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2 CITY AND DISTRICT. ‘THE POWERS OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES. Mr. Lovejoy Holds that the Commis- stoners’ Position ts Hlegal. A LETTER IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL BOARD—THE NEED OF SOME DECLA- RATION OF THE INTENTION OF CONGRESS— THE SCHOOL BOARD AN INDEPENDENT BODY. Accompanying the petition sent to Congress in behalf of the bill to create a school board of twenty-four members was a letter from Mr. B. G. Lovejoy, president of the school board, re- sponding to the request of Dr. Reyburn, chair- man of the committee of ex-school trustees, for his views on the bill. Mr. Lovejoy, after stating that the construction placed by the present Commissioners cpon the present law demands @declaration from Congress of its intentions, goes on to say: “Every one familiar with the pubiic school system of the United States will reeive that the Commissioners have under en to deprive the school trusteeship of all ‘he incidents which belong to it elsewhere. That deprived of these incidents it presents the | paradox of a trust without confidence, which | ‘cannot be acceptable to men of self-respect. The ral effect of the Commissfoners action 1s to Segrade the dignity of the office of school trus- tee by taking away the trust and responsibility which makes 1 bonorable, and also the inde- pendent. powers which a school board mus! | Seas and exercise in order to accomplish desira- | ble results. The tendency will be, therefore, to deprive both the Commissioners and the Dis- trict of the services of that classof citizens who, a students of educational methods and as men. ‘"xperienced in the management of school af irs, are willing to devote much time and at- jention to public school interests, but who are unwilling to assume duties without commensu- rate powers and to become the mere agents of the Commissioners. ‘The position of. the Com amissioners is further impolitic, because it places them in the dilemmaof either assuming powers never conferred on them by Congress, or of sud- denly resuming powers which tor the period of eight years they have permitted the school trus- wes to exercise. Either position cannot tail to be unacceptable to the citizens of the District. < * * Is it not greatly in favor of our system that it should correspond so harmoniously with the prevailing systems of the country? Is in- novation @ reformation when the theories of education throughout the United States, and the ice of municipalities all over the land, protest against the proposed change?” THE QUESTION OF LAW. Mr. Lovejoy then discusses what he considers the illegality of the Commissioners’ position, and says: “With all deference to the opipion | of the honorable Commissioners and that of their counsel, I respectfully submit that the proper construction of the act of 1878 is di- Feetly opposite to that which is given in their Teter of the Bist of December last. Because the phrase ‘nineteen persons” appears in, and ‘the word ‘board’ Is omitted from, the organic Act, the inference of the Commissioners 1s that there is no school board. This is erroneous, be- | ‘ause there was an inherent power in the uine- | teen trustees to organize themselves into a | board, for without such organization they could not accomplish the end of the creation, and ‘would have been an anomaly in school sys- tems. As courts take Judicial notice, Congress takes what might be called legislative notice. Senators and Representatives are more or less familiar with what is called the American sys- tem of public education. Its characteristic Sad distinguishing feature is the school board. ‘There are now, and always have been, educators FOR THE YOUNG MEN. What the Y. M. C. A. Aims te Aceom- plish. LOOKING AFTER THE MENTAL, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL, AS WELL AS SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF YOUNG MEN—THE EFFORT TO LIFT THE DEBT OF THE ASSOCIATION—WHAT IS HOPED FOR THE FUTURE. “You have heard this talk about a public Ubrary in this city?” remarked Mr, B. H. War- ner to a Srax reporter. “Yes,” assented the reporter, “Ihave heard something of the sort.” “Well, so have I,” continued Mr. Warner, “and when I hear so much said about advan- cing the educational interests of the elty and doing something for the young men and boys, so that they will grow up tobe menof ability and usefulness in the community, I wonder that the citizens do not tke hold of the means Fight at their hands and helpon the work al- Teady organized to accompilsh thisend. I sup- Pose that my attention nas been called cially to this subject by the fact that 1 am chair- man of the building committee of the Young Men's Christian association, and in conjunction with others have been trying recently to raise enough money’ to pay off the indebtedness on the building, so that the association may be able to extend the scope of its work and take the place in the moral, physical and educa- tional life of the young men inthis District that it is well adapted to take if relieved from its burdens. [have sometimes wondered at what seemed the lack of public spirit among the citi- zens here in regard to the association. WHAT OTHER CITIES DO. “Why, in the United States,” continued Mr. Warner, “nearly one hundred associations own their buildings, or at least the property is held in trust for association use. Many of these buildings vie in architecture and size, with the finest public ba Idings in the cities where the: are situated. New York, Brooklyn, Philadel phia, Boston, Baltimore and Chicago associa- tions have buildings costing from 9250,000 to 00,000. The most comptete one is the rooklyn building, costing almost $500,000, the gift of one man, Mr. Frederick Marquand, Who save it with the proviso that the citizens of Brooklyn raised the sum of $150,000 as an endowment fund to provide for the running ex- penses of the association, Atlanta, Ga., acity 0f 60,000, has just raised $80,000, and’ Nash- Ville, Tena., with only 40,000 popdlation, has secured 350,000 for new buildings for associa- tion work. “I honestly believe,” continued Mr. Warner, “that if the citizens here knew what the asso- ciation is,and what sort of work it is doing in our midst, that there would be no difficulty in securing ihe funds necessary to enable the work to be organized uy it should be. ‘The situ- ation is just this, referring to the fluances first: The building now vccupied by the associution was formerly known us the Washington Club house, and was purchased from the American Lite Insurance company, of Philadelphia, t $32,000. When the usdciation entered int possession of the October 16, 1352, it Paid $7,000 gave ten notes of $2,500 euch, bearing Six per cent interest, secured by deed of trust tor the balance. ‘These notes were drawn so that one became due every year, but could be paid before maturity if the assoclation had funds to cancel them, Five of these notes huve been paid since 1882. Five of these notes are to be met with the interest when paid. A committee, composed of members of the board of managers, aided by members of the association, solicited funds to purchase the building. With three exceptions uil of the sub- seriptions are amounts of 950U or less,the bull in Congress who know that American schoolsare almost without exception manazed by bodies Specially created for this purpose, and that | ‘without si organization, as experience sug- ts, no equally satisfactory combination of fatetleecual forces for the atiainmeut of educa- | tional aids, presents itself. Even if the absence | of the word *boara’ in the act of 1878 left the | schools of the District to the vagaries of nine- | teen individuals possessing contemporaneous and coterminous authority, Congress in 1882 | dissipated aii doubt by abolishing the board of} nineteen trustees and creating a board of nine trustees. In this last statute Congress used the les, the honorabie Commis- sioners and their predecessors have tor a period of eight years addressed every official commu- Bication to the trustees by the title of ‘The Board of School Trustees, &e. The nie act, | section 6, first clause, provides: ym an aiter the Istday of July, 1875, the board of) Metropolitan ice and the beard of school trustees shall abolished and all the powers and duties now exercised by them shail be ‘transferred to said Commissioners of the D. f C., who shall have authority to employ “such officers and agents and adopt such pro- Visions as may “be necessary 0 carry auto execution the powers and duties devolved upon them by this act.” Af the legislature had halted here, the position “of the Commissioners would be ‘unassailable, Dut the next clause of section 6 presents the Ia -consiste: of their position. It reads as fol- Jows: “A: the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall from time to time appoint Bjineteen persons actual residents o1 the District to constitute the trustees of the (Dublic schools of said District, who shall Serve without compensation, and for such ‘erm as said Commissioners shall fix, said trustees shail have the powers and per- dorm the duties in relation to the care and Mavagement of the public schools which are now authorized by law.’ By the first clause two municipal boards were abolished. By the second clause the personelie at least of one was: Festored, and although Congress did not use ‘THE WORD ‘BOARD,” ‘tt evidently intended that the ‘nineteen actual esidents’ should constitute a beard of school ‘trustees. When by the first clause, Congress sbolished the board of school trustees It trans ferred to the Commissioners the duties and powers exercised by the board. What were ‘those duties and powers? The answer is they ‘were the duties and powers preseribed or au- ‘thorized, at that time, by law, i ¢- Congressional enactments, territorial and’ municipal ordi- ances. But when by the second clause Con- gress restored the board of school trustees, it also restored its powers and duties, and these ‘Were such ag were then authorized by law. The ‘gct says ‘said trustees shall have the wers: ‘and perform the datiesin relation to the eare and management of the public schools which are now authorized by law.’ What powers therefore do the Commissioners which they can delegate to the board of trustees? If ‘the first clause alone stood on the statute Look they would have slinply Inherited the powers ‘Of the old school board, but those powers. were Testored by clause second to the new school board. The history of these contradictory clauses explain the intention of Congress, it an’ doubt remains. In the legisiation whicl the territorial government into a per- manent government by Commissioners, it was Father an oversight deliberate intention Yo abolish the sehool board. A citizen drafted the second clause of section 6, which is an abso- Jute repeal of the first clause as far as !t relates to the public schools. It was presented to the District committee of the House, and was made AN INDEPENDENT BODY. “In conelusion,” continues Mr. Lovejoy, “I ‘would respectfully submit that by the organic act theschool board is within the scope of powers conterred by Congress,a body independent of the Commissioners; that the school trustees are the creatures of Congress, appointees of the Com- Bulasloners, servants Of the people, but not the mere agenisof the Commissioners.’ The agents and officers reterred to as substitutes for mem- bers of the board of metropolitan police are the Bald emploses of the District Government. itizens who are willing, without compensa: | tion, to devote their best energies to the good | ‘Of the public schools are not disposed to accept | this relation of mere agency, and however | gratifying the approval of the Commissioners | might be, they regard the success of the school system as the highest reward of their success ud the chief object of their labors. The duties and powers of the Hon. Commissioners seem to me to be cleariy defined by the organic act. It $s made obligatory upon them toappoint school trustees, they are limited in their selection to @ particular class, namely: ‘actual residents of jd District:’ they are at Mberty two fix the terms of service of said trustees; they have con- trol over the expenditures of money for school objects, having to conform to the detailed ap- Propriation of Congress, but in all other mat- | ‘ers relating to the schools, the care and man- Sgement, are exclusively in the bands of the board of sehool trustees.” THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY. The Objects of the Society and How It Proposes to Accomplish Them. The Charity Organization society has pre- pared an address, setting forth the advantages of the system of charity organization. The society bas been organized on the plan of that of New York city. Its work as set forth in the ad- dress is “to secure effective and friendly eo- Operation among the pubite and private chari- ties and benevolent societies and individuals Of the District of Columbia, and thus tocheck the overlapping of relief; to investigate thoroughly, and without charge, the cases of all applicants for relief which are referred to it for in. and to ide visitors who sh: per- cases needing counsel and ad- ‘Vice; to obtain from the proper charities and le and adequate Felt fe ewerving cus fo Proce work fr ‘ : : moe industrial reforms; "to, <8 ett | asspiritcalsupport. “The property is held in being in smaller subscriptions of $100 or less. ‘The greater part of this has been given by members of the association, who have for years beeu contributing toward [ts financial a3 well trust {or the association by a board of trustees | composed of the following weil-known citizens: Win. J. Sibley, Win, Windom, Chas. E. Foster, Robert C. Fox, Geo, Ryueal, Jr, James Gilde jan, F. L. Moore, E. M. Gallaudet, Matthew G. Emery. ‘Since the vuiiding was ‘purchased an addition bas been erected at acost of $6,000, which is used for gymnasium purposes.” PAYING OFF THE DEBT. “What means have been adopted to pay off this debt?” asked the reporter. “A building committee has this interest in charge,” wasthe reply. “The members are C. B. Bailey, C. E. Foster, Jos. Bowes, J. G. Ames, 1G. Kimball, W. H. H-Smiti. several meet” ings have been muded by other mem-| bers of the assoc —not members of this committee—in which those present pledged to give, or secure through subscriptions, sums amounting to over $12,000. Of this amount pledged, the greater part has been secured and goodly portion paid into the treasury. The committee is determined to push the éanvass until the necessary funds are provided to free the association building from debt. To accom- plish this the committee believe it will be ne- » appeal to every friend of young men to assist in this laudable effort, and this appeal will be made.” THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION. “What does the association aim to accom- plish 2” inquired the reporter. THE ANTI-DO@ LEAGUE. A Secret Organization to Which a Star (Reporter was Introduced. A SOCIETY PLEDGED TO THE SECRET WORK OF DESTRUCTION—OPERATIONS TO BE CARRIED ON SY8TRMATICALLY—AN EFFORT Fo SECURE LEGAL PROTECTION FROM HOWLING DQG8. “How do I feel? Well, how would you feel if you had been kept awake all night,” and THE STAR manhad @ very injured expression on his face as he replied in this way toa friendly but casual inquiry atter his health. “It is not an agreeable way to spenda night that’s fact,” replied his friend in asympathetic fone of voice. “But babies will be bables, you now.” “Babies be hanged,” ed Te Star man. “Tey Srooduets knows. butt ir of howling twi: + ‘own bed room, than & than anger, but imagine Tre STAR man’s sur- Kerang aft ancy Sue deal ease after dane! ut, finally emi him as he cried ous © UD A08ly “You are now one of us. We will be glad to welcome you to our circle, where all are bound together in one common brotherhood by # com- Thar y of interests and feellugs and aspirations that nothing short of the complete fulfillment of our purposes will ever dissolve. Brothe in common experience and a'ima- ‘ual suffering.” 2ig3 “What are you talking about?” finally gasped out the astonished Sra man. peer A mutual suffering!” he exclaiined in & tone of disgust, “What do those theatrical expressions mean?” WHAT IT ALL MEANT. “It simply means this,” said his friend moder- ating in some degree the frenzy of feeling which he had exhibited. “We, that is to say some of the residentsofthiscity who have been annoyed and tormented by the howling of d at night, have formed what we style an AnU- Dog League. You know thatin the District at present, owing to defective statutory regula- tons, to paraphrase, the familiar I maxim inter canes leges silent, which, in other words, {Means the law pays no attention to the how! of dogs. Unfortunately the ave citizen ishelther blessed with simmilur hardness of hear- ing or shness of constitution and hence the Anti-Dog e. Now you know from the very nature of our organization we have to pre- serve a certain degree of secrecy and one of our rules prohibits a member from ever naming the organization to. an. outalder unless he has positive proof that he is in sym- pathy with us and will become a member. Our Meetings are also secret, but the object in’ this, ag im the other regulation, is to protect the members from the persynal influence which would be brought to bear, and the social obloquy which would be heaped upon them if it should become known that they were en- gaged in such a crusade upon the pets of s0- ciety. I only say this by way of explanation. I want you to come down to-night, when we ha’ @ regular meeting, and join us. Ofcourse, I know that you are @ newspaper man, but we don’t object to having the luct of our organiza- tion or even the proceedings of our meeting published, ifonly no names are mentioned. The Most of us bave our homes here, and we would like to be allowed to live here for a few years: longer, and for this reason please have some consideration,” A MEETING OF THE LEAGUE. When THE STAR man reached the house where he was told the mesting was to be held that evening, the members of the league were grouped about the parlor engaged in conversa- Ho a pao emanate cea president of the league was seen in his place hind a small table in the upper part of the room. He was a well known resident of the District and, looking around the room, THz STAR man saw that the majority were men of position and influence in the community, ‘The minutes having been approved the dent arose and said that he noticed a number of new faces in the room, and while thelr presence, according tothe rules constituted them mem- bers, still he felt it his duty to renew the caution which no doubt had already been received from the inembers to preserve the greatest secrecy in eae to even the existence of this organiza- on. ‘The president's remarks caused a buzz of con- versation to spring up all around the room, which, however, subsided when the chair again rapped and said: “We will now listen to the report of the committee on legislation.” THE NEED OF LEGISLATION, Every eye was fixed upon the chairman of this committee, who had evidently been selected because of his legal abilities, as he was a prominent member of the bar. Before beginning to read the report he said that as all erstoud who were present at the last meet- ng, the committee hi been appointed for the purpose of examining into the legal status of the matterand to learn if there was any known means of having a howling dog suppressed by Yourcommitiee, after a careful ex- amination,” he continued, “are compelled to report that there is nolaw in the District to put & sto] ‘uch a nuisance. The main features of the mon law of tortsor the redress of resi- “The association is unsectarian in character, responded Mr. Warner, “and aims to benefit young men in four ways, viz., spiritually, men- | tally, socially, and physically. Three meetings for young men only are held every week. a daily service at 12 o'clock, gospel me day at 6 p.m, Bible elats scmi-weekly, Sun- day school teachers’ mecting Saturday at 6:30 p.m. These services are all under tue direc- tien of a committee and are the means of de- veloping young men in Christian wo: mental improvement the: classes, German, hy re four edu n Octo- jay, two lessons each week; a literary for ‘debates, essays, reading: and weekly papers, pe magazines; a free course of popular tures every | Monday | evening uary and February, and five tu March. The ei 1 receptions, entertainments, hand conversation are among. th attrac: tions offered. ‘The associatio he only gymnasigm in the city, therefore it offers | the gymnasium the only public place al development. This ‘dey is under the direction of Prof. Lor & competent instructor, who devotes time to young men who wish to strengthen the | body as well as improve the mind. ‘The gym- nasium is thorougily equipped. PROSPECTS Fox THE FUTURE. “Now yousee what we are doing and what ‘We propose to do,” resumed Mr. Warner. “We are already reaching a large number of young men in this city, and of course our usefulness | gould be increased if we had only the means. The interest that we now pay Is a great burden, but if our property was freed from incum: | branees we would be able to doa great deal | more than we are now aole to do. For instance, there is Bodine in this city Uke the Frankiin institute, of Philadelphia, or the Cooper insti tute, of New York, where lectures on me- chanical and, industrial subjects are given free to all. They are no doubt a prolific Source of improvement to the young men. We afford similar privile; now, not tothe extent that it is done in the placesnamed. We, however, look forward to the time when there shall be alarge hall over the gymnasium, and where lecturers can be invited to talk to young men on such subjects as mechanics, chemistry, electricity, history, art, &e. If a publie spirit. can be aroused in this matter, and the work of the association is known, I am sure that there will be no difficultyin securing from thecitizens all the fands that are needed. lad that ‘THE STAR has offered to publish the supserip- Uons In its columns.” ———_—+e+_____ THE AGE OF BUILDINGS. How Long it Takes fora City to Rebuild Itself. “How long does it take for a elty to rebuild itself?” said the building inspector, repeating the question of aSTax reporter. “Well, that depends upon the progressiveness of the city. should say about seventy-five years. That is the average lite of a buliding nowadays. There are very tew houses in this city that were standing seventy-five years ago, The old houses on North Capitol street, built by Gen. Wash- ington are older than that, and there are other old buildings in tie city, The Capitol is an old building, but I am speaking of private houses. The buildings erected by thegovernment,under careful supervision and at great expense, of course, are more durable structures than tose erected for private residences, The build which is being erected by Mr. Abell on F street will cost more per foot, I suppose, than most government buildings. No, {t may not be a good investment, but it fs not being put up as an investment. It is a monument. The new State, War and Navy department building is, however, Just as well built as that. ‘That build: ing will'be standing @ thousand years from now. It may, of course, need some repairs be- fore that time,and the rool, of course, may have to be rebuilt, "No material or work ‘is allowed to go into :Lat building unless it is up to the standard. The army engineers who have charge are very strict. Of course a private individual Would not put up such a building. | It would not pay. Yes, good brick ought to be just durable as stone. It depends a great deal u; the manner in which the bricks are laid. Mortar becomes harder with age. It harder than the brick itsel When dry are laid during the warm months the lors for soctal i fl | Hon. Caiéb Cushing and the yellow d will absorb ail the strength of the m Bricks laid at such a time ought to_be wall erected in April or May or October i i gE ae E Blocks RRS ie s Hit it : ; November, of sufficient thickness, ought to for two or three centuries,” ‘Umsatistied. Written for Tux Evewixe Stam, A child was playing with a shell, and heard ‘Therein the low, sad sob, that seems to come From ocean's troubled deep, a-wailing some Absorbing, endless sorrow, that no word =| Can tell;—Ull listening « great longing stirred ‘His childish heart to seek the sea, and dumb ‘And deaf to other playthings now,—the hum Of shell, the warbling sweetness of his bird,— ‘He craved the sea, So oft in peaceful hours * We hear the murmuring of some far-off deep, Of which the mystic, sunny shore high towers Beyond our reach. Then nought the joys that leap Upon our way, tho’ sweet as Eden flowers ‘Unnatinled our hearts yet higher leap. Feb. 1, 1866. —Maatox Evexxs Baxws, wrongs have been Incorporated in the laws of the District. You can be restratned from run- ning a steam engine on your premises or main taining most any other nulsance except a di The report then went on to explain the law of nuisances and suggested some pro- visions which it was thought desirable to bring to the attention” of Congress for the purpose of havin into a bill, g them Incorporated “The common law says,” continued hat quietness and freedom from. ispensable to the full and free en- joyment of a dwellin; and yet only Inst winter we have the He rahum s, Hewitt, ot New York, appealing in vain to the authori- ities tor relief from the incessant barking of a ee which prevented him from sleeping, so that, aus he stated himsett, he was ‘obliged to return to New York in order to veta night’s rest. Mr, Hewitt found, a3 all others have done, that the cw in this District is powerless to abate such a nuisance, although the celebrated ease of belong- ing to the coachman of Hon. Fernando Wood imay be cited as 4 precedent in our favor. As many will ect, in 1873, Mr. Cushing had this coachman arrested for’ keeping a yellow dog, which barked incessantly, night and day, ‘The bark of that dog,in the graphic words of Mr, Cushing, “fell on the ear like a blow,” ren- | dering not Snly sleep impossible, but even the | transaction of business. Judge Suell, after hear- ing the testimony, decided that the dog must | be either removed or kilied, and required trom | tue defendant % deposit ot’ $25 to easure the compliance with this decision of the court. THE COMMITTEE OX POISONS. When the chairman of the committee on poisons arose in response to a call, his face | jouked haggard, as Tuk STAR man had noticed that the faces of all the members looked, He suid he Lad gone over the entire subject of tox- icolozgy and had gathered a variety of useful information about irritants, uareotics and nar- cirritants. In his opinion what the league needed was a rapid, but effective, poison, that Would do its work qulckly and thorouguly, and the committee had pursued their investiga- tions wi the following conditions in view: First, Laat tire dogs to be reached were, as.arule, confined in back yards which were shut in b; bigh fences, and in consequence it was dificult to have personal interviews, oven if it. was so desired, Second, that human beings and other avimals entered puree eres where the were kept, and third, thet the animals most gonoxous to the members of the Ie in some cases pets spol y indulgence, and in neatly all"cases over fed” The cotumie tee hud therefore come to the conclusion that the poison adopted must be of the kind that could be enclosed or concealed in some th: e were What the School Trastees the Practice. THE DEBATE ON DR. PURVIS’ RESOLUTION— WHY MESSRS, CURTIS AND SMITH OPPOSED IT—THE DAMAGE DONE To SCHOOL CHILDREN ‘BY SMOKING, The subject of cigarette smoking occupied nearly all the attention of the school board at theirlast meeting. Mr. Birney’s committee re- Ported in favor of Dr. Purvis’ resolation recom- mending legislation prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to children under 17 years of age. The only change made by the committee was to substitute the words “over six and under eighteen yearsot age,” for the limit of age fixed by Dr. Purvis, This change was made tocon- form With the legal school age and in deference toa technical objection that it was not within the province of the school board to recommend legislation affecting persons outside of their ed- ucational jurisdiction. Mr. Birney’s report urged that such a law was necessary to check ayles whica medical men are agreed is most pernicious, and asserted that the practice of cigarette smoking is growing among the chil- ‘Mr. Curtis doubted very much whether this matter came within the province of the board. DR, PURVIS’ VIEWS. Dr. Purvis contended that they should not take too narrow a view of education. He said that Mr. Brooks had told him that one of his teachers had been exercised because some of her boys, she thought, had been. drinking. Upon Investigation he found that the boys had been sucking candies known as “rock-and-rye” drops, That, like cigarette smoking, was a very pernicious practice. He thought a ma- Jority of the school boys smoked cigarettes. In Feply to questions from Mr. Curtis, Dr. Purvis sald he did not urge this action on moral grounds only, but on the ground of health. He thought if the school children were addicted to habits that spoiled them as scholars the school board could properly take notice of it. Cigars were injurious, but he considered cigarettes worse, They were so manufactured that the poison they coutained could affect the lungs more easily than in the case of cigars. He con- sidered a pipe worse than a cigarette. It was not the paper, but the tobacco, that he ob- Jected to. if HOT BISCUIT AS WELL AS CIGARETTES, Mr. Curtis said that he thought that on the ground of health they might as properly pass resolutions regarding hot biscuit, which many people regarded as injurious as cigarettes. Speaking of the moral side of the question, he asked what proportion of clergymen in the city smoked. “I would not,” said Dr. Purvis, “palliate or excuse any Vice because a clergyman indulged init.” ‘Mr, Smith asked what they proposed to do about children under six years of age. Dr. Purvis said children did not smoke before they were six years old. Mr. Smith thought the board could a rule prohibiting the admission to the schools of children who smoked cizarettes, just as they pronth en children who were not vaccinated rom attending the schools, Beyond that he thought the board cou!d not go without exceed- ing the limits of their jurisdiction. Both Mr. Smith arid Mr. Curtis expressed their willingness to sign a petition as private citizens and not as trustees, asking for such legislation as was proposed. Purvis asked whether the board would have the temerity toexclude from the schools every child that smoked cigarettes. 3K, CURTIS SATIRICAL, Mr. Curtis suggested, satirically, that they also require that all school children be treated according to homeopathic methods. He | thought Mr. Birney could prove that allopathy was simply murder. Half the clergymen, be said, and a majority of their congregations used tobaceo, le thought the board had no business to undertake to regulate the morals of the community. They already had a rule pro- hibiting the use of tobacco about school build- ings, and he thought that exhausted their authority. As public officers they represented Persons of greatly diverse views in these matters, In matters of religion he did not think the board should favor any creed or bar} and for that reason he had always vote against recognizing certain religious holidays not common to all. This resolution, he thought, proposed to deal, not with the conduct of chil dren at ool, but atfected all children at home as well asin school. He suggested also that the proposed legislation would not check the evil complained of as children could buy Said About tobacco and paper and make cigarettes them- selves. The resolution was finally carried. Mr. Smith voted against it. pied the chair, did not ————_ A WOMAN'S SOCIETY. An Organization Devoted to the Study of Man. Mr. Curtis, who oceu- THE WOMEN’S ANTHROPOLOGICAL, socreTy— HOW IT WAS ORGANIZED AND WHAT IT DOFS— THE STUDY OF CHILD-GROWTH — PAPERS THAT HAVE BEEN READ, The Women’s Anthropological society, as its name implies, is composed exclusively of women, No man has ever been admitted to the meetings, or initiated into the mysteries of the society. As the name also implies, the so- ciety 1s devoted to the study of man; but not in @ personal sense. The society, which was organized in the early part of the summer of | 1885, has prospered, and now holds an estab- tablished place among the scientific bodies of the city. The fact that the appheation made by a lady for membership in the Anthropologi- cal society was rejected, if not the immediate cause of the organization of the Women’s An- thropological society, euggested the advisability | of forming such’a society. The Indies most aetive in organizing the society were Mrs. Col. James Stevenson abd Miss Sarah A. Scull. ‘The first meeting was held at Mrs. Stevenson's house, SUGGESTED BY MISS CLEVELAND. ‘The name of the society was suggested by Miss Cleveland, who has taken much interest in the society and attended many of the meet- ings. There are now thirty-four members. ‘The officers are Mrs, Col. James Stevenson, presi- dent: Mrs, Darwin It James and Mrs. Charles | Nordhof, vice presidents; Mrs. Romyn Hitch- cock, secretary; Miss Surah “A. Scull, corres ponding secretary; and Mrs. ‘oster, t the members are Mrs, 3. M! Bry: ‘hilds, Mrs. Join Ketchum, Mrs. Carter, . Senator Hawley, Mrs, Senator Blatr and Mrs, Senator Teller. Cieveland, Mme, Schliemann and Miss Caroline Wolfe, of New York, are honorary members, and Mrs. Erminnie Smith, of Jersey Clty, a correspon ing member. Nouwithstanding the exclusiveness of the society, in the matter of sex,a STar rej who investigated Its doings, that indicated any unkindly purpose towards ne sterner sex. THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. “The object of the society,” said a scientist who has been let into some of the secrets of the organization, “is to encourage dies to under- take the study of anthropology to its various branches. ‘There is one direction, for instance, in which a society of women has opportunities to make investigations greater than those e: foyed uy the average udu, and thatis in wateu- ing and noting the development, physical as well as mental, of children. Considerable has been done in Engiand aud on the continent of that could be thrown into the yard to be cates, by the dog. The committee take great pleas. ure ip informing the members of the | that they have nm able to obtain asmall quantity of polson which can be piaced inside of a bon bon, and ina few seconds after it has been swallowed by the dog the poison will have devoured the interior arrangements with the Nelocity of fire on the dried grass of a ‘This poison in its form is a rather ex: pensive preparation, aud in addition as there is sume risk attending its use, especially in the event of its not being at once taken by the dog, the committee suggests that the and distribution ions: might, be conducted. ‘The enti could be constituted into a Kinder eae A DETECTIVE FORCE to ascertain the location of undesirable dogs, their habits, and as far as possible the peculi- arities of thelr appetites and mode of eating. ‘These facts could be reported to the chief pois- oners, who could then prey the proper dose and superiutend the administration: By sais means, the committee thinks, that sleep can be speedily restored to many localities in fhical, and a solution of the vexed dog question rap! ‘Written for Tas Evasive Stan. (No foreign Order needs the cttisen, (Of these Free States, where each man is a king, and from himself those Decorations pring ‘That mark his rank among his fellow men. ‘Ifright he knows and practices, why then A ribbon wear, or some such ‘Honor that scorns to do a Love for the mighty land that gave ini tth, ‘And courage to defend her, need be: ‘These, by God's grace, show Feb, 6, 1886, + We Le Say = oaeeomEs fey oa counties, Eu in the way of making such observa- tions. Instruments are provided for measur. ing the skull and parts of the body. ‘This 1s a field of investigation which women can enter upon very properly and very conveniently, a8 observations can be made right in thelr own homes. ‘The proceedings of the society are-con- ueted just as those of other scientific societies, Papers that are presented are first considered by the board of directors and, if approved, are announced to be read. PAPERS THAT HAVE BEEN READ, “Thus far several very interesting papers have been read,” continued Tie Star's inform- ant. “Miss Alice Fletcher has presented a paper on Omaha Child Life. Mrs. Clara Bliss Hinds has presented one on Chiid Growth, indicatin the methods of studying the development ol children, and Miss Shell and others have pre- sented papers. It is expectea that the presi- dent, Mrs. Stevenson, will soon give an interest- ing account of her éxperience among the In- dianslastsummer. By the way, she witnessed a dance, or sucred ceremony, among the Mo- | cents. Bulky products, such as hay and straw, & ONCE NOTED HIGHWAY. The Oid Baltimore and Washington Tarnpike. ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE LATTER CITY—AD- VANTAGES OF KEEPING IT IX GOOD CON- DITION—PICTURESQUE SCENERY AND POINTS OF INTEREST ALONG ITS ROUTE, ‘To the Eaitor of Tax Evexnro Stan: Seeing in THE STAR afew days ago thata @elegation waited on the District Commis- stoners to ask the improvement of the old Co- lumbia pike from H street to the Distrie: line, {toccurred to me to present tothe readers of your paper afew of the many reasons why their wishes in this respect should be complied with. ‘The old Baltimore and Washington turnpike is the natural and direct route for those who 4. their winters in Washington to send their teams and equipages to that city. Itis the line of communication to the national cap- ital from that portion of Montgomery county contiguous to Laurel and from portions of Howard and Anne Arundel counties. Five districts in Prince George also use this Toad to Washington, viz: Laurel, a portion of Bowle, Vansville, Bladensburg and Kent. Even in its Present condition, more produce is carried and there is more travel over this than any other road entering Washington, except, perhal the 7th street pike, and Ido not question, 1 put in first class condition, it would exceed ‘even that one. A great deal of produce which now goes to Baltimore would go to Washington if this road_was made good. Farm products gatried by wagons, trom, ‘the apper_ portion of Prince rege, Howard and Aune Arundel counties, which are carried to Washington when the road are carried to Balti. more when the road is bad. RAILROAD VERSUS TURNPIKE. ‘When, owing to the wretched condition of this road, persons are compelled to ship by rail, most of the produce from the section of country spoken of, goes then to Baltimore, be- cause of the discrimination in freight rates on the B.and 0. R. R. I need only mention one instance to illustrate this, The freight on a barrel of apples from Baltimore (32 miles) was 18 cents and from Washington (8 miles) 25 which would not pay if shipped by rail, instead of being hauled To Washinton in winter, are fed on the places, Gen. Beale mentioned to your correspondent “that he feeds annually one hundred tons of hay on his farm instead of haaling it to Wasblugton, oving to the condi- ton of the old turnpike in winter.” Fruits, vegetables and other perishable pro- ducts ean be put on the market in much better ition when transported in spring w: ns ian when siiipped by rail. When shipped by cars they are handled twice ax many times as when carried by teams, viz., loaded trom wagons to cars atthe way station, and loaded from cars to wagons again at the city station. This frequent handling not only damages the produce, putting it on the market in a bad condition, but increases greatly the cost of transportation, GOOD TURNPIKES AND BAD ONES. Margins for profit in all business are now small, The farmer or gardener who can market with two horses on good roads the same amount of produce that peace four horses on bad roads can calenlate In his account of profit the difference invoived in owning and maiv- taining two instead of four horses, This may be the difference between «u very small profit andaloss. It naturally follows then that bad roads, causing increased cost of transportation by rail, with other Betnearthae aed or the in- creased expense of owning and maintaining additional horses, to say nothing of breakage, ete., will lessen thie food supplies in the Wasi: ington market. This will lessen the trade of the Washington merchants, who supply hard- ware, fertilizers and implements, groceries, clothing, ete,, ete, The reverse of this proposi- tion is also true, that good roads will inerease the food supplies and increase trade and pros- perity. INACCESSIBLE SUBURBAN ATTRACTIONS. Washington, as the capital of a great nation, with her numerous other advantages, should not be without her suburban attractions. What ean contribute more to the comfort, pleasure and profitof agreat city than fine suburban Arivef in this respect, her need is felt and ac- knowledged to be aimost absolute, so few of the outlets from this vast ciiy are known to its oldest inhabitant. Why is this? The surround- ing country isnot devoid of picturesqueness and beauty. Turn your eye in a northeasterly direction, for instance, and you will strike at H street an old, old road—old as time itself al- most—the “Washington and Baltimore turn- pike.” Along its route A DIVERSIFIED LANDSCAPE of bill and dale and forest land offers to the eye an ever pleasing surprise, and points of interest are certainly :aany, Leaving Washington by this route Graceland cemetery, not unattrac- tive becatise of its newness, first attracts the at- tention, and turther on still another sad, quiet home of the dead departed, known as Mount Olivet. Almost daily long lines of carriages may be seen bearing tlie bereaved and desolate who follow their dead to their last restin place. This lovely spot ean ouly be reached over this road, whieh Is sadly neglected, Inme- diately opposite Mount Olivet is a wooded hill, almost mountainous in aspect and adjoining & pieasing array of fine old oaks, and just here across Lhe road is a spacious publicschool-house where the cherry voices and lithesome forms of happy children’ offer a welcome relief to. the sober mood of the moment before. ‘The inter- Yening country is dotwd by houses, and on a commanding eminence, where once 'siood the residence of Mr. Allen Dodge and during the war Fort Lincoln, ure now located the spacious bulldings of the Feform school. Its usefulness under its capable board of trustees and its efti- cient superintendent, Col. Shallenberger, 1s too well known to need Special mention. On the Rives place is tobe sven the spring where Col. Barney planted nis battery when OF BLADENSBURG was fought, and further on the old dwelling grouud. A dangerously turbulent stream at times, but indisputably beautiful tn its mean- ders, curves and willow-sbhaded banks, must in afew minutes be crossed, and Bladensburg is entered, where little is to'be seen sugzestive of her former greatness. One ca: scarcely realize that here in former times a vessel was built to go to Europe, that ithad been a great shipping port for fyrdin and tobacco, Or that here a steamboat landed passengers when the great Ciay barbecte Was held in the Spa woods. The fumous Spa spring is still there, where orators and statesmen (in the past) sought refresh- tin quaffing its Mmped water, is still its curative and invigorating Continuing the drive over a pretty stream and tty Village of Hy- properties, bride that spans another ascending Ross’ bill, the thr! ausville is passed through and the B. & 0. R. it. is crossed. A little further on we see to the leit Ellaville ad on the right ‘THE OLD CALVERT MANSION. where Henry Clay wrote the “Missouri com- promise.” Just here one mast pause to admire the vastaweep of meadow laud, bounded by continuous ranges of ills, which, under the in- fluence of certain lights and shadows, seeming- ly merge into one gigantic mountain. At one point he: it has been said, it strikingly resembles the scenery at Deer Park, From the xt eminence cannon shot were firea by the onfederate forces under Gen. Bradley John- son, at the Ume of the raid around Washing- ton; during the late war. ‘The Agricultural col legé next presents itself to view; and on the same farm stands “The Rossburg,” an old way side inn, that was a luxury in Its day to the worn and weary, when stages were the only mode of conveyance between Washington and Balumore. Tarning short to the left, and driv- ing through the college farm, Gen. Beale’s fine estate is reached, where {s kept one of the Ara- inu horses, presented by the Sultan of Turkey to Gen, Grant. Further on Greenwood, the estate of young Riggs, the banker, and you can then strike the Soldiers’ home road to Wash- ington, which presents to view in every direc- tion varied objects of interest, and beautiful and picturesque scenery. 9 _____ THE SLAUGHTER OF CATS. How Some Citizens Abated a Feline Nuisance Forty Years Ago. “Did you ever hear,” asked an old resident a few days ago of a Star reporter, “how the ‘slaughter of the cats’ was brought about?” “No,” was the answer, “I never knew of any Particular slaughter of the feline species.” “Well,” continued the old resident, “torty years ago or thereabouts there was a square not quis, which was never before witnessed by a white person. The ceremony lasted several days and nights, and she had to keep awake all the time. She told the Indians that she desired | vise some effective means of thi to witness the dance so that she could teil the | would be entitled to the Great Father in Washington about it, Ifshe did hot pay attention the Indians at once came to her und told her that she must see everything. Of course she was nearly worn out, but she had a very valuable experience, Stevenson has brought home wi as aguest at her house, a Zunt girl, who 1s as- her _studies of Zuni Smith, who has done excellent work iny Fesentative James, to whion invited. The society proposes to publish bul- letine end an sunual’ volome. Mcetings are "6 int 4 i ‘Mra. | Brice ith her, and has | soon at mand of Jer-| the article at that time com: gn anthro} » read an interest-| eral days Fat the» residence > of Mrs, Rep-| could be seen on the soclecy was | sound of stones thrown at icy. The cats and kittens fairly swarmed, ‘and those who lived on the square finally came to the conclusion that the ‘who would de- inning them out ratitude of the nel bors. This set the wits of some of the inhabi- tants at work, and it was not long beiore there a before one of the doors an immense in wepaid? ‘As maybe supboeea, tes wi aid.’ As may sup) u Wiracted the notice of the boy, Inquiry elicited the genuine cat’ eet per und, ‘The immediate result was that for sev- re borhood. none of the boys of the neight but the contin ‘cats in the were and whst they the st if told where ster Bes ae i H 3 i e a it a “By . i | cover that tltey will suffer no loss by closing on What His the Com. HES CONTROVERSY WITH AND VICTORY OVER | A TALK WITH A FEMALE TYPE-SEITER AT THE BUFFON—BRINGING FOSSIL BONES TO THE] GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE—THE CoM CAPITAL—WHAT ME. GOODE SAID IN HIS| PARATIVE MERITS OF MEN AND WOMEN AS ADDRESS. PRINTERS. Mr. G. Browne Goode, president of the Bio] “Women are quite as good printers as men,” logical society, in his annual address in “The | remarked one of the female compositors in the Beginnings of American Natural History” be- | Government Printing office toa STAR reporter fore that body last Saturday night, referring to | who was talking to her on this subject. “I don’t Thomas Jefferson, said: “Had he not been a say that they are better, but they average as master in statecraft he would have been a| well. A great many have the idea that as type- master of science. It is probable that no two | setting requires a certain dettness of manipula men have done eo much for science in America j tiom that women, having more faciie hands, be- as Jefferson and Agassiz—not so much by their | come better compositors, That has not been direct contributions to knowiedge as by the | my experience. Ihaveseen men and women immense weight which they gave to scien-| at the case, and while the best female type-set- tific interests by their advocacy. Many pages | ters might rank with the best male, yet there ot Jefferson's “Notes on Virginia” are devoted | would be all grades of both. Some women can to the discussion of Baffon's statements (1) that | never learn to be proficient at the ease any more the animaia commoa to both sontinents are | never learn to be proficient at the case any smaller in the new world, (2) that those which “ ‘Are there many female compositorst”’ asked are pecullar to the new are on a smaller scal > bahia forest fh mpg Mone roggee ‘Nota great number,” was the reply, “but I le America exhibits fewer | think they are increasing each year,’ At one thar ae ———- in — and (4) on the w ipeci cceasful ume we aunion in New York city com- Sus aud supericint arguments of ihe clogeet Posed ‘exclusively of fomalen, bat that ts no French naturalist, who, it must be remem! (nese = go eet, a the ‘jon, as eve Yeas at ans {ime eons dered the highest sa- printer is ‘compeliod to do. that wore in the HOW HR Con’ CRD BU! 7. vernment inting office. Most women . learn their trade in a country office; that Is the “Not content with this,” continued Mr.Goode, | way I did. After working for a time in “when minister plenipotentiary toEurope,a few | titat office I_came to this city, and that is the years later, he forced Buffon himself to admit | €xtent of my experience with composing hiserror, The circumstances shall be related tn the words of Daniel Webster, who was very fond of relating this anecdote: ‘It was a dis- pute in relation to the moose, and in one of the circles of the beauz-esprite in’ Paris, Mr. Jeffer- son contended for some characteristics in the formation oi tne animal which Buflon stoutly denied. Whereupon Mr, Jefferson wrote from Paris to General John Suilivan,then residing in | less. I Know that the editor ofa country news- Durham, New Hampshire, to procure and send paper once told me that he always made a role him the whole frame ol «mouse. The ral ave two or three girls at work in his office Was po little astonished at a request he deemed | in order to keep down the rowdy element and s0 extraordinary, but well acquainted with Mr. | Make his force more respectabie. The girls are Jefferson, he knew he must have sufficient | just as efficient, too, except when it comes to reason for it; so he made a hunting party of his | the heavy part of the work, such as lifting type neighbors, ahd took the eld. ‘They captured | from thestone, &c. Theonly Teason that women & moose of unusual proportions, stuffed It to | do not become more of an Influence among the bone and sent the skeleton to Mr, Jefferson, | printers is because just as they become capable at a cost of fifty pound sterling. On its arrival | aud are developing into first-class printers, they Mr, Jefferson invited Buffon and some other | either marry the editor or one of the printers, savans ton supper at his house and exhibited | and retire trom the case. his dear-bought specimen, ‘Buffon immediately | “Are women printers lacreasing in number? acknowledged his error. ‘I should have con- | questioned the reporter, sulted you, inonsieur,’ he said, “before publish- | “I have no statistics on the subject,” was the ing my book on natural history, and then I| reply, “but trom what I am ableto learn I should have been sure of my facis.’” — rents hon they oy ee The tn a JEPPERSON's SCrENTINIO FORESIONT. ig not great, however, For instance, when is z came into this office, seven or elght years ago, Tn still another mater in which he wasat | there were only thrce female printers, now the variance in with Buffon he was manifestly in | number has increased to eleven. Notmach of the right. In a letter to Mr. Madison, of Wil-| au increase for such a long period you may liam and Mary college he wrote: “Speaking | $binky but such is the case. one day, with M- de, Buffon on the present _ NOT MUCH OPPOSITION, ardor of chemical fnquiry, he af toconsider | “Is there opposition among the other print- chemistry but as cookery’ and to place the tolls 3 porter: of the laboratary ona footing with those of the ery © women compositors?” asked the rej a Kitchen, I think it on the contrary, among | _,{Of course we have to meet with some oppo- the most useful of sciences, and big with future sition,” was the reply, “but it is not very great. discoveries ior the utility and safety of the J suppose that women have no more di malty human race.” in getting a position in the government print- It was the scientiffe foresight of Jefferson, so | in€ office than the men. but that does not mean manifest in such ictters, which led him to ad- | the didiculty is slieit by any means. There is Yoeate so vigorously the idea that science must | NO Teason why women should not be as useful be the corner-stone of our republic. in @ printing office as men if they wouid stick In 1789 he wrote trom Paris to Dr. Wellard, | © !t, and their presence there hes done much president of H ‘ard college: "| tochange the manners and customs of the com- “What afield have we at our doors to signa- | Posing room, = lize ourselves in! The botany of America ix far from being exhausted, its’ mineralogy is un- Transfers of Real Estate. touched and its zoology totally mistaken and Deeds in fee bave been filed as follows: misrepresented. * *"* It is for such insti-| B, Chariton to F.P. Davis, sub. 32, *4. 899; tations as that over which you preside so $3,148.93. W. & G. R. R. Co. to H. W! Barbour, worthily, sir, to do justice tw our country, Its | sub. lots 35 to 40, sq. 633; $6,885.50. P. A’ productions and itq geuins. It is the work to | Butter to J. H. Carroll, part 6, sq. 1020; 8700. which the young men you are forming should | Julius B. Singleton t James P. Garrity, sub-lot lay their hands. We have spent the prime of | 8, sq. $15: $4.000. T,. A. Rover to James I. our lives in procuring them the Pewee bles#- | Barbour, sab-lot 30, sq. 676; $4,300. Same to ing of liberty. Let them spend theirs in show- | Michael’ M. Rouzer, lot 1, «q. 776; $1,100. W. ing that it is the great parent of science and of | B. Webb, trustee, to F. Denmead, lots 24 to virtue, and that a nation will Le great in both a, 1042; $24,000. L.C. Kengla to R. H. T. Lel B. 13, THE EFFECT ON THR MEX. “Whateffect has the presence of women in composing room?” inquired the reporter, as he called to mind the average composing room. ‘A very good effect, I should judge,” was the Tesponse, “It makes the men more steady, and they pay more attention to their work and taik always In proportion as it {s free.”* id, i 2 3, 8q. 236; 5 To Jeffersons Influence. was due the organi net of al. tp George Erman een zation of the first government exploring expe- dition. AS early as 1780 we find him anxious to promote an expedition to the upper portion ‘of Lie Mississippi valley, and offering to raise 1,000 guineas for the purpose trom sources, and while be was President, he dis patched Lewis and Clark upon their’ famous expedition into the northwest—the precursor of all the similar enterprises carried on by the general government, which have culminated in our magnificent geological survey. Jetferson’s personal influence in favor of science was of uncalettlable value. Transferred from the presidency of the principal American scientific soctety to the Presidency of the nation, he carried with him to the Executive Mausion the tasies and habits of a scientific investigator, Mr, Luther, In his recent essay upon Jefferson as a Naturalist, has shown that during his res idence in Paris, he kept the tour Brineipal cot. jeges, Harvard, Yale, William and Mary, and the college of Philadelphia, invormed of all that happened in the scteutifie circles in. Europe. He wrote to one correspondeht: “Navare in- tended me for the tranquil pursuits of selence by rendering them my supreme delight.” To auother he said: “Your first gives me informa- . Warner et al. to George E. Emmons, 764; $550. James Henning to Dr. part 8, 8q. 526; $585. T. 8. Huntley, ‘arder, sub, 52, sq. 179; sub. 14, 3, 89. 183; sub. lots » PAL LL, §q. 194: sub. lov 13, do; Nicholas Cullan to james Fraser, lot 8q. 17; $125. MecBuen, sub. lot 15, sq. 176: to Thos.’ Kirby, rivate 5 $—. C. A. MeEuen _,fame property: $1,452. J. 8. lard, parts 13 ‘to 15, sq. 2 F. W. Evans to Gordon Evans, lot 10, $100. W. W. Stinchcomb ‘to the United Siates, subterranean strip 15 feet wide, for aqued: ; $106.80. Harriet O. lar property; $2: White to J. W. Sbaw,w, 4, 2° . Pleasant; $2,500. J. 8. Arnold to Harriet J. MeGill, part 132, Uniontown; $—. Harriet J, McGill to £. J. McGill, lot 111, Uniontown; s— J. W. Ginnaty to]. W. Pilling, parts 2 and 3, 84. 243; $200, Ida L. Stevens to Finnilla M! Alexander, undivided half sub. 11, Little ex: tate; $500. A.C. Stevens to same, sub. lots 92 and’ 93, sq. 235; $1,850. J.-H. McDowell to Joseph Anthony, c. \ 41, sq. 569; $775. J. B. Kendall et rendon Smith, sub lot 85, 8g. 363; $425. C. F. E. Kichardson to Mary Brown, sub lots 6 and 7, sq. 507; $823.20. A. 10 Uon in the Line of natural history, and the | Gaddes to W. C. Hutchinson, pts. 2 and 20, cy, second promises Ee needs. The iirst is | 978; $1,600. L. Mundhcim to Augusta Tia my passion, the last my duty, and therefore, breth, lot 6, sq. 411; $—. G. E. Mitchell to 8. Bealmear, sub lot 65, aq. 194; 85,000. layse to Ella A. Morrell, subs 88 and 89, sq. $1,750. A. F. Baker to N. Z. Seitz, prop- erty in sq. 409; $41,500. S. Norment to A. 8. Johnson, sub lot 50, sq. 368; $1,000. Georgie W. Todd to Eugene A, Kidgway, pt. 11, 8q. 568; $8,000. A. Behrend, assignee, to Z. Tobriner, sub lot 26, «q. 453; $2,100. J. A. Snedberg to F. Schwartz, lot 11, sq. 995; $2,500. F. R. Windsor to i. H. Warner, sub’ lot 164, 8q. 156; $5,000, &c. W. & G. R. RCo, to Robt. MeMeen, sub_ lots 32, and i 633; $3, 50. L. E, Brown to John D O'Neill, lot 22, sq. 539; $5,050. Martha M. Read wo’W. A’ Jackson, Job 115, 89. 387; 81,188. Catherine F. Myers to ohn M. Clayton, pt. 4,59. 205; $1,524.25. @. G. Bradiey etal., trustees, to James Pilling, sub lots 63 to 67, $9. 152; $6,000. Florence Pike to M.F. Coughlin, sub lot 53, sq. 190; $2,550. “‘Thusneldu C. ‘Roeser, sub lot 52: | $2,000. M. B, Harlow to Nancy’ Will us, 10'and 11, 3q. 843; $1,800. E. B, Bliss to Wm. E. Smith, lot 12, bik. 4, Takoma park, $— Mahala Crawford to F. G. "Ba two pts. Jot 19, sq. 19° 300. John Sherman to John G. Ames, pts. sub lots & and 6, eq. 331; $1,850. Same to’ Mary J. Mitchell, pt. sub 10t5, do; 1,350. MB. Harlow to Nancy Williams, pts. O'and 11, sq. 843; $1,800. G. P. Zurhorst to John H. Downey, pt. 2, sq. 763; $595. E. J. Hill to Jobn_B. ‘Suit, sab 28, sq. 753; $3,000. Fannie A. Moore to Julius Lansburgh, lots 20 and 21, 773; $—. C. L. Burgess to same, 8q.77 both desirable. CARKYING BONES TO PHILADELPHA. “When Jefferson went to Philudelphia to be inaugurated Vice President he carried with him a collection of fossil bones which he had obtained in Green Brier county, Virginia, to- gether with a paper in which were formulated the results of his studies upon them, This was ublished in the Transactions of the American ical society, and tho species is still megalonys Jeffersoni. he spectacle,” remarks Luther, ‘of an American statesman, coming to take part as a central igure ja the greatest political ceremony of our country, aud bringing with him an original contribution to science, Is éertaiuly one We shall not soon see repeated. “When Jeflerson became President, his sclen- tific tastes were the subject of much Fidicule as well as of bitter opposition among the people in whose eyes, even In that da; considered synonymous with atheisin. Cullen Bryant wrote a satirical poem, since suppressed, in which the popular feeling ‘seems to have been voiced. “Go, wretch, resign the presidential chatr, Disclose thy secret measures, foul or falry Go search with curious eyes for horned ’Mad the wild wastes of Louisianian Or where the Ohio rolls his turbid stream Dig for huge bones, thy glory and thy as 9 lots 20 to 23, do; $— T. E. Waggaman wC oe W-Somervillé, pt 193, T's addition to George WASHINGTON'’S BIRTHDAY. town; $300, J. H. Saville to A.C. Clark, sub lots 17 21, 27 and 29, 6q. 775; $1,239. Eli- zabeth G. Todd to same, lots 6, 5. 687: Jol Sherman to Simon Archer, pt. sub. 6, sq. 33) 1,850. Augusta McBlair to Julia T. McBiair, lows 8 to 19, sq. and her interest under the will of John Gadsby; g—. — Suilivan to James Burns et al, jot 5, H.’ idi- tion to Georgetown; $1,500, Annie A. Small to Georgetown Gaslight Co., pts. 186 and 158, B.'s addition to $1,100. TE Waggaman, trustee, to 56, 69. 360; $100. SES Safe but Expensive. ‘From the Richmond State. Young men who go intosociety a great dea. donot like the ebaperone system that has be- come so general in Washington. They say that it prevents many a young lady from being in- vited tothe theater. A young man from Ken- tucky, who bns a place in a department, has nice society relations, and about a week ago he asked the daughter of.a prominent official to accompany him to the theater. She accepted, but said that she would be obliged to ask a lady friend to go along too. “Ceriainly,” said the young man. ‘The lady who was to act as ‘chaperone sald her sister would not mind bet @ member of the Then demoiselle No. said: “Well, if your sister 1s golng mine would A consequence was the you Kentuckian found himself in charge or tour ments, and the ‘dear’ creatures hecepted, neal 4 ments, ani creat ‘secepted, an there are sopreseutailves from all tns'seateenga | among the “refreshments” that these angelic territories, expect = de from the Gari. | fair ones called for were beefsteaks at $1.25 baidi Monument association of New York, and | &#ch. to say nothing of other orders. His bill other associations from the Distriet, to partie | Was $26 lor the evening. he had pce octane | Pate with them in this pilgrimage. and he has decided to drop out of society unt ‘The Oldest Inhabitants’ association will, ac-| the chaperone system is ‘or bis for- cording to custom, observe the day by an open | tune increases. How it Is Proposed to Celebrate the ag Day in This City. A week from next Monday, the anniversary of the birth of Washington occurs. From the Preparations in progress it apoears probable that the duy will be celebrated here with some- thing like the old time enthusiasm. An effort will be made to make it a thorough holiday not only in the departments, but in private busl- ness establishments. The Clerks’ Early Closing association are endeavoring to create such a public sentiment that store-keepers will dis- boliaays. Should the weather permit,the Washington Continentals, with their friends, will make a ilgrimage to the tomb of Washington, at Krount Vernon, and at a with the Martha Washington association, give a ball at the Aegean Light iptantry, armory’ At the tomb of Washi: mn There wili be appro; exercises, and addresses will be delivered by Hon. Barnes Compton, of Maryland; Gen. Joho Giese Cuma tl Peaace a nin od selections will be yg United States Marine band. the weather revent the a= ¢, the exercises intended be held at Mount Vernon will take at oreee. © conrctees iti te Bae are Gee ASENSATION 1x NeW HAVEX.—Five yearsago ete er peealde. Wecaigt ee Geme | Wilson Waddingham, the inililonaire Gallien. etl Address will be read by Mr. rt Ball, in the erection of & $500,000 resi- gud an oration will be delivered by Rev. Dr: | dence at West Haven Conn. and enraged as his corr haa acetate Lake City Mormon. Recently Waddinguain ‘Tne Capital City Guards, the Washi reason to believe that Seott was dis Cadets, and other colored pape lonvonbepeped ome Ne ee Blondes aight essed that ue bad embezzied about ), ane that several mer nape pease ot New Raven. ehre implicated with Written for Tam EVEXIo Sram. ‘The aifuir has causclys sensation. "T's finished! My long dream of years blended | More Axentcax Wives ror Nostewer.— Is in this stone; ‘announced iss Adele Pefection’s self is chizelled there, eeeneat it tre ease Grae. ot hee And by this band alone. ork, to Earl Cairns, the man, prayed the gods to breathe mew life horas Lord ‘was sued for Into the cold hard block,— by Mise the actress, Miss hehon Me siete Season ‘that Miss Nina Moulton, a daughter of ‘Which bars the cold damp wave of death poo phy eed of Busion, a engaged ‘Bends back the sweet warm sunshine mania Denmark. Mrs. Moulton, mother of asamp 9 Seer gect ts Wescases ee ‘It breathes! It moves! It feels the warm met fe espeiainn ‘Lantocareve, teen the Fresh flow of coursing blood Deaniat minister {o thle spuatry. to whom she Tt laviag hanes Sond, Beal rotary ‘and his wife and step- limanmome “Above the race of living souls;— — A work by gods approved. ‘No dream could fashion such as thou; oad bang her beed is Wery sbamsa— ‘Would Give theethe palmalone! —- O Galatea! perfect one, Let not one thougtst of me, . Creator ot thy wondrous esif, é ‘InJovecomesvertothen | é gr gore te pe a bs As when this hand alone : ‘Rrernally to stone. : Bs | “| D. B. Wheelock to ©) A. | ART NOTES. In the way of photographic groups It ts not often that anything better ts seen than two representing respectively the President and his Cabinet and the Justices ot the U. 8. Su rome Court, recently taken by Mr. George Prince, at 1015 Penusyivania evensa, “Prot © former _r. Prince bas made crayon picture, S4x60 In Kize, which it be gind a have the public call and tnapect, —An Increased interest in water colors tp ‘this country would seem to be indicated by ‘the fact that nearly $13,000 worth of draw ings were sold during the first week out of the exhibition of the American Water Color Se ow open in the New York Academy of Design, Of these “The Old Song,” by E. A. Ab- bey, brought $3,000, and about’ thirty others i for over $100 each, some of them reaching Ss Ligh as 8650. Among these were three or four by Mr. W. Magrath, of this city. — At the Barlow Gullory Mr, A.D. Bryant hae lately placed on view a series of water color drawings which possess @ decided historia value, a8 well as considerable artistic merit, They are seven in number, and the scene of some of the haraest fighting of the two Bali Run battles, “To all interested in matters relating to Une late war they wll prove an em lertaining study, while Uhose engaged in the ontest, On either side, will be specially glad of n opportunity to examine such graphic Fe minders of the late bitter siruggle. ~The drawing sent by Mra. W. M. Polndem ter, of this city, to the exhibition of the Ameri can Water Color Society, now open in New York, to which reference was made in Tam STAN at the time, was accepted by the com- mittee on selection as a No. 1, with acclame- tion, and was given « place’“on the line.” And not this alone. The editors of both the Art Age and the Art Interchange have requested Mrs. Voludexters permission to reproduce the drawing lu question in the columns of thos Periodicals, “Such evidences of appreciation ou the part of acknowledged authorities Would be gratifying to even an artist of ex Perience and reputation, and they must be especially so to a comparative beginner. — The art loving people ot Washington are t be congratulated upon the fact that, as will be seen by the terms of the advertisement else Where, the iamous collection of palutingty bronzes, ceramics, ete., belonging to Mr. W. T. Waiters, of Baltimore, is again to be open w blic view on stated days during February, March and April, Since inst season Mr, Walt ters has made some important additions ‘to his picture gallery, including “The Sbeepfold,” one of Millet's besi-known master-pleces; & new | and very fine painting by Alma-Tadema, ent- ued “The Triumph of Titus,” three us by Bounat, and the Gilmor portrait of Washing ton by’Swuart. It is proper to mention these additional attractions, though they were mot heeded to make the collection worthy a visit of ‘ul who appreciate and admire the ples of modern graphic art. | —Atmong the largest private collections of | paintings owned in Washington is that belong- | ing to Mr. T. E. Waggaman, the well-cnown real estate dealer and agent. Mr. Waggaman has been a pretty large buyer for several years past, both from local artists and at sales bere and in New York, and lately he bas acquired some works of very considerable in Point of artistic merit, as well as in money cost At the Whitney sale, which occurred in New ork in December, he secured agenre canvas by Louis Leioir, for which be paid nearly $1,000, and 29, be bought ee cluding 2 Detail and 29, te eluding a a Hamon, and a Chierici, at $235, $245, and $1,025 respectively. He fs also e: ‘tobe | present or represented at the sale of the collec | Gon of the late Mrs. Mary J. Morgan, which | lakes place in New York on the evenings of Mareb 3d, 4th and 5th, —Inorder to give the contesting copyists in the Corcoran Galiery all the winter months for unbroken practice in their work, the time tor awarding the annual Corcoran gold medal for the greatest imprcvement in drawing from casts in the Gallery bas been changed from the | Ist of January to the Ist of July in each year. This arrangement necessarily makes the Oret period after the change covera term of eighteen Months, or from the Ist of January, 1586, 10 | July 1, 1887; but after the Jast-named dute | term Will, of course, include butone year, as here> | tofere. Mr. L. KE. Wilmarth, professor ot draw- jug in the National Academy of Design, J.Q. A. | Ward, the eminent sculptor, and J. G. Hrown, | the well-known figure painter, have been chosen to examine the drawings sent in by competitors | tor the medal for the past year, and to make the award under the conditions governing the competition. “The number of contestants ts considerably greater this year than ever before, dnd its understood that the work la uso better, MANDOLIN PLAYERS. A Romantic Instrument Recoming Popular Among Washington Ladies. SWEET-TONED, GOURD-SHAPED MANDOLINS THREATENING TO DRIVE OUT THE BAXJO—A TALK WITH A MUSIC DEALER—HOW THE INSTRUMENT 18 PLAYED, “They trim them with bright ribbons,” sala a music dealer, as he took down a little gourd- shaped instrament and ran his flagers across the strings. “They tle @ different-colored rib- bon to each key and let them bang down about ayardandahalt They are very pretty. The music is sweeter than that of a guitar.” “What is it?” asked the STAR reporter. “A mandolin, They are getting to be the among young ladies in selety bere. I expect they will drive the banjo out of good society. Itis alighter and more delicate instrament, and is,as you see, very pretty. Just the thing ford lady. There are quite a number of young ladies here who play on them beautifully. Then Ube have the advantage of bei: exclusive, are not found ex in the society, and young ladies take pride in play! them to show that they have been abroad. You see, only ladies who have traveled abrosd can them, as there are no teachers bere. ft just the proper thing to know how to handle a mandolin, and some young ladies who have never crossed the broad Atlanuc, but who want to keep up with the times, are almost frantic to become masters of this instrament. The young lady who can sit with these many-colored Tibvons falling grucetully over ber arm, while e picks sweet music from this little thing, is the envy ofall her female acquaint ances and the most admired by all romantic lovers. It is the instrament of romance and has something in its tones that enchants you and carries you to the flowery banks of Italy, or tells you of some Spanish poe | songs, beautiful maidens, jealous lovers and that is sentimental and Spanish! Their native melody is the accompaniment to a love Itisa very old instrument, but has never been used any by Americans until now, The pat- tern Is one of the oldest there is, and It belongs to many nationalities, This is the Italian ip- strament. The Romans played upon them. The Spanish instrument {s about the and the Spanish and Italians play thern most. In these countries they are the instruments for moonlight serenades, In India there js some such an Instrument, and the Mexicans and even Chinese have instrcments of the class, U0 2 as They. seem to have been the Eusieal inaurar ments of the primitive nations, und probably bad their origin trom the same source—the gourd. Some ot the Mexican instruments are inade of pottery. “But tis has reached the highest pertection of them all, and is much more musical and more gracetul In shape than either the orguiiar. See how light and pretty it ist” hela it out admiriogly and again rao bis fo- gers across the strings, then handed it to the scribe. # THE INSTRUMENT 4s the same that Spanish serenaders are always represented in pictures as playing on and those used by the Spanish students. Its weight ts almost nothin, like that used tolin, body and a short slender neck, slighuy curved. It is like a goard, only the ‘lines are more grace- the Unisots or elgh strings of a long the sound, and acleat tone. They are m .” continued the music man, held inte sbell thus, and strike Fe Hie i a Hii REE ig i ‘i Hy f it itl & 4 | I € 8F

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