Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1885, Page 2

ON BOARD THE HARTFORD. ‘The Observations of a Satlor on Farra- gut’s Flag Ship. MAKING READY FOR THE CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS—HOW FARRAGUT LOOKED TO HIS PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE ABOARD SHIP, crry “AND D THE NATK AL RIFLES’ FaIR. SOMETHING NEW AND ELABORATE IN THE WAY RATIONS—A MALL TO BE GIVEN UP To A TRADES’ DISPLAY—WHAT THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE SAYS. ing extracts were taken by a STAR reporter from the rough diary notes of a sailor who never went to school aday in his life, but who picked up reading and writing while a He was a scamanon board the U.S. 8. Hartford during her famous naval engagements on the Mississipp! before New Orleans, where Admiral Farragut gained his world-wide reputation. ceived her crew about the middle of January, 1862, trom the receiving ship Princeton at the Philadelphia navy yard, They were picked from about seven hundred men. dropped down the river to the magazine and the powder was put aboard. At Newcastle Flag Officer Farragut came aboard for the first tim We had heard that our ship was to be the flag- ship and everybody was anxious to see the new commander. Ina few weeks will occur un event in which @ large proportion of the social and business element of this city is deeply interested. On . mber the fulr for the benefit of the National Kitles will open, and it isthe intention to make it exceed as a social attraction anything of a stintlar character that has ever been attempted in thisclty, This Is what Mr. George W. Evans, the secretary of the committee in charge of the arrangements for the fair, told a Stag reporter; and Mr. Evans has the reputation of knowing what he is talking about. Moreover, his desk was cov- ered with what misht be termed the documen- tary evidence in the case, consisting, as it did, ot letters from business men of this eit ing contributions, and trom well-known f tendering their services to advance the success, Of the enterprise, “These letters,” observed Mr. Evans, who Is alway> at his best when he’s talking about the affulrs of the company, “enable me to say with confidence that the fair is in the navy. “The Hartford re- e had heard a the crew. were I, like the rest, wanted a good look at him, and sostationed myself near op ladder, near his cabin door. coming alongside he hurried over the side of atter hastily shaking the gangway, of him as ex rather unfavora Hartford and, hands with the officers at into his cabin, man, only about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches in height, and hls weight was not more than ounds, He wore uo beard and the ‘The bare place he tried fo cover by. combing ‘the side hair across it. ‘The expression of his face was earnest, though rather pleasant and his manner was unassuming, active In his movements. Ee was dressed plainty in the naval unilorm of a captain. His coat was buttoned by asingle button at the top. This was his ordinary way of wearing It, I noticed afterwards, except on occasions of cere- when he would button an odd button down the breast and then unbutton It again, He was reeeived on board ship with no cere- Soon after he entered his cabin he came out again, and calied to me, the nearest of any of the men, to bring bim a sinall nail. I saw the picture ofa lady (bis wife) in his hand. Grove the nail himseif and hung the picture on His presence made no change in the conduet of things aboard ship. rived at Hampton Rhoads about January 5th, and here commenced our PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. ‘The crew was composed mostly of men who had never been in the navy before, and much instruction was needed tofit them for their The continued drilling to- rs floating about fonrve, satisfied us that there was 8d of February we West, thence to Hay the mouth of the M arriving at’ the latter place February It was soon evident to us that this was th headquarters of the army and oing to be a grand We bave met with such hearty and generous co-operation from our triends that we no effort to make the fair as attractive as possible, and with this idea de ail oUF arrangements, so that the publie will And that this fair will not be w& repetition of the w are determined to sp: in view, we have head was bald. ‘Known. features it ferized simtiar occasions tn the past. You see, we have the facilities for in fuel und, in addition, Interested represent \ex8 and social life of the eity, and, as we are all working to the same end, success fs Tt 1s our Intention to devote the whole of the Rifles’ armory buildin Mreet near 9th, to the purposes of With sueh ample quarters, it Is possible to make the fair a pleasant resort for the evening, where visitors can mingle socially and be tree from the annoyances that arise from crowded rooms. Everythins will be arranged with this end in view, and this I re of the new features that will characterize this event. You see, we have two lane rooms—the irs and the drill-room and the rooms on both floors, that open Into these large bails. “The committee of arrangements, Mr. Evans, and then, after a pause, he adde: “Well, I might have thought of that betor Ifyou will read over the names of the members of this committee, you can easily understand Why speak with Sach confidence of the pros- pects of this enterprise.” ‘THE COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. over the following lst: James F. Oyster, chairman; Fred. Brackett, vice-chairman; Chas. C. Duneanson, treasurer; ». W. Evans, secretary; Jno. W. Boteler, Robert Boyd, James L. Barbour, W. A. H. Chureb, Robert lL. Flemii many noveit! who are uctivel rd as one of the best his eabin wali. own stairs— various stations. gether with the wild rum real work ahead. sailed for Ki Ship island, n¢ The reporter E. S, Hutchinson, ©. Keech, Dr. G. F ‘ker, Chas. P. Lincoln, J. W. Kurtz’ Johnson, H. James Lansburzh, J. ter, jr., J. 0. M: win, John A. Pi Saks, Thomas Somerville, George : A. Seligson, Malcolm Seaton, H. D: orbit Baeon, J. L. Bur who had the U. < flagship, and Captain Belleame on board ou or, as the men called him, Keyworth, J. W. Drew, Orme, George M. Oys- nson, E. B. Hay, E sevtt, M. M. F veral duels with nd always killed English and French his man; and that he was the bests: in America. He certainly looked all that was He was tall, straight with a stern commanding presen was kind and gentle to the men, and was favorite of the His hair was wore no beard except a mustache, ‘which was and was kept cropped on a line Numbers of vessels rej ker, Isadore rt, Chas, Ebert, eee eee whole ship's brother, W. L. Hol Lewis, KC. Lewis Parke, W. 8. Raj perfectly whit with bis mout! autter, Chas. F.| at the rendezvous,and about the middle of | Mareh the fleet was'made up, and we the mouth of the rive Pass, after examinat ‘owers, A. A. Thon FJ. Tibbets, Jus, EL Wa . Whiteside, trady, Geo. €. Videto, Geo. Wi." Merrill, electing the South west in bY a Coust survey off cer. The small vessels passed over the bar with- out trouble, but everything had to be taken out We worked day and night, s and masts, taking every spare article oui of the ship, and landing them at Pilot Town, where, with much hope and great cheering, we hoisted’ THE STARS AND STRIPES, The old man-of-war’s-men were the greatest growlers at so much work, while the new hands thought it was all right and worked cheerfully. ‘The Brooklyn and Hartford passed the bar with little difficulty, but the Missi cola had a time of it, y. H. Yerkes, J. B. of the larger ones. sending down yard: Joseph P. Pag H. D. Boteler, shaw, E. F. Brook: his, Pa: Harry C. Addison, E. B, Conger, J. i ier, Thos. A! Cissell, John F- ‘hris. Abner, ELE. While, W, James B. Lambie, Chas. Thompson. B, H. Stinersetz, A. Shafer, W. ippi and Pensa- ‘The Colorado could not ite ree pnchecs, Herbert v and make it, however, so that the largest and best Bailey, Chas. ‘ew York: Win. Henry W._Marston, Baltimore, Md; Chas. § Pickling, Frank B. Conger, au: ston. “That is a large committee,” observed the re- porter. “Weill, it bad to be large in order toad Tepresent the friends of the compan: “With the view 01 tating the work of making arrangements, this general committee Is divided into five sub-com- inittess, as follows: executive, finance, decora- lion, soliciting, auditing and printing. All the committees are working like beavers, but the committee on decoration purpose to ‘beat the record,’and in the hall up stairs where the booths, tables, &c., will be, a style of decoration will be adopted which will not only be elabo- rate, but novel in this eity. ceived replies from about three hundred ladies, whom will assist us durin; hesitate to class the |: attractions, yet we are all very them with us, and the public will appreciate them. In the rooms off of the gallery up stairs there will be a loan collection of paintings which will be very fine, and in the opposite room light refreshments will be served. will also be aseparate room where soda water and other liquids of a temperate character will be disposed. With a handsome artisticarrange- Tent of the Looths and the decorations and the handsome lady attendants, it is my opinion that the hall will be one of the most attractive Places In the city. We want people to come and spend an evening with us, and we to arrange itso that they can do it and comiort. A TRADES DISPLAY. “But the great feature of the ovcasion,” said Mr. Evans, as if he was going to mention for the first time an attraction, “will be the trade | display in the lower hall. This eutire space will be given up to exbibits which will be made by the business men of this city, and they have taken hold of this idea so generally that it will be a representativeexhibition, On this ace ‘the occasion will have more than a passing ephemeral interest. It will attract those who | Was more progress of the city, and ord am opportunity of showing what im-| mense strides our business men have taken in the past few years. It ts ftting that this exhibit | Stack to tell one from the other. On the second should be made in connection with our fair, tor The interests of the company are closely identi- Red with those of the citizens of the D! and whatever we have been able to do as any has been main officers and crew needed among When we were all at last over the bar and ai chored above Pilot Town we could draw breath and look about us. The number aud varlety of Yessels that had assembled in ten days was ers, beef-boats (as the sailors st¥ied the store-ships), tugs, mortar- eddling boats, transports, und, In fact, | Atleast one-third of these | ships were moving all the time, maki After _establis! ing @ hospital at Pilot Town we moved grandly up the river, our non-combative forces following in our rear, and anchored five or six miles be- low Forts Jackson and St. Philippe. As the mortar schooners arrived they were position and commenced the the 16th of April. The forts immediately re- turned the fire and drove the mortar shij ¢ east bank to the shelter of trees They also made it warm for IS, causing us to drop further i 0. Eanon were distributed where astonishing—coal ‘Then I have re- | tioned on th | on the other down the rive: something wro with the enemy. ke was caused by the burning of the citade that one of our shells had dismounted one of their largest guns and other- | Wise did great damage. He also said tha: man: in the forts were Union men and anxivus for @ chance to get away. The first evening they ort Jackson, and A FIRE RAFT down upon us. It was a Mississippi flat boat about 100 by 150 feet, filled with pine knots and other combustibles. This all In flames was sent down with the current among our vessels. | Wehad great ditticul and the vessels in keeping clear of it, led each other sev kind afterwards the her mainmast. another to replace it, the other mast was greatly improved by It, her appearance fas decided to re- nboats of her aint | taken ont. She was and | Dot being so Hable to foul, and nug and tidy. jasts of nine other ‘These vessels were so 111 ‘Was necessary to number them 0 ure interested in the day the ‘rebs’ sunk one of our mortar sehoon- ers, and it Was necessury to change the posi! | | of the rest, for the 1 com. | On them. "Their mast niy through the support and | Steen boughs lashed to th Firiendsin_ this Distrtc sald Mr. Evans, alter a use, “I am reminded of the questic soften asked as to why we are having another tair, and what we have done with ali our y. To such questions we simply rv the company, since its organization, 1880), has uniformed one hundred’ men at an | anchors a expense of $9,000, purchased a lot and con- 1 structed au elegant armory, complete in all its details, costing in all $40,000, making inchored. ‘This ruse was successinl in throw- ing the ‘rebs’ off the range, and the them little harm ai flerwards. We were kept afts and trying to keep our current of ‘the river was so en or eight miles an hour) that id chains were continual) lost. A whirlin 4 Ship to one side, rthat | aichorage, ine 9th, | Strong (seve current or eddy wou nd she would come back to total | her old position’ with a lurch that would ying the current expenses of the com: @ receipts of the 2,500, realized from hose from the fair held in March, 1582, | (312,000), have been faithfully applied to a ial extinguishment of the debt—leaving a | ‘of $26,500 yet to be paid.” ‘THE OLJECT OF THE FAIR. "continued Mr. Evans, “we want to | be relieved of the burden of this debt and to be placed beyond the need of any further appeal We have conducted our affutrs >n @ purely business basis; have managed with sconomy and prudence,and for these reasons we stand weil with the people of this community aud meet with thelr generous and hearty sup- Mr. Evans, while talkin; with @ bundle of tieket him if they had beg: Teplied that the sale bad began, and While he ‘Was speaking of their success in this line, reporter noticed @ number biaek type on the face of the th “What do the: “I don’t know,” sai “At least, we don’t say what they are f aiso furnish a list of ove hundred preset thelr values attached, but we don't say these presents are goin However, every oue that b gentleman and two lad wilt no doubt be able to solve the raystery of his ticket when th chain around | shipped ready &@ moment's notice. of the 20th our ship came back ‘The capstan flew round and the very direction, injuring a who were asleep around the ‘were sent to the hospi- fire rafts became im humerous and caused us no end of troubl on us at all times, from They came down uy dark till daylight. 4 A VINE RAFT BRIGADE Was organized. It was composed of one or two small boats from each ship, lines, buckets, axes, &e. made fast astern of the gunboat doing picket duty, which was in advance of the fleet. As soon as a fire raft appeared around the point the boats cast off and pulled for it; ani biting it, towed it so us to avoid the shi d then let it go with the current, and { On the night of the 21st Fleet th a number of our firemet Tr to cut th ‘@ the pubite. supplied with grap- These little boats were had been toyin; » sell tickets yet. was consumed. prnted in bold | numbers mean? Mr. Evans, with w sin Went up the crossed it at the claimed to have ap arrangement for bi obstructions, accompanied | them, | Frenchman’s invention was under a heavy fire fi ceeded in cutting an opening stitic feet to puss through. of the English corvette Rinald by mutual consent to Irleaus to protect to be distributed. mu the forts suc ». who had been ass up to New lish Interests, returned, terrible account of the preparations mude and were makin; us out of the river. the number in ———.__. provements at Takoma. ‘To the Editor of Taz Evestne Stan: You have from time to time noticed the growth and prosperity of suburban places, showing the material advancement of Wash- laces, Will you notice a, has had an acces in the last two days, =. and Mantel Smith, oy for our feet to attempt to pass the i confederate fleet, he sald, was superior to omnes should be successful ment with the forts and fleet, th ficient guns between the forts and sink us. Notwithstanding the En; pi ‘arning, on the nightor the 24th it was ru- | mored that the attack was to following morning, and the romor was made a with families, and Mr. MeKelcron, one of the | certainty at midnight when the few that had excort on the Swatara in her Orleans with the silver for the Treasury, and @ baby, the first born in the town, & young Dudiey, in the family of Mr. Three hew houses ure in the process of coustrue- tion, and our little place is booming. ee A Mob of Hoodiams Who Insult Ladies. WasHtxoros, D. C., October 10, 1885. To the Editor of Tax Eves ‘The neighborhood of 25th and I streets north- west fs disturbed constantly, and indies are in- sulted when they venture out after sunset by a mob of youths and vulgar you! lo have no respectable Geer therefore kindly iu-ert with a view wattreting ‘authorities to the annoyance, and greatly ‘M 4s¥ HousEKEEPERS, See ¥. F. Ives, of Meriden, Conn Mass.-last hight lowered the bicycle American record by 2 minutes 7 12-20 | was as little known tous but stil Sigends, but stil 2 aninuies and 26 seconds perior t ours, 1D Wh engage here were sue ington and its « that the new piace, sion of seventeen pers among whor be made on the te trip from New: n were quietly bammocks and’ the ave coffee ready at one a. m. ail anxious for the start, for we knew what work hud to be done, and the sooner it was over While waiting for further orders the meu gathered in little knot talking quietly of the pros their wtfairs in case the worst should happen. One thing bad a depressin, ‘Their favorite officer, ved to command a division of the Meet, and his loss was felt deeply by the men. With the exception of Lieut. Thornton, we sailors knew little of the rest of the officers as fighters. Far- Tagut was a comparative stranger tous, He Passenger, spending most ordered to stow their directed to Fred Dudiey. ts about theship, pects and arranging effect upon the Bell, was ore men, Who seem seemed more like # communication, Seas Se SEATED ON THE PROPELLER BLOCK, on the poopteck, where he received and con- ferred with the other officers of the ficet, having ingfeld, | little or no intercourse with the men. Com- mander Wainwright, the: in of the shij ‘at this thne as Furre: this night the mortars did their best eepipg @ continuous stream of shells in the air. This was a grand sight. The, shells could be plainly seén following each other in their fery md across the heavens like meteors, A little before ove a, m. the men were served with coffee and hard-tack. Man thought that groy ought to have been served ea e ‘flag officer was opposed Preparations for business were soon under Way. ‘The carpenters’ got their plugs and patches for shot ready; the carpenter's mate had his suit af hand, that he might be suspended at any. place over the sb ide to stop shot holes; the gunners teeeyta busy looking after lock strings and filing division tube with water for use in ease of fire or to drink, and ‘placing buckets of sand In the rear of the guns to be acattered over t! bloody deck to Keep the men from slipping; the doctor's gang placed swinging cots at the main hatch for lowering the killed_and wounded to the newly constructed hospital in the main hold. Allthese things were done quickly but quleily, The men spoke in low and earnest tones and all seemed anxtous to be doing some- thing. We were now waiting for the signal from the gunboat Itasca, Lieut, Caldwell, which had been sent 4 tw the for to find if, the opening through the obstructions sul remained. She “was to display a light at her masthead, and all eyes wero anxiously watehing for the signal, We soon saw the flashes from the guns of the forts as they opened fire on the Itasca, and could see that gallant little yessel standing on ber course up the river, heediess of their fire. Then up flashed the rebel lights along the shore near the jorts, good evidence that the enemy were expecting us. A fire raft came floating down the streain, the last effort to burn us below the forts. Like {ts predecessors, 1t passed harm- lessly. ‘The men were terribly anxious for the engagement. They wanted It over with, At two a.m, the Itasca shoyed THE EXPECTED SIGNAL Soon after the Hartford gave the signal for the fleet to get under way and take their places. At the same time all hands aboard the Hartford were ordered to get up anchor, There was no necessity for much ordering, The capstan flew round, and the anchor was brought up and se- | cured in seven minutes, The whole fleet was soon under way, and the vessels glided into their positions without confusion. As soon as the vessel got under way the men went quietly to their places at the guns. A solemn stillness prevailed. Nothing could be heard between the thunderi: of the mortars but the revolutions of the engine, Th were the most depressing mo- ments, standing at the guns waiting to be en- guged. All seemed occupied with solemn thoughts. It anyone did or said anything to break the spell he received no encouragement from those about him. The minds of all were ss and thoughts of friends home, and death were uppermost. These were notevidences of cowardice. After the battle, in relating each other's experiences, the bravest freely acknowledged that they had S ed dust such thoughts as we moved silently up the wer.” ~-—_— +ee_______ BASS IN THE POTOMAC. The Reported Steady Decrease of the Fish—Ifow the Laws Are Not Enforced —Fish Traps Which Obstruct the Pas- sage of Fish, The statement recently published that the black bass are steadily decreasing in the Poto- mac river is erroneous. It is true that they are not as plentiful as they might be and as they shonla be. The present supply 1s the natural increase of the few bass which were placed in the river not many years ago. Bass in the Po- tomac have had many difficulties to con- tend with. They have received no favor from any quarter, There are food fishes enough in the Potomac to maintain at least double, and, perbaps, treble, the num- ber of bass now inhabiting the stream. If the fish commission would devote but a small expenditure to the propagation of bass in the Potomac the return would be quick and profit- able. When urged to do this once, some time ago, some of the officials of the commission re- plied that it would be better to propagate food. fishes to maintain the buss already in the river; that there were not enough of these smaller species to maintain the supply of bass then ex- isting. If this proposition was correct then, it certainly is not now, food for the bss isone o. the serious drawbacks to the angler. The river abounds with minnows of different varieties, smeltand sunfish. Th minnows can be seen almost anywhere n the banks in imme) schools, The bass can, therefore, gorge themselves to repletion with: out any great effort, and the tempting minnow on the hook frequently goes untouched, though the angler sees bass all around him, THE FISH LAWS. The laws for the protection of the bass are very laxly enforced along the Potomac. In- deed, in many localities they are not enforced atall, County officials, asa rule, do not seem. to ard it us their duty to see that violators of these laws are punished. In last May, the month In which the Mary- Jand law prohibits the tating of bass, with the wof protecting them while spawning, an ngler left the river one afternoon, some miles above Washington, with a fine string of bass. As he strode along’ he was admonished that high county, official was approaching. | Con- scious that he had broken the law the angler turned quickly and endeavored to conceal his fish. The Maryland official observed the movement and called out: “Never mind me. I don't care for the fishing law. Lemme see your fish.” The official admired the catch of bass, and expressed his intention of making aneffort, in aday or two, to take some him. self, This instance shows how some of the elals totally hee the laws for the protection of bass, and the tact that violation of these laws does not entuil any risk of punishment seems to be generally understood along the river. Notwithstanding the fact thar both Maryland and West Virginia have stringent laws for the preservation Of fish, and oni ang the taking of bass except wit rod and line, veines are not _unfrequently _resorted to in the waters of the upper Potomac. At the Deal oiine of every winter, when the water is drawn off from the canal, great quan- Lities of bass are taken by means of scines. As the water runs out the bass in the eanal natu- rally collect in the holes or deepest places. With the canal emptied, a party has but to. make a few hauls through the pools of water re- maining to capture every bass in it, and it is known that bushels of bass e been taken out ete Single one of these holes or basins in the canal. FISH POTS, At frequent intervais in the upper Potomac, fisn traps, or “fish pots,” as they are called, are maintained. This contrivance consists of two Wings of a dam, one extending diagonally trom each shore, so as to form a V. These wings do not meet by six or elght feet, and in this space a trap is placed. In this way the entire force of the current is concentrated and thrown into the trap so as to carry fish moving down stream Into it. Those who maintain these traps con- tend that comparatively few bass are cuught In They say the bass can jump out the ut, even If this be true, when the stage of water ‘Is low, as atpresent, these dams pre- Vent the freé passage of the fish ‘up and down stream. ‘The government fy constructing an ‘expensive fishway at Great Falls tor the purpose of making a clear e up and down the Potomac for all species of fish which inhabit or annually visit the streams. If the upper part of the river is to be obstructed by fixh-trap dams every few iniles over which fish cannot pass in low water the object of the fish way is partly defeated. About the only effective method yet dis: covered for enforeing laws tor the protection of gaune fish s for the various anglers and clubs of the region through which the stream flows to interest themselves In making the statutes effective. ——————— BOOKS FOR THE CABINET. What the President's Advisers Read— A Bookseller's Revelations “Star” Reporter. “Send these to Secretary Bayard’s,” said a Washington book dealer as he handed half a dozen current novels to one of his assist- ants. “That's keeping right up to the times in light Mterature,” he added parenthetically, turning to THE STAR man,who was standing by. (THE STAR man fs always standing near when anything like that Is goi on, 80 no one must blame the bookseller if his secrets leak out. “Does the Secretary read those?” asked the scribe in surprise. ” replied the dealer hastily. “The (0, 110!” Seeretary follows @ very dignified, course of reading. But the novels go to his household. Now here's a thing maybe you never noticed. When a statesman reads novels his wife and daughters, It he has any, read history and poll- ties; if the'man’s a serious student, they Tead nove:x. Isuppose that’s one of the ways of women, Always by contraries!”” “Who's the best reader in the cabinet?” asked the xeribe. ‘olks say Lamar fs,” replied the dealer. “He may be, but I never heard of his buying a book, Ifhe reads, he don’t keep pace with the times i reckon. Ag ean in my opinion, is the best reader. He buys a great many books, and keeps right along with the best writers, iis reading is of a sober statesmanlike character and he does lots of it. He comes into buy hisown books, and [ have never seen him look at a novel. He buys such books as‘American Statesmen,’ ‘Eng- lish Statesmen? American men of letters and English men of letters, works on Political econ- omy, Emerson, Holmes, and Uke. ‘The President, himself, 1 understand, is = good reader, but the only book I know of’ his having bought is Blaine’s, He bought that a few days after he came to Washington. There are a {eat many books go to the White House, and lonel Lamont buys many books’ and pearly all the popular periodicals, but T don’t who re m. I 80] ‘are EEG Ms Govt. | vee any Se Secretary Whitney reads agreat: q confine himself, however, to politics, history or Philosophy. Ho 1s very ‘nd at Bove ast Fads may. Some are’ the best and some are WITHOUT A HEAD. Hew It Feels to be Decapitated—A Vic- tim of the Official Axe Describes His Sensations. He was walking through the halls of the Treasury in adaged sort of way. He passed down towards the appointment room, hesitated & moment, then leaned over the tron railing that guards the window at the end of the long corridor and looked sadly through to the tops of the green trees towards the White House. ‘Then he wandered back down the corridor and looked as if he were lost. He went up stairs, then down, until,as if impelled against his will, he stood in front of a certain door. He took hold of the handle in quite a natural way, as if ho wero in the habit of started toopen the door, suddenly thought of something, his hand side, @ look of utter dejection came over his face and he hurried away. ‘His head's been chopped off,” THz STAR man heard some one say. over twenty years and can't get used to It.” “How does a man feel with his head off,” thought the scribe, thinking, of course, of the official head, and he followed the man. “It feels, when the axe first fall ‘a8 if some one had hit you In the head ase bull bat and knocked you over into a tank of ice water, Then for a wiille you don’t know anything. Then it looks.as if your desk away from you across the room, The celling looks as ifit were a long ways off the windows look long and narrow; the ice piteher looks big, and everybody else in the room looks pale, und when you start door "you run y ‘as ityon had never been there before. You don't know what has happened, but you feel as ifthere were somethin and the whole world loo! get into the street, there seems ind every body looks frightened, as 1B Were about to hap} streets look so long and wid and people look small, that something about ing in there, an hen, asif he had dropped at hi “He’ was here for ling about you, strange. When you nd the horses ie while you feel ‘ou is swelling. You wards your home, jooks strange. You feel as if you ip off the ground and the whole town were spinning aro Meanwhile the swelling feel worse. You think it’s your head, but You think your head has aln’t quite certain. turned into # bailoon, for whic too much ballast, aud it is picking you up and dropping "you down again, sort’ of As you get near home you begin to feel afraid. © You go half wa: uround the sqnare and make for the bac! alley gate to avoid the children are playing in front. on until you there 1s @ Sort of explosion; so in you, and you find it is your heart. “Then you know ail of a sudden what has happened. are out of employment and have a family to support. First you want to do something; then you don’t know what todo, Everything looks awfully black and desperate. You start out again to collect your thoughts and look about Unconsclously you ‘wander down the Street, looking for something to turn up, and beford you know it you are ‘walking through the corridors of the building Just been kicked out of, You feel ought to be very polite to the colored messen- rs you meet fn the halls, get familiar again, you are selzed with a desire to know how it happened. Then you get mad, as if you had been out: But you can't! but you try ali th a habit of twe: WHY WITNESSES SWEAR FALSELY. Perjury Committed Betore Examiners asier to Lie Before ® Small Audience than a Big One— How Persons are Said to be Inveigled inte Perjury. The fact that recently in the Belt divorce case some of the witnesses have come forward and admitted that their testimony previously given was false, and that they were persuaded to give false testimony for @ consideration, has caused considerable unfavorable comment. To lawyers and others, who have for years this occurrence state of affairs. has long been apparent that in equity causes, when the testimony is taken by an examine signed, sealed and transmitted to the court, there has been considerable questionable, if not downright perjured, testimony given. The rules which allow testimony tobe thus taken are an incentive to“put up” testimony. easier to induce en examiner and but two or three others than it ts to get them to perjure themselves on the wit- hess stand In « crowded court room, Stance the witness thinks that but a limited sons will see the testimony, and in ther there is always a chance that when ny persons hear his statement s it who could deny it at least In part if it ‘Then if under cross-examina- n he breaks down he would prefer that but few should witness his discomflture, “Is it not a remarkable thing,” observed a lawyer the other day speaking of @ certain case, the same men should be witnesses on both “on et inside of the house, thing collapses ‘As objects begin to ‘Then you want You know that, Itis hard to break off in Equity Cases— ‘The plentiful, supply of | been about arties tolie underoath before were not true, “Yes,” answered @ bystander, “but I have heard of such eases betore. Jong ago in which eight or ten men swore that resent at @ marriage on a certain day near Kichmond and that they knew both ies well. They described the wedding with Within a week some of them denied that the woman in question was the party then married; some sald that they did not know either party and that they were hever at the place, and others that they knew the man was not married at that time jor they were with him in Baltimore on a spree.”” “Who were the witnesses? Were they ever prosecuted?” aske “The best answer to ghe the reply, “is to suy that some are now ‘In the Don’t you think that there are some members of the bar who are in a measure ponsible for false swearing?” "was the answer; bers of the bar some black sheep,as there ‘are in ail professionsand callings; who will hesitate at nothing to carry a point. Some will, when they get a case, set about to get the proof and’ will witness who: needed. You have been about the courts tony enough to have seen witnesses goon the stan You know then that wit ought, and, judging from the standing of the’parties in whose Interest th swear, they can be bought cheap, Some la yers cure little whether the witness commits perjury or not, and are satified if they make a Ho pains to learn If the witness {s seemingly, leaving the responsi- There was one not irst_ question,” was among mem! accept any leliberately lie. nesses can be “Are not some Witnesses inveigled into false iy jppose some of them are,” was the ‘ou are secking a divorce is class of lawyers, plainly state your case and what you expect to prove, giving the names of your witnesses. seus that your case cannot Not tell you.so, He asks you to send down your witnessex, These appear at the lawyer's office, and he taiks to them se who relates facts an tend to prove the case, but do not prove it ab- solutely. Does the lawyer despair? No, not It he is one of the kind of whom we are speaking. He is writing as the witness speaks, and you may depend on it the statement he writes ‘out rove the case, This done, Swears to the statement answer, “Suppose 0 to one of t made; but does He takes one circumstances which fs quite sufficient to the witness signs an which the lawyer bas written out, havi in the lawyer. The case is docketed an ence is made to take testimony. Before go with your witnesses to the lawyer the afl vitsure read. The witness who finds that here and there bis statement has been doctored rather than appear with the record azainsthim, which bas been made through his carelessness, adopts the doctored story and so swears before You must not, however, blame the proiession, for while [ bavé good reasons to believe that there have been a few cases of th Kind I must confeas that we ki few such la member that t] from conscience and devoid need not a lawyer's and require e writing and cond courts. I remember now a case ofa senta witness to me. After the witness had made bis statement, of which I took notes, as to prepare his deposition, I told him when to call and swear toft, And as he lett he admon- ished me to ‘draw it like a lawyerand J’ sweat toititkea man.’ It was only’ ano! ‘make her nd stron; there not a remedy’ “Yes,” said the lawyer, “in divorce cases if the testimony was taken'in public much false Swearing would be prevented for the reasons the examiner. now of but a very Then again, we must ro- clients quite free of principle who rompting to make a ‘attorney only to uct the case in the ere are some ther mode of is to blame, is. MAKING A DIREcTORY. How the Mem Who Gather the Names Are Instructed. THE CARE TAKEN TO secure ACCURACY— HOW THE CITY IS CANVASSED—KEEPING TRACK OF PROPLE WHo Move—A TALK ‘WITH THE DIRECTORY Max, “You must keep one thing in mind, and that isaccuracy. I don’t care what your writing is, Witis‘only plain.” Thus spoke Mr, Willlam. H, Boyd, the directory publisher, to an appli- cant for a place a8 canvasser. A Sran reporter putin his appearance just then, and as usual wanted to know, you know, “We have to be very particular,” remarked Mr, Boyd, “to im- press upon the canvassersthe importance of ac- curacy. Many men write good running business hands. The writing looks well and ts easily read, taken as a whole, but ifyou separate the letters, or, say cover all but one, it is dificult to tell what that one is. That is the case, espec- ially with the letters ‘u’ and ‘n,’ which are gen erally written alike. We tell our canvassers where they make doubtful ‘u’s' and ‘n’s’ to dis- tinguish them by underscoring, or making alittle stroke under the ‘u's.’ ‘The writing of men which is ordinarily legible, becomes illeg- ible or doubtful when they write names, You have them to be sure of every letter. The can- vasser is Instructed to ask each person how he spells his name. He must not trust to sound. Sound has nothing to do with the spelling of a name, .You can spell your name two or three’ Ways. We want the name as the rson spells it. People who consult the direc. Uny inust know how to spell the names they search for. ‘To find @ name you must know how to spell it.’ ‘That's a line we print. promi. nently on the first page of the directory. "All of our instruction to canvassers in the difice, be- fore they go out, is like teaching the A, B,'C's. ‘A couple of hours of practice outside is\ worth more than two or three days schooling here. ‘There’s a blackboard, you see, on the wall there which we use when instructing the class, We take all the applicants together, If possible, and. Instract them asa class. “It is easier to talk to tity men together than to talk to each separately. Some of the men, of course, pay close attention and profit by thelr instruction, Others copy from the man next to him, he copies from the next, and so on, and if {t Hap- pens that there is a blockhead ‘at the end of the line, they all got their copy from their block head. Afterwards we occasionally instruct an applicant singly, when he comes well recom: mended or appears to be especially well quall- fled for our work. PRECAUTIONS OF VARIOUS KINDS. “We pay our men on Mondays,” continued the directory man, taking up another phase of the subject, “It they were paid Saturday's and were dissatisfied they would stop work Satur- day night, But as it 4s, they are obliged to come back Monday. If they stopped on Mon- day we would bea day ahead of them, and if we have to go over their work that day we would not suffer loss. We do not allow ourean- yussers to take names trom children, or from servants, when they ean be gotten in any other way. Of course the canvasser has to exercise his discretion. Ifa servant hesitated about the spelling he would take some other means of getting the name. We inquire always about vacant rooms in houses, and. whether any new comers are expected. ‘I any are expected we make a memorandum of itand send back to the house at the last moment to see if the have come. When we get the naimes of persons. who have’ just moved into @ house, we find out’ where they have moved from for perhaps another can- vasser in another district hus already taken their names. Then when the two slips came together in the office we take thelatest, There is always a great deal of moving going on. While we are canvassing for and getting out the directory a great many people change thelr place of residence; we try to keep track of them. We catechise the drivers of moving wagons on the streets, We find who are inoving and where they are moving from, Sometimes cople wonder how it Is that the day after they have moved their new addresses appear in the directory. Occasionally people reiuse to give thelr ‘nuines. Some prominent, people have refused their names, but we get them, I will not say how we get them. It would be @ great deal better for everybody, if people would take pains to give their names correctly.” THE ROUTINE OF DIRECTORY WORK. Then Mr. Boyd explained rapidly the me- chanical part of directory making. Each can- vasser’s outfit consists of a pen and holder, an ink bottle which can be suspended from a but- tonhole, and a few “books” or bundles of slips ot paper. These slips are about six inches long, and a little more than an Inch wide. Holes are punched through one end, and they are tied together in a “book” about an inch thick, con- taining about one hundred slips. The canvasser records names, residences, places of business, &e.von these slips. “He is'expected to prepare each slip so that It can go, just as he wrote it, to the printer. ‘The surname fs written before the Christian name, and the address ts written as {t will appear in’ the directory. The canvassers when they return from the districts at night turn in the “books” they have filled, and the hext day the work of compilation Is ‘begun on them by a force of assistants in the offlee. ‘This year Mr. Boyd began the work of canvassing, Which will be completed in a few days, with over fifty canvassers. Some men’ will fill four or more books In a day, but the average is about two. The work of compilation is done rapidly, so that the work in the office keeps pace with the work outside. The slips in the books are all separated and sorted alphabet- leally. ‘The sorter begins to arrange them first according to the initial letter, geiting all the names beginning with “A” in one pile, with “B” In auother, and so on. Then they are sorted according to the second letter, then to the third, and so on. After reaching the ith or sixth ‘letter most of the names have been sorted out and do not have to be handled any more, but the sorting is kept up until none are left t6 be sorted. “It is an odd thing,” sald Mr. Boyd, “that many intelligent persons do not seem to get the hang of the work of sorting. An expert sorter can do his work in_@ space no larger than the top of your hat. I remember one man, ho\ ever, who was very bright in every other way, but when he attempted to sort he covered the whole of a large table with, his slips, and then did not have room enough.” HOW THE CANVASS 13 PROSECUTED. “How do we divide the work up among can- vassers? There, you see that map?” continued Mr. Boyd, taking up a map of the elty divided like a checker-board, into many little square: ‘We used to canvass by streets, giving cach eanvasser certain streets, but there are 80 many angles and corners where there are entranc on aitferent streets that that did not alwa; work well. Now we divide the city into dis trlets, Some of the principal business, streets, which are marked on the map with red_ pencil marks, are reserved for a special canvass. We keep a record of the work trom. year to yea: which, of course, aids us in the work. For i stance, if a man this year finished @ district three days that it took a man five or six days to go over lust year the discrepancy would ex- cite the suspicion either that the man had not gone over the district thor- oughly or that the man last year had idied away his time. We would send another man over that district again. Sume- times the people are annoyed by a second visit. but we try tosend men, who will stand @ good deal before losing their temper, During the canvass of course memoranda are kept of var tous things; errers, or supposed errors, are dis oo lice. There will be two or more slips from different _canvassers that con- tradict each other. ‘These are held as dispatch slips. Names In last year’s directory may be mubssing. A record Is Kept of these on ‘dispatch slips, and after the regular canvass is completed several canvassers are sent out to get the cor- rect information about these matters, This special canvassoccuples sometimes two orthree weeks.” AN EXPENSIVE CITY TO CANVASS. “Washington is the dearest place in the world to canvass,” continued Mr. Boyd. “You cannot do anything before half-past eight In the morn- ing or after four or five in the evening. The overnment office hours regulate everything. You go early inthe morning and people are just rising or are at breakfast, At four o'clock folks ure leaving their offices to go home, In other cities you will find people ready for busi- ness at seven o'clock, and canvassers can work until six in the evening. Yes, our canvassers go into all the government offices, where they can get permission. When the canvasser into®room he makes 9 mental photograph of {t, Before he leaves, if there is a desk vacant he inquires for the occupant, If he finds that the occupant is on his leave, he makes a mem- orandum of it and the date when he is expected home. After that date he or some other can- yasser returns. No, we don't prefer men who are well acquainted with the city. If they know enough of the city to get to thelr districts ‘The most whol y ‘apply. would be vigorous proseeutinns hy and suits atlaw tor damages to charac. mony is put word for it if this was done thore wee bea falling off of doubtful cases, ee BADLY SMELLING LETTERS. A Star a Attem) Reporter's Attempt to Find Out amell,” 1s the general excla- mation of persons receiving letters through tne post office. The odor, when submitted to a chemical analysis, proves to arise from carbolic acid, which is considered a very fectant. Buta the majority of people do not have correspondents in a morgue or in a email ly arises, why n could be obtained ty for the smell ere would soon “Phew! what Pox country, are all the t office no informatio: 18 subject, and all ‘was disclaimed by thi ‘who was mati Col. Jameson, the way mail serv! uickly that 1s sufficient, We would prefer that they started out without any knowledge ofthe people whose names they have to take. Then they are more particular In thelr In: quiries. -We have had'men werk with us us canvassers who hold high official positions now, chiet clerks and chiefs of divisions in the de. iments. They have taken to canvassing at Eines when they were out of employment. ‘They hamed of it, either.” led instructions are printed for the use of the canvassers. The canvasser 1s Instructed where a street has two sets of numbers to ake the new numbers, and where houses are not numbered to supply the number by observing the number of the next house, or by countii ‘vom the corner, allowing twenty feet for exc joror number. ‘The canvasser must obtain all infemmation from the best source. He must “never copy from the door plate” or from a sign, Occupants of houses on corners of streets must be located at the number on the street, ane canvaneal ir is arinine2 ‘that ter large and round, should be made stil Intger than the rest Se writing, Avoid all flourishing.” He isdirected to “form every letter Sige and so distinctly fever be written like the agurs 2M anus neve as Tusod with 24 street: = are not Detai ARCTIC EXPLORATI: Discussion Before the ae A PAPER BY LIEUTENANT DANENHOWER DE RECATING FURTHER ATTEMPTS To REACH ‘THE POLE DISCUSSED BY EMINENT AUTHORI- TIES ON ARCTIC QUESTIONS—CHIEF EXGINEER MELVILLE, LIEUTENANT GREELY AND OTHERS (ON THE SIDR OF FURTHER EFFORT, Correspondence of THe EVENING Stan. ANNAPOLIS, October 9, 1885, A very interesting discussion took place at the meeting of the Naval institute in the old chapel of the Naval academy this evening on the polar question. Some of the most eminent arctic explorers and authorities of the present age took part in the discussion. Hon. C. R. Markham, secretary of the Royal Geographical society, presided. The immediate cause of the discussion was ® care‘ully-prepared paper by Lieutenant J. W. Danenhower on the polar question, in opposition to any further explorations, The most salient features Of the paper were read by tho author to & very interested audience. After ving brief sketches and the results obtain Sine various arctic expeditions which fh been made by the different routes, pyiteberge Franz Josef Land, East Greenland, in Bay and Smith Sound, and Behring’s Strait, Lieut, Danenhower argued that the experience of all the expeditions that have reached the borders of the central polar basin demonstrates fully the impracticability of any ship, whatever be its ‘model or however fortit coping with the ponderous and ever-moving Ice floes of th regions. The main point of the paper, howeve was that alter having served with one arctic expedition, and having devoted seven years to the study of the subject, as well as to the watch- tul observation of the numerous efforts and the comparatively insignifeant results attending sacrifice of human life and of treasure, he un- hesitatingly recorded himself as opposed to further exploration of the central polar basin beyond Soth parallel with our present resources, The gradual extension of observatory stations In the Interest of meteorology, magnetisin, and other scientific branches, should be made, but nattonal support should not begiven to ancther lar expedition. Po Tortity himseif in this stand, he discussed at length the principal claims for the import- nce of polar exploration, He stated that, alt the earlier expeditions of this character bad geographical discovery for their chief object. The efforts of the present cenuury have inet with a fair measure of auccess In ‘extending, step by step, our knowledge of the desolate lands in the extreme north; but the great geo- graphical problem of the North pole yet re- mains unsolved. Granting that, at the times the recent expedi- tions were sent, geouraphical discovery Was of sufficient importance to Jostity sending ther, he held that {tis obvious “that the mereantile value of the islands already discovered amounts to notl te and expressed the opinion that their chief Importance is in giving indisputable evidence of what is to be found in the unex- plored regions beyond, thus showing the fu- Ulity of further penetrating them. The desired exploration is principally within the circle bounded by the 85th parallel of north latitude, although exten: unknown areas are below that parallel. Everything found and experienced at the extreme northern points reached goes to show tat the unknown central region contains vast areas of ice interspersed with desolate islands of no value to man. He called attention tothe fact that British America as not been fully explored,and yetithas an urea of 3,377,000 square miles, while the ¢ tral polar region has only 380,000square miles. Hydrographic research he bel in tmpor ance to geographical discov but that it is not requisite to go to the central Polar regions to carry on such work to the best advantage. | Meteorological observations tnken sneh isolated places and brought back to civilization he considered too Iimited to sustain deductions and conclusions based upon them, and ‘there is no special reason for believing th teorulogical phenomena of the Polar regions dit- fer essentially from those observed near the bor- ders, All other scientific discoveries that might be made he treated in the sume manner, In conclusion, he said: “The time may come in the progress of civilization and advanced knowledge when the exploration of all the present unknown parts of the torrid and tem- perate zones shall have been completed, and it will then be the occasion to explore the ice- locked regions of the north pole.” CHIEF ENGINEER MELVILLE FAVORS FURTHER ATTEMPTS, In reply to Lieut. Danenhower, a paper by Chief Engineer Geo. Melville was read, in which he took the ground that the explorers of the past have had their uses and have contrib- nted their modicum of knowledge of which It is our duty to make use, und i! In the future search for knowledge any should come to grlez, it will be another lesson for our successors. He strongly opposed the abandonment of arctic re- search because of tne hardships tobe endured oF the loss of life or treasure, “Men are being born every day to die,” he sald, “and treasure is being ‘accumulated by ne and nations to be squandered tn luxurious ving, Which leads to the demoralization of men and nations; therefore, 1f men must die, why not die in honorable’ employm in search for knowledge rather than be sacrificed to the moloch of gain tor the pul ot adding a few more thousands of dollars to the millions: already accumulated that tend only to de- morallze our manhood and make the god mai mon paramount.” Research in every clime he considered the best school for heroic endeavor, and bemoaned the fate of America if her young blood on land and sea has no sacrifice to make for science and for the information of our fel- low man, or gauges its life aud services by its commercial Value. He strennously opposed the Smith Sound route toward the pole, but on the other hand set forth in glowing terms the ad- vantages offered by the Franz Josef Land route, calling attention. ‘icularly to the two essential features recommending that Jando as a base for an advance— its perfect safety of approach and retreat and its high latitude, fe did not mean to convey the idea that he intended using ships for any otner purpose than carrying supplies to point of safety and returning, The advance toward the pole must be made on foot or b; deer or dog teams, if, as he claimed, a smooth paleocrystic sea of ice ls found to the north of the broken “tarrassy” and hummocky pack. He considered it as foolish to attempt to fores ships against the ice of the Arctic ocean, as it Ix to imagine that balloons of oiled silk can stand a sufficient force to work to windward against a wind moving ten miles an hour. In con- ciusion, he placed himself on record as favor- ing future arctic expeditions, and as prophe- sying that by the Franz Josef Land route the highest point, if not the pole itself, will be reached, se CAPT, NARES' VIEWS, A letter from the famous English explorer, Sir George 8. Nares, captain in the royal navy, was read, in which he agreed with Lieut, Da- nenhower that if we closely balance the in- trinsic value ofaretic exploration, and only guideour actions strictly by ex perience gained, then neither the scientific and commercial re- sults of further research, however successful, undertaken with the sole desire of reaching a higher latitude, would compensate forthe dan- gers that have to be undergone. But he claimed that neither individuals nor nations guide thelr action by such a close study. Ail enter rise would stop if we were never to uct without Being able to puint to adecidedly successful and well-balanced result of our undertaking. ite considered {t of the first importance toa nation to foster within due limits a spirit of enterprise, and that itis our duty tostudy the past an present history of our world. He predicted that further arctic research will be undertaken before many years are passed. A LETTER FROM LIEUT. GREELY. Lieut. Greely sent a letter from New England on the subject, which was read. He agreed that from a utilitarian standpoint arctic expeditions do not pay, but thought the matter should not be considered from a commercial point of view. Systematic polar work he considered of the highest scientific value, and that to the navy belonged the privilege of conducting it. He thought that in, times of peace iurcile expe- ditions would be the best training for the navy, affording countless opportunities for the display of perseverance and heroism. ‘To the navy the Tesults from such expeditions would be fully commensurate with their cost. DE. BESSELS SPEAKS, Dr, Emil Bessels, the Arctic authority, from Washington, who was present, agreed so well with Lieut, Greely’s arguments that he did not read the paper which he had prepared, butcon- 4 himself with a few extem; re Matha, "He addressed them directly to Lieut. Danenbower, and a spirited discussion was the result, He spoke in favor of an expedition along the coast of Greenland, but was inter- Tupted by Licut. Danenhower, who said that in his paper he had only endeavored to show that there were no scientific or commercial benefits to be derived from Aretic expeditions,and if the speaker would only make an attempt to refute tis arguments, he would do better than his pre- decessors had done. He, himself, was in favor king Areticobservations. After: Bessels proceeded, ng 9 Tok Tand, he said, is “not more ‘than the Sh would be productive of the meet va able. scientite Fag ne pn loss of life in ‘peditions ‘exagger- Stones com tations Up to recent dats eae Se bimeeit showed that the average loss of the ezpeditions was) only one and oneenth man. pe pera rrp seat ‘to make Lime; but the matter was dismissed by the At- torney Geveral, Gen. Garland injorms, the President that he left here on August 27th for his home in Arkansas, without speaking to the solicitor general or any one else upon the mat- ter. He heard no more of it until in Little Rock, on September 27th, he received a tele- gram from a newspaper making Inquiry about the grant of authority to test the Bell patents, He ‘replied that he knew nothing whatever about it He sapposed that after the request made to him to authorize the suit, the gentle- men making It would either returnto him with & formal application for reference either to the solicitor general or to the President, as the head of the executive yeep of the govern- ment. Instead of that the parties applied to the solicitor eeiign = —— gers eee ney General, and he grant ues! Gen, “Guriand” states “that. there ie a great deal of misapprehension existing as to his true and proper relation as attorney general to this whole ‘subject and to correct that he explains that, under the law, the solic itor General is not Attorney General; that the Solicitor General is the officer of the law, and acts as such by virtue ofacommission from the eye through the President, and not under t Attorney General, in those matters that come before him in the ‘absence or in the case of the disability of the Attorney General to act, Hi construes disability in this connection to in- clude interest in the subject matter of @ case, So, in the case presented, being disabled or dis- qualified from acting, he says that be, as Atior- ney General, simply “sat out,” as it were, axa Justice of the Supreme Court and of other courts does when he has, previous to coming on the beuch or otherwise, been connected With @ case betore the court, which exactly sustain this view and_ procee ing. He also says that the case Is perfect clear that whether he owned stock atthe time or not, the fact that he had once be in thé Interests of the compan make the application froin acting as Attorney Ge: States in the premises. He ring to the fixed rale tice to refer all matters before tinal action to the department from which they emanated ort inal i fs il if THE TELEPHONE STOCK SUIT. OMicial Correspondence om the Subject Between the President, the Attorney General and the Solicitor General. Correspondence between Attorney General Gariand, the President and Solicitor General Goode has been made public, which gives the history of the Attorney General with the Pan- Electric Telephone company, and explains the action of the department tn authorizing a suit to test the validity of the Bell telephone pat- ents, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S EXPLANATION. Attorney General Garland, in his letter to the President, dated the Sth instant, states that about three years agohe and others entered into an organization known as the “Pan Eleo tric company,” based upon what was known as the Rogers invention, and that he was made its attorney, this being ata time when there was no probability of his ever being Attorney Gen- eral of the United States. During last «umm: some gentlemen ‘4 desired to make application in the name of bis company for the use of the name of the United States to test the validity of the Bell patent in the courts. To this the Attorney General re- lied that he was incapacitated from any share In the matter by reason of his interest as stated, and he says he never heard of the mat- ter again. proached him, saying the The rties did not state whether they wished the application then or at some future the deputy or agent of the he authority of the Mr. Garland quotes a number of jents A consulted offering to vould dixquality clu Fthe Department of Jus- | ly, and mentions particularly that in e lew patent cases thus far appealed to him | he thas referred them for information to the | particular department which issued them, THE PRESIDENT To SOLICITOR GENERAL GOODE. The sume day the above was written the President sent it to Solicitor General Goode with the following letter: EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D. C., October 8, 1885.—Hon. John Goode, Solicitor General.—My Dear Sir: I submit to you with this a statement made by Attomey General Garland explaining bis relation (or ratber want of relation) to the action taken by you in bis absence u name of the United states a suit to test the va- lidity of a patent held by the Bell Telephone compat application to bring in the I call your attention especially to the other pert of this statement, in which the Attorney General speaks of the usnak procedure in the Department of Justice upon such applications. The reference to the Interior department, which he mentions as an ordinary teature in that procedure, seems to have been dispensed with in your treatment of this application, This omission may have been the result of a lack of familiarity with the routine in such cuses or of a perfectly clear and satisfactory per- suasion of what should be done, derived from the documents presented to you. | Whatever the cause may be, not Vital, of course, to the validity of your ac- tion, and though I'am by no means prepared to ucstion the correctness of the exercise of your iscretion in the matter, still, the precedent calling for a reference to the department with which the matter is connected 1x so well estab- lished, and seems to me so well founded upon considerations of safety as well ax propriety, that I desire to suggest for your reffection the proposition whether such action on your part 4s will preserve and protect such precedent and custom could not weil be taken, Yours very truly, Guoves CLEVELAND, and while such reference 1s THE SOLICITOR GENERAL'S REPLY. In his reply, dated October 9th. Gen. Goode admits that it has been the practice of the de- partment to reter such applications as that from the telephone parties to the Interior de- tespere for information and suggestion be- fo re taking final uction in the Department of Justice; but he says bis omission to submit the application in question to the Interior depart- | ment for information was due to the tact that the District Attorney,who made the original appli- cation to use the name of the United States in bringing the sult, bad transmitted therewith attested copics of all papers in the Patent office and proceedings had thereon, which resulted “in” the issue ot Prof. Bell’s patent. The question as submit- ted to the solicitor general was entirely a legal one and he did not deem it necessary to refer it to the deparunent. Concurring, however, with the President as to the propriety of the practice as adopted in such cases and not desiring to take any action which might be regarded us a departure from a wise precede: general concludes by announcing that he has written to-day to H. W. attorney of the western district of Tennessee, directing him to discontinue the suit which he Was Instructed to institute in the “name of the ni atent issued to Alexander Graham Bell on the ‘th of March, 1876. a t, the solicitor rry, United States States to vacate and annul the letters 1/08. Baltimore Independents. ORGANIZED OPPOSITION TO POLITICAL BOSSES— JUDGE BROWN NOMINATED FOR MAYOR— GORMAN AND HIGGINS DENOUNCED. The independent political mass meeting toor- ganize a movement for placing a citizens’ ticket in the field for the oifices to be filled at the ap- proaching elections in Baltimore was held last evening, and was largely attended. Thomas MeCosker was elected president, and @ loug list of vice presidents was announced. Cosker, In taking the ch: speech, in which he sai particularly in Baltim: Mr. Me. ‘a brief city, the democratic arty has had control ot affairs for a long while, lany of us were devoted members of the party until its management was wrested from the people by a few men, who, by the power of pat- Tonage, have held together and ran the party in their own interests und against the interests of the le. We are here to-night from all walks of lite; all determined to restore to the People the rights which have been thus taken them.” Mr. 8. Teackle Wallis followed tn a vigorous speech, in which Senator Gorman and the dem- ccratic leaders were arraigned, Amid great applause he nominated Geo. W. Brown for mayor, and this nomination was carried by ac- ¢lamaiton. A letter was read from Henry E. Wooten, of Howard gounty, who, erenen "ihe leaders ot ine jemocratic party in Maryland, an in the city of Baltimore, “tagtant and 4 sional defiters of the ballot box.” Further on he sald that “on the morning of the Fabernae election, held November, 1879, Mr. the fifth election district of Howard held at Clarksville, about ten miles torial 7 Bugene Higging made his appearance at the polls of count from Eliicott City, with a squad of Te. peaters and one ‘or two rul from Balti- cation for several hours, and about 12 o'clock fully detected, was warned toleave, and thereupon took his departure.” 5 es were also made by J. Col, Charles Marshall, Gen. “Adam E. ing, Mr. Sebastian Brown and Represenustive John'v. L. Findlay. ‘The latter ollered a reso. lution, which was adopted: “That the following citizens be inted & committee, with ull power, to nominate citi- | the e1 zens’ candidates for municipal and estate officers at the elections to be held in Baltimore this Hall Pheasants, Leon Seliger, 8. Teackie | that he is sald og that the chicken in the yard on ———— ‘William J. Hiooper, W/ Keyser, hard ‘3, Venable, Hobert G ‘elix Agnus, Ric! $f Smith: Germot H: Hunt. dames Bi Parrich, S. D. Mai Brown. 3.0, Malia inion Shaw, John T. Mason z i=] ae ut ist re é ie i it i H fet ( E i i “WHICH GHALL IT BET Net the Peem Abont the Children, Bat a Story About the Dark: cys Dogs. From the American Field. I was stopping at the house of a young plan ter, who owned ® very fine hound, but ws ho was nota hunter he had no affection tor bis hound, which was over fond of «pending his time In the woods, instead of remaining t home to please bis master. An old darkey on the plantation owned four cur dogs, aod the young planter, thinking he would be better pleased with a big, bob-talled “yaller” dog than he was with his fino hound. decided to godowa to“Uncle” Henrys cabin and make a trade, being fully convinced that “Uncle” Henry, who was quite a hunter, would Ju of getting agenuine hunting dog f ed an invitation to go wlong wud ‘witness the trade. Uncle” Henry in his patch,” adjoining the bc to see what bis dogs were barking at when we a le Henry,” said the owner of the ty recome down tw give “andas one of the dc cur, came up Wage ny “L will give you my don't need a bunting dog to lay around f aning on bis how fe yard to frigh "ncle Henry others, besides this hi better” huptin mine wil make a dog than elt of the others he suid, idn't think of letting that one go, Main ‘possum dog and besides he's got enly sort of way wid him, Isorter inet like he’s some kin tous, De ole woman neber Would quit calling me all sorter hard ames if Tiet dat dog go out ob de family.” “1 ourcoon dog nor Four "possum lanter: “1 just want # dog to ley care If he is good og,” said the the house, and Id for nothing, and lam willing to give good, young hound for your poorest deg. atone,” he said, ‘poluting to one ot the ‘Now Tapec’s dat houn’ am mighty peert, Tdeclar T would like to bab him, but dat ‘de you looking at wouldn't be no good to you ans= Ww, for he Won't hunt nor do nuffin’ but s sort of meanness, He de pot or de bread off de table ebery chance he gets, an’ de ole woman and chery one els woman cooked for my supper, but when dey all beat him an’ he comes him, 1 can't help lhking 1 reckon. Tse up tome to betrer his meanness. got in de worl i pur house he an’ de missus ews: ple, an’ de poor dog will git kill sald the planter, “why “Weill, Uncle Henry t trade for the olier one said Uncle Renry, “t_nebor Why he'snigh "tyou recollect wh: boy and “Uncle Henry? was straighter and ® heap younger ‘en what he Is ne days and nights me and dat ole 4 down in the bottom? Mar's Billy, tf mean T hopes de sperets ob possums dat ole dog bas cot You mought as w parting me and de ole woman as to Lalk about parting me and dat ole dog. As to ttle meal and bacon in de cabin, dar am three hit, an’ dats me and de Part wid dat ole per Tgit to be ole woman an’ de ole do Lucky Baldwin. HE TALKS ABOUT SOME OF HIS AND HIS HARD WORK, From the Louisvilie Courier-Journal. Room No, 330 at the Galt house Is occupled by a medium-sizea white-haired man, isusuaily attired in a plain dark suit, with a cont of the double-breasted sack cut. There nothing flashy about bim. Baldwin, famtitarly known as win,” the noted California millionaire. Baldwin bas been here for several days attend- races with hiss r, Baldwin's fortune ai some sudden st Would indicate, but was accu reached San Francisco tained possession for only two weeks. known in the east Was interested ment contract for mak : share in the veuture, alth new nothing in the world about “But I was det @ man can do anything, and Thought « ‘on the art of brickm Lucky HITS The man is E. J. ‘Lucky Bald ing. sat up at, might studied ft, masteriag the details.” aking venture prospered, and. the e:mi- rant began to make m 00 a month on his eonttac 1nd of business he passed tow turned his band to himself bas suid. ‘clearing about almost everything, as he finally he drifted "to the y. Mining stocks were the kind he trade in, anda keen eye for business caused him to “That is the way I made my mone; ver had aly great stroke of luck lke some other men, The Chronicle gave me my that 1 had made tn stocks, T worked hard and examined the mines that I bought. I crawled through tunnels, and went down shatts, and labored for years like a slave. “Ihave made some bi win. “In 18761 cleared atone time out of th nd a half millions Ophir mine, at Virginia I had all the dealers on the coast and the Calliornia bank against me, but I out- witted them and broke the bank, or rather that Was what led to the break. By the w k has been tat $14,000,000, hing, and its stock is now worth double When I bad the bank and could have y might have shot m tory of that b It broke in 1876 $18,000,000. But still I could have done tt. In his capacity a8 millionaire Mr. Baldwin bas, of course, rubbed against the oth aires of the Pacific couxt, and is intim quainted with them all. road men are U ade his fortune He says thut the rail- richest of the crowd. tof mines, and ts Baldwin have crawled through many mile Mr. Baldwin puts bis wealth nd Uhat of Flood and O's 41 820,000,000, that, The estate of Mrx. Mark E pout $40,000 G00, is also worth $40,000,000, Baldwin estitnn Leland Stanford ‘San Francisco, Mr. . te be the richest world in proportion to its population. Th are plenty of milijonaires “All that Ihave told very vague outline of the real tacts, "A deta’ history of these things would exceed the tale of Aladdin's lamp, and people would not bel What they read, tor it would be like a dream.” A Pretty Story. From the San Francisou Post. A very tough story, which 1s vouched tor, af ter a fashion, is going the rounds and given for It ts related that a Mr. S— M— was sitting in bis back yurd talking to some friends, when his attention was brood of young chickens and » large rat that had emerged from its hole, and the young chickens with toia meal in view. As the ratcame the house cat awoke from ternoon napand caught sight ot the rat. Crouch- ing low, she wulted developments, and stood ing upon his ratship. anclentenemy, the cat, a jer, which had been sunning itself in the ts Care Hd quietly made ere whom one has on,” he said, “ikonly a what itis worth, was quietly regardi woodshed, pricked ¥ came upon the scene. The chickens Were not cognizant of being watched by the did the rat see the cat, nor the feline had not noticed the com tte chick wand ye was seized by the rat, w FF me, and getting astone be the rodent. The aim was not good, e struck the dog right between the released its grip on the cat At bad breathed its last be the rat, and turned ‘not long survive es; | 8, i : i 7 ‘ gE 52 Rowland machine shopsat New Haven, Uonn., bade bis wife good nighton Monday night and took bis sharpie down off the mouth of the har bor to fish for frost mackerel. He did not re- turn at midnight, andsincethen Mrs. Kirkland i [ é te i if