Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1885, Page 3

f 4 ¢ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1885-DOUBLE SHEET CITY AND DISTRICT. IN TRAINING AT THE TRACK. ‘The Noted Horses wat Ivy City. OVER ONE HUNDRED, WITH ERS. &@ FULL List oF Sat the Ivy City grounds has swelled the num- tr and a ning t of the with the nes of owners The arrival of stab @uring the | ber 0, at the dam m Presto; Bell- b),dam Bell mW. of a: . dam | Vinton, 4, . Kens, dam Rot ph McMahon's stable—Hil: Bonnie See nd, dam Be J igeur, dam Red Bluff, dam tam La Ww Grande and th John son & Son's st: by Pat Maliny y Wandere . Buckden, dam Be D an, dam Saili kK Reber, 3, by Voitigeu mete mm Sullivan, 6, by Kioba, 5, by Long- Ss Goodrich, 5, by Edith 1 n, 4, by Prinecton, follie Brooks, Better, 4, by i S$ stabl dam Pzntine S; a F at Tom. Lon: jaan Loosely ‘ by Enquire nt by Rebel; Bi, bramble, dato | ly Dean, 5, by | aptain, 3, ation, esiree, 4, by Eolus, by Enquirer, dam eroy, 4, by Allan Pinkerton, dam Sour Heart. J. W. Loud’s Stable—Richard L., 4, by Lever, dam Opturia: Lady Loud, 4, by’ Monarchist’ dam Lady Harda: Stanhope, aged, by Waverly, dam Ada um, The s! M. C. Daly, with | en, 8; Wm. Jennings, eld, 5; Tete 2. ‘The arrival of ot horses up to 156, 1 mbled at any previous rule, the horses are in good con- Scott s string, with the ex- eailin good form. —D ig well, except d lame, and all his engagements . ‘MeMaton's have been at y all winter, under the immediate su- pervision of their owner, and they are in fine trim. Mason's Hussey’sand Pettingill's strings are in good s ‘ampbell’s, Jobuson’s and the other stables which eame through from Memphis, stood the trip finely, and with few ns are doing admirably. Whi not in shape to do any- The leng trip from ms and then here was Bureh’s string, including vorites, are ali doing well, sue is as “fine as a are also in. prom- rs are doing well. tional h heatha; n the numbe cap have Grevston mn Sunmaid, | There are 1S th, Chan- oy Duck, Richard L., an, Farewell, Jim Car | 2, Bessie, | Has been v Lewis, , and Lady Dean have | Way will not start in the Brentwood stakes, | od, Jennie B., Litte | been withdrawn. tter from Falls C1! Correspondence of Tuk EVENING STAR. FALLS CHURCH, May 2. As the warm weather will soon be driving people from the city st of country shade | aad unadulterared milk for their little ones, | let me advise them, through the medium of | THe Srax, to visit this garden spot, where | homes, lovely to behold, are surrounded with | shad ud f of all kinds. It has the best | water in Vir: ation of over GUO feet | n, where blankets are a neces- t during the sum- | an unknown quantity. rch, are ail deseription, a good mar- ket, hor W. and O. and W. KR. runs within five mi "walk of the town. and looking down from the yil to the depatre minds one of se: Visjted all s caggruly s ¢ beautiful panorama, I have AS of the commonwealth, and ¥ this is the garden spot. Churehes of MH deno: jons greet the eye of the most fastidion er. The Episcopal church (ola . Where Gen, Washington rom which the city (for and have a council, ds In good repair. Xxelted over the con- 4) change of control uty the hands of the if this takes place, and has. Falls Church will ze. Gen, Eaton and Mr. © jools, were here ig on education before the Wednesda Teachers’ om was uttered by acitizen of and was directed atatramp who d to ask for dinner. “You won't, eh?” So, sirt 1 Til make you!” head? tizen pull off his coat and spit on 1 knock the tramp intothe middie No, sir! He put bis tinger into his i asharp whistle, and bis »or with # hoe-bandle in her wife came to th hand . * Well, look out for splinters!” husband stood aside and she made a but when the weapon came down the tramp wasn't thy From theother side of the fence he lifted his Bat and gently but firmly observed: "Any Woinun who strikes a man, <ave in the way of kinduess, deserves the xallows! Keep Your cold vittles'and go to Halifax: | soon, and it will not b | prisoners will be | United States to the | structed thi | twent: ‘oe — Manual Culture in Chicago. From the Roston Advertiser, In Chicago, under the eager lead of Mr. Blatchiord, the gentlemen of the Commercial Glub built aud established a first-class high School for their “own sons, of which the funda- he i chool shall be spent In, the training Of the hands. Drawing Is included in this half. For the res work benches for carpenters, lathes aD Other apparatus for inists, dive an oppor tuhit, i the tgs rs Filemen of the best famil- “hieago to learn the methods of tries Which one day they are to direct eo In the “keys” south of Dayton, Flori gre trees calied machineels, which are vant te be poisonous Lo any one standing ben them when the dew ls falling. — TRANSFORMATIONS AT THE FARM. Improvements Made at the Washing- ton Asylum—A New Workhouse Made Outof an Old Magazine—The New Hos- pital—How Great Changes Have Been Made at Small Cost. Inno branch of the District government ser- vice has there been more improvements made during the past five or six years than in that of the Washington almshouse, and more especially within the last two years. Originally, the three District Commissioners took charge of the work in common, but, by experience, it was found best to make a division of duties, and, upon the advent of Commissioner Deni in the board, defi- nite duties were confided to each member. has been found much more convenient than the old plan in the referenee of papers and the correct and prompt dispatch of business gener- ally. The management of the affairs relating to Washington almshouse was inherited by mer West from ex-Comunissioner h his special atten- 5 changes and im- vements have been made during the last F that a visit the almshouse of a year eturning to-day would scarcely recognize thi Commis: ny of the surroundings. The Washington am con h the work and aims- s, and all their respective details, and im- ements have necessarily kept pace with the Tease of inmates from a growing population. The recent liberal cession by Congres the District the care and control of the old mas- azine grounds, with appurtenances, lving ad- Jacent to the" Washington Asylum grounds, which, altogether, constitutes a large farm, suf ficient for y to come, ‘There ts how a front- age of upwards of 1,000 feet on 19th street east, J the grounds run back to the Anacostia or Eastern branch. THE OLD WORKHOUSE during the last year has been entirely remod- ed and renovated. New blinds have been the roof repaired, glass re-supplied, the interior changed in many respects to suit the needs of new wards which have been added to the service, the floors renewed in many in- stances and all the wood work inside scoured, painted and grained in alight oak color. The sutside has also been cleansed and repainted, riving a rejuvenated appearance to everything. This old work house 1 completion of the two srold women anil lor hospital purpose: Mr. West has coutinued in the supervision the work and alms houses ever since he entere wud has been foriu an intendant Mr. W. H. Stou' ngs much eredit for the tine condition of the lire property at this time. In eonsequence of the numerous commitments made to the ne workhouse it has been iound necessary still more room, to obtain which Commission West d the idea of changing maga- zine No, 1, @ ponderous old ammunition yault with an arched roof and walls four feet thicic, c ard brick and cement, into & by the female pri thus heir present qu e designs to. turn over to the male pris, affording more room for them and re- THE CROWDED CONDITION of both workhouses, Plans for earrying out this project have been made by Mr. Brady, the architect, the proposals advertised, and the bids opened on Tuesday, Mr.C. Thomas being the lowest bidder. He is to set about the work very long before the building . ‘The vaulted roof has to be t en ott, and the walls, eigiteen inches thick, wi'l be run up two sts s highe The intern: Givisions of roors will be inade to suit the ser- Vice required. Thus a complete separation of qn fe und female prisoners will be eifected. inery aud appliances for a first-class laun- and rooms for sewing machines, are among the things contemplate: ‘othat all the cloth- ing used on the place may be actured t Other industrial pu: female onsidered after be stated that upon led b: will be complete Just here itu he mag- the government of the Distriet for vium grounds, had bee e imyrense fire-proot buildings es to contain fixed ammunition and use during the war, and three more of a similar character for use of the Navy de- ¥ most. sub ir purpose: with the grounds to tb zed to serve the ion during the st winter of A MODEL STABLE AND BARN has added another new feature to the Institu- tion. This was made from another of these magazines—the shell house, which was care- fully torn down and rebuilt on the middle plateau of ground, between the Anacostia branch and 1gth street, convenient to the whole farm. A basement was dug eight feet deep and foundation walls laid of brick and cement, on which has been erected the super- structure. The basement floor raded con- veniently for drainage, and the whole jrea paved, making a convenient place for the storage of carts, wagons and other wood Imypile- ments of farming. The plans were drawn by Mr. Brady, of the building inspector's office. The building is 60 by 100 feet, with a row of commodious stalls for horses, perfectly fur- nished, with the most approved fixtures, run- ning the whole length of the building. All the cows and other stock on the place have been provided for. On the main floor there are also ‘stalls and pens for mals, scatfolds for a: ounds, ¢ ment of the a District, needs of th horses and other ani- bins for short teed and ll the conveniences generally found in a first- elass stable. A roadway has been graded and paved to this stable making it easy of access and exit. This valuable improvement will result in the demolition of ail the old frame shanties on the side of the hill near the old workhouse, in which were kept the horses and cows attached to the place. The building is already in use. The cost was trifling com- ared with many other buildings on the place. ‘he work was done by the inmates. A NEW HOSPITAL WARD, The ward for aged female invalids, begun last summer, has been completed since THE STAR published its last description of improve- lgents at the asylum grounds. This also has been accomplished at a comparative small cost. The old hospital ward for these women in the old workhouse was totally inadequate for the purposes, and by a system of economy practised by all in charge enouzh was wecum ated to warrant the Coinmissioners in the erec- tion of the new building, Its loc: proximity to the dispensary on the high « Irontjng 19th street. It has a capacity of 30 béds. Its plan is in the form of a Greek cross and but oue story high, the roofr up toa high and sha every side for windows, shut from th puliey bloc > OF h’ are opened and ¢ floor by means of hand lines and <. Femule attendants ure em- ployed und all the female wards are under the Management of Mrs, Stoutenburg, the much matron of the instituti The eree- s the District considerable nt of the class of dix d here, done during the last year 1 of @ frame building be- iet‘from the commons be- ase and jail, west of 19th t, originally a chapel, But ‘subsequently a sehool-house, to the other side of the dis; sary, on the high ground fronting on 19ih street, It has been fitted up as a sick formen, and &@ very comfortable one it is. It accommodates : to thirty patients. In the southern part of the original workhouse grounds are about ten acres, occupied the last ten. or twelve ars by the parking commission for the culti- vation Of young trees for use by that commis- sion in the oruaientation of public resery: tions throughout the city, Itis said that ther are now about 200,000 of these trees in healtuy growth and ready for use. They com- prise anahy of the best varieties, ‘The coustruc- jon of A HANDSOME GATEWAY at the Estreet entrance of these asylum grounds is now going on, ‘This is the old entrance to the magazine grounds, and adjoins the easterly line of the Congressional cemetery. The new gate will bea handsome arched structure. The eost will be comparatively nothing, the mate- rial and labor sound on the premises being ullle ized. ‘The abutments and connecting walls are of brick and cement. When completed this gateway will correspond with that at the north. €rn portion of the grounds, near the old work. house. ‘The taking away ‘by Mr. Stoutenbu: of the old hedges and cross fences has tended to improve the appearance of the farm greatl Heretofore the flelds have been divided off & old post and rail fences, with brush of all kinds growing up about the decayed wood, giving a slovenly appearance to the place. Allsuch ob- structions have been removed. EAR: THEIR RATIONS, The labor for most all these improvements has been furnished by the inmates of the asylum. There are at present 475 of them altogether, and all who are able-bodied are re- quired to earn their food and raiment, In order to have something permauent to keep the inmates employed, Intenduut Stoutenbers, by direction of the ‘omimilssioners, inaugurated last summer the work of grading the extension of Pennsylvania avenue trom 12th street to the riverfront. ‘This work has been continued suc- cessfully during the past winter, and will have y thousands of dollars to the general and the Distriet. The present cut rried on ranges from two inches to twelve feet in depth, and extends 180 feet between building lines’ each side of the avenue, and @ distance in length of more than 1.800 feet. ‘The depth of filling at the lower end hear the terminus of the avenue is about thirty feet. The purpose ts, as soon as this work is finished, to grade up G Street southeast, to 14th street, op 11th from G street to Poumsylvania avenue, all the dumping to go to the filling in of the deep ravine at this point. ‘This grading when tnished will, Its thought, lead 10 the festora. tion of the old bridge bummed in the war of 1812 which crossed the branch to the old Marlboro’ road In Maryland. The farmers out in Maryland and the county east of Anacostia ure even now talking up the project, as ‘this road would communicate directly with the Center market of this eity. ————+e0—_____ The proportion of dogs to shi in most coun- tes is very large, yet it ‘would be easier to pane an act through the legislature compelling’ the ler of ull the sheep in the than one to send to the bone-yard 30 percent of the worthless dogs that kill the sheep.—Litile Rock (Ark.) Gazette. The fellows who are waiting for the office to seek the man are getting awiully tired.—Tezas aburg, to whom | gave to | MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. THE BOSTON IDFALS—THE CHICAGO FESTIVAL— “POLLY” IN NEW YORK—THE DRAMATIC SEA- SON—PATTI'S FAREWELL, ETC, — The latest report regarding the Boston Ideal company Is that they will remain together,with the exception of Whitney and Mathilde Phil- lips, and possibly Geraldine Ulmer, under the management of Wm. H. Foster, for many years Miss Over’s advance agent, WHo the successors of Whitney and Miss Phillips willbe is not a nounced. readily filled, By the wa; will play a return engage mont at Ford’s during this month. —Some of the Philadelphia critics were very e" bbott’s attempt to present and other grand operas in that'city. Emma's business in Puiladelphia was not large, he entire receipts of the Chicago opera fes- tival were $130,060, ‘The managers, it is said, come out just even, ‘dwin Booth will open Norton's new opera cago Tribune in an article on the spring styles in newspaper articles says: “In dramatic criticism the somber, half-mournin; style of last ye iven way to the soul glish, very sase. The recent fure- vell to Irving by Willie Winter is noted as the decollette thing in this line yet exhib- 's Willrevive “Around the World in Philadelphia, Monday even- nT. Raymond will rev! appearing as Col. Sellers all the . B. Hanford, of this city, 1s getting most grac dable bit of acting among the subordinate char- acters is the little Mr. Hanford has to do as | Rosse.” —‘Mona,” the new play in which Miss Helen | Dauvray appeared at the Star theater, New York, this w is pronounced very slow and stupid by the ciltics, Miss Dauvray’s acting is commended. ‘The diamonds she Wears in the play are said to be worth $60,000, —"Polly, the Pet of the Regiment,” the new comic opera in which Miss Lillian Russell made her reap} in New York Monday nightat the Casi sonly ® moderate. suc- cess, Some o critics condemn “Polly” out stint, while others let it down easy, “It issaid to be’ g which, like should be seea, not heard, Lillian Raysell; however, seems again to haye captured the town. — Patti made what s sald to be her last ap- pearance for many years in the United States, at Boston, Thursday evening, The opera was “Marta,”’ and the diva made Col. Mapleson hapy by not ehurging bim a cent for thutnight only. — The death ofthe celebrated Joseph Francois Regnier removes from the its strongest actors in comedy and pathetic parts, To his instruction, while professor of the conservatory, is due the éficiency attained hy many of the how popular Parisian actors. His age was 73. — Henry Irving reported that the ship whic! bore him to England “acted admirab And he ought to know what admirable act- ing is. —Joseph Haworth has sizned a contract to support Salvini in his American tour next season, —On Mond 21 ¥ night the Bijou theater, New t business it has yet done with “Adon fhe run of this burlesque is someting phenomenal, Union Square theater, New York, on the 18th inst., to All tt gap “Blackmail.” — Booth and Ristori will give their Joint per- of “Macbett ‘ork, demy of —A prominent opera company that has been on the road forty weeks has not yet had what might be caile ary day. The members have worked for board wages and now and then alittle pocket mone: - The Paris Soir has found out why so many new plays are condemned on the first night. Itsays that in anaverae first night audience, amounting in all to 1,000 people, there will b Personal enemies of the author, 50; personas who, without knowing him, hope for a failure, 103: those who have paid dn c gant price for their seats, and are therefore ill-disposed to- wards the picce, vad din- ner, 14; generally bad-temp women ‘deserted by the author i of his Ilfe, 9; fellow-authors, ¢ the author has refused to ‘tend emies of the manager, 60; indifferent, 450; friends, 0; Quating population, 100, Ifthé night wet, 200 of the “inditfe emies.” — Mr. John S. Clarke, the veteran American comedian, is azain acting Major De Boots ut the Strand heater in London, — Miss Effie Elisler is to produce in Philadel- people, 21; some period. mn. — On June 1st Bartley Campbell assumes the management of the Fourteenth Street theater, “ From June Ist to the middle of the theater will be open for such at- 5 may Then Mr. Campbell 1s play through egitimate drama. Estelle Clayton, made a comnp: hing but th vette,” with hit in Boston on Monday evening, and_the Papers are favorable both to the actress and the pla — Theseason at Wallach’s theater, New York’ tonight with “Old Heads and Young arts.” “Mr. Wallach will go to Boston star- ring shortly. —It is announced that Gerster and Ni will head the Italian opera New York academy next year, —Adele Belgrade and Selina Fetter have been secured to support Robson and Crane next season, —Jolin R, Rogers and Minnie Palmer sail for England on the 13th of June. Rogers selects the date on account of the favor in which he holds the figure 13. His most successful yen- tures have always been undertaken on the 13th of some month. He will pass a part of the summer ins d, apart of it in France and Germany, opening’ his regular season in London about the middle of August. —Fanny Davenport's season, which closes next week, has been by all odds the most sue- cessful she ever played. The profits upon “Fedora” this year will go beyond $50,000, Henry Lee will not be her leadiag man next season, — Mr. W. E. Sheridan has closed his season, on account of the dangerous illness of his wife. She has been suffering from blood poisoning, which has brought on spinal meningitis, and finally threatens her with blindness. ‘Mrs. ‘heridan is now under treatment at the New York hospital. “Mr, Sheridan fears that it is doubtiul if she recovers, —Miss Rose Coghlan is undecided what she will do next season in the way of plays. But she has not abandoned her resolve to be a star. She feels that it is now or nev —Mr. R. M. Hill is going to play Margaret Mather against Mary Anderson next season whenever lie can. — Augustin Daly has secured the American rights of Pinero’s new comedy called “The Mag- istrate.” He will produce it next season. — Henry Guy Carleton is busy upon the new play for Wallack’s. He will keep in view the acting material which the Wallack company possesses, “Victor Durand” was not written specially for that company, ra Morris devotes her leisure moments to painting. She handles her brush deftly and aifects the modern French school of art. — Jeffreys Lewis is on her way back to Amer- ica from Australia, She sailed from Sydney by the Zealandia lust week. Before leaving for the east she will tarry awhile in San Francisco, er Saturday Smiles. Russia still holds off, hoping that Tennyson may write more poetry.—Philadelphia Times, Between progressive euchre and retrogressive roller skating, the western parsons have plenty to doin the Way of denaneiation.—. Pea une. “Alla woman asks is to be loved.” And she can'tusk that except during leap year—Bur lington Bree Press. Mary Anderson wept at her last performance In London Saturday evening, but Patti is still haifa dozen weeps ahead.—Boston Post, Russia—“Look here, John Bull, are you gotn; to fight?” England—Perhaps.” Russiu—“Welk, why don’t you make up your mind?” Eng? land—“What’s the hurry?’ Russia—“That's 80."—Boston Post. ‘personal” favor to mention one in & newspaper. It is the same thing to leave another man’s out.—New Orleans Picayune, “Oh, why should the spirit of mortal bé pl there is no definite reason in the world for it unless it be that he has hambugged his wife into thinking there isn’t another man in the world like him.—Pittsburg Telegraph. Emerson says: “All the world loves a lover.” That may be true, but wide observation has {aught us that the love of all the world doesn’t make the lover any more contended so long as ghe little snip of aseventecn-yearold girl says that she can be to him only as a sister.—Somer- ville Journal. She—“There ismy brother Fred, He is a law- yer, and awivlly busy; one can never find him at his oftice, for he says he is always at the court,” He—“Yes, he is a member, you know, Been playing with'him all the afternoon. If f had had my own racket, though, I should have fe. made a better show.’ ‘ the Bear will growl, sson company at the = The Lion will roar and children, | French stage one of RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA. Her Progress Across the Deserts and Over the Great Oases of Turkestan. From the New York Sun, 2 A little east ofthe narrow tract nowin dis- pute between Russia and Afghanistan is that extensive protuberance called by the natives The Pamir,or The Roofof the World. This wonderful plateau, furrowed by deep valleys, through which flow the head streams of great rivers, is the loftiest in the world, and stretches away forsome hundreds of miles from 10,000 to 15,000 feet above the sea. It isan elevated isthmus connecting those almost impassable mountain systems of Asia, The Thian Shan and Altai on the north, with the Hindoo Koosh and Himalayas on the south. Here history places the cradle ofthe European races. Here lived our Aryan foretuthers, who, leaving the Pamir slopes, foliowed great rivers westward, and finally pastured their herds in Europe, Hither are returning now their descendants, the Slavs and Anglo-Saxons, sooner or later to contend for the ‘supremacy of Asia upon the historic ground from which their primitive progenitors are believed to have migrated. The Pamir sent its waters ‘west to fertilize the Turkestan desert, gave the nations a pas- sageway through mountain barriers along its streams that poured eastward into the Tarim and southward into the Ganges and the Indus, nurtured the civilization that Genghis Khan and Tamerlane founded in Turkestan, and made possible the advance of Russia into Cen- tral Asia. Though Peter the Great dreamed of extend- ing Russia's power far beyond the Caspian, it Was not gree conquest or commeree, but the need of defending herself azuinst barbarous neighbors across the Ural, that first. turned Russia toward Central Asia, Ivan IL put an end to the terrible ‘Tartar invasions that for centuries wasted half of Russia and lald its cities in ashes, But his successors did not free Russia trom the pest of pillazing Kinghiz and Turkoman tribes until they established the Muscovite power in the lange territory between the Ural river and the Aralsea. ‘They sank is in the Ust Urt plateau to facilitate the operations of their army, marched against the turbulent Kirghiz, and after several hard cam- paigns they subdued these 2,000,000 nomads, who for over twenty years have paid their cont querors withouta murmur their annual tax of three roubles a tent, Beyond the Kirghiz steppes that bordered Russia stretched fareastward across the desert two belts of verdure, through which flow tw creat rivers, the ancient Oxus and the Jaxar! how knownas the Amu-Daria and the Syr- Daria, ‘The one rising on the southern and the | other on the northern sores ot the Pamir, had ages distributed over their banks alluvium @ on rapid tides from their headwaters, ‘Ung long and continuous oases in the midst most desolate desert of the world, Liere rich lands and populous and half civilized Here were the routes to inner A: ay n roads that led to Chiua, the highways over which great camel traius trom Bokara had for many years borne to Urenburg and Astra- khan their louds of cotton, silk, skins, and_sha- green leather, to exchange for Russian hard- Ware, chintz umd guns. tlere wasa chance for st expansion of muscovite power and com- merce. Kussia’s motive was no louger seli- protection, but the subjugation of the Klanates of Turkestan and the extension of trad Her expedition against Khiva in 1889 was strous. ‘The bitter cold of the Ust Urt teau ruined Perowskisarmy. Russia, repulsed ture the Oxus, turned to in her atten she planted her foot upon rd march was slow, steady, Her line of forts along the lett er lengthened year by year, She iver her ally in her warfare upon the kh: weive years alter the first Russian gun Hed at the wails or the first town in Khokand, this rich khanate, ineluding its metropolis, Fashkend, became the Russian pro- Vinee of Ferghana, ‘Then Bokuara, after a bit ter strussle, lost its independe ‘Two of nates of Turkestan were now Syr-Daria, from its mouth to by the suppresston of | Was a Russian stream, and the M and pe bank of th anude ths n Khiva was crowned as added to the Russian conques aan, and the Oxus passed into Russia’s control, What are the countries and the peoples whom. ssia has conquered, at terribie cost and urs of bitter Warfare? The three khan- timated to coutain from §,000,000 tol 00,000 people. Vambery says that ‘in the richness of their soll «wud in the variety of thelr vroduetions it would be difficult to find in Surope a territory that would surpass the oasis countries of Turkestan, Bokhara, ancient seat of Mobammedan learning, still attracts thou- f students from’ India, Afghanistan, Cashmere and China, ‘The town'bhas 175. mos: ues, and when Vambery visited it 5,000 stu- ents were studying theology, logic and philos- ophy inits eighty colleges. “The chief elties of the Khokand oasis, “fashkend, Tchemkent, Khodjend and others, are scattered along the rich Valley of the Syr-Darla, Several thousand Russian and Cossack peasants have, with gov- ernmental assistance, become tillers ‘of the soll near Tashkend and Sainarcand, Tashkend has 100,000 population, thirteen inns, sixteen colleges, and many mosques, and_ its éxports and imports in 1878 amounted to $24,000,000. The Khivan oasis, though kept witht narrow limits by the surrounding desert, 1s large and rich enough to support a populace of about 1,000,000 people. Since Russia con- quered Khokand she has placed upon the Syr-Daria a feet of steamers that ply ap the river for a distance of 1,300 miles from the Aral Sea. Sand bars in the’ lower Oxus impede navigation, but Russian boats have ascended the greater part of its course as far as Choja Saleh, now well known as the point on the river where, the Afghans assert, their frontier Joins that of Rus: Both these great rivers valual eries of ti , but the Oxus, its banks are not y the . While the Syr-Daria yinparatively barbarous Sof East Turkestan and Thibet, the Oxus will carry the freightage of Russia al. most to the gates of India, “It is evident to all studen of her progress in Central Asia that Russi commercial aims include not only a Vast augmentation of her overland trade with China, but the opening ot India to her products us the reward of her long and, as yet, illy re- quited sacrifices in Turkestan.’ The revenues irom ber new possessions as yet cover hardly a th of the annual expenditures, ‘he Khanate of Khokand has been so com- pletely absorbed by the Russian military yov- ernment that its name has disappeared trom recent maps. Bokhara and Khiva are still nominally ruled by their old sovereign tb are merely dependencies of Russ heavy tribute for the privilege of a semblance of autonomy. The khan of iva isnot permitted to have an army, and ts have been stripped of their weap- Ile is so fara more completely subjected than the ameer of Bukhara, who is pei- to maintain an army of 20,000 men, he has pledged himself to place at the posal of the Russian commander, and which, according to Mr, Boulger, will prove a servicea- ble auxiliary corps, When Russia had conquered the khanates, there was still hard work for her armies south of the Oxus, where large tribes of wild Turko- mans constantly menaced her enterprises, and blocked the way to Herat. Some years after Khiva fell, Skobeleff and his Cossacks scat- tered the ‘Teke-Turkomans, the greatest slave hunters and most lawless nomads who roamed. the desertof Kara Kum. Last year the last Stronghold of this tribe was occupied by Rus- sian troops, It was the earth tort they were building n'a bend of the Murghat river, at Merv, when O'Donovan visited. them four years azo, Its ramparts,40 feet high and 60 feet wide at the base, were speedily Knocked to pieces, and Mery now forms part of the Russian rans¢aspian province. Years before, Sir Henry Rawlinson, the greatest authority on Central Asia, had told the British government that “Herat is at the mercy of the general who oc- cupies Merv.” But public opinion in England did not keep pace with the- march of events in Asia, and It was not till the Russian forees had leit the Mery oasis and received the submission of the Turkomans south of Sarachs that Great Britain awoke to the belief that the czar was threatening Herat and menacing India, or toward the ‘The New Senator. ‘Washington Letter to the Cleveland Plaindealer, Spooner, the new republican Senator from ‘Wisconsin, is considerably below medium stat- ure—in fact, rather @ teaspooner in size. Al- though there does not seem to be anything the matter with his brain, his physical appearance does not impress a stranger with a sense of greatness. Naturally he is @ little sensitive on this point, The other day, while sitting in a newspaper office here, he was introduced to a gentleman as “Colonel Spooner, of Wisconsin.” Ah! glad to know you. Are you relative of the new Senator of that name?’ The mutual friend hastened toexplain that the Colonel and the Senator were identical. ‘The gentleman looked at Spooner in a half-in- credulous sort of way, as if sizing him up and Judging him by the siandard of tape line. He atthe same time begged his pardon in a tone that poorly concealed his surprise, The newly fledged statesman could stand it no longer, and exclaimed with some petulance; “Great Scott! do you suppose a man has got to be seventeen feet high in order to be a United States Senator?” Harvard Adopting a New Stroke. From the Boston Herald. The Harvard crew are not using the regula, tion Harvard stroke this year, On account of the lightness of the men it was deemed advisable to use a quicker stroke, ana so the Faulkner stroke is being learned. This is an adaptation of Professional arm and leg work to stralght-back Towing. The result is that more work is done by the legs than before, and more strokes can be rowed in a minute. ‘The crew is being coached by C. P. Curtis, L. 8., stroke of the ’ sfand "83 ‘Varsity crews.’ At the college the chances of Saryard beating Yale this year are considered ————_+e+—____ Seen Th: h Boston 8; London Letter in Boston Glove. Penne Average dressing of English female foot, poor. Awfully shaped shoes, Flatten out at toe like beaver's tail. Hosiery colored. Gray or black. Never white in the street. Cause, mad. Btock- Pea eG marian Eagle, high in the blue empy- | ings inclined to bag or run heel, rean, with wide spread wings, will rest, and More iikatting ladies’ dresses Mecantn cate hour with keen eye note the varying fortunes of the | in London than in Boston for @ monitn’ Dee't two. This is a specimen sentence of a few edi- | know first how to make clothes fi torlais we shall write after a while. the | how to wear them. Average “Engiisis 2 Shicage grain and provision men will make | seems to erawl into clothes head-first and plies more out of the war business than the Ameri-|on down to heels. Average et hay rick, can le, but it would never do to say so,— Circumference continually ex; all the way down, STRATEGIC POINTS. The Russian Center of Operations—Eng- land’s Seizure of Port Hamilton. From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. In case the present imbroglio between Eng- land and Russia should result in war, the Asi- atic coast of Russia is likely to become the scene of great activity, if not of serious hostilities, Viadivostock, which will in these circumstances become the Russian center of operations, stands on the Upper Japan sea, near the Chinese and Corean frontier, in a deep bight in the coast line. It is fully 500 miles southwest of the point where the Amoor river empties into the Sea of Okhotsk. Up to the time of the Crimean war, @ large portion of the lower Amoor valley belonged nominally to China, but the Russians had established themselves’ at the mouth of the river, and waited patiently until they had @ chance to extend and consolidate their authority. In 1858, by the treaty of Aigun, China ceded to Russia the left bank of the Amoor river down to the confluence of the Usuri, and below that point both banks. This treaty was afterwards disavowed by the inese authorities, but their difficulties with France and England, whose armies occupied Peking, enabled Gen. ignatieff to obtain a see- ond treaty in November, 1860, which confirm- ed his sovereign in possession of the territories above named, and more minutely defined the boundaries. “This acquisition of territory,” suid awriter in’ the Edinburgh Review twelve years ago, “magnificent as it was In the vast extent of country thereby added to the Russian domin- ions, had its chief value—for the moment at least—in the fact of its conferring tie long-co- Veted advantages of accessible harbors on the Pacitic in_a comparatively temperate latitude, where navigation is impeded by ice for at the most three or four months during the year. The southernmost gulfof the newly-cedéd region, lying in latitude 43 deg. N., contains numerous tine harbors and inlets. ‘he river Tumen was now the southern boundary of Russia in these parts, and divided its province from the king- dom of Corea. The territory has been finally rounded off and completed, as_it were, by the treaty of Japan, made in ‘1875, by whic latter cedes to Russia, in exchanze for the Ku- rile islands, the southern portion of the great island of Saghalien, Viadivostock, wich lies near the southern point of the territory thus acquired, stands on one of the finest harbors in the ‘world, with anchorage for 60 or 70 ships of war and 200 merehantmen, There is an outer anchorage, which 1s a fairly snug roadstead, called the Eastern Bosphorus. From this runs direct to the right the inner harbor, called the Golden Horn, after a less convenient, if more celebrated, port in Europe. ‘This is avout three milés long, and not much above balf a mile wide, The Targest ships can ride within a few yards of the shore. The peculiar form of the port renders its defense by torpedoes and batteries easy. The town which has sprung up stretches horizontally along the shore of the bay, and is practically composed of a single long street running north and south. The houses, which ure all of wood, are not too numerous, au ny increase to the small fixed population creates a house-famine atouce, ‘The civil population is not large, and ix composed principally of Chinese and Man choos, who are credited by the Russian officers with being, in general, fugitives trom justice, A large number of f e convicts from European Russia are ulso settled there. ‘The necessaries of life, which have to be brought trom Corea and Manchuria, are deur, but the great neces | sity of warlike operati oui—is uvailable in case of blockade, as there is a seam of coal near by, although not of the best qualit x sive dry docks have been lately there by the Russian government, dicated “In our dispatchos to-day, the has been effectually closed to. hostile ships_ by the judicious arrangement of torpedoes. harbor is free from ice during ten mofths of the year, vhile Russia has been concentrating stores and warlike appliances at Viadivostock, Eug- land has made a countermove by the ure of Port Hamilton, some 600 miles to the south, which commands the "an_strait, the south= ern entrance to the Sea of Japan.’ The Nan Haw group of islands consists of two large islands of Sodo Sunhodo, with a smailer island called Obse islands are ends almost m is situated betw ing the mpacions ‘! known as Port Hi: mn, the main entran which is in the so tern This entrance will admit draught, while the northern en , Inlay be used by small vy veather. The holding ground is excellent, there is room in the harbor for a 1a nern land harbor ‘leet. Port Hamilton is so well protected that it atfords shelter in the worst weather, Sodo, the larger of these islands, 's 650 fect high, and Sunhodo ts 783 feet. They both pre- sent rugged, bold sides on either side of the en- trance, und, if fortified, in connection, with Ob- servatory Isiand, could be defended against any foree. There are several Corean villages on these islands containing about 2,000. pele. Lvery # , the princi: palefop being millet. Port Hamilton is over thirty miles oif the main Corean coast and forty miles north of the large island of Quel- ty bab occupying these islands England has re-- moved her’ base of supplies, in the event of war, over’ 1,000 miles nearer to Vladivostok, as Port Hamilton is only 110 miles trom Nigasakl, Where the inexhaustible coal mines are being worked, she can, within two weeks, make @ depot of coal which will last her’ fleet for months. Sufficient supplies can also be gath- ered in ashort time from Hong Kong and the Chinese and Japanese ports to inake her quite independent of neutrals after war is declared. ‘The English fleet will not only guard the Co- rean strait, but can gather at Port Hamilton for any descent upon the Russian possessions in Siberia, With the Corean strait thus guarded, and one or two ironclads in the Straits of La Perouse and Tsuzar, the Russian fleet will be ctically confined to the Sea of Japan, and no can escape to prey upon Engiish com- naerce. ‘The reasons which influenced the English government to seize upon Port Hamilton are thus made plain. The Russian eruisers in the Sea of remain there, and those out in the North Pacifie will be kept'trom reaching thelr base of supplies. What Corea thinks of England's action is quite an unimportant mat- ter, without the treaty powers interpose some objections, Japan will certainly be disgusted to find that she has such a powerful neighbor, und China will be equaliy indiznant wien she realizes that England is almost one thousand miles nearer Pekin, Hong Kong has been a thorn in her side for many years, and Port Hamilton will be even a sharper one, ——————se9 Found One Man Not a Candidate. From the Chicago News, “Good morning. May I ask where you are from?” “I am from Chicago, sir.” “Oh! Then I presume you are a candidate for United States Marshal Jones’ place.” “No, sir; 1 am not.” “What, not u candidate in any sense?” , Sir; not in any sense.” ell, that’s strange. May I ask your name?” Yes,'sir. Iam United States Marshal Jones.’ ———e+_____ Gen. Grant Not a Writer. ‘'T. C. Crawford, in New York World. Another false idea of Gen. Grant 1s given out by some of bis friends, and that is that he is a writer. He is not a writer. He does not compose easily. Writing for him is alabor. The work upon his new book about which so much has been said is the work of Gen. Adam Badeau. Gen. Grant I have no doubt has furnished all of the material and all of the ideas in the memoirs as faras they have been prepared, but Badeau has done the work of composition. The most that Gen. Grant has done upon this book has been to prepare the rough notes and memoranda for its various chapters. It is im- porant te understand Gen. Grant, as he is not have his character hidden by foolish mis- representation, He is one of the greatest sol- diers of his time, He is-one of the owershadow- ing figures of our history. He has great decision. He hates and he likes in a strong way. He is nota man who could chain him- seli down to a desk to write. He has been essentially a man ofaction all his life. He is so great that he can well afford to have the exact truth told about him, ————+e+___ Bismarck’s Associates Mere Clerks. From the London Truth. Prince Bismarck, like Frederick, has conver- ted his ministers and ambassadors into mere clerks, and, once he is gone, the whole machin- ery of bis government and policy will fall into utter and hopeless canfusion. The crown prince is a mere “dud,” and Prince Herbert Bismarck is simply the puppet of his sire, who getson well enough when he is dancing to his piper; but he would come to woeful grief ifhe were himself the director of the foreign policy of the empire. The Lelie ( despotism under which Germany has groaned for the last 20 years cannot sibly last much longer, and it would not have lasted till the present but for the venera- tion which is universally felt for the aged Kaiser, There will be a crash in Russia beiore long, and, as in 1848, the infection will at once spred to Germany, which has long been ripen- ing for revolution, Unreaso: le Expectations. ‘From the New York Times, “see here,” said an angry citizen toa quack doctor; “that ‘wonderful discovery’ of yours for preserving the scalp is a fraud.” “Why so?” “ Look at that,” he went on, removi hat. “Since using it I have lost all my air? a! “Oh, it doesn’t pretend to preserve the hair,” Sour scalp ler You iustirt eset too acest a mustn’ ar medical science,” ome ————-ee______ Im Other Words, the Good Die Young. From the San Francisco Post. Men whosmoke on the front. ‘street cars are never afflicted with cancer, Med- ical authorities are agreed that only those who use the best quality of cigars incur the dis- ————+oe—+____ What is to become of us? With habit making a host of lars; the hoatly baud of nervel Platform of the . | Two mighty “lead. st Trrcxs Or Trave One of the many “tricks” is to haves “leader” in each department; in other words, sell a certain artiole in each department at cost, We are going to tell yoa of our “leaders,” but hope you will also buy other gvods, which, though not sold at cost, are lower tn price than can be purchased elsewhere in Washington, THE PALAIS ROYAL FE DDD ERE RRR 88g EOE A pe ER baa ey fh Bot EL, Bs Os LLLL EEE A A DDD ERE R & Sss5 PARASOLS Inall colors of Satin, and with natural sticks and im shaped frames; we show “Coaching” Parasols for OSc. that are not surpassed elsewhere for $1.50, UMBRELLAS, | The Palais Royal “leaders” are 24-inch ANSik Um- breilas, natural sticks and the new shape frame; price, $1.75. In Gent's Umbrellas our 26-inch Twilled Silk Paragon Frames ag $1.05 are sold elsewhere at $2.25. GENTS GooDs, Puff and Knot Scarfs in | best satin for 2c that is a “lead | Royal Dress Shirts are perfect | only 8c. Jean Drawers, trousers, cut and double seated, for 46c.; cannot be bought cisewhere under 68a, Gauze Undervests for 25c. in all sizes, LEATHER GOODS. Satchels of Alligator Skin, two pockets, expanding botiom, pateut safety fastening. Satchels identical with these are sold elsewhere for 68c offer them asa “leader” for 49c. Real Alligator Purses, expand- | ing, for 28c. Alligator Belts, all sizes, good strapsand buckles, 25¢, JEWELRY. Hair Ornaments, in representation of Flowers. Crescents, Swords, &c., made of Imitation Silver and with Rhine Stone Settings We offer these really beautiful ornaments as a “leader” for 250. FANS. The new style Fans for the coming summer are “gauze.” We have them beautifully hand-painted and in all colors, with olive wood sticks, lulaid with pretty gilded designs; 9Sc. is a price that make them a “leader.” Kate Greenaway Fans, with carved sticks, for 25c,, is what we call an irresistible “leader.” SHAWLS, Of course we have Worsted, Cashmere and Chudda ‘Shawls in all colors and prices, but we will only men- tion our leader, which is Cashmere Shawls, in all col- ors, for $1.08 euch. GLOVES, We have three “leaders” in Summer Gloves, Extra long isle thread mosouetaire Gloves in new shades for 24c.; Silk Mosquetaires In twenty different shades, at 68c. and 12 bution-leugth Black” Silk Moe quetaires at 58c. CKWEAR, Linen Collars in “Cape” style are sold as a “leader” for 4 for 25c. Handsomely alate novelty, are ofered for price. Our ¥ply Linen Cuffs for lic. is a “leader” that keeps this department busy ull day. HA ‘Warranted All-1 | UNDERWEAR, i Gauze Vests, and give y-fitting Balbrig- Tn Cotton Uuder- . Drawers for 25c. Skirts ee. These are the Pulais Don't fail to examine the HOSIERY, ‘ew styles In funcy Striped Hose for summer wear offered as a" * for 39c., and Black Hose with ade for wear with slippers) 2c. Our patrons will ‘ers superior “Ventilating” Corsets for a dollar. est French-woven Corset fu the world for 750. tthe ‘D. Corsets ure the “leaders” in this department. At least a hundred ent styles, but only two | leaders." Improved Shape Wire Bustles for lle, | and Patent Unbreaxable Spring Bustles for 4c. TRIMMINGS. * are Loop Chenitie ‘50c., and Colored Fringes in ll shades for FLOWERS, Sincethe season for Hat aud Bonnet Flowers is | nearly over we make a “leader” of Fine Goods, which | fold for $1.50, 1.75 aud $1.98 @ bunch, your choice for Yoe. PPP P SPECIAL SPRING SALE! MONDAY, APRIL 20, UNTIL SATURDAY, APRIL 25. SPECIAL AND EXTRAORDINARY INDUCE- MENTS IN MILLINERY, LADIES’ WRAPS, LACES, JER: SZYS, CORSETS, RIBBONS, FLOWERS, TIPS, PLUMES, RUCHING, LACE CAPS ANDSUN UMBRELLAS. 5.000 DOZEN STRAW HATS AND BONNETS. ENGLISH MILAN BRAIDS, BELGIAN SPLIT AND SATIN BRAIDS, PEARL, LOOP AND ROUGH AND READY RRAIDS. ALL THE LATEST PATTERNS AND COMBI- NATIONS OF FANCY STRAWS IN ALL SHAPES. 2.500 TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS FOR LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN. OSTRICH TIPS AND POMPONS IN EVERY NEW SHADE AND OF ALL QUALITIES, GOLD AND SILVER NETS AND LACES, COIL- ORED CREPE DE CHENES, HAT SCARFS AND TRDOMLINGs. 1,000 CARTOONS, NEW DESIGNS IN RICH PARIS FLOWERS, $5,000 WORTH OF JERSEYS AND VISITES. SUN UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS LESS THAN ELSEWHERE. GIVE US A CALL BEFORE BURCHASING. KK KK I KK. OI EEOn Ki PA pr ia ¢ P a-A Tu = apl8 814 SEV: W: Reason Insvrre THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC TO OUR LARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK oF SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS ‘We can sell youa Fine Cur. Kid Oxford Tie for $2 er pair, and a finer quality for $2.50. Our $3 Ladies French Kid Hand Sewed Oxford Ties can’t be beat. Bennett & Barnard are still making those besutiful ‘We have them in all the latest styles. His Spanish Arch-French Kid Turns are a combina- tion of beauty and comfort, ‘The Paris Beaded Opera is the latest novelty in the Slipper line. We have them in five different widths. ‘We have @ large and well assorted stock to select from. Our 3 Seamless, Lace or Button, for Gents’, can't be beat. In the finer grades you will find we are not be hind. . ‘WE HAVE ONE PRICE TO ALL CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK. NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS. BOOTS AND SHOES MADE TO ORDER AT THE W. H. RICH'S epls ‘T17 Market Space, next to Sth at. Suturvax Bacnecmeps 7th ste - ATTENTION! yards everything “in the “Lidussharasiseg on the easiest terms on the pertinence Sar SS Sar*new see Low DRY GOODS Casa Porcnasr. CaBH SALE. WE HAVE JUST PURCHASED FOR Cas | < AND SHALI, SELL FOR CASH ONLY 109 PIECES REGATTA SATIN FINISH BLACK GRO# GRAIN SILK, WHICH WE SHALL OFFER TO-MORROW aT THE FOLLOWING LOW PRICES: Quality ONE PRICE TO ALL FULLY 80 PER iT BELOW MANUBAG } TURERS' COST. | NO FINER GOODS HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED EVERY PIECE GUARANTEED. LANSBURGH & BRO, 420-426 SEVENTH STREET. ARGAINS! BARGAINS! GREAT BARGAINS IN SHIRTS, AT THE BRAN ALTIMORE SHIRT F Ask to see ovz CROWN DI of Fruit of tue Loom ( 1. carefully mac ehave Just receiv HALF HOSE, which we PER PAIR, at OURT OF THE DISTRICT LUMBIA. Mary Lomax Tayic CGENIA PHERE WARREN “et al, 9269. Plainauts, va, ," defendants, in snyder, he thority be given them by t rt ta W. L. Browa for the purciase of | square Ni in Washington City, ).¢., (the same Deing the property known as 22 Madison’ Place. and the residence of the inte Benj. Ozle and for t Atty. Payable oue-third cash a years with interest at 6 per cx day of sale to him until po day of April, A.D. Iss or: the trustees decept sic operty, to the said W. L. Brown fur the said sum 01 06,000 a terms aforesaMi unless cause be shown prot to ‘Thursday, M made or Why with, a final order of ratitic passed on said seventh d Of this order be published commencing April Law Kuporter prior U » Washington May. (Signed) A true copy. 2” RJ. MEIGS, C apls-2w By M. A. CLANC Laps, WHY SUFFER LONGER WITH TENDER FEET, ‘When you can purchase FINE SHOES, made by hand, for $3.50 and $4, and made to measure for $5 in any style you desire. GENTS, ‘We make for you the celebrated WAUKENPHAST and other styles of Shoes for only $9. ‘The increased Jemand for our FAMOUS$3.50Shoes for ladies aud gents assures us that they will wear, Every pair warranted. BASE BALL SHOES also made to measure. We have something new in this line. GEO. W. RICH, aplO Successor to F. H. Wilson, 409 7th st. now. Norare Lie Ir IN THIS CITY IN QUALITY AND CHEAPNESS THAN THE FINE CLOTHING SOLD AT THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO. COR 7TH AND G STS. A Fine Mixed CHEVIOT SUIT at $6.50, cheap at $10, A Fine Black CHEVIOT SUIT at $9, > cheap at $13. A Fine Mixed CASSIMERE SUIT at $8, cheap at $12, A Fine Black CORKSCREW SUIT at $10, orth $15, eco : A Fine 4-Button CUTAWAY SUIT at $12, cheap at $17. A Fine PRINCE ALBERT SUIT at $13.50, soe at $20. we large line of BOYS’ and CHILD- omer) HENS SUITS from $2.25 upward. ‘We ha large line of PANTS for Men sci ‘and Boys irom §1.25 upward, Children’s PANTS from 50 cents up. GIVE US A CALL AND BE CONVINCED. sa@ Remember THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING 00, ap2l CORNER 7ru AND G STREETS§ AT VERY LOW PRICES. SILK LINED, SILK FACED OR PLAIN. DIAGONAL AND CABLE TWIST. PRINCE ALBERT AND FOUR-BUTTON CUTA WAY COATS AND VESTS. NOBBY LINE OF SUITS IN SACKS AND CUTA WAYS. PRICES FROM $10 TO $16.