Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1887, Page 2

—, THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, ME. McELHONE’S RECOLLECTIONS. A Man Whe Has Reported Several Generations of Congressmen. STRXOGRAPHIC REPORTS FORTY YEARS AGO—CALHOUX, —— WEBSTER, CLAY. BENTON AND CASS, AS SEEN FROM A HISTORY OF THE HOME—POUNDED BY MOWRY | TUK REFORTER'S DESK—DAYS WHEN THE BULES BROUGHT PROM MEXICO BY GEN. SCOTT—wOW rra| WERKE EXFORCED. ‘REVENUE IS DERIVED—A PLACE WHERE OLD VRTE-| 3: 55g matter of wonder how the offictal report- ee ers keep up the record of the House. The report ‘The main building of the Soldiers’ home ts to be | ing of set speeches or ordinary running’ debate is enlarged by the erectionof an addition whick will | not beyond the reach of machine activity. The De similar in size and general design to the present | Wonder comes in when @ man has trritated his op- Structure, As visitors to the beautiful grounds of | ponents, as Mr. Bragg does some times, and angry the home will remember the present structure is | interruptions and retorts are coming hot and fast large three-story building of white marble. From | from all over the House. When everybody istalk- ‘the center a wing extends towards the north and | ing at the same time, ft is surprising to find them contains the large dining room. The new building | allinthe Record property named and quoted. ‘will stand across the north extremity of and tn | Looking down from the gallery one can see Mr. connection with this wing. It will have a frontage | McEthone, the chief stenographer, or one of his of 160 feet and a depth of 57 feet, and will be | assistants making his pencil dance over the thick three stories in height, The architects, W. M. | stiff-backed note-book. When there 1s consider- Poindexter & Co., have made the design a modifi- | able of a hubbub, the: pher’s nose will be cation of the Norman and gothic styles of archi- | Cle damn 00 (his Work, and it_ gets closer as the tecture, and the prevailing characteristic is mas- renter, Suid he never looks Up. stveness and solidity. Whitemarble, the materiah | wwe see with our car” mid Mr. McEIhone, Jends itself very happily to this style of construc- | 1.7 quertionea on. thts’ matter by agras 10. ornamentation tro Saeed is ealoulaved to ation ivate to. tne effect. Porter. “When we hear a man speak we don't ice fs an arcaded course In the second story, | look up to see who hela, We don’t keep ourheads CITY AND DISTRICT. THE SOLDIERS’ HOME. A Handsome Addition te the Present Structure to be Erected. ‘series of round-headed windows in thé | nophing all around the room when members are Gurastors, ‘The areaded cornice 1 crowned with | speaking in direction. Motion and sight 1s every concentrated upon the work: the hearing alone ‘tive is the small corner turrets in the third eat) rinks in the whole House. With a member's voice Which are richiy carved. ‘The buflding, which will | comes his name, just as plainly asif be said ‘1 ain eet ins,000, is to be erected in’ the most | Mr. So and So” irom Bhake asd 1 say this and Snost{ntial manner. The foundations will be of | thus” Our ears know the volee of every member conerete, the first floor will have brick — beng House, and they tell our fingers what vo put Testing on rolled tron beams and girders, wn.” up ‘rich conereve and dressed with cement. The Mr. Cope ple pare invertor walls will be of and the first story | (with one year in the Senate) since he was 17 years ‘will be fire-proof in consti and the rest of | old, having gone there right from college. He is a the building nearly so. The new building will ac- | man alittle above medium height, with sandy gray commodate 245 men, and ‘the mess-room, which | hatr cropped short and whiskers of the same shade. ‘occupies the entire floor, forming a room 156 | He moves about, or rather jumps about the House fectlong ‘and 53 feet wide, will accommodate some | with a nervous activity, and his Gngers are always ‘900 men at table. The ceiling of this large room | in motion. He ts well {nformed in parliamentary ‘Will be 22 feet ‘sul on two rows Of oF | matters, 18 a reader of books, and has a fund of re- nameatal tron jars In the second and third | collections of his associations with public men ‘Stories are the tories on eacn side of wide | who have been in: since 1849. He hasone Gorridora. Each room has a ventilating shaft, and | of the finest private libraries to be found any the heating is done by indirect radiatio where. in his den he ts surrounded by rare Doller-house will be built In the vicinity, and all | books and souvenirs. His books of reference cover we ‘on the grounds of the home, with a | almost every conceivable inquiry. few exc will receive heat from Unis source. ails vies sruncal Gu SRPOREED. In the basement of the new structure Will DC 3} se arg appeared a8 a congressional stenogra- abstulement. A feature that will prove attrac- large Dilllard-room, ‘the recreation hall will EE ye located tn thts part ot the uliding. | The | pher during the compromise congress. He was yt mess hall will be used for dormitories, Oirst in the Senate for a year. ‘present recreation room will, when the new | “] remember,” he said, as he sat in his study the is ‘be used for kitchen purposes. | other evening talking with a Staxreporter. “I Te- Eins contractor ls br. Frank Baldwin. member that I could hardly Keep from la A HISTORY OF THE HOME. pete h I reporte SE Ap tips tal eae ‘The home was established for the Deneft of the | 101 Features, He stoo’ with hs shouldersthrown men worn out or disabled in the military service | hack“and all his gestures SS ‘of the country. It bears the same relation to the | were made behind. It was 1 most absurd fizure. But he was a nice man, as peasant and 16 a3 you ever saw. Most of the statesmen of those days were very agreeable and polite in their man- ners. In those days the congressional reporters came from England. They did not take everything soldier as the retired list to the officer, and it should not be considered in any way a charitable institution. Those who occupy it have in every instance rendered an equivalent for the care and ‘which they now recetve. The home | Said, asis done now. ‘They reported just what they thought r and left the rest with barely originated from a sugxestion of Gen. Winfleld | {) Terence. “hey exercised thelr Own discretion, ‘You will see by looking over the old records that they would wind up sometimes with Messrs. 20 fired upon by the citizens who took refuge upon | and ao, and so and. 30 spoke upon the question. ‘the housetops. AS a punishment a tax of over & | yr. mn, then in the Howse used. to Be. badly hundred thousand dollars was levied upon thecity. | treated as to The stenographers did. not In 1848 Gen. Scott transmitted to the Secretary Of | nave to Feport lm unless they wanted to, and, a8 ‘War a draft for $100,000, with the expressed hope | ye was they did not devote mueli timé to ‘that it might be allowed to xo to the credit of 40 | nim. 1 remember, I d a speech for him army asylum. ‘The money was fOrst turned into | when i first went to the house. T'was so small me ic treasury, but shortly afterwards Was | then that members used to tuke me for a pase, appropriared, together with a balance of $18,791.19, | greatly to my fi m. Caluoun had a rapid remain! conversational style of speaking that was dimcult Ww report, for those who got along easily with the rolling Measures of Webster's eloquence, or the more artiticial oratory of Clay. He was a pleasant man,—a sweet man. He stood straight, with a dignifed bearing, and Uke Webster Was always kind and gentle with boys. WEBSTER, CLAY, BENTON AND CASS. “Webster was @ comparatively easy man to re- port,” he wem on, “His language ran so smooth and musical and was so full of force. It seemed inspired and spontaneous. ‘The art in his es sping creases na ane ras from tbe same levy, for the support o} a ‘Soldiers Home, the object of which was ae ‘ide a comfortable home for old soldiers of twenty Or more years’ service, and for invalid and disablea Or discharged soldiers who had served faithruliy ‘nd honestly inthe army. Jn 1851 a house was rent- din tis city for this purpose, but soon afterwards ‘the commission, which ut that time consisted of the generai-in-cbief of the army, the 18 COM Inanding the east and west divisions, the chiefs of ‘the quartermaster's, commissary, pay and medical nig and the adjutant general, was au- ‘thorized to purchase a site and erect the neces- ‘Duildings. The farm of the late Mr. George Se igs aba on adjoining tract of about sixty acres, ‘harieg Serivener, by Clay. I could always tell when he was going purchased, $5 O peing paid for the two hundred | ‘MAKE a speech. Ordinarily he was careless of ‘and fifty-six acres. T ‘were several substan- | H/S dress, wearing a steel-pen coat and a high Diack cravat. When J saw him in his biue coat wit it brass ns, his eyes brig] manner alert and active, ettin ‘squarely up in his seat, seeing and hearing an every- thing, 'knew he was going to speak. He hada most wonderful power of explanation, and could make the most dificult point so clear that you would wonder why you did not see it that way'be- fore. He great calmness, and repose, and mate few gestures in ow, a way of throwing himself when he spoke. His voice was well under control and never harsh, In private life he was trasctble and irritable. In public he was suave, and remarkable for his great politeness. man.ot any learning: "Benton ‘used two Datrs ot man of any ton rs glasses when he read. He would have one on his hose and would hold the other in his draw- tng them back and forth to get the focus, while he looked at a book and ned the Kentucky orator as he might a schoolboy. He was much dis- gusted because Clay pronounced Chihuahua just ais the English sound of the letters might indicate, instead of “Che-wa-wa.” Clay nearly always had one shoe unlaced and his trouserstucked up inside ‘There probably never was a man so thoroughly American in Congress as Gen. Cass. He was @ great traveler and a reader of travels. He was very fond also of ale, but he would never drink it from giass. Tt must be in an old stone pitcher, and be Would put that up to his mouth and drink from the rim. In those days there was not much tme lost in tary discussion. ‘The rules {al buildings ou the property. In 1859 three acres were porches from Mr. B. Ogle Tayloe for from James Stone nue, the entrance to the ground most tre. Geently used by tne public. Mr. W. W. Corcoran’s country place, * containing 191 acres, was purchased in 1872 Tor $225,000, but nearly the entire payment was made with Virginiastate bonds ‘home, aud which were unproductive. ‘square feet, lying between Whitney i Sack the Soldiers’ Home property, 85,7 0. The foatiatnes on the “occupied at rst, but in Datlding and the governor's and | governor's quarters were erect al a cost ‘ 1869 to 1872 improve- were made ala cost 1872 the annex was erected, the hospital buflding was begun and in 1877 a building for a bowling aii ‘Dilliard room was commenced, but before had far it was decided to it for a library and a reading room. The now contains about 2,400 volumes, ‘THE KEVENEES OF THE HOME. ‘The revenues of the Home are as follows: A tax ‘of tweive anda half cents per monn upon all of ‘the soldiers of the army; all the unclaimed effects Of deceased soldiers, and also whatever is due the fines imposed by couremartisis. “These tems, ‘the fines 1m} ry lals. ese ber with the interest on the bonds belonging and amounting (o $800,000, swells the to about $150,000 or $100,000 per | are now over 600 inmates at the ition there are nearly 300 old sol- where and who are entitied to keeping, provided it does not eam amonth. The | at the discretion of to“ fertorm such” duties | duit and | their age and physical condition ‘will,| consideration of good conduct, and the performance of the duties each allowed $1 and one pound of tobacco per its equivalent in money. Of late years ving have not been compelled transfer them to the Home; but the law re- the pensioners to transfer their pensions to H g, B B i 5 E! a ; Es il i Bbrary was to call attention to it. ‘There was no need of long arguments to prove ft. ‘The rules were plain no one attempted to question a point of order.” ~——2e9e A SPOOL OF THREAD. ‘What Cotton Has to go Through Be- fore it in Meady for the Needle. Few people ever stop to think of the twistings ‘and turnings and the Various processes that cotton fiber goes through after it is taken from the pod before it is wound up on a spool and ready for the housewite's needle. ‘The whole story 1s told, how- ever, in a small space in one of the cases in the hall in the National museum, given up toan ex- hibition of textile fabrics. ‘This 1s one of the many object lessons in the museum, which com- bined, are intended to tell the story of man as he exists on the earth. First is shown a specimen of il 8 § i E i j i BF Hi} ' f i" i i i the institution during the time they rewain there | cotton In the pod Just asit 1s picked without hav- continue to receive its benetits. seeds removed. Ni specimer ‘AS is well Know™, the beautiful apout | oe Lopes a the Home form & fine parks which tsa great pleas, | of the Same cotton after it has been ginned and Ure resort for the citizens of the District, and ts, | te black seeds have been removed. The Sea Is- in fact, the only park available for driving. Th: | land cotton fs used for thread on account of Toads are Kept in Tine condition, and the attractive | the length of the fiber. A sample of the sacking scenery 13 always ap unfailing source of pleasure. | In which the cotton is baled is also shown. ‘Then Since the ume of Buchanan. who occupied the | the cotton 1s supposed to have been baled and house now known as the governor's quarters the | shipped to the thread factory. Here the first thing that fs done with the cotton 1s to subject it to the “picker” process by which the cotton from several bales is mixed to secure uniformity. During the picker process much Waste, in the form of dust, dirt, and short fibers are separated from the oll fibers by the picker. Next the " cotton 1s wound ona machine, in sheets or laps, into a roll. ‘The next process iliustrated by a prac- tical exhibit 1s the carding by which the sheets tion are combed, oF run out into lo fibers. The cotton i next seen drawn Da trumpet shaped opening which condenses it intoa Singie strand or “sliver.” ‘Then etght such slivers are ran together into one, six of the strands thus produced, are drawn 'into ong and again Six of the strands from the drawing are combined into one. ‘Then comes the slubbin; OF fast “roving” process, which consists of wind. ing the strand and Dobbin. ‘Two strands are Dumber of twistings, and windings, 4 pum) T tw during which the strand is gradually reduced in size, until it to assume a thread-like a] ‘wo strands of this fine “roving’ and twisted, under considerable bin that makes 7,000 revolutions a minute. ‘Two ‘of the cords thus prod gether ona 5} | duced fs transferred thence to. another spook, Bsa - | duced ts nce and to make hiin respectable as an average mmembet | Uren three threads Of two cords each ate twister | together, forming stx-cord thread. One who has followed'the process sees the cotton transformed “from a wide band of loose cotton that will pass ti six-cord Presidents have, as a rule, spent a portion of the tm one of the cottages on the grounds. The of commissioners at present consists of the of the army, the commissary, adjutant advocate, quartermaster and surgeon gen- ‘and the governor of the Home. — MOUBNING FOR “GHASSHOPPER.” | fi Cel. Waré H. Lamon Makes Inquiry | After His Youthful Body Servant. A few days ago a small boy employed by Col. ‘Ward H. Lamon disappeared. As a result Col. W. G. Moore, chief of police, received the following Jeter from Cot Lamon: “Gi ts gone! He winged his fight Vand board, after three months fain oF” POSSESSES His inclination is upon inusic bent and trresist!- Diy moved af the concord of sweet sounds. The play and the boy iit out to join in steps of the union to martial music on the day celebrate, With as much pride and, perhaps, | more satisfaction than any patriot descendant of ‘the revolution or distinguished hero of the late war. ‘The last seer of him was by Betty, the kitchen maid, Who says, as he turned the corner he was guing at such speed she cuuid scarcely distinguish wi is at dyed. Then it ts wound back from a big spool, from which White birch spools upom which ular courses, and is then |The machine that regulates was missile accidentally fired from a ten-inch colum- | Mcasures the number of oe Known warbie of du: hold from 200 to 12,000 yardsot Gog lae cresserr use Uhat decorate the end of the spools Between the sold are last putom. They are can hardly get by machinery with great rapidi its real naive 1s ‘a = Jews; you can pever tell we oP soeudant of one Whe happiness eu pure And loves | ry and: aoe ‘And bears bat s little trait, Dieod, either of ‘When the: it of self forever Beis years ob Incolling about ita root Inelined to cur, sires epee ‘ae & pocket edit hearts which rand | ene apons fab ore eSovr, peter as Ginai Woolsey styte, ¥ One poate Axane, he ia much given to standing petate ese = Uke a imber-jack and ‘wfOx™, Warre Lirs-—It 1s, printed that recently pane great Boston clergyman, what he would doit he a was asked by the artist’ for his opinion of a pic- Beg bay Care which was not ‘the clergyman he may ip his said: “I would say just. what 140 to mochers; ~ who bring their tome be admired. I al- through the bay ay say, “Ob, What 0 baby leaving io mother a aden convinced that ft is the only baby in the world, and myself utterly uncommitted.” This recalls @ re- pth ne Toms cently printed anecdote of a Boston criti, WB, St fotne abore Contempt ior the play Wren the Stthor ruse ap and asked what he thought of it. ‘dear ‘Maverick from your carrol and drive hin PRS 6 My, Fameh, af £08 13th street norhwest, tion, “It 1 bad 7 ay ‘eetve my thanis and no questions Brgsd or i there Dian es aS Eitroranaine’ eam afterward to wach an apparently out- ‘The boy turned (at the interreauion pd go gang ‘wo be unspeakably REAL ESTATE MATTERS. Some of the New Houses that Are Being Erected. THE AUTHORITY NECESSARY TO LEGALIZE CITY AND SUBURBAN SUBDIVISIONS OF LAND—THE ENLARGE- ‘MENT OF THE MOSES BUILDING, THE ARNO, &C.— ACTIVITY IM THE REAL ESTATE MARKET. ‘The past week has witnessed an active real es- tate market both tn the transactions that have taken place and in the preparations that are be- ing made for the erection of new houses. Two large transactions in suburban property—the sale of the Nourse property and of the Ogle Tayloe farm—have been the features of the week, while the long lst of transfers in the daily court record show that the smaller investors are still in the market, Extensive improvements are contem- plated, both by owners of city and suburban prop- erty, but the plans have not materialized suff ciently to make them assured facts, SUBURBAN AND CITY SUBDIVISIONS. ‘The legal power of the Commissioners to ap- prove or disapprove any proposed subdivision of lots in the District will be tested in the mandamus rocesdings Which, as stated in ‘Tax Stam have Qeen instituted by Daniel i. Case to compel the District surveyor to receive and record the plat of a Subdivision of land without the ap- proval of the Commissioners, It has been cus- tomary to submit all such subdivisions to the Comuissionera. While the Engineer Commis- sioner has been making a strong effort to secure legislation which would put a stop to any further subdivisions of suburban property manifestly dis- cordant with the pian of the city, the Commissioners have at the same time approved many sich subdivisions, To a Star feporter oi. Ludlow said that there was grave doubt whether their disapproval would have any legal weight. In other words, thelr approval was merely a ministerial act, and they could not with hoid it. It was because of this lack of authority on the part of the Cominissioners that they sought to secure a law which would give them control of subdivisions, ‘The bill passed the House, but was one of those which the Senate District committee failed to report to the Senate. Senator Ingalls saj@ to one of the Commissioners that the DLT interfered With the right of a citizen to do with his own land as he pleased. The Commissioners uunged te Dill not merely for the purpogy of secur. jug harmony in suburban subdivisions, but with a View to regulating the laying out of alleys, and making subdivisions in the city. In a letter to the Senate District committee on’ this subject they sald: ‘There is no general law or reguiation at the present ume to regulate the subdivision of lands either within or without the city, and the Commissioners are without power to make such, whereby two general disadvantages are incurred.’ ‘They refer first to the lack of conformity in sub- urban subdivisions to the city plan. Then they say “The subdivision of properties within the for- mer city Lunits can be made 80 far as any clear construction of the law can be reached at the will of the owner. He can subdivide apparently Into circles, crescents, or strips of land a foot wide it he choose, with alleys of any width he shall adopt, and change them at his own discretion, whereby most serious confusion i created; laws can be evaded and the just dues from property made impossible of collection.” THE ADDITION TO THE MOSES BUILDING. ‘Workmen are engaged in preparing for the erec- ton of an addition to the building of W. B. Moses & Son, at the southwest corner of 11th and F street. While the new building will be an addi- tion to the present store building, yet 1t will be larger than the present structure, “It will have a frontage 62 feet 9 inches on 11th street and will Fun back to a depth of 100 feet. The present bulld- ing has a frontage of 50 feet on F street with a ‘depth of #8 feel. The plans of addition, as prepared by A.B. Mutlett, architect, provide for a structure “siinilar im design “to the present building. It will be seven stories in height with the sub basement and basement, that is under the present building continued, ‘The material used will be hand made ‘Kinortar, with Ohio stone trim- (gS and courses. A vauil will be constructed under the side walk toa depth of nineteen feet, corresponding in depta to tit of the basement and sub basement. ‘There will be a freight elevator in the new bullding and the shaft will terminate at the top in a tower thirty feet high. ‘The style of construction will be solid and substanual and the building when completed will be one of the largest store buildings in the city. MR, HENNING'S NEW HOUER. ‘Mr. James Henning s buflding a new dwelling on Pennsylvania avenue, between 2ist and 22d streets northwest, from Mr. T. F. Schnelder's de- as. The front will have an elevation of three full stories, attic and basement and high slate roof. From the second story an oriel_ window is suspended In gracetul form and extends to the ext story, and fishes as a balcony with wrought fron raljng. A wide circular top triple window opens o1 balcony trom the third story cham- ber, and the sky line of the front fs relieved by a ent extending to the ridge of the slate root. ere are lintel courses of rock face brownstone to relieve the monotony of the red pressed bricks, Jos, B. Williamson is the builder. ‘MR. BOKER'S RESIDENCE. Mr. E. W. Boker, of New York, 1s about to erect a residence for his own use on the east side of 16th street, between T and U streets. ‘The house will be three stories in height, and the front, as shown by the designs prepared by Read & Kirkus, archi- tects, will be attractive. The material used will be Ted brick, and while the details are not elaborate Yet the effect is pleasing and exhibits good taste. ‘There isa pretty wooden porch with red tiled root at the entrance and the bay window ‘terminates at the third-story with a graceful bal- cony of wood, protected by a red tled roof, This roof blends with the sloping tiled roof of the house. ‘The Minish will be in natural woods, with a high wainscoting In the hall and dining-room. The stair- case hall is separated from the entrance hall and from the Ubrary by handsome wooden screens, On the third floor there will be a studio and a bil- liard room. ‘THREE ENGLISH BASEMENT HOUSES. The English basement house has been intro- duced to some extent in this city, and this mode of interior arrangement has been found especially suitable for narrow lots. This plan has been Selected for three houses on the south side of M street, between 17th street and Connecticut ave- nue, desi by Mr. T. F. Schneider, the archi- tect, for Mrs. S. P. Okie. The entrances of two of the are opposite each other, after passing under a very wide stone arch, Which spans a part of each front. Under this arch two wide windows with wrought iron grills “for protection, light each entrance hall. ‘The low entrance of thé ‘third house 1s also a handsome feature. The in- terior at nt is the same inall. Theen- trance halls are to be built of antique oak with [sponges ceilings, There will be a wide, old fash. loned fireplace in each hail. The stairway hall will be elevated two steps above the entrance hall and separated from it by an elaborate oak screen, ‘The staircase ts very broad and easy and ascends to a large hall occupying the whole width of the jouse, In the front is the parlor and in the rear the dining-room, both the full width of the house, and connected by wide doorways. Back of the dining- room there isa small annex, which contains the try and back stairs to the kitehen. ‘The kitchen is on the ground floor, and has a side entrance from the front street. ‘The third and fourta story are very roomy, and have bath large closet linen rooms and clothes presses. ‘he houses wil be heated by steam. The fronts will be of brown- stone, and the roofs will be high pttched, covered with ‘slate;;oriel windows Wil project irom the xarlor floors, and above the root chimneys, Gormers and gables will extend in the old English yl ENLARGING THE ARNO BUILDING. Mr. W. E. Prall, the owner of the Arno, an apart- ment house, on the west side of 16th street, be- ‘tween I and K streets, will soon begin the work of greatly enlarging that building, and when the alterations and improvements are completed it will be more than double its present size. The ‘as provided by Read & Kirkus, archit for an addition of 26 feet front on the south ‘side and an addition of 24 feet on the north Doth additions running back to a depth ofa oa ‘The fourth floor, or attic story, wil be raised the height of a full story, and the additions will be carried up with bay window projections termi- nating at the top with graceful towers. ‘The front of the reconstructed BUllding will be ninety-six feet, and the material used red brick, and terra cotta will harmonize with the style of construc- tion of the present building. ‘The cost of the lin- provements will be $50,000. BUILDING NOTES. ‘Mr. Calderon Cariisie has in contemplation the improvement of his property at the northwest corner of 3d and D streets, which will take in the entire frontage on D street, from cornet residence of his mother, bes — ‘A row of four houses have been commenced for or. J. Sherman on the southeast corner of 22d and G streets. ‘The fronts will be of pressed brick, with bays, having large double windows with cathedral glass transoms. ‘The houses Will have two stories and pitched slate roofs. ‘The cor- 254 ‘greet fron with the principal iene a ES ni a : Street, ‘They will be four rooms deep, oe prot the parlors will be in the cor and have hand. some mantels, with cabinets. Mr. T. ¥. Schneider is the architect. =F ‘Transfers of Real Estate. ‘vester, lot 16, block 1, Whitney Close; $1,300. 8. J, Gass 10 J. H. Walter, sub lots 1 to 4 and 9 to 19, Plains; 1G. Hayden i 3 | fe e : 8 3 ae SeRREPaRES: £ a 2 Organs 7a, das. $= Wi Pomlinson, lots 160 bret pt Gand ois 1 toy sy to P. W. Brown, lot os do Sa ‘game to 2 toG, A Monier pat 6 to ‘ 10ts_106 to 21 orn gato. C.J. Simons Rudout, v4 i SHADE TREES AND THEIR FOES. How te Deal with the Pests that De: stroy the Foliage, ONE SIMPLE PRESENTIVE REMEDY FOR ALI—WHITE- ‘WASH, TREE BOXES AND SPARROWS—THE PRUNING OF TREES—-FURTHER REMARKS BY PROF, RILEY. In an article published in ‘Tux Stan of Tuesday Prof. C. V, Riley gave an account of the Zim Leat Beetle, the Bag Worm, the White Marked ‘Tussock Moth and the Web Worm, the four insects indicted for devastating shade trees of the city with some Suggestions as to preventive measures that can be taken during the winter time. Prof. Riley writes to Tar Stak as follows in continuation of his re- marks published Tuesday: thoroughly simple, cheap and efficacious remedy applicable to all four of these tree depredators. From the natural history tacts already given, tt 1s clear that they all begin their work very much at the same season or as soon ag the leaves are fairly develo) and arsenical mixtures nly ‘Sprayed on the trees about the middie ot May repeated once or twice at intervals of a fortnight later in the season, Will prove an effectual prot tion to trees of all ki ‘This can be done at small expense and will prove the salvation of the partment of Agriculture, on a sufficiently large ‘Scale to economize time and labor. It sist of a water tank mounted on a cart furnished ‘with a strong force pump opel by one man and furnished with two sets of rubber tubing of suflicient length (a hose reel can be con- structed on top of the cart), each hose su by a bamboo extenston pole with. a cyclone nozzle at tip. With such an apparatus as Us three men could drive along the streets and thoroughly spray two trees simultaneously, While if 1t were found advisable, four independent tubes and four men to work them could beemployed with asuffictently powerful pump, and thus expedite the work, ‘The details of the different more important devices connected with this tank-cart will be found in my annual report as entomologist to the ment of Agriculture for 1883. ‘The bamboo “extension pole” is used simply to stiffen the rubber hose and to enable the operator to elevate the spraying nozzle into the center of the tree and spray to @ 30 much greater height. ‘The same result can be ac- complished by m-ans of a brass rod, in sections, and this has the advantage of superior and will consequently carry a heavier nozzle or & Duuch of nozzles at the e ‘The “Cyclone or “Eddy chamber” nozzle has been described and figured in several of my re- ports, and is better suited for work of this kind than ‘any yet in use. Itis small, simple, cheap, Will not clog and givesan admirablespray. & com bination nozzle may be made of several of th ‘which will be readily supported by the section-rod and will throw a more profuse spray. ‘The arsenical compound known as London pur- ple—a refuse in the manufacture of aniline dies and containing from 40 to 50 per cent of arsenicus acid—is, perhaps, preferable to white arsenic or Paris green in that it 1s not so lable to burn the leaves while its color enables one to readily distin guish polsoned from non-polsoned trees, Moreover t is very cheap. From x to % of a poundof thissub- stance should be used to a barrel of waterand with this quantity of water it is best to mix three Quarts of cheap or damaged flour, which will serve both to render the mixture adhesive to the leaves and also to lessen the tendency of the poison to burn the leaves. Three-quarters of a pound to the barrel may prove too strong a mixture for dell- cate and susceptible young trees, and it will be dest for general appilcation vo make the amount from 3 to 3g pound to the barrel. Paris green Will require a somewhat heavier dose—say from 3 to 1 pound per barrel of water, A number of other means have been tried and are more or less effectual in destroying these de- follators, Such are the application of various other insecticides, particularly an emulsion of milk and kerosene, the burning of the webs (in case of the web-Worm) by thrusting a lighted torch made of various patterns into the webs, Dut after full trial nothing has been found more’ sat- isfactory than the arsenical mixture here recom- mended, ‘They have the advantage over all other means that tiley Kill directly the worms be feeding, and at the same time have a preventive influence. Properly sprayed on the under side of the leaves so a8 to adhere, they are not easily ‘washed off, and they not only kill without injury to the tree‘all the worms at the time upon such tree, but all those Which may hatch upon such free'for a number of days and even weeks subso- quently. 1 am ‘satisfied that with two or three tanks, such as I have bulit at the Department of Agriculture, and a gang of three men to each, the trees of thé city could be easily protected’at a nominal cost beyond labor, and that two spray- ings, one about the middie of May, and one the first week in June, will effectually ‘prevent the repetition of any such nuisance as that we suffered from last summer. Each gang of three men could properly protect in the neighborhood of from 300 to 500° medium-sized trees per day, and in ordi- nary seasons and fn d with the ‘web-worm 1t would only be necessary to poison such trees as are preferred by the insect. WHITRWASHING THE TRUNKS. Noquestion has more often been asked me by those interested and few have been more discussed, than the effect of whitewashing the trees upon the Injurtes of the web Worm. There is a popular but totally unjustified sentiment that such white- washing in some Way or other protects the trees, T will not discuss the esthetic side of this question; for, however much such whitened trunks may of- fend the eye of the true lover of beauty in nature, tastes differ, and some persons are pleased with the erttfictal and ridiculous. Only one of the in- sects mentioned can be inany Way lessened by this practice, and that 1s the species that Washington- jans are’ just now least’ concerned with, viz., the orgyla. it 1s very questionable whether the white- wash will destroy its eggs, Dut there 1s every rea- son to belleve that the’ friction of the brush and the disengaging of many of the cocoons will ‘cause the destruction of a certain number, On our larger trees the greater number of these cocoons are never reached by such whitewashing, because they are upon the higher imbs. ‘The’ web worm cannot be affected by the practice as the hibernating chrysalides and cocoons are not found upon the trunks, As a; these negative results of _whitew: however, Wwe must put the injurious results that ‘follow in: directly, because a great many of the enemies of the defoliators ‘are destroyed by whitewashing. ‘This 13 purlicularly the case with the egg masses of spiders and many of the softer and more dell- cate cocoons of parasites. Whitewashing covers a multitude of sins and even when It is employed as a means of repelling certain beetles Whose lar- vw bore into the trunks, but which we are not, considering,there {s no reason why the lime should not be colored so as to keep the ap] of the trees somewhat in harmony with nature, INFLUENCE OF TREE BOXES, : ‘The tendency which our horses and other ani- mals have when opportunity 1s offered to gnaw and injure the trunk, and the propensities of mis- chlevous boys tn ail our lange cities to cut the same, render xes necessary, especially ‘whlld the trees are young, But the cluinsy wooden tree boxes in this city are not only an eyesore, Dut a positive injury, to the trees after these have once attained sulficiént growth to be firmly rooted, ‘The Doxes cause a great deal of chafing of the branches and the bandages connected with them ‘8 great deal of binding of the young trees; but they are particularly pernicious as harbors for hibernat- ing ins and especially of the web worm. ‘The shelter afforded by the wooden tree boxes 13 in my judgment, the prime reason why the web- worm has becomie such a great nuisance in Wash- ington, ‘They should either be discardea entirely after the trees have attained a trunk diameter of four inches, and heavy penaltiesenacted for hitch- ing horses Or for In aby Way cuLting or defacing tne trunk, of, what would perhaps be sater certainly "very much less objectionable, they should be replaced a8 soon a8 possible by’ round tron ones like those now in use on 15th street, be- ‘tween New York avenue and K street. ‘These will afford less shelter for cocoonsand are in every way less objectionable. BIRDS: THE ENGLISH SPARROW, All four of these insects have acertain tmmu- nity from the attacks of birda. No. 1, by virtue of an offensive odor; No. 2, by the protection of its i : Now. 3 and 4, by the protection afforded by duoiaire of the cat ‘whieh are also mixed into their cocoons. & few hative birds are known to cecaslonally feed upon Now. 3 and, but the its bird, we should look for help, haa never bees Known to attack any” of them. "In fact T noticed and announced many years ago that in some ot the northern cities (as Boston and 1 Dhia) the increase “ot the Orgyia iy Eresult, of the increase of the Anglish sparrow, which feeds in’ the ace ee Rapotn, worms Jes nar 9 our al thus or opportunit the rejected “orgyia to. inerase a> stl further promoted by the habit of dri the native which Passer domesticus is to have. ‘The same reasoning will, to a large extent, hold true in respect of the web-worm, and, putting all sentiment aside, we may safciy’ aver Phat this bird 1s an iinpediment rather than arr ata in preserving our trees from thelr’ worst defollators. ‘Phere 18 every reason to belleve that the bag-worm 1s carried, when young, from tree to troctupon the claws and legs of the bird ane iso dissemination is thus aided and its rendered more dimcult, af Tesuit away i ‘trees. until have ‘on many of the Older streets, and unsigntly object, The senseless is Tosult of senseless pruning 18 eaally seston some fh our parks, ‘which have Deen more. Opec tet foes should be rom below, and not lopped off from the top, 9 thats in the fubure there Wil Few of the trom the street, — such sereets Cambria, ow iavén, Sarsioge wast ours. otha ki gaperion ry other side to this Naetion hice ‘justifies me in, calling afvention to if in this conpéctian. he of a report on of puniated ia in treating toot deauructive Rorets of ul creas ateene of the ‘Of OUF trees: Peootve chotr death shock trom the aawing ‘Off of limbs without effort ‘Made to heal the ‘wax, clay OF i i \ ana | 7! cH 5, 1887-DOUBLE SHEET. Ihave already indicated a few of the trees which are most subject to injury from this web-worm. ‘There is also quite a list of trees which are either canthis L.); Kentucky Coffee tree (6; canadensis, Laind); Prickly ‘Ash (Zunthorytiom americanum M.); Sour Guin (Nyssa multifiora, wai ; Beech (Fagus Alb; Yew t ngerh) ; Serruginea Alb); GOOD AND BAD RPFECTS OF OUR TREES. ‘The beauty of Washington ts very greatly en- hanced by its shade trees, and the parking commis ‘sion deserve very great credit for thegigantic work they have carried out in the last fifteen years, But while these trees are and ought to be in ‘the future an unending source Pleasure and healthfulness, yet here as is so often the case the good has somé corresponding evil. ‘This last, how- éver, may be easily avolded, We hear much of malarial troubles tn Washington and the Potomac flats come in for nearly the entire blame, During the month of October our streets are constantly covered with fallen leaves from our shade trees, eddying and whirling about and carried by every heavy rain into the sewer traps Now, however, vigiliant the authorities may be during the heat of summer in cleaning out these traps, at the approach of cold weather the ‘neccessity for their frequent cleaning is supposed to be removed. As a consequence of tis; Vast masses of black, decomposing and reek: ing leaves are left to fester during the late fall and early winter, and even through the whole winter, senaing forth thelr injurious and insidious emans- tions every street corner. From personal experience Tam convinced that this is a source of much sickness hitherto almost entirely overlooked, and i behooves the authorities to have the traps on all the tree-planted streets thoroughly cleaned out, tmmediately atver the trees have be- come essentially bare. FROSPECTS THE COMING SRASON—OONCLUBION. Prom the habits of the Orgyia as compared with the Web-worm there is good reason to believe that ‘the former will become in the future more and more numerous, and more and more of a nutsance, just as it has become the most grievous pest in and Philadelphia and other cities where the trees are older. AS to the prospects of a repett- Hon of the Webworm nulsarice the coming season, the probabilities are that it will be very much less troublesome than it was in 1886. It is almost a universal rule in insect life that abnormal in crease of plant-teeding spoctes is followed by @ sudden check. This is due to two causes. First. The at Multiplication of the parasites ‘and natural enemies of the species which such un- due increase permits, Secondly. To the greater feebleness and tendency to disease resulting from insufficient food which 1s a very general accom- paniient of such undue increase. From the dis- eased condition in which the bulk of the last gen- eration of the Web-worm was found, from the at increase in its parasites that we know to flave taken place trom actual observation we may sately expect exceptional immunity the present year. ——_+er-. Peculiar Pronunciations, From Harper's Bazar, It is always amusing, if vexatious, to note the efforts of Englishmen to represent American man- ners in thelr books, and to observe their failures, whether tt 1s Disraeli, with his Southern colonel, and the lady of the ropes of pearls, or Lord Lytton, or the weaker and less conspicuous Mr. Lang. ‘They one and-éll fail to catch the spirit or breathe the atmosphere; while, on the other hand, there 1s.no American writer of any skill or eminence who cannot give pretty fairly the English scene and character without blundering. One of the chief difiiculties of these English writers is with the Glalect of our various, sections; which, vastly ‘amuses them, as if dialect and odd pronunciation were something unheard of tll the great West ned. Yet One questions why they concern emseives with it, When they have such ¥: and such unwarranted dialects and pronunciations ‘at home to struggle with if they wil ‘Look merely “at the pronunciation of their names—the names of families, towns, or rivers; if ‘one pronounced them as they are spelled, one would no more be understood than in pronouncing Welsh or Hungarian ast is spelled. Some of these cor- ruptions of sound of theirs are more or less {atel- ligible. One can see, for instance, how rapid ut- terance would turn’ Charteris into Charters, or Knollys into Noles, Chichester into Chidster, Al- mondsbury into Ainsbry, Beauchiet into Becchif, Mainwaring into Mannering, Hallougton into Hor- ton, St. Leger into Selinger, St. Maur into Semer, Anstruther into Anster, or Skiriington into Skele- ton. And again one can understand how the thick tongueof tie clodhopper has turned York into ¥or- rick,and how from habit or cholce the more delicate enunciation has adopted many such; hasturned ‘Twickenham into ‘Twittnum, Bracegindie into Bres- kittle,even Alne into Orn, Eardswick into Yardsick, Mary-le-bone into Marrowbone, St. Ebbes inte abbs, Kidderminster into Kiddy,or sacred Grass- mere into Gussmer, Portished into Posset, Saltfleetby into Sollaby, Fox-ie-Henning into Foxnailin, Dur- ham into Dorm, Hutton into Yutton, and so on interminably. ‘Still further, it is not difficult to understand the local produnclation of, various ‘words once foreign, whether Danish, or Norman, or Welsh, or monkish Latin, or their as that which out of Rievaulx makes Rivers, len Maudlin, ntning-in-the- Beever out of Belvotr, out of M Pomfret out of Pont ‘Morning out of Laughten-en-lé-Morthen, Grasedy cat of Grace-Dieu, Hossmoncy out of Hurst Mon- ceaux, Bosengate out of Bosanquet, Dumaric out of Dumaresque, Deell out of Dalziel, Strorn out of Strachan, and Kerhoon out of Colquhoun. It is easy also'to see that certain names should have a pronunciation of their own as having come straight from another tongue, Thus it suits the Welch words and others; it fits Liangoilen, in Denbighshire, to be called hiangothien, “and Glynaytwy in Wales, to be called Glindowdry, while Cre Fydd becomes quite naturally Grimith, and various Scotch and French names keep some of their o1 twang. But whatiaw of git that by any stretch of thick tongue or dull earcan turn Pyon into Progown, Duls Coppice into Doocups, Churchdown into Chozum, Entwisle into Tinsel, Tikiey into Eethia, Glencoin into Lenkerrin, Ayclift into Yack- Jey, Birmingham and Cressingham into Brumma- gem and hres fro Ashto! 6 into pertinent cH ey ‘Thratchm, Doon into Orn, Hughenden tch~ ‘Meddlethorpe nto’ Thelthryy ende Macclesfield into Maxit, Woodfardisworthy into Grisery, Dray- ton into Rattn, Cairnsin to Keys, Pampisford into Panza, and Sawbridgeworth into Sapzat Yet we can become 90 used to all these lapses as to feel little surprise when we discover Nuneaton is to be pronounced Yeaton, and Kirk- heaton 1s to be pronounced Yeaton alsd, that St Neots is Sneets in Cornwall and Snotes in Hunt- ingdonshire, that Bt yn ts Barstun, that Cholmondeston 43 Chumston, that Bob! orth is Buvvinger, that Acomp is Yaccam, that North- Drook-End is Nobacken, that Bright Brytun, that Ravenstondale is Hisvendal Kenilworth is Killingworth, that St. Jelly 18 Ste- yongelly, that stougl fee Js stretun, Heppernoime is ‘Oakhampton ts Ockington, Wemyss Weems Huthven is Riven and Leveson-Gower 1s “4Vremains then, only a part of the natural de- ravity of the British tongue that lt. should utter orboldishaim as Feltum, Idridgeley sea, Bablngley as Beverley, Aldborough a3 Au- le. It wi geem plainly as if me Benaency to so uncouth an articulation as our cousins across the sea had ‘the barbarians within their own going three thousand miles across ‘Amusement With those not their own. that their own are so old, of such familiarized, only ‘recognized amo E seen and: isi ‘quaint of queer or outiandish them, But that the Americans of the United States fe EE ii inspite of that it remains 4 dialects English omitt Bcotl Ws iramiiaaea Stes aad terial 3, i ‘Whe Catholic Consistory. A cable special from Rome says: The public consistory at which Cardinal Gibbons and Cardi- nal Taschereau will be hated, has been fixed for March 17,8 originally announced. Three days earlier the secret consistory will be held in the Sala Ducale, without the presence of the American tl € 1 ay 13 ie En a i FISHING FOR PEARLS, Nature’s Jewel Caskets Brought Up from the Caverns ef the Sea. HOW THE PRARIS ARB FORMED—SICK OYSTERS FRO- DUCE THE BEST PRARIS—WHEER THE FISHERIES ARB LOCATED AXD HOW THEY ARE OPERATED. A recently issued bulletin of the United States ‘fish commission contains a translation of an inter- esting report by Engineer M. Weber of Norway, on pearls and peari fisheries. “Many mussela,"says this report, “cover the inside of their shell witha layer consisting of animal membranes and carbo- nated ime. Thereby a peculiar luster is produced on the inside of the shell, which ts called mother- oft-peari, A smaller portion of this secretion often forms excresences shaped like drops or kidneys, ‘which either are imbedded more or less firmly in ‘the inside of the shell, or lie loose in the soft parts of the animal, especially in its so called beard. ‘These are what are generally known as pearis. The formation of mother-of-pearl is Goubtless a natural process taking place in certain mussels, papel on the other hand, is ascribed to accidents, and probably is cause(i by a sickness of the mussel, or by some wound inflicted on it, This view has been reached by noticing the circumstance that, when the shells are large and the inside smooth, clean and without any holes, 80 that the mollusks can 10} are but rarely |; while fa orn run tena nets Sopp ee ye ped ey Valves." Wourteen varieties are enumerated, the ucts of which are known to commeree. but little luster, and are consequently of no great value, For a while the Scoth pearls enjoyed a abs chy on a port of pear shery on the Soast 3 ona of the Red Sea, ‘They catch the mollusks and lay them fn the sun so that they may quickly. pearl fisheries in the Persian especi on the coasts of the island of Bahrein,’ are also in the hands of the Arabs. The Ceylon pearl fsh- eries are carried on on in the gulf of Manaar, same name and also on the west coast near Tuticorin, Experience has shown Uthat few pearis, and these of little value, come trom mussels which are not older than five years. Duri the fifth and sixth the Waluo doubles and in the seventh year it becomes fourfold. ‘The pearis are not fully matured tf the fre taken out’ too soon; and, on the other hand, the animal dies if g not pass through these are said to have the “twentieth measure.” The other baskets in order have 50, 80, 100, 200, 400, G00, 1,000 holes, &€., and each basket has its special name. After the pearls have been sorted in this measure they are weighed, ang thelr value is noted. China has pear fisherfes near Pakh< “ee oe heme pine _—— yroduce large quantities of mother-of-pearl bnure from the island of Tawi-Tawi and Lulu to Baselan 1s one continuous bed of oysters, Here the Malays and Chinese in coumnon. The Lulu fisheries, near Tawi-Tawi, are, according to the statement of an loon ak Mr. ‘Moore, the largest and most productive of all the pearl fisheries in the East Asiatic seas. The pearis which are caught here have always been famous, and the mother-of-] is dis ‘by its Fellow luster, which makes tt suitable for many jurposes, ‘The most important pearl Queensiand are in the hands of Sydney capitalists, ‘The Msheries are carried on by Malays, who dive to adepth of six fathoms, The pearl fishenes on the northwest coast of Australla employ a las number of Malays and nativesas divers. Recent the English papers have reported the discovery of pearls and --ol-pearl near Now Zealand. DIVING FOR FRARLS 1s one of the principal employments for the natives of the Pacific ocean. ~ Here, likewise, mother-ot- pearl is the principal object of the fisheries, The oysters live in colonies, close together, and are firmly attache to each other; ry are at- ing arom thelr body and funnng ‘through the ng. from an ng Shel To the iive animal this band {3 of a dark n, and wometimes gold-bronze color, and the RShermen can tell from{ts color whether the shells contain pearis or not. The shells reach their full size when they are seven years old. When the animal has reached maturity, it tears itself loose from the stones, opens its shell anddies’ The shells are then covered with corais and ites, ‘They become worthless and the pearls are lost. 2 pearls are found loose in the shells, ‘These bre always of a very fine quality, perfectly round and often very large. But there is hardly one in a thousand oysters which contains such pearls. The natives often lose them, owing to the careless way in which they open the shells. Fine and calm weather is most favorable for fish 23 The La hedged no c! sult, we sooty rub their body ‘so the sun may not blister thelr skin, They romain lunder the water one to two minutes, an up oyst a 20 fathoms: “They rarey ko to, sucha depth, but the Mnest oysters are found there, Thus in many fishing-grounds, which were supposed to be ex- haust @ great many pearl-oysters are found in deep water. ‘Besides the oyster, there is often found in the lagoons of the Pacific ocean a kindof Venus shell, which often contains pearis of great value. ‘The fishermen do not look for these pearis at all, Dut it is presumed that it would pay to examine these shells more systematically. In the Pacitic there 1s found another pearl-producing: mollusk, whose shells resemble those of the com- mon oyster. They are always found attached to Tocks, Invariably One By itself; and they, are quite rare. Their pearls are always pel Tak anne tubter and’a gold color, of about tas size of a pea AMERICAN PRARL FISHERIES. of Callfornia, and near Los Coyntes, pearls of alue Have been found. Itis gehefally sup that a row of pearl beds extends from the Gulf of Darien to a fi : F Ee z Be 3, Ey f & i ! i Hiegees From heaven to earth a star descended, don celestial attended), toa semblance human. Seaull retalned within 1 face . a Some likeness of its heavenly grace; ‘Phe veatal benutica of the ‘Where mirrord in its faultieas eyes; cea: LIFE IN NEW YORE. LIGHT IN DARK PLACES—rICTURES XD PICTURE DEALERS, ‘Special Correspondence of Tux Evexrxe Stan. New Youe, March 4, 1887. ‘THE WAPPINET MAN IX XEW TORK ‘Was fbund in the basement of the Metropolitan hotel about 9 o'clock at night. The'gorgeous bar- Teom overhead was flooded with light, and there ‘Was the tread ot many feet on its tessalated floor- Nyblo’s Garden, where the showy ballet of the “Black Crook” was displaying ts. glorics man was first discovered by Et. Glilmore, the r, who is making a fortune out ofMra, Langtry. It was rather a curious dis- covery, Gi had been standing at the bar, ‘umbreila in squad of southern hand, treating a sq . His diamonds shone like stars of the frst Magnitude. He is the pink of perfection in dress always, but on this night the streets were sloppy, ana his shoes were ina sad state, ht toa Proper sense of their condition by a jocular com- ment, he invited the writer to visit the boot-roam, applest uman was found. ‘He was sixty hearly as black a8 a coal, His wool ‘with the frost of time, and the white is eyes and his moustache vied with each her in Telleving the darkness of his complexton, wore doeskin trowsers, and a striped gingham, jumper as clean as a bran ‘new check apron. His ‘own shoes bore a polish that would have done Yo afifth avenue dandy. The room was Deneath the main stairway of the Potel. It was a8 NEAT aS Wax. No housewife’s boudoir could be more cosy. It 4 eee: i glass. A portrait of Andrew Jackson, Nunked by engravings of favorite steam- ships under full sail, hung on the wall. A low bench Was ftied into a niche beneath the stair- way. It held a marble siab, covered with black- ing. The slab looked as though it might have served to disiribute ink on the roller of a proot of Ww: 5 array of brushes, suinmons to arms.” Wisp brooms were suspended in odd ‘and clothes brushes peed from plush iets close by. ‘There Four easy chairs apon te tuvitag Us were At, tv) to seate near two ‘window. emorasures. fron Pedals were reared before each chair to keep the ‘shoe in position while a “shine” was being given. AS we entered the room its occupant was singing an old negro hymn, each verse ending with the “My Lord's gone to Galilee.” He stopped singing as we mounted the platform and took seats, and began to pay strict atiention to business, ‘The dried mud was carefully rubbed from Gtilmore’s legs, and a coarse brush removed the dirt trom Ts shoe, Blacking Was then ap- and the soft polishing brushes were brought Tito: piay. Sever ‘bound voluumes lay ‘onthe window sills’ Texamined one. To my surprise {t proved tobe a copy of Baxter's “Saints’ Rest.” ‘The surprise was intensified on ascertaining t its com Were “Edwards on Revivail stray volume of “Adam Clarke's Commentaries, and a Moody and Sankey hymn book. A glance it Gilmore showed siinilar astonishment on his part. His tongue had suddenly become silent. He was examining a Bible as large as a city director and he seemed deeply interested in its old-ttnue wood cuts. He gazed at an engraving Struck with Blindness” for a minute or more, and he was apparently much tm with an illus. tration of “Zaccheus Up the Tree,” but a deline- ation the fate of Ananlas and Saphira startied him 80 that he abruptly closed the book. The Utles Of the other works did not tend to steady his nerves, He fldgeted uneasily in bis chair, regained his composure and sald: ‘Men in New York think they know they don't. ‘I’ve run Niblo’s Garden for Dut Inever was in tis place before. I 2 Dooeilack's neat, Was Ye sores 80 be e proprietor moistened a shoe and drove his brush vigorously over 11 ‘The t danced within the the softened strains of the Gillmore touched him on of his umbrella, “Unel with i due ir, I do “with a respect, moo without betraying = thtop Gillmore looked nonpt quaint stream of inquiry, logteal sequence. “Wich the best?” asked, a8 he withdrew his right foot from the tron ~The Almighty Father, sir,” was the humble re- ply, “He is the PAYMASTER OF THE UNIVERSE, |.sir, His workmen never strike for wages. He de- clares a dividend of love and peace every night and morning, sir. It sends sunshine into the & shoulder with the ” he said, “do you ie Doth,” particle Dut he had he followed 1 to ens the heavy burdens on the road of Gillmore blinked and began seemed disturbed in mind. “A man as plous a8 you never the truth.”” Gilmore drily observed ‘don’t understand you, sir,” the negro replied, “To copper the truth ineans to lie,” said GU more. “Don’t you know about taro?” “I know that he was drowned in the Ked sea, sir, but I don't know that it was for lying. The ook says it was because God hardened his “Thits won't wash,” Gilmore continued. “You're double banking me. Come off. Didn't you Just tell me that you were never alone, and isn't that a “wit jue r. Vr. a ns ““{ AM NEVER ALONE. God 1s always with me. No man is ever out of his presence. He is always with you, sir. Thepreach- ers wouldn't accept your invitation to see the Black sir, but God accepted it. You might Dot have seen ‘Him, but he there every mgt, sir. He watches and guards you better than Hé wi and guarded the Brooklyn theater, sir.” ‘The old inn had put final gloss on ule man- T'S Shoes, 1¢ stood, in hand, Tapture of a religious fervor. He turned a stream of flery exhortations upon his questioner. Gill- Se Ree eee metaphor, warm! Rad never heard betore. Tearswelled trom theold darkey’s eyes as he warned the manager, in ing tones, to flee from the wrath to come. probably’ Gilimore was fairly paralyzed. He seemed fascin- ated by the rude sophistry of the ever had aman more in Ripower fe sney ran turig om Che rot rasta pes from the heart of “The Black Crook” broke more was adrift on the ‘sea of sin. ieee» llat to Tesald, ashe dropped worth a naif a dollar ” ashe Grapes the cotn tn the old man’s and disappeared without w: Four days afterwards met Henry Clair, late ‘The most complete arrangements have been made for the vast crowds which were expected to A hi f ! Ii i i srdvwhite ‘If you wish to form a picture gallery in New ‘York you will have to pays high price for the paintings. A cliqueof four or five dealers controls ‘the trade, and bt AR Fy a v i ft Sear seme ar | conveys: Cauena, MEXICO, Feb, 22 Correspondence of Tae EVEKING RTAR. The state of Chiahuahua, through which Pass in our journey into Mexico, ts the largest tn the republic. Fully one-half of its northern atea 1s UnNt for cultivation, while the southern part tt exceedingly fertile wherever water can be had for irrigation. The live Yankee would have this coun- Uy all dotted over with wells and wind mills, and he would @oon try the experiment of artesian Wells, Which ought to be a great success ‘The hactendas we pass have descended trom father to Son, being immense estates of from 58,000 to 125,000 acres, some of them having irrigating ditches fy miles in length. ‘The profits derived from these lange estates are immense. Many are managed by an oversecr, thelr owners residing in, Paris, City of Mexico or elsewhere, Our journey isscarcely begun ere we flnd that our northern clothing 1s exceedingly uncomfortable, but If we ish enough to change our gs day we will certainly ring for Ube porter and an exe tra blanket before midnight. The country through. Wich we pass looks like am alkall desert, no ral, having fallen for three monthyand nearly ax many more “Will pass before the Wet season beginn, As wesweep on the alkall dust fils Ube cars, note witustanding doors and windows are closely shut —Our lips becowe dry and parched, the nose and head sythpathize,and altogether we Unink We have & dad case of Catarrh, Here and (here we pase Where skirinishes with the blood-thirsty Apaches have made the places historic, The state ls noted for its val mines, one of which, in Saute Eulalia, in the Silver mountain, has Fielded $47,000,000. The celebratéd Bae foplias mine, in thin Sierra | Madre range, in the western part of the state is said to yielding 70,000 per month, We scarcely run into y town In our Journey as the raliroad met with such Beroe t40n Ubat the right of way could cattle are over the arid pising crner soes Hitle Chat ik green, Set trae clad Woinen with immense water ei heads, and tnt ble donkeys patienuy carrying their heavy burdens, the brutal driver ‘With less sense Unan the docile beast, urging them on With his whip and horrid oaths In Spanbs. Night shuts in and our train moves on, passing through Sacramento, made notable by the batuie fought by Col. Doniphan in the early part of the Mexican war. We arrive at CHIANUAETA, 225 MILES SOUTH OF BL PASO, sea, has ‘a temperature rarely above 70 dogrees, with many One buildings, and has the reputation, of being @ healthy municipality, The trainway us to the There is te ue “to remind us of the Sabbath, Stores are open and there seems very Mttle cessa- Uon from the usual week day labors. ‘The one with white cotton pants, the pink of the tash- ton, and with the addition of a bright shaw! and his'immense sombrero, be 18 a genuine specimen of the Mexican dude, The wi made from their shaw! adjusted in a mysterious Way, beyond the comprehension of the ladies of ourparty. Everywhere filthy in rags and These ‘revolting spectinens gather fn immcuse Dumbers about ‘the ‘and_piteousiy ex- change, We enter the old cat bss ‘at the head of the piaza Mayor, joe, With a massive dome and impo This structure cost §800,000, Which was a tax Teal (123 cents) on every $8 taken amine near the city. In the tower merous collection of bells, one of Which Was SHATTERED BY A CANNON BALL fired in 1866 by Maxtmillian’s forces duri invasion of the city. ‘There is here an aqueduct, carried over massive arches, through which pure water 1s t into a fountain which ts con stanly by hosts of men, women and chtl- dren with ‘and earthern water jars of all im: shapes. An interm breaks upon our ears at every step, and were it not for our and gentlemanly int Senor Manuel Kivesoll, we might as well be In the’ heart of South Africa.’ ‘The Spaniards have been out of their old time notions since the raliroad en- ered the city; and there are now Uwo Dewspapern, @ street railway, a telephone, an tory and a modern bullion refihery. Here at the capital, in the mint,is where ihe Prieal go, Was ‘and from it was Jed to execution in the ic beingthe sabbath, states five, ten, twenty-five, fifty cents are coinéd, which are current in every confederation. Theold issue of 4g current everywhere. ‘The paper issue Mexican National bank Is current Jeo, but the unfortunate holder must pay a discount upon it outside of this boundary, even though presented at their own branches. The bank of Chihuahua issues paper redeemable in current money (copper), OF Wi AUS per cen Miscount, at the‘option of tue bank” Ot course the holder can’t carry Uhe copper—and the discount 1s ‘So enormous—the paper is never redeemed, and with a good printing press the bank has a regular nz, ‘We leave Chihuahua 5 z i i i i 4 ui ; 5 ef :