Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1884, Page 2

ita 'J THE EVENING— OC I—248) STAR: { Ai = e Te § iAcuRit SATURDAY. SEPTE BER 27, 188/-DOUBLE SHEET. T. CITY AND DISTRIC 3 OUT-DOOH PASTIMES. als Departure for the West— oming Events at Ivy City, &ce THE FUTURE WASEINGTO: What Shall be Done for the Less Favored Classes? INDUSTRIAL EDUCA- ‘D LABOR PROBLEMS. BASH BAEK The Nationals left la-t night ror their weatern (Go tis iiliee se sau avadinw weias oe Inthat widely read article In the Aflantic esky Monthly, for June, entitied “Washington as it ise, w some ull be,” Mr. O. B. Frothinzham very truly Too much cannot be written on the sub- of the possibilities or the future of Washing- ore recent newspaper article, on capital,” htner, again mt itt Baltinore r0— Trevi re artistic, and educational suter of the whole nation, if not of the whole de in this direc- Ch tenes ckened and fostered is indeed Aihistte fan at there should be in Washington Athletic park, eee Warsi cof the clubs fe t library and a omitted tor the cseur or the education American should ithall that has thus far Oo mention has been made of features essential to. the develop- ment of the best conditious of life in the future Washington. ART AND INDUSTRY IAND Ty WAND. ‘re is, to be sure, in the very atmosphere | ofan educa ! center a certain uplifting and civilizing ce. Even the classes perpet- y are more or less per- | meated and modified by the refinements of artistic surroundi: The musie whieh the poorest ears may hear softens the lot and Lest. Won. In Oetots acing of the eastern habit =e sact a preat | Moral eirenit act a great | een There isas- |” ysitions less be w ucational ap) but, aiong w hou. dustrial and but owing to th can ony be exere W soil put on the 5 Weather ius made Until th rain the tr if there is rain worked be in be ‘The we endowes as to insure fdoubtime ess—not a E periment, but an insti- B., Mattie | TON with an equipment commensurate with , the importance of the undertaking. ent THE DOMESTIC PROBLEM. » fifth heat in} Another agency m third and | domestic service. wherein, with mathe: night be solved, ina Jarse m domestic problem whi house mistre upen the ill-trained employment b Ned won the fir asure, ses the still harder amatenr re won by Hi SOMMEDING RS. CLARK GiixEs. Whet She Firs. pied the invitation, Wn Was to be of a pe t the impre or hi mana th hon nd pro- other elvii:zin! ton 1s enlisted mote the development of I the pride of th the n Clark. eehit fe ene. the nist esrnest solicitude may | Well be called forth for the | The p rethod of ¢ i renders Netrict The social teh for | “°C recoy PUTIFUL AND PSINFCT. The daily paper of the superstruetar which. ork of ntic and not a A nunwer of ‘form the Fength to pr rd strnveele for bare existence lies back of the prevalent dishon- adation. are such that even a lifetim lnstry earns for many an exist- tu 80 warped, so untutored as to p the artistic and scientifle glory of the future Washington seem like a bitter surcasm, an insult and a mockery, That Washington shoud boast the loftiest by human hands fs perhaps it Washington should furnish the the uprearing of the highest ha- man character would be better. It is peither well nor sate that from the crowning summit of this great monument one should look down and see ignorance and idleness grown vicious sur- r them recite, id be confined to the the grade in which the pupils could then study mH Without assistance from lar stab training, but manual-labor training, and em- ployment must form the solid base upon which Gur lofty governmental structure may sately stan complained of. sks for Informa- An Ancient Builder tion, ‘To the Editor of Tue Evestxe Star Can the editor or some of our lumber mer- chants interm us as to the grades of lumber in| Inconnectionwiththis, one Is tempted to point this city? When an apprentice some years azo | to theglaring social inequalities, toluxuriant liy- I remember ofonly 3 Kinds,viz: Panei, merchaut- | PE, €Xtravazant dress, and to costly churches. able and co:. Since that time we have | Hut even the most unthoughtful can see all lost the run of mer two kinds and haye | hese, and can moralize for themselves concern- S, uppers, slub- | img expenditures which, applied in other direc- I with some j tions, would produce fTand results. After all, selects? the question must be not so much of less ele- Is it the best | gance for the few, ont ot larger opportunity and does th: ? | eyuipment forthe many. And happity there is te does picks ec ‘in normal human nature a TH} fares the land to hastening Mis a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay.” GLARING SOCIAL INEQUALITIES. st me in? returned build ‘Tait's Stax of lo: sates for less elegance than a neighbor ~ DUNLAP. There is a contentment born of work—not over- worlos«ehicly males* true Mrs. Browning's as- sertion: . 7 work, Bo ary ts fester ian that Sou work to get That thought, followed by action, may be given in the direction Indicated is sooth) ons sired, to the end that material welfare may keep pace with the adorning and Peantiying of our future Washington. Evorne Larorre. THE RESULTS OF FISH CULTURE. A Summary by “Marshall McDonald, Showing What Has Been Done in . American Waters, One ofthe bulletins of the United States fish commission, recently issued, contains the fol- lowing memorandam by Marshall McDonald of Tesuits of fish culture already attained: carp. The carp, wherever planted under favorable conditions and receiving reasonable care and at- tention, have crown, bred and multiplied rap- idly. Thirty thousand distinct bodies of water in every section of the United States have been occupied with this fish. These represent an ag- gregate area of 100.000 acres of waste water which have been converted to profitable, almost spontaneous, production, yielding, at a mod- erate estimate, 20,000,000 pounds of food per annum, and adding $1,000,000 annually to the value of the produets of the country. BLACK BASS. The black bass has been acclimated tn all of the rivers of the Atlantic slope, and while not ine: ing the aggregate food product of the areas occupied by them, the introduction of this same fish has indirectly contributed to the pros- perity of various sections by attracting sports- men and summer residents. TROUT. The mountain sections of New York, New Hampshire, and Vermont have their game and | fish well preserved through the efforts of the state fish commissioners; the trout streams being kept up by artideial propazation or plant- ing, and by protection. The summer visitors who are drawn to this region by the fame of its hunting and fishing leave there anaually $15,- (00,000. according to the statement of the New # commissioner, ‘The larger part of this is to be credited to the efforts in artificial cally carried on there, CALIFORNIA SALMON. prts to acclimate this s; ecies on the Atlantic slope and in the Mississippi basin have proved abortive, untayorale temperature con- ditions, as where shown, having mili- tated axninst suc This, how is to be ed as an ex nin fish-eultur 1 pl § haying carried the annual production of sat river up to doulle the volume it had before planting was in: «dl, and added to its ag- sregate value 300,000 per annum. WHITEFISH. and planting of this species was undertaken in the face of «, Which foreshadowed the ex- cher few years. This n atrested, and the product is ni slowly on the incre: SHAD, The propagatin: in the great lakes arapid deer Ther ntin, ults of the 2 and of shad cannot, in the absence of acen- »vering the whole coast, be deil- itely stated. ‘There is no question but the pro- duction of the Chesapeak a asawhole is at we bay whieh v in production. y in the im: on being from $1 three to tour cents have furnish the N wed next W i emotional drama founded on *s novel, “Vineta.” The play is said to he in some respects one of the be: ed lately, and to sastain the inter ience by the streneth of dialog i ions and dramatic climax appears as Wanda, 3 “Mr. Nordeck, Miss Lanita id Miss Henriwita ‘ord’s Opera. com- houses duri in the * and last 0 sten to the ev Next week the T iil hold the be: art taking the prim Which apy last rounding its base. Not merely intellectual | thened, and the variety portions of vave been cut out or revised. ‘ihe thea- | drawn ge Sear 5 Dot Museum bh 8 the hou y of the Vino dimi- “Olivette’ Thursday —- Who Canght the Hoss fas? { Thr Evestne Sta | The meg length. 14 gills, and | , and weighed 6 pounds 10 | itten by | ™ 12, will ss, of the Mong Shore on the Potomac,” Albert Clark, in 18: sund an ne muthed va folfow vunt of a blac y, caught in t “On the 2ist of illen Apr George A. son exhibition at the Tr e to the Smith 1 ky, rtant fe The fish measured of the tail fn. and mu aiference just bac hundr et was and weighed 10 ounces after bringing it to this the B & O. railroad. It was taken to hsonian for the purpose of ha e fish made for that institution, but aid they had a cast of a black bass of that variety which weighed 4 pounds, and one of a kind was enough. So far, I think I have the advantage of Mr. tt as to the size of the fish. to have been about the same, but the caught was longer (by the length of the tail fln, less 3¢ of an inch) and larger in cireum- ference. The above statement can be verified bya Jarge number of witnesses now in this city if necessary. Joun B. GILFILLEN. September 24, 1884. ———___+e-_____.__ Whe Carpet-Beating Nuisance, To the Editor of Tux Evrstxa Star: Is there not some law forbidding the beating or shaking of carpets in thickly-settled commu- nities, Parties occupying houses having small | yards are often greatly annoyed by thoughtless or evil-disposed neighbors filling the air with the filthy accumulations of old carpets, some- times taken from asick room. In such cases the wind is always in a quarter to take the dust ayeay from the premises where it properly be- Tongs and deposit it on the newly cleaned win- dows and family wash of the surrounding houses. : ———_—_#s9. __ Heckless Drivers and Riders. To the Editor of Tae Evexmva Star: In consideration of the fact that our squire contiins more children to the square yard than any other in the city, would It not be well for the police to make an example by arresting one of the fast drivers or bare-backed riders who nearly every evening endanger the lives of chil- dren and elderly persous. 3p anp K sts. N, W. ———————-e—_— The cotton, peanut and late corn crops of Virginia and North Carolina have beeu seriously injured by the drought, ndof the | f 2 con- about by ~ | throne,” or b THE OYSTER AT HOME. MR. G. W. HARVEY GIVES SOME POINTS 48 TO THR CONDITION OF THE OYSTER THIS SEASON— How CULTIVATORS: TRY TO IMPROVE THE FLAVOR OF OYSTERS—GIVING THEM A DRINK— THE MERITS OF THs VARIOUS BRANDS DE- SCRIBED. Mr. Harvey, of the firm of Harvey & Holden, the restaurateurs, whose long experience has made him an authority on the subject of oys- ters, has just returned from his annual trip to the northern oyster beds, Tn conversation with a Star reporter Mr. Harvey gave some interesting particuiars as to the results ot his observations upon the condi- tion of the oyster and the proba!de supply. “My observations of the oysters in the north- ern waters this year,” remarked Mr. Harvey, “is that they are in a better condition and more nu- merous than they have been for years. I have been visiting the beds in Long Island Sound, Princess bay, and Red Bank, where the Shrews- burys are shipped, for the past fifteen years, in fact, ever since they began to cultivate the oys- ter at these points. I tind that the cultivation of the oyster is carried on with better success In these waters than in the south. They get their oysters to market qnicker and in better condi- tion, and are more intelligent about changing them about from one place to another.” “How far north did you go?” asked the lis- tener. “I went as far as Fair Haven, on the Connec- ticut shore,” he replied, ‘where I found that the stock was very fair. All along the coast down, including Long Island and the East river, the oysters were in good condition. Along the Morris river, and the western shore of Delaware—I found a first- class stock. Oysters bid fair to be better on the Jersey and Lon: past three years. are jubilant over the prospect of a biz trade. Th hink that there will be larze shipments tu Europe on account of the abundance.” THE FAVORITE OYSTER TN EUROPE. “What sort of oysters is usually sent to the foreizn market?” interrupted the reporter. “Generally the Blue Points,” was the reply, “which, as you know, are found in Brookhaven bay, on the coast or Long Island. They are the favorite American oysters in Europe, and this is mainly due to their superior flavor and small size. They bring a smailer price than the Eu- ropean oysters, ecause the latter have a pecn- liar copperish taste, which the English are custonied to, and expect to find in an oyster. lue Points are the first in rank among lish epicures on this account.” the size thing to do with their ed the reporter. at all,” said Mr. Harve watched the smoke curling up from his ¢ The smaller ovster is preterred simply beca t Cape Shore, Cape Ma it is easier to hi le on th ie. When served on the half shell, they don’t take up so much room and then they don't ke quit iS big a mouthful. brands of © ters, such as the Points, the I aways, and ‘other oy ters are eters from other local: diference in th obtained by ft the chickea or i. Take an oys oysters now in the market as to asked the reporter. | ppose,” replied Mr. 2 moment, “that the of oysters, b extinct, or nea ful 2 from the ree a rock oyste! for the j ‘ rs and the t As far a: tockaways are the finest flavored oyster in the market. The Shrews- burys and Bine Points are the most de the E i The Long : a very oyster, but has not the iavor of th mentioned.” DISTINGUISHING OYSTERS BY THEIR FLAVOR. “Is it possible to distinguish between these varieties by the taste ?” asked the reporge “Certainly it is,” said Mr. Harvey, “just in the same way as you distinguish between the different vintaes of wine or brandy or the kinds of tea. Iam able to tell the difference between the varieties of oysters simply by tasting them, and many of my customers can do the same thin But the bulk of the oyster con- sumers do not know one oyster froi another. The real oyst ‘picure never puts anything on an oyster When caten raw. Some, however, use a dash of lemon juice. But when a inan pats on all sorts of condiments he is not apt to know or care about what sort of an oyster he is eat- Ing. “On Wedne: the visi i continued Mr. Harvey, as To the Faitor of Tur: Ey The EVENIN ssed_ the adoption of y for the welfure any wholesome mea- i d to this ved citizen nen he fecls oppression or wers that be.” The other made to the proper author- cof garbage in E_ street, rea bat the report came Ith officer had no power to abate Ob, fora “power behind the ter yet, the abi to distribute a little power among whose duty it isto prot public health. Oh, spirit of Jack dozen eases of bilious tever ne near the Lor y the flthly condi faceat streets. A for man; aiter lodges with the tide in the environed precincts of the city end of the Long through which a large portion of the > must pa joat with it, and be by our torrid September, producing deaiing exhalations which the southern about a ‘y many caused, a3 nofthe river ana the b wafts over th city. This seum would pa rand y ate where it) would do less harin if dred nd the numerons: scows of Messrs. nford were ordered te move out from the 1 iy street whart long enough to give the ebb t achance to clear This scum packed between the Uridve untilit is almost solid. th o@icer, ta the interests of to zo downto the Long ue spot we li tter may pass away. a 3. M. F. Help for the Perishing Trees. ‘To the Editor of ‘Te Eventxe Stan: Conld not the citizens of Washington be re- quived to water the poor starving trees before their houses once a day? In THE Name oF Cnariry. A Fiesh-colored Weed Which Eats Fish. From the New York Times. Commander Alfred Carpenter, writing from Suakin, Red sea, contributes this instance of a carnivorous plant preying upon yertebrata, ob- served by him in-1881, when he was surveying at the Paracel islands, in the South China sea: “The tide was low on the reef on which 1 was strolling and admiring the lovely forms ot coral existence. As I neared a pool cut off by the tide from the sea [ noticed among other submarine verdue a very ordinary looking flesh-colorea ‘weed about one foot high and of similar girth, uy aypesrence alarmed numbers of tiny fish, whicl darted to the coverot overhanging ledges, but I noticed about half a dozen apparently seeking cover in the weed. Bending down closer nds, with very fe lettin them. my ead wn to pick up one of the half dead fish I found my fingers sucked by the weed, the fronds of which closed ay onthem. The fish were not caught by the hi opie but hela bast inl round body. The death seemed to be slow and lingering, and where the fish had been held its skin was macerated. These cap- tives may have been caught some time, and were in different stages of exhaustion. [ being unable toname the plant or the young fish. ‘They were from an inch to ah and a half I The pe had @ dirty rather slimy loo! Jersey coast where I went—ited Bank, Baypolis, | ¢ Island coasts than for the | The merchants and planters | fy. | tired. ‘There is a la water. » the flavor of an oyst just us 5 apotor soup. You know that in Soups the stock or consomme is only made, | and from t) ly all the other kinds ze it from sall water to fresh ‘or partly | a difference in its flavor. | || trievele as any bicyctist ever W WOMEN ON WHEELS, ‘The New Tricycle Ciub and its Lady ‘Members. A TALK WITH ONE OF THE CYCLING SISTERHOOD —A HEALTHFUL AND PLEASURABLE EXER- CISE—THE DRESS WORN BY LADIES IN TRICT- CLING, ETC. “A good many bicyclists are giving up their dicyles and getting tricycles,” said an old rider of the “bike” whom a Star reporter caught the other day riding a “trike.” “I ride a tricycle now all the time, and I think anyone who rides one will soon prefer it to the bicycle. There is more comfort in it. After a long run, Tcome home feeling much less tatigued than I used to feel after a yele run. Then the tricycle is more generally serviceable, good for ali roads, and all grades. 1 prefer tricycli too, as an exercise. You see ina tricycle. th motion is vertical, and in going up a stec grade, you pull directly up as ona health lift Ona bicycle your hands on the handle-bar are | at right angles with the body, and when power has to be applied it requires an unnatural and Unusual exertion. Yes, sir, man now,” reiterated the e: go his break and started aw THE POTOMAC TRICYCLE CLUB. A number of tricyclists formed a club, known as the Potomac Tricycle club, on the i6th ot July last. There were nine original members. three of whom were ladies. Now the club num- bers 30 members, of whom 10 are ladies. Hon. A. A. Adee, assistant secretary of State, is president of the club; Rev. L. H. Schneider, pastor of the Concordia church, vice president; Andrew Johnson, secretary,and W. C. Scribner, captain. Several of the gentlemen are old bi- eyclists. The club has trequent runs, starting about seven o'clock in the evening, as that hour is most convenient to most of the members. | The club proposes to make a run to Cabin T am a tricycle -bicyelist as he let | John bridge soon, and during October to make ashort tour in Virginia. The little platoon oi ladies riding about the streets in the evening has attracted much notice recently. Such un- tavorabie comments as are heard generally come froi ladies, who probably would not cut a very pretty figure ona bicycle. The grace and | freedom 0. the poize and motion, is calculated to show oY a good figure to fine advantage. ASTAR reporter was at the rendezvous the other evening when the ladies were about to start for a run. A LADY'S EXPERIENCE ON THE TRICYCH. One lady, 'r a dainty riding habit, was very willing to explain to Lim all the points about the “machine.” id “Thave been riding about six months,” she said, and I am yery glad the club was organ- Ithas broken the ice. Other ladies are and so I have company now. Jo you find that it agrees with your health: said the reporter. “Why it is spiendid. I used to have head- aches all the time, but now I have none, or, if I have one, I start out on a ride, and betore I get | home again the headache will be gone. doctors used to say it was neuraigia, but I they were mistaken, for that could not ‘e been cured so easil IT ride now way out to Brightwood, over the hills, and do not feel y here who for many years | has been crippled with paralysis, so she had to Ik on crutches. Her husbond bought a ‘so- ciable’ a little while azo, and began to take her | out. It has strenytiened her greatly, and now she ‘pulls’ quite strongly. Every lady who once pts upon one is inti ed with the tricycle. Tused to think men such geese about bi- becanse they stuck so ¢ to them and med to think of nothin I can under- dit now, because Ia as trae to my = to his wheel.” * continued the lady, ps from riding the tr that a woman sacri- ts upon _ a tricyele. when I ride m 1ST | “that prevents 1 te, Some of them | Lam sure I lose no ¢ Why, ther alady inat 1 you doy y you se lady talks ay ‘ve it you w i king a horseback ride. mst tricyeling eithet not pull. been discussing th | they are lad the matter y question of a uniform, but ou know, and have not decided It is proposed to adopt the cycling tourists club of nd. of a ashort cutaway ticipating the next ques- ladies do not wear any starched un- Ning. Such clothing would impede the feet, of course. They wear dark trousers, and and fitted for the purpose ich it was intended. There is no. super- fluous clothing. It is well to have a dress es-+ pecially for riding, for it is apt to become greas trem the hine. Some ladies here the other ed on riding in light checked gingham ses, because they thought it would be cool. Of course before the run was over the dresses were spotted and soiled. There are ladies who do hot like to put off all superfluous clothing for, you know, it shows how slender they are. One lady sted on going out the first time she rode with her bustle on. Of course when the run was over the bustle was all out of shape and out of place, and she had to hurry into the house to fix it before she could appear on the street. Ladies now do their shopping on tri- cyel I would advi iy to try it, ave no idea of the pleasure and health ut of ye,” and as of ladies , their course being the row of dancing, gliding Lights jakled in the distance lik aturday Smiles, Time is money, except when it is counted bi- cycles; then it i3 tan.— er Orleans Picayune. Aman never realizes how rapidly children learn until he bezins to buy school-books for them.—Philedeiphia Call. ale school teacher has been for inhuman crvelty towa he Kissed him with her spectacles on.— y Times. Ladies’ hats, this fall, observe nes, will be felt! Ofcourse they will those who pay for theim.—Zdochester they be—iy Herat. Colonel Tom Ochiltree is now called Histori- cal Tor History never tells the ch. ‘outhworth, is the | bread bakers. New | Orleans Piocyune. °x-Senator Tabor, of Colerado, is reported in financial stress and tace to face with the ug acouple of his famous y Times. Chicago man died while waiting, in a drug store, for a pre: Most men'do not die | while waitin ription; they only turo gvay.—Lonisvill ray le Courier-Journal. No, Elirida, we have too high a resar you, both as a poetess and a refined youn to print yourverseson a damsel who, havi come sniitten with a young journalist, alluded | to him as her payier niache.—Puck. A medical writer saysthat the cholera microbe | d for Tany. i at low tide and take a look at the tha's V: ve tried to describe, and it it | popnlat in his power, ordgy the removal of ‘obstruet- | Hity pe ‘ie | tlons, so that'this pest breediny ma is shaped like a comma, and that 40,00010 60.000 | of them placed lengthwise would make an inch. Catching microbes and placing them length wise would bea nice pastime for the comin: long wiliter eveni —Norristown Herald. Mrs. dina paper that In Mar- | neyard the ratio of deaf mutes to the | ion is one in every one hundred and | Tsons, aratio greater than in any other portion of the country. “Only one ration to every one hundred and fifty persons!” said she. “Why that’s as badas the Arctic sufferers, They'll have to go to eating each other pretty soon unless Congress intervenes and sends some governmental stores.”—Peck's Sun. She was a reniack ably sensible young lady who made the request of her friends that after her decease she should not be buried by the side ota brook, where babbling lovers would wake her from her dreams; nor in any grand ceme- tery, where sightseers, conning over epitaphs, might disturb her; but be laid away to her last sleep under the counter of some merchant who did not advertise in the newspapers. There, she said, was to be found a depth of quiet slumber on which neither the sound of the buoyant foot of youth nor the weary shuffle of old age would ever intrude.—Aibany (Ga.) News. is a Mule a Horse? Roanoke (Va) Letter to Lynchbarg News, ‘The question as to the status of a mule in the animal kingdem is a much mooted one here. An ordinance was passed by the Council some months since prohibiting certainanimals, them horses, from ranning at large within the city limits, from which mules were omitted, accidentally it is supposed. The owner of one of these animals was arraigned before our former mayor, chi with violating the ordi- nance in question. He plead in Darof the offence a nue were not ae bat ordinance. ie accepted himonthe ground that ‘a mule was not a horse.” Sifice that time the owners of The present executive, how- fined one of these % a hed contemplation of the law “a mule is over has just ry male |g the fashion | MAKING BIG PHOTOGRAPHS. A Glimpse Inte One of the Workshops ef the National Museum, HOW THE MAMMOTH PICTURES OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS ARE MADE—A TALK WITH THE ARTIST ABOUT HIS PROCESS—THE USE OF THE ELECTRIC LIGUT. “J don’t know that they are the largest pho- tographs ever made, but they are the largest that Lhave any knowledge of.” The speaker, Mr. T. W. Smillie, the photographer of the National museum, was looting at an immense photozraph of the Treasury building which was standing ia his laboratory in the museum build- ing, as he answered in this way a question of a Star reporter. The picture in question is one of @ series of thirteen of ali the public buildings in this city, and the ‘inet outlines and vast extent of the graphs gave an impression that was vividly real, Ali these photographs are seven feet long and four wide, aud are latended to form a part of the government exhibit at Cin- cinnati and New Orleans, The process by which these large photographs are made is one of r and Mr. Smillie was obliging mewhat in detail the method n. porter, “ditler in the process of their produc- tion from the ordinary photograph, because the latter is printed by contact with the original, the light passing through it in contact with the paper. There is no development needed, and the picture is printed at once te the depth we require.” “In the case of these large photographs,” con- tinued Mr. Smillie, ‘an instrument similar te a solar camera is used, except we apply xf tric light with it. The process is a moditle of the old-fashioned whe a silver pr: We first take a strong, h per, which we get in rolls 200 feet long an hes wide, and of potassium, with atrace of chloride of ammonia. The paper is sponged over and then dried. Then the negative is placed in the enlarging instru- ment. ‘The negative is 8 by 10 inches; VERY CLEAR AND SHARP, ight passing through it projects the image upon a screen, the distance of the screen from the instrument determining the size of the pho- tograph. the table and flowed over with a solution of nitric of silver. This combines with the fodin and bromides already in the paper, forming iodine and bromide of silver. The paper is then hung on the screen and exposed to the lizht, screen. just appears slightly, it is laid down on the table and developed, which is done by flowing a ation of pyrogalie acid over the surface. the proper point of development is reached it is stopped by throwing a solution of salt inthe water. Then the salt is washed off and the print is firmly fixed in a solution of hyposuiphite ofsoda. When it Is washed out the picture is done.” ADVANTAGES OF THE ELECTRIC “Do you find the use of the elect adv ?” asked the listener. he replied. “We are not affected by the weather in the first place and can work on Then the pictures are with the electric light. We get a finer definition. With the solar} the pictures would not be so successful. Our picture of the V inzton monument, at its present height,” co! tinued the artist, “is one of the most elfective we have made. The monument looks so tin- mense In the pletare and every thing else so small. The building of the printing bureau ts siewn fn the back it it Is only six incies high, while the In theuse of the electric iizht Mr. tinii‘ie said that they employed an e c ice dial, which is si engine, By m sth of the current is r at one point cu sof the liclt adds to t nctuess of the outlines of the HT. light an ic h= stead aad distin Se | AFFAIRS AT FALLS ciUcH, vA. The Brought—The Peach Crop—Reli- gious and Educational Netes, Etc. nee of Tie EVENING STAR, LLS Curren, Va., September 24, 1884. The Rey. Hugh McCormich has closed the stipulated year in the pastorate of the Paptist church in this place, and gone to be a teacher in an institution of learning at Marion, Ala- bama. The membership of the church here and the general public have been well pleased with his sermons. The church gave him a very grati- fying reception (at the close of the year), which was nunierously att l, and at which he was presented by Rev. Mr. Sueett in appropr marks, with twen! is reply was felicitous and fitting. The Sunday following the reception, the reverend gentle- man preached his last sermon toa large con- gregation. In several churches the congrega- tions were dismissed, and pastors and people attended the Baptist church and heard an ex- cellent discourse. The Rey. Mr. Jordan, of the Congres: church, has returned froma six weeks’ y During his absence several persons has rendered ser in the church; but this ha heen done chiefly by the Rev. B. W. P ning, at least, by Mr. W.W.K D, Whe Lwill prove to be but asmail one, the orchard acreage that produced it taken into account. The drought prevaili one of extreme se- it verity. The late planted corn and corn-fodder | are suffer greatly. Late potatoes must be a ilure. Burt ‘8 seedings were dead days Turnips, where sown, are not crowii farmers have not sown fit ofthe earth. If the fi be m e turn st ‘ot, then not uutil rai rain be sown. tand that a number of da are circulated bh ng train from your city of the eve’ ‘The public schools wi al teacher Is Mr. M. D. Hall, a erail ot Virginia university. The pup good Indication. But two selivol of three hours each, without a a mission in each of ten or fifteen minut confining for the young idea. The a ye years ago on the question school’ a day enough,” in the conduet of our Sc! A series of meeting in tt FE. Churen South immediately atier the adj ment of the conference, and several ministers remained to take part in'them. ‘The result wes onstothechurch. ‘The Rev. R. be a very able preacher. = sec ee ‘The Tupelo Gum and Willow Oak. From the Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal. The tupelo gum and the willow oak are tim- bers that are destined to a commerce’ never until recently dreamed of. A residing in Mississippi, who has tested them thoroughly, says the first variety is almost as soft and light as the cork of commerce, and is the whitest timber in thevalley. Itisextre: ight, and cannot be split, and at the same it is very touzh and ten: very heavy strain. It wil used principally tor buc and trays; also for ox yokes, and for ali kinds of water vessels. For bread tra) the finest in the world. This wood among the cypress trees, and is far more 2 ant, and floats like cork. The water or w oak is second only to the live oak, and is an evergreen; it takes the coldest y to make it shed Its leaves, and it is almost as hard when seasoned as the live oak, and for the rim and spokes of wheels it has no superior. For ship building it will almost equal the live oak. “TI have tested the crushing capacity of this wood,” this Mississippian says, “and also the transverse strength, and it is one-third stronger than any white, post, red or black oak, and only asty Soe) Jess than live oak. And yet this wood has no market value!” A. ne a ‘The Romance of an Accident. Girls Gossip in London Truth.” Did 1 tell you in my last that Katie is going to be married? It is all asudden affair. Her JSutur, Captain Blake, came home from India on leave with the express purpose of finding o He wrote to this effect-to his mother, who at the time had Katie staying with her. Knowing that the girl has not a farthing of her own, and scarcely any isi m ent, half left, to see the pee return, augmented Captain Blake a or. There had ized his mother’s carriage and the rescue. Z Hi bead photo- | ~ These photographs,” he remarked to the re- | salt it with whey containing fodine and bromide | ing made especially for this purpose. The | Then the paper ts spread down on | es | that is the ilght image projected upon the | After being exposed notil the image | attaway is the pastor, and said to! L. bowls, pitchers | 8 RELIGIOUS NOTES. CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE. — The M. E. church, erected at Bowle on the | B. and P. R. R—a neat frame edifice—will shortly be dedicated. Arrangements have re- cently been made for putting in the pews. A neat pulpit —the git of Mr. T. W. unith, of this city,—has been placed in it, — Mr. D. L. Moody has been asked to labor in eight cities from Albany to Buffalo. — The Cath ch recently dedicated at . hop Keane, is one of the valley of Virginia. — Rev. J. J. Laiferty, editor of the Rich Chr ond ..Wito has been alarmingly ill, ‘ciently to be moved to bis ian Adron 8 Taylor, eon of Bi or ad:nissio’ op Taylor, is study. M or, Is ot and e Ada street ME. church gv November Ist. —The Maryland branch of the Woman's | Foreign Missionary society (Methodist Protes- tant.) will hold its third qu: iy meeting at Mt, Lebanon church, Baltimore, on October Ist. —The Protestant Episcopal church home at Louisville, Ky., costing $100,000, 18 nearly completed, and will be delivered to the diocese by the donor, Mr. J. P. Morton, as soon as da- ished. —The Presbytery of Newark, adopted a report, warmly comme work of the Rey. Stephen Tay | that city, who is eng: lin a’ hie” movement. — After bein Sterling, Ky Meyers | for Mexico as missionaries of th tist convention. —The receipts of the Woman's Foreign Mis« slonary society of the Presbyterian church (Phitadelphia) in July were © 85, and of the Woman's Board of Missivus of te north- West (Chicazo) $2,549.89. — At Stokes’ school house, six m Martinsburg, W. Va.,—a new appointment ofthe lethodist Protestants —a recent series of meet- Ss resulted in the conversion of twenty-seven and the formation of a class who propose to erect a church. — Rev. Joseph Giustiniant, pastor of the Im- maculate Conception Catholic church, Baltimore, forthe past 30 years, is at Mount Hope re where he hi ously il from pneam pral debility from over exertion. He th year. . J, has ding the tT Dekins, of Reformed Catho- united in marriage, near Mt 2. v. FM. yson Meyers left Southern Bap- 3 es from | —The Methodist conference of the state of Maine will celebrate the centennial of the es- tablishment of Methodism in the United States at Lewiston and Auburn on October 1 Several bishops and about S00 de pected to be present. —The Protestant ministers ¢: 3 will meet in New Haven in May, 18 in the American cons organization formed in Pittsiield, M June 13. The object of the cong! mote christian unity, —In the recent Roman Catholic procession in Philadelphia the C. T. A. Union trans re the fol- ne inscription: ur union wa ed to conibat the evils of intempera ve of hes, an on is to pro- ‘3 A few weeks morning, two heathens, who of that day, viz., azo, on know not. ar Monument, in I it at ‘work by the police au mitted to Jail by J 2 dow ur their © loons, cizar of business were stores and some other place open as usual.” ——— SHERMAN AT A sSttow. How the Happiest Man of Fame in the World Enjoys a Vigorous Age. | From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat, Gen. William T. Sherman with two of als daughters and a party of laities and gentlemen were at Barnum’s circus on Friday night. A Globe-Democrat reporter sat near the general and noted the interest he took In every teature of the exhibition. strange coincidence the band played “Marching Through Geor; the grand entry. After the opening strains one of his danghters culled the geuerg's attention to the music. “Oh, yes," he Through Georgi: it to me when I conn As the“entry"lett th ht of Jumbo com Ther’s Jumbo!” } exultation. * Jennie! big?” ous. tent the general caught tn. aid, with much juvenile her's Jutabo! dumbo's Ther’ he fs! Look at him! Ain't he ed is hands and allowed his gray Look at that!" he shox rection of the Chi . point= nese giant, “and | th | hech! | ‘The general's langh fs curious. He starts in on a mouthtul of wind, which he exp three or tour short, Jerky, seunl-rnttural | tions. It has aSeotch sor “and “where.” H : remarks ou the curlosities were full of in- terest. |_ ‘What do you think of our Indians?” Mr. homas inquired anent th ‘Good Indians,” was the curt reply. ‘omebody asked why it was hor: ian does, the In- dian always mounts on the right—and we get | the custom of mountinz on that Labit of wearing the sword on the The veacral went into ecstacies over the tum- blers, but the clown took his bi ' Every time they raised a lw the crowd and remark | the fun comes In.” | with’ : “Ther's where Whea the clown In the fat suit was strack across the stomach with a club the general fairly roared andevery time acouple nin motly dress attempted any thing fanay led to his party to “Look ther!” and “See No feature of the performance escaped ‘umseh’s attention or failed to arouse the en- During the performance Mr. Thomas nd the “Oh, nousen: ied; then rerarding her fora raw hat ander one arm, he patted both ber cheeks w ds and tipped her chin as if he was ce nister one of his remarkable kisses , he merely remarked, | little girl—a very nice little girl. b his Do you ever ‘Oh, sometime,” answered the rider with @ naive twist of her head. “That's too bad!” the general sald. should be very careful.” In the menagerie he felt of the wh phant's ear and petted the white monk: steadfastly refused to walk under Jumbo, although his daughters couray: lL repre 9 aghi seourly braved “You They dosay that salespeople in shoe stores have ® unique way of deceiving lady customers. ‘Their method is to lay aside a pair of shoes to which some trival objection has been made and bring forth others, which are tried on without the “No madam; let me try this on you. Ah! our and gives your foot an uncommonly, b Tok Nine times out of ten does the trick ‘work and the customer makes the chase, all unconscious of the fact that she has shoe which has probably been in the months, and to which she took exception short time before. It may be very deceive the Indies in this kind of a sty seller eases his conscience by declaring that it sf deception which has doue no ‘aided hun to make a sale,