Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1887, Page 2

Site 7 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, sknuary 22, 1887-DOUBLE SHEET. CITY AND_ DISTRICT. What the Nation Should Do for Art. To the Editor of the Evawrxo STAR Tam glad to see that Mr. Bergh’s sentiments tn Feference to building a national palace of art at ‘Washington has met with your favorable notice. Such a building, with Its collection of pictures and sculpture, would have a most heaithy Infu- ence upon our people, and more directly upon the Artists themselves. Aside from its attraction to the great public, It Would bring students to our city from all parts of sur growing country, from Mexico, South America and Canada, as wetl It would stimulate the | growth of talent and t pment of taste | among all who vistted rior. It Of painter is a ‘the other side of the A\ Since tt takes a lor ner unless he has i antic a number of years. | thetr end the work of aterial to be had | ¢ aid and en- coilection » be without her Vatican, Umut, or Pitct palace, n orany country without wrt, her own and that of the | ing these pl and thus, early in thelr, young lives acquiring at T the beautiful tn form | and color. Its ef apparcut Wherever we turn. itis noviced, yin the palaces of the Jections of paintings and (rare curlus frou every h of the laborer ts this f the beatiful exemplified tn the | wing plant: at the doorways and budding | Bowersod tne w.tdow sills. They are all critic and often when ai artist is at work in the streets ‘on a Dit of old arcuitecture, one of these, coming Wp, Wili venture a criticism ‘so Just and so true as to astound yon and make one wonder where this | knowledge had its origin. One canuot but make comparisons with his own country; and sad 1s bis conclusion tf his home is in the United States. ‘The Italians were the first to collect together all h thetr « pestis in the hi the facts concerning their art and artists. ‘This © splendid work was begun about the 1:3uh century. | hep overhauicd oid archives for manuscripts letters, —histori: diereht provinces) thetr lv tigation, in order to collect Ue and’ interesting ‘concerning their celevritics | Kaphael, Titian, Corregio and the immortal An- | io could never be forgotten whilst a was | ied to show their transcendant genius. But of | these alone they did not write. Humbier names | were recalled from their pale ooscurity, and to-day there are Volumes showing the history of art in Maly. ‘Oclier countries have followed in Italy’s footsteps and have erected wondersin architecture In which to safely guard their treasures of the past and | ni. Our country is a new one, it is true, but oid! enough vo have had a Stuart, 4 Suily, a Kinebart, @ Powers and many others that could be men- tioned, examples of whose works would adorn the ries of any country. s devoting (many of them in the | tolaborious inves | that was authe! Many of the works of these men,—I might say most of them, are mouldering in dark and {mprop- erly ventilated rooms,—when their owners would in most cases gladly put them in the hands of the ent, it not as a gift for a small remunera- ion. No country can show a better beginning than ours; and must it stop here? Art Isat best a feticate plant, and unless ti receives the proper at- | tentdon, be thé soll ever so good, Will not thrive. ‘France has bought pictures from our artists in recent years. Frank Bogys, Henry Mosler and others, whose names I cannot recall, have been onoged in this way, and numbers ot medals of the first class have been awanded others. The Bavarian government bas a teacher in one of the art scliools Of Munich, an American. So we cannot allege lack of talent on the part of our men as an excuse for ing this Important matter. American artists exhibit in all the exhibitions of the world and are rapidly coming to the front; and think you not that these men would be giad,—wouid hail with <t joy,—the opening of ‘such a building as | a hes suggesiea? They would then | live with the knowledge of the fact that if/ ‘they attained to the proper degree of excellence | pictures and names would go down to pos- @ ball for the auction dealers, to be tossed to and fro, | ‘eventually injured beyond recognition. ‘The | collections of the country are suid from time ‘tne. In 1886 no less than two and possibiy, under bammer. From wie Seney a dozen or more canvas the government, could and shoul a& any price. The pictures of re not now to be had, and in a ‘while those of more recent date, so desirable necessary t0 a good collection, will have ‘glorious work ou t) completion Th irk on to com Dersel{a monument ie the pedestal Shegataxy ot newpaper ights, would lave a wou r meat more beautaful sila chaste, white coe Tmn.ot gratitude deep rooted in the hearts of all ‘Jrople then and throughout aii the ages to come, Smamry es? GB Defective Buildings. ‘Sothe Eititorof Tms Evaanc $raz: Inés generatly supposed that we have a very complete set-of butiding reculations, and consider- ablemoney is:patt annually in the shape of sala- Hes te secuse thetr enforcement. Experience, however, shows that these regulations are not en- forced. apthey shout be, and the reports of fires constantly occurring show that a large amoun: of Joss 13 due tofhis fact alone. Ihave before me no Jess than four notices of fires reported in Ta Star uring 1996 in the-city, besides seven others else where, altcaused by “defective ues,” generally Dy building fotsta into thechimneys. My own ex- Will tlustrate another souree of danger defectine tues Lomployed on of the most | competent agchitects 2 € ert. enced contractor. ‘The specification provided at “The smoke, heat and ventilating flues to be Dulltin the most crereful manner, Well and solidly ‘on the Inside as they atv’ being but,” &., ‘that everything should be done in accordance Tides that “no weoden outs mutters Peau ie | “no r Deas, gir- | ‘Of other wood, shalt be Bult int. any ehitn- ney or flue whatever; nor shail they or woodwork ot any Kind be piaced at a tess distance than fo | tmches from the ouiside Of the brickwork of any fue,” &e. Nogw I found the furnace smoke | it one in the building, being | alongside of the floor joist, with but | Detween, and with the joints be- tween the brick, Instead of being filled flasi with | mortar, only filed at the onter corners of the | brick ! “Of course, as soon as the flue had been used @ while the mortar on the inside would scale off apd fall out, and then there would be nothing to Prevent the heas from passing through the joint nd sooner or Iter setting ire to the joist and I called the attention of the architect, contrac- trmctor, ‘superintendent and mason, ali, vo the | detect, Inatsied, that it be reinedied, and; | above'all, that the fies shoukl de laid with full jotnts, Orders to that effect were given in my Presence, by both the architect and the contrac Yor; and Yet, no less than sex tines subsequently did’ tnd thé tues beg latd up tn the same de- Jecuiwe manner! Each time I took the brick off with my own hands and Wey had tw lay them over again. By being at the building at least twice aday, and watching it constantiy, I succeeded in getting the dues built so that I aid satisiied they are sale; bussuppuse 1 bad not been there, what | Now, so far as T ever knew. no examination or inspection was ever made Dy any official during | the whow time. The ‘Sa doubt, is the case | tent here. tons provide that | ted so that the floor of sald walls shall aring therein, and be four inches’of solid ton ts being constantly | tration of which fact | now being erected on North Capitor street and a the second and | ej opposite sides can be Seen placed end wo end without anything between A few weeks since a party of friends spendin; tthe evening ia a Louse up-town were disturbed By simoke entering the Tub, and soon a fire burst causing considera! maage betore extinguished. Ou inves 3 fond that had been eonducted through the wall trout the adjoining | Bouse by the Jotsia. How many of the hres one hate from such causes it ts impossible to tell, DUE t i ruugene fel L 4 sn i i Cumbers froin opposite side: Dave at least four inches be separated by not less than Brick work.” ‘This re Miolated,—a glaring illu may be Seen in the Dutidi B street north, betwee: certain & is tuat a ‘at many do. If the buliding | Foguuatioas were cafurted as they were Sone | to be, and should be, such events would not o-cur. | The ‘trouble seems’ to be th », Why 15 not re Under the con- F, and I suggest that if the same amount of thought + Was devoued Lo these matters that is OTe provided? These matter trv of the Engineer Commis en wo the | st of | lators, Lhe public interests | ubverved and life and property | sible for all damage or loss occurring from such sources. No | doubt the contractor would be if itcould be proven | hat it was his fault; Dut as a general rule the fre | does not occur until the house as been occupied | YwoOr ture years, and perhaps more, and then | ctor Is soinewhere else, or is Irresponst- If, the proper oficiais were made critanalls Tespousible uo doubt tbe matuer would be attended | atm amen came the ueziect of duty is indeed 4 suite Ik jeopardizes life as well as pro erty. "It would also sein to be a very proper 31 for the Bricklayers’ providing extension of streets and avenues, in the inte syndicates and for the expuist of al 3 on members wd ware guilty of such defective wi = a, je work, A CITIZEN. 5 ——_—-__ ‘The Message of the Scasons. ‘Written for Tux Evexixe Sram “Peas Winter when we bade good-bye, ‘Dhoair was chilland bleak the sky: And Ob! our bearts, more chill and bieak, ‘Throbbad the farewell we scarce could spuak. AN ARMY HERO. Preventing Defeat at Petersburg, and Conquering Indians With His Fists. TRIBUTES OF PRAISE FROM A BROTHER OFFICER— TUKNING DEFEAT INTO VICTORY—TRANSPORMING BLOODTHIRSTY INDIANS INTO DEVOTED FRIENDS— INSTANCES OF COURAGER. . “Didn't you see Randall when he was here on the Humphrey's court martial?” asked one army officer of another a day or so ago, in a surprised tone. “You know Randall, don't you,” continued the speaker turning to a Star reporter. “Not well youought to. He would be a gold mine for a | newspaper man if he could be induced to talk of is many experiences. Who 1s he? Only Capt. M. Randall, of the 23d infantry, but he ought to be a brigadier general. His bravery and gallant services in any army, in Kurope would have ntitied him to have his coat literally covered with medals and decorations. Randall has few quails.” Here the second officer broke in to add Lis tribute to the gallantry and worth of the soldier referred toin equally complimentary terms. BRYORE PRTBRSBURG. “I well remember the services he rendered be- fore Pt rsburg,” continued the first speaker. “He @ Union forces from a very disastrous iow was it?” asked Tux Star man, beginning: to grow interested at the prospect of a food story. tandail was in command of a New York regi- ment of heavy artillery at that slege,” said the son of Mars, settling back In a comfortable chair, with a retrospective ‘look on his face. “He was sta- Uoned right between Forts Hell and Damnation. It was the very worst place in the line, and the troops in that locality were subjected to a con- tinuous and deadly fire. A fellow couldn't stick his head above the breastworks without great danger of being ai ‘One night when every- thing was comparatively quiet a terrific explosion ccurred right in the midst of our forces. The istered _| Kebs had exploded a_ mine under us, givin; taste of the same medicine we had tothem a day or two previous. The explosion ‘as followed by a as attack of the enemy, with the most demoralizing effect. Aged, Portion ot our force. was | com posed of negroes. ‘They were scared nearly to death and fed like’ so many sheep. To tell the truth, the whites were notiar behind them, Randall, who was quietly sleeping In his tent when the explosion occurred, rushed out 10 his night-shirt, only to see his men and all the other troops driven in, every direction by the ad vaneing enemy. He at once began endeavoring bring order out of chaos. His loud and command- ing voice soon attracted attention, and his men, who knew him and respected him so well, at onc¢ flocked about him. Tn a ttle while he had col- lected a small but, determined force of men ready to follow him anywhere. He swung his forces around with wonder(ul rapidity, and directed a ferce and desperate attack on the flank and rear of the enemy, completly surprising and routing them. The victory that they had’ within thetr grasp Was snatched from them by the courage and presence of mind of a single mam. If it had not n for G. M. Randall Petersburg would not have been taken, and I doubt if Gen. Grant would ever have been Prestdent. That’s a pretty broad state- ment, but I believe it from the bottom of my soul, Hie had lots of experiences during the war it written Without the slightest exaggeration, would sound like fiction of the most extreme Kind. AMONG THR INDIANS. “He made as great a reputation 9s an Indian fighter after the war as_a rebel fighter during the } War. To be sure, his achievements on the frontier in the tmaldst of savage redskins were not heralded over the world, but army people knew what he could do and know what he did do. ‘The Indians knew him too, many of them to thetr sorrow. He Was big, strong, brave and impulsive, and when they rab against him ina campaign or attempted an outbreak when he was around there was trou- Die. Iam free to say that when excited he would use strong language, a habit which gave him the ame among Indians of Nan—Tan—G—d—D—n, In | 1872 and 73 he was In command of Fort Apache, thousand Indians in Arizona, and had about three under him: QUBLLING AN OUTBREAK. He held a pretty tight rein over them and some ofthe bucks began to chafe and grow restless under his strict discipline. He kept some trusty Indian scouts continually eireulating among them, to find out what was going on. One morning oné of these scouts came to Kandall and said 'Nan- Tan-G-d-D-n—don't go among the Indians to tn- spect them to-day or you will be sent to the happy hunting grounds? “What's up?” demanded Randall. ‘The scout then explained that they had dis- covered a plot among the Indians to put him out of the way that very day. When he should make an inspection as usual, one Indian would be found without his tag of identity elther around his neck or around his wrist. He would endeavor to ex- plain its absence and occupy his attenuon while another red-skin would present his gun to show that he still kept his arms, That was to be the signal for RANDALL'S DRATH. AS soon as he was to look at the gun it would be discharged full in his face. Now, if Ihad been in Randall's place I think I would have appiied for an immediate leave of absence, with permission to go beyond the sea. But be gtowled out an oath, followed by ‘Pll fix ‘em.’ The routine of the day was carried out as usual, and Randall went down among the Indtai apparently as if noth- ing unusual was expected to occur. A little squad Of scouts or policemen, however, quietly passed | behind the Indians. ‘They were armed, and had handeuffsand ~——— under their coats, wray 4n cloth to keep them from rattling. Randall kept his eyes open, and soon found the Indian without his tag, according to m. Then he was on ‘the lookout for tl devil with the gun. The latter promptly cameforward. Randall pretended ‘not to see bim, but as the Indian was about to raise his shooting iron the big fellow, like hght- ning, struck him a terrific BLOW WITH MIS Fizr, full in the face, and sent him rolling over and over onthe ground. He was mighty handy with those fists of = ands imagine is sul He was big and strong, and could strike a blow that would fell an ox, as the saying is It was that kind of a blow Uhat the murderous Apache received, and he carried the marks of it for many aday. Before he Was allowed to get he was securely ironed. What a sight he was wi his brother Indians a good athim! His face looked all caved in on one side, and all bulged out on the other. That single blow ended the conspiracy. | The other | Indians who were in it were too dumbfounded to make a move, and they saw that they were sur- rounded. Randall strode back to his quarters threatening ever destruction to any ‘d—d | redskin’ that should cross his path. The Indian | that was to haveshot him Was imprisoned at hard labor for several weeks. All the spirit was worked And starved out of Im, for Randall intended Making an example of him. When he finally re- nae among hts com he was so weak and broken up that you could almost hear bis bones shake and his back teeth rattle. NO MORE CONSPIRACIES. “Te never cared to participate in any more con- ‘sptractes; in fact, there were no more. Randall's cool and action on that occaston had wonderful resuits. You know the Indians almost | worship bravery. They ree it more than ever in Randall, and during whole sul juent ‘Stay at the fort the Indians were docile and tract- able. He ruled them with a rod of iron, but was always just, im and Kind to them when courage was’ gradually chaiyed into: devotion C courage was C ion to him. ‘They would do anything for him. ‘A TRIBUTE OF FRIENDSHIP. “When he was finally ordered away, a delega- tion of Indians waited upon bim aad the spokes- man inquired, in bis brokea English, if Nan-Tan- G—d-bD—n hud deen ordered “to ‘Washington. y Washington he meant any place in the east. Washington included it all to the Indians. He then asked if they didn’t put on a good deal of style back sete apd if it wasn’t necessary to spend a good deal of money to keep pace with the boys, Upon being answered in the affirmative, he went on lo say that the Indians at the fort were anxious that ‘Nan-Tan-G—d-D—n’ should septs the equal of the best of them, and spend plenty of | money and have as good a Ume as possit They | had saved some money, he said, from the sale of | their corn to the quartermaster, and ‘him | to accept it from them, to spend it freely and have agrand time. ‘The amount offered was $40. Al- though a small sui Dioodthirsty savages, well-behaved community, ready to share ‘their to take his Iife, to a small earnings with him, that he might have the good time they thought him entitled to.” “Weil, Lean't be talking here all day,” sald the speaker, looking at his watch. “I must be going. Good bye. You ought to know Randall, thoug! ‘You will find him just a8 good a fellow’as he is soldier.” Extra Pay of Army Cooks and Nurses. To the Editor of Taz Evenrxe Star: I respectfully apologize for intrusion, but I think when you know the ‘oleanens of the case you will not refuse the request which I make to you for space for this letter. article LXXXI, Par. 2,200, Army Regulations, 1881, says, “En- listed men employed continuously in hospitals as cooks and nurses under existing regulations for a pertod. exceeding ten days, elc., are entitled to extra duty pay.” (3. O., No. 94, Par. 5, 1867). Through an oversight on the part of the surgeon el of the army the item for the payment of P priatio a Maria sean eeaiy leaving FO} ion bil year, consequent aN Rhegovernment indebted to these men trom tne 30th day of June last to the amount of about 5.25 (including January, "S7) per man. To cover this dediciency the Secretary of War trans- mitted to the Senate on Tuesday additional esii- nuates of $50,000 with an excellent endorsement by Surgeon General Moor (army and Navy Jour- nal, January 15th, 1887.) Now what seems strange and somewhat tncon- gruous to me, Is the evident error that “The Sen- ate committee om appropriations” has made in Tefusing 1o insert the above item in the army bill, in common with many others I evnsider this an injustice. Much stress bas been laid on pay of enlisted men. I submit that for a man who Will devote himself to a service like this, take himself away from his tamily and the of the outside world, devote his whole lifetime to his profession, the pay is not near, nay, it is not halt, what the ae ee Of talent, an amen of energy, same amount plication would receive in the ordinary ‘Dustin walks of life. It must be apparent toevery man who tekes ihe trouble to give the subject any refiec- ton whatever, tnat t attempt of this august Day to deprive & handful of med of their pittance ‘by an uct of Congress is unworthy of Fach a great asserably. Nevertheless, these men are mustered for vhe money, and any conditions thereto is mere chaff. attached . The law com. mands the ‘and the of the government {s in no wise relle us leaving it to the proper courses of the law when all oe ‘A Constanr READER, ‘ant ‘Tho Arsenal, Jan. 16th, 1887. WASHINGTON ARCHITECTURE. ‘The Congressman on Home-Building at the Capital again. HE CIRCLES AROUND A LITTLE, AND FINALLY SET- ‘TLES DOWN. My Dear Architect: You are right as usual. It 1s time I began to talk about my own house, and gave up railing at Washington architecture. If you have not eyes to discover its badness, I shall never make you see it; no, not if I pile arguments and epithets as high as—as high as—the loftiest artificial structure in the world. It is the old, old story: People who have taken in all the fdeas they are capable of holding, and have shut and locked the door of their understanding, are past enlightenment. Let them rest In peace and in darkness. Of course, Iam not thinking of you, Dut of the great multitude of the obtuse whom no man can number. Well, I have bought a lot on the northeast cor- ner of Oregon avenue and J street, and must have ail the plans ready tor the butldérs so that the contract may be made before the first of April. I know you Will think it as foolish to let the con- tract for my house before I have taken time enough to become thoroughly acquainted with the plans asit would be to marry a Wife after a three days" courtship, More $0; because the house, once built, can only be changed with great outlay of time’and toll and money, while t one's wife in the way she should’ go, till she reaches a stage of adoring perfection, fs 'a labor of love of which aman cannot have’ too much, But you know the situation of affatrs. I must be in Wash- ington, andT must have a house of my own. Moreover, you have built one house for me, and know all’ my tastes and my ambitions, my fears and my weaknesses, my crotchess and my super- sutions. You know what I do not want, and what Imust have; atleast you ought. But’ lest. you shouid get me mixed up with some other client, Tve gota little list of ‘the ‘don’t wants,’ which i will give you, beginning on the outside, WHAT HR DOESN'T WANT, Imprimis, then, I don't want such an exterior design that the house seen through the wrong end of a telescope, will look like a bric-a-brac cabinet, or a mahogany side-board. According to my notion the perfection of domestic architecture ts not merely exaggerated cabinet making. I don’t want the front wall, or any other wallof the house, cut up into so many members that there fs no chance for a generous, hospitable door, for wide windows and some expression of dignity and repose. In short, I don’t Want ‘fussiness’ in the composition; and as to the material [don't want the building to appear like a builder's sampie card; half a dozen kinds of stone, various shades of bricks and terra cotta in dabs ind belts and patches. If you insist upon two kinds of stone, or bricks and stone, I beg you to avoid a zebra effect in thelr arr ent. Is not the léopard known by his unchangeable spots? Do I Want my house to be known all over town as the ringed, streaked, and spotted house on Oregon avenue? Tdon’t want a lot of grotesque monu- ments composed of bricks and stone, perched pre- carlously upon the top of the Dattlement walls, or ‘the back bone of the roof, and called chimncys. A chimney should look likea chimney. Ihave no objection to a definite conclusion; some evidence that it stands right end up, that {t ts finished, and not Hable to start up and grow a foot or two at any time. But sive me the plainest kind of a brick post, without base or capital, rather than those earthquake tempting affairs which appear to be raised up for the purpose of concealing the poverty of design in the essential structure, Idon’t want to be obliged to put in an elevator in order to enable my wife to go with comfort from the street level to the first floor of the house and from thence to her own chamber. You may make as many stories as you please, if you will keep Within the original limit of forty feet high to tue roof. But unless the rooms are more than fifteen feet wide I don’t want them more than ten feet high. ‘don’t want all my windows turned Into kaleldo- scopes. If eyes are made for seeing, clear plate has better excuse for being in a window than any fanciful variety of glass, ecclesiastical or secular, When I am ready to retire to a nupnery,—to a monastery, I mean,—and wish to shut dut all worldly sights, or when I live on a shady street or dirty looking back alley, Where there is nothing to be seen but brick walls, board fences and more or less of the uncurtained domestic life in the op- posite houses, we will in 10 talk about ‘colored transiucencies’ in pis of windows. A beautiful picture in stained glass, a real work of art 13 one thing, a hodge ige incheap, gaudy colors 1s uite another. But this My Dri me into the inside,—where I belong. You will say, If a cat may look at a king, I supy € & man may ex- press his likes and disilkes about his own house, even after he has pat himself into the hands of ai architect, so I will continue the exercises by men- ‘Uoning afew of the inside ‘must haves.’ WHAT HE DOES WANT. Imust have a staircase wide enough for two persons, portly and majestic, topassover it abreast without crowding, and easy enough for them to go ‘up or down without clinging to the balustrade like shipwrecked mariners to a broken spar. I must have an open firein every room in which good cheer is desired, either a te or a regular old- fashioned firepiiice, and ali the roms without the fireplace must have an independent ventilating fue at least as large as the smoke flues. There is little danger, I take it, of actual suffocation for Want of air enough to breath in any modern dwel- tog ‘Ubat stands in the open country above ground, 4 where every movement of the wind presses pon One side or another. Even the most care- fully built walls are too porous wo prevent a gradual percolation of afr, not to mention the visibie ¢racks and crannies that are never wholly lack- ing. But when the house stands, so to speak, in a stagnant pool of air, made stagnant by the sur- rounding buildings, the only hope of a continual fresh supply, is by means of Vertical currents. Of course my corner lot gives me an advan but fresh air is among the good tunings of which it is not €asy to Dave too much, must have substantial floors. I am not par- ticular about iron beams, but there must be no trembling or shaking when Mrs, John walks across the room in one of her emphatic moods; and if I choose to execute a war dance and tp over the furniture on the second floor no one on the story below must have any intimation of what ts s going on. There must be no fire traps, either. I don’t know or care how houses are framed, but I have noticed that in cases of fire, or even a smeil of fire, the first thing to be done 13 to knock a hole through the plastering and find, not so much where the fire is—that is of but little consequence— but where itis going and how tocheck its progress, It you leave any such hidden flues in my house to carry fire from one side to the other, or from the lower to the upper regions, I will Have you ar rested for constructive arson. THIRDLY. One thing more, and I will leave you to begin the study of my house in a truly professional man- ner. Of course, I must have plumbing, but while it _will be in the house it must be as completely isolated as it is possible to make it. You men- tioned being obiiged to listen through the thin arty Walls to the hydraulic exercises in the ad- joining houses. Ido uot want to lear them in ‘adjacent rooms in my own house. More than that, there must not bea reminder to any of our five senses that thereis any such thing in the region as a sewer, or a waste-pipe, a wash bowl, jie or a bat tub. Soars all thesé u are Dot rable, in the est degree, but unless they are treated with the strictest se- verity, they become not merely annoyt and offensive, but extremely dangerous. Now, f have no idea how it is to be done, but the cleanliness of my house must and shall be preserved, and that not alone as regards visibie dirt— Which, a3 a rule, 1s the least objection- abie kind—but in everything that makes an unciea) unwholesome atimosphere. You needn't say ‘of course’ to me for! know better. Find me one first-class house ina city block which has not occasionally, if not always, something of the dull, sickening, Indescribable but plainly per- ceptibie odor that comes from some forin of un- Cleanness within or under the house, or crawiing stealthily through the adjoining party walls, or Wafted in at the windows from its own or its neighbors’ unclean areas and back yt and I will find you ten of the other kind. Miserable sinners are we all. We get used to almost every. thing under the sun, “from unsavory odors to original sin, and are disgracefully prone to accept, as incurable, evils which an all-wise Providence allows to remain in the world for the express pur- ose of provoking our earnest protest and calling forth our highest skill and strength in overcoming them. Wesitdown in the dust and ashes, the dampness and the darkness of our selfish ignor- ance and make stupid apol for ings, ‘that are in the nature of the cuse inexcusable. We go farther than that, and claiin great credit for our. selves because we sometimes choose the least of twoevils, when, goodness knows, we ought to destroy them hoth, root and branch, and never rest tll we have established something unquall- fledly good in their places. You must pardon this digression. When I strike ‘the moral phases of house building, the philos. ophy of domestic Life, I am apt to talk longer than 1s agreeable. Of course, I know ageat deal more about these matters than you do, and it is nov necessary for you to make any response to this ion of my letter, Indeed, 1am not sure that letter requires any answer at all. Further ulars Will go Into the bullder's specifica- But there are certain matters that seem to Me open for general discussion before the strictly professional work —What might be called ‘the ‘preliminary sti ” from the layman’s and client’s point of view. You may consider all these things which I have menti matters, of course, and I am willing to adinit; tor the sake of that everybody Knows already how to ulid the perfect house; but I have lost my senses if it has ever been done in this or any other city, by you or any other architect. Undoubtedly i Will come, sometime; but before it gets to be very humerous there must be a profound conviction of ‘a great awakening of the sense of ir own re- sponsibilty on the part of the architects. Yes, I am also willing to allow that the government of which I am a humble servant, is by no means Rocent, Possibly the next; mnen will be wise enough to establish with liberal pe ee a of thdustrial and ‘whiell will, after a ting gral tons, biind following of nd guides and i errating experiments as the it of Saenger ogous art. Half hopefully, E ii Fi ig LOOKING AT THE CLOCK. VICE IN THE DISTRICT. People Who Stop to Ginnce inte the| A Supplemental Petition from the ‘Watch Dealer’s Windew, HOW WATCHES VARY AND THE PAITH THEIR OWNERS HAVE IN THEM—THR TIME “MACHINES” OF TO-DAY— CUEAP WATCHES THAT KRBRP GOOD AVERAGE TIME— ‘THE JBWRLER'S TALK. ‘The big mercury-balanced clock stood with ite back against the’ wall, chopping off the half- seconds with a long sweepot its pendulum, as it looked side-wise out of the show window. A fat man with short breath anda red face, stopping for a moment to look at a bull’s-eye silver watch, remarked that the clock had gained just fifteen minutes. A young man with a great weight of watch chain withdrew a dazzling gold watch from a case of chamois skin, and declared, after a mental calculation, that the clock had lost just five seconds in twenty-four hours. A blustering gentleman of the old :school, with a long cane which he planted heavily on the pavement at every step, was disgusted with the age of: inven- tion, when he found, on comparing tt with the gold-faced chronometer, which had been a present from hfs father on his sixteenth birth-day, that the clock was three-quarters of an hour out of the way. , The huge fob-seal Mapped at his belt as he le ‘possessl ‘ Fellabie time pheces” A Teall female Clerk had the blood frozen in her heart by the discovery that the great clock had gained twenty minutes on her little chatelaine during the night, and she quickened her steps betore the a t Samme-Ungractous advantage’ ot her” during. the same dark. Still the clock” shoved off small slices of time with the broad sweep ofthe pendu- lum, ‘WINDING BIB WATCH, ‘Meanwhile @ man stood on the corner winding his watch. He leaned his back against the lamp- post and looked complacently at the clock while he wound. He looked amused at the remarks of bis fellow pilgrims at the fountain of time, He seemed to have all the time he wanted, so he con- tinued to wind his watch. An ami ‘smile curled his upper lip at the confidence of the old man in his ancestral GEE and he laughed Outright at the span new wateh of giittert ‘The street cars passed one by one, the great clock moved slowly arou: the female clerk had both p: SUL he stood there winding bis then he would change but he didn’t winding. “It’s been two hours since I wound last_and I dou’t think it’s lost a second,” he re- marked, as he shifted from one foot to the other and put an extra vigor in his winding. “There, I ues thav'l do for this time; T can give ft a turn Or two in my 481 go along. You see, can’t finish it at Once, but I give it a wind every time I look at it.” ‘Then he dropped the nickel-plated machine in his pocket and jumped aboard a eric. ‘WHAT THE JEWELER SAID. “One half second in three months,” said the Jew- eler, as he watched the great clock measuring of time.” “How's that?” asked Tae Star man, “That's how much that clock varies,” was the reply. “As a dealer in time and an expert I think that’s pretty well, ‘That clock don’t waste much ‘ime; only about four minutes in an ordinary life time. ‘This matter of reckoning time 1s very 1D- teresting. Folks have got to making measures for Alike they might make quart cups or pint, cups eck measures or scales. They put a few wheels and a spring in a nickel” case, and it goes to work measuring Off time like a tailor with a yardstick. A watch Used to be a wonder; now it’s a machine. ‘The $10 watch of to-day keeps as good time as one that would have cost $200 not_many years ago. You can get a watch forg3.s0that k time. As to thne-keeping qualities there is no difference between the average expensive gold watch and the nickel one for $5 or the silver for $15. ‘The Works are all made by machinery, all cf alike, and are Wetter than those inade Dy hand Years ago. No wateh fs infallible. The aver time Will vary a few seconds n'a incatie “ne Plee® ‘YBARS OF LABOR. “Sometimes,” the jeweler went on, “after the Works of a watch have been made as perfect a8 good machinery can make them, they are taken in hand and tempered and worked on for years. In this way they reach a high state of perfection, and they are very valuable. Ordinary use does not Tequire such perfection, however, and this 13 not done much. The difference in the prices of watches now depends most upon the value of the case, You Will find exactly the same works in a silver watch that would cost you $15 or $20 that you would in @ $150 gold one. Or course, if a watch was to be carried to the north pole for use in mathemati- cal caiculations, the Works would have to be highly tempered. ‘The habit of carrying cheap Watches 1s getting very common. Folks who have old gold watches find Sometimes that they are not as reliable as the little $5 ‘machine;’ so they dis- card them and take to carrying the latter. ‘Some people carry nk ‘watches, through an affecta- Uon of simplicity of taste. ‘The country 1s flooded with Waterbury watches, that it takes a lifetime to wind up, and several other factories are making cheap Waiches which are as good timekeepers a8 can be found,” ——___+ee_____ A Society to be Encouraged. To the Editor of Tux Evenrxo Sraz: ‘The interest you have always manifested in en- hancing the welfare of ourcitizens, encourages the undersigned to solicit your valuable agsistance in calling the attention of the public to the efforts of the District of Columbia Horticultural society, Whose aim is “to promote, foster and encourge horticultural taste and knowledge.” This society has for nine years past rendered valuable aid to our citizens by disseminating prac- tical information for the cultivation of fruits, flowers and shrubbery, thereby enabling them to beautify thelr homes ‘and increase the value 0 thelr property. Among its members are numer ous selentists and practical gentlemen, who cheer- fully contribute ‘their means and information gratuitously for the benefit of the public. ‘Our citizens have not properly appreciated the efforts of this society to serve them, While pos- sessing many advantages over other localities— with our numerous terraces and parterres—for beautifying their homes, many ch¢ places re- main unimproved for want of practical knowledge by thelr owners, and others present an untidy and neglected appearance. Nature is most lavish in ae her domains; and to whom this bounty Is addressed, should obey the lesson. Cul- tivated taste in beautifying our homes not only in- creases their value but secures comfort and pleas- ure to their inmates, by furnishing them with the means of cultivating the better feelings of our nature, which tend to relax the careworn mind and false the affections above the angry turmoils.of fe. te ‘The facilities possessed by the citizens of the District for improving their homes with flowers are unsurpassed in any other section of our coun try, while other localities not possessing one-half tiese advantages are far beyond us In the adorn ment of their ho:nesteads with beautiful flowers, trees and shrubbery, In View of the numerous benefits resulting to our eftizens from the efforts of this society in dissemi- nating practical information for their benefit, thereby enabling them toembellish their homes at a nominal expense, does it not behoove all of our citizens who desire'to achieve this object to come forward and lend thelr aid to this soctety in thelr efforts tocarry out the objects of their nization ‘At each meetil some practical subject is dis cussed, beautiful flowers and plants exhibited and all can enjoy the feast who attend. The meetin are held monthly and are regularly advertised CQ ‘Tae Stan. ———--+e. Written for Taz Evexmna Sri “Hope om Hope Ever.” [ro w. HB) “Hope on Hope Ever,” Isa potent lever ‘To all who would care to choose it, Itcannot be bought, Must always be sought, By those who would like to use it, It will lighten care, And arrest despair, ‘Making all bright for the morrow, ‘At will push aside fear, And send back the tear, Removing the causes of sorrow. “Hope on Hope Ever.” Give up? No, never! In fair or in stormy weather, Although we are tossed, ‘We'll never be lost, ‘While using the potent lever. --G. Fitz JaMxs Consvsy, 98 An Anti-Tobacco Protest. To the Editor of Ta Evewino Star: A recent editorial of one of the other city dailies speaks of tobacco as one of the necessaries of life, and urges that the internal revenue tax should be removed, I beg leave to protest in the name and honor of ladies and thousands of others in this city, being a large majority here, and the same is t Guardian League. HL. B. Moulton, president, and F. McCarthy, sec- retary of the Guardian League, have published a Postactipt to the original petition to Congress in Support of the Dill for the protection of youth in the District, in which they say: « “since the foregoing petition was printed an effort has been made to explain away the signiq- cance of the statistics presented by attributing the large number of arrests in the District, first, to the frivolous offenses for which arrests are made here, and, secondly, to the extraordinary in- dustry of the District police. Your petitioner, therefore, has instituted comparisons between the District and other large cities, which dentonstrate that the arrests made here are as numerous in the cage of the worst crimes as they are in the aggre- gate or all offenses, These com relate to he year 1880-86, and are ‘on the census of BE STATISTICAL COMPARISONS. ‘The number of arrests for homicides in New York were 5.8 fer every 1,000,000 of the popula- tion; in Providence, 9.5; in Albany and Chicago, 11; in Buffalo, 19; in Philadelphia, 42; in Boston, 49; in Brooklyn, 58; in Springfield, Mass., 59; in Baltimore, 63; in. Cincinnati, &, and in the Dis- trict, 84, or twice as many’ as’ in. Philadelphia, ‘seven times as many 4s in Cl fourteen times asmany as in New York, and more than in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Providence and Al- Dany’ put er, ‘The number of arrests for assault, with and without battery, in Cincinnati, were 2 for every 10,000 of the ulation in Columbi in Providence, 17; in Chicago, 19; in Philadelphia, 34; in 40; jpringfield, 43; in New York, 50; in Bi 37; in Baltim in Bos- ton, 74; In Albany, 86, andin the Districi, 144, or twice as many as in New York, four times as many asin Philadelphia, seven times as many as in Ciri- caga, seventy-two tres ag many as in Cincinnati, More than in New York, Brooklyn, Chicago and Philadelphia put together’ ‘The number of arrests for larceny and embezzie- ment in Albany was 6 for every 10,000 of the wation; im Columbus, 7; in Cincinnati, 19; in Bi 24; in Springfeid, 25; in Philadelphia, 33; in fo Chi 41; in New York, 42; in Baltiinore, 51; in Buflalo, of; in Bos. ton, 64, andin the District, 66, or twice as many asin Iphia, Spr id or Brookiyn, nine times as many asin Columbus, eleven times as asin Albany, and more than in Chicago and Broaklyn put together. ‘The number of arrests for vagrancy in Sprit field were 2 for every 10,000 of the population; Boston, 7; in Cincinnat!, 8; in 11; Providence, 16; in New York, 22; in Bi in Gee 25; in Albany, 29; in Philadelphia, 48, and in the’ District, 06, ‘or twice as many asin Albany, Chicago dr Brooklyn; three times as many asin New York, six times as many asin Baltimore, nine times as many as in Sree} thirty-three times as many as in pane an more than in New York, Boston, Chicago and Bal- ‘more put r. A similar state of things exists in the comparative number of arrests for arson, for cernyins, concealed weapons, and for almost every other offense which runs with any uniformity ‘through the police reports of these cities. The theory that THE ALARMING NUMBER of arrests made in the. District, as compared with other places, is dueto the greater activity and efficiency of the District police would seem to be disposed of by the fact published in the last an- nual report of the District police department, that for every patrolman the square mile of territory that the District has, Boston has, 4; Chicago, 9; Cincinnati and Brooklyn, 10; Baltiinore, 14, and New York, 23. It is not likely that a police force so much 4nferior in size to the police force of other cities would arrest more people than they do un- less there were more offenders to arrest. Your petitioner invites your attention to the following ordinance, which is in force only in this city, and which contatas the sum total of all the Jaws of the Districi, so far as your petitioner can learn, for the protection of children from solicita- Uons to any kind of vice: “All keepers of tippling houses are prohibited from selling spirituous and fermented liquors, wines, cordials and all other intoxicating liquors toany minor, * * * For the first violation of this section the offender shail be fined not less than $20 nor more than $50; and for the second offense a like fine, and snail forfeit his,her or their Ucense, which shall be annulled by the mayor.”— Laws of the corporation of Washington, sec. 11, page 225. ——.__ ‘THE CAPITAL BICYCLE CLUB. A Series of Social Entertainments te be Given in the New Club Fiouse, ‘Since taking possession of its new home on 15th street, the Capital Bicycle club has taken a new departure which promises to bea great addition to its many attractions, While still remaining a bicycling organization, and as such ranking as one of the first in the country, it has determined to turn its attention to developing its social side somewhat more fully. With this in view a series of entertainments has been decided upon, which will be of great interest to the club members, The club numbers among its members many men whose reputations as travelers, scientists and musicians are more than local, These members have consented to give a series of lectures on sclen- tifle and popular subjects. Arter the lectures the iainder of the evening will be given up to danc- The first lecture will be given on Tuesday ing. evening, when Mr. George Kennan, the well known Siberian traveler and correspondent, will enter- tain his fellow club-men and their friends with a talk on “Vagabond Life in Eastern Europe.” The club has 1m its new house seating capacity for about. two hundred, and Mr, Kennan's reputation as an Interesting and charming talker will insure a full attendance, In this way members of the club will be brought into closer social intercourse than by occasional Tuns into the country on the wheel, and an opportunity will be given to their iriends, parti- cularly ladies, to share in comiorts of their club house. ee ‘Wholesale Slanders Upon the City. To the Editor of Taz EVENING Star. Several petitions front so-called temperance men. and women have recently been introduced in Con- gress in which the grossest falsehoods and the ‘most unwarranted calumniations against the fair name and reputation of our District and laid be- fore our law gtvers and, almost uncontradicted, accepted by them as facts upon which to base legislation for our disfranchised people. week ago the most horrid stories were told as. to the demoralization of our minors, No proofs were furnished beyond the statement that there | were 700 licensed barrooms, and that during the | year 4,675 persons between 10 and 20 years of age | Were arrested. The inference was that all those “minors” were arrested through the bad influence of the 700 liquor shops, and bills to punish sellti to minors were introduced in both houses, thoug] you stated the same in your police reports that Judge Snell had a grocery-keeper $20 Decarise he had sold a pint of Uquor to a nogro boy 17 years old, who had nh sent by a Dlack- smith to get that liquor, but had been refused Nquor for himsolt.| That duage Snell fined that storekeeper, ne roves ere Sree maimelent legislation ady on this sub- XK ject. ‘Yesterday you published along petition from the ‘Women’s Christian Temperance ‘union full of all Kind of charges against our District, and which petition Senator Colquitt declared to’be an “im- peachment of public morals at the national capi- Tal, which showed this clty to be little better in ‘the scale of morality than the most depraved.” “The charges in the petition accuse the Commis- stoners with having unlawfully Iicensed five res- taurants on B street southwest; with having given licenses to bad houses; with allowing parties to run two saloons under one license; with having Iicenses granted within 400 feet of a'school house: that one of the Commissioners owns a house used by the Louisiana Lottery, and that some places are kept open on Sunday and after hours. ‘The whole seems to be an arraignment of the Commis- stoners, Dut no proof 1s given that the law is insuf- ficient and that Congress must pass new laws, No roof 1s furnished that our restaurants, beyond the few places Inentioned, are not Kept in’ lawful and style, And yet those home-sick women, who 2 Wasi ‘compares favorably with any city inthe ‘Union, and that Our public restaurants are kept more quietly more respectably than those of any otuer city of tts size. {am willing to prove that before any of ‘committees and I am sure - os ators Wi, hoy Pe ge8 are well assist desired 2 3y the commivtecs Captain Austin (In an interview with Police. of the ven in | 22] Ieee Be alae aah it was Police arrests to conclude from statistics of ‘that there Wag more vice or more this than in other cities. To his arrests were aca AN EXPENSIVE SUIT OF CLOTHES. Relics of the Confederacy Presented to the National Museum. A SURGEON'S UNIFORM AND WHAT IT COSP—A BATTLE FLAG AND ITS INGLORIOUS PATOR—REMINDERS OF THE DAYS OF MARD PARR IM THE CONFEDERATE ‘RANKS, “That suit of clothes cost me eight thousand and two hundred dollars!” said a tall, stout, fine- hidden by a luxuriant tron-gray beard. ‘The gen- tleman was Dr. J. E. Nagle, of St. Augustine, Fa, and his listener a Stax reporter. For a long time the authorities of the National Museum have en Geavored to obtain a uniform worn by a confeder- ate officer during the late struggle. At that time Dr. Nagle was a surgeon by commistion in the confederate service and actively employed in the field, chiefly in Gen. W. J. Hardee's known as the 3d army He has also ined some prominence by a gift to the National Museum of a valuable collection of United states one cent Pleces. A short while after this he presented the same museum with the uniform mentioned aad algo some additional relics of the ‘They have been placed m a giass case—the first aisle as the clothes worn by Gen, Santa Anna, of Mexican fame, A REGULATION CONFEDERATE COAT. Pictures accompanying Dr. Nagie’s coat show the pattern which was required to be worn. The collar was covered with black velvet, and the in- signia of rank was & or embroidered Star placed hear the front and'at a it ona line ‘with the row of buttons on each ‘The sleeves Wore covered with chevrons of gold lace, and. a8 per pattern ted in the picture. cuffs Were of Diack cloth, or velves fut with point up Hhe quiside seam ‘of sleeve. The vesta represent full dress in blue cloth, and fatigue dress. cloth. ‘The pants of a regulation pattern were dark blue cloth, having ‘an inch stripe of velvet the whdle ‘of the outer seam edged with narrow gold lace, ‘The buttons in cost one hundred each. The gold lace hundred dollars per yard. The gray cloth of uniform, trimmings, and making, cost_over eg thousand dollars in ‘currency, what, 1s left was worn in active service from the fer tie explosion of the coutederacy secured Rt 1 ex} Greensboro’ N.C, ‘The belt has the stato arms of Hardee and presented by him to surgeon Nagle when the troops and accoutrements of the Arkan- sas contingent were transferred to the oonfeder- acy, the pro forma ceremonies of which octurred at Pocahontas, Ark., in June, 1861. A SUBSTITUTE FOR 4 6a8H. ‘The green cord, originally a curtain cord, was used during the last two years of the war as a sub- stitute for the green silk sash, which the regula- tions required, for a ie equipments. Ld first one u: yy Surgeon N le was & magnificent woven silk sash, with lovely tassels and bullion or- naments, As the threads were broken and became unraveled, the pleces were plated into whl crackers, and also used by the bushelers to patc! Tents and broken places in clotives, &¢. A remnant of a shirt ts a specimen of what Surgeon Nagle had to wear for many months of te later period of the war. As he started from Memphis in 1861 with ‘linen shirts, Which cost six gold dollars each, the contrast of then and now is rather a sad commentary on the results of war, and especially of defeat and its attendant incon” ventences. A tin “Kitchen,” with its Various ap- yurtenances, also present to the museum by yr. Nagle, Was an invaluable friend to a soldicr coltee to boll or rations vo carry. It was & nigh coffee to or: 101 ‘carry. wes a oy iserul “urlok™ for general service and a soldiers purposes. ‘HARDES'S BATTLE PLAG. A battle flag in the collection was the field stan- dard ot Hardee's third army corps, and served as a guide in many battles, from Shiloh to Missionary Rid and Atlanta. One of CoL Sam Smith's soldiers, of the Arkansas volunteers, under Gen. Pat Cleburne, cut from his shirttail the cloth which was sewed into and forms the white in of the flag. The patched and repaired bine cloth was also sadly rent by shot and shell in the en- gagements, which were participated in by the Western army. ‘The battle flag of Hardee’s famous old third army CO} consisted of a white moon in the cen- ter of a blue field. A bayonet, also included. Dr, Nagile’s gifts, did more and betier service in sticking’ pigs und as a candlestick than as an im- ement of icgalized murder in the way of warfare. Fire two pleces of a venomous and ‘villainous, ex: ploaive bullet were found on the field of Shiloh. A tampon screw and brush are all that were left of an id rife which was shattered into frag- ments in company with a confederate soldier at shiloh, —__+0+______ ‘Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: A. M. Smith to J. H. Gray, part 5, square 456; $23,000. C. B, Batley to N, Carus, sub lots17 and 29, square 1,100; $—._ 0. F. Presbrey tog. Walter Woodward, 16ts 77 and 78, Washington Heights; $4,200. Elisha Goddard to same, lots 93 and 94, ‘do. $7,387.20. W. D. Taber to F. W. Brandenbury, part 5, square $1,055.16. John 8. Swormstedt to Henry K sub lot 114, square 230; $8,150. L. G. Bile lings et al. to G. F. Whiting and H.R. , eras a 8: tees, lot 21, square 152; $28,800. C. L. ..W. Upsiiaw, lot 87, Square 183; $3,000, | Cather. ine Schmid to Elizabeth Dunkhorst, pgrt 11, square 600, A. Fisher to Mathilda Akerblom, sub lot 63, square 737; $1,200. Kate M. Henderson to G, H. B. 000, Same to J.T. Arms, lot 15, do., $1,000. W. B. Glark to Janies E. Clark, lot 23, “Metropolis “View; 96,000. Carrie A: Hamillet al. to Annie Pumphrey Cl Jots 1 and 5, ty og Se of 1072: $3,876.30. B. Warner to &. C. Parker, parts 33 and 34, square 68; $3,593.75. Mamie Ingersoll to B. H. ‘Warner, lou Goes 11, Meridian Hill; $—. D. B. Groff to J. R. Moyer, sub lots 84 to 86, sq. 1003; $2,200. Fannie A. Moore to W. J. Johnston, subs 117 to 420, sq. 103; $8800, WA Pollard Yo J. & Hibts trustee, pts sq. 671; 25. C. Schtnl § Steinie’ su lots and 3 re 940; $6,600. @. D. Hanson to T. J. Myers, ob ‘682; $5,750, with Aneumb for $3,000, B Camuwek et al” to Mary C. Gwynne, Sub 100, 6g. 623; $1,600. N. Carust to H. King, pt lots 17 to 1100; John T, Arms to Maria R. Wilder, ‘pt 19, $2,600. John Cook to W. 4; $8,500, W. Mayse 1045; $1,332.00, B. H. Wi zell, undivided fourth lots 18 and 19, bik. Washington; $700. BH. Warner one-fourth Beye pe Walter trustee, to Mary ii Scg eee lols 3106, 5 (GW. Whselet to Et A. Lockw $— A.J. Chipman tol. A. erty; $—. J. 42, 8q. 569; $1,050. T.J. Fisher, trustee, to L.’ Hungerford, sub 64, 8. 208; $3,500. Stone to B. W. Perkins and RN. Morrell, part 3, Taylor’s sub Pleasant Plains; i Detrick to J. A. Heenan, sub 2 74; 8, Mary i, Farrar to Mengy Bun, Bt. 6,'sq- $520. Jobn A. Hp Stal, to Mary s. lots 11 to 15, bik. 27, Columbia Heights; Hothwetl to W. Kothwell sub lot 17, sa. 9 Miriam K. Maxwel i 4 E. W. Clarke to 76 to 81, 80. 773, & A. Moore, oodley, 1.76 acres; Mach By io Stead pe bo; $e 3. Matting] “ 3$. 3.7. u ee, to F. W. Pratt pt. 21, jagley’s pure cy A. Lac} saine property, {Wr pancanower 00 J. W. Philips, Sub low 1 755;$—. Mary Julia Foertsch to H. Copy and T. §, smith, pts. 1 and 12, B, & H.'s to West Washington; $5,450. W. 3. Hi ‘Amy H, Hixson, pt. 17, Dik. 6; Meridian hill; J. W. Phillips to L, C. Bailey, sub lots 16 ahd 3q, 44; W.W, Cordell to W. 8. 170, Chichester . sub 53, sq. 1026; $1,t Une McNally, lot 1, wo ‘game pI &; Chester to L. Sands, lots 16 to 17, 8q. 152; $23.156.91. Jacob A. Kengla to Anatosia Rock of Dumbarton; $1,700. Henderson, lots 2 ieee A. P. lock 3 do.; $10,212.94. Charles Herr, n. 3 39. 949; W. Duffy, part 8, Rp ‘A. P. sul 2 ie H # Hie BG ath an a eee ; FES i i hr Pal A 2 i 8 ig Bi ae ee ioe Me ie § 4 ai 5 2, Et i 8 8. fi i x i pad s li i Sethe : arn Ua laon to 2a. over part og sd opel rt See Se ities Syncs rks PAS NOTABLES AND NOTORIETIES, Our Cammingy-Hall New York Letter. ANOTHER VETERAN EDITOR GONE — LAWYERS AND LAWYERS—DIGNITY AND IMPCDENCE—HOW FOR- TONES ARE MADE AT THE BAR. Special Correspondence of Tae Evaxree Stan. New York, January 21, 1887. Another of the Journalistic cedars of Lebanon has disappeared. HENRY B. STANTON I8 DEAD, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton is a widow. Mr. ‘Stanton began his newspaper carver before Horace Greeley entered a country printing office, Thur- low Weed was editing a little weekly paper in western New York at the time, and old James check aprons. Manton D. Marble, Geo. W. Chifas and Wiliam Henry Huriburt were co: in the, conan of _faturity, and A. jawley were just learning to walk. George D. tice Tas, weaching, school in Connecticit, \- ton had been one of his pupils), Robert Of the Charieston Mercury, had Just entered the South Carolina legislature, and Geo. W. Kendall, w Orleans /icayine, Was a tramp prin- of 13, and Thack- | eray was 14. Mr. Stanton had been & newspaper writer exactly 2 years when he died. For nearly 30 years he had ‘with a slight interval, an editorial associate with Charles A. Dana. "Mr. Dana first employed hit on the Tribune. Hts arui- Slay wero usually devoved to, political topica. He had a marvelous memory, which stood him in good stead when making cot ‘and drawing de. ductions trom precedents. “That's one of Stan- ton’s articles,” said ex-Surveyor Rufus F, Andrews i geri 2e278 see |e a Ba tions, forecast of events usually proved cbrrect. Although not a humorous, writer, e had a keen appreciation of wit, and laughed heartily at hits in debate. He wasa delightful companion. 2. 00d local reporter knows every. prominent man in his own city. Mr. Stanton was A NATIONAL REPORTER. ‘There was nothing local about him. He knew intimately not only the prominent men of his | county and state, but of the nation at large. To young newspaper writers he was a never failing | Zouree of information. “He endeared. himseit: ts | them by his genlality. He was excessively com. panionable and enjoyable. His fund of remiuis- | cences seemed inexhaustible, Hours have I spent in the darkened light of the editorial room hearing | his recollection of Webster, Calhoun, Clay, Ben- | Yon, Choate, Cushing, Toombs Seward Dolugias, | Davis, Lincoln, Conkling and other statesiien, | Gradually reporters and editors would gather and listen, tongue but Stanton’s was silent, and every ear was Dinner, work, play— | everything was forgotten, The old man's mem- | ory was 80 vivid, bis diction was so remarkable, and bis Was 90 exquisite that when ‘the seance was closed and he drew on his overcoat | Lory to going down stuirs, the Hsteners | [haled long breaths and drifted to thelr desks as ‘though just awakening from a trance. Despite Mr. Stanton’s great age he never used spectacles, He told me only & week before he ied that if his fingers wouid only keep pace with his eyes he wousd still be able to « his own | with the young fellows.” He never had a sick | day before his fatal attack of pneumonia, and he | counted confidently on his & centena- | rian. “All my ancestors were long-lived,” he once | “and nature suy most of chem with three | in to feel the need of him next Suinmer. Mr. Stanton accepted the invit viling me to him. “Whituer jong now, You know,” said he, “and if we don't imprové this opportunity wethay never have "The opportunity has vanished Old friends ever spend another summer week o- gether ft will be {n another land. ‘It is rather odd that the public Know ao little of NEW YORK'S EMINENT LAWYERS. A short time ago Mr. Choate, who is probably the mont eloquent and noted of the speakers of the bar in New York, entered a box at Wallack’s theater and took aseat quietly in the most conspicious ‘Sudlence in thetLouse, aud though Mr. Choate wes jence . Choate W: Undoubtedly tiie most prominenuy placed of any | man there, he was absolute. unrecognized by the race ee eee eee clans men town in the place were recogniz-d TZoorant with as taten fonpressivencas aia diguity norant with as mucl ssiveness te thelr nowriely warranted. #4 Cast of feauures nd ‘clove ‘clipped ‘mustaches or ac mi who “sal in the. foremost Rows, ine cunt by the ‘ovation that to be quite a litte tin on wheels. In physique he was about the height and breadth of a 12-year-old boy with a tendency toconsumption, Tt was Little Abe Hi ‘Of the firm of Howe & ‘Hummel, who have made’a specialty of criminal business’and have always industrious in | bullding up their names. As aman of mark the | bald lituie attorney far outranked the eminent jurist in the box above his head. Had his partner jowe entered the theater he would undoubtedly have ereated more of a stir even than little Hum- mel. Howe affects check sults of the most guudy patterns, white overgaiters, a waxed mustache and an absolutely dazzling array of diamond rings, breast; cuff ‘buttons and the like. ‘Wherever he goes he 1s naturally stared at, Howe & Hummel are p ,, Tushing and self-assertive men and hence they aro Known, I give. them as types merely, as, of course, they are not Claseed in any way with the eminent ‘men of the New York bar. ‘A lawyer who is famous his but an abject str: to the world at large, 1s South- may4, of the firm of Evarts, Southmayd & Choate, ‘This ts the most famous of American law firms, and it is most happily constituted, ior while Evarts does the heavy and dignified branch of the business and Choate attends to the graceful and brilliant oratory Southmayd sits in his oftice and | brings the weight of a brain that is suocked with | an endless store of accurate detail and extensive knowledge to bear upon the questions which his lay before him. Of course everybody Enows Senator Lvarts, Dut that is because he 19% iclan and statesinan and not on account of position in the law, He 18a familiar and much Slated at. tigare when he walks across the City Hall park with one lOrs carry! papers and walking, respectfully at his side. “The tile Senator seeuis lost under bis massive hat and he walks with a solemn tread; but his eyes are always bright and he chatters away with the spirits of a youth of twenty. Nor can Conkling be spoken of strictly asa lawyer. He of course 1s known When he goes abroad, but that is due to the carte ‘thing else tnat goes for. Charles B. Alexander, who is to Miss Crocker, $5,000, and E accused railroad officials expensive counsel and the outlay has been enor Richard 8. Newoombe is credited with having made $40,000 already out of THE BOODLE ALDERMEN. He received $20,000 from McQuade, and it 1s said he abandoned Jaehne because he would not put up any more money. Thotaas W. Grady got $5,000 and Ey ae THE POISON PROBLEM. RAILWAY PRACTICI HALF MARRIED. REAL ESTATE MATTERS. People who build houses or at least, according to Whe views of architects, a majority of them have a habit of waiting until they want to begin actual building operations before making any effort to secure plans, The result is that they come to architects In Dreathiess haste and dr- mand plans to be furnished at once. They repre. ‘sent that they cant wait, and that it ts absolutely necessary that the house should be begun at ones, The architect is, therefore, obliged to doin a day or two Work that to be done properly requires at least a week's time. The detalls are necessarily slighted and much fs tert to the discretion and Judgment of the builder. Architects, asa rule, want to know why people can't make up their minds tn the winter that they are going to bulld in the spring, and then they could have time to obtain well digested plans with which they theme selves areentitely fauMtar. It ts said that one rea ‘son why people grumble Uhat their houses cost nore than they expected when they began, Is because the plans are Not thoroughly undersicod and so changes are inevitable and everybody knows the “extras” are What swell the cost of a house. Pere sons who are supj to be familiar with the ine dications predict a busy Duliding season next Year, but yet the architects’ offices sbow no. sigu® of why ubusualactivity, It would naturally be that all the ‘architects and their ase Lants were now hard at work making sketch Plans and drawings for the new Work. But on the contrary, Unis is the season When they have less lo dothan at any other time during the entre year, 4 NEW SUBURBAN RESORT. A new enterprise has just been inaugurated With the view of providing a resort in the country for the citizens of this city. A company, of which Mr. Jefferson Chandler is president; Mr. Eppa Hunton, vice president, and Mr. C. E. Creecy, seo retary, has been organized, and bas purchased @ tract of some hundred acres on the Potomag, about five and one-half miles from this city. The Place 1s called River View park, and it overlooks the Little Pails and the receiving reservoir, with the three hundred and fifty acres surrounding 1© belonging to the United States government. This Property lies in Maryland, just beyond the District line. It 1s reached by the conduit road, which through the center of this eee | posed railroad from this city to Great Falls is completed ft Will ran Unrough the park. Itis also on the direct ine of Massachusetts avenue vended, and if that avenue is continued west of the Tenleytown road it will wide a direct line of communication with the city, Itts the inten- Uon of the owners, many of whom are New York cltizeus, to erect on this property a hotel which will afford accommodation lo those who wish vw enjoy Uhe fMshing and the location among the rugged lulls of Lhe upper Potomac. THE CASINO RNTERPKIRE ABANDONED, The property fronting on Connecticut avenue, Detween K and L streeta, which Was designed as the location of a Casino building, 1s offered for sale, thus indicating that the c whic! ‘started this ent Fy has ‘Abandoned it. he Purchased in 1883 pany, With the following board of Letter, of Cul lirectors: LZ, 0; Robert Garrett, of Baltimore; F. H. Paine, C. J. ditilyer, Chauncey Mckeever, L: S.A. J.G. Parke, U.S.A; T. B. Mason and G. 1. Bradley. “A foundation was iaid, and it was tho intention of the projectors to érect a buildi costing at least $110,000, The plan as embraced the two features of casino rooms and | a Wheater, the latter with seating capacity of some 1,700 ‘The casino part Was to be & series of rooms two stories high, sur rounding & central court, Which was lo be covered with a dome roof madé of iron and hammered ss The court was to have a fountain in (ue center and to be decorated with flowers and foll- age plants. ‘There was to bea ball-room and other accomodations for the use of those Who wished to nge receptions, ‘The bullding was to Che entire frontage of the lot, 155 feet, and woul have been a hat improvement.” The direc Lore had some doubt as to wheter stich an enter prise would be supported here, abd in uence ‘he buliding operations were bot continued. It is Drobabiy' be the end of the bam ccterprise oe y ‘of the casino ent in this ‘ity, for some time at least, ABOUT THE Na- TIONAL DRILL, & Sham Battle Proposed, ‘To the Raitor of Tar Evexme Sram, Would it not be a taking feature if the commit tee having the “National Drill” in charge would give an encampment and sham battle on the ground fought over in July, 18647 It seems to be almost forgotten that the engagement in frout of Fort Stevens wasa sharp affair anda matter ot considerable historic taterest. Gen. Early would doubtless be willing to attend and verity Une posi- tions of the confederates, and there are a number of officers of the U.S. army now in Washingtom, Who could point out the positions of the Union troops. Gen. Sheridan, who assumed command the day of the fight, orabout that time, would prob. ably afford all information in his power. At Getty Durg the posttion of nearly every Union organization engaged 1s marked. The position here could be. marked by flags, if a more expensive plan be nob advisable. ‘Tue oops would be more invrested in golng through Lhe evolutions of a battle on ® real bale ground than in a mere aril, But Uitte Of the ground is cultivated, and the damage w crops Would be silgit. ‘The 7h street car line exe ‘Yended gues much nearer Ube field than any car Mine does vo Ariiugton, and we Metropolitan branch of the Bailimore and Ohio goes right be~ ‘tween the lines held by uke two armies, so that our ciuiens and Visilors could eastiy reach the ground. To show there is “no sectional feeling,” The militia organizations from noria and could be Interspersed, some without and some within Une old breastworks, which are still visible of the Dullding ‘Over most of Lhe line, WA B ES BOOKS OF WEEK, THE GROGRAPHIOAL AND GEOLOGICAL DIs- TRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. By AxcxLo Hui- yurs, Protemor, of luvertebrate Puiontology god Curate du change of, She ay of Natu Seiences of pa eeeaote.. 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