Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1886, Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. DILAPIDATED sc O01. BUILDINGS. ‘The Butldins tuspector Says the Cor dition ofthe Buiidings ts Discreditable te the District. Building Inspeator Entwisle bas made to Commissioner Ladiow # report re- specting the repairs on school houses, in which he says: Iberewith submit for your considera: fon, and if conforming to your views your approval, the estimates for repairs to be made @urtag the vacaiion on the various pubile sebeol buildings; the total amount belug $23,575.10, leaving 4 balance of $6,424.90 for Repairs that may be necessary during the re- mainder of the fiseal year. I also submit, but @ not embrace the amounts necessary for factow improving grounds. fmproveinents should. bet @ppearauce of the buildings, are very discreditable to te individual would le Distriet. > ve his premises in sued ap untnisied und unsightly condition. I Rave not mate any changes Ih the coustruction ©f the plumbing, as suggested by the inspector Of plumbing in’ bis report, except to take the waier closets out of the Curls and Place thei in w separate butiding at the rear, Sud to remove the Uasias irom the Franklin, as the fund will not admit of further changes. ‘Thore are also several of the buiidiugs the ex- tension of wick needs painting for thelr pres: ervation, wich could not be included. Since Making up the estimates I ain tnvormed vy the “voller inspector” that the bollerin the | Cranch butiding is in a defective Mts use should at once be aba: 4. To replace his boiler will cost about $600; and im counec- Lis case, itis necessary to provide a | for the new boiler When Siuished, position under the steps is a erampe: & that ft ie diMeult to freand Work it, I bave in the estimates increased the heating suriace s where they F alao bring to your Of the various bollers, muddy condition are without ex. bottom sheets from tie sc labie to burn the bott« k ean plainly see that the present and previous appropriations made fur the last six years for Tepairsare entirely inudequace 1 huve each Year staied sufficient sums but they | 1 Varlabiy been cut down. if is poor economy Jet the buildings become diiapidated. We have @chovi buildings ejuul tw auy iu the country, faud they should be properly cared lor. see He Faced the % ‘To the Esitor of T er, I am vatistied usted on the timent, therefore ie. EvENixe Sta Since the incident at the Marine band concert | last Saturday has appeared to ve of sufficient interest to warrant a notice of It In each of the papers, [ should like to give the evidence of an eye witness In correction of the impr Feportera, There was alsolutely no ground, as far as appearaices went, for the statement the President and bis wile were compe the approach of the crowd to retire irom the | portice where they stood. They came out only after the last numberof the program had be- gun, and turued to go ouly When the last strain Of it had ceased. What else was there to do? J the music until there was no mnusic nd the President trom Bho charge of fleeing trom the curiosity crowd; of course no one would atiempi to de- fend the couduct of the crowd itsel struined curiosity ts generally recognized as ‘one of the surest marks ui ill-breedi July 7, 1356. ——— Culpable Carelessness Somewhere. ‘To the Fditor of Tax EVENING STAR: Yesterday morning about nine o'clock a dog, apparently suifering from rabies, made its ap- sylvaniaavenue. Atier entering a house and Suupy ng at the furniture it was Bnally ejected and, after nearly trightening the wiis out of | every one in the vicinity, wus killed by @ gen- Ueman who ebanced by. Tue dead body of Ue dog was allowed to le in tue middle of ‘the street in front of my residence from uine car, tendered them train th congenial gre «pa man and the ilusirated papers, and sang club songs iu a way which, to acultl sical eam, was simply | lustauce, there was “Hotties.” “Hotties | you know, is the proprictorot an alleged tenor Voice, which, in # chorus, wheg it couldn't be heard, would be Tistened to with pleasure: but Lis arateur assumption of the part of Nanki | Poo to the accompaniinent of rambling wheels aud ratiling windows, was of suca a character a9 to call jorth a gentle Lint that the club motto was tempor ondition,and | orev ot | nus, is a town. of wi We rode in line througit the eity urbs asm country. sion that | the Leauty of nature, bathed ia su . vailed in the ininds of the | b meee tae @ vivid imagination aud ap ine ory. Sv here yoes to beat Wan. Black, growing; there were umbrageous foliag: Unre- | Blue Kidge was vaguely deft sky, whieh latter ¥ tnroughout its enti Were Ho clouds lo iar Ue pert ceiestial arch. We wished there had Leen. pearance on 7th street southeast, near Penn- | tiny brook ran babbling aud METMUTIUE its song of peace and happ hess as it dai scenery; I bi trees, birds, suniigh’ ee THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C.. A VISIT Te HAGERSTOWS. the Capital Bicyele Club Cele- brated the Fourth. PEN PICTURE OF A ROAD RIDE—THE CELEBRA- TION AT HAGERSTOWN—FUN ALL DAY AND A JOURNEY ALL NIGHT—AMUSING SCENES AND NCIDENTS, The following account of the recent bicycle tmeet at Hagerstown, by “L. W.$.,” for the benefit of the members of the Capital Bicycle club who didu’t go, will be found very interest- ing: The arrangement of the calendar which caused the 4th of July to be celebrated on the ‘5th, enabied the Capital Bleyele club to escape the tropical heat of Wasbington for a two | ays’ visit In the more mortuern latitude of fr Hagerstown, Md. The fact that a “meet” of wheelmen was to be the prominent feature of the Hagerstown celebration was sufficient to induce thirty-slx members of the club to em- bark on the “Chicago limited” om the morning of the 4th, bound for Martinsburg, W. Va.,trom which point they were to ride to Hagerstown, distant about twenty miles. The capacity of a spacious and elegant box yy the B. and 0. R. K. com- pany, was severely tested by the number of bicycles and tricyles belonging to the ty; while the party ‘itself scattered through the ps, patronized the ban- vated mu- unbearable. Now, for "as ily silentiam audeamus. IAs dilticult to give such hints without mak- ing thea too obvious, and thus giving offense to the performer; but in this plication of # loaded of case a single ap- tchel after the manver Indian club was iound quite suiicicat. Murtinsburg, which was our railway termi- p with ali their war paint and other regalia asly display ed, was suilicient to create tering degree ‘of interest among the iauts. An excellent dinuer ut the Con- | Unenial hotel toliowed by u walk about the | principal streets, astudy of West Virginia arcbi- tecture and a zcueral oiling and preparing of mae assed (he time until 20'elock, when the bugler's “assembly” summoned us for the Start, and amid the parting cers of a miscel- JancGus assortinent of Juvenile Martinyburgers, nd such sub- eXist there and into the open Here Should come @ rhapsody on scenery— night, should ie fervor of ate mem- e described at this point with a SCENERY AND A SUNBATH. w so trees covered with aged inthe mead- of birds were running tin the leafy woods; wil nue ture Was bathed Im sunligut apd seemed to re- Joice int ‘Of the bath was about LIS© F. own loveliness. The temperature Par otf to the eust the suadowy out! ed of a deep. blue. culur Ihajestic concavity. ‘There beauty of the jelween mussy bank dand sparkled im the suniigut (Zuis is ail there is to be about yol iu growing erops, zrass, sky, mountains and O'clock in the morning unUl Uve in the eveu- | brovik, and that is about ali Ue stock in trade ing, smelled at aud Ucked by dozens of passing dogs, amoug them several belouging to the tu mediate newguborhood. Any pus sitian knows how lable these dogs are to fniection should There be any erosions of the mucous mem- brane of the iongue or mouth. Surely there | bas been some culpable careiessiness somewhere OF What a travesty upou uur Ucasted well-cou- ducted city governuicnt that makes it possible for iis health depart Ws carcass Wo lie all duy in the open street ing an epidemic of bydrepuovia and creating @ feeling of dread anu insecurity to our persons that it will take many weeks to te. K July 9ub, 86. Sparrows terpillars. Te the Euiter of Tua Evaxixe Tam Among the numerous paragraphs on spar- rows and caterpillars I have seeo uo reference to what seems the chief source uf the evil. Any one who traverses our streets in spring and early wummer will see that the vermin origi- mate and multiply in one particular species of tree, introduced along with the modern grading aud’ parking. From these they irup on te Panser-by, spread W other trevs, Ull tie gardens Sua iniest the houses. Tucse’ wretched tives that are the appropriate Lreeding-places of the Caterpillar, are now rucged, foul aud suadeless, While several other trees, intrinsically more Beautiful aud uubrageous; are tres and cleau, Tue remedy then eto cat’ down and Lurn the caterpillar trees. If they can be replaced by Others, so wuch the better, but thelr removal ie the main yout. It te stil a nutter of dispute Whether day birds will eat caterpulars. ‘S.ik eewiSe ‘Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in foe nave been Sled as tollows: G. E Emmons to Henrietta Ltilery, lot 154, Gar- Seid; $100. C. A. MeEuen to J. D. Digys, lors 6 ana7, bik. 1,sec. 3, Burvilie; $100.” J. s. Bayne to W. B Moore, subs 23 und 44, sq. 2400. Same w Ellen L. Warlleld, ni 5, do. S150. Chas. Lewis to Georgiauus Clay, outs 32) aq. 587; 9500. W. HM. Joues to Anu tebec: ca’ Jones, pi. 5, sy. 96s; B.S. Cross, trustes, to J. J. Curraa, low 13, sy. 1060; $1,003. CE rio A. T. Hela, lot 125, <q 883; $e A. chn to Tove roperty: $= F. Barbasioes to Partuenla’ Woodson. w. 41 #500. E. Woodson tw F. Burbadoes, Properts; $500. J. B. Wimer to W. C. ‘Moore, lots ¥ ad 14. bli 8, Keno; $100. J.T. Lenman w J. H. MeGuli, lot 7, 9g. 719; $3,600, Solomon Suenhetmer tJ. W. Herron, sub 33, sq. 1025; si0u. Keliott to Kewe Kelloct, pis 1S and 14, bik. 25, Columbia Heights; $— au et al. to iiylas T. Wheeler, pt. 25q. 23: $3900. Waiter Le uéiia Aus tin, pt 14. 9q. 23 tach to Mary eed, lot ye a Cs sub, pt, Mount | Pleasant; $2.03 . F Lyne ‘Me- Cathran, pt} : en J. 6."G. nedy, sq. 154 A. Glass to G. White, . A. Lipscomb Ker, pt. S. B.ssub. Pieasunt Plains; ALS. Johnson to W. L. brambaii, in trust, lots 1 to 3, 17 22. sq. 69 L. Brumbail to W.' D. Taber, lot 3 27, sq. Ob; Varnim by. West , 1 ALC. ; $. James Lingertelter 33.500. ALS. Washington Claris, 230. Di, 34) to F. Pilling, <u Bradiey to LW. ¥ k. $0, Col Umbia Heights: $4,700.00. “Thos. Muniz to W. Smith, pus 1s2 WS “adition to Georgetown; $2,700. N-T. Murray to Jobn Ty. naa, sub 25, sj. ive; §—. Joan Taylor Hether, ec ai. 5 ¢ property Barrick, sui) 109, = aan D, 94. 59 wear (0 Slaria D. aiditien to West KR. Dutuur ty Oliver CJ. dae er to J ‘ 30, sq. Joo, #202497, dst job E. Furdy. | $1,000 Ra. Morriso: Linea . Wot 22, 8g. 758; $250. Wo Mois Mess, sub lot 31 a Soptia Donoho, Life Insuranee G0 and 26, square hemiah He 600. Eliza Tots 16 ty 22, $2,350. DW. th @and 16, sq. 1112 Tacod Lefo, lots 17 J. Leto to J Ann E. Yourg 6, patdo.s'its pscomb, lots, 1. Eontiy F. Hart wi Besse. be Ferg a ‘alley View fa Ree ‘Written for Tw Es nx 1: Beck to the east returns the sun, pough long ad gvouiy be ihe night; all wings are ur 6 dy bua, ‘The waves " The tree receives ag: Ot golden truiage The 1 elds ut late so be Are Leh in shew (Ot waiting hearts, O! eyes thar plead Througa the wag winter of dsp. Shall ye if too, find xn meed, Au days more fair ~Lixva M. DuvaLte Wasrixorox, June 1 The convention to be held at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, Auyust 2d to 13th, tor ute pro- Motiea of Bibie stuay anu Coristian ite work, i entire!) unienorimational, amd ts Bader the auspices rmacie, Kev. A.B. SiLipssig pastor. nt to allow such w dun- | allow certain st by the heat and too much wate As we lay yrouped picturesyuely ou the banks Of the canal we were marked as prey by a band Of desperate characters of both sexes returning from Sunday school ins wao | anxious to obtain funds to procure au organ ution, When assilled by the pa- | | thetic entreaiy of a pair of bright eyes, the | owuer of which persoually presented a bat to | the uotice of eacu memuver, What man could be upking? Excepting “Rud | Hou of mental syncope, pul ang then endeavored to collect the chan, from & quarter which the recklessly extrava- gaut X-man bud tnserted therein! itis pleas UL to record that Le did not succeed. | tor that inst dom of the city. ‘equal eloquence and patriotism through MrJ. strong—a tine body of men. They were tol. Ou su sok Gospel the scenic word-painter ever has.) WHEELING AT AN EASY GAIT. With a pertect road bed, easy grades and the | genial iutluence of the sunlight, we sped on-| | ‘Ward at an average speed of 44, niles an hour. | Those who imagine that because w bicycle Is | capable of great speed, it is always pushed wo its Ulinost capacity, bave a very mistaken idew of | the pleusures of Wheeling on a hotday. Do you always drive your simply sauutered wiong at @ restful puce, stop- | ping “occasionally at some weather-U | pump tor internal and external irrigation, or beneath some of thove trees mentioned above, Where the stray breezes might blow trougti our — midst to effect a reduction of vempera- lure on the wellknown principle of evapora- tion. SU trotter at dautrate? We Un reaching Falling Waters we halted to ‘auglers who hud been overcome to overtake us. and who were "who, iu 4 condi- it cent into the hat, Atu polnt opposite Williamsport We reached the Potomac, Which ts here crossed by means | of wrope ferry. ‘The ferryiman has He rows not, neither does he steer. The curreut dues it ail; "but somebody gets ‘ifveen cents or i _TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO THE TOWN OF HAGER. We were met at Williamsport by an escort from the Hagerstown ciub,and under their | 58; | guidance rode over seven miles of almost per- | fect road to our destination. Our triumphal | entry into Hagerstown | dying colors, was amid the enthusiastic shouts of the juvenile populace, the waving of hand- | | Kereniéis and other emphatic manifestauions of popular approval. ‘Th ry parade form, with ¢ main street of the little city presented on small scale the appearance of Springfield, Mass., during the greatunuual meet. Vuriously. unuurmed Wheelmen dusted up and down, in- | tent om displaying their wheelmanship to an awestruck world, From all the surrounding country the rural population bad swarmed Into the town, clad in the wueeimen formed the center of attraction. its holiday attire, and for it We weut to the—notel. Much, also, migut be ten concerning this alleged ‘hoatlery, but 1 prefer to leave it to the recollection of” those who were there and the imugination of those | | who were not. ‘Tue morning of the 5th dawned bright and | fair. At 10 oclock the whee in the public square, aud were welcomed In an. eloquent and patriotic address by the mayor of en assembled Hagerstown, who presented us, with the {res fe responded In an address of Bartlett, Maryland club, chief consul L. A.W marshal of the parade, officer of the day, (ani | several other things which I don’t recollect) THE PARADE. The Hagerstown club led the parade 23 lowed by tue McUonnellsburg, (Pa.), Willlams- port, Martinsburg, Woodstock, Washington Cycle, District wueelmen, Maryland, Balumore, "* Westiaiuster. and Capital clubs. "Altogethes | member of Congress out of his went, Congress aareretel cpitel | bas oltcn been in sewsion later then thate first Congress sat until the 12th of August hud an extra session. THE LONGEST SxSSION. ‘The Thirty-first Congress met on the Sd of | December, and did not adjourn until September | | Sotb, being in session tor 402 days. ‘The tugi- surlace, but the numerous hills 1ulerfered some- | tive slave act aud other e: there were 155 wheelmen in line. The Capital | club appeared 1u ue 36 strong, under com- muuud of Captain Vids and sub-Captain Shar- rets, aud having Messrs, Hunsinunn and Chureb on @ sociable, and Forney and Waguer ties. Mr. Huns With all the effect of a condensed Marine band. Ihe parade route was excellent as to road vod forus tu riding, | Nevertheless in fours most of the distance in very good style. PHOTOGRAPHED. It was considered fitygg that our athletic figures should be perpe! for posterity by means of the photographer's art, agd so we all grouped ourselves in the open squire beneath ine broiling sunlight While five photographers Gischarged flve cameras at short rauge. It is ard tor one inab to look graceful and “pleas- ant” When exposed toone camera. Lt would tue a Treasury clerk to evolve the matheiuat- seal computation which expresses the labor re- quired of 150 men w look pleasant for ve of thuse Instruments, Throughout tue afternoon there was nothing particular to do, The beat disbanded the 1 miie Youd race, and the whvelmen lounged La tug shade of the hotel and sang songs or told stovies, occasionally moving asa cannon cracker eaploded in their immediate Vielnity. ‘The simell buys and some of the large ones (in unl form) were pieotuully supplied with Uls kind | of ammunition, and Bo eloquence of Demos nes ever uioved a crowd like ® cannon ker thrown into its midst, the eveniug the wheelmen subsided tem- orerily, in order to give the Hagerstown Light siduiry and the fire deparunent ap opportu- ty of parading. Fearful gud wonderful were the costumes of the latter—a conglomeration of red, white and biue flannel, giving rise to the suspicion that they were inteuded more for Oriament tuau use. A fine steamer was the imiost Lusiuess-like feature of the parade. AN UNDELIVERED SPEECH. In the evening we attended a complimentary dinuer tendered the visiting wheelmen by the jocal club, waich was honored by the presence of the mayor and other dignitaries. There was ertain inember of the Capital club, of high vilicial position, who bad consumed a large Guantity of the'miduight oll in preparing au exteupore speech, Which, a8 he bad been noti- fled, was expected of him. And not only this, feeling paluiully conscious of the undress ap- pearance of a gray flanuel ehirt, he had pure bused tor his special occasion auother of the ‘volled” variety, which, with @ white tle, es tablished @ compromise between a bicycle ‘uni- form and the fall dress ordinarily worm by after-dinner orators. ihe tables were cleared and the guests had settied back in that condition of auxious ex- pectancy which always precedes an intellectual Teal, When a startling Whisper in our capwaln’s “ar s0uu created a scene of panic and conslerna- jon. ‘Tue information that the 12-o'clock train eft at 11 caine ratuer late, but tuere was still “PERLEY'S REMINISCENCES.” Recollections of Persons and Things During Tyler's Administration. light were deserted, and the orater, io | and’ bodily preparation expected effurt, was buried aloog with the | b bas never bee: red complete by the fact that pee The joke is rend the train did not ieave until 12, A NIGHT OF AGONY, And then commenéed a night ofegeny, which none of us will ever forget; for afteran hour's Tun we were depesited at Weverton junction, where we remalned for six mortal hours watt- ing for a train which did uot materialize until Of the wretched fallure of attempts to sieep on a depot pi tes, or the door of a miserabl eoustituted the business Uttle need be sald, but it is Fight, Just and Sitting to call the attention of the cjub 0 tue contempt- ible conduct of one man, who i wied Uke @ hyena trom made a series of photographs of the most start- ling instances of tactal and bodily coptoriion presented by the wretched sleepers,” We arrived at home about 9 a.m. time for business, and with pleasant Uons of the entire trip, Weverton experience, royal welcome trom all were told we VIMGINIA HOSPITALITY AT THE WHITE HOUSE —A SECOND-HAND COAT-OF-ARMS—THE MAR-'| movement of vessels used In oyster culture are RIAGE OF BAHON DE BODISCO—MINISTER OX | needed,” tue major wenton, “the Fish Hawk AND HIS PECULIARITIES, ‘The following istaken from “Perley's Rem!- Joba Tyler, who was fifty-one years of age when he took possession of the Executive Man- sion, was somewhat above the mediuza helght, and of slender fgure,with long limbs and great activity of movement. His thin auburn bair taraed white during bis term of office, his nose Was large and prominent, bis eyes were of « bluish-gray, his lps were thin, and his cheeks His manuers were those of the old school of Virginia gentlemen, and he was very courteous to strangers. The ceremonious etl- Quette established at the White House by Van Buren vuutsbed, and the President lived pre- clsely as he had on bis his old family slaves. visitors witt whom’ he was acquainted, or strangers who were introduced to tim, to visit the family dintng-room and “take something’ from a sideboard well garnished with decanters irite and wines, with @ bowl ot summer and of egg-ni He thus expended ui aalary,and used to regret that it was not large e might entertain bis guests more Liber: in Hagerstown, lade the best appearance in th nd, to sum up, we should like to go again, If arrangemepts can be made for walk- ing home instead of filing the 12 o'clock train, and endurl..g the nameless horrors of Wever- ton Junction. ————_— 99 LEAVES OF ABSENCE. Government Clerks ue L ward About Taking Vacations. “Leaves of absence,” echoed aa appeintment clerk in one of the departments in response toa question from @ STAR reporter. leaves are falling very rapidiy just now,” and he paused for a moment to witicism bad upon bis visitor, but ebserving no signs that it had been notieed, much less appre- | elated, he sighed gently, as appointment clerks | are wont, breathing as they de an atmosphere of disappointment, and then returned to the suppose,” he went on, “that there are about the same number of ap- ves of abseuce as we have usu- Perbaps more plantation, attende fe invariably invited of ardent arly all of his A SECOND-HAND COAT OF ARMS, One day President Tyler joked Mr. Wi his litle one-horse carriage, which the President styled “a candie-box on wheels, Tepresentative from the Ai torted by telling Mr. ‘tyler that be hud been Hiding for ainonth ip i second-hand carriage urchased at the sale of the eifects of Mr. Pauld- ing, the Secretary of the N Buren, aud baying the Paulding emblazoned on the door panels, Jaughed ut the sully, and quve have the armorial 'b painted over. Ei ” to which the mac district re- ay under Mr. Van coat-oFarms ‘The President ders at onee ty Ings of the Paul pnomy also prompted Ui Chase of some partly wor sults of Lv of & foreign iin these were atter wards worn by the colored wate plications for les ally at this thae of the yeur. than lust year, tor then the glerky seyued to bi Tatuer coy about usking iors vacalon. They probably thougitt that the new administration ght fod out tuat Lucir serviees could be dis- : Were absent und that thelr leave might be deiinitely extended, and so they | red to stick close to their desks. At least | that was tue practical resuit until quite late in the sumuer, aud so the departments had thelr full quotas through the prinelpal part of the Bui thls year the clerks are and the uppiications are coming iu much as usaal, | The official above quoted gave a very fine suminary of the situation In all the depart- ts, ds Was found upon subsequent Ingu! The tetling that a democrat was reudy to ai into their places if lett empty for even oue day, does not haunt the cierks us it did some moutis OF course ‘all uppretension on this score rely died out, but it cannot be termed us any thing worse than the chronic Passed several flelds in which things were | condition of mind of nearly every one in the Tn sowe of the depurt- sale of the ot ch much may, but litle | need be said. The sight of wirty or Jorty wheel- | m conspic “BEAU” HICKMAN ashe called himself, made his appearaace at Washington toward the ci intnistration, ed with if tue se of the Tyler ad He was of middle size, with long and un inoffensive, cadaverous counte- It was his boast that ainoug the slustes of Hanoy he was to be fashionably, yet shubbiiy, ing soded white kid low AU was cousidered tie proper thing tw Slo Beat, Who Uieredpoa ut janded iis” tutti pudence sometime ud county, Vit, wud. warm weather. inteduce strung Viclins to gambliug Lou: able resorts, aud for le Viackmatl 's and other question- a quarter of a century he thus levied upon COL, LENTON AND HIS FAMILY. One of the most ugreeabie homes in Washing- tou was that of Col. Beitor from Missouri, whose accom plisued and gracetul daughters had been thoroughly educated under his own supervision. ever, that one of government servic ments the entire period of thirty day for, because, in many cases, the entire ed'without @ breuk, and thea | again the time absent on account of sickness or | lor uny other cause ty deducted trom the usual | | Vacution period, so that the tuirty days’ leave is not so cummon as it formeriy was. these circumstances the fusniovable waterin; the grass was of a bright | green color mosily, and grew along the road | tine ts and by the fences,” Cattle ows and ulso lay in the middle of the ro: a | Tlcre were picaty of stones to throw at then Several tue veteran Senator them, Miss Jessie, suoul: attentions of 4 young se aut in the corps of top graphical engine miss many of their wecustome ornaments, and the ripple caused by. tue up- | government eloped abd were inarried clandestinely. terribly angry at first, we. | cepted ‘Uke situation, w tw Congress all ne of the | Hy wost the | tradition any business to be done. We st come and employment of u light char presumably tue sume, wheth se conditions ei tie is a deinucrat not be uureasouu- | ble to expect that the pices of the republican | bultertlies of tusision will be filled by de of similar butterfly prociivities. | new officials ure bu £ to | demoe MUTE TegioLs Bey: fant tue nation rthe individual | the Kocky niouutai flag on Wind Ri thousand feet above tn. HODISCO'S W: A very dillerent wedding was that o | rou Alexander de “an, und it mit nb; it Was Lot a | ¥ across the road, | aud one of the Loss took u header in Uy: ny although th Bodisco, the Russian ma: 8, and so there 18'no reason to suppose | | ter plempotentiary, and Miss Ha a daugiter of the | that tue representation of Wustington at thy | Watering places will entirely be wauting. Lt | psuuEd Lub all OV | « in the office of the | Daten was nearly titty should not, bowevel ferks spend thei ts lor a few weeks On the contrary, a very respectable portion of the property buiders in the District posed of goverument vierks, who, by | investinent of their i>, have Decuine the OWners of Valuabic It is very commonly thought that Yerninent position untits a man for business, but there are many instances to the contrary, and itis very often the men who have shown capacity In iauaging thelr private aduirs who render the best service to the government, SUMMER SESSIONS. Mow Congress Gradually Melts and Disappears. fusiionabie res “ sweet sixteen, pleston aud rotust beaut, pertoriued tt her fatuer s my and judicious to nee e ed by the brides: precedence gave tue U said an oficer of the C British minister and dc corps, or Senate the diplomatic ad been min- Buchanaa, who sit, should bet his Important question curre so that be couples, jour on © ue ceremony was wilae SIGNALS OF AN EARLY ADJOUE: IN THE HOUSE—LONG SBSSIONS IN THE PAST-- WHY PRESIDENT ADAMS APOLUGIZED—BUsI- 3$ THAT HAS KEPT CONGKESS HERE. ENT WAVED and the bridal [15 bene them, and where sue of tae y guests got ylorousiy drunk iu drinking the Hieaith of Lae Happy couple. The prospect of sitting until the Ist. of August, possibly later, has a very depressing eifct upon most ot the members of Congress. ‘The obvious tmpropricty of wittiog in the hall of Representatives im thetr shirt sleeves, or of | taking off their collars and cuffs when they | find it necessary to makes speech, makes a | long summer session the more odious to many who are in the bubit of taking their own | ease when at home. When the sun | breathes ninety degracs of summer heat upon them the shoulders of some of the leas estnetic | move nervously in their eoats and their hands | snvoluntarily go up to thelr collar buttons. The | amount of inopping done tu the House on a hot | day would do credit to a corps of professional ‘The bald headed meu have the | most mopping to do as bey have mure surface | always have lo keep an exira in their pockets tor Haudkerchiels of a great varlety of colors ire flaunted in the spealer's face each day, sigualing au early adjournmeht. ‘They ure Lot'weather signals, und also the en: signs of mutiny tuat threates a revolt against | ay more “work.” Congress generally melts away. The melting The Speaker sees col- | Queen Victoria's ui at Washingion at that tin: Henry Stephen Fos, was a so: uialic representative the honorable British army, Who tougut at the vat Lexington in 1,75, and a resibie inter- ered a private Louse, Botelocis in tie Sinecure. | ue an hour or Miss Seaton suys Ul ob Ove oecusiva, Mieting Mim ut dus in U ound, urged Wits to w dinuer, to which M serub women. Asiou Ol U the diptuunatie eorps, | ing brewiciast funeral of a ine: turning to tue w supply of hundkerenies sumnier weather. | o'clock during July SAND crans, | (Usouers to tide be; ‘The Fish Commission's Work in the Chesapeake tay. HATCHING O¥S begins with the collar. lars collapsing one by one and is warned that the members will soon disappear, three weeks of very hot weatuer and more than | halt the House hus welted away, so that there | is not @ quorum present. EARLY CONGRESSES, The aversion to summer sessions was devel- oped at w very early perlod. So early, indeed, that it may be called constitutional. | Adams, when be called an extra ses-ton of the | Fifth Congress tb meet in Philadelphia in May, | 1797, to consider an insult to our nation by the French goverument, aud @ threat to lucite in- | troy our commerce und | possibly our institutions, went to the Capitol | In person aud apolvgized’ for calling Seuators | | wud Representatives to assemble at the seat of governmen! at a time when they naturally t to stay ab home. his excuse tuat the nation needed a navy and | After sevural day's de- Adams that at 1 o'eloc THE HATCHING sraTion furuiture dealer AT ST. JEROME: ARE CULTIVATED—THE FISH HAWK—CRAB FOR THE PACIFIC COAST. goods hous ‘The fish commission and its attaches are now fairly started on their summer wor Batrd and a party of a dozen scientists and in- to Woods Holl to con- Unue the work which has been prosecuted there very successfully for several years, The Fish Hawk has gone to St. Jeromes, ou the Chesa- | peake, and the Lookout bas be some ume in the lower Chesapenke, where ex- periments in hatching crab and Spanish mack- eral are golng on. At the hatching station at St. Jeromes the maln work going on fs the experiment in oyster St. Jeromes ts at the mouth of St. Jerome’s creek, about 91 miles trom Baltimore X miles, north of Point Lookout, at the | mouth of the Potomac. This s lished about six years ago, princi purpose of experimenting in the art agation of the oyste pouds bave been season the spawui veatigators have gone Stak reporter. ternal trouble, wo di mM enguged tor felt it their r He urged as coust defeuses at onc liberation Congress informed Mi he wus excusable under the ci y then proceeded to sit until the 20th of fally malutalning the houor of the na- But the 1st of August ought not to frighten a Saturday beds at lberty unt Mouday mor: autiou Was estab- are procured and. oF eggs tiken from them artificially lance With tue inethods devised and described by Profs. Brooks aud Ryder, HOW OYSTERS ARE CULTIVATED, “After the young oysters are hatched,” sald on officlated as bugler, | ntanglements growing out of tue slavery question kept thet. ne whole of December Was spont in try iu rE the | clect'a Speaker, as many us shity"these outlets | Major T. B. Ferguson, of the fish com nission, to aSrag reporter, “they are deposited in ponds in which ure placed various kiuds of ‘collectors,’ | such us are used on the coast of France and Germany. ‘The young oyster, ulter swimming aboutucar the Surtace for soine time, attaches itselt wo these ‘collectors, wiere they are ale lowed to remain unui the full, wen they are taken from the collectors aud putia w culled calssons, Intended to proveet th their enemies, the sell is softand exsily broken, tury to remove the oyster spat froin the eok Ieciors, as often as two or three hundred wre | ound “iu the space of few square thet this crowded ‘condition they ‘would very" soon Stnotuer eueb otter as thelr size Lac: the earlier stages, during the past few yeurs, tt has been deemed important to establish be- the eilicacy “of artificial this” in view belng takeu, with a dozen or inom candidates iu the fleld, Robert Winther being the principal oues, aus | the election without a majority o: the One session stretched over a greater period o Ume thay tbls, but Lhe two bouses were uot La That was the Fortieth tin session, taking & num- November 10tb, #0 a3 to resident Johnson. SENDING FOR MEMBERS, The Forty-fourth Congress, when the demo- crats got the ascendancy for the first time | ater the war, was in session until the 15th of August, the 0 aud olber’ matiers kept them here, but they d 4 terrible tiige getting a quorum, The | igmbers tad tobe sent tor apd compelled to uiteud the sessions, and then it was found im- posible to Keep enough here for more than a ‘The Forty-seventh Congress did not adjourn until August 8th. The Thirty-ourth Congress met December 3d, aud adjourned August 1sth lation for the resident Pierce aud Howell Cobb session as many days. orders expect to have yoous delivered Satui ry numerous, w impeachment of Belkuap propagution, and with Water of the bay and creek, which was allowed to enter the ponds only through a most perfect system of fitration, which eliminated the por DILILY of the oyster Spat coming in trom the ou We were certain that all the young oys- on the collectors were trom the ‘The result during army, and Was called, August 21st, and sat ten duys longer. There were three sessions of the Tweuty-seventh Con- gress, wn extra session trom Ma} ber 13th,culled by President wet) te consider Hpauciul mat- ret regular session Irom Decem- ters appearin, ‘Spat artificially produced. the lest season wus a large collection of spate which have grown W sizes of trom oue to two inches in diameter. As tue young oyster thrives best, and appears to attach itweil to the coilec- tors’ more ‘readily, when they are placed in rapidly moving Waters or currents, hereatter the gates of the ponds will be opened, so us to allow the free tow of water over the collectors, and that water will be surchai oysters artificially produced.” OYSTER SHELLS AS COLLECTORS, “In addition to the experiment, hitherto tried at St. Jeromes,” continued Major Ferguson, “this year the system of spat culture designed 'rof. Ryder, Wuo has for some years given matter of oyster culture special attention, under the direction of the fish commission, will The spawning ‘d this season with @ cl canal attached to it, In this canal are placed hundreds of wire baskets, which ure filled with bleact All of the water ponds have to tors, and it is surface of oyster shells is jurrison (wo Vers, and the ber 6th until August 31a, The rst session of the Twenty-ninth Con: gress lusted from December 1st until Aug! doth, aud the Thiruerb Congress until A: It was tue 7th of August betore the Thir adjourned. The Thirty-second ged with young y-third Congress Congress udjourned August 81st, Tae New Yorke Borcorrans SENTENCED.— The jury sound guilty sx of the seven men New Yore fudredage ners Judge Barrett suid he into consideration. leyer and Rudeloisky, circulars io iroat of were sentenced to the bakers, received: threatened to dered to be sent to the penitentiary for It 4s probable the Freneb ebamber of will not volo om the Peni 1p seutenc! be put into pi b oralet shells. out of thes throught these bus! ‘as exposed the be tho cate, these atolls can thea be’ scatie 2 ry om the oysier grounds without the necessit ug oysters, as they woul If this is found to time tur a Hyutuing Lransier to the depot. A wild rusn eusued, Thoso balls of dassilng causal lottery scueme until the next sesdion. The canal shares jnned by the woattering of the yressed Ip cunscQue noe. ‘canal, which is about 250 teot asl - Gas SATURDAY. JULY 10, 1886--DOUBLE SHEET. long by 3 feet 1m width, about 400 bushels of oyster Shells are accommnddated, Tis compact torm of collector will enable the culturist to readily handle the yeung oysters.” IMPROVING THK, MARZOR, “As more harbor facilities to taciiitate the takes with her a dredging equipment turnished by the Navy depurtment to enable the army eigineers to complete the work which was pro- vided'for by the river aud harbor bill of two oo ago. This improvement, for which the Fish Hawk is new detailed, wiil not only be of immense service to the government operations at this point, butopen @ much needed harbor of refuge tothe smali craft on the Chesapeake bay. It is understood that at least two Ines ot steamers plylag om the Chesapeake bay will stop on their yorular trips ut the fish eovamuls sion station, which willevable the large pro- ducers of Solt crabs and oysters on the. three prongs of St. Jeromes’ creek to find ready access {o market for their produce. The duty to which tue Fish Hawk is at present assigned wi probably consume ‘two months, alter which it is tikely sue will be trausierred to the New Engiaud coast to carry on curther investi- wligks Of sea coast Hsberies, aud the collection sea fishes. Mr. L. K Grabill, representing Col. Abert, wo has charge of the improvement, will superintend the work of im- Prevement at St. Jeromes. The oyster work Fa ts 4 uder the supervision of Mr. Wm. De. venal.” Levkout,” said Major Ferguson, “is now conducting experiments on the lower Chesapeake in the propagation of crabs and Spanisi mackerel and other sues spawning at uu those waters. The experiments in hatching crab bid tair to be wa successtul as those receuily inaugurated at Woods Holl In the propazation of suother importamt variety otshell fisu, the lobster, Altinough there dues hol sesim to be much necessiiy ter artificial Propagation of crab in tie Chesapeake Waters, the day may not be far distant when such incans Will have to be resoried to, 4s wince the esiublishment of the cabuing industry at Huipton, the destruction OL the spawaiug crabs nas been’ enorimoas. But the present experiment ts conducted more to deVelop tue possibiilies of restoring the waters with crab when Uey shall have become de- victed. IL ts of more especial importance bow us allurdiug @ ineaus of stocking mew waters. IUis quite “likely (at ove of the results of ae experiment will be tat millions of young era Will be (ransierred Wo the Pacific coust, wuere, eh guce established, they will add” very riaily to the iood products ul the waters of (havecountry, Thevelsno crab mative of the Vacitic w a Lake the plage of the bine or e cay of the Atiuntic.” a STORE CLERKS AND THEIR HOURS. What Bas Been Accomplished by the Early Closiag Movement. SEVEN 0'CLOCK VERY GENERALLY RECOG- NIZED AS THE CLOSING BOUR—FIRMS THAT ©LOSE EARLIER AND GIVE A SATURDAY HALE-HOLIDAY—SUMMER VACATIONS, “The best way to fiud out what the result of the movement has been,” said one of the off- ‘ers of the Clerk's Early Closiug Association, or Clerk's Assemuty, K. of L., to a STAR reporter, stolakea walkgn 7th street or any of the centrai business strects after 7 o'clock. A year go you would have found all the stores open; yu wil fiud them ail closed, Before this nit was started merehants would keep their stores open until half-past seven, eignt, ¢ or ten o'elock—In faet, as long as there was rted out to ave Six o'clock established as the gen- al closing hour, and we still have that view, Many merchants close at that hour, but the xcueral closing hour now Is seven kof course, ot the stores In the that employ numbers of cierk: 9, there 1s vo rile about opeaing in tae morn: pthouga T think eight oclock is the time Loft Tae stoves open, Most ali merebants, nied resitation, veivek b i Wii lock closing without w Uhat closed at six i they e hand. Lose at five o'eloel ys. AS an association, we do not care so much about that. What we are alming to secur ny Uhrough the Weel, 2 o'clock, aud are foing justas tmdch business, if not more, than they Were before iis movement.” LiKS WMO GET LEAVES OF ABSENCE. one dry goods tirm in the city, ‘ks’ Mutual Protective associution, “that has always given every clerk lu its empioy two weeks’ leave of absence ever yeur with pay. That is the firm of Woodward E'Loturop, of the Boston Dry Goods houses When the time con ave, He for a clerk ives his salary uke bi not only for the Week, but for two Weeks in advance, Provided with money vo pay « his Vacation, In return the tir ed interest taken Every ciers, mule or penises ¢ Kin his wor finale, wud every bundie wrapper and. boy in the sture enjoy. this privilege which has been granted by Une firm ever siuee it begun business i Ho hose Was ever made about [t. ts store duriig July and Au: except_on Saturdays, whe: (ae our tor closing 18 1 o'clock. 1 ave expected to report at 5 o'civek in the morn og, ahd have an tour off during the day, so tat during the months of Julyand August tuey WHl be requited to give really ouly eight hoursu day to cae servies of the drm,” Aiter live o clue Lavy can devote themselves W Lest 4a member of the firm in question AR reporter, “We beileve taat if a es us diligently and faitutully 4 the year he fs entitied at tue end of the lve Weeks’ Vacation at our expeuse, or, words, with pay. When ue coines W work With greater energy aud tin tuat way. To nas not merely a vary clfucl, Ut Lhe futlucace oF tue Vaca sie wuole year, Do we ev Weil, no cicrt has ever. re- and none bas lett us p. This closing at fiv wid AUsHSt is, Lu some ex- teul, an experiment, and Leaunot teil yet what the “result will be. We expect, of course, 10 lon ade, but we Will Gy. to induce our ure flve o'clock turouga yek on Saturdays,’ MONE O'CLOCK” FIRMS, ‘There ure three firms in the city now closing Saturday. Mr. HO. Towles, the began the first of June closing st Cat hour on Satur wud established [tas the rule of the house during the taree suum mouths. The Palais Royal and the Boston de both begin with to-day closing at Tovciocx, aud have wanoupeed that that will be the wour tor closing uatil September Ist, Sir. Lisner bus aiways been very liberal to- wards Lose in is ein piuy,” said oue of Lhe ger Uemen couneeted with the Palais Royal to a “tie was the first to adopt the Lo'elock rale On Saturday, as he made his an- nouncement last Maret. During the week the store closes at 6 o'clu Mr, Lisuer cared to ke is in now, If he were bere I aan sure would ‘close at 5 o'clock during kc 1 the summer, for be would not let any house get ahead of him, During his absence tavagh, we do not feel authorized to inake any change inthe ruie. Ofcourse we may: lose some business by closing atone o'clock on Saturdays, You cannot do as much in bait & as you can in a wuole oue, but we do not dthat, When u clerk leaves at one o'eivel ing, and bas coustderabie time tor recreation, the Saturday One o'clock rule Will be: eneral, aud will alyome day be observed Wz the whole year, At Mr. Towles’ establishment where the turday one o’elock rule bus been In force for @ mouth, a STAR reporter was informed that there had been no diminution in qe amour Of business trausacted ina Week on account of th teulng of hours, “in Loudon aud in ew York, Boslon and the vorthern citic merchauts’ clue at one o'clock,” said Mr. pwies, “and It ought to be the rule here,” Tue House of i H. Taytor dues not close at 1 o'clock on Saturdays, but it establishes 5 o'clock as the clustug hour every day tn the week trom Juiy 15th tO September 1th. That rule was put in force last summer. “We could not close Very wellut 1 o’slock Saturdays,” suid one of the gentlemen in the bouse,"“tur We are engaged in inasutacturing, and customers who give us days. ‘Tbe employes of the house ure very well sutisiled with the rule to close at 5 o'clock dur- ing the week. The house gives all of {ts salaried employes two weeks’ leave with pay during the simmer, and they are privileged to take inore, if tivy ‘want to do so, Without pay, ‘The employes here are well satistied with the priv- Heges given them, ‘There are about fifteen of them who baye been here from fitteen to twenty years. ‘Tont speuks well for the liber- ality of ibe house, for when clerigs do not think they are well treated they look out for better places somewhere else. “I think the experience of lust summer slowed that no busiuess was Jost by closing at 5 o'clock during the summer gnonths.” SATURDAY SHOPPING. “Saturday is uot such a shopping day as it used to be,” said a clerk in an avenue store. “Grocers may have more to attend to on that ty thun on Otuer days, but general shopping is done more on utuer days, Ladies do not puroff buying until Saturday. “They are more licely to make shopping tours on Monday. ‘The ave- nue has never beew much ot place for busi- ness ul nigat. Most of those who do thelr trading at migat go to 7th street.” Stands beckoning to the Sun-god s golden car, While om higu, clear brow the morulug star Grows {uiuter,'as the sliver-misty co ‘And rosy river bend aud village W ~ Feel the stroug abate of ight, ‘The tide of dreams has reached its utter ebb, ‘Phe joy of dawn ta tu tay tudes ey ear Biberd nee window with nal siping ‘Ant'bears the happy skyian lnc goov > “ ieias ‘aibglng "tive! Liver" FIGHTING ON THE ALBANIAN PRONTIER,—On the 2d instant Albanian Musselimans attacked and pillaged several Montenegrin vil Killing sotne of the inhabitants and captui number ofeiders. The Montevogrins Trulli and repulsed the Alveniaus, captuting und Killing mumbers of them. ‘CB porve Bus i- strucved the Turkish commander on the Mon- ‘tepegrin iroutier to avoid furter conflicts, ME. SPOONER'S GAS BILL. Text of the Measure Looking to 0 Re- duction of Charges. THE BOARD TO EXAMINE THE QUBSTION OF GAS SUPPLY—MATTERS WHICH IT 18 AUTHOR- IZED TO LOOK IN?OPME PROPOSED BEDUO TION OF RATES, ETC. The main provisions of the bill intro@eced 12 the Senate Wednesday by Mr. Spooner, from the District committee, relating to the manu- facture and sale of gas in the clty of Weablug- ton, were publistied in Wednesday's Srax Below the provisions of the bill are given: The Washington Gaslight company is author- ized toc! ‘and colledt, after the of this act, for futninating gas furnished torana Puld for by the governuent of the United States ‘nd other cousumers in the city of Washington, At the rate of one dollar per thousand cubicieet: provided, that if consumers other than the gov- ernment’ sll not pay monthly any gas bill Within ten days after the same shall bave been preseuted, said company may charge aud col- lect trou ‘the delinquent consumer one dollar and twenty-five ceuts per thousand cuble feet for the gas furnished during the month, THE INVESTIGATING BOARD, It shail be the duty of the Secretary of Wer, Within thirty days after the passage of the eet, to appoint @ board ef three competent and disinterested persons, whove duty it shall be, aiter having been first duly sworn, to investi: gate— First. The character of gas usually furnished in tue clty of Washington by the Washington Gaslight company, with especial reference w its bealtufuluess to consumers; whether it Would be Letier for the public Wealth that the gas furnlahed sould be vutirely coal gus, or on- Urely water-gas, of if'a uisiure of thotwo Ib ad- missible, 1u What proportions tue same should be combined; wnd ainy whether the gas so ture nished complies with the requirements of the Jaw as to tliuininating powel Second. The geuerai subject of gas manufac- ture and the metiods und processes which pro- duce the best gas for common use, regard belug had to the health of consumers, iuminatio power, aud economy; Ue cost per thousan cubic ‘feet ai which such gas can be manufac tared wud distributed in the city of Washing: ton, with estimates vi the cost of the requisite Plait for such manufacture; whether It Is ex- pedient for the guverument 10 manufacture and iuruish gus for its own use and for tbe use of consumers in said eity; whether the gas: plant now in existence im said city 1s adepied Ww the manuiacture of such gas, and the fair Value of the same, aud what the cost would be ot duplicating the'same, or #0 much thereof as Might be becessary, Tiurd, The actual talr cout per thousand cuble feet to the Wasuingiop Gas-Light company of the gas manuiactured by it aud iurnished the government and tw otuer consumers in tbe city of Wastitugton, or of such gus as sald board suall tind suoud be furnisued by said company under tue law, fourth. fue best system of gas inspection, and the best metuod of protectiug comsumers against Untuir measurement of gus iurnished, wid uguinst violauons of law as to the purity and heitufuluess of gas; whetuer a reduction of the price ui yas im the elty of Washington has beeu lvilowed vy a corresponding reduction Au the bills of cousumors, aud whetber aay icthod is or bas veen in use in suid city Naerevy illuminating gas not furnished ‘ba eu. Such information upon the general in its relation Lo the interests, hygieuio wud otherwise, of cousumers in thy ety of sid its relation to the interest of sovernnient, as sail be indicated by the elary of Wat trom time to tue, pendi tue investigation by said bourd. ‘The boar Shall report ww the Sucreiary of War, os Soon as may be alter its appointment, and not later than the first day of tbe Rext session of Congress, its conelusion: dud the testimony aud reasons upon whieh Ube same are tounded, us to the healtuiuluess of tue gus furuisled lo cousumers in tue clly of Wash ington, aud a8 W its tiluminatiug power, aud in the same suull be changed, If ata, tn ry of War siiall immediaely nouly the gas company of tue couciusivus of said board, if he shali approve Uiew; and the yas company shull contorm te gus Urnisued Lo tue requirements of Lae buard, sud shall continue sv ty do until Congress sail oluerwise vy Luw direct, “Tue members of the board shall be eutived to eumpensation at the ‘ate of $10 per day tor euca day uctually employed unaer the provisions of this ack au in addition, ali expenses necessurily incurres while actually periucming suca duties, SEVEN Pit CENT DIVIDENDS. If, pending the investigation by this act di- rected, or if ab any time, tue Washington Gas Light company shall represent to the Secretary ot War, under the outs of its presideat and directors, Laat the company eunnot, by reason ©: lucrease 1u the cost of oval, oF of labor, or of oluer expenses entering into ‘the cost aud dis- tribution of gus, Ur because of acel- deut, of for any Cause not produced by oF the iuuit of tue company, with due economy, earn, at the rate per thousand cuvle ivet tof Pe orized by this act, (ue sum of seven ber ceuluim per aunum nés upon its capital Stuck Oi (Wo Mullion dull, Ue Lourd, AL not dissulved, or i dissulved, a siinilar board to be appuinied by ihe secrcairy for the purpose, snail nace inVestigauion into the alfsife of tue company, Lue actual fair cost wo Lue company Of Wandiacturing sus per tuousund eubie' feel, aud inw ail suca matiers toucuing the mun agement, expenditures wad government oi tue poration us W Lue board suail seen proper pretnises; aud Lue board sbuill report its cunclusions Upon the subject, aud all evidence taken by itor Imid belure it, wo the Secretary of War, and if the Secretary siull be of tue opiu- tou, Upon a review of Uh2 reportaud evidence, thal Loe company canuot, With due economy wud bouest aud skiilidl’ mausenent, evra Upon its capital wl ius cates prescribed s net Wividend oF seven per ceulam per annui, be shail, with the approval of ihe President of ‘tue United states, insue to the company w liceaseor miLto cuurge per UoUrwus euvie feet such shin, io be indicated in the iiceuse or peruatt, as Wil iu is Opinion euuie the compauy Ww earn n per centum dividend, aud tbe com pany may therealter cuurge the con- Suuiers of gue in guid District, includ. jug tue United Staies, the sum named in the license or permit, wid consumers, otuer tau ide goveruiment, Who suMil tail tw pay 2d cents per tnousaud civic feet 1m addition, unk the rate sil be chauged by or under autuorit ¥ vourd, wad every boar appointed by tue Secretary 1 War uuder tbe Provisious Of Unis uci, sitll have power tw send for persons and papers, and tw adinioe ee Quibus to Wi.uesses, dud to examine aud cause to be examined the booxe, records, wud papers of Whe gas company, und vinploy a stenographer, and, wita tae wl Of Lue Sccrevary Uist had, may employ s¥ch yus-experts and Sccountauts Ww assist LeU ds snail be uecessary. Tue board may, upon re quest wv the Altusuey-Geueral, approved vy the suiu Secreuury of War, lave counsel furuisued tiem to aid in conducuing suid investigation. Front and after ie pussage Of Lhis wet aut states ments How required by jaw Wo be turuished by the gus company to the Secretary of the Late rior sail be 1urnished lo the Secretary of War, and Ube inspection of yus aud gus-meters iu Lud cily Siail be under the supervision of the Seo- retary of Wa eee. AT CAPON SPRINGS. ‘The Summer Flight to the Mountains Fairly Begun—Guests from Washing- ton. Correspondence of Taz Evening Stan. Cavox Sprinos, July 6th, The late season and long rain spell have affected seriously the business of the summer resorts all over the country, and especially so in the mountains of Virginia, Even at Capon, which, in the early summer, possesses quiet, home-like charm, very pleasant to those who like a short breathing spell “between seasons,” the number of visitors during June has been unusually small, ‘The frst warm July days have caused the tide of travel to the mountains to at last set in, and the number of arrivals at Capon during the past week have been very numerous, while every day sees a percelvable increase. Indeed, in spite of its tardy beginning, the season, promises to be an Unusually prosperous and ray one. “That Sr. Sale belleves such to be the case is evident frou the additions that bave been made to the buildings und the improvements Unal have bees golng on all over the place dure ing the past year. The new building next the hotel with its large, cool rooms and shady ver- audas, promises to be even more ular then the bolel itsell, especially with tl who like a little of the privacy of home even In the midst ofa crowd. Quite # pretentious store and oftice have also been partly erected, and a s and dressiug-room added to the ball-room, ‘This last improvement 1s purticulasly appre- ciated, as powbere else are amateur theatricals so much the rage as at Capon, Tue “Fourth, or rather the Fyih that usurped its place, passed. off ip truly loyal style. The dining-room was the spot especially reserved for ornamenta- tion, and we ate our famous Capon mutton with tue flag of our country waviug proudly over head. “Conspicuous among the table oroameuts a Wasulugton monument, about two igh, with flags waving (rom. its summit and rey oe resting ese 8 pedestal of Gowers. Itas neediess to say these desigus were original with the wattors—uot the guostal in the citer ‘noon the usual games of the came and later there was @ really beautiful display Of fireworks that lasted for nearly two The rains, which have spoiled the wi in other parts of Virginia, bave done itmo injury about here. Instead, the crop is said to be un- usual eed liverally alive with reapel oid, primitive way Of using men, not muchines for the purpose, being still ip vogue bere. The average mountaineer does not take kindly to new Ideas, and several generations must yet Ing machine becomes popular in this part of the world. Among the miore recent vals at cope Stier “aud ef-Gov. Ta oof Toten ‘Mrs, Maloney, Mrs. P. A. Mills, Miss 7 Ai EES “ a lt e 5 it ‘ ; lai z ES i Jim ington, oH Fe =| i REM = REAL ESTATE MATTEBS. The New Acsguement of Property for Taxation Completed. ‘THE SPECULATIVE MOVEMENT IN LAND IN THE BASTBEN PORTION OF THE CITY—STREET EX- TENSIONS IN THE SUBURES—STONE AS A BUILDING MATERIAL COMING INTO FAVOR. The twelve men who have been engaged in making the assessment of the value of real es tate 1n the District upon which the taxation for the next three years will be based have com- pleted what is Kuown as the fleld work and ere now occupied as a board of appeal in eonsider- ing appeals made by property owners who think that injustice bas been done to them in the valuations made. The board of appeals has been in session since the latter part of June at the District buildings and will continue to hold dally seestoms until the 1st of August. Alter that time the valuations dxed by them will not be changed. The generai results of the new as- sessment have not as yet been computed, but It has been approximuiely ascertained that the valuation in all poruions of tbe city iseonsideratly greater tiuu'that of the last as sessment. In such portions of the city where there have been wo improvements o! any ounse- queuce and property’ remains ia about the Same condition, the assessment bas not been cuauged, Lhe assessors with the exception of three are the same who made the valuation Uurve years ago and they are on this account an experienced body of men competent to periorm the work which has been assigned tw them, Asa result, there bave been but comparailvely tew appeals made irom their decisions, and property owners geuerally Lave acquiesced in tuelr judgment. increase in the value of property in wil parts of the city is shown by this Rew vasessment, and while (here is an lucrease in ve taxable value of property in the Borthwest, there isaigo aa ucrease in the othur sections of the cy. The actual results cannot be known in a gene- Fal way uutils comparison Is made with the tigerguments of Lures years ago, but it is prove. @ very appreciable increase w! shown in the RASTERN PART OF THE CITY. There bas been in operation there tor some ‘Ume past quitea boom mainly of speculative character, and the vacant squares lying be- tween Lincoln park and the jail have come into the market aud been sold and resold woul Low laud is held there atabout 15 ceuts per fvol. In several justanoes eutire squares have been purchased by individuals with the view no doubt of the land soou coming Into the market as building sites, There is no doubt but that the city as pushed out rapidly that way ior several yours buck, wud ou the streets voll BOTLB wud south Ot" Kast Capitol street rows of sual houses Luve been erected which furnish comioriable homes to persons of moderave ‘means, und at tue same Lime pay a good return Upun the mouey invested. This movement has ‘extended tw the wortheast, and it te Provable tuat ina tew years the city will uate urally grow out to aud cover what are bow Figat stretcues of commous. A confident be- lef in the growth aud iuture greatuess of The city Las ulways, with some periods of de- prevslow, been a characteristic of ail wiio Lave en at ‘wil interested im the nation’s cuplial, and at Uimes u too lusty anticipation of the future bus caused tke Guaucial ruin of a great many suugulue speculators, THE CITY'S SUBURBS, ‘The extension of the city seems assured beyond the possibility of a doubt. and the laying out of the laud, beyond the city’s boundaries, into building sites bus been carried on extensively. The coustaut increase in tue value of the laud proves the wisdom of those who have invested their mouey, aud walle ail tuat the sanguine speculutor predicis may not be realized this eur or next, there ts uo doubt of the cliy” ulti: imately spreddiug over the adjucent territory, Jast beyond Lis Vurders, It is evident lo ay ne who examines the plan parsued 1a laying out the land, or rather the luck of any plan ut ail, that Cougress has made a serious mistake ia not providing tat all subdivisions shoud cunforin to the plaw ol tue city, so that wen the municipal bounds are exweided, tue part Included will be in appearauce as weil as iu Feulity, # continuation o: tue city. Individuals Who own the land are naturally averse to ylv- jug laud ior streets, with tue same liberality Ust is shown in the plan of tac city. But everybody recognizes that it Is the geuerocs streets aud aveuues, with ample parks and parkings, tuat constitutes the cute! attraction of the city, wud unless the tuture city Isto luse Ite main ‘distinctive features, Congress will ve obliged to regulute the subdivisiou of the aubur- ban laud, and remodel wuat bas already been subdivided, so that it will coniorm w te plan Of the ciy.’ The trouble is tuat every year uc- tion In this direction is delayed, adds to the cost, so that Ina tew years the government wil have to pay millious torcondemnauon awards, Wuere now the same thing could ve accom: plished for comparatively a small amount. BUILDING CHEAP MOUSES, While on the subject of suburban property, which after all is one of the principal ieaures of the reul estate market, it might not be out of place to reter to the grievances of some of the Owners, who find the prospects of their proper injured’ by te policy’ of some in erecting sun cheap houses on their lund, wuich can ouly be rented to au wudcsiruble class of people. In some instances rows of small frame houses have been built upon a sub-division which bus a de- pressing effect upon the eutire locality. “Tue however, tuat these houses pay ten aud twelve per cent, aud perhaps wore, render tue owners Indiffereut w the interests Of belghbur- ing owners, but, of course, in the deterioration which foliows ail property’ suilers alike, aud the cousequenees react upon the owners of tue Stuall houses. It is fortunately the case, that such instances are not many, and the specu- Jaulve movement that prevails in nearly ail suburban property hus tue effect of making the grouud two high to allow tue erection uf very cheap houses Wo be protitabie. STONE AS BUILDING MATERIAL, One of the sigus of the times in the improve- ment of the city 4s the increase iu the use of stone as @ building material. Owing to the cheapness of brick and the excellent grade whici is made here, stone has been used but Little tor buliding pur except tor siils aud Windows, Now and tuen a course of stone would be introduced Ww relieve tue Urick aud Occasionally the basement walis would be builvor stone. Recently, however, It bas be- come the styie to make the entire lirst story of stone With & Stou2 porch, and uow a nuuler Of houses are velug built with stone irons, ‘The kind of sione used is generally a brow stone, aud the light Ouio stone hus been Used W some extent, “A buss stouecutter told a STAR Teporter Unat the ditterence in muing # trout Of tweuty-live ur tuirly fect of stone as com- pared With the cost of a press brick trout was about $400. ‘The stoue work is cheaper than Av wrmerly Was, wud itis probable Uaat its use in butiding wil’ grow in popularity. Seuator Paimer's house ua K sireet hus a front of brown stone and Its Landsuite appearance and eiavorate carved” work remiu muusious ou Futh avenue, in New Yor« city. ‘Pue new house wow being’ built by Mr. B. i Warder on K street, has the entire front of sume weventy teet laid in light Ohio stone, wuile the row tuut he has just begun on Ksirect Will Lave fronts of undressed Wille inarble and brown stone, —__-+ee____ Charities aud Correction. REPLIES OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO A LETTER ‘ov 1NQUARY. The Commissioners have replied to @ letter from Mrs. Sara A. Speacer, written irom Mil- Waukee, where the national conference of char- ities is now in session. ‘They state that they have designated Mrs. Simon Wolf and Miss Clara Barton as addi- tonal delegates to the 13th national confer. ence of churities and correction. As to legisla ton, they say the only recent enacumeut even remotely related to the subject is ior the study in the public schools of the eflects oi aicodolie drinks and narcotics upon tke uutan system. The Commissioners know of uu new insUtations of charity or reiorm that have been created during the year, nor of any changes in the priucipal o#icers of such establishinents, ‘There bas been no udvance in the prospect for ® board of charites. The Commissioners are unable to obtain reliable data as to the number of inmates of Districtinst!utiousof ebarity aad reform and the other stutistics relating thereto, They are not prepared w give an opinion re- Specting improvement of the administration of the Disirict jail and workhouse, but deem It Just to those th charge thereof to siate that Ley ve heurd of aud seen nocuuse for complaint of the manner in which they have periurmed their duties, and presume from that und their creditable record in the past that they buve made as great advancement as circumstances Peruiitted, Tue Comunissioners have been un- able tooptain legislation looking to the care of almshouse and workhouse children under more favorable moral conditions than are available in those places, but have, 90 iar as practicable, distributed aa many as they cpuld around tne ju the Disthiot, where they sayu:—“Every oue who eats his matutinal egg, als ® sermon ands miracle, Inside of that smooth, symmetrical, beautiful shell lurks a question which has been the Troy town for all the philanthropists and scientists since Adam. tell why from one ‘comes ‘a little rid hin," froin another o Becta. “You leave xod'itds counted with ac ad of sulpaur. 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Ogilvie & Co, “ BIETIGHELL” New York: Funk & Wagnalla Vaium Wishes, ‘Written for Tax EVENixo Stan. ‘O that a wish couid see! Then would my longing gnse Pierce t, that goodiy land where dweils my love— ‘and she By sight of her dear fue my spirit ead would raise,— Af only wish could see. O that awish could hear! Then would my heart rejoloe Tocaich asound from home,—a whisper een would ‘cheer. How would I list for her most sweet, most kindly voice,— Ifonly wish could hear. Othat.s wish could feel! Then would Itough seme while Her gentle hand, which all my bitverness could heal, ‘And cruel time and space aud loueliuess beguile.— Af only wish could feel, Hors 0.8 8 Marion, Chins, May. 1866. Saturday Smiles. ‘The childrea at Fort L. were one @ay holding forth upon the belongings of Unelr respective mammas. “My maumu'sgote beautiful silk dress," ete. The climax was reached when one of the number exclaimed: “Well, anyhow, my Matnua's got the red-headedest baby in we post.” An officer of the army made the acquaintance ofa young lady ata bull, She immediately be- came very familiar and said— a “Captain, I want you to stop parading, past my, window every day. My mother don't like my, “I'll be glad to accommodate you if you will tell ine where you live,” replied the eaptalii— Texas Sytings. A minister was struggling to put on @ new founpiy eollar, and the perspiration was Starting from every pore. “Bieys the collar” be ejaculated. “Oh, yes, biess it, Bless the collar!” “My deur,” said bis wife, “wt your text for this’ morning's sermon! WT twenty-first verse f-ity-fiftu psalm,” be repli in short gasps." “The w-words of bis manouth were s-sinoother than butler, but w-war was in his b-heart.’”—N. ¥. Meroury. A mule is never tamed thoroughly except at the iropt. A bovine can be tamed allover ox- infront, The man who babivaall) Peeing o bull aod 1a front of « male will never die with bis bouts On.—Columbus (Ga,) Ainguerer. Cujid—Grandpa, how old) gre yout Grand- belore [ old, my litte {am 87 years old, m3