Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1884, Page 2

ae THe Bvehiie” Cry AND DISTRICT. OUTDOCH PASTIMES. Open Air Pleasures of Various Kinds— Angling im the Potomac—The Ap- proaching Races at Ivy City—Events Among the Canocisis — Base Ball, Boniing, &c. . the canoe fleet will and return, and af- | la special meeting at their club of new members. t every one, thus far, who has visited the can out of curiosity, and taken # pardie or sail In one of the canves, has to become a member of the club. aks volumes for the attractiveness of | ernise ti terwar, ho many criticisms haye been passed by | 3 of the club upon the the two canoes P 0 is e and Secretary Soule. however, that the and speed of their new erait will astonish nd they express themselves willing to clusions with any of the fleet this fall. Messrs. Linton, Cole and Chanuing are missed from the house, they having gone on their | summer vi ions. Mr. Linton has left his | “Herald” canoe in char: Mr. MeQueen, who | has been ms provements in the ap- pearance of the “Herald” during her owner's absence. The “Belle.” a tandem Racine canoe, pelong- t. Lemley, of the navy, attracts con- | attention. She isone of the hand- of the canoes in the house. n canoe association . Lawrence river, from astant, proved the most i. Nearly 100 handsomely | formed the camp, and at | by their wives fours pleasantly, s delightful region The next annual meet ame place, and the Wash- nd ‘a large comple- Mr. Arthur Brentano represeatative of the home club i ib prot a finely the follow- (cox. Fisher, Corawell, Zappone, Durand, Car Doxon, ‘y. Stuart, Seeher, Smallwood, | Wm. Whee , Dowzlerty and Zappone. trom the Three s down past | lub house, alittle over a mile. rew gained a length at the start, but | ‘The crews rowed | . and erosed the line asus they started. | 3 and the honor of purse nition of } rie ested bet between Messrs. Frank ubmitted decided in to the Spirit of the Times, bia favor of Mr. Hall. Mr. Ward bet #15 nat the | Mare Ajiee Doswell could not run halt a mile in 54 seconds. A memorandum of the condi- tions of the wager was drawn up in which it was stipulated that take | Ivy It was a few ast that hour when the and Mr. | gr ndition as to t “d with. Mr. Hall in i it was rus Mr. Ward's pre- | © timers ¢ ie the time | nd Mr. mad the money. have not been rw fall sport r the fall (Pierre and both Wal- ‘aid scores of of Tot of timber tony races and steeple ili be unusually exeiting. jay the winners were John the I 1 Nora M. n the Potomac has beenanything bat fatisinctory so far this season. The frequent | Tuins du and most of simmer kept inuously fn a turbid condi- weeks past, however, the od order and the anglers “nt catches | order , including a halt pounds. t trout in one remarkable | | aid not play in| of the rain. It +s game ) Antwerp carriers the | from off the Capitol | h several young niles in private te “A feeling among ut the country, | be made for a | = ona seale | Sporting te in the x as the hone: Distinction, on todsy was a colored singing ent “colored gemman” of If in the smoking car, and 10) handed him “Dese Uckets are for the car—two colored ladies and e- | people, but are not inclined to find fault with | the oyster counter with the array of bottles of | usually good, and I think that the supply will | fat. he tenis ofthose | ¢ | place and the great pulk is consumed here. The | but in order to Will superin- | j, | steamer. TL -tea) 08 Te yt = UA. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDA cy 1884—DOUBLE SHEET. THE OYSTER SEASON. Preparations Now Being Made for the Open Day. OPINIONS OF DEALERS AS TO THE CONDITION OF THE OYSTER AND THE PROBABLE SUPPLY— SOME FACTS ABOUT THE CHESAPEAKE OYSTER INDUSTRY —OYSTERS: D 48 MONEY—THACKE- RAY's OPINIO: The oyster season popularly openson Monday, for the reason that it is the first day of Sep- tember and the name of that month contains the influential letter R, “Tt is an old woman’s tale about the letter R having any thing to do with the oyster as an article of food,” remarked a well-known dealer to a Star reporter; “oysters are good all through the year.” The general opinion, however, endorses the “R” theory, and consequently on Monday the oyster market will experience a boom. Dealers acknowledge this weakness on the part of the any thing which makes business good. They prepare for the opening of the fall trade, and condiments are being cleaned up in readiness for hungry customers. “I expect trade will be very lively this year,” idadealer. ‘The oysters are going to be un- be plentiful.” “Why do you think that the oysters will be in good condition?” asked the reporter. “Because they have been undisturbed all summer,” was the reply. ‘The law prohibits dredging from May until November, and during that period they havea chance to grow and get ‘Then again the oysters that we have been receiving during the past few weeks are from the beds, and they are in good condition. The a8 a rule, fatter than the bed the latter are in good condition ¢ former must be prime.” THE CHESAPEAKE OYSTERS, The butk of the oysters that supply the Wash- ington market are obtained from the Chesapeake bay and its numerous salt water tributaries, and they are said to be the best in the world. Oys- ters, however, are obtained all along the Atlan- | tic coast, from Canada to Texas, and some | ies, such as the Blue Points from the Long | nd coast, have obtained great celebrity. ne Lynnkavens, from the beds Just Inside Cape ry, are now & favorite oyster. Col. M. Me- Hi Douaid attributes the extreme fatness and flavor of these oysters to the incursions of fresh water twice each day when the tide runs out to the bay. Special brands of oysters, however, are not of as much consequence to the conspmer in this District as in other places, for the reason that the oysters brought into this market are as a rule in prime condition. The easy access to the oyster beds insure a plentiful supply of fresh oysters each day, and there is a very re- spectable fleet ef oyster boats going up and down the river engaged in supplying the Wash- ington market.” THE OYSTER CONSUMPTION IN WASHINGTON. “I suppose,” said a dealer, “that between ten and twelve hundred busheis of oysters daily would supply the demand here in Washington. ‘There are very few oysters shipped from this trade is growing each year and there Is a great contrast now with what it was some years ago. T suppose, however,” he observed, “that this is only another indication of the rapid growth in population that is going on.” T! OYSTER NAVIES. ‘The annual yield ofoysters In the Chesapeake y is very large, and besides supplying the large quantities are packed in cans so sent to other localities to restock the austed beds. This industry yields a larze euue to the states of Virginia and Maryland, force the laws it has been necessary to ,for the proper protection of stérs,both states have a large police force. ‘The police boats are termed ster navies” anfdare armed with cannon as wellas small Some times fleree encounters occur be- ts and the police boats and v. Cameron at the head last year has been made dein heroic style. to prevent dredg- ry destructive to OYSTERS ARE TAKEN. RY NOTES. NATUR] ON: ee es gg Rew York! Anco D'B. Handciph & Cov Washing: ton: Wm. Ballantyne & Son. In the author of this volume will be recog- nized the pastor of the E street Baptist church in this city. This fact ought to draw attention to it; but, aside from such local interest, It is, for both {ts literary merits and its purpose, worth much more than tite time required to give It a thoughtfal reading, which is more than can be said of most books of the period. Its general scope and drift are indicated by its title, except that rather more advanced views are held con- cerning a bodily resurrection than those com- monly entertained. But whether these can be | accepted by the general reader or not, those who have loved and lost will be able at least to draw much cone>lation and encouragement from Dr. Faunce’s reasonings and the attractive manner in which they are presented. SALTLAKE FRUIT. A Latter Day Romance, By AX AsEICAN. Boston: Rand, Avery & Co. It is apparently intended that this book shall be to Mormonism what “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was to slavery. It is therefore not pleasant reading, whether It be all romance, or whether the incidents are real, and not at all exagger- | ated, as Is asserted. If true, the narrative indi- cates a terrible state of things, and one which could hardly be supposed to exist in any coun- try, much less in one like ours. In a literary plat of view, the writer's style is somewhat fervid, as was perhaps to have been expected, considering the subject and purpose of the an- thor, and it is likely that it will be all the more effective on that account in the quarters it was intended to reach. Mechanically the book is | all that could be desired. THE SHADOW OF THE WAR, A Story of the South, im Heconetruetion Times’ Chicago: Jansen, Mc- jurg & Co. Asa story, ‘‘The Shadow of the War” does not amount to much, its ehief value lyingin the tact that it is a fair representation of the condi- tion of things existing In the southern states, and particularly in South Carolina, during the reconstraction period from a southern point of view. The author means to be just, but he evi- dently sympathised pretty strongly with a good many things that are deplored. The story is however written in a proper splrit, faults upon both sides being recognized and condemned, and it does not lack for stirring incident, drawn ap- parently from real life. The second number of the “Circulars of Infor- mation,” now being issued by the Bureau of Education, is an interesting monograph en- titled “The Teaching, Practice and Literature of Short Hand,” by Julius Ensign Rockwell. of the Bureau. The author has brought together 8 large array of facts, which he presents In an attractive way; but the real value of the work is its completeness. The history of short hand from the earliest days, the state of the profes- sion in all countries, and its extent in this country, is supplemented by a very complete and valuable bibliography of American and English authors. Charts are appended giving the dif- ferent alphabets used in short hand. From Estes & Lauriat we have a practical and rapid means of learning Spanish, in the fif- | teen pamphlet parts of Dr. Rosenthal’s ‘‘Meis- terschaft System” of acquiring that language. In this method no needless time is wasted on preliminaries, the pupil beginning with the first lesson to express in Spanish on every-day topics. The advantages of this system are obvious. Other Publicationg Received. WHY T AM A REPUBLICAN. A History of the Re- Pablican Party, a Def nso of its Policy, and the ‘ustify its Continuance in Power, phical Sketches the Republican, iy GKORGE S, LoUTWELL, ford: Co. easons whirl with | Biograj Candidates, Win. J. Betts & LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF GROVER CLEVF- LAND. By Fespieton Kine. New York: G. BP. Putnam's Sons, Washington: Brentano Brothers, SANITARY GLEA. W. Jawes, A. About the Road. To the Editor of Tue Eventne Stan: Although there has been considerable sald In your valuable paper in regard to the B. & O. RR. | Another Growl B&O. vaping the bottom of bag made of iron rings. are attached by ropes to t, worked by man power. upp'y the market are ob- beds which are planted and On the ors by Mi, dof a which the oysterman lets down into the er aud draws up the oysters lying on the ystly trot owned by co th of | Lottom. ‘Tie process is slower than that of | iz, but not so injurious to the oyster OYSTER MONEY. In connection with the subject of oysters, It id that in some ot the lower counties of rs often pass current as money, aur 8 even the subscriptions to the local papers are paid in oysters. THACKERAY ON THE OYSTER. It may not be out of place to recall to mind the well-known story about Thackeray's first experience with the oyster. He was dining with Mr. James T. Fields in Boston, and a select had been invited to meet him. Oys- ters on the h: ell formed. of course, a part of the bill of fare. Mr. Thackeray looked with s¢ vi erat the shell gu fore him, in- ed his fork into one of the largest, turned it T, and finatly. lifting it up, succeeded in ting it into his mouth and guiping it down. ‘Then he laid down his tork and leaned back in 3, “how el as if T had swallowed a bab Teomical ras the +00 A Whate’s Adventure. Mr. R. Kendal chairman of the West Coast of ca Telegraph Compaay, contributes the swing story to a London paper: amatte nection “aph extracts from the on the west ¢¢ trom the ea ¢ working of submariae Teave to hand you some ters from? our manager st of South America, and also in of our ealfe-repatring steamer. fora w ave to attack a cable, but so perfect, e apptlances for the no matter where or in what depth ay be broken, they can almost paired a8 eurely and as quickly in “an as a horse can be shod in a black- th’s shop. Judging from the extracts it uld seem thatthe whale voluntarily attacked le, i, having had a free fight with it, verity with his life,for he was held days and then mangled unto ‘The captain of our repairing steamer ‘Having pieked up twen e continuing picking awe up to the bowsentanyledin the pd to beabout seventy feet in gles to get free, the cable it right in to its side, the whole of its entrails ont, and great streams of blood. In its ¢ Strugle it parted the cable on the vaves and floated windward of the The cable was twisted up In the form of a wire rope for about two fathoms, and in six different parts It had the appearance of having been bitten through sufficiently to stop all com- munication. There is no donbt the whale has been the cause of the interruption.’ Our manager also writes: ‘The cause of the breakage of the cable, as has been pointed out to you in Captain Morton’s report, was a huge become, th: of water they the cable, and was held prisoner for seven days; the ‘interruption was unfortunate, but it fs, at least, satisfactory to know that the picked up, the sheathing, yarn, and core were found to be in an almost perfect state of pre- servation; in tact looked as good as on the day the cable was irst laid.’’” simernees is eee Rome really began with the building of the great sewers that deflected the enormous She 5 ycle a Vehicle Under the Law. Boston Cyclists’ Touring le, encountered a wagon eet, 80 as to prevent his to turn the horse arcund ¥ inade, owing to the opposition iver, Mr. Weston’ Umed the obstruction cit more tian the Six minutes allo brought before le would be ad- oMENT.—Governor Abbett, of state officers have consulted the Menmouth Battle Monu- to the approachin, Acominitter, con: . sewage of the Imperial cityinto the Tiber, where it became a pollution and waste. Mr. James L. Edwards, then of Virginia, was the first commissioner of pensions, serving from 1853 until 1850, when his office force consisted of fitteen clerks, where there is now an annual pay roll of $1,900,000 One of the mcst remarkable telegraphic feat on record, it Is said, was the recent delivery of & message from Melbourne, Australia, to Lon- don In twenty-three minutes. It went, by land and sea, over 13,208 miles of wire, Mrs. Ella Sanford, of New York, has been dis- charged from the Roosevelt hospital, where she had been admitted suftering from a stab in the back, inflicted with an fee-pick. Her husband was charged with stabbing her, but at the hear- ing she said she had fallen asleep with the Ice- pick in her hand, and, rolling out of bed, she bear = bon — ened Justice was forced to discharge the husband, tho’ he refused to believe the wife’s story. Fai | and the treatmentof Its pat -y and unique experience | air of cables now | whale whieh became entangled in the turns of Baron Lieblg claims that the downfall of ns, the halt has not | | been told, This being the first time Tever used your paper, I hope you wiilgive publication to what | Thave to say: | First, it costs $21 for a commutation ticket for | three months to Washington Grove, and $31.50 for four months—three months at the rate of $7 per | month, and one at $10.50. There betng a ticket for | each month, is there any good reason why the pur- chaser should not have the fourth month at the | Same rate (@7), making $28 for four months, instead of $31.50? Second, tf you wish to move Into the country the middie of June, you are obliged to pay for the full month of June, getting ahaif month’s ride tn re- turn foryourmoney. You can elther do this or stay fn the city the half month, and let your family | go to the country. | “Third, if you lose your ticket_you might as well lose $19.50, for there 1s no help but to get another | one or pay full fare, notwithstanding the tact that 41 1s no good to the flader, because the conductors are notified and are on the lookout. If it ig sound after you have purchased anotherthe ry Will not refund. You are stinply $10.50 out, and no re- Gress, and what is your loss 1s thelr gain, Here 1s where the laugh comes In—the compa Fourth, I think it ts about ume they gave us a | new engine and better cara ‘The engine on the | Frederick talus belng old and played (In the shop | ishare of the Uline), tt takes from 14 to 144 i} twenty-one miles, and oftener the lat- | ne former. Mr, Garrett, this 18 no way to | butld up your road. |, Fitch, with the increase of travel docs not come | Inereased and I guess never will as long people submit to being used like cattle. Year after year the same old rickety engine and cars, leaking like a riddie when tt rains hard, and thé né old (2) conductor and erew—Dut pray let them remain and take the rest. ‘Che president wiil do well to open his eyes to the | Wanis of the travellng public on Ue Metropolitan Branch, SUFFERER, ——— Rocky ‘THE FAIR NEXT WEEK—A CUTTING A INGTONIANS RUSTICATING, ET Correspondence of Tux Evexixo Star: ROCKVILLE, August 29, 1884. Preparations for the next annual fair of our ag- ricultural society, which begins next Wednesday, are about completed, and the grounds and butld- ings have been put tn complete order. A splendid | display of lve stock, agricultural implements, | farm and horticultural products and household handiwork will be exhibited. The annual address ‘will Le delivered on the second day by Hon. J. Rane doiph Tucker, of Virginfa,and on the third day y there Will be | a trotting race and a running race; on the second on the third day two races, free for all. ‘There will | also be on the third day ah interesting exibition of traction engines in the cirele. Half fare tickets will be Issued by the B. & O. from all points during the three days of the exhibition, It 1s expecte that there will be a fine display of goods in the various bi ches by the merchants of Washington. Hon. Mr. Page, of Caltfornta, has recentiy_pur— chased the farm of Mr. John'Talbot, near’ Forest | Gien, and expects to make it his future residence, Rev. Jas. B. Avirett, who has quite ill re- | centiy,hasso far recovered as to accompany his wife on a vistt to the Eastern Shore, A grand tournament, base ball game and ball will be given at the U. 8. artillery park, Galtners- | burg, on September 17th, The negro boy, Johnson, who was severely wounded by youlhg Shaw, about four miles from this place last week,now Iles In a critieal condition. Mr. Prank MeGlathery, of Washington, was. cut with a knife across the abdomen on Wednesday night, at Washington Grove, by a negro boy whom he atiempted to chastise for insulting a lady, ‘The wound ts not considered aoe ‘The trustees of the Rockville academy on Mon- day elected Mr. Win.H. Waters as assistant teacher in that Institution. Mr. Henry C. Hallowell, vice president tor Mary- land of the National Agricultural Congress, which Will hold its next session at Nashville, Tenn., in November, bas appointed Mr. C. Lyon Rodgers, of | Baltimore, and Col Walter J. Franklin, of Baltt- more county, as delegates to and they bave accepted the appointment ‘The democratic central committee has announced. meetings for every Saturday from the 20th of Sep- tember until the election. ‘The republican com- that boay, t. cable did not ive way naturally, andthat where | mittee has not yet made appointments for meet— ir. W. A. Kaufman, Miss Hattle Meens, Miss Annie E. Wade, Mrs. Harwood, Misses Lai Bettie Price, the Mon! il 1s at present the guest Fields, and Will spend some weeks in the county: addresses will be made by Messrs. Francis Miller | | The extracts go to show that not only is It bad | and E. B. Prettyman. On the first de dsy two trotting races and one running race, and | Cigone. Written for Tae Evexrxe Stan. ‘The city 1s all blinding glare Insufferable, and ffery air Quivers from roof and street. ‘The dusty trees are crimped and dry, Under her window, passing by, Cleone hears weary feet. ‘So hot the Hour thht one might swoon, Though hidden from the glaring noon And lattided from the light. ‘Through the green Jalousies there plays A twilight from the outer blaze. Cleone is clad in white. ‘The bracelets on hér arms are old. Devices imaged in dead gold, ‘With cnridus gems inwrought. A ruby held by tiger claws Glows where her bosom’s misty gauze In fluffy cjoud is gaught. Her silken chambeg, garnet-hued And dim, 15 one for Jassitude, ‘Where harsh sounds cannot reach, ‘There floats about the dusky room, From stivern wicker, the perfume Of muscatel and peach. ~ From scarlet-crowned geranium beds On a bright lawn, warm odor sheds ‘That steals to her repose, ‘Weighting the weary sens? of heat Where, massed about a window-seat, Are hellotrope and rose, ‘The figures outside passing throw Shadows that on the ceiling ow Like ripples on astream. One fly swims in the stagnant air. Cleone has loosed her sheat of hair— She moves as in a dream. Her hair 1s yellow as ripe wheat June-sunned to harvest, warmly sweet, And heavy as spun gold. Such hair has Ceres going through ‘The corn leaves ere the evening dew Is wet upon the wold— Hair that mad lovers have entwined Beseeching Cleone to be kind, And, bending face to face, Held it before thelr pleading eyes, Kissing her through it with sharp sighs, She felgning conquered grace, A Jeweled clock has softly stirred The silence like a dreaming bird And gone to sleep again. Cieone lies on her dainty bed ‘With one arm circled overhead, ‘The other full length lain. Stiil flow the ripples on the wall, Lightly a wilted rose lets fall Its leaves, as if a hand Had touched it. Silence ts intense For opiate pertuime’s opulence Tas drowsed the blue-skled land. She sleeps—her breathing Is as light As zephyrs in a starry night That faintly fall and rise; She sleeps—her moist Hps bud and part, A cactus blossom, at whose heart A globe of honey les. —Joun HENRY BONER. —_—____-2.— JOINING BROK ERVES, The Latest Feat in the Way of Repara- tive Surgery. A London: journal says: The Academy of Sciences was entertained the other day with a description ofthe new operation which M. Tillaux has performed with so much success. This is the reparation of a broken nerve after the two 2nds have been long separated, and the part of it which was so separated by an interval from communication with the brain has become en- tirely useless. For along time, indeed always until a very few days ago, It had been supposed Impossible to effect this junction, owing partly to the fact that the two ends would contract so as to be too short to meet one another. Indeed, the sur geonsall with one consent declared that the thing was Iinpossible aud Inconsistent with the prin- ciples ot their art, M. Tillaux wasof a different opinion, and has made two experiments which show conclusively that he was right and the faculty was wrong. The ft a case of a woman who had cut through her wrist with a pane of glass, severing one of the most Important nerves in the arm. For tour months the hand had been paraly: and hai lost all sense of feeling; but the doctor has now sewn wp the nerve, and the hand has resumed all its power. more eextraordinary whose The other ease was still being that of a man In arm the nerve had been eevered for n years,but whose cure was no less cou- oe A City Wishout a Cat. ONE OF THE PECULIARITIES OF LEADVILIR, ONLY AMERICAN TOWN WITHOUT A TABBY. Leadville Letter in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, One of the queerest of the many queer things about “this here mining camp,” as most of the natives still call {t, 15 that in all the length and breadth thercof there lives not a single cat. Cats have been imported here by the hundreds and tn all varleties of color, breeding and size, but not one has ever survived the second week of rest- The midnight serenade, the backyard clawing contest and the boot-jatk act are alike nown to the Leadviillan and his nightly sluin- 4s sound and sweet—a calm and undisturbed pose. ‘The healttest, sleekest cat in St. Louls, rought to Leadville, would lose all interest In Iife the moment it reached here, and, after moping around in a sickly and disconsolate Way for a few days, would resignedly have a fit and give up the te A TUR re] It gh on-keeper on State street Drought a big, strong Maltese from Denver a few weeks ago, hoping the animal would survive the fits long enough to become acclimated, but it was no use. ‘The cat had a fit the first day, two or three second, and then the number of uttacks incre: in a geometrical progression until,as the saloon man sald: “There were more fits than cat and the cat had to give in.” However, as there are no rats or mice in Lead- ville there'ls no real need of cats, and it makes little difference whether they lye’ or die. thin atmosphere at thts altitude (10,200 feet) is ag fatai to the vermin as to their and the tn- habitants are thus mercifully spared the tuilic- Uons of both. ———+e+—_____ Women at Brenkfast. HINTS FOR THE FAIR Mw Dr. Hammond's Novel “Lal” Perhaps there 1s no better testot a woman’s health and beauty than her appearance at an early breakfast table. ‘She 1s then more as nature made her than at any other period of the day, when art has been brought tn with a view of helghtening her charms, Ifshe has slept well, It argues, to some extent, a sound nervous system, and the effect 1s | seen int the bi of her eyes and the tone pos- sed by the muscles of the face and neck. Her jovements are full Of grace, for her Mmbs have been refreshed and strengthened by repose, and her mind is clear and bright, for {t also has rested, and there have been no bad dreams to exhaust her nervous system and make her Mmp and haggard. Her intelligence 1s then at {ts maximum, and sho feels the mental recklessness that 18 so ‘generally the result of sound, healthy sleep, and that ts only a natural elation of the etuotions, pleasant doubt- less, for her to exhibit, but far more pleasant lo those to who ft 1s mahitested. If,on the contrary, she has slept badly, or has suffered from nightmare, in consequefce of a fee- ble digestive system, her eyes are Weak, dim and watery, her f: flabby, her head appears to be held unsteadily on her shoulders, for it droops_on her chest, oF bobs helplessiy froth side to side, her complexion 1s duit and blotchy, red where it ought not. to be red, an@ pale’ wherelt ought not to be ale, Her expression 1g indicative of the discom- ort she has undergone during the night, her movements are gither painfully slow, or aggra- vatingly brusque, ber intellect shows stupidity,be r emotions are torpid, her perceptions dull. While the woman that 4s in good physical health exhibits all the beautyin the early morning that her features are capable of expressing, the one whose organic Iifg 1s deranged 1s at this period of theday at her wopst. There 1s no better test of a woman’s health {han lgr ability to euta hearty breakfast, and {t' might'almost be sald that her physical ‘beauty 18 In @lrect. proportion to the amount of beefsteak or thutton chops she can put into herself at (his meal. Certainly, pretty women can always e at anearty breakfast, The New York: Tribune says that a base ball nine will soon be organized in Canada, com- posed of American bank cashiers now residing In that country. « It would not be safe for such a nine to make a home run.—Norristown Heraid. It is said that/one of the sbeoonding bank officials of this country, now sojourning in Can- ada, will send ina paper to be read before the British Association for the Advancement of Sci- ence. The paper will be entitled, “The Sand Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ray, of the vicinity of Forest Glen, left home a few days for an extended northern tour. Mrs. W, L. Dunlop, of West Wash- ington, is visiting her father, Hon. Geo. Peter, ‘this vill Mrs, J. E. Mi age. |. E, Mallett, of the guestot her sister, Mra W, Chisnelly at Darnestown. Mr. John’ @ Of the city post Office, 13 spending his vacation at this place. ‘Misses Mattle Barron and Carrie Gladmon, of Washing. ton, are the guests of the Misses Spates, at Gall The Parting Promise. From the Chicago Herald. “Promise me one thing,” she said, placing her arms about his neck as he stood on the platform looking up the tfack for the train. “Anything, any- thing, my angel remnant. What is it? Hurry up; the train fs in sight.” “That ou rail nag scoop 8 Presidential nowsina- tion while you are gone. I have always believed ou; I have never sought to go back into your History beyond the hour when we first met, ine Af You are nominated You will decline.” ; He watcen metas — _ Spread in harmony and peace death they were not divided, ts BE Bank Deposits ot the Silurian Age; Who Scooped Them?” Those Canadians are smart fellows afterall. One of them has invented a new method of fish- ing. He takes a flock of about thirty geese to the water, and to the legs of each one he ties a fishing line with baited hooks attached. Then he saya “shoo,” and the geese swim out. As soon as a goose gets a bite she becomes fright- ened and rushes back to the shore, and the man petully takes the fish off the hook and sends her back. An American Philistine has bulit himself a house on the topmost peak of biblical Mount Carmel. He went to digacistern and found one already hewn in the living rock pees le feet deep and two feet three inches square. needed a ‘wine’ cellar, and found an old tor under his house, inthe locull or coffins of which the irreverent wretch stowed his bottles.—Phil- adelphia Press. A colored man living in Madison, Ind., re- cently married a white woman. He has been tried for this crime and eentenced to five years iu the penitentiary. LETTER FROM SARATOGA. eties atthe Great Summer Resort— The Pastimes of “Fair Women and Brave Men”—Gorgeous Toilets, etc. Special Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR. SaRaToca, August 29th, 1834, TRE ANNUAL HEGMA. Although many find it pleasant to visit Sara- toga in September, and never come here until that time, the last week in August in effect Closes its season, and the majority of those now here will rash off promptly by Monday morning. There have been many departures every day this week, also, and on Monday 180 went from one hotel alone. BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENTS. On account of this being the last week until next summer that a crowd will be here, the amusements have been even more numerous than earlier in the month. The hops have been many, but the garden party at the Grand Union hotel has of course been the chief soctal event ot the week. Preparations for this began last Saturday, when the dancing floor, as large as that of many a good sized ball room, was laid near the center of the lawn, and the platform (a little elevated above it) for the musicians placed beside it. The invitations to the garden party, which were of a different design from any heretofore used for these events at the same hotel, and very finely engraved, named the hours, which have been the same for all given in the Grand Union garden since the first of these al fresco fees occurred. The children were invited from 4to7,and the dancing floor was reserved for them during those hours in the afternoon, while the grown foiks were asked from 9 to midnight. FAIRY-LIKE SCENES. The decorations, as heretofore, consisted of flags among the stately elm trees and thousands of Chinese lanterns of different sizes, shapes and colors, hung between the trees in the gar- den in groups representing different designs, the favorite device being that which symbolized chandeliers, by means of hanging the lanterns on hoops of graduated sizes, one above the other, in pyramid form. This produced an es- pecially fine effect at night. There were more electric lights in the garden this time than ever betore, three hanging in a tine over the dancing floor and one over the music platform, while several others were scattered through the grounds, and one hung just in front of thelarge central door of the hotel leading to the garden. Over this door is a balcony, which was draped with red, white and blue, silk finished with gold fringe. ‘There were handsome colored draperies also about the music platform and dancing floor, and over both were canopies formed by colored ganze scarfs meeting In the center. An arch was between this and the music stand, which was draped with brignt colored plush’ edged with gold fringe. ‘The weather, as was the case with the garden party given in July this year, and one of those given last season, was unpropitions on the day t tor it. and part of Tuesday, which made the garden too damp for the pat intended; so it was postponed until Wednesday at the same hours, when the weather was ail that could be desired. WHY WE GO TO VANITY FAIR. As invitations were extended to all the prom!- nent people at Saratoga, including those not staying at the hotel where given, the attend- ance was very large indeed, both by day and night, and the toilets of the children in the after- noon as well as those of the grown ups at night, were a maryel of beanty and richness, as well in materials as in colors and style of making. The climax in the elegance of the dressing has cer- tainly been reached this week. The evening before the garden party actually took place many appeared in as rich toilets at the hop and in the parlor of the hotel as if the garden party was actually occurring then, which was the date first fixed jor it. Mrs. Emory Storrs, of Chicago, wore a molre antique with chéne flounces in colors upon It, the ground of which was the delicate shade of a new laid egg. It was com- bined with ruby velvet, and the waist and dra- peries were of ecru embroidery on net of the same shade. She wore many diamonds. Mrs. MacArthur's black satin had a front breadth of the richest brocade in colors. She also wore diamond ornaments. Mrs. Stryker, of New York, wore a thick more antique, with chéne flowers upon it made into a waist and court train, while the petticoat and vest were vert @ cau velvet, trimmed with white lace embrol- dered in pearls. Her ornaments were emeralds and diamonds, and she wore several bracelets, as well as ear-rings, brooch and pendant. Mrs. Moore, of Philadelphia, whose superb laces and many diamonds attracted so much attention at Saratoga the past two summers, arrived last week, and attended the garden party, covered bree age jJaces, and fairly glittering with dia- monds. PERSONAL MENTION. Senator Saulsbury and his nephew who ac- companied him to Saratoga have concluded their visit and returned to Delaware. Ex-Representative Kimmell, of Baltimore, and his wife arrived at Saratoga in time to enjoy all the gayeties of the present week. Mr. und Mrs. Emory Storrs, after spending some time at Bar Harbor, cane to make their annual visit to Saratoga. After leaving here they will go to Long Branch. Their son came from California to join them at Saratoga. Mr. Coppenhagen, of New York, and his wife (formerly Miss Loubelle Embrey,'of Washing- ton,) have been at Saratoga lately. Miss Margaret Edes, of Washington, arrived at Saratoga from Richtield a week ago. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fleming, who came to Saratoga afteratrip tothe Thousand Islands and Canada, oe to return to Washington by September Ist, but will first visit Long Branch. nator and Mrs. Pugh, of Alabama, have been making a visit to Saratoga. They will re- turn Ina few days to Washington, where thelr daughter has spent the summer. They will make a visit to Alabama in October. Senator Allison has been at Saratoga this week. Ex-Representative P.M. B. Young, of Georgia, is here. Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, have been spending a week at Saratoga. Miss Whitney, of San Francisco, who spent last winter with Senator and Mrs. Jones, ot Ne- vada, and whose musical talents gave great pleasure at many entertainments in Washing- ton, has been at Saratoga for a fortnight, and is Just recovering from a severe ilines Representative aud Mrs. Kellogg arrived here last week, having made a tripto the Thousand Islands and Montreal after leaving Richfleld Sprin, Nepresentat e and Mrs. Mitchell, of Connec- ticut, have been making a visit to Saratoga. Among others from Washington who have lately arrived here are Rev. Dr. J. G. Craighead and family, Mra. J. C. Snyder, Miss E. Snyder, J. de la Puente and Mrs. E. EB. Gurley. presentative Brodhead, of Missouri, came to ratoga to attend the meeting of the Bar association, ot which he was the first president. liis pretty daughter, who was with her parents at Willard’s last winter, accompanied him as far as Pittsburg when he was coming here, and stopped to visit Miss Boyle, the niece ot Repre- sentative Boyle, who was also much admired during her stay at Willard’s last winter. Senator and Mrs. Miller, ot California, after leaving Lake George, went to the Thousand Islands and Montreal. . Miss Mattie Mitchell, the daughter of the ex- Senator from Oregon, lately went with a party of friends in their private car to Niagara Falis. Judge MacArthur's book, which is entitled “Education in its Relation to Manual Industry,” is now wholly completed, and he is making the index during fils leisure moments here. It will soon be published by the Appletons. It treats of the importance of education to labor, and argues strongly in favor of cali the eye and the hand fully as much as the intellectual facul- ties. He thinks arene ofa kind necessary to those who would excel in industrial arts of all classes, and the use of tools should be as thoroughly taught in the public schools as is the regular literary couse of instruction. He believes that schools of industrial art should be established throughout the country in connec- tion with other schools, and proves this to be practicable. Miss Gruspy. Wanted—A Little Girl, Where have they gone to—the little With natural manners and navural ¢ Who love their dollies and like their And talk of something besides ue boys? Little old women in plenty I find, Mature in manners and old or Little old flirts who talk of their “ beaux” And vie with each other in stylish clothes, Little ola at nine and ‘Are sick gel Ured of ow) ‘Weary of travel, of balls, of fun— no new thing under the sun. Onee, in the beautiful tong Some dear little children to know; Giris who were as lambs at play, And laughed and ‘the uvelong’ day. hey See Hoe Rb All ok hie Tyo" of cate ‘They never imagined that boys were “ beaux”— “other brothers” and “mates” were they; Splendid fellows to help them play. A heavy rain fell Monday night | y to be given in it that day as | SEPTEMBER'S STARRY SKIES. ‘The Disp! of Pianets for the Coming tay of Siomeh. ‘From the Providence Journal, Venus is morning star. If the place of honor is due to surpassing beauty of appearance, Ve- aus easily wins the proud position. For thus far, she shows but faint signs of the decrease In size and brilliancy to which she must as inevitably | yield as the less favored members of the solar family. She continues to travel westward, lengthening out the invisible chain that binds her to the sun, until the 2ist, when she can go no farther. On that day, at 7 o'clock in the morning, she reaches her greatest western elon- gation, and is then 46° 6’ west of the eun. Here she changes her course, approaching the sun | with slower step than she receded from him. | Although she will be iin | ‘star during the | rest of the year, her luster will gradually grow | dim as she draws near the sun, until it is en- tirely obscured in his bright beams. Jupiter is morning star. His near neighbor- hood to Venus at the close of the month entitles him to a place next to her on the planetary re- cord. Though a late comer among the morning stara, he is far enough from the sun to be easily visible, rising now an hour and a half before his great Lstinang and two hours after Venus, who looms above the eastern horizon at 2 o'clock. The king and queen of the stars will rapidly approach each other op the celestial road during the month. On the 19th, they are only one hour apart,.and at the close of the month, they are only se] by the short space of fifteen minutes. Planctary astronomy presents few more interesting scenes than the one that pictures Jupiter and Venus, the leaders of the | starry host, as they approach conjunction. The | September morning sky will be resplendent with this exhibition. The fairest ggm of the sun's fam- ily of worlds, raises her beaming face above the eastern hills shining with brilliancy on the dark background of the sky. For atime she reigns | alone, and then the princely Jupiter appears to dispute her sway, the interval between the rivals decreasing with each succeeding appear. ance. The exhibition takes places on the east- ern sky, commencing about 2 o'clock in the morning, and continuing till the stars pale in the glow of the coming day. Saturn is morning star and outranks the other planets in the inportant materials he affords for | study. Not only is he a beautiful object in the sky during almost the entire night, but he is also approaching the earth under favorable con- ditions seidom surpasssed in his long career. On the 16th, at ten o'clock in the morning, he ts In | quadrature with the sun on his western side. He is then 90 degrees distant from the sun, at, | what may be called, the half-way house between conjunction and opposition, and is in fine posi- | tion for observation both with the naked eve and the telescope,. He is also conveniently sit- uated for this purpose, rising now at half-past 11 o'clock in the evening, and, at the end of the Bed making his appearance at half-past 9 o'clock. A peculiar interest 1s felt in the approach of the ring-girdled planet to the earth at the | present time, for intricate questions are to be | studied connected with his complicated system, | We say “studied,” for Saturn must roll round in | roult many times before these ques- tions will find satisfactory answers. The mag- nificent member of the planetary brotherhood is drawing near the terrestrial domain under con- ditions that will not be exactly repeated until the | present generation of astronomers has given place to the one that will succeed. For though astronomers as a class are distinguished for longevity, an average of 25 years spans the length of thelr highest power of observation, while nearly 30 years must pass before Saturn presents the same advantageous position he | now holds. During this year, and the next, the | nest telescopic views of Saturn and his rings may be obtained in northern latitudes. For, during this time, he passes his perihelion, Teaches his greatest northern declination, and his rings are open to their widest extent, these | events occurring before the year 1885 closes. There isa noteworthy analogy between the solar system and the Saturnian system. The | sun is surrounded by eight planets and a ring | oft asteroids, Saturn is surrounded by eight | moons, and a ring resemblingin some of its features the zone of asteroids. Uranus is evening star until the 20th, when he becomes morning star. On the 20th at 10 | o'clock in the evening, he is In conjunction with |the sun. The tour great planets are then on | the sun’s western side, and are all shining as morning stars. Neptune and Saturn haye passed quadrature and are more than half-way advanced towards opposition. Jupiter 1s travel- ing towards quadrature and Uranus Is Just com- mencing his course towards the same coal. Mercury is evening star until the 19th, when | he joins the ranks of the morning stars. On the 19th, at 10 o'clock in the morning, he is in inferior conjunction with the sun, passing to his western side and increasing the number of morn- ing stars to five in the following order of dis- tance from the sun. Neptune heads the roll, followed by Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mer- cury. After the 20th Uranus increases the number to six; thus every planet, with one ex- ception, is on the sun's western side. Neptune Js morning star and the leader of the shining brotherhood, He is of little importance now In his far off quarters, but we have faith that some time in the distant fature he will point the way toa world or worlds lying beyond his sphere. Meantime his slow steps as he travels | on his mighty cirenit must be carefully followed | by those who would detect the secrets held within his grasp. Mars is evening star, and the sole representa- tive of the fraternity in that role. He is mov- ing slowly towards conjunction, but we must wait till 1886 for another opposition. At this epoch, and for a month betore and after, the ruddy planet will take on an Imposing aspect, THE MOON. The September moon fulis on the 5th at 56 minutes after 5 o'clock in the morning, standard time. On the 10th the moon is in conjunction with Neptune; on the 12th, with Saturn; on the 15th, with Venns; on the 16th, with Jupiter; on | the 19th, with Mercury and Uranus; and on the | 22d with Mars. No planet is occulted by the | moon in September in any part of the globe, but | some favored mortals may see her pass over Aldebaran on the 10th, and obseryers here will see her in his vicinity. THE HARVEST MOON. One of the most charmingof lunar phenomena | will cceur during the first autumnal month, when, atter the full, the moon will rise for four consecutive evenings with an average interval i of only 85 minutes between the risings. We may not think with the agriculturistsof ola tha by a merciful interposition of Providence, the day is thus prolonged to help the husbandman in his labor. But we may be equally grateful for the beauty of the scene, when floods of silvery moonlight quickly succeed the short | September twilight, and show the artistic skill of our satellite in producing effects of lightand shade that no human pencell can reproduce in | its pertection of restfulnesr, softnes= and sereu- | ity, so deliciously harmonizing with nature's | great harvest festivai. Satnrday Smiles. Sir Lepel Griffin sneers at the Washington monument. N. B.—The monument can stand it.—Boston Post. The act of an Omaha printer in setting fire to @ newspaper Office is very properly headlined as “a typographical error.”—ZJnidianapolis Journal. Becarefulabout what you say to a barber. “Cut it short, old man,” said a customer to one who was spinning along yarn in his ear while cutting his hair. The result was a shaved head and | much profanity.—New Orleans Picayune, An editor has died in England who never swore at a proofreader. It is said that he did not go to heaven by the ordinary route, but was transiated by special license. ~ “Jay-Eye-See's Good Record” ts the heading of anarticle in a sporting paper. It appears | that there was no “woman at the bottom of it.” But let Jay-Eye-See run for the Presidency, and his “good record” will be torn into shreds.—Nor- ristown Herald. It was growing very late, but the yonng man showed no signs of “4 disposition to take his leave. After relleving herself of several yawns the young lady said: “You have been reading about the Greely e: ition, haven't you?” “I have. Why?” “And you have thought so much about it that decline A you are now in the Aretic regions” yor ”” “What makes you think so?” “Because you seem to be under the impression that you are in a jon where the | year,” said a Boston maiden to her lover; RELIGIOUS NOTES. CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE. — Rev. Wilford Downs, formerly of Waugh Me E. church, and now of Monroe street church, Baltimore, has been seriously ill of a lung trom bie, but ts improving. —Rev. E. Payson Hammond, of Connecticaty widely known as the Children’s Evangelist, is about to revisit Great Britain. Mr, Hammond's meetings in this city in I875 are well remem — A tent meeting will be held by the people and friends of North Capitot M. E. church in the rove of Thomas H. Owens of Brentwood. A fine meeting tent has been procured, and the meeting will commence on Wednesday, the 3d of September, and will close on the 10th. A few friends will tent on the ground. The services Will be held mainly in the eveni d will be varied to suit the wants of the meeting. —Rev. J. de Hart Bruen has accepted the unanimous call gived him by the First Presby- erian church, Beividere, N. J. — The corner-stone of the new house of the Cambridge Baptist church, Md., Rey. F. ML Underwood, pastor, has been laid. — The ordination of Rey. Carter Heim Jones recently took place in Richmond. Mr. Jones has taken charge of Newcastle aud Burk's Branch churches, Ky. — Bishop Andrews recently dedicated Cohock- sink M. E. church, (Rev. W. S. Pugh, pastor), in Philadelphia. It ts a beautiful building, worth, with the ground, about €54,000. —Miss Bessie P. Milliken, of Philadeiphia, has left for Japan. Miss Milliken goes out as @ missionary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian chureh. —The Young Women’s Christian Association of San Francisco Intend to establish a “kitchen garden,” or school for the training of young iris in the mysteries of housework. —The Rev. J. M. Thompson, formerly of Philadelphia, has just embarked for Callao, Pera, to begin missionary labor under the general supervision of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. — The present Presbyterian church edifice im Roanoke, Va., will not accommodate the con- gregation, and the erection of a handsome and commodious house, at the cost of about $10,000, is projeced. — It Is stated that Mr. Moody preached regu- larly once a day for six days in a week for nine months in London, besides conducting a multi- tade ot other meetings in the afternoon and working In the inquiry room. — The Arch street M.E. church in Philadel phia has established @ mission chapel, to be called St. Luke's, located at Broad and Jackson streets, which is at present on the extreme southern verge ot population, — Rev. John McLeod, recent pastor of the Southwestern Presbyterian church, Philadel- phia, is in England, whither he went some months since for rest, and there js little pros pect of his being able to resume his active work. — Bishop Ninde, of the M. E. church, received @ cordial welcome to Topeka, Kansas, where the Methodists propose toe buy or build an episcopal reside: Bishop Foss lives at Min- neapolis, in a $30,000 house purchased by the church. —The Rey. J. Hogan, abbe of the Catholio order of St. Sulpice, arrived in New York on Monday last. He is an Irishman by birth, and has been connected with the St. Sulpice order tor thirty-two years, He is to take charge of @ Catholic seminary in Boston. — The Hijhland (Presbyterian) University of Kansas is out of debt, and in possession of property valued at 222,350. Hon. J. P. John- Son now proposes to endow five chairs with $20,000 each it others will do the same, thus creing a permanent endowment of £200,000. — The centennial services of the Episcopal church at Kehoboth, near Kingston, Somerset county, Md., were held last Sunday. Barton, of Princess Anne; Rev. Dr. Rey. Mr. Batte, of of Pocomoke City, ston, participated . Mr. Murphy, of Kin; in the services, —The Westminster Presbyterian church, in Baltimore, has ext eda callto Rey. Peyton Harrison Hoge, of Richmond, Va, at a salary of $8,000 per annum. Mr. Hoze isa son of Rev. William J. Hoge, the first pastor of the West- minster church, and at pre: is pastor of @ mission Chapel in Richmond, Va. —Atthe camp meeting in Charleston, Ohio, when collection was being taken to lift the In- debtedness from the A. M. E. church, 10 was announced by How. Asa Bushnell, proxy quickly followed by “§10 for J. W. Keifer. Both were candidates for nomination to Con- gress in the eighth district. — S Caught by Boston Chaff, From Detroit Chaff. “I don’t believe in this tomfoolery about leap it is all nonsense. No girl could be so immodest as to make a downright proposal of marriage to her beau.” “You are undoubtedly right,” assented the young man: “the young ladies are not near 80 anxious tu get married as the young men.” “Oh, as to that,” rejoined the maiden, “I think you're mistaken. The girls are anxious enough to get married. Few of them would refuse an offer. I would jump at the chance myselt.” “Would you really?” “Try me and see.” He did try her, and there Is another added to the list of marriages to take place after the sew son close ——__—~e-______ ‘The Prosperous Man, From the St. Louis Critic, She—Papa is very particular, and I doubt very much whether he will give his consent. He—Why? She—He isopposed to my marry. ing a man who has not established himself in business, and, George, you know you have not. How could you, dear, when all your afternoons are spent’ at base ball games? He—But, my love, I have hidden the truth from you until now. I wantedto give you a glorious surprise. I do not go to base ball games merely to look on. She—You are not a—. He—Yes, I am the—. She—The pitcher! Oh, George! This 1s indeed joy. T thought from the size and color of your hands that you worked in a tanyard. dese es. The Big Fish Live on the Little Fish. From the San Francisco Chronicle, A stra sight was witnessed off Cape Fiat- tery recently. The water as far as could be seen was thick with a plentiful show of herring. In the midst of which, spouting and diving, was aschool of large whales, about 40 mm number, ranging from 20 to 100 feet long. Diving down with a parting whisk of the tall and coming up again with wide open mouths, they would cap- ture immense quantities of the finny tribe. Delaware's Peach Crop. From the New Era, Lancaster, Aug. 26. It has been estimated that 20,000 persons,men women and children, are at present at work in the orchards, engaged In picking, culling, and handling thecrop. Their wages are on anaverage 1 perday, which gives £20,000 as the sum paid out daily in labor wages on account of the crop. That is a pretty large sui to be distribu- ted among the working classes ata season when the usual harvest work is about over. Sixty-six million peaches are sent awaydally. The weight of an average basket is 30 pounds, which would | give us 9,900,000 pounds, or 4.950 tons of fruit now Gaily pulled from the peach orchards of lit- tl je Delaware. ———_——_92—____ As usual, the Xenia bank failure was a great surprise. The most novel feature about it is that the cashler went west. The St. James Gazette, ot London, accumulates horror on the Greely horror by saying of the survivors: ‘What Is perhaps more ghastly than even the eating of those who had died of scurvy or starvation isthe report that the amputated Imbs of some of the party were devoured by the nights are six months long.” He took his hat.— Somerville Journal. Lifted Over. ste As tender aod ig mothers guidin: Where piaces come at w! Would before where my arms would RPMI it Satta ita te ar SS ? -LE ———————— A prominent allenist when asked what was the leading cause of !usanity answered, “ex- Oriental bronzes are now imitated in this country with remarkable fidelity. The majority are made of spelter, within @ thin shell of , amineral which is of great value in 0 potest has been hel See the Yellowstone Park. Heretofore it has obtained only in Greenland. in been Test while tae sufferers were still alive.” An astute London club man says that when he hears so much of scandals in thie lives of po- litical candidates in the United States he is re- minded of the old of Dr. Johnson: “Oh, rate sald a lady to him _ a. ee, aetentd ® many naughty words In your dict’ “H'm, madam,” said. the great lexicographer, “you've been looking for them.” Guests at dinner in Morocoo are —— to wash their faces and hands seven times the meal, and while they are eating, slaves around rumigating them with incense. Asimple sunshine recorder 1s made by Prof. H. Macleod by placing a globularbottle of water before a camera in such & pacer posi focussed ray fails on a sheet in the camera box. As the sun makes its daliy ©) Journey it produces a curved white line om = paper, and when ciouds cross the sun the line stops.—Dayton Journal. Prof. Typdall, one of the most noted of scien- tists, does not know the year of his birth. Experiments by De Champ, of Paris, show ‘that man Is more sensitive to morphine than ts any other animal. A dog can take five, and a monkey fiity timesas much, in proportion to their respective weights. aa « human being.