Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1884, Page 2

- bo CITY AND DISTRICT. A COMMON MERIDIAN. ‘The Approaching Meeting of the Inter- national Meridian Conference in This city. 2 DISTINGUISHED GaTH OF SCIENTISTS REP- SENTING NEARLY ALL THE GOVERNMENTS OF TUE WORLD—WHAT IS EXPECTED To BE ACCOM- ES OF THE ADOPTION ernm| with the to send delegates to Acircular to this effect was nts through the repre- ed States abroad, and the ed were favorable to the hold- | . The President thereupon | 1 an invitation for the dele: to meet | The proposition to held such e received with ap- that the results grow- ing will be of the highe f the meeting and the only one i isto fx upon some meridian | will be used by all nations asa zero of | At present, as is well known, there nity. In this country, tor instance, | at unite e Unit Hy ronomieal | by which | ‘he basis of same time | culate time in their in is em- stronomers and other iueed to the meridian in untry and in other ways; jons have of conve- this re- vid a great ronomleal pur- | dd in the or- | that this | exten- ations | i} | rtant a subject ment.” nee will meet in State di 2 Ov coatery in the sanization is DELIB ri > circles, | sis not only ably one of by the con- ir, Tt is ted pain, a vain, -B “ o ¥r y ay In & ¥ are they who gather round his Diet Frie Se Wie assuming ot ‘To her new allegt aly Tam left alone By is grave to make my moam, © my voiceless, vanished love; Wanders he mid spheres above— Spheres above, or spheres below— He who died so long aga. Earth and Heaven yield no sign To this yearning sou! of mine Forth and Heaven answer not, Is he there as here, forgot. Will he know when all fs past Who was faithful to the last? ot the bicycle ts proved by the varmer, who takes his son’s machine, ends the wheel a few feet from the floor. substitutes an endless rope the driving wheels of ther kes his son for shelling rindstoue, ete.— Seen ay KPFCIIEN. ‘Taking Lessons With the Rolling Pin and the Frying Pan. MYSTERIES OF THE LADIES WHO GO TO THE COOKING SCHOOL—YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN WHO WANT TO PLEASE THEIR HUSBANDS—LITTLE MISSES WHO HAVE AN AM- TO SHINE AS HOUSEKEEPERS—A TALK WITH THE LADY IN CHARGE. “On, it’s just jolly! 1 got my fingers burnt more than a dozen times. Ain't my face red?” And she clapped both little hands up to her cheeks and laughed merrily. She was a pretty miss of sixteen or seventeen, with big laughing eyes, cheeks as red as roses, and little fingers that looked as if they were designed by nature to set off rings to an advantage and dangle a y fan. ‘Oh, you just ought to see me in my big von that covers me all up, like they at the hairdressers," she — prattled to her companion as fhey rode tina one horse car. “Ilearned to atoes yesterday and was baking bread in't my cheeks red? And just look at horrid, awful, little blister, inty little finger up to prove bs burns that it was “Ob! awfully held a st_of littl olly to cook.” “You know I got hold of the wrong end of the poker—how was I to know which was the handle of the horrid old thing?—or, rather, Iwas going to take hold of it wh Mrs. loed at me, and I jerked my hand back and struck it against the stove. The horrid old thing had no business being there! Oh, but I'm learning to cook. Tt make you some bread all by myself next time you come to see me. Bat it was awfully mean—don't you think so?—in them to laazh at me to-day. How did 1 know mustard trom baking powder! he pair prattled on, and Tue Star man, com- back down the street a little later, noticed ‘Cooking Scheol,” and under it a little ard, upon which was written in chalk the word “Doughnuts.” In response to Tuk Star man’s touch of the hell-knob, he was ushered into a little front parlor, where he found a very agreeable lady. “Cooking?” she said es we teach cool a rudimentary branches or—oh,” she added, as the ‘d gave her to understand that genius was not such as to give aining eminence in the y oh—you just want—— —? You are a litte curion Oh, yes, we teach cooking,” and. viving the scribe a seat she ex- «ness to introduce bim into of the kitchen. do we teach? Oh, anybody who . We have different classes; there who want to learn cooking as @ pro- B rst of our classes are composed 2 arried ladies wh tant brane seribe ina the bent of i of cookery $s learn to cook, so that when they are ed they will have some knowledge of hou: i e of their serv of wealthy and fi z ladies who come here to learn to coc Don't they ever barn their fi gested the scribe. whose mind. ke T to the little kit ger he had met in are apt to get ui Just ouzht to see a class of nave never tried to ore. i ? It’s the funniest y h at prepara- tions and eof them can't find the door. ‘They'd put the bread on top of the and the soup in the oven to boil. They don't know which end of the poker to ta hold of, and co = out burning th takes lots oven with little m ir hand into en, too, th vit hands tt oreh them. Then elves eti them. get red and their their dst you arn't very bur heart. see them t and se Knite a stick. ad whe rom mut an: ste can tell The k in the oven. dest for them to le: THe mh man asker ake Dread. about it. Le: They don't know how to @ as white as i & masque like it. Then th Some of make such x itontop of are awful. ke go z lady put mustard in the Kin! but of course and we dis- added, “it don’t d some of them be- she did not know ed it at once. ike them long to te me capital cooks.” You say you have some married ladies to she will sur- ‘ Kisses F es hera “they will be vere happy, the man alis or lob- tured.” “QUIET SANDY SPRING? Mr. Aberi’s Poem I 3 Abert, a me . and a well-known resi- county, read at the recent y. at Sandy Spring, Montgome ¥ county * poem is the venerable ting house erected by the Spring ec one of mu the s Well-stock f » the farm 'S Working 4 brick walls, so plain and strong, rs cone by have gathered many a throng in-clad worshipersin thoughit emely good; P word ard, weeded lessons learned S which glowed and spirit-1 pved, have py ble listeners, who Lhe spirit he: He childhood there tts ‘hed’ th maker sonnet, 4 sonnet; Quaker meeting Range love's greet- . routh ts loving, and e var meet eyes and ‘The childre And low New hom hen are Men and women now, is led Some to the marriage vow! are made, new Joys, Dew cares are found, And homes are happy when with love they're crowned: And here tn’Sandy Spring may happy homes abound! You stand to-day where once your father’s stood; Be like them, honest, true, industrious, good, ren at some distant day In loving memory nought but good can say. dn yonder hall are fruits and flowers displayed, ‘The products of the farm and garden Well arrayed; In marvelous profusion they appear Andshow how God with plenty crowned the year, And move our hearts in grateful adoration To blend our tuanks and dal!y supplication. Near by, tn solemn shade, “God's acre” In which you've Placed with tender-loving hads Your dead as seed beneath the sod, And there they rest in loving care of God; And just asin the fertile elds you sow Tue Seed which shall to fruitful harvests grow, So they, the dead, shall at His rise And soar to Heaven, our home beyond the skies, For nothing you have ever read or heard Can be more certain than God's trathfal Word, Which tells us all which we most need to know The Bouse of worship stands But school and lyceum give thelr healthful tone; Learoing and taste are wisely bere combined, tone, And walle the heart is cultured so is stored the Ef Go on, grow on, the past you cannot alter; Go on, grow on, in duty hever falter. Here must T stop, my muse has ceaséd to sing, Let coming years your praises ring. Hoincwood, Sep 11, 1854. Eecent | union of the Sandy Spring Horticultural | “friendly meeting. | What the Sergenut Told to a “Star” eporter. THE MEN WHO ENLIST—CAUSES THAT LEAD THEM TO JOIN THE ARMY—THE REASONS WHY SOME FAIL TO BE ENROLLED—NO MARRIED MAN NEED APPLY—THE GREAT PROPORTION OF DE- SERTERS, ETC. “Thirteen dollars a month, clothes and ra- tions. - You ain’t married? We don't take mar- ried men. Think you-e'n pass th’ physical? Got good teeth? If you've lost your ‘molars’ its a fatal defect." And the recruiting sergeant tilted back in his chair, eyeing his visitor from teeth to toe. “You're a trifle slendei “But I don’—" ‘No. I know you don’t think you're delicate. Well, maybe not. But it ain't everybody who can get enlisted; great thing; great favor; you'd hardly pass. But—Oh, dash it! I don’t like to see you disappointed. Being as it’s you, I guess I can fx it for you,” continued the ser- geant. as he took the pipe from his mouth and winked three times up his coat sleeve. But at this point the loquacious sergeant was called to a halt and given to understand that nis visitor had no intention of enlisting at that time. It was Tue Star ian who had dropped in to inquire into the mystery of the government re- cruiting office, and thusnarrowly escaped the biue trowsers. “Do we enlist many? Yes, all we can get,” said the sergeant, in response to Tue Star an’s questions. as he offered him a chair and c is recruiting book. ‘We take all we can get whecan pass the examination.” How many applications do you get in a asked the scribe. Two isthe most I remember of coming in . Some days none come.” most of them pass?” No. Last month we had twenty applicants, and only eight were accepted as physically | seund. The month before there were only it accepted out of thirt; Yhat is sufficient to disqualify an appli- cant?” “The absence of molar teeth {s alone suffi- cient. In old times it used to be that soldiers had to have good incisors. or front teeth. That was when they bad to bite cartrid: Now | they have cartridges that don’t need biting, and | incisors are not indispensable ina soldier. Signs | of habitual drunkenness is suficient to dis- quality a man for the service. He will be rejec- ted for any serious physical weakness. Many are disqualified on account of big veins In the calves of their legs—iong marching might burst them.” “What makes men enlist?” asked Tue STAR man. “Out of work, out of money, out of friends. Any thing. Some have a liking forthe army. Sume have read books and have a.romantic idea of frontier soldler-life. But the inmost of those who enlist are laborers who get out of work and ve nothing epen to them but to go into the 1 don't know but itis the best thing ndo. For a single man without a trade sa lot better than Jobbing. They cir pay sure and no expenses, and at the {their term they generally have a snuz um of money. [ have been and each time had $600 due me. That Yh,” he added, after a short pause, during which he puffed his pipe violentls for yarious reasen: s'pose lows enlist because they have had q | their sweethearts. Seme young fellows have a wild, and they run away from home and casionally an_ educated, re- ww will join. ‘They generally rit. They have been clerks, nine trust or otherwise in- or have been ruined by from them.” kind soon get tired of t before their time is up?” t soldier lif ee ked. | euths of all the new recruits first yearis up. Most of them ment. There are over a rters at large throughout 1 boun y. Th e¢ what you c 'y get no bo: cent until they join th junpers 7” never get a iment. When we ‘ss them up in uniform are all single men. enlist 2” ve won't have any but single men. They n't get pay enough to support a wife, and the verhment does hot want to be burdened with tucir familtes. “Dowt they ever get married after enli ment?” Don't sometimes, and those who have Tved seve- ral term iowed more privileses in this But it is not very good for the new I remember one re- don duty here, who imar- on girl on the quiet. As they found him cut thouzh, he was from his bride as they could list. No? I thought about marryin’ would out of a job, or forge ack on you, I'll be re. And the sergeant leaned back with a curions smile frisking abeut the corners of his mouth, and puffed away silently as Tue Srar man slipped out. | Its Causes and its Relations to the | Sanitary Condition of the City—a Germ that Grows in the Soil. Surgeon General Hamilton has recently re- ceived a copy of the report of Dr. J. O'Brien, the health officer of Calcutta, upon the health of that city for April, May and June of this year. He devotes attention particularly to the subjc of cholera, and trea t, Dr. Hamilton ks, in avery masterly manner, The deaths from cholera during the three months were | 1,209, @ higher number than in any correspond- forthe preeeding ten years. The inal itary condition than in us was in- anks and wells, e and evaporation anda gen- eral drying up of filthy cesspools and dams, the contents of which getting d and pul- ‘dand borne from the surtace by every ue { POLLUTED THE 1 STRATA OF THE ATMos- Pu There was also an unwonted subsidence of the level of the subsoil water, and exposure of. fre: ‘aot the subsoil to atmospheric in- | Quences thronzh the medium of the ground air. | The ereat heat of the atmosphere and of the surface of the earth created in this air ascend- currents et unusual degree. The state of | impurity of ground air is estimated. by the amount of carbonic acid which it contains, and it has been ascertained by experiment that the | Quantity of this gas increases with the depth from which it comes, It has also been found to | with the season, its maximum being at- tained in the hottest and its minimam in the coldest periods of the year. With the extra- ordinary heat and drought in April and the eon- sequent sinking of the subsoil water lower than sual there was a combination of conditions voring the ascent and diffusion through the the air of morbific elements from the earth. THE GERM THEORY. Recent investigations, the report says, tend to prove that cholera is due to an organism of some kind—the germ that grows in the soil, and by preference in damp alluvial soils that are largely impregnated with decaying animal and vegetable matter, and though the state- ment cannot be accepted that this organism has yet been discovered, or that it is identical with the comma-like bacillus, found by Dr. Koch in the intestines of people who died of cholera, and in some of the tank water of Calcutta, ad- herence may begiven to the ican pa Momeni of the germ origin of the disease. The history of cholera in Calcutta for a long series of years would seem to show that this organism has two periods of activity—bears, so to say, two crops annually, and the period ot maturation of these crops corresponds exactly with changes by sub- sidence of the level the sub-soll water— one inhot weather, when it is descending to its lowest, and fresh deep strata are exposed, the other in the beginning of the cold weather, when the water begine to sink from the high level that it has attained during the rains. But though an extraordinary fall in the level of the sub-soil water may have been the main factor in causing the ens which ravaged Cal- cutta, Dr. O’Brien says it is plain that LOCAL CONDITIONS OF FILTH, OVERCROWDING AND DEFECTIVE SANITATION determines the severity of its incidence In par- ticular localities; The statistics in the different wards prove this in the clearest way. In those which were in a good sanitary state, in which the soil was free from }, the surface well drained, bert supply of pure drinking water Sparse, and the attentive to hygienic }, the mortal ity from cholera was extremely e. In the crowded and filthier portions ot the town the idemic was wey, Bsgenk The report then ives many suzy ir improvi - condition of the city, capitan kM “They come | | of late, and some vy OUTDOOR PASTIMES, at Springfield—Changes Made by thes nion Base Ball Associa- ‘The ‘rarf. Several stables entered for the fall meeting ot the National Jockey clab have arrived at Ivy City, and the horses are in daily training. The following is the prograth of the meeting, which begins Tuesday, , Octoher 2ist, and continues through Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: FIRST’ DAY. First Race—Purse $500, of which €100 to sec- ond, for allages. Six furlongs. Second Race—Purse $500, of which $1C0 to second. for all ages. The winner to be sold at auction. One mile. Third Race—The Arlington stakes, for two- year-olds; $25 eath, pay or pay. Club to add 800, of which $200 to second. Six furlongs. Thirty-one entries. Fourth Race—The Washington stakes, for all ages; €25 each. play or pay. The club’ to add #500, of which $200 to second. One mile and a quarter. Twenty entries. Fifth Race—Handicap steeplechase. Purse 3400, of which $100 to second. Entries to be made Monday. October 20th, by 12 o'clock m. The steeplechase course. SECOND DAY. First Race—Purse $500, of which $100 to second, for all ages; welter weights. One mile. Second Race—The Anacostia stakes, for three- yearolds; $25 each, play or pay. Club to add $800, of which $200 to second. One mile anda furlong. Eighteen entries. ‘Third Race—The autumnal handicap, for all ages; 350 each, half forfeit, or ony $15 if de- clared. Club to add £800, of which £200 to <n One mile and ahalf. Thirty-one en- tries. Fourth Race—Purse $500, of which $100 to second, for all ages. The winner to be sold at auction. One mile and half a furlong. Fifth Race—Purse $500, of which #100 to second, for all ages. Free handicap. Heats of six furlongs. ‘THIRD DAY. First Race—Purse $500, of which $100 to sec- ond, for all ages. One mile. Second Race—The Capital stakes, for two- year-olds; $50 each, half forfeit. Club to add $1,000. of which $250 to second. One mile. Twenty-eight entries. Third Race—Purse $500, of which $100 to sec_ ond, for all azes. The winner to be sold at auction. Winner of any selling race at this meeting not to be entered at a less price than $1,C00. Seven furlongs. x h Race—The Congress stakes, for all n0 each, halt forfeit. Club to add $1,000, nh 00 to second. The winner to be sold at auction, and any surplus over selling price to be divided between second and third. s. Twenty-three entries. ‘ace—Handicap hurdle-race. Purse $400, of which £160 to second. One mile and a quarter, over five hurdles. FOURTH DAY. First Race—The ivy City stakes, for 2-year- olds; 250 each, half forfeit. The club to add $750, which $100 to second. The winner to be sold atauction. One mile. Twenty entries. reond Race—Purse $600, of which $100 to second, for all ages. Free handicap. Mile heats. Third Race—The Potomac stakes, for 3-year- olds; 50 each, half forfeit. The club to’ add of which $250 to second. One mile urlongs. Twenty-one entries. Fourth Race—Purse $400, of which $100 to second, for horses which have run and not won at this meetin: even furlongs. Fifth Race ling steeplechase. Purse 400, of which $100 tosecond. The steeple- chase course. The- entries to the stakes of the Southern racing circuit, which were to have closed to-d: have been ex horse-ownet Atthe Sheepshead winners w Ww ended, at the request of many until October ist. Ba races kie B., Comanche, le the winners were § asus, Malaria and Bill O At the Boston trotting races the winners were Lizzie M. and Jewett. Base Ball. At the meeting of the managers of the Union Base Ball association at the National hotel yes- terday, notice of the disbanding of the Pitts- burg club was received, and the Milwaukee club was elected to fillthe vacancy. The Omana club was selected to come east and play out the games scheduled for the Wiluington club, which disbanded several weeks ago. It was given out that applications for membership were received from four clubs, and it was stated that one of them was an eastern club now playing in one of the older associations, but the name was not divul cht clubs, it was stated, will be represented in the association next season, as follows: Kansas City, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Cicinnati, Boston, Baltimore, National, and the club above referred to, whose name is withheld for the preseut. The Baltimore and Pittsburg teams will be consolidated for the balance of the season. It was agreed to raise afund of 210,000 to strengthen clubs that may become veak during the next season. The cuarantee per game to visiting clabs was abolished, and next season the visitors will receive 35 per cent of the gate receipts. It was learned in this city last night that Ellick, Atkisson, Shoe- rief, Battin, Suck and Kreig are the softhe Pittsburg team who go to the ions. Daily says he will not play all the balance of the séason. Gardner is among those dropped. Gamies yestesday resulted as follows: At Chi- cago, 4; Boston, 7. At Boston—Boston Unions, 7; Cincinnati, 8. “At_Columbus—Bal- timore, 6; Columbus, 1. At York—York, 1 B 6; twelve innings. The Na Cincinnatis this aft ries of games ne: it is now constituted, is avery zation, having lost yat four games ¥ contests are ex- The following tinue the i} iclul ed with the championship r UNION AS' Won. Lost. 12 Pr E Bu 67 7 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, Won. Lost. Tost Metropolitan.64 27 Baltimore. 39 Columbus....62 32 Brooklyn. Bt Louisville 30 ‘Toledo. 56 Cincinnati, 36 Indianapolis..28 65 St Louis 37 Allegheny 68 Athletic 39° Virginia 17 Bicycling. ‘The attendance at the closing of the Spring- fleid, Mass., bicyele tournament was considera- bly less than on previous days, probably about 5,000 persons being on the grounds. Hendee, who won the three-mile race, was lifted on the shoulders of his enthusiastic friends at the fin- ish. Hendee also made quite a fast mile in the tug-of-war race, bringing the Springfleld club in victor in 2:48 45. The litherto undaunted Englishman, Sellers, did not meet Hendee in the three-mile race, nor did Hendee face Sellers in the five-mile contest, which the latter easily won, Howell walked away with first honors in the professional races, Prince and Woodside having to be content with second money. Chambers: the English amateur tricyclest, mage a new record of 10:07 for three miles, The following is @ summary of the day's events: i : : Five-mile, open amateur race—S. Sellers, Charles Frazer, 2; John Brooks, 8, ‘Time, 16: 25. : Fiye-mile, open professional race—Richard Howell, 1; John 8. Prince, 2; W. M. Woodside, 8. Time, 15:32 2-5. Half-mile, 1:32 class, amateurs—William Wait, ae Hunter, 2; George Webber, 3. Time, i One mile tug-of-war race—Springfield Bicycle club, 1; Berkshire county wheelmen, 2; necticat Bicycle club, 3. Time, Hendee, 2:48 4-5. Three-mile amateur record race, the winuer of the greatest number of intermediate half-mile records taking first prize—H. W. Gaskell, 1; es Paste 2; Charles Frazer, 3. Time, Five-mile a record race—R. How- spe 'W. M. Woodside, 2; BR. James, 8. Time, Three-mile race—R, 1,6. and 10:07 1-5, Three-mile race—G. M. Hendee. 1; John Brooks, 2; H. W. Gaskell, 8, Time, 9:25. One mile consolation race—A. L. Jenness, 1; 1c Sat Lord, % A. B. Rich, 3. Time, 2:52 and ee ‘The Anglers, ‘Since the advent of the cool spell black bass have been biting quite freely, and Washington anglers have enjoyed some fize sport. The river | compared with th SEPTEMBER 20, 188{—-DOUBLE SHEET. = 1s low and the water is as clear as crystal. The most successtul fishing now is by trolling. Fly fish- ing has not proved very remunerative sport dur- ing the week Just closed, notwithstanding the clear water. Minnows are the best bait, but they ‘are searce and hard to get, especially above the Great Fails. Parties going up the Potomac fishing should take bait with them from here, unless they make certain arran; ents to get it at the point they intend to isn. The best catch of the week was made by Major Frank Strong,of this city, and Mr. Wm. 8. Harrison, of Indian- apolis, last Wednesday, In the Potomac, a few miles below Point of Rocks. They caught fifty- one bass, that weighed 581y pounds gross. Some fine bass have been caught nearer the city, at points between here and Great Falls. The expe- Tience of angiers during the past few days goes to show that the bass are not lying in very deep water. They are feeding principally in’ water from 4 to 8 feet deep. ——$—$_ es ____ THE SUMMER BOARDER SKETCHED. Varieties Observed im an Out-of-the- Way New England Town, SHOT BY THE ENEMY—THE OLD FOOTE HOUSE— FITZ GREENE HALLECK'S HOME—“EVER OF THEE”—STRAIGHT BANGS AND BATHING SUITS. Correspondence of Tae EvENINa Stan. GurtForD, Conn., September 8, 1884. The tourist who starts from home with firm intentions to achieve literary tame by scribbling to his local paper usually, I believe (at least that has been my observation), begins with a concise statement of the early settlement of a given place, followed by an epitome of its his- tory and ends with a few dashes of biography anent its “prominent citizens,” in good big let- ters and extra spacing. As I haven't the least idea of the history of this specimen New Eng- land town, and as I don't believe we others take the least particle of interest in the prominent citizen, I shall wisely refrain. We reached Guilford by carriage, having driven through a wild and pretty country from Stony Creek, passing on the way numer- ous houses of ancient date, half-ruined barns, county school houses, settlements of ‘po’ whites,” and acres of salt marsh. A mile or so from town we stopped by the war- side to read the inscription on ‘an ancient head-stone, which tells how one Simeon Leete was shot by the Enemy (with a capital E) in the ear of Our Lord, 1781. Poor Simeon Leete! We took a side road hereabouts and visited the old Foote house, which dates back—as shown by the figures over its hospitable door— to1723. It was one ot the ladies of this family, as is well-known, who married Senator Hawley, of Connecticut; another daughter is an author- ess, and a daughter-in-law of the house is one of our best known illustrators, besides being alsoa writer. Guilford proper is a good representation of the usual New England town, with Its green of goodly circumference, its fine old trees, its an- cient homesteads and modern yillas, and its sedate and proper meeting houses. Not given, perhaps to fancy bricks and stones,and heathen- ish styles of architecture, but each house set primly and daintily in its own enclosure, and in- differently viewing the outside world from behind decorous and well-closed blinds of green or drab. Here in Guilford was the home of Fitz-Greene Halleck, now metamorphosed into a hotel, in Immense letters, and leaning together in its old age, the wont of such ancient places, and hugging to its time-worn hearth its fading memories. But even Guilford has been invaded by the enemy, for the summer boarder is here in all her glory. Gotten up in lace sleeves and square neck in amanner that must strike terror to the frogs and fishes, and send a wild thrill of Joy to the heart of the festive mosquito. The summer boarder of the gentler sex is not always young nor always tair. She is often a giddy young married thing of thirty or so, who sings “Ever of thee” to the jingle of the hotel piano, and p | gets herself up ina “Tam O'Shanter” and the | aforesaid sleeves. The summer girl, thouzh not necessarily, 1s yet generally a boarder also. She is a convert to beanty unadorned, she wears her bangs | straight, and has long since given up counting the freckles on her nose. The summer girl 1s hing suits, dances divinely, and is te of mild exhilaration, except tied summer boarder takes away -between young man, which she—alas!—too often does. The summer girl is naturally a@ state of righteous indignation over this, believing, justly or unjustly, that the married summer boarder should remain on her own preserves. The male summer boarder is of several yarie- ties. One species appears periodically on Sat- urday nights and disappears periodically on Monday mornings. Itisto this kind that the married summer boarder is said to belong. An- other species is athletic, and paralyzes the neighborhood in flannel shirts and knickerbock- ers, and is frequently engaged in a struggle with his stockings, between which and the de- voted attention: the married summer board- er and the summer girl, his life is not always a happy one. But now the hotel-keeper is beginning to count his gold, the mosquito is preparing for another world, the frogs are growing sad, and usually ina when the the few-and- the migrating world is going home and leaving | New England to winter and to me. The golden rod—that token of summer's dissolution—is gilding the fences and the fields. Underneath it willmake me a little grave for my pen, and on the headstone cut ‘Auf wiedersehen!” Mark TapLey. Saturday Smiles. “Yes, sir,” said Mrs. Partington, speaking of one who drank himself to death—‘yes, sir, dis- solution has brought many a man to the grave.” None knows so weil as the maligned coach- man tilat this is leap year.—T’hiladelphia Times. The root of the New Orleans exhibition covers y- cres. The root of the human mouth covers about as many achers.—Lovwell Courier. Butler—‘Do you print election tickets?” Printer—' ir: we turn them out by the mil- lion.’ I wanttwo.” Printer —“Two millions?” for me and one for Dana.”—Philadelphia Call. There is a secret society of colored men in Mil- waukee called “The Watermelon Club.” Their grip, nowever, is pretty generally known,—Bur- lington Free P A northern Te: nuinber of marri: 20d! s editor complains that the is ridiculously small when time squandered in buggy- riding.— Texas Siftings. New York and Chicago now ‘speak as they pass by.” ey talk by telephone.--Elmira Free Press. When a young lady begins to remark, “He is not such a fool as he looks,” it is a sign that there will be a wedding soon.—Philadelphia Call, A negro witness in Macon, Ga., testifying in a bicycle case, gaye this as the result of his ob- servations: “If you ride slow you turn over if you ride fast you turn over some- * New Orleans Picayune. “ Johnol said a girl to her bashful com- pany, as they occupied remote ends of the sofa the other night, “I see that a lady in New Jer- sey, 104 years old, boasts of having been kissed by Washingtom.” “Yes,” said Johnnie, “1 saw it, too.” _“ Suppose you were to become a great man like Washington?” =‘ Well ?” said Johnnie. “And I were to live to be 104 years old?” “Well?” said Johnnie. ‘1 couldn't say that ot you—what the old lady sald of Washington— could 1?"—Chicago Tritnune, The prettiest girl at a Saucelito picnic the other day was observed to act ina most inex- plicable manner. She peremptorily refused to dance, swing or climb the rocks after ferns. Later in the day she was tound by another girl weeping bitterly under a bush. “What on earth’s the matter, Gussie” “Why, you see, Sophy,” sobbed the we: “Tcan't have a good time, nor enjoy myself a er aes es such a hurry this pomniog forgot to on my otter stockings !”— San Francisco Post. A Boyal Flash. ‘Three sports got into a railroad car, A raiiroad car, with a pack of cards; aid chey always spoke to each Other ea =parda’? And they always 5) For sports there ‘both geod and poor, Professional and amat : Butler—“Two tickets; @ne | PUMPING OUT THE CHANNEL, ‘The New Hydraulic Dredge and What Is Expected of It. ‘THE COST OF THE WORK ON THE RIVER FRONT IM- PROVEMENT REDUCED—HOW THE NEW MACHINE: WoRKS—a TALK WITH COL. HAINS. “If the hydraulic dredge, which will soon be at work on the flats, proves a success, it will revolutionize the art of dredging,” said Col. Hains to a Star reporter the other day while conversing about the reclamation of the flats. “Is there much doubt aboat its success?” asked the reporter. “Not in my opinion,” was the reply. “Other- wise T wouldn't have recommended that the contract be given to Benson and MeNee. Splen- did work was done with the dredge in Oakland, Cal.,” continned Col. Hains. ‘it has a record | of dredging there 60.000 cubic yards of material | per month, working ten hours per day. On the | flats it is the intention to work day and night, at least twenty hours per day, and as the dredge which is being built isto be quite a little | larger than the one at Oakland, it ts estimated that 100.000 cubic yards per month at least can be removed and deposited it no serious obsta- cles are encountered. The difference in kind of material to be dredged may make some dit: ference, but Ihave examined a sample of the material at Oakland, and as near as [| can Judge that in the Potomac can be dredged | more easily. There is more sand in the latter, and that, they say, is all the better for the hy- draulic dredge.” “If the new method proves satisfactory It will make quite a saving in the appropriation allotted | for the work, will it not?” asked the reporter. “I hope so,” was the reply. ‘You can get an idea on that point by comparing the price of the | contract recently awarded for dredging one mil- lion yards of the Washington channel and the | price offered by Sanford & Koss, who did the | work last year. The bid of the latter was 19%; cents per yard, while the new contract price Is only 12.37. That is sides, the work is to measured in place in- | stead of In the scow, which will make the dif- | ference in cost Just about one-half. There is about one-eighth difference to the yard in meas- | uring in the scow and in place, in favor of the latter, for the material is then pretty well set- tled. In dredging the one million yards in the | Washington channel there will be a saving of | some eighty thousand dollars. The work done | last year was well done, but the contractors | could not compete with the new comers, their expenses being so much heavier. A few men | can run the hydraulic dredge and accomplish as | much work as a big force of men and a number of dredges working in the old way.” “Of course I can't tell about future contracts, but I under®tand that Bensen and MeNee, who have the r o use the dredve under Colonel Von Schmidt's patent, were preparing to build @ second dredye in Case they proved the suc-| |cessful bidders inthe contract for dredging 1,000,000 yards in the Virginia chann “How does the new dredge work? reporter. “The material is pumped up through a sne- tion pipe, twenty inches in diame’ At the | | bottom ‘of the river, near the pipe, a horizontal wheel with three plows attached, loosens the material. The suc pipe leads throuch a | powerful pump, which forces water throng | the exit pipe at the rate of 30 feet per_second, and you can imazine that this would carry along pretty stiff material. ‘The exit plpe can be made ofany length desired, and is carried over | pontoons to the location where the material is to be deposited.” “When will be commenced: “As soon as they can construct the dredge, but I suppose not before the first of November. | The contract is to be completed by the first of | next September. As It Is, ! will be enabled to | | make good progress with the appropriation at my disposal, but if there should be any more | contracts at anything like as reasonable terms | it will be all the better. When the estimates | | for the reclamation ot the flats were first made | they were placed at the very lowest fizures. It was even said that the could not possibly ; be done within the estimate. Now, my great | aim is to bring the total cost within that esti- | mate, and Iam going to do it if it is possible. | I expect to get things in such shape this fall and | winter that I can commence work on the inlet | sluice gates in the spring.” | Inthe basement of the building askilled carpen- ter was at work upon a large wooden model of the flats as they will appear when reclaimed, and the new bed of the river, in fact showing every- thing from the Aqueduct to Giesboro’ point. It was originally intended tor exhibition at the New Orleans exposition, but it was decided not to send any exhibit. **There,” said Col. Hains, as he viewed the model, “you can see what this work will do to the Long bridge if nothing is | done about it.” The bed of the river was cut away to such an extent as to leave the plers of | the bridge aud their foundations entirely ex- | posed. In fact there was little foundation for | the bridge to stand upon, and what there was would simply act as a dam to the Improved | river channel. If the bridge is left in its pres-) ent condition, and the dredging continued ac- | cording to the original plan, the bridge, it is | thought, will not be a very safe structure for | heavy trains of cars to pass over. asked the work under the new contract HUIS CAMPAIGN ENDED. A Sad Interruption in the Transmis- sion of Edmunds? Speech. From the Pittsburg Times. | About ten o'clock Tuesday night the tele- graph operator in the Times editorial room Was receiving over our special wires the United Press report of the opening of the republican campaign at Burlington, Vt. Among the other papers in the same circuit receiving messazes simultaneously by the same wire was the Pe-! tersburg Index-Appeal. The messaze ticked out at a slow and steady pace, which seemed to add dignity to the names of the prominent orators present, The operator in the Index- Appeal office had said to the sending operator in vy York at the beginning: 1 ‘Not feeling yw ell to-night—been spit- slowly: 2 were held in the city hi densely crowded. Addresses were | made by Congressinan Horr, of Michigan; Stew- | j art, of Vermont, and Frost, of Maine. Senator | Edmunds presided. The followlug is a verbatim report of his address | Suddenly from the Inde-Appeal: “Bk—Bk— | and left his key open, interrupting the New York had to stop sending. ton cut the repeaters and.the ofiices gossiped with each other over the wire, ex- changing guesses as to what was the matter | | with Petersburg. Ten minutes passed. They | began to call Petersburg hard names. Fitteea | minutes, New York was getting impatient and | about to cut Petersburg out and con- | » the report to the other papers, when the interrapting key was suddenly closed. Wash-| ington put the repeater through, and then this | from the Index-Appeal: ‘ammins, recular press operator, Just died, Hemorrhage. I'm his sub. Go ahead ad-| dress.” And Senator Edmunds’ speech went on, while | the body of Ned Cummins, the great campaign ended fur him, was carried out. DEATHFUL BEAUTY, ‘Two United States Officers in Alaska Die for a Woman. Sitka Correspondence San Francisco Chronicle The captain and a lieutenant of one of the companies stationed at Sitka in the first year of United States possession fell desperately in love with the same beautiful Russian. She was a@ most charming woman, with soft, mys- terious eyes, a pale, delicate face, and a slow, dreamy smile that set the two warriors wild. All the garrison knew of their fierce rivalry, 50 marveled not a little when their old friendship appeared to be restored, and the two suitors started off on a hunting expedition One haggard man returned two days later and told that his companion had been at- tacked and gored to death by an enraged buck in the forest. He was gloomy and strange in his manner, and at nightfall went to the house of the Russian lady to break the news of his rival's death. juite a difference; but, be- |} | Here we wade in toour knees and thr AMONG THE MAINE MOUNTAINS Farm Life and Trout Fishing. RURAL SCENES “FAR FROM THE MADPING CROWD" 4 MODEL FARM—a ROYAL SUPPER—FALL FISHING Correspondence of Tae EVENING Stan: AMUERST, MAINE, September 7th, 1884. Tam at present enjoying the hospitality of tne Archer family in the old homestead away off in the wilds of Maine, on the stage road from Bangor to Calais, Tam far removed from the shriek of the locomotive or the whistie of the steamboat; there ts but one neighbor within two miles of the place, anda wilderness ts about me. ‘The farm ts situated on the east slope of Peaked mountain, and em braces many acres of fertie land, surrounded br fences five feet high and seven broad, made wholly of stone and bowiders ‘vered from the felda. The view trom the latge ou te upper part of the farm {8 truly magnificent. You look down on tne tops of tail pines dfirs in the v: Delow, and gaze wondering! Up tothe bold sum- Mit of the mountala, sharpiy clear blue sky. mountain, one huge smooth kr soarcely a’ vestige of green life on its face, Far off distant Lills of a paic biuish plied one above the other, ull they bieng jost WIth the descending sky. ‘The air is pute: atnd rebel socom | and Jaden WIth Lhe sweet wholesome perlumes of the woods—the pines, and firs and Jus hiper—and I take deep inspirations aud Ol iy lungs with the Ilfe-giving element, LIVING IN CLOVER, Fields of clover are around me, tall, cool, thickly growing red-top clover, and I jay and roll tn the velvety, emerald bed tn the shade of fruit trees and fall off into a delicious nap by the drowsy bum of the honey bee, whose square tenements are perclied on the stone wall a short distance away. a of apple ees, thickly laden with fruit of va hues, stretch away down towards une road, and the overloaded branches bend to the ground and are Propped by crotched sticks or plauks, Wille the Srouud ts strewn with the fruit, Uhe result of last AU's blow. Pigs grunt in the barnyard, ducks Die In Lhe shade of the carriage house, the iow. ing of the kine and the tinkle of cowbeiis are heard In the meadow, and one Little porker, who has been shut up in a hen-coop for being «bad boy aud run- DINg aWay, gels lls Lead OUL betwegi Lhe Dats and sets up a feariul squealing, which brings the good ady Of the house and the demestic to the tescue and the Juvenile grunter ts with dificulty released after a prolonged agouizihg squeal and a good deal Of porcine excitement. Tue hug: is crammed With hay and grain, men are engaged ih digging Ue potatoes from the rich black earch, and scveue ty-flve of the largest tubers, picked up hap ‘Up the beam at seventy-six pounds. Here the people live for weeks, and possibly OUL spending a cent. Flour, pork, , coftes nd a corned beef, &c., are bougiit by he ban by the sack, and tea by Use chest, aud most every- Uung else 13 produced on the farin, so Unat. wh: Ouce Whe larder is tilled up they run’ aloug for sev eral weeks without buylug any uing. ‘he women spin and weave, churn and make cueese, while Lae juen make cider, shoe horses, do cobbling, dig a seo or bulid & house, paint, tinker, make harucss, barrel: and even carriages’ ‘The Urue spirit of int ndeuce relgns there, It was my Lappy lot Years ago to Visit this happy home, ¥ 1 pop in upon them again one early S {etaber afteruoon, and tid the same scene of PEACE, COMFORT AND KUKAL FELICITY that gladdened my city tired heart body those years ago. Good Mother Archer gives me a ringing Welcome as J alight from the all-yellow coach and stretch my cramped limbs, She has grown fat and possibly a le dazy tu the meantime, but ber heart as of yore. Caddy has ucly maiden, the boys and the kind oid grandam stoops peri more @hd sees BOL so Well as ln Limes » poor old “Bose,” the big watch dog, w uh ave had many’a romp, is no 10ie, be having per- Ished In w bear trap a lew winters ago, Mr. Archer Js the same guict, taciturn individual, aud begins to Show the elfects of years of hard, honest labor. | We sit down to supper, aud We ture that awalis me Would grace the tube ‘of royalty. Indeed 1 doubt Mf royally ever giuttonized Over Viands so sweet And pure and tres. Blackberries swimming in the thickest of cream, goiden and crimson speckled mountain trout roiled in yellow meal and browned in broad slices of show white corn-led pork; clear, transparent strained honey rigit from tue con untainted with glucose or sulphuric acid; yellow- eyed beans baked to a delicate brown and Hanked by Ube inevitable Boston brown bread; butter, the purest Of the pure, and fragrant cofive’ in geucrous cups, with tempting Tolls hot from Ue oven. ‘Tue day after my arrival 1 spend in ‘TROUT FISHING in the meadow and a mountain stream near by with very good success, At this season of the year trout do not rise Well (oa fly, 80 that the sport 1s not so exciting a8 in the month of June. Th keep to the bottom of deep holes, and bite in a duil, lazy sort of Way, much alter the muuner of percil or chubs. Svlli Uney are trout ali the same, and as andsome and tempting as ever, and will ‘make a gorous fight for life when pricked with the hook. Worms and grasshoppers are the bait now, whictL Wiil be readily seized on reaching the bottom, walle an artificial dy will dance with immunity ripples and the surface of the dari povis. There isa great deal of cou ‘Uuls season of the year, as the black the nd mos quitoes are all gone. “The ume tor touting,” said un Old sportsman to me up there, “is when the Diack files are ube Ukickest and the mic: qullees Whe imost troubiesome;” which is doubtless true. A day or Uwo after my arrival the boys arrange @ trip for me to the Alligash stream, a uibytary of the West branch of Union river, und we are to Start at 3 o'clock in the morning. ‘By 2 o'clock we ure up, and, looking oul of my Window, I see Gus. in the moonlight harnessing up old Charley for ne journey. od MPs. Archer Is up, and has hot coffee and roils and warmed-over baked beans and brown bread all in readiness tor us. ‘Think of at Ze people of Ube city who reluctantly crawl out of at7o'clock in the morning, aud tuen ponder over the subject of early rising! The day opens cloudy and Uireatoning as we pro- trout rin ishing ceed on our Way, “Whata day for trout fishing?” We exclal ind my heart beats with deli 4 Of the glorious sport, A ri ifs, partly OVer a smOotH stage road, partly over rocky jogging roads and througi a Hat boggy plain, brings us to the scene of acti We unhar- ‘hess old Charley and Ue him stoutly to a tree. Woe be to us if We do not tle him well, as be ts a treach- erous old beast, 13 that Charicy, and ones loose he ‘will Scamper away Over Ue country and far away, and Uhree unhappy fishermen will have to “hoot AU twelve or fifteen miles home. We adjust our rods and cautiously approach the deep pooi, shaded by Dirch and aideré Your trout isa wary fish, and easily looses his appetite by any unusual Busile hear his resting place. yhat ‘A CHARMING SPOT to the cye of a sportsman! Dark and derp lay the pool before us, {ts surface unruMed and dotted with Aly pads. Tall rank meadow grass affords usa ver as We reach the edge, and Us texting bog moss mufttes our footsteps. allow Ubelr enihus W u Wwaen, } itis Jug off towards the op with tumultuous e and th Lmoment I land a pound spe dancing and wriggling, in the grass at my f What @ beauty 1 2 coal black, hits belly golden hue, his sides thickly spotted wilh gold and vera bluish green aottle, and his Jaws very nd set with rows of fine te rp as needles, Islip him into the creel, and’ then cast again. Another one, but not as large. Another nd another, and J stand in one spot by the famwus ‘pug” hole of the Alligash and take out TWENTY-TWO OF THE SFRCKLED BEAUTIES, ‘What sport! ‘They cease biting, and I have time to stop and think of our Wastilngton boys s on the Long bridge catching cattish and chubs then compare that Kind of fishing with this roral sport. My compantons in the meantime ha further up the stre with a goodiy string with aimeulty through and treacherous bog our carriage, on our Way to the west branch of u the deep whirling eddies, and succeed In capturing quite an addition to our alreaay goodly string. By four o'clock we are home again, with true th 5 man’s luck, “wet feet and a Lungry—siom: ‘We change’ our clothes, and are soon toasting our shins by the big cookit range in the kitchen, and a fire does not feel bad, for the afternoon ts’ cold and raw, ‘To-morrow I am to take the yellow stage at 8 O'clock for Bangor, and in the cool depths of cious cellar re 18 @ basket containing five con trout packed In wet moss, ready to be 1 into y city friends, and in my satchel I fad a large bottle of strained honey, aud on my tabie two mammoth bouquets, in which 'T recogntze tie work and generosity of mine kind host Archer, whose shadow I pray may never grow ies Siow SIDELINKER. A Brave CoLorep Womax.—Dick Brown, a thriftiess negro who has been involved in dozen shooting affairs and cutting scrapes, made his way last Saturday night into a room occupied by Delia Knox, a youngcolored woman living on the Linwood plantation, in Ascension ish, La. Upon being discovered by the occupant he Is said to have crouched behind the door, whereu; the next morning, lying in the weeds two or friends thing over, and suspecting @ duel had | three hundred from the house, very weak bean fought, decided to go out the next from the lose uf blood. He was removed into a and for the — In Ch gore geen Properly cared for, but ie arti etka pamela Toseeny, Greainn, trom = = with a look injuries. ‘ oun mas tat bin angio grand investigated to the accidental discharge of own rifle Lothario and drawing a revolver com- © while hunting, and under these two verdicts the ended the youth tomarry the girl. There was real truths were concealed. ike Semsily of tho ‘nO use of argument; the old man had the “drop”™~ Russian beauty disappeared from Sitka in a few | on him and the marriage was performed. It te raonths, racer pain lmpm gene green, ne e| ‘understood that the young mau has not seea his until the recent opening Cepcl meclegen 3 bride since the union took place, and that behas river recalled it to some of who lived | engaged counsel in an action for divorce on ‘the here at the time. grounds of forced marriage. deramen te—ererne~ anata Themse of natural gas in Pittsburg mana-| Prot. Swing. of Chicago, says thal the vanity factories is Pa manek., and now ‘the | of women is innocent compared with that of right has been sold to a man who will try to in-| men. And he ailds that embezzlers troduce it into houses for heating purposes. steal to gratify their vanity,