred debt after another. Well, the rest and health I have found in generous, un- stinted measure. But how to set deliberately to work in the fair face of this charming holiday. It is more than ought to be expected from human nature to do or the spirit of innocent recreation to bear. So again Mss. and proof- sheets must be consizned tothe much-containing, muchi-forbearing trunk and the long hours of labor exchanged for the flying moments of pleasure. after breakfast, when there comes a rumor of “children’s masquerade this evening” whispered about. “Will you get us all the ‘things’ you can?” So bundles of shawls, draperies, & overhauled, and all available material collected. Nothing more is heard till after tea, when we are invited to the flue spacious mu hall and ball room, and on the pretty little stage one’ band takes up position, and a procession of tiny masqued —ficures with a good vanguard of fall grown fancy dress and well disguised aiders and promotors follow- ing. It is pretty enough to appear on any bail- Toom floor, and is wonderful as being the work of children and very young ladies and geutle- men, organized aud completed in a day, Again, we hear there are tableaux in prepara- tion. All quiet till the hour arri The room fills as if by attractions of Odie or Edison force, the curtain rises, a “scene from a gipsey camp” is set, good in color, grouping and pos- ture, as If arranged and sustained by far more experienced and practiced posers—“posies” 1 had nearly said, for the bright little faces, de- mure and eager little living pictures, were like flowers released from their silence and stillness and endowed with life. This is followed about a dozen others equally good. A whisper- ing well and Mary Anderson as Galatea, draped by A’s dett ‘i p [can blessedly count on! cool and sound and strengthening) until I have youof the last surprise of Rock Enon. The children’s hour of dancing was past. and a quiet hint went round the ballroom and parlor: ‘Miss F. R’s birthday—a little fete in the PB: vilion. Come out; the moonlight is lovely. Yes, indeed; lovely enough to make a fete of itself with the tall, graceful trees quivering and showing their tremulous sheen on every leaf; the great rocks, ail softened in the mysterious half obscurity; the clouds grey and white and silver, piled in unnumbered forms of castied tower and magic symbol, each group more love- ly than the other. But the pavilion islike a bit of Aladdin’s underground garden. Colored lanterns hang twirling and reeling and cutting up most Chinesque and Japanesque fissures and capers, and dancing a measure quite on their own 2c- count—three or four sets of dancers were busy t and kept going by the grand abettors and aiders of the delightful frolics—Mr. P. and Mr. K. The young and charming recipient of the compliment was quite unexpectant and unsus- picious of it till she was placed at the head of the quadrille and saluted with a brilliant salvo of really admirable firewor! Imagine the effects made by the fairylike stars and rockets, bursts of colored lights and showers of spark- ling, vanishing jewels amid the bending arches of those graceful trees and against the back- ground of ro-ks—there isa merry travesty of “birthday cakes and candles” (sand cake for the grand piece), but followed by honest lemonade. Well, the cric are busy now over the crumbs, and the grasshoppers toasting their fair favorites in stray drops of lemon dew, and and peace hush all the in- mates of this green sequestered Eden. So good night. . Poisonous Plants and Flowers, There are many plants whose leaves, flowers and seeds contain virulent poisons, which every one should know, so as to avoid them and keep children from them. Buttercups possess a polsonons property, which disappears when the flowers are dried in hay. No cow will feed upon them while in blos- som. So caustic are the petals that they will sometimes inflame the skin of tender fingers. Every child should be cautioned against eating them; indeed, it is desirable to caution children about tasting the petals of any flowers, or put- ting leaves into their mouths, except those known to be harmless. The oleander contains a deadly poison In its leaves and flowers, and Is said to be a dancer- ous plant for the parior or dining room. The flower and berries of the wild bryony possess a powerful purgative, and the red ‘berries, which attract children, have proved fatal. The secds of the laburnum and catalpa tree should be kept from children, and there 1s a poisonous property In their bark. The seeds ofthe yellow and of the rough-podded vetches will produce nausea aud severe headache. Fool's parsley has tuberons roots, which have been mistaken for turnips, and produced a fatal effect an hour after they were eaten. Meadow hemlock is said tobe the hemlock which Socrates drank. It kills by its intense action on the nerves, producing complete insensibility and palsy of the arms and legs, and it is a most dangerous drug, except in skillful hands. In August it Is found in every Geld, by the seashore and near mountain tops, in full bloom, and ladies and children gather its large clusters of tiny white flowers in quanti- ties, without the least idea oftheir poisonous qualities. The water hemlock, or cow x resembles ips, and has been eaten for them with deadly effects. The water dropwort resembles celery when not in flower, and its roots are also similar to those of the ip, but they contain a virulent poison, producing convulsions, which end in death in ashort time. The fine-leayed water dropwort and the common dropwort are also dangerous weeds. "The bulbs ofthe daffodils were once mistaken for leeks and boiled in soup, with very disas- trous effects, making the whole ho id in- fensely nauseated, and the children did not re- cover from their effects for several days. (Sees sie et ee Sho be itralte, From the Chicago News. “And what part do you singin the opera, Miss Pearl?” “I’m one of the sopranos.” “Tm sorry to hear that.” cathy, ett "t help thinking that tt i $3 , T can’ four voice was a iow as your dress, you'd make @ won- derful contralto.” We are all seated quietly for a chat | AMONG THE THIMBLE ISLANDS, A Charming Piace but not Equal te Washington—How to get to the Thim- Dies, and What You de When You Get There—One Femi Need—A Few Young Men Wanted, dence of Tae Evextxo Sram Tiiunte Istanps, Cosnericut Coast, August 5, S54. This is a charming place, and one ought to be contented here it anywhere, but yet 1am a trifle homesick, and wonder just as I do every sum- mer what on earth ever induces me to leave | dear, comfortable, easy-going Washington. There is something awfally tiring about the alertness, the thriftiness, the brightness of theae | New Englanders—at least after one has learned | to be what one considers etacefully lazy. They | are as untiring asa steam-tug: as exact as @ trip-hammer; they dou't understand the art of resting. A RUN THROCOH NEW YorK. On the way upstaid in New York long enough to get over a good deal of ground and devour three solid meals. Had Justa glimpse of the Villard palace, and was amazed at its size. It is built in two wings, with partly enclosed court- yards, something after the plan of our City Hall, and appeared at least as large, though of different proportions. Near this immense and Stately pile is Vanderbilt's new house, which your renders all know, and at the corner the Vanderbilt mansion proper. In the latter is th fine art gallery. We also waiked through the cathedral—a place in w amid the glory of Its w music” of its arches. The altar is most b ‘autl- ful. On the left is the chair, ev identiy, of mon- signore the cardinal. a throne. Spent the evening at the Casino, one of the sights of the city, and qnite beyond descripti to those who have not seen it. “*Falka,”a ve Ty pretty little opera, is being given there. It has Several charming ‘choruses, a most amusingly mixed up plot, and Is well A cate Is below, and a garden on the roof. From the latter the vi must be fine. One can there eat ices or drink beer and at the same time enjoy the music. The theater itself is of the Moorish: style, but heavier, and Is gorgeous as Aladdin’spalace. The drop curtains draw aside and are of blue plush and cloth of gold. The lights are seen be- hind globes of opalescent glass set with Jewels of glass. An elevator carries you to the root, | and between the acts you can ascend to the roof or promenade in the lobby. SOMETHING ABOUT NEW HAVEN. In New Haven, of course, are the colleges, old and new, and the macnificent avenues of elms, especially that which bounds the college rounds on the east. Passed the fine armory of the 2d regiment, a bullding of immense depth. Church and state appear to have kept close company in the early days here, for three in @ Tow on the ancient Green stand the old churches of the city—Episcopal, Methodist and Congre- gational—with the now deserted state house supporting their rear. THE USUAL THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE ISLANDS. This place fs about ten miles from town and is one of about three hundred and sixty-tlve islands dotting the waters hereabouts. It’s awfully Jolly to have an island. People here buy them just as they would a bouse and lot.and then they improve them—plant beaches, clear out the poison oak aud dogberr d put up some sort of a shelter for the spiders. The latter are as thick as fleas ina house with seventeen kittens and are dreadful to view. I picked out anice fittle one (an island, not a totake home, but was informed that were only about two feet of it out at high It would quite auswer for hing, sailing, boating and bathing are to be had here to one's heart's cont billiards, pool, &e., &c. A stear i twice a day, and the whole place turns out to help her land, which Is no easy matter on a rough day. A sinall steam launch plies be- tween the {islands and the shore, besides numerous sail boats. And this is the place for girls! ©, unhappy, petticoat-ridden, Inde pendent girls ot W ton! come here, put on your old clothes, jump fato a beat and pad- dle around at your own sweet will. Think of the delights of rowing yourself a mile ashore to post a letter or buy a paperot pin’ And such a place! You land, tie your skiff up, leave it all di come back and ib is still there! if you choo: THE MAN FAMINE. But I mnst confess that most of the young women here are Ina state of unmitigated woe over the absence of the essential, the useful young man! Where does he disappear to in the summer? Does he retire, ike a bear, and med- itate over his winter's tailor's bill? Where is he? Noton Pot tsland. The islands grow all sorts of things, but not young men. Huckleber- ries and pines, aud spidersand all kinds of funy creatures—for the fishing is, indeed, fine when feven men get up here as one, put on their old clothes, dig bait, and go a-fishing, they don't have to come in at the back door as they do at home, and bribe the cook to goto the nearest market. The individual that goes fishing here is a proud and happy man. He cannot helj catching something, If It's only a shark. latter are often found in thenets. and | raw one hauled In yesterday morning. Severalare often found in one haul. Since commencing this I have had a sail on | the fastest thing aftoat—the catamaran Cyclone, that beat the horse in a race from New York. To travel on her is Ji This is called Pot hole in one of the rocks, said to have been made by the Indians or Capt. K Another bears the great skipper's naimwe—N. Kidd —while across the way is a little cove where he fs said to have | made his hiding place. Buried coin has been | found on two or three of the Islands here- abouts—notably on Money islaud, so named trom that fact. And now, dear Sra, if you have any infa ence do fix the weather up for us, for when it doesn’t rain it pours, and we will be all ny Yours, Mark Tari The RE —Rev. F.H. Burdick, of the Sixth Presby- j terian church, has gone to the White mountains | for one month. —The Christian Brothers, of this section of the country, numbering 150, are holding are- treat at Rock Hill college, Maryland. — Rev. Dr. Power, of the Garfleld Memorial Christian chureh, returned on Wednesday after @ short absence in Indiana, where he dedicated a church at Lawrenceburg. — At St. Dominic's church to-morrow St. Dominic's day will be observed with appropriate services. There will be high mass at 11 o'clock, when the chotr, assisted by volunteers, will rene der Haydns Mass No. 2. There will be a change of pastor on the 15th. . — Rev. E. H.Swem preached his first sore mon as pastor of the Second Bapti+t church last Sunday and very favorably Impressed his ence. He is an earnest worker, and th ot his labors may be already seen from ¢ that there will be baptizing at the chure morrow night. — Hon. Thomas D. Worrall, of this city, a prize of £50 for the best sermon 01 the of Slander.” The conditions are that the ser | mon must have been actually preached, be half | an hour long, written ina plain hand aud sent to him at 618 F street. —The nineteenth centenary of the birth of the Blessed Virgin is ordered by Arclibisti Pp Gibbons ina circular letter, to be read in Catholic churches to-morrow, to be celely by a triduum on the 6th, 7th and Sth of ber. The 8th is the Feast of the Nativity. stractions of the archbishop are bas cular letter from Cardinal Bartolini, direction of his holiness Leo X11. —At the chapel of the Sisters ofthe Notre Dame, Baltimore, 26 qoue ladies entered on convent life last Tuesday. — Rev. William Hutton, of the Greenwich street Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, found only a Sunday school when he arrived there, on June 8, 1867, and in six months achurch was organized. In his 17 years the number received ‘was 443. —The bishop of Liverpool goes to the great ship-yards at the noon intermission, and often has a congregation of two or three thousand men, women, and children, to whom he preaches in a plain, simple manner, and with such effect that many are won to Christ. — The Rev. Dr. Milton 8. Terry, of the New York Methodist conference, has been elected to the chair ot Old Testament easy the ae titute. fle is in the prime Ife, nad leaves New York, where ‘he hat been pastor and presiding elder, with the heartiest og well wishes of biz associates in the ministry and laity. ai Mr. John Wanamaker, superintendent of + the Bethany Sunday school, in Philadelphia, whose membership is now Over 2,200, says that whole 25 years of his s pine Sent ‘echool ey il has ever been ex-, pelied. Itis the bad boys they most want to keep under the restraining influence of the schoul. The ine on a cir- written by 4