Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1887, Page 2

2 ee, a: 4 Pl ’ ‘ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY,#SEPTEMBER 10, 1887-DOUBLE SHEET. CITY AND DISTRICT. ESTATE GossIP, nts in Progress and Proposed. EHR LARGE BUSINESS BUILDING TO BE ERECTED ON ENOWN AS “THE ATLANTIC”— TxO LARGE APARTMENTS BUILDINGS WHICH NEW YORK CAPITALISTS PROPOSE TO ERECT—RRAL BS TATE STILL QUIET AND INACTIVE. REAL ‘Tne contract for the erection of the new office Dutiding, “The Atlantic,” on the south side of F street, between 9th and 10th streets, has been awarded to Frank N. Carver, the contract price Delng $110,000. The plans have been prepared by Mr. Jas G. Hill, architect, and the work of con- struction will be begun at once. The old building which stood on this site and generally known a8 ‘Tallmadge Hall, has been torn down, and in its Place will be erected a handsome and well-ar- Tanged building. The new structure will have a frontage of 41 feet on F street, and will occupy Practically the entire lot, which 1s trregular in shape. The greatest depth of the bullding wll Be over 100 feet, and one portion wiil be some 60 feet in width. Upon this large area the building will be constructed to a height of eight stories and am attic. Owing to the great height of the building, the architect has endeavored to in- Uroduce "some features tnto the front which will have the effect of preventing the loftiness of the structure trom being too apparent. He has Intro- duced loug, arched window openings, which ex. tend, without a break, through the Second and third suories. Above Uils another series of similar Openings extend through three stories. Tae two upper stories are lighted by a series of narrower openings, and the structure is Mished with a broad cornice and a flat roof. The front is further diversiiled by the variety of material which 1s Used. In the first story the front is of trom; in the Second and third stories the front 15 of red Poto- mac stone, while the remaining stories are con structed of brick, stone, and terra cotta, The latter 13 used ireely and very effectively, the Spaces between the stories being enriched ‘with 1s of terra cotta frow special designs. While he construction will be solid and substantial, yet ‘Uhere has been enouigh ornamentation tntroduced, Yogether With the curved arches, to give an effect Of Ughtness and xrace. ‘The entire building has been’ so arranged that it will be available for office purposes, and ample well-hoies have been provided, which will suppiy the interior Tooms with light and air. On each side of the main entrance, which will be in the center of the bulliling, there will be large rooms for stores with show windows on F street. In the seventh and eighth stories the Tooms Will be made larg» for the accommodation Of societies, &c., Wishing assembly rooms of mod- erate dimensions. There will be two elevators in the buliding. The plastering will be pat on iron netting instead of lathes, thus preventing fire from readily nding its way from one story to the other. ‘The roof will be covered with corrugated ren sheeting laid on iron rafters. Upon this there Will be a af cement and then the tin roof. The extreme rear Coniagers of the building will not be divided into oftice rooms, but there will be large Tooms. This arrangement is made partially with the view of converting this portion of the building into a safe deposit, if It shoula be found to be de- sirable. This Dullding 1s belpg ervcted by a syn- dicate, com| of the following gentlemen of ‘this city: Alex. T. Britton, Crosby s. Noyes, Brain- ard H. Waruer, Bev). H. Warder, Jno. Joy Edson, E Southard Parker, Chas. B. Pearson, Lawrence Sands, Geo. W. F. Swartzell, Sam’'l Ross, Geo. E. Emmons, Myron M. Parker and Amm! A. Thomas, ‘The building committee consists of Alex. T. Brit ton, chairman; Geo. E. Emmons, secretary and treasurer, and Jno. Joy Edson, Chas. B. Péarsou, Samp? Ross and M. M. Parker. ‘TWO PHOJECTED APARTMENT BUILDIXGS. Asstated in Tax Stan some time ago, Mr. Levi P. Morton intends to improve the property at the northwest corner of 15th and H streets, where the old Hooker house now stands, by the erectiun of a handsome fat butiding. This bullding will prob- ably cost about $200,000, and the plans are Ih the bands of builders for the purpose of obtaining their estimates, There is another flat building, vo cost nearly a8 much, which is proposed to be erected at the northwest corner of New Jersey avenue and B street northwest, overlooking the WASHINGTON AGAIN SCOOPED. An Unfortunate Week for the States- men. (OTHER BASE-BALI. MATTERS—STANDING OF THE LEAGUE (CLUBS—GOSSIP FROM THE DIAMOND FIELD. The week that closes to-day has been of a decid- edly discouraging nature to the friends of the Washington Base Ball Club, tf, indeed, the club has any friends left. Yesterday's game was in the regular order of things, the home team giving Philadelphia a boost toward the coveted second Place by allowing them to win by a score of 10 to & The management, it 1s announced, have sus- Pended Captain Farrell. Shoch was tried in his Place on Thursday, and, notwithstanding some bad errors, gave evidence at times that he was suited to the place by diMcult stops and good throws. But, because of theerrors he did make Mr. Gaffney concluded that Dealy would do bet- ter, and he yesterday played as badly as Shoch. Daily made’ his error, and Donnelly broke the record of iis recent faultless flelding by three bad misplays. O’Brien hit one of his coal-yard balls yesterday and brewght in Daily, as the latter Rad earned his base Dy ‘alt. ‘The game to-day, to which ladies will be admit- ted free, will be the last one here until the 30th, when the New York team will appear. While away the Senators will play fifteen games, three each with the Pittsburg, Detroit, Chicago, India- napolis and Philadelphia clubs in order. “Ot these games the home team should win at least six. THE STATESMEN'S TRIP TO NEW YORK Proved as satisfactory as could be expected. One game out of three on strange grounds is a fair per- centage. The work of the team while away was good. In the three games 10 errors were made, against 13 by the New York npn; base-bits were, Washington, 24; New York, 3. ' The best battin for Washington was done ‘by Myers, Mack an Daily, each inaking ¢ hits, while Hines and Carroll fos Seach, Myers Daily and Mack led also in ad fielding, the two former making 3 errors and IX THE LEAGUE RACE Shere are some highly interesting contests going on. Detroit has increased its lead so much that Chicago has given up all hope of the pennant, and ts having hard work to retain second place, Which 4t won ‘so gallantly early fn the seasuh. The three clubs, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago are closely bunched,” with Boston safe in ftth place. Pittsburg bas obtained @ lasting grip on sixth place, and Washington on seventh place. ‘The standing of theclubs todate follows: ‘Won. Lost. Pr. ct. DONO o252n ses - 37 633 hicago.. 1 85 42 l5e7 Philadeiphia *7 ID 68 45 (bes New Yori a 87 45 143 55 438 139° Go 393 Indianapolis -7727! wo 1 Bw ‘There were no other League games played yes- terday, rain preventing. ‘The Association ciuvs all played, however, with this result: Athletics, 3; St. Louls, 8. Baltimore, 1; Louisville, 2. Met- fopglitan, G; Cincinnati, 10. “Brooklyn, 16; Cleve- BASE-BALL GOSSIP. “Bob” Barr will not pitch for the Athletics. — Baltimore News. Rainey ts still with the New Yorks. They will try to make something out of him later. like Kelly has averaged one run to every game he has played. It ty said that the Chicago club will erect an tron grand stand next season, three stories high, with ‘@ seating capacity tor 8,000 people. About 32,000 people witnessed the four league games labor day.—Hereafter, wnen an American Association club refuses to play out a game, $1,500 ‘ne will be the penalty.—Harry Wright ‘claims half receij for the game in Boston Monday, it being a al holiday. The Boston management Tefused to: ire more than $125—the guaranvee. A ‘suit will follow.—Haurtford Courant, Washington's nine will play twenty-four more games Uhis season, after to-aay, nine on the home grounds and fifteen abroad. ee Valentine is by no means a favorite in Washington. He gets a fair share of bleaching- board attention. ‘The disclpuning of the home team should have Capitol grounds. The owner of this property 1s Mr. M. G. Lane, of New York city, who 1s now en- im erecting a row of sixteen three-story fronting on New Jersey avenue, on the square. ‘This row will cost bim, it 1s said, about $200,000, and he proposes ti erecting the dat building about $175, which will be quite a large sum of money for one man to invest in one square. Although Mr. Lane ts a resident of New York city anda large property owner tere, he bas also large interests here, He 1s one of tue largest own- ef of Stock in the Washington and Georgetown ‘Street Rallroud Co., ana 1s member of tue board of directors, Mr. Lane ts now seventy-ave years of age, and itis estimated that he is worth b- tween three and four miilions. He still, however, displays with great pride two old battered pennies Which was his entire fortune when he came to New York a young boy. He bad, however, habits ‘of industry and a olear ead, and by his Own ex- ertions he accumulated the great fortune which he now control. ‘THE REAL-ESTATE MARKET. ‘The change in the weather and tue return of the estate market. The renting business 1s looking and the annual hunt for houses 1s now going ‘There ig not, as yet, much activity in the Inarket, altn for vacant vund, especially in the suburbs. One of the realestate men, in talk- prospects, said that while he believed Would be an active market, yet just Was a0 evidence of it. He thotight that Detore the end of the month there would be sufll- cient data to form a just Some Suggestions for a Tax Law. To the astitor of Tax Evexrxe Sram: In considering the matter of revising tax laws of the District ft 18 well to bear tn mind the tmport- ant question of Justice to all. 1 would suggest, Airat, that a defnite ume be fixed when taxes are due and payable, say January 1 of each year, giving until March 15 for payment. During this Ume let abyoue, the poor as weil as the rich, come forward and wake payment. Do not give the TieB a chance to discount his just tax, an advantage the poor man cannot avail Limself of At the ex- piration of this time let all unpaid taxes (real es. tate Decome delinquent and rewaain so until the first of June, during which time anyone can make Mt Of ‘his or ber unpaid taxes by the addi- paymen: of interest ut the rate of one per cent per mouth. On the fifteenth of June adver Use all delinquents and make sale on the first of July following; one year's time to be given for re- Geeming the property sold by the payment of Laxes, ihterests aud expenses to the party buying the property and interest at the rate of one per cent per month. | In giving the above as a good pian I have aimed at justice, allke to the rica and poor, aud also vo the District.'I do not believe that arich man should have a right to step uptoa abilc ofcer,a collector of taxes, and pay $6 for $200 of taxes'wuitie the poor ian is obilged to pay $100, in full, just because Le 1s pour. Let us have reform ii Such things as this, and not in- crease the burden of the poor, TAx-PayeR, How Showers are Formed. rh it 13 expected that there will be i come earlier in the season. The stand taken by Boston was a good one, but with the same fault. Coleman, the right-telder or the Pittsburg team, who washit in the arm by one of Whitney’s pite alls, and, tt was sald) severely injured, seems to have recovered suMcfentiy to play winning bail, inthe game on Tuesday with the Indianapoils club he saved his niue from défeat and a white. Wash by a timely three-bagger. ‘Fiteomb ‘and | Murphy, especially the latter, have made a great hit ‘in New York. It looks, however, as if they had come too Late to be of any ‘A western club leads and {s last in both the league and the association. A western club is second in both and ap eastern club 18 next to the tall-ender, ‘The Philadelphias and Indianapolis have given {uetr consent to the Bostons and chicagos playing off their postponed game wherever they please. Mir. Chas. Bennett bas again proved a clear title to the claim of being the premier catcher in the country. In Mtteen games, up to and including August 30, his only Infsspiays were three passed dalis. He has got his bise on balls more times in Proportion to ‘games played than any League player. Deac. White says it 1s a useless expenditure ot money to employ three or four pitchers. One man can, if necessary, pitch week in and week out, un- less he becomes injured, and if the system of maintaining several batteries were abolished, the result oust be equaily beneficial from every ‘standpoint. How things have changed,” says Manager Ma- ‘son, of the Athletics. “A few years ago We had Plenty of pitchers, but to-day they are getting Tarer, and good ones are a very scarce article. The East has been scoured for good men, and it is an impossibility to Mud any in that section. Years ago every young player Wanted to be a pitcher, Dut to-day things are different. These well: founded stories or men lasting only a few years in the box keep the rising matertal trom becoming pitchers. I have often asked youngsters why it 1s that they don’t become pitchers, instead of catch- ers or fielders, and the universaf answer has been ‘that pitchers don’t last long. Every pitcher in the country knows that his days are numbered, and they generally do their work accordingly. The pitchers nowadays are picking up fielding” more than they did formerly. K at Foutz and Caruthers as an illustration, Besides being excel- jent hitters, tbey are both fine outileiders, and Foutz can play first to the queen’s taste, and'T am iold that Caruthers can play any of the Intleld po- sitions; $0 You see their services will always be in demand, Pitchers are becoming scarcer every year.” ‘The National League was organized in 1876, and since then its meuivership bes consisted of twen- -UWO Clubs, as follows: Chicago, Martiord, St. | Louls, Boston, Louisvilie, Mutuals,’ Athletics, cin nati, Providence, Indianapolls, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Cleveland, “Tros, ,Syracise) Worcester, Detrolt New York, Philddelphia, Kansas City, Washing- ton, Pittsburg. The first elght clubs named con | stituted the league in the year of Its birth, 1876.— Pitis, Chron. Tel. Sept. hat's Your idea as to the world’s champton- ship games?” was asked of President Stearns, of the Detroit. “Well, I favor nine games, not more than one game to be played in any oe city. I should propose to play one in Detroit, one inst. Louis, and one each in Chicago, Cineinnatt, Bos- ton, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore’ and Brooklyn, ‘The prospects are that a large deteza- THEY ORIGINATE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS—scrENXcE’s | tion Of Detrotters will follow the club around to STATEMENT. ‘From the Youth's Companion. ‘The showers of our summer afternoons are due toachange of temperature in the region of the clouds. Warm ts capable of holding more mots- ture in suspension than is cold alr. When by any means a layer or current of warm air, which is Saturated with moisture, 1s suddenly cocied, a por- Uon of the vapor must fall as rain. Cold shrinks see these gaines. (A spectal car would be the right thing. All this, of course, in the event that we win the peanant,”"—Cin. Com. Gaz. Sept.h. ‘There will be two umpires In the great games between the League and Association pennant win- ‘ers of the chainpionsiup of the world. As the Bt. Louis Browns will be the Association club to con- test for that honor, Von der Ahe has already en- gaged Mcquade as one of the umpires, ‘The other will be selected from the League, Both umpires will officiate tn each game. While the Browns are the heated air as pressure does a Wet sponge, and | at bat McQuade will give the ball and strike de- With precisely the same results. In mounta/nous | cisions ai the other umpire will be stationed at decisions. countries this cooling down of the warm and | or near second base to cail the Dase @amp air {8 taost commonly produced by the air detng Drought into the nelghborhood of moun- tain ‘tops, which are coud. It ts for this reason that in such countries the showers mostly originate among the mountains, and come through the valleys out upon the plains. in our Eastern States his peculiarity of showers is often to be “fe will enaily be understoda that the higher the mountain the more striking will be the effects pro- @uced. If it be a snow-capped peak in a tropical region & cloud will be formed such as to conceal the summit ali the time. “This cloud Will D® cone tantly growing on theside of the mountain to ‘ward Which thecurrentsot warm and molst airare Sei, for on that side the air is being covied down, Dut after it has iven over the been {When the League club ig at bat McQuade will go 0 second base ani League umpire will call Dalis and strikes —Phtla, Times, oo WHY THE LIONS WERE sOLD. The Embarrassing Gift of the Emperor of Morocco to the American People. Among the fine things that 1t 1s claimed should ornament the capital of the great republic is 3 zoological garden, and this would seem to bave been the opinion of the emperor of Morocco and the imaum of Muscat nearly half a century ago. It Washington and the country had possessed “ak, 1b Wil waste away as rapldiy, for 1c | SUCh an institution, at that remote date, then the Er tien coming in contact with waruter wir agate | following amusing proceeding could not have From such high peaks the cic aWayasasbower. Ail the surp.us muisture of the air is deposited in the form of rain or snow Upon the peaks over which the this circumstance to which ought to be attributed the abundance of snow upon the Liyuer portions Of topical mountains. It ls snowing there all the time. "An Euzlish traveler tn Nicarauza, Mr. & P. Olver, says that during the dry seasuu of that country, When Une sky is cloudiess tor months to- ewber. “a tick cloud covers the summit tepe. For the five days that be camped within signt of the mountain he did not see the summit Uncovered or a single moment. After passing the SUMUt the cooler currents sank LO lower levels, caupe in contact with warmer alr, and every trace Of clouaivess vunisned like smoke. ‘This explains how it happens that there are rainless regions the vase of higu mountain ranges, as 1p Peru, for instance. The prevaliing winds across ‘he continent are from the east, and in passing ‘the Audes thetr molsture is ali precipiiated’as rain OF suow. West Of the mountains they are dry ———~<e+____ ‘The Catholic University. ‘From the New Yerk Star. ‘The prelates and laymen who met at Baitimore om Wednesday have acted wisely in selecting ‘Washington as the site of the new Catholic Unt ‘Versity, which is undoubtedly destined to be a Yery important feature in the educational life of the couutry. In chooslag Bishop Keane as rector, ‘the iucorporators have placed the management in capable Lands. +00 ncouraging Cupid. From the Savannah News. some Months since Col. Joseph §. Baughn, an Uciethorpe bachelor, advertised for a wife. Col, Baugh was deiuged with letters from all over the United Staves—in tact, more than he could Ooavenientiy answer. In his goodness of heart he distributed several ot these letters among his Duchelor friends, who opened correspondence Wich the fair writers. At least tree weddings Wil UP the result of Luis cocrespoudence, one betug & bandsome Young merchaus of Lexiagton, who Opened cofrespondeace with 9 South Carolina breaks | taken air passes, It 1s | tiof author of | the proceeds should, In some lace in the United States Senate: ‘May 28, 1840, Mr. Buchanan, from the commit- vee on foreign relations, reported a joint resolu ing the sale of the lon and lioness: sent to the President by the emperor of Morocco, and of the Arabian horses, &c., sent by the maum of Muscat, the proceeds to be deposited in the public treasury, which resolution having been referred twice and coming under consideratios Mr. Tappan, of Onio, moved, or suggested, that Tee rin Or other, Lurned to the donors, Mr. Buchanan stated that the consul at Morocco had peremptorily refused the emperor's present, Who told Bim that the refusal would have cost hum bis head if he (the emperor) were President of the United States. ‘Tne lions Were afterward sent Lo the house of the consul, who, still refusing, the nephew of the emperor,who Drought them, said he must either leave thei or lose bis ‘and he would therefore turn them loose; and, on his pro- ceeding to do so the consul received them, ‘The Imaum of Muscat, on being told that the President could not receive his prosents, said he would send them to Congress; and when told t! they could not receive them, ‘he asked who in America, The answer was tne people, accordingly sent them ‘to the sul fhe Cited States, the people.” Mr. B. hoped, the circumst that the resolution w allowed to pasa, Mr. Y of Tilinois, ee E G {ue propriety of giving thet vo some ths tfcution, But the resolution was adopted, His Salary was Haised at Once, ‘From the Omaha Herald, Stranger (at ticket office window)—"When does ‘the next train west start?” Ticket Agent (unintelligible grunt). “Is 1t a through train of way traint” Grunt. “Can you tell me where I can find a time-table? Grunt “Young man, Iam the new intendent of ae f sadn deluged wit evidence you of experience in your position, Your Salary stialbe raised at once ee ‘The book committee’ of the Methodist Church bas chosen Dr. George BR. et N. J. Sa dente rusted me lave De. Curry, ‘Written for Tax Rvawnmo $712. WHAT CAUSES THE “BED SKY.” Caused Suspended Moisture, as Beubonstekaea ay tue, Wantuae Maps. Some four years ago, When the so-called “red sky” was so prominent, many, if not the majority of the scientific men ef the country supported the dust theory. In onp sense the eruption st Jars, Gespite the absurdity of the claim, Was most for- tunate and opportune; it furaished wt least an ‘apparently ready cause for the dust theory af the phenomenon. The great majority of the world Seem to have the idea that our atmosphere has about the same relation to the earth thatthe Water on 8 revolving grind stone has to the stone. Before the age ot the weather map, whereby we have obtained facts in regard to the asmogpbere, a I i i i 8 8 4 é : H FA area of the United states. here taken we can judge of the ‘ons of the whole globe. Java is about to the United States, or one-halt way around the world. From the conditions over the United States the “highs” and “lows” Will average about 2,000 miles om centers, ‘Then there are Various belts of these “highs” and “lows.” ‘There are four general Places, gates, where they enter our territory, in the éxtremée Northwest, at the head ' of the Gulf of California, 1 Mexico and the Guilt and in the Southeast along the Florida coast, We know not a8 yet their course before entering our territory, it will be safe and lair to allow six “low” centers between the center of the United States and Java, together with a number of parallel belts. “Low” is the agent of the storm, and each center is like a great maistrom which gathers in the atmosphere with- ina radius of at Yeast a thousand miles. We at preseat do not know the exactheight at which our Atmosphere moves, but no les# authority, than “Nature” has given the height of the “cirras” clouds as 23,000 feet, Other autiority has sald from 10,000 to 15,000 feet. When the eruption at Krakatoa first occurred 1¢ was stated that the dust and ashes were thrown to the enormous height of 3,000 feet! Now, admitting this 3,000 feet, as @ plain matter of ‘arithmetic, will any- thing thrown 3,000 fet in alr pass over an obsta- cle 23,000, or even 10,000 feet, high? These are all the while present and on not remain stationary OF become ext ‘Occa- one becomes much red ‘Dut then sionally Shere ‘are plenty of others ‘warch- ing on general lines toward the east. ‘They are the great “gatherersin,” and whatever 13 within their radius and altitude must be gathered in, and thi in short time, within a few days at ne iaruleat Possibly ‘the lower fig. ‘ures ziven to the height of “ clouds may be in order to make it leas dificult for the dust to climb so high, ‘Then to claim any such brilliant qualities for dust_ ig a8 absurd as the rest of the theory. Had dust been $0 thick as to produce such an effect, its mere it would have brought it down upon ate Gs BAT ual Bere neerae epidemic jual to the onder to actount for the Soutinuance of the red sky, one of the advocates of the dust theory, some months ago, described how the dust, because of its Ughtness, was thrown Ingher in air than the Beavier rocks and stones. Te laws of practical physiques, though, will hardly warrant such an effect. Let anyone take up, even at random, a handful of earth, fine dust, sand and gravel, and throw it with full force. dust will not go so far as the sand, and the sand will not go go faras thegravel. In the great eruption at Java the me- dium size stones were evidently thrown the far- thest, and the dust may have been thrown high enough to fill the air tor many miles around, but the nearest “low” caught and precipitated it with the ever present rain fall. The phenomenon, if not due to dust, what 1s it due to? “The map says that the right juxtaposition and condition of “nigh” and “low” will produce it every time, whether earthquakes occur or not, ‘The red sky’ 1s qausod by the fine suspended moisture present in “high;” probably the best effects are within the nis that ie beyond the more concentrated center. Ke- centiy, September 4 and 5, we have had the beautiful rea sky. If the reader will refer to the weather map he will see that we were, the while, within the area of “high.” Clear, clean water we know is a most delicate material,one that posséases all the necessary qualities for such brilliant effects, while dust or ashes ts about as incapable of such effects as they would be to produce the rainbow. ‘The best condition of “high” and “low” to produce {the phenomenon isto have the " to the south, orabout central, as in 1883, “low” far to the north and the gradients far rt. If we are too near the “low” we have the attending haziness of In- jan Summer, but if near enough to the center of gh” we get the clear atmosphere whereby the effect 1s produced; atmosphere that is not heavy enough for clouds, but which still contains a due amount of delicately suspended EEE ex ‘Wasunreron, D. C., September 7, 1897. — Safety in ‘Theaters. From the New York Mail. ‘One of the topics of great interest just now, in ‘view of the calamity at Exeter, is this subject of the safety of theaters. Is it possible for a theater to be built with absolute safety fora large au- dience against fire—when, as is usually the case, safety 1s not the first consideration in the plan, but commodiousness, and the endeavor to get the most for the money on a given piece of ground? People build theaters just au they build tactaries or ‘enement houses, because they are led to believe that as @ commercial enterprise the theater will give them a good return for their investmont; and ‘he primary effect of the money-making idea 1s to study economy of expense. To make a plan which shall cover given plece of ground with the largest accommodation for the machinery of the Scene with the amplest proscenium, and the most profitable disposition of the auditorium—that is 3 the problem. Safety has to be subsequently recon et and if any cot ration must give away'to another It is always the con, sideration of safety that takes the second or third place. Danger ts @ remote Jee It may come some day or another. An effective i oe CE) that is what 8 imperatively want re are prob. ably not haut & doen eaters in the world built om any other theory than this, Nor has the architectural mind considered the theater in any other than these relations in mod- ern times. In the days when in every ancient city the theater was @ ier edifice, built and main. ‘vained by public authority, just as city halls and Jails are in modern cities, safety to life was Oka pocsluilies sface the theater wes mea iuilities, ce Was mason! trom One end to the other. Butdanger from rid cation in the crush was provided for by the multi- tude of small waysto getout. It Cet bee of government ecuacees the idea that city should build ters and lease them $0 the pl ad ‘we might have them buiit upon thoroughly radical views of the safety of the sudience; butif one should serlously propose sucha thing it would make more row ‘the Herren Le a large repre- sentation of our most réspectal cluizens, “et, if public authority cannot make @ theater, it can make laws for those who do; and the law should jay down a8 @ first requirement that the piso shall be such that every man, woman and in the latgest audience in the largest theater shall be able to get out of the auditorium in five mine Utes, For this purpose there should be a division of the main edii on the principle of that of the theater which in France 1s cailed the foyer. ‘This should be practically 8 separate structure, and should extend as high as t! Gop of the audi. tier could go into vorium, ‘The audience on every ‘this separate structure on the same level with the er, and thence downwardto the street at leisure, ‘This system would make theaters a little more costly, but the projectors and managers would be none the poorer, counted out his money and handed it through the Window. ‘The teller took it counted it and then trew i¢ into his box, ‘Then ‘is great can- £3) Ei fee hee i e} S' ‘Bis name goes up into the ‘where, after cach ‘Dumber,s lange lettered, is placed to announce who will be the next performer. His appearance SU Pa ata ree THE HENRY GEORGE PARTY. Am Interview With the United Labor Leader, ‘NE EXPECTS TO POLL 4 GOOD MANY YOTRS—THE EX- PULSION OP THE SOCLALISTS AND THE PROBABLE (STRENGTH OF THE PROMTEITION PARTY. Gorrespondence of Tas EvExrxo Stan. (Copyright,1887.} New Yor, Sept. 7. “[ was pleased,” eaid Henry George this morn- ing, “with the action of the syracuse United Labor Convention, and Iam more than pleased with the general sattsfaction expressed by the citizens not only of New York but also of every partof the land. The only words of censure or ‘oppositien I have heard have been the utterances ofa few ultra partisan journals and socialistic leaders, “48 to the split with the socialists,” continued ‘Mr. George, “that was inevitable, The united la- dor party is not and never has been a socialistic party. Solong asthe socialists were willing to Accept its platform and to work with it, as they gid in the last eam there was no objection of the the party, but for some ‘ume tiey have evidently been determined ‘gpon forcing upon the labor party their distinctive loctrines, and were using ‘he socialistic organiza- ton as Sort of caucus within the party to enable ‘Shem to secure by concentration and activity ‘What they could not hope te accomplish by num. Dera, ‘The convention acted in. self-defense, and of in doing so have cleared up many misapprenen- Sons astto the position of the united labor party. ‘The position of the party wasin reality stated with perfect clearness in what ts known as the Clarendon Hall platform, ‘on whieh it was formed ‘and on which it fought the municipal campaign. ‘That position 1s simply that all taxes upon 1.vor oF the products of labor ought to be. abolished and the value that attaches to land by reason of the growth and improvement of the commtnity OUgiE to be Laken for public purposes and applied to public uses; and, second, that the community should control sucii businesses as are in thelr na- ture monopolies (such as rallroads and telegraphs) and do, for the benent of all, what can better be done by the community as a whole than by Indi- viduals (as the carrying of letters, the mainte. nance of public schools and parks ard the issue of money). XO SYMPATHY WITH SOCIALE. “But the attempt of tie socialists to impose upon the united labor party, their program of the stateownership of all capital and the State direction of all industry, made it necessary that the Syracuse convention should explicitly deny any sympathy with such measures. This has ‘Deen done by the insertion in the Syracuse plat Yery little about what are called practical polt- ties,” ded Mr. George with a smile; “pnt T ain inelined to think that the course of events will be uch that what is left of the two, old parties Will unite together in the next. Presidential cam- paign, very Much as the two democratic factions this city united together in the last campaign. ‘There is no real difference between them, and no Teason why the managers of the democratic and Fepublican parties should not pool their issues. They might toss up vo see whether the ticket should be Cleveland and Blaine or Blaine and Grevelana. But, seriously, we have evidentiy come to 4 NEW ERA IN AMERICAN POLITICS, ‘The olf tssues have passed away and new issues are upon us, The only live party in the country 4s the young giant that was born in this city last Year, which lias just leaped into the arena of State bo.ities at Syracuse and which before 1887 closes ‘will have formed a national party that will next year bring new life Into national politics, ‘The two old parties are, except perhaps in the South, where race feeling keeps them alive, absolutely dead at heart, while the new party 1s alert, vigor. ous, confident and rapidly growing. | See ow itis in New York. From every district comes the Same report—the voters have lost all interest in the old organizations. | These have almost, no Meetings, What few they do have are siimly at tended by a handful of oMfice-holders and seekers, Our own people are as in terested and have been almost as busy during the midsummer as they were last ear during the campaign Our meet. ings gO on all the time. Our member Ship grows steadily tm every district, and our principles are rapidly spreading among that Glass wiho are Only heard from on election day. To many districts the local leaders of the two old par- Ues are making offers to combine with us upon local candidates, in sothe cases offering us the Hon’s share of the spolls of success, The almost universal feeling of our people, however, 18 op posed to any fusion or combination with elther of the old parties upon either a local ora general teket, Judging from what I hear, I believe that both the old parties will make what tbey think Will be a strong bid for the labor Support in the Speeches and platforms of their State conventions this year. But nothing short of coming to our Principles will avati them anything. The masses of Ainerican workingien have tired of such ‘tafty’ as the politicians stl! think will content them,” PROHIBITION WEAKENING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. “Wit does the prohibition movement amount tor “It amounts to a good deal, and its growth isone of the evidences of the political disintegration now going on. “In Lwo Presidential campaigns the total if Vote more than doubled. Since 1884 Ue part: soit may be called, has apparently made strides. Its strength in Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Rhode Island is rivaled by that in Micuigan, Kansas, lowa, Georgla, und Texas. It form of the foliowing explanatory clause: ‘Wedo not sim st securing auy forced equality in the distribution of wealth. We do not propuse that the State shall attempt to control production, conduet Aistribution, or in auy wise interfere with the freedom 9f the individual to ube hig labor oF capital in any way Shat may seer proper to him, and will not interiere with the equal rights of others. Nor do we propose That the state stud session of land and either work {torrent it out, “What we propose is not te dis- turbing of auy mau in hin holding or title, but by ‘sbolishing all taxes on industry or its products, to Jesve'to the producer the full fruits of lis exertion, 4nd by the taxation of Iand values, exclusive of im: rovements, to secure for the common tse aud benefit oae values which, arising not trom the exertion of the individual, but from the growin of society, Delong Justly to the community aso whole. This incre taxation of land, not according to ite area, but accord- ing to its value, while relieving the farmer and the ‘suiall boinestoad owner of the undue burden now im- upon them, will make it unprofitable to bold ud for speculation, and thus throw open abundant opportunities for the employment of iabor aud the building up of homes.” “Do you think the socialistic attempt to control the united labor party was the result of a suddenly ‘conceived project?” asked the reporter. “No,” sald Mr. George. “It had evidently been gareruly thought, out ‘and deliberately entered into, and I am inclined to think was the result of instructions or advice from tne other side of the AUlantic. ‘This time a year ago, when we had ‘our agitation and Were entering the forma- tive stage of a political party, the sociallats en- tered heartily Into our work.’ Many if not most of them subscribed to our ideas, and entering our ranks labored tirelessly and’ eMiciently. ‘The Socialists are good Workers and we vaiued their ‘did, and I for one Saw no reason why, despite our differences, wo might not continue to work together for a long time to come, The election came off and astonisned everybody who did not know how rapidly our ideas had been growing. The party which had been laughed at by the weather-Wise and the corner poiitician, and which it had been estimated by politicians Who cal themselves shrewd would poll 10,000 Votes, showed itself stronger than the great’ re- Publican organization with all its discipline, ma- chinery, wealth, and brains, and, in fact, as we DeMeve,” polled "more votes than did the united factions of the democracy. Its nominal defeat Was in reality a great moral victory. ‘THE LONG-LOOKED-FOR PARTY HAD COME, with a vitality that laughed at defeat and threat- ened to sweep everything before It in 1887, On the day after the election it began to organize and agitate, and has continued to extend and consolidate its ranks ever since. ‘The soctalistic leaders knew full well that Its growth was not the growth of State soctalism, and evidently de- termined upon @ ‘rule-or-ruin’ attempt to 80 Im- press upon the new party their ideas that they might claim 1ts growth as the growth of soctalistic ideas and gradually lead the rank and fle Into the advocacy of soclalistic measures. They took every care in the world to increase their strength in the assembly district associations, In a few of these they soon had a majority of the membership; in others they hada body so large that, properiy handied, tt was lable to carry a meeting, a pri- mary election, or even a local eonvention, for tiieir possession of &n organization within the party gave them & great advantage in concentrating their jen whenever wanted. ‘There was much complaint among our men as to the way in which the socialists were thus using their organization to make the minority outvote the majority, but there might not have been even then an open rup- ture, for with all they could do the socialists could only elect @ minority of the delegates to the con- vention, had 1t not been for the open attacks which’ they made upon the _princi- ples of the party. Frederick Engels, the associate of Karl Marx, who ls uow living in Lon- don and is recognized a8 the greatest of Lie sociai- istic leaders, took pains to take the declaration that the principles of goctalism were opposed vo the principles of the united labor party, and that while thelr program Jucluded the nationalization of land as well as of capital, what they meant by the nationalization of land ‘Was that it suouid be taken possession of by the state and worked by the state. This was reprinted here and circulated by the socialists asa pamphlet. Lawrence Gron- lund was brought here from London to write pam- phiets attacking our principles and showing inconsistency with socialisin, and Vrooman, boy orator, Was algo brought liere from the West to make spegohes to the same effect. SOCIALIST STRATEOY, By their strategy in securing in the organiza- ton of the Leader newspaper a clause giving to the ownership of one share the same voting power asto the ownership of fifteen hundred shares they had secured the management of that paper, and while pretending to run it in the name of the united labor party made it an insidious organ of state socialism, and through ail the assembly dis- trlots they began a propaganda of thelr own notions of ‘abolishing the Wage system’ by making everybody an employ of the state and preventing the Oppression of capital by making the stats the owner of all capital, ‘This made it utterly im- possible that we shobld continue in the same party. |The irritation “produced in New York culminated in a decision by the county commit- fee excluding the members of the socialistic labor party from membership in the -unived labor party. This decision was not only confirmed at Syractse, Where the soctultsts went in force and made a strenuous effort to be recognized, but in the platform pains were taken to show that the Unlted labor party was disunttively and em- phatically op; to state socialism, "'Thesocial- iste leaders evidently thought thatthe united labor men were sande Of tie samne stl a8 tie av. erage politician, an leld or compromise rather than také a bold stand and force a defec- Won, But they had mistaken their men. ‘The anti- socialists were Just, as sincere and determined as ‘he socialists, and having a large majority won the day.’ “Do you taink their defeat wil weaken your Paves and no. We will lose a certain number of Totes, and also a humber of energetic and capable workers, On the other hand, we will gain by the accession Of that large class who uitierto have held aloof for fear that the united labor party was Dut socialism and anaehism masquerading under another name. We also leysen the opposition from many people who heartily subscribe to our rineiples But who have Delfeved that a party. Based tpoh those principles would be dominated by cranks Or theorizers, We have demonstrated ‘that the party, far from being a rabble ied by bia- tant isa body of earnest-thinking, orderly men. Even some of our bitterest foes of the have acknowiedged the fact, and called attention to the admirable and high intellectual and moral tone of our convention. It certainly must have been a surprise to tne public to see State convention Where there was no brawl- no Dlackguardism, no drunkenness, nor dis- order, Iquestion it éither the republican or the democratic party can show its equal in the past twpaty years. RPPECTING 4 POLITICAL naVOLUTION, “How many votes do you think you will poll in this city—as many as last year?” “a great many more. Then we had almost no gryanttation; now we, have an admirable one, ee ge iy Hy ; E i Ee ef # i has not only been growing in’ New Yor growth In other States will react. upon. to increase its vote this fall. I do not re; ® competitor of the united labor . weakening the republican party, which in this e we will draw less from than’ the democratic, 1s also ielping to break down old party line IRVING BACHELLER, ee The Anarchist’s Proxy Bride. HOW SPIRS AND NINA VAN ZANDT MEET IN THE CHICAGO JAIL DAILY, From the Chicago Tribune. Every morning at #:30 o'clock precisely the cells of August Spies and uls fellow anarchists are un- locked, and they are allowed to stretch their limbs for an hour and a half in the inclosure about the cell house, ‘They may then receive thetr friends inthe cage, The first thing Sples does 1s to get shaved by the barbar, who hus set up shop in the southwest corner. Tits takes him about fifteen minutes. For another fiiteen minuter he walks restlessly up and down, twirls bis mustache and Watches the door leading into the cage, He 1s waiting for Miss Nina Van Zandt, she always comes at just.9 o'clock, and brings with hera basket Of sometiting good to at. she 1s admitted by the private door opening into the jail court from the west alley, and thus avolds the stare of the Waiters at the'public entrance from the Criminal Court building, The girl has lost the sprightly vivaclous manners she used to have five or six months ago, When she began to visit Spies. Her cheeks have now a very unhealthy pallor, and her currlage sugucsts tatlgue and ‘suffering. | The Dalliffs and jail people used to smile covertly at her regard for Spies and make ler the mark for Joke and inuendo, ‘They have genutne respect and pity for her now, because of her unfortunate at- tachment for Sples, and the uniform womanlinéss ovner behavior. ‘he two are quite gay some- Umes and always talk up to the last minute of the morning recreation hour, and until Jailer Folz rattles his big keys as a signal that the time ts u Miss Van Zandt doesn’t like reporters and gently resists any attempts Lo pry into her real thoughts and feelings, and she seems to shrink from any reference to the future of the anarchists, and Chloral hydrate 1s one of the best sleep pro- ducers known to sctence. It leaves few pernicious alter effects, and does not lessen pain Uke opium or produce the delihttul, dreamy condition that follows the use of the last-named drug in many people. AS taken by some as an habitual dose to Induce sleep it 18 not free from danger. Sleep should be natural in order to be refreshing. The effect of chloral 1s to induce an artificial condition reserbling natural sleep in some respects, but not giving the weary brain all the rest It needs in order that waste of substance shall be followed by complete repair, ‘The chioral habit 13 not easily formed, for the taste of the mixtures in which 1t is necessarily given is not pleasant. ‘There are in- stances of it belng formed and the consequences are mental and physteal debility, the former some- Uines amounting almost to complete imbectitty. Like the other drugs of its class, {¢ should not be taken except by the advice of acompetent physi. clan. Insomnia—sleeplessness—is better, ureated by exercise carried vo fatigue, by baths, avoidance of stimulants, Including tea and coffee, and by methodical attention to diet, ventilation of sleep- ing apartments, and massage when necessary, than by any of the drugs which produce a condi: tion more or less closely imitating sleep, — “soe Good Suggestions for School Children. Dr. Lincoln tn The Sanitarium. In school Work we should require (1) a comfort- able temperature, and,-especially let the feet be kept warm and dry; (2) good ventilation; (3) loose clothing; (4) erectsposture; (Splittle study before breakfast, or directly after a hearty meal; hone at all in twilight or late at night; (6) great caution about study after recovery trom fevers; ( lght abundant, but not dazzling; (%) sun not shinthg on the desk, or on objects in'tront of the pupil; (% Hyht coming from the left hand or lett rear; under some circumstances from in front (no ight trom the right of the pupil permitted); (10) the book held at right angles to the line of light, or nearly 40; (11) frequent rest by looking up; (12) distance Of book from eye about fifteen inches, coe ____ Chiléren Save a Train, From the Missouri Times, ‘Three children, the eldest eleven and the young- est nine, found a horse caught in a railroad bridge near Piedmont, Mo. It was toward evening, and & passenger-Lrain was soon due, so the littie ones made a small bonfire of brush on the track, and when the train came in sight waved burning branches, ‘The engiffeer stopped the engine, the horse Was removed, the train went on, and few of the passengers knbw how near they had been to an accident. + +00+______ Hankering for Old-Fashioned Dishes, irom the New York Sun, A noted hotel keeper in Saratoga, the excellence ‘of whose table is a matter of national repute, ad mits that he grows very tired of hotel fare at times, “Once in a while,” he says, “I go and hunt up my steward or some other employe who has nis family with bim ia the village, and Isay: ‘May I goto your house to dinner to-day?’ Igo there, and as Teat the corned beet and cabbage or Iris stew, or Whatever the wife puts before me, I think Thover tasted food so goods After hati eat ull my meuls at the hotel for # while, and then I hunt, up another old-fashioned dish in Some simple ite home.” So-Called Digestive Aids, From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat, ‘The use of artificial digestive agents, like pep- sin, extract of malt, and the extract of the pan- creas (pancreatine), have thelr uses in a few forms of dyspepsia, but they are too often taken when nov needed, and, by taking the place of natural secretions, ‘occasion finally a weakening of the organs of digestioa Which is extremely ult LO reiteve, ‘Two Sides to it. BAOWMINO'S SIDE, Love-making—how simple & matter! No depths to explore, toarcend! No disheartentne-betore Rony Lig usrenteriove Son eat eaters, ng. ‘oun gpm. Lovesmaking—how awful aluatter! We've been there ‘The Dulldog loose in the yah. ‘The cowhidesher grim papa wore, "he eg i longa egal we read ‘There are no Incomplete Lives. Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle. I try to measure the plans of the Infinite with the the patriarch. It has done its work, it has acoom- plished G0d's p in one year oF seventy. The ibtle lise, whove evening time fell al noonday or in the morning, begun a work that may be carried on for Was, Just needed to complete one ‘that was: jod knows—ages ago, DEER FLOATING, Highly Exciting Summer Sport in the Adirondacks, THE TOIL AND TROUBLE OF 4 LONG MARCH FINALLY REWARDED—SHOOTING UNDER 4 JACK LIGRT—A YOUNG DOR KILLED—BEAUEIE OP CAMPING OUT IN ‘THE MOUNTAINS, Correspondence of Tax EVExIxa Stan, DEERFRATHER CamP, Sept. 8—For the hotel and “boarding-eamp” keepers, this has probably ‘been the most successful season since the Adiron- dacks became known as 8 Summer resort and sani- tarlum. The intense heat of June and July drove the tourists: into the woods in panting and per- spiring crowds by both the eastern and the west- ern gateways until all the camps, from Paul Smith's to the Old Forge, were filled to overflow- ing. The cooler weather which came with the approach of September encouraged many Who Sought refuge from the heat in these forest-clad ‘mountains to return to the city, but the season 1s dy no means over as yet. Indeed, September is considered by many the most delightful month of the year in the woods, though most cold-blooded Visitors fly when they discover on the foliage the first brilliant flecks, which indicate that that gor- f0Us Dut reckless colorist, Jack Frost, uas begun j8 autumn’s work. ‘The nights have ‘already be- come decidedly chilly, but the days are inade de- lgntrul by the wonderful charms of the atmos- Plere and its glorious: bracing qualities With gust, the trout ashing practically closes, but for che last three weeks fist have not been much thought of in the excitement of the nobler sport— deer ‘hunting. ‘This became legal on the 15th of August in the form known as “floating,” or suoot- ing under a Jack-light at night. Dogging, which began on the Ist, was awaited In tuls region (on the Fulton Chain of Lakes), where the laws are fairly well observed, with no little impatience, as Wnusually unfavorable weather has tmade the “floating” season a failure. But few deer were Killed, aithough they are said to be more plenti- fut than they “have been in years, and the camps Where venison 1s to be had are considered fortu- hate. One of these ts Deerfeather Camp, and how the Venison was obtained may be worth telling to afford readers of Ti: Star a clear idea of the pecu- Mar Adirondack institution of E FLOATING FOR DRER. It is the custom of guldes and sportsmen in the Adirondacks, before the season begins, to let one another know, casually or otherwise, the lake, pond, or marsh on which they intend to “float” on the first night. This ts done to avold crowatn; and unpleasant, collistons of Jack-lights on sma lakes and ponds. Amicable arrangements are nearly alWays made, a8 guides and sjortsmen are 8 a Tulegood navured and accommodating fellows, Big Safford Lake enjoys the reputation of being one of the best Noating grounds in this region, It 1s called Big Safford not because of its size, for It covers omy a few acres, but because near by there 45 a still sinaller pond Known as LittieSafford. To Hig Sufford Tax Stax correspondent and bis gutde directed their course the day the floating season began. Between the fourth lake of the Fulton Chato, on which Deerfeather Camp 1s situated, and Big Safford, there are two “carries” or port of two miles each, and about e half mie of paddling. We started dfter dinner of a pleasant day, and’ atter a few rods’ paddling in our canoe, arrived at the beginning of the first carry. Quic dragging the canoe up the steep bank, we adjusted {he yoke, and 1 yot under the boat, wiille the guide placed tile pack coutaining the camp kit and sup- ies on his back, and off we starved aiong the rail through the woods. At first our course was up the side of the mountain, and though the canoe had seemed very ght when I put tt on my shoulders, It INCREASED IN WRIGHT WITH ALARMING RAPIDITY, and by the time the first quarter of a mile had been traversed the perspiration was pouring off me in streams and I was panting and blowing like an 11th-street hill horse on a cold morning. I had Jong nursed a suspicion that my canoe weighed considerably more than the 30 pounds her pulid- ers rated her at, and as the trail grew muddier, and the rocks, roots, and falien logs became moré and more numerous in my path, this suspicion de~ ¥eloped into @ conviction. ‘There could be no doubt about it. ‘That canoe welghed about 70 pounds, I was certain she was as heavy as a guide's boat I had once staggered under for a few Tods along that same tratl. “But just as it seemed tome I would have to give in and acknowiedge to the guide that even ny much-vaunted light canoe Was more than I could convey we came to a “rest” on the trail. ‘The rest consisted of a sapling placed horizontally on two erotches aboutelght feet high, ‘On Unis T placed the bow of my canoe, allowi the siern to rest on the ground, while { breathed Sgreat sign of relief and quickly got wy galiod shoulders trom under the yoke. ‘This yoke, by the Way, 1s another Adirondack tostitution. It ishol- lowed out so us to fit the shouldersof a man, Hav- ing been Ued Into the proper place ‘in a boat, 30 that the latter balances nicely upon tt when turned over, the carrier gets beneath the inverted boat, adjusts the yoke to his shoulders, and’ in this way ‘tramps for miles over the rough mountain trails, As the poate Used by tire guldes welgh trom 60 to 90 pounds, it will at once be seen that it requires a powerful man to long endure the hardships of gulding in the Adirondacks. But we have rested loug enough, and, again getting into the yoke, I resume iny trathp alcug the Woodland trail, over fallen logs, gnarled roots, and sharp-edged rocks, and through, mud-holes ahd treacherous beaver meadows, Where the damp and soggy ground shook and gave way beneath the feet in a most uncomfortable manner. The day was very warm, and the per- Spiration, pouring down from beneath my hat almost biinded ine, ‘Then the mosquitoes anc unkies discovered my whereabouts veneath the Inverted canoe, and they urried in with fiendish industry to add their quota to my already numer- ous “miseries,” “Mosquitoes are annoying enough, as everybody knows, but the punky 1s at least rr cent worse. His attack 18 made in silence, and Reis so small that even when you feel hls red-hot little stinger penetrating your skin it is not always easy to locate him. An enterprising gath- ering of Adirondack punkies can make a man about as uncomfortable in a short space of time as anything in tue shape of an insect 4 ever have had the tntsfortune to encounter, not even except- ing the much-execratead biack fly. ‘The punky, however, is fortunately a” thor- ough-going short-hour-movement man, and con- fines his “depredations to the morning and evening, unless you happen to run into a swarm of them “laying off" in a reured spot in the ‘Woods, as I seemed to have done. I trudged and stumbied along, however, releasing one of my hanas now and then to annihilate a particularly exasperating mosquito. At every step the canoe grew heavier and heavier, the air became hotter And hotter stiil, tue insect pests seemed toincrease steadily In ntivber and vigor, and of course the trall grew rougher and harder. Like Cnip, in “Dreams,” I wanted to be “tough,” and haa made up my mind to carry that canoe to the end of tue trall Gr perish in the attempt. It really began to look, however, that I positively could not endure it five rods tore. Iwas so exhausted that I did not care to betray my condition by asking the guide Low much further it was to the lake, But Sull Tstuck tout. uxght, Before me Wasa’ steep and rocky ascent.” ‘The crisis had come, I felt. would be Just able to get to the top of tilat hill, for it was short, and then I would have to give in'and turn the boat over to the guide, I began the climb, Slowly and painfully I dragged myself and the boat toward the top. I picked every step with extra care, for I feit thatir I lost: my in the least Doat and carrier would go down tn acom- mon ruln. Tapproached the highest potnt in the ridge, and as J raised my eyes tO look ahead they Were ’greeted by a sight which filled me with as much Joy as did the first view of the Pacific Ocean from the dividing ridge of the Isthmus li the heart of Magellan, Tnrough the thick branches of the trees 1 CAUGUT THE OLINT OF WATER ‘at the foot of the steep hill on which I stood, In- stantly I forgot my galled shoulders and my gene- ral exhaustion, and, hurrying down, soon had the immense satisfaction of depositing my canoe on the pebbly beach of a small but pretty sheet of Water, which 1s Known as the First Lake of the north branch of the Moose River. After a rest of a few minutes we placed our guns, axe, and pack basket in the canoe and paddied to the opposite shore, Where we found the trail for Big Safford. Here We lett the canoe, as there was an old boaton Big Safford which we ‘could use in floating, and tus sa¥e ourselves the hardship. of carrying our own boat over the swampy and ill-cut trall of two miles. Gathering up our impedimenta, of we started, following the trail slowly at frst, as it ‘Was so Overgrown with underbrush as at times to de almost indistinguisbable. It crossed two or three beaver meadows, one of them an eighth of a mile long. Here the trail would be readily intssed by one Uhacquainted With i, as it was entirely obiiterated by the tall grass Which grew in rank luxurlance in the swampy soll, Huckleberry Dushes grew thickly on one side of the meadows, and were loaded down with fruit al- most as large as grapes, and of a rich favor sel- doin found in the huckieberries sold in cities. The region grew more and more swampy and uninvit- ing-looking as we advanced, Finally we came Out ona large extent of shallow water filled with pond-llies aud marsh-grass. ‘This Was the outlet of Big Safford, only a small portion of the lake it- self being visible. After winding around the marsh for an elghth of a mile We again dove into Be ratearemte teats Seat low rr pon a space, in which stood a aliapldatoa Dark shanty, and trom which a view ol lake was hhad beneath the branches of the hemiocks 5 ‘TYPICAL MOUNTAIN LAKE. Tne alleace on forest and water was found, and gave an impression of uareality and eeriness not entirely pleasant. Somehow,and by no Was as rough and primitive as the most ardent devotee of “roughing 1t” could destre, and wiitle it would have been pieasanter If fewer pine heedies got into the coflee, I have ofven drank from choice china with far less relish and satis. faction. Supper over, we gathered some hen Jock boughs and cut off a quantity of Uwe stall ea ) Fy"Uips 10 put on our bed, and as the s appeared beuind the pines we inade ‘Ut, in the hope of getting — 4 DAYLIGHT SmOT, ‘The guide got the old boat into the water with the least possible notse, and, discarding the oars, Sraspedasingle paddle which we bad brougit With us, I got carefully into the bow, facing Ward, with tay feet jammed into the Small spa in front of the bow seat and poked up ast to the level of muy chin, ‘To avold making holse by scraping my shoes against Uue sides of the boat I had put on mocasins, snd these 1 found not only less noisy, but more comfortable in my cramped position. “The guide seated lia. self, paddle in hand, in ihe stern seat, and I hav- ing 'demly grasped ny gun s0 as to be prepared Lo up, take alm and lire at a secona’s noice, we iy pushed out into the lake, The surface of the Water was as smooth as polished silver, nol a breeze stirring, and not a bind, beast or insect broke the absoliite silence whic! still hung over the region, The spruces, baisams, cedars and bemlocks rose tu regular ranks like ghostly sent- els about Che Margins of the lake, and OU BOat, as it stole along #0 siowly that its motion was searcely perceptible to is eccupauts, seemed at Once to become a harmonious part of the weird, Silent symphony which struck more deeply upon the “inward ear” than any muste No oue who has ever been paddled by gulde can fail to be strugk by tue wonderful terity with which one of these men handi boat. How a paddle can be handled $0 us to pro- duce the effects obtained vy these guldes Is a Wonder to ohe not accustomed to witness It. 10 Open Water the boat is moved forward or back- Ward, is turned this Way or that IN ABSOLUTE SILENCE and without producing the sligutest ripple about the boat, In going over lily pads a slight mufied noise 1s unavoidable, and tn swamps and marsies At Js Impossible to prevent the boat. scraping 0° dy LO aily over a hidden root or stump; but ¢ under ‘these unfavorable conditions an expert paddler will shoot tn and out, Guru and (wist about and craw! up into all sorts of unlikely places in a Way Unat no one Who has not seen It can. believe Possible. AML this Will be done, too, as sufuy and gently and silently as the footfall of a cat, aud With only such poor light as may be obtained from | 1 the rays of the Jack laulern streaming out alead. But We are forgetting our daylight shut in ad- Iniripg the skilitul paddling of the guide. Siowly and so:ly our boat crept along toward the of the lake where there was au extensive marsh, favorite teeding ground for deer. With ears ‘strained to catch every sound and eyes curfully Scanuing every portion of the targin of the marshes in turn, We Wound into the dense beds of Lily pads Unat lay om top of the Water at the en- trance of the lake proper, aud cauuousiy made our Way up the inlet. We wound in and out Ainong the clumps of marsh grass and tollowed the Sinuosiles and labyrinths of the marshes, and so gradually made our way back in to the lake without having our eyes giadened by a sight of a deer. In the same manner the boat crept along: Che shore to the oserend of the lake to another marsh, Which We penetrated as far as possible with similar results. Then the silent figure in the ‘stern sofuly turned the snout of the old boat bome- ward and sent her abead with a force that soon ought us back to our camp. All the Uime ‘not half a dozen words had been Spoken, and those in a guarded whisper, Stirring up our Gre afresh, the guide drew torth an old pipe, and filing tt with his favorite “mosquito killing ‘mix- ture,” squatted down before Une camp-fire, and in & soft voice told, between whiffs, stories’ of pre- vious experiences in hunting and fishing. Mean- while I lita cigarette, aud, ‘throwing myself on a blanket in the shanty, Mstened ques- tioned and exclaimed, and waited for 1U to grow dark enough for us to light our Jack and go out again. We had not tong to walt. “The jack,which much resembles an ordinary reflecting lantern for stationary out-door use, Was mounted on a stick about four feet high, and Ube stick then Inserted into a hole in the small decking at the bow of the boat. Iseated myself as before, close behind the Jack, which casts its rays far ahead, Uluminating the water for a considerable distance. As sliently as before we pushed forward across the lake. BY ‘thls Ume the om had gatbered on the Water and drifted and swirled in queer, iffegular masses be- fore us, at times seriously tnterferring with our outiook, Then how different everything seemed uuder the light of the Jack. ‘The lily pads looked like pieces of sort white paper scattered on the water, The yeliow lilies appeared phospnores- cent, and the Water seemed dotted with duil spots of fame. The trees and bushes along the banks took on fantastic shay and even the lines of the banks, SomeLow, seemed strange and unfamiliar. In the distance’ the outlines of the high moun- tains could be dimly discerned against the sky and now and again the drifting usasses of ciouds broke away sufficlenuy to reveal too clearly, through the swirling fog, just. where wo were in the marshy labyrinth. Suddenly the boat came tO a standstill, and a faint warning “bist” reached my ears from tue stern, Inan instant I forgot all the strange uncanny features of the night in this lonely region, Which had carried my mind far away from ali thought of deer for tae last few moments. The boat slowly turned to the left and again stopped. I listened with all my might and strained my eyes in an endeavor to penetrate the darkness and the fog. Again came he ol ‘hist,” and hen some distance abead I heard a faint splash mm the water. Again and again it was repeated, Dut strain our eyes as hard ‘as might be, ther the guide nor myself could discover the cause of the noise. It was a deer, there could be litle doubt. Softly, but swiftly, tue boat went abead straight in the direction of the sound. I felt that the ioment for which I had been so long waiting wasupon me. I was about loget @ shot ata deer! Yes, yea, just a Mute to the right, through tne clearing , dimly out ned against the darker background of Lhe woods, Teaught the outfine of some object apparently standing in the water. The guide whispered some- thing, but I See not hear it, so loudly aid my heart thump agafnst my ribs. "My pulse WENT UP TO 1701N THE SHADE. And as I brougit my gun to my suoulder I dis- covered with a sickening feeling that my arm shook worse than Itdid when I had my first attack ot malaria, Iwas going to have the buck ague. Steadily we drew nearer the dim object on the bank, and tremendous was the effort 1 made to steady myhand. All the will power 1 “gee i summoned to my ald, and re-enforced it by such unilosophical reflections ag I thought likely U0 Bave'a quieting effect on my nerves. In a measure my efforts were success(ul, my arm grew steady, and I got my gun into position, but just then I discovered that the shadowy Object ‘Was only a peculiarly-shaped stump, At about the same i ‘stant the boai grated harshly on a concealed stu! there Was a splashing in the water some distan ahead, and the irightened deer crashed away through the bushes, whistling in mingled denlance and alarm as he went. The guide made a few scriptural remarks In a subdued but emphatic tone of volce, Which I fully eudorsed if I did pot echo them; then he drew the boat out of the marsh and made for (he other end Of the lake. Here we were not even rewarded by hearing a deer and the sky having cleared and the moon ariven by this time, we made for camp, enfily and damp, and more or less disgusted at our ill fortune. However, we soon had a cheerful fire blazing before our rude’ shanty, ana afier brewing something warm to forestall any Ill-effects of our exposure to the night air, we wrapped ourselvesin our blankets and were soon sleeping soundly on our fragrant though not over-soft bed of hemlock “browse.” ‘The next morning we concluded to abanden Big Safford, and shortly before noon mude our way across the swampy trail to the point wuere we had leftour boat. That night we Moated on the firat lake of the north branch and below tbe lake on the river, but though we heard po less than five deer, we sighted none, Still determined to have venison for, Deerteather Cammp, if possible, ‘we resolved Wo float another night on the lake an: river. This time, In accordance with the old pro- verb, fortune sinilied on us and WE GOT OCR DEER. It was not what all ambitious hunters desire, Duck, but no reasonable man could under the cir- cumstances find fault, $0 we joyously and triumph- antly bore homeward our fat ttle two-year-old oe. On the third night we had Goated down the river early in the hope of obtaining a day-lignt Shot, but saw no signs of deer. When we down as far as we thought it profitable to go we Put about in diagust and Ut our Jack more for the urpose of al fre river than with. any got | | } | WEST POINT IX SErTeusER, The Raliying ce for Summer View Hors mt Other Resorts, PERSONAL POINTS PROM SARATOGA AND OTHER RR SORTS —POLKS WHO ARE BOTHERED Wire prawonme. AND SILVERWARE—MOTEMENTS OF THE DIFLOMJSIE CORPS—A RODGRT FROM MISS GRUNDY, ENING STAR West Port, N. ¥., Sept, & ptember is always a very ga¥ month at Weet ‘nt, Which Is a general rallying place for a num. ber of those who have earlier Visited other resorts And Gud st conventent, as well as agrecabie, wg Boy thetreity homes, Las ing Mr. Cranston gave, at lits hotel, Which Was ® very lively ove tm Jed by many of note, Incluaing cers stationed at West Poitit and thelr famities, Tue decorations of Une supper room and ball room: mt very few places which doce Al seonery and advante compartenn with Lake ¢ and so tt ts pleasant Lo Visit thew COMSecUttVel Te chatacter of the Soeucry—the water view eed Diliy shores—ts much U1 the espondence of TRF Mudson as at te southern age where the Fort Wilita: is situateeh and equally Beautiful, and this uotel is as dual ably placed tor the ‘view Van Vechten, who visited ‘Mt Waite House, and was agaiu in Wa Winter, 1s hero with her father and sie have spent most of tits = t - and Mrs, Jolin G. Davis a ty Ge Miss Belie, aud #on, Wiio have apeut more tines Sater in Wastungton, buU were in Europe lest Seat, are at Cranston’, Adiuiral ‘Deus \ Katte, the chief engtaver of the W , and his Wile, Who ts Uke sister New York, Gen. aud the Missy a Col, are © Taw Of Une othe friends la Washingt Pred and daugh na el who D. POINTS PROM SARATOGA Following my usual plan of visiting as m: Pleasant places as posit when I can spare the tine to do so, rouée here for a day at tae Un Saratoga, and spent a night at ti walle on aj ip I States Hote Delavan House Albany. At the latter wer Died the The terstate Commerce Com tnission aud sole taliroud vagnates, Including the president of the Delae and Hudson Canal 00,’ railroad, all of wih 0. Roesste ax host, Was Takin? yond ca melbers of the Intestate Couiuiere: Commis od Monday with Gor. MUL. At Naratoga it Hooked very bright in spite of Belug So late im season, hiany friends there,» Ex-secres sary Hiristow and lls Wife never fall to visit Saras tog. ptember. “They arrived at the United Stites Hotel on the Md. ‘They have hada cottage at Narragansett Pier all summer, and will return there soon, ‘Theirson and daughter and swe Young lady guests are there 1 also saw at the United States Hotel Mra, Audeureld and Miss Florence, the latter Surrounded “with beaux as" usual. Mrs and Miss Audenreld have been at Bar Marbor during the summer, and are coming next week to West Point. They “will return to Washington bee fore the end of this month. Judge and Mrs. Mace Arthur ieft Saratoga last Thursday for Mount MoGregor because of Mrs, Macarthur's hay fever, They will be there a week or more longer. She ts Muproving rapidly. Judge Macarthur comes down frow the iouulatn-top almost evers day to Saras toga, so inet hi the day 1 was there, “He was ing lis best. Admirals Pattison and LeRoy both still at Saratoga, and Ue wife of eact Assistant Pi master General and Mrs, Kuott Went last week from Kichiield to Saratoga, and have been at the United States Hotel, Senator Moar Was at Sar oa lask Week, and also Mr. Aue drew D. White, ex-iuinister to Beritn, G.t Billet, W. HL. Crawford, H. D. Mekte, Miss McKie, and J B. Moore, of Washington, ex-Congressiaan Mitch eli, of Connecticut, and tits Wie, and Col, Ricaard Lathers, Wto are sill there, Bishop A. B. Little- John, Dr. M. R. Taslor, U.S. A, Whose ‘station is San Antonio, Tex., Liewt. Join M. Walton, U8. Ae and Wife, Dr Grewi, president of te Western mon Telegraph Co., ani his daughters, ‘The Misses Green Will rendaiu there several days louger.. Miss Grace Green Is golug to oston Conservatory of Music to month. Exe Representa foul, and ats wile Will ren ve United States Hotel through this taouth. They expect to live in York in future, aud have moved thelr furniture and previy household ornament to that city, Ivis rumored that the ay one of the Saratoga b closed last week Uhat the clerk, who had strom Washingt the Key of the safe in which many of the gucsis had had their mouey aud jewels locked uje ment off with the key, and catised Unereby a serious alarm, the Baal result of Wiuich lias uot yer bees divulged. ° DIAMONDS THAT ARE NOT Won, “141d not bring any of my finest diamonds to Saratoga,” said a lady whos in her private cot tage at Saratoga—a most sumptuous one—and later her husband, in speaking of the family sie Ver, sald it, as Weil a8 the Jewels, had, turough fear of burgiars, been lett In a sufe-depostt vault in the city In which they live, ‘Then | wondered What was the guod of having ‘thes: possessions If they could never be enjoyed by ustug thea. Ic seems to me that some Way should be deviged sO that the oWuers of these precious things could get the credit of it, which, of course, they want, while Keeping the “articies themssives in a’ place of safety. Just as the United States” Troas. ury keeps ts gold and silver bullion in its Faults and circulates paper money to represeny tts value, so the owaers of diamond and other rare Jewels, and of sliverware, should bare some forued to represent tie full value of these cults to keep in sight, which would in itself be of ae Nittie intrinsic Worth a» the paper on Which Treas. UFY notes are printed. Imitation golitalre diate eardrops, for instance, of the Tull size of the re ones actually possesed by a lady, might be wo With a certincate cut into them that they were only a representative value, belug facesitulies Of al stones kept iu safety elsewhere, and Ube Sane might be done with We plated ware on the table Of One Who Owns Such articles In solld silver. THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. Mr, Preston, the Haytien miutste not per Manently leave the Fort Wiliam Heuty Hotei, at Lal ge, until Sept. 15. On that day his €ldest son, Whose Wife and children have been ab Lake George all summer, will sail fom Haytt to return to New York, where his family will join him, Baron de Fava, the Italtan atutster, w he returns trom Europe, as be will do ina days, will be accompanied by his wie, a8 ail Who Know her witl be pleased to bear. M. de strave, the Russian minister, will return from Europe tls autuunn to pass the Winter in Washington, but his Wile, unfortunately, caunot accompany him, It Js rumored that MF! Greger, of the Russian legae Uon, will be Wransferred Wo another post after his minister's return, Capt. dela Chere, who, within a few Years Was an atéac the French fegauion at Wastington, has died siuce his return to Eu- Tope. IL was he Whose ¢ilitary uniform, torn on Slate occasious, When court dress was required, had slong horse's (all (black) dangling from the cap, It is said that Mine. de Struve is trying her best to ket her husband appointed to a Eurepean mission, ‘and as she bas great influence at the Kussam court, Where vefure ber marriage she Was 4 lady- in-walting, she would have succeeded tn sec the coveted appolntmeut long ago but for the fact Uat M. de Struve is ranked on the diplomatic list: Or Kuséla by $0 MALY O.uers who fmust have tbo reierence When @ Vacaucy occurs in @ stain for an ambassador from Russia in any part of Kurope. It was through the influence of Ube‘lady, now his wite, that M. de Struve, who Was in Ui6 consular service, Which is wholly distinct trom the diplomatic, was’ promoted from consul-general to be a minister before their marriage, she Lnsistt to ber friends at court that be must recetve Hrd motion before she Married him. Accordingly e Was sent Uo Ji as atainister aud took w! Wife wit him, and then be Was appoint: ington. Before he can be appoluted tos Europeam court he must be made an ambassador, a bigue? grade Uban an “envoy extraordinary and miulsver plenipotentiary.” ABOUT WELL-KNOWN PROPLE. ‘Senator and Mra. McPberson have recently been. Visiting Mz. and Mrs, Whituey, of California, Who have a camp on Lake Molerhunkernunk, Andover, Oxford County, Maine. 1 will be remembered that | Mr. and Mrs. Whitney made a short visit to Sena~ Yor and Mrs. McPherson last winter. Mr. and Mra, Whitney, who do not mind long journeys, returned tm August from a trip to Europe, and weal to thelr caimp. ‘They bave amaguificedt ranch im Cull~ fornia, Chief Justice Waite and family, since they left Hotel Maplewood, on the White Mountains, where they passed several weeks, Lave beew al Ue Chet fustice’s old home in Connecticut. sifne next reanionor the Poore farally wil be hea in the Center Church, Haverhill, september 14. The family associasion, which ‘is perhaps te largest of the kind in Chis country, meets regularly every three years ou the secoud Weduesday in September. Since Ube last meeting two of the most Widely known inewbers of tue fatally, Major Benz Perley Poore and Harris J. Poore, ave died, ‘The Bosion Courier says: At'Stratford, Conn., are two Interesting ld ladies. One 8 Mrs. Perry, Widow of Commodore Perry, the Lero of Lake Erie, And the other Mrs, Lamb, the wire of Gen. Lamb, & inent officer in the War of 1812. ‘Among the Washington folks wlio arrived late tn August at Richfield Springs were Assistant Postuaster General Knott ahd wire and Jon W, Statrand her son, A dinuer party honor of Mr. and Mrs. Leo. Knott was given at Richfield vetore they ert there. ‘Mis. Sherman, of Washington, Mrs. Cameron's mother, has been very ii at Richt ei ii ‘i 3. ; : j ei Fi 5 € € i i uid it é 1 ; i i i j g & Fl * i i ”