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THE SWENING STAR: aa WASHIN CITY AND DISTRICT. | WILKES HOOTEVS HOHSE. THE CLOAK-HOOM HARBITUE. & BET DECLARED OFF. | The Fate of the Apimel om Which He | Gossip of the Ante-Chambers—About Escaped After the Assassination. How a Capitel Official was Con- founded by the Congrewional Direct= | THE STORY THAT IT PASSED Ory and Webster's Dict ¥ SION OF AN EXPRESSMAN CHAPTER OF UNWRITTEN MR. ALLISON NAILOR. INTO THE Posses- DENISD—A LITTLE ISTORY TOLD RY A conpic of prominent and well-known Cap- | itol officials had an engagement a few evenings = ago which one of them failed to k Tue | The New York Sun prints a story from the next day he was upbralded by the other wno | Putnam (Conn.) Weekly Standard about the sald: “If I had known your address [ would | horse that bore J. Wilkes Booth from Washing- have cone after you.” | ton after the murder of President Lincoln. to “Why didn't you Iq the effect that the animal was confiscated, sold directory?” was the | by auction and fell to,the Soldiers’ Express “I did, but your aadress ; com} of New York. Subsequently it was ashe pulled from Patehased, the story says, by a Brooklyn ex- rectory. Turning to | Press and In 1839 came into the possession the proper place he found the hame, but the | of Col. John A. Peal, of Abington, Conn., who address was wanting. | treated it kindly. About three years ago, the The loser was indignant and clalmed that the ae = all “an thn rlils offie'al posi | StFF Says, the horse, which was allowed to tion to obtain an imperfect eopy of the direct- ory, which was not made public, just to beat | fell into a ditch and was killed. him. When a Srar reporter showed this story to “Well, you hay st vour bet. Mr. Allison Nailor, the livery stableman, to-da: you another chance; we that gentleman after smiling over the great cae wha ogens this book, variety of stories that have been elven currency Sema aaa extae respecting J. Wilkes Booth and lis horse, said: “If Booth got another horse after crossing the river there may be some foundation for this story. No expressman ever got the horse that he rode out oft was any horse co si ‘old were capture fh them.” kin the Congressional bat TH give | elyars, the letter beginning the first the top of the left hand page. wh Js opened, to decide the question. Now cut. His friend ran his knife between the leaves, | and they opened at C. “That's a pretty cood cut,” replied the other, “but I'll cut A now.” Thereupon the book | : There did Booth get his horse?” asked Tan: opened at “A 5 | Sran reporter, The loser seemed astonished, but after look- fa Wired & boven Mr. Nailor, Ing closely at the book, indi “D—n it, man, that’s We the bet’s off.” Mutual friends are trying to settle the cigar question, butthey enjoy thy joke thoroughly ‘while doing so. r A MAD VIRG TAN. Me Demands at Point of a Rev ver to be Show of the Capito: ntly exclaimed: ter'a dictionary. Jim Pumphrey. Atzerodt kept his horses If you have time to liste T will tell you al | unwritten history—some tacts that do net appear | inthe record. After the assassination we kept | cur mouths shut. for ff a man was supposed to | know anything he was put into the Old Capitol | prison, | Mr. Nailor here drew a rough diagram indi- | eating the streets and avenues if the center of e city aud the location of Seward’s house on | 151g street. opposite Lafayette square: Ford's | theater on 10th street, and street A Way-up-country Virginian was viewing the jor’s stables ou BE wonders of the (s the other 4: done homage to the statue of Je marked ail the traces of forme state,which are found at ‘apit in both Houses, and had done the thoroughly, when he found himself iu the base- | ment on the Senate side looking for an exit. He looked around through the maze of corri- dors, walked a little way In every hall, tried all the committee-room doors, aud became thor- | oughly bewildered. V je in this condition he came across one of the negro attendants, by whom he was di 4 into a coal pit. Tnis convinced him that ther a plot on hand t rob or murder hi his horses with me. stable with Herold. took one of his he iny horses, f That day Atzerodt and Herold hired one of been back to the stabi thea, was a little thought Herold Atzerodt said Herold would juvited him to drink, and they ner to the old Oyster Bay and drank. er then returned to the stable and sat to wait for Herold, as the horse was a one. *." said Mr. Nailor, turning to his dia- gram. “when Payne went ‘into Seward’s house aman waited outside mounted on one horse and holding another for Payne. ‘That man was Herold. and Vl tell you why I am sure of it. The man upon hearing the noise of a strugele in the house et Payne’s norse go and started away. He rode down Pennsyivania avenue. The night ight moonlight night and was very The city was still under euard then and ights were always still and quiet. Now, ich’ he would pr the negro was too much alarmed to speak. had not twe Capitol poll eared upun the scene, and placed ti irginian under arrest. He loudly to the captain of p to Kill the “black ra: hasty protested very e that he Intended al if he tried any sharp | - 1 quiet. ame on him. of ahorse coming down 15th street { is pistol, and and turnin enue. ‘The peculiar elat- | time to calm off he wa: sent his ter made a single-footed racker can be dis- | : tinguished at once by anexperienced horseman. | cher. hearing this peculiar sound, concluded that Herold was coming fm, and. as he was rid- tug hard, that he was drank. He ran up to the iy. -]4th street corner for the purpose of intercept- joz him. The horseman came on, and seeing Fletcher in the way, turned up lith street. Fieteher could see in the moonlight that it was our horse. The horseman went up Mth street to F andturned down F. Now you see that he was going right towards the ailey back of Ford's How to Help the Worthy Poor. AR. derate mes ‘unate family. | ily ot m take under their care one less fc Let the head of the poor family cail each morn- ing and get what you have to spare for them. The head of one such fa’ as been coming to my house for ve wave the rich gravies | theater, where it is probable he expected to find from my cookin fat meats that we do Booth. The next trace we get of the horse was not eat. I put them inatomato can. ({ have | South of the Capitol, going east. Fletcher had two cans. day and) heard Herold and At it talk a great deal of brings It back clean the next day.) Then coffee (grounds and all) that I bave jeft I put in another can that she brings with her. and what bread and other things I have to spare I give her Sometimes it is not very much. | always the coffee and g T of clothing that { don't it be my own. my husband’ thing about the most anything th | the lower counties of Maryland, ani thought Herold would goin that direction. He made up his mind to overtake him if possible, and get the horse. Returning to the stable, he saddled other horse, and started dowa Pennsyl- ia avenue to the Capitol. As he went pitol hill he met two gentlemen, ed them if they had seen a manon a light roan horse go They said that two One of them, the kK moustache, was riding a larzer man was Booth. He had, undoubtedly, exchanged horses with Herold. A sinzle-footed racking horse is the easiest horse to ride. It hasan easy gait, the motion being like that of acradie. Rooth’sown Duy for the poor. Often when! start out to buy | horse was a hard riding horse. His leg was something real expensive i think on the way to | broken, and tuere is no doubt that the horses the store I wili not spe - | were exchanged so as to give him the one tha’ self, but will get something less expensive ard | rode easiest. spend some ot it’on very poor people who need | Navy Yard bridge, where guards were stationed. 80 much: it may be school books or some warm | The guards said the two men had just passed clothing: sometimes it ix bottle of costly meri- | over the bridge. They told Fletcher that he cine that they need badly but cannot get. | could go over. but could not get back again ‘There Is alarge sum of money spent by kind-| that night, as they were-expecting to receive hearted people, but itseems to me this isthe the countersign every minute, and after they only way that all can be helped with lesstrouble. | ot it no one could get back over the bridge. I think the Christmas dinner for the poorchil-| Fletcher conciuded then to give up the chase, ren is very good, but it is not the best wey to| and returned to the stable. During all this Ithink our Soutn Wash-| time of course he knew nothing of the assasai- have the nation of the President or ot the attempt on tributing their goods. Seward's life. He noticed groups of people on ant our dinner at home is if it isever so plain. | the Avenue as he rode along. When he had put We always look back to our homes and haye a up his lorse he went over to Willard’s hotel, natural desire to be there with our loved ones, | Where a large crowd was collected, and was while if we dine at a public hall we lose our in- | there told of the happenings of the night. Some terest in home. which is necessary to grow up| man who had seen a person on a roan horse in the young mind. A FrreND oF THE Poor. | Tiding down the Avenue spoke of it, when Capitol Hii. | Fletcher said, ‘Wny, that was our horse.” Im- —_- | mediately there were two detectives at his side— For Alexander m Bells Eyes | the place was filied with Baker's men—and he ‘To the Editor of Tax Evextxe Stan: was taken into custody. He gave the first | IfProf. A. Graham Bell willconsult the cen-| information as to the direction in which Booth | sus records from 1700 to 1890 he will undoubt- | 22d Herold had gone, and withinan hour after edly learn that unlike Engiand, Ireland and alight roan horse. p nd Wat she jere is hardly means which cannot do th selves cut short. One often sees a very cl remnant of domestic goods which the: right way of dis- | We ail know how pleas- y left the city. If the clue had been followed then, they might have been captured that night.” Scotland, Ameri or mor? correct the “Did you ever get your roan horse back?” United States. has been its popuia- | asked THE Sar reporter. tion. and furthermore, durin the year just| “No,” said Mr. Nailor, “and Mr. Pumphrey passed, the population of this country has in- | never got his.” creased nearly ht. 1i million pe by immigration | alone. * What became of them?” | “| few days afterwards, when Booth had With the growth of the country the number | been shot, and Herold was a. prisoner on board | of deaf pe: rally inerease. The a ganboat down by the navy yard, we got per- snow ia the United mission from Gen. Augnr, who was then in com- d be consider- | mand here, to have one of the government de- . | tectives ask Herold what had become of our | The protessor is alartaed ased num-| horse. Herold said that the next day after | ber of deaf persons. He tears a distinct race or | leaving this city he and Booth had killed thelr | class of people, and asks Congress to pass Iavws horse. ina swainp in lower Maryland. It was | awainst the deaf marrying where the heart lead-| not a swamp. but a pine thicket. They had | eth concealed themselyes there and killed the horses, so they would not betray thelr presence there. If another horse happened to be passing in the road, you know, @ horse wouid neigh | make a disturbance, which they thought might lead to their capture. So the horse which Booth rode from this city was killed the day after the assassination, and was never con- fiseated, owned or driven by any one else.” ———<e--—-. If the deat were like the blind and insane, up- able to support the . there would be some excuse for any person legislation to pre- vent the country from burdened with « lass of peopie who are subi) charity. = the present state of things no such con exists. The d porti Th thi trious, perteetly able to take care of themselves in the future as th have in the past. without any sentimental trom the learned inventor of the telephone. The | Pedestrians Have the Right of Way. deaf themseives have ne ‘To the Editor of Tar EveNtne Stan: method o Jam deaf partially. A beer-jerker’s wagon tion in IS17 to the present time oper Latent has knocked me senseless, and once have 1 vane nan beens, adopted. aMinantha, | been floored by a nobleman’s coach. In any | poncoodiperindl ci i past I4 years, and I un-| event the driver wore livery, and I “saw stars.” hesitatingiy say that as a method to be used for Now I carry a small Colt’s repeater, and will the instruction of the deat, it is uot « complete | surely, heneetorth, defend myselt. The common Fo ail classes or deat eat cannot oe applied | aw rute Is that the pedestrian, at all ttmes and enecf the monns of tess “deaf is good, | Places, though an astute magistrate of this city and in connect ze seems | holds differently, has the right of way, on or off to be the corr as he well | the payement—the banquette. I may be com- 2 in the country. | pelled because of my deafness to kill & horse or d be taught ag | Its driver,who, otherwise, would kill me. Judge music and the languages to those who c a It’s construction of the law would hang me, and for the same purpose | while tie law itself wouid deciare that I acted ment. There are many a | in self-defense. Expound the law. let ns kill a Gistributed over the few fast horses, or, more humanely, their dri- been educated under the vera, aad the fast driving of which you complain and who believe they write English. will be no more. A deaf lady of this city has persons, as the senior editor of the Athol (Mass.) been Knocked down twice recently by these pt, Amoosa (Iowa) Eureka. and W. M. | Whistling, shouting drivers, who imagine that mberiain formerly ed.tor of the Marblehead | ‘hey have done their duty if they have warned Mass.) Messeng and Hodgson of the Deaf | you of thelr approach by Some devilish uproar. ‘utes Journal. N. and Read ot the Advance, | dn the contrary, the law compels drivers to give who were educated in various inst in the | Way, ander all circumstances and on all occa- country betore Bell’s appearance in Bostoa, are | Sions and everywhere, for lestrians. The the peers of any graduate of the Northampton | Pedestrian always bas the right of way, and fi | Whenever and wherever stricken bya vehicle Mass.) Institution or the Boston Day Seiool [haslhis seen for deneaees Tem cei one the Deaf. Does intermarrying among the deaf bring an | ffequenter of the avenue who is compelled, in increased nomber into ¢ ation of deaf | Self-defense against hucksters’ carts and wagons of the nobility, to carry a pocket aes Such deat persons? The professor to justify such @ statement. He case now and then; but where he w family of deaf persons having deaf cli For You. = wih inotace nine who h hearing | Written for Tar Evestve Star. children; and further, the protessor knows from Personal observation that the majority of con- <a bepress genitai mates come from parents who have all on sarong reed oie thet faculties intact, and that the greatest Grant you Peace unt ‘send, somber of deaf persons owe thelr deainess to ‘Your heart to cheer. disease. and that the present number of deaf With ferven: heart, I knee! and pray Persons in this country {s no greater to-day God guide you on your upward way. than it ever was in proportion to the popnia- tion. ee ane nse ari ge ome Aart, ns 700 eles i ew Yee ‘So may its end in peace draw near, AS Oric™ Eater's. Cxrue. of And perfect light ;— ‘The light that shineth unto day, svening, all present became violently i nactie ; : six-year-old girl died and an old lady, a young Be on your peth, now and alway. ‘woman and a boy are not wed to live [tis supposed that Mr. Van Fussen’s daughter Anna, ‘The Light that came for you and me 0 is aD Opiim eater, put “Rough on Rats” in the coffee pot. ‘Down from above, ‘That brought the Peace—Good Will—so free ee ‘The overtures of the duke of Mariborough to his berg tng tpt divorced wife for a remarriage have Dec rejected ‘Shine ever on you, guide, and care, ‘The proposed expedition of Prof. Nordeuss)jold wo And keep you, 1s my earnest prayer. ‘the south poie bus post January 1, 188. "he said, when he had drawn the | j aod man poted racking roan, | | ha Fletcher, since dead, . sitting in front of the stable, heard the | | the Treaties, The next best thing to the cloak-room, and sometimes even a better thing, is one ot Welck- ers cosy dining-rooms, with a brace of wood- cock, ® canvas-back duck, or even two, with good wine, cigars, &c., &c., to induce a Con- greseman to talk. When the glow ot sat sfac- tion spreads all over him, and the annoyances of business are far from him, and the wine | makes him generous in mood, then he becomes communicative. A statesman recentiy, under | the genial effect of a frank impulse, and a di- gestion smoothly performing its work, unbo- somed himself to the “Habitue™ for the beneft of THe Stak, in words and figures about as fol- lows: + os “The treaties pending before the Senate will not probabiy be reported at a very early day, with the exception of that with Nicaragua. It is clear to the friends of the various reciprocity treaties that it will be wise to let them lle awhile; to ripen, as it were, and gather strength. Delib- eration, in the sense oi proceeding slowly, is, a8 arale, the strongest force in the world. « ae “The friends of the reciprocity treaties fay that they can readily understand how haste would endanger the success of - measures which, if adopted, will be of incalculable value to the country; that, as their cause is a good one, they jean afford to give the peopie time to thor- | oughly understand what is proposed. If the propositions had na inherent merit. the best policy would be to push them trom the moment they entered the Senate, without pause until the final vote was cast. * ss “The instructive alarm which the business portion of the community displayed at the first suzgestion of such reciprocity as is proposed in the Spanish and Dominican treaties, was natural. So radicala chanze from along es tablished policy could not but excite apprehen- sion and even alarm. And say the advocates rere of these treaties, one-half, or more of the opposition that has been go tar de- veloped. is wue to the fear that the measures were to be rushed through. They claim that these instruments have in the past few days; that consideration has brought forth fruit aud that in avery few months tie opposition will be confined mainly to Congress, and will | have very much dwindled there. * os “The hubbub of those who were so rendily alarmed. and so much frightened, was so great that for a time the friends to the new departure could not make themselves heard. But time has demonstrated that there are two sides, em- phatically, to this question. Not only has the recent letter ofthe Secretary of State been timely and productive of much good, but sober second thought has made friends to reciprocity from many of those who at first were most de- termined and vigorous opponents. as “Extremes meet; and the hich protectionists and the free-traders unite in opposing reetproci- y. Itis usuatly safe to take the golden mean. reme men are seldom right, and are always in the minority. So the advocates of the trea- ties argue that neither the free-trader, who pro- poses to grow wealthy by buying everything in cheap foreign markets nor the protectionist who thinks that a policy of swapping butter for eggs over the back fence is the royal road to riches, will be permitted to decide the great question at issue. It will be decided by the men of moder- ate views who have learned by the teaching of their own experience in a smali way, and of his- tory in a larger, that success and solid achieve- ment lie in the middiecourse. Nevertheiess.ex- treme men are of great use in this world. With- out these frowning headiands the mariner might not be able to strike the still water and deep channel that give sate passage-way between them. * oe “It is dimcult to say which is the most ridien- lous, the protectionist who says that we must all manufacture and prodace; but we must not try to sell our surpius; or the free-trader who insists tuat we must have the world for a mar- ket and be a market for the world, and yet will not consent that a beginning shallbe made at it. * ate “While deliberation Is the watchword in Con- Gress, and itis true that the adrfimistration would like to have thesetreaties ratified at once, yet it does not follow that they have been en- | tered into by the President with undue haste Fletcher hurried on down to the | and unthinkingly. TheSpanish treat: maturing for more than eighteen months. More than.a year ago Minister Foster returned here from'-pain to advise with the public men of. both parties as to this very treaty, then only an outline He found. among them all, no division of sentiment; all heartily favored the scheme. And it .s remarkable that some of those in Con- gress who are loudest now in opposition were warmest then in support of the idea, although it was not believed then that so good terms could be got from Spain. has been « ae “But the complaint is frequently made by the friends ot the proposed new departure that Great Britain does not oppose the Nicaraguan treaty with halt the vigor that is desirable. They roar us as gently as sucking doves over in London. It is true that one or two of their newspapers there have indulged ina limited amount of bluster; but, bless you. they haven't begun to begin such a hullaballoo as some ot our statesinen would like to have them furnish us with. England isnt doing the square thing by us. She could heip us immensely if she would only bluster a little. * ae “In point of fact Great Britain knows very well that she has not alegtostand upon in this matter. In the first place she is the last nation in the world to require consideration in such a case, for of all the nations sbe has been most conspicuous fora uniform habit of break- ing and violating treaties whenever she felt that it was for her interest to do so. If there is any binding force in the Clayton-Bulwer treaty now it is certainly not because Great Britain bas Kept the faith she pledged to it. There is no doubt whatever that she violated it, as will be amply demonstrated, I fancy, when the facts are made known. It is a poor treaty that won't work both ways. If England is not bound by it certainly tie United States are not. It can- not be maintained that its provisions are obliga- tory upon the United States while Great Britain is at liberty to play fast and loose with its coye- nants. * ae “No man can say what the decision of the Senate will be on this subject, but that they must take this view seems to be self-evident. But if it is not; if there is nothing in it, there is more to be said. Things are not as they were thirty-odd years ago, when this Clayton-Bulwer abortion was brought to light. The attitude of the United States towards the other nations of the world has changed very much, and we must order our life accordingly. Wecan no longer content ourselves with an introspective exist- ence. Hindoo philosophers think that they absorb wisdom by aconstant contemplation of their navels. Perhaps they acquire something in that way, Unt they don't yet far. There are more things in heaven and earth than are writ- ten in 8 man’s navel; and we, of the United States, have gazed Cs ours in wrapt absorp- tion longenough. We have learned about ail we can in that way. - as “Let no man be deceived. The sreography of the world will show some remarkable alterations in the next ten years. The instincts of mankind have not changed since thedays when the Gauls and the Romans and the Goths and the Saxons went about merrily a map making. What a vigor for conquest has fallen upon all European nations! Russia, Germany, France, Port -827. | He wants to dicker and Spain—all save Great Britain, Austri: Italy—are reaching out and picking up the world's waste lands and lonely out-lets. * os “This is somewhat aside the question, which is, ‘What is to be the end of all this, and what effect is it to have upon the United States?’ Will we be permitted, while monarchs are strengthening their hold upon power, to ait still ment that are not free. And the ambitions of Come eae tive longings towards bitece nor ngs Lemay nd ng of magna charta, of Cromwell, or centuries, when the peasants of France (indeed of all Eu- es) eee communes, and swore they have no lords to rule over them. The columas of an Legis p, nobenib . filled wi the world’s news, Ww ‘ moustrate tals. “ i H z2 Lf GTON, D. C., SATURDA enterprise has exceeded the requirements#of old markets he seeks new ones. In estimating a nation’s greatness, we set down its commerce and wealth along with its military prowess and the progress it has made in the arts. industries and sciences. The spirit cannot de confined within limits. It <a grows and expands and reaches out, irives govern- ments on to conquests. ae “New conditions exist to-day with reference to commerce. Not only do the people of the United States feel that they must have greater markets or stagnate, but the commercial spirit of all the civilized peoples upon earth is impell- Ing governments to seize new advantages and establish new avenues and channels for trade. It is not to be left for us to gotorthto reap a harvest In other couatries without encountering opposition; we will not be left to the undis- turbed enjoyment of even’our home markets— unless we show a disposition, a determination to keep what we have and to gather in our share of whatever else may offer. « ats “The Nicacagua canal has become a necessity for the United States. There was atime when itwas only a theory, dream, that some day it might be advantageous to us. Now, we must have it. Not only because without {t our tn- stitutions will be threatened with suffocation, but also because without buiid up a foreign nor conserve our domestic commerce. Then, because it may not suit Great Britain to unite with us in building the canal shall it be said that, in the widely different cir- cumstances by which we are surrounded, we inust be bound by agreement which was in- sane even when it was contracted and has never courmanded the respect of the other party? Is itin ereoue this or any other nation to thus bind itself to its own hurt ?” * ots The Senate are giving Capt. Eads a great deal of unnecessary trouble; they have com- pelled him to shift his quarters from the room of the committee on naval aifaira to the Butler building, opposite the Capitol, which has been rented for use as Senate committee rooms, &c. It is true that Senate employes were made todo the work of taking-down his model of the Te- huantepec ship railway. convevine it over to the other building and putting it up again. But still it was putting the gallant captain to agreut deal of inconvenience, and was a piece of mere thoughtlessness. a ate This generosity towards thie pafticular scheme opens up a perfectly dazzling prospect tothe gentlemen of the vestibule. No more cooling of heels with the common herd out in the corridors! No more rebuffs from busy Con- gressmen who will not receive cards during the session! No hi! Each and every scheme for getting money out of the Treasury wiil be pro- vided by Congress with afine r . elexantly appointed, and equipped with a clerk or 80. and @ messenger or two, with laborers galore to do the heavy work, and all asa for out of the public treasury! No one who is not an abs lute porker could ask any thing better than that * Ex-Secretary Thompson, who is an American citizen and consequently a sovereign, has the “age” onaduke. That is, Thompson used to be a citizen of the United States; he may, how- ever, have accepted French citizenshtp aince he becaine the attorney fer M. De Lesseps. France has ¢.ne in for annexation and colonization very extensively and has picked up some very queer bargains jately. There's no telling. +* Perhaps, ifthe two men can't agree, however, whether Thompson shall float the lilies of France over the door of the President's room, or whether Senator Edmunds shall turn out so that the other fellow may display the gorgeous arms of an ancient duchy on the panels of the Vice President's room; then, and in that case, Congress might address a respectful petition to De Lesseps praying that he may settle the dis- pute by indivating, over his own seal and with the approval of the French government, which is the “rankingest man” of the two. . ae Jay Gould would then of course be comfort- ably ensconced in the room of the committee on railroads; the whisky men will avail themselves of the urbane courtesy or Senator Morrill In the room of the committee on finance, &e., &. Meanwhile, the poor devils who have just claims against the government pending before Con- gress may go hungry; they have no business to be poor, * ae ASenator said the other day, “De Lesseps can afford to spend a milliou dollars to defeat the Nicaraguan treaty; and he won't hesitate to do it, either. The lobby will bea grand and a powerful one, and the enemles to the reciprocity treaties will unite with the enemies of the Nicararnan treaty, and they will make common cause against all treaties. Outsiders have no conception of the admirable system of lobbying that has already begun operations here against all the treaties, and especially that with Nica- Tagua.” ——__—_-e.___ ‘The Mando! Written for Tae Fine features set, Of raven tresses that lovingly curl, While streamers of flimy lace float round— Such is the face of the Mandoline Giri. With an old-world grace she touches the strings, And eyes the leader with serious mien. She 1s caught in the spell that nofatiingly springs From the troubadour heart of the mandoline. It carries her straight to fair Italy’s shore, Where the first tender dream of her girlhood came, ‘To her far-away Venice, now lost evermore, By its poverty banished, she loves it the same, She floats again on the moonlit canal, Begulled by the strains of a gay barcarole ‘On the lips of her lover, the mad carnival Ofthe streets hardly reaching her love-laden soul, Stillon, by piazza, palace and dome, Through campanile’s shadow, Rialto’s vast bend, In seeming she glides until, safe in her home, She blesses sweet Mary, protector and friend. ‘The playing has ceased, and the rapt look fades From her face as she lays her mandoline down, She sees but the glare and the pebbled glades Of a garden of song in a strange western town, —T. W. STocKaRD. ee A es GOV. HENDRICKS’ COULNESS. How He Checked a Panic and Pre- Vented a Calamity at a Meeting in Allinois. A congressman in talking to a group of gen- tlemen a day or two ago related an incident going to show the nerve and cool courage of Vice President-elect Hendricks. Said he: “In the canvass of 1876 I was with Hendricks when he spoke at atown in Illinois. A large plat- form had been erected for the accommodation of what, on sach occasions, are termed ‘Invited guests.’ ‘t stood upon the side of quite an elevation, so that a portion of the platform, tseipad halt of it, was ten or fifteen feet above he ground. While Hendricks was speaking a portion of that haif the platform nearest to the ground fell with a crash. Fortunately it tell in aslanting manner and nobody was hurt, but everybody except Hendricks was scared. The crowd started with a rush to that portion of the plattorm which had not yet given way and, but for the coolness of Hendricks there would no doubt have been a terrible calamity. With a aes perfection of the danger and as calmly as if nothing bad happened he checked the rush. His cool bearing enabled him to command the crowd, which was turned aside and the men and women stepped to the ground from the sunken platiorm. Then those of us who were on the higher portion descended, and none too goon, for the supports under us were already giving away. lendricks had a of the platform made secure and finished his speech a8 if nothing unusual had occurred.” * Florida. ‘Written for Tae Evexine Stan O, Florida! Thy sweet and balmy air My fancy breathes again ; ‘Thy placid lakes and em’rald landscapes fair And Ocean bounded main Come to my view, in all their regal dress, And on my mem’ry fond sweet visions press ! ‘Thy trees and fowers and thy wealth of green, Untouch’d by Winter's cold, Ever constant bioom in the sunshine’s sheen ‘Neath skies of blue and gola— Lending Spring to Winter, while song-birds sing "Mid nestling Vines that round the live-oak cling? bey Sager peed ben dtostoertae, Lace) Delight the heart with scenes that never fade, And Ured nature finds A rest and case that dreams of biiss inspire And fill the soul with swectgostatic fire ! ‘To one thou hast a charm that few can know, | Will fan and kins her grave forevermore | —Bipxer T. Bares, ‘Washington, January 5, 1885. it we can neither | + JANUARY 10, 1885—-DOUBLE SHEET. The Official Program in Fall. ‘The following program of the formal evening receptions to be given by the President is of- clally announced from the Executive Mansion: On Tuesday evening, January 13th, from 9 ‘Until 11 o'clock, to meet the Diplomatic Corps. On Tuesday evening, January 20th, reception to the Congress and the Judiciary. On Tuesday evening, January 27th, to meet the officers of the army, of the navy, and of the marine corps. Itis also understood that during the month of February at least one public reception will be given by the President, the three entertain- ments xlready designated being limited to the official bodies named. Congresa and the army and navy are invited to meet the Diplomatic Corps, a similar compliment being extended alternately at each of the other receptions. No cards or formal invitations willbe issued to any anofficial persons tor either of these receptions. It will be noticed that this season the hours have been changed. and 9 o'clock will be. doutit- less, a much more convenient time to commence. Arrangements are also being made to avoid the discomforts heretofore incidental to the crowd about the cloak-rooma on the first floor inter- fering with the line of those waiting to be pre- sented. It is intended that at the evening re- ceptions hereafter all except the Diplomatic Corps shall enter the house by the special en- trance east of the main portico on the Pennsyl- vania-avenue front of the house, ascend th staircase between the Fast Room and the large vestibule, and find convenient cloak-rooms for ladies and gentleanen at the head of the stairs. After depositing the wraps, etc., they will pasa througif the corridor on the second floor and descend by the staircase at the west end of the building, across the jower hall, and through the Red Room tu the Blue Room, where the pre- sentations will be made as usual. After the re- ception the ascent to the eloak-rooms will be made again by the the west stairease, as before. To leave the building guests will turn to the left at the foot of the west staircase, and through the small ante-room dnd main vestibule to the portico. The entrance and cloak-rooms tor the Diplo- matic Corps will be reserved, as usual, EIGHTY-TWO YEARS AGo. How Congressmen Roughed it Washington—A Private Letter Which Gives a Misty View of the Capital in 1802, The following private letter written in the be ginning of the present century, by one member picture of the condition of Washington city at that time. From the contents it would appear that there were scarcely any facilities here at that time for obtaining home comforts for travel or for getting necessary supplies. and that all the city had to recommend it was the fact that | it was the seat of government. Washington's house, referred to as being the only boarding house on Capitol Hiil, which had not failed, is now part of the Hillman house. It will be seen that the Seven Buiidings, which stand at the corner of 19th street and Peonsylyauia avenue, were land marks ot the day, and that the Execu- tive Mansion was called simply the President's house, Samuel Latham Mitchell, the writer ofthe letter, was born on Long Island, in 1763. He was | professor of chemistry and natural history in Columbia College, New York, and a practicing physician with large practice. He was a Repre- sentative in Congress trom 1801 to 1804. a Sena. tor from 1804 to 1809, and again a ce teers tive from 1810 to 1813. He died Sept. 8th, 1831. John Sinith, the recipient of the letter, was a general ot militia of New York, a member of the state legislature trom 1784 to 1799, a Repre- sentative in Congress trom 1789 to 1804, and a Senator from 1804 to 1813. He was appointed v. i marshal for New York in 1813, and died in 1816. New York Oct. 30. 1802 My DEAR SiR I very much fear the project of taking an House at Washington will be attended with too many In- conveniences to be attempted during the ensuing months. Hiere ure the diMculties: if we get an house we must buy Kitchen furniture, dining room appara. tus, and Beis and bedding for our private € bers, Inaddiuon to all this, we must purcha: our pots and Ketties, plates ‘glasses, knives and forks, carpets, Chairs € tables at New York and all thts done, what shail we do with our tuings at the end of the Session? Really my friend I feel Stagyered at the thought of ail these purchases and preparations, Further, upon this plan, we must purchase our Potatoes, ‘four, Beef, Pork, Salt-fsh, apples, Wine &c &c at this Place and send them on also.” How shall we manage all this? What fare we shall have, I know not. The Post master General was here two days ‘He tn- forms that there has not been a hottse butlt. on the Capitol bill during the Recess: and but three (or) four, and those mere huts, near the President's house. I have been told ‘that all the boarding houses On the Hill except Washington's have (al Well I belleve we must take our chance and Tough It as well as we can. If the fll should not suit'_us we can try the Seven bulldings or even Georgetown upon a placa, & the exercise will do us service. We have iost Mr Low from the Hill, he has gone to England. My Information from Cadiz a few days ago leads to a bellef that the Spanish Captures of Ainerican ships will be put tn atrain of setilement. ‘This will be good for the Merchants and for the admintstra- ton. Granger says that tn Connecticut there will in a twelve month or two be certainly a republican house of Assembly: What think you of Rodneys success in Delaware? ‘This ts che second time that ‘That little state has been divided by the number of about 15 or 16 voles. Steady Ciuzens. If agreeable to you we wiil travel on together & you may drop me a iine of the day you will be in town. If your other friends are not voo .mportu- nate with you I should be glad you would make my house your habitation. Youis truly & Kespectiuliy Sars W. Mircmeuy To Genl John Smith, Fire place Suffolk RS ARE Easy.” Forty-eight Years of Democratic Rule Forty-eight Years of the Opposition —Cleveland Starts a New Count. “EON To the Editor of Tae Evesrso Sran: As the two great parties of the country under various names, but virtually the same, have maintained their attitude of opposition to each other with varying fortunes since the founda- tion of our government down to the present time, it Is a curiousjfact, illustrating how closely they are balanced, that ‘each will have had the control of affairs, down to the close of the pres- ent administration, for exactly the same total of years—48. First we have Washington. federal- ist, eight years, and the first Adams, tour years, both representing the cpposition to the party pig ed known as the democratic. Next come Jefferson (republican), Madison and Mon- Toe, all now’classed as democrats; then the sec- ond Adama{(whiz), anti-democratic, four years; then come Jackson, democrat, eight Buren, democrat, four years. Hai ears; Van son, whig years; Polk, democrat, four years; Taylor, whig ‘who died after his Inauguration), four ye: ierce, democrat. four years; Buchanan, dem: crat, four years; after thatthe twenty-four years of anti-democratic rule ending March 4th next— the Presidents elected being Lincoln, repabli- can, elght years (assassinated in second term); Grant, republican, eight years; Hayes. republi- ean, four years; Garfield. republican, four years (assassinated); total, forty-eight years of demo- cratic Presidents and forty-eight years of the opposition. Cleveland's term will make the pre- ponderance on the democratic side. W. H. T. g The Dog Nuisagce. To the Editor of Tax Evexrxo Stan: ‘There seemea disposition on the part of some members of @ongress and the press outside of Washington to ridicule the idea of Hon..A. 8. Hewift’s being unable to sleep on account of ell di Iwish such persons as never ioe donb bark in the tight apd the giant sleeper of the world, Hon, Tom Texas, would just take a residence on I or K streets, any- where between 15th and 20th streets, and then per dheeds tae teak et ere ta Last August a mine was taken baad {ll in that locality. After a fever nervous prostration ensued. Nota person but the nurse and near friends could see her; the slightest noise tortured her; even the clock was removed from her chamber and thing done to induce sleep Great Heavens! She might as tried to sleep on the battle field. dog chained in the adjoinii and barking the Rs each time and clanking his crain as he h like afiend in hades, then a small H q i | 3 i ast staircase and down by | of Congress to another, gives an interesting | short Session which you Know cannot exceed three | se | send thein by Water to Alexandria. And supposing | (who died shortly after fils fnanguration), four | LITERARY NOTES. TS THE LENA Dr A Napuatrer or rie Seance Fou Lirct, Coumaxces EvLove rep ie | afternoons ‘or the tore formai reception of wie. parasons. yy ee M shod of | Hors at bis studio, 1411 G street. cocking the Soren Pele By | -—Mr.G P. A. Healy, the distinguished por- Srna Sass cha iii trait paint-7, who has been In Burope for some raaiton, uit: Oo. Washi time past. is now on his way home. ‘The story of Arctic exploration and adventure! _ Mr. Ww, ¥. Birney has sent from New York isan old one, and, though those who keep ed-! for exhibition in the Corcoran Gallery two of | ding to its pages have jittle to teli that is abso- | nis figure pieces which attracted so much fa- | luteiy new, it is ever tresh, and fascinating asa | Forable attestion when shown in that city be- jTomance. This is notably true of the narrative | fore the folidays, ki | before us, Mr. Melville gives few facts not | ~The sales at the New York National Acade- already known ia relation to the mournful De- | My"s autumn exibition show a decided falling Long tragedy, but he invests the record with vipts. Year before Inet Ofty-five worke | Femarkabie interest. so far_ as the recital of de- | Were suid, fo! Last year the sales are | tails is concerned, while in literary style it would | reported at $10,445 for sixty-six works. do credit to a person of muc —Circulars are issued for the prize exhibition long training as a writer. to be opened on April 7 in the zatierics of the imself to mere dry details. He p sats ite ‘ a j hitnselt to have been a close observer of scenes | Ametican Art Association, New York, { 8nd incidents, and he shows excellent descrip tive powers, with a due sense of humor, as well Jas power to arouse the sympathy of his Teasers, us the melancholy features of the expe- | dition are portrayed. | Tn addition to the history ot the ill-fated Jean- | nette expedition, Mr. Melville devotes j of chapters to the re: Gr }and the story of that exp will be remembered, he bore a cons | -—is al-o told in concise and graph | Notwithstanding the unfortunate the previous efforts with which he has ected, Mr. Melville is by | Test { the north pole. | his Book, he expresses his de make; and he points ont the m | as he thinks, the effort may be suc. | led out. His theory seems to be plausibie, | least, and though we have littie fa chances of success, or that any r would be worth auy where near t is yet littie cround for doubt that the mears and men necessary for another undertaking wll Mr. Elihu Vedder's masterly illustrations of the translations from Omar Khayyam has given the halénakuown word ‘swirl a tremendous impetus in Roston. The awirlls the key of the | mostery of th query of life and iach. Mr. Vedder is sald to tare received #19 000 from Houghto: in & Co. for these ;) Phuwstr ies, | —The sale of paintings contribated in aid of the Artist's Fuad Society, of New York, witt city E. ot Hleries, acting comprises 153 bronze for the benefit Mr. Frederick Lauer, ading, Pa., t= to be lanue May next. The work is the order he National nd will cost, when com- | direction are in our opinion to b but we recognize the fact, the spirit of adventure and discovery strong in the present age to jistea to the ¥ of reason or to take heed from tie dreadiu ex periences of the past. We adda sinzie ex-ract sail x to Mr. Geor ot the tion of paintings be- ¢ 1. Seney, of Brooklyn, from the book, describing the las of the . ean- i. it tn now Bald, & place in March. Thi nette, which at once tlinstrates the au‘nor's | “Ve, Will be one of the most important ot ite style and affords a vivid p f Fi the | Kind —_ has ever tak Tp . Most thriling incidents of the expedition ty. and, on account of tis | “Thankful were we to make our be. gency in monetary arfairs, will a! o gentler al instead of beneath the sea, whe ‘80 often finds his endless rest. | Proverbial for his growling when t | and life ts rosy; for his cheerfuine: sot | danger and distress, We had slept but a few | hours when a loud report, like that of a cannon, | awoke us. The fioe had split in every d rection fone crack making directly into our canip through the center ot De Long's tent; and liad | it not been for the weight of the © | eltber end of the rbber blank | middie must inevitably have droppet inte th sea. As it was, they Were rescued oith great | difficulty; aud in an fustant the camp was alive | again. Althouzhthe boats, sleds and provision had been placed close to the tents to avoid sepa- | | ration by Just such a happening as tis, we now | found ourselves drifting slowly ‘com th | Boards were at once thrown across t nimble feet sped back and fort, boats were successfully jumped ¢ the gap had widened beyond the planks. a way was discovered ar Provisions recovered. our tents | Shifted farther back fi the ed and we were soon dozing again | nen having ready ! tunity to pro- vorks of art at prices iar beiow inal eost is tatr is the ba ldh Century as, commerce, the busts and statues sof these domains, 180,000 to 8,000,000 and isto be met by subscriptions, lutte- r want of sum unfavoral Donoto has a states to sdoned his idea of going to the @ subject fur bis pictare fur and wy a return te there. He 2 for his pencil neur istanding the short Jitably represented in artists to which all eves During bis short stay t visit since he tefi tor Europe five r. Donoho has greatly enjoyed meet- sional and personal friends, all of ¥ proud of the success he has so wext Ralon, “During the early houre of the mornin: Kuhne. the watch, had attentive!) observ ship, as she swayed to and fro, creaking groaning with the movements of Le ic ard four o'clock. the hour for him io summon re- | Nef, he suddenly announced. in s 5 stage whisper to Bartlett. “Torn out Want to see the last of the Jvanneite. she goes! There she goes! Most of us had barely time to arise and look out when, amid the rattling and banging of ser timbers an | iron-work, the ship righted uad stood almost up the floes that had coine in und crushed her slowly backed off; and es she sank, with | slightly accelerated velocity, the yard-arms | were stripped and broken upward the masts; aud so, like a grat, clapping its hand above his hie out of sight. Those of us wo did so with mingled fee relief. We were now utt« any rational hope of a of escape, to whic. so many associations uttached, dostro: and hence it was are Major, who. it willberemem- the Harper-Hallgarten European Scholarship prize, left Waskinzton on Wednes- 8 to sail frum New York to-day, enjoyment of the dirst fraits ort of the er upon tl of his artistic ne quite an recipient of the honors, vcorded a hearty round of applause forward to accept the prize. A ning was added ia ment of the n of their ins sof the Tuud, would ca! pleasant before our | ed Sta 20 wonder we felt | te in a sense thst few can appreciate. hy Schoiarsisip satisfied, svice we knew tull well | Kuro . Our young towusman that the ship's usefulness had long ago passed : urope at least two x away. and we could now start at once—the | there can hardly be a doutt that before sooner the better—on vur long march to the | returns he wiil Cully justliy the lich expecta: south.” tert: ned by his friends as tohiscapacity IN THE TRADES, THE TROPIC: ING FOITES. By Lavy Br Justrations. New York ington: Robert Beail. The title chosen by Lady Brassey for her | latest book can hardly be regarded asan exactly felicitous cne, yet it fairly Indicates the tamous | “Sunbeam’s” route of the four month voyage it | tan: model, ¢ that Mr. Andrews has describes, which was ‘rom England te Madeira, | 2 and expression wreates thence to the West Indies. with a touch on the | } coast of South America, a visit to the Ber-| mudas, and home by the way of the Azores. ‘The author always travels under the most plea ant auspices, so tha! she is generally able to take a rose-colored view of the people, scenes and incidents falling under her ouservation, aud she has the facultr of telling ier story ina straightiorward, ious and entertaining manner. She devotes a little too much space perhaps to things that, enjoyable enough ia themselves as experiences in travel, are iy worth putting ints print; but, visitng unfamil regions and having the gift of seeing what is characteristic, she does not become tiresome, and, equaily to her credit, she rarely scolds of | complains. A most interesting portion of the book isthe chapter devoted to Venezuela, a coun- try of which American travelers and readers | know but little. Here her party found much to attract and entertain, not the least among the striking features being the railway from the | rincipal Feaport to Caracas. the capital, whic Ee oneor the most remarkable examples of engi ust_ completing a full- ze portrait of Jeierson, which, when exposed to view, must command pubil¢ attention. Iu represeuting the face, the por- trait by Stuart has been accepted ax the best at~ Heury Huit & 0 of what is now kuuwa of the t states j teas. The costume ix rather more elegant and | striking than one would expect to see upon the great tounder and expounder of democracy, but is point Mr. Andrews has been guided by information furnished by those fuily competent tu speak, so that it may be regarded as histori- ca'iy, corre material and style. Mr. Jette on thy appears in rich black velvet coat and kne= breecties, with black silk stock- i hoes; the waistcoat ts of crimson jace ruffles adora the shirt front The few and simple, and are intro- duced in a manner to harmonize with rather than to disturb or draw attention from the cen- which stands, well poised in an easy position, with one hand resting on a while the other holdsa pen, the use of is suitably suggested by some loose papers lying on the table. The likeness, in face And fiure, is considered an excellent one, by | those wito remember Mr. Jefferson, and indraw- neering in the world. To illustrate the charac- | jn, composition and color the picture must cer- ter of the line, she tact is cited that the track 15 | tainly be recarded asa pleasing and creditable sometimes carried along a mere ledge of rock, | work of art. over three thousand feet high, and where a bi ape cult dropped irom the train would fall a dis- HOW MLLE. RHEA DRESSEs, | tance of eighteen pundred feet betore touching the ground. Readers of Mrs. Brassey's two| q pescription of the Wardrobe ef the PREVIOUS FOF Great French Actress. From the Cleveland Herald. In “Advienne™ her Drst dress is all red Turkish satin with hand-vrocaded gold overdress; the | dress is of white satin, embroidered with Tarkish characters in gold. The waist is ot red velvet, hand-embroidered with crescents and eastern ir addition to being beautifully printed, is pro- fasely illustrated with unusually well-executed wood-cuts aad contains a number of useful maps. Messrs. Jumes R. Osgood & Co. have in press anew book by General Hazen, entitied “A Nar- rative of Military Serviee.” It is Intended to | Land-embroiden ; be a complete history of what his command did, Seen ppenpioniqrtengchr Lente from the beginning to the end of the late wer, \ led by | a Turkish cap with a Mosaic tip. From the left accompanied by his own observations and refiec- | ® Dues oan as ie is to be illustrated by engray- | side of the cap projects a high plume. A belt ings and saps, it will doubtless prove to be a| of precious stones is worn around the waist, valuable and tateresting contribution to the | meeting in front, and joined by e crescent- general history of the war. | Shaped buckle = epee ane. Sus- HE TOBACCO CUR} nded from the beit on the ie is a hand- THE TORACOS CURE, | conve jeweled Acgeer exdulakiny aomeanek ten ‘The Experience Which Has Made Sen- | oy a ia the daintiest of Turkish san- lals of velvet. rk eee eee (Go ter brent Mile. hun wens = iongulliouss i diamond star, the last present given her by the late Czar Alexander, of Russia, on the termina- | tion of her very memorable engagement at St. Petersburg. In the Villa soene in the third act Mademoiselle wears a dress in blue satin bro- cade, Watteau style. with large panniers—by the modisies termed Rhea panniers—Madem- ciselle having introduced that style country. The front of the skirt Is of Ex-Senator Clingman, of North Carolina, has made ct least one convert to his theory that to- baceo is the sovereign remedy for wounds, | bruises and sores. Senator Lapham says he knows from experience the North Carolinian does not exalt the curative properties of the “weed” too highly. Mr. Lapham has tried the remedy frequently. He says that he had a catarrhal sore in Lis nose which gave him great annoyance. The i pe pegnre skill and the lotions | 7) ‘of the “Princess de Boul he prescribed tailed to remove or relieve it. One | the Teception of t Might toe Seuntor took s short cigar stamp, | the fourth act.© The overdress is of weil moistened, und Inserted it in the nostri 80 as to entirely cover the sore. The next morn- ing he says the pain was gone. A thorough cure was effected within these few hours. On one occasion a brickmason, who was doing some work at Mr. Lapliam's house, accidentally drove pad. ype ot his trowel into the palin of his left band, making an ugly wound. The Senator, with’ his faith In tovacco, made a poultice of it. Within £g8 ite : i i d £ rs i i tal ist BS58 Ps ee i E i é ins leaves of that plant and applied So cncewan bi mak tren or four Gage the wouud nes ao tar healed peed preppy pnt ig menses trouble. Mr, Lapham "a ee a far | cut, with of rich satin and lace. % of a back’ — ees with alternate rows of 4 who was bitten by a poisonous suake. He took | SAti0 and trimmed with alternage rows o 3 an old clay pipe which he had smoked for years, moiselle wears a white satin skirt brocaded x ithout ever for a single time having cleaned It, | Vt Tiioce: the front is in waves of lilacs in satin and pounded up Into apomder. Or ft nade by | #04 zold ince. On the breast Mite. Rhea wears a ape ‘ appli ped ext handsome diamond ornament. a souvenir from Surely the happtest ahd baited ed wnor ‘his who neither Phar tue Life's darkness learns that he is Diind Bue eae ‘the bat or pata betore his Mr. Walter Parix lias sot apart Satantay 4 ¢ a

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