Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1887, Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. THE WoR! LANGUAGE, A Velapukist whe Expects to Start a Seciety im Washington. SOMETHING ABOCT THE NEW LANCTAGR, MADE ORDER BY 4 GERMAN PHILOLOGIOT—a TALK WITH ONS OF HIS DINCIPLES—THE PRESENT STATUS AxD FUTURE REPECTATIONS OF VOLAPUR. A Stan feporter had a talk the other day with ‘Mr. W. J. Hughes, stenographer in the Depart- ment of Justice, who heads the movement in this Vicinity for the propagation of the new tongue called Voiapax. “Now, in une first place,” said Mr. Hughes, “the pronunciation of the word is not volapeek, nor Yolapook, nor Fet volapewk. The 0 1s sounded jong, as ta coat; the a as in fathr, and the acceated Yowei—the dotted d—ia ine last syllable, like the French u, Try it. Yes, that’s correct. “Well, Volapik isa scientific system, the prin- ciples of which are commended by the leading philologists of the world, designed 98a means iaterpational communication. ‘He invented the system in 1878, announced it 2878, and bad so far compieted [t tn 1881 thal rls 0 tue worid. The ip Germany, whe: thence to Fran: here ot Europe. even pedodicais are published im it, and num OUs societies are devoting their energies to Un. Io tls COURETY attention was fi Eireccea to ft through aa article by Richmond ‘Waiker in the American Maguzine, and siace that umber of people bave become Inter Up t now, however, there has been no text-book rendered into English ex- ming whe language, Dut within » few daysa Ww YOrK will issue a fu!l and com- time a gated in the subject. gentieman 1D prebensive grammar of it. There are now four Societies of Vo.apdkists in the United States, and expect to start another one here for its study, if eof Washington take enough inter st in ‘he Business mes see ite utility, and are if, as is evidenced by the fact that a rep- Fmeutadive tecuaical busiiess paper of New YOR the ‘the sab) ‘has now a VolapOk deparument, “What is the use of the langua; “Jus use,” said Mr. Hughes, “.« meat are now being given. Several lai in Ger ‘and France have :eguli yees to ago tis Dus, =e the results Of his experience aud research wituout Joss by percolation througa the various languages, Bot ritten and read uly, but can be tised oral be understandable wherever he may It is the invention ef Rev. Johann Martin sebieyer, of Constance, Baden, Germany, a man of very high linguistic at tainments, speaking and writing twenty-eight language, and familiar with about as many more. ry fst DOOK Om the sub. feec tte Dame. Volapak comes from Fola (of the id) and pGk (langtiage), Uceraliy, the language oveneat soon got a foothold e it spread to Switzerland; . it quickly came into favor, and from there to the other countries Tuere are now over Pasa per. Sone uaiag 08 he otbor Side of te oo a i've conned for some tume to the transacting of commercial affairs | between the nations, and 10 its adoption in that direction the efforts of the promoters of the move- concerns their em. | ro it, and the sign Volapakon is now seen id tose coudiries. A few years ‘sborthand was uoknown io business; to-day ia general use, So it ill be with Voapak, course, in a somewhat different feid. olpak ls scovomioal in ics use of words, whlch | commend 11 for telagraphic correspondence. | that walk in 1868, and made it from depot to amere pasigrapuic sysiew, Intended tm she ctviiized world. Then it may come into use ‘among dipiomats, because Its adoption would put ——: * THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., Be WASHINGTONS WALKERS, Folks Who Go Ou Trips About the Country Afoot. ‘DR. SCHARPFER TELLS A STAR REPORTER HIS EX- PERIENCR—TRAMPING OVER RAILROAD TIES FOB ‘EALTH—SOME OF THE BEST ROUTES POR PEDES- ‘TRIAN TOURS—ADVICE 70 PROPLE WHO WALK. “I would warn any young lady who is afraid of getting a fresh, healthy complexion not to take pedes rian ex-reise,” said Dr. Schaeffer, as he sat the other evening talking with a Stak reporter about some Of his tramps into the country. He is quite a persistant pedestrian. There are very few roads out trom Washington over which be has 00t Walked daring his hoursof recreation. He walks for pleasure and for exercite, and is a great ad- ‘Yooate of active, progressive motion, Seated in bis office, surrounded by his books and by chem!- cal appafatus, and a few small anatomical spect- mens, and on thé table defore him nis tavorite microscope, with which he makes excursions into tbe minuter worlds, he talked for an nour with the reporter aDOUL Bis walks and avout walking in geheral, who do ic and who ought todo t. are quite a number of gentiewen in Washini of whom the doctor is who take very long walks every now and then. They have not organ- ized into @ club but they are such. They do not stroil of rambie. ey walk. Their favorite long Walk is to Baltimore by way of the WALKING FOR THE RESULTR. “If a young lady wants to retain her pasty Com. plexion she had better stick to the street cars or her carriage, Otherwise there iano reason why they should not walk considerable distances, ‘There are qui iike vo waike To of large number of whom Ido not. know. 1 walk for the results, If you want to botanize or geologize that ts one ; Dut if you want to Walk go straight abead. There are & great many fine walks out from Washington. Noone who has not taken them can appreciate how much there 1s to be seen and learned on ‘You get a familiarity With the country not to travel in the cars. nor even from trips on bicycle or on horseback, If you are not too city. ned in your appearance you meet with the country people Wuere you stop of along the road, and they alk familiarly, of the things around you, You encer into and become a part of your surroundings. Iwalk Over into Virginia 6 or 8 miles, ard tell me of their crops and the otner things are interesting them, 7 {Ors are out look: its rst a iy i 2 8 § 4 5 5 EH to other things. Thus it is Ne talk with the | country people whage we stop at the end of a ittie | tramp. We find @me fine scenery and earn Uhings about the county and country iife. But it is the Walk we are after. ‘THEY WALK TO BALTIMORE. “gome years agoa walk of forty miles was not tobe thought of. Now there are a number of per- sons who walk to Baltimore. 1 frst attempted addition to its commercial uses it has ad- | depot oy the raliroad track, ia somewhere about tor the scientist, ia -nabling lim to give | tweive hours. That was, Of course, very slow Sima, ik was my Gres atcotapt at a gre ‘and I foolishly stopped to eat on the way. Sin then I nave walked to Baltimore eight times. ly, | Tue best time Ihave ever made was nine hours ‘Advantages for the traveier, wuo will uader- And 1ifty minutes trom depot to depot. I know of Several geatiemen who have Walked In less time, be and I suppose there ate several 1 do not know of | Harry Bryan, Mr. Bayard’s private secretary, has the representatives of ali nauvss oa an qual | walked iti nine hoursand thirty minutesandi am ” Wold that Mr, Chariton, Who was secretary of ihe “Is It easy to acquire?” asked the er. Briash jegation, mage it inside of eight hours, “It cam be acquli Z ‘The iang ion rule ble, there being no exceptions wh: ever, Tue ‘where are Bouns are ssmp. BO afticies; about 40 per cent SINGULAR. ‘Nom, man, man, Or the or aman. Gen. mana, of the or & man. ‘Dat. mane, to we or a man. An mang man PLURAL 3. mans, men, or the men. manda, Of men or of the men, manes, (0 men OF to the men, mania, ea. Ja always formed as you see, by addi Fike adaition obs, we ols, YOU om, they ‘ofs, They ‘These are declined in say cus, fof adding the nouns, thus, lof (ive), iofob,- gu you'll otice—J love), iofol (thou lovest), & bad bed sored. Lave ioved) Andicates the olofob, rt that simple? The inverrogative ts formed 44, aad the tmperative by addli The i too, by being siways placed of the last syliable. ‘and so on throughout the lan everything is simple and palosophical. There 18 | ‘very littie more (0 tell of tue construction; I have Siven you nearly the wuole scheme. “Now doa’t get tue Impression that VolapGk 1s tatended 10 supersede any existing Rot, amy more than machinery is designed : i of the otuer languages can Mi, lace that none | Ess been abve to Bil, since the tue of Babel. Two | iLabie obstacles prevent tue adoption ‘ouner language for international puiposes— abot of ne yusiiion, abd the cor asi have said. vo tscilliate inte ‘and social, between the countries Who at present use communicating with one another. of the Volapai language), 1e World. Business men will use ‘Lim—tue iruit of Whose study should be entitied 10 a great deal of respect, “No, there is utile changes. An academy bas of dissensions vended. “Tou wanta: No sages, What do you Say? ‘Yes, sir; VolapUk is making great strides, Keep your eye on it. “Good-day. Glldi, sol” ——e—_—____ Ruben Who? Branels Letter to Richmond Tunes. ‘The other day over in Autwerp I came across | another one of our representative Americans | red in two weeks time if the student is familar with Kngilso grammar,” was Se repiy; “or, i not, in two months easy study. at ‘the stinpilcity of 1s construction, 4s absoiutely phonetic, and every ‘ipuaber Is Almost the same as Engiish; taken frou Englisb—that is, wuerever N@ monosUabic Word bas been found it bas ‘adopted. ‘The nouns are declined by tne Inere addition of the vowels, Let me illustrate: | rate of w ‘Every noua is declined ‘in exactly se i sue from the on Of us fam (glory) ‘and tbe adverbs (roi the adjecs of o; thus Jamiko (gior- precisely the same manner ‘The verbs afe formed from the roDOUn, ic. The prefixing of the vowels indicates the teases, thus loved); elofod, (1 have loved). uo/od, (I shall love), wa/od, d's ‘ali The aduitioual pretixing of the letter p indie: passive voice, tus puldcod (I was | fored); pulofob, i shali Dave been loved), &c. od to the ‘Accent 18 easlly disposed of, and judi. | Volapak is intended to fil a | OF patrioust, If you will. Its ob- ferent xpressed (one ‘hu: that the language wi taken up and. learned “by all edu | after their mother tongue, and | teugbt in the higher ecuools *n iormed Wale Wil | ave jurisdiction aver ail queslons relating vo the | ~Waagaage, Ichad a mevting at Munich last year, | was largely wencet Certainly. The familiar salutation, How are yeu? is Liko stauols? Your | anewer, 1 au: Very well, Would be Stadoo benuno. | ‘olat, is 140 Bot Understand you; kisi | Dr.K. A. Foster walked it in nine hours, some | doctors “think it terribie to Walk. Experience | shows me that it is the best kind of exercise, and it seems to me that common vense would indicate |ttas such. ‘There are some people who cannot stand a .ong waik. A man with heart trouble OUzht not to take a loag walk, except by the ade ice Of bis physician. The hot Summer time le not 2 good Lime 10 Walk, anda wan should not over | not go beyond it, Four tiles an nour is a good king. ‘THE BEST TIME FOR WALEIXO, October and November are the best times to Walk. ‘The spring 1s ce, Dut the roads are apt to be heavy then. Always have company. Ido not | know of anytuing more tiresome than a long walk alone. We generaliy goin parties, Wherever you are you like congeuial company—On horseback, on Dicycie or ins wagon; but itis particularly um. | po.tant that men Who’ go on a tramp together Should be on good terms, When we start out we are Very merry, and for the first few miies we talk @great deal aud have @good time. AS the dis- | Lace Wears on conversation lags, and observa. | tions grow less frequent as we advance. Halt way | to Baiinore no one has @ Word LO LhroW WO a do; ‘Two-thirds on the way and the novice remark iat if he is forgiven tuls time the Lord knows he | win never try it again, Wuen Bulumore 1s In | sigat we are ‘all alive, walking fast and talking | about wnat we shail have to eat. When we ge. to the hotel we Up the walter and ry | another if he does weu; andevery one ts fied with | Wonder ai what we eat. Ws eat a8 much as two | Qinuers. Befure we have fulshed dinner the | novice has proposed another walx some ume, Some doctors say don't eat when you are Ured. Tyenerally eat about three-quarters of an hour after my arrival. I nave never (elt any evil results from @atiag 30 soon. There 18 this about eatiug—never Stop 1 eat oa the way, Don't smoke or drink, A moutuful of brandy algat do soue good toward the end of tae Walk whea your S.eps Degin to lag; but a drink of Kquor before | starting Would imake you entirely unfit for any | waik, by PREPARING FOR A JAUXT. “Professional pedestrians go iu training. We never do, Iam busy with my professional duties, and never take any traiming. We always take short walks a day or two betore a long one, and it | is best not wo sindke oF take anytuing tae liquor, It | nov even beer, for a few days before stardng on a to) tramp. Do not wear heavy suoes. Wear light SOft shoes, that will bead WitM your fou. A! here is a polat where practice conflicts with theory. A broad-voed shoe 1% not ihe easiest to Waik 1D. ‘That 1s my experieuce and—yours? Yes, I Thought 90. A pointed shoe—that 18, a8 polated a9 your (000 18, and fitting close aloug the outiine of Ube Woes A shoe ie shape Of the foot Is ine easiest to Walk im. If ladies or of of Practiced wi at} | Sometimes results fataily. A ian on asong cramp lnay Waik Of two or Luree pouuuS, Dut le gets It night back again, wita some more to vot, But it he oolF gets buck as Much as ne has 10st on the Uaup be is the gainer vy 11, for be was Uraded of 50 wich worn-out Ussue Tor new, fresh, and vigor ous But weigat ts generally g-ined On a tramp. (On @ Our days’ Wraimp to Wuichester, about 80 mules, taking it easy, 1 gained a pound’ in weigut each day, aud one or ny companions did twice as Well, 1tis@ fine walk to Wancuester. GOOD WALKS ABOUT WaSUIXGTOX. “There are many nice Walks about Washington, both suort and long. Besides Bultimore, Leesburg aud Winchester for iong waiks,there are Seueca, 22 miles; Sandy Springs, 18 miles; Vienna, 15 mues, near Bowie's, 17 uues; Une Great Falls, avout 16 miles, and Mowat Vernon, acd for Very shorewaiks Alsasadris and Pals Couren, Most any direction You cam go you Wil flad @ good Walk. Dr. KA. Foster, Dr. J. $. Sesfordand I walked up vo Vienuain 3:10. "We doa’t ry parucuuany to make tine. 4 or ‘abroad, It was realiy two, but as they were mar. | Uave Walked to FallsCuuren and Duck With a lady, fled 1 suppose it is ail rignt to say one, They nad | apoarentiy Just landed, as Antwerp is quite a place for continental landers, and they were in the ca What was cob seen for the mark ‘edral seetag bad pais at the door. iy! My!" said sue, stopping before Rubens’ ve, “The Desceat fouethe cross,” “this MUS DE & Me One, AU's So awrul Bix.” “Yes, I wuess ic Is,” replied tne nusband, ay Uirvugh « Gew guide book as ted tera Kee iuciaa’s nose. fie tect” sad so, “Tue DOOK says Says it’s Rubens’, Dut I don't see any came oa We picture,” he said, with some un- say It was Rubens” she asked, after a ve further investigation. ‘s What The boos says,” Said Father indednite,” Sie sald, * ‘What's nis last Dame?” “@ive it up,” said the man. “All the we that it ts Kubens’, and I sappose thay ang What they Coud and guessing at the rest, ——se.——____ New Treatment for Consumption, From « Paris Letter in the N. ¥. Medical Journal. The star of Bergron’s treatment waning @ ttle, new forms of cure for tubercular patients are being found with unabated rigor, and M. Garcin comes to we frost with hydrefuone acid. This ‘Bee Method consists in piacing phtuisical patients for an hour every day .n small cabinet which coutalns six cubic metres of alr that is saturated ‘With hydro@uerte scki This saturation is ob- Dy pun & current of air the a Festacperede eats that contaias 100 grammes ot cTamunes of distilied Water. Ly Of wir PUlMped Lo Is renewed every f toat i +] ben who? says ‘all the awe he had, itke Mattuew, Mark, Luke aod Jona | anda lot more of those old ancieata” and then they went ou around tue cathedral comprenend- 3: Hee Afeen as tue effect is quickly exhausted. The een Uied for 4 ye.r past in a number but she got Very Ured. On our visit to Winchester Wwe met » gentlewan Wuo bad traveled trough Italy 08 foot, seivc.sng that Way as Lhe best Lo see Yue country, and be advised us I we ever Visited that country to Walk rough Italy. Some oc my friends are talking about wi ‘tarough 1reland, We are tuinklag Of taxing & wal dowa torouga, North Carolina during vucaulon next summer, ENGLISH, TO ENOW. “Walking is getting more popuior than formerly, Its Engash, you know. 1 do not sdvocate any- Uning because it 1s English, but the English do put this thing oto practice to a great advaal Gara ate ener aati they inuer just Ww. nt aw Sateeks teem manees of all exerc would be w ‘thing for Our soldier com 44, instead of take ing the ears to some able ‘summer resort, uey would march oUt 1, samc Of the neighboring country places like real soldiers, and camp out. ft 48 one Of the most Important thags for suldiers to Know how to walk. Never try to keep step with a maa witha ‘stride than yours. If and yOar companions get aheud of me tee tocat them by Walking faster; i¢ will tire you Rua, s Won't hurt you as mach. ‘rhe variation in, aug up and dow bill does nut rest your muscles (he feveier tue road the easier. I preter to walk on railroad ties, Dou't Wear broad-toed heavy shoes.” ———— +00 _____ ‘The Death-Dealing Basement. Dr, W. O, Stillman in the Popwar Science Monthly. ‘Tne above precautions, if not defecuve, guard a basement against dampuess, also against foul atr, coal-gas, efiluyia from, privy-welis and Sewelgin und the various axbalations of smote: Hea ie 4 4 if 5 > TR! i HH Hi Hl t ih Et f it exert himself. He should yauge his strength, and | — ‘DR. MATTUEWy' RBCENT TRIP PRERD—OS Suackie ‘TION OP UR WoRk PROSECUTED SY MR. CUSEINO— A LARGE CITY SUPPOSED TO RAVE SEEM SESERERD (ON ACCOUM? OF aN BaRTEQUAER, Dr. Washington Matthews, of the Army, Who is neatly connected With the Army Medical returned to Washington recenty from a ‘vitit of unusual interest and importance t South- rn Arizona, where Mr. Cushing 18 a answer <0 the question of a Stan reporter the other ‘Of considerable inverest, not Only to those whoown [ nis iy | property, but also to those who contemplate pur- “I went to Arizona for the | chases, While the prices asked are to someextentan temporary as- | indication of the prevailing marketrates, it is prob- ‘Also tO see | able that the result of recent sales is 4 more cer- premistorto skeletons | tain guide, From the list of tranters ot propery, jedical Museum, as we kad learned | as given in the Court Record, some of the sales of ‘wach relics Gis. | unieaprovea property during the past few months unearthet, I have beta acted, and ‘the price paid per foot cal- REAL ESTATE MATTERS, the City, as Shown by Hetent Sales. ‘WASHINGTON RRAL ESTATE, culated, It however, be mentioned thai in a erate of spelen is | Saeeh strata! x suffering enemy, may be named, and jueatly it happens that whe Sy Saving of the price given is above ot whieh was! the sale, AS rule, hot ‘& sclent be was wgoto is named in the deed San for rest apd Deard ‘ne ae are bim lay, that cy ari the = last have no doubt pull ad ib, on orth ‘Dut be will never be very robust aa avenue between 17th ‘the distingushed scien! tron (06 23 Teet and a rede esol sathane at hy Sala | Sorc Pens Mod earn : ee 2 dian Hill, 98 cents per foot wasovtained. The lots “1 found,” continued Dr. Matthews, ia answer Gre 40180 feet each, and have a frontage on two Eis apes takes Geers strectbecween Massachusetts aventie and N Sti Drought $2.26 per fool. At the southwest of 10th aud Blake streets ground 49x00 feet sold (or . ‘4 lot on tue west side of 18th street Tergantee arty chose ct tne peat Yeas. | Pevmdon Yale aod Princewon’ sincee alenOS the abode “of a. preilstorie, Heights 50 feet tront by about, 150 feet geen ‘se Suote baa bis DL 45 oOnLS Per Toot.” A. lot 20 reet (ront. OI Save Gaon aieaye ot value’ history and | 180 feet deep on the south side of P acreet between be s Last 24th ond 15th streets was sold for. 85 cents per my cae of toe rulen, Ff, | fot, Three lots on the souLn ale Ot Leving strat Bushing and 1, after very | between Belnont avenue and Zab street, Belal array cen oe Cocteau, te toe | Heston gosto fms enc, Urougnt 4 esats 5 has not been inhabited for seven RUNGFed OF a thou tron ace crete a9 et oat bf GaN et “What were the ctrcumstanoes of the @isoovery?” t.. On the Be — Uh and Oth streets south. pL \West coruer Of A and 15th sireets northeast, frontage of 64 feet each and & ip " bt between 15 and tne once jot 90x05 feet on the ‘tnis su Detwoen 9th mound had comndeeapte ‘und as soon Drought $1.25 foot os possible wagon the ground, had ‘nie gamnp o=- Teh street abofe Bound- and everything in two ld for 35 Lom od Toot, Work. A little Gigging oon @howed that 10h Street, between N and O the ruiis of af unusually high Wt 20280, Drought $1.75 per foo, On Dalainge of ite tents abd side of Gth sireet, ween © and P iedto tne beet ‘were Otnet ut 7 cents per tool. A Balding tne vicinity, and furthet excavation reel, between & and F ‘Was most liberally rewarded, 20.75x02 feet, Was sold for 91 ss8 ees. atrwots southeash alot 13.38 “You must remember,” continued Dr. Matthews, feet deep, #.8 sold for “that this single mound which gave the clue was JOC om the north side of Hille thane @anede costar Gang Oh vosren Uaptceaee Gorobran see, ‘between 18th there was not another to Warrant the beliet Tots a6-Sbxe0," Drought ‘that the ruims of a city lay the soll. the West side of 1600 po have between K and L street,” 17.503 A so keen from constant and study Pop FL ee Se tan Son tenes ah ocaet Ca ~M N streeve southeast, ppg ey ee MF onneh | four Lota, 18.48475.88, brought 20 ceuts per fool. isturned, To this po work Was 60 Well TMS DalLY RECORD OF PROPERTY TRAXSACTIONS. corned Managed that in a short time he i ‘The large number of Geeds recorded daily 1840 ‘width, The work of exoavating: are the walls of a ruined city three miles long and this city wuich is changing bands, Aclose ob the bul wi the most valuable Feauita.* ast seid tha rrork see | Berver ot the real estate market. would conclude quired the supervision of & ‘considerable | that the present activity 1s largely with imp scleatine ex] nce, tor workmen were con- pata ‘The proportion Of houses sold to un- Unually coming upon relics that Improved lots 18 quite large, and in this respect Lue treatment for preservation and iden! market shows @ marked contrast wita the condi. Cusni for the sake Won of affairsat this time last year. ‘Then the de- Giscoadiaued tag work duriag tue mand seemed to be entirely tor unimproved 1a remained oa the Bard at work and large Dlocks outside of the cl.y Hinits as wel Beaith gave way. When 1 was there in Se, 8 insig® changed hands Judying trom the ac- was the vemperature’ Was 108 and Shade, and during the summer siderably bigher. Mr. Cusbing EMBARRASSED BY VISITORS who wore attructed to the spot by the news of discovery being circulated through that country. their safety, While those friendly ered, bim more or leas in bis work. Uvity in building operations wuicu characterizes the present ume, the tendency 1s now in the di- Tectlon of Dullding Up & portion of this land which has been brought into the market, Tue numver of new Duildiugs now being erected, as has been stated in THE Stax, Is unusually and by Teuson 01 the existence of thts Dulidiug boom it 18 argu d that the cowaing spriug will witness a great gemand tor property of ail kinds and a Disk inar- ket. Tue seady growth of the population 1 looked Upon by those interested in Udi indication of the stablity of the movement which has @ready added many thousand douars Wo Values in tue city and has prepared (ne way for & small and accommodations are United. | His wire | the gradual growth of the city beyond ite present tor eversthiog “will go om maustanoriige Te S0MB WANDSOME HOUSES 10 BE ERECTED. ae | ogee for Working, | Mr. BC. Gardner, who has already made a num- 3 iaable TJ oF br Van Tentave in the. " Mwork, | O&F Of important and attractive contributions to Prehistoric Telies can be found all thro the national capital, and particularily to the Mexico and Arizona, The country is suburban sections, has returned to the city for the mine. This fact does not imply a3 dense a popu- | Winter, and reopened his omtices in 1424 New York lation as mizht be supposed. dence that the ancient Pueblo ans deverted their vidages and moved elsewnere, by reason of epidemic, a fallure of waver supply, defective drainage, or Worn Out soil, for they were agricul avenue. During the sumer, in addition to a deal of work done at tbe North, ne perfectes a umber of pians tor bulidings to'be erected ere, one for un ex-Senator frum a Western Suave; it will be of stone, tn the antique Lurists “Conseqi there were English style. Also plans for twocity Diock houses, houses than poopse scattered tie Souatey, | watch wil cost 414000 oF $15,000 euch; for‘Rre This or Father city, was entirely different | suburban cot ‘at Ube Capita worth $6,000 or from and ante-dates all others that have been | $7,000 each, fof One otner house, Which Will found, Coronudo on bis way to the seven Zuni | COst $10,000. “No metal of any kind has been discovered within the walls orin the vicinity. There area umber of reasons for assuming that this city Giffered from the more modern vi inhabited for a long tine. Suppiy aid not com, after a comparal in tively Drie sojourn. ‘Their aystem, of irrigation was very extensive. They dug with stone implements lirge trenches leading to the city from the Salt River, whica at ite nearest potat distant, These trenches, wuich is8or 9 miles have beem uuearthed by Mr. Cushing, were in some cases much longer than that. This exten- sive water supply unplies ‘These aid mained of beneatu the floors of the houses, Separate compartment used us @ bodies were placed in a hole dug undert fluor of tue main room, which was e1ay, Which soon i 5 . Hi 5 g i E BI i i 5 3 5 A i i i ; i E i i i ) i i i ea ony" ae i videte : Ht F : } ne wack its Inhabitants Lo move on covered with again “Decame almost 48 uard as stone. There are evidences alyo that Lhe inhabitants: Practiced cremation, Ip every iNstance where juried skeleton Was found the body had been laid On Une buck with the head toward the Eust, Nu- i a | J i i e int i One of these houses is situated on the west aide of 16th street, Just north of Scott Circle und ad- Joining the residence of ex-Senator Windom. 1% is for Mr. Stilsoa Hutchins, and is bulit of Mary- land brow astone, the front enriched with carving. ‘The house is What is knowo asan Eaglish base- Meat, and is five stores nigh. The entrance 1s ined by an arch Of stony, and a similar arch ly Over the window at the side of the main door. through the vestibule access 1s bad to the ry Which las a low timbered celling. rcase is back of tue reception room aod second floor, where the parior and fall width of the uouse, are ‘side of @ central hall, the parlor front, of the house and the dining- ement of the upper Se ae eee Gardner bas also pre ns for the Mra HB Glascock's erecting on Ot ist ‘wires, between Rand § ‘Tne house 18 of brick and terra-cotia, Is Stories high, and th: pian is that of an EDg- Dasement house. As tuere are side liguts oo alley, the central bull On the second story will be used tora library, and on the third floor there ‘will be tnree chambers, and on the fourth and fitvh floors four chambers each, FOLITICS AND WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE. “Politics apart,” suid Mr. R. H. Goldsborough to @ Stax reporter, “the result of the elections, the ‘assurance of the renomination of Mr. Cleveland, 18 parucuarly inveresting to us nere. Tat wi Out an element of uncertainty Which 1s invariably Prejudicial to the business interests of the country a Presidential year. To democrats it means a continuauion of & conditioa of things witu which Uhey are eminently satisficd, abd to republicans ah assurance—in the event of thelr failure to “pluck the flower victoty” out of the nettles Of dis- aster next {ail—of an administration that can be trusted Lo protect the purse of ube Government nd to promote, 80 tar a8 it, 18 possible for a deino- cratic administration to do 80, the prosperity of the people. ‘Tuis applles witn ‘pecuilar force und mificance to us denizens of the capital, Like all capitals, Washington bas aiways been up ‘Tue nome and veadquarters Of tne ‘Ins’ could hardly have any great amount of sympathy for (be Ould’ The consequence is that Our people generally are greatly encouraged by {he 1adorsewmen: Mr. Cleveland Das receive, ut we ha.ds of the peopie of tue pivotal state of Kew York, ‘The effect upon our business inte He 5 . a5 HUE Gnd particulary upon realestate values, cannot ‘The Values of Property in and About ‘THE LARGE EXTENT OF TER stuoIG OPRRATIONS ‘XOW GOMG ON—SOME MAXBROME KEW BoCEEA TO ‘BE ERRCTED—THE EPPECT OF TRE ELECTIONS Ox ‘The value of unimproved land in this city varies ‘with its location and the character of the sur- foundings, During the last tew years thefé hes ‘Deen a steady appféciation in values that has ‘afected property in all sections of the city. The extent of this appreciation 1s naturally a matter pery vere As avers, Th ROOKs OF THE WEEK. ROMANCE AND nesgape ce newly p peas nae TSM OF THE PENINSULA: of Se ay te in. the. of ner, yoo. inte br see, B.D. ce PERSE’ a RSEVERANCE ISLAND, or. Tux Rosnreox ae ab ae eg “peace: tee RE ITALIA! OOP SEALS LAPERORS Ag ME won 4M RNGLISHMAN'S BEPRRIANOE Wits THR DRADLY DKUG SERVES Af A Waking, From the St. James Gazette. Profits.” I followed his advice; but my stock ‘Went lower and lower, and, as it was a non-civi- Uend-paying one, I found myself in strait, Dun ing the day it dido’t trouble me much; but all hight long I tsed to le And think about my losses, AS things got worse my sieepl siveplessness increased. Of Coufse, I know It couldn't ‘actually have been 80; but it Seemed to me that I hadn't slept at all for @ fortnight, and then I troubles in’ \O imy dentist, Who looked into my mouth Said: “There 13 nothing I can do for Fou; Dut felieve the pain at night, ard give you afew fortable hours’ had an addition to do th horribiy ‘The he wok a Urtle Doxtie, glass measure he care There are thirty di he said; “when you upon the center of a folded handk our side on the edge of your pillow, ne drug, carefully Keeping your mouth Fest, ab all events.” I jum, the suggestion. “If you were not a friend Of mine,” the dentist went on to is; It's Unprotessional’ my in @ smart attack of face ache. §0 1 went ie upon innale i Sniff away at it just ag if it Were smelling-salts; {he pata Will disappear, and you will sleep like & Now I longed for night. jumped Into bed, thirsting for sleep, and Carried out my {natructions, Maving lowered Gas 1 took the folded handkerehiet, em Vents of the little bottle upon ite tay head upon the edge ot, the pil eyes and mouth and proceeded fected. Gradually, yet rapidly, a fee! Ebete erent a the, | Fuse 1 Sammne jog upon a blac darkness: Garkness seemed sortiy sutminated inte OF light like Gistant stats ht of these stars became more int noticed that they were in ia iG eB EEE! E ek fee | ; el rows, pekareme jaro upod thea. “NOW Sppeareg, the stars secuned to, gud tO increase in size, Then st began to revolve at tue same instant. 8 H ‘ i i E G a gated When it arrived I carerwily ii | at them (thi at the yensation) witn [ieee (elle, BL RAY FAL, wan y G Pitased astonishment and curiosity. jared they revolved still more rapidly; card a pufMng noise, Wuich inereawed 10 ta exactly resembilng the sound made by a engiué leaving the station, and then amount of ‘My mind no pon say miserable trou ee 1m a half jubliant stave, at & DIgLt see; 1,000, I repeated "ike mui 16 picture in my mind's eye an innum jon Focall the last Snduy's vermon; all ‘ono Mo. and 90 fresolved to call again upon dentist. did so. But my v.slt was @success, On learulng Wat I wanted Sternly Tefused fresh supplies, Chior sald, was a dangerous drug; to use It once Weil enough; the habit of taking is was worse Gram-drukbg. when 1 began to entreat bowed me out of the room. if Thad been demanding chemist inquired if I were a medical | my replying 1m the negative decuned me, ‘Ward 1 went to with the Uke reswt, How ‘At last is neituer here nor there: else of some Ingenuity I becaine ‘and Touod myselt 1p iropay syrups Of tbe word.” used to procure sound and sleep, and I went on doing selous Of my danger. continued in tne only inconvenience 1 slight feei tts 1 fancy myself stretched in luxurious enjoyme upon a soft siikta couca, satin of ‘newt Gs ‘gank lato a dreemiess ‘sleep, Which lasved all the aight. inthe morning I woke greatly re- ‘und the pain in my face had gone, The gue sound night's rest, had done me an immense f dwelt pain ole. Mf could face toe share.tist With calmness, Once more I Was a com- paratively happ¥ mad, and 1 went on with my of avoided ne, I counted Ttned ceesion, of sheey Jumplug over & hurd, 1 tried to 7 caine Co find me sti weary and waxerul, Tindignanuly marched 10 the nearest chemist’s And asked for ao Ounce of chloroform as calmly a8 @ Diack draught. Toe Bu oar PPL obtained the urug Dat Dy tae Sans a pound bottie of chloroform aad a two-drachm iass meastire graduated 1n drops. And now I POsyession Of & panacea more ot than “poppy OF mandragora, or all the Avery nignt 1 comfortable 0, uncon- Bor three whole montus I his Course ‘Tue habit had mastered me from the fist. Tis is an honest confession and nova sermon, and I am bound to state that rer experienced was a ny Of Dauvea in the morning. Two dls- tuct desires irresistibly prompted me—the one an Anvense longing for sivep aod 4 refuge trom mental worry, Ue Oluer & hankering after (ue pleasurable sensations Which the inbaiation of the drug in- variably produced, My subsequent experiences in Were Very like to tue first une. 1 Would Ty gazing upon a wall up- ee ay es ae ee omer carriage; 01 wi covered wit fn ot deulcdte texCure aud tho softest colors on which the eye delighted to dwell. After « while the tue butions on the wail would gradu- pecome luminous and commence Velocity. AS they grew iarger and aors seemed 10 urteo abou ies sank away in sleep. Tne tuusions were pleasant, and generally mote sight adn to any of tne other ‘There wi disappolo always beautiful; oiven complicated, excoodingyy m.nute; generauy in mot always: - at first eH ‘Stave Of rest; tu increasing "motion Was pictures becuine more vivid, tae Pulling dois Varlably supervened, followed by sound and turbed sluuber, upon me that during the daytime I coud think every night. had not become engaged 1uvure brothefs-tn-law invited me to accom ein in a boating party on the Upper Thames. acce, rest Ured as adog and dead deat, salvation, I slept ike 1 to) haled a single drop of chi 1 Ruow # good deai more wen. 1 know now tuat That : of ali wucd nubits, and ube dri Ureacherous and subtie of Ash people indulge in, ‘From the New York Fire and Water, rortg, slowly at first, but with rapidly increasing wo brigater, sweet then f would near Uhe sound of the engine ieaving the station, und I to'the 8 Bort of feeling as Of (ho gratification of a violeat nochrome, DUC Oiten in the mosi Diillaut colors, What I saw ‘By tis tume the habit had taken such a hold luvule else but of way pleasure to come. ‘To produce the desired effect tue dose had been slowly in- creaved. I was now inbaling regularly sixty drops Probauiy I should not be here to tell the tale if 1 to be married. My wo anu then it suddenly struck me wnat 1 snould De deprived for Ove Wuole weex, at least, Of my favorite wrug. Devection in such inuulgences would certaloly oreak off the marriage. 1t would not uo to be found out; go I started wituout a sing! ‘drop of my divine elixir, I was quite out of pruc- Uce mm sculung, and at niguttime 1 lay down to ei ———2 9 ———— Underground Wires im Great Britain. ground wires in Great Britain were given recently by H, W. Preece, in @ paper read betore the So- ABOUT ECCENTRIC CLERGYMEN, Specimens Gathered at Home and Abread—Whitfield, and Other Mints- tete Less Celeprated. From the Chicage Remid. Tn 1686 a London minister preached and printed ‘a sermon entitled “A Most Delectable Sweet Per fumed Nosegay for God's Saints to Smell At,” Wuile one of his contemporaries delivered bimseif of “a Pan to Drive Away the Files of Satan.” One Rev. John Fry had been seriously criticised tor ‘some matter, whereupon he entitied a sermon “A Pair of Bellows to Blow Away thé Dust Cast Upon John Fry,” and, at the same time, a canon of St. Paul's n0t to be outdone, constructed “A Reaping Wook Well Tempered for the Stubborn Ears of the Coming Crop; of, Biscuits Baked in the Oven of Charity, Carefully Conserved for the Chickens of Lind was a famous Jesuit wicire ran, soe Crees with “A Cage ir Humporey Liod’s yunders bas gathered with his mul- tatude of snsodotes Ianumarabie ‘mstances ot pul. pit peo ‘He ts quite the historian of the Came Uovo Him Certain La’ ” sauy desing ne purpord in the fact that & num! text: “Then and que vain example, once gave Of int out as his Shasregation ‘who had come to scoff and laugh at 1m, Saunders tells of a Shrewsbury minister who ned a funeral sermon fot Rev. Jonn A: aL james from the three texts, ““A man sent from ‘whose name was John,” “T'saw aa angel Uy in the midst of Heaven,” “James, ‘Dr, Willlamson once had @ the servant of God.” juarrel wich a pari ish- named Hardy. The next Sunday te preached fool” ike the fovl- Rev. Dr. Adams and Rev. Dr. Low were rival candidates for a living. They were both present from the text, “There is on a Sunday, ‘and the other in the evening. the one preachiny in the mor the morning Mr. Low's text Was, “Adam where art Thou!” aud tn the evening his rival announced, “Lo, nere aim I!” ‘When Dr, Mountain was a candidate for a vacant bishopric he preached verore text: “If thou badst faith as a charles IT on the grain of mustard and cast into the midst of the sea, it should seed and said unto this mountain, Be thou re. proved ‘Saunders has « rector of Etham, in from the text, of Dr. Braden when he was fent, who one day preached ‘who art'thour” Just at Une mo- ment he announced it @ military subaltern or the ‘up the aisie, snd saluted, and said: neighdori: Beating tne a laid for (Que day he was preaching the quest! am, sit, ab Post Was wail ton he ‘officer of the ot of and, poundi ry tite door.” Be it remembered that written sermon is still, a8 always, Very unpopular scotch, mini trond peat and ‘mopping bis as Bal tT Window a quarter of an hour ayue.” Perhaps as ready in tue pulpit became tae Great. He cnose to decide Was on the Ufelong chal venteenth ‘Regiment recruiting party here.” has hearw the story 10 Was in the habit of writing the heads discourses on smnall slips convenience on the Bible in front oi him. with unusual uncton, ie, he knocked his the Scoten which he on ziike a ‘wound up his and fooued brow, dow no ture Tose up "in nae mis ‘en, minister, I aaW thirdly flee out at the east @tact as was ever displayed of © aninieter who in of Frederick the tween & number of applicants by the way in Which they should de- Aver an extemporé sermon, the text to be handed them in & sealed envelope as tuey entered we uipit. king is notuing.” sald: “and God created a magnificen who “The top of nda nealed envelope. envel He oj He beid up one aide a1 all Ubings”. sald: The! here is same, and, after prayer, one of Presented the minister witha hed 1t and found it blank. “My breturen, bere uoiding ‘up the other side, be 3 and out of nothing ‘proceeded to deuver ¢ discourse on the power and wonders of creation, He obtained the appolaument, and held ic Carougu his lifetime, ‘There 18 story of a certain bishop who preached Sermon in Lent from the vext, “Ail flesh is grass.” ‘The pext Gay be met his coaciiman in the garden, and Wanted 10 ask a question, ‘tue to your riverence,” says ‘Terrence, “id I fairly understand your lordship vo Say, ‘All flesh ts sure I did,” said nis lorasnip, ” last Sunday?” “10 be “and you are a here Uc Wt you doubt it.” Waist,” suys Terrence, “niver & bit of a doubt, but I was only askia’ your lordsnip If, being a8 twas Lint, I might be havin’ a mall exyinological ‘@ conspicuous e3 A kev. Mr. Dodd of Cambridge, was asked to curioait, Xai pI pléce of bafe by way of a salad?” y,the folowing may serve as Asan ach extempore against intoxication, He were- {pon took as bie test tae wond “Maat,” Which be Ueated as follows: “My text caunot be divided into senteni uor Into words, for there is but One, Wide into letters and snail treat it there ts none; I therefore dit ‘4—morally; L, leave off; tor A—allegorically; L—liveraliy; T-— theologically. “The N—moral, is to teach you good Manners, therefore, M, my masters; A, ail of you; ‘T, upp! h becomes M, Your meat Uberty, and, your trust ling. ‘The A, aliegorical, is Where one thing ts spoken of and anowner mea The thing spoken of is malt; the tung meant i the spirit of ‘malt, which A, your apparel; L, your The L, Uveral, ts uccording to the letters; M, much; also; ul; T, Ayausbs 1, ut sweep ventive, in iva, “Because, trust. Tne T, tueological, is the eifects it work; M,murde ‘in some; A, adultery in others; L, looseness of lire in all, and T, treachery in many.” Lis to be doubted if a more’ nee u coula be pi ‘futshed.” minister of New York was the text, “Thou are weighed in the balance wantlug.” He was vei dy people ieaving the churci and finally stopped and Dretuern, as Tast ‘ne exodus stopped. Garrick, tue great that may’ well ‘asked hum how it was of most “Your preaching much an- during his ‘said, “1hat's ‘as you are weighed pass once made a reply fecommenged to al = hace wie easily sway bis audiences by mere ficton, his congregation was 90 drowsy and inat- your lordsiiip,’ “J recite falsehood a8 if it were irut iu truth as if it Were falseno0d.” ” was the reply, th, while You The answer al cause of what the preachers in their disc cali “che loss Of power in the pulpit.” Sam Jones’ Fish Story. From His Sermon at St. Louis. Itell you, breturen, lama good friendof the Bapusts, love the Baptista, and have some good Bolid friends among them, but Pl tell you an incident, not asa Joke On the Baptists, but asan illustration of What I want wo say. ‘Some fellows were fishing in Maine a few months Ago, and they all went siting daily. When they waters they were Nshing in they caughi Eitong. ctherm @ very curious: Neus It wan tus strangest-looki “What sort Of a tsa is this, stranger?” “well,” be “1 don’t know jays call it ‘What doyoucall it the Baptist sh fort” “Well,” be says, “don’t you Know 1’s because ‘spoil 80 soon after you take they water.” (Laughter. ‘Of coutve lat ali’t true about 3 them out of tne bel New York Mother—“That isn’t @ belt, Willie. ‘That's the waist to your sister's new ball dress.” — A bride may be robed in yellow and stand with ro panes will it the discovery Compensation.—“Who is that brute across ary t apmegiesilpe fmm alone. v's the only comfort ne bi 12, 1887-DOUBLE SHEET. arid Swing added charm to the columns of the from barnlike simplicity over to an araazing variety As early as in the baronial times women began to touch the house of man as by the hand of macic. But it 1s within Unis century ber influence has i a it Eee H i ome and free Woman, It 18 also Che cause, @ Woman the possessor of an intellectual Which she oud not claim im the calm period. “The house has helped to create the Dew ibere is @ remarkable resemblance between & piece of literature and © finished residence of modern times, That .mpiification waleh Makes @ high literature and distinguisves 1¢ fom (ruta is seen Lue MomMeNt Fou enter a ing-house, “Literacure 18 uot tact, but It is a assemblage of ornamental facta Tue dictionary, the arithmetic, the chemistries, and grammars contain facts, But these boss are not fuerature, Dut when the facts come to us With an attractive quailty, then are we in the presence of iiverature, Whew the mind of the house tenant loves und studies une fabrie it will even when wealth 1 &b- sent be @ vast collection of thoughts and Will Te semble closely an by Castelar or « novel Scott or George Euot, take a cottage enter its ample & port Cold us of a gate we Would have prained im for bis cultured perception’. But here is the actaal gate itself, We pass through; a walk lies before Us, clean, wide. It bas a border of flowers, ‘They heed not’ be expensive, | Marigolds, o14-Tashioned pes, cuusier Fumes, TOUNOTIOCK's, Will satinty he heart. Humming-bids dart around us flash- ing in the sun, ‘True, the housekeeper did not make the huwming-birds; neither did she make the Bowers; but we sane taste that planted the | bioom by Uke Waik drew Ubither the Mashing of the ttle green Wings. Perfume mingles with sight | and sound, We cilmb the front steps and pauso | tna portico, where there are some plain seats. ‘There isa Purpie clematis plying its tesco art upon one of the columns, Within the dweiling onward | moves the jon of ornamental thoughts. The useful Is made CO vear its delicate load of the beau- tutu. The furniture, she Moor, the ceiling, te Walls ali symapathize with each ther Uke We four parts'oc music, ‘There 18 no monovony, no same- ‘besa, but @ harmony a8 of soprano with alto and tenor and bass How the idews multiply before | USI ‘The fre-place is noc stings, but generous. It | 4% Perhaps, a TOW Of tiles Lo Gruament Une Diack | Plate of tie swoke and Gre. The mantel is as | kraceful as the recedos beuind anaitar. A few i i louger than that of Homer's ships. IL would be necessary for Us Wo pass trom cur | tein LO Lookcase, from “SUK here Socreton ibere, | from the clock L0'Une Leupot, from Ube lamp suade WFOUgUL OUL Of wowal's dalbd Lo tbe WL board carved by heroWn hand. Thus, trom around in hall, Worary and parior there is the Unmiistakable suund of Teal woman coming duwn the stairs, While 4neas Was gazing al Lue pictures aud Works Of art iu Palace f 01d Cur.h..ge, While DE Was lost La SUOM und Was sueddiig not a few tears over tures Which reculied great men and Kreat 4 Whe history of tls now wuried Troy, were Sudden sensation sn Che room, wenoid, Queen Dido was entering! Thus while Weare aduusing, eujoying and are almost weep- Ang Over tae beauty Of the Woman's Lome; taken swoug With Lhe reection Lat sue must soon leave AL forever, the Dew Vico comes down the stairs, 1G An lustaul we perceive Lugs n0t only Bas aue Wade the nouse Dut oy Way of reciprocity the house Las Created her. Her dress is simple, but perfect 1a CO.0r aud gr.cefulness. Her tace Beams WIL Une vivackty Waicn comes from thought abd tue aculevements of tought, wer Words are tue Dest Words in tue language because Lue effort Lo pos fess @ good stuirway, a guod Bre-place, & good Window, « good for sind a good wail, has made her ueatt yeara for Uhe valuable and permancut dn speech, ‘The taste cultivaved im the oue art over- flows wad affects Lhe speech aud the Wought. But Onward goes tus harmony, Tor Uere are a few Dowers piuned on her head; ‘uer manvers are Ube periectioa 01 euse, becalise her ACUVILy has creaved a seatal power witich 1ius ber above the sinail; in her conversation sue pronounces tbe counvbants at the ends of Words, because sue Las escaped Lhe languor Wich ase LO have all syila- Dies ead tn “a” “W," OF “ath” If $0 be UaAL BoUIe Sliver hair has come she 18 proud ot Ue dear because I tells of Triendsulp, Sa jwarinta of weart, Wo which yirihood 1s “& st fr ‘Yhut Luis modern house and this modern woman have helped fashion « beer man here can be BO Shadow Of doub. M u's new home, the creation 1 modern Limes; must be ranked giong with Lbe Schuvi-house, ne covlege, the stuules of the schol- ars, Ue hall Of the stacesmman, and the Teulon, as & power over te public mind Ument.” OL vourse It 18 DOL ihe wWudie Word of Womad, Woman 1s i Uhaa her house. Calls Upon art, literature, pursuits and Denev« Jeace to help her express aad beneMit Der race; Une house represens @ preciamation of peace ahd wisdom and virtue and Leauly. It 1s preceded by ue Words “Hear ye, hear yé” ‘Tue baif-civiilzed Woman of barbarvus UWioes, and Wwe languid, baif-dead womau of We ‘CiVLIZed Lands Will sou Beat Uils Foil Volce, and Wi be aroused LO some appreciation of the Lruth Of her exisvence, The Woman with a Hammer From the Boston Courier. This Is the Season when people Who are moving into hired houses are in many cases @iscovering how great are the ravages of former tenants in Ube way of driving nails and tacks, A singie fecbie woman and a tack-hammer will work more detace- ment lo & house in 2 week than a professional dec- oratag can put right In a month. Two women Who dweli dione i an apartment will in a singie Winter spot every square inch of the place, except the ceilings with ‘tacks or nuil-noles, whie, if there are (uFee lone females iu the fainily, 1 is generally easier to Year the house down tao Lo attempt Co repair Uhelr ravages in a less wholesale manner, ————+er--—____ Superior Longevity ef the Female Sex. From the New York Tribune, ‘The gathered statistics of the world show, it 1s fi i & and are produced in the weaker luabs; and female uadrupeds have more endurance than males, The buuan race, despite Lue inteiectual and physt- cal si ‘of the man, the women endures ahd will bear pain to waica the st man succumbs Zymotic diseases are more fai De ssverus that the proportion Gyiag” wud: Devergu asserts Geniy t about oue bundred wowen Ww seves. bune dred men. intemperance, cephalus, affections of the heart or paralysis are far more fatal to w windows are both called by the same name of ‘Harem or “Sacrec.” ‘The apartment #8 harem, ana Ube ladies Who live in it are harem fr all but we lord and master, Re may enter at wil Ld ray announoe bn coning Uoraand’Soaetes MAF Hot run the risk of meeting female visitor who Bre probably the wives of bis trieoda in a short tbe artar mi = Vor bis Are Uli ow such as We Upder- for The ~4 ry ves = om tan and the wo. —— aod friends im the owe lire of the asi Schoote of any" kind “ure ie 9 are. Sonate etic fate nate canara Aas at to . Ue educated, but tbe majors gro epee slave giris and servants, what they should. it were ever Are rapidly obillerated, and ie woy grows ‘Ube man saturated with Tice and ‘oftetain hve ¥ Women occupants of Ube harem are the ois or wives and the female siaven. ‘on BO sub Ject Gows greater misconception prevail teas om this of Rare siavery. The Seid, however, is too wide a one to be vouched on more’ than incident. he name of slave as applied ro the Gaon, cas Come an adopted dauguter of the house. “sive ty Well and sometimes expensively dressed. and shares the email amusewents of ber iris Che theater, the mooild, or Ube promenade. and then tue lady may dy in @ passion and soundiy Dox the girs ears Or pull out a handful of hairy but @ reconciliation soon takes place, and ts usue ally cemented with @ present of jewelry orauew © dress, ‘The pris diversions of barera life consist in the visits of friends and Of a pernicious o trading Who hawk About dress and gewgaws from one douse \o BOLE, retailing ie Tatest and scandal wih their ward, and assisilag the ladies to get into all manner of scrapes. Wise women, Wao tel forvaneg by cards Sed tnoancetons re sino tn great toeir vaticinations are, as & Tule, believed in by Lhe ladies with much "the iad confidence as ts given by farmers’ duughiers to the toysterious proph- psies, Now apd then alin thewe age ae 1a the case of the notorious Ayesha, Wh i years ago, Torone ‘nigsy bussed Into 8 carriag® Under prevense of visiting @ Twat harem, abd has never siuce Deen beard of But, as « rule, their sorvertes, evil eyes, and charmsare ty barm- | Jess, and’when there 1s bevier to do they lied in to Degulie the heavy hoary. Nor must the men Singers be left oUt In Lue catalogue of dr | gb of tue harem —a delight, nevertueseas, Which Js Dut sparingly indulged To, and oan oniy be a- Joved to the Tull when the harem’ lord is away. A botioa seews generally prevalent in that if only the harem doors were opened a for Liberty would immediately take piace, May are Uke sympathies Wasted on the 1 provers of the Mousininedan marriage tie. Feaifts, bots tien aod women consider thelr state far superior to that of kuroveaus. ‘The iah ar and may servaits £0 look Alter het, and i is ITUng Witw oUber ‘men When by her side. You are never sure of 4 nis line of argument, The Woman says: “My religion 100k upon oUber men than my husband my reliion peruaps I wou: Up Wien every fcllow I came across, b am & Mohamunedan I cewst te Toover my face trom tbe sight of Your women cover their bodiex watched and Were (0 leave we Lo do What I i “tis dificult for the Western mind cult for mi to the Ludweuse gui Decween Our locas et from our stauupoint, but At Is good theirs, “And, therefore, as 1Oug'ns the Mou ne Aud IS existence 1% on the Whole, a hap; contented one, in spite of ail the Feuboning ab.@ Centuries of communion and contact wilh huropeans may posalbiy change the idews burn and Whatever of such & cuatge. Up 00 the prevent uo appreciable difference is aoticeabie in fae domes- oo Girls Whe Court Beauty, ‘The bandsomest Woman J ever Baw Was onF Whe took great care of ber nealth, When I knew her ; have ever seen had rosier cheeks or brighter eves, Of course she Was naturally fine looking, but the and preserved ber beauty, What did shedor I don't know that J can recount all, but I remember D ing; was particular about the veaulation of ber apartments; Wook long Walks when she Could; ate she could get Uaem. Another thing she did which Sue Urled WIthOUL SuoceRS Lo get me 10 do, abe with water. The reason she took her coffee so was because in Ul Way. Whether the practice added to her personal charms or uot I don know. On the habits, and as certainly taere was noting anda ‘ous about the performance ot them. Nor was ‘there is about the Toucwing account I read of i Chicago Delle: “To keep the: eu of ner AL a Lime, witn her Lands on het lips betore & uurror, and bending ber knees out from Lie, the AS SiOWlY Uprising. meautime mov. ing her’ arms in any dimction to their utmost Stahds erect Ubey are Teody to be placed on ner hips again. be did ‘Bot care for me, and] ‘Their reasoulng i faiecious and Gan relig.on exists 80 ‘loug Wii. ihe Liare thay be brought to show tuat it Ought to Us milver: ‘culuvated in the paren, but uere is as yet 00 sign Ue economy of the aosiex, Prom the Sau Francisco Post she Was over Uuirty, Dut uo girl of sixteen that [ attention she gave to matters of hygiene added te her Uelitug we sbe Louk a sponge bata every morn but Hite meat, mucu (Full and cereais Whenever drank ber coffee witho.t milk or cream, duuted ber physicians told ber IU Was beaithter Lo drink 16 Whole sbe was certainly rpaid for ber systematic there anything bizarre abuut Chew as, it seems to figure she stands one hour daily, minutes, olher sbe Sinks sioWly down to Lue Boor as low ag Jengta, out or up, forward ur back, until whes she movement is repeated, every time a little accvierated, wutil at the end of thirteen minutes it fs done quickly and a flue color Isin ber eneek, she taen uesdown on 8 pertecuy Sst conc wituout a pillow, until ber breath becomes; and reguiar, as 1i will in the two minutes left im her quar-er of an hour. Waen she piays good deal Of tennts she cuts down her exercising one hail.” Ofcourse the-bevent to te derived trom | tis lure is not to be questioned, whatever may be LhoUght Of it besides. It is easy Lo -ee ber ‘Wuole Lody (US Tecelves GO0d exer ine, to the grace of her ou form, veauliiying her coup plexion and making ber strouger and beaituier. A Kardish Semiramis. KARA PATA, A WOMAN WHOSE STORY READS LIKE ‘HE WILDEST KIND OF A ROMANCE. ‘From the Padl Mali Gazette. a Yeople Just now in Constantinople are in. terested in the presence among them of Kara Fatma, the redoubtabie female warrior of Kur- distan, who has come on a brief visit to the ‘Turkish capital, Her deeds of prowess date back observes @ Writer in the Youth's Companton, ‘Sometimes the Vapor carries with It the aost de- lightful sensations, and again is productive of tue horrible. When the patient is Lj off,” i 8 9 | é | i i Hy l EB REE lf & . The > aud ae | ‘eu * with scare, sterner sex, a Woman who will never y-ve Sl across ber shoulders TanbioD is her saber, With 18 es . the Ota Bente mora Sode in the cam Levpinasse in Dobrudja some Allied armies Janded ib Ube and chat ‘Abd Clartoneta, Yomtamna and gnee. | Wheaes ffbed out stes tH dicen ie rag 4 woen from =» of some 300 ae ae A uiseome Limba, the age =a Saddle, she Gru —i Kurds being compictely 4 ie eth tea er men were, Qua ee il -pleased to OOS. Catan, Toe) saute artes Sar rk = Sayoreet toey mere in tuetr eadien - om Hiding Off acrow tbe bills to meet the dawa, wo. soung: of that weird, strident music Which Break Up Baby's Cold, ‘When I nd @ beby bas taken cold, not ov j feverish and sick ab W Tequire pecking, waich pe dreads to do because of the increased danger me $2, caperume sheerwart, vat 0 a i its Faun fo sereral ee tae Deane, and, oe : rt weil vetore