Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1884, Page 2

I TRICT whan. THE NEW Se The ules and Hex to Adu eciviows ia & setool divi- 1 th, Fh, ste 4 i rted. wittent isi® t » the supervisiiz pric r On and alter tacs September 1th, tick- foMEvis: wen feach have avent avenue, Cu Tiver on the west, on the souti 2 Fourth dbvis county out- nen il th Is in erset ad Cau 1 pubic sefiacs fhe sehodls in: vejuy tall, ‘ 1 NP. G S J Et ys0in, Jan Cartis axth Division. a. Keene Wood, Garne ¢ hoand t vr asaed a Is ja the eet year known se i Wonld That I Coutd Quite Forget. Written for Tue Evesixe 5 I would that T could quite ave of days gone bh IT would th: A Voice again ike he For 0, that volee, so strangely dear, All sad remembrinee sttrs— Remembrance that in anguish saith ‘There ts a sadder thing than death. mm nat T might never see Such eyes as hers again, ie hers a’ ein me A madding, Rameless paln— A pain Unat longs io teil in tu ~ How I bave loved her ail these years. Jou Hiesny Bonen, om ad THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, STORY oF ‘THE SHAFT. WASHINGTON MONUMENT so- eY AND ITS WORK, Names of ership—Dhe Society’ Early ‘he Success which 1 Pian of the Wonument, and the Changes Made Since. ngton monument is the Washington Mona- er the former yrever have been built. It this had uot existed, instead of preparing Fa switald lication of the grand = on the eye of completion, . in all probability. be still 2 over the question of erecting a me- By tracing the ent society an t itself ca of the Wa history « of the first Presi- propriety of erect- memory, and passed res- t the necessary funds Hforts were i Subsequent but resulted in nothing b Tie poopie be: an to think that a monn- cted uf it depended on September, 1 ous to take y would be the NEMENT SOCIETY. t call a meeting of citizens per 26th, INk, it. dos. Gal iaivs, jr. Peter Force, ieLeliand, Pishy Geo. Waterston ilaii Septe oat Danie w. Thompson, William FIRST PRESIDENT. Washington i was Chief Justice Jolin ul, then S¥ sears se, bein ehect t president. and Jude Craneh the rt: president. G Waterston, who terprise, was the in that capacity ne Was suc- Hon. t, who to seenre te with many obstacles Prevent the success of succeeded in partially ess until, with standing disgrace to the could no longer be Vrobaisly auization in the ts had on its Ils the names of such 1. High officials, scientists, mili- ary jurists, professional men ary ithropists agd political menite vd on the rolls of the seveut oF MEMR Their nan Justice John Marshall, Tolun P Van N ines Madison. B.C. Welght- rodore nan, Com John Rodgers, G George Bomford, an Ingle iP Samuel H. Smith, W. L. i, William Crauch, Gen. H William |. Nathan Tow. Thomas Munro Lennox, James Kear- Joba Carter, Waterston Arefibaid Hen Waiter Jones, W Scott, WW Graut, Maury, Dr. William Jon MOE er Foree, Philip R. Fendall, B. Ogle Tayloe. W. 1. Hodee, The ten, Henry D. Cooke, Hon. Washington, Judge’ James Dunlop, ‘J. © Kennedy. Hon. Willian Shepherd, Join Carrell 9. E. Babcock, James vie. Dr. James ©. Hail, a. Prot. Joseph Henry, FLD. Mebon: Wi. Ur. Jolin M. Brodhead, Dr. John’ B. Blake, les F, Stansbury, W. W. Coreo- Hon. Robert C2 Winthrop, Hom. Horatio H. Smith, Gen, W. 7. Georse Baneroit. Col. erret. Dr. Daniel B. Clarke, John C. Harkness, Dr, Cuarles H. Nichols, Dr. Join M. Ton Judse George W.M rary, Gen. Willian MeKee Dunn, Edicard Clark, ésq.; Dr. James ©. Welling, D._A. Waterston, esq. Admiral L. well and Judge Walter S. Cox. on the death of President Mac © constitution was rat the | X-0nti min 1836, amended so as to. provide ident of the United States should © President ot the society. Andrew ehsun was st ex-ottiein President, and us followed by Martin Van Buren. Win. H. rrison, John Tyler, J K. Polk, Zachart Faxlor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pieree, James i Abraham Lincoln, Andrew John- ant, RUB. Hayes, Jas. A. Gart A. Arthar. Washi the District were ety. They ley, Peter Joka W ton and the atte overnor: PX-Ullicio Vie Maury. J Richard W . 5. J wvors, and H. D. Cooke hepherd governors, THE Oo: ions of NAL PLAN. + society on the $1 plan had amow i te 328.600 in 1 which w: car laced at interest. In this year adi tise nt were published inviting desizns for monument from American artists, but plac- ) limitations upon the d however. that the: she - ji te “nd durability, simplicity, and | contributions had amounted in ail to 230,000, Tounding the word id * ‘The cost was estimated at net Tess =1.000,000. A reat many designs were Was that of Rob- ert Mills. the architect of the Interlor depart- it was acircular colonnaded building, 0) feet in diameter, and 100 feet high, trom the ater of Which spran: an obelisk shatt, 500 1 diminishing to 40 feet square at The rotunda was to be surrounded by massive proportions, sui I by an ental feet high, and y wlustrade 15 teet high. The financial embarrassment of the couutry in 1889 ata stop te any further o| 5 fur several urs. and tat dstill until been abol- on & niere generous pian ited, n such success that in 1847 amounted to 257,000. 1k ‘There were rezuiarly authorized collecting nts in all partsof the country. and appeals ere made to the generosity of the public. Mrs, 's Madison, Mrs. Jno. Quincy Adams and Alexander Hamilton, at the request of the iety, effected an orzanization to wel the i WOMEN 2% the Monument ety passed # resolution that the corner-stone ofthe monument should b ti provided that a suitable rdin-time. Both John Quin sand Daniel Webster were in turn Invited rthe address onthe occasion but de- former on account of ill-health and because of a lack of tims ‘obert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, ker of the House, accepted. SITE SELECTED. laid on the 22d of te 1843, Congress passed ng usite for the monument wcupied public grounds, to be selected by the President of the United States and the monument society. The site on reser- vation No. 3. containing upwards of forty acres, ccordingly seleeted by President Poik, and to the land was conveyed to the society. Numer shave from time fo time 2 wade upon the locality chosen, but those made the selection seem to have been ac- by various excelient motives. It was the ysen by Washinton himself for the mon- it proposed in 1795 to be erected in mem- "ory of the American revolution, as well as the | spot selected by Major L’Enfant, when he laid | out the city, fora monument to the memory of | Washington, which was proposed several years | earlier.” Upon the map ot the Proposed city. | this spot was so designated by L’Entant, and the map was approved by Washington and sub- mitted to Congress. It would appear, there fore, that in making the selection the society- were to acertain extent carrying out the per- sonal wishes of the memorialized President: in the matter. There were other reasons, how- | ever. which alected the selection. {n 1804. du- | ring Bick poe erbwes Cn Wash- | ington meridian was ran, which irectl through the front door of the White House, This meridian was Intersected at right angles at * almost the exact spot selected fur the site by a ristio Labors— The | ond resolu | Subse- | | line due west from the c@nter of the old Dis | square, was nearly if not exactly on this spot. Besides, the location chosen was the only one which would afford a tine view of the monument from both land and water. Therethe monument | overiucks Washington, Georgetown, Alexan- | dria, Arlington and Mount Vernon { MODIFYING THE PLAN. On the 29th of January it was decided by the | | society to postpone the laying of tie corner- | atone until July 4th. In the meantime the | society had been presented with the corner- stone by Mr. Thomas Simonton, a public-spirited citizen of Baltimore. It was forwarded by rail. free of charge, and upon its arrival volunteer | orkinen from the navy yard and a number ot | ¢ transported it to the niouument site, wnid great enthusiasm. — Bi iy active | ps were commenced, objections were made | lesign adopte: March, 1848, the | u nying the desizn was referred to | | Mr. Mills and Mr. Renwick, who were requested | to report upon the expediency of various eleva- tions from three to five hundred fest. In April reported in favor of an elevation of 300 | , but the society de DO feet “with- | out steps.” whieh meant the adoption of a 500- | foot shaft clear, leaving the matter of the sur- roundin terrace unde! 1. The services of Mr, Mills were e architect and en- | Zineer, at a salary of £500 per year. | THE LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE. The corner stone was laid in accordance with the decision of the society. upon the 4th of July. 185. The ceremonies were interesting and im- sive. and were attended by an immense t sinee the tuneral of Harrison ‘apitol. Probably the rict, which was ten miles in 184 0.000 people must have 3 flocked to the eit it for their ae- co: nization and ey body tusned out the guests on the stand were Alexander » Washing dison, Mrs. Ha . then 91 | n Park Custis, M: in Quiney Adains Lewis Cass, Mr. Van Buren the le nent | ly was a live eazle, 25 years old, ore had appeared in the p the arrivalof Lafayette, The address was delivered by Speaker Wintirop. B. B. Freneh, then the Grand aster of M. laying the corner-stone, used the ma of Washington, who was a mast: is interesting to note that this gay the pe of Potomac Lod town French also wore Washington's masonic apron, and sat in the chair which Washington oecupied in the Alexauaria lo OLD Newspar Copies ot the following posited in the dresses of the 1 y and Millard Filmore in the assem { whieh 24 y ant to ce Asous, in ic zavel masoi It is now in| of George- hewspapers were de- containing the ad- yto the people and 1 bject of the nizations Patadian, Mas: Orarl, Sale Mass; T+ oucester: Cape Ann Light, woester: Lady Adas, Boston: Waouisinmet wer, Chelsea: New rd; Demoorat, Wy Turiwr, aicar Caynqa Daily Post, Troy: Dail; nrnal and Auburn; Deily “Adcertiser, Auburn, mpera Auburn: Day Rook, New Mercantile Tin w York; Nort tian Adrocate, Auburn: Daily Sun, 3 Weekly Sun, New ¥ neriean Demo~ Weekly Visiter, Littiestown, at. Uniontown; Meralil, Care ig (eazette, Williamsport: rn unnytown; American Press and Repub- Lancaster: County Farmer, Lancaster: Morning Post, Vittsburg: Der Slimane des ‘Orwisesburg, 3 fienins Uniontown, 1 Bradford Argus, Tegister, Clarion, Pas Daily Gaztt Daily Morning Telegraph, Pittsinur Phoenixville: Penn Kepudlican, Yo} Volunteer, Carlisle: No American Philadelphia: Public Ledger, Puilade} far Nerspaper, Paiiadviphi vate anid Jonr . lant Werk Ye: Lo y (erate, 7 islam Auburn: “Tow: 3 Pittsburg: Pioneer, nal, Franklin, Pa: Ler sel. Md; Der Kepublicawr, Somerset; Cage, Upper Marl boro’; Daily Sun, Baltimore ly Sun, Balti- more: American, Baltimore: Spirit of Jefferson, harlestown, Va.: Valley Whig, Fincastle, V Martinsburs, Vac: Seatiw?, Weston, Va. braid, Weldon, N. . sdenton, N. Ca: North Carolinian, Fayetteville: Old North State, Shzabeth City: Federal Union, Mitledeviile, Southern Recorder, Mil ile. Gaz Reg- er and Journal. Mobile, Alia; Daily Adrertis Mobile, Journal, Hannibal, Ga. Tribune, Mo y Jacksonian, Bolly Springs, Miss: | Weekly Whig. Vieksburg. Mi Telegraph, Lou- Weekly Times, ronicle, Warten, Buckeye Eagle. isville: Daily Gazett ‘Troy, On Ohio: Banner, Greenvill Marion, Ohio: Democrat, Detlanee, Obie: Lenio- wir Herald, Greenville, Olio: Olentangy Ga- att, Ddaware, Ohio; Claremont Courier, Bata- via Ob Massillon Weekly 1 Mhio Picayune. Carvalton, Ole elind: Daily Plain Dealer, Che nds Dein cratic Fu Portsmouth, Florida Wh ‘la Tones, Quiney, Fla; The Fiorvtian, The ton, D.C. al Intelligencer, Union, Washi Washington, D.C hington, D.C. | THE DESTRUCTION OF THE POPE'S STONE. Tributes of memo stones were received trom time to time by the soriety from. different siates. These stones were cenerally handsomely engraved. They were placed vor safe keepin: ‘ound until places could the monument. Similar stone: ls antil very recently. African Huntress, Washins- Washington, on, D. C.; National Saturday’ Evening Nos, is have been received at inter One of th marble from the temple of concord at Rome— acift from the Pope. On the nizht of Sun March Sth, 1854, ten or adozen iseuised men forced an’ entrance into the lapidarium, and, after breaking this stone into ple is sup- posed sunk itin the Potomac. This act wa: ascribed to Know-nothingisn, which was ram- pant at that time. and which professed senti- ments hostile to aliens and i rly to the | Catkolic chureh. ‘The society immediately of- tered a reward of 2500 for the’ discovery of the perpetrators of the outraze, and the watchman, Who was suspected of collusion with them, was promptly disinissed, i} Was 150 FEST WiGH. } | Inthe meantime the shaft was gradually be- ing constructed, and at the end of the seasonof: 1854 it had reached a height of 150 feet, and the This amount was expended, and was, in fact, the full amount which was disbursed by the society. Complications about this time arose which put a stop to further progress tor a num- ber of years. When the monument had reached (a height of 150 feet, the society addressed a | memorial to Congress, giving a history of the ress of the structure thus far, and the pros- pects for its ultimae completion, and invoking Congressional assistance. ‘The memorial was Teterred to a committee of thirteen, of which Henry May, of Maryland, was chairman, and on the 2d of February, 1855, they reported in “favor of an appropriation of $200,000. It really looked as if the money would be forthcoming, | when an_ obstacle arose to prevent the commit: , ee 8 report being called up in Congress, and the | much-needed assistance was again withheld. | | A DIVISION HAD ARISEN IN THE MoN S0- | CIETY, and on the very day the committee made their } report the know-nothing faction, having secured a large membership in the society by means of | one-dollar contributions, held a meeting and (elected a new board of managers before the ru of the old board had expired. Congress aturally declined to make any appropriation when it was uncertain who would be responsi- ie and would control the expenditure of the funds. The new board insisted upon their rizht to act, and even seized the papers and records of the society and went ahead with the work, succeeding in adding six feet to the heicht of the structure. It became necessary, however, to remove this portion when work in later years Was recommenced. DISTINGUISHED TNCORPORATORS . In 1858 the new board of managers held an | | election and among the new members were Dr. J.B. Blake, and it was prineipally through his | efforts that the new board on October 18th, | 1853, was induced to withdraw from the posi- | tion they held, and the papers and records were | restored to the old board. which on February | 22d, 1859, received « charter of incorporation | from Congress tor the purpose of effecting the completion ofthe monument. The incorpora- tors were Winfield Scott, Walter Jones, John J. | Abert, James Kearney, Thoraas Carberry, Peter | Force, Wm. A. Bradiey, Philip R. Fendail, Wa!- ter Lennox, W. F. Maury and Thomas Blazden, Kes) survivors of the grantees of the site selected | by Polk.) J. B. H. Smith, W. W. Seaton,-Elisha. Whittlesey, B, Ogle Tayloe, Thomas H. Craw- | ford, W. W. Corcoran and John Carroll Brent. The only survivors to-day are W. W. Corcoran and J. B. H. Smith. The meeting for the orza- nization ot the society, under the act of incor- poration, was held in the aldermen’s chamber, in the City Hall, Tuesday, 22d March, 1859,.at which President James Buchanan presided. SUBSCRIPTIONS AT THE POLLS. ‘That year the plan was adopted of receiving contributions at the polls during elections. At @ general election held in Washington June 6th, the amount of $150.76 was contributed. At an etection the next year inCalifornia nearly $10,000 was subscribed. Ci were addressed to cor- porations and literary and benevolent institu- \ | ning populace, and ina littie whil SATURDAY. D. C., ed rr * SEPTEMBER 6, tions throuchout the country. and collectors were appointed in various also adopted of placin tribution boxes in the different post office 4 the postmasters were the recommized and ‘authorized agents of the society. cured in this way. On June 7th, 1859, the society made a request of the Secretary of War, Floyd, to detail an officer of the eng’ t as architect aad engineer of the movement, and he detailed Lieut. J.C. Ives. That «iticer served but a short time, when he was ordered away. having only made an examination of the work. Then the rebeilion broke out, and monument affairs came to a stand still, as did nearly eve thing else. CONGRESS TO THE RESCUE. Tt was not until 1873 that the society again sent a memorial to Congress, and it was so energetically pushed by Mr. Chipman, who re- presented the District in Congress, that a com- mittee of thirteen was appointea by the Speaker to confer with the monument society as to the practicability of completing the mon ument by the centennial celebration of 1876 On February 22d, 1873, the committee recom mended an appropriation of 220,000, bat the mat- ter went over until the next session. M Ist, IS74, the committee azain reported in. favor of an appropriation sufficient tor the purpose, bat again the matter was not finally acted upon. Nothing was done, in fact, uatii July, 1876. At that tome a proposition was made by Senator Sherman to devote a portion of the cel loan to the compivtion of the monument, when the money should be refunded to. the govern- This met with the approval of the Sen: inthe society and by the time the matter came vy House the mem of the monument d_ worked to such advantaze that the no difficulty in seen vndment ton an appropriatio 200.000, pay nal instalments of $50,000. ‘The Senate concurred in the proposition with the proviso, which was adopted, that the Ata meeting of the monument Bdof Agenst, a resolution was adopt ferring to the gor ment the title of ation on which the monument stands. Subst quently a deed was prepared by the Attorne: General and duly executed by the first v president, Mr. W. W. Corcoran, and the sec tary, Dr. J.B. Blake, as officers represe the society. The date ot the deed is january 20, 1877, and itis now on file In the State de- partent. the reser Tite WORK in 1877 the foun mliy RESUMED. ion was © nission of distinan army hich en. Gilmore was preside and steps Were taken to strensttien it in. th tanner recommended. T! gement of the construction of the monument wa 1 turned over toa monument commission men pers, consisting of the President of the Uni plates, the chief of engineers. th ” pres indent of them . the architect of the Capitol rehitect of tt Treast of the ce tin let asey and Capt. Davis, of the enzineer aps. Heer and assistant eazineer, re- spectively, of the monument. Under their man- agement the work has been carried on. system- ieally, scient tealiy and rapidly. The work on the monument. from the one hundred and Uity toot potat, dillers very materially from the Balt di sot the surtace of the amined care- rs, of mati bw »p of the monument at that point shows tt stones to be of irregular shape and tatuer lessly plated, headers and stringers eco wherev puvenient, and the crevices filled with cement, the sto: ince the Work has been recommen < have ail been cut with great accn- racy, and laid in the most earefal manner pos- sibie. Every other stone on the tront was eithe a header or a stringer—that is, it was laid either with its end or its side tu the Surface. COST OF THE WORK. The subsequest appropriations by Congress mounted to 700,000. So that in all the m ment has cost, or will have cost, if the amount on hand entirely expended, $1.130,000. Of this total the monument society colle exnended $230,000, and the remainder vided by ¢ monument. which caused so untny years of toil and trouble, is st about to Téreive its capstone, and, when completed, will be acknowledged to be one of the Bnest ustrations of neerine shill of tl towering above every oth structure in the world. A Fire in That cy and Pumpkin Lanterns—What the Town Crier Cried, orrespondence of THE EvESING Stan. SCONSET, NANTUCKE he Ore engine has been of ration. A short time azo the peo- ple were startled by the ery of fre. Fortunately itwas about “tew™ time, and ihe male pepe tion was at home the discussion of t interesting meal. The streets leading to the engiar-honse were soon alive with the run- Se. the engine as drawn down I 1 and boys « lway by m es, (rom the ven the reservoir, where the hose was unwound. fhe engine was worked by hand, and quite a accustomed wtacle to those who aw done by steam. time the thrilling ery of “more: y given. and a double line of matrons ns was formed between the re: town pump. Buckets of w: alone the lines rapidly, and owing to the rts a sufficient supply of water wax kept in the cistern to work t zine. aul band grenades were thrown in, which aided mate rially in subduing the James, and contined the fire to the one cottaze. In the excitement a small boy who had started for yeast with a tin pail anda penny ty apicket fence, deposited the penny in it ¢ dl went to work with a will, When. all was’ over he got ail and went on his errand Thursday night was the occasion of a grand illumination by the Nantucket railroad. It was. [STOPPAGE OF WoRK ON THE SHAFT wien rr atuounced that the pyrotechnie display would be under the management ot a noted professor of Boston. There were rockets, ba!loons, Roman candies, colored lights and three set piece: 4 | “the morning sun,” the “evening star.” and the climax proved to be an “emeraid wreath” sur- conset.”” There were over two thousand visitors on the banks. The cot- ages were brilliantly uminated with lanterns of various shapes, flags and streamers. A jack- o'lantern made of a watermelon was suspended from a tree in front of one of the cottages, giv- ing avhastly grin in the direction of the rail- road. ‘The eporter of a Nantucket paper de- clared himself to be “struck dumb" at the sight of it and unable to express any emotion. Ot course the boys were in a bigh State of slee and revelled in a torchlight procession, led by a zat lant knight on horseback, who gave the word of command and waved his torch in the air, W have heard that next summer a roller skating «1 bowling alley are to Invade this ancient The afternoon train brings ont the er, who blows his horn and tells will be a con-n-cert by the Nantucket band.” ‘They are coming to ‘Sconset.” He the Nantucket paper, the New York papers, the Nantucket papers, the Boston papers, and Nantucket paper with everything in it. Autuinn has appeared with its glory of golden rod and purple asters. It is sad to see these flowers, for they seem to hasten the ending of summer at Seoiset, Capt. Baxter has at last given up bringing out the mail, and now the bitezage car boasts of a U.S. MJattachment; but the Captain is still in hi clement when “taking in” these summer tors, and had a room full of distinguished and undistinguished mortals to see a “red bat” that he had caught with much difficulty on his way out the evening betore. Such a rare curiesity, all were anxious to sain admittance into his sanctum. One of the kudies announced that they always went for her hair, and her head was completely enveloped in shawls, ‘The Captain had every door and window tightly closed, for he wanted to be sure and prevent its flight. ‘The expected moment at last arrived and the box was cautiously epened, containing a “red bat” literally, (brick. ‘The great place for a pienie bere iy Wauwinet. There is no railroad there, and the Sconset schooners are started off on a cruise across the moor to the place of the squantum. ‘That is in Nantucket dialect. At Wauwinet there is a hostelry, where a shore dinner can be had, con- sisting of chowder, steamed clams, lobster, bine | jish, clam fritters, and Wauwinet cakes. Being situated at the head of the harbor, the bathing is still water, and the beach is strewn with scallop shells, which the little folks gather, A short walk across the “haulover” brings us to the ocean beach where there is a boat tor sharking. ‘The two match base ball games between the Nantucket and the Sconset nines were exciting, and also the tennis tournaments. A poem has come to light on the fy leaf of a book found on the tablein a room of a boarding house on Main street, Nautucket, before the fire of ‘46. The writer had @ sad time there evi- ) dently: “Farewell to Nantucket, forever good bye! May each one who leaves it be happy as I, For of all the strange places the Strangest must. be, ‘They whale it by land. and whale tt by sea, all they ‘hey live by thetr off, it 18 Prepare ich for judginent, sul ait be Gn fre.” Nantucket pees speed: toe the beer, fantucket must have and become thore attractive. AW. Several thousand dollars was se- | LARGEST PRINTING OFFICE INTHE Wwouvp. | ued Precautions to Save ft from Destruction | PSTABLISHMENT— THE EMPLOY! CED OAS FIREM FACHEITIE TING THE FLAMES AND SAVING LI | In so extensive a building as the zovernment printing office—the larzest establishment of the Kind in the world—iilled with valuable material | and containing within its wails every day over 2,000 operatives. the n ot extraordinary precautions for the satety of life and property from destruction by fire is apparent, particularly | as the building is not a fire-proof stracture. present head of the office, Mr. Stertin: a Rounds, who & practical business man with great executive ability, and who has had experience in the west as a Sreman, |whea he took charge of the government printing a tew years ago recognized this fact, and at the present time there is probably no better equipped building in the country for pre- venting loss of life or property by a confla- gration, “Before Mr. Rounds took charge the | principal means of eseape provided for the Inmates of the immense building were iron stairways in a couple of towers ia addition to the ordinary stairway PLY AND FIRE TINGUISH Now a plentiful supply ot waterean be tnrned | & on each floor at a moment's notice from the six stand pipes, whick ran up near the ladd nl ons of hose are Attod with dis- and to take of each outlet hose Inan ex. Doers nsisting of a eaptain and table number of mon: i s also cn each | arce of a captai and jientenant, and on the occasion of the barn of the siabie on the premises, some montus , these were found to work well. LIFESAVING APPARATES There isan iron tramway running j Around the building, with iron caves, | with wire ropes, to aid in coavey!: upper windows any persons who ot e their of This tramway was desis and the + vith it an | ne r or a tire ext en been tirely =: to the ordinary fire rea, ‘om the nd, as is well ky is istactorily tested several t Tu his last report bie or thrown throwsh the | to the time these changes | oflice was supplied with mmnection with the ve sutlici ad was whol But bythe kindly co: r. Edward Clark, #Mehitect of the office has now more than dent suppiy. and quite amp! every » the torn to render the new fire etic: All the out- sot the buildin anic, With the pressure azainst them, it do have been impossible. to have opened The Linges haye been changed so. as to cilities for the safe sse of sudden alarm of the entire force of femates has been divided up into companies of forty each, and each com- Lin charge of a captain, with several nd in ease of alarm these companies taken ont by designated fire-escapes, under t and Aid Of the menappointed forthe pr S irst trial of the system demonstrated etact that the bindery, containing about 500 nd nearly 100 men, mptied in less nd it is believed that aiter re trials the entire office can be cleared in han two mivutes. it, therefure, may be fairly stated that for the first time in the history of the otlice it is reasonably from. tire, ar mployes trom danger of loss of fife or limb | used by a stampede or want of cuilicient its » been test alarms tem rungsinee the adopted, and. it was found yinan or woman knew itis or her place, Byatest once made inthe ov adery it Was found that the foldinz-reom, containing ai inside of 07 however, found | apes. there were ¢ Toms” on the ground, and in t8 asked that canvas be placed on ¢ they would make the descent. | A MODEL FIRE DEPARTMENT. Ineach room there is a eaptain with three Hieutenants, and these direct tue others in case ofan alarm, but the working force consists of a arty men toa section. Probably no bet- ter trial of the system was ever wiven than that | of last month, when a partition onwhieh oil fi the bindery had dropped took fire. The Were extinguished when Chief En: was within he nor M 500 operatives, was cle: The female employ town the me Ineer Cronin, ardsof the scene, and neither Lit was all over, Fr some Tew y the old portion'¢ consequence of th ne due ear ars it the ht that buiidine was unsafe in | at Wweizht on it, put by aud removing the surplus | ressional Globe building, there has not be some time past any danger, the officers keepiag in this portion of the structure at any one time the suallest {possible amount of material necesgury for the work in hand. Superintendent Rounds’ office is eonnected by telephoue with every part of the building, and incase of fire he Would be intormed of it at | | Repeal of the Mechanics’? Lien Law Urged. ue Editor of Tak EVENING Star, T have read with much interest the various rticles that have appeared in THESTAR recently | in respect to the mechanies lien law passed at | | the last session of Congress. | Affecting, as this Iaw does, the vital concerns ot a large number of our citizens, it is emi- nently proper that the wisdom of its passace should be carefully considered, with a view to its repeal by Congress when it reassembles in | December if it should .be found that its pr | visions are detrimental to any considerable class ! of our population. | | It is very well understood that the mechanics’ lien law was passed through the influence of a lawyer in this city with sundry members of ( | gress, but Tain clearly of the opinion that when | the inequalities of the law are made plain that | | Congress will not hesitate to blot It off the statute book. It cannot be denied that laws should be enacted, not for the benetit of the few, but for the protection of the many. Is such the tendency of the mechanics’ lien law? The law Was drawn in the interest of the ma- | terial men of this city, and for no one else. Of course the lumber men, the hardware men, tie brick men. and, in fact, ali those who furnish material for the construction of a building, are gainers by the law. But those parties, worthy 3 they Imay be, and IT have nothing to say | avainst them, constitute but a small part of those who inhabit this city. Where are the owners, the builders of prop- erty and the associations that loxn money, means of which this city has been beautified and | \eniarged? Have they no rights that should be | protected—no investinents around which a safe- | guard should be thrown? It is eminently unjust that the onus should be thrown entirely upon the owner to see that ail bills are paid before he can be sure that his property is free from Hens, It is unwise to vir- tually put an embargo upon the business of building associations. It is contrary to sound | principles of political economy to enact laws that will prevent a reputable and nonesi, if poor, ‘set of contractors and builders trom engagins in profitable business enterprises, and throw ail the work into the hands of rich mten who by their individual credit are not dependent upon borrowed money to carry on their undertak- ings. | So far as I ever heard, all lien laws are found- | ed upon the idea that notice of the intention to file alien has been given to the owner of the property. No such provision is made in the present law. The lien can be filed any time within three months.after the completion of the building. And, Just here, who is to decide when the building is completed? Many more flagrant detects in the law could be pointed out. But I apprehend that I have said enough to eall attention to the law, and to | cause a movement to be inaugurated which will have for its object its prompt repeal by Con- gress. Fatr Pray.” The war on the potato bugis said to cost Maine 250,000 for paris: @ year, her farmers using an aggregate of 100 tons.— Waterbury American. The prohibitionists of Massachusetts claim that they hold the balance of power in 20° legis- lative districts. The San Francisco Bulletin will not be much surprised if the republicans of California elect four of the six Representatives to be chosen in that state this fall. . 1884 | mitt, | Page, Konsioe, i it | boy who ean muster a x | mae in search of bass, and found | raid the bass —DOUBL ‘SHEET. OUTDOOR PASTIME: of the Field, the Wate: and the, Weeds. Amayement THE BASE BALL INT =o LL. RACES OF MOREY CLYR—THE GEN NG SEASON ON THE MARSHES —TMP FISHIN THE UYPER POTOMAC AND SOME WHO E Jor IT, BASH pa The Nationals are tions made in regard tot strong nine as com this week th ve won Kansas City club and pla the chances of victo thes visitors: who have play avery. str mn be found with the freely, are ve, an? play awn ed ere iarzely proved ther There will be nine meet the week, and the Ca flowing. The Na they can take care of the wesiters very THE AMATEDR Lear's The amateur bas held auother meet! umbus Mutuals w the eeted treasure lows: Frank Howard, Larner. The umpire’s fee was voted that In case an cheduled gane a th In case 3 association the I A to fill the The ei Wright, Waverlys—1 Harrison, W. M. L. Yewe k White I. MeCarty, Hoover. Brown BOATING Nove ‘on, B. which at, and a mam evening. This i up the interes at the « xenerall view to them old oarsmen have its are either te pleasure rowing ises to be her boat hens L en son » Potomac y intere: aut ot men tu and it is pro crews © The eights wal also be tilled with wen. In the singles Kearney wil oars with Smithson. He bas ne doubt or Sr son's ability to beat him bia i his race. Me {the river, Fisher also row in who hold the champiox will not take part. CANOEING Gosste lub hupe for ne cano night, to the try conclusions by ofopinion in regard to rig t lively talk about the merits of under sa : of sails au . and the adve ail anxious to pr al test of ay me. is to bi ve To win) by the pract fre ran A regatt! is a shad Racine ¢ Vi cruised up the ear Fails one day this we short di-tanece above the dam, and They report the ni tis commods Ut with a complete set ¢ Tihe Putor r Tr, Which, when mounte will adorn tin wails of the Clu tivuse: THE KA The manazemeut of the Nati« are doing everythin in th coming fall tractive and suc: There wi ul Jockey club power y Cit to make the ihe most at- Kk of ood abi a the purses and stakes offered are more liberal than ever before. Ail the horses that have made sood records Brigiton Beach. Sar ark wi 2:20was beaten by F ape. 3 not b 1 ona fast trac since he te Provi dence, and he will prubably lower cord at lis trial here. THE HUNTING SEASON most 8 many hunters as birds. The continual banz- ing of guns sounds like the skirmish time ot war. The ortolan and reed bi rolling in tat. ‘They earlier this season than usual, and as the wild rice matured sooner the birds got fat before the shooting season opened. It looks as if almost every man and n of any deseription re against th h hes. The old flint- how wages continual wart ered denizens of the marsh Jock musket compe 4 the finest doun! barreled breech-loader. Those who are not able to hire boats wade throug! the and som of the boys are very skilitul in f birds and successful in fact it is not an uncommon tt: asingle-barrel_muzz ut a boy with loader to put the owner of the finest breecti-ioader to_blusi in a com- parison of bags. Mr. Wagner is credited with having bagged the largest number of birds.on a single tide. Messrs. Richard Jones and Charles Willams have been very successful. There is quite a sharp rivalry between e of the ue tlemen hunters who are crack shots. ‘The birds | sell at 50 cents a dozen. UNG IN THE UPPER POTOMAC. The fall has not opened favorably for angling in the Potomac, though the sport is tollowed with a great deal of Interest. In fact. the bass | were most diligently sought for all through Au- qust,.as during the earlier montlis of the when the river was kept muddy by the ft rains. Some very nice fish haye been cans The rock have been biting freely for a week or two past, particularly in tide-water. pistrict Attorney Worthington and a party of friends recently explored the upper waters of in what is known as the “trough” of the upper fork of the river. Gen. Mareus J. Wright and several friends Visited the a tine catch of bass, both in number and size of fish. Parties have recently used little frogs for bait with marked success. Others insist | that the bass prefer crawfish, but average expe- | rience shows that when they refuse live min- nows they are most too dainty in their appetite to care for any ordinary food. With the coming of cool fall weather Washington anglers will in every direction. Numerous camping parties have been made up for points along the Potomac and Shenandoah. ‘The London Globe says of the great diamond that has been shipped from South Africa to London; “The color equals, if not-exeels, that of the finest India diamonds, and in the opinion of competent judges it will cut to a pertect and lustrous brilliant. In drop shape it will weigh, as nearly as can be estimated, ubout 220 carats, or in lozenge shape, briolette, about 300 carats. The brilliant will therefore exceed in weight all the historical diamonds. The Koh-i-noor weizlis 106 carats, the Regent of France 136 carats, and the Orloff, which was cut for weight, 195 carats. In size, color, purity, and quality it is expected to prove to be the most marvelous stone ever ee rise the seasid commendable enterprise the le re- sorts of Great Britain have discarded the oldsea fable and have invented another one jous floating island which always pe it willdothe most good as an advertising medium. Towa dealers. who want to evade the Jaw, sell “ ae = ie negro witness in Macon, Ga., ing ina picrele cave, guve this us the resalt of hls obser: vations: “If you ride slow you turn over your- self; it you ride fast you turn over somebody else.” = | From Nav APG BORHOOD, Homes of the Washingtoens, Lees aud recs. | A MusTORIeaL oon REACH--A UNIQrE SMe TON THE VIRGINIA SIDE OF THB RAMBLES IN ATS VICINITY ry owned 1 Be: by two that no intoxi- ground. Pe, exclusive fri This from « 2 wath ge hundres undred we Whart the Washington stamens rulariy ¥ rei this point is tod ont and below ts white aces nid isa lake (Met down ont which is a beautify nA} ma rom tiful enpzdy . OFS DUNT MONROR'S Rt The en t anoest James Monroe was Majer Andrew of the aid had grant of land in this coe whens we epeek. ated from the iv ream is the old a t ) nse for Mrs. Grundy down here to doser ta * wery lady and geptie= i particular fashion i tor hindrance, eowrit atine and os wed a vector 4 person that was ti oid i Nat fis pantalaens Tw he was with ealunsthe street via Carin 5 te = navy oo eur PTE ny 1 Jotun any and navy suit WASHE SPAMS noted for its lee Northern Neck the er Rappalian- noch aud the Pots its traditions and histor many localities inthis special resien of ‘ ach are qu beaten track ef 1 tiem in the usual We pumerous tit is in ruins About upon the Washington, STEATEORD MALL THE BIRTH PLACE OP GEN, ma Haywood, ner down the rh po unvlea roi tte Stratford Hall. Atter landings an eld dilapita- and road which pas a bount t this great hens of so Many of the amet « rt | to pe s by an chard H . &e. Stuart, Jointly, together PLACE Of TIE LEES A short distance trom the louse, ona knoll, isthe ¥ vault, now entirely in rains, fallen Lfitied with debris, and here is aid to have buried ard Lee, the founder of the mily in Virginia, his wife, and many ot his dants. Within a few steps of this, amonz lab which is said to e to the vault, haying we iuscription: Hon bie Thomas Lee whe and tls beloved parted Uhis Ufe Jan diese chun we cle von it th Their monument is erected in the Lower church of Washington parish, five miles above their country seat, Stratford hall. CROWDED RESORTS ON THE POTOMAC. There has been an increase of y.sitors to tie various watering places along the Potomac this season, as we learn that Marstull's, at poiat: Adam 1; Colton’s, pposite Biackiston island, and Dr. Blackist at Three Rivers, have ali been tal. 1. A.W Effects of Tomperscures ‘The effects of temperature on taan do not de- pend so mueh on the mean sor the day, rionth, son the extrenn when the dava hot and the nights comparatively cool the nevzy of the system beconies partially restored, » that a residence near the sea, or in the vic cinity of ign mountains, in hot climates is, other things being equa than in the plains, as the night ally cooler, ar Jers ir is wes It is commonly believe t hot climates are necessariiy injurious to Europeans, by caus! frequent liver derangements and diseases, dys- entery, cholera, and fevers. This, however, is, a certain extent, a mistake, as the recent medi- cal statistical returns of our army in India that the w barracks, with more supervision as regards diet and the ‘kmess and death rates h reduced. Planters and others who bout a good deal, as a rule, keep in fairiy ood health; but the children of Europeans cer- tainly degenerate, and after two or three gene: ations die out, uuless they intermarry with natives and make frequent visits to colder cli- mates, This fact shows that hot climates, prob- ably by interfering with the due performance of the Various processes concerned in the forma- tion and destruction of the bodily tissues, event- ually sap the foundations of life among Buro- peans; but how far this result has been caused by bad habits as rezards food, exercise and self- indulence, 1 cannot say. Rapid of | temperature in this country are often very Infa~ rious to the young and old, causing diarraa-a and derargements of the liver when great heat occurs, and inflammatory diseases of the lungs, colds, &c., when the air becomes suddenly coider, even in summer. ~ rraboosmratso oe Nn eo When pure, platinum is as soft as silver, but by the addition of iridium it becomes the hardest ot metals. The great difficulty in platinum is its successive resistance to A temperature that will make steel ran like water and melt down fire clay pot aboot jatel: no eflect upon it. You may puta pot thicker than human hatr into a biast furnace where Ingots of steel are melting down ali around it and the bit of wire will come out as absolutely unchanged as if it had been in an ice~ box all the time. An association of colored people has: been formed in Sherman, Tex., under the title of “The Unknown.” Its object isthe reclama- ‘ton of those — = male avd female,