Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1886, Page 2

be THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., boos SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1886-DOUBLE SHEET. CITY A D DISTRICT. A MUSEUM OF ARMS AND ARMOR. rials reference was In one of your recent edt: made tothe organization of a museum of arms aud armor in Washington. Ttake great pleasure in saying that I have been for two years engaged in bringing to- gether all of the material of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum for the pur- pose named in your letter. My plan is to regard ‘weapons of different kinds as objects of natural history, to divide them Into genera and species, and to study with reference to cach species its origin, its Iife, bistory and its distribution in time and place. This series, when completed, will include every weapon at any time used by any tribe of men. It will bring tozether those Weapons that are alike in form and function nd place them before the eye In such order a5 to show the history of invention in the art of ‘We may lay down the fundamental principle that any known art whatever for iis pris {ine implement # natural obj Commenc- ing with this natural 2 tone for hurling, « club tor striking, a sh tooth for cutting, or a splinter of flint for pi ing, I shall endeavor to exhibit, step by si the working of the hurnan mind in perfeeti the apparatus for performing the ends just named. The same is true of all defensive ap- paratus. ‘A second law of invention with reterence to weapons is that every impleme having been accompanied by a ponding implement of defense, the history of detensive apparatus will, therefore, be shown in the manner as the history of offense. The v: collections In Wasiington are al the many forins of primitive weapo: fenses and in the means of illustratin ich in and de- modern | warlare. Our city is poor in those things which | lllustrate the middle steps. rangement above set In addition to th forth, it is proposed 10 or; exhibition, by means of w on deposit’ at the National Museum treasures | whieh the loaners are villing to part with. | Objects of this kind wili take their place in the | different series for the purposes of Instructio I am sure that the press will aid ing out this <eheme, and we may begin by say- ing that the National Museum does not posse & cross-bow or an eutire s armor; indeed, that the greatest gap in our present collections | is created by the want of specimens to illustrate | mmnediseval warfa U. T. Masox. | = —— ATHLETES ON THE STAGE. Am Actor Talks About the Result of | the Over-physical Training of Actors. | The sudden death of the actor Hettinger at Herzog’s Theater, in this city, 3. ago, | suggested to an old actor who Was talking lo & STAR reporter some observations upon the causes which led to thatevent. “I was told,” | he said, “that when the body of poor Hettinger was embaimed, it was found that be had no | flesh, so to speak, on his body at all. The bones were covered with the museles fully developed and as hurd and firm as iron. From the stand- | physical high training he was ful developed, and be had gotten rid of all s ttuous desb. The network of muscles whic! covered bis body Was like an armor of metal, SAILORS FOR THE NEW NAVY. What is Required of a Modern Jack v A TALK WITH COMMODORE SCHLEY—THE OLD- ‘TIME SAILOR OF LITTLE VALUE ON A MODERN CRUISER —TWO STEAM SI00PS NEEDED aS TRAINING SHIPS FOR SAILORS. “There is great need of an improvement in the system of training sailors for our navy,” said Commodore Schley in talking with a STAR reporter the other day, “and I am doing all in my power to effect such achange. I don’t ex- pect to succeed all at once,” he continued, “for there seems to be an indisposition on the part of some who have the power to bring about a radieai change. 1 am Keeping at it, however, and have no doubt will eventually succeed.” “The world has moved very rapidly of late years,” he continued, “and if we haven’t kept pace with it we must do our best to catch up. The candle-maker is left behind by gas and electricity. The stage-driver ts left behind b; the locomotive engineer. The sailor will be le behind if he sticks to sailing vessels. Why shouid we teach our embryo sailors all about sailing vessels when we want them iorimproved iron-clad steamers? The days of improvisation are gone by. We can't IMPROVISE A NAVY on short notice by going into harbor with a drag-net. The time was when the sea was an almost impassable barrier, and we felt secure in our isolation. In those days if our country should be threatened we knew that we could gather a formidable navy from our patriotic countrymen betore the attacking force could arrive on our shores. It is sv no longer, The ocean offers no difficulties to the modern war Vessels, that are not dependent upon wind or endang by storm. The blow would follow the Insult almost immediately. Wat would be our predjcament in such an event? We need ew war Vessels and trained men to man them, We have, or will have svon, a few of the former, and itis manitestly foolish’ to think of training | sailors tor them the same as for sailing vessels. In time of peace prepare tor war is a warning that should be heeded. In preparing tor war, nv matter how distant, it is folly to teach those ho are to bear the Brunt of it what is of the least importance even in time of peace. We must instruct our sallors in the work that they Will be expected todo aboard ship. The boys now are framed on board sailing vessels, which no longer buve a place in naval warfare. The instruction that would be proper in the time ot son or Rodney is of nouse ior iron-clad men- It is time lost, We take a boy and train him on board a sailing vessel, and when he is put aboard a steel cruiser ie is ali at sea, Nothing that he has been taught is of any avall except what he knows about sails, and that fs entirely a secondary consideration.” CoMMODORE SCHLEY'S PLAN. ‘What is the proposed plan of training?” asked THE Star reporter. he first thing to be done Is to get the ap- prentice accustomed to sailor life,” replied Com- modcre schicy. “No radical change 1s necessa- ry iu this respect, I think. The inain tuing, rst, is to get young Jack disciplined, and custuimed io his mess and quarters aboard sip. He then should be sent tw sea, uot on a Ports: or a Jamestown, but on a. first lnodern steamer, Where He eau learu something that will be of benehit whi becomes a full fledged satior. “He must l ated w the use OF, not omy gr IL arms, mi and showed the years of training constantly | lmaivtained which had b hecessary | in order to e@ such a physical development. Very few people have any idea of the amount of just such taining tuat a large | uaber v1 the actors have to undergo in order to mt themselves for their parts on the stag Take for instance that feature of minsirc | suomarn | oratory, so that be ciine guus aud wrpedves. Atter he has been Sent tosea and has learnea Something about handling tue ship, I would put him through a course of training ‘at Newport in torpedoes aud diving. woud then bring bin Wasuington aud put him through a several mouths course In tke machine scopsand lab- vill understand how the p rs taat he is to handle are made and be ac- performance, which is x rali called | quainted with U every detail, as weil as with Siience and "fun. The actor or actors who| the powder they are to fire. ‘When he gets take that part have io be thoroughly trained | turough and is sent to sea he will be a teal atheletes and, a3 In. the tHe ‘eon ger, the traintig is apt to be overdor Trouble is usually with bursting of a blood vesse 2 the career ofan athlete is'usually brought ¢ an untimely close. You take a boating man, and if his traiuing is overd & short time he receives warning pe hemorrhage, which, if itis ¢ to terminate faiaily. A pri Gved an athlete of any own Old, is a Tare case, and only happens | when the man gradually stops training an takes good cure of himself, but where high pressure is kept up, a break is sure > fighter, or in- to come. But I was started in this tiue of thougut by the fact that the public generally but ite appreciate bow much is required in the w physical training from an uc some parts in nearly every thextrieal pice that requires strength aud muscle, when the actor leaves the stage he about played out. The song-and-dance me: are as 4 rule athieies, and so of a great ma other p: The evil ties in the overdoing the negieet of the p: Vent ab undue strain | i ¢ Tenure of Office of Teachers. of Tae EVENING Sta: Isee by @ published report of the proceedings | Of the schoul board that they contemplate r solution introduced by me and board making the tenure of oftice | of the euiployes i t. The n of this resolu strikes me as Yather strauge proceeding. It the Commmission- ers letter + ng the duties of :the board | meant ai itmeant that they were an advise) d,aud that the power « pointing the enipi 1 in the bi | the Coumissiouers. ais be true, how can | the buard uf trusices fix tue tenure of office ot | empioyes who are appointed by their superiors. | Now wo te s question. W Feasop bas vee ced why the te: Office of the empioyes of public's that of any other branet t) should be of 3 rt We Inlcht say, upon th will of a The old aethod extremely 1 our annual nomi natiow of teachers, Exch local comuuitiee made up his own list; he nominated or renouinate fist whom fe pic pped just who he pleased. eason Was ever assigned; in fact, the board went it blind. Many a good | teucuer was uropped out of siztit, and not even | oniy | s aools (unitie rtmeutot the | & bubbie marked spot wlere she went | down. % this resolution took a | vast deal o. nce and. p patronage | from each loc t what the lost the public ¢: rity to tue teacher. trusiee | of secu- that their positions are dependent upon t Rtuess, and therefore th e devoted their | time and effort two dis duties of the futher than to e the | tee. The « solu > cited was to give th the beneiit o: opiz any change contempl employe. I thougnt the uni teacher ed in 1 the schools | bourd ia | ice to an nds of ai many | Might be better than possibiy t j anind of one. I thought ai tne fair | thing would be ior a trustee ard a reason when he t ane * removes at th nod about deal with such things. Thew that it won't do tu show cause.or assign reasons | for removing employes of tne s it Would hurt the moral of senool, is simply | an apology ior cowardice nen the Leu the manly way wo Dt tou nVaes Of Uh: ther on ebange tis rule. Change. 1 hoy will give t in opposit did in support a develop u de- part of parent or teacher to 2 is no neces: Mr. E r, that y< 2 journal you TH | | ny attention | has been | Ss for many years, “a bill to | that be- | Issue $2,500,000 estate of te D the present tax provision! oF per ancum Evidently these Bre intende whose lerms Will expire, so th. a go on drawing their usual Stipend, A of the Treasury Paying it the voiceless taxpayers of the District Inust pay. ‘The worst potut in the bill is the contrmation Of the streets running east and west from Thir Wenth stre-t extended. Those streets are only Marked by a sigu Lourd, there being uses how Where a street will be, ets runaing west from Four: re are houses, and valuable Ones at that, that u will all be de- Molisued and not one particle of good gained. On the coutes Sireets laid out, cross eurbs Set and pavements laid on the rieenth sirvet be confirmed, then nol one house on the east side of Four: Yeenth street will be injur Tacknowiedze that the Uill provides fora con- @emnation and for payment of the award ofthe commission, but the price paid, even if liberal, ¢annot pay & man for beiug turued out of his home and the lavor of bis grounds Puthiessly torn away from Lim by the strong jaad of thelaw. The action of the law us it @taids is this: Tue commission makes an ex- amination and names the price; ten says: “Here is your mouey; take it aud move, or Ww Will pull dowu your Louse over your heads.” Had they not’ better take the furniture, too? Yours, JeNo. a Hien LiceNse has exerted a most excelleut gines, and to Hill nearly the wi j can be repiaced. | Park: 3 WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. “Iam following out the general plan now as faras Tam able with the limited iacilities we | have,” coutinued the officer. “{ have now 75 of the best have been it port and at Wasiington, and they know som= Using worth knowing. " Twenty-five of these iuen I jniend to put aboard the new cruiser Auania uext mouth. They will serve as in- struc est of the crew, Who cannot help learning trom them. We have facilities for teaching Our boys asuore, but at sea their ing is practically lost time. What we most of ail ls two bark rigged steam sloops modern build and fittings. “It we could put our apprentices om such vessels they would snow something Worth Knowing when they re- urn irom a cruise. Tam in hopes some day of having such Vessels simply ur training pur- ognize the Value of the inex- rinihg of conservatisaa With rad- But there aust be the latter for the wet Lremember when sails gave Way to st the chief motive power of Raval vessels. ‘There were great complaints, What! put a boiler in a war vessel! A si ke it and all the men will be killed! But the boilers and the engines were putin and it | becaine necessary wo pre tuem. First taney | rust be put below tue acer line, They did not take up much room then, One improve- ment followed auotuer until it became ueces- Ww lave doube and iiple expansion en- ole suip with ma- But it must be protected. Hence the IMPROVED DEFLECTIVE DECKS and belts uf steel. Everything used to be forthe protection of the men; now It is for the protec- tiom of tie machinery. The usefulness of the vessel depends upon her engines, wiille her crew ‘The modern’ tron-clad, with her wiple expaasion engines and her twin screws, is a formidable vessel. We are soon to ve a few, Which will form a nucleus for a real navy. The new crutsers are good war vessels, With the Chicago I would not be afraid of any Vessel that floats. If sue can’t Jnjure an uppo- | peut with her guns, she ean by ramming her, | Itis just as true to-day that an American ca! ot go wroug in rauuning his enemy as it was | in us ison that an Englishinan could hot go Wrong in drawing alongside his enemy. There would be bioodsbed of course, or it would | not be war. You can’tmake an omelet without breacing eggs, I hope the day is far distant When tere will be war. But why should we thoroughly forms ebin | not be ready to protect ourselves in case it should come, for it might come very Let us have good men of war and man tite! suddenly? good men to ee Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been flied as ¢ollows: H.C. Clagett et al. to Robert A. Phillips, sub lots 13 and 14, sq. 824; $-. Commissioners D. C, to J. A. Schneider, pt. lot M, sq. 916; $—. ©. ‘M. Castleman to Mary A. Henning, sub 14, sq. 885; $1,500. Same to Alexander Scott, iot 13, -; 31,500. T.N. Wynkoop to B. R. Green et ai, boathouse in the Potomac; 8—. aA. EL moot to W. W. Daneahower et al., sub 17, sq. 3—. C.M. Alien tos. J. Gass ef al., sub 13, 416; $1,050._ Georgetown College to W. 1A, 54. $1,418. W.W.White s Ka ab Lot . Sty. BOG; 75. Cath- eri dL to P. Mattern, pt. 12, sq. 417; 2,900, W, T. Brent to J.5. Breat, w. 4, lot 57, W! and C's sub part Pleasant Pialns; $—. John’ A. Hor- | YNeull, sub lot 46, sq. 392; Edgon et ul. to A.C. Clark, ng nd B.'s sub Mt, Pleasant; $190 Fischer, lot 16; do; 8725. AL to James K. Sudler, pt. 17, bik. 11, Droit Park; $346.90. BH. Wa: arder, sub lots 11L . H. Warner t worthirds i 31 wy, 8. G. EL Gihnore, sub 91, Gar- roit to C. M. Potter, sub lots $1900. Hi. A. Sel ridia: Hun tha O. 1 hy Same Ad: property: $—. DS. Hark- Dt LA, sy. 116; 85,050. J a lots 11 and'12, Blix. C. Brown to Jas. '§ sub Mount to R.A. Beuchier, 29, bik. 5 Le Droit at, Goodwin io Chariotte A. blots Land 20; 84. 756; $3,600, an W. Daan, sub lows 46and DS; $4, b, ‘oll to Mary V. sub lot 71, 84. 271; $3,300. Mary EL 1 James E. Oliver,” lot'Y, blk. 2, sub jarm; 3—. W. 'F. Holtzman,’ trum Greer, pt. 63, Haw’s sub Mt, Pleas S600. Leia Higgins to A. A. Birney, $330. Jessie H. Wilson et al., wo A.'ahd J. W. Frey, pts. 57 and 53, on to West ‘Wasuington, $10,500. Barker to W.B. Domer, ‘lots, sq. SMuury Preston to Susan P. Pres- 8,500, Catuerine Ee ilier, sub lots 58.and 59, Shoemaker w Cornelia dell, (pt. Peter Mill site, ete, 18% acres; $1,513, "B. H. Warner to Jullas ehwoid, sub lots 155 and 156, sq. 271; $3,200. Corcoran Fire Insurauce Co. to Emelie M. Darneille, lot 53, sq. 623; $1,400. Harriet M. Tustet to same, Saine property; $—. C. A, Mekuen to RAL West, lots 9 aud 10, blk. 7, Marshall; $20. Co- iumbla Kelly to James Fitzpatrick, ‘in trust sub lot L, sq, 515; $1,950. Cornelia'V. Tillor to Ananhe Wood, pt. sub lot 17, 18, 8q. 162; $3,000. Catherine M: Myer to: V. Riley, lot 93, Lanier Heights: $3,000, pena ASSOCIATED CHanities.—The board for the eighth subdivision held its closing session for tue preseut service year at 140 B street north- east on the evening of the 19th instant. Present, Rev. J. W. Chickering, president; Capt, Charles Junkea, treasurer; Mrs. Charles Junken, Mr. and Mri, W. C. Dodge and A. M. Kanouse, sec: retary. The record of the service periormed Showed very satisfactory resuits. A less amount Of mouey hud been required in giving ald to ap- Plicants Luan Leretotore. ‘Those assisted were Very worthy, aud the ndmber aided to employ- melt, (rausportation, &e., have veen ipdustit- ous and appreciative. ‘The treusurer's book suowed that less than $100 had been ex- pended, and that there was a sufficient balance on hand to imeet probable requirements before the next annual meeting. D. Martin et al, W. Witthatt Ob, be would drink flagons of the red blood of dragons “hand bowl ta ts torte tor tore, Influence on the mora's of the community Wherever tried. It brings the liquor traffic Under better control. it removes many temp. ations from the weak and stumbling. It in- €reases the revenues of tl t, and Felleves to that extent the ©f the peopie. It in a very intelligent solut @@ vexed social proviem. intemperance is evil Which has reacted teariul proportions, and the le Intend Uf deal with It'in some Way oe deuisviile CouricrsJournal, And he would vat fire and quench his desire Lu boiling red caidrous of gore! DECORATION DAY. The Memorial Exercises to be Held by the G. A. R. on the Sist Inst. Decoration Day coremontes will be held thi year on Monday, May 31st, as the 30th of May comes on Sunday. The arrangements made for the observance of the day are in the hands of @ committee of the Grand Army of the Republic, and it is the intention, as in former years, to make the celebration an occasion when the loving reverence that is felt for those who laid down their lives for thelr country may find fitting expression. The program of former years in essential particulars will be followed, and in all the cemeteries in this local- ity and wherever a soldier lies buried, whether it be in a nameless grave or beneath a stately monument, the flowers of a tender remembrance and grateful affection will be strewn by loving hands. To use the words of the general order issued from the headquarters of the department of the Po- tomac: “For the eighteenth time the comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic are sum- moned to perform the ceremony of strewing the graves of their fallen comrades with flow- ers. ‘It is @ duty made sacred to us and should be ‘sacredly observed so long as our roll-call shall muster enough of the living to visit the graves of the ‘dead. Each recurring year finds our ranks on this side the Silent River thinned by those who bave been detailed by the Su- preme Commander to form the advance guard Wo that Grand Army beyond. The duty, ther fore, 1s the more Imperative for us wilo have not yet responded to the final roli-call.” THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED, To carry out the arrangements the following committees have been appointed: Executive committee—Jerome B. Burke, de- partment commander, chairman; S. E. Faunce, adjutant general, secretary; A. J. Gunning, as- sistant quartermaster general, treasurer; past department commanders Frank H. Sprague, . H. G. Richardse Harrison Dingman, Wm. Gibson, D. 8. Alexander, Benj. F. Hawkes, Geo. E, Corson, Chas. C. Royce, ‘8. 8. Burdett, N. M. Brooks, Chris. Bollinger, Theodore L, Lam: R. August Dit Chas. P. Lincoln, Winflel S. Chase, Gilbert M. Husted, Wm. W. Hibbard, im. F. De Knight, Frank "H. Evans, W. Ho Lit pool, Sidn 'W. Herbert, Robt. Green, Edw'd J.’ Russell, N. B. Prentice, Chas. Mat thews, Thos. Gallow ay, Geo. , John O. Riley, Philip H. Weber, Yoods, Rich 5 Bilakelock,, A, HL. Holt, Samuel A. Lewis, R. 8. Lacey, Revells, Richard D, Br Goodman, Thos. Ahen, D. B. Gallatin, Edw'd Junoux, CP. Evans, Finance committee—Samuel A. Lewis, chafr- mau; Chas, P. Lincoln, F. C. Revells, T, L. Lamb, B. F. Hawkes, Daniel Kikigan,’ R. J. Blakelock, H, L. Snyder, G. E. Corson, ‘James Piaut, N. b. Prentiss, #.'S. Lacey, F. W. Paige, John Wilson, Join Tennyson, Staunton Weaver, J. H. Leighton, P.H. Weber, Wm. Givson, 'H. H. Martiu, J... Burger, —— Me- Kee, J. 5. Pierce, G. J. P. Wood, &. J. Russell, Hi. J. Richardson, — O'Hare, Henry Paige, 'f. Anderson, S. MeMouigie, L. J. Mechior. Reception commitiee—J. Be. Bu W.S. Odell, H. H. Smith, hue, Kev. Benja 5 J. Gunning, J.C. 8, Burg Charea, C, G. Boul elis, D. Sprague, A. HS. Richardson, G. 8. Corson, ‘Harrison Dingman, C. C, Koyée, Win. Gibson, 8.8. Bure dett, D. 5. Alexunder,'N. M. Brooks. Committee on dece Hibbard, G. M, Haste the: and grounds—W.W. Geo, J. P. Woods, F.C. transportation M. Brooks, A. Lewis, Thos, Galloway. e oo music—A. H. Hoit, W. S. Chase, pool. Goumniitee on press—S. E, Faunce, A. HG. Richardson, B. F. Hawkes. Orators aud poets—Jerome B. Burke, H. H. Smith, Geo. G. P. Wood, 8, E. Fauuce, W. W. Hibb hum, Ladies’ commitiee on decorations,—Mes- dames M.D. Montis, Frank Marshall, C. H. Lo- gram, F."M. Hartwell, George Holmes, Edith Herbert, E. M. Richardson, Adeline Brooks, 8. P. Cuurch, Joanna Turner, Theo, Russell, Annie Meredith, W. 5. , E. B. Sheldon, F. E. ia Brooks, H. H. Smith, N ‘S.A. Lewis, J. PB. Liver- pool, W.H. Maxwell aud Louisa Chohap and isses Virginia Von Tagen, Edith Carey, M. K. bowen, G. J. Jochum, Lizzie Longworth, Helen M. Lamb, Mamie Monts, Pearl Pipes, Neilie Matthews, iva Karpell Mainie E. Faunce, Sophie Benter, Ida E, Nelson, Fannie B, Blake- lock, Clara Benton, Annie Keiner, Hatue A, McCabe and Sadie &. Faunce. THE PROGRAM includes the decoration of the graves, accom- panied with appropriate ceremonies at Arling- ton, Soldiers’ home, Congressional cemetery, Battle Ground cemetery, Oak Hill ceme- Shorter, Je tery, Alexandria cemetery, and the iso lated graves of soldiers, Yneluding those at Hock Creek cemetery and elsewhere. Un the Sabbath preceding Memorial day divine service Will be held in the Churen of Our Fatuer, 14tn and L streets, when the pastor, Rev. Alexander Kent, will deliver a sermon appropriate Ww the occasion. ‘Ihe committee have also sentucircular to the pastors of all the churches in the city, requesting that a notice be read from the pulpit, asking the cbil- dren of the Sabbath scavois Wo bring Lowers to their respective chureueson tue Saboath, which may be Used in decorating the Sabbath 'scuool rooms, and during the day the members of tue commuttee Will call aud collect tue floral urib- ute fur use the uext day, The committee on flowers will have their headquarters atthe Kitles’ armory. ou G street, beiween Yth and 10th, whicu Will be open ail day Saturday and Sunday for the reception of flowers. MONDAY'S EXERCISES, ‘The exercises on Monday will begin at Arling- ton at nooa, and at ten o'clock the procession will move from the Grand Army headquarters, 9th and D streets, and will be made up as fol- jows: Light battery, 3d_ artillery, U. S. Aj four com: panies of artillery disinounted as infantry; 3d artillery band; department G. A. R. flags; Union Veteran Corps (Old Guard); Custer Camp, sous of veterans; Murine bund; department commander; department officers and staff Joun A. Rawlins Post, No. 1, C. G. Boliinger, commander; Post No. 2 Drum corps; Kit Car- son Post, No. 2, C. P. Lincoln, commander; Lincoln "Post, No. “3, W. W. Hibbard, com? mander; O. P. Morton Post, No. 4, W. N.’ Liver- Stow commander; Marine drum corps; Geo. Meade Post, No. 5, E. J. Russell, commans Jobn F. Reynolds, Post No. 6, Thos. Galloway, commander; James A. Gurtield Post, No. 7, P: H. Weber, commander; suruside Post, No. 8, 4-H. Holl, commander; Charles Sumner Post, No. 9, F. C. Keveils, communder; Farragut Post, No. 10, D. B. Gallatin, commander; deco- ration committee. Upon the arrival at Arlington of the proces- sion the graves will be decorated, and then the program of speeches, music and 4 poem will be carried out, A similar program will be pre- pared for the Soldiers’ Home and the Congres- sional tery. A new feature of the day will be the delega- tion, accompanied by the Union Veteran Corps, first company, which will go over to Alexandria and decorate the graves there. The officers of Army say that there is more than manilested this year in the norial day, and that the con- ing from ull classes of the com- icaie that this feeling is not con- Faust the late War, Liberian Episcopalians. ©. T. 0. King, agent of the American ization society in Liberia and mayor of Mourovia, thus writes, under date of “Monro- via, March 24, 188¢ “The last week has been one of great interest to the Episcopal commu- nion of this region. The P. Episcopal conven- Uon was held in tunis city, presided over by Bishop Ferguson, who proved equal to the re- quirements of his high oifice, Atone of the meetings the Bishop, assisted by Revs. J. W. Blacklidge, M. P.; Valentine Keda and Paulus Moort, Presbylers, ordained Revs, J. G. Monger of Sinoe, Kaward Hunte of Crozerville and H. C. Merriam N’gema of Cavaila, priests, when an eloquent discourse was preached by Bishop Ferguson, from Ezekiel 33, 1-9, On another occasion Mr, J, T. Gibson wus ordained deacon, Mr. Gibsou is an immigrant from Barbadoes, W. 1, and so also is Mr. Hunte, The sermon, pointing out the duties of those entering the ininistry, was iimpressively delivered by Valentine Keda. The ‘latter and Rev, ‘gema are civilized Greboes, and add their native names after their English names, as Keda and N'gema, The ser- mons and addresses delivered during the ses- sions of the convention cannot but nave a salu- tary effect in the community. Bishop Ferguson purposes to go to Cavalla betore the wet season sets in. ‘There the Episcopal mission has an extensive work going on—part of it a school ot the first class, under the zealous and efficient management of Kev. Vulentine Keda, There are substantial tokens of stronger and deeper Ufe in Liberia,” <___sq9__ American Fishways in Scotland. The Ericht,on the west coast of Scotland, formerly afforded very productive salmon fish- eries, The erection of several dams for the Purpose of utilizing the water power to drive the machinery of the jute mills above Blain- gowerrie effectually excluded the salmon from their spawning grounds, and for forty years or more nove have been seen in waters above the obstructions, During the summer of 1884 Col. McDonald, while abroad, visited Scotland at the invitation of the Tay Board of Salmon Fisheries and, af ter @ careful study of the Ericht, submitted piaos for opening the river by medus of fish- ways. His plans were approved and accepted ang carried into effect during the summer of 1885, fish-ways according to the McDonald sys tem being erected over tne three dams, consti- tuting the principal obstructions of the Ericht, ‘Phe success of tucse fish-ways Is atlusted vy the following extract irom @ lever to Goode, assistant director U, 8. N. mi from Col, Drummond Hay, » member of the Tay Fishing Board: “say to Col. McDonald that his fish-ways which were erected in one of our rivers last year are working beautitully. ‘fhough fave ascended they have not done so largely, This 4s owing to no fault of the fishways, but from obstructions from tree roots in that portion of With the venom of adders, with bomb-shells and blad- ders, He would and blow up, and burn, Toile very Mrandstion shaky Up the whale nation, ‘Aid sti? t ike cream tn 8 cuurn. But can this be the demon who would massacre free- And Bearman th = "and ticmbling in foar beats tne bea! —Lynn Union, the river lower down, called the “Keith,” which obstructions we hope to get removed next sum- mer and probably some of the rock blasted away.” ——_—_+e+_______ Col. Waring, member of tfor Down, county, has written a letter urging Ulsterites to ol and prepare to resist rule. “For God's sake,” words,” ‘he says, “let us have deeds, not. CRANES AT THE CAPITOL. Eccentric Individuals Whe Want to Jump from the Deme—Opportunities for Lovers. Cranks are drawn to the Capitol like birds about a beacon light. Theres an officer placed on duty up in the dome expressly to keep they from jumping off. Not a day passes while Congress is in session that they are not at the Capitol. Cranks, newly-murried folks and lovers tend naturally towards the dome, with a view probably of getting nearer to heaven. There isa turn in the stairs that is known as the kissing corner. It is proverbial that lovers never pass up to the dome without stopping there to—take breath. It is said that & properly constituted girl always gets tired when she reaches that CR aayee was never known to object, e turn is so situ- ated that two persons standing there can bo seen from neither above nor below. It offers a [eae temptation torest. The whispering gal- lery has become so well known that young folks who don’t want their secrets carried to the other side of the dome and made public property of by the echoes, are very careful to eep quiet when they reach that elevation, Cranks, if they are nized as such, are not allowed to go on the dome, but they aro always hanging around for an ogportunity to ip Up. Several attempts have been made by these adventurers to step out into space in pur- suit of eternity, but as yet only one bas been. successtul. One man was caught by the tail of his coat just as he stood ready for a plunge tor- ward. Many have been caught calculating with insane eyes the distance to the concrete below, They have always been induced to go ore in the ordinary way by the winding stairs, There is one point in the ascent which offers pousual {ncllities for a leap dowa into the ro- tunda, It is with great difficulty thata crank gets past this place. But for the presence of a policeman the people on the floor below would in momentary danger of being struck on the head by a flying crank, Very innocent and harmless looking men will stop atthis pointas they go climbing up the crowded stairs, and willat once become en- grossed by the ‘beauty of great circular floor of the rotunda and thelr eyes will get brightand round at the prospect. ‘Then they will begin Ga ee the railina great hurry, as if they had torgot something and hadn’t time wo take the stairs to get to it. A policeman always appears at this juncture, and the visitor is ad- vised to take his time about it and goby way Of tho stairs, “I can tell them on sight,” said the policeman to a STAR reporter, “I can tell when they come fora jump, and I never give them a chance, ‘There is something in thelr eyes and the way they look about them that reveals their pur- pose. But 1 presume any crank who got on the dome would feel it to be his duty to jump off, So we think it best not tolet. ay, cranks go up.” “No, we don’t stop lovers,” he added in re- sponse to an intimation that this variety of crank was not dangerous. “They never have energy enough to jump ot They have to stop at every landing to rest. Some- times they make ‘a good deal of nolse about it, ‘The ‘Kissing Corner? Yew, of course they stop there! But the real genuine article ain’t satis- tied with that. They eee every turn in the stairs! Let's seo, now. make a calcula. tion how man: are visiting Kisses a real spoony couple who ‘ashington on their bridal tour will get in On a round of the Capitol. No, they. can't kiss in the elevator; that's crowded; nor in the gallery; but they look as if they'd like to. There's the tomb ot Washington, under the crypt; they always put their heads cldse together to weep oVer that, and never hear you tell them it’s empty. This’ isa particularly good place, because it's dark, and there aro 80 many nar: row aisles near it, They'll score half a dozen belore they finally get out. Next is the engine room, and then the crypt. Aftor that they get uneasy. It’s all light in the library and in the rotunda, But they make up for this on the way to the dome. ’ Now, just countthe landings and "ve yot ft! Bui ituin’t fair to call them s, “IU8 only temporary with them, The genuine Jumper, the man with a mission, and the man Who takes all nis clothes off are all we reckon as cranks, ‘There is no doubt that the Jumping cranks are in the majority, Texpect they come from great distances for the express purpose of leaping from the dome. If they were allowed to go up there would be an inquest every day.” ———+o+ ____ THE EARLY DAYS OF GAS. Experiments Made Forty Years Ago at the Capitol. A LANTERN RAISED UPON THE CAPITOL BUILD- ING TO LIGHT THE SURROUNDING GROUNDS— HOW GAS WAS FIRST INTRODUCED INTO THE CAPITOL BUILDING AND WHITE HOUSE. A. venerable looking gentleman with an in- telligent face, full beard, very white, and a bundle of papers under his arm, has been a diligent attendant upon the gas investigating committee of the Senate, This old gentleman is Mr. James Crutchett, who first introduced gas in Washington as an illuminating power. Forty years ago he resided in the eottage which stands on the top of the embankment at the corner of Cand North Capitol streets. In the course of experiments entered into to please himself and gratify an active mind, he con- structed works on his premises for the manu- facture of gas after a method of his own inven- tion, He pro] to Congress to light the Capitol building with gas instead of wax can- dies then in use, and permission to do so was finally given him He ran pipes from his works into the Capitol and,illuminated,the hall of the House and the Senate chamber by a single light in each, A large burner, or group of burners, giving a light of from 2,500 to 4,000 candle power, was located in the center of the sky-light overhead and it afforded all the illu- mination needed. A LANTERN ABOVE THE DOME, Mr. Crutchett exhibited toaStar reporter a photograph of the Capitol as it appeared just atter he had raised a huge lantern above the dome for the pul @ of lighting the grounds. The building looked small and insignificart in comparison with {ts present proportions, and almost a dense thicket of forest trees then sur- rounded it. The columns were encircled with bands of mourning as, at the time the picture was taken, the body of John Quincy Adams was lying in state in the rotunda. The photo- graph is a copy from an old daguerreotype, as the art of photography wus not then known. ‘The inside of the Capitol had been illuminated with gas for about @ year when the contrivance for lighting the grounds was hoisted. The Saturday Evening News, of August 14th, 1817, contained an urticle announcing that the “great lantern constructed under the direc- tion of Mr. Crutehett, the inventor of solar gas by Buckingham,” (a ‘well-known blacksmith), would be lighted the following week, The lan- tern was hoisted on @ mast towering about 150 feet above the dome, This mast was secured by heavy iron braces. The lantern Was surmounted by a ball and weather vane, With the glass lo the lantern it weighed about 800 pounds. It contained large burners, and Mr. Crutchett says that when lighted it illuminated not only the entire Capi- St grounds but all the higher portions of the city. BIRDS LURED BY THE LIGHT, “The Capitol police,” he added, “used to go up to the roof early every morning tor the pur. pose of getting the game which, attracted and blinded by the powerful light, would fly against the lantern aud tall helpless.” They would find there wild geese, pigeons, ducks and other species of wild fowl.” ‘The old lantern is now among the curiosities collected in the National Museum. The copper ball which was ten or fifteen fect above It is also preserved there, and it shows the marks of the lightning’s wrath expended upon it, ‘There are five holes in it, made by the lightaing’s eat. A joint resolution authorized the clerk of the House and secretary of the Senate to contract with Mr. Crutehett for lighting the Capitol and grounds and appropriated $17,500 to defray the expense. Meantime, as stated, Mr. Cratchett had been lighting the inside of the Cupltol with gas car- ried from his own works, without compensation, for the purpose of demonstrating the superi: ority of gus over candies. With uls appropria- Uon gas works, exclusively for the Capitol, were constructed near the northwestern corner of the building. ‘These works supplied thie Cap- tol with gas for some years until the Washing- ton Gas Company prevalled upon Congress 10 purchase its product, LIGHTING THE WHITE HOUSE. After lighting the halls of Congress, Mr. Crutchett obtained permission from President and Mrs. Polk to light the White House. He extended pipes from the Capitol to the Execu- tive Mansion and carried the first gas into that building. He made his gas trom grease or oll and oxygen. In order to cheapen its cost he made an oll from the refuse of pine trees. Mr. Crutchett is very confident of the future of his invention of “water gas and claims that it can be made of a quality and power far supe- rior to coal gas at a trifling cost, a An Extraordinary Story. A BOATING TRIP WHICH EXTENDED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND CAME NEAR INVOLVING A TRIAL FOR MURDER, The following extruordinary story comes from St, George’s bay, on the west coast of Newroundiand: A French vessel put in here yesterday from St. Malo bound to Port au Choix for the purpose of landing Miss Louise Journeaux, who was picked up at sea about twenty miles off the Island of Jersey. The lady, with o gentleman named Farae, went boating on Sanday, the 18th of April. "While rowing her companion let one oar’ slip, and in tempting to recover It lost the other. ‘Being a es onn er he jumped wo re- MINISTER COX’S MUMMY. Specimen From Egypt Received — at the National Museum, Mr. W. V. Cox, chief clerk of the National museum, hasrecelved a fine mummy, asa pleas- ant souvenir his uncle, Hon. & 8. Cox, United States niinister at Constantinople. The remains arrived at the National museum Mon- day, and were at once presented to the museum by Mr, W. V. Cox. Minister Cox, in his letter to his nephew, simply stated that he had se- cured the deceased in the upper Nile region during his recent visit toEgypt, It is supposed that the minister had good reasons for not be- ing more explicit. Some years ago, owing to threatened exhaustion of the stock of mummies, already depleted by Mehemet All's reckless use of them as® fuel for his locomotives, the Egyptian government prohibited the ex- rtation of mummies from the country. It [oascumed then that Minister Cox secured the mummy now lying in state at the National ‘Museum either by a clandestine expedition into some burial place, or through some neatly planned diplomatic intrigue. In either case, of cou @ would not desire to explicitly. state how It came into his possession, “It has been suggested also that the sultan bestowed this mummy upon the minister as @ fitting re- turn of the compliment paid him by Mr. Cox When the latier prosented his imperial high: ness with @ copy of his book. ‘The mummy was brougnt to this country on the steamship Aurania, went through the New York custom house without paying duty and arrived in ex- cellent condition, after its long Journey, at the Museum where it now awaits the action’ of the coroner, It is on exhibition in one ot the halls of the Museum. Prof. 0. T. Mason, the curator of the department of ethnology, spoke of it to 8 STAR reporter a8 belng ab ‘unusually fine specimen, one of the best in the country. The beauty of'this mummy 1s that the linen bandages with which it is swathed have never been broken open. The mask jand the cartoons or painted shields placed about the bandaged body are _ perfect, Persons who have a fondness for mummies or Xgyptian antiquities will nd. much to in- terest them in this specimen. The mummy case is of agacla, or locust wood, the exterior palnted a dark color, The wood 1s wonderfully well preserved, The mummy case is carved ‘out of logs, and when closed has the shape of & mummy. Upon this caso is carved and inted a face with along pointed beard. The Interior was hollowed out with an adze, so that the mummy when placed in it exactly fits it. This nice measurement indicates that the mummy case Was made to order and not bought ready-made, ‘This fact and other indications about the remains lead to the belief that the deceased was a well-to-do citizen, though there are no Insignia of official rank, The mask is painted and glided. “The colors ‘are still vivid and the gold-leaf bright. Covering the body, fom the chin down to the feet are painted pan- els or sections of a material like papler mache, formed by compressing layers of linen together. ‘These panels torm a sort of painted shroud, ‘The colors used by the Egyptian artist are still bright. A peculiar sort of cement or stucco, the secret of which Was carried to the tomb With the last of the old Egyptians, was smeared over the surface of these panels and the artist painted upon the stucco, which took the colors and has preserved them’ in this case for about 2,500 yeurs. Four of these littie sections, about the size of ordinary playing curds, lie upon the breast of the mummy. Upon each is painted the figure of the muminied Osiris. ‘These cards look $0 much alike that some irreverent at- taches of the museum call them the “four Jacks,” and speak of the dead gentleman as holding @ pretty good hand. ‘The other panels beneath the tourjacks are highly ornamented and bear representations of various deities and funeral emblems. ‘The central figure 1s that of Isis, with outstretched, overshagowing wings. Uniortunately there was no coflin-plate on the mummy-case, so the identity of the remains has not been established. It 1s considered as settled by thecut of the beard carved upon the wooden face of the case, and the general indica- tions,that_ the bereaved family spared no ex- pense in fitting out the mummy, that the de- ceased was a man of wealth and importance in the community. For THE EVENING STAR. THE VIRGINIA FARMERS NOUNCE BOGUS BUTTER. And Demand Legislation to Correct the Abuse—They Do Not Agree With Congressman Tucker—Other Agricul: tural Matters on the Virginia Side. ‘The May meeting of the Woodlawn Farmers’ club was held at Samuel Pulman’s on the 15th instant, President Pierson in the chair. In the absence of any stated subject for discussion the critical report was called for and read, which commended the marked improvement that had taken place on the farm of our host since it came Into his possession. He has about 336 acres, the mostof it in cultivation. It is roll ing, and some quite hilly, adapted to grazing purposes, for which it 1s used, as also for truck- ing and general farming. There are about twenty acros devoted to market gardening, the produce of which, together with the milk from the dairy of some nineteen cows, is disposed of daily in Alexandria, which is about four miles distant. There is @ commodious new brick dwelling-house and a sufficiency of other build- ings to amply accommodate the stock and ma- chinery, of which there is a large amount, our host being one of the first to introduce steam for threshing in this section. A large silo pit was spoken of, 100 feet long, 12 wide and the same in depth, which {t was thought needed a root. A number of large vats were sunk in the round, In which brewers’ grains could be kept in good’ condition for ayear. There were ten acres in oats, about forty in grass—mostly look- ing very well—and thirty-five acres prepared for planting in cora. In short, this farm Is one where several blades of grass have been made to grow where but one grew before. HOW LATE TO PLANT CORN, In view of the continued wet weather, the question was asked, “How late it would do to plantcorn with a reasonable certainty of its maturing?” Several instances were given of very good crops being made planted late in June-and one or two in July, Yellow corn should be used. Also, how mueh millet should be sown peracre, Reply was: One peck. Rich lund fs required to produce a satisfactory crop. Acommunication received by the president, inviting the citizens of this vicinity to partlei- pate in the ceremonies at Alexandria on Dec- oration day, was read, and the following com- mittee appointed to take the matter in charge: E. E, Mason, W. Walton, and the secretary. ‘The’ Housekeepers’ club’ was notified, and a siinilar committee of three ladies was appoint- ed. Henry Winterson exhibited a hand ma- chine for replanting corn, which appeared worthy of tri DENUNCIATION OF BOGUS BUTTER, The manufacture of imitation butter was talked over, and this neighborhood being large- ly engaged in dairying, there was a general ex- pression of opinion that stringent legislation ‘Was needed to correct the abuse, which resulted in the adoption of the following: “Resolved, that we heartily approve of the biil now before Congress for the regulation of the manutacture of bogus butter, and that the secretary be di- rected to furnish the Congressional committee on agriculture with a copy of this resolution,” ‘The dull rainy weather of the last ten days cul- ininated in a heavy rain toward the close ofthe day, which had a rather dampening effect upon the ardor for agrigultural discussion on the part of the members, and the Rev. Mr. Nourse, upon invitation, made a tew remarks, stating that he had been’ impressed with the thought of how mutually dependent the farmer and the minis- ter were upon each other, attending to the many instances in the scriptures where the methods of husbandry were used to illustrate spiritual traths, and that attending these meet- ings had been a’ source of inspiration to him, He drew the line between work and labor. ‘The former, he sald, was doing our duty cheerfully, the latter was to fret and worry over it, ‘The next meeting will be at Walter Walton’s, on the 12th of June. Subject, “In what manner can we practice economy that it will be to our “atest advantage.” Critical committee, Wil- fiam Hunter, Jr., Courtland Lukens and J. Nor- man Gibbs. W. GILLINGHAM, Sec, See Ohes ‘The Dying Christian. Qu'entendsJe? Autour de mol!'airain sacre resonne?— (De Lamartine, ‘Whatsounds are these? Why tolls that solemn bell? ‘What sobs, what prayers of mourners do I hear? What mean those ta,ers pale, that chanted knell? Dost thou. O Death, thus whisper in tine ear For the last time? On the grave’s brink I break ‘My earthly slumbers; and to life awake! ‘Soul, spark most precious of a flame divine, Immortal dweller to a frame that dles, ‘Hush these alarms: for freedom shall be thine, ‘Break from thy fetters: on thy wings arise! ‘To quit the load of mortal misery — is that, O timid soul! fs that—to die? ime hath ceased my hours and days to telL 9; hunorbed heralds, what mausious Oright Will your high guidance usher me to dwell? "en now, I bathe in floods of light,— ‘beneath mé flees. —before my face ‘Uptolds the infinite expanse of space. But hark! what vain laments, what choking sighs, "At this last moment agitate my wense? ‘Comrades in exile, why should dirges rise ‘For him who homeward now is passing heace? Fou weept While 1; by heaven sosolved and lest ‘Suter with joy the port of halcyon rest! ELoPED WITH A MaRRrep MAN.—Last winter Thomas Littell, of Newark, N. J., got tired of his wife and children, and leav! em, went ipened, wale ac er a ar yoanee Mary is a very pretty girl teil fell in love with Mary and she reciprocated his affection. He did notsay he was married, and a few days ago he persuaded Mary Albert- son, to accompany him to South O N. Jay went Shurch aad were married. ‘They then lett for New York. Since then nothing has been heard ofthem. Mrs. Albertson has had a warrant is- sued for Litteli’s arrest on the charge of bigamy. ——_—_+e-_____— Evorrx@ Faom THE SABBATH ScHooL.— Birdi schoo! daugh- petite ‘clare onsen panier of the Middloport Nr titan” dal yt edina, N.Y. "last Sunday wi DE with» me! school TAKING SPIRIT PICTURES. How the Shadowy Forms Are Pheto- graphed by “Mediams.” THE ART EXPLAINED BY A PHOTOGRAPHER— A FRAUD DETECTED. BY STUDYING THE LIGHTS IN A PICTURR—HINTS WHICH WILL ENABLE AMATEURS TO PHOTOGRAPH SPIRITS. A STAR reporter was talking to Mr. George Prince, the photographer, the other evening, about spirit photography. “It is a fraud!” he said, with emphasis, “A man brought a ‘spirit photograph’ to show me the other day, He be- lieved in it implicitly, but I think I convinced him before he eft that he was a dupe. There is nothing strange or marvelous about the thing to an experienced eye. In the picture he brought me there were three ‘spirit’ faces on thecard with the man’s own picture, There was this peculiarity about them: The lights did d. When a her takes a ‘adjusts the light so that it will fallin in in the room and on the face. All objects In ‘one impression are lighted from the same direction—right or leit, as itmay be. In this picture the light fell upon the face of the man from the left. 80 it did wy two of the ‘spirit’ faces. That was all right enough! But the third face was lighted from the opposite direction, showing clearly that they were taken in different lights and at different times. The fact is the ‘spirit’ faces are taken on the plate before it is exposed for the man’s picture. In this case the ‘me- dium’ was not careful to select pictures with the same light, He evidently selected from a promiscuous lot of pictures, and took their im- pressions lightly upon the plate. These impres sions are very easily taken. They can be taken by lamp light or day light, and they generally take a shadowy or imperfect impression. Or if they want they can get the old plates with the impressions already on them from other photo- graphers. Some photographers, sell their old Plates tor practice pieces, &0. They ure easy enough got. But the ‘medium’ photographer shows you the plate before he puts it in the camera! Of course he does! And rou. see there is nothing it ell I__ean show you the piate on which I have taken your picture, and you Won't see anything on it, ‘The impression on a Plate is never visible until it is treated. He might show you a plate with half a dozen im- pressions on it and you could not see them! But put the plate in the basin and puta littic de- Yeloper on it; they will show plainly enough then, You see the trick is very ensy; any ‘one, not a photographer, might easily be de- ceived. As far as the representation of the features of some departed friend are concerned, in nine cases out of ten the featuresare dim and ‘an excited imagination fills out the vague lines. Nearly all faces having the sume general out- line are similar when shown with a certain degree of indistinciness. But sometimes the face is actually that of the person it is pretended to be. It is not difficult to get ap exact im- prostion if the person ever bad a picture taken tore death, It may be had from some friend of the deceased, or trom the photographer. It might be, too, that the picture would be dif ferent from any you hi ever seen of the rsok—a different view of the face, for instance. Get the name of the photographer from any picture you may see, and it may not be unlikely that he bad several plates taken in various positions, none of which he used. It would be easy for the ‘medium’ to get Some of these. Why we frequently have bags full of old plates, and we give them to some one to take away and destroy or doas they lease with. Why, 1 took several ‘spirit’ pho- graphs for the gentleman I speak of, just to show him how easy it was.”” ewe: NEW PUBLICATIONS. 4 HANDBOOK OF ENG on the Lectures of #1 not picture he ‘& certali on ISH HISTORY ¢ Based late N. J. Guest, and brought down to the year 1880; with a Suppie- mentary Chapter upon English Literature of the Niueteeath Century, By FRANCIS H. UNDER- Wooo, AM, author of Handbooks of Engiish Literature, ¢tc., with maps, tables, etc. Bostont Lee & Shepard.” Washington: W. H. Morrison. ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. From the Day of David Garrick to the Present Time. y BRaNpex Martuews and (‘The Kembles and their Contemporaries.) New york: Cassell & Co, Washington: Brentano Brothers, ‘ ENGLISH HYMNS: THEIR AUTHORS AND HISTORY. By Sauven Witovensy Di FIELD, author of “The Latin Hymo-Writers and their Hymns,” etc. ete. New York: Funk & Wagnalis, Washingion: Wm. Ballantyne & Son. THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRL ‘By Tuomas Hanpy, author of r Madding Crowd,” “A Pair of Blue Eyes,” etc. [lewure) Hour ‘Series, No. 10 | | New “Yorks Henry Holt & Co. Washington: Robert Beall. GERMAN SIMPLIFIED: Being Concise and Lucid ‘Explanation of the Principles of the German Lan- fuage, especially Intended for Seif Instruction. sy AUGUSTIN KNOBLACH. New York: A. Kno- biach. Washington: Wm. Ballantyne & Son. LIVING OR DEAD A novel. By Tua Conway (CE. J, Fargus), author of “Catled Back,” ete. [Lele ure Hour series, 190.) New York: Henry Holt & Co. Washington: Brentano Brothers THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS and Ti< By FraNcis Bacos. Library, No. 16.) New York: Co. Washington! Brentauo Brothers. HOUSEHOLD REMEDIES: For the Prev: orders of the Human Organism, By F OswaLD, M.D. New York: Fowler & We ‘Washington: Brentano Brothers. SOCIALISM AND CHRISTIANITY. BEHREN DS, D.. Charen, Brookly Washington: J. J. Chapman. WHOM GOD HATH JOINED. A Novel By Kuz- ABETH GILBERT MARTIN. [Leisure ifour Series, No, 189.]_ New York: Henry Holt &Co. Wash ington: Brentano Brothers. FOREORDAINED, A Story of Heredity and of Special Parental Influences.” By An OUsERYER, New York: Fowler & Wells Go. Washington: Brentano Brothers FRANCIS BACON. By Lord Macautay. ‘National Library No. 17.) New York: Co. Washington: Breutano Brothers, THE WIND OF DESTINY. By Anruvn SHER. RURNE HARDY, author of “But Yet a Woman.” Boston: Houghton. Miftin & Co, WHO I8 GUILTY? By Puitir Wooue, M.D. New York: Cassell & Co. Washington: Brentano Bro- thers, MANUAL TRAINING IN EDUCATION. _ By Jann ‘Vita Beaks’ Chicagot Charles H.” Kerr Co. FACE TO FACE. New Ycrk: Charles Scribner's ‘Sons Washington: Brentano Brothers, [Casselt's Cassell & ~ 208 By the Sea. % Last year we the yellow sands Beside the restless sea: Theld in mive your tiny bands And drew you close to me. I marked your blushes come and go, ‘The sigh, the sunile, the tear; ‘The words you whispered soft and low, ‘Were music in mine ear, 1, ‘We two were dreaming Love's young dream ide the murmuring seat ‘Your presence made tue Whole earth seem. Xiparailise to me: We sald our love would never change, Would no abatement know ‘While life should last—itseems so strange “Twas Just @ year ago. IIL. ‘Once more we pace the yellow sands Beside the summer s {do not hold your tiny hands, "You do noteling to me. Ido not press you to my heart "And kiss your snowy brow— ‘We're sirolling twenty vards apart, FOF we are murricd Wow. For we S on See en ere The Era of Steam Yachting. . ‘New York Letter to Boston Iferald. There will be more steam yachting around the waters in this part of the world during the coming summer than has ever been known before. Tich men are going in more und more extensively for owning their private steam ves- sels, and the consequence is that, while the makers of these craft are all of them as busy as they can possibly be, the sailing yacht builders are idle, and fine vessels of tis de- scription can be Bought for a mere song. I was offered yesterday a simply superb sloop yacht, So fect long, beautifully Htted up with every” thing that mortal yachtsman could wish for, for an even $1,000.” The reason was that the owner had ordered a steam yacht, and really didn’t care to chain himself longer to the com- parative dullness of a vessel of this sort. There you are, That is why all sorts of pleasure cratt Of the sailing variety aro to be had for next to nothing, and why the steam-yacht builders are reaping their harvest. Great improvements are being made almost daily in appliances for steaim navigation. I hear, by the by, that the owner of one of the largest and fastedt yachts afloat 1s put upon his vessel the new ropeller attachment invented by Dr. C. Me Richmond, He bas been reading the doctor's stack of affidavits, which show last_sum- jer this invention increased the speed of a certain vessel on which It was tried precisely one-third over the rate attained with the same ressuire of steam and the same number of revo- lutions to the minute employed in covering a fixed distance with the ordinary propeller wheel. Kisses That Count. From the Chicago Journal, ‘There are three kisses in a world of miscellane- ous Kisses which may be counted true—the kiss the mother lightly lays upon her baby's dewy lips, the kiss the mother gives herboy as he goes forth into the world, and the kiss we press upon the still, pale lips of’ the dead. Ali the rest are like the strawberries in the bottom of the basket—to be taken with suspicion. pal nl A WONDERFUL AEROLITE.—AN Havana dis- patch says: At 7:30 o'clock on the evening of the 10th instant the sky was illumined byan seroiite of extraordinary magnitude, It first appeared as a luminous point about fifty de- above the horizon, its course Ey west be aoath by east. When the zenith its size peared equal to that the Fe blue wi nucleus was of a flery color, WAL about ht ‘above the hori- zon the into small’ fragments, meteor which took different {ileappearing into: within two minutes thunder storm then set in, which was of erable duration. SOME EX-CONFEDERATES. Whereabonts and Occupations of Lead: ing Generals im the Late War. The recent meeting of ex-confederate generals at Montgomery, Ala., leads a Washington corre- spondent of the Louisville Post to look up the present whereabouts and occupations of some of the principal survivors among the leaders of the confederacy. Of the six full generals ap- pointed by the confederate congress, only two survive—Joseph E, Johnston, now United States commissioner of railroads, and G. T. Beaure- gard, adjutant general of Loutsiana, and man- ager of the Louisiana lottery drawings. ‘Of the twenty lieutenant generals appointed to the provisional army several are living. E. Kirby Smith is professor of mathematics in the university of the south, in Tennessee. James Longstrest is keeping a'hotel down in Georgia, D. H. Hill of North Carolina was till recently president of the agricultural school of the state of Arkansas, and now earns a living Sharp and Bitter Sayings from His From the Baltimore American May, 9. —= Daring {bis first week in Baltimore Sam Jones has preached to very large audiences, notwithstanding some days the weather was unfavorable. At several of the meetings In "the rink, which seats about 4,000 people, there was not pace for the audience. His preaching ha« been the subject of much talk, and diverse opinions have been expressed. Everybody cone codes that the blows he strikes are very hard and telling. He says he means them to be. He declares that he knows what sin is, and mean to fight it, no matter what hydra-headed shape it may assume. Candid, straightforward, oa spoken men say such talk is just what Balt more wants, Some of the most telling shots fired by the evangelist have been in the form of aphorisms, Atpong those usedduring the week were the chiefly as @ magazine writer. Richard Taylor, | fll ident Tay i ‘ou pack your ers in an toshouse Sroansl neat New Orica Care Ee | and abuse them all the year because they dow't & farmer,and president of the stave agricultural | SWeal . college of Mississippi, Jubal A. Early practices | “Many of us are too decent to be religious.’ never call names, but every fellow knows Jaw at Lynchburg, although his chief support | , ‘ol never call names, but is derived irom his connection with @ lottery company. “know in one church where twenty were ‘Of the major generals, A. P. Stewart is now | Praying for the millenni d two hundred president of ths University of Mississippi at | Were playing for the booby prize tn a progress. Oxford. Joseph Wheeler is in Congress, Is very | ive euchre. ‘Such christians as that would not wealthy, and one of the l planters in Ala- | be in heaven six months before they would be bama. “John B.Gordon isa. tuillionaire rail. | gambling for each other's growns. road man. Gen, Loring, of Florida, was engi- am a Methodist till I fnd-something with neering in Egypt until a few years ago, when | More get-up-and-get about it. “never became satistied in legs on all the barrels 0 fanca and moved them aw: Thad rather be an angel in A to be The chureb i st place in whi solemn, provided you have lived right.” “fT have lived right, I'l wear a emile ag broad as heaven; but IC I've been swindling and ping, wrong, I'll have one as broad as a grave! 1 ‘want to bea good man and a good bus band, but God keep me from beluga nice “acher.” God never made two men alike but one waa account,” ‘rather be @ man than a preacher.” I'd rather die on a well-tought fleld of pattie way and speculate on the spolis of he came to New York to work at the same pro- fession. B. F. Cheatham was recently ap- pointed posimaster of Nashville, Tenn.” Sam jones, of Virginia, is in the judge advocate gen- eral’s office. Lafayette McLaws is postmaster at Savannah, Ga, 8S. B. Buckner lives in Louisville, Ky., where he owns @ great deal of realestate. S.b. French earns a scanty sub- sistence by engineering In Georgia. C. L. Sto yenson is in Fredericksburg, Va. John H. Forney, brother of Congressman Forney, is in aninsane asylum at Selma, Ala. Abney H. Mauray ts Washington agent of a New York lite insurance company. Joun G. Walker ts also in the insurance business; Isaac R. Trimble ts in retirement in Baltimore on a fortune, Gen. Heath is employed by the government on some southern rivers; Cadmus Wilcox is writing a history of the Mexican war; Fitzhugh Lee ts governor of Virginia; “Extra Bill” Smith prac- lces law at Warrenton, Va; Chas. W. Field, once doorkeeper of the House, Is superintend- ent of the Hot Springs reservation; William B, Bate is governor of Tennessee; W. H. F. Lee is a Fairfax county farmer, C. J. Polignac, who came over trom France to espouse the conte: erate cause, is back in Paris busied with rail- | & road operations; Wm. Mahone ts in the Senate, as is E. C. Walthal, of Mississippi; John 5. Mar- maduke is governor of Missouri; Pierce M. B. Young fs United States consul general at ‘St. Petersburg; M. C. Butler is a Senator of the Jnited States; C, W. Custis Lee is president of Washington and Lice university at Lexington, a, Only a few of the several hundred brigadier | generals can be mentioned. West Adams is postmaster at Jackson, Miss, Frank Armstrong 1s now Waiting the Senate's confirmation to be Indian agent. John C. Brown was twice gover- nor of Tennessee, built the Texas Pacific rall- road for Jay Gould, and is the latter's attorney for all of his roads’ west of the Mississippi, as well as receiver tor the Texas Pacific, with head- quartezs at Dailas, J. K. Chalmers represented the “shoe-string” district in Mississippi in Co gress until he Was left last, tall by party splits lohn B. Clark, of Missourt, is clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, F. M, Cockrell and A. HL Colquitt ure United States Senators, KE, Coiston isin the surgeon general's office. “W. I. Cox, of North Carolina, is in the House. . B. de Hray ts commissioner of the land office of Texas. Basil Duke edits the Southern Bivonac at Louisville, Ky. J.C. Morgan, of Alab: in glory, with a paim in my hand, if you don't and 8. B. Maxey, of ‘Texas, are'United States | want do it.” Senators. A, MlScales is governor of North | | “1 pray God togive me @ heaven W go to eaven in, “I'l pul up with less in heaven if I can get more down here,” y true man is an eternal millionaire.” ne grealest gift of God Is a game preacts “Ifa horse is sound from head to toot. hi dou't mind the currycomb, but ii there are une sound spots on him’ when’ you come into tue Stable w curry him he kicks.” “Hell is sin intensitied, and sin ts hell in all its aspects.” “The devil has no better servant than a preacher who ts laying feather beds for fallen Christians to light o “The devil 1s loo much of a Ueman to where he is not invited,’ we = “Feeling is moral perspiration,” “You can't take another man’s money to heaven with you, Shrouds have no pockets.” “I'd rether be @ bull pup than a town bully. “I'd rather be a dead lion than a living dog.’ “Ignorance is as round as @ ball aud slick as 8 button; it's got no handle to it, and you can't manage it.” “No man can be @ christian and drink ongia till we d_demyonns tn from our boys.” nin the truest sense of ‘aiguifiea ‘Some men want God to quit lying and drink for them. That's your jot think they can’t be pious unless they are everlasting on the beg.” “I pray for my daily bread, but Tha hunt for my down the hoe i'd rather go to heii than to go nowhere.” Dignity 18 nothing but the starch of @ very Society woman who claims to be @ eC oUL Of society someting to With Ule sweat running christian has got to in her life oF go to le I'd rather a dau, Aid a SOCLELY bite sciety Is a heartless old wretch, sapping the spiritual lite irom thousands of people.” When @ man is bragging that bis fathers @ colonel you m: ashatned of him, Many an “My tongue dan “You may bapt all over, but his tongue will come as dry as powder. Some of us would get a muss Up in heaven talking about our neighbors.” Lam not singin| weet By and By,’ but the “sweet Now aud Now “Please recognize me down here. When Iam mine toget a snake putitdown that his father is Carolina, GC, M. Shelley is third auditor of the Treasury. E. L. Tuomas is in the land office of the Interior department. 2. M. Vance Is assist- ant comminsioner of patents, A hundred more brigadiers are scattered over the country, most of them engaged in civil en- gineering. +00 A Visit to Frederick Douglass, The old gentleman, whose age, I think, is sev- enty-six, received us both with a mixture of Christian kindness and pleasant dignity, writes Gath to the Cincinnutl Enquirer, which made me think, as I sat near him for some time, that he looked like the King of Madagascar, or some land we have dimly heard ot, where the white man's Intercourse has not propagated seltish- ness and greed. He is a large man, east in the moid of # man of command and affairs; his hair is now of a grayish white, and is carefully combed and worn somewhat long. It falis back upon his broad shoulders, His forehead isnot very high nor yet very prominent, but rather subordinate to the general health in his | Whisky face and body. He has a long nose, slightly | “Nobody butan infernal scoundrel will sell retrousse, but with nostrils open and taking in | Whisky, and nobody but an infernal fool will things. His chin and jaws are strong and firm, | drink i and as he speaks he rather inhales and smiles, | | “You get yourself tangled up with the idea and thus conveys something of an impression | that Christ is going to be good for you, and of nervous earnestness; although he is one-half | You'll get left ou judgment day. white, the colored portion of him is probably |" “Righteousness is rightedness, straighted- the most vigorcus element, His eye 1s dark and | Bess. jeaming, and bespeaks another and a hotter | | ~The secret of a happy life is todo your @uty land; ‘Temperance and method aro conveyed | and trust in God.’ by nis pure, clear skin, He has suine whiskers, Ey mesa gen. Sore Tiniuie ormoustache, but this made no im? Willing to Die for Anarchy. pression on me, and I'am not sure about the | YOUNG LINGG, ARRESTED FOR THROWING THB jnatier, (The abits of guarded couservatisin | WOMB IX CHICAGO, & WILD ENTHUSIAST. in thinking, telling the truth and qualifying | Louis Lingg, the young man who i# sup» any statement he may make, to bring it to the a figure of truth, may make’ him, like men ot | Posed to bave manufactured the dynamite command or experience, reliable; bomb used in the Haymarket riot, in Chie reliability is never lost sigut of by cago Is still In custody. Capt. Scaanel, who are He has enough self-approbation to make a visit | resied him, said Thursday that Lingg had cons fessed to him that he caine to this country tohim satisfactory to the sightseer, but not anywhere or at any tline more than enough to | trom Zurich, Switeerland, with the intention of Suggest any comments or reflections. Aiter | spreading anarchist doctrines. Visiting him white men who come away find | “Ling isa well educated young man,” said nothing to criticise in either taste or talk. He | Capt. Scaanek, “le 1s only twenty-two years is dressed very neatly indark clothing. As he | of age, but he 18 learned beyoud his age. I talks he takes his seat far back in his chair, | have a lange number of letters written to” him lanks his feet before him, holds the chair witli | by people in Europe. ‘They are evidently the is hunds and iistens and responds with a | work of men of ability, Krom their tonor Iam welcoming sense of one desirous to have the | gatistied that Lingg was one of the most trusted esteem of all those of the other race, He does | agents of the anarchists in this country. One not, in his domestic life, take up nor does he | peculiar feature about Lingg is his iuiense de- express any resentment of anything in the | Votion tothe cause of anarchism, He bas told me that he was ready to die for’ the cause; in st When I entered the house with Mr. Gorham | fact, he says he would be only. too glad. to be he introduced us carefully to the different per- | sacrificed for the sake uf the principles he advo sons tuere—quite w little party. We had gone | eaves.” to see him. without invitation, and therefore —_o+ —___ broke in upon his ordinary Sunday family cir ‘The Sisters. cle. ‘There were three white ladies present, one | are siciers, with their arms entwined, there stand of whom was Mrs. Douglass. The other ladies heard the conversation, smiled affably, but made few or no remarks.’ Mrs. Douglass’ 1s a lady of tall form, well made, but neither stout Before a fortane-teller, bowed with age, ‘Who slowly turns with feeble, faltering hand ‘The cards prophetic, ike # inystic page. nor thin. Hercomplexion {s a little reddish, She gives you the idea somewhat of a woman | , One like ver witic who bad been the matron or superintendent of | The other like to spring * pale, sad Urst-born. Together there they wall to leara their tate, “In life, alas! I'see no joy for thee,” jIhe gipsy said to her, the dark-<yet Em some philanthropic institution ia which char- ity plays the principal part. She dresses her- self plainly aud modestly, and in the inter- course of the family shows the subordination of @ younger person to her husband. She speaks him'as “Mr. Douglass,” watches and hears ‘What he says with careful respect, and we had been taiking to him, perhaps ‘fifteen min malds pray, wilt he at least love me? Tita ‘aione is happiness,” sie sald, shed no gladdening ray, ch show white b U1 lowe him, at i utes before she made any remark, wi alt Joye bit : in” some matter of the reminiscence oo” “Saeeheee of his slave fe, she called his attention tw an —_———-+oe___ interesting matter he had omitted. Farther on “Gentlemen, as you are friends of Mr. will you let ine have your auto- phst”'and led the way to his library. She fiashair of a dark brown tint, and tere fs a mixtureot the New England Woman and the western woman about her, which give you the | Idea of the Wile of some tan whose purposes | Were above mere comiort, but who bad exe- cuted and nearly finished his mission, He did | notsay much wher in the talk. The other white ladies present were near the middie age, and, I suppose, might be relatives of Mrs. Doug: lass; A bandsume grand-daughter of the ex- mmarshal was there, with solt eyes aud sof warmly tinted face, Very neatly dressed. Afler we had been waiting halt an hour she said that she had to drive to Mount Pleasant in her little phacton, aud came up and kissed ber grand- father, and her daughter, as I suppose it was, also came up and kissed ‘him reverenuly. The old man has now four living generations about him, A MURDERER’S ACCOMPLICE CoNFESSES—At Elkton, Md., George Mannon, about 19 years has confessed to being itnplicated in the murder of William Green on the 17Uh of last March, and is now lodged in jail. vred nan as the party wii comm and a Pinkerton detective hax effecte rest of the accused negro in Aune Arundel county. Wim. Green was tonud, Mai tally wounded by blows in the head, with a stove masou’s hammer. He I In an old barge in Back creek, Chesapeake € and had several hundred dollars whieh be found. He died on the 21st. The arrested negro confesses to getting part of the mur- dered mau's money, but claims that Mannon did tie killin, AN EXD oF THE MouLre MAGUTRES.—The Pinkerton detective agency reports that the Mollie Maguire organizations have no further existence in Pennsylvania, The four anthra- cite coal counties in which theyprevailed tosuch an alarming xeluded from ve Ancient Order of Hib is, und they can- not, therefore, get the passwords and signs of that suciety.” In. the jes, winere From the Drug Record. A man afilicted with deafness took a pre- » eaty: ¢ Maguires ription to a Topeka druggist, who filled it | twenty-one of the on With care and inthe luwst style. ‘The deat | Were hanged, peace and good order now pre man asked the price, when the following talk | Vail. ‘Druggist (leaning on the counter and smniling | _Suutryan To Visit Ausrrarta. — During in a won't-you-pay-up manner)—"The price John 1. Sulltvan’s stay In Detroit on his way 49 75 cents.” Mount Clemens, the fact leaked out for Ube Sustomer—“Five Cents? Here it is.” lime that the great siugger has consented w ieogiee in @ louder voice)—"Seventy-five | make a trip to Australia and other Isritish, “Dei! ‘Casiomer— 120%, messbor of Sohn f Htaymond's company, : Y ern! : 4 oma ‘Well, there's your five | ihije will bring sbouta mecting with the ng: ‘Druggist lish champion, Jem Sinith, whose long-pending {in.a, very loud voloe and very firm ‘said seventy-five cents.” ungry)—“Well, what just gave you fv chalk Stipulated tLat the match must be ue see “see ——____— ANOTHER CHICAGO DYNAMITER ARRESTED. The Chicago po.ico yesterday arrested Gustave Lebmann, who is thought to possess portant information regarding the bomb-throwers, In Deal Customer (getting more do you want? cents.” ‘Druggist (sotto voce)—“Well, go to thunder with your Seats, “made thfee cents, ang- way. 2 REY. Mk. Secuin Fouxp Guiurr.— «wit ‘Mr. Seguin please rise and hear the ver- dict aud sentence of the pees y cory. said the Rev. Dr. Worcester, when the ot ain for dece| and lying closed in Chicago Tues- day night: “The presbytery finds you guilty of both - pecifications of charge. The sentence Suot By a Book AGENT.—Charles Baker, of Hickstord, Va., a station on the Petersburg and Weldon raliroud, was shot a couple of days y Cincinnaul Presbyierian church. The presbytery will give you a letier commending you to any other ver say you now Sspsnsion as toyour church relations by ‘The Kev. Mr. Smith, coun- notice of ‘an ap- i die, and there tit