Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1886, Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. THE STREET CMPROVEMENTS. jork to Re Mone on Pavements an Sewers During the Current Ye: Street improvements are to be made during the present fiscal year, under the recent appro- priations of Congress, as follows: The Barber Asphalt Pavement company will lay thetr sheet asphalt pavement on Indiana avenue from Ist to Sd streets northwest, and on I street, from 18th street to Pennsylvania avenue northwest, Henry L. Crantord, concrete works, will lay coal tar, distillate and asphalt pavements on 4% street, from Penusyivania avenue to Mis- souri avenue northwest; 6th street, trom G Street to New York avenuc northwest; 14th street, from Pennsylvania avenue to B street northwest; H street, from 4th to 7th street northwest; C street, from 4% to 6th street southwest; E street, from 3d to 4g street south- ‘west; and 35th street, from N to B street north west. He aiso has contraets to grade, set curb, and iay sidewalk on C street, from 6th to 7th Streets southwest. Patrick Maloney Is to la: ‘compressed asphait block pavement on Mary. land avenue, from Ist w 4th street northeast ‘4th street, trom Maryiand avenue to Massachu- gets avenue noriheast; 6ti street, from Maryland ave.to Massachusetts ave. nottheast; ‘Catreet, fom 4th to 6th street northeast; ana 25th street, from Pennsylvania avenue to M Street northwest. Mr. James Reynolds is to re- move old material from the various streets and avenues to be improved, and grade and regu- late Virginia avenue, trom 4th to 11th streets southeast. Mr. Wm. Buckley is tograde and Tegulate 13th street, irom T to Boundary stroot northwest; to grade‘and reguiate $d, from F to U street soutiuwest; to grade and regulaie Sth street, from East Capitol street lo Pennsylvania vente southeast; and Mr. Andrew wieason is to grade and regulate Virginia avenue, irom 1st to 2d streets southwest; E street, from South Carolina avenue wo ist street southeast; and E street, trom South Capitol to 3d. stree:s south- John Cudinore has contracts for about 22,000 eet of pipe sewer, varying in size from twelve tw eighteen and twenty inches all over the city. John Lyons has ihe contract for pu Ung in ‘all the basins of ali the sewer traps, about ninety in number, and the building of ‘two brick sewers in West Washington three feet in diameter, and one thre: on 14th street near the Loug bridge. The list above comprises ali ike street im- ments for which provision has been made, yy Congress during the current year. The con- Wacts have all been made (or are now being made) and Lieut, Griffin staced toa STAR re- Wed this morning that most of th! EeT executed this swimmer und fall. Should it not all be finished it will be completed early next spring. Lewis A. Waike: Charles E. Walker ‘Thomas F. Walker and ave soid to James D. Don- nelly for $16,000, a residence twenty-iour feet front on the west'side of 14th street, just south ofl street. James McMillan und Hi. K. Sheer have sold to Daniel Rittenhouse of laud in Beall’s known as Evermay. 2 James F. Keenan has sold to W $15,000 a residence 26 feet fronton the west Side of McPherson square, between 1 and K streets Edward N. Kiniehan and Peter F. Kinnehan have soid to Eliza Cornwell, wife of ‘Geo, G.. for $7,000, property fronting’ 42 feet on the north side oi E sireet, between 14th and 15th sircets. Gilbert E. ‘Thoruton has sold to Virginia W. Corvit, tor $8,000, a resi- dence 20 ieet front on the souta side of N street, between 17th and 18th streets. The ebiidren and heirs of Wm. E. Phippen, de ceased, and Frank P. Coder have sola. tavohn F. Cook, tor $3,600, 17 3-20 seres in Metfopolis ‘View, a’subdiv.on on the Metropolian Branch of the B&O. railroad. ‘The North Washing- ton Real Estate company has for KH. Spindle to E. A. Embrey houses No. 1200 and 2 G street southeast for the sum of § Orr. Jobn E. Beall, real estate broker, las re- gently made the following sales: For Jacob H. Keugia to Hon. John W. Thompson, and syndi- cate, 30 acres, more or less, on Tenleytown road, ior $30,000, For Jacob H. Kengla to H. D. Green, trustee, 80 acres ou Conduit road, brane from Lougiborough road; $20,000. For Mrs. Naomi Utermehic to Hon. John W. Foster, lot 54 _ For Sirs. Caro- line Cheuow 1 house 1640 Rhode Isiand ayenue, 310,000. For Joba F. Wagsam. Sikuens one ows houses, 15th street extended, Mertdjne Hy, for $17,000. Lot, block 3. ST Adtie Flag jor H. 'D. Green, irustee, to Paciflews Usd, 1 7,808.08 Dunbarton Hall, 23ers, hear jerce’s Mill, for George B. Chitteuaen, through Messrs. Fitch, Fox & Brown, to Wim. K. Ryan, (Of South Cardlina, tor $20,000. For James F. bour to Caas. R. Newman, two frames, part and to Mrs. Bary and Saine premises, tor #2750, For Stevenson “Taylor, through son & Deeble, 221 Q street, to Chas. i. Newman, for $800. "For Goodall heirs to Chas. R. Newman and W. H. Ruff, 24,000 feet on 3d street south- east, near B. & P.’. K., improved by three Ssunall iraines, for $3,500. For H. M. Newman Yo Louisa Cunninguam, house 2108 Peansyl- Vania avenue, for $5,000, and for Mrs. Cun- Ringbam to H. M. Newman, lot E, sq. 99, for $3,000. Through Daneahower &”Son, house 53, Gstreet northeast, to W. H. Ruff, for E. C. Carringwoa, for $1,700, and sanie premises for W. H. Rui’ to dir. Mulcaby, for $1,900. For owner, through 0. M. Bryant, house 1935 Sth Street northwest, to Chas. H. Newinan, tor $2,150, io all aggregating. $136,958.06. ’ For iss Lacia B. Cutts, through Thos J. Fisher & ©o., to George E. Hamilton, lot 12, block 26, Columbia Heights, tor $ 90, sud a lot on addition to Georgetown, Hi street portuwest, lot 17 and 18 to Thos. V. | Hannnond, tor $10,000, in all aggregating 153,739.95. "Packer & Townsend have made the following large real estate sales since July 15th, aggregat ing $204,208.87: Part of lot 8, block’ 32, north- eust corner of Lith and reets, Columbia Heights, containing 1: ware feet, for Dr. Lewes, to Mary F. $5,434." Lot 11, block 26, on Roanoke street, Columbia Heights, for Lieut. A.C. Baker. to Mellon TF $1,852.81. Lot 10, block 26, on Roanoke street, Columbia Heignis, 50x150, tor Lfeut.A.v. Baker, to William Blasiand, for $1,882.51. Lot 1, biock 31, northwest corner Adib and Rounoke streets, Columbia Heights, Gneonnection with Tho~. J. Fisher & Co.;cou: Yalning 15,062 teet, for Daniel W. Ps Virginia €. Taylor, square 1003, (in connee field) H street ortheast, between 12th and 13th streets. for $504. Lots 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9 10 and 11, block 44, University’ Park,'(in con on With Bates’ & Whitman) contaiulng- 220 square feet, for W. C. Hill, to James A. Bates, as trust 500. Luba, Gtovk di, north grounds Columbian University, 60x450, ou Binney street, between 14th aud 15th st Amelia Mi. Simous, to H. E.W/ilams, for $2,600, Lot 28, square 284, 20xi6s, on L street, be- tween 12tu and 13th streets, tor Stepnen'GE usta to Charles M. Hendley, of $3,043.84. Lot 27, square 254, 20x165, ¢ street, between 12th aud 1 phen Giusta, to 4. Lot 4, block 3. Bliss, for 33, Heights, On’ north side’ of Clifton’ street, between 13th and 14th streets, 50x213, ior Julia A. Thortp- son, to Edward B: Fox, tor $ is 7 and 8, Block 42, University Park, on Huntington Place, 50x1 wor W.C. Hill, to Musaie ps, Lor 5. “Lot 15, block 36 Columbia Heights, south side of Keayon street, between 14th and L4th streets, 50x150, for Miss Swan, to Augusta D. Hutebiis and Mary H. Barker, for $1,40 i iver a with fuomas J. Fisher & C0.) 5UX150, southeast corner of Hunt ington” Piuce niversity Place, for W. ©. Hili, to Dr. Z F. Sowers, for $4,567. Lot A, University Park, side ot Univer- sity Place, contaluing 7 C-Hiutto Anderson P Lacey y Jaiversity Park, 5 p side oi Huntington Pla Uo Anderson P. Lacey, at $3, 5, block 41, north grounds Columula College, south side of Biguey strect, betweetJ4th aud 15th s 50x159, (in connection with Fiten, Mr. Schufflebothem, w 1 on north and 14tb for Lieut. F. Mi. Wise, w B. Tuttle, tor $1,160. sity Park, noriuw 5,500 square leet, H.” Mott aud Ti Lot 1, block 44, Univer: corner'ot 14th street and Weiling Place, ing 15,330 square fect, for W.-C. Hili, to Lucia E. Biount, of Evans: , 10F $11,500. Lot 108, square 190, improved by S-story brick house, Bt, tor D. B. Grofl, to Lot 3, vive Lamou; for $7, bia Heights, 50: Joba" W. Rawlins, to Sally Lo Lam Fy 50. Lot 17, block 31, Columbia Height 100x150, southwest corner of 13th and Vai streets, for Daniel W. Patterson, wo Saily Le Lamon, for $8,000. . Columbia Hleight:, on north side o strect, between 1S and 14th streets, 50x213 Ju conve With Swormstedt & bradley), for Lo ley, to A. A. Thomas; $6,390. Lot: 243, north side oi S sirect, between 1 1Sub streets, improved by” new house, No. 1305, for Capt. P. RD L. Harmon; for $5,500. Lot 1, bloe! lumbia Heights, northwest corner 13th and ahesaw streets, 100x150 (in connection with @ Whitmau), for Jonn J. Merrill, Yo James A. Bates, ‘as trustee: | for ¥d,0U0, Lot 5, block 42, University Park. north side of Huntingwn Place, (in connection with Thos. J. Fisher & Co.) 50x145, ior WC. Hill w G. G lyie Whiting, at 50.” Lot 8, block 32, Columbia Heights, nortteast corner of and Yale streets, 100x131, Iman to Sally L. Lamon, Block 39, north ‘y: sity, 5Ux145, for Fl Matthews, ai $2,1 0, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18'ana 19, bic i 32, Columbia Heights, contaluing $2,550 square ieet, or Hon, Janes McLain to ALA. Thouius, at £15,64 aad ¥, block 43, Cu! ri Ww James F. Reena: ‘evaity, 5Ux150, a cy streets, 1oF A.A. Thomas; $3,500, Rule of Lif Wouldst thou be a haypy iver, ‘Let the past be post fur ever! <'edauts bore you; & ‘Suiall quantity of ', Will enaule the person it to fast fox w periodof from 30 montis. feet brick sewer | | work will or $4,000,part | ©, Hill, for | ‘and Mrs. Beall, | THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©. derbnbiNe (tober 28, 1886-DOUBLE SHEET PLEASURES The Effect of Givi ther and Base Ball Excitemen' Rowing. A NOTICEABLE FALLING OFF IN THE NOMBER OF AQUATIC PLEASURE PARTIES—THE YOUNG LADIES STILL EAGER FOR BOATING—A SCENE AT A CLUB HOGSE—A BOAT LOAD OF GImms, Ere. No city offers more advaptages for rewing than Washington. The st@@meh of wates be- tween the Aqueduct and“the Chdin Ohdge cannot be surpassed for pleasure boating, while the national cfiirse befWeen Lang bridge and West Washffigton is regarded by all oars- men who have rowed on it as an wi lly good one. Above West Washington tHe water is scarcely ever rough even for shells, and never dangerously #, excey® during @ storm. The scenery along the Virginia shore is levely, while the absepce of steamboats, which usually interfere with boating elsewhere near luge cities, inspires a feeling @ security among the merry boatigg parties who, en @ moonlight night, drift slowgy down the stream from the up river landin; re perhaps, the evening has been passed imvenjoyment of the utiful scenery, cool, refreshing breeses and # dubstan- Ual lunch spread upon oneot the many pie- turesque rocks. or years the ¥: folks of Washington have availed them ve Qf the ullar advantages afforded by the wire Potomac for enjoying aquatic pleasures, and the ladies have ook bees much in tl minority. THE BOAT CAUBB. The three leading boat clubs, the Potomac, Analostan and Columbia, which have sufvived internal dissensions and external disages- ments, have beem the means of developimg the muscles of many af youngster and of turning hin out on the world matrong healthy man, SOME OF THTE RESULTS. Many aone, too, having passed the period of enthusiastic shell rowing has become infatuated with the pleasures of “mixed” rowing, with the not infrequent result engagement and mar- riage. it often happens that a visitor to one of the boat houses ea a piensant ‘ev recognize a well-known boating than ol yen go, bow surrounded by his little ones whom he is taking out for @row on he river he has Jearned to love so well, adfl which was the means of his securing Mls life partner. t clubs are all {u a flourishing condition,bu the present season bas differed from all ibat receded it. The Potomue 11 ses to be acomplete success, lively sport before the closé of the present month, but the season has Been unusually dead. A FALLING OFF IN PLEASURE BOATING. Crew rowing has been kept up by the unceas- ing efforts of a few enthusiasts, but the pleasure boats that go out from the.different club houses | are small in number compared to former sea- | sons. “What is she reason of it all?” asked @ STAR reporter of a leading boatifig man, who was commenting upon the small number of Jeasure boats that left the club boat house. ere t# & complication of reason,” Was Lhe Fe- | Piss, cis, the, rst place the spritig was, very | Butckward, and beisre the boys hae real | that it was time todon thir uniforms and take | an our, the base bal mwas well under | way. ‘hep were capfivated with the spirited | playing of the home ¢lub ut the start and many | preferred to watch the game, togaing out ih | the water for aspin. If it uadu't been for the 1& | Up iu the playing of the home team and. their riodical absences, we would have had some difficulty in getting the men interested int | Potomac river regatta. Bicycling and tennis | huve ensuged the attention of many garsinen, ‘particularis the tormd. A yood | many tok to wheeling for the sdite of ‘con- venienc house on their wieels. They learned to love } pushing # wheel better than pulliug an oar. | was a change, you know, and every body likes a change. Then, too, ‘this has Been an ex- | coptionuliy cold summer and there has seldom | been any necessity tor hunting out a cool spot | lke one of ‘the up river landings, In whieh, to | Spend the evening coufortavly after per- | splring all day. In addition to this the regular trips of tMe little ..:am yacht Dixie have materially interter_. with pleasure rowing. The tact that one can enjey & ride on the river without the necessity Of a | change of clothesand a bard pull, has deterred } many trom taking out their boats, for an even- | Uae-tow. ‘The truth is the boys’ ate getting 2 ® THE GIRLS STILL.TRUE TO THE OAR. “There goes a nice béat load,” said the re- Porter, pointing to a capacious boat, containing / mumber of attractive white dresses. “Yas, but you see there are only two fellows in that boat,” was" the reply, “and it doesu’t belong to any of the clubs, Ir ine boys age satiated with the girls are ndtagney dhe us entuusias- He ws ever over ibe.dexigi¥s of an evehing on the water. This, I tuink, (us for the rush ing business done this season by the men Who keep bouts tor hire. Li the club inen wan’t row the girls they will find others that will.” “Look out there!” yelled THE STAR man's companion, a8 a collision seemed immt- nent between the boat referred to and @ Suell that was swinging In towards the club house float, “Now look at that!” he mut tered, a litile later, as Re nervously chewed the cud of his cigar. reporter | Been intently watehing the speeding sstong under the graceful, swinging stroke of its crew, but at tis remark he turned bis eyes to- wards the pleasure buat. ‘There wus @ general interebange of positions going ou. One of the gitls evidently wanted to row. Two or three were standing af the samg time, and the cralt, aithough a capucious ohe, Was rocking under thelr unsteady weet, with the usual accompant- ment of girlish shrieks. They were not ofies of fright, untorvunatwly. The occupants did not Tewize the danger. “Confound 11,” ontinued the clab man, “I wish fools wodld Reep away from the river. Every evenlug I expest to have to shove gat Ww rescue some such purty as shat. A club maa never wuld aliow such monkey business that. IV's only the.greea Oues thut ure wo reck- less.” Tue most experienced boating meu are the mos: careful, patticularly when ladies ate in the boak¥ ‘The suell wus, by this time, along- Side the fidat, aud TRE STAR inan's comBauien hurried away to seip put things to right. AN UNLUCKY FISHING TRIP. ‘Soon the steam launch Dixie came down the river. She stopf{d at the flody and two travel Stained passengers disembari€d ‘The repSrter retognized them as two prominent bicyclers. |, Tues had taken @ holiday gnd gone to Chain } bridge fishing. ‘This was théir story as related | by oue of them to @ bouting friend: “We took Lie cars to West Washington, expecting te catch the stage, but it wasn’t’ running. We were determined, however, und footed it to the bridge. isued neveral Lojirs on this side, wi no luck, and then wanted lo reach the Virginia side, Couldn't get auyBbdy-to row us across. So we walked the bridge. No luck on the other side, and we wanted to yo home. We concluded Wweontinue down the Virginia side to the Dixie landing. It was bard work, but we finally struck « path, which we were sure would take us to our destination. We came across a fork in the path, but Jim knew whieh one to tak he suid, so we trudged on. Aiter awhile thought we must be uring Alexandria, whe I caught sight of the topof a bridge through the trees, “i didn't know ther was uridge ufbund here, Iremarked. Jim stopped shore, und ex, claimed: “Great Scott! Gi its Chain bridge? And it was, aud webud walked over theme ginla bills right buck to ounstarting paint, W Were pretty Well tuckered, Lyell you, and were ing to pay a colbred & good price to Tow us down to the Dixie landibg. Here we area lagt, and Inst ye want somesitug 10 ai aud then we go to sleep. itu th! the pair of dusiy and sore-iooted pedestrians disappeared, and wearily climbed the hill to the street cars, ——— +00 ENGRAVERS AND COUNTERFEITERS Few Expeft Engravers Kfifgaged in Making Mogus Money. never heard of mipre than one government engraver becoming 1» counterfeiter,” sai ae sistant Chief Sullividi, of the bureah of engruv- ing and printing, as Le tilted back in bis ebair to talk with a Staff reporter. “That was Smith, the great Lond sounterfelter, who Was associated with Brdtkway and Doyle. THB kang, You know, were eapsur@l by the secret service, As a rule, counfttetters are vagabOnds or foreigners, aud ouiy a few of them are expert engravers. Charles Ulrich was an exception. He was an exceptiouully fine workman, You never knew of men who have been employed on bank notes or Treasury notes doing any ooked business. ‘Moodle’ men are very #i- dustrious iu clreula@ng reports about Treasu cugravers golug inwy ‘the counterfeiting busi sas avout Quplicates of our plates being swlen. This is dome to decetve thelr vietims. ‘They get up very élaborate ‘confidential’ circu lars, giving many detalls about the” man- ner’ ii which a eunspiracy was formed And vast sums of mofley spent in bribes to get ressious Irem the plas of the bureau. all about how they succeeded Inget- ae impressions and #.rueKof so may nd botes, Which, belng irom original pl nage, be distingisbeg, aud whiten, they, will at a great discount ® anyone w: a eat. Hundreds of these circulars ure forwarded to us by persons who rg@ily believe what they say is true. Ot course, MOthing of the kind wus ever done. It has Leen wwserted that au impres- sion was stolen in 1843, bat I fancy it Was true, These staicngnue are made by “boodle’ men t tempt people to invest In coun terlelt money, Wheo they get their victims convinced Of tue correciuds Of thelr pre- tensions by displaying good money os counterielt, they send’ them off with ,a chel full of ‘saw-dust. Everybody Kuo! game. The engraving done by lerleivers, except in raft “eases, Is like as fie a& our work. It takes years come ap expe ists, aud, as 4 rule, come from amoug cuts of peopie people ot educatiou and ment, The wen we have are all trust ‘and they remain long in service. Is thing characterise In thelr work? canst any one of experience hain’s engraving Just as they can Writiog: An ekfert can tell when, be plece of work just wilt did 1t Be Work On gue note. one Jeuves off and the vier begins ts distinctly marked wo the eye of ap ex] graver. the hi : i i ¥ é A dispateb from Chicago says the Labor buve deterusiued: ‘wo extirpate irom weir ranks, fog wil of yearned a Intending to ride over to the club | SENATORIAL SIBEBOARDS. Reins at the Capitol Where Mefiesh- mente are Dispensed, SECRETARY BAYARD'S “WHISRY AMD WATER” ‘WHat cusTox REQuifes OF THE CRAIENAN OF THE CAUCUS—HOW SENATOR PRNDLETOR ‘MET HIS OBLIGATIONS. ‘The Senate committed on private land claims = honorary than uscfél. It rarely ever any business referred to i, and as & rule Goes not perfiaps meet oftentr than onde duting session of Congress. But it has become the custom to keep up the committee as one be- to the minority, and the Senate would rather attend a funeral than break a custom. .Notwitnstanding ite insignificance Im matters Iyislative, that committee long held the lead in tthe Senate in matters social. When Senator, wow Secretary Bayard, was ite chairman, be dispensed @ generdus hospitality within ‘the four walls of that amail committee tuom. The handsome mahogany sideboard wae always Dountifully suppled with choice liquid refresh- nf, and the several rows of brightly shining glasses seemed to say “help yourself.” The committee room is led as the yate property of the chalrmad tom ‘considerable extent. is no public use for it, and the ebsirman makes use of itasa room and for such other purposes ag be may see fit. Senator Bayard, ae she recognised leader of his party,in the upper house of the national legis. lature, was ‘Upon to weleome distin- ‘guished democrats and to bestow some atten- Uon upon them. Besides, many of his personal ‘and political friends were wout to cali on him, and they weré* usually conveyed ‘is com: mittee room. Mr, Béyard rately ever varies -his invitation to take a drink. It ie: “Won't You, take o glass Of whisky aud water with mer” af GATHERING HIS CLANSMEN. During the days of his service in the Senate, and while privileged to hold the committee room on private land claims, it was a custom of his, now and then, to quietly glide about the cham! whispering to a Senator here und an- other there, as he selected the list of favored ones. Mr. Bayard then, with his ulek, springy galt, would hurry out of the chamber and to committee room. Then by twos and threes his se riul guests would follow, to ther in front of that mi iny sideboard. The Sena- tors who were the recipients of these Invitations soon got to understand what Mr, Bayard Meant, and aslight nod from him was con- strued’ to mean @ “glass of whisky and water.” The committee room was kept supplied with sea-bisouits, cheese, crackers, &c., as @ pleasant accompaniment to the whisky and water. It is searcely meceusary to state that the hos Pitality of the committee room was not in to body. Mr. Buyard is a genial host, but he fully selects his friends. It long ago became the unwritten law in the Senate lor the chairman of the é¢aucus to sup Y ply pant Pe feed party vinueta COS, me ot the largest committee rooms 18 #6 for demoeratic uses. It Is labeled “OONFERENCE ROOM,” and within its walls democratic caucuses are held. The chairman of the caueus is permitted to occupy this room with all tne privileges tffat | & committee chairmanship earries. Senator Pendleton, when he was cliosen chairman of she caucus, yielded ready obedience to this un- ritten law, He dispensed slavish hospitality, ‘and he was continued as the lead of the caucus Until he retired from the Senate. Senator Beck used to laughingly remark “that it was no use for anybody to try to beat George Pendleton; that he understood the implied obligations of his position too well. Pendieton’s room was | Keptsupplied not only with choice brands of brundies and whiskies, but also with fine wines, | It was a common thing for him to open a basket ofahampagne for friends, and the sideboard Was always open to democratic Senators and their friends. Senator Pendleton extended a eta ion toall bis party associates toholp themselves ud libitum to the best the sideboard contained. THE OLD AND THE KEW. An old employe who did the sweeping and ¢leaning up, and who no doubt came in for a | G00d share of the “refreshments” under the | liberal Pendleton dispensation, thus described the aes between then and now tou 8TaR reporter: ““Sen'tor Pend'lum he didn't tote no keys. He des’ let’ dift ar sidebor’ open all de time. But dat aint Sen'tor Beek (Pendleton’s successor a the caucus). He too close, dat an ts. Dey don’t no dram go outer dar lessen he knows it. He keep Gut key right_by him. Sen'tor Pend’lum he pay for ali dem fiue lickt ers what he git; khows how much money | he pay out for dat room. But Sen'tor Beck | don't buy no laker; nq, ‘deed he don't, | When Kiutucky ‘sullerymen,"Wng'in We deat : mn <n you sen" ime ino’ or dat ‘ar whisky?” Dat de ‘Way he do,” HOW SENATOR KENNA TURNED THE JOKE. ‘When Senator Kenna was chosen chuirman Of the democratic congressional committee, Beck contendedthat thut position outranked his, and that the duty of providing Uquid retresh- ments devolved on Kenna. Asajoke he wrote ‘an ordef to Kenaa, as chairman of the commit- tee, to furnish, tor Jones, of Arkansas, a democrat in standing, with @ drink. eieetynatenenanie naar ates on retain! e order, ani ‘was golng to have it pubitshed. eit Transfers ef Real Estate.” Deeds in fee have been filed da follows: Samuel Bond to John A. Smith, east half of lot | 2,#q. south of aq. 104; $1,000. ‘Charles A. Mc- Euen to Minerva J. Morfison, lots 1, 2,8 and 4;1m block 4,iu the village of Marshall; $65. James M. Stockett to Joun_ F. Cash, sub-lot 12, sq. 967; $2,950. da F. Neison to Helen P: Cady, Sub-lot 41, sq. 159; $7,500, Johu D. Coughlan, Tr., et al. to Reginald Fendail, lots A. and B, aa, 533; $35,000. Job Roberts to Mark iward, lot 4, ag. 555; $4,000. Al- Vin N. Meeked to Wilson fi. aud Frances A. Thompson, partag. 878; $600. Thos, W. Sinitti to Philfp C. Palmer, part sub 82, aq. 945; $500. Chas. F. E. Richardson to Harriet R. Clayton, sub lots 45 and 47, 9q. 507; $830. Etily 5. M. Chisolm to Lewis W. Holines, lot 106, in pal Of pt. of Mt Pleasant; $1,471.80. Bernard V. Sims _to J. W. Wikiams, sub’ lot 55, sq. 873: 2,000. Nath. E. Hobioron to Edward “A. Bale loch, pt. of Peter's at; $600. George W. Yates to J. H. W, Kettler, «4 of lot D, sq. 436; $1,100. Wm. Wari: to Geo. W. Simms, sub lot 63, aq. 359; $2,21 Wm. C. Alder to Mar- jaret' A. Dye, pu of lot 5, om the eust aide of ern Brauch; $5. Lucy ‘Stephenson to Geo. ‘W. Casilear, pt. lot 4,in Beail’s addition to Georgetown; $1,300. Jono 8. Klis to Mary E. Selby, pt. lot 87, 1n Seall’s addition to George- town; #000. ‘has. B. Church to leridget Mul- len, lot B, aq, 467; $3,050, Mason N. Richard: son to Harriet K. Bee Poon Sie lot 46, sq. 507; Sriot 82" and part of lot Sis my. Oe HOS jot 82 an jot 31, 8305, Robert W. Gopeha ie 1 Laure V Hugh Me wer, lot 3g. 503; $1. Emma J, Lightvower, ‘pari lot 37, sa. Wm. C. Hill to Zachariuh T. Sowers, lot sq. 7, bik, 45, University park; | $1,607.50. ° Burs Jobnson to the B,aiid He It Co, alt of lots 8 und 4 ani , 84. W. 228. lpsame tosame, all of sub tows ord and? 4g of lot &, all of lots 9 1 15, inclusive, dud 1 £22 inclusive, sq. 605, aud parte of Tots 1,2, and allo! an . W. oF 605: $25,000. Same to same, sub lows 1, et 8, a 1Ot 9, 8q. W. oF 695; $20,585.60. Saind to samme, park 1ok 9, W, of sq. 695, whd sub lot 26, aq. 685; 82, ie ana ia t: Bieagader garase.so, “Boot and 12 leagant; $2,: . | Prest. #4, Stectors: of the Gin. colleye to Thomas irby et al., sub lots 1105, 8 t 12,41 tw 62, aud 75 to 80, sq, $56; 95, Same to Thos, Kirby, sub lots 67070 and. 73 and 74, sq, 654; 96. ‘hos. Kir07 etal. to Chas, M. Robinson et al., trustees of the National Capital Investment Gag sub lots 1 to 8, 8 to. 12, 40 10.28, 94 to 62, }9y 60, 75 to 80, sy. 950; $14,160. Thomas SE to 40, iuclusive, and 78 ani 5; Wait.'T Ole w John C, Baxter, Ils id son te, SigS5E: B22. Coes, Coombs ova Seneca ier tae lot oa a 27 TNy '. Hort helio Alvin. Meeker St al, te, of us Bast ington Investment company, lot sq. 872,91. Geo. W. Cochran to Chas, W. Hundy, sub lot 87, aq. 363; $1,900. Lindsay Muse Chris. ©, er, iot 20, aq. 5; $—. Chas, Gorham to Margaret R. part sub iots 19 und. 20, sq. 333; $4,850. James Quinn to James W. Greer, part lot 2, aq. 76; $10. James W. Greer to James Quiub, part i 78; $10, Jane Lawrie to Juli Jot 2, sq. 450; 92,200. Alex. W. Lat Jobn’ Iuire, sub ‘lot 1, sq. $2,800. imam J. Shaddetai. to ‘Joan lot soe. 9; Harry tarm: $162, Chats. H. Parke: Francis Griifin, parts of lots 14 and 240. Piso: lot ol, 69, 1Ui 9e7e OB Alas Cree t. sul sq. fi 7. lex. bt Toaret al, to Geo. W ‘a warizell, part lo 36, 70; $450, Elizabeth Phippen et ul. to John F: Parag Acie ee a re c. T. Rn = T. , sq. 1074; $400. James MeMilinn to Dovid Ric. tenbouse, part of E} 000, Stheer to same, part Ei 7; 83,000. M! T Weller etal-lo Mary Fuiriax, part lot 8.49. 8; $2,000. Sos Fatriax Michact 't Wi to? Rine Wi nt, part sub lot 6, aq. ig! (Aes 6, aq. engraver. Engravers are art- ‘WASHINGTOWS coon SUMMERS, ‘The Advantages of the Capital as a immer Resort. COOL WEATHER ACCORDING To THE PREVATI- ING NoTION—?HE WEATRER BUABAU MAN SAYS, HOWEVER, THAT IT 19 NOTHING UX USUAL—THE RECORD OF MANY SUMMERS, Everybody has remarked this summer upon the unusual weather, which, has made the cus- tomary “warm spell” as pleasantand delightful as if the capital city hed been moved bodily to ‘the rocky shores of the Maine coast, After this experience, which to the seme extent almost has been enjoyed for the pasttwo or three years, the advantages ot Washington as a sum- mer resort are no longer in question. The repu- tation of the city as. delightful winter resort is firmly established; Put now, with the assistance Of tavorable meteorological conditions, it oan be successfully maintained that this city is a more comfortable place during the heated term than the mujority of the popular summer re- sorts, Allthatis needed is’ good band con- certevery evening andagambiing house in fall blast and Washington will stand before the gountry as a fally equipped summer resort. ‘These necessary features can easily but the main thing is to establish firmly in th Public mind that the weather is cool in this elty curing the summer, and in order to ac gomplish ‘thisend inthe most effectual way ‘Tue Star bas procured from the Signal office, threagh the courtesy of Lisut. Powell and tse gone of Sergeant Harrison and Mr. Geo, THE OFFICIAL RECORD of the mean temperatures at Washington dur ing the summer months. The figures as given in the following table show conclusively that while the present season has been cool, vet the temperature has varied but slightly during the preceding years, which demonstrates that, in ipite of what people say and think, every sum- mer has been, with some fluctuations, as de- lightfal and agreeable as the present ‘season, The figures, however, are given below, and speak for themselves'the words of truth and soberness whicb, according to the proverb, itis the stern and undeviating custom of figures to speak: Year. | June/July [Aug.| Year) June) July jAug. 1871 | 73.2 | 74.0 | 76.8 1879 | 72. 1872 8 .0), 1889 | 7 1373 74.8) 1874 5 6) 1882 1875 be 1-91 18383 1876 | 7 | 5. 1877 kc 13878 x PROF. ABBE THINKS IT NOT UNUSUAL, Prot. Cleveland Abbe, who is authority on meteorological subjects, was not inclined to agree with THE STAR man, who interrupted him. in the midst of some abstruce calculations, with the Inquiry as to how he explained the extra- ordinary weather we have been enjoying. He took issue with him at once as to the propriety of applying this term to the weather, aud in- quired of the visitor how he knew that it was soremarkable. The professor suld that he had made no examination of the weather records, but he was of the opinion that the average would not show any great change this year as compared with the previous years, His visitor told him that every ly said that they never had known such aéool summer, and furtier that it was the most remarkable weather they had ever experienced. The protersor did not seem to be overwhelmed by this weight of evidence and remarked: The gnaging of the weather by the way people feel is not very reiiable. For instance, the temperature may be quite low, but there may be considerable moisiure in the air, which makes it close and oppressive. ‘Then’ people say that itis avery Wurm day, when fa fact the temperature of the air may not be over eigh' Then on the other band, the mer- cury ‘may register high but’ at “the same time a breeze may be stirring, which re- Neves the chp eaieee that would be telt from the heat, and then le say that it isa cool day. So, you see, the Judgment of people and. that of the mercury may be directly opposite, 80 that, as I said, the popular Judgment as to the temperature Is not reliable. “The weather in its fluctuations is effected entirely by the conditions which are finmediately around us on the earth, and it is not necessary to go be- yond the earth and to seek in the changes of the sun's body, or the movements of the other heavenly bodies, for the explanation of any unusual change in the weather. The humidity and the wind are the main features to be con- sidered, and then there is the land aud water. In some years the snow may disappear from. the exireme northern border of our coun- try, and then the heat of t! sun fs not altogether absorbed, und the winds which sweep over this country from that direction are warm. That has, of course, an influence upon the temperature, and makes it warmer. But asa@rule allover the world, the average tem- perature does not vary greatly.’ AN EAELY RECORD. In confirmation of tnis statement THE STAR man was shown a curious book in the library ofthe Signal office, which was publisned in Philadelphia in 1847, and gives fora period of filty-seven years, beginuing January 1st, 1790, ® meteorological account of the weather in rate nnig This record was kept by Mr. Charles Peirce, a citizen of that place, and is Tegarded as ah accurate as well as Valuable weuther table. The mean temperatures for the months of June, July and August, as given be- low, are taken from this book: Tee Year.|Sune.|suty.|Ang,| Year.'June.|auty, 1790 72 | 3 72 Aug. 78 7m Peer | | 1830 / 1831 SIRS SRIeaT SASS Sapte tae retest 1 $12 1-92969-9-969-9-3-9- Bote: BeSPancauaame: ‘GHoowcamNers| 201 Da1-3=I81 fy 8-7. TRUAWHRONAONGRROUUSOKNE CAS AAAI IIIT IIIA IAIN AAAI IAAT 72 |/1846 | 74 q a3 i pI VOICES OF THE NIGHT. An Ingenions Method by Which Som of Them are Effectually Sileneed. “Do you ever lle awake and listen to the fe- line voices of the night?” was the inquiry put toa Srar reporter the other evening by a gen- tleman who had been listening to some desul« tory conversgtion about the fine summer weather and the cool nights for sleeping. While it was in the form ofa question, it was evident that no answer was expecftd, as he continued: “Ioften do; not because I want to, but because Iam compelled to. Tue pertorma- ance might be criticised from a musical stand- point, but when you are awakened trom o refreshing sleep and your ears are suluted with a discord of sounds, you are not inclined to erit- lelae the proportions of the chorus or the ‘ba anclng of the voices. A vacant lot next to my house affords afine stage for these noc- turnal concerts, and on bright moonlight nights Ihave looked out and seen the cais sittin, around inacircle, soclably spitting at eac! other, and using thelr tenor, soprano and bass voices Inmaking the moonlit hours pass pleasantly. Naturally, as I am a geuer- ous ‘man, I want to ding some tribute ‘aL their ‘feet, as ti were, but I have been so prodigal on former occasions that mny supply of articles that, can be put through ® window ure avout exhausted. Nu Lind or Pattl ever received oiferings prom deeper, more thoroughiy aroused than cats have rec: spoiled darlis Dest edtorta in thi ted by feelings ed trom me, Like they have come to regard my ine with indifference, and so Lhave been obliged to go outside the regular line of articles used on such occasions and em- ploy something that had a spice of novelty, 80 one day I purchased haifa dozen of those torpedoes which the small boy delights to use im celebrating the nation’s birthday, and when the mocturnal concert commences aud the sym- hony is in the midst of the allegro movemen throw a torpedo in the center of the circle 0} the performers. The explosion that ensues drowns the symphonic movement, and when the noise ceases the scampering of the musk Clans in all “directions, over feuces and under fences, upon the’ ear with a tugue-like effect that is eutrancinyly beautitul. ‘I'then go tosleep and enjoy my rest. For two weeks 1 am undisturbed, and then the musicians return to establish a Bay DRAWisos TOR MONDAY's nacho Uri eittea, Drawings wok place in London yesterday fot Monday’s race in the international regatta, as follows; First heat, Battersea to Hammer smith, Matterson and Ross. Second heat, Ham- mersmith to Kew, Perkins and Teemer. ‘Third heat, Kew to Hammersmith, Beach and Lee. ar three and ‘Toceday's heats will be drawe cr sgiztb miles, ; | while some of his sul | from the dried leaves ot th “* £OR COFFEE DRINKERS. ‘The Different Varieties of Coffee—Hew the Beverage Shonid be Prepared. “According to a recent statement,” writes a physiclin toTHE STAR, “there are ovet six hundred grades of coffee on the market, which might lead maay to believe that there are as tmany different spectes of the plant, whieh is ‘not trae, however, for there are but few of these and one only, te. the Obfwa Arablea, trom ‘which the gendine article ts 0! ‘conte- quently the grading must be arbitrary or de pendeat upon individual caprice. The true grading and price of the commodity result from the treatment the cdflee berries receive after they have been gleaned, which varies ao. sordit the Jocality of growth, In Brariil Sta ti “West joni as. fast ag the frait Tipens It is gathered, placed on mats or floors adapted to the, Purpose, exposed wun and frequently stirred to éx the dry- ing process. When dry enough the berries are Pamed through heavy rollers. which remove the tough outside membrane and pulp that en clones she beane, The latter are then’ oarefully owed, sorted, bags and are_ read: Yor market. ‘The varieties of cotfes ehieny aie. tinguished ip commeree are the Mocha, from Arabia, esteemed the best on account’ of its being rlenest in caffeln, the aikalold to which, coffesowes its popularity. “The Mocha are easily mised by their comparative smallness, gray, inclining togreenish color. The Java,or Beat Ind! Jamaica coffee beans are of a greenish cast, smaller than the Java, but larger than the Mocha, Surimam has the largest size bean of all, whilst the Bourbon has medium size pale ellowish, inelined to whitish, beans. Liberia, uyria And other kinds, have no particular distingulshing fontures v0 entitiog them to special notice ‘The fralt ot the coffee tree is a red berry, re- sembiing @ cherry, having ® palo, inaipld, glutinous pulp enclosing two hard oval which we term “grain.” Each of these is about the size of an ordinary bean and covered with & tough cartilaginous membrane called the “parchment,” DRINKING COFFER IN THE EAST. Orientals do not prepare coffee for drinking purposesas wedo. Arabs make it from the Unroasted beans, The sultan of Turkey, fore ny Minot now, has a beverage made out of fried pulp and pericarp for his own use, fects ‘prepare a decoction e coffee tree. For this parpose the leaves are prepared by a pro- ceus similar to that for tea leaves, and a great many suppose that the leaves so treated con- tain‘ larger proportion of caffeine than the beans The average composition of unroasted coffee beans in 1,000 parts is stated to be as follo' Caffeine, 0.8; legumin, 13.0; gum and sugar, 15.5; caifeotanuic and caffeic, acids, 5.0; fat and ‘volalle olis, 13.0; woody ‘fiber, 34.0; ash, 6.7; water, 12.0, Roasted to a reddish-brown color coffee loses 15 per cent by weight and gains in bulk 30 per cent, If the process of roasting Is continued until the coffee assumes # chestnut brown, 20 per cent by weight is lost and 50 per cent in buik gained, Roasted toa dark-brown it loses the | 25 per cent by weight and increases 50 per cent in bulk. ‘The roastin; of coffee in some manner develops a volatil in the grain to the extent of aboys one part Yn fifty that Is not present in the raW state, to which tt owes its delightful aroma. If the roasting is protracted beyond a light-brown color this delielous odor is Jeopar- dized, if not entirely destroyed. Coffee key best in the green state; the older and drier grain unrousted the better, it 1s said, Is the cor fee wheu roasted. Fortunately for mankind, coffee ts a whole- some und harmless beverage, and leaves any unpleasant effects benind, even when in- duiged tu to excess, Itis emineutly the cup that cheers, but does not inebriate, ‘Therapeutically, coffee 1s a great conservator Of the tissues, preventing waste of the body, allays thirst, hunger, and, as ubove intimated, cheers the inind, but does not intoxicate thé brain, whilst ihe’ aromatic oll it contains has a geutle aperient effect upon the bowels. For Unis lattek purpose it is best taken svon alter rising In the morning, about the strength of two tublespeontuls of the’ finely ground coffee wo a pint of bolling water, drauk five minutes after inixing. Regarding the torie properties (so culled) of cottee little need be said. Only lower animals have exhibited any great sensitiveness in this reapect, and then Dos until alter very large doses Of Lie ulkalold, cafe, bud been administered to them, which, when given to man in the same quantities, catthed but little temporary nervous. Gisturbance, Tus elleolg, like medicines yon erally, depend very much upon the constitu- on, temperament, and idiosyncrusy of the individual using it PREPARING COFFEE. The methods of preparing coffee for domestie use, some of which have been already alluded to, varies in different places. To get the full aromatic flavor of the decoction it should be drank immediately aiter itis made. When too-long voiled the aroma is driven off, leaving the astringent property only of the grain in so- lution that, interfering with the function of the liver, causes the sallow complexion of sume free colte drinkers. In the Kust many esteem the grounds jor their nutritive prineiple,they being Tich in legumin, a veyelabie aibumen. in Cen tral Airica the ‘grounds left from an infusion, sometimes the freshiy-ground coffee iteel!, is mixed with butter aod used as an article of food, I am just here reminded that the crew olthe Kune Arctic expedition was kept trom having scurvy by the free use of coffee grounds as a portion of diet, ‘vextractall of the good qualities of coffee,says Provessor Donovan, In the Dublin Physiologicut Journal, 1826, the fresh, finely ground coffee Tequires ‘two ‘separate and sumewhat opposite modes of treatment. Un the one hand, the Havor is lost by boiliug, whilst, on the otuer, it is necessary to subject It to that degree of heat in order to extract its medical quality. These difficulties are overcome by dividing tue water to ve used in the muking into two equal parts, with one of these the evifee must be mixed cold. aud placed ou Lue fire until on the eve of boll: ing, When it is tuken oi the fire und allowed to sectie, The liquid is tuen poured off and the other portion of water, whicu ought now to Le boiling hot, isadded to tue grounds and strongly. boiled fer’ five minutes, alter which the two portions of liquid ure mixed together, iorming & combination Of all the good properties of te colfee in the greatest perfection,” THE OTHER SIDE. Lovers of Base Ball Rush to the De- fense of the Tux STAR has received during the week a number of letters written in reply to “Old Sub- scriber’s” view of bage ball published last Sat~ urday. One writer wno signs himself “A Reader Who Loves Manly Sport” summarizes the views presented on his side of the question. He writ “I think it is only just and fair to all engaged in promoting the interests of our national game to present to the public a broader view of base ball than our respected writer: ded to above, Base Vall may eh it is true, often form theme of conversation in the pariors of the aristocratic, but it is not imtended that it shoul. Did any of our readers ever look with inverest on a game of base ball; what is there in it that cannot compare favorably with lawn tennisor polo? Ie it not healthy? Is it not pleasing to look upon? It is all of these; and more. Anytbing that fs good to wee is good to talk about, and tue only reason our wives and daughters do not discuss it is that it is exclu- sively a sport for men and naturally women know but very litule about it. Of course anybody would disapprove of vulgar expressions being used in connection about aay matter, aud there ure some base ball expres- sions (I must call them that) that are Greek to those who have no knowledge of the game. ‘The goutleman who wrote the article reterred to says: ‘It is a well-known fact that the ball sluggers on the one side use their utmost strength and skill to bruise and disable tne run- ners and clubbers on the other side, in order to ‘win the game; and when one of their number is physically disabled, the fellow who did it is cheered, and the spectators applaud the act,’ Now if he eve: looked on a gume of base bali he would not say that, and I um sure he never read it, Look over the record of men (proies- sionals) who have been hurt severely while engaged in pluying ball, and very iew have been so hurt by other players when it could haye been avoided; in fact none, ‘What lady would chose # lover or compan- fon irom base ball players? In answer 1 will ask: How many chose lovers and companions trom Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Amherst and Columbia college foot-bail teame? and compare the roughness ofthe two games. I know Ican dately say that there are a many Weil-bebaved, honoravle and polite gen- Uemen that play bull fora livelinood: and they. make ag (t is our national game, and always shall I hope, and I know of a great nang indies thet ‘would ‘never think of calling it as ae agame aa our esteemed contem: culls If there are a iew rough and uneducated men lay ball, do not condemn long by the best people of the count fong wilt it hold its own among nat ‘THEY NERD NOT READ IT. \sports.” ut i z iy if DRIVING A Boe-Tatt. The Terrers of a Lonely Night eno One-Horse Car. The driver on & bob-tailed tar hes altogether quiet and monotonous Ife, ‘all made up of the Jingling of the grinding of the brake and making obange. They have Smettting of romance and soine- thing of adventore thrown in upon their life on the front platform. It is not every man who would make a good driver. it takes talent of varied and peculiar sort. A man may be qualified for a cashierof some prosper- ous banking firm; he might make a crack bur- glar,or have in'him the making of a mug- Wwump politician, and yet tall far short of the mark as tho ‘driver of a bob-talled ear. Asastudent of human nature he excels all inankind. From his point of observation he gees che World and measures the peopio iu It Hei always reudy to tale with ony isposed. He slloat eeady of nis sarretoage Bild passengers with his irot them out again with equal com Bulls she trap that tots tte fares dow hole of the box, and. cares not they are few or many, and he whistles a gen! tune to himself as his horse J. along. Ona summer evening, sometimes, there is some one else on the car besides the passengers. She is generally plainly dressed, and sits clove up to THE FRONT WINDOW on the brake aide. Sometimes she has a child with her. ‘The driver doos not study human nature on that trip. Most drivers are married, but they don’t see much more of thelr wives than they did in their gen days. Theonly time t see them by di ow a 1s when they take a ride near the front window on the brake aide. But there is one thing that darkens a driver's life; one responsibility that sits heav il upon him. It is the littie oblong tin box wit! @ gable roof that hangs on the dasher of his car. This is his pight-mare. He never gets quae out from under its shadow. Its iron ncoks tear into his flesh, and its tin sides press around his heart. No matter what he is looking ator what he is doing, one eye is always on it, Its loss Would mean a whole week's sulary.. The horror of loving it makes him hold it tight betweed his knees and watch the tree boxes on adark night. The embezzied millions of a bank casbier never caused more anxiety than does this little tin cash box. If @ driver to bed with indiges- tion he dreams it is lost. ‘All his sorrows circle around it; it is the source of all bis anxiety. A TALK WITH A DRIVER, “They are very dangerous,” said a little old. river the other night, as he glanced nervously at his box and taiked to aSrar reporter. “I fear it will be my death some dark night, It holds only nine dollars, but half tnat sam i enough to tempi some then. to terrible deeds: On dark nights sometimes when J am places and noone Is in thecar fay" knees, hang let thé horse go,” Are any of them ever stolen’ STAR. ‘Yes, every now and then one lonely take it between my hook ou my pocket, and asked Tae ‘When taken if the driver relaxes lus vigilance for an instant, anawiul loss toa man,” aud he Got, @ closer hold on to his box as be spoke, “IVa an awiul loss, One man lost his box only. the other night. ‘We putin ten cents a piece and made it up for him. If we hadn’t tt would have been hurd on his tamil ARROW ESCAPES, “It is mighty lonesome some places on the route late at night. Nobody knows what narrow escapes we make at times,” com tinued the driver, “Way on towards mid- might sometimes we are in lonely places with nobody in the car; or probably ‘there will be one very suspicious looking pus senger, He may ‘come up to the door and talk. Itmaxesatellow véry nervous. Only the Other uight a very vicious looking negro got on my car just before got to the Capitol rounds. It was very lute and no one else was {ithe car. He came up to the rout door aad asked ine for change. ‘Then he began aski questions, aud whiic he tulked he kept his han in his sidé coat-pocket. I got very nervous, for I | Kuew he was up w noguod. I took my switen | hook off the dash and eid It ia my hand, keep- ing one eye on the negro aud one on the box. Beiore we got to the turn at the Capitol yroands looked around to see that noone Was near, Then he made» movement towards me and half drew something from his pocket. But at that momenta young man swuug in on the back end of the car and the negro Jumped off. He would have shot me, Just as that driver wus shot on P street the ‘vther night. But I couldn't say anything; I cusldn't do anything: Thad to treat him politely as @ passenger. Anyone baw a right to get on the car. A FIGHT FOR HIS BOX. “It 1s the open car that ts most dangerous,” he wenton, “there is no protection, One night aiter twelve o'clock I was driving down that hill towards the P street bridge, when I saw two | men standing, one on each side of the truck.” I knew they were waiting for me, so I took my box between my knevs, tied the reins to the dish aud arme with the switeh When 1 got abreast of them they voth jun, the car, one selzed hold of the dush and tried to climb over, and one caughton bebind. I kicked the first mau in the iuce aud whipped up iny horse. The man hung on and I kept kicking. | Just ae he loosened his noid tue horse fell, One | man was in the cur aud the other wus tghting | for the box. But just then another car came up |aud the men rau off. Thav's a bad place be- | tween Blaine’s house and the P street bri | Several drivers have been shot at there and stones are often thrown. NEW PU 8. MANUAL OF THE RAILROADS OF THR UNITED STATES FUR 1860. Showing ter Route aud Mileage: Stocks, Boeds, Uebts, Cost ‘Tratfie, Saxlugs, expenses and thelt Qrauiinaivie Uicebe OMicen, ae by Musa \MPoon.. New ork: HV. @ HW. Poot, Wash Iugton: Robert Besil, THE UNITED STATES HOTEL LIST: (Blue Book) Containing the names. location, rates, oy (0f 20,009 of the Leading Hotels of the United Stated ud Canada, etc.-ctc. For the use of Tourists, Com reial ‘Travelers, and the public generally. fashingtou: J. 6 & Co. HANNIBAL OF NEW YORK. 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New York: FOR prest aud Suream Pablating Oe SCIENCE ECONOMIC DISCUSSION. New York: ‘The Sclence Company. . Naval, Constructor Hichborn’s report on European Dockyards, recently issued from the Government Printing office, is a publication ot much greater interest than the publie jocument, and is especially useful at res ent ume, when ‘Our government 4s becoming Datlonal defenses anda navy worthy the Soke national Poor's Manual of Railroads for 1886, which has ‘Just been issued, is marked by all the qualities ponte ae Pe seeking sate and profitable in large ammount of information of great Valus ana interest to the general reader. ‘The United States Hotel List, issued by J. H, ‘Soulé & Co,, of this city, though intended speci- ona ves goes, the car stops at the end of the line they will be | A KANSAS Tows. How the Prohibition Law Worke—A Correspondence of Tre EvExiNe Stan, Homvotor, Kax., August 26th. Leaving Washington with the expectation of making close connections and finding, by noting the railroad time tables that the train continually lost time,so much 80 as to reach the village of St. Louis one and a haif hours late, the writer was put in no very pleasant frame of mind. This was extremely unpleasant, ‘owing to the near approach of Sunday, when trains on sgme of the branch roads of Kansas o not‘run @ all, or but onee a day. Tt wasbow- ever, some satisfaction to learn that the delay was caused by the enginver's taking the safe ide, and Keeping behind what was thought tobe ‘acyclone, and not by the absence of hot water in the engine boller, due to the steam being Sbvorbed by the coffee or the lumeh counter. at an a he ‘Kept tn : an Bis playful eatin aod an old gentleman asked SSUPY shongne "you were a fte pentiomest you basty Uttle trst:” no more friendship was felt for the smart boy. ‘A TOWN THAT NEXER “BoomED.” This te one of the old towns of the state dating Dark to “befo de wa” 1857, and at one time, having the land office here, wasa prosperous lien, Having been destroyed by tbe asshege nm, Hav! n. n erate iroops under Geu, Prive during the wat the county seat wasremoved to lola, or stolen — @ slice of the county having been cut off #0 that the votes tor umboldi were Jost, Ite growth, however, has been slow rom various causes, and the town now nuinbers only. about 2,800 people. "The ‘are satistied with a slow and steady increase rather than the quick spasmodic growth af some sections, Havlug before them the example of Parsont—a town which in less than twenty years grew from nothing to one of neurly tea thousand persons aud has since the railroad strike retro- faded, having now over two fundred empty [welling houses— Humboldt are SEPTEMBER'S NIGHT SKIES. What the First Fall Nenth wil! Shew to Star Gasers. ‘From the Providence Journal. ‘THE PLANETS. ‘Venus is morning star, and, perbaps, the Most interesting member of the planctary brotherhood during the month. She is near Ing the close of her period of visibility as morn ing star, for, after the present month closes, she will grow dim trom her distance from the earth, and her approaching conjunction with the great luminary from whom she borrows her power toshine. Shets, however, one of the most beautiful stars that gem the morn- ing sky, even in her waning loveilness, Venus rises on the 1st ata quarter after 8 o'clock im the morning; on the 30th she rises about @ Quarter after 4 o'clock. ‘Saturn is morning star. He is now a promk nent object in the morning oy: me 9 at the beg: pt velo io the morning, an ing "his appearance sooe atter 11°p'clock in the evening alvin close. “ie Must be looked for tn the beast, and may De easily recognized by his size, serene Nght And the absence of large stars from his viclo: ity. The increasing stance between Satara and Venus will be plainly perc»ptibie the former planet hes the earth, and the latter recedes from it. But the wonder of the ‘sysiem will not be seen for many years to come Under the ex condivious that have made him so much admired curing the inst year, He ts moving slowly south, bis rings will soon jin to draw closer around him, »nd his farther and farther away irom the ‘Mercury is morning star wotll the 27th, when heel toevening star. On the 24 he reach his greatest western elongation, being 18° West of the sun. On that morning he rises an hour and @ quarter beiore the san, and his declination is 7° farther north than that of the sun. Venus is vortiwest,and Regulus is soutle east of him. He ts, ho’ ‘at nearly hie ialnimum distance irom the aun at the present elongation, which makes it more difficult te ick him up. Ti the last opportunity dar | Ing the year tor seeing the bright litle planes with the naked eye ax morning star. Ou the 27th, at 11 o'clock in the afternoon, Mercury is ins F conjunction with the sun, and alter that time ranks among the evening stare, XNeptane is morning star. lie vis traveling towards opposition,and during the mouth meets With no adventures by the way. Neptune rises AX OLD-TIME EMIGRAKT STATION, Formerly the town was « supply station for emigrants bound westward, and st times as Many asone hundred wagons stopped and re- plgniahed thelr stores daily, to say nothing ot trade from the surrounding durmers. At present, however, the sign “Through to Kansas or bust’ 4s seldom seen here, the booming part Of the stite Just now being along the southern border and the Whitato section, the towns of Hanpewell, Anthony, Winfleld and the sur roundly; being desorbed by those of ‘own country.” It would seem that there is some reason for this feeling, fot the Gould and Santa Fe systems are bulid~ ing extensively in that section. Hutaboldi ie fed by both these systems, and it Is ex- preted thet shortly @ new road, the ‘tu famboldt and Southeastern, will be built, aa that from that time the ‘place will grow. AU present the town boasts of a wovle! mill, ® flour mill, a furniture factory and creamery. The three former are well estab- fished and prosperous and the latter enterprise yetia its infancy. There are other industries ‘and seven churches. On the Nevsho river, on whose banks are many milis, a slern-wheel steamer makes trips up to lola, the couuty seat. A military com; meets in the town, which boasts also of a rasa band, A good public school as well as a Catholic parochial echool are located here, aud but few of the children fail to Fecolve a good education. There ure but few colored people here, less than fifty voters in @ total of over 500. ‘There are several hotels and Stables, one of the hotels, the Tremont, being Tun by’ Mr. M. Mullany, who was formerly © South Washington grocer, HOW THE PROHIBITION LAW WORKS, The prohibition iaw has had the effect of closing the saloons, but there area few dives ‘where liquor may be had, and it is conceded even by drinkers that the morals of the com- manity have-been subserved, as when a young mun has once been summoned as a witness against adive it is likely that he will keep away from it in tuure, the law 1s evaded in various ways, there 1s n0 question but that there 1s much’ less drinking than turmerly. Among the devices get around the law is one practio€d on some of the rail- Fonds in Arkansas, In that state there is igh license, which is virtually prohibition, license ts 750 per annum, end the terms are that no ¢an be run’ within three miles fe school house, and thus all towns and vil- lages have no legalized saloons. The old drinkers are, however, su; from @ rail- road train. "One of the oars the legend, {nearly every. lay-path, the topert some ep at nearly every hay. come up and hand in orders tor beer by keg or bottle, or # dozen buds (Budd's whiskey), whlch they ‘re- celve and pay (or on the up trip pext @ay. The white sails of the emigrant wagon are now und theu seen on the prairie, but there ere other ‘Wagons Usat sow the seeds of vice and whove appearance is less welcome, These conwin ‘cdtnpanies of vicious characters, wo pitch thelr vent for # day or two at each town, ‘The weather here during the day bas been Sz Seesively warm, the thermometer registering as high as 103 in the shade, bat at night a and gentle breeze fans us to'sleep. Musteal Conservatories Versus Private Lessons. ‘To the Rator of Tax KvEnrNe Sram: Having noticed your remarks in your issue of the 19th instant, on musical conservatories, I ask @ brief space in your columns in which to speak on the same topic. There seems tobe a assis in tbe paoertion Stet the comets Yatory system of teaching mus! rapii decomtng obsolete.” For at the rate conserves tories of music hive Iucroased within the pre. sent century, and especially within the inst twenty-five years, it will require an arithmetic not at present known to mathematiclans by Which to calculate when they will become obsolete. With regard to their being adapted only to “students of mediocre ability,” your re- marks have the same bearing upon all our uni- yeruities, colleges and ‘sclentific ‘echools, tor they ail’ adopt the class system of teaching.* Within the lust fifty years hundreds of our best “composers aud performers” have studied and qualitied themselves tor thelr work in the conservatories of Europe. And at the preseut time many thousands of musical students are being educated in the musical conservatories ot the United States. With to “private ng,” Many of the best teachers of Europe do not say itis the best. [eau name them by the score, but willonly refer to oue,—the lave jumented’ Liszt,—whose talent ax artist and teacher hus perhaps never been excelled. It is Mell known that, he never, received any “mediocre pupils,” nd that his pupils” were always taught by the couserva- tory system. B August 26,1896, oe (*Onr corréspondent would not, we presume, aliouniy clase stuaeate im mesa Chere eS juuen depends on personal qualities and peeu- 0g caus yoaal en — hale ‘strome, individuality, jonal course, in wid and special talents cannot ve taken into ac count—Eb. Stax] ———— ‘The B. and 0. Railroad Criticised. ‘To the Editor of Tue Evestve Star: I was surprised to find in THE Star of the ‘25th the conclusion stated in a quasl editorial, that after investigation it had been ascertained thas no one is to be blamed for the collision on the B40. R. #.on Saturday morninglast. How canit be claimed that there is no blame at- taching, when it isadmitted that the western express was iu such condition that the train gould not be stopped by any appliances on board within aredsonable distance’ of ‘The writer was on the Hagerstown train, sisting of two passenger and a baggage car. ‘The western express came round the curve at the ¥ atan unusual rate of speed—estima edginecr of the Hagerstown trata beyau to buck 2 wn train his train, and considerable speed. buck’ been attained, when it was struck by e die deserves coop mn | resence of mind and good tor had ot reversed. his eugine’ nfs train would have been destroyed ana many of bis pas ‘kil Between Washi and Gaithersburg, 23 miles, there are 26 scheduled “traine dauly, besides numerous excursion and picale ‘and two or three irelgh! ‘on the 1st about baif-past $ o'clock in the } S¥gulug; on the Sou he rises avout halt-past f o'clocl | Jupiter is evening star, He 1 | brigtttest star or | time be is above the throng during the shore, rong during the short the horizon. But he bides his princely, tiead beneath the western hills at halt-past 7 o'clock when the month com | mences, and two hours earlier, almost with, | the sun, when 18 closes, On the ‘6th Jupiter is iu conjunction with the beautiful star Gamma, | Vitgints, being 2° south, | qcllars s8 evening star. “He te still ta ntly per. | ceptible about 14° southeast of Spica. He ie smail in size, bis ruddy tnt bas faded, and he is traveling ‘rapidly ‘southward. Au opera glass will Se an assistant in picking him up, Mars sets an the Ist at hait-past 8 o'clock Ia the evening on the 30th he sets at hailpast Uranus is evening star. He ts no longes visible to the most farseeing unassisted eye, and is in the near precinets of the sun. THE HARVEST MOON, When our satellite, on the 13th, presents ber full round face to the earth, the most beautiful ‘moon of all the year is inaugurated, for duriag | Several successive nights she appears above the | eastern borizon soun after the sun hus disap | peared below the western. During the tour | evenings succeeding the full’ of the Sepiember moon, there is an average difference in the time, of her Liowing. the moon in September have furnished themes for poetic inspiration since men began to ob serve the heavens, The busbaudmen of old, who lived near to nature, saw in the arrange: mento! providential, snterposition to prolong the day, aud thus lead them assistance fu gathe ing ini the harvest, and honored the occasion by giving the name of the Harvest Moon to this moon. Their simple faith was more reverential than scientific, but nove the Jess to be admired, Science, however, explains the reason for this apparent departure from the moon's usual course, and throws to the winds the simple theory that the moon deviates irom her unswerving course to aid the husbandmes 01 the north temperate zone, THE AUTUMNAL BQUrNox, On the 224, at 10 o'clock in the evening, the autumnal equinox occurs. The sun then enters the sign Libra, the ecliptic and the equator cross each other and the astrononomical au {umn commences, The sun shines, tro pole to pole, night and day are of equal jeogth all over the globe, and, in our belt of terrestrial territory, the luminary which is our lite and light lodks down with smiling face upon Scene fair to behold. The fruition of vegetal development crowns the picture. Tue eartt hes telded her choicest treasures troin ber truttful Dowom, ‘Rich harvests load the broad fielda, fees bend under the welglit of ripeuing irult, flowers of brilliant Lue brighten the Iandscape, the culmination of the suu's influence is every: where apparent. But even at this interesting Polat of the earth's journey around tue sua there is @ foreshadowing of change. On the very day when the autuinnal equinox occurs the sun into soutuern declination, ‘be is @ little longer below the horizon than be is above it, the night Is @littie longer than the day. The sun is on the road to the winter sok stice, we are slowly traveling to tbe kingdom wirere ice and snow hoid sovereign sway. We are, however, gently led ou the sorrow!ul pathy through the ‘sunny days of September aud o- Lover that are beautiful as a dream and filled with au atmospuere whose perfumed breath is like the fabled elixir of Iie. ‘The English Sparrows. A correspondent requests us to reprint the following from the London Academy: It is hard for a lover of birds to appreach the “sparrow question.” Sparrows are found to do more harm than snakes or tigers, Nature's thieves and vagabonds they are, This is the verdict of every one who investignses the matter, They drive away birds wiw@0 more ood and little or no harm, For every moxious fsect they destroy, they consume iuore ours than one likes w cuiculate. A Cheshire farmer, indeed, estimates the loss to Eugiaud due 1 depredations of sparrows at £770,004 & year; and this loss is on the increase. ‘The careful and long-continaed experiments of Col. Rus sell, in Exsex, show ‘sparrows do unm: gated" mischlel, and. the 'experiente ‘ot out colonies and of the Amerieads confirm the tacts beyond cavil, There is really nothing tobe said for the sparrow. He curries destruction witb bim wherever he goes, and leaves devastation te mark his increase. From every point of view he must be looked upon as the enemy of man, Either he inust give way to us or we to bimy end just now his power is such tbat he seems in f isir way to, become bere, as be sircady has become in A: ‘& factor in politics. Colorado beetle can never oummiteuch ta as the Ww is certain to do wherever be is ailowed to go on unchecked. Love iim as we muy for bis personality, ne ought everywhere to be exterminated with the utmost vigor, for there is no limit in the course of nature, either to his juctiveness nor to the mischief which he causes. It is none Wo soon to have we question put beiore us ciearly, for every day ie importance must become greaier. The Guides of Grindelwald. Letter to the New York Journal of Commerce. ‘The guides of Grindelwaid, and of all this re gion, are an aristocracy. I am referring to those who pilot you sately among the real dan- gers of the Jungirau, the Wetterhorn, the Schyeckhorn, the Finsteraarhorn and the other first-class peaks. The most distinguished of them are named in all the hand-books. They Pose as objects Of admiration in the streets And they are well worth looking at. ‘They are ithe wnd sinewy, with irank, Tewolute inces, ‘They mostly dross tn corduroy Velveteen, with siouch hats of the saine. ‘Their yellow beards sweep their breasts. “A pro Vokingly slow gail also identifies them. ‘They walk—uuless under ihe spur of necessity about bail us fastas the ordivary American or Englishman. A inend of mive, In ww of @ Guide, cousumed six hours in the ascont of the Wangern Aip from Grindelwaid, The usual time is oniy three, Bul be arrived at the top Periectly uablown, aud ten appreciated tbe Wisdom of goiug slow. These men ure very tacituru, ‘They give opinious about the weather with great reiuc if at wil, aud will BoLeome Verve about anytbing While golug up we bik Thus they save their wind, tue want of which is so Urying Wo inexperienced Alpine tourlsta, But waat they inck in demousirations fnake up in essential serviee. “They” will stand joyer in every tight place, aud is Femains aud bearthem back to \d tor leaving their beloved Switzeria| nd hiding in the conquest of higu mountains ‘One Of the corps Las visited New Zealand tor this i ; : i i é E f E ee I I i H ‘ if F i H i f : | | i ( i Ht i ih H | i é H Si fh Bi 7