Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1887, Page 3

CITY AND, DISTRICT. A HEALTHY CITY, Dr. Townshend's Anaual Report Pre- ped a ee wemts Gratifying Figures, wonne tn Washewvses Whe Minmdte ie}. sssses oe run sears EATS AND an ICEEAIE IN MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS--THR NERD OF 4 COM- SLOWRLY EXPERT WHO CAN FIND NO ONE TO PLAY | PLETE RECOKD OF MAKKIAGES AND DIVORCES—THE ‘WITR—MANT LADING AND GENTLEMEN, SOT EX-| BAD DRAINAGE OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. PERTS, WHO GET MUCH AMUSEMENT OCT OF THE — ‘The report of the health officer, Dr. smith ee eee ‘Townshend, for the fiscal year ending Jus® 30 Considerable interest is taken in the Iawn-tenais | last, says: “The total number of deaths for the ‘Qurnament tobe held at the Arsenal grounds next | year reached 4,065, showing ® decrease of 9 as ‘Week. Tennis is a Northern game, and has not ad. | compared with last year and being a less number ‘Yanoed as rapidiy in favor in Washington and the | than for any year since 188% The annual death- Boutnern resorts as in the Northern and Eustern | rate per 1,000 per annum for the year (poptilation ‘Stata But there are agreat many people who | estimated: at 210,000) Was 22.21. the lowest ‘Play bere in Washington, and while there may be ual Meath-rate for twelve years, being 1.17 per Dut few expert players yet one of the best in the | 1,000 below the mean-rate for that period. World, W. ¥.R Berry, ia Washington man. He | “The death-rate of the white population was ts one of the members of the committee in charge | 17.74 per 1.000 per annum, that of the colored Of the tournament and 1s interesting himself tm | population 31.15, It ts worth while tn this con- enlivening interest in the sport tn tals tatitade. | nection to call attention to the small death-rate But there is no body in Washington wnocat play | of our white population and the contin Mr. Berry. When the son of Gen. Slocum tlved | ued good showing in this direction, here, during bis father’s term inthe Forty-cighth |The rate of 17.00 per 1,000 per hand MF. used to play ® §PieD- | annum ts considered about the minimum to be did game together. Mr. Slocum, who cafried off | reached in large cit and in the past twelve the laurels at Newport, is ope of the few superior | years the death-rate of our white population has players in che country. at no time reached 20, the mean rate bein 18.80. CLERS AND COURTS IN WASHTXOTON. 4$ a remarkably good showing and gives an " Thi ‘Thongh there ts no one here now who can play Pay iy a Loh Mr. Berry, there area great many who play Suf- | Color T people, Story teage saat Cronos are Aetently well for thetr own amusement, and the | careiess of all the laws of nature, let alone sanitary umber of players ts constantly increasing. There | laws and the laws of hygiene. death-rate of are a namaber of clube, regulariy organized; ewides | the colored population during the past twelve macy private courta Young girls young | years has never below 30 per 1,000 per an- en, ahd ten of more advanced years play tor tbe ‘usm, and bas gone a8 Ligh as 40) the ‘mean being Ames ment apd exercise without any pretenses tO pay This death-rate must, of course, = ‘skill, and ai) wo play at all enjoy the game | be to that of the white en immensely. Many Department clerks, clergymen, | and the total go forth as ann and business men, as well as the y a death-rate of the District of Colunbia, The death- are taking to the game for exercise, ‘They Fate of milly or with more violence accordl Ayats ‘THE COLORED POPULATION. Of hele strength. W vtalene. Tr is coutiau, | i lower for the past year, however, than the mean ous and requires the most astonishing activity | rate for the past twelve years by 3.24 per 1,000 and alertness. per annum. TENNIS 48 AN EXERCISE, sonrne doaiaa for the year by mex and color were a8 Ber-y, With & Star reporter, ex- lows: 1,; wl males; 1,141 white — splnion chat the exercise was harder | 1,079 colored males, and 1.102 colored females. I —— 1a curious fact that while the colored females ‘than in most any other sport. The blow dealt the | show a larger mortality tnan the colored males ‘Dall in serving, according to the latest methods, ts | for the year, yet it is in this class that we find the as bard, Ne says as that struck [pate an decrease, as compared with last year, which Mors constant activity is required and for a | brings the total oumber of deaths below that of longe: Ume, “There is Moffett,” be said, “Prince- | 1886, ton’ champion football > Who 1s as strong | “Arranged according to classes of disease we find as a0 OX, he Was made ly sick from ovef- | 9a deaths accredited to the zymotic ciass; 1,171 exertion, after @ short timeat lawn tennis. Near- | tothe constitutional; 1,817 to the local: 496 tothe ly every muscle in the body ts it into play. | tevelopmental, and 188 to violence. The zymotic and the way they ‘smash’ the balis it requires the | diseases, such'as ty scarlet and the other itting forth of great strength. There are proba- | fevers, diphtheria, small-pox, & are those Biy Ubree women only who b.ve the extra Which are supposed to find and suste. muscular development necessary for good play-| nance in insanitary couditions; and right here rs” again the death-rate of tne colored popula- He was speaking, of course, of such playing 2518 tion comes to the front nearly double done by such experts as himself, The game may | that of the white bo The annual be plaged quite mildly when there is no desire 10 | death-rate of the white population from Deexpert. At its mil it ts excelirnt exercise. | the zymotic class of diseases last year was ‘The muscles of the arms, back and chest are in | 3.54 per 1,000 per annum, that of the colored popu- @sostant play, and the legs must have a wonder- | lation 6.29 per 1,000 per annum. This year the ful amount of spring in them to take the player | death-rate of the white population is 3.76 per cross the court in time to catch the Dall on the | 1.000; that of the colored ‘population 6.60. Facket, It requires almost the quickness Of ligt- | subject of vital statistics will be discussed Bing at times, Sa further on in these pages, but I But boy's of sixteen and men of «inty play. They | have deemed it advisable to call attention to these leave the lightning and some of the — = facts in the opening, in order that all persons in- ‘gad make a mild, detightrul exercise of it. Mr. | terested may see the effect that the colored popu- West, the British intnister, 6 more (han sixty, aod | lation has upon the death-rate of tue District.” ‘an active, thoug! @ vivleni ee ee care gress shill taben each of tre SYNOPSIS OF OPERATIONS. re out of the gue, and Is calculated tomake | ‘The following 1s. synopsis of the work performed bf og) ty sewhae Lamterd, Bromus | 2 the various branches of the service during the Be , Sears and Siocum as no players at ail handie year: There were 17,518 nuisances het pena ‘the racket In a way to cet most pleasure out of it, | a! 86,576 pounds Of meat, 70,587 pounds Ladies and gentiemen play for amusement and ex- = 608% Dushels of fruits abd vegetables, 479 ereise after their day's duties are pertormed, and | bushels of oysters, 88,217 clams and 163,500 crabs the rivalry as to skill ts Uwited. Of tuis class of | Condemned as unfit for food. Examinations and re- Players there are many in Washington, and the | ports were made on .S53c.ttz-nscomplaints 9900. Statistics of sales of tennis goods saows that the | Be Eat una: ameter enter atmenie iea ae nereasing rapidly. eases were referred to the al ae : the chemist for action. There were 3,058 animals LADIES WHO PLAY. impounded, and the coatractor 10¢ the removal of While from a protessional point of view there | offal took away 9,120 dead animals, 15 ns oF are none here who can play at all, yet there are | garbage and 21041 barrels of ‘night soll. The many ladies in Washington who can spring across of which number 5,072 were white and 10,’ the court with wonderful grace and activity and | colored. There were 5,337 burial it Of all keep the bali fying in a manner that seems Mar- | kinds tssuea, and 564 orders issued for burials at ‘Yelous to the unprofessional looker on, The 1n- | the public expense. There were 1,924 inspections terest taken In watching the game is almost as | or plumbing work made, and 465 inspections of gran on ine playing. | Many porate whe Reve houses made in. wnlch there was no drainage, DUL never handed a racket Know ail the potats of the | yards connected with sewers. Three hundred and ame and will waten it with enthusiasm for | seventy transcripts from the records of births, fours Justice Blacenford, of the supreme Court, Marriages and deaths were furnished applicants, Js oae of these enthusiastic lookers om. He was | and 36 permits Issued for obstruction of travel on beyond the age for playing before the game was | streets on account of serious Iliness of residents, Invented, or perhaps mageny A At it ALLEYS AND ASHES. to cl ows rules Saapaetatagunn and he never misses a | Referring to the abatement of nutsancesin alleys game at ‘Newportin tne summer. The touroament the report says: “These alleys were in a majority ext week ts wader the auspices Soutuera | of instances unimproved, and In such cases It is a Assoctaticn, and the object ls to increase the In- | Very hand matter to prevent the ereation and von. Salers. stant recurrence of nuisances The paving of - alleys with asphalt biock, under the compulsory BUT ONE DAYS DIFFERENCE, | Pelt system, augurs weil’ for sanitary improve- it x deeeiemnties “Ashes loom up as betnig respons{ble for four hun- of the Mother Churet: | arog and sixty-two nuisance ‘The ash of wood OF and of St. John’s, West Washington. | coat is uot in ise. 4 nul-ance, Dut I the small —— large accumulation which" a Saturday Inst, as statedin Tur Stax, theseventy- | fn tue cellar in the yard, or in the alley that ous elguth anniversary of tne consecration of Christ | tices refuse and Gita of all other kinds to sweli Its P.R church, the mother church on G street | proportions. I have been pounding away for years ‘bow With recommendations tat asues be removed southeast, was celebrated, Sunday, the follow- | 4t'the pub.ic expense, just as the garbage ls. The ing day, was the seventy-eighth anniversary | prompt and regular removal of would be a of the consecration of 8t Joun's church, (O and | great sanitary reforms in that it would, remove Potomac streets, West Washington). In the | num Sources Os nulsu Journal of the Maryland Convention, 1810, it ts re- | UKE ‘is matter upon the attention of the ome corded: “On Sunday, October 8, 1809, the bishop | ‘Tne regort t1 at some length of the different (the Right Reverend Bishop Claggett, first bishop | classes of nuisancés abated during the year, @f Maryland,) visited and consecrated the new UNWHOLESOME FOOD CONDEMNATIONS. eburea, styled Christ church, in Washington, Under this head the report says very few peo- Wien is not large but suMicientiy elegant. | ple have any idea of the vast amount of food con- ‘The next day, the bisucp having Deen joined | demned as unwholesome every year. The beet Peiektes ein Miad ,Adultson end | {ilbson, | condemned in the past six years aggregates 90,546 giiendca itm te, Recs, mecormlck and | Pounas wl a he ean pouty copes town, columbia, | This is & new and elegant brick pond A eg gd tag myle.” yt yt was condemued, among other ‘things, 21,803 in 1704 the Marylandiegisiature waster. | Pounds Of Deef, ‘16.408 pounds of wutton, 4,661 Saeacd ty tae Feesemane Tnuabitante ia | Pounds Of veal,'3,728 pounds of pork, 1,186 chick- peer poh fT cane wa, District ot | £2%, 4480 pounds of grup°s, 13,402 walerwelons, Columbia, to fork a parish, w be koown by tne | 9803 cabbages, and i dogo of edeusbera name of “Washington parish. At this session of ee the general awsembiy (he petition was granted. ‘The inspection of murine products shows an in- Washington with Georgetown and its addiiions | crease in the receipts of shad and herring, the two Weeame Washington pariah. May 25, 170, the c fishes, for the TI Protestant Episcopal inbubitants of Washington | Principal Potomac Ashes, Cpa toa ana Georgeiowm met and elected a vestry. | ® slight decrease in the number of bushels of oys- On tbe “same day another meeting was | \ere received, and there was only 479 bushe.s con- Bel? apd ‘(be wardens were elected The be i mehr busueis for the year be ‘Vestry then elected Rev. Gea Ralph —, ans en yey were 4 Tector Of (he parish, reverving to Lhemsrives, how- a 88,217 clams, and Sror. the power of ‘appointing anstuer rector for | DURCHeS Of Dunch Ds, ‘that part ot wi iy Within the 2 POUND VICE. Uaults of Georgetown. Rev. Edward Gantt was <tr an cae Subvequentiy cuosen as rector for that In reference to the pound service, the report ‘the parish Ju.y, 1705; the land (lot Na. ‘Says ‘bere was a slight decrease in the number of 458, WosuiagWa,) was presented dogs impounded. Washington seems, however, to have some unfailing source of dog supply. The to pon whic to erect a cured, and an order Dr the Ut necessary for tue frame a animal capture for the past six years has PB ye n Oss per year, and of the 18,628 dogs taken, pga FE | fully 14,000 have been killed without any perce} De, Rooertay Street southeast, Able effect on the dog population, The new pol lots Nos. @ and 7, im square $77, W strect | regulations catall upon the poundmaster the duty Souluesst,) was preseuted to the vestry upon | or taking up chickens found running at ‘but Competed, here war diy iMO7 the church Was | Refore this work cam be entered upon it will be comp.eved. There was rvice tm necessary the first time on the 9h Uf August, 1807. “This tof waliaing of youn, cmastonien at's jt wide tor buliding Of per construction of a @lifice was formally consecrated vy yy ee —— a table wagon, &c- as there Is no provision at Georgetows, Lisirict of Columbia, October, 1B? there is mention of a memorial window 'to v6 clans ‘amount say Sica te Be errata Mae hE | moo eee 200, clergymai ; Churcu who ueid « service and preached” in MEDICAL SANITARY INSPECTION. —_ a on Svek serehca coqurred: ial 706, —— report of the medical sant- ‘ashington Vestry elected | tary inspector the health ofticer says: “It is grati- = pee BN A tn Ueoreromed 12 | tying to note the fact that scarlet fever has been 2700 4 movement commenced to build wt. Jobn's | Teduced from 168 fatal cases In 1884, and 137 In eburch, Ou the wall of St. Jou: yurch is @ | 1885 to only 15 (or the present year, ' Two years Tablet wo the memory of the first rector, | #0 the inspector made a plea for a change in the ‘Tables are given suowing the work done by the Ayers, who died January, 1800, and wuose | Methods of the tice of midwifery in the Dis- Gedy "was pinced ina crypt under the chancel | tFict, This plea seconded heartily, Kaowing ‘ull of the church, Dut was subsequently re. | Well §hat the practice of both icine and mid- Moved. October 9 the church was consecrated, | Wiery stand badly in need of regulation in the Ta te bistory of the church In Maryland, the | District | We are overrun with quacks and tncom- formal consecration of Christ churen on the sth | Peveat midwifes in thiscity, and, asa uence, October, makes her the motuer church to her first | OU Infantile mortality ‘and’ record of still: Offspring in Georgetown. The style of architec. | births are largely augmented. This year he ture of Curist church and st. Joua's church bear | Calls, attention to the absurdity of the & surlning rewenblamce, “Tuere were petro te it tuetbod of tssuing “marr Doth, waich bave brea taken away trum each ) 824 expecting to got any sort of record. We have church, and side rooms or have deen | Deen walllug paticatly year after year for the added,” The chanceis in torm are = Christ | Much talked of codification of the church bas laws, and we lived in of havi 5 sained giass window veurtng the lived tn ope of having numerous dea Of St. Jobo as the Kvangeitst and st. | _ “If ng yt ‘Code at the incoming Joba as be received the Divine Kevelation. Kev. | SeSsl00 Of Congress covering these Jno. & Ligdaay, tne recvor in caarge of St. Jona's, | Matters should be drawn and presented foraction.” preached his farewell sermon aa rector to his ‘THE DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD. Rrople hast Sunday, Ksseventy-eiguin anniversary | Referring to what was sald in his last animal 4 Feport on the question of cemeteries, the health Washingten—The Medical Congresa, | (Mer S873: “The question of the disposal of the ‘Written tor tux Evexive Stan, the pubite aque ‘one that tnust contront us £ soon. Some in this city are now ocal- Ob, city of broad streeta and ample ways, ing the idea of Dullding tmausolv ans as seen Whose stetriy evenucs attract the eye: for Ube dead, and thus prevent the con- ‘Not here on iruwning bettlements we gas, n Of the'€arth and the air. “This is a Awiug 1b martial front the passer-by: Nery good roposition, but 1 would be too expen- ‘Yot bere, tov, hae been beard the cry,—“To srms!* are, ‘sboption ‘im the disposal of the pauper And besarte bave wildly throbb’d at war's alarms! | 4: “These questions may not seem urgent manses, bit itis Well t9 commence their cansider. n J ‘Wrst if the din of commerce pass thee by, ns Fair city! with thy Found rs desthleas name? ha guerre dyancnspensed ‘While lita thy Capitol ite dawe on high, In connection with the summary of vital statis. ‘What rival city ahall eelipes thy fauna, {ce the report says that 3,72 births were reported, Mistrem of staten,—of central power the eset, Of which 2,001 were white, 1,634 colored, and 3 of ‘Waere all 8 uiigaty nation’s pulses beat! unknown sex or color. ‘This number exceeds the m Charis ‘And now the doctars of the warid are here! be pared with ‘Mot aru With lancete, a to meet s foe, Bat each preseuting up bie chosen aphere A frag.ueut of tbe Wuth he best cam shew, Gleanings frum distant fede, with weil and care, (Ur aps y Wwepirauona—all wo rare; rv. (Or trotting out some hobby, with stow pace, had ove of my own, syd ought io Know), ‘attenuon of Or, carkum studying the tureigu face, i IMPROVING THE CITY. Changes in Progrews Around the Capl> OBSERVATIONS IN NEW YORE, Metropolitan Life as Pictareé by Cum- mingy and Hall. WHAT ff cO#T® TO LIVE IN THE BfO cIrT—vaRIOUD WATS OF SPEXDING MONSY—TER RICE YOUNG Man AND HIB DAILY EXPENSES—THE YOUNG MAN OH A SALARY—A SCRNB AT THE ANTI-PovEETY Pam, Special Correspondence of Tae Evarnfe Stan. ‘New Yorx, October 14 “Gow much s Gay does it cost the average man to live in New York?” asked a stranger the other 5 ia 5 a 5 A NEW APARTHEWT HOUSE TO FRONT ON THER CAPT: TOL GROUNDS—OTHER IMPROVEMENTS Im THAT _ VICINITY AND ELSEWHERE—PEOFLE Dt ‘TON WHO OWN THEIR OWN HOMES, A part of the city ubat seems recently to have Caught the spirit of improvement that has wotked mafvels in other sections is that immediately af Joining the Capitol grounds, Yearsago, when the fine old-fashioned residences remaining on New Jersey avenue, and seen here and there in other parts of Capitol Hitt! were erected, this part ot the city was favored by fashion and wealth, Ata Period when there were no street car lines and 20 stretches of smooth asphalt pavement leading to the uttermost bounds of the city, the proximity of this part of the city to the Capitol led many Sens- tors and Representatives to make thetr residence "city, however’ the glory left tt to some eX- gs i F} Fai 5 u Ei i i i i f ‘these +00 CONFUSION IN THE CONVENTION, The Kaights Mave # Lively Time Over the Formation of the Executive Hoard. ‘The subject of Givorce, the report says, bas as- sumed a phase of great importance, in view of the greatly-inc‘eased mumber of divorces granted by the courts of che within the past, few allowed courts RECOLLECTIONS OF A MINISTER TO wt abiigtan Beviae's. JACK HALL: or, Twe Smoot Dare oF ax AMERICAN VENDETTA: or, Taz Stony oF Ox ‘COREL author of Hy F i Seribuer's Bons e H A Here ts the story of the day's experiences of of them. Young Dives, whose tather fortune and nothing to do except to spend income from it, has suite of rooms from Broadway, at that particularly att mere Delmonicos and other resorts His rooms cost him $5,000 a 5 there, It was a With the growth that had crowned Capitol Hill ears there was little imnrovement ‘there. In fact some of the surroundings of the itol were very unsicht! subject of unfavorable comment by visitors to the On the north side, not far trom the ‘Were located a series Of Old sheds used as car stables, and until one night when ex-Gov. Shep- herd tcok the matter into his own hands, Tafiroad ran for along distance at the foot of the ill on the west side. ‘The streetcar stables and Gisappeired. The Government has extended beautified the grounds, now adding to the atten Recently handsome residences: Capitol grounds hive been erected Sheliaborger, Renre- But the most nota- ig the transformation and C streets and New Jersey avenue and 1st streets west. Old sheds or forlorn-looking vacant 3} are giving place to neat Icoking residences, Rows of houses have already been constructed on Arthur Place, the new street made through and on the 1st street front of the andsome row of dwellings is appr completion on the New Jerse; und hag just been broken apartinent house at the corner of New Jersey avenue and B street. THE MALTBY APARTMENT HOUSE. ‘This apartment bouse is being erected by Mr. Maltby G. Lane, of New York, trom drawings pre- pared by Robert Stead, the architect, of this city. ‘The principal entrance will be through a large stone arch in the center of the New Jersey avenue front, fanked by two round towers which extend ‘to the cornice, and are finished with contcal-shaped roots, the space between the towers being carried ‘up as a gable, On the corner of New Jersey and B street will be a lar-¢ tower 14 feet in diam- eter, from the windows of which will be affor sed a view, over the Botanicals Gardens and mall, of the Smithsonian building. a1 The building will be five stories in height, built of brick laid in red motar and Potomac re : sandstone, with cornice and finials of copper, and bigh- pitched roof, On the right on enter dining rooms, and on the left the drug the first floor there are, in addition, two sults of apartments, and on each of the other floors four ighteen in all. In the basement rber shop, bar, kitchen, laundry, storerooms, &c. The building will cost $97,600, ‘THE ADJOINING ROW OP HOUSES. An additional improvement to the neighborhood surrounding the Capitol isthe row of new resi- dences adjoining the proposed apartment house, They are sixteen in number and face New Jersey avenue, extending to C street. They erected by Jas. Renwick Brevoort, the New York, according to the design of Robt, Stead, They are three stories and basement: h, built of pressed and moulded brick laid in mortar, with copper cornice, &c. ‘The row will 35: JULIAN MORTIMER: of Tae ou be tack a: boat Rerien” Ghustrsted:’ New York? A. L Burt’ TE COCKADES: Au Incident of the “Forty Golden | M New York. Charles ‘Scribner's ‘. MAJOR AN JOR AND MINOR. A Novel. and Were made the | sole servant. is [ERY CaRTLEMON, Keeps his m: clothes in order and his" mouth closed. luxury costs Dives $50 @ month, all his old clothes, and occusivuuuy a prevent of money. The like the yeurly inet leisure ‘In the metropo. his careruily bru: © spend money. is, the first. thing Of Dr. Benj. @. Pool, tne medical sanitary inspector, who says; That tn so far as we consider the prev- i Socom parncieet most Worabie ous, ae sake Shaual deathrave nas been lower than for aS aaa eee ig Ee world, Out fair city bas beea sp.red the visit of & ‘Singie case of elther of these dreaded disei last case of small-pox occurred In this ct glass of Congress water Which he lays out (unda, ‘Then he takes a walk 1 itispleasant. Every fine dav, at nuon or there. abouts, you will find Dives and a score of wa.kingon Fut aveuue and Forty-second streets,” Dives meets a and they go sowewhere to breaktast. Your young man of leisure has a horror of eating alone, A DAINTY BREAKP«ST at some fashionable restaurant. It costs him about ‘$3, and he manages to kill a great deal of time eat- ing it, Then he succeeds tn disbursing a dollar for cigars. He saunters over to his club, sits lown, reads the morning paper ‘the windew at the ladies, who abroad on shopping some more tune in vate enterprise AUNT SERENA. year during the low fever, smail Buaxcum Wiiiss HOWARD, jumumer,” & *, between ‘Twenty-bird friend sentative Springer and others, bie improvement in pi of the square between ng ee Ah, BEAUTIES OF SAKES ‘This, like the frst, was wi ; ee acta eee tae Ora, wes Houghton,” Milfun & Co. Washington: have viven place or ‘Review. HENRY GEORGE the suthor of “Phyllis.” “Molly ke. welt? 3'B Lipptucott Oo. Pusceaea iia OF Geeta Poker Playing. WIS KEWSPAPER ON BIB HAND, BUT IT Was MIS DEAL From the St. Paul Globe, A few days ago Major Edwards, the boss poker Player of the Red Hiver Valley, was tn St. Paul. He came on Dusiness, but when bis presence in the town was known Frank Pettigrew, the whtlom Congressman, and Melville Grigsby, Dakota dictator, hunted bim up, and in less than an hour the three were comfortably locked in a lendidly upholstered office in the rear of the irst National Bank, with their hats drawn down over thelr eyes, Nighi THs: DUCHESS, iced among ox ‘Therefore DE Foot eaye, it pees Recessary und proper that steps should be taken Dation at a Uns wen ‘team be dono without ‘which are incidental ites or travel ane my? are, mio Ty that this bearing as it did the stamp of fashionable stable from which ie hires turnouts at an expense which never falls below $150 per Month. He drives out to the Casino in Central Park OF to one of the road houses, he knows and asks him to have a‘driok. The frst Found costs 50 cents, Another friend drops them and they have a sinall bottle, Friend No, 1 and Dives purchases another Then he shakes hands with fashington: Brent debate or the morning can ing from the Massach' ‘353 of the new constit which provides taat “the may at any time submit to the local assemblies of ‘he order an amendment to any part of the const- tution, and if such amendment be approved + that haste and to a threatened two able-bodied men be strangers OF paupers aasien sen Gan MAJOR EDWAKDS RISKS move the rem: who leave no (rienda or assist in their removal, THE RECORD OF MARRIAGES. In closing his report, Dr. Pool says: “My ex- erience in the supervision of the registration of births, marriages and deaths leads me to believe, that if the contracting to this office for ‘wo the clerk of the cigars, senall bots wine, n he bis companions, orders up bis carriage, dollar, ‘and continues his When he gets home’ he would find, if he ever up his expenses, bout $2.50 for Sometimes he puts on bis afternoon suit and strolls over to the club for @ game of billiards. To add interest to the affair, he plays for a wager of a dollar ‘and the drinks, “He loses, say, two games rounds of drinks, ard gets away with Unree dollars 1a to Spend money yet. Dillard game to dine hostler a halt posed a substitute, which was general srecuive board authority vo.» endments only on request more in regard to. marri rtike ‘were ‘requ district bles, we tO marry, instead court, as at present, the data necessary for record of ‘vital statistics could be easily it, made returnable with the clergyman’s certiticate, should then be issued to the minister selected ‘to able to follow up the license and complete the record. As itis at present Mr. Thomas, Kichard, or Henry can, by paying $1, obtain @ license from the clerk of the court, permitting any minister or other quaiified person, to marry anyone in the directory, wuile ho means exist by Walch 1t ascertained wnether tne license bas been irpose 1ssued, unless ap, thing to make a revur ‘Tne court lice: Foscunne Ravers ‘THE CONVENTION WAKEs UP. At 5 o'clock, however, the explosion which has deen awatted here for days past took place, and the factional fight that was forshadowed in the Press of Monday last was begun in real earnest. ta, It Was precipitated by Jax, fork, While the commitice on law was stilt slowly handing thelr 4 Quinn arose impatiently, orkinan and Delegates: ane me egioning home, to-morrow. Ii we rigsby and Pet! thelr own beath, and fortune to give the major a cold shoulder, but he stood bis ground well and met his losses with the grit of a Spartan. All the afternoon and into the ng hotter each hour, red and biue chips up under the chins of Petil- the major had been com- more, but be hasnt He tnvites his friend of tl with nim, and they separate to dress for dinner, dress sult, which, with a cape Overcoat for evening wear, has cost him $250 and helped Lo swell his tallor’s Dill to $2,000 a year, Walks slowly over to @ fashionable restuu- Tant, meets bis friend, and ful task of ordering a dinner, affur, with @ quart of claret, a ng, and some cordial for a ‘On. ‘the pair have consu.ued it and ao hour the obsequious waiver has presented the check uis bili to D: about thirty dollara. The fret reviprocates by inviting Dives TO THE THEATER, They hire cab, go Lo the play, see one act, and then go out tose aman, They find him, several of him, in tact. Dives opens a quart bottle of cham- agne and they have a drink all around at an Expense of $3.50. when the play ts over the pair to the Hoffman House, see more friends, ave ad mnore money. Midnisnt ap- orm. the marr registrar would Lie some other ian, of New Petals Ormccut bo “4 Tight the battle w and the beautiiull grew kod Grigsty. w grew We led to lay several checks of ns ON Lhe table to meet the “stabs” that ists were making at him. The sweat was ling down his face, Lbere was an anxious look in lis eyes, and he showed He was a heavy loser, and it he would have lo walk baca to to hin to and, , be laid them of the conventton are great many want to are to do any important ‘that we have a full house todo it. I that certain measures are to be committee on law which are of forward some in the delight. [vis just an informal juart of cham~ cousider it the remains Of a system applicable at atime when the court. was the only Place of public. record;, but ‘Or uiove making recuros, and inver- urements x feres with proper collection of records in this ‘ranch of vital statistica” ‘THE INSPECTION OF PLUMBIXG, ‘The report of Mr. Sam’l A. Robinson, the inspec- tor ot plumbing, also accompanies that of the health officer. This report after presenting @ mas of the office in inspect the howe, given an" scoouut and visiti 01 mr 00 fis of the board to revise regulations and examine plumbers, ‘OUL some incomperent aod of all employers, ‘Those who ed LO pass & satisfactory examination have been given an extension of time Lo prepare for another bearing before the board, fual action it 1s employer will tits “important, busin u 1e88, ‘vo have, In addition to Uelr skill and experience ag operative plumbers, an inteliigent appreciation ws of hygiene, aud a fu apprecia- Mion of the moral side of thelr duties, and it is hoped this effort of the Commissioners will event- ually receive the full support of every respectable wod-T in this District. In my last report I re- jerred to the examination I bad made of the and drainage of the old school vuild- ‘noted youe of the more serious defects found in their construction. since that U.ue muny {nprovements have been inade in accordance with my recommendacions, An appropriation 01 $15,000 ‘was asked (or lo do fhe work of reconstructing bing in all zese Dulidings, and $10 000 allowed, By J..diclous ing Mixtures 10 been remodeled.” ‘THE DEFECTIVE DRAINAGE OF FUBLIO BUILDINGS. “Nothing has been done,” the report says, “to remeuy the deplorably defective condition of the drainage in the buildings occupied by the General Government. Every effort has been made by this office, and those In “wuthority in the Departinents, Ing about @ reconstruction of the plumbing ‘Seems not to appreciate the great importance of giving relief to those pubic servants wuo nave breathe this polluted atmosphere, The rvsult exist because its in a form that frame racked with aced, powers Stroyed, dre the fatal Tesuits of a few years spent Dolsonous atmosphere of our ‘These staveinents are no exagge sion 18 impussibie. A few hoveis have made changes Plumbing fixtures, with partial ventilatior souewhat hiaproves their sanitary couditiua, but a aystem entirely watts tile Lhem to aceruficate nS Of nervousness. fore, that the commit ‘those measures and let these raerly pur the mouon and it was promptly mi chairman of the com. now it 13 useless, le shaking them carelessly, ‘sby's side of the table Wo cut. Grigsby didn't cut, ‘Slowly the major dealt the cards until the hands were out, It cost a hundred-dollar bill y raised it to $200. Edwards Saw that and dropped his check for $500 more in the center of the table. Petty looked curious, but they were in and bad to meet which they did. “One!” said Pettigrew, “One!” said Griceby. Slowly the major gave them their puliing Ove from the pack lata wuem “Tue devil,” thought Gt . ‘The major picked up carried. vaunpbell, mittee, then proposed that the new constitution, which provi: general executive board shall consist of the gen- rai master workman and six Other members, to be elected for a term of two yeara, be changed by Umiting the numb-r of members to four besides ‘he general master workman, the latter to make his own appolntmen intually the same amendment as was proposed by General Secretary Livckipan in his re- port last Friday, and tue effect Of its reading was Clectrical. Lninediately every delegate saw that the threatened attack upon Messrs. Barry and Bailey bad come. Aimid the surprise that Vailed in most quarters, and before anybody Ume to speak, Master Woikman A. T. National District Assembiy Jumped to his feet and presented this resolutioa: dtesolved, ‘Ibat @x-Kepresentalive Dewey, of Decroti, ve requested to explain to the convention bis reerence to the necessity of demanding the ive board, and tat. Wepreseatauve W, | uve ‘and that tative Wheat, of Ill- | luols, explain to this convention whether or not amendmeut has in view the bringia: about the aforesaid result without the necessity PEOPLE WHO OWN THEIR HOMES. Some figures prepared by Mr. Fish, the District ‘assessor, show that in the city of Washington, exclusive of West Washington und the county, there are fifteen thousand five hundred and fity- One owners of real estate, theve owners have large holdings. Mr. Fish esti- Mates that in this city one person out of seven owns bis own house. ‘This proportion he States is fair when compared wich otuer cities. ‘There 1s, he says, a large ored people thut'came dui of whom are in indigent circumstanc.™, that goes to reduce the proportion of house owners to the Population, Many department clerks and Government, Mr. Fish mgt OF are buylug thelr own uomes. The feeling o: security, encour: service law, has contributed greatly to this result. After President Cieve.and was elected, Mr. Fish Said, some of the ‘building association ’ men here Were apprehensive that the great changes ex- pected umong the departinent clerks would be disastrous LO the associations. On the contrary, the encourageinent received by department cierks under tbe present Adininisiration bad induced Many tO invest their savings here, und the result Was that the building assoclations were more prosperous to-day than ever. IMPROVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS. Mr. M. J. Keane has just completed a three-story dwelling and store on dd street, adjoining the Bel- vedere Hotel, The front is laid to select red brick ‘and has a circular tower on the north end running {0 cornice and flaished with a high steeped slave roof. ‘The grouud for has a store 18 feet wide 65 feet deep, ‘The first floor contains brary, siting room, reception rooin, di kitehén, pantites abd bath room, On the secon floor there Will be six chambers and bath room, with closets to all the rooms, ‘shed in cherry and poplar, respectively, will bé heated vy furnace in ceilar, I be $7,500. Mr. N. K Grimm is the Mr. Ke-in W. Darby and Jos. L. Collt are erecting two pretty two-story dweilin.s on street, near Zach stree desigas prepared by N. to stay, and Grigsb! rew and Grigsby more wine, and proaches, and Ineets with approv L @ cafe und devotes summory of the ing plans of plum! ‘and empoweri 0 of ares mene. $7 to the Ught lunca, His | friend and nis friend's friend treat, and by that UUme the young Diood of the men 1s coursing trough thelr Veins in ‘such @ manner a$ Uke a slow time abhorrent tuey conclude int where {aro oF them the zest of excliement, very. beavlly, und. when Oviock in thé morning’ he wi devoied his energies ‘to such @ Vulgar task as that it Dad cost bin , UO say Hothing of bis expensive 1ux- make anything ulation here of col. | Maks way tnt Taistng the standas ng the war, and many tigrew. 18 cards and glanced them y's eyes snapped, for be had a queen full On jacks, PetUgrew's eyes gulsiened, for he bad four kings ‘The Major's eyes lad a sort ot a iibet $1,000 taat my hand ts good," said Petts. ,000 that my" ve chips and checks, that my hand is better,” sald Grigsby, raising Pevtl crew's bet. ‘Tue myjor laid down his cards and said: I'm broke. I've checked out to you in the bank, but if either one ‘On my newspa ve It to you and bet that every deservi all those who engaze in ” Mr. Robinson. says, Others employed by the find, if he ever Competing ‘nis expe Tegular expenses for rent, clothiny &c. Tals extimate does not tuctu ries at Odd but not infrequent geasons, 1 exumpie, Lhe Ca v of Ives, the young Napoleon of Wailsurée.” tae was oot'a, na OF leisure like the class to whic a schedule of only part of bis labiiuies covering @BuOTL period Of expendiLure, show 3430 for clothing, $284 ior hosiery, $1,700 for 2132 for sliverware, $70 lor fowérs and IL costs Dives $30,000 a year to live and he doesn’t ant, for there are scores of young wen in New York who spend as much as the general execu- hivenan of elegant Dives belongs, ‘but 01 you want to oftive for 410,000, Pl gti Amount of mo..ey' that my hand wins the pot.” “One of his old-time bluffs,” thought Grigs! and Pettizrew, and the latter prompuy sald, “I'l. money and I'll call the bet.’ “Lil do the same,” said Gi blank check for§10,000,and “I reckon I've got you, for bere are four kings,” geld Peuigrem, losing his carde down i, “rhe hI! ejaculated Grigsby, crushing queen full Tanienand, mal said (he major, “it's prett; aces ivs tunny how they stuck togevner that Peald Xo ‘Pectigrew ‘Tosay that this created a sensation would not adequately express the fact, While the conven- {ion still suffered from surprise Master Workman Lewis demanded of Ex-Delegate Dewey’ why he had made the statement that Messrs, Barry and Batley should be shelved, and why he has. Philadelphia and appeared before sembly No. 1, tn todefea: Master Workman Edward Moore as @Welegate to this assembly, Mr. Dewey got up to repiy, Dut his constratat and em- him from giving a clear ‘however, that he made rand advance you the consider tat he ty extr ‘THE YOUNG MAN ON A SALARY. Contrast with bim tue young man who works for a reusonably liberal salary, and, like Dives, ts bent upon having a good time, He has a fat out inthe select but less expensive quarters of It cowts him $1 a day for ren. He early, ecatea Ligut breakfast that cows him ceuts, buys bis moral down Lown to business. A on his way from Une elevated station where he dis- eunbarks is his only outlay until luncheon time, He goes a good restaurant and get: meal, including @ bottie of beer and a cigar, cents At the dinner hour you will Mud biin at Teasonably select Up-Lowa restanrant disc! meal Uhat costs hin $2. Like Dives be theater. Lis dress sult Is ready Dut Uo the casual observer be looks a8 well uttired as Dives, He has his atver- theater luncheon and drinks, home to find that it ‘has cost lim 10 to through the day. He has had quite as yuod a ime, and} bows with guive as many dis. peop.e as the elegavt young man of Jelsure. “He will tell you that @ wnan can live ike a lord in New York on $4,000, and yet tuere ts one ewspaper imap in the weLropots who boards at a hotel and pays $18 a day tor his rooms, $7 a d: for cigars, and propurtiouately large Wugiuves that be is economical great day when New Yorkers the ordinary man who ts beat upou enjoyment must caiculuie uj a§ much again On LLat as upon any oti doesn’t tn.gine taal he can but a Pole, who met with an accident lay Chis Summer at Couey Isi. aud was urrested Lbrough @ Diunder, suid that excursions, including rafiroad fare and 15 cents herring, cost bin only 70 cents, and he declared that he had the greatest Kind Of fun, but berated himselt for hts extrava- ‘Amos J. CUMMINGS. Dasewent have Darrassinent prevent explanation. Be: such statements, and t had gone Geiphia or Lad used his influence against the elec Uuon of Moore, who is Known Uo be an earnest and conscientious opponent of the adininistration, AS ‘soon as Dewey sat down Master Workinan Suarp! asked Delegate Wheat, of U.inota, a member of committee on law, to éxpiain alinilar Ubat he is alleged to have made in reference to Messra, Barry and Bailey. Mr. Wheat declared that be had nothing vo do he always bad been dT regard him men in the order.” 1 isfactory than that of Dewey, and Wheat sat dow amid considerable applause. Mr. continued mentioning the namés of tes and alieged lobytsts w! ard Lo express themsel' Messrs, Barry and Bailey, ‘The tutertor 15 fin: apers, and hurries ie papers, He raked in the ever sev waon Tuck?” : Uugrew replied: “Luck! you seem to forget that twas bis deal” Instead of the Private Key. UNGENIOUS PHILADELPHIA DEVICES TO BET THE SUN- DaY Liquon Law. From the Philadelphi News, ‘The Suuday private key has departed, and the Private Up how to open the back gate has taken fis place, Some of the devices are really ingent- Gi West Washington, from Grimm, architect. Tue fronts are of press brick, ornamented with moulded and fancy bricks, aou' have steep pitched roots covered with siate. ‘They have squary bay win- dows running to the roofs, ‘with the case, ani that 18 allowed to friendly to botu manifestations are not od insidious. At length, the ip, & mind aebulitated, Of usefulness’ de- first floors have ‘lors with sliding doors, wide entrance ining rooms, kitcuens and vate stulrs, On the second floor there will be ive chambers and bath rvdws, With closets to all the rooms. The hous.s Will De Mnished in poplar and wii ve heated by furnace in we cellars, 1he cost Will be $11,000. treats his friends “Don't know how to get in there?” asked a young man who stood near a saloon in Kensing- “Well, if you'll set ‘em up, I'l show you. I'll take you to the gate, and, if youcan open it, I'll ‘Taoewcr was readily accepted. ‘The way tothe ee sope © 1ih'a bandie-on the end tovi ed reached. A rope wi = lied. The gate didu't ward and pulled out- wa WES Saturday Smiles, His Grace, the Juke of Marlborough, ‘spises tue Awerican press. But tie American Dress isanead. It despised him tree—san ran ‘The batchelor may lead a life full of joy, but you can’t convince any Old mald of 1t.—Boston Journal none bave as yet factory, or that of approval from this office. At is hecter So. Written for Tax Evasixo stan. Were I yon twinkling star, love, Where I yon twiukliug star, One home I'd watch afar, love, ‘Where all my cravings are: ‘Thive eye with iuster bright I'd fill,— ‘Thou art my life's true “Brightuees” still, Were I this passi ng breeze, love, ‘Were I this passing breeze, Td fit with gladsome ease, love, ‘To Western lands anu ves; ‘With fond caress I'd breathe on thee,— ‘Thou art the breath of life to me. ‘Nor star nor breeze sm I, love, ‘or star nor breeze am I, Teannot light thine, eye love, To thee I may not 4y; But soon myseif my love shall ereet,— ‘Thy welcome is new life, my sweet. U.8&. 8 Marion, Sept. though with varying get along with less ‘The man pushed Ward, and evea ‘tried to raise the gate, but tt re “On, 10's locked and we're fooled,” he exclaimed Tl try it.” ‘The young which appeared to huve been nailed over a hole in the gate and gave ita ull outward. At the same time be gate, and it gentiy swung inward. Once ‘The next best thing to a tall monument is a ve. he distinguished deud man is ting into the papers through it, ly thinks of writing about @ mont mene—Louwville Courier-Journal ag “What Kind of boys go to heaven?” asked Sunday school superintendent. “Dead paves yelled the youngest uember of the infant clase. Jordan times. Everlasting Love.—Young wife (weeping)—« romived to love and cherish me Torcver and eo wave Only been warried two yea has become of your everlasiing ‘Young busband—“Great Scott! You are al sbont something. How jong ‘did you sup- Jantiig love Was to last, fo Y= Texas Sytings, fed snd ‘The home stretch—a nap on the lounge.—Lowelt The woman with “the very best husband in the world,” ys st mizht be a deal Would.—Loutavitte Dem pce “What shall we do to be saved?” aske list,” And a small boy in the rear shouted: “Leto trade teams with Detrott.”"—Judye. “We learn that a train was run a distance Texas one day last week and wan at all. It was agravel train—Ou Little Jobante’s mother dors not answer one of his juestiona. Johnnie grows im, en't YOU gol any neglected grave. ust Wortu of crackers and “p'ye give tt up?) Well man took hold of a boat A SORNE AT THE ANTI-POVERTY Pare, ‘One of the most plaintive and hopeless straggies Thave ever seen occurred at the big Anti-Poverty Fair the other night at Madigon Square garden, The Testousarvere tas Died bya ay and teeming: ‘mass of Irish-American enthustasts talkt movements, Dr. acGlyni poverty, Dr. Moa: ‘ever afterward, und keen political worker ture frame, and all sorts of thi the mystic name ‘ tremendous sénsaiton and disorder reigned again. BARBY DEMANDS INVESTIGATION. ‘When quiet was restored Thomas Barry arose ‘and demanded a full investigation of tne whole matter. “For my part,” said be, “I desire that through the hoie, tached to the board and the ower to a: lock, ‘The pull had drawn the boit. ‘That was ail Tho ‘Stranger simply “Well! That knocks me out!” ‘There are other ingeniously fasten’ gates in Philadelphia, Tuere is one in the ‘southern section of ty wh uzzle a Orsi-ciass sale burgiar. ued on a side alley 40 At the corner of the and now what we and affec- ‘ao and Dr. McGlynn ever ai face of ‘the ex-priest ed out of every pic- from washvubs ma8 trom’ tie Saloon, ‘on the fence i a smail that ring unfastens aD, height of the exclement Saturday night a tall, fair, suave and arisiic-looking ED- lishman puld wis 10 cents at the door and strolled fnto tbe Duilding with tue manner ig weeing the sights of we & EGezea H g i: i i ie i to get e good start in life trom the presents they will receive On the occasion of their marriage presence of thousands, Tue young ‘and very One looking. mntederate soldier, and nd which be received while in one of is rr site E # A married man can always pack atrunk more eastly than a bachelor can. He gets ior nit Boston Journal of Helusations 2 i An Associated Press dispaich trom Minneapolis a i fs2 I i if 5s! other woman ‘means’ about as much as “Yours taith.ully” does at the end of a letter.—Somervilie It 1s said that the First Napoleon’s skeleton has been stolen. No matter, the em, ry een stot Dana iperor is done wi ‘There is a suspicion that when the President withdraws from public guze at in rubbing bis arms ica,—Dallus News, Scientists say that the ten yoars—every decay: H i i i ee is i u E H cf ; i i i 3 : 3 zee Ty ul expressivenion, and he looked PS & 3 | as It were,—7id- Bits. Cleveland ts the first President to wear tache, Mra, Cleveland may not obj e hairy ieeNortuiown deraie ‘cencuries past to found a universal language, ‘these have all seemed to lack voine F dean, Fin Jost completing « tour yeahs’ tour Sea aitins < sabe ‘has the most besuti- day's journey. The y trophies of the torencon’s rice consisted of ‘one litte bunch of goiden rod pinned in a piece of Pink tinted paper, inscribed, “For tne President And bis wife.” It was banded to the President by a oe Miss of thirteen at a water-tank stopping-place. The President expressed a wish to stop at Marked Tree. Ark. in sompiiance With & quaint IDVitalion he reorived, sigucd Dave Hi Kins. It promised a hearty and’ povel representing the wild” wes wil Ww the letter continued, “ty busting get all bis bunting equipments to rake a fispiay so meet your Observation. It tne train does wot Stop at our Station please let us have a glimpse of You, for Presidents seldom come throng thes® in” ‘The time Would not permit a sop, but the Prestdent decided to be pon the piactorm of hie car and see the novelties offered. At ball « doaen P ints there were gatherings of trom one to Ure undred people; whose Luuwaituous grertings were courteously acknowledged by tue ‘President ata Mra Cleveland, At one point a coupany af lancers was drawn up in line with arms at preseat, and at Another, where the locomouve was the hatives ‘had an opporiuulty to shake te Freak dent's hand. Marked Tree, however, proved a fraud. A Wooden station-house, a’ Ualt-doren shanties, a bridge, and a score of open-moutued navives were Ue only things to, be sen and neither Dave Hawkins nor Bill West was Fecug- ‘The train reached West Memphis at 2:40 p.m. A delegation of half a dozen gentiewen, Who boarded his Crain as it came toa stop at West Memphis, Anformaily conveyed to the excursiouisis ue greet ings of the several committees formed vo do the ho. ors of the city, and invited thes vn board the Steamer Kate Adams, Which lay moored close hand, Upon the steamer they were Welcomed bout 200 of te loading citistus mctabers att executive, and enceriatnment coum: tees. The was Dedecked With Gays, and Spactous cabin was a bower of ruses. ‘The Chickasaw Guards aad Memphis Merchant » Zouaves, with @ fine brass band, were upon t boat for escort duty. The Adams cast off ber tt and to the music of ‘an artilery salute Past the city, the band playing end w along the: stiore cheering and waiving t and handkerchiefs The vessel went av miles up stream to give the Preside poriunity to see the Works of river Imp ment there 1p progress, and Uurning came back to Uhe custom-house, where, after a Liitie delay, Ue Suests were landed, MOBBING THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY. ‘Up to tuis time the utmost order prevatiea among Lhe 30,000 peopie on the Levee; but when the President and Mrs Cleveland aad been seated to Chetr carri: the throng, tp (heir enthustasm, broke over all nds, carrying #Way the colored milila guards stationed Lo Keep Lhe way © ‘The progress to the hovel was by no meas tue Orderiy proceeding It Was desiguei Lo be, & mis laneous procession of trucks, tuarket wagouny and 10,000 negroes mixing lself up with tue Of Ube comulitees and the guesia, bul Uber vas ample room, and aside frou the delay and ube ap- F esrance there was nO baru done ‘The Presidential party was asnijned comfortable quarters in the biscoric Gayoso House, Lhe pariors of Ube President and Mrs. Cleveland being ricniy and tastefully timed with Mowers and ever- ‘The guests remained quietly Im their Tooms Ul 6 o'clock, When (bey Were suuumourd Lo ‘@inner in their private dinluy-room. FIREWORKS AND A RECEFTION. At8 o'clock @ comultiee of nearly 200 ladies and Gentlemen in eventog dress asseuibied in Une cor- fidors of the hotel Lo escort Lhe President and » party in ages to see the fireworks He again a deal Of voniusion ensued, Ube Presi— dent and Mrs Cleveland being Well cared to the remaiuing mewbers of Lie party being U extent left to suift ior themselves.” The fire made a creditable dispiay, They were extib ed from Uhree barzes in tue river, and were wit. essed by Une Presideuial party, oF part ot it, from a stand in front oi the custom house. Ke- Curuing to Lhe hotel (he President and Mra ¢ land, ai 9 o'clock, beld & reception, which Was tended by ¥,000 Or 3,000 indies and gentewen, in Vited by Ube commiliee ©. arrangements ‘The city is handsowel) devoraied tn bunting and flags, and several mammuld arches span Une culel tuoroughfares, One Of Lae Most siriking Of these ts made almust enUrely of cotton. AL 11 o'cwck dast bt tbe Jacksoulan Democrate Club sere- baded and Mrs. Cievejand, pen ey Ss Mourning Thieves, WOMEN WHO ATTEND FUNERALS 70 STEAL COSTLY aRTiCLAA From the Philadelphia luquirer, “No, Madam, yOu Cauaot enter,” said the usher gently but nruly. “The fuera: is strictly pri- ¥ate, and £0 one Without a card 1s Lo be admitted.” “he was a dear friend of mine," sald Une wo- man, and a dainty whive handkerchier with a broad band of black was slowly raised to wipe away the dewy mist that obscured her sight. “Cam hutsee er once more?” There Was a deep pathos in Uhe tone and a plaintive sov caue trom brut ‘the Linen, wuile a Wear drop slowly coursed down her paie Cueek, ‘The heart of the usher softened. He wasonuy ® Youn man, and she looked uiiuost charming ber apparent distress, so be alowed ber lo euler. ‘Tiptoeing soitly Into the parior where Bo one but an aged fedy wus sitting. sue beat over the open Casket as if to take one long last look Of the de. parted. Then, While Convuisive sobs shook her Horm, she moved a tew paces aud ieaned ag att Was placed a large amouub Here sie remained (oF & Moment with a look of Sadness upon Ler counte hance betting the jon, Whike her lips Levan Died With suppressed gricl. ‘Tue old lady was iu tenuy studying the pattern of tue carpet, and When the visitor slowly left Lue room with lowered, head made 00 noe Of her departure. Ouce out SiGe and Way from Lhe Louse, ler steps quickened, and ten minutes later & Valuable piecr of Linqud Ware Was bunded over & paw ubroker's cou 4 walle Une clerk slowiy cousted oul Lue requinlld ‘Waco the funeral was over apd the family once more aloue, Ube loss Was discovered to be Changed agalast some One Of Lue servants, OF, per haps, kept a secec Larouga fear of offending owe Of those present Ly a searching 1 quiry. “Puberal sneak thieves are vesomiug more and more numerous,” sald @ Weli-koown private de Leclive yesterday. “Tuey are aways few cles as yr clotuing afte Opportunity ior concealing suiail articies Tu Scan Uhe dally papers closely, Bove che princl and wuen the Ume ‘arrives play of (ue exet WO perfec nerally quite pretty, and Eiliy" poms ts cousideral somberuess of Uhelr altire, Chey succe Cases OUL of Len In SecUriNy aduission, Ho WiaLtor how private Wue funeral services may’ be. Once Inside Uney ery @ ULUe, If necessary, and watch Uieir chance of stealing anything of Value in the foul, Having succeeded, Lucy wake Ubeir departs Ure a8 quickly, yet decurousiy, a8 possible, and witout Larry lug a minute, for iar of possible de> tection abd pursuit, pawn the siien aruite, “Waen Ube roout is Tuli of people the sueak Unlet proceeds very cauUously, olen Walling uutlL the Drayer ts Deing made betdre eudeavoring Wo secure Sing ting.” Nowe ot ove preseut pay suy atten Uon Lo ber actions, thinking Laat she Is a intend of tue bereaved fawny. Lb soue cases articles which are lulwed {ou Upper Tooms uave been Lakeu” Uy these women. “Au Uytown Indy recently placed a valuable rug upod Ube Buger of her dead daughter, on.y (0 fing When sue sooked at ber betore tbe Lid was screwed down Ubat it Was gout. In this insane immediately al Lacued to a wouan whom RO Ove Present kuew, Dul Wino Bad bees noticed bending Over the casket u few minutes Letore. sie Was called 110 another Tooi, und Wuen ac Used Of the thett calmly banded Over twe ring. In ¢ order Uo avoid a wone aue was allowed 0 ys. 18 Otuer caves, however, Lhese Vainpirrs wave ceeded in removing jewelry trom We dead aud escaping witu it,” —— Se Uappy. ‘From Harper's Bazaar. “Oh, Tom,” she Whispered, after the momentous question had been propounded, “I am so Bappy! Papa and brouner Frank have been easing me awiully about you iaicly, and, besides, 1m tue Bret girl of our graduating clase ove eug aged! A Victory for Suaday Opening. ‘From the Pali Mal Gazewe. “sunday opening” Las been carried at the Swamp fea congress by the Foles of forty-five delegates against Lwenty-four, Tuls makes & distinct unportant advance m favor oF the wovement Billherto Lhe stock argument of (be Sabbatarians: hasbeen that the workingmen themseives, im ‘Whose interests Lue openlag uf waseuus On Sun p Gases anked, donot wan. it, 30 sure did tne archbishop of Canterbury Teel Of the Opposition Of the workingmen, Ubat he declared ts Teauiuess Wo Vote for Sunday Opening 4s svn a» Luey really Wanted I. Weil, tue peer bbe ne J COR. Se eee again tae sae E E 3 & S il EESE De was for probably Biteen had om and siruck out Bis Dovel after bis arrival there be eatin Hey ry bout 960 ‘rom Le Geulote. A lady bod surrounded by (rien@s who were Uryiug al Kvew to console ber. “alas” she: