Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1886, Page 2

ects OF ti ee : a, THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1886-DOUBLE SHEET. : ITY AND DISTRICT THE TIME OF THE OYSTER. tem of the Bivaives—a Talk with a “When the cool weather comes we begin to fell oysters, and when the hot weather has sway the oyster trade dwindies, and that is the Dong and short of ti." Tue oysier dealer aiter avieg thus delivered bims:if ia response to an Angulry trom @ Stax reporter, glauced down his long oyster qouater, which a colored man Wascleuning upreaiy for business after the hot weather luli In the oyster trade. “The enths with the R,” be coutinued, “have Rothing to do with the case, uuless the weather Moderaies. Hepiember, as a rule, has cooler | | It is Weather than tne preceeding the firet ‘uit month, and t Deyins to pick up.” T cobdition Of the oyster irom Auxust Sist to September Ist that makes It a beiier a icle of | {OF it. | Whose The Fremont Family, and the Literary Work They are Doing. Slowly but steadfastly the national capital ts advancing towards being the recognized liter. ary center of the country. Mr. Blaine penned the most of his great work, “Twen- ty Years in Congress,” here, where mate rlal was accessible, and here Hon. & 8 Cox, our facetious minister plentpoten- Wary to Constantinople, Indited “Two De cades in Congress.” Col. Nicolay and Col. Hay will bring out their life of Lincoln in this city, ana Mr. W. D. Howells, who bas put bis Bos yn house into the bands of real estate brokers rent, will probably spend @ large part of next winter here, and the successful novel of Wash- ington ile may speedily get liseli written. Bat tot the poets and writera resident here mes are familiar, supplemented by a resier of the journalists aud magasing writers of talent on duty at this point, Would extend this eta, und the limits prescribed ne latest iterary, eandidats ior popular rad, The ezeler remaing | the sume, but | Pumoutis bouks the fet yoluiee of whleb'p ie Bot bear tWansporiai for any. great | Ue published this week. For several months Gistanes, and it is dificult to Keep them | he gallant “Pathfinder” has carried, fresh. T would just us leave eat oyster: summer if I could only get them f.es: slimited exient I supply oysters ai Dus as you can readily wudersiand ture is considerable risk and the quantity that spoils te aps toabsord my prot. Every year 1 hear that eld gag about the letwer K and every year I protest against Luis superstition wacuever 1 4 Rewapaper may Lo listen to me and But people cling to ne Magic letter H appeurs {tue bamMe of a moDib, all aphy then some uilraculous chauges take place in | the constitution vlan oyster, trabsior: in the twinkling of au eye What was Lau ands aie ‘Wiplesyme ole uutridiuus ans palaianie too.” “Yet,” continued ue philusopuic oyster dealer, “it eauovt be denied tat when the moni of April comes to anend theoyster trade Degias to iad) Of, to revive again ouly when the mouth of Sepleimber comes in. Su you see this superstitivg oF notien, ur whatever you may cali it, bas # vetier groundwork ol tact ‘thea most popular deitisions, aud the R busi- Regs bas some advantages aiter all.” “Suppose You tell me sometuing about the | } Prospects tof Lug present seusou?” suggesied the | Feporter miidiy, but urmiy. | EOut well yee;" stutuuscred the dealer in bis effort te gheck’ his furtuer phuosopuie meun- | derings. Tuen, us b Jenga of the ne Brvlitary customer mounted oue uf Lue stu and ordered 4 siew. ius mind seemed & back Wo the present realities, and ue said: Oysiere this yeur promise weil. They seem vw | be fat amd are very iarge. Tue prices will be | SboUt Lue seine a> lust year.” “They always are tus sane,” interrupted the Feporter, fruin the deptus of nis own experience. be oysier dealer gazed fur & Moment ut tue Fepurter aud a frown xatuered ou bis face, and | then evidently realizing (nat it Was iis custum- | Fs aud not pimesit Was vugit Lo Pleasantly, “Just at preseut our lers combs frum Norvik, vut iat Degia wo get the nuriverd oyste Sbrewsburye, Kuckaways aud East rivers, ‘Lud | re ouly & trade “uaine tof any | large, due oyster, wiw:uer tuey come irom tue Cussapeake or Long isiand. “1 uuiuk that the Quality of oysters are improving. Tuere is so Mush mere altentivn paid lo their culture thas formerly. Tues, tov, the J of oy ‘uu we will | Biuepo, are Kept undisiurved. 1, luv, U¥sLers are Plapied 1p Xuaused beds, su tua Wulie tue ‘demand lucreases the supply Keeps up. This 1s Barend oyster sity, aud Livy are Used tn quan tides not only ta Vie restaurames, Uui in private residences, I wel.eve ta. We uave u good repu- leace of our eysicrs, aud the Varieties o: We tation amoug the Visiiurs bere ior tue excel dn whlen we prepare (hem vor tue tavie, and I think tua. this reputation is weil touuded,” ud witu encumium upon tne business, Lue oy ter dealer turned ouce more to uis Looks. — THE CATERPILLARS AGAIN. ‘The Tree Trimmers and the Worms. ‘To the Réitor of Tux Evexixe Stax: Wouldn't it be the right time now for Col. Wilson, a8 the proper authority, to insiruct those men under Lin who yo every yeur abuut this time around trimming the trees to culti- vate (f) thelr growth—tw clean our beautiul trees of these so much tulked-of eaterpillurs? It would be no more trouble for them to de this ‘than to cut strong heuliuy limbs off asa pro- lection for the trees. Everybody notices every Beason the reckiews way inat this triuming Dusiness is carried on. Give, tuereiore, the cir Zeus now # change, see for tuemselves wut 48 more destructive to the tees: The triminers OF the caterpiliars? Also, why is it that Col. Wilson dou'tupen for the public that reserva tion West of 40.b sireet wud uorts Sylvania avenue. This is the only ib this part of the city which is I sirougiy Aue Even the Wasuington Circie 1s now ‘open, tree frow that iron raiiiug and beautiuily Iaid out aud planted. P. ‘The Destruction of Trees. ‘To the Editor of Tuk EVENING STAR: ‘The worms are eating up our beautiful shade trees; net om our streets only, but also in our Deautiful parks, and what is worse, is that the trees in the White House grounds are being Gestreyed. Will you please teil us what the duties of the park commissioners are, if they Bre not to care for trees, surubvery and grass: Af the park commissioners Knowledge Of Bow to keep the trees cieun, cau Lucy Lot Jeaga from the commissioner of agricuiture? I Anduiged iu these tuoughts, sol weut inw bis rowads, and lo! bis trees (ov were ullacked as a upg, and no effort is being nade to Protect them. Ludeed, | have not seen or ueard Of so Mucb as @ suggestion irom either of these adie oivers. Why all this to-do by Congress avout lug the torests of the puviic domain. when te very wien appointed Ww care for tue trees and surubvery at ihe vatioual epital, surrounding the building of agricuiture ‘wre peruitiing them to be destroyed? K. —— Atmeopheric Conditions and the Earth- quake. To the Kalter of the Tax EVaNING STAR: ‘Maving been a subscriber and reader of THE Braz from 1858 ap to the present time, “ihe Ume ef the wave as often as possible, time aud Place being favorable.” I bave read THe Stan Of to-day, and, as 1 particulurly noted the un- settled condition of our old planet at near 10 C'elock lust night, 1 hoped io see something row Tux Sras which would give some ligut pea the matter. I read careiully every tuing Gm the subject It contained, but ial Wo see aus Whing wear what I know to be tue fact Stated so tar 1 bave the Greenwica time, which was 9:54 p.m. when the firsishuck Commenced, aud lasted until 9:55.30. I tuen Faised the window tn my bedrovm, aud sat by it, expecting to smell the substance of sulphur, “whien, as iuras tl have learned, generaity wie Jows an'inierior disturbance, bul such Was not the case.” The sky was cluudiess, the air was SUL, the stars were more bright ‘tuan usual. All ihe ethereal world seemed l ve grand aud ‘Sublime repuse. 1 was tuinking of New Zealand and theo uf Greece when J ieit old mother earth eave smother suit sixh; Une, 9:59. My idea was theo tw look over the borizon anu iry to Bud if possible there was wuy connection of this early throb with tue ethereal world sroand it But all was still, calm” aud serene as before. I ivoked tw sce luw Ursu Majer and tue Norty siar were vehaving. 1 | found them calm and stale.y—clear and bright 88 be tuelr Wout ‘There was ‘nothing in the surrounding Beavens to indicate that there was sonecuing ‘Wroug io this little worid of ours. i uuticed Ghat several astrocumers of note said in your fasue uf loday that asirouomy bad noiuias to do with eurthquaces. I beg leave wo ul cron fbiat potng and will cite ws suthority “Fue two reneils, “tycue Breaie,” “Kepler,” “Cor Prof. Dick, of Engiaud, aud others ot France wid Germany, who have invariably given reasous for earthly dix Survauces by the” luliueuce “ot Plaats Grawing or forcing aw Barth vy weir pesitivn,. in coupe! or 1, OF Opporitivu. "I du uot 5 setmy litle Knowiedge of asironouty « such fs, UL Lelleve Liat astronomy is One of tue tuiugs wuich neither grows olu Lor Bas been much !uproved since tne tiie Of Gale Suppose be Lud Lave Leen possessed ol a like Vue oue Ib our uatioual uoeerVaury, wie who bave lived since bis departure have learned why this was thus, 3 possible, L will give one of Hers Ideas Of earthquakes, bere it is—Hie ussuiuies i E it ines, | Wis publishers. ‘To ve} ly-scoured uystcr counter and | | the book is a skvich of the lite of evening, a package of copy, the work of the Guy, down to the post olfiee, 0 be mailed to ‘The work ts entitled, “Memoirs of My Life: 4 Retrospect of Fifty Years.” The narration includes the story of the young engineer's five Journeys of advencurqus western, ¢sploralt m the first expedition in 1842 to the law yreat exploit of 1854. The story 1s of the con- {uest and development of our great west. One Ot its most notable and interesting features of nator Ben- too by is daughter, Mrs, Jessie Benton Fre- mont, the Generui’s wife, But the book, with ‘ML ite fine ‘engravings, photographic Views, maps and portraits, and Its Mseifating text, its Own tale in due ime. will most interest the public Just now Is ethod by which It was written durin ys, in Unis elty. ‘The Fremonts,be tt hen, live in weommedious house’ that wks tie wooded grounds of the British ees of 19th street wud the shrub- ry of Dupont Circle. “The tamily at present ere consists of the Gen. and Mre. Fremont nd their daughter, ‘The two sons ure inarried, nie isin the bavy, aud the other lives in Mon- tana, Tue workroom. is on the secund floor of the house, ‘The haudsome bed-roam turuiture of the apartment was removed to give place to eye wundercd down the | ‘he necessary working ou.it, There is a bay indow In east end of the Tv0l Fight ot whiew is pawced the general's table, rmounted by # tall set of pigeon holes, where letters, nutes wad papers are kept. On the other site of the window is Mra. Fremort’s table, a large plain covered with green leath ‘ne Geueral dice tales, ud Mis, Fremont writes de ‘of the siory as it falls from bis ips, ‘The fami group Is however pot yet compigye. _ In the cove Is placed @ type-writer, and with it Miss remount, who made herself proficient in ite use in two days, Uansiorms ber mother’s manu- seript into vet, legible print Here tuey ali work ‘together, ag happy as need be, wi: day long. The rule of the hause is to rise al 7, lake a cUp of tea and a roll, and be- xia work at 8, and continue ualil 12, when breakiust ts taken. At] o'clock they resume Work and forge ahead wotil 6, when the sop for the day aud for dinner is ‘mude, In the evening tue copy is sent out, and in the morn- iny oiuer proul sheets ure received from the printer. Gen. Fremont has the two character istics Of most great imen,—mudesty und gentle. hess of demeabor, He is now 74 yeurs old, DUE looks scarce 60. His bair, short beard ‘and mustache are white, but his brown eyes ure clear and brightas stars, aud his complexion hus the ruddy Wealthy glow of happy eiidhood, iisinedium and bis slight figure ts oly rounded. Itis uow nearly torty-five years since Jessie Beuton stole away from ber father’s house, on Ustieet, iu this eliy, and married the youthtul plorer, tuen a Heulenaut in the army, against F parents’ wish, To-day she sity beside iim proud and happy, with the fond love-iight in her blue eyes, beating with an added luster for 'Y Year they lave lived together. Mrs. Pre- figure is of geuerous proportions, tall d impressive. Her suapely head is crowned by a superb suit of beautiul golden white hair. On the Miss Fremont Is the wortay ussisiant of her Parents in their pleasant work. The lauwily Will remain in their present quarters during th comiug winter, and expeet lo complete buen the secoud voiuine of the memoir. Biliy thousand sels of the work have ueen engaged ip advaue and itis likely that this number will be doubl when the Look is beivre the public, IS IT REPTILE OR FISH? What Eminent Iethyologists Say About the Reported Appearance of = Nea ter- pent. Prof. Gill, of the Smithsonian, who is consid- €red authority on the rovers of the deep, casts @ very serious reflection upon the stories which come from eastern summer resorts about the venerable and monstrous sea serpent. “I's @ deal fish, Chlamydoseiachus anguirreus, or @ floating shark,” he said to a STAK reporter. “Do these fish carry their heads thirty, or even ten feet out of the water?” asked the seribe. ‘ut they say the sea serpent does?” “But I dou’t believe it,” replied the professor in a muner Wo dispose of the whole question by wsuort cut. tHe then went on tosuy that he thousht the negative evidence was. strong enough Lo prove that there was no such tblig 4s 4 sea serpent if by the expression was taeanta reptile. That is to say, tere is not, accordiug to his idea, such u thing us the taouster described on our northern sea shores, There are sea serpents, sinall reptiles, near the coustof Airica, “‘Thesé are smuil reptiles that Sumetimes crawl Up toe side of a vessel, and their sting Is very polsouous, They bear bo re- jation to tue conventional sea serpent. He says he thinks it 1s lar more probable that tue flouting shark oF the deai fiso stretched out ou the suriace of the voean 1s taxen Lo be a serpent than that any sueh monster really exists, | The flouting sbark bas been fouud ut 80 ieet long, though 40 feet is the est Proi, Gill ‘knows of, und it is very sieuder, following a sort of serpentine motion when il switns. One of these might well be takeu for a snake by # persen not tauiliar With (uew. ‘The idea of w real reptile be tuinis pre— Osterous. In the first place, serpents are alr realbing creatures, consequently they would Lave ty Le on tue surface muca o1 the time, and Would be seen irequeutly. Moreover tuelr dead Lodies or bones would be found. But neliuer of these occur, be says, No Dunes uf an auiinal or reptile reseuuliug the deseription of the sea Serpent bas veeu jouud that bas lived sines tue secundary age, ‘The plesiosaurus or sea lizard whicu existed in tue secondary age mosyciusely sembice Il, KUL DY bruce, Lae pru‘essor says, Las veen found of this having existed since tuat age, No remains of later period have been tvund. Nor bave any bones ol a later period Leen discovered that bear auy resembiabee to tue alleged sea serpent greater tuan that of the Houtiug sbark aud tue otuer fist before men- honed. Tue deal fish bas a maue like that of a ore, wulca has sumetiines becn described a3 upon the sea seipeat, He suys tbat ibe sunulieat particle of the remuins of the plesio- Saurus of @ laver dute Luau the secundary age would be accepted as evidence of tuelr hav- Jug existed since then, vut none has been fuand Ali aileged skeiewous’ 0. serpents Lave, on Lue Vestigation, proved to beloug to deal fish or sharks. Auvluer fish, Le says, which mi suluelimes Le taken lof serpents’ ls te squi One os these sunk a little Usiow tbe surtace, With its immense jong snake-like arm stuck up out of le water, might, with u lite ima gination, be Made inw tle neck and Lead of a srpent. Protessor Goode does not quite agree with Prowssur Gul. He thinks ule autuority we have or Une statements 1s tov good to wamit of @ aeubl tut suine sort of w erea- tare of the sea, whether repule or auluel, be does uot pretend to say, Wuich swine with Ag bead many leet above ‘the surface of the Wuier, as tue plesiosuurus did, reuliy exiels in ec. Neltber tie Houting shark, the deal any oluer Kuowa inuabitauis Qi the gvep swim in this iashion. He tuluke the mon- ster described as a sea serpent probubly bas ao Xistonee, tough itis prouub.y uot ® Fepule. ‘Lue lave Pro., agussiz is quoted tor the opruion that the plésiosaurus bas reappeared in thls Probavly Witu # modified Juri, THE MONSTER AGAIN SIGHTED, The seaserpeut, which was said w have been seen ucar Kondout, Thursday, was sighted asain that evening,’ uceordiug ‘to report, wear hat we imerior Of the earto ts mois | bearen island, ou the Hudson, Capt Hitebe Matter, that it bas Waves ilke the wean | Cvck, of lie steamer Lotia, wuo repuried Lav Qnd tat the action of such Waves uvuer- | iug Seen it, says be caught butamomentary tad lowes great musses of sulid earih With waich it ounces in cvutact, eausiug great Volumes vf solid mailer (0 Le dinpiaced vom fis eternal fouadation, talling iu to the seatiniug ebaldrun below, causing a ungity Wave io give Wo the solid voutenis so suddenly lorced No Ite pusitiog tat room uiust be dic of earth being thin comparative.y, Maust yield vo so mighty « force, aud 1 yielding the surivcs must oyuiorm to Lue Li.crior. ‘The second shock wanut 10-06, lasted 30 sec ond: the wird suck was 10:14, fasted wiwut ZO Second. Mr. bait: —s my ciuck one minure in six moulus. Very respecuuily, &e., Sept. 1, 1556. Wa. G. Horrmax, Mis Wite Weil on. From the Blooniugioa Leaier When the laie Juuge Davis contracted his Second marriage lie provided tor uis Uride by Sntepepiial cuairuct in lieu of dower or pro- Visiew by will lu We event of his death. Touay Mrs, Devis ieit tor Como, Lii., to reside with ber Mother, aud bere goiug executed a qu Gladius dved to ait lucereat itt Lis estate excel ws fe the wowing Inuds secured tw her oy tue eunuract due bu Stevie ‘agyregating G40 nero, fn De Wit coumty, the tounds Late te Ceca Mary iaud, tse size o: w Phle manes B40 acres otis, atu VOry anateat cote ever $100,000, exclusive ut tue diary loud | | MIS, avis uiso receives provision tor a Qomfuriavie Louse, iurulsued, aud uiso other kinpse of the uionster beiure itsang. Only & portion of the ody appeared above the Water, und the captalu said It Was 4s ge’ around as the ste Lotta’s snokestack, and of a ‘color, dark Capt. Hileucock says he saw the monster aguid Jesierday mit i %, uboUL HiVe Malley below Al- Y, & Pussener Ua the steamer rst discover: vg it. “k lovged Just in ume,” says Cap Jilichévck, “to see whut lonked Like a big slate: cvlored head suickiug rigut up oulot the water Lve We, The sides luokea Mat, aud it was about tWo feet across. I did uot bee any e} sad suppuve buey were on the otuer sue. the head sud Tit up stralgul for a seeond oF two, as if the aulinal wanted Ww breathe, and then it suak outut sigui ‘The place where I Saw it Is the deepest spot in the river.” Parties ure nuw searcuiny ior Wwe muuster lor Museum purposes, ————+ee_____ A Little Cold Truth About California, Frum: tue Chicago Herald, “We hud a great time on the Pacific,” sald a G. A. B. who bad Just returned from the de monstration in San Francisco, “but I'll tell you cue thing. I believe aiter thls iu keeping old ariny dewmoustrativus around tn tbe regisn of war wcliVity, Baa i wae mlles from tue scenes of the cuuillet. Jaite jornia took miguty litte Interess in war. IL was tue one slate in the Cuton that sent no 42 8 body, wud, this to ber disgrace eterngy. I declare’ wus the ope state buat Peiused te buy eur Teiused Uo aecept toe eurfeucy, and retused WW G0 business ululi with the government on # gold vusis, When otuer staies were pI tig Muoir credit: wccpling tbe guverainend boves o: hand, California Held Out for gold, Up Tb63 tuere was nutu 6-20 bond dwoed In siaie, Culuornia new gs ait ber patrotisin and howls for Blaine, Sad all that, at 1 Kuow, aud everybody els Knows as ever lived there, that it secemsion Fasiae vepuuite, ei by itseih irreapeouve 7 "acie repuu perth and south.” ITALIAN ARTISTS. Some Account ef the Italian Coleny in the Early Days of the City. REMINIQCENCES OF A DESCENDANT OF THE ARTIG® PRANZONI—THE TRAGIC DEATH OF ONE, THE UNEEQUITED LOVE OF ANOTHER, “Bow long has your house been built” was one of the questions put to Mrs. Lavinia Con- nally, ® property owner, by the first jury af award in the pew library site case. “Laws sakes!” exclaimed that vivacious lady, Tean't tell you. I know that I was born in the house seventy-five yuarsago. My tuther built ‘the house. I don’t know how long aga.” The members of the jury laughed, and the question was not further pressed, it probably being thought that the Information obtulned as to theage of the house was sufficient. A STAR reporter, hearing of this episode, concluded that it might be of interest to make @ cull on @ per son who could lay claim to such a long resi- Genpe t tis cit; Aocordingly he went up on pital Hill one evening, and passing through the niioh, grounds to Fenneylyania avenue, fauad an old-fashiou rick House du the south side, a lew doors eust from Ist street, Ite ald jushioned exterior did not seem to be very much out of place In this lo- caljty, For it must be remembered that on Unis Bide of the Cupitol, as well us on the north ed Muth sides, the ‘ret houses aver built in his city were erected, The vicinity ol the pitoi, the President's house, Georgetown, and Greeuiéar’s point were the popular localities ‘oP residence purposes in the earby days of the city, and ia alt these places the videst houses ip the ¢ity may be found, The tearing down ae houses on fi eaves i aree ip he occu uy new library bul will remove Tanyas ad imndmarg, which has served to connect the past with the present. ‘Mrs. Counully's house is of brick and hasq very wide irdut. The two stort are sur maounted by a high pitched slate roof, und the House is probably uver eighty years did. The old lady was seyted ou her front porch enjoying the cool evening air, and seemed to ue very, slag Wo see @ Visitor, Her vivacity of manuer aud huppy disposition makes her very Ropular with her wcgualntynces, aud as_a rule she no lack of company to tulk to, The In- Werior of the house is, .ike the exterior, old- tgshioned, aud the crooked leg tables and uign backed chairs would delight the eyes of jose Wao take an interest in the antique. Mrs. Con- noily’s early life is connected With a very in- veresting pertod in the history of the Disirict. Her iutuer wus Senar Pruuzonl, wuo was ous of tue Lislian arcists braugut bere to decorate tbe inverior of the Capita: building. IN THE INFANCY OF AMEKICAN ART, The American artist during the first fow years of the century, when tne Capiwl wus built, was learning the alphabet of art and it was necessary to goto Europe for men com- petent to do such work, With the exception of the tresco painting, however, neurly all the urtistic Work on tue Cupitol building in later years was done by Aiberican artises, aud a study oi the interior decoration of tue building will show the great strides whico Lave been made in the culuvatiou ai uri in this country. At the bey rtp Of the present century, huw- ever, the litule group of Italian artists held un- disputed sway in Wieir own domain, Awoug tuese was Frangoul, the futuer of Mrs. Cou- aolly. Uniortunately but litte of bis work sur vives Lhe Wantou destruction of ile Capital by Ube British in 1314, and when the revuiding nd redecorating of the structure was begun he nad ‘daway and ober artists irom bis uadfe laud did the work, His brother, Cario Frau: among otuer work, executed in murvie “the historical clock’ which then, uy now, is over one of the entrances to Statuary ball, and wueu the hall was used Jor (ne meeting of tue House it was opposite the Speuker’s cuair, For tue temule fgure on this clock, sister Of Airs, Connoily, new dead, @ Mrs, Siths, sat asa model, The large pinaer Ugure of Liberty, on tue opposite side at tue hail, was done by Causici, uuother Ttallun #rtist, aud beneath is tie American eagle,scuip tured'ta stone by Vulperti. ‘There is a sad bis tury connected With Luis latter work, which is related vy guides 1a Visiwurs even to the present day. Soon aiter ity oumpietion tLe artist, Vale Pertl, mysteriously disappeured, A iew’ days ailerwards @ body Was iouud in ihe Potomac, which was supposed to be thatof Vaiperii, However, he lever returned, und tbe muney due bim ior bis work stlil remains, it is sald, a8 ue left no heirs, in the U.S. Lreusuty. WHAT NOW REMAINS, Bome of the work done by the members ot this Italian band of artiste Is us follows: The cglosal ullegorical group, representing the “Genius of America,” on the tympacui of the cautral portico oi the cast eutrauce was exe- cuted in sandstone by Persico irom designs uy Joun Quincy Adains wueu ue was Secretury of State. “Mr. Adums was intrusted witu tue uu- thority to xeveet # desixn trou tose tyat mnigut be submitted Lo bi, but us none suiled Lis taste ue made tue desigu uimselt, which is ouly another evidence @1 the broud culiure of bis femarguble mau. One of tue iarge groups in marble op the Lop sleps of the central eust portico is the wo! tue same artist, Pere sico, Ln the niches w side Of Lue euttauce doors, are murble statues represeaug War und Peace, aisv executed by Persice, Above the brouze duure is bust of Wasu- jugton, cut In stone by Cupeilauo, The sbegorical painting iu the eanopy of the dome fepresenting “Lue Apotuconis ob Wasbingwn” Wwe dove by Consiauuiue Brumidi, wua Lue series Of Iresvoes eucifcling Wwe ruvduda. was designed and partly executed by tue sume arusi, und aller bis death was coutluued vy Costiginl, Over the four entrance doors oF tue Toluuua are alta relievus represeuting historical sunjecis cut ih stone, two Ly Causici, 4 pupil of Cauova; oue by GeVelut aud. due vy’ Cosuigiul, ‘ue artist Brumudi velouged, of course, wa satec geuerdtion, and bis work bus a more recent duie. Mrs, Counoily kuew perscuaiy all of these Itunan artists, aud sue speuis of tuem as geutiemen anu as ineu of high cuar ter. Sue reweuabers oue Whe went W iis work wt the Capitol eaca day witu bis wands eucsed iu datuty “id xloves aid carrying a qoid-ucased cane. They were received iy we yest sucicty ol the day, anu Mrs, Couugily says tua one became vidleuly enumured of @ sister of Mr. Gaves, the meuiver of tue Well-known pring Bru Of Gules wud Seaton, but nis suit Was uu successiul. Ars. Connolly” has plasier Uusts of dluurve and Juba Quincy Aduins, wuicu were execued by her uuele, and vier relics of ————————— EARTHQUAKES AND HOK WEATHER How the Temperature Might Produce Seismic Couvulsions. “It does not seem tar ieiched,” said an ama- teur selsmologist to a STAx reporter, “to ascribe @artnquakes to a sudden cuntractiun of the ‘more superficial portion of the earth, and Luis seems more probuble ..s these phenomcua occur usually abut the Lune of some general change in temperature of the atmosphere. Adopiing the generally accepted theory thut the internal Anwsé Of the eurtn is in # liquid state, and wise Feaistenee to pressure is greater than matter in @ solid state, the effect of any contruction of the cuter sulid shell would be greatest upon the sheil liwelf, It will be remembered tuut the few weeks Preceding the eartuquake were hotaud dry.\‘The €ifves of this was Ww greauy increase tue tem- perature of the outer part of the eartu's shell, jut so excessively hot us to cause any purticnlar notice, bus enough to cause quite an expansion 1 the Suriace in the region exposed to this Gition, Tuis, as will ais be remembered, wus followed by 4 genera! aud marked coid wave, snd as @ consequence suduen coutraciiou of the more solid suell vy the consequent reduc: ion in ite temperature, The elect of this contraction i tue "fume upon tue earth's ‘shell as the seasouing of & piece of wood, it cracks 1% ‘This effet tun be seen inost murkedly upou puddle clay, which, when exosed Ww tie #uu, soon splits into cracks. all over its suciuce as it dries und its suriace contracts. Aud tue earth's surtace in many earthquakes bas been reui ina iike muuuer, Tue apparent vibratory motion is probably more appareut thun real, Tue sudden sloppage OF the 1uapuise given by the parting of weearca would yive all tue pheuowncns sud sensations of vibration, One 6. the cuaracteristics of the mt disturbance Was ity yrewer ine ueuce uy low than igh localities, ‘Lue city of Charleston Is based on ailluyiuin many ieet deep, und such elustic, Doggy sul, us would reasousvly be expected, Was mhuch mure affevied by tue Vibrativis tuad tue more rigid localities, The lower purt of tuls city, whicu is ou wade ground, was inuch more allecved than tue iigher localities, anu it would be interest- ing to pursue tuls idea, to see whetuer 11 is uot borne out by the experience of oiuer localities Visited by Livse pleuomens, One of tue must Common abtendabis of these puenomena is the Teuewal of vuicaule action und spriugs, which Indicates am attempt of the cum, inner mailer Wo escape.” ———_—_-re9—__ Senator Edmunds on the Campaign of 1384, A Saratoga correspondent of the Zribune writes: 1 saw to-day a copy ofa letter written by Mr. Edmunds to Dr, Albert Richmond, of Ames, Lowa, concerning bis course in the last presidential Seaton. It as tollows: NITED STATES SENAT! WASHINGTON, D. G,, Deceiver 3, ‘Teds. Daan Stu: I bave yours of the 26th uit. ‘ine courtesy of ite tome 4 think entities it w reply. ‘Tue newspaper reports of my “couplalaunoy” at Lue dei ol our Licket are entirely inise, I Lave never hinted, said, or tuought such a thing. 11 could have looked with satisine ou demveratic vicwry, 1 shuuid have voted Guat way, for 1 believe {t Is the duty ea didee acraeenes eats teed w a 81 the election, and suid a0 and voted so. As® vavile speaker J evuld uot may tua, ‘belived a tual that J did not belie: but Gen, ‘Tlatwiey had celles shat { bed not, and ‘eo ue ts could ea, Now nei suy other upfight republican sould Eowcaha'up iu the presenoe o: our countrymen # lalgeuvod oF prevurieate ia ald int"wat 10 Power which tales wer tue worid quve me euifivivnt mural wo ‘fosist tue lem; Es VENUS WITHOUT STAYS. A Talk With a Lady Whe is Makipg War on Corsets. f Se ‘ SHE GIVES A PEAGTICAL DEMONSTRAGION OP CORSETLESS GRACE—HOW HER @4RMENTS ARE MADE—THR ILL SFFEOTS QF TIGHT LACING—MORNING AND EVENING DRESSES. “There! Don’t you think that {s grecefal'and retty?” exclaimed ® very aigractive young ly. the other day as she bounded lightly into the parior to see a Strap reporter. The declared that she was both. “Oh, the dress! The dress I mean,” she said, revolving grace- fully to display the beauty of the garment. The scribe was inclined to think that any dresp would look pretty when shown to sueh an ad- vantage, but he withheld his praise and quiety acquiesced. But it was something more than the mere beauty of the material of the dress to ‘Which the reporter's attention was directed. It Nas the pecullar fashion. AY frst, glance reporter hoticed nothing remarkable about It, except, perbups, that its (olds fell more grace- fully. “But in thls it was striking, aud that ft was worn by Mrs. Conrad Miller, who has undertaken @ reform af women’s dress, de- mauded lor it closer inspection, Mra. Miller is Known to the literary’ world’ as Miss Annie Jenness, author of ‘Barbara Thayer,” and is a relative to Wendell Phillips and Oliver Wen- dell Homes, ‘The dress she wore was a very rich figured black silk, of unconventional out, Toat Ie to say, it was not cut to be worn with corse! A PRETTY REFORMER, . But before going any turther, get that false notion out of your head! The conventional “reformer of woman's dress” is angular, sbarp eatured and dyspeptic; wants to he a man and cau’; Wears Crow: a beaver at od Is a crank! This fy not the person THE Stan re- porter was talking with, Notatalll She was a young murried ludy, whose form and teatures, through thelr finene-s, would attract atten: tion, and whose modest and amiable counte- nance would command respeot, This ls @ beau- tira young lady reformer! “My idea is,” she sald, turoing once more for the scribe 'to see the Sef at her gown, “My idea iy to get women to set uside thelr corsets. Iwant toteich them that their dresses may set better, and that they can be infinitely more gracefui, inore comfortable and more Lealthful i they free themselves from all stiffness au constraint, You agree with me? Yes, ol course; ali men would. Yet it 1 said that women dress to please men, which, of eourse, is uot so.” FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT, “You see this costume falls gracefully, and here, how easily 1 move in it.” She posed gracefully, swayed her body aroundand around irom the waist, threw her arms out eusily and bent forward dutil her hands neurly touched the carpet. This was done easily, without tor- wardiiess or display. “No woman with corsets on could do that,” she said, “Tere imust be no corsets and 10 bands. “The waist must not be compressed nor burdened with the welght of half a dozen skiris. There must be uo underskirte atall, and tie costume must bang from. thé shoulders, cliaging closely to the forin. This ‘skirt weigus almust nothing. The entire outer garment is merely the decorution, the oroamentation of dress, It ig notintended for warmib. This, you. see, is short; it is intended for the sisebe. For tue housé it would ve longer—bardly ane of those very lony trains that are a every body's way, buts train thut could Lake care oj itself, Under: heath, as I have said, there is uo skirt. Instead there ‘is a tight fituing garment In one piece from head 0 toot, sometuing like @ Qathing suit wituout the »kirt, ony it ly made of silk und fils close. Tuere is to partol the body which bus to Dear ali the weight of the clotnes. Each part supports the weight of what covers Itjand no more. Tuere Is no waist band, no stiifness, aud no binding. ‘This under garment is made of different material, according to the Weather, 40 as to give pericut oomlurt sumuer aud winier, NATURE AND FAS ION, “Nature never inteuded women to wear cor- sets. Ib was never intended that they should torture and deform themselves. Imugive Venus in corsets! Women were made to be beautiful, to be perfect—ihe flnest of Lord's erention, It fs their duty to maintain @ form of exquisite sy minetry; to train and develop 11; to keep it strong und’ graceful. ‘The corset ts a curse to the iuman race. “Women say they must wear them for support. Yes; that is be- cause they huve deadened the mus les thut huture gave them for tuis purpose, Women are endowed WiLi Imimense and powerful nue eles Liat men have not. ‘Tuese give them all the support they want where they most need it, Hut Ley must be developed und cared 10r; uoL bound in aud compressed from early youu unul they are dead aud useless. Wuere women, have eifectuaily destroyed these supports, by long years of lucing, 1 do not expect them to discard the aruticial supports, Tuey have be come defurmed. But they must train, bueir ite Ue girls to toilow natureyaid young woren must develop their sull ving powers, WOMAN'S DUTY 10 BR BEAUTIFUL, “It is the duty of @ womau,” sh continued, “to be beautiful. She should develop all her physical and mental qualiles year by year and become tnore perfect, more beautiful and more aturuc live as sue gets older, Tnsead of being broken down at middle aye. Taking off corsets und developing her iuture doesn’t wake a woman tuusculine, IL does nut take from ner any of Unat delicate sensiviiity wuien 1s the gift of ber sex. Her qualttles ure hose of a woinan aud their careiul development and culdvation mukes her ouly tue wore womanly. Auatoiny snows thal @ woman is naturally stronger than a mun, but her's is not tie strength of a Inu), She is stronger wituia ber own fuuctions, ‘To destroy this is un outrage to nature, w her husband aud to her children. ‘Ou, but when We gel lal,’ suiue say, ‘We have to wear corsets,’ IT Kuow a Woman who weighs 210 poands wuo hus & beautiiul fori and wears none, EVENING DKESSES, “As to evening dresses, they are most grace- ful und beautitul mate this way. They can be made In many beautiful patterns.” Then she described some, which description dazzled the Feporier and was beyond his power Wo repeat, “Wait aud Lsbailshow you symetbing.” Then she disappeared, aud In the space of about three ininules cane down stairs again, robed in & morning gown tuat must have been made for & Grecian goudess. IL wasn't a Mother Hub- bard; it wasu’t a wrapper; it wasn't anytulug invdérn, Tne materia: was excecdlugiy rica, but its construction was as ii drawa by at artist. Every told was a line of beauty, accord- jug 0 the canons of taste that goverued tue Grecian god‘esses in thelr dressmaking estab- Houiments. “There should be @ reform in men’s clothes, too,” sue suld. “fuey should be dressed to have mote ireedom of motion. Their suspenders prevent the development of the lungs, aud to Support trowsers al Lue waist is Lujuriuus to the back. Their Wowsers shouid be Lung more us litle boys’ ure—oy blouses under their coals. ‘Their pauls and vests should ve one.” BOOKS OF THE WEEK, A HANDBOOK OF POLITICS for 1886; Being ». ‘Record uf Poilticat Action, Legisiative, executive, and Judicii, Nationa: and Stabe, Frum Juy 31, ised, to July 31, 1880. By E>waRp sictige: sox. LL... ot Geiysburg, Peun'a, lute Clerc of tne Muiise Of “Kepr. sentatives, U.S Wasbingvour Jumnes J. Chapuian. THE I8iSH QUESTION. IL, Lessons ot the &: W. SO GLADSTONE, . P. for Midiothun, New York: Cha les Seriouer's sons, Wushington: Bren- LIVes OF GIRLS WHO BECAME FAMOUS By SAgAH K. BoLTox, auihor of “Poor Boys why Became Famous,” “social Studies in Jetigland,” etc, Sew Yora: Thomas ¥. Crowell d Co. RELIGIO MEDICU. By Sir Tuomas Browne, M.D. Bilin the “ober ations’ of ait Keuelan Digby: (Cussell's Nutlonal Library.) “New York: Cassel Co. Wastiigton: Sientano Brothers, JOHN PARMELES'S CURSIA By Junat Haw THORS, auior of “Beattix Kaiduiphe? "Bor TWue's Foo} ee. New Yoru: Casella Gat Wasu- ington: Bréntano Brotbers PRINCESS. By M.G. McCLELLA‘D, author of *0D- vlan.” (Ustaige’ Season erice pew” ork: Heury oi & Co. Wasblugtoni ‘Brentaue Brothers. THE WORST FOE. A Tem (tira waition.) ee Laney Ww: a ln a Co Washuieton: Ea Robert Beal.” Outeast, Bruised, broken, bleeding, here alone Ii Neatis the black drapery Of a midnight sky, ‘Turuss out to dle! No moon, no star, no glim’ring ray of light— Son harbiuyer of heaven's eaulgest white. Gleawe thre sue uigntt All~all is black, impenetrable gloom! In the wide world there .s for me no room— ‘Aud this my doom! On the damp ground my languid limbs I fling ‘Oearui eugene ‘Tu thee! On thy brown bosom let me rest— Weal; wother’s| weary child upyn & Dreast— Even f can, here, 8 common birth ‘These friendly dew-damps ¢ool the ‘Coursing my frame 4 dream!—By tender arms my it Mo ie of iy dont Mare preted Once more a pillow for my homeless head~ he Comi*St at last! Pisano ete Yl a ‘pasaed— Gases Arriepon, James ir, & white msn, and $i Vicksuurn toons yesterday abot Warner, an ter had voted tor pronil lees Interest, ‘orty spinners employ; den mill et Full Rives, su morning db account of ry inaecuinery which they us to then. Che will of ‘Wo more! IN THE NEW YORK WILDERNESS. Some of the Things which Make fum- mer Attractive in the Adirondacks. A MIN;S@ EVYERPEIE WHICH BEDER IN 4 SRAGBDY—4 REGION UBRFUL ONLY as A BEALQH RESORT AND GAME PRESEBYE— WHERB THE FARSIDENT 1g, Corserpandence of Pare Bvusnwre Stan. In THE WILDERNESS, Augyst 31.—The loot! name for this region of the Adirondack wilder- ness lying about the Fulton chain of lakes js Brown's Tract, Many people even here in the ‘woods call it John Brown’s Tract, supposing it took its name from the old hero of Harper's Ferey, whoye bones now rest beneath # buge boulder in the town of North Biba, Essex county, about 90 miles from the spot where I gm writing this. But though poor old John Brown meditated the blow at slavery which aiterwards cost him his life upon bis rocky ang aren “clearanop” jn North Elba, not tor him Was Brown's Tract named. ‘The Brown who me to the tract was a wealthy gen- feted of Prividente, te iy wap arly" tn" tae century bought a vast domain hereabouts, thinking these hills contained iron and other minerals in quantities tuat would give bim a magnificent return. He sent his son-in-law Here to establish farnaces and convert the Gre tat n 2 Ip'opeting up the'oresbeds and startigg the fare Hooke ‘The ae wacarter soreroe qui i A et the beds proved shatiow end the output scat Te eerean ewe ten by no powsibility coutd ¢ remunerative business establis! od il was seen that the t plant was an ailer loss. rown’s unhappy \w, driven to despera- don by brooding over the fortune thus sunk in tha’ wiidernesy, went one day to the are-pits an i BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS, Thus ended perhaps the earliest attempt at developing the mineral deposits of this portion of the Adirondacks. Thousands of other at tempts have since been made. A few have handsomely sewarded those who engag them, but the great majority were uimost as bad fullures as the tragically ending one related above. Tron, mica, copper, wllver aud even guid mines havs ‘since’ been discovered In the Adi- rondacks, but with the exception of a few iron and mica mines, vastly mare money has been ut into them than will ever be taken out. It iy said that in the attempt to develop a single silver mine in the Beuver Fiver region, north of here, fully a half million dollars ave been sunk, with steadily decreasing prospects of reaching “pay dirt.” Provably the most remu: nerative mine [n this region 1s a mica mine uot Tar north, which 1x said to be rapidly making @ millionaire of a Utica stove manulactarer who controls it. Mica 1s found in many places tn these mountains, but as a rule itis of an infe- rior quality, which hardly pays to mine, A FARMING VENTURE almost on the yery spat where the Rhode Island man established his furnace, or forge, as 1 was called, met with little better success, A large tract was cleared in the valley along the outlet of the lakes and on the mountain side, and a brave attempt made to Induce the weak and sandy soil to yield profitable crops, It wus in vain, and amid the dense growth of young Um- ber on the mountaius the uupter naw wouder ingly comes upon the ridges where thirty year ago orn wad potatoes were planted that fever puid tor cutting or digying, “A few acres of the Once extensive “clearanes" nave been preserved from the new forest growth to serve us a garden for the “Old Forge House,” a famous woodland hostelry just at the foot of the lakes, where mang generations of fishers have eaten thelr venison and trout and drank their “cherry,” on their way in und out of the woods. ‘The land {y here about the lakes, ungenerous alike in ils yield of minerals and’ of crops, might be ex- ected Lo support a good growth oi thinber, but even this it does not do, ‘The unbroken woods that cover the mountains in every direction timost to their summits contain tew of tuose “mouarens of the forest” which ull uew cawers nuturally expect to find Tue-trees, as a rule, are small and scraggy, even the hemidcks being hurdlv large enougu to cut for their bark, Thus it will be seen that the ouly uses to Which this Vust Wilderness can be put are thuse of A GREAT GAME PRESEEVE, health resort and distributing reservoir for the waters of the riyers which take their rise in the ‘moyntains and irrigate so many rich and beau- Ulul valeys on their way to the sea. And itis tue Intention of the state authorities of, New York to do all in their power to preserve this wilderness ior the purposes avove enumerated, espuciuily asa reservoir trom which the Hud: son, the Black river, the Salmon, the Beaver, and many other smaller but by bo means un- derive an almost goiforin supply of water the year round. ‘There isn't te Teust doubt that if tuese mountains were de- nuded of the dense growth of Umber which how covers them, the streams above named would seriously shrink away in summer, and some of tuem dry up altogether; wuile ih the spriug their valleys would bo overflowed by suddeu aud destructive ireshets, wnicn would Fesult irom the rapid melting of the snow on Lue Unprotected mountain sides under the Arst Warn sunshine uud showers of April. Thestate how owns considerable truets ol land in this region, and steps ure tuking to seoure for it con- trol or otuer large traots wuich were given years ago toa railroad company on condition that a roud should be built into the Fulton chain of Jukes, ‘Tue road was never bulit, and now the state is seeking to regulu possession of We land, and will no doubt succeed. “At present the peo ple who live here, the guldes aud camp keepers 4nd the sportsmen who come in every summer to buntend tsa, DON'T WANT A RAILROAD. ‘They feel, and they are right, that @ railroad would destroy the great charia of this wild and sequestered region, almost the most Inuccessi- ble in the whole Adirondack range, though in actual miles much nearer to civilization than muny more generally trequented spots. Not only would the region love its great charm of witdness and lovelivess, but, what is, peruups, more linportant, the game wid ish,uow moder ately abundant, would soon become extuusied it @ railroud uegan dumping ulong the shores of these beautiful lakes the nosy holiday crowds of tue city. Even as it is, with many mites of indescribably bad roxd 1 be traveled ou tuot or buckLourd, the crowds coming into the wouds tly year are greater than ever be- iore, aud new ‘camps are springing up along the ‘shores of the lukes with # frequency quive alarmiog and distressing to old woodsiuen, On the other bund, steps are being taken, and with apparent success, Wo keep up THE SUPPLY OF FISH AND GAME to meet the ever-increusing number of sports men, old and new, but mainly the latter, who anuually seek these woods o break their rods aud burn their powder. Boonville, a town on the Biack River railroad, which Is the gateway to the woods, and where the traveler Leglus uis (Rirty-intie Wagon ride, 1s, of course, greatly interested in keepiug up the travel tuts way. Wilh this object 1n view a sportsmen’s club has been organized there, and & Latchery built on the Fourth lake, on which our camp is situated. In sbls hateuery, vegiuuing this fall, it Is in: twnded to hate every year large quaitities ot both speckled and salmon trout, wien waich to keep up tue supply in the lakes, The state game laws, which have been made very surla- euvand efleciive within the lust few ye dire now enforced better tan ever before,” This has allowed game, particularly deer, tu Increase perceptibly; und us long ws this slute o. affairs Continues there is litle danger that the popularity of the Fulton chain of lakes Wilt greauly fall off. ‘The guides aud camp Keepers, who a few years ago were bitterly opposed to the gane laws, now see it Is for their own interests to have thein rigidly entoroed, and thus insure the annual induxof sportsined who give them employment und patronage, Consequently, the guides give valuable ald to the state gutne cunsiable in his endeavor to prevent the killing of deer out of season, In Twet, the guides eniorce the law, because with. ut thelr co-aperution the ume gonstable could dv noting, as this ¢ sme district Is so lace that tne coustuvle caa’t get over It more thai ouce ortwice In # se:800—that 1s, be ean reach the principal points in it during that time, ‘Tue {nore ‘remute aud unfrequeuted regions he never reaches at all, aud so, if it was not tor the ‘aid of the guides, the slauguiter of deer would go on in season aud oat, ‘THE AVERAGE ELEVATION about the lakes here is between fifteen and eighteen hundred teet, ‘The spot on which our cump is situated Is 1,700 feet above sea level. Bald mountain (by the way, was there ever a rangy of bills that didn’t bave a sald moun- taivameng them?) ts Just oppoeive us on the ovher side o: Thiru with a statio non Its bighest polnt, wats dt be 7.000 feet above us, tuough’ It duesn't look Ib but does ieol @ greut deul higher than thue wnen you the ascent ous warm day, Livery One who comes to the Fulton chain, un lest be 1s @ blaze and seasoned sportanan, wholly given up tofiyeoasting and ritie shoow iby, makes the asovntof Huld mountain. Of course the climb is nothing fur those used to that sort, Of thing, but for & shortwinded and solt-muscied news per man WhO usually takes @ {i Dreference to liming the western slope of Capito} Hill, % wasn't as eany ae it might Dave bobue ihe Yew icom the top amply repaid the exertion, however, us evon us I ovdid catch my breath suficiently to 1 sky, in every direction, st Gulitions a maguitioent pauorams of tongetelad modniins, on whieh the eye never of aging. ‘Tie lakes wouud Found at our teet fe irregular, yet m1 tore iene ares w carpet ot the darkest green. iu many dire Heeteame rates pe es ort cas Inthe valleys atbue foot of distant mou was ‘Adirondacks abound was with wile Ui eR ouguiy alles biray. tore sus there aunid ine wot ie brlliaat g ofthe ri tave "tneir worl ot id OL jerdure ve hysventi ers to ode. an me and of ee woods are the ity eet ee trees that hi ry dosbtiess has also btless also mach jo do with it Sone cay heaeirnt tie ywever, y dave; ang artstages are Wo Bh oe Sd min! ang lela are and ay ths aultes, me ered. ieee eae “a nAGK oF rive woLves came out on the fee on Pourth lake, just above here. Thirty years ago wolves were very plen- Sel nespenoe ‘Then forsome cause thes dis- jppeared. winter were i, Fi sanyeey § eet arias ago they were mais cine” Aad sti soeepionally: Mm One was kil! ris Reeling cap, six miles trom the Yb hed ey Qvuple of days befare we came in. jentiinl, and the dags bent wil u uiiis, Bees tee coy Basa veda ae been Killed ety “4 Mint the hedgertugs amd ont she Most tetved of ali the big Gnoe ubountied in these woods Is the moose, whieh lor a peared under the merelléns guns of bloody butcuers who called einselyey sportsinen and slaughtered these noble antinals by the score, merely for the Sratification of their vanity. Toere was a doo Yor In here two years ago who weut at the deer 4p a siuniluy fashion during the dogging seuyon, He killed dozeus of the benutiiul us lef} their carceswes to rot on the mountain slut erely that he migh| bad shot any ta Peciaaay da tii i aronced lndiguation tat jn jay en: Uiraly propivjied by a law peeaed at Alvany that winter, “This law was, however, yepenleq lyst winter, and this year dogging is Perilli between the 1st wn io af Stvjeinner, To uard against w ughter, however, n fan ieailowed to kil muret tied tures. doer during the season, und no veulson can be sbi-ped ouLos the ‘unless accompanied by the owner, and even then but one carcase can be tuken ‘ut Thus it will be ween that the luws throw all soris of protection arquod the gaine. HUNTING DEER WITH DOGS, or “running deer,” us the people In the woods call it, Is very different bere trom what it ts in more open countries, In these foreuta it is, of course, impossible to follow the d or keep track of them; so the hunters station them- selves an whal are known as “deer ruus,” patus wuich the noble gape ig known $e Irequent in thelr Jourueys Usougis the wands in yolug te and iruin thélr feeding aud drinks in nd ‘about the lakes” When pursued by the doys the deer slmost invariably make for the water. As they come by the hunters they are Popped over without difficulty, Shauld whey Lake ag uulrequonted path to the lakes, Low. over, us bay iy Of the Gugs gives ainpie natige of Weir whereavouts, apd the bunlers tale to thelr boats and pursue them. ‘The deer tu thiy region have # peculiar tondness for the First lyke, aud more of tuem ure killed in aud around WM sinall ehicet of water tian in any obner lake in the chain. It js this apart whic THE PRESIDENT AND His PARTY have gove into the wilderness on upper Saranac lake to enjoy. The placd where the President is located Is nearly a hundred miles from hore, “on the other side of the woods,” as Uyey say on the chain. Tuat region ts not now rew #8 guod deershuuting grounds as this uilan chain, as the yume laws have been more rigidly éufurced Léreauvuts, aud deer are consequently more pientiul. "Tt ts phour as fourdays jouruey frou were to Saranac Hake,’ wuore the President tas byeu. Tia Jourhey is made by row boat, “currytug,” sleamer and stage, From here to Raquetie lake, Where the steainer may be got, were Is svout 18 ilies of rowing aud 8 miles of “car Tying,” tue laiier term meaning tua: you have to tramp through the woods, carrylug your boat on your shoulders in getting from one 9f water to anotwer. Going trom nere the first ‘curry,” three-quarters of a mile long, is ound between tue 5iu and 6tu lake, There is anotuer “carcy” of the same 1 ugth vetweeu tue 7th aud 8b lake, and a third, & mile and a hull long, Uetween the Isat nained laky and Brown's tract, througo whieh you get iuto Raquetie lake, ane Of Lue most bewulitul bodies ot water in tue Wilderness. Theuge you gv by steawer, stage and row boat to Prospect House, ou Siranue luce, whieh tue President and uis party have Just ‘left to gu deeper tuto tue wi derness, Soe FOGS AND FAREWELLS, September Draws = Misty Veil Martha's Vineyard. suatgs of stuaanms 9 ceo row S00 M&M SEASON—BISHOP PARET IN A DILEMMA— WASHINGTONIANS ON THE ISLAND. Oak BLUFFS, Mass., Sept. 1st. “Fun ip a fog” may ve applied to the pleasures of the past few days, as the island bus been completely enveloped for @ great part of the time, This is the season for jogs. A cloarsiy, with bright sua, wiil, in less time than it takes Ww well of It, vanish, and the damp veil will be drawn over surrounding spuce. So dense a fog came Up On Saturday evening that the bouts could not venture to make their trips, aud travel was entirely stopped. The bost that started (rom New Bedford at 40’elock,and which is always crowded on Saturday evenings, was forced to anchor near Naushon island just be- fore reaching Woods Holl, and pearly two hua- dred ngers were compelled to spend the Right upon #day buat with a scaaly allowance of pies, lemonade and milk, Right Rev. Bishop William Paret was given considerable cause foranxiety, He came be- fore the fog settied, and when looking over his wardrobe found, to ois surprise, that Lis wife had forgotten ta put in clean collars, the first time in hls recollection upon any of bis official missions that she had ever done so. A dispatch that she would send them by the parser of the evening boat proved how quick the faithful wife was in discovering the omission. aes collar is not an ordinary, every-day No, slx- teen-and-e-half “Dudin It seems to have no parting. Itcompletely encircles the neck, as if drawn over the head and then contracted around the Adam's apple, such @ collar as could not be tarnished ata moment's notice, As the boat did not arrive the collars did not, Achurch was to be consecrated upon the fol- lowing morning and the bishop was anxious, His sieen no doubt was shared with dreams of linen circles floating around bim. At early morn, when he had concluded to vrave his Fuster het terete bishop of Maryland to this place was to per- form the duty of consecratiny the Protestant Episcopal chureh, which was done on Sunday, Dr. Buck, of St. Alban’s, above Georgetown, was present and assisted. br. 4. M. Shackelford, of {he Church of Our Redeemer, New York, the summer recy delivered the sermon, The bishop adinifistered the holy communion, ‘The season is virtually ataneud. This week will close {tin an appropriate way, Thursday, Friday and Saturday having a program ar. ranged for each day of «ll kinds of sports, and on Satarday evening there will be the gnoual ination and dis; of fireworks, Alter ties exodus will pong Tt wilt look as if something baa ereek oe island, The shat tera will go up. bammocks will come mith ranccetera oe a lesert ¥! wi could it would ctaiiay aignt fost woe mate bo} ay renee ee, Meer adios =n jenly and called 10F the host, Holder ae Browneil, who was caught unawares and pre- sented with a haudsome apy x clock and cande- iubra ornaments, Returning the compliment, ‘Mr. Brownell grew beg eloquent to tende w Mr. Hay, on behalf of ies and friends, & cabinet with eight pieces of Satsuma “it, R.A. Newman, who has become exesod- ipely popalar ‘here, left tor Washington yester- SAVED BY THR Coo. A Miss Lillian Robinson, of Worcester, accidentally stepped off the whar! on Tp night, She bad presence of mind enough to keep her bands in motion uatil ald reseed her. Mr, Angus McLeod Smith, a young Virginian, plunged in, and reaching the girl, allowed ber ica Bin yan ie sl ‘Mass., came to the of Se we, bab being | down, be re Sent” white egy have volumes ot del WASHINGTONIANS ON THE LAND ‘Mrs, Margaret Washington and Mra. Mitebell, A Gummer Resort that Has Ne Brass Baad or Skating Rink. THE RESTFUL, BREEZY SHORES OF OLD NAX- TUCKET—A TOWN WHERE THE TOWN CRIEK STILL FLOURISHES—THE SUMMER VISITOR SUPPLANTS THE WHALE. (Correspondence of Tax EVEXINo Stan. Nantvcer, August 28. ‘The tide of summer travel has not yet mod- rnized this quietest and quaintest ot New England's summer resorts, No echoes, even froma Cottage City on the vineyard, disturb the ‘epose of this peacetu: island, where the brass band, the skating rink end’ the polo ground would bé regarded as the greatest of curiosi- Hes, and the arrival of an organ grinder from Suony Italy, whe came with last week's storm, ‘Was thought of sufficient importance to be duly chronicled ip the weekly paper which supplice the Nantucketers with astory on the first page ‘and about fourth of a column af news, Dear,sieepy, restiul Nantucket! The world in {ts hurry bas left thee behind. If other resorts have yielded to the imperious rule of fashion, ere at least the pristine simplicity of old-fash- toned New England life stl reigns, | Who guts Tis baked beans and brow “bread op morning? And the stranger within his Erecay sirof this place siongpat taspites S Nautocket is forty miles off the southeastern Spast or Massachusetts und constitutes with Self and adjacent islands @ county of that ancient commag wealth, 11.44, tu the language Of Bautical mea who abound here, 4 “SAxD spit,” betng about Afeen miles long and but two miles wide at its narrowest part. It is shaped Uke @ bean, its longest dimensions bearing east and west, Over its low, sandy levels, covered Yise grate and a cpecies of heather not unlike 1e Moors of Scotland, the sait breeze sweeps io very direction, and a land brecge is unknown. ‘Phe gulf stream is but 28 miles from the south shore of the island, upon which the suri rolls in from Nantucket shoals, a well known to sea- men. And 5 ‘ing of the gulf stream, I may state here that the old salbs say tuut it Is ap- Prouching the island, and ihe next generation i soe it much nearer. Be that us it may, the id flowers bloom on the moors here till'late 4a the winter, when the mainland is wrapped ja icy embrace of a New Eusland winter. A MAUTIOAL PLAVOR Pervedes everywhere. In the town of Nan- tucket every other house has its weather-cock aud “lookout” on the roof, where the wives and Sweethearts of the Long Tom coffins of tormer days sguoned the horizon for tue whalers as they edme from the Pycitic or the Aretic seas, Never again wil] they anchor at the bar, and tue orginvilng remains of costly wharves tell f Story Qf up Tudusity which tas departed for- ever, The inhabitauts now live upon the sum- er yisitar, no} upon the whai id vers Ktnluy and fairly Gb°they treat shen lieve ‘Mie, he gels Lis money's worth, and peed not spend wuch at that. Sailing, boating and fsh- ing ofcupy he summer visitors, whe number beVeral thousand and livein threcor tour totels {unumerable boarding-houses. It one is not ‘Duu.ical one is nothing. He to whom the mys lertes af sailing the cat boats which avound in the harbor; he to whom luifing, gibing and tack- in a Fmd unknown lauguage; he who con- fqunds “north northeast” witu’ north by east, 4 in Lhe opinion of the natives a man whose education has been neglected, for every over faa has made his voyage w Paciiic or the North Auaauc, and not 4 iew have “siruck” @ whale. ANCIENT CUSTOMS, Many of the anciest customs still prevail, and @ town crier disseminates the local news viva ace, Amung the curiosities is the town clock, he hours of which are struck on a bell of great jeetuess of tane, brougut many years fromm Portugal, beating au ‘sucient tusonpuicn, which atveste its ligree. It came fom a monastery, In ition to the hours a 1 is Fung at aise pn. to waru the inbabitauks to go ta this custom having prevailed from the earliont days of the town aud never discon- ued. Our communication with the mainland is effected by steumboats from New Bedford, and Wuen, in the language of the Nantwekevers, the weatiler is “rugged” they do pot venture ‘out, This failure w inake the passage and the arrival and departure of tne two duily buals ure the fost exciting events of the season, and furalah ‘® never-endlay theme jor conversavion. But the vast of Cape Cod und its adjacent Islands le piace dreaded by mariners. From Gay Hed, where the City of Columbus went down, to Nautucket sbouls, whieh bave swal- lowed up many @ snip, Of the sea are lenty, ‘The gale ut the 33d, chronicled in THe, EVENING Srak, out off our communication with the mainland tour thirty-six bours and cast upon Greut Point, tbe eusteru extremity of the isiand, a large schooner loaded with luin- ber, Sle went disco and Ube crew took to # boat and hud drifted Niteen miles betore they were picked up by the Nantucket samboai, Tue wind view, to use the words of an old sult, like “seven beils bait struck,” and the poor fel- ows were drifting Out to sea between Nan- ucket and Tuckernuck islands, and would bave been lost had tuey not have been discov- ered. The survivars attracted much attention trpm the summer visitors, PLEASURES AT PIN POINT. The Sammer Resort at the Mouth of the Potomne, Correspondence of Tax EVENIKe STan Piney Port, Mp., August 20th, This delightiul suiamer resort is locatea on the north bank of the Potomac, within twelve miles of its mouth,.in the midst of the most lovely scenery of all this tidewater gountry. This sneient and favorite place, which has so long been a popular resort tor the people of O1d Virginia, the District of Columbia and Mary- land, still retains tts past renown. The present management have made many improvements ‘on the place within the past year ia the way of shell roads, drives and walks, bath houses and wharves. The hotel is @ model of comfort in all of its a From the sali waters in front of the hotel are taken daily for the tuble ail the finest varieties of walt water fish including the drum, sheepshead, spots and mackerel and many other Kinds, Soft and hard shell crabs are caught in great abundance and served Lo the guests (resh irum tue water. ‘The fivbing is ail that the mostexpert and en- thuslastic angier ean desire. ‘Three noted anglers trom Washington went out the other day and withiu a very short time they brought asbore forty pounds of fine fish which they ued caught, ‘The visitors here bave a variely of amusements in the way of dabing, bathing, boasdug, driving, strolling aloug the beacis walks into the country, rolling ten pins, bii- Mards, pvol, croquet, lawo tennis, &c. At night the spacious ball room is brilliantly lighted and doors thrown open, the sound of music is heard and tho-e wis to indalge in the whirl- ing, idy dance can do so to their heart's de- sire. The spacious hotel and the yn A lovely waite cottages, which dotted ng the MANGAS TOWNS. Correspondence ot Twe Evewriwe 8tae: Hompotor, Kas, August 23, To @ “tender foot” from the east the scenes ‘about this eld town are interesting. Just now @ number of scl.2ol “marms” from the east, who took advantage of the excursion rates to the educational convention #} Topeka, are stop ping tn the neighborhood, Many of rs of the neighborhood are weil lo ay able to permit their wives and daughters to follow the latest tashions in temale togueryy but fashions are not raced after as by some ia the east, and when the farmer comes in with his family the school “marm” from the east is easily selected. her hat, with flowers and laces, being o among the sun bonnets, On ent@ing a store she will find that the same fale, prevaile with, the, merchant ax with t rmer’s family —oom tort belug alwaye regu Uciore conventional dressinu- shut the mreschane ‘or clerk will appear in pants and st-irt, with collar fastened @aly by the back button. The thermometer ranging from 103 to 113 In the is sufficient excuse for this, and she soom ured to being waited upon by clerks “em BRASS BANDS. That western towns are progressive ts proved by the multiplicity of brass bands, for there te scarcely a village of 250 inhabitants tobe found which cannot boast of one of these ine stitutions. It ix mtated th: ack smith and store are in operatic a with patent Inside or outside would have bard work to advance the interests of a new town wales the inhabitants do some blowing theme qlee by toting au instramont in the brass There ts one thing the Kansanscan very justly themselves upon and that is their Hine school «ystem. It is not rare to find @ young lady who, after assisting on the farm during the day, riding bareback and herding cattle, &c.,recelves in the parlor in the eveniny showlng ber, musical scooaplishmente | polnting to her paint ‘and ornamental heedie work. oes ‘a PRANK PREACHER, The frankness of the people is to be com> mended. They “say what they mean and meaa what they say.” It ts related that @ minister having been invited to b at @ church not far from here learned that some oi the congre: gation claimed to live entirely sinless, or ts be sanctified. The old man went out, and, mach {0 the satixtaction of the slaless ones. preached on their favorite doctrine. He concluded his ser mon by asking all present who for six months had not lied, stolen, detrauded, or committed any sin, in ‘word, deed or thought, to meet around jhe altar.’ Thereupon fourteen persons wiy walked up and stood at the altar, and the old man, slowly drawing his spocticien, Jooked them over and exclaimed: “You are the biggest set of lars T ever set_my eyes upon.” To ‘say that they were surprised would not express their feelings. After one had mustered courage to ask if he meant it and received am affirmative answer the meeting cloved. THE DRoveRT. Just now the southeastern portion of the state is suffering greatly for want of rain, and some neighLorhoods have not received a drop of rain. for over turty days. Tuts, of courve, has a de- pressing effect upon the people, but along the Southern border the season bas been propitious for good cro} in tailing just when wanted, Some of th ong the border are on the boom; in tact, all are doing jpeir best to boom, A Boomine TOW. Cowley county, with its county seat, Winfeld, 1s Just now one of these towns, It sabout twelve years old, and ison the Southern Kansas, the Kansas City and Southwest Branch of the Frisco and ‘the Santa Fe roads, and expects to have another rod, the Independence and the Southwestern railroad. There are about 7,000 inhabitants, but they claim 10,000, and it has the advantage ofa quarry of magnesta limestone #0 soit that it can be cut witha kulie, but which hardens, and makes av excellent buliding stone {ust now tn deinand, and this gives employ- Ment toseveral hundred men, "Tiare two large milis turning out 1,000 ba: of our daily, an extensive wagon factory, and guite @ trade'is done with Indian Territory, 16 miles distant. It ts located on the Walnut river, » branch of the Arkansas, and the supply ‘of ver pumped therefrom toa reservoir on @ id distribu by a system of B'pen. through the town. It has two duily and two weekly papers, and several churches. PAINTING THE TOWN RED. Some time ago news was received that the Independence and South Western rallroad was coming into Winfield, and that the Santa Fe railroad had bought 120 acres of land for #1 round houses and freight yards. This eint Wiufield people, the mayor issued a prociama tion setting a oa ae fora iday, Lhe news Papers were priuted in red ink, and the town Was painted red at night by fireworks. The consequence was property went up 80 per cent, and soon there were more people in ‘the city than could find work, and ecnsequently wages were reduced. ANOTHER THRIVING TOWN, Arkansas City, twelve miles southwest, Claims 5,000 inhabitants, and is situated at the confluence of the Walnut with the Arkansas river. It ison theSanta Fe and Frisco railroad, and expects Lo get tne Independence road also, It Hes on both sides of these rivers, the Arkan- sas having two pile bridges,and each of the railroads @ bridge of its own. It has two Weekly and one dally paper, and boasts three flour ‘mill The rapid growth of the town dates back six years. There are now in operae tion exteusive machine shops, a cracker factory and other enterprises. The water works here et their pressure from actandpipe 10 feet ameter and 125 feet high, ou the Bish point of land im the town. nsas City peo trade with the territo ries, and considerable cattle business is done, CARRYING CATTLE Hunnewell is described by its people as “God'e own country.” At is claimed that within an hour atter receiving an order they can 4 twenty car loads of cattle, As a sample of rall- road enterprise, it m: be stated that the Kam sas Clty and 8. W. raliroad received an order for carrying @attle, and in less than a week built, Uree miles of road, sent down te cars and took out forty loads in one day. LOOMING UP. Just now Geudo Springs, on the Frisco rail- Toad, seven miles northwest of Arkansas City, bordering on Sumner and Cowley counties, and containing 700 inbabitants, ts booming up, and efforts will be made to make it a summer and health resort. The springs are seven in pum ber, ali within @ space of 20 feet, and each en- Urey distinct in ‘chemical composition. ‘This piace, too, bas its weekiy paper but needs tte ass band. There was quite a celebration on the 4th of July, when the music was by the Buckskin Border band, of Arkansas City, led by bucksk: former Indian fighter. ee The City of Charieston. ITS SITUATIOS, POPULATION AND COMMERGIAL IMPORTANCE. See lawn, are filled with visitors trom Was! ington and many other cities and towus trom the adjacent states. Suri bathing ts delightful and [ree from any undertow, Those who pre fer can have tue benedt of bath houses witere ey can enjoy u sea bath without exposure the sun an idconveniencs ofthe sand. Row- ing and sulling are two very atiractive features ‘Otaquaticumusements here. This entire ex- tablistwent fs under the management of Mr. Wash, B. Williams, of Washington, Seaside sights. ‘One of the Narragansett Pier corresponde nce black from bead to heel, and is rather becoming tw her blonde style, She ts decidedly pretty and makes one think of Bret Harte’s description of Filp cpetepetesemmar pepe hw both here for the season and may be seen Saturday and Wednesday nichts dancing at the Lops in ming tain) bisek owns with the new Charleston, the chief commercial city of South Carolina, stands at the confluence of the Ashiey and Cooper rivers, which unite and harbor, The city is built apon nd, and toone approaching by water seems to rise from the sea. The harbor is « large estuary, extending about seven miles southeast to the AUaotic, with an average width of twe miles, The =e. of the harbor is detended vy Forts Moultrie, Sumter, Ripley. and Castle Pinkney. From the entrance to the middie channel of the harbor a tull view of the City Is obtained, guided by spire of St Mic chuel’s church. On Sulliva island, on which Fort Moulirie 1s located, are many cotlaces owned by the wealty citizens of Charleston nd vicinity and occupied by them during the summer, population in 1550 was 49 084, of “hom more then one-third were colored. The city covers a large extent of territory. The dwellings are generaily isolated, baving large ‘open grounds on every side. The streets, with Principal’ King’ and’ Steetfng, run foorth, and ree ee gg Eg |g ht 3 Fiver, and are generally narrow. The Principal streets are" well, paved and, lighted are most Todt fie priselpal publie buildings are the Orphan lonte, with its apaclous grounds: the new custom house, the city hall, corner of Broad ud Meeting streets; the medics! ovllege and r |, on Queen street, The Acudemy Of Musie, Sorusr of King ‘aod Market streets, ‘which was converted to Its preseut use in 1 is one of the finest theaters in the south, cost $160,000, Bt, Michael's church is a edifice, built in 1752. A fine view of the ‘nd the sbores may be oblained trom tbe tower, Wulch “contains a chime of bella, and can’ be seen far out et sen. St. Michael's was the war “swamp Aazel’ late war, PA ‘val without ma io Chore iixbment tn te not quite The tomv of i i : a i i ; li ge ui Tt a