Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1885, Page 2

ll THE EVENING STAR: CITY AND DISTRICT. CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. The Convention to be Hcl in this City Next Mo The twelfth national and co om fs to be in this city, June 4, next. for dis n are: Prevention of pauper! and t reformat Court of th the cit tion > at Wil ep rds unity or the mem- es to visit wtory at rious erne der to, “4g OU ch iS com Mae Arthur, | cim, Wm. M. | Williams, HL | Kuttawa Hart, St. ich." » Madison, 4, Sq. 0. : inenit Co, to. Anu N. Dwyer lot 1, do. an Fire Insu 0. H.De Camp to U. pt. . Mueller to H. Yost, lot How. me proper mon, lot on to E. Murph: | Sq. 155 ger, pt. S00, S | Shi to 2 pt. J.B. Nola: 1s, blk. 15, 1 -H. Arnold, Swartzell to pt. L, | BV | man to Sinith farm 19s; $7,000, 1. lots Damd 2, i ism | to P.O. | Blanche | W.L. Dunk: 84. 455: $16.5 and Chil hick: rphial nda A. Basle; y to J.P . Holtzman Same proper A Partello, lot 0S, sq: 239, and Lydia A, Hoover ét al. : art 3.8q.475; Arnold, lot L, © Duvall to R. Al 3 K. Foss to HT. 76 to 79, trustee, to L. A. L.A. Free arr, Same property; $1,017. Edward H. Thomas, pt 3, sq. t O'Connell to Johannab and 38, res. A; $—, Jen- ttvun, pi. Q and lot Bayne Wt in aM. kin t Holtan | annoyance | the main drive for the pleasure seekers from sed of the aa ce @ | about three feet, and will be sup] | uid to the almost hopeless undertaking ofbuild- | getin 1501, 183, 1806 aud 1810. sto United | (3 | wr | ina € | | captain of the second New Hampshire battal- xe property he paid large Sums in taxes for many | yearn being by far the largest taxpayer in Washington from 1793 to 1807, THE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS. The New Houses That Are Being Bullt— The Dust Nuisance om the 14th-Street Road. As the season advances and vegetation begins to open up, attention is turned to suburban Property and the desirability of residences in the country. Already a number of transactions have taken place in property outside of the city Iiits and some improvements have been commenced. The residents along the 14th- street road find a great cause of complaint and from the elouds of dust that arise from the macadamized roadway. This road is thiseity and in pleasant weather is thronged with carriages each day. The Commissioners have been asked to have the water carts pass It will add rot the residents, who to tite comto ar Incr in number, but to ive ont xe elty to the Soldiers’ Home and other country resuris, MIt. CALDERON CARLISLE'S HOUSES. A very fine improvement is soon to be made by Mr. Calderon Carlisle in the point of land lying between D street and Indiana avenue. He will erect there four houses, with eptrances on Indiar nue, The house on the point will have astore on the ground floor. The pe- culiar shape of the lot has been utilized by the incenious plan devised by the architect, Mr. C. Read, Jr. so that no space will be wasted. s Will be three stories high, and will € & frontage of 20 feet. The style of rhitecture will be pleasing, and in their fin- d appearance the houses will be an orna- ment to that section of the city ME. WHITING'S FINE RESIDENCE. The flatiron-shaped ground at the intersection of New Hampshire avenue, 21st street and N street is about to be improved by the erec- tion of @ very fine house, by Dr. G. F. Whiting. This house will be located on the apex of the triangle, fronting 66 feet on New Hampshire avenue, and also on 2st street. ‘The main entrance will be on New Hampshire and will have an ornamental porte he house will be two stories high, with a high-pitched roof, which will project over ported on orna- rental brackets of terra cotta, The roof will be prettily broken with towers and covered fred slate. One of the features ot the house the nine-sided figure which finishes the ut the south of the house, taking the place the usual tower. Th i 'inish in balcony on a level with the third story, and at this point the roof forms a gable. The interior will be finished in hard woods on the first tloor and pine on the upper floors, The front rooms up stairs will be finished in 5 nd the other rooms 11. M. Poindexter, sient room on this triangle for the nother fine house, which, it is on be begun. . Poindexter has also prepared plans for a y fine residence of Ohio stone to be erected in Richmond, Va., for Mr, Alfred T. Harris, jr; also for houses tor Mr, Philip Haxuil and others in the same city. ING H-STREET RESIDENCES, The architect, Mr. Poindexter, has completed plans for the extended front which Mr. M. W. Beveridge proposes to add to his residence on Hi street, near 17th, corresponding in style to the extension which has been built to the house adjoining, owned and occupied by Mr. Mat- *. These extensions will bring the houses ut 10 the butiding line and will be a very hand- sume improvement. BUILDING NOTES. Mr. C. F. Reed is building @ brick store and dwelling on 11th street, between Q and R, ata cost of $4,000, Messrs, R. and M. Garret are erecting two houses on 10th street, between D and E streets southwest, at a cost of $3,000. ht houses are being built at the corner of 23dund L streets by Mr. John Sweeney, at a cost of $12,000. Mr. C. Middleton ts erecting two houses at 9th and A streets southeast at a cost of $5,000. A brick store and dwelling is being built on 1th sueet by Mr. Anton Heitmuller at a cost of 37,200. ° A residence is being erected on Rhode Island avenue, between 13th and 14th streets, by Mrs. Nellie M. Clark, at @ cost of $7,000, Three houses are being built on 10th, between nd G streets southeast, by Messrs. Gray and Hutchinson, at a cost of $5,000. Mr. C. C. Meade is erecting three dwellings on rth Carolina avenue, between 6th and 7th treets southeast, at a cost of $10,000. eee THE BLODGET CLAIM AGAIN What Mr. Lorin Blodget Says. ‘To the Editor of Toe EVENING Star: PHILADELPHIA, April 27, 1885, I find in THe Star of Saturday an article so remarkable for its errors of fact, and so unjust to the founders of Washington city, that I ask you in simple Justice to give place to a brief re- ply and correction, at least for so much us re- lates to Samuel Blodget, and -the.estate which-} I have represented since 1851, No just or ade- quate history of the remarkpble“egents con-} nected with the erly days of the city has yet been written, and while your article affords some valuable {tems for such a history, it 1s especially unjust to the only Northern man who came with bis fortune and all the friends he could then orafterward persuade to join him—among them Templeman, Dr. Thornton, Gilman, Greenleaf and others—to devote his lie to the founding of what he believed would, in his own words, “one day become the noblest city of the universe.” Samuel Blodget, then a Wealthy man and capitalist, with large Invest- ments in Boston and in Philadelphia, gave his ing a capital city in a vacant plat of farms and woods, without a dollar of money appropriated by Congress—and there were no purch: ‘ors for two or three yeurs, , other than those he brought-from Boston iirst, aud taken from Philadelphia. And forall purchases made by him, and also by the friends he brought, he paid eash at the time of purchase;—for the Jamualea tract $40,000. in er coin. He also purchased one-fifth of an issue of a 500,000 loan, which he undertook to negotiate In 1793, paying in cash an install- ment of $10,000, which was the money ac- tually used in exeavating the sites and tm lay- ine the toundatious of both the Capitol and the tive Mansion—then called the “Palace.” owledge is positive and thorough onall points of the early Listory of the city, as rived from the records kept by the Commis- Sioners of the Distriet, 1791 to 1802, from the nd published inemoirs of Samuel Blod- ‘The coun- 6 to 1851 was David sq.,Who personally urged on me in ustice of the title of the estate to large tracts of the Jamaica property, not then reached by vets or other city Improvements, ‘able residents of Washington who miuel Blodge: personally, and lamented his death in 1514, expressed the hope that the heirs wouid carry out the enterprises he had undertaken, aud which were crushed by the eck of values and the burning of the Capitol 514. But Ihave no intention here to argue jons of Utle or the rights of the heirs. itle has never been disputed,and the ‘aised in disposing of the trust to the inpany or the trust for the found- National University are merely pre- I have only to say that from 1852 to present time no conveyancer or other auth- ority on titles in the District has assumed “to pass the Blodget titles," as the expression is, aud there is no obscurity about them whatever. On the history of Washington, in its patriotic aspects, there is need to make some corrections | of existing m that Gen. W sel ofthe estate from 1 hington was in camp at Cam- br.dge in 1775, I have the records to show that Samuel Blodget tormed a purpose toaid his great commander's efforts to found a national and a national university, and eter the war, in whieh he began service as soldier an: jon betore he was of age, he gave up a large commercial business at Boston, and also leit still larger investments in Philadelphia, to go to the site ed for the new federal city early . ‘Then he gave his time and mouey iis the adviser and trusted friend of the inuissioners, and. expecially confided In by Washington and Jefferson. No other person bowht lands and lots as he did, and when the Coinissioners finally settled’ their long ac- count with him in 1800, they perfected his title to every lot he originally bought, and also to many bought by his triends on bis recom- mendation; his entire" investment in property in the “Federal City” being stated In his me- moirs, and being shown by his deeds on record, to cost him $200,000. And on this great Samuel Blodzet was from ‘ihe beginning a liberal contributor to public enterprises in Washington. He was the leading corporator nd the largest stockholder In the first bridge the Potomac at Georgetown, chartered ember 29th, 1791. He was the leading cor- tor of the Bank of Columbia, established 2 at Georgetown, and a ‘large stock- He was appointed “supervisor of the gs and in general of the affairs” of the District in January, 1793, and by direction of the Cominissioners negotiated a lottery, one of the prizes of which he guaranteed, and person- ally paid many years liter. He provided the money to bulld a fine hotel, which was at one time occupied by Congress, and was purchased for the general t Office, He founded the Tontine Insurance company in 1808, and in the same year was the originator of the move- iment to establigh a National University, and author of a costly design for the building which is now in the Foree library. But I do not desire to trouble you with de- pprehensions, From the time | } THE CHORAL SOCIETY. . that eteh of the Two Organizations Mave Borne This Name. HOW THEY HAVE AIMED TO ELEVATE THE MUSICAL TASTE OF THE WASHINGTON PUB- LIC—WHO COMPOSE THE ASSOCIATION aT PRESENT, ETC. The Choral Soctety justly stands at the head of the vocal musical organizations of this city. It includes in its membership the best volecs, both male and female, of our local singers, and those who are generally heard only as soloists, in this society form a part and parcel of the chorus, This organization inherits its name, however, from one which has now passed out of existence, but whose excellence is pleas- antly remembered by all lovers of music. The old Choral society was a male singing society, and was the first attempt in Washington to gather together in one body the American male singers. The Germans had already formed the Mennerchor, the Sengerbund and the Arion clubs, and a few geutlemen believed thata similar association of Americans could be ef fected. Principally through the efforts of the late Mr. C. C. Ewer, who was at that time a rominent tenor here, a meeting was called at Metzerott_ hall September 15, 1879, at which Mr. S. R. Bond presided, and Mr. D. L, Burnett acted'as secretary. The’ matter was discussed and a committee was appointed. The next meeting was held in the parlorsof the old Kirkwood house, which stood on the site of the present Pension office, at the corner of 12th street and Pennsylvania avenue, at which the attendance was much larger, and considerable enthusiasm was manifested, ’An association was formed and the name of “The Choral Society was adopted. It was decided to hold rehearsals in the then new Congregational church,and Mr. Harry C. Sherman was selected to temporarily direct the society. THE PERMANENT ORGANIZATION of the society was effected on October 5th by the election of the following officers: President, Franklin Philp; vice president, 8. R. Bond; retary and treasurer, Lewis J. Davis; librarian, Dr. Frank T. Howe; musical director, Harry C. Sherman; directors, D. L, Burnett, F. W. Jones, and Dr. E. 8. Kimball. The growth of the so- clety, both in active and passive membership, Was fapid and under the efficient leadership of wr. Sherman it soon attained a high degree of musical excellence. Its first concert was given January 22,1570, in Lincoln hall, and was a brilliant affair. both as to the character of the audience and the great success from a musical standpoint, On tat occasion the Chorals were assisted by Mr. George Felix Benkert, pianist: Mrs. Ed, Droop and Mrs, C. Y. Kretelmar, so- pranos; Mr. Frank Al Chase, basso, and the Beethoven oetettee. The Beethoven oc- tette were all members of the Chorals, viz W.H. Burnett and 8, H, Witherow, first tenors; » Burnett and C. Ewer, second tenors seo i. Young and Ii, A. Kohr, first, bass and W, AD second basses. ‘ololst cert are now ois at the Congregational chureh me too small for the rapidly Increasing nembership of the Chorals, and they moved first to Masonic Temple,and then to a large hall over the store of Mr. W.S. Tell. IT COMPETES IN THE S#NGERFEST. This society reached the height of its glory when it went to New York in June, 1871, and participated in the German ewngerfest, entering into competition with the German singing societies, singing in German, and winning the prize for the class in which it competed. Their success reflected the highest credit upon their own musical intelligence and she effective worlt of their leader, and all the New York papers were warm in their praises of the first Ameri- can singing society that had ever competed at a sengeriest. Washington came in tor its Pralse for being able to produce a society so excellent, both us to its members and direct The reception given to the Chorals when th returned with thelr prize—a Cycloid piano yalued at $700—was the most enthusiastic that had been Known in this city up to that ti After an existence of about five years, however, the members began to drop away, and finally it ceased to live us an organization, During its Ie, however: it gave many enjoyable concerts, at one of which it was led by Franz Abt, the celebrated German song writer, who composed a song especially for the Chorals; It first brought to this elty Dre Leopold. Damrosch, who ap: peared us a violin soloist, and it gave Wa fhuton, by its success In the suengerfest, the best musical advertisement that the city ever had. THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION. Several attempts were made to revive the Choral society on its former basis, but all were unsuccessful. It was resurrected In its present form under the following circumstances : In the summer of ‘83 a number of ladies and gentle- men, all thorough musicians, went to Baltimore to hear Gounod’s “Redemption” given by the Oratorio society of the Monumental city. ‘They were greatly pleased with the performance, and wished that an organization similar to the Ora- torio suctety contd be effected here, The mat- ter was canvassed among the musicians, both male and female, and resulted in invitations being sent to all the leading vocalists to meet at the residence of Mrs, John J. Knox on Noy. 7th. ‘The attendance was lurge, and all pledged them- selves to enter heartily into the scheine. In seeking for a musical director, it was found that noone in this city had ever acquired ’sneh <i3- nal success In handling a large body of singers as Mr. Hurry Sherman, and he was promptly selected to direct the association. When the question of a name came up, it was decided to call the new soclety the Choral society, IN COMPLIMENT TO MR. SHERMAN, hoping that his efforts with them would be crowned with as great success as with the soci- ety of 1871. A complete organization was per- fected by the election of Hon, John J. Knox as president; H. D. Cooke, vice president; Q. A. Pearson, secretary; D. W. Middleton, treasurer; B. U. Keyser, E. Szemelenyi, W. A. Widney and C. E. Rice, directors. Mr. Sherman entered into the task Of drilling the ‘new society with characteristic energy and enthusiasm, and their first concert Was given February 23, 1584, at Lincoln hall. At this concert the excelience of the society was fully appreciated and Ib re- ceived great encouragement. At tis next con- t, ob May 4th, 1384, Mackenzie's cantata, was given, showing that the soci- ety was becoming more ambitious in its selec- tions, but the excellence of its work showed that its ambition was a laudable one. Rhein- berger’s cantata, “Klirchen of Erbershein,” wi iven at the last concert, a month ago. The society has introduced as soloists In the four concerts it has given Mr. a. L. King, tenor; Mr. Jules Jordan, tenor; Miss Hattie L. Simms, soprano; Mr, Justice Bitter, basso; Mr. Whitney Mockbridge, tenor, and Miss Agnes’ Hunting- ton, mezzo soprano, | It has always had the aid of an orchestra, and its pianists have been Mrs. A. Pearson and Mr. E. Szemeleny!, The oral society has now ‘a regular attending s tive membership of about 126 and about 130 contributing members, The latter, of course, ivis desired to Increase, If a passive member: ship of 300 could be obtained it would place the society in a fur better position, and they would feel that they might make greater efforts in the selection of soloists or other assistance at their concerts than they have yet done. As the Chorals have not been in existence two years yet, their progress has been most com- Mmendable and their efforts merit encourage- ment. ‘THE PRESENT OFFICERS AND SINGERS. ‘The present ofhcers are as follows: President, Hon. John J. Knox; vice president, B. U. Key- ser; musical conductor, Harry C. Sherman; sec- retary, Henry W. Olds; treasurer, Q. A. Pear- son; librarian, Lewis J. Mauro, Its active membership includes only those who are deemed competent to participate in its rehear sals and concerts, and the list is as follows ss Clara Baker, Miss Mollie Byrne, . Camp, Miss Lulie Campbell, Miss Annie Carter, Miss M. T. Clifton, Mrs. 'H. D. Cooke, Miss Emily Coyle, Miss Cornelia Cc Miss Mary Cunningham, Miss Josephine Davis, Miss HL. Erni, Miss Mattie Fristoe, Miss Lot” tie Gibbs, Miss Lillian Hunt, Miss Annie R. Kaspar, Miss N. R, Kearon, Miss Hattie Keen, Miss B.' E, Keterstein, Miss Florence Kidwell, Miss Carrie Kidwell, Miss Aline Lawrence, Miss Mamie Livingston, Mrs. E. M.’ Marble, Miss Eva Mills, Miss Ella Morrison, Mrs, Nellie McCartee, Miss Cora Noyes, Miss Minnie Noyes, Mrs. J. D. Parsiow, Mrs, W. E. Parson, Miss V. C. Patterson, Mrs. Q. A. Pearson, Miss Emma Pond, Miss Jennie Prali, Miss Clara Ramsdell, Miss Erna Rodenstein, Mrs. Julia Schayer, Miss Bessie Settle, Miss Alice Sherman, Miss Mattie Van. Riswick, Mrs. Dayton Ward, Miss Addie Williamson, Mrs, Dr. Winter. Alti—Miss Rosalie Bleecker, Mrs, 8. H. Bod- fish, Miss Nettle Bradley, Mrs. J.P. Caulfield, Mis& Stella Caulfield, Hiss Helen’ Carrier, Mrs. H.'T. Crosby, Mrs. H. E. Davis, Mrs, E. B. Fadely, Miss Emily F. Hyde, Miss I. E. John: ston, Sfrg. John J. Knox, Miss Charlotte Lans- daie, Miss Carrie Larner, Miss Nelle Merrick, Miss Georgie Metzger,’ Mrs. F. E. Middleton, Miss Lida Miller, Miss E. M. Millis, Miss Zelle Minor, Mrs. D.C. Morrison, Miss Alice Morse, Miss Amanda McMurray,’ Miss Helen Offley, Miss M. J. Patterson, Miss Maud Raum, Miss M. E. B. Roberts, Miss I. G. Rockwood, Mrs. Z. Root, Mrs, H. C. Sherman, Mrs; E. R. True, Miss Nellie H. Smith, Miss Van Natta. Tenorl—James P. Collins, Walter Conn, C. M. Connell, W. H. Daniel, W. R. Deeble, Louls Dorr, Al. 8, Fennell, James H, Forsyth,J.'T. Hensley Ralph Jefferson, C. W. Johnson, Thomas John: ston, Theodore I. King, Frank Z. Maguire, Lewis J. Mauro, Arthur L. May, Philip Meizger, W. E. Morgan, Harry C. Pearson, Jobn O. Pugh, H. C. Roperis, James, S, Smith, G. Ay Whitaker, B.A’ ison, fred Wood, Robe: eatman, Bassi. C. Bernays, R. H. Boswell, J. F. H. Blols, Charles R. Dean, W. P. Dunwoody, G. A. Ernl. George 0, Evans, HL A, Foresman, Exali Leland 0, Howard, G. F. Johnston, J. H. Keyser, M.’ Roebling Fd. Lip- K. W. Middleton, 8. J. 5 tails, and I simply say that I know positively what I here assert, and have original and proof of all these events, re cannot be many persons at present resident in Washi ton Whose personal knowledge is more am} than mine,equired during nearly forty years of residence, an the full ‘history of ‘aif pupiie events being of undisputed record I o1 ‘polo- ise for not foakiog this protest hoe do ustice to those whose efforts and sacrifices es- tablished the city of Washi: where it 1a, in spite of the selfishness of its rivals at the north, and in spite of the sordid policy of Oo which never appropriated @ do! to aid ite founders, Very resj - 650; ¥ Holtzman’ et al. to jot 17, do. . J.1. Doty, trustee, to . ©. Hooker, pt. 6, sq. 174; $500.’ Emma’ J. Carpenter et al, to James M. Miller, sub 8, of 990; 3275. Thomas Kiley tw ‘Franels Me- Lean, pt. 9, 89. 542; 350. “J. W. Pilling to A. Haske, pt. 7,5q. 100; $1,200. Campbel Tington to Mary Bradley, pt. 15, sq. pecitoll/ datx Brovore, The beautiful farm of Ole Bull, at Madison, Wisshas been ht for $20,000 by the state, aia iusidence tor the governoss >” * Francis H. Noyes, H. mn, FB. Rearor, D, Rel- P.M, Hichardson, F.'B, Stitt, . Sutton, A.G. Thomson, Wm. ‘B. Todd, W. M. Whiting, W. A. Widney, Warren Young. THE GREAT NEED OF A MUSIO HALL. ‘The Choral society have felt the same want CE. table ae put tor pices: ce eeseee go long ¢ / D. C., SATURDAY, MAY f 9 =) 1885—DOUBLE SHEET. ever seeing anything of the kind here, Theo- re Thomas its, it is said, that in apprecia- tlon of his efforts to produce the hizhest ciass'of muste Washington is in advance ot Bs but still he can't afford to come here 1 ter, for there is no hall in which to put his orches- tra, Said a prominent musician the other day: “Other cities ofiess population than Washing are favored with the productions of works that are unknown to our people, and are Ikely to be so for years to come, unless’ a suita fortheir production be provided. What we want isa music hall capable of seating at least 1,500 peopie, with abundant -stage room for a large chorus and orehestra, That's what we want, and we want it quic OF WILKES His School-Boy Days—Rooth as a Block- ade Runner—His Hatred of Andrew Johnson. To the Editor of Tre EVENING STAR: In a late double {ssue you printed a reminis- cence of John Wilkes Booth, by Mr. Ford, which was very interesting. Perhaps the fol- lowing may interestsome: The writer at- tended the same boarding-school, more than thirty years ago, with Booth and slept with him. Jack, as he was called by the school- boys, was very popular as a boy, a good sw mer, ball-player, tree-climber, &c., &e., hut he would notstudy and was very Slow at his books. The school referred to was known as | the “Milton Boarding School.” It was on the old York turnpike, seventeen miles out of Bal- timore, and was kept by a Quaker gentlems by the name of John Emerson Lamb, who has nee passedaway, It has been asserted that ter Booth shot Mr. Line with him into Maryland asa not be. Noone knew the Maryland better than Booth, us ntto Richmond that ¥ durin carrying quinine, morphia and otler ¢ sivedruxs. These drugs were sent bya then prominent druggist. in Washington, and he shared the profits with Booth, Booth told the writer that he made a thousand doilars on a single trip. Ltold him that I did not wish to know anything about it, as my sympathies were with the government; I” had served in the Union “army daring the war was an office-holder. He said that he respected my sympathies, and he was vi ad the whole thing had “tick that at bottom he did not wish to States Mexicanized, but he w: Tmade a cond tight, 6 in tront of the National hotel,in this {twill be remembered by many’ that a @ iron lamp-post, o: coinmon patiern, don the eurbstone nd Booth was wing. I remember at he was not a pray- ed that “Old Abe” tailor trom Ten- dent. He men- his talk ern people hi tovk pi city. uning against it while sp Gistinctly that he sald t ing mau, but he had »» hit not die, as th: “would then become ioned the fact that Vice President Johuson had made a very bitter speech against the southern people, the day the news me of Gen, L and he said he Would have shot him if he hid been pre This threat made no impression upon me x the tim: night, or the next niz Booth si sincoln. “When the consy tors wei ¢ tried I considered it my duty to inform purt of the above, thinking such imony might throw some Side-light’ upon unspiracy, but when I counseled with my he advised me tosay nothing cerning it; that there was abundant proof Stunt; that the times were dangerous, &e., &c., and I have never told the circumstance in print ——_——-+e+______ For Tur EVENING Star. Ben: Jonson, Bacon, and Shakspeare. Ben Jonson, in his “Discoveries,” speaking of the lord chancellor Egerton as “a great and grave orator,” adds, “But his learned and able (though unfortunate) successor is he who hath filled up all numbers, and performed that in our tongue, which may be compared or prefe: red either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome. The similarity of expression here to his lan- guage in the famous eulogy on Shakspeare, pre- fixed to the Folio of 1623, has greatly puzzled the critles: e. g. “or, when thy sockes were on Leave thee alone, for the comparisou Of all, that insc it Greece, or bau: Sent fortii, or since did from thet Two things should be noted he distance in time when these twa ves were written, and, secondly, the difference in place, as well ds the different’ uses to which they! we applied. We do not certainly know when they were written, but what we do know is, that the passage in blank verse appeared in print, for the first time, on a preliminary leaf to the of 1623; and the same passage in moditied prose form was printed first in the “Discoveries,” in 1641. Here is a distauce of eighteen years, though the difference of time when te: written, may, possibly that, allowing, as Condell (Shaiesy fellows” und publish- ersofthe Folio) solicited Ben Jonson tor this dedication, about the tine of publication, that ree the “Discoveries” were the “last drops of Jonson's quill,” and from internal evidence were made subsequently to 1630, the author First, the dying in 1637. Suppose n ten or twelve years ag the rence in time when the two passages were written. Now, a3 10-place, it is to be noted that the “Dis: coveries” are in’ the form of notes, or memo- randa, and are so entitled “as they out of” his daily readings, of two hundred of them, and ‘disc: has a distinct caption’ or head-line it The heading of that particular “discovery” con: cerning lord Bacon, is, Seriptorur catlou foot note at the bottom of the page gives ali of writers and speakers of that age who were L1- mous for oratory or eloquence. ‘The only px mentioned in the list, are Sir Thomas Wyatt, Henry, earl of Surrey,'and Sir Philip Sidne: and it Is not for poetry they are mentioned, but for “eloquence.” The subject of Jonson's dis- course here is not poets and_poetry—who have 4 chapter to themselves—and hence the omis- sion of Shakespeare from the list is nothing singular, for neither ts there any mention made here of Spenser, Drayton, Daniell, Chapman, Marlowe, and of’ all the dramatic poets of the aye, not One. So that objection 1s disposed of, Elsewhere, Jonson devotes a special “disco: ery” to Shakspeare, as he also devotes one to lord Bacon. Itisin'the former that he spe thus of his friend Shekspeare: “for T Jo: the man, and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) Lon- est, and of an open and free nature; had an e cellent phantasy, brave notions, and gent expressions; wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped.” en Jonson's testimony to the merits of Bacon as a speaker, is not less emphatic, bul there Is no need of quoting him here. But what did Jonson mean, what could he mean in speak: ing of Bacon as “he who filled up all numbers ‘That certainly looks as though he were spea ing of “a concealed poet.” And using this e pression; too, in connection with another, dentical expression about “insolent Greece. or haughty Rome,” which he had used before con- cerning Shakspeare. It is known tat Ben Jo son had a habit of turning his prose into poetr: did he, on this occasion, reverse the process, turning his poetry into prose for the sake of turning a compliment to Francis, of Verulam, at the same time? That might well ve, as Jon? son Was then grown old, and in his dotaze, so to say. But it doesnot account for his speaking of Bacon as one who had “filled up all numbers.” Doublless, if we had the New English Dietion- ary, edited by Dr. Murray, and published as far asthe word number, we might obtain the exact sense and meaning of the word, as here usedby Ben Jonson. The ordinary ‘dictionaries, us Webster's, Johnson’s (ed. by Latham), the New Imperial, 'ete., assign from half a dozen to a dozen different senses to the word number, or numbers, of which only one or two is ever ap- plied to’ poetry. Here are some of the deflul- tions: Many, more than one; Multitude that may be counted; Comparative multitude; harmon; verses, poetry.—Latham's Johnson. ‘Under the last definition given here, Popeand Milton are quoted, thu “Harmonious numbers.”"—Milton. “Tlisped In numbers, for the numbers came.” —Pope. There is no reason to believe that “rare old Ben" used the word in the latter sense, speak- ing of Bacon. It is far more likely. and reason- able to suppose that he had in view the number and variety of works issued by lord Bacon dur- ing his life-time, and possibly, even a single réat work, his “Instauratio Magna,” or Noyum fanum, which was written in parts, and finished at different times. Thus the word number might come to mean “one of a num- bered series of things, as a division of a book published in parts,”—New Imperial dittionary. So we read, “Hen light Voltaire is numbered through the town.”— “A book was lately writ, called Tetrachordon, ‘And woven close In matter, form and stile; ‘The subject new; it walk'dihe town awhile, Bumb'ring good intellects: now seldom por'd on,”— Milton (about 1640). There 1s still another meaning to the word number, which may be called the classical sense. Thus Horace uses the phrase numero solulo, meaning “free from the restraint of number or metre,” that is, prose. The poet Gray also, speaking of the irregular measure of the ode, “In loose numbers wildly sweet.” Applying it to prose, it may be said that there is a“harmony of numbers” which makes the “rhythm” oi the best prose. In the classic sense, there is, certainly, such a “harmony” and such “rhythm” in lord Bacon’s prose. Ben Jonson, as we know, was nothing if not classi- cal; his “art” was wholly classical, as has often been polnted out. But whether, in this particu- ¢ Who filled up all numbers,” refers to or fener Poe et oy or (01 interpretation) fam inclined to think it reersto the multitude an erousness of the pieces composiny Breat and various works of Francie Bucooe am confident, from the nature of the context, and for other'reasons, that it does not refer to poetry of any kind, and least of all to the dra- matic works of W! Shaks; aky. ‘Toun Savany. ‘The Dallas Woman's Smartness. From Taxes Siftings. - . ‘Mrs, Peterby, of Dallas, is @ woman with a head for business, “Just see here. I have bought a beautiful rocking-chair at auction worth $3 andI only jd $2 for 1 u see I have $1 clear profit Bom€ tell me arte this that womncu havens bent eterby. i, ‘Sen what did you buy it fort” le ‘ve money, ofcourse, Howcould i ha’ saved that dollay If 1 hadn't bought it staniae® ‘DER FIRE IN SUMTER. A Talk With « Veicran Who Manned a Gun There. THE SCENES INSIDE THE FORT—IHOW TITE GAR- RISON CAME NEAR BEING ANNIMGLATED BY SMOKE—NO MEN KILLED TILL APTER THE SURRENDER, Though froma military point of view, the | bombardment of Fort Sumter in April, 1861, ranks only as a minor event of the late | “unpleasantness” from the historical point of | view, it takes a place of great importance, as | | there the first gun in a long arid dev ae war was fired. The survivors of the little band that heid the fort for thirty-six hours, are now scattered throughout the Union. One of th is Dennis Johnson, a veteran artilleryman, now yed in the depot quartermaster’s oilice in this city. “There ‘were about seventy-five men in the command all toid,” said Mr. Johnson, in reply toan inquiry by aSrar reporter, “and in ad- dition there were eight or nine civilians in the fort. These civilians were workmen who had been employed in the works. The officers were Major Anderson, Capt. Doubleday, Capt. Foster, Seymour, Lieut. Hall, Lieut, Suyder, vis and Lieut Meade. “On the morning of April 12th,” continued Mr, Jouason, settling himself down for a long rative, “about twenty minutes past four ‘lock, the frst shell was fired at Sumter, | They continued until 7 o'clock, firing shell ve minutes without response from us. | J we fell in and were marcned to the casemates, where we were all told otf to diffe We could not man the guns on the Arts on top, Which were open and exposed to the fire from every quarter, from Fort JOan- son, Fort Moultrie, Mount Pleasant, Sullivan's Ishind.and the iron battery at a place called Cumming’s Pot, From all these rent | mortars and guns were pouring shot and | Shell into the fort. While men were working hon the ramparts on one side of the fort would re Ge ive the enemy's fire from the . Consequently we could man only the lower casemates. However, we opened the ball at ten minutes past seven o clock, beginning by shelling the iron battery and Fort Moultrie. THE MOST TERRIFIC FIRE we received was from Fort Moultrie, a fort much like Fort Washinzton, with ramparts, but no casemates, Over here,” said the veteran, rising m his seat and gesturing with his hands, sCumming’s Point, there was Fort John- and there Mount Pleasant, They got the e accurately and dropped their shot and 1 right into the fort, Every shot _was tear- WV brick and mortar, Capt. Doubleday engaxed the iron battery on the Cumming’s Point side, Others mianued the guns on the other side, and some were firing at Fort Moultrie.’ The tron battery was the nearest. We could not concentrate any fire at allon one side, for we had no guns that could reach the enemy on that side. When the fort as builLIt was never expected, of course, that the American people would be fighting them- selves, soon the side looking away trom the channel no provision had been made for guns, I manned a gun myselt directing the fite at Fort Mouitrie. Three thirty-two pounders and two forty-two pounders were ull we could work on that Side. We tired at the magazine part of the fort, and the fire was so heavy there that the enemy had to evacuate Qe works for a time, atraid that they would btow up. The magazine had a pitched roof with two gables protected by the ramparts, We knew, ofcourse, just where it was and aimed to smash in the roof by tiring so that the balls would slide over the ram) upon it. The fire from the enemy Was continued all that day and was very heavy. There was a heavy fire from Mount Pleasant, which swept the parade in the center of thé fort. Some time Guring the afternoon of the Hirst day the flazstatl was shot away and came tumbling down into the open Space, Lieut. Hall ran out from the casemates, snapped the halyards with a knife, secured the dug, which was triced up again in'the ramparts, Alter the flag was shot down the walls of the bulidings and the roots texan to give wax. We Kept at the enemy till the buildings on the south side of THE FORT TOOK FIRE. “These buildings, which were occupied as quarters, flied out three of the angles or sides of the fort, one looking to the west, the other south and the other southeast. The tops of the roofs of the buildings just showed over the ramparts, Towards the north the space was allopen. Before we left Fort Moultrie we had constructed a regular furnace, or shot heater for heating red hot shot, and I expect the enemy used it, Fort Moultrie was well inanned, and it must have been from the guns of that fort. that the tlre was started in Sumter. The offic ters were in the center of this row of build- and at the rizht and lett were the quarters the men. The officers’ quarters took fire r There was no such thing as trying to put out the fire, ‘The flames spread raj to the right and left, and soon the two magazines were surrounded by walls of fire, We were at the casemutes at the north side, and thesmoke from the burning buildings was so dense aud suffoca- ting that we had to lie on our faces. The wind blew from that side, and the embrasures were too smull to let out’ the smoke, which was so thick wecould hardly see. All the smoke came into our faces, We were obliged to wet hand- kerchiefsand put them over our taees. We were in this plight fully three quarters of an hour, during which we ceased firing altogether.- It was a terrible experience. The old fellow himsel!,” continued the narrator, referring to Major Anderson, “had to lie down’ on his face, [saw him crying, the smoke was so hot and thick. The enemy continued the bombard- ment the first day until between four and five in the evening, and then stopped, except to tire an odd shot now and then to Keep us in the works. On the second day the firing began early. While the fort was burning, a rapid fire was concentrate! upon us fron ot, This was done to prevent our leaving the casemates und attempting to put out the fre. They must have fired FORTY TO SIXTY SHELLS a minute into the fort. The shells tore up the earth from the parade and rent the bricks from the walls. Nothing could have stood ‘the fire. No man could have lived under it. So we had to stand at the casemates and let the fire burn. About twenty minutes past three o'clock, the second day, General Wigfall, of Texas, a con- federate officer, came out to the fort in a boat from Mount Pleasant. He came a: fire, Our attention was oceupied inside men did not see his boat as it was pulled across. He landed on the rocks, and came up to one of the embrasures, a couple of guns below me. I think If it had uot been for me he would have been killed. He was about to leap into the em- brasure when Jimmy Ryan, a laborer in the fort, seeing him coming in raised a spade and was about to strike him, I recognized General Wigfall, «nd prevented Ryan from striking him. We asked him to come, and he got in as as he could out of the fire. He said he wanted to see Major Anderson. He was taken id tae two officers shook came over from Gen, mand the surrender of the Anderson said he would never sur- s we could take out of the fort all that we had taken in with us. Before return- ing, Gen. Wigfall asked Maj. Anderson if he would not put out a white flag, so he could re- cross in safety. A white tlig was shown from one of the towers, and the firing ceased at that minute from every point. Maj. Anderson told Gen. Wigtall that if he did not have an answer at a certain hour, he would open fire again. The answer came back before the time was up, and the terms which Major Anderson asked ‘were granted. That is, we were to salute our flag be- fore we left, and earry wish us all our arms, equipments,’ flags, and our private property, leaving, of course, the guns and ammunition belonging to the fort. Gen. Wigtall returned in about an hour, Maj. Anderson then went across to see Beauregard, It did not take long for two or three men to pull him across the bay, and the terms of surrender were soon settle between them. We remained in the fort that night. under A HUNGRY GARRISON. “As remember it,” said the speaker, “there was not a single mouthful to eat in the fort thut night. All there wason the second morning was six or eight pounds of rice, which happened. tobe lying in a small room back of the cook- house. It was mixed with broken glass, from windows shattered by shells. This was cooked and served to the men at the guns on the second. morning. There was not a single pound of flour in the fort, though there was some pork there, but we could not eat that without bread. I did not have a mouthful to eat that day, The next morning atter the surrender, I think,some bread and biscuit were procured from Cliarles- ton. I have seen it stated that there was plent; of food in the fort, but there was not a pound, except the pork. There was only one day's Tations left when the bombardment began. If we had had provisions we could have held the fort. The men’s quarters were bomb-proof, and ‘we would have been perfectly comfortable there under the heaviest fire they could have brought to bear upon us. Our best guns were on the ramparts on top. These were 10-inch and 8 inch columbiads, and twenty-four and forty- two pounders. The fort was built for three tiers of sae but there were no son the second tier. Fort Moutrie could not have stood the fire any time if we could have manned those big guns on the ramparts, but the ram- parts were so exposed that if the men had worked the pred an hour there would not have been three of them left to takeoutalive. As it was, the only guns we could use were those on the lower tier,ou the water's edge. The firing from this low level was, of course, not nearly so ith ed it Sous ere veg Gepayed Tam- parts. | The enem 8 long tme for prepara: jon and ‘complately surrounded tie for It the Star of the West, when she appeared five or six weeks before the bombardment, had come 100 yards further, i: of turning as soon asa Shot had crossed her bow, the ball id have been opened then and we could have kept them from ever building hing around us, After that incident, when steamboat excursions passed the fort, the people used to hoot at us. DODGING SHELIS, “The ordnance sergeant, Kearney, and my- self,” continued the veteran, “ran up to the ramparts now and then during the bombard- ment, and where there were charges in the guns fired them. We wanted to getashot at the iron battery, and we went up to work a big hundred-ton gun there. When we had been shells eoming for us, looking, lat shells com! r far ay air, like Tae bails. 2 {nto one of the towers at and wait for the air to clear. and fred the gun us again, | parting salute to our flag. glanced over the topof the battery. We thought we would try again. I was rammiing down the wad to Keep the ball from rolling out—the gun ‘as defiected—when I a ballcoming. 1 me near falling over the ramparts with the long rammer in my hands, but let go of the rammer just intime. It weot bounding duwn over the rocks, ‘Swish! the ball came thr he air,and passed over me. It was a ¢ all, As there were only two of us, we could not work the gun so as to bring tts murs through the port. It was some Inches aw when we fired it, and this shot was tuo low. fd th struck the ground below the iron battery and passed under it, doing considerable damage in. side, The recoil sent our gun rolling back and it turued completely over. AFTER THE SURRENDER everything possible was done for the men by the officers. Anything in the way of the privi- leges tie men wanted they could have got. Dr. Crawford, the surgeon of the post, had some whisky left in the hospital stores, and he ha: the hospital steward serve it out to the men. There was about a gill foreach man. The next morning visitors came from ull points to see us—some of our rebel triends. a coming over, and the people floc fit question always was “How mal were killed,” and aii seemed surprised when we told thein that there was uo one killed. They ered up pieces of shell and other trifle op as relies, On that da hevore leaving, we in and went to the Arts wo fire the ny fired a M gun faring Charleston, and t Manned one on the other side fired between the two companies, and then the other, Neur the g side some bags of powder or been carelessiy left open. The y fire probably from a spark blown back gun, and there was terrible explosion. siabs of pig fron lying n into the air with Be oft cut off the head and right atm of ama Dan Howe, of Capt. Doub killing him instantly. Anotie ed another man and cut oif his leg. died in two hours. Two other meu were wounded, and were sent to a hy *harieston. The two men thus kill two men lost at Sumtet killed by accident while we were salucii flag. We buried them In the middie marade before we marched out of the here was a grave there ready for them, where Wend dug a deep hole tor sand to iit saud aS. Some an were hurled THE EVACUATION. “It was Sunday forenoon, I think, when we left the fort. A company of grays marched in before we left—young fellows whom we had seen in Charlestou, It was a beautiful day. There was not a quiver on the water, which, so far as tine eye cunid see, was dotted with boats filled with people to see @ few soldiers mareh out of afort. We took out all our personal property. Barrels of pork and a litte furniture belonging to the officers,we shoved out through the embrasures. Then we marched out and went aboard the Isabelle, the steamer that was to take us from the fort. The Isabelle swung around out of the bay ana steamed down the channel about three miles, where the steamer Baltic was waiting for us. Two gunboats there saluted us as we passed. We were transferred from the Isabelle to the Baltic; then up anchor, and we started for New York, and that was the last we saw of Charleston, ——or—___ Amusements. Forv’s Orera Hovss.—The English opera season al Ford’s will open Tuesday evening with “Fra Diavolo,” Miss Alfa Norman will on thu evening make her first appearance in Washinz- ton iN the role of Zerlina, with Zelda Sezuin as Lady Alcash and Stoddart as Fra Diavolo. ednesday evening will be sung; Thursday, tha,” and Friday, “The Bohemian Girl.” This company bas hud great success this week in Baltimore. It has a chorus of 25 voices, with Mr, Chas. Von Leer as musical direct: ‘THE THOMAS CoNcERTS.—The sole first Thomas concert at Albaugh’s Monday evening will be Mme. Furseh-Madi,who will reul- der the Scena and aria, “E dungie ver, one of Rubinstein’s operas; and Juch and Mr, Max Hein in the duo trom Wagner's “Fiving “Like to a Vision.” The orchestr Beethoven’s Second Symphony in will render > 1m: 36; Liszt's Twelfth Ri * Hongre overture to Flying Dutchman” and Mos7kowsk: % 1 few seats of any kind for a: neerts now remain unsold, THe REY oF “PATIE: for the benefit of the Georgetown amateur ‘orchestra, at reduced prices, will give many who faged to. See the first’ representation an opportuifiy to ness a highly cred{tabie and enjoy ama teur performance of this charming light The seats for Tuesday night are going rapidiy at Brentano's. THe THURSBY TESTIMONIAL.—Not the least of the many fashionable musical events which have crowded upon each other during the last nionth will be the testimonial concert tendered to Miss Emma Thursby wt Aibaugh’'s Thursday evening next. Miss Thursby will be assisted on this occasion by Mr. A. L. King, the tenor who made so favorable’ an “fanpression at Miss Thursby’s concert at Congregational church some time ago: Mrs, Powell, of this. cit Mme. I irk, the pianist. Mr. Wm. decker will act ds accompanist. Seats for the concert are on sale at Kilis’. HERzZ06's MUSEUM.—Lincoln Hall will next Week echo with the music of bones and tambou- Mhes, the happy songs and merry jokes of unit strelsy. Burgess, Collom & Welch's troupe will bethere in force, making a welcome break in the long series of dramas that have held sway at this Ouse. The company is well spoken of, and is strong numerically and otherwis THEATER CoMIQUE.—The Theater Comique will reopen this evening with what is an- nounced as “a great sensational attraction.” It will consist of the usual variety features, female minstrels, ete. There will be another good bill next week. Dine Museum.—The mana; house announce as the attracti the famous Anne Walker Dramu tion. This eompany con ed, containing some ver: tion there will be the usi seum proper. CHORAL Soctery Concert.—The sale of seat for the coming concert of the Choral Svciets which commenced yester istactorily. ‘son Saturday 9, aud is the fiual one of the season's series. The re-ebgagement of Miss Agnes Huntington and Mr. Whituey Mockridge will doubtless prove a great attraction. —— An Equestrian Statue of Grant. From the Hartford Timcs. When he is dead, Albert, Gen. Grant's old couchman while in the White Huus: Gr Grant will have a spiendid equestrian st erected to his memory. ‘Khat was all arrat while the General was President. Durin second term he allowed a sculptor to cast of him, mounted upon “Cincinnati.” He used to go down to the stables, bave the bridle and saddle put on his favorite horse, and off he would go to sit for the Sculptor. Albert says Le cannot remember the name of the remembers the circumstances peri Since an equestrian statue seems to be the medium adopted by art and accepted by the world as the proper one for the perpetuation of the form and lineaments of great soldiers, and t of this xt week e Combina- In addi- especially of commanders of armies, it is sare to | >* assume that one of General Grant will be erect- ed in Washington sooner or later, But when | the proper time arrives for such a testimonial | it will be found that the preliminary material referred to in the paragraph quoted above is no tonger available. The work will have to be undertaken anew, and carried to com- pletion from models and studies yet to be made, albeit the statement of the former coach- man of Gen. Grant is substantially correct. As he says, the movement was set on foot, and the work progressed so far that a perfectly accurate portrait representation of both the rider and his horse was executed in clay, of heroic size, or perhaps a little larger. The project contem- plated the erection of the statue on the paved space in front of the south portico of the Treas- ury. Mr. J. A. Bailly, a sculptor of Freeh bifth, residing in Philadelphia, was chosen to do the work, and considerable money, and pos- sibly all that was needed for the purpose of put- ting the grolip in bronze was elther oullected or pledged. Just at this time a question arose as to the ropriety of erecting statues of persons still liv- ing, and from its discussion aol ep received its quietus for a time,at least. Other complica- tions of various sorts’ followed, and it soon be- came evident that the enterprise would be ste oned for some time, at least, and probably be nally abandoned. ’Meantime the artist had removed the model to Philadelphia. It re- mained in his studio there for some he changed hi time, but mse. Finally one day the artist, who had perhaps fallen into unfortinate ways, and seeing no probability of realizing either fame or fortune his long and aux- expel ious efforts, while in a fit of rage or despond- eu fi seized a bammer and broke the model into and destroyed, as it is na Spin yh ag Foe pa e in reference 3 . Mr. Ballly has since died, so that, as alread intimated, the whole work, if ever carried oul Under new suspieesand fros origing! studs under new ies, and models, ————— The Commissionership Term Question. ‘To the Editor of Tus Evawixe Star: Apparently Mr. Morgan’s term under his second commission expired June 30th, 1880, without any authority of law to act another day, as that was the fwo years’ term of appoint- ment under which the Commissioner was not to serve until bis successor was the residue of the eager Bincs that a it under the of cable to the ~~ sin ee eppoin' Devens ever rendered any ‘on this sub- Ject, I think it was never Itmay wetee Erato, SCC April 29th, 1685." ee ee eee eee Lake im Bast tog expedition, to, Take Moero, ts at the | rat, | | | his hammer down with a | PARK REVERIES. . 4 A Veteran Observer Makes Some Reflee: Habitsof Park Visiters— passed along the serpenting alks of one large city parks, of which h¢ was tn charge, his bronzed face wore @ sutisted expression. “Yes,” he remarked to a STAR man, who had lingered to admire the budding deauty of spring, “everthing is going on first rate, now that it has had a start, The season has been very late, but it has given me ap opportunity of fixing up the walks, and then I have been able to give the ees a thorough wall sUppose that the woodwork suffers from the exposure to the weather, responded the ements bave a , with a iaugt effect upon park seats, bat if they had only to sta wind and the su repairs would be park sea bts beans an, pected, of thé Xpense. 4 diem by Uhe peo he onids and nilnued, wit of manher parks, and magine that Td but, at the and why it is, w r iour feet long, tw selves into one corne the center of the scat ial c h try towecupy ‘at the same time. I tt Y maids in : wmend that Chexe seats about think tha be rep far as my ot nd it x space that is cecupied, while this governinent is carrying on work of by selling horse, <.the anatter of tf of park seais might properly be consi Thiee new actrees sould be made wish tty terial now wasted in oue, and if Ch in the city are suited it scems to that it is not worth why “ the interests of the Trams. t Lhis seat,” resumed the in front of ae distance see what 1 me: slats © poinied to ass ery and some you wil hat th 8, show! on that part the way,’ he sudd on w Seat i Ms to show t sp from a gas you bent in ater Weight has been “than on the of shrub) very forming are not so dart count for it, He portionate str seat? I have iter a moment's r+ ations on tls in order to of this) rather ow Why the slats im I have seen two togetherinone end or In the nd they sit that way ali the ime, Of course, it is » vat T hav omen t sround that would su That they needn't re were plenty of seat er part night think | Wanted the su consider: nd Bot Gecupy ail ave NO de © up Use the settee vat That they ‘at entirely if wanted it, Idon't ccatise thes a the “4 e in hare knew hh tear are quiet, stillness summer nicht the with the surrounding The man hed, and then sighed again as if ections had been uroused, and the te feel in hing mood him- self, but wisely le mony ee UNDER TH Street Scenes Around a Washington Auction House. A TALK WITH THE MAN WHO WIELDS THE HAM MER—THE PECULIARITIES OF PERSONS WHO HAMM “Going,—go-ing,—gone! the wart on his nose The gentleman with The auction gentleman with the distin triumphantly up to th prize, and the lady with hat, who had been bidd) disappointed, and said vcr It wasat a Washingt: THE Srak man siopped n ieuther in ber inst him, looked ws moth ia it, ™ house, and ntemplate the higiily recommend. | ood people, noveities in the mu- | | resent the pre curious scene for a few m ot furnituy hings, madg it look lik More t maybe 2h man on t There was a wh i hapy onge Wie old tue & ‘grand cert aut on) the ste some smart, new of tore with an air seemed to ud kettie its velvet on erry or imita~ wd disdain for its th the furniture mal a two piles of sbuck neat-sighted woman, who vel " young p und specs, who was telling the good natured old lady with red roseson her that she had seen the sam e Six Uma »herowa k viedge, td fa wed tundés were r bs men in th old piano and pments, queen, close about like a troup of nd when the Most of the people we the auctioneer. Th eager sportsmen at got tothe heighth oftheirexcitement they w ebase the pr post bedstead or ade lapidated warming-pan away out of sight." “Quarter — quar Who'll make it a hair the box in one prolonged br clapper of an alarm elock crowd, pressed closer about him, In froutof him was an old mahogany side-board that looked as if it knew much more than it would like to let on, nd Lad a good deal of old-fashioned mahogany pride over itssuperiority and experience. “Half? Five-and-a-huli!” shouted the auc Honeer. Solid mahogany —autique. | Think of it, Think of it! King George If drauk off it when he visited George Washington after the surrender(?) And I've only five-and-a-half, bal ’, hal’, lal’, hal’, helf! On—ly—five—and—a— make {t six. Its toot's a little out of + but that’s the result of high living in youth. It's soaked with wine for overa century. The last_man who owned it died from dissipation. He was a temperance man, but the side board intoxicated the whole tam: ily. They put it too near the stove and it steamed. Buy it, my friend; you'll neverregret, your bargain—six! Ihave «l', si’, si’, six! To the fat gentleman with the red f “He'll have to build 4 house to put it in,” said some one bebind him, “Curious people—interesting,” suggested STAR man, who caught the auctionver Just after he was relfeved by his partner, “['d write a book about ‘em if Lhad the time,” he replied, as he jumped himself up on tothe counter and beat “his heels the side, “Curious, curious? Well, I saould say £0, There's a sort of fascination about an wuc- tion that draws people—particularly women. [I've been in the business fifteen or twenty years and there are women here ‘who ve never missed a week since I can recollect. Some of them never id; some of them 1 bid on nearly everything, but never se they have no mousy. The; {ust Tia Rinill Lacy’ get thelr houses 90 until they get their they have to hold an guction themselves, ‘Then they acil out and beginagain. I have sold some things over and over so often that my commis- sions have amounted to two or Uuree times the ‘hest price itever te : times pores bid on a im the excitement of the chase and observed the ¢ Tun 1% * . , , ‘ wt f