Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1884, Page 2

A Meeting to be Meld Wednestay—Are rangements in Progress to ilelp Sania Ctaus in Hiv Merry Work Who Have no Christmas at ing her play- ies about her s to make ive lttle an of the cinh, y by ked that th: jothed P mas that 43 probably — Amusements Next Wee! RA SE ab Abduction,” for t t nd cho- has been ‘ome Joe will as © people haracters nd “the public efferson’s He is supported by a her own con will be dia lit- eet the same s the famous Dive Mr T show ts promised f il be new faces, new ske’ Ww curi- os: 'S WEARY tem of Capitol, al part of the for w ofthe ill-starred way to relieve on. When ect to write this on w whose ears ers partien- rents as an plie duties. For short session and ay recess the two rowded—ad- examp! ne Lrst week of on the eve of Xmas hi bo: Journ on Thursday over to Monday. This is » particular hardship to those of their constitu. ents for whose relief ores are pending in the House, because Friday be elgned for private bills on the c: foreect over Friday means th gisiative day every week. 4: August THe Star called attention to the fact that the previous session had been largely Wasted as @ result of the cag rules imposed by the House committee and then in foree, and the public was promised that owing to the deter- mined action of Mr. Reed, of Maine, the methods of lezisiation would’ soon be revolu- Very truly, ALEX. Poursr Moasg. ng the day as- r back as last THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, A NEW TEMPLE OF TRADE, Progress of the Work on Messrs, Saks & Co.’s New Building. THE STRUCTURE TO BE READY POR OCOUPANCY IN THE G—CHANGES MADE IN THE FIRM—MR, @80. C. NING ADMITTED AS A PARTNER—THE NEW STORE TO BE ELEGANTLY FITTED—A CHAT WITH THE MEAD OF THE HOUSE. BRS The throngs of people who dally pass the cor ner of 7th street and Market Space are watching with interest the progress of work upon the ilding which is being erected at that cor- ner for Messrs. Saks & Co. Favored by good weather the work has been pushed with such <y by the contractors, Messrs. Kenderdine & Paret, that no doubt remains that the building will be ready for occupancy in time forthespring season. The structure will, it is expected, be the handsomest private business establishment in the city and form an appropriate monument tothe enterprise of the firm of Saks & Co. While the old building was being torn down there found painted on an iron girder in the northern corner of the building a sign which served Mr, A. Saks in his first business venture. * soe When the girder fell it broke off exactly at the point where the sign had been painted, and Mr. Saks secured what eyery merchant who has al- ways paid his obligations in full, and promptly, and grown in prosperity, through honest enter- prise, sets a high value upon, his first sign, and undoubtedly this old sign will be tenderly cared for. A Star reporter, sent to interview the firm | Tespecting its fature plans, as many rumors have | been put afloat, found the head of the house | looking over his correspondence in a little box n office in the rear of the present store, and taken by him to the third story where, as ‘aks said, there was room for both of them, they would not be disturbed. No, sir,” said Mr. Saka, in mp. to a ques- tion as to whether the new building was being ected on the terms published in THe STaR soon after the firm consummated its arrange- ut with Mr. Jesse B. Wilson. “The main atures of that agreement as Tue Star had it m the record, have been preserved, but as we examined various plans submitted by our architect, we thought it best not to alter the old | building: that is, not to leave a vestige of it. | We decided to build an eutirely new one and elegant and substantial one. Mr. Wilson, in order to get this class of building, interested himself with us to a limited extent.” “Will you occupy the entire building?” asked Tur Sra reporter. We will.” “Haven't you leased any portion of it?” “No, sir, and we don't Intend to.” ‘we havo a | large and valuable clothing and talloriug trade. | Thishas our finest and best attention. We dd to it such requisites as are required | by our present patrons, but what they may be | is for the future to determine.” “Who compose the firm of A. Saks & Co.” “Why do you ask that?” inquired Mr. Baka. “Because,” replied Tae Star, “I have heard you_were backed up by outsiders.” “The firm at present,” said Mr. Saks, “is composed of my brother, Mr. Gans and myself, Mr. Gans being the resident partner oi Richmond house.” “Are there no special or silent partners?” ‘None whatever; no outsider has a dollar ted with us, confidentially or otherwise.” » the firm as it now exists will continue?” id Tae Star reporter. o, sir,” said Mr. Saks. “In January the present firm will be dissolved by Mr. Gans re- tiring from the Washington trm, and he and [ will in future conduct the Richmond house, while my brother, Mr. George C. Henning and myself will conduct the new Washington store. We make the announcement of Mr. Henning’s | admission to the firm in to-day's Star.” “T suppose they join you also in the Baltimore house?” remarked Tue Star reporter. ‘0, sir. Iam the only one Interested In the Baltimore house. The reason I answer your question so fully is not to fulfill any desire on my part to publish what I consider to be private aflairs of the firm, but day after day employes of the honse are annoyed by persons who tell | them all sorts of stories. By giving fall pub- | licity to the facts I hope to put an effectual quietus on silly rumors, originated by persons who are either jealous of our progress or desire to injure us.” “How has trade been with you?" vember was the best month we ever had,” said Mr. Sal ‘and we don’t propose to let our business drop behind for any Treason.” “How can you prevent it?” asked the reporter, curious to learn such a valuable business secret. “You will find out before your are a week older,” was the reply. Has the election affected your trade ?” , sir,” Mr. Saks answered; ‘as I sald, the | best month’s trade this house has ever done was in November.” Weill, won't it affect it?” “T have no doubt tt may. for many of our cus- tomers are economizing, fearing that the tuture | may deprive them of their positions.” 1 a |.’ How does the change sult you?” asked the reporter. “Excuse me,” sald Mr. Saks, “we are in the clothing business—not in politics. We don't ask a man his political or religious opinions when we employ him, and are certainly not in- terested in either of these bellefs of our patrons. We do believe that Washington i elty—not a camp—and that beliet induced us to enter into our present enterprise, and we will finish it.” “When do you expect to occupy the new pare asked Tue Srar reporter, dropping polities. “About April first. Weare now engaged in manufacturing the stock for it. We are all de- | lighted with the facilities our building will give [Bs and see nothing but good prospects in the ‘uture.” “I suppose,” suggested the reporter, ‘the | Interior of the establishment will be in harmony | With the exterior?” “It certainly will,” said Mr. Saks. “The | failure of Boormer Bros., in New York clty, en- abled us to buy their fixtures at so low a price we could well afford to indulge in elegance. ‘h as we failed to purchase in this way are | now being made, and there will be no delay on account of fixtures.” “Are you golng to keep this store?” “We have sold the good will and most of | the fixtures of this store to a New York firm.” |, “Is there any point that I may have neglected to ask you that youcan give me?” observed THE Stak reporter, after puzzling his head for fur- | ther questions, sald Mr. Sake, smiling. “None that I know of,” | {What we have to say about our goods Tas Star does so well for us that we like to see your lector come around at the end of the month and get his money. Good ” sc an LA ‘The Public Schools and the Poor, To the Editor of Taz Evewtee Star: Yor whose Interest are the tree schools estab- | Ushed? Chiefly, for the poor. Four-fitths of the 15 are in the five lowest grades. ‘These are the oor man’s schools; his children go no higher, for | he must put them to Ky ily Sind as soon as they | are old enough to work. He can keep them at | school, generally, one or two years, sometimes | three, rarely four, and. ever fh try senool a brigue ten-year-old Duy Will Yearn single wint read wel ite an | cipher through fractions: but in the public sshocls Washington it takes five long years of constant te ‘to learn that much, and then it is not jearned. The amount to be learned each year eastred out to them in driblets, The first year, as Coe the ee b-a-k-e-r; the third, th rae ei up to a certain or ek 1, tO ity, spelt with is. It matters not that the beginner 1g ten or ve years old; he is taught side by side with hursery children 'of six, and must keep step with them. "The system is a machine with a combina- tion back-action twist, and warranted not to teach | Teading im less than six years. The child must do somuch ina given time, and no mi sure that he shall learn no branch well, he is (taught in ten different brancl use them of no smattering in each. Imagine @ smart of twelve in the ‘third. gen lel Class of 5 ume, three and sitting “in in two equal divisions; clear of openings, closings sit branches, ten; ninety minutes to each di- ine minutes to each branch, and one-third ainute to each pupil to reate each. Add to this mei desk and at home, Es Sui | If parents have book Jearning enough to teach thelr T| children at home and give at home may working many who cant ean’ each them himself? It ts true that the school and many of the seventh and eignth pols are good; Dut does that atone fi or six years of the course lost or Jost’ best scholar in the senior a School {3 a boy who was never in below tha school, and whose School was two in ginia. Fortunate youth! through the Wi 4s the public seh ri send credived to the school; Dut what children of @ hard-' 5 i el S45 BEAT (i dame ete, Se : Dr. James iben B. Clark, Fred. MEN, ? low Women in Reduced Ciicum- stances are Aided—An Account of the @perations of the Woman’s Exchange. WORK For‘ One of the fashionable charities this winter Is the Woman's Exchange, which is located on the east side of 14th street, just above H. Unlike @ good deal that Is fashionable, it is, however, neither frivolous nor impractical. It aims to help women who need help to help themselves, and it is managed by women who are In positions to know the genuine necessity tor just such aid. There is nothing particularly novel about the character of this charity or the methods em- ployed, as similar organizations have existed for years in other cities, and this one 1s now in its second year, An opportunity ishere afforded for women who are in reduced circumstances, and who feel the necessity tor earning money, of finding a market for the sale of articles ot their handiwork. The exchange has rented rooms, where ls exhibited for saie whatever the inge- nuity and skili of woman’s brain and woman's deft fingers can produce. What are regarded as accomplishments merely in days of pros- penty to adorn the home and to give pleasure friends are here transformed into a source of revenue. The fancy work. or painting, or any decorative article is brought or sent to the ex- change, where it {s examined by a competent committee of ladies, and if it has any merit, itis exposed for sale, and the money obtained from the sale, after ten per’ cent Is deducted for the exchange, is sent to the depositor. Inmany in- stances it is found that owing to either a lack of skill or a want of taste, te articles sent In have nothing to recommend them to the public, and they are sent back. For it has been the experi- ence of THE MANAGERS OP THE EXCHANGE that people are not going to buy such things, simply out of charity. If they can't get as good an article and at as mod- erate a price as can be had in the stores, the public will not buy ast all. The man- agers, therefore, will not allow the space to be occupied by articles of this character, and they find that they are not able to help people who do inferior work. The activities of the exchange, however, are not limited to affording a market for fancy articles and decorative work. The departinent of ples, cake, bread, preserves and candies exceeds in the volume of business done that of the fancy work. Everything in this department also passes the criticism of the eye and taste of a committee, and the inferior is rejected and the good {s re- tained. All the cakes are cut and tasted, and then sold elther as a whole or in portions. The opportunity to Ret home-made cake and bread with the knowledge that all the ingredients are of the very best is not a usual one, and hence the exchange drives a brisk business. There is still another important part of this work, and that is the sewing room, where poor women are em- ployed In making underclothes and dresses for which orders have been received. ‘The exchange, of course, furnishes the material and pays the Women so mueh a day. ‘The same sensi- ble rule prevails here, that the work must be good, and women who don't know how to sew well are not given employ- ment. People will not accept badiy-made gar- ments, even with the knowledge that the money paid for it has put bread into the mouth of some poor and deserving woman. The managers Tecognize this fact thoroughly, and realize that they cannot help such people. Their necessities must be relieved through some other agency. Anadmirable feature of the exchange is the common-sense business principles which char- acterize its management, aud It is, perhaps, a misnomer to call it a charity, when It gives its patrons the full market value of their money. COMMON-SENSE RULES. Perhaps a more distinct idea may be obtained ot the methods employed by a perusal of a por- tion of the printed rules, which are as follows: Any well-made article may be entered for sale at the exchange, subject to the rules of the exchange committee. Any woman desiring to enter her work at the ex- change, whose circumstances do not require the as- Sistance of the exchange, must become a sustaining poet orenter her work through a sustaining me Sustaining members may Senter their o1on work, or the work of one woman for one year by the pay: ment of $3.00, or their own work and the work of one woman, or the work of two women for one year, by the payment of $5. Consignors desiring to withhold thelr name and address can enter their work through sustain- ing or active members. Articles will not be received or sold for the bene- fit of any institution. ‘Wax and feather flowers, hair and leather work, splatter and Splinter work’ and card-board are tod perishable to eet es Each article must have the price, and the name and address of consignor securely attached to 1t when presented at the exchange, and will be numbered and ,oftered for sale it approved by the Droper commit Allarticles will be returned at the owner's ex- pense and risk, if unsold at the end of stx months, Unless consignors authorize them sold at the dis- cretion of the committee. All letters requesting tnformation tn relation to articles sent to the exchange should be ad- Gressed to the committee on fancy work, or com- mittee on cake, preserves, etc, (according to article sent,) Woman's Exchange, 817 14th street northwest, enclosing stamp for reply. THE LADIES IN CHARGE. The management |s composed of the follow- ing ladies: Mrs. Wescott, president; Miss Woods, vice president; Miss Spofford, secretary; and Miss Ballantyne, treasurer. Members of committees: Miss Alley, Miss Ballantyne, Miss Carter, Miss Childs, Miss Crittenden, Miss Dawes, Miss Egleston, Miss Gallaudet, Miss Jewell, Miss Kennedy, Miss Lenman, Mrs, O'Reilly, Miss Patterson, Miss Emily Pentland, Miss Riddle, Misa Rodgers, Miss Shellabarger, Miss Spofford, Miss Strong, Mrs. J. D. Strong, Miss Thompson, Miss Wescott, Miss Woods, Miss Emery, Mrs. Wight, Miss Hodge. Two of the ladies are present at the ex- change each day, eo that there is constant supervision and inspection. As an in- dication of the interest which this work is ex- citing it is stated that there are more applica- tlons from ladies to serve onthe committees than there are vacancies,and that the list of the applicants is kept asa reserve force, which can be called upon in an emergency, Themanagers of the exchange teel that they are able to doa great deal of good if their enterprise is onl Sustained by the citizens of the District, bot! by their patronage and their contributions. The ten percent of the amount of the sales is the only source of income besides the dues of mem- bers, while their monthly expenses are neces- sarily quite large. eo Popular Vote for President by States, From the New York Times. All the states have now reported the results of the popular vote for presidential electors on the 4th of November last, and the results are tabulated below. Where differences were found to exist in the vote for electors in any state the vote forthe highest on each ticket is given in all cases where the complete statement of the vote of the state has been received. The results show a total vote of 10,046,078, of which the Cleveland ticket received 4,913,901, the Blaine ticket 4,847,659, the Butler ticket 138,880, and the St. John ticket 150,633, showing a ‘plurality of 66,242 for Cleveland. The total vote in 1880 was 9,218,251, and Garfleld’s plurality 9,464. It should be noted, in considering the tabulated ee of this year's vote, that the Blaine el tickets were supported by the repnb- loans and the people's party in Missoun and West Virginia, and that the Cleveland electoral tickets were supported by the democrats and the peopiss party in Iowa, Michigan and Ne- braska. The people’s party claims to have cast bout 41,300 votes for the fusion ticket in Mich- igan, and about 83,000 votes in Iowa. The vote of California fs official from all but two coun- ties; the unofficial reports from these are inclu- ded in the totals given in the table. South Car- oling returns 1,237 ‘‘scattering” votes. _ fceMBEr 6, 188 TOLD BY THE ECHOES, q UNTING THE WILY RABBIT, The Mysteries of the Old Hall of Re- Presentatives, SCRAPS OF CONVERSATION BANDIED ABOUT BY THE ELFINS OF TUS ECHO—WHATA STAR REPORTER HEARD—A PATCH WORK OF STRANGE UTTER- ances, &c, The echo hall of the Capitol attracts the at- tention of all visitors. The guide who picks up ® precarious living by showing strangers the mysteries of Washington, fitting the story to his measurement of the creduiity of those he has in hand, tells them of secret vaults and mysterious passages through which sounds are always roaming; or, if the stranger looks like a man who has travelled, gives him the unvarnished statement that the acoustic properties ofthe hail are the most wonderful in the world, always adding, however, that he(the guide) is the only man who possesses the unguarded confidence of the echoes, He alone knows where to find them at their best. If the strang:r happens to be peculiarly susceptible with a taste tor the weird and mysterious, he may be taken into the base- ment and shown to a curious old staircase under this hall, which winds up a dark stone turret, and ends abruptly at a stone wall, which is the floor of the echo hall above, and leads no where. This is sutfictently dark and damp, and has enough of the musty smell of a vault to ac- commodate Itself to any story the quick Imagi- nation of a guide may suggest. This staircase once led to the hall above, which was in olden times THE HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES, but now the passage has been floored over with immense stone lage, and the existence of the Staircase is known to but few outelde or the old laborers employed about the Capttol. It Is used by them as a piace to stow away thelr scrobbing | brushes and brooms, and the winding steps are full of mold. This was the main entrance to the old Hall of Representatives, and the gray stones are worn with the footsteps of the great men of those days. In the hall above, the echoes will sometimes take up the faintest whisper and repent it with remarkable distinctness in another part of tha immense room. Hence it has been named th: echo hall. From some spots nearly everything can be heard that is said by the strollers and people passing. Sometimes whispered recrets | May be given away, and couples may have ap audience when no one ts near. WANDERING WHISPERS. The following are some of the whispers of the echoes caught by a Srar man: “Now, stand right there, while I show you— the leg,it is per- fect,too natural for marble— a bill for the avoli- tion of —cold tea.— Here Is where Daniel Web- ster— got sat down on in his public building scheme— George Washington— a member ofthe whisky ring was in the penitentiary— He is a great orator— Pumps wind into the House,ven- tilates— Bad ideas, no judgment—r'll tell you confidentially, I'm no common man; my consti- tuents think I’m just— the biggest puddim’head in Congress; made a speech about— my darling, ain't It nice for you and I to be here— locked up in the committee room, and won't be reported this session— Henry Clay—claimed everything— It does not seem as if we had been married such a short time, and we're just on our tour through— a sewertrom Boundary street to Rock creek. Jt willtake an appropriation of ten thousand dollars to— buy me a new bonnet when we get home; oh, that’s awfully nice; now I love— whisky at the bottom of it— In his Speech on Mormonism he sald— You little poo- dy-poody, darling,I'd like to— put the question by yeas and nays— When they were married he gave hera— whisky ring; can't buy up this House. This represents Jefferson when he— cast ananchor tothe windward— and went into acommittee of the whole House on the state of -— Blaine’s health hasnot failed as it wasthought it would owing to the fatigue of— kissinga girl on the domejust as we passed.— A billto put raw material on the tree list and reduce the duty on necessaries of life, sach a8s— ladies who come to see members send their cards in from the east door, and walt there until— Her get the foot and mouth disease by being brought into contact with other cattle from the west— I am always glad to see one of my constituents; if there is anything I can do for you I shall be delighted to see you— being eaten by comrades at the north pole, Congress ought to investigate.— The woman in a seal skin sack is his wife, and he is one of— The Mormons must be put down— his throat measures eighteen inches.— When he open his mouth to speak— a four mast schoon- er could sail through it and save the distance around the cape.— Oh, I think our Congress- man is the most old men I ever saw; he is just— five hundred and fifty feet high when finished.” Numerous other whispers were heard. some were state secrets, and some related to domes- tic as that it would not be proper to make ublic. B Besides the echo hall, there Is what Is called the whisper gallery. This 1s in the rotunda, just above the frescoe, The Adame-Coleridze Case. POINTS OF THE LETTER WHICH LED TO THE SCANDAL ‘The following are extracts from the letter of Ber- nard Coleridge to bis sister, which was the cause. of the recent Adams-Coleridge trial in London: “11 WesTBouRNE Steer, December 11, 1883.—My Dear Mildred: I write to you not only as your brothey, but chiefly as my father’s son, because I feel it to be my duty. I write in order that when misery and unhappiness come upon you—as come they Will—you may not have 1t to say that you were not fully warned, and that matters were con- cealed from you. Are you aware of the character of the man to whom you are about to give yourselt up? His family, one and all, will have nothing to say to him. 18 this all without reasont Do you know he has falled throughout his Ute? Why 13 this, for he 13 a man of undoubted ability? It is because of his utter want of character and princi- le. Do you know anything of his past history? Do you know of his behavior on his voyage to the cape? Do you know he ran away with a girl under age? Do you know that so strong was the Indig- nation at hisconduct that the bishop of Cape ‘Town | ordered his clergy to refuse to marry him, and that consequently he, with his high ehuren professions, was married by'a Presbyterian? “Do you know that Mr. Adams has a violent tem- per? Can you disguise from yourself in your vanl- ty that it 13 money and position, not you, that he isscheming to obtain? Are you ignorant that he has admitted that in his eyes you are devold ot personal attractions; that you would not make at all a good wife, and that you would be a white ele- phant to him? ’ What would you think in another case of 4 man who, while never tired of proclatm- ing that the instincts of a gentleman were abso- lute, makes himself at home and accepts hospltall- tes in a house in the absence of a master, when be knows that the master refuses to meet him? You declare to the world that you are illtreated at home by my father. Never was there so glaring an instance of the danger of allowing a person to lave no Want, wish or whim ungratified. Whatevermay be my father’s faults, to you he has been uniformly indulgent beyond anything I haveever seen in any instance.” . ‘The statements in this letter the plaintumr de- nounced on the trial as “unmitigated and unquall- fled Iles,” and dwelt seriatim and at great len; on all the allegations in it concerning him. Reter- ring to the charge of accepting hospltallty In a house in the absence of its master, he sald tt was a plain and unqualified le, He never made hiiaselt at home in Lord Coleridge's house in the absence of Lord Coleridge, and his lordship never refused to see him. He had lunched once in Lord Coleridge's house, but he believed not at Lord Coleridge's ex- pense, as ab that time the household was on board wages, and Miss Coleridge was paying for herself out of her pooket, money. The sole hospl- tality to which he was indebted to Lord Colerldge was a plece of bread and butter, which he ate one day to keep Miss Col in Gountenance while taking her lunch, ‘This, he sa{d, “consisted of a fried sole—or what are called ‘siipe’—and whileshe ‘was partaking of tha® sumptuous repast, at her earnest request and to keep her in countenance I did take a plece of bread and spread upon itaplece of butter. ‘This is the sole hospitality that Ihave been indebted to Lord Coleridge from the first_ mo- ment of my acquaintance with him to the present moment.” i Kittzp His Brorner-1n-Law.—John Heston, a 3 tallor, was shot dead in his shop, at 339 Bowery, New Xorx, Thursday, by Philip Loges, his brother: in-law. Lohges sutrendered himself to the lice. Heston wa8 married to Loh sister, yp al the threo lived at No. First ‘avenue, Heston had a gu his wife early in the and left the house threat- “mark her.” bis sister in tears, put a pistol in his H \ the locks. The Sport Net What it Used to be in ‘This Neighborhood—The Game Get- ting Scarce—Points for Hunters— Tricks of the Litthe Animal—& Good Day’s Work. From the New York Times. “Rabbit shootin’ ain't what it used to be,” saidone of those ancient Long Islanders who ‘are indigenous to the soil, and whose counter part isnot to be found anywhere else in the wide world, as he watched the agent of a smali station on the South Side railroad piling up gun cases and game bags onatrack. The morning train had just got in and was unloading a party of hunters, who were making things hvely around the usually dull and silent little station. “No,” replied tne station agent ina tone of inquiry, as he wheeled off the track and began to admire some curiously wrought embroidered work of a vouth In low shoes and Prince Albert coat, shooting at a deer with a musket, which some pretty girl had worked on a game bag belonging to the youngest member of the patty. “Well, if it ain't, there’s more hunters than there used to be. Election day we had twenty- two get off here, and there is a dozen if there's one in that party.” The old man picked up one of the guns and examined it carefully. “Hum, them’s pretty weapons, but I iow Seth Barnes, with his old- fashioned, single-barreled, muzele-loader, which ‘was once a flint lock in the Revolution, can lay out any six of them fellows in shootin’ rabbits. Seth's only got one arin, but that’s worth most men's two.” ‘The gun he continued to handle was of fine Damascus steel, with richly chased work about Pressing the lever on the side the barrels flew open, and tie old islander could look through the taterlor with its glistening sides of pure steel. The pack of hounds grew restive under the leashes dgntiy held by the hunters, and their eyes opened wide and seemed to glow with dellgbt as they saw guns taken from their cases, and the game bags swung over the han- ters’ shoulders. It was a clear, frosty morning, and the twigs had cracked under the old man’ feet.as he crossed the strip of woods to rea the station. A better day for rabbits could not have beeu had, and the air was cool and crisp enough to brace up the hunters for lively work. “Where had ye Lest go? Oh, anywhere around here. It don’t make much difference. Rabbits live pretty mach all over. Ye are Just as likely as not to start one overinthe buryin’-ground there behind tne churek. There's one over under Jonea’ barn now, for I saw him over there alittle while ago. One of Jones’ children found him squattin’ among thechrysanthemume inthe gardin’.” The hounds were let loose and the hunters followed, scattering through the low shraba and thickets. It was not long before the dee and musical yolce of a hound was heard as bh followed up the scent of the first rabbit that had been routed from his warm resting-place ina tuft of grass. More of the dogs got on the trail, and the woods resounded with their music as they chased on after the little animal that with ears dropped back and eyes filled with alarm was his way around the hillside. The hunters started in pursuit. “Now you go up by that clump of cedar trees, and you may get a sight of him first as he comes along.” said the oid man to the youth with the illustrated game bag who had followed him down the road. The young hun- ter did &0, and as_the rabbit rounded ‘about got afair shot. A little fur flew. but the rabbit went on. “You shot too high,” said the old man, “and only tickled his back a little; but you'll do better next time. I ‘low you have got theright stuff in you, and, with a little confi- dence, will kill "em. Young fellers have the buck fever shootin’ rabbits just as much as they do shootin’ bucks. That rabbit will come around here again, most likely, and while we're waitin’ for him I'll give you @ few points in rab- bit shootin’.” Now, in the first place, there’s such a thing as luck in huntin’, and there is such athing as experience, and both amount to about the same thing inthe end. That 1s, if you're lucky you will get just as many rabbits us if you was ex- perienced. I've known men to tramp ail over Suffolk county and not get a rabbit, and then agin, a young fellow as you, who don't know much about huntin’, willin a couple of hours it hal€a dozen. Ifyou ain't lucky, don’t give it up, but keep huntin’ till you git experienced, and then you will be sure to get one once in a while. A lucky hunter will allus bring luck to those that’s with him; so if you don’t get a rab- bit before noon just go up to Seth’s and get him to go out with you this afternoon. “There comes that rabbit now! Hear the dogs! The other men have missed him. Now let him have it.” The rabbit gave abig bound and fell allin a heap, dead. ‘That's it,” said the old man encouragingly, “youdid will. Rabbit shootin’ ain’t what it used to be around here, but there’s off an’ on one.” The old man was right. The rabbits are grow- ing fewer and fewer each year, and yet there are enough to furnish a little fun for the hunt- ers at the beginning of the season. They are rapid breeders, and the great fall slaughter is largely made up for before the next year comes around. Protective game laws in some of the counties are also doing good work in preserving thegame. There is no sport for the hunters of small game more pleasant and more easily to be enjoyed than rabbit shooting. An hour's ride from the city lu almost any direction will take one into the midst of @ hunting ground. The time for shooting them is when the country is de- lightfal to wander over. The ground is hard and a fine bed of leaves is spread beneath the forest trees, while the November and December days are bracing and healthy. A good dog, however, 1s essential, but good dogs can be obtained at almost ewig! little place in New Jersey or on Long Island. They can be hired for a small amount, aud the owner or “one of the boys” will most likely be ready to go out for an afternoon’s hunt. Hounds are the best, though there are mongrels and half-breeds that make good rabbit hunters and can tollow a scent without losing it. The dog is just as In- terested in getting the rabbit as the hunter is, and gn old runner will, at the sight of a gun, break away and want to follow it. Where to find rabbits? It all depends upon the day and the weather. If it has been bright and fair for a week they are probably out in the low dead grass in the meadow or in the little tufts of grass in the pasture land. Sometimes they will be squatted down in such short grass that you wonld not think it could cover them. When they are in these places the hunters with- out dogs have the best chance, for the rabbit will furnish a fair mark as he goes bounding over the meadow plot, making for the nearest hayrick or the thickets beyond. When a big storm comes It drives them in among the shrubs and thickets. Then it is harder to get at them, and adog is necessary. To make a thorough hunt for rabbits requires some hard work when they are in the underbrush. The bushes must be beaten with a pole or with agun varrel, if the hunter ts not afraid of scratching it. The dogs often start the game themselves, but more often the hunter stumbles on the little flyer and off he bounds likeJightning. Unless the sporteman is an adept, the rabbit will be out of range before he can recover himself sufi- ciently to put his gun to his shoulder. The do; must be called, then, as quickly as possible, an when he has caught the scent the sportsmen’s work is over. If he stays right where he is the dog will bring the rabbit back. A rabbit inva- riably runs jn a sort of circle, so as to come back right near the sput from whence he was disturbed. He may be back in four or flye min- utes, or he may take along turn over the hill and down through the swamp, but he is sure to come back. He may bea long away ahead of the dogs, and he will come on the dead run, making very little noise. If a hunter misses a rabbit he should not be discouraged. The rab- bit will probably come around again; that 1s, if the dogs do not get thrown off the scent. After one or two loads of shot have whistled around a rabbit he fs put on his mettle, and he will begin his tricks. If he isan old fellow who has been chased more than once he will be apt to run for the swamp, and there, Jumping through the bogs and over the wet ground, will uzzle the dogs, and, ey enough, get away. Eometimes heowill’ sadcen! ly make a big jump to one side and squat, while the dogs, rushing on, will run beyond the spot where the scent pocket and, going to Hes. op, emptied the contents into the untortu- head on body og before he had time to utter @ word. Lohges was yesterday com mitted to jail without Dail. Porson IN THE MILK.—A third attempt to poison ‘the family of Andrew Mann, a rich cattle dealer of Fort Springs, West ¥: which includes thir- teen persons, was m: night, Two of the family are dead, abd others are very low. There are twu theories as to the poisoning—one that the milk of the cows hag become poisoned by drinking water which is full of deleterious mineral matter, juence Of the long Caton and the other, ned milk. ‘There is 3 Pnorosup CaTHOLio VioRROY voR IRRLAND.—It postion, of ore Gee = Marquis accepts the office it will be necessary pariamen it to passa Dill to enable a Roman Catho- oi ee ee aa ‘the house of lords will never pass such @ ——— st = in South Ni Conn., has resulted See ee De. ‘bas ae stops. Then Mr. Rabbit quietly takes a back track to a cleft of rocks he knows of or into a triendly thicket. A rabbit is smarter than one would think for, and the little fellow that hops around in the moonlight on the lawn or nibbles the young cabbages in the garden will develop into a wise beast when November comes. He won't be out much sight-seeing then, and will keep away from the house. Corduroy coats are the best for rabbit hunt- ing, and breeches of some tough material that the briars cannot penetrate. Top boots, well greased, are , and the hunter also needs a good belt with apertures in which to place the shells. What can be considered a day's work ds upon the eS of lew ‘traversed. enty years Temey two or three hunters, with so wany, de would bring home eas or Now the same parties think they thin = ity making | 4-DOUBLE SHEET.” ntatives, | | Cameron, ‘ Cameron, Angu Cockrell, F. is, 5 BS ro Coke, Richant, 4 . Colquitt, A. H!, Metropolitan hotel, Conger, Omar b. Mst aw. Cullomn, She Witiand’s | Dawes, Hen 5 | Dotph, Joseph N. | Eamuhds, Geo. ¥rve, Wm. P Garland, A. George, J. fois 15th st nw Hawley, J. R, 12 ¢ st. a. we Hil, N.'P., Atiingt Thoat, Geo. F., 1325 K st. now. Ingalls, J. J.,'1 Bost, n.w. Jackson, Howell F., 1016 Vermont ave, Jonas, B. F., Portland. Jones, Chas W. x . Mitchell, Jno. Morgan, Jonn Morrill, Justin &. 1 Thos | Slater, J. 1, 91 to. ¥ b. B., 1627 Mass ave. ; H., Cor, 18th St. and Masa ara, cor. Del. ave. and C st. 4, Diet W., 1924 19th Bt. B. we 1918 G st, BW. Alken, Anderson, J. Atkinson, L. E., P: Adams, G. E., Tl | Bennett, it | Bisbea, it. | Blanciiard, Biount, J.'f Campveil, J. i Carleton, ’E. C | Carlisie, J. G. | Cassidy, G. W 's (0., 523 13th street, M poultan, tan, i . 1 Dupont ¢ Riggs Annex. on Culbert: Cutien, Curin, Cuteheon, ‘ei ahead Follett, J. ee a, EH, Frederich, B. jeades, G. V . Har R., C2 a. 611 13th st. Hand: Kan 9 T Harderman, T., G: Hardy, J. N.Y, i ac, Holman, \ Holmes, A. J. Hopkins, J. H., Pa.. Houk, L.C., Tenn. : iitoa house. Towa, 101s 18 is, 601 E st. fexas, Metropolitan, rk., 631 13th st. ‘Olilo, 1 .. Wormley’s. 14th street, Ketcham, J. 1L, 1329 K st. King, J. F., La., Arlington. Kieiner, JJ 18d. 103 48 street jones, Jordan, I. M.., Kean, J., N. 5 cy, ELS, Michigan, 1837 P st, Taunt. Neb, Rages Tamb, JE 1nd 1815 G etropolitan, aan, B. ering, H. B., Mas: st. Lowrey, Robert, Ind., 210 North Capitol street. Lyman, T., Mass. 1407 Mass. ave, McComas, L. E.. Md., Riggs. McCormack, J, W., 715 9th st. MeMillin, B., Tenn., 519 19h, atsol ind. 3 Maybu Mic tional, Millard, ¥., Aiington, Miler, J. F., Texas, Metropolitan, Miller, & H., Pa., 608 14th st. Milken, L., Ble. 1421 K st. Mills, RQ, Texas’ 1115 @ st. Mitchell, C: L., Conn.,3 Dupont crete, Money, It. D., Miss, Metropolitan, Morrill, E. , Towa, 1904 F st. Murray, R. M., Ohio, 918 14th st. Mutchier, Wm., Pa. 739 9th Neece, ee ay peat nser S F DIRECTORY OF CONGRESSMEN. Places of Residence of Senators and ‘The following ts a list of Senators and Represent atives in Congress with their present places of realdence in tis city: SENATORS. Aldrich, N. W., cor. Vt ave. and H st. Allison, W. B..'2124 Vi ave. F. » 2204 146th st, F. W., Mass, Riggs, 2 Y., 18 K st. nson, W Rockwell, 14. st. Arlington. Arlington, N street. lo, Weleker's, 2., Metropolitan, Ww. 1008 N he A. WM. E, Wyo, Ki RELIGIOUS NO’ AND ELSEWHERR. Emery Chapet, in progres: . rvival meeting, of the ME. church, who athiy, the e recitations, at ay, of the M. E. charch, y at the residence of ef this city, but is that when the next qn ofthe M. BE. chure Ww bishops to be ele from the B: iy the naine ofe Rev Mek there will One of t more con! iss g of the Co. churches last total membership of Baptist the reports showed be 12 chur int delpt & new paper, pubiie has taken Jarrett, who d 8 place. 1 in Baltimore tast ° 70 years a mem- First Chw Balti- hit street, now ‘op Simpson has sent to Bishop r the big gospel tent to be used by juest that the name of j nd be inscribed upon it. Isaac Westcott, the founder of . Who Las baptized over 2,600 cone z his ministry, is now in Brook- itute circumstances, and mentaily tn- pies for discussion at the Ant Episcopal Congress at Detroit was ufessional.” A paper was read by the amsport, Pa, in t of the association from about s The total receipts the 1 of the M. E. charch of the this month will be the ated by the church this being thet of Wesley the second, 18%, of erica, and the third he M. FE. eburch in ¥ conterence will b Methodist send as fraternal es and John Scott, H. Pierpont. i» Woman Cansed. ication of lawsuits and other hus arisen In the village ot ifteen miles north of Bridge port, Con Geo. Grifin, @ manufacturer of the place, had in Lis employ » young woman named Catherine Gannen, of whom Belle Griffin, hit wife, bi ous, and entered suit for a di- vorce husband, and left his house, Miss . Griffia for slander, a an jon tor assault to be brought ier on account of an animated interview Wo women are said to have had. Mra, Guifin bas sued her husband's father, John fin, for slander. and Geo. Grithn, to complete series, has brought a replevin suit against irs. Julia A. Gilbert, to recover goods which e clutins belong to him, and which were taken by his wife in her exodas from his house. Thus ive suits have arisen out ol a siugle case of do- icity. =o id in Michigan, From the Cleveland Herald, Ishpeming, Mich., is suffering from the golt fever. A score of companies have been organ- ized to work a quarry yein that has been discoy~ ered four miles north of the town. Three years az Julius Lopes, a chemist, while exploring for marble fouad the vein, asd immediately after fads company was organized and forty acres of the Jand purchased. A email mill | has been working for kume time, but this year | its capacity hus Leen increased and three hun- dred tons of rock adayis taken out. As the mine grows deeper the owner grows richer in both gold and silver. Picked’ 51 ens of rock have assayed $1,500 a ton, while it aver- ages $50 per ton. Following on the Ropes com- puny others have sunk shafts upoa the or} vein on every side, and ail are at work. A gold Tush to the upper peninsula of Michigan is among the probavilities for 1885. dinner Ln Why Bread is Righ. From the Pittsburg Gazette, Customer—“I understand that wheat is now very low. Baker—“Yes; so they say.” “And four has fallen in price?” “Yes.” “But your bread is as high as ever.” je on that be?” “Well, of co everybody wants bread light, - and, in order to avoid the use of unwholesome yeast, we aerate it.”