Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1885, Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. a HOUSES AND LOTS. ‘The Growth of ity Indicated by the Real Estate Murket— Butlding Rows of Smail Houses as an Invest- ment. Ete. ‘The real estate interesta in this ety exhibit the effects of the increase tn the populations, which is more each year. During the past year there I addition to the resident population, and many people of means have made this city thelr home, and in this way there are large amounts of capital in- ‘vested or avatlable for investment. The fact is that money is xo plentiful that cash payments in transactions are no longer an advantage to the purchaser, and the owners of property pre- fer to allow a portion of the money to remain on the property at six per cent, and even at five per cent. for improved and unim- proved property are stiff, and owners prefer to wait rather thau to ell ata reduction of the prices asked. The opinion seems to be that next year the demand will be even greater, and that ‘better prices can be obtained. In some localities the high prices bas the tendency to direct investments to other sections of the city, and this has the effect Iu man, “uses of mod- fying the rather inflated “values which Some owners place upon their property. ‘The erection of costly private residences while not being doue this year to the extent that some expected, Is still a marked feature in wth of the cit A few years ago a house conting thirty or ioriy thousand doliare was Te ua the high water mark in the expendi- ture for @ single private residence. But now seventy and eighty thousand dollars are laid out in improvements of this sort, without ex- citing much comment. Large investments, however, are being made in another form, and toa very great extent, by the erection of kuws of small houses on ground which is obtained tn localities where prices are still low. This kind of improvement is in progress all over the city, as the readers of THE STAR are aware. Men of as B.H. Warner, Thos. E. Waggaman, John f. McLean aud others, have purchase large blocks of land, im some cases ole squares, which are being built up with small houses, containing four and six rooms each. In this way the lack of house accommodation whieh the increase of population has made ev- dent is being remedied, and many people who have been unable to find houses ata moderate rental are now going into homes of their own. ‘These small houses are also found desirable for investment, as the cost to the buyer is from one thousand to tweive hundred dollars, and the monthly rental obtained is about twelve dollars, thus making a return upon the investment of about twelve per cent grout, The result of these extensive building operations will naturally be to lower the scale of rents throughont the ci and improve the value of property by making the city a cheap place of residence, as well as a Anost irable one. ‘The !mprovements outside of the city limits keep pace with the growth of the city proper, and homes in the suburbs are being erected ‘and occupied by people who prefer to live away from the noise and bustle as well as the ex- pense of city life. A. E. Bateman, the banker, and Col. M. M. Parker, who are interested in the Columbia ‘Heights property, are erecting, and have in contemplation the erection of, a number of houses in that localit, The other property owners th and all along the hills over! Ing the city, will Improve their prop- arty a8 soon as it Is found to be profitable, and the completion of the water works extension and the Improvement of the roads by the Dix trict authorities will svon cause the city’s rowth to fill up these vacant spaces with coun- ty residences. There is no boom In suburban property any more than there is in city prop- erty, bat prices are steady, and the improve- ments are making progress in such & way as to inake the in ‘the future bright and promising. ‘The Neighborhood Roads. ‘Tothe Faitor of the Evewixe Stan: Thanks are due Capt. Mahan, our new assist- ant engineer, for bis industry in looking up the law in regard to the roads in the immediate vicinity of the city. And now that the Com- missioners are informed, it is to be hoped that they will recommend to Congress suitable a ions tomake them of such width as ‘the law provides—‘not less than sity wor more than one ed feet.” As stated in THE STAR of the 11th ultimo, many of our public bigh- ‘ways, and where there is much travel, are but thirty feet wide—notably the river road, leading from Uniontown to Bennings, whieh should be at least doubie that width to ‘afford the proper faetlity for ingress and egress; traversing as it does, in many respects, the best and most desirable part of the District, In point of fact, however, to be more exact and definite, instead of oceupy ing all the narrow and contracted Space of thirty feet, owing to the niggardly ppropriations it has been in many places luced to the width of a single vehicle; and at this season of the year it is beautifully fringed with weeds and bushes, almost o' lapping it. The reader will bear in mind that the road (so-called, but really nothing more than s by-way or path) is so near that it is almost within the shadow of the dome of the ‘Capitol, Such a road could bardly be found in the vicinity of the meanest and most unpre- Yentious county town in the United States, It is to be that Capt. Mahan’s timely dis- covery will resuit in the “powers that be” look- ing more than heretofore beyond the city limaita. A little more ene: on the part of our District Commissioners will make the suburbs compare respectably and favorably, as they should, with our model eapital city. UBURBAN. ‘Trausters of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been recorded as follows: Abraham Rex w Abraham K. Bockius, un- divided on in 18 acres, near Grant and Pierce Mill road; $125. Same to Morris RK Roekius, do; $125. H. A. Lockwood to W. O'Brien, parts 1 and 31, sq. 358; $1,800. BL Kernan to Joseph McDonald, part4.and 5. sq. 867; $4,500. B.P.Suyder to R. W. Walker, ‘on Meridian avenue, in county; $490. rr Relley to H. G. and J. E. Wagner, jot 1 sq. 1084; $169.60. P.C. Palmer to Emily Ed son Briggs, part 4, sq. 968; $101.25. Robert J. Blacklock te George W. Salter, part 29, a. 46° $—. G. W.Salter to Kate EF.’ Blacklock, sam property; $—— | Sarah E. Porter etal. to. & “rawiord, lots $2 and 83, sq. 194; $15,500. T. ©. Jones to E. D. Jones, part 6, sq. 992; $2 7,7. Sowers oT. E. Wuggaman, trustee, part 37, 8q. 252; $—._T. E. Waggaman, trustee, to 2.7. Sowers, part 39, do.: $—. Petomac Bass Fishing. ‘From the Frederick (Md.) News, Anglers generally agree that the month from September 15 to October 15 represents the prime of Potomac bass fishing, and just now Daskets are better Mlled than they have been at @ny time during the season. Many local gaglers report good catches, but the fact remains tht the golden days of bass fishing in the Potomae are past, {tis an all-day job now to aecomplish the work which even five years ago might have been accomplished In a few hours. Not only do the ‘sh ran smaller, but they do uot take the hook as weil, Mr. Jesse Claggett, a weil known fisherman, says that it 1s of bo use starting on a go-wsyou-pleace Face In s boat at this timeof the year; that lf you want bass, the correct thing is to perch your- self on a rock with a deep hole near by and re pain perfectly still. The fish make thelr way into the holes as the weather gets enoler. A few Soar, five and six pounders have been caught this'season, but it Is sufe to say that at present the Potomac 1s either netted or over-fished, and that the big bass are getting as scarce as the bait, which is saying something. — an The papers bave been dumb about the Sartoris matter. The truth is that the only reason why the separation has not been completed between Nellie Grant and her husband has been because ©f ber inability to obtain possession of her three ehildren. Sartoris has been brutal in his treat ment of her, and she does not want to live with him. If the ebildren ever get to this side of the Water they will never be allowed to go back = If Mrs, Sartoris gets possession of them, +l will probably. after the mourning in the Grant f@mily euds, bring suit for a divorce from the brutal, nnappreciative creature she married. This marriage was the rezret of Grant's lite. ‘This is not gossip, but aplain statement of fact. Reviving the Thamb Signature. ‘From the San Franciwo Chronicle. In medieval times, when one of the fashion- able follies was neglect of education, rulers and other gentlemen, instead of making their mark or endeavoring to sign their names, dipped one of their thumbs in ink, and blotted their mark on documents in that way. In some respects it marks the distinction between twosiguatures even better than the writing employed by clei. ized people, since the latwer may be perfectly imitated, and the thumb imprint cannot be counterGited. Ou account of the difficulties which it places in the wa: tion, It is probable that the thumb system will be taken advantage of by the new custom how e ofcials 0 as to make it {wwpossible fur a return certiti- gate to be used by any Chinese except the one to whom it is regularly issued. No two thumb signatures ure ulike. Even the imprint ofone's Fight thumb does not correspond with that of the left, and when the two are had together no Mongol can palm himself oi for the real holder Of @ certificate. The complete difference between the arrangement of the grain of srarious (thumbs has been demon. stra in enlas photogray of such Signature taken by Taber Phe _lines of Soarin are all that, are lett op the paper. were shown w Mint Superin- teadeat Exelon, aad he wrote to Mecretury Manning advising the adoption of the plan they afforded with regard to marking Chinese certificates. If thix be done, the deseription of & departing Chinaman, which, ax has been jound, applies in most oF all particulars toother Mongols, cannot be mistaken. Evotution in Music. From the Philadelphia Call. “I tell you, Bromiey, S've married an angel.” “Oh, no doubt. Wait until you've becn mar ried as long as I have.” “She's all smiles, Brouiley; never a cross word. Her voice is as sweet as the sound of a harp. Her—” “0, she reminds you of a does she? Tn- wide of & year she'll remiud you of an accor. of an accordion? fon citempt to suut bee up nee SS COLONELS FOR THE CONSULAR SERVICE. Why Civilians Are at a Disadvantage— The Judge Explains to a Star Report- er—The Uniform Worn in O14 Times. “Do you know why I left the consular ser Vice?” suid the “judge,” as he settled down in his favorite corner in the hotel lobby and pulled his hat brim straight out all around, addressing himself to Tue Stak man, “Well, sir, it was because my title wasn’t sulted for the position. A Judge, or a doctor, or a professor, or anything of that sort, has no business in the American foreign service. No, sir, they don’t fit, and it won't do, sir. No man ean have any comfort in the consular service unless he’s # colonel ora commodore or something of that sort with a military title.” The “judge” pulled his hat down tight over his forehead and was silent for @ moment by way of emphasis, while Col. ing, who is a candidate for consul to Kamtchat- ka, pricked up his ears. “Yes, sir, a colonel is the sort of person,” continued 'the “judge;” “If anybody short ‘of that enters, the ser. ice he will be disappointed, an aailure, sir. Yes,sir!@ falluret His Ife will become miserable. He will grow despondent and go ail to pieces. Did you ever hear of a consul resigning or committing sulcide? Well sir, It you have you'll remember that he didn have a military title. You see the trouble is, thatif he don't happen to have 3 militar: title he has no right to wear a uniform, and if he don’t wear a uniform he's given a back seat, sir, and snubbed all around. "That, sir, Is why [left the consular service, for which I was in very other respect emincily ntted. My title you see sir, does not @uniform with tt. I irted to overcome the difficulty by wearing my judge's gown, and then, begad sir, I got a wig, at somehow it didn't work. Congress de- prived the service of muny able men when it abolished the consular uniform and the court dress of the ministers. It was a blow at the fundamental principles of diplo- macy. Yes, sir, a death blow, sir; and America must forever take a back seat. ‘The only thing that has saved us, sir, from sinking into abso- lute insignificance is our late war. "The rules of the service provide that no foreign representa- tive of thix country shall wear a uniform un- Jess he fs entitled to it by virtue of his rank in the army or navy. Just before the war all the material had ran out, and we were threatened, with an utter collapse. And begad, sir, we ae near having war. with England because mes Buchanan, sir, didn’t have the right to Wear anything buta dress suit, sir! That be- gad, sir, is a fact!” THE UNIFORM OF HAMILTON'S TIME, The Judge then settled clean down tobisel- bows on the settee and flared his hat brim up in front to indicate that he had got well Into his discourse and would deal in facts. “When ton, sir; ves, sir, agreat man; I knew it—when Hamilton lived our representatives abroad wore as much gold lace as anybody. Every consul in the service and all the ministers had’ right to wear a full dress naval uniform, with lots of gold lace, brass buttons, cocked hat, knee breeches, sil stockings and long vests, with pockets as big as elephant’s ears. “As Inté as 1845, sir, this suit was abolished, and begad, sir, the ‘most beautiful uniform | you ever saw was put in its place. There was @ special order issued, sir, giving a full deseription of the uniform and ‘directing that Just all United States consuls should wear it. listen to this, sir; this ix one of the eireul copied it myself’ frum the books at_the di ment and know it Is correct, Listen: ‘A breasted coat of blue cloth, with standing cape orcollar,and ten navy buttons in front; one button on cach side of the cape, tour on each cutf, four under each pocket flap and one on each hip and In tolds; twoon each side in the center and one on each side at the lower ex- tremity of the skirt.’ There, sir, that's what I call striking! But listen. ‘The front (from the eape down to the lower extremity of the skirt), cuffs, cape and pocket flaps to be embroidered In gold, representing a vine composed of olive leaves, ‘and the button holes to be worked with gold thread; the button holes to correspond with the width of the embroidery, which is not toexceed two inches in any part. (Think of it!) Vest and snail clothes of white, and navy buttons, the former to have ten in front and four under each pocket flap. With this dress a cocked hat, smail sword, shoes and buckles are to be won. The hat to be furnish- ed with gold loops, gold tassels, and black cockade, with gold’ eugle in center; added to which, ft is understood that the mountings of the sword and the shoe and knee buckles are tobe of gold—otherwise gilt.” Now that, sir, Was gorgeous, beautiful. The dignity ofthis country was maintained. Think of it! Knee breeches, gold lace, small sword and gold buckles.” IN THESE DEGENERATE TIMES. “But, sir, Congress abolished this.” The Judge sank into silence for a moment and was think- ing. “Yes, sir; Congress abolished all this beauty, and provided that men who had at some time held rank in the army or navy could wear the uniforms of their rank. This, sir, was a direct blow at civilians, sir. It was a scheme, sir, to drive them out of the service. Nearly ‘every man who has gone abroad in the service of the government since the war has been an ex-volunteer soldier, or something of that sort, and has been able to pick up an old colonel’s oF & general's uniform of his own, or some one’s else, and they have managed to.get along: Buty begad, sir, what is this administration going to do? The reserve of colonels and brigadiers now being drawn on have nothing but uni- forms. Begad, sir! What will they do?” ree. Saturday Smiles. Altoona street cars should have placards to this effect: “This car can't walt for ladies to kiss good-bye.”—Altooua Tribune. The “mashers” aresaid to be goingout and the “mowers” coming in. A “mower” is an ex- quisite who swings his cane like a scythe ag he walks along.—New York Tribune Old Block Frank Hatton has fourteen-year- old chip, “Pa,” said he theother day, “I've inade apmy,mind where I would ike tog9 to college.” “Aha,” replied bis father, “and where ls tt m: box?” “To Vassar,” sald'the precocious child, “Humph!” ejaculated the proud father; ‘darued ii T wouldn't like to go there myself."— Waterbury American, The funny fellow—the fool who delights in wearing a girl’s hat when he goes toa picnic— bas been “written ap” ime and again, but no writer has paid sufficient attention’ to the melancholy gentleman. This type of man really sees no trouble. He has no notes in bank, but he stands around and looks as though a’ sin- cursed world had thrown all its responsibilities on his shoulders. —Arkansaw Traveler. “What shall I play for you, Reginald?” asked the fair young graduate of the musical college. “Anything you please,” replied the gilded youth, “bo you love Sullivan’ “I do,” replied the musical enthusiast, “he can ‘slug’ the head off McCaffrey every time.”— New York Tribune, “I am very tired,” said the lady at the head of the boarding house table, Mouday morning, to the good-natured minister who sat at the other end. “You should not be,” sald the par- son; “you didn’t preach a sermon yesterday.” “No,"" said the lady, almost unconsciously; “but I listened to one. Then followed an op- pressive silence, which gave the minister time to reflect thathe had come out only second best.—Philadetphia Bulletin, George (in the moonlight)—“I was at the base bail game this afternoon, Clara, and I bet—" Clara (reproachfully)—“Oh, George, can you speak of base ball ou a night Hike thiq? Rather ictus tum our thoughts. irom earthly things to te perfect beauty of the sky above. How lerful fy—" rge—"L was only going togay I bet oye the game and won.” a (returning to earth}—“Oh, George, what a night It is for oysters!”— Omaha Bee, De man whut's got er whole lot er little ‘com- piishments doan ermount ter much. De trick fuule ain’ no ‘count ter work.—Arkansas Trav- eler. ‘The sliver dollarsare becoming more and more @ nuisance. For particulars don’t “see small bills".—Lowell Courier, “What do we owe Thomas Jefferson?” asks a New York newspaper writer. As Thomas never kept a bar, you probably don't owe him. anything.—Louiteile Courier-Journak, Newport ts noted as @ fashionable divorce resort.— Pittsburg Commerciit. The New York plumbers have demanded a reduction of hours, except, of hour.—Lowisilte ChurierJournale wt 22 HOR he remarkable tendency in this state to nominate bachelors to the highest office Is due, no doubt, to the sad conviction whieh has come over the people that married men cannot ov. ern. The family is the school of the state ‘Alvany Times, lice court the oth day the ju 3 isoner at the bar, is there an: Anse you wish to say before sentence Is Upon your” The prloner looked wistfully toward door and remarked that he would like to say “Good evening,” if 1t would be agreeable to the company.—Sive and Leather Reporter. of one aud halfadozen of the other. r—“Mercy, children, what are you mi Lo cee t setae T= Ry st mae Chorus— i to keep ie ry qui mari a Harper's Bazar. < cay Young lady (very stout)—Ah, met it’s the way of the world: Mr. Featheriy. We. are here te day and gone to-morrow. ‘One alter another of those who play famous parts on this earth dle and pase away. | The last is Jumbot | Poor jam! he news of his death affected stranwraly becasue because mit ir. Foathorly nu he Joke}—Br—becauso you age not feeling very well yourvelt?—New York Mr. Dusenberry—“BMy 4 where mg sill eek ties” “ nad = ira, Dusenberry—“I used them crazy ull” Put on the one you wore vesterdage™ Mr. Duscaberry, @ twinkle in his eyes—"You ‘& weakness for ties, I notice. By the by, there's any number of them on the station hat! tles?” “Yea, At leasta dray-load of them.” “Good gracious, Mr. Dusenberry. And jast s ttle worn?” “What kind of tles are they?” Ratlroad tles; my dear."— Philadelphia Call, “Clarence,” said Miss Penelope Waldo, a Bos- tou young woman, “didn't beat you say thee ev Faces you return Tore" ” said Clarence oo on givonully, ““Well,doa't you Uiink, onuinuvd Miss ‘Penelope rrsatnoe. Be, Shank is uo lind that he “would let And Clarence bow modest aud reti how atterly im) disclose ihe he would you have Ww take me for a drive?” in ashe ise Waldo ible {E would be for of Mr, Shank.—Lye, - Hamilton was alive—a great man was Hamil- | EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATUR COLORED MEN IN BUSINESS. Rev. D. P. Seaton’s Advice to Mem of His Race—He Urges Them to Form Progressive Associations. Rev. D. P. Seaton, @ minister of the A. M. EL church, well-known in this elty, preached to his congregation in Baltimore last Sunday on “The development necessary to progressive manhood.” Mr, Seaton said: “The colored problem in America has long been a theme dis- cussed by men of all ranks and persuasfons. Many of the conclusions advanced would rob Us of the very elements of manhood. I sc- knowledge we have not progressed as we should have in some pursuits which have been em- braced in the narrow limits of the opportun!- tics given us, A tow years 590 We were ancl upon the worl ithout edueation, money oe oreditcand with but few friends. Yet we have proved our manhood. An affectionate social alliance and proper leadership are indispensable to the perma- nent success of our people. The man who loves his race wil consecrate his Tite to the advance- ment of his people, that they may be exalted to the bigh plane of dignitied manhood. Sach men should lead astruggling and anxious people. The man who uses leadership to his own breil 5) eo to be turned down. Every man cannot lead, and ill-eucceas is often the result of blunders committed by badly placed men. have suffered too much from bad leader. ship, God intends the black race to stand up as men among men on this continent, The time 4s near at hand when the barriers of prejudice and ostracism will give way. and the colored man will be valued according to his deport. ment among men. The work of elevation must be done by ourselves, “Our business capacity has been questioned by the dominant race and our own. It is as- serted by some that our mental qualifications are not equal tothe management of t in- terests. This statement will not stand impar- tal investigation. The lack of capacity is ar- gued as the cause of our limited progress. Ca- ity to do is one thing and the opportunity to lemonstrate is another. As long as all avenues which would afford the negro a chance to de- monstrate his capacity are blocked, #0 long should adverse opinion and criticism be with- held, Whatever he has been permitted to do he has done well, Follow us from the cotton-gin to the national Senate chamber and you will find the black man a worthy factor in the nation’s ness. All along the line of progress this ‘country we have proved our manhood. In arts, sclences, indus- tries and mechanism we have made our mark, and had we been welcomed we would have ad- vaneed far beyond our present station. The Bible In whiteor black binding contains the same written word of the same God. A black skin is not the maz, it is only the binding. The man is within ft in regular order, and in barmo- nious connection are all the functions of man- hood ready to perform the duties of their office, although incased in w black sikin. An ethnolog- ical and anthropological gentleman attempted to rob us of our dignified being, but Inglorious! failed, and we stand to-day men acknowledge in Heaven and on earth. “To raise ourselves we must organize. It Is tho only instrument of prosperity, Let, there be progressive associations formed, led by the most earnest business men of our color. Joint stock companies can be formed and sufficient money gathered to ereate business. We inust take hold of business and run it with a dogree of interest to guarantee success. We want a bank, wholesale stores in the business part of the city, a newspaper, and other industries, to be managed entirely’ by our race, Our young men and women can then develop talents and become efficient in the mart of trade, into which they are now denied. To ed: ueate them well while young to be made hewers of wood and carriérs of water is not @ consistent proceeding. We may talk about Tecognition and equality until doomsday, but until we Lift ourselves into a condition of prosperity, we will never attain it, Iam advo- cating race patronage, but not race distinction, Any people who will not help themselves are not worthy the name. This country is for the People and not for one man. He who asconds the ladder of human greatness must remember that another has the same right, Union of sentiment and concert of action are the ele- ments necessary to the progress of the colored race,” ————-+er______ Those Clever Greeks. From St. Nicholas If you turn a book upside down and look at the letters, every s will veem much smaller at the bottom than at the top, although when the book is properly held, both halves appear the same size to the eye. The upper part of the typethat prints the letter s is made smaller than the lower half to correst the fault of the eye, which always slightly exaggerates the foriner, When the letter fs turned over, this same trick of the alzht makes the difference seem greater than it really is; and, of course, were it of the same width all the way, {t would still look uneven. In greater matters, the false report of the eye reater. If a tapering monument, like that junker Hill or like the Obelisk fh Central Park, were made with perfectly atraight sides, It would look to us—for, you see, wo really can: not trust our own eyes~as if ft were hollowed in a little; or, as we should say In more eclentifig language, its sides would appear concave. ‘Those clever Greeks, who did so many mar- velous things in art, thought all this out, and made thelr architecture upon principles so sub- tle and socomprehensive that we have never been able to Improve on them since, ‘The; found that thelr beautiful Doric columns, if made with straight sides, had the concave effect of which I have spoken; and so, with the most delicate art in the world, they made the pillar swell a little at the middle, and then it appeared exactly right, ‘nis swelling of the column at {ts middle was talled entasis. “Of course it had to be calculated with the greatest nicety, and was actually so very slight that ft can only be detected by deli caté measurements; but it added greatly to the beauty of the coluinns and to their eifective- ness. ‘Then the lines which were to look horizontal ad to receive attention. If you look at a long, Bernethy level line, as the edge of a roof, for in- stance, It has the appearance of sagging toward the middie, The Greek architect corrected this fault by making bis lines risoa little. The front ofthe Parthenon, at Athens, is one hun- dred and one feet three and a half Inches long, and, in this, the rise from the horizontal 1s about two and one-eighth inches. In other words, there isa curvature upward that makes it a litue more than two inches higher in the center than at the ends, and the effect of this swelling upward is to make the Hines perfectly level. Indeed this same Parthenon,—the most beautiful building in the world,—when delicately and carefully measured was found to be everywhere made @ little in- correct, so that it may appear right, which 1s certainly what may be called an architectural lox. ‘The graceful ‘columns, which seem u is stand so straight, are made to lean inward a little, since, if they were perfectly true and plumb, they would have the effect of leaning outward, The pillars at the corners slant in: ward more than the others, and everywhere the corners are made to look square by being in truth a little broader angeled, and I{nes are curved in order that they shall appear straight to the eye, A New England Apple Orchard. ‘From the Boston Post, Sept. 12 Mr. Prescott Williams, of Williamburg, Mass, is the owner ofan immense apple orchard, probably the largest in the New England states. ‘The orchard was set out nearly 20 years ago, and has been in bearing for many years, al- though the present crop is the largest ever grown. Mr. Williams estimates the crop at 2,500 barrels, Three hundred and. sixty-two trees, it is eatimated, will yield six barrels of apples each, of which 300 are Baldwins, 16 Northern Spys, 16 Hubbardston'’s Nonesuch, 10 Rhode Island Greenings, 10 Lady Bweet- © Congress, 4 Roxbury Russets, making s 0f 2,172 barrels, Hundreds of trees will yield one, two, or three Harrels, but these are Hot included in the count, A number of trees will give fifteen barrels and others eight or ‘ten barrels of apples each. The orchard occuples & rocky slope of common New England farm! land, When Mr, Wilitams began setting and bud ding'trees many years ago the old farmers laughed at him) but he persevered in his ‘plan and for @ long time has expended more money in dressing for bis trees than the average i present isa maguinocne fights tee sence a nt magni ot a) innge, far and of brilliant colar; ‘the "yield is probably the largest for the area in the history otNew England. The trees are pro to keep the limbs from breaking off, and the trees are free from worms, being ‘protected b; troughs of kerosene oll'about the tranks. A large force of men will begin picking October 1. oe Hog va, Man. From the New York San, ‘To know the American you must see all sides of him. On a train between Jersey City and Paterson, @ day oF two ago, @ poorly dreased woman, carrring @ baby in her arms, walked through two coaches and was unable to find a seat, The railroad Hog was there. In a dozen cases he had @ whole seat to himself, and he meant to keep It, The woman finally found refuge in the smoking car, by and by the fevery til air” Hog went forward toenjoy @ a’ where are Fou tay sister's,” Ny"Dusband is dong, and 1 Leas t “Not dollar airy | Umpht Sorry for you. Let me hand you The been of ites, we ‘s atte teramerhah “Come widow—siok baby—no nome. ‘come dowa! and in cto Hoge rea down for tale wala, a tanitintadis Rekmeaiae cele gasmar & mee sentiment, & woman! Poor baby! Isn’t there some- ‘we can do for you?” Se a Hed Ss te eeowaed, bat bo THE STRAND BY NIGHT. = Gountry Gentlcanas "7™ * “Ashamed” writes to the London Telegraph after a visit to the capital. I know London very well from books, especially from Gay's “Trivia” and Plerce Egan's “Tom and Jerry,” and from personal experience as well, and do not expect to find such @ mighty city free from vice and sin, But when I have been in London before, the Strand at least was passable, even by gaslight, for decent women; but I say most emphatically it is not so now. The first night I arrived, my wife being tired with the journey, I said I would go for s walk, smoke a cigar and look around, Idid so. I walked to the end of the deserted embank- ment, and upon the silent river, and upon’the moonlight flooding the sphynxes at the base of Cleopatra's le—all as solitary beneath the plane trees as if it, were in the heart of the country, ‘Then an {dea selzed me that I would go and take @ peop at my old ao- quaintanoe, the Strand, I found it what you may. see it’ for yourself any night— veritable pandemonium. This was certainly not my Old acquaintance the Strand, but, as I think, howling anarehy broke loose. T_hardly know how to begin, or the words it is fit I should use, to tell what the Strand a) like tome that night, compared wi he Pesce ground Us, or even with the street as I used to know it. ‘It was very mnch lighter than the Stand used to be formerly. ‘The noise was deafening. The crowd seemed scud- ding to and fro, a8 if bent on some expedi- tion of intense haste. Hansoms were rushing by one moment as if driven by excited flends; Sertagee sistant Seton ‘ane cceiere cee s, almost loc jose. er, curb tocurb. I would not have dared to cross the road for fear of a horrible death. Still the shouting continued and the lights blazed and_the people hurried by—no rest, no pause, no peace, not fora moment! Istood by the street corner and held on to the iron post and tried to realize the facts of the procession; and as I looked and listened to the bideous cries, I said to myself, vaurely I cannot let my wife into the secret of all that is going on here.” Presently the confusion, so to speak, disen- ngled itself and became plain—too vilely in. Men were calling out the news of the day at the top of their voices, but louder still boys and girls—young things of girls not 13 years old some ot them—were vending vocifer- ously prints which I donot think ought to be sold even in secret. I had heard of these dis. ing publications, and I knew they were to be obtained tu. ‘London; but Thad’ ao idea that the police would allow them to be sold, jand by young girls —shocless, im. pudent little waifs—In the Strand at night. I suppose girls and boys no bigger than them- yurchase this ponent trash and con; sume their prurient horrors out of sight of parents and guardians, It is an awful shame sir, when you come to think of it, this foulin: the minds of the young to turn a dirty penny. don’t care what the motives of the people may be who sow such printed poison broadcast. No sible good, can come of it being ut by young folk in the open Stran ofa night. | While I was standing by the post girl of about 17, most ragged and dirty, pushed a pleture paper ‘into my . It was a paper about the devil, 1 think, iliustrated with a woodeut frontispiece of burlesque bussies, such as one sees in comic operas. I am sure by the girl's leer it was something vile. At her heels came a little fellow, a street urchin, not higher than my elbow, bawling out an: other precious fly leaf concerning Satan in his character of professed Lothario, My difficult: in this matter, you see, is to find words to tell you what Isawand heard, and at the same time not to give offense: I had not been standing by the post ten minutes before an evil looking fellow sided up to me, and, takings small package from underneath his jacket, held it up clese to my eyes. My frst impulse was to knock the fellow down. I thought he wanted to rob me, However, I looked down at the villain’s parcel, as big ‘as B pack of cards. And cards they wero, with a label outside printed in French saying what ind of cards, had heard of these precious “transparencies” before, years ago at college. But I-did not think it possible to find such gross things vended in the public street under the eye of the police. I got rid of the scoun- drel, whom I might have prosecuted under Lord Campbell’s act, with some sharp words. All the same, he was audaciously impudent, and wanted to’ Know who I was, that P should interfere with “a poor cove’s getling a living.” Had I any suthority nt Scotland Yard not many “poor coves” would get living in that kind of card trade, or by means of the litera- ture which fathers it, in the Strand by night, On that same occasion, sir, I saw mere mites of children, little more than toddling babies, sell- ing fusees and running open: cab doors within an hour of midnight; and I saw pale women, with children in their arms, importuning the passers-by for alms, and slouching villains, with cunning glances, on the lookout to snatch purses and pick pockets if they had the chance. Presently the crowd increased and the Strand. became almost impassable, The theaters were disgorging their audiences, and gentlemen in evening dress and _Jadies with lace vells over their heada hurried along seeking for cabs, All the while the young men and old men, girls and boys, with the scandalous literature for sale, pushed their wares Into tho faces of dell- cate mothers and wives, and tair young mald- ens, buddiing close to ‘the male escorts, like frightened sheep. Just then I saw a gentle: man, accompanied by a lady, both in evening dress, hail a loitering hansom. The gentleman was about to place hisarm across the near wheel to protect thelady's dress, when a burly ruffian tried to push bim aside. “Thia ‘ere's my cab,” said he. “Your cab?” replied the gen- tleman, “what do you mean?” ‘Yes, i's my cab, I'ketched it, I run near’alt amile to et it, and I wants 6 pence for my trouble.” ‘he cabman stood upon his perch looking down unconcerned. Meanwhile the gentleman quict- ly, but firmly pushed thetellow aside,handed the lady in, and gaye the address to the driver,who still hung about as if in league with the rougn onthepavement, Then the gentleman, white with anger, gave the fellow two-pence, at the fame time saying: “You did not fetch the cab. It was stand! ng by the pavement. Drive on, coachman.” “All right, my bloomin’ swell,’ sbrieked the cab opener aiter the retreating travelers; “I knows wot you are, and your flash Moll.” At that moment a policeman came along; and the fellow, under the very nose of au- thorlty, repeated his stale trick of extortion. All this time there was not a moment's quiet or decency in this main London thoroughtare. The sellersof obscene literature, the beggars, the thieves, the idlers, swearers and bias: phemers mixed with the respectable passers- y at will, and there was noone to say them “pay.” ithink that night I must have seen @ hundred wretched girls and women go by. How ts all thisto end? Why is it allowed? ‘The thieves and extortionists must be known to the police, The venders and printers of Aagrant obscenity could be clapped into. gaol, if the magistrates would only give “the word. What to do with the poor, bedizened, gaudy creatures, those relics of womanhood, { cannottell. I got back to my hotel, and told my wife, as well a I dared, all I had scen, Next night we went out together, and could not avold some repetition of the sights and sounds which I have tried to describe to the best of m: feeble power of words. Next morning T noticed Pad wife in tears. She wept to think that hon- est London folk should live and breathe in such an atmosphere of sin and misery, Iam more case-hardened than she, and yet I think that, something might be done by Your ministers of si and magist e Dantesque horrors of the Strand by night. = The Hell Gate Explosio: FLOOD ROCK TO BE BLOWN UP NEXT WEEK, All the dynamite cartridges, about 45,000 in number, weighing 275,000 pounds, with which Flood rock, at Hell Gate, is to be blown up, have now been placed in position, and the work of reraoving the machinery and buildings, which have been in use on the rock since 1871 to the mainland at Astoria progresses as quick- ly a4 80 men and 2 tuys can et them away. Jeut, Derby, the superintendent of the wor said yesterday that the explosion would take piace, barring accidents, next Wednesday, at :50 am, ‘The cartridges will be exploded’ by means of an automatic detonator, placed on the rock, which will be set 15 minutes before the time for the explosion, allowing ample thme for all to get to # sate distance. There will also be @ connection with a battery and instr ment on land to be used in the event of the. tomatic machine tailing in ite work, Giving = Housewife Points. From the Arkansas Traveler, A careful housewife upon entering her kitchen. ‘said to the colored cook: “Great goodness, Jave, you must be more careful. You are not clean enough in your cooking.” “Lady,” replied the cook, as she took up a Nece of beet that had fallen on the floor, “I sees t yer’s gwine ter ack foolish wid me. Ain't er ot Bothin’ ter do cept ter fool roun’ out '@ my business to come out here occasion- act Tight, hab ft tapi own way, but I wanter say ‘one thing: Ef yer wants to ’ le table an’ ‘Sat wid er ’comin apart trouble- Parts Letter in Philadelphia Times, Thefe are many curi, French jury law, Sndone of teas tie oey the Uist of those citizens who are to serve as JUFOTS during @ term of court is made up. ‘There are several successful operations to be gone through with before the twelve men who try a case are representatives in thecommon counell and. four of those who have served aa the year, and are selected by thr nrter ene members of the committee” The socratnies places on thelist prepared by them the names of whatever residents of the quartier they may see fit, making the selection from the Vise wt those Who have registered theirnames as voters, and, of course, the committee, 80 tar an tesint formation seeks to only place those in their list who are qualified to serve aa jurors. ‘The law deciares that only French eitizens upward of 30 years of age and in full enjoy- ment of thelr civil rightearo so qualigied, and it on goes on to specially ,cusauallty public officials who have not been rebabilitated,persona ct property iy in the hands of trustees, and others on ‘also those who are unable to read and write the French language, head ut roment departments, senators’ deputies fase, priests and public school teachers. The it pre] by thé quartier committee now comes before an arrondissement or ward com: mittee—eomposed of a, judge of the civil court, @ Juge de paix, the maire and all the munich councillors of ihe ward—which selects trom {ta certaln number of persons—the number varies according to the population of the arrondisse. ment—to serve as jurors during the ensuing year. in this way the Paris court of assizes 1s su plied during the month of December with a list of the 3,000 persons whom it may call on to do jury work during the next 12 months. On the first day of every term of the court, that 1s to say on the first Monday ofeach month, the president judge draws by lot from among these ames those of $6 persons toserveas)urors dur. ing the term and four additional naines as sup- lementary jurors. This drawing takes place in open court and as it proceeds those whose names are drawn can present such reasons us they may have for asking to be exempted from serving, If thelr reasons are considered good they are excused, and the drawing proceeds until the full number of 40 is completed, and it is from among these that the jury of 12° which trles cach case 1s made up during the month, ‘This 1s also done in lot, but not in open court, Just betore the case begins the Judge retires to his private room, In company with the prose cuting attorney and the attorney for the accused. The judge draws the natnes one by one,and as he draws them they may be per- emptorily challenged by either side to the num- ber of 12 each, but no more. The 12 selected are then empanneled to try the accused with- out there being any further challenge allowed, no matter on what ground. Before being em- panneled they are not examined as to whether they have expressed or formed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner. After they have heard the case the jurors re- tire and begin proceedings with the election of atpresideut” or foreman, ‘Then they proceed to decide upon their verdict, and as fils is Gone by a majority vote a disagreement Is almost impossibleand rarely if ever occurs, Nor do we have to wait very long tor the verdict, as it is seldom, indeed, that it is not brought in within ai! hour after the jury wentout Be- sides finding a verdict of guilty or not guilty on each count separately the Jury may, if they see fit, accompany their verdict with the finding of extenuating circumstances. This finding in a murder case prevents the court from inflicting the death penalty aud In other cases precludes them from giving the criminal the full measure of punishment preseribed tor his offense. oo ts In the Roa ‘From the London World, While the good ship Sunbeam—the narrative of whose cruise first familiarized the non-nau- tical world with the queer sounding phrase, “the trades, the tropics, and the roaring forties” —ts cleaving her way through Scandinavian waters, the feminine representatives of the last of these categories are having, each in her own way, a high old time of iton shore, The late summer or autumnal holiday 1s the chosen period of the British matron in her more ag- gressive or pronounced shape, The completion Of the tenth Juster marks, it has been happily sald, the old age of youth, even as the addition of another decade introduces us to the youth ot ol With the entrance upon the fifties hu- man beings of both sexes, especially of the sex called fair, emerge into an atmosphere of tran- quility and resignation quite unknown to the roaring forties, when the struggle between youth maturity, advancing in ts decadence, is still at its height. For women there could bé no more blusterous period: and where are the wives and daughters of England to be found who have ever passed the Rubicon without a series of heroic efforts, worthy of true amazons, against the encroaching tactics of time? With men—or panes we shall be told that itisthe fond de- jusion born of the complacence of the incor- rigible male—the case is somewhat different. Forty years is the proverbial age of wisdom, But with the woman all this is different. She— or is it the obliquity of the male critic’s vision that {s alone responsible for the impression?— acquires with more difficulty and by slower gradations the art of surrendering herself gracefully to the advance of age, Forty and Pillosophy are not with her, if it be permissi- le to say 80, convertible terms. Instead ot {1 viting the enemy vo make his way through the jee ‘tal, and welcoming him as if he were a riend, she lifta the bugle to her lips and blows @ shrill note of defiance. Her one idea is to roclaim that the summers and winters which ave passed over her head have left no mark bohind, have not impaired her vigor, have not diminished in the slightest degree her capacity for enjoyment. ‘The roaring forties are, therefore, as natural a stage in her development as the cynical forties in that of her lord and master. ‘The adolescent matron, to speak of her in the most circumspect and courteous language, will not demean herself by succumbing, She insists on being en evidence —on showing, in avariety of different matters, that middle age can and cught to be as full of noise and heat as tomboyhood In its most viva- cious phase, She has sons and daughters who are grown up and perhaps settled in life. ‘There are certaln just now to be boys and girls home for the holidays who grudge every moment that they cannot devote to some form of ath. letic exercise. No one appreciates these muscu lar instincts better than the mother who has well advanced into the roaring forties. She poses less as the parent than as the sister, and the fortitude with which she undertakes a series of bodily labors, lawn tennis, or riding, the capacity she displays for locomotion trom morn to dewy eve, are admirable. But there are haifa dozen fields for the display of the per- egal even epics is one of the attributes of the roaring forties outside the strictly do- mestio sphere, Archmological and ‘arch- ery societies are now holding their fetes at aeielttle, ,dater, there “will “be the social science and the clerical congresses, ‘These will, each of them, be ‘protificin oppor. tunities pecullarly favorable for the exerclve of the virtues inherentin the more highly flavored forms of British matrondom. We are, too, on the eve of a general election, and the roaring forties have thelr acutely political aspect. Theit political sympathies are not restricted to either party; though they generally incline to the ad vanced liberal side. ‘The most impressive att bute of the period of womanly existence now spoken of js its earnestness. “It does not seem #0 long ago,” exclalins some matron—a well grown blonde, with a square face: declalon, a Well as years, indicated in the lines about the mouth, with & light gray eye, which would like to be spoken of us flushing fire; with a habit, of folding herarms across her bosom, or, in her more animated moments, of leaning forward is Forties. and gesticulating wildly, “it does not,” this re- freshlng specimen of her sex will exclaim, 1n voice of ident volume, “seem 80 long. ago, that her pleasure lay 1b pletures and music, society, dissipation and other follies and frivol- ties. But all thisis over, The proper business for the roaring forties is the emancipation of women, the organization of a party that will according to the religions or irreligious views the speaker, Christianize the world, or else put Christianity to shame as an {mposture, ———_—+e. Domestic Habits in Alaska. Lieut. Schwatka's concluding paper on his explorations of the Yukon river, with many fl- lustrations, appears in the October Century, aup- plemented by an interesting open letter on the domestic habits of the Chileat Indians, by Mrs, Eugene 8, Willard. From Mrs. Willard’s letter we quote the following: “The Chilcat people Jong ago gained for themselves the reputation Of belug the most fleree aud warlike tribe in the Archipelago. Certain it ts that, betwoen them. Siher whlch ean compare with theta Tasirengts, other whic w m ins either as to numbers, inteliigence, physical per: jon or wealth, “A diseased. m among the Chilcats is rather the exception, and prostitution as defined ought inetd marriage laws sous ¥éry slactee fT but auch ia not tho case. ‘Though they do nol ind tightly, they bind strongly, and the limits Pinich are Axed are fixed indeed, "The belong to their mothers and are of her nal side, even if against law whlch ‘makes’ illegal any. between members of the same. tribe, and George. a NEW vu or A! BCA! wes mach erga nee ee a a = Our Barbarous Seives as Been Through ‘From the London Times. a Complimentary Sir Mubert’s Glasses, From Lord Ronald Gower's Reminiscences. “Not being a personnage, and not caring to ap- Pear ina white tie and fine linen every even- ing, and having wished to see the social life in the American city not as guest but as a trav- eler, I think can more impartially judge of what would be the impression made on a Cosmopolitan than had I traded on being an Englishman with a handieattached to my ‘ame, as probably most Britishers with such an impediment wouid do, I mixed with all classes, in the street car or omnibus (which in its American form ts as superior to our Loudon ‘bus as is @ Parisian victoria to a ‘growler), in the Union Club—the Travelers’ of New York—and in a palatial steamer of the Tiver Hudson, to which steamer and to which river’ we have nothing to compare in the old world. Wherever I went I found all classes of the Americans not only civil, but highly civilized, as compared class ‘The second of the matches between W. G, George and W. Cammings took place on Satur. day afternoon. The conditions of the contest between these ‘were one mile, four miles and ten miles, for £200. On August Sist the mile race was decided at Lilie Bridge nds, West Brompton, and no contest be- Freunde, ais’ who bed beste every. previous record during the last thirty years hi ng cre Sted such an amount of interest, the match had, Perhaps, the largest following ever seen out: fide -@ runner's track. After Cummings ac complished the mile in 4 minutes 16 1-5 sec. ‘Onde he was looked upon as the fastest man for the distance that ever lived, and for five. years he held the position undis- puted. -But while this invincible protessional champion was su to be above beating an amateur named George, though only halt trained, was doing unrivalled performances, ‘The undsual interest thus excited led to over- tares being made to the Amateur association witha view to s trial between the pair, and though losing is, etmatear certiticate agreed to meet the professional champion, an try him on his own merits, Before he met his ‘opponent George had a course of training un- der the veteran McGill, and waa very soon described as fit to ran for a kingdom. This rophecy was fulfilled at Lillie Bridge, when The'ex-ainateur beat the champion easily in 4 but, as @ rule, kind and courteous, and with Tare exceptions, well-informed, well bred, and having more refinement of manner than any other people I have ever come amongst, What Strack me especially in New York was the in- Variable civility shown by all classes of men to for class with the English; not only amiable, | ) Whether the women rustied in silk or minutes 201-5 seconds. Arrangements were | womety nether th rma wo omespun; however then sot on foot sor bringing off the present | Crowded the car or the. Proce gran Dy was at once made fora lady. Does not this somew! Half en hoor Semre eee rye} contrast. with’ the ‘surly, gramps inelvillty however, —- Sauacn 40 Cae at. 35 | that is shown to the fair sex in our public car- ee eee taken a FOr eat | riages and streets? This politeness is not, as in 8 neighboring coun: ours, mere lip and civility, but arises, [ believe, from a mutual d intuitive good breeding with which, as 1 sald belore, Une Americans of every class are en- low For instance, if one entered a room in a club or hotel, one was not met by those assem- bled with a‘Whothe Dash Is this person whom: none ofus know? and what the docs he here?’ sort of look; nor, if one entered into conversation with some one in a railway car or steamer, was one ‘ted with that traly British ‘stare which, in this country of insular prejudice and arrogant assump! whet ee as plainly as words the question: What the mischief do you mean by speaking to me with- out waiting for an introduction?’ “My experience has been in America that if you ask a service from a stranger it is accorded readily, without condecension or fuss: that among’ them s Uttle of the snobbish wish to ‘Appear to those we do not know as greater peo- ple than we really are, little of that disgusting Patronage of manner that prevails in this country among the richer classes, and none of the no less di isting cringivess of manner which as greatly prevails among our trades- n jie, and which makes me hesitate betore asking my wag in the streets of well-dressed manor entering ashop where one will (if known a8 ‘4 good customer’) bereceived by a mealy- mouthed mortal all smiles and grimaces, who will think that he will more readily secre epee by showing some article orderea by y Lord This or My Lady That. On the con- trary, the New York tradesman ‘or shopkeeper recetves you with civility, but without any of ‘that cringiness of manner which seems to me Ute less Insulting than actual Insolence, he will allow you to as long as you like at any of the articles his shop may contain, and will be equally civil if you pure! or if you do not; but he will not rub his hands and con- tract his features into a leer; and ef sed were to show him your superiority of position by af- fecting to look down on tim as being ‘outy a tradesman,” he would probably show you that there Is something more in belng a citizen of a great republic than mere sound, and that al- though you may fancy yourself a superior being from not being @ republican or a shop- man, he might be able to prove to you thatous man ‘is a8 good as another. “I mixed thus with ail classes, and ali with whom I came into contact, and in no single Instance did I meet with ehything but petivet clvility the elvility of equals, which s, after all, the truest. I admire with all m heart this great people, our brothers, who, al- though we have for so many years presumed to treat them as poor relations, are in some forms of common courtesy and general politences far superior to ourselves. “I ‘t that the Americans we meet on the continent of Europe are often offensive in man- her and give a very unfavorable impres- sion of their country both to foreigners and to Englishmen; but, believe me, these are the ex- ceptions.” ———+9-_______ FIVE MINUTES WITH A MAD DOG APhysician in « Dark Cellar with a Syringe ef Hydrocyaniec Acid. From the St, James Gazette, Last week I recelved orders to go to the Britannia public house, in Soho, and polson e large retriever belonging tothe landlord. My master bad seen the dog during his rounds, and found it in a dangerously rabid state. I filled a small bottle with hydrocyanic acid, and, taking a nyringe, went off at once to see about it, Arriving at the house, I stated my business, and was handed over to the pot boy to be con- dueted to the dog, which I could hear howling every few seconds. There belng no yard vo the house, they had chained the dog down in the cellarto # staplein the wall. “Esa wery bad case,sir,” saidany guide, “an’ I'll be glad when it's all over: or, although he was a great pet with us all, an’ that fond of the kids you never see, it’s awful to see ‘Im not know any of us, but when we goes near "im to have'im come ing at us, Think ’e'll suffer much? There ‘e goes! ear ‘im. All day long ’e ‘owls like tnat.” Tassured him It would soon be over without much pain, and descending some steps, we passed through a room in the basement that was dimly lit by a smail and grimy window. ‘Gases of wines and spirits were ranged against the . walls, and we could hear the trump of the thickly shod customers in the bar or taproom just above our heads, Opening a door, we passed into another room; this was lighted only by asmall window in’the room we had Just left, as it shone, through the now open door, “He's in there,” sald the pot boy, polnt- ing toanother door in, the wall opposite, ‘inking there was s window in the room, I pushed the door open, and immediately heard the rattle of a chain ahd the boarse halt howl. half grow! of the} oor beast, whore eyes I gould see against the fur wall gleaming through the dark. Window there was none. uked, angrily: “you don’ suppose’ cat poison onl y; “you suppose T can him in the dark?” “Thought I 'ad a match,” said the boy, fam- bling in his pockets; “there's @ gas jet just inside the door.” Thad nomaiches, sol sent him up stairs to Ret some, and awaiting his return, eat down onan empty keg near the door. Zhe dog seemed uneasy, and, fancying the light through the doorway annoyed and dis tressed him, I pushed it to with my hand, The boy was some time gone (I found afterward he had been to ask his inistress if she would like to haves last look at the old dog), and I sat there thinking over the job. The air of the cel- Jar was close, and the emell of the wet sawdust on the floor was most unpleasant. Clank went e dog's chain t the wall or the floor. ax grand stands, taken up every point of van- fage“and when both men appeared in turn, ac. companied by thelr trainers, and walked round the track they were loudly cheered. Betting in the paddock was 2 to 1 on George. C. Rowell, the champion Sixanys £000; ‘ou Please runner, officiated as starter, wl ir, Atkinson was referee, Shortly after 6 o'clock George entered the ring, closely followed by Cummings; and the latter, having won the toss, took inside posi- tion. "At this time a strong breeze was blowing down the track, accompanied by heavy showers of rain. Immediately the two rivals toed their marks they were dispatched to an excellent start. George, Kowever, betore a few yards had been covered, jumped to the inside, and put clear daylight between himself and Cammings, Passing the post for the first mile in 4 minutes 53% seconds, George led by two yards, and the second mile Was traveled in the same position, the time being then 9 minutes 524) sec onds. George maintained his place during the third mile—time, 14 minutes 30 sec. onds—but on entering for the next lap Cum- mings put on @ spurt.and took first position, George, who bad up till this time been pegging away With dosed perseverance, tried to wrest the advantage trom his opponent, but, Cum- mings responded, and still further showed the way in front, the ex-amateur a4 left about ten yards in the rear, From this point the race needs no describing, as Cummings, sailing along, covered three and thi juarters miles in 18 minutes 46 seconds, and, George hav- ing given up, the crowd ‘tumbled Into the course, but aliowed the victor to walk over. The best record is that of White, of London, whose time was 19 minutes 36 seconds for the tull distance. Moonshine Whisky. ‘HOW ITIS MADE AND SOLD AND GUARDED IN WEST TENNESSEE, From the Memphis Avalanche, The “wild cat” still is usually quite @ primi- tive affair, consisting of a copper still of small capacity, the necessary worms and one or two barrels or hogsheads in which is kept the mash, The still 1s usually owned and operated by one family, some male member of which is alw: to be found at the shed or cabin of brush and logs in which it is located. The corn from which the whisky is made 1s secured from the surrounding farmers or raised by the owners, and the liquor sold to any one in the neighbor: hood who is willing to pay 50 cents a gallon for itand keep mum. By reason of this, enabling them tosecure a fair quality of whisky cheap, the moonshiner makes friends of all his neigh: bors, and as a rule they are ever ready to warn him ofimpending danger, and at the approach of an officer or even a suspicious looking «i all evidences of the still are quickly removed. ‘This fact inakes it an exceedingly dificult task to apprehend the violators of the law, and it is necessary to use the utmost caution’ and dis- cretion in order to apprehend them at ail. The chiet source of revenue derived by west Ten- nessee moonshiners comes from selling to store- Keepers in small towns, in deaiing with whom they adopt such precautions that while the storekeeper may have an idea, he never knows precisely with whom he fs trading. These moonshine stilisare great resorts for the men whodwell in the vicinity of where they are located, and on Saturdays and Sun- daysand other idle days dozens cor around them and pass the time 4 smoking and telling stories. While the West ‘Tennessee moonshiner is fully as shiftiess ashis brother in the Tennessee mountains, about whom 60 much has been written, he is not n as bloodthirsty, prubably because he has never been huntea so persistently, having been al- lowed, in 4 manner, to pursue his business un- molested by meddlesome officials Hence while many a revenue officer has dropped from his horse dead at the crack of the mountaineer moonshiner’s rifle, there is but one or two in- stances on record’ where have been, killed in West Tennessee. 2 Years ago when revenue officers hunted the festive moonshiner in his lair, the method of entrapping them was to Indude some one fa- miliar with the country, generally aman who had a grudge against the moonshiners or some negro who would, for a consideration, agree to pilot the officers to the still. Then a deputy Marshal went to the town nearest the point hs wished to reach, and summoning a posse started ont, In all of this it was necessary to Preserve the utmost secrecy, as the moon- shiners invariably, have friends to warn them. Piloted by the guide the officers would approach until they could see the smoke of the still curling above the tree tops, and then c! down. Sometimes they were successful in capturing the men, but generally these man- aged to escape. The officers always cut up the worm chopped up the still, tore down the shanty, and poured out the mash and whisky that happened to be on hand. A raid ona moonshine distillery is always interesting and exciting because fraught with so much danger, one never knowing when a rife ball will its way through his body. a A Newspaper Conundram. From tne Chester, Pa, Times, Newspaper men have often asked themselves & question, but up to the present noone has been found who could answer it, A paper sets off a certain number of its columns for adver- tisement, and to that space the business man- ager looks for the revenue which is to keep the Wheels in motion. That, space has a specified Yalue, and es many people constantly take ad- vantage of it, ita is thereby proven with out argument, Yet, notwithstanding this, eight out of every ten persons who insert au vertisement ask’ that a notice in the readii re to the columns be given—thrown in, 50 to speak—witl meal stow the other. ‘There ts only one man out of all the | he Moved uneasily about, wondering, I dare subscribers who takes any particular delight in | Ta¥eement, miles ors partly’ amen that paragraph known as the notice, and that | edin my thoughts, I failed to notice it. The is the man whose name it contains,and he smiles in a sort of deliriuin of bliss, ‘Now, when the editor goes out to buy he does not after mak bis ask that two dollars’ worth of articles be thrown in. The sata as Sheed ee thrown ‘a for every quater ors pound of Pepper he purchased. The hardware man would be aghast if he was compelled to throw in @ pound of nails for every ten cents’ worth ext minute I started, feeling something rub instmy leg. Looks lown I saw two ‘eyes just at my Knee. The dog was loose, the staple having worked its way out of the damp and yielding mortar. For asecond or twol nearly lost conscious- ness. My heart seemed to stand still; but b; shail never forget tne acxt fow minutos as 13 never ye next few minutes as long aa I live. I wag alone inthe dark, with this rabid beast ing about my legs—first one of putty he sold. The goods man would go out of business ir be put {a's yard oC 10th Ora ee eae ee ae ae reel for every bit of calico impkins happened to purchase, The funniest thing about the “notice” busi- oss is that the large advertisers do not ask for e extra, the complimentary mersiy elven asau" act of courtesy for, thet knees and looked. ht up into my face. sat like a statue, knowing that at the slightest movement he would probably seize me, and (who better?) that such a bite in his state of disease was almost certuin Mi Ee ‘and @ horrible death too. Nervin Iai jo in printers’ ink, while the man who spends $1 a tronth hea his feellags wounded if ees a calculating = well he does not receive @ notice worth $2.50 in ding ‘pat ‘ant pecs Anny peg iy pard cash, every time he favors thd paper With | icnée, and, standing on his bind genuy Hin eae So A ee ee Tabbed his bead against my breast, ‘over ‘my arms, and then commenced to my A Lost Characteristic. face.1 shut my eyes,and felt his nose pass several From the London Globe. 2 Hines across 1; covering it with saliva, Atone timeof day most children used to be born shy. We have always been taught this ag @ tradition of the race, and, carrying our mem- ories back halfa century, we can bear corrob- orative testimony to the fact, Wecan remem- ber feeling very shy ourselves, even at the age of seven, We should never have thought of speaking till we were spoken to, or coming igh hat: ht, I must fling him offand we Seige od wi Perey it, ARG i A i i i : f 3 £ ch ( H i te Hl fl i " F 3 rane Chee RELIGIOUS NOTEs, CHURCHES HERE AND FLsEWwuERE —The annual meeting of the Y.M.C. A. wit be held Monday evening. Prot. L. B. Sprengel: late of the Baltimore Y. M,C. A. gymnasium? has taken charge of the gyninasium here. — An Interesting revival is in progross at Fourth-street M. E. church, under the pastorate of Rev. M. F.B. Kice. A pumber of conversions have taken place this week. — The Israci (Colored) M. E. church, corner of B and 1st streets southwest, will be dedicated to-morrow, and the sermon will be preac: Rev. Dr. 8K. Cox, ofthe M. Church sont —Rev. 8. M. Newman, pastor of the First Congregational church, of this city, has re turned trom Zanesville,Ohlo, where he preached the Installation sermon before a council called tosettie Rev. Geo. D. Herron over a church in that city. —The Paulist fatbers, Elliot, Wyman, and Desbon, will begin @ mission at St. Peter's church, Capitol Hil, tomorrow, It will last eight or ten days, ending with pontifical mi Hishop O'Sullivan olficiating. Fhe bistep wi also administer confirmation to # class of 250 at the close of the mission, —The semi-entennial of the Ninth-strect Methodist Protestant church, now under the Pastorate of Rov. Dr. J. 1, Mills, will be cele brated next Sunday. An appropriate sermon will be Pa wlan yay EE a meeting id in the alterhoon at which & history of the: church will be read, and addresses made by Visiting ministers and others. — Ata meeting of the members of Emanus\ P. & parish, Anncostia, Thursday evening, Bishop Paret made an addres, and stops were taken to provide means for supporting a perma- neat rector. Rev. Chas. D, Andrews, of Christ church, East Washington, lias been designated by the bishop to take temporary charge of the sl — In several of the M.E. churches of the Dis- trict changes will be mude at tho next Baltl- more conference which meets in March. Revs. E. D. Huntley, of Mets nt J. H.R: a, OF 13th street Raat Washingions 3.0. HL North Capitol; H. 8, France, of na C House, of Douglas Memorial, each will, then ave werved a three years te: ‘There tx some probability of Rev. ED. Owen leaving Gor such, and there may be other changes. — Mr. Moody will hold a series of mectings in New London, Conn., next month, — Rev. E. Hartman, of Philadelphia, has been elected pastor of Trinity Lutheran eburch, Bul- Umore, snd will enter on his duties to-mor- row. —Mrs. Farmer, of Albany, N. ¥., who died lately, lefta large fortune to Rev. Norton, deun ‘ot the cathedral, who had sttended her through a long fliness, —Within three years four mew Baptist churches have been organized in Baltimore, and @ meeting was held lately to consider tho propricty of beginning emission in Southwest more, — Dr. R. G, Hall has gone to Sweden at the re- quest of Bishop Perry, of Towa, to request the ge rede peend wv ee. ogy + ein igranta coming ‘oountry — The Maryland Presbytery of the Southern Presbyterian church has dissolved the pastoral relation between Rev. J. McMurran and the church at Mount Washington, a suburb of Bal- more, —The Westminster Theological seminary, of the M. P.church, has opened Mas fourth year. Ot the class to graduate this your, three will Gnter the Maryland conference, ahd one Will enter the West Virginia conference. —The vostry of Grace P. E. church, Balti- more, bas received a letter of soveptance trom the Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, of the diocese of Michi who was recently elected to. ceed the fate Rev. Dr. Leed. —, — The growth of the churches connected with the United Church of Japan during the last {oar bas been very marked. Twenty per cont been added to the membersnip, and the ad- vance in contributions has been 70 per cent, —The largest synod in the Presbyterian church is that of Pennsylvania, which reports this year 146,146 communicants, New York Teports 139,043. Ohio comes next with 71,030, New Jersey ts fourth with 48,870 and Lilinols fifth with 46,890, —The question of an Episcopal cathedral for New York city is again being discussed. It ts reported that the designs which had been sub- mitied for the Albany cathedral, but which were rejected on account of their great expense, have been considered by certain persons in New York city. —The School for Christian Workers, at Springfield, Mass,, opened on the 9th tnst., with very encouraging prospecta, Students were in attendance from Canada, New England, the middie, southern and western states. Tho de sign O1 (his institution is to train laymen w be secretaries of Young Mon's Christian Associa- tons, superindendents of Sanday schools, and helpers to pastors. —The Rev. C. W. K. Morrill, formerly rector of the St. James’ Episcopal ‘church, Woon- socket, R. L, on Thursday, September $4, ten- dered bis resignation to the Right Rev. Thomas M. Cian! iscopal bishop of Ihode Island. t. Morrill, accompanied by a friend, who is a Catholic priest, arrived in Richmond, Va, @ few days ago and was recelved into the Catholtc church by the Right Rev. John J. Keane, bishop of Richmond, = — Men Wait an Hour for Their Favorite Artists—Ladies @ Barber's Best Cas- From the New York Commercial. There isa pecullarity about the business of ® barber, inasmuch asalmost every man ts actuated by # desire to have the same barber who has succeeded once in pleasing him con- Unue to shave himand to cut his bair, In most of the prominent barber shops the pro- prietors have regular customers who come long distances and who oftentimes wait an hour to be shaved by thelr favorite barber. A well-known Broadway barber accounted for these peculiarities of his customers by saying that they got sccustomed tw the attendance of one man. “One has a tender skin,” be added, “and needs to be shaved in a deli¢ate manner. Another has heavy veard and wants plenty of soup and @ sharp razor. Then one man desires his bair cut short, while another is subjected tocolds andonly wishes a litule cut off. Then again we retain our cus- tomers by their having private cups, brushes and razors, which we keep here and usuall furnish, Séveral of my customers live and do business in Brooklyn, aud come over here regularly three times ‘a week to be shaved. I ‘have gentlemen who come punctualiy every day, whom Ihave attended for fifteen years, Our business isesteady one the year round. Occastonally a customer takes a no- tion to raise a beard and copy the English, but after letting itgrow awhile he comes around again as a regular customer. | Beards would undoubtedly be popular, especially in winter, if most gentlemen could grow them, and they could probably, but the process is u tedious and Uresonte one, aid Amer ax a rule to go around with uashav, three weeks, as it usually counteract the unpleasant Americans are a great people for wearing their hairsbort, and they have ft cut very often.” “Do many people catch what is known as the barber's it nowadays?” “No, sir, notin this or any other first-class Place.’ The disease is not Known among us Of course skin diseases may be contracted bj combs, brushes and soap that have been w Upon Sarious permons, but we always, reard @ admonition, ‘cleanliness 18 next to godli- ness,’ and our tollet articles are kept clean and in first-class condition. Then as most of our patrons have their own cups and they run no risk whatever. The only thing we are bothered with are warts that grow in the Operate upou them by buruing them witb nitric te m by burning: nitric acid, which eats the Toots, and they drop out Without materially affecting the growth hair. Ibave a customer bad ‘them on his scalp and it took to remove them, I do not know ess of beard raising. j their ehair and Is ready and announces their torn as being next “The baths were some years ago,and outof which we Tea to make Zenon