Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1886, Page 2

~ > al THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, ~* * D. C. CITY AND_ DISTRICT. SLIDING DOWN Hi Hew the Hoys Have Enjoyed Them- selves During the Weck. TRE EVOLETION OF THE “TRUCK”—HOW THE CRAFT 18 NAVIGATRD—A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN tmz ROYS AND THE POLICR—SILMOCETTRS ON A BACKGROUND OF SNOW. Given 8 bey, and a snow, and a sled Is sure to ap~ ear. If t t Q the snow Is added a hill hag there will be another “truck” will be developed, at ng An tion: p in the evo trick fs a combination of two or more sleds ith a board, th atit is fre forward sled be ‘9 swing from side to There have been man produced in ton during the past w there has been much snow, besides the usual supply of boys and hills, The slopes about the Capitol have been the principal coas"ing places, and the sport has Deen continued these moonlit nights until long after the hour when most good boys are supposed to be abed. As the snow in the roadways has been badly cut up by the passage of agons, the boys have, on several of the streets, aperopr There "e of opinion between the orities as to the propriety ef dedicating the sidewalks to this purpose, but tis ¥ added a zest to the pieasure, for outposts statloned at street corners give nouce of tue approacu ef the policeman, and the bors Scamper out of reach when the cry of “cop” Is ‘and seem to enjoy the feeling of outlawry Such occasions bring to them. Many way- arers plodding up or down the hill scem to take BO notice of te (act that the boys are using the sidewalk for a slide. A COLLISION. ‘When 2 truck loaded with four or five boys comes rushing down upon such an inconsiderate person the consequences are not always pleasant. ‘The person in the way ts at a loss Which side to t who fs steering gets, as the boys ‘Tue truck instead Of speeding on Straight ine begins to woobie. the person In the road is y as the truck shows adiside foremost, . The next instant its load and the unlucky waytarer nd over one another, aud all the im @ square are shouting themselves are rolling boys hoarse. Jo* obstinately persist In taking | the side of the citizen who ts endeavoring 10. walk up the hil, They kave succeeded in intimidating a few boys, Who, In dread of a collision with the jes, Wilt netually wait Starting down the hill, These boys, innority. The great | ity Tesent the interference of ihe police, and asly consider the advisability of appoining a hundred to endeavor to obtain nitfon of the Laws of grevity and other that make boy Side down Bilt. AN ANIMATED SIGHT. ‘The sight ona street slide when the boys are out im full force Is animated. if the silde 1s con- Hned tothe narrow limits of the sidewalk the | noise ts increased. ‘There are two boys on a truck | ‘on whom the snecess of the whole venture de- pends, the one behind who does the prshing at 1 Start and the ove { Tront Who Ifes prone on is vest front and guides the craft. The other iy tOSit stexdy and keep thelr feet e ‘The bey in front not only has to guide the siet, but has to do the shouting. TEE BOY WHO YSLLS. As the truck speeds along, if any returning truek party or any slow concern Is In the way in front, the pilot gives a series of unearthly yells as a signal forthe obstructing persons to clear the road. These yel!s are for the most part as unintel- ligible to the uninitiated spectator as the hooting | of wild barbarians, but every Inflection seems to ‘be weil understood by the boys, “Toot, woot, toot, bi 54, i Fl, Walla Walla, toot!" fs one combination, t shrieks Scattered along the hillside by th i rushing truck. A favorite call iS “Look in, ‘ok in, look in!” ‘This 1 supposed to hi certved by inversion trom “look out.” ‘The pilot ick {Ss assumed to be looking out, and the persons in the Way must “look in THE TRUCKS. consist merely of two sleds, | for the time and without any | i the path is ser committee of on: re Some of the tru lashed together atop. Oth: “double deck: Which the possen feet clear “having a rafsed deek on can sit at ease, with thelr | ound, Some have tte rails at | the sid, to Which the passengers can cling. with | their hands. One truck noticed on the New Jersey avenue hil was provided with a gong, and the pilot was relieved of the necessity of shouting. Another one had an arrangement Ike the handle | bar of a bicycle, by means of Which the Uttie sled jorward could Be turned and the truck steered, | ‘These trucks hold irom five to ten boys, according Ww thetr length. Asa rule the forward voy les on | his face and has hig feet in the face of the boy next Dehind hita. The boys behind sit with their faces to the front and thetr legs twisted up so as Lo occupy as little space a8 possible. A sinall | space of ubout six Inches 1s left behind for the wuaher to jump on when he 1$ through pushing. ! Mine pusher starts the concern by shoving? ‘Heap piles his hands to the shoutiers of the last bor znd rans belind the truek until It has got under JOd speed. ‘Tuen he jutaps upon the little space eft for hia. ‘The most daring pushers stand up- right on this space, and occasionaliy when the pilo: gives an unexpected sidewise wrench to the | truck, is left behind. “I don’ want to be the fel- | Jow t6 do the pushing,” sald a small boy, who was | explaining the mysteries of the truck’to a Star reporter. “Doggoned if he don’t get left too much.” GIRS ON A SLED. ‘Now and then a truck will have among tts pas- sengers carefully piaced in the middie where they | \can hold on to the boys in trent and rear, twoor more giris or young women, whose dragging dresses | frequently turow all the calculations of the pilot out of joint. ‘The progress of such a sled down the hill 1s marked not only by the hoots of the pilot, | Dut shriek after shriek oi the affrighted females, whose screams gradually taper down to a hysteri¢ giggle as the trick slows up at tue foot o: ta | Eude. Bovs under aiveen oa: with contempe upon | seh passencers, and will not take them. Boys ‘over fifteen seem rather to like to carry them, BLACK AND WHITE. One street on Capitol Hill Was occupied almost entirely by colored boys. To the looker-on this side afforded the most interesting sight. Thecol- ored youth of all ages, from bow-lecuet urchins i ragged kilts, to long and lank youths, who in some es needed KIC orwomething else to cover the of their trousers, assembled on this hill, ty In thesleds and trucks ie agesandsizes of tueir owners. 2 long- youth, tully six feet high, with a very short coat, trousers that barely reached his ankles and a little dirty tippet around hts neck, was in bigh giee, dragging a little sled hardly larger than a cigar Dex. By wonderfut contortions he managed | Yo eurl Lis body up so that he could descend the | hill on this sled without dragging part of his own | Jength on tue ground, When he reached tie bo n of the he gave a@ wild whoop of jo led back up the hill, realizing In mney that the sweetS of life are ‘oil, Another party consisted of bovs who Jumped about to Keep | aga biew on thelr freezing ingers oaty gained two balf-gro thelr fee? Warm and two girls With tuetr feet wrapped up inold | x stockings. Tis quartet was not troubled by the sairts dragging on the ground, ‘Thetr bi ightly | Wisted about offered no | embarrassuent te thelr movements. A youth tna Tagged coat and a pair of boots much too larze for sled he had stnoked the | stump of a <i nt, and disdain fully declined ait requests from boys to let them ave “a draw” at t In order to get the at astride his sled and fa stick Which he used as a | proud =k: 2 Of art by ust Canoeist plies 2 double paddie, shoving first on one | Rot bis st fide and then on under headway. the other ntl he was | Sleds und trucks ‘passed up and down in lively measure, and the voices of | ‘the muste-loving urchins seemed to find a new melody taat chimed in with the crackling of the | ‘snow and the grinding of the runners. The Diack | faces and dark gures, moving swiftly by, made | Tantastic Slihouettes agalust the white background | of snow. Qt dinner at Lis home in Hudson treet, Jersey City, at To'clock Thursday evening, a carriage | stopped at the door. A richly dressed young girt | alighted. She was assisted from tue coach by a/ Young mau of tawny complexton. The girl wore a sealsiin dolman, black satin dress and diamonds, Her companion was dressed ina Prince Albert Coat, black Waistcoat and trousers, and wore @ White Ue. They entered the house and told Ji Weed that they were Cioud Foot, an Indian at= tached to the Buffalo Bill suow af Madison square Garden, aud Annette Copelandot De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn, Cloud Foot said he "was 23 years o:d, | and the girl gave her age as 17. They asked | Judge Weed to marry them. ‘The judge questioned them, aud (rom what they sald it appears that the Siri, Who ts very pretty, saw the Indian last sum- Iuef at Staten Isiand, When Buffalo Bill had his ‘salmon pools. The entertainments were rendered all the more enjoyable trom a menthal prepara- tion which served to deaden the bites of Mies and mosquitoes, Of late years, ‘but he retat Salmon fies in collection before a brace of amateur fishermen the other evenin; bushel or more of “Jock Scotts,” greys, And other files made in England, Scotland, ‘Sixteen winters has he owns a trim yacht, whic! inlet, and on which he passes the winter months. Gen, Francis E. Spinner, Gen.Charles L. of Troy. 3 Gre quite elaborate affairs, | andotiér distinguished gentlemen have met, him in Florid Well known on the eastern coast as any of the na. tives. ‘The Minorcans ail swear by him, and the ce including tae collector at Fort Capron, are | cisely as they did. at” Courtuey. | bial | shriekh a — .» SATURDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1886—DOUBLE SHEET. PHASES OF LIFE IN NEW YORK. ‘The Star’s Cummings-Hall Letter. ASMALL CELESTIAL RESIDENT OP GOTHAM—HOW HE KILLS TIME IN AMERICA—THE TYPICAL SOCIETY MAN AND HIS PASTIMES—MAKING A BUTT OF ROSE ELIZA- BETH—THE MUNKACSY EXHIBITION. Special correspondence of THR EVENING STAR. New York, December 10, 1886. I DINED WITH A CHINESE MANDARIN the other night. He lives over a restaurant, in ‘sth street. He is very portly, weighing in the Relghborhood of 250 pounds. He wears European garments, and displays magnificent diamonds Dougt by himeelt ir Amsterdam. Every Mandarin has a peacock’s feathe: anil a peculiar buttow worn on the crown of his hat. This Mandarin keeps his feather in a long tin case and his button in a jewel box. He is known in China as the Mandarin of the Blue Button. The button ts a sapphire of con- siderable value. Oceasstonally the Chinese oficial exhibits the insignia of his office to his friends, and at rare intervals he appears in full Vestments. His silken robes set off his manly pro- Portions to great advantage. His eyes are keen and sparkling, and have the Tartar bent of ex- Pression. The hands are plump and hairy, the fingers are covered with jewels, and the face is plump and dumpitng-like. For Years this Mandarin had charge of the Im- pertal Arsenal at Tsin-Tsin. He had served a ractical apprenticeship with @ noted American Tiachinise ud. he wa endowed with remarkable ‘skill and ingenuity. He drew the plans of and constructed several Chinese cutters and men- of-war. The taachinery was made under his supervision, and the vessels were models in naval architecture. Some of them are still afloat on the Great rivergon the Celestial ‘The Man- vin’ ingenuity, however, was pot confined to the m ing of maritime craft. He made Dahl- gren guns aud. n rifles for the Chinese army and navy. He invented machinery for the Manufacture of, cartridges and Shrapnel shells and turned out bayonets by the thousand. Wi and Burgevine found nis aid invaluable in the great T: rebellion. He warned Ine ‘that of the rebels, and Burgevine ‘that he had nottaken his advice. Before bein flayed alive the adventurer sent his final farewel to this stanch Mandarin, who remained loyal to the reigning dynasty inthe darkest hour of the revolt, In Ces reminiscences of the civil War that cost China 10,000,000 lives the Mandarin tells. thrilling story of the fate of a_ young Eng- lishman who Was captured with Burgevine. ‘The Briton was reserved for a death more horrible than that of his leader. He was packed to his waist in a barrel of unslacked lime. When hungry he was fed on a sait fish, and when thirsty gourds of water were passed to him without Sunt, The condemned man was left in the hot sun, Where no breeze could fan his brow. On the | ‘nfth day he died in terrible agony. Eighteen years ago the Mandarin left China and came to the United States with over half a million in gold. Here he lias resided ever since, spendi his summers in a seaside cottage near Milt Conn., and his winters in Florida. He 1s AN ACCOMPLISHED FISHERMAN, and he owns a wonderful assortment of rods, reels and Mies. His fishing tackle alone 1s valued at over $5,000. Ten years ago he owned the right to catch salmon on a well-known stream in New Brunswick. In those days President Arthur, Billy Florence, Larry Jerome and other well-known sal- mon killers, occasionally accepted invitations to Wet a line in hispreserves. Nor were his rations of sakt, tea, jinseng and sharks’ fins despised. Many an Onfental dinner was discussed near the ack however, the ‘these northern expediti ly, the finest selection ecountry. He spread out his Mandarin bas given w after dinner. There was a fairies,” “atlver freiand, Norway, Canada and the United States. He namied not oniy each Ay at a glance, but also | its designer and maker. ‘The Mandarin departs for Florida on January 2. Yt on Indian river. He he boards at Mosquito Mcarthur, ‘Congressman Charles Dougherty, Frederic Arthur Benson, Washington E Connor nd enjoyed his hospitality. He 1s as DELIGHTED WITH HIS WHISKY. | Last winter the Hon. Matthew Quay, of Pennsyl- vania, joined him fn an Prong of the St. Lucie river, on a hunt forsea cows, the St. Lucte being a feeding and breeding ground tor the manatee, Commodore Asten, of New York, atterward joined the Mandarin in a. pedition up the north | ‘trip to Jupiter | Light, -Asten was both pleased and astonished by his experienc. ‘The Mandarin rigged up artifictal Mies on piano wire, and the commodore enjoyed | the finest fly fisitng of his life. Salmon rods were | wed for casting and bluetish and cavallis weighe | ing from three to eighteen pounds were taken by | these files on every Incoming tide. The most | gamy fish however, Commodore Asten says, | Was the ladyrish. It is from two to three feet lon; and shaped like & pike. iu takes a fly ravenousiy. When struck by the hook it springs repeatediy from the Water and dashes away like a race horse. It requires an expertenced fisherman to land one. Mr. Asten was especially astonished by the | Mandarin’s success in HOOKING FOMPANO. For years, as In the case of the shad, {t was sup- posed that this fish would not take the hook. ‘The Mandarin was the first to dispel this fllusion at Jupiter Light. He brought down some strong hooks of his own manutacture, not larger than | trout hooks. These he baited with soft clams, | Tne bait was sucked in so gently by the pompang that the hook was skinned without warning, and the fisherman had his trouble for his pains.” The Mandarin outwitted the sh finally by trying the bait to the hook with a fine silk thread. ‘The fish sucked fn hook, thread and bait, and all, and after a desperate fight jumped into the boat. ‘From tiat day to the present pompano fishing 13 considered the finest sport on that coast. ‘The pompano 1s undoubtedly the liveliest of all Sea fishes. It has een known to jump eighteen feet clear. Commo- dore Asten is’ to join the Chinese Mandarian at Mosquito Inlet this winter with a yacht built ex- pressiy for Florida waters. The two gentiemen are tc emerge from the Indian river at Jupiter In- lef, and make a run around the southern coast, ‘Where thetr display of lily trons and fishing tackle wil probably attract great attention. A TYPICAL SOCIRTY MAN IN NEW YORK is very different from the swell or the club man. The society man commonly bas an income of ample size, is well educated, speaks half a dozen | anguages fluently and is thoroughly unostenta- tows Like all men of the world, ke dresses quietly aud plainly. He spends July in Paris, August in London, comes to Newport for september, goes to | Lenox for the first two Weeks of October ahd visits at country houses near New York watil after the holidays, Then he follows the New Yori season until itis time for tie aunual trip abroad. Most society men of this stamp are members of the Kaickerbocker and Union clubs of New York, a good club in Boston, the Beefstake, Carrick ‘or Savage club of London and, if posstble, the Jockey ub of Parts. It has been popular for'a long ume to poke fun at the soctety man, but though he may not tell a thy story with success ina bar-room, and may fai to shine among gambiers and rounders, he 1s apt to prove a gracious arid charming com” panion at dizner and a most agreeable and paine- taxing host 1f one ts properly introduced, He does uot Wear rings or even a watch chain, andconfines himself in Jewely to a silver watch. SMALL BUSINESS. Some of the verses at present being sung in the topical songs at the New York theaters are rather hard upon Miss Elizabeth Cleveland. Miss Cleve- land should shake hands with Courtney, the oars. man, She 13a newspaper idol, as he Was, After having raised her on an exalted pedestal the press fell to Minging scones, brick and mud at her pre- Aiter the Union Riley, a fourth-rate Springs oarsman had deteat ouraman, the newspapers ut once anounced him asthe champion of America and bally-raggled him into admitting it, ‘Then they spent the Fest of thelr thine making humorous at him. It Was quite the Same with Miss Cleveland, and where the newspapers lead the writer of topical songs tollows, Consequently there are a lot of , loud-mouthed and discordant actors out offensive verses about a lady who chooses fo earn her own living, althoug! a sister of the President. MUNEAGSY'S PICTURE, “CHRIST BEFORE PILATE,” 1s not meeting with the great success that its “manager” expected, though it is exhibited with all the hurrah of a cireus and benefited by every trick known to the theatrical trade. The optntons of the art eritics of the New York papers concern- Ing this work were so extraordinarily diverse a3 to cause a snort of surprise. One paper had a column and a half of the most fulsome praise, while an opposition journal hinted at chromos, and scoffed at the work from afar. Another paper that rather goes in for art, disti Exnvas ‘the “greatest of ail paintings” one day, and quisite ‘candor and genialty on the morning that tt had ed (es mind, to the conclusion that the Work was too: I i i | to be sunk at_each panel | guarantee of UNDER THE CAPITOL. the Cor= THE CHAMBERS UNDERNGATH THE MARBLE RSPLA- NADE—FRESI AIR FOR THE SUPPOCATED SENATR— ‘THE OLD TERRACES AMD HOW THEY WERE MADEB— SINKING WRLIS TO FIND A FOUNDATION. Guided by one of Architect Clark's assistants, Stan reporter went through the numerous corri- dors and excavations of the Capitol terrace work now in progress. Much of the most dificult part of this work is done beneath the surface, and therefore hidden from the eye of the external ob- server. ‘The reporter began at the Senate boiler room, which is beneath the south side of the Senate wing. This room has been enlarged to double its former dimensions by cutting out the dirt beneath the open court on the west side, between the Sen- ate wing and the old building. ‘The excavation has been converted into a large room, plastered on every side, and well lighted and ventilated. From wall to wall brick arches extend, and on a Allin: Of dirt above these the pavement of the court wil de relaid. THE OLD FOUXDATION. ‘The excavation lad bare the foundation wall of the old building, and at the northwest corner an underpinning was found necessary to make it secure. This was a work of no small ons, ‘The wall fs eight feet thick, An excavation Was made and a supporting wall twice as thick as the foundation was laid beneath it, On the north side this supporting wall was run up to a height of six feet above the surface of the sub-basement. All this was accomplished without the least injury to Any of the cross-walls. ‘THR SENATE AIB-DUCT. Two new boilers of large capacity are being ‘added to the Senate wing, and the atr-duct 1s being enlarged to more than twice its former propor- tions. ‘This of itself {s an improvement of import ance, forit isa notorious fact that the senate ‘Wing has hitherto been miserably ventilated. The smail and defective atr-duct was chiefly the cause Of this trouble. Now, in connection with the ter race improvement, the duct has been enlarged to @ capacity of 100 square feet (10x10), and with the increased power to be obtained from the new botl- ers and machinery now being put in, the engineers assert that they Will be able to regulate the tem- Lure of the Sen.tte Wing at all Seasons, 80 a to twat the degree desirable for health ‘comfort. SINKING WELLS TO SOLID GROUND. In cutting down the terraces and running the heavy outér wall of the new work Mr. Clark en- countered a serious difficulty which was not fore- seen, The ground along the line of this wall is of Stott swalipy Maitre “The ‘terraces, had Deen made by filling in with all yorts of material. In Temoving them on the north side of we main western entrance a bed of sand and gravel was struck, To secure a proper foundation wells had Of the outer wall to a depth varying from sixteen to_ twenty-three feet inorder to reach solid ground. in each well a Pler composed of solid stone and cement was built, up to the surface, and by extending a system of arehes from pler to pler a strong, secttre and dur- able roundation for the exterior wall of the ter- Tace work was obtained, South of the main en- ‘trance on the west side, where the terrace Work 15 how being carried forward, the same soft, marshy ground exists, and a line of wells, averaging over Uwenty feet in depth, is belng sunk. ‘the plers and arches will be Constructed fo secure a founda- Uon on that side. ‘THE OLD TERRACES ‘Were composed of a variety of material. Old bricks, broken stone, oyster shells, sand, gravel, pieces of rotten lumber, in fact everthing that Was calculated to ll up entered into the mass that formed the green-surfaced terraces, The sand apd gravel that were found were turned to promtable account. ‘They furnished food material for carrying oi the coarser and ier portion of the pending work. Russia and Bulgaria, THE CZAR'S TENDER SOLICITUDS AND ANXIETY TO RE- MOVE THE PRESSURE. The Oficial Messenger, ot St. Petersburg, says: “The recall of the Russian agents was not in- tended to sever the ties uniting Bulgaria and Russta; it only signified that Russia refused to recognize the legality of the condition of affairs under which an insignificant minority seized su- reme power and tmugined It was entitled to guide ulgarian destinies and make the people its tool. Revolutionary passions have had a pernicious ef- Tect upon pubic morality in Bulgaria. The Bul- garlans’ peaceful di: tion and love ot work were pledges of their future prosperity. ‘Through: these qualities Bulgaria was making Drogress, ‘hen the revolution of Philippopuils suddenly diverted the country into the path of dangerous political adventures, which en- tailed heavy sacrifices and resulted in the present condition of affairs, which, if it con- Unues, will end in anarchy and be a constant menace to peace in the east. Russia's duty ts to show care In maintenance of peace in the exsi. While remaining on the basis of the Berlin treaty, she intended to endeavor to remove the pressure which is weighing heavily upon Bulgaria, and to re-establish legal order, which will serve as a future prosperity and justify the sweritices Russia had made. The Russian govern- ment will not accept any arrangement which, under cover of legality, will mezely perpetuate thé resent abnormal conilitions in Bulgaria. Russia Satisfied with the attitude ot the porte. She reguds Turkey as working seriously for a pacitic solution of the Le cety problem ta conformity With existing treaties, and as being, therefore, en- titled to the support of the powers.” de aid eel Opposition to the Ballct. CINCINNATI CLERGY IN A DISCUIINARY CATHOLIC MUSICIANS KEBELLIOCS. A Cineinnait special to the New York Wortd, November 9th, says: The Presbyterian clergy of Cincinnati are stirred up. They have two imme- diate objective points, the ballet in the opera and the Dow liquor law, Dow, the author of the law, is a Presbyterian, and he 1s to be called to account for features in the law that are more liberal to saloonists in the city than elsewhere. ‘The lash of discipline is to be applied to Presby- terians, and there are many of them who gave aid and comfort to the American opera company with its ballet during its recent unksyiving week season here. ‘The battle 1s likely to open, early mext week at the preachérs’ meeting, and after that de continued by the discipliuary inachinery of the churches. The Methodist clergy of this city, in private conversation today, give out word that at their meeting next week ‘they will strongly condemn the employment of the ballet at the oy , and will recommend that church members who attend ‘such opera be disciplined. It has just transpired here that Archbishop El- der, since the Baltimore council, has drawn the Mine on Roman Catholic vocalists and musicians by forbidding them to employ their talents in Protestant churches. This order, just promul- gated, ts creating 9 stir, and in some instances evoking a spirit of rebellion among the numerous Catholic vocalists and organists who serve in Protestant churches. ‘Moop— a se¢—____ A Bold Insurance Fraud. WORKED BY AN ALLEORD AGENT IN THR SOUTH. A telegram from Nashvilie, Tenn., Dec. 9, say8: ‘A fraudulent and bold insurance scheme, which has been operating from this city with great sticcess for the last two years, came to light today. Charles Tresenreder was the man at the head of the concern. He camé from Zanesvitie, Onto, to Nashville tn 1884, and claiming’ to repre. sent’ the Standard Life Insurance Asso. ciation, opened an “ office" and scattered Greulars Yrozdeast over ail “the southern states, with the exception of Tennessee. On many of the elreulars was the pleture of a lange building purporting to be occupied exclusively by the cous ‘but which 18 not in a ‘The very best of terins were offered to agents, and soon an tamense trade was Dullt up. ‘Tresenreder Gressed in the finest style and lived handsomely. He claimed that his company was of the mutual Kind, and therefore exempt from license, A. short Ume'ago two young men from ‘Clear Créek, N.C, Dra, Flood, Who hid insured with ‘Tresenreder, came to ils elty. They inquired for the building’ the cut of which they had seen, and found thi there was none such here, im the meantime parties near the same place im North Carolina who held a claim for $2,000 on a policy on the life of John Stillwel had written to ‘Tresenreder to get the money: His response Was that the board of directors had not _met yet, and he could not act till they did. ‘This claim Was then sent to Doctors Flood with instructions to collect tt, ‘These gentlemen hunted up the man who had swindled them, and on his re- fusing to pay over the policy of refund their money, Genouaced him us fraud.” The matter was put th ‘the hands of a lawyer, but ‘Tresenreder left the town a3 soon as he’ heard of the proceed- tice “By each "matt plies of reyistered” Seca ince Ts which are er his wite, Aman named Onell spect ent of the Stand. ard Life awociation at Fort. Wayne, Tadiana, ap- peared in the city. He said @ humbug. The matter has much Making Raids on Women, KENTUCKY DEPUTY MARSHALS BRINGING IX WIVES ‘OF MOONSHINERS. A special to the N. ¥. World from Covington, Ky., Dec. 9, says: A lot of about fifty so-called troupe there. She tin love with lim and he | ih Spirit and execution to deserve homes ‘cous with her, While the show was there she | mendation. But the clergymen are Deing invited % to the grounds” nearly every. day. | fom all over the country to vist the 7 and season ended snd he lett Zor tbe west, Dui,| a they Usually preach {OF or agalust Ion’ the as Soom as be arrived ay Madison Square garden, | following Sunday, a fair amount ot adverciang 1s afew weeks ago, thelr frequent. Meetings were re Suned. Viney decid 19" elope. “Several clergy Zech in Now York were asked (o marry ‘them, but ai refused Deeause of the girl's age. Tired of re- fusals in thfs city, they went todersey CU. ed reiused to marry them. Cloud Foot d hin $50 if he would perform the ceremouy, Judge would not change his mind ‘The 1 said that sue Was glad she had not told her true naie, and that the one she oud Foot and she then tered the carriaye, were driven to the ferry, and crossed to this city. A Removep Orrtcrai Dies ov Grime.—John 1. Hoyt, for more than twenty years a custo house inspector, died at Kensico, X. ¥., Tuursday nigit Supposedly trom griet. He was Tecently removed tor ‘offensive partisanship and immediately sut- Jered a uociceuble depression of spirits, Which ended with a fatal deciiue of health, vo GLaDeToN® AyD THE AXTI-RENT CaMPaion.—Mr. Gisdstoue's diss pproval of the anti-reat in Ireiand 1s seid to have been expressed Gladstone in a private letter to Mr. Camer by Mr. gained. “So it may succeed after all. “Nor hight, nor depth, Cat ah mi en abe Fee eee IO Ou : faint chime, ra bear ts karat nde Sant Doubt vot, U soul. the happy tue When thou like sume treed ‘bird shall sing! Our rest shall come. A born Not of carth’s tiresome, hollow wayes— Ob it aball greet Ue iu te wee ‘Aud tube Gur Hote of evening praise! Our friends shail, ‘We yearn pain For spirit Kindred to our gaa for bold our highest thoughts tise Bop wieteacth ant as ansla phone, tueuaber of Hames au he ct ies coca scion te Ro sais ta Glaration oa the subject. best oO “moonshine” distillers have Just been broughs in from Whitney and Knox counties by United states deputy marshals, among whom are ten or twelve ‘women, one of them with twin babies and four others with a baby apiece, all of them at the breast, ‘The revenue officers describe these women as very desperate and say that they Inette the men to Bloody resistance to the federal en officers, Butit has 4 peculiarity of these semi-annual raids from after moonshiners that nobody gets rapid | SNOW COVERED REAL ESTATE. The Effect the Weather Has on the Sale of Houses and Lots. BUILDING OPERATIONS CARRIED ON THROUGH THE WINTER—HIGH PRICES BROUGAT AT AUCTION—THE LINCOLN HALL PROPERTY—INCREASED VALUES ON P STREET. ‘The snow may be considered as having an effect on the real estate market, for however innocent in Sppearance the covering which mantles the earth, Purchasers of land, as a rule, want to see what they buy. They are assured that the land ts all there even though it may be concealed, but even the eloquence of a real estate agent 1s not equal, under such circumstances, to the task of persuad- ing men to buy. However, the market 1s not en- tirely dead as real estate men tell you and there 48 a good deal of buying and selling going on, The Tecord of transfers show no f off, although that taay be in part due to past activity. ‘There 1s in fact an unabated interest in real estate and the indications are that when the weather be- comes more seasonable the activity of the Past year will be re during the coming Year.’ Active butiding operations, however, have hot ceased entirely, and outside work 1s going on Whenever the weather permits. Except when it 4s actually a freezing temperature bricks can be laid, and so there ts inore or less building going on during the entire winter. When the house 1s Toofed the fires are started and plastering is done in the milder temperature of the artificial heat. ‘The winter 1s really the active market time for Feal estate in this city, for the reason that a great Many strangers find their way here on business or Pleasure, and tiey receive favorable ressions: {bich result very often tn an investment in Wash: ington property. The cit speaks for itselt, an really more effective ‘work fs lone in this direction than the most eloquent and persuasive real estaie man could acco.npiish, HIGH PRICED LAND AT AUCTION. A sale that 1s likely to be used by the advocates of high prices as an argument in favor of thetr esti- mate of the value of property is the auction sale which occurred a few days ago, of the triat lar lot bounded by Massachusetts avenue, Q ‘and 31st streets. ‘The price ie foot was about $4.50, Which is a high price for residence. roperty in ‘tls city, although there are plenty of Kos ‘not so. eligibly located tor which a higner price is asked. But on the basts of what has actually been ob- tained for land this is a pretty round figure, al- though under the circumstances it might’ not be considered too high. ‘The lot contains between 2,800 and 3,000 feet, and 1s all available for build- ing. It has x front‘on three streets, and overlooks | a little reservation. The ground on the opposite side of Massachusetts avenue could probab'y be ought for $3.50 per foot, and as the improvements already made in this viclnity are first class, the Price paid may not be considered too high. Atany rate it ts a ted price to obtain for property, Sok at auction, especially when the ground 1s covered with advertised to take place snow. Another sale was during the week, but on account of legal proceed- ings the property was withdrawn for the present. ‘This was wie Utangular square on the east side 0: Dupont circle, bounded by Massachusetts avenue, Pand 18th stivets, Tt 1s available for a large re idence, and Is regarded as a chotce locality. ‘There Will be considerabte interest to know what price this property brings at publle auction, althougi Uke the property above menttoned, {thas specia advantages of lucation and size, and 15, therefore, not a {air criterion of the Value of adjacent roperty. he burning of Lincoln hall throws that erty upon the market, and its sale will give a standard by which to Judge the value of property in that locality. ‘The stock company asks $1°25,000 for ihe property as it now stands, which, a3 there 18 over 10,000 square feet, would be about $12.30 per square foot. The owners, however, consider that the ruins of theold buliding have some value, PRICES OF F STRERT PROPERTY. ‘The directors of the new national bank tobe started on F street have not yet found a place to establish the new bank. ‘They have been negot- ating with the owners of F street, and find that prices on that street are pretty stmt. During the past Year ere has been a great appreciation in prices, and what could a short ttine ago be bought for seven and nine dollars per foot is now held at twelve and fourteen, ‘The high-water mark in F street_property was reached during the present Year, Wheu Mr. C, C, Willard bought the Merrick property and paid about $13 per foot. Recently Property has been sold for 312.50 per foot and $11.50 per foot. THE DISTRICT INTERESTS BEFORE CONGRESS. ‘The veal estate men are naturally interested in the public meeting which was held during the week for the purpose of forming a committee of | citizens to present District matters of general 1n- terest to Congress, They believe that all 1 provements help property and are, therefore, in- | terested fn very thing that will advance th terests of the District. As Individuals they natur- ally have different fdeas of what are the most Im- Portant matters that should be pressed upon the attention of Congress. “Among other citizens | Uere Is the same diversity of views, but on ihe principle that the inajority rules, it 1s thought that it would be a good tdea to have a committee Of representative ciuizens to pass upon such mat- ters, Whether such a committee would, be abic to evolve any satistactory | Program trom the mass of confilcting ideas that are | entertained on the subject ts a question, but xt | any rate the experiment might be made without .doing uny great injury to Such a committee, tt 18 thougit, would probably bring to (he attention of Congress more inatters ‘than would be acted apon by that body during the hext ten years, However, tho needs of the Dis- | trict, do gradualiy recetve ‘the notice of Congress, | but the main complaint 1s that Congress does nz move us rapidly as ft should. THR ELECTRIC LIGHT BUILDING. The Washington Hlectrle Lighting company are, as stated in the Stag, erecting a large build- ing at the corner of 1337 and B streets northwest. | ‘Tue front B on street will be 113 feet, and 90 fect on Uist Street. ‘The botler house will YOO}, and Will be W8XaS feet. Th and aino room will front on B, and will extend the tire depth of the lot. ‘The capacity of the mu- chinery will be of 1,200 horse power, which will be Mticlent for the future extension of the present Plant. | ‘The office will be situated im the corner of | the building, and will be 18x18 teet. for the office | proper with consultation and totleg room adjotn- | Ing. The stack will be 100 feet high and will be 18 feet across at the bottom, tapering to 10 feet ut ihe top. ‘The entire walls throughout will be 18 | inches thick laid in cement mortar, and the con: struction will be of a secure and permanent chai acter, The architect is George Emmert, jr. ‘The Emma Pearson Mystery. (A SUICIDE'S ALLEGED CONFESSION THE FICTION OF A PAKIR'S IMAGINATION. A dispatch from HIll’s Grove, R. 1., December 9, Says: Gustav Linstrom, a Swede, who took his own life at Pontlac yesterday, has been. Made, In cer- tain accounts of his death, to have betrayed a guilty knowledge of Emma Pearson's murder. ‘The facts In the case are such as to disprove the | theory. Linstrom had been drinking deeply for | free weeks, and thro days ago, cucting a Uno sud | denly bis suppiy of liquor, became a victim of | delirium tremens. During his rambling remarks ie | dwelt upon the Pearson inurder and unconsciously | said things which led some of the villagers to think that he knew something about that inyste, rious affair. In his delirium he cut his throat and | died miserably. ‘These, in brief, are the facts, ‘The utmost excitement was created to-day by the publication in a New York and a Boston news- Paper of an alleged tntertiew with Linseroun’ wife, in which she stated that her husband had | confessed to her tbat he had murdered Einma eee and that she believed that he had mur- ore A correspondent has thomughly investigated | this story nd determined it t be a most. unscruy wlous piece f manufactured news The on! persons Mrs Linstrom saw yesterday were the Inedical examtners, ie coroner and two reporters, neither of them having any telations with the two | Papers referred to, | ‘MRS. LINSTROM'S STATEMENT. By the aid of the interpreter who assisted at the Andersen examination and it the presence of the Swedish pastor, Mra. Linstron to-day sald thatthe statement was a malicious falsehood, and she de- Manded that she be confronted by the one who had made the assertion, Theswedes are indignant that such a story should have gone out. Mra Linstrom told the correspondent, that on Sunday, November 7, the day Bama Pearson was murdered, her husband went tochureh at halt-past 10 o'clock a.m. and returned to the house at noon, and at 1 p.ta. ate his dinner. He sat down ora few mintites after diuuer, and then, ‘taking his | District interests. | pipe, walked out, going inio the centér of the vil- lage, making a detour that brought him to his house by a cart path to the rear of the village. Mrs. Linstrom went out to call on a friend about. 2o'clock, and then went tochurch. Linstrom re- mained fh the house with the man who officiates as Janitor at the Swedish chureh, and just before the 5 o'clock service he went over to the church and assisted in lighting the lamps, After the ser- vice he went home with his wife. SWEDES TESTIFY TO AN ALIBL. The Swedes say that Linstrom was not in Hill's Grove at all on Sunday, November 7, but he was there one week later and was in the party that found the body of the murdered girl, Emma Pear- 801 n. The only thing new about the Pearson murder is that table witnesses saw on her jacket sleeve, the day her body was found and before 1t had been disturbed, a numberof short hairs of @ light color that had elther come trom a robe or & horse. ‘That was why so muca talk was made in court about the burning of the woman’s garments and the destroying of materiil evidence. No Siow for Ire! 4A CORNCION BILL FIRST ON THE PARLIAMENTARY PRO- ‘The British cabinet met yesterday and will not come together again until ater Christmas, The order of business tn the coming session of Parlia~ ment was revised, and the program will probably ‘de as follows: ee mote will with the introduction ote reion ne} spedal provisions tor a ‘ot boycotting. It was decided that | cook. THE NIGHT LODGING HOUSE. Where Impecunious Wanderers Get & ‘Supper, Bath and Bed. SCENES IN THE “OFFICE’—THR GREEN BATER TABLE | AND 173 SUGGRSTIONS—KERPIXG TRE POT BOILING— @URIOUS CHARACTERS WHO AFPLY FOR LODGINGS, ac. ‘This has been @ hard week on tramps. Tt has been hard on all the homeless. The deep suow and sharp Winds that made folks draw closer to their fires, have driven many wanderers into the night lodging house for shelter. Some nights | there are twenty; some nights there are fifty. The night lodging house 18a dingy old bulldtug south of the Avenue on 12th ‘street, near the sta- tion house. It wasestablished through the efforts of charitable citizens, It is intended exclusively for transients without credit. It is kept open in winter only, It ceases to be a hecessity when the Weather is Warm. Travelers ‘Weary, foot sore and destitute are taken in, given a bath, supper and a warm bed. But for three nights only can they stop, except In rare cases where they ‘get a letter from a director, which entitles them to stay two nights more. ‘the supper 1s of good bread and soup; the beds are comfortable; the buth | is compulsory. The doors are open at 5| clock in the evening, and closed at 10. | All who come are admitted, if they have not been there too often, and are not in- fected or “Infested.” Before going to bed they have to take baths. ‘Then they are put in long | cotton night-shirts and thetr clothes are lock up. They, too, are locked up until inornins , When ‘they are given all the coffee they can drink’ ‘berore they are turned in the street in. Men and Women alike are among the guests, and they are | of all manners and of all from a little boy of four ee before }) to an old man of seventy. ‘TUE TRAMPS HOTEL, ‘The man behind the register has no diamonds in his shirt front. There 1s no porter to carry baggage, and there is no safe for valuables, None of the guests ever have either. ‘The register is more complete than of most hotels. The guests are admitted by @ young man who looks like the very prince of traimps—who had been born of a| long ancestry of tramps, but was too delicate for the profession, He shainbies to the door, and then leads his loose jointed Way across the bare hail to | the “office,” announcing the arrival in a voice that | is startling in its gentleness. An elderly man, a | cripple, sits belind the register in the “ortice.” | He ts the superintendent. In the “office” are three | beds, and the register Hes on au_odd-shaped table, | with green top, marked off with a semi Circle Of red abd white squares and num Sometimes lodgers look at thls table with a start, as if they might have seen it before, and wondered how If gou there,before them. Thé | numbers have no usetuiness now. ‘The table must have had some other use in former days, and per- haps the numbers were then significant The halfsterved and miserable creature pett- | toning for # night’s shelter passes luis hands over | i in & mesmecte fora, and mutters something | about its having brought him there. strange fatality! The table is the wreck of some gambling. house. So probably 1s the tramp. Both are badiy | dattered, and both look as if they had seen better days. ‘rhey must have come down hill together— ‘the Victim and tne vier THE GRREN TOP TABLE. ‘The lodger that night, after hts supper of soup, may dream of the table as he saw it in more mi'ar days. ‘The figures in red and white paint may be brizht and new in his dream, and the table may be surrounded by glare and gold. The figures | look lke gold, Dut turn to fire. AS he reacies out, tot the table slides away from, hia, leading hu Sun pursuing, through dark and mgzed ways) an Dring hum up with a Short turn at the door of the night \ torn his clotiies, and the dust of the road 1s on his ea h But the table now only serves clerk of the tramps’ hovel. ‘There ts lve unpleasant reminders and bring nightmares: lo the guests. For the most part it does not attract: thetr notice, A big, red-faced tnan came in while @ STAx reporter Was sitting in the ofie, “Thuis 18 your second?” said the superintendent, inquiringly. “Yes, repited the tramp. ‘Well, you have but one more night. Three is all you are allowed.” know,” replied the man, doggedly, as he wrote his name fn the book. “Where 1s your hme?” asked the superintens dent, as he dipped his pen in the ink and prepared to fill out the viank, ‘The man looked him in the f: Ately (ora moment, and then he had none. “Where did you come from here?” ce very deliber- plied coolly that are you bound for?” “Nortoik, I guess.” Then he gave his age as sixty and went out with an attendant to get his broth, his bath and his KREPING THE POT BOILING. ‘Then the superiatendent took the reporter into | the kitehen to show him the big pot of soup that | fs always kept Doliing. “No hotel in the city has any better, bare he sad, as he dipped up a spoonful of | “We lave a tip-top | neat ant ie came in and I guess we'll kee Up-stales there Was a swashing of water, a Phantoms in long white robes were flitting throug! the halls. Asthe reporter mounted the st pecdiesd ack into the darkness. “Come be bashful” cried the superintendent. “We ain't bashful at ull,” said one of the night- robed figures as he dashed out into the ges light With assuined indifference, “Only I wish I was dead and out of it,” he added under his breath, as he made a dive for his bed. ‘The beds are cots with comfortable covert ind are laid as ciose together as may be, to I etables, ‘oom to pass between them. The travelers gen- erally tumble in in a hurry, and are not given to sociablitty In the night. ‘They come a long way and a weary. ey are ali strangers, and have all seen better days," sald the surperintendent. “They come from all parts of the country. We had a man last night who had walked all the way from Montana, and there is @ man here to-nt R Most of them are just om the 1101 4 long walk for’ thetr suppei One inan, ‘whose three days expired yesterday morning, started alter breakfast to walk to Norfolk, where he Wanted to make hig next stop. Yes, some of them, are curious, but I don’t think we ‘ever have any cranks, Some have been tourists for a long time, and are used to it, Others are overcome, To: night @ man rested his head on the table and sobbed. I don’t like hear a mau cry.” HOW A FAMILY WAS MADE HAPPY. “By the way,” he added, “you know that family, of Charleston sufferers, who were here—the shoe- maker with his wife and children. Well, he is a watchman in the Treasury now at a salary of $0 perimonth, ie has a ittle house near the depart- dient an tT took dinner with him the other ‘Sun- day. I'll tell you how it happened. They could hot stay here‘any longer. They ‘could not see their way ito anything but the Workhouse, 1 was: sorry for thera—mighty sorry forthe littie one. T ain't no scholar and [ don't know these oftic with Influence, but Isat down and wrote a letter to Secretary Thompson. I did not know him, but role =I Wwas not asiing anvtinlag for mayselt, 0 could doit. As I said, no scholar, but I think the sight of these ltttie ones, made me eloquent. [told the secretary had they had fled on the same train with him from il. ed mother and Mitle children city. [ pletured 1 huddied in the night lodging house, expecting to go to the poor house next: day. No sir, 1 ain't mueh for writing but there wasreal feeling in that letter. The father thought it was no use, but he took the letter and went to the deparuns ‘Secretary ‘Thompson was locked in his room and could not be seen, but the messenger wok the letter in. It wasn’t more than three minutes after he got the letter before the secretary had the shoemaker brought before hii, and in’ les. than halt en hour he Was appotated to a laborer's place, You ought to have seen that ‘amily when he got back ahd told about it.” ‘Well, he was promoted 4u less than a month and they are all happy now.” ees Mies Woodford’s First Accident. From the Spirit of the Times. During the fall before Miss Woodford was a year old she got her bind leg caught between the Doards, and it was a wonder her leg was not broken before they got it loose. Col. Clay wrote Dwyer Brothers asking thein to price Hindoo, and they answered by seying they had given Mr. Yortng the refusal of him for a certain time, and it at the end of that time he had not decided to take him they would price him. Shortly afterward the colonel received communication from the Dwyers offering to sell Hindoo and two mares for $15,000. He answered by saying they would take the three at that price if they would take Miss Woodford at $7,000. ‘They said they would if she was sound, and the exchange was made upon these conditions. Joon after the Dwyers got the mare home they ep se ee a ene Oona ee eran oO account ot her front leg being slightly enlarged, and after a veterinary examination was deci to be un- sound and mot likely to race. Dwyer Bros. in- formed them that it was the opinion of both the Veterinary surgeon and Mr. “Rowe, thelr trainer, that she Would not stand a preparation, and at ance they dispatched the Dwyers to ship niare and. draw on them for $7,000, In answer tothis, Messrs. Dwyer sald that would not be treating thé colonel fairly, a8 the fact of thelr rev the mare would show her unsound, and thus prevent them selling her, Dut this would do (if he were SEL Dare aioe carat Face, allow G not allow $4, whidh to the old ebionel seemed tatr, and he ac cepted their offer. The result 13 well known toall, ee PENNsTLvaxta WANTS $150,000 oP THE DuBors Earaie.—A dispatch trout Hasrisbarg, Pa, Decne ver 10th, says: The commonwealth is about ready w gre Joha DuBols, jr. Ge young nephew of the late Joun Du ot Clea entorled at, $3,000 000, to netoter 6 por been invent to or & per cent collateral inheritance tax that ‘Auditor fates i l ; Ing-house. ‘The Shags by the way have | persisted the | } THE LETTER CARRIERS. The Men im Gray whe Deliver the Mail Through the City. THR ROOMS WHERE THEY pO THEIR WORK—HOW THR LETTERS ARE HANDLED—TRE CARRIKRS AND THR DOGS—WHY CARRIERS ARE SURE FOOTED OX SLIPPERY PAVEMENTS, Down long and dark passages, stumbling in the dim light over obstacles of ali kinds and qualities, ‘bumped into, jostied and husiled by men rushing backward and forward, appearing and disappear ing like spectres ia the gloom. a Star reporter penetrated the mysterious recesses of the city post Office butlding in search of information about that admirable invention of modern times—the person in gray uniform, who carries at his side or on his back a well filled pouch. and has access to the pal- ace or the hovel alike. The reporter passed through several rooms, filled with long desks, piled up high with letters, papers and bundies, in, apparently, almost, hopeless confusion, and being vossed hither and thither by the ha of many bustling goung. men in uniforms and caps; but here ail things have their place. SORTING THE LETTERS. At this long and high table facing the window and looking out into C street stand the young men whose duty it 1s to open the bundles of letters delivered from the railway mail service cars, Which travel back and forth over the entire coun: ‘try, and see that all contained therein are ad- dressed to “Washington, D.C.” If they find some With another address they quietly ‘bundle them together, attach a slip stating the fact of the error, and it ts returned. to the railway mail ser- Vice ‘clerk through whom it was received, and ‘shortly is on its Way to its proper destination. From this table or deak the letters are handed to two young men seated at low desks with letters pi regularly up in front of them. These young men are armed with savage Pte | blocks, and with almost lightning raj ty, they stamp the letters passing under their hand with the Washington postmark. From them the let- ters are handed to and divided up among loag rows of men Standing in front of cases, contain- ing almost numberless pigeon holes, each labelled with the name of some particular’ delivery sta- respective places as fast. as an ordinary person Various members of Congress, FILING FOR DELIVERY. after being again stamped, thts time with the be taken out by them on the next delivery system of fling has been so siinplified newly-invented cases that a stranger With the proper Street and number. In thts ser vice men havin requirement, and those who have not Vantages are very soo: through the locul post ofice; Is lost. ‘This is due to the precaution the department. bul | s x pr taken by Not a pound of lea’ ding until ¢ hes been thoroughly extn! | Into the waste pile. WHY CARRIERS ARE SURE POOTED. sidewall | question the thelr feet at opposite anyles, splay-fcoted thus making it almost. imposs! silde. Baton the authority James E. Bell, of the city delivery, denied, “He says “You have noticed carrier in winter time very gene! levter-bag on his back and to do thi forward," That explains why he on the tee, Itis well known that the those who cut a‘star’on the ice fectly ereet manner! cS Ube tact that carriers were authorities to Wear over: il said “The carr even if they were allowed. You see an overcoat inste: heavy Wooien Jackets which have Popular by buté chers and grecer's clerks.” THE Docs. The greatest bane of the carrier's existence are the dogs that live along his route, and who often evince a desire to tast the quality” and the seat of his trousers, The Post Omth Inent_in_ its rules, however, affords t ainple protection in this event, and does nt ob hitn to deliver mail where he knows a bad dog exist THE CARRIERS’ CRRISTMAR, Many of the faitatul carriers are substantially Temembered on Christmas day, Mr Bell suy ndred dollars at that time in gifts n their route, Many times, a tew Ughbors and usks subscrip- a purse to be given to the faithful lette Some people, Mr, Bell said, never a derstand the duties a carrier 1s Tequized to perform, but imagine he rust ec as a surt of post office, and eail’ at thelr house every morning ior mail 'to be sent away, even thouzh there may be none to the rules and regulatt: Tier’s conduct as Which gulde the car- 9 not require hitn to do this, - +. BOOKS OF THE WEEK. UNCLE SiM’S MEDAL GY HONOR: Som iOS EDA BOAR: oot tn Cetected and Edited by Turo. F. ito: ‘OM. Se eer : ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF GREA’ IN CARD ATES OF, GREAT, Barats d Garrick to the Present ‘Time. Edited by Senet A Tacat, aiee a pana Sa scoutomporaries j Withert =e HISTORY OF THE SECOND ARMY ARMY OF THE PO! eR, Brovet of the: CORPS Ix AC. By Phases & Ware Vales Ai Ah ss Anat. Adi, Ge is. New. York: Charles’ Serlimer Sous, Wasington: A'S, Witherbee Coo eoT® THE BOOK OF REVELATION, An Exposition, bas Ou the principles of Prof. Stuurts’ Commer : fentinrint ae peintpen to Uae professional feadern. ‘By Ieeaees b, nw ork: Funk & Waxaallne THE BOOK OF A Collection of Px. incts in. Prows and Verve: from the stost farnes Gators tnd Poets: intended an Exercises foe De ation in Colle hooks, By Cuantes Di Linx Wattsrn. ‘Bostou: Lee & Shepard THE MINISTE! cor Tax Appnesrie Sate OF 19 Dy Witten Dea eas Ri oF Sag Famgin 4 Modeen Tistance, ston: Ticknor & Co. Washington: Ac. Wituerbee « BANKER PE BANRERSVILLE 4 Novel, By DMPSON. author 0 ove'g Ex ‘A Tullshansee Girl,” “By-Ways and Bind New York: Cassell & Co. Wash : AUS. Witherbee & Co, TALKS WITH SOCRATES ABOUT LIFE: Translated g the Goncian sd the Kopublic Plato.” New Cuaries Scribner's Sous. Waal Witherbee & Co- a ee ee WHAT I BELIEVE. By Count Leow Totetot. ‘Trans- Jated from the Rissiun by Constantine Popotl, New York: Win. S. Gottsbercer. Washinaton: W. Hi. Morrison. NELLY MARLOW IN WASHINGTON. | Py Lavra D. NICHOLS. author of “uderfoot,”” “Up Hill and Down Dale,” etc. Boston: D. Lothrop & GRAMMAR, FOR COMMON SCHOOLS. By B. F- EREED. A.M late Supervisor in the Boston Schools. & Shepard. A Treatine for Pa Co, EP Rstoany Cheats By Lote Sana rr ricators, By Lovisn Paisons HOPEIme, Bonton: Lee & Shepant, eee IPHIGENIA, A Modera Woman of Progress. By Hao Fawr, <brotuer of Erust). Puiladelphiay terson ke Brothers. ™ gat AD CEOUANY tert Mey ie hh tO =a ‘TE! y AVERY wnd whose light is never dimmed by shade, AWilioee Aelia Sts ever vernal A Where nothing beautiful can ever fade, ‘But blooms for aye, eternal. tion or district in the city, and” with a peculiar sWaying motion on the part of the men, which is pularly supposed to ald in obtaining a high legree of speed, the letters are tossed into their cau count. Great care is necessary on the part of | these distributors for tear a letter should go | astray, and they must be thoroughly posted as to the carriers’ routes, inust be aequatiited with the names of all box-holders and the addresses of the ‘The letters are taken out of these cases and rier’s hour of delivery, they are counted out and | fiied by the carriers, in_ numerical order, ready to | the | uid dothe | Work accurately, provided each letter Is addressed speed and accuracy are taost tn | told that thelr “services can be dispensed with. It ts vondertul that so few letters areever | lost while passing trom one pines to another, oF | uit it isa fact that | not one letter out of a hundred thousand or more | he | ed to | see if any letters could have fallen into an out-ot- | | the-way place and trom there swept up by a broom, ‘Why is tt that carriers never stip Gown when the | |. are covered with ice In winter? This S been asked again and again Dut | | never until to-day answered in # logical manner. | Agreat many people foolishly believe the reason, that a carrier 1s seldom seen to slip down Is that | adopt a peculiar manner of walking; with.| in fact, ible for the foot td Superintendent this way be that aletter- iY caries his leans sitghtly never has @ tail majority of walk in a per- 1 years ago quite an ado was made over not perinitted by the mats in winter time, Mr. could not. wear overcoats would timpede the performance of their wark, Dut a, Underneath the gray coat they wear those een iaade so xture of | nevolent person goes. ‘liver. ‘ThIS 18 wrong, as e Wont. ISG L-188t. | A CHARMING SWISS CITY,—ITS SURROUNDINGS, ASSOCT- ATIONS, AND ATTRACTIONS— DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. ‘Special Correspondence of THE Evexrve Star. GENEVA, November 15, 1880. This beautiful littic city ts fled with the records of noble natures, of high aspirations, crushed hopes and wounded hearts, who came here to fod inspiration, or rest, or forgetfulness, beside the blue waters of this most lovely lake, Not long ago we went, amid sunshine and shadow, Up the narrow cobbie-stoned streets and between quaint, dingy old houses, to the thedral, where Calvin preached after his change of faith; and as I rested awhile in the narrow, Ume-worn chair where he so often sat in by-gone Fears, I thought how thin he must have grown through mich anx! | and mortification of the fiexh. Then we hunted among the many courts and alleys for the house where he lived his frugal, hard-working life, and found it in a small square court, opening from the little street which Dears his name, It ts a very plain, un] ‘nding structure, and 18 Gocu- led now by a kintergarden school and a class for fencing; a most unsavory ne! from which We hurried as rapidly as possibie. Just opposite, on the further side of the lake from Where I sit writing, 18 2 square white house nestied amid trees tat are beautiful tn the chang- ing hues of their aucumnal foliage. It is the house ore BYTOM SOUEHE to stifle ls sorrow by relating another's woes. Here he wrote “The Prisoner oi Chillon.” which has immortalized the old ruin ‘Where the luckless Bonnivard wore out his life in such dismat solitude. The castle 1s one of the favorite resorts tor tourists in bright, Weather, and is very interesting. The juett hall and’chapel still rematn intact, and’ below in ‘the dreary dungeon they point todne am the stone pillars which support the heavy arched root, Where the remnant of a chain in a rusty staple ‘shows the exact spot where the poor captive ian= ished. ‘The pillar is Worn smooth by. the rest. less chafing of his weary back, and a hollow groove on the stones beneath bears the im of his eet. It 1s saddening t 10k at tt and a8 we raised our eyes to the narrow Window 'so heavily barred, we almost fancied that we could hear the bird's song that fora time cheered him with its aneloay. A littie back in the country, a short drive trom here, isthe ‘village of Farney, somettines called Voltalre, the home for twente years of that gifted writer but most mistaken theologian, bly lived long enough to regret the & bad Wrought, as he died, as the; and recanting. “Then at’ Lausann Of the hotel called by is name, t bench upo over the last I. Here in the city M the busiest street, 1s the little | where Rousseau meditated for 1 | the great works Which have made kis | MOUS, Long years after is di showed their awakened apprec: by erecting a handsome moniuaent on thls his f Vorite resort, depicting hitn sitting In severe and Tnost Cicnifléd meditation But Geneva Is not alone honored with the heroes of the dead past. ‘The princely exties of the pres. eat Rnd rest and retuge on he shores of Lake Le- During the summer we saw the great bulk man, ind tall stature of the Compte de Paris, nlws mpanied by his grenadier-ilke wite, Rue Corrateri¢,and even now he has gat him quite a court of his devoted as more sheltered hotels of Montreux. T Montpensier aiso spent some Weeks here France might reallze these princes, did she they can plot snd p: land th. Ted about Duke de and her mistake in banishing know how much more easily n 10 free, republican Switzer- ub when they were stifl under the watchful nce of Jealous, anguseyed Paris, We were als favored with the august presence of the Duchess of Edinburg, the daughter of the (Czar of Russia, Who married queen Victoria's second son, and for & Ume threatened. the of the royal family of England by insisting that she was | entitted to precedence over the Princes of Wales, the gucats Delng aware of her presence—a stout litue body with a broad mouth, wide forehead and j RO now: Worth sj king Of Walked about the streets very “pe an ord Teese instead of assuming: any of the royalty she so tusists upon in the Ene ih court circles, oo ‘More Willing fo let le know of his royal rank Was the son of Ismael Pasha, ex Khedive of Egypt who caine with his suite in great state, to visit his littie daughter the Princess Sallks, who has been summering here under the ¢ of her Eagilsh governess, A pretty, child, with none of her father's heaviness of feature or his Wadditng Walk, She played in the sand and romped with the other children in bilsstui un- consciousness of he rank that may one day cause her much unhappiness, for these Ey princesses are burtered’ for _purpo poll without regard to their own ii ‘The Prince occasionally waiaed into th room, accompanied by his secretary lengiagly at the groups of | suciably together aroun ange cer people chatting the cheertul wood fir, | but eicher because none of us were exalted enougth | for his princely conversation or he Was over. poweral with dimdence before $0 many women, | he retreated to a distant corner and amused hin Self with the newspapers, his secretary sitting | dlserectly behing him. Sir Robert Peel owns a villa here, and his daugiters were present the other evening at a ; dance in the hotel. They are tall girls, with blooming cheeks, the persouitication of health, | but iaekiag the persoual beauty which 80 dix. tinguished’ thelr grand fatuer, England’s great asfonatly preinier. Sir Kobert Is countered at church, or seen driving through the | streets, but he prefers London to Geneva, and | rarely Temains here any Je ‘of time, rhe Baron de Kothsehild’s lovely grounds are open to the visitors by card on Fridey moons, and are well worth inspec- Hon, | containing as | they do so man choice piauts andexquisite Lowers. The conse Yatozies are filled with exotes and many delicious | fruits wre ratsed under glass. We have been dis- Appointed in the fruits of this country, especially grapes, which cannot compare with ours In sweel- Less oF delicacy of flavor, and we nolonger wonder ‘With the grapes (roin which they are produced, Geneva 1s a busy Uitte town, filed with shi and salespeople, Who have couble prices for the Qurfous Alhericais wandering about thelr streets itches, jewelry and musical boxes of all sors end desctiptions are Ue principal staples of trade. ‘F0 enter one of these inusical emporiums fs soine- Umes trying to one's nerves, as its impossible to Test upon a chair, fo lean on a counter or Lo pick up the most triling article without evoking a S:rein of muslc frou the hidden taachinery. | Dogs % and dolls, churches, mills, portiolios, inkstans eigarhoiders and candle-sticks salute you with a song of welcome, While birds of brilliant plumage, marvelously counterfeitlag nature, warble every concetvable meiody that Uarush, Canary or ing-bird have essayed. zg How To Get Strong. From the Buffalo Express. Wiliam Blaikie, the author of that mucb-read little volume, “iow to Get Strong and How to Stay So,” in the course of his lecture urged that mock- Wa we used our muscles, but not wisely. Exercise | Was necessary, and it should be judicious, well Girected and constant to be beneficial. “You ask doesn't the gymnesiiia give us the ‘right kind of exercise?” suid he. “What isa gymaasium? 10 is | a room filled With appliancesand implements o€ all | sorts to build up imuscle. “Do Fou kuow how taese | gsianastums are cond You pay an admis- Sion price, and are tre ter. You find a big dumb-bell and squirm and: struggle ull you litt ft. You take aturn ai the rowing-nachine and the bars, If anything else is there you try it, | What is the result? Next morning you are sore | ame: Your muscles Were “not equal to the | You are discusted with the exercise, | ; nhasiuin any more, blind, purposeless way not productive of any good.” You migut as well turn a boy ioose in an apothecary's shop and. say : ‘There, Jounny, there’s your medicine, 1 "He would ge: weil—into the gray Yo Mlustrate how deficient many men were who were professional athletes, Mr. BLutie 1 Stanced the case of Edward Hanlin, whom he had had excellept opportunity to observe when | referee in the Iamous boat race at Chautauqua | lake, Where Couriney’s Shell Was sawed. “Han- Jan had been pulling all his life,” said the speaker, “and his pulling tntiscles were tremendously dc. veloped, 1 doubted if his pushing muscies were So strong; 80 Iasked him to try als little exer cise.” Here Mr. Blaikie brought forward a couple of chairs, placed hunself between his hands on the top of the chair backs, and did the “dipping” exercise, which was practiced so much by the late William’ Cullen Bryant. | “I did this exercise five or six times,” continued the lecturer, “and then asked Manian to uy. How many Umes do you suppose thal muscular Oarsman Gid it?” He got down on ius knees be- strain, tween the chairs, there he stuck. ‘Get up,’ ‘A ‘I cant said he. /iw Site tata (aa pees ofthat for the then champion oarsman of Amer. fear” ‘Mr, Blatkie then passed to a review of men and women who Were celebrated for their great achievements, attributing much of thelr superi- ority to thelr physical ‘and endurance. He alluded to John Wesley, who preached 42,000 sermons in fifty years; to Julius Cesar, “the Roman policeman:” to Gladstone felling a four- soot oak with his ax at 76; to Mra, ry, Who had parttelpated in all the’ athletic sports of her brothers, and, when invited out for a walk in aix Cleveland, had Walked twenty-two miles; and to ‘Washt who had wrestled with the seven tion OF his cenius | ‘She spent tWo weeksin our hotel, without inany of | 10 be en- | atthe sour wines, after Inilmate acqnaintance | the education of our bodies was neglected; that | THE ROVAL FAMILY OF ITAL Hew the Cro: Prince is Kducateé— “stories of the King and Queen. From the Kew York ®an. The reigning sovereigns of Kurope who excite ‘the most deeply monarchical feelings In their subjects, those Who most often visit the different provinces and cities of their Kingdoms and iden- tify themseives with the tuhabitants, arv also those of whom less frequent mention is made, and ‘Whose lives are less Dared to idle curiosity and newspaper celebrity. They are the King ‘Queen of Italy, Umberto and Mi wie Consctentious courtery and mgul from Turin to Florence, from Rome to Ni they have earned the right to retire for a whi thelr beloved Monza, oue of the mont Jences on the fertile plains of Lombardy. The Queea dors not care for the Pitt at Flor ence. Tt ts too lange, too public, too much of & museum. Its unrivaled accumulation of treasures: Oppressés her, and remove the feeling Ot at home. The Quirinal, which is now the official Toval Nbode in the capital, ts, singularly enowgl the smallest and perhaps the east conventant ¢ all the palaces that_have fallen to the House of Savoy ater it transferred itself from the center of its eminent but dinlnutive Kingdom to the Bter= hal CI to assume the sovercignty of the whole peninsula, When the Popes wer tn poswsaion they only spent a few short sumimer weeks at the Quirinal, “To accommodate ite new occupants am An additional construction was em Palazyino, wicuated within the contains suites of rooms for the Of Genoa, mother of he Queen; for Teoma | her brother; for Marta Pia Queen of Portugal, sister to the King, and for fhe Princes Amadeus Carignan, when they can be Suaded to come to Rome.” BUt their visits are few and far betws Uhelr stay very Limited, 0s if Tes could never quite shake Off Che awk aie and embarrassment of living in a mulch also bids the Vatican, |e» Scaphal ‘The King has pubiixied his intention of emeting another palace for the Prince of Naples, Whom he Wishes to @manctpate early and train for the me sponsible post he ts born to. inher purstance of this system or educ helr presumptive was went'to tray mer througn Switzerland ing as striet an incog: peseedbie to malne tain in these Uumes of publicity, uid moving about from place Lo place WiUh neither cereiony nor eUle quette. ager Duchess Prince ‘The Young prince 1s barely 16, | He is still ander the care of his Tutors, and his studies, which ang | on a sensibl cable and exteusive sea | never suffered to bear any in | Yet somewiat. below the fair, his complexion pal Winhing expression oF gentie cheer more closely resembles his maternal gran/itau the king of Saxony, than his Malian ancestry. memory ts prodigiots. His po erly military attache tothe who fuifilis his Quties with conse and devotion, speaks highly of his pupi | Ambition to make Lim “every inc When the boy was still a little the most intimate terms with Uhe o ceedingly anxious to please him. | Successfully gone Through his lessous be woul turn to Mim and say: | “Colomel, kiss your Ute prince if you are satisfted with lim, Ale Speaks English periectiy, having bad trom, his birth an Ei use, to Whom he was deep!y attached, and Tor Whon! he mourned sincerele when she died a short time ago. ‘The litte fellow Was so conscientious that, Laving been ondered by his mother to speak nothing but English om certain days, he Would not break through the rules even W answer a high fanctionary wiuo ade dressed him successively in Italian and French, looking Imploringly all the time at the queen, WO Was present, as it her to explain his far anenca ee Eas ean 2 small weekly allowance, One | been unusually quiet and observant’ at some public | Pageant, he was seen to pull lus mothers skirt | and ask her what the price of a sik gown was, “Because,” he added, “here are all my savings. ‘See if they will buy one for my ouTse,” | Te Queen Is passiouately fond of the son ou | whom crown of Italy must descend, but she never allows her adoration to become weakness, Handsome, elegant, fasciuating, worshipped by all who approach her, idolized by her subjects, | Queen Margherita has, under the outward, ap | pearances of worldly liight-beartedness and Wwotn- ease, a strong seuise of what Is due to her and what ts expected of ani; husband And her rank, her high position, She is ever ready to relingulsh her own Wishes and to submit to political aL lomatic exigencies, ‘Thus, quite lately, she had expressed lie desite and fiitention of béing pres | ent at the marriage of ber cousin, Princess Josephe of Saxony, at Dresden, aud hud taade all Ler plans to start for Germany with But King Uinberto opposed the projected journey on the plea that the Eiuperor of Austria Was to be one of Uhe guests at Ue wedding, and, us he had nol yew returned the visit of the Rig or Tualy to. Vleuhiy complications wight arise wich It would beim better taste to avoid, “You are cousin of the bride,” he sald to his wite, “but you are also ier of Italy, Which 18 more.” Without amurmer “the Queen of Italy” gave up her journe: AU Courmayeur, In the picturesque valley of Aoste, where she spent part of Uke warm seasohy she lived quietly and simply at the ldotel Royal, an thn Of squall preveasions and less comfort, Whose only advantage Was that It faces the prose pect and, could, be reached witht "passing Through the littietown, The Queen had left al tly and matchless costumes belund, and walked about, plainly attired tn a short woale dress with a’ straw hat trimmed with @ eve feather, talking pleasantly and unrestyaiuediy [with her lady-in-watling and aide-de-camp im tendaner, or laughing with the Prince of les. Slie is periectiy natural and frank th her Manner, and although she hus grown much | stouter wituin a few years, she has kept a youth | ful buoyancy of manner wich is Very attractive, he best dressed Wotan of Maly Is also the Ost charitable—discreetiy and lutelligenliy #0, persone | ally investigating cases of distress and ‘sending | prompt and anouyanous reitet, King Umberto perpetuates the traditions of | nis tatner, Victor kinanuel, and, if not quite | so ardent a hunter, is yeta great one, When im Picdinont he Ukes io live in the mountalas or the Great Paradise, and gives uimselt up—state busle | MESS permictinig tor @ mouth et time to, the | pursuit of the chamois. He takes up lis abode | and sleeps at nyt on the Plano del ite, a plateau 7,400 tect above the level of ue sea. fils tather Ihade inany of these Alpine heights accessibie by having footpaths traced on their dizzy slopes im every direction. “On the Plano del Ke 1s a littie rastic dwelling of a single story, the outward Walls of Which are, during the sliooting season, | adorned with the dead bodies of as many’ as Tour: | teen or fifteen chamois, Around it are grouped Tents and sheds sheltering the stoves and cooking Utensils, and forming Ue only kitchen where We royal cooks can work. ks aud beaters are permitted to warm themselves by Uhe roaring fires and to Of large portions of the national Polenta. The cold 13 intense in thow witituder, the kiug has inherited the hardy Savoy biood, Wiich braves fatigue and danger, The sturdy “Galantuomo” used to Walk In the mountains tor | fourteen hours, muke a meal of some provisions | stowed away in lus bag, roll hiinself in luis heavy | gray cloak, tie down on the hard (rail under a ro Sieep soundly for four hours, and start again suutise to resume his favorite sport. dip. T mother. Umberto is wiready 44, but his quick, brilliant: eye, his warm complextou, and lis quick, active et ithough tuany’ white ile gives the affairs of the state © Very comsclene aided AUSpIrAtions, ed of the Becessity or advisebli- j but when o | Auy of a scl Aung 4m ortginng At fie lus a passion for horses, ‘The stables and stud ot M unrivalled among all the establishm ature in the whole : Hs nines and that he has purchased, U akehners, and ov tuat ‘were like Une coal-black chargers 5 enor of Morocco, Mumlone, luis favorite orse is a magnificent aniinal There would have been in the royal stud one of the famous cream-colored horses used, by Queen View {oria on great slate oecasions. had, the “fouowiig mt uot decurted: | King Victor Ruane spatched the Marquis Clavesaua, master of to England to bring home Bome ty weds, and’ at the same time to offer tue @ super’ Lorse from his own stables. When Tue marquis Was about to leave London witi the Suing Of splendid hunters he had purchased, he Was ihTuriued Liat ber majesty was desir knowiedying Victor ktnanuel’s courtesy by turn present, If se could only know whut De agrecabie’to him. | Clavesans, acqu the klug’s Lastes, suggested the Sending Ute fatmous Taube herwes. Imdue Uwe ‘one af | the cream-colored teain came from Windsor, bul 80 old and sorry a brute Unat the Marquis fel ashatned Of taking 4¢ over to Italy With the others, However, before he had ‘an equerry of the Queen's asked to see him, and, With some circum Ter Majésty to ask if tue Marquis would couse her M: 3 wi to revura the Isabelle horse, as, owing to some iis management, the vam rap and that parte cular one was wanted for an approaching cere mony. The blood of the Itailan ‘noblemon rove, and with an mentary but forcible Lve he answ “ shall do no such Uhing. Deast belongs to the King, my master, and i shall take it to ‘Turin for him to send to the knackers Yard when it gets there.” M. Dae. EN A West Point Cadet’s Career. From the Cincinnati Enquirer, Dec. th. Yesterday morning Judge Huston heard sn tae teresting divorce suit. It Wasthe case of Lens Buckingham against Charles P. Buckingham. married September 28, 1882, by Magis Tue High. "Buckingham drove streetcar horse. He was foud of god uving, aud spent all his cara ‘on himself. The couple pes and be 4 ei served ‘his wile in aa we ‘The foto May he assaulted & hy have geting on hls rack, he fied aud has re Thawed Sway’ since, judge Huston at once granted her a divorce on ue’ eon ok Sbscnen chingtaah camota good Was sent to We Point tery iis ‘behavior there Wus such that he ied. He returned here, and — i zi balniy atr, Stevens brothersin his yout, and who had ridden Warowbrieht ned agri fas Artern rales a day on horseback to "prevent the ‘Through those enchanted bowers. Mr, Blaikie face mgt awening and y running as int Ing exercises sli ‘The city's shining towers we may not see i ony py For Dest the silent wanes keeps the key Gheaye, Bloom US the clerk abd elation ts the ‘That opes the gate Elysian. step. “I have seen more yi ladies in your city ‘that were good walkers than in any other city in But sometimes, when adown the western sky the northern states,” suid he, at wiich com- The fiery sunset lingers, iment every ap Its tes swing inward nolaelesaly, Ptoed. ger scene) camer a Following are some of Mr_Blalkie’s maxims: And y stas half-ajar, one Way derive beneMt from exercise pclae trad Lt oe en ata Hagin chy of ‘shower bathe; they shock the lama tro the incr ao me . ats crea is the of superfuouse flesh? In What 4 bal ge pee a lle co story that ete god of anything, speriuotst a Kross pastures veces” Tey worn feet of mine | Se run on your voce. “A Funne’s hocks should —Nancr a. W. Parest. | never touch the ground, Suomr $7,000 ccm Martin Gousty, tnd, | kactay non ea Sa en com 00 cout 3 tstexctted Over the discovery that Peter lagle, re | “Deep breathing will save you trom many lung th county treasurer, i8 short in his accounts | troubies and up your cl 1s over $7,000. tay be cannot account for ix Rou of menial work, ar ‘eight at most, money in any way; that its disappearance enough, 5 iach se y was discovered, upon, igi Ste a ae 800m as, was eo transfer Of the cash to the new treasurer, FoR JOIxING THE KxicHTs.—A docu- one of 3s, hagige bondamnen, stepped is ctreulated among the botlermukers Sp patay eas oad ‘the phactags out Of the country, issued by inion, iBenotes of the remainder of ihe bond sbverat men fo toe te Siri ie Loans | Pena = ee = ‘put was OY othe —_ Ipoceuse be thought be oould, yo if Dreak tt up. th | a a fr i £