Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1885, Page 2

bo THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. @., SATURDAY: wok” @ THE coLvms' How to Make a Use rm Evexrsa tional matters, and more especi Tumbian Unt your ve 4 quest of the Inte Rear Admiral Instit The Columbi thy in sympathy and r rison with t! University. of The r a ISS3, $.700 volumes w rot sity wement of M chief librar 10,000 volume: of 1834, wal average by gift tii tem rr Y AND DISTRICT. and impost of New York. » justly recarded as the best umes. tvil Dewey, A.M., | trom a deep interest in educa- ially in the Co- ty of this city, to acknowledge favorable notice of the be- Powell to that University fs wor- the patronage. citizens and those her and H streets, a committee of to any Institu- ichly endowed. htlessman- buildings ot Baltimore. and These two authorities of rently com= at a cost of MN) volumes. pneing 1863 re purchased — Under the , Tore than were added during the single x twelve times as many as the and purchase. is aronnd this ons center. To went one needs roving and beautiful structure and witness the great wumber of earnest ‘a the obliging library staff be the most pleased in thus x foot for the varied tastes of those who are intellectuaily inclined. Asa furth whieh the x zement of the Co! isconducted, | may mention that one of the | lary of fifteen thon- law professors receives sand doti annum. The tre seventy-tiy furnishes bis clerical amount. out tw h the heat an ly in real estate- property 0 L about Murr: vi lots alan annual It was prompt and H Tue commi wed one doliar ery bill has been p ti pte it tect > Lewmen the ¢ EVESING Stan: applicants for nail, but mi abit. were to ‘stay ar) crowd that Ks and other ort Wer at f Tan Evexixe to say to he n drink i n is removed dicted to drix Tr way family for yea ways the bot Hi Eittto: Tn & EVENIXG Stam a government that chi sood salary necessary, I tee Hunter. eneral Hatton, wrote to Minister ograph of t pand with with the signature: mnstc out of sight. January 19, 1955. ance ¥ million of dollars. and Trinity churel endowed wisdom, beyond whom it sr the hours ter of abse: boots, shoes of broken t0¢ instance of the large seale on jumbia college easurer is paid hundred dollars per annum and from_ this tons of coal power for the ment fund is not ated all the that is bi the choicest a it hil, A ground rent pian. e mentioned t beea runn) rental of ti ly renewed red dollars e the munifi ars for its to the pr promptly per- fucation After stuctory use be to the culture ual element in ‘hall the intri- RC. rowd, Jetters at the of the city post office who do ly call and ask as at home and } rf MeCulloch s from the cipline has i the other ertain in the being there at yleasure in th Ss prac- the heads Them Moucy. Tezard to th was employed ind such rem- ‘ast: then,too, home fr or the same biy. He ¢ for drink. OUSEKEEPE, employes were iness on their own he law seems to have , If it has not been repeated. one who is en with the world after along has lou ould per- ance of earning ores, printin, the case may motto, but many see the force of it, or 1 A man witha it hard te compete with a to fall back on in replenishing 1 PLay.” fespouse to am Autograph in behalf ot a Lowell asking ‘he poet Tenny- + from Locksley Hall, very black ink, ®t self, that, trembling, past in ‘TENNrson, The | visa yy} on the build- | of the} | i } | | | | | | } | n | labor in return at a was sand it works admi pee stops the crav | ever itmay be termed, was uttered bya lady, SOCIETY CONVERSATION. Some Suggestiony as to How It Can be Insproved. | A SOCIETY [ADT SPEAKS @F THE EPF- FORTS MADE TO INTRODUCE AN OASIS IN THE CONVERSATIONAL DESERT OF SOCIETY—WHY PATENT © ATIONS WERE A FAILURE— THE PLAN POSED OF ORGANIZING & SOCIETY FOR MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT IN CON- VERSATION, “Of course conversation in society is common- place, very often vapid and frequently stupid. The same tiresome. tread-mill is followed year atter year, and, I might say, generation after generation, only varied perhaps, by the changes in colloquilisms and forms of expression.” This criticism, or Slander upon modern society, which and THe Star man, as he listened noticed that the tane of voice was as evenly modulated as if the weather or some equally unexciting topic was under @iseussion: The judgment ex- pressed was evidently founded’ upon experi. ence. As the few friends who had Just risen from dinner settled into easy chairs to enjoy the repose which waits upon aclear conscience and a good digestion, no one seemed inclined to con- the opinion advanced, ~The conversational purces of modern sogiety might be capable of defense, but the good patured acquiesence which is one of the resuits of the after dinner hour upon the mental powers, and the charm which a brifliant wouda can exert are not among the causes which provoke controversy, So the talk proceeded in the nature of a logue. “It is perfectly ridiculous to speak of conver- sation in society as far as the play of mind upon mind is concerned.” It does not exist. There is talk.a sort ot mechanteal flow of words, which means nothing or anything, and which is uttered with no intention of expressing any ideas, It Is expected that people will make use of language when they enter a house, when they pass throuzh a reception room among the s.in the pauses of the dance, and at the refreshment tadie, and in consequence lan- guage is used. The usages of polite society re- quire that the vocal organ, with which nature has endowed us shail be used, and so they are employed In uttering words. Society may be aware of the physiological fact that human beings have brains, but there seems to be no place In its economy for their exercise, at least as one of the means of social enjoyment. How= ever. we all know that they exist, and the peo- le that one meets In society are endowed with brains and know how to use them in other sphe I propose that we Institute a reform, and introduce brains into the conversational desert of modern society.” ATIONS AND THEIR TSE. med a chorus of drowsy but interested voices. “T remember some years ago.” continued the hostess, apparently allowing the rather clamor- ous intervagative to be engulfed in the onward * of the current of her talk, “that it wassug- | ted that the who are, of course, the | natural leaders in society, skeleton conver: sation contd be lie and conducted to a sue- ai and safe eonchasion without any mental | effort whatever, ond at the same time brilliant little itty sal- fies could al al- | Jusions c+ —to | relieve es triviality of society talk—would thus be gained and things could en in their une abril ronnd with added luster | T must sa 8p Practice it worked ¥ ational productio ad you don’t know it was to find out how nic person fitted In with those another. Ail that you needed was the last word. I believe persons on. the s HI it the ene, | and wile the preceding sentences were being uttered you could giv . ry ona when the cu would be the imainable.” | y of the brilliant mots.” asked the | now thoroughiy interested listeners. | g SOCIETY WITTICISM. | hey will sound flat to you, { reumstazices,” was the response, | “but Iremember one, The gentleman in the ion good naturedly "= nothing for science or y, but only for literature per se, She she certainly did care m per se than about scie good, indeed,” exclaim with great unanimity, interrupt pa jon of the bright featur versations; “but pr: it all ended. patent go on and tell us how ther thoughtfully, “T | cifterently | to (proceed | jon our conversa. | ist in using them dunn the of course, ithe lady bright tii nt times, el suppose that at dit w e would po season Was 01 nmer at wat places, &e., an they were Suppropriate. “Then they would carry them over trom one season to | another, and that made it rather awkward. 1! suppose it was force of hi New people | coming in did not unde d. would often | th nence of the questions and answers ai e with their rythmica tlow, so to speak got into the | habit of be! the most nd so altozetl ile conversing and | mus mistakes would arise, and raduaily fell into’ dis- ion having | reduced to its e, and the present Ihave an i¢ what is 2” exclaimed eyeryt breathless auspense. F ANEW TALEING “It isa very simpie one, indeed, the lady, with the serene confidence of an in- ventor. “It may be eailed the natural method, as they say about the stnd Jern lan- gua: There is to be no scope Is to be left for th ional 3 i pose to form a composed of the I 1 which 1 o¢ea- | y that these topics are the | year to another, and may be 1 way as follows: Literary, The first includes com: | cles and continued stories in are of the day. Also the new | L hich excite The second division is more ueral purposes it comprises fore Congress, especially that ry and the navy. Special is may take a wider range. Then the social of course, includes the gossip about the bali and receptions past and to come, and the incl- dents connected with them, besides personal mutters, the extent aud manner of treatment in | this instance being left, by necessity, entirely to the Judement of each individual. Now my idea is simply this: Have aii the ladies meet together and ntroduce these subjects one after the other. A eneral expression of views will follow from the ladies; their observations, serious and amus- ing will be elicited, and in this way each one will have the benefit of the opinions of all the rest, $0 that when they come to converse upon these subjects they will display a broadness of view anda weaiti of information that will at once edify and astonish all who come within the sound of their yoices. Statesmen, Jiterary peo- ple and every one who vaiues koowledge will come to the receptions and balls of society peo- ple in order that they may be benefited and in- structed. This may sound strange, but it is not impossible, and any one who has come in con- tact with the briglit women who grace our s0- ciety and have listened to their brilliant re- partees and their keen Incisive expression of opinion can see at once what such a combina- tion could effect. I think that in this way the entire tone of our social intercourse would be elevated, aud it would be permanent and not like the other method, simply temporary in its character. Of course, in such a society the bright, smart women would contribute the most, but then they would have larger oppor- tunities in a social world, where the intel- Lectual standard is higher.” THE MEN TO FOLLOW THE WOMEN. “But bow about the men fn this proposed re- form?” asked the listeners. “The men will follow the women, as they bave always done whenever there !s an advance towards a higher and nobler plane of I!fe,” was the quiet response. A silence fell upon the groupin the parlor, which remained unbroken pare x Shs comes round mich the rea pare ng wi world Fequires of its votariea, - from one Ineuts on the ari the current lite | upon. | was a fraud | me the | Voorhees, CHIPS FROM THE CAPITOL. Gossip About Congressmen, and Their ‘ays. ; se i 4 HOOSTER MEMBI WHO EXPECTS TO Go INTO THE CABINET—“CERRO’ GORDO” WiLkEaMs— HOW SENATOR GARLAND. GOR, UPOS; THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE—MEMBERS WHO -GsT BIBLES BOUND AT PUBLIC EXPENSE. . i “There are some genuine book fiends in Com greas,” said a person connected with the official printing to a Star reporter. ‘There ‘are,” he continued, ‘‘men in Congress who get neatly every book of any sort printed by e bound at the Government printing office, with their names inscribed on them. Why, not ‘long ago a member of the House wanted’ a Bible bound for him at publie expense.” But few persons, perhaps, know of the .rego- nant character of the marble of which the statue of Benjamin Franklin, on the west ‘side of the Senate champer, is made. By striking witf a knife or key on the old philosopher's’ Quaker coat, beginning at the lower part of the skirt and ‘running npward, the entire gamut cat be sonmled accurately enough to please the most critical ear. t On the eastern side of the Senate chamber; ia. @ niche, stands a statue of John Hancock. Tew days ago a member ot C who bas seen some service in publie life examined the Hanceck statue, and, turning to a person atand- ing a few feet distant, he remarked “That don't lock a bit like Gen. Hancock.” An Ohio member of Congress was foend at the Capitol recently by a niece of his, a fitfle girl about- eight years ot age, who wanted an autograph album out of the stationefy room. She told her distinguished uncle that her mother had given her money to pay for it, but-sent her to him because he could get it cheaper out of the congressional stock than the album conld be bought elsewhere. The M. C, accompanied the little girl to the stationery room and there ascer- tained that the cheapest album cost one dollar and forty-three cents. His niece tad but one: dollar, but the generous uncle did not permit that to disappoint the young miss. He took forty-three cents from his own pocket, and add+ Ing it to the dollar of his niece, bought the album. She then wanted a pencil, and the generosity of her uncle again asserteditself. He bought her a pencil which cost. five: cents, and 1 ¢ for it out of bis annual allowance of $125 for “stationery.” The democrats of the House have had.a good deal of sport at the expense of a Hoosier mem- der. His egotism knows go bounds. He Is much more noted for what he does not know than tor the knowledge he possesses. Recently a few democrats, who knew the man’s failings, determined to flatter his vanity. They laid their plan, and soon after one of the number took a seat by the Hoosier and sald to. him, You ought to go into Cleveland's cabinet, and you ean if you want to. Gov. Clevelani has asked every democrat who has visited bem abont you, and has spoken of you as a man most eminently qualitied for the cabinet.” Somewhat to the surprise of the waggish; member, the Hoosier replied, very cooliy, that, he had thought of going into the Cabinet, but he hesi- tated out of a friendly regard for McDonald. He couldn't exactly get his consent to put MeDon- ald’s ne out of joint, because his abilities so one those of the ex-Sepater, .Soop af- jer was proffered.the support ocratic member, and then au: being in the joke, uatil be was finally d to permit his intellectual light to a the next cabinet. Firm in the belicf that he i mamto be passed by, he no longer r © loss of his seat in Congress, CERRO GORDO WILLIAMS.” Senator John Williams, of Kentucky, known to military fame as ‘Cerro Gordo.” a et won by conspicuous bravery on the of that name in the Mexican war, has not, S years’ service, become reconciled to usiveness of the body of which he is a He does not believe that because a made Senator he is bound to assume a pus weight of “dignity,” which burdens himself and chills his friend: “foam only a plaia farmer,” says the Senator, and he is really as wuassuming in Washington as upon his blue- grass farm in Kentucky. He is as genial as the ves good company. He owns one nest country places in Kentucky, and it eral r eople from all parts of H icularly fond of the se- din his hearty way gets joyment out of life as is permitted to anybody since Mother Eve's curlosity visited condemnation upon her descendants.” Senator Williams is as kind-hearted“ ashe ~ ts genial and sociable. Any tale of dis- ess immediately arouses his sympathy. But it stirs his anger to the depths to be imposed Last winter he was visited by a man who represented himself to have been a soldier in the contederatearmy under the Senator himelf. The man tolda pretty st of what regiment he belonged to and where he had fought: Some friends who happened to be in Mr. Williams’ rooms on the evening his pretended soldier called, whispered their opinion that the fellow “I don't believe it.” replied the Senator. te looks like an honest fellow.” Tue man wanted $25 or $50 to enable him to re- turnto his home in Kentueky, and he got it. Next day Senator Williams discovered that the * and and imposter. He went out, peared against him staunch friend of the culturalists, term has done vigorous battle Measure that has come before the their benefit or reli cou! barefooted ie boy who runs otf his toes grows tp simple, unaffected ways of lite which make him the better man.” HOW SENATOR GARLAND GOT ON THE “JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. or Voorhees tells of the part he took In ¢ Senator Garland placed upon the judici- yminittee. When the democrats got con- f the Senate Mr. Voorhees went to Senator Thurman, who was soon to become chairman of that committee, and said: “There is one man here who must go on your committee, and I want to see that he ia selecte the Dalla Who is it?” inquired the Ohio Senator. It is Garland,” replied Mr. Voorhees, . how, Dan,” retorted *Mr. Thurman, i has been a Senator here for some time amt he hasn't made any big speeches. True he hasn't said much, bat J don’t know of anything he has doneto manifest any special qualifications for a place on the judiciary committee.” “I want you to put him on,” answered Mr. and, my word for it, you will find him one of the most valuable men you ever met.” The Arkansas S tor, though the junior in service of other lawyers ot this side of the chamber, was placed upon the committee, and ina few weeks later Senator Thurman said to Senator Voorhees: “Dan, how did you know so much about Garland? Why I never saw such aman. Sy George, he’s worth all the rest of us combined. He takes up every question that comes before the committee, analyzes it, and submits the clearest law and best opinions I ever listened to. I never saw such a worker in my lit ‘And all the Senators of both parties who have served on the committee with Mr. Garland since express substantially the same opinion of his abilities as that viven by the Ohio senator. eB teat be see es Making Leather from Catfish Skin, From the Philadelphis Times, “When I was shooting on the St. Francis river in Arkansas, some years ago, I discovered that cat- fish skin made good leather,” sald Jacob Trungen- walt, the fishing-tackle maker on 8d street, yes- terday, “and ] have manufactured it ever since. 1 heard a story when I was there about a big catfish which had broken all the nets in the nelghbor- hood and I laid for him with my gun beside a pool which he frequented. I stayed there all day and g 3 7 a i | THE CLO3K-B00M HABITUE, Interestipg Wersonal Mention, = { ; Ex-Governor,Cprtjg, of the House, is, perhaps, one of the best asger-ginuer speakers in the coun+ try. He is espestallysdelightfal when he drifts, as he usually does,tnto- reminiscences of thelate war, in which he was soconspicuons an actor as governor of Pennsy! Not long ago ha was a zuest at the monthly dinner of the Clover Club, in Philadeiphian, This is an organization |: of journalists, literary men, actors, artista. &o., &c., and their »9gmpaginms are very enjoyable. In due course of, ee Cartin was got upon his feet to respoj a toast, which sentiment he gave but a ‘thrtory consideration and then plunged headiong Inte his war stories. Among others, John A. MeCaull, the comic opera man- ager, of New York, was at the table, sittin, directly opposite the governor. McCaull, al- though a native of Scotiand, was living in Vir- ginia when the war broke out, and served inthe confederate army. Jie ie peculiarly sensitive to the respect due the lost cause and is quite com- bative in maintaining it. “ ’ ate Somehow, and certainly without intending it, Governor Curtin trodon McCaull’s confederate corn, 80 to speak, by some remark or other, (which, by the way, was not at-all offensive to Senator Morgan, of Alabama, who sat near by and who was a gallant confederate soldier,) Wherenpon the comic opera manager vocifer- ously bawled ont, with an air of the utmost im- ‘ance. “I object! I object, sir!” The mém- of the club were paralyzed with mortitica- tion, but they did not need to worry themselves. The old governor was equal to the emergency. Fisning around for a moment for his eve-glassea he adjusted them on his nose, and leaning over the table asked of McCaull, in a tone of bland but very sincere interest, ‘Will you please give me your name?” Good manners compelied those present to swallow the roar of applause that came to their teeth, and the proceedings went calmly on, while McCaull sat dazed and uncomfortable, not knowing exactly what had happened to him. . ve “The impression has got abroad in some way that if we ratify the Nicaraguan treaty we will Involve ourselves seriously by that clause which guarantees protection of the neutrality of the route,” observed q Senator a day or two ago; “and I see that some member of the Senate has indicated that as one of the grounds of his dis- satisfaction, in an interview with THE Star re- cently. The fact ts that we assume no new obit- gation in this respect. By the treaty of 1867 with Nicaragua, which 1s still in foree, we pledged the same degree of protection toany route ot transit across Nicaragua. And we are still bound by that pledge, and will not be re- leased from it until in due form that treaty is terminated.” a as When Senator Miller, ot California, introduced a bill the other day to increase the pension being paid to the widow of General George H. Thomas from thirty dollars a month to two thousand dol- lars a year, it was received with great surprise. There was a very general impression that Mrs. Thomas was in receipt of a larger pension. There is a list of the widows of burean generals and small fry warriors who have political friends, a lst.almost as long as the debate on interstate commerce, who are receiving pensions much in excess of that paid to Mrs. Thomas. Admiral Farragut’s widow yery properly receives two thousand per annam. ;She would not be over- paid if she received twice as much. * nit ate The widows of Presidents Polk, Tyler and Gar- field each receive. fiye-thousand dollars per an- num. And yet the “habitue ” takes the respon- sibility of saying the services to the country of Polk, t and Garfleld all put together do not equal in importance and vaiuable results those ot George H. Themas. ane After the war Generil Thomas was offered a house and a purse of ity thousamd dollars, se- cured by private: subscription among citizens who wished in this mahuer to testify their ap- preciation of his distinguished and patriotic ser- vices. Ina letter which does the highest honor to the greatest soldier the American army has ever known, General Thomas declined these gitts, as he uniformly did ali gifts, saying that his salary provided for his wants at the moment, and when he got old he could tive on his retired pay: he had merely fulfilled his contract in doing his duty, and he had received the stipulated pay. He concluded by saying that the generous men who had subscribed the money could not give him greater pleasure than by devoting it to the relief of the widows and orphans of the common soldiers who had died in defense of their country. Paed General Thomas died yery suddenly, and his widow has lived all these years in straitened clr- cumstances. But she has never obtruded her condition upon the public. She was fitly mated to the simple, modest, unseldsh, heroic man whose name she bears. The state of her private s Was suspected, and then quietly and dell- ascertained by some of her friends, and the bill was introduced without her knowledge or request, Senator Miller was a warm and inti- mate, personal friend of General Thomas, and his effort will be a labor of love. ae The Senators who have been re-elected have almost all received hearty and wari congratu- lations from their old associates. There is really a great deal of genuine good-fellowship among these men, who wrangle like lawyers in public, and difteras widely as the poles in politics. Nobody-has more friends than Senator Vance. He is as careless a hitter, too. in politics, as any of them, and has no thongit or concern as to whom he kurts; but be does it all with such a | good-humored, wholesome, stubborn and hop: lessly bigoted’ way that the sting does not amount to much. There were probably not a half dozen members ot the Senate who did not cougratulate Vance, and mean it, too, and feel really happy that he was to return for six years longer. ae It is dificult to-keep Vance quiet; he fairly effervesces with good nature and good humor; and he races up and down, intellectually, like a young colt, kicking up his heels—he doesn’t know nor want to know why—just because he must. He tells a great many funny stories in a quiet way, and usnaily puts the Joke on him- self rather than hurt his neighbors’ feelings. He comes of the Scotch-Irish ancestry that has done so wnuch for America. He will settle down com- fortably, when he Is at leisure, and say, in his broad, southern dialect: “The immediate pro- genitor of the American Vance family, sir, was a Scotch Covenaater preacher. He was driven about by the Clayerhouse dragoons for a time, and finally took refuge in the north of Ireland, where he built houses, planted trees, and begat children.” Then, after a pause, he will add, with a twinkle of the eye: ‘*And I haye observ that these characteristics distinguish his pos- terity, except, perhaps, in the matter of building houses and planting trees.” ae Perhaps the fabt that his ancestors were such stubborn Presbyterians accounts for his good- humored depreciation of all other denomina- tions. He likes to joke at the expense of the Episcopalians, ially. For instance he will tell you that his good, pious mother ardently desired that he should become a Presbyterian preacher; that he, with-dificulty, persuaded her that he really could never hope to attain to the high degree of piéty ne¢essary to that office, and that the disappointed old lady, after broodin; over it prayerfully-tor some days, at last ask him whether “he did not,think he could become at least pious eoonet tojgo into the ministry of the Episcopal chusch!” “Stl,” he admits, “there is one redeeming feature to the Episeopal church; it holds on to its membership. Once you join it, there are only two ways of getting out—yon must either dle or get religion!” > —__ WiIrs Was THE Barrer aon ae Wallace's Twit his: wifes in whieh A TALK WITH CHIRF BROOKS, OF THE SECRET dou SERVICE. “Don't you fear that counterteiters will flood New Orleans with spurious money this winter ?” ~sked a Star reporter of Chief Brooks, of the secret service. “Not much,” was the reply.“ We haye been Working too hard to prevent that very thing, and have things now in pretty good shape. Alter Miles Ogle, the famous counterfeiter, got eut.of the penitentiary, over a year ago, he set }to: work to prepare for a picnic at the New Orleans exposition, and we had to head him off. He got out his twenty and ten-dollar counter- :teit silver certificates, and his ten-dollar coun- terfeit national bank note on the Third National ‘of Cincinnati, but we were fortunate enough to ‘Ket hold of some or the first ones, and were Able to point out to the public the way to dis- tinguish them. Then we captured Ogle himseit shee tte ae counterfeit 1 sone and the plates. Alt 1 got a very light sentence, still he’s out of the way, bat there Is no doubt a goéd deal ot his spurious money still afloat. ‘The ‘five ‘thousand circulars of warning which I sent to the business men of New Orleans will doa great deal to prevent its being passed there, though, The first counterteit ten-dollar note which was presented to a merchant in that city was carefully scrutinized and compared with ‘the circular. This frightened the shover sq that he summarily departed without his change. You seg the thing works both ways. It warns the people and frightens the counterfeiters. ‘No; we are not on the track of any counter- feiters now, but it wouldn't do to tell you if we were. All the crooked men have their eye on New Orleans, though. Here 1s a confidential letter from a man in Ohio to one in Kentucky, ‘2 which he wants the latter to visit him at his thome, caretully avoiding inquiries at saloons for him, as he and and his family are strong mem- bers of the P. E. church in his town. He prom- ines for $500 to fill his visitor's carpet bag with the finest kind of counterteit notes and to pay his passage to New Orleans. That's a very pretty trick. He isn’t a counterfeiter and prob- ‘ably hasn't a connterfeit note about the om He's nothing but a “boodler,” and has likely been “‘boodled” in New York and wants revenge. If his Invitation is accepted he will give tor the good money a package of paper with a good note on top and another on the bottom, and will scare his visitor almost to death while he is do- ing it. When greeny finds that he has been sold-he can do nothing but grieve or seek ro- venge on some other fool. If this letter is genu- ine the Ohio gentleman will be arrested for vio- lating the postal laws.” —se. How to Help the Worthy Poor. To the Kditor of Tux EveNinc STAR: J have read with interest the letter from “A Friend of the Poor,” published in your paper on the 10th instant. This friend has reached, from inward conviction or from experlence, conciu- sions that tally with those ot the most advanced thinkers on the subject of relief to poor neigh- bors, namely, that it is best to relieve ade- quately and continuously one or more families, of whose circamstances we know, than Spas- médicalty and imperfectly whomever may call at the door. Indeed, there can be no worse metiiod of relieve than to give tor the asking to whom- ever comes, without knowing the needs and cir- cuinstances of the recipient. The charity orsa- nization soviet wks to find for every fainily in need just such a friend, wiio will give not merely food and clothing, y and advice, and to find for every to be such a friend some worthy pe family to be befriended. Will not all who can do so visit or write to the office of this society, at room 11, Gunton buildin near the | corner of 9th street and Penn: avenue, |and procure copies of the society's publi- cations, as well as inquire into its workings? ‘The office is open from 8to 9in the morning, and from 3 to 5 in the afternoon. Will not those who are willing to help the worthy poor report their names and addresses at the office? The society gives no alms, “but secksto bring per- sons in need of help into relation with the prop- er benevolent societies or individuals in this District, and help the poor to seifsupport and self-dependence.” The society asks that no alms muy be given, either at house-doors or on the street, to any person whose real needs and circumstances are not known tothe giver; and by offering for use its “green tickets,” of which you gave a description on the 9th instant, it can contidently give assurance that no person really in need shall be deprived of the best means of relief to be procured, while impostors will be exposed and defeated in their schemes for preying upon the public. As the society gives no alms, its expenses are small, not an- ly one-ftth of the amount which was distributed in out-door relief in this District in two months last winter, but. with this one-fifth it can do more good and less harm than was done by all of that wholesale distribution. This one-tifth or $1,500 it needs to have, however, in order to do its work well. The 37.500 or more distributed in out-door re- lief last winter furnished an averaze of less than ©2.50 to each tamily, or about 75 cents to each person relieved. Could not more good be done by a system of bringing the poorer and richer people into communication, so that one may help the other with heart as well as purse, Instead of giving alms through the cold instra: mentality of the police force or any alms-giving society? B. PIckMan Many, ident of the Charity Organization So- ciety of the D. C. 12th, oe Parties of Six the Best, From All the Year Round. An ordinary English dianor party Is not, tt may besaid, the condition of things most favorable tor conversation. Of all forms of entertainment din- ner parties may be the most agreeable, and yet as arule, they only produce utter porelom. Nor 1s the cause far to seek, for success foliow tn any affalr wh are so flagrantly set at dellance as generally are in this matter. ‘This beiny the if is not to be wondered a e tion: should not thrive in their atmos . were the ari of cony lly understood, our ordinary dinne id LOL be so heavy, to the great advantage A dinner party to be pleasant shouid not exceed Stx people, or, at the very outside, elzht. ‘To assemble inore than this number s to ignore the hospitable tdea that you ask your friends to dine with you In order that you may see themn and enjoy their conversation at and your ease, that each nay add his quota general stock of Inforn fon and ideas. With be general, with more than eight 1 1s Impossible, and if the conversation fs not general you might a3 well be dining wt the table d’note of an hotel. Even With the lesser number, the host and hostess must exercise some generalship to make the affair go Pleasantly, In assembling their frienas to dine with them, few people consider that the style of conversation of a party of four necessarily differs entirely from that of a party of elght. When only four people are present they can see each other’s eyes, catch the staallest inflection of a vole, with the varying impressions of a face. The personal attraction of the individuals 1s able to operate; each one feels tts Influence and the party becomes: sone. With eight, people his is impossibic. | It 4s only by very careful guidance on the part of the host that conversation can be kept general, and it 4s not every host who has this power. ‘There is, necessarily a much greater strain in talking to seven people than to three. To have seven le lstenfng to and seven pairs of ‘eyes watching you, makes it n to put your talking- eight, therefore, you must assemble conversation- Usts above the average or must be content to see It break up into a series of duets. ‘Hot Weather out West. ‘From the New York Sun, “John,” said a Dakota merchant to his clerk, “how’s the thermometer this mornihg?” “Forty-two below zero.” “And the weather probabilities?” “Falr, slightly warmer.” “Well, throw open the windows ‘the stock of linen dusters were packing away those GEN. Gorvow 1s a Enartoum, and @ gun in position on the and down Tough ic we ‘too soon.” ANUARY 31, 1885—DOUBLE SHEET. eight peopie It 1s dificult for the conversation to | Oppored to the Edmonds Bill, AN ADDRESS TO FRIENDS OF IRISH NATIONALITY, AU A meeting at Si, Jaines bute) Last night of gem Uemen representing the Clan-no-Gaci, the Wolt Tone club, the Hibernians and the Jocal branch of the Land League, an address to the tients of trish Mationality and Aimericai livery tn the Untied States was adopted. This address cals for tndig- LOUNGING IN THE ROTUNDA, THE STEAMBOAT “INSPECTOR AND HIS TURE— HOW ORDINARY VISITORS MAY BE TOLD FROM ASPIRANTS. TO. OFFICE—PROPLE WHO HAVE cg | Ration meetings to protest against the passare of COME TO, SSE THEIR - MEMBRRS—CONFERRING | «che infamous Edinunds bill} hi : address TITLES IN ADVANCE, ETO. SAYS, “Is an Instit toevery American. as, by tmpite ; calton, te conviets America of Com icity in ete S cent dynamite © Seate “Here comes the steamboat inspector,” said : ereas Unet® one of the Capitol attaches, calling Tur Stan jt that th man'sattention toa very gray and very greasy old | SY 0" Enein omcials an. man who had just entered the rotunda and was i FE waddling towanis a seat under the “Baptism | of Pocahontas.” A Diack stoucn hat, grimy with the dust of many dasa, rested upon his | shock of grizzly hair. His face was covered with gray beard, and his pants were baggy at the rear and flapped about his feet. “That's the steamboat inspector. I mean Cleveland's new steamboat inspector. He comes here every day.and sits there. . He says his ap- polntment's all fixed as soon asCleveland comes in, He just sits still there and watches the | folks go by. The other day he approached one | of the guides very confidentially aud asked lim | to assist him in finding out the duties of a steamboat inspettor. He wanted to know some- | thing about the position so as to be able to enter upon the duties s soon as appointed. | He sits there every day studying the matter whom sie ty Is stzned b Woods, M. Kyr ley and others. p — 5 ‘The National Board of Trade. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT THE FIYAL SBSsION. At the flual session of the National Roard at Trade yestentay, a resolution was adopted urging the repeat of the law moking compulsory the calm. age of doliars from 412% grains of stiver, on the ground that sach coin: ns A permaneat depresston of the nati ard of stiver, Ars Board of Trad? re ot commen Ration against Am ove! gether with an additional “The crowd Of visitors is unusually large for | seem ehogey uns me i — = Lt this time of year, and is getting larger every ection of Live s nog products a grooms, &c., bat a large proportion of them are ° x ney terated or Gawhoicsome foles of foot ar A not strangers. You can tell the strangers, you | rsolution presented by. the New Vork board of tin know. And you can tell th office-seekers. | trade, favoring a reciprocity treaty with ¢ nada, Well, ‘they out number the others just now. | was also azteed to. Resolutions asking that ths Strangers and sight-seers generally get a guide harbors be fortified, that the President be elven to show themabout. They always want fo know Power to veto how high it is to the canopy in the dome, when the Capitol'‘wag bailt, aud who owns the pic- tures around the waltis. Then they want to go to the whispering gallery and see the echo stones, and some of them want to know if it really whispers, and what It says, and then say, ‘aint msinan anvual appropre ation, that the presidential term he six years, and | that a defintie law regarding electoral disputes be enacted, were adopted. | Swartzell to Bernang V. Sims, lot 19%, sub. lols Im it funny.” Then they want to sit in the Speaker's | Sd- $1.22. Amorette J. Clarke to Prank chair, put their foot on the eentre stone under | [21K Doperty in sa. 735: 83.000, fa the dome, see the lobby, ‘where all the big rail- roads are bui.t,’ and, finally, to have all the dix- | BOB. W: tinguished men pointed out. If the great men 7 don’t happen to all be present, as they seldom | 3 are, we San point out anybody else ; they don't fives : jot 25, wih se o, know the difference. | Meciow etal to C. Gilbert, lot 4 end “But as | was saying, the larger ors of the | Wy Tyier po 9, 322; 81,100. 1 visitors here now are after places under the new Withelmina’Reessner, pt. 5, $q. 28 administration. They are here after the mem- . taka. in’ bers laying their wires. They are swarming in every di Some of them wear beavers, and | — button-hole the members on every occasion. Some are seedy aud don’t know anybody, but | just sithere and wait. i “They are ail after places,” and with a sweep of his hand he took in the whole circie of seats about the rotunda, oceupied by a motly crowd sedans st Interesting ef) ate of Seats at Bree of men ail wrapped in profound silence, as if in | (/CRT{CERS Buncrm deep thous don't know just what | DAA tee they want, and haye come here to think it out. They come every day. I've got to know them all. They say they are all right with the new administration, but the great trouble is to think out just what place they'll take. Some of them | find’ that a poser, But as soon as they vet otha Hin a | stuck and can’t think just what they want, down | they sit and begin to think It Au seats you see are fuil. They come early. Many are here when the doors open, They are punctual. ‘They make a matter of business of it. new ones come and ail the re taken, the walk about disconsolately. “When ‘one of them settles just as delighted t upon what he if he had r 3 up and tell ors what he's | going to be, and after that they give him his | title” They are then lnspector,” | Marshal,’ * Mr. Collect Mr. Auditor,” | If two ‘settle upon the same place, ‘ ner of 31 stiert hits room a gold watch, valued there's 3 a trouble, and they have to compromise the mat- | MARRiAgr | Licrxsns—Morri enses have ter and think over again. \t S Sak Surana ait “But they aren't the only curious ones,” he | Tomas and Charlotte Ann Themujooa; Want nand AonaM, W. Emumert; Archie Keys added, as his eye wandered along the ‘line. | Voids und Julie Beverly “See that fatherly looking old man standing there to sour leit, smiling at t lady? Well, you woulda’t think it, would you? No; no one would. He comes here for no other purpose | but to admire ihe pretty ladies who are always passing through the Capitol to see the sizhts. There are several of them who come here for that purpose. They always get here before the | s are he + Handy rdw _ throng of visitors beg! ssthrouzh. They | Sane take a stand in the rotunda and feast their eyes | . NQTON, THE Cumuex, Lis —in connection sith until evening. Lots of young bloods come up | minister from North Car ¥ d with wrong to the Capitol from time to time to ‘make | fuily obtaining an ove nia AveRme mashes;’ that is what they call ‘ew, ain't it? | tatlor here, and upon whose | criminating papers were foun’ But these old fellows come just like going to | paper purjorting inst he was. sn thetheater, and watch all the pretty women pass through. That old fellow there, he is quite a dandy, you see; gets so absorbed sometimes that when a group of ladi in which there is a marked amount of beauty passes, he sometimes follows them aronnd, keeping a little behind. We have to stop this, though. Ladies might | think it impudence, you know. f a lergy lst” of Uae 2LOS, Lee” does uot appear on une Episcopal church of the United St —_ “There are other folks who hang around to | { + Fpove— 4 find things. It would astonish you, the number | 7 ents tt of valuable things lost by people passing | through this rotunda. The guides, especially, find a great many things. Every thing that is tound, that we know of, is turned over to the sergeaat-at-arins of either the House or Senate | to be reclaimed. One of the guides found a pocket-book the other day that belonged to a friend of Representative Wise, of Va. Tt had in a We SUNpI 9 the demand, with ly. Green fruit, especially apples, are ng in pri ural,’ bus it a $20 bill and $800 in coupons, besides some Prorosep Trir or rae AmarecR GiuEr CLUR~ valuabie papers. He left one dollar reward for | The Am: t club, of Uhis rity, has decited to the find Pocket-books are often found on in invitation to give a series of york on or before histh Ni the benches, where they haye worked out of the | etna rhage pockets of Indies sitting down. Ladies’ wraps, | jin and . Jewelry, money and lots of things are found— | smith and Noble Harris his 1b appointed a even watches. 1 once picked up a gold watch | mittee to arrange tor the on the fluor of the rotunda that a crowd of | York. —_ people had walked over. It is strange how | jong a thing will lay on the floor, people waik- ing over it all the time, without being picked D. Nut the better class ot people who stop here ia the rotunda are those who choose this as a point of observation to see a variety of people. | I guess by sitting here a little while more men of national reputation p: n from tine to time, going trom one house to the | other and to the suprem seen in any other p) decal sais. A Chat with Jefferson Davis. WIS PROPOSED REPLY T0 GEx Iz Uy Rev. Lo 1 chure ¥ tery Bot 2 ry held Jast evening resolittt 1 were adopted tm | honor of Uselr dead Jefferson Davis, who joined te party in charge | | of the liberty beli from Philadelphia as the train passed Usrough Beauvoir, Miss, on the way to the New Orleans exposition, and accompanied them to | tors report the latter city, bad achat on the train with a cor- | trustee allowed Lo In respondent of the Baltimore Sun. The writer says | Clark; vill Mually disia that Mr. Davis' mind 1s stil clear and active, but | Paonats Court there are signs of a physical break up in [is ap- | r The Courts, Equrry Cc Yesterday, Stiams 5 om rm. Bi funds. Jue the recent controversy over the letver of Gen. Sher- | order ot public. man, Mr. Davis says that Sherman has not fur- | letters revoki nishéd any proof of the charge that le (Davis) con- | lor on bond of $4 3 templated the establishment of despotic power in | directing payment of rent. Estite of T Boek; the south during the war, and dentes in the most | letters granted to Wm. Beck and bond fixed at emphatic terms that he ever wrote a letter upon | $809. Estate of John Casey; Lette whlch such an accusation could be founded. Mr, | Bieber, and bond hxed at $400, Esta Davis says that he has in his possession copies of | A. Lockwood; order of pubitcation. all the letters he wrote during the war, inc:uding ; letters testamentary 4: his messages. ‘These Valuable records Were sav' Lay, and bond fixed at $5,000. for him by a Catholic priest, who recovered and order of sale them for bin wntll after Lils release from prison. B. Mr. Davis’ answer to ( Sherman will contain | of George extracts from these papers. On being asked w20 was the greatest man he ever met 1n public Ie, Mr. Davis answered: “John C, Calhoun. Gen! | Jackson was a greater man if we judge by results, but he was not jearned. He wasa safe man, and more sound common sense than any man I over knew, Gon. Taylor was also agreat man, and w. letters granted to M.'P. Rice and and bond fixed at $5,000, Estate Kirk; fevocation fled and let ‘ BR Evans, and bond fixed atg200. Estate of Willuum Martin; order appointing Chariotie Martin admin- istratrix. Mra. Catherine J. Curry was appointed guardian to ber children and bond fixed at $259. one of the brat trends Thad in the Worl, but tienes not support him for President. John Quincy Adaras Political Neies, Mitipped ate Tenet knew ne Perhaps the best | ame oregon legislature 1s voting wildly In the oarG toe quentaon as to wi senatorial contest S voted for Johm Whittaker yeste! their votes between Several y | “Jones gained five votes In Ube ballot for Senator Teer that was in the conde hod ie mut; | at Little Rock, Ark, yesterday, giving hin #4, he Would undoubtedly have Grents Dunn's 41, and 57 for Berry, who will with: army at the battle of Shiloh.” we, ‘The Ilinols state officers were installed yesterday, Gov. Oviesby’s address was briet. During the three days of the republican enroll- ment in New York cily 19,500 names have been enrolled, a falling O7 of over 4,000 since last. year. ‘The Union League club of New York voted last night to tender Sehator-ciect William ML. Evaris & reception on February 11Ua, Chauncey M. Depew will make the address, Gen, Grant and Mr. Colfax. A letter was received yesterday from ex-Presi- dent Grant by Mrs Colfax, at South Bend, Ind SSN Seas Carlisie’s Coaterence with Cievel THE SPEAKER FAVORS 4 TARIFF REFORMER FOR SRQ- RETARY OF THE TREASTRY. tu