Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1885, Page 2

THE EXCURSION SEASON. How the Potomac River is Enjoyed Daring ower The Potomac river is the summer resort of such a lars District thi excursions is quite au important event. nearly alw: ure so refr that one trip dowa the river in so during the warm da; proportion of the populat: mon the Dut the with thi this one warm ton t lower ¢ The if the pleasare see mingled with ® from the orchestras, come feasting bat drops the river. that take t ¥ on treight Jower river points and But so man: with exeurston parties and xe ay exe the large steamers that ran on the ri way from t THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDA’ 13, the Warm Weather —The River Resorts. dents of the on for river It is yo! on the river, and the breezes ing after a warm day in the city proportion of the r’ ust the opening of ti | | of summer a good, n of the District is | stor he surface of the sions and the ¢ mainly pat mized by women and thelr bables, who find chtful ways of spending a evening Is when the river neir busiest seene of activit r rsionists bound for the re- nferry voice ck over the water as boat after | ¢ wharves and steams down | F toaccommodate the crowds us king pleasure, there ainers. o river which depend the pass business b In of se hy er traffic for revel ween this city Norfolk is quite large, ke trips down the river | what freizht | ,that the business is pretty weil vessels im: divided up. Tue loge one to Nor sir ad trip, an Chapel Pol entrance ¢ resorts, and Law runs & have resid aud runs mmunicatic eotiages ton Marshall Gleshoro andria, years, aequir oot legs ie at t mad quan. 7 a short dist to the exeu she Me wr enjoying the river ally when it Is consid- in addt ther up the river hand- some boat hy line the shore and p! beats and shells dot the suriace of t every fair evening. The Po! lated. and during the wart finrds summer. THE he we ‘To the Editor of Te EVENING Star: Wasntrne Among the many surmise: operand! of this particular Thunder i term), none of the disting grad triciuns se work in ing an equilibrium, bolts: whereas thelr ads conv rd a tho} anybody it comm many that not ning threw reconstruc vind hall as tivepoin interior hi at pucer.— dian this week. Lear Gree pois wealarty to Nortel s year the steamer Armenia will make trips. A new resort for excursions ne Beach and es Be: open, and another Ar resorts for a pavilions mat these places, dof aly the more no m2 on his mies th age of the 1 surface of the capstone would have RIAL FoR KILLIN The trial ¥ WAS ef st trip for asingle excursion is the | ‘8 mits running to that | well patronized. Saturday night ts » Norfolk, and the boats are three boats ranning of the Lake, the ary. flix. anal the The Jane on this Tine, a. Tum on the idze and Baltimore, very low, one line d trip for the evious to this the and . ch was formerly Most of the excursion boats lim © of their trips se that It ean be made pout SO miles iles, which Th cases points Cone niles down or the ordinary da: vorite stopping p | A NEW RES: a few miles of Tobacco river, isoneof { d the stauneh little ste o that place. A ences along th nite a water at Colonia own the ri splice, and the Put this a re muy be en, the sea Shore, a rom th other ot | of "the Mount Ve fourteen m own 10 people ei th my other point along the river, eW. W. Corcoran to this p’ nd it can hardly be a pleasure 3 Hail and Giymont are the great and he exeursions which lew’ every pleasant evening. T are | d walks and other forms | nid their short dis ible tor nat, ad tend ch the pubis e excursic de on thi ance below rsion be 6) Tea AETY passer grateful relief fromthe heat ot SS SHATTERED CAPSTONE. Bolt from Without or Within? ox, D. C., Jane 10, 188 as to the modus bolt (it's a ished elec- em to opposite kind from that cot or the time, thereby establish- venting thunde nalizing the positive of and the negative of the earth, or vice ing charg them to the d OY reason of Its sp I have not observed that r-boit strike the monument, wid | Claims that he did, 1 would Uke to hem fidavit as to whether he saw pwn to or go Up from the sh Esub- fF monumer as saved us thunder stroke, which—ipsw facto been recorded. do ali other or natural, this postalate nat the casualty, which broken bs Uh zh it, and not by its hit ny reader wants to age wt the let ch it leaves f any tree, he v be satistic jor, iv the roor ot | day's interview season in the th side of fold! at present) the eighth east from the north window m the east and we=t zor ih flerceuess and symmetr y at a he told) ack T stood 1 distance look that way Isaw a dead breast ther ee anne 8 right arms of | diverted tn the erves of tl eit the | bing Une | e identity of | at it unless that was nen to swallow ou the subject, nonstrated my Seif to hay it attract ¢ tion » as Prof. Menden- u lee thealtrection ofthe nining rod,” my theory (respectially) converse, Viz: that there was uot exit point fo accommodate the up- erior lightning rod. And it bad been a downward charge, the Gro. 8. Kixe, M. D. | results accomplished, however, by the Fish | sachu: | fst | lime will reach nearly THE S. FISH COMMISSI: When It Was Created and the Cause of Its Establishment. ITS SMALL BEGINNING AND THE PRESENT MAG NITUDE OF ITS WORK—WHERE THE VARIOUS HATCHING STATIONS ARE LOCATED—PRACTI- CAL RESULTS OBTAINED BY ITS INVESTIGA- TIONS AND EXPERIMENTS. Few people apprectate the importance of the labors of tke Fish commission. Though its headynarters are in this eity, and its prinelpal batching and propagating stations are located here, the interest taken by the general public in this work {s comparatively small. The commission in the scientific investigation of the habits and modes of life of various species of the flany tribe, and in their relations to each other, and In Increasing and cheapening the food supply of the country, have been of great valu ORIGIN OF THE FISH COMMISSION. The Un tes Fish Commission was eres t resolution of Congress, ap- proved Febri 9, 1871, and its immediate cause was a difference of opinion between Mas- ttsand Rhode Island as to the extent of the destructive effects of the trap and pound jes of southern New England, and the proper function of legislation in their regula- tion, Massachusetts fis Commission in 1865, and her ex:inple had heen followed by other’ states, iuents in fish culture bad pi fostering ot state cover for several | yeurs prior to the establisument of the govern- | inent commission. This United States com- mission Was authorized to prosecute investiga- tions and inquiries “with the view of ascertain- whether any and what diminution in the mer of the food-tishes of the eodst and the the United States has taken place; and, causes the same is due; and also What protective, probibitory, or uy measures should be adopted in - premises; and to report upon the same to, te commission was to consist of one mem- . to be appointed by the President and con- ed by the Senate, from among the civil rs orem the ment, of ap. wed S nd pra acquaintance the fishes of the Coast who should serve without additional salary, The amount ap- 4 to prosecute these fnquiries was Itisevident from the paucity of the iation that the legislative solons who ie commission bad no idea of the crowih Of its labors or the extentof its ne beneficent restilts that would be obtained under fis direction. PROF. SPENCER F. BAIRD, at that time assistant secretary of the Smith- sonian Institution, was «ppointed fish commis- ner, aud he entered upon his new duties with characteristte y,and by his ex- nt ¢ apacity soon had a corps of ned specialists engaged in {ntellizent and tie investigation. In the summer of rd estublished a station at Wood's Uh party of zoologists and per- ted the alleged decrease of the ‘n New Eugland, while as Cape Hat ‘The resttits of the SSayun were so valu- ¢ inerensed the ap- of the comission to $30,500, and ihe inquiries and labors of the commission increased und the dded, arser year until tt appr created 1871 Prof. Bi Holl, Mass. w: sonally invest fishe propriation ded up vo this million and a halt of dollars, HOW THE WORK IS DIVIDED. In order to show the extensive quiry it is only nec: ft) ssary te : work, whic tie Inve nited States, and the biule ysical problems which they present, nethiods of fisheries, » stutistics of produc: commerce of fishery products, . The intrednetion and multiptication of Ascii lod fishes throughout the country, e+ ail ters under the jurisdiction of the “ vament, or those conamny to sev $,none of Which would undertake to ke expenditures for the benetit of their » present pws: division hes of the fy and di work have nily by spe- | der the inteiligent direction of | f Baird, and the extent of information ued In every department has more than mpensated for the outiay incurred. The lit | txof Various species of fish | ¥ known, ant we now ean tell | les! What they best Hie hat best aztces with thie ‘hery industry of the United State: Wo tite last census, gives employment to ae | 319. ‘st Of the persons em- es furnish about fort ested over fifty utcomes from the New England states. THE VARIOUS PROPAGATING STATIONS. While the scientifle investigation has been pursued diligently, the work of propagation ‘own, and many varieties of fish, © gradually deereasing in number, de plenty, while they have been ac- ¢limated in rivers which they had never before n,and thus the food supply of the country has been x1 inereased. ‘om, in the oid Armory. build: | ‘ing station 2X full deseription of the bateh- ether with the improved appll- litate the work, was glv ort time ‘This statio der the immediate direetion of Col. Mars MeDonald, chief of te diviston of proj to whose énthusiasin in the work of fish eal! and to whose Inventive genius and practi- lability, as Well as his scientific research, the stiecess of "the work of propagation and distri- bution a by the cominission is largely due. ste station in this city and the_per- nent summer headquarters at Wood's Hol, Mass., the following hatching stations have twee shed, where investigation and. e: Hinent are constantly In progress, reports of irly sent to the commis- ream, Me., selmon. are col: collecting and tantie sulmon and white fish: Cold Spriny or, Long Island, N.Y. coilect nd hatching Various speci od and ether sea fishes; I Ma., collecting and hatching shad ee, Vit, (07 fornia eck, Point ation of Northville, 4 velop of the whitefish, for which is another station‘at Alpena, wthviile, however, the = provided with tanks and ponds for a aud rearing of brook ia trout. West of the ntalus tere are but two stations— rd, Cal, whieh Is located on’ the ad river, for the dev 1 distri- of the Cali ict also sut ponds for eoliccting, developing ibuting ets of the Calilornia trout Abie river, for the propa pia salmon. THE DISTRIBUTION THIS YEA n't give you the exact figures,” sald STAR reporter, “but during developed and distributed tribution of th purposi “T Col. Met this year we lifornia trout, and have sent 90 applicants. cing every mn the count nearly der the most the attempt to, n of the Columbia river, as emptying into Peet Sound, with shad, . 8 now en route or 000 shad for that ostock the with the Ut 1,000,000 publican ‘and are’ also tiiutaries of the G 'S FOR THE WORK. crease of knowledge in regard to tnre and the growth of the work of ome improved appliances und their develop- dhatelring boxes have proved glass Jars with « ~ stream of water and an which the dead eges may n a there are the fshwa, {whieh flsh are enabled to go up over vids to their natural spaw grounds at of streams. Of the several inven Lions in this ve=peet probably the most effective ave been by Colonel MeDonal more of te « ng one 4! Great Falls, whici wiil probabiy be the finest th matey, Hf not in the world. Of the Me- i Donald fisiways there are four in the Oswego Which have proved thorot ly satisino- ree smallones on the Potomac, which itin avery ‘ap miunner by the state d;one on the Rappahannock, one nes und a number of smaller ones in of Virginia; one on the Savannah and Shiadea river in North Carolina, was drawn of um the way at ricksburg a few days said Col. “Me- d there were found in the level WW fish, while others were found half way up, showing conciusively that the fish availed themselves of the assistance of this fishway In going up the stream.” Besides the work of distribution fn this coun- try an immense number ot fish has been sent abroad to France,Germany aud other Bui countries, and thus the old world that first commenced the work of fish cultare a hundred nd in it the eapital invested | | ation of the commission is right | _ | general, with a bh Just jumped on th interest for the general public on account of its intimate relations to the question of an abund- ant and eeonomic food supply, the other divis- fons of the work of the commission ‘have a per- manent and scientific value which cannot be too highly appreciated. The: ens alread: in the National Museum, and to which ad tions are being constantly’ made,bear testimony tothe diligent labors of the specialists by whom they were secured, and form an Interesting and instructive exhibit. Where duplicates are re- ceived they aresent to other museums for ex- change and for distribution to schools and academies. Then, too, the investigations of the statistics and history’ of the fisheries has in- volved an amount of labor and an extent of Tesearch that was not at first contemplated, but which has been found , aud the statis. tical report, which forms a feature in the report of the tenth census, will show how intelligent! and thoroughly this work has been performed. Phat the United States is better equipped In aknowledge of fish culture in all {ts various branches than any other country at the present time is fully shown by the fact that at the Ber- lin international fisheries exhibition, in 1880, the highest prize, that offered by the’ emperor of Germany, was’ awarded to Prof, Baird as the “first fish euiturist In the world,’ and at the Topdon fisheries explbition, th 1883. the United States received more than one-fifth of all the awards given to forelgn and colonial government displays, and a much larger pro- Portion of gold medals ‘tell to our lot than was Teceived by any other country. RESULTS To BE ATTAINED IN THE FUTURE, The work of the fish commission, though 60 prolific in its beneficial results so far, is yet in its infancy, Channels of investigation which have only yet been discovered remain to be thoroughly explored, and the information gained up to this point is but the foundation ofthat which may be acquired in the future. The commission is now systematically ongan- ized in every department, with a corps of ex- Perienced investigators, who carry to their work the enthusiasm and persistence of the specialist, and who are aided by an intelligent body of employes, who have acquired practical knowledge of their duties by long service under the commission, The commission has in its service three vessels—the Fish Hawk, the Alba- tross and the Lookout, the two former owned by the commission and the last loaned to its service. It has three cars specially fitted up for tho transportation and distribution of fish, and its various stations are equipped with the most approved appliances for collecting and devel- oping the various species under treatment, With this expensive plant the practical work of Propagation and distribution of fish through- out the country ean be continued with compar- atively Jess expense than heretofore, while the labor ‘of purely seientific research,’ which {s equally valuable to a thorough understanding of the subject of fish culture in its most com- prehensive sense, may be pursued more exten- sively and with largely increased results, toe A MEAN ENGLISH CUR. Wolloped by Old Pussy Jane, He Treas- ures up His Revenge, Gets Her at a Disadvantage and Fatally Bites Her in the Back. It was acat, Just a plain, common tabby cat, lying peaceful in death in the gutter. The Jeit paw wus still poised, as if the fell destroyer had overtaken tabby just us she was about to hit out fiercely from the shoulder; the ips were drawn as if congealed with the frost of fatality iu the midst of an angry yeaoul, and the hair along her curved spine yet retained its per- pendicularity; but from the eyes the light of passion had faded, and all about the towsled eareass hung the dreaded air of death, In the smitl of the back were marks of teeth and a few drops of blood had oozed out. Yes, tabby was dead. As THE Star man stood waiting for the car he looked down. regretfully at the yaud-stained corpse of the departed feline, and e Who it ad come up with aps beside Tt wasan old man and a bad cough, “Poor puss,” said the old man, as he coughed ‘oftly aud put out his cane to turn the careass over, “You fought well, but they were too much for you.” “There was a touch of sadness nnd suggestion of tenderness in the old man’s ice that caused the reporter to ask him how itall happened, The old gentleman had three brief spells of coughing belore he could reply. “Jane was the amest piece of cat-flesh thls side of Philadel- ” he said at last, “and didn’t take no non- e from any dog in the neighborbood. Why, at ca curs, and often she did i ‘She was a holy terror whe her back hair and shook her claws ir a respect let her have free range and all the ewaik when she was on promenade. And f fight aay Ume than steal cream, y. Indeed would she,” and again tleman interrupted the flow of his ¢ to cough in an easy, stereotyped way n't seem to doany harm to his lungs, ud no visible results whatever, ¥." he continued, “I've seen Jane git up from her aiter-dinner hap on the front room rug and quietly walk out to the corner and stopadogtight. Yes, sir, she did that, and the dogs seemed to lose ali interest in the difficulty when it was discovered that Jane was on deci. ‘They just quietly adjourned the question over and scattered Without any pretense at cere- mony. A yearago last Kebruary—Jane was five Years old in Aprii—the doctor down the avenue there got a new dog, a sort of dude dox, Whose nose was druy back Into his face and Ms ed off close to his head. — He. wi rel put-up brute, howsome nd 00 of fight in him, but was awfully The second day he was let loose on the he r: ul of Jane. She had captured ‘as dissecting It over there in rer of the parking. ‘The dude marched over, looking as consequential as a. maj e ribbon around his nec anda tatty maroon plush blauket on, Jane looked up Sort o” quizzical-lke as the dog sot r. She didu't let on she noticed -him | perticler, though, but just cranched away on the bones English sparrow. And, d'ye know, [think Jane hada perticler dislike ‘for anything English, Now, that dog wnd that's why, I think, Jane ornery with him. She’ never il he zot_right up onto her. He mute wagsin his tail, and then let him and shot at Jane like a cata: @ was there, however, and he shot n with another yelp about three oc- er, aud without ‘his blue ribbon and m of lils lett ear, Now, any common cat id have been satisfied with this and would e turned tail and scudded, But Jane dian, nd thatsone reason why think she had & periicler dislike for anything English, {unfortunate dog with all- Tours, ripped his blanket all to shreds, and took patches outot his hide as big as ‘your two fingers. Then what was left of that dog seooted out for bis honse like a blunt straak of light ning, just making the airjump with his yelps as hie Went.” ‘But Low did Jane come to get killed at last?” the reporter asked, as the old gentleman stopped ‘ouh & chance and change his cane t hand, “It way all along of that dog. the terr was English, cted 0 cliss said a word stood for an a yelp out It. Ji He never forgot laceratin’ Jane gave him, and he ve it, When Jane was around, however, hie seemed to have business at home; but I could see he was nursin’ his hatred and meant to be revenged. Finally, about. two mouths ago, he formed an alliance with two er curs, and the three always hunted to- getuer. Jane wasn’t afraid of them, and don't you think she waa. She never let them inter. iere with her evening strolls, and she never them the right of way: noindvedy, But I felt that she wasn't safe, and kept her in the house as much as [gould I knew that a dog that ‘ud purse his revenge as long as that pug had would down ber by foul means if he couldn't by fair. And he did. Jane was get- ting old and wast'tas spry_as’ she used to be. Mer smeliers weren't as good as they had been, ither, and she'd had inflammation of the eyes il the spring. ‘This afternoon, just before the rain, she started out to cross the avenue. Just as she got across the parking, near that lituie thick bush yonder, [saw the two pals of that pug makin’ for ber. ‘Jane, for the first time in ier lite, seemed togive way a little, She stopped and backed up a little towards the bush hit ting out now and then to keep the dogs off. she'd retreated close up to the bush, both dogs givin’ her all she could do to keep them. off, When out jumped that mean Englich pus from the bushes, and quicker'n seat geabbed Jane by the back—there where the blood is, She whirled around and hit him a terrible spat with her claw, then sort 0’ staggered out to the gutter, fizhting the dogs off all the way, and then dropped dead right here. ‘soe ‘The Dude and the Fountain. To the Editor of Tax EVENtNe Strait: Thad supposed that the silliness of our rising | separable from married life, ‘The great ry race of dudes had been exaggerated Ul I was a of soda water, when I stepped up to the coun- as If it was a proper and beautiful form. of for 4 boy ‘who says, when treated by ay he any excuse for keeping alive? The Locust and the Sparrow. And he sang, to his mate, “Zeezee, zeezoe; And, my dear, if I don't paint everything red ‘Because every green leaf in the country is dead.” And he said, to his mate, “There's » bug over there,— years ago Is now being su d in results by ourewn commission, which has been in ex- istence les# than 15 years. As ifto prove that His Wire's Se- Major E. T. Johnson, of In- the murder of Major ced in Greenville, Tenn., Major Johnson killed Major Henry Ind. f there is nothing new under the sun it is found that theartificial rearing of fish was practiced by the Chinese ages ago, and the celestials have 8 considerable literature upon this subject, but itis certain that intelligeat investigation and Practical reenlt in this direction were ever 80 ‘Systems: ly at ined a$ under the direction ofthe U.S. Hsh commission, THE PURELY SCIENTIFIC WoRK. While the work of propagation bas @ greater: witness of an incident that realized the worst, Two halfgrown boys were concluding a drink ter, and the one, who it seems, was treated by the other, remarked, In perfect seriousness and acknowledgment “th: %) aeweully,’ Now, Mr. Editor, L want to know If there is any hops mate to soda water, “thanks, there any career pos«(ble to such do with it? asks A DisGUsTKD By-stanDER. eat hisshane ‘Written for Tie EVENING Stan A low locust sat in a high locust tree, ‘y's many 8 year since I’ve seen the bright sun; It's many a year since I've had any fun; It will be, zee-zee— Now you see, 2ee-20e Bat a sparrow sat up in the same locust tree; And much oftener cussed than the locust was he. ‘Such a nice little moryel for « fond loving palr : Just wait here a minute, and ‘T'lt take the boy in. Now don't lip,—chip-ehip— Alut he filp?—chip-chip.” And when they were through there was left bat » sain, June 8, 1885. ams. Father M of the been arrested at Canine Seon the ee he} ep ey aye Fosieuee co3e bis brain examined, ” my 4 PLEA FOR WIFE BEATERS. Some Views About the Proper Methed of Domestic Discipline. AN INCIDENT IN ERAL LIFE GIVES RISE TO A DISCUSSION AT THE CLUB—HOW WIVES MAY BE REGULATED AND DOMESTIC QUESTIONS SETTLED WITH THE LEAST TROUBLE AND EX- PENSE, “Thad @rather novel experience the other evening,” remarked a gentleman to a group of frlends, as they sat in the smoking room of a Washington club, enjoying their after dinner cigars, ‘This remark elicited no response, but the at- tentive silence that ensued was taken as.an in- dication that the Usteners were prepared to hear all about this novel experience,and so the gentlemen continued. “Iwas passing along # street, which I shall not name, but it ie sufient t ‘say. that it was in ‘a ble locality. when I Tstopped and listened, aud soon muse ‘an and soon made up m: mind thot the cries eamme froma woman, and Judged from the other sounds that some one ‘was beating her. Concluding that one of thi lords of creation was exercising bis marii Tights, I was about to passon, but the cries of the woman became so heartronding as the blows fell thicker and faster that I could not resist the impulse to go tothe rescue, As I Passed up the front walk I siw that the blinds were closely drawn, but the direction of the founds convinced me that this soclal episode was paking place in the front reom on the ground floor. ‘The front door was fastened, and as no attention was pald to elthor the bell or vi 8 knocks, I pressed against the door, which gave Way, ahd I found myself to 0 wellfurniaied hall. Opening the parlor door, I came at once upon the scene and the part ch ants, who were 80 actively engaged S not see me. Pulling the man off from the prostrate form of the woman, whom he was hammering in a most horrible manner, I found that the woman was literally covered ‘with blood and bleeding freely. I was so en: at the cowardly brate that Tat once pitched into him, determined to give him thrashing. [had hardly begun to polish him off in my most scientific style, when the woman, whom [f inferred froth this elrcumstance was his wife, got up from the floor and, BLEEDING AND EXHAUSTED as she was, began to assist her husband to Pound me. Isoon found that I had more than I had bargained for, but I was resolved to punish the man, and so keeping off the woman as best I could with my left hand I gave her husband with hearty good will the fall benefit of my right baud. The woman Was as active as a cat, and when [ got through with the man I telt like turning in and giving her @ thrashing, and under the circumstances I don’t know but what ghe deserved it. How- ever, after satisfying myself that the man was sufficiently corrected I got away from the woman and hurried out of the house, followed by her hearty abuse. I have always heard that this was the fate of the outsider who bad the temerity to interfere between man and wife in their domestic arrangements, and thisgave me 2 practical illustration which I should not for- ge} very soon. The moral to be drawn from thls ‘experience,’ concluded | the gentleman with a laugh, “is that the dictates of humanity are sometimes to be disregarded.” When a man is such a brute as to strike his wife,” excluimed, with great warmth, one of the listeners,a young man recently murried. “There isin my opinion no treatment sufli- ciently severe, think that you did exuctly right, and I would do the same without regard towho the woman was. The mere fact that she wasa woman and had been struck by a man, would be enough for me.” There followed a general chorus of comments, some siding with the last speaker and others dwelling upon the pecal ier nature of women, which made it possible for them to retain their aifection even after such treatment. This last topic proved so fruitful in discusslan and atforded so many Instances of this peculiarity, as well us others common to the sex, that the conversation soon drifted far away trom the original topte. THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE, An elderly gentleman of considerable experl- ence, however, brought back the discussion by saying: “I think that the sentiments expressed In re- gnrd to the brutulity of men who strike women are extremely chivalrous, uccording to the gen- erally Ene ede ideas of modern society. Yet is the general notion on this subject a correct one? I don't wish to gppear in the rolo of an apolo- gist for wife beaters; but still I will say thal ex- perience bas proved that domestic jars ure in- uestion is, how shall these be conducted? Modern so- ciety pronounces it vulgar and brutal for a taan ty punish his wife physically, although he is allowed across a well-appointed breakfast table or amid the elegance of a drawing-room to so maltreat and laccrate his wife with the weapon of his tongue that she bears the sears for years, and sometimes receives mortal thrusts. In these polished times it may seem dreadful for a man and wife to fall upon each other as the boot- blacks do upon the streeis, but still this method f Settling personal ditticulties has the merit of very ancient, and to this day is one of the most Satisfactory forms that has ever been devised, Some of the best friends { have, or ever expect to have, cither thrashed me or they were thrashed by me. Somehow it has the etfect of wonderfully clearing up the atmos- phere, domestic and otherwise,” ‘You don’t mean to say that you are in favor ot wife beating?” exclaimed the they 3 man in- dignantly, while the restsat around looking rather aghast at these sentiments. “No, not. ctly,” replied the old man as he took a fresh cigar and settled down comfort- ably in his chair, “I was only dwelling upon th jitferent phases of domestic altferences, The right of a man to beat his wire is acknowledged. The only thing is that public sentiment in some quarters is against It. "That is when people are talking about the affairs of others, You remem- ber the case in the New York courts of the man arrai; dou the charge of beating @ womun, nd who, pleading in extenuation that he thought she was his wife, the judge dismissed tue cage, | Tue legal right of min to thus correot his wife was recognized. There are a great many. worse methods. Take for example a young couple just married and in their new home, surrounded by the articles of bric-a-brac which loving friends have bestowed. In the course of the conversation on some topic of mutual in- terest it may happen that one or the other may wish to aeccntuate what is suid more forcibly than the resources of the English language will allow, and so a cup that is lying on the table is thrown, This 1s followed by other objects of ornaments and perhaps the foot rests and the smaller articles of furniture, and when the discussion Is concluded, the beautiful room and its contents is a ruin, Such a method is expensive more so then the physical line of argument, because in that case a little water removes the blood and a plece of beef or cold. iron allays the swelling in the face. However, ifaman ‘and wife wish to engage In a litte friendly set to in order to settle some disputed Roint, or decide who is to map out the domestye discipline, there 1s no need of arousing the nelghboriood or battering each other's faces in- toshapeless masses, ‘There ought tobe modera- tion in every thin; WHEN WE ARE ALL ANGELS, “How would it do to exercise such modera- tion as to dispense with domestic jars in all its phases?" asked one of the group who had been a silent listener, “Dispense fiddlesticks,” growled the old man. “You might as well talk of dispensing with human nature. When the millenium comes and we are all angels perbups it will be dir frent. But under the present regime we have to recognize things as they are. It is all very well for people 10 roll up their eyes and exclaim ‘horrid brute’ when some domestic Jar gets wider publicity than usual, but we can’t conelude that such occurrences are rare, I am not lu favor of carrying physical force to excess in such affairs, but I'think that it is a great deal better foraman and wife to fight with thelr hands than with their tongues, and itseems tome that the disfavor with which physical domestic discipline Is" re- garded in these modern days is one great cause for the inerease in the number of divorces granted. ‘There is no need elther of destroying Valuable furniture or dis figuring persons, Young married people, in- stead of turning ihelrSatsuma cupsiniocrackle ware in the heat of a domestle discussion, might have missiles of convenient sizes about the houxe and stuffed clubs behind the door, thus facilitacing the course of the debate with. out any serious Permanent injury, Tt would meet a long-felt want if you could buy in the stores full set of aysorted missiles for use in the domestic debating society.” ‘Is thero any other custom of ¢ barbarous age that you would like to revive?” sarcastic: ally inquired the young man, whose iudigua- tion had been kept in check with difficulty dure ing the discussion, ‘The old man made no reply, but sat as if in deep thought, and then presently asked what was tho latest news irom England, and the gentleman who had begun the discussion by relating bis experience, and naturally felt some responsibility for its termination, hastened to give the desired information. The young man, arose and stalked out of the room, and the con- versation drifted to other mutters, oe North Capitol —— Has Something To To the Editor of Tuk EVENrNe Star: As a resident and in behalf of ether residents of this city I would like tosay a few words in relation to the management of the affairs of the District. Inotice that some of the streets here are taken espec! pains with (whether for the benefit of their dwellers or on xecount of their locality), while others are lected in a dis ruceful manner, ‘Take Norty Capitol. street; roperly paved Or Sonereiey ad es ee mereted aud take! Would be one of the fuest in Washiopten® 93 rithin the lmits of Ty Peclaily a sight of the ational G pital. Otser aud epi it order, whe a i one, wal fies is ‘of by the authori- fe at a ! THE ARION QUARTETTE CLUB. A German Male Singing Organization and the Work it Performed. WHEN IT WAS ORGANIZED AXD SOME NOTABLE ENTERTAINMENTS GIVEN UNDER ITS aU- SPICES—ITS LEADERS, OFFICERS AND ACTIVE ‘MEMBERS. ‘While the American male singing societies of the District have had but comparatively brief periods of existence, those composed of Ger~ mans have enjoyed more permanent and steady prosperity. There seems to be in among American male vocalists a lack of that subord!- nation of personal interest and feeling which is 80 necessary to snecessful organization, while to this self-abnegation for the benefit of the entire assoelation which fs manifest among German singers there 1s also a cohesive attraction in the social feature which forms a feature of all their singing clubs that holds the interest of both active and passive members, and insures @ long and prosperous life to their izations, The Choral society, which reached the acme of ite auceess in 1871, had ap existence of only about five years, while the Smngerbund, wht Participated in the same fest where the Chorals won the prize, are still in a healthy condition, after « history of about thirty vears, aud there seems to be no good reason why the: not live thirty years longer. Occasionally, from ‘causes that carinot be foreseen, a German club Passes out of existence, but the members are all absorbed by some of the prosperity of thi stronger organizations. The most notable instance of this is found in the history ef the ARION QUARTETTE CLUB, This club was organized on the 6th of Septem- der, 1866; of splendid material, superior to that usually met with in the formation ofa musical soolety. The members possessed a genuine and ardent love for music, and entered upon thelr work with great enthusiasm, During the war continuous organize practice in music was impossible, except to the military bands, When things began to settle down after the war was over, the Arions were the first in the field {to enter upon regular musical improvement. -| Though the Saengerbund was then over ten years old, the new club was so diligent in its prsetice sind improved so rapidly that It speed ly gained @ reputation which threatened to eclipse Its older brother organization. Conse- queutly the Saengerbunds ‘awoke from thelr lethargy and showed new life and energy. Several Americans joined the Arions, both as active and passive members, and the new club started under excellent auspices, with Rudolph Heinrichs as president and Reinhold Sprin gnth as secretary, ‘The first leader was Mr, Carl Bergman, under whose intelligent direc: tion the clubsoon attained a high di of proficiency, Mr. Bergman retaiued his inter- est 1p the Arions go long as he lived, and when enfeebled health rendered it impossible for him to longer wield the baton, he was succeeded in the leadership by Mr. Chas. Kley, who roved an efficient conductor, Mr. Kiey is now leceaxed. Probubly the greatest success of the Arious, however, Was during the period when they wore lo by Prof, Carl “Richter, who, toa thorough musical culture, united au ene: and enthusiasm; which he imparted to the members, bringing them up to their best worl, Richter was aisv extremely popular on account ofhis social qualities, and bis departure leit @ void which has not since been filled. THE FIRST ENTERTAINMENT given by the Arions took place at the National ‘Theater, when they were assisted by the Balti- more Letderkranz, Mrs, Louis Morell, Mrs. Windward, Mr, Stinbach avd other eminent soloists. The Arions held a three days’ festival ‘on this occasion to celebrate the inauguration of their flag, which had been ordered in Ger. many, and Which was brought on by a delega_ tion Trow abroad and presented with appropri ate ceremonies, at the 7th-street park. Mr. Z ‘Tobriner, the president of the Arions, presided, and, besides the Leiderkranz, the club had ag guests a delegation irom the Germania Maen- nerchor, of Philadelphia, representatives of the Saengerbund and Maennerchor of this city, and many, prominent German and Amoricad citizens." Mrs, Helurichs made the presenta- tion address, to which President Tobriner re- plied in German, and addresses were also made in English by Major Bailey ynd in German by Mr. Morell and others, Ap opeu-air concert by the combined singing’ societies was given with excellent effect, and a brilliant display of tire works at night Concluded. the festival. Durl their visit here the Leiderkrauz were banquete by the Arions at Lederer’s,whcre speeches were made In German and English by Mossra, Tobri- mer, Houch, of Germany; ‘any ir and Hammersley, of — Baltimore; leindrichs, Frank Chase and othors. the Na- Uonal Theater concert the “Wal-nacht” chorus was given with splendid effect, and Mrs, Morell made her first appearance in Washing- ton, singing the aris tom “Der Freyschutz™ with great simplicity and tenderness. OTHER CONCERTS BY THE ARIONS, One of the most notable concerts given by the Arions during thelr existence took place In Car- roll hall, on September 29, 1869,and was given for the rellefof the Avondale sufferers. The attendance was very large and several hundred dollars were placed in the hands of Mr. W. 8. Huntington, the treasurer of the relief fund, as the result of the entertainment. At this con- cert the Arions sang Abt’s “Song of Victory,” Kreutzer’, “Divinity,” ‘Tachireh's “Harmon, and Abt's “Nation's Prayer.” Prof. Bergmann Was the leador, and the excellent efforts of the club attested his skill asa conductor id the diligent practice to which his forces had been subjected. "On thls occasion the Avion, had the assistance of the Marine band and the follow- ing soloists: Mrs. E. Droop, Mra. L. Morell, Messrs, Fred. Knoop, Victor Hagman, Emil Hayman and F. Schiennig, while the accom- panist was Prof. Geo. Kuhn. At the centenary anniversary of the birthday of Alexander Von Humboldt, which was cole- brated on September 14, 1869, the Arion Quar- tette club was the moving spirit, although the Saengerbund. also Participated in the exer- cises in Carroll hall, where, in adaltion to the musteal numbers, the program Included a Ger- tun oration by Theo. Posche, an English ora- tion by John E. Norris and poems in’ German by Dr. H. Risler, &nd in English by Mrs. Rutur Dutour. The Arions participated in several concerts with the Saengerbund and Maenner- chor, of this city, and al 3 sustained their excellent reputation for correct aud effective singing. One of the most effective combination concerts ever given iu this city was in Lincoln hall on September 15, 1870, undor the auspices of the Saongerbund, when that society, tho Arlous und the Choral society sang together Abt's “Victory Song,” with glorious et The Arions also Wolk part in the two great. Suenger- tests at Philadeiphia and Baltimore,and durl ing their existence as an organization gave many agreeable concerts, balls,excursions, plenics,&c. OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE CLUB. The presidents of the vlub besides those al Teady named were Messrs. E, L. Schmidt, Reinold Springsguth, Am. Behrend, Win. Hinke, John Griesbaur, Henry Schmedtie and Louis Morell, Mr. Springsguth was the secre- tary during the entire existence of the elub, with the exception of one year, when he served 3 president. ‘The active force of the Arions aried from twenty-five to thirty-five members, while its inactive membership averaged about 150. Many of its leading members have away, among whom may be mentioned Mr. Frank Chase, the basso, who was an atdent friend of the Arions; Victor Hagman and Louis Morell, Among the honorary, members were the venerable M Cohn, Papa” Mardel as he was alfectionately called by the younger mem- bers of the club; Chas, “Fisher and Aug. Schmedtie. ‘The active members, 90 far as cau, bo ascertained, were as follows: Fred. Knoop, ernest Schmid, E. L. Schmidt, Henry B, Peter: sen, A. Behrend, Louis Goldschmidt, Jac. Gottheif, Louis Morell, Victor and Wm. Hag- ‘an, RK: Springsguth,” Andrew Bischott, Wr and ‘onry Hinke, J. Hansen, J. Griesbaur, Eli Behrend, Ed. Droop, Chas. aid Join Harding, U. Behrend, Louis Dieterich, Geo, Hoelscher, Henry Scumedtie, Ad. Levy, A. Spear, Julius Lansburgh, Philipp Goebel, @, Brickwedde, Dr. Honnenschinidt, ‘Sheodore Goldman, Hugo Burbeck, Major John E. Weyss, Contad Her- bert, Frank A. Chase, A. Schmier and C, Kruger, It is hardly likely that the Arion Quartette club will be again revived, as its sur- viving members are now actively engaged in olher German singing organisations, ‘bat it held an honorable position during its existence and performed a noble part in fostering and improving a love for male voice singing. BANKER FISH SAYS HE WAS SWINDLED BY Wanp.—James D, Fish, late president of the Marine bank, New York, was examined by the referee for the receiver of Grant & Ward, in Lud- low street jull one day this week. Fish was very bad-tempered, When asked if certain lots owned by him in Chicago were purchased with money belonging to Grant & Ward, he blurted out, “Don't ask such d—d foolish’ questions.” Hesaid he had thousands of dollurs’ worth of stock stolen from him, Pie Hs stock in a mine from Grant & Ward,” sald the witness, “but it wasa swindle, I bought and paid for mauy mines which only existed in the imagi- nation of Ward, I was Induced to take hold of the Ward smelter, but Ward's brother told me they never had a.smelter.” ‘The Maro mine, he said, was one of Buck Grant's and that wasa swindle, too. Fish referred the re- feree to the “gentléman next door,” Ward, for information ‘regarding these _fransactions, uses {ecu and we wall balog him ins east and we ss eye and bro. t duces. fim in aud ‘hell get a black ken neck,” shouted TELEGRAPH POLES TO Go. Judge Hagner Condemns What he Calis a Wern-out System. INTERESTING EXTRACTS FROM HIS DECISION IN THE SEVENTHSTRERT CASE—HE BAYS COURTS MUST KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES— HIS VIEWS ABOUT THE QCOUPATION oF STREETS, 5 Judge Hagnor in granting the Ijunction ‘against the Western Union telegraph company and the District of Columbia, at the sult of prop- erty-owners along 7th street, forbidding the erection of telegraph poles on that street, dls- cussed at great length the laws and authorities relating to the occupation of streets by corpora- tions. He went further also and discussed the Question from the standpoint of a citizen. “These poles,” said Judge Hagner, “occupy streets where they are most objectionable. ‘They are on our principal streets and have a disfiguring appearance. They have increased in size. The citizens are in danger of their rot- ting and falling. There is acase now pend- ing where asult was brought on account of ‘@ death of a citizen by one of these poles rotting on the street, Then. there is an interlerence with locomotion. They are to be found at street corners, before doors and houses. There is danger from the wires breaking in the wind: noise of wires in the wind; danger trom fire in their attracting lightning,'and thon they im- pede access to fires and escape from houses in case of tire. All these things are within the knowledge of the people aud theyre not an Unreasonable statement of what might occur. Now I say at this stage of the case these aver- ments stand as practically admitted, and if It be true as cl that the company purposes to inflict all this injury without legal authority, I think a suffictentcase Is_presented by the biti of @ special and uliar injury sustained in Photo respects by the complainaits differing in kind and degree from those sustained by the body of the public. It 1s clear that it would be extremely difficult to estimate in dollars and cents the extent of the salary, sustained by the complainants from these alleged as in the case of the incessa of a bell at unusual hours, @ foulsmell. And yet all will admit that such nuisance may be unendurable. It is equaliy clear that a recovery at law by each lot owner would only comprehend his individual injury up tothe time of the suit, and that an endless multiplicity of suits would result as jong as the nuisance continued. Such grievances as must be considered as establisiicd to exist here would certainly ‘impair the just enjoyment of the property in future,’ in the language of Judge Story. Not that the houses would be de- Stroyed or totally ruined by the erection of the poles, but if the charges are true, these acts certainly go to destroy their value in the char- acter in which they are enjoyed. LEGISLATION VERSUS THE RIGHTS OF CITI- ZENS. Judge Hagner could not admit that the effect of the legislation from which the company claimed to derive its power was so extensive as to deny toacitizen injured by the exercisé of the franchise all redress in the courts. “I see no reason,” he said, “ why these citizensshould be obliged to submit in silence to the injury to their property from the crection before tt of these enormous poles, which bi: size and height since they were fi pose like great gibbeis or the remnants of a burnt forest; to the dunger from th ijailingand the breaking of the wires trom wind or ice; to the injury to shade trees before one's door, the glory of this great city; to the frequent appari- tionof men climbing to great heizhts to mend the wires, causing the passers-by to leave their usual walk toavold the danger; to the increased dangers from fire arising from the presence of these wires and the other sonrees of annoyance, when they might aimost entirely be avoided by the adoption by the company, as it ts alleged here, of the proper expedient’ of placing the wires under ground. Unless the telecraph com- pany can jusiify its claim to erect these poles under a legislative grant direct, its acts of in- terference with the streets by encumbering them with the poles lying along the curbstones, the a erie oe paving and digging holes in the of the streets or in the pay ements, the planting of the poles and stringing overhead wires upon them, would each‘and all be an Megal intrusion upon the public which would constitute the company @ trespasser and its acts a nuisunce. “The streets ofa city are dedicated to the eral use of the public, wich is entitled to the free passage along every part of them not in actual use of some other passenger, Hence, it is no valid justification for saci intrusion that a sufficient way has been left for the public to pass. The pubiie is not compelied to pick its Way between impediments wiicla person may see Mt to erect. Nor is it any defense that the ublic Inconvenience would be more than over- lunced by the public benefit. that m: realtzed from the structure. The citizens ai entitled to all the ‘on the sides of the trav- eled bighways for the purpose of light and air, and no one can withdraw saree ‘ton of it from public use with Immunity. These are familiar principles, and the cases are very namerous where they have been upheld from the most ancient times.’ “The nates oe vastness and utility of the work in which the defendant company is engazed,” said Judge Hagner, “In no degree exoncrates it from the operation of these principles. It is an Sexregnvon of private citizens who have ay sumed a corporate name for their own personal advantage, and who are prosécuting their great work for the purposes of private gain, as a legitimate commercial adventure. ‘So long as they find it profitable they will pursue it, and no longer. ‘hey will do as other companies have done, discontinue the enterprise when it ceases to pay, and turn its evergies into new channels. The James River canal was sold toa private company by the state after untold millions had been expended upon ii. The pur- chasers drained the canal and constructed a railroad in its bed and along its path. If there were a conviction in the minds of the present company that it would be gages to re- establish the old condition of things, no one doubts that it would be done. If the company found it, in the nature of things, to their ad- vantage 'to use their plant for the telephone system, it would do that,” THE POWERS OF THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS, In discussing the question whether the per- mission granted by the District Commissioners afforded sufficient justification for the proposed action of the company, Judge Hagner said: “The powers of the Commissiouers of the Dis- trictare much less extensive than tiose pos- sessed by munici; Constitution, to ngress was comm power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over this District, and the ownership of the streets was fully vested in the United States by grant from the proprietors. “This eity,’ says the Supreme Court, in the case of Smith Vs. the Corporation of Washing- ton, 20 Howard, 147,*has been laid out and the’ streets dedicated to the public asin all other cities or towns. The legal litle in the pub- lic streets is vested in the sovereign as trustee for the public.’ The entire legisiation by Con- gress upon this subject has proceefled upon this eoncession. The authority granted to the old corporation over the streets “was to open them and keep them in repair ‘agreeably to the pian of the city,’ and ‘he powers subsejuently trans- ferred to the Di.trict. government by the act of February 21, 1871, and which by subsequent legislation devolved upon the successive boards of Commissioners, were no more ex- tensive in this particular, ‘The la of section 77 of the revised statutes of the Dis- trict of Columbia is thus construed by the Supreme Court in the Barnes case, 01'U. 8. “This board’ (of public works), says Judge Hunt, ‘ts invested with the entire control and regulation of the repairs of streets and alleys,’ &c. Which shows the opinion of that court that the words ‘entire control of are to be taken to refer only to the keeping in repair of the streets. Section 222 of the revised statutes ofthe District of Columbia contains some lim- ited grants to the authorities of the District to gneroach upon the streets by parkiog and in some other ways, and particular authority to the United States officials to protect them trom encroachments and an inhibition upon. thelr apation without the authority of Congress, Section three of the act of June 20, 1874, which constituted the first board of Ccmmissioners, committed to an officer of engineers, to be de- talled by the President, the only power of con- trol over the streets spécitied im the act, and that was confined in words ‘to the work of re- pairing and improvement of the streets,’ &¢. * ¢ % There is another re son why the Dis- trict officials were without authority io issue the permit withoutlegislative grantgrowing out of the nature of the servitude thus attempted to be imposed upon the streets of the city. These streets, as we have seen, are tobe held for the publle convenience and Used as a highway, and hat use Implice the right to use the entire wur- face without any other permanent diminution whatever of that surface, except in so far as such diminution {s essential to the better en- foyment of the remaining surface. | To this ex- jent it may well be held proper that such tons of the surface as are necessury for erection of posts for lighting the streets, for without lights thetr com lee ent by night would be impossible, and this authority 4s confided In the District government, by law gf Congress, and the Secretary of the Interior is directed to fnterveneand levy a tax to.pas for the © tripled in t introduced, gen- e “If I had thought the case less clear,” Judge, “I certainly would not have strained point to allow this work to proceed in the form which by common accord Bnet the proerene the It ts alleged In the may and cannot but believe such is the fact. In his am- @avit, the last portion of it—aniess accidentally ‘of science and the aris, bill that the wires perfectly well be laid beneath the eround, notwithstanding Mr. Marean’s aifidavit i &@ blunder has crept into it—he The plan for underground wires adopted by the Commis- Sioners is the only plan devised by the Commis- Sioners for uninterrupted communication with the west and north in the ease of the under- id system proposed to be constructed.” ‘here ae some error In — oe = no grant to this company at any time of this form of carrying its wires: they selected this mode for themselves to suit their own convenience without any ion from the jaw-givers, for Thave found nostatate authorizing their use, IrCongress had undertaken to designate the mannerin which the first telegraph of Morse should have been constructed, it would doubt- less have provided for an underground lne, for such was Prof. Morse’s pian, asl know from a statement made by Prof. Henry up to ® short time before the line was built,” “The plan is no novelty,” continued the Judge, referring to underground wires. “The first actual electric tel Une which was laid was in 1835, in land, in tube, for 18 miles; in Germany they are all laid under found; in Paris they areal aid under ground, Wery one of the Metropolitan Telegraph com: pangs wires is laid undor ground. This same company has eighty cables of und nd wires in New York and ten thousand miles of Wires were under ground in England in 1578. Nothing could be tnore impossible than for this, Company or any other company to obtain the right in England or Paris to do what they have done here with immunity, jAgain, Lam no setentin; Imerely speak of what every person who reads books sres—I cannot believe and ‘iil not ite Neve that is company, inaugurated Uhis tel system, cannot do what isdone abroad, f ‘may be that'it is from motives of economy; It cannot be as stated by Mr. Ashton in reference to the quadruplex system, of which he spoke in so in- telligent a manner,’ or for fear that the insula- lution of the wires "may be affected by placing. them underneath the ground. I think the same result can be reached. Why should we pay for this? ‘The company says that the underground Une will cost them $20,000, but there is no Treason why others should pay for it. in, the pavement is encumbered fing up the curbstone and having wires suspended in fron boxes. Again the Position of the company ts rather an incon- sistentone. The company proposes an under: ground wire from 15th street and New York avenue to 7th street and New York avenue as an experiment. If this experiment should Prove a failure, the underground wires being connected with’ those attached to the poles, the pole lines could not be used. Now, a ju may be @ very poor authority on sciéntific matters, but “the courts have sometimes done ‘these things and ‘made good guesses.” The judge referred to a ‘case tried _in 1845 in which the court said that the jury might assume that a notice had been fiven that the ery in ten days to outh Carolina, and the attorney general leaped tohis fect and said: “Phat is a most extraordi- nary statement. Why, an angel on his wings gould not carry Ubat’ message in ten days.” <And mow." continued the judge, “a message ean be delivered in England within six hours from the time it is written, “I would as soon, ina doubtfal case, past an order giving authority to dig wells aud put up pumps again, or to substitute dip candies or ol lamps for gas or the electric light, as to allow this company to ro with this worn-out sys- tem, as [belleve it to be, We must keep up with the times.” The counsel for complainants were Messrs. W. A. Cook, H. E. Davis, Warren C. Stone and Os- car Nauck, by whose courtesy THE STak 1s en- abled to print these extracts from the Judge's decision. Mr. J. Hubley Ashton appeared for the telezraph company and Mr. A.G, Riddle for the District. THE NEWSsnoYs’ AID SOCIETY. What It Pi s to Do For the Roys— ‘Youngsters Give Fictitious Ad- dresses to the Ladies. The ladies of the Newboys’ Aid society of the District are arranging to give another enter- tainment to the newsboys and bootblacks at an early day, What the character of the enter- tainment Will be has not yet been announced, but the society wil! endeavor to devise some- thing that will interest the boys. It has been Proposed, one of the ladies said to a Stan re- porter, to have the assembly governed entirely by ladies, as, 1t is thought, the boys can be kept in better order. Mrs. Spofford hag therefore been deputed to act as chief of police for the occasion, and the ladies hope to show what a model police force ought to be. It is intended by the society, if seo receive encouragement in their work,'to establish a newsboys' head- quarters or club room near the new] or Offices. Attached to this club room i be: bath rooms and other conveniences, The rooms will be supplied with books and pictorial papers, and some of the ladies will be resent evenings to play games with the boy: ‘he main purpose is to surround the <é with good moral influences. Although we society is not a charitable or alms-giving society, the ladies propose todo what they can to help'deserving boys. In order to ascertain the condition and home surroundings of the » atthe recent entertainment at Willard ‘members of the society went. the boys and asked each one togive his name and address. The result was a large collection of names and addresses, which were di- vided, according to’ locality, among the fadies, who undertook the’ task of visiting the bors. Many of these vis- itors have made long trips about the Se f on fruitless errands. “The fact is,” said ove of the ladies to. a STAR reporter, “the majority of the boys gave fictitious addresses, We found the homes of some of them, but these, as a rule, were boys Whose parents were in comparatively good circumstances, whose surroundings were pleasant, and who needed no assistance from us. We want to get down to the lower stratam, t find the boys who are destitute and whose surroundings are bad. The boys of that class cluded us by not giving their proper addresses. Perhaps they were afraid of us, and perhaps they were influenced by pride and were ashamed to have us go to their mes and see how they live. We want the boys to know that we wish only to do good for them. The society intends, where it is ‘ible, to get the boys Into Sunday schools and day schools. The visitors who haut up the newsboys in their homes are provided with cards on which they nove the facts learned under the following questions or heads: Name ofboy ? His lodging place, number, street or alley, quarter of city? Hi: e? healt! race t Born'in D. C., U.S., what forelen country? How long bas he lived in D.C.?_ Where from to D, C2 Lives with whom? Relatives living in C2 male? female? Is the boy a newsboy bootblack ? Where chiefly occupied? Is able to read? write? Attends church ? Sunday school? day school? Is he self-supporting wholly? partly? Doesany other member of other, occasional work does he obtain ? ‘ GEN. GRANTS TROPHIES, List of the Articles Which ‘Will be De- Posited im This City, The following isa list of the articles turned over to Col. R. N. Batchelder, who was sent by the War department to New York to receive the swords and tokens of honor belonging to Gen, Grant and ship them to this city. Mexican onyx cabinet, presented to Gen, Grant by the people ot Pueblo, Mexico. Aero- lite, part of which passed over Mexico in 1871. Bronze Vases presented to Gen. Grant by the people of Yokohama, Japan. Marble bust and pedestal, presented by workingmen of Phila delphia, Large elephant tusks, presented by the king of Siam. Small elephant tusks, pre- sented by the Makarojah of Johore. Picture of Gen, Scott, by Page, presented by gentlemen of New York: Crackléware bowls (very old), pre- sented by Prince Koon, of China,” Cloisonne Jars (old), presented by Li Hung Chang, Chi- hese porcelain jars (old), nted by Prince Koon, of China, Aroleian Bible. le Bible, presented by Lord Napier, who captured it with King Theodore, of ‘Abyssinia, ing rifle,” Sword of Donelson, _ presented toGenerai Grant after the fall of Fort Donel- son by officers of the army and used by bim to the end of the war. New York sword, voted to a A ni 10 Daviess county, Til, (Gu na,) ‘4 oF the battle of ae , {oman mus and pitcher. Silver menu and card, farewell dinner of San Francioe Gal, Sliver menu of Paris dinner, Horn ‘and silver snuff-box. Silver box used by, General | Grant. Gold table, mod- eled after the table in Mr. McLean's house on which Gen. R. E. Lee signed the articles of sur- render, and presented to Gen. Grant by ex-cop- federale soldiers. Gold cigar cases, ‘the Celestial and second kings of Stam, ‘Gold-han- died knife, presented by ‘miners of Idaho terri- tory. Silver trowel by Gen. Grant in lay- ing the cornerstone of the Museum of Nat- ural History, New York. field for Gen. Grant. Gen. Grant's Embroidered. li i fy f Rectang and Latest for Soden erates Seas Sree che hoe aes feat Point ger Saet'ea, Seis etn | “Come now, I'll tell you what I'll do. give you fifty cents.” The speaker stood under the awning of a down-town botel, and fambied 2 he young man. Then he d his hands into his pockets mearty up te his ok dows and looked miserable, while the man fathered up his flowers and walked off in high judgeon, “One,—two,—threr,—four,—five,” continued, hands out the young man to hiinselt taking bis of his pockets and counting itover on his fine Five! And $3. week! Let's nce: fve's nto three, No,” He shook his head mourn- fully as he dove his hands down into his pock- ets again up to hiselbowsand walked tunis Street with his head down anda crushed look about him that contrasted strangely with bis “They, it to be protected by law,” sald the od is always on band, stepping up to man and throwing his head back over bis shoulder in, the retin gn of ‘the “dismal young man. y wo “Yes, I guess they ought,” taking’ it for ited that right. “What ‘ Why picking were @ blooming hot house. Didn't you hear him count ‘em over? Five. That means five ‘sweet girl graduates who wiil expoct baskets of flowers from him. I suppose he gets about three dollars a week somewhere, and he's look- lug for flowers at reduced wholesale prices, I know. There are lots of em at this season of ‘the year. The; it to be . They can't get out of towne because tney cai. alt ey have to fuce balfa dozen school com- it, 60 Mencements. They start in by pricing flowers at all the first-class bot houses, then they try the street vender, and finally go to ibe market and home-made boquets at twenty-five cents apiece. ‘They want to do better, but can't. Now ifall five of the sweet Eire Were his sisters, he might make the same ket go a long way’ by presenting it first atone commencement and then another, But strange girls would not like the idea.” “How much money is «pent for flowers during the commencement season?” asked THE Stak Man, stepping Into w Orst-class Horist’s estab- lishment a few minutes later, ‘Notas much #s in the winter,” replied the roprietor, as he dumped a basketfu wers and green leaves on long, and brought out a box of wooden toothpicks d short pieces of flue wire, “Not as much as in the winter, ‘There are more flowers used, but they don't cost much. Most of the flowers at these school commencements come out of prl- gardensor are bought in the market, They are not, generaily, expensive flowers. The apes cial designs are made by florists, but the great mass of flowers that are scattered about the commencement stage are gotten here, there and everywhere, and cost all the way down to noth- jut where can they find enough for all the Schools?” asked the serie, “Don't some af the designs do double duty?” “Ub, there are flowers enough this time of FA r. oopepe here in Washington, All the parks and public grounds, and every little n and back-door yard isin bloom. As to thesame flowers doing duty ut several com- mencements, I never heard of anything of the sort, I have heard it said that florists in New York bought back their flowers on such occe- sions and sold them again second-hand, but T don't think there isany truth init. I have never known of a dealer tu seound-hand flow. ers, and T am acquainted with all the best flo~ ists in <. oy iS “Second-hand flowers,” added, as he ran a Wire through the heart of a carnation, “second> hand flowers would be an uncertain thing to deal in. The toothpicks don’t turnish them with rations enough to last ‘two campai It may be that familics, who bave several dungh- ters graduating in the different grades of public schools, make the same flowers go easy to get common pay now. ded) nie Orsclase “commencements,” he ad- “we furnish yome very expensive designs, ‘AU the law schools they Gave particulary fins flowers. At one of the commencements this year they had flowers that, if it had been win- ter Ume, would bave cost them between fifteen and twenty thousand dollars. They probably gost at this time something over a thousun The ‘diderence in prices is very great." You can geta dozen Jaques’ now for fifty cents: tn the Winter they Would cost you as high as a dol- lar apiece. But we have gotten up some quite reo Uhis season, some costing as high as $30. Po we furnish more flowers for funcrals than commencements, however,” he add taking down the wire frame for across, broken column, “Are these ever used at commencsmen's?” asked the scribe, pointing to frames. “No: some folks order them wmotimes, tat we tell them they are not appropriate, and thy Uhen let us select a design. If they should ia sist upon such forms we would not make them for that purpose.” “You say You farnish more flowers to funerals than commencements?” “Yes; that Is a steady trade the year around, You have no idea how many people dic. It seems as if more die than graduate, their dying seasons as well us their meut season, This comes in July and August, then again in November, and again in March.’ ‘cos: Letter From Fortress Monroe. THE CAR BUILDERS’ ASSOCIATION—NEW INVEN- TIONS—PERSONAL MENTION—SIMPLE TOLLED Correspondence of Tax EveNiNo Sram: Forrness Moxnor, June 12, 1885. The excursionists have come down Uke the wolf on the fold. Six hundred brawny sons of wil of the Cur Builders’ Association are holding their annual meeting here. The ball room has for the nonce been turned into an exhibition hall, and miniature Pullman cars,freight trating, automati¢ guages, car couplings, are displayed along the sides of the room by bright-eyed, lager-faced inventors, who explain Uheir patents to.anybody who will give them shearing. The president of the association is Leander Gary, New York Central and Hudson railroad; vice presidents, William MeWood, Grand Trank railroad, Montreal, Canada; John B, Cloud, Altoona, Penusylvania, railroad; B. K, Ver bryck, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, To the uninitiated, to whom couplings and cylinder wheels ure‘as sounding brass and tin ling cymbals, the beautiful exhibition of tin- crusta papering has a real and substantial charm, Among the prominent railroad men and manufacturers here interested are W. E. Tanner, iron and = nail = works, Rick- mond, Virginia ; Syiborne Myers, superinuend> ent Seaboard railroad company,” Portsmouth, Va.; Louis King, Pittsburg; B. Robertson, Clo- ¢ginnati; John “Voorhees, Indianapolis; B.S. Huideloper, Philadelph .. Besides the ‘associ ation there ére three hv adred und fifty perma manent people here. robably the proprietor od his business, % all, yong be bulit this caravansary. estern and southern jeare beginning io leaven the lumpot Yankew: um, and of Washingtonians there are,as usual, neta few, PERSONAL MENTIO! Everybody bathes, and gray as well as black and brown hairs are brought in sorrow to the wave. Kentucky women are the handsomest in the world, to judge by splendid physiques and brilliant toilets, and they age less quickly than their southern or northern sisters. Louisville 4s represented by Mrs. Geo, B. Easton, Miss Vir- fa Castleman, Mr. and. Miss Jubn. Mason wh, Miss Preston, Mr. Douglass Shirley, the Sutbor und poet; Mr. and Mrs. W. B, Brook: Miss Grinstead. "Mr. Edward Coben, Mr. an Mrs. Wilkins Bruce, Mrs, Edgar M. Garveit, ‘hey have Miss Garnett, are from Virginia; Mr.and Mrs, Younge, of Chicago ies Chedbormect St, Lous; Brown, of Ma; Col.and Sire. Boot Sie. Wing: : rs. : field Scott, of New York; Dr. and Mra. Warren, of Mobile, Al Joba Hood, the prightcyed, handsome of Gen. Yohin B itood, whe has ‘been adopted by. Mr Davia Russell, of Bilss: Miss Carpenter, of Wisconsin, are “amo mown people, Mr. C. Rhinehart and Mr. ‘Chas, Dudiey Warner were here last week. Major and Mrs. Kobbe, U. 5 army, have just arrived to supply Capt. Morris’ lace, Who has just been ordered to Governor’ {siana"New Yorke WASHINGTOXIANR, ‘The Cecelia Quartette of Washington gave @ charming concert on Wednesday night in the banquet halt, Mrs. Charles Gordon, Mrs. A. Monroe, Mrs, Hopkins, Dr.and Mrs, Ritchie Stone, Major and ‘Mrs, Shelley, Dr. George Boyd Harrison, Mr, and Mrs, 8, B. Edwards, Mr. Mrs. Job and Fredrich Leech, are bere trom W ashin ‘and blonde ‘The weather