Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1884, Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. reyes alien’ is. ae ed ke ex AN ARMY OF CLERKS. Assistant Drigelpal bookisepex. : aE Breciign' ial the Cia, GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN WASH- Fiiteca Thonsand Persons in the Pub- lic Service in This City. \¥ BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX THOUSAND CLERKS WHO! Computer of bullion... F Ai come ES its of Washington are | government in variou: ¢ servic This estimate | the pubs y and nay. the employes of »vernment, whos in part trom the general government, the em- | ployes of the navy yard, the city post office, and « local offices, employes of Congress, | * and of the various courts. It exctudes the | large body of workmen engaged upon public | ( works whose empioyment is of a temporary , © sther Exammer, mint bureau. Government Assistant Deputy commissioner of customs. Six deputy auditors, each | Assistant _rezister. only the class known as depart- | = Secretary. THE MARCH OF IMPROVEMENT UNAFFECTED BY POLITIC8@—THE PROSPECT FOR THE FUTURE— THE CASINO ENTERPRISE AND ITS ULTIMATE COMPLETION—A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OP WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH BRICK3—SOME OP THE NEW HOUSES NOW IN PROGRESS OF ERECTION. The improvement of the city by the erection of new buildings seems to go on in spite of the disturbing influence which the recent elections has bad upon every species of business, Not- withstanding the fears expressed by some peo- ple that the depression will continue to be felt in this city for ut least a year longer there is no doubt but thatthe marck of improvement will continue. While the rate ot progress may not reach the climax of a “boom” yet there will ve no actual depreciation. The reason for this is plainly manifest from the fact that the popula- tion here is already in excess of the house ac- commodation, and in consequence rents main- tain a relatively high scale. The population will continue to increase, because the attrac- tion of this city as a piace of residence is each year appealing to a wider circle of tastes, and now not alone the politicians, but literary peo- actuary. it chief, engraving and printing. assistant tellers, each, ive chiefs of divisions. Four chiefs of division: chief cleri chief of drai character. In a population composed so largely ple, artists and those fond of society find here of government emp , naturally a deep inter- | ccogenial ee oe and ene ne s fe change of the administration. A | supply homes for this new jation nnliqeialdiats rte -pbed tae tne | POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. detands the investment of capital, aud when large number of the employes come within the | pactmaster Genet tiie formof Invermere vias Seen ee Classification protected by the civil service law | ‘Three Assistant Postmasters Gen'l, each 4,000 | than any other legitimate source of speculation from any sweeping changes, Senetone ce an eve 3m | there will be no lack of Investors. This is the An examination of the official registers shows | Superinueusient, of furcion, smalls 3,000 | Condition of affairs In this District at the pres- that there are 12,717 civilian employes of the gen- | Cilet post office inspectors. 3,000 | ent time, and men of judgment are not appre- I sovernment here, attached to the various | Chief clerk to first’ assistant 2.500 | hensive ‘of any depreciation of values. Such utive departments, to the Government Priat- | Law clerk, + 2,500 men maintain with a force of reason that is con- ing offer and several’ commissions or bureans | Ass't sup’t 330) | vincing, that the future of the capital city of not directly responsible to any one department. | Topostaphe: 2250 | this great nation rests upon as sure a basis as Of this + 5.5K) are clerks, drawing #al- | Chiet postase stan division. { g's | the prosperity and continned advancement of aries ug from $900 to $1,500, who are | Chicf clerk to postiuaster gen i200 | the country itself, and that it cannot be perma- inciuded within the classifed service, appoint- | Sup't and disbursing clerl 2:100 | nently retarded by any cause of an Incidental ments to which can be made only ftom those | Sup’t free delt and temporary character. The sum total of the who pass the ef rvice examinations. The remainder includes officers appointed by the President rks and others whose sal- e annum: persons receiv- z from 2900 to $1,800, but employment is of a special character, ed from examination; copyists, mes- | T whose salaries are | yes who do not receive are paid by the hour, day, | iven below gives a cl ¢ | cous” refers to such | f overnment Printing | 7 m, the Civil Service | ¢ ot attached to any of the Executive de nts. All ei of every cl Ing annual more than $ enumerated und heading * and allre- ceivii 100 under the } a tie. The vi than $900, ¢ examination, such ers, isans, &c., or such who may besnbjectedto special . at the discretion of the “rs. It appties also to F engaged in branches of , 7 “he public service to which the civil service rules ave not beenapplied. Under theheadi of “Per Diem” are rouped all employes w are paist by the hour, the day, the month or by piece ra 5 employes of the B and Prin ofthe Government Printin ached to the Nati other bra ol to scientiie work. | sified 2 inthe | 1 : atent exami- examina- but wi as ster as tele civil serv many ¢ plore many pers the Cos eee rea ¢ ntment by I by the ¢ examina . Ls ers of post ntendents of imoney ord = 5. The direct c a among > salaries exceed $1,800 a fore protected only e Jaw and not by t cials of this grade are engaged ¢ @ selenutitic character, and it Is ot fHikely to be disturbed merely reasens. ¢ on work thought for polit Be! and em-! ployes whose annual selaries exceed $1,800 a | { re Arehitect of the Assistant secre Five geologists, euch Pwenty-fve examine Stal ras Attorney General. | Solieltor Gene Solicitor of the Treasury. | Solicitor ni Assistant veterinarian as the For ployes receive large s Superintendent of streets. Propert six justices. ay money invested in improvements during the present year, as the readers of THE S*aR are aware, reaches @ large sum, and the yalue of those now in progress and in contemplation is simply surprising. The approach of the winter | season has practically put an end to building for the present year, but no year in the history of the city closes with a brighter record of ma- terial prosperity and with a more cheering pros- pect for the future than the present. THE CASINO ENTERPRISE. It has been suggested in some quarters that the foundations of the proposed new opera house and casino on Connecticut avenue, near | L street, be utilized by erecting upon them an apartment building. As is well-known the work on the casino building was stopped at the found- dations about a year ago on account of lack of money, those interested in the enterprise not wishing to proceed with the building operations until all the money necessary was on iand. The stockholders have expressed no intention of abandoning the original pian, and no action in this direction has been taken. On the con- trary, some most largely interested express the utmost confidence in the final completion of the building as planned. The opinion is held by these gentleman that an opera house, open- ing, as it will, directly upon the street, easy of access and conveniently located, will be found to be a public convenience. In addition there il be the attraction of the casino rooms, Which will be appreciated by the large numbers | who make this city their winter home, and a re- sort of this character will, itis thought, assume the same place here ag a similar resort does in Newport. Mr. Leiter, of Chicago, who now occupies the Blaine house, and Mr. J.C. Hill- yer, of this city, are among the largest _stock- holders. Mr. J. B. Aliey, It is expected, will put some money inthe enterprise as soon as he returns from the west. RICH EFFECTS IN BRICK WORK, The fine residence which ts being erected by Col. John Hay at the corner of 16th and H | streets is gradually ascending, but will hardly be inclosed before the cold weather puts an end to further brick laying for the season. The | house, when completed, will be a notable one, la prding a fine il! jon of what can be done with brick in the way of ornamentation. The architect has drawn designs for most of the brick which will be used, and these have been e by the Virginia brick company from the jens furn ‘Ihe bricks in the walls will + loug, instead of the ordinary ine inches. The a s and ornament- ‘ommisstoner ge ‘ommisstoner of I leontologist.. ‘o deputy commissioners of pension, each.. ecutive oficer, geological Surve; neral assistant, geological Surv ‘0 geolog each. ents. tents. 325052 ine geolozist. “alef geographer. chief clerk. .... Sesedig gineer, und Fee geographers. . 29D po 3030 Be, of educator rk, Patent office. jut medical referee. ef clerk, land office... { clerk, geological Surv disbursing’ cierk, geological sur Law clerk, Land office. rier, land office. glity-five chilefs of divisions, ete.. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, 73082. 32303030 ment... internal revenue ide according to special signs. The pi which are introduced will be composed of rounded brick. Large bricks, onal in shape, fan-shaped , Will be set in the lis, and variety which will be ve ne side of the house on 16th street will be eelally rich in ornamental wor! aime time the effect will be and While some stone work will be used in ions, yet the real effectiveness in ticulars will be secured *by the brick work, and will demonstrate the fitness of the use of brick even in buildings where solidity, lightness, in the design is sought for. THOUSAND DOLLAR HOUSE. ieee | M Il and Lav, the architects, have a day and | Prepared plans for an elegant residence to be ed to scientific bureaus re- | erected at the northeast corner of Vermont ave- compensation in the s: y./ nue and K_ streets for Mr. A. B. MeCreery, of and Navy department, officers ot | Kentucky. d uavy preside over the but is exp ing the pay of their rank. make arrangements forthe erection of his house. ‘THE DISTHICT GOVERNMENT. | The present design involves the expenditure of Among the lecal offices here are several that | about £120,000, and. provides a structure which 2 very tempting to a at its greatest’ depth would be 80 feet, with a of gardens, M nt, fish commisston ic printe % hief clerk to pu aan of prin tia oreman of bindi Wo ehiets of div Many of the cel nt of the chief signal officer receives uth or $4.500 a year. The chiet ed to return soon, when he will i has 162 official The District nt and | frontage of €0 f This immense pilé, under te: au = nent the zraceful treatment of the architects, will be te vee als he eyes Of! pleasing in its proportions. ‘The lines of the and fre de nt. and nearly | front will be broken by projections, and there ‘rs and others in public schools. | will be a porte cochere at the main entrance, ing list shows the ¢ surmounted by a very handsome veranda. als ent recelyin, staircase tower, with its one of the features of t will be high pit interior pointed roof, will be ie exte: The root ched and broken by gables. The vill be very rich in carved woodwork, there being a separate design tor each mantel- piece. The staircases will be of oxk, and the wood carving and paneling will be very promi- nent In the interior decorations. Mr. McCreery may modify th plans somewhat, but the gen- eral design, which involves the erection of aflne residence, witi be carried out. MR. CHARLES WHITE'S ELEGANT HOUSES. One of the finest houses ever erected on Capl- tol Hill is now being built by Mr. Charles White, the president of the Belt Line street railway, at aot the corner of Massachusetts avenue and 6th street northeast. It occupies an elevated situ- ation, and commands an extended view of the | elty and the Potomac. The exterior walls are of brick, plain and unadorned, but the house has a substantial appearance, and all the details are 800 | of the best workmanship and material. The house adjoining is being erected by Mr. White for his son. ‘The cost of theee houses will be about $40,000, and they will compare favorably | with the fine residences recently erected in the West End. The locality is one that has wit- nessed many changes, especially during the past year. Vacant fleld and dreary commons have given place to rows of substantial houses. It is estimated that within two squares north and Of the police court lef clerk, engin ‘ashier, colle oroner “hiet engineer, captain ot police FEDERAL OFFICES IN THE DISTRIC The District Supreme Court is composed of The chief justice receives $4,500 | ar, and his five associates each $4,000. Justices are United States judges, and | and doors will be com- | Mr. McCreery is now in Europe, | hence not subject to removal except upon peachment. The offices of marshal, recorder | . register of wills, and district attorney, | f which are filled by appointment by the 1 confirmation by the Senate, are uuerative. are | re} $8,000 aX) the post naster at Brightwood 26, enlytown 264.67, the post- | and the postinaster at | hundred and forty- venty-one letter-carriers are | employed in the city post office. ‘The post- | master has one clerk at £2,600, one at €3,500, | one at 32.250, five at $2,000, five at $1,400, two | | at $1,500, seventeen at $1,200, eight at 31,100, | twenty-two 1,000 and twenty-two at $000. The cicrical em at the city post office re- ceiving salaries of 21,800 and less and the letter- carriers come under the civil service rulea. There are two deputy collectors of internal reve- nue in the District, one recetving 1,800 and the other $1,400 per ‘annum. and one ganger paid ) In fees. “The collector of customs at George- town receives $500 per annum and fees; his spe 4,20 | clal deputy is paid $1,600. He has one deputy sia | who Is paid $3 per day, and one inspector paid | #3 per day. —____.e.______ The Het Water Cure. the New York Tribune, The hot water cure is becoming general and even the doctors have got to prescribing it. Mr. Daniel, one of the uptown merchants, claims that he has 5,000 disciples now drinking hot water before breakfast. Whea first drunk the hot water seems to nauseate alittle. In a few days it becomes agreeable, and after a week ts missed in the morning. The adyocates of hot water before breakfast denounce cold water at | sny time of the day, and are evidently bent on ug vice companies. The English who ae to this country are of the opinion that lee ter is a@ potent cause of Bright's disease of rtor general of steam! Chief secret service wpasecsees Assistant caster, bal Sere tae Deputy commissioner of luternal rev Chief clerk of department... surgeon un Tuirwen Enter « 25 | Che Kidneys. eweomb, the naturalist of the peallon, Was therried at Salem, Mass, ? Mins Fdule Howard Osgood, of that south from seventy to one hundred thousand doilars have been Invested in the erection of new houses. On the square opposite to Mr. White's house twenty-six new houses have been recently completed. In this same vicinity Mr. Danenhower, Mr. Walker and others have put up rows of houses, and while most of them are what are known as small houses they are not lacking in architectural attractiveness. MR. JAMES’ NEW RESIDENCE, « Mr. Churles A. James, the cashier of the Bank vot Washington, is erecting a residence for him- self on the south side of Massachusetts avenue, between 13th and 14th streets. It has a front- age of 22 teet 6 inches and a depth of 68 feet. ‘The house will be three stories high with an attic story and basement. The front will be of | press brick with Hummelstown stone trim- mings, and one of the features will be a pictur- esque loggia’ on the third story. The gable which surmounts the house will be of pressed brick and handsomely carved. The interior will be finished in good style, and on the first floor hard wood will be used. An oak screen shuts off the library from the hall. All the rooms aud halls on the first floor have sliding doors, so that the entire first floorcan be thrown. into one room. Messrs. Gray & Page are the architects, The cost will be about $12,000. p fet icant honest Cut-up to Pray, “There were a good many men felt that life was not worth living on Tuesday night,” said an observing West Sider. “Going home that night on the two o'clock car I struck as dismal & crowd as ever I met. Weaill sat looking down our Leg ered @ word was sald until we got beyond street. Then some dis- consolate Blaine man asked, ‘is there any one here who can repeat the Lord’s prayer?’ Every eye turned toward Dr. Kittredge, who was huddled up ina corner. The doctor shook his He was too much cut-up to say a word or to smile.” BRIDE AND Wipow Wirain Tare Day: Baha Sittin Ray ene in Philadel; ‘On Saturday he died.” He ett & Trorth som. to ula wile Pit 8 supposed ine wh ‘Will be cont AN OLD BURYING GROUND. The Last of the Cemeteries Within the City Limits. HOW 4 PART OF ANTHONY HOLMEAD's FARM CAME TO BE SET APART 4S 4 CEMETERY— OVER TEN THOUSAND PERSONS BURIED THERE— FAMILIES WHpSK NAMES @APPEAR UPON THE OLD RECO! iE, RECENT SALE OF THE PROPERTY—DISINTERRING THE BODIES, ETC. =. The square of ground No. 109, commonly known as Holmead’s cemetery, bounded by 19th and 20th streets, ‘S and Boundary streets, which was recently‘ sold to Mr. John R. Mo- Lean, of Cincinnatt, under authority of the act of Congress, approved March 3d, _1879, was, in the early part of the century, the principal “city of the dead” in this section. The Com- missioners are now having the remains buried there long ago disifiterred and removed to other burial places. ‘Although not laid out in modern style, With ‘ling walks and terraces, it was long looked upon, with its straight walks, its handsome, well-grown cedars, stand- ing like sentries guarding those who slept, and the old grave stones black with age, and in many instances broken by the wear and tear of the elements as a spot most appropriate to the uses to which it was devoted and forever sacred as the last resting place of loved and honored dead. Before the establishment of Oak Hill cemetery, Georgetown, and Glenwood, out Lincoln avenue. Holmead’s cemetery was the principal burial place et the capital. Sundays it was generally thronged with visitors, friends and relatives ot the departed ones. St. John’s burial ground on the square bounded by BR, 8, 18th and 13th streets was among the first of the burial places within the city limits to be given up to other purposes, the bodies being removed, then St. Matthew’s Catholic burial ground and the Foundry Metho- dist burial ground, near the head of 14th street, met the same fate, St. John’s being abandoned just before the war and the others afew years after the war. Now, when the removal of bod- ies from Holmead’s is completed, the western section of the city will be entirely tree of ceme- teries within the corporate limits. Messrs. Ash- ford & Johnson, of the Real Estate Insurance company, having reported that the Commis- sioners had the power to dispose of the prop- erty under the act of Congress of March 3d, 1879, the square containing 128,209 ‘#quare feet has been sold to Mr. McLean for $52,000. ANTHONY HOLMEAD’S FARM. Originally this ground was included in that part of the District knownas Anthony Hol- mead’s farm. It is believed that his family graveyard was located In the northeast portion ofthe square. ‘Tradition has it that when the city was being laid out Mr. Holmead set apart a plot of 120 feet on Boundary street by 100 feet on 1%th street asa graveyard, but there is no record of such fact. There appears, however, in the record of the commissioners the following paper, dated in 1791, and although the actual conveyance was not made till 1796, tnere is evi- dence that Mr. Holmead contemplated a public graveyard in this square as early as 1794 And in case the arrangement of the streets, lots and the like will conveniently admit of it, he, the said Anthony Holmead, his heirs or assigns, if he so desires it, shall possess and retain his buildings and grave yard, if any, in the hereby bargained and sold lauds, paying to the President at the rate of twelve pounds, ten shillings per acre of the lands so retained, be- cause of such buildings and grave yards, and the same shall thereupon be conveyed to the said Anthony Holmead, his heirs and assign, with his lots, but ifthe arrangements of the streets, lots and the like will not admit of such retention, and it shall become necessary to re- move such buildings, then the said Anthony Holmead, his; executors, administrators and | assizns shall be paid the reasonable value thereot, in the same manner as squares or other grounds appropriated by the United States are to bepaid tor.” Mr.'Holmead conveyed to the commissioners. Beéali and Gant, the whole ot the square in 3796, tg be sold as public ground. On February 28th, 1798, the record of the com- mnissioners shaw that they had assigned and set apart sald square as» i A PUBLIC BURIAL GROUND, and ordered that public notice be siyen thereof | three consecutive works. There appears the act of Congress, of May 15th, 1820, which provided that the corporation should take cha: of and make regulations for grave yards. Itwas | then put under the care of commissioners and the late Lewis Johnson, Jacob A. Bender and Dr. Joseph Burrows were for the commis- sioners in charge, and Messrs. John Doulas, Guy Graham and W. R. Graham the sextons, | The rewulations of the commission for the sale of grave sites at not ex each, or to give them gratis to persons unable to pay. ‘The money was to be deposited to ihe oration. They were also re ground and iile the plot in ti ister of the city. The grounds 1! fenced and kept clean, and for years a stout wooden fence was maintained about them. The cemetery was used till th waiks were even encroached upon for bu: purposes. There were many instances where as many as three or four bodies were placed one above the other in the same site. THE FIRST INTERMENT was on May 20th, 1794, when a Mr. Robert Smith, of Boston, was buried in the extreme northeast portion of the ground, probably when put a small portion of the square had been laid off into graye sites. Interments continued to | quired to plott | oftice of the | were to be kept be made until March 6th, 1874, those of late years being mostly of colored persons, The book of Mr. W. R. Graham, wh on, the re years show a total y 9,000 interments. Itis thought that the total is not far from 10,000. Here were gathered together the remains of the white, eol- | ered and Indian races, but they were not by any means buried promiscuously. A smail cut off the southwest section of the colored race. The northeastern section was first used tor whites, and the southwestern sec- tion was allotted to soldiers who died in the war of 1812, many of whom were brought from stands. There were also other divisions marked by the walks. Some of the family lots were im- proved by fencing and monuments, but there Was but little iron railing used in the days when Holmead’s was the principal cemetery her PERSONS WHO WERE BURIED THERE. The record books contain the names of many well-known Washington families. Within the last 10 or 15 years the bodies of a number buried there have been removed. Joseph Meiga, the father of Gen. M. C. Meigs, was buried here September 5, 1822, but his remains were re- moved to Oak Hill about ten years ago. The remains of Rey. Lorenzo Dow, the widely known and eccentric minister, buried February 3, 1834, were removed to Oak Hill about six years ago. The remains of Geo. Moore, grand- father of Win. Moore, who died in 1810, were removed about six years ago to Mt. Olivet. Thomas Given, who died in 1810, was buried here. Gen. Andrew Jackson, a Virginia militia general, buried a child here in 1815, about the time his namesake's fame was spread- ing over the country. Among other well-Known Washington names on the list of interments are the following: Andrew McLean, buried 1809; Joseph MeIntosh, 1809: George Morland or Mor. lin; Wm. Seaton, Samuel Douglas, 1815; Alex- ander Smoot, Robert Breckenridge, John Sess- ford, Nicholas King, James Hoban, Thos. H. Gillis, Alex. Cockran, 1812; John Lenthall, 1808; Andrew Way, the well-known printer; Walter Lenox. Robert Underwood, John McClelland, Cornelius McLean, Ezekiel King, 1826; Major Stone, 1846; Peter Lenox, 1832; Mrs. Shieffely, 1839; Mrs, A. J. Larned, 1837; James Larned, 1847; Wm. O'Neal, 1837, aged 86; Alex. McIntire, 1848; Chas. Polkinhorn, 1844, and interspersed hrough the fist are the Stanleys, Hines, Somers, McIntoshes and Handleys. The body ot the first man exeented in the District, Patrick Me- Gurk, han; in 1803, for the murder of his wile, was also Hare here, but the people were opposed to its burial in that place and removed McGurk’s final’ burial place remained a secret for over 40 years, when his skull was found in a square sputh of the grounds. THE TITLE'TO GRAVE SITES. The common belief has been among those who purchased sites in the ground that the certifi- cates issued gave them the fee simple of the ground, and in the early part of the century some of the certificates were filed among the land records of the District. Some of the per- sons holding such certificates, it is thought, may het ask reimbursement, bnt it is not likely that there will be many such claims pre- sented. Under the recent examination as to the title it was found that the action of the Commissioners in setting aside the fora public burial ground was without aul arity, no pone having been given except to hold the and dis; ot ft as the public land, consequently no fee simple title could be obtained by the purchase of a grave site therein. ‘This being eo there was no question but that the land not having been disposed of as other squares were was the property of the United States. The cemetery was several years ago condemned as Lee detrimental fo health, and —— eat ited iat A Sos peer of ing the for public 00! atgere been “from time to time agitated for a dozen years or more by the school autnorities. It was not, however, uutilihe session of of ees ead | Pears no further legislation on the subject till | | | 1578 that the eoessary legislation: was pro THE ACT AUTHORIZING THE SALE. The act approved March 84, 1879, provides “that all the right and title of the United States to and in square No. 109, in the city of Washing- ton. commonly known as Holmead’s cemetery, be, and the same is hereby, granted to and vested in the District of Columbia, and shall be used by said District for public school pur- Poses, and for none other. The Commissioners of the District, or their successors in office, may at anytime sell any part or the whole of said square; but the proceeds of such sale or sales shail be exclusively Invested in sites for public schools or in the erection or purchase of school buildings, and shall be used for no other purpose whatever. But before making any dis- position of the said square, the District of Col- umbia shall remove all the bodies remaining in- terred therein to some suitable burial ground, together with all tombstones or other monu- ments remaining at the graves from which the bodies are so removed.” It was then found that there was no authority given for the Lay ment of the expenses of removal ofthe bodies, and the work was not commenced. Com- missioner West, who has been active in school matters, did not give up, and a few | months ago madearrangementsto havethe work done by the District, the expense to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale.” REMOVING THE BODIES. Mr. J. J. Burroughs has had the District force at work removing the bodies for several weeks, and they will probably complete the work within three weeks. When the bill was pending In Congreas, and subsequently over 700 bodies were removed by relatives and friends of the parties buried, and within the past few years Probably: 300 more were removed, before the rict commenced work. The workmen com- menced at the south end of the ground and worked northward, cutting down six feet and pulverizing the dirt. Everything in the shape of human bones or coffins, however small, nas been taken up and placed in large boxes. It is estimated that up to this time the workmen have taken out about 3,000 bodies. There have been a number of cases of rifaction found, but in no case has an entire body been found to be petrified. Numbers of coffius, particularly those of children, have been found entirely empty, the bones having entirely disappeared. In many of the larger coffins nothing but a skull appears. The remains were taken to Rock Creek cemetery for interment. ‘The price paid for the property by Mr. Mclean was $52.000, making the price per foot about 41 cente. That is considerably more than it was expected to bring. The expenses of removal will be about $4,000, leaving about $48,000 to go towards the education, most likely, of some of the descen.tants of the dead who were laid to Test at Holmead’s, REPAIRING MAIMED VETERANS, A Falk With the Man who Serves Out the Wooden Legs. SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE ARMY OF CRIPPLED SOLDIERS—MEN WHO WEAR WELL AND MEN WHO DO NOT—ARTIFICIAL ARMS, EYES AND SECTIONS OF SKULLS FURNISHED BY A GRATETUL REPUBLIC TO ITS HEROES, ETC. “We have the names of about eighteen thou- sand veterans who have applied for repairs,” said Mr. Ramsey, who has charge of the arti- ficial limb department of the surgeon general's office, to a Star reporter. “You know we fit them out with new sets of legs, arms, or other apparatus every five years. It is now getting towards the close of one of those periods, and we have repaired fourteen thousand veterans.” “Aren't the one legged men dying off?” asked THE Star mai “Now that’s an Interesting question. I guess they are. I presume many of those whose names we have haye since died, but’ can’t tell certainly. Now, as I've sald,every five years we reconstrnet the maimed yeterans ot the army, but they have their choice to take the repairs or the mon The allowance for a leg is seventy-five dollars; for anything less than a leg is fifty dol- lars. From one period to another many old veterans drop out. Some of them make one or two applications, and then we never hear trom them avain, Natural ve conclude when the don't send for their money or legs, they must be dead and have no more use for them. But we don't limit ourselves to men whohaye actu- os. A man who has simply lost 8 limbs is entitled to a wooden leg. as the case may be, though he can't square, and that portion was allotted to the | Camp Hill, where the naval observatory now | | you could read it, wear them, So you see we can’t keep a record ofallthe one-legged men, but I guess there aren't as many as there used to be. Yet there are lots of them,and many who haven't any legs atall, and some with neither legs nor arms. Then there are many who have not lost their limbs, but who have no power to move. There is one man who gets two arms and two legs al- lowance, who cannot move any part of his body except the littie finger on the left hand, which he can bend the least little bit. Tiereis another, a New England soldier, whose arms aud legs are dead, and who is blind in both eyes. Not long agoaman came in here with no arms and sat down at one of the desks and wrote with his teeth. It was not, particularly, tine writing, bu I know of another man—he was in the sharp-shooter'stservice—who ean’t be stood on his feet because he is bent in the back, so that his head weuld strike the floor first. Think how many years these men have suffered, and many of them are still hving! Why there's hardly enough left of some of them to hold to- gether.” SS Bak you naked if they were dying off. Now, here’s a roll we are just completing,” and he desk. “You can see how they run. This is the fourth period, and here's a man who has gotten four legs, quite a number for one man, if he used them all at once. has gotten four legs and four arms. don’t furnish heads, but we supply parts of heads, jaws and sections of skull and eyes. Now, here’s a man who got one leg in the first period and has never gotten any since; is probably dead. in for repairs just after the close of the war and was never heard from again until now, when he comes up again. He didn’t wear out very fast. Some men wear well and don’t bother about getting repaired so often. Here's another man,” he added, pointing to another name on the list, ‘there's a man who comes up now for the first time, having done without his limb ali these years. It runs this way. you see, all the way through. Those men who lave not applied for their fourth leg, or whatever it is they want, we conclude must ‘be dead. Some, I presume, will live to get five or six legs or as many hat are the legs made of?” asked the scribe. “Willow wood generally, and there are a va- riety of styles. They can take their choice. Some take the straight stick and stump it through life. Some legs have rubber feet and rubber joints. There is one made with a very fine ‘ball and socket’ Joint at the foot. There are many men with wooden legs whom you would never suspect, We furnish limbs to some brave and distinguished men. There are several officers of high rank who come here for arms and legs. There isa young lieutenant we re- cently supplied with one arm who Is, I believe, the only survivor of the Custer massacre.” ‘The Management of Our Schools, To the Editor of Tux Evenixo Stan: The thanks of the public are due Toe Star for its recent brief, but pointed, paragraph on the school question. Tnx Srar’s criticisms give voiceto some of the best and most ad- vanced thought of the present time on the man- agement of our public schools. It is believed by many of our thoughtful people that many branches are now being taught in our public schools, the cost of which isin no just sense a proper charge upon the general tax-payer. ‘These branches are what might be termed the higher or ornamental parts ofa child’s educa- tion, which are by no means essential to the citizen to qualify him for his duties to the state, Wet is pees Do Obaaen pa its le beyond wi necessary to qi them for their duties as good citizens. Culture and refinement are by no means belittled, but are highly esteemed and are worthy the ambi- tion of every person, but I see no for providing these at the public There jap 3 complaint ofthe want of room and facilities for all the children who desire to attend school. Itseems tome this might be remedied by banishing some of the useless (in a relative =o ), studies, and confirning " the curriculum to adopting the half-time system, that 1s, permi ting hal of the scholars to attend a certain number of weeks, then to give place to the ot who have enjoyed an enforced vacation. It Is held by many sound thinkers that scholars ly Teason expense, willadvance in useful knowledge a8 ten or. eral immense tally-sheets out on his | And here’s another who | No, we | But here is another, who came, }present for the young. and older readers them- and action of this story are laid in Washington. Although not so heralded, it becomes therefore anovel of Washington society; and It is by no means certain that it will not be regarded as, on the whole, about the most satisfactory of all the minor efforts yet made to deal in fiction with the many-sided and complex theme of life at the national capital. It is to its credit, in the first place, that the sayings and doings of idle dlplo- mats and coarse politicians lobby women are not held up as giving tone to all currents of thought and action here. There is no intricate plot to be tediously unfolded, there is no ambi- tious attempt at fine writing for effect, and there are none of the subtle analyses of charac- ter and motive 80 much affected’ by young nov- elists of the period. On the other band, the characters are sketched broadly, but with suffi- cient clearness; every-day life is portrayed with a few clever strokes; local atmosphere and color are well preserved, aud the narrative proceeds in a straightforward and natural manner until tne climax f& reached, and the tone throughout is clean and wholesome. The slight thread upon which the story hangs is one of the old Freuch spoliation claims, and, unpromising as it might be thought, the author manages to string upon it some very pretty love passages, many pleasant little glimpses of nature and bits of sentiment and good-natured moralizing, that will very ly occupy & leisure hour or two, whether the final fate of all the actors on his stage be what was expected by the reader or not. in the omm unism- Ph. D. History of Co ‘New York: G. P. Put. Satie wets eae Aside from its special interest as the history ot one of the notable attempts to demonstrate the feaaibility of practical communism in this country, Professor Shaw’s monograph is a timely contribution to the general literature of co-operation and socialism. Measurably success- fal, the Icarian society was no exception to the general rule that individual human nature will in the end assert itseif, no matter how much of its own means or earnings it may in the begin- ning agree to surrender for the general good. In other words, the history of all these utopian attempts shows that their moters, after founding their society on philosophical princi- ples, have in time unitormly developed the sel- fish abuses which they sought to avoid by with- drawing from the world and its wicked usages and laws, and have been obliged to come back to Its courts and legislatures for protection from | each other, The history of a single experiment | like that of Cabet’s will therefore throw more real light on the subject than half a dozen yol- umes discussing it in the abstract. DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE. Comprising its An- Liquities, Biography, Geography, Natural History, and Literature, with the Latest Kesearches and Ref erences to the Revised Versio: New Lesta. iment, With Maps and Tiustrationa By W: 3 : Porter & Washington: ©. ¢. Purcal ™ Clergymen, teachers, and, indeed, the public generally, who as a rule are not able to afford the large and costly form in which this great work originally appeared, will welcome this con- densation or abridgement of its contents, The editors claim that the main body of the book is precisely as Dr. Smith left it, the abridge- meats being chiefly of matters ‘not specially useful to the majority of those having occasion to refer to it. while it is supplemented by some valuable additions, based on recent surveys and explorations in scriptural countries. The plates from which the text is printed are new, which inquiry life of everybody. It is less than 130 pages in size, but itis surprising how much it contains, — “What Shall We Name It?” the question frequently propounded by young parents, is comprehensively answered by le pamphlet bearing that title, recently Issued by Joba C. Stockwell, New York. It contains a list of over two thousand names for children of both sexes, alphabetically arranged, with their meaning aud the couutries where they originated. —A novel magazine ts announced to be pab- dished In New York beginning with December, It ts a monthiy, bearing the title “Babyhood,” and designed “to become a medium for the dissemination among parents of the best thoughts of the time on every subject con- nected with the needs of early childhood.” The editorship of the departments relating to gen- eral nursery routine and cooking will be in the hands of Marion Harland, while those relating to medicine and hygiene will be under the supervision of Dr. L. M. Yale. — Written for Ter EVENING Stam. You have lived ip my beart year afver year, And the secret I never have told, 1 think of you now with Joy and with fear; But you're haughty and heartless and cold, My nature ts honest, loving and true, Yet I sigh in the depths of my soul For one wont of love that will bring me to you, My ideal, my fate and my goal. My love may be crushed with by ooldaesa, And my heart may be withered by cara, But I never can tell you with boldness Of the love that I secretiy Dear, 1 see you In crowds shining brightly, And my soul swells with pride at your fame, Every word in your praise though so slightly ‘Thrills my heart at the sound of your name. And you never will know of my weeping, Nor the love that I coyly enshrine; But datly and nightly I'm keeping Precious thoughts that can only be mine, —Jous A. Jove, see SHORT OF ISLANDS, No New Worlds Left for Geographers te Conquer. From the London Standant, E Geographers complain that soon there will be no more wortds for them to conquer, and the Danes have ever, since the loss of the Duchies, looked forward with doleful forebodings to the time when their country will be still further shorn of Its fair proportions. Nature is, how- ever, bountiful, and now, by throwing up anew island off the shores of Iceland, it has added in an appreciable degree to the territories of King Christian and to the regions which still await the explorations of the traveler. It is true that the new land is only a volcanic cone, and as it was the result of subterranean fire, may, like 80 many of its predecessors born of the throes of mother earth, sink again into the ocean from whence it sprang. At various times, especially after some severe disturbance of Hecla, similar islets have for a brief period shown themselven above the waves, but generally, with the exci tion of Nyoe, which was thrown up tury, have been worn away by the ac f the and the maps and engravings (the latter being nearly five hunered in number) are better than those usually found in publications of its class. MY FARM AT Den 5 ms. Washingtom: Win. Ballan— It is doubtful whether a more delizhtfal pook of farm and country life was ever written than this, which formsthe latest addition tothe bean- tiful uniform edition of the complete works of Mr. Donald G. Mitchell. The author, who has |long since taken his place among ‘American | classics, shows both sidesof the shield, as he | should, but the reverse side has such a pleasant | light thrown upon it by his rare humor and | quaint grace that its unpleasant features are | not forbidding to the eye, however disagreeable | they may be in actual experience. He does not fail to recognize these. but at the same time he | points out in a pleasant way how the drawbacks | of a farmer's life may be made fewer |and less in degree. In this respect the some volume is as well adapted to the book- | shelf of the fa use as for the library of the gentleman of leisure. AHISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. By EDWAED STANWOOD. a amex BL Osgood Co, Washington: 2: \ Altho probably written with special reter- ence to the late presidential campaign, this book hasa real and permanent value, since it affords the basis of a very complete knowledge of ovr political history, and is useful for what it Suxgests as well as what it records. Commen- cing with the first presidential election, and coming down to that of Garfleld, it gives a con- | cise but clear account of each and the preceding | and attendant circumstances, and explains all | the questions that have arisen in regard to our electoral methods. Mr. Stanwood’s long ex- perience as an editor gave him both the taste | for his work and the means tor performing it, and he seems to have used his materials with | rare Intelligence and impartiality. FROM OPITZ TO LESSING. A Stndy of Psendo- Classicism. By Thomas s¥nGrant Perny. Boston: James K. Osxood & Co. Washiugtan: Kobert Beall. While this iittle volume contains nothing to charm te ordinary reader, it will prove attrac- | tive to those interested in the German literature | of the last two centuries. The author's pur- pose, as ne tells us, “is to give a few of the many available proofs that the different nations of modern Exrope have passed throngh very nearly the same nee in literature since the renaissance,” and in carrying this idea ont | he gives some account, though necessarily brief, | of the prominent w 8 who have aided in | shaping the influence of German letters and ilius- trating the development of TWO COMPTON BOY: thor of “Recolieen ionable Sufferer.” by the author. Washington: ober Ball A capital story, this, of two boys, such as are found in real life,— one white the other colored,— whose warm friendship, growth ot mind and body, and exciting career are not only cleverly told with the pen but phically illustrated aiter spirited drawings by the author. “Tne Compton Boys” will make an acceptable hoiiday tin & Co selves will find much to enjoy in tollowing the varied experiences of the two heroes. THE STORY OF VITEAU. By Fraxx R. Srockrox, uthor of “A Joly Fellowship,” Sc. 1) 'ustrated. ew York: Chacles Scribnes's Sons. Washinzton: ‘Wm. Ballantyne & If he were to try, Mr. Stockton could not write a dull book or tell an uninteresting story. This one has more plot and incident, and less drollery than most of his efforts, but it has all the charm of most of them, and something be- sides. It is historical and somewhat serious in character, and, dealing with the personages and eyents of the period of chivalry, opens up a | new field, in which the author appears to de- cided advantage. Indeed we know no one who could invest it with more spirit and freshness. IN PARTNERSHIP: Studies in Story Teiline By Braxpee Martwews and H.C. Busxen New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Washington: Wu. Bull.ntyne & Son, That the writing of good short stories 1s not an entirely lost art the contents of this book conclusively show. It includes eight in all, all very clever, two of which were written in part- nership, and three by each author alone. Although disconnected and independent of each other, the interest of five of the stories is increased by the fact that certain of the characters appear and reap} in each of them. Fora railway ride ora Talay ening at home, iMcult to find a pleasanter com- | the curt before geologists could accurately examine tye volcanic scorim and ashes of which thes were composed. In I8I1 Capt. Tilland, of H-M. 8. Sabrina, witnessed such an islet arise during # volcanic outburst In the Azores, and proudly named it after his ship; but when he returned @ few weeks later to survey and annex his acqul- sition, not a trace of Sabrina island wus visible The sea had reclaimed it. Inthe volcanicrewion of the Mediterranean sev- eral similar births of land have been recorded by ancient and modern writers. Hut the most noto- rious of them was Graham Island, which arose in the year 1831, some thirty milles off the southwest cosst of Sicily. For afew weeks much ink was shed over it, and at one time it was feared that gunpowder would be burnt in the assertion of angry for the celnders. ‘The », Graham and pit by the flery . Teady to land the moment the Corrao were successively given mariners who cruised around and hoist their countries’ flags scorie cooled. But before Europe was em- broiled in war about it ¢ aim island vanished, and so settled the dispute in its own simple way’ After the destruction of Krakatoa by the great Javan eartliquake of 1883 twenty-one new islets appeared in the Sunda Strait, aud only last year oue hitherto unknown rose above the sea off the shores of Alaska. In all of these eases voleanic action has been the ostensible cause of the formation of these specks in the ocean. But in iSTl © Luzen and Mack discovered to th va Zembia a group of islets just a sea on the very spot where, in 154, Wiillam Barents had tound soundings. On the two largest, which were named Brown and Hell- wald’s islands, tropical fruits were picked up, tossed thither by the northern extension of the guif stream. Hence the group was named the Gult Streain islands, and as the land in this portion of the polar basin is undergoing a slow secular elevation, just as in otber places itis sinking, in the course of a centnry or two the Arctic navigator may find in that direction something worthy of a flag and ag entry on his chart. THE AUTUMN POsIES. jamis—The Heronuda ye airy ove, ewives of Hartford have not yet housed all their plants, It may interest them to Know that great injury is done by the usual wholesale pulling up by the roots. This is the reason for the decline that so fr ently sets in. If there isa careful severance some of he roots and a clipping of the te success will be assured. Plants that have been left out all summer in pots are more easily acclimated to the atmos- phere of the house, and it is now the custom more than ever to make this disposition of them. The buyer, when selecting plants at the florist’s, should see that they have been weil potted, and that they are not commercial make. shifts. Roses, chrysanthemums and heliotrope: are amoug the winter flowering plants best treated in this way. Carnations, begonias and bouvardies are set out in the summer, but potted in the fali. For tall and early winter Indoor blossoming chrysanthemums are the very best. They may be had in influite variety, but half a dozen will comprise such as are markedly distinct. Through November blow the bouvardias Iecarlet, crim- fon, pink, yellow and white; in the doubles are white, pink and scarlet. A jessamnine odor is found in a new white variety that has pure waxy flowers, especially valuable tor cut flower work. Bouyardias should have a temperature from 70> to 75° during the day with not less than 40° at night. Begonias are of easy culture and blos- tom profusely in white, rose, crimson, scarlet, yellow and orange. A deep scarlet,with chang- jug panicles a foot in width, is gorgeous when raised to a height and breadth of 10 feet. Carnations are the very best plants for the room and can be managed in 10° lower ature tuan most plauts. Abutidlons w well at the windows and flourish there. re are zonal geraniums, a recent no is of a yellowish tinge. A pure yellow is expected soon. Bulbs are in great demand— hyacinths, tulips and narcissus. The “Bermuda ily,” a new one, isin demand this season. It is grown like the hyacinth, but is more laray. It will bloom throughout January and i and i April, giving from three to twelve flow if the temperature is maintained at 70°. Chinese primroses are in demand. They are covered with blossoms even in the darkest days of winter. They are of waite, crimson and dif- ferent shades of pink; in doubles white and pink. Cyclamens are limited to violet, crimson, pink, rose color and white. A popular rose Is it would be panion, MARYLAND. Palatinate. By Ws Euat Hato Brows, orton: Housiin, Alaa & Co. Washington: ‘Beale, Less brilllant in style than was Mr. Cooke's history of Virginia, Mr, Browne's history ot her sister commonwealth is more painstaking and likely to be accepted as more trustworthy. It on every e of re- many poling rg rire tt ee Se ony, with ictures personages, mauners and pl mag differed from the other colonies in Its form of government, and its unique character makes her history one of more than general interest. —The Popular Treatise on the Law of Mar- riage and Divorce, lately published, by M.S. Robinson, of the Chicago Bar, is a yseful publi- cation to those who desire a better than ordi- nary know! of the law governing the con- tract and of marriage, its privileges, rights, duties, etc. In addition to a general exposition of the subject, the causea for divorce in the different states are given. — “Fifty Soups” is the title of a useful iittie househoM companion, whose title sufficiently explains its character. The recipes are pre- Thomas J. Murrey, formerly caterer of the littie fairy or Polyanthus. it was never cul- tivated to any great extent before inst year. Half a dozen iu a cluster make an excellent cor- sage bouquet. Vivlets are a Ing, and will soon be large and fine. The dainty “Marie Louise” is yet only half open, but its perrume ts as rich and consoling as it 1s possible for flower periume to be. pbc The Ovirich as a Kicker. From the Los Angeles Express. Dr. Sketchiey, who has charge of the ostrich farm at Anaheim, was oe of the things one day. When they pluck t! a stock- ing is Kept on the head to bind tue bird. While he cannot ree he is quiet, but lange biinkers Uncovered then he “goes tor” 3 doctor moved his arm so 8 to disturb the stock- ing, and instantly he saw what was done and ‘went head first out of the pen, not caring for any more plumes just then. As he tumbled first over the fence the bind—he was a jack one, of course—let fly a kick which, striking = fence board, made tathpicks of a whole panel te ‘The maie’s occupation as « kicker ie gone in this country since the ostrich came. Sag eae evening ACing Mayor Brooks. of can iSocaa cer threctiog that all ea hoses in the city Le closed, “Several arrests we. Bi > oe ee Po ee ee ad eg ee ee 4 ‘