Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1887, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. CITY AND_ DISTRICT. 3HE COCOONS AND THE TREEs, Whae the Authorities Are Doing to Head Off the Caterpillars, THE PARKING COMMISSION USING WHITEWASH, BUT WILLING TO RECEIVE SUGGESTIONS—cOr. WILSON'S ‘VIGOROTS WAR ON THE COCOONS—THR CATERPIL- LARS NOT EXPECTED IN GREAT NUMBERS, ‘Speaking of the caterpillar cocoons, Mr. Wm. R. Smith, superintendent of the Botanical gardens And president of the Parking commission of the sity, said to @ Stan reporter: “I would be very Fladif any one wouid tell us, not what we ought {Wo do, Dut how to do t—not ‘I told you so," but the means by Which we are to get forever rid of the eocoons and the caterpillars. The com- mission—both Mr. Saunders and myself—will be pleased to recetve any sensible sugzestion. I am gina that the matter is being ‘agitated. We Go think we are too old to be educated. ‘The parking commission fs in earnest in this mat- ter. “It 1s not likely, it what Prof. Riley says is true, that the trees will suffer such devastation a8 ‘they did last year, for, he says, there is a parasite and killing’ the coccons. What are we Now these cocoons are not in the trees cule They are under the root copings of houses ther places like that. Why? I scraped some the other day off trom one of the doorsof my aMice -that had not been used for a long time. It 1s not ‘tm the trees alone that we have to look for them. "The places where the most cocoons are found are 4a the tree-boxes. I counted over two hundred in one tree-box. Last year the tree that they struck first, and to which they did most damage, was the "asb-leaved maple. We have had ‘the tree boxes remored from these trees and from de ims and other trees which are liable to permanent injury from the biting of horses. We are whitewashing the tree boxes ‘Unat remain and beeper the stems of the In the scaly barks of trees many insects Take their homes. At this time the remedy is lime. "The cocoons are kiiled by me and we are using ‘The lime, too, 1s good for the general health trees. When'the moths are hatched and By youcannot catch them to kill them. by night, when even the sparrows are \d lay their — in safety. Now we pe the most/eftective Tid the trees of the pest. If any one & better way we will be giad to year a man went to the District Com- with a patent—a sort of atomizer. It men towork it, and two pounds of potson- mare toa tree. it would cost about a dol- h tree to treat it in that way. When ve 60,000 or 70,000 trees to deal with, that the entire cost up to a pretty stiff if that seems to be the best way, we ‘be willing to try that. It is something ike birds by first putting sait on their tails.” ‘Mr. Smith walked through the botantcal gar- with THE Stak reporter, he stopped near a building, and looking under the eave trough “eyhere ! there 1s one of ‘em now.” He pointed alittle whitish object im a groove in, the Wood. ‘Wasa covoon of the Orgyia Leucostigma, t ‘White marked tussock moth, the creature whose ‘rood of caterpillars devastated the trees last and fall—for there are two broods a year. “You have to look for the cocoons,” he said, “in such places #8 thai.” COL. WILSON'S WAR ON THE WORMS. “A great deal can be done now to prevent dam- age to our shade trees from the caterpillar pests,” gaid Colonel Wilson, the commissioner of pubiic buildings and grounds, in reply toa STaR report- er’s inquiries. “I know it trom experience,” he continued. “Last year I had a ferce of men care- | fully examine the trees tn all the parks and knock | Off the cocoons which cling to the branches. These cucoons were gathered up and burned up. I think from ten to fifteen bushels were so destroyed. Later in the season, when the Cram genre were stripping the trees of their verdure, ff, you had examined the condition of the park trees a then looked at those on the sidewalks, ou would have seen how much less the park trees Suifered. 1 iave now a force of men doing the very same thing, | and they are ordered not only to clear the trees of | cocoons, but toexamine very carefully in and about | the park fences to see if any cocoons are hidden away. I am no entomologist,” continued Col. ‘Wilson, “and I do not undertake to settle the dis ted question whether the animals are hatched on trees or on the grownd after the cocoons have ropped off to crawl up the trees later. I know ‘this much, though, that If the cocoons are re- Moved from the trees the caterpillars cannot be hatched on the trees, and if the cocoons are gathered from the ground and destroyed, the caterpillars will never be able to crawl up the treea. Of course, 11 would be Impossible to get ¥id of the pests entirely in this way, for some of ‘the eggs Would escape truction even with the care; Dut I am satisfled if every house- ‘would make it a point to clear the trees in front of his residence from the cocoons hanging to ‘the branches as well as the front steps and fences, destroy them, the damage to the trees this ‘will not be aiything like as great as it was ‘This can easily be done now before or are in leat.” “Here is one of the iniernal things,” sald Col. ‘Wilson, taking ® cocoon from a little box and open. “You can see how many embryo are destroyed every time a cocoon is ‘The cocoon reseuibled a fuzzy tassel, the inside was a dark, shell-like core, being broken open, sent forth a Ir, And exposed to view a large number of \y the [orn loeb a and upon being mashed left a grease-like jit doesn't take any difference how the caterptilars that come from these eggs get on the ‘een? said Col. Wilson, “myriads of thein, can be Col. ne Ne ever getting there at all it the fashington, a8 well as officials, ‘& band in destroying them now.” ‘Fhe Proper Disposition of the Signal ‘To the Editor of Tas Evgnrxe Stan: ‘It tsa matter of some importance that the ac- i te 4 A £34 i ahabe serves. It is to be regretted that so much weight should be given in the public mind to the personal Preferences of one or another of the classes com- Posing ite present organization. This service is a ee property vested im the oody of serving it for a considera- 1s rather a) sto the whole bile, and it shall take should not be determined ‘by any ex ¥, Dut wyona full consideration of the work which be done i. "ihe signal servico os tt stands is an tncom ete, aswell as & cumbrous and expensive machine: 1% deals mainly in prognostics: it has touched only ‘the domain of climatology, and has indeti- the rational § reperts by the transfer of the weather to the Department of Agriculture, whether 15 elevated to cabinet dignity or not. Would not oniy give detulteness to the service, and stop a considera- orological wool-gathering, but to the efficiency of the De} . In an address delivered in iphis, Tenn., the distinguished Liew. Sdvocated the close co-orutuation of bureaus. He said: “Many of the data which two offices seek to obtain stand somewhat in relation of cause and effect to each other, as instance, a dry season and bad crops. Your ‘fame area and soil this rear that Way ts not their vield the same? ‘the seasons were different. Do you amid all the means and appit- the relations between tue weather Past finding out? If I could with a system for theses situown In wy office the navigator how he would find the any season of the year, in any part of the Ocean through which he wished to sail, am I too much when I tell you that by the proposed the relation between the weather and. crops 1s, in this age, as capabie of sctentilic @evelopment as even tie relations between sea ‘Voyages and the winds twenty-ve years ago.’ the Stak of the leth instant, under the head- sage emtetl i f i H F f E fi i as He f { {1 a) j it the signal service to the department of }] Will result tn 4 compromise; that the | the signal corps will be placed on @ standing, with the commissioned officers, are now, and the bureau remaing a part War departnent as the quartermasters de- Je constituted.” All lovers of science as jarimers, can only pray prophecy 1s unjpunded? and that Con enact Senator’ Morgaii’s bill as being Intelligent soiution of the question, be done with the signal service? Ro insuperable obstacle to the reveation allowance of the officers skilled §m indications work: nor is there any just ground Sor believing their Gfictal relations in the new de- it would be less pleasaut than in the War REFORM. rth nny E z i Ina recent issue of the press it was announced that a commitiee of ministers of the Gospel had ‘Deen appointed to wait on the President to recom- is now under consideration by a maitary commission. This s a worthy and gener ‘ous g onthe part of these genucmen, One which the rank and fie of the army will be | Will be successfully accomplished. ‘A Consrax? READER, —— ‘Treuble in Labor Hanks. AMWOETS OF LABOR AND AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION aT Opps. A strike at the Junction iron works, Mingo, Obio, | threatens to cause serious trouble between the Kaights of Labor and the Amalgamated associa- ‘tion of iron an steel workers. ‘The strikers are members of both organizations, and a conflict of authority has risen between the leaders of the two Powerful associations, The men struck for pay faith turoogs breakage and kage of the machinery, Amalgamated asecciation supported them in ‘Gewanda. The Knights oF Labor strike and i reek ; ‘as the beginning of a fight in threatened ident mm the union—that the men must give 0] me or the ther association. The famaoctation is still vuling on toe ition to Bees eee pean ins ta near says seven nundred have wo Eiisocnt om they were compelled to remain in the | THE HEALTH OF SCHOOL GIRLS. Physical Development im the Prepa- tory Schools, SUGGESTIONS MADE TO MOTHERS AND PARENTS BY THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE ALUMN#®—SOCIAL DISSIPATION, TIGHT OR INSUFFICIENT CLOTHING, IRREGULAR MEALS AND OTHER EVILS. Inanarticle recently published in Tae Sra, about the military drill and calisthenic exercises for the girls at the High school, reference was made to the efforts of the association of Collegiate Alumnae to promote the physical education of girls, The researches of this association at frst undertaken in order to refute statements, that college training Was too severe forthe more dell- cate organizations of girls, have been carried far beyond the orignal object and now the associa- tion has @ regularly organized department or bureau of “physical education.” Miss Lydia ‘M. Dame, the assistant principle of the High School and a member of the association of Col legiate Alumnae has distributed among the girls of the High school copies of a bulletin or circular on “Health in Prepartory Schools” just issued by the association, Miss Dame proposes also to get eiguth grade teachers of girls to" aistribuve copies among thelr pupils. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN PREPARATORY SCHOOLS. “The position taken by this association from the first,” says the circular, “that education in gene- Tal, as well as college education in particular, is 4e physically beneficial rather than injurtot fins Gebn only strengthened. by al that che sears tes thus far collected have shown and by the general tone of the eritictsms upon the results published. All indications and alt tions point toa further work in the direction of better physical development during the years imme- Giately preceding college life, that 13 during the period when the girl is fitting for college or for after life in @ preparatory school. The alarming mortality among young married women, the pro- verblal invalidism and the increasing number of nervous diseases arising from exhausted vital among even ‘Young gitls point to a. weakness ready established before the age of eighteen. At eighteen It 1s ger too late to undo the mis- takes made during the most important years of a girl's physical life.” The association would, there- fore, again to teachers and to mothers ‘wore by calling attention to the following specie ‘work by attention to the evils existing among school girls.” RVILS AMONG SCHOOL GIRIS. ‘The evils enumerated are 1. Social dissipation andexcitement, 2. The misuse of vacations. 3. Habitual loss of sufficient and healthy sleep. 4. Irregularity and haste in taking food, the omis- ston of breakfast, and the use of a stimulating, unnutritions such as condiments, pastry, etc. 5. Tight, Heavy or insufficient ‘clothing, Which unquestionably increases the tendencies 9 consumptive, spinal and pelvic diseases. 6. Lack of sumiclent and proper exercise. 7. Unsanttary conditions in the home or school-room. 8 The | omission of instruction in sanftation and hygiene. 9. The ambition of parents and daughters to ac- compiish much in Ifttle time, SOCIAL DISSIPATION. Inrelation to social dissipation the circular says: “Girls are too often stimulated to shine socially and intellectually at the same time. A mother proves her daughter's perfect nealth by saying ‘She has been able to go to parties and | entertainments four or five evenings a week all Winter, and she stands at the head of her class.” Dancing schools, church fairs, charitable festi- vais, lectures, concerts, ae. make demands upon young girls stillin school which are not_made ‘upon boys at the same age. It is evident that at an age when the rapid development of both the | puysical and the mental system 1s making: large demands upon vitallty there 15 not su strength to endure any 5) tal drain in this addi- during school life there comes an inevitabi® pen- alty in later years, When the responsibilities and | emergencies of mature life call for reserve force, | there is feeble response if the nervous energy has | deen exhausted by undue demands made upon t ‘rihood.”” remarks: “It is the testimony of many educators | Uhat the school is a hospital for two or three Weeks | ‘TIGHT CLOTHING. Under the head of tight, heavy or insufficient clothing, 1t 1s stated a physician of wide experi- ence confidently asserts that this cause alone has incapacitated more women than over-study and overwork of all kinds. The present fashion of | heavy plaitings and voluminous draperies, which throw welgbt upon the ‘spine, 19 responsible for much backache and languor. "Tight sleeves and corsets, which impede cireulation and interfere With free movement, make the daily ten minutes of gymnastics efther @ mere farce or exhausting and tpjurious. A brisk walk ts acknowledged to be one of the most healthful forms of exercise when taken in a dress which allows free lung ex- ansion and vigorous movement. When, however, fhe walker Js weighted or hindered by Light of eavy clothing, or cramped by or heeled boots, Its unduly tauiguing. © AS TO PROPER EXERCISE the cireular says: “Even when a falr amount of Ume is spent in walking, housework, gymnastics or atbietics, tt 13 frequently so misused as toresult in positive injury instead of benefit. There is a general misconception of the proper object and effects of exercise, as shown in the remark, ‘Inever ‘Supposed that I aad properly exercised @ muscle jess I tired it so that it ached!” ‘This very ache ts nature’s signal that the exertion has been car- ried too far. “The object of exercise 1s to quicken the circulation of the blood. which serves as the carrier of oxygen and nutritive material. Theuse of special muuscies calls the biood to those muscles and stimulates growth and development by thein- creased nutrition, But the muscles, Iike thestom- ach, have a limit beyond ‘which they Should not be forced. An ache or a feeling | of exhaustion shows that they need rest. ‘The muscles are, however, capable of more work | under some conditions than under others, and | exercise tner the demand for oxygen 1s most beneficial when taken in pure air and at the Tight time. A quick walk, not languid saunter- Ing, 1s then most beneficial, but taken immediately after a hearty meal, or whén the girls faint with | hunger or already” fatigued, it produces only ex- haustion and Indigestion. All forms of gymnastic exercive are not ouly useless but absoluteiy harm- Tul, unless adapted to the physical condition of the individual, and taken in appropriate costume, Heavy skirts dnd tight clothing not only prevent free Vigorous movement, but by impeding the cir- culation cause atrophy of the parts compressed. ———* see THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Program to be Followed at the Gather- img Next Tuesday. ‘The advisory board of the Central Union Mission are busily engaged, as has been announced in THE Stax, in arranging for a Christian convention to be held at their Mission hall, 930 Pennsylvania avenue, on the 22d instant, (Washington's birth day,) for the purpose of considering the subject of “Gospel work among the non-church going classea” In response to invitations sent out to | Pastors of the various churehes of the city and | representative laymen connected with different branches of christian work a large number have | indicated their intention to be present and particl- M hose tioual direction, "Even if there be no ‘breakdown [te | pate tn the proceedings. | , The order of exercises will be as follows: &m., devotional services, conducted by Rev. 30 | presiding, 10 to 11 a.m; topic—Pucts and F as to the Non-Churei ‘Masses of the District | of Columbia; opened by D | to 22 1.5 topte—What | elation atid Branches, Women’s Christian Temper }| ance Union, &c., to Reach this Class? Opel by | Rev. C. HL Ric! m. 12 m. to 1 p.m., noon | Prayer meeting, conducted by Rev. Chas. W. Baid- | Win. Afternoon es Dr. D. W. Faunce presid- 3 3 topic— sonal Experience and rvations as to best methods of work, one | by Dr. ———, 3 w4p.m.; ic—What shail be Tone vo make the work more effective and | 7:40 p.ia., praise service, conducted by Rev. Jqseph |B Beis’ Eroning session, Dr W. 8 Edwards, | presidt 109 p.m., briét addresses, by Dr. W. | A. Bartiec., Dr. J. P. Newman, Dr. Jas. H. Cuth- | dere and others, Reports from the following branches of Chris- {fan work have been invited and are expected: | Young Men's Christian Association and brauches j by Hon. John W. Foster; Women’s Chris- | nce Union, by Mrs. 8. D. La Fetra; } ion, by Dr. EH. @ Guardian D ible Society, -by Rev. M.P. Snell; work ihe Chinese, by Mr. Ht. 0. Hall; Temperance ce, by Mr. H. B. Moulton; religious work at C. Carpenter; Newsboy iy, by Mrs. D. R. James; } Central Tnion mission and" gospel wagon, by Mi D, Batley; Whitney-avenue mission, by Mr. '¥; Georgetown mission, by Mr. W. unday school Union, by Mr. W. H. 1. Jersey-avenue mission, by Mr. Rt. B. Feports and suggestions a3 to Chris- tian work in hospitals, workhouse, U.S. Jail, alms- | house, Hope and Help rooms, House of Mercy, | cuureh ns, &c., and also soldiers, men, policemen, herdic, hack and car | -¥ employes, telegraph operators, railroad | employes, U.S. postal employes, pers, ae | ae., ae. ‘The Philadelphia plan of city evangelization thatot Boston, and reports \u Will be contrasted wit of work from other cities are expect Se Eevenue Officers Collide. & SCANDAL IN THE COLLECTOR'S OFFICE AT ATLANTA. | The Atlanta, Ga, custom house was the scene Tuesday morning of a sensational encoun- ter between United States Internal revenue $ i B i 5 3 a pana in Crenshaw’s office named Chisolm was instrumental in exposing some frauds ‘guint the government committed by SD. Craw: ford, WO runs & distillery in county. Agent Chapman | lector Crenshaw has removed C1 bd he termined to see him about it and try yenteraay org be walked Crensha' ye mx Ww into vate office to him i | Sod mater here soon quiwed gov me ® B.| adlaway. Morning session, Kev. Geo. 0. Little, | ‘stematic, opened by Kev. 8. H. Greene. 6:30 to | | enti "TS Childs, Tham. | celled. Being Done by the | | Churcues,’ Missions, Young Men's Christian Asso- | PEOPLE WHO STAMMER. ‘The worst prevalent infirmity—it is really an in- firmity—is the wrong use of the lip, too much lip any speak better hnglian thar is epoben in appliances, or by some secret remedy, or by drugs of any kind,” said the lady, “you can set him down asa quack. ‘Will no more cure than they will set _a limi stam: comes ation, 1m sae, I trouble ts with the the vocal responsibie physician ‘Atwer he pronounces. the mal and in proper condition for me to wi dertake the case. I have seid a ‘Which there was not some work forthe to do, for the reason that the wrong use of Vocal organs Causes them to be- diseased. Bi chitis and throat diseases are in many cases due to the wrong use of the organs. HOW CASES ARE TREATED. “If a physician has examined a case and author- ‘and his jon with me, I have had some cases that took a great deal ‘than they need fo have taken, and some that Phave worked with have not been entirely satisfactory to me, but the majority have been entirely satistactory. ‘Th area great many in Washington who have been cured. The very best circumstance under which ‘the student could be treated is to have him leave all of his past surroundings to get rid of every mental for this work 1s mental on the Part of ‘the student, and put himself entirel ‘under my care. I have some in my family now. can no more tell how long it will take to cure im can say how kc it will take a Done to knit or a teacher of music how long it will 8 fake © pupll to master the five.tinger exercise, The principles can be taught in a few lessons, After'thas there 1s need of t direc MORAL AS WELL AS PHYSICAL. “The cure,” she went on, “is within the person's ‘such | Self, and depends upon his moral as well as physi- clent | cal nature. You must lift up bis moral nature. who suffer from these defects you looge-kneed and walk with sham- | bing gait, with heads down, all the effect of this infirmity.’ The first thing I try to do 1s to lift the Ria Sahn ar aa ae at sysi philosophical and highly moral in its nature. No 0 the, misuse of the vacations, the circular | his morar ee eet as we yroUR it without having usmoral as well as physical self benefited. Sufferers from these defects are exceedingly sensi- Uve, one of the results of their infirmity. Tos rson of culture and reflnement such an infirmity more terrible. ‘THR CAUSE OF STAMMEEING. “It 1s almost impossible to know what causes the defects. I ask parents always when they bring cases to me ff they can tell what caused it. Some say that it came from fever and a variety of supposed causes are given. Sometimes it is the effect of imitation. It is frequently knownto exist 1n families for several generations. Defects of this character when inherited are harder to cure and when inherited from the mother, the hardest of all. ‘The most difficult case I ever had Was oneof this kind. It is thought by many who have not informed themselves that stammering 1s caused by nervousness. If that were true nearly all women, and a great many men and children Would stammer. On the contrary, however, it is proved clearly that the stammering or defect in ‘Speech causes the nervousness, Iam of the opinion from observation that the habit is very in- frequently contracted by imitation for the reason that often one child in s family will stammer and the others will not. The older brother eet ite will have the defect and not one of the other chil- dren will stammer, though they have been together always, Whatever the cause, when a cure is once established there 1s no more danger ot a return of the defect or habit, than tere is of its occurrence in @ person Who hever stammered at ———+es—_____ THE GARFIELD HOSPITAL. Completion of the New Building—How the Hooms Have Been Furnished. A new wing of the Garfield Hospital has been completed and is now being furnished. ‘This hos- pital is built on the principle of isolated wards Which, it 1s claimed, possess many advantages, ‘The nucleus of the hospital butldings was the old house which was erected by Mr. Jesse Brown on ‘the brow of the hill overlooking the city at the head of 10th street. Mr. Brown will be remem- Dered by older citizens as the proprietor of Brown's hotel, or, as it 18 now known, the Metro- politan hotel. The house which he bullt in what ‘Was then the remote suburbs of the city is a plain brick building, two stories in height, with a high basement. It stands on the crest of the hill with a lawn in front sloping down to Boundary street, and the remainder of the seven acres included 10 the place extending on both sides and in the rear. ‘The first ward erected was the two-story brick butiding on the west, which, together with the inain building, forms what is’ now known as the tree wards, ‘THE NEW WIXG. During the past year another ward has been Duilt in the east of the main building, which is connected with it by a two-story brick corridor. The dimensions of the new wing are 75x45 and 1s four stories high, including @ high-pite Toor, ne cntire wing ia heaved by steam, the system, applying inciples of direct and indirect: radiation. In the attic there is a tank of 2,500 gallons capacity, which 1s supplied with city. Water by means of a pump. The ‘and second Roors contain, Ewenty-four_ rooms for patients, in —— to bath and closet rooms. Cee ments an operating room, & preparing and sur. geon’s room. There also « relectory snd rooms available for a pharmacy and a g other basement rooms are also high above ground ‘and can be readily adapted to the accommodation of patiente if necessary. ‘The attle has not been finished, but there is space which can be as roomns for nurses or patients, The sys. tem of ventilation adopted 1s believed by those in charge of the enterprise to embrace the best features of all modern research on this important subject. The method employed is the suction of fresh air from above and its enforced distribution throughout the wards, sooms and halla, HOW THE ROOMS ARE FURNISHED. ‘This new building which was erected doors, and star ak cheerful. Several ladies ate ‘Scustor ‘Mrs. Metzerott has furnished two lementing the noble charity of her hus” 0,000 to the ‘hospitat ‘Kooms ‘hay feted cad eel ae . Henry lard, Senator Stock Michigan; Mr. ‘Thomas J. Fisher, Mrs, Stant iidag, wre epee 7 Mrs. “Robert = ure President Garfield was a: ‘ot room, which has been Called RO haae ater aae room” and an “Army and Navy room.” ‘The new be used for the tion as $116 1s the cost of completel Footn, the result is hat tie ft the effect very have combined and : those applying for and reaged room caus supplied itis thoughe nse oi will be the better able to meet the demands ‘Upon the hospital. ‘The new wing cost $25,000, this amount the Ladies’ Aid Association pledged sicoreded in securing abe itamoune 3 i i ] H : { f i ut in a fl 3 5 THE PUBLIC PARKS. Work to be Done on the Public Grounds During the Spring. ‘BESERVATIONS TO BE BRAUTIFIED—TRR GARFIELD STATUE AXD NEW MEDICAL. MUSEUM BUILDING. Spring 1s almost here and work will soon be com- menced in the different parks and reservations throughout the city. Shrubs are to be planted, flower beds laids out, paths repaired, lawns put in order and the general plan of improvement and cleaning up continned. ToaStan reporter who called upon Col. Wilson, the commissioner of pub- Ue buildings and grounds, to learn what he con- templated doing in this direction during the eom- tng season, Col, Wilson said: “all improved parks will be put in order as soon as weather will admit, roads and paths will be Faked and rolled, lawns rolled and edged, flower ‘out and vases filled, fountains will be put and permitted to play until the District joners request that the water be cut off. In the small reservation just beyond the Rock ‘creek bridge, corner Pennsylvania avenue and 28th street ni west asphalt walks wil be laid out, a ‘Vase put in position and filled with towers. 18 paar pee a aa Bower beds aid out, tubes aro located restos Corner 20th and Q streets north New Jersey avenue and 2d street northwest, corner Pennsyvania avenue and 8th street southeast, cor- ner Pennsylvania avenue and th street east, cor ner Pennsylvania avenue and 10th street east. New it walks will be laid on gravel paths in ¥rai juare, Mount Vernon square and the ‘rangle where the Rawlins statue is located.” ‘THE LARGE PARKS, “The work of improving the grounds around the in} ton will be near! ‘Work will be cont Barly in April leted. by the Ast of July. awed in the Smnitisonian grounds, an asp) rations will be by iaving i roadway in tront oc ive snus ‘and 10s hoped by July 1st to complete this for at least one-half of the distanve between 7th 12th streets. ‘The work of shagtng; eceding, sodding and planting the mound the Ball more and Potomac railroad depot ‘will be com- menced in May. 1n Seaton park a now lodge for Watchmen has been erected this winter, and the old dilapidated brick structure on 43 street, near avenue, so long an eyesore {n this séction of the park, has been torn down andthe brickused for other’ purposes in the public grounds. At Garfield park, south of the Capitol, the work of planting trees, constructing roads and paths, lay- ig Out lawns, &c., Will be continued, and it is Roped that the eastern section of this Bark will be completed by the end of June. At the of the Executive mansion and the Monu- ment grounds the roads and paths will be put in good order. toed Beet) sou<h of the mansion Will be tempor transferred to the charge of the National Drill association early in May. All reservations on Capitol Hill will be put in order as goon as weather admits, and handsome flower- Deda wil De laid out. Beds of hyacintne and Colips were planted last tall in Lincoln and stanton ‘Squares, and will s00n be in bloom, “Every effort will be made to make all the im- proved reservations in the city as pretty as the nds available will admit, Allof tl work will be accomplished by July 1st with funds remaining on hand last year’s appropriation. FUTUBE APPROPRIATIONS. Should Congress, as usual, make further appro- Priations, which will become available July 1st, 1887, proposals will be invited at an early day for materials necessary for work to be done after that date, Operations upon the public grounds cannot be commenced and carried on economically betore April 1st, at which time small working gangs will probably be, organized. Work will probably. be Tesumed under contract on the new army medical museum and iibrary about March 10th, This { bi ig Deing constructed under con- tract ‘with Messrs. Bright and Humphrey at @ cost of $181, About three fifths of the materials’are in the bullaing, the structure will have a frontage on B street south of 232 feet, and the east wing will extend | back 131 feet on 7th street; the bulldt ‘will be four stories high with basement; 1t will contain ‘about 3,000,000 brick and about’ 650,000 pounds of tron; it will have a floor area for oifice, library, peri red corridors of about 61,000 square feet. Jt ts hoped that 1¢ will be completed by August 7 THE GARFIELD STATUE. “Work will probably be commenced egriy in March constructing the pedestal tor the Garfield Statue, Unless otherwise ordered this statue will De erected in the circle where Maryland avenue Antersects Ist street west. The statue will be Placed in position early in May.” —— MAKING UP A LIST. ‘The Difficulties that Beset a Lady who Wanted to Give a Lunch. The afternoon light came softly through the Pongee curtains of the parior windows of an up- town residence and the gentle murmur of conver- sation, as carried on by two intimate lady friends, fell and rose upon the ear. A visitor came in and the talk ran on. “1 think that I will give a tea,” said one, with considerable animation. aS “Oh! I wouldn't,” was the discoutaging reply. “You'll have to send out so many invitations, Now, why don’t you give a lunch, a real nice one, she added, in a most seductive voices “I don’t care what it 1s,” was the reply; “but. I Want togive something, ahd I guess that’a lunch Would be as nice as’anything else. But whom shall I invite?” she added. “That 1s easy enough,” said her friend, confi- dently. “All you have to’do is to make out a Ust, and then if You find that you have too many naines you can goover the list and strike some out.” “Why not put down the names of the people I ‘Want at once?” she inquired. “You might leave out some one that you would like to invite,” was the sage response. “You had better write down the names of every one you can think of, and then go over it again.” “Very well, I will begin with the ladies,” she re- plied, as she left the room for pencil and paper. “She is beginning with the eastest,” remarked the friend to the visitor during her abstnce, “It is easy enough to make out a list of ladies t0 invite, Decause there are 80 many, and they are nice, too. But the ment Well, you'll Ceres Presently prospect ostess: Tuneheon returned and. went at once to ‘work. With a pause now and then to nibbie the | endof the pencil in a meditative way or toask | Sons upon the dress, personal qualities or saan sious upon the dress, qualities or family of the Dereon, who happened to be mentioi thé of the ladies, Ust, Went on quite rapidly and Was soon finished. ‘Then 1t underwent some revision to bring the number down to the requis- ite Umit and the lst was stamped with approval. Glancing over the array of names with some satisfaction the lady again resumed the pencil and began to write down names of gentlemen, She went along with great rapidity, for she was familiar with Washington society and had made many acquaintances in this city. Presently the Writing was concluded and titen she reed the names outloud. She bad hardly begun when she Was interrupted by exclamations trom both ladies “Oh! he won't do. You can’t invite him,” “Why,” exclaimed the author of the list, “<Becabse he drinks too hard,” was the reply. So that name was scratched off and then the next was objected to because he was ‘a man about town.” Another man was disagreeable and be fell a victim tothe pencil, | The next man was Not liked by several ladies who were invited, and so he was wiped out. ‘Then this man had a doubt- fulreputation, andthet man did not make nis party calls and in this way a slow but steady pro- fess was made througn the long ist. The lady, wever, was greatly red when she looked over the names found only two that had escaped the erittcal pencil “This won’t do,” she said, interrupting a stream of gossip which’ the names had called up, “I haven't any men left. It is necessary to have “Do?” was the reply; “Iam over this lst ‘and select the necessary men. I have to have them, that’s all, and I have to take what Ican get or go'without.” sepa sails Tt ie ion, Deen removed from the gentlemen’s lst and the juestion of “who to invite” having been answered. conversation turned to other topics. ————cor___— KOKOMO, Opty Hob, % am in the highest county in ‘thovaaien Taboo feet above the sea level, I am not etactly at Ko komo, but a mile and a half from theré. Last night when came up here I had to rest about every twenty steps in coming the mile anda halt. I came up over 500 fect, 80 you see that the eleva- tion and the extra 500 feet Thad to climb cut my wind. Thereis only five tet of snow on alevel here fad in some places Afty. | We use snow shoos here altogether. We have lorwegian snow shoe; that is shoe about four feet long dnd eighteen inches wide. The outetde rim 1s wood and the in- ade ts rawhide, stretched very tight and close to. ether, and by the use of the snow shoe here aper- vel with ‘ Shera pee Lae feet high. I which 1s four : ‘THE FAMOUS FRENCH SALON. Literary Coteries of Paris in the Seven- teenth and Eighteenth Centuries. WR. SPOFFORD TAKES THR TRAVEL CLUB OX A JOURNEY “ST —THE IN TER Pi as APPLAUSE, 40. In Washington, where social and political life are 0 interwoven that they form one andthe same fabric, it bas often been suggested that there might be a revival of the famous French salon, in. ‘modern and Americanized form. The fact that the National Capital seems destined to be the center of art, literature and science, as well as of politics, has suggested to the minds of many that at some time these must unite to control society, ‘and that they will meet tn assemblies as brilliant as the salons of Paris in the seventeenth and eigh- teenth centuries. ‘The endless rounds of recep- tions that now occupy Washington society 80 com- pletely during the season might develop, under inane ner eae Aa Bo nt occasions for ng abd ee ‘Mr, ‘potiord the ibrarfan ot read be- fore “the Travel club this week an interesting on the literary salons of Which shows hetecy ey ied and influence exerted by the ns” of those days, ‘clrel ns ‘The le3 that as- HOTEL DE RAMBOUILLET, from 1620 on through nearly half a century, he says, Were composed of the elite of the French capital, a8is well known. They comprised mar- INFLUENCE OF THESE LITERARY EAGERNESS FOR THEIR juises, ministers of stat ¢h-born duchesses and dine tnties, and artiste: sutton ts, vou and learned rs. Under the P of the beautiful Catherine de Vevonne, the Marquise de Rambouillet, the members of the brilliant circle entertained each other with lively capping ot verses, the last pew py or the next new poetical recitations and — music, both” vocal and instrumental, from mas terly, performers. There Cornelile rehearsed his ete. There La Rochefoucauld pointed those piquant ma: which have been drawn ff lige wine trom & decanter, huto the tecture or All nations. ‘There Voiture kept the assembled coterie In good, humored laughter by his. witty sallies or sharpened their curiosity by his bouts Times. There Richelieu, before he became the Premier of Louis X11, was an habitue, "Madame Sevigne sometimes gathered there the news and fossip of the court which she afterwards distilled to her wo! letters, There Mademoiselle de Scudery, the novelist of Grand Cyrus and of Clete madé many studies. There young Bossuet, afterwards bishop of Meaux, the light of the French church andthe eagle of eloquence, read his first sermon. ‘There were frequently seen Mademotselle dé Montpensier, the Madame de Bable, Charlotte de Montmorency, Madame de Lafayette, Madame de. Longueviile (before burying herself from the world Port Royal) Madame Deshoulieres, and even Madame de Maintenon, be- epee pea a) iV and the learned Abbe Huet, Publicist eritic and historian, Who was wont’ to say that all the ‘of the world mght Iveraturé and _ learning easily be comprised into six or seven volumes pro- vic nothing was said more than once. RICHELIEU AND THE LITERARY COTERIR. No more striking proof of the wide influence of this literary coterie could be found than that the great Cardinal Richelieu, when at the height of his extraordinary power, sought to know how he was among its thembers and What was said ot him at itsassemblies. ‘This salon thus filled the place of the daily newspapers and the maga- zines, that then had no existence, as a diffuser of intelligence, ‘The sctentinic, the ‘iterary and the litical activities which now pone. themselves into the press, the forum and the learned socletic were then constrained to find vent in such soct | gatherings as assembled under the hospitable root Of the Hotel de Ramboutllet. Besides the nightly | gatherings that were prolonged through so many years at the Hotel de Kambouiliet, there were Others in that or in the succeedilg generation worthy of note. ‘MADEMOISELLE DE SCUDERY had her Saturday evening salons where were as- sembled many notable people who talked of every- thing from affairs of state to matters of fashion. Politics, war, the arts, literature and “the news” might be brought upon the carpet. ‘The woman ‘who could draw all those people around her “had read almost everything in French, Spanish and Trallan," and “was accomplished’ tx" drawing, painting and needlework,” besides under “housel jing and cookery.” she “wrote 52 vol- umns and lived 94 years.” Other famous salons were those of Madame de Sevigne, at the Hotel de Carnavalet, where Mon- steur dela Rochefoucauld moralized, Madame de Latayette discoursed of the heart, nal De Ritz recounted his travels. ‘THE DAYS OF VOLTAIRE. A century later, in thedays of Voltatre, Madame Du Deffant gathered about her the distinguished and intellectual men and women of the period at her petits soupers. Voltaire, the President He- nault, Fontenelle, Mademotselle de Launay, Madaine de La Moite, Montesquleu, David Hume, and many other such distinguishéd people ex- changed wit and wisdom at her delicious lttle suppers. Besides there were distinguished among the long succession of literary coteries in Franco ‘the salons of Madame de Genlis, of Madame Necker, of Madame Panckoucke, at whose ‘Thursday even: ings were gathered La Harpe, Marmontel, Fou- tales, &c.; of the learued Abbe Morellet, ot the famed and ill-fated Madame Roland, of Madame de Remusat, the confidant of Josephine; of Madame de Fastofel, and of the Keen politician, Madamne en ——_—_-+ee_______ THROUGH THE NEW SOUTH. ‘To California by Way of Mexico. ACTIVITY IN CHATTANOOGA—BIRMINGHAM COAL, IRON AND REAL ESTATE—NEW ORLEANS AND THE SUGAR REGION. Correspondence of THe EVENING Stan. * Deu Rio, Tsxas, FEB. 14, 1887, At Cincinnati we joined our company of sixty excursionist en route to California via the, city of ‘Mexico and forty-one more Who are to leave uS at El Paso and go direct to Southern California, At 8 o'clock February 24 our party left Cincinnati in seven Pullman coaches with a hotel car. A day and a night bring us into Chattanooga—with its fron mills, its blast furnaces, its cotton tactortes, its building activities and its numerous trunk- railway lines. Herewe meet an air of go-ahead- ativeness that equals thatof any northern city. Spending the day in this growing center our whole party are driven to the highest planacle of Look Out mountain. Our next stop was made at Birmingham, ‘THE GIANT CITY OF THE NEW SOUTH. ‘Twelve years ago the single representative of this bustling town of 30,000 was one solitary southern ante-bellum mansion, which 1s still standing, a shabby genteel monument of the dead past. This city, and indeed the whole state of Alabama, has rasped Warmly the hand of every northern tapl- list, and the quickening influence of this, spirit has enriched every enterprise ‘There aré 3,340 miles of railways in the stave, and three of the leading trunk lines pass through Birmingham, and three more lines will soon complet to this young Pittsbi of the south, ‘The secret of the rapid growth ot Birmingham was given by an enthusiastic newsboy in answer to my question as to where do these sm fur. nages get their coal, limestone and iron ore. “Oh,” sald he “them mountains there is full of it.” In 1881 the total output of coal was 10,000 tons, and in 1886 it was nearly 2,000,000 tons. It fs no wonder that such immense furnaces have 3} ‘up here i itis stated that all the mater needed iff the manufacture of iron is found in in- exhaustible quantities within six milesof the city, and coal costs only $1.20 per ton, and the best iron can be made in endiess quantity at $9.00 per ton, ‘These disclosures taught us some new ms, and we ever some that we and the Cardi- Cee hail nctljacor a ene satisfied our entire party that ite sanitary tion would be greatly improved by putting Ben Butler once more airy g A TALK WITH WILSON BARRETT. Some of the Ideas Which the Acer Is Taying to Cosy eae BOW OUR, CLIMATE AXD “STagE FRIGHT” aFPacT HIM—WHAT A¥ DOXOVATOR as" TO im wire ON THE STA@B—THE OLD ARTIFICIAL. AGE AND CHARACTER OF “HAMLET.” The sturdy figure of Mr. Wilson Barrett, pic- turesquely arrayed in @ tight-fitting velvet morn- ing Jacket, attracted general attention asthe Bag- lish tragedian entered the arlington lobby the other morning in search of @ Stam representative ‘Who had sent in his card, Mr. Barrett wore on his square-buiit head a knit Tam O'Shanter cap, be- neath which hishair protruded all around, coming down in front in rather neglige bangs that quite touched his eyebrows. The queer looking cap and the odd style of wearing the hair at once brought ‘to the mind of the reporter vague suggestions of Oscar Wilde and estheticism; but @ look into Mr. Barrett's strong, handsome tice 8 pianee 28 be well-kntt and the mi Sore ta Kind almost before they took form. Sr. Barrett evga “nutter ‘then led the Way to the elevator. ments, T have seen you in four different citigs and I The English sctor smiled pleasantly, and American admirer as the thanked ‘elevator Fi ree to Would be a great help; but it's impossible. it in Cincinnati; ‘but It was tap, tap at my door day—just like that,” he excialined, as a knock W: heard, and he arose to answer it.’ “People kind;'they want to take you to drive and ceptions and to show you about generally, ou can't refuse, you Know, even if you wan esterday I went to the Capitol and talked antly for three hours, and then I went net receptions and talked for a co more.” “Have you found that the chat American climate affects s & seed & STILL A SUFFERER FROM STAGE FRIGHT. “In the west I suffered a great deal,” Mr. Bar- Tett answered. “Knocking about from town to town in all sorts of weather came pretty hard. Just as we got to Chicago @ terrible blizzard came and it was like rushing suddenly from sum- mer to midwinter. I am nervous on the stage. The moment Igo on ail the of my ly seem to open. the per nh FURS OUL inastream. Now, last night in ‘Hamlet,’ in the ghost scene, I could hear the as it actually pattered on the my head and tace, n when I leave tiie ‘with my pores open the slightest draft shuts them up in @ jiffy. Teel cold culls creeping up my back, and I know am in for “I never go on in an important part,” he con- tinted, in answer to 8 question, “without being affected in this way. It {s an odd kind of nervous- ness, You will hear people talk of actor's walk- ing through their parts, but I can’t doit, Tdon Want to doit, An actor may become so familiar With his linés ‘and his business that he % almost mechanically, and yet the Intelligence; but you can’t move the heart unless Flied feel a yourse! 8 an after e great ry : am Willing eves to sacrifiee to sume degree Would be called artistic finish. The finished actor charms the eye ang the Deautiful reading and nicely correct action, ‘The audience go away able and point out the beautles of his art, but Rothiing of thelr feelings. I would rather fo.touch my audience, to work them up do t 18, ° fasm by means which they may able to discover and define, it, need is there to look further? Re ee tty checniareee nat w sur by eart and ¢ e sympat course, honest, natural methods. CONSERVATISM OF THE STAGE. «The stage is the most conservative institution in the world,” Mr. Barrett resumed, after dispos- ing of three or four more persons who called or sent their cards up, “The slightest change 1s looked upon as impertinent and revolutionary by those who have grown old in its traditions, | The smallest mec! contrivance, the most insig- nificant bolt or brace about it, no matter how clumsy or antiquated it may be, is clung to from generation to generation, where in other busi- nesses slinple and more modern appliances would long ago have come into use. In France It 1s worse than in England, for in England men of original ideas do secure a hearing after a while, The critics who absorb these tradi- tions of the are always telling us of the Way the old actors did things. In the smaller cities, ool country - ee the critics laily disposed to 100) disfavor on any- thing Uke innovations, “They say “le gavera stroug and clear rendering of the part. His action Was Vigorous and intelligent, he read the lines well, but still he is nota great actor.” Task them what they mean by a great actor. I find it 1 hat there was not suficent of the declamavory style; that the passayes which they heard the actors recite with the dignified deliberation ‘which characterized the old artificial school, were given with a rigid to the meaning of the words. It is extraordinary how even men of in- telligence and education Will allow themselves to be drcetved by the rhythm of phrase without \king to its meaning. ‘They forget that speec! put into the mouths of the perso of dramas Tepresent thoughts that flashed quick as lighten. ing through the brain. This is espectally true of Shakespeure’s dramas. How absurd to suppose that many of his personages paused in the Of the most terrible crises todeclaim as the old school of actors spec! poetry and philosophy, which are put into thelr mouths, HUMAN NATURE 18 ALWAYS THE GAXE, and itisthis which I strive to stantly. Because the time of a play is in middle ages, or in ancient Greece or Rome, should the characters be less natural, unconstrained men and women Uiey are to- day? a SOMETHING ABOUT “HAMLET.” “Now as vo the character of Hamlet, why should we suppose that Shakespeare wished to make a mystery of perhaps his most beautiful and Wonderful creation? What nonsense to think be should not want it understood and appreciated by the most ordinary person. We hear a great deal about the philosophy and poetry of the part, but Tdety any one to quote me a single line that might ot have been thought by an, inteliigeut, young man of twenty, for that, as you know, is the age which I regard’as that which Shakespeare meant torepresent. Hamlet was a precocious, an ex- traordinary young man of twenty. Laeries says to Ophelia in his parting advice to her, ‘For Hamlet and the. of his nature, Hola ita fashion, and blood: A violet in the you ares Forward, not permanent; eweet not lasting. * + * ‘Think it no more For nature, crescent, does not grow alone thews and bulk: but as this temple waxes, The inward service of the mind and soul Grows wide without.” “Now what can this mean,” continued Mr. Bar- rett, “it not that Hamie¢ is Still young, unformed, precocious? Can you imagine anyone Uhusof aman of thirty, as Hamlet has been held to have been at the time the play Ivis assuredly the description of a ‘Moreover, if amet was thirty, why on the throne, as he, the beloved son of King, should Lave been, even if the mona elective in Denmark? ‘Again, in this Of Laertes, we have proof that his only thing which kept him from Which he was destined when i i fue Bee a FY 2 e a i | i 2 J : ee Hs uF § a au HE i 4 i: I i f a € i 1 tH gs ge He) i il i: TH 3 e 8 g & ee 4 2 Ht ai i as to the youth of “HAMLET” A MAN OF ACTION. “You speak of the self-doubting, temportzing, trresolute character of Hamlet, I do not find 80. On the contrary, I regard Hamlet a3 fully quick, mentally and i i - ‘Tesolves: ‘the apparition if ittomes enoug ell feel ould gape Sea nce cae ae ‘suspected ot : a : Interwe and par "ie court nis ng pri et BL ! erants companion: i ist Hs i c f if Le if £ E i D. C., SATURDAY, fEBRUARY 19, 1887-DOUBLE SHEET. might well display: under circamstances 80 Serie! ‘tn the face of a duty so tremendous.” Mr. Barrett spoke with earnestness and with a Teadiness which showed entire mastery of the sub- Ject and careful consideration of ail its phases. “Have you yet decided to remain in this country: ext season?” the ter asked In conclusion. pentose cei weet 1 ud : 34 a ane ex: it treatinent wher- gone, and tn almost every city our bus- iness has grown steadily from day to day.” IS WASHINGTON AS WICKED AS NEW YORK? 4 Col. Jo Dwyer, the owner of an extensive ranch in New Mexico, and who 1s well known in Wash ington, ts in the city at present. ‘Unat Drought bim to the national capital, “at the instance of the cattle growers of Colorado New Mexico. They are much alarmed lest Con- face of the Guardian league or tts enthusiastic seo- | mers, and dealers in fancy stocks will ship their with the to our and Fetary, Dut since he, in his apparent eagerness to | Cave AMictsd with the disease to our ranges. and Srettog, aacopte te tanrepanry Seceten oer, | Eee eae a a oe melaatad ncy the sta- | Unt Siatice as ofered by himselfand my own in the | Won, We canect quarantine and isolate Ge, dis. Rature of a challenge, it becomes me to dislodge | Sur und mshy years and cook sattinve at toes the unjust accusations the gentleman has given | to stamp it out; thison their suall farma and Publicity to in the guise of statistics, It is not my | where they could rigorously quarantine tei? ¢a'~ motive to or menace the purpose of the | tle. Yousee how hard it willbe forus on the league in its avowed endeavor to secure by legista. | !A'E® FARES of tite Ceuaeey.T ton of 8 law f . Sereny ieee See ceca | ee ne ee eee ns reporter. detrimental to the business and welfare of | «Never better. We have plenty of grass and the District which are not borne out by the tacts. | water and the winter 18 mild Our calf crop was ‘On the same principle, did the of the last year. ‘The ouly ‘we have to com- Propose to Secure the pa eeoy | plain of is he low are getting for law, he would give out to the that the | Pisin of is the Eire nover Useatos tnt bor Scrvots and pavements of the District area perpet- | {oy Year OME, they. wall improve, ‘They cannot stay long at the present low prices ‘hero Were ‘all selfishness and sel apd int me na ‘man, now is tas toters thrown aside true situation subject | cattie ranch. Invest your th ‘There ts more fu the District enquired into, rather than a rash, | money in cattle today thant bave cro hoee long, Fear oetng Laren in, Ye | ‘They, a8 1 say, were never 80 10W nnd are DOUBALO ict would not Debeld Up 8% & | come'up. Have there been any dre to the Gilded palace of yoy 8 an incentive or cattle business besides low ‘Sparks a hea nt for the passage of a law for the protec- has done us untold and his of children, | ad us to the as ‘and land ‘The arst which fteelf ts this: fo and tis claquers seats have the swelled by the dog er there’an in July Ast, 15,907 ener 363 nds. 364 ‘Tnere is shown an increased number of cases in iiased,nolis prosued and’ where persosal basa be 8 1 See Shan the cones of ‘arrests. Wherein increase in cases arise? sez 1883, 378 ws sw 57 » ut 3931 3,752 5 ° 87 37 86 | 86 743 128 28 ase 1s - 143 pete “The increase in’ cases in “i865 18 tound tn dis orderly conduct, indecent exposure, loud and Dosterous, 40 the number of wiunesses in the cases of profanity and violation of the dox and snow law, and 1883 than the previous year, and the last six months of the year 1883 Were under anew Dis- trict administration, There was less crime in 1883, a greater population and a reduction of the i 4 : é i Dur. ing the ceremonies incident to the unveiling of | Ue Washington monument and the inauguration | Of the President, one man was shot and killed, | there Was & greater indulg- | ing in protanity and disorderly conduct, yet the | this nature in 1885 but kept pace witia those of the year before. | nolation Violation dog law. Cruelty to animals. Grand larceny. Population i 1881 was 1885 fap Increase of 24,000 people in ave years. several years, the cases held were as 882. 6,808. 1886. 1 . Tas popilion of New Yorx city in 2280 was Fy ‘Taking the ratio of increase in popula- lon trom 1875 to 1880 as a basis for obtaining the | agree is extremely fair, there having been less em. | jon and other causes to lessen the rate of in- | the past five years, and the tion over something ora i 7 Fa e it li i 7 é i penitent i 5 Hf] ils ie i tee Ha i | A j i aE i iH rp 5 EH i ie : H : i i i Le : fae et ———— Propagation of Oysters. DMPORTANT PROPOSITION OF FISH COMMISSIONER ¥. ‘MDOKALD, OF VIRODILA. Gov. Lee has received a letter from Fish Com- missioner McDonald in relation to the propagation Of fish and oysters in the waters of the common- ‘wealth of Virginia, Commissioner McDonald says: | 2,000 ton vessel Population in 1885, which any statistician will | ( To the Editor of the Everme Stan. Congress should surely appropriate the addi- tonal sum of $30,000 (before March 4) required to enable the Secretary of War to construct the new bridge on the aqueduct plers as recommended by the board of engineers in thelr report Janu iss7, and approved by the chief of engineers, Dat Bary 27,1887. Ovherwise on March 7 next the bids will have to be acoepted for a without a draw, Which will blockade navigation as effect- 2 and safe navigation,” and “fatto aaa 8 oa any ich can on! lone as recommended by Ube board of January 24, 1887. IC does seem reasonable and just that ‘should do what It requires of private ‘Ubroughout the country todo to provide a draw span for the passage of naviga- von; ce Dallding & tetage Sire Congress a without channel of 5 i! Z 8 out a draw span, across the “ (bids for Which are now ad ned March 7 Dlockade over. tases eal =~ above depth of which ‘will avi ‘about 25 feet. How absurd! ‘The river and harbor bili, just reported from the committee of commerce of the Senate, rie ‘again repeating an require «much, larger tearing and alteration of a new wo — a what can now be done 60 easily and ee pense, Without del ‘Transfers of Beal Estate, Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: G. ‘Emmons to Win, Harper, lots 18 and 19, Chiches- i?) i Fe ia