Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1887, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1887—-DOUBLE SHEET hi CITY A ND_DIS TRICT. WHE DISTRICT NATIONAL GUARD, Regulations for its Government Pre- scribed by Gen. Ordway. fhow orricens ann to ae CROs —eNLIETERNTH Tx ‘TSE NaTIONaL GUARD DRILLS, IN@TRUCTION, AND ANNUAL INSPRCTION—TUR OFFICERS COMMISSIONED. Brig. Gen. Ordway, of the District National juard, through the acting adjutant genefal, has Seuets loug general order prescribing regulations for the instruction and government of the National Guard. These provide that field officers of regi- ments or battalions shail be elected by the captains and Heutenants of the compantes composing the Tegimeats and battalions, and captains and ten tenants of the companies aliall be chosen by the enilsted men of the companies, The staff officers Of @ regiment or battalion shall be appointed by the permanent commander thereof. Every person accepting an election or appoint- ment as an oficer shall appear before an examing board, to be appointed by the commanding gen- bral, Which board shail examine said officer a8 to ‘his military and other qualifications, If, in the opinion of the board, slich officer is competent, And otherwise qualified, they shall certily the Taot to the commanding geueral, who shall there. upon recommend him to the Presitent for commis- on, A cominissioued oAicer mas be dissnised DY ‘the commanding genera! u pon the sentence court martial, of con vietiot in a court of justicect SNou-couumnissioned staff oftee of regiments and Non-commlssioned si rs Dattalions shall be appetated by their respective Permanent commanders. Non-commisstoned officers of compantes shall be appolmied by tucir permanent regimental or battalion commander, on the written recommen- dation of the company commander, or on his cer. Uneate that they have been duly lected by the company. ‘Original enlistments tn the National Guard shall be for the term of three years, but any soldier who may have recciv>i an honorable discharge by Teason of the expigation of his ter of service may be re-eniisted anc mustered for a term of one, two, Or three years, as he 1.7 elect, provided such re- enlistment is" ma bin thifty days expiration of his previous term of service. After sighing enlistment papers the applicant inst be duly elected to membersulp ia the organization he ‘Tue UNIFORM. : ‘The uniform of the National Guard shall be the same ag prescribed and furnished to the Army, with the addition to the undress uniform of leg~ ings, Of such color and pattern as may be hers. Snr preseribaa. Any orguntsaston of the National Guard may adopy and “provide at their own €x- Pense, any other Uunitorm tuan that prescribed ut such uniforms shall not be worn when such Suanizations are on duty under the orders of the eftumanding general, except by bis permission. ‘Regulations are prescribed for the care of prop- erty and for courts-maridal. DRILLS AND INSTRUCTION. ‘The system of drili and instruction and forms of Parades and ceremonies will be governed by the system of tactics and code of regulations pre- scribed for the Army. Each battalion shall drill at least once in two months, and tie commander Of any battalion may also assemble the companies or the officers of his command for such additional Grills as he iay deem necessary. Each company shall drill at least twice im each month from Octo- ber to April, inclusive, and oace io each month from May to September, inclusive, and shall also fassembie for such additional driils as may be or- gered by its commanding officer or, prescribed by its regulations or by-laws An annual inspection and inuster of all organizations of the National Guard shali be made by the adjutant general in the monta of May, at such times and places as the commanding genéral may direct. ‘© organization of the National Guard shall CARPENTRY AND COOKERY, Manual Training for Goys and Girls| The Value of Pen in the Public Schocls, ‘THE PLANS FOr THR COMING YEAR—TRACHFRS TO BE RMPLOYRD AND SEVERAL SCHOOI® TO RE ESTAB- LISHXD—METAL AND WOOD WORK FOR BOYE—COOK- 1NG FoR Gris. For two years the Washington High School has been the of an extensive experiment in the Way of the manual trafcing of public school puptis, as a brancit of the work of public education. Dur- tng the first year the “shop,” asit was termed, was cramped in its extent and effectivencss, the num- bar of boys receiving instruction being necessarily itmited to about forty. The instructor was one of the teachers of physics and was able to devote but Ashore space of time each week to the Work in carpentry, which formed the first step in the ex- periment. The boys were taught the elemental theories and practice of the joiner’s art, and were given a short course in wood-turning. ‘The experiment of the first. year was regarded as sufficlently successful to warrant ts contino- ance last year under a diferent plan and with en- larged accommodations, A graduate of one of the leading technoiogical institutions of the country Was employed, and ati additional room given up 1a the basement of the school for this purpose. BY means of the unexpended portion of an old cou- tingeat fund Commissioner Webb was enabled. to secure sufficient tools for the new. enterprise, and the boys of the school manufactured the hecessary Work benches. Instead of forty, two hundred and forty boys recelved instruction one hour cach week in the use of the hainiuer, saw, chisel, plane and the other tools of the carpenter's trace, ‘This, as has been Said, was, to acertain extent, experimental, and the work was closely watched for practical results by the Commissioners and the School trustees, by whom it, was pronounced an Unquailfied success at the close of the past school year. CHAIRMAN CURTIS’ VIEWS, A Stan reporter called on Mr. W. W. Curtis, who 4s the chairman cf the committee on manual training of the board of trustees, and asked his opinion of the work and its results, “Mvely Lean say with assuraiice, that the work at the High Schoo) last year and the year before has been eminently successful; 60 much &0, in- deed, that our committee has decided to recom- mond tts continuance and its development. ‘The appropriation for this purpose at our disposal 1s too small to admit of any extensive operations, but we have thougnt it w establish a few Food senools, doing {ad service to & few at frst, jastead of spreading our moneyout so far that it wil Ve too thin to do zny good. We propose to enlarge the work at the High School by renting a building opposite, which is admirably adapted to the pur. » and einploying three teachers. ‘This will afford accommodations for all of the High School pupils and a number of those of the second divi- sion aswell. In the Jefferson and the Peabody Dutldings we wili start manual training school: With oue teacher for each. As for the color schools, I cannot say, but I believe that they are to be provided with aimple accommodations. In the Jefferson and the Peabody schools we may be forced to limit the instruction to the pupils of the higher grades, possibly the eighth, but we hope to give as much instruction to as maby pupils as our Tunds will permit.” TO BECOME A FEATURE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. “I delteve,” he continued, “that the manual training of students is destined to become a nec- essary factor in our public instruction, The effects produced on the pupils are both mental and physical. Itis a relief vo the brainwhen the pupilcan lay aside his books for an nour and apple with more tangibie materials than Alge- bral quantities and Latin verbs, It veaches them juable methods in carpentry, and in many ways Mp undoubtediy, penenal es ns a “In what way do you vel work in case of ts success? he was asked. > “By giving better instruction to more pupils,” e the Distriet, or perform or participate in any Parade or public ceremony, in uniform or under arms, without the permisstdn of the commanding general, Officers Commissioned. An order has also been issued announcing that fhe following officers have been commissioned by the President: FIRST BATTALION OF INFANTRY. ‘Wm. G. Moore, to be major; Hamilton E. Leach, to be captain aud surgeon; Wm. H. Harrison, to be frst Heutenant and adjutant; Geo. Breitbarth, to de first Leutenaut and quartermaster, ‘Company A—W a. N. Dalton, to be capiain; Jno, B. Cowie, to be first Ueutenant. Compaay B—Burton K. Ross, to be captain; Wm. L Cash, to be first eutenant. ‘Company C—Jno. C. Entwisie, to be captain; Phas. H. Ourand, to be first Heutenant. Company D—Juo. 8. Miller, to be captain; Peter J. Dufly, iw be first ileutenani, SECOND BATTALION OF INFANTRY. Company A—M. Emmet Ureil, to be captain; Frederick Thomason, to be first Meutenant; Dan’ &. Fenton, to be second Heutenant, Was the response. “That 13, our methods and the extent of the work will be gradually en: so that in time, as we hope, the entire public sclicol system will be provided with manual training- schools that give thorough instruction in wood and_ metal working. (At present we shall have to confine our operations within narrow limits.” “What is to be done in the way of instruction in cooking?” asked the reporter, “That is something of which I know but little,” replied Mr. Curtis. " “Superintendent Powell has taken a sort of charge of that branch of the wor! and tn consequence he would be better qualifi tospeak thanl But believe that something 1s to bedone in this direction during the coming year. Inthe Peabody school it 1s proposed to es- tablish a cooking school with one teacher, There a be one cue one C Seber: T have | en, opposite ‘School, with one teacher, We shail probably be able to utilize some of the Norma! School graduates for this work, as a few of them have been receiving especial training tor ‘this purpose.” ‘TEE RESULTS. “Do you think that practical results can be ob- ‘tained in this way?” interrogated the reporter. “Yea, Ido,” was the reply. “I belleva that we Company B—Wm. tobe Sra ¥- Brown, to. be frst leuteuant; a0 Purseil, to be second lieutenant. ‘THIRD BATTALION OF INFANTRY. Company A—Wm. W. Mills, to be captain; Con- fad Ludwig, to be first lieutenant; Richard Cur- Jain, to be second lieutenant. Com; C—Heary F. Poston, to be captain; me Beagle, to be first eutendnt; Jno. O'Neill, to be second lieutenant. FOURTH BATTALION OF INFANTRY. Company A—Eugene C. Edwards, to be captain; Dornelius T. Daly, to be first lleutenant; B. Hersey Munrve, to be second leutens~t. ‘Company B—Argvle Mackey, to be captain; Wm. P. Fieid, to be lirst leutenant; Marun F. Flan- bery, to be second Meutenant. Company C—Chas. 8. Domer, to be captain; Lee B. Mosher, to be first lieutenant; T. Arthur Tom- lunson, to be second leutenaat. FIFTH BATTALION OF IXPAXTRY. Chas. B. Fisher, to be major; Irving H. Simms, to be frat Heutenant and adjutant. Company A—Benj. Young, to be captain; Robt Morton, to be second lieutenant. C®mpany B—Alex. Oglesby, to be captain: Solo- mon A. Lomax, to be first’ Meutenant; Tasker ‘Thompson, to be second lleucenant. ‘SIXTH BATTALION OF IXPANTRY. Christian A. Fleetwood, to be major; Thomas L. Upshur, to be captain and surgeon; W. H. Judson M: in, to be first eutenant and adjutant; Joa S. Covledge, to be rst lleutenant and quartermaster. Coa A—Arthur Brooks, to be captain; Shir- ley H. Williams, to be frst Meutenant; Marshall M, Custis, to be second ileutenant. Company B—John S. Clements, to be captain; Primas H. Siramons, to be first Heutenant; Fred- erick T. Webster, to be second Meucenant. \—Abrabam L. Alexander, to be cap- ford Marshal, to be first lieutenant; Robert B. Covington, to be second lieutenant. SRVENTH BATTALION OF INFANTRY. Fred’k C. Revells, to be major; Sidney A. Sumby, to be captain and surgeon; Chas. R. Douglass, to ‘be frst lieutenant and adjutant; Wm. Jotce, to be Srst Keutenant and quartermaster; Jno. E. Purdy, to be drst lieutenant and chaplain! Company A—Jas. A. Perry, to be captain; Chas. ‘H. Hili, vo be frst Meutenant; Jesse K. Koy, to be Second iteutenant. Company B—Peier B. Meredith, tobe captains Lewis H. Coliins, to be first leutémant; Chas, H. ‘Watson, to be second lieutenant. Company C—John H. Campvell, to be captain; Walter S. Gray, to be first lieutenant; Lewis 2 Davis, to be second leuteaant. Company D—Linton S. Cary, to be captain; Geo, B. Lucas, to be frst Ueutenant; Joba F. Dade, to be second lieutenant. Until elections for majors are ordered the second, third, aud fourth battalions will be com- Inanded respectively Dy their senior captain, OKGANIZING NEW COMPANIES. ‘The National Cadets received 1ast evening sev- eral applications for membership. The company 1s oMficered by Cent. H. ¥ W. Campbell and Mi ce B. Durant, . Ordway Yesterday authorized capt. Donald Cathran to orgauize @ company In Uniontown, ™ Le —___ BOoOKs OF THE WEEK. wittes, Bi Zork, Macnuliaa & Co. Washington: Win. Ballan- a S$ ROUBINE. A Russian Story. By EVILLE. author of “Dosia,” “Navell’s c.. ete. Translated from’ the French . Cox Philadelphia: ‘I. B. Peterson Farewell. in thine eyes As in those vanished days of yore Ber youth knew aught of sighs. Thy voice shall haunt my soul for aya, As sea-sounds haunt the hollow-ehell, Remeub’riug all how couldst thou say ‘That last sad word—“Farewell:™ —Joux Bnooxanp Ox, Lost Casrx, Wro., July 28. 1587, -o Prohibition in the South, From the New Orleans Times- Democrat. ‘The Mississippi Probibitionists, in the conven- Yon just held at Jackson, decided to ask the legis. lature to submit Lo the people at the next election 8 constitutional amendment prohibiting the man- Ufacture or sale of Uquor in the State. This is a Marked departure from the position which they have hitherto held. They have preferred to dis- cuss and vote by counties on the question of sale of Uquor, as in Georg, and have won many signal in mode of campaign. Not a few the delegates to the Jackson convention, among some of the like Bishop Joway, con-idered this movement for a State elec- Yon ‘on prohibition inexpedient, but a majority thought differently, and ‘will therefore be made tn ail probability to the legislature. It Ey SG Guy tbat should prohibition Decome an Issue In Misatsstp; not be very 1 spreads to boule The more ntly before the Say. Whether it will cut so prominent the future this year’s contest FESEE cam teach the High School girl, or any other gi how to cook a decent meal, and even more, an that ts something more than many of them can do now. ‘There have at times been given in this city lectures by different parties on cooking and kin- dred topics, but they have aimed too high in their ans, and 'in consequence the cooking that bas taught by these methods has been useless to the ordinary girl, although it might suffice for such places es Welcker's or Wormiéy’s. With all of thelr apparatus and paraphernalia, the modern cooking school iooks more like a surgeon's office than a practical kitchen. What, with machines for boning turkeys and contrivances for doing the work without ‘the fingers, the instruction 1s, ot very little value. Now what we propose 18 to Overcome the objections to this work which the Prople have formed, by teaching the girls to go to the kitchen and cook a meal with taste and ecouoms, and particularly with economy, for it 18 essential in the most of our families that each condiment be made to go as far as possible. When ‘we have accomplished that the High School girl graduate can snap her fingers at the newspapers, fang, with head and hands combined, can show thé ‘world that her education is not vaineless.” woe AT THE DOG POUND. How the Unredeemed Curs are Put out of Existence. A FISTOL BULLET THROUGH THE HEAD—DOGS THAT Dig WITHOUT A GROAN—THE CAGE IN WHICH THE DOGS ARE IMPRISONED—A VEIL DRAWN IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY. ‘Where New York avenue encounters the wall surrounding the Naval Observatory at 23d street west and stops in consequence, stands a small frame bullding surrounded by a high fence. This ig the reservoir of tagiess canines, familiarly known and designated as “the pound.” There are kept in durance vile the dogs whose owners have Ro appreciation for their points, the dogs that get away from their masters and fail prey to the deadly net, dogs of quality, dogs of quantity, yellow dogs, lack = dogs and variegated dogs. ‘The situation is happily selected, for the nearest neighbors, who might otherwise be sadly disturbed by the unme- lodious chorus that occasionally arises from the yard, are distant over a square, IN THE CAGE. In one corner of the yard.under a half-shed roof, ‘stands a large tron cage, painted black, with three com| ents, Into these Placed the cay tured dogs, the haul of each being kept in separate cages. The dogs are kept for two days, during which the owners may call and redeem their antmais by the nt Of $2, the amount of the tax. When the time comes for the killing of the un: dogs, which usually happens each afternoon in the season, a large canvas curtain 13 drawn in frontof the eg ‘This isthe inven- Uon of the members of the Humane Society, in Whose opinion the dogs would be distressed by the sight Of such & sanguinary operation as takes Place on the other side of the canvas. HOW TUE DOGS ARE SHOT. ‘The door of one of the cages containing those dogs which have been caught two days previously 4s opened and a man reaches down into the strug- wing depths of curdom and selects a dog. ‘The inst aniinal of this season Offered up on the altar of the public health was a yellow herd dog of arather good breed, but afflicted with a bad c: of distemper. A ‘Was placed around his. neck and he was hauled out tothe fence where tne Tope Was passed around one of the posts. The one of the unfortunate canine wis grasped bs a large colored man, who carefully, but, quickly, selected a spot in the forehead, just above and between the eyes, lowered the point of a revolver to within an tnch of the animal's skuil and pulled the trigger. The 32-caliber bullet passed through the brain and emerged from the back of the neck, and the dog was dead. With a convulsive kick of all four here aah ee eee jpouring wane sank to the cobbie-stones, hosirtls and mouth, = SHOWED FIGHT. ‘The second dog that was hauled from the cage sniffed suspiciously at the quivering form of his Jate comrade In captivity, and showed fight whe: ‘the rean with the pistol tried to hold his nose, Dut @ sudden haul Of the rope, which was held by a brought lils muzzle against the feuce-post, and he submitted with bad grace to the operation. Thus the work went on, a shot ringing out every few seconds until the mass of = dogs was nearly 3 feet high. One small canine incousiderately moved his head at the wrong (a would say, he spoiled the sitting, consequently another car- —— bad to be ex nded before the soul of the fled. When all of the condemned dogs had deen ‘TRE Stak rr counted the em which the had placed tn a £ i & i fe e2 % the city 6f Washington for that land from whose dourue no canine has yet re- turned. Six of the old catch were left in the ve £ REAL ESTATE MATTERS. yivanin Avenue Property as Shown by Kecent Sales, THE CHANGES IN PROGHEGS ON F STREET AND THR SIDE STREBTS—REPRESKNTATIVE WILEING NEW RESIDENCE ON MASSACHUSETTS AVENUR—SRLARGING MT. VERNON SHMINART—OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, Property on Pennsyitania avenue comes so in frequently into the market that it is aimeult to fora an estimate of its value, - Octrsionally & piece of property is offered for sale, as was the case during the past week with tue building known as Harvey's restaurant, at the eoutbeast corner of Pevnsylvatia avenue and 11th street. The sale was made at public auction to settle an estate, and Mr. Geo. W. Harvey became the purchaser. It 18 @ two-story brick building on an irregular plece of ground, the frontage on the Avenue being 28 feet, and the average depth Deing 122 feet. The Price paid was $39,000, which 1s about $12.20 per square foot, without considering the Value of the fmnprovements.* In June last the Independent lee Co, bought the property at the southeast corner of 12th and D streets, Which 1s really on the Ave- hue, at public suction, and the price paid was about $7 per foot, A few months ago Mr. De Atley bought property on the suuth side of “the Avenue, between 12th 13th streets, for which 'he pad $5 per foot. ‘The build- ing, 1105 Pennsylvania avenue, adjoining Tae Stax building, was recently sold by the owner, Mr. G. A. Whitaker, and the price paid amounted to $21.12 per square foot. Judge Cox, in June last, bought at public auction the Dullding frontiag on 1ith street, Just north of the Avenue, and he paid Dullding oocupied by patton & Strickiands ou the upt alton ickla north side of ‘the venus between 9th and 10th streets, Was sold, and the price_ol ‘was about §23 per foot, ‘The St. Marc Hotel bullding, av 7th Street and the Avenue, was purchased Spring by. the Central National Bank, and the peice paid was $42 per foot. CHANGES ON F STREET. ‘The changes along F street, from 15th to 6th street, which have transformed it trom a residence street into a business street, has been in progress for bts years. Durt the last we, ae ears this progress has been very rapi ‘now he, Dulldings used for residences wolely are the fare exception. There is only one house of this character on the block between 14th and 15th stroots two between 13th and 14th strecte, and four between 1th and 13th streets, All the Dulldings between 9th and 11th streets are used tor stores or offices on the first floor at least, and the residences between 9th and 6th streets are Tapidly being transformed into business places, ‘The same change may be noted on the side streets Tunning north and south of F street, although this movement may be said to have only begun. On @ Street, also, the residences are beginning to give way to business houses, These changes may be taken as an indication of the increase in the popu- lation of the city and the consequent increase in the business carried on here. ENLARGING MT. VERNON SEMINARY, A large addition is being erected to the building owned by Mrs. Somers at the southwest corner.of 1ith and M streets, and occupied by the Mt, Ver~ non Seminary, of which, as 1s so well known, Mra. Somers is the principal. The new addition will be used to supply the deticleucy for some time felt in the accommodations for class-rooms, it will lave a frontage of 31 feet on 11th street and will Tun back to a depth of o4 feet. ‘The architect, Mr, Robert Stead, has provided a number of Suitable recitation rooms in the first and second stories, but the third story will De devoted entirely to a chapel for the use of theseminary. The main object in the improvement has been to secure re- lier from the rather cramped quarters which the increased attendance at the seminary has cau bui some attention has been paid to architecturé effect, and the exterior design is Posse and effect. ive. ‘The front is of red select brick laid in red mortar. ‘MR. JOHN MORAN'S NEW RESIDENCE. A residence 1s being erected for Mr, John Moran on twenty-second street near H. The house has a frontage of 21 feet and a depth of 54 feet, and 1s three stories and basement in tring it ‘The front 1s Of tasteful design, the press-brick work being laid In black mortar, the stone trimmings of Hum- Melstown stone, the Might of steps at entrance being of the same material, the key-stone of front door arvh is of the same stone, Of ornate design. ‘The bay window runs up two stories only, a is surmounted by a fbi feed iron balcony Spr © The a arched twin window of the front room, third story, opens out on this balcony, Above the bay, the width of same, the brick work is brought out ina | Pee Of 6 inches and is surmounted by a handsome galvanized tron cor- nice and baliustradé, tits same Qnish extendi: across the front of ‘house, Moulded bricks and ornamental brick need are used With taste upon the front. The house contains ten large rooms: and two bath-rooms, The principal story contains a@large saloon parlor, sitting-room and dining- room, connected by silding doors;{the parlor is also. connected with the hali by means of sliding doors. ‘The front and vestibule doors are of oak; the upper Panels of vestibule doors and transom is (0 be iilled in with stained glass. The cost of the house ‘Will be about $7,000. ‘The architect is Mr. Chas. A. Harkness, ng the builder Mr. Peter McCartney. AN OLD MANBION RECONSTRUCTED. ‘The Stott mansion, just north of Soldiers’ Home Park, which during the war was occupied by Gen. Meigs as his headquarters, has been greatly en- larged and enhanced in its architecture, from de- signs by Mr. C. A. Harkness, ‘The old verandas hate given place to new, front and rear, and a ‘steep pitched roof with gables and dormer win- dows, Logether with acircular tower, with conical roof on northwest corner, extending high above the rest of the house, makes it a picturesque ob- Ject. The light delicate tints used in the painting ‘of the exterior also enbances its attractiveness, DMPROVEMENTS AT THE WESTERN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Extensive alterations and additions to the Western Presbyterian church, Rev. Theo, 8. Wyn- Koop, pastor, are now nearly completed. A new floor has been lafd-in the basement throughout, upon concrete 12 inches deep, composed of broken stone and brick, with a layer of ceinent and gravel on top.* Upon this 18 laid an asphalt concrete layer, 4 Inches thick, containing the sieepers for flooring. ‘The partition between the former library aud the classroom has been removed, and the room thus made larger 18 to be used for a Bible class room, the library being removed to the larze Toom oppésite, formerly occupied by the Bible class, ‘Two toilet or retiring rooms have also been added, ‘The old yas drop-lighte have been re- moved from the Sunday and infant school rooms and bracket lights on side walls and upon the columns substituted. ‘The infant school room has been much improved in its arrangement and a) pearance. ‘The furnaces have been completely overhauled and repatred and arrangements made to better venijlate the Sunday-school room, All the rooms and corridors of the basement will be handsomely papered and regrained, and new car- pets and curtains of light, cheerful tones furaisned therefor. ‘The work his ‘been done by Mr. Notley Anderson, contractor, from the plans of ©, A. Harkness, architect. 'The building commitvee on {he partot the church 1s com Of Col. Amos Webster, Gey. J. Irwin Gregg and Jas. B. Lambie, REPRESENTATIVE WILKINS’ NEW HOUSE. Contracts have this week been signed for the construction of a fine residence for Representative Beriah Wilkins, of Ohio, to be situated on the north side of Massachusetts avenue, between 17th and 1sth streets. The building will be erected from the designs aud under the superintendence of Messrs. Smithmeyer & Pelz, architects, and will bea fine example of German renaissance. ‘The front will be treated in red brick and Hummelston brownstone, with carved ornamentation in stone and terra cotta. A bay window, starting from the basement octagon in is carried up circular from the first-story siil to the third floor, where it terminates with a simple but effective cornice. ‘The entrance and entrance steps are very hand- some, the checks terminating in circular effectively carved and moulded. The lower por- Uon of the front is broken and so treated as to give additional emphasis to the main enti ind also to allow a greater projection to the bag ‘window. ‘The intertor of the house has been planned with special reference to the taste of the owner, and ‘will be very penny Fe le Rates floor, comprising hall, parlor, brary, -TOOm, and butier's panty, will be nnished Larougliout in oak. The dining-room be wainscotted in oak, with oak cornice and ceil treatment, and hand- some mantel, which wiil De part of the ‘The brary and parlor will be treated in special decoration, ‘Tue staircase and screen in hall will be of oak, the latter artistically carved. The rooms are ‘very large—the parlor 30x15 feet, the dining-room 24x16 feet, and the other rooms in Proportion. In the basement 1s a large play-room, With kitchen, laundry, furnace-room, and ofices, In the second floor there are three bed-rooms, linen. closet, bath-rooms, ae. and in the third story three bed-rooms, large store closet, -room, &c. ‘The house 1s ainply provided with Closets and with every modern convenience, and 1s to be built in the inost thorough manner,’ ‘The total cost will be about $20,000. THE IVY INSTITUTE NEW BUILDING. Prof. 8. W. Flynn is erecting on the southwest corner of 8th and K streets northwest, two three the builders. The cost will be about 7,500. ‘The corner house will be occupied by “Ivy institute,” the well-known edt institution of which Prof. Piynn is the founder and principal, Prot. Flynn will continue his usual course ‘vate instruction in the back part of the old house. tae ai DEPARTMENT ICE WATER. If restless conscience, or the hot weather, or ‘some other good, valid cause should compel a per- son to get up early in the morntng, there are seve. ral points of interest about the city which would ie of shared in the drowsiness of the night, and as there are but few signs of awakening, Watchmen look out of the doors with tired ret ot Wraiting for the arrival of the relief. The the scene, however, ntly broken by the Fattle and dash of a wraioh eratys up we Si sib aay Nate ene Ward the Dasement ‘a0, ad are inside, One cake follows another until you ‘to im. e that the atm has absorbed an arc ness, But the men keep tugging away, a Then one wagon ts emptied another hutrick up nd the unloading progess goes on, You it 1s a peculiar time to lay in A SUPPLY OF 10k forthe summer, and so you follow along the toy path, rather enjoying the experience after the hot, dry night. You look into the doorway and see ‘that when the blocks of 108 come inside they are detained for a few moments until they can be ‘weighed, and are then slid on to the ice-box, an immense structure, with a wide yawning mouth. ‘The Department officials stand at the scale to see that the weight is all right. ‘This sosne is repeated gach day inthe year, Only inthe warm weather {here is'more too delivored. "A. contract Ys mnie ee all the ice needed b; ne th fora , They arepaid Cs Rbout 2¢ cents per 100, Owing to the unustal Rot leather of the past mont the consumption of 1c8 has largely increased. As’a rule one ¢ 1a Department buildings consumes about & ton of 108 day during the spri Winter the consumption During the past month the amount of los ‘some Of the Departments has reached ‘TWO TONS 4 Dat. ‘Two tons of solid, trozen water placed in the Dasement of these butldings each day! It would seem that that ought to serve in itself to keep the temperature down. Perhaps it would if it hada chance. But it doesn’t. It is not long after the ice has been placed in the ice-box when a laborers and messengers make an assault. gome armed with great 109 ploks and carrying large pails. The immense blocks;are pushed ‘Way and that way. They are split into ple: Which vary all the way trom 12 pounds 101 po ‘There is not much left of the ton or two tons when the assaulting picks rest from their ial The gang of men, with their pails filled Balad ie par eas Gere eee ya they enter, one after another, the rooms, In one room they'find a water cooler. In another room an ice pitcher. Nearly every ‘room is supplied with some receptacle for drinking water. ‘They are filled up with ice. When the clerks reach the Department they find ice-water ready for their use, ‘This supply usually Insts all day. But ‘when the weather is very Warm it is found neces- sary to refill the coolers and pitchers again in the afternoon. In the Interior Department, for example, during the month of June the consumption of ‘ice was about 2,500 pounds per day, while during the past month it was about 3,000 rday. ‘These figures do nov include the supply furnished to the Pension Bureau or to the Geological Survey. ‘These 3,000 pounds of ice daily supply the needs of some 1,300 persons, and thelr individual shareis therefore a/little more than two pounds per day. At the con- tract price paid by the Departinent, each employe consuines nearly HALF A CENTS WORTH of icecach day. This, bowever, includes the con- sumption of ice water by the visitors and the out- siders who may have business in the Department, ‘The Government does not provide any other liquid Tefreshment for its employes, ‘The iced tea, lemon- ade or mint julips which Government officials may find necessary in order to enable them to perform their duties during the heated term must be pald for from their private means, unless the law gov- erning the disbursement of the contingent fund is itberally construed. ‘There have been no known cages Where, in theexpenditure of this fund, file. holders and lemonade have been found to be as identical terms, and the money appro- lated for the former purpose has been used in he purchase of the latter. It is not believed that this latitude in construction prevails to any extent in the Departments at present, and in consequence the officials are restricted officially to cold-water Tefreanmenta, ———__s9__ MEN AND WOMEN SHOPPERS, Why Some Men arc Always Badl v fe Mon ve Y WOMEN WHO THINK THEY AN BUY CHEAPER THAN THEIR UUSBANDS—THE MAN WHO BUYS FOR HIS WIFR—NOW HE TAKES THE SALESLADY IXTO HIS CONFIDENCE—A TALE WITH A DRYGOODS CLERK. Ayoung lady with a manner compounded ot maidenly modesty and matronly superiority, which suggested a short experience of married life, walked into a down-town gente’ furnisning store the other day, accompanied by an elderly lady who might have been her husband’s mother- in-law. ‘The old lady deposited herself upon a stool while the younger ran her hand over a pile of flannel shirts in @ manner to display her per fect familiarity with gentlemen’s wearing apparel ““@nat’s the price?” she asked of the smiling cler} who leaned over with his hands on the counter,his arms and body bowed with accommo- oetnnreeva'-a-half, mam." “Three dollars and a. half! Isn't that high for “ithe clerk explained that the garments she ‘phe cl reletred to were not “undershirts, br the Woolen ‘outer shirts now so popular with gentlemen. ‘The lady blushed, and looked to see if any one elgg had observed hér display of Iguorance, “Well, of course; but I guess I won't take those this time, Give me half a dozen gent’s white Gauze undersbirts.” Then, with & Self-satisfed air, she ran her eye over the stock of long-legged and divers articles of doubtful and uncertain service in a man’s Wardrobe. “What size?” asked the clerk, as he ran his hand Up the sides of tue stock of green paste-boant Kes, n2,cherer the usual size, of course,” replied e lady. “about ——2” hesitated the clerk, and the young. matron turned imploring eyes upon her husband’s mother-in-law, and tried to look com “Why—why—oh, forty-eight!” spoke up the old lady, plui into the dilemma with a reckless ness that established her domestic standing. “Is he a very large man?” asked the clerk, hesl- tating with the box halt off the shelf, “about your size.” “Then I guess @ Uhirty-two will be large enough,” and the little man stood on the counter to reach the small sizes, SHOPPING FOR THEIR HUSBANDS. “‘Tnever saw a young married woman who did not want to buy all her husband's clothes for him,” said the clerk to a Star reporter, as the cus- tomer tripped out of the store with a little bundle under her arm. “And I never knew one who didn’t think all men’s clothing was the same size. Those shirts will be changed three times before the right flv is got. By the time she has been mar- ried ven years, though, she will Know all about it, Her husband won't buy a collar for himself. she Will learn all the arts of trade, She will have him completely measured, and will dictate the size ‘and texture of every garment. She will keep him supplied with clothes, and will not spend as much money as he would.” Es PE “Do many women buy their husband’s clothes?” asked the reporter, with a premonition of the de- cline of his i¢ domination. ‘anything for himself would be lessly throw himself into the teeth of After that she buys him sixty-nine-cent, that don’t fit in the neck, last year’s hats at half- price, and suits that have’ been ‘reduced from 0 $8.’ He 1s forced to acknowledge before pald so little for an, outft, and the wifes rep mn and future position 1s established.” ‘Ig it true that womencan buy cheaper? No. ‘They buy but no cheaper. ‘The always nd under-sized his ‘dressed Man MEN WHO SHOP FOR WOMEN. “It 1s Just the contrary when a man has a fancy for buying his wife's clothes,” the clerk went on, “guch men are rare, Most men are, or profess to be, sublimely ignorant of ladies’ some. Lowever, buy nearly every artiste of clan worn by wife or daughters. ‘Their excuse ‘ts that they have good and they always sive Ihave two such ‘THB MAN WHOSE WIFE 18 OUT OF TOwx. “Nearly every man whose family ts out of thecity ‘becomies a buyer of female apparel in the summer LIFE IN THE DISTRICT JAIL, How Convicts Pass their Time in the Big'Stone Building. 4 COOL PLACE TO SPEND THR sUMMER—Jatl PARE AND ROUTINE OF Jaf. LIPR—THR CONVICTS FineT ‘NIGET—MEN WHO ARE DETAILED FoR WoRK— DEVICES ADOFTED BY CONVICTS TO BREAK Jail Folks whogo to jail, especially Quring the heated térm, do not have such A inisetable time ot it as the peoplé outsif#é imagine. The stone prison building 1s so arranged that it gets plenty of air still shieldea from the burning sun. In fact the ‘prison 1s a building within a building, there Deing a large and airy court on each side, between ‘the outer and inner building. So one will find few ‘more comfortable places in which to spend the dog days than the jail; still thereis.adecided objection ‘on the part of many people to going there, and those of the Inside, notwithstanding the weather, are constantly planning to get out by ald of legal technicalities or the simpler devices of oold ohisels and skeleton keys. At present there are about one hundred and eighty-five prisoners in the jall, ntteen fis tesi ie aap sig unabeat e me a Jail, Over the main eatrance "5 ‘THE ROTUNDA. In the center of the Jail is & large rotunda, to Which visitors are admitted. At a desk near the oor generally one of the jail omcers is seated. On etther side of the rotunda is a large cage, or fatine, rising from the scone Noor to the Toor, ese are the grated ends of the corridors that @xtend out from. the rotunda through the north ghd south wings, ‘There are stairways and plat forms in this cage extending up to the floor, A visitor to the jall is apt to see several sohers, allowed oUt th the corridor for ex wretching themselves on the platforms and look- hug sullenly through the gratingeiuto tnerevusce, A glance down the narrow corridurs showr a per- tive of narrow doorways, grated doors, and ido, corresponding to ench doot in the cosriaon is in the corridor, Soarcaee ‘THE CELLS. ‘Walking down oue of the corridors, a glance into a cell door will show a narrow room, with ‘Whitewashed Walls and a narrow cot, with a plain Dut comfortabic looking blanket The ‘Walis of some of the cells have been by thelr inmates with pictures cut from illustrated papers. A few have books plled up on the narrow indow ledge, and seem to have endeavored to make thelr surroundings as esthetic as their oir cumstances Willadmit, Thecellto qyhich Guiteauy the assassin, Was taken when he was first confin had been occupied Just before he went there by a risoner who had decorated the cell with pictures, he most conspicuous picture was a portrait of Gurfeld, pasted on the wall, over the cot, and Guiteaw lec it remain, Visitors are admitted to ‘the jail and allowed tosce prisoners every day ex- cept sunday. 80 generally one will find iittle social parties at the end of the corridors, prisoners on one ‘side of the grating and visitors on the other, A NEW BATCH OF PRIBONERS. Every day the jail van brings from the Police Court or the Criminal Court a little squad of re. cruits for the community inthe Jail, Every day or two@ number who have served their time are released. When the jall van comes the new pris- oners are taken tnio the rotunda. Sometimes there 1s a smartly-dressed cheok-raiser or embez- aler in the fot, but generally the squad 1s unkempt looking. Whin one of the officers of the jail has gone over the commitments, seen that all the prisoners named in the papery are there, and made the proper record, the new arrivals are taken toa Toom in the basement. Here tie prisoner 18 stripped and made to bathe. His clothing, mean- Whig 18 placed Io a steam box, where they aro Subjected to a thorough steaming, When he comes from bis bath the prisoner ts given a suit of Jeans to wear until his own clothing has been dried, ‘The clothing is steamed as a precaution against vermin or contagious diseases that might be brought into prison in the clotulug of prisoners, Betorg he 1s piaced in his cell the prisoner is de prived of his money, it he has any, his knife and other articles which it 1s not thought sate to per- init him to keep with him. ‘These are kept in the Jali oltice, and the money is staburoed. om ihe pris: ‘oner's order, for any purpose deemed legitimate the jail omicials, IS DAILY LiFe. ‘The prisoner at once enters upon the routine of Jail life. He probably gets to jail in time for din- her at 3 o'clock. So after he has surveyed his nar-: row cell and already begun to think that life there for three months, or six months, Will not be one of wild excitement and variety, he hears a rattling through the corridors and’soon a man shoves an obiong tin box through his grated door, He 0} this box and finds his dinner there, a piece of beet perhaps, or a dish of soup, potatoes, and half a Joat of ‘bread. After he has eaten his dinner, @ man comes along and takes his box from him. ‘He ‘Wiil sit after dinuer stoking bis pipe, 1f he has one, chewing the cud of unpleasant memories and pros- pects {fhe has none, and cooling his heels on the stone floor. Perhaps his eye will examine the Walls, the barred windows and the grated door, measiire the distance from his window to the bot. Yom Of the court below, estimate the height from. the bottom of the court to the ouver windows, throug which he aay get a View of a small sec: Uon Of sky and green grass, with a little bit of the city beyond. 1vis probable that he will despair of getting out through the gratings, down into tne court, up again at Lie outer window and out upon the green grass, by any means except those de- vised by bis lawyer. Still he may not give up all hope tat atternoon, but conclude to think It over ‘again some other day. THE FIRST NIGHT IN JAIL. Presently daylight begins to fade away. ‘The ‘twilight seems gray and dim and cheerless, When At 1s over darknesssettles down aroundeverything and the prisoner remains in darkness until sun- rise the next morning. He may look out of his grated door, and see a taint reflection of light in Une corridor trom the gasburners in the rotunda, Every half hour @ lantern flashes into his cell, a3 the jail guards make their round, and quickly ‘dis- appears, to leave deeper darkness bebind it, If he does not sleep his first night in jail he is likely to be filled with strange fanctes—waking night- mareg. The ordinary convict, however, does “not moralize much or allow his rest to be disturbed by any filghts of fancy. Unlesshe is in a nervous state trom the effects of a spree, he philosophi- cally turns over on his cot, when darkness comes, ‘and sleeps tll he 1s aroused in the morning, At daylight with a gang of laborers, go through the corridors—a sort of sanitary _ police. ‘The prisoner has to get up, dress and put his cot inorder. Then he sits down and waits until 8 o'clock when another tin box 1s shoved through his door. ‘This box contains his breakfast. He has also a quart cup given him, and a man carrying a. huge can iilis the cup with'coffee. He has halt @ Joaf of wheat bread or a slab of corn bread, and a. herring or mackerel in his box. After breaktast he continues his meditations until dinner time, He may be allowed out in the corridor a short time forexercise. Avanyratehe can amuse himself during the day by llstening to the murmuring of voices ut the end of the corridor, and scanning the faces of persons who occasionally pass his cell oor. RECEIVING VISITORS, It he has any friendsin the city, any mother, wife, or sweetheart, or any one who still cares for him in his degradation, they will probably come to see him on the second day of his confinement, Tc may bea mother, old and careworn, or a wife, whose young face 1s Jaded and stamped with ‘male ery. He may be let Out of his cell and allowed to talk with bis visitors in the platform in the ¢1 at the end of Lis corridbr. If his friends bring hin books to read, or some delicacy to eat, or tobacco, he is allowed to have them after the prison au- thorities have satisfied themselves that there are ho contraband articles concealed in the packages. His life is apt to become somewhat monotonous, ‘The Government furnishes him with plain and solid fare—beef three times @ week, bacon on Sun- days, and occamonally, bean soup oF, veyetable potatoes, and beans and bread. If heis sick, ‘and the doctors order it, he may have an “extra Dox,” some tea and toast, perhaps, or something a little daintler than ordinary prison fare. He gets Dut two meals a day—his breakfast at 8, and his dinner at 3, He may save out of his abundant dunner, if he likes, something for his supper. He may be detailed to work about, d the or helping about the kitchen. ‘Ir he fs not of a. habit he Will prefer this to remaining in his It he works he will get three meals a. le THR JAUL KITCHEN 4s a large apartment east of the rotunda, which ts Fortes clean and neat ae any hotel kitchen. It ovens and boilers and all the apparatus needed to cook for two or three hundred boarder On one side of the Kitchen are plied in he the ‘Itentiary or perhaps the gallows, which stands tn one of the The do. taliea for Wort aboue che jail aro allen ares tee Police court side. These men aré = a : erally so shore that theres Utte'Inducemeat ‘them to take any dangerous chances of escape. ATTEMPTS TO Bscars. Sometimes prisonérs on the “penitentiary” side scheme to work their escapa, One desperate cfim- inal planned to free himself and other prisoners in Ris corridor, and to make a Gesperate assaxit on par em vercepted, and ine piss artis, however, was int Ents aticoreredahd frustrated. another prleoner of a key that would fit the look of his cell door, and sent it out in @ letter, as he oa friend to have the key made. Asit hap the letter never went than the jail oMice, and the key was never made. The Prisonet had pickedup on the Moor of the rotunda & horseshoe nail that some one had dropped. He had converted this into a screw driver, and been enabled to explore with It the inside of the 1ock of his door, Another prisoner, who attracted notice by his studious habits, had'a small Mle and saw smuggled to him and, when discovered had sawed through the gratings of his cell window. The imarks of the Saw concealed or covered with lamp biack rubbed over the tron. Others have made saws out of clock springs, and attempted to saw their way out, but without suc. cess. An old trick of prisoners fs to make a knife of sharp instrument out of the steel shank of one their shoes, —---—__290—____—— ‘SCOURAGED INVENTOR. An Idea Which Hundreds of Others Had Conceived Before His Day. He had evidently been sitting tn the shade Watohing the horse cars go by. Perhaps he lived along a line of street cars. At any rate, he hadan {dea—a mechanical idea, at that, He Was not famitiar with tools, knew’ nothing of machinery, and had never invented anything. Yet it hid oc- curred to him that something could be devised 20 lessen the dead weight of the oar when It 1s about to be started after a stop. Why be should happen to have such an idea, and how it was ible that his mind should begin to explore unfamiliar feild of mechanical contrivances: ther diMicult ques. tion to satisfactorily answer, But nevertheless all this happened. He gaw the horses straining ‘and pulling to start the car, and then move along with comparative ease. How could this strain be lessened? ‘That was the question. He thought over it for some time, and the idea ‘began to take shape. Ina few days he met a friend who was familiar with machinery, and whose business made it necessary for him to know a great deal ‘about mechanical devices, He explained what he ‘had been thinking showy and asked Hee &s to the practicability of his conclusioa, “Now,” he sald, In talking of his idea, “I think that the aimiculty about starting a car’ could be remedied An this way: Of course don’t know exactly how He could be arranged, that 1s, the mechanical part o ut suppose Fou had a strong spring al {ached to the Wheels In some way, and when tie brake was loosened, this spring would uncoll with Great force, which Would be communtcated to the Wheels, It might not be of sufficient power to move the car, Dut it would greatly lessen the dead Welght, and consequently the strain on the horse.” “{ would have to get wome practical man to get this thing 100 sape for me,” ho went on, ‘but it Seems to ime to have considerable merit. The horse-car companies would all adopt It 1f it proved to be of any value, and think that there 1s a good Geal of money tn 1t; dop't your” “Well, I don’t know,” responded his friend in a tone of Voice that indicated that he had not been able ag yet to fully grasp the extent of the pro- ject. “Ir Tremeinber »” he added, “and T Unink that Ido, there are now’ about a hundred patents already granted for devices of this charac- ter. You can ld them all in the Patent Office it you are interested enough in the subject to go and look at them.” “why, I never heard of such s thing before,” paid the prospective inventor, considerably taken 201 “Certainly not,” cheerfully assented his friend; “no one ever supposed that yuu had. You havé only thought the same thought that two or three other men, and perhaps more, had thought becore you. It 18 a common experience, und every day Some patent fs rejected at the t Office be cause it 1s a repetition of an idea already patented. People have to go to great expense merely to learn ‘Whether ideas that have just occurred tothem are new or old. You migitt ‘continue your study of Street-car ‘methods and probably invent some- thing that wouid prove @ relief to the public as Well us to the horses. ‘The attention of {nventora has been directed toward the iatter subject. more than the former, and you are not 60 likely to 1n- vade the fleid of’ patented rights. Besides, thero 48 a chance of having a whole community fise up ‘and call you benetacto seo WARM WAVES, ‘They are Really not Waves at all—The Henult of a Succession of “Lows.” To the Editor of Tax Evexme Stan: Modera meteorology has given rise toa number of new terma, ‘the words are old, but they are used in a new sense, as, for example, “high,” “low,” “locals,” “warm” and “cold waves.” Tne “cold wave” 1s, more strictly speaking, a “wave” than a “warm wave.” The “cold wave” is the result of @ condition of atmosphere passing over us, like agreat wave, from the west toward the east. The “warm wave” is the effect produced by the condition “low” moving far to the north of Us, say On a line of 50 degrees or 60 degrees north latitude. The “low” itself is not a “warm wave,” as in the case of the “high,” a cold wave, but the condition Which causes the warm wave to the South of the center, When “high” is passing 1t cools the atmosphere in\proportion to ts extent and intensity. aad one “high” will produce all the effect, Between it and another “niga” will be a “low,” or lower condl- Uon, which Will change theclear, cool, bracing at- mosphere so pecullar t this barometric pressure. One extensive and intense “high” produces a very positive change, but one “low” ‘on a north Une will not De ‘the cause of sufficient heat to be termed a “warm wave.” The atinosphere, cooled by a “nigh,” or north winds result ‘irom a south “low,” will not be heated to its ma: jum tem, ature by one north “low,” but let the north “lows” Ummediately follow one another and after awhile the territory to the south of the center will be- come more and more heated til it becomes intense, the thermometer trom 90 degrees to 100 yee more, from the cotton states to ited matition tis eae a0 ‘high’ wit ‘opposite condition case the “high” Prevail to some extent, but the will ge 80 moderate in such eases that it will not have much effect tocool before the next “low” following ad- vances eastward on the same sa line of latitude, It frequently happens that it is much pleasanter and cooier in the summer in the cotton States than in New England and Canada. Such will be the case when “highs” re southern borders and line, Tne south “highs” keep the Southern States cool, while the southern winds, coming over a wide expanse of country, Waereby they become luke passing over heated platea, cauyes the North- ern States to be very wari. The more protracted such a condition the greater the heat of the north country. If the south ” 18 of maximum intensity, say 30 and five or #ix-tenths, then the south winds Will be delightful, and well worthy of the Indian's tion, the "“sweet southwest.” Fd this year, the “high” is and nine-teaths inches, and the gradients are far apart, sh ‘avery ‘negative condition of both ¢ “high” and the “low,” and the “luw” centers, one after another, follow on a high line of lati- tude, we have @ Warm Wave that 1s like the con- ‘Unued heat of a furnace without even the virtue ing properties of the furnace. We have ‘warm, Di atm which strongly re- Sembley the “sweat box a “awoat best ona large scale. Andthisis what we have had so much of this summer; a high thermometer with a Jow barometer, the meanest condition of atmos- phere that can be conceived of, amd one that is ‘most trying to man and beast, LPN ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., August 4, ’87. ————-+e0______ THE WOODLAWN FARMERS’ CLUB. ‘The 30th of July found the Woodlawn Farmers’ Club at the summer residence of Charles F. Wil- i ete i 5 f i é : fy 8 14 i Fs 3 i & i i : E i 4 f a A it | H THE STRANGESTORY OF MR. BECK. He Says He Has for Twelve Years Worn the Paint and Feathers of a Sieax. (ME 15 NOW HERE TO GET PORBESSION OF HIS WIFE— WIS ACCOUNT OF RIS CAPTURE—HE HAS NOW AN IN- ‘DIAN FAMILY AS WELL AS A PALE-PACE ONN—HIS ‘LAPE AS AN INDIAN AND RECENT ESCAPE. Sebastian Beck, a man who has a strange story to tell, has been in the citysome days We ts & Sort of Rip Van Winkie, having returned to civil- ization after twelve years, not exactiy of sleep, but, 4&5 he says, of life as a captive among the Indians. Hits broken English, vagabondish appearance and Somewhat dilapidated attire also suggest a re Semblance of his case to that of Rip Van Winkle. His story has been told oMetally to the Commis. FANS untll ne made his ais spring. | He iieVes Lis Wife and children Are still héld as cap- tives, and has invoked the aid of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to find them. While a captive among the Sioux he wi red to marty & Squaw, 0, he weet | at ‘presen and four In succeed im Tecovering the Lace wants: Uhe Indian office to help him to a reunion with the Fed.skin Mrs Book, #0 the situation ta somewhat nvoresting. Beck te about Aity years ot age Syeq an‘ a general appearance ot toughness, due a general lunddubtedis to twelve’ years of dleting on gered Duffalo meat, He is rently In Gestituge cir- cumstances.” He talks in broken English, which is the more dificult to understand ashe cocamonally ‘throws in a sentence or two of the Sioux. RBARTIAN BECK'S STORY. ‘His story, as he told it to 4 Star reporter, ts sub- [ntted states Army August 22, 807, served in Co. &, 9th infantry, and was bly Aischarged at the expiration of his term at Fort Laramie, Neb., in August, 1670. after his term expired ‘he re” turned home to Philadelphia, Me remained there until the spring of 1875, when he joined twenty-five families tna! Bock voot his taimily mith at ‘condisting took his family wit wife, a daughter, Annie, aga & yhteen; a daugh- ter, Lucy, aged sixteen, and a boy, Antlony, aged eleven, ‘me party of tainers weré quite succtss- ful at the start. ‘The where families lived was situated about t uarters of a mile from the point where the men mining. In about three montus they had acum over $10,000 as the result of their industry. Then taey imoved to Work another vein about 3 miles away. CAPTURED BY THE SIOUX. On the 224 of July a band of Sioux, numbering about 3,000 warriors, swept down upon the gorge While the men were at the diggings, separated from their women and children. ‘The whole party Was captured—the men by one the women and children by another. The men’ were blind- Toided and securely bound upon Indian pontes, and thus made to travel for ten days, The other band of Indians took the women aod children in different direction, and since hot heard from or seen his wife wife, Beck understands, was taken Black Moon's band. He supposes (at daughters have been married to Indians, custom with the Sloux. Beck tells story of his twelve years of life amo! He was taken first, with the other ves, to the Rosebud country. After being held a pris oner eleven months he Was married to an Indian squaw, ® Cheyenne woman who Was in cap- uvity. ‘HIS REDGKIX BRIDE. ‘This was Monica, a young squaw, then not eigh- teen years old, and, Beck says, a great beauty. He was compelied to marry and to adopt the customs of the Indians or die, 50 hemade the best of tte and became attached to his Cheyenns squaw, Monica is now at Fort Laramie, in the land of the setting sun, surrounded by four little half-breed Becks, Waitiig for her brave to return to her.” When first with the Indians hi ‘Was treated roughly by them. ‘They had an un- uces, with Uaeit bealplog Kaives Uplvsd, and of wi IF 8 nives ‘and of Houristing thelr tomabawke over hiv head. Within a few mouths, however, the redskins ‘their Treatment, Beck and his fellow prisoners were Clad in Indian attire, Beck was Into the Uribe when he took ‘an Indian wife. He was first put to Urlal by beti water. He showed ‘Uhrown from a Tock into ‘skill and strength by swim- and climbing Ue face of the of salely. ‘The Indians nd danced # wild kind or a Jig about his dripping figure, and Beck was thus luitiated ay a member, but not exactly an active member, for he was always kept under Watch and never fully trusted, PAINTED RED BY HIS SQUAW. ‘When he had been thus baptized he was turned over to his squaw, Who helped the thing along by painting her husband a coppery red trom the crown of his head down to oe ‘Then he was ven buckskin leggings, a raven hair, fnich had been foreioly taken oe lifted fea the skull of some redskin enemy of the siouz, and a full equipment tive weapons—a toma- hawk, ule and bow aud. arrow. “feathers were Stuck’ into the cincture that bound his wig on. Plain Mr, Beck emerged from all thls in outward semblance # Sioux Warrior, though any visitor to the tribe that ran across an Indian brave, volubly lamenting his tate in broken of the Fritz Emmet style, might have been greatly amazed at the singular combination, ‘The Stoux, however, Seemed.to like the style of the warriors and they Gave him the name of “Touch-the-cioud,” and called him a chief. He, with other were required to practice With the bow and arrow, but were not allowed @ have guns. "These imitation Indians lived in every way like the genuine red- ‘skin, and occasionaliy wore the war paint, thelr faces being Desmeared with yellow stripes and bars, Beck’s ehief was Sitting Bull, the great Sioux warrior. ‘HE WITNESSED THE CUSTER MASSACRE. After a few months on the Rosebud the tribe ‘started on their travels, and it was on this expedi- on that they encountered and annihilated Gen. Custer’s command on the orn, & that Weck. ‘witnessed trom a distanot. tne Indians were informed by Beck says, that Custer was ‘The redskins were formed on the mountain-top awaiting the ‘of Custer into the valley below. The entrance was by a cafion, through which only four cavalry men could ‘ride abreast Sitting Bull sat on his horse, ‘on the mountains, where he could get @ good view, spy-giass in hand. Then theold muttered 10 the ‘dime-novel style, “Ha! Custer! Good!” He at once disposed of ite men. He Dullt up camp fires, and about, 1t by means of poles, robes and blankets, made a number of dummy Indians. When Custer’s men came on, Beck they exhausted their ammunition duinmies. ‘Then 5,000 redskins poured in upon ‘them from every side and massacred the whole command, only one man esc During the fight the prisoners were kept in the Tear under guard and could not communicate with the brave band of soldiers that were into Sitting Bull's trap. Beck says that he Gen, ‘Custer’s watch on the scene of the massacre, also the watch belonging to Gen Crittenden’s who was Killed with Custer. These watches hé gave toChief Rain-in-tneface. The Crittenden ‘Watch was sold by Rain-in-the-face to a Manitova ranchinan, Who, by writing to the London maker Of the watch, ascertalned to whom it had belo! and sold it in turn tothe family of Gen. Critven- den. BE CARRIED INTO THE BRITISH DOMIXIONS. From the Little Big Horn the Indians traveled to the Red River country, crossing into the province of Manitoba, and pi their camp near Fort ‘Waish. In this country ‘spent the remaining Years of nis captivity, and found consolation ‘Ue little breeds that i i fH i i ait Hs i y i La F e if 4 s i l BS | } f j lige it i i : (4 g f i d fi “ € 3 Hi i ; Beg i! bi i if THE INTER-STATE COMMISKION, Where and How Complaints are Heard Aad Disposed of. THE SESSIONS OF THE COMMINSION IX THE “scx” BUILDING—THR MEWBRRR OF THE BOARD AXD How THEY TRY CASER—TRE SMALL CLERICAL roRoR— DIFFICULTIES THAT THE COMMISSION HAD TO MEET. ‘The Interstate Commerce Commission, though one Of the most important government bureaus, Tt is already demonstrated that Congress, tn pro. ‘viding for Lhe Commission, fell far short of & con Tect appreciation of the importance and magn tude of the work tn hand. In the firet place the Commission was called upon to construe (he intar- state la Even before It was formally organired appeals for interpretation of the various pro visions of the Iaw began to pourin. ‘These ap peals came from ratiroads in all sections of the country, and most of them were ‘urgent, protest. ing that the railroads must have the rulings of the before could wit make Burin addition to ite judicial functions the ig also Vested With executive powers to the extent that it is uired to see the provisions of ‘the law enforced. COTTeRPORGARCE Of 1 Le Com. mission alone, tO say BOCLINg Of Its other duties, is very large. ‘THE COMPLAINTS RECEIVED. ‘The complaints of corporations against each Other apd of communities, Orins and individual, refusals to ae. in Lo remiriot U us wances the board hinds a ruling requiting thal ail'charyes ageanst On carriers should be verifed under oat ‘hile this ruling mo doubt curtailed @ie num! ints to for complaints of this character, based upon Uie come lainante’ Idea of equity and not upon law, are hot recelved., All complal arly made les no vo make ee join ve ques nas of any public interest the Commission, 44 tus judictal hears and deveruines the: ae tee 8 them in THR HRATINOS. At these hearings testimony pro aad con is pre Sented and the issues, as a rule, argued by counsel before the full board. After hearing the tacts and arguments the board meets in conference and there, with @ full and free interchange of opinion, mmake up their Judgment. a For their permanent quarters the Commissioners Selected the fifth floor of the new and elegant Bal timore Sun building on F street. Sach Commis ‘sioner has his'room. Another is occupied by the secretary, Hon. EB. A. Moseley, and originally the large Toon, extending through the entire width of the building in the rear, was set apart for the pub» lic hearings, but the rapidiy accumulating burl ness compelled the abandonment of that commas Gious room, to the clerical force, For its hearings tue Commiadon then took the middie room front. ag gn F street. Though it was much too siuall F the purpose It wus the best arrangement thas could be made at the time, THR CLERICAL FORCE. ‘From the first the Commission bas been cramped for want of clerical assistance, owing to the tnade- quacy of the appropriation made by Congress. Tho ‘Treasury Department held that une §100,000: priation was so hedged by Congress that It iust cover all expenses, includiug salaries. It had been the view of the Comiuissioners that their salaries And that of the Secretary Would be paid out of (he ‘Treasury and wot froin the $100,000 appropriation, a8 Lhese offices were specifically created by Cont Freak, But the Controller held otherwise, and here iy no appeal fron his decisions, Thus re- Stricted the Comission has had tobe very econote cal in the employment of assistants. Thougit tho business has tar exceeded in volume and Linport- ance what was anticipated, lack of fands bas come pelied that the pay-roli be kept down to the smatle est possible proportions. In. thelr report to Cor next Winter the Commissioners will ask money enough to provide the board with the heip requisite to a prompt and efficient discharge of all the duties, RENTING ADDITIONAL QUaNTERS. Recently, 1t having been demonstrated that the ‘Nfth Noor of the Sun bullding Was not comme ious enough, the sixth floor was taken also, for the Commission, It 1s now being fitted up and furnished. The auditor, Mr. MeCain, with his staff, and the Bureau Cf Statistics, of Which he has charge, occupies that Moor, and wwe large room ia ‘the front, extending from wall to Wail, Will be used for public hearings. The i room on the floor Deneatu, at preseat set apart for rings, will probably be used as @ conference room, as it is Amosi conventeatiy located for this —— » being 1p the center, almost, of the several Comuilasion- €rs' rooms. Judge Cooley, president of Ue Com. mission, Was selected because of his legal learning: and bis judicial experience and acquiremen(s, At ‘the urgent request of the President he surrendered & much more lucrative position to accept the one he now holds, but though he may have lost by te exchange Ube public las profited. His aduiinis tration of the office has met the highest expecta- Uons of his friends and the public. Upon Judge Cooley, as chairman, naturally devolved tue wer Weight of labor and ibility in pute Ing into oJ 4 new law, coniessediy largely expertunental in its nature and effects. Kuorious Auteresis Were involved and any injudictous acuon ‘on the part of the Commission might have worked lncalcuiable injury. DIFFICULTIES THAT NAD TO BE MET. At the very outset the Commission were mes ‘With a united effort on the part of te railrouds to break down the law by nullifying its main pro vision, They were confronted, too, with schemes Of stock jobbers to make Ue law a means of bear ing the a pee — unanimity of urpose for wenel good, Whe Commissioners 3 forward resolutely to a fair and impartial enforcement of the law and to prevent any man oF ‘set Of men from deriving any undue advantage, As the Commissioners are all lawyers, they were Well prepared to handie the numerous’ legal prob- Jems submitted to them. ‘They have succeeded im systematizing (he Work, and have Impressed thelr Methods of doing busiuess upon the Various ralbe Toad Managements, so that much of the labor im Conpeclon WiLL corporations is rendered easter, HOW HEAKINGS ARE CONDUCTED. At the public hearings the Commissioners range themselves in a row on one side of a long table, the opposite side belng reserved for counsel and witnesses. The chairman occupies the middie Seat, having Commissioners Morrison and Walker on his right and Messrs. Schoonmaker and Bragg on his left. Judge Cooley presides with the dignity Of the bench. He sits erect, and never loses @ nt from first to last. Commissioner Morrison more inclined to seek comfort. He Ults his chal Duck oF leans forward, as ease ‘suggests, without any special regard to dignity. Cominissioner Walker takes coplous notes; in fact, he makes an struct Of the case for his Own use. He jots down, ‘everything on bot sides, and when the hearing is Over has The case at bis fingers’ ends, Comuis- sioner Schoonmaker takes occasional notes, just suMficlent to refresh his wemory. Commisdoner Bragg diligently Teads up all (he cases co.ning De. fore the board. Witnesses are not bound by the strict rules of evidence, as Judge Cooley holdg that the main object 15 to gel at the truth af questions at issue, and so @ wider latitude i allowed than in the courts. TAKING TESTIMONY. All testimony ts given under oath, administered by the chairman. If a witness rambles into irrel- evancy the chairman politely recalis him to the Eponing the extensive correspondence, aud of di: ing the extensive nee, ai tejbuting st aunoug the Commissioners, asi may relate to cases in respectively. & case 1s decided 1t 18 referred wo one of the board {o write the opinion—any member, of course, hat- ing the right to dissent. The number of em, at prevent, including the Bureau of Stausci Jess than twenty. ‘board will not probably Tesume its sessions in this city until October, as (tments have been made in over cities that y the intervening Ume. ‘The absence of the board on duty elsewhere does not interrupt tue Tegular progress of routine business. ‘The eff clent secretary, Mr. Moseley, remains in change, and everything ts kept moving tn regular order. se. 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