Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1886, Page 2

—_: * an — THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C., SATURDAY, ‘JULY 1, 1886-DOUBLE § TY AND DISTRICT. LD-TIME SALARIES. OUT OF THE SNAKE DEN. SUNDAY AT ST. ELIZABETH. BUILDING ACTIVITY. stone bese te a corved v toactrentar form, = pallhass sas — aintained to the (TTS. How It is Made Unha: What Department Clerks were Paid | Fact and Fiction from the Reptile Reem A Large Number ef Houses and Baild- Toot, rs, Moths and the Like. Half a Centary Ago. of the Smithsonian. ings Being Erected. ‘and extendi Pa EVENING Sram gets ‘aren OFFICERS GET CAUGHT—THE | COSTUMES WORN BY MEMBERS— EFFORTS TO| ME. LAWRENSON’S RECOLLECTIONS ox THE| A Stan reporter searching for authentic in-| PATIENTS OUT FOR AN AIRING—QURER CHAR-| THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICK IN THIS DIS-| SPAN Of seventeen feet, Daleon OLICHMAN'S LIFE SUEEF- | EEF COOL — VESTS VERY QENERALLY TA-| FAY QUESTION—THE DATS WHEN Daraat. | iormation chooetning the sea serpent which is | AcTEuS AND How THEY ACT_a¥ AMATBUR| TRICT—THE TLOMAL EstanLisunEnt OF THE | SreoUG Mor: 188 handsome tentare ot (a ‘Within the past four weeks several communi” eee WAY THE we been made to some of whieh ARDSHIPS mene astue te remied tetheeaerpil. | LESS SIGHTS AND FOURTEEN HOURS OF | BOOED—PALM LEAP FANS AND THIN QOATE—| MENT CLERKS USED 10 GO OUT To FEED reported to bave made its appearance at sev-| SIGNAL BUREAU—THE SAD TALE OF AN IRISH | MESSRS. SMALL—OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. with” brown stone where its effect te dase dn: Our shade trees. As the fret whieh I) DUTY—witar a “noone A LANGUID INTEREST IN BUSINESS, THEIR HORSES—HOW AN EFFORT To ORT AX | eral noqalde regorts already this summer tra-| PATIENT—TME “PRESIDENTS” TOUR OF IN| pao ig most pleasing to the eyes or the construction b = % INCREASE OF PAY WAS DEFEATED, versed the gloomy passage underneath the| sPEcrioN. uilding is going on with great activity in | dictates. The entrance fs wide and attractive, ave seen, subsequent to mine, Wh “Look out for and arrest Richard Roe,” read | The Congressmen, as a rule, are in no con@! Smithsonian building leading to the snake = this city, although it is now the season, when | It has side lights, set with leaded cathedral Ushed on the 30th of June, isa the police sergeants at the several police sta-| tion to begin the work of repairing fences as| “The pay received by clerks when I entercd Sunday morning s Star reporter sat tn the | asa rule, but little new work is begun. Owing | #8*# Of rich effect, aud is finished in quartered room. Within the room sat @ distinguished Tepo! Sak. The ball ins Gio aeuaeral iets 1 will give it the first tions at midnight a few nights ago. “Wanted | soon as they get home. When the very hot | the Post Office department,” remarked Mr. | Soiontiat, It was evidently a mon nt of Jetsure | ‘8 ¥iting shade under the trees in the beautifal| probably to the labor troubles early in the r~y —b--Lae in 1. We and contains 1 iroase. ‘The rooms ee een nee nad aus nig | OM @ charge of horse stealing. He ts & one- | wave struck the House in the middle of the | James Lawrenson to aSTaR reporter, “was, as} Sit Mim, and Irae eee rter took ad. | §OUnds of the government hospital for the in-| Spring a good deal of the present activity is | either side of the talland ie, the near oe on my letter, so he says,and will not have his | jegged colored man, five 1 h nine inches high, | week members hung limp in their state, and | @ rule, $800 per year. Some received more and | vantage of it to bfoach the subject of sea ser-| Sane. Nature was in one of her loveliest moods | merely making up for lost time, but even this | connected by sliding doors. ‘The kiteves lawn. trees rid of caterpillars upon receipt of an offf- | mediuin build, and wears a light moustache. | not even the excitement of @ closing week | some less, but that was.the pay of the great | penta" a and the sunlight shone in patches on the vel- | ii more than was predicted, us it was generally fut ‘seriiens =e nt. An elevator or gia potice. Ip case a ACh gurces St ERE | tt caught lock him up and notify headquar-| could arouse in them more than a languid in- | bulk of the clerks. A salary of $1,400 was con- See serpents,” remarked the scient! vety sward, made to put on its most brilliant | concluded that the prospects for the building “ oy. Tas une from the basoment 0 fe Tsuxyested were Mau OF Congress or the the third st . The Seat eecgned See mate, bs Cres Se OS | ta The nia then. looted on thelr | terest. ‘The evolution of Congress through the | sidered very large pay, and but few received | Jety ‘ner qursaifng MenL Orgthem IC You.cae | green by the recent rains. The alr was pare | season were rained. Even now some who are | waitmenaniacy. ree Chambers are large and safely be leit for discussion to the distinguished | Whistles, and the way lines of policemen, first and | various periods of a session is interesting to | that.” the room towards the myriad jara in which d balmy. It was lovely Sabbath morning, | interested in the building trades state that the | fireplaces, and han. ‘mantels will be de- author and Judge 5: The tacts referred to | second-class privates, standing in front of the | observe. At the beginning of a session they are | Mr. Lawrenson, as is well known, ts one of the | serpents were coiled and the dried and stuffed | and one could scarcely realize that this was the | season will only be an avernge one, and that | “ued for the rooms thronghout, There ise dy this author and « Py rekard So tne felts | desks, wheeled about and started out of the | stiff-backed and energetic,—very anxlous,—par- | oldest clerks in the service, he having entered | Teptiles hanging on pegs and other protections | house of unfortunate sreatures bereft of reason, | there would have been a great deal more butid- | DAthroom on each upper and every com e sects and insectivorous oblage £ a a Toot \- ventence that the space ‘The bu! eee oeee eee re articular acs | stations to thetr posts to look for a one-legged | ticularly the new members,—very anxious to do | the department in 1884. He 1s now 86 years Falster riste ate a oKes, Cven distin: | except for the occasional weird cry of some de-| ing if the labor troubles had not occurred. It | Won Wi pn Reetion so far as Uiey sb Will be heated by steam. Large coal va Ww that (he web-worm | man. They also looked fora two-legged man, | something. When the height of the soctal sea- | of age, and when # Stax reporter entered his | fours of relaxation, | We hace secuivad «| mented being imprisoned bebind the bare in | is a. not ble feature of the building now | be built under t parking. Mr. N. @ud tussock-moth are wacked to any ap- | cal the night inspector. There are good | son strikes them they begin to think less of leg- | room in the department he found the old gen- | bowling constrictor,” continued the scientist, | one of the wings of the immense building. Un- the proportion of large expens! is the builder. The twill be $18,000, ‘pe es clable extent by insectiverous birds, and | officers to whom the hobgoblin of the night | islation, and frequently fall asleep in the day- | tleman at work at his desk, where he is se | observing that the’ reporter took in the full | der the treeson the male si ‘of the grounds | Bouses as compared with what are known as — Teerefore that the protection of insectiverocs | O° shar: we : > . faithful to his duties and as efficientas any | meaning of his pun on sea serpents. “Never | sat groups of inmates, chatting, smoking, EP, houses te much greater than lust year. BY CANAL TO THE FALLa. wenn erm oe :tiat werviee in | !B8pector brings no terrors, There are other | time. About Easter time they “awear off” and | Count (op Hirde ts emelent ae any | moaning of is pun on sen, serpenis, Never | sat, ig itheleundny sapere: com: | While, of course, the erection of small houses — the wartare against these cilicers not so conscientious, whose idea of duty | begin, to reform, turning: some att please their | More, where he lives, every day, and returns im | the snake that surrounds an army of other | prised the class of puticuts who are not closely | Continues, yet not to the eatent of last year, | The Veyage ome Packet te the Great Your correspoulent “W,” In the same paper, | well performed Is that he has not let the night | combi sbing something that will please thel | the morning and is at his desk promptly at the | snakes, gots around them, puts his tail in his | confined tothe building. Some were undoubt- | Many who have invested their money in this Falle—Seemes om the Way. takes @ more sensible view of the matter, and | inspector or sergeant catch him violating the | ORwituents and secare their re m with |Our. Mr. Lawrenson is remarkably bright | mouth, swallows his tall and keeps on awallow- | edly insane, but only occasionally does their | Class of pt are Inclined to think thal says he has practised the method I suggested, ee 10 | Ow Katill undone they become demorat, | #84 ‘active for a man of his years, and his| ing it, contracting the ring around the other | malady becom. having ip previou rs destroyed every nest | TUles. All the officers patrol their Leats wel Sy See ee ar eo et memory goes back filty or sixty years and re- | suakes, you see, until he cuts then om every spec around bia premises und crushed | {0F the first hour, keeping « wateh for the night | ized and desperate, but thelr ret energellc | Cuile ‘oydata, and. persone, with antonishing | i HEe oe iad aoe Coetal nttion on | Soe per neaty ere lucid intervale, when they 1B order ip get into a new hose with the result | 106 Visit and even to e majority of tie residents the Ife out of every young worm. He properiy | ‘Spector and incidentally lookin g lor the one- | Movement melts their collar an ndy toacerpt | Meility. In addition to his experience as | the subject?” inquired Tux STAR reporter. their imptisonment as little as possible. Some | tbat the old houses are left empty. Rever occurs might be some Felers to the circumstance that the work of eut- | essed m ay apes fods thavold attests | tate; and eae or ‘an early at roney. Pt department clerk, he was during the| “We would not have believed it iit had not | wero on the fast Toad. to recovery from their . HOUSES NOW GOING U. ting off the nests was begun by the city author- ines has become protty-well worn, | Fits indifference (firs: me what overdo rar to the ‘anpracticed | Dullding'e: email houses is To the stranger who pays Washington In two,” | eyes. They have ineld intervals, when they | 94 the disposition 'is to move out of a old house ae Sarloct, Bart of his carly Ii'e correspondent for | been brought to us by 8 hoop-enake,” said the | hallucinations, and needed only alittle more | Some of the houses now going up in various | the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, which lead to ities too late this year. seems io be, un- | Various newspapers, and in that way he came | learned gentleman. “This hoop snake, or | time before being disc cured. Others, i fortunately, one of thove, perions who have not | {kes PC new Partner, very likely, In the direc: | tudes and in thelr dress. During the past week | in contact with many publiomen, about whom | horned afake, came with tte tailin fta mothe | however tere eee ieee aa ee teste ere: | Parts of the alty have been noted ns follows, 1m Seen ee Oe enh toue & gotten ‘over the delusion in regard to the | Honofan Se er arise ment. ‘The most fastidious became utterly in. | €, hats in a very entertaining ‘way, His re-| When we took its tail out we found the dispatch | controlisble appetite for Nquor ean be called | 8ddition to thoso recently mentioned in Tae | Which supply the city with water. During English sparrows being of value In ridding poesoas sole different us to thet. personal appearance, | MATK about the piy of clerks quoted ubove was | on the end of its tail telling us about it, The ; Insanity. They were probably sent to St. Elle | Sta: Mr. David A.Windsor 4s Lai ding abana. | the past few years canal men have improved tees of vermin. where liquor is sold under the cloak of eatables. | Tirdir's ‘man could be scen, writine at his | elicited by an inquiry from THE STAR man, | dispatch was put on the end of the tall, and | beth by their felutives and friends whom they | some house ou New H tupshireavenue and N|on the old “mule” system of Crawing their Bourscois) ily 7) Pins bis faith to the | The officer explains to the new one what he | desir “Half the louse had on thelr cheap office | WO Was rather curious to know something | then the tall fn its mouth, so that it would be | disgraced iu order that the qmlet restraints of | street, which will hgve = large frontage, and | boats over the many milesof smooth water, other birds that would return éf the sparrows | must do to get nis “nip,” and then puts him on | Ses: t less Indesed and wrinkled trom | #beUt the iife of a department-clerk in the early | sife. Dr. Yarrow, you see, offered $100 toany- {gat institution might, to tim break thechains | will gost. some $18,000, In’ the immediate | and have ‘engines in the boata, givi Were killed off. With a iew exceptions, how | the watch, Promentie ‘the offleer tag Guu ttid [bate Waliode inert piasteraiposs cane atriped | YeAf¥ of the government. Continuing, Mr. Law. | body who would bring him. alive hoop snake he habit which heid them in bondage. vicinity, and occupying the wholeot one of | them the Fenetitot that portion of the boat Tin tcont cine eeubthe On ee s, and suddenly « hand appears | seersucker coats of cheap quality are most | 7@%#0n said: “The appropriation for the pay of | with its tail in its mouth, he have to pay OUT FOR AN AIRING, those small flatiron squares so common in the | formerly used asa stabie for the mules, There stovepipe. and the “old recular® | worn,and some of them are so wrinkled that | Ces was notin specitic sums as it is in these | the $100? No, the doctor was not here when ty, Dr. Guy F. Whiting Is completing a large | have also boon built several boats for carrying : “ On the female side of the building the more | ¢ emp debe Pusan Theos thieéts. areas iy protected a Kovepip th Tegu n, an days, There were no classes of clerks rocog- | the people brought the snake, and they could and’stately residence, which is bulit according | €Xcursionists and now regular trips are mad © by thelr irritant clothing of lair, and can only | Swallows, the contents. | “Do It again,” he | they soem to have been shriveled up by the hot | nized by law then, nd the amount estimated | not eat formas Willive have ie royitr Kereks | tractable patients wore ont for an airing under | See designe ot Mr. Poindexter, the architect | a= far up as tbe Great ‘Often times these be coped with effectively by the direct action of | *! P ., siut a few lave reached. inet pont mean | 8Y the head of a department tobe necessary to | wouble Is, you ace, 1 c : e this was a jointed | the watchful care of their comely attendants, | Just above N street, on New Hampshire ave- | boats take fishii es far as Heneca, rele RR Se ae ECT EG ere ea BAY the [clerks was appropriated tn bull, and | snake, and when I went to touch it it tell all | These untortunates were all neatly qressed and | BUe, @ pretty home for Mt. re of Danks of ties ee Si thelr bent | kecbing cool, Burrows, of Mighiona Toece | the department head determined what each Pleven. It is true = nn Who could blow on | apparently contented. In a few minutes three | Dearing completion, and Thout being caaght The bell in the chereh | back fiehisceat dressed in ® light eete'withes | CleFK should be pald, OF course $4008 year | It the right way might have brought the pieces | SpbArently ¢ ‘walking along the well-kept path. | 18th and Prot. Eastm: eee Sete eee te the officers make | palm-leaf fan In one hand ands handkerchief | © @great deal more in those times than it is | together again, It would require some one with Two of them were chatting merrily together | dence. Further along on N street, and just be- | ® run of five minutes the captain shouts their way to the sheval aa hateel bes to seus | fa the other frst wistoe wey” handkerchief | to-day, but moat of the clerks had iamilies, and | lunge like bellows. We have 10 Keep track ot while the third, with downcasteyes and vacant | YODd 18th street, Senator Eustis has just begun. “LOW BRIDGE.” fe” hele hearty: eenae ene onibee Stern | Beseds OF MG TEe BtIOnE a HRD ELS aloo: | weysnads ao prety tight squceze to make the | these matters, you see, for every Httle while | expression, held tust the hand of the young girl | 'e erection of’ an addition to the residence ‘Strangers on the boat who do observations in your paper of July upon | jh ihe is analous to, kuow the whereabouts of | ter blue, though the coat talis arcimussed from | {9 ends meet, When one died we generally | Congress gets up @ svake investigation ang ex- | cxpressign. ‘trustiul dependence. It waseesy | Which he recently purchased, and which will ust motte the & very active fly which depo-its its exgs UpOD | He “Tight tnapeeton Det ae ea aT oe Beta net moe top oath alis are mussed fro | hed to take up a subscription to defray the | pects us te tell sil about it, towee that the two bright eyed girls wore at-| De Used for the accommodation of his library. | bridge ahead, while engaged in conversation, the body of the caterpillar, and calls upon some | {He night inspector, but as that official bug @ | belug sat upon too m the’ “democratic party,” | "Neral expenses. Many of the clerks lived out | ”“There was a copperhead and a blowing viper tendants, aud that the third was the daily | 0 18th street, just south of Massachusetts ave- | @resuddenly surprised by the falling of the of our professional entomok to ell us aut | Key to the boxes and might be listening at the | out of Oght with the “d Parive' | of the city limits, and they would drive into | in a box here, the other day," sald the sefentist, | charge ‘ct ‘one ‘of thine. Canore anne Bue, Mrs. Senator Cameron is erecting @ house | awning which eovers the boat. “Captain, stop about it-—iue imanner of development of the | Teuton his name or title through the tele-| Cuteheon, of Michigan, wears a thick suit | tBelr work every morning. I remember there | “and the viper, 1 think, was_pretty well iright. | CASTES, couple passed. "One was bright and ; Which is attracting « good deal of atte! that boat, somebody bas lost a hat,” shoutsone and the effect on the caterpillar. “L. M. nent Gat sLanpey Irian eae oP ie racaeine: LAMA Pei wean MeseoE ne ‘Other members | Ud to be rows of hitching posts along the | ened by the copperhead. "There was a water gay looking ina well-titting white dress, while | Acfoss Massachusetts avenue Mr. Maury’s | of the excited women. ‘The captain sees the rpannowever, Hardly nosis to call in the help | Keeper, “Any news” of “Anything going on? | fan themselves witu the Records “Mr kangal | 2auafe Whore the Fatont office building now | moccasin in, the box, too, but be hunted for a | KeY quoniea & welliitting, while dross, while | Aoagee ffasserhuscka Genus, Mr. | Maury's | of the excit ‘stop is made. The hat is shed Of others in this ease, for be has told the most | Tyne Staticnkecper Nes Any Rise ee eae | soeme eaves with the Record, Mr, Randall | studs, and the horves would stand there all | hole end got out of the way. The viper thon expression and looked steadily upon theground | foundation, and will prove to be an| out and the beat Keeps on its tonne ase essential tacts when he says the fly makes oF | suvjcet he will answer syese nud elveine loca, | always Ophea Pe the Hecho eather, and | day, “At noon the clerks would come out of the | blew himself up_his binder partand fattened as she passed slowly along. It was explained | St#ractive feature in that locality. The ‘stop the caterpillar the “hatehing house, nurse and | 13°" ee more “stove] ‘and hz hour of | biaek broadcloth, Morrison wears a black | @ebartment and give thelr horses. a bag of corn | hiv anterior Jourth unlit helooked just like «| to Tu Stak man thee eke Leleeed epee ae | provements ou 1Oth atrcet are wulte onstenn. | jeuches the a the a Baye bis toll The food of its offspring.” J au not aware that the | Sic" jh approaches, Whee the olficers go off | alpaca coat, Seeriucker costs are seen all over | f,oats for thelr noon-day meal. big r cutter with a snake's head on the | had committed the unpardonable sin. ‘She did ‘and adjoining the fine resideuce which Col. | packet beaded for ‘west then steams other corn his “nip to wateb. Ti inald Feudal is | Point of Rocks. Leaving the banks atch. N street, between | canal at the foot of Congress strect the has built a resi- | pacl its way towards the Falls, man. I will not attempt to enter here into the broader question of the degree to which the Killing of rightly plumaxea birds ailvcts the interests of cultivators oF the soil in general. “L. M. M.” communicates some luteresting il Jeular species of fly Whick attacks the web- i 2 “ather primitive, I suppose you think,” ob- t blade and a biground handle. Then | n, nry Strong is building ac the corner of 16th | Lowards the Falls. Worm has ever been identifled, but. in ail prob- | 4uty for the day, ‘ ficlscenit or camer ieee Gov Long | SeF¥ed the old genticmau, as he glanced’ good his head into the sand, took one tones “but “committed at ahes nade Bad | And Latreetay Mies Nina Wright ‘has began the | Chute bridge, i stop ts sande ta eonomametnes ability it belongs to the extensive tamily of LOOKING FOR A RESTING PLACE. has asul. in dark stripes, so has Gen. Hender- | paiurediy at bis listener. “But everyting was | load of sand and paraded around in that way. | conscquently there was, 00” hops for | fection of two fine residences, At the. corner | fishermen, Sho intend to are thelr eee ne ae lachinide, or else to the related family of | While these officers are seeking something to | son, Weaver and Bruinm, the two green. | Primitive then. There were but few streets in| The copperhead “actually turned pale with | fen" t alittle distance could be seen the curls | 0! 17th and Corcoran streets Mr. John A. Gray water on the Virginia side. Usually sev- gathers anges ig My Tay awa | oe ames ameter, ato omer | Bie ds Agaehysa emia Pony | ea dnd puvScns a toca halast | {ee Gage eile Svan Ree ac Mase” he | ss etiona dav moet Fer | sinned reco retour | pena esta eotae ge ga Sano hese sh, M. Ma" cal side rtee UE reer = wo days, 3,000. fe Islan Pooks say about the havits uf ilies of these | PeTHaps, are looking fora resting place. They | Sowden! and Bayne wear pongeo coats, Hall | Peew oui oc tte ola Dullding which stood | head, “if'the copperhead hed itten him he | efiye aimlar figure at ihe capitol. She was ma, and cusor] pened,” aoeten ohis enh the bee ee, as Rae Wears a seersucker .of pronounced _ stripe: 3 Ler Bog Watch the tree-boxes, and seeing nothing of the | Ke4T# a, seersucke! In the ‘House is | 0% the present site ot the Post Office depart- | would have let the wind outof bim, just like ‘ht inspector, or “Unele Isaac,” as they some- | Phe, coolest looking man in the House ment building was small, and had been built | biting a hole ina toy bellows. I um satistied | dresses of Mr. James lcKenney has built just above | headquarters of the Sycam land Sin tant eames tog peeindes HEL OLR | roers of aome ‘thin inaterial “ad” a fine | C8, Mf Blodgett for a Hotel, aad segue now, | tuat ie was. nothing Dut biuaer on tue part of | Ghar Ghcne ghauaante, wad Ube uciable | ee eer a cea, cay qual Just above | eaduarters ofthe Sycamore, and pleasure nd tuké possession of a settee. One of | (ousers, of some thin ir with a slight | When I call it to mind, very miserable struc- | the viper. Sometimes right will lead one to = Mr. Cranch Meinure. Mr. T. P. Simpson bas | during the pleassut months. aud where oyster Shem complains of a sone nce nd takes Of His greenish tinge, on ‘yellow. he wind. flat- ture us compared with the noble pile of marble, | bluster around.” a fice hig aati 5 * jun the erection of w residence on Khode | roasts are given before the water is frozen i heey, aking disposed, Meise ve Conor eee uh the tox ein Le eal dad he | Wied now iy tho department building’ ‘Phe | "-WSIl"the tito, of @ polsonous snake kill aw Ing @ quick step on the graveled walk | Isiaud avenue and P street which wil cost | the winter Nisttors to Park hotel sino get off wt a mau approaching, and the 3! department had not then become | other snake?” asked the reporter. behind him th ter turned his head und 14,000. The vicinity of 8th and L| “Jim Di a ole isthe envy of all his associates. ‘The two pean jake? repo! 1e report ed his a x y nm im Dicks” and walk up the hill a di | a ian approaching: and the sharp voles of the | ane, civy, of all, lis, auociates. , the two ono of the exvoutive departments oi the gov. | | “Ob. yes very quickly,” euid the naturalist. | saw approaching « noutly dressed mida tireota Is Wo have three attractive houseserected | about e quarier ofa mile. The islands sbout 5 hake peck there long enough se Te amet | sucker. Holman wears thin brown calico coat, | ermment, b was merely the genoral post | “Snakes that eat polsonous snakes by choles | man He wore a tall hata few seasons oomot | Were, Mr. N.T. Haller isto butid one on | this lock are covered with the Feaee ee ee est seat brooks Sud | tuunk “yes;* but say sothing: They get upracd | Westand Little wear uinck alpaca coats withou: | Mee, Well, as you may judge, every wag | always eaten them by the nose, so they cannot | ™aa-_ He street to cost $8,000, and Mr. Emmons Smith, Apedericapbeteenen hundred caterpillars of the comiug brood, and | think “ye! mat say Do! oe talk aye, | ¥ests. Eldridge wears black alpaca with striped | Ws 00 8 much smaller scalé than 'what we are | open their mouths, Then they swallow thei, and @ dark overcoat without any under- | of the Boston variety store, two houses on Sth ‘t Washi the follage of our handsome trees will thus be | Ove tells how sore his ieetare. They talk aw vaait | Seersucker vest, Hiscock, of New York, sticks | #¢cUStwiued to in these days, but I remember | nose and head first, and the reptile never hus & | Cot, Which fluttered about as he strode rapidly | street to cost $16,000. Apermit has recently | Sbout Washington, and are frequented by @ aaret: Mane dae the otears ae presenieh wiieall | to thick cloth clotes, Stake, oF Massuctiusetts, | Hat soon aller 1 entered’ the department 1| chanes to bite. King snakes, the black snakes | #!0ng. In bis hand be carried a cane which hg | been taken Out by Ne RA etic ee cea number of ladies and children and email plente me persia teres oxuscéii oc tlie wai peiacioal Tee tae otticers are presented with an | ‘rsa striped se. sucker sult entire, Vestsare | found that the clerks had the opinion that their | with white marks do that. way. There. is swung jauntily. Eis ait was busingse-like, and | twostory houses at 10th and E strecta south: | parties, bids a6 lameete wulet are taluating ote: tiden tora Penge et the Beat meeting of | (erally booed, and suspender buckles can | *#lrles were too small, and cut their cloth as | another snake, of # dull lead color, in the West | be Wasted no Ume along the way. Ashe passed | west, and the houses which B. H. Warner & Co. After passing the mills along the canal above @re now coming forth from th oeoons, and board. They are tried by a board generally be seen’ sticking out from under | CCO#0mically as they could, they found it dit | Indies, that does the same way. I'tound one of | the official by the reporter's side hailed him | are buliding near the Capitol park have ulready ~~4 glibly talking to both attendants and patients | #edorned with Lundsome homes, and one of | passed, " Another tnile and. the boat. paswos- Boon’ the walks were Oetted ete tee Eis | the: Feoent addiHons ts the elegant house which | through the secoud lock at "Jim Dicka® the The suggestions by “E. EM.” are of the utmost Importance. He advises all occupants of Louses to examine the interior of thelr Loxes and the under side of Window sills project they will tina the cuc “Destroy them Wwitu the end of a poker, cane, stick, Buch cocoon de=tre now” will clr 2 ~puble cl ‘ Sreeed oes = Georgetown, and being raised through two been doing so for some time past, and at ints, Who have no trouble to siaibers? a ficult to make itguit the pattern. Finally they | them once which had swallowed all it could of | With acherry “Good morning, Mr. President. | been mentioned in THE Stan, ing the eggs tor new broods. Kho web-wor but are puzzled as to what they | "Sonne whohave enough euergy totry to keep | ame tv the conclustou to try li they could not | asnake much longer than lwelf, it made a | OUt on inspection this morning?” “How you Gabe ihtors’s RASiDIcEC. Nw lag Fig rye) apn Soe aes toe caunot be fought weil in the egg siaie. Ti end as we punishment for the | a pemrances Wear Lain ween! White testes | ¥et aN incrouse, Of course, Congress must strange sight—looked like a snake with two | Was, Toctor?” replied the pedestrian, slowing | 4 y, handsome residence has bee! who intend on Se, cocuous can be crushed, with the fusects in them he matter is held under advise: | (hie humerous, and Mr, Hiestand, of Peaueyi. | 2 appealed to, aud a delegation called ou | tails. It had to go around this way until a part | Up siltle. “Ives yust_ gol’ to look aroumt s ery ce hus been begun spending the day at fone, whenever they are found. Atter tic metus bay conse out they may bee wished, butwillmotoiten | ubslousiy inguire:“Haveyouhearduny thing? eau caatianaed wiley sae cies nieae ce a the officers are very happy because | Yama, Allen, of Massuchiusetts Moth to be found at this time. Tnese ere not dismissed. orth Caroiina, Jouns N i 5 *s 5 bridge. Leaving the whari below Cabin John’s i! i ‘ the Fostinaster General, Mr. Barry, to know if | of the swallowed snake was digested; then it | lettle to see dot efery-ting goes rigut,” and witm | by Mr. A. Leo Knott, the Second Assistant J Barlelgn or" Sutvest with a thin black sult. | no wonld have any objections to tielr ‘Appour: | would ‘ake tn a iittle more ofit, and so on, | 80 earnest suakg of is lewd ue egntinued down | Postmaster General, ou the north side of x | S,fun through fea A ag EF ‘ 4 Bennett, of | PE before a commitice of Congress, He told | until the whole snake had disappeared. I ami | the road. “The President of the United States, atreet, just west of 17th street. This house | arrives at the first Of the seven lucka, wi them that he bad no objections, and suid that | told that out in Kansas there are snakes that | Suid the official to the reporter. “He believes | adios tins Sine wala ti te nd he hoped they would get all that they asked. | catch hold of the legs of land turtles, or‘tor- | that he was elected by the ceneus. He itian J. Coffey is | close together. At this lock most of the is building. i e walk ‘towpath antll moth to be ee eee alana Sik GAUGING. Johueonrok ee Ai | Accordingly adelegation went up to the Uap. | tes, as they call them here, A snake will| ever goes out of the building during | of ah eeecaay the Saat ms Sie Seo nees scones ie! pa aoe ven locks, state, and what I said in my letter of the Sut After the young officer successtully drank his | Frederick takes stent comfort inw full a it of | Ol aud were given «hearing by the commit- | swallow the hind leg of the “tortle,’ and, of | the week, but every Sunday mornfng at U Knott’s house will be of the same material, aud | when the passengers agai Doard and Po ae aes Crd rae mitinihe olel ciices Ger inine abate ait eee Singleton wears they same | te; They were listened to very attentively | course, canuct swallow any more. Then the | hour exactly he emerges, dressed us you see | the rest of the house will be of brick witht stom wart ts made oa the foutmtie | 4 they ‘begin their lives an coloaien,eacts upon a | "PT With on duty with a new | $1¥le coat both winter and summer, varied only | #84 Ueated with great cordiulity. The com- | ‘tortie’ goes tramping about with the snake | big, and starts in a regular tour of inspoction Single leaf, under which they feed on the Substance of the leaf. They then extend the web | 1 enclose another leaf, aud so continue feediu: always under suelter. "At this time, thereivr trimming. There wiil be winding stone ste th fh wide-water to “Jo” West's the serpent aes AG mitte er hearing their statement said that | attached to his leg, and using the snake pretty | Of thegplace, which he imagines is under his | to athe a P ‘old regular,” and | black’ velvet collet, "Ur alt the meteors, Me | Wey would give it their attention, and added, | roughly, ‘The snake cannot let go; for leeteeth, | charges He hus « rogular reute umat inetades | ote, by en octagonal bay window whlct wil | Hints, cok, whieh end tn front of Gar. Hew companion. The | Baker, of New York, seems to tind most dif- | tat in order to act with intelligence, a sub- | which are turned back or inward, are locked | Neatly the whole grounds. After fincing every- | terminate at the teicd story 11 ‘cony. The | speed of the boat ts increased, there being no nd em pti night | eulty in keeping cool. He is about the heav- | Committee would visit the department and | fast, It keeps its hold until the leg becomes | think to his satisfaction, he returns to the how | roof will be high pitched aid covered with toa he pk to break tn his Sure Mile 24 : : danger of washing away auy. of the to they may be destroyed by plucking olf the leal | inspector Just. then puts in ah ap) eaity a ee aoc He Id head | €X#mine into the nature of the work done by | so decomposed that It drops off. That fact uc- | Pitul and is contented for another week. tel ee ee Or iaves upon which they are, and burning or | “Having ayood ime? heasks. Themen tien | acd ete eee eet ee le clerks.” The delegation returned and made | counts for the great ‘nuniber of lame ‘tortles TRAINING FOR A FOOT RACE. design of the interior swell alapted fora city | water very deen” uty wide and tho ferushing tiem upon this or throwing theta into | er Sell | in black ‘alpaca, and wits with bis lege wpread | % slOWiME report of thelr mission, aud there | found im that country. “The Lowling constric-| In walking out to Prospect hill the portion | Home. ‘There isu central hall of geserous tae. THE ROCKS Lot water. As the webs increase in extent this becomes more difficult, and involves a resented Ww! be Helier Was much rejoicing among the clerks. Sure | tors are made down in North Carolina, I be- Z rtions separating the parlor trom tbe din: , iMindicerehieron iif knee, gue on. nls dook and | COWL. Some two oF three dup atterwatds the | Hees “They are inade Outof mooushine. I re | Of the grounds which commands such a mag | Portions separating the parlor irom the diutug- | which project out of the water are usually eow- continually greater mutilation of the ue rand 3 he ‘tril board takes | an immense palm leaf in his hand. He seems | SU”-couuuitiee made its appearance at the de- | member a man I met down in that state, acoun- | nificent view of the river and city, the reporter | ascend we che upper floors. Ou each side of the | ¢'ed with frogs and large turties, which disap- When the caterpillars are about baligrowa place. They are convicted of violating the rules | tg sutfer, buts geod aatutod, Poon there lee ciked, 22, be shown to the | tryman. I asked bim if they had auy’snakes | noticed a young colored man, in army clothes, | replace in the tail there will be high windows, | Pear as the boat approaches. On one side of they, abandon, the webs and seaiter over toe | of the manun/ and are fined.with the notice-that Dee cece natured (oat mbere the clerks were at work, whieh wt | around thay country. “Yes. he suid, (bow con: | trudging “along at a fair pace. His clenched | with stained glass, which wiil make tuis part of | the eapal, through wide water, the rocks rise Reighboring vegetation, afier which they can | a e off will work more seriou 32 e Was u large room on the upper floor, | strictors and anacondas,’ ‘What,’ | as! ‘you | hands were swinging at bis sides the house very attractive. The entrance hb water to a be fought individually of by poluonig the | cv It sor nsthatthe| THE TERROR OF THE DO6s. Tt was ai hiff tie eS ee | “if ve. The vance hall | from the ‘level of the ater to a height of 75 ter ten ovcluck in the morting, but | do uot mean to say you have them wild.” “Oh, | pore a determined expression. He odd and parior will be finished in cherry, the ce faces station generally. fense is repeated and tisinised. — Wheu the congressional committee iad elitabed | io," he answered, t i cole the dining: | grecn and osaoe 8 ‘they come here with the | he passed, but did noi let up ii iswalk. “ tral ball and staircase in oak, and tue divi y mosses nes, fae Tuswock moth can be fought best in the | Shoodie" Is bursted to ida south | A Tale With Poundmaster Einsteim— | the stairs andstocd at the entrance ofthe room, | shows.” Some people see a-good inuny snakes,” | is training foran imaginary. foot race,” sata | oom in cherry’ Tee artnet een, | green and ¢ AY egg staie. The female moth never leaves the | Wa ‘The Tags for This Year. they were astonished to find no one there, aud | continued the sclentific gentleman. “Do you | Tux Stat man's compuuion-“Ho dosn't kone | in the a per Hoors ure very convenient. The | wo the river. Upon nearing the falls the view Geen ia which sie has transiormed. “When | d Clerks hard ae eepeted tecne of @ roomiul of | remember the story of the boy in the railroad | who are to be the other contestants, nor when | house wilt be Aulshed iu a very substantial | townede' tes ote ‘opens finely. One can look aha reaches ber Saal fore, in which, she lays “What is the style of dog tags this year?” | Clerks hard at work at their desks, thero was | car who had a box with holes in the cover. A | the eveut is to take place, but he 1s preparing | mapuer. The cost will be $15,000. Mr. Robert | down the Potomac for several miles, the large her eggs, she crawls out upon the outside of the asked a Star reporter of Poundmaster Ein- | 9,200, 0nd vacancy. | Turning toa messenger, | nervous old gentleman who sat near him | tor it, and is bound to win tho champiouship. | 1. Floming ts the architect'aud vulider. rocks and islands in the river making most goeoot aud there deposits two or tree bute {etn us ho was sitting on hie dog-eage wagon | Hho Ceayte Only Oeeupant of the room, one of | thought aes ieee A WANDERER’S RETURN. THE MAKING OF BKICKS. Ploturesque effects, ered e; which she covers with a froth-like, | st My v' i g gt he Cougressmen, ‘Oo was @ man Of Strict | feita little alarmed. Finally, he poke 1 boy: it a me brite secretion thatis uf a pure white color | and about tostart out in search of a load of | habits, asked stern]; with his umbrella, and said, ‘Sonny, what have | An Irishman with his dudeen came strolling | The brick industry in the District is growing VIEW OF THE FALts. and makes the mans of exgs very conspicuous. | canines, “Where are all the clerks?” you In that box?! The bdy said, "It's a mon- | leisurely along aud seemed to be enjoying him- | in extent every year and has assumed such pro-| By crossing the river in @ boat tothe island This mass of eggs should be removed from the Chicl ever, will mulne ‘They have goue to the races, sir,’ stammered | goose, an animal that kills snakes.’ Soon the . He hi ) ‘that the capactt; bri near by and climbing the rocks a good view tree and thrown into the fire. As the females | come home to roost, and some day the newman | “Well, they are made of nickel plate, bell | tae messenzer Sid gentieman prodded. bim again with. the aes Deas SSA DRAN ROT GEE ey DR opabbay Sbaobo beekyear ees Tneddition of the talls can be bed. During the summer are sv closely confined to their individual piace | will be sorry for It. shaped, with number on one side, ‘D. C.dog | ‘Gone to the races,’ echoed the disgusted Con- | umbrella and said, ‘You don't have so many He} wants ibttarned outa inte a ened bry hapserty janis eon baared el ; tas Vania oho ae grows euch Louseholder may to acreatex:| | “What will make him sorry?” the reporter | tag, 1846,’ and with a dog's hend in medailion | gressaan. “Hi i gone ceTioning the | suakes up yaar wax that you have 10 keep an | +) come'into posseasion of a pansion with ese | shore, Where euure uricks are, tinde bp Rone | eee eee She. ty walking sara the tent prevent the ravages of the caterpiliars in | asked on the other side,” sald tho poundmaster. | Titerstand that lis isa’ Seibonce Donnie | sulnul to KIN them, do youy “We don't have | siderabie buck pay. He retarned to irelamd | abd trom which tse supply fur the city came | aernaee fish" w ighborhood of his house by removing the | “Well, you see, these young fellows can’t |< estened ie uuderstaud that he isu inember ot Foundry | any,’ said the boy, ‘at least, I never saw one, pay. = nea PI = ve the way. ips freum the troes there. stand much when tl Ta This ts fastened to the dog’s collar. ciureh. Y | anit’no oneolsoever aawonerexceptmy brother, | With bis pockets full ot money. Temptation | few years ago, there are now a number of yards Many parties who ¢o to get a good view of the ~ Loe 5 sadly eto pane 5 ira tie dogalakoee pasiviifalithis saci tnien irsirepii "7 tu 0 was too strong for him. He went on apro-| Where machines are employed in moulding | falls getof at*Jo” ‘and orvess the ‘the remedies sugested will | Fest or refreshment. ‘The actor tectiog een | “We're running ahead of last year in the sale | "owiyt nene of the clerks will be there.’ | the old gentleman. 2° and friendless he obtuined passage across the | age Is some thirty or jorty thousand. The in- | with a stop at Cabin John, giving the passen- eucious to pi restor refreshment. The act of restin; fun the other eee eittor, Who in com-| ‘And this is an imaginary mongoose, sald | Soean to New York. From there he walked ci; | crease in the introduction of machinery in the | gers enough time to Visit bridge and “Ubserve freshing one s seit is called “hoodling.” of tags. The law has not been changed any, | mon with the otter meubers ot the committee | the sinall boy. The old gentleman then viewed the way straight to the gate of St. Elizabeth, | manufacture ot brick during the lust few years | home by dark: - ‘quires the 1 THE HARDSHIPS OF A POLICEMAN’S LIFE. 2 ae Eg, Fe Od co | erecting 12 euloy the Judiorouaneas ‘of | the scenery from the window and did notbothor | He wal a piulnplo ouject ties bo iea ce ines | amet enemeeaaaen tntae aeeeione De Fa _og__.- ‘Stns cater olleccialy avuaee Dariscalucnes cece oat he |B i Impored a tax of #2 per | theeituation, 4 suppose that Faron ,’ | the boy again. Z Was taken in and cared for. Out on the polat | bricks, But there bas been so much bullding Public Buildings and Greands. saw the young of the common aoe i. urgent Boy | Year for cach male doe and $5 per year for | mentioning snoluer clerk wiowas uy Methodist | | “Have auy Of our snakes escaped lately?” said | Vite, “uke in and cared for, Out o that the demand has been about equal. to the | wow: mebation wirvcunatan, the habits every twenty-four, nine of whiel Gach female, which bh all Cases tobe paid | Preucher, “ius uiso youe to the races? the scientist, repeating a question of the 2 3 supply, although the effect in general has been | MONEY, NEEDED FOR THE BBXT Fiscal YRAB Gescribed iu the report of the | strect duty and five on reserve in th The law for taking a | ,, ‘Ob! no sir,” provested the messenger carnestly, | reporter. “Now we never really had more than Re eS to gradually force the price down trom $10 per ata On ance acimaeai one qeeumibaientr of sqricaliare ior 15) uptation to “hoodie” is very | dog to any house or allowing a dog to | ‘he vever comes lw tue department on raed | halt a dozen copperheads and twoor three rattle | Am old soldier was standing on a bench vio-| {duu te $7, maleh: be che cares eA.PEE | Col, J. M. Wilson, pabite 225-129, ay well asin many earlier & asses, Ofti- | #ccompany one’s self there was $5 fine, and it | 44 snakes kel away, and that number amounts to | lently gesticulating towards the Navy Yard. | present. One or two new companies have re | buildings and grounds, in bis annual Teport to Papitcatios ‘ a Bt nd of the sec- ouait v ie eS they are a great nuisance Laue com ralttes went sway Rete Mr. | little when scattered overs NE ottyaike was He would wave his arms to and fro over bis | cently organized to make brick by machinery, | the chief of engineers, recommends that the ea the wallets whem 5 hace. a pe a eunicke Houses? awrenuson, “and that was the last heard of an | ington. { never saw one of them after they lett =< above buve the kindness 10 pot the. pee account for thelr inerense over | increase in the suluties lot sous tine at any | here, “They know me and 1 suppose get gut or | bead after the manner of brakemen when sig. | Aud it 4s reported that there, will bea aul | otlowing appropriations be made for earrying Heelan ec petal ead ate fib al miioreperlan Rite, | lew yews later tue departiuent was re- | the way when they ace mue coming. But there | aling to the engineer of a train. By the sido | further decline in the prices: ‘The brick amen | te work ander his charge during the fecal begin Seep eg cbt wee st Cm ¥ come Into the city irom the country— | organized, uid the Postmaster, General iro | Sr Very tewal toon Ground, and tromeits tee ates ercking in the | soy company toinake brick at aprotic and-sell | Year of 1888: Salaries, $51,100; care, repair, but the editor gave ouly the ivi urs to be spent ott duty. It often | follow iheir masters in—get lost and do uot | the head of a mere bureau, became u cabinet ; ig “Slight they not propagate and multiply?” | sound, and from its top fluttered several 1o a i fuel, &c., of Kxecutive jon, $28,000; im= ir way huine again, There's no other | Ollicer. ‘Then the salaries’ were increased, al- | inquired the reporter, Puy?” | age. Every few moments the old man would eae Special’ dorms cag | provement and caro or public grounds, $1.26,- 1 accounting for their Increase so rap- | though they did not reuch the standard wilich | | “If they found a gate,” sald tho scientist, | turn to his flagpole to see if 1t was all right, and | Tes. 1 some Insiang by which bricks | 000; lighting public grounds and the White 1 believe th: e year 1858 | “they might prop it but I never saw one in thai | then renew his gesticulations. Suddenly he | in" pe obtained 1or less” than scan | Ouse, $14,000; repairs to water mg tty tablished?” died service witht tne vuriuus | attitude,” and then the scientific gentleman, | Cambered down, snatched up his pole and, | Santis matior being regulated toa large | ¥4 for work on the telegraph lines, $10,000, The numberof ag napnshed: Duriug the | having used up his leisure Ume, resumed his | running some distance, set it firmly in the | So out by the length of the haul, ‘Te present | 12 explaining the reason for the recommenda: ‘and. get bud o June 30,1885, of everytuing went up aud | study. VHAt ate you dutneeT quae, cus, arms. | Prices, however, are Very reasonable as come | HORS, Col. Wilson states that it is desirable to ‘When inastraggte | 9 were killed, as sinereased, i Was thought unjust’ that Se (Opbing bye mts dee WinnKed gine, reporter, | Dared with whut are obtained in other locall. | Fetuove the old worn and broken flag pavement Jothing gets torn | they were Got redeemed by Useir owners. ‘Phe mployes of Lhe depurtineut should be te Transfers of Real Estate. Precio, bee replied’ sige a ye disdainiul ex: | Fey“and the quality Is said to be first-class, | 80d the boundary wall on the Pennsylvania es, as darning the | law says that dogs shall be kept in the pound eae buon. But the burden upon the gov-| Needs in fee have been filed as follows: C, | Pression, he replied, “Signaling to the army | Tre Munuiacturers of brick Go’ nur coins | avenue Irout of the Executive Mansion grounds While’ the | two days verore velug killed, but good dogs ure | ernment was very great, and while the Justice | p Culver et al. to C. A. James et al., pis. 4 | Vet there, of course. is thelr “attention exclusively to the ordiuary | and lay down lange stone flug pavement simi- nz in the | Kept much longer, even for’ weeks, UnUl they | OF tte position Laken by' the clerks was reoug- | Pa ¢'alver ebay. rer er a One miegnaletmeked there ‘Sunccmens Salinas ont iieorsi & master who is willing to pay'for the tag, | uized, yet motuing was dk i. 8 a ee about ine | When they get too numerous In the pound, | 169, when wi wdaition ot 1 rire ae SS acter! grades of brick, but mako ail Janey designs wud ar) Clark, lot 9, sg. 3 $2,: 60, OW he 7 v ” lors. In the Hay am lamas houses there 20 per centof the | Cotuminia to. WoL, Bramall pt, 8, Why, of course. There! don't you see?” | Sr some sixty different pavierhs of brick used, | construct @ suitable ornamental granite Bs = soe Extension of the City. To the Editor of Tur EVENING Stan: Any efiort looking to the extemstom of the } eity plan over the District of Columbia should be guided by a realizing sense of the splendid | uth priv schievement of the designer of the original | ula ones plan of the Federal City. This plan itself indi_| officers cates that,except for the circumstance of its | Stition shore outline and the selection of elevated when t midnigat roll ts | find wh storm i progress or ison | Way, but the men have to turn out | idl > out orm. They As of weathe with # p C = IN. Draney the contraatoe wt Suluries tor that yeur of all overnment 4 os i clutching THe STA man’s arm with one hand f es tg | boundary wall with piers and coping stone and points ior certain publie edifices, but litle or | cena t peters | aan elngiie Rieiuueae ists eee sinpioyes was appropriated by Cougeons.” | Rint Soe Li. Sion; Sia B'S! Mowat | and wointing with auother to iit column of | Hi otriich were ade by a brick company in | ROGndAY, wal ith Dlsrs and coving ‘ ite Waite oftvers ob reser | sway the “bodies, dumps them on a scan! ean on to W, Sayso, Sub 1ot"24, sa: 271; $3,500, J..4, | Mite smoke slowly ascending from. distant | Srouivets, tue inve MF. Hchardson, pask pavement Sa Azmeey omer oes were cause! yells of druukeu, prisoners of Four Mile Run, where the | Written for Tae EvENINe Stai S'Gare io TH. Ge Foudiord, Sy, Lost; sede, | auswering them. Pretty soon they will answer Aer ee ae paveinent im front, of the Smithsonian Insts Ing distant up in a ceil rue (he carcass G9 10 make Within my Re ta ene oe Bertram ‘Zovely wo tilda, SteVenson, es citroen leeenecaueca a de othi: Rafe ye mae regpeedicrd a Min all the ceaaiior - rhere iene th fo make i old Virgini. re ‘east @ chaos reigns, ar ‘9 ‘9 as, . Cl ag: was learne: vat ie old man does n« asi ier 6, wi Cope oe tation iieass | o “How are they killed’ Ihave never changoa | Of hopes and doubts, of feare and pains, BB te 80, 80 PEE Se ots, yg Gletk $0 W- | and ‘thinks of nothing but signaling, and cag | Past Week in tearingdown the old fashioned | sephalt walke in ell ¥ ‘He mends potenpoe tay elie station | muy; ninanor-At ine best and leasbarccner ter Of pleasure, joy and care: Mexiimore’ Ball sit 151.43, sq SOS ee e0e, | be found at his favorite occupation almost any | bullding, which has stood for eo many years at | thei'ait tho ovetioud wiresof the ta [a Pa isk cg GO wikine? iE ot in the head with revolver. Tuey die | Invain ltrytouresk. i TO Repro eat time of day. the southeast corner of 14th and G streets, | teiograph line be removed and an underground words: tices, | daty instantly, and are not sensible to pain. ‘They BrOraireless tinignox eee ding Eitchenan $60, GG Glover Ses te AN OLD SAILOR’S RETREAT. which was one of the first buildings used for # | cabie be substituted; the construction of wateh- aud for the sev é| are all curted off at once, and the pound ander- For ifone thought fdrowa, behold! fo Matildw Nutherford, iot 3, eq, 260; 69,000. | Down tn the woods, buck of the hospltal, the Binall & Son, the Moris, “Ail erect a dna dee | wet latges, in all the larger parks whore 9 a0 the j isco eo | mie = cleaning ap (nites, ened a Oouae. Hoar From ie rise others, mautfoid, eso: See Gebrglo Dr Todd tok G Ubare: | TePOFter ran across a queer character. Ho’ was | proof bullding for their own use, The building | ping’s bridge, 60. that it will be above bigh nears ‘former | autsand hve ut the pouud.. ‘Two horses are ‘And Hydra heuds they bear, Sy 10st: $. “Htenrloun Smiths, | Russian, and had been asailor during the | will be five stories high with s basement, and | water, at's’ Coat, of $10,000; and_ ew napap bender Sas Footie ai ta soayi taken | bles for my use in cate. danous, two paris of Ciichester 10 acd? | war. He had found an old deserted shanty, in | Will have @ frontage of 36 feet on 14th street | ouring for the navy ‘and an either use or or ereatier re the Vi % ing the dogs. on is a heavy one, board- In vain I'strive my brain to still; Meee eet WW. Patera uutoGakioora at | ie woonatthouls alter ooaiaeatebe ie tal, | aud 86 feet on G street. The ground floor, with | improved method of the draw; and a ed upon the sides, and with heavy wire net-| 18 mockery of my poor will mores 4, 725. Suine tO B M-Warnerovas. | which he fixed’ up and surrounded shi | spacious show windows on both streets will be | the removal of the failroad track through fesor- | Work on the front Its fancies surge aue’ aL 7 mh Turnersg | fence. He was as harmless as daft aud ras | the sale room of the florists, and in the rear will | vation No. 10, south of the Sunithsoniag, ecrows d rear portions to keep the d them ventilation, The sub lots 41 10 50, sq. 633; 3—. Gas SELES Thon Walker, sub 10t4, sgn, of imeipal, and to and aife $1,380. S | from the start unmolested. He took evident | ¥¢Teom for the large foliage plants, making ade-| 7th street, into Maryland avenue, and au ap- ut some iatu | 20 fea the view’ as one enters ration of $3,000 tor the vement of 4 reciprocity of | date ty dert nthe fund. As | «d is about three feetsix inches In di ess fantasies L ride— Riekout to L. Moolier, sub 139, aq, G29; e450, | pleasure in collecting all sorts of odd things | lightful back ground to a | propriation ‘impro tion has been | the matter 1 de ot pole aka handle. |The rim Obiiterating time and space Joun Appich, t0.J.J.'Appich, sub. lots 20-eed | which he arranged about his little cabin, agd | the store. In the rear will be a large glass con- | the reservation, at the will : Of iron, ‘The whole of the if + Slia N. MeG e1 serval with steps leading up to it irom the | “The other recommendations are for the cus 1y8 I, of Ul and grace, 21, Uniontown; $1,000. Ella N, McGowan to | he covered ee aud sroands owite | Stor see teeny ‘upper stories lave been leased | tontery medion ws = onts whith still lingered in his aivorierea | Fa term of twenty years by the Chesapeake | proving the public bulidiny aud grounds, 'y of Wastitagton are patroled bia eta £ I 181; $13,000. D. B. | si or gtonare ed Sie eee é, Kurtz, Johnson, pt, 64. 181; $13,000. D. B. | signs, alt the stray dogs gathered up.” Dae ona sone iow. Grottto8.S. Shedar sub tots 74 Sud'7, sq-a74; | thee the otiicers ae e any other stray quad: re : and Potomac Telephone company, and they |” The whole number of specimens of trees and require snieh attention trois your loree?™ Ta aeN calleteed Toes $8,000. JH epee to by Pgicins, sub | brain | Overin the corner of the ground wat| will be especially Rited up for wis business. | shruve in tae parks and pubic eroeas isore | ‘The Encore Nuisanee. “No,” suid the poundimagtel, “Luere are very | T° elite Mat few atin before tient’ ‘d: Keaule,” sume. property; ‘g-~ | was “Port luoyal,” ile spends bis time collect | TBeTe Will bean elevator in the building and thirty-two thousand, Col. Wlegn does not reo- Evest eptin the eltynot one-tenth part SEGA TH ears; Ry alkor tes LS: Laene, are e. B; | Ing bite of crockery, broken glass, &e. and 1e wor! ‘tau- | ommend the immediate remov: : eae ee Ses 7 ‘Again in horror back I shrink 8. H. Walker to J. 7 , Part 8, 8g. 816; | ing : . tial manner, The architect is B. B. Bradiord, | iron fences around the parks, but. while Peinedt the ditters of good music at prices th ton, Geese and goatsarg ulso growing scarce, Of Misery’s pit, where grim Despair LOR ber Seer eRe sen lore eo ered tp erp crys (aT) cost of this improveinent will be $40,000. | removal of those fenoes arvand Use smaller Fes- In the m within the reach ot wople who scarcely | and the only great source of trouble ure dogs, ‘Would cut off hope,and keep us there, Fee atten to Vinginin NT: tation toed” bib: | porter te scypape lina dn oon versmtaon tows meeie | ue BIOTR Smail will retain thelr garden on ervations at present | with walke tbrough wrevaent’s tiewital neuen ata few years | Wile Will Always zive trouble. ‘The old laweot rByusacalais wanders 3. columbia Heights; 88,284. G. Geisler to A | fess, All through the grounds this Sunday | the opposite si 6 them, in order ‘that a trial may be made of ateniion Nor style and themes | 1374 feauired dogs to be iurdled from the | aia : Huppert, pt. 8, sq. 450; $10,900. W.S, Ballard | morning were met queer characters, who wan- FOURTKENTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS, worded Public free access to these breath- sapperad D | ag : yle and themes | 13th of June to ‘Sti of September, This through them all docs music run, peiLosttier, ab fy 89. 513; $3,500. Morris | dered contentedly but aimlessly about. The Mr. W. 3. Roose, the well-known tobacconist, These two fi le meomposers. Music, known to | jartof the law tus, buen repeated, and never | Cheering, subdued, us eveniig’saan Murphy to Mury Of Murphy, part, 9q, n-of | Were perfectly harmless, but thelr unbalan will shortly begin the erection of tour buildings, pin tesa. inent in the plan. them only in its devotional or commonest | Was tully enforced. It Was a very cruel law and After a day of rato; 515; $—. D, M. Goodacre to 'P. K. Summers, | minds prevented their mingling with the busy Parallel to it, to th is aielosy cs to them a] Caused more dogs to go mad than anything | 4 melody swecter tome 515; Fe sq. 674; $2,300. F. Stutz to J. W. | world outside. It was evident that they could | to be used for business purposes, on the east | aw ALEXANDRIAN SUGGESTS THAT IT MARCHES bs stp meer abarigs y to their daily | (M8, a As It enauces sympathy. Merritt, ¢. 4y'19, Keating's sub; $790. J.B. | find uo home where they would be so woll | side of 14th street, between S and T streets, ‘ON IN THB PERSON OF DE. COURS, allel to a tnd Mee abirtactite Hey | You, then have some regard for dogs?” sug- With =trialiweeisaid.esene Canes Wimer to H. Freeman et al, trustees, lot 18, | cared for and humored in their delusions as at | These new buildings will be designed by Mr. W. ALEXANDRIA, July 25, 1888, ee nets is is well; but fe it | KS1°G have @ fondness tor good dogs and ‘Them up, us ifon wings of prayer, REA an Sere Shun, ap VAN CS er attat in Know as the Howpute houses wane | To the Riitor of the Tax Evaaixo Brak: into parallel beits, ee eee oe ee re a quina: | always treat them kindly, sald. tho pound- ‘To ease the heart of pain, Gertney forrey, 20 Ss, . 479; $3,000, TF, | 900 Miles in Five Days on a Bieycle. Hr. Roose recently purchased for $20,006. ‘This | Iwrote THE Stam last November, in calling diameter. habit! indiseefictoate and senseless catorteg | Master “they are man'sbeet irlend aud will | 1. asinvts they wome and go ‘A. Mitchell ét al. to. D. Webb, lot 94, Long | From the St. James’ Gazette. improvement will be@ notable one in that seo- | attention to mystical aS. which I had pub- ng lines of ave. | Habit Of lndigerimin cu af summiner opera | wud should bo well tented, T mever igs te | inrapid. ever cuangefuk fow-- Meadows; $-. 5. D. Webb WoC, E Bane same | ‘Noubing could be much more pitifal than the | 40a elty. lished in 1066, that 1 knew very little about . nd grander of ior wit uoteadi | Aud should be well tr . ik Ey property wen McCal A tle: ho has ridden from TWO ARTISTIC HOUSES, ‘the Brahminical lore called and had tae Suet again. very bet: | “00 Une Coes Oey ie eee ne shine homeo ther Cesena eee ERED Hee tOD knelt a alnmos | irs Bnd wo Jolin o' Groat, a distance of 00 | | MF. David R. Moko has erected at Nonquit, | paid lee atiutiou to that parvar the Sia, wai ict boundary or inden: at wills the ated sores TYROTOXICON AND DIRT. ‘May be the struggles of the soul sity grounds; $2,600. E. A. Melutire to John | miles, in 5 days 1% hours. The feat was not so | Mass., a beautiful cottage, designed by Mr. W. Sevag ged ny yas 3 a Others which having tuitilled their déstin one eee % ‘Within its gaol, until ‘tis treed Pateb, sub 3,84, 52 #125. Ji W. Kettler much a riding one as a proof that a young man | Bruce Gry. a ea pean Wee BS a ‘been led to inder ne ci ances suscepti “notes” in’a -j|a H unding Scientific Name ‘Him: who still doth intercede, to A.C. Clark, Sq. 1027; $200. W. Dan-| can keep his seat ona bicycle for that mer residence. house is well adapted to magician was extended. “All the other avenu sia ag aed Stans” | eaten eoaieen aieeee ian Ee ocean Ghitower to W. Hdruum, sity 4, eq. 104; | ortime without Delug quite dead at the end? of | mie ‘and inany of the features of an old | POUeS (tee ne ae eaty on a island in type vetmeriy iterate Ora ate rose all Say ane sivrmine Downs, | S000, Mid Keates Sucomnaual aoe eG: | UA ll waa redo to such anaie tual | fuahloued gouty Houme have beou iutroduced | ths Poxomen bear tne Point of Rock, but tere lay only for the purpose of widilig Une nalnies ied. Conscieu-| A correspondent writing to THE EVENIN ——___—-se0-— — 534; ¥3,! ‘ate U. Moor el- | “besides being sleep, ot | not only ei an architectural | ig 4 verisimilitude between, ‘of the last Sines rere coma o6 a piel Se oe | irartand seek to ele- Bares are EnEleoe ed Sarene pic Watermeions with Fresh Stems, len, subs 44 to 46, See 00. KW. | even draw lis note book from hie ook et ie ayo teusion oF the city tn al absolute Gbsearity. to | “Whenever a baker or confectioner reads one of | Tothe Editor of Tur: Evento Stan: Fee Barvour to Gs i Newinau tears | Date oars ion Uae to eisintsts that Quirements. ‘The entire area of the Di iu fatdous | those articles thatannually appear inthepapera | _F#!r to good watermelons have at length | Droperiy; $—. J. G. Payne to Anna R. | cycling deserved encouragement i Should be ‘comprehended. In any plan, even regarding alum in the bread, poison in the. ies | Commenced arriving from Georgia, the stems | Pagiors ph 8,9. 200; 8. Fannie A: aso healthy exercise, Is this sortot thing though it were admitied that a century in: , . being generally tresh and green, showing that | Moore Francis. Bt. "Pattengull, ot | healthy? @lapre bere the extreme ilinits would be | }) ak ane tea: | cream, etc., his face generally assumes eens cae res fetching” sinile. penaliy for neglecting tw provide a plan—be | Svolded. In extending the lines of great ave- bik. 4, Le Droit, park; $3,700, "7, M. the melons have only recently be grin at the wonderful explanations of a very | irom the vines. Ithink it probatlo thee ee | Plelde st al. to Mary 1, Thompgou, sub lot, 16, A Sunday Suit of Goodness. simple matter arrived at by our learned pro- | the time the market men get rid of their large | 84. 40; $—. D. K. Carter to T. Somerville, subs | From the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. | fessors and to wonder if the general public are | lots of stalo melons they will be looking around | B. & C., sq. 346; $30,000, |B. Burnstine to!“ tn this city not long ago, bank director Any wiser that they were before. Just nowit is | melons hat arrived here ‘weveral nice ihe | MeRyitris: Bev. Sunt, sab. renal 1G¢. | asked the cashier: “Is Mr. —good?” “That | in most of the principal cities of the country, a i i. liquidation Washing.oo each v madness!” Bues of the city, no deviation trom straigit | Ke 4p overd od tusicians, and has | Polson in the ice cream that mystities them and | were invariably withered and dried" 500, . Watson to’ Me: b lok 8, nq. | depends on whether you inquired in.@ God- | large beef refrigerator. It will be located at the | ier ‘bt of John Trust in 1817.and of Mines should Ue alowed, certainly not tor any | j\Undreds of iusleal critics. “Leta iow of thewe | it has been dignifled with the high sounding | the stama of thoes now arriving are. SEs Ee? | SOP so0: 91,200" Thos. Je ing to D.T. Dono- | ward or manward sense,” repiled the cashier, pe ay ey a Es in, 1686 is identical. at ny oan itin hand to reiorm the prevailing mode | name of “Tyrotoxicon” by Prot. Vaughn, of the | teen. Fanuag. | hue, lot 77, sy. 987; $—. W. 7; Thompson otal. |“I mean manward, of course,” said he direc | dhusetis uvenue ande depth of sixty-five, and | Dr. Coues and Joba so ae eae 4 of the land: | by applauding that which has merit and | sicniean ceiveaiion Neer ce ee —-—_ to Mary “kt. ‘thompsoa, sub ios, 16, 2q. 240; | tor. “In a Godward sense,” remari ‘Of brick’with | Who can say that the Alexandria, i. SESE | siernly hissing down every attempt to com- is ie cio | ath se “Yours Has BEEN A VERY Busy Live, 500, HH. T. Eckart to Cecelia J. Griifin, lot | cashier, “Mr. —— is very good. A No,1, No Duilding will be | Dot become reincarnate in the “Washingtoa oe are tbe Drotomac river | mend that which is inferior. Srecracus, | theories, but as a practical workman | Mr.Bullion?” inquired the lady reporter, “H'm: }, 8q. 515; $2,500. W. O. Denison et al., trus-| man in the church can pray louder, ‘Bat ‘the re! acientist. A necessary to deflect the line of | Muh Oat ai! Knowing the facts by experience as they | yes," said Mr. Bullion; “I ‘began to rustic | tes to James P. Lewis, lots 93, 94, 107, 108 und | manward. sense Iam sorry to way that he is te ‘building, the oer eelP ot | With Dr. Cowes? thorough capacity for that any avenne, then th section shoutd eee tepals kcar on, athe premises, I wiil | uround midiin’airly.” “Will you please tell | 110, D.& L's, sub Mt. Pleasant, &¢; $9,000. W. | tricky.” It is sufficient to say that the note of il be nesdad fartae ‘a1 the | sort of work, would it not be in the interest toral pile can be placed to interrupt the view, Bratal Treatment of Cattle. ity fila Huth is dire tragmtormed tate | fue a pene tue mitieeaiee ionpedtnes Boe” | Qe Daaennoveer te, TyAraS pubplow Ga, aud | Mr, —— was not dlseounyed to be loaded for de-| solenee tes a teP deptbe of his powentatty, ie ean ced to Inver ew, f shell, It is“ nell. 206; $2, Boat the Capitol ou Penusst To the Faltor of Tax Kvxs1¥o Stax: & powerlul polson’ through # careless workinan | “Teant remember much about It myacife ics | eevee, aot lots 198 to La, eg. OOF As A MarrEn oF Goop TasTs, the publishing tracks extend slong the | 0,9" may pot Dea reminiscence ot his Oust patch feature of the sino In acattle car belonging to the Virginia Mid-| #84 More careless apprentice boy. All large | maid, “but reckon uty early struggles began SSS = ofe List of ts is question- =i The | life when be was Jobo Trust, and tous realise ip harmony with the presetepian of thecity, | | tm *eaiue car Dele any and lying on a Bait. | Ze¢#4rs for machines ure made of copper, zinc | when they was puttin’ my first shirt on me. | SouND SBNSE.—Chi Engineer Arthur | uble; but the list recently published Reo ‘soon as the plans are | bis own identity and int aye though not Becessarliy p d trom tt, P ; and tp, and are more or less dangerous ih the | I've noticed since that bables—" "But ghe was | (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers) sald in {zy paper is, 1 one venee, Interesting, including, Which are being by Mr. T, | selt in the days of hie it to inaure the growth of liveral and elegani | tore and Obto siding at Hyattsville this morn- | order named and the amount of polaon gener- | « real nice, brand new reporter,aud was down | the course of an addreas some days ago: “But I | ac ia, “From father and of ths prepared by Mr. ‘of course, be better if he would leave the eso Wement in the way oi buildings aud embel-| ing were packed like sardines a number of beet | #ted in them. The greasy scum of cream that | stairs two fights abead of the elevator.—#rook- | suy to you all, by whatever name your associa- | bride, one Jersey ; from bride to gropea, teric echool with its possibilities of madness, ereaning investment, no allurements of carved | cattle. Under the cattle and between thelr legs | hanes incopper turns to verateds in asene me | o” ee Eye clk working mateaha Wer out | Son aes conn bee eee Hild, oar A. flue improverssat fo to bo added to Comnen-| 20,202, tne Nvely Someries 30 be gare ons Ines oF other devices to pen the gradua- | were packed hogs. It was a revoiting sight for | |,yurs, in zinc toa blue look iteresemb-| THe MISERIES OF WEALTH.—A corres] ‘com: railway career as r, then | book of one dream book, one * Bolte ween Land ‘Mrs. | does get very mad in that when he Hon of stivet or avenue siiould be periuitied, | these days ofS. P.C. A. associations. The poor | ling ih tute lead and in tina tise paste test | ene Writing from Newport says: pak oNe, | Smee CE on an cogincer, and bate worked | Pott Wy Beem one, dream, Ok: one oie | tout avenue, between L and M streets, for {08% Sos mtatour adept Of the exoterte, however strongly marked or uneven tue con: | were so covered by the droppings frem the | seems to act similar to mereury. A teaspoonful | sees the II i i i i if : siderutions, exce tat of breadth and gran- | or Uuree of the standing cattle and ng the | ing it. The same quantity from a tn freezer with bits of broken croc} use of the time that God "Cleveland Leader. @eur, should be held strictly subordinate, wor ii | hogs. When the stauding cattle would kick at | would ouly Make then tiie they had eaten | ‘Rode? and pins for maanens no Toke nse | Work! Make the best use of the timo that Ged | ail’ a the skill and forethought of Washington could | the flies sw ‘on them the fullen animal | something that didn’t ex: ‘agree with them. | down ‘in the orchard, with the kitten for an {Sher then stand squarely ou your fect'and feel Monday sfternoon’s storm wae very a by @ square and » circular: @evise so broad and comprehensive m pian tor | would receive blows ot those over him. | Now the cause. Itis the duty of the appren- | improvised baby, and infant kept unt that you are the peer of every man. And soyou | Carroll and Washington's ‘count - the Federal City at that early day, and without | Surely our offi hould find means for pre- | tice buy to scald his freezer, then wash {tout | a arioined glass tumbler, to be fed every five | are if you behave yoursell.” ning destroyed the of Joseph ‘near the benefit of any previously existing example, | venting. st ‘ing brutality to dumb | with hot water, und last to wipe it out | minutes with leaves and berries—no, none of ———— 90 Smoketown, Washington county. should it not now be urged and expected that wn wu desire to aiford whole- | thoroughly with a dry gong SE aS the | these primitive and childish pastimes for the Samuel ads 06 Akron, Onto, Maseused of: Samuel soe saw and shingle mill at by Mr. T. ttle Astors out waiking with thelr | and done tor myself since I Was twelve years of | six hens and & rooster, alvo one jar tomato cat. prepared ‘hes made ©“ ‘on him; bet that tour of the land. The idea ot permanence | caitie as tobe scarcely recognizable. One ot | 12 hours old. Ina. temgullog copper ireeser ‘one sighs to think nat folly, ne myself question sbout ‘from cousin Sarah, one poom made up ‘architect, ‘The bouse will oooupy | OPLY bas made” se ‘0s the sbould be made paramount, and all other con | tie beeves tad. talon and wes lying under two | would dhrow everybody ie oer oO timen ney afetalesing. No dint pee Eey AES a ae 3 . Es if Hy is H i i i i ‘ We, with the forces of our civilization, ought at | some food to purchasers. It gocs without saying | duty of the foreman to see joes it. | little millionaires, attired in ravishing oos- | obtraging his two deughters, 18 and 14 | Gowen, Mich., Feast to undertake equally bold aud far-reuch- | that uuimuls treated as above are uot suitable | Weve these lions always taken toe | tumes that render them as py re the later ‘married. | and 10,000,000 ‘was burned ‘ower on the right of the | in ode asept to. ose ing enterprises of impiuveuweus J. Ce La | for loud. Js U. | cgeam ‘would ‘uever be in making.” | dream.” havely’‘aa.em sctieve See eee Be eon ee “at the second story | unui s appeats in some nowasepes. x . ‘ 2