Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1886, Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. A MISSIO! oN Wan ss he Central U feature of mission work In this elty pices of the central union 's the wagon f* only in the appere their mission oj welcome all tha and hunt for sinners aces of resort. this skirmish st the mission stops, the organ starts, moves on to new fe be said to be the B & © depo -and then ag and draws u nt, those present rvices at the mise members of the nto the Tuoms to f@ttond the evening meeting. | F Dring in penitent sinners, the mectings expressed some! are invited toa noms that evening. » but they propose y can find a group neppened that 40 mach aroused urbed ubout their sintal cond @gers to keep the wagon ro. ng every Sunday uring the warn: we & GODSEND To E ComMUNITY. | = School for Domestic Service — = Good Work af the Nun of Ken- | mate. Editor of Tar EvEst years age the d: ) hobleman took pity on th tion of her humble yu Jefi her father's izious order | u lwlent as an authoress to the elevation Work has been carried on with m cess, as hundreds of Irish girls to- rvelous suc- | Ss Clare saw a for ler labors. er) y well-trained | be yeurs ago she Jeaving her work to XLith permissic wd, to be known as distied Iristh gentle Jon uf i$ sort, a house ior Ue express ‘alaing servant girls in a conmon | Passes the low Leal domestic and Daily SMancard, in | de dime, in Iti, aud numer {papers have wri torivus’ work good Sister | ted a sysiem bitnerte | dk practically te Hight Rev. MaN. V ed for their | worked | For si un of Kenmare | mile to one mile has requested & better kuown, t ik we cuuld Jt oceurred to | ily Prevail upon im the houseuoidin ‘Luts is not a question of importance bot, Poor do- | May Wuen they marry eikdisposed | kind of fish irom anothe make poor Wit keep them poor. iusiva, let uve ad ur society ladies | th ir shoulder to th Fupie | most desirabi ought to be | ticular ude Uh lh street, ean oF ner Work, and We be- | Uf ain Pot too by yle ty receive Visitors | ton as to the number ¢ Label the Trees and Shrabs. Fo the Editor While walkin Ue parks, whie one cannot but total absenci Dus, surub or t ea Washing. | | tom Residents themselve give @ name to « by the wayside? that there are i elty who can xiv sou resersat Be weil it the Cate tue ex: comparative I the name, in conspicuous letters, piuced or bush, of in must e scuuul coMMuissivuers She d and urge its speedy school ehiidre sot the parks, themselves with f ludoor stady will neve funds for the purpos d not deter iis’ propriation of tive the acess Will a be done as may be approved of As fast as the separ these botanical aced on sale, and thus belp = mses of additional cuarts; a to be supplied irve uf cost. @ properly undertaken, we tire work, to Key to the “arbores ide w the Flora of Wasiins might be secured, a @ecuracy of nomenclature be esta! ‘Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been M. bd. Green wo _pame property; ““Pimothy U' Leary. mW Joun Jolnsor ~_ HC. Phillips * re, yD, 5. DY, +4. tw Ulivia CK Rave, ph 8 ‘Whatever you wan With eusintant ye oUF Winh suais Upwat ‘Past they never grow iaugund aud uever Ure, But, lest much raptore sho: OF too brighi sunlight siio ‘Shall quue ilke a shadow that wi Bomething unwelcome Bball siaud like a sen: ‘The periect joy and I wished fer aciow It came; but 1 too A giant shadow, whies “if you asx for the sual gut ‘oa must take ma” g's tive human wilt purest and ecck.ng one ends Bac Tiak it iver fast to rand accept wialever the gids suay send = iia Witksiea Wicox, THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C.. SATURDAY. MAY 29, 1886—DOUBLE SHEET. SHAD AT SIX CENTS A PIECE. tury Age. SHAD THAT CLIMBED OVER THE LITTLE FALIS—AN ABUNDANCE OF SHAD, HERRING, EON—HOW THE FISHERIES WERE OPERATED—FACTS FROM JONATHAN CK AND STUR r'S BOOK. than EL of that time. h were more plentiful then, but the methods of fishing were essentially the same as now, except that gill nets were not mentioned and pounds were unknowy. Shad were caught in dip nets at Little Falls, and were known toascend every year as faras the Great - One hundred and fifty thousand to three usund shad were taken at each of | te landings during the season. The whole 1 to Washington from all the land- 125,408. The price of shad weighing trom six to eight pounds each was 6 cents, or $3 to $4 per hundred. Herring were sold at $1 per thousand. Hock fish were re- tailed at froin 3 tod cents per pound, and stur- h of 450 F. undred 1 number se Ing: in 1585 geon at 3 cents. A remurkuble roek fish, weighing 4 legislation in 1768 and of young tis and of spawning grounds, he iullowing account of the Potomac river fisheries In 1530 has been compiled and ar ed by Mr. T. H. Bean, of the U.S, National Museum, from the book Feferred to, Jonathan etches of the ‘Ten Miles Square forming the District of Columbia,” et Miov's “E vical $ THE POTOMAC FISHERIES IN 1830, The Potomac abounds in fine fish and water fywi. In the upper part, that 1, from the ter- tion of salt water to the first falls, during the summer and fall and winter months the ot good fish is small, consisting princi- te white perch and rock fish or th the line, and of the times of d. In the ly In spring great h weighing from 25 min pally of the moderate size, taken w carp and winter shad; but at certit the year the supply Is abundant indi part of winter and numbers of large rock fi to 120 pounds are take Just above the salts, and brought w ets of the District Or Columbia, ur years there were taken at on fisheries on the Nirginia side ot the out thirty miles below V Was recorded in the newspap Besides these there are vast sb fish which periodically ascend trom the se: the fresh water to cast their spawn. 1 three species of these that ascei mic—the the sturgeon. Bual visit, betw first of June; the sturgeon comes up twi year,in the months of May and August. presses np to the very foot Distri between Ge getown and those falls, SHAD AND HERRING. ‘The shad and bi both sides uth of Aquix creek, fh of Washington, aud fisheries for shud are confined to yet stri limits, between the mouth Jou the right bank and the | Fort Washington on the ow th and sha tin the fresh as above the: . Some ¢ ‘as well be creat num two or three i ‘alls, where seein to be their relative strength and ability to stem the rapid current tion, | 4b that place, and this fish, by some remarka- i htrives to surmount considerable Hs on ‘the rivers it frequen’ tall d fs fourid ew ear, though In smail , at the foot of the Great Falls, twelve nm bove. The herring ix not so enterprising, (the b mac often ta a drait are frequently drawn in. THE SEIN These seines, however, are very capacious, n six to twelve hundred yards in length, and are hauled in by means of stout and long service should | rop®s and of capstans tixed on the shore, and nexpense for the time being. d they are luid out in the ebannel of the ces at adistance of trom one da half trom the shore. sd fishery being much the most valuable d_ herring presenting them uson. The seines used at tu at some pli The =I und both sha selves us tile sa best si ne landings are constructed ‘oid the loss of time that would ni incurred by saving both jor taking the shad is but of six wee with From 150,000. to @ million barrels of nerring is ban estimate for those take: e season, but we ha} ported. Itis certain that greater quantities of shad are tak: Pot her river of Uh acon a sin ed Sti FOR SIX CENTS, ext it, But ted es for this whole ex! ble for these fisheries; t few posit the shad is from it here that the great bodies Weare sent from the sea for that p stop to east thelr sp: A they are dets for ashorter or long weording ycummbent whieh they > nature the 5] s peregrinati nereite at lain depths in th for reasons bey jact being kn it, and the her riv in 1798 be eat law, not to destroy dams.” The penalty ts £24 ttime. Another act w AL Perse with cement of Fe nalty tor Une Ollense, ii a be is Lo Fee eomn S100; pays “and foul, villain’s how), She'll prate about the rights of man, And sieal from you wlute'er she cat, ‘Auu archy! ce from crown to sole, Mer hauds bi Murder’s reeking bowl, ‘Aun Arc ss to kill the pleasant home, o send men {rth like beasts wo roam Aun Arehy! All social tles she would dissolve And in red-riot men involve, Aun Archy! wu the hag ere’tiy too late, her back to satau's gate, Aun arch; —Boston Budget, —se0 Pond Lilies Domesticated. At th level with the surface of the lawn. It has about four ineles of river mud in the bottom, in wh re planted a few roots of the comiion white pond ily, The barrel was then tiled with water, and is kept full froma faucet In the aqueduct pipe, the Water being turned on as uiltes ull through the ‘season. In fall, after tke “weather gets cold, lng ¢ lawn.—New England Farmer. ss ‘The lord liewtevaut and Lady Aberdeen vise ited Queen's coll Cork, Thure queen. HOW CIVIL SERVICE wWoRKS. The Potomac Fisheries Half a Cen-| A Chief of Division Whe Thinks the Government Gets Better Work. “In the clvil service a success or @ failure in securing the right kind of clerks for the govern- ment service?” asked a STAR reporter of & Prominent chief of division in one of the up town departments, “Emphatically a success” was the reply, “that is so taras my experience goes. Iam not preju- diced either, and am free to say that at first I ‘Was very much opposed to the whole thing. I was satisfled that it was very pretty theory but that im practice It would prove a dead failure, Naturally I watched the civil service ho were brought into our department with a great deal of interest to see how they would turn out. Of course there have been instances of men who examined well but worked poorly, but the class of clerks sent us by the civil service commission are as arule in those who used to get here PADDLING AND SAILING. ‘The Two Cance Clubs and What They are Doing. HOW CANOEING HAS BECOME POPULAR ON THE POTOMAC—THE WASHINGTON AND POTOMAC CLUES AND THEIR MEMBERSHIP—A CRUISE ‘UP THE RIVER, ETC. A few years ago a gentleman who loved aquatic sports appeared on the river in a small craft called a “sneak-box.” more than a gunning skiff decked over, with a small space left in the middle, where the navi- gator sat while paddinig. ning, canoeing on the Potomac has grown in proportions, until it now has many devotees, and there are two clubs located here, possessing between them a very respectable fleet of canoes, The canoeist claims to live in the highest plane of aquatic joy. Torun a boat, he holds, is sim- ply to play at galley slave. fit for heroes and eal thful exercise, uires skill, It is not subject to a as = rowing. ist, or paddling, sits with his face sees where he is going. some choice in the manner of motion. he can hoist bi re is in the Congressional library an inter- little book, published in 1830 by Jona- h contains, among other things, a sketch of the Potomae river fisheries It was nothing From such a begin- To didi saila better workers tha: foots e You notice that young man,” resumed the chief, after a clerk had laid @ paper on his desk. the clvil service about six months ago, and he is going to make a good one. temanly, intelligent and industrious, geived his permanent appointment the other day after a probationat and Iam going to give tion at the first opportunity our civil service men are am satisfied that the civil service is a suc und what a burden it lits from the shoulders ol the head of the department. If an additional clerk is needed now-a-days a simple requisition is made upon the civil service commission and ‘we are soon supplied with one, without having performed a favor for some enemies of several others, claus don’t like it, and call civil service a ridic- ulous fraud. ‘They have tocontent themselves with securing positions for laborers and obar- women and naturally ‘eel that they are de- prived of their prerogatives. This is the way the appointment business worked in the ante- ice days. ‘The Secretary was always ieged by Congressmen and others of inilu- ence to put ome oue in his department. When there was an opportunit ment it was not the office, but the man who was backed strongest. influence. uietly entered and uch narrow got him through | yhether sailin; to the front ant Uttle sail and recline at ease in his canoe. The canooists have @ vocabulary of their own quite appalling tothe ‘There is @ fine distinction made between craft of different kinds. The knowing canveist can refer at once any canoe to the gen- class to which it belongs. Cunoe builders have constantly experimented on different ut, as @ canoeist Informed & Sran reporter, have never been able to produce ted to the purpose than ‘There are now on the Potomac two clubs, the Washington and the Potomac Canoe clubs. THE WASHINGTON CLUB. ‘The Washington Canoe club was organized June 26, 1884, with eight members, which number was increased at the next meeting, when the organization was per(ected, to fifteen. ‘The officers for 1884 were Rev, Thos. 8, Wyn- koop. commodore; Harrison H. Dodge, vice H. Soule, secretary and treasurer, aud Arthur (. Brentano, measurer, The formation of a club was almost eutirely due to the earnest efforts of Mr. Soule, an ardent and enthusiastic devotee of outdoor life, whose writings, under the pseudonym of “Seneca,” are widely known and familiarly cherished wherever cinoeing and. singie-band cruising have found tollowers, on both sides of Mr. Wynkoop Was also an old canocist, having first taken up the sport when @ missiobary on the shores of the Ganges, and Mr. Dodge had also been the canoe for several years, with which he had been enjoying himsel! in’a quiet way on the upper waters of the Potomac, but no effort was made to form a club until ‘Mr. Soule, then o clerk in the State department, first by bis facile pen, and afterwards by his personal exertions, collected the scattered adinirers of the new sport together. For the years 1884 and ° the club occupied a warehouse at No. 3140 Water street, Geor town, which they fitted up with lockers, raci bath-room and ther necessary features, an from which many enjoyable cruises were made, exteading from Harper's Ferry and Seneca above to the mouth of the river below, and through every season of the year; one enthusi- ustic member even taking a trip’ by sail on the ice in the winter of 1884, going as far asthe As he turned over on the home- run, spilling himself and iady in a harm- Jess but ungraceful manner, the attempt has never been repeated. In the fall of 1885 a new house was deter- mined on. ‘This was rather a risky venture for @ club not two years old, and as the sequel proved not altogether forthnate, as the strenu- ous efforts required to make the attempt suc cessful led to misunderstandin ally toa division of the club int portions, one party retiring and forming a hew organization, while the others remained But little feeling was manly fested over the split, the whole thing having occurred and become’'a thin most of the members on either side knew what had been done. ‘THE CLUB HOUSE. ‘The remaining members then made arrange- ments for the erection of a less pretentious and more inexpensive structure on the ground occu- pied by Passeno’s boat-house, ¢lub’s old_quarte: 100 pounds, fs reported at Sycamore landing. "Liliot recalls Maryland ‘term of six months, 3 tor the protection im a chance for promo: lines and modeis, anything better ada iitieian and made | “He Indian birch bari f course, the politi- to make an sppoint- | commodore; Henr; st Man that got the When he was once as- signed bis desk he felt thoroughly safe, for he was satisfled that the man who put him there had the power to keep him there, and he knew that if he was interested enough to secure the appointment hewould continue to beautficiently. interested to prevent his disraiseal, would be the result? The probability is that the clerk would take advantage of his aud would shirk, without the fear o! quences, His chief would, perhaps, go so far as to enter a complaint against That atterncon after office hours the clerk would hunt up his Congressional backer, and he would put jn an ap) next morning to see about thi Tepresent to the Secretary that the square thing was not being done by hls protege. Ho knew all about his man, he would say, and was satistied that the complaints were instigated by Jealousy or some other unjust reason. the Secretary, rather than make an issue with the Congressinan, would smooth over the mat- ter. ‘The clerk would feel that he had won the fight and would shirk worse than ever. The result would be that the work for which he was pald would be done by the other industrious clerks, and the clerk with influence would con- Unue to have a soft time. gerated. I have seen tuo many similar in- ‘The civil service has certainly done objectionable feuture (the noted fishery cailed the the Atlantic, ‘belonging to Gen. Mason], eine, 159 rock fish averag- ing sixty pounds each,'as Js well attested and rsof the time. sof mgzratory im, and then winter shad, the herring and ‘make but one an- e Iast of Ma pearance early the en the lastof Murch and the pence guage i the first falls, and is taken in the greatest quantity within the ct In times of treshets in the strong water ing are taken In very large quantities between the salts and the fulls on i the Potomac in the spring season. for herring are situated be- y miles the lower of tue District of Columbia. The principal Now that’s not exag- away with government service, made an improvement. ‘the influen into an appointment As a general thing it is awarded on Merit, and the man who that he secured i aud that he can only kee ‘of Occoquan river pres Just above eft bank of the river, Hirst about 33 and the last about 13 miles vot Washington, Many herring ud brackish nts, but very limited. t because he deserved it, it by deserving 10 ‘There is where the probationary term isof value. Aman cannot get his permanent appointment until he has served six months, and atter he has worked well for six months to @ can't afford to let upon ‘The chances are therefore that the department has secured « clerk who will do ht along, for he knows that there No, the politicians the civil service, for It has. clipped ings quite a little, but I am sure thatthe ment service is tlie gainer by it,” re SURPLUS ELECTRICITY. How an Inventor Proposed to Free the Human Frame from Erratic Elec- trical Currents. und eventu- in the old club. show what he can do hi of the past before It certainly falls of the Potomac, where is thirty odd ieet in the distance of 3 good work ri 18 a chance of djoining the they are now com- entire upper or second and about. one-half of as been partitioned off d by the Canoe club, ‘occupied by Mr. arrangement has ways stopped by the first falls. Ox these rring) at the best landings on the Poto- from one to three hundred thousand are en at a single draft of the seine, and of the shad from five to ten or fifteen thousand at ‘of the new hou: the lower floor, whic for that purpose, is oecup! the remaining portion eno as & boat-house. been found to work very satisfactorily, as Mr. Passeno, who is the bullder of the fastest sailing canoes on the river, is thus within immediate call for the purpose of repairing and assisting about the boats while the services and expense ofa janitor are dispensed witl ‘The new house is One of the curious phases of human nature crops out in the applications made to the Patent office for letters patent for various devices for curing the ills that flesh is heir to, ‘There is no limit to the credulity of human nature in this particular, and anything that holds out a brilliant prospect for the speedy cure of disease, however visionary or improb- able {t may seem to the unprejudiced judgment, is sure to receive the test of an experiment from a large number of people. At the present time perhaps the most popu- ublic are Invited. air brushes, liver 23 teet wide by about 50 feet deep. The lower floor has racks for sixteen canoes, and room can be found ior the stowage A stairway in the front anda large hatchway in the rear lead to the per floor, the latter affording a ready means Passing ‘up sail boats, dunnage, &c., to the upper floor, where the lockers are’ and where the drying of sails, varnishing, and repair of bouts and the thousand and things that canoeisis tind of @ number more, > $0 large 28 to let the herring through, se it is then found most profitable to sarily be electrical devices ure and in consequence the to try the merits of electrical pads, insoles for shoes, and a thousand and one things too numerous to mention, Such patents are not issued, but this does not prevent the applications bein; ication was xo: to do in and are attended sto say to the lower trom about the Ist of April to the middle of - the seines are workea night and day, by regular Waichies of men alternately received at most of andings. However, {t 1s found that the antity of fish’ is taken at particular d that the tide of flood is that which is equentiy it is on that par- greater efforts are made. ¥,000 are taken In a bof these landings on the Potomac. There are no windows front and rear doors and the affording all the light necessary, ag the effect of sunlight on the boats when stored for any length oi time is damaging, par- Ucularly to the varnish and the lighter cratt, which evince @ tendency to warp in such cases, A wheeled truck and a track running the length of the boathouse and incline attord an easy mode of landing and housing the boats, Up stairs a balcony about twelve icet wide rung across the entire troutof the house, with to the ludies’ und the ‘main in the rear, also extending across the entire width of the uouse, is the locker-room, into which the hatchway leads from below, and where ulso is located ule bath- room. Gus’ and water are led throughout the house, and a tall Hag-staff rises from tue front gable, where the club's colors—a red-pointed burgee, with a white disc, enclosing a red W in its cenier—can be seen any pleasant afternoon, THE MEMBERSHIP, The club now numbers thirteen active and eight honorary members, and the desire of Most of the members is to restrict the active membership to the lowest number compatible with # healthy organization and the incidental expenses. ‘This does uot arise from ay spirit of selfishness, but simply because canoeing being in its Very nature a social sport, a large meimbership Is dificult to iinbue with that spirit of confidence und frieadsiip on which depends so much of the pleasure ut extended le for a patent ich consisted simply of a wire, which was to be run across the ceiling over thé bea where the patient was lying. One end of the wire ran into the ground, an claimed that in this way the electric currents were conveyed from the patient's body and suiely carried away into the ground. Accom- the application were affidavits rsons who claimed to have been cured jowever, of this vol- for a device w! the inventor glass doors leadin, uine of testimony the pa ge Sigh, rooms: utly aa application was recelve« 1 device for preventing diseases such as paralysis, heart troubles, &c. It was claimed that by this’ device the «arp! Unut was supposed to be in was drawn off. ‘the applicat on the ground that it hai and that as far as the examiner was aware, thé haman body was not normally overcharged with electricity, but if it should be that it would be drawn off by the bod: tact with various substances course of daily avocation. AN INVENTOR'S VIGOROUS PROTEST. The inventor, however, was a man of spirit as well as of inventive genius, and made the fol- lowing rather humorous reply to the letter re-~ | jecting his application: | “Your examiner say ac than in any s. In the height gle shad, weighing from six pounds, is sold in’ the markets of the lus of electricity he human body tion was rejected no useful function, the hundred for from 33 to $4. Herring Lat$i per thousand, rock from $3 to urgeon at three cents per pound. It has been | stated that the great shad fisheries on the Po- are limited to the small space of twenty Lon each of Its siores, and at a es not follow that tare equatly coming in con- in the ordinary “This application 1s ob- Jected to on the ground that the invention de 'y for the purpose de- culties it proposes nedy do not, in fact, exist.” In saying this your examiner contradicts himself, and, eats his own words by assertin, Jow, this remarkable spse dizi, hurhber of Inventions have bee! purpose of supplying the body with and that it is @ recognized’ medi- Ii this is not a Seribed 18 unnecessar: ected and ine ain As now constituted, the club may be consid- ered maloly a sailing or cruising one. Its fleet, with one Or two exceptions, is composed ol sailing cances, and the meinbers seem to de- Vole more attention to Unat branch of the sport ‘This does not make much of a show on the river near the city, as hala duzen canves may slip down ihe river in the gray of the morning or at dusk of an evening dud be gone # Week or teu days on u cruise abounding in exciting adventure, delightful experience, and some tard knocks in tue bar- gut, and relurning us quietly as they came, be But the fun they ma; have had on that trip would perhups fll vol 1 the “that a large in patented we | then to paddling “use Of rtain shoals, cinal agent, ae.’ Yet the one alpable con- tradiction and back down I woul like to know bmit that your examiner has no right to ily assert “his belief that the difficulties this invention ‘proposes to remedy do not, in Is it material whether he thinks Ley exist or not. dof the herring Gnuifely unobserved. at they extend over agreater If others believe so, they have a right to cures for their imaginary Lesides, Why should it be necessary that your examiner should be convinced that the dlin- culties this invention pro hot in fact exist. patent medicine inventors s their remedies; if perchance should not have anything the matter with his liver? Suppose that your examiner belleved like Rey. Jasper, of Richmond, that the sun ‘do ve, shouid I be preveuted trom sextaht in delereuce t his peculiar views? Your exaininer swys ‘applicant will be required to stow first, that the umun body is normally charged with 1 iner Will Kindly take a (providing he be not bal © river, as before remarked, can ‘fhe club claims to have the fastest sailing st shad fisheries in but of thls, perhaps, one may speak more confidently ut the eud of the Season, AS itis, howevel the Mermaid and the Me! dore's and commodore’s cances, ou the recent tip to Quantico, wien seven’ joliy canocists spent a week on tle lower Potomue (which they are anxious to repeal at Lhe very first opporta- nity), opened the eyes of many u skipper on the ‘Various schooners and other crait they passed, while the little canoes on the river, ue performances of s to remedy do cor, Lhe Vice commo- ws noble army of compounding your examiner © by none, anna, whose very of herring are annually drawn, passed_by the Mary- me a young fish by of the cur ather weight, Petrel, er Leavier but siuulier companion, the emousitated to their wondering guze how'small a thing can live in biow one ‘mighty wide river.” rf ‘the elub's teet now consists of the Meteor Mermaid, Petrel, Lapwing, Iola, Belle, Heralds Whistlewing, Potomac aid a paper nautiius canoe, belonging to Mr. Law, the architect, Besides these Mr. Pusseno has wnother large cruiser for the vi Mr. Law is arranging for the puri bark, and another n gouations ior a Barne ‘The officers for 1886 ure: Commodore Irwin Nath. Silsbee, Sec- e electricity.’ It your exuni- ulta percha comb and id) comb his hair with 1t dark, venture to assert, that he will me electric sparks. We do'notclain that they ure either free or captive sparks, but sim- ‘some form of electricity, ‘our examiner requires ‘us to show second, that said electricity is injurious to health, { submit that we cannot be required to show that suid electricity is injurious to health, Some hike plenty'of electricity in their's it very good, while others may en- tertain the reverse opinion and eager! to be relieved of their electricity, Ib is this class that our Invention is designed to benefit. Can wuole communities be compelled to re- ed with electricity joes not believe it to be injurious to remain loaded up with the stuif? I Your examiner uw are, usually provided a which provide a path of discharge through in our daily walks.’ Here again your examiner begs the question, I submit ‘that great numbers of people wear shoes that are sewed, not pegged, Shall these good ‘cut off trom the benefits of this great because your examiner hap) shoes and does not feel load of electricity? I beg you to consider this large class of people. Your examiner m enabled, as he suys, to ‘turn on and cocks aiid water cocks’ in the m: ernment buildings provided by there are vast numbers here in the wil Who are still reading drinking from the old in the wellsof their daddies. Would it beright people this boon when ve not the enlightened appliances of g water cocks accessible? Isubmit that, e irames up for ice commodore, use of a birch ber lus comimenced ne- B. Linton, Vice Cor retary and ‘Treusurer, Henry H. Law, and wiember of the committee, Frank J. Monrote. THE POTOMAC CLUB, Last evening @ STAR reporter, who was prowling along the river tront, witnessed the departure of a number ot the members of the Povomac Canoe club on a short cruise up the Potomae, to the island known as Canoe island, Chain bridge. Here the fish and enjoy themselves Ing, when they will pad maie one yearn 3; Just to see the because your es that ‘boots aud shoes with iron or steel pe; rot miles above the Pilgrims will camp, until Monday even! home again. for a few days of Crusoe lik articles that were stowed aw: which seem to have a capac beyond their proper proportic birch bark canve were stowe Kets, cooking utensils and an out ly. When it started up the river it also a gentleman, his wife, and still seemed to be touch the water. The lad; paddle in the bor through the water with a vig that ‘would put to shame the idlers of the other sex. Four ‘ay in the can ity for freight, far jon. In one indian New York state experiment station, there Is a barrel cut dowa to convenient size, and thenset in a hole dug In the earth upon & ‘and little corner of the lawn. The top of the barrel is just the tallow dip and 2 to ft n bucket that of heavy timbers, upon which the house stan: measures fifty by' thirty tect. The house itseli ix 40 by 23, and hus balconies extending all around on both Bors, ‘The first foor is givett up to the cance room and a workshop.” The canoe room has accommodations for twenty. cight “canoes. ‘The upper floor. se” par. Utloned off into several apartments. In front isa general reception orclub room. Then there is guiley,a ladies room anda capacious locker room, besides tollet rooms. A huge tank will be placed in the upper part of the structure to Provide the water supply. The house has been neatly painted and wil) be fitred up in an at- tractive style. It is proposed at times to tow the down the river, to whatever point may selected, whenever the club decides to take an “outing.” In such event, hammocks can be swung in the house. The galley will be provided with a cooking range and all the necessary kitchen equipment, ‘The house is re- gurded as a model of aquatic architecture whieh Noah might have studied to advantage, The roof curves over from side to side, is water Ught and of such sshapethat in case the house should ever roll over, itcan sail along bottom aside up. It isa staunch structure, and stood the gale iast Saturday night ‘without, in the words of an old river man, “starting a peg.” SPEARING FISH. The canoeistsot the Potomac clubenjoy many pleasures incidental to canoeing, One of the sports they introduced on the Potomac was fish Baeeng Se ieoe Two canoeists go ether with a bow-light having a reflector that throws the rays of light upon the water in front of the craft. One man in the stern paddles silently along, the other in the bow handles a five- ronged fish spear and when he sights a fish rives away at it. Carp and catfish are the principal victims of the spearsmen. Since the canoeists begun this sport others have taken It up,and now at nighton the “Little River” some times several glimmering lights can be seen stealing along through the shadows. THE MEMBERSHIP. ‘The present officers of the Potomac club, which has for its flag a pointed red burgee, are: Thomas M. Gale, president; D. McC, Russell, commodore; Pickering Dodgo, secretary-treas- urer, ‘These officers, together with F. N. Moore and H. H. Russell, constitute the executive committee of the club. The other members are James K, Bakewell, Andrew Devine, H. Grafton Dulaney, jr., A.8. Fiint, Bernard HK. Green, J. B. MeQueen, H. W. Spofford, Rev, Theo. 8. Wynkoop, J.P. Libbey and L.A. Litulefleld. In addition, the club has number of honorary members, ee THE ROCK CREEK PARK. The Plan Suggested Years Ago by Gen. Michler. Tae Star stated aday or two ago that Mr. W. W.Corcoran and Judge Strong spent several hours with the District Commissioners discuss- ing the Rock creek park project. Tt appears that the discussion was upon the plan sub- mitted to Congress with a topographical sketch of the environs of Washington suitable for a park, drawn up some years ago by Gen.Michler in compliance with the contents of @ letter ad- dressed to him by Hon. B. Gratz Brown, at that time chairman of the Senate committee on public buildings and grounds. This plan em- braces about 3,000 acres, including both sides of Rock creek for some four miles or more, to be made into one vast park, with suitable pro- visions for roads and avenues, drives, foun- tains, grottoes, and all the ornamental features usual in such places. ‘The point urged was that nature had already done so much in the forma- Lon of this park that a vast outlay of money would not be required at one time, but that the improvements could be accomy grees as necessity demanded. The first thing Tequisite was to obtain the land, which it was urged could be done, as money could be ob- tained at 3 per cent interest for the work of im- provement. The Commissioners were urged to ring the matter before Congress as soon as possible, The Commissioners did not think the finances of the District at the present time would warrant them in beginning this expen- sive improvement, and expressed the opinion that they could do nothing more than recom- mend itat the proper time. In his answer to the committee of the Senate Gon. Michler stated that “after a careful examination of the many beautiful localities to be found in the vicinity of the capital, and having caused an accurate and detailed Survey of its environs to be made, 1 Row have, the honor to submit for your com sideration the conclusions to which { have ar- rived, In connection with this report two pre- liminary maps have been prepared, Which will show more plainly than words can express the required iniormaiion and the respective advan- tages of the different sections, ‘The Senate reso- lution would seem to imply that one and the sume tract of land should be designated for a site for ground for a presidential mansion as Well as fora public park; butas it isnot den hilely so stated, it as béen Judged best by me toseparate the subjects. Stiould such not be the intention of your honorable committee, it Will be easy to combine the two, when so muny splendid situations present themselves trom which to make a selection,” He then goes into the subject of @ public ‘park, describing the great natural advantages of ‘thése grounds for ealthful recreation and exercise for all classes of soclety, or for the gratification of their tastes, whether Jor pleasure or to satisfy curiosity. “To accomplish these ends,” the report sald, “there should be a spaciousness in the extent of the grounds, not merely presenting the appear- ance ofa large domain, but in reality, possess. ug many miles of drives and rides and walks, all independent of each other, and elther open or protected #0 a8 to besuitable for the different seasons. ‘There should be a variety of scenery, a happy combination of the beautiful and pic turesque, the smooth plateau and the gentle, undulating glade vielng with the raggedness of Uhe rocky ravine and the fertile valley, the Uhickly ‘mantled forest contrasting with’ the green lawn, grand old trees with flowering shrabs. Wild, bold, rapid streams, coursing their way along the entire length and breadth of such a scene, would not only lend enchant- aient to the view but add to the capabilities of adornment, While nature lavishly offers asuc- cession of falls, cascades and rapids to.greet the eye, as the waiers dash through some romantic dale, the hand of art can be used_to transform them int ponds and lakes as they gently glide through the more peaceful valleys, thereby rendering them the means of pleasure and recreation for boating or skating. What so use- {ul as an abundance of water, or 60 ornamental when converted into fountains or jets to cool the heated atmosphere? It furnishes also o} portunities tor the engineer and artist to dis- Play their tastes iu constructing ornamental and rustic bridges to span the stream.” LABOR INVESTIGATIONS, What is Proposed to be Done by the Bureau of Labor in Gathering Infor- mation. ‘The great interest that is felt throughout the country in all questions connected with the labor problem 1s manifest to some degree by the large increase {a the correspondence of the bureau of labor. The bureau has been in exist- ence now about a yearand has made its first nnual report, but during that year the labor interests have forced themselves to the front and upon the attention of the people, and in consequence the industrial situation bas be- come one of the subjects of great current inter- est. As one of the results large pumbers of people want information. They write to know in what states the convicts are hired out for labor, and in what states this system does not exist, They want information in regard to the results of strikes in former years, and whether the results, generally speaking, have proved of advantage to the workingmen. Such Inquiries, with the numerous variuuions’ that will readily suggest themselves, come from members of Congress as well as private citizens, and it is the endeavor of the bureau to give ail the information possible. Chief Clerk Weaver, who was talking toa STaR reporter in the absence from the city of Commissioner Wright, said that At was not possible to furnish all the informa ton asked fromthe bureau, as the inquiries senerally embraced subjects which had not ek feen“investigated. "Our first investigatlon which was carried on last year,” he sald, “was devoted to the subject of the causes of Indus- trial depression. We, however, started late in the year and we hope now, with a liberal appro- priation from Congress, to’ have @ permanent force of special agents ‘and to carry on our in- vestigations of subjects which people desire to have information upon, Our estimates tornext year provide for eighteen special agents, and while the amount has been cut down in the House, thes itis probable that the amountfinally determined upon will be sufficient toenable the bureau to do a great deal of work, As you no doubt have seen trom the commissioner's letter to Secretary Lamar, our proposed investigation covers We following subjects:” An investigation into the number, cat du- ration and results and other features of all strikes occurring in the United States since and including the year 1881, An investigation into the hours of labor, wages paid, method of payment, lines of duty the condition, &c.,of railway employes on ail rallroad systems in the United States, ‘An investigation as to the kind and amount of work performed in the penal institutions of the several states and territories of the United States and the District of Columbia, the methods under which convicts are or may be employed im such Institutions, and as to all the facts per- ergy to convict labor and its influence upon the industries of the country. ol consumption are concerned, each article from its production to its consumption, and gathering all the facts as to cost and method of distribution. ‘An in lon Into the employment, \ e entitled tw consideration in bebalfof the vast numbers of people who do not wear iron nails in thelr shoes, nor burn gus, nor drink from & hydrant, and because your exuiiner does these things the balance of the United States is not bound to sutter for it, I put the question to you, would it be right?” ted, left the club ho iter paddling up to some distance ‘To-night and noests Will go a us hecessury. Th bi toh = yond taken again into the w-morrow otber canoes and ca) ‘up to the camp on the island, rel or tub is lifted out and carried to the cellar, where {tis protected trom freezing, and Where the roots of the lilies Will be kept iif come ous similar to what they would bs surrounde't with in their natural state, Nothing can be more charming in the way ot flowers on @ lawn than a small pond of water lilies bloome ily the wisole summer through. Of course, the barie! must be set where teams and persons would not walk into by day or night. If the tub is a tight one, the trouble of keeping it supplied with water will not be great upon any A FLOATING BOAT HoUsR, ‘The Potomac Canoe club has bee: active since its organization and its boat house, which promises striking objects on the riv: There are “Masters” Yet. To the Editor of Tas Evaxuve Stam: In reading the remarks of a K. of L, toone of your reportera he saye the name of “master” died when Abraham Lincoln emancipated the ‘Whore does Grand Master 0 especially has completed to be one of the er front, Pe. house eating house, Whew. slaves. (Ques Workman Pow: aes! a, The Church street surface road in Mew were given by the students for Giadstone, ‘Par | Empire Privective seen nell, aud home rule, followed by groans for the Owtled by Vice President Hart, of conditions, of the women wor! ‘ot cities, “Ot course,” continued Mr. Weaver, “the investigation of strikes will supplement the special census report, which covered the year 1880, and it will embrace the from that time up to the present. The deta thus obtained will be valuable for reference and for compark- ‘who will be remembered in this city as flies Gralla Jordan before’ her Pan wt ietary of the Mexioan legato fae Amerens, B nt ool, ‘ander, “whoee tie ‘with expremions of thanks to the THE BALL PLAYERS. ‘The Nationals Suffer o Mortifying De- feat_Other Games Yesterday. A large audienve was disgusted at the miser able exhibition of ball playing yesterday. The Chicagos won the game by a score of 20 to 0. A second-class amateur nine could have made a8 good a stand against the Chicagos as did the Nationals. The fact that the whitelegged champions toyed with them and played as they pleased would not have caused so much dissat- isfaction had not every body present known that the Nationals were capable of playing & At the start Crane was put in to pitch, but unfortunately, and perhaps un- avoldably, neither of the two really good Pitehers were at hand to relieve him in case of necessity, and there was great was evident from the start that the team and their felding was in HOME MATTERS. DAINTY HOUSEHOLD ADORNMENTS — SOME CHOICE RECIPES—DEVILED CRABS—STRAW- BERRY SHORTCAKE—1OW CHICKENS—SMOKE CURE FOR WOUNDS. A New Bsxt PUtt, for a bed room is of pla! ed straw, lined with saddle girthing or satin This is extremely dainty and tresb TO COOK SPRING Stephen Pearl Andrews died of Friday at his residence, 201 east 34th street, at the of seventy-four, Me had been til @ long tu: The youngest of the eight children of the Rev. Bou, Very SMALL New Porators until ten- der, if they are put on in salted water they will be less likely to break. intoa hot dish, sprinkle Drain them and put raaplaseoieeaaas Lwo ounces of butter cut in bits: set ‘enough to meit the butier and DEVILED CRABS.—Take cooked crabs and pick the meat up fine; make a mayonaise salad dressing, with plenty of mustard and vinegar inch of thyme and a season with Wor- cestersnire sauce, mix with your meat, fill your crab shells with i crumbs, put bits of butier ov. hot oven. ir the meat seems dry before baking, put a little mitk in. SALAD.—Cut with a sharp knife one cucumber end halfadozen tomators into the thinnest of slices, Cover with a dressing made ot one table- spoonful of of}, two ot vinegar and ‘he cucumber, in salted ice water dinner. The tomatoes can be pared by dij for an instant into boiling water,when the skin will come off easily, Let them get cold beiore interminable lawsuits, Becoming an aboli- Lonist, he went to Texas, on ite separation from Mexico, to prevent the establishment of ala in the young republi it necessity. It lacked confidence, strong contrast with that of Thursday. au experimental phenomenon was was an improve- but demorilization had done its work. tant Gilligan was behind the bat as usual, but he became discour- Knowles made a phenom- lek up and Carroll caught a ‘These two plays bro use. It is not claimed by any one that the Nationals are any thi as Strong as the Chi but the; Play bail with them, “The expibit was a mortification to the team and to the eu- No biame ts attached to Crane, He is # good ball player, but he cannot play. nd the threatened im- | lerference of the British government in favor of his project ts believed to have been one of the contributing Causes of the Mexican war. Alter his failure to accomplish bis p Andrews retarned to Massachune! having learned the Pitman system of raphy, devoted himeell vo its promulgation as a publisher and writer. Asa member of the liberty party and afterward of the free so: and “an parties, he continued bis crusade slavery. After losing three fortunes ta uancial crises, Mr. Andrews teal and philosophical studies, He Christianity and Was couspicnous as an apostle of spiritualian, ied him at one time to advocate the ton of # universal language, which was | to. undo the confusion of tongues due lo the new language was called part of aayeiem of unl ence, into which Mr. Audrews hoped to reconcile all the incousistencies of tbe werd, | There was never any doubtot the seriousness | With which be attempted these studies, They ‘rend calls *# broad doctrine { wocial freedom,” not enurely consonant with: the Christian idea of the family. His universal jormology and bs phlice- ical In- ich be advocated and was rate, he called the Pantarchy, self known to bis circle as “The He entertained them with learned discourses on any subject whatever, ands select regarded tim with an adoration Excise Commissioner W. & son. enDe pepper, a fnely chopped ‘ot cracker or bread the top and bake aged after awhile. enal left-handed fly beautifully. rounds of ap) levoted himself Fan Hour before ‘pared by’ His pl iological itions on the ‘nine, It is expected that a Timilar slate of things will not exist this ailer noon, @AMES ELSEWHERE YESTERDAY. At Boston—Detroit, 7; Boston, 8. At New New York, 4. At Philadel- ty, 15. At STRAWBERRY SHoxT CAKE.—Three eggs, one cupful of sugar, two of flour, one tablespoonful of butter, one scant teaspoon of cream of tartar, on of soda, Beat butter Add the egzs, weil beaten, ‘and cream oftartar with the flour and through @ sleve over the mitture. tin plates. “Mix three pints th @ baifpint of sugar. Spread # layer of strawberries on one boteake, lay asec- ond cake over this and cover the top with the berries. A meringue of whipped white ot one egg beaten with # tabi Sugar may cover the upper berries, as you Por-Ovans.—There are times, as every young housekeeper can testify, when, as the tea hour draws near, it occurs to her that there is not h in the jar for supper and break- for the afternoon aud ‘again, or run a ri iLing Out the knead- r hands into the bis sh cesily follow tt aod have . ers,” she can y follow it, aud have sbaething’ nice for Tea with lite trouble: One cuprul of sweet milk, one egg, a bit of melted butter, flour enough wo make a suit batter, aud @littic salt, Have the oven hot, and the i pans Warm, aud tbe teacakes light and teud CHARLOTTE RvasE.—An easy way to make Charlotte russe is to take about ove-fiith of a package of gelatine and haifa cupiul of cold this in atarina boller ifyou have not set a basin containing or pail of boiling wate: ‘pou will cool fapidl ad It was bat York—St, Louis, 1; phia—Phiiadeiphia, 1; Kansas Philadelphia—Athietic, Baltimore—Baitimore, ark, N.J.—Cincinnati, one smail halt teaspoo ed him to what Bake in tour dee] ol strawberries w clonce he called Univ ‘cream or the Detroit... 18 3 St, Louis......... 20 13 Athlette.02 17 11 Pittaburg... 17 16 Brooklyn. 14 12 Baltimore....... 14 14 Louisville... 1 |Metropolitan. 8 18 BASE STEALING. ‘The eastern clubs all fared badly at the hanas of their western competitors on their first west- ern tour, but it looks as if they will administer similar treatment in the second innings of the league battle which commenced Thursday. ‘The most noticable feature of league playing thus far is heavy battii western tour Brouthers batting with an avei Players had the best. —_eeo—___. An Eight-Hour Reficetion. From the Chie we Dally News, a class of people in this country whe get up at five o'olock in the morning and who never get back to bed until ten or eleven w'clock at night; who work without ccasing the whole of that tin ment than food | understand someth She is dressed does not feel like chan, ling ber dress by and put ft dough, it 'ahe wil po other emolu- clothing: they ing of every branch | lay and labor, from finance to cooking; | harassed by @ hundred responsibilities, | driven aud worried, though | looked down upon, they never revolt, and they cannot organize for thelr own ¥en sickbess releases them No sacrifice is deemed too great ke, and mo Incompetency in any branch of their ‘work I* excused. poems are written in tribute They die in the harness planted as quickly as may be. ‘These are the housekeeping wives of the Teaktast at 5 o'clock in get the children off to school, do the { ironing, baking, sewing, scrabbis caring all the ing the mendii ing. They do go to Attheend of the the Detroits led the eo! .420. The following ting record of thelr Te- spective teams; at that time, O'Rouke, New Shicago, .367; Denny, St rotection, Not it into a pan Wy stir until the, dish, and pli 366; Hines, W: Philadelphia, 863; Morrill, Kansas City, .820. On the Washington team Baker followed Hines with .800 and Force stood third with 241. The success of Detroit thus far has been due largely to their having seven men who manage Ww butich their hits with great regularity. Detroit has been trying to buy young Neal, of Akron, the Savannah phenomenal pitcher, but Without success. {ase ball games in Detrolt this year are billed e a circus. It is evident that Radbourn has no Gilligan to face him this year. Radford is tie boss baserunner for the Kansas Citys, ‘Sam Trott, who is with the Newarks, has a It is doubtful if he has lace where it ea pint ol periectly sweet cream, beat it with an egg-beater vntil it is light and thick; flavor the or Vanilla and sweeten to kelatine is cold, or at least ovol, stir It inte the this over the lady fugers e ud nw glass, dials oF mold; to vary the appearance of ‘the dish you ‘Angers and cover the cream otic stendiant- an with lemon your taste; when Lue j and marketl: bables, and d: band lies snori sleep, for nursi can split the lady SPRING SOUP Asespecially suitable for this season. Cut three new carrots, one very small smail onlon or haifa dosen shallots into small dice or long thin strips; shell a band- tul of green peas, and break hall 4 dozen fow- mm & head of cauliflower: parvoll these Vegetables for five minutes, drain and add them to @ quart ofstock, Simmer gently for half an hour, add a few ofthe inner leaves of Jettuce eut in’ bits; boll five minutes longer, A Stock made Irom beef and veal bones, with the carcass of @ roasted chicken, is excellent for this soup. In fact the larder of a careful housekeeper can generally furnish bones and trimmings , as it depends tor its ex- 12 favor of the vegetables ‘after the hus children often Uraw their m them all the night long. What leisure or enjoyment for them? What ement or uplifting? Aad what do they think of the eight-hour move- ment? They think it means that the calles now buy for 5 cents will cont 8 cents and by; tbut the coal will soon be nd that the pittances out buy these will be less before long. Is ite pleasure to them that their husbands will bave {wo hours’ more leisure? If the men sta home during that time the chances a tor what is decmed neglect, and that some of the children will be Will the husbands fetch coal, or chance for impro: broken tinge: finger on either hand. leads the St. Louis Maroons in batting. of the Metropolitans, 1s said to be the games have been owner of a $7,000 house, Seven of the Kansas Cit; Postponed on account of rain, Harty Wright claims that Shaw is the best piteher in the League. Agreed. Kilroy, of Baltimore, in nin struck Out seventy-two, an average of eight to game. Stricker, the old second baseman of the Ath- test fielding work ever je 1s With Auanta, ‘The race for the championship in the Ameri- can association will probably be more exciting this year than in the National Burch, of the Brooklyns, says that Jack. is the only pitcher be ever found that was wives will be games pitched | enough for auch a cellence more than the heavy; JomnT AND SEIN Two SPaixo CHICKENS; dip each piece in water, sprinkle with pepper and salt and roll in flour. of larding bacon into thin ali the fat is extracted, take them out and lay in the pieces of chicken, Turn frequently and went burning. They will liteen minutes. Put in the tier @ cauliflower that has tender in salted water, aud the chicken neatly around it; pour out “pan if there is more than asmuch flour and add slowly a cupful of boiling creain or milk. If the lavter is used add a generous lu: Boll up once and pour over the caulifio leties, is doing the criticisms, will make the children unhappy, ac pp sgh and then leave for some thelr selfishness." It soun woman Knows that It tv true. at there will be two hours less in Which tocarn money and two Lours more in Which to spend it, She knows that her burden Will be no lighter, and in patient cynicisn she awaits the result, Are those women striking for eight hours? Have they a union to which ‘against the cruelty of their taskmasters? eloquent voices rained thereany laws enacted for their benefit? ut Journals advocatiug their husbands say lace more suited to (ces, and fry until Hyd pwtnd watch carelully to be done in about center of a hot ‘Buck Ewing, ot the New Yo been bolled un! is very lame, and will not’ be able ae ‘jor tw to play again Andrews, of the Phillies, now leads bis team n postponed so far this in batting and ru: More games hay season than ever before. Chicagos, is not playing ball up rman, Sam Wise, Nash and Jobn- tong haves, fine’ quintet ofgreat aee-runners. They keep the pitcher “gues ing” as to their next move when on bases, resident Erastus Wimau, of the Metropoll- tans, Is expected to art ‘Thursday. He will endeavor to strengthen his team if money can do it. The Metropolitans are deprived of the services of Flanders, their new Texan pitcher, because he is detained at Be yee her signed. by rge Stevens, the new pitcher signed by Detroit, the Boston, Globe saye,cume neat being captured by Mike Scanlan for his Washington The Detroits offered Stevens month. Scanlan heard of him, an he wanted $125 agreed to amount and io their beballt mp of butter. HH there any. promine to his average of these women turned out en masse and not to work buta certain number of hours day, and demanded that a more righteous: sion of the income be made hereafter? Worrs Trrina.--The smoke from burning ‘woolen rags is sald to have cured, among others, ‘two cases of extremely dangerous wounds; one made by asewing-machine beedie, which broke after penetrating it. The taken to pieces belore the needle could be extracted, and oneof the needle ‘was found to have been bent almost bone. Another case was cat, which tore the in 9 woman's eat homeon next | machine had to ing 15 hours sefubbing over Bg Over bot every change of our fickle an average one child @ year, and mi ends meet afier the rent 16 from the biteof an angry flesh from wrist to elbow. ‘The danger of lock- Jawand the pain, which in both these cases wus extreme, were’ entirely removed by hold- ing the injured finger and arm over the smoke ot woolens burned over the coals, The voucher for this cure says: “Let woolen rags be held sored and always at hand.” Perhaps it might become as favorite a remedy for dog-bite as causticis, The wound does not heal imme- diately, but the pain is said to di ‘once, abd not to return.—Philadelphia oo ‘Thaddeus Stevens’ Estate. From the Harrisburg (Penn.) Telegraph. The litigation in the Thaddeus Stevens es- tate is developiug some interesting questions of law. Theold commoner leit a large sum of ‘money to be appropriated to the tounding of an institution in the event that the legate, his nephew, should not continue sober an rate a’ certain length of time. This the yw did not do, therefore the legacy lapeed, attorney com- band's beer mone; shelter and the half of the work equal division of tion of the profits? What woul men who are parading th ‘out of work and in their best clothes do if found themselves bound to employers by Uhat could not be dissolved, while their work ‘was made @ thousand Limes more laboriousand the hours nearly doubled? Scheels of Cookery. DIFFERING THEORIES OF FRENCH AND ENGLICN nt, in return for faimont lott TaboP with an i ae oigrragee.4 streets voluntarti % windof what Scanlan ut and hustled so lively that he got Stevens to sign for $125 with Detroit. ‘The Savannah city council recen! an ordinance making passed on ball notless than irty days imprisonment. ball player, who is now in Call- forhia, has commenced sult against Lucas for the recovery of $2,000. McVey was sij Lucas some time ago, but was never to play with the club. oa New Pablications. CANOEING IN KANUCKIA: or, ihe'Artit and ‘the Serbbiee ears arte at en ee etd nate Cook. ee os fou, and Joun Hannsaiross Tinmeated, New York: G, P. Putnam's So tage brodhre cooks, Oooks are philosophers. A certain tf butcher in Jefferson market knows » deal about French and English cooks,and he they will each take a piece of mit with the wildest “Batiste Datolt, chief Jor instance,” says a Ne ‘would. take that roast ot Solid meat. and subject it ae id. be uorog rts wou! Would leave but little work ould build 1¢ beef only on the ing the Inside rare, He allows Ume for broiling orjroastit Js that eny other favor of the meal ‘one on which the two cooks their philosophies run wide apar D flavor can be invented, says the lishman, ‘which can approach Uhat of ‘The Mavor of meat must no be meddied with, Whether the din is to be of beefor lamb of ihe Davor of Soon meat distinguishalie above uny suuce or cuudiment that may accompany Ss 8 ; ‘Haps and Mishaps j i Inthe meantime & ang menced proceedings to collect a note given by Mr. Stevens many years ago as administrator or trustee of another nephew, on swimmingly when the supreme court dizzy and hopeless state by 4 decision in York’s appeal, which makes an executor or trastee statute of limitations; and against Mr. Stevens Wasa very old one it was barrea. by this decision. Now, however, ihe Jawyers in ween yond in anes risburg bave ma elr minds not to pl ate rainst an other's client, and in Setar irae ten eeecan: nephews. The only possibie in this ar rangement is, what Will the executor of Mr, Stevens do? This gentleman is the Hon, Kd- ward Mciberson, and if he acquiesces in uni plan of the lawyers the money will yo as they desire, but if be objects and pleads the statute \liuns, then the money will have to be ‘to the establishinent v1 the institution mentioned in the will, The curious and inter- esting question is,can Mr, McPherson plead the statute against the wishes of the nephews in the interest of an institution not yet created or in existence, or will he allow the nephews to take the money and thusdeieat Ube intentions ol Mr, Stevens? The matter will be followed with interest, ee SS A Tribute te Mr. Gindstene. ‘From the London Economist. ‘The seceding liverals must accept as a result of their action that Mr. Gladstone's career will be terminated,and we need not say how deeply and how justly this will weigh upon their minds, Most of them have reverenced Mr. Gladstone throughout their active lives. He bas been the best leader th yang piompdnened Tlegisiatiee who, in many departments ol baat my Gone them most success‘ully. lie has, in face except in ireland, never iatied when’ he has ven his whole mind to question—he never ‘Egypt—and ft ireland bis i it Levy amp Non- #2 TON. d This action was SHAFTESBURY (the First Earl), By H. D, Trai {english Worthies” series) Nee ap: Bleton & Co, Washington: THE KING'S TREASURE HOUSE. & Romance of Ancient Egypt. By Wituxie Walters. From the German, by Many J. SavvoRD. New York: iaberger. We ai W. H, Mor UP THE RHINE. 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HOW HOUSEKEEPERS MAY AVOID THE DIs- COMFORTS CONNECTED WITH LAMPS, From the New York Analyst, Ofall misunderstood things in daily iife, the use of the kerosene lamp probably stands at the head, First, a lamp;is bought and fitted for use, and then filled’ day alter day, and after a longer or shorter period does not gives as good light as it used to; then some Soap fe, tounan fr stat e oll, when a fittle ‘or judgment used wodld remed: Temove the cause of com using s lamp would remember that is a machine combining and endeavor to learn the prinol fo'one expects 0 Uso sarge machine erteent ho‘one expec ° learning how to work it sny one cam use = ly roasted Joint or rib Whi friend Dutolt—can mak Variety of favors trom the sui neither of which will that of the original meat be recoguized. makes the difference between the two I think the Engilsh- (e likes noth ing in favor of the He wustes nothing. His ingenuity and skill transforms what the Eng- lishman would throw away tnto Lust A combination of both imake the best system.” Here the tat butcher cut off a plece of smoked ich uaturally inveriered jon, idea, enlarged (Casseil’s “ Rainbow” man is nearest ri jew York: Cassell & Co. ficial, The only U cook is his economy. forms of cook: ham and ate it raw, whi with any further still down there, you will scare all the fish.—Chicayo Dimes. A well known gentleman about town, who ie of siranger to Adam's ale, was Gluss of Water and asked to say What itwas. He took ib tarned it round, fi ike gin, but there's mo A New York man, who was in Ki cine bad tried tovat he it was “Just like the Freeman. Canada would be wiser to establish a three- mile limit for Ai for American fist ‘The lightining strikes but it doesn't boyoott— Morriston Hota. “4 if three wheels is a tricyéle, and two is 4 bicycle, what Is one wheel?” “One sou? Well, let me see! One wheel ea unicycle.” “No, it ain't pape i's © ywi""—Boston Record. ey Lave ever largest things, an ou Maine fellows a this about Tately hauded a il the iust election, have either , or have. been concealed by the vents, A great fluauc born orator, a determined he said, “Wei taste to It” — ‘the other one ng. jescribed it by say: hinge of # trunk.” shermen,—Providence Journan ‘Mr, Gladstone has He bas leave no burner, after @ of s uneven light, which is SRWieh the wick needs ou others at it 60 uneven at amber of spall holes to provide air, to oll fe disturbed’ ax in What » Woman Knows About Base Ball. ‘From the West Chester Local News. ‘He was seated on the front porch of his resi- dence in the south ward jast waiting to return from the base bail match.