Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1886, Page 2

THE EVENWENG STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C AND DISTRICT. ETY OF SUNDAY LAWS. New Gfiicers Confused by the Three Codes in Force in the District. ‘The great diversity of Sunday laws in different Portions of the District bewlider and confuse Rewly-appointed policemen who undertake to enforee them. Persons unacquainted with the | laws will be greatly puzzied if they set out to Make purchases on Sunday tn different parts of the city. Within the city limits om Sunday | grocery stores, cigar stores and duiries are open, end busines is carried on the same as during the week. In grocery stores | WHERE LIQUOKS AKE SOLD ® curtain or lattice work usually divides the | Fear end of the store, where the liquors are kept, from the portion where the grocery business is An fall biast. Iu some stores goods are dixplayed doors are ke Of the eity of Wali: Bat tn the ev in West Washington a ¥ different 9! { aifairs is found. There it i# a viclation of law to serve a glass of soda ML & cigar or of flowers. instituted a ue O Clock. d been bre rdinance {twas suown and Jud at it was detective im not having by the Mayor. After that decision pla business t Close their sbops on Sur Reepern. Tue peuaity suop open is the sale Fhe ‘penalty in the Gewier or u Urewer is 925. IN 1H COUNT Crossing Boundary street a county, wiere ihe Levy Court ordi: still eniorced, a diftcrent siate of utfairs exists. | 4 prowivits tue sale on except drugs and medi- and ausurdity of tue thing | wever, the polite. bave Stopped prosecating merchauts foe selling oD vas rth side of Bouudary street, While Wose tous ares jes imstittited, ow ever, uguitiat p Iss aauor fesola The fn buch Canen ure Usually two hair the nt tor the saute olfense Boundary street. In the cously ace several Wine houses, We beverage bs uutde Irom Brapes grown ob the preitioce aud no license 1s Fequired to veil 1 IN GROKGETOWS, Ok WEST WASHINGTON, Mili another code uf laws is in existence. “As there is Lut owe complete set of the iaws, whlch We not iu possession of Luc auluoritics, the cers frequentiy experience troabie in brit tinued | Cider a ree ruling by were red to, as Well te saloon ‘keeping @ burver at ior reall Hquor 18, 820 1OF each ofleuse, o: Wholesale Liquor | getting into the are | met of | Prosecutious. arrests Dikcers have tox yy of tue particular law under wie to prosce take Dr Tequiriug aii other | The sale of cigars aud soda ftwith them to the Pol freak share the ouly artic seid on the Sabbath, Ub Pluces to be closed. Water in drug sivres is promuited wud punisie bie by eine of Live Gullar. dhe iaw uguinat selling liquor ts simular io that in the eity. | Street Car Courtesy. ‘To the Fditor of the Tux LVESiNG Who was it that iately w ‘Vacating seats in the ste Feaders have uot lost interest ini few words from recent experience woman's side. All the teacht the subject of If writer and Icould say & on the | ars man has for the last | few centuries been to the cifect that as such 1d consideration; It she is entitled to courtesy ie Gue Of tue Hirst laws in tie Man; it would thereioe sce one calling bimsci! « geatien ing to keep his seat in cur stand, ‘This, 1 must admit, has never uappened to me. It may be seen ther that my grievance is | Bot that We do not havea seat Kiven Us—it is | the mauner Of the git. ‘The mans complaint fe that women tai Pthe ofeting of | it were nothing than ihey eapected, and, he udds, “witout even a "Thank you a Ww bum, and otuers like Lin, It is nothing Biore than we capect; as wo the thanks ——, ‘How I beg ur yuu, is one to Le blandly piite toa person who’ jumps up Wik & sadly wed expression about the eyebrows, hastily But resuiutely turus bis Lack upou her, und during the rest of bis ride eviner Whe step or gazes fixediy out at the driver? be would give ter ihe Chance to mect his ¢ Bad repress the scowl ie Would Not often miss | Ihe gratesul “ibank you" that is bis due. OF Bourse, there > nesleet il, Just as re wen Who “won't get up Jor anybody, “but } have often walled ausiously fur Uie Opportunity de my partin the exchange ot | Suurtesies, aud given it up at last with a busil- | Hating sense o: ny own rudeness, Tain resuived Li Let to accept fered seat without “pay meut in wdv. Standing when you might sit is i forve a glunce—it } may ‘wot thai be, and tt 1 could “scre ould Like two say to « 1 a xen possible taut hd be will audsee a Woman rly bappens— ids out on | it , ueither | urage 1} up « of the many whe de serve it, thank you, but I don't care to accepra | favor buried wt me Lise an il-iempered base Dail, RAL oe Law and the Liquor Traffic. Fo the Faitor of THE kv asin SiaX Every one knows, save the innocent women snd children, who form the chief portion of our lemperance societies, that so far as legislation is concerned the view of dr ss can never be wholly abated. Every honest, thinking man | @ill admit, and medical science will bear out the theory, that an abuormal taste for ardent spirits lien becomes u disease. A proper use Of Wines or spirits by the vid and ailing, and oc- sasionally, periaps, in a social manner, will do Sery Weil, bul young and heathy persons do | bot require it, and the practice of dally, or father mighily dram drinking, aud the univer: tal practice of “tr 1s the eter cause of | Bit oUF drunkenness. est that a law be | passed probiviting tue juor wo bedranie | Do the premises, vuiy in Very iuited uumver | Of places, and that tuuse places shail be buna side | Roteis or restaurasis;tuat fs, eatliz houses kept ell Known and repu asare now We :kene munity. Leta | or latoxie persous be Telentessiy | ed out. Let alsy the quality of the | Wold be well seen to, und 4 feancnable priceouly for a pure articu: alowed tu be asked. Tas ing up many of the d @uctored by d) have tue elivet of break- ries Where vile liquor Ulse His adulteration the untortun © UUt tmuperivetly s: but crude as it Is, + upprep House, in ps matter. laaies. The Tene Salaries. EFFORT CORE A DEFICIENCY APPRO- PMIATION—VhU@rLCE UF A “KkLENELON™ BEXI Yeak The committee representing the public tehowi tea cr of the defielency we thelr pay ior the last year propose to make a effort to secu uation in the | | Senate is the det at by re Wan a gel " + estavlien a lever be evi- iter em ss for the pay Ot lew acd. ity feueciiere nularies. ¢ Propriation fixe Pies at BO7U, Luc pd the advane- gts mbarrans wz the pay of t to reduce the age B Assistants at the 1 i this Pian Is not regarded Witu laueh lavor Asuper Visiug principal Wold «seat reporter that tne | Bverage lust year shoud Wave been $676 and | the average juis year Tue increased | Buimber of scuwls «tthe higher grades, and fe addition of tue "has had w te dency towards greally lucreasing tue averuge fier Major Keno an Wasiixa the Caster Massacre. x D.C, dane $0, 1586. othe Editor of Tux LvEsixe Straw The press ius w the past two or three | Gays given prominence to We massacre of Gen. Custer and : {au attempt has been mad y to me for that aw 1 wou Lis unwarranted imputa- Bion bul fur the os when # bill | fa pending bev ~ to vindicate me | from an unjust 4) reudered in another | ceenting, eations may preju- | fice iny case. ‘As (o the lamentable lows of Geu, Custer, and | Bis unmediace evunisunt, Lhave bee. tuly | Vindieated \y tige of @ curt oc Inquiry Bppoiuted 1S applica Oe my relation to that sud ufluir, the general of the army alert, io hls aunual report lor 1876, says “Iu luis eDgageiment the five companies the 7th cavairy, fed by Licut. Co, Custer in per- son, vis: CE, F, I und L, were ‘siterully oblit erated, abd tue rem: manies saved by the brove t couduet of Major Keno, aud ius svul of Gen, Derry.” ‘Very respectiuly, 4 seven nel pride MARCUS A, Reo, | Whe overthrow of the | way | Feiguot Queen Anne, as the iutroduction of | weight, and a fine Was iinposed on SMrssRoyall, | | cesuip to the “art preservative of | HH any political position, ni | uumber ot Las istration of Old Hickery. JACKSON'S FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE—MR.BLAIR AS A PARTY WHIP—NATHASIEL P, WILLIS AS A SOCIETY CORRESPONDENT—EVENING RECEPTIONS IN THOSE DAYS. The following 1s taken trom Major Ben: Per ley Poore’s book, “Perles’s Reminiscences: ‘When the Twenty-first Congress assembled, on the 7th ot December, 1829, Gen. Jackson sent in his first annual message, which natur ally attracted some attention. Meeting his old and intimate friend, Gen. Armstrong, the next day, the President said: “Well, Bob, what do the people say of my message?” “They say,” replied Gen. Armstrong, “that it is first-rate, but nobody believes that you wrote it.” “Well,” good-naturedly replied Old Hickory, “don't I deserve just as much credit for pleking out the man Who could write it.” Although the words of this and of the subsequent me: were alys insisted on’ having them cléarly ex- ssed. It was in his first message, by the way, that he invited the attention of Congress tw the tact that the charter of the United States bank would expire in 1836, and asserted that it had “failed in the great end of establishing @ uniform 2nd sound currency.” This was the beginning of that fierce political contest which resulted in the triumph of Geo. Jackson and ited States bani, GENERAL JACKSON rarely left the White House, where he passed the greater portion of his time in his office in the second story, smoking a corn-cob pipe with along reed stem. He was at the eommence- ment oi his presidential term sixty-two years of age, tall, spare, with @ high forehead, from which his gray hair was brushed back, a decl- ¢ nose, searching, keen eyes. and,when good- i, 4M almost childlike expression about uh. A seit-reliant, prejudiced and often le old mau, it Was a very difficult to mavage him. Suime of bis cabinet ad- made tla point to be always with bim, to prevent others irom ingratiating themselves {nto bis good will, aud they were thus ebron- icied in a Lallad of the time: © King Andrew bud five trusty ‘squires, Wnout ie held bis bid to du; He also had Wree pilot sb, To give the sharks thew cue, There was Mut and Lou and Jack and Lev, “an giitd Mower, of Laney bug, the Navy, Lev. Woodbury was oF, and Hoger 'B. Taney was Attor~ uey General.’ Blair, hendali dsaue Hill Were also known ‘The confidenti eral Jackson estublisuing adaily newspaper » would speak Lis senciments and sound & ote 1uF Lie guidance of uis tolluwers. The tuytun Glove Was accordingly started on juediate paying basis, as it hae the name federal ollice-huider Whose salary 6x- eveded one thousand doliars on tts subseription Uist. ‘The paper was sent them, and in due Uime the bill foray remilianee was made, Weil and good; 1 payment was refused, the de: ly that he could pay we, or be replaced by by would pay it, It was owned ited by ives, Rives attending to the Lusiness department of the establishment, MR. BLAIR AND MR. CLAY. Mr. Blair had been the partuer of Amos Ken- | dali in the publication of the Frankfort Argus, | and they had both deserted Henry Clay when listed in the movement which gave the | al vote of Kentucky to Gen. Jackson, | ud joied in the ery of “bargalu and corrup | tion” Fr: gainst thelr tormer friend. It is related that: the first interview between Clay awk | and Blair after this desertion was 2 vei ward oue or the latter, Who felt th abbily. t he had Clay had ridden over on inzton to Franktort, in the Winter season, on legal business, and ou'alight- ing from his’horse at the tavern door found | himself confronting Blair, who was just leaving | How do you do, Mr. Biair?” inquired commoner, in bis silvery tones, and auner, at the same time extending | id. Blair micenauicaliy took the tendered but was evidentiy nonplussed, and at length said, with au evident effort,’ “Pretty | i, 1 thank you, ir. How did you find the Toad’s from Lexington here?” “The roads are | yery bad, Mr. Blair.” graciously replied Clay, | “very and I wish, sir, that you woul mend your ways.’ | Air. Biair made it a rule to defend tn the Globe the acts of Jackon’s ad~ ‘or wrong, and he waged inst thuse who opposed | 2 Col. William Re King, of Alar bain, once begged him to soften an attack up on un'erring democrat, Mr, Blair replied, “Not Jet it tear bis heart cui.” With all bis politl- 1 insole veVer, he possessed remark- ble Kindness, and # inore indulgent father was never known in Washingtot THE WASHINGTON PAPERS, up to this time, contained very little of what has since been known as local news. A parade, an inauguration, or the funeral of a distin- guished person would receive brict mention, | but the peasant gossip of Lie day was entirely ignored. It Was then necessary tor the corre | pondent of a paper in @ northern city to} tail bis letter at the post oilice before 12 o'cluek at night to Insure its dep early morning’s mail northward. written ly New Yori did not, cot appear until the second day alter the en, While tho-e sent to Buston rarely ap- peared beiore the fourth day. ‘The people then Were better posted us to Wikat transpired at | the nation’s capital than they are now, when dispateies caL be sent in w few moments at any Ume of day or night. rs. Aune Royali_ vegan an enterprise tu per- literature. She managed to secure an old pting pre: a font of battered wi ich, aided by rune ‘apprentices. aud tramping jourueymen printers, she publixied, oa Capitol Hill, tor s eral years, a small weekly sheet calied the Huntress. Every person of any distinction who Viniied Washingtou received a call trom Mrs, Koyali, and if they subscribed tor the Huntress they were described in the next number ina compilineutary manner, but if they declined she abused them without mercy. When young She Was # short, plump, and not bad-looking woman, but as sie advaneed in y disuppeared, and her hose seemed to increase in s!ze; but Ber piercing black eyes lost none of their ire, While her tongue Wagged more abusively when her temper was roused. John uiney Ad eribed her ax about ke re OF, Te deeming herself irom the of indigence by tue notoriety of he ities and the toreed currency they gave to her publications.” ‘A COMMON SCULD. ‘Mrs. Royall’s tongue at last became so unen- durable that she was formally Indicted by the grand jury as acommon scold, and was tried in the Cireuit Court before Judge Craneh. His jor charged the jury at length, reviewing the son: Rams long primer typ stimouy and suowing that, li found guilty, she ducked, In acevrduuice with the Buylish rhe ree in the District of Columbia. Jury tound her guilty, but ber coun ‘his honor, the Judze, to weigh the vt Le Ule first to introduce w ducking-stool, Wwaieh had been obsolete In England since the suci au € of pUnisuinent might have the criminals ov tuis class. If Ors Would Hot enact a puntsh- Nol Unknowa Lo them lest it persons to commit that oifense, yuid not permit the introduction of iciug-stuol lead to an in- ease Of common scolds. rgument bad indue ‘This Which was duly paid. S. ¥. WILLIS AS A CORRESPONDENT, ‘The tirst “Society Letters,” ax they are called, written from Washiugton were by Nathaniel P. Willis to the New York Mirror. Willis was at that time a foppish, slender young man, With @ proiusion OF: jong light balr, and was always dressed in ihe Height of fusion, “He had, while traveling in Europe, miugied with the aristocratic classes, aud be alfected lo look dows Upou the tases, but With all his sou ues he had @ Wonderfai taeulty for endow- lug tilling occurrences with interest, and his letters have never been surpassed. ed % Sunny nature, full of poetry, enthusl- Saud cheerfulness, and was always willing say a pleasant word for thove who treated 2 kind! t to retaliate on thuse whosbeered at aud inailgned him, Willis frst introduced steel peng at Washing- u, having brought over irom England some of tuuse made Uy Joseph Gillott, at Bleming- Betore this goose-quill pens bad been ively used, aud there was ip each House or Cougress and im each department @ pen maker, who knew whut degree of iexiobity aud breadth of point each writer desire Every genticwun bad to carry « penknife, and in, iiig deal 4 Lone to sharpen it on, g the fishing touches on one of bis bow. ‘w inveutinn of that epoch was the nuteh Lox, Which superseded the large Un Under-box with its flat and steel. ‘The Aches were in the upper portion of a paste- board case about an inch in diameter aud abx fucues in lengts, abd 1b & compartment be- neath them Was & bottle coutainiug a cbemical pregsration, Into which the brimstone-coated ‘end of the uiaich was dipped and thus ignited, PRTER FORCE. ‘The mayor of Washington durivg a portion of the Jackson administration was Peter Foree, a nobie specimen of those who, before the exist- ence of trades unions, used to serve an appren- an graduate from the printing office qualified to Fond of American wory, Mr. Force, wulle printing the Biennial Register, better known us the Blue Book from the coloF of its binding, Begun (o collect manu- scripts, books and patiphiets, many ie hud evn thrown away in the executive mente as raovish, and Were pu irom the dealers ‘in wante paper. idea of compiling and publishing y history of the country, under the title of the American Arenives, and insued & .¢ uli volumes, the profits going to the poliuclans who secured the wecesary appropriations trom Congress. He was empha ically « gentieman—tall, stalwart, with Lusb; buck hair, and large, éxpremive eyes, whic would beatu with joy Whenever atriend brought him a rare autograph or pampbiet, KVENING PARTIES, Assemblies were held onces week between Christnas day and Ash Wednesday, to whion all of the respectable ladies of the city who | are associated with the country, and there is | the mission have au average of about twenty sick danced were invited. It wee aise for those of the Cabinet officers and Stee ak ae 3 invitat for which were "Fhe uests O'clock, ‘and after taki : ie snes irae tales ar pe od a Any way f., arte eens pings ne tre, : 4 Sar egies Gin Bene tere dance ell thelr way. one the roa: At at these parties used to tie ak about eight conversing with acquain! frequently taking another glass of pune, ten the guests were invited to the supper table, Which was often on the wide beck wi every Washington those days, The table was alwi evidences of the culinary skill of the house. There was # roust ham at one en saddle of venison or mution at the other end, and some roasted poultry or wild ducks rid way; @ great varie cake wusa manos of pride, "ans con ‘wag pever apy i of puneb, with decanters of madeira. diplomats gave at it was seldom seen except at roy wicantfoss, "At eleven there was eral exodi after the veal scramble for hate, ae PaaS Stee toe juests entered their w intimate friends pf the rt it enjoy a contre-dance br to take @ of punch, Lut by midnight tue cy de ‘ted, e in to blow out the ais ite Or ee ue ce Sma hom ———— 199 FLOWERS FOR THE ‘The Varieties That are Favorites wien Invalids—The Work of the Flower Mis- sion. ‘The ladies of the St. Dorothes flower mix sion sre extending thelr work beyond the hospitals and are visiting poor invalids at their bomes. ‘They bring fresh Bowers into the sick room. A STAR reporter called on one of the most active ladies of the mis sion the other evening to tedk about fow- ers and sick folks, tome people have ap idea that it is the province of alll charitable missions to deal in tacts; cut, dried, and well- cured facts, or preserved facts, such as of sweets ‘nd Jellies, and corm starch or custard; or mManulactured and well worn facts, in the way of old clothes. The flower mission act upon the idea that the other senses not controlled by the palate need some food to live upon, and the appreciation with which their work is re ceived by the sick goes to show that they are Tight. During the short time they have been at work they have distribused abou a thousand bouquets amoug Ube sick in the hospitals and in the bumbie Lome. Everywhere ee bave gone they have been received wita sniiles and Dlessiuys, and exch coming has been looked forward {o by the weary invalids. Some of the sick rooms they huye Visited haye been sick Toums jor twenty years, und all that time the poor inmates have been ‘deprived of a sight of the green fields and fresh flowers. ‘To these th gilts of the lower missiou are better than any delicacy the cvvk or the cunleciioner gan de- Vise. FLOWERS THAT ARE LIKED BEST, The flowers with @ delichte odor are liked best, except at tie Freedman’s hospital, There itis the coldr that tells. It ts the eye of the sick fulks there that is delighted with the gay colored flowers. ‘The fragrance doesn’t coun for as much there. Generally invalids like uh gentle iragrauce. “The rose {sa favorite tower. | The violet and filac when in season were re- | ceived with delight. ‘The mignonuelte, the | Pansy and ail the Wot-house flowers thit are | generally popular tind favor with tue siek, The | Howers thutgrow in nearly every well-lept | front-door yard all durlug the sumuer are what the sick ike to see, and the flower missi earnestly solicit everybody having such a gar- | den to send some of Ue bidssoms to thelr rooms at the Youny Men's Christian Association building every Thursday, when the ludies will bethere to receive tem, No flower 1s too humble, and neurly everybody wiv has « doar | yard With Vines or flowers,in it could send some lowers to the sick. AU present the people who make a business of dealing in flowers are de- pended upon ehiefly by the mlssign, They have | en givibg most generously. ‘The ladies are | thinking, too, of caliing upon members oi Cou- ress to yive some of the flowers sent them frou the public gardens, to be distributed amouy the sick. FIELD DAISIES. They are asking the children, also, to go out into the fields and gather datsios. The daisies are very much liked in the sick room. ‘They | something cheeriul about them. day the lidies and young girly take ont thelr | Joads of blossoms, and some one Is at the rooms | until two o'clock In the aiternoun, A number of boxes have been put up in public places with an invitation to put money {ute them for th benefit of this charity, One of these was put upin the Capitol at the entrance of Statuary ball, but it tas trequently been raided and the lock’ broken otf, One of the didiiculties met with is in getting | people generally tosend lu Bowers. ‘The ladies of | Every Thurs | People outside of the Lospitals tw visit each week, and iu their rounds they trequently tid causes that appeal to them igr otner acts of charity. ‘CARING FOR THE LITTLE ONES, At one hospital, for instance; they found sick woman Who had a family of little ebil-| dren home with no one to care for them except the father, who bad to be away all day at work toearn a living for them, The ladies of the mission looked after this family and kept them comiortable until the moth: ras able Lo come howe again, Maey similar cases occur, Fre- quentiy they find cases of necessity that other Wise would never be known, Carryiug flowers they can unsvlicited. The officers of the mission huve sentout notices to the reciors of the various churehes, asking that sume lady of tue cougre- ation be asked lo uct as Wardyn for the mis sion, to inform them where they can do good in cach purish, Five parishes ure now repre- sented by wardens und they want to have a warden in every church. ———+e+____ ‘Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: C. H, Dismer to E. A, Hills, sub lots 46 and 47, sq, 363; $2,475. George E. Emmous 8.8. kug- lish, pts. 28 to $1, sq. 1026; $1,300. Jumes Sheridan to Mary C. Peterson etal,, lot 30 South Grounds, Columbia college; $4,500" Mary E. Baker to Jobn Murdock, lot 61, d 5,750. May Belle Colgrave to Columbus Dei 4no, pl. SUL Sd, sy. 240; 6,050, G. Mason, trustee, 10 J,8, cdWarus etal,, trustees, lov 3 sg. 720; $40." M. Velinda Ciupman to sume, lois 43° Gud 46, do; $—. John Sherman w ¢. Lemar, sub lots 184and “17, aq. 97; 8737. Z.veitz 0 H.L. Dauterich, pt ag. 408; 84,750. Mary C. Dean wo Mary U, Washington, lots 3, v und 10, sec. 1, Burrvilie; g4uU. Hurrict Suunders to Josephine A,B. Mason, sub lols 39) and 40, sq. 214; $2,200." J. W. Hogg o Mary C. Peterson et ul, iof 31, South College grounds; 35,000. Mary “L, Peterson to Ellzaveth Ne rower, lot 35, do; §—, Apna A. Thumas lo Mary "E. Frecmau, lot 8, bik, $1, Columbia, Heights; $3,012.25. J. J. Edvon et ul. to Mary, E. Freeman, do.; $—. Catherine RK. Chenowith w Annie Earley, sub lot 65, sq. 18: i. G B. Kibbey et ul, to Aaron Baldwin, py sq. 708; $50. A. Baiwin to John’ EY Herrell, pt. do; $250, Nannie 8. Prout et al. to Laura &. Jones, lot 22, #4. 926; $996.25. Aunie G, Glover w kdwin Burris,’ pi. 3, #q. 10% 912,000. James Harlan to Esther C. Levy, premises 1837 11th street; $7,000, Catherine Huziett to A. Bliss, sub ©, sq. 26; $8,700, J, Stevens,trustec,to 'f Brows, pl. 2, 6.643; $875. J.C, Lay et al. wo A, Gloetgner, sub 62, bq. 342; $5,500. J.G. Hill to Mary J. McAllis. ter, pt. 5, 94. 118; $8,007.50. A. ‘Temple et ul. to Marcia b. Hillings, lot P, xq. 732; #—. W. A. kinkle to H. G. Brewer, pus dl aud 4: Pieasunt; $1,400. W. J. Newton te W. tello, sub lows 28 and 33, 6g. 2058s ¥1.054, J. Johnston t: D, W, Harriott, sub 43, 8 b Mt. Pleusaut, $2,500. Anne 3.’ Green to James is, Berry, wale Gag, 312; $0,500, °C" ES , Hoover, trustee, pt. 7, sq, sq. 701, pls. 6, 7 pnd 9, sd. 821, and #-. C. L. swing te sume, sub '@—. J.C, Davidson to Mary EL 3, 748; $2,300, Same to oemaker, Pt. Y8, don; $1,150. Ly it. Thitls to Hele Testo bees sub Bs, Widow's Mite; soy alouvowar #80 ‘Mare 5 i itleburds, lot 2 ‘743 Wan V Ferris wos Gpponiainer, 3, Sheds. Chinaring taemaa i ua “Hardy, BS. tot. Wi Baoan Ha ae 683, 98,097.50, ‘Graban to H agar au pares 3 1 Groen wy Mary L. Goadiové, sub, aa, 286; 03, ‘are Dulany, dg to HE. Davis, pt. sub 44, #g, 1 2 Mone gertio Goidbers, he 2, Qs }1,200, seat ie T, “Glagins wv 3 ‘bik. 16, Meridien 241 id in ed eg the a. 4 "A. Holines, M, Head 1 Noging “ 1c 1a io Tier poison La Frletoe io dating ji Wot’ 6 ad 10, oye BL, Bayt p ple tlhe Base Ball in the Streets, ‘To the Réltor of Tum Bvawime Szas: Would i not be well forthe police to pay FE: | of spending their spare ume. | afforded | knowiedge in ey > where wey could not bearing alms | Mi ‘The Library Provided for Jack when Afloat. BOOKS SERVED OUT BY THE NAVIGATIXG OFFICER—RECENST ADDITIONS TO THE SHIP LIBRARY—THE EIND OF BOOKS WHICH UNCLE SAM THINKS SAILORS BHOULD RAD, No one has ever questioned the wisdom of viding our navai vessela with plesty of ling matter for the benefit of both and men, It bas only been within the past few years, however, that abip libraries consisted of more than a Bible, prayer book, encyclopedia, French and 9 Spanish dictionary, and afew Sandard professional works, Finy years oficigis were anziots ta improve the pee sonnel of the servioe recogpined (he advantages to be obtained by providing both officers and ‘mon with facilities ior reading standard worke, particularly connected with thelr -profession, but no active steps In this diregtion were taken. Then the Magh ryit and all litera iaene vere sae vine war, Raval vesscls were supplied with books 10 ai irt tr aie and Somalia menaet, but it was not Vd 4 com} jes Were ent Hed yy sud since then additions pd pore sa i = iy eeches veuse! goes 8 wii library such as any one might ry. ‘THB BOOKS contained in this library have been very care- fully selected, with a vjew of furnishing both entertaining and 1 itive reading, There are Do works of pure fiction, but there are very jut Ming books of ttevel, bic raphiess panic Be ly of militwry avd naval heroes, bi! tories, ustorical sketches and professional works, ie object in view is to keep the men informed t countries to which they are apt to go and ‘te familiarize them with the deeds und ‘Of those who have become eminent in tuulties tor gaproving Us eo mprov voteentou ally. ‘The iibraty 1s solected by the bureau Of Ne aa witb the approval of the Secretar ofthe Nuvy. It consists of three hundred ani sixty-three handsomely bound books, The library stoek ts keptat the New York navy yard, from “which place the ships are supplied: At the other yards and stations however there can geuerally be found » sample of ‘ne naval bray. Wien # ship is prepared for wen abe is supplied with u libraty just us she is with Ute other necessaries for sea service. The bouks are generally kept in the cupiain’s cabin, In storing them advantage ¥ taken of every avallable space, but usuully shelves are erected over the doorway of the captain’s cabin and are also arranged on the walls, so that they will Rot bein the way. THE LIBRARIAN. The captain of the ship is, of course, ip charge of the library, as he 1s of everything on board, but the navigating officer igete librarian and issues the books us they are desired to officers end men, Each vessel is supplied with ten or Podozen catalogues, neat title | biue-bound Ks, $0 thal selections ean be readily made. ‘The Looks are yaucd in the same manner as fs | Usually the case in ibrurles, The one who raws a book ts responsible tor its safe return, and it it disappears be has to make gaod U0 amount necessury to repluce it. There is no fixed Ume for the retention ot a book, but it there ure requests for 4 book that 1s out, Uuly a Teasouable iength of tine for keepiug’ic Is al- lowed. When u vessel Ix at sew the men can only snatch time for reuiling occasionally, ve- bwetu thelr watches, but wulle a vessel isin pol ample opportunivies ior sitting down and wictly enjoying a book, The crew then huvé turday aud Sunday Ww the evenings. They lve supper eatly and haye plenty of time generally, particularly in the summer, to read Lelure it grows dark, Olticers waturally have more leisure apd can oot eBUrely, 3 devote the whole eveuing when olf duty to | reading. AROUND THE WARD ROOM LAMP, When cadets are graduated at the Naval academy now afier their four years’ course they cannot drop their studies, Hut ara compelled to keep them up on thefr two-year yrulse in order that they may be able to puss tht final exami nation op thelr veturn, lu this way bablts of profitable reuding wre inculcated’ which are Usually lasting, aud the facilities afurded tor obtaining access to books reading are fully uppre yy Uae ville aboard ship. “The nuwuler of the meno. Ute crews ou ‘the sips who take pleas ure in reading during spare hours is rapidly inereasing, and Jwek begins to show av auppreciatiqn of the literary udvant- 8 ailorded bin. ‘The uubit of reading ie uctive books wuturally beuefits the Inen meptally, and affords them a pleasant method Every effort is now being made tp elevate the sailor. ‘The ad- | Yanced training school at the Washington navy yardend at Newport are turnin; Ales thoroughly equipped in knowledge und experience regarding modern ships, maynineny fnd guus, aud they ure being disiribul 101 the vessels of the navy, und will uctus instruc tors Wo their less tortunate shipmates, ‘This ad- Vaneed training, togetuer with the facilites Dips wg out gradu for extending their rection, will; it Is ex- pected, have wooderiui eifect’ upon Phe navy und will clevate its intellectual add moral standing, NEW BOOKS, The chief of the bureau of navigation has Just made quite an addition to the ship library | by purchasing thirty-three new books for the already weil equipped library. By glancing over the titles of these books one can’ readily see the churacter of Ue reBding matter that in supplied to the ships. ‘These books are: Explo sive Materials, (Bertiielot); £xplosives, (Eissiery, Surveying, Hydrograpuic, (Wharvony; Mou calin & Wolté, (Parkinan); Chemistry, (Cook); History of England, (Knight), 1; Gulenga, Epi sodes Of my 2d Lite; Bisinarck iu Branco-Ger- man Wa ch); Our Chuueeildr, (Busch); Talteyraud & Louis XVIII; Miot dé Melito, jemuirs; Me wich, Memoirs, 2 Vols; Oceana, glist in Treland, (Piotde); 1 » (Hornaday), Early ‘dan @ Theban Supretaucies; Americay Diplumacles, (Sciyley; Greek Ise lands and Turkey, (reid); The bight tor Mis souri, (Suead); Persia, (Gusset); lu the Hima- Jayas, (Cumming), 2} Rise of Huguenots in hoverians; Sparc France, (Baird); t Empires uf Bust, (Sayer); Lnantry Fire ‘Sucties, (Mayne); Sit Edward Co Memolrs; Operations of ‘at Mattes, (ELotty; (2-Va.); History tutes, (Bryant), Lite of Gua, Geo. Thomas; Consular Keminiscences, (Horatinunn.) ‘These LOOKS were selected from a very large uber submitted, aiter 4 good deal of thought, The remainder of tuis well-equipped [brary consists of the Bible and prayer book, standard law books, copies of the Revised Statutes, diplo- matic publications, naval and military’ sland works, baval intelligence publications and otuer rolessional works, dictionaries uf various uuges, & Very Complete collection of American istorical and biographical works, many Works ‘Of general history wud Liviogy, atiasses and geo graphical works, and a long ‘list of books o! a Iniscelianeous characte: —-0@. THE ABUSE OF FAN! People Who Fan the Backs of the Necks of Their Neighbors. Full rounded Justice has never been done to the woman with a fan. It is true that this fe- male is not perennial. She has her season like the files and the mosquitoes. But when the first faint breath of spring comes to breathe upon the icy grasp of wintery when there is @ mild Suggestion of flowers and spring dresses, then she begins ouce more to be a power in the world, Her theater of action 1s mainly the church, and there on any Sunday her vijtime may beseen shivering and snaking and mov- ing uneasily about w avold the chilling blasts of air that are Hung off from the fan that moves ‘Qs 11 1t was operated by clock work. Wien the air first beyins to play about the buck of the neck, aud everybody knows what a delighuul Sensation that is, the person most directly in- terested in that particular back of the neck be- gins to Jel cold aud clammy, and tries without ‘Byail to get out of the range of the gale, Some- Umes a fan 18 spread over tue afflicted part, but the creator and ruler of the intruding Zephyr remains oaluily unconscious, After @ while the rigidity of the neak begins wo spread, and the cwner draws up whatever ‘wrap ib near at hagd und huddfes down behind it ‘The ould winds sll sweep along, and until the parson has reached seventhly auld lastly it jaa contest between the wrupand the relent. Jeas fan with the odds all the time in favor of ot the sl exposition of the Golden Rule etree the sanct ary tl the exalted thought that she will carry this gospel to some one Whom sue kuows does not practice it, There are sume people +0 have been Known to be quite incessant users of the fan, and yet who are conscious that there be le in ‘their vicinity ee as uae hae may aki ares fae eadaaeer esis vast [nay dt ‘the great army of ian manipu- Patri er ne ag eat caters : ateres nf ‘It is amas note the influ- n6e O« aucl in an audience, Theirealm- ness stands out in stril ntrast with the unrest of their vigtims. They endure the di ereciipem aces yore, 3 to'stop tanning a scones they leave the ohurot, Something in this style wos what « Br. porter heard (ag other’ evening, when eee east peappened to tur Tio the subject of ‘DB interesting discussion of the oFigin of the ‘custom 10. 901 more attention to the dangerous practice of boys pitching thelr heavy beee balls to end fro on the sidewales, It fe not only a very ungom- fortable sensation, feeling that you may be litt, but I bave myself on more then one oecasion Botpug gi "these who as ever w sborteom! gonside! u ety it preverviag law and order: Not however, of late apy arrests mE forbidding inmay tnt 0g, ib were best to revive. About the quaint and beautiful form What one member party at Vee ry portant oa, subject—namely, as she 1a a great deal of the time, there are | gn Ake Je grea des! of sue itl | grand’ urmy. He has a strong voice, tat calls | The | | | | | | Campaign conuiittees of both Members of the House Whe Afe Known As Effective Stump Speakers. MASTERS OF POPULAR ORATORY WHO CAK SWAv THE MASSES, ABD ARE THEREFORE SOUGRT ATTER BY TBE CONGRERSIONAL CABPAIGN COMMITTERS, Seth L. Millikin, of Maine, is one of the best campaigners and stump speakers in the House. A egod stump apeaker is not ni gnclo queng man ip the halls of Opngreqs, Bome of the men Who keep so quiet and do so little in the House that observers wonder what induced their people to send them there, are most effec tive apcakers on the atump, and are apt in all the arts of politics, It is to this thatthey owe their places, But Mr. Milliken stands well both as’ 9 legislator snd acampaigner. He is not ® great talker on the floor, but speaks occa sionally. He was one of Biaine’s confidential lieutenunts during the late Presidential cam- paign, nd will, perhaps, be in the field for him gain in ’88. He has been making political ‘speegies since he wax seventeen years old. ‘Maine has two other republican stump speak- ers—lieed and Boutelle—but their audiences should be altogether of their own party. Either ‘wept Yo leritate and offend any one hold! dit At political convictions m himself. Nelther is ever sent out on a pilgrimage after converts, Emory Storrs was another brilliant ‘whom tie campaign committee bad jo ‘cep under cover when drumming up recruits, Any one of these men ean abuse the democratic arty in a way to offend every man who ever longed 9p It. ‘The deanocrats have a speaker of the same sort in toe person of Gen. Bragg. He is gitted with abusive eloquence, such as will fire the Hearts of an assemblage Of his own partisans, but repei the oj sition, Mr. W. C. P, Breckenridge, of Ky., has the voputaticn of being the Gnest and most effective Stump speaker the democrats have, besides belg one of the most finished orators in the louse, Butterworth and Burrows are probably th two best campaign speakers the republica have in the House, Butterworth is said to {he most eective of all, engaging in bis deli ery, overpowering iu his assaults, and so quic! ehasiors that few men dare measure tongues with im. Culberson, of Texas, who maintains @ repu- tation in (he House for ablilty, without having anything to say more than once or twice in & session, 13 a power when talking to the Texas boys rom the stump, Mot the Texas delegation are good cam- paigners. When Mills talks free trade to bis constituents even the sheep men ure co Verted, Itiseaid that a delegation of woe growers once waited on bim to give warning that he could never go back to Congress by talk- ing free wool. When they went away they r ported that they thought Mr, Milla was right; red no protection. McKinley taiks effectively the other way from the stumps ot Ohio, convincing his hearers Laat wool won't grow on the sheep’s back with- an aby of between ten and twenty cents per ponnd, Mr. Geddes is an old time campaigner. He tuiks old time democratic doctrines (With little protection-for-wool thrown in), and tells | his audience how unsafe the affairs of w uation are when in the hands of republicans, Gen. Grosvenor is always held up as an ob- ct of tear in debate to Mr. Warner, who Is iso @ great talker to bis constituents. These two meu always abuse each other during a campaign, Grosvenor has a very sharp tonghe. Gen, D. B, Henderson on one leg stumps the | eguaily loud for pensions and for soldiers’ voi Collins, of Massachusetts, has lots of native ; Irish wit, and {sa very brilliant and amusing campaign talker. The campaign committees ulways have him on their list, McAdoy, of | New Jersey, 1s another, und Crain, of Texas, 1s ‘Lhe republicans always count Browne, of In- Giuna, among their speukers during a hard- fought campaign. Daniel 1s geuerally relied upon to awaken the oid spirit o1 chivalry and hatred of Mahone among Virginia democrats. Aepburn, iiscock and Lanham are always on the list Of republican campaigners, W. b, Hill votes to consider the Morrison | bill “and talks tariff reform. to the people in | Olio, “He is reckoned high up among those Lo ie eulted on ina bard-iought eampalgn. Ex-Kepresentative Hurd is eloquent on the | ptuinp or in the foram, atch, of Missouri, carries the farmers away frou their plows tong enough to convince thei | thet the democratic party is the iiend of the Ullers of the soll, He is & good stump orator, | Along the southern members Oxtes is one of | viest talkers to the people. Norwood, of im, is a muster of irony, aud is one of Lhe | ost humorous of speakers, Payson is an mip orator, So is Murphy. | dull, William Waiter Phelps and | well Known, 0-15) Raudolph who ix upto more pranks tian at other man in Congress. A campaign in Vir ginia would be nouing without bine Alwuug ihe new men Taulbee and Symes, it is suid, will be rivals, They can out-aik y othe: men _in the House aguinst o ulvee for the democrats, Symes: rad Ds i is @ hardy old stumper of South Caro- isor the old school, bluut and eu spoken, carrying an argument by hils personal orce, he | Wilson, of West Virginia, is a modest man, who is rated high by the campaign couuilte Wilborn ig a strong stump speaker. J.B: er, Worthington, Richardson, Rogers, ell and Bayery are all relied upon Ww icad ie people. ‘There are other good campaigners in the ‘House, but these ure about the most conspicu- ous for thi uliar ability to address popular avy are the men who, during «ie olf years,” when their own district in good shape, go over to help some of tieir less torvu- pale codeagues. During presidential cam- Palgn tey are wlways In the field, woerever tne committee sends tuem, The congressional parties ure now at work al the headquarters bere, and they've “gol em on the List.” Sse. A Curions Cause of Death. From the Fredericksburg (Va.) News Mrs, Fanny A, Lewis died at her residence in this place on Friday morning last, aged about sixty years, Mrs. Lewis for many mouths past ‘us suflered intensely from an affliction which completely batiied the skill of the physicians of this city, who have assiduously waited upon her, ay Well us physicians elsewhere, whom sie had consulted. Such was the singular character of the malady that no surgical operation su; gesied iwell tor her relief. Some days betore bh death she asked Laat a post-mortem exuimina- Uvn should be made in the inverest of scicuce, und that aiterncou the same was made by Dr, Martin, ussisted by Drs. Roy and Ashton, wi a tuitof hair was discovered inside of ‘het large as a man’s fist. The physicians gay that no such case Is recorded in the medical works, ‘and has not occurred before in tueir ex perience Mrs. Lewis has resided in this place almost continuously since her return from Caliornia, in 1851, when she was a passenger on tie ill: fated steamer Central America, which was lost atsea, when her gallant caplwin, Wm. Lewis Herndon, a native of this city, and a number of the crew aud passengers went down with the ship. Mrs. Lewis, upon leaving the ship, re- ceived trom Capt. Herndon bis wajeh, with the request that if saved she woullf deliver the Same to Mra, Herndon, then residing in New York city, whieu trust was faithfully fuldilled, oo Child Stealing Sensation. A LITTLE GIRL SEIZED AND CARRIED OFF IN HER NIGHT Diese, A sensational case of capturing a child is re- ported from Bernville, near Reading, Pa, Mrs, Minnie Rhine resides there and in her family was a very pretty 3-year-old girl named Minnie Haines, Mre, Rhine bad taken the little girl to Talse, and up to Sunday afternoon she was not ‘only well cared for but was the little idol of the household. Mrs. Rhine alleged beiore Judge Ermentrout that Sunday atternoon, while the Child wasup stairs sleeping, a closéd carriage was hastily driven up'to lier house and the orses stopped: that a well dressed young mun hastily dismounted, entered the yard aud the house, and during lier absence went up stairs to where the child was lying, grabbed up the dazed little one and carried’ ber down in her night clothes into the carriage, whereupon the horses were rapidly driven away. ‘The lady sobbed very pititully as she remarked that wie the lust seen of herlittié Minule,and that she did not kuow where they had taken ner to, ‘THe CHILD'S FATHKE AccUsED, Mrs, Rhine further alleged that she has reason to believe that the party wus the father of the child, who bad placed the little one in # chari- table’ institution some time ago, whence she had obtained ber, Ju Btrout granted ‘a writ of habeas the possession of the child, and papers Were put in the sheriil's hands to bring the accused mun into court, ‘The Aight of the party through the town with atu | structare. the baby girl in ‘his arms created intense ex- citemen! Virginia News, The Lexington (Va) Gazette says: The sum- mer resorts in the Warm Springs Valley are doings larger business this year shan at pre- vious seasons at this early day in the summer, ‘The stage and express line 1s being tested to its Tull eapseity tonendle the business to aud srase ‘the sprit J ‘ingfield was sick soadey ingtold, yas taka so sick. on the Nelson count ad- ie tee the bench age BRAL ESTATE Coser, What Mr. Willard Says tn Regerd te the Award of the Lihvary Jusy. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PROPERTY AGAIN IN THE ACTIVE MARKET—THE UNIVERSITY PARE IMPROVEMEBS—THE PROPOSED GRAND MOTEL AND OTHER BUILDINGS, ‘The completion of the work of the site Jury, after @ session of three weeks, and = ouncement of their valuation of the tures squares south of, East Capitol street, hes beeu the important real estate feature this week, The fact that the amount of the rard fell within the limit fixed by Congress is cause of ‘and insures the ere ton of the building in this locality, although the dissatisfaction felt by some of the property holders will probably delay the commence- ment of the work, and there ts @ possibility of their preventing the building from eyer being ereoted there. Ifthe transfer of the property to the government is Ainally brought about, it will have ap effect on property in all parts of the clty, as those who have sold their homes will urchase in other localities, and the opportuni. of obtaining bricks from the demolished buildings at low rates will induce many to improve vacant ground, rge uu er, wish 40 retain thelr residenge, OB Capitol Hill, which will make demand for property there, and already owners have begun to raise thelr prices in anticipation. The dl of over @ half million of dollars for the site alone, and then the subsequent expepditun of over a million of dollars for the bul ing we have a very appreciable effect, not alone upon f etteetcetacs We eae a the city, the jury is, theretofe, e very important one, and while, as sated above, there are wome objections made by naividuals who naturally think that full sticr has pot been done to their Interests, yt here is no disposition to question the integrity TE was not supposed that the Yall ation "of "property comprised within three Squares could be made to conform in every iu- Sianee with the individual judgment ofeach of the jury. roperty bolder, but it is said that m: of the bone are satisfied with the awards made. ‘here are some instances where it would seom injustice bus been done to the ow! tor stance, where a. property of value has been bringing ju a rental so ea vo pay six Percent net on a certain amount, The owner Jelt that he ought to recelve for his property the Amount of the principal ob watep ne realized his net interest. Qn this point a, va feporter made an inquiry of Mr. Henry A. Willard, the chairman of the jury, and he sald that while the rental received for w property determined, to some extent, its market value, Zot t could ‘uot be taken asd standard of value, He cited property iu these squares, the actual Value of which was some $4,000 or $5,000, which rented for less money than property of considerable legs Value in What would be re- garded us a less desirable locality. How did you get at your estimate of the wf property?” asked the reporter. “We considered,” way the reply, “the value of the land wud tue vaiue of the improvements separately, Our judgment of the value of the jaud was’ determined to a large extent by Whutit Lud yold for in a recent period am What bud Leen asked for it and what was now asked jor it, Oue man who bad a few mouths betore purchased a piece of property, relused to teil what he had puid for it, and it was found from the record of the deed that our value Hon was three times what he bad paid for it Bus Jury individually went over every toot of jand ‘und then compared their estimates, which Were based largely upon information obtained from recent transactions and what ownersand ugents asked tor property in the vicinity, In tls yay, the Jurors, went oyee, the satire ground inany times, and it was not unt hud devermiied upon the values of the ditter- et properties that they fooled up the eutire Awards aud ‘ound that it eame within some 1,800 of the sum fixed by Congress. It may e thought that they seated down the valua- Uons In order to come within this amount, but Such Wits Lot the case. “Alter the Jurors reached a conclusion,” cou tinued My. Willard, “us to the value of the ground, Lucy tien cobsidered the value of he improvements, aud by our Judginent aud upon imormition irom experts and otbers, caleu- lated tie cost of Lue improvements. Ib cases Where thy ground 1s Ligh aud tue improve. iments of tue Value, the Tatter are thus rated property, Intact, improvements cer ate of no Value except as old bricks, which bring $2.50 or $3 per thousand, ‘Tuere’ were bUL IW ‘houses in these squares Unat had cost a great geal of moifuy, and in such iustauces the Jurors endeavered "to fud out how muen it wouid cost now to bulld a similar It sometimes bappens that @ ian nuy DUlid & Louse extravagantly, but its actual aiue is whl it Would briug when pluced on the inuskei. Now in general,” conoiuded Mr. Willard, “iuere are two tacts to be borne in mind. 1 see that some one has made the caleu- lation that tor the amount pamed in the bill these tire squares would cost $2.424y per fool, Our award tsa trifle less than tis. 1ueh agala, tie jucorm hud Lie recent assessment belure | then, whicu tas just been completed, Now, in every'lusiauce, Lie awards Were far In excoss of Uses’ asseased Values, whieh will form the vasis 0; (wsuuon for the next three years, As is well Known all such ussessiueuty are considerably Jess tuun the cash values of the property. It would seem Lbat parties who are compelied to break up their homes, move aud und mew homes Would be entitled to damages, but the Tuling of the court was iu the 1ollowing words: ‘lu assessing damages the Jury must consider only the value of property aud Improvements, leaving colluieral injuries Wo be determined 18 another way.” A COLUMBIA HEIGHTS REVIVAL. ‘The record for the past week shows quites numberof transfers of suburban building sites ou botb sides of 14th street, just beyond the Boundary, and Messrs, Parker & Townsend state that during the mouth of June they have made sales in thts locality, aggregating $120,000. For some time past the activity in Suburban property bas inelined more to the uorthwest, butduring the past mouth there scems vo Lave been a revival of interest in this section, which two or three years ago ex- perienced u very lively boom. The purchase of the Stone estate by Senator John Sherman and Mr, A. 4. Burber und its subdivision into wuat is known us Columbia Heighus was tollowed some Lune alterwards by an era of activity Wiieh resulted in the trausier of neariy the entire tract to individual Investors, “Owing to the Jact that Dut few improvements were made tie movement ceased and there has nut been much done in this “property _ tor some time. There are recent indications of its again coming invo the active market and the prices obiaived ure an evidence that it is BULL regurded us desirable for building sites, although the preseat figures are not the rather funcy prices Laat prevailed when the boom wus ALi heigut, ‘Tue lol at the norawest corner Of Clifton and 13th streets, opposite the resi- dence of Senator Logan, was sold. this week for 73 cents per fool, Lhe one at the southeust corner of Roanoke and 14th streets, ironuiug LOU lect on the later street, realized ‘6U cents per foot, while the northeast corner brougut 55 cents’ per tot, ‘The lot on We noriheust curuer of Yale aud 14th streets was bought ior 40 cents per 100i, while the southeast edruer of Yale and 14th streets, the southwest curuer of Yule und 13th sireets, and tbe worthwest eor- her of Huanoke aud Lith streews were sold in @ Dlock ut $3 cents per 1v0t, UNIVERSITY PARK SITES, The activity on Columbia Heights seems to huve attecteu the property on the opposite side of 14th street, or vice Versu, as the cave may be. ‘The grounds formerly occupied by the old buildings of the Columbian University before the removal to the Landsume structure on 151! street Were purchased by Mir. W.G HIM and subdivided, it is now kuown us University park, The’ lots frouting op 1dth stireey wre Feventy and seventy-live feeb wide, with depth of over 200 feet. ‘There are three sireets running cast and West, dividing the land into blocks, and one running P@rallel with 14th street.’ Permission has been asked irom the Commissioners to grade, curb and lay side- walks along theso streets under the oontract system. Mr, Justice Harlan, who hes bought two loti fronting on 14th street und one tn the reur, cents per tuo, proposes to bégin tne erection bf'a hadsoine: recidonoe for bls own use, Adjoining these lots to the north Dr, Robert MeMurdy, of Dayton, Ohio, has bought two almilur ‘at the” same figure. Cupt. A. A, Thomas has also pur- cased two similar lots on the 14th-strest fropt for the same price, Senator Cullom bas pur- chased two lots, each 50 feet front, on Euclid Place, u street ronning east and west, lor which he putd 40 cents, similar lots on the same street have been purchased by Judge C.8. Ban- dey und Mr, A. L. Bliss, of Boston, the latver's lot, however, having w frontage of 70 feet, The sithation is’a commanding one, and if the present intention of the owner ts curried out, to sell only to people who intend to build, there willbe no doubt improvements made of & per Muneut character, which will hasten the pre- cies! bullding up that portion oi the northern 4.ROLD REAL ESTATE OPERATOR. ‘The owver of University park, Mr, W. C, Hill, isa firm believer in the future of Washington, ‘and be has shown his taith by investing largely. He said recently that it be had # hundred thou- sand doliuts to invest be would guarantee a return of 100 per cent in three years, Mr, ee 4s w bold operator, and when he ht umbian Sait grounds, some oy ‘years ago, ‘and then at once began» series of purchases, Which resulted in bi uiring Uitte to nearly all the land om each avenue extended, from to the leytown road, people, predicted thet be would sid'ofaayudioate! who is urging tng ‘the’ Sesneee aay chusetts avenue property, ant i i , te i city, where lereste. THE PROPOSED GRAND HOTEL, ‘The project that bas been discussed a great recent years of erecting in this o laws ond eieaant bats hes len Saree tba. v4 ry The tnsorporatore ary Soares . and that any more must be paid up be- WieBonas are ined: Tae eal esate “upon which the company ‘will build the hotel isto be free from taxation for ten years after the buliding is completed and the hotel is opened to the public, ‘One of the incorporators, Mr. John W. Thom ‘a Star reporter that he had A peon, given bis name tothe enterprise because he ‘was in favor of any movement that would tend to build up the city. He ht that now Washington needed « large hotel with appoint: ments in keeping with the character of the dis- Ungulshed sisitors from all portions of tne globe and with some regard for the rapidly in- creasing population. It was now proposed to have @ permanent exposition here, and the natural increase in the number of visitors is reason enough for the enlargement of the pres- ent hotel facilities. Neither the plan nor the have as yet been determined upon by incorporators, but the idea of some ts to have a large six-story buildi located If poss ble case entire square, with nis of marble. ‘The idea is to have something like 500 room: nd {n order to add to the comitor! of quests thé hotel will be built about a court, which will be laid out as @gerden, with tountains, &c. The fi Ing and iurnisiing of the build! will be the finest stzle and alter the must approved AN ATTRACTIVE RESIDEXCE. AD attractive residence has been placed un- der contract from the plans of W. Bruce Gray, arebitect, for Mr. Frankiin W. Lanta, on 19th street near teircle. ‘The frout is simply Dub attractively treated. “A bold bay window ex- ling to the third floor forms the key to the ana tae ; the lines continuing to the eaves nd Normiuating 1p @ tower roo: with pictur. esque dormer window. A handsome flight of stone leads w the front enirance door, Shion ie hecsteted with @ panel of carved brick: ‘Phe material used is to sls with Connecti- stone steps and trininings, copper leaders and moldings and finish to’ dormer windows, The pilav is simple and com pac! at Boor, parlor, library and dining roon pisirease, hall and butier’s pantry. ‘The itbrary Separated from the hall by a handsome im the basel t is kitchen, laundry with cell: nd the upper floors ith bath room and ain- ———_—¢ee_______ THE LETTER CARRIERS. Making Collections From Letter Boxes on Tricycle, THE HOURS AND WORK OF A LETTER CARRIER— WALKING KIGHTERN OR TWENTY MILES A DAY—HOW THRY “ROUFR” THEIR LETTERS— THE HEAVY TRIPS, £0, Letter carrierson wheels may be one of the sights which the near future has in store for Washington, In fact such @ sight can be seen now ifone lingers around the city post oftice ‘and watches tie carriers aa they go to and from the office. Au experiment is being made to test the practicability of using the tricycle in making collections from the boxes. A tricycle ‘of the pattern used by some business men in the city, built with » large basket in front of the rider is being used. Tue contents of the boxes are placed in the basket. “so far,” said Mr. James E. Bell, superintendent of tue city delivery, to @ 8Tax reporter, speaking of the trleycle, “It seems to be quite a success. Car tiersareable to mount and dismount more quickly than from a wagon, and to get over quite as much ground as with a bore.” The trteycle, of course, 18 not considered practica- ble “in tnaking house-to-house deiiveries, but ‘the work of collections may be expedited by their use, THE LIVE oF A CARRIER. bard,” anid one for my part, so tar asthe work is coucerued, I would rather work laying paving stones in the sirect than to do the work of wcarrier. The amount of walking @ carrier has to do day after day, carrying from 10 w 30 pounds of mail, is in itselt albard day Work. In this city it ts worse than in others. Why? Because of the wide parking in front of Ube houses on most of the streets. A man has to go in through the parking toa trout door, then retrace his steps to the sidewalks, go w the next house, take another walk to tne front door and so on. On some streets, like k street, @ men has to walk the distance 61 nearly ball ® square in going irom one house io another. Sometimes, of course, a carrier can cut across the parking, but most people put up picket fences or barbed wire fences so the carrier can- not do that,” WHAT A PEDOMETER SAID, Some time ago a pedometer was worn by a varrier in tho olfice, One day the pedometer registered twenty-two miles from the time be Went on duty in the morning uutil he quit at uight. Another day he wore it ouly when out Of the office on his route and it registered eigiteen miles. | Any one who thinks a eurrier has nothing to do but walk from house lo house Would change bis mind if he could look into the carriers’ room some day betore the carriers slurted outona trip. ‘The mail tor city de- livery is sorted by ‘@ squad of clerks in large boxes or pigeon oles, by routes. “Line carrier gets his muil from his box, When be geis 1b he bus W assert itin the order in which the letters and parcels are to be delivered, or, in th @ language of the office, Le has to “route” it, Eapert carriers “route” their mail very rap- idly, baving in mind @ map of their route aud Just'the course they propose to take, THE HOURS ov DUTY, ‘The average number of hours carrier is on duty in the office is 11, Of this number 7 hours are consumed outot the office in the delivery and collection of malls. The carriers are due at Ue oifice at 6:50 o'clock ip the morning, De- liveries are made at 8 and 10 a m., 12 m.and sand 4p. m. The meu who make 5 trips a day Consume about 1 hour aud 40 minutes on the 8 o'cluck trip; 1 hour and 25 minutes each,and the 10 and 13 o'clock uips,1 hour on the 2 clock, and 1 hour and 16 ‘minutes on the 4 o'clock’ trip, taking, in ali, 6 Lours aud 45 min- Utes outdvors, ‘The 4 trip meu are out about 6 hours and 35 minutes and the 3 Lip men 7 hours and 50 minutes, The 3 trip men tough making fewer trips cover much more territory, in Lhe oullying sections of the city. Almostuie ‘entire Uwe of the carrier is occupied either in delivery or office work from 6:30 a, m, to 6:30 p. m,, as the limited Ume between deliveries Will Hot permit them to be absent irom Ue vl- fice. Iu auswer to interrogations trom the Post Olfice department as to tue elfect of tbe pro) S-hour rule tor the carriers, Postmas- ter Conger stated Ubat If the present number of deliveries is 10 be mainusiued, sucu a rule Would require the employment of not less than 30 additiouai carriers but thelr employment Woula make possible improvement of Lue ser View, by the extension of deliveries and collec Uns iD almost every section oF Lie city. THE HEAVIEST TLLP, The eight-o'clock, or earliest trip of the day, is Ue hardest, as the Leaviest mails arrive early in the morning. When a carrier returns from this trip, about nine o'clock, he has to hurry to get ready tw go out uguin ai ten o'clock, ‘Thisisa light wip. He returus a litle alter eieven and sits down toeat bis lunch, perhaps eating und distributing bis mail at the same me, as he has Wo youu again at twelvev'ciock. A eutrier when be learns lis route soon adopts nods of sorting bis jetiers, so us to insure the speediest delivery and to enabie Lin to ge over his route rapidly. Generally, the carrier iu asorting his heaviest trip Was oue rule om hich he never departs, buLon the light trips he often es, us he’ Huds that it wil “run” Letter, oF that tue longest Way around is the shortest way bome. A carrier wise route takes in two parallel streets, like 6th aud 7u1 streets, and the sireets running between them, will someties Slart up 7ib street and when he comes 1 & cross street go bali a square down that street, revurning to 7th und so op. Then wher He comes down én Strect he will go ball @ square up euch cross street, as he cumes to it, delivering te anall to the point where he left Gi All tuis ts of course iu hiy mind when be sorted his muil, and he went over is Lip mentally arranging ‘the let ters and e8, 90 Ubal the mail for each house would be right at bis hand when he caine to the house, Tne carriers will son be pro- vided with 4 set of new sorting Lables provided with boxes which, it Is thought, will iuctiitate their work. Tbe’ superintendent of tree de- livery, Col. Bates, has shown much interest in the Washingion’ olfice. Mr, Bell, speaking of Col. Bates, suid be had shown @ disposition to Lelp the Washington office on every occasion When the wanus ol the olfice have been brought to hisattention, ———__-+e6«_____ Death Undisguised. “Oh Desth, thon subtie Proteus, that dost wear Such sbifing suapes in human phaniusies, Ful would 4 see thy face without disguise, Abd Koow thee ws thou art, tor fgui oF dais.” ‘Then Death appeared, respousive to my prayer, Ti his own abpect, grandly calm abd wine ow ledge ih his oy puns sirange fe gseiedge th his 8, And from that day,as friend would walk with friend, Wepnalk the Word ogetie, he wad 1 rit ogy of life throaguewinich we wend ott he po ae Span Mawsiaia, tn the academy, Sam Small om Base Ball. ‘The pavilion at Red Rock, Minnesota, was to hear the farewell sermon of Sam Jones Tuesday Among other things Jonessaid: “If BASE BALI. Another Victory for the Netienale— Other Games The Nationals succeeded in tory from the Maroons in St. Louis yesterday by @ score of 7 to 6 Kirby, the 8t, Louis pitcher, seat six men to bases on balls, whieh Jost the game, although Gliligan was credited with five passed balls, Force did not play yes terday, and Corcoran played short stop. Glad. on resumed sition at third, and made aclean record, with @ base tit. Carroll made two double Daggers, He has been doing some good batting tater. Shaw was batted hard arly in the game, but as usual he became more effective as it progressed. The Natiouals now have won the same number of games as the Kansas City, and have lost but two more avic. than they have, Itis expected, theretore, that when the Nationals are on their own grounds, with thi additions to thelr strength, they will be tailonders no longer. Other en qomerter: At Chi 1; New York 11. At Detroit—Detroit, ton, 2, At Kansas City—Kansas City, 6; Phila. delphia, ® At Pittsburg—Pittsburg, 6; Balu- more, 0, HOW THE RECORD STANDS, | olty, Washington... St. Louts...... Pittsburg Pittsbu Gucianeti rook lyn. jetropolitan . Athletic... 25 26 |Baltimore...... BASE STEALING, Corcoran may prove a very valuable addi- tou to the Nationals, He was not given an oppor. tunity to show bis worth this year in New York, and, like Gangell, he may prove # jewel. Acoatding tothe New ork iar Corcoran 1 only loaned to the Nationals and is to return te the New Yorks it wanted, The Nationals have another new pitcher named Hilbert under engagement. veral other additions to the home nine are hinted at Which will greatly strengtien Ube team, ‘The mascot business is growing very stale. Accprding to 4 Kansas City paper the Bostons Werg recently hunting for @ masout Wo offset the ‘one possessed by Kansas City. Tate found « coal black negress, the seventh child of @ seventh daughier, who tipped the beam at 300 Qpunds. | They tntended dressing her in @ other Hubburd and putting ver on the bene. ‘The story te going. rounds Ubat the St. Louis leagueciub will quit at an ly day. thant Von der Abe, of the St, Louls Bro will buy Wide the players aun; Lucas out and will p87 Whe price for them, the ciubs who will ol credite: 1b, of Detroit, is as gentie as a lamb When in the box, He pliches steadily and with- out any delay or waiting. Usually be throws Lis arm in a circle about his head, then raises ‘one leg, and a moment later comes down bard with both feet on the ground, when the Wall eaves is Left band like « flash, gan bas caught io thirty champtonship gamesaud ts as fresh as the’ dite game be Caught, Besides playing @ grand game behind the bat he is hitting the ball’ TE Pat he is hitting Che bail lively and running Parsons, the pitcher, released by the has joined Bancrofi’s Rochester club, roseag el in two full league games for the Bos os, both of Which uid bave been won bad the team given bin decent suppart, “Three baggers” are uot as valuable as they are generally supposed w be. A batsman may make a three-base bit time and again and be Tr than he gets away from it. Itis the man who can be relied ‘upon. or @ Litnely single base hit and wno gets hame by good buse rauning who reaily helps is lu to win. “Gok, who caught on the Nationals last year, coul ‘The Cross brothers, of Cleveland, are com- ing ball players, Que is the crack catcher of Louisville; another is with Altoona, and his per & behind the bat Is suid to even. surpass thet of the Louisville catcher, eud tbe Uhird is play- ing a great short fleid gaime for Chattanooga. A bet tas been made iu St. Louis thai Kansas gv. Nd fiuish abead of Boston, St. Louis and Scleeten Ferguson has been getting great play out of Betropolitans laiels, end theie stock is ng. A bet of 850 even was made reoently In New York that the Metropoliians would finish the season ulead of the Brovklyna, heverai clubs, when they have pitchers who complain of lame arms, lay them of without pay. The lame aims get better In @ day or two. itis surprising what # medicinal effect the ab- fence of the weekiy salary has upon lameness a pitclers, Voor oid Washington Is hopelessly in the rear. Ifshe would win every guine to be played she Would fail short of the chumpionsiip.—Aansas Cuy Times. She may huve w win Duta stnall proportion of these games to aud her abead of the Cowboys. ‘The Yule dield ts by all odds the finest in the land. It 18 so large that two diamonds have been constructed, and (wo games can be played With less chance Of interiercnce than there was ‘on the New York polo grounds, when ibe New Yorks played on one and the Métson the other amon The Bostons have drawn big crowds at home notwithstanding their position in the league Tace. Hornung's knee is getting along well and he wiil join the team when they reach Washington. (esc Sup fat Saat coven ot the Ubicugo players signed ivdge at the open- ug of the seasou several of them ‘are avcused of ‘drinking Wo much Grewater. The Detroit base ball club bas formal charges against Capt. Anson, of the ‘Phicagos, lor luis conduct tn the recent game at teat ‘The Athletic management is after @ shore Stop suid to be one of the best in the country. Another pitcher is to be signed as sv0u as bi release can be bought. Everything possible is being done Ww strengthen the Athietics. Auson says of young Kyau: “He is «fine ball player aud will soou equal Ube best of them. I intend to put Kyan iuto the box as @ left handed pitcher, aud 11 be don't astonish his iviends why 1 win not any Judge of base ball, He will make one of “the best Jei-banded pitebers in Use country.” Financially Dairyuple, of the Chi said tobe better fixed than any man club, excepting Ausou, Washington bus given Detroit a harder tussle all around than any other club. ‘The Loulsviile ciuv can beat the St, Louls; the St. Louls can beut the Cincinnati; the Gi ciunati can beat the Louisville, Sweeney aud Dolan, of the ‘St. Louis teuin, have been releaied, alter belug fred eacu for disreputable conduct, ‘Mullane, ihe Cincinnati pitcher, who was @o- cused of sviling games, bus been vindicated by the American association, Feuelly, ue Cinclunail shortstop, recent Oversiepi himself and missed the train whi Was to luke him to Louisville to play a game of bail. “The management ordered & special tral at his (Feuelly’s) expense, He got there Ip Ume and piayed au exceptionally brilllapt ‘here is no second baseman who can compare with Burdock in all-round play, There are players wie make less errors, but for accuraey Kud ‘plays that require quickness, especially double plays, he hus uo superior.—Doston Peat uy HY ieil-bended man will make an effective pitcher. Waiting, ew catcher of the Wi tous ts alot “meeting expectations, le ——9 With Hines in centerfield, the Bostons would bave been abeud of Philadelphia at this date — Boston Host. With Hives in the centerfield the Nauonals may lead the Bostons, velroils big lour have made more base hits this season tian all Lhe rest of the mine put to gether. The New York team, individually considered, are the strongest lot ‘ot men on the ball feld, Some people Wink they are mostly record Players. Ii ts said that a scheme is on foot by which » Philadeiphia syndicate is to buy the Newark club for ¥15,000 aud then sell the players to the prominent clubs tuat want Wem, Finley aud Deviln are expected to make a great pony buttery tor te New Yorks, It would be a disappointment if Finley should be # fail- ure, alter all the coaxing it took Wo get him 10 sign. ‘Bennett's finger is nearly well enough to iis pince in the Devrolt enabie him w resume team. very club in the American association has deieated each of Lhe other clubs at least ont except the Cincinnatis, who bave not dei the Atuleuics yet, ‘The salaries of ‘the New York club are said to aggregate $40,000. U1 this Mike Welsh re elves $3,500, and O'Rourke, Keele, Connor Ewing ang Gerbardt $3,000 each. he Detroits want Catcher Decker, of tae Mucon club, and have offered 800 lor ule we Manager Day denies that be contemplates the Telease ui J: serberd, Foster has Usen reicased by the “Mets” and wed the Haveruiilse Me alt bes enced Australia, A club bas seamed theres os tue New York third baseman, ia lady. Will soon muiry a Puiladeiphia lady. The Washington club is ,80U sor Tiernan, the Jersey City pi OS and Trou of’ the Newark club are wanted by several jeague clubs. ‘The Mischief of Pretty Waiter Girts, ‘From the St James Gasette.