Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1885, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON,<D. C., SATURD CITY_AND DISTRICT. ‘That Trip to the Sea. To the Falttor of Tae Evasixe Sram: As one of the 1,300 that went down tothe fea on the $2 excursion of the Pennsylyania Failroad last Saturday night, permit me to off- ‘Set the roseate descriptions of that trip indulged im by some of your esteemed coutemporaries With a few cold fucts—a little echo, as it were, ofthe grand chorus of growls that filled the re- turning trains, This is intended not in a spirit Of petty fault-fnding, but simply asa sugges tion tothe company, by which the disagreeavle Incidents of the initial excursion may be pre- ‘ented in succeeding ones. In the first place, the wld rush of a thousand people eager to se. gure a place in the coaches might be obviate Dy seliing reserved seat tickets, even at an a Vance on the rate charged. ry ticket did Ww secure 4 seat on the return trip, as the Bumerous standecs from Haitimore bome can testify. This pian would also offer an induce- ment fo families and friends to make up parties nd secure places together, thus avoiding con- tuet with the rougher element always found on cheap excursions. and which was pretty well represented on this These “unspeakable rufMfans,” asa lady excursionist called them, @ithough not very numerous, made the trip a hideous mockery of pleasure to those decent people who the misfortune to be “placed in ir neighborhood. The ferry across the Delaware on the Feturn trip, through a driving rain-storm, the Scramble up a slippery gangway, inclined at an le of 45 degrees, to the wharfat Philadel- Phila, whieh few of the ladies accomplished Without a fall, and the tramp through some back street to the cars, of the emigrant pattern, furnished for the homie Journey, will long live in the memory of the most of ttie wet, bedrag- @ied crowd. ‘The change of cars again at mid- ht when Eaitimore was reached, was @ minor, but very disagreeable incident to the Wearied und sleepy Atlantic City passengers, grand surf bathing and other pleasures found at the terminus of the route, not the least Of which was the openhearted hospitality of the Atlantic City people, afforded compensa- tion for much of the vexations of the trip, yet a Uittle of the energy and executive ability for Which the great Pennsylvania corporation is famous, expended on these cheap excursions, could easily render them occasions of unailoyed Pleasure to the participants, and profit to the road. J Fo the Editor of THe EVENING STAR: In your fssue of Saturday, the 11th inst., ap- Peararticles signed, severally, “Index,” “B. 8. 3,” and “Layman,” in which your correspond- ents assert that the court, in denying a writ of Givorce to plaintiff, In the case of “Peck agt. Peck,”—lately decided in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia—disregarded the law controling the case. ‘That law consists of the cision Of the Supreme Court of the United tates in “Meister agt. Moore.” In It the court aay “tbat a marriage good at common law is good, notwithstanding the statutes, unless they Contain express words of nullity.” "In constra- ing the above law, as applied to the case of “Peck agt. Peck,” the court, his honor Justice Cox, was governed by the common law of Mary- land, and the statute of that state, the law of 777. In “Denison agt. Denison,” 35th Mary- id, the supreme court of Maryland say, “the common law of England has been adopted by the people of this state,so far as it could be made to fit and adjust itself to our local circum stances,” &.; and “that there never has been & time in the history of the State, when some ceremony or celebra- fon was not deemed beapnesres 4 to s valid Marriage.” ‘The law last quoted 1s the “com- Mnon law” of Maryland, in the opinion of the ourt of_last resort in that state, expressed Mareh 15th, 1872, and with this the statute of 777 is in fall accord. In the contemplation Of the above law, to wit: the common law of Maryland and the statute of 1777, the record,in the case of Peck vs. Peck, failed to show “m: riage,” In the absence of evidence of the re- juired “religious ceremony,” which M: land .W says “must be superadded to the civil con- $ract.” | Hence, in asking for 8 writ of divorce, ‘the plaintitT in'Peck va, Peck asked what the court could not grant, as parties cannot be ab- olved from @ contract which, in law, never ex- Rousat M. Newrox. isth July, 1885. Portrai Lerd re. “Wo the Editor of Tae Evawrxe Stan: On January 31st, 1882, I read the communt- cation of the late John W. Garrett, esq., pre- senting to the state of Maryland the portrait of George Calvert, the first Baron of Baltimore,— explaining the circumstances which pr duced the picture. It was stated, if I recollect aright, that there was no knowledge of any portrait or engraving of that eminent man In the state. I Wish to call attention to a book entitled “A Sketch of the History of Maryland during the Three First Years after its Settlement,” to Which is prefixed a copious introduction by John is Bozman, This book was deposited in the office of the clerk, Philip Moore, of the District of Maryland, on the irst day of October, 4m the thirty-fiith year of the independence of the United States ot America, by Edwara J. Coale, of the said district, proprietor, and pul- Uished by him at Baltimore, No. 176 Baltimore street, 1511. It is embellished with a cabinet Size engraving of George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, sald to be “From _an original Paini- Ing in the great gullery of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam.” BRE ROCKVILLE, July 24th, 1885.0 sis- iat * pont facaarestentinnd ‘The Police and the Street Fiends. ‘To the Editor of the EvEwIxe Stam: pale In your issue of last Sattrday you publish & communication sisned “Citizen Taxpayer,” gomplaining of certain disturbances, annoy- ances, &c., caused by colored boys in this city, and insinuating that the police do not interfere to prevent such disorder. Your correspondent giso tries to make out a case against the police Decause they arrest intoxicated persons and Others engaged in angry di: ions on the street. The fenor of the communication Is that your correspondent wants the authorities, with- Out knowing anything of the matter he com- lains of, to go out and arrest—in what manner je does’ not indicate—the disturbers of the Perish to. to “Citizen 8 few words 1n reply Faxpayer.” 1 came trom South Washington to Georgetown and had a similar experience With the class he complains of, and reported it tothe Meutenant of the station here. He sent out officers, and acting under bis orders, they fucceeded in putting an end to these orgics here; and I think that if your timid corres- Fondent above referred to would tale his case the station house, instead of to the ner office, he would find redress, and, instead of ing it upon himself to berate the officers and cast slurs at their method of doing business, a little sequainiance with police matters might @isabuse his mind of a prejudice. He might ave to complain more than once at the station house, for these boys wateh the police, and keep Very still when they know they are near, I had to make a number of visits to Lieat. Red- Bay ,St, the station beiore I was entirely satis. fied, but now everything here is as orderly as any’ part of the city, and this part, called Her- Fon Hill, was formerly a howling wilderness. Please’ publish this, Mr. Editor, in justice to the police, and oblige, yours, daly 27, "85. 'T. RJ. Exxiorr. ‘The Woodlawn Farmers’ Club. DELEGATES TO THE VIRGINIA FARMERS’ ASSEM- BLY—THE DROUGHT AND THE COPS, ETC. This society met at the house of 8. H. Snow- Gen on the 25th inst., D. P. Smith in the chair, N. W. Pierson secretary. In spite of the swel- tering temperature of 100° in the shade there ‘Was a fuir attendance, with some visitors from Alexandria and Wasiington. The enervating effects of the weather were apparent in the Manifest reluctance to grapple very vigorously With any subject under discussion. The com- mittee sent to Fairlax Court House reported the election of C. Lukens and Gen. W. H. ag delegates from this county to the Farm- ers’ assembly at Kichmond. Two tarmers from each magisterial district were nominated for the county executive committee, those from Mt. Vernon being N. W. Pierson’ and C. Lu- kens. These are for confirmation by the state Siecative commitice. N- W. Plerson, W. Gil- han and W. Walton were appointed to embody the views of this club acto necha Feforms in the interest of the farming commu- Rity, to be presented by our delegates to the State Farmers’ assembly. Prominent among these are an improved road law, the efficient gellection of the taxes, together with the PMP and positive sale of all delinquent jands, and liberal provision for the support of the pubite setovis. The question was sugested for discussion: “Tue best for tarmers to make of thelr leisu: Some thought that it could be Profitably spent iz improving the ruads. The Clearing np of fence rows and ditehes was also was one member, however, against any of employment of leisure not call that leveure if be riers and bushes or be 0 outand cut ‘on the road to work when he wus tired, Out with bis farm labors: no, none of it for him: erazg: it would be harder work for aman to get @ut on the roud than w go and do the wi ke Bimself. It was thought, however, that it the oad taxes were eflicienty collected aud Judi- elously app! tthe roads could be kept in read an ert onder. C Luke by Charles chard entitled, it wherein he alluded to the gederal complaint that farming Or the tilling of the sol! would not pay. He ex: lained how much nature did for the tiller of soll; how very large the increase was on all eultivated crops, if properly cared for,and if it @id not pay “there was something wrong in Denmark,” &c. This did not elicit very much comment, but was thought w be a little too much “coleur de rose.” ‘Tuere was much sound sense in it, however. A canvuss of the wheat crop, as far as it had been threshed, showed an average of 17 bushels Fr aere, Which was better than had been an- Eicipaced. Probably more of the good crops have been thresbed than the poor ones. Oats fre nearly an average crop; hay about one- third, and the prospect for corn about one-half; it is Wanting rain badly. Springs and streams Bre very low. There has been but about 25 Inches Of rainfall in the last twelve months, “whereas the usual average is 40 inches annum. The next will be the annual meeting, an all-day picaic at the Woodlawn mansion, oa the 22d of August. Valentine Buker and Court- land Lukens are to procure tor the +00 ‘The school board of this city,in which there ts, hus abolished. the pupils thereot in the’ other @ence, just as white children aze provided for-—- Dayton (Onto) Democrat, THE MAKING OF A CITY. OLD TINE CAMP MEETINGS. The Progress of the Material Growth of How Pious People Sojourned and has nearly died out” the model-maker said. “It is a good while since I have seen a crank on that subject. The iast I knew was aman from RUNNING OUT THE Cow BOYS. ‘The Merits of the he AUGUST 1, 1885-DOUBLE SHEET never stagnating and becoming @ nuisance to any particular jon. Just below my house, at the Borner, the ‘side wall of the house. whieh ‘AUD 8S. BEATS HER RECORD. She Maken a Mile Over a Slow Track diam Lease Quen- He kept a tore of i —" fronted on the street run! at right angles to ck in 2: Prayed in the Weeds Years Age. the Capital City. Mick He kept ators of some, sort in a om — Tee Cattle Barons va, the Wid | fronted on ihe street runz! right angles to jeveland in 2:08 3-4. cam | THR ERECTION oF NEW HOUSES AND tee xoNsY | to Washington with what money he had made ao — shady, and between the side walk and the wall | ¢mooTrxo bows THE HOMRETRETCH LIKE AX AEE TESELIINE | CUSTONS (OF (BABES: angles! during the summer, usually st here two! mtryingto remove what ts tobe | there "was an unpaved space, as ARROW, WITH BAIR HOLDING THE RIB- MEETINGS—SOME ANECDOTES OF THEPREACH-| EXPENDED IX SUCH IMPROVEMENIN—A| Cr inrte months, ft did wrens dor wi supposed between the bricks and the fence scross| sone an ae awe ERS AND THEIR HEARERS. GLIMPSE AT TRE RECORD OF THE PAS? FOUR | him. He was working on a perpetual motion | the causes Of the recent threatened Indian out- Se ee —_s en TREN YEARS, Since the publication in Tam Srar,a few weeks ago, of the tabulated statement prepared by Mr. J. F. Olmstead at agreat outlay of time ‘and labor, showing the number of transfers of Property made within the elty Hmits for each year since 1870, with the value of the property thus transferred, there has been some interest manifested to have the growth of the city far ther illustrated from another point of view. As ‘was indicated in the article referred to, a list of Inthinly populated parts of the country, years ago, people were in the habit of going long dis- tances on Sunday to hear the gospel preached. The meeting houses where they assembled were as primitive as the country, and it was probably the lack of a suitable place of worship that Jed to the custom of holding meetings in the open air, and the establishment of that feature of religious worship Known as camp meetings, One of the first, if not the first, camp meeting ever held had its origin in a Presbyte- saw break in the Indian territory, the President has precipitated @ conflict with the cow boys, who may prove more troublesome than the Indians. The order of the President directing the cattle- men to vacate the land occupied by them in the Indian territory applies only to those who have leased land from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, The other tribes have also leased their lands, and the importance of this ‘action to the cattlemen isthe precedent thus established of clearing out the leasees of all In- dian lands. The least: FUL EEar, d halfgrown men, who came I don't EEcGin Gedie ana aeaercd aq aide ot te a : the ‘om lay manbis thet = down bet tell Pl wear, , laugh loudly and make Sremnsclves generally objectionable. Sy veurany ae earl: foo} heighbors cbtapiained frequently, T ata nothing until it was too late. The loafers couldn't be Kept away, and soon they seemed to poison the AS natural ence whole elghbortiond, a sequence & of Indian lands is pate ‘this period, with | #¢,box and | Comparatively of reoen — Soelpere peer geen pen | crowded with an expectant throng. ot less Hot named Medoe, Sc meteaue say thetr oon would manly fartiaretaneet faronail the wae, “the este heard from hia ecndilep ibe Cheyenne and fra} etioe Praia the corner, eee exe sales moved there QOOpeonls were in attendance. —_ brothers, named carts Ley nie. material growth of | was that boat cago dated January 8d, 1883, t known " in the neighbor! ‘several other trots on ...¢ pro- the other a Presbyterian ‘minister, sttended 3 be igre Engh pi Detrolt a ou femomiber ehiche nett gutafee ofthe Tadlan territory, for’ the reason toraee fr fen an dices, values epreciaied. and gram, all ipiorest contaref on the remarkable Presbyterian communion service in East Ten- | record was hector the ite. x overboard in Water and | ere tbe hen ot te cates Waaiane else | din sell my, place at a sacrifice an and the promised, ee anon Gssmmn beasee In 1799, and a revival ensued. Some of | each year ‘onth the form at | was never able to recover it.’ ha cher ies’ cattle men roam at | get out. So much for the destructiveness of the Em rates Hm 5 eo track’ in'2-00% ‘and soon afer 4 func n ger ia i soos vied | Sean etka tema eee |” AMATEUR OF ERA, Be ache feeds ater eat | Seca Mucarans Gate | Ee ES ene equate, end the com went into the ‘the yaa ing or ni jut intrusion in the Indian | going to break up that gang of young 3 performance was weodsand camped. “Meetingsof this kind were | WAY, 0%, the years prior to 1874, Dui Fa) me i fim the | terrilony by the whites is not allowed; and | Seross the way, see if don'ts ile in 208%." About 8 of ok the mars wat Cea ee TiS a ane ttn chins | mare were numbers of new build- City of Washington. to obtain leases with the Indiana, “It is stated ast the grand stand Kind held in this locality was near Reisterstown, | 288, erected, | the soME NOTABLE PERFORMANCES WHICH wave | !b&t the leases with the Cheyenne Indians was ing her head Md., avout the year 1803. An old letter deserib- information may be bo soparste record is in existence, ae no Separate record is in pila {Hon of the oficial recorda of the District, giving obtained through the infit uence of John D, ore of applause that 2 it BEEN GIVEN ENTIRELY BY LOCAL TALENT— | Miles, who was then the government nt, Bair, who was at- int eng ae a the mrs cane | ond tne otal record wan muve ransioirstey so Purser | Hatta aettioee Rab td epaete Pt = ere large wagons, and that the women had sleepin, dey ents would beofimmense value, | AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN successyci, | Indians. In this Ta ae aes OU emined wien Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR, artes sahibitiog beseett es, Feeley, Song Pep ape ¢ This work x bas been tefe to vate enter prise, PROFESSIONALLY, 9,801,800 abres of theirland ata yearly rental | LITTLE Gelskoreare — Mez,, July 25th, e = in 3:28, the, asare sea ro boy's sle| eath. lists co. and in this way man: 16 essen I ecath. iGana Ss pont nain to tie camp meetiagk was over 80,000, | UUSUitable for ready reference and inaccessible | garded as a musical city, with a highly caltared | (opt y Efe Price was about two cents per | smaller islands, some of which appear upon the | loud for Maud, and at 6s n ap Tn the south the Baptists adopted camp meet: | %tbemalority. ers wp. | taste and a number of prosperous musteal organ- | ste, although ih some cares three and ptores:| an eaizabat wali Ousean oe reans : Stalling and ‘his hat in) his Witte there is inuch sald in opposition wo tnem | pointed by President Rae aaeeh Ses | Sees ce tate ern, Proportion Of S0lo-.| 10's Tatler to tue Bamate lest, crcine: Canteng: | Coleplonous among the Sorener wre Groat ant with ’e young running mate,owned gna pecans gy some oniece (heey eecnioee Dara ee nee Tibed regulations in‘ regard fo the | ists that werefully up to the average. Eminent | ting the papers 1m round ae thee leases, stated | Little Cranberry Isles, In describing one of and driven by Jenn splan. lish the ainount of good which is desired,there | character of the materials io be employed in | Vocalists from abroad always met with a hearty | that six cents at least would have been a hic ‘clock the mare came down the is but little doubt that in this section of the coun- these, the essential features, both topographi- for the with the ronner the erection of houses, building, both public | reception here, and managers learned to know | Price, cal and social, of all are depicted, as they differ ~ President oe try, at least, the good result largely over bal- | and private, has gone on from Year to year. | that thelr attractions would receive intelligent Shope ele a Saar reper r saves end ead Oey me Se ances the evil. But the new life of the city, so to speak, dates | sppreciation in the capital city. Afteroneof| The Indians claim that nothing was said to The male portion of the inhabitants are | #2 ears high in the air. She was not squarely THE TENTS THEY USED TO LIVE IN. back only about fourteen years. The streets | 116 periodical fires which have deed the his-| them in council about fencing the lands or on her feet,and after passing the first turn before that time were unpaved, the private | the pe! ich have mar ene ha chiefly fishermen, to whose efforts we are in- fy Bair tly te ‘The modern tent, to say nothing of cottages, 1 f the National Theater, th Jetion of | Sbout depriving them of their right to take up broke ss promptly brought her to a buildings mean and insignificant and the gen- | tory of the N enter, the completion o| thet) debied for our mackerel, codfish, haddock, lob- | full stop, and her back to the judges’ wrae half a century ago unknown, the tents be- | eral appearance of the chy. far removed. fram | the new building was pushed forward with all | farms or graze thelr own cattle if they had | Seteed {oF out mae greater part of them are now | stand for a second attempt. The crowd was ing then of home manufacture, made of sheets, | the metropolitan as tof . Aglance at | expedition so that Jenny Lind, the greatest ny, They sapponed. they rere. merely allow- | Ofron the fishing ‘grounds (or more properly bed quilts, or a bolt of cotton. The tents, 12 or | the eubjoined record will show with #) itrapid- | songstress of the present century, might give a | Ing the cattlemen to send their stock on reser- concert there. The war interfered with the prosperity of local musical organizations, but so soon as hostilities vere over those associations were reformed and resumed their practice and thelr public performances. The revival of the Philbarmonte Society has already been referred toin THE STAR, and how under its auspices oratorios were sticcessfully presented, THE FIRST VENTURE, The idea of giving anentire opera by ama- teurs, however, does not seem to have been con- templated until the fall of 1870, and its eoncep- tion justly belongs to Mra, John ‘Jay Knox, then Miss Carrie Todd. ‘The Children’s hospital was then in its infancy and Miss Todd was deeply interested in that worthy charity. Belng hei selfa finished musician she belleved there was sufficient talent among the local amateurs to ity the transformation was effected. THE RECORD OF BUILDINGS ERECTED, From July 8, 1874, to November 80, 1874, building permits were tssued ae follows: 400 for new buildings, 215 for brick dwellings, 109 for frame dwellings, 18 for brick stores, 1 brick hotel. Total permits from December i, 1874 to November 30, 1875, 1,744, valued at $3,655,500, which’ included 837 brick dwel- ings, $2,636,055; 35 brick workshops and mills, $66,000; 26 brick stores, $210,470; 6 brick office buildings, $12,800; 1’ brick chureh, $8,000; 25 4frame Ballaings, $252,075. From December 1,1875,’to November 22 1876, the total permits were 1.678, valued at 185,177,which ineluded 717 brick awellings, 351,067: 118 brick stores, $502,810; 2 frame dwellings, $185,758. 14 feet wide and 16 to 20 long, were pitched around a circle, the floors covered with straw, and here the families lived from Friday to the Wednesday following. Generally there was one bedstead or bunk ina tent behind the eur- tains, and on this the mattresses and ticks were piled during the day, to be taken down at night and placed on the floor for the men to sleep on. Some famiiies would come with a supply: of provisions ready cooked, but others would have at the rear of the tents an open fire of logs, where the cooking was done. On Saturday the most of the cooking for Sunday was accom- lished, In order that the day might be kept as foi as possible. The hour of ri pine was six o'clock, the signal being given by blowing a horn. Prayer meetings were then held In each tent. It was the custom to invite one of the ministers from the preachers’ tent to breakfast, made, fused to have an; of the an and the visitor was expected to conduct family | _ From November 23, 1876, to February’, | Properly give an opera, and after consultation prayer, Then public prayer mecting was held | 1877, 58 permits were lasued valved se een oar one eene deci tof the Seiten We ‘at 9 o'clock, with preaching at 11 o’¢lock, at 3 | which included 18 brick buildings, $30,250; 16 | “Martha ie benefit of the Children’s hos- pital. Miss Tood herself undertook the arduous task of rehearsing the chorus until the time for active stage practice should arrive, and the little woraan worked with a vigor and patience that deserved the highest praise, ‘The fdea was a novelty, and the tickets for the performance, although placed. ata high figure, sold rapidly, The entertainment was made aswell society affair, and a more brilliant audience never was got together in Washington than that which assembled in Wall's Opera House on the night of December 13, 1870. THE CAST OF CHARACTERS was as follows: Lady Harriet, Mrs, Comp; Nancy, Miss Addie Randall; Lionel, Mr. 8. H o'clock, and at candle-light. At11 o'clock the | frame dwellings, $11,475. horn would be blown jor all persons without From February 3, 1877, to November 1 accommodations in the camp to leave. A'er | 1877, 1,450 permits were issued, valued at the preaching exhortations would be given, ..ad | $1, 6, which included, 6¥8'new brick sinners Invited to the mourners’ bench. ‘This | buildings, valued at $1,291,650. ‘Total permits was located within an enclosure of ‘rough | from November 23, 1876, to November 1, 1877, boards about the preaching stand, and the | 1,628, valued at $1,717,321. ground was covered with a plentiful’ supply of | _ From November ‘1, 1877, to June 80, 1878, Straw. There were then no special occasions, | the total permits were 1,001, valued at $1,125,. such as temperance day, missionary day, &c., | 763. There were 344 new brick dwellings aud as at present. The preaching and prayer ser- | stores erected, valued at $775,880. vices occupied the other days, buton Tuesday | From July ‘1st, 1878, to June 80th, 1879, the sacrament of the Lord’s supper was admin- | there were 1,081 permits, valued at $1,735,. istered. On the last night, at 12 o'clock, the | 715, which included 470 new brick dwellings and store, $1,306,625; 24 frame dwellings, $11,- meeting usually closed with the campers march- ing three times around the circle, led by the . 4s 2 4 Noe presiding elder, all uniting In’ singing, ©The | From July 1st, 1879, to June 30th, 18g0, | Witherow; Plunket, Mr. 8. G. Young; Tristan, 1,921 permits were issued, valued at $2,120,- | Mr. E. J. Harrington; Sheri, Mr. W. C. Hill. 928; 54 brick dwellings and stores, $1,571,- | The rehearsals at the Opera House had been b ‘2 frame dwellings, $25,115. conducted by Adolph Birgtield, the well-known From July 1st, 1880, to June 80th, 1881, 7 ‘atic conductor, who wielded the baton on 1,792 permits were issued, valued at $1,951,- | the night of the performance, and the rendition 970, which included 556 brick dwellings and | of the entiro opera, both as to singing and act- Stores, $1,094,140; 50 fraine dwellings, $34¢ | Ine, would have been a credit to any profes: ae ane sional troupe, ‘The member of the east who rom July Ist, 1881, to June 80th, 1882, | gained the greatest amount of praise was Miss Soe near nee OF Be CANE. 50 cpermlle were insted, valued at $0 | Landal wie thew ieee fart of Nancy s In the early part of this century Rattlesnake | 934. 560 new “brick dwellings and siores, | bewitching archness and grace that evidenced Springs, in Montgomery county, Md., was a | $1,828,443: 71 frame dwellings B41 625" the possession of genuine dramatic tulent, famous camp meeting ground, attended by | Brom July 1st, 1882, to Sune Poth. 1889, | while herexecution of tho vocal score revealed ‘ods a 215 permits were issued, valued a\ @ mezzo soprano voloe, of more than ordinar Denies nila the ben ee cone ons ith | 008, whten included 78t new teak aaeiings |uoverand Procure: Trem pasate oe lated thatone of the mit nocauis miseies 74,505; 2 apartment houses, $145,000; 27 | dict alter her performance, and. that was that Gvor bald there was cver sixty yeartane eine s odo ice, bulldides, 831,295: 6 | she should iminediately place hersci¢in train- Rev. Nicholas Snethen, then in ‘his prime, and 1,000; 80 frame dwellings, $51,- regarded as one of the most powerful preachers ing for the legitimate operatic stage. She did ¥ Tul 83, r 0 ‘80, ood he sunesauene Hie tal roe sone " ‘rom July Ist, 1883, to June S0th, 1884, | career has proved the wisdom of her course. wut, He peacted on Gaadey mmone ers | 2018 permits were lashed, valued at $4,829," | The other principals acquitted themselves inost large congregation trom the words “Holy, holy, | 632, Which included 932 new brick dwellings, creditably ‘and were warmly praised tor their holy,” and with such effeet that the assemblage 1,690; 88 stores, $132,820; 8 oifices, | efforts. The chorus, which was composed of simultaneously rose to their feet. Owing toe 1 opera house and ‘armory, $110,- young society ladies and gentlemen, received. citement or exhaustion, or perhaps both, the | 000; 132 frame dwellings, $81,644. hearty commendation for thelr effective work, | he had reacher fell to the floor of the stand at the | , The record of the new buildings erected dur- | and many oftheir numbers were encored. The deviltry. Elose of bis discourse. ‘The effect was increas | Ing the past year has not yet been compiled, | whole performance was 80 thoroughly sticcess. | for Litile andarash was made to the mourners’ bench, but it will probably show an increase over the | ful that it was repeated on the following night | @_ reply, and a powerful revival followed, during which | P'vious year in the number of buildings, it not | in obedience to an emphatic popular demand, scores were converted. There was rather a| 2 the total value which they represent, The high standard established at this initial comical sequel to the meeting. preacher THE MOVEMENT IX PROPERTY, Te naree by Brnatauia Into mia) comale oC opera) from Virginia being present as a listener} As the information contained in the tabu- | deterred further attempts in that direction, an shortly rwards, on the Eastern Shore of it was not for three years afterward that the Maryland, attempted to preach the same ser-|#ted statement prepared by Mr. Olmstead | next opera was given by amateurs. This occa- mon and’ to fall as Mr. Snethen did, At the | 80Ve referred to does not exist, except in the | sion was the presentation of J. Remington Fair: Proper time he fell to the ground, but no such | voluminous records of the office of the xpoorder | !amb’s romantic opera called Fesults followed as at Rattlesnake sprin; of deeds, It Is again reproguced, fn iis coe “VALERIE; OR, TREASURED TOKENS,” Virginia Pepe | ee ty thie ‘stowil in the reco! At a mecting many years ago in under the direction of the composer. It was in- Rev. Wilson Lee preaches excluded? old ship of Zion.” This scene was generally a Very impressive one, amid the shadows of the fitful giare trom the pitch-pine torches which Ughted the grounds. It was not infrequently the case that white and colored worshipers camped on the same ground, the colored people tenting in the rear of the line of tents occupied by the white people. Ject adds: of trouble, vicious ant Gen. Gen, in @ private house, vation pastures to feed. signed by most of the lead- es. Some held out and re- jowever, an ing men of both trib these was Stone Calf, who 1s now the'spokesman lease party. The Indians now com- plain that, contrary to thelr understanding, the lands have all been fenced, their own little bands of cattle and pontes either driven off or absorbed In the larger herds of the leasemen, and they are deprived of the right to go their lands for any purpose. One chief told Gen. Sheridan that when the fences were put up he | { had 114 cattle. Now he had but ten. Another chief said he had a little farm under cultivation onone ot the leaseholds. He was ordered off, and the white man's stock cameand ate up hi: The money they have received, though large in bulk, when it is divided amounts to nothing. Thé Indians have all testified that their share ranges from $1.50 to $6 every six months. Even thote who signed the leases ad- mit they were deceived. and most of them are now dissatisfied, particularly with the fencing In of their lands. ‘These leases were all made for ten years, and they say at the end of that time they fear they will not be able to regain session. “Little Medicine,” a bright youn, heyenne chief, told Gen. Sheridan thut thoug! he signed the leases with others, none of them knew what the contents were. Agent Miles, whom they trusted, told them to sign, and they made thelr marks.” cattlemen declare that all was done in faith, and that the terms of the leases have been complied with. This 1s probably true, but the main question 4s, did the Indians understand that the lands were to be fenced and themselves The cuttlemen say they do not know. Miles attended to the whole business, THE CARLISLE BOYS AT HOME. ‘A western correspondent writing on this sub. “It may be of some interest to east- orn philanthropists to know that a large share of the trouble has been originated and fostered by the ‘Carlisle boy have been at the ‘There are one or two of those English speakinj and reading seamps who have ‘Little Robe’ Is one. lisle tor three years and. one year at Lawrence. He learned to read and write and has a good education. He eame bac in Jess than three months he was again in his father’s tepee with a blanket and a breech clout and dancing ‘medicine’ with the worst of them. He learned Just enough at Carlisle to make him dangerous. the paper and spread the report among the Indians that they were to be disurmed. It was he and two others of who twice cut the milliary telegraph line, and he had been guilty of Armstrong on Friday sent to come in pencil on a piece of Little Kobe's shirt tail, that he (the gene- ral) might go to the devil—he would come in when he got rea amused at the novel message, but he sent out a reply written on the reverse side of the shirt- tall that ifthe Carlisle graduate didn’t come in In flye hours he would send the policeafter him, and put him where he wouldn’t see day a month. Next day Little Robe sneaked in looking very sheepish, and for the next hour ressed him down in ehoice Rube written 'y._ Armstron: Anmstrong impatient, expectant and noisy. A few mo- or and the word “Go" was given, im the mare broke, but in a second she sctifea down "to the. steady, rapid gait 0 pe oullar to her, and sped around os it borne by the wind. The runner was way be- hind at the start, but crept up in Maud’s vicin- ity at the second turn, t the first quarter the watehes showed 32%. and the riers and Judges were satisfied it she would make bet- ter 2:10. As pretty as a picture she few along the backstretch, and when ti half was reached in 1:04% those who knew ina The leasos were all | Peaking. waters) leaving the women folk, with a small sprinkling of men to condu fairs at home. It is within the bounds of vera- city toaffirm that the affairs thus left go on with great regularity and smoothness. This island is only about three miles in circamfer- ence, with bold, rocky shores, somewhat barren Of aspect at a distance, owing to the absence of deciduous trees and prevalence of the somber spruce, but upon closer inspection fairly revel- ng in clover, while buttercups and daisies clothe the fields in gold and ermine, And ob! fo. do with it,and among the fragrance of it all! Oh! the wonderful tonte | were convinced that the mare's record of 2:0% the air! One longs for lungs of three | would be broken, At the third quarter the times their ordinary capucity to breathe | watches showed 1:35%, and the crowd held Unree thes as much of the divine elixir, Nota tramp ever intrudes, and everybody ‘on the island ts absolutely trustworthy, $0 that eas you leave your purse upon @ distant rock, pro- vided It bere your name, there Is no doubt it would, in ‘time, come back to you with ‘tho contents intact, A grass-grown | came down the homestretch, ‘She did not vary way, called, by courtesy, a street, leads from | an inch from ber course. A few yards from the the wharves past the long fish flakes up through | wire she was seen to weaken and bel was the hamlet, and ends at a pair of bars; but the | reduced, ‘She saw the wire, Bhe hearh the ap- pastures and woods beyond are provided with Plause that thundered from the crowd. She the aroma of spruce and fir, and the ground | lessened her speed remarkably the moment cushioned with a thick mat of the plants which | the wire was reached, and came to a full stop at gives to the island {ts name. It will readily be seen thatina community without roads, carri- Although the crowd was ‘ly excited few age riding is out of the question. Ifa youngman persons knew that the record had been broken. ‘nousands swarmed upon the track. In the wishes to take his best girlout for an airing,and they are disinclined to walk, there is no altern- | judges’ stand the excitement was at fever heat. their breaths in expectation, Bair called the mare by name twice, and then guve her the whip. ‘The maid as well as her river knew that the record was being beaten, Bairgave her a dozen sharp, heavy strokes with the whip. At a wonderful ‘rate she orn, nite On the other ‘hana ‘ood | 8tive but to take a boat. Indeed, every one | ‘The timekeepers were C. F. Emery, William coming here must get their sealegs on | Edwards, N. L. Hunting, and George W. Short, as speedily as possible, and, what is more, | Hunting’s watch showed 2:08 1-5. Those of learn to duck their heads as grace- the others, 2:08%. In a trembling voice Presi- fully as may be When the mainsail jibes. By a | dent Edwards avnounced the result. He eald: careiul adjustment of the law of supply and de- | Iam happy to state that although this was mand, doctors and lawyers have been dispensed | not a fast track, the mare has succesded in beat. with." A minister comes only at Infrequent in- | ing her , and bas made the mile in tervals to remind the inhabitants that this bit | 23 of rock and earth is not their everlasting home; | ‘Then the real applause broke out. Ladies they might otherwise forget it, life moves on 30 | in the private boxes waved thelr handkerchiefs diy. At the eastern extremity of the | and cheered, while the men threw up their d Stands life saving station, No.2; afeature | hate and coats and sprang over the fence upon. e h distinguishes Little Cranberry from all | the track. Mand & wi led ‘te the Sudger asthe young Indians who | the other Islands, This station is manned by | stand by two grooms, with Bairin the 61 ‘ious schools are termed, Capt. bert T. Hadlock with his crew of tried | hat in band, bowing to the crowd. A moment Agu sPeaking | and ‘trusty men, and as we investigated Ife- | Inter acollar of red, yellow and white roses boat, buoy and life-car, we could only fee} glad such work was committed to hands so brave and strong. Their duty consists quite as much in warning vessels off dungerous places and other preventive measures as In rescuing from was placed around the mare's neck, and @ beautiful bouquet of red and white roses was handed to Bair. The mare was excited as well asthecrowd. She bobbed her head and champed her bit uneasily, and it was with dif ficulty that the groom held her. After beli decorated with flowers she was led up an down the stretch, and many ladies came for- ward to pat her neck, Few persons expected that Maud would beat her record, and bets were made prior tothe trial of three to one that she would not make better than 2:10. The track was not fast, and even Bair, the driver, did notexpect herto lower the record. Mr. Edwards wrote and sent this telegram: Race Track, July 30. "rhe Cleveland’ aseoclatien tulate you level jon congratulat most heartily, and thank You most sincerely [or allowing your peerless queen, Maud 8., to show the people how easily she beat her record in the wonderful time of 2:08% on a track certainl; fe was at Car- in citizen's dress and immediate wreck and death. Long may they liye to man the life-boat. The chief glory of these isles, however, con- sists in the unrivaled views of Mt. Desert mountains, and which are distant only three mi It was he who read Nothing can ever shut out this wonder- ‘display, unless it be the envious which creeps in before an east wind and ‘awet blanket all about then, Then, Ine |, all jundune rues vanish, and but for the evidence of a few rods of solid earth under our feet, or giimy 's of mournful spruce to} ing ghost-llce from the enveloping fol ne ourselves suspended in & unpleasant” vacuum, Candor say it is very much so atyhe Amer ‘a week of alihost sunshine, the air meanwhile ‘alline in its brillianey, the wind changed terday bringing this unwelcome. visitent ving before it came the fishing fleet, and at nt the harbor was dotted with lights as far as the eye could reach. To-day they are invis his associates munner of petty in, He got was much present momen interrupted one second slow, having had a bard rain at mi night, Wi t for TLLIaM Epwarps, President, ulldings erected. It ts a¥ fol- | tend . 1 in choice | Pie, but volees out of the fozgy depths and the | 77 ‘as 5 led to give this opera at the National thea- | English, and then asked him if he was ready to | rattling OF Glock: gad eo hee eee and the | "Venus is evening star. She easily wins the Ioan navining hone eae aa Le Bao Transl Poh m, | oF, but Just a few days before the day fixed the | belave himself. He sald he was and wanted to | Our fget is still there. On “Thursday last a | ftst place on the August planetary annals, for val: the influences oF which felt | 187 Tranter 53 a Tee raed Owe and the ero nCe | oas Hee are Cornet e The eke eat | Washington boy, with two from Moston and | she has fully entered upon her period of wisi. Setrmulkm Goninon ace mee 93.977000 | wasgiven in Lincoln hall, “Mra, Fairlamb sang | 800 as they are cornered. This incident well | two mainte ey theeians, fom just outside | ii ai ‘the chi t Sag etermperdetient re i874 Boast | the soprano role, Miss Addie Randall the con. | stows how little is to be gained by educating | {yom Sinn ekootee wantawent, Just outside | pitty, and is one of the chief actors in the incl- & famous catnp meeting personage was Cato, | 1872 13°295'300 | "alto, Mr. Johnston tenor, and Mr.Gannon bass | these Indians, There are about twenty of the | lurge “haddock, Lies eaten ie Sie boven | dents that. diveraliy the month, taking ee ce ee ea ee anaes be 412-485-300 | and though tie composition wascriticized there | Chevennes who have been to school at | Mee, haddock. They cam Sitting Bull's, but | # Prominent part in| five of them. She fore ‘the: war 0: . fe was noted for 7,832,354 | was no fault found with the conscientious work | Carlisle and Hampton, and, with. two quite happy. Of Mt. Desert itself what shall I| #8 1% conjunction with three planets, a Post ay cop ee eB does brenmaerys tires Sod'are | of elther principals or chorus. Prot. Fairlamb | exceptions, all have again become ‘blanket | Que’ Hees yor bee ene Mh eae eenall E | Star and. the, moon. “Venus wiih bee ithe 5 alge De rare tre Tetbonses: that $484,870 | possessed great energy afd aci{vity,and in the | Indians’ and abandoned the ‘white man's supreme pleasure still in store tor you. | OUt Question, the most interesting star in the he was cautioned by someof the preachers, 192,580 | Spring of 1876 gave a series of four perform-| Toad,’ as they term it. They ay they If impossible to come, imagine, if you can, | Heavens from the present time until the end Teen ne themes anee Wo) then Brisi4o3 | auees of amateur opera at the National theater, | don’t Uke the ‘white man’s roud.” They come | clitit haven muse tonwcee ae polished pebbles, | Of the year. For the distance between the He said in defense that the impulse came from §,495,494 | during which “Valerie” was twice repeated and | back to their father's lodges. ‘They see their | Clits, caves hug lovely lakes, encompassed, by | Planet and the sun is constantly Increasi Go, but promised to try and Keep it in subjeo. the “Bohemian Girl” presented, in. Baltes | fumilles in the same old. barbaric rut, and nat- | cilied sex-walls; lovely lakes) encompassed by | PiSnet itd ea hen genre antly, imers r opera Mrs. Fairlamb sang Arline; Miss Emma. auifinan, the Siaey Ohecty Mr. Herndon Morsell, Thaddeus; Mr. W. 8. Keen, Devilshoof, and Mr. E. B. Hay, Florestein. In the fairscené achildren’s ballet was introduced, which was quite effective. On the last night of this oper- atic season the garden scene from “Faust,” and the tower scene from “Trovatore” were given, with Mrs, Fairlamb as Marguerite and Leonora, PRODUCTION OF “FAUST.” The following year the most ambitious at- tempt that was ever made by amateurs was carried ont under Prof. Fatrlamb’s direction, which was the production of Gouuod’s "Faust," in which Miss Eva Mills made her debut in Opera, as Marguerette. The rest of the cast in- cluded Miss ‘émma Kauffman as Siebel; Mr. Herndon Morsell, Muust; Mr.S, W. Keen, Mephis- topheles, and Mr. £. E. Gannon, Valentine. The performance was turked by ‘vocal excellence, th by principals and chorus, that was not an- tlelpated, the exacting sole voles being. ‘a properly’ and effectively treated, while the chorus sang with precision and spirit. Miss Mills was particularly praised by the press and w make laziness, exalted in rer that he was unable to restrain himself, and so he sung out “Amen at a ven- ture.” In so much esteem was he held that he was frequently called to see the sick and dying, and on one occasion, visiting an Alexandrian on his death bed, and hearing the dying man confession he said to him: “If I were God Al- mighty I would not forgive you, but God will pardon such as men cannot,” and then, kneel- ing down, they prayed together. When Cato died and his grave was dug a rain filled it up, and when the cortege, which included many of the whites, arrived at the grave the mayor said he could not be buried there, and, with others, dug another grave in a dry spot. A REVIVAL AFTER ALL. It {5 related that some time in t)\> 20's Rey. Eli Henkle (father of Hon. E. J. Henkle) held a camp not far from the present Jackson Grove camp ground jn Anne Arundel county, Md., which up to the close bore no results. Mr. Henkle mounted his horse and rode off, but some eens gathered about the stand held a prayer meeting, and the result. was that the mourners’ bench was soon crowded and conver- TALK WITH A MODEL MAHER. How the Abolition of the Model System Affected the Business—The Mania for Invention—A Chronte Inventor who ‘Wouldn't Sell—Perpetual Motion. |" bad lot.” “My business,” said one of the best known model makers in the city to @ Star reporter the other day, “Is not what it used to bt. When they abolished the model system in the Patent office, some four years ago, it affected me @ great deal. I thought it was going to draw my eye teeth when the change to phans ‘and specifications was first announced, but work came in from other sources, and sol did not suffer as much as I feared I was going to. I do @ great deal of work for the government urally they drift back into their blankets, help medicine,’ and le around in vice ar he only accomplishment they make use of is their knowledge of English, and this they employ to spy upon the whit news of any movement against them, It is con- ceded here on all sides that ‘Carlisle boys’ are a ———__+e+______ A PLAGUE OF BOYS. Instances Where They Have Been Known to Act as Bears in the Real Estate Market, A citizen whose residence fronts a little plece of parking in the northwestern section of the city, sat, the other evening, watching a crowd of perhaps 20 boys, large and small, who were playing marbles in @ shady spot over against the park fence. The boys, as usual with the species, made @ vast amount of unnecessary noise at their innocent pastimes, while lan- from the solar domain. This movement will Continue vantil the Sth of December, when reaching her elongation, or most fant point froih the sun, she ‘commences to re. with mountains; mountains receding, ad- vancing, opening, shutting, shitting with every pe peas ceed einer pe tan rrieg 2 ce seen; descriptions fall. Then the charm of the roads, where ferns and brakes flourish in | [ince gon web of tye os ene great central orb, tropical “luxuri where the blackberry | The baey tees writzen in Gharneters of aon | reaches up its briery arms to clasp the droopt Theane revit that ‘encircles the earth’ is um branches of overhanging trees, and the wild | (he diue vault ¢! hts Sor the Onesreatinn rose clambers over frowning ledies; roads ourv. | {0lded on moonless. night ing around sheltered coves, or emerging upon iinent oe bold headlands, whence may be had exbilarat- ing views of old ocean glinting In the sunlight, Everywhere one encounters the ubiquitous buckboard; everywhere flash the oars or dip the sails of merry rusticators, 1ans appear | of thie ‘and get ‘The names of several Washi upon hotel registers at Bar Harbor. But what | Be seme law, and her stay above the norizon does It matter who Is there, and who not to one | Mf CoFrespondiny Sonne bee ee gazing for the first time upon ite charming en-| SAG ene sin Is eonsienty ieeeine te erect eres cont Spreads the broad | S25 ony sbomt an howe Ghee uae’. expanse of Frenchinan’s bay, its farther shores | $15 onW Soeur ‘September, and = outlined by the Schoodic Hills, behind the | trough | August the het of Wovenber “ave mighty buttress of mountains. ‘Guarding the | Segtwo hours inter chan —— entrance to the bay, and close at hand are the picturesque Porcupine Islands, bold headlands | 18t of December the winter sky will be beauti- " fal from her bright presence for three hours guage was frequently indulged in that did not | tt ove extremity, but dwindling to the other | {ai from ecol thc con ee sions taking place. Mr. Henkle hearing the | departments—in I get nearly ail ofit. The | the eaine advice was given hor which years be- | apeay flarming d of fi like coloasal exclamation points placed there to | (yiligue sborisns with the shortening dese ana s fore had been spoken to Addie Rundall—that any ing degree Innocence. | emphasize the beauty so lavishly soat- a Were over 60 conversions: ne (ne O8Y tare | eee a ears eee line, naa | on the professional stage she would find ‘her | Oaths of a magnitude and vigor out of all pro-| (22 the Grlilangy and wise of the evening stat in true vocation. ‘THE SECOND “MARTHA, | Later in the same year “Martha” was re peated, with Miss Eva Mills as Lady Harriet; Mrs, H.C. Sherman as Nancy; Mr. John 0. Puzh as Lion, and Mr. 8.G. Young in his origival role of Plunkett. There were two performances ven at the National theater, ald both were ly successful. Miss Mills deepened the worable, impression she had ‘crests in “Faust” Mrs. Sherman made a charming and vivacious Nancy, and. Mr. Pugh roveuted a manly tenor volce of much sweetness, and proved himselt a ‘actor, ‘The success of “Pinaiore” in London, and the publication of the plano score in this country | P Afforded the next ‘opportunity for our local amateurs, and that opera was produced at Ford’s Opera house before it, began its success- ful career in New York, Mrsr Camp was the osephine: Mrs, Sherman the Buttercup; John | were mutual Os far trom Glyimont, in Charles county, fs “Bumpy Oai,” where the camps for the Charles county elreult were held. These camps were often attended by crowds of young men from the city, and there are numbersof good citizens now living who date their reformation from these meetings. Many years ago Rev. Henry Slicer was the elder, and it is well known that he was a champion money-raiser. On one Sun- day morning while engaged in raising money keep going about as usual.” “You have been in the business a long time,” the reporter remarked, “and have bad lots of experience with nventorsand would-be invent- ors, Tuy 2 “Yes, [have been at it for thtrt zoars, but T have not had as much w dowith eranky in- ventors as you might think. ‘The fact 1s; whien man comes to me with what he imagines it invention, I tell him just what I think t. If I see it is worthless, or an old him ‘so at once, and do what T can im #g° him from wasting bis time and money with it. Butitisadisease—an insanity—and whe: Soman gots the \dea in hls head that he bas got something great no! cans ry working it out. He wilf sell the coat from his back to get money to perfect his invention. Lawyers who send such men to me_say tom iNow don’t try to discourage him. He san ‘and plenty of men who will tell him that be has » great thing an r him whatever he can Pay for, so we might as well have his money as Ralph; Wm. H. Pantel, Cap. reoran; | singular un: Bnybody else.’ ‘This is trae ‘and so | Ned Hay, sir J Porter; Howard Nyman, when Igeea man has plenty of money, and | Dick Deadeye, and Charlie’ Hein, B appears to know what he is about, of | The performance was under the direction of gourse T give ‘him all the attention he wants, | Mr. Sherman, who had successfully con- play of Soung vist youl iy the ry of ‘au he tried to impress on his hearers tbat those who contributed Bras given to the told ave to the Lord, and what Lord would be restored ten ‘There two young men In the congre- n from this city and they were so im- d that when the hat was passed they w In all the money they had—81—without nking that they had no dinner or means to et one. After the sermon a kind old farmer javited them to lunch with his family, and one of them voluntecred to go to the spring and get the water. While stooping he noticed what peared to bea sinall roll of paper which en trampled in the nud, and picking tt up he found ft to be a$i0 note. This being ten fold of what was paid in the collection the clr- cumstance set him to thinking, and the result of each partie! portion to the puny individuals who uttered them, and of a bewildering variety that would have been the despair of the oldest veteran of the Army in Flanders, occasionally cleft the ethe- real blue of the neighborhood, until one would have thought the very leaves of the trees above ighted as by a plague of locusts. From time to time, too, as the e you! innocents "became esate and would have been bil slatesman attempted to settle ” by resorting to electoral commission or returning board tactics, epithets not at all of aeuphuistic character flew about in a reckless abundance that Billingsgate in its Faint. with true almiest days could not have outdone. Judg- | Hi ing from the remarks heard on all sides during the crises of the game, ail the female members 8 fam! huost deplorable laxity of morals, while the ime mortal souls of the young gamesters themselves severally consigned with ity toa place not to be found ier grand division of the re- vised Scriptures. ‘Then, having exhausted their available vocabulary of cathe, curses, obsceni- ‘alley mentioned in eit not hear what was tered about. Perhaps the bristling spruces Which slothe these islets, “like | quills upon 1 porcupine,” suggest name, From Bar Harbor” steamers take Fou to every destrable point on, the coast ¢ ride across to Lamoine, Hancock, Sullivan, &c,, is a revelation, the last’ named pluce being a ‘very Naples ‘in beauty of” situation. On these sequestered isles one now and then encounters a veteran of the late war. Our host, Col. W. E. Hadlosk. of the 28th Maine volunteers, relates many inter- esting incidents of the cam| at Port Hud- son, including the exploits of his regiment at Doualdsonville, Bayou Plaquemine and other triotic enthusiasm. The crease with her approach to the earthy abe will be more eaaily seen, and will be tar more lovely While the autumnal months fulfil their course, On the ist of the month there is only a differ: ence of ten minutes in the time of setti Japlter and Venus, the former being the east, Thisdifference in time quickly vanishes ‘the onward march of Venus for Sn the Git she overtakes 7, the conjunction ae? ocloek’ in the morainy, Venus bel ‘south. The planets will be below the hor zon when at. their nearest point, but. they Will be near enough together on the eve- ning of the 5th to form lovely picture In the fhepladets wil have changed: ‘Venus “ts wi ve fenus {ttle graveyard holds within its quiet enclosure | the planet gh erare rane owentay bands wages | PRE, tyes anes Sgr eae fragrant tribute of Memorial Day. C. T.| tion “with Mercury, belng st the time s° 42° had been of the north, Venus sets'on the Ist soon after 8 Life at Capon Springs. G'elock in theevening; on the Sist she sels at Caron SPRIxos, W. VA., July 26th, °83, 2 ae eve! Correspondence of Tas EVENING STaR. K, as this is the ‘During the lust two weeks of warm weather | iit hold pool-bathing has been the amusement most in- cy some daring which he will hold the place of event during the present year. Before the month dulged in at Capon; the heat, the size of the | closes his bright presence will be missed nee a language, the boys qui ‘peers, m psed un’ was his conversion, Tamabusiness man, and know my own bust- | ducted the later performances of “Martha” lown, the one wio had seized the disputed | pool, the buoyant nature of the waters and the toe on enone at be poe spprouse eed THE DEVIL’s camP/ ness, ae {Suppose ‘that oer le do the Pikes hematin Gale Renemanaee oe ‘alle Yabsent-mindedly ignoring the writ of re- | exhilarating effects of the bath all contributing | must therefore be left to invisible ‘The youthtul and carciess attendants at camp | Salant atiomneys Cady agnwh, th ‘poor fellows | “The Pirates of Penzance” have had numerous | DleX!D BAe ger taterrapted by sitctiar | °18 Popularity. During the ladies’ hours es-| © papa ty ty <q meeting very often paid more attention to the | On who think they have struck = bo Tepresentations with a variety of casts, and | Spisodes. ‘The attempt to look as if they did | Peclally the pool is the center of galety, and the does not bid the earth's Looths and stands, which were generally located | One of the saddest cases I ever heard ctwaathes The Sorcerer,” atgo by Giibert, & Sullivan, has umber of good svimmers among them is un- in a short distance from the grounds, than to the services, and with the good people these places were known as “the Devil's camps.” Rev. Jobn Gill Watt, who, during the war of 1812 lived at of @ man from way out-in Missiourt es braska. It several ‘years: He thought he had made a big' diseovery ‘in gun- herye nnd some lawyer ost there aye Thi m Operatic as boctatlon gave impetus to this class of work, ¢ “The Chimes of Nor and ite, produgtions ponte mandy,” John Sousa’s “Smugglers,” “Patience,” on proved # severe Strain on tue ladies vo Happexe which, in this case, in the bloek, for the boys, as all well-regulat happened to be within usually large. The most expert is @ young lady meant eaywier | Fore, Balimore, who, in diving, swi On the 4th, at 4o'cloce in the ted | playing at leap-frog and performing other tomes piter is in junction with Mi boys from time tmmemorial have done, carried | {2 he water, is without a rival of elther sex. A. fortunate enough to pick ap the the Navy Yard, on One occasion held a three | him ln the idea, getting what money he contd | 4¢., aro ve pisasantly remembeted. on thelr conversation with that whole-souied | lange full-dress hop is to be given during the | Saf be ‘onan of ene. 1 days’ “bush meting In Loudoun county, Ve, | out of the poor fellow for obtaining, oF pretend: | , 10 may safely be asserted that thers ts no elty | C8 thelr Convers disregard of “puuiie | Present wack, at which of gentlemen | ere tor Mercury shou The Recultar feature of this meeting was that he | Ing to obtain patents for him. Finally, things | !n the country where so many. performances of | opinion which ate thelr ekint seacms wees | from =e os rong neighbor. | Pits time to the naked e3 seg, hes preaching, and at the prayer mect- | not going tothe satisiaction’ of the inan, he | Opera by amateurs and of such uniform excel- | Who do not abomiante the siecle Tre at Cults ae Crone OF eter ee tO, Be | Glosely on the track of both: ing, after singing. the people would’ Kneeland | 8 money enough together to come here | lence have been given as here, and Washington | “The old oltizen knocked the ashes from his coe ae Mt he Hing |. Mercury is evening star, the engage In silent prayer. The result was 60 con- | to Washington in order to exbibit his inven- just reason to be proud of the extent and | postprandial cigar, and quiet Leer | eee ota freee Wee Misece | month, in the near and Fersions. On the Jefferson circuit Mr. Watt an- | tion to the authorities at the navy yard. A | Character of her amateur vocaltsta, Yow In heaven that’ he would drive these boys Se ag ene a ag ET ‘conjunction with the for- Camps and uotwitustanding the other wreete | Be eas TheG Oe ONT, Dennenad Ler tale | monstiaes Mnoare mentioned above as having | away, and make them stay away, if lt cost hiea | Drexel, daughters of the” wel Dest and moet fe: | Bier aud two wlth the latier. On the Oth at's camp,” and notwithstanding the other preach- | he came there one day, eoraered of the | made thelr first venture in amateur opera Miss | g hundred dollars, ee ee i, Dest and most fre- | (Clock in the he reaches his wore were ofiminediats routs, Senate | omeers ana Regan to umpert to im hie disoov. | Addie Handall, Mrs Ealriamb, Miss Hva Mills |" “f ike to woo tno boys enjoy themselves,” ne | auent horseback riders here. i eas Sastorn. clongation, being 27° 35) emotes role apie eat results, numbers dated | ery finally exhibiting # rough model he had | Mr. Morell and Mr. Keen, have acquired good sald to Tim STAB representative whohappened | ,, Among (ne recent afrivals from Ws gnington | Sun. He is then s6 situated ‘as to be visible to thelr spiritual awakening to that sermon, matte of his gua. omicer ape ey Febndall and Me soe ata eat ihe | 2b about, ang whose ears, like his own, had | Stnister, and his familys Mr V, Mira, | tbo, Daked eye, although not under the Jone wart casts cont, | a aan peeing sgt | nome a ranenag hal eek” | RSE Ald adie i Gunes | ey nodal Mi tare aisants go io i * ' 101 Pr ‘ant Y B Va., atasmall camp meeting, after an exhor-| The poof follow broke completely dove ae ‘That Woman’s Club, when teas in like moderation. ‘bat | Smnlly, - Gyrus Nelle observers Will tation by an otd Christian lady, a revival fol- | he found all his hopes demolished, er an little planet at the lowed, =< which there were seventy to eighty re ‘Those who know the conversions. Scaggs’ camp ground, near Benning’s, was a well “known eamp meeting piace IS former years for the elty churches. 4a supposed to be, but a club composed of ladies t i i june- ‘On one occasion a band of-rowdies went toa ‘of wealth and fashion and high social position, | itive ‘and thelr ravages aro just as the band are beard ‘the former ovcur on the same day. Tho mecting for the express purpose of breaking it | g00d who dislike the strong-minded but cnet ine iv0,"and os. Of computation i | Ut the last strains die sway and the lights | hoe opiasote ‘thai day. up, and when the ministers were apprised of | wells Social. Mrs. Astor, Mrs. ‘and Mrs, Bur- | money a6 those of any of the vermin I have | $7 put we ‘sets on the first afew minutes after this intention they were ata loss what to do. ton Harrison and @ number of others equally = o'clock In the evening; on the Sst, he sets soon: One of the members thought he saw a way out well known are ‘the originators and organizers | _T! thought the gentleman was of the difficulty, and going to the place where Of the club. ‘Tho initiation fee is twenty-five | ting ‘and mildly intimated that Memento Mert, overtakes these men had gathered he asked for the leader dollars, the annual dues five dollars, and there It pretty ‘Frora the New York Tribune. fas be travels, west by name. When he came forward he informed ‘will be yearly mean just. as much as Tsay,” the old citi- » said President with the sun. the leader he understood the meeting was to wi @ certain limit, Thave | “This,” said Crimmina, sets on O'clock in the be broken up, and, asking bis ae Proposed to members of left the carriages, “has appeared to of on the 81st, quarter after that he should assume cl an the ‘with the greatest care, and the finest sites in the park ior s mausoleum or rowdies in order. This offer was accepted, and tee of one’s the value 'of wheat, What monument to General Grant.” far the most with the gratifying result that be not only kept this ‘and lot, | * ‘the his own crowd in order, but the entire gather- ail, the foreign estructivences |The party viewed the scene from different | hn" ‘and ing, and was himself converted on lest Odteals of importance w cular direction have come | points and expressed their concurrence in Mr | When. makes epprerane, night of the meeting. Will be @ coffee roofh, observation and hurt me onates een “Buildings are rapidly. after is nowa to ———+e___ served, but where there on his} ing up_on aide of the city, reward gaze of the observer in the small Cheap Fares for the Funeral. sigpoesoia. the: in this city. I| Mayor Grace. “Tne chief objection that house of the The To the Editor of Tus Evewrno Star: be in peer! ‘think of here is that the View might be are the planet In view of the fact that the Pennsylvania eg fee At Grstit by,gome tall house.” pearer a Railroad company are Issuing excursion tickets the. matter over for ‘would care ‘to see, venue tbe. Mobearved’ Golosel Betabove 10; to various parts, at very low fare, would it not are eatiafied that such loafers of any “What is it to will ‘be ~ awit be a grand idea for it to lower the fare to New and that it can to be met| “It is the new ” sata Me, rare TOE SOR TORER om the socantom of Genera) ee to and young | Beekman, “at ‘street ave ‘. on the ist, 2 Said oes poh, on a sould avail Ueinselves ofthe opportunity to patent care 2 fathers tomb would not T tear, be sito. = ‘2 tow minutes efter mit: Tobeforgutten soldier? CapiroL HILL, Sejotm may deel campliiarerer about Soe Soaitaly” Colonel Gress is morning star. Besides being im con- JOnctign with Saturn on the 6th ho is also very hear Ma Geminorum. Thus, Mars, the star, d Saturn are almost in live, the star being very near Saturn, The rare juxtaposition oo- curs at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when it will be invisible. A small telescope Teveal the actors in the scene in near and the exhibition will amply repay Tequired to get the Mars rises on soon after 1 o'clock, Neptune is morning star, On the 18th, at 4 O'clock in the morning, he Teaches quadrature with the sun on bis western std: afer thet event he is nearer to the earth than he I to the Sun, or he aj to be. The month closes with Neptune, Saturn and Mars on the western side ot op as morning sare, aod with Mercary, Jupiter, Uranus and Venus on bis eastern asevening stars. Neptune setxon the Ist at half-past eleven 0’ in the evening; on the 31st he seta at half-past nine o'clook., MOOR, conjunction with Neptune on the 4th, at 3h. 49m. p.m, being 2°45’ south. On the 7th, et Ph. Sm. a in.,she is in conjunction with being 4° 19’ south. Also on the 7th, 48 minutes later, at yep she ts in conjunction ‘with Mars, being 5° 83” south. The conjunction is invisible, but the waning moog will be near the two planets on the morning of the 7th. (On the 11th, at Ob. 2m. p.m.. the mew moom beh foor later, at 7h. 12m, Junction with Venus, being crescent moon and evening star, th .m., the moon is in Uranus, being 17’ north. On the ist our satel- lite again commences her rounds. She ts in conjunction with Neptune for the second time within the limits of the month, at 10h. 6m. p. m., being 2° 52’ south. ‘Anguet comes richly. Iaden, with planetary events. Venus, the fairest of the ber to ber august brother Jupiter, to the swift-footed Mercury, to the slow-moving Uranus, while she fills out ber portion of plan= etary work by @ close conjunction with hol Nisginis,and fulfils her monthly duty to the moon, Su) inoe Of planets, pays tie court twice to the sutaliest of bis brethren, whe can outrun him in the race, if he oan ac nothing else, Saturn, the ring-girdied planet, and Mare the god of war, meetand change ‘on the celestial road, and Legh gee = thelr re Spects to the little star, New Geminoram, the approach tn the case of Saturn being almost an appul 4’ of aro, the distance between them belng, in celestial mathematics, a small space to intervene between two heavenly bodies. The light of Jupiter grows dim end fades away; Venus slowly advances tocaay visibility, and will soon put on queenly apparel: Mercury deigns to show his bright face to terrestrial ob- —— ey is — with pee pga, ani day of Martain tmportanee nears the dawn, ————+e-___ “Fat” and “Gray.’ From the New York Times. President Arthur and ex-Governor Cor nell met yesterday in Mayor Grace's office in the City Hall. The ex-President looked at the ex-governor and sald, “How are you, governor?” “Pretty well, I thuak you,” Mr, Cornell re- plied a little stiffy. Ariit as ever, I see,” pleasantly remarked Gen. rr “Yes, yes,” Impatiently replied the ex-govern- or, Hs added brightly. “Bat you ieote eray.” “Do 1?” musingly aswered the ex-Presideni he watched the retreating figure of his vid-time ally and later enemy. ———+o-—_____ Dixon's Colored Daughter. ‘HE LEAVES HER $500,000 IN HIS WILL—THE WHITE HUSBAND HE PROVIDED FoR WER. A telezram from Sparta, Ga., July 26th, says: The will of David Dixon, in which he left $500,000 to his daughter, a mulatto, ts creating wide interest here. The woman, Fannie Bu- banks, is living in good style In Augusta, Mr. Dixon years ago offered §25,000 to any re- spectable white man who would marry her. A young man named Eubanks, a graduate of the Untversity of Georgia, accepted Mr. Dixon's Proposition, and took the girl orth, and “the ‘were m in Boston, He brought a cerufl- cate from that place showing that they were legally married. ubanks brought her home, and was well provided for on one of Dixon's plantations, le lived with bis dusky bride several years, raising two children by ber. Ku- banks died scvoral years ago, and left Fannie « dashing widow, xf Mr. Dixon took her and her two children back to his home, where they lived until be had # Gne house built for them neat his own, and there Fannie Eubanks and her mother lived until Dixon's death, He made his will aod then sent for the family to come down to his house, togethe: with other witnesses, and ine formed them that he had made his will; that no one but his lawyer and himself knew whut was in it, and Ubsat he wanted therm all to wit cigs er is ae ~ ge aE ment and. hav! Said that after hts death ft would. be ameriod thut he was not of sound mind, and he wanted them to test hima and see if his inind was clear. ‘Of $2,000 1n stocks and bonds ‘was found ‘an wan tt the name of the mother of cubanks written on it as ite owner. This umount was pot mentioned in the will in any manner, and the $25,000 was turned over (0 the woman by the executors, It is asserted by some that the will ought to be broken on ax count of Mr. Dixon having advanced to his brother $40,000 and tak! a on bis land to secure the moneys. His brother paid the debt, but falled to have the mor ‘auge can- celed, and died without ever taking up the per. As soon as he died Dixon came in with 30 ascent icon had no ve this mulatto woman,alth: rh she was hischiid, his landed estate, amounting to 17,000 acres of the best land in middle Georgia, as it jure those ow lands adjoining. ‘The mother Fanuie Eubanks is a very Sod inoffensive woman, and when any of Mr. Jixon's (riends visited him she would Wait on his guests, and never put herself forward. She always seemed to recognize the fact thet she Wasaservant. She would often visit Sparta to trade, and some of Mr. Dixon's friends, to Whom sie would bring things from the * tation, would invite her dinner, She wouid always preter having her dinner sent to the kitchen, where she would eat with the eer vants, She was from Boston. He was from Louls- ville. They met at ton Beach. She: “You- aw-l seen Henry Ward Beecher, aw sup- pose?” He: “Oh, yes, often.” She: “Eh, and ‘what do you think of bis delivery?” He: “His deli 8 on 7. wor ogg Og 4 =~ you know.”—Piteburg ‘Onvonicte Tete. bs Henry has talent, father?” “May be, child, may be; but you can't live on that without a Lit © mix with 1."— Chicago Herald. F . “But they're very poor, ain't they?” th nekee os “ were Aad right cate ne Bas int fate ome “ve on! one y a big one, onbes™* will drink, 4 xnd 8 boy will play all dn Ma But a boy won't da boy won't think, ‘Bocausé he ain’t built that way, —Chtcago Herald. In anti lon of @ large influx of country People on clrous day en euterprising Dansville merchant following suggestive sign walk in front of his grocery store: “Yes, sir,” said Jenkins, “Smithers isa man ho his word; but then be has to.” “How is "asked Jones. “Because no one ‘will take it.” Woman, God bless her bright eyes, can make roses bloom in the ‘and when so minded she can give to the most commonplace affuirs of life rather much of a rainbow juok; but to save hereyebrows she con't use 8 pon withost, getting inkon her fingers any more than San remember the day of the month.—Yow- Staiesman. { "lowed you had dun gone out "is to be used for lighting velizont ones, We'aon't see bow it can te aay more compressed than it is now in an meter, which holds several cul yards to the ‘searlde and the mountains ani suppose a ‘That was Gone tn mar- ma's dressing room.”—Boston Beacon,