Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1885, Page 2

POTOMAC THE To the Faitor of the Evexixe Star: J. Rhees, Robert C. Fox, J. Sullivan Brown, M. : . |G. Emery, Wm, Henry Browne, Henry John- By the vizorous ; hich THE Stax | > Wm. Q torte ee ee, rae gins | aulce. Ramieriilie. Ti oh caibere eaqard Sicipetlding ii ‘ Temple, Wm, H. Smith, Simon Wolf and Thos. impending dancer of it of our w P supply, and by the persistence with whieh the | B- Marche, a number of associates of Superin- ccessity for prompt action by the atthorities | tendent Wilson in the care and management of h hn urged in your columns, you have | te public schools of the District of Columbia = : Sp Aes ns, Fou Pave janet in the Franklin building Aptll 11,1885, earned the gratitude of the many thousands, | for the purpose of taking multable action iat i through the hot summer, dep °° = al THE EVENING rT STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C... WEDNESDAY angele, CILY AND_DISTRICT. WATER MICRO UNDER THE OPE. What Is Disclosed. A Careful Scientific Investigation. DISTRICT AUTHORITIES FROMPTLY TO AVERT A PESTTL sHovED NC act Wasnixetox, ™ neluding inv @ helpless infants, who, don the Poto- MR. J. ORMOND WILSON AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. His Retirement from the Superintend- ency. A FIT TESTIMONIAL TO THE VALUE OF HIS SERVICES, BY TY-TWO EX-TRUSTEES AND OTHER PROMINED WHO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HIM IN SCHOOL AFFAIRS. On invitation of Robert Reyburn, M. D., Wm. respect to Mr. Wilson's retirement from the superintendeney. General Win. Henry Browne was called to the chair, and Mr. James C, Dulin was invited to act as sceretary, After a full and f iference, in which Messrs. Brown, Fenwick, Morsell, Wight, Jobn- son, ord, Fai ane xpress t ter and s on, & committee, consisting of s T. A. Lambert, Henry Johnson, Chas. . Hovey and the chairman, was appointed to mie water for drinking The com- ing summer is one whos bis viewed with wv ounded apprehension by sanita- rians and imedical men generally in all our © Every possible s in the surroundings of the dwellings, in the streets and alleys, and generally wherever human be- ings a d,is being by all wise au- thorities i and where possib! evil removed. {source for the dtink- 1 who have studied the are and une ng Water, epidensies ¢ d observed how polln- ted wells and ¢ ‘ces of supply have acted as focl to spre te With feartul rapidity. But while the probability of a future pollution ¢ w by germs of dis- this way w tuken place. when such dec ( lished solid impr a very fin taining ¢ and, ins very little snakes ites dental particles of dust while living any con Wit he ation bas as ye 3 sview L have made | a= Of the Potomue es, diving the Tune, 1875, L Was enabled dtion to tarow mucli fishy odor which was ant for, One 01 a hack and mnlerose: yp he water Vegetable . there forms, put that while ach of June, this year? the 11th instant, when I ii pave I tailed to find the slime and ubundance of minute ris Which tfourtsh chieity instaguant waters. perteet!s lass jar with f by the yuseids of the large With microscop rtaken fromthe jar which wit organic particles, his is the normal conditi er.” Those whe make Uils statement which was heard ten y a Tlie dhatily pep 1 1 Some will say ~ the first erence to al by the hey have lever shows 10 from rain, e Soil, cone 2 water pt when turt divided residue fron do and other mineral niztters au occasional waterth or fort, with n fraxmenis of pre tine ot the drought slispens: wire gauze stroy anys yen examining the particles strained out, the following substan- ce part of pape BSpecies uF th In the long list of pumps in this elty ent by the be find notes like this « with bacteria or Yotomac w on the pump at 19th northwest, which is do eanc not apprec Jeads out x 5S B pulverolent substance, th which, on touching with the oar, easily break up se Ist, | BY the the printing still visible in some Instances, and | Whose sours ing ing this ma until th District term poeti lime by th ener torn vy the water, culiar to hay. hatter covered with A spore Prat A smail pi And th of bone, 1-50 inch in} sands of water-ieas, roti There is also a distinetly disazre water at times when igitated. w I submit that the above md in the v ot able odor to ngredients, if pump in this city, would ndemination as not pots Jo wuthorities a few y ppended to a desi (Vid. Rept. of he: —swarmed with lower forms of life, un- wrdrinking,” and “mineral silt—swarmed— abominable: unfit for drinking, domestic purpose,” and “Bacteria, agellata—untit for drinking.” Now, if A authorities will sumply strain th ater trday aud examihe it with a s microseop itis, it bominat Lat least, “still usable auger of pollu “us was the verdict avenue m two lane stables. It is possible even that a time ome when our citizens would be glad to e the water of some of these same con- aned pumps to fall back upon. Tn conclusion, let me state that if the slenifi- of puper fibers in any quantity in water is uted by any one, let him take a skiil dle eut from the old basin at the foot of ret some afternoon when the tide is low, outing out on the sluggisi current, which in the wash channel, from the neuth of the Cloaca Maxima of Wa ugton (the i street sewer), he may observe masses of ating in the wate ny and on keen serutiny will dis jenves of trees, much rotie ewers, und 2d, wept down from er on laver of paper, wiih is obvious to the most unrcilect- Let the press then unite in push- terof our endansered waier sapply headed, mouster thing,” t (no’ disrespect in using d rally applied to the peopie) shal! tuke Kand avert 2 pestilence in <pecttully, Epwaxp % erver. it “nen gover the capital. ‘HAEFFER, M. D. Fire asa Purifier. ‘To the Eilitor of THE EVENTNG Stan: of our dweilings many people ine! whom a whole galax Now that the healthfulness of the air and the ¥ of the water of our city are being consid- will you publish a few suggestions from a ler of your paper relative to Uh ness ings and their precincts, The sub. t is often and ablv di: ed to intellectual laziness to rs are worth more than a who fill, ea cooking e a disagreeable Ww partien’ of draw ties and cr odor while it awaits the slopman, why may or mn kitéhen rang great nuisance ¥ not come to dn: Tay thas be prising ‘how mu: it a will use the sua that a will It i with litt nge, With gvod fire, annihilator of many unsightly Ss objects. The sweep- Ings Of rooms, aud especially of se rooms, should never be thrown uu be burn mnay When sickness is th AVIRGINIA MILK-DAIEYING heap to blown hither > but should always de In: g nd thhith: t dist consequence ~~~ see Woodlawn, Va.. ELM. i. FARM—Pook CROP PROSPECTS, Reported for THE EVENING Star, ting of this club was held at J. ce On thi Instant— W. Pierson secre- tains upwards of two bun- and is devoted to milk dairying. His He has also a large adjacent area rented for pas- turage and cro) sing; {s putting in about ninety eres in eorn and twenty acres in fodder or ensi- lage corn, His wheat is most of it good—very from twenty-five to thirty ‘The land is roiling about sixty cows—man Ithas been very dry h ood Tor Unis s four acre son. One field of s from present apy ome twenty- will yield per ‘acre. and of a character that dbes He has a dairy of of them fine-looking. e for que past month, arance busbel: fo that his mowing land does not promise much, though we had a good shower the afternoon of the elub and some rain the night before. Courtland Lukens read from the American Farmer a report of the meeting of the late con- Yention of farmers at Richmond, and su ‘that our secretary correspond with the secre: zzested tary of tuat organization, with the view of the Wood- jJawn club becoming more intimately connected therewith, which was approved. gard to the cro; 8. agricultural Pred @ street, a delic er = ““mranand T. W, ‘The views of the mem ers were asked in re- Prospects, for filling up thé U. lepartment blanks for June Ist, Which resulted in a very discouraging report, 1, Was thought that oats and clover would not Make more than from 25 to 30 per cent of a crop, Wheat has fallen off from the promises of &month ago, so that it will not make more ‘than 40 per cent’on an average. Col, Edward Daniels introduced the subject of the state finances, and thought the Ume had ome for the farmers to take hold of this debt question, and take tt out of party politics. As Mt tanot deemed advisuble to discuss political qtestions in this club, a special meeting was galled for the 30th of’ May, at 3 p.m.,ut the wi lawn school-house, with Col, Dantels, C. ns and Benj. Barton as a committee to re. Port definite propositions in relation to that dpamentous subject. The next meeting of the will be heid at FE. E. Mason’s June 27th. mittee of inspection—J. N. Gibbs, D. Buck- lunt. Subject, “Cutting and makeing hay.” poe ————— #7 . & LAD KILLED BY A Base BALL.—A number othays were playing ball Saturday night in a Speantlot in New York. Charlie McCormack, 9th avenue, knocked a ten cent bull up air and te others, inciudiog Georg: seven years, of 370 west 30th cate lad, tried to catch it. George ‘asstruck in the chest by the ball and fell He was carried home. Dr. Ambrose maecalied. When he arrived George was dead. af nt pub-| ussed; but there are | prepare a letter, in conformity with the views expressed, for action at a future meeting. Subsequently, ata mecting beld April 18, ISS5, the committee reported the accompany ing ‘letter, ch, upon consideration, was wnanimousiy adopted; it was then signed by the gentlemen present, and the committee was authorized to submit it for concurrence and sixnature to ex-school trustees who had not Leen able to attend the meeting. he committee was slso instructed to Invite Mr. 0. C. Wight to present the letter to Mr. Wil- son on behali of the sizners, and the chairman was requesied to give due notice of time and place. THE TESTIMONIAL LETTER been very handsomely engrossed on thick tablets, and the autograph signatures are writ- *n on similar tablets, These are bound to- ey-unoroceo binding with padded rest style of the art, done bya ton bookbinders, mak- auty and in good ‘tast ‘The volume will be sent to Mr, Wilson at Nan: tacket, where he has been obliged to go on ac count of his broken health, ‘The letter is as fol- lows: Wasuixerox, D. C., April 18, 1885, Mr. J. Ormond Wilson: Dear Sir-—To a mind justly balanced no grati | fleation can equal the sense of duty well per formed. ‘The possession of this conseiousiiess ui the satisfaction inseparable from it must y be v wi ore-eminently yours, hile recognizing this trat who have bee h itis fitting that sates atone tin a fA century, throughout and superip- wndent of public schools in the District of Co- Jumbia, should unite in conveying to you the assurance of the deep regret We feel, and the people of this community feel, at your retire- | Jnent from the superintendency. ‘The older trustees among us Temember how You gave the same intelligent labor and zealous evot w duties as trustee which vou have since so consti shown as superinten- dent, Under y nd what a work has be When you first en- tered th sthe Distriet of Columbia had Atively few public schools, looked upon ny as in the nature of a charity for the ud few if any suitable school buiidings and ‘no effective organization, To-day it 1 numerous public selioul buildings, equipped y conception ¢ with the best appliances which modern thought | donations, the sales of photographs and en- | g¢sUon to ta life. So she went out and ane Sean of the “se! has devised, and many hundred schools, ut- | graved views of the house and grounds, of canes | bought the pistol, and carried out the idea.” to be a the greater part of our school popula- | from sticky cut upon the estate, und from the | “She was probably melancholy,” said’ Cor- rsalist. ton. all thoroughly organized and under well | holding of fancy’ fairs. After the place had | Omer Messemer, “atid the novel Sie was read- patient shivil be made fre qualified teachers, who baye been selected | been purchased steps were taken to. improve | Ing Was one of those unhappy. things, which | aecordingly asks for a fall largely from aniong our own people and edu- | and beautify the grounds, but the breaking out | doubtless increased her low splritedne: Then | lives. M cated by a course of normal instruction pro- | of the war ithe contributions t nd | there might have been other reasons; jud puanee all Fell nd d and fostered by you. ‘The boot ider your’ enlighten grown to be the most cherished institution ‘our people, and it compares. fuvorabl lieve, with the best school systems elsewher ailaining this gratifying result the ehic or, both of planning and of executing, has Hen upon you, and it has been performed h such ability, unswerving inte rd tor the strictest economy con with efficiency as to command our appre It is to recognize these # ess Our profound se retirement from the superintenden ble se re. and to whieh y has brought upon the public schoolsof this District, | that we tnseribe to vou thisletter, Respectially, 0. ©, Wight, J. Sullivan Brown, Wim, J. Rhe: Emery, R. T. Morsell, 8. Yorke Atlee, Z. awrence, W. He A.W. | Roeser, Win, HL. 3 | im, Robt. W. | pho M. (oA Talimadge A. Lambert, Wm! | thas. E. Hovey, Ben). P. Davis, | Radward Ten 1. Matthews, Brainard | iL, Warner, ‘Tin ville, Joan W. Clatk, | KR. B. Detrick, Robert Reyburn, M.D. ; Thomas B. Marche, Wm, R. Woodwa rod Robinson, BJ. Smith, A. J. Faust, William H. Crook, thony Hyde, Geo. Mason, Robert. G, Fox, S! und F, French, Win, P, Allan, T. lark J.B. Ellis, John rd, Busi O'Driscoll, “C. B. c . B. Ferguson, T. Cassell, Geo. C. Samson, M.D. Jobi Lar combe, Wm, B. Eva Chapin Brown, R. J. Collins, F, Whyte, Fred. W. Motiatt, W. 1. Johusen, M 1 . B. Rheem, LH. ¢ Spencer, FLA. 8} . Richards, J. W. ‘Mason, C. oung, Edvw'd Baldwin, er, Benj. FL Loyd, G. W. Fisher, M. n G. Grown, Win. J. Mur n, Win. B. Moore, ekim, M.D.; Cha L. Dunlop, John H. Ferguson. H. Lee, Wim. L. Charles King C.D, Welc di. Keng! Chas. it. Douglass, AL KL » Wilkins bp, S.A. H, 1.0.2 William Stired Pope, Win, wan, samuel A. H. Marks, ‘Wm. W! Moore, Wm. G. Green, foseph Libbey, P.'L, Brooke, Jac mes BLN John Hitz, Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds m fee have been filed as follow: Joan and Thomas in Greer, M. D. Lander to Andrew 8. Graham, lot $8,225, 3, to. Ed ats. lots Stand 112, sq. 1 2. Waxzaman et al., traste t 14, sq. 15: $2.0 Same to Geo. A. Gustin; Diller B. ot to Je T. Arms, lot 634: 910, Gregory Ennis et al. to Dom- cMenamin, js lot 4, 84. 575; $9,583.50. Gilbert to Wm. B. MeKeiden, lots 12 and 13, block 2, of Tacoma Park; $ Ber- nard Geier to Wm, E. Clark and Louisa T, Shae- ter, lot 4,of Jobn A. Bartrutt's sub. of Long Meadows; $1,500. T. H. G, Todd, trustee, to 146; and 3, sq. 147; $40 ver etal. to Sume, same james McSherry tw same, same H. Warner et al, toc. B. urvis; lot 6 557; $1,500. G.E. Emmons to same, lot 25, do., sq. 920; $1,300, James F. Scaggs fo W. H. Henning, lot 52; sq. 1026; 200, E. H. Thomas, trustee, to Sarah EF, bert, lot 8, $q.429; $—. W. E. Bell to W. Beli, jr., parts 183 and 184, B. and H.'s addi- tion to “Georgetown: $4,395.’ J.T. Arms to R. Bileifus, lots 7, 8 and 9, «4. 2,490.75. Mary Jobnston tod. M. Johnston, pt. lots Ato E, J. M. Johnston to Joseph Horn: Greer, lots 1 and erty; i it Mark; $25,140.70. W.P. Ela to Mary Hi. Ela, pt. 13, Metropolis View; $900. H.W. Birge to Buchunan Beall, part 13, 84.531; $1500. _B. Beale to Anna C. Blige, sate prop- erty; 3—. | Mark M, Bell to W. Mayse, lots 2 nd 3, Burrville. 800. John H.Edelin to H. A. Griswold, lot 23, sq. 740; $325. Alden B. Hurt to Mary W. Fox, lot 65, sub of gq. 1 $1,482. George Mason to John and William Stewart, part lot 1, sg. 982; $450, Emilie M. Darneilie to Chariés Newman’ and W. H. sented by Masons of South Carolina be | cause be Was tbe first grand master of their order in this country. This bust has as a pedestal a palmetto log with a suitable inscrip- tion. THE HOME OF WASHINGTO) How it is Cared for by the Ladies’ Pat- riotic Zeal. THE VIRGINIA BOARD oF VISITORS. For the first time in four years the governor of the state of Virginia has followed the long- established custom of appointing and sending a board of visitors to meet the regents during the couneli. This board, consisting of Licuten: ant Governor Lewis, Gen. James Mebonaid, Col, Edward E, Portlock aud Col. Arthur Her. bert, all of Virginia, were received on Thurs- THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BOARD NOW IN SFSSION—THE WORK OF THE YEAR BEING REVIEWED. CREED OF THE STRANGE FAITH The trip to Mount Vernon, which at this time of the year is a favorite one with the society people of this city, as well as the residents gene- Tally and yisitors to the clty, has an additional attraction just now, owing to the presence there “A TALE OF TWO CITIES.” The mystery of the Grand Union hotel, In ew York, has been solved. The young girl who shot and killed herself there last: Friday | morning has been identificd by Gideon A. Be dient, a farmer of Steuben county a er Hattie. Atter registe on Thursday as Miss L Jones, th 1 mind-cure er any local paper h : day. together with Mr. W. W. Coreoran, of “he of the ladies forming the governing board of | Siduint Vernon Advisors 4, by tue aement | oe avg sure cron tot the Ladies’ Mount Vernon association, Since | and vice-regents in the South Carolina room lane tienes their sessions began on Wedn ast, Many eS as = i oa parties of society people have goue down there Wow Al sekis Stramee arcras 5i|/ [the okt oouns tospend the day and at the same time visit | THE MYSTERY oF THE GRAND UxtoN ort — | freq h pe with the ladies of the association, who make their home at this historic spot during the time oftheir annual session. The regent and vice regents of the association, as the members of the governing board ure terhied, are well-known ladies in the states which they represent, and from their long connection with this patr' work, as well as their hich social standing, thi Ix which the prope movement ha: ag at the hotel young wi A Curious Craze That bas Taken Hold Upon the Boston Mind. HARDLY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH. gin y has found occasion to make aphs but & tsa long time staci penn so make slurring allusions to the new pathology. Absurd and idiotic assome of the ideas are Correspondence of the Philadelphia Times. ‘The new science of mental healing—nothing that originates in Boston is less than a sclence oran art—has gained such multitudes of fol- lowers within a few months that its missionar | ticing and teach- | ¢h nF New England. 1885—DOUBLE | healing. | rivals deny it, and her account SHEET. ‘hey are led by Mrs. Eddy, who isthe high priestess of the whole movement. She clalins to be the founder of the science, thongh a the divine | origin of the faith is worth mentioning. Ip CHRISTIAN scteNtrsts—a | 1866, according to her story, she fell accident | THAT THE MINISTERS | “ly Upon the sidewalk aud Suffered spinal tn- Jury and panuysis, which physicians dec a} would result fal ly in a few i r | called to see her Just bet nd was | apparently at hand and « conse lation, She begged hit in the | afternoon, but no one wou then be alive. By rev at that time God's ward her and to the humun race was. ima nd she reat at her disease was © | aN error, which, when sup the truth “Bost bout s ndiserect as far outgrown the limits of a popular but temporary craze. Its “wonderful As their appointment is for life, many of the Pea tee nero coun OB ADUEIS MIBOOR. |. a aie atleast to adsnit oe te indies have been connected with the aceoclation i copied, the Inseription on the curd | recline ar tenet to admit Chat “there ts soxe- since early life, and haye literally grown gr HOWE tegisiers GANGEROIOK tO bet rodin | | ina ta saying Wecroea be ee w service. The present regent, Mrs, Lily L. | the young woman left the hotel without saying | Penefited in varying desrees by Macalister Laughton, of Philadelpia,was made | Anything to anybody, and did not return until | Peatnent aes Se ae “healer @ regent when quite’a young gir 7:80 o'clock inthe evening. She or anti from the dhe 1 | question of theology: if they hea! they w 8 | the d mselves | people to hi nd thus the new idea has spread. | all tak: Just now the religious features of the new depar- w ld disappea By | Knowledge she brougi cess Into & proper attituc t her srselt “towar by men PJehor when the clergyman called. 4 few expecting to comfort ber bereaved relariy she met him at the door. Ever Mim Eddy says st power of he thers as she was hy ad. The erced which sy the basis of her new system as Pro’ on tae > al mixture. owler said in a recent SIT they heal, people will i aper not nd the mught to.” ere the Ohi En Sunday, ry the sia owed saround ou Hawt hour t wher ¢ théy ean entch only an occasional wor And “struggling. days required: “aye? WAS | arrived with the tray she, found, the emane | {re more prominentiyengro pabiienttention, | OFtwo, |) a2 Cw! OMY AB wocasional word | and struggling days required she was] arrived with the tray she found the young | Qi mors promine valued church members a A NEW RELY Bete Ge tne ERIGE SOG eae Ee | SeaaTie ar ue ium uate an ee seeeking ical oinine. che Cortien EHeRNEE MARE OC ate || Qe servos Deine yf ordinary | duties of the chief office when the first | Teading a paper-covered copy of “1 metaphysieal organization, has thus far | es gps gy } regent, Miss Anna P. Cunningham,of Sonth | Curiosity” Shop." Her neat duttoned id | Metaphysical ergauization as this fur | exercises preceding a sermon by M | Carolina, paseed. away. the’ past | Gaiters wore carclesely ‘thrown, besie the, bu- | IG comune turronshine Ae ile tat rcee eng | hat the creed she teaches issotlndly aud tose ear the association ba REE RON rd an Spates UATE, ey Ee tence | IMMAMIEE GhGhy CaGuEnuae among ike nym cs: | cally gresoted, bs oo nuit et apparent ineo i fo mourn the loss of two thelr | hung on separate pegs Gn the wall. She ate he: : . ie viidies | eemnce adhe humber, Mrs, N.W. Yulee, the wite of ex-| dinner and paid for ii, and the maid ler | tBizers shose 'o entitles | tencies that it would be an imposetble task to | Senator Yulee, of Florida, and Mrs. Ella 8, | her. Night) Watehman Nicholas Foye, on eir judginent to | deseribe it even In outline. “God isan intint Herbert, the wife of Representative Herbert, of | making his rounds of the hotel corridors at | mind: matter is nothing. Personality is the | Alabama, Of the twenty-six ladies composing pcre Meh norm fsa ene i nek Here is arlor scene: Two | abodiment of mind. Forgiveness « ats e association, there are present at the meet- | burning brightly he Tom, 2 so Na | radios ei S nica sting | Hestraction of sin e ideas, hy the this Sent (Burtoon, The teat Delite een oad | Drensiee THRE TY States Pier Ricken on en. | Indios sia little way apart in Quakes meeting | z ie mer t heing detained by ill-he | doe everal thn Ith and other causes, ponse, and hurri thi gon res aly L, Macalister Laughton, F ison and to f . | to Manager ¢ of one is as hotly flus! is 0 &. J, Hudson, Conn; Mrs, meihing wrong, Manager Garrison broke | duizing in violent exercise, physteal Instead of | the Christian A talked arnes, D. Cy Mrs, Philoclea Edyew: open the door, and found the woman lyiite dead | AuieIns an viol See ie - y | With all the leaders, pronotuces their creed a | Getafe ida Siosomts ine On the bed dressed just us shehad beem when | Mentil. The other, the patient, apparently | Uist ne of Fantheiaa nen Metab eee Margaret J. M. Sweat, the servant leit her. ‘There was a bullet pole in | doves in ber chair. Externally this is all that | onan «is mostinsidious, The lance nse per, Md.; Mrs. hergown directly over the breast, audion the | constitutes a mind-cure treatment to which | orthe Bible: the strenuone demand hr helene, tustine Van Renast bed beside her right hand was 0 twenty-two | lundreds hereabouts are daily subt | and seit. ation in the diseiies, the resulta Letitia Morehead W. caliber nickel-plated revolver stamped “¥: fundamental f underlies the whole *¥s- | apparently effected. in the minkies to the siete, | Read Ball, Vas Mrs. 1 Jton.” She had sat on the edge of tht Is No such thing us sickness. | these are very powerful considerations for West Va; Mrs. Alexander Mitehel, pressed the muzzle of the pistol close !t error of the ind, the cling converts, and so hundreds PATRIORO AR Rte ay, and fired the bullet directiy tling hypothesis entails eclally Shes ier heart. Her dress was burned about thi As may he seen many of these ladies come bullet hole. ‘The weapon was a new onezand 0 erorone of tie faetions—for the 1 pre. | from long distances and some of them at great | box of cartridges from which she had loaded tt | enul in sharp rivalry one with another—gives | 4 Tf the bundy personal inconyenienc nd fice. How-| lay on the bureau, Beside the rf box se instructions for healing: | ison ¢ handiserchien, 1 God the corner. onsisted of ever, neither personal considerations or uy a white eam h vaneing years seems to hay n cutout lothing ad- diminished the itis patriotic zeal, which 27 years azo, under the | ss, sonte what worn, anda the mind, the agetie promptings of Miss Cuningham, in- | bluck silk. The buttons o! the any Augurated this public work, The ldse ot ree | and had imitation buckles fashioued on them! | ence of y tient: make fim tell serving the home of Gen, Washington as a| The Underclothing was of good quality, new, cause of Wit he thinks is his disease. hie tothe American people test origina- | wd unmarked, The stockings were of brown Your clearer mind you see that it is ted with x woman, and it was carried into cxe- | Lisle thread, A saeque of brown eloth, a stand- sat all, batan ertor in his mind, cution by a woman. It was first advocated in | ing liner ck gloves completed the in the power of healing by dwelling the year 1856, by Miss Cuningham and owing | Wearing apparel, Mentally upon the trath and wisdom of God. to “her zeal “and energy, the women The body was that of a well-nourished and id thus the fait of the ler meeting th in all parts of the country were in-| shapely maiden, The hand that had held t varotthe patient produces a ch ul chan: fel ants thee of raising the | pistol wasslender, ‘The finger nails of the inthe flaids of the svstem which results in ssty money went on with so much suc- | band, however, had been disfigured by invalids ar cept Cess that in the year 1859 the mansion of n down tothe quick. ‘The girl's sophistry 2 of tnd her parted lips reveale nd well-cared-for teeth, Her k contained $7 in money, but no men nda of any kind, Mount Vernon, with all its permanent belong- ings and 200 acres of the Mount Vernon estate, was purchused by the Ladies’ Mount. Vernon iation from” John “Augustine Washing- for $200,000, About one-fourth of the ct Mr. n, “She was cheerful out- purchase money was obtained by the individual | Wardly, and gave no'sign of her intentions, 1 efforts of Hon. Edward E: of Massachn- | think the book she was reading, ‘A Tale of Two | tnd tox setts, by the repetition of lls oration upon the | Cities,” had m to do with it. I think the | the ideas of the teache gitl was lox and the read nd incline “Character of Washington.” ‘The remaind K Z of the book was ralsed by organized contributions, dire » melanch her the st fied. Indeed, hardly trom the hasty superticial e think it possible Victiin of malpractic general good fei the association was able to do but to guard and protect the property. Since thit lime, however, through the aunual revenve rom the throngs of visitors that. come amination m he might have been th although her appa ling would contradict the id connection w plain, and "practice any. A lady in Hyd tors uy the avoided him, It was recently di they had frequently met seeretl Kline, of the Dundee seminal pupil, agai vided hei | keenly the disgrace, she { ie the purpose covered that | und Pro: y, When she w Evidently reeling probably conmnitting suicide. Mis lient Was an exceptionally bright girl acti her in some ches in the seminary, i tyearhad been exclu: uguaxes. Itis Stated that she had affair with you student 30, and that her engagement was broken off vant of the disclostire of her relation= with nce, {Sh hreatened to commit suicide last fuil in talking with one of her friends, but the latter nd let place in honor of Admiral Vernon, ish navy. Lawrence Washi brother of Gen, Washington estate at that time, had served In th army before Carthage! naval commander. died in July, 1 daughter, “Ti nd owner of the British a when Vernon was the wrence Washington awite and an infant ernon estate s be- at daughter, and, in th ease without issue, the pro} ASS Into the absolute possesstont of Fashington, to whoin, in his will, [av rists hav Poison: 1 od bes Mrs. Ma Christian elatns that her hu ad entrusted the chief care of his astairs. | took (Casa joke and thought nothing of it. It ag, Was murdered Gen, Washington was then only twenty | is now stated that she made an attempt to end ientists, Who “thought arsen: years of age, The daughter did not long | her life last week with laudanam, but this was | ne oe pee. survive the father, and Mount frustrated, and she afterw d her re- | ental influence non became the property George W: | gret for her cow ) r ington, where he lived after his 0 where he hurried from the of state to superintend the erection of buildings and the mlanting of the crops, Ina letter te friend in Jondou soon atter his marriage he wrote con cern “No estate in the United States is more pleasantly situated—in a high and healthy country, in a latitude between, the extremes of heat sind cold, and on one of t nest rivers the world.” The visitor to-day he stands on the eminence in front of the ¢ and looks down the sloping lawn and ‘ough the vista of forest trees to the river's oo Je. EOF HIS VISITORS-—H1s IMINATING MIND, From the New York Sun, “To see Mr, Jobn Hoey about his place at Long Branch,” said a gentleman yesterday, whose rel: h the master of Hollywood Park are intimate, “you never would suppose that he Is the dapper general manager of Adams Hyd Sa euto, Cal, given up by physici rheumatism, three o'el Tt was , Boston time, on cert silence for perhaps twenty minute: Lasif she i mnade everythin: Of dise theinselves are physically bene- VARIOUS THEORIES. But among the intelligent people in every-day lite who have studied the mind-cure theories, greater or less extent have tested them, it, but re phenomena, which’ they iS use no will ep in their minds an fia odor the truth QUEER ENTRUS To be consistent the leading mind-cure theo- intain some very absurd ideas. would be harniless if the fe these queer enthusiasts claim tl Hes Hot recognize distance the yy Under treatment is not ne s invalid should mentally submit he treatmen a4 her friend in Hyde Park. ut improvement was immediate umonth the co with her husband. Another absent patients, puts a doll in ny two have just the same who study the s The bsurd conelu-ions, The Reason in your ef He is are very much modi- ence.” One lady believes | ynsistent healer one must be a Another insists that the minds of from guile and fement of their stem re- perstitious ideas in nize the physical do not attempt to ex art as successfully as k who takes this post- ace | The d been in- | tist cle | ladies e iS | by and by ase | sins of th j and simm CE, ASV Mi iS the ibe: ec a oe PROBAL USE OF THE SUICID! tion says she finds a ie sessed oe a power nd’ interesting relics, the house and | 4 telegram from Elm over many serious ills which she hardly Knows gromnds have: been kept inorder, and ‘the | gunner gem Elm | how to use. ‘She saye she mently tractivens of the place increased, both ora i the ailment ihe sufferer seems to be irans- | the mere pleasure seeker and those who have | @ merchant of Dundee na Florence, who | terred to herself, ‘Then she is able to throw it | #u Interest In memorials of by-gone days and | married her cousia, She had been with him a | oll She does not know whether to eall it inind customs, good deal, but _on being remonstrated with, | CUre. filth cure or magnetism, Some op- erect he TASTS. r Eddy, leader of the lers, an enemy amon, ic into him. eof the patie % lad an intimate fri ¥ iu end in | who a few months ago was | die of inftammatory rranged by mall that at days the elf to the It is i tient was able to ne sed NETS | express company and the largest. land owner ir upon which to 8X ber mind in lieu of a the ‘ahining ver We ie inde aioe: tee | atthe Branch—v mah who orders his trousers | sick person. “Most of the imental healers. pre tween the thickly wooded shores, will not | BY,the score and his shoes by the dozen pairs at | fess contempt for the laws of hygiene. Thee regard this encomium as exageerated, | 2 time. We isupand all around his grounas | bid their patients eat What they please and act ‘Andashe turns and louks through “the wide | lug before his workmen awaken, tor Tt is his | as they please. Mrs, Eddy maices the proviso habit to make a daily inspection between 5 and Tam, to note what tvas done the day before and tolay out his plans for the morrow. On these perambalating tours Is apparel con. doorway opening into the generous hall and that they then out upon the broad grassy lawn at the rear, dotted here and _ there with large trees, he willbe inclined to think that for a couniry- WHAT Is iil’ ES that for sists Of a mosaic suit of old iil-titting Phage Mount Vernon has attractions even in | clothes and an ancient Derby hat that looks ae which chister about the place, and which even | |! I might have been rejected by his shabbiest riick clipe about the piges: an laborer. He is invariably the last person on and only sideration, | te Pltce to go to bed and it Is notan Intre- quent thing to see his light burning at 2 or oclock inthe morning, while he is looking Up some abstruse point in architecture, oF studying the hutest foreign designs in wall paper rpets. Remarkable as it may appear, and pite his responsibic and multitudinons busi- ness duties, Mr. Hoey has not only designed all of his own houses, to the number of sixtecn, but has superintended their construction and selected personally every piece of furniture and of briea-brae in them ail, His method ot build- a callow. pastevoke a certain. ¢ Mount Vernon Is charming because it is so real It reminds one of the old farm with which he was familiar vears azo, and while it is a south- ern farm, with the distinctive teatnres of slave quarters and a honse on a grander scale, yet the repose and rurai simplicity appeals to tie mind and calls up memories of the past, whether the visitor be from the north or the south. To those who were familiar with country life in. the south before the war came with Its changes the place has almost a pathetic interest. decisive verdict. able results are. atta whose ills e: of certaii x ing a house Js of primeval simplicity, He takes | \wi AOS INBEV! BRIGHTENING UP THE OLD ROOMS, his head carpenter to the site of the proposed | Average skeptic fal At present the old place is enlivened by the | edifice, and with a stick draws on the ground a presence of the lady regents, and while their | tude sketch, mentioning the dimensions from time to time—this hall to be so wide, the ceiling so high, this bedroom to be so wide, so deep, with one window hi another window there, occupation of the house is only temporary, a sort of camping out, yet it gives the rooms a homelike appearance. During the day they | the gas Jets to come Iu‘here und the door there. | people, even. medical practitiog occupy the state dining-room and group them- | No detail is missed in the plan or forgotten in ‘This fact is the re the construction, and all is carried in his h stopping at the Leland hotel.” “ “Ah! indeed’ replied the man, as he opened the gate for the actress to drive throng) “Thank you very much. Mr. Hoey’ is well acquainted with me; it is all right,’ and she slipped him a ten-cent piece, which’ he put im his-pocket with a polite “fhank you.’ And built and & numberof other ‘improvements made, involving un outlay of quite a lirge amount of money. ‘The assdelation derives its revenue mainly trom the entrance fees paid by Visitors, and during tne past year there were 17,000 ‘Visitors, making the fund trom ‘this source about $6,000. A smatier amount ts ab- swel ‘was properly . 3 Jarbeau drove on sweetly ignorant of ‘the fact | oil Annual reventte Ih aufelent oP kerk ap ahs | Hiatahe had been conversing with Afr. Hoes. | Wet the doctor Place, but there are many improverhents which | 4,..{" Hoey 18 down on poichers. His preju- | im) Some time Kull part lot 4. sq. 559; $75. Charles H. Par: ker to Patrick F. McAuliffe, lot §,sub of sq. 412; 950. Andrew J. Owens'to Mary M. Hume, lov 12, sq. 829; $1,300. Mary B. Fox to Alden B. Hurt, lot 40, sq. 725; $4,482. Philip HH. Chrision to Charles F. F. Rosenthal, lots 35, 36 and 37, sq. 551; $957.10, Carrie E. T. Knox to Wm. J. Fitzgerald, lot A, Todd’s sub. of sq. 638; $600. “Ch: V. Trott to Wm. Muehleisen, lot 149, sq. 151; $5,350. The National Pee bank to Robert E. Morris, part lots 19 and 2 Brown’s second sub of Mt. Pleasant; $2,700. eee Another Source of Water Pollution. To the Editor of THE EVENING STaR: Allow me to direct the attention of yourread- ers toa possible source of pollution of the water- supply of Washington, which could not be de- tected by an examination of water taken from the reservoir or from any point near the head ot the water-supply. Tallude to the presence in the city mains of the dead bodies of fish, So strong an‘odor of putrefaction has been per- ceptible from the water supplied to: my house, that for two or three days we have felt It to be dangerous to use It for any purpose. ‘The stop- Page of one of the water-pipes led to an exami- nation of the cause, and to-day the dead body of an ¢el was discovered, much decompose fompletely blocking up the pipe. ‘The creaturd 4s about sixteen inches long, aud about one inch broud.at tie widest part, It can hurdly be supposed that this ts theonly fish that has sound its way into the water-pipes of Washington, ‘ours, &e., ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, May 25th, 1885. ; HIANLAN AND BEacH.—Hanlan has sent a telegram to Mr. R. K. Fox to the effect that he will enter the pray $5,000 urse race. He also states that ach wil not visit America, s me sieencs of i oe robs the race of y championship le except champion of America, which may be conterred. yy toe Haulan fs willing to row, providh Beac has no objection to the tile going With thee sult of the race, o¢—__ ‘THE PHILADELPHIA ENCAMPMENT.—Colonel Underwood, ex-ieutenant govern tucky, who has charge of the pre aradlous ter the military encampment in the delphia, his received encourages proval from President Cleveland, Sherman, Maj. Gen. Hancock and is reported that the limit of 10, ot permit the committee on ar aeccommogate all the organi W take in the big cam ss rangeaeie, 60. dice against them is inexorable. ago It was reported in the neighborhood that Mr. Hoey intended to go to Chicago for a week. Que morning the sharp crack of a gun was heard from the park just back of Mr. Hoey’s residence, and within two minutes an elderly man in’a mosaic sult and an anclent Derby hat was talking in a confidential strain with a gay young sportsman “‘Any luck?’ asked he of the mosale suit, in the ladies desire to make when their means Will allow 41, und among these may be meu- jone A DEER PARK. The association has in addition an endow. ment fund amounting to $30,000 which they desire to increase, so that in the event of the public interest in the place dying out and their revenue from this source being cut off, the asso- | an interested ton triumph of mental healin, ciation may still be enabled to maintain the |. “‘Not much,’ rica the young man. ‘Ijust | methods. The old-school lace. Through the efforts of the vice regents | brought down this squirrel, aud it was | simply acknowledges that mighty neat shot, too!” ““You had better not let Mr. Hoey catch you shooting in these woods, He’s very strict, you Kuow, on trespasserst* ‘Hoey be hanged! I don't care a tinker’s a@—for the old duffer. Besides, he's in Chi- cago, and I hope they will keep him there!” “You have anice gun there—@ very nice gun,’ observed the first speaker. “es, {ts equal can't be found in New Jersey. It Js only two weeks out of the store. It cost a neat y p “It seems: to be valuable—all the latest im- provements,’ observed the old man as the oenee Siow handed it over for inspection, “Be careful, there are charges in both bar- Fes, sald the Gwner of the gun solicitously. the other, stepping back aud pointing the 1e ir, st and poi ng ke weapon at the trespasser. “Get over. that fence gs lively as your legs will let you, and if you Want this gun you can get it from the justice of he peace in the village by paying a fine of $50. Let this be a lesson, young man, to speak more respectfully of your elderat’”? “eee Dr. Johnson on Microbes. ‘From Notes and Queries, : All anticipation of future knowledge and sug- gestions luis those who come after find to be correct, have @ peculiar kind of interest and aro worth ting, fren jhoe rh the pean ane nn wi fount nes tionable.” There 17 au’ observation of Samuel Johnson's on the subject of dysentery which fairly illustrates this, In a letter to Mrs. dated November 12, Fg he says: “If .—— Will drink a of water the acrimony that corrodes. his bowels will be dl- lated, if the cause be only acrimony; but I ard in the various states, not only are contri of money obtained, but objects of historical {n- terest are being continually added to the collec tions which the various rooms now contain. During the past few days Representative Her- but has finished the work of refurnishing the hall which his late wife begun as vice regent of Alabama. One of the main features was the re- placing of the engravings which hung on the walls In Wasbingion’s time. They consist of two companion pieces—“Battle of Bunker Hill” and “Battle ot Quebec”—by Muller, after Tram- bull's paintings (for which engravings Washing- ton had subscribed); two very old ones—com- panion pleces—“The Dancing Shepherd” and a ‘Pastoral Scene,” both by Bosswert after Ru- bens, and “The Sortie from Gibraltar,” All thes¢ are handsomely framed in frames copied from those of Tudor Place, Georgetown, in the ion of one of Martha Washington's de- scendants, Mrs, Kennon. THE SOUTH CAROLINA ROOM. The South Carolina room, owing to the exer- tions of the widow o: Gov. Pickens, of that state—the vice-regent of South Carolina—has been most beautifully fitted up. The brass fender and andirons in that room belonged to Gov. Rutledge, of that state, one of the signers of the Declaration of independence, The fender was presented by Mrs. William B. Reese, of Nashville, Tenn. There were also sent from South Carolina for its room an antique cabinet, four chairs, curtains, rug and mantel orna- ments, This room was Gen. Was! n’s pri- vate dining room, and is on the side of theman- sion farthest from the river, and Is on the left of the entrance hall. In addition to these articles is a portrait. of her husband's ancestor, Gen. Pickens, of ‘fami Revolutionary fame, presented by the city of Charleston; a if Of Gen. Mo! tte, of the Hevolutionsey veep ted by the Cineinnath it butions trifiin, stu 4 sional q to put on thé wealthy anteed that he woul the 8 partially vened, cai argued that he su lawsuit. pect dysenteries to be produced bj i know not how to Hil: %; lg are seeking “ which I “Johnson @ modern writer ohare oe a wrote authorities do not #1 animalcule are the how to kill them.” "aad bust of Gen. Ws ington bur with the mas on his pre- its ‘mn olls, ahd a hia oy ‘a the b: hada’ ACC ine diagnosis and says that the tained only a strain of the kneeJjoiut, PROFESSIONAL CURES, Until recently the popular excitement on the subject had not been utilized for fraudulent pur. poses by scalawags and professional impostors. | has promised that they shall be A large majority of the converts have been | table it was the same. If the women, If they have been themscives bene- fited, or think they have, they begin to stady the art and soon become practitioners. None of this class have sought Bpeesiele the new method. Mostof t! heir friends gratuitously, as has been 4 or they give thelr time ‘to guar- cure her. in alittle while when she tient died. But the led the husband that he had curing the cancer when death used: Cera! cont mption and so sent in a 000. The husband rather than undergo the must be of stroug faith, that what they eat and do will not harm them! MPLISH So much for means and methods. When the inquirer attempts to investigate the actual ac- complishments under the new pathology he encounters a vast array of witnesses and testi- mony. But after attempting to sift the evi- dence it is impossible to return a sweeping and It would be useless that under the influence of the titioners beneticent and tn some cases remark- a. It is not surprising that they are able to “eure” h ist only In imagini easy to understand that their peculiar Influence is more potent than that of medicine in cases mental and nervous disorders, Bat lous cures are claimed, the ‘ Is back upon Dr. Peabody's assertion that a physician’s success depends on the degree in which he possesses the cone fidence of his patient. Com mind and confidence in any isa more potent factor in an: to deny mind-cure prac- ochondriaes, ion, and it 1s plete harmony of remedial agency se than most ners, generally secret of the a- | selves about a long table, which 1s covered w! mind-eure craze, and with a same property: $3 J. Hill to 12 | Pitners and Ink aid pene, ae Idee ae a Mite | ready for use ut the slightest notice, An at foundation so substantial it is, after all, hardly Johnson, lot 49, sq. 69; Christian V. | Pasiness character bf tlie couleroaree: Sieg | tect’s plans and specifications, with their bewil- | (ungation so substantial i fantastic a structure N. Callan to H. M. Near aay Pe, 2 od, 205 | the boat arrives the regents take a recess end | Geing labyrinth of Heures, would upset him, | hasbeen erected, Investigation of any of the See ey on C E: Stantord, pt | qovate themselves. to thelr trends eho inne | _ cNOE ONE 8zo, When Mic, Jarbeatt was the | Mirieien winiee it ie cht wrought is “1. 2 pe0, 37 W: Boags, Jt to J. W. | have come from the cits, or even may he fount | Plening theatrical belle at Long Branch,she, in | unsatisinctars: Althowet anees are eS by the Ss) Sr, in trust, pt. 7, sq. 965; 8—. J. He pointing out some object of interest to the | ComPAny With a woman friend, drove’ up to | hundred of allezed cures of paralysis ‘cancer, Hea aly cake edicts 84-1910; 8700. | rangers, Ag they move about fom tomers | One Ot the private gates of | Hollywood, | tumorcomaumition, ciao ism,seariet fever, WF. Mattingly et al., trustees, to Independent | Tyom*attired In house costinnes to which some | W2leh was closed to visitors. Veral labor- | spinal complaint, nervous disorders and minot Tee , 2,745. M.D. | of the ladies add lttle cups, the ola house loses | €rs Were at work on the road, and another | complaints, there appears to have been no Ses to eee ree 9 tees 98; the cold and dreary appearance whieh uni eee was leaning against the gate look- peauing elentitic oe of the ‘yen. ‘There is 33,800. A Hs , h 800) | habitedicooma aequive Teepiiner are | 12g on. = testimony in abundance—radical, positive and O67 wud §. 23, 64. 504; $2,400. J.J. Dana to | habited rooms acquire, usual with old places | "Won't you open the gate for use” ob- | tnduubiedly honest. inom need Cotte, and, Ho ee ake fot 10S, 8a. 181; $1,600, A. Loans: | provements and alterations are conduits | Served the actress to the man who was look: | pave bone a ee te a agency of organic don et al., trustees, to Jane Eliza B. Putnam, being made, and this year will prove no excep- | BE ON. si disease of long standing; but investigation Bite oS 4g let to 4 and @ bike: 14.13 | tion” "The “ladies find that Ie will be neces |, “cEhis 18 not visitors’ day, and this gate | qivateps so miiny weak’ or incredible points 16, bil, 4,1 Bie aS RI PA; DMS | gary to spend quite a sum of money in | !8 Used only by Mr, Hoey’s family,’ he’ re-| that close analyels is aimnos, always unsatistac. a Mote Pe Sead rae eae PEE 10 | repairs, “Phe old whart will ‘be reptucst | turned. Tory 3 Tia results, Pee dg to 47 bie 11, 5 and 11, blic12, 1 to | bya new oue, the floor in the mala helt aaa ‘Oh, T know that; but I am Mile. Jarbeau, the |" Tilustrations might be detailed by the score, We 15, Lebsoll Parke goed go ane BF and 17, | y8 renewed, the walks repaired area hours | Artiste. Surely you have heard of me. Lam | pat eeineio men eeepc case will an: lot 15, Le. "imy it A prominent dentist of this city fell and severely injured his knee, geon of good repuie, who exumined the limb and diagnozed a fracture, plainly detect the grating of the bone against each other. He sent for a sur- saying that, he could of the broken edges The patient y treated and was advised to recon- imself to several weeks’ confinement, ad gone he yielded to the rtunities of his wife and allowed her to callin a mind-care practitioner. the injured man according to the te new school and tried to persuade him that he Was not really hurt. Finally he induced bim to get up and walk, which he did, at first with diMiculty, but soon’ with comparative ease. The next moruing the dentist walked of the surgeon who had first-attended him and the doctor thought for a moment that he saw ghost. This caso is naturally reckoned o. nets of the into the office great ‘over old-fashioned surgeon, of course, he made a mistaken nileman sus- fill their for some econ et oe have been in- nee’, however, in a few months, gross swindling of the credulous by profes- out of the mental. treat: mind-cure man pala $8,000 embarrassments. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS. - For several weeks past, as stated at the set, the religious revolution involved new departure has overshadowed the ation of the physical phenomena in the innovations are to the creed of the Christian Scientists, fonatitnte the largest division of the: ret es Berne Beng H Hs i | power, but simply | of them were removed. Children, they explain, | re a uuse Of unconscious hereditary | © y G. ientist Division of Mental He ud. who died three or four | rs listening toone of Mrs, Eddy’s rami! iru v. A.J. Gordon, DD. a promt revini ne who has sindied the honk te drawn ya phantom and the fesivonly a shadow Ime Very practical sinners will jake refuge under the system aud insist that vie body and the transgressions of the Hesh are harmless, since t nly the phan tom of a phantom and the Dr. able he produce the subtle essen called “au Aicine Seventeen-Year Locusts. APPEARING IN LARGE NUMBERS IN CHESTER COUNTY—INEIR HABITS, From the Philadelphia Times. The first of what aré known as the sevent year locusts were seen yesterday on trees ne the city. Th been ‘seen fn large num- bers for several days in different parts of Ches- county. ny of them still w what are termed their “jackets.” By a caretul provision of pature the seventeen-year visitor, when bie erawis up to the surface through his caretulls- packed and cemented hole aud comes oul, has a dark jacket which envelopes him and which he ingeniously throws off after a few wari ‘The jacket is agreat encambrance and bs not a full-fledged seventeen-vear locust, business UnUl Le gets outside of it. [t sects that the creatures, in their larvae: sta ‘ticularly susceptible to cold and n Accordingly, through their s« sleep, they Keep very far under grou us they begin to work Ubeir way up ar their dark subterranean retreats 1 chambers with something that a a. Thelr final ae TME BONANZA KINGS. . * Them. With Some Mints 4 the Nevads Bank Mys Gossip Abou Concerning tery. the St. 1 vera days have been try mt the rea which have led to meni of Monator Fair trmin the Nevada stouk place Last Nowember, bat so is eve eoted With thls bustle out afew days aga financlal was in ime when began 10 1 stock was + bow and Wells, MeLane and since then the tank by meats of Correspondence als Gh Ther ing to ge the retin arters for seve eases n that iLonly and the fiet head of n about boaninza inven haw dow Kae A tw ruled ti Jor, sal bank tha mis t ength oy Knowled operators jawt ¥ chte mst nere great ained next is eredited with utscruy ‘ and bs nent th ‘a ewd whe believed man w Nevadat silver Ser his wits ee and eon Putvtie han: it, Su children in he ew blocks ty very of ber enite The ducaiion « jay pretense | tact and ex and wuest Were PULRErS OF Ler aye journal this etty, come guest at he tions Gave tena ue who ws tun Truth ot = pleated “a Nab Hil teady Hy rumor tos Beitints Navy. The ‘on ace | wary or as WHAT IT WAS IN EY GOOD OLD ” But inp sibak wae DAYS OF BLAKE AND NELeOR been prematurely turned up, and ater | i 2 ‘daa Ing some sustenance by bs Yon to | “Cockaizve” in San Francio Argonaut Toots as is their wont they have determined to | Idon't mean to say that all the “Lords Com- Ku higher” and buve gone up tre Tew | missioners” (as they are called) of the Admi- Mpeg raster ener ay emery | ralty Villian andtubbecs, ‘There are four cehich they dolby ers | admiirals—two fuils, a vice anda tear. One of rent with their hind le; | the “tulis™ Is Lord Alcester qronouneed Awis a ttle amore gun for the diyinz pros ables | ter, who, as Sir Beauel Seymour, gets the insect to unfold his wings and tly about. | peerage for batt dow 1 bistorte town of by st “visitation” in this section EES | raed paeeee enter che sacs reap tand is the word commonly used, was, according to | Slesandr ai achieved, by virtue of the a nuinber of authorities, in’ 1865, and the poputar tion of V. Riley, the eni ortot sugeestiy panion dopartinent at W atte bestuawed aipon Sond is ed that they would 5 whey ie Mas oes a diferent parts of the country t ridiculed upon dix eleva ve House asterly Uirough the e announce | which, placed Inside the Nik com hey have been dug up in nests at | cigars Rape) eae Pa Ree i Ashland, found in graves at West Chesicr, | sl ALY ened Fat rith The possce taken out of elsterns at Reading, turned up in | Tyee NA ists dhontiy plow furrows at Oxford, found stuck in post | Tilo! aus bye ered holes at Wilkesbarre, fotind in « blackbird stot te ss sbeluek bat or thes at Leb: ken trom the craws of adiniraiset the fleet, which Is the als what man me that Linneus gave itis not a locust at all, but of the sume family as the common harvest “0 fly, which is its second cousin. The mystery | Aste that has wiways attended the creature and ifs dhletiont te sirange peculiarities have led to many popular . oe all itp trees tn ua 2 Sones Mr. Ciew tn be per Septemdecim likes the oak the : tlie issedl of Boel little strange that the mona: reg rd do ap grub, Sul he, or rather she—for it is Mrs. Cica- tong io 1 a Sy ian mae dias that does the business—resorts occasionally | ""hive tact that the Duke of E io other forest trees and is frequently tobe | py he Met that the bb found even on shrubs. Indeed, there seem to | PDne o be no trees or shrubs thatare exempt trom thetr | SPC nwiiliann, are oflicers attacks, except those of the pine and fir tribe, | OF Clanwillian, re ols whieh they tet severely atone. It is Mi Tike oF sudtsoaren ts womaee redited who makes the noise und Mrs. Cic ih betes esOa canes Bhan <ne ce makes the havoc. The gentleman of u with being s G008 <aiicer. Hendveds ead are no os and son is @ drum: b aid noone sun 2 the ordin fem: yo sa said to relish this music amar. | 16% Neatly, & ingly, Saws out aneat little egg basket. A gen- | #2 ™ maceeken ‘ on tlemiin belonging to the Academy of Scien seers accidestt-ot Wirth has put it, whols so old that he has seen four succeudve | Nee eet was eemt up the I crops of these strange insects, which most of the | TIES Heel we eee nane to Musciant present generation never saw in their lives, pte) sieid, the ‘Dut says that close to the side of the body of the egeespon d male seventeen-year-old locust there is a litte ek momen ” opening like a pocket, in which is situated magi aie a lite dram, which is played upon ee Soenae trasted t and beaten by valves. In the hinder | (rs dau t now. However. trust part of the body of the other insect is | SWPely be cannot new, Hey lab & Wonderful iniplement called a piercer, | Utst, there is no ture iikelliuood of lls helug shich has the ae : 2) employed in any vat post 491 wanee than Which has the combiued power of an awl and a | CMDS in ay i et Comiaeanes tia » | ap by em treat | over, the wife of a | his room, even during the most im} t Con. (ferfog from. wareatiote, and che wonea tereelt eo closer double-edged saw. The end is spear shaped and the sides have s' their hole oblique angle of forty-tive $ in pairs, separ arp littie tecth. They bore yin the pith of@ tree, at an degrees, and deposit’ their ted by ‘alittle wooden par- ution. 1 (tikes about, fiftecn minutes 10 pre- pate one of these nests and fill it with eges, but itis not unusual for one insect to make iorty or filty fissures in the same dimb. She goes thus from limb to limb and from tree to tree qutil her store of from four to five thousand eggs is exhausted. Then she lies down and dies. Ac- cording to most authorities in fifty-two days, though some say forty-two, the young insect is hatched out and isa vellow-white grub, which, with an infallible instinci, like that which takes the duck t the water, drops tothe earth aud burrows, no matter ‘from what helzbt, “This insect,” ‘said Prof. Joseph Leidy, tie eminent sclentist, yesterday, “is not a locust. The locust of the Bible is i cones grasshopper. This grub appear in different parts of the country every year, but it takes seventeen years to de- velop in any one place. Some yeurs it covers a larger territory than others. “It dues not eat the leaves. Iniuct, in its perfect state it eats nothing, "Its only mission is reproduction. Betore it comes up it sucks the roots of trees. Ti injures trees by the female boring them to de- posit her eggs. All the bored limbs and Tanches soon drop off,” Cee Faithful Mrs. Garrett. Letter in the Cleveland Leader, John W. Garrett had an iron will, but his wife ruled him, although she did itinsuch a way that the old man never knew it. During He treated | the forty years of their married life the two never slept a night apart, and I think Mrs, Gar- rett’s death hastened that of her husband. For some years back Mr. Garrett had been in bad health from overwork, and the T (egerttnsord had bed that his meais should be regular, and business should not be talked ut ihe table. Mrs. Garrett saw that these rules were carried out, and whenever the lunch or dinner tine ved, it made no difference if Mr, Garrett was in’ the midst of the most important con- versation, on business involving millions, with ts whom the President would delight to onor, She would call them to the table and in @ gentle way would admit of no refusal, Mr, Garrett or his friend might ask for just one minute more, but the kind oid would reply in the gentlest tones: “These are our rules and = = Mr. Garrett kept.” At the guestor John W. Garrett would break out in some excla- mation or tion Mrs. Garrett would at ouce object, and the railroad ident at the head of the table would lau; ly call atten- tion to the manner in which he was domineered in to talic of oe ‘subjects. ‘Mrs.Garrett was a plain, mother! ‘woman, full of quiet charities and as coger od wrapped up in her husband as he was in = her latter years he did the most juacks, Who find it profitable just now | at e in his library with several hi Tmind-cure ‘ante. A’ onse In | epee eee callers the int occurred recently. An ignorant hum- mugger who is getting rich ing craze was called to gentleman. She was, su cancer and the disciple of mental heal! iy bothering him. She was about e i ° 4 a | HEF H Hil le iu rte Hf | i | i be given other than a command of army “ro serves” in case of wa Hew one can't refrain from comparing the English princes with the Crown Prinee and Prince Frederick Charles, of Germany, in the Franco-German war of 1870! About the only naval officer who has really ained sort of distinction is Lord Charles Borestord. Tits doing #0 is a slap at the seien- Uric plodders who tuink theta man musty all their absurd examinations, or else he won t be ofany use. Idon't mean to imply that Lord “Charlie” is im the faintest degree an igno- ramus. But tt is sate to say he cares m practice than for theory and has given convincing proof of his ability tomect with and overcome ‘ditieutties that he forethought of naval examiners could presuppose the existen ot Peopie may say be Is bi Ferhaps he bs; but he is, at any rate, seemingly able to with his “luck” without hitch’ or bindrw Asa matter of fact, he doesn't know whut ft aud that is wh great deal ot Lis success common ran of Buglist dancing, flirting, fou, boisterous, Hows, who think more of ihe brass buttons and epaulets on the minds of “the ladies” than they do of the scientific study Of navigation, seam ship, gunnery or t Wednesday What-Not, Considering the continued high prices of coal, i is not right to Lave the drivers weighed with the load.—Phulade th American, Boggy pie is mentioned as one of the causes of dyspepsia. € OF the causes of soggy ple is young married women.—Lowisilic” Couriers Journal, “I think they had better let the old Bible alone,” said E."“Thats what you bave beca doing for years,” said 5. “fut me down tor cigars for the crowd,” was the response from E., when the subsidence of laughter enabled hittn to make himself heard.--Boston Traveler, Dignified business men are looking fora word to take the place of “huilo” in addressing the conversational hole of a telephone.—N. G. Pica» yune. A literary lady, who writes for the magu zines, met 2 friend on the street in Galveston, “You seem to be in high spirits, Heard some good news? Going to zet married?” asked the Iriend. “0, uo, it» betier than that, Dve jst gota letier from the editor of uve #4 jagazine” inelosing « check for fifty dollars, in payment of iy article on economy tn dress, and Lam going right now to buy me a new bro- ended silk velvet dress, made in the latest ty le, If 1 takes every ceiit of the fifty dollars,” =Teras Sijtings. “Mr, President,” said the entomologist of the agricultural bureau, “I beg to Inform you that this country will be infested with swarms of de- vouring locusts this year. “Aly, well, there’x no . I have had a deal of experience with this sort of crea- ture since my inanguration. Never fear. I'll simply refer them to the departments, and that Will be the end of it.”"—Chicago News. os Bs What it is coming to, He—“Will be my wile, Claribei?” She—“With re, Henry.” He—*1 suppose you reier- ‘ences from your iast hus