Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1886, Page 2

CITY AND D!STRICE THY PERREW FAIR. Donations of Goods and Cash Reecived by the Cominittee. ‘The committer in charge of the approaching fair to be given by the citizens of Hebrew faith In ald of thelr char acknewle celptof the followins donations since the first instant: Tucker & Joseph. writing desk, &e.; Continental Jersey works, seal plush visite, broeaded vi 2 children’s cloth coats; S. Brown, artificial plants: Friedman & Spiro, | artificial plants; M. Sehe & Co. deiplula, silk dress patterns; Wim. H. Baum, %, ton conl; | Kerngood Bros. Baltimore, shawl; E. T. Pitisin- ton & Co., Richmond, Va., ease smoking to- | bacco; W. Demuth & Co., New York, Turkish | Water pipe (Hookain; Win. Brichmer & Co., New York, 15 pounds tobacco; 5. Busnitz & Co., | Rienmond, V wrettes and tobaees: Lowell @ Battington thaces company, 48 | dace; J. Feliheimer, Buitimore, of Mrs. RB. Hexter. w: Goidsehmid, caambe nter, | Baltimore, ‘show — ca: Semken, frame for cabinet phota.. at $6: Bogge & Koch, sewing mach: 0o,, lady's brocade wrap, Oppentieimer, opera f. Fricdmau, stat- Uette (Wisdom): Juo. Curtin, assorted liquors; | Pollack & Voigiit, tw bovs’ sults; Goodman é | Bro., bor’s suit; —— Benjamin, dressing gown; | Jas. Miller, halt cord wood; M. Solomon, mar: | bimtop tabi gold beacerets; | Mrs. Smith, ~ Mills, pleture; ngnae cocktail to | boy's clothes; t's hat; Ste | | | je: SW. Floss & S$ newmarket; D. 5S. Fishman & Son, order for gen’ her & Siern, half dozen dress snirts; Joho D. ers, New York, bird cage; L. S. Friedberger, album; Eobert Portner, twenty dozen beer; Wiimarth € Edmonston, ice cream set: Emmons, Smith & Company, silver and glass frait stand; Washinztom Trestie com- BY, child’s swing; George A. Clark & Brox’ New. York, tristy veivet work boxes; | fancy articles, dry goods, stationery, Turiish | jewelry, clears and tobucco, &e., froin B. A. | Stiebei, Hernheim Bros., J. E. Hess, Baltimore; N. Frankiort, Sadie odman, jattecks, M. | Hornberg, D. Levy & Son, Seaton Perry, Hester Westheimer, Noriolk, Va. Mrs. L. Rosenberg, J. Ollendorf, Pittsburg, Pa: Louise Donck, Dow- Ming & Latimer, H. B. Claffiin € Co., N. ¥.; Mr. ‘Rose, Mr. Baternan, C. Christiani, C. Kraemer, Kei Bros, P. Weinberger & Soret Oo Windsor Cloak Co., man, Standard Manufacturing Co., J. Hamber- ir, G. Sideuberg & Co., N.Y.; hed. Christiant, Bikisemao, Mee Goldsmith: W. H. Spe M. Goldsmih, G.C.T. Co., Baltimore, M $e arapincse Lira & Wine, wee ‘Mrs. Humphreys, Lattre ne, Thorapson, Milturn, J’W. Paret, Henry. Hoite, | Knowles, J. Fussell, Geo. S. Kraft, G. W. Crop: Hatzier Bros., Baltimore; EiSeman Jsros., Win Newmyer W. Hollaudet, J. U- O'Meara, | ehner & Her- ‘V. Becker, J. Moran, G.W. Lown,W.G. Duckett, | W.T. Baldus, C. G. C. Simms, J.‘K. Bobun, J.P. Cole, 3. Rose, Mamiock & Green, Hi. Goldsmith, fr. ‘Fisher, 'B. Goodman, Nathan Robr, M. ‘Maston, Standard Manufacturing Uo.,S. Kahn, Mass_& Kumper. E. M. Cohen, . Thorn, Jno. Harrington, A. Whiting, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Schinit. J. W. Shatter & Bro., J. Egzersiad:, Mrs. M.P. Moran, Mrs. J. Pieutfer, Miss Belle Opi er, Win. Muller, K. Kneest & Co., L. Laner, Baltimore; E. Giadmon, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Goldsmith," Altmans, Perger & Co., Mrs. | iosse, Mrs. Gradwob (frieiids), D. Levy & Son, | S. Solomon & Co., Mrs. Dunkhorst, ‘Roth « | Goldsmith, Mrs. Banger (iriends),"R. Gold: | Schmid, 2 Drs. Gothelt (friends), 1 Greenbaum, W; < joe Hexter, Souwine & Co., L. Sitverbe: tein & Went | Alexander & Co., Johnson, Felix Kana, 8 die, &. Brown, P. Grogan, F. P. Rieutidt, L. Auerbach, § cites Co. Goldberg Bro. & Co., J. 3.1 berbach, Metzerott & Co.,.A 8 Johnson, srs. Whitefield, Strauss Bros., J. Sondueim. F. Guerrman, Fels & Go. Donations of cash irom the tollowing: Cen- tral National bank, $25, Mrs. Harting, friends (M. Clark), $25; Dr. Parke Young, $3; Lowenstein & Brucker, $3.50, Growiean & ‘Mitchell, $5; Heiberger '& Co., Baltimore, 85; Spear Bros., Baitimore, $5; J. T. Clements, $1; Geo. Biren, $2; R. Jaundorf, $10; Roth began, $1; Mrs. Curtin, $1; Spear Bros, 85; W. b, Entwisle, $2; Mrs. Ross Perry, $5; 7A’ Rover, $1; D. Connell, —; Brulator & Dyer, Lockhead, 20 . ; James Bowers, 32; A. Bar- | jow, $2; Gibson Bros., $1; Firemen’s Insurance | company, San Francisco, Cal., $10; Chas. Grail, ; Lawrence Gardner, $5; Max Cohen and Sol. jeber (bond rafile), $50; Dreyfus Bros., N. Y., | S5;5, Grice Baltimore, $25; L. Heiltran, $5; | 4; Heilbron, 92.50; A. Hetlbrun, $2.50; M.S. Hetwran, 92-50; J.'G. Bartel, $1; B. . Warner, | 36; T. Waggaman, $5; Mrs. oog, $1; J. F, ‘Waggaman, $5; Schwing & Clara, $2: Saller Lewin @ Co., 310, Kohn & Adler, $5; iriends, $13.60, Sab.’Aman, $5: Spear Bros., Baltimore, 35; Mrs, Woog, $1; C. A. Didden, $10; Novelty works, $5; 5. Schmier, 35. The foi. lowing is a corrected list of art committee: 2 Max Weyi, Abrum Frey, A. Abrahain, ¥. Berliner, Misses Aline Salomon, Nettie Ilo: ‘way, Jennie Oppenheimer and Haitie Hoffa. ee A TREPHINED INCA SKULL. A Cartons Specimen Sent to the Na- tional Museum from Pern. Modern surgery bas brought to perfection methods of trephining skulls of the living. ‘Tug Fesearches of anthropologists, however, show ‘that trephining has been practiced by sav- ‘age races both of the present and of prehistoric times, Skulls of the dead have been trephined by savage or semisavage people for various purposes. Some trephined skulls have been Yound indicating that the operation was per- formed long enough before the death of the individual to allow a certain degree of healing. Prot. Otis T. Mason, curator of the department of ethnology, National museum. in a recent number of the published proceedings of the museum, says the most remarkable specimen ‘of post mortem trephining which bas yet come ‘to light is one recently received by the museum from Dr. W. H. Jones, U.S.N. “It ts a skull,” says Prof. Mason, “obtained from Chaclacayo, near Chosica, a mountain in Peru. near Lima, ‘about 4,000 feet hizh. Three mummies—man, woman’ and ehild—were obtained from one grave. From the same place were obtnined several skulls of peculiar shape, including the ‘one unde- consideration. The specimen belongs Yo the elongated Inca type. The section or roundel was taken from the center of the srontal bone, and the opening 1s about 2ly inches in length and nearly two inches in Width. The outline ot the eutting is a polygon. Eight distinct furrows ure visible upon the sur face of the skull. The work seems to have been done in the most bungling manner. One ferrow must have been eut across the longitudinally, and the parts on either side of this main furrow were taken away piecemeal by a combination of furrows and fractures. At the extremity of some of the furrows scratches are visible, Which seem to indicate toat the bone wus removed by means of a chipped stone implement. It iniimposstbie to conjecture the design of ‘this singular custom. We are not able tosay even whether the bone Was taken gat jst previous ty or after death. | No ron- deliés or ents of the bone removed have been fourd in this continent similar to those Giscovered by M. Prunieres.” ‘The specimen is so detormed, Prof. Mason Says, as to admit of no delicate measurements, In addition to the usual deformation produced y bandaging, the occipital region is slightly Senso the left aad the nesal spine so on tely warped towards the left us to be seen Entirely In front of the orifice on thar ide Aiter describing more minutely the furro and gases, and the methods by which the tre phining was apparently done, Prof. Mason says: “Thus, by a series of saw-cuts and breaks, this mass of bone, which by¥ esurtesy we may ¢all_a rondelle, was removed. Itean hardiy be said to throw light upon the problem, for it has in- {reduced = complication of sunséry quite un- knows hitherto. | may be allowed to ventare @ guess that the somewhat quadrangular pieces whieh would re@uit from the two operations, bounded by the cross li some useful thing. like ., Instances are not wanting among peor je ¢f low civilization where human bones we been considered to have great potency.” — sor He Would Not Be He would not bean Earl. What need had he Of earth's pour patent of nobitity, On whom high Heaveu had set a grander crown ‘Than titled rank. or hadge of vain renown? A.mao's nobility isin him<elf, And not in empty name, or hoarded pelf, He deemed a. firn was higher than an Farl. ‘The gold-rayed coronet, with tips of paarl, ‘He scorned as the mere plaything of « child: Around his brow his fellows had entwined ‘The wreath of a far nobler, purer fame— ‘The deathless g:ory ofan hoaored name. ‘More tha an Farl. a peer of pecrs is he In honor, Justice, strict fidelity Standing the daantiess champion of the right, ‘Leading the van In every goodiy fixht For righteous government, and equal laws — ‘The upright guardian of the people's enitse. ‘The advocate of peace, he dure:t to brave ‘The siorm of taction, if he might but save His country from the woes of deadly ntrife— ‘The waste of treasure, sadiler waste of Nf Free from all sordid aims and selfish ereeds, For God, human! In ali that makes men truly good and great, Above heralaic pomp, or regal state, ‘He towers sublime in his majestic uiten— Like some grand eminence, distinctly seen ‘When lesser bights are hidden from the views, Rising from earth to court the etherial biue— His virtuous fame, imperishably high, Shall shine when meaner glories fade and die: ‘IMuminating the historic page Wb added lusire cach advancing age— ‘Teaching mankind that true and solid worth Outiives the boast of rank, or pride >f birth. Wasnmxetos, Dec. 30, 1885. —S K. Cox nn ch eine even To Issprcr THE PANAMA CANAI.—The Freueb government will send M. Rosseau, a re- able engineer, to inspect and report on the gondition and prospects of the Panuina canal. ——_ report Cine eg =~ will be Cog company” work, to compiction, Ir adverse the ‘enterprise Will be allowed to | reflect. th THE EVENING STAR WA For Tar Evextne Star. ORCHIDS AND THEIR HABITS, Allarements Held Out to Insects—How ‘The Race is Perpetuated. BY RALPH 8. TARR. To most people the name orchid is associated ze the re- | With the heatand luxuriant vegetation of tropie climes ; and very few are aware that in eastern United States there are over fifty species be- longing to this group. Some are small and in- conspicuous, others have the beautifal colors, shapes and odors of tropica! orchids, and are possessed of all their interesting habits, Unless orehids were by some means rendered attractive to insects they would be cursed with perpetual sterility, and the large and beautiful croup would disappear from the face of the earth. All modifications in form and color are directed towards attracting Insects, and the better one understands them the more they seem like human beings than forms of vegeta- Each part of the flower has Its share in or; the spots and fringes, silken ving banner. strong ‘or’ subtile odors, are not mere adornments, but ne fo the fertility of the plant.and the perpetuation of its race. “There are changes in color and structure, plots and devices to yain their ends, that are wonderful to think of. Many species are brilliant and showy with pleasant odor, bat some are dnil and incon- uous, being so in order to attract the tiny, beetles that crawlon the ground and are averse toansthing showy. The large orchids have it for thelr object to aitract butterflies and bees, and no pains are spared in bringing this about. 2 the petals and sepals are modified into ome odd and attractive shape. If an insect sonce visited a slower, or a locality where Vorite flower grows, 4 sort of instinct will sguide it, back again whenever it wishes togo. no matter how far the flower may be from’its home, Bees have been known to fly stoa lower and back again several times aud never make a mistake. Flying to the Hower and Intent on its sweets, icalights on the Lip, aud creeping in begins SIPPING THE HONEY. A pathway of honey passes into the nectars, aud following this the insect is soon drinking larze draughts of its favorite food. ‘The anther, which contains the pollen, has a lid which opens outward. When the insect goes Into the nectary he strikes this lid, but only presses it down more tightly, and then his buck rubs against the stigma, ' After eating all he desires, the insect proceeds to back out, and in doin; the lid of the anther Is opened and the pollen masses adhere to the front part of the insect’s head. The arrangement is so perfect that there isno possibility of an accident. Just beneath the anther there Isa patch of hair like bristles, and the Insect, hecoming entangled in these, naturally raises’ himself and thus 1s certain to strike the anther Hd. Atter the insect has gone the anther flys back into place again, so that ifonly @ portion of the pollen is gone the Uap is set for the next insect visitor. ‘The bee files to another flower, and, striking with the top of his head plump against the Sticky, stigmatic surtace, leaves the pollen gined to ft. "Just as soon;as the stigma Is fertil- lized and the pollen removed the flower dies, for its work is completed, and it gives place to the seed which has begun to form. This is bat one of many arrangements to be seen in our common orehids. The lady's slipper has a large slit in the top through which insects | girl naturally enter, but when they attempt to es cape the same way they find difficulties in the way. There are, however, two small outlets, one on either side, and through these the in: sects find the exit very easy, provided they are ‘strong enough to pusa aside the small curtains that guard the outiet. In passing out, however, they must rub against the anther ‘and carry pollen with them. The entrance to the flower is enarded by a broad stigmatic surface, against | whieh the insect must surely strike when he enters. SMALT, FLOWERS FOR LITTLE INSECTS. Many orchids experience much inconvenience from small insects, which devour the nectar without returning the favor by aidingin fer- tilization. Some species have overcome this difficulty, Two distinct ways of doing it have been adopted. One group producesa very small flower, having a ininute nectary, with the stigma and anther on its upper surface. It 1s impossible, then, for these small insects to de- part without a load of pollen or enter without | striking the stigmatic surface. Theother group | has Its nectar at the end of along and narrow | tabe, so thut no insect without a very long pro- boscis can get at the honey. This excludes all insects except moths and butterflies. As one rambles in the woods in search of the wonders and beauties of nature that abound on eve side, there is no bet place to stop and 2 beside some one ot our pretty orebids. The beautiful pink lady's slipper in the grove of beech trees, or arethusa in ite swampy bower, or calypso in its home beneath the pine tree, all have their lesson to teach us. What can cause a plant to kuow that a certain color or odor is agreeuole to an insect? And having found this out, by what means can it set about to change and adupt itself to circum- Stances? It has no brain and man cannot even expiain the changes by seeing: them to in- stinct, which is so convenient in explaining ‘wonders of animal life, THE LEGEND OF CALY?sO. There is avery pretty legend connected with the beautiful Calypso, about which Prot. Baily, of Providenee, has written some verses. They are: ‘Calypso, goddess of an anctent time (1 learn it not irom Grecian rhyme, the story I ean vouch fs true) aeath @ pine iree lost her dainty stioe, Fr No workmanship of mortal can compare With what's exbibited iu beauty there: And looking at the treasyre neath ihe tree ‘Phe goddess’ seif I alinost hope to see. ‘The tintsof purple and the texture fine, ‘The curves of beauty seen in every line, Sith fringes exquisite of golden hi Perfect the wonders of the fairy shoo. ‘The goddess surely must have been in haste, Like Daphne flee‘ng when Apoilo chased, And leaving here aslipper by the way Tnvends to find it on another day, Ent will she come to seek ft here or ‘The day is jeng.bening, bat I eannot ‘sec her bring the absent mate. this rare beauty, though the tne is late, Lwatch, but still no classic form T see, Nanght ut the slipper ‘neath the forest tree, or fear of some purl ‘The precious rele I sect a Look Out for the Swindlers. To the Editor of the Evrxixe Stan: Allow me through the columns of your paper to say that the depredation committea by sharpers npon Mrs. Schneider In the Center ket Saturday night, by which she lost $5, is not the first instance of the kind. Miss Mary: Flemming, who keeps a small grocery store at | Land 21st streets northwest, was victimized in the same manner ashort time since. A well- dressed man, bearing every appearance of a gentleman, entered her store and purchased an article for teneents, After going through his oekets, he stated that he had lost the ten cents, but that he would pay her Ifshe would change a two dollar bill; whfeh she did, giving him partofthe ehange in quarters of a dollar, and the balance in smaller change, retaining the ten cents due her, When this transaction wus finished, he mae a more diligent search through’his poeiets, and finally found the lost ten cent piece, which he requested her to take and return to him his two dollar bill. This she did, and received in return what she supposed to be her correct change. She at once bezan counting It, which process he did not remuin to witness, but burried out of the store and disap- peared in the darkness. The count disclosed the fact that he had actually stolen a part ot her two dollars. About the time of this oc currence a man, supposed to be the same thief, paid a visit to a drugstore in the same vicinity, ‘aud, by his stightof hand game, added @ one dollar bill to his finances, leaving the “Medi cine Man” ininus that amount, Is there no way by which these “wolves in sheep's clothing’ can be detected and brought to justice? FLA. W. ew The Children’s Christmas Clab Charity. SUGGESTIONS AS TO ITS FUTURE MANAGEMENT. To the Fattor of Tae EvENrNa Star: Now that the “Children’s Christmas Cluo” ap- pears to be a fixed institution here, a few kindly suggestions with view to improving its man- asement may not be out of place. It appears frum THE Star that some 2,400 children were provided with a good dinner and suitable gitts during the holidays, and for convenience sake clubs were organized.in four sections of the city, each ludepencent of the other. Club No. 2, in the northwest seciion, (exclusive of George town). provided tor about 800 children, and lor Libis p pose collected $661 in cash aloue, and no doubt could bave got more had jt not an- nounced in the papers toatl no more was need- ed, and, as It appeurs, it bus $291 lent over. 1.600 children ad to Norby much poorer in wealth, and, as It" proved, Bas much Poor vecith, and, as ve dened with twiceasinany poorehlldcon. As bee: © clubs eoilected Uarely enough money to pay for the most necessary expenses Our cde of the provisions whied, as a general tang, ve furnished or begged together in kind, Last v Ciuh No. 2 offered of its surplus to the East. axhington club. By reason of these Dh andaries the er clubs were even de- barred from soliciting the provisions which Cinb No. 2 did not need (as it "had eash enough to have the dinner furnished by a caterer) within the latter's boundaries, ‘Thus much charity that wo aid have been given and thank- fully aecopted went to waste, 8 $4 member of the Cupitol Hill clut speak rom personal knowledge when fag bad not been for the extraordii exertions of the school authorities, and the 1,600 children eom- posing that club, {t could not have earrled the burden of its 700 poor. There should be but one Christmas club, whose officers should recelve all the tions and gilts offered, and ‘sinee tis aot fees: ble to weedail thw children in one place, sub- cominiitees, chowen trom the other sections of the cities, could be charged with carrying out the enteriainment, the contributions belng gi ‘cbil- tributed pro ratu to the number of dren to be entertained. This would do away with the superabundance in one place end want in another, “CG.” —_———-- The complimentary dinner to Gov. Hill, of New York, given by the democratic hants b: ot New York cliy last wass iy evening, LETTERS TO UNOLE SAM. What People Write to the President and Prominent OMfcinis, THE MAX WHO ONCE REPAIRED THE PRESI- DENTS COAT ASKS A FAVOR—A GOSSIPY LETTER FROM A WESTERN POSTMASTER— CURIOUS EPISTLES FROM THR OFFICIAL MATI- Ba. The multitude of letters which are received every day by government officials on every conceivable subject seems to be an indication that there are a great many people in this coun- try who have a fondness for writing letters. As arule, the composition and orthography gives no evidence that the writers have even the slight literary ability which is required to write a good letter. The cramped handwriting and eccentric spelling betrays a want of prac- tice in the art of writing, and very often the paper bears the marks of a stubborn struggle of the writer with the pen andink. But whatever else they may lack the writers have a coplous store of ideas, and the necessity of giving ex- Pression to thoughts is the motive of many of these letters. Among theye corres: pondents are found the philanthropit nd un- Selfish lovers of thelr country who wish to see the government managed in accordance with correct prineipies. So they sit down and write tothe President and give him advice. NOT A DICTATOR, BUT A DEMOCRAT. For instance, take tbe letter trom a man who writes in the following strain: Dear Friend—1 take up my pep, not as a dic- tator, but a8. a democrat and as lover of our common country, and at this time I aim suffer- ing from a severe pain in my head. I pray that you may receive Divine guidance in your, ve only one request to make.” ‘Then the writer goes on to say that some provision should be made to pension all honorably dis- charged soldiers of the late war, and proceeds with an argument to convince tue wident that he should recommend such legisiation. What connection the pain in his head had with bis love for his country Is not explained, but it is evident from the two statements a] pearing in the same sentence that in the writer's mind the relation was aa Intimate one. There are other citizens who have no advice to give or private axe to grind,bat they think often, and with affection, of these in public office, and have the desire to smooth their official pathway, and contribute something to their amusement. AN OLD OFFICIAL CHUM. As an illustration of this type of a corre- spondent js the following letter written by a) western postmaster to an official in the Post Office department, whom tho latter declares he never knew or heard of before: ‘Doar Sir 1 thought of writing te you for some time as we buve been nid chums in ofice together nnd give you the General News about here the Cropes are very good wheat 50 bushels Per acor, oats and Barley go 75 bushels to the Aeor wad fat Hogs way fourand five Hundred pounds a piece. fitz Cooper had a calf kila by the cars runing ove it, old Kit Broak her Neck by falling in a ditch the other day. Mrs. Rueker had « big boy the other day she says that you youst to be her old Bow She got along all right and is or has | named her boy after you a nother one of our old chums mrs Hill wasaick and had a Bouncing | ir Old fan had Seven pups and 1 Kept one and | called it (name of the official) and it wares a Brass Coler marked (initials of bis na:ne.) the wather is fine and apels look well i would: write more but i Eat to menny Green apels and they give me the Beler Ako” ‘There is a crispness about these paragraphs of local_news and un attention to what other peo- ple might regarc as petty matters, which shows that an undeveloped, “onr own corre- spondent, of brilliant parts, lies buried In that remote western post office. TEACHING SCHOOL BY MAIL. A school girl in Nebraska affords an example of another class of Uncle Sam's correspondents, which is a very large one, and which includes: within its ranks the best people in the country. Itis those people who write for information, and the questions range from complex ones 0! political econoiy to simplor matters of routine detail. This little girl writes as follows tothe Interior department. “I write to you for infor- mation. Our school got in @ dispute whether | Indian Territory had a capital or not. As we | could not decide, our teacher told usit would be best to write toyou. Is it governed as other territories?” -As_an illustration of how this kind of corre- spondence is attended to and tho attention | which is given to even the most trivial requests, the following reply of Acting Secretary Mul- drow is given in tuk “Ihave the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 18th ultimo, requesting to be | intormed whether fhe Indian Territory has a capital, and whether it is governed as other territories. In reply, you are rorpeeeally. in- formed that the Indian Territory 1s not an or- ganized territory of the United States, is not verned asother territories, and consequently has no territorial capital. It'ls Indian country occupied by various Indian tribes, among which are the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles, known as the five civilized tribes, each of them having an organ- | ized government and a capital city within Its own country. For five or more yenrs after 1869 the Indians of the territory under and in patsuance of treaties made with somo of them in 1866, held annually a general cownel! Oxmuigee in the Creek nation, tha that ci yas then, and for that reasoy, looked upon ay the capital of the territory, but vt the gegetal | council has been disconithued, Okmulgee has no longer any claims to be conside: asthe capital of the territory.” REPAIRED THE PRESIDENT’S COAT. ‘Then there are the correspondents who en- deavor to fortify their own little claim on the government with remeniscences of acquant- ance with the men in power, or perhaps some reference to favor conferred in the past. A specimen of this kind is a letter which 2 man wrote to the President, reminding him that he ‘once bad @ coat repaired ut his shop, and at that time the writer was then able to conier a favor whieh the President {s now in a pasition to return. Would he uot therefore be 50 good as to “drop the Interior department a few fines regarding my pension, as they secm to be rather slow about dolig anything fora man who Cannot afford to pay a lawyer at Washing- ton for his services.” ‘As the President probably paid the tailor for for his work, it would seem to the ordinary mnind that it was hardly a favor; bat then a pen- sion claim makes such transactions assume a different character. NOT PAID IN FULL. Another pension correspondent, who wishes to have fall Justice done to his physical con- dition by his government, writes in the follow- ing strain: “Trecelved 2 pension from the Department a few days since, was indeed glad to receive the gatne, but_was somewhat surprised at the amount, You only allowed it on direhea aud as my lungs are fully as bad and did not get any thing for that but perhaps it has been over jooked. Will you please inform me what the ditleulty Is &c.” A SOLUTION OF THE SILVER PROBLEM. A writer of a financial turn of mind ts anxious to prevent the President from making &@ mistake, but he js doubtful of the wisdom of writing to the chiefexecutive directly, and so he sends the following request to one of the de- partment officials: “I wish that you would Step over and sce the President and say that 1 think he Is of bis base ou the sliver question. Tell him Ithink if he will pay the goverument clerks in silver dollars the ship of state will soon right herself. ————+ee______ WANTS TO WRITE A NOVEL. A Ferlorn Authoress Who Writes to Santa Claus for Help. The gentleman who takes from the city post office the letters addressed to “Santa Claus” since the publication made {un Tae STAR of specimen letters sent to Sante Claus, has re- ceived many letters from different parts of the country, and even from across the Atlantic. One letter trom Bristol, England, is quite Inter- esting. It was written by a woman, and says; “if what I have heard and read is true, you must have o Kind heart and a gener- ous hand, and at this seasob, which is your own, I appeal to both. I'am an Ameriéan—a lady’ by birth—once possessing @ competence— now very, very poor. 1 aim writer, and now that the ‘novelettes have dome into fashion I cau, with a very little help, more than retrieve my ‘lost position by writing sucha book. Ihave a story In my mind, sensational, romantic—the Yety strangest, yet told, yet founded on fact, and a thorough love aswell. Its com- pictely new. ‘The plot has never been used or imagined before, and only Occurred to me last Tam sure of success, if tit into print Or, AE write it, I should say.’ All I need tsa smal sum of money to ilve on In the plainest way, for four months, while writing {f, 90 that I need not drop it to write short stories, or be by fear of starvation if I dou’t wri hood, and I wit ploage. tao esporight of need, ‘an story, Placing it in the loaner’s possession ull ‘the loan is repaid. T once earned a com- etence Va my pen, only tolose it by a bank Hore. ff Tcau ‘Write this for the coming seaside season, I can igy the foun. of asecond fortune, But, without this help, I cannot write it—in time, I will answer lon fee te et BEES te est MuVsn Sa fhe cekalP eae ee pabilty,se ey a: vA ‘The loss of all whom I love th, the loss of fortune, home, ene tiene poet, ie pecintaatne teens thi have sorely me for five years past. is my one make tea ttle trons browning de ‘Amettena home nee more” For ise nuke of or and letters ia not. to: cuarity bul 7, but ere to teal Chain vat this beason. Nest veer y sonar t zi ve t) have a number of private secretaries my corresponcence continues toinerease.” ——— 90a Joaquin Miller hese great antipathy Knew what to do with a canine, tm at the gates of hell,” Discoveries Made by a Star Reporter In the House Bath Room. THE OFFICIAL CHIROPODIST WHO HAS CHARGE OF THE MEMBERS’ CORNS—THE BATHS AND HOW THEY ARE MANAGED—MEMBERG WHO HAVE NEVER PATRONIZED THEM, 4C. ‘The gas is always burning dimly in the bath Yooms of the House, and Robert's eyes are almost gone. Robert is the colored man who has for a long time been in charge of the baths. William is his assistant. He is younger then Robert, and the dimness of the light doesn’t effect the keenness of his bright little black eyes, and he is well suited ior the duties he bas toperform. He trims the Congressmen’s corns. William is rather ® bright mulatto, and very spry. Robert is darker in color, has chin whiskers, and looks rather sedate with eye glasses on. But the glasses don’t help him much; he has to take them off to rest his eyes, nd he can't see much with them. The House bath rooms are in the basement of the Capitol, in the southeast corner, under the elevator,’ where the ligitt of day never reaches. The gas, like Robert's eyes, 1s very dim andcan’t reach very far. “Is you the gentleman that wanted his corms trimmed?” asked William, as THE STAR Te- Porter passed down the dim, vaulted corrid “Want a nico bath?” said ‘Robert, Ae Wg a rm Cs lepers Bed 8 look at the reporter. have @ chiropodist here?” surprise, an zhat’s me,” said “William, “Thet’s what I “That's him,” echoed Robert. Then he added: “He's a mighty clever hand at it. I've seon him ‘2 corn as big as my thumb nail out ov'a member's foot and never draw the red. So) ov the members have mighty big corn! mighty clever ‘bout it. it as "ve got any Corns 'd better let nim get hol’ ov’em.” While raises were being thus sui Willtam st modestly by whetting an od shaped little itnife on the paim of his hand. nsed to be little clever in that line my: self,” continued Robert. “I's cut the corns of lots of the members, but my eyes got too bad now on account of that gas an’ I can’t #ee to do it. That gas is mighty ‘on the eyes, and it takes bright ones: like his to see to cut corns and not draw blood.” CONGRESSIONAL CORNS. “Do many of the Congressmen have corns?” asked Tae STAR reporter, conscious that he had made a discovery. “This isa new field of study “You mean the corn-fleld? Yes, sir; that’s 9 big fletd of labor,” replied Willium, serio unconscious of hig very bad pun. “Mostly all of them has corns. Some of ‘em has pretty’ bad ones. ‘There's Mr.—,” then he. him- self suddenly and added. I disremember hig name, but he’s got awful bad feet. Somehow I never notice the names of those who come to me with their feet. I's got most of those who has been In Congress a long time in pretty good trim. Some of them when they first me im are mighty hard to handle. Their feet’s in bad condition, | With the Ingrowing nalis and the corns and buniums they has a pretty hard time. Itain’t those city gentlemen with tight Shoes that has the bad feet. Its them that hasn't had no one to’tend to em. =, but, as I was_ saying, I mostly disremember their names, Howsomever, there ain’t mau; couple of towels over his glaxses, 0 as to get a bet “Why, do you asked Be serite in Yhat don’t have corns, and most ot ‘eta are bad. | That gentleman whiose name T just didn't know, had the most curious corn lever saw. He couldn't scarcely walk about. It was a great big feliow just under his big toe nail, but I got him out.” “Are you paid by Congress especially to take care of the Members’ fect?” said the scribe. “Not exactly for that. Robert is in charge of the bath and I’m his assistant, the rest is thrown in by me asa sort of extra, and if the members want to giveme something for it, theycan. They mostly do, though I never charge anything. ey're generally mighty glad to get rid of a big corn, and they aln't slow about giving me something THE BATHS. “How about the baths?” asked the reporter, turning to Robert. “Mostly all the members take ‘ew. Mr. Mor- rion, Ireckon,’s the only ofd member thatnever did. Mr. Carlisle ‘s only been here one or twice in his life, and Mi. Randall comes only when his rheumatics is very vad. Mostly all the r come down pretty regular once or twice a week. Mr. Le Fevre alw: comes three times a The new members come as fast as they lcarn aboot it, Many of them don’t know there are any baths inere, and they go a long time ‘fore they find itout. Some ofthe members ate very particular about their baths, Some bathe in rum, some in sea salt and some in sulphur.” “Ate the baths furnished by the government “Yes, except the sulphur, the rum and the salt. ‘That we has to bay ‘ourselves, and the members pay us for !t. We dou't ask any pay, but, they know, that itcomes out of our own pocket, so they ‘generally pay us back. The government pays us our salaries and furnishes abs, water, towels, soap, combs and brushes and Such like. ‘There are five tubs for the mem- bers, and they are most always full, and around the corver are four tubs foremployes. Then there's a Kussian bath, where the members can getsteamed. They ean lie down there and get Steamed just like oysters.” THE BEST BATH ROOM, .__ “This Is the best bath room,” and he led the way into a large room at the end of the corridor where there was an immense white marble tank or tub, a big marble washstand, ashower- bath and a big silver fancet that would et ina stream of ‘any temperature desired in such a Voluiue as to fill the tube in a few seconds. Overhead hung a silver shower-bat through which water of any temperature cou! be poured down in a delightful snower upon the bather. The room throughout is newly peted and was as warm as a feather bed, “There are two like this,” said the bath-mas- ter, “and the rest have porcelain tubs, ‘The employes used to have shower-baths, too, but let ther run all over the floor and we had to take them out.” ‘These bath rooms aro very popular. In. the sutpmer during the long session the members © tere tO Wash out the heat of a long debate, ‘he effects of dinner parties are often soaked ont there in the morning and the members appear fresh on the floor of the House when the day’s session opens, ——_——-+e4+_____ Roses, Written for Tre Evenino Star. In Summer-days when brightly bloom Red roses, royal roses, Irevel in their sweet perfume; ‘Thelr loveliness dispels my gloom, ‘My soul to Joy disposes; ‘Like butterflies and bees, that hover About them, I, too, am their lover, Butsoon dark Autumn-days draw near, ‘And sorrow follows gladness; They fade—they die—they disappaer, And night for them sheds many a tear In unavailing sadness; And dolefiul winds chant dirges o'er them, Asoer the myriads gone before them. ‘Yet grief not long abides with me ‘To see them thus evanish: For, on the cheeks of Futalie, Far lovelier, sweeter roses he, ‘That thne seems lot’: to banish; ‘That lve as in some tand Elysian, And at all seasons biess wy vision. ‘From a pure heart they spring and bloom, \ heart where love and duty For aught unworthy leave no room, And so they ‘scape the common doom Of other roses’ beauty; And theirs {s such it aye disposes ‘My soul to Joy—celestial roses! Ambrosial flowers, more fair of hue ‘Than arbutes, or than dalstes, Or apple-blossoms dashed with dew, Or bright carnations’ blushes—you Have, more than all, my praises” * Oh, may no evil blast assafl you, ‘Nor ever blight or canker pale you! Ab, never bee or butterfly ‘Hung over roses rarer— No sea-shell bears a softer dye! But she, whose cheeks they beautify, Ie fraught with charm still fairer; Oh, she—no more!—my song here closes— Ising but of her charming rosea, —W. L. SuorwaxkE, ————+0e Senator and Constituent. ‘From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. In the last Maine campaign Senators Frye avd Hale stumped Washington county to- gether. One day they started on a long journey imastage-coach. Mrs. Frye accompanied her husband. She and the Senator sat on the back seat facing the horses, while Mr. Hale took the front seat and had to ride backward, ; Senator Hale was In a Joking mood, and told Mr. Mrs, they were taking altogether too much comfort. "I wish some fat woman Seine pert rage and crowd on that seat with ou," bk not traveled much further when had tiie slagerdeiver wan Watted by au enormous, |! sun-burned and big-fisied woman, eli {n'and was about to sit on the forward sean “ Perhi ™madam, you do not jj ride backward, ‘and wo thore,” sald Mr. Hal Pointing to the. piace where Mr. and Birs, Frye sat. “No, sir, do not moind ridin'beckward 4 at said the womai Mt teva byine ide Of tho datos Berge ere Usp tric: fled The they 4 her led Xe WwW. Feoently appointed by President ‘Why there's | 4 and id nok say auc | 2 ‘The Hydrophobin Scare and Its Results im this City. MALADIES OF DOGS THAT ARE MISTAKEN FOR RABIE®—HOW DOGS SHOULD BE FED AND HOUSED—TALE WITH A MAN WHO MARES 2 SPECIALTY OF TREATING CANINE DISRASES, Mr. George Wooldridge, who for the past eighteen years has made a specialty of treating the diseases of dogs and performing when re- Gired necessary sureical operations | wpon them, now finds that in consequence of the hy- drophobia scare his practice is daily increasing. After observing Mr. Wooldridge dress a gentle- man's finger,a few evenings ago, @ STAR re- Porter Inquired when the gentleman had gone, as to what was the matter, Mr. Wooldriage ze plied: “Hé was bitten by a dog a little while @goand has fears of the hydrophobia, having Tead 80 mitch of it of late.” ‘You do not think his tears are well founded?” “No, sir,” replied Mr. Wooldridge; “but there has been So much printed recently thet it makes people fearful. We see It stated that there 1s an epidemic of it in some pls but in my expe- lence here there have been but few cases of bydrophobia, and I doubt if the number in the st ten years has been more than ten. ere ave been hundreds of cases of sup) ITO phobia. Ifa dog has a fit or shows any ot iseasé the cry “Mad dog’ is raised, and soon the poor dog is_put out of existenco by the po- Mceman's pistol. In genuine cases of hydro- phobia the animal Is morose, sulks in a corner and snaps at astick or anything taat moves, Gnd his eyes are bloodshot, Hydropneoia is, 10 iy opinion, caused by confinement—dogs kept constantly Chained are more apt to be aifected than those that have plenty of air and exercise find are properly housed and fed. Ifa dog has been bitten my opinion is that if he has been Inoculated with rabies by the bite he will show symptoms of the disease in thirty or forty daya, find this {8 the opinion of the profession. Some, however, are of the opinion that it may be yeura before the symptoms will appear. « PASTEUR's TREATMENT. “What do you think of Pasteur's treatment?” asked the reporter. “I have no doubt it is good,” sald Mr. Wool- dridge, “and if it turns out suocessfully there should be some doctor inevery city of consider- able ait to make a specialty of such treat- ment.” “Then you have treated no cases of rabies inquired the reporter. e “No genuine cases,” respogded Mr. Wool- drldge, “but many supposed Gases, Leu a dog have & stomach trouble, be teething or have the worms, all of which have symptoms much like the rabies, then off poopie start with the cry Of ‘Mad dog.’ Isuy, ‘Give the ges dog a chance.’ Don't kill iia when there is no cause, but fiod out what is the matter, unless, indeed, it be a ‘no uccount’ dog. Often sickness Is caused in dogs by a cleur violation of the laws of nature, ‘Sometimes the sickness of a dog comes from feeding him on sweets, candies, cakes and seyar. Allsuch should be avoided, for thoy are. us bad for the dog as they are for children. ‘The ordinary effect of such food 1s to produce partial paralysis (affecting the bind- quarters). Some think if they have a pet they must stuff it, and that, too, with sweets, never thinking of giving proper food. The best food | for the dog is meat in small quantities, with Vegeiables—something he will relish, thrive | and grow ou. When young feed frequently— | three or four times per day—and when grown once per day 1s sufficient. It isnecessary that the dog should have a nice, clean place to rest. Cedar shavings are the best for his couch, much | better than straw, and he should have access to clean, fresh water. As to the effect of exer- cise in the open air on dogs, all that is neces- sary Is to point to those doge who are pampered, up In the houses, for they ure short-lived.” CANINE SURGERY. “Thaye heard,” said the reporter, “that you have performed operations in canine surgery. “Yes, Ido not confine my attention to adm! | isterins drugs” sald Mr. Wooldridge, “puthave | used the knife and forceps on dogx. A friend | residing up town had a rather old dog and I found that some of hia teeth were decayed. belleve the sweet meuts with which he had been ted had ruined his teeth, as they do those ofthe human family. I took’ out two and di- rected a change of a3 | dog's tood, sleeping well, and is really a_uice { ont aoe: Wie longucity’ of dogsis patlown an the books as from to 25 years, but a doz 16 years old is regarded as an old dog here. As | 1 stated before the house dogs do not live so long.” | “Any other surgical operations?” asked the | reporter. “Oh, yest I have taken out a number of tu- | inors,”sald Mr. Wooldridge, “and they seem to be getting cominon wits duzs. They come sometimes from gathered breasts or bruises. Recently a prominent gentleman brought me a dog 4 tumor on the breast so large that it was deemed best to administer an anaesthe- tie, which I did In the shape of ether. I then took out the tumor, which weighed 333 pounds, Here It is," said Mr. Wooldridge, producing a Jar containing the tumor preserved in alcohol. “The dog Is now doing well, and I often see him. Here,” he said, exhibiting a piece of bone with five teoth, “is a piece of the lower jaw of a ter- rier. Another dog had bitten him ‘so as to frac- ture the jawbone, and I took out the plece. New bone has taken its place, but no new teeth have come.” A DOG WITH A GLASS EYE. “Did you ever sec a dog with a glass eye,” continued Mr, Wooldridge. “Well, a man came in bere one day with adog who had lost the | sight of one of his eyes ina fight, and I took it | outand putin agliss one. I was atraid that the remaining eye would be affected, but there was no sympathetic action. He travels around, but ‘ean go only one eye’ on any one.” Heré Mr. Wooldridge showed & small tumor ina vial, Temarking that it wax a smali one, but came from a small dog; and continuing, le sald, “A. dog whieh had juniped or fallen upon an iron fence und had uwvo long cuts in his flank was Urought in one day, and the wound was care- fulay dressed and sewed up, and he 1s to-day as good as any dog. Just now there are many Suffering with the canker in the ear, for the hunting season this inalady is common, the cuuse being foreign substances which get into thelr ears.” DOGS WITH BRQKEN LEGS. “You have set limbs, of course?” said the re- porter, “Oh, yest and many of them; and, by the way, broken legs are trequent. Have you never sech’ u dog with his leg in spilnts? They look awkward, and sometimes it's quite a comical sight. There is one udvantage that dogs have and that Is thelr bones do not take loug to knit —irom eight to fifteen days often being as long as splints are necessary,” “How does the business pays” “Well,” answered Mr, Wooldridge; “business 1s improving. There are many people here who have dogy they higuly prize and they will do anything reasonable for them. Some own- ers will not, it a dog appears sick, accede to the hue aud ery and kill the dog, but will make an examination or have one made, and unless the cage is nopeless will huve the dog attended to, Generally a little medicine is what the dog wants, and if the sicknessis attended to in time is of very short duration. Indeed, with most of my dog patients a day or two's illness is all they have, for thelr diseases yield promptly to medicine.” HOW DOGS SUBMIT TO TREATMENT. “Are you ever Injured while doctoring the dogs,” aiced the reporter. “Oh, no; not in my whole experience have they offerred to bite. They often seem to re- slize that what I am about to do Is for their good, and quietly submit, looking wisttully at me when performing an operation. Indeed, sometimes I am led to wonder if they have not in si¢kness as much sense as human beings.” “How many dogs are there in the District? d the reporter. ‘bat 1 do not know,” said Mr, Wooldridge, tif you know the number of tags issu the wholé number can be approximated, for only about one-third of them pay license, {There are many worthless dogs here,but most of ‘those who wear tags can be said tobe of some usc, A have been thinking that it would bea. thing to raise the license on as people ,Would then get rid of the comihon ds and pay for better ones.” Judge Terry’s Marriage to Miss Hil. David 8.Terry, ex-chief Justice of the supreme court ef California, and Miss Sarah Althea Hill, who claims to be the widow of ex-Senator Sha- ron, of Nevada, were married in San Francisco Thursday morning in the parsonage of the Catholi¢ church. Father O'Connor, of St. Mary's church, performed the ceremony, the mau, tite Treasurer ‘Oulahan, be the only gon present beside the contract th Rnd the Slergyzan, Mise £iiltoaving decided 4p dispense with bridesmulds. Judge Terry post ige Tel tively refused to ailow any reporters wo be. ent he lleenso guve thetride’s name es Saray Althea, Bill Sharon and her age as 32 years and Judge Terry’s as 62. The wedding breaktast over, Mr. Terry returned to the superior court, Where & case he was conducting was on trial. Citpton Terry, the judges only ii ioe Belg groatly aunoved at is mtherss ‘arriage, and {intends leaving for France,where is tather lately purchased tor him s large mount of property. Judye ja. well known ‘con m with bis duel with Senator Brod- erick, in which the tatier was killed. York elevated railroads reached an agree ment, as stated in THE STAR jetand he is now eating | ART NOTES. Late accounts from Paris report Mr. Messer In pleasant permanent quarters in that ¢lty, and already hard at work, in lee, as well as busy in observation and study. — Mr. and Mrs, Ross Torner, who heve teken studio apartments in New York at “The Hol- bein,” on Fifty-fifth street, were in Washington during Christmas week, on @ holiday visit to Mr. Turner's parents, —The Art Students’ League is now comfort- ably and apparently permanently housed in the handsome new Carlisle Building, on F street, and more serious!: successfully al work’ than even its uiost sauguine. iriends darei hope when the ‘was first ‘saggested. — Having completed his portrait of Governor Hoadly, which is to be added to the gallers of the Governors of Ohio,in the capitol building of that state, Mr. Andrews returned to the city Several days ago, but he expected to leave again this evening for Ohio, to execute several com malesions received there when on his last visit. Ho will probably be abeent for two or three —Mr. Eugene Poole, who is still lotated in Cincinnati, was in Washington on Thursday, on his way to the first-named city from Pooles- Ville, where he had been visiting bis wife's Telatives. Mr. Poole likes Cincianatl fairly verte Sve, sree ma ee Te e no sul ise to hear him e hopes to’ return vo Washington, t0 reside, ‘within the present year. — The committee of the statue ot Liberty in tended for New York harbor announce that the new bronze and silver-plated miniature repro- uctions of Barthold's noble conception, now being issue rior to those first sentout, Mr. V. G. >» Of thix city, is agent for the committee, and’ can supply Say desired number of the statuettes or engravings oi the monument,—the net proceeds. arising trom which go to the construction tand. — Mr. F.L. Montague, whose monochrome land- to Washington, and taken a studio at 1409 Repose," showing « hazy morning effect on Benr Lake. in southeastern Idauio, now on view In the reception room at Willard’s,—and which by the way Montague regards. his best work—attracts much and vere favorable atten- on aes the throngs of people thus enabled to see It. —The drawings sent home from Paris some time ago by Mr. Ernest Major, of this city, were submitted to the members of the New York Jury which awarded him the prize that enabled him to go to Europe, and were greatly admired by them, and especially by the sculptor, St. Gandens, who was chairman of the committee. From thé proficiency shown by Mr. Major since he went abroad the committee are satistied that they made no mistake in selecting iim from the long tnd meritorious list of competitors. — Mr. Karl ardt has been awarded the contract for carving the statue of Nathan Hale, to be erected upon the fucade of the Connecticut, capitol. He was formerly a workman in a machine shop, but having a taste for modeling and sculpture, he was aided bs Mark Twain and others tO yo to Paris and study. His progress was rapid. and he speedily won a position among artists of reputation. It will be remembered that jt was he who took @ cast of Gen. Grant's face at Mt. MeGregor, immedi- ately after death. —Mr.Wm, Cogswell, who will be remembered as the artist who painted the large pértrait group of General Grantand family and of several other distinguished people here, after the close of the war. has returned to Washington, and taken a studio at 7: 14th street. tte has not under- taken any new work since bis arrival bere, but gota several likenesses of well-lenown persons, including one of General Grant, painted Just relatives of the great soldier ure said as one of the best portraits of him aves painted. — Mrs. Poindexter, wife of the wel known architect, has just completed a picture intended for the coming water color exhibition in New York, which reflects great credit both upon her- veif and her teacher, Mr. Magrath, consid- | ering that sbe has been taking lessons for but | two or three seasons. The subject is not a pleas- ing one, in Itscif,—representing what might be regarded asa corner in a monk's cell, aud em- bracing only a skulland a rosary lying on a missal, with a brass candle stick, holding @ well burnet down candle, by its side—but the manner In which itis haudled shows an artistic grasp considerably above the average, with excelient technical factlity. — Mr. J. Rollin Tilton’s picture of Rome, ac quired some time since by the Corcoran Gal- lery, has not yet been placed in position on its walls, This painting was greatiy admired by connoisseurs in Rome, when Hirst exhibited there, and it has great historical value, for the photographic fidelity with which it portrays the scene represented,—aud this value will increased as time ‘passes and topozraphic changes go on in the eternal city,—vut it ls doubtful whether it willever be popular with the general public, which as a role prefers something more brilliant in color and more cheertul in sentiment than the treatment and subject chosen by Mr, ‘Tilton tor his master piece,—for such it is understood he and nis iriends consider it. — Mr. Carl J. Becker, of New York, is in the Admiral Porter, from which is to be engraved the likeness intended for the frontispicce ot the Admiral’s forthcoming book entitied “The Naval History of the Civil War.” The portrait, which 1s to be in oil colors, will be of life-size, three-quarter length, and will shew its subject in the full uniiorm of bis rank. The music room of the Porter mansion has been converted into a temporary studio, and there Mr. Becker is busily enguged on his task, which he hopes to have completed at an early day, though he expects to spend the nexi tour or ve months in Washington. Mr. Becker is an artist of varied observation and experience, having painted considerably in Europe and India, as Well as in this country. Perhaps his most im- poftant picture is tht owned by the New York oduce Exchange, which represents the lay- ing of the corner-stone of its aplendid building, and includes, we are told, nearly two hundred lile-like portraits, i —The friends and acquaintances of Mr. Magrath who are accustomed to think of him only as a water colorist in landscape, will be surprised as well as pleased with the evidences of his ability as a portrait painter in oils at present to be seen inhis studio. A portrait of Senator Sawyer now under way promises to be one of the strongest and most striking like- nesses painted here for years, and one of Mrs. Sawyer, just commenced, is likely to be iltile less ‘satisiactory, though the artist haa scant opportunity to do himself Justice in this case, asthe deiicate health of Mrs. Sawyer prevents her giving the sittings which are so casentia! to suecessfal results in pepiyon intivg, Mr. Magrath has just completed aud wili send off in a 1ew days his contribution tothe New York | water color exhibition, which opens on the first of February. It r presents a scene on the Isle of Shoals, painted frm sketches and studies made during a visit there last summer, and shows with fine effect the siriking combination of rocks and water pecull to that attractive Jocaltt —In the way of auction sales, the two art events of the season in New York will doubt- less be the dispersion of the two Morgan collec- tions of paintings. Tbe first sale—that of the pictures left by the Inte widow ot Hon. E. D. Morgan, formerly governor of New York, and ter United States Senator from that state— takes place next week. It comprises about ope hundred and fifty canvases, and includes some ofconsiderable importance and value. Many of the pictures are, however, by artists who are not fashionable just now—for there are fashions in pfetures and art, as well as in ladies’ dresses, —and some of them do not stand as high rela: tively as they did when. the collection was made, from twenty to thirty years ago. It js likely, therefore, that while the aggregate ofthe sale Will reach a large sum, in many cases first cost, will not be reallzed,aud persons who are governed in thelr purchases by their own tastes Gnd feelings rather than by the popular fan ‘of the moment will find thesalea chance to up some real bargains, , The secoud sale, which takes place on the $4, 4th and 6th of March, next, will, for many and various reasons, at- tract muel! wider attention. This collleetion is scapes find many admirers here, has returned | ew York avenue. A large picture entitied | aiter his return from his foreign tour, ‘nich the | to regu city for the purpose of painting a portrait of | A List of and Senators and Represcutatives Their Places of Residence. ‘The following is a list of Senators and Rey sentati ves and their pluces of residence in this city, corrected up to date: Aldrich, N.W., R.1., ullson, William B. Towa, 11 4 Biackburn, J.C. Blair, Henry W Brown,, SENATORS. 1325 Mass. ave. 24 Viave. 1766 RT. ave Ark., National. Ky., National. N. H.'201 East Capitol st, E, Ga. National. tjanses I. Joseph. Butler, M. C., 5. C,, 300 Delaware ave. ne, Call, Wil len, Fia., 1753 Pst. n. w. rary v.Va., 1408 Fst. now. = Camda Cameron, J. D., Pa. 1227 19th st. n.w. Hoar, Jones, Mal Maxe: | MePhei Miller, Miller, Payne, Pike, Piamb, | Ranson | Riddle | Sabin, Saulst | Sherm! ‘Teller, Van Allen, Allen, Barn Bayne, Blan Bliss Bound, | Brage, | Breckenri | Breekii | Browns Brown, Brown, Gray, Géo., Del., 816 151h st. Hale’ Eugene, Alaine, Hai Hawi Joseph are Ingalls, John J. Jackson, Howell E, Tenn... 1018 Jones, Chas. Kenna, J. E., W. Va., 153 MeMillai Austin’ F., Platt, Orville H. Pugh, James L.. A | Sawyer, ‘Sewell, Spooner, J. C., | Staniord, Leland, Vest, Geo. &., Mo, Voorhees, Daniel W., lud., Portiana, Warthau, i C., Miss, W Wilson, B. K, Wilson, Jas. Anderson, C. M., Ghio, 813. Anderson, John A., Kan., 1333 G st n, 6: Ballentine, Joho G.. Teun. Barbour, Jon i . Barksdale, E,, Miss. $37 New York ava, Barry, F.G.. ils... Beach, L., N. Y. Bean, C. C., Arizona, 1351 Q Belmont, Berry, N. Bennett, R. T. Bingham, i. ii, Blanchard, N, 4A. M.'N.Y Blount, Boutelle, | Boyle, C! | Brady, J. | Bonnelt, F. | Buchanan, James, N. J. Buch, J. B. 1213 N st. pow. lo.. 1502 Q st. n. w. Texas, 419 Oh 5 + B20 Nev r ich.’ 1321 M st. n. w. 714 RL ave. 1 L., Mass., 1632 R. I. ave. ., Oregon, & Lafarette square, sorte Vt. 2111 Mass. ave. 1a. 1623 Mass. ave. MN. ¥., cor. 18th and Ista n. Maine, Hamilton. s., 115 Marsiand ave. ne. 723 R. I. ave. B,, Md., 10 Laiayette square. 3 1501 H st. n.w. €,, sletropollt Wade, 8. “Teham GT Bt W., Florida, 1705 G st, J_K., Arkansas, N: onal Saw john A., Ill., cor. 13th and Clifton sta 'W. Va., Arlingion, Manderson, Chas. F., Neb., Portland, 8. B., Texas, $13 4th st. n.w. 8.5. R., Minn. 334 C ‘RN. Ne rson, John Jonn F., Ui Warne Bs. Preston. a. Kansas, 612 14th a., 1519 R. 1. ave. n, N.C, Metropolitan, berger, H. li., Arlington. Dwight M.. Slinn., 1 Towa ry, Eli, Del., 610 14th st. biniegage Win 1820 Cat iw, jan, Joh: c Henry M.. Col Zebulon &. ck, Chas. n.e. icker’s id., Evbitt. », lowa, G28 13th st. nw, REPRESENTATIVES. Adams, Geo. E., Ill, Arlington, Adams, J. J. N.Y.,'1515 I st. CH, Mass. 1011 13th st. n. w. J. M.. Miss., Arlingto1 Arnot, Jno,, jr., N, ¥., Arlington, Atkinson, LE, Pa..607 11th st. Baker, Chas, 8,,'N. ¥ S.. Va, 144 B Geo. t_, Ga., Metropolitan. bit. T. M:, 1713 Ist. nw. Portland. st.n. Ww. 1701 R. 1. av. mw, ~C., Metropolitan, Pa., 1019 Conn. ave. La. 212 North Capitol st, Willard's, 'N.¥!, Arlington, J, Hi, Ga., National. F., Pe, 212 ath st. e. A Maine, Hamilton, E,, Pa, Willard’s, D., Vv 18 Sd st. now. Ed. S., Wis., bobitt. idge, C, R., Ark., 218 North Capitol st. juridge, W.C.P., Ky.. 25 Lafayette sq. e, Thos. M., ind, 1332 Ist. now. , Chas. E., Ohio, 17: stn. we. W, W., Pa, Hamilton. C. Pa, Nationz\. 2139 K sto. w. Conn., Arlington. ce R.P., My | Burleigh, H.G., N.Y. 1511 st. n. w. | Burnes, Burrows, J.C Butterworth, | Bynum, Wm, D. | Cabeli, | Gaine, Caswell Catehit Claray, Cob! Tobie, Eldrid, Fuller, Goff, N. Green, Green, twice as large as the other, aud includes Soon peear eee oe widow of the late Charles rly aD H Bi i d fi 4 i i : E i : i Caldwell, A. J., Ten Campbell, Campbell; J. E., Ohio, 101 Campbell, J; Campbell, T. Candier, A. Cannon; 3... | Clements, J. ‘Thos. Collins Fd ns, P. Compton, B. Comtocl » C. Conger, E: H., Cooper, Wm. Cowles, W. H. H. Gox, W. R., N.C Grain, Wan. H. | Grisp, C. F., Ga., Metropol Croxton, Thos., V Culberson, D. Curtin, A.'G., Pa., 1518 K at. n. Ww. Cuteh¢on, B.'M., Mich.. 1409 Mass. ave. n. w. Daniel, J. Dargan, G. Davenport, | Bian a 8 Davis, R.'T., Mass., 1 Dawson, Wim., Mo., Nation Dingiey, jr., pees 3 Dorsey, GW. Dougherty, Cha: Dowdney, A., N. ¥., 23 Lafayette square, Dunn, Poindexter, Ark., 223 East Dunham. K. W., Ti., 1325 G st. n. Ean, Jno. R., Til, Metropolitan, Ely, Fred. D. Ermentrout, D., Pa., Belvid al Gay, Haw. J, La. 14 Gedites, G. W Gibson, Chas. Atfor Glintan eB. Glass, PT. Glover, J. Mi. ae Grosvenor, C. H,, Obio, 1; Seok WB ve oo 13th st, jnenther, Hahn, Mla’, Willard Hailey, Jolin, Id: Hale, J. B., Ball,'B. J. Halsell, 3” E, Jas. N.73Mo,, Willard’s. ‘Miceli. 1101 K stn. w. ‘Benj., Ohio, Le Droit park. Ind., 52 B st. ne. Geo. C., Va., 1702 8th st. now. ‘Ino. T.. Utah, (del,) 11 Grant place, 882 13tn at. Felix, N. Y., Arlington. M., Pa. 614 12th stn. J. N. ¥..1414 K st. D.Ga., dict 11. Witlars Jos. Delegate) Ws. Ri Be Mich. Ebutit iL. By Wik, Bvbitt, Thos. C.. Miss., 2209 L., Mo., Willard’s, 'C., Ga., Met R., Ind., 463, puri ave, Ma. 1011 H st. n. w. Mass., 1011 13th st. nw. ‘Md. Laurel, Md. °., Mich. 210 North Capitol st ‘Towa, 2 Iowa circle. Cc, ~ ae oni \.C., Metropolitan. 1418'G st. nw. ‘Texas, 123 B st. ne. litan, 2, 1102 Sth st. now. Texas, Metropolitan. 3. B. W., Va., Met ee Te Ala, 25 K st. p. w. Samuel, 8. ©, Metropolitan, Nelson, i Maine, Hamilton, Mo., Metropolitan. E,, Nebr., Ri has. Fia.,’National. itol st, B., Mich., 109 Ist st. n.e, ‘Mass., 1009 23th st. ow. Evans, L. N., Pu, 804 10th st. nw, Everhart, J.B. Pa, 1025 Vuave. J. M., N-Y., 813 12th st. nw, 508 HL st. n. w. 7 RL ave. nw. Arlington. Pa.. Hamilton. MA., Obio, 708 10th st. now, Ford, Geo., Tnd., #35 4 st.n. w. Forney, Win Frederick, B. i., Ala., 1116 G st. n. w. . ows, 1202 K st. u. w. E, Iowa, 20 Grant place. H., Kabs,, 714 13th st. n. w. i, J, N11" 202 Delaware ave, na, ‘st. D. 4 Obio, 523 6th: a. Ww. H., Md, Witlard’s, ; Eustace, W.Va., 1918 Het. n. w. 0, 8., Dalk., (delegate) 421 Gti st Midn., 1323 M st. nw, ‘Tenn., Metropolitan. 10 Counecticut ave, y. Va., G11 13th st. n. w, * a ST, K W. 4. Fst. nw. dere, 10, 1005 8th st. n. w. »Mo., Willard's, Towa, 1415 G st. n.w. . Ky. 221 East Capitol st, Hammond, X:4.“Ga,, Metropolitan, iinee ay Rane 125 Aig St. Bw. . Pa., Ebbitt.’ R., Ga, National. . H., Mo., 1322 G st. n.w, Mass., McAdoo, New Jerse: see Te wa tors Nata, Nokensacd, cae Vine stm, MeKintey,, Win. O,, Bobet. NeMillin, B., Tenn., R Merriman, E. Av X- ¥ Millard, 8) CN. ¥, Witae Bete liken, a Mille R'Q., Texas Mitehen, € Cont oc ewearn 8. ¢ —— 1, J. By Norte 37 keane, Morrison WTR. Bi Willan Morrow, WwW. , 808 Murphy, Jerry i. 610 181d 8 MeRea t eT Ang Ne tonal. eal, J, K., Tena, 23 Neese, Wo}. Hil: 780 Ma. Nogiey, J. 8.Pal Ri Sefaoin: K. Attn. 25 tp st, Xorwood ‘Thos. 3. Ga. es, Win, C. Al, O'Dorinell, 3, Mich, Ham Sci eteds Wo Sis ethane eill, Charl New O'Netit, J, ‘J, No. 421 6th st. a. 4 Owen, W. Ind, 814 12ch st. Parker, A. XN. ¥., 23 North Capttol Payne, N.Y, Portend. s Payson, L. E., 171118 G st. now. Pee . W., Ark., 222 N, J. ave. se. Some W. Kans. 1101 K st. a. #, Perry A, tee R., 5 . Pettibone, A. Pheips, W.W Price. W. T., Jowa, 1403 XN. ¥. Randall, S34 Pur a30C at Rankin, Jos. W 78, BT, Meirepotitan. x.¢ letropolitan, ion od on Af, Log Hamilton. bardaon, J.D. .. National. yim. Mth, ist me x lovertson, T. A., Ky. Rockwell, W. Fy Mase: Rigg Rogers, J. A, Atk. 1911 11th st. nom, Romeis, Isaac, Ubio, 222 34 st. se, Rowell, 3. H., "11, 1103 G st. pow, Ryan, Thomas, Kansas, National. Sadler, T. W., Ala, st. Sawyer, John G., N. ¥_17 Grant Placa Sayers, J. D.. Texas, 1114 G et. now. Scott, Wm. L., Pa. 1708 K st. nw. Scranton, J. Al, Pa., Hamilton. enes, Geo, E., Ohig, 1338 G st. n. w. Semstobe. WX ¥ eisai stn eymour, E. onn., ington, Shaw, FT; Md., National, ingléton, O. Ry’Miss.. 1 Skitwer, i Gu Svc Metropaituaae” Smatis, it, n Stahinecker, W.G., Steele, G. W) Stephens #obie. Stewart, Chas., Texas, 111 Stewart JW. Vir atiingwos o = St. Martin. Loa. 1712 Fst. nw, Stone, F. F., Mass. 1401 H st. n.w. Bove: W. J. Ke, Rational aa Sto -J., Mo., 3 Storm, J.B” Pa.’Sations n° Strait, Hf, 8), Minn, 305 'Cst. mw, Sirnble, 1.8) lowe, izze Net purne, J.. N. ¥., 715 12th etm. Swope, John A., Pa 214 Asta e ~ Ss: . Colo., Portiand, +7. E,, ‘Mich, Ebbitt. Taulbee, W. P:. Kentucky, 1108 224 st a. Tasior, F. B., Ohio, 1746 M at. sare, Sees Ohio, opie, ior, J. 3 ru oliten, Taylor, Zach’, Tenn:, 21081 st Thomas, J, KTH, 1202 Q st. Thomas, 0.1, Wis, National. hon on, A.C. Ohio, 1327 F et. n.w. Throckmorton, J. W., Texas, cor. 6th endEn.w. Diwan, G. D.S.C.412 st. ow. Towechend, BW aetna ‘or end, » 221 44g stm, Tries, C.F, Nas Clarendon. ™ a Tucker, J. R., Va, Claren Turner, H. GG: Set Van Exton, H. s.Mi Nan Schaick, 1, W. Niele, F. 1.8. gorhees, Chas. S. Wash. Ter, 818 22th 6 a. Wade, Wm. H, Mo. 17338 F. 2. ©. = \adsworth, W. H., Ky, 1017 14th Wait, Jobn T. Gonn., Hamilton, Wakefield, 5... Minn., Nationai, Ward thoes tay ain tay ard, Thos, nd., 628 Capital, Warner, A.J, Olio, SiS ahs arner, W. aw. =» 623 13th st. now, ¥ in, Texas, 1316 13h et Sen x Millard wweler, a. 1401 Malte A.C, Pa: 4780stnw White, Milo, Minn., 412 6ib «t.'n.w, Whiting, Wim., Mass. Ariington, Witkin, &. 6, Veloker's. is, A.S.,ky., Metropolitan. Walson, W. La W. Vad Winans, FE: BY Mich., & Wise, G D., Va., 610 18tb st, nw. d, 915.G st. nw. The following have not located: Aiken, D. W, ty r Milburn, W Cabinet Ministers’ Residences. The followin ate Uhe residences of cabines officers in this city: ‘Thomas F. Bayard, Secretary of State, 1413 Massachusetts avenue, y Byes Secretary of the Treasury, stg: Endicott, Secretary of Wer, 1818 16th rated: Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, 1731 1. Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of the Interior, the Garland, Attorney General, 1815 Portland. ndavenue, tas, General, 1829 M A. sl ius your : ony sine gee pay its taxes?” “WI is,certalmiy, sir, Zeave : Inade two rotests against the conatitationallty Of the law. Philadelphia Teleraphs It is curious how rouch faster a street car, When You are running for it than it does wi you are riding on It—Drake's Traveler's Maga- zine. From Europecomes the report that a new. star has been discovered. It must be that the ‘theaters there.— ladies wear smaller hats to the Yonkers Statesman, “How many times have I got to climb up Three Mights Of stairs to collect Uhis bilit” said & colivetor to Gilhooly, “You can sult your about that. I'm not going to move down in collur fo accommodation of bill collee tora.” —Jexas Siftings. A letier was delivered tothe Free Press yes he address on the envelope lay, and To the Hon, Faitor of the City of Dewelt ead —Detroit Pree Press, State of Mi cee She Had Eloped Frequeutly. YOUNG MES. MURRAY TAKEN BAGK To ENG- LAND, WHERE SHE WILL BE PLACED IN a ASYLUM. # From the New York Sun, January 60. Mrs. Joice Marion Murray, the sixteen-year- old wife, who charged her young busband, Ge- rard F. Murray, with threatening to shoot ber 4 in Mra. MeQunide’s lodging house, at 26 west 13th street, on the night of December 23, 6 ihe rolling math, bound homeward to England, in Ube care of 1-er mother, who came from Eng- jand to rescue ber. The mother and daughter are aboard of the Arizona, which sailed Au officer attached to Une dis- ‘filomey is ice was detalied toece them Young Mu stil in town, Tverty unter ball, It'te probeble that tls ball will be di to-day, and that be will be finally released. From what Mrs. Murray told him District At torney Martine is satisfied that Murray was under the influence of liquor on the might of 2 ‘He was greatly worried.and —s Mr. ‘Martine continued, “by ber del abandonment of herself to relations “Xesisant District Attorvey. Stoll nal fevane Dis 3 he believed that Mrs. OSTShe eloped with M, he said, jurray,”” she had known for years, from ole cba —_— of eng fad a e tor, met them a train ing to London, and rou ‘ber. motber = tbat Murray's mind was disor, i ; 3 & 4 Sfes files it i